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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-01-27, Page 34PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1988. Auburn 7 tables at Auburn euchre Compiled by Mrs. Mildred Lawlor. Phone 526-7589 Ralph Nivins of RR 3, Auburn, left, accepts the Huron County Junior Farmer's Broomball Award on behalf of himself and his sister, Sandra Nivins of Stratford, who was unable to be present at the Junior Farmers' annual Awards Banquet in Brussels on Saturday. Dave Vanneste of RR 2, Kippen, HCJF Sports Committee Chairman for 1987, made the presentation for the top members in the broomball league. Silver Tops entertain guests Seven tables played at the Auburn Community Centre on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. The lucky winners were: high lady, Jean Plaetzer; low lady. May Shob- W. Wawanosh discusses wages at dosed session Much of the first council meeting of the new year in West Wawanosh Township was spent in closed session in discussion of the salaries, wagesandbenefitsfor appointed officials and hourly­ rated employees, with councillor Kathryn lodd declaring a conflict of interest in the negotiations involving her husband Wayne, the township’s grader operator. No list of appointments, wages or salaries has yet been released. In other business at the January 6 meeting, a by-law was passed authorizing the installation of stop signs at several intersections in Auburn; and Laird Spivak of Dungannon was invited to attend the February meeting of council to discuss his intentions to carry on a small engine repair business at his residence in the village. Council also authorized Reeve Cecil Cranston and Clerk-treasur­ er Joan Armstrong to sign the agreement with Blyth, East Wawa­ nosh, MorrisandHullettforthe Social assistance rates rise All social assistance recipients will receive an across-the-boaid increase of about five per cent in basic allowance, effective January 1, as part of the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services 1988 rate increase. The increases include a five per cent increase to the maximum and minimum boarding rates, and an eight per cent raise in maximum shelter subsidy for all families on social assistance. In addition, the winter clothing brook; lone hands, Carol Daer; high man, Ann Giousher (playing as a man); men’s low, Nancy Slater, (playing as a man) and lone hands, Len Shobbrook. Come next week and bring a friend. operation oi me Blyth arena, once the agreement is received. The meeting also approved a tile drainage loan submitted by R.F. Sohn, subject to by-law restrictions passed in 1980; and made no comment on two severance appli­ cations received, one regarding property in Colborne Twp. and one at Lot 26, Concession 9, in West Wawanosh. Council also agreed to support a resolution from Peel to request provincial legislation to limit the manufacture, use and distribution of non-bio-degradable and non- recyclable materials. Several other items on the agenda were of a housekeeping nature, authorizing annual by­ laws regarding borrowing and subsidies for the township. The payment of road accounts totalling $8,157.31 andgeneral accounts totalling $20,234.20 was approved. The next meeting of West Wawanosh Township council will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 2. allowance for each child, paid in November, will rise from $80 per child to $84; while the pregnancy item al low a nee goes from $26 to $28 per month. The maximum discharge allowance increases from $450 to $500. Monthly foster child rates have also increase as of January 1, with the first child receiving $172 (up from $163); the second child receiving $141 (up from $134); and each additional child receiving $116 (up from $110). B. Lansing and E. Lapp of the Silver Tops greeted their guests, The Happy Gang of Londesboro at the Auburn Community Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 12 noon. A sumptuous smorgasbord was en­ joyed by all. The afternoon was spent playing scrabble, cribbage, and euchre. Winners of the euchre game were: ladies’ high, A. Hunking; low, I Turner; lone hands, J. Scott; men’s high, K. Konarski. (playing as a man) and low, H. Reid (also taking a man’s place). Lone hands were won by L. Reid. B. Knox was the lucky chair winner. A. Thompson, the Happy Gang President, thanked the Silver Tops for their hospitality. Toclose the afternoon a short business meetingfor the Silver Tops was conducted by K. Lapp. Everyone expressed their regrets at the secretary M. Haggit’s Man sentenced for stabbing A 23-year-old London man has been sentenced to prison for two years less a day in connection with a 1986 incident in Goderich, in whichan Auburn man was stabbed eight times. Cecil John Graham of London was originally charged with the attempted murder of Rick Pringle of Auburn, after Mr. Pringle was attacked outside a hotel on The Square in Goderich on the evening misfortune in the severe fracture of her ankle. Special thanks was given, to G. Cartwright for her capable assistance that afternoon. The next pot luck dinner will be on Feb. 17 at 12 noon. of September 13, 1986. Appearing before Judge Gary Hunter in Goderich District Court on December 12, 1987, Mr. Graham was found guilty of the lesser charge of aggravated as­ sault. Mr. Graham’s sentence also includes a one-year probation period and a five-year prohibition agai nst possessing any type of a weapon.