HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-04-01, Page 2•
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WIEDIVIDAY, APRIL 1, 1221
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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
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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
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Juveniles meet South River
in All Ontario championship
By Cal MeClenaghan .
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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