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Serving the communities
and areas of Seaforth,
Brussels, Dublin, Hensall
and Walton
Lseat0h, Ontario
Seaforth taxes rise by 8 %
Seaforth council passed a by-law for raising by way of assessment
Seaforth's contributions to the County of Huron and the school boards.
The town had passed its budget in April, but since the county and
school boards had not finalized their budgets then, the complete tax hike
for Seaforth could not be announced.
Payments to the County of Huron are up 11 per cent from last year
and Seaforth will send the county $161,545. The Huron County Board
of Education, elementary, is up 13 per cent with Seaforth's contribution
being $243,532, and the secondary school rate is also up 13 per cent
with Seaforth's contribution being $190,835. '
The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board,
elementary, is up 19 per cent at $70,896, and secondary is up 7 per cent
at $55,209.
Seaforth's total expenditures for 1990 were budgeted in April at
$2,102,291 and a 5.3 per cent increase in taxes will raise $716,460. The
remaining $1,385,831 needed will come from user fees and government
grants. The total tax increase for Seaforth is about 8 per cent.
WE®NE6010, JUNE 20, 1990
Egmondville victim to Stratford
An Egmondville man was transferred to Stratford General Hospital
early last week after a hit and run accident at the Main and Goderich
St. intersection left him with broken ribs, a broken shoulder and a
fractured hip.
John "Jack" Eisler was struck in his carr, a Ford Taurus, early on
Sunday morning, June 10 when a driver in a pick-up truck travelled
through the intersection, drifted into the left-hand lane and collided with
the driver's side of Mr. Eisler's car. The other driver, from Wingham,
fled the scene of the accident leaving the truck behind, but later
returned and was charged with leaving the scene of the accident and
dangerous driving. Police report that the Wingham man was looking at
something on the McLaughlin car lot when he travelled at fairly high
speeds into the intersection and the Eisler vehicle.
Doreen Eisler, Jack's wife, reports that he is "holding his own", but
that doctors say that it will be about seven weeks before he'll be on his
feet. Mr. Eisler was transferred to Stratford after the injuries began to
complicate an existing heart condition.
Seaforth Police released details of the accident early last week, but
would not release the name of the Egmondville man at press time. The
name of the Wingham driver cannot be released with charges pending.
Walton store robbed
Wingham OPP are investigating a robbery at Humphries & Co.
Merchants, Walton, combination general store and post office, that took
place between 6:15 p.m. June 12 and 7:15 a.m. June 13.
Thieves . gained entry into the building by breaking a basement
window. An inside door was broken and the building ransacked. They
went through drawers and stole a total of $1,300 from both the general
store and post office. Seven cartons of cigarettes were also stolen.
The robbery was discovered at 7:15 a.m. June 13 by the owner of
Humphries. An Identification Unit from Mount Forest District Head-
quarters fingerprinted the store and took property photographs. Canada
Post did an audit of the post office contents June 13.
Police have no suspects yet. Wingham OPP constable, Lorne Roberts,
is the investigating officer.
Humphries takes over for Pullen
Bob Humphries has been appointed Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food agricultural representative for Huron County.
Humphries' knowledge and experience will be a valuable asset in
carrying out his new duties in Huron County," said Ralph Shaw,
director of the agricultural representatives branch.
Humphries joined the ministry in 1971 as an assistant agricultural
representative in Simcoe North, and since 1978 has been the agricultural
representative for Dundas County. He graduated from the University of
Guelph in 1971 with a major in crop science.
He succeeds Don Pullen, who retired recently.
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LAMB FOR LUNCH? - Close, but these fuzzy characters we
safe from the grill when Mary Ann Ellingwood of Belgrave brought
re her orphan lambs to visit at Friday's barbecue. Dick Weatherhead
and Mary Maire of the Manor admire the youngsters. Elliott photo.
Tuckersmith protests town
grant money cutbacks
BY -SUSAN OXFO?.D _ usage at the Centre and Hensall
Tuckersmith council `'represen-, pays a grant of $1,100, said Mr..
tatives, Jack Carhnochan and Bill McLachlan.
Councillor William Teall told
Tuckersmidi representatives that
Seaforth's arena costs are up too.
He mentioned that Tuckersmith had
raised its taxes only by 4 per cent
and this low tax hike indicated that
Tuckersmith was doing fine finan-
cially. He said Seaforth gave a
$5,000 grant to the Lions Pool,
which is located in Tuckersmith.
Seaforth has given a total of
$16,000 in grants, Mr. Teall said, to
various groups in the area including
the Van Egmond Foundation
$5,000, and the Nursery School -
Day Care commitment $6,000. He
suggested that Tuckersmith look at
cost-sharing as an approach to
raisin? funds for the Centre.
Mr. McLachlan said Tuckersmith
was able to keep its taxes down this
year by reducing grants and i
McLachlan, made a special presen-
tation to Seaforth council concer-
ning Seaforth's proposal to cut back
its grant to the Vanastra Recreation
Centre. During May's council
meeting, Seaforth decided to cut
back on its grant from $1,500 to
$1,000 and in three years to cut the
grant altogether.
Mr. McLachlan said that Seaforth
residents make up about 16 per cent
of registrants in programs at
Vanastra Recreation Centre,
excluding Seaforth people registered
in swimming lessons or just using
the pool. Since 1985 Seaforth's
grant has not risen from $1,500
although actual usership would cost
$2,200. From 1983 to 1990, he
said, costs of the Centre have risen
46 per cent and now is not the time
for user municipalities to cutting
back on their grants. Mr, programs. To keep costs down at
McLachlan pointed out that the the Centre means offering the
Centre does employ some Seaforth facilities at reasonable prices for
residents, some of them students. users, he said.
The provincial and federal cutbacks Seaforth council referred the
have affected the Centre and the matter back to the Finance and
Centre relies on the grants from the General Government committee on
26 municipalities in Huron County. councillor Peg Campbell's sugges-
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A TRIBUTE TO A BELOVED FRIEND - Jane Papple was on
hand at the High School last week to present a plaque to principal
Jim Empringham, in memory of slassmate Paul Cyan, who was
killed in a motor vehicle accident late last year. Elliott photo.
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LIONS DEN PAINTED - Seaforth Lions got together June 11 at
the Lions Park pavilion to do some painting. The pavilion was built
about 1962 and only needed a touch-up. Oxford photo.
Seaforth Lions Park gears up
for the summer months ahead
The Seaforth Lions Club has
recently released their year-end
financial statement on the Lions
Club Park and Pool for the year
ending November, 1989. With the
summer fast approaching, the time
has once again arrived for seasonal
sports activities and family picnics
at the Park, and the Lion's club has
been busily preparing for summer
1990.
The Lions report that a large
number of activities were held last
year in the park and these, along
with a heavy sports program and
filled swimming program, kept the
park and pool staff hopping through
the summer. A number of
improvements have been made to
the park during the past year,
including the addition of a paved
parking lot, ten new picnic tables
and new washroom facilities.
The noted absence of the annual
Fishing Derby in Silver Creek this
year is due to the slated dredging of
the creek. This major project will
also encompass work further
upstream and the construction of a
new bridge over the dam. Lany
Dolmage, of the Seaforth'
Sportsman's Club, notes that a to
rehabilitation of Silver Creek is m
the works, pending notificati of
funding from the Ministry of
Natural Resources. The Ministry
will be visiting the Creek later in
the season to go over details of the
plan.
The Lions are also taking brush in
hand to slap a fresh coat of paint on
the bath house and picnic pavilion.
Highlights of the Lions Club Park
and Pool financial statement for
1989 included receipts of $4,727.95
from pool admissions, $4,569 from
pool season tickets and $11,364 in
pool swimming instruction fees.
Booth sales totalled $7,140.60 and
the Lions campaign realized $4,639.
In the 1989 expenditures, a total
of $15,265.10 was paid out in pool
staff wages, while another
$4,518.65 went to park staff wages.
Repair and maintenance to the
facility totalled $5,510.37, and
general capital expenditures
amounted to $7,103.63. A total of
$4,639 was transferred to the Trust
Account.
Last summer, ball tournaments
generated $2,958 in receipts while
c sting $2,159.24 in expenditures.
All told, $60,534.94 was
generated in receipts and
$60,534.94 was put into expen-
ditures, including the transfer to the
trust account and a bank balance of
$1,504.62 as of ,November 30,
1989.
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