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Times-Advocate, 1983-12-28, Page 11t. ; SERVICE AWARDS — An informal ceremony was held at General Coach, Hensall, to present 13 employees with gold watches to mark 'en years of employment. Shown (back left) are Wayne Beierling, John Snell, George Mathonia, general manager Andrew Imanse, Gary Dietz, Mike Caldwell, production manager P.C. Malik, and (front) Don McClinchey, Tom Fletcher, Anne Mitchell, Pat Keller and Ron Miller. Missing: Bob David- son, Carl Stire and Rob Snell. Higher taxes next year In an economic statement to the Legislature, the Provin- cial Treasurer indicated that next year the government will cut programs and raise taxes in an effort to reduce the pro- vincial deficit: It's his inten- tion to make keeping the pro- vincial deficit under control a top priority when he brings down his budget next spring. Unless substantial effective action is taken, the deficit will grow to a record-setting $2.9 billion next year. up from $2.7 billion this year. The Treasurer warned that we can expect higher taxes on gasoline. income and retail sales. There is also a strong possibility that premiums for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan will increase. Although high and continu- ing unemployment is a mat- ter of very serious concern. the Treasurer's economic statement made no predic- tions in this connnection - However. he did indicate that new job -creation programs for this winter may be an- nounced in the next several weeks The inflation rate is ex- pected to average 5.3 percent. which is "still much too high". However, in his view, economic growth should reach a "healthy" 4.7 percent next year. which s'.ould reduce the need for heavy deficit spending. The •Treasurer's prediction for the growth of the economy - gross provincial product - conflicted with the recent forecast of the Minister of Industry. who an- ticipates that we can expect real growth of "3 percent or more in Ontario". While the Treasurer was not prepared to be specific. he did confirm that he will be making choices between a combination of tax increases and program cuts in his pro- vincial budget. Projected revenues of $24.1 billion would not be sufficient to cover spending. There are fears that higher taxes could adversely affect any economic recovery - fears which are acknowledg- ed by the Treasurer. Never- theless. he outlined some possible tax increases. These include:. • - Raising the retail sales tax from 7 to. 8 percent, which would realise $550 million. - Increasing the personal in- come tax one percentage point to gain $139 million: cor- porate income taxes would gain another $111 million. - An increase in the gasoline tax of one percent point would gain $47 million. - The anticipated increase in health insurance premiums would raise another $54 million. The Treasurer has in- dicated that he would prefer to cut government programs rather than raise taxes. Next year's provincial grants to publicly funded bodies will increase by: - Eight percent to $3.9 HENSALL LIBRARY DRAW WINNERS — Every young person contributing a hand- made ornament to the Hensoll library Christmos tree was eligible for a draw held December 23. Winners were (back right) Rob McClinchey, Shari Tow ton and (front) Sean Kyle. John Towton, Mark Bell. Shannon Kyle and Jennifer Groot. Good season for Blyth "It is our responsibility to give the best quality of music and theatre to our audience." summed up Elizabeth Her- man, president of the Board of Directors of the Blyth Festival. Mrs. 'Herman was speaking to the annual meeting of the Blyth Centre for the Arts, held in the dining room of the Blyth Inn. Her remarks highlighted the achievements of the Blyth Festival during the 1982-83 year. "Our pastyear's main thrust has been to expand our national profile and at the same time deeper, our ties with the immediate audience and community. We have also broadened the base of the theatre by bringing in artists and works from other parts of Canada : such as the art show of Native people from the Ojibway Cultural Centre and the Native Theatre School performances "We expanded our Children's Workshop Pro- gram and included older children as well as bringing in the Manitoba Puppet Workshop. Janet Amos also expanded our touring with The Tomorrow Box for two weeks We are very pleased to announce it was the first theatre event at some of these places. We are growing and wanting other people to grow with us. The tou have very much helped to build our pro- file in South-western Ontario The Tomorrow Box opened with declaration of "Bluth Festival Week in Waterloo." The presentation of the Festival's financial statements echoed Mrs..Her- man's statements of growth. expansion. and success. The winter, capital and summer revenue of the Blyth Centre for the Arts totalled nearly one hall million dollars in 1w2-83. The Summer Festival recorded a surplus of 522,485 on a total budget of $357,009 Of that. 61% consisted of box office and other earned revenue 27 percent was sup- port from government arts councils and employment grants; and 12 percent was made up of donated com- munity support "It is very in teresting to note" Mrs. Her man remarked. "that over So percent of all donations conic from the immediate Huron County area News of the successes of the winter program. the Blyth Festival Singers. new pia} workshops. fund-raising events. volunteer Friends of Myth. capital improvements and the many other projects of the Blyth ('entre for the Arts were also, shared with the membership. The executive elected to the Board of Directors of the Blyth Festival for the coming year were Elizabeth Herman, president. Lynda Lentz; vice- president. Marion 'Linn, treasurer and Helen Cowing Secretary. Directors that were re- elected were Carol Bale, 'Toronto). 'Chris Borgal )Blyth), Joan Chandler. (Belgrave(. Marion Doucette. (Clinton), John McKibbon; (Goderich i, Sheila Richards. ( Brussels' and Lois van Vliet Myth). New directors welcomed were Don %lc('affrey, ( Ex- eter Margaret Webster. Wingham I. and Carol Irwin, Bluth ). The membership regretfully acknowledged the resignations of directors Mildred McAdam. Rhea Hamilton. Bev Walker and Marie McClure and thanked them sincerely for their in- valuable contributions over the years. Plans for a gala celebration of the loth anniversary season of the Blyth Festival are cur- rently under way. More an- nouncements will be made in January concerning season presentation and special events - PLAYING PATIENT Mike Connolly contributed some violin selections to the chapel service at South Huron Hospital. Enjoying the music ore fellow patients Jack O'Con• nor and Bud Kuntz. Fails to The December meeting of Hensall council attracted more than 30 irate . citizens demanding public Input before council goes ahead with extensive renovations to the village's town hall. The Hensall residents and businessmen were upset by a report from the regular November council meeting, which appeared in the November 23 edition of the Exeter Times -Advocate. The article described the three phases of architect Carlos Ventin's proposal, and gave figures totalling :450,000 as a rough estimate of the pro- ject's costs. Ventin was of the opinion government grants would pay for about half the renovation bill. Councillor Irene Davis told the ratepayers "the press" had not accurately reported the previous month's pro- ceedings. When contacted afterward by this paper she would only say "if all the in- formation had been reported at the time and not just the point out inaccuracies money, there would have been a much different outlook". She did not elaborate further, and gave no facts or figures to support the alleged inaccuracies in the November report. Hensall Reeve Harry Klungel said he knew some residents of the village intend- - ed to come to the December meeting to voice their con- cerns and express their opi- nions. Council intended to note their questions, and "come up later with answers". Referring to the November report, Klungel said later "it hit people too hard and too suddenly. Amounts were mentioned... it sounded as if we were going to go ahead with the whole project at once. In fact, our costs would have been in the area of 3200,000. Possibly phase two (completion of renovations to the first fioor) might have been more important to start." The November 23 article sparked several letters to this paper. The November 30 edi- tion of the T -A contained a long epistle questioning the wisdom of the project. The following week a letter carry- ing nine signatures and ask- ing for restraint on the part of Hensall council appeared on the Hensall page. Yet in that Pel" Mr. Jim Sangster is a pa tient in the cardiac arrest unit at University Hospital. London. Mr. Charles Mickle, Hamilton, is spending the holiday with his mother Mrs. Laird Mickle, Mrs. Bertha McGregor won the floral' arrangement at Cin- dy's Hairdressing. Mrs. Jessie Armstrong returned home after spending the holiday with her daughter, Mrs. Jean Love, in London. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Corbett, / s (ich 3 floI/inp billion for Ontario hospitals. down from the 10 percent in- crease of this year. - About 7.5 percent to $465 million for community col- leges. down from this year's 9.9 percent increase. Five :percent to $3.04 billion for school boards. down from this year's 5.7 percent. - Five percent to $724 million foo municipalities, up slightly from this year's 4-3 percent. Grants have been calculated on the assumption that employees of these organizations will receive wage increases of only 5 per- cent next year. If greater pay increases are given, the money must be found elsewhere. Some 680,000 public employees are affected by the wage guidelines. Commenting on the Treasurer's statement, Liberal Leader David Peter- son warned that homeowners will face massive local tax hikes next year if the govern- ment insists on restriction grant increases to municipalities. Joining other Opposition Members and Metro Toronto officials in criticizing the economic state- ment. he pointed out that while the province has told the municipalities to hold wage increases 'o employees to 5 percent, it has given them no method of enforcing the ceiling. Any municipality which is forced to settle higher wage increases to avoide strikes will have to hit homeowners directly for the difference. Describing the Treasurer's statement as "a Grade 1 economic paper, a penetrating insight into the obvious", he warned "You're going to gear cries of outrage everywhere." Criticizing the Treasurer for failing to announce measures to come to grips with the severe problem of unemployment, David Peter- son condemned the Treasurer's statement as a "public relations exercise designed to advance the Treasurer's career." Kippen residents change plans By Margaret Hoggarth Many Kippen residents had to change their well -made plans to visit relatives and friends, or entertain the same, due to the Arctic storm which gripped the area Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It was pro- bably a toss-up whether to put the turkey in. the oven or just make do with tuna sand- wiches and table the turkey for a later date. The McKay family of Doug, Leanne, David, Lisa and Lori enjoyed the Grace Love Christmas on Sunday. December 18-. which was held at Neil and Dianne McNichol's home at RR 4 Walton. They also bucked the snow on Christmas Day and made it to the home of Doug's mother, Helen McKay in Ex- eter for the McKay Christmas. Greg Hoggarth spent a few days prior to December 25 skiing at Collingwood Due to the inclement weather Kippen United Church had to cancel the ChristmasEve and Christmas Day services. There will be one service only on New Year's Day, Sunday January 1, 1984 at 11:30 a.m. in the Brucefield Church. The pageant intended for the Christmas services will be presented at this time. ens LEGION AUXILIARY DOLL DRAW — Bev Alexander drew the winning ticket for the Hensall legion's lucky doll draw, which went to Wayne Petrie, Stratford. Shown with the drumfull of tickets are Alexander (left), Donne Allen, Ladies Auxiliary secretary and Colleen Ferris, Ladies Auxiliary president. Lillian Beer, Hensoll won second orize of *25.00. interval between meetings, no letters or phone calls objec- ting to the facts as reported were received from Reeve Klungel or any of the four Hensall councillors. Klungel said he and fellow members of council are presently "working very hard to gather information for a public meeting in January." • srnals Mr. and Mrs. Steven Corbett and Gerry spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Corbett. Mr. Herb Hedden is a pa- tient in South Huron Hospital. Exeter. Bertha McGregor returned home after spending the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Don McLaren, Jodi and Brooke in Oakville. Sgt. Doug Wein, RCMP. Mrs. Wein And David, Ot- tawa, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Parker. Christmas services at both Hensall churches had to be cancelled because of the stor- my weather. 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