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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1977-07-13, Page 1Leroy Thiel and Isadore LaPorte examine what appears to be a tree blight but turns out to be harmless insect eggs. rie WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1977 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Council accepts arena tender, fund-raising objective rises The fund raising objective for Hensall arena will be pushed higher despite a council resolution to accept the lowest bondable tender, according to fund chairman Eric Luther. Council accepted a tender from Logan Construction, Stratford, during the regular meeting Monday. The tender sets total arena costs at $700,450, but engineers are negotiating with the contractor to lower the costs. The current $150,000 fund raising objective 'is based on a total estimated cost of $600,000. Luther said the fund objective would have to be raised "when Trees in no danger The "tree blight" that seemed to . be hitting at least one of the young trees along the main street boulevard is not a blight at all. Several members of the village ead, four hurt in cr One teenager was killed and four others injured --two of them seriously --in a violent single vehicle crash early Saturday morning near the junction of Highway 4 and the Crediton Road. Dead is Paul Langlois, 17, Woodcrest Boulevard, London, who was a passenger in the vehicle driven by 19 -year-old Deborah Johnson, RR 1 Hyde Park. The driver suffered major injuries as did Aldridge Jergens, 18, Lucan. The other two passengers were Andrew Spruyt, 16, and Shane Dykeman, 18, both of Lucan. They sustained minor injuries and were treated at South Huron Hospital. The five teenagers had been proceeding east on the Crediton Road. Their vehicle crossed over Highway 4, went through a ditch, two fences, rolled over twice and came to rest on its roof about 600 feet east of the intersection. Johnson, Langlois and Jergens, all being in the front seat, were tossed out of the vehicle as it proceeded across two farm fields owned by Greta Richards and Bill Essery. Langlois and the driver were taken to University Hospital in London, where the former died around 5:00 a.m. The accident occurred about 1:15 a.m. The coroner was Dr. R. N. Green, London. The accident is still under investigation by OPP Constables Don Mason and Jim Rogers. The 1970 Chevrolet, registered in the name of the father of the driver, was totally demolished with damage being set at $1,000. New building inspector Hensall has a new building inspector and building permit fee structure following Monday's regular council meeting. Herman Van Wieren of RR 1 Hensall was officially appointed village Building Inspector by council to receive $10 per in- spection. The cost of a building permit has also gone up, with the minimum fee being $20. New building, the Hensall council felt it would befairerto g� by the size of the addition or building. That homes or additions up to 800 sq. ft. will require a permit costing $40, from 800 sq. ft. to 1200 sq. ft. will cost $45, from 1200 sq. ft. to 1500 sq. ft. will cost $50, from 1500 sq. ft. to 2,000 sq. ft. will cost $55 and over 2000 sq. ft. will cost $65. A demolition permit will cost $20. While most area municipalities charge for building permits according to the cost of the way there would be no problems with someone claiming it would cost very little to add an addition or build a house thus getting away with a minimum building fee. Mr, Van Wieren estimated he would have to visit a simple renovation within an existing structure at least twice throughout the building procedure while any building requiring a foundation could require four or more visits. Under the new by-laws, building permit requests will no longer have to be approved bY council 1 ,k but will become valid as soon as they are signed by the inspector. Demolition permits, however, will still have to_be approved by council before they are issued. Hensall has had about 50 to 55 building permits per year in the past few years, but this number may increase now that a building inspector is active and permits must be obtained before building. sh investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. On Wednesday at 11:55 a.m., vehicles operated by Doris Layton, Mitchell, and Carl Iszakovits, London, were in- volved in a collision on Highway 23 just north of the main in- tersection in Kirkton., A passenger in the Layton vehicle, Olive Elliott, also of Mitchell,sustained minor in- juries. Constable Ed Wilcox in- vestigated and set total damage at $700. Constable Jim Rogers in- vestigated the other two ac- cidents, the first of which oc- curred at 2:15 a.m. on Saturday on the Mt. Carmel Road about half a mile west of concession 17 in Stephen. Drivers involved were Jeffrey Isaac, RR 2 Dashwood,and James McLinchey, RR3 Parkhill. Both vehicles had been west- bound and Isaac was partially on the shoulder of the road, his vehicle experiencing some motor problems, when McLin- chey collided with it. Damage in the accident was set at $1,700. At 10:55 p.m., Saturday, a vehicle driven by Bruce Lessells, Huron Park, went out of control and entered the north ditch on the Crediton Road. The driver sustained minor injuries and damage was set at $1,800. Hensail Arena Donations Mr. James McAllister $100.00 Mr. Frayne Parsons 50.00 Seaforth-Hensall Nursing Homes Ltd. 100.00 Labatts Ontario Breweries Ltd. 200.00 Kinette.Club of Hensall 425.00 Hans Gerstenlorn 50.00 Harry Smith 25.00 John Smith 25.00 Andrew Dougall 100.00 James M. Dougall 50.00 Murray.Keys 50.00 Max Learn 25.00 Robert Snow 25.00 Mrs. Orville Smith 10.00 Mrs. Ida Jackson 20,00 Mr. CarlPayne 10.00 Peter Bisback 200.00 Mr. & Mrs. Asa Deeves 100.00 Alphonse Grenier 100.00 Raymond Schwalm 30.00 Total to date $62,553.60 Post-dated cheques 2,425.00 GRAND TOTAL $64,978.60 council were concerned when they noticed one tree seemed to be covered with some kind of white fuzz. Upon closer in- spection they discovered millions of tiny bugs literally coveringthe leaves and branches of the young tree. Not wishing the insects to spread and fearing for the safety of the s mall tree, they did some investigating and discovered, much to their relief that the in- sects will not harm the tree. Once all the eggs are hatched the in- sects will disappear and the tree should not be damaged. Iiii1 e Citizens the thing gets squared away and we get a firm decision". "When we have been approached by council and the parks board then the (fund) committee is going to have to make a decision." "We're going to have to face the situation", said Luther. The Logan tender was the lowest acceptable to council because a tender for $687,850 from Robinson Construction could not be bonded, said Reeve Harold Knight. "We're looking at ways of saving some money but it's up to the building committee to decide what will be cut and how much", said engineer Addie Blankestign of C. C. Parker and Associates, consultants for the arena. Blankestign hoped a contract would be signed with Logan Construction by July 31 but the proposal tenders are valid until August 7, sixty days after the tenders opening. The Logan tender sets the arena completion date at 28 weeks following the beginning of construction. At the beginning of the week the Zurich Citizens' News will have a new editor. Margaret Rodger will take over from Cathy McKinley. For the past year Margaret has been a freelance script writer for the Morning Break show, produced by CFPL Television of London. Prior to that she was a staff writer and columnist with the Stratford Beacon Herald. Earlier in her career she worked for the Royal Canadian Geographical Journal in Ottawa and Mayfair magazine in* Toronto. She says she got her start through sheer luck. After graduating from University of Toronto, she accompanied her family to the Orient and was taken on the local staff of the Associated Press. She worked for itor or ems MARGARET RODGER them in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore. Margaret is married and has two teen -aged daughters. She lives near Granton, Area residents erste °at heat but run l I.:W afoul �� Several area residents have run afoul of the law this week in attempting to beat the. current heat wave. Four Huron Park youths have been charged with petty trespass after they decided to take a dip in the Huron Park pool. The pool was closed at the time - i t being shortly after midnight on Wednesday. An investigation is also un- derway into a theft at Shaw's Dairy Store in Hensall. The thieves made off with three bags of ice cubes valued at $2.10 after prying a lock off an outside storage freezer. Damage to the equipment was listed at $2.00. Another eight residents who tried to beat the heat by con- suming liquor were charged with various offences under the Liquor Licence Act. An area juvenile has been charged under the Juvenile Deliquent Act following the theft of a 10-sedbicYc1e in Huron pe Park last Tuesday. The bike, valued at $140, was recovered Thursday by OPP. Another 10 -speed men's bicycle was found in Elimville on Monday. The owner may claim same by identifying it at the local OPP office. Also recovered was a mini bike stolen last week from the Crediton . residence of Fred Bowers. Police have expressed some concern following the theft last week of 29 electrical blasting caps from a truck owned by Roloff Drilling of Alberta. The theft occurred at a drilling site on concession 2 in Hay Townehip. Police warn that the caps can be extremely dangerous in the hands of inexperienced people. They were stored in two orange boxes which were taken from the storage compartment of the truck after thieves pried open the locks. Also taken was a tool box and quantity of tools. Value of the loot was listed at $250.