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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-11-19, Page 1FSTABILOBHBO off 1873 "THE BBPOY TOWN" ON THE HURQN.BRUCB BOUNDARY PUBLISHED IN WOCKNOWP ONTARIO 20 PAGES 40* :PER COPY Federal Minister . of Finance.Michael Wilson . (left). ... discussed proposed tax reform measures ..- en o.. � de �a ,l heon with .�app�ro,;�tely �.�uran: Cuwa�ty residents t� wb . attended c�.. , ...luncheon, meeting n ..Goderich on qday, Nov'* 14 as' 1 Mt ay Cardiff and: f uron County' � y Warden : Leona Armstrong look on. .(photo by Patrick Raffia) . BY PATRICK RAFTIS' Federal Minister: of Finance Michael Wilson,promoting his government's pro- posed tax reform initiatives, made a visit to Huron County last Friday. The minister spoke to about ` 65 areacitizens, mostly members of .the business community, :at'a dinner meeting at the, Candlelight Restaurant in Goderieh. Wilson said the "broad objective," of the tax reforms which the government began in their March 1985 budget is to "reduce in dividual tax loopholes and broaden the tax base so we can bring down the basic tax rates". He also said the government wants to reduce the incidence .of "wide disparity" between the amount of taxes paid by peo- pie in the same income bracket. "Fairness is first and foremost in the guidlines," for tax reform, he said, Wilson promised to reduce the percen- tage of personal income tax as a percen- tage of overall taxes and "spread the load, between other elements -of the tax system, such as corporate and sales taxes. The intended result of the reforms, .said. Wilson, is to "leave more ,money, inthe pockets of Canadians," so they can spend it in areasthat will get the economy moving. "We've had a pretty bouyant economy over the last while, which. has .provided a basis for continuing projects," Wilson said. . One of the government's objectives is to, remove governmentfrom the decison- making process in industry. ."So far, the private sector has respond ed very productively," said Wilson, who pointed out roughly 600,000 private sector jobs have been created over the past year. "We make it quite clear that we (the federal government) know we didn't create these jobs, They were created by the private sector," he added. Tax reform is a potentially volatile pro. Turn to page 2 • Council delays appointments to 1rary committee By Alan Rivett Lucknow village council has decided to hold off on a decision to appoint two people to serve on a Bruce County Library Board. At the council meeting on November 11, council received a letter from the Bruce County Library Board regarding the for- mation of an Area Advisory Committee. The board requires two appointees from Lucknow to sit on the committee to serve the southwest area of Bruce County. Under the new system, a regional com- mittee of four regions. (Vitiation, Port Elgin, Kincardine and Walkerton) .would replace individual library advisory com- mittees in municipalities which have a public library. The meetings of the board would be held four times per year and each appointee would serve on the committee for :a one- year term. The responsiblities of the ad- visory committee would include long- range facility planning, and expressing concerns of the individual `library bran- ches at .'these meetings, the letter concludes. Lucknow Librarian Fran 1VicQuail,:,,in a letter to council, recommendedthey ap- point Bernice Johnston and Lorna Guay who both have served on the Iocal library committee. `4I feel they would make good representatives,"said Mrs. McQuail in her letter. She also recommended that council pay the two delegates' gas mileage to 'the meetings as they are already willing to donate their time. oss mandies in farmacci dent A farm accident claimed the life of a kinloss Township man after becoming en- tangled in a corn auger last Friday morning. According to the Kincardine Detach- ment etachment of the OPP, Allan (Keith) Maulden, 41, of Concession 3 of Kinloss, was killed while cleaning the corn bin of a White 7300 Diesel Combine while the vehicle was run - ping. He became entangled in the auger and was later, pronounced dead. ' The Walkerton Ambulance, Lucknow Fire Department and the Kincardine Cor- oner were called to the scene. The funeral service for Mr. Maulden was held in Lucknow at the MacKenzie and Mc- Creath Funeral Chapel on November 17. Fund-raising Committee will stay active By Alan Rivett The Fund-raising Committee for the proµ posed new Lucknow arena has decided to stay active, at least until January, after the committee met at the Lucknow arena on November 12. A total of eight members of the fund. raising corn nittee attended the meeting to determine the fate of the committee. Walter Arnold,chairman of the Arena Fund-raising Committee, said he would re- main as the chairman and the committee would remain intact until January 1.„ 1987. He said the committee would wait and see if a commitment would be forthcoming for Lucknow village council after the funding situation for the sanitary sewers in the town was resolved. "They (village council) are missing a prime opportunity to obtain a facility that would facilitate more than just hockey players. It wound appeal to a Broader spec- tram of people in Lucknow and area and would be utilized far more than it is to- day," said Mr. Arnold in an interview following the meeting. He said he was disappointed with Lucknow council's decision, not to finan- cially support the flew arena, but he was sympathetic with the village's priority in constructing the sewage system. "I'm not blaming the present ad- ministration who were left with the challenge of sewage for the town which has plagued the town for the past 20 years,'" he said. The plans for a new arena for Lucknow were put on hold by the area Arena Board after its meeting inti October. At the meeting, Lucknow Arena Board represen- tative Ab Murray said council was unable to commit $75,000 for the project, and Councillor George Anderson concurred with Mrs. McQuail's suggestion, but he said the current local advisory committee should be consulted before a decision is made. • "I think they (Mrs. Guay and Mrs.. Johnston) would be good appointees too, but we should let the board decide," said Mr. Anderson. • Council agreed to hold the matter until the next meeting of the local Library Ad- visory Committee meeting on November 14. In other library news, council also agreed with a resolution passed by the Town of Walkerton regarding, the opera- tion of the Bruce County Library Board, The resolution states that the maximum term for a citizen appointee is four con- secutive years. Also, the resolution recom- mends the citizen appointments to be board be increased to four members. -Environment,Ministry In other business, Lucknow council will get their long :awaited chance to speak to Ontario " Environment Minister James. Bradley concerning:the need for sanitary oy ... sewers for the entire village. A letter from Huron -Bruce MPP Murray Elston advised them that , the meeting with the ,Enviro- ment Minister is set for November 25 at 5:30 p.m., at Queen's Park, Toronto. Pole rental Council received a cheque from Kincar- dine Cable TV for the rental of 246 hydro poles in the village which also carry the cable lines. The $1,940.43 cheque was for the rent of the poles for one. year. The ren- tal rates will be reviewed everyfive years with the cable company. e - Sympathy The village of Lucknow sent a letter to the .Town of Port Elgin expressing sym- pathy from the village on the recent death of the town's clerk Bill Coulter. Land deal Council sent a letter to Kinloss Township Turn to page 2 • 0 recommended fixing the rood of the pre- sent arena and continuing with the fund- raising effort, He advised the board that council were told by its accountant that it would be unable to debenture $75,000 until the sewer project debenture was cleared with the On- tario Municipal Board. At that time, Ashfield, Kinloss and West. Wawanosh Townships, had all pledged $75,000 to the estimated $900,000 project, contingent upon all municipalities involv- ed in the operation of the arena making a similar pledge of support. At the committee meeting, Ken Hamilton presented the members with the bank balance of the fund-raising effort to date. He said a total of $48,457 was current- ly urrently in the bank with the lottery fund sitting at approximately $36.000 for a total .of Turn to page 18 • Lottery The 51st draw in the Lucknow and District Arena Complex Lottery was held on November 17. The winners were: $500 - Donald Ave and Angie Farrish.of RR 1 Kincardine; $300 - Lloyd Graham of RR ltucknow $100 - Ruby McDonald of Lucknow and $100 * Myrtle Gagnon of Oakville. Election The results of the gest' Wawanosh 'lbwnship by-election on November 17 to' fill the councillor position were as follows: Ithyr�ra•��y�n total - 177,y�7Joseph Dickey - 127. The vote east - 304. 4-11 The 441 clubs in the area held their an- nual Achievement Night at Brookside School last week. The photos of the win- nen appear in this week's Sentinel. a