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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-04-02, Page 5TheY.SAY.the:anew rto youl' robes is just around the corner. Why not take a walk and find out. Pa/rrupacri0h�0 Walk a blocic.Todayo I,ttla616 i'x'Hllgl+I of Act w�ween Pilatitherlii with Mr. and lifirs. Glenn Johnston, Master Michael Shannon of Drew spent several days last week with his' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Brice 'Soft ern, Mrs. Bill Sullivan returned horse Sunday to Greenwood, Nova Scotia, after spending the past .two weeks with her parents and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siefert of Galt, Mrs, Glenna Sanfilippo Huron landscaping Ltd. COMPLETE LANDSCAPE DESIGN & SERVICE N W 2 COUNTY LUCKNOW HWY._ # 88 DUNGANNON Landscape Ontario Member, patios plantings timberwork sodding & seeding tree & shrub sales • Dungannon 529-7247 R. R. 7 Lucknow 7 Days a week 7 a.m. - 7p.m. Home number Greg Alton 528-3540 Steve Caslick 528-4843 ;lud stingily .�..r: Sunday guests with Siefert. Mr. and: Mra. + , Mr. and :Ara, RRaaover ulalilte4 nu weekend with Ray Fielselinuer1Rt S 1' and on Saturday, td me' of the (mil/ dinner at the 91ti House le hono Warred's',tiOth birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Bary Sother;, Tim and Piracy of.1'ailnerst° Miss Dorothy' Kreller Q Kitchener ,and' Mr, and Mrs, Lloyd Nickel visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. Doug Stewart of Kitchener also spent the weekend with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn John, ston, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Douglas, Gary and: Paul,, attended the Commercial • Horsemen's b'anquety and • dance held Saturday night at the Blue Barn, Listowel. , The McMichael Sisters of Wroxeter entertained the group with several numbers during the evening. Mrs. Brian Wilkinson of Toronto spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Montour. Larry Moptoux of Toronto also spent a day with .his parents recently. Mrs. Browne holds ACW • FORDWICH-The Anglican Church Women of Trinity met at the home of Mrs. Peter 'Browne with the president, Mrs. Stewart Rowley, in charge. Twelve members and one guest attended. A musical nighty is being planned with Mrs. Harry Judge in charge.. They had hoped to hold this in early spring but the date has been changed to early September. The members will cater for several banquets. An in- vitation from Gorrie United Church to attend the Thankoffering on April 23, was received by the. group. The April meeting will be held at the church when several items of business will be discussed. Mrs. O. Laramie closed the .meeting with prayer and lunch was served by. the hostess. • • BR ITA. 1 !nquire Now About Charter CIassFaiqs To Britain This Summer AIR CANADA British Airways Complete Details At WINGHAM 357-2701 CV SCIE E FAIR Thirteen students captured first place certificates at the. s c; a fair held last week at East Wawanosh Public School. d'were judged in one of four categories,mechanical, gen- R;I and biological. From front are Scott . Roger, Grade 5 Ii Dianne Campbell, Grade 7 biological; Alison Coultes, physical; Paul Coulte5, Grade 6 biological; John Smuch, ., Particlpa arab phY mecha.%}i Grade' 5. Keeling pace with inflation cD. Grade 7 physical; Sherri Fenton, Grade 5 biological; Ruth .HlgglnS ,'• Grade 5 general; Sharon Schwartzentruber, Grade 6 physlcal; DOUg : Wood, Grade 6 general; Randy Nixon; Grade 7 general , rew Walsh, Grade 8 physical; Johanna Van Camp, Grade 8 general; and Willie Dawson, Grade 8 biological. County budget is up for 19 Huron, County will spend about 7,$ iter. cent more money on county programs this year than last, an increase which willbe passed along to rate- payers through the county assessment on their property taxes.• ; At its March session last week, county council ap- proved a 1980 budget totalling more than $9.9 million. This is an increase of $719,837 over the 1979 budget or $841,125 (9.2 per cent) over actual spending last year. The increase is more a matter of keeping pace with • inflation than,anything else, and no one section of the budget shows any startling changes over last year. The bulk of the money, more than $5.2 million, comes flz om th,e..prov ce,.,<p4jje. orm of grania and subsidies, with the, remainder raised: through revenue from the county's operations and the levy againstits member municipalities. This •levy,, as well as that of the board .of education, is added into local mill rates. The levy is also going up by 7.8 per dent°this year, although the rate is not the same for all 26 municipalities. The use of the newequalization factors this year means -that the levies on rural, municipalities : have generally increased more than for the towns and villages. However the provincial restriction to a change of not more than five per 'cent up or down- has ..pr'evented'.•.. • any . . radical - changes this year. The levy shares for all ur- ban municipalities except Bayfield, which fell within the set limits, have gone down by five 'per cent, while for all the townships except Ashfield and Hay, which also fell within the limits, the levy, shares have increased by five per. cent; .- (The equalization factors divide the cost of common services provided by a county or school board among local municipalities according to the total assessed property value in each. The revised factors take into account the faster increase in rural land value during the past several years.) In Wingham, for instance, the 1980 county requirement is only five per cent higher than in 1979, while for the nearby townships of Turnberry, East Wawanosh, Morris and Howick the requirements have gone up by between 10 and 12 per cent. As in previous years, county council decided to base the percentage paid by each municipality' toward services such as health, Huronview, children's aid, social services, Library and senior , citizens' housing on population rather than assessment.. . Bill Hanly, county clerk - treasurer and administrator, explained it has followed this formula for the past five years since councillors feel that is a more equitable way to divide the cost of such services. In the budget which was presented to council Mr. Hanly gave a comparison of the 1980 figures to those of the past five years., He noted that total ex- penditures have increased by 48 per cent, from $6,716,000 in 1975 to $9,957,710 this year, ' MRS. WILLIAM SOTHERN Fordwich Mr. and Mrs. Andy` Miller and Kevin and Elmer Miller visited with Grant Miller Sunday at the Ontario Crip- pled • Children 's • •Centre. in - .. Toronto. John Siefert of Cambridge spent the .weekend with Mrs. Ellen Siefert. Mrs. Siefert and Becky returned home • with ••trim after spending last week with Mrs. Siefert here. Mr. and Mrs. John Lep- pington Jr., Vicki and Tammy • of Gorrie were guests Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Barry D'Arcey and boys. . Miss 'Minnie McElwain, John McElwain and Mrs. • George Pittendreigh were London visitors one day last week. Lorne Small speaks to dairy association FORDWICH — Area far- mers were honored recently at the annual banquet of the Dairy Herd Improvement. Association for the Huron County area. Lorne Sniall, co-ordinator.of the DHA program for the Ministry' of Agriculture and Food was the guest speaker and presented awards. The three top award win- ners included Henk and Ricky Zemmelink of RR 3, Palmerston with the highest herd average; Stephen and Carmen Tritten of RR' 1, Wroxeter for greatest production increase, and John Claus and son for breeding efficiency. Under DHIA supervisor Jack Ferguson, the top five supervised herds were: '.A. Sehuitema of RR 1, Gorrie; S. Tritten of RR 1, Wroxeter; B. Scherpenzeei of RR 1, Gorrle; W. Brass of RR 3, Mildmay; and R. Field of RR 2, Mild- may. Also under Mr. Ferguson, the top five owner Nto samnl)er herds were: H. Kamrath of RR 2, Mildmay; G. and P. Douglas of RR 2, Clifford; A. DeVos of RR 1, Bluevale; P. Huth of RR 2, Clifford; and R. Beninger of RR 3, Mildmay. In the south half of Huron County, under supervisor Kathy Pentland, the top five supervised herds were: H. Zernmelink of RR 3. Palmerston; J. Winkel of RR 1, Fordwich; R. Versteeg of RR 1, Fordwich ; R.' Mc- Michael of Wroxeter; J. Veldhorst of RR 1, Bluevale. In the same section, the top five owner sampler herds Were: L. Fisher of Rel. Listowel; J. and. T. Tudan 'of RR 1, Fordwich; W. Klum- penhower of RR 1, Listowel; J. Claus and Son, RR 1. Fordwich; and G. Kennedy of RR 1, Fordwich. The annual banquet was held' at the Fordwich United Church on Wednesday, March 26. while assessment in the county has gone up by 14 per centin the Baine period, from $78.8 million to $90.1 million, and the provincial contri- bution has increased by 40 per cent. The total paid by county ratepayers through the levy has awn by 13.7 per cent over The six-year period, he noted, but in light of the in- crease in assessment this represents an actual decrease in the total mill rate required for county purposes. "I believe this indicates an enviable record for councils over the period 1975 to 1980 when you consider the rate of inflation in those years." Mr. Hanly also noted that the reserve for working capital is -being increased by $50,09 to $900,000, and commented that if this could be increased to one million dollars the county should be able to operate without needing any short-term loans, thus saving on interest costs. In addition he pointed' out • Haat while thecoun>ty., appears to be decreasing, year according to :the; flgulrea., . - provided, this is beca_11,.,,e ;a,, provincial grant whiel for- merly', or merly , went tori the local . municipalities is now wilding " directly to the county. While Wingham's apportionment ;is shown as $111,711 compared to $138,074 last year, the actual. requirement, including its share of the grant, is $145,239. Council approved the budget with little discussion and few questions. BREEDING EFFICIENCY—John Claus and Son of RR 1, Fordwich received an award for breeding efficiency at the annual DH IA banquet. Here Helnze and Henrietta Claus accept the award from Kathy Pentland, area supervisor. ( Banner Photo) GREATEST PRODUCTION INCREASE—Stephen and Carmen Tritten of RR 1, Wrox- eter received an award for the greatest production Increase In the Huron area Dalrir Herd improvement Association. They received their award from Jack Ferguson, area supervisor. h 9