Zurich Citizens News, 1978-11-23, Page 1NO.46
FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1978
Price Per Copy 20 Cents
Grads honoured at commencement
"Tonight- we are ap-
proaching the next major
step in our lives (tomorrow)
and no one 'knows what
tomorrow willrin except
b
g
that it will bury the past,
both good and bad alike."
"When tomorrow comes
let us accept it, taking the
best of the future and bind it
to the past."
Those were the words of
Paul Van Esbroeck, the
valedictorian at Friday's
Commencement exercises at
South Huron District High
School.
Van Esbroeck, was one of
CONSUMER TESTED -- A bazaar and bake sale held Satur-
day at the Blue Water Rest Home in Zurich attracted a large
number of people. Testing one of thestuffed.toys was Kristina
Beer, nine months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Beer of
-- Mission, British Columbia. Mrs. Beer is the former Melissa
Gelinas of Zurich. Staff photo
It's still go for
village park changes
According to chairman of
the Zurich Recreation,
Parks and Community
Centre Board Ray McKinnon
plans for a revisied com-
munity park are still go.
McKinnon reports the
main holdup is in receiving
approval from Wintario for
grant monies,
A temporary freeze on the
granting of Wintario funds
has been placed` until
changes in administering the
grant structure has been
completed.
Earlier in the year, the
village, the Zurich
Agricultural Society and the
Ausable-Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority entered into
an agreement that would see ,
the integration in use of the
three properties owned by
the various groups;'
Under the terms of the
agreement, the Authority
will construct a picnic
pavilion, washroom facilities
and provide picnic tables on
8.7 acres -of land purchased
in 1976 from Dr. Charles
Wallace. In addition, the
Authority will pay the
municipal taxes on the land.
While the Authority will
own the land, the village will
be responsible for the
maintenance of the lands.
Another part of the
agreement was the granting
of right-of-ways to the
various properties owned the
Society and the village.
Around $17,000 was ex-
pected to be spent on the
renovations which would see
the diamond turned around
and a new backstop in-
stalled.
In addition, a creative play
structure valued at $6,800
was to be installed..
It had been hoped some
work on the renovations
could have started in the fall.
eight South Huron students
receiving Ontario
Scholarships for achieving
an average of 80 percent or
more ing rade 13.
The others were Wes
Abbott, Susan F'iaaver, Rene
Kirmse, Carolyn Perry,
Eleanor Salmon, Mary
Warburton, Catherine Weido
and Heather Little. The
ti latter was absent as she is
attending classes in Texas,
Some of the valedic-
torian's comments follow:
. "When I started here I
came with the impression
thatupon graduation l would
have acquired all the
wisdom and knowledge
necessary for a perfect and
happy life.
But, last year near the end
of June when I began to
grasp that my high school
days were over, I had none of
those feelings. I felt instead
that after five years I still
knew - ever so little and
perhaps that is how I will
always feel, and yet in
looking back through some
grade nine texts I wonder
Bayfield council considers
secondary plan change
By Gwen Pemberton
One of the final acts of the
1978 Council was to call a
public meeting in the
Municipal Building at 2,p.m.
on Saturday, to consider an
amendment to the Secon-
dary Plan for the Village of
Bayfield. The Plan had been
approvedMinister of
by -the Yth
Housing on November 18th,
1976. This was before
Heritage Conservation
policies were incorporated
into all official plans as a
result of the passing, in the
Provincial House, of the On-
tario Heritage Act in 1974
(amended in 1975). Since
Bayfield's Plan had come
first in this course of events,
an amendment was
necessary to update the
village plan in conformity
with Huron County's Official
_Plan. As the village Plan
cannot be amended without
a public meeting, the
procedure had to be carried
out, although Council
already knew the sentiment
of the villagers. Reeve
Oddliefson recalled that two
and a half years ago
Bayfield ratepayers had in-
dicated their concern by a
petition calling on the Coun-
cil to preserve the nature of
the village.
With this endorsation, the
Village Council had already
passed two by-laws, 104 and
105, designating the Main
Street of Bayfield as a
Heritage District andsetting
up a Local -Architectural
Conservancy Advisory Com-
mittee-. The public meeting
was in effect therefore,
merely a formality and it
was unanimous in approval
of a motion to support the
Council's action in passing
the amendment, which must
now be approved by the
Minister of Housing.
Gary Davidson, Huron
County Planner and Chair-
man of the Goderich
LACAC, answered questions
which had arisen in the
minds of property owners
about the designation of
their properties. "Who
proposes designation?"
LACAC proposes to Council,
which if it approves must
publish notice in a
newspaper and- notify the
owner by registered mail
within two weeks of inten-
tion to designate, whereupon
Will hold
hockey
tournament
An intermediate "C"
hockey tournament is being
held at the Hensall arena this
weekend featuring a total of
eight teams.
The tourney gets un-
derway at 8 a.m. Saturday
with the Hensall Sherwoods
meeting the Zurich
Buckeyes. At 10.30 Monkton
takes on Huron Park,
Mildmay meets Parkhill at 1
p.m. and Exeter and Grand
Bend clash at 3.30 p.m.
Games continue
throughout the balance of
Saturday and resume at 10
a.m. Sunday with the "B"
final going at 3 p.m. and the
"A" final at 5.30 p.m.
The tournament is spon-
sored by the Hensall Minor
Athletic Association,
The Exeter team will be a
combination of players from
Pfaff Electric and Les Pines,
two rec league teams.
the owner has the right to
object. Mr. Davidson
emphasized that LACAC's
only function is to recom-
mend — that it has no
power. He said that On-
tario's Heritage Act is the
weakest in Canada in protec-
tion of Heritage property.
how I could have struggled
so over the material in them.
Another trick of time I
Please turn to page 6
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WINS $750 AT LIONS DRAW — The eighth annual Zurich
Lions Club stag and elimination draw drew a packed crowd
to the Zurich Community Centre Friday evening. Receiving a
$750 cheque for the grand prize from event chairman Kevin
McKinnon was Steve Smith of Zurich. Staff photo
Stag raises $2500
Zurich Lions Club
president Isidore Laporte
reports that the eighth an-
nual stag and elimination
draw held Friday night at
the community centre was
the "most successful ever."
Laporte said a profit of
over $2,500 was realized
from the night. -
In other Lions activities,
Laporte said the service club
will be donating a total of
$2,500 towards the
renovations of the com-
munity park.
With the minor hockey
season beginning operation,
Laporte said Zurich's all-
star peewee team will be
outfitted in new sweaters
supplied by the Lions,
The financing for next
year's summer playground
program is still up in the air
with a Lions committee
looking into what if any
financial contribution, the
local Lions .club maymake to
the venture.
LIONS GOVERNOR VISITS ZURICH — George Tiger, deputy district governor for the Lions club and advertising manager
for the Thamesford Town Crier was a guest of the Zurich Lions Club Monday. Talking things over are second vice president
Doug Erb, first vice president Dan Oesch, Teather and Lions president Isidore Laporte. T -A photo