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Times Advocate, 1994-03-30, Page 3IN TH r. NEWS Times -Advocate, March 30, 1994 Page 3 iinne Exeter firefighters were called to a chimney fire last Wednesday afternoon on Carling St. south of Hurd St. Here they use a ball and chain to loosen burning cre- osote from the walls of the chimney. After a long season of using a wood stove or fireplace, chimney deposits can have built up to dangerous levels by this time of year. Councillor's salaries won't increase Council examines salaries and mileage charges UENSALL - Three. employees with the Village of Hensall will re- ceive pay increases this year, while councillors see a cut in mileage charges. The pay rate of all other board members and councillors will re- main at 1993 levels councillors de- cided on March 14, during a closed committee of the whole session. The assistant clerk for Hensall will receive a 25¢ an hour increase effective January 1, 1994. A fur- OPP consider three of eight break and enters may be related EXETER - A total of eight break and enters arc being investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment, and po- lice say they are considering the possibility at least three of them may be connected. On Friday, the OPP investigated two break-ins on Concession 2-3 of Hay Township. Stolen in both cases were liquor and video game car- tridges. A television set and cash were also taken in one of the break- ins, which police say happened about 8 p.m. Friday. A third break-in was investigated Saturday further south on Conces- sion 3 in Stephen Township. Al- though police believe nothing was taken in the incident, someone en- tered the barn on the property and threw around some horse harnesses. "Again you've almost got to as- sume they're related," said staff ser- geant Don McInnes of the three closely -spaced thefts. "All it takes is one had egg." Last Monday, the OPP investigat- ed a break-in aKenpal Farm Prod- ucts near CentraF'a. Thieves entered through a windovand stole cash from the business. Last Wednesday, police were called to a residence on Thames Road in Exeter which was entered and cash stolen. The OPP arc also investigating three break-ins at Lakeshore cottag- es, two in Stephen Township and one in Hay. All three were reported on the weekend, but may have oc- curred earlier. Items taken from the cottages included a stereo, televi- sion, a VCR, and liquor. cher 25¢ an hour increase will be given following completion of a council -approved course. As well, a parks board employee was granted a 40tt an hour raise while an arena/public works em- ployee was given a 25c an hour in- crease. Councillors also agreed to cut 5Q from the former 300 per kilometre mileage allowance. The cut was ef- fective March 15. Freeze on transfer payments Education director cautious provincial cuts still to come By Catherine O'Brien T -A staff CLINTON - News last Wednesday that Ontario fi- nance minster Floyd Laughren would maintain transfer payment commitments of $15 billion to schools, hospitals and municipalities came as a bit of a shock to some. "1'm surprised. I did not expect that to happen," said Paul Carroll, director of the Huron County Board of Educa- tion. At this point Carroll said he is cross- ing his fingers hoping "funny things don't happen with the general legisla- tive grants that will download the ex- penditure anyway." In vetoing new cuts to transfers, Laughren said, the provincial government wanted to avoid "down -loading our fiscal problems onto our transfer partners," it was stated in a press re- lease. But Carroll said he hopes when the hoard finds out about grant regulations, there isn't a problem with where the money is corning from. "If the money is going to come from Toronto than that's fine, but historically, even last year for exam- ple, they shifted the responsibility of payments so the higher proportion had to come from the proper- ty taxpayer," he said. “Th news not s 0 redu "The good news is we're not starting out with a raw reduction," but Carroll said there is no question the board will have to fine tune its budget again when the provincial budget is announced sometime in the next few weeks. Right now, Carroll said he knows of two reductions that will affect the board's budget. He said $51 million has been pulled out of transportation grants by the province to boards. For Huron County that means a five percent reduction in provincial cash flow for transporta- tion. "We also know that there will be an- other extraction for the Social Con- tract Act," Carroll said. It was just two weeks ago that the hoard of ed- ucation managed to cut $2.5 million from its budget, basically through cuts to operating and staffing costs. This was in addition to $3.5 mil- lion that was trimmed earlier. Laughren said the decision was made to freeze rather than cut transfer payments because of concerns that further cuts would jeopardize ser- vices. Since late 1992, the provincial government has cut $4 billion from the public sector through re- duced transfers and the Social Contract Act. e good is we're tarting ut with a raw coon," Hostel proposed as alternative for Grand Bend accomodation GRAND BEND - A different type of accommoda- tion could be coming to Grand Bend. Monday night at council, Glen Miller and Murray Hodge said they would like to change their small mo- tel on Oak Street into a hostel. "There is a demand and a need for that type of ac- commodation," said Hodge. Currently the motel has room for 24 guests in its six rooms. There are bunk beds and the change in the way the rooms are set up will mean only 16 guests. Hodge and Miller told council they plan on sprucing the place up and will be adding additional parking. Since no major renovations are going to be done to the building, rezoning does not have to take place. "The name hostel means a quick turnover, kids com- ing into town," said councillor Bill Uniac. He was worried that the hostile would see visitors staying one night and moving on. Miller pointed out that that is no different than any other motel. What the hostile will do is provide inexpensive ac- commodation for visitors to the village. Man charged with leaving scene of collision EXETER - A motorist has been charged with failing to re- main at the scene of an accident after a fire hydrant was struck in Exeter Saturday. The OPP say a motorist struck a fire hydrant on Huron Street and left the scene. After police investigated the incident, they laid charges against a male mo- torist. The OPP are also investigating the theft of two flashing lights used to mark a flooded roadway on Concession 3 in Usborne Township. Police say the lights went missing sometime before Wednesday. A street Tight was damaged at the north end of Pryde Boule- vard in Exeter sometime Thurs- day, say police. A basketball hoop has also been stolen from the Exeter Public School play- ground, A small sailboat of the "Laser" class has been reported missing from a Highlands Beach resi- dence. The boat was last seen by its owners in mid-January. rSALES & RENTALS, CHAIN SAW Cut out the ax work with this powerful, high-performance chain saw. As low as $20." HUREX Equipment & Tools EXETER 235-0918 or 235-3543 With the Classifieds . 1 . Have you checked act The awescme selection cf. 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