HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-03-30, Page 1Special 36 pg.
Farm section
included
Blyth Midgets
in AH-Ontario
'E' finals
See page 13
County
government
reform
See page 5
Day Care
proposal
survives
See page 16
County
approves
$22 million
'88 budget
Huron county council approved
a budget of more than $22 million at
a special budget meeting Thurs
day ,$5.2 million of which will come
from local taxpayers.
The budget represents an in
crease in spending of $1.7 million
over last year. Contributing to the
increase is $130,000 budgeted for
the county’s waste management
study ($65,000 tobepaidbythe
county land $125. OOOin capital and
working fund reserves and an
increase of nearly $100,000 in the
library budget.
Despite the larger increases
most of the debate over the budget
allocations surrounded three smal
ler items totalling $8.840 which the
executive committee had pared
from the budget when it cut
$41.663 from the county levy. One
of the largest amounts of debate
was over $4$ cut in grants to the
three districts of the Women’s
Institute in the county.
During the debate executive
committee member Reeve Tom
Tomes of Stephen township said
the idea behind cutting off of the
grant to the Women’s Institutes
(and other bodies) was that the
committee felt there should be
a policy on which level of govern
ment supported these groups. If
the township level is already giving
grants then perhaps the county
shouldn't. He said the executive
committee knew the decision
would provoke a lot of discussion
but perhaps it would help thash out
a policy. 'T have nothing against
the W.E but 1 think we should
adopt a policy. I can't see asking
the taxpayers at both levels to
give."
Grey township reeve Leona
Armstrong led the battle to not only
have the $4S grant restored but
increase it to $75. “The Women’s
Institute has played a major part in
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Volunteers
VOL. 4 NO. 13 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1988.45 CENTS
honoured
by council
East Wawanosh Township will
hold its “Celebration '8b'' awards
presentation next Tuesday, April
5, as part of its regular monthly
council meeting.
Celebration '88 medals and
certificates will be presented to 11
of the municipality's citizens who
have been selected for the honour
by members of the East Wawanosh
Recreation Committee, clerk-trea
surer Winona Thompson said.
Huron-Middlesex MP Murray
Cardiff will be on hand to present
medals to the township’s top male
and top female athlete, as well as to
the top athletic coach, official,
sponsor and volunteer. In addition,
he will present five Certificates of
Merit to other individuals who
have made an outstanding contri
bution to sport within the tow n
ship.
The ceremony gets underway at
3:30 p.m. in the East Wawanosh
Municipal office. Everyone is
welcome to attend, Mrs. Thomp
son said.
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The show-stopping dance routine performed, above, by local figure skating stars Peter MacDonald of RR
2, Brussels and Kerrie Shepherd of RR 1, Blyth at the Brussels Figure Skating Club’s carnival ‘’Toys on
Ice” in Brussels Saturday brought the standing-room-only crowd to its feet In a standing ovation during
the couple’s third appearance of the evening as guests of the club. Peter and Kerrie, who placed first in the
variation dance section of the Novice Pairs Division at the Canadian National Figure Skating
Championships in Victoria In January, shared the spotlight Saturday with international champion Kevin
Wheeler of RR 5, Brussels and his Seniors Pairs partner Michelle Menzies, who were just back from
skating in the closing ceremonies at the Calgary Olympics.
Daylight
Savings
begins
Sunday
Daylight Savings Time begins
early Sunday morning.
This is the second year when
Daylight Saving Time has become
effective with the first Sunday in
April instead of the old date on the
last Sunday in April. At 2 a.m.
Sunday clocks should be turned
ahead one hour giving an extra
hour of daylight.
The time change also co-incides
with Easter this year meaning
those who forget to change their
clocks will be late for Easter church
services.
For the Easter holiday The
Citizen offices in both Brussels and
Blyth will be closed on Friday but
will be open for the usual hours on
Easter Monday.
Grey Twp. to
recycle garbage
The people who use the Grey
Township landfill site will be
among the first in the county to
have the opportunity to prolong the
lifeoftheirdump by recycling their
garbage.
Councillors and clerks from
Grey, Morris and McKillop Town
ships, along with members of the
Walton and (Brussels) Majestic
Women’s Institute, met at the
Grey Twp. municipal office on
Mar ch 22 to hear a presentation
from a Stratford waste removal
company, and to discuss the
mechanics of installing the system
at the Grey Twp. dumpsite.
The Walton-area site is used by
every resident of both Grey and
McKillop townships, and by about
50 households tn Morris. Morris
has a second landfill site which
serves the north and central parts
of the township
After hearing Joe and Brian
Leyser of Leyser Enterprises Inc.
explain how the system works tn
other municipalities served by the
company, Grey Twp. council auth-
onzedclerk-treasurer Brad Knight
to proceed with the purchase of a 50
cubic yard bin which will be
installed at the landfill site, likely
by next fall.
$4,000 of the $6,000 cost of the
unit may be recovered through
grants from both the Ministry of
the Environment and the govern
ment-sponsored Ontario Multi-
material Recycling Inc., while
Grey Twp. will bill McKillop and
Morris 45 per cent and 10 per cent
of the remainder respectively, the
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