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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-12-18, Page 1tVo., 51 • 4,-.111,,F7971WIPMEWTIRSM""7-4,1,7 i17,741 .4 • • I 1 , 1 • . 1 • 1 • • . r 6TH LOCAL NEWS DECEMBER 18, 980 Conservation authority , approves eight projects At Friday's general ' meeting of the Atable- Bayfield Conservation Authority eight projects for 1981 were approved. The. Port Franks Flood- plain administration Study at a cost of 48,000 will con- sider th„ g complex flooding, ice jamming and erosion problems and the measures that might be taken to reduce the effect of these. A Bayfield'erosion control and slope stabilization study is expected to cost $5;000. Engineering will be proceeding on the next phase of the. Grand Bend. Erosion control project extending from the Brazier property to the Green - Forest Motel WARDENS CHAT =-- At Friday's meeting of the Ausae- Boyfield Conservation Authority, Perth County warden for 1980 Carl Vock chats with newly eleded Huron warden. Fred Hoberer. Staff photo Publishing Changes Readers and advertisers of the Citizens News -or• advised of the following publishing changes during the Christmas - New Years period. Due to the fact that -Christmas is ens Thursday this year, the Citizens' News will hit the news-stands a day earlier, Wednesday. As a result of the bumping -up of the publishing date some alterations in the deadline for ads and stories must be made. All ads or copy must be at our Zurich agent by S p.m., Monday, December22 or phoned into the Times Advocate office by the sane time. There will be no pkkup of news or ad copy en Tuesday. Readers and advertisers should also note that the newspaper will not be published the last week of December and as such, ads concerning events should be placed in the Christmas edition. property along, the Ausable River at a cost of $4,000. The revised flood warning system was approved ;as .a Water and Related Land Management project at a cost of ;36700 over a five year period. 0 - — -' An extension of r the Ministers approval for siding and insulation -at the Parkhill workshop in the amount of ;1,65' and further im- provements to the . headquarters and workshop in Exeter was approved: The authority will be advising East " Williams township that the 1981 budget : will be rivised to allow the necessary work on the Stewart Gully erosion control" project. This projec t was scheduled for 1980, but, was cancelled when provincial funds were shiftedto Port Hope to cover flooding problems there. A land exchange with Stephen township in part of Lot 21, concessions 5 and 6 to allow construction of a new Devil's Elbow About $11,000 will be spent to renovate the picnic area at the Lucan Conservation area in time for the 1982 Inter- national Plowing Match. • • Price per Copy 25 Cents TOYS COME TO UFE The grade one class at Zurich Public School will be presenting a skit about toys coming to life at tonight's .Christmas concert. Two of the many youngsters in the show are Natalie BrOkenshire and Chris Gingerich. Staff photo =-Close d gravel- pit, local river access problems persist J Bayfield Council met on Monday night at the Municipal Building with all members present. The readings of the by4aw dedicating the 66' road allowance between Tuyll and Margaret Streets, known as Victoria Street were read and passed. After lengthy legal and survey problems dating back many years, it has been deeded back to the village from private ownership. It had been officially closed in 1948 by Stanley Township Council. The 22 foot travelled _ 1 WREATH MAKING AT CWL — The St. Boniface CWL viewed a demonstration of wreath making by the staff the Christmas Place at Grand Bend Tuesday. Picking up some tips from Helen Douglas and Kris Mclndoe were (left to right) Martha Overholt, Grace DuFharme, Beatrice Corriveau and Theresa Stark. Staff photo • ZNIAA prud dwell iAlberta A. graduate of the Zurich Bantams a few' years ago is miles north of Innisfil, eligibility remaining. Minor At ledc Association is the second top point -getter Wiliert tried out with the At this stage in the season fourth in scoring in the on the Cana ens and ac- Calgary Wranglers, a major the Canadiens are tied for Central Alberta . Junior B cording to the club's Junior A club but was told he first place in their league. Hockeyague. , program is a. player to needed more seasoning. Robert Wlllert, son of Mr. watch; "At 6'0, 165 pounds Father Edgar said the and Mrs. Edgar Willert "Stretch" comes to us from Regina Pats have shown an formerly et Zurich and now •the Innisfall Midgets. This interest in Robert. who is residentrof Innisfal, Alberta one is definitely a goal staying with former Hay is in his first season with the scorer. With his constant I township clerk -treasurer St. Pauls Canadiens of the hustle he should be one of the Wayne Horner and his wife northern Alberta junior B leading point -getters on the Helen in the north-eastern fool►.' chtb". Alberta community. The young w llert who was -Before landing with St. The grade 12 student has a top scorer with the Zurich Pauls, a community 240 three years of junior The other entries in the league come from the communities of Bonnyville, Lloydminister, Vegreville, Smoky Lake, Barrhead, Grand Centre, Wainwright and Vermilion. • Robert and one other player are the only imports on the St: Pauls squad. portion meets the minimum standards for a gravel road in the village. Changes haveto made to the -official plan and it is in the hands of Gary Davidson, Planning Director for the County of Huron, who has had it in his possession since last spring in order to update the same. Councillor Pemberton is to contact Mr. Davidson as to when a completion date may be expected. Frank McFadden has agreed to act on behalf of the village, on the Ausable- Bayfield Convervation Authority for a period of one year. Bud Chamney was at the meeting to renegotiate his garbage collection" contract with the village. He asked for a two year contract and a 10 percent cost hike which was accepted by council after a short debate. The rate will now stand at 613.200 ver year Local hydro costs are up Due to an average rate increase of 9.3 percent in the cost of demand and energy from Ontario Hydro plus local costs the average retail rates to our customers will increase by 11.9 percent PUC manager Charles Eckel said Tuesday. At the 1981 retail rates, 750 kilowatt hours will cost the residential customer ;29.45 per month, which is an in- crease of $3.20 over 1980. Effective January 1, 1918, all energy used on and after that date will be subject to 1981 retail rates as approved by Ontario Hydro. which includes the normal weekly pickup of garbage, two trash pickups per year and a Christmas tree pickup. Councillor Sturgeon will investigate De garbage problem experienced in Clan Gregor Square during the summer months,and provide a clean-up proposal. The Osmond estate problem stemming from unpaid back taxes appears to have been cleaned up, with all moneys from legal Please turn to page 9 Varna barn leveled Fanned by high winds, fire last Sunday morning took only an hour 'to completely level a large chicken barn on the farm of Stan Vanderwal, a 1,4 mile south of Varna on County Road 18. The three-storey, 200 by 40 foot barn contained 25,000 young chickens, which were also lost in the blaze. The fire was discovered about 11:30 a.m. in the north end of the barn in the furnace room, and the fire depart- ments from Brucefield and Bayfield were unable to do anything but watch it burn to the ground. is estimated at close to $100,000 and was partially covered by in- surance. A barn on the same farm also burned down seven years ago before Vanderwal purchased the farm. He plans to rebuild the structure which was a combination of a facility barn constructed in the early seventies and which was added to two years ago.