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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-06-19, Page 1NO -24 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1975 20 0 PER COPY LIONS DONATE TABLES- The Zurich Lions Club have donated a set of new stacking tables to the local community centre, for functions to be held in the building. Shown here presenting the cheque for the ex- penditure to rec committee chairman Lee Regier, left, is president, Dr. Doug Thiel, centre, and vice-presi- dent Claude Gelinas, right. Total cost of the tables, which will accommodate close to 250 persons. was $1700. dollars. MAYORS AND REEVES PHYSIQUE CONTEST- A highlight of the Buffaloburger Fest in Grand Bend on Friday and Saturday was the pre-olympic physique contest for area mayors and reeves. Winners of the contest was a former Zurich resident, Maurice O' Dwyer, now mayor of the town of Southampton, third from the right in the back row. Others entered in the contest are, back row, Bob Sharen, of Grand Bend reeve Cecil Desjardine, of Stephen Township, mayor Bruce Shaw, of Exeter, Mr. O'Dwyer, Miss Physique, and councillor Isidore Laporte, of Zurich. Front row are reeve John Baker, of Hensall, reeve Don Seegmiller, of Thedford, and alderman Dave Hunt, of Stratford. Bayfield discuss building code [by Milvena Erickson] In a. letter read from the eng- ineers, architects, and building officers association Monday night at the regular Bayfield council meeting, dealing with building codes, it offered assistance to senior building officials, with the hope that municipal councils would acknowledge the existence of the E.A.B.A. liason committee and bring it to the attention of senior government officials. A request from Mrs. Charles Rogers to agree that the encr- oachment of their property cont- inue and is recognized by the vill- age, this was agreed upon with the same stipulation that is grant- ed all encroachments on village property; taht should the existing building burn or become deter- iorated to the point where it must be replaced then it would have to be built on the own- er's own property. A letter from the M.T.C. in respect to municipal paving contracts, stated that no escalat- ing clause shall be allowed. No subsidy would be granted;for any escalating clause in any cont- ract. Council received a letter from James Gardiner, Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations confirming their tent- ative approval of 40 per cent subsidy of the estimated costs for the survey of all village streets and lanes. Correspond- ence was read from the County Clerk, Bill Hanly, regarding a motion passed at the Municipal Officers annual meeting recom- mending that every municipal- ity in the county pass a by-law regulating the fencing of priv- ately owned swimming pools. A letter from Ontario Hydro in respect to street light bulb replac- ing stipulated while performing this duty that no object should come closer than 10 feet from any p;ower line of 750 volts, or over, which is the minimum distance and only qualified pers ons shall be allowed on or near the hydro poles. Literature was read regard- ing the province wide education program for the wearing of seat belts, and contained a book let with information in resp- ect to the use of seat belts. It has been proposed as a brief to focus on the attention of wear- ing these as a safety measure and to make the information known through roadside advert- ising, local action program- ming and broadcasting advert - [continued on page 18] Zurich will apply for renov: ti, i:p r' vais At their regular meeting last Wednesday afternoon, the coun- cil of the village of Zurich agreed to undertake a renovation progr- am at the Community Centre. The Ontario Ministry of Labour has directed that the work must be carried out if the build- ing is to remain in operation. Applications will be made to the proper government depart- ments for all grants avail- able under such a project. At the same time the council will apply to the Ontario Munic- ipal Board for approval to issue debentures covering the costs Approve healing [by Ross Haugh] The Huron Colunty Board of Education meeting in a spec- ial session Monday night auth- orized the immediate calling of tenders for repair of the heating system at the Clinton Public School. After hearing from R.A. Egan a professional heating engineer that tenders must be called at once to ensure proper heating for the school be September 15. Due to the present steel pipes rusting below the floor, the Clinton school realized serious heating problems during the past fall and winter. Egan said the new heating system would be designed the sante as a recently installed system at, South Huron High School in Exeter with surface radiation and exposed piping. The engineer continued, "Time is of the essence in getting this job started. In order to get workmen out of the class rooms by September 2 and have heat ready by Sept- ember 15 it is imperative to get rolling right away." He estimated the cost at between $80,000 and 590,000 saying, "Plumbing and heating rates have gone right through the roof. The job will require seven men working non-stop. With the size of the job and the speed needed it looks like an out of town company will be required." Egan added, "with this amount of men the contract will likely require a non-operative super- intendent which means another $5,000 and travelling costs could also be high." Egan said he would order the radiation Tuesday morning to guarantee delivery by August 1. Director of Education D.J. Cochrane commented after the engineer's report, "We can't have the same situation as last year when at times we didn 't know if there would be classes until we heard the weather rep- ort. Heat by September is a must. The board agreed to call for tenders immediately and when they are opened by the engin- eer and director, members will be polled by telephone for their decision to expedite early compl- etion of the project. of the project. A number of building pewits were issued at the same meeting. They were; Doug Erb, 529.,000 for a new home; Robert Farqu- har, 57200 for an addition Donald Oke, $3500 for an att- ached garage; Harvey Clausius, 5500;Delbert Geiger, 5200; and Victor Dinnin, 5200. It was decided at the same meeting to ask for applications for the position of building inspector in the village. The salary is to be negotiable bet- ween the applicant and the council. Council also agreed to call applications for the position of custodian for the new mun- icipal building, on a part-time basis. A member of extras were approved for the new municipal building in the amount of 5626.11. These items will form a part of the contract. In other business council agreed to notify the Bayfield- Ausable Conservation Author ity that a petition for drainage work of lands within the vill- age has been received; in the south-west section of the munic- ipality. It was agreed at the meeting to hold over for further invest- igation the suggestion for an increase in the water rates. Accounts totalling $55,673.96 were approved for payment. Grant for seniors Health and Welfare Minister Marc Lalond this week annou- nced the awarding of $7,244 in a New Horizons grant to a group of retired people in Zurich. New Horizons is a Federal Gov- ernment grants program des- igned to encourage retired people to undertake worthwhile projects which would be of benefit to them and their com- munities. Since its introduct- ion in 1972, a total of 4,033 projects have been funded for 522,805,133. In all, 799,727 retired Canadians are involved. Zurich Golden Agers will use the grant to establish a recreat- ion centre in the basement of the municipal building. Activ- ities will include knitting, crocheting, quilting, leatherwork and woodworking. Stephen pians crackdown on dogs Officials of the London Humane Society have completed an agreement with Stephen Town- ship to carry out regular dog patrols in the municipality. For a fee of $1,200 per year, London based officers will patrol the Hurn Park area and the police villages of Centralia. Crediton and Dashwood once a week. The patrols are expected to start in mid-June. Any stray animals will be taken to the London Humane Society pound.