HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1978-11-30, Page 4Page 4 Citizens News, November 30, 1978
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Courtesy is caring
December 1st to 7th will be Safe Driving Week
1978 and once again the Canada Safety Council
urges all users of our roadways, pedestrians and
drivers alike, to give the most serious attention to
the responsibility that is theirs to increase the safe-
ty of our traffic environment. It is an individual
responsibility that cannot be shifted to others. The
way it is met reflects for all to see in our traffic ac-
cident statistics. Present reflections are far from
satisfactory. We can take no comfort from an im-
age that shows one hundred people being killed on
Canadian roads and streets each week with many
thousands more being seriously injured. Lives lost
cannot be restored. Deep scars cannot be erased.
Our only hope lies in prevention. We can prevent
accidents if we have the will to do so.
For 1978 the slogan "Courtesy is Caring" has
been chosen. Courtesy and caring are both con-
tagious. They spread with use. If we show we really
care for those who share the traffic lanes with us
they in turn will be encouraged to show equal care
for others. Courtesy is a visible sign of caring.
Courtesy practiced by drivers and pedestrians will
prevent accidents, save lives and reduce injuries.,
Show you care as well by wearing seat belts, by
obeying speed limits and traffic laws, by driving
defensively and by making the doing of these things
a permanent feature of your driving pattern. If Safe
Driving Week encourages you to care for others it
will be a success.
A horror story
The release of the auditors' general report this
past week confirmed what most Canadians already
knew or suspected; things in By -town are in a
chaotic state.
Once again J.J. Macdonell has opened a Pan-
dora's box of mis-management, mis-appropriation
of funds and plain ordinary stupidity.
Some of the largest spending boobs came in the
following areas: flood protection for the Fraser
River in British Colubia rose from $18 million to $60
million, a motor vehicle test centre more than
doubled in cost from $10.3 million to $25.8 million
and last tbutc certainly ml
not least, y ,cost estimates for
one icebreaker rose from $17 million to $108 million
when it was deemed that two of the vessels would
be necessary.
If an industrial accountant suddenly found
himself in the position of attempting to sort a
department's financial affairs, one would imagine
he would throw his hands up in despair.
Macdonell says the civil service has become
oblivious to the fact that the public purse is not a
bottomless pit.
"In short, a sense of personal accountability
for the economical, efficient and effective manage-
ment of public funds and resources does not seem
to have been a key characteristic of managerial
responsibility in the public service of Canada," he
states.
In another comparatively minor faux paus, the
Royal Canadian Mint blew 'a quarter of a million
dollars of the taxpayers money in an aborted
attempt to change the size of the penny.
Rather than canvassingindustry stry before any
real action was taken on the matter, a couple e of
hundred thousands were spent, at which point in-
dustry said "No way Jose ," and the Mint quietly
dropped the matter.
Ona more optimistic note, Macdonell says
progress has been made in controlling government
expenditures since his report of 1976 which said Ot-
tawa "had lost or was close to losing, effective con-
trol of the public purse."
We can only hope Ottawa will continue in its
vigil to figure out why so many of our bucks go
down the tube and find ways to stop this wastage.
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Miscellaneous
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By
TOM CREECH
Good local
hockey
This year, the revised Zurich entry in the South
Huron Hockey League has been providing local hockey
enthusiasts with an exciting and well played brand of
Canada's past -time.
The entry this year sports new sweaters and a new
name the Buckeyes, thanks to the sponsorship of local
Ultramar dealer Doug Erb.
Much of the Buckeyes' early success must be due
to some off season recruiting work done by the team's
executive.
One of the mapy individuals who has contributed
to this success is a goaltender new to the league but
not new to fans who have watched "minor hockey
played in the village in recent years.
Randy Oke, second youngest of the four Oke
brothers, last tended goal in 1976 when he was
member of Zurich's midget squad.
A car accident which resulted in a broken right leg
and three months of traction put a halt toOke'shockey
career until this fall.
According to coach Herb Turkheim, Oke has given
them the consistent goal tending which was lacking
last year.
The Zurich Men's Rec Hockey League can take
pride in the fact that three players who have con-
tributed to the Buckeyes' success played last year in
their league.
The top two scorers in the rec league last year,
Rick Schilbe and Ken Smale along with Ron "Dino"
Desjardine form one of the top scoring lines in the en-
tire league.
Another pleasant surprise for coach Turkheim has
been the performance of Doctor Grant Lee who makes
up for his lack of skating ability with good puck sense
and a willingness to work in the corners.
The one player who has done the most to solidify
the defence has been John Graham of Bayfield.
Graham who played for the past three years with
the junior "C" Clinton Mustangs is "just starting to
come into his own," according to Turkheim.
The young, rangeyman has the ability to control
the play in his own and head mans the puck extremely
well.
Another addition to the Buckeyes from the resort
community has been Tim West who joined the club a
few games ago.
West who is a friend of Graham, has rec league
hockey experience and possesses "a terrific shot,"
says Turkheim.
Last but certainly not least among the Buckeyes'
newcomers is Gerald Weido, a student at the Universi-
ty of Waterloo who played all his minor hockey in
Zurich.
Weido is a familiar name to area hockey fans as
he was a valued member of the Exeter Hawks junior
"D" team which captured the Ontario championship a
few years ago.
Turkheim says the new player acquisitions mean
that this year's team has much more depth than last
year's squad. He says the fine performance which last
year's Flyers put on in the playoffs laid a sound basis
for this year's team.
The spirit on this year's team is "terrific",
Turkheim says, with the entire complement of players
being out at the team's weekly practice session follow-
ing two tough weekend games.
Hockey in the South Huron League can best be
described as entertaining.
From this writer's standpoint, it's always en-
joyable to see an athletic contest where you might
know three quarters of the home squad's players and
Please turn to page 5
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