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A LONG WAY DOWN — Canada Olympic Park was home to the 90 and 70 -metre Skilyiyyj competition
at the X Vth Winter Olympic Games held in Calgary. (Photo courtesy of Ted Ahara and Kerr)
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Huron CoUntrs •maintenance
grant for Goderich. Sky. Harbor
Municipal Airport Will have flight
for at least one more year, but only
after surviving heavy 'artillery
levelled by some county council
members at the regular March
session.
The airport requested anincrease
in the 1988 maintenance grant.— to
$20,009,. trent last year's $154000:
even though Council hid ahnost done
away with the grant in 1986. Only an
emotional and politically.
maneuvered last-minute give-and-
take by Town of Goderich Deputy
Reeve J. P. Doherty persuaded
council to contribute $15„000 toward
the airport's operation lastyear.
At the March meeting- county
ounci1• was told e Town of
Gederich.rfaced an anticipated
$5&000 deficit - over, enClabove the
requested funding -- tor the
operation ofthe a.irPort this year.
Council _ accepts plan for •
Co!incil's first reaction to this
year s grant request was to again
ors take steps to eliminate the grant. A
ritvus . proposal calling for a grant of
$15,000 m 1988 and that the grant be -,
decreased by $5,000 in each
Huron County Council has accept-
ed a proposal to introduce a county-
wide reassessment program for
county and education levies under
Section 70 of the Ontario Assessment
Act.
Council's acceptance is subject to
special assistance grants being
available to offset property to
Under the new county -wide
program, the total tax paid in Huron
for county and education will not
increase, but individual ratepayers
may experience an increase or
decrease in their county and school
Voting against county -wide
x reassessment were: Morris
Township Reeve Douglas Fraser,
McKillop Township Reeve Marie
Hicknell, Turnberry Township
Reeve. Brian McBurney, Usborne
Township Reeve Gerry Prout, and
East Wawanosh Township Reeve
Ernest Snell.
Casting ballots in favor were:
Grey Township Reeve Leona
Armstrong, Warden and Tucker -
smith Township Reeve Bob Bell,
Seaforth Reeve Bill Bennett, Clinton
Reeve Bee Cooke, Goderich
Township Deputy Reeve Laurie Cox;
West Wawanosh Township Reeve
Cecil. Cranston, Hallett Township
Reeve Tom Cunningham, Howick
Township Reeve Gerald D'Arcey,
Hay Township Deputy Reeve Claire
Deichert, Goderich Deputy Reeve J.
P. Doherty, Zurich Reeve Bob
Fisher, Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossy
increases to residential ratepayers
as a direct result of county -wide
reassessment. Through the grants,
the provincial government would
absorb 100 per cent of the increase in
the first year, 66 per cent the second
year and 33 per cent in the third and
final year of the grant program.
At council's regular March session
in Goderich, the reassessment issue
was divided into two questions —
whether or not to accept a county-
wide reassessment program, and
whether to accept Section 63 or
Section 70.
In recorded votes with identical
27-5 counts, council voted for the
county -wide program and for
reassessment under Section 70.
Under Section 70, county and
school tax assessments are based on
a property's market value, regard-
less of the type of property or where -
it is located in the county. Through-
out the county, ratepayers will pay
the same amount of tax on property
of equal market value.
The assessments will be based on
1984 property values. Economic
conditions are studied up until 3.967
and it will be the job of local
assessors to take into account
market trends when assessing
property value.
The Ontario Ministry of Revenue
identified several inequiti in the
old county apportionment spawn
and has encouraged council* '09
adopt .regional or county -wide
programs.
Fuller, Ashfield Township Reeve A.
J. Gibson, Bayfield Reeve Dave
Johnston, Colborne Township Reeve
Russell Kernighan, Wingham Reeve
Bruce Machan, .Stephen Township
Deputy Reeve K. J. McCann, Exeter
Reeve Bill Mickle,Stanley Township
Reeve Clarence Rau, Hensall Reeve
Jim Robinson,_ Ciodetrich Township
Reeve Grant Stirling, Stephen
Township Reeve Tom Tomes, Blyth
Reeve Albert Wasson, Hay
Township Reeve Lionel Wilder,
Brussels Reeve Gordon Workman,
and the two votes of Goderich Reeve
Harry VVorsell.
For Section 70 reassessment,
those opposed were: Mr. Cox, Mr.
Cunningham, Mrs. Hicknell, Mr.
Prout and Mr. Stirling.
In fever were: Mrs. Armstrong,
Mr. Bell, Mr. Bennett, Mrs Cooke,
Mr. Cranston, Mr. D'Arcey, Mr.
Deichert, Mr. Doherty, Mr. Fisher,
Mr. Fraser, Mrs. Fuller, -Mr. Gib-
son, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Kernighan,
Mr. Machan, Mr. McBurney, Mr.
McCann, Mr. Mickle, Mr, Rau, Mr.
Robinson, Mr. Snell, Mr. Tomes, Mr.
Wasson, Mr, Wilder, Mr. Workman
and the) two votes of Mr. Worsell.
Howick Coundit,.Briefs
GORRIE-At a regular meeting
held March 1, Howick Township
Council:
• —Approved payment of the munici-
• panty's, Share of $10,733.73 in general
levies by the Maitland Valley
Conservation AuthoritV.
Received a letter from Maitland
EngineerThg ServiceS of Wingham
recointnending the township eon;
skier the preparation 1,9f a road
managenient plan toeoVerplannhig
for repairs, new construetioni equip
ment replacement or other related
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works, The results of such a study
will provide the municipality with
data to support applications for a
supplementarygrant froin the
province, according to the letter. .
—Approved payment of accounts
totalling $267,8611.4
—Turned down requests •for
Aonations to the- Ontario Senior
Gamest, l%,.tareli Of Dimes and Blyth
Festiva, the latter receives funding
from the county.
following year until it is eliminated
in 1991, stirred some members of
council into speaking in defence of
the airport.
."The airport brings business
people into the county who will
provide
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• said Hayfield Reeve Dave Johnston,
• adding he would like to see the grant
increased to $20,000.
Usborne Township Reeve Gerald
Prout said the airport is an ad-
vantage -to the whole county and
essential to its growth. -
• Mr. DohertIr suggested the county
grant should be a percentage of the
airport's annual operating loss.
4edaliSeKsnefelt,that the eilginal
proposal wotdd mean the present
council Would be making decisions
for one to be elected in November,
the regolution was amended to
eliminate the proposed $5,000
decreases in 19119and 1990.
Spark.zauses_
rire a ry
A spark from a grinder is the
suspected cause of a fire in a dust
collector last Monday, March. 7, at
Western Foundry in Wingham,
according to Fire Chief galley
Gaunt.
The call to the foundry came at
12:25 p.m., says Mr. Gaunt, who
reports approximately $1,000
damage in the blaze.
In a separate incident early the
same evening, the department
responded to a chimney fire at the
Norm Fairies residence in Howick
Township. Mr. Gaunt reports no
business opportunities, damage.
Latest appointments give
council -full complement
An Ottawa professor, a Kingston University in 1982 and was called to
lawyer and a Windsor editor have the bar in 1984.
been appointed to the Ontario Press Mr. Morgan, 56, is a Toronto
Council, bringing membership to its native who began his journalism
full complement of 21. career in Trenton in 1950. He was a
The new members are Naomi reporter and later district editor at
Griffiths, former dean of arts at The Sudbury Star, moved to The
Carleton University; Mary Windsor Star in 1962 and after a year
O'Connor Kaiser, a lawyer with the in public relations, returned to The
Kingston firm of O'Connor, Star where he became city editor in
Ecclestone and Kaiser; and Carl 1968, news editor in 1973 and editor in
Morgan, editor of the Windsor Star. 1977.
• Ms. Griffiths, 53, a native of Hove,
England, earned an MA in history
from the University of New Bruns-
wick and doctorate from London
University in 1 ;4. She has taught at
Carleton since' 1961 and after serving
nine years as dean of arts, went on
leave in 1987:' She is the author of
books on Acadian society, the
subjeet on which she is currently
doing research.
Ms. Kaiser, 45, born in Kingston,
was involved in egg farming in
Adolphus town Township for a
number of years and served as a
director of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculkire. A former member of
the provincial Liberal Party
executive and candidate in the 1977
election ftx-Prinoe Edward -Lennox,
she Watt a. local representative for
Goat• takes, water control on the
iiiitoreiatiOilai joint COmmission. She
graduated in law from Queen's
Two named
to committee
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Wingham Town Council has ap-
proved the appointment of Russ
Taylor and Gordon Squires to its 4
planning advisory committee,
committee of adjustment and
property standards committee.
Terms for the new members
expire Jan. 1, 1991 for the planning
advisory and property standards
committees. Their term on the
committee of adjustment coincides
with that of town council and expires
Nov. 30, 1
With the two appdintments,
council fills vacancies brought about
by the resignations of James A.
Currie and Jim Beattie.
At its regular March session,
council gave all three readings to
byleum making the appolotteen
official.
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