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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-02-23, Page 5IT'S YOUR BUSINESS Times -Advocate, February 23, 1994 Page 5 Back in Time 111 Xe}114r;A>ig° February 22, 1984 - A wildcat strike at Fleck Manufacturing at Huron Park lasted only three hours on Monday and the strik- ers went back to work as the plant committee met with man- agement and came to an agree- ment. A few days later workers were promised that no layoffs were anticipated and that com- munications would be im- proved. The strike of 79 employees of Bell Aerospace at Grand Bend is in its second week. Negotia- tions broke down on February 14. Local 1767 spokesperson Tony Jones said workers had been offered a wage increase of 4.14 percent. The Huron -Perth Separate School Board has okayed plans for additions to Precious Blood School in Exeter and St. Jo- seph's in Clinton. The Exeter addition will include a library and auditorium. The Exeter Molting Hawks won the Goderich old-timer hockey tourney on the weekend. Bill Chipchase scored two goals for Exeter in a 3-2 final win over Utica, Michigan and was also the most valuable player. ?B`l'ears Ago February 27, 1969 - A poll taken amongst Exeter business- men last week indicated the ma- jority are in favour of closing for one full day each week. At present most stores close at noon on Wednesdays. On Mon- day they voted to close all day Monday instead of Wednesday by a vote of 36 to 18. The bylaw now in effect was passed in 1942 and said stores could not remain open later than 11 p.m. on Saturday nights. S0 Years Ago February 1944 - The Exeter wartime committee and the Red Cross learned that of the money collected to be sent overseas only 3.79 percent is used for ad- minstration. The Exeter Lions club decid- ed this year to—abandon their i Victory Gardens. Although fi- nancial returns were good last year, the men decided that the garden work along with their regular jobs was a bit strenuous and the experiment will not be repeated. Grader operators in McGilliv- ray township will receive. 65 cents per hour. Now low rates on long dis- tance telephone calls will begin an hour earlier at 6 p.m. to make calls cheaper to and from servicemen. Another Red Cross campaign begins February 28. Canadian citizens are being asked for $10 million. The quota for Exeter and district is $7,000. George Shaw scored four times as the Exeter Flyers beat the St. Thomas Hornets 6-2 in the first playoff round of R.C.A.F, hockey . 3.' 1100 Years Ago February 24, 1894 - Mr. Jas. Howard left Monday for Sim- coe, Buffalo and other points for the purpose of inspecting the different electrical systems now used in those places. from the archives of the Times - Advocate Lottery Licences Exeter Legion gets Guidelines now clear on licencing break on bingo fees By Catherine O'Brien T -A staff Zurich - A lot of organizations are a bit confused about changes to licencing policies for municipal lot- teries and bingos that came into ef- fect in early February. "Basically nothing has changed," said Maureen Simmons, clerk - treasurer for Zurich council. "What has changed is that now it iS in writing and a lot of municipalities are finding regulations are better defined." Janisse Zimmerman, clerk - treasurer of Hay Township said municipalities have also been given a bit more power and a lot more pa- perwork, but she agreed little else has changed. "It's a surprise to all of us that the regulation isn't all that different," Zimmerman said. "The new manu- al really clarifies how we should have been doing things all along." In the past, she said, the munici- palities were left on there own to interpret vague terms and condi- tions that were passed on to them from the province regarding licenc- ing lottery events. Municipalities can license any media bingo event where the cash prize does not exceed $5,500. They can licence ticket raffle lotteries where the value of prizes does not exceed $50.000. "For many groups this isn't a problem." Simmons said one of the big changes for many groups is that they can no longer use lotteries or bingos to raise money for some of their programs because it goes against guidelines. "It's not that the guidelines have changed, but there were never fol- lowed because they weren't clear," Simmons said. Now that the guidelines are in writing, municipalities have found out that lotteries and bingo funds cannot be used to raise money to sponsor programs in Third World countries for example. "The Order of Council states that money has to remain in Ontario," Simmons said. As well, some adult sports teams were getting licences where they shouldn't and service groups were running lotteries that should never have taken place. Simmons said adult sports groups can't really raise money for them- selves. "Now we have to go to these or- ganizations and tell them they are no longer allowed," Zimmerman said. As well, municipal licenced lot- tery money can't be used to support programs that oppose government policy. An example of this would be pro-life campaigns which go against present government policy. Groups also have to show that they are in fact charitable groups. There is a lot of criteria to follow such as the group must have a board of directors. "For many groups this isn't a problem," Simmons said. As mentioned earlier, there is a lot of paper work tnvolved now for many municipalities and that's why some have increase the fee they charge for licencing. Administrative charges are now flexible based on a percentage of prizes. "Were are required to follow up on a lot of things such as deposit slips, checking financial statements and mandates," Zimmerman said. "Again, this wasn't done in the past, hut it should have been." Grand opening Usa McCanh, on left and Angela Lansbergen, co-owners of Physiques Aerobic Studio had a busy day Saturday as people stopped by for the grand opening. The new fitness studio has something for all ages and also provides day care. ' A New r Spirit of Giving A rurxuul program to (MOM p.,ng and ..dun,Kr,ng Our Top Five Mutual Fund Selections Plus... Ask About Our Free Mutual Fund Chart Service Call Us For Details Gary Bean 235-2231 or 1-800-265-3478 RBC DOMINION SECURITIES mbar 188 Main Street Exeter, Ont. NOM 151 IS YOUR BUSINESS IN dE P1111111117 It should he. Your customers watch. In Exeter call Rick Moore. CFPL-TV & CKNX-TV Advertising. Creating Impact! 686-8810 JEOPARDY! airs Monday - Friday CFPL—TV at 7:3Opm CIC 'T'V EXETER - The bingo licence fee for the Legion Ladies Auxiliary will increase, but Exeter Council agreed to compromise on the fee hike Monday night in response to an earlier meeting with the group. The fee will now be set at 2 per- cent of the value of prizes rather than the planned 3 percent. A delegation from the Auxiliary addressed council two weeks ago about the increased costs of run- ning their bingos under new regula- tions. The licence fee for each bingo has increased from $20 to $63 and Auxiliary president Dorothy Pfaff pointed out that the extra costs only cut back the $14,000 in donations the group makes to community pro- jects. During that meeting Deputy -clerk Laurie Dykstra said the Auxiliary usually purchases licences for 13 bingos at a time, for six months of events. She said the cost has risen from $260 to $819. The compromise for the Auxil- iary will set the licence fee per bin - r INVESTMENTS GIC/RSP 1 Yr. - 4.00% 3Yr. -5.00% 5 yr. - 5.75% .r i Segregated r Funds 1YR. -30.11%I. 2YR. -13.89% 3YR. -15.81%1 Gaiser-Kneale 235-2420,238-8484 • GIC rates subject to change. Short- term rates available. Segregated fund rates reflect actual past performance. Future returns will vary. go at $42 which will give the town annual revenue of $2,184. For others wanting a bingo li- cense, they will have to pay the $63 rate. r ACCOUNTABILITY Stu Homuth Brian Taylor Ken Pinder John McNeilly Ron Godkin Brian Horner Chartered Accountants Available to serve you Why settle for less? 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