HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-05-13, Page 3Grey taxes up: $46
A Grey Township ratepayer with an
assessment of $3000 will pay approximately
$46 more in taxes this year than in 1980.
In 1980, a person with $3000 assessment
paid $439.20 while this year they will pay
$485.55 an increase of $46.35.
The township's residential and farm mill
rate increased 2'.64. mills from 44.70 in 1980
" to 47.34 in 1981 while the business and
commercial rate increased 'JAR mills from
52.59 in 1980 to 55.69 mills in 1981.
County mill rates wereup only slightly
over' last year with a residential and farm
rate of 25.77 mills this year compared to
23.85 mills in 1980 and a business and
commercial rate of 30.32 compared to 28.06
in 1980.
Elementary. secondary and separate
school rates all increased, in 1981 with the
most noticeable jump in elementary which
went up 8.55 mills in residential and farm.
from 40.81 in 1980 to 49.36 in 19.81. The
business and commercial rate went up 10.06
mills from 48.01 in 1980 to 58.07 in 1981.
Elementary school rates increased from
S143,983 in 1980 to-$176,515 in 1981. an
increase of $32,532 while secondary school
ratcs went up from,$142.418 in 1980 to
$154,928 in I981-, an increase of $12.510.
The separate school rate increased from
43.85 in 1980 to 47.10 for reSidential'and
farm and from 51.59 to, 55.41 mills for
business and commercial.
Overall taxation for the township this .year
is $694,293 compared to $584,936 in 1980.
The garbage collection payment in Ethel
remained the same for both- residential and
farm and business and, commercial at
$35.45. Street lights increased .26 mills in
residential and farm from 9.72 to 9.98 and
.31 mills in business and commercial from
11.43 to 11.74.
In Walton, street lighting mill rates
decreased front ........ in 1980 to 7.20 for
residential And farm and from 8:74 mills in
1980 to 8.47 for business and commercial.
Street lighting payment in Cranbrook went
, up .54 mills in the residential and farm class
from 13.31 to 13.85 mills and in the business
and commercial class from 15.66 to 16.29.
Street light payment has also increased in
Molesworth going from 5.83 to 6.23 in the
residential and farm class and from 6.86 to
7.33 mills in the business and commercial
class.
At Blyth Memorial Hall
Tapestry singers comi
LET'S GO GORDI Emma Friend; Member
of the Seaforth Hospital Board pushes fellow
board member Gord Rimmer out to the
wheelchair Course Where he participated in the
obstacle. race. Mr. Rimmer came third in the
senior event: (Photo by Rimrner)
YOU DON'T SAY! - John Talbot of Harpurhey
talks with Ed Kincaid of the CNIB at Tuesday's
Hospital Day, as Mr. Kincaid's leader dog
Wulf, waits patiently. (Photo by Rim**
discusses
pricing policy
HPRCSS custodians
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occupational course in,secondary school to a'
four year course to make it more useful to'
the student attending.
Mr. McCauley said the recommendation
in the Discussion Paper calling for the
incorporation of teaching of morals in
schools has already been incorporated for
some time in the separate schools through
its family life program.
/THE HURON 'EXPOBITOR) MAY ik 1901 AO.
A child free ol
INTERESTING THERA/Y - Tracy Roth (front) and Connie McGowan
(centre attempt toValieWith the aid of parallel bars in the physiotherapy
department of Seaforth Hospital. Scott Driscoll (right) experiments with
crutches. The department Was open for the public's inspection on
Hospital Day. (Photo by Rimmer)
°C.
It was a badgered
parent's dream come true. A
holiday alone, just the two of
us, junior safe and happy at
the grandparents. her ma
and pa going out for dinner.
sleeping in late. and talking
long and often v,ithout in.
terry ption
At least that's boy %.1.e sold
Something to s
by Susan White
CLEAR THE PATH! - Bill McLaughlin speads
down the runway to wheel a smooth epuK,se to
claim first place in the senior wheelchaiic race at
the Hospital Tuesday. (Photo by Rimmer)
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ourselves on our last week
off. And though we often feel
we don't see enough of our
daughter as it is, we rational-
ized that we needed some
time together alone for the
sake of our sanity.
So, believe it or not it was.
a akiNg to gib away and:
leayp' our daughter for five
days, But 'Welt -get over
.r.ea4iprect t at h.other as
Wr.;titst*ettrrptfipAgar*„....0e
WOi .. waving from laanes
.b$14yArct, " ' ' • ..•
snapped ',out of t*-
ijoiekty..RWA')tindUf:itice to
drive along a highway. with-'
out, a constant "I want to sit
up there with you 'guyS" or
"1,, have to go. Now." from.
the little person in the back
seat.
Tilt we get to our first
motel. Naturally they give
us, lonely first time away
parents. the room with the
child's crib, all made up and
waiting.
So we sob a little
over that andk even reflect
that it wouldn't have cost a
cent more to have had her
sharing our room. (She does,
like to eat though.)
Ensconced in our rural
room in Kentucky we dis-
cover a trundle bed, like the
pioneer little people used- to
use, under ours. "Wouldn't
Gaby love that?", we chor-
used. And so it went all
week.. We 'found out that
,after you live with a kid you.
. see through her eyes a bit
and were constantly turning
around to show her thingi. A
butterfly. A school of huge.
goldfish. Some tiny tots step
A corn, husk doll
and a log cabin' dolt house.
When we merotherpeople
sooner or later we talked
abot.p. our *ids, Perhaps tbe •
tnost helpful conversation,
waS -With-W.0v* win* weTti. •
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04.0,xot ev,s40,, • .;..
We watched
great i*res:t:04, poloymot.
anti talked, 000. IN; ,one''
We'd left ,00141)4., They. re-
mitided us of' tfie;:,13.4e,ts of
travel. withkids,that aren't •stk •
great;..carrying • :a - little -
screamer out of the dining
room and we - summed 'up
that there's a time to bring.
'em and a time to leave 'em
home.
We discovered that- we've
been well trained by our
child to wake up about seven
and to go to bed before 12.
There was no place for rowdy
night life had we wanted any.
•But we did have a very good
rest, something that's .not
always possible with a three-
year-old around.
However, loaded with tiny
tacky souvenirs and t-shirts
we were ready to come home
a day early. And were greet-
ed by long huge hugs.
A childless holiday was, a
good idea in principle. It was
likely even helpful at this
particular point in our lives.
But I'm not going to make a
habit of it.
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Bylaw passes
giving loan to
nursery school.
CURIOUS OBSERVERS - Barbara Holmes and her friends watch as
James Fair of Beltone Hearing Aids shows Gladys Thompson of Seaforth
one of his products. Mr. Fair was one ,of several participants in
Seaforth Hospital's displays. (Photo by Rimmer)
The Town and Country
Homemakers arc hoping
desperateh for donations to
help tlym purchase the Vic-
toria Street building. in which
they have their offices.
Otherwise the group faces
a move to a new location
early this summer.
Brown. the new board'
chairman of the home•
makers' organization. said
the group has 'until early
June to raise the $10.000
needed for a down payment.
The m‘ner of the house the
group has been renting since
December has received an
offer on the property, she
explained. The Homemakers
have been given first option
to purchase it, provided they-
can raise the required funds.
, ironically. the group had
just decided during a board
meeting last week to set up a
building fu nd aimed at even-
tual purchase of the property
she noted. tOrtrhasnl yet
had, time to acptititttla‘e,,ank
capital. -
She said*the current loca-
tion is a "nice, private, quiet
A dark future swiftly turn-
ed blight Moan* night
when Seaford! council pass-
ed a by-law to provide a
combined loin and want
Walling S10,000 to the Sea-
forth and District PreSchool
Learning Centre:
"It will mean the survival
of the nursery school," ex-
plained the facility': s past
president Pat Rodney in a
phone interview Tuesday.
"If we didn't get the money,
have had to have
dosed the; school."
The-difficulties- for the
school began last year when
'the Huron County Library
systemannounced it wished
to expand ' its service in
Seaforth to include the base-
ment of the library, the
current home of the learning
centre. The decision meant
the school would have to
search for and set up in a
new home with only limited
funds.
On • several occasions
through the year council and
the school executive met to
find a solution.
Beginning in September,
The monthly meeting of
the Seaforth Pre-School
Learning Centre will be held
non-profit organization
which provides a variety of
professional homemaking
services to persons who need
them. Last year it employed
'-80--homemakers-who servod
nearly 1,500 clients in Huron
County.
perry fylilieTire-TIrr ynri boleinan, and .fason Swath.
A celebration of ME won-
derful music of the theatre is
the final presentation of the
1980.81 music series at the
Blyth Centre for the Arts.
Tapestry Singers from Tor-
onto will'present "A, Theatre
Tapestry". performing mu-
sic from the state from
ancient to modern times.
This lively group of eight
singers who are individually
affiliated with such Organiza-
tions as the Canadian Opera
Company was formed under'
the artistic directorship of
Wayne STrongman to per-
form' more contemporary
music.
More than just singing th
songs of the theatre, th
groups makes a Spirited' pre,
sentation, acting out Many of
the pieces. Their eight
George Gershwin becomes a
tour de force presentation.
The program is sure to
delight lovers of music and
theatre equally.
Summer employment may
be a problem for some stu-
ents, but Gre y Township is,
offering a unique job oppor-
tunity this year for three
Grey Township students--
researching the history of
Grey.
The township is doing this
in honour, of grey's 125th
anniversaty thit year and has
.4 received a grant o 10
Reserved seats are avail-
able at hilly $5.00 each by
calling the Blyth Centre for
the Arts box office at
523-9300.
from the Ministry of Employ-
ment and Immigration under
the 1981 Summer Canada
Employment Program. This
grant enables the township
to hire three students fora 10
week period, it a salary 'of
$132 each.
Students must apply
through the ManpOwer
offices in either List:owe] or
Goderich. '
Cost and Pricing policies
.and oil conversion grants
were discussed at Wednes-
day night's PUC meeting.
The meeting started with a
discussion of a Niagara Con-
ference in June which will
have seminars on the cost of
service. The conference will
deal with Ontario Hydro's
possible policy of setting
rates which will go into effect
as. of Jan. 1. 1982. Tom
Phillips. the PUC manager.
urged that one of the Com-
mission members should
tend the' conference to rep-
resent Seaforth.
Following the meeting. the
manager made reference to a
public hearing which is sche-
duled for June 22, 1981 in
Toronto concerning the bulk
power rates for 1982.
The value if heat pumps
and grants which are avail-
able to people converting
.from oil to other forMs of
energy was reviewed. Pro-
vincial and federal govern-
ments are participating in
the programs as well as
Ontario Hydra. The pro-
grams are to be implemented
by local put s to promote
the reduction in oil usage.
A free energy audit pro-,
gram is available to home
owners who are converting
from oil to another form of
energy.
Residential energy loans of
up to $2000 are available, as
well as an off-oil grant of
$800. There are also insulat-
ion grants available to $500.
The PUC has application
forms available for home
owners'who wish to apply for'
an assistance program but it
does not handle applications
involving 'a switch to natural
gag. -0
The commission reviewed
The auditor's report on bond-
ing. Mayor John Sinnamott
In response to Conestoga
Rovers' service plan concern-
ing a proposed subdivision
which might _be constructed
in the west area of town. the
commission postponed a dec-
ision until they have consult-
ed further with the contract-
ors. Man3ger Tom Phillips
reproted that' the town-does
not agree with all the pro-
posed plans of the contract-
ors.
Mr. Phillips suggested the
office'', and has a lot of
advantages. There had been
suggestions tnc group could
move from Wingham to the
new county health building
going up at Huronview. Clin-
ton, but that would he incon-
venient and also the group
wants ,to retain its mdepen-
, donee. Miss Brown said.
She added that as a result
of their service. the Home-
makers have made a lot of
friends throughout the
county. "and I feel if they
knew our predicament they
would try to help."
She said the group needs
sonic kind of a commitment
by its next board meeting,
May 24. otherwise it will
have to start looking for an
alternative location.
The Town and Country
Homemakers is a private.
leusinieentee ;An haVe
a new home in a portable
dtuated on the property, of
-Seaforth School.
, "The hive been extreme-
ly co-operative," added Mrs.
Rodney. "The school board
has been, and the town has
always felt they could help -
us." • .
The. first 56000 in the
arrangement comes in the
form of a loan and grant, at
ndlinterest. If the school is
operating at the end of this -
year, $30011 will be 'Written
-off by the-town us-a -grant:if
the *Itool is operating at the
k end1982, the Mmaining
53000 will also become a
grant.
The rept of the total,
$4000, will be paid back,
according tip a• yearly sche-
dule, .by 1987. The past
president sold the nursery
would like to pay back the
loan as soon as possible,
however.
Mrs. Rodney added that,
with the assured funding
support from the town. the
'school may also receive a
51000 grant from Seagram S.
May 19. at 8 p.m. in the
Nursery School. All members
are asked to attend.
said the question of insur7
ance coverage arose from a
suggestion of the Ministry of
Inter-Governmental Affairs.
The auditors recommend-
ed that the PUC invest in a
$50.000 insurance policy.
which includes crime cover-
age and auditorg expenses-at
an annual cost of $279. The '
Commission agreed 'and ap-
proved a policy effective Jan.
1, 1982: The existing policy
provides $10.000 coverage.
commission consider holding
an Open House which would
correspond with the 75th
anniversary of Ontario Hydro
and the 70th anniversary of
the Seaforth PUC. He sugg-
gested that such an event
would promote public aware-
ness of the complete facil
-which the RUC providesi'ff
Seaforth.
The commission took no
action on Mr. Phillip's sug- -
gestions, but said they would
give the idea further con-
sideration.
powerftil voice 'hided( to a
song like "Sinitutee" by
Interested in history?
Grey may have a job
Hpniemokers,
need hobe.,
You're invited
AND-THIS IS HOW I DO MY JOB Kathy 1:idegy. (right),,orifie'
Expositor staff shows SPS Grade 2 students how to set up classified ads.
From le( ,• to right, the students are Brent vendeeAkker, Lee Currah,
(Photo by Rirnmer)
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