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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1978-06-15, Page 1NO. 24 FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS TAKE SENIOR -TITLES — Pat Masse and Linda Mathonia were named the top boy and girl in the track and field cham- pionships of St.Boniface school in Zurich. Staff photo Community honours retiring pastor, wife It was time for some reminiscing, a time for some humorous anecdotes but most of all it was time for some fond remembering of two individuals who enriched the lives of Zurich and area citizens for the past 14 years. Many people from near and far gatheredat two events this weekend in honour of Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Blackwell who are retiring after many years of service at St. Peters Lutheran church in Zurich. At a congregation dinner held at the church Saturday M.C. Fred Haberer said with reference to Pastor Black- well "In 14 years he has touched the lives of many in the congregation." The Zurich reeve thanked Rev. Blackwell for his service to the community citing his involvement in the Zurich and Area Chamber of Commerce, his service to the Hensall Legion as chaplain and for his work in the South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Retarded. Noting his involvement in the Huron Hope nursery school and its recent move to Dashwood Haberer said "What better memorial do we have for the pastor than that institution which serves those not so fortunate." Guest speaker for the evening, the Reverend Herbert Hartig of Cam- bridge expressed thanks on behalf of the Lutheran synod for Rev. Blackwell's service. "Andrew is a real won- tderful servant and friend," Pastor Hartig said. He said the idea of having Mensal) man suffers burns Stan Kochan, owner of Huron Auto Body had the misfortune on Thursday morning for fumes to ignite as he was about to do body work on his car. He was badly burned on his hands and arms, legs and also face and hair. Mr. Kochan was taken to South Huron Hospital, Exeter and attended by Dr. Charles. Wallace. He remained in hospital several days. an evening for Reverend Blackwell was an excellent way of remembering him. "What you are doing this evening is marvellous," Pastor Hartig stated. Chairman of .'the church council Ken Baker said many peoplehave gained much from Rev. Blackwell's association with the church and the community. "He has kept the church alive in this community," Baker said. Following a presentation of gifts to the retiring couple, Rev. Blackwell thanked the congregation for the evening and said that he and his wife "were very glad to stay with you." Rev. Blackwell said upon their move to Arnprior they will be taking a small part of Zurich with them. Sunday's get-together at the community centre, was an informal affair as members from the com- munity and surrounding district paid their final `farewells to the:couple. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1978 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Sprinkler system would reduce insurance costs at Zurich arena Fire insurance costs for the Zurich arena could be reduced substantially if a sprinkler system was in- stalled, according to Dave Read of the Frank Cowan In- surance Company. Read 'who along with local insurance agent Robert Westlake were in atten- dance at a review of the village's insurance needs. at Thursday's meeting of coun- cil: At present the arena and not the hall or the dressing room, has -a fire insured value of $105,500 and pay in the neighborhood of $5000 a year in premiums. Read said a frame structure such as the arena has, is significantly more expen- sive to insure than a fire proof structure such as the new Hensall arena or the South Huron Rec Centre in Exeter. While these buildings pay between 35c and 45c per hun- dred dollars of coverage, Zurich is presently paying approximately $4 per hun- dred. Read said this amount could be reduced substan- tially if a sprinkler system was installed. Such a system could cost in the neighborhood of $27,000 Read said. There was some discus- sion about the amount of fire insurance on the arena which some councillors agreed was inadequate but that the village could not af- ford to pay any more. At the meeting council, left the present arena coverage intact but asked Read to supply them with firm figures with regards to the actual cost of a sprinkler system and the accom- panying drop in the in- surance rate. While other municipalities within the county may be having some second thoughts about the validity of their building permits, the village moved Thursday to ensure the legality of their permits. At the May meeting of county council, Huron coun- ty planning department head Gary Davidson said some legal advisors said that municipalities can not issue building permits unless they have passed the necessary bylaws enforcing the On- tario Building Code Act of 1974. Prior to going to a com- mittee of the whole, clerk - treasurer Sharon Baker said the village had passed a mo- tion on February 11, 1976 calling for a bylaw authoriz- ing the use of the Ontario Building Code but this bylaw had never been drawn up. Following a closed door meeting lasting twenty minutes with building in- spector Harvey Clausius, a motion was passed authoriz- ing the enactment of a bylaw bringing the Ontario Building Code into force. When contacted by the Citizens' News, Michael Fenn, senior local govern- ment advisor for the southwestern region of treasury, economics and in- tergovernmental affairs said while he agreed with Davidson's statement, the motion that council had passed in 1976 would be suf- ficient, providing that the in- tent of adhering to the building code was present. "I'm very much concern- ed about the housing situa- tion in the village," said Reeve Fred Haberer. He said he has had several in- quiries from people asking about the availability of land in the village to construct housing. He said he doesn't know if council could pressure subdividers into developing land which they presently hold. Ray McKinnon said that people who do hold land would not want to spend $200,000 in developing land only to see two lots sold. Government rules and regulations have a role to play in the lack of new hous- ing within the village said councillor Leroy Thiel. "We've been a patient municipality and it's about time we shed some of these rules and regulations," said Thiel. The village has begun to experience somewhat of a problem with youths loiter- ing around the town's benches during the evenings, - council was in- formed. Haberer said about three weeks ago on a warm weekend night some youths had turned over a bench and were making noises well into the evening. Thiel said he. didn't mind the youths sitting outside on a warm summer night but that profanity and the loudness bothered him. Haberer said the Ontario Provincial Police had said that Zurich was fortunate to have as few problems with the youth as they had, but the frequency of patrols through the village could be increased. In other business council: Learned that the final in- spection of the arena had been completed by B. M: Ross and Associates and - that all was satisfactory,__ Filed a resolution from the town of Geraldton asking that municipal borrowing not be affected by the debt of school boards with its jurisdiction. Filed a resolution from the town of Strathroy which called for an alteration in the method which the Workmen's Compensation Board determines the amount payable to volunteer firemen who are injured while on duty. Hensafl leaves get , re rievedogs don't p leaves burning," said Paul Neilands who said such a bylaw would cause extra costs to be incurred with the removal of leaves from the town. He cited Exeter where a large vacuum was purchased to blow the leaves into a town truck. Councillor Homer •Campbell concurred with Reeve Harold Knight who said council should give the matter some more thought. In a bylaw that did receive final approval and which would hopefully solve a problem which keeps crop- ping up in area municipalities, a dog licen- sing and registering bylaw received final approval. Prior to the bylaw's passage Knight said "I have no quarrels with dogs; it's just some of the owners that get me upset." In reply to a question from Neilands, clerk -treasurer Betty Oke said 39 dog tags have been sold and that her summer assistant Susan Thompson, will be conduc- ting a dog census some time this week in order to have a better idea of the number of tags which could actually be sold. Several council members said it wasn't fair for some people to act within the spirit of the bylaw while others ignored the bylaw. Following first reading, Councillor Harry Klungel exclaimed "Is that everything they can say about dogs?" Klungel asked if there was any way they could control the barking of the dogs. Mrs. Oke said the bylaw could not control the barking with one council member adding the only way you could control the barking was to put muzzles on the dogs. Hensall became yet another municipality which has officially adopted the Ontario Building w the passage of theCode enabling bylaw Monday night. Please turn to Page 13 It appears that Hensall homeowners will still be able to burn leaves and trash on their property following council's deferment of a bylaw that would have prohibited such activities. The bylaw which was similar to a bylaw in Exeter that prohibited any burning within the town was felt to be to stringent for Hensall's requirements. . Councillor Bev Bonthron said the intent of introducing a fire control bylaw was to prevent the proliferation of burning in the downtown core. He said when the core expands, the incineration of trash could threaten the downtown. "In the fall of the year I just like to smell those MANY VISITORS — At a retirement tea held Sunday in honour of Rev. Andrew and Mrs. Blackwell, many citizens from the area visited with the soon to be retired pastor of St. Peters Lutheran church. Chatting with Rev. and Mrs. Blackwell are Mr. and Mrs. Case Van Raay. Staff photo