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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1995-04-26, Page 3Monster waste Students at Blyth Public School got caught up in some Earth Day activties last week. Candice Bearss, Charlene Bromley and Devin Shannon (partially hidden) use some waste materials to create a garbage monster. Other activites included bird seed pictures, recycling and sorting and decorating grocery bags with environmentally friendly wisdom. Revenues up by $100,000 NOTICE - RESIDENTS VILLAGE OF BLYTH Saturday, May 6, 1995, in the A.M. has been scheduled for large item pickup. Items to be at curb. No household garbage please. Village of Blyth Council THE BLYTH OPTIMISTS WHEELER BUS LINES Wingham 357-1270 Call your local school and find out how you can get involved. @Ontario Ministry of Education and Training STOP SCHOOL VIOLENCE 5 5 0 p -o E u 5 0 U _., 5 strawberry ePr.I3 LIS We are now booking orders for plants and asparagus crowns . - STRAWBERRY VARIETIES: ..t 4- -r , $3.50 bundle of 25 Veestar (early) t Red Coat (mid) 4: ,e ' t '- '4 , Honeyoye (mid) . Sparkle (late) i ASPARAGUS CROWNS: 250 each Call or drop in to book your order before April 28, 1995 Pick up date May 12, 1995 HOWSON & HOWSON 185 Josephine Street Wingham, Ontario (519) 523-9624 (519) 357-2700 ELP c_PLIOD LEP d THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1995. PAGE 3. Homecoming group nominates co-chairs Continued from page 1 services, Morris Street construction costs as well as less to the Hwy. 4 reconstruction. The largest increase, the village's share in the salt/sand storage shed infrastructure project, was partially compensated for by an increased provincial grant. The expenditures for recreation, culture and health services also rose, due mainly to a $32,957 dona- tion to Pioneer Threshers park which passed through the books, balanced out on the revenue side. The planning and development sector saw a drop in costs by about $6,000. Revenues On the revenue side of the bal- ance sheet, total revenues were more than $100,000 over the bud- get estimates. Two large contributors to the increase were the Blyth Water- works' share of PRIDE (Hwy 4 reconstruction), set at $47,443 as well as the aforementioned Pioneer Thresher's park donation. Total grants from the village also brought up the revenue side. A recreation grant added $5,000, the infrastructure grant was approx- imately $9,300 more than budgeted and unconditional and roadway grants brought the total up another $1,500. Other areas which brought in more than the budgeted estimates By Janice Becker During the course of discussing the village audit at the April 18 meeting of Blyth council, the sub- ject of the Blyth Festival Theatre owing the village arose. There have been conflicting records showing the theatre owing $6,000 while others indicated the village owed the theatre $9,000. Reeve Mason Bailey advised council and Paul Seebach, village auditor who was present, that he had discovered a release, signed by all parties involved at the time, resolving all obligations. "The matter was solved in August of 1993," he says. Councillor Doug Scrimgeour asked what the next step should be as confrontation with the theatre is not the right approach. Seebach says the claims from include revenues from licenses and permits, interest and penalty on taxes and interest, for a total of $9,400. The one soft spot on the revenue side was the increase in write-offs absorbed by the village. Budgeting high at $2,000 (1993 saw $1,333), the actual loss for 1994 was $5,518. The resulting accumulated net revenue of $86,487 can be partially attributed to the transfers from reserves for capital works which went unused_ Other village departments The budget statement for Blyth Sewage recorded a decrease in the accumulated net revenue over 1994. The revenue dropped to $102,955 from $107,810 at the start of the year. The Blyth Recreation Committee and Blyth Memorial Hall Board operated on no-profit/no-deficit budgets for 1994, spending all which was brought in. The Blyth and District Commu- nity Centre Board ended the year with an accumulated revenue totalling $16,718, a loss of approxi- mately $2,500 from the net revenue with which 1994 started. Though revenues increased $3,400 over the estimate and expenditures dropped $15,500 from the budgeted amount, a deficit was still realized. An accumulated net revenue of $11,542 was achieved by the Blyth Cemetery Board, though there was both sides were to have been cleared with the signing of the release. a loss of $3,650 from the accumu- lated total in 1994. Blyth Waterworks felt a decrease in the accumulated net revenue from $65,143 to $51,523, over the past year. Revenues dropped over $3,000 while expenditures grew by almost $32,000 from the previous year. The largest chunk of spending went for Waterworks portion of the Hwy. 4 PRIDE reconstruction. Blyth Hydro increased its equity by year's end, reaching $441,510, up $89,000 over 1993. The net revenue for the year was $9,650. Though the Blyth District Fire Area Board realized a drop in its accumulated net revenue by approximately $3,300, the budget- ed revenues and expenditures were much closer than budgeted for because of the unpredictable num- ber of fire calls. .The cost of fire calls is not included in budget esti- mates. Would you support a smoke-free bingo night? The HUron County Smoke-Free Coalition wants to hear from you. Call Heather at 482-3416 or 1-800-265-5184. Supported by Community Action Initiatives Program, Health Canada. Corporation of the Village of Blyth FLUSHING OF HYDRANTS Village of Blytn Public Work Force will be flushing hydrants WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1995 starting at 9:00 a.m. Rain Date Thursday, May 4, 1995 The inaugural meeting of the Homecoming 96 committee was held in the Blyth Public School on Tuesday evening, April 18 at 7:45 p.m. The meeting was opened with Wm. Manning in the position of organizer/promoter in the chair. There were 19 people in attendance. The chair acknowledged the attendance of the president of the Blyth Lions, the president of the Blyth Branch of the Canadian Legion and an executive member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion. After several tries at nominating Blyth People Five tables of lost heir were in play at the Blyth Memorial Hall on Wednesday night. Winners were: high lady, Gene Snell; high gent, Alvin Snell; low lady, Nora Kelly; low gent, John Blake. Next Wednesday, April 26 will be the last lost heir meeting of the season. Everyone is welcome. Grace Easom celebrated her 85th birthday on Tuesday, April 25. Happy Birthday from friends and neighbours. a chairperson, Leslie Rutledge nominated Joan Watson and Eliza- beth Battye as co-chairpersons. Scott Fairservice seconded the motion. Wm. Manning volunteered to be recording secretary. Marilyn Craig was nominated by Lorna Fraser to the office of treasurer. Wm. Manning vacated the chair to nominate Al Harrison as chair- person of the Liaison Committee. The meeting then broke into open discussion on various issues and suggestions. Everyone is to con- sider the direction that they would recommend to the executive to chart out the course for the "Homecoming" to take and to bring them all back to the next public meeting at the Blyth Public School at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 15. Blyth & Londesboro Lions Club LAS VEGAS NIGHT Friday, April 28 8:00 p.m. Blyth Memorial Hall Free Admission Age of Majority Only For more Information call 523-9759 Reeve says debt resolved in 1993