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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.
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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
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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"
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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,
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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.