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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-03-14, Page 1ESTABLISHED 1572 WINTER'S NOT OVER YET — Well, at least the Brussels cadets found .enough snow to go out on a sleigh ride at Donald Perrie's Farm. Driving the team is Malcolm Jacobs of Brussels. gBrussels Post • (Photo by Langlois) 11=1111151111nr 108th Year Issue No. 11 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1979 BRUSSELS ONTARIO Council meets developer Apartments planned here BY DEBBIE RANNEY Apartment buildings for Brussels are a distinct possibility in the near future as . Brussels council approved a building permit for Lucknow developer Gerri Glenn at its regular meeting Monday night. Mr. Glenn was brought to the council ..meeting by Ivan Campbell, agent for Don Hamilton Real Estate. Mr, Campbell said that Mr. Glenn had built, several, apartments in areas such as Lucknow and Teeswater. The building Mr. Glenn proposed would be built on'part Lot 3, part lot 20, 21 and 22 William and Ann Streets so that here would be two entrances. It would be a ground level apartment building and everybody would have their own entrance,he said. Reeve Cal Krauter said council would have to have some sort of drawing and Mr. Glenn showed pictures and slides of some of the apartment buildings he has, built. Mr. Glenn plans eight units, but would still have ample room for parking if they wanted to make it into 16 units. When asked when he would get started, Huron Perth school budget up 2.9% BY WILMA OKE The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School board set is 1979 budget at $4,683,415, an increase of $132,000 over last year at a special meeting in Dublin Thursday 'night. Jack Lane, Superintendent of Business and Finance, said in presenting the budget, "To-meet this increase the board will require only 2.9 per cent more than last year from municipalities in the two counties. He said salaries and fringe benefits account for 70.6 per cent of budget. Provincial grants and other revenue will provide 82.6 per cent of the 1979 budget, Compared with 83.4 per cent in 1978. Local taxpayers will be required to contribute $798,700 which is 17A per cent of this year's • budget, up from 16.6 per cent in 1978. To allow for the collection of the necessary taxes, the board has set a mill rate of 5 mills Or its equivalent for ratepayers in all. 51 supporting municipalities over that paid in 1978. This will mean $5 per $1,000 of assessment more than last year. As an average, this will cost the taxpayers $17.50 more in 1979, according, to board calculations. Mr. Lane said, "Positive results from board decisions made in 1978 to cope with declining enrolments are reflected in this budget." he said probably in a couple of months. All the council members seemed to think the apartments would be a good idea for the village and approved the building permit. According to councillor Malcolm Jacobs, the idea for the -apartment building got started when Ken Webster j industrial commissioner for the village talked the idea over With The pair had seen Mr. Glenn's apartment buildink in- LucknoW '-'and liked his work. They contacted him and when they realized he was interested in the village they got hold of Ivan Campbell to help him find the right properties. The councillors had all been alerted to the idea of the apartinent buildings before the council meeting. "Ken Webster did a lot of the-leg work," councillor Jacobs said. Council also had a deputation from Bruce McCall, their Brussels representative to the Maitland Valley Conservation. Authority (MVCA). • Mr. McCall said that' although some people considered the Conservation Authority to be a dull, inactive group, he had to admit he had a fair bit of respect for them. He said Brussels is paying about 1.28 per cent of the Authority's total budget. DAM "If we kind of went along with the Gorrie people (on their dam) I feel we'll have their support on the Brussels dam. He said he had approached resources manager Ian DesLaurier and asked why more funds were not set aside for the Brussels dam and he thought it would be an excellent idea if council requested a preliminary study on the Brussels dam to repair or replace it. "I'd like to see a motion from council requesting that this be done as soon as possible. I'm satisfied that much can be accomplished if we start putting a little pressure on at this end," Mr. McCall said. He said he felt that council may proft more in the direction of conservation than it realizes. Council, later in the meeting, passed a motion requesting that a preliminary study to replace or repair the Mill Dam as soon as possible, possibly this year in Brussels. HOSPITAL In his proeprty report, councillor Jacobs said at the meeting on the Wingham hospital he learned that for the past five years the hospital had been under the provincial budget. He added that the hospital brings in people from as far away as Teeswater and the lake areas. Reeve Cal Krauter said one of ,the things that had come up at county council was why didn't the doctors go to homes. Councillor Jacobs' said that at the meeting it was said that:in 9 out of 10. cases the demand was for more than what was available in the home today. Councillor Jacobs said the government is going to find the committee that's protesting means business. "Local money went into all these hospitals to build them," Reeve Krauter pointed nut. "Not,only that but not, too long ago they were going to build an addition onto it Ci he In this Year of the Child we are reminded that children are not only the.responsibility of their parents. The Child is everybody's responsibility. The future will be in the hands of the children of today. Nowsis the time they need' love, guidance, encouragement and assistance from the adults (parents; grandparents, friends, teachers,' church, organizations) of their community. ** * * ** April will bring an increase in postal rates. Letters (first class) up to one ounce will require a 17c stamp. If you are addicted to writing long, weighty letters they will cost you more.If your letter weighs' one to 2 ounces you will have to slap on a 27c stamp. Other rates also go up. Does this guarantee better service? I doubt it. * * * * * * The Maitland River here is running deep and swift these days. Parents should warn their children to stay away from the river to avoid the risk of being swept from. the bank into the icy water. ** * ** * No one, unless they have experienced it, can know how much it means to a person to have some of their family with them when they face' a lonely time of sad remembrance. The very fact that they care enough to be with you helps one through some difficult hours. • Have you got your IncOnie Tax report in the mail, or almost ready to go? If not you had better get a hustle on.The pOwers that be are' ; inclined to frown severely on late returns. We were told thatthetorms this year would be easy to deal with. To at least some of us they have continued to be a puzzle difficult to solve so we hand them Over to the experts to find a way to save sortie of our Wingham Hospital)" councillor Gordun Workman said. Councillor Jacobs once again pointed out that the hospital had been given a budget and stayed under it. "They feel it's a political filthy stunt and it is," he said. In other business council discussed village (Continued on Page 3) hard earned income for us. ***** Have you a shamrock ready for the "Wearin' of the Green" on St. Patrick's Day? There is plenty of opportunity for you to kick up your heels at St. Patrick Dances this week, at the. Brussels Legion Hall, Friday night, the B.M. & G Community Centre Saturday and in Cranbrook Community Centre on Friday night. Of Irish descent or not, do not skip the "Wearin' of the Green." ****** All seniors of this community are welcome to attend the Senior Friendship Club meeting on March 21st in the Legion Hall. Why not make it a point to be there and take , • another Senior Citizen with you? ****** The B.M.&G. arena here has been the centre.of exciting activity on the weekends. It has resounded with the sounds of hard fought games on the ice, victory shouts of players when they won and moans of despair from losers in the Optimist Atom Tournament. If any of you hockey fans in this area have not attended any of the games these two past weekends you will have another chance to do so. You can enjoy watching these young fellows play this coming weekend when the tournament will wind up.' ****** The $90 offering received at the World Day of Prayer service, held in St. John's Anglican Church, was forwarded to ,the Inter Church Council. The attendance at the service was larger than it has been in recent. years. Representatives of the four local churches took part in the service. the theme of which was "Spiritual Growth," Mrs. Price Jones of St. John's Congregation was the speaker with special music by the church choir. The ladies of St. John's served tea and cookies at the close of the service. Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy