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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Wednesday,
November 9, 1994
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Candidate
profiles
inside
Profiles on candidates running,
in the municipalities of Ashfield
and Kinloss Township, as well
as those seeking a position as
trustee on the Bruce Grey
Roman Catholic Separate School
Board can be found inside this
week's Sentinel.
For your convenience, we have
also included a synopsis of
who's running where and what
offices you will be voting for on
Nov. 14.
The last advance poll is today.
Voting takes place next Monday
between the hours of 10 a.m..
and 8 p.m.
Remember - exercise your
right - get out and vote.
Lucknow council reviews successful term
by Pat 'Livingston
Lucknow ratepayers • must be
satisfied with the way village
business is being handled. Only 16
people, not including the current
council or candidates in the up-
coming election, turned out for last
week's meeting.
It was an opportunity, for the.
current council to boast about suc-
cessful projects during this past
three-year term. It was also an
opportunity for council 'hopefuls to
introduce themselves and answer
any questions from the public; none
were forthcoming.
Reeve Stuart Reavie reviewed the
1994 budgeted revenue and expen-
sesfor the. village:
Out of the total tax levy ('94) of
$642,040 the village gets to keep
33.8 per cent, education gets 54.9
per cent and the county takes 11.3
per cern. That means that in dollar
figures, about $217,000 of taxes
collected go into the municipal
coffers.
Reavie pointed out that during
council's three-year term, the vil-
lage portion of taxes had been held
to a zero per cent increase in years
three and two, with a 2.1 per cent
increase in their first year at • the
helm.
It is interesting to note that the
$217,000 taxation figure represents
only • 25.5 per cent of the total
budgeted revenue for the year. The
balance is received .from provincial
grants, infrastructure grants, sewer
user charges, annual sewer frontage
and connections, rec and arena user
fees, and the surplus from '93.
Council has budgeted ,for a total of
$850,888 in revenue for this year.
On the other side of the balance
Just the way her mother and grandmother did, Toni Vos of Blyth, spins wool.. Mrs. Vos was
onee of the demonstrators at the Huron Tract Spinners and Weavers Guild 16th sale and
exhibition last weekend. Mrs. Vos says she obtained her spinning wheel in 1972 along with.
an Instruction booklet. It was a case of teach yourself until tater she found a place to take
lessons. "It's very easy," said Mrs. Vos, "it just takes practise." There's no doubt about It,
Mrs. Vos has had a lot of practice since 1972 and does In deed make it look very easy. (Pat
Livingston photo)
sheet, infrastructure projects
($170,000); street maintenance
($104,000) and street reconstructio%
($162,000) take the' biggest cuts out
of the pie. •.
Administration costs tally up to
$78,000 on the budget. Reavie
explained that this includes wages,
insurance and overhead costs.
Fire protection takes one of the
smaller bites ($16,300) because of
the shared arrangement with neieh-
boring municipalities. Reavie said
because of the Kinsmen's donations
to the fire department, taxpayers
were saved around $70,000.
Ken Fischer, fire board represen-
tative, said one major 'acquisition
during their term of office was the
new pumper truck, which cost each
participating municipality about
$25,000.
Operation of the sewer system by
the MOE costs the village close to
$70,000 a year.
Garbage collection, including
landfill and recycling, comes• in at
$41,000. Fischer, who sits on .the
Mid Huron Landfill board,
explained • that the board is
comprised of eight municipalities
'dumping landfill at Hotmesville.
The site was referred to as "state of
the art" during the meeting. It
operates under strict conditions, and
has 10 to 15 years of life left.
George Gibson, the municipality's
representative on the Bruee Area
Recycling Association, said the
recycling system is "functioning
very well." In addition to curb
pickup, the association now has
some depot systems set up and is
doing contract work...
Gibson said the association is
•see Recycling,' page 11
Gravel pits biggest
issue in Kinloss
by Pat Livingston
Gravel pits, in particular the
proposed Donegan site, were the.
hottest topic of- dicussion at last
weeks meet the candidates nighf in
Kinloss Township. About 90 people ,
showed up for the three hour ses-
sion, chaired by Murray Simpson.
Current councillor Erlma Jean
Haldenby, who is not seeking re-
election, addressed the gathering..
"I've learned a lot; it was 'a great
experience and I'm thankful for the
opportunity," said Haldenby. "It's
nice to know people are interested
in the,township," she said, referring
to the number of candidates running
and the number in attendance at the
meeting. •
Haldenby said her only disap-
pointment during the three-year
term was the : failure to get the
Kinloss History . Book off the
ground.
Each candidate was givens the
opportunity to introduce themselve
Current councillors detailed what
they had been involved in, while
council hopefuls expressed qualities
or experience they possess that
would be beneficial, to 'the
ratepayers. .
Those .seeking election to Kinloss
council are: incumbent Jim Boyle
and past reeve Barry Johnston Mr
the reeveship; current councillor
John Husk and a former counctil-
•lor/ree?ve Leo Murray for. the newly
designated deputy -reeve seat; in-
cumbent Brian Wolfe, and new-
comers Perry Archer, Gerald Doel-'
man, David Hanna, William Mac-
Pherson, Gerald Mowbray, and
Andrew Page for the three
remaining seats at the council table.
Doelman was absent because of a
• prior commitment:
As biographical information on
each of the candidates can be found
elsewhere in this paper, only a brief
reference' to their opening remarks'
will .be made here.
Wolfe• was delighted • with the
"wonderful crowd" and .quipped
that he hoped it would be "light not
heat" cast at the meeting. If elected,
he offered to be "a bridue of ex-
perience from the oldcouncil to the
new."
•see Kinloss, page 2
No answers forthcoming
on unopened road
allowance issue in, WW
by Duane Jessop
Bev Grierson thought she was
going to get. some answers regar-
ding the unopened road allowance
to their property at an all candidates
meeting for West Wawanosh
Township held last week.
Grierson said, "according to
township records, this township
continues to apply for.and receive a
road subsidy each year, for the
upkeep of sideroad 21-22, conces-
sion '7 and .yet this council has
withdrawn all services on this road
for the past three years.
Candidate for reeveib FliiJlam,
told Grierson of the situation.
"This matter is dealt with in -
camera at our council meetings and
is not for public interest," he said.
Grierson responded by saying,
"We have not taken legal action,
we're not suing the township. But
if they're going to use that excuse,
I have a follow-up question.
"Perhaps, the council could
explain why all maintenance has
been withdrawn from the sidcroad
between Grant Johnston's and John
Miller's, as this is another road the
township applies for and receives a
subsidy -on. .On what basis docs
this township, make decisions on
whose road they're going to main-
tain and whose road they're not?"
"1 think you have some infor-
mation I don't have," replied Wal-
ter Elliott,'candidate for reeve. "To
my knowledge there has been no
grant money received on those
pieces of road, in .three years l have'
been on council."
Grierson also_asked the candidates
if they would oppose West
Wawanosh being one of the sites,
considered for the new Huron
County Landfill.
Current reeve, Bob Hallcun said,
"I do raise some issues at the com-
mittee to show my support.
"1 don't think that it is good to
have a landfill in our arca."
Hallam said that if he is elected,
he will be back on the committee
and will "use information that 1
•see Sherwood, page 2