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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-03-10, Page 12Page 12 - Citizens News, March 10/76 Grand L3end Vill e hit hard by storm Grand Bend was one of the areas heaviest hit by the ice storm. Power was lost in the village Tuesday night around 11:00 p.m. and wasn't restored until Friday around 9:00 p.m. Trees are plentiful in Grand Bend and falling branches did extensive damage to service wires all over town. But, as of Monday night, all residential people in Grand Bend had power. A lot of summer cottages have not been connected and may not be for two or three weeks. Stan Lovie, outside superintendent for the PUC says the summer cus- tomers will be hooked up as soon as possible but with no one living in them there is no big rush. A number of homes in the Bend require repairs to the house before they can be hooked up by the hydro which is slowing down work, There were only 6 men working to restore power in Grand Bend. Mr. Lovie explained, "We had three men from Mitchell, our two man crew and one man from Kincardine. That was all we could get because that was all the men available." Mr. Lovie has no estimate as yet of damages -he hasn't had Gran time. However, he did say damage to the lines was exten- sive. "We fared pretty well and the people of Grand Bend got a pretty fair shake," says Mr. Lovie. "Many of the lines hooked up are only temporary but they are enough to give people power until the permanent lines can be replaced. We were in a pretty bad way." County levy assessment r nsidered At last Monday's meeting of Grand Bend council, a motion was passed to inform Lambton county council that the village would protest the county assess- ment if it went ahead as was planned, Reeve Bob Sharen told the News that the motion was not presented to county council since the item was a major topic for discussion at council and it was voted unanimously to review the entire county assessment of levy. Mr. Sharen explained that council thought the township of Moore was assigned a port- ion of the county bill too small considering it had absorbed a village during the past year. The matter will be studied and a report will be tabled at the next session of county council. PIan to study tourist growth Concern by the municipal officials at Grand Bend village and Bosanquet township have resulted in an in-depth study of the area's planning and growth problems bring proposed by the Lambton county planning depart- ment. Reeve Bob Sharen told the News following Lambton county council's Friday session that originally the planning study of the county was not paying enough attention to the unique problems of Grand Bend and Bosanquet. end Pers Mrs. Isabel Cann, Exeter, has been spending a few weeks at the home of her daughter and son -in -lay. Mr. Lk: Mrs. ,lint Love and family. following eye surgery Mrs. Cann underwent in Feb- ruary. Mr. &: Mrs. Jack Ridley, accompanied by Mr. Mrs. Langford Ridley of Parkhill. visited fvlondav with the men's sister. Mrs. Tillie Shelton of Kincardine. Mrs. Newton Hayter is a patient in South Huron hospital in Exeter. Ken Patterson returned home from Strathrov hospital on Thursday. Hydro was restored in Grand Bend on Friday after being off since last Tuesday. The pancake and sausage supper held Tuesday night at the Village Inc was very success- ful. Over 200 enjoyed this treat. The majority of news this week i1/4 cancellations or postpone- nt nts. The "World's Day of ,'raver" . rvice which vas to he held i r the Church of God on Friday, was called off. This correspondent talked to Mrs. John Campbell on Friday and she wasn't sure if it would be held later or cancelled. The regular meeting of the Golden Age Club which was to be held Wednesday was post- poned. The 4H club girls were to have their first meeting Thursday evening and it was also cancelled. Would anyone interested in helping with the Grand Bend news during this etnergeticy, please mail it to me so 1 will receive it no later than Monday? At date of mailing this, March 9 the correspondent is still without hydro or telephone service. Dr. and Mrs. C.B. Sanders of Welland, Mr. & Mrs. Gavin Stuart and Mr. & Mrs. William McTeer. all of London, spent the weekend with Mr.. & Mrs. Art Finkbeiner and celebrated Mrs. Stuart's birthday. A special collection was taken up at the United church Sunday morning for Guatemala relief. Rev. H. Moore's sermon topic was taken from the Book of Genesis and the story ofJacob. lora Wcbh of Green Acres. returned home Sunday after spending last week at Wiarton, with his daughter and son-in-law Mr. iL Mrs. Jack Smith. "The interim report which was tabled Friday basically says that considerable study must be done to determine changes in municipal boundaries and to decide what structure Grand Bend and Bosanquet want,,, said Sharon. He said the final draft of the report would be ready in April. Mr. Sharen said the report suggested a rather unique study in that it is proposed to cross county lines and include Stephen township which is in Huron County. Mr. Sharen pointed out that Grand Bend is right on the boundary between the two count- ies and problems are mutual with both townships and the vill- age. Malcolm Martini, planning director of the study, said he would recommend that the Grand Bend area study be financed by the province. He said the area is currently under considerable development pressure and it was essential that growth be directed and controlled. Huron County Board of Education i; at ZURICH PUBLIC SCHOOL TUESDAY, MARCH 16 9 - 12 A.M. rt rr, HENSALL PUBLIC SCHOOL TUESDAY, MARCH 16, - 1-3:30 P.M. J.A.D. McCURDY SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 9-12 a.m. - 1-3:30 P.M. 110-40-40-40-40-0-44 EXETER PUBLIC SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 9.12 a.m. - 1-3:30 P.M. STEPHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 9-12 a.m.- 1-3:30 P.M. HURON CENTENNIAL SCHOOL TUESDAY, MARCH 30 9 A.M. - 4 P.M. USBORNE CENTRAL SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 9:30-12A.I111. 1:30 - 3:00 P.M. Children eligible for registration must be five years of age on or before December 31, 1976. Please bring birth certificates, OHIP Number, immunization records and any other pertinent health records. Generators good insurance Auxiliary generators proved to be very valuable to many area farmers as they provided standby power. Huron's Ag. Rep. Don Pullen told the News Friday, "I'm not out to sell generators but they are becoming a necessity for espec- ially large or specialized farm operations. Pullen added, "Broiler operat- ors without standby power could lose their whole flock. Money spent on generators is just like insurance." Area farmers used all possible ingenuity in various hook-ups to pump water and milk cows. One farmer was reported to have the milking machine hooked up to a truck and led the cows out of the barn one by one for milk- ing. Preventative steps proved to be very profitable for Crediton area dairy farmer Bob Galloway. Immediately after the heavy snow storm in January. Galloway purchased a generator and only recently had it hooked up by Ontario Hydro. Using a tractor to operate the generator, Gallo- way was able to milk his 48 cows. On the milking situation, Don Pullen said, "It's utter frustration for a farrier with 100 cows without electricity.'' First of all, most have for- gotten how to milk by hand and it's physically impossible to milk that many cows the old-fashioned very," added Pullen. Fears wheat .may be hurt While the severe ice storm did not produce power failures in areas north of Brucefield, Hu- ron's Agricultural representative Don Pullen said there was one concern - Pullen said some winter wheat fields had as much as three inches of ice on then. 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