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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1978-05-11, Page 1WORUMnageWMMUMWMOMMMUMMManiMMEgundigg 6 5 s 5 6 NO. 19 :•$< <:>:•!ii.i 1::i: :5, :, ..:�::•:•:u•• {'4 i< ti:»•:sc•: >>:•,'r,}: v?ti.: i :3;}v ::<},:;fir } 1,'•: a:H:.. i:i ::Y:; r 1'• „+ 4. .F::$:i: + " `{:r: ... vii :;::: �...:: i.: •'r •i• ... ::Y.•i' :: ... .::.. ..4 . :.. n :....:. .ii::/v••: n:'::. i.:in: i:ii: :.: {:::::. i. .:n.Y: .:.: i:: i.:S::\i.... 4�:n''::i:::i::t4{.:.:j: ��•�'..:' ':i.: �{i::::?'::..; :.?.�'' :i:ti�i:. h ...::.v:.:,r,.v:..lv:K�:Y:.:r..:i:ii::i'.'•::i::>i:iy:"i:vi:i �{::::ii: ' :::..::::: FIRST VIIITH LOCAL NE11VS THURSDAY;MAY 11,1978 DOWN IT COMES - Workmen continue to demolish the former Hay Municipal Fire Insurance building at th corner of highway 84 and the Goshen. Working on the second story of the building which is expected to be down by Saturday are Gerry Thiel and Ted Landsbergen. Staff photo To contain three stores Okay Hensall business development Gerrie Glenn, a Lucknow developer, received ap- proval from Hensall council to proceed with plans to build a three store develop- ment on the town's main street. Mr. Glenn plans to erect a yellow brick building, with 68.5 feet of frontage, between the Hensall post of- fice and the Hensall hotel. The developer, who was waiting for council's ap- proval before approaching businesses about leasing space, said he hopes to rent one of the spaces for a Becker's Milk Store. The developer said he will start construction of the building when he has two stores committed to renting space in the buiding. Mr. Glenn is also planning to build an apartment building in Hensall, on Queen Street, but construc- tion on the building hasn't started. After hearing plans for the store development, council members expressed some concern over v lack ofkin ar ' P g facilities in front of the store. The only parking included in the development proposal is a small lot behind the stores for employee park- ing. Reeve Harold Knight said the only drawback he could see to the_proposal "is a fan- tastic parking problem" since residents would be pulling in to both the post of- fice and the stores. Chris Borgal, represen- ting the architect's firm of Hill and Borgal, Goderich, said allowing for parking in front of the stores would destroy the Hensall streetscape. He said the decision not to provide for a parking lot in .front of the store was made purely on the fact of visual impact. The. architect said the development proposal sub- mitted to council would maintain the quality of the village while trying to im- prove the commercial area. One council member suggested the peak hours for post office traffic were between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. which likely wouldn't be the hours people would be shop- ping in the stores. The architect pointed out the size of the stores means at least one will be a con- venience store and none of the three storeswould be the kind where customers spend a great length of time shop- ping. Reeve Knight said, "Well, I'm not one for stopping development, but I think there will be a bit of a park- ing problem." Council members un- animously approved the development. Mr. Glenn informed coun- cil he would clean up the site of his proposed apartment building within the next 30 days. Council had received a letter from a private citizen expressing concern over children playing near the apartment excavation site. In other business, council members took no action on a request from the Township of Turnberry asking Hensall council to endorse a resolution regarding the e removal of certain books from the curriculum of The INDIVIDUAL CHAMPS - Three players received recognition for outstanding performances during the play-offs and regular season of the Zurich Rec hockey league. Gerald Schantz was leading playoff scorer; Paul Steckle has the best goals against average for the season and Rick Schilbe won the regular season scoring championship. . Staff photo Huron County Board of Education. Hensall council made the same decision at last month's meeting when they received a similar request from St. Josephs Catholic Women's League. Council members ap- proved $150.00 grant request from the Hensall-South Huron Agriculture Society. Susan Thompson an Exeter resident and Conestoga College student will be working with Hensall Council for the summer as part of the Ministry of the Treasury & Economics Program in Municipal Administration. Gas odour in village An investigation into the source of gasoline odours in Zurich is continuing, accor- ding to PUC manager Charles Eckel. Eckel said he has been in- formed by three or four home owners who have noticed the odour. He said that they do not know where the odour is coming from but that sites in the town where old gas- oline tanks may be buried are being investigated. A spokesman for the energy safety section of the ministry of consumer and commercial relations said the problem "could have serious consequences." Jim Ingram said that up to the present time the odour has been more of a nuisance than anything else but that they want to clear it up before any future problems could arise. According to Ingram the odours could be a result of water accumulating in old gasoline storage tanks and forcing the residual gasoline to a height where its presence becomes noticeable. Eckel stated that he did not know when the in- vestigation would , be con- cluded. Price Per Copy 20 Cents GB woman hurt in Dashwood crash A Grand. Bend area woman sustained multiple injuries in a two -car crash on High- way 83 east of Dashwood on Saturday. Sharon Billings, RR 2 Grand Bend, was taken to University Hospital after the vehicle she was driving was in collision with a vehicle operated by Charles Alexander Elliott, RR 2 Florence. The accident occurred at 8:00 p.m. and OPP Constable Jim Rogers set damage to the Elliott car at $2,500 and $6,000 to the 1978 model car driven by the Grand Bend woman. A passenger in the Elliott vehicle, Mathilda Martens, RR 1 Dashwood, sustained minor injuries in the ac- cident. It was one of the three accidents investigated on Saturday by the Exeter OPP detachment. At 11:00 p.m., an unknown vehicle struck a trailer which was parked on the shoulder of the Beach Park Road in Hay Township. The trailer, owned. by John Bullock, Hay Township, was damaged to the extent of $25. Drivers involved in the other Saturday collision were Frederick Campbell, Investigation is continuing Officials from the ministry of the environment and the county department of health are continuing their in- vestigations into a possible liquid manure run-off problem in Hay. The township works department received a complaint from a resident of the township complaining of a . runoff problem and an accompanying odour. The results from water samples taken by the ministry and department of health have not been released. Exeter, and Glen Cooper, RR 1 Exeter. They collided on Highway 4, north of Exeter, and total damage was listed at $550 by Con- stable Don Mason. Two minor accidents were also investiaged in Hensall during the week. On Mon- day, vehicles operated by Helen Drysdale and Kenneth Latta collided near the Bendix, plant in Hensall, while on Thursday, vehicles driven by Doris Dettmer, Exeter, and Margaret Barnard collided on Nelson Street in Hensall. During the week, the of- ficers laid five charges under the Highway Traffic Act, eight under the Liquor Control Act and 11 under the Criminal Code. Four of the latter were for impaired driving. Report theft of antennas Exeter OPP are in- vestigating a rash of CB radio antenna thefts which occurred in Huron Park over the weekend. A total of eight people reported the loss of antenna from their vehicles while parked in driveways throughout the community. Only one has been recovered. The antenna were valued at from $25 to $60. Victims of the thefts in- cluded Ronald Snelgrove, William Zanth, Luitje Kapp, Gary Dunlop, Bruce Beamer, Murray Spicher, Chuck Wickens and Brian Wilds. Another Huron Park resident, William Irwin, reported the theft of a lawn mower. It was valued at $80. Three residents of Stephen township had ` mail boxes ripped off by vandals this week as well. They were William Muller, William Amerongen and Walter Weber. Hensall District Community Centre Fund Raising •Mary Hildebrand Mr. and Mrs. Parkash Malik Richard Packham Herbert Jones Allan Johnson Rick and Bev Mellenger Joe Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Horton Steve Miners Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ross Charles W. Dalrymple Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Total to date $ 50.00 25.00 5.00 50.00 100.00 20.00 50.00 50.00 20.00 50.00 100.00 30.00 50.00 50.00 150.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 2.00 40.00 200.00 100.00 5.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 200.00 ;il'�7"1;58