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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-12-11, Page 12Page 12 Tirnes•Advocate, December 1 1, 1985 Another subdivision would help too Need for Zurkh irnlustrhil /and outllned Newly elected councillor Ken Fen- wick was absent when other members of Zurich council' were sworn in at their inaugural meeting. Reeve Bob Fisher outlined his hopes for the future of the village. He said Zuricti must decide whether it wants to remain a bedroom community or slowly grow in housing and small in- dustries to' provide future oppor- tunities for the young people to re- main to live and work in Zurich. Fisher said the need for industrial land, either in the village, or provid- ed through close cooperation with Hay township. is a prime concern. noting an industry which would have employed 35 to 40 people was unable to locate in Zurich last year because noland was available at a reasonable price. Fisher speculated on the feasibili- ty of purchasing some land from the agricultural society, as the ball dia- mond and part of the arena are on Society land. "It's difficult when there are two owners," Fisher commented. An agreement on cost-sharing of arena facilities, and a possible reap- portioning of costs on the landfill site now shared 50-50 with Hay township, were items mentioned for future agendas. Anotherpriority was a second sub- division. Fisher said, as "neither the doctor, the dentist, the velerinanrian or the reporter live in the village." - Fisher listed some recent encourag- ing additions. Morse Tools has pur- chased the former Thiel hardware building as headquarters for steel cut- ting tools distribution centres across Canada. Paul Bedard, proprietor of Shaw's Dairy Stork, has met all the qualifica- tions and is wah ing to become a Lot- to centre as soon as a machine is available from Lottery Ontario. =.17424).1)111/4041,5 Mrs. Cermet $we.n.y pons 234.4702 Families, companies enjoy festive parties 1. "Tis the season to be jolly! !" So once again everyone is getting to gether for their Christmas family, d'r staff parties during the holiday time. Several of the businesses in Zurich treated their employees to a very nice Christmas party an Saturday, that was held at the community centre. Everyone enjoyed a delicious roast. beef, dinner with all the trimmings (Ltomplete with a salad bar) prepared by Brenda and Jerry Rader and staff, followed by a dance with music by the Cavaliers. Workers of the Hay township telephone office and system along with Hay township council, held their Christmas party at Hessenland on Saturday along with their spouses. The Dominion Tavern has also been busy with various Christmas dinners. We,enjoyed going to the hospital staff party last Saturday in i;oderich where Jerome works. Gen and Mike Doyle had their fami- ly get-together and pre -Christmas dinner at the arena on Saturday evening. Charlie and Madeline Rau celebrated their family Christmas get-together at the complex in Varna on November 30 with a delicious turkay dinner prepared by Birdie Finkbeiner and her group, for approx- imately 61 attending. Even • Santa Claus was present, and he gave out gifts to everyone, both young and old. The St. Boniface C.W.L. held their annual mother and daughte pot ,luck supper at the school on Decetltber 10 with a good attendance, and large variety of delicious dishes to choose from. Tile Christmas choir under the direction of Teresa VanRaay sang several lovely pieces (and were also our guests for supper). Afterwards Santa was on hand to wish every -one a Merry Christmas and give out can - Council okay appointments A number of one-year appoint- ments were announced at the in- augural meeting ofrZurich Council. Paul Bedard. Donna O'Brien•and M Scott will serve on the recreation. parks and community centre board. Councillor Herb Turkheim 'will be the economic development contract for 1986 for the ministry of industry and trade. and will also represent council on the Ausable Bayfield Con- servation Authority. (Although former Councillor Keith Westlake had asked to be considered as represen- tative. council decided the post should be filled by a current member of council. ) • Paul Morrison will be council's representative for the Zurich Agricultural Society. Standing committees were adopted for 1986. in each case. the first -named is the committee chairman. and Reeve Bob Fisher sits on all except the fire board. The committes are: hydro and water - herb Turkheim and Kay McKinnon; finance and property - Ray McKinnon and Paul Morrison: streets and sidewalks - Ken Fenwick and Herb Turkheim recreation and parks - Paul Morrison: area fire board - Ken Fenwick. Kay McKinnon and Paul Morrison; landfill - Paul Morrison and economic development ( successor to the industrial and retail development committee - Iterb Turkheim and Ken Fenwick. dy canes to all the children. Our bowling group, the Pin -Poppers enjoyed a fun night out together after .bowling on Monday at the home of June Fisher for our annual Christmas party. . The Bean Sprout Nursery School held their Christmas party last Thurs- day evening with the parents atten- ding and Jolly Ole St. Nick. Santa has also been very busy this past week ih town as he visited the Tender -Spot grocery store on Friday and the Co -Op ih Zurich on Saturday giving out treats to the children. On Satuiday morning the Youth Bowlingteams brought out one of their parents with them to the alley's to take part in a "family twosome" tournament - which turned out pret- ty good. The rest of the teams will have their turn. this coming Saturday at 9:00 a.m. And on December 21 all the teams are to go at 9:00 a.m. for their Christmas party. Open skating is being held at the Zurich arena on Saturdayfrom 3:00-3:30 p.m.. It's 75 cenis for children and $1.00 for adults. St. Peter's C.W.L. (St. Joseph) will be holding their Christmas wine and cheese party on Sunday December 15 in the parish hall at 8:00 p.m. (please bring the wine of your choice). The family of Mrs. Lyda Regier held their family Christmas dinner and get-together recently at the Dashwood Community Centre. Russell and Dorothy Oesch enjoyed their family Christma§ dinner and party on Sunday, held in Varna at the hall. Just a reminder not to forget .the Santa Claus parade that will take place in Zurich on Saturday December 21 followed by movies and treats at the arena for the children. The Seaforth council, Knights of Columbus held their Christmas fami- ly, children's party at their hall in St. Columban on Sunday (and some of the members of Mozart Gelinas Sr. family enjoyed going along on Grand- rf pa's bus). Santa gave out treats. .a Winners of the draw at the Town , and Country Lanes were. Dan Dressel .eo,tsl•. of Grand Cove; Judy Jennison of Grand Bend: and Sheila Edwards of Exeter. Prizes -to choose from were a clock. crystal. wine decanter set, and a bottle of Christmas cheer. Ron Dann of the Zurich Lanes has acquired a position on a mixed bowl- ing team Which will compete in Hamilton at Easter, which is the an- nual Carling O'Keefe O.V. Open Fire Pin Bowling Championship. Dennis Rau and son Charlie attend- ed the hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on Saturday. " • BETTER BUY Christmas bakers tot some good news today from the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency which announced another penny will be trimmed from the price of Grade A large eggs. it's the third month in a row that prices paid to egg producers have gone down due to declining feed costs. With the one -cent drop, egg prices are now at a 30 -month low. reported the agency. Egg prices are adjusted at the beginning of each month by the producer -run agency using a cost of production formula. The adjustments are reported in advance to the federal government's National Farm Pro- ducts Marketing Council. Egg prices paid by consumers are actually set by wholesalers and retailers One of the local businesses is con- sidering acting as a depot for a prescription delivery service. David Gelinas is redecorating the Dominion Hotel's dining room to bring it up to today's standards. If there is a community need, he is will- ing to expand his hours and add a breakfast menu. Fisher said Don O'Brien has evinc- ed interest in compiling a pictorial atlas of the village at a later date, and residents should start gathering info" - mation now. The Reeve promised to "listen to others, weed out the chaff, act on im- portant matters. and try to make things happen." Returning councillor Ray McKin- non said he had remained on council to see some projects brought to a satisfactory conclusion, singling out cost-sharing of recreational facilities by user municipalities, and the peren- nial problems to health and safety caused by the Zurich drain. New Councillor Paul Morrison thanked Fisher for being asked to serve. He said that as a young person himself he did not want to see Zurich become a retirement town, and would work for more industry and housing. He also wants to keep the Zurich arena. an important part of the village, functioning profitably. Councillor Herb Turkheim said his interest in running for council had been reignited after serving on the in- dustrial and retail development com- mittee. He agreed no housing was available to potential buyers, and said he feels strong), that a long term solu- tion must be found to the drain, which he blamed for holding back housing development in the east end. In an apparent reference to a November 13 news release stating the Ontario Press Council had said it is improper for a newspaper publisher, editor or reporter to hold office in any public or private body likely to be in the news, Turkheim said he did not have a conflict of interest between his position as publisher of the weekly Zurich -based Advance and serving on Zurich Council because he will do none of the writing or reporting of council sessions. Councillors then turned their atten- tion to the Zurich drain. After discuss- ing a proposal by Hay Reeve Lionel Wilder to restore the drain to its 1968 condition without resorting to an engineer's report. a unanimous deci- sion was made to lake no action until receiving the final report being prepared by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. The Authori- ty's interim report had proposed a number of solutions, including in- stallation of a pumping station. and estimated $50,000 just for cleaning and repair. Hay township will be notified of the decision. Council was informed that because of the requirement for 200 .more ton- nes of asphalt than originally pro- jected, the bill from Lavis Contract' ting for paving Goshen St. North is $87,380.78 rather than the expected $79,293.66. Works superintendent Den- nis Regier noted "this was still substantially lower than the other tenders. but a lot of money." No one objected to the closing of the dump on Wectissdays from January 15 to March . in return. the Martens will forego any'rate increase in 1986. An appreciation night is being planned to thank Cleve Gingerich for donating a tractor to clean the arena ice. and. other generous gestures which have benefitted the village. SESQUICENTENNIAL QUILT COMPETITION Open to Stanley residents or former residents ZURICH COUNCIL — Zurich clerk Sharon Baker and Reeve Bob Fisher, flanked by Councillors Herb Turkheim (left), Pauj.Morrison; Ray McKinnon and Ken Fenwick pose in the Zurich council chamber after the first session of the new term. Allta INTIM .i.'��i Entry forms lo be returned by December 31 1985 ' For information Coll SANDRA TURNER 252-5350 RUTHGINGERICH 236.4601 ,LEANORHENDRICK 262.5309 KATE KEYS 262-3362 -'Meet and Mix on 86 SEND TOUR HRISTMAS GREETINGS THE EASY WAY 1'NTRI BUTI Mentally handicapped people have a lot to contribute. Let's give them the opportunity in this community. 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