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Agriculture Society raffling
off $25,000 at annual draw
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k
While they've been raffling off tractors and
then trucks and tractors for the past 17 years,
the Seaforth Agricultural Society will be hold-
ing a draw for $25,000 in cash at this year's
June 30 draw and dance.
"We thought it might be more appealing -
we felt making it cash would be more versa-
tile," says Agricultural Society member Ross
Ribey.
While ticket sales have been "fairly slow"
this year so far, Ribey is hoping that once peo-
ple know the draw is for $25,000 in cash this
year, ticket sales will pick up.
"We think the cash will appeal to urban
people as well as rural," he says, adding that
there will be 99 other prizes as well with one
in 15 odds of winning a prize.
Another change this year is the usual elimi-
nation process will not be used. Instead of the
prize going to the last names drawn, only 100
names will be drawn and each will be a win-
ner.
"I think it'll keep the crowd longer and
make the evening more interesting," says
Ribey.
The last name drawn will win the $25,000.
"Of course, we think everyone's a winner
who goes because they all get two dinners
with the ticket price and great entertain-
ment," says Ribey.
Performing this year are country/pop singer
Shelley Rastin, Dry County and The Red
Rascal Band, which plays popular and tradi-
tional country music.
Only 1,500 tickets are sold for the event
before noon on June 29.
Among the 100 prizes being drawn this
year are vouchers for gifts, food and services
from local businesses as well as smaller cash
prizes.
- Close to 2,000 people are usually attracted
to town for the annual Agricultural Society
draw, many of whom stay on site at the
Society's 32 serviced campsites on the 16 -acre
fairgrounds.
Huron East 13 per cent levy
increase passes with little fanfare
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Huron East passed a gener-
al levy increase of 13 per cent
to its 2007 budget with little
fanfare and an empty gallery
at council's April 17 meeting.
While the council chambers
had been full earlier in the
evening over a rezoning issue
and questions about develop-
ment subsidies, there were no
ratepayers to attend the pass-
ing of the municipal budget.
Despite the increase,
Deputy -Clerk Brad Knight
predicted Huron East's rural
wards would continue to have
the lowest taxes in Huron
County.
As well, he- said Brussels
should he no worse than 14th
and Seaforth no worse than
19th out of the 26 pre -
amalgamation munici-
palities of Huron.
Knight said in a
power -point presenta-
tion that with a gener-
al levy increase of 13
per cent ($202,500)
and a decrease of' 14
per cent ( $150,228) in
area -rated taxation,
there is actually a net
tax increase of 1.98
per cent ($52,272) in
Huron East.
"Expenses jumped by
$1.3 million but look
what's coming out of
reserves," he said,
pointing to the
$200,000 coming out of
reserves for the fire
budget, $330,00p com-
ing out of reserves for
the roads equipment
budget and $205,000
coming lout of reserves
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budget.
Receiving $3.15 million in
revenue from the province's
OMPF (Ontario Municipal
Partnership Fund) program,
Huron East gets more than
$1.2 million more than the
next lower tier municipality.
"We get more from the
province than we raise from
the general levy. I think it
would surprise a lot of people
to know that," said Knight.
The general levy of $1.76
million creates 27 per cent of
the revenue of the $6.6 mil -
hon budget.
He said an assessment
growth of 1.5 per cent gener-
ates $23,000 towards the gen-
eral levy.
Huron East first projected a
deficit of more than $768,000,
caused mostly by the planned
purchase of a grader and a
pumper truck for the
Seaforth fire department at a
total of $600,000.
A decision to take $400,000
from reserves brought the
deficit down to $247,000,
which was eliminated by bud-
get cuts including taking a
$150,000 road reconstruction
project on Oak Road in
Tuckersmith out of 2007's
budget.