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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1996-01-17, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1996 Compiled by Mildred Lawlor Phone 526-7589 The news from uburn Parish welcomes couple EXCUSE #402 r TO LD ELa IRA TH EY ALWAYS Do The SAiviEOLDTHIN6 cHLARcHIANg2 St-M 5AIDALBERT... WAY Do You ey12e.cr a church to be any DIFFERENT tkicto r011 ARE! EVE-P-(0W CIET5 IR A Rur AT TIMES, Bur WE'RE TR-q1w611-0 BREAK our oFooRs ► Ha.? vs NEW wpfS OF VIOTZ6141Piklat &kip SERV 11.161 Clog Brussels Mennonite Fellowship 9:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. - Sunday School Everyone Welcome • t [( 9 G'' !fin 4 • • EXCLISC-5 AJOr /eV Twice As Nice at Hall The Price! ALL WINTER CLOTHING 112 Price includes sweaters, winter coats, shirts & slacks Gibson's MEN'S SHOP Hullett letter confuses Blyth Rev. Paul Ross conducted the service at Knox United Church, Sunday. Bernice Gross was organist. The Invitation to Worship was read alternately, followed by the chorus. Rev. Ross gave prayers and the Junior Choir, under the direction of Shelley Worse11, sang the anthem accompanied by Bernice Gross. Jesus Came a Child like Me was sung. Rev. Ross gave the prayers of assurance and forgiveness, which were followed by the choral response. Rev. Ross then told the children's story and the children's chorus was sung. The scriptures were read and the doxology sung. Rev. Ross' message was "What Keeps Us Going When We Feel Like Quitting?" The Auburn Horticultural Society held the annual meeting at 1 p.m. at the community hall on Monday, Jan. 8. The executive served squares, cookies and beverage. Shari Cartwright chaired the meeting. The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting. Ell Lapp gave the treasurer's report. Lunch and program committees were chosen. Later that week the slate of officers was chosen. It is: president, Dorothy Schneider; first vice president, Darlene Foxwell; second vice president, Joan Reinhart; secretary, Heather Dumin; assistant secretary, Marion 1-laggitt; treasurer, Ann Vincent; pianist, Jane Stryker; auditors, Laura May Chamney and Ethel Ball; phone committee, Frances Clark, Kay After discussions behind closed doors, it was noted by West Wawanosh councillors that the out- come of a legal suit is still unknown, pending court action. The suit between the township The communion hymn was here '0 My Lord, I See Thee. Communion was given after Hielke and Teresa Roetcisocnder were received and welcomed into the church. The offering was received by Greg Park and Michael Bakker. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory was sung. The singing of the Amens concluded the service. Huronview Fellowship will be held on Thursday, Jan. 18 from? to 7:45 p.m. Knox UCW meeting will be held Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. The topic is "Christian Literature". The guest speaker will be Eleanor Kuyvenhoven. Plan to attend. Next Sunday Rev. Ross will be away. The preacher will be Elly Van Bergen of Exeter. Lapp and Maureen Bean. Directors for 1996-1997 are Maxine Seers, Teresa Roetcisoen- der, Evelyn Christensen, Eunice Arthur and Frances Clark. Projects for 1996 were discussed. The meeting adjourned. Silver Tops The Auburn Silver Tops will hold their pot luck dinner at the Community Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 12 noon. WI meets The Auburn's Women's Institute will hold its meeting at the Community Hall on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m. Join them for a new year. Bring in knitted blocks. and Beverly and Peter Grieson, concerns an unopened road allowance between Lots 21 and 22, Cone. 7. In other business, council autho- Continued on page 16 A concern for the future has prompted a request from Hullett council that has Blyth councillors a little confused. A letter brought to council at the Jan. 15 meeting asks for attendance of full councils and clerks from the townships of East Wawanosh, West Wawanosh, Morris and Hullett as well as Blyth at a meeting Jan. 22. The purpose is for discussion of future capital expenditures and the general operation of the Blyth and District Community Centre. Hullett states, "It is our concern that with municipaliites having to find areas of cost savings as a result of provincial funding reduction, a levy for any major capital expendi- tures would be a definite hardship." Reeve Mason Bailey said that he felt he and Councillor Gerald Kerr, The opening of the Wal-Mart store in Goderich helped drop Huron County's welfare rolls in October but the number is expected to increase again this month, John MacKinnon, Huron County Social Services manager told county council Jan. 4. MacKinnon explained several former social services clients had been hired to three month contracts with the opening of the store. With the Christmas rush over, many will be out of work, he suggested. MacKinnon was responding to a question as to whether more people were finding jobs or if a reduction of 63 cases, or 11.39 per cent from September to October 1995 was due to tougher regulations. MacK- innon said that the tightening of the "spouse in the house" regulation had disqualified some people. It had been possible for two non-mar- ried people to live together and col- lect welfare for up to three years before being recognized as a "spouse" for welfare purposes but the rule has been changed so that someone living with a person who has an income cannot collect wel- fare. * * * Henry Exel of Brussels was awarded a contract to install a fan and insulated ductwork to created smoke rooms at Huronlea and Huronview. The rooms, large enough to hold six people at Huronlea and 12 at Huronview, will allow residents a place to smoke while keeping the rest of the building smoke-free to comply with regulations under the Tobacco Con- trol Act. Meanwhile, the homes for the aged received an $11,000 reward from the Workers' Compensation as Community Centre Board repre- sentatives, could attend on council's behalf. "But they seem to want full council," he said. Councillor Kerr then asked Clerk-Treasurer John Stewart for his feelings. Stewart replied that it had been his experience that large groups don't usually accomplish anything. Reeve Bailey agreed. He made note of a meeting two years ago where there had been full council representation from affected municipalities, clerks and board representatives. "It did a lot of harm. There was nothing accom- plished and people got upset. We spent two hours like a bunch of kids in a sand box and it's taken this long for some of them to get over the bad feelings." board for having a better than aver- age safety record. *** Renovations at the Huron County Courthouse are substantially com- plete and an official reopening is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. As of Dec. 14 $1.37 million had been spent out of a budget for $1.7 million for the project. A date has not yet been con- firmed for the opening of the reno- vated old Huronview complex, now the Huron County Health and Library Complex and the Jacob Memorial Centre. *** There will be no change in the payment rate for councillors in 1996. Councillors will receive $69.36 for a half-day meeting and $101.24 for a full-day meeting. The warden will receive a stipend of $5,750 on top of per diems. * * * Reeve Bailey said he ascertained in discussion with the Hullett reeve that of principle concern is the pos- sibility of a new arena floor, which would be a major expense. "If this happens we would have to go to the public. The municipalities could not afford this." Stewart said that the arena floor is a capital expenditure which is not addressed in the operating agree- ment, meaning it does not necessar- ily need to go through the board. Council voted that Reeve Bailey, Councillor Kerr and Stewart would attend on Blyth's behalf. During public question period, this issue came up again when Bill Bromley asked if it wasn't the arena board's job to see to the running of the arena. He disagreed with the cost to ratepayers to pay for full council to attend. The county plans on contracting out its printing in a move county treasurer Ken Nix estimates will save $25,000. The savings will come mostly in the salary of the operator of the current printing department (she is taking early retirement) and in the replacement costs of the $80,000 photocopying machine. Microman.. The Ultimate Computer Store Full selection of computers, accessories and stationery supplies. We are an authorized IBM, AST, CANNON, COMPAQ and H.P. dealer Sega & Nintendo 135 Wallace Ave., N. USTOWEL (519) 291-9633 Fax 291-9634 Hort. Soc. elects officers W. Wawanosh council discusses legal suit Wal-Mart affects welfare rolls