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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2005-02-24, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2005. Debate continues over truck By Bonnie Gropp Citizen editor A decision on a truck for the public works director has been deferred until the March 3 budget discussion for North Huron. At the regular meeting on Monday night, councillors continued a debate that has been taking place off and on for several months. Currently the director of public works, Ralph Campbell is using his own vehicle for township business. However, since his insurance provider then deemed it a commercial vehicle his insurance tripled, so council has been paying him 45 cents a kilometre. When a decision was reached some time ago to buy a truck, four companies tendered. Clerk administrator John Stewart explained Monday night that only two of those had tendered for the requested specifications. In one case, to get the specified feature, the tender included features which some councillors felt were unnecessary. The two tenders that didn’t come as requested could not, Stewart felt, be accepted. “When we tendered we thought we’d be comparing apples to apples. I don’t think we can go out and just get the truck that suits us when two sent in the tender we asked for." Campbell would be satisfied with just the better seat, he noted, but prefers one make over another because of blind spots and access to the manual door handle. The tendered costs were $28,629.25 from Tolton and $29,095 from J.L. McCutcheon for the requested packages. Bridge Motors submitted a tender of $25,530 without the better seat or power windows and locks, while John Cullen’s tender included only the seat at a cost of $27,071. 1 think if we don’t want the power windows and locks we have to go back and give everyone the same chance,” said Stewart. While some councillors felt that they needed to move on making a decision because of the cost of paying mileage, councillor Archie MacGowan re-iterated his initial concerns about purchasing the truck. "My concern is cash flow, mileage is over a year, while a truck purchase is immediate. in a few days time we’re going to be looking at ways to cut. I’m struggling a bit with this. 1 have a niggling feeling we’re going to have to start to weigh the things we'd like to have and the things we must have.” Deputy-reeve Murray Scott wondered if council needed a policy in place to determine which employees would have a township vehicle. “It’s time we made some decisions.” ON $4.00 THURSDAYS Drop into either of our offices any Thursday with your word classified (maximum 20 words) and pay only $4.00 + GST (paid in advance). That’s $1.00 off regular rates. The Citizen Western “C” Standings GP W L T OTL PTS GF GA Wingham Ironmen 40 30 4 4 2 66 193 101 Kincardine Bulldogs 40 25 14 1 0 51 151 114 Hanover Barons 40 15 22 3 0 33 164 181 Goderich Sailors 40 9 26 2 3 23 112 186 Mount Forest Patriots 40 8 28 4 0 20 140 225 Novice tourney The Blyth Lions Club hosted an eight-team Novice hockey tournament this past weekend at the Blyth and District Community Centre. Brussels took on Lucknow in their first game of the tourney. (Jim Brown photo) Country Fare By Patricia Ham, Auburn School House spread top with milk and dredge with sugar. Work into woven lattice. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes, then 350° for 25 - 30 minutes. Hoping you will enjoy and use some of the recipes I will be giving each month. They have all been tested by me in my home, and will come from many sources. They are easy family food that teenagers and parents will enjoy. RAISIN COCONUT BARS 3/4 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup packed brown sugar 3 tbsp, flour 1 cup rains 1/2 cup shredded coconut 1 cup icing sugar Cream together butter, white sugar, and 1/2 tsp. salt. Stir in 2 cups all-purpose flour. Gently pat into 9x13x2 pan. Bake at 350° for approximately 20 minutes. Beat eggs lightly with a fork, add vanilla and brown sugar. Combine and add 3 tbsp, all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp. salt. Stir in raisins and coconut Spread over baked bottom. Bake at 350°, 20 - 25 minutes until golden brown. Meanwhile mix icing sugar, vanilla and a bit of milk to make a glaze. Drizzle over warm base. Cool and cut into bars. MOTHER’S RAISIN PIE WITH A LATTICE TOP 2 cups large raisins 1 1/2 cup boiling water 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tbs-p. cornstarch juice of one orange grated rind of 1/2 orange and grated rind of 1/2 lemon 2 tbsp, lemon juice. Cook raisins five minutes in the boiling water. Mix brown sugar and cornstarch; slowly stir in to raisins and cook until thick. Remove from stove. Stir in remaining juice and grated rinds. Pour into lined 9" pie plate. Roll out top, cut into narrow strips, Brussels FbODtAND We /ttwe the in^tedient^. 887-9740 RAISIN ALMOND POUND CAKE 1 cup sugar 3/4 cup butter 4 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tbsp, salt 1 tsp. nutmeg 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup buttermilk 1 cup raisins 1/2 cup finely chopped candied orange peel 1/2 cup ground almonds In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well. Sift together flour, nutmeg, salt and soda; add dry mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Combine well with each addition. Fold in raisins, peel and’ nuts. Scrape into greased 9x5x3 pan. Bake at 350° for 60 - 70 minutes. Cool in pan. Then enjoy! RAISIN PASTRY SQUARES 1 cup raisins water 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking powder 3/4 cup butter 5-7 tbsp, milk 1/4 cup sugar additional milk and sugar for top In a saucepan cover raisins with water. Bring to a boil, let stand 5 minutes. Drain and set aside. Blend flour, salt, baking powder; cut in butter as for pastry. Gradually add 5 - 7 tbsp, milk, gently mix with fork until well moistened. Form into a ball on a floured surface. Roll pastry into a 17x11 rectangle, carefully and smoothly. Transfer pastry to a baking sheet, spread raisins evenly over lengthwise half of pastry. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar over raisins, fold pastry carefully over raisins and seal. Brush with milk and sprinkle with a bit of sugar. Bake at 375° for 30 - 35 minutes. Cool and cut into squares. IRONMEN SCORING GP G A PTS PM +/- Cole Stewart 37 29 36 65 34 54 Zack O’Krafka 37 20 ♦ 38 58 43 56 Jamie Chester 36 13 29 42 44 45 Matt Hill 39 21 21 42 75 53 Joel Riley 36 18 20 38 52 42 Justin Russell 33 15 15 30 70 31 Matt McPhee 39 12 18 30 75 23 Devin McGuire 36 7 17 24 34 53 Shawn Walker 8 6 13 19 23 18 Cory Hamilton 33 6 12 18 51 24 Joel Hemingway 38 3 14 17 55 27 Luke Williams 34 9 7 16 22 10 Ryan Fry*37 10 4 14 37 18 Chris Stanley 20 2 8 10 10 17 Nick Filsinger 15 7 3 10 56 8 Ted Leeb , .12 4 6 10 6 8 Zack Graham*37 1 9 10 20 2 Matt McCann 30 3 6 9 117 25 Blake Alton 27 2 5 7 20 8 Travis Fowlie 9 0 5 5 6 11 Patrick Miller 1 0 0 0 0 -2 GOALIE MP W L T GA Jason Blinkhorn 667 6 3 2 23 Kurt Edwards 1334 19 2 2 61 Shaun Pascoel*240 4 0 0 11 Adam Skinn**64 0 0 0 2 Matt Rehorst**60 1 0 0 2 SA SAV SAV%AVG SO Jason Blinkhorn 330 307 93.0%2.07 2 Kurt Edwards 662 601 90.8%2.74 3 Shaun Pascoel*102 91 89.2%2.75 0 Adam Skinn**29 27 93.1%1.88 0 Matt Rehorst**39 37 94.9%2.00 0 • -Rookie - AP ••• -As an Ironmen Wedding^nnouncement SEMPLE-McCALLUM Crystal and Chad were united in marriage August 7, 2004 in a beautiful outdoor wedding held at the home of the groom’s parents. The bride’s attendants were Jodi Semple, Suzanne Terpstra, Patricia Cummings and Janice McCallum. The groom’s attendants were Pete Terpstra, Randy Beuermann, Mark McClure and Rob Semple. Flower girls were Meaghan and Morgan White, cousins of the bride. Bible readings were given by Josh Beuermann and Melissa Sill. Chad is the son of Ron and Betty McCallum of Walton and Crystal is the daughter of Calvin and Gail Semple of Ethel.