Zurich Citizens News, 1974-07-17, Page 1Mu [YID
NO. 29 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
',THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1974
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DISCUSS WATER SYSTEM FOR DASHWOOD - Close to 200 people gathered at the Dashwood
Community Centre last Thursday night to hear details of a proposed water system for the village.
Shown here discussing some of the details of the proposal are, left to right, Doug Riddell, chair-
man of the trustee board of Dashwood, Alan Ladbrooke, P. Eng., of the Ministry of the Environ-
ment, B.M. Ross, P. Eng., who designed the system, and Joe Dietrich, reeve of Stephen Town-
ship. •
Dashwood residents favor plan
Almost 200 residents of
Dashwood and area who attend-
ed a public meeting in the
Dashwood Community Centre
last Thursday night voted over-
whelming in favour of bringing
Lake Huron water to the village
at an estimated cost of $300, OOC
Only three or four of those in
attendance voted against the
proposal as presented by B.M.
Ross, P. Eng. of Goderich.
The meeting in Dashwood
was called by Stephen Town-
ship council to see if the app-
roximately 400 residents of the
police village would approve a
plan to link Dashwood to the
Lake Huron water supply syst-
em near Grand Bend.
Mr. Ross released his report
which would have Dashwood,
Crediton, Centralia and Huron
Park hooked together on a line
running from Grand Bend. The
study was a result of surveys
which showed Dashwood area
wells are gradually becoming
polluted, audit followed a
petition organized by the Dash-
wood Chamber of Commerce
which drew signatures from 114
of the village's 200 ratepayers.
The water system proposed
for Dashwood would be under
the jurisdiction of Stephen
Township, since the commun-
ity is only a police village
within the limits of both Steph-
en and Hay Townships, and the
part in Stephen has the largest
assessment.
Mr. Ross told the gathering
the design population of the
project should be for about
600 people, making some
allowance for unforseen growth.
He explained that within the
village there would be six inch
mains on the main streets and
two inch mains throughout the
rest of the area, except where
Bayfield council
(by Milvena Erickson)
Several pieces of correspond-
ence were read by the clerk at
the regular Bayfield Village
council meeting on Monday
night, Among those was a tree
by-law # 43, 1974 from the
Clerk of Huron County, in resp-
ect to restricting and regulating
the destruction of trees by •
cutting, burning or other means,
with the exception of certain
size trees or those diseased or
damaged by lightning etc.
This regulation comes under
section 4 of the Trees Act and
pertains basically to woodlots
and reforestration plots.
A letter was read from Hon.
Rene Brunelle regarding Mun-
icipal Day Care Nurseries,
stating 100/0 of the capital
costs for renovations and 802jo
of the cost of new construction
would be assumed by the govern
meet where the need for day
nurseries exists.
The reeve reported on a meet
ing of council with several prop-
erty owners along the beach at
which Roger Martin and Roger
Lewington of the Ausable-Bay-
field Conservation Authority
were in attendance, regarding
shoreline erosion. Council
granted permission to the req-
uesting property owners to inst-
all gabion baskets at their
(the property owners) expense.
In other business council all-
ocated $50 to be sent to Galt
to assist in their Flood Disaster
Fund. The government meets
this fund dollar for dollar);
supported a resolution from the
Town of Durham to help keep
their identity as such; discussed
grading of Mara Street as a foot
path; and asked the clerk to
write each marina operator in
the Bayfield River to point out
to their boat owners the five
mile an hour speed limit in the
river, and to install life rings
at each of their respective
marinas,
future growth would be evid-
ent. He added that there would
be fire hydrants at the main
intersections of the village as
well.
The report also suggested
that consideration had been
given to provide the village
with a fire -fighting flow of
water, but the costs of an elev-
ated tank with a capacity of
100, 000 gallons would cost an
extra $160, 000, Mr. Ross sug-
gested that this plan could be
initiated at a later date when
funds might become available.
Also attending the meeting
was Allan Ladbrooke, of the
Ministry of the Environment
in London, who warned the
gathering that the costs involv-
ed with a water system would
be "a whole lot of money."
He said provincial grants would
be available to the extent that
no one would have to pay over
$110 per year for all costs,
including use of the water and
frontage charges.
Mr. Ladbrooke also warned
the crowd that their next prob-
lem in four or five years, foll-
owing installation of water serv-
ices, would be the necessity of
a sewage system. "So keep this
is mind, " he added, " because
this will cost you an equivalent
amount of money."
Lorne Kleinstiver, speaking
for the Dashwood Chamber of
Commerce, urged the meeting
to go ahead with plans for water
to counter the possibility of an
outbreak of disease, and the
shortages of water already felt
by massy of the residents. "We
can't just think of ourselves, "
he added, "let's get going with
this thing now. We've got to
think of the health of the future
generations as well as our own."
A couple of residents quest-
ioned the proposal on the
grounds that it would be cheap-
er for them to dig their own
individual deep wells, but very
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Ontario Hydro drops
area station plans
Ontario Hydro has announced
it has for the present suspended
plans to establish a site for a
generating station near Goder-
ich.
"The decision to suspend the
plant conies as a result of talks
with provincial and municipal
officials coupled with the find-
ings of a survey of attitudes and
other conditions in the area, "
said George Gathercole, chair-
man of the board of Ontario
Hydro.
In February, at rhe time the
transmission line routes were
being discussed, Ontario Hydro
indicated it was making an app-
raisal of the possibility of loc-
ating a nuclear power generat-
ing station along the Huron
County shoreline.
it was planned to have public
meetings on this subject in late
spring or early summer based
on a survey of attitudinal and
technical considerations.
These meetings will not now
be held.
x r t incr ses
for Stanley Township
Ratepayers of Stanley Town-
ship face a tax rate increase
this year as council passed their
1974 budget last week.
Taxpayers who support the
public school will have a mill
rate of 100 this year, compared
to 91.05 last year. On an ass-
essment of $7, 000 this means
an extra $59.50 on top of last
year's payment.
The infill rates are as follows
with the 1973 rate in brackets:
township, 28.35 (22.68); com-
mercial, 32 (25.46); county,
24.15 (21.76); elementary,
22.45 (25.21); elementary
commercial, 24.70 (27. 73)
secondary, 22.45 (19.10); sec-
ondary commercial 24.7 0
(21.) .
The Stanley budget increased
from $408, 000 of last year to
$464, 000 this year. Most of the
increase in the township rate
was attributed to Stanley's
$30, 000 purchase of laud for a
sanitary landfill site that will
be developed in the near future.
That sum added 10 mills to the
township rate.
Police
report
On Sunday at 2;15 a.m.
a car driven by Ralph Wasson,
Exeter, went out of control
on Concession 2-3 Hay Town-
ship and rolled over. Wasson
sustained bruises, Constable
Ed Wilcox estimated damage
at $800,
On Sunday at 1:50 p.sn. a .
car driven by David Crow of
London lost control as a result
of a tire blowout and rolled
over twice on County Road 4.
Both Crow and a passenger,
Alice Perkins, London received
cuts and bruises. Damage was
estimated at $2, 000 by Const-
able Frank Giffin.
On Saturday at 4;10 p,tn. a
car driven by, Clarence Mac-
Lennan collided with a car
driven by Joseph Hendrick on
Highway 21 north of Grand
Bend. Damage was estimated at
$1, 000 by Constable Frank
Giffin.
Also included in the town-
ship rate is an extra mill to
prepay the school taxes and
1.6 mills for the Ausable-Bay-
field Conservation Authority;
The separate school rate is
slightly higher, at 100.17 mills.
In other business council
accepted the application of
Greg Armstrong of lot 19, con-
cession 10 for a municipal
drain and appointed C.P. Corb-
ett to engineer a study.
Council endorsed two motions,
one from the regional municip-
ality of Peel calling for Ontario
government action on crossing
guard regulations, and one
from the Township of Pittsburg
calling for an increase of the
penalty on overdue taxes.
Council also agreed in prin-
ciple to a subdivision plan sub-
mitted by Lakeshore Develop-
ments of London for a 99 lot
cottage development on lot 9,
concession Lake Road West.
The tender of Doti Hunking
for 12, 000 cubic yards of
pit run gravel at 720 per yard
was also accepted. It was the
only tender submitted. The
gravel will be used on the
Babylon Line.
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OPP need
recruits
Ontario Provincial Police
Commissioner Harold Graham
has announced a province -wide
recruiting program for the
Force. The new program is
designed to assist the OPP to
more accurately reflect the
makeup of Ontario's society.
In snaking the announcement,
Commissioner Graham said,
"Ontario has probably one of
the most diverse populations of
any area in the world. We have
localities where French is the
predominant language, and
other places where people from
particular countries have conc-
entrated their homes in various
communities.
In addition, the OPP is keen].)
interested in recruiting more
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