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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-04-02, Page 1122nd Year Whole No. 5899 ,,, $16.00 a year in advadee Single copies 441 cents SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. TH9RSDAY.APRIL 2, 1981 • 20 PAGES, a truck left Highway 8 cast of Mitchell. Sec page 5. The budget For more details, commit- tee by -committee on what stays and what gets cur in council's 1981 spending plans, see page 10. Main St's history BY SUSAN WHITE We're all. proud Of Seaforth and it's history. - This -week; on page 9. the Expositor starts a monthly series on the history of a number of Main St. businesses. Certainly our main street has seen changes twi - the years. in faces, in types of busineytes and services Of lvd....C..sfen a few new buildings. 'But e hat's emained constant is a strong, interest in t 'TStliwn and its people. and a • willingness to provide the best in personal service. , It's appropriate probably that the Main • Si. history series starts with G.A. Sills and Sonsellardware, a family business that's . served Scaforth for four ,generatiotrs. The Sills family is involved in preserving the town's history too. Frank Sills has a collection of local artifacts that is almost a muscuir. - on the third floor of Hardware , one of the last Main St.- buildings that preserves its 19th century - storefront. Because all our lives are linked with what happens on Main St. and because It's a darn good story. we hope you'll all enjoy the F.xpositor's Maid St. history series. • • A ROYAL WELCOME, FOR THE BAND — The Seaforttt District High School 'Girls Band was welcomed back to Seaforth 'in royal style Sunday morning. The girls, their chaperones and friends were driven around WELCOME HOME, GIRLS—. The Seaforth District High School Girls Band has done it again-this time they finished in second place in an international competition in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, during slack week. Puff, puff, puff Smokers win out at coon Seaforth council passed a hold-the-lint.' budget last Wednesday night that vs ill Inc rease,taxes 5.9 percent or about 517 .50 on lop of last y ar's 5.297 that a teens:tie ter ssith a $3000 assessment paid. The toe n heads into 1981 with a $30,000 'surplus and council has budgeted for a $45,000 reserve fund. to he added to an existing reserve of the same ameunt, Mayor John Sinnamon in his tele% ised speech said the budget provides funds for grant to the nursery Schoolto help relocation MAW-spread over- two years ,and a $4.000 ' no interest loan, for a total of $10,000): a new police cruiser: $12.000 for sidewalk replace- ment and repair: the town's major Market St. reconstriuction, scheduled to cost 599.500 and completion of Rade ay- Se -paving. $14,000 Council has decided, the mayor said, to , keep the police force' at its present size. three constables and chief For sonic time Chief John 'Cairns had rey ommended the hiring of a fourth constable. A staffer will be added to the public works department. where $15,000 has been budgeted to hire an assistant foreman. With a budget of $14,062 for grapts and awards, deputy reeve. Bill Bennett asked the mayorwhere the money will go. Along with $3,000„ this year to the nursery school.- council will give the Van Eginond Founda- tion $2,500 (and another $2500 next year); $1,050 to' Scaforth Community Hospital (based on $3 per patient from Seaforth); and $4500 to the Lions Pool. . Other grants include $500 to Maitland- bank Cemetery:- $532 to the Seaforth' Lawn Bowling • Club: $600 to the Agricultural Society; and -$200 each to the Horticultural Society and the Sanii•Claus- Parade, St. John's Ambulance will get $100. up freim- $50- last year. the Huron County PlOefitir eilWiltter$50-andI500 Will be set aside for miscellaineoust-grades;-•Frorn the. - recreation budget. $1000 will. be spent on the sister city program (West Branch come here. this summer) • and , 5550 for recreation 'awards. • Both commercial and residential assess- ments -tare up thiS year. commercial and industrial assessment is $871,644 up from $809.725 and residential assessment is. $1,924,555 compared to $1.877.860 in •1980. That leaves this year's commercial mill town on the Seaforth fire truck, serenaded by sirens; to congratulate themon the secnnd place finish last week in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina band competition. .. . (Photo by Phillips) The loCal_fire department welcomed the girls, who are making the name Seaforth'well-kno'wn in the southern U.S., with a parade through the downtown area, on Sunday afternoon. -- • (Photo by Gibb) rate at 123.58 1416.7 last year) and- the residential rate at 105,05 (99.20 mills last year.) The budeet estimates that it'll cost about 51,041.543 to run Seaford] in 1981. up from $976.255 in 1980. Revenues, including grants. of $731.629 leave $309,884 to be raised by taxation. cimin is '$50,000, ..- over budget in '80 It cost roughly $50,000 more to run Seaforth in 1980 than what was budgeted. the town's financial statement, presented by auditor Archie Leach to mimed last Week. shows.,,, Mr.:Leach said Seaford) heads into .1981 in, a "solid financial position" and should be proud of its clerk and staff. He told council it was lucky to have clerk Jim Crocker to stay on top of costs anti added "Jim does an excellent job at ,giving- you the information , with which -to make decisions." . Municipal and„ general government ex• pcnses were about. $20,000 over 'budget. accounted fig Mr. Leach said, by conven- tions, members' allowances, part time wages,„ travel and advertising, each of which was $1,000 to $2000 over budget- In contrast, the town's police committece actually saved money and was about 55000 underbudgetby having one less pike- mew that was planned. a saving•of about 517,000 that was offset by increases in gas and travel costs and roof repairs. The transportation services in towel were •- very close to budget. $236,796 was spent. compared to $234.579 budge*. Environ- , mental services, about $25.000'pver budget." will recover that amount from stwei, fees. the auditor said. Health and social and family services were a bit under budget. $3636 was -spent. compared to the $3.900 budgeted. • The town spent about 510,000 more than was planned on recreation and cultural services last year. an increase the„auditor said is as caused by wages and the sister city program. • Planning and development cost Seaforth woo less Chap the budget' figure. because the official plan wasn't finished in 1980. Actual expenses last year totalled .5976,255 while the budget figure was $930.674. Transfers to the school boards and the county brought total expenditures to - On the revenue side, taxes brought in about 534.000 more than budgeted because- the town's assessment **s up, Scaforth ended 1980 with a $36,015 surplus. of a. i~ axties may. e "cheap financing" Tax arrears are up in Sealprili and the town 's accountant says thats lit:cause sonic commercial taxpayers "Can b,wiTim front the municipality much elicapc`r than front banks." municipalities, Some menicipalities have trouble with .individual taxpayers, he said, hile the problem here is "some business taxpayers- feel they're getting a cheap .source of financing." • As alloW yet 1.y provincial legislation. the town charges I ''? percent per Month on overdue taxes. Mr. teach said the privince -ie revive ing7 its legislation and stem may tz,iftki]nssteer]ch eist municipality: set its Mil of Cale trotk .at n l .r of .$04c5k;c000r oldint htt.a' aprtsrtcian;sr hat , • percent is Owed by businesses.'• council Archie Leach of Atkinson. Innes. teash and Neill who presented the toss s• financial statement Wednesday night said 1980 tax arrears of $26.'79 per capita hers: arc 8.64 percent of the 1980 Icy_ trout 6.98_1x-it-cent or $20.07 in .1910. He told councillorGerald Groothuis that though Seaforth's arrears are tip. they are still lower here than in mani ether and where. meeting of the entinty council. • The smOkerSt were championed by Cal Kramer, the cigarette-puffing nee e of Brussels, who declared it's up to him and nobody else ice_decide whether he. smulye.s_ BY HENRY HESS • . „ Reeves and deputy *eves attending Huron County Council will continue to be allowed tif'-puff on cigarette's:--- eigars -and''' pipes during their deliberatipS. In a determined effort to clear the air in the council chambers, the executive commit- tee introduced a recommendation that smoking be banned there -as of April Howeit:er. the recommendation was voted . clown. 17 to I I. The proposal sparked one of the most impassioned—debates during last -week's If the majority outlaws smoking in the council ehambers, it will has e to be •prePared to hold council meetings in the men's room. because that's where all the smokers will be clustered, he warned. He alscrsaid you can educate people me to smoke but you can I legislate it. pointing out it didn't work e ith liquor during prohibition. "If you don't want Smokers in here. then —Y;ou go to all the townships at election time and have. them elect nonsmokers." • He was hacked by: Reeve Bill Dale of Seaforth, a pipe smoker; ehoseid he intends to-keep on smoking regardless ore here he is. •'Ifyou don't want me to smoke in here. I will leave the chamber." On the other side of the coin. (Reeve Paul Stecklc of 'Stanley Township pointed out usibudy ';:s saying a person can't smoke, 'only, that within these four wails ee don't skate you smoking." Some members have asked to has c their seaiS changed because the'- arc bothered by smoke. he explained: • ---- • - "I don't feel we are infringing On your rights to ask you to smoke outside. but you're definitely infringing On our rights by smoking in here..- . ASTHMA SUFFERER Tom Cunningham, reeve of Hence Township. confessed he was **one of the culprits who started this". He has bronchitis M edical drugs, booze don't mix meeting hears sions sandwiched between ten smokers. ' end asthma. he explained. and has spin very uncomfortable evenings fams* -ses- compromise.-proposing that snookers can be seated in one corner of the room .aml non-smokers in another. He used to smoke and knows hoe it feels to he deprived of a Morris Reeve Bill Elston suggested a smoke, he said. Perth taxes up less than per ce - - -----BreOLLEEN-MA-L-CtNEY- Perth County residents will have link to frown about at tax time this year. Cotinty council approved a nest badgct Mar. 24. -that will mean a low ..94 per cut average-tax increase to ralepa cr., in 1981 , The county w ill need to rinse $E:016.684.14, or abOut one thirdo. 1 -7.4711,•71 BY ALICE QIBB While alcohol and drugs arc recognized as a lethal combination when 'someone gets behind the wheel. the public may hot be aware that two drinks and an antihist- amine or two drinks arel„e tranquilizer arc sometimes a more dangerous -combinat- ion. About 75 people learned about the dangers'of mixing alcohol and drugs at a senn'tiar at Northside United Church Monday night, spon- sored by the Council for Action on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAAD). The. film. A High Way To Die. produced -by ('TV news. snowed the results of mixing marijuana and alcohol, trate quilizers like vellum and alcohol and-antihistamines or cold remedies a-nd alcohol; op basic driving' skills. The- mixture of tWotrIrinks %%kb a tranquilizer produced the same loss of driving skill as four tofise mixed drinks and two drinks and a cold tablet. the same loss as with five or six mixed 'drinks. The .film emphasized hoW little inject• ien of either alcohol or drugs it takes to result in danger• ously impaired drhing. Polimssing the film. Grant Ellison of Goderich. a mem- ber of the CAAD committee. outlined the goals of his .organization. CAAD was formed two years ago as an educational organizaden. to indentify community needs and io.promote _the early, identification of people who may . have alcohol or drug addiction problems. The'group has sponsored a series of, workshops around the county. Monday night's • peagram, was sponsored by CAAD in co-operation with' the local ministerial associat- ion. FullosVing the liTm. a panel of Dr. Paul Brady •of Sea- forth; SDHS athletic coach Terry Johnston; student , Mary Thompson; Mr. Elli.- • son, of the Department of Psychiatry. Aletcandra Maik- ine Hospital; Dave Docherty of the Owen Sound office, Addiction Research Founda, • don and Ron, a former Please turn to page 3 NAtterrroMmt, • side this week. this 53.08.126.89' Tififft exp.' rt-• $9.508.14 more than last year. The rest will come front pros incial grants. rental fees and other Miscellaneous Retin- ues. Each of the 14 municipalities will acre) iu rake the lam ing Imam' the county's share of the budget; Blanshard S84.953.70:' Doss ice $77.096.31: North Easthope S-6.810.36: .South Easthopc 554,803.32: e $73,043.62: Elora $112,468.40: Fullarton $50.481.0'7: Hibbert $40,648.15; Ltstoss s $133,583.2.3; Logan ,$05.025.35: Mils ertoe Mtit'e'ketleseel,--19q;a5e--114seent-e-ge...--- School taxes• up $1 5 The Huron Perth Separate School's )981 budget was released Tuesday night. kV cost the average taxpayer $15 more. Pg. 3. Chickens spill There's a bit of a mystery, about the load of live chick- ens which was ditched *hen Market value assessment? In a week of budgets and tax increases Huron County Council approved the spending of $10.7 million this year. Councillors also argued about the meris of market value assessment. Sec story on the farm page, . . P. 14 Seaforth Legion played host toil big how ling tourna- ment "on .the ss eckend. Sec page, 12. Bowlers invade ton $77 .887.64: Wallace $1'.089.99, When the budget was first presentyd tt . • council Mar. 10. it appeared. hares would rim about four per cent. ' But the counts ss ill be" responsibly . for $259,882 less than original) planned: A Resource Equalization Gram 01 $193.282.00 sy ill be recched from the province. The grant is intended to onset costs to municipalities not up to pros ineialh set standards cif assessment. The (foams received a Resource Equalization Gram of $217,000 last year. A $60.000 provincial Apportionment Guarantee Grant will also be received. County Clerk Jim Bell said this grant is meant to act as "a buffer." to municipalities facing more than a five per cent increase in taxes over last year. A final $6,000 will come front a surplus itt Spruce _Lodger's 1980 budget.