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g 2 Times -Advocate,' January 20, 1952
February 2 at South Huron Rec Centre
Bouton heads Sportsmen's Dinner speakers
The • keynote speaker for
the ninth annual Exeter
Sportsmen's Dinner will be
former New York Yankee
pitcher Jim Bouton.
Bouton who was a 20 game
wiener with the Yankees is
better kBpwn for his baseball
book 'Rall Four" which
became a best seller and
revealed his Yankee mates
were human beings.
Bouton retired from
baseball in 1970 and became
a sportscaster for WABC-TV
in New York where he
helped Eyewitness News
climb from last to first in
the ratings.
In 1978 Bouton did
CELEBRATES 100 YEARS — Mrs. Bertha Bickell celebrated
her 100th birthday at the Ritz Lutheran Villa in Mitchell on
January 10. She lived in the Kirkton area for many years and
is a life member of the Women's Institute of Ontario.
first Tuckersmjfh
taxes due Marchj5
Tuckersmith Township
council moved its 'interim
tax billing date ahead three
months to March 15, when it
met for its first regular
meeting of the new year at
Vanastra. Fifty percent of a
taxpayer's taxes, based on
last year's mill rate, will be
due at that time.
The township is being bill-
ed four times a year now
rather than twice by the
Huron County Board of
Education. hence the move •
from June 15 to March 15 for
an interim tax billing date,
which_ Tuckersmith's clerk -
treasurer Jack ' McLachlan.
estimates will mean saving
of about 110.000 in interest
charges.
The second installment of
Tuckersmith taxes will be
due as usual Nov. 15, but
Vanastra residents may'
have to pay more than 50
percent of their taxes at this
time because of urban ser-
vice charges on the final in-
stallment. Council is in -
REUPHOLSTER
Here's Why!
• Complete rebuilding
• Urge selection of
• Fuality fabrics
ree shop -et -Lome
• Free pick up and dsIlvery
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End of Season
Sale
Now on
Hundreds of
quality
sweaters
for
ladies and men
at savings
up to
vestigating the possibility of
splitting these charges on
the two tax bills.
Council also reduced the
interest rate it charges on
tax arrears to 18 percent per
annum as of Jan. 1, from last
year's rate of 24 percent,
reflecting a decline in the in-
terest rate in the interim.
Township council are
allowed to charge a rate up
to two percent above prime.
Councillors scheduled a
special meeting, from which
the press was excluded,
where wages for township
employees in 1982 were to be
determined. c
Clerk McLachlan read cor- a
respondence from Canada
Valve Supply which included
a list of maintenance w
supplies that should be on
hand for the Brucefield b
water system. to possibly h
prevent a breakdown at odd
hours from becoming dif- P
ficult to repair. The list in- t
volves an estimated cost of c
1501.25. and -council held off a
making a decision on the sy
matter until technical
questions are clarified from ''h
the companies involved. ' b
Council was unsure of how
to respond to a letter from
the Van Egmond Founda-
tion. which indicated thesale
of property between the
Van Egmond House and
cemetery was imminent and
asked for council's final
offer. The foundation had
planned to use portions of
the property for a park, but
is having serious cash flow d
problems. p
At a previous meeting
council had expressed in- d
terest in the property, but d
now wants to know what w
residents of the area want.
"We can't say no. maybe we h
should do, a little more a
homework on this," said s
councillor Bob Broadfoot.
Council wants to know if s
Egmondville wants a park, •
and if so where itwants it. w
something no one had ever
done before. He made a
comeback to a major league
sport after an absence of
eight years and gambled
everything for a dream.
For two years he ate cold
hamburgers and rode hot
buses in the minors before
he was called up by the
Atlanta Braves.
When the 39 year-old
knuckleballer beat the San
Francisco Giants 4-1 it was
his first major league win
since 1970.
Now Bouton is writing a
sports column distributed to
newspapers across the
United States. He is also
very popular as a college
lecturer talking about sports
and the media and some of
the funny things that happen-
ed on the way to becoming a
forest ranger.
Bouton's approach is new
and refreshing. He talks
about turning. negative
situations to advantage and
the creative use of failure as
a way to succeed.
Hockey will be
represented at the February
2 dinner at the South Huron
Rec Centre by formes Mon-
treal Canadiens great ad-
ministrator Sam Polock.
From the world of football
comes John Preistner of the
Hamilton Tiger Cats, John
Glassford of Ottawa and
Montreal's Glenn Weir who
has been here for a number
of other dinners.
Joe Charbonneau of the
Cleveland Indians and Mon-
treal Expo Warren Cromar-
- tie will be here from major
league baseball.
One of the premier
harness horse owners,
trainer and driver Dr. John
Hayes will be attendance
along with gymnast Kelly
Brown and Exeter's own
Dave Shaw, from the
Kitchener Rangers.
The master of ceremonies
will be Father Joe Nelligan
of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Church and he will
certainly keepthe program
rolling in a humorous way.
Tickets are still available
from any member of the Ex-
eter Lions Club for 830 each,
Part of the charge is eligible
for income tax deduction.
Doug Knowles is ch irman
of the Lion. din . r com-
mittee.
Rec Centre comms tees.
told to set '82 priorities
Committees of the S
Huron Rec Centre Boar
Management were advi
to set priorities for 1
capital expenditures.
Carolyn Merner as
beard's finance commit
chairperson also advi
committees to check w
her committee before
capital expenditures a
made.
As the board's Janua
meeting progressed Th
sday, other \items we
referred to capital prioriti
Chairman John Py
stated that the faciliti
committee had gotten
price of 81,000 for a garb
bin for the centre.
He added that the to
would pick up garbage at t
rec centre three times lae
week. The committee felt t
board could save money
building a bin and
eliminating a garbage pic
up service.
The bin was referred to th
facilities. committee f
priority assignment.
Simon van Dam met wi
the board to explain an ide
fora 16 foot by 8 foot trop
case for the rec centre foye
He said the case would c
about 81,641 and asked wh
the board would be willing t
contribute. He added h
would contact other sport
groups to get contributions
Gary Birmingham sai
hat since only about half
he money needed for capita
xpenditure was supplied b
own council last year, any
money spent -on the trophy
ase would have to be set as
priority.
He suggested other groups
be contacted first to find out
hat they would contribute.
One item of facilities will
ypass the 1982 priorities
owever.
Pym reported that the
roblem of too -hot water in
he dressing room showers
ould be cured by installing
n additional water heating
stem.
Two new 50 -gallon water
eaters at a cost of 8'800 could
e installed. The heaters
outh would be set at a shower
d of temperature of 95 degrees
sed (F) and the water run
982 directly to the showers.
Installation would cost
the approximatelx 8600.
tee The more he looked into
sed the problem, the more
ith convinced he became that
any the showers will not work as
re set up Pym said. He felt the
board had no alternative to
ry the work as someone could
or_ .be hurt by a too -hot shower.
re The board passed a motion
es. to have the work done.
m Rec director Lynne
es Farquhar asked if the board
a would be interested in
age hosting a Lake Huron Zone
bantam house league hockey
%n tournament. She said the
he March 27 and 28 tournament
r could be held if an hour of the
he precision skate team's ice
by time was rescheduled.
Gary Birmingham, who is
k- also president of the
precision skating team said
e there would probably be no
or problem.
But he questioned the
(h alternatives to be offered
a
hr Cemetery
at budget up
e For the second year in a
s row, the Exeter cemetery
board ''have requested a
d 12,000 increase in the annual
of grant from the town.
1 . The board have asked for
y' 118,000 this year, compared ---
to the 116,000 received last
year and 114,000 in 1980.
The budget presented .to
council this week calls for
total expendltures of $59,435,
with wages and benefits
taking 853,000 of that. Wages
in 1981 were 848,924.
Heat and insurance are the
only other major items at
11,500 each.
• The anticipated budget for
1982 is actually down about
11,400 over the actual spent
last year, when the board
faced added expenses of a
new fence, furnace and
mower.
The board requested that
the employee relations
committee of council
develop a salary range and
job description for the
cemetery . superintendent
position.
Council representative
Tom Humphreys noted that
it is hoped the committee can
meet with the incumbent and
complete this in three weeks,
as the position is being ad;
vertised for duties to com-
mence in March and the
board feels this salary range
and job description should be
in place prior to in-
terviewing.
Current superintendent
Albert Hummel is retiring
next year.
At their January 13
meeting, the board also
decided to withdraw per-
petual care of monuments
from the fee schedule
because they feel this should
be on a contract basis only as
no two monuments are the
same in respect to size, age,
etc. A draft contract will be
studied at the next meeting.
A summer student will
again be hired for ap-
proiimately. two weeks to
help with planting of flower
beds. The superintendent
reported that the cemetery
now has almost 900 beds.
Plans for a new equipment
and tool shed to replace an
old "lean-to" at an ap-
proximate cost of 82,500 have
been deferred to later in the
year to see if the financial
situation will allow con-
struction in 1982.
groups with ice bookings
rvnen then they have signed
contracts for specific ice
time.
Farquhar said she would
like to see more compromise
on the part of -groups using
the arena.
"It seems like there's
more time spent fighting,"
she said adding it was
frustrating to work with
groups which were not co-
operating.
She suggested the groups
concerned could sit down
and work out the problems.
In other business:
The board's personnel and
policy committee will be
seeking staff input to draw
up a job description for
Farquhar's position as rec
director.
The board asked for a
request in writing from
Exeter Public School
principal Jim Chapman for
the school to use the rec
centre hall for an April
science fair.
The facilities committee
will also be determining
capital priority for infra -red
gas heaters to be used in the
arena stands. The heaters
cost 8514 each.
What is the
problem?
Mayor Bruce Shaw thinks
there's a problem with local
salary policies, but said
Monday "our difficulty is we
on't know where the
roblem is."
Salary policies have been
ebated several times
uring the past year and this
eek council had a personnel
management specialist offer
is services to them to get up
total compensation
ystem.
Lion J. Sharzer of Per-
onnel Management
Associates, said his services
ould result in a system for
administering salaries in-
cluding accurate job
descriptions for all em-
ployees, performance
re.:view system,
organizational charts, job
ranking and comprehensive
salary and benefit surveys.
He indicated it would take
about three months to
complete such a project, but
didn't indicate the cost in-
volved for his services.
Council made no decision
on hiring the consultant.
Later in the meeting, Shaw
said the consultant could
possibly resolve council's
problem over salaries once
and for all.
"Where is the problem?".
asked Councillor Gaylen
Josephson.
"I don't know," Shaw
replied."What are we
resolving then?" asked
Josephson, who sits on the
employee relations com-
mittee which handles salary
matters, job descriptions
and evaluations.
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We will be closing
for the season
on Jan. 30
Kids today want
everything done for them. I
told my son he was going to
have to shift for Himself. He
thought I was giving him a
sports car.
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