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The Citizen, 1992-03-11, Page 14Presentation Certificates of Accreditation from the Ontario Association of Mental Health Centres were presented to Don Keillor, far left and Mona Mulhern, staff of the Huron-Perth Centre for Children and Youth, by President Alex Thomson, second from right, and Executive Director Sheila Weinstock, right. Watching from the centre, is the Honourable Marion Boyd, Minister of Social Services who was present for the ribbon cutting ceremony opening the centre's new Clinton office. Overtime goal sinks Crusaders County council cancels grant to tourist group On Wednesday, March 4 the Crusaders travelled to Kincardine for game five of the series with the Kings. The Kings opened the scoring just over six minutes in the game. Brussels came back and tied the score four minutes later when Marty Rutledge drew an assist on a goal by Tim Fritz. Kincardine how­ ever came right back with two goals in the next minute to regain a lead. The Crusaders cut the lead tone goal just twelve seconds after Kin­ cardine 's third goal when Brian Campbell and J. C. Hewitt com­ bined to set up Ron Strome for the point. The first period ended 3-2 in the Kings favour. The only scoring in the second County councillors ask staff to investigate debenturing Huronview to cut tax hike Huron County councillors have asked staff to look at the possibility of debenturing the debt for the two new Huronview buildings and the Huron County landfill in order to try to reduce the expected tax increase for 1992. Councillors struggling with pre­ liminary planning for the county's 1992 budget at their meeting March 5, were faced with the knowledge that even if budgets for all depart­ ments are frozen, they still face an expected 5.5 per cent increase in costs to pay for the county's share of increased welfare costs. With an average wage increase of two per cent, services must be cut in many areas to maintain the zero per cent increase. Even with the cuts, the executive committee had sent back the proposed budgets and asked department heads to slash another $225,000 from the budget to hold it to the 5.5 per cent level. But even that increase was too much for some councillors. Goderich deputy-reeve Bill Clifford said he appreciated the efforts the depart­ ment heads had put in to keep the increase to that level but "I cannot in good conscience sit here and agree to a 5.5 per cent increase." He was joined in his criticism by Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle who said was done by Kincardine as they drove in two more to take a 5-2 lead after two periods of play. The Kings took a four goal lead when they scored the first goal of the third period. Brussels cut the lead by one when Strome set up Hewitt for the score. The Crusaders made it a three goal game when Dean Wheeler and Rutledge drew assists on the goal by Fritz, but the Kings answered back just seven-- teen seconds later to regain a four goal lead. The Crusaders came back just over three minutes later to cut the lead to three when Rutledge drew the only assist on Fritz's third goal of the game. Brussels then made it a two goal difference when Ken Higgins set up Strome for his sec­ ond of the game. there are many people in the county who are suffering and said the time has come to take drastic measures to hold down taxes. He urged staff to look at a zero increase in the budget, even with the increase in welfare costs. That brought Brian McBumey of Tumberry township to his feet to suggest the debenturing situation. The county was in a cashflow prob­ lem, he said because of the plans to pay off Huronview debts quickly. The county has budgeted to put away $1.5 million toward Huron­ view this year. Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham agreed with Reeve McBumey. Not­ ing that welfare costs caused by the recession were the main reason for budget problems, he suggested that when the economy is better there will be a windfall for the council. It seems logical to put off the capital costs of the two big projects, he suggested. But County Clerk Administrator Nigel Bellchamber urged caution on the idea saying the current level of support for the Huronview pro­ ject already includes some borrow­ ing and lowering the payment on Huronview would stretch the repayment schedule into the new century’. Currently the repayment There was just under three min­ utes left in the game when Rick Boon drew an assist on Fritz's fourth goal of the game to give Kincardine a one point lead. Then with twenty seconds left on the clock and Brussels' goalie Derek Cooper on the bench, Brian Ten Pas and Fritz worked the puck out in front of the Kings' net and Wheeler was there to tip the puck in and tie up the game and send it into overtime. The overtime didn't last long as Kincardine scored just 22 seconds into the period when the puck was lipped through goaltender Cooper's, legs. The goal gave the Kings a 9-8 win and a 3-2 series victory. They now play Durham in the next round while Tavistock and Drayton play in the other series. schedule would have both the Huronview project and the waste management project paid off by 1998. He also said with all the buildings the county has to main­ tain there may be unexpected expenses in the future. Reeve Mickle said that broughL up the question of whether the county should be in the real estate business. Council supported a motion to have the staff look at debenturing as a way of reducing the lax increase from the projected 5.5 per cent increase. 8 tables at Majestic WI euchre party Eight tables of euchre were played on March 3, sponsored by the Majestic Women's Institute. Prizes went to: ladies' high, Dorothy Dilworth; ladies' low, Margueritte Sanderson; men's high, Gamer Nicholson; men's low, Iona MacLean; most zeros, ladies, Jane De Vries; men's, Albert Quipp; lucky couple, Jean Bridge and Effie Hendricks. The next card party will be held on April 7. Accepting advice from staff that the money could be spent more effectively within the county bud-' get, Huron County Councillors voted Thursday to drop the county's membership in the Southwestern Ontario Travel Association (SWOTA). The county has been paying the same membership fee since 1974, Sandra Chabot, SWOTA Manager told council in arguing the county was getting much more than its $4500 could be expected to buy. For its small investment, she said, SWOTA membership allowed Huron to be part of a tourism net­ work throughout the southwestern part of the province. "It's extremely important that we continue to be partners", she argued. SWOTA is funded by the province to give a much wider range of activities than the county could arrange on its own, she said and pointed to semi­ nars that had been organized with local groups and tourist operators to help them attract more tourists to the county) But Gary Davidson, Director of Planning and Development for the county said that the county's repre­ sentatives on the SWOTA board over the years had wondered if the county got its money's worth out of its membership. For several years a councillor had been on the SWOTA board and hadn't been impressed, he said, so last year a staff member was put on the board and came back with the same kinds of reports. "I personally feel we could get more for our $4500 if we TRADE SHOW March 12 & 13,1992 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Centralia College Recreation Centre Don't miss the first annual Town & Country Trade Show-one of the area's largest indoor exhibitions. See the latest in everything from farm products to fireplaces and building materials to barbecues! Take advantage of dollars-off discounts and value-packed show specials including: 50% off replacement windows, pet food discounts, free product draws, significant savings on building materials, $32 off Echo back-pack sprayers ... just to name a few! Win one of dozens of door prizes including a gas fireplace ($800 value), power tools, portable stereo/cassette, gift certificates, Echo gas-powered blower, Peter Snyder mill print and many, many more. ADMISSION IS FREE, SO BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY! The Town & Country Trade Show is sponsored by: Hensall District Co-operative, Inc., Echo Power Equipment (Canada), Roundup (Monsanto), DowElanco. Cyanamid Canada Inc., BPCO Inc.. Rhone-Poulenc Canada Inc. did it ourselves," he said. But Tom Tomes, Reeve of Stephen township who sat on the SWOTA board for the county for three years, said he couldn't sec how the county could do as much with the $4500 as SWOTA could. Despite that, councillors voted to put the tourism money to work within the county instead of with SWOTA. Belgrave wins tournament Continued from page 12 the puck in with one second left on the clock. The second period saw Belgrave even the score on a power play goal by Tim Robinson off a play by Craig Marks. St. Marys kept the pressure on scoring another goal, but Belgrave worked hard. At the end of the third period Tim Robinson and Justin Campbell assisted Matthew Cameron who tied the game. The third period gave Belgrave fans many a heart-stopping moment, with the St. Marys team banging shots off the Belgrave goal posts. Justin Campbell scored off a Craig Marks and Justin Black giv­ ing the team a one-point lead, then Matthew Snow and Craig Marks scored to pull them even further ahead of the St. Marys team. The fans were thrilled to see the team with the game and the tourna­ ment trophy. David Himmelman won the super fan prize bag for his continued enthusiasm and spirit.