HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-02-18, Page 5Citizens News, .February 18176,. Page 5
Reduced budget for conservation authority
The Ausable Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority approved a
reduced budget for the year
1976 at Friday's annual meeting.
The budget accepted was for
$513,932. This is down from
$614,400 in 1975 and almost
$200,0(10 lower than the proposed
1976 budget.
The restraint budget will hit
hardest at the land acquisition
program and water control
construction.
Newly elected chairman Roy
Westcott said the Authority is
in for a difficult year. He added,
"It will be tough and this is
not a one man's job. We're not
afraid to face upto challenge.
Some projects may have to be
carried over to another year."
Westcott, a former reeve of
Usborne township replaces
Elgin Thompson of Tucker -
smith who held the chairman's
position for the past three years.
Ivan Hearn of Lucan is the new
vice-chairman.
A number of Authority mem-
bers were nominated for the two
top executive spots but only
Westcott and Hearn qualified.
Varna district news
The theme of the worship
service at the UCW meeting on
Thursday evening was "Love."
Mrs. Roy Elliott read the script-
ure from Corinthians 13. Mrs.
Mex Taylor read a poem and
some thoughts on love, then
following the business told us of
many of the customs of the
people of Nigeria where they
were missionaries. There were
plural marriages, and child marr-
iage was practised. Girls were
fattened up for three months
before their wedding.' Infant
mortality was very high. Be-
cause of the leisurely pace of
living there, and the necessity
much of the time for an inter-
preter, church services usually
went on for hours. She recall-
ed many interesting and amusing
incidents.
Mrs. Robert Stirling presid-
ed for the business meeting. Mrs.
William Taylor was elected UCW
representative to the Board of
Stewards. The World Day of
Prayer service will be held at
Goshen on March 5. This year the
Pancake Supper will be on March
9. A decision -was made to carpet
the back stairs and the choirloft,
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The meeting closed with pray-
er and lunch was served.
A warm welcome to the Varna
community is extended to Ronald
and Patricia Doiron and their
girls Claudette, Carmelle and
Nichole. They cane here from
Woodstock, and have bought a
lot containing the ho.:se and barn
on the former Flewitt place from
Robert Irvine.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Taylor have
returned from a very enjoyable
two-week holiday in Hawaii.
Most of their time was spent
on Oahu Island. One of their
most interesting experiences was
a two-hour trip on a new hydro-
foil to Maui Island. It carries
190 passengers, and gave them
a good view of whales playing
in the ocean. They were impres-
sed with the Memorial built
at Pearl Harbour in remembr-
ance of the servicemen who lost
their lives there. The Polynesian
people, they found, were happy
and relaxed, and the temper-
ature of both air and water was
in the eighties. It was quite a
shock to arrive home in the midst
of a blizzard which kept them in
Stratford overnight.
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Bob Austin of Arkona said,
"I'm involved in our Centennial
celebrations in 1976, maybe
another year I will give it a try."
Municipalities in the Authority
will be paying levies of $107,732
in 1976. This is an increase of
about nine per cent.
Roger Martin, the authority's
resources manger, proposed that
members consider a resource
management program as an
alternative where land acquisition
is ruled out by/financial restraint.
He explained that by buying
key properties in an area, the
authority could allow special
interest groups to participate
by purchasing land for special
projects. The authority could also
gain easements over private
lands to allow for public use by
providing the land owner with
service rather than money.
He told the authority it has two
unique river areas in the Ausable
gorge - from Hungry Hollow to
Highway 7 - and in the Bayfield
River area that cannot be dup-
licated anywhere else in the
province. He urged the authority
to consider long-range land
acquisition and resource manage-
ment in those areas.
Projects approved and added to
the 1976 list were:
Port Blake - additional work on
roads and parking lot and picnic
pavilion, $11,000.
Clinton -- brush clearing
in valley lands and temporary
work on a concrete chicken barn,
327,000.
Parkhill — paving of the con-
servation area's main road,
repairing other roads and up-
grading trails and camping area,
327,000.
Rock Glen — new gatehouse,
completion of parking lot develop-
ment and grassing, $19,000.
Crediton -- development of
six -acre park at east end, $6,000.
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The authority also hopes to
provide about 30 jobs for students
this year. Their wage rate is
about half the full-time rate and
will allow work to be done that
would otherwise be impossible
under the restraint budget.
Roger Martin, who has taken
over the post of resources mana-
ger at two Owen Sound area
authorities will be in Exeter
each Friday until a replacement
has been found,
In attendance at the meeting
was Dave Wood, newly appointed
program supervisor for Conser-
vation Authorities in the south-
western region.
Wood was resources manager
here about 11 years ago.
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