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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-12-19, Page 1irkg NO. 51 - FIRST WITH T1 -IE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1974 15¢ PER COPY HENSALL GUIDES ENROLLED - Ata recent meeting three girls became members of the Hensall Girl Guides. Above, Guide Captain Shirley Luther pins Karen Shiels, Roxanne Lavery and Jo -Ann Pepper. ( T.A. Photo) Approve late bus for Seaforth (by Wilma Oke) A late bus in the afternoon will be provided by the Huron County Board of Education for the 127 Seaforth area students attending Central Huron Sec- ondary School at Clinton to take special options. To date they have not been able to part- icipate in extra curricular act- ivities because they must return to Seaforth on the 3:15 p.rn. bus from Clinton in order to catch their bus in Seaforth for their homes at 4 p.m. The proposal calls for the late bus Stanley buy jackets The Brucefield Volunteer Fire Department will be wear- ing new jackets shortly as a result of action taken by Stan- ley Township council at their regular meeting last week. Stanley agreed to give the firemen a $500 grant towards the cost of the jackets. Tucker - smith Township wi11 split the grant with Stanley. Grants were also given to the Huron Federation of Agriculture and the National Farmer's Un- ion, with the former receiving $400 and the latter receiving $100. Two sheep, which were kill- ed by dogs, will cost Stanley taxpayers $7 0, council also decided. The sheep belonged to Russell Manson of Concession 11. In other business, council decided to back a resolution from the Township of March asking the Ontario ministry of the environment to snake all beverages bottled in returnable containers. Stanley also agreed to pay the 1975 dues at $25 to the Ontario Good Roads Association, and accepted a tile drainage application of $1, 5 00. A by-law to give $33, 800 in tile drainage loans was also passed, and general accounts of $151, 354, and road accounts of $4, 668 were ordered paid. to leave Clinton at 4:15 p.m. When trustee John Henderson, R.R.5, Seaforth, made the prop- osal first at the Octobe- meeting of the board he was defeated twice by one vote each time. At the board meeting in Clinton Monday, Herb Turkheim, Zurich, asked that the proposal be reconsidered so that the board members would be fully informed of the facts. He said that the Seaforth students were taking courses at the Clinton School, not offered a, Seaforth High School, and that the early bus meant they missed out on the extra curricular activities such as student council, glee club, camera club and they were the only students in the county denied these activities. Mr. Turkheim said that the Murphy Bus Company had a bus available for the late bus serv- ice which would cost the board $6.70 a day, a small amount of money compared to the service provided for the students. It would be an express bus directly to Seaforth and the students would seek their way home from Seaforth. Mr. Henderson said that, thinking of the students from Morris and Grey whose parents had indicated to him they were interested in the late bus, he would ask that the express bus go to Seafotth and drop off the students for that area and the north students be taken to the turn -around at Winthrop and dropped off there. The board members agreed to the extra mileage to Winthrop provided that the parents would give signed agreements approv- ing that their children take the late bus and that they would be responsible for working out a way with their children of getting home from Winthrop or the Seaforth school for those in that area. Mr. Turkheim said the exp- ress bus would cost the board an additional $1.05 to go to Winthrop making the total cost $7.75. Retiring trustee John Broad - foot of Brucefield said at the conclusion of the discussion: "1 think you'll see this is the beginning of the end of the Seaforth District High School. This is one more straw on the camel's back, " as he predicted an increasing number of stud- ents from Seaforth would be enrolling in courses at Clinton, while enrolment at Seaforth would be decreasing. Earlier in the discussion Mr. Broadfoot had warned that the board should be careful that it notbe put in a position where it might be liable in case of a mishap with students dropped off by the late express bus. Chairman Cayley Hill to Mr. Broadfoot concluded. "We'll snake note of your com- ments, and the earlier one too (continued on page 12) Report on development heard by Huron council (by Shirley J. Keller) The comprehensive and sometimes controversial UDIRA study (Urban Development in Rural Areas) continued at Hur- on County Council last Thurs- day as members from all mun- icipalities as well as incoming representatives listened to a day long presentation of Dr. Ted Hadwen's findings after inter- viewing a sampling of Huron County citizens in various walks of life, and the initial draft of a report compiled by James F. MacLaren Limited, environ- mental consultants entitled Countryside Planning. The special meeting held in the basement of the new assess- ment building was called to hear and discuss some of the material in the UDIRA study which is costing over $100, 000. (with 80 percent of the expenses picked up by the province) and has taken.a year and a half to complete thus far. Although time for question- ing was limited because of the tremendous volume of material to be perused, initial reaction of some county councillors showed disappointment that the study had more emphasis on urban development than on the agricultural base of the county. While MacLaren associates and Dr. Hadwen argued other- wise, Don Pullen, Huron County Agricultural Representative for the Ontario Ministry of Agricult- ure and Food, summed it up by saying that planning for agricul- ture consists of "that which is left over" in the study as pres- ented. "And apparently that's what society wants, " he stated. Gerry Ginn, incoming reeve of Goderich Township, told the Elect new for Huron (by Wilma Oke) Wilfred Shortreed, a 60 -year old Walton area farmer, _was elected chairman of the Huron County Board of Education at an organizational meeting held in Clinton Monday. He succ- eeds E. Cayley Hill, of God- erich. Mr. Shortreed, who represents the Townships of Grey and Morris and the Village of Brus- sels, was vice-chairman last year. He has been on the board for six years. Herb Turkheim, publisher of the Zurich Citizens News, was elected as vice-chairman. He has been on the board for two years. The 1975 board members, including the three newly elected members of the board were sworn in by county Judge Francis G. Carter of Goderich. The new members are John Elliott, Blyth, representing the Townships of Mullett and McKil- lop, Town of Clinton and the Village of Blyth; Robert Peck, R.R.1, Zurich, representing the Townships of Tuckersmith officio 1 o t: and Stanley, Town of Seaforth and the Village of Bayfield; Charles Thomas, Brussels, rep- resenting Townships of Grey and Morris and the Village of Brussels. The only trustee not sworn in was Jack Alexander of Wingham who is on a three month holiday in Florida. An ad hoc steering committee was appointed, consisting of chairtnan Wilfred Shortreed, Alex Corrigan, R.R.1, Bluevale, Clarence McDonald, Exeter; and Mrs. Marion Zinn, of R.R. 2, Lucknow. They will divide the board members between the Education and Management Committees. A.M. Harper, of Goderich, was re -appointed as board aud- itor for 1975 and 1976; D.J. Murphy, Goderich, was re- appointed as board solicitor for same period; and Kyles, Kyles and .Garratt, Stratford were re- appointed consulting architect for next two years. The inaugural meeting of the board was set for 8 p.m., Jan- uary 6, with the next regular meeting to be held on January 20. meeting of the need to preserve prime agricultural land. "They are just not making it any more, he told council. Mr. Ginn complained about the study's recommendation that more land surrounding the five major growth areas in the county - Exeter, Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich and Wingham be slated for urban develop- ment in the years ahead. "Our planning is still urban oriented, " Ginn insisted. "I had hoped the UDIRA study would be more rural." It was explained to Mr. Ginn that despite what was common opinion it was not the growth of urban centres which would eventually take the most agric- ultural land out of production. The problem, according to the experts present, could be traced to scattered random urban - like developments throughout the rural areas. This was term- ed "nibbling away at farmland" and is the type of rural land use the UDIRA study seeks to cont- rol. According to Steven Janes, study director for MacLaren, there has already been some indication from Toronto that broad land use policies are coming from the provincial level. With the UDIRA study in Hur- on being the pilot project in the province, Mr. Janes has expressed his hope that the "perspective methodology" developed by the study here will be adopted across the ent- ire province to achieve "a new rationale for rural planning." He has asked county officials and other interested persons to examine the methodology in the study and to forward all objections and suggestions to the study team by February 28, 1975. This report deals with such things as potential planning perspective in Huron County; the agricultural perspective; urban perspectives as they rel- ate to the fringe areas; recreat- ion perspective; and the evalu- (continued on page 2) 0 Christmas issue out o u:Hay The next issue of the Citizens News will go to press on Satur- day, and will be in the mails on Saturday afternocn. This edition will carry the usual Christmas greeting advertise- ments, along with any other types of advertising needed by area merchants. Deadline for accepting any types of advertising for this issue is Thursday noon. Time does not permit us to contact all merchants throughout the area regarding a greetings advertisement, so a call to the office will assure you that your Message will appear. There will be no issue of the Citizens News between Christ- mas and New Years, so the next edition following this one will appear on January 9.