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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1992-02-05, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1992. Steering committee studies entrepreneurial spirit A program to encourage entrepreneurial spirit in Huron county is one of the ideas being discussed by the Huron County Steering Committee for the four Community Development Commit tees in the county. Rhea Hamilton-Seeger, repre sentative from the North Huron Community Development Commit tee to the county committee, report ed to the North Huron steering committee Thursday night on the first meeting of the county group. HCBE sets mileage rate at 270 a km In a close vote, at the February 3 meeting, the Huron County Board of Education trustees defeated a motion to set the mileage rate for board and staff at 28 cents a kilo metre. Traditionally the board have determined a travel allowance from time to time, implementing it Jan uary 1. Over the years it has increased from 20 cents per kilo W. Wawanosh staff gets pay increase West Wawanosh councillors voted at the January 20 meeting to keep the honoraria for council members at the same rate as the previous year. Reeve Bob Hallam will get $1500 plus $60 for all meetings attended. The deputy-reeve and councillors will get $1000 plus $60 for all meetings. Travel allowance is 300 a kilometre. Clerk Joan Armstrong and the Curling Club hosts farmers' The Brussels Curling Club held its Farmers' Bonspiel on January 20. Sponsorship and door prizes were provided by Brussels Live stock Inc , Brussels Agromart, Cook's, Huron Feed and Dauphin Feeds. Other door prizes were sup plied by Brussels Agri Services. In the first draw prizes were given to: first place, Doug Rath- well, Howie Pruden, Steve Rath- well and Doug Baxter; second place, Cliff Campbell, Bob Pack ham, Ray Hillebrecht and Bruce Eisler; third place, Brian Alexan der, Mike Alexander, Gerald Knight and Bob Alexander; fourth place, Mervyn Bauer, Orval Bauer, Bill Edgar and Brian Faulkner, fifth place, Ross Engel, Walter Bosch, Isaac Martin and Bruce Hahn; sixth place, Ken Dalton, Neil Beuer- mann, Gary Dauphin and Gary McNichol. International Scene Continued from page 5 when we discover there is no bottomless pit of money. Of course there are some things that are beyond our control, some industries that find themselves in a bind not of their own making. However, let's not fall into the trap of thinking that governments will always be there to bail us out and let's not make blaming into a general rule. Finally any countries, such as the United States and Canada, that run up horrendous levels of budgetary deficits and then scream and yell at even the slightest effort to cut down these deficits should be pointing their fingers of accusation at themselves, not at anybody else. Various possible projects were dis cussed by the county group, she said, including entrepreneurial co op programs in the schools and stu dent ventures. The possibility of entrepreneuri al courses in local newspapers was also discussed as was a program to encourage entrepreneurs who had grown up in the county to return with their businesses. Also dis cussed, she said, were business incubator centres, counselling cen tres for business and revolving loan metre in 1984 to 27 cents a kilome tre in county and 22 cents out of county. In speaking against the motion Morris and Turn berry trustee Doug Gamiss said it was his feeling that as the board didn't have any money for an increase it should be held at 27 cents. Clinton trustee Roxanne Brown agreed with Mr. Gamiss saying that road superintendent were given an increase of 1.21 percent. The full- time vehicle operator will receive an adjustment amounting to 1.16 percent, while senior and part-time vehicle operators (after three years of service) will have their pay increased by 4.77 percent. The building inspector/drainage superintendent has received an increase in pay of 2.38 percent. Council confirmed its support of In the second draw the winners were: first place, Stew Steiss, Harv Machan, Merv Quipp, Bill Quipp and Jim Blake; second place, Gor don Roulston, Dan Gaunt, Elmer Smeltzer, and Mark Bowley; third place, Bill Dowd, David Steven, Ken Elg and Tim Dowd; fourth Through the Years continued from page 4 Rogers, Toronto took over the busi ness on March 1. THREE YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 1,1989 Former Brussels Stockyards owner, Klaus Henschel and his wife, Kristin, made a brief appear ance in Wingham District Provin cial Court to face a number of charges laid against them in con nection with their disappearance and the subsequent bankruptcy of the business in October 1988. The case was remanded until March 22. The Citizen won four awards in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association's competition. Two of the four awards were for pho tographs taken by reporter Toby Rainey. A feature story by editor Keith Roulston on a day in the life of Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell won third prize in the best feature writing category. In addition Betty McCall, Walton correspondent won the Champion Correspondent award for the province. Albert Wasson took over the operation of the Triple K Restau rant in Blyth. It was renamed The funds to help fund new business ideas. The county steering committee also looked at projects to encourage tourism such as a county-wide visi tors' guide and a county tourism association. In the agricultural sector, the group looked at promotion of farm tours and farm vacations and pro ducer co-ops to market farm prod ucts as well as seminars to show farmers ways to diversify. the increase would amount to 5.6 percent over last year. "Since the board has already voted to hold increases to zero percent I will not support this motion," she said. Goderich trustee Norm Pickell, who was in favour of the motion, said that as many of the employees are doing most of the travelling in the county a one cent increase is "quite appropriate". Mrs. Brown pointed out that landfillsite supervisor Bob McAl lister in refusing to accept waste that has not been separated into the three categories - scrap metal, recy- clables and burnable material. Council authorized Mrs. Arm strong to obtain prices for a second calculator for the office and to select a good model with the required functions for the best price. bonspiel place, Ross Veitch, Brad Speiran, Bill Patterson and Keith Williamson; fifth place, Em Lew- ington, Tom Warwick, Glen War wick and Brian Warwick; sixth place, Wayne Lowe, Howard Hack well, Gary Pipe and George Lan glois. Classic. Majestic WI took fourth place in the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's quilt contest. Peter and Brian Oldridge, RR2, Blyth won the Norman Alexander Conservation Award for their dedi cation to conservation practices on their 1061 acre farm. FIVE YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 4,1987 East Wawanosh council decided to go ahead with the development of the Humphrey subdivision at Belgrave, but only after the first 15 lots had been sold. Rebekahs The regular meeting of Morn ingstar Rebekah Lodge took place on Jan. 28 with Noble Grand Leola Hood presiding. There was a good attendance. No members were reported ill at pre sent. Plans were made for the Annual Dessert Euchre on Feb. 10 at 1:30 p.m. in the Lodge rooms and for the regular card party on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Lodge rooms. Ms Hamilton-Seeger said North Huron's plans are, if anything, more advanced than some of the other areas. "The impression I got was that North Huron is doing quite well in terms of getting things going," she said. Thursday's meeting in Bluevale, however, indicated the North Huron group had lost some momentum over the holidays. Sev eral of the special interest groups had not met since before the Christ mas holidays and had little to report evaluating mileage, such things as insurance had been taken into con sideration, which she did not see as a factor. "I don't think we should subsidize," she said, adding that anyone owning a car has to have these extra costs anyway. The motion was lost by one vote. A new motion was made to hold the travel allowance to 27 cents a kilometre. The motion carried. Permission was given for Reeve Hallam to sign the application for a special occasion permit for the pro posed 125th anniversary celebra tion events in 1992. The road superintendent was authorized by council to have the township's FM communication sys tem, base and mobiles, assessed and repaired. He is also to deter mine the cost of replacement of two units. These units are to be installed in the homes of the road superinten dent and Reeve Hallam to provide more efficient communication with vehicle operators during snow removal operations. The annual petition for road expenditures for 1991 in the amount of $484,567 are to be sub mitted to the Ministry. 1991 PROPERTY ASSESSMENT Attention Property Owners and Tenants in the County of Huron All properties in your municipality are being reassessed. A "Notice of Property Valuation" has been mailed to property owners and tenants. Your Notice shows the new assessed value of your property. Your 1992 municipal and school taxes will be based on this value. An explanation of the reassessment, the dates of special Information Open Houses, and details on how to appeal your assessment are included with the Notice. The 1991 assessment roll, which lists the assessed value of each property in your municipality, will be delivered to your municipal clerk on March 3,1992. The final date for appealing your 1991 assessment is March 24,1992. If you need more information, please call the Regional Assessment Office. The telephone number is on your Notice, and in the Blue Pages under Government of Ontario - Property Assessment Information (Municipal).. Ministry of Revenue Ontario • in terms of new activities. Wray Wilson reported that the economic development group had met but its first project, a study of vacant industrial properties was "not as advanced as I'd hoped it would be". It had been hoped the study would be completed by now but Mr. Wilson said it would prob ably be spring before the study was complete. The economic develop ment group had been waiting for the study before planning its pro jects but when the study was delayed the group felt it had to take some action, he said. It was sug gested that existing businesses should be contacted to see what can be done by the committee to help them. Many businesses are tired of paying business taxes and not seeming to get anything from them, Mr. Wilson said. "At least we can listen to them," he said. The group also felt north Huron is generally ignored in tourist pub lications and wondered if a special brochure should be created for the area. The economic development committee will also meet with the environmental committee to hear from a Brussels entrepreneur and his partner on plans for a recycling plant for building materials wastes. Nancy Exel, for the education committee reported that a meeting had been held with trustees from the board of education in Septem ber and further meetings are planned with teacher representa tives as well as students and busi nesses. The health and social services and agriculture committees have not met in the new year. The next meeting of the group was set for March 19 at the Howick Twp. municipal building. Purchasing a vehicle is a big decision! Let us help you make the right one! GARRY WOODCOCK Quality Cars & Trucks We Can Save You Money Drive A Little - Save A Lot