HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-12-09, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1998.
W. Wawanosh council
finalizes charity list
West Wawanosh council, on
Dec. 1, approved a list of charitable
organizations which will be includ-
ed on a roster to receive govern-
ment funds.
Pending ministry approval, those
listed were Lucknow Kinsmen,
Lucknow Lions, Lucknow Agricul-
tural Society, Dungannon Agricul-
tural Society, St. Helens Women's
Institute, Town and Country Sup-
port Service, Canadian Hearing
Society and the 1st Lucknow
Guides and Pathfinders. The total
of the advance funding is $5,208.
Council authorized Golder and
Associates to send a letter to the
Ministry of Environment request-
ing the eastern landfill area closure
plan not be completed until a prop-
er surface water impact can be
done.
Councillors Stuart Alton and Neil
Rintoul attended the Large Live-
stock Barns, Community Issues and
Roles of Responsibility of the
Municipality seminar. A motion
was passed asking the Huron Coun-
ty planning and development
department to refrain from showing
"Lake Urine and Pigs" type of
slides during presentations at
venues such as the large livestock
barn seminar. Councillors said sev-
eral participants expressed concern
and found the slide to be distasteful
and offensive.
Approval was given for a one per
cent bonus from the 1998 base
wage, for all full time employees.
Road and general accounts in
the amounts of $12,811.42 and
$45,034.16 were approved for pay-
ment.
Swelling the ranks
The Blyth Brownies got a huge boost recently when eight members joined. They are, in
back, from left: Leticia Kolkman, Jessica Sparling, Stacey Beane Currie and Brittany
Cartwright. In front, from left: Amelia Carter-Brown, Brandilyn Bearss, Megan Root and Tyan
Bailey. MPP applauds Clinton
In the Legislature Dec. 2 Liberal
Gambling Critic Jim Bradley,
MPP, St. Catharines, applauded the
efforts of Clinton residents to halt
the Harris bulldozer which is.trying
to impose a bank of slot machines
on the Southwestern community.
Concerned citizens organized a
public forum., pitting Professor
John Warren Kindt, an
internationally recognized expert
on and critic of the economic
development argument put forward
by the pro-gambling set to justify
the expansion of gambling, against
the well-funded and determined
forces of the Ontario Lottery Corp.
"Clinton residents understand
that despite the pious
pronouncement of the Harris
government that it would not
proceed with its plan to force 44
so-called charity casinos -- more
appropriately known as Mike
Harris gambling halls -- on
widespread public opposition,
Harris government agents are
quietly trying to sneak thousands of
slot machine into cities, towns and
villages under the guise of assisting
race tracks," Bradley told the
House.
Earlier this year, in the absence
of any meaningful consultation by
the government Clinton citizens
conducted a door-to-door survey of
844 residents and found 70 per cent
against the establishment of a new
casino and only 10 per cent in
favour. This result hasn't stopped
Mike Harris's lottery corporation
Continued on page 19
Wrapped up in the season
Dressed in the perfect Christmas costume, this young
parade marcher was having a great time waving to the
crowd which lined Turnberry Street for the annual
Brussels Santa Clause Parade on Saturday.
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