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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-09-19, Page 7ROOM TO SPARE AND ROOM TO SHARE - The Thursday morning class at the Seaforth and District Pre -School Learning Centre are pretty impressed with their new playground equipment, bought by their mom and dads' fundraising efforts through the centre. Elliott photo. Kids get new place to hang out School is back, and for most students this means back to work. For the 108 students at the Seaforth District Pre -School Learning Centre, it means back to playtime with their pals. And thanks to their parents' fundraising efforts last year, the Learning Centre's two to five -year-olds have a shiny new playground unit to vent their energy on. The multi-centre PlayWorks unit was set up at the the new school year. The $5,000 cost of the PlayWorks set was raised through monthly lotteries, cheese sales, a year-end lottery draw and many months worth of smaller fund-raising events. Learning Centre director Joanne Holland was happy to see the original climbing equipment, built eight years ago, replaced in time for the September opening. And the kids seem pretty impressed with it, too. Seaforth musician passes her exams Carol Ann McQuaid has received word from Western Ontario Conser- vatory at the University of Western Ontario that she passed the As- sociate Violin exam with First Class Honours, and also Grade VIII piano with a mark of 80. Presently, she is a student of Professor Robert Skelton of London and Mrs. Audrey Vorsentenbosch of Mitchell. Beginning in September, she intends to continue both piano and violin lessons. Budding poet? Drop them a line The deadline for entering the American Poetry Association's worldwide contest is September 30. The contest is open to poets everywhere and entry is free. There are 152 prizes worth $11,000 in all. The Grand Prize is $1,000 and the First Prize $500. All winners get published. "Discovering new and unknown poets is the purpose of this contest. Nine Canadians won prizes in the last contest, so every Canadian who writes poetry should take advantage of this opportunity now," said Robert Nelson, publisher for the association. Poets should send one original poem, no more than 20 lines, name and address on the top of the page, to American Poetry Association, Dept. Co -85, 250-A Potrero SL, P.O. Box 1803, Santa Cruz, Ca 95061. Entries must postmarked by September 30. A new contest opens October 1. Each poem is considered for publication in the American Poetry Anthology, a treasury of current verse. Entrants also receive the "Poet's Guide to Getting Published," a four-page booklet full of information every poet needs to know. The American Poetry As- sociation has sponsored poetry contests for eight years and has awarded $200,000 in prizes to 3,450 poets. junior Volunteers to meet tomorrow HOSPITAL AUXILIARY There were 23 members in atten- dance at the September 11 meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary. A Pot Luck supper preceded the meeting. President Marg Smale welcomed all the members back, and a special welcome was given to guest Joan Free. Secretary Geraldine Wilson reported highlights from the May and June Meetings, and reports were given by committee members. Linda Huard reported summer sales in the Gift Shop totalling $1,700 and once again the women were reminded of how important the staffing of this shop is. If you have a question about when you work, please contact Susan Dick. Dorothy Hays reported a balance of $2,800 in the Memorial Fund. Liaison Officer Frances Teatero reported that a Junior Volunteer meeting is to be held on Thursday September 20th at 4:30 in Con- ference Room 2. Elsie Dinsmore reported that the tray favours for Thanksgiving are now in the "works", and members were reminded that the Recreation Department is holding a Volunteer Workshop on Wednesday, October 17. Margaret Mennell and Linda Huard will be attending from the Auxiliary and if anyone else is interested in attending they are asked to contact Marg Smale. Marion Mennell gave a report on the volunteer workshop which she attended recently. The theme was fund raising or "Boosting your Bucks" and stressed that Fun is important in promoting projects. When people are having a good time, they work harder. "People give to People" is a key phrase in Fund Raising, she added. Marg Smale reported that a show- case is to be put in the hallway of the hospital to display some of the articles from the Gift Shop. The Seaforth Community Hospital will be setting up a display at the Fair and the auxiliary will also be there to sell tickets for their "50- 50" Draw. Workers are as follows: Thursday September 20, 3 - 5: M. Smale, M. Beuermann and M. Muegge. 5 - 7: Dorothy Hays and Anne Copeland. 7 - 9: Frances Teatero and Linda Huard. Adult Business Education on the o again at Seaforth High Seaforth District High School is again providing an excellent oppor- tunity for adults in Huron County to complete their high school education, and to receive specialized training in office ad- ministration. This will equip and prepare the students to re-enter the modern office environment. The program, which is free to all participants, is scheduled to begirt. the • first week of October at Seaforth District High School. The curriculum is directed towards people who would like to work in today's business field, but who require up-to-date computer, ac- counting and secretarial skills. There arc two phases to the program. Participants will begin by attending classes and taking four courses until the end of January. These classes will be composed dtitirely of adults. Participants will then enter co-operative education placements were training will con- tinue until the middle of June. The normal daily classroom program will consist of clams in Accounting, Information Processing, Business English and Personal Life Management. Students will be introduced to a variety of industry standard computer software such as WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and Bedford. Each course will use the computer to apply material whenever applicable. Concentration will also be placed on the skills, confidence building, decision making, individual counselling, and building class rapport and support systems vital to women re-entering the labour force. The co-operative education com- ponent of the program will begin at the end of January, with training to proceed in the town of the par- ticipant's choice wherever possible. Students will return to the class location one day a month for dis- cussion, seminars, guest speakers and reflective learning. One exciting aspect to the program is the opportunity for all participants to complete the prere- quisites for a high school diploma. Each student will be able to earn potential eight high school credits (to a maximum of 12) based on maturity and experience. Thus, participants may earn 20 high school credits through this program. Employers in the community also receive benefits through par- ticipation in the co-operative education program. They will be provided with exposure to mature women with modern office skills as potential employees. Although the employers will not be required to financially compensate the par ticipants during the co-op placement, they will have to com- mit time to training the student for the specific job. Any participants currently receiving social assistance will continue to collect these benefits while attending the program free of charge. Transportation can be ar- ranged in most cases, and class hours may be somewhat flexible, depending on the needs of the par ticipants. if you are interested in par ticipating in the program as a student or as an employer, please call Seaforth District High School at 527-0380, and ask for Susan Wheatley. THE HURON EXPOSITOR SEPTEMBER 19 199t, 7 GST help for farmers is a form away Big brown envelopes frua► Revenue Canada certainly drab one's meadow If you sent in a registration form in the spring, you have prey just received a GST information kit - a blue file folder eanplole with file tab, punched for a three nng binder which makes a Nay to save. Fanners who didn't send for their list should carefully consider the consequences of not registering. Registrauo n is optional "if your annual of unable goods and services do not exceed S30,000, (taxable goods and services include those that are zero rated). Most farmers will be eligible to receive refunds on the GST that they pay on business expenses. If you don't register, you don't receive refunds and these could amount to quite a bit of money over time. Typical beef cattle farms could be looking at rctunoani of roughly MU per year, and daisy lamb could be up t0 52,800, depending on actual sales, and exeu►puoiu New which have not filed tax returns will not have recxived forms. Revenue Canada Excise offices are listed in the blue • • es of the phone book. Use their ' '11 number 10 get a pre-registrauoa kit. The post office should nlsu have a supply• in the registration kit, you will see terms like "simplified accoun- ung methods" and "sireamluied accounting methods". Terse apply to businesses which will be paying tax, and are flat rate estimates based on sales and markups. However farmers have to keep score. As a farmer, you may have been "assigned" a quarterly filing fre- quenc y . Most farmers would like 10 get theu GST returxt as yon as posub&e, and this means monthly films. There is a blue publicauua to the kit called "Elections and Ap- plications" with an order ferns on the buck page. Mark the box labelled "reporung period" to recteve the form tor monthly filing. If you farm's yearend is not December 31 you will probably want to mark the "Fiscal year" box as well. The other elections are quite specialized. However property sale, sale of business assets and the treatment of business assets of a deceased person will affect everyone sooner or later. O.M.A.F. is revising the blue Farm Record Book in time for 1991 to help farmers keep track of GST payments and refunds Passes required for Hensall landfill use "to go against your own by-law isn't right either." LANDFILL USE PASSES ISSUED Local residents can expect to start flashing their official pass cards soon if they want to dump refuse at the landfill site. These passes will soon be available at the Hensall municipal office and Councillor Jeff Reaburn, for one, foresees problems with the system. "I'm thinking of our landfill at- tendant, because he's the one who will have to deal with the angry people when he turns them away," said Mr. Reaburn, pointing out that passes could be forgotten on a number of occasions. Reeve Jim Robinson suggested that some sort of compromise could At their gathering on September 10, Hensall Town Council voted to amend a by-law allowing a mobile home to be used as a residence after fire forced occupants from their home a week previous. A blaze in a home on Highway 83, near the Three Boys Restaurant, caused a great deal of damage to the residence. The occupants have been given permission by the Coun- cil to use their trailer as a tem- porary residence until November 10, following the recinding of a by- law which stated that no mobile home can be used as a temporary dwelling. "I would suggest that we allow it in this circumstance," remarked Reeve Jim Robinson. Councillor Cecil Pepper agreed, but added that McKillop Council approves loans At McKillop Township September 4 council meeting tile drainage loans were approved totalling $33,700 to three applicants. The total for road expenditures for the month of August was $58,007.15. This total includes $23,470 for gravel for construction and $22,070 for bridge repairs. General accounts totalled $61,764.77. This total includes work done on the Kennedy branch of Downie Municipal drain by contractor Ron H. Williams 1'3rainage Inc., Listowel, for a price of $44,304.14. Reeve Marie Hicknell and coun- cillor Sharon McClure were granted permission to attend a South Western Ontario Regional con- ference, November 2, in Kitchener. The conference is sponsored by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Some of the topics discussed at the conference will be: development of your community; importance of considering social, physical, economical and environmental aspects in delivering services to your community; housing; media relations; waste management; and the shape of municipal governments to come. Council passed By-law 13 for construction of Beuermann drain. The open work is awarded to Robert Nicholson Construction, Sebringville, for a price of $5,373. The closed work is awarded to D.W.R. Drainage Inc., Stratford for a price of $25,273.70. be reached, and that a driver's license with a Hensall address could be permitted as dumping iden- tification. DOGGING THE NEIGHBOURS Hensall dog-catcher David Groot reported that one resident has taken a to antagonizing a neighbour's dog by placing a stuffed poodle on his own lawn. The resident has called officials, he added, complaining of his neighbour's barking canine. Engagement Rathwell - Preszcator Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Rathwell of Brucefield are pleased to announce the forthcoming mar- riage of their daughter, Kimberly Dawn to William Lawrence, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Preszcator of Seaforth. The wedding will take place at Brucefield United Church on Saturday, September 22, 1990, at 5:00 p.m., Open Reception to follow at Bayfield Community Centre at 8:30 p.m NEW FAX NUMBER For The Huron Expositor 527-2858 Effective Wednesday, September 19, our machine will no longer connect to our old number (527-0242) after Tuesday, Sept. 18. For further infoimation about using our FAX LINE, call THE HURON EXPOSITOR 527-0240 1