Zurich Citizens News, 1981-02-19, Page 1PCs nominate Brintnell
Jim Britnell, Goderich,
has announced his candidacy
for the Progressive Con-
servative nomination for the
Huron -Middlesex provincial
riding.
Britnell, 52, was Huron
County engineer for 21 years,
from 1956 to 1977.
His experience with the
county "exposed (him) to all
aspects of county and
provincial life". Especially ,
he said, in the areas of
transportation, communi-
cation and the environment..
The environment "is one of
the critical issues" of today,
he said.
Britnell is a past
president of the County
Engineer's Association,
which involved county and
municipal engineers from
across Ontario, and was
vice-president of the
National Association,, of
County Engineers, and
organization of U.S.; Ontario
and Alberta county
engineers. He is also past
president and a life member
of the Good " Roads
Association.
His association with these
organizations led to being
part of advisory committees
to the ministers and deputy
ministers of highways.
"I know my way around
Queen's Park," -be said.
Britnell • came to
Goderich in 1986. He has
been chairman of the
Goderich Hospital Board and
is a past president of the
Goderich Lions' Club. He
currently serves on the
Goderich airport,committee:
Britnell is a graduate of
the University of Toronto
and still holds his
professional engineer's
status in civil engineering.
After 21. years with the
county, Britnell felt it was
time for a career change. He
is currently the director of
field research and testing -at
Champion Road Machinery
in Goderich: --
Britnell - said he was n
directly involved with the
PCs in the past, but felt
during his years with the
county he could not playhigh
profile politics while a public
servant. -
.The Progressive Con-
servative association's
nomination meeting will be
held Thursday evening at the
South Huron Rec .Centre.
The speaker for the PC
nomination will be the Hon.
Larry Grossman, minister
of industry and "tourism. It
will be his second visit to
Exeter this year, having
been here to open the BIA
downtown project and the
town hall restoration.
Jim Hayter, "a former
warden who operates an auto
dealership In Goderich, said
he was thinking about
contesting the nomination,
but admitted it was "way out
there".
The former reeve of
Stephen was an unsuccessful
standard; bearer for the par-
ty in a previous provincial
election against LiberalJaek
Riddell.
The Liberals will hold
their nomination at the Ex-
eter Legion hall; tonight
(Wednesday) and Riddell is
expected to get the call
again • without any opposi-
tion.-
Murray Gaunt, who has
retired after serving Huron -
Bruce as Liberal member
for several years' will be the
guest speaker.
HELPING BIG BROTHERS — A number of area municipal officials took part in Sunday's
bowlathon for Big Brothers at the Towne and Country Bowling Lanes at Zurich. From the left
are Grand Bend deputy -reeve Harold Green, Zurich reeve and Huron warden Fred Haberer
and Stephen deputy -reeve Allan Wolper. T -A photo
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FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
FEBRUARY 19, 1981
Zurich water increases u
The water rates in Zurich
are going to increase
between 27 and 100 percent
this year.
The rate Increase was
brought before the council
on Thursday. The increase is
the first In about five or six
years. Council said that It
was still not as high as it
could be.
The price for residents In
town will be $84, up from $66
last year. The residents
out of town will be paying
$144. up about 27 percent
from $115. The public and
separate schools will beg-
ing X80 compared to $960 of
last year. The arena is going
to be paying -100 percent
more than it did last year,
from $144 to X188. All the
other rates are going to in-
crease, except for the senfor
citizen home, which will
stay the same.
Councillor, Bob Fisher,
said that he did not like the
large jump that the rates
SOME TIME IN SPRING — A new greenhouse was erected at
the Bluewater rest home for the use of the residents of the
home and Maplewoods apartments. It will be operational by
spring. ,
Greenhouse built
The residents of the
Bluewater Rest• Home and
Maplewood apartments now
have a new greenhouse.
The- Bluewater Solar
Greenhouse. Group, which
has been trying to get a
grant from the federal
government and purchase a
greenhouse for the last two
and a half years, Is made up
of a president and nine direc-
tors. The president is
Terence Lindey.
Lindey said that the
greenhouse would be for the
use of everyone in the rest
home and the apartment
building.
The greenhouse has been
erected for about two weeks
but there is no power run-
ning to it yet. The 10' by 12'
building is solar heated and
was erected by Solcan Ltd.
of London. Linde' said that
the greenhouse would be
operational by spring.
The project was complete-
ly funded by a graht from
New Horizons, a federal
government program offer-
ing grants to groups of
senior citizens.
were, t king._ He said that. he
thought the rates were fair,
but that ah increase of this
kind all at once was not a
good idea. He said that the
council should raise the
rates a few percent each
year to offset these sudden
jumps. The council said that
they try to set the rates so
their is no need for increases
every year.
In other business, a
delegation was heard about
picking up old newspapers
for recycling. Ms. Karen
Horner asked councilto grant
her permission to pick up old
newpapers on a twice a
month basis and that she
would takethemtb London to
be recycled.
Slit told council that she
we's not- part of an organiza-
tion or group and that the
profits " from the papers
would go to her. The council
said that they would get
back to her after they had
checked with other
organizations, such as the
boy scouts and girl guides, to
see if they would be making
any such drives in the near
future. Horner said that she
would be happy to not pick
up the papers a week or two
before any such drive.
A tesollition from the
regional municipality of
Hamilton -Wentworth, deal-
ing with the increasing at-
tacks upon members of
various police forces, was
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
to 100'3/0
-- endorsed. The resolution
stated that the death penalty
should be brought back for
killing a police officer and
that there should be stricter
gun -control laws.
A resolution was passed on
the availability of dog tags
from the municipal office.
The rates are as follows:
first male or spayed female
is $4; the second is $8; the
first female is $8 and the se-
cond is $12; the third of
either is $50 and if the dog
tags are not picked up by
May 15, the 1981 rates will be
doubled to cover costs.
The council decided that
they would send someone to
an enviromental assessment
workshop in late March or
early April. The workshop is
to be held in London, but no
date has been set. Also the
council decided to forward
to the committee of adjust-
ment, the suggestion of sen-
ding someone to a seminar
for provincial committees of
adjustment and land division
in Peel from June 7-10.
The first, second and final
reading of a by-law dealing
with overnight parking was
passed. The regulations deal
with the parking hours on
the streets of Zurich, such as
on Goshen Street, there will
be no parking between the
hours of 6 a.m. and 8 a.m.
for snow removal. There
will be two hour parking on
Main Street as well.
OFA chairman says it's time
farmers control their industry
By Alice Gibb
Huron County Federation
of Agriculture members
were told Thursday night in
Brucefleld it's time farmers
had control of their industry.
The man deliviering this
message was George
Kloster, chairman of the On-
tario Federation of
Agriculture's (OFA) en-
vironment committee, and
an Oxford County farmer.
Before Kloster started
speaking on the need for
safeguards for the farming
industry, federation
members were handed a
copy of the OFA's proposed
Agricultural Development
and Protection Act, which
the federation plans to pre-
sent to the provincial
government. The act, which
now has the status of a work-
ing paper, is currently under
discussion by county
federations around the
province.
One of the act's major
proposals is provincial
agricultural zoning, to be
implemented in an
municipality wit
agricultural land and which
would "in effect, result in
agricultural reserves."
The act recommends a
reserve could be established
on agricultural areas
presently designated in ex-
isting official plans and
could include any farmland
1,000 feet outside the
perimeter of urban, com-
mercial or industrial zones.
An agricultural zone
designation would be con-
sidered by, the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food (OMAF) only "when a
petition is filed with the
ministry...containing the
names of at least 20 per cent
of the landowners eligible to
receive the farm tax
rebate."
A referendum on the zon-,
ing could then be held in the
municipality within three
months by voters receiving
the farm rebate.
"A majority vote would be
sufficient to accept or defeat
the question. A decision for
or against the referendum
would be binding for a period
of five years at which time
another referendum would
be binding for a period of
five years at which time
another referendum would
be held, if petitioned ."
Under the proposed act,
once an area is designated as
an agricultural reserve, no
severances would be allowed
on the land, no land could be
converted from farmland to
non-agricultural uses,
absentee foreign holdings of
farmland exceeding 25 acres
would have to be divested
within three years, and con-
versions to other approved
uses, such as using the land
to remove aggregate
(gravel) would require
OMAF approval.
Takes precedence
Also, in the case of multi-
ple zone designations of the
land, agriculture would take
precedence over other
designated uses.
Other proposals outlined
in the act, include the
development of an
agricultural development
agency, "to provide
technical and/or financial
assistance in the areas of
pollution abatement and con-
servation." Also, the act
calls for an agricultural
promotion agency, to serve
as a voice for farmers in On-
tario and tcshow the public
the diversity and complexity
of the farming industry.
Also, "problems of contact
between non-farm and farm
residents would be shown in
the hope that the public
would become aware that
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