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The Huron Expositor, 1976-05-20, Page 1• NO MORE GOLF, GUYS - Joe Czerwinski and Don Eaton were quietly enjoying a game of golf at the local.club when phonathon spirit interfered. Mary Czerwinski pledged $30 to get Don off the golf course and into the jail at phonathon headquarters. Constable Ron Lauzon took Joe along too. :Staff Photo) Will, use money for recreation Tucketsitilth.r chat-00-1200 foe. now .buildin, permit HEADLESS TULIPS' Seaforth Legionnaire Red 0,111on surveys ail the blooms that are left in a whole bed of yellow 50th anniversary Legion tulips outside the Legion Hall. Motif of the tulips, which were developed in. Holland for the Legion anniversary and distributed across Canada weiecut off some time Thursday night. (Staff Photo) SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THOR DAY, May 20, 1076 20 PAGES 41 .944 TPar Singlecerry2SeentS, Whole No. 5648 117th Year • Seaforth takes general revenues to buy a new condensor at' the arena, Capital improvements in street lighting will cost $22,033. • • Paving Seaforth streets in 1976 may cost $4000 and council plans to ,spend '$49,800 to drain, the south-west corner of town. Drainage and road, expenditures are eligible for 50, per cent, provincial grants. Other capital expenses 'include - $1300 for the police radar unit new this year, a land reserve fund which, will start off with $2,500. The fund will eventually finance the purchase of more industrial land. tat The phonathon phenomena hit Seaforth on. Saturday and prove that you can have a good time and raise money • 'at the same time, as more that 700 people gave donations total -law about $23,000 to help Pay for renovations to the arena. The response to the day long phonathon, with regular reports broadcast over CKNX radio was so overwheming that recreation director Clive Guist couldn't have the list of donors checked and ready for publication in this week's Expositor. Donors wi it appear next week. The Seaforth P.U.C. was in unanimous agre ement at their Wednesday meeting that the deposit paid by residents ' on utilities should be increased, but disagreed over who should bear the responsibility for defaults. The dispute arose when the commission was examining the number of arrears on accounts which they felt was exceptionally high. • Ed Daly, chairman, wanted the PUC to consult lawyer on the feasibility of requiring everyone who rented an apartment to be registered and be held responsi- ble if the renter left without paying .his-PUC "If there was' anyone renting even a single room, I'd like to see whether,from a legal standpoint it is possible to make the owner responsible for arrears," he said. Mayor Betty Cardno disagreed with the idea and suggested that if thePUC followed up on arrears because the town sold-the Market Street sewers to the Ministry of the Environment for $45,000. The sale gave taxpayers an 18 or 19 mill tax break. There were no sewers to sell this year. The County levy is $85,056 this year, up from $82,278 in 1975. Major single increase is the Huron County Board of Education requirement for $126,055, up over $33,000 from last year. . The Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board levy amounts to $10,522 for 1976 compared to $9,505 last year: Town Clerk Bob Franklin said the local increase was due to wages, up eight to ten per Cent, increased arena expenditures and generaNnflation. The budget for the arena has increased substantially from $39,444 last year to $53,699 for 1976. The arena committee was awarded a $9,000 LIP grant for renovations this winter which paid for the salaries of workers," but the town had to cover the costs of materials and this added an unexpected $7,500 to this year's budget. $1,500 is needed to make compressor repairs. Salaries at the arena total $17,340, The recreation committee expects to spend $15,239 more than they take in for 1976. Last year the committee budgeted for $20,585 in expenditures and spent $25,561 , while revenue was expected to be $7,844 and in fact came to nearly double that at $15,775, This year the committee expects i(!i spend $29,639 and bring in $14,400. The protection to persOnS and property committee 'budget comes to a total of $108,667. Fire protection will costs $15,320, up marginally from $11,370 last year. Police protection for 1976 will cost about $69,180. , .4,4/Ace wage negotiations weren't settled when the budget was passed and Councillor Wayne Ellis . emphasized that the am ounts were only estimates. Basic salaries for this year amount to $53,000, compared to $45,500 in 1975. Council has allotted $6,000 for police overtime pay up from $4,650 spent la ear, and fringe benefits 1 p to $10,000 from .r, The goal was $20,000. Each dollar that was raised will be matched by a dollar. from Winiario, he said. Over $19,000 in pledges phoned in on Saturday has been collected and is in the bank, Mr. Guist said. Many people brought their donations to the area fund right to the high school and handed them to phonathon volunteers. A crew of Seaforth Optimist members were dispatched around town and surrounding townships by CB Radio volunteer Alfie Dale to pick up other pledges that were phoned in ; and cut off services there wouldn't be the problem. "You will only dry up further sources of apartments," Mayor Cardno told Chairman Daly. "The landowner is losing the rent when someone leaves and you are just adding on another loss. Nobody will be wanting to be in the rental business," Walter Scott, .PUC manager said that they- received considerable static for discon- necting services, but said he felt it was the only way. He suggested though that the PUC might require a larger deposit and this would solve the problem. However, Chairman Daly felt those making a profit from renting should be prepared to pay the- PIJC if their renters defaulted, "I still feel as though a man who is in business of renting apartments should take' some responsibility," said Mr. Daly, "They take a risk to make money by renting and should take the in a move to make the PUC water connection fee cover the actual cost of connecting new homes, the PUC last Wednesday considered raising the fee to $600, but decided instead to negotiate each new connection separately in the future, PUC Manager. Walter Scott raised the issue towards the end Clive said another' $4000 in pledges is coming, in by mail. Anyone whose donation was not picked up can leave it at the Toronto Dominion Bank,-the town hall or the recreation office. There was an organized show on the high school.stage all day long but a lot of the'entertainment came from impromptu happenings. Many people spent most of Saturday going in and out of a small jail which had been put up in the SDHS parking lot. They were escorted by local police who made pick ups by squad car all over town. Chief John Cairns risk of paying the PVC if the 'renter doesn't. The owner should take a big enough deposit to cover the PUC bill." Mayor Cardno disagreed. "Why have the landlord doing something the PUC could do themselves?" Manager Scott pointed out if PUC took a large deposit they would have to pay interest on it.A t present the deposit is $25. "You're talking about discouraging tenants, but you're just as much discouraging residents when you demand such a high deposit," said Mn'. Daly. Mayor Cardno pointed the PUC was either faced with asking for irtore deposit 'money or going on the same way. Commissioners decided that Manager Scott should pursue the matter and report back to the Commission if it was feasible to demand a higher deposit. Last year the PUC had to write off $50 in unpaid bills out of a total of $350,000 collected. into 1975 to assist the new clerk. Councillor's salaries stay the same, at $1,000 per year. The mayor is paid $1600. Planning board and committee of adjustment honorariums stay the same, at a total of $200 and $500, for each board, Transportation services - roads, traffic controls parking and street lighting will cost $66,000 this year. Environ- mental services, including sewers and garbage disposal will cost $83,415. As well as regular operating expenses, council has calculated that they'll spend $90,03. on capital items. This includes $11,000 which has to come out of of the meeting pointing out that the' $300 connection ,tee. now charged did ,not cover the $10 a foot costs. On a 66 foot lot the PUC would lose 'over $300 according to Mr. Scott, who suggested that an impost tax be set up so the PUC could c ollect money on vacant lots which added to the cost of connection because the water line had to be extended further. • But Mayor Cardno said that a tax couldn't be.levied without the consent of a consultation with every property owner. Site said the PUC should use, the building permits where thePUC would have to extend a line past vacant Continued on Pagel] paid $300 for a 1971 Austin Mini car donated by Gerald's Datsun. Russell Bolton was highest bidder for dinner with the mayor. He paid $400. May liabkirk won the draw for an organ. • The whole phonathon staff w as made up of volunteers: from the newly formed Leo Club who made and sold pancakes to SPS students,nwho sold freshie.. Five' phone Ii nes were kept busy from 7 a,m. until 6 p.m. Musical groups played Saturday morning and a variety show with step dancers, highland dancers, fiddlers, majorettes and singers entertained the .crowcIS at the high schOol all 'afternoon. SDHS cancer walkathon is May 28 Originally intended for earlier in the month the Walk'athon which students at SDHS have planned to aid the Seaforth and area cancer campaign, is now set for Friday, May 28 according 'to R. J. Spittal, campaign committee chairman, , Mr. Spittal said the proceeds from the Walkathon. will be divided between the cancer campaign and the student council. While the response to the campaign has been good Mr. Spittal said additional gifts are needed to reach the-$3,500 quota. "If there is CO-operation With the SDHS" students and 'gifts continue to come in by mail . sure we'll meet the quota" Mr. Spittal said. hi the meantime the campaign across the county is meeting with success and Officials say they expect the county quota of 09.700 will be reached. (By Wilma Oke) TUckersmith Township council approved the installation of water meters at Vanastra during . a six-hour session of council Tuesday night which ended at 2 a.m. Wednesday. Council will ,work with the Ministry of the Environment to have, the, installation done. A $200 building permit will be charged on ert.ry new house constructed in the township but will contiritie the $2 charge for other building permits. The•proposal to raise the fee, to $200 from $2 was made by Councillor Bert Branderhorst who said the $2 permit was too small when some other neighbouring municipalities were charging a percentage of the estimated cost en all buildings erected. Mr. Branderhorst suggested that the money from the permits be used for recreation costs in the township. Some could begiven to n eighbouring area ..s used by township residents, he said. Reeve Elgin Thompson disagreed and said the money should go to the recreation centre in its own township at Vanastra and not to other ar enas as other municipalities did not contribute to costs at Vanastra although their residents use the Vanastra swim ming pool. -Councillor Cleave Coombs of Egmondville said he knew of families who, because they cannot afford it, have not been to the Seaforth arena all winter as a result of the $15' penalty to each Tuckersmith resident using the arena. (This $15 fee was levied when Tuckersmith refused to contribute any grants toward the Seaforth are na for Harpurhey or Egmondville young people registered for hockey.) Reeve Thompson said, "I can't 'see it. Kids today get all the money they want. I don't beli eve there is anybody who can't afford it. There is money for drinking.V. After much' discussion it was agreed that the money would not be designated at the' present time for any one purpose but used at the discretion of council for any necessity, even roads. Council accepted the tender for flake calcium chloride from Pollard Bros. of 'Harrow for township roads at a .cost of $82.50 per ton. Council held court of revision on the Layton Drain but as there were no appeals, the drain report was formally accepted. Tenders will not be called until next year, as requested by those involved. Eld'on O'Brien and Arthur Coombs, both of R.R.#5, Clinton, attended council meeting along with. Engineer Henry Uderstadt of 'Orangeville for discussion on the O'Brien Drain report. The 'report was adopted and court of revision set for June 22. Because of increased traffic and excessive speeding on North Street in Egmondville area residents sent a letter of complaint to council and requested speed limit signs. Council will look into the situation and notify the police Of":• the problem. Council will supply water to the property li ne of Bill Ross, Brucefield. Requests for building permits Were approved for Michael McGrath, Egmondville, Storage shed; James McElwain, Egmondville, new house; Herve Poirier, Vanastra, carport and porch: and John McLellan, Btucefield, welding shop. Bill Embling of .Vanastra was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Vanastra Recreation Board. (Continued on Page 3 ) (By John Miner and Susan White) It was a bad news budget that .Seafortli"couneil passed Monday. night and which resulted in an increase of more than 38 mills for residential tax payers on their 1976 tax bills. Seaforth public school tax' payers will pay 34.21 percent more in taxes. If the taxpayer has an assessment of .$3,000 he will pay about $116.70 more than last year as the mill rate increases from 114.53 mills to 153,43 mills. Separate school supporters ..with the same residential assessment face an increase of about $128.22 over 1975 with the mill rate increasing 42.74 mills from 115.19 mills -to 157.93 mills. Last year the average public school supporter paid about $343 in taxes and a separate school supporter with a $3,000 assessment paid about $351. The public commercial tax rate increased from 129.39 mills last year to 176,78 mills this year, an increase_ otav_er A7 mills, the separate commercial tax rate • jumped 49.73 mills from 132.41 mills last year to 181.78 mills this year. A business whicalis a public school supporter with air' assessment of , $6,000 will shoulder $284.34 more in municipal taxes than last year,' and a commercial separate school supporter will have to pay $288.38 more. The total commercial assessment for Seaforth dropped this year to $759,045 from $770,610.. and this is partially responsible for the dramatic jump in the commercial mill rate. SeafortWs residential assessment actually increased from $1,599,170 to $1,630,910. Last year Seaforth's rate 'went up about 14 mills with the' increase entirely due to increased levies by the boards of education -and- theiCounty. However., this year much of the increase 'is due to the town's own municipal levy shooting from $106,204 in 1975 to $203,932 this year. Of the $97,728 increase • in funds needed, about $37,000 is required by the two school boards and the county. About $60,728 more is'required to run the town. The, municipal levy was low last year, Mayor Betty Cardno said $3,000. It is impossible to compare the total' budgets of many, town council committees to last years' budgets because all council committees were re-organized, with their, responsibilities changed by ordea,of the province. Highlights of - council committee budgets for 1976 foltow. General administration sa levies, for the town clerk's office, are actually down this year; from $26,000 in 1975 to $21,500 this year. Expenses were" higher' last year because the retiring clerk treasurer was retained for a couple of months Chairman says land lord should pay PUC -to up utilities deposit can 't decide by how much wore a kilt and Const Fred Burton a striped "prisoner's uniform. Constable Ron Lauzon was, respectfully in uniform. Tuckersmith Reeve Elgin Thompson raised $97 by being in jail;$37 was,ptedge to get him out and $60 to keep him in. Don Eaton lost some. of his golf time when Mary Czerwinski pledged $30 to put him in jail. McKillop Reeve Allan Campbell also spent time' in jail. Councillor Bill Bennett saw $70 pledged to put him in jail and none to get him out. Councillor Bennett got out though and raised $10 by riding a donkey down Main St. and into the SDHS gym. Mayor Betty Cardno spent most of the morning in the handcuffs, to meet a pledge from the Huron Country singles and in the afternoon she raised $10 by pushing a peanut across the stage with her nose. Der Sills of Sills Hardware donated $10 to see Dave Stewart of Stewart Brothers carry a spool of thre'id in a wheelbarrow up to the high school. Dave paid $20 when Der wheeled the thread back downtown. The Town and Country Four. local singers Marlen Vincent, Bill and Ken Campbell and George Ribey not only sang on stage at phonathon headquar ters, they also toured Main St. on a four man bicycle and visited local watering holes and collected donations. Donna Gridzak and Roslin , McFarlane were volunteers • for body painting and they raised $10. .Frank Sills raised $55 in pledges with his singing.. Bruce Heolscher doubled his staff's donation of $1 40 and Lloyd Eisler matched his staff's gift of $55. Jim Crocker pledged $50 jf Dave Robb would bring hitn a cup of, coffee. The coffee was cold. The three special auctioned off article's went to the highest bidders. George Kreutzwiser paid $166.99 for a new TV donated by Box Furniture and Brian WE PLEDGE 15 CENTS 1- Jeff Bedard andKevin Coleman were the proud bearers of a 15 cent donation to the phonathon Saturday morning. The boys handed their carefully counted cash 'over to' Florence Kay, one of the volunteers who answered phones at the high school. (Staff Photo); Water connect ion f ps go up Phohothon raises $23,000 for arena