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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-12-06, Page 7Lucktow Sentinel, Wedges lay, Dece�a 6, 197$—Pale 7 County council approves scholarships BY JEFF SEDDON Huron County Council approved eight scholarships valued at $158 each and 24 bursaries of $150 each at its final session Thursday. The money was given to 32 students from Huron County taking post- secodary education at either university or college. The executive committee of council recommended that three students from the • University of Guelph, two from the Univer- sity of Western Ontario, two from the University of Waterloo and one from the Ridgetown College of Agriculture be given the county scholarships as recommended by each student's school. The bursaries were given to students from Western, Waterloo, Wilfred Laurier University and Fanshawe College. Thomas Hayter of R. R. 2 Dashwood, Donna Gregg of Tiverton and John Under- wood of R. R. 1 Wingham are all students at Guelph and were each awarded county scholarships. Hayter is seeking a bachelor of science in agriculture, Gregg a science degree and Underwood a diploma in agriculture. Joan Coulter of Goderich and R. M. Hoba are both students at the University of Waterloo and both received $150 county scholarships. John Mustard of Brucefield and Michele Flowers of R. R. 5 Clinton are at the University of Western Ontario and were recipients of the scholarships. Cathy Peel of R. R. 1 Auburn, was the only college studentto receive a scholarship. She is attending the Ridgetown College of Agriculture. The executive committee reported that 61 applications from two universities were Council looks at road budget BY JEFF SEDDON County engineer Bob Dempsey gave county council a look Thursday, at what the 1979 road committee faces, when it strikes its budget for the new year. Dempsey submitted a preliminary report for council, pointing out that, with increased costs and new construction projects in the budget, the county would have to raise 28 per cent more money for roads than last year. The engineer told council that the preliminary budget was an estimate only and could not be firmed up until early in 1979. He said he lacked three vital pieces of information needed for an accurate forecast of costs in 1979, and intended the draft budget to outline projects proposed for 1979, as well as what maintenance costs are expected to be. To prepare the budget, Dempsey estimat- edwhat the province will allocate to Huron County for road's next year, what the final costs of 1978 will be and what the county faces in either a deficit or surplus for 1978. Based on last year's budget, Dempsey estimated the province's share of the road costs to be $1,892,000 but pointed out that that figure could go up or down -$100,000. Using that figure he told council the county share of the 1979 budget would be $1,643,500. He estimated the surplus from 1978 to be $77,500 anu deducted that amount from the county portion to arrive at the 28 per cent increase. Dempsey made no attempt to convince council to attempt to come up with the extra money to handle 1979 expenses. He indicat- ed that the 28 per cent increase was hefty and offered council three alternatives to trim money costs from the budget to arrive at a reasonable increase. He told council it could let the preliminary budget stand and increase the county levy to meet those costs. He suggested the road committee go over the budget to establish priorities in new construction and then take some of the less important projects out to reduce thenet increase. The third alterna- tive, according to Dempsey, is to re -work the entire budget, with the idea of taking a. little money out of each item to hopefully come up with an increase that could be handled by the county levy. To make that point the engineer said that with a six per cent increase in the county share, $437,500 would have ` to be shaved, while only $414,000 would have to be chopped if that increase was eight per cent. Council accepted Dempsey's report and offered . no indication on how the budget cutting would . be handled. The incoming county council is expected to name its 1979 road committee this month. Point N Kincardine 1 MAC LYN Clark MFG. Lake Huron AUTO BODY OILING • Hwy 86 .c4 Goderich ley *WE USE NEW OILS * MACLYN _ MFG. ``TD. 395-3352 ;OPEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS 8:30 - 9e00 p.m. received for 20 bursaries, paid by the county annually. Hurn County students attending the schools apply for the $150 bursaries tohelp them foot the bill for tuition at school. The University of Western Ontario had 41 applications for ten bursaries and Waterloo had 21 applications for ten bursaries there. At Fanshawe College, 28 students applied for two bursaries and at Wilfred Laurier, five applications were received for two bursaries. INCREASE GRANTS In other business the executive committee recommended that a grant of $1,980 be paid to the Victorian Order of Nurses and a $3,000 grant be given the Town and Country Homemakers. County fairs were also considered by council. The executive committee suggested that agricultural grants in the county remain the same in 1979, except for the minimum for fairs to be increased to $200. The Kirkton and Lucknow Fairs had their grants increased by $25 to $125 and $100 respectively. .:ktix ;.:ti:: :.+>:•-v>:•�:•1• ••• •:v �.t yti k.:ti i:.x. c. tit\k :;ti.1r g:•: _xt : .. +.�ti .. "".•".'..1:;,t>k. Qi bikt t — >/ ®4 ,e �•so p* 444',4 0 it 1%..- ____, ///.r.�/i,//.///l/.Kg v GREER TV&ELECTRIC ,LUCKNQW PITO 528-3112