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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-04-22, Page 17Stanley Township has surplus of STANLEY TOWNSHIP • The township ended 1986 with a surplus of $328 on a total actual budget of $1,814,643. Clerk -treasurer Mel Graham didn't know whether to attribute the surplus to good luck or good budgeting, but said the township did not want a deficit, as there is no reserve fund. That was used up in the building and equipping of the Stanley Complex. A final payment of $90,000 has cleared all debt on the complex./ The 1987 budget will be presented at the second regular April council meeting. Graham predicts an overall increase of bet- ween five -and -one-half and six per cert. Stanley Sesquicentennial co-ordinators, Gord Hill and Phil Durand, attended the first regular April meeting of council to sub- mit a final report on the 150th birthday celebration last year. All minutes of the steering cornrnittee and the sub -committees and the final report will be put in a binder and placed in the township vault for future historians. The $5,062.95 donated by the Sesquicenten- nial Committee to the township for recrea- tion purposes will be used to purchase playground equipment. A large number of grants have been dispensed for the year 1987. Recipients in- clude the Bayfield Agriculture Society - $100; Hensall South Huron Agriculture Society - $75; Town and Country Homemakers - $500; St. John Ambulance - $100; Huron County Farm and Safety Association - $100; Ontario March of Dimes - $100; Salvation Army - $100; Children's Hospital of Western Ontario - $125; Blyth Festival - $100; Ontario' Federation of Agriculture - $500 and Seaforth Agricuitural Society.:. $75. A grant of $500 has been approved for the Tuckersmith Day Care Centre. It will be ac- companied by a letter stating that all sup- port will be discontinued at the end of 1987. Recreation grants were also paid, with Zurich, Hensall, Bayfield and Clinton each receiving $1,700. Vanastra sports and Volunteers Give The Best Gift Themselves! Thanks from inf. Canadian {aed Cross Sooiery IlTFhij!FN 482-7103 PECK APPLIANCES "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" recreation will get $1,000. The Zurich and area fire board budget of $25,748 was accepted. Stanley's share is 25 per cent. A number of tenders were opened at the second regular March meeting. George Radford's bid to crush and haul 20,000 tons of gravel at $2.88 per ton, plus $1 per ton tp load on township trucks, was ac- cepted as the lowest of three tenders received. A tender from Bob Webster to act as groundskeeper for the township's wage of $6.' Y per hour for part time work was ac- cepted subject to the approval of the recrea- tion committee. It was the lower of two received. Julie and Nancy Webster will be doing the Vanastra 32a grass cutting. They will be paid $15 per cut- ting for diamond A, $22 for diamond B, $6 for around the cenotaph and $21 at the complex, plus $4 for ditches when needed. Tenders for dog counting were awarded to Russell Oesch for the west side of the township at $2 per dog, and to Carol Stephenson for the east side at $2.50 per dog for 1987. Merner Contracting's low tender of $165 for each. time garbage at the landfill site is compacted and covered was accepted. Three higher bids were also received. Harvey Hayter's tender of $40 per day to supervise the landfill site was accepted. Mavis Turner will pay $75.80 to operate the concession booth for the year. students enjoy Easter By Marueen Dunsmore VANASTRA — The teen club has been busy with community projects. On April 11 the teens cleaned up the baseball diamond. They also painted new boards for the bleachers. On April 13 the members of the club can- vassed the neighborhood for the Cancer Society. Members of the Community are thanked for their generous donations. The Lioness club also appreciates the effort which the teens put into this project. Personals A bridal shower was held for Dawn McLeod at the home of Judy Mellor on April 7. A bridal shower will be held April 23 at the recreation centre for Kim Goulding. Bingo Results . The winners of the share -the -wealth games for April 14 were Kim Russell, Vanastra; Debbie Hackers, Goderich; Gladys Telford, Bayfield; Elaine Josling, Clinton and Minna Scott of Egmondville. The jackpot was split between Barb Chap- man of Goderich and Moira Robinson of Clinton. Tuckersmith Minor Ball Registration for minor ball was held on April 20 and April 21 from 4 to 8 pm. There will be a late registration charge after May 4. If you could not make the registration nights please call the recreation centre at 482-3544. The age groups are Mini Tykes 1979-1980, Tykes, 1977-1978, Squirt Boys 1975-1976, Squirt Girls, 1975-1976, Peewee Boys and Girls 1973-1974, Bantam Boys and Girls 1971-72 and Midget Boys 1969-1970. If you can help with driving, coaching or umpiring, please .let the recreation centre know when you register your child. Teens keep active with community projects VANASTRA — The Grade 2 class con- ducted Easter activities and made ceramic easter eggs. Here are two stories from the class: The Eggs Are Missing One night on Easter night the Easter bun- ny hid the eggs really well. He hid the eggs in the basement. The•rlext day they looked all over but the girls and the boys gave up. One of the girls and one of the boys looked in the basement. They told the girls and boys that the eggs were there so they had two. By Heather Maxwell They Exaggerating Bunny Once upon a time there was a bunny. He was the Easter bunny. He went in the barn. The eggs were gone. He saw one egg. 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ALPINE VDIO VIDEO I Da, 34 Sh • ppers Square, Goderich 524-9432 Shop with confidence, serving Coderich & area for over 40 years. to call off Easter after all and that Easter was the happiest in my life. By Adam Rathwell Grade 34 News The Grade 3/4 students just finished a spr- ing unit. The class is starting a hockey unit called Stanley Cup Fever. For this they have to do some research about the Stanley cup and other activities. Grade 1 News The Grade 1 class is studying rabbits. To celebrate this occasion, the students made a rice -crispy form (home for a rabbit) with jelly bunnies inside. Kindergarten News The Kindergartens have been doing Easter activities. Their Easter tree is blooming with Easter eggs and Easter baskets and they have enjoyed decorating and dying their Easter eggs. 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