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EXETER JR.`D'
HAWKS
vs MT. BRYDGES
FRI. FEB. 138:300.m.
South Huron Rec Centre
School Night: Usborne PS
TIMES -ADVOCATE
Exeter, Ontario, Canada
Wednesday, February 1 1, 2004
$1.25 (includes GST)
Taxpayers
foot bill for
over $100,000
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
SOUTH HURON — It cost taxpayers about $105,000
to pay for South Huron's council and police services
board members in 2003.
Remuneration for members of council and the police
services board was included in the agenda for South
Huron council's Monday night meeting.
Councillors are paid by a combination of a flat annual
payment and payments per meeting. Figures also
include expenses for meals, travel and lodging, confer-
ences and life insurance: Mayor Rob Morley,
$19,093.45; Deputy Mayor Dave Urlin, $14,326.23;
Coun. Pete Armstrong, $13,408.82; Coun. Joe Hogan,
$13,026.86; Coun. Ken Oke, $13,347.65; Coun. Harvey
Ratz, $12,346.81; Coun. Drew Robertson, $12,761.30;
Coun. Jim Dietrich, $1,111.67; and Coun. George
Robertson, $1,245.22.
Hogan and Drew Robertson are no longer on council,
while Dietrich and George Robertson joined council in
December 2003 after the November municipal election.
Figures for police services board members include an
annual payment, payments per meeting and meals,
travel and lodging: Elizabeth Bell, $1,869.63; Allan
Quinn, $982.56; and Urlin, $1,769.90.
Other notes from Monday's meeting:
Building report
In a relatively light council agenda, building and
development manager Wayne Dale presented his
monthly building report for January. Only three per-
mits were issued for the month, for development valued
at $65,000. Permit fees collected on the work amount-
ed to $583.
In other building and development news, Dale said his
department is working on consolidating a building
bylaw for South Huron and is developing a site plan
control bylaw that will include the entire municipality.
Regarding South Huron's new sign bylaw, Dale said
there are some challenges from some business owners
in town on certain issues in the new bylaw. The use of
sandwich boards, for example, has been a contentious
issue.
In appreciation
South Iluron resident Gord Strang received a letter of
appreciation from the municipality Monday night for
his nine years as municipal representative on the
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority board, first
representing Usborne Township, then South Huron.
"We commend you for your service," Mayor Rob
Morley told Strang. Morley also mentioned Strang's
work with the ABCA's annual conservation dinner, the
Foundation and the new MacNaughton-Morrison Trail.
"It was a pleasure to represent you," Strang respond -
See APPRECIATION page 2
You Can't
Afford to Wait
Ignoring the snow handicap in the Abominable Snow Golf tournament on Saturday as part of the Winter
Festival in Grand Bend were Bob, Susan and Robbie Johnston and Nancy Josling. Back: Rick Stanston, Ron
and Patsy Graham and Bonnie Paling. The Festival continues this weekend with more activities including
the Firefighters pancake breakfast Sunday morning, dog sledding, the waiters obstacle race, road hockey
and the children's drive in movie Friday night at Grand Bend Public School. For more coverage of the
Festival see page 15. (photo/PatBolen)
Group formed to ensure financial services
ZURICH — A group consisting of Heather Redick,
Steve Haberer, Bill Wagner and John Consitt has
been formed to ensure on-going finan-
cial services for Zurich and area.
The group is working with two specific
institutions with the hope that either one
will fill the void that will be created when
the Bank of Montreal pulls out of town.
It is hoped that some positive informa-
tion will be released in the near future.
"Once the group has solicited a new
financial service for Zurich, most of what
we can do as a small group will have
been done.
The rest will be up to the surrounding district and
each individual in the community to make sure they
support the new initiative.
This means using the services that will be made
available to them, services such as day
to day banking, investment portfolios,
loans and mortgages for example.
"Use it or lose it" is a statement that
rural communities need to remember.
This applies not only to the banking
situation, but to any service that is pro-
vided locally such as the grocery store,
the gift shops, gas bars and restaurants,
to name a few.
"Without customers these small busi-
nesses will not survive and everyone in the commu-
nity loses," stated Redick.
"Without
customer
small bus
will not s
everyone
communi
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s these
inesses
urvive and
in the
ty loses,"
IMR REI)ICK
Retirement Planning Seminar
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Time: 12:00 p.m.
(Luncheon included)
Place: Edward Jones in Exeter
Save enough. Save smart. Save now.
Seminar is FREE but
seating is limited.
Learn what role mutual funds can play
in your retirement plan.
For reservations call:
Mark Hartman or
Marlene Charters
436 Main Street
Exeter, Ontario, NOM 1S7
235-3881
www.edwardjones.com
Member CIPF
Edward Jones
Serving Individual Investors