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Who will be Miss Zurich Fair?
Seven area young ladies
will be vying forthe title of
Miss Zurich Fair this Friday
evening.
Beth Gelinas, 16, of Zurich
will be representing Don's
Food Market. Beth is a grade
11 student at South Huron
District High School in
Exeter.
Representing Shaws 20
of Zurich will be 17 year old
Charlene Hartman of RR 1,
Hay, Charlene is a grade 12
student at SHDHS.
Taking the banner of the
Zurich 4-H club to the
auditorium stage will be
Linda Mathonia, 15, of RR 2
Zurich.Linda will headed
into grade 11 at South Huron
in the fall.
Brenda Masse, 14, of
Zurich will be the Beauty
Den's representative in the
fair queen contest. Brenda
plans on returning to school
in the fall.,
Sponsoring 17 year old
Joanne McBride of RR 1,
Zurich is Towne,and Country
bowling lanes. Joanne is a
grade 12 graduate of Central
celebrate
anniversary
Come July 3, 1961 Zurich
wilt be 125 years young and
there's a good chance some
special anniversary ac-
tivities will take place.
Thursday Zurich council
reaffirmed the decision of
their June 3 meeting to set
the wheels in motion for the
celebration and set a date for
a public meeting.
The date set was Tuesday,
August 12 at itp.m. at the
community centre for the
meeting.
Invitations will be sent 'to
the various groups within the
community and council
_ urged interested Zurich
citizens to attend ' the
meeting.
Huron Secondary School,
Clinton.
Representing the Hensall
and district CO-OP is Julie
Miller, 15,E of RR 1 Zurich.
Julie is headed for grade 11.
Wendy Risi, 14, of Zurich is
representing Jeffrey
Brothers.,Wendy will be
attending grade nine in the
fall.
Expected to crown the
new queen will be last year's
queen Janice Webster of
Varna.
'BRENDA MASSE
UNDA MATHONIA
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'JOANNE McBRIDE
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CHARLENE HARTMAN ,
WENDY RISI
BETH f3EUNAS
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ID -GAME SNACK — Soy Bean Ken Clark • of a taste of
whipped cream pie when the CFPL team decided to check if he
was really on the Bean Team line-up. • Staff ph,oto
Fred Haberer to -run
for top count v 'oh
Reeve Fred Haberer of
Zurich has announced he will
be running for the top
position on -Mason .County
council. .
Haberer said he made the
announcement that he will
be, seeking the warden's
chair at the July meeting of
county council.
The owns of Haberer
Concrete Vaults is a nine
year veteran of Zurich
council, seven of those as
reeve.
He said he `decided to run
for warden as it would tie in
nicely with Zurich's 125th
anniversary •which takes
place in 1981.
One of the - major
challenges which will face
Huron's 1981 warden will be
the reorganization of the
committee system caused by
the dropping of most of the
deputy -reeves from "County
council, Haberer -stated.
If elected, Haberer would
be the first Warden from
Zurich and would also be
among a select group of
wardens in recent, years who
have not represented the
townships.
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Also - announcing his
candidacy . at the July
meeting was Reeve Harold
Robinson of Howick town-
ship.'.
The present warden • is
Reeve Bill Morley of
Usborne township while Hay
township Reeve Jack Tinney
was in the top position during
1979. *
County council will elect
the 19816 warded at their
December meeting.
Fun -Da
.y
success ul!
The first ever Zurich Fun -
Day. was a•success according
to all reports. -
Area manager Jerry
Rader .reported 545 meal
tickets were sold for the
barbeque and that about 200
people witnessed the softball
spectular between the Bean -
Team and the CFPL Super-
Stars.Proceeds .from the
game totalled ;143.
It was not known at press
time the amount which the
barbeque a9d dance raised,
JULY 17, 1980
over 100 attend for three hours
Ammommilmoor
Price per copy 25 cents
Hay meeting hetirs many concerns
Hay township council will
have some tough decisions to
make following the final
public meeting held Friday
to discuss changes to the
prte pH�Bny township
a
Well over 100 people
jammed the Hay township
hall in Zurich for over three
hours to hear the objections
and support for six major
changes in the land use
designations for the plan.
What seemed to emerge
from . the meeting was a
feeling by the members of
the farming community that
changes in .certain areas
along the west side. of High-
way 21 from restricted
agriculture .to recreational
would see a larger area of
the farms on the eaatside of
the highway fall into_ the
restricted agricultural
designation. - -
A proposal by Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Cohen for a
change in land use
designation which- Would
allow for- the expansion of
their trailer park was bit-
terly opposed by two neigh-
bouring farmers. -
Huron county_, planner
George Penfold told the
meeting the change from
restricted agricultural to
recreational -would allow for
an additional 100 sites for. the
park at St. Joseph.
Penfold said an • earlier
meeting- had shown concern
for the • servicing of the
property an Increased use of -
'the beach- and problems
associated with drainage. As
a solution to the increased
beach traffic Penfold said
the • Cohens had indicated
they would construct a
swimming pool midway
through the proposed ex-
pansion.
Mrs. Cohen told the
meeting that when the
property was purchased 15
years ago it_was agreed by
the council of the time that
all of the land would be used
for a trailer park develop-
ment. At (resent, only the
lake frent portion of the
property . has teen any
development. The
remainder of the land has
been rented out to area
farmers; •
A reading of the minutes
by Penfold passed by tomtit
15 years ago gave no in-
dication of what portion of
the land was to be used as a
trailer park.
Mrs. Cohen said the ex-
pansion would have its own -
water system and that a fire
hydrant would be installed.
Reacting to cotntnents
about the -increased use of
the beach, she said the beach
areawas public.
Vehemently opposed to the
Laced use designation change
Isaffarmer Rosaire Bedard
ORA. 2 Zurich_whobaid_the
land should be maintained
Please turn to page 17
Lack of concensus is problem
• According to all parties,
the major obstacle in the
clearing up of the problem at
the corner Goshen Street and
Highway 84 is . a lack of
concensus by council.
Councillor Leroy Thiel told.
council Thursday that he
agreed with Zurich and
district Chamber of Com-
merce representatives Jack
Eckel and Jack Hamilton
Township says no
the visibility problem at the
corner unless council is of
one mind about the matter.
At the session with the
Chamber representatives,
Thiel had indicated a
reference for a stoplight,
Reeve Fred • Haberer
favoured a four-way stop and
councilor Isidore Laporte
said there should be no
changes to the intersection,
During the discussion,
councillors Bob Fisher and
Jim Bedard expressed no
opinion on the matter.
Eckel told council the
chamber was concerned
about the safety of the area
-end that he had not seen any
great improvement since the
painting of no parking signs
at the corner. He said there
was a need for more
' visibility.
Haberer disagreed and
said he had noticed a real
improvement with a fewer
number of cars parked in the
no parking areas. He did
agree with -- Eckel that a
problem with large trucks
loading and unloading in the
areas remained.
Laporte expressed op-
position to the extension of
the no parking zones. "It will
be a race track if the streets
are cleared of vehicles, he
said.
. Laporte said he agreed
with Hamilton that the only
solution was a stoplight but
that the volume of traffic did
not warrant a light.
The only alternative is
stoplight as the village needs
to maintain as much on
street parking as possible,
Thiel told the meeting.
When it was asked if a
four-way stop could be in-
stalled, Laporte and Haberer
said the ministry of tran-
sportation and com-
munications did not favor
four way stops on the
Queen's highways.
Haberer said the four way
Please turn to page 17
Stanley township has
rejected the idea of quar-
terly payments to the Huron
county board of education.
Council made the decision
at Their July meeting
following the leceipt of a
letter which indicated • that_,
-receiving levies in quarterly ,
payments as the law
provides, the interest
payment by the board would
be reduced by $70, 487. This
would result in a net saving
'to taxpayers, in Huron of
$48,465 and the balance
would be shaved from the
provincial grant.
Clerk -treasurer Mel
Graham said council
rejected the idea as it would
result in increased collection
costs for township and it was
felt the quarterly payments
would be a burden on the
members of the farming
community.
He agreed that the net
saving by the board could
approximate the increased
collection and interest
charges that would face
some of Huron's
municipalities and residents.
In another' collection
matter, Graham reported 82
percent of the first in-
stallment- of taxes had been
paid by the due date, This
was down about 10 percent
from last year, he stated.
Only three percent of the
second tax installment has
been received with tax-
payers having until
December to pay their taxes.
In other business, council:
Granted the Goderich and
district association for the
mentally handicapped $125.
Approved tile drainage
applications totalling
$24,600.
Passed a tile drainage
debenture of $27,600.
Filed a resolution from the
town of Latchford which
called for the ministry of
education to avoid the in-
creased centralization of
the school system and that
some thought should be
given to the revamping of
student busing within the
province.
Approved the attendance
of Reeve Tom Consitt and
councillor DonMacGregor at
the Association of
Municipalities of Ontario
conference in Toronto in
August.