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Times-Advocate, 1986-05-21, Page 11• l 40, 0, ! '1;4 • • Taxp ors will pay 8.5 perc The 1986 tax rate approved by Zurich village council Thursday night calls for an overall increase of 6.5 percent. Clerk Sharon Baker said the total residential mW rate of 376.06 trills would increase taxes on an average assessment of $2,000 by $43.26 over the 1985 amount. The 276.06 mill rate is made up of 64.28 mills for village purposes, 38.65' mills for the county of Huron, public school 87.38 mills and 65.75 mills for secondary school purposes. ' Finance chairman councillor Ray McKinnon said the 10 mill increase this year for village purposes was due to the extensive repairs to Goshen Street. Reeve Bob Fisher said, "I feel this is a fair mill rate. Over the past five years our own levy has gone up by on- ly 25 mills, that's an average of five mills per year". Clerk Baker added that there weren't any major expensive projects planned for the next year. Ted Thorne of the auditing firm of Ward Mallette said, "After 1987 the only village debenture debt would be in the waterworks account. The auditor reported taxes receivable were down to $9,000. He added, "It's great to see tax arrears that low. That's the lowest you have had in five years." In discussing the arena budget for 1986, reeve Fisher said "I think our deficit will bias low as anybody's in the area". - To this Ray McKinnon added, Recreation is what keeps a small village going" ' No action was taken on a suggestion from the Ministry of the Envirotunent that sewer charges be increased to create a reserve. To this subject councillor McKin- non said, "Our present surplus is enough to cover any pump repairs. I suggest we make no changes for 1988." Taxes are collected four times a year. The next due dates are June 1, September 1 and November 30. A request from Mario Sirotic to ex- tend his subdivision agreement for one year was granted. Minutes of an April 14 meeting of the Zurich Hydro and Water System were accepted. A new south fence on Substation Lot at part of Lot 3, Plan 22R 1889 is to be installed at the same Location of the original fence which is 4.5 feet north of survey stakes. The cable television company will be required to provide and maintain a two million dollar liability insurance policy with the corporation. The agreement with John C. Ward of the Cable Company to run until December 31, 1990 will be signed. Minutes of a recent recreation, parks and community centre board meetin revealed several i - S IENCE WINNERS — St. Boniface student Stephen Regier won first place in the grade 4.5 physical category at the regional Huron -Perth separate school science fair. His sister Joanne won second place in the grade 5-6 physical class. About people you know Gertie Fleischauer spent the weekend in London with her daughter Marion and Larry Rogers and fami- ly. Alsgqattended the Ontario Special Olymp"lrs Floor Hockey Games at , Western University, for the Mental- ly Handicapped which were held Fri- day, Saturday and Sunday. Fourteen teams from Ontario participated. Blanche Bechard, Clemance and Mary Jeffrey of the Maple Woods Apartments recently spent the weekend in Windsor and attended the funeral of Mary's brother. They also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jef- frey while there. Donna and Darrel Gingerich and Terry Zehr recently spent a few days in Richmond, Virginia with their sister, Miss Darla Gingerich. Carol Steckle has recently com- pleted a course in London on flower arranging. Mary -Ellen Skinner and infant daughter Leah, of Edmonton are presently visiting with her parents, Neil and Gladys Gingerich. Her hus- band Neil is to arrive on the I5th. Earl and Anne Flaxbard attended the wedding of their niece in Fergus last Saturday May 10 accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Mary Oesch of the Blue Water Rest Home. A nice family dinner was held on Saturday, May 10 at the home of Jerome and Carmel Sweeney when we celebrated Ileather's birthday and Mother's Day. Dan and Carrie Eybergen and two girls were also up for the weekend. Phone Sandra 1)ickert, 236-4426, for tickets to the Youth's Bowling Ban- quet on Sunday, May 25 at the arena 5:00 p.m. $7.25 for adults. Children 10 and under are $3.00. A group of six people from St. Peter's Parish (St. Joseph) have finished the bible study course (or Journey Program ). They are Rose Regier (Joe), Mary Ducharme, Tilly Rau, Theresa and heandre Bedard and Mr. Wolfgang Suppan along with the guidance of their pastor, Fr. Bensette who met at the rectory on Thursday evening to celebrate the completion of an enjoyable course. They treated themselves to a dinner at the Dominion Tavern on Tuesday and presented Father with a book to show their appreciation. A belated Happy 4Ist wedding an- niversary is extended to Earl and Anne Flaxbard. The date was May 12. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Bill Lawrence who is now home from Exeter hospital and Birdie Fink- beiner and Jack Turkheim who are in Victoria Hospital. On Saturday afternoon. May 10 the Lloyd Denomme family along with Mr. Alfred Meidinger, motored to London where they were joined by • Remi and Rita Denomme; Ann Anderson and girls, Aimee and Laura. They proceeded to the Bell Canada Conference room where they • enjoyed a very pleasant tate-to-face audio-visual visit for more that' half an hour with Lloyd and Virgine's son Mike Denomme and daughter-in-law Norma and grandson Curtis, who were in Calgary, Alberta where they had made the necessary ar- rangements about two weeks before for this special Mother's Day visit and gift. Congratulations to bride and groom, Karen and Dan Denomme who were married on Saturday at St. Peter's Catholic Church by Fr. Bensette with dinner and reception held in Ifensall at the Community Centre. Karen is the daughter of Eric and Liz Campbell and I)an is the son of Bernie and Annette Denomme. Following their honeymoon the cou- ple will be living at RR 2 Zurich. A little family birthday party was held for four-year old Marcel Gelinas last Friday evening at his home com- plete with birthday cake, ice cream and presents. This Friday is the crowning of Mary at 2:30 p.m. by the St. Boniface school children in the church follow- ed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Last Monday and Tuesday the grade seven and eight pupils of St. Boniface school enjoyed spending two days at Camp Sylvan. Gerard Rau and his wife of Strat- forcLspent the weekend with his brother John Paul and Barb Rau, RR 2 Zurich. Thirty-nine students of Clinton high school (some from the Blue Water area) recently enjoyed going to Washington for five days. All were members of the school band. Congratulations to Willy and Mar- tha Overholt who celebrated their 29th anniversary on Sunday, May 18 with a family dinner at the Dominion Tavern. Mozart and Marie Gelinas Sr. spent a few days in Detroit this past week and attended the 58th annual banquet and reunion of St. Mary's School Alumni Association, honoring the class of 1936 (which Marie was in) on its 50th anniversary. They were treated to dinner and a dance on Monday, May 18 at Vladimir's in Detroit. While away they stayed with her sister-in-law Mrs. Kay Sweeney. George and Kay Brunton of London spent the holiday weekend with Hubert and Marge Schilbe and helped to celebrate Hubert's birthday on Sunday. Dan and Carrie Eybergen and two girls of Waterloo spent the Victoria holiday weekend at his parents cot- tage in Grand Bend, and were Mon- day dinner guests with her parents, Jerome and Carmel Sweeney in Zurich. Richard Bedard of Toronto spent a few days visiting with his parents last week Gerald and Helen Bedard. prover at the arena and park The lowest tender from crystaplex Plastic Ltd. for glassing -in arena ends in the amount of $9,701.02 plus $1,200 subject to availability of full funding. New drapes for the arena d'•t ` f'Troreirt iv 1 107, r auditorium will be supplied by Nan- cy NcNab for 81,200 and arena manager Gerry Rader was authortx- ed to have the park light standards painted at a cost of $400 and to pro- ceed with a new water line to the ice plant. Golden Agers elect 1986-87 executive Zurich Golden Agers met May 12 at the Town Hall with 25 in attendance. Gen Doyle opened the meeting with 0 Canada with Gertie Fleischauer as pianist, which was followed by the Lord's Prayer. Verda Baechler, secretary and Barbara Strachan, treasurer gave their reports. Happy birthday was sung for Louise Ivanchenko, Ina Neeb and Eilen Consitt. Door prizes were won by Ed Strachan and Verda Baechler. Officers for 1986-87 are: past presi- dent Gen Doyle; plresident Ed Strachan; vice president Louise Ivanchenko; secretary Verda Baechler and treasurer Barbara Strachan. Frieda Moore and her May group served a delicious lunch, which was followed by games of euchre. The June meeting will be held Mon- day afternoon June 9 at 3 p.m. at Louise Ivanchenko's home, which will be a picnic and pot luck supper. Sympathy May we offer our sympathy to the relatives of the late Mrs. Dorothy Koehler who passed away last Thursday. Special service St. Peter's Lutheran Church held confirmation at their morning service on Sunday with ten children being ac- cepted as members into the church. Those being confirmed were Paul Goldsmith, Julie Decker, Petra Aisenpries, Dana Fisher, twins Col- leen and Christa Keller, Frank Ihrig, Dale Miller and brothers David and Daniel Thiel. Congratulations to all of them. Confirmation A very nice time was had by all (25 guests) who attended the Luncheon Confirmation Celebration on Sunday afternoon May 18 at Hessenland in honor of Frank Ihrig which was given by his parents Ernst and Christa for friends and relatives. His grand- parents Ernst and Elizabeth Ihrig Sr. visiting from Germany and his grand- mother Mrs. Emilie Rupp from Ger- many were also present for the occasion K of C Convention Grand Knight Mozart Gelinas Sr. accompanied by his wife Marie, along with Deputy Grand Knight Dick McKay both of the Seaforth Council and Doug DeBus Deputy Grand Knight of St: Boniface Council and his wife Julie all attended the Knights of Columbus convention held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto from last Friday to Sunday. Bingo A reminder of the bingo tonight Wednesday May 21 being held at St. Peter's Parish Hall St. Joseph's beginning at 8:00 p.m. sponsored by the C.W.L. group. Everyone is welcome! Encor Encor was held on Sunday at St. Peter's Parish St. Joseph's with several teenagers coming from various parishes. They enjoyed the day together inprayer, playing games and having supper. They also -had a car rally Ball registration Anyone who missed the registration for baseball last Saturday at the Zurich arena (Minor Athletic Associa- tion) can still do so this week by get- ting forms from Sally Desjardine at the bank. Anniversaries Congratulations to Louis and Theresa Ducharme of RR 2 Zurich on the occasion of their 55th wedding an- niversary on May 25. The couple celebrated last Sunday beginning with Mass at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter's Church St. Joseph's officiated by Fr. Gary Ducharme, Windsor (their grandson) and pr. Bensette. A family dinner was held after- wards at the Zurich arena with 113 relatives attending . from various places. All enjoyed a very memorable day. Eighteen people are presently tak- ing a bartending course being held at lite Bayview Tavern every Wednes- day evening under the direction of Carrie Forrester. Last Wednesday we enjoyed "Wine Night" with an in- structor from Kitchener. Everyone brought along a guest. Oolien Gle'mp3e3 Although the showers we had may not have been what everyone might have chosen for a holiday weekend, it certainly did bring new life to the gardens and lawns and everything is looking fresh and green again. We regret that Mrs. Hilda Turnbull is a patient in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. We wish her a speedy recovery. The progress of our new auditorium is going ahead by leaps and bounds and we are looking forward to having it fully completed in time for our an- nual family dinner which will be held in June. We know it will be a great asset for family gatherings and the many other activities which will be held in it. Shuffleboard has become quite popular here recently, and there will be another shuffleboard installed in the floor of the new room; competi- tion should be quite keen. The New Horizons Grant will also provide the residents with a pool table for the auditorium, and the crokinole players have been able to purchase four new chairs so that they can manoeuvre around the board more easily. Bingo was played on Thursday evening followed by refreshments. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Risi, who are vacationing in Spain, a safe and relit ing holiday. Residents who have been out visiting recently are Mrs. Ruby Hog- garth, Mr. Alvin Steckle, Mrs. Marcella Dietrich, Mrs. Genevieve Ducharme, Mrs. Violet Dunn, Mrs. Valeria Armstrong, Mrs. Violet Huntley and Mr. Fred Teeter. Rev. Merlin Bender of the Blake Conservative Mennonite church had charge of the Sunday evening chapel service. /iI/ NEW MANAGEMENT — Joe and Debby Milli have taken over management of the Country Cafe Family Restaurant in Zurich. br Greenhouses and Nursery It's Not Too Late!! Still A Good Selection 01 Flower & Vegetable Plants_ For Your Garden See Our Large Display of Bedding Plants Our Trees, Shrubs & Roses Are all potted and can be planted all season long! 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