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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-07-17, Page 1fir r l £ ': A Ir-.-- •1^-'-- -. -- , �•i' �R wl, •, { Ls+e.>.1��i,►11,1- 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 �� r:• 'JOANNE McBRIDE ii4j..4".4,4;- i:•1,,:•.,pirlf.g.•9"..?„4:f CHARLENE HARTMAN , WENDY RISI BETH f3EUNAS JUUE MILLER - 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. .{ ry 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.