Times Advocate, 1989-03-15, Page 26Page 26 Times-AAtrocate, March 15, 1989
Son takes over as PUC manager
ZURICH - Last week, Doug Eck-
el was officially appointed by Zu-
rich village council to the position
of P.U.C. manager.
Doug is the son of Charlie Eckel,
who resigned from the position last
month, and who is a 16 -year vete-
ran of the Zurich P.U.C.
Eckel will be receiving a salary
• of $29,120. A $1,000 increment
• will be awarded following the com-
pl9ion of a standard six-month pro-
bationary period. In addition, Eckel
will receive a $2,000 increase in
pay when he has fulfilled a lines-
man's certificate.
Three other applicants were inter-
viewed for the position of Zurich
P.U,C. manager on February 25.
"The other three candidates were
not as well qualified as Doug," Zu-
rich reeve Bob Fisher said.
"We felt confident he was the
right candidate for the position,"
councilor Herb Turkheim ex-
plained.
Eckel brings to his new position
as P.U.C. manager, a considerable
amount of experience. He is a li-
censed plumber, having completed
an apprenticeship in plumbing. In
addition, he has worked in the elec-
trical trade for about 10 years.
Eckel will be completing an
eight-week linesman's course, as a
part of his new work.
Turkheim told council that if
they should run into an emergency
problem at any time," both Clinton
and St. Marys have offered to help
us out, and we still plan to work
closely with Hensall P.U.C." he
said.
In the meantime, Doug began his
new position last week, and is
"learning the ropes," with his fa -
Cher.
, Charlie Eckel recently accepted a
position on the P.U.C. in Palmers-
ton and will be leaving Zurich at
the end of the month.
Opportunities
At their March 9 meeting, Zurich
council discussed the possibility of
sponsoring an Economic Develop-
ment Tour in this arca. It was sug-
gested that Zurich approach the
-Chamber of Commerce, as well as
Hay Township and the village of
Hensall, to determine whether they
would be interested in this type of a
tour.
"The village of Blyth and Brus-
sels felt they got a lot of good cov-
erage and a lot of mileage out of
this tour last year," reeve Fisher
told council.
He explained that through the op-
portunities tour, sponsored by the
county and the Ministry of Indus-
try, Trade and Technology, foreign
investors from Germany and Eng-
land visited operating businesses in
Blyth and Brussels.
Landfill study
Zurich council received a letter
from the project Co-ordinator of the
county's Waste Management Master
Plan, requesting that they should re-
view the estimates by Gore & Stor-
rie engineers of remaining capacity
in their landfill. If that estimate is
felt to be inaccurate, council should
advise the county of their own esti-
mate and their reasons for that esti-
mate.
Grant request
Council approved a request from
the Zurich Agricultural Society for
a grant, which is to help fund the
upcoming Zurich Fair in July.
They agreed to grant the agricul
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tural society $200, since this year
will be their 125th anniversary and
special events are being planned.
Council also approved a grant re-
quest from the Huron Country
Playhouse near Grand Bend. Coun-
cil agreed to support the Playhouse
with a $100 donation.
Reeve Bob Fisher felt that the
county already supported the Play-
house, and therefore the municipali-
ty should not be double funding.
Councilor Turkheim pointed out
that many area children will be par-
ticipating in one of the Playhouse's
productions this year.
"It's excellent acting experience
for them and I think it would be
good for Zurich council to be sup-
porting the theatre and the kids," he
said
Tender
A tender from McKenzie and Hen-
derson Ltd. of Arkona, in the
amount of $85,308.65, was accept-
ed by Zurich council for supplying
erosion control materials for the
Zurich municipal drain project.
The Henderson tender was the low-
est of three tenders.
Concerns raised over
Hensall sum mer program
HENSALL - The Hensall Parks
Board was approached by Al
Moody, representing a parents'
committee interested in changing
the organization of the summer
children's program. ,
Moody told the board on March
8 that parents wanted to become
involved in the hiring and training
of the program's leaders. He
pointed out that this concern arose
out of dissatisfaction with the or-
ganization of field trips away
from the community centre.
Hensall clerk -treasurer Luanne
Phair told Hensall council at
Monday's meeting that those
complaints were never brought to
the attention of municipal staff at
the time.
"I think that's the root of the
problem, there were complaints
that we never heard of, but they
complained among themselves,"
said councillor Jeff Reabum.
Councillor Peter Groot also
suggested the organization of
field trips suffered due to the un-
expected increases in enrollment
experienced just before the trips.
Reaburn explained the Parks
Board decided control of the sum-
mer program will not be turned
over to a parent committee.
"The end result is they're sup-
posed to come back to us with
some suggestions," said Reab-
urn, who also noted other com-
plaints have been raised about the
program. Some parents want to
see a more -structured program,
while others seek a looser, less-
structured schedule.
The Parks Board at the same
meeting agreed to grant the Hen-
sall Figure Skating Club $5 for
each hour of ice time they used.
The grant came in response to a
•request from the club regarding
their financial troubles arising
from a smaller membership this
season.
Food Bank thanks
Hensall church
By Susan Hartman
HENSALL - -United Church
Worshippers were greeted by Peter
Pryde.. Mr. and Mrs. John Madge
were welcomed and transferred to
Hensall United from Exeter United
Church.
Camp Bimini applications are
now available as well as those for
Camp Menesetung.
A special thank you was con-
e veycd to the congregation of Hen-
sall United and to the businesses
and service groups in Hensall who
raised $2,335 for the Canadian
Foodgrains Bank. When added to
the C.I.D.A. grant it will become
$9,340 or 58 Tons of corn for the
famine -struck Mozambique.
Christian Blind Mission Interna-
tional sent thanks for the latest
shipment of used eyeglasses which
are used for the vision impaired
poor of the Third World:
Easter Services• will be Maundy
Thursday Communion at 7:30
p.m., Easter Sunrise Service and
breakfast at 7 a.m. on Easter Sun-
day and Sunday Worship at 11 a.m.
The Annual Beef supper will be
held this year on April 12. Keep
this date in mind. Advance tickets
only.
Bible study will be held every
Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. A video on
Joshua and Judges will be shown.
Come and join in, all are welcome.
Cassette tapes are available of
Hensall United's Sunday Worship.
Call Glen Hayter 236-4171 or Jcrry
Drysdale if you arc interested.
John Pepper was the top shuffler
in Hensall on March with a score
of 437, Emma Campbell at 420,
Hugh McKay 419, Ross Marshall
403, Alf Ross 377, Pearl
McKnight 375.
The Friendship Circle met in the
Fellowship hall of the United
Church with Shirley McAllister as
chairperson for the meeting. The
guest speaker was Linda Rcid R.N.
from the Huron County Homc
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Flva Forrest opened the March
meeting of the Afternoon Ladies
Group of Hensall United Church.
Forrest continued the study of
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She told the story of Buzzu whose
husband had been killed, leaving
her to raise six children. She
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care of her children.
Following the treasurers report,
reading of minutes and announce-
ments, Forrest shared with the
crowd her slides and reminiscences
of her trip to the Bahamas with her
husband Edison.
Muriel Richardson, Audrey
Christie and Olga Chipchase served
a tasty lunch.
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Heading for Florida - These two expert bowlers, Gary Houston
from Hensall, left, and Doug Smith Jr. from RR 2 Zurich, are "Flor-
ida bound," after having won first place in region two at the On-
tario Championships held in Hamilton. There were six regions in
the competition. Gary and Doug each won a trip for two to Florida
for their efforts. Photo courtesy.The Advance
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