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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-07-03, Page 1.No. Zy% FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS Price per copy 25 cents • kr . SEARCH ENDS HAPPILY A 15 hour drama ended happily Wednesday mor- ning when Jamie Suplat, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Suplat of Zurich walked out of the bush Jamie Sup at behind Maplewood: Apartments,just west of Zurich. The youngster was found Maplewoods resident Dennis Corriveau at 8:30 "crying and pretty, upset" -but otherwise un- harmed. Corriveau then took the youngster to the Su at residence. Several Zurich and area residents searched all night for the young man with 50 searchers greeting the news with joy at the Zurich fire hall. The search began at about 6:45 following a call to the Zurich fire department from the Suplat family : who noticed their eldest of their two sons missing. 'Fire chief . Leo Meidinger then called in the firefighters who began a search in a bush near the Suplat house. Soon afterwards Meidinger contacted the Exeter detach- ment of • the Ontario Provincial Police. Following the d►ombing of the bush by 28 firemen the search .was expanded to include all wooded areas in a two kilometre radius of the village4 . At . tone time almost 100 volunteers were looking for the 85 pound blond haired youngster in the area fields and bushes plus _several possible other hiding places including buildings at Zprich Wood Products and- •the Zurich community centre grounds. In addition to the- volun- teers on the ground, flyers Don` Oke and Duward McAdams took to the air in attempt to spot the youngster who was weari THE RIGHT TOOL — The annual pork barbeque at Varna Wednesday was blessed with fine weather and an abundance of tender pork. Contemplating his -next move with the knife was Blaine Stephenson. Staff photo a white t -shirt, shorts and socks but no shoes. By this time both area ambulance'services and the OPP had become actively involved with the police patrolling the roads in the Hensall area when it had been reported that Jamie had been seen headed in an easterly direction. — At around 9 p.m. searchers received their first apparent break when Rick Denomme reported that he and Paul Overholt had seen a white- shirted youngster running through the brush area behind the community centre. - • Under the direction of Corporal Dave Woodward, searchers began- a con- centrated search of the area with a member of the search parties Kgrry Bedard, reporting to Woodward that they had found an a rea where the youngster might have rested. At 10 p.m. the 50 or so people conducting the search reported no luck on locating the Suplat boy. .The search was officially called off about a half hour later with Constable Don Millson thanking the volunteers for their help. Afterwards, firemen continued to look for the youngster until about midnight with no luck - The search resummed early Wednesday morning. Photo story on pg. 10 May settle fire problem Bayfield firefighters met Tuesday evening to decide on a tentative pay agreement reached Saturday with the area fire board after a three month dispute. Frank McFadden, Bayfield reeve and fire board chairman, said Monday that representatives of the board and the firefighters had agreed on an emergency -pay increase. WE MADE IT -- Students from area elementary schools were glad to see Wednesday or • Thursday come along as it marked the end of school. Showing their elation at Zurich Public School Wednesday were Darrel Gingerich, Todd Desjardine and Jeff Consitt. Staff photo Hay township crash ca*ses2,2OO. dcrm� Eight people were injured in the seven accidents in- vestigated by -the Exeter OPP this week. None of the injuries was listed as serious. Five of those injuries resulted from a two -car crash just north of the High- way 21 and 84 intersection in St. Joseph at 10:40 a.m., Saturday. Drivers involved were Wendy Klos, RR- 1 Brucefield, and James Banks, Petrolia. The Klos vehicle had been southbound and the collision occurred when it made a left turn into the path of the northbound Banks vehicle. Both drivers were taken to South Huron Hospital as were Laurie Banks, Petrolia, and Barbara Jones, EC*LE ST. MARIE GRADUATES — Graduation exercises for Ecole St. Marie grade eight students were held Thursday. From left to right are Bounma Daravongsa, Gordon Denomme, Wayne Jeffrey, Linda Mommersteeg, Maureen Regier, Mary- Margoret Bedard, Shawn Rau and Pat Wild. Staff photo Goderich. David Klos sustained minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment. Constable Frank Giffin investigated and listed total damage at $3,000. Another two injuries were reported from a two -car collision at the intersection of the Crediton Road and concession 18-19 of Stephen Friday. Vehicles involved were driven by Daniel Galloway, RR 1 Crediton, and Sandra O'Neill, RR 3 Lucan. • Ms. O'Neill and her passenger, Tammy Regier, Crediton, sustained minor injuries and total damage was estimated at $4,000 by Constable Bob Whiteford. The only other crash in which an injury was reported occurred inHensall, Sunday, when vehicles driven by Hielke Berends and Bona E. Clark, both of Hensall, collided at the in- tersection of Queen and Albert Street in the village. Lewis Clark suffered minor injuries and damage was listed at $700 by Con- stable Ed Wilcox. A HuronPark man,Stephen Edward O'Neill, escaped injury when his vehicle went Please turn to page 5 Heat aiding crops Huron County agricultural representative Don Pullen said that the hail we ex- perienced last weekend did not bring crop damage but "as you drive through the county you can see where the Man wins canoe draw Never again will one Zurich resident be up a stream without a canoe or a paddle. Dwight Zehr, of the village was the lucky winner of a new fiberglass canoe in a draw made Saturday at the Grand Bend Optimist Club charter dinner and dance at Dashwood Community Centre. Making the draw were John Griffiths and Brian "Toby" Tayler. The draw disappointed a number of optimistic Optimist wives who had been informed, earlier in the week • that'they had won the canoe . by a prankster. A spring grain is somewhat down due to the wind and rain." But he said this is a normal phenomenon. Pullen said that because of the sunny weather we had last week, there are bumper crops of hay of excellent quality. "We're finally getting the heat we should have had before," he said. Nowada) there is a trend towards oring haylage instead of hay. Pullen said that haylage can be stored in a silo with 45 to 60 percent moisture. Corn crops are in good shape., Pullen said that any herbicide injury due to past cold weather appears to have dissappeared because of the recent warm spell. Pullen said that the wheat crops look very promising and should be ready for harvest in early August. The white beans are doing wen'. took" In the centre and northern parts of Huron County there is an abundance of grass and ttfe cattle are doing -well.