Zurich Citizens News, 1977-02-16, Page 2Page 2
Citizens News, February 16, 1977
Hay residents say roads poor
Hay Township reeve Jack
Tinney says his council listened
to a delegation of ratepayers for
over an hour concerning the
condition of a section of road in
Hay township.
The road in question is the
sideroad which runs from No. 84
highway to Dashwood,
One member of the ratepayers
delegation, Mrs. Jerome
Ducharme said the delegation
felt they had not gotten very far
with council and were not
satisfied that everyting that
could be done for the road was
being done,
Reeve Tinney said the com-
plaints concerning that par-
ticular section of road have been
coming in since last summer.
However Mr. Tinney says he
drove that section of road several
times over the summer and
"there was no where that you
couldn't drive 50 miles per hour if
you wanted to."
The winter weather conditions
have brought the complaints over
the road condition to a head as
some residents on the road say
they never see the plowfordays at
a time. Mrs. Ducharme said it
was residents on the road who
were doing most of the work to
keep the road clear as it is
sometimes late in the afternoon
before the plow goes down the
road to open it up.
Mr. Tinney said the township
tries to have all the roads open by
noon whenever possible.
"There are a few sections of
road where we'll have to get
heavy equipment out to clear it.
However, we have made paths
around those section so people
can get in and out."
Mr. Tinney said he felt the
delegation was treated fairly at
the council meeting. He said
council listened to them for over
one hour while they did " a lot of
shouting and raving." However,
Mr. Tinney says they "began to
repeat themselves" so he in-
formed them the discussion was
at an end.
"I never told them to leave the
meeting, I just told them the
interview was over" explained
Mr. Tinney. All council meetings
are public meetings.
Mr. Tinney says he is still on
speaking terms with the mem-
bers of the delegation but feels
their complaints are basically
unwarranted.
"That section of road is no
rougher than any other," said
Mr. Tinney.
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Mr. & Mrs. Cleve Gingerich, of C.G. Farm Supply Ltd. in Zurich, Ontario are seen receiving the Master
Dealer Circle Award at the Hesston Corporation Sales Seminar in Kauai, Hawaii. The award for outstan-
ding achievement in the sale of Hesston Farm Equipment is being presented by S. Miller at the conclusion of
the six day program.
OId arena lights for sale
The Zurich Recreation Parks
and Community Centre board has
decided to sell the old arena
lights in one lot for $200. If unable
to sell them as a single • lot the
price will then be $10 each.
Skate-a-thon
raises $800
Eight hundred dollars has been
raised so far by two skate-a-thons
sponsored by the Zurich -Grand
Bend figure skating club. When .
all the money has been turned in
the organizers of the skate-a-thon
hope the total will hit $1,000.
The first skate-a-thon was held
in the Zurich arena February 5
but poor weather conditions
limited the number of skaters
able to attend. To give more
skaters a chance, another skate-
a-thon was held in the arena last
Saturday. Approximately sixty
children participated.
Top money earner of the Skate-
a-thon was Kerry Lynn Deitz of
Grand Bend with pledges
totalling $155. Missy Sandilands
of Grand Bend was second
highest with sponsor pledges
totalling $80.
Darlene Oesch of Zurich was
the third highest pledge earner as
her sponsors pledged a total of
$78.
The organizers of the skate-a-
thon would like to thank all the
children who took part as well as
those who sponsored them so
generously.
The board also decided to
recommend that while the
present electrical work is being
done the arena board should
install a 600 amp service to the
building as a safety feature. The
service now in the building has
been overloaded in the past.
Regular meetings will be held
on the first Tuesday of each
month ,at 8:30 p.m,
Officers for the current year
have been appointed and are as
follows, chairman Lee Regier,
secretary Ray McKinnon.
The board also decided to
discontinue the kitchen equip-
ment usage fee being charged to
caterers. The fee had originally
been installed to reimburse the
arena for $300 it had spent in
updating the kitchen facilities.
The board felt this money has
now been recovered.
Another factor in the dropping of
the charge to caterers is the
increased difficulty people are
having in getting caterers to
serve dinners at the arena and it
is hoped the end of the kitchen
charge could possibly help this
condi tion
We Had a Goal and
We Made It!
A "thank you" goes out to all those who donated
their time, energy and dollars to the Zurich Com-
munity Centre.
Because of the generosity of many people in and
around our community necessary improvements
can now be made.
If by chance you were missed in the canvass and
still wish to make a donation, send your donation
to the address below. A receipt will be given for all
donations for tax deduction purposes.
Zurich Community Centre
Fund Raising Committee
Box 304, Zurich, Ontario
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