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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1998-07-29, Page 7Falls Reserve Conservation Area Seocnih 7 4nnua1 Car, /14olei/tattle Coa6ts,5heto SATURDAY & SUNDAY August 1 & 2 Falls Reserve Conservation Area, Benmiller 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. both days Supported by the Radar Circle Region of the Historical Automobiles Society of Canada. • Admission - S7.00 Day Pass per car. • Music provided by DJ Rick Passmore. • Call (519) 524-6429 for more information. PEOPLE WHO READ NEWSPAPERS ARE STUDENTS WITH BETTER GRADES It all starts with Newspapers THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1998. PAGE 7. Charged with assault, man gets jail time A West Wawanosh man is spend- ing a few days in jail after appear- ing in Wingham's provincial court, July 16. Graham Cere, RR2, Lucknow was charged with assault causing bodily harm and with breaching probation, as a result of an incident in Wingham, March 25. He pled guilty to a lesser charge of common assault and to the breach charge. According to Attorney for the Crown Norman Pickell, police were called to the hospital. The vic- tim said he had been assaulted by Cere, who had head bunted him and punched him around the head and face. Pickell said there was some swelling as a result but noth- ing major. It was discovered that Cere was on probation at the time. Defense Counsel Mike Donnelly said that Cere had responded to a motion the victim had made towards him. He asked Judge Garry Hunter, if considering a period of incarcera- tion to make it brief enough so his client could be released in time to begin classes at college in the fall. Cere received 30 days for the assault and 15 days consecutive on the breach. He was also placed on 12 months probation, during which time he is to have no contact with the victim. There was also a five-year weapons prohibition. DRIVE WHILE DISQUALI- FIED A Wingham man will be sen- tenced September on a charge of driving while disqualified. Pickell said that on April 10, police were dispatched to an acci- dent in Morris Twp. They found a car in the ditch, and an injured female in the back. The plates for the car were found in the ditch and back seat, while there were two full beers and two empties, also discov- ered in the vehicle. Upon investigation, police learned the plates were registered to a different car. The victim, the accused's com- mon-law wife, was taken to hospi- tal. Rod Adams, who was not at the accident scene, later spoke to offi- cers at the hospital and admitted he was the driver, It was determined through the investigation that Adams was not intoxicated at the time, but that his license was suspended until Febru- ary 1999. Defense Counsel Tom White said that the passengers had gotten out on the side road, then Adams went up the road to turn around. Driving back he suddenly saw one of the passengers in the middle of the road and hit the brakes, which locked, causing him to lose control and run into his wife. Concerned that he would be taken into custody and not be allowed to go to the hospital with her he left. A request for any jail term to be served on the weekend resulted in delayed sentencing as there were no cells available in Walkerton. Adams was fined $100 for driv- ing with illegal plates. Help protect the environment Reduce, reuse and recycle COUNTY OF HURON 1997 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AUDITORS REPORT To the Members of Council, Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the Corporation of the County of Huron We have audited the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation of the County of Huron as at December 31, 1997 and the consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended. These statements are the responsibility of the county's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally, accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are tree of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating overall financial statement presentation. In our opinion, those consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Corporation of the County of Huron as al December 31, 1997 and the results of its operation for the year then ended In accordance with the accounting principles disclosed in note 1 to the financial statements. Goderich. Ontario ktilefe *Ae.lad, April 30, 1998 Chartered Accountants Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 1997 Consolidated Balance Sheet as at December 31, 1997 Budget Actual Actual 1997 1996 $ $ 1997 1997 1996 S $ $ Ats Unrestricted Sources of Financing Requisition on Local Municipalities 8,958,435 8,958,717 8,886,967 Cash on hand and in bank 4,062,996 3,300,022 Due to general funds from reserve funds 712,104 1,050,874 Grants Accounts receivable 508,114 555,430 Government of Canada 934,887 705,837 514,084 Other current assets 200,069 31,323 Province of Ontario 16,385,941 15,892,389 12,782,459 Other municipalities 325,000 331,847 186,232 5,483,283 4,937,649 Other Restricted Investment income 234,478 304,683 318,965 Cash on hand and in bank 2,189,096 2,621,237 Fees and service charges 3,316,693 3,504,000 3,185,983 Investments 6,480,018 2,038,994 Rents 891,507 934,278 880,879 Unamortized premium (discount) (26,638) 14 Miscellaneous 72,800 121,006 275,587 8,642,476 4,660,245 Fund Balances at the Beginning of the Year Less: Due from reserve funds to general funds (712,104) (1,050,874) To be used to offset taxation 656,164 671,122 807,879 7,930,372 3,609,371 31,775,905 31,423,879 27,839,035 13,413,655 8,547,020 Applied To Current Operations Liabilities and Fund Balances General government 1,608,035 1,534,400 1,451,208 Liabilities Protection to persons and Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 2,883,526 2,368,237 property 211,122 209,018 214,611 Transportation services 6,900,824 6,253,094 6,015,893 Fund balances at the end of the year Environmental services 162,690 199,558 369,034 To be used to offset taxation 604,270 671,122 Health,services 1,810,626 1,803,865 2,105,946 Social and family services 12,108,122 11,447,999 11,647,009 Reserves 1,995,487 1,898,291 Recreation and cultural services 1,780,788 2,006,369 2,160,726 Planning and development 1,731,914 1,642,484 1,277,139 Reserve Funds 7,930,372 3,609,370 26,314,121 25,096,787 25,241,566 13,413,655 8,547,020 Capital Reserve and Reserve Fund Operations General government 315,000 314,527 142,382 Revenue 6,601,898 2,499,617 Protection to persons and Transfers and Expenditures 2,183,700 1,303,907 property Transportation services 376,000 375,666 896 276,881 Year End Position of Reserves and Reserve Funds 9,925,859 5,507,661 Environmental 1,478 Health services Social and family services 118,000 384,000 118,102 384,256 73,611 I 17,223 NOTES Recreation and cultural services- 103,000 103,095 93.301 1. These Financial Highlights reflect the operations, assets and liabilities of the County of Planning and development 9,000 8,978 24,866 Huron including the following: Huron County Planning and Development Committee, Huron County Library Board, Committee of Management of Huronview and the Huron County 1,305,000 1304,624 730,638 Board of Health. Net Appropriations to (from) Reserves 2. The Huron Addiction and Referral Program administered by the Huron County Board of and Reserve Funds 4,156,784 4,418,198 1,195,709 Health and funded entirely by the Province of Ontario is not consolidated. 3. Copies of the audited financial report from which these highlights were extracted may he Fund Balances at the End of the Year examined at the office of the Clerk-Administrator, County of Huron Court House, The To be used to offset taxation 604.270 671,121 Square, Goderich, Ontario. Jack Coleman Ken Nix, C.M.A. 31.755,905 31,427,879 27.839.035 Warden Treasurer