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6TH LOCAL NEWS
DECEMBER 18,
980
Conservation authority
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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newspaper will not be published the last week of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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.