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FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
OCTOBER 9, 1980
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Board may decide fate of pian
Hay township's. proposed
secondary plan may face its
biggest hurdle some months
down the road if two ob-
jections to the plan are
deemed acceptable by the
Ontario Municipal Board.
George Penfold of the
Huron County planning
department told Hay council
Monday that Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Cohen and George
Buston have submitted
letters to the planning
department indicating
disagreement over two land
designations in the plan.
The Cohens who operate
the Driftwood Trailer Court
north of St. Joseph had
requested an extension of the
recreational designation
from the existing trailer
park developemnt_ to High-
way 21 to as to allow for the
-expansion of the trailer
court. The Cohens contend
that when their lakefront
property was purchased 15
years ago the council of the
time agreed that all of the',
land would be used for a
trailer park development. In
September council turned
down a request by Cohens for
an extension of the
recreational designation.
The other objection which
could reach the,OMB comes
from William Buston of
London who objects to the
change in land designation
from restricted agrlcultu► a level. .
If council gives the plan
third reading at a special
meeting on October 16, the
plan would be submitted to
the county council planning
committee who would in turn
submit the. plan W. the
minister of housing.
Providing the minister
deems the objections are
warranted the secondary
plan would head for . the
OMB.
If the village of Zurich wants
additional land for industrial
purposes it will be up to the
village to approach Hay
according to the township
council.
Anson McKinley of the
Zurich and area Chamber of
Commerce appeared before
•.:council asking for their
feelings on the matter.
McKinley said that at
present, Zurich has little or
no land available for in-
dustry and that the township
has disignated no industrial
areas near Zurich in its
proposed secondary plan.
Penfold told McKinley and
council that agriculturally
related industries such as a
grain elevator or farm
implement dealership would
be allowed in the
agricultural areas
surrounding the village. The
intent of the plan was to keep
any form of any
to recreational apart lots 21
through to 28 on the west side
of Highway 21 between Port
Blake and St. Joseph.
At an official plan public
meeting held in July Buston
had indicated through his
lawyer that the properties in
the area should have their
tions changed as the
need arose.
Council approved several
minor changes to the plan's
text including the rewording
of the section which excludes
the installation of single wide
mobile homes in
recreatiqnal areas aside
from trailer parks. Double
wide mobile homes would be
permitted in a recreational
zone .providing they were
compatible with the
surrounding area.
Penfold said the plan is now
ready for local adoption with
council having two methods
of implementing " the plan.
Council could give first and
second readings which would
put the plan intoaction and
hold off third and final
reading for a year. Prior to
third reading changes to the
plan could be made without
the necessity of going to the
ministry of housing for
approval.
council gave third
reading modifications would
be made at the provincial
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NOT EXACTLY A CROWD -- The first Zurich ratepayers' meeting held in 10 years
failed to attract v single person to the council chambers Tuesday. Discussing a village
matter were (clock -wise, upper right) councillor{ Bob Fisher and Leroy Thiel, clerk -
treasurer Sharon Baker, Reeve Fred Haberer, councillor Isidore Laporte and councillor
Jim Bedard. Staff photo
No answers at meeting but
then there were no .questions
Members of Zurich
council received a back-
-handed compliment Tues-
day when not one
ratepayer ventured out of
their house to attend the
first ratepayers' meeting
held in 10 years.
Despite waiting almost
45 minutes the- council
chamber failed to attract
more than six people
which included the pre-
sent council, the clerk -
treasurer and the press.
Mid -way through the
"meeting" Reeve Fred
Haberer excused himself
and made a quick trip to
the Zurich Arena where
the meeting was first
scheduled to be held.
Upon returning
Haberer said "There's
not a soul on the street
and if there " is someone
out there, they're certain-
ly not headed for here
(the council chambers) ."
Haberer attributed the
lack of attendence due to
the laek of any real
problems in the village
and the fact that council
may be closer to the peo-
ple than it may be in
either the townships or
the larger urban
municipalities. They
aren't going to come here
for the exercise." Jim
Bedard noted.
In a review of the
political aspirations of
the present council
Bedard said he would not
stand in the November 10
election. He said he had
enjoyed his two years on
. council but that an in-
creased workload at this
place of employment dic-
tated his decision.
The newest member of
council, Bob Fisher who
filled the seat vacated
last year by Claude
Gelinas, said that he
would let his name stand
as a councillor. Fisher
said he would like to see
an election in the village.
Echoing that sentiment
was Leroy Thiel who said
he would not let his name
stand if other members of
the community would like
to serve on council. "A
lot of things are telling
me that I shouldn't run,"
Thiel told the press and
his fellow councillors.
At the September
meeting of council Reeve
Haberer who is seeking to
become the first Huron
County warden from
Zurich said he would let
his name stand. The same
holds true for Isidore
Laporte.
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agriculutrally related
concern. near the major
centres of population which
the township borders on.
As an alternative to an-
nexation Penfold said the
village could purchase
property in the township and
since it was purchased by a
municipality the provisions
of the official plan would be
waved. The village could
then sell the land to an in-
dustry.
Annexation would be the
desirable of the two alter-
natives for the procurement
of industrial land near
ZUrich as both the land and
the services would be in one
municipality.
Hay councillor Tony
Bedard said Zurich should
make the initial move for
added industrial land and
that as a member of the
Chamber he thought it was
"ridiculous" that so little
property in Zurich was zoned
industrial.
FIRE RAVAGES COTTAGES — Two cottages in the Homestead Heights subdivision north
of Drysdale were ravaged by fire Saturday. Total damage to the cottages owned by Gor-
don Scheider of Bornholm and Morris Schneider Monkton totalled over $50,000.
Over $50,000 damage
Fire destroys cottage
After a very quiet summer
members of the Zurich Fire
department responded -. to
two calls this past week with
damage totalling over
$50,000.
Early Saturday evening a
cottage owned by Gord and
Eileen Schneider at
Homestead Heights two and
one half miles north of
Drysdale was completely
Reps declare
intentions
Of the two trustees who
represent Zurich, Hensall
and Hay township on the
Huron County Board of
Education one incumbent
will definitely be seeking re-
election while the other
incumbent is undecided.
Former chairman of the
:. aard Herb Turkheim said
he will be seeking re-
election.
The Zurich appliance and
furniture dealer has served
on the board for eight years,
seven of those on the board's
executive committee.
He said this would be the
last time he will seek elec-
tion to the board and con-
siders an alteration of the
busing system used by the
board as a major item for the
new slate of trustees. The
board and the Huron -Perth
Roman Catholic School
Board are looking at ways to
eliminate the duplication of
busing serves, he said.
The Roman Catholic
school board representative
to the Huron board Ted
Geoffrey of Zurich said he is
unsure about whether he will
seek re-election but did in-
dicate he might stand
depending on the quality of
the candidate which may be
up against him and the
turnover on the Huron -Perth
board.
After 27 years as a trustee
Geoffrey says a high tur-
nover on a board can cause
many problems.
destroyed while an adjacent
cottage owned by Morris
Schneider of Monkton was
severaly damaged.
The fire in the cottage
which was totally destroyed
was noticed by friends of the
Schneiders upon their return
from Bayfield.
By the time firemen
arrived on the scene the
Gord Schneider residence
was totally engulfed by
flames.
Sparks from the first fire
spread to the Gord Schneider
cottage with the Zurich
department calling for
_assistance from the Bayfield
birgade•
Firemen were on the scene
for two and one half hours
during which time Bayfield
fireman Don Mcllwain was
treated for minor smoke
inhalation by an ambulance
crew standing by at the
scene.
Zurich fire chief Leo
Meidinger estimated
damage to the Gord
Schneider residence at
$40,000 and between $15,000
and $20,000 for the Morris
Schneider cottage.
Quick work by the Zurich
and Hensall fire depart-
ments saved a barn on the
farm of Glenn Hayter of RR
1, Zurich from possible
destruction Wednesday
afternoon.
Rolled bales of hay located
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Annexed area to
receive bus service
Two Hensall Public School
pupils who could Have lost
their rides to school if
Hensall manages to. annex
part of Hay Township have
been rescued by the Huron
County board of education.
The two, a four-year-old
and an 11 -year-old, were the
focus of objections by four
township residents that
threatened to land the an-
nexation issue before the
Ontario Municipal Board.
The board has a policy
against busing students in an
urban area and once the 97 -
acre subdivision area south
of Hensall is absorbed into
the village, the two young
residents of the annexed
area would have found
themselves walking to school
along busy Highway 4.
Objectors were concerned
that the situation' could be
particularly treacherous in
the winter.
Huron County planner
Roman Dzus appeared
before the school board
Monday to ask trustees to
make an exception to the
• busing " policy until an
"alternative safe access" —
a sidewalk — to the school is
provided.
Dzus said later the
"temporary, interim
solution" of continuing to bus
the pupils in the affected
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NAME MANAGER — Don
Appleby of Parkhill has been
named workshop manager
of ARC Industries in
Dashwood. Appleby comes
to ARC after seven years as
plant superintendent for
Fleck Manufacturing of
Huron Park. Staff photo