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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-10-27, Page 1NO. 43 -FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS PI ,nner meets with businessmen WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1976 20c PER COPY, Facelift for business area Nick Hill, town and country. planner, has completed a study on the core area of Zurich and presented his improvement re- commendations at a dinner meeting Wednesday evening. Invitations to the meeting extended to all those who own or operate property in the core area of the village. Unfortunately, not many of these business people showed up at the meeting. Ron Heim - rich, head of the business asso- ciation, who hired Nick Hill to do this project, said many of those not present had previous commitments, Even so, he expressed his disappointment over the turnout. Mr. Hill made no sweeping recommendations on improve- ments needed for the business streets. For the most part, changes in sign graphics, awn- ings and a general sprucing up with paint using co-ordinated color schemes were his main recommendations. Mr. Hill sketched the build- ings in the village core, sug- gesting changes and methods of unifying and sprucing up each individual building. For the purpose of his study, Mr. Hill looked at Highway No. 84, Goshen Street, Victoria Street and a small portion of Mill Street between Goshen and Victoria. There is considerable unity in the streetscape on Highway No. 84 according to Mr. Hill and the buildings are of similar design with most of them two stories in height, of brick con- struction and with a squared "boomtown" front facade. However, he felt the visual unity is weakened by the spaces between the buildings which. represent a rather broken -up facade rather than a strong continuous facade. To provide visual strength here, Mr. Hill proposed a cedar hedge be planted between the' buildings, to re -assert the street edge and break the monotonous side- scape of solid brick which is very prevalent at the moment. As far as changes with the buildings in this area go, the only major change recommend- ed was the addition of a second storey to Turkheim's furniture store. Mr. Hill felt the con- struction of a second floor for furniture storage would give height to the building and a better visual fit into the street- scape. A simple gable facade MINOR ATHLETIC DONATION -Left, Bob Redick accepts a cheque for $1,500 from Ruth Willert of the Minor Athletic Association on behalf of the community centre fund raising committee. Photo by McKinley uron library system over budget The Huron County Library system will be ovgr budget by the end of this year to the tune of $15,000 to $20,000. According to Librarian Bill Partridge part of the over ex- penditure is due to a deficit carry over from 1975 of $8,800. An incr- ease in costs for books, of bet- ween eight and 10 percent, was cited as another contributing factor. Mr. Partridge also explained that during the past year the library has seen a considerable increase in. book circulation over previous years. Circulation in 1975 (for the January to August period) was computed at 226,000 books.. For the same period this year the figure is 235,992. County wide the library Service operates 28 library outlets with a staff of 35 to 40, many of those employees being part time. The total budget for 1976 was set at $301,250. Of that total budget, $70,000 had been set aside for the actual purchase of books and for processing those books. In 1975 $81,226 went toward books and processing, $61,340 in 1974 and $53,988. The total budget in 1975 was only $183,518. The increase in book dr- culation over the past year, Mr. Partridge explained, has been steady each month, arid most noticeable in the town and village branches. Books this year•are just costing more, he explained,and the book budget • was reduced from last year's $84,000 to $70,000. A special emphasis on the purchase of non-fiction as op- posed to fiction was undertaken this year and this may, in the long run, effect a reduction in future costs. Non fiction books, Mr. Partridge explains, are not read out as fast as fiction and remain active on the shelves con- siderably longer. When the County Library Board meets on November 3 the question of the budget deficit will be considered. Mr. Partridge noted that the library staff had not been increased in sometime and that the work load was on a steady upswing, "There is no doubt we will need additional staff as well," he said, "but that is a question the Library Board will have to consider." Zurich group receives New Horizon grant A group of retired people from Zurich is one of 194 in Canada to receive New Horiz- ons grants announced by Health and Welfare Minister Marc Lalonde. Maple Woods New Horizons Program Committee, will re- ceive $3,430 to enable senior citizens in the area to view classic films from the great days of Hollywvood. They will then visit other groups and take nart in their activities such as lawn bowling, euchre and parties. Since the program was intro- duced, 6,368 projects have been ' funded for a total of $37,140,- 695. New Horizons enables re- tired people to create projects of their choosing. It offers grants to groups of retired people who undertake activities for the benefit of themselves and others in their community. The accent is on local needs as seen by older people and on their willingness to meet such needs. of brick with two windows is what he suggested. Mr. Hill recommended no changes in the Bank of Mont- real as he felt it fit well into the streetscape as it was. However, Mr. Hill was not quite as happy with the Domin- ion Hotel. He felt the original exterior of the building had been poorly altered and the elegant row of windows on the second floor are disassociated with the random ground floor changes. Without major reno- vation Mr. Hill felt a co-ordinat- ed colour scheme for the entire building exterior would assist the appearance of the building. No changes were recom- mended for the Hay Township Mutual Fire Insurance Build- ing other than the planting of a hedge•aiong the street edge. A new paint .job was all Mr. Hill recommended for the Hess Jewelry store as he felt it is a most handsome boomtown front building. Shaw's Dairy store situated on a prominent corner lacks clarity or architectural quality according to Mr. Hill. Without major renovations, the use of color to bring some kind of unity to the building was all he could recommend, A new awning and store sign above Laporte's Meat Market Suspect rale Floyd Wein, charged October 13 with the murder of his wife, was released on bail Monday and remanded out of custody to November 22, the date set for a preliminary hearing. Wein was released after a bail hearing during which Mr. Justice would strengthen thefront facade and give emphasis to the store according to Mr. Hill. Also the simple addition of a balcony rail along the west side of the store would hide the clut- ter of pipes and vents from the locker building and the plant- ing of a cedar hedge along the street edge would give privacy to the side yard and beautify the side elevation of the locker building. No changes -for the Zurich Garage were suggested except for a comment by Mr. Hill and the bright yellows and blues of the Sunoco emblem jar with the natural colours of the other buildings in the area and if possible should be replaced with a quieter natural colour. Mr. Hill described the Hay Township Hall . as a classic building which was absolutely beautiful. The green paint colour should be replaced with a more complimentary hue but other than that no changes should be made. The streetscape along Gosh- en Street is made up of pot- pourri of architectural styles, however, they do have a visual unity says Mr. Hill. This is achieved primarily by a similar facade height and strong build- ing edge. There are no large (continued on page 2) • sed n bail John Osler of the Ontario Supreme Court banned publication of evidence. Wein, 64, was charged with killing Florence Susan Wein, 61, after a police investigation of an ambulance call to the Wein home. Police said the woman died of a fractured skull. v COMMUNITY CENTRE CONTRIBUTIONS Donated personally by Directors and Agents of Hay Mutual Insurance Co. Mr. Henry Bassow Anonymous Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lansbergen Interested Citizen Anonymous Anonymous Mr. Bill Bedour Concerned Citizen Anonymous Anonymous Mr. Steven Bedour Mrs. Dorothy Koehler Interested Citizen Interested Citizen Mr. William Siebert • Mr. Percy Bedard Anonymous Anonymous Interested Citizen Interested Citizen Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bedard, Sr. Mr. Larry Bedard Mrs. Myrtle Hay Anonymous Anonymous Mr. Terry McBride Mr. William Witmer Mr. and Mrs. Amos Gingerich Anonymous Anonymous TOTAL TO DATE $120.00 100.00 5.00 20.00 5.00 25.00 20.00 10.00 25.00 100.00 30.00 30.00 10.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 25.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 20.00 25.00 10,00 10.00 5.00 20.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 1.00 $20,798.00