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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-06-16, Page 6news Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 16, 1982 --Page 6 LUCKNO 'Sept y Town" EPITINEL Ejtabllalted 1873 THOMAS A. THOMPSON - Advertising Manager SHARON J. DIETZ • Editor PAT, LIVINGSTON - Office Manager JOAN 'HELM • Compositor MERLE, ELLIOTT - Typesetter Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528.2822 Mailing Address P.O. Bo:; 400, Lucknow, NOG2H0 Second Class Mail Registration. Number 0847 Subscription' rate, $14.50 per year In advance k Senior. Citizen rate, $12.00 per year In ad'ance U.S.A. and Foreign; $38.00 per year In advance Sr. Clt. U.S.A. and Foreign, $36.00 per year In advance inloss requests amendment to zoning by-law. Kinloss Council met in Wgular session ' on June 7 ith reeve Barry Johnston and all council members.. present. A motion by councillors Gibb and Haldenby was pas- sed to have the Bruce County South Planning Department. prepare an amendment to zoning by-law no. 7-1981 to rezone part'of 'lot 14, plan .152 from R1(detached resident- ial) to special zoning for an undersized lot containing a mobile home. The said lot to be rezoned shall be ' a mini- mum of • 15,000 square feet with dimensions of 91 feet by 165 feet. Motion number 11 passed on May 17, ' 1982 is rescinded;. A building permit applica- tion was approved for Gerald Rhody on lot 10, concession 12 to erect a pole barn. The tender of Koppers. International. Canada: Ltd. to supply, deliver and supervise the assembly of a pipe, arch culvert on concession 5 at sideroad •20 was accepted for $12,071.40 subject to M.T.C. and the consulting engin- eer's approval. Ray Harris of lot 26, concession 2 was ' hired as waste site attendant at $45.00 for Saturday's and $20.00 for evenings. General accounts for S43,594.21 and highways ac- counts for $81,519.49 were ordered paid. Union: negotiations with the International. Union of Operating Engineers, local 792 tentatively gives grader operators ,an increase of $1.00 per hour making hourly rate $8.98 effective May 27, 1982. On May 17 council gave three readings to by-law 8-1982, to establish the mill rates for 1982 for local, county and education expen- diture. • The mill rates (1981 in brackets) for public school supporters will be 31.338 (27.983), commercial 36.868 (32.922); for separate school Bruce -Grey 31.697 (28.878), Huron -Perth 31.197 (28.622). The county rate is. increas- ed 1.61 mills, public and secondary: school rate 1:30 mills, the general Township rate .44 mills, Bruce -Grey separate and secondary school .57 mills and the Huron -Perth separate and secondary school .523. . A by-law was passed ap- pointing the chief of the Lucknow fire department as chief for the Corporation of the Township of Kinloss. ' • Building permit applica- tions were approved for Wil- burn Bragg, lot 202, plan 240 R1 SDR to construct an addi- tion to a residence and for Robert Wynn, lot 22, cones- sion. 7 to construct an apple storage. Council accepted the resig- nation of Donald Moffat as waste site attendent and in- structed • the clerk to adver- tise for •a replacement. The highest tender bid of $600.00 was accepted for the 1966• International dump truck. The Lucknow Tractor Pull Association is authorized to hold a tractor pull on July 10 Turn to page 14. Propose grant for playground George Brophy, chairman of the St. Joseph's Commun- ity, School Association,at- tended the June 8 meeting of Ashfield Township Council to propose a creative play- ground as . a community centres project at St. Jos- eph's. Community . School; Kingsbridge. Council agreed to sign an agreement with the Huron Perth R.C. Separate School Board to lease the school yard at .. Kingsbridge ' for erecting a creative •play- ground. By-law #12, 4982 was given three readings and passed. This is a by-law to establish a Community Rec- reation Centre at St. Jos- eph's Community School and to authorize the Reeve and. Clerk to execute all' docu- ments necessary to carry out the project. Council agreed to declare October Visiting Homemaker Month at the request of Town and Country Home- makers, Wingham, Ontario. Road Superintendent was authorized to remove trees and brush on the fence bottoms at the west of side - road X28, Horizon View Road if funds are available in 1982. Tenders will be called for the bridge at lot 38 Lake Range as soon as the plans are approved by the M.T.C. Building permits were granted to W. G. Thompson & Sons: 2 grain storage silos and grain ` dryer .and Four Seasons Poultry Farms, a hog barn and silo. The clerkwas instructed to apply to .the Ministry . of Turn to page 14• Purchase Suncor for the "political sex appeal"... •from .page '1 of the fear of job loss and becadse of the high. interest rates, and there is a feeling that interest rates have been out. of control too long. Part of the problem, he said, is t1u t Ontario has no vehicle -to provide medium or. long term., credit to the groups who really need it, such as homeowners, farmers and small businesses. 'We've made farmers much too reliant on banks and private insitutions for their credit needs.':' Stable and affordable ' credit « for these groups is a social necessity, he declared, and the province should be taking the initiative in providing it. He does not ' advocate abolishing interest, he added, but would provide it at rates people can . afford. "I think it is the constitutional respon- sibility of a provincial government to protect property and civil rights," which he said are being threatened by the high and unstable cost of credit. Despite the problems facing farmers, the Tories are spending less) money on agricul- ture this year than last year, he added, and there is nothing for farmers in the recent budget except for a couple of small things which will nothelp those in serious trouble.' Rae criticized the Conservative's Ontario Farm Assistance Program which he describ- ed as "literally window dressing". Farmers are dealing with the high cost of credit, rising input. costs, a lack of security or predictability for market prices and until the government deals with these issues, they're "just dancing around .the problems". Rae said NDP proposals to assist farmers facing high interest rates and low commodity 'prices include a federal - provincial program to finance low interest money to farmers. There is no law that says Farm Credit has to be only a federal program, said Rae. If there, is no capital funding, farmers will be in serious trouble and the family farm will be history, observed Rae. Rae said he believes the principle of crderly marketing is important in an onomy where the farmers' costs are controlled by outside influences.. But one form of marketing should not be imposed, said Rae. Farmers are independent and don't like to be told what to do. While he admires this, farmers must realize that to stay independent, and to protect the family farm to pass on to the nextgeneration, there. `must be some orderly approach. It is a fact. Rae observed, that those farmers in a• marketing program have better withstood these tough economic times. - NDP programs would provide greater predictability in cash crop farming including stabilization or guarantees, said Rae. "The• trouble is government is always introducing a program to take care of last year's problems." Rae has some real concerns about the recent announcement. that Ontario Hydro will be playing a more prominent role in the developmen. t of the Bruce Agri -park. Rae said a private company is accountable to •its shareholders and a crown corporation is accountable to the government more directly than Ontario Hydro has been in the past. • Ontario Hydro is a monopoly and it has all the disadvantages of a private company and a .crown corporation, he stated. "Ontario Hydro is like a genie that's been let out of' the bottle," quipped Rae. On the subject of the Davis government's decision to purchase 25 per cent of Suncor, Rae suggested the purchase was made for the "political sex appeal" of owning a share in an oil company. Unlike the federal govern- ment's purchase of Petrofina, Ontario paid a premiumprice for its shares without getting control of the company, he noted. He said the government made . several classic mistakes: buying shares nobody wanted and for which there is no market; paying a premium for a large stock of shares. but without control; and misreading the mood of the public. • The deal has proved very expensive. and was a very bad management decision, H�spitidexpeets ministry will fund deficit... •.from Page 1 'Works out to about 11.5 per cent. By continuing to invest its cash flows as it normally does, the hospital will be able to earn some interest during the year, which will tend to increase the ministry contri- bution and help to close the gap, Hayes noted. He also is expecting the ministry will come up with the dollars to cover the hospital's 1981-82 operating deficit of $146,672 and will add that amount plus 11.5 per cent to the budget base, further reducing the spread. "We anticipate (the deficit) will be cleared off because we were able to demonstrate it was due to wage settlements not budgeted initially." He also noted the ministry has launched hospitals this year on a new BOND (Business Oriented New Development) program. The program encourages hospitals to develop their own sources of revenue and also'allows them to retain any budget surplus remaining at the end of the year. "We're reasonably confident they're going to recognize that if the BOND project is going to work, your have to be able to start. the year on an even keel. "You can't go into that year with a deficit or you'll just compound the deficit over the course bf the year." However he admitted there has been no word yet on when the deficit will be funded, nor any commitment by the ministry that the money will be forthcoming. "If the deficit is not funded, we're looking at a very difficult year indeed." The two wage settlements which put the Wingham hospital and many other hospitals in the province over budget last year, were those of. the Ontario Nurses' Association ^ (ONA) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPS). Both are coming up for renegotiation again this fall. Hayes said the Health Ministry has promised to consider supplementaryfunding when the results of those negotiations are known. Employees at the hospital are not union ized, but the hospital traditionally has tailored its wage scales to the union settlements. • Wages, salaries and benefits make up the lion's share of the hospital budget, roughly 77 per cent. the administrator caluclated, The remainder goes to, purchase supplies and drugs and to depreciation of the physical plant and equipment. . He said this ratio is about the same as last year. About 88 per cent of the operating budget is supplied by the Health Ministry, with the remainder coming from other sources such as the Department of Veterans' Affairs, Workmen's Compensation and out -of -prov- ince health insurance. The budget, which still must be approved by the ministry, is not graven in stone and could change during the year in response to changing economic conditions, Hayes em- phasized. He noted that the hospital really doesn't know yet what the 'impact of economic conditions will be on government revenues or on expenses. ' "We have a pretty good estimate where we think prices will go this year. but it's just our best guess." The ministry has said hospitals will be able to keep anysurplussthey manage to produce at the end of this year, he noted, but the chances of having much left at the end of the year are pretty slim. Just to breakeven the hospital will have to squeeze more than 5160,000 out of expenses during the course of the year. While hospitals are being encouraged to find ways•of raising money through ancillary enterprises,: the options available locally are quite limited. Hayes added. There is a limit to how much cafteria prices can be raised. • and the hospital is not planning to open a discotheque. Gordon Baxter, finance director, noted it is pretty difficult to charge for parking at the hospital when the town is removing the meters down town. Two other budgets approved by the hospital board last week are those of the • Nursing' Assistants' Training School, up to $75,431 from 565,568 last year. and the ambulance department, which increased to 51-96.415 from $171,220. Grossman corning th Winghan Newly appointed Ontario Health Minister Larry Grossman will be in Wingham next week for two official functions, and the local hospital board is hoping for a large public turnout. Grossman will be at the Wingham and District Hospital at'2.30 p.m. next Thursday, June 24, for the official opening of the recent renovations. This will be a public ceremony held outdoors, weather permitting, followed by coffee and doughnuts. At 7.30 that evening, the minister will address the annual meeting of the hospital. association in the auditorium of the Wing - ham Public School, This meeting also is open to the public, though 'only association members may take part in the official' business. Norman Hayes, hospital executive, direct- or, said he has had no indication' what the minister will say at the meeting, though he would not be disappointed to hear Grossman promise to . look kindly on the hospital's recent application for approval of a $1 million expansion of outpatient services.,