The Huron Expositor, 1995-11-15, Page 13(47. CARDS OF THANKS
HOLM ES- UPSHALL
We would like to thank everyone
who helped us on our special day.
Also to those who came to visit
and all the gips we received. We
greatly appreciate it. Amy and
Jessica. 47-46-1
STOREY
1 would ' ke to thank family rela-
tives and friends who joined in
helping me celebrate my 75th
birthday. Special thanks to my
family for the dinner and great
party. Also for the musicians,
singers, gifts and cards. It was an
evening to remember. Charlie
Storey. 47-46x1
FLYNN
A great big Thank You to everyone
who came to our Open House to
help celebrate our 40th Wedding
Anniversary. The beautiful gifts,
money and the many verbal con-
gratulations were very much
appreciated. A special thanks goes
to our family and Mother for
arranging everything to make our
day perfect. We are very proud of
them. Thanks to the girls in the
kitchen. We also enjoyed the won-
derful meal and evening with the
Huron Strings, and we love the
beautiful 40th Anniversary plate
that we received. We are over-
whelmed by everything. Marie and
Bill. 47-46x t cc
ROGERSON
Our sincere thanks and appreci-
ation for everyone who helped
make our Mother's 85th Birthday
Party such a joyous occasion.
Special thanks to Barb, Marie,
Donna and everyone who helped
serve. Happy Birthday Mom, we
love you. Ken & Marg, Helen &
Gord, Marg & Glen, Joan & Greg.
47-46x1
Grits meet
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slam Tories
CLINTON - The provincial
Liberals are heading into the
challenge of a lifetime, as
Ontarians face more and more
cutbacks from the new Mike
Harris government.
"As Liberals, we face a chal-
lenge we have not faced in this
lifetime," said Sean Conway,
MPP of Renfrew North. Con-
way was the guest speaker at
the Huron Liberal annual
meeting on Oct. 12 in Clinton.
"There is one rule for the
Tories and one rule for
everyone else," Conway stated.
"These people have a double
standard."
Throughout Harris's election
campaign in the spring,
promises were made by the
premier to leave the provincial
health care budget alone. "'I
wouldn't touch the budget for
' the Ministry of Health,"' said
Conway, when quoting Harris
from his election campaign.
Now, three months into the
Tories' term, Conway pointed
out that $150 million has been
cut from the health budget. "In
three or four weeks, I am
predicting massive cuts to
public hospitals that will cause
a level of community concern
and anguish that will be
unprecedented," he said. "We
are weeks away from deep
dramatic cuts."
"This is a Tory government
that I have not seen in my
lifetime," said Conway, com-
paring Mike Harris's style of
government to that of the
American style of Speaker of
the House of Congress Newt
Gingrich. "This Tory crowd
owes nothing to the old
Progressive Conservatives of
Bill Davis. The Tories of the
past understood something
about Canada and Ontario that
they cherished for decades."
As the present day Tories
move towards more
privatization of previously
funded government or-
ganizations, Conway noted that
they don't understand the lives
of farmers or small business
owners. There is more to
governing than economics, he
said, there is the social aspect
as well.
"Never has there been a more
important time for the Liberals
to go forth; said Conway.
"The Liberal way is not the
only way but it is the better
way."
Vanastra improvements
Building ' improvements are
scheduled for Vanastra Com-
munity School starting during
Christmas holidays. A new
entrance and main foyer,
complete with skylights, are
planned.
Walton school ventures
Walton Public's School Ad-
visory Council is discussing
playground equipment and
fundraising ventures, and the
importance of an all-purpose
room at the school to be shared
with the community.
THE HURON EXPO$1TOL- Howmber 15, 1595-13
Seaforth Council wrestles with strategic restructuring
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
Expositor Staff
Seaforth Council continues to
feel its way through a recent
restructuring, in an attempt to
focus more on long-term plan-
ning and become more relevant
to the people it serves.
Council has done away with
its internal committees and
now meets the first two Tues-
days of each month, rather than
as a whole only the second
Tuesday of every month.
Strategic planning has been
complicated by the provincial
government's plans to chop
grants by 20 per cent. Details
of the announced Ontario belt -
tightening still haven't been
forwarded to municipalities.
"We had better get real
smart, real fast or we are going
to be looking at major tax
increases next year," com-
mented Coun. Brian Ferguson
at one stage of last Tuesday
night's session.
Councillors •Ferguson and
Michael Hak presented a report
and charts from a recent
strategic planning session they
attended, and Huron County
planner Gary Davidson also
attended the first half of last
Tuesday's meeting.
Fine words proliferated.
"It became clear to us that
major change does not happen
from the top down," the coun-
cillor's report states. "It mainly
happens from the bottom up.
Dungannon men
fall about 50 feet
Two Dungannon men were
injured Nov. 5 when the pickup
truck they were in failed to
negotiate a curve just north of
Goderich, went through a guard
rail then dropped 50 feet and
landed on its side on the rail-
way tracks below.
They were transferred from
Goderich to Victoria Hospital
in London}, and released a
couple of days later. Police say
alcohol was a factor in the
accident.
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"To succeed at developing a
successful community based
strategic.plan the process must
be community led and consen-
sus -based because the central
issue is will, not expertise; only
a community based process can
overcome the political,
bureaucratic and psychological
barriers to change.
"These bottom-up, citizen led
processes must be combined
with top-down Town Council
and staff support if plans are
going to be implemented and
activities sustained because it is
still only governments that
have the regulatory and taxing
powers to secure the transition
to sustainability," the report
continues.
Whether these words end up
buttering any parsnips, is
another matter.
"What we missed is com-
munity involvement," Coun.
Ferguson said.
"What if there is rio driving
force out there'!" Administrator
Jim Crocker asked.
He noted downtown
revitalization was the last time
this community really got in-
volved with a Council project,
Superintendents see
bleak fiscal future
Regional business superinten-
dents representing 21 boards of
education in this western region
recently met in Clinton and
concluded their collective fiscal
future is far from rosy, but
bleaker still for those as-
sessment -poor and grant -depen-
dent.
The Mowat board, via of the
Huron board's video -conferen-
cing system, commented it has
effectively spent its capital
allowance for the rest of the
century.
"The suggestion was made
that the only way to get at
reductions in capital spending
was to reduce or eliminate
previously approved al-
locations," notes a report on
the meeting in a newsletter
from the Huron board's direc-
tor of education, Paul Carroll.
"In terms of reductions in
operating grants, it was sug-
gested that we would not
reasonably expect to see
finance reform until 1997-98
and that reductions would be
implemented through reduc-
tions in grant ceiling and
increases in standard mill
rates," the Huron director adds.
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and that inany citizens had
their reservations on its success
and felt it was money poorly
spent.
Consensus seemed to be that
whatever Council does it
should keep it simple, and find
out what services the people of
Seaforth value the most.
'Cost -benefit analysis has
never been done on such things
as the weekly pickup of leaves
and fallen limbs in town, he
noted, and it might be wise to
do so before the real cash
crunch comes.
Crocker said the recent fal-
ling by the wayside of the
Central Huron Mobility bus in
this area is a good example:
"The grassroots can come up
with the ideas, but only
municipalities can come up
with the funds and allocations
to make it work."
The message has to come
from the community Davidson
noted, Council has to make
efficient use of its time and
communicate effectively with
its public.
"There is a tax wall com-
munities reach," the Huron
County planner noted, beyond
which to find savings local
governments can't help but
keep passing reductions in
service on, and, it ends up
costing jobs.
"But that's not for the press,"
he added, at the open meeting.
* * *
Seaforth Council has done
away with its standing commit-
tees and replaced them with
individual members of Council
now "responsible for a par-
ticular focus" in its restruc-
turing implemented for the fust
time last month.
Council now meets as a
whole the first two Tuesdays of
each month, rather than only
the second Tuesday of each
month. The restructuring is part
of strategic planning process
that has been going on for
some time, as the municipality
attempts, among other things to
become more accessible and
deal with long-range issue
more effectively.
The following focuses are
now the responsibility of the
following councillors:
• Human resources/ special
projects: Coun. Heather
Robinet.
• Finance/general
government Coun. Brian Fer-
guson and Coun. Michael Hak.
• Transportation/ environ-
ment: Coun. John Ball.
• Public relations/property:
Reeve William Bennett.
• Planning/economic
development: Deputy -Reeve
William Teall.
Members of Council will
continue to be appointed to
other committees and boards,
which include arena, recreation,
fire, BIA., LACAC, planning
and hospital boards.
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