The Citizen, 2002-09-25, Page 12ATTENTION BOYS 81 GIRLS AGES 9,19
It's once again time for Junior Broomball.
Registration will take place
Saturday, September 28 and
Saturday, October 5
at the Blyth Arena from 1 pm - 4 pm
Please take a photocopy of your
child's(ren's) birth certificate with you.
(First year players only)
Note: there will be an extra charge for late registration.
Any questions please call
Linda Pease 523,9558, Tracy Cook 523-9592,
Fred DeBoer 523-9500, Judy Cook 357-3478
Good start
Keshia Bishop received the top novice showman award at
the Brussels Fall Fair 4-H beef club competition Sept. 18.
Barb Rintoul made the presentation. Bishop also received
the Ken Black Memorial for the top novice. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
FALL IS FOR
PLANTING!
.Enjoy Special
Fall Savings
• 30-50% Off trees, shrubs & perennials
• Fall perennials, continue to arrive weekly
• Quantity discounts on fall mums and asters
Watch for Customer Appreciation Days
coming Oct. 1 to 14
Celebrating Don's Retirement
Great Deals on LARGE TREES - Digging Soon
Maitland Manor Nursery and Landscaping
"Great Gardens Begin Here"
Just east of Bluevale on Hwy. 86
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Redeem Gift Certificates ASAP for best selection
Air Alf-
ntifil Huron
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NOTICE
OF PUBLIC MEETING
Municipality of Central Huron
WARD SYSTEM REVIEW
The Council of the Corporation of the Municipality
of Central Huron has passed a resolution
recommending to remain with the current ward
system for the next term of Council. The meeting
will be held in the
Town Hall Auditorium
23 Albert Street, Clinton
Thursday, September 26, 2002
Time: 8:00 pm
The current Ward system is as follows:
Ward 1 (former Township of Goderich) - Two
Councillors
Ward 2 (former Township of Hullett) - Two
Councillors
Ward 3 (former Town of Clinton) - Two Councillors.
The Reeve and Deputy Reeve will continue to
be elected at large.
Council will be holding this public meeting for
discussion and consultation purposes with respect
to the above recommended option and also to
present three other possible options,they are as
follows:
• To Move existing Boundaries
• That all members of Council be elected at Large
• To add one Councillor to Ward One creating a
new council position.
PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2002.
Knight asks council for reserve fund 7
FROM CRANBROOK
WMS meets
The September meeting of the
WMS of Cranbrook Presbyterian
Church was held on Sept. 10 at 8:15
p.m. at the home of Leslie and
Yvonne Knight.
Eleanor Stevenson was the leader
and opened with a fitting thought,
Reasons for Being Glad to Go to
School.
Scripture was read from Psalm 65
vs. 9-13.
Mrs. Stevenson read a paper
entitled, Principles of Getting along
at School and in Life. Each thought
contained a golden nugget of truth.
As president, Yvonne Knight
presented the business portion of the
proceedings. She announced that the
new minister at both Knox
Cranbrook and Knox Moncton, is
Theresa MacDonald-Lee. She will
be ordained at Glencoe on Sept. 29
and induction service will be held in
the Cranbrook Church on
Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Shirley Aitchesp from the
Avonton WMS will be the
Presbytery visitor and will attend the
November meeting.
The members of the Exeter Cavan
Presbyterian Church will be the new
twinning partners. Cranbrook WMS
is invited to meet with them there on
Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. This will be the
October meeting.
The fall conference will be held in
St. Marys on Oct. 11 and the
executive meeting will be held in
Seaforth on Oct. 21.,
Brenda Perrie presented the topic
for the meeting. What Does God
Look Like. To each this consists of
making good choices. Evil is the
absence of God and since God is the
sustainer He must be looked upon as
a firm and reliable friend. Daily
communication with God is a very
important function.
9 tables
at euchre
The Friday, Sept. 20 euchre party
was hosted by John and Iola Subject
of Atwood and Neil Hatt and Edna
McLellan. There were nine tables at
play.
Winners were: 50/50, Eleanor
Stevenson; travelling lone hand,
Mary Davidson; special draw
winners, Lois Schneider, Isabelle
Gray; ladies' high, Helen Dobson;
men's high, Norm Dobson; high
woman, Isabelle Gray; second high
man, Ross Stevenson; second high
lady, Viola Adams; low, Jeanne
Ireland and Velma Sleightholm; lone
hands, Adrian Verstoep; lucky
tallies, Eleanor Stevenson, Bill
Craig, Lois Schneider, Richard
Elliott, June Jacklin, Allison
Sleightholm, Marion Harrison, Mac
Smith, Isabelle Bremner, Stewart
Musgrove, Shirley Verstoep and
Kenneth Crawford.
The next euchre party is Oct. 4.
By David Blaney
Special to The Citizen
Huron East Treasurer Brad Knight
presented a budget update to council
at their meeting on Sept. 17 and once
again requested councillors act to
establish a reserve to purchase major
items of equipment for the
municipality.
Knight made the suggestion on
several previous occasions but the
proposals never survived the budget
planning stage.
The problem became acute in May
of this year when Huron East found
itself on the hook for $55,000 for the
purchase of a new fire engine for the
Hensall fire area. Although the
possible purchase had been discussed
during budget deliberations no
provision had been included in the
municipal budget.
Although the money was found
within the current budget several
councillors mentioned that new fire
trucks would soon be needed in
Brussels and Grey wards at a
corn!: ined cost which could reach
close t) $500,000..
Public Works Co-ordinator John
Forrest has also noted that the age of
one of the municipality's graders
means that it will need to be replaced
within a few years.
Large-scale capital purchases of
this nature are usually not financed
from one year's taxes. The usual
municipal practice is to place money
in a reserve fund over several years to
The Ethel euchre was held on
Monday, Sept. 16 with 15 tables at
play.
Winners were: share-the-wealth,
Dorothy Dilworth. Edna, McLellan;
high, Edna McLellan, Neil Hatt;
prevent sudden drastic increases in
the tax rate.
The municipality -currently
maintains two types of reserve funds
derived from the reserves
accumulated by the five pre-
amalgamation communities.
The operating reserve allows the
municipality to finance its ongoing
operations without resorting to large-
scale short-term borrowing from
banks. Money is drawn out when
needed and replaced from tax
revenues when they exceed current
needs.
The other reserves are dedicated to
each ward for their exclusive use.
This formula was adopted during
amalgamation talks with the idea of
having each area's tax money
returned to that area over the next
several years. These reserves are
under the control of the individual
ward's councillors.
Knight's proposed using a portion
of these protected reserves to
establish a municipal equipment
reserve. Each ward would provide its
share of the new reserve in a
proportion equal to the percentage
they had originally provided to the
general administrative reserve.
Council discussion of the proposal
immediately revealed two problems.
The amount of the protected reserves
differs considerably with Tuckersmith
having approximately $600,000 while
Brussels possesses about $17,500. To
complicate the matter further
Tuckersmith councillors Larry
low, Myrna Burnett, Betty Kennedy;
lone hands, June Jacklin, John
Subject. Numerous lucky tallies
were given out.
The next euchre is Sept. 30 at 8:30
p.m.
McGrath and Bill DeJong both
expressed adamant opposition to the
proposal.
McGrath said, "I can't vote for this.
I promised to protect that money and
spend it in Tuckersmith." DeJong,
who declared, "If we need money for
equipment from here on it should
come out of taxes", emphatically
,backed him up.
Other councillors appeared more
receptive to Knight's suggestion.
Fergus Kelly commented, "We have
to put aside reserves for equipment
and this is the fairest way to do it."
Councillor Sharon McClure echoed
those comments noting, "It's either
this or put up the taxes."
In a later conversation Knight said
that the restructuring order which
established Huron East would
probably make it impossible for
council to use the protected reserves
against the opposition .of the
council members from individual
wards.
"We would need to have complete
consensus," he commented.
15 tables at Ethel euchre