HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-07-09, Page 1THEY'RE OFF—Leaving a trail of dust behind
them, the mini-tractors took off on the track al
the Brussels Fairgrounds when the Optimists
sponsored a Nlolson's Mini-Tractor Pull and an
Antique :Tractor Pull in Brussels on Sunday.
(Photo by Langlois)
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UPSIDE DOWN SWINGERS—Candy and• Sandra Bridge found this bar
near the. Lions Widing Pool was a good way to amuse themselves on
Friday afterpoon. (Photo by :Ranney)
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Morris: wants B of E to
collect school -taxes ' 109th Year Issue No. 28
WEDNESDAY, .JULY 9, 1980
The Huron County Board of Education
• (HCBE)' may claim. that money could be .
saved if: education taxes ,were ,4:'collected •
quarterly, instead '4A• but
Township council members .'weren't
buying•jhat argument when they met in
regular council session last Monday.
A letter received from the County of
Huron stated that the HCBE had asked
County Council to contidet collecting the
education taxes quarterly instead of semi-
annually, but County. Council decided to
table the matter until September in-order to
get input from all the councils in• Huron
'County.
According to the HCBE, $70,487 could
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by Evelyn Kennedy
have been saved in interest charges and
there would have been a saving iitS48,465 to
the ratepayeit; and $22,022 to the revince,
' 'if taxes could have been"colieetedlltiirterlY
;last year:
Cmincillor •Ross Procter said he was in
favor of , the School Board calleCting the
money, stating that if they saw how much it
cost to collect.the taxes, they might be more
accountable for spending.
"Let the school board collect its own
money and they can collect as_many times a
year as they want,"' he said. _ _
Reeve Bill Elston and the Board wouldn't
know what it costs to collect taxes. He
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Lost, yesterday, somewhere between
sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each
set with sixty diamond minutes: No reward
is offered for they are gone forever.
Horance Mann (17964859)
Newspaper publishers have been hustling
to secure enough newsprint to keep them in -
business if the union paperworkers continue
to keep Abitibi mills shut down fol. any great
length of time. These union strikes have shut
down all Abitibi mills (the largest producers
of newsprint in North America) in Ontario,
Quebec and Newfoundland. This, with the
extensive loss of timber in the Northern -
Ontario fires, makes neWsprint shortages
imminent. If, in the not too faraway future,
you should find Our Brussels Post getting
slimmer and slimmer blame the: newsprint
scarcity. Do not imagine that your publisher
• is getting greedy and giving you less for the
sake of more profit.
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Brussels says no to arena area lots
BY DEBBIE RONEY
Brussels council didn't
think it could take. up the
recreation committee's re-
quest that the village pur-
chase Some lots near .the
arena when it met in regular
council session on Monday.
Council heard from the
clerk that the village would
need to get Ontario Munic-
ipal Board (OMB) approval.
At last month's meeting,
council had a deputation.-
from Wayne ,Lowe, chairman
,of `the recreation board who
told Council the board was
interested in buying more
property nearthe arena. Sam
Workman had offered to sell
four lots,, due north of the
arena and two lots on the
east corner of the arena
street. The purchase would
open up• •another way to the
arena to' let cars in •and out
better and also to solve the
parking problem:
Mr. Lowe said Mr. Work-
man would like to sell the lots
in a package at a price of
$27,000 with approximately
S5006 down and so much
over five years or whatever
the board felt like and look-
ing at the interest rates each
year:
Mr. Lowe agreed at that
time thiatif the board bought
the, land it would probably
become the property, of the
village but the reeve didn't
think the Ministry of Inter-
governmental. Affairs would '
go along with the mortgage
deal. After the clerk told.,
council OMB approVal would
be needed for such a project,..
Reeve. Cal Krauter said,
"We can't buy- it this' year.
We haven't enough in 'the
budget."
The reeve also said he had
heard a lot of flack' about the
possibility of the village buY-
ing the land. ,
Councillor Betty Graber,
one of thevillage represent-
atives/On the recreation com—
mittee, wondered if perhaps
recreation could get the land
as long as it was purchased
by an individual or service
club. "
Reeve Krauter agreed this
might be possible but asked
if the recreation committee
really needed the land.
Councillor 6rabet said they
don't need it right now but
that she thought five or 10
years down the road they
would. Councillor Gerd
Workman, Who is also a
village representative on the
recreation board said, "The
main thing they want is the
road."
"Whatever arrangement
comes along,. I just can't see
. the village getting involved
at this point," Reeve Krauter
said, mentioning that the
village doesn't have the
money this year and that..
there would be the sewers'
cost next year.
"Let's be fair. We've got
to think of all the people, not
just one faction."
' FIRE REPORT
In the fire report, council-
lor Graber said the council
and the firemen should get
together once a year.
When talking about the '
auxiliary van • that the fire-
men wish to get painted and
for which they had requested
funds from the village, the
reeve said it should be put in
the budget.
"I wish that they would
come here early in the year
and state their needs," the
reeve said.
COMMUNICATION
Following a discussion in
which councillors agreed that
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