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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1981-08-13, Page 1MUSIC LESSONS, PLAYGROUND STYLE — Monday's playground field day saw the Zurich `team' teaching songs to playground children from Crediton and Dashwood Two hurt in area collision Two minor injuries were reported in one of the four collisions investigated this week by the Exeter OPP. That accident was reported on Thursday when vehicles driven by Leo Creces, Zurich, and Antonet- tia Menard, Windsor, collid- ed on Highway 21 in Hay Township. Damage was set at $3,200 and minor injuries were sustained by Helen Creces, Zurich, and Annie Ste ns, RR 2 Grand Bend. There was one accident on Tuesday, it occurring on Highway 83 east of Huron Road 11. Drivers involved were Jim Shwit, RR 2 St." Pauls and Manuel Dasilva, Toronto. Damage was $1,- 600. On Friday, vehicles driven FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS AUGUST 13, 1981 CRACK THE WHIP — To keep on skating those participating in the Zurich playground' roll-, a-thon came up with a number of games. Leading the pack is Greg Overholt, followed by Mark Stephan Chris Willis, Marc Clausius, Pat Haggitt and Todd Laporte. Improvements planned for downtown Hensall Hensall intends _ to designate its downtown a business improvement area (BIA) and is preparing notice as required under The Municipal Act. Council also appointed architect Nick Hill to draft and prepare a concept plan for the village downtown at a special meeting with the newl- established Hensall Bt 'iness Improvemnt Association (HBIA) July 29, the minutes of which were tabled at Monday's regular council meeting. The BIA was set up July 22 with Bevan Bonthron elected president; Jack Drysdale, vice-president; Mike Caers, treasurer; and Bob Gibson, secretary, Councillor Dick Packham is the village representative on the HBIA. Packham, who was not at this week's meeting, sub- mitted a report to council on Hill's meeting with Hensall businessmen July 15. In this report Hill describes downtown Hensall as "Cold and drab" and " a bunch of hard- edged buildings and nothing but asphalt, concrete and brick." Hill met with council in committee of the whole before Monday's meeting. Pedlars and hawkers hoping to sell their wares will now. need a licence in Hensall. Council passed the bylaw Monday. The licence will cost $200, and be valid to the end of the year in which it was issued. Pedlars or hawkers doing business in the village will have to produce the licence on demand, or face a fine of not less than $100 or more than $300. The licencing requirement applies to "every person who goes from place to place or to a particular place with goods, wares or mer- chandise for sale within The Village of Hensall or who carries and exposes sam- ples, patterns or specimens of goods, wares or mer- chandise which is to be delivered in the municipality afterwards." Council also endorsed a resolution from the Town- ship of Kingston which asks the provincial government to consult with municipalities and review the education tax system, to seriously consider amending the present property tax base formula and to provide more funds to municipalities by amending Ontario's grant system. Three reports were read and carried by council; from work superintendent Don Towton, building inspector Herman Van Wieren and minutes of the Hensall Park Board meeting August 4. The parks board reports a profit of $174.75 from a recent softball exhibition between the California Cuties and Hensall Legionnaires. The report also notes the Seaf,orth Minor Hockey Association has tentatively booked ice time at the Hensall arena . /-" %y /-�f,,f:,r�/f fro- Ft»� fffff�r / f�i�" f rr/'i i v4 I% .: f.r/; y/: // jryjiri • r rr 1! 7r by Cecil Pepper, Hensall, and Arthur Gaiser, Exeter, collided on Richmond St. at Nelson St. in Hensall. Please turn to page 3 Price per Copy 25 Cents Will tender paving; Hay approves over budgetting Dashwood trustee George Tieman spoke to Hay Township council, Monday, concerning -repaving streets in the police village. Tieman asked for council's approval to go over budget and asked for the council to call for the tenders. Stephen Township had let tenders for a road in Crediton Ionger and wider than the area in Dashwood and it was priced at $8000. This was the price Dashwood had based its decision on. Tiernan said the village had applied for ministry of transport subsidies for the past two years and did not receive any monies. He said the job should be done this year as frost from another winter may break up the surface. Reeve Lloyd Mousseau agreed, noting that oil prices were down (and thus the cost of paving material) and that contractors had little work to do and could give a better price. It had been agreed that the township would pave about 1500 feet long concession 12 and 123 at the same time the Dashwood work is to be done. • Including the work on Helen and Phillip Streets in Dashwood, about 3500 feet of roadway will be paved. Council approved Dash - wood's overbudgetting and will call tenders for the work. A second delgation at council was Tom Prout and John Smithers of the Ausable-Bayfield conser- vation authority. Prout exporessed the position of the authority concerning the sale of some farmland in the Hay swamp area. It was also proposed the land be drained. Prout explained the swamp was a natural holding area for winter flood water and released the water slowly during the year. The authority owns land in the swamp area and as funds and land are available he said, the conservationists would like to acquire more of the wet lands. Any drainage of a property would adversely affect adjacent lands he noted. Deputy reeve Lionel Wilder said the area was designated as a natural environment on the town- ship's secondary plan. As designated no permanent buildings may be built. There are certain areas in the township that should not be farmed, Wilder said, noting this was one of them. He said the proposal hadn't come before the county development com- mittee but he feels that it will not get county approval. Prout said Ile didn't care if the property was sold, but he felt it should remain swampland. If a bulldozer is allowed in, he added, it would be hard later to prove it didn't have a "break away" and more land be cleared. Councillor Tony Bedard said the council and the authority's problems would be solved if the land was purchased for conservation. Prout also reminded council that the authority was expanding a tree planting program to municipalities. Treeshad been available to land owners through the conservation authority and they are now checking in- terest in tree planting at a municipal level. Council was interested in Please turn to page 7 i IME TO CRASH - - Mark Stephan goes clunk while Pat Haggit giggles. The boys took o much needed rest during the Zurich playground roll-a-thon.