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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-06-17, Page 1MK] [rirKWza (6' NO. 24—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971 10 CENTS PER COPY RECEIVES GOLD CORD - Miss Dianne Klapp, a member of the Zurich Girl Guides, was presented with her Gold Cord, the highest honour available in the Girl Guide movement, at a banquet held in the Dominion Hotel last Week. Miss Mary McMillan, of Goderich, area commissioner of Girl Guides, made the presentation to Dianne, while Mrs. Carol Deitz, captain of the Zurich group, watches the proceedings. Dianne is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Klopp, R. R. 3, Zurich. New Surface For 4 1lighway 84 will receive a new surface treatment this sunnier, according to the 1lonourable Charles A,iacNaughton. The Huron MPP stated that tenders are being called this week for hot mix paving of 9.3 Municipalities Join Ausable Representatives of municipal- ities composing the Bayfield River watershed area, and anoth- er nearby township, officially voted 12 to one in Clinton last Wednesday to join the Ausable River Conservation Authority. Simultaneously, 21 members of the 26 -member authority present for the meeting, voted unanimously to a ccept the Bay- field watershed group. It was the second vote on the issue in less than two months. The municipalities called an "unofficial" vote in April to serve as a barometer before calling in provincial department of energy and resources manage- ment officials for the official vote. The unofficial vote had passed eight to four. The next step is an order -in - council by the province, which will probably be dated January 1, 1972. The delay will likely be made for budget reasons. The authority's 1971 budget was drawn up for the 23 municipalit- ies that were members at the first of this year. Among the Bayfield municipal- ities that will be joining the authority are the townships of Goderich, Stanley, McKillop Hullett and Logan, the towns of Seaforth and Clinton, and the villages of Zurich and Bay- field. Parts of the three other Bayfielc municipalities were already in the authority. Now to be fully within the authority are the townships of Hay, Hibbert, and T uc]<ersmith. Ninety-seven per cent of Steph- en Township was already in the jurisdiction of the authority, and while the remaining three per cent was not in the Bayfield Riv- er watershed area when the of- ficial vote was called, it was deciddd to include the remainder of the township in the vote. A two-thirds majority was re- quired in the official vote. Last October, the Bayfield municipalities turned down a Seaforth proposal to join the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority by one vote. Besides the addition of the Bayfield River watershed, the Ausable authority now also in- cludes "all other streams enter- ing Lake Huron from the point where the north boundary of the Ausable River Conservation Auth- ority meets with the shore of Lake Huron to the point where the north boundary of Bayfield meets the shore of Lake Huron, " Wed- nesday's resolution states. N.D. Patrick, director of the conservation authority branch of the department of energy and re- sources, represented the province at the meeting. The name of the municipality casting a ballot against joining the authority, was not released. Two Board Members Air Teacher Problem (by Shirley J. Keller) The two Goderich representat- ives on the IIuron County Board of Education Dr. A, B, Deathe and Mrs. J, W, Wallace, chair- man of the salary negotiations committee will attempt to enter a motion at Monday evening's regular meeting of the board ask- ing that the hoard conduct any further salary negotations with the teachers of 1-luron County "on the basis of achievement and maintenance of parity with the surrounding rural counties." The following statement from Dr. Deathe and Mrs. Wallace was directed to the people of the town of Goderich and was worded as follows: "We regret to inform you that as things stand now the second- ary schools in the county will not open in September. "In view of the crisis which has developed in the education- al system in Huron County the representatives of the town of Goderich wish at this time to make their views known to the public. This explanation is long overdue and it was only iri the hope that an amicable solution to the problem which faces the board and its secondary school teachers could be found that it has been withheld until now. "The chairman of the salary negotiations committee held the view that her role lay in neg- otiating with the teachers from the position of the majority dec- ision of the committee while doing what she could to influ- ence this decision toward a ten- able position. "From the beginning of the period of negotiations differences of opinion between the chairman and the committee became ap- parent in spirit and intent. "The initial board offer cont- ained no raise beyond the 3.5 percent incresse guaranteed to the teachers in last year's cont- ract. It required between 7.5 percent to eight percent increase to bring our teachers up to parity the offers being made in the surrounding counties. Only in its last offer did the board corn- mittee come up to 5.5 percent. "The principals of the five secondary schools asked for a 2 1/2 percent increase. The board offer was for half of that. Salaries in surrounding counties are currently averaging $1500 above our principals' requests. "The vice -principals are about $1200 below average. The board (continued on page 16) Three Systems Join COMPEC An agreement which provides for a common approach to mark- eting and customer service, was signed on Tuesday night at Zur- ich, between Ontario hydro and three municipal electric utilities in I-luron County. Electric Utility officials from Clinton, Exeter and Zurich, have agreed to form a co-operat- ive marketing organization with Ontario llydro. The groups held a dinner meeting Tuesday at the Dominion Hotel, at which time the agreements were signed. Insofar as it is practical, the group hopes to achieve a uniform marketing approach and uniform retail rate structures within the municipalities involved. Increased energy sales result- ing from such a venture will be employed as a means of keeping the cost of supplying electricity to consumers as low as possible. Also, it is hoped that by increas- ing revenues, competitive rates can be maintained. Experienced marketing staff will be available to the member utilities through Ontario llydro's Clinton Area office. It will be their responsibility to work with the municipalities in planning and carryi rig out organized mark- eting programs within their serv- ice areas. This is one of several "Co-Qp- erative Marketing Plans for Elect- ric Commissions, " launched in southwestern Ontario, as well as throughout the remainder of the province. The first such marketing group, involving 12 electric utilities, was formed in Essex County in 1967 and has been operating successfully ever since. • It is expected that other elect- ric utilities in Iluron County may join "Compec Huron" in the future, 0 Receives Gold Cord A member of the First Zurich Girl Guides, Miss Dianne Klopp, was presented with her Cold Cord at a very impressive Mother and Daughter 'Banquet held at the Dominion Hotel last Wednesday. A Gold Cord is the highest award presented in Guiding. Miss Mary McMillan, of Goderich, Area Commissioner presented Dianne with her Gold Cord, and praised Dianne on having earned this award. Dianne has been a Guide for five years. She has been assigned different assign- ments in the community and has carried them out well. Miss McMillan said Dianne has all the qualities a Girl Cord Guide should have, and that she will be an asset to the community, and Guiding in Zurich in the years to cone. The First Zurich Girl Guides presented her with a Gold Cord Pin. Mrs. Carol Deitz is Captain of the Guides, and Mrs. Shirley Oesch, Lieuten- ant, miles between 1lensall and St, Joseph. The contract will not include 0.6 miles in the Village of Zur- ich, which will be resurfaced later following water and sewer installation. Several weeks ago the coun- cil of the village of Zurich signed a "connecting link" agreement with the Department of highways, which designated highway 84 through the village as a connecting link. Under the agreement, the DI1O will rebuild the highway, also installing curbs and gutters, and then the maintenance of the road will be up to the village. This work will be carried out on the comp- letion of the water and sewage works in the village. 0 Entries In For Fiddle Contest "Entries for the first annual Ontario Fiddling Championship, to be held in I-lensall June 18 and 19, have started coming in from fiddlers across the Province, " contest chairman Wayne Reid said this week. The fiddlers will be competing in five classes for prize money totaling $849. and ten trophies donated by local merchants. The championship is sponsored by the Hensall Kinsmen Club which last year applied for and received a provincial charter for the event. The event will be held annually, Mr. Reid said. Elimination contests will be held the first night, Friday, and the playoffs for the champion- ships on Saturday. Step dancing competitions and a dance will round out the program in the Hensall Arena. Johnny Brent, formerly of C . K. N. X. television and radio, will be master of ceremonies for both nights, and C.K.N,X, Ranch boys will provide music for the dance, A record crowd is expected. This will be one of the largest events in Hensall in some time. 0 WILL TEACH IN SARNIA Kenneth T. Westlake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Westlake, Zurich, graduated from London Teacher's College, and has accepted a position with the Lambton County Board of Educat- ion, in Sarnia. He is a graduate of South Huron District High 1 School and Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology.