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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-02-28, Page 1NO. 9 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1974 T.V. STARS AT PINERIDGE - Pirie Mitchell and his friend, Peaches, of Channel 10 fame, were special guests at the annual Crippled Children's Weekend at Pineridge Chalet. The stars are shown here being admired by a group of enthusiastic children. Officials estimate that a crowd of over 3000 attended the charity event over the weekend. CHIEF COOKS AT WORK - Two of the busiest men at the annual Pancake Breakfast Sunday morning at Pineridge Chalet were Bill Brady, of CFPL, London, and Bob Baker, popular Hensall gourmet. The two made most of the pancakes served to about 1100 persons at the annual event. Raise county budget (by Shirley J. Keller) Some of the year's budgets have been presented to Huron County Council and according to Administrator John Berry, there may have to be extra dol- lars raised to finance the 1974 commitments. Half in jest and half in sinc- erity, Berry told county counc- illors that when all the budgets are totalled together this year the outcome may require some changes in the county mill rate. During 1974, general govern- ment will cost $65, 400 includ- ing the Warden's salary and exp- enses at $3, 500; county counc- il sessions at $25, 000; county committees at $15, 000 and conventions and delegations at $3, 500. General administration will take another $118, 200 with $80, 000 required for salaries in the clerk -treasurer's depart- ment along with $5, 000 for telephone bilis; $1,500 for postage; $300 for -advertising; $7, 500 for legal, audit and insurance fees; $4, 500 for travel and conventions; $700 for Workmen's compensation; and $8, 000 in employee bene- fits. No change was reported in the grants to patriotic and educat- ional funds. These total $11, 040 The budget for the Emergency Measures department was set at $800 with the province payin1 $720, The Social Services Commit- tee budget was brought in and accepted by council at $453,25( with a county share of $94,130. Last year's county share was $72, 551. The increase in the budget can be contributed to the increase in general assist- ance benefits effective January 1, said chairman Reeve Charles Thomas. (Continued on page 7) Discuss zoning The council of the village of Zurich, at a special meeting with Huron County Planner Gary Davidson last' Wednesday afternoon, examined a draft plan of an official zoning by- law. More thought will be giver the draft plan before formally being passed by the council. At the same meeting the council discussed the proposed sub -division on lot 20, conces- sion 10, with Mr. Davidson. The property belongs to R.J..T. Holdings Inc., of Kitchener, who have asked to establish a 47 -lot sub -division. After con- siderable discussion on the mat- ter the council decided that the proposal in it's present form does not conform with the off- icial plan of the village, as far as lot size and green area are concerned. The firm will be asked to amend their plan to work in with the official plan. In other business at the same meeting the council approved two applications for building permits - to Bob Merner for $500 for renovations, and to Gordon Lavery for $3, 000 for renovations. Council also passed a by-law authorizing the county weed inspector to act as the official inspector for the village. 0 Bomb scare creates holiday About 300 hourly -rated emp- loyees at Bendix Home Systems Ltd. in Hensall were cleared from the company's two plants early Friday afternoon following a bomb threat. After a three-hour search of the two plants which manufact- ure recreational vehicles and mobile and industrial housing, no bomb was found. Employees were sent home for the remain- der of the day. 15 CENTS PER COPY Hydro station could be located in area (by Shirley J. Keller) While rumors have been ram- pant in lluron County since the provincial by-election in 1973, last Friday was the first time there was any official indicatior that a nuclear power station is planned by Ontario 1 tydro for this area. At Iluron County Council's regular February session in the council chambers at Goderich Friday morning, however, a hefty delegation of Ontario llydro representatives spilled the beans and confirmed what the public and press has been surmising for months. Two Hydro spokesmen, Art Mosher, P. Eng. for right-of- way planning and Al Neville, systems planning division, commented on the planning for a station in Huron along the lake. It was Ed Oddleifson, reeve of Bayfield and a former Hydro employee, who pressed Nevill for details. Nevill told council that while "no definite site has been est- ablished" it would probably be "within 20 or 30 miles of Goderich. He said the plant is expected to be operational by 1985 and would supply hydro to mainly the southwestern region of the province, London, Wind- sor, Sarnia with some hookup to the Kitchener -Waterloo area. One of the points in the county 'which has been mention- ed as a possible site for any nuclear development in Huron is Blake, a small hamlet about five miles northwest of Zurich. Nestled quietly in Stanley Township, Blake is not far from the shores of Lake Huron. Reeve Jack Turkheim, of Zur ich says the people of that vill- age are talking about the news of possible nuclear develop- ment closeby. In a telephone conversation Saturday afternoon, the reeve said the people of the area "don't seem to be frightened" by the possibility, though he expects some are thinking about the changes which could take place in the area if a nuclear plant there did become reality. Ironical ly, when county council met last Friday, one of the documents on the desk of each member was a copy of the secondary plan for the village of Zurich. Containing over 60 pages prepared by the staff of the Huron County Plan- ning Department, the book shows two housing subdivisions -- one almost ready to roll, accor- ding to Reeve Turkheim and one in the planning stages. The progressive little village has water and sewage to offer with housing for senior citizens and a dentist's quarters in the offing. Reev Turkheim termed it "purely co -incidental" that Zurich's plan was ready at the same time as the announce- ment about a nuclear plant in the area was made. Asked if he had considered (Continued on page 4) Hear facts (by Shirley J. Keller) After January's discussions at Huron County Council conc- erning wolves and deer, three representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources attended the February session of county council. They were Rene Jones, district biologist, Herb Clark, recreation supervisor; and Roy Bellanger, predator control officer. Huron County Councillors wanted the facts about deer and wolves here, but much of the news they received was not all that well accepted. For instance, Jones told council that in his opinion, there were between 2, 000 and 3, 000 deer in the county. Reeve Anson McKinley, Stanley, dis- agreed. "I would think there's not anything like that many deer in the county, argued McKinley "I would say there were more hunters than there were deet." By way of explanation, Jones told McKinley that in the Bruce Peninsula, where there is a deer season every year, not many deer are visible. "I've spent two hunting seas- ons there and have yet to see a deer, " said Jones. "But they take a lot of deer there every year," The numbers of deer in the county are estimated by other means, Jones said. Road kills, about deer for instance, is a valid indicat- or. In 1970, 13 deer were report- ed killed on the roads in Huron but in 1973, the number had more than doubled at 30, Deer tracks also are a reliable calculator when estimating population in Huron. Bellanger said that.in Hay and Stanley Townships, the home territory (Continued on page 6) 0 Will stand tril in murder case Lloyd George Salter, 39, charged with the murder of 93 -year old Jane Burton Mc- Murtrie of Hensall, was com- mitted for trial Friday at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing in Goderich. Salter was remanded in cust- ody in Stratford. The Ontario Supreme Court spring assizes are scheduled to start March 25 but no trial date was set. Mrs. McMurtrie's naked body was found October 5, in an up- stairs bedroom of her home. An autopsy revealed the woman had been strangled and tests at the Forensic Science Centre in Toronto determined she had been sexually assaulted. An order was made at the outset of the preliminary hear- ing prohibiting publication of evidence.