Times Advocate, 1991-06-19, Page 2Page 2
Times -Advocate, June 19, 1991
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Too close - Five vacationers had a very narrow escape Saturday evening, when a tree crashed down
upon their trailer. All received minor injuries. The camper is owned by David Penrith of Kitchener and
parked at Green Haven Trailer Park in Grand Bend.
Gibbs' beach cleaner
GRAND BEND - The main
beach in Grand Bend, is being
kept cleaner by its owner than the
rest of the beach.
According to councillor Bill
Uniac, Archie Gibbs should be
given the good housekeeping seal
for maintaining his beach.
The biggest concern council has
brought forth to their works super-
intendent Bud Markham is the
condition of their beach on the
weekends.
"The garbage concern on the
beach gets bigger every year, there
is more people," said councillor
Dennis Snider.
Markham agreed his staff can't
get to the beach until later in the
day on the weekend because of the
many people on the beach.
There was also some concern
about who should be contacting
Markham on the weekend about the
condition of the beach, especially at
the end of Main Street.
"I wouldn't be waiting for direc-
tion to being told to do it, I'd do it,"
said Uniac.
Derelict barn problem
proving hard to solve
ZURICH - Village council are
having a hard time responding to
the complaints of Zurich residents
who believe a derelict barn is a haz-
ard to local children.
Residents complained to council
last month, asking the village to do
something about the barn which
they said could be both a health
hazard and a dangerous structure.
They were especially concerned
about children who might be tempt-
ed to play in and around the barn
which lies on a future subdivision
property in the northwest corner of
Zurich.
However, inspections by both the
health unit and the building inspec-
tor have found the concerns of the
residents to be relatively unfound-
ed. Council has been told the old
unused barn is neither infested with
rodents, nor likely to suddenly col -
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Council decided at last Thurs-
day's meeting that the only course
open to pursue the matter is to have
the barn inspected with property
standards bylaws m mind. The by-
laws regulate appearance
and main-
tenance of village
structures in
kkeeedping with a community stan-
The barn lies on subdivision
property owned by Hatterleigh De-
velopments. The Concord, Ontario
company were also mentioned at
Thursday's meeting due to unpaid
bills they owe the village for legal
work done on their subdivision pro-
posal.
The plan to develop the north-
west corner of Zurich into a 45 -lot
subdivision has been in the works
for over a decade, but Hatterleigh
men
Every year the Ministry of Mu-
nicipal Affairs reviews the subdivi-
sions incomplete draft plan for ex-
tensions.
"We've been givingthese people
extensions since I've been on coun-
cil." said reeve Bob Fisher.
However, because of work done
on the plan in 1988-89, the village
is owed $1,530 over and above up-
front fees paid.
Clerk -treasurer Maureen Sim-
mons said she did not expect any
problem in being able to collect the
overdue funds.
Storm
damage
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thought
d t it • was a mini twister,"
"There's a lot of trees down but
there's not that much damage.
Fortunately no one was hurt," he
added
Rader said he noticed a tractor
with a wagon which was dam-
aged.
On Highway 83 where a large
tree came down and was blocking
part of the hi ay, Stacey
Rader watched m a window
across the
"There were wires sparking, I
just stayed in the house," she
said.
"I didn't think it (the damage)
was that major until I saw it the
next morning."
According to the Environment
Canada London weather office,
there was no funnel cloud spot-
ted. Arnold McIntyre said if there
had been, a team from Toronto
would have been dispatched to
investigate the damage.
"The thunderstorms were se-
vere. Here in London the highest
wind gust was 63 kilometres," he
said.
There were reports of sightings
of funnel clouds. Bruce Hodge of
Crediton said he saw one spin-
ning but didn't think it actually
touched the ground.
Seniors' picnic set
for July 17 in Zurich
ZURICH - The annual seniors' picnic will return to Zurich this
year, although it will be held a little later in the day and will be on a
strict budget.
Council decided to hold this year's picnic on July 17 at 5:30 p.m.
The later time is aimed at allowing council members time to prepare
the food. This agreement was reached after representatives from
Dining for Seniors and the Zurich Golden Agers met with council at
Thursday evening's meeting, asking why it appeared the village was
cutting back on the event.
Reeve Bob Fisher had said it was council's intention to cut back
the financing of the annual seniors' picnic, aiming at a budget of
only $300.
"For council to organize and run a seniors' picnic, its getting more
difficult all the time," said Fisher.
Fisher said that last year's plan to charge a fee at the gate of the
picr c was not well received, even though a collection taken at the
picnic did very well.
Kay Hay asked council if the picnic was to be considered just for
Zurich seniors, because she noted that those who come from outside
village boundaries are not village ratepayers and may not feel wel-
come .. ,.
Fisher said other municipalitie., in particular Hay Township, did
not want to contribute to the picn c.
"We cannot close it down at the border,' said Sallie Lawton, who
also asked that village council's filtendance at the picnic was essen-
tial.
"They see it as being started by you people and they think you
should keep it going," agreed Tammy Antaya.
Council agreed that the picnic from now on be called the Commu-
nity Seniors Picnic, rather than the Zurich Seniors' Picnic.
Developments took over the projectSide w
only a few years ago. alk
debate
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pedestrians and schoolchildren. He said that a Pryde sidewalk may indeed
may make more sense than one on each side of Sanders Street as presently
planned.
"Two sidewalks in one situation, and one in another? Why not have one
continuous sidewalk that links up?" asked Si11
Building material theft
EXETER - Al-
though Dale Gra-
ham of RR3 Ex-
% eter pleaded not
guilty to stealing
building maten-
als valued at less
than $1,000, he
was convicted in
provincial court
in Exeter last Tues-
day, fined $300 and put on 12
months probation.
The court heard that Jim Gregus
of Gregus Construction pursued
Graham's vehicle on May 4, 1991
after suspecting materials had
been taken from a Hay Township
building site, but was unable to
she said had
sheet metal the ahangk ing out the back
of it.
Gregus told the court an inspec-
tion of the site showed that some
sheet metal worth $60 was miss-
ing and so reported the loss to the
OPP.
Graham, in his defense, told the
court he did not have any metal
sheeting in his truck and it was
piping Gregus may have seat.
But he also said he didn't see Gre-
gus at all that morning.
Judge R.G.B. Hunter took into
account Graham's record of simi-
lar charges dating back to 1980
Before sentencing.
Graham made restitution of $60
to Gregus atter court.
BAC over 80
After a c of impaired driv-
ing was LindaNedza
of Dashwood was convicted of
having a blood alcohol count of
Up to $10.000
Zurich hall needs
acoustic "tune-up"
ZURICH - When the plans were
drawn up to expand the Zurich
Community Centre's main hall, the
village council were eagerly look-
ing forward to booking larger
events to help subsidize the upkeep
of the arena property. However, an
unforseen problem is interfering
with those plans, and village coun-
cil may have to spend up to
S10,000 to correct it.
Apparently, the enlarged hall
now suffers from poor acoustics,
meaning that sound reverberations
off the floor, walls and ceiling are
interfering with the enjoyment of
musicial entertainment and even
the ability to understand a speaker
at a microphone.
"If you have a band playing...the
sound just keeps bouncing around,"
explained arena manager Jim Ram-
er. "When we renovated I guess
we didn't take into consideration
what the acoustics would be like."
A sound specialist from Thorn -
dale has recommended several al-
ternatives to cure the problem. One
of the least expensive sound ab-
sorbing materials is a spray coating
called K-13, but as vile council
noted at Thursday's meeting, it
would not likely stand up to the im-
pact of recreational activities such
as volleyball.
Other alternatives, Including fib-
reglass acoustic tile, cost up to
$10,000, depending on how attrac-
tive the funal result is expected to
be.
Council afreed to back up the
arena boards recommendation to
budget up to $ 10,000 to have the
problem solved one and for all.
Ramer said that complaints about
the hall acoustics may harm the vil-
lage's ability to rent the hall to wed-
ding parties or for public meetings.
One of the main reasons for reno-
vating the hall was that the Zurich
facility was losing local business to
larger venues such as the Hensel!
Community Centre.
"If something like this is going to
turn people away, it's not good for
the community," commented Ram-
er.
Zurich ratepayers
petition for safe
crossing for children
ZURICH - An 18 -name petition,
along with a letter of concern, has
Zurich council once again consider-
ing the safety of children crossing
Highway 84 on their way to school.
A letter from Cathryn McLachlan
to council said that children cross-
ing the Main Street of the village
are not necessarily visible to traffic,
especially the trucks which pass
through Zurich. She said that coun-
cil should either consider a crossing
guard or pedestrian crossover sig-
nal so that children could cross the
road more safely on their way to ei-
ther Zurich Public School or St.
Boniface School.
Reeve Bob Fisher noted that the
issue of a more safe crossing is not
new and has surfaced at council
from time to time. He asked clerk -
treasurer Maureen Simmons to look
into estimates of what crossing
guards or signals would cost.
Simmons said she estimated a
cost of $4,000 a year to pay for a
crossing guard.
The village of Lucan are install-
ing a pedestrian crossover this sum-
mer at a cost of $15,000, again
through concern over the safety of
�le crossing the street in heavy
rc.
Fisher said that once cost esti-
mates were available, council
would likely be discussing the mat-
ter in more depth at the July coun-
cil meeting.
Councillor Ben Hoogenboom asked why the sidewalk could not be at the
curbside, as on Main Street, but Mickle pointed out that would require
snow to be hauled away to keep it clear - an option too expensive for a res-
idential area.
Sillery pointed out that a sidewalk six metres up the lawn would divide a
single lane driveway enough to make it difficult not to block the sidewalk
illegally with two cars.
Later in the meeting, Shaw noted that opinion among Pryde neighbours
is varied.
"It's if you have kids or not. That's what it's all about," said Fuller.
Council agreed to tum the matter over to the public works committee for
their behind -closed -doors meeting next Monday.
over 80 mg per litre while driving
on March 20.
Police told the court they
stopped Nedza's car on Highway
21 in Stephen Township in the
early hours of the morning after
observing it swerving in its own
lane. Breath samples .showed
BAC of 160 and 150.
Nedza was fined $750 and given
a 12 month driving suspension.
BAC over g0
Kimberly Bennett of Hensel)
pleaded not guilty to driving while
having a BAC over 80 on Decem-
ber 30.
The court heard that Bennett's
vehicle was at the intersection of
Highways 83 and 4 in Exeter and
was seen to. have one headlight
out. After Bennett produced a li-
cense that had expired two months
before, she was taken to the cruis-
er where the arresting officer no-
ticed an odour of alcohol and is-
sued an ALERT test, which she
failed.
Breath samples later indicated
blood alcohol counts of 120 mg
per litre.
Bennett was fined $750 or 35
daysin
llceenae suuspcd �ven a 12
Fraud
Mary Jane Totten of Staffs, who
fraud of less tythan two
.0000 bi court
on May 28, received atspended
sentence and 12 months of -
tion for writing NSF
worth $167.92 in two Exeter
stores. Totten has trade restitu-
tion,b the stores.
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