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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-11-05, Page 1111 Inci (Oh No. 44—ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1970 HALLOWE'EN PROGRAM - There was plenty of excitement at St. Boniface School Zurich, last Friday afternoon when pupils staged their program based on the Hallowe'en theme. In this photo Margaret Groot, right, appears to be ready to stab Cathy Cyr, who was sleeping on the floor, while the mother, Kathy Ducharme, left, looks on with a worried look on her face. The name of their play was "Mary and the Ghost." Huron County Board of Education. Attemps to Shorten Meetings in an effort to shorten the length of the meetings of the Huron County Board of Educat- ion, the members agreed Mon- day evening in Clinton to drop the oral question period and to have all questions concerning the meeting or any other mat- ters written out and presented to the administrative staff. The answers then would be given to individual board memb- ers have had an opportunity to gather all the pertinent data relative to the question. It has been the custom of the Huron County Board of Educat- ion to permit the members of the press present at the meet- ing to ask questions of the board during the question period. Press representatives requested the board to give some consideration to allowing a maximum of five minutes at the end of the regul- ar board meeting for the press to pose questions in the pres- ence of the entire board, Gordon Moir claimed that if the board members were not permitted to ask questions ex- cept by writing them on cards, the press should not have that privilege either. Moir stated the press could speak to the dir- ector of education or the chair- man following the meeting if there were any questions. One member of the press, Mrs. Shirley Keller stated she felt it was important for the entire board to know what quest- ions were being asked by the press and to hear the answers given to them. Indications from chairman John Lavis were that the matter would be included on the next meeting agenda and a decision reached at that time. 0 Education Official Discusses Drugs Superintendent of education James Coulter reported to the Huron County Board of Educat- ion Monday evening that the question of drugs is introduced "too early" if it is presented at the elementary school level and it is the feeling of many elementary school teachers that "the information may be more suggestive than deterent. The teachers, said Mr. Coult- er, prefer to include it incident- ally in the regular health prog- ram or when discussion involv- ing the topic is promoted by a pupil or group. "Drug education is an integ- ral part of the health program and over emphasis is intention- ally avoided, " Mr. Coulter re- ported. "Generally four to six classroom periods are specific- ally devoted to instruction on drugs. Thesemay contain in- formation of coffee, aspirin etc. as well as the more sensational name drugs. Instruction is strong est in grades nine and ten but (continued on page 16) 10 CENTS PER COPY County Council See OIficiaI Plan Representatives from G. V. Kleinfeldt and Associates (Lond- on) Ltd., were on hand Friday morning in the Huron County Council chambers at Goderich to outline their preliminary findings in their quest to suggest an official plan for the county. The speakers made it plain to council that they were "starting with basically a clean slate in Huron County" and they indicat- ed this was an advantage in most respects since there were no previous planning concepts to consider or correct. They reported that the offic- ial plan would likely be pres- ented early in the new year... and told council that its present- ation to the people of Huron .would be an all-important step. Several hints were given as to the direction the plan would take. For instance, one speaker noted that Huron should be able to control its lakeshore property; another that there may have to be some consider- ation given soon to controlling the run-off in the rivers to permit a more even flow. Preliminary indications are that the county should employ its own central planning admin- istration with the various munic- ipalities working through that office to maintain continuity throughout the county. Local planning boards at the munic- ipal level were discouraged until it was known what direct- ion the county would take where land use planning is concerned. Sewage disposal is one of the biggest problems. Charts cont- ained in the report showed that only the five town in Huron are equipped with sewage treat- ments systems and of these five, the system in the town of Wing - ham has sufficient capacity to' permit population growth - and then only 1, 000 persons. The report also showed that of the five villages in Huron, only Bayfield would have an "unrestr- icted potential" for future dev- elopment based on water supply and sewage systems. The report pointed out that septic tank systems are already presenting some problems in Huron County. There was a sug- gestion in the report that in areas where there is no central sewage disposal system, lot sizes would have to be consider- ably increased to permit proper septic tank installations. Reeve Elmer Hayter, remarked that larger lots are a waste and a bother to some landowners. "There must be some other way, " said Ilayter. Ed Oddliefson, reeve of the village of Bayfield, said that subdivision -type plans were the answer with a piped water supply and some kind of package sew- age treatment plant. His views were upheld by the Kleinfeldt representatives. There was some discussion inaugurated by Reeve Harold Lobb, Clinton, concerning the part farm operations play in polluting the rivers and streams. He said he didn't really want to criticise the farmers but the farm pollution is a. very real problem. "While pollution is urban - oriented, " said the Kleinfeldt spokesman, "farms to contribute, they play a significant role." Medical officer of health, Dr. G. P, A. Evans warned that pol- lution was a "crisis in Ontario" Continued on page 3 Hay Township Council Petitions Department to Enlarge ARCA At the regular meeting of Hay Township council on Mon- day afternoon, it was agreed to petition the Ontario Department of Energy Resources, requesting a vote on the enlarging of the Ausable River Conservation Authority. The request would add all of the watershed of the Bayfield River and all other streams entering Lake Huron, from the point north where the north boundary of the ARCA meets the shore of Lake Huron to the point where the north boundary of the village of Bay- field meets the shore of Lake Huron. Several weeks ago a meeting was held in Goderich at which time a similar request from Sea - forth to have that same area joined to the Maitland River Conservation Authority, was turned down. At that time an official from the Department stated that a similar request asking for the addition of the same property to the ARCA could be dealt with at a later date. In other business at their Monday meeting, rhe Hay council passed by-law 34, be- ing a sub -division and zoning by-law to regulate the develop- ment of the Isidore Ducharme survey, on part of lot 8, con- cession Lake Road West. The by-law is subject to the approval of the Department of Municipal Affairs. Another by-law, number 35, (continued on page two) • RAISE MONEY FOR UNICEF - Pupils of the Zurich Public School tried a unique project last Friday, in an effort to raise money for UNICEF, and their work resulted in a profit of a little over $40. The children served lunch to as many of their fellow students as were willing to sample the product, and a group of the committee in charge are shown here preparing hot dogs on an outdoor barbecue. Left to right are Lois Doerr, Derek O'Brien, Cheryl Turkheim and Debbie O'Brien. Along with the donations to UNICEF received by children on their rounds Saturday night, a total of $130 will be turned over to the fund.