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The readers write
Times -Advocate, July 25, 1984
Page 7
Lament support for youth band and soccer enthusiosts
Dear Bill:
Last year the Exeter
Centennial Soccer Club
celebrated its 10th anniver-
sary and in this, our 11th year,
we are again running a soccer
program in this town and our
participation by local children
now stands at 215 which
makes us one of the largest
volunteer groups in this town.
Personally I have been in-
volved for the past seven
years as coach and as an ex-
ecutive member. A lot of -peo-
ple put forward a tremendous
amount of work and dedica-
tion to bring us to our present
situation. The support that we
have had from the business-
ment of this community has
been excellent with their
donations and other support
and we owe them for that.
However, the support that
we have had from the council
and from the press has been
far from excellent in the past.
Some of our championships.
have barely a mention and
some of our pictures never
came off because there never
was an opportune time.
We will keep bugging your
paper, Bill, and I am sure that
some day soccer will receive
the coverage it deserves. As
far as council is concerned, I
am not so optimistic.
Years ago there was a lot of
Katimavik
seek home
On August 29, 12 young
Canadians begin the
Katimavik program, and the
search is under way for a
house to rent in or near
Exeter.
Katimavik is a national
youth volunteer program for
participants between the age
of 17 and 21. It gives young
Canadians the opportunity to
take part in a training and
learning experience, while
providing nine months of
volunteer service for the
community. •
Exeter has been involved in
Katimavik for the last two
years with tremendous suc-
cess. This year's work spon-
sors are South Huron Recrea-
tion Center: ARC Industries,
Dashwood; Exeter Public
School and Usborne Central
School.
An ideal house would have
three to six bedrooms, a large
kitchen, separate dining
room, storage space. and in
central Exeter, however the
Zurich, Hensall, Crediton,
Dashwood areas are also
acceptable.
Once a house is established
any and all donations of fur-
niture, carpets. appliances,
kitchen ware, and tools would
be greatly appreciated.
If you have any information
concerning housing of any
kind, questions about the
Katimavik program and/or
an interest in being on the
local Katimavik committee
please call 235-2833 South
Huron Rec. ('enter. and leave
a message. or Elaine
McDivitt. Katimavik West
District Group Leader in
Sea forth at 527-0384 or
527-1750.
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support for a new arena and
its ground development but
-once the arena and baseball
diamonds were in, support
waned to the point that when
the money ran out and the on-
ly thing still left to be done
was the soccer pitch, the
council withdrew its support.
As you now see, everybody
has had what was promised to
them in the grounds develop-
ment except soccer.
The shortage in funds was
not divided among different
projects. The full impact was
felled by the soccer club. For
years, we played by the grace
of the Canadian Canners and
the High School and now we
were still without a soccer
pitch in this town. That is
when we were approached by
Don Cameron to join him in
finishing the last stage of the
project.
We responded by collecting
money, running a lottery and
the club donating $1500.00
towards this. We lined up the
drainage contracter, we pick-
ed stones, planted trees and
fertilized. The grass is grow-
ing now and it won't be long
and we will be able to start us-
• ing the field, but the con-
troversy does not end there.
The grounds development
committer gave us two sets
of nets and told us the funds
were depleted so as a soccer
club we decided to raise the
$650.00 that a set of goal posts
would cost. However, we then
discovered that the grounds
committee donated $500.00 to
a playground and also a dona-
tion for an access road to the
new baseball diamond for
kids. Money that we had
either donated or raised
through our soccer club was
being spent on the next phase
of the project and the soccer
had to look after it again.
Well Bill, the Exeter Soccer
Club has been a quiet one for
the past 11 years and I can tell
you no more. We will be right
up there begging and com-
plaining with every other
group in town. The squeaky
wheels get the grease, or it's
not what you know, it's who
you know, are sayings that
apply well in this community.
We demand fair treatment
like everyone else and we will
make sure we will get it in the
future.
Yours truly,
Martin DeBruyn
On behalf of the
Exeter Centennial
Soccer Club.
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Dear Sir:
On Wednesday July 18 the
Ontario Youth Concert Band
along with the Canadian Folk
Dancers put on a show at the
Exeter High School which
could only be described as
fabulous.
Both the band and the
dancers have toured Europe
and played to packed au-
diences of over 1,000 in the
finest and largest concert
halls. In Canada and the U.S.
they have drawn huge crowds
at such places as the Stratford
and Shaw Theatres.
MEETING THE BANDITS — Prior to the start of Saturday's talent show at the Ailsa
Craig Gala Days chairman Doug McNair talks to the Bandits Dean Kent, Robert
Ivey and Dan McCoy. T -A photo
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They are the best in every
sense. Yet when they came to
perform in the heart of
southwestern Ontario, within
a 30 -minute driving time of
50,000 people, the total au-
dience was 65, 40 adults and 15
children. Eliminating
relatives and friends of the
performers, less than 40 peo-
• ple showed.
This performance was sup-
plied for an area where at
least 300 people each week
drive to Toronto -Stratford -
Detroit to take in various
shows. It is the same area
that can muster over 5,000 for
a fair, a bean festival or a
beauty contest.
This performance was to
give the public at a cost of on-
ly $2.00 a chance to hear and
see the finest of Ontario's
youth in action. It was part of
our Ontario Bicentennial
celebration as well as part of
the Bicentennial program of
Exeter and area.
Soon over 2,000 people from
the same area will drive
miles to get a glimpse of the
Pope and later England's
Queen, yet we won't walk
across the street to support
the most important people of
our own country, "Our
Youth". Sad, isn't it?
L.S Mannell,
Box 496,
Grand Bend, Ont.
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TOWN OF EXETER
1983 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
MILL RATES
Average Current and previous
Years' Mill Rates
1983
Residential Commercial
and farm and Industrial
Town purposes 107.33 126.77
County purposes 29.62 34.84
School Board purposes 133.12 156.43
TOTAL 270.07 318.04
1982
Residential Commercial
and farm and Industrial
105.22
28.82
120.97
123.79
33.91
142.35
255.01 300.05
Sources of Financing
CONSOLIDATED OPEATIONS
1983 1983 1982
Budget Actual Actual
$ $ . $
* Residential and farm taxation
* Commercial, industrial and
business taxation
* Taxation from other governments
* User charges
1,038,860. 1,056,801. 979,270.
627,946. 637,826. 612,115.
25,097. 27,526. 26,442.
450,948. 491,727. 441,198.
* Deduct amounts received or receivable (1,011,275.) (1,028,431.) (942,213.)
for the County and school boards
* Grants from the Government of
Canada
* Grants form the Province of Ontario
* Grants from other municipalities
* Contributions from developers
* Investment income
* Other
* Proceeds from the issue of long
term liabilities
Applied To
Por current operations
* General government
* Protection to persons and property
* Transportation services
* Environment services
* Health services
* Social and family services
* Recreation and cultural services
* Planning and development
* Other
Capital
* Transportation service9
* Environmental services
* Health services
* Recreation and Cultural services
Net appropriations
* To reserves and reserve funds
7,115.
544,469,
63,645.
1,500.
107,488.
38,351.
7,115.
547,485. 552,746.
54,255. 49,289.
1,500. 500.
119,412. 134,527.
35,201. 44,318.
174,077. 168,553. 174,272.
475,882. 402,983. 380,651.
215,950. 165,051. 142,185.
304,243. 305,730. 404,067.
69,554. 68,719. 65,478.
1,950. 870. 925.
283,703. 298,015. 265,439.
33,280. 31,451. 33,069.
1,5213,639.
259,310.
43,000.
11,250.
21,061.
334.621.
1,441,372. 1,466,086.
214,123. 180,719.
140,527. 46,180.
14,143. 220.
23,929. 10,101.
392.722. 237.220.
125,885. 130,374. 154,169.
SIGNIFICANT YEAR END BALANCES OF ASSETS AND
LIABILITIES
Unrestricted Assets
* Cash
* Taxes Receivable
* User charges Receivable
* Accounts Receivable
* Other Current Assets
* Long term receivables
Assets of Reserve Funds
* Cash
* Other current assets
* Long term receivables
*• Investment in own debentures
Liabilities and Municipal Fund Balances
* Accounts payable and accured liabilities
* Other current liabilities
* Net long term liabilities
* Reserves and reserve funds
* To be used to offaet (or to be recovered from)
taxation or user charges
* Unexpected capital financing
1983
$
1982
$
281,485. 295,636.
90,126, 116,762.
X8,333. 13,026.
41,051. 21,622.
,205. 4,374.
2,879. 1,765.
394,483. 265,580.
41,094. 41,208.
235,507. 238,554.
15,000. 74,000.
65,442. 122,315.
2,980. 9,794.
1,258,275. 1,317,705.
940,791. 810,417.
115,950. 128,649.
1,352.
TRANSACTIONS FOR THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL BOARDS
County School Boards
* Taxation and user charges
* Grants
* Requisitions paid
1983 1982 19113 1982
$ $ $ $
185,650.
1,743.
180,729. 835,698.
1,710. 5,340.
759,873.
5,204.
187,240. 180,329. 839,952. 755,689.
These revenues and expenditures are not reflected in the analysis of Consolidated
Operations.
YEAR END BALANCE OF FUNDS UNDER ADMINISTRATION
* Trust Funds
1983
1982
234,735. 218,844.
NOTES
1) The 1983 Financial Report consolidates the operations, assets and liabilities
of Town and its local boards and municipal enterprises as follows:
South Huron Recreation Board and Exeter Cemetery Board. Separate statements
for these Boards are available at the Municipal Office, 406 main Street, South.
2) The local boards, enterprises and other entities of the Town whose revenues and
expenditures have not been consolidated in the 1983 financial report are t
Exeter and Area Fire Board and Exeter Public Utilities Commission (Hydro and
water)
3) The above data has been extracted from the audited 1983 Consolidated Financial
Report of the Town and its local boards as described in Note 1. Copies of
1983 Consolidated Financial Report and the auditor's report thereon, or the
audited financial statements for the local boards, enterprises and other entitles
not consolidated (see Note 2) are available at the Municipal Office to any
resident who wishes to review or analyze the financial operations of the Town
in greater detail.
4) Included in the expenditure of current operations are principal charges for the
retirement of long term debt of $59,430 ($54,54¢,in 1982) and interest charges
of $139,400, (139,415.in 1982) {
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