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Zurich Citizens News, 1977-01-26, Page 1NO. 4 — FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS Zurich Community Centre WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1977 Price Per Copy 20 Cents New lights are brighter and cheaper to run The Zurich arena has a new lighting system which not only gives about twice as much light as the old system, it also costs much Less to operate. • The new lighting system con- sists of approximately 30 hanging mercury vapour lights plus auxiliary lighting consisting of six eight -foot i'luorescentlights. The reason for the auxiliary lighting, according to arena manager Jerry Rader i,, in case of hydro flickering on and off. If the hydro goes off even for a minute, the incandescent lights must be allowed fifteen minutes to cool off before they are turned on again. regardless of whether the hydro comes back on in the meantime, However, the fluorescent lights require no such cooling off period and can he turned on as soon as there is hydro. The old lighting was replaced as it was about to be condemned and it did not adequately light up the ice surface. Ray McKinnon, a member of the Parks, Recreation and • Community Centre committee, says the estimated cost of the new lighting system is $6,500. The money to pay for this will be part • VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE TROPHIES — Two of Zurich's volunteer firemen have been presented with trophies to commemorate their years of service to the community. Left, Hubert Schilbe displays his trophy com- memorating 29 years of service in the Zurich volunteer fire-fighters. Eugene O'Brien, right, served on the force for ten years. Centre is the village fire chief Leo Meidinger. photo by McKinley Decision soon on Hensall arena The Hensall arena ,board is "working up to a decision" concerning whether to repair the existing arena or build a new one according to board chairman Wayne Reid. The arena board did not make any definite decisions at its meeting last Friday night. However, on Saturday several members of the board did tour both the Blyth and Mitchell arenas. - As yet, the Hensall council has not received any official estimates on the cost of reparing the existing arena to meet the safety standards set out by the provincial government. Hensall clerk Bob Heil says engineers hired by the village have examined the arena and estimates should be available soon, Hensall's arena does not presently meet the required safety standards, but the village has been allowed to use the facility with careful snow monitoring. Markers have been placed on the roof with coloured paint in- dicating the depth of snow. Clerk Heil says the arena structure„ may be used only .as long as the depth of snow on the roof is not over eight inches. In the case of ice or wet snow, the allowable level drops to four inches. There has not been a problem with tbo much snow on the roof so far this year according to Clerk Heil even though there is a lot of snow around. It seems the winds which usually accompany the heavy snowfalls have kept snow accumulations low, However, even with the monitoring system, the Hensall arena only has permission from the government to remain open until April 15. Its status will then have to be reviewed by the government. The arena board is meeting again this week and they may very well decide what to recommend to council at that time. Snowmobiler breaks leg in accident A snowmobiler sustained a broken leg in one of four ac- cidents investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. The snow vehicle accident occurred at 12:05 a.m., Sunday, when a machine driven by William J. Rowcliffe, RR 1 Hensall, struck John Campbell, RR 1 Exeter, who had fallen off his machine in front of the • Rowcliffe vehicle. The accident occurred on concession 3-4 of Hay township and was investigated by Con- stable Bill Osterloo. Damage to the Rowcliffe machine was listed at $25. The two snowmobilers were in a group which included K. Barry Campbell, RR 2 Ailsa Craig, and James William Moffat, Huron Park. The latter two were killed less than two hours later when the machine on which they were riding slammed into the rear of a parked car in Exeter.. Three other people suffered minor injuries in a two -car crash on Highway 4 on Friday. The vehicles were driven by Elaine Ford, Grand Bend, and Jean Little, Hensall. They collided about two and a half miles north of Exeter and both cars were extensively damaged with loss estimated at $9,500 by Constable Bill Lewis. Mrs. Little and two passengers, Barbara Bleck, RR 1 Zurich, and Brenda Hay, Hensall, were slightly injured. On Thursday, vehicles driven by Morris Webb, RR 2 Zurich, and Walter Murray, Grand Bend, collided in Oakwood Park with damage being set at $1,000 by Constable Wally Tomasik. The other accident of the week occurred on Monday when a car driven by Ian Fowles, RR 1 Lucan, skidded out of control and rolled over on concession 2-3 of Usborne. The driver suffered cuts and bruises and damage was set at $250 by Constable Don Mason. During the week, the local OPP charged 30 people under the Highway Traffic Act, five under the Liquor Licence Act and two under the Criminal Code. of the $35,000 raised by the Zurich Community centre fund-raising committee. The cost of operating the old lights was approximately 44 rr'nts per hour. MP npw lirthtinn County council will only cost approximately 26 cents per hour according to Mr. Rader, a substantial energy saving. The lights are installed and functioning smoothly. Members must work hard Newly elected Huron Warden Doug McNeil in his inaugural address observed that County Council members must work hard at their job or they would not hold their seats. "I consider I have worked reasonably hard on this council to stay in office," he said. He explained that the decision to seek the warden's chair had been made last June. "I ap- proached members of council to see if any others would be run- ning," he said, "and none were so here I am today." "We work on the committee system here," he noted, "and that is good. We are working together to improve the county. "When asked why I wanted to be Warden," he told the meeting, "I said it was because I was not in the habit of looking back. We must always go ahead and that is what I am asking of the County Council for 1977." Please turn to Page 2 Zurich man fined A 32 -year-old Zurich man, Robert Earl Thiel, was fined $400 or 40 days in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of keeping liquor for sale when he appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday. He was charged after a shed at the rear of his property was raided by Exeter OPP onOctober 1. The court was told that the accused charged an entrance fee to patrons and 50 cents per bottle of beer. It was stated that this practice had been going on for some time, NURSING GRAD — Judy Denomme, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Denomme, RR 2, Zurich graduated recently as a Registered Nursing Assistant from the Ontario Government School in London. At the time of the raid it was reported that juveniles as young as 13 had been found on the premises. In another case heard by His Honour Judge Glenn Hays, Gordon Milton Taylor, 16, Exeter, was fined $50 or five days on a charge of having marijuana in his possession. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Stephen Venner, 17, Hensall, was fined $25 or two days on a mischief charge, laid on October 30 after some redwood stain had been thrown at a Hensall store front. The damage was listed at under $50 and the mess was cleaned up by the youths involved and they apologized to the owners of the building. Recover stolen goods As a result of investigation by OPP Constable Bill McIntyre, $200 worth of items stolen from Carl's Gas Bar in Crediton on January 5 have been recovered. Total loot in the breakin was $800. Two area residents have been charged and will appear in Exeter court on March 15. The OPP also recovered a $510 vacuum cleaner stolen from a parked car last week. Other investigations this week included four incidents of vehicles obstructing snow removal, three thefts, one prowler complaint, two wilful damage, four property checks and seven escorts. Coinmunlly Centre fusul is gi'owing COMMUNITY CENTRE CONTRIBUTIONS Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy O'Brien 100.00 25.00 5.00 Doug and Marilyn Meidinger Mr. Todd Mrs. M. Gerber Mr. John Rau 5.00 2.00 Leo's Plumbing, Heating & Electric 200.00 Robert Farquhar Enterprises Ltd. 100.00 $36,465.00 Total to Date