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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1996-10-02, Page 2TN THE NF, 0 Awards and scholarships for SHDHS graduates South Huron District High School held their Commencement exercises Friday night. The following students were honored for their academic excellence • Dashwood Industries Award, Bill Hodge • Technical Teachers Award, Toni Delong, Stephanie Pearson • Jerry MacLean Award, Chris Keyser • Ontario Electrical League Huron Chapter, Brad Hartman • O.A.C.E.T.T. Technology Award, Brent Gibson • Exeter Optimists Scholarship, Brent Gibson, Chad Kenney • Town of Exeter - Bruce Shaw Community Service Award, Andrea Weigand • Homuth, Taylor & Partners Chartered Accountants Award, Kathryn Hern • Instrumental Music Achievement Award, Chris Cowell • Vocal Music Achievement Award, Shannon Kammerer • Verna Marie Becker English Achievement Award, Lindsay McKay • Independent Order of Oddfellows Award, Adam Jean • Beta Sigma Phi Fine Arts Award, Bryan McAllister • Grade 9 in '69, Once More in '94, Jenny Ellison • Rotary Club of Grand Bend Award, Adam Jean, Jayson Shultz • Royal Canadian Legion O.A.C. History Award, Kim Campbell, Lindsay McKay • Exeter Order of the Eastern Star Award, Heather Davies, Andrew Hern • Exeter Lioness Award, Richelte Elder • Exeter Villa Award, Amy Zwart • Exeter & District Heritage Days Award, Jenny Ellison • Kinette Award, Kim Geoffrey • Michael Herbert Memorial Award for top male Co-op student, Aaron Priest • Michael Herbert Memorial Award for most improved Co-op student, Bonnie McLeod • Greg Montgomery Memorial Award, Amy Zwart • Colleen Miller Memorial Award, Shannon Kammerer • Exeter Legion Auxiliary Award, Dwayne McNab • South Huron District High School Ski Club Award, Bryan McAllister • Dashwood 'Freidsburg Days' Community Spirit Award, Anita Wein • Hayter Turkey Farm Award, Beth Hartman • Huron County Federation of Agriculture Award, Beth Hartman • 1859 Award, Lindsay McKay • Exeter Legion Scholarships, Lisa Eagleson, Jennifer Graham • Exeter Masonic Lodge Awards, Marty DeGroot, Sandra Vanderlaan r Crimestoppers Award, Mary Ann MacDonald • MacTavish Award of Merit, Shannon Kammerer, Lindsay McKay, Steve Sywyk • RCAF Centralia Reunion Award in Mathematics, Kim Campbell Teaching Staff Scholarships, Academic - Adam Jean, Business - Mary Ann MacDonald, Technical,- Brad Hartman Student Council Scholarship, Kelly Campbell Governor General's Medal, Kim Campbell Moncur Scholarships, Kim Campbell, Darryl Hartman Guide and page program now recruiting for '97 OTTAWA - "Each year, hun- dreds of thousands of visitors from across Canada and around the world are escorted through the his- toric halls of the Parliament Build- ings", explained Paul Steckle, Member of Parliament for Huron - Bruce, "answering their questions are the Parliamentary tour guides, young Canadians from various aca- demic and linguistic backgrounds who explain the history and activi- ties of Canada's Parliament and the significance of the art and architec- ture of the Buildings." "Also, approximately 40 students are selected from high schools and CEGEPS across Canada to come and work as pages in the House of Commons", stated Steckle, "Those hired as pages work on a part-time basis during their first year of study at one of the universities in the Na- tional Capital Region." "Pages play a key role in the communication network on Parlia- ment Hill", explained Steckle, "de- livering important messages and re- search papers to Members, linking Members to their hill offices and serving House officials in various capacities." To encourage students from out- side the National Capital Region to apply for these employment oppor- tunities the House of Commons will send selection committees to the regions to interview candidates and will pay for successful candi- dates' transportation costs to and from Ottawa at the beginning and end of their term of employment. Copies of the application kits for both the Page and the Guide pro- grams are available at all Canadian high schools and employment cen- tres on campus or contact Steckle's office. "Applications must be post- marked no later than Monday, De- cember 2, for the Page Program and no later than November 12, for the Guide Program", concluded Steckle. Senior's fashion Martha shows off a navy hat made to ttiitt during a seniors wear eter Villa on Friday. Beside her is a Clothing. ed skirt and a straw ion show et the Ex - presentative of _IBS Page 2 Times -Advocate, October 2, 1996 Vandals attack Brussels BRUSSELS - Wingham Onta- rio Provincial Police officers are investigating numerous inci- dents of vandalism and mischief that occurred in the village last week. According to the North Huron Citizen, profane words were spray -painted on ball diamond dugouts and on the dam near the conservation area. Paint was also sprayed along businesses on the main street as well as across vehicles at a dealership. In addition, windows were broken at Brussels Public School with a pellet gun, result- ing in approximately $500 in damages. Principal Dave Kemp told the Citizen vandals targeted the school last month, causing $1000 in damages. Farmer plagued by foxes HULLET TOWNSHIP - Con- cerned that foxes killing his poultry may infect his cattle with mange, local farmer Don Greidanus wants a fox bounty introduced, reported the Clinton News -Record. Four foxes with mange have been killed within a mile of his farm in recent weeks and he feels the government should be- come more involved in helping to eliminate the disease. "Why should farmers have to take the law into their own hands?" he asked the Record. No additional bus stops for Mitchell MITCHELL - Last week a trustee's pleas for additional bus stops in the town was turned down, reported the Mitchell Ad- vocate. Mitchell and area Trustee Dennis O'Reilly urged fellow trustees to reinstate a bus stop at the corner of Fisher Road and Feltz Street and add a stop along Frances and Arthur Streets. Earlier in September, Mitchell residents asked the Huron -Perth roman Catholic Separate School Board's management committee to make the changes. Their concerns were based on the safety of children attending St. Columban and St. Patrick's School in Dublin where there is a lack of sidewalks and snow- plows are operating. Excessive rainfall continues to threaten beans HURON COUNTY - The record has been broken. According to the Goderich Signal -Star, we have received nearly four times the amount of rain we're supposed to receive at this time of year. "This is the wettest September on record," Meteorologist John Hoekstra told .the Star, adding London has received more than 250 mm - breaking the 1986 record of 236. Due to the rain, farmers are having difficulty getting back into the fields and this year's bean crop yields have been re- duced. Of the beans already harvest- ed, 40 per cent of the yield is re- jected at the elevators. Usually only 2 per cent of the beans are not accepted. aS Brinsley's 75th anniversary John Davidson of Jesse's Journey fame was the guest speaker at Sunday's 75th an- niversary of the Brinsley United Church. Above, Davidson at the left talks with two of the oldest members of the congregation Harold Lee, 76 and Marjorie Steeper, 74. At the right is one of the anniversary organizers Jackie Wells. Bosanquet seeks exclusion from amalgamation study Y The town is asking to be left out of the restructuring talks By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter STEPHEN - A motion asking that Bosanquet be excluded from restructuring talks was tabled dur- ing an amalgamation meeting held in Stephen Township on Wednes- day night. The motion made by Bosanquet Councillor Gary Vance, and sec- onded by Bosanquet Mayor Fred Thomas, came after a recommenda- tion failed during a sub -committee meeting earlier in the day proposing that all of the Town of Bosanquet be in- cluded in the area of study for municipal amalgamation . The committee has including a por- tion of North Bo- sanquet with Grand Bend, Stephen, Usbome, Exeter and parts of Hay in an amalgamation study. Ken Williams, Bosanquet's chief administrator, said this portion ac- counts for one-third of the town's assessment base and it's loss would mean property taxes would rise in the rest of Bosanquet. Ther committee's hired con- sultants, KPMG, presented a draft report iq the first half of the meet- ing to outline the financial impacts of Bosanquet splitting. A 31 per cent property tax increase for re- maining Bosanquet residents could be the result of splitting the mu- nicipalities. "... we to the where asking relieved the Based on their figures, a house with a $100,000 assessment would mean an $80 tax increase; however, Williams said Bosanquet's own cal- culations puts the tax hike up near 50 per cent. "I can't sell this to the rate payers of Bosanquet," said Thomas. "You're boxing us in. It's not fair and we don't like what's happening here...we're back to the point where we are asking to be relieved from the study area." Vance said splitting up Bosanquet would create inequities and hinted the town would call for a provincial commission to solve the matter. "What we have here is legal theft...one is go- ing to get rich at the ex- pense of the other," he said. Stephen Township Reeve Bill Weber, said the consultant's draft report should be examined before the committee decided to vote on the motion. Others wanted time to bring the draft report back to their respective councils for review. "If we continue on this track we have to make this report work be- fore we go on. I think it's pre- mature to make decision at this time," said Weber. Exeter Councillor Roy Triebner urged the committee to keep the talks alive otherwise the province will need to interfere. "We have to re -think this Bo- sanquet situation. A commission is re back point we are to be from study area." going to do one of two things, ex- clude that portion of Bosanquet or include all of it and I don't want someone out of this room making that decision for us," he explained. If all of Bosanquet is included in the study, some committee mem- bers feel the new municipality will be too large to reflect a logical ser- vice area, or a community of shared interests. The consultants' report addressed the financial impact of the newly formed municipality joining Huron County versus Lambton county. If amalgamation takes place, KPMG estimates a savings of $777,000. The total reduction in municipal levy would be the same whether the municipality joins Lambton or Huron. However, con- sultants admit there will be a heavi- er tax burden put on commercial businesses. At times the consultants came un- der criticism for not including other factors in their report such as com- paring the level of services, selling of municipal buildings, down- loading policing or the loss of grants. "We don't have enough relevant information to make a decision. We need to know, from the standpoints of dollar and cents, what are the ramifications. To know the full scope we have to look at all the op- tions," said Grand Bend Mayor Cam Ivey. The committee will meet next on October 17 in Exeter where Bo- sanquet's request to be left out of the study will be called to a vote. Residents meet to discuss future of community centre +' Continued from front page spectfully requests that Hay Town- ship Council reconsider its decision not to increase operating and cap- ital grants to the village for the fa- cility and that these grants be in- creased to a level more reflective of the level of usage by Hay Town- ship residents," the letter con- cluded. In addition, Zurich Council de- termined a Zurich property as- sessed at $85,000 in 1995 would contribute approximately $138 in taxes for recreation while Hay, with the same property, would contrib- ute $17. Hay Township declined Zurich's request for more funding. "When 33.15 per cent of the tax- es the village raise goes into fund- ing operation costs only of the Zu- rich Community Centre and does not take into consideration the on- going capital costs and projects that must be funded to keep this facility functional," wrote Zurich Council in a letter to local newspaper ed- itors in June, "it is evident that the council needs to hear from its rat- epayers and the users (especially those who live in the Township of Hay) on the future of the Zurich Community Centre." Concerned community centre user groups including area hockey leagues, the recreation board, ag- ricultural society, figure skating club and minor athletic association have been meeting to discuss arena deficit funding. A letter read at the public meet- ing states, "the estimated $35,000 deficit must be more equally di- vided between the municipalities." it was also pointed out all user groups will work toward fund- raising for future capital projects, that transfer payments from the province will likely decrease and that user pay options should be avoided since it would cause a de- crease in registration and in some cases force clubs and organizations to fold. In addition, explained the user groups, registration fees would not be fair among users, resulting in conflict. 'This would make volunteer coaching turn into a nightmare," the letter stated, adding, 'The Com- munity Centre is the heart of this area. Without it there would be more crime and inconvenience of driving miles out of the area for recreation and social events....What effect will having no community centre have on the annual Zurich Agricultural Fair and Bean Fes - At the public meeting, numerous participants agreed the centre is vi- tal to their community. "We don't want taxes raised and we want the community centre here," said one woman after par- ticipants were divided into 10 dis- cussion groups to talk about their feelings concerning the centre and how taxpayers should deal with operating costs. "Everyone felt the village econ- omy would decline," if the village lost its arena, said Zurich Coun- cillor Brad Clausius as convener of one group when discussion sum- maries were read. "Zurich would be a ghost town if (the arena) wasn't here," someone later added. "The kids would suf- fer." Besides the importance of the centre, participants also discussed tax options, the effect of a possible amalgamation between municipal- ities, arena improvements and fund- raising possibilities such as user pay, volunteerism, lottery commis- sion, privitization, corporate spon- sorship and higher rents. "As you can see, it's going to cost a lot of money to keep the are- na going," said Zurich Reeve Dwayne LaPorte after describing future capitol projects such as a new ice floor. The facility also needs glass around its ice surface, a new roof, new dressing rooms and public washrooms, clock penalty minutes, playground equipment and running water in an upstairs section. "We're paying through taxes. We're paying through user. We're paying through fundraising," said one man in a discussion group. "i think the bottom line is Hay Town- ship."