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Take time out
Cheaper by comparison
No one likes paying $1.20 to $1.25 a gallon for
gasoline and before long it will cost even more.
Then, too, there's no doubt the multi -national oil
companies are realizing tremendous profits. But
despite this, a comparison will show other com-
modities have increased much more in price than
has gasoline.
We'll have to admit that the following figures
were worked out by son1eone else and we can't
vouch for their veracity, but they no doubt give a
pretty good idea of the cost of other liquids we buy
today.
Soft drinks, for instance, consist mainly of
water, sugar and flavouring, yet a gallon of pop
would cost a consumer about $3.45 - more than
twice the cost of a gallon of gas.
Few who buy a case of beer or a bottle of liquor
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regularly have stopped to figure what they would
cost per gallon. However, a gallon of beer would be
$4.79, -while a gallon of liquor would cost $50.00.
A gollon of oil can be purchased on sale for
around the $2.80 mark; a gallon of vegetable oil
would cost a shopper approximately $5.25.
Similarly, a gallon of vinegar would cost about
$2.00 while a gallon of canned pineapples would be
$5.60. Dish soap would run an estimated $8.32 a
gallon while a gallon of milk would average better
than $2.65 a gallon. A gallon of frozenorange juice
concentrate would be near the $10 mark.
Perhaps this comparison will put you in a better
mood when you pull up to a gas station next time
and say "fill 'er up."
The Huron Expositor
hiring procedure
It is time that municipalities realize that a
different set of standards from the private sector
should apply in the hiring of municipal personnel.
Simply stated, all positions available at either the
county. municipal or school board level should be
advertised.
In a fine example of how not to operate, Exeter
town council approved the hiring of their deputy
clerk -treasurer without any formal hiring
procedure employed aside from the fact that news
of the position's availability was made known a few
weeks ago in the local newspaper.
Lead by Mayor Derry Boyle and despite objec-
tions from two councillors, council took the unusual
and expedient step. of bumping up the secretary -
receptionist to the deputy -clerk's treasurer's job.
When it comes to filling such a position a
municipal employee should not be arbitarily moved
to another position unless it is within the sphere of
their present employment.
An employee of a municipality or any other
secondary level of government should be considered
on the same basis as any other applicant.
Mayor Derry Boyle's statement that adver-
tising for the clerk -treasurer's job would be a slight
to the former secretary -receptionist is rubbish. The
ad pertains to the filling of a new position, not the
performance of the new clerk -treasurer in his or
her former job.
What council is saying is that there is no per-
sons outside of the present municipal administra-
tion who .are capable of adequately performing the
duties of a deputy clerk -treasurer; some underpaid
village or township clerk could argue with that.
One of the reasons why council may have gone
this route was a case of "cold feet" picked up when
the last deputy- clerk -treasurer was engaged. The
gentleman hired in January of 1978 quit earlier this
year with no reasons given for his departure.
While in no way questioning the abilities of the
council appointee, they might have missed the op-
portunity of gaining a person who while not familiar
with the present local system could have provided
expertise in another field or municipality which
chould be applicable to the local situation.
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Miscellaneous
Rumblings
No Fire Hydrants ... Pity
You have to hand it to Zurich's clerk -treasurer
Sharon Baker; in addition to performing her normal
duties at Thursday's council meeting, Mrs.. Baker
came up with the most memorable one-liner of any
council meeting held this year.
The discourse was part of a conversation between
Baker and councillor Leroy Thiel over who's respon-
sibility it was for the enforcement of certain municipal
bylaws.
Baker said she believed that the OPP could ticket
cars for parking in front of a fire hydrant since such
parking was universally prohibited across the province
and was not a bylaw specific to Zurich.
When Thiel asked Baker what townships do about
the enforcing of bylaws, Baker who still had fire
hydrants on her mind replied with straight face "They
don't have fire hydrants in the township."
Soon afterwards, a crescendo of laughter emerged
from the council chambers with the exception of Thiel
and Baker who remained engrossed in their discus-
sion.
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After Thursday's council meeting it appears that
the Zurich and district Chamber of Commerce might
just have the last word about the visibility problem at
,the Goshen and Highway 84 corner.
While council didn't take any action as a result of
Chamber president Jack Eckel's comments, they did
establish that the present parking bylaw did require a
second.
Chairman of the streets and sidewalks committee
Isidore Laporte hinted that some changes in the no
parking zones could be made with Laporte saying that
by spring the painting on the present zones will be
worn off.
By now. the Chamber realizes that the wheels of
government turn slowly for it was exactly one year
ago last week that the Chamber parking committee
made their initial proposal.
It would be fair to say that the wait has been worth
it for it has allowed both the Chamber and council to
consider their actions in the light of comments made
by another group.
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It's that time of year when those poeple with
political aspirations or political non -aspirations begin
to declare their respective positions with regards to
the municipal elections which take place two months
from now.
In Zurich. only Reeve Fred Haberer and Laporte
have declared their intentions with the reeve now in-
volved in two elections.
For the last couple of months Haberer has been
making the rounds of the county seeking support for
his candidacy as warden -of this county.
It's a position where Haberer could give a very
good account of himself and it would be an excellent
birthday present for the village next year.
Laporte's announcement that he would in all
likelihood seek re-election comes as no real surprise
for if nothing else, the meat store owner would like to
see the completion of Mill and Victoria Streets while
he is in office.
The positions of the other three council members
is a little more difficult to assess at this time but we
wouldn't be too surprised if Leroy Thiel let his name
sta nd.
Thiel who has been involved in municipal politics
for over 20 years serves as the council watchdog and
provides expertise on Issues which keep recurring
year after year.
Both Jim Bedard and Bob Fisher have been ex-
cellent additions to council with both men contributing
much to the recreation, parks and community board.
Talking about the rec board the proposal for its
complete revamping is an excellent idea.
In a very few short years the effects of the com-
paratively "free" Wintario money which was dispens-
ed not so many years ago for capital works projects
will begin to take its toll on facilities which small
communities can not affort on a long-term basis.
The time is now for a reorganization of the
recreational framework in the Zurich area to meet the
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