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Clinton News-Record, 1980-08-07, Page 3• a '4 Jack's Jottings froln Parilament BY JACK RIDDELL MPP •. You will recall that when the Provincial Budget was brought down on Apr. 22 it included some new initiatives, of. intertest to senior citizens. For older people living in their own home -1,. rapidly rising property taxes are proving to be a serious problem. Prior to this year's budget, .senior citizens were able to claim Ontario Property, Sales and Pensioner Tax • Credits on income tax returns. _.-_--- For --^Foxy people over 65, these tax credits are to be replaced _by __the_ nem _ Property and Sales . Tax - Grants, which for 1980 will be paid in the fall of this year. . These grants will be paid each year to Ontario. residents 65 years of age or older who pay property tax or rent for their principal residence. -. Only one grant will be paid to a married couple, whether one or both spots" are 6.5 years of age or older. In the same way, only orae grant will be paid to unmarried senior citizens who share accommodation.,,.: People in the, eligible age bracket who reside in homes, for the aged, nursing homes or . other such i stitutions will4tot qualif to receive this grant. Under the ;new system, the Property Tax Grant. will. " be equal to oc- cupancy cost or $500 whicheveris less. For those who rent living accommodation, occupancy cost is 20 percent of the rent. For homeowners, occupancy cost is ' equivalent to property tax. The maximum grant is $500 per residential unit. If more than one eligible senior or seniorcouple reside in the same residential unit as their principal residence, the grant will be apportioned according to rent or property tax paid. When non -eligible persons reside. in the santne principal residence, rent or property tax must be apportioned according to amounts paid.. Application forms for the grants will be mailed by the Ministry . of Revenue to all recipients of . Old Age Security pension in late August. These application forms will also 'be available to other Ontario senior citizens who rent or own their homes. Grants will be paid upon receipt of completed applications by the Ministry of Revenue. Senior citizens are asked to complete the ap- plications carefully and thoroughly to ensure that applications .. can be processed quickly and the grant issued with ' the minimum of delay. Beginning in 1981, and for all subsequent years, senior -citizens who were eligible in the previous year and continue to be eligible will automatically receive one half of their previous year's entitlement in the spring. ' No application will be required for this instalment. In the fall, application forms will be sent to senior citizens for the final instalment of their grant. '-'..-Senior citizens who rent. ccommodation will be required to submit receipts with their ap- plications: Bearing this in mind, those-" Who rent should lose no time in making arrangements to obtain such receipts from their landlords. Homeowners will not be required to provide receipts for property tax payments because eligibility can be certified through property tax records. In addition to the property tax credit or occupancy cost grant, every senior citizen will be entitled to a $50 Sales Tax Grant. Those people who receive Old Age Security will not be required to submit an application. The cheques for 1980 r will be issued Five work for MVCA F.Y.E.P. is a Federal Youth Employment Program under which the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority (M.C.V.A.) has hired five students for the summer. The program, F.Y.E.P. is designed to provide students with a meaningful work ex- perience assisting with projects that benefit the community in some way. M.C.V.A.'s program is administered through •federal employment Development _Branch Office, London with funding made from the Perth Constituency. M.V.C.A.'s five students are undertaking two major projects for social survey. and research project at the Falls Reserve Con- servation Area, Ben - miller, while the other involves a community relations -conservation services project. The project taking place at the `}Falls Reserve is designed to give M.V.C.A. a better understanding of the needs and wants of the visitors to that area! The purpose being to better the visitors' stay through appropriate site, facility 1. • , 3ave Purlife? and -or program development. The Community Relations -.Conservation Services project is designed to better the general public's un- derstanding' of the con- servation services of- fered by the Authority. Reforestation, erosion control and stream itn- provement projects are primarily being ad- dressed. Working on the Falls Reserve project are Dawn Bronson from Listowel, Fran Morris from Drayton and Art Wombwell from Listowel. Dawn is employed for 18 weeks as the project supervisor while Fran, as automatically. in Sep- tember. Those senior citizens- who do not receive Old Age Security for one reason or another should contact . the Information Centre of the Ministry of .Revenue after September 1 for details en • securing - receipt of the grant. Some important facts should be borne in mind: The Pensioner Tax Credit which was previously claimed under the Ontario Tax Credit System is repealed. For 1980 and sub- sequent years, senior citizens will not be en- titled to claim. Ontario Property and Sales Tax Credits. A person whose spouse is 65 years of age or older cannot claim an Ontario Property Tax Credit. However, if this person is not yet 65 years of age, he or she may still claim an Ontario Sales Tax Credit if otherwise eligible. Senior citizens may still, of course, claim an Ontario Political . Con- tribution Tax Credit through the income tax system. Don't forget that senior citizens who do .not have occupancy costs are still eligible for the -$-Sale's Tax Grant. In the very near future, program information will be mailed eacfiOld Age Security p nsioner in the province. Those s nior citizens "Who .do'" -not receive O'ld Age Security are en couraged to .contact the Ministry of Revenue's Information Centre for details, at the following address: Ministry of Revenue, Guaranteed Income and Tax Credit' Branch, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M7A 2G1. or telephone the Ministry's multilingual Information Centre free of charge: Metro Toronto 965-8470. Area Code 807 - ask the Operator for Zenith 8-2000. All other areas 1-800-268-7121, • Don't hestitate to contact me if I can be of further assistance. the social survey co- ordinator and Art as the cartographer are em- ployed for 14 weeks each. Bev Hoegy, of Brodhagen is employed for 16 weeks at M.V.C.A.'s Community Rel ations -'Conservation Services technician. ..Alida Dorsch of Brussels is assisting both of the •F.Y.E.P. projects in her capacity as the designer -illustrator. She, also, is employed for 14 weeks. All of M.V.C.A.'s five summer students are planning to return to school in the fall, at- tending either com- m munity college or university. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, AUGUST ,1$ 'eenaged girls sp AGE 3 time gully jumping is groupof teenage Comprise a team call ed the "gully runners". 'They Y a e working -this summer in the ravines between north Bayfield 'and Grand Bend checking for land stability and the erosion process. They are, in the back row, Sandy Tafel and Tina Cooper; centre row, Diane Nalunzy, Lori-ann Jones, Heather Down, Wendy White, and Carol Murray; and in the front row is Mary Asselstine, the leader. The girls'"Will be working in the area until August 14. (Jason Ainslie photo) inter program announced Series tickets are now on sale for the winter program ' at Blyth Memorial Hall. Keith Roulston, administrator for the Blyth Centre for the Arts, recently an- nounced a full series of events to be held in the hall this winter. The winter program is divided into a music series and a children's series, accompanied by a number of special events. The music series kicks off on November 12 with The. Brass Company, a trio of trumpet; trombone and french . horn players who mix music from periods as diverse as the Renaissance and the modern era with a good dose of humor and en- tertainment. On December .11, The • Huggett Family will present their program of Christmas music from the Renaissance per- formed in period costunie and played. on the in-, struments of that time. Maureen Forrester, Canada's foremost contralto, will appear in Blyth on April 29, 1981. The Tapestry Singers will complete the music series on May 20, 1981 with their "Theatre Tapestry", a selection of songs and hits from Broadway musicals. A series to keep the children happy will also be offered at Blyth this winter. Eric Nagler, folk singer and musician extraordinaire, will present a children's concert on° November 22, replacing Fred Penner, who is listed in the program brochure for that date. Lampoon Puppet Theatre will present "Monkey Business" on March 14, 1981, a menagerie of puppets in hilarious sketches that are sure to keep the kids enthralled. In addition to the sires; children's movies will be presented on the first Saturday of every month from October to March, in Blyth Memorial Hall. Series tickets are now on sale at the Blyth box office at $16 for the four events included in the music series, and $4. for the two children's events. Individual tickets for events of each series will not go on sale until October. Seats are reserved at time of sale for the entire series. Two special events will complete the activities at Blyth over the winter. On October 18, 1980, The Family Brown, renowned country music recording and television stars, will perform, at Blyth Memorial Hall. The cost of this concert will be $7.50 for all seats. The well-known RCMP Show Band will present a concert on November 30, 1980 including folk and country music selections from the semi -classical repertoire and con- temporary music as well. For further. in- formation on anyof the events listed phone, Blyth Centre for the Arts at (519) 523-9300.• AN ANSTETT DIAMOND By Jason Ainslie Some call them 'gully girls'. Some call them `gully runners'. And still others refer to thein as 'eroders'. And each reference is equally as accurate, for there is a group of girls running up some of Lake Huron's gullies this summer checking the erosion in the ravines. The Gully Runners consists of eight girls, aged 16 to 18 and from all across Ontario, who are part of the Junior Conservationists' Award Program. The program is run by the Ausable- Maitland Conservation Authority in conjunction with the. Ministry of Natural Resourses, and is designed as a - monitor of the eroding land so evident in the gullies along Huron's shoreline. Since July 5, and until August 17, these girls are examining the ravines from just north of Bayfield to Grand Bend. Their lot is comparable to the historic 'couriers du bois'. They canvass each gully, stem to stern, observing vegetation, talking to local landowners and checking the stability of the bluffs. The footwork ° through nature's clefts is done in the morning, when insects are less abundant, and the afternoons are spent at their)odgings in Clinton pouring over topographical maps, citing their observations, recording data. "We are a data collecting group," explains Mary Asselstine, the leader. "We look for the least expensive but most effective ways to deal with erosion." The girls were selected for the jobs because of their interest and knowledge regarding the con- servation of land and w,ater.as well as their acute sense. of responsibility, maturity and intelligence. After . completing comprehensive ap- plications, .the chosen few attended the Leslie M. Frost Centre in Dorset, Ontario for an orientation and skill - learning program lasting one week. The seven -week program is paid,for through a grant from the Water Conservation Branch of the Ministry of Natural Resourses. The Branch invites proposals from various con- servation authorities outlining. their needs and, if accepted, a group of gully runners is sent to the designated area. There are four such groups in Ontario. From whatthey-'h-ave Seen, -the' workers estimate that the land could erode many feet inside of a few years. "There is a trend," one group member said, "that the ravines to the south of Bayfield are eroding at a faster rate than those to the north. Asked about the perils of this new project, they agreed that quicksand, loose clay and unpleasant dogs are their greatest fears. They split up into two groups of four during the field trips and, in this way, are able to cover from six to ten gullies per morning. The members of this group, who come from as far away as North Bay and Ottawa, are Sandy Tafel, Tina Cooper, Diane Nalunzy, Leri-ann Jones, Heather Down, Wendy White, Carol Murray and Mary Asselstine. Until they finish the project, they will be living in Clinton. Navy 'mar.kers dangerous . During the past several years, U.S. Navy ships have been involved in naval exercises in Canadian waters. These ;hips use phosphorous, markers for iden- iification to mark their positions. • These markers are one foot, six inches in length and three inches wide, grey in colour with a green and white band and the letters CCC inscribed on the band. On the side is U.S. Navy Navair Marker, Location Marine, MK25, MOD. 3. The markers are equipped with a, shuttle mechanism component complete with blasting cap found at the pointed end, which is designed to sink the marker' to the bottom of the lake after use. However, due to a malfunction in some instances, this has failed to occur and the marker floats to shore. . This type of Navy Marker is dan'gerous if handled' by untrained personnel as the shuttle mechanism component may appear to be har- • 'mess but if tapped could discharge.a blasting cap causing damage to hands or face. The phorphorous portion may appear to be dor:pant but could cause • a serious burn if ra-r- tivated. 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