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Times-Advocate, 1988-01-13, Page 12Pa • e 12 Times -Advocate, January 13, 1988 4 SKATE-A-THON - Judy Hume counts the laps as the junior skates raised money -for the Zurich figure skating club on Saturday morning. .Club organizers hoped to top the $800 fiOure raised last year. igoingahead Extensn o The reading of the report of the proposed extension to the Bender - Becker drain was read and accepted at the first regular meeting of Hay council>for the new year. The report proposes an open tile drain be constructed to connect with the existing Bender branch of the drain to service an area of Hay township roughly 97 hectares in size. The total cost of the project- is estimated at $37,680. Reeve Lio- nel Wilder explained tendering for the project will probably not begin until the spring. The appeal period for the drain - bylaw is 21 days -after its January 4 passage. In other business, council will notify Huron County that three ar- eas in Hay township are available for future business opportunities for entrepreneurial investment. The Opportunities Tour for American investors will be making its way through Huron County in September and arca municipalities arc working to co-ordinate proper- ties and- businesses with these po= tential investors. - Wilder pointed out that under Hay Township's official plan, all .businesses located within the township must be -deemed 90 per- cent agriculturally -oriented. A severance application for George Mathonia on concession 12 was approved by council, provid- ing it conforms with zoning and secondary plans. - The bylaw giving borrowing au- thority for the township for 1988 was passed, allowing thc borrow- ing of a sum up to half a million dollars. Wilder said an amount as 'large as this might never be need- ed, hut "it's a request that has to go to the bank each year". The reeve went on to explain that such borrowing capacity is ne- cessary for the township because taxes arc collected only twice a year, whereas major expenditures, such as school board requisitions, have to be paid quarterly. Road superintendent Ross Fish- er's report presented to council the favorable position on snow clear- ance in the township to date. Be- cause snowfall so far this season has been minimal, snow clearance costs are undcr the budgeted amount. "That's a relief for council," said Wilder. He was not willing to pre- dict the situation will remain this way but he was hopeful. "We may jus. be able to keep on budget," said Wilder, "We have a good reserve on our roads and our ditches are empty." This means that the expensive practice of dump- ing excess snow elsewhere may not be necessary. Water project officer Barb Rau told council the water flow reacting on the Highway 21 water line up to, November 30 was 8,790 cubic me- tres. A cubic metre of water cosh 12.10. As not all property owners were connected to the Highway 21 line at the same time, council decided the first quarterly charges for connection will be calculated on a daily basis. Non -metered customers will be charged 220 a day and metered cus- tomers charged 290 a day. This will work out to approxi- mately the usual gdarterly charges of S20 and S27 for non -metered and metered customers respectively. Metered customers are charged the quarterly -rate for the -first 74.4 cubic metres of water they use, and 12.10 fo each cubic metre used after wards. The 1988 salary for Barb Rau was set by council at S16,000, based on a reduction in working hours from a 40 -hour week- to 35 hours. Dick Rau's rate for plumbing service was set at S18 an hour. ria Mrs. Carmel, Sweeney Phone: 236.4703 EASY DOES'IT - Deb Bedard offers a little advice and a helping hand to Michelle Wilder at the Zurich skate-a-thon Saturday morning. Skate-a-tho n Forty-six Zurichand arca skaters joined in Saturday at the arena for a skate-a-thon to keep their figure skating club up and running for the rest of thc season. , Last year's skate-a-thon raised about $800 for club funds. "We hope - to better that this draws year," said club vice-president Ja- nice Watson. .The chances of breaking the $800 mask looked good, especially with one skater coming close to the $100 mark in pledges all by himself. The skaters canvassed for spon- sors in the arca on the agreement - Golden timpses ` 'Now that we are getting back into our normal routine, we wish to con- vey our good wishes for a Happy Ncw Year to all of our readers. The weather co-operated so well over the holiday season that I am sure every- one found travelling very pleasant, and many of our residents were able to spend time with their families. In fact, I saw a beautiful red breasted robin perched on a telephone wire on the weekend. Evidently it did not seem worth while to fly the long distance to the not so sunny South. On Monday evening the movies shown were "Natural Journey and the Christmas Messenger". Refresh- ments- followed. The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary was held on Tuesday evening. Auxiliary mem- bers in charge of the programme were Marie Denomme, Jean Burr, Ann Watson and -Marlene Ginge- rich. The program consisted of gui- tar, mouth -organ and vocal music by Ted Ducharme and his son, Ger- r.y..Following the program, cup cakes and coffee were served! • • The sympathy of residents and staff is extended to the family of Mrs. Irene Baxter, Mr. JackSmith, Mrs. Ruth Taylor and Mrs. Dorothy Watson. We wish to thank everyone for all the treats for residents and staff over the holiday season and those who provided entertainment and Christ- mas music, to make the season more enjoyable. We welcome Mr. Milton Oesch and Mrs. Sophie MacGregor to the home. Mr. George Grenier has returned from the hospital, but Mrs. Jean Levine is confined to South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Residents are now back into their normal routine, and the Hobby Shop is beginning to work on their valentine and Easter projects. Bingo was played on Friday even- ing followed by refreshments. The Sunday• evening chapel ser- vice was conducted by Rev. Doug. las Wright of Hensall United Church. Mrs. Belva Fuss presided at the organ during the worship ser- vice. crowd that they would skate for half an hour or complete 50 laps of the arena, whichever came first. Some - skatcrs, after finishing their 50 laps ahead of schedule, continued to complete the half-hour anyway. Watson said that the skate-a-thon was one of the best fund-raisers for the figure skating club if for no other reason than it allowed thc club mcmbcrs the chance.to partic- ipate in the fund raising them- selves. Thirty-five juniors and 11 inter- mediates and seniors took part in the skate-a-thon and a $10 award will go to the skaterwhohrings in the most pledges. Lions plan monster bingo their which was their annual Christmas party and ladies night there were 21 _members present and 19 guests, At the December 9 meetin , guest Don Beauchamp attended and ex- plained to the club about the new 1988 bingo program which is a "Treasure Chest" with combination lock to be opened at a $10,000 Monster Bingo in August. Those going to the bingos every two week get lucky chances -1p be used for that night in August. • The Lions also recejycd,S940 for their latest share in helping out at the bingos. Bingo Lucky winners at the bingo on January 7 were Nora Hearth of Bay- field for the mystery prize worth $250. The $1,000 jack pot went to Edna Mickle of Exeter. Auxiliary meeting The first.mceting for the new year was held at the rest home by the La= dies Auxiliary on Tuesday January 5 and were entertained to some sing- ing and guitar music by Ted and Jer- ry Ducharmc. Vcrda Bacchlcr showed us the quilt top and asked for some sugges- tions as to how to go about getting it together. It was decided to purchase four poles and four discs for the residents to play shuffleboard. A nice letter was received by the administrator (Mr. Risi) thanking the auxiliary once again for all -our help in 1987 and wished us all a Happy and Prosperous Ncw War. The;Luthcran Church ladies will host the birthday party at the home on January 20. The next meeting will be on Feb- ruary 2 at 7 p.m. Ncw members and visitors are always welcome. - Figure skating •tn Several mcbcrsof• the Zurich and arca Figure. Skating Club took part in the skate-a-thon last Satur- day. All the skaters arc to -have their money in by January 23 to presi- dent Lois Jones_ January 22 to 24 some of the club mcmbcrs will be participating. in the 1988 Great Lakes competition in _London. Mark down on your calendars Sat- urday, February 6_ because the skat- ing club will be -holding a 50s dance at the Zurich Community Centre at - 9 p.m. Everyone is welcome to at- tend. Kof C Anyone interested in participating in a K of.C couples bowling even- ing on Friday January 15 at the Town and Country Lanes beginning at 7:30.p.m. The cost is $21 and you are to _contact Doug DeBus at 236-4419. - Personals Congratulations to Martin and Cheryl Gelinas on the arrival of their twin daughters who were born on Wednesday, January 7 at St. Jo- seph's Hospital, Little Justine Ma- rie_ weighed 6 Ib. 14 oz. while her sister Jacqueline Rose weighed 7 lb. 6 oz.. Mom and babies are all doing fine. . Best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended to Lorraine Schwartzen- truber who is a patient in Victoria Hospital and to Marg Clarke who is now home from the hospital and Mary -Ellen Gingerich in St. Jo- scph's Hospital. Clarence and Leona Reichert held their family holiday dinner at Ncw Year's on Sunday January 3 at their home with 20 attending. Mrs. Joan Bedard of the Spruce Villa Apts. returned home again last Sunday after being away for five weeks during the holidays visiting with her children and families in London. Tht family of Percy and Marie Bedard Sr. all got together on Sun- day January 3 for their annual holi- day dinner held at the Community Centre with 87 attending. They were also happy to have their grand - At meeting on Decenjber 18 daughter, 16 year old Nicole Wor-- sell, visit with them from Decem- ber 21 to January 4 who came all the way by herself from Saskatoon by fins to be with her grandparents and relatives for Christmas. The recent winners from the Christmas draws made at Lorraine's Crafts were: a decorated sleigh went to Charlene Regier, a decorated broom to Helen Creces, a wicker plate to Marion Becker, a macrame angel wont to Ann McBride and Cabbage Patch doll clothes to Grace Ducharmc. Due to illness Lorraine's Crafts will be closed the end of Janu- ary and there is a going out of busi- ness sale on now. The youth group from the Men- nonite Church enjoyed going bowl - Going Out of Business Sale - upto5 4, on yarns and craft sup- plies Lorraine's Crafts 236-4651, Zurich Open 9:30 till 5 for month of January MOFFAT Laundry CLEAROUT 1 till Size• Washer & Dryer From '945 Plus Fully Featured • Only os Automatic Washer �� and Automatic Dryer Save until Jan. 30/88 Campbell Appliances 63 Main St., Exeter (lower level) 233-1501 ing at thc local lanes in Zurich on Saturday evening. Miss Diane Klopp was one of the lucky people to be in New York at —Times Square for their baTa New Year's Eve party along with a girl friend of hers. The Sweeney and Gelinas families were happy to help their mother and grandmother celebrate- her 70th birthday on Sunday. A surprise brunch at the Oakwood Inn was en- joyed by 25 of us in honor of Marie Gelinas Sr. The nice sunny day ena- bled these to come from London, Brantford, Clinton and Zurich. The rest of the day was spent at their home where she received many nice gifts and a birthday, cake. We. all wished her a very happy birthday and many more. Bread Making Made Easy Bread Course Different Kinds of Bread by Bill Ferguson Eg. w. .. heat, fruit, white, cheese, etc. Time - 7:00 p. m. 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