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Belgrave church
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PEOPLE AROUND
BELGRAVE
Some outdoor tunes
To help mark the end of Blyth's annual Vacation Bible School, which is jointly organized
annually by the village's churches, the group held a large outdoor church service on Sunday
at Blyth Lions Park. Part of the service was a performance by this band comprised of leaders
at Camp Shalom. From left: Jeff Devisser, Emily Wilts, Samantha Huisman and Katrina
Vellenga, while Taylor Godwaldt and Lindsay Winters, playing drums and keyboards
respectively, were not pictured. (Vicky Bremner photo)
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
The Campbells held their annual
picnic at the Belgrave ball park
pavillion on Sunday, July 17.
Gordon and Maureen Campbell
hosted it this year. After Gordon
said the grace everyone enjoyed a
delicious potluck buffet. The
afternoon was spent visiting as well
as games and contests.
On Sunday, July 24 Trinity church
service is at 10 a.m. For Belgrave,
Dungannon and Trinity there is no
church on July 31.
FROM BELGRAVE
North Huron ends 2015 with $7001i surplus
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
North Huron's 2015 budget ended
up with a larger surplus than
anticipated due to some projects and
revenues being deferred.
"You had a larger surplus than was
planned for," Paul Seebach of
Vodden, Seebach and Bender
reported to North Huron Township
Council on June 20. "Some [street
work] and projects weren't finished
so they were deferred and your bank
account is higher because of that"
In its budget, the municipality
anticipated approximately $11.5
million in revenue but ended up with
slightly more than $12 million. The
township also anticipated an overall
deficit of $356,048 at the end of
2015 but ended up with a surplus of
$707,324.
Seebach explained that the
township is in a good position from
an expenses stand point, saying that
council and staff had managed to
pay down debt without incurring any
more for capital projects.
"The fact that you can do these
capital projects and not take on
additional debt is a good sign," he
said, also stating that the $10 million
the municipality has in reserves, half
of which is earmarked for water and
sewer, was good to see.
Seebach said that, aside from the
higher -than -anticipated surplus,
there were no unusual items or
anything to report to council.
***
North Huron Township Council
decided to use GovDeals, an online
auction site, to get rid of some
surplus municipal vehicles and
equipment.
Council wondered how the auction
house benefits from the deal, and it
was explained that a five per cent
premium is paid by the bidder.
***
Councillor Trevor Seip had
intended to have council institute a
no -parking bylaw on John Street
between Frances Street and
Carling Terrace in Wingham,
however he was informed one
already exists.
Seip had made a motion to have
council consider a parking bylaw for
the street, which is close to the
former Wingham Public School and
the Wingham Hospital, however he
removed the motion from council's
June 20 agenda when he was
told there already is a no -
parking bylaw in place.
Seip said he wants the bylaw to be
enforced, not to "pound on people
who park there" but to start a trend
of enforcing the rules.
"There is parking available," he
said.
***
Councillor Trevor Seip reported
that the Building Bridges to our
Future (BB2F) campaign is within
striking distance of construction at
F.E. Madill Secondary School.
During North Huron Council's
June 20 meeting, Seip stated the
group was $30,000 short of being
able to start rehabilitating the sports
track and lower field at the high
school.
"With the Avon Maitland District
School Board's $90,000, the group
has raised $345,000 of the $710,000
total goal for the campaign," he said.
Seip reported the recent gala,
which featured Julie Sawchuk, a
teacher at the school who was struck
by a vehicle while cycling last year
and was paralyzed from the chest
down, raised $62,500.
"My push to council and to the
community is that I know we've
asked for a lot," he said. "But if we
can get this $30,000 by the end of
July, construction will begin... on
the track in the fall"
Seip mentioned the fact that the
municipality did pull funding for the
group from its budget this
year, saying that the group's
fundraising efforts in the face of
that decision show what a valiant
effort the group is making.
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