The Huron Expositor, 1995-06-28, Page 16•"Huron market value as-
sessment and property'
valuation adjustments by the
Ministry of Finance reflect a
20.7 per cent increase beinf
phased in over a live -yew
period. Alone, these create a
mandatory mill rate impact of
about three per cent to four pc,
cent annually. This will con-
tinue for the next three or four
years.
• Provincially determined
minimum property tax shares
(the Ontario Standard Mill
Rate) were increased in 1995
to about three per cent. This is
an annual determination by the
Ministry .of Education &
Training.
• Commercial tax sharing
with the Catholic Board shifts
funding away from the public
boards to the Catholic boards.
The ongoing impact is uncer-
tain as the province shifts
towards a distribution of com-
mercial tax benefits based on
school enrolment in adjacent
school systems.
• Changes in tuition fee rules
impacted in 1995 (payments
from the Catholic school
boards for Catholic students in
public secondary schools) to
the tune of about two per cent.
This will reduce in impact over
the next three to four years as
the new Catholic secondary
school enrolment increases in
' Clinton."
The Board also forwarded
correspondence to this town it
had recently sent to Exeter
Council after it had aired con-
cerns similar to Seaforth's.
" As we enter the next school
year, we are placing about 20
fewer teachers into our schools
than at the present time," that
correspondence states. "Our
financial' house is in good
order. Spending reductions
have been achieved; future
action is under study; and those
matters over which we have
control are being addressed for
the longer term."
The local Board "agonized"
doing 1994-95 estimates, the
letter continues, with trustees
doing "the balancing act re-
quired to meet the needs of our
10,000 students as well as
concerns of the taxpayers.
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Community
Summer courses
Recreation
Preview
Congratulations to all
Seaforth Seniors who partici-
pated in the District Senior
Games in Stratford last week.
They came in third overall.
The Scaforth Recreation
Department will be hosting
fitness and step training once
again this summer. Your
instructor will be Drusilla
Leitch. Class times will be
Tuesday mornings from 9:00 to
10:00 a.m. and Wednesday
evenings from 8:00 to 9:30
p.m. Wednesday evening will
be a combined aerobic step
training class. Both classes will
be eight weeks long. Please
call the Recreation Office at
527-0882 for information and
to register.
Drusilla will also be instruct-
ing Aqua Fit this summer.
Aqua Fit will be held at the
Lions Pool on Mondays and
Wednesdays from 12:00 noon
to 1:00 p.m. Please pre -register
by calling Drusilla at 527-1182,
or the Recreation Office at
527-0882. Aqua Fit will begin
on July 10.
Plan to stay in Seaforth on
Canada Day. Once again
Seaforth will be hosting
Canada Day Celebrations on
Saturday, July 1. The day will
begin with the Firemen's
Breakfast, eggs, bacon, saus-
age, homefrics, pancakes, toast,
coffee.
After breakfast come to the
Victoria Park for the Annual
Heritage Walk Poker Rally.
Registration for the walk will
be held between 11:30 and 12
noon. Prizes will be awarded
for best hand, second best hand
and low hand. After the walk,
everyone is welcome to stay in
the park for entertainment in
the bandshell.
The Cavan Cloggcrs will
entertain from 1:15 - 1:45 and
the Scaforth - Dashwood Com-
munity Band will follow from
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The Giant
Fireworks Display will once
again light up the sky at Dark
at the Scaforth District High
School.
The Seaforth Recreation
Department wishes to thank the
following for their financial
contribution for the fireworks:
by Marty Bedard
Seaforth Lions L i U i,
•.Seaforth Legion Br. 156
Seaforth Optimist Club
•.Canadian Foresters
Town of Seaforth
•.Ontario Canada Day Com-
mittee
mmittee
•.Canadian Heritage
Last week's Senior
Shuffleboard winners were:
Women:
II. McGonigle 432
I. Scoins 277
I. Gardiner 277
Men:
K. Preszcator 380
K. Lingelbach 285
B. McLean 246
Senior Shuffleboard continues
every Wednesday afternoon
from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m: All
seniors are welcome to enjoy
an afternoon of fun and fellow-
ship.
Friends attend
80th birthday
Friends and family of
Seaforth attending 80th Birth-
day for Rose Altman at the
Legion on June 17 were
brother Roy and wife Vera
from Brockville; Mel and
David from . London, also
friends and relatives from
Burlington, Waterloo,
Kitchener, Guelph, Walkerton,
Hanover.
Increase explained
Complicated "key factors",
with no financial reserve to
cushion the blow, and an un-
willingness to "jeopardize
programs" caused the large tax
increase from the Huron Coun-
ty Board of Education in this
year's mill rate.
"Our long history of low
spending and lower taxation
seem to be working against us
at this time," says Director of
Education Paul Carroll in- a
letter to Seaforth Council.
At last month's meeting the
town asked him to explain
beyond "downloading" why
public education costs here arc
increasing so dramatically
compared to the percentages
from, for instance, the separate
school board.
Reeve Bill Benneu said it
was like throwing money down
yell. Other local councilors,
,rte teachers, worried about
what will happen when wage
controls imposed by the late
provincial NDP government's
"Social Contract" end, with
about 80 per cent of the
Board's current expenditures
going in salaries.
Carroll's statement, after a
review of Council's letter by
the Board's executive commit-
tee, noted:
"There arc no reserves...to
soften the mill rate impact as
has happened to some other
local boards.
"It is apparent that school
board mill rate increases vary
across western Ontario from
nominal changes to as high as
15 per cent this year. Every
board finds itself in different
circumstance. The one thing
shared in common is a funding
system which no longer
provides equity across the
province."
The Board emphasized it is
committed to the cost-cutting it
commenced last year, and said
trustees would welcome a
delegation from Scaforth at any
future executive meeting to
explore the issue further.
The key factors leading to
this year's large' tax increase,
as outlined by the Board in its
replay to Seaforth Council,
were:
0 YOUR PART
Please put yukkies In their place JOIN US!
Homecoming '95 getting closer
by JEAN ROSS
It's butterfly season and the
butterflies arc fluttering in the
stomachs of some of the mem-
bers of the homecoming com-
mittee. But 40 days from now
they'll have fluttered away and
the reunion will be history.
The children haven't been
forgotten in the festive plans.
On Saturday, August 5, thcrc is
a swim meet at the Lions Park
in the morning. In the after-
noon the children may bring
their teddy bears to a Teddy
Bear Picnic on the lawn at the
hospital. Thcrc will be stories,
games, face painting and
snacks. After the picnic, in
cast the teddy bears ate too
much or got too much sun,
there will be a Teddy Bear
Clinic at the hospital. This is a
program geared to the children
to help them understand hospi-
tal procedure and health educa-
tion.
Anyone who has purchased
Variety Show tickets, please
note some of the tickets were
sold before it was noticed that
they had been printed Saturday,
August 6. The variety show is
Saturday, August 5.
Ken Cardno has advised us
Cardno Hall will be open at
sometime during the home-
0
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coming. LACAC will be
including it in its program.
There arc a lot of memories in
Cardno Hall.
One of the `eye -sores' on
Main Street has a new look.
Frank Phillips cleaned and
covered the windows of the old
grocery store, and put a couple
of the Art Class posters in it.
Frank will be having his pic-
tures of `by -gone' days and
'woe -be -gone' people available
for Homecoming. Your picture
may be there! Maureen
Wildfong says the posters from
the S.D.H.S. Art class are
being put up in some of the
store windows. We are hoping
all the merchants will 'catch
the spirit' and decorate their
stores and offices for the
Homecoming.
Lyle Haney has 'people
movers' organized and when
the designated parking areas
are confirmed, it will be in the
'Homecoming News'. Hope-
fully this will cut down on the
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traffic in the congested areas.
Clinton Fish and Game Club is
going to be running a bus from
the Club, picking up at the
Credit Union, to Scaforth on
Saturday, August 5 between 2
p.m. and 2 a.m.
The up-to-date schedule of
events is green, so throw away
the yellow one. Registration
forms for the Slow -Pitch tour-
nament are at the store. With
the exception of a few
'glitches' the store has been
open from 10 - 5:15 Monday
to Saturday and 7-9 on Thurs-
day night, and will continue to
be as long as there is the
`people power' to keep it open.
We still need a number of
volunteers for July. This isn't a
sales pitch - but - the tickets
are selling fairly quickly - only
37 days to go.
For •Those of you who read
the last column and are looking
forward with anticipation to
having 'someone you care for'
out of circulation for a few
hours during the homecoming,
I got the scoop! The
Crimestoppers Jain-a-Thon is
on Friday, August 4 from 6
p.m. - 9 p.m. beside the T.D. .
Bank. Joe Stefflcr will be glad
to give you the details.
Could the people who have
informed the committee that
they have `space' for the
homecomers', please advise the
store when it's been filled, so
they can remove it from their
records.
Joe Steffler, not to be out-
done by Carolannc in the
`words of wisdom' department
said at the last meeting. "Just
42 more days and nor more
meetings!" I bet he'll miss us.
Toes tapping at Walton Hall
On June 18 the Walton Hall
was alive with toe -tapping, old-
time Fiddling music. Roughly
80 people came out to share
the day with Mrs. Aldcen
Machan of Monkton and help
celebrate her birthday.
The fiddlers were Lloyd
Warwick from Blucvale and
Lawrence Edgar of Listowel.
Lawrence's wife Annie tickled
the ivories as did Mrs. Sid
Adams of Wingham. Bill
Hamilton played guitar.
The party was put on by
Aldccn's family and she
enjoyed seeing friends and
relatives who she hadn't sten
in quite a while.
PUBLIC MEETING
CONCERNING A
OF
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT
FAL PLAN
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AFFFECTING THE
TOWNSHIP OF HULLETT
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of
the County of Huron will hold a public meeting on
Tuesday, August 1, 1995 at 8 p.m. in the Township
of Hullett Municipal Office in Londesboro to consider
a proposed Official Plan Amendment under Section 17
of the Planning Act.
The proposed official plan amendment would change
Section 6.3.1.4. (surplus residential severance policies)
in the Township of Hullett Secondary Plan. The
amendment changes the requirement for the date of
construction of the surplus residence from the date of
the adoption of the County Official Plan (1971), to
being established for a minimum of ten years. In
addition, the amendment adds a policy which will
require the area to be severed to have a minimum lot
size of 1.21 hectares (3 acres).
ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or
make written or verbal representation either in sup-
port or opposition to the proposed official plan
amendment. Written submissions may be forwarded to
J.A. Murray (address below).
If a person or public body that requests a referral of a
proposed decision in respect of the proposed official
plan amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board does
not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does
not make written submissions before the proposed
official plan amendment is adopted then,
1) the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, as the approval
authority, may refuse the request to refer all or part of
its proposed decision to the Ontario Municipal Board;
and
2) The Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or
part of the referral of the proposed decision.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating, to the
proposed official plan amendment is available for
inspectionduring regular office hours at the office of
the Huron . County Planning and Development
Department, temporarily located at 57 Napier St.
during renovations to 'the Court House, Goderich,
between 8:30 and 4:30 p.m.
If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the
proposed official plan amendment, you must make
written request to the address noted below.
Dated at the TOWNSHIP OF HULLETT this 26th day
of June, 1995.
J.A. Murray, Clerk -Administrator
County of Huron
Court House
Goderich, Ontario
N7A 1M2
Telephone: 5248394 (Clerk)
524-2188 (Planning)
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