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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1978-12-07, Page 1NO. 49 FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1978 Much has been accomplished Price Per -Copy 20 Cents Reeve says exciting tames for Zurich The inaugural meeting of Zurich council was told Tues- day ues-day that much has been ac- complished in the village since 1976. Reeve Fred Haberer told council and members of the village staff "It would appear that on the surface very little of real conse- quence has been ac- complished in the past two years but real progress has been made in certain areas." Haberer cited the comple- tion of the John street drain, the paving of many of the village's streets and the im• - provements made to the community centre as areas where real progress has been made. The reeve characterized the next term of office as "being interesting and ex- citing." He said Zurich was entering a period of growth both in the housing and com- mercial sectors. One project that will definitely be finished by the end of next year will be the renovations to the communi- ty park, Haberer stated. On projects he would like to see worked on, Haberer listed the renovation of Goshen street from the cor- ner to the post office, as high on his list. The improvement in the village's sidewalks should be another priority, Haberer stated. He said a more attractive community would enhance the possibilities of the village gaining a bigger share of the area's tourist dollar. "If we work together we'll have a community we can be proud of," the reeve said. Bean producers have charged -up meeting Charges, counter -charges and denials were flying through the air at Thursday's annual Huron County meeting of the On- tario Bean Producers Marketing Board held at the Hensall arena. Most of the discussion cen- tred on the disaster crop of 1977 when only a small por- tion of an estimated crop of 2.6 million bags were produced and sold. Former director Phil Durand accused the board of mismanagement saying, "The board doesn't know what happened. Bad management practices are costing the producers multi - millions of dollars." Durand continued, "The board never demands in- voices or information from the dealers. They just don't know what is going on. No matter who wins the litiga- tion, we, the producers will be paying the shot." Jack Ford of Stephen told the meeting, "the board seems to have no control over the beans. They are not doing justice to the producers. We could handle the marketing just as well ourselves." Hay farmer Lloyd Willert wanted to know why producers can't find out what dealers sell the beans for? Jim Love of the Zurich area suggested a vote of con- fidence should be taken. He added, "Maybe we don't want or need the board." Defence of the board ac- tions last year in forward sales came from Middlesex director Frank Vanneste who said, "In my opinion we made no mistakes, we presold .on your behalf. Forward sales were a recommendation of the federal government." Jack Ford suggested rules Please turn to page 11 Leading off the remarks by the councillors was Isidore Laporte who said he was willing to work together with the reeve and council for the betterment of the community. Leroy Thiel echoed Haberer's remarks and said while the village was committed to fiscal responsibility there were few areas of a financial nature which the, village had real control over. Claude Gelinas termed his past two years on council as a "learning experience", He complimented the parks and recreation board on their fine work. Newcomer Jim Bedard said he was looking forward to serving on the village council. ZURICH COUNCIL — The new Zurich council for the 1979-80 term of office has only one new face, that of Jim Bedard. Left to right are: back row, Claude Gelinas, Leroy Thiel, Isidore Laporte and Jim Bedard. Seated in front are clerk -treasurer Sharon Baker and Reeve Fred Haberer. Staff photo 105to15.2pence t County staff granted increases By JEFF SEDDON Catch up wage increases given Huron county supervisory staff at Thur- sday's county council session resulted in pay increases for the 10 county departement heads ranging from 1.5 percent to 15.2 percent. In a report to county council from the special committee given the task of negotiating wage packages for the county ad- ministrators council was given a salary schedule to be followed for the next three years that is designed to give senior administration wages comparable to neighboring counties. Warden Gerry Ginn, chairman of the special committee, told council that the committee "believed" the county must "keep up to date if it was interested in good young people" and to keep up to date it must "pay decently." He said Huron county supervisory staff had been victimized by Anti ST. BONIFACE WINS HOUSE LEAGUE TITLE — A team from St. Boniface school in Zurich won the house league volley -ball championship for the Huron -Perth Separate School Board in tournament played Thursday at Stratford. In the back row (left - right) are Anthony Hartman, Dwayne Laporte, Robert Grenier, Mike Ducharme, Rick Denys and Steve Bedard. In the front are Julie Duttmann, Kim Bedard, Michelle Watson, Elaine Pennings and Helen Jacobs. Missing was Nancy Overholt. Staff photo Inflation Board guidelines and had fallen behind in wages during the three year tenure of AIB. Ginn said the committee had checked into wages paid comparable staff in neighboring counties and had attempted to bring Huron county staff up to parity with those counties. He explained that in some cases the increases needed to bring some staff to parity were too great to be given at once and the committee had drawn up salary schedules designed to spread the in- crease over one, two or three years, The average increase was about seven percent but some staff were given more than twice the average and some nowhere near the average. The county development officer, Spence Cummings, was awarded a Please turn to page 11 Bad weather causes several accidents Area drivers had their first taste of severe winter driving conditions, Friday, with the Exeter OPP reporting five- collisions during the heavy snowfall which made conditions hazardous. Only one minor injury was reported, that being to Clifford Davidson, RR 3 Wingham, whose vehicle was in collision with one driven by Roy Soldan, Centralia, on Highway 21 north of Huron Road 21 in Stephen. Damage in the accident was listed at $2,600 by Constable Wally Tomasik, A school bus driven by Stuart Triebner, RR 1 Exeter, was also involved in one of the five accidents. The other driver was Martha Robertson, RR 5 Goderich. They collided on Highway 83 west of Exeter, Neither driver nor the seven students on the school bus was injured and damage was listed at $1,350 by Constable Jim Rogers. Damage was set at $1,600 in a collision on Highway 84, west of Zurich, involving vehicles driven by Nancy Michaud, RR 2 Zurich, and Jack Forrester, RR 2 Zurich. Constable Rogers in- vestigated. Ellis Stewart, Hensall, and Gary Huston, also of Hen- sall, collided on Highway 4 at the junction of County Road 6 in Usborne Township with damage estimated at $1,400. Constable Al Quinn investigated. The other Friday accident was reported on Highway 21 north of St. Joseph, in- volving vehicles driven by John Bartlett, Ottawa, and Derek Adshead, RR 4 Clinton. Constable Tomasik listed damage at $1,000. There were two other ac'idents during the week, Please turn to page 11