HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-08-07, Page 1HELP RECREATION— The sale of pies at the Fun -Day barbecue held earlier this summer
added a few more dollars to the local recreation fund. Presenting a cheque to Bob Fisher of
the recreation, parks and community centre board was Bonnie Schenk of the Zurich -Grand
Bend figure skating club. Staff photo
$40,000 for -home renewal
Zurich receives funds
Grants totalling $44,390
under the Ontario Home
Renewal Program (OHRP)
have been allocated to 15
municipalities for
halgposowners to repair their
hoiines, Housing Minister
Claude Bennett announced
this past week.
The Village of Zurich will
be receiving funds totalling
240,000, Bennett stated.
OHRP provides grants
based on population to
Ontario municipalities to
administer as loans to
owner -occupants with a
maximum annual income of
$12,500. Bennett recently
proposed to raise the income
ceiling to $15,500.
The prime objective of the
program is the correction of
faulty structural and
sanitary conditions and the
upgrading of plumbing,
heating, insulation and
electrical Vring.
Loans of lip to 17,500 may
be made to eligible owner -
occupants to bring their
homes up to the standards
set by their muncipality. A
portion may be forgiven
depending on the
receipient's income. Interest
rates range from zero to
eight per cent, again
depending on income.
OHRP is one of the
province's "Ontario
Renews" actions intended to
assist municipalities and the
private sector in conserving"'
and recycling existing
resources through com-
munity renewal activities.
These include downtown and
main street revitalization,
neighborhood improvement
housing renovation and
property maintenance.
Thhe grants announced
today are portions of the
total 1980-81 OHRP funding
for each municipality.
OHRP extends home
renewal possibilities to
owner -occupants in any
•u»unicipalityin -Ontario,
urban or rural, which has
adopted either a minimum
housing standards bylaw or
a resolution setting such
standards. Arrangements
have been made to extend
the benefits of the program
to residents of unorganized
municipalities in Northern
Ontario.
OPP investigate
four accidents
The Exeter OPP report
only four collisions over the
Civic Holiday weekend.
None was of serious nature
and only minor injuries were
reported.
The first of the holiday
weekend crashes occurred
on Friday when vehicles
driven by Winifred Wilds,
RR 3 Dashwood, and Leslie
Knight, Exeter, collided on
Highway 83 just east of
Dashwood.
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BEST SWINE SHOWER — In the swine division of the Zurich
4-H competition held at the recent Zurich Fair Helen Jacobs
was named the top shower. Helen received her award from
4-H leader Ray Rasenburg. Staff photo
Damage was listed at
$1,250 by Constable Don
Mason and a minor injury
was sustained by Bonnie
Hamlin, Crediton a
passenger in the Knight veh-
cle.
There was one accident of
Saturday involving a vehicle
driven by Michael
McGuiggan, Exeter. It
struck a culvert on con-
cession. 2-3 of Stephen north
of the Crediton Road.
Damage was estimated at
$1,700 by Constable Don
Millson.
In the first of two Sunday
collisions, a vehicle driven
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Will fete
former MP
Bob McKinley former
member of parliament for
this area, will be honoured
Wednesday, August 27 at the
Clinton arena and com-
munity centre.
The Zurich area chicken
farmer retired from public
life earlier this year
following the defeat of the
Progressive Conservative
government.
McKinley represented the
riding for nearly a decade
and a half.
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Rabies on increase in area
says ug. depaitment
Rabies, the disease which
attacks the nervous system
of man and animals .and
causes madness and death,
is on the increase in the Clin-
ton area, says the Health of
Animals Branch of the
Federal department of
Agriculture at Seaforth.
W.J. Thompson, the
District Veterinarian for the
branch, said that there have
been 27 reported cases of
rabies this year. up from
only nine cases reported at
this time one year ago. The
predominant carrier of the
virus is the fox. and that
animal is passing it off to
other, domesticated animals
such as dogs and -cats.
Thompson said that some
cattle have died from the
disease and many more have
been quarantined.
If exposed. an animal
must be isolated for six
months, during which time it
cannot be sold.
"Exposure constitutes be-
ing in the vicinity of a rabid
animal and having any con-
tact with it," he said. Even a
person shooting a diseased
animal then handling it
could be subject to the
highly contagious condition,
although the virus is usually
transported in the saliva.
The Huron County Health
Unit, in Goderich, said that
there have been reported
cases of rabid wildlife this
year, but that there has been
no human involvement as
yet. However, precautionary
injections have been ad-
ministered to several people
who are believed to have
handled animals diagnosed
as rabid.
The Health Unit said that
there are no pet vaccination
clifiics planned because the
outbreak is not serious
enough to warrant such ac-
-tion and because clinics do
not often fulfill their pur-
pose.
In light of the fact that the
outbreak has tripled in 1980,
people are asked to beware
of the situation. The Health
of Animals Branch warned
that a fox or skunk seen in
the daylight hours is suspect
and that these animals may
bite whatever moves.
Area crops okay if
wet weather .stops
"It may seem like we're
never satisfied," said
Huron's agricultural
representative Don Pullen
on Tuesday about the state
of crops in the county.
Last week, he said,
farmers in the central part
of the county were complain-
ing because of the dry con-
ditions and were hoping for a
few good showers, while
their peers in the North and
south sections of the county,
particularly the Exeter
area, were praying for dry
weather.
Other than the concern
over too much moisture, Mr.
Pullen said there wasn't
really anything to too upset
over.
"Despite a nearly dis-
.asterous start, the corn crop
has caught right up and
prospects now are • for an
average yield." Mr. Pullen
said. The crop is lush and
green because of good
nitrogen take-up and much
of it us coming into tassel.
"We sure couldn't have
said that a few weeks ago,"
he said, referring to the cold
June that saw four frosts,
and the corn only ankle high
by the first of July.
We have a lot to be
thankful for here in Huron,"
he said, citing parts of
Canada and the world ,that
are suffering this year from
adverse weather and crop
failures.
Mr. Pullen said the wheat
and spring grain harvest
would _get underway
simultaneously- later this
week when fields dry out.
So far, he said there were
no signs of bean beetle or
white mould in the white
beans, and said if producers
wished to spray a fungicide
for bean mould it would be
as a preventative measure.
Further details on bean
spraying are available on the
farm page.
TOP BEEF MEMBER
Kathy Love, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Love has been
named the top beef member
in the Zurich 4-H calf
club. Staff photo
MILK -ENRICHED HEAD — Tim Westlake, Zurich, helps Rossini the magician pour milk into
Derrick Martin's head. The vitamins remained, but luckily the water was pumped out later
so that Derrick didn't have to suffer from "water on the brain", as Rossini put it. The magic
show was held Wednesday at the Hay .Township Hall and was sponsored by the Huron
County Library and Outreach Ontario. Staff photo