HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1977-06-22, Page 1NO. 25� ! FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1977
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Fund drive spreads enthusiasm
Arena building fund takes a $25,000 leap
Hensall Community Centre and
Arena fund took a $25.000 leap
Tuesday with the help of W. G.
Thompson and Sons, Limited,
Hensall.
Thompson's $25.000 con-
tribution boosted the arena fund
to a total of $47,800.
"We're hoping that, with this
example, it (the fund drive) will
really 'spread a lot of enthusiasm
around," said fund chairman
Eric Luther.
"There are a lot of businesses
"deciding" and we hope that this
$25,000 BOOST W. G. Thompson and Sons Limited gave the Hensall Community Centre and Arena Fund a
$25,000 lift to $47,800 Tuesday. Shown presenting the check to the arena fund left to right, above, are
Doug Mann, manager of W. G. Thompson and Sons; Butch Hoffman, member of the fund raising committee;
Eric Luther, fund committee chairman; Carl McMahon, fund committee treasurer; Larry Klungel, Hensall
councillor. T -A photo
No serious injuries reported
Four people were injured
none seriously — in the two ac-
cidents investigated by the
Exeter OPP this week.
On Saturday, a vehicle driven
by Richard O'Brien, Goshen St.,
Zurich, left Highway 84 east of
the village and struck a brick
pillar at the driveway of Bruce
Robson.
Damage was estimated at
$2,200 by Constable Wally
Tomasik.
The driver and his passenger,
John Alister Nesbitt, London,
sustained minor injuries.
The other collision occurred on
Sunday when a vehicle operated
by Orno Adair, RR 8 Parkhill,
went out of control and rolled
over into a ditch in Stephen
Township.
Adair and his passenger, Glen
Bullock, McGillivray Township,
sustained minor injuries.
Damage in the mishap was
listed at $3,000 by Constable
Tomasik.
During the week, the local
detachment officers laid a total of
43 charges: 30 under the Highway Frank Giffin and' Bill McIntyre
Traffic Act, four under the are investigating.
Criminal Code and nine under the
Liquor Licence Act.
Two thefts were also in-
vestigated. On Saturday night, a
set of golf clubs valued at $400'
was taken from the back of a
pickup truck parked at Club
Albatross in Huron Park. The
clubs were owned by Joe Regier,
Crediton.
Friday morning, Larry Snider
Motors reported the theft of two
mirrors from a new car parked
on their lot. The mirrors were
valued at $86.
Constables Jim Rogers and
Bob Whiteford are in charge of
those two investigations.
The OPP are also investigating
the circumstances surrounding
the purchase of two new vehicles
from Huron Motor Products in
Zurich.
In one instance, an NSF cheque
was received and in the other, the
purchase papers were signed but
no money was received before'
the vehicle was taken. Constables
will help them make up their
minds", he said. "We don't ex-
pect them all to come up with this
amount but it would be nice,"
The Thompson contribution
placed the fund at one-third of the
$150,000 objective for the com-
munity centre and Arena fund.
The remainder of the $600,000
cost will be paid by Wintario and
Community Centre grants.
Luther said most of the twelve
fund drive routes were completed
but the door-to-door canvass is
still active.
Reeve Harold Knight said the
arena tenders are being studied
by an engineer and the lowest
three bidders will be contacted
before a final tenders decision is
made. Council makes a final
tenders decision::
The original planned deadline
for construction of the arena was
December, 1977, said Knight,
"but time is slipping by and it
takes more time to evaluate the
plans and proposals than we
expected."
The old Hensall arena will
remain standing until after mid-
July, according to Knight. There
will be a final fund-raising dance
at the old arena July 16, he said.
Better job offer,
Clerk Heil resigns
Wage disagreement and a
better job offer has led to the
resignation of Hensall Clerk Bob
Heil.
Heil presented his resignation,
effective July 31, to Reeve Harold
Knight, June 14, after accepting a
position with the Township of
Wainfleet and Regional
Municipality of Niagara for a
higher wage.
Heil said he requested a raise
from Hensall council in January,
March, and May but demands
were rejected. The wage
demands consisted of raises over
three month periods throughout
1977 to total $14,400 by the end of
December, he said. The clerk of
Hensall currently receives
(13,000 per year.
Heil said he received an offer
greater than $14,400 from
Wainfleet Township but refused
to release his new wage figure.
Heil will be assuming the duties
of deputy clerk -treasurer for
Wainfleet township August 1 and
will replace Wainfleet clerk -
treasurer Austin Miner, March 1,
1978, following Minor's
retirement.
"It's unfortunate that council
doesn't understand wage
figures," said Heil. "They see
things from the ratepayers point
of view", he said. Heil said
council had no idea that he would
resign Tuesday.
Council met Wednesday June
15, to accept Heil's resignation
and advertise for a new clerk.
Heil has served as clerk of
Hensall for 23 months.
FINAL RESTING PLACE — This vehicle driven by. Richard O'Brien of Zurich hit a hydro pole and a brick
pillar before finally coming to rest against the house of Bruce Robson, Zurich. The accident occurred early
Saturday morning.
County volunteer bureau may die from lack of funds
Despite a promising start, the
Huron County Volunteer Bureau
may be dead by September.
Federal Local Initiatives
Program funds of $12,000 for a
six-month project to launch the
bureau ran out Friday and so far
there are no prospects for more
money to cover operating ex-
penses on a continuing basis.
University student Bob Phillips
of Clinton has been hired to run
the bureau until September under
a provincial Experience '77
program grant, but the three
workers who started the project
in January were laid off Friday.
Co-ordinator Mary Ann
Kowbuz said she is "completely
disappointed and angry" at what
has happened in the last six
months.
She said she was encouraged
by the way things started for the
bureau, probably the first of its
kind in a rural area in Canada.
There were many requests for
its help, she said. The bureau
tries to match the need for
volunteers in many social service
areas to the offers of people
willing to help.
Because of the size of the area
the bureau tries to serve, many of
the requests were for drivers to
take handicapped or elderly
persons to hospital or doctors'
appointments.
But it took more time than the
bureau was given to make people
aware of the services it offered
and overcome suspicions about
volunteers and short-term funded
projects.
"We didn't really get on top of
any of the need in six months,"
Mrs. Kowbuz said.
Fellow worker Reg Thompson
added: "It would take a year to
get the community aware of what
we can do."
Phillips is paid $2.65 an hour to
keep up the work Mrs. Kowbuz,
Thompson and secretary Cathy
Evans began. He is also
researching possible sources of
funds.
So far the prospects are not
bright. Thompson said Phillips
may have trouble just trying to
keep up with the demand in the
bureau's small church basement
office.
The work kept three people
busy, he said, adding: "It's hard
to say how much he can keep
going. It's a lot of work."
Mrs. Kowbuz thinks the
community should make more
effort to keep the bureau going,
instead of counting on the three
staff people.
"Now 1 think it's up to the
county and the people of the
community to get involved," she
said. "The other people on the
committee are not doing their
share."
She said the county should be
willing to pay for the bureau
since the need for it has been
proven. A dollar from each
county resident could keep it
going for two years, she said.
Mrs. Kowbuz estimated it
would cost about $30,000 a year
(with continued free office space)
to pay for staff and equipment.
She said she has not ap-
proached county council's social
services committee because "it's
not my job." That was up to
committee members, such as
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