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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1996-09-04, Page 5was a special occasion with Peter Snell entertaining with his guitar. All at the Villa are looking for- ward to Grandparents Day to be celebrated with a Sunday afternoon tea with entertainment by Bob Hey- wood on September 8. As your local groups resume meetings this fall, be sure to con- sider what you could do to make a senior's day a little brighter. 4. Grant municipalities and school boards the flexibility to re- duce their own costs. Reductions of provincial regulations, greater pow- ers to contract -out and elimination of successor rights requirements would go a long way to help local governments reduce their costs and further limit the impacts of tax re- balancing. 5. Publish all assessments in an easy -to -read format because fair- ness and consistency should be of prime concern to those designing new assessments. Visibility and public scrutiny are essential ele- ments to a new system. Mallett warned that for govern- ments at all levels to ignore the problem and continue to tap busi- nesses with continually high taxes will in the end reduce the overall tax base, weaken communities eco- nomically, thereby eroding the quality of life and damaging the province as a whole. Only strong provincial legislation will bring fairness and health back to the property tax system he said. Business group urges tax reforms ATV stolen from Osborne residence USBORNE TOWNSHIP - Police are continuing their investigation into the theft of a 1995 grey and red Yamaha all -terrain vehicle:- The ehicle:'Ilse ATV was reported stolen from an Osborne Township resi- dence on August 26. GIC 1 RSP 1 Yr. • 4.375% 3 Yr. - 5.650% 5 yr. • 6.25% "Make Your Business More Efficient and ,Profitable." JFD Joseph F. Darling, C.G.A. 11111, Management Consultant ......vet com.r+L•+v a-..,.. r..s..- ...a -l. *+-..r.1.,,..w .,.,+-.- c....u,.. Computer Program Analysis. Design & Implementation •Consulting and Training •Software Installations .Cost Budgets & Installation Planning •DataBase Designs & Programming Needs Analysis 412 Main St. • Box 212 • Rutter • NOM 1s8 • Tbl (519) 235-2208 A P T U R E THOSE S P E 111 11 'N1TH 1NSTANOOUFOPIES 1 M E • Enlargefamily or team photos to 8-1/2x11 or eve» 11 x 17 instantly with our outstanding results. Ideal for business pretientation materjals, even colour transparencies r u u v 424 Main St. Exeter 2361331 • IT'S YOUR BUSINESS Back in Time... By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO September 3, 1986 - More than 400 persons attended Monday's official opening of the Exeter Ville Nursing Home on John Street East. The Villa provides 30 nursing home beds and 40 rest home or retirement lodge beds. 25 YEARS AGO, September 2, 1971-. With a crowd.estipiskd at upwards of 20.000. thronging into Zurich for the annual Bean Festival it looked for a few moments that the one ton supply of baked beans would be gone with some appetites still not taken care of. While calls had to be made to area meat markets for more lion, festival chairman Gerry Gingerich said only a Small iiueket of beans was left over. Glenda Fisher of Exeter was named Bean Festival Queen. The Canada Post Office department Monday recognized the lengthy service of a district mail, contractor by presenting Earl Guenther of Dashwood with a 45 year medal. 35 YEARS AGO September 2, 1961 - The price of haircuts goes up next week. Be- ginning Tuesday, men will pay SI instead of ninety cents for an or- dinary cut, and brush cuts willhe $1.10. Panhandle Drilling Company Limited of Texas, plans to drill '10 wells in South Huron County in search of gas and oil. Drillers moved in new equipment on the' farm of Cornelius Faber, R.R. 1, Hensall this week. • The Hensall Observer has been sold to the Zurich Citizens' News. Publisher Herb Turkheim is now the owner of both papers. The new three per cent Ontario sales tax comes into effect this week. 40 YEARS AGO September 3, 1956 - Jim Hayter Jr., who won a pony in the Dash- wood Men's Club draw last year, picked his grandmother's ticket out of the barrel Saturday night in another' draw for a pony. With one pony in the family, the winner, Mrs. Fred Fritzley of Goderich, decided to auction it off. Approximately 400 acres of land in the Ausable River watershed have been optioned this summer for reforestation purposes. The land, mostly in Bosanquet and West Williams townships will be purchased and reforested during the next two years. 50 YEARS AGO September 5, 1946 - Mr. Norman Walper who is employed with Graham Arthur at the Red Indian Service Station has purchased the residence of Mrs. Mawhinney on William Street. The Exeter Board of Education accepted the tender of Guenther Tuckey Transport Limited for six bus routes for the new Exeter high school area. 75 YEARS AGO September 2, 1921 - Officials of the Grand Trunk Railway are spending $40,000 in improvements on the London, Huron and Bruce Line between London and Wingham. At present they are put- ting in culverts between Exeter and Kippen. The old culverts are be- ing replaced by cement tile which weigh about 3,000 pounds each. A number from here saw the Boston vs. London baseball match in London on Tuesday. 100 YEARS AGO September 3. 1896 - Mr. Robert Walker has bought the stock and goodwill Qf John Leslie, general merchant of Blake and will contin- ue this business. Mr. Rennie has leased the house vacated by Mr. Walker. Duck shooting opened on Tuesday, the first day of September and as usual quite a number of spectators were out early that morning. The Seaforth Expositor says, " We notice that the Exeter Times has entered upon the 24th year of publicap4n. Timctlle aft. _With the exception of the Expositor, it has been VANUAl ame than any other paper in the county. The politics of the imes are bad, but in other respects it has been a first Glass local journal and a credit to the smart town in which it has so long been published, and it is better now than it ever was before. We wish the Times and its veteran publisher length of days and continued prosperity." Mr. R.H. Cutting is having electric light put in at his residence. At the Caledonian Games in Boston on Friday last, Mr. J.D. McColl of Parkhill broke the world's record in the 56 pound shot event, hurling the sphere without follow a distance of 30 feet, three inches. He beat the previous record held by M. David of Dublin, Ire- land by one inch. Mr. McColl also tossed the cabre for 10 feet, six inches and was second in throwing the heavy hammer. Mr. L. Day at the new butcher shop , one door south of the Central Hotel has a good supply of beef, pork, fresh sausage and bologna. Get your crocks or pails filled with new, pure lard. Youths charged with. smash and grab robbery EXETER - Two youths have been charged in connection with a "smash and grab" on August 16 at Anstett Jewellers. Both were charged with possession of stolen property and police report further charges are pending as the investigation continues. Business Directory AUCTIONEER Elson 8 Robson FULLY UCENSED & BONDED, CAU. OR FAX (519) 6660833 3 Auctioneers for the Price of 1 With modem .gulp meat Pickup and sell 0complete 1 PcrtlM estates In Aram, Real General sales REPAIRS Sewing Mfaohlae ltepaira f all makes . Free estimates 90 Day Warranty Experlenced since 1952 Sew and Save Centre Ltd. 149 Downie $t., Stratford Phone 2T1.9660 Times -Advocate, September 4, 1996 Page 5 TORONTO - The Ontario gov- ernment was told last week that business and residential property taxes are so unbalanced the eco- nomic foundation of many munici- palities will deteriorate dangerously unless the province proceeds with bolder action to remedy the situa- ing out that although Vancouver's assessments are current and gener- ally accurate, they have adopted variable mill rates which have ex- acted a punishing toll on that city's business community. "For example," said Mallett, "be- tween 1988 and 1994, Vancouver lion. businesses have gone from paying In a report to Municipal Affairs lust over thrce times the tax rate to almost five tunes the rate on simi- larly priced residential properties. This serves as a good reason why taxpayers should be deeply suspi- cious of variable mill rates." CFIB recommended the follow- ing actions be undertaken by the provincial government: 1. Update assessments across classes. The province should re- move the within -class option from the Assessment Act. The current practice of applying 'within -class' reassessments is highly distortion- ary and unfair, particularly to busi- nesses and multi -tenant residences (within -class reassessments allow municipalities to continue collect- ing the same amount of tax from a class of property, even if their as- sessed values relative to other classes have fallen). 2. Say no to the temptation of variable mill rates. Giving local governments the power to set dif- ferent mill rates for different types of properties would make a bad sit- uation even worse. Variable mill rates, which could presumably re- place the current flawed system of factored assessments and business occupancy taxes, would quickly lead to even higher taxes on busi- nesses because of local govern- ments' demonstrated tendencies to favor short-term political needs over long term economic develop- nlent. Even if limits are set by the province, variable mill rates would still be arbitrary and damaging: 3. Using the updated assessments set in motion a gradual phase-in mechanism that slowly brings local business and residential taxation into closer alignment. The mecha- nism must be set in provincial leg- islation so that it cannot be altered by local councils. The phase -ins •must be sufficiently gradual to en- sure no property owner has to deal with a massive tax shift. Capping a lannuaf-tmr- - creases due to reassessments at no more—than 10 per cent would add further stability. Minister Al Leach and Review Pan- el Chairman David Crombie, the Canadian Federation of Indepen- dent Business cited its own re- search which shows the province's commercial and industrial property owners pay on average twice the rate of tax compared with residen- tial properties. In some municipali- ties, such as Metro Toronto, the Federation said the tax ratio against business is three to one. CFIB director of research, Ted Mallett, praised the provincial gov- ernment's recently announced plan to update assessments on a consis- tent Ontario -wide basis and to man- date the phasing -in of any impacts on tax levels, calling these actions good first steps. But he added that more measures are badly needed to ensure the core problems are fixed and not just papered over. Mallett emphasized that province -wide leg- islation is badly needed to bring down the punitively -severe tax rates on business. "CFIB is particularly worried about the prospect of the province granting municipalities the power to set different mill rates for differ- ent types of properties," said Mal- lett, adding that "variable mill rates make a bad situation even worse for smaller funis because town hall politics would govern relative tax rates. Their track record has clearly shown that more often than not, lo- cal tax policies are insensitive to the health of their business commu- nities and become a revenue grab, pure and simple. These powers would be an easy way out for poli- ticians who don't want to touch res- idential taxes for fear of losing votes." Mallett said there is a widespread but inaccurate view that Vancouver has the ideal tax system because as- sessment appeals in that city are rare. He said policy -makers in On- tario tend to wrongly view assess- ment appeals as a problem, instead of being a symptom of the over- taxing of businesses. While point - Villa residents planning Grandparents Day tea EXETER - August at the Exeter Villa saw many residents enjoying the beautiful weather outdoors. Saturdays at noon, outdoor barbe- cues and picnic lunches were en- joyed. Ice cream treats were a high- light on Wednesday afternoons. Thursday afternoon sing songs are popular with the residents. Tom and Rose Vincent entertained on Tuesday, August 13. The monthly birthday party held on August 27 _._-- l-. i- 1--...1--1- ___--___ . l�l Y.I.S. is coming OPENING SEPTEMBER I6 J . '=:.lt>tiLir►I.; 1141' 1 111.111 ill .1 snit... COII 1.900-x4514323 Ext.135 lteoultrw To Won to two mo i1g is doubt lhomse lw and lo Naw team a memo. mil w IS mei et dim le so NU swabs. AV.11MOM Rt►bNto VAC 15 tail enn.11., bin *yet anroc*Na professional model ekes e,au,p t•Mwy, poyhe hostelry. was tweed. *tam «rotoyw a.t Ad.14A0 • Elope/ AND CAMPO MA Jx b', IOW down hats M. •m. •ttor0at+4 p• KA wows mktg. rasa wdd'>0 ponortow *d• an° g• Ade JAW 11111 10 JONQ Mourn SAC, del 5'7. dodei.dcWi hot gain Not. outgoing. tnmaa.. ,.rortatoy.a •moos walking lea ovum* & a.Atsm na is tooWg honest. c mews.up- front SM. Ad SOS vo1Mo Ar MAN 90110t 65.6'. Mrs good locking, tnleaperA. erloyc o0h5 to 1he lake. seeldl>p hotel. Otttocttve. port d'trldrp. N/s S1lIf. Ad. 3972 CNII 8OO f 3-7514 Ext.135 to ploy pawl ad hUpDatet a d keg calm Ar load ruxe ul angwa 0...r4 -.t Cal .nA..-,woke r 1Iwsl7am 1 f f 0 `p ) `8 () ( 8, C, (� p 0 f iii f Iii j, `f, JCC c ` I Cl bTownship lll c) t�1 iill tl l NOTICE R.S.O. A portion Lot 16, Part 1, Ontario. The lands _reby.et disposition easements on the lands That subject of shall continue of Stephen of the said And that person claims by-law and the Council September Dated at L!✓✓. /✓✓✓.l✓✓./'1.!✓✓/✓.l./✓.l✓./1✓./✓✓✓./✓1✓✓.l✓ =- CORPORATION OF THE r TOWNSHIP OF STEPHEN ;; NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSING IS HEREBY GiVEN that pursuant to the Municipal Act, 1990, C.M. 45, Section 300, the Corporation of the of Stephen proposes to stop up and close: of the original road allowance between Lot 15 and Concession 5, Township of Stephen designated as 22R-4.37, registered in the Registry Office, Goderich, comprising that part of the said road allowance -end-��-� the subsequent sale or of the said lands, shall be subject to for existing sewer, watermain and hydro services in question. to the said easements, the lands comprising that the said road allowance hereby stopped up and closed to be vested in the Corporation of the Township to be dealt with from time to time as the Council Corporation may see fit and deem property. the Council of the said Corporation will hear, in or by council, solicitor, or agent, any person who that his land will be prejudicially affected by the said who applied to be heard at a meeting to be held at Chambers, 38 Victoria St. E., Crediton, Ontario on 17th, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. Crediton, Ontario this 16th day of August, 1996. Larry Clerk R. Brown ,✓ qother t.) ell) tpart Cl b� ll l S� ll t) , lll A P T U R E THOSE S P E 111 11 'N1TH 1NSTANOOUFOPIES 1 M E • Enlargefamily or team photos to 8-1/2x11 or eve» 11 x 17 instantly with our outstanding results. Ideal for business pretientation materjals, even colour transparencies r u u v 424 Main St. Exeter 2361331 • IT'S YOUR BUSINESS Back in Time... By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO September 3, 1986 - More than 400 persons attended Monday's official opening of the Exeter Ville Nursing Home on John Street East. The Villa provides 30 nursing home beds and 40 rest home or retirement lodge beds. 25 YEARS AGO, September 2, 1971-. With a crowd.estipiskd at upwards of 20.000. thronging into Zurich for the annual Bean Festival it looked for a few moments that the one ton supply of baked beans would be gone with some appetites still not taken care of. While calls had to be made to area meat markets for more lion, festival chairman Gerry Gingerich said only a Small iiueket of beans was left over. Glenda Fisher of Exeter was named Bean Festival Queen. The Canada Post Office department Monday recognized the lengthy service of a district mail, contractor by presenting Earl Guenther of Dashwood with a 45 year medal. 35 YEARS AGO September 2, 1961 - The price of haircuts goes up next week. Be- ginning Tuesday, men will pay SI instead of ninety cents for an or- dinary cut, and brush cuts willhe $1.10. Panhandle Drilling Company Limited of Texas, plans to drill '10 wells in South Huron County in search of gas and oil. Drillers moved in new equipment on the' farm of Cornelius Faber, R.R. 1, Hensall this week. • The Hensall Observer has been sold to the Zurich Citizens' News. Publisher Herb Turkheim is now the owner of both papers. The new three per cent Ontario sales tax comes into effect this week. 40 YEARS AGO September 3, 1956 - Jim Hayter Jr., who won a pony in the Dash- wood Men's Club draw last year, picked his grandmother's ticket out of the barrel Saturday night in another' draw for a pony. With one pony in the family, the winner, Mrs. Fred Fritzley of Goderich, decided to auction it off. Approximately 400 acres of land in the Ausable River watershed have been optioned this summer for reforestation purposes. The land, mostly in Bosanquet and West Williams townships will be purchased and reforested during the next two years. 50 YEARS AGO September 5, 1946 - Mr. Norman Walper who is employed with Graham Arthur at the Red Indian Service Station has purchased the residence of Mrs. Mawhinney on William Street. The Exeter Board of Education accepted the tender of Guenther Tuckey Transport Limited for six bus routes for the new Exeter high school area. 75 YEARS AGO September 2, 1921 - Officials of the Grand Trunk Railway are spending $40,000 in improvements on the London, Huron and Bruce Line between London and Wingham. At present they are put- ting in culverts between Exeter and Kippen. The old culverts are be- ing replaced by cement tile which weigh about 3,000 pounds each. A number from here saw the Boston vs. London baseball match in London on Tuesday. 100 YEARS AGO September 3. 1896 - Mr. Robert Walker has bought the stock and goodwill Qf John Leslie, general merchant of Blake and will contin- ue this business. Mr. Rennie has leased the house vacated by Mr. Walker. Duck shooting opened on Tuesday, the first day of September and as usual quite a number of spectators were out early that morning. The Seaforth Expositor says, " We notice that the Exeter Times has entered upon the 24th year of publicap4n. Timctlle aft. _With the exception of the Expositor, it has been VANUAl ame than any other paper in the county. The politics of the imes are bad, but in other respects it has been a first Glass local journal and a credit to the smart town in which it has so long been published, and it is better now than it ever was before. We wish the Times and its veteran publisher length of days and continued prosperity." Mr. R.H. Cutting is having electric light put in at his residence. At the Caledonian Games in Boston on Friday last, Mr. J.D. McColl of Parkhill broke the world's record in the 56 pound shot event, hurling the sphere without follow a distance of 30 feet, three inches. He beat the previous record held by M. David of Dublin, Ire- land by one inch. Mr. McColl also tossed the cabre for 10 feet, six inches and was second in throwing the heavy hammer. Mr. L. Day at the new butcher shop , one door south of the Central Hotel has a good supply of beef, pork, fresh sausage and bologna. Get your crocks or pails filled with new, pure lard. Youths charged with. smash and grab robbery EXETER - Two youths have been charged in connection with a "smash and grab" on August 16 at Anstett Jewellers. Both were charged with possession of stolen property and police report further charges are pending as the investigation continues. Business Directory AUCTIONEER Elson 8 Robson FULLY UCENSED & BONDED, CAU. OR FAX (519) 6660833 3 Auctioneers for the Price of 1 With modem .gulp meat Pickup and sell 0complete 1 PcrtlM estates In Aram, Real General sales REPAIRS Sewing Mfaohlae ltepaira f all makes . Free estimates 90 Day Warranty Experlenced since 1952 Sew and Save Centre Ltd. 149 Downie $t., Stratford Phone 2T1.9660 Times -Advocate, September 4, 1996 Page 5 TORONTO - The Ontario gov- ernment was told last week that business and residential property taxes are so unbalanced the eco- nomic foundation of many munici- palities will deteriorate dangerously unless the province proceeds with bolder action to remedy the situa- ing out that although Vancouver's assessments are current and gener- ally accurate, they have adopted variable mill rates which have ex- acted a punishing toll on that city's business community. "For example," said Mallett, "be- tween 1988 and 1994, Vancouver lion. businesses have gone from paying In a report to Municipal Affairs lust over thrce times the tax rate to almost five tunes the rate on simi- larly priced residential properties. This serves as a good reason why taxpayers should be deeply suspi- cious of variable mill rates." CFIB recommended the follow- ing actions be undertaken by the provincial government: 1. Update assessments across classes. The province should re- move the within -class option from the Assessment Act. The current practice of applying 'within -class' reassessments is highly distortion- ary and unfair, particularly to busi- nesses and multi -tenant residences (within -class reassessments allow municipalities to continue collect- ing the same amount of tax from a class of property, even if their as- sessed values relative to other classes have fallen). 2. Say no to the temptation of variable mill rates. Giving local governments the power to set dif- ferent mill rates for different types of properties would make a bad sit- uation even worse. Variable mill rates, which could presumably re- place the current flawed system of factored assessments and business occupancy taxes, would quickly lead to even higher taxes on busi- nesses because of local govern- ments' demonstrated tendencies to favor short-term political needs over long term economic develop- nlent. Even if limits are set by the province, variable mill rates would still be arbitrary and damaging: 3. Using the updated assessments set in motion a gradual phase-in mechanism that slowly brings local business and residential taxation into closer alignment. The mecha- nism must be set in provincial leg- islation so that it cannot be altered by local councils. The phase -ins •must be sufficiently gradual to en- sure no property owner has to deal with a massive tax shift. Capping a lannuaf-tmr- - creases due to reassessments at no more—than 10 per cent would add further stability. Minister Al Leach and Review Pan- el Chairman David Crombie, the Canadian Federation of Indepen- dent Business cited its own re- search which shows the province's commercial and industrial property owners pay on average twice the rate of tax compared with residen- tial properties. In some municipali- ties, such as Metro Toronto, the Federation said the tax ratio against business is three to one. CFIB director of research, Ted Mallett, praised the provincial gov- ernment's recently announced plan to update assessments on a consis- tent Ontario -wide basis and to man- date the phasing -in of any impacts on tax levels, calling these actions good first steps. But he added that more measures are badly needed to ensure the core problems are fixed and not just papered over. Mallett emphasized that province -wide leg- islation is badly needed to bring down the punitively -severe tax rates on business. "CFIB is particularly worried about the prospect of the province granting municipalities the power to set different mill rates for differ- ent types of properties," said Mal- lett, adding that "variable mill rates make a bad situation even worse for smaller funis because town hall politics would govern relative tax rates. Their track record has clearly shown that more often than not, lo- cal tax policies are insensitive to the health of their business commu- nities and become a revenue grab, pure and simple. These powers would be an easy way out for poli- ticians who don't want to touch res- idential taxes for fear of losing votes." Mallett said there is a widespread but inaccurate view that Vancouver has the ideal tax system because as- sessment appeals in that city are rare. He said policy -makers in On- tario tend to wrongly view assess- ment appeals as a problem, instead of being a symptom of the over- taxing of businesses. While point - Villa residents planning Grandparents Day tea EXETER - August at the Exeter Villa saw many residents enjoying the beautiful weather outdoors. Saturdays at noon, outdoor barbe- cues and picnic lunches were en- joyed. Ice cream treats were a high- light on Wednesday afternoons. Thursday afternoon sing songs are popular with the residents. Tom and Rose Vincent entertained on Tuesday, August 13. The monthly birthday party held on August 27 _._-- l-. i- 1--...1--1- ___--___ . l�l Y.I.S. is coming OPENING SEPTEMBER I6 J . '=:.lt>tiLir►I.; 1141' 1 111.111 ill .1 snit... COII 1.900-x4514323 Ext.135 lteoultrw To Won to two mo i1g is doubt lhomse lw and lo Naw team a memo. mil w IS mei et dim le so NU swabs. AV.11MOM Rt►bNto VAC 15 tail enn.11., bin *yet anroc*Na professional model ekes e,au,p t•Mwy, poyhe hostelry. was tweed. *tam «rotoyw a.t Ad.14A0 • Elope/ AND CAMPO MA Jx b', IOW down hats M. •m. •ttor0at+4 p• KA wows mktg. rasa wdd'>0 ponortow *d• an° g• Ade JAW 11111 10 JONQ Mourn SAC, del 5'7. dodei.dcWi hot gain Not. outgoing. tnmaa.. ,.rortatoy.a •moos walking lea ovum* & a.Atsm na is tooWg honest. c mews.up- front SM. Ad SOS vo1Mo Ar MAN 90110t 65.6'. Mrs good locking, tnleaperA. erloyc o0h5 to 1he lake. seeldl>p hotel. Otttocttve. port d'trldrp. N/s S1lIf. Ad. 3972 CNII 8OO f 3-7514 Ext.135 to ploy pawl ad hUpDatet a d keg calm Ar load ruxe ul angwa 0...r4 -.t Cal .nA..-,woke r 1Iwsl7am 1