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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-01-28, Page 33 Year P&L t W.,rraaiy 56K FLEX 11Yrodem /Imo como cvowo wws ub mace cos s understated •front page 1 Ity 'understatekl" °ambulance costs, Those estimates fad to accowrt for $13.6 mil- lion in outstanding arbitrd . cion awards, insurance :and vehicle atlepbccmcn costs. . At the ' saute time, Afnstett saftd4, nunicipaii ties are likely to lose out on promised rev .nue from Provincial Offenses .because • legislation approving that move is still at the committee stage. Fines- for ,Provincial Road Midget • by Pict Halpin Brum county t. -an revise. it:: budget for highways driv nl+ aded from • the province. An unviper~t d one:-. • time grant of $502.000 has. been added . to . the for rnaixrtenanee of S.2 'kilom.eters of former provincial highway. The total of just over $12 'million is intended: to cover three Years, of main- terrance for those roads, ' plus construction funding for bridge and road improvements: * . The county plans to spend just over $191,000a Year an maintenance, with the remainder going Into a reserve fund for future Construction. • ''Highways chair David Thomson 'reported' "a, 'smooth transition" of.: proyineial highway' to • county responsibility on, ,can: 1: aniowplowing'on. former highway 44 'between Hanover and Walkerto,'n is, being done by $"n'ot'e county,. while Huron coun-, ty looks after the stretch from the •Hii,ron'lBruue county line to highway 9. A ;private., contractor based in lucktnaw plows the for- mct highway" 86 `from the county tine to highway 21. Offenses were expected to yield '$6$ million in .rev- mum for municipalities. an asnouca¢ that was taa:torear in to the province's rev.. e nuc -ventral calculation. • - The county is. also eager to,know whattetltza tion tax- formula the province will use, and bow . much 'room education tax cuts will ieave .for county wax increases .with- out raising the overall, "These Oestions need to be answered," Anste.tt sacci. "There. is some urgency to, it becatse we're into 1998. and these figures are covering '98. We need to: look at•.wher we're going •. municipally." Anstett cold . county council the nninistry of • 11.nuc �s jrheh pin. $741,00p already allo tsd - • finance "must release information that will help �riarni ilDai�4rti better understand" the latest ig- .attes, 'Meanwhile, the finance committee has scheduled a rtneeting Feb. 4 with MPP Barb l*nslier tca• . clarify figures and amide lines • "'we 'crape to gct. some clear guidelines. and. -some "tnterpretatngn of where the '• money's coming from for the extra (needs) we. have td�'ntifiedr" Aii et,t Said about the Meefittg 'wiTth Fisher Anstett'seornniittee is stil b working . on the preuaise; that downloading will be revenue neutral. "ltm still .putting a lot of faith in what .the premier has said about .tieing • rev- enue neutral," he said,,:. : • . for recrui *from page 1 , ed to accommodate Wingbatn doctors and the "'two new family practi tion- vers. being recruited. There will4be offices for five general, practitioners, two • specialists and support, staff. It will also !make available a small pharrhn- cy arid'•:tab tar ttie cc►n,ve- nienc;e of its patients, "This clinic is the lynch: pin of . our physician recruitment strategy," said_. oa +�ticaini'Page ,1 $1,260,OQ0 Over the next • . two: years. , ; • The second priority' en the department's list; i's: reconstruction of Goalie Street °.in . ,`Pa.isley., Highways , chair. David Thomson 'said that work witl.be Completed afters = . ,reconstruction of County road 11, ' Ile said, putting Goldie Street, as second. priority "recognizes the additional , `traffic expected' on county road l lifter its recon- structionl. and •the detc.ri - . • rttted'contiition of Goldie- Striet" Atgoon; the long rat ga construction list is a por- lion of county .road 28. a half •,kilometre of, county road 24, a scCtioin of the : Hanover bypass and., tura' sections of county road l` . in. [ucknow,. ` Iue awdef* ednesyy, January 28 Mg rage 4 a, ribute Robbie BMUS .tet Sattirday evening. pule gathered at the f.uclrnow Presbyterian Church fate a Robbie Burcn'ssarpper .aad an evening of Scottish verse. s.'►,qt,g and dance. The evening was held as Part .of , the congrregation's, 125th; anniversary.+relebra- bans this year: eraid Mowbray : was tlse ..piper, , with grant eh hal giving , the. address to the haggis. Pat Weir. Bill' Kirkman. Susan IvicNaughton, and Lois• Farrish shared .Surnx's and Scottish verse. Solos were. sung. by Joanne Lennips and Marian Raynard. Sortie participated, in Scottish.co untn+•d, ancing. Throughout • the: evening. several Scottish ..songs wore sung by all • accompanied by'Donalda Moat at the piatich, The •enjoyable evening concluded with everyone joining hands in Ault Lang Syne: Lloyd .Koch. executive ': director. `'1`11 be.cotuacung all the dectrrs who've expressed interest "in, our area and letting. them ;know "we'll have ac brand: new building for theft"- People wishing to con- tribute to the fund-raising effort to'repl 'the•hospi, tat funds can, send their donations• to the,Winghan. and District Hospital Foundation, ¶/O t o by Ruth Buchmeier Friday supper guests Aria: Olive •Z!leedharn were . lack and Rena For. ter ands: Kathleen Forster, .A1s0 en. Sunday Bill and Nancy Connell and; Mervin and MYrcle Anderson all, 'of ineardin e , Marian Raynard deft) was chairperson of the Robbie Burns night hosted by the Lucknov frrestaytterian Church congregation as one of its '12•Sth anniversary celebrations this yrear».' Marian and Rats . Peggy Kinsman wee in suit- able uit able Scottish attire for the dinner and an evening •art Scottish verse, song and dance. phlttt+a: subititted o+lt't fou: to 11 out the Sentinel_` readership survey in, fast Week's issue-. *ou could -win $100 in chamber bucks! 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