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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2018-01-25, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018. Knox United Church annual meeting set for Jan. 28 PEOPLE AROUND BELGRAVE By Linda Campbell Call 357-2188 On the third Sunday of Epiphany Gord and Nancy Folkard greeted worshippers and handed out the bulletins at Knox United Church, Belgrave. Brian Hymers welcomed the congregation and lit the Christ candle. The welcoming hymn was, "This Day God Gives Me." The call to worship was read responsively and then each shared in the Peace of Christ. After the choir sang, the congregation sang "Jesus Christ Is Waiting". The scripture lessons were taken from Jonah 1: 1-3, 3: 1-5 and 3: 10 and Mark 1: 14-21. After the hymn of response, "Breathe on Me, Breath of God" was sung, Nancy Jardin reported on the Minute for Missions. The offering was taken up and dedicated. The closing hymn, "This is God's Wondrous World" was sung and the Letters to the Editor FROM BELGRAVE benediction and blessing, May The God of Hope Go With Us" concluded the morning worship service. The annual reports for Knox United Church are ready for pick-up on the east side of the sanctuary. Thank you to Doug Walker for all the printing. If anyone from Knox United Church wishes to subscribe to The Observer please notify Elizabeth Procter. The price is $25 per year. There are also two copies available in the sanctuary for people to borrow. The Knox annual meeting will be held on Jan. 28 after the regular service. As usual, before the annual meeting, there will be lunch. Please bring sandwiches or dessert. There will be adult skating every Tuesday from 9:30 a.m.. - 11 a.m. in the Belgrave Community Centre, weather permitting. The Community Coffee Break is every second and fourth Tuesday of the month 9:50 - 11 a.m. in the Belgrave Community Centre. Everyone is welcome. The Belgrave Co-op is having a coffee break Monday to Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome. Currie thinks wage increase a tax grab THE EDITOR, "Minimum wage increase affects approximately 30 per cent of workers." These are the government's words. Question: Did the government raise minimum wage at this time to: • Help lower -paid people? • Get elected in upcoming election? • Or is it a plain tax grab? Facts: The additional costs will be more than the minimum wage increase. There will be costs and compensation which are a percentage of wages. These costs will be passed on to the general population through increases in all retail and service costs affected by minimum wage increase. Additional income tax paid per person receiving wage increase based on 40 hours per week will be over $300 per year to the provincial government and over $700 per year to the federal government, plus any costs which have HST added to them. This looks like a tax grab to me. Perhaps you should review your Amos disagrees with editorial THE EDITOR, neighbours who attacked Israel out and their populations forcibly A belated response. the day after the United removed. The massacre at DirYassin In the Dec. 14 issue of The Nation's resolution came into terrorized people. Jaffa, Haifa, Safad Citizen, Keith Roulston wrote an effect in 1948." This was on May 14, and Tiberias were all ethnically excellent article championing the 1948. cleansed. By the time the British importance of getting the facts of What is not made clear is that as army left in the middle of May, one - any situation before letting hatred early as 1930 The Zionists in Israel third of the Palestinian population and intolerance lead us into violent envisioned their future country with had been evicted and become action (Mark Phillips in St. Thomas) no Palestinians. In preparation for refugees. or stereotypical lazy assumptions the end of the British mandate, the Without the intervention of the (Barbara Perry on right wing Hagana (the main Jewish Arab states on May 15, 1948, all the extremism in rural Ontario). underground defence force until Palestinians would have been But in Roulston's editorial in the 1948 when it became the evicted and their villages and same issue, lamenting the intractable Israeli Defence Force) made a plan neighbourhoods destroyed — violence in Israel between to cleanse the future Jewish contrary to the UN resolution. Palestinians and Israelis, he says: "It state of as many Palestinians as Yes, Mr. Roulston, facts are is important to remember that the possible. important. first blow in this never-ending crisis Between March and May 14, 58 Yours sincerely, was struck by Israel's Arab Palestinian villages had been wiped Janet Amos. Writer urges NIl to review costs THE EDITOR, After reading Denny Scott's coverage of the North Huron budget proceedings in The Citizen, Jan. 11, I have to ask two questions: who is in charge of spending the tax dollars of the Municipality of North Huron and who decides what expenditures are necessary? It has always been my belief that we elect a reeve and council to act on behalf of the electorate to manage the day-to-day business of the municipality; to ensure that tax dollars are spent wisely and to direct and supervise municipal employees to carry out the decisions of the council. After reading the summary of events at the budget meeting, at which a draft budget was presented with a whopping 14.7 per cent increase to taxation, it appears to me that the direction of authority (or chain of command) has reversed and that the department heads, who are well-paid with our tax dollars, are now giving council direction as to how tax dollars need to be spent and where to spend them. With increased downloading of programs by the provincial government and more of our local tax dollars directed to support local programs, it is essential that rural councils take a good look at what is necessary and what isn't. It's a sad state of affairs when being a property owner in the Municipality of North Huron or anywhere in the Province of Ontario becomes more of a financial liability than an asset because of the taxation burden we must carry. In conclusion, I respectfully ask the members of North Huron Council to remember who elected them and to review their obligations to the electorate. Do not be intimidated by the wish lists of municipal employees; instead keep a keen eye focused on the expenditures that are necessary to run the municipality like any other financially -efficient business. Stand up at meetings and vocalize your common-sense opinions and ideas to ensure a fair and financially responsible management of our tax dollars. Vaughn Toll, East Wawanosh Ward. The Citizen Check Recycling Tips on Page 5 • Medical Advances Study Report on Page 6 • World News Special Report on Page 11 #1 And We Still Try Harder! Recent circulation figures show The Citizen has the highest circulation in the northern part of Huron County, #3 in the entire county. The Citizen Proudly Community -Owned Since 1985 2016 income tax forms and you will see federal basic personal amount and provincial basic personal amount. Both these basic personal amounts are not enough to survive on. Both should be increased by $1,500 for the next four years so you get to a more realistic living amount for the individual person. The government of the day would have to raise the income tax rate to make up the lost revenue. This would be more realistic than a tax grab and election ploy. Thank you, Barry Currie. qazie,,4Zew rZddit opt% Let everyone know about your new bundle of joy! 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