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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-02-25, Page 1No. 8—ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTAR u, e4i4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1971 10 c PER COPY BOUQUET FROM TIMMY - Mrs. C. H. Epps, of Clinton, centre in this photo, is seen as she receives a bouquet of roses from London's Timmy, Robert Sweeney, at the big benefit day Sunday at Pineridge Chalet. All proceeds from the event go to the Crippled Children's Treat- ment Centre, in London, and a number of children from the centre were present Sunday to join in the celebrations. Mrs. Epps shot the 800 -pound moose which was donated to the Chalet for the project. (More pictures of the big day on page 2) TAKDEDUCTI5LE DONATIONS RECEIVED-tBANK.iMOWTREAL LAUNCH CAMPAIGN - Vari ous organizations in Grand Bend are joining together in a campaign to raise $30, 000 for a medical centre, and already the group have received over $13, 000 in donations to their project. Monday afternoon the organization erected a sign and thermometer at the main intersection of the summer resort, to keep people posted on the results of the campaign. Left to right are Harry Hamilton, W.F.B. MacLaren, Bill Sturdevant, general chairman; Prosper VanBrauen; Wayne Sylvester, Orval Wassmann and Jack Mennel. Grand Bend Plans Medical Centre A fund raising drive for const- ruction of a $30, 000 medical centre in Grand Bend, was launched officially on Monday afternoon. Wayne Sylvester, treasurer of the medical centre committee, said that ninety-eight donations, amounting to nearly $13, 000, have already been pledged. The committee plans sod turning in April and hopes to complete construction by July. William Sturdevant, Chair- man of the committee, said that applications from three doctors had been received to date. The Ontario Department of Health has designated Grand Bend as an underserviced area and will guarantee a $26, 000 annual income to the doctor who establishes a practise there. Grand BendLions Club will donate 30, 000 sq. ft. of land next to the public school, as a site for the medical building. The entire $30, 000 needed for the construction, is expected to be raised by donations. Administration of the centre will be by a committee of five. Real authority, however, will lie in the hands of a Board of Governors. Everyone who makes a donation will be eligible for membership on the Board of Governors. Future plans include the ad- dition of facilities to accomod- ate a dentist. 0 OPP Report While there were only six motor vehicle mishaps and one snow vehicle collision reported last week, the collision exp- erience continues to run well ahead of the same period last (continued on page 5) Huron Board of Education Alters Several Regulations (by Shirley J. Keller) A rather quiet meeting of the Huron County Board of Educat- ion took place Monday, Febru- ary 22 in the board room at Central Huron Secondary School. Main item on the agenda was the recommendation from the Policy Review Committee. This report showed that ten dif- ferent policies had been discus- sed in depth while three other matters received some special attention. The policy regarding handling complaints was rewritten to in- clude the following: a board member may, on receiving a written and signed complaint from a parent or guardian, visit the principal with or without the parent or guardian in order to remedy the complaint, and if the board member is not sat- isfied with the results of this meeting with the principal they shall bring the written com- plaint to the director of educat- ion for further action, and if the board member is not satis- fied with the action of the administrative staff they may then raise a Notice of Motion to place the complaint on the agenda of the next meeting for action by the whole board. As well, the press was accord- ed the privilege of submitting written questions which would be funnelled through the director or the chairman for open disc- ussion later during the meeting. This is being tried for two meet- ings and may be continued if the board finds it a satisfactory way to deal with the matter of questions from the press. It was also resolved that the director of education will inform all principals in the counnty that personal telephone calls for staff members are to be discour- aged and that school telephone numbers are not to be given out by staff members as business telephones to which calls pert- inent to out-of-school activities (continued on page 5) 0 Goderich Doctor Huron M.O.H. Former Mayor of Goderich, Dr. Frank Mills has been appoint- ed acting Medical Officer of Health for Huron County, effect- ive March 1. Dr. Mills will serve in this capacity only until such time as a replacement is secured for Dr. G. P.A. Evans who is leaving Huron County this weekend to become Medical Officer of Health for the cities of Kitchen- er and Waterloo and the County of Waterloo. Members of Huron County Council will meet tomorrow (Friday, February 26) in the court house and will hear budget reports from the Huron County Board of Health, the County Public Library, the Committees of Management of Huronview and the County Road Depart- ment. WINNERS AT CARNIVAL - The annual Skating Carnival at Zurich last Saturday night attracted a wide range of colour- ful costumes, worn by the children attending the event: Tops in the boy's fancy costume class were George Blackwell and Robbie Goff, of Sarnia. (More pictures of carnival on page 14).