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By Wilma tike
person for the program for the -special
The Vanastra Recreation Centre needs people who, will beusing the
ended 1979 witha surplus. of $4,900. centre when the $269,000 renovation
i - from the_, job is completed later this -year.
previous yearQyer a $1 �la�
This 1s ;limn whey!- the surplus was Special weeds people include the
between $6,000 and $7,000, according mentally retarded and stroke patients
and other handicapped persons. She
.said she would like her to be ready to
start work by mid-April,.
George - Penfold of the:. 'Huron
to. Diane Durnin, recreational
director.
Councillor Frank Falconer
suggested. this surplus of $4,900 should •
be put into the Township general fund Councy planning department was at
since recently, the township had' paid .. the meeting to discuss proposed
some outstanding; debts, Awed by the changes in zoning at Vanastra..
recreation centre,
Mrs,' Presented the 1980 " •" Councillor William Brown asked if a
Dwain resentcomplaint to Council had bempaSsed
budget proposed • . for the centre ti 'reeter,Durnin about
totalling $141,7`50. 'This is $20,415 (14 on to recreation dt
per cent) higher than last year. filthy conditions at the recreation
centre and the .councillor was in -
Council took no action. on approving it, formed that she had been told.
but will deal with it at the~next Sessipn,
of Council on April" 1 when the Clerk McLachlan.was authorized to
township: budget will: be preseifted: , get prices on new chairs and tables
Clerk Jack McLachlan said. while the for the :newly renovated municipal
„.R cxeatiron:,.centre.budget.1S.higherrit... ..office. at Y anastra..T.�- .4-, , ¢w,' .----... -----
Is not expected to reciuire a higher tax
levy than last year.,
Mrs. Durnin asked that she be given
authority to advertise for. and hire. a
Several from council will attendthe
annual meeting of. the Huron County
MVlunicipnl Officers'. Association• to be
held. at Kirkton on April. 9 1980.
I have nothing to say this week.
No amusing little anecdotes or
pearls . of wisdom will fill this
week's space.
I'm suffering from the condition
that all columnists get once in
awhile, "Brain Drain."
It`s not that i didn't try. I had this
week's topic and column, all in my
head and I'm sure you would have
loved it. In fact, it could have been
an award winner, but another
writer at this newspaper, who will
remain unnamed, also had the
same topic picked out for his
column.
I wanted to tell you about my bad
week, (I'm sure you wanted to hear
• about it) and other people's barely.,
believable bad luck stories.
I was going to tell you about my
clock -radio. The radio works great,
but the clock's shot and repairing it
would cost as much as getting a
whole new outfit.
I was going to tell you about my
car. The starter's on the blink and
is only working on borrowed time.
It- may stop tomorrow or three
- years from tomorrow, the
mechanics can't tell.
They advised me to wait until the
starter quits before it is replaced
and now I'm terrified.. to leave the
parking lot. With 'my luck the thing
will break down on some deserted
sideroad, in the middle of night,
and of courseit will be raining.
I was going to tell you about the
sentimental piece of jewelry that I
can't find anywhere. I've searched
the apartzhenthigh and low and all
I can find are mismatched socks
and dust balls. I have a terrible.
habit of dropping things here and
-there (my Muni will verify- that)
then I. forget about them. I should
have listened _ . Mum, . _and and
- learned to .put things were they.
belong. NOW I'm paying the price.
I was going to tell you about the
old saying that bad luck comes in
threes and at last fate should run
my way. (Please give me • a
break! ! !!)
And just so you wouldn't think I
"'")
was a real complainer, I was going
to tell you about some other bad
luck stories, not !nine.
I dame across one particular
story that really suited by topic. It
' was a. true case of bad luck,
probably not very funny to the
people who, went _.through _.the or-
deal,
r deal, buthumorous to others.
-Unfortunately, .I showed --the—
.
article to the other writer in this
office.
"Hey," he said, "this is great, I
can use it in my column." i
"But," I replied. .
"I've got some other funny hard
luck stories to write about so this
will fit in just right." he said.
.. "But," I stuttered.
"Thanks a lot,'' he added. •-
"But," I said again, "I'm using
that in my column. I'm writing
about people's hard luck too."
-"Well I've had -this idea -to -penin
my column for the past week," he
explained.
"So have I," I retaliated.
"But I've . got more hard luck
stories to tell about then you have.
You've only got this one," he said,
clenching the article I was going to
use in his hot little fist..'
"But I wanted to tell about my
clock -radio, .my • car and my lost
jewelry too;" I explained.
"Well if you write aboutthis then
what will I put in my column?" he
moaned.
Because of my soft heart and
since the other writer is over a foot
taller then I am, I gave in, let' him
have the article that I pain-
stakingly searched for, and
abandoned my column idea,
-I—So now I'm stuck without a
column- and ---I'_m__a- bit -put-out. by
that other writer. In fact -L don't
even think I'll bother trying to
think .of another column to write
this week.
Instead, readers who are in-
terested in following the topic that I
had originally chose "to write on
may refer back to Page 1 to the
column, which will remain un-
named, in the bottom left corner of
tie page.
Councillor aclae lrt Fotheri�ngharn.
was elected to' attend. the April 2
Li ei:ine, ui 6ea,fo,rGb Fire Area .Board
in the expeeted absence of Reeve
Ervin Sillery, who is on holiday at the
present time. Deputy Reeve Robert
Bell filled in for the reeve at the
0.
GouncP session.'
clerk McLachlan reported he had
•hired,Wendy Tyndall of RR 1, ,Clinton,
astudent at ,Fansha;we College,
London, She, will work this summer'
.under the student program, set uppby
the governm ent, as in past years
the Clerk's office,
A letter from Westlake Ambulance
Service at Zurich notified Council that
his ambulance business has been sold
and that the new owner will be facing
licensing problems in continuing the
service. Councils of surrounding
municipalities are meeting to discuss
.-,
what. they might do to, keep the ,ser-
vice.
A letter was received from a
Vanastra landowner living in Ottawa,
-John Carroll, complaining of un-
- sightly `garbage' on a neighbouring
property, to his at Vanastra. Clerk
McLachlan was authorized to notify
the offending owner.
The new gymnasium at the. Clinton and District
Christian' School was filled with people and the
delicious smell of pancakes and syrup on Friday
night. Fran Jongejon of Goderich Township and her
Goderkh slashes budget
GODERICH - The
average Goderich
homeowner will face a
$20 hike in municipal
taxes this ,year if council
accepts the, - latest
-trim-mi-ng----efforts of its
The budget calls for a
6.5 per cent increase in
the general municipal
rate of 7,09 mills, which
means an additional
$21.20 -in taxes on a $3,000
-assessment.
committee. The increase is .con-
eniors won't get help
GODER1CH - Senior
citizens will not be get-
ting any municipal tax.
breaks in Goderich this.
year. -
Council decided : to
review . a motion that
Would allow a property
tax 'credit of $100 to senior
citzens under the Tax
Assistance Program with
the possibility of im-
plementation in 1981.
The progam allows
those over the age of 65 to
be eligible for the
reduction if, they are
recipients ofj, a
Guaranteed In'eome
Supplement and occupy
property and have been
assessed as the owner for
the past five years.
Goderich town council
chose to table the motion
on the basis that in-
formation on the
program -and -the -num ber
of eligible seniors in town
was scarce. They wanted
a firm idea of the costs
before consenting to the
program.
Councillor Elsa Haydbn
told council that the
program had been used in
Wallaceburg for ,the past
three years. The town's
cost for assisting the 200
applicants' was $20,000.
siderably lower than the
original budget proposal
that called for a 24.7 per
cent increase in the
residential and com-
rnercial mill rates.
The-r-edueed--i-ncreas
came after council
committees . were asked
to cut $336,110- from the
budget. Several com-
mittees reworked their
budgets and that has
resulted in a $244,485
reduction from ' the
original figures.
The_ reduction has left
the town to raise
$1,435,048 by 'municipal
taxes and the com-
mercial, mill rate- :has-
been set at 136.21 and the
residential rate at 115.78.
The 1979 figures were
127.98 for commercial
while the residential mill
rate was 108.78. •
The town will have tb
wait for the County of
Huron and Board of
Education requistion
before the budget,..._is
finalized.
Locaigeneological group formed
A meeting to form a
Huron County Branch of
the Ontario Genealogical
Society ,was held on
March 12 at the Goderich
Recreation Board -Robin
on MacDonald Street, ,
The aim of the society
is to promote, encourage
and foster the study of
genealogy in the area; to
provide a forum for ideas
and techniques; and to
DRIVE TO HOLMESVILLE FOR GREAT VALUES ON
provide gatherings for
the exchange of ideas and
information. -
Other activities may
eventually y include
cemetery transcribing
and recording and the
accumulation of source
volume and documents.
The meetings will be
held the first Wednesday
of each month at the
Goderich Recreation
WHEN
IT CO MES T
SAVINGS
_11;;;Ilklii
V11EEK`�3C►uNT MAKES
DISCOUNT
Board Room at 7:30 p.rn.
An executive com-
mittee was formed by the
members present at the
first meeting which is as
fotlows': pies -idents
Carole Robinson; vice
president, Margaret
Rutledge; secretary,
Karen ' Harman;
treasurer, Cathi Hubick
and program chairman,
Ruth Chaomah
two daughters, Julie, 11/z, and Carolyn, 4, were
among the hundreds of people who enjoyed the
supper which helped to raise funds to pay for the
new school addition. (News -Record photo)
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