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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-01-21, Page 1Nuclear hydro lei '' orts At the regular meeting of Bayfield council Monday evening, several letters were read by the clerk; among them invitations received to attend the Ontario Association of Rural Planning for Ontario conference in Febru- ary; the Ontario Association of Good Roads convention February 23, 24, 25 at the Royal York in Toronto and the Organiza- tion of Small Urban Municipali- ties conference on May 6, 7, 8 in Whitby where the theme will be on public participation, "The Local. Majority versus the Silent Minority". A letter from TEIGA which included the Act regulating Holiday Closing and a speech by Hon. D 'Arcy McKeough on fiscal restraints given in Wingham on Thursday. Correspondence from the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Relations in respect to the legisla- tion recently passed on the Ontario Building Codes Act was read. Council endorsed the resolution with reference to the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital, and decided by a majority vote not to support the resolution from Stephen Township asking the Porter Commission to look into the effects of a nuclear power plant on agriculture, health and local government costs before such a project is undertaken. The majority council also stated they were not opposed to such a plant in the area. A note was received from Mrs. George Aikins and her family, The A. Lightfoot's; the D. Finch's and the G. Uniac's, congratulating the Village on their Centennial. The note will be passed •on to the Centennial Committee. Council passed a by-law nam- ing the Committee of Adjustment officers for the next tern" Mr. J.E. Hovey to serve to January 1, 1977; Mr. Pat Graham to Janu- ary 1, 1978; and Brig. G.L. Morgan Smith to January 1, 1979. Council also passed resolutions naming the committees for the year; Community Centre Board, George Telford, F.E. McFadden, Frank Burch, Milvena Erickson, John Siertsema, Reeve Oddleif- son and G.J. Graham, treasurer. Town Hall Committee; F.E. McFadden, Don Warner, Frank Burch, Milvena Erickson, Ed. Oddleifson, Flory Oddleifson and Jan Gozzard, G.J. Graham as treasurer. Harbour Committee, all the council members and G.J. Graham as treasurer. Plan- ning Committee; all council members and G.J. Graham 'as secretary. Bayfield Council, Agricultural Society and Lions Club; (lease); F.E. McFadden, Don Warner, Reeve Oddleifson, Tom Penhale, Ross Merrill and G.J. Graham as secretary - treasurer. Centennial Commit- tee, Chairman, Milvena Erickson; co-chairman, Ed. Oddleifson; 1 vice-chairman, Doug Sinnamon; secretary, Jim Garrett and treasurer, G.J. Graham. In other business, the reeve reminded council of the Architec- tural Conservancy Meeting at the Little Inn on Thursday evening January 22 at 8:00 p.m. Council set Friday January 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building to hear any objections to the closing up of part of the Old Clinton Road, situated on part of lot 2 and part of lot 3, Bayfield Concession. The Clerk was asked to write a note of thanks to the Bayfield Lionettes for all their valued help at the celebrations on January 10 and set Wednesday evening, Febru- ary 11 at 8:00 p.m. for a Centen- nial Committee meeting in the Municipal Building (back room). Council received more Crest Designs for the Village Competi- tion which has been extended until February 27 at 4:00 p.m. due to the recent postal strike. The drainage program for 1976 was also discussed. Heimrich merchants pr siden About a dozen Zurich mer- chants met last Wednesday night to form a new organization, the Zurich Businessmen's Associa- tion. Elected president of the new group was Ron Heirnrich, while Isidore Laporte was named vice-president. Secretary of the organization is Judy Clausius, and the treasur- er is Milton' Oesch. Or.e orf the first Ltki'c of busi- ness dealt with by the group was the setting of winter store hours, and most of those in attendance agreed that they would remain closed on Friday evenings from now until the end of March. A great deal of dis- cussion took place regarding the time which stores should open in the morning but there was no consensus of opinion on the matter so it was held over. Members of the new organiza- tion also discussed the possibility of closing one full day each week, but no decision was reached on this idea either. The possibility of erecting a couple of large billboards on highway 21 is to be investigated as soon as possible. There was also a discussion on the possibil- ity of staging a village -wide sale with all stores participating at the same time. Members agreed to meet again within a month when further plans on the various subjects brought forward will be discussed at further length. INTERNATIONAL FACEOFF - Reeve Fred Haberer of Zurich dropped the puck to start Saturday's tournament with Garden City, Michigan. The Exeter pee wees substituted for the Zurich club who were busy in Silver Stick competition: Scott Pincombe of Exeter faces off in a Zurich uniform. At the left is Zurich Minor Hockey president Irvin Martin. The referees are Jeff O'Brien and Rick Bedard. mucei©Ri NO 3- FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1976 PRICE 200 PER COPY A HAPPY CHAMPION - Lynn Nightingale of Ottawa won the Canadian senior women's figure skating championship in London last week for the third straight time. Above, Lynn is shown chatting with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Payne at their Grand Bend home. Canada's senior women's figure skating champion relaxed for a few hours in Grand Bend SILVER STICK CHAMPS - The Zurich pee wees won the Sliver Stick B2 championship over the weekend. Back, left, coach Dick Bedard, Kris Bedard, Kris Denomme, Gordon Love, Mark Kirk, David Erb, John McAllister, Jim Willert, Robbie Grenier and manager Edgar Willert. Front, Kevin Oke, James Atkins, Wayne McKinnon, Brian Horner, Robert Willert, Pat Cyr, David Smith and Bob Hay. News photo. over the weekend after winning her third consecutive title in London. Lynn Nightingale who skates out of the Minto club in Ottawa arrived at the home of her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Payne Sr. of Oakwood Park early Sunday evening. Lynn headed back for the nation's capital Monday morning to resume practices and get ready for the upcoming Olympics and World championships. While skating takes up most of her day, Lynn spends about two hours each day at Immaculata high school in Ottawa. She is attempting to finish the second half of her grade 13 credits. Lynn told the News, "I brought some books along to London in hopes of studying but the compe- titions were so tiring, the books were never opened. In fact, I almost forgot to take them back with me." Mrs. Payne is Lyn/l.'s most enthusiastic supporter. When asked about her chances in the Olympics and world competition Lynn said, "I'm going over there to compete," but her grand- mother interjected, "She is going News photo. to win." Lynn finished seventh iii the 1975 world championships at, Colorado Springs. The current world champ is Diana Deleeuw, a dual citizen of the United States and Holland. Also representing Canada at the two upcoming European events will be Kim Alletsen, also of 'Ottawa who was runner- up to Lynn at London. The two Canadian girls will be skating at Innisbruck, Austria on February 10, 12 and 14 in the Olympics After returning from Europe Lynn says her skating will taper off to about fowl hours of practice a day through April and May. She will take the entire month of June off. Lynn who is 19 years of age started skating when she was seven. Her coach is Marilyn Thompson of Ottawa who spends about two hours -each day with her. Asked about her future, Lynn said, "I really don't know. It will likely be between teaching and joining a skating show. Right now I sort of lean to teach- ing." But she added, "1 know teaching can be frustrating."