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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-11-03, Page 1NO. 44 -FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS No co: troI over costs WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1976 200 PER COPY Road preparations and erway for winter In his regular report. roads committee chairman Joe Kerr, told Huron County council Fri- day that preparation were un- derway for the coming winter. We are putting up treated sand and saltsandpiles at each of our three patrol yards, he explained, and preparing our plows and sanders for the tough job ahead. Huron owns six grader plows, four truck plows, and four salt - sander trucks along with three front end loaders. In addition the County rents three truck plows, one grader plow and three salt - sand trucks. The roads committee report explained that the average snow plow route is 25 miles long. The length of the route is dependent on the snow and wind condition in the area and varies from a high of 80:5 miles in the south of the County to 22 miles in the north. Routes are manned by only one, nine hour shift. This compares to the average route ofeight to 12 miles on King's Highways staffed for two or more shifts per day. "I think we all know the cost of plowing and sanding is something over which we have little control'.. Mr. Kerr stated, "we are simply committed to do .the best we can with the limited funds and staff we have at our disposal. A mild winter means we have extra money for con- struction projects. A severe winter means we have to eat into our construction budget to finance the extra plowing and sanding." The road report also noted that the Country road and bridge con- struction projects are now 99 percent complete. The bridge and road ap- proaches at Henfryn on the Huron Perth boundary is now complete. The County will be billing Perth county for their 50 percent share of the costs. The paving of Road 69 from Ethel to Molesworth was com- pleted on October 18. The com- plete reconstruction of Road 30 from Road seven to one and one half miles north of Lakelet is also complete. This project in- cluded some rather tricky swamp excavation according to the County Engineer, to the depth of 16 feet below water. Work is now in process on com- pleting survey plans, purchasing property and arranging with On- . tario Hydro and the Bell Telephone Company to relocate poles on the projects which are planned for 1977. The major pro- jects for that year, which were approved by council in the Long Range Construction Program in 1974, are the completion of Phase Two of the Lakelet-Clifford Road (two and one half miles) and Road one from Benmiller to Carlow (3.8 miles.) The county engineer reported that he expected all projects to be completed within the budget and that the county could have a small surplus or deficit depen- ding on the severity of the winter weather in November and December. Engineer J. W. Britnell told council that damage to signs and equipment due to vandalism con- tinued to be a major concern and more so at this time of year with Halloween falling on a Sunday "which will undoubtedly lead to three nights of damage rather than the usual one." The cost to the taxpayers of the damage is the minor of our two concerns, he said. "We already have replaced more than Education trustee will run for office All of the present Huron County Board of Education trustees serving the Southern portion of the county have indicated their intention of seeking re-election for. the 1977-78 term. Present board chairman Herb Turkheim of Zurich who represents the public school supporters in the township of Hay and the villages of Hensall and Zurich will be filing his nomination papers. Turkheim said this week, "I would like to get another term. There is some unfinished business from this year that I would like to see cleared up. I will be back if the people want me." Clarence "King" McDonald of Exeter and Harry Hayter of Dashwood are expected to be back trying for another two years Coinmua!Iy funi! is COMMUNITY CENTRE CONTRIBUTIONS Mr. and Mrs. Milton Oesch• Dr. Garnet Leitch Zurich Superior Store Mrs. Judy Clausius Gene's Signs Mr. and Mrs. Eric Smale and Family L and P Boat Repair Mr. and Mrs. George Haggitt Zurich Women's Institute Ruth Hendrick Martin Martens Interested Citizen Interested Citizen Interested Citizen Mrs. MacDavidson Anonymous Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnston and Boys Mr. Avila Ducharme Mr. Mark Whitney Mr. and Mrs. Don McAdams Interested Citizen Joseph Gregg Mrs. Blanche Bechard Norman Charrette G and G Concrete Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gingerich Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Corriveau Larry and Debbie Denomme Mr. and Mrs, Ed Smith and Family rvIr. and Mrs. Paul Cyr and Family Mrs. Marie Hess TOTAL TO DATE • $ 100.00 200.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 100.00 200.00 20.00 20.00 • 20.00 20.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 100.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 50.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 100.00 100,00 25.00 25.00 35.00 50.00 50,00 $22,503.00 term. They serve ratepayers of the town of Exeter and the townships of Stephen and Usoborne. McDonald has been a member of the Huron Board since it was established in 1969. Some of the boundaries to determine , school , trustee eligibility were recently changed: The area of Seaforth, Bayfield, Stanley and Tuckersmith presently served by trustees Molly Kunder and Bob Peck has been split up. Mrs. Kunder will be eligible to be nominated in the new territory of Seaforth along with the townships of Hullett and Me- illop while Bob Peck is in the new area of Stanley and Bayfield. Both have said they would seek re-election. - Ken Cook of Clinton formerly representing the town of Clinton and the townships of Hullett and McKillop is now eligible for re- election for the town of Clinton and the township of Tuckersmith. A second representative from separate school supporters will be named at the upcoming nominations. For the just con- cluding 1975-76 term Charles Rau of Zurich served the entire separate school population in Huron. This is now being split up by a line along Highway 8 with a new representative from north of the dividing line. Mr. Rau has in- dicated he is willing to serve another term. 400 cedar sign posts, 90 percent of which we estimated were broken or stolen by vandals rather than broken in a vehicle accident, Our prime concern is the fact that the motoring public may be exposed to a serious hazard over a weekend when a "Stop" sign or hazard warning is removed and we are not in- formed." Replacing light steel and wood sign posts with a virtually in- destructible steel post is not practical since it could lead to a fatality in a true vehicle acci- dent. he said. "We realize the vandalism is caused by thoughtless "children" of all ages (six to 60) and the only hope of reducing the . vandalism is through public education although to date this has proven of little use." Mr. Britnell predicted that the County would have 75 to 100 signs either stolen or damaged over Halloween weekend. In other busines the Council heard that the Road Committee is in the process of preparing the 1977 budget and program. The projects for the 1977 program will be those approved in the 1974 Long Range Plan that has been approved by County Council. The Ministry of Transport and Communications have not as yet advised the committee of the amount of the subsidy funds for 1977 and the committee can therefore not determine the County share of the total budget. NOTHING TO IT -Dennis Bedard managed to grab an apple from a tub of water in five seconds flat during a contest at Ecole Ste. Marie on Friday. Photo by McKinley Two men killed in accidents Two men were killed in the area this week when the trucks they were driving went out of control. Brian Murray Dougall, RR 3 Exeter, died at 1:30 a.m., Sunday after his truck left Highway 83 at concession 4-5 of Usborne and slammed into the ditch. The youth was taken to South Huron Hospital and pronounced dead by Dr. William Steciak. Exeter OPP Constable Bill McIntyre is in charge of the in- vestigation and set damage to the Dougall vehicle at $500, On Friday at 11:15 a.rn. a pickup driven by Richard A. Redick, RR 3 Petrolia, went out of control on Highway 21 about one mile north of Highway 83 and hit a tree. The tree was pulled from the ground by its roots. The driver was taken to University Hospital in London and died there from the injuries sustained in the accident. Constable Al Quinn in- vestigated and set damage at $1,500. There were four other ac- cidents investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. On Wednesday, vehicles operated by Jill McLellan, Kippen, and William George Smith, London, collided on High- way 4 about two miles north of Hensall, Damage was set at $100 by Constable Frank Giffin. Damage of $3,250 was reported in a Saturdaycrash whena vehicle driven by John O'Neill, Huron Park, went out of control onAlgonquin Drive after a tire blew. Two other vehicles were damaged in the collision, which was investigated by Constable Bill McIntyre. On Monday, vehicles driven by Sharon Fink, RR 2 Hensall, and Clarence Haak, RR 2 Clinton, collided on Highway 4 north of Hensall with resulting damage of $800. Constable Quinn in- vestigated, During the week, the local detachment officers charged 86 people under the Highway Traffic Act, five under the Liquor License Act and two under the criminal Code. Other inve§tigations were as follows: four disturbances, eight wilful damage, one dog bite, pne theft, one break and enter, one recovered stolen vehicle, one assault, one threat and one found property.