HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-02-28, Page 9' ol.!i uw l
County
expense
bPat Halpin
P i n:
Per diem and other
exPenses for Bruce county
councillors and appointees
es
to the library, museum
and
R
waste management ,comet
tees cost county ratepayers
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a total Of$193,129.45: i. -
t kefrll _.. �,
1995. .
As. e* ;ected, last' ..,ear's
p y
Warden Paul° Ea leson
topped the pay and expense
list at $38,703,89, Eagleson
was paid .$2.7,6 60,26. for
attending meetings and con-
ferences, and. another ..
$11,043.63 inn expenses.
The warden's job involves
ex -officio membership of
all committees and travel-
ling 'around the county to
attend a variety of. events.
Second-highest on the
fist was Lindsay township
reeve Milt McIver, whose
per -diem awl expenses in
1795 totalled $.10,o$7.31..
3
levcn PounKilnors were in
the $5,000 to $7,000 rang.,
e
including Kincardine's.
Norm Aanoetts at $0,083.91,
Kincardine township's Cord
Jarrell at $5,239,20,.
Lucknow's Stuart Reavie at
$6,282.03, Bruce town
shi 's Howard Ribey . at
$5,074,68, Saugeert town.%
ship's .' Harry: Thede at
$5,825.85, Huron town,
ships Murray Thompson at
$5,589.42. and. Brant town.
ship's David Thotnson at
$4,696.
Port .flg.in's. Ann ..
.MacKay 'earned $941.20
from her time in county pol-
itics in 1995, while Reeve
Dave,Pox earned $3,668.22.
Southampton's Art Eby was..
paid $4,528 in per diem and
expenses in 1995, while
Walkerton's ` Bob .Mackie
earned $4,233.72.
dized day...,.ea.I..e.
ps reduce copanty
welfare numbers
by Pat' Halpin:
The subsidized day care
program in Bruce county is 'ti
helping" people get off wel-
fare, according to Social
Services, Commissioner
Dick Verrips..
Pignres released Tuesday
show the biggest .users. of
the 'county's subsidized : day
care program' established in
1477, are people upgrading'
their education, in job train-
ing ' or .' earning a' low
income. '
"Sixty-nine per cent of
those, going off the program
do so because they are seek-
ing education` elsewhere or
have jobs. The program is .
successful in using .subsi-
diied child care- as a step- ...
ping stone off social asssis-
tanice" .Vemps told council-
lors. '
The average child care
subsidy is $16.97 per child
per day: Verrips said • few
children 'use ,the program;
full-time, but those who do
cost $35637 ` a month. The
county pays .1.0' per cent to
12 per cent of• that figure,
'compared to 20 per cent of
the $957 a rnontb inwelfare
that a single parent with one
child can receive.
"Day care is an alterna-
tive to welfare. The report
shows that is the- case," -`
Verrips said,
eco
A. growingflock of peo-
ple, led by retiree's, is talc,.
ing *the .art of decoy carv-
ing, For moat, it°s a Satisfy-
Mg
atisfy-to . hobby,. For ,those who
excel at the craft, it can be :a
good living. Sortie exquis-
itely detailed buds`- sell for
as Much as $25,000.
"I've taught over 5,00o.
people,°" says Paul Burdette,
a Master carver who owns a .
wildlife :artail. nestled
in the hills of }Orton near
Luoknow Sentinel,' edttesdaIL ta;
ebruary 48,3199
.S o
•.
the .carve captnreo the
essence of the bird, and reit-
tiered
e. the softness st . of the
feathers in the painting?
One of . the . first
auadians to win a. world
championships award,
Burdette is in;s demand as `a
d a `'intern tlo co
Ju � yyqqt ...e�yy�� yr�n�yu�ll+ �ys�
4RtitiQ� Iis. '.a1iadians have
p. t .
proved themselVes as good
as
they come,
consistently .
k'
winning top awards at the
•turnn to page 22
age 9
Orangeville, "it's'surp,risln , be seen at the 32nd annual -
the number of peopleCanadian Open Wildfowl
have told Me that it's' Competition at the Toronto
changed their s*:' Sportsmen's $how, March 8'
Burdettes-students have . 17: On the first Satualay,
ranged from construeti.of the judges give a running
workers to dentists, from. comtnereary for the reasons.
e pty-nest housewives to the best of the. .30.0 entries
executives who:tool ' early • from across the continent.
retirement and want fulfill R.urdette, •a judge and co-
ing ways to fill the tune: chairman of the compete-,
For those aspiring to tion, the, biggest in Canada,
reach the pinnacle of the says his criteria are Does
craft, the best examples can the piece look alive? Has
nloss won
recce.
s to
by 'Pat Livingston
" Kinloss township`couneil is not :willing to,pay a pro-
ra d share of the costs.of Kinloss pupils who Partkipate In
the; Winghatnrecreation programs because it already par-
ticipates jointly in' a recreation program : with Ashfield,
West Wawanosh and°l ucknow
That decision was reached after council received a letter
from the Wipghani Parks. and Recreation , suggesting
Kinloss enter into such' an agreement.
Council believes .if.a TEinloss upl'wants to participate
int Wingham�programts, the individual pay a user fee,
A "report iif the Wingha t' paper Dist week says that
meniers ofWinghani: town, council and: the parks and:,
recreation . department Met with cottnuils of East
Wawanosb, Morris and T xrnbc rry Townships last month.
They wanted to establish: an agreement with those 'sur
rounding townships regarding the . subsidy of pupils that
participate in'Wingham`s roe programs.
The agreement reach by the four councils wasthat their
municipalities. would only subsidize individuals 18 years
and younger, ,
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