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Times-Advocate, 1988-01-06, Page 16Page 16 sr Times -Advocate, Janua 6 1988 ftwl INNME HELPING HAND - Zurich librarian Helene Ducharme givesa little guid- ance to Chantel•Gelinas in the construction of a marshmallow snowman. All the children joined in the singing of Frosty the Snowman while they worked. Skat�4thon ... at•.arena Saturday Hay approves county pay equity plan Hay council decided at its Decem- program if enough municipalities ber 21 meeting to support Huron join in to make the sharing �of a sass-- wage-- eountrwide-sutdy eM of ecf t - equity between male and female public employees under the Pay Equity Program. - The county is suggesting a sav- ings of 25 percent can be realized if a county -wide study is implement- ed, as opposed to each municipality conducting its own study. A severance application for the "We were told we have to have property of Peter and Joan Oud on it," said"councilor Donald Weigand the boundary of Stanley township about the compulsory program has met with no opposition from which must be implemented within Hay council. two years. The project officer's report for the The Association of Municipalities highway. 21 water line led council of Ontario will conduct each study to rule that property owners of ren - at a cost of $2,000; however, Huron tal units be billed the water service county anticipates a cost of $1,500 user rate rather than billing individ- to each municipality if enough par- ual tenants. ticipate. Paul Klopp appeared before coun- Hay council will participate in the cil on behalf of George Harvey to Councilors also voted to notify the ministry of municipal affairs that Hay township has no objection to the official plan amendment pro- posed by the village of Hensall and Stephen township. bpd Mrs. Ceve,.t sweeney ' .,no: /16.4702 On Saturday, January 9 members of the Zurich and arca figure skating club will be having a skate-a-thon, with the junior group beginning at 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and the in- termediates and seniors will be start- ing at 12:30-1:00 p.m. so the kids will be busy this week canvassing for sponsors! New Year's dance All those that attended the New Year's Eve dance at the arena had a good time. Terrific music was sup- plied by Mozart's Melody Makers - and the wives of the Lions Club prepared a very delicious smorgas- bord lunch. Personals Dave and Melissa Beer and two children returned home to Ottawa (Orleans) after a very active and fun week's Christmas and New Year's holiday in the area visiting with both their families and relatives. Dan and Carrie Eybergen and daughters of Waterloo spent from New Year's Eve to Sunday at the home of her parents Jerome and Carmel Sweeney and family. We celebrated our Christmas together on Friday (January 1) along with daughter Heather and Paul; Klopp and Tim. A good time was enjoyed by those who attended a New Year's Eve party at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, and Bob and June Fisher. Plus I'm sure there were many othcrs'who got together to ring in the New Year, On Sunday January 3 several members of the Mennonite Church enjoyed going to Simcoe for the day and seeing their famous- Christmas lights display, at the park and around the village. Sister Bernadette LaPorte from the Pines in Chatham and Sister Rose Rau from London, bothspentsome time in the arca visiting with their families, friends and relatives during the Christmas holidays - as well as Fr. Gary Ducharme and Fr. Char- rette. _ . . Andrew and Alida Rau spent New Year's weekend in Windsor with Buster and Bernadine Regier, and their daughter Suzanne and Dave Bell in Tecumseh. Gertie Fleischauer spent the fes- tive holiday season for Christmas and New Year's in London with her daughters Ruth -Ann and Bill Mills and Marion and Dr. Larry Rogers. Holidayvisitors for the past few weeks with Mrs. Laurcne Corriveau were her sons Doug Corriveau (who• returned home to Calgary on Tues- day), and Peter and Karen Corriveau with baby "Kyle Douglas" from California. Dinner guests were Donna, Anna and Fred Denomme. Mrs. Scleda Steckle, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stecklc and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stcckle all from Zurich, along with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stecklc and family from Petersburg enjoyed spending the Christmas weekend to- gether (from Saturday to Monday) at the home of Esther Stecklc who was hostess to the family group, who all travelled by mini bus and had a fun trip. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Finkbcincr and Mrs. Annie Finkbeincr of Zu- rich along with Dorothy Finkbcincr of Exeter were Sunday dinner guests in Scaforth at the home of Frank and Leona Nigh in honour of their mother, Annie who was celebrating her 84th birthday on -January 5. Visitors for Christmas at the home of Gen Doyle were her chil- dren, Patricia and Bill Knapp from Sundre, Alberta, Evelyn and Danny Huston, Montreal, Kimberly Hu Ston and fiancee Shawn McNaugh- ton of Toronto, Catherine and -Les Glanville and daughter Veronica of Walton, Doris Glanville, Dublin and friend from Brussels, also Bar- bara Arnezerder and friend from Goderich Township. And Steven and Kim Amezerder and great grand- son Ryan from London, Annette and Stuart Spracklin and children and Gennette and Chris of London. The family of Clarence and Beat- tie Geoffrey all got together for Christmas at their parents home and had a good time, with visitors from Windsor, Detroit, Germany, Till- sonburg and Zurich. On Boxing Day they all enjoyed spending the afternoon skating at the arena. Daughter Mary -Ann and Jim Vanos and three girls arc back home to stay from Germany as their tour of duty is finished and will now be moving to Toronto. Drain builds heat A short meeting at the Zurich Arena Monday evening for the court of revision for the Zurich drain.pro- posal prompted some heated discus- sion from residents opposed to the project. The third and final reading of the drain project provisionary bylaw will be read at the next Zurich coun- cil meeting on January 14. The estimated costo the drain project has been reduced from -the original sum of over $173,000 to $167,690. Reasons for this change include the use of rock chutes in- stead of pipe drop structures in the construction of the one -and -a -quarter mile drain. The purpose of the proposed drain is to relieve flooding and poor drain- age within the village of Zurich, but several Hay township properties arc assessed as benefitting from the improved drainage and must share 11 Vie. --' Rlr- , - '• SPECIAL LIBRARY HOUR - Zurich and area children gathered at the library on December 31 for a special program featuring crafts, singing, games and poetry. The program.was co-ordinated by librarian Helene Du- charme. ' AM.' C V. i4 "i? 03<xm `: i `'imia;V 7 rm,a -&r'x kt 4w., Monday night ht ladies` bowling lows: first McI Cooper, second Donna Webster, third Thelma Thicl."- S&M - 81 pts., Pat Noakes 513; O&E - 296 1/2 pts., Trudy Roose- boom 707; G&G - 261 pts., Vcrlie Lavery 724; H.G. - 208 pis., Sher- rie Stade 728; T&C.S. - 304 pts., Hilda Vandcrhock 658; P.P. - 160 1/2 pts., June Fisher 603; S. - 252 1/2 pts., Elaine Deters 601; k.D. - 288 pts., Hilda Lanisbcrgan 677; P. - 278 1/2 pts., Elaine Wcido 652; A.O. - 220 pts., Judy Rhode 520; J.S. - 131 pts., Zelda Inthout 611; B.C. - 219 1/2 pts., Sharon Lager- werf 589. H.S. 333; H.T. 869; H.A. 236 - Sandra Dickert. • The winners . from the Monday agamaaamitomewafeewmimeswver The average pencil i3 seven inches long. with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ' . IA %.„N..% TIM* Just because a rumor is idle doesn't mean it isn't working. Night Ladies Bowling League for the Glass Bowling Balis arc as fol - Huron Apothecary Ltd. J T WILSON PHARMACIST PHONE 235-1982 440 MAIN ST.. EXETER, ONT. PRESCRIPTIONS We accept most major drug plans Blue Cress, Green Shield, Drug Benefit, etc. Hours Mon. Tues., Thurs. & Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wed. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. "Your Independent Pha,rntacis1 some of the cost. Tttisencouraged some Hay township residents to speak out against the project at Monday's meeting, citing a lack of need for the drain and high costs. . However, the meeting did resolve the issue of Henry Hendrick's bene- fit assessment. Council agreed that, the projected benefit of the Hendrick property froma new culvert was overestimated and decided to reduce his -assessment by $500. Residents wishing to appeal the drain project bylaw have only 40 days after the date of mailing of the notice, which. was December 8, to submit appeals to Zurich council. Appeals will be heard before the Ontario Drainage Tribunal. If no appeals arc made, Zurich Council anticipates work on the drain could begin as early as this spring. request an extension to the deadline ficer to discontinue water services to on installationf a owater_peter-on—The--Hafvey•pr�operty�rDi cEriiber" 3'Carvey's property. The deadline of December 22 had been set at the December 7 meeting of council and council did not wish to extend the deadline any further. Council instructed the projects of - 23 if the meter was not installed.. Projects officer Barb Rau has since confirmed that the meter was installed before the deadline and Har- vey's water connection remains in- tact. • ® 411111=r gImstor Ontario PAY EQUITY ACT (BILL 154) PROCLAIMED The Pay Equity .it. t i lull li i i is etfccti‘e as of Januar%' 1, 1988. The purpose of the At t is to remove gc1 disk ri nl nation from the wage -setting process The Pay Feµtits act obliges th, public sector. and . private sector firms with 111)) cntplrn e•e•s or more. to de% clop. post and implement pa' Nun) plans and to make a age .tdlustntents w here pan ine•quitics :Ire found Thr 14)114 Ing titnetabtc applies Group I'ul.11. sector IImplos-ccs t'rn ate hector L:mplo)crs ith 5011 - c ntplosc�s Private Sector Fntplo'ers with 100-109 employees • *Private .ccfor l.mph t'rs - with SO- 99employees Jan 1.1102' J:nt I. 1095. Private se•Ctt)r Employ crs Frith 111-i) employees - Jan. 1.199- Jan. 1. 199 i 1-1',,sIiiig 1' \/1I .Irl fur 1511%.1[( 5(4 a:r cmplulrr. N 11)4 1cacr 1)1.111 11111 Clllplulcc' I The legislation co%crs lull -time and.permane•nt part- time employees hut docs 001 cos Cr casual '.s orkcrs or students. Private sector emplo)crs w it It tuss•e•r than 11) c•mph)' c•es are exempt For further information concerning the .pct. plca'u contact the I'.1. Equity- at lit) 1:gltntun .%x emit. fast 5th Fluor "lime into. l )nt:trio ip pH{ Thune 181. 116 1 1 li to auo art :o or 1 -HU() Wage Adjustment Posting Starting Date Date 1.111 1.1')9(1 Jan 1:II)')0 Jan 1.19911 J.in 1 1991 Jan 1.1991 Jan 1.1992 Honourable Gregor' s44r14.1r.1 George K l ,tlrc•baru Minister of Labour ( unttnt„u>tx r . K I' ,.. ' 1 It's a welcome thought. The more you know , ' about energy conservation, the more money you'll save on heating bills. That's why the Government of Canada has put together the ENERGY SAVINGS KIT. It has valuable • and up-to;date Information •• to help :you build energy_ efficier,7 into r:. /our' horde rr'nrhvatinns and increase r a>o4-. the resale value of your •• home. • . So if you rc' planning toslx'nci m£)ne, !)r. your home this year. why not 1).an )n saving, ;c)me' Get Nf=RGY SAVINGS KIT Py- /our free- 't)p i. rnali this • to: 1 L —J 1+1 Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Hon. Marcel Masse. Minister Energie..Mines et ' Ressources Canada L'Hon. Marcel Masse. Ministte Canada