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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-03-17, Page 174. HUNTING IN AFRICA — Game hunters in Africa featured one of the numbers at Saturday's carnival of the Exeter figure skating club. From the left are hunters Jason McFalls, Matthew Wright, Trevor Cottrell, David Josephson, Graham Arthur and John Van der Weil and the leopard Heather Prout. . Property taxation report is presented to Ottawa officials T-A photo MUNCHKIN GIRLS — A number of visitors from Munchkin appeared at Saturday's Exeter figure skating club carnival. From the left are Kendra Arthur, Amy Bonthron, Tammy Bell, Tracy Rabbetts, Bridget Newton, Sheryl De Boer and Jodi Chanyi, T-A photo On three month holiday Trustee seat in jeopardy SPEEDY SKATERS A baseball game on ice was part of Saturday's carnival of the Exeter figure skating club. Above, Patti Down and Elaine Pym literally steal the bases. T.A photo IN FROM SWITZERLAND — Appearing at Saturday's carnival of the Exeter figure skating club were these girls from Switzerland. From the left are Julia Tieman, Kim Vanderweil, Susan Wareham, Ronalynn Bell and Lee Ryan. T-A photo TRUE CANADIANS — Happiness is being a Canadian was the theme of one of the numbers at Saturday's carnival presented by the Exeter figure skating club. From the left are Monique Aunger, Kelly Vanstone, Lisa Wright, Karla Josephson, Melanie Smith, Lynn Stephens and Michele Aunger. T-A photo One Hundred and Fourth Year March 17, 1977 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Happiness was many things Saturday at the annual figure skating carnival Zhe elteferZinesatwocafe Wingham school board trustee Jack Alexander's seat on • the Huron County Board of Education was placed in jeopardy last week after he missed his third consecutive regular board meeting. Mr. Alexander has been vacationing in Texas and was absent for the January, February and March meetings of the board. At the January meeting the board reveiwed Mr. Alexander's absenteeism and voted to grant him permission to miss two meetings and to deduct his pay for those meetings. The move was not necessary according to trustee R. J. Elliott who asked that the board re-open discussion on the subject, rescind their original motion and pass another granting Mr. Alexander per- mission to be absent from the three meetings. It is the third year in five as a trustee that Alexander vacationed for the two month period. Mr. Elliott cited the Education Act states that a board member who misses three consecutive regular board meetings without the board's permission shall vacate his seat and also states that a board member is granted a leave of absence for two con- secutive regular meetings without the board's permission. Another section of the act states that the board may deduct a reasonable amount from the allowance of a member for meetings missed. The Blyth trustee said that a board member does not require a leave of absence to miss two meetings and added that he felt that 100 per cent of Mr, Alexander's allowance is not a reasonable deduction for the time missed, Director of Education John Cochrane said the board would have to make a decision on the matter or Mr, Alexander's seat would have to be deemed vacant, He said the Wingham trustee had planned to be at the January meeting and miss only February and March. A'storm delayed the , January meeting however and Mr. Alexander had started his vacation when the rescheduled meeting took place. Colborne trustee Shirley Hazlitt said she was not so con- cerned with Mr. Alexander missing the meetings as she was with the business held up due to his departure. She said his ab- sence from committee meetings • may delay beard business adding that his allowance for the months he missed should be deducted as first decided, Board Chairman Herb Turkheim said that quite often Heading the, list were; Lorrie Baier of Mitcnell and Lloyd Eisler from Seaforth, They skate out of the Preston figure skating club and won the novice pair championships at three competitions this year including the Canadian title in Calgary, Jeff Loosley, a brother of the club pro performed a solo number and also teamed with Keith Baker another member of the Woodstock skating club in a comedy act. Also making a guest ap- pearance were Snoopy and the Red Baron and their famoys World War 1 flying machine, The board members are absent due to sickness and pointed out that the member's allowance is an honorarium based on a year's service to the board. Ashfield trustee Eugene Frayne said that sickness and vacation could not be compared adding h.e felt that a year's service to the board was 12 months not nine. He asked if the people of Wingham knew Mr. Alexander missed the time and if they knew they were not being represented at two or three board meetings a year. Herb Turkheim said he felt the people of Wingham knew about Mr. Alexander's absence and showed their approval of his performance by electing him to another term on the board. He said the Wingham trustee faced some good competition in the election and was voted in at the top of the polls. "They must be satisfied with him," said Turkheim. Under board policy adopted in 1975 the chairman's advisory comedy pair portrayed by Jack Underwood and Gaylen Josephson handed out balloons to the many youngsters in at- tendance. Members of the local club appearing in feature numbers were Debbie Peterson, Nancy Underwood, Linda Elder, Eleanor Salmon, Vickie Miller, Club secretary Pat Down appeared in the show as the umpire in a baseball routine and was chased around the rink by several irate players after making a "good" call at home plate. The excutive of the Exeter board is charged with the task of keeping a record of attendance of board members at regular board meetings and reviewing the records to decide on any deduction of allowance. Mr. Elliott claimed that the policy gives the task of deciding what percentage of allowance Alexander should be docked to the committee and means the board should not have been in- volved. Shirley Hazlitt said that under the resolution the advisory committee was given the responsibility but suggested "it hasn't been noing its job". She said the committee should review, the performance of every board member regularly and asked that it do the review now paying particular attention to Alexan- der's absenteeism, Elliott said the only way he would consider the motion is if all members were treated the same. The board recognized the need for performance review and passed the motion. figure skating club is as follows: president, Gaylen Josephson, vice-president, Shirley Hart; secretary Pat Down; treasurer Marie Tieman; test chairman Evelyn Josephson, badge chairman Grace Adkins, carnival committee, Ann Prout, Carolyn Blackburn; directors, Jack and Flo Underwood, Agnes Aunger, Marguerite McLeod and Kay Elder, Participants in the various numbers were: Entertaining you--Carrie Blackburn, Patti Down, Linda Elder, Debbie Josephson, Teresa MacDonald, Danette McLeod, Vickie Miller, Debbie Peterson, Elaine Pym, Eleanor Salmon, Nancy Underwood. Music-Krista Elder, Michelle Koyle, Lisa Shepherd, Lynda Shirray, Janet Mowatt, Laura Wright. r lying iures-scott Bierling, Christopher Chanyi, Robbie Elder, Jason Hern, Michael Hoffman, Robbie Hoffman, Scott Wedlake. "If I Were a Rich Man"-Chris McLeod, Dean Smith, Nancy Underwood, Living-Patti Lee Bierling, Heidi Bonthron, Sandra DeBoer, Shelley Horne, Tracy Oke, Pattie O'Toole, Deanna Underwood. An African Safari-Graham Arthur, Trevor Cottrell, David Josephson, Jason McFalls, John Van Der Weil, Matthew Wright- Leopard-Heather Prout. "Here come de Fuzz"-Keith Baker, Jeff Loosley-Woodstock F.S.C. The federal government should pay more of the cost of marketing milk to offset the levy charged to provincial dairymen that has reached an "intolerable level," Kenneth McKinnon, chairman of the Ontario Milk Marketing board told a meeting of the milk producers in Clinton, last Wed- nesday, March 9. McKinnon, who is also president of the National Dairy Farmers, was the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Huron County Milk Producers. A crowd of 170 people, one of the largest meetings in the history of the Huron County Milk Producers Association, heard McKinnon blast the government for the buildup of the $145 million deficit that each producer helps to pay off through the collection of the levy. The levy was set at $1.35 per hundredweight of milk last year McKinnon said. This year, the government wants a levy of $1.33, but he said $1.25 would be a more reasonable figure. The deficit is caused by the difference in Canadian domestic sales prices and the lower in- ternational price, which is currently 50 cents per hun- dredweight lower than our own, and has built up over the last three years. Compared to Canadian dairymen, McKinnon said, farmers in other milk exporting countries are given larger milk subsidies which allows them to keep the international price low and remove the financial burden from the producers. McKinnon said the OMMB was asking the government for $15 million to help alleviate the deficit, and the government was prepared to look at the deficit "with conditions," The producers do not favour a government suggestion for a national levy which would re- establish the base of assessment, "Ontario would have to in- crease its share of the levy because of its extensive liquid milk production," McKinnon said. He expects the government's direct subsidy to producers will be continued with an increase in the provincial share of the national milk quota expected. The milk producers operate under federally set quotas which forced the board to cut quotas an average of 15 percent, making 1976 one of the toughest years ever for producers, McKinnon said. "I think we may have cutback a little too much in estimated requirements," he said, adding 12 percent would probably have been more tolerable, Milk producers should reach 95 percent of their quota set for them this year, McKinnon said and predicted a $7 per hun- dredweight fine would be im- posed for people producing above the quota, Being in Switzerland-SOLO- Linda Elder Ronnalyn Bell, Leigh Ryan, Julia Tiernan, Kimberley Van Der Weil, Suzanne Wareham. Being in England-Kendra Arthur, Tammy Bell, Amy Bonthron, Jodi Chanyi, Sheryl DeBoer, Kelly Hern, Bridget Newton, Tracy Rabbets. Being a Wandering Gypsy- SOLO-Debbie Peterson Sueanne Adkins, Dale Armstrong, Brenda Bell, Cindy Down, Karen Hart, Janet Pfaff, Heather Prout, Margaret Pym, Debbie Taylor, Susan Tiernan, Patricia Willis. Being Canadian-Michelle Aunger, Monique Aunger, Jacequeline Cottrell, Pamela Cottrell, Karla Josephson, Melanie Smith, Lynn Stephens, Kelly Vanstone, Lisa Wright. A Baseball Game-Chris McLeod, Pat Down, Carrie Blackburn, Pattie Down, Linda Elder, Debbie Josephson, Teresa MacDonald, Danette McLeod, Vickie Miller, Debbie Peterson, Elaine Pym, Eleanor Salmon, Nancy Underwood. Stepping Out-Sueanne Adkins, Dale Armstrong, Brenda Bell, Cindy Down, Karen Hart, Janet Pfaff, Heather Prout, Margaret Pym, Debbie Taylor, Susan Tieman, Patricia Willis. A Night on the Town-Carrie Blackburn, Patti Down, Linda Elder, Debbie Josephson, Teresa MacDonald, Danette McLeod, Vickie Miller, Debbie Peterson, Elaine Pym, Eleanor Salmon, Nancy Underwood. He said he doesn't expect a system of monthly quotas will be applied this year, which would even out the yearly supply of milk production, but could be adopted after several years of planning ahead, The OMMB is presently negotiating a national dairy policy with Minister of Agriculture and Food, Eugene Whelan. McKinnon expects the 19olicy will be set by the end of +ext week, shortly before the end of the marketing year on March 31. In 1976 the policy was not set until April 14. Outside of the quota problem, low prices and the lack of restraints on the production of skim milk on the Common Market, are the milk producers worst problems, McKinnon said. The glut of skim milk on the world market is such, that if all European countries lowered production to meet home needs, there is still enough in storage to supply the European markets for three years; he said. McKinnon also noted that cheese imports here are heavier than in other countries. "There is an increase of im- ports allowed while we're forced to decrease our production," he said. Meanwhile, Canadian cheese exports are being curtailed by the levies of the very European countries that export their cheeses to Canada, McKinnon said, Despite the problems facing the milk producers, the OMMB chairman did predict an increase in the sale of most milk products this year, A two percent increase in the sale of Class I milk, bottle sales, is expected as well as a five percent increase in cheddar cheese sales. There is a hope that cheese exports may increase slightly, he said. Specialty cheese like cottage cheese and yogurt are also predicted to face an eight percent increase in sales, At the other end of the spec- trum however, butter con- sumption will probably continue to decline by five or six percent, he said. Following McKinnon's ad- dress, the Huron County Milk Producers re-elected six new members to its milk committee; Martin Baan, Grey township; Stewart Steckle, Stanley town- ship, J. C. Drennan, Ashfield township; Boyd Taylor, Morris township; and Hugh Litt, Howiek township, All five men were elected for three year terms with Albert Whiting, Grey township elected to finish two years of a term left by chairman Eric Fink- beiner on his retirement from dairy production, The meeting narrowly missed electing Beatrice Seili, Grey township, a milk producers wife, who would have become the Asseciation's first woman elected to the committee. The Commission on the Reform of Property Taxation in Ontario recently presented its report to the government. The 10-member Commission under the chairmanship of Mr. Willis L. Blair was appointed May 6, 1976 to receive sub- missions and conduct discussions on the 15 tax reform proposals set out in a paper issued as part of the 1976 Ontario Budget. During its deliberations, the Commission held 51 public meetings in 30 locations throughout the province, and considered over 2,400 submissions, letters and deputations. The Commission developed its recommendations within a framework of four principles that basically support the govern- ment's program of reassessing all properties at market value and requiring similar property tax treatment for properties used for similar purposes, regardless of ownership or location. In its more than, 80 recom- mendations, the Commission endorsed the government's proposals to: — tax residences preferentially with an initial rate set at 50 percent of market value; —redefine residential property to include only residences and a reasonable amount of land; — levy a uniform mill rate on residential and commercial prppertles; — levy a single business assessment rate at 50 percent; -- tax all publicly- owned property, including that of municipalities and school boards; - exempt churches, cemeteries and Indian lands; — allow a phase-in of taxes at the discretion of the municipal council; — return the assessment rolls and enumerate on a two-year cycle; — pool public property assessment for assignment between the public and separate elementary school systems; — apportion local government costs on the basis of market value assessment; — use a consistent assessment base for the determination of assessment-based grants from the province to local govern- ments; — extend market value assessment to areas without municipal organization; — allow property taxes as an allowable expense of grant supported bodies. Differing with the govern- ment's proposals, the Com- mission made recommendations to: — allow municipal councils to grant tax deferrals for land used for such recreational purposes as golf courses, ski resorts and camp grounds; — allow a committee of local elected officials to adjudicate on the continued tax exemption of charitable and non-profit organizations within their jurisdiction; - exclude government ad• ministrative facilities from its definition of a business activity. Recognizing the desire of the farm community to pay what it considers to be its fair share, the Commission modified the government's offer to pay 100 percent of the taxes on farmland, farm buildings and managed forests to 90 percent, Recapture of the province's contribution would not constitute a lien on the property but would be a sur- charge on the conversion of the land for purposes other than farming. In order to ensure the con- tinued contribution of private schools to the diversity of education opportunities in the province, the Commission recommended full taxation with completely off-setting grants from the province to the school or, alternatively, equivalent payments made directly to the municipality by the province. It was recommended that the Ontario Property Tax Credit be made more responsive to property tax and income levels and less responsive to age criteria. The Commission, therefore, recommended an Occupancy Tax Credit which would meet 90 percent of the property tax at the low end of the scale and take no account of the age of the tax filer. In presenting the Commission's Report to the government, Mr. Blair said: "I hope our recom- mendations will form 'the foun- dation for the government's new system of property taxation in Ontario." Copies of the report may be obtained free of charge at all regional assessment offices, Treasury, Economies and Intergovernmental. Affairs regional offices and the Ontario Government Bookstore, 880 Bay Street, Toronto, Happiness was a lot of different things to a lot of different people at Saturday's carnival of the Exeter figure skating club presented at the Hensall arena before a large crowd. • The theme "Happiness Is" provided a wide variety of en- tertainment with all of the more than 80 members of the club participating. The program prepared by the skating club executive headed by president Gaylen Josephson and club skating professional Brad Loosley was augmented by several guest skaters. 11101111111111111 MIER 71111 Suggest government pay more milk costs