The Huron Expositor, 1990-03-14, Page 4: 1 tiaan business ;Men and, women are •
.,tbe:oeOeneral Sake '1 to into efffct iu January 19,1:
big1luestion Eln their ran.* these
encs to be "why".
ng with who, what, when .and
where, weir heiesttea that ,loeal business
' recently
owners-Were
,n th� or�th Busime im
?•PMVe1nent Assoefation',i eld its semi apri al
Appreciation Dinner. The event drew close
• to 100 area business pepple to the Seaforth
and :District. Comimtuuty Centre to hear
guest speakers, forifi_er Mainstreet Co.
Ordinator Total Lemon and Bryan Allen'
dorf,fromaccounting firm
• Deloitte -Touche. -
Mr, Allendorf, who has addressed groups
such as the London Clia®aber.of.Cemunerne
and' he Middlesex County Cern Producers
on the inuninent .effects of the GGST. on
business, presenteda talk and slide show
that . seemed to baffle the audience as
much as it enlightened them.
The general consensus seemed to be that
un , passes On
the GST will be an "accounting horror
fir," forMany, Ali ,businesses, who
maY never have d. to deal with this .snit
of .thing before ' busjnessee now have
les? tlltin a, Year until the tax Gomes .into
effect, unless tt is withheld until June 1991
as has been rwmored
"That deadline of January, 1991 is awful-
ly tight, aWfullY tight," Mr. Allendorf eon -
ceded "But if they are going to change it,
they'd better tell pa—people are in vesting
hew romits of money to prepare for this
Boussey • Farag, however, isn't. Mrs.
Farag ys that shd looking
towardsas expansion ofe herha:Seafbeenoith.;storc,-
Boussey's Beauty Boutique, but GST tmtcer+.
tainty has put those plans on the back
burner for,. the time being.
-"It's -really 'bard start a small
business, it really is," she remarks. "But
then to dump all of this on top of it....it
isn't fair."
Mrs. Farag and her husband, Ali, are
bracing themselves for higher product
prices and a jump in bookkeeping costs,
Farmers renting land, McKillop learns
Harold and, Naomi Pryce, R.R. 1 their lands and taking outside jobs in the
Seaforth,' appealed, to McKillop Council surrounding towns.
Court of Revision on their assessment for SUPPORTS QUARTERLY PAYMENTS
repairs to the Johnston -Irvine Municipal McKillop Council voted in favour of the
Drain. Mr. and Mrs. Pryce felt that their Seaforth and District Arena's request that
property on the East part on lot 18, Con- the municipality pay its share of costs
cession 9, McKillop was not fairly assess- quarterly instead of twice a year. The
ed in comparison to surrounding proper- Arena Board had forwarded this request to
ties. The Court of Revision, held last Tues- all municipalities, stating that the arena
day, was not in agreement and appeal was could expect to save approximately $2,500
dismissed with the assessment remaining in interest if the municipalities, specifically
the same. the townships, were to be invoiced
Court of Revision was also held for quarterly.
repairs to the Kennedy Branch of the There was some question as to whether
Downie Municipal Drain, but no appeals this would be acceptable, as the townships
were received• generally collect resident taxes two times
per year.
"There really won't be that much dif-
ference, except that the municipality will
have to borrow instead of the arena,"
remarked McKillop clerk Marion McClure.
MUNICIPALITIES RALLYING
Reeve Marie Hicknell has been authoriz-
ed to attend the Ontario Budget Regional
Campaign, set for March 23 in London.
of
- FARMERS RENTING LAND tart oyhas issuedna®f provinc Municiwi elitie n -
call s Ofor
Representatives from the Huron County representatives for the meeting, geared to
Federation of Agriculture, Brenda Mach"- rally support for a municip lobby move-
tosh and Ken Scott, appeared before went. The Association is hoping to gain
McKillop Council on Tuesday evening to recognition of the municipal economic
report ion County activities. situation o the province.
The Council approved their annual $500 The Association's ultimate goal is to per -
grant to the Federation for 1990. suede the government of the need for a
The representatives reported that there new funding relationship with Ontario's
are presently 130 members of the organize- municipalities.
tion residing in McKillop Township, and Council has also agreed to send Roads
approximately 1,500 members county -wide. Superintendent Wayne Dobnage to the C.S.
The Federation provides services and con- Anderson Road School clinic, slated for
sultation for the farmers, as well as May 6-9 in Guelph.
istributing the 'Rural Voice' and 'Farm VOUCHERS APPROVED
and Country' magazines to its members. The Roads Superintendents' voucher was
They noted that an increasing number of approved o the amount of $12,635. +,
farmers in the area appear to be turning General accounts were also approved by
from the farming way of life, renting out Council at a total of $257,722.12.
GRAVEL TENDER TO LISTOWEL FIRM
McKillop Council awarded the 1990
tender for 28,000 tonnes of maintenance
gravel to Donegan's Haulage Ltd., of
Listowel. Two tenders were received for
the gravel. Donegan's quoted a base price
of $4.05 per tonne while a competing bid,
from George Radford Construction Ltd. of
Blyth, came in at $4.10 per tonne.
Seafort-h gets sewage gra ;, t
A total allocation of more than $6 million million to extend the watermain along
in water and sewage grants have been an- Highwy 4 south, to service eight homes
nounced for various Huron municipalities whose wells had become contaminated.
by the environment ministry. Residents of Stephen Township whose
wells were contaminated, or who have ex -
Stanley Township will receive $1.938
million for a trunk watermain on Highway tperienced he grant of $ water million which willwill beus-
21. This will be welcomed by residents who
had been experiencing problems with ed for rural watermains,
private wells. In both Wingham and Seaforth, a need
hAshfield Township has been allocated has been works, slrated o upgrade sanitary
$.018 million to provide residents along far beyondycapacity.� W ve been will operatinge
County Road 1 with improved water Seaforth $1.963 million
pressure and quantity. for $2.135 million and million
The Village of Hensall will receive $.052 facilittieion and improvements to these
facilities.
'4A -' TtlE .HURQN :I, SPOOTOR, MARCH •14 1990
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"Can you tum off a tractor in an EMERGENCY?
`Family member caught in a P.T.O. Can YOU turn It off?
°What information would you give If you called for help?
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°Learn how to make your farm "Emergency Ready".
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BEFORE MARCH 21, 1990.
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, e>;ippling factors for anybrealtst" MKrs, F
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of the impending
down the, line, and she n'
Suppliers are starting t
themselv..es.
Elsie Willem of All StyleS.If }hair 4talon
rests a business that has never before had
to deal with service tax. She, top, foresees
a mountain of paperwork. , •
"It sounds to Me like just a lot more
bookkeeping, " she remarks. "Tan not crazy
about the whole thing."
She does agree with Mr. Attended' .in
predicting that the General Sales Tat will
definitely be given the go-ahead. It is now
just a matter of when, and how much.
Although,the tax is -set for 796,• -Mr: Allen-
dorf remarked that he expects the bill o
go through several technical changes
before being set. Even then, however, the
fiSeveral-
countries e on't be ntriesthat haveerystone.
adopted the GST in
past years, including Denmark and
Sweden, have watched their tax rise from
9% to a towering 24 or 26%. Mrs. Willens
also points out that Canada is in a relative-
ly good tax situation in comparison to
some countries, citing Holland where 70%
of every gelder earned is earmarked for
taxes.
"It's something that's been put through,
and no amount of objection is going o
change that," she says. •
The time would not seem to be ripe for
n Burke
isn't worried The newest additibut on to the
Seaforth business community, Mrs. Burke
on p openingbe 55 and has her been wellat 37 awaree Main the
GST threat from the outset.
"It's a fact of life - it's inevitable," she
says. "You might as well face it head on."
With her business just getting off of the
ground, Mrs. Burke will have a distinct ad-
vantage knowing that all of her products
will be hit with the General Sales Tax.
This eliminates much of the confusion that
is plaguing businesses that have been in
operation for a number of years.
"Maybe if I'd been 'in it already, it
might
worrying about it ore," she , concedes.
If education is the key to success, than
the key to conquering - or learning to live
with - the GST will lie in learning
about it. After Mr. Allenndorf spresentation,
Seaforth business owners recognize this
and are starting to ask questions. But
Boussey Farag has one question that she
would like to ask someone with regards to
the tax.
it. 'What are What are they trying to do? Let's face
Y trying to do?"
"n m
Seaforth postai
outlet opens
Residents of Seaforth now have an ad-
ditional location where they may pur-
chase postal products.
Cana r Post has reached agreement
with Doug Foreman, operator of Shinen's
Store, to establish a Retail Postal Outlet
in his business. The Retail Postal Outlet
provides a hill range of postal services
and products.
Postal services are also available at
the Seaforth Post Office on Main Street.
The opening of Retail Postal Outlets in
hundreds of communities across Canada
provides postal services in convenient
locations with convenient hours.
"The postal outlet fits in quite well
with our store and is an additional ser-
vice for our customers," said Mr.
Foreman. Postal services will be
available at the store during normal
business hours, which are Monday to
Thursday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Friday 9
a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
"The opening of this Retail Postal
Outlet represents a continuation of
Canada Post's plans to improve ac-
cessibility to postal services through an
expansion of our decades -old relationship
with local businesses in both rural and
urban centres," commented Canada Post.
— CIVIC
CORNER
THE H.I.A. EXECUTIVE will meet
Tuesday March 20, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Council Chambers, Town Hall.
STREETSCAPE COMMITTEE will meet
March 21, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers, Town Hall.
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