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Zurich Citizens News, 1981-07-15, Page 1A -few significant changes to the traditional fair agenda will make the 117th edition annual Zurich agricultural fair a two day event. As other years. the fair begins Friday night (July 17) with the official opening. Many local dignitaries will be attending the opening ceremonies to be hosted by. Huron County warden and Zurich reeve Fred Haber. • The fair will be opened at 7:30 at the community cen- tre. The music and talent show will follow in the auditorium and culminate in the crow- urich fair, two day, ring of the queen of the fair by last year's queen. Joanne McBride. Fair organizers have mov- ed the fair dance from -Satur- day to Friday. The band, Whisky Jack. will be providing the entertainment from 9:30, and of course the Lion's Cage will be supply- ing the refreshments. The past years' will be the theme df the Saturday parade, and like other years there is a complete list of prizes for parade participa- tion. The parade starts at 12:30. The arena will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. for exhibits and displays. Also beginning at 1 p.m. are the 4-H poultry, cattle'and sheep judging. The horse show begins at 1:30 and contestants will be showing heavy and light horses and ponies. The baby show will be held at 2 in the audiium with the'pet show to Mow at 2:30 in the arena. Molson's Brewery has donated trophies and prizes for a wrist wrestling cham- pionship. This event gets un- der way at 3p.m. A children's s draw will be' held at 4:30. The prizes are two radios. - All exhibits and displays will be removed from the arenk at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Saturday evening features a western horse show with horses, ponies. jumping and other western -style game events. The midway operators began setting up their rides Tuesday and the midway will be in operation both fair days. Although the mail strike has limited pre -registrations in many of the competitions, organizers expect another event good turnout. A full slate of com- petitions from livestock, to produce. to cooking. to han- dicrafts has been organized with divisions for every age and skill level. There are prizes in these categories also. Agricultural society secretary -treasurer Margaret Deichert said en- tries will still be accepted in competition categories. She advises interested parties to telephone entries to her home at 236-4130. or if call- ing on Friday. July 17, phone the Zurich Arena. /444 ,�,,fJlfj fA f,. 2 FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS Price per Copy 25 Cents ATTENTIVE LISTENERS --- Zurich vacation Bible school students listen as teacher Jackie nn tie beatitudes.. Shown are (from Leh) Cathy Shenk, Monica Gingerich, Shelly, rb, Hung Nona anThdnrntPniiln 7llnnrsithrlqm. of the Hensall worker Hensall council discussed hiring a part time worker to assist works _superintendent Don Towton at the July meeting, Monday. Towton said he had gone away for the weekend and no one had looked at the sewage plant. He said he did not think it was fair to be on call seven days a week, but added he did not mind checking the plant if he was in town. Councillor Cecil Pepper reminded council they would need a part time worker to help with snow removal next winter. He suggested a person could be hired now for part time work and kept on for the winter. Towton agreed and said he had other work, such as on catch basins that he could use help with. He suggested council should hire someone who could be trained to drive the truck. The problem right now though, is to have someone able to be on call council discuss part-time needs, at July meet weekends to check the sewage plant. Towton said a person could be trained in two or three mornings to read gauges and check water flow of the plant to make sure the pipes are not plugged. The works superintendent also wondered what a person would be paid for the part- time work, He said t was hard to find someone if you couldn't guarantee at Least two days work. He said the sewage plant only takes about 10 minutes to check, if nothing goes wrong, but the person would have to be on call all weekend. Reeve Paul Neilands said in the past the plant was just left alone if there was no one available to check it. Pepper said he did not want another full-time job, but was willing to learn what he needed to be done and be on call if he is available. Neilands suggested council members and Towton try to see if anyone would be interested in the part time work. He suggested a retired person could handle the sewage plant dutiesand suggested a name. Councillor Minnie Noakes protested the suggestion, saying the man was deaf. "The sewage won't be talking to him though, " Neilands replied. Building inspector Her- man Van Wieren reported the value of building permits issued n June totaled more than all of last in permits. Building permits totaled about $165,000 last year. Permits issued in June totaled $252,500. Van Wieren said about 95 percent of this was estimated for roof repairs at the General Homes plant on Mill Street. The minutes of the Hensall park board reported that only about 32 children were particpating in the playground this year. Clerk Betty Oke said this was a decline from last year, but the children who are attending seem to be en- joying it. Towton said his children did not think there were enough interestingactivities. Someone said there weren't enough children in the village, but Pepper reminded the council a church -run Bible school had about 100 area children attending. He said playground supervisor Marilyn Pepper had suggested children be allowed to register for a shorter time period and that six weeks may be too long for the playground. Council approved the park board acceptance of a quote for $710 by Ron Heywood to apply zinc sulphate and paint the south interior wall of the arena. Please turn to page 2 Oomph, vitality beams out message Buzzy Bee and songs with 'oomph' are two of the in- novative methods being used to teach Zurich children about the beatitudes of Christ at the Zurich vacation Bible school. This year's school is a co- operative community effort by the Lutheran, Mennonite and United Churches, with Pastor Jack Dressler of St. Peter's Lutheran church in charge. Dressler said he likes "songs with oomph and vitality. that pick-up and beam out the message we want to say." The message of this year's Bible school is the 'Beatitudes' — the be -like Jesus attitudes — outlined in the Matthew 5, 3-12, the description of the Sermon on the Mount. Children participate in crafts, games, readings and music to study daily themes related to the overall message. Friday's theme was "Be pure in heart". "A good way to say that in English terms is be good," Dressler explained. The highlight of the mor- ning classes is a daily assembly at the public school and the appearance of Buzzy Bee. Dressler crouches on a small table enclosed and decorated as a bee hive, and in a squeeky voice, using a hand puppet, has Buzzy Bee explain the day's theme. "The kids know I'm back here," Dressler said." but they enjoy it if you're play- ing with them." "I think we're having a pretty successful vacation school so far," the pastor said. He said he found the children very excited this year. "The kid's faith is pretty strong — their faith is not as challenged as ours." Attendance hag been down slightly this year. About 150 children are attending the school at the Lutheran and United Churches and at the public school. They are being taught by 22 volunteer teachers. Last year's classes averaged about 163. Part of the decline Dressler said, was due to a Bible school being run at Zion Lutheran in Dashwood this year. The children are also mak- ing donations to raise money for mission projects. Money will be sent to help refugees in Somalia (on the horn of Africa) and to help purchase Bibles to be sent to China. To finish off the school the children are putting on a program at the public school auditorium. tonight, to pre- sent skits and music on the theme. It begins at 7:30 and everyone is welcomed. GOOD ROAD CERTIFICATE - - Hay Township reeve Lloyd Mousseau presents roads superintendant Ross Fisher with a certificate from the Ontario Good Roads Association . Fisher completed the J Mahoney road school in Guelph earlier this year.