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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-12-02, Page 9FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS W Second Section ZURICH ONTARIO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1971 BANKERS HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN - a group of eight bankers, accompanied by George Beer of Hensall helped crippled children while enjoying the sport of deer hunting on Manitoulin Island. The nine men shot nine deer and a great portion of the venison will be used for the annual day for Crippled Children at Pineridge Chalet later this winter. About 300 pounds of venison has been ground up for venison burgers, while some of the rest of the meat will be used for roasts. The group of hunters consisted of Burton McConnell, of Mississauga; Ben Moulton, of North Bay; Roy Vincent, of Agincourt; Lawrence Anderson, of Aurora; Doug Helm, of Trenton; Keith Lindsay, of Ingersoll; Robert Defreyne, of Waterford; Doug Oddie, of Mississauga, , eut tom, rite.• a wa i`.�5ic BAZAAR FOR MISSIONS - Students at St. Boniface Separate School in Zurich staged a bazaar and baking sale on Sunday after masses, with all proceeds to be used for mission work, Three of the students; Carolyn Bedour, Vicki Overholt and Brenda Gelinas, are shown with some of the attractive items offered for sale. russekk eeve critical „;;f Health Unit (by Shirley J. Keller) Reeve for the village of Brussels, Jack McCutcheon, asked Acting Medical Officer of Health Dr. Frank Mills and sanitation inspector Bill Empy during last Friday's sitting of Huron County Council to expl- ain how his municipality was --permitted to get into the pred- icament in which it finds itself today. Reev McCutcheon was refer- ring to the fact that the village of Brussels has been singled out as one community along the Maitland River which is bel- ieved to be seriously contribut- ing to the pollution of that stream. "How come we've been al- lowed to get in this condition?" asked McCutcheon. "Have we not had a health unit in the county for years?" McCutcheon suggested that had the Huron County Health Unit insisted upon the cleanup of problems as they arose in the village of Brussels, there would not be such a tremend- ous problem to be faced now. 1 -le indicated there were people in Brussels who had totally ad- equate sewage systems and would probably now be forced to suffer financially along with those villagers whose septic systems have not been up to standard. A municipal sewage treat- ment system has been suggested for Brussels, McCutcheon said. He asked Dr. Mills if the Huron County Health Unit could offer no other solution. Dr. Mills told council and Reeve McCutcheon that counts taken in the Maitland River above Brussels, at Brussels and below Brussels, showed pollut- ion was entering the stream at Brussels. He said the Huron County Health Unit would co- operate in every way possible to seek an alternative solution but he indicated there may be no permanent solution where houses have been built on lots of insufficient size to accom- modate an adequate sewage tile bed. "It may be cheaper to move Brussels to the Clinton air base where there is a sewage system, quipped Warden Jack Alexander. The discussion concerning Brussels arose while Dr. Mills was giving a rundown on the condition of the Maitland River as seen by the Huron County (continued on page 18) 1o¢ PER COPY 111111619ITINNOMINI Jail tourist attraction (by Shirley J. Keller) Maybe the walls around the exercise yards at the Huron County Jail won't be coming down after all. Goderich Reeve Paul Carroll asked county council to recons- ider the plan since the historic- al building may indeed have value as a tourist attraction in Huron. lie suggested that some other alternative solution to the parking problem at the ad- ministrative building and at the Children's Aid Society should be sought, pos#ibly in co-operation with the Town of Goderich. Chairman of the property committee, John Flannery, Reeve of Seaforth, said some alternate solution may have to be found. He indicated the project of taking down the walls of two exercise yards (there are five) at the jail may pose probl- ems for which council had not originally bargained. Flannery said the construction is such that to remove a portion of the wall may entail a crumbl- ing of other walls. Another problem has been the decision on how to remove a portion of the wall without leaving the remaining structure a kind of unpicturesque view "right there on 11ighway 21." The matter is to be restudied by the committee. In the meantime, plans are affot to have representatives from the Department of Public Works and Correctional Services pres- ent at the next property commit tee meeting since if work is undertaken, it can be done under the Winter Works Program Planning Director Gary Dav- idson reported that Huron's Official plan has gone to the Minister of Municipal Affairs for endorsation. The Planning Board received 100 percent support from the local councils for the document. Davidson said that Iiuron County is the first county in the Province of Ontario to submit an official plan. "This is a significant mile- stone, " said Davidson. The executive committee of council reported it had met with LK. Jamieson of the Ont- ario Hospital Services Commis- sion and learned that no hospital premiums are used for actual grant purposes. The grant prog- ram is a separate program fund- ed directly by the province, the committee was advised. Because of this, the county will reactivate the Hospital Reserve fund in the 1972 budget. Scholarships have been award- ed, each for $100 to the follow- ing students at the University of Guelph: Raymond A. Mc- Bride, R, R,1, Varna; Robert J. Gibson, R.R.4, Gorrie; Miss Dianne D. Patterson, Seaforth, Derek (Rick) Ross Etherington, R.R1, Hensall, a student at Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology, also received a $100 scholarship. A report from county develop- ment officer Spence Cummings regarding the sale of CFB Clin- ton was heard by county counc- il. "It must be realized that this is a major project and it will take a couple of years to be- come established, " said Cum- mings. Tuckersmith Reeve Elgin Thompson called the sale a "terrific shot in the arm for Tuckersmith" and Warden Jack Alexander said that Cummings efforts over the past year are just "starting to bud out." Cummings indicate a renew- ed interest in the tourist indust- ry in Huron as well as attract- ing industry to individual mun- icipalities. The Land Division Commit- tee reported it had approved 29 severences; deferred 49; rejected 5; and closed out two with 16 pending. 0 Huron board honor gr up Citations commemorating the unselfish performance of the personnel of 32 schools in Huron County during last Jan- uary's snowstorm were presented Monday night at a dinner held by the Huron County Board of Education. Chairman of the 16 -member board Robert Elliott, R.R,3, Clir ton, thanked the principals on behalf of the board and the community "For the way the teaching and non -teaching staff measured up to the task they were confronted with. " The citations, which will Kiang in the halls of each of the schools read: "Iiuron County board of education citation to the principals, teaching and non -teaching staff of.. . in recognition of the excellent and unselfish manner in which they organized and performed far beyond the call of duty dur- ing the storm of January, 1971 thus averting tragedy in a serious situation. R.M. Elliott, chair- man: John Broadfoot, vice- chairman. " Director of education John Cochrane, of Goderich, who had made a scrap book of clip- pings and letters on the exper- iences during the storm describ- ed as the worst in the area's hist- ory, read several excerpts from it. Following the storm a similar citation was presented to Mr. Cochrane and his staff to be hung in the board offices here. The director and superintend- ents stayed in the board offices here for four days and nights during the storm until the last student was delivered hone. The 32 schools include five secondary schools and three special ones for retarded child - The twenty-fourth annual Huron County 4-H Achieve- ment Night will be held in Seaforth District High School, on Friday, December 3, com- mencing at 8 p.m. All Huron County 4-H Ag- ricultural Club members who completed a project in 1971 will receive their awards on this occasion, as well as those who have received special trophies and awards for their 1971 4-1-1 club work. Everyone who has an interest in the 4-H Program is invited to attend the Night.