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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-06-10, Page 1a ers in Clinton, expecting the year because of a large jump on taxes , receiy edf�aa pleasant is Mond' night when Clinton ail approved a` 1976 budget that will esidential taxes only go up two cent, or four milts. or the average residential public !4al supporter with a $3,000 sent, the tax bill will only go up 1.92 to a total of 0528.96. f agar Den Symons attributed the call increase to "sharp ad- ministration," and praised Clerk easurer Cam Proctor and finance airman Councillor Roy Wheeler for eir budget. layor Symons said that the education res took a large jump this year. "If ley (the boards of educc�ation ) had ayed close to last year's (levies) then would have had a nice reduction (in e tax rate)." Mayor Symons said that despite the increase being the lowest in the ounty, "we didn't cut any programs." Re said that council was still recon- tructing streets, had given all the mployees a raise in pay, including new .range benefits, had purchased over 4060 worth of new parking meters, had Might the town a new street sweeper, wild was paying for a new water system in the park. "There hasn't been any problem this uron County flurse.s. to strk Fifteen public . health nurses and. gistered nurses at the Huron County ealth Unit will participate in a gvIfee-wide one week demonstration ice. an June 14 with nurses from ap- ox>«mately 25, other Health Units in the 1oce., . . V t`gh " public relations representative of Local 168 of the Ontario Nurses' Association, said the decision to go on strike for one week was made by Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) nurses at an ONA meeting on Saturday, June 5 in Toron-to. By Jim Fitzgerald It certainly has been a bus week n Clinton both for the highly.active Spring Fair Board and for personnel here at the News -Record, who tried to cover all the events on the near -perfect weekend. The Spring Fair Board, and all the volun- teers, are to be congratulated for the fine job they did this year, It was well worth it. + + + Well, now that the Fair is over and most farmers have caught up on their field work and haven't started haying lit yet, we sure could use a good rain, as everything is nearly bone dry. +++ We have several sad departures from the pages of the News -Record to report. First is the retirement at the end of June of our hard-working and dedicated Bayfield correspondent, Mil vena Erickson, who has put many, many long hours into the "Bugle" over the years. We haven't,yet got a full replacement for her, so if anyone in Bayfield can help. please contact Milvena at 565-2634. Our second departure this week is the CHSS Chronicle, the high school news page. which is to disappear, hopefully just until the fall. as the students are done classes and just have exams to write. Our thanks to Marian Doucette and her fine staff, who always met their deadlines. + ++ It's a real pleasure to see a complete baseball system in town now, with the formation last week of a bantam, midget. and junior team. The juveniles have now been split into junior and midget, but the latter could use some players, so drop over to practice tonight, (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. "Sly" Kennedy and "SCJ. " MacDonald could also use some managing and coaching help as well. + + + Don't forget either, that open house at our new area fire hall is this Saturday, Stine 12 from 2 to 4 part, and from 7 to 10 p.m. It's sure nice to see the townships and the town CO -operate on such a venture. They did a fine job. Now wouldn't it be nice if they could co- operate on other matters like recreation t t-t- And while we're handing out com-. pli'ments, the Clinton council should be given a past on the back for bringing dem') such a fine budget without cur- tailing fig any -programs. We are always it y Oleic to criticize. but stow to pray iso. h + council can't handle,"" Mayor Symons bragg d. Mayor, Syannons also credited a surplus of nearly $22,000 ,frown last year's budget, and an increase in government resource equalization grants. Last year, council liad to acid a $34,000. deficit to the mill rate as' taxes lumped nearly 30 mills and the (cottage : taxpayer was faced with an extra $106 In taxes. Highlights of this gear's budget, the first $1 million budget in Clinton's history include: police budget $11.5,.516, up from *103,962 spent last' " year; r.*,creatibn $76,045, up from $64,623 of 1975; street maintenance and recon- struction, $245,000 up' from $194,652 of last year; county levy, $123,124 up from $115,180: public education, $102,888 up Staniey Towns suggestion for from $8050; secondary educ from last year's $70,960,, collet- 1 ons s a OAS budget from :x_ day $004,203, whip: a comes from the Ot a nent's resource 0%u0. which is nearly *50,000 MAT' gar's budget was 089,84 p000 below the 6891,831 propos 3102,6!, ,u the Who: 317 goat gr; last early last June. The mill rates are as follows, with last year's in brackets: public school residential, 176;.320(172.346); sep rat- scltogl residential, 182.190(175.340); .p ubl;ic school commercial, 203.602(199.624); separate school' commercial. 210.127(202.946) . hip turns. down Inspection Stanley Township, in a Council meeting Monday night, refused the Town of Clinton's suggestion to have one building inspector for the surrounding townships. Stanley hopes to have its own building and tile drainage inspector and turned down Clinton's suggestion. Also at the meeting, the Clinton fire arealbudget for 1976 was estimated as pubiic health e on Monday She said the nurses want to bring the plight of public health nurses in Ontario to the attention of the public, politicians and the nurses' ,patients -to emphasize the fact that public health nurses, unlike hospital nurses cannot refer unresolved CORy4cOtems to arbitration. that X11 nurses --view akstrike with very mixed feelings; but we have tried every way we know to get satisfactory contract settlements and we feel now is the time to all join together in this effort," said Ms. McHugh. The Huron County Health Unit has been negotiating since last July and have just recently been in a legal position to strike. With the threat of hospital closures and a decrease in hospital beds, there is more emphasis being placed on com- munity health nursing services. Con- sidering this, she said, it seems ironic to public health nurses that only two per cent of the health care budget goes to prevention. which is the prirne role of all health units. Out of the province's 1,500 public health nurses, 1,100 of them are legally permitted to strike and are expected to leave their posts, beginning the week of June 14. The action is precipitated by an ap- parent province -wide plan of lock -outs of nurses by their employers, the Boards of Health. Thus far two employers have locked their nurses out and nurses in the Haliburton, Kawartha, and Pineridge health units have been locked out for more than a month in answer to their demands for arbitration. • • being $38,00 and the township accepted its share. Accounts for the township were also paid at the meeting. General accounts totalled $157,000: Stanley, roads ac- counts" $8,000; municipal drainage. S7,200,and tile.drainage loans, $8-,000. Stanley Township Council also ac- cepted 10 tile drainage loans in the amount of $30,600 and accepted a minicipal drain petition on Lots 29 and 30 'by Richard Kootstra and others. A request from surrounding townships was also endorsed to ask the government for more money for drainage loans. The township also received their first advance payment from the ministry of transportation and communication $20 ,300 for road subsidies. An unconditional grant of $10,640 was also given to the township to help reduce the mill rate for the residents. The OMB hearings that were sw .heduled for June :were called off untii:* SePiember because some discrepancies arose in the wording of the proposal. The subdivider had planned to discuss certain things that were not scheduled. A letter is being sent to the OMB in Toronto to reschedule the hearings. Penny parks -ng • By Jim Fitzgerald A penny doesn't buy much any -more in th times of wild inflation, and it will bt1 even less in the next few months in Clinton as penny parking disappears forever. Council decided on Monday night at their regular meeting to spend over 39,000 to replace Clinton's ageing meter system, one of the few left in the province where a penny would buy you time. The new heads will charge a nickel for 30 minutes, 10 cents for 60 minutes, and 25 -cents for two hours. Under the old system, a penny...bought 12 minutes, a nickel bought one hour, and a dime purchased two hours. It is expeited the changeover will take place in. the next several months. in other business, council's engineer on the new sewage system, R. V. fair queen picked The judges at the Queen of the Spring Fair had a very, dif- ficult time last Friday night deciding on this year's Queen of the Fair, who was crowned by last year's queen Nancy Castle. They eventually picked Cheryl Jefferson, centre, plied lrtl a " 15,1 fro ntat'lo o e enewa.l i o t' eve o bultding l ,li� andira . towns ips, i esti' at,: a t t has not refused a identwillbeli itt n to,discuss it,at a _ A petit for as 1 daughter of Marie and Don Jefferson of Clinton, Pat Anstett left, was first runner-up, and Glenna Ellis was second runner-up. There was no senior citizen's queen this year. (News -Record photo) ecord crowd sees Fair A record crowd of 7.000 persons took advantage of the warm, sunny weather this year for the three days of the Clinton Spring Fair. uTie over 36,008 were taken in at the gates, many proud winners left the fair with $14,000 in prize money and a host of trophies from the various judging exhibits. In the heavy horse class, the best heavy draught for agricultural or gone forever Anderson and Associates, has told council there are still a few details to be worked out yet before the town pays the 31,000 hold back to the.contracting firm of Maple Engineering. Frank McDonald of Clinton was awarded the tender to put a new oil furnace in the library at a cost of $1,285, including tax. It was the lowest of two tenders received on oil furnaces. Council also granted the Clinton Nursery School another 3100 to go with the 3100 they gave them earlier this year, and they gave the annual grant of $500 to the Spring Fair Board. Council also decided to donate to Bayfield an original watercolor of the old school at the Village that hangs in the Clinton council chambers. Building permits were issued to Robert Langendoen., house, ,$34,000: and William Brehm, house, 350,000. record setting crow c were present at most events at t . h+e Blt►ek and White She drew�a la number cif* exhibitors Spring Fair last weekend as warmsunny � , {y . � . weather ;all three .find observers on Sankurday-nfterwtri days left Fair (officials srrsr:a'r.., . rr~. n;r the Huron County (New's-Record piltoto) general purposes was won by Charles Halliday, Chesley and Ed Campbell, Paris took home the Bank of Montreal trophy for the best heavy or commercial horse. The best matched team in har- ness went to Ivan:ts, Paisley and the best dressed team to Charles Halliday: Mrs. Gregg presented the M. L. Tory Gregg Memorial trophy to Cecil Wells, Paris for the best performance by driver and hitch of a:team of horses. In the beef cattle class, the grand champion female shorthorn went to the Smith Bros., Brussels. The breeders' herd prize was also taken by the Smith Bros.. and the Hereford, Grand Champion female prize was taken by James Taylor, Wingham and the breeders' herd was also won by Mr. Taylor. . In the Aberdeen Angus division the Earley Bros. of Kerwood took the, prize for best Grand Champion female. The Grand Champion herd prize was won by James Taylor, and he received the Credit Union trophy. The 1-alcon spring Farms award went to the Earley Bros. The Smith Bros. received the most points. and an award from the Royal Bank. In market cattle, the best showman feeder calf, under 14 years went to the Kinsmen Bros., Kippen and were awarded a cash donation by William Flynn, Clinton. A cash donation was also given to Dave Kinsmen of Staffa for the best showman feeder calf over 14 years old. It was dtmated by Elgin Thompson, Kippen. In special 4-11 Club classes, the showmanship prize for the best dairy cattle went to Paul Gibbings of Clinton. The best beef showmanship prize went to Les Falconer, also of Clinton. The sheep class turned out to be the biggest showing in Ontario, with more than 18 exhibitors showing over 200 sheep. Major awards here went to: Kern Comfort. St. Anns Who was the champion sheep showman; Bainton Limited gave a special award to Gerald Comford, St. Anns for the best flock of sheep on - the grounds : W.E. Crawford, Minesing was awarded a cash prize from Allied Chemical Canada Ltd. for the best pen of three yearlings ; The Old Mill special was given to Gerald Comfort of St. Anns for the highest number of points in the sheep section, and the Hullett Federation of Agriculture gave a cash donation to Robert Snell, Clinton for the exhibitor from Hullett with the most points in the sheep section. In the swine classes, Molson's Brewery donated a cash prize to Wm. Turnbull, Brussels for the most points in the swine class. Mr. Turnbull was also awarded a trophy from the Hummel Feed Mill for the best herd of swine. Major winners in the poultry division were: M.H. Vollick, Mildmay: Clifford Pepper, Dashwood; Geo. Tiernan, Dash- wood; Jack Mayhew, Clinton; Donald Dearing, Exeter; Orville Shewfelt, Kincardine; J.B. Mills, Goderich. The parade on Saturday turned out a colorful display of floats and a number of winners. For business and club floats winners were: Fish and Game Con- servation Club, Clinton: W.G. son. Hensall; Hensall Co-op, Hensall; Vanastra Fitness Club, Vanastra. and Ray's Shoe Repair, Clinton. Children of the area also took an active part in the parade, the best children's float was won by the Clinton Nursery School. Winners of the best decorated bicycle under 10 went to Melisa Whalen, Clinton and Michelle Whalen. Clinton. Barbara Forbes of Clinton was the winner of the best decorated bicycle in the over 10 class. infants also took part at the fair with the baby show. Winners of the six months and under class were: Kerrie Szusz, 4% months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Szusz, Blyth; Crystal Ann, 3% months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (continued on page 15) McKillop. county to approve By Wilma Oke Any buildings or additions to buildings on land adjacent to the county roads must he approved by the county engineer James W. Brintnell, according to a letter received by the McKillop Township council at its session on Monday. Subject to the approval of the county engineer, Council endorsed requests for building permits for Douglas Riley, Winthrop implement shed, and David Watson, Walton, garage. Other requests icor building permits were approved far Douglas Schroeder to replace siding on residence and store in Winthrop; Graeme Craig, RR 1, Walton, and Nelson McClure, RR 2, Seaforth both fair wing bairns! Willlatrr Pepper, R 1 Seaaforth, !aif barn; Clement rauskkopf, Dublin, replace siding on house: Mac Stewart, RR 1, Dublin, implement shed: Mae Govenlock.. RR 5, Seatorth, addition to .. . . barn. Joseph Verbet ne ftlt 1, 5eaforth, replace barn ,uso miss cowl Dodds. RR 1. Seaforth, steal grainaary. Council approved assessment reduction for 1976 for a total of 312,905 for buildings demolished or unusable in the Township. A petition was accepted for the repair of the Buchanan Drain from Don Buchanan, prank Reinink and Merton Hackwell, all of concession 11-12. Council endorsed a resolution from the Township of Amaranth, requesting the minister of agriculture and food t� remove restrictions of money available for tile drainage loans as tile drainage of farm land is necessary for the economic production of agricultural products. Accounts payable ,were approved for roads, 349,617.72 and General Accounts of 3125,637.16, including payments to the school boards and the county. Council approved a donation of 3325 to Arc Industries at Dashwood. Council learned there was not too much interest shown in the rc�cent housing survey for Sr!'. Citizens wPty only 10 questionnaires were returned