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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-05-13, Page 1Holiday time! Since Monday is the Victoria Day holiday we ask correspondents and adver- tisers to have news and copy into our office by 2 p.m. Friday. Feel free to use the mail slot for late copy. After the Monday holiday the paper will be out Wednesday as usual. interested history? Grey may have a job Summer employment may be a problem for some stu- dents, 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 anniversary this year and has received a grant of $5010 from the Ministry of Employ. merit and Immigration under the 1981 Summer Canada Employment Program. This grant enables the township to hire three students for a 10 week period, at a salary of $132 each. Students must apply through the ManpOwer offices in either Listowel or Goderich. Brussels Post BRUSSELS 109 Year - Issue No. 19 ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981 GrOrteixes up 46 A Grey Township ratepayer with an rates went up from $142,418 in 1980 to assessment of $3000 will, pay approximately .$154.928 in 1981, an increase of $12,510. $46 more in taxes this year than in 1980. The separate school rate increased from In 1980, a person. with $3000 assessment 43 85 in 1980 to 47,10 for residential and paid $439.20 while this year they will pay farm and from 51.59 to 55.41 mills for $485,55 an increase of:$46.35. busines'S and commercial. The toWnSfiii),'S 'residential and farm mill f Overall taxation for the township this year rate-Increased-2:64' mills from .4*. 70 in, '1980 is..$694,291CoMpared to •$584.936 in 1980. to 47:34 in 1981"whi le' the business and The garbage,C011ectiorfpayttent in Ethel :commercial rate Increased 3.10 mills from remained the same for both residential and 52.59'in.1980 to 55.69 mills in 1981. farm and business and commercial at $35.45. Street lights increased .26 mills in County-mill rates were up only slightly residential and farm from 9.72 to 9.98 and over last year with a residential and farm .31 mills in business and commercial from rate of 25.77 mills-this year compared to 23.85 mills in 1980 and a business and 11.43 to 11.74. In Walton, street lighting mill rates commercial rate of 30.32-compared to 28.06 decreas.xl from 7.43 mills in 1980 to 7.20 for in 1980, residier ial and farm and from 8.74 mills in Elementary, secondary and separate 1980 Lo 8.47 for business and commercial. school rates all increased in 1981 with the Street lighting payment in Cranbrook went most noticeable jump in elementary which up .54 mills in the residential and farm class went up 8.55 mills in residential and farm, from 13.3-I to 13.85 mills and in the business from.40.81 in 1980 to 49,36 in 1981. The and commercial class from 15.66 to 16.29. business and commercial rate went up 10.06 Street light payment has also increased in mills from 48.01 .in 1980 to 58.07 in 1981. Molesworth going from 5.83 to 6.23 in the 'Elementary schools rates increased! from residential and farm class and from 6.86 to $143',983 in 1980 to $176,515 in 1981, an 7.33 mills in the business and commercial increase of $32,532 while secondary school class. CAREER' DAY AT BPS - Truck drivert to artists showed up for career day at the BrUseels .Public; SdhoOl. breteing up in' the career of their choice is what the Grade 5 students did When they participated in Education Week Friday. In the trent row are Gary Leis,. Bruce Johnston, Jeff Boynton and Paul Willie. hi the back row are Greg Ryan, haul Cowie, and Corinna Cowie. , (Photo by Ranney). FINISHED AT LAST -- Glenn YuiII worked on top of the playground equipment while Vern Heise.Robert Harris, and Jim Yuill worked to complete the bottom half at the Brussels Public School Friday. The playground equipment, a project of the Brussels Home and School Associationiwas built by the Conestoga College students at. Vanastra who are taught carpentry by Walter Armes of Seaforth. (Photo by Langlois) Morris stands by lost sheep payment Delegations and requests for donations were the order of the day when Morris Township held its regular council meeting last Monday. Among those attending were Emma Bird who had a problem with dogs attacking her sheep. The 11 sheep had been attacked by dogs in April. Livestock evaluator Glen Casemore estimated Mrs. Bird's loss at $630, a figure which the township would have paid,' burWhieh MrS.. Bird -found= 'too, low. She has appealed to the livestock branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and council will abide by their decision for compensation. Harold Bolger and Ralph Traviss of Walton also visited council to petition the township for new cement sidewalks on the Morris Township side, comparable in quality to the ones on The Grey Township side. they said they felt this was necessary because the sidewalks were in deplorable condition. Council said they have to get the approval of the county engineer for the sidewalks and have to apply to the M.T.C. for subsidy on 50 per cent of the cost. Council later accepted the petition for sidewalks in Walton and decided to have the county engineer contact MTC. - Carman Craig, council's representative on the Blyth and District Community Centre Board also attended the meeting to give council a report on the arena. Previously, the Board had been worried about the arena profits because of liquor control board regulations. Mr. Craig seemed to think now that things were going to work out better, than when a request for a grant was made just before the end of the year. He said the ice rental went up last year from $23 to $27 and that last year they had put in a new ice scraper. For the coming year, the ice plant roof has to be fixed, something he thought would cost approximately $2,000. He also said that the Industrial Hockey League wanted two foot high plexiglass on the boards around the, ice Surface. Last year, the arena was given a grant of $5400 from Morris Township; but council decided to wait until later before deciding what to do about a grant this year. Council had a deputation from Bill Greig of the Bluevale Recreation Conintittee who told council they needed lights for the ball diamond in Bluevale. He said they had looked at the grant situation and Wintario is starting again this year, but priority cakes coMefirst and there was nothing to say the lights for the Midvale ball diamond Would be a priority case. 1-le said it will be December before they decide which are priority cages and 1983 before they provide any money figured they should lie able to put the lights in for $9360 and noted that they already had $6000. Council decided to giVe the. Bluevale Recreation Committee $500 for ball park lights. Council decided to send a letter to the Wingham and District Hospital Board stating that they wished to keep a Morris representative on the board, because they were happy with their representation. There is a motion before the board now to limit representation. A ,request from the >Foresters for a donation toward the re)atkitd)rtg 9f: Kinburn halls whiehvas destroyed.hy:fire; was -tabled for the pr'esent. Council gaVe a grant of $35 to the Huron County Road Superintendent's Assoeiation and, a grant of $25 to the Salvation Army. Council had• a letter from the Blyth Centre for the Arts stating that $50,000 of $310,000 still needs to be raised for the renovations to the Memorial Hall. Council decided to wait and see what happened with the township's centennial celebrations before committing themselves to a donation. Council had a request from the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) ask- ing that the township close a portion of the road on the boundary road between Morris and Turnberry at Lot 30, a distance of half a mile. The authority-maintains most of the road allowance which provides access to the Pioneer Conservation area at Bluevale: - Morris decided to write the Authority a letter, stating that 'the township wanted to maintain ownership of the road, but would enter into an agreement so the Authority could facilitate operations of the road' allowance. . orris asks new MOP' top 'speak Huron-Bruce M.P.P. Murray Elston will be asked to be guest speaker at Morris Township's 125th anniversary celebrations, it was decided at a meeting of the 115th anniversary. Committee on Tuesday night, The committee received a letter from the Howick. Muttial Fire Insurance Company in Wroxeter stating that they would sponsor a band up to $250 for the eelebration's parade. Barbecue tickets are going, to be available for Sale:it June. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has donate 2000 regi- stration buttons. The historical book- will be ready to go to the printers by the first of June and it should be for sale around the first of July: There is still a question about a clean-Up echninittee and any person who would be interested in Serving on such a corhniittee is to eontatt some of the.128th anniversary COMMittee, "