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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-04-01, Page 2• .' • WIEDIVIDAY, APRIL 1, 1221 1 :24P40 Huron 'County Council keit week „voted approval of a 1981 budget calling for • spending of $10.7 million'. This is up by 7.57 per cent over. the 1980 budget, though it is some $36;000 under actual Spending list year, when the county aver shot its budget- by more than 'half a • Million dollars. Road construction and the new Auburn garage accounted for the overspending. As .a. result, the county Jportion of the budget . to be collected from Huron muni- cipalities has shot up by more than 21 per cent this year. The 1981 county apPortion- • mentis $2,748,100, up. from $2,264,500 in 1980. • ' ' Bill ,Hattly, county clerk -treasurer and administrator, explained- he large increase in apportionment can be traced directly to the overspending. Whereas the county started last year With a $253.538 surplus, it finished with a „deficit of $504,150. In addition $305,000 from highway reserves was used to reduce the apportionment last year, and so is not (available in 4981. The remainder of revenue in the. budget • will come froM Ontario grants • of $6.4 million, fees and • service charges of $1.7 million, other revenue of $253,069 and muni- eipal grants and fees of S90,300. Mr. Hanly pointed out to council that over the past seven years the province has been picking up an ever larger share of the county budget. In 1975 provincial grants accounted for $3,3 million of a $6.7 million budget, while this year they represent S6.4 million of a $10.7 million budget. - The road committee, which had been instructed to review its .proposed budget with an eye to trimming some $200,000; brought back a revised budget to couneil. Lloyd Mousseau, committee chairman, reported that by deleting the paving of County Road 11, cutting back resurfacing of County Road 20 to two inches of asphalt from three inches and various other economies, the committee had managed to trim $177,000 from its budget. "This is about as far as we can go with our budget this year," he told council, noting that the inerease in the tounty tax rate for roads is no* 13.38 per cent County Levy Determined While there was little controversy over the 'county budget, which had been thoroughly hashed out during previous meetings, this was net the case with a proposal that the Four Lucknow area then have been charged with several counts of break and enter, 'possession of weapons and three charges of possession of drugs following shnultatuibus raids on • their residences • ThursdGy morning The four men were arrested during the raids by OPP teams from Ooderich, Kincar- dine, , Exeter, Wingham, Mount Forest; Kitchener and Listowel. Police recovered $75,000 worth of stolen goods taken in over 50 break -his which occurred in a wide area from Kitchener to the Lake Huron cottage country. ' The raids followed a month long investi- gation by the OPP teams which participated The break-ins occurred over a two month • period and stolen goods included hand tools, guns, groceries, tires; chain saws, signs and snowmobiles. • The three Ashfield residents inVolved Turn to page 4* Juveniles meet South River in All Ontario championship By Cal MeClenaghan . • The Lucknow Juveniles have advanced to the All Ontario finals after. defeating West. Lorne on Saturday afternoon to win their hest of five semifinal series three games to one.• On Wednesday night, the Juveniles lost their first game of the series by .a score of 7 - 6 in (Wartime. Ashfield man • seriously injured • An Ashfield Township num is in critical condition In London's University Hospital following a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon. Maurice Miltenburg, 20, received 'head injuries when he lost control of the motor- cycle he was driving and the bike flipped over, The accident occurred about 4A5 p.m. Friends rushed Mr, Miltenburg to the Luckttow Medical Centre where he was taken to Wingham and District Hospital and removed by ambulance to London. 1 Lucknow took an, early 2 - 0 lead and for a while it looked to be a repeat of the previous two games, but late in the first period West Lorne scored and suddenly came to life. Lucknow scored the only goal of the second period to take a 3 - 1 lead going into the third; They held a 5 - 4 lead late in the third, period when West Lorne scored a short handed goal with only 21 secopds left in the period, This tied the score and forced the game into 10 minutes of overtime. West Lorne came out flying in the overtime period to take a 7 - 5 lead forcing Lucknow to pull their goalie in favour of an extra attacker, With 22 seconds left in the game Lucknow came within one goal but the seconds ran out before they could tie the score. • Along with the game, Lucknow also lost the services of Kent Alton, who suffered a broken collar bone late in the third period. Much to the disappointtnent of both the team and himself, Kent will be sidelined for the remainder of the playoffs. Goal scorers in Wednesday's game were Steve- Simpson, Paul Hamilton, Steve Mac- Pherson, Larry MacPherson, Kent Alton and Brad Humphrey, With Lucknow leading the series two games to one, the to teams faced off in the Lucknow arena on Saturday afternoon for the fourth game. • At the midway point of the first period the, hometown team led by a score of 3 - 0 on Turn to page 2* county switch to assessment as the basis for determining the percentage of costs each municipality is required to contribute, instead of using a blend of population and assessment. In the end the change passed easily, but not before there were some arguments by Several reeves who felt the change would unfairly increase the burden to 'their municipalities. Bayfield Reeve George Fellows led the attack, noting that under the new formula his village would see its, levy increase by nearly 40 per cent . He „ *hued the village was being penalized because it has a large munber of summer residents, adding that the biggest part of the county levy is devoted to roads, while there isn't a single county road in Bayfield. ' Mr. Mousseau also pointed out that by switching to assessment as the basis of calculating the levy, instead of using popula- tion, cottagers who own seasonal residences in the county as well as permanent homes are being asked to pay, twice for county services. "Do you feel these people are being 'fern to page 2*,, ,• • . • Al 4 Many of is would Jove the taste of a ripe juicy:tontato fresh from the garden about now. Six year old Peter MacNay will enjoy the fresh tonna() front this plant In a couple of weeks, before the rest of ti6,even plant our gardens. Peter found the seedling in hie grandmother's garden last Anguit and planted It in a flower pot. His grandmother kept It in an east window duthig the whiter months and it started to bloom In January. The fruit eppeared. during Februaryand is ripening to a bright red. Peter gays he won't eat the tomato until he hes taken the three foot plant to school to show his classmates. Not everyone had a tomato *Miring In his grandmother's khchen. •(Sentinel Staff Photol