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Times-Advocate, 1985-04-03, Page 13Six delegations visit Hay Six separate delegations attended the first regular April session of Hay council, chaired by Deputy Reeve Tony Bedard in the absence of Reeve Lionel Wilder; to plead for a variety of causes. Bill Becker and his brother Bob who had officially joined the family firm that day) asked if anything could be done 4o alleviate a drainage pro- blem that was flooding Becker's Dashwood property, keeping three sump pumps busy in his basement, and also affecting nearby ARC In- dustries. Becker said he thought part of the problem was caused by a hook- up from the highway drain into the municipal drain. After pouring over maps of the area, township engineer Bruce Holdsworth said his curiosity had been aroused, and he left with the Beckers for an immediate on-site inspection. Jill Kipfer, representing the Dashwood and area business associa- tion, told council a history of Dashwood was being prepared with the hope copies would be ready for sale by Friedsburg Days in August. Costs of producing 500 copies would be about $2,000, and the compilers would not know for three or four months if their application for funds to the provincial ministry of citizen- ship and culture would be approved. Mrs. Kipfer asked for financial assistance from Hay, and said Stephen had promised to match whatever their neighbouring township gave. Council approved a grant of $250 to be used for printing costs. Professional engineers Don Pletch. originally from Brussels, ,and his partner, Clinton native Bill Boussey, told councillors they had set up an of- fice in Exeter in January, and were qualified to offer a full range of engineering services to the township. Council promised to consider_ heir offer. Jake Schroeder and Elizabeth Adams attended the session to per- sonally voice their objections to Earl Becker's request to clear a triangular-shaped patch of bush on west r z lot 5, concession 17. Mrs. Ad- mas said this would intensify wind WIN(' erosion problems already being ex- perienced, and allowing further clear- ing would create a wind tunnel from the lake. She acknowledged no one wants to be told what to do on their own land, but when their actions jeopardize so- meone else. they must be stopped. She said they could not afford to lose any more trees between the 16th con- cession and the lake. Schroeder said sandstorms had on- ly begun to occur in that area in the last 10 years, as more land and swamp was cleared. Councillor John Elder suggested Becker's request be denied. He had already asked on two previous occa- sions for permission to clear bush, and members of council suspect he is gradually clearing his bush a chunk at a time. Bedard cautioned the two objec- tors, that Hay's motion refusing per- mission to clear the area could be overturned by Huron County Council and advised them to appear in person when the planning and development committee meets to consider the re- quest on April 15. Exeter recreation director Lynne Farquhar, facility manager Cam Stewardson and rec board chairman John Pym came to the session to talk about the Exeter arena's ever- increasing deficit, expected to reach $120,000 this year. Bedard and coun- cillors John Elder and Murray Keys, who had all attended the one -day rec - seminar in Hensall the previous Saturday, repeated some of the con- clusions they had reached in discuss- ing recreation earlier in the day. Councillors were agreed that area arenas are charging less than cost for ice time, and competing with each other, instead of banding together and setting a blanket fee that would cover costs. None objected to subsidies for children's recreation. Elder said adults think nothing of going out and spending $10 on drinks after a hockey game, yet object to a $5 fee increase. Private facilities such as the Exeter Curling Club were cited as examples of running an operation without going into debt. Cam Stewardson said arena staffs PUBLIC SCHOOL JUMP ROPE FOR HEART r_ Canadian Heart Foundation , could not formulate policies; direc- tion should come from councils. They have the authority to raise ice time to whatever charge. per hour they wish. Lynne Farquhar pointed out- all area arenas must work together and cooperate rather than compete. Bedard said he is hosting a rec com- mittee meeting on May 8 to sum- marize what was learned at the workshop, and see where to go from here. Bernie Denomme, the last delegate on the agenda, also wanted to discuss user fees at the new ball diamond. So far five adult teams have indicated they wish to call the Hay -ballpark home. It was decided the fairest way would be to charge a lump sum per team, to be paid at the beginning of the season. Each team would be designated a certain night of the week. Denomme said in two cases, two teams wanted to play at the same time on the same night. First choice will be given to the teams that contributed the most time and labour to constructing the ball park and raising money to help pay for it. Chain Link fencing will go up as soon as the frost leaves the ground. Work will begin on the service and storage building as well. Denomme expressed the hope that when ball season starts the other teams will realize their help is need- ed in raising money for the addition to recreation facilities in the township. About $15,000 will be spent this year. In reply to a severance application from Ronald and Marjorie Overholt, Lake Road West, Lot 6, council impos- ed the same conditions they had previously specified. when dealing with a similar severance on an adjoin- ing lot also owned by the Overholts. Bedard said although Hay cannot stop the severance, they will ask the Huron County planning and development committee to take into consideration affected neighbours' objections, the continuing problem of erosion on sideroads four and five to the lake. lack of access to the beach, and the fact the township is not prepared to provide an access road. �Hay will join with Stephen in tarr- ing and chipping concession 2 in May or early June. Hay supported a Colborne township resolution asking Ontario Hydro to • seek. a transmission route that does not pass through or over class 1 agricultural land. Keys only objection was that the resolution was not strong enough. A grant of $50 to the Huron Farm and Home Safety Association was aPproved. Times -Advocate, A. ril 3, 1985 ZURICH SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS — Front row, from left: Tammy Restemayer, Lela Stewart, Justin Scott, Danny Thiel, Craig Redick. Joey Keller. Mark Stuart, Andrea Hendrick. Middle row: Kathy Schenk, -Dona Fisher, Joy Keupfer, Dole Miller, Murray de Blieck, Kelli McBeoth. Back row: Dan Weigand, -Sherri Erb, Glenn McBeath, Heather Westlake, Jon Hendrick and Kim Redick. Riddell questions election timing Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Rid- dell -has returned from his holiday in the south and is more than a bit perplexed that Premier Frank Miller had called an election without giving resiaents of Ontario some indecation of what his government's plans are for the next year or so. While he claims he's ready to fight an election after a lingering flu bug for most of the winter, Riddell said he had many questions for the new Premier and was disappointed he won't have the opportunity to ask them in the Legislature. Noting the Legislature will have been in recess for almost six months by the time it reconvenes after the election, Riddell termed that "offensive". He said he had hoped Miller would have presented a Throne speech so many issues facing Ontario could have been debated before an election was called. However. he sees unemployment as being the main issue in the days leading up to May 2, noting that there are 473,000 Ontario residents out of work. "Marc critical" is the fact that 156,000 young people between the ages of 15 to 24 are unemployed, the MPP said, suggesting that today's young people have to be provided with a real education that will give them the tools they need for the work place. "This government let appren- ticeship slip badly," he lamented, noting that there is a high demand for skilled labor and he suggested there should be tax concessions for businesses prel ared'ib give young people jobs. He was critical of Miller's announc- ed $1.3 billion tax holiday for small businesses, saying it should be ac- companied with some assurlances of jobs "and not to expand executive offices". Riddell sees the farm issue being another major battle during the cam- paign, as he noted there are 18 per- cent of Ontario farmers in real finan- cial problems, with young people and those who expanded to be more effi- cient being predominant among them. He suggests the Ontario govern- ment will have to subsidize interest rates through a farm debt reduction program to those operations which can be classed as viable. "I think we can get them over the hump," he predicted. While all three parties have been seen as wanting to avoid debate over the controversial funding for separate schools, Riddell suggests it will be an issue because it has created a lot of bitterness otrthe part of Catholics and Protestants alike. The Liberals suggested funding for Catholic schools in 197.1 -and that was not accepted by the electorate and the MPP decried the manner in which Premier Davis announced the pro- gram without any consultation and leaving a large number of unanswered questions for all concerned. "He left everyone up in the air and there are a lot of things even the Catholics are concerned about," he added. He suggested those problems could "have been resolved if Davis had followed a Liberal suggestion of hav- ing an all -party committee study the matter. In closing his remarks, Riddell said he was -concerned about the strong coalition between Miller, Prime Minister Mulroney and the President of the U.S.A. He said Mulroney's intention of opening the doors to free trade and foreign investment in Canada will be "devastating" to Ontario. Riddell termed it a threat to Cana- dian sovereignty and suggested the country could become a bedroom community for the U.S.A. FOR THE HEART -- Alido Struyke, chairman of the Heart and Stroke Foundation for South Huron and St. Boniface teacher Lorne Rideout put up -a sign in the gym in preparation for a skipping demonstration by a team of students from Wingham who are visiting area schools. Sales & Service Authorized Dealer for General Instrument �o[den �[impae3 Even the birds and the flowers are expecting spring, so what an April F'ool's trick for the weather to play. The movies shown on Monday even- ing were Island Eden and the Foreign Legion with Abbott and Costello, which the residents thoroughly enjoyed. The Christian Reformed choir visited on Tuesday and performed an enjoyable program. A bus trip was planned for the residents last week, but again, the fog came to interfere. The usual morning activities have been taking place, exercises, discus- sion groups, our enthusiastic choir and the men's crokinole and shuf- fleboard games. Of course, more and more ladies are becoming involved in the bake day activities. We were pleased to have the Huron Hope children back again on Friday morn- ing. which gives the residents a little chance to show their affection. Bingo was played on Friday even- ing followed by refreshments. Rev. Clayton Kuepfer of the Zurich Mennonite Church, Zurich, had charge of the Sunday evening chapel service. On behalf of the residents, we wish our readers a very Happy Easter. Flowers for Easter Choose from: Martha Washington Geraniums Lilies Azaleas CALCELARIA CALL ME GREEN — Ready to hop into their port in the Zurich and Area Figure Skating Carnival are (bock left) Brian Ducharme, Jason Geoffrey, Chris McKenna, Bill Hayter, Stephen Ducharme and (front) Jonathan Forrester, Jason Wilson and Justin Bardwill. YELLOW BIRDS Participants in the Zurich and Area Figure Skating Club Carnival were (back !eft) Nicole Debus, Jennifer Erb, Julie Geiger, Jennifer Jeffrey and (front) Rachel Beauchamp, Marcia Denomme and Heather O'Connor. 4r45„„rir i.cre,ess At. $0.Friday Saturday • & Sunday Op 0 RAINBOW CONNECTION - Nicole Beauchamp, Michelle Ducharme, Roxanne Regier, Rebekah Voir and Chrissy Rau were among the skaters taking port in the Zurich and Area Figure Skating Club Carnival. Hanging Basket SALE 10" BASKETS 895' SA1 f 6.50 8" BASKETS REG. 4. • 5.95 snrr J HALF PRICE TABLE OF VARIOUS INDOOR and OUTDOOR Gardening Accessories Sale Prices In Effect Until April 6 Huron Ridge Acres RR 2 ZURICH 565-2122 Weekdays Open 9-6 Good Friday- 1-6 Closed 5unci,a WHITE CHRISTMAS Posing for their part in the Zurich and Area Figure Skating Club Carnival are (left) Paula Wotson• Jeanine Hoyter. Jockie Koehler and Julie Semple. PIEC15 925 SBUCKET FRIDAY SATURDAY & SUNDAY April 5, 6, & 7th At a participating TNrINS Kentucky Fried Chicken 227 Main St. N., Exeter