The Huron Expositor, 1976-08-12, Page 1made sure"they were dressed for the occasion. The
rain managed to• drown out most of the parade, but
the baligame went as scheduled. (Staff Phto)
Norman Says the cucumber-harvest has bpen slciity to •
date,. but should pick up with the warm weather.
Truck stolen
A bublin area farmer woke
up on Stinday morning to find'that
someone had stolen' his stake
truck. • •
'Dyke Wheatley of IL R.1,
Dublin had his 1963 Dodge Stake
truck stolen, between 4 p.m. on
Aug. and 9 a.m. Aug. 8.The
ye,lilde was tater recovered by
constable tiatzer of . the
Wingitani OPP detachment on lot
23,• den. 11 of Grey Township.
There have been tie charges
laid: contieetion. with the
ineident; lieWever', , pollee ate
investigating, tlie:peasiblirty that
Ahd' theft was Connected -With
gh's being Itilecked betWeen
Valion,and Seaferth, °
•
$10,004 Yea!in.4dYarice
SiVec°0 SAPPRTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AuPown12;
- . (,By- JehttMiner s-- "My goodness, we could have busineSsesliould have to offset 4avinele pay more. 1-'clon't thin ‘•,--•••-' •
People 'in awn and Perth paved toads up and down every theif cleereasein taxes," he STA. it itsjair, •
Counties were invited to give
their Suggestions regarding the
proposals for OntarioPloPerty tax
reforrOO AAommisSion in Goder-
ieb Wedhes.day but the few who
did slit* np•had.more questtens--
than answers. ,•11,
"We denr't even know what the
V assessment Will be for the muni-
cipality. How do we know what is
going citiP" Bill Elston, Reeve of
Morris township •asked 'the ten
Member • commission. "We're
just a sea Of wata trying to
swim •out."
Mr. Elston said that there Was
so little definite information avail-
able;- on exactly what • the
province's tax reforms would
erieak that his township council
was unable to present a brief.
,."If the people knew more what
was going on, you would have this
hall filled today," he said.
Mr. Elston particularly
fOcussed on the proposal that the
province pay 100 percent of a
fart's land taxes. He
suggested thht a municipality by
slightly raising its tax rate could
bring in substantially more
money from the provincial gov-
ernment, beCitese, of the high
assessment on farm land.
"ethiFei0en ,"
TfieHuron Federation of Agri• '• -
culture and :the Township of
North. Easthope, however, were
more concerned about the farmer
losing,,control,V his land-to the
government.
"If the province is to pay all of
the taxes an farmland for an
extended peliod of time is the
next logical step -provincial
ownership of all farmland?" asks
the North Easthope brief.-
Jack McCutcheon, Reeve of.
Brussels end Warden for Huron,
CountY;"asked the commission
why the taxes for 141.0Z-1 44.
businessman would be raised:
We have been , paying business
tax for years and it looks like we
will face another increase. How
can this be 1-nstified? You are
talking of exempting farmland,
but farmland is the farmer's
business. How can you lessen his
business taxes and increase ours?
he said.
Warden McCutcheon also
attacked the proposal that would
lower taxes paid by the
distilleries.
"I `think most of us are
participating -in their- tax base
-anyway, and I don't think other„,
" cost-about $460,090 according to Pr5P°511 which w 040see' al -
its chairman; Willis Blair, was in, institutions pay taxes. could • Godericii vveocisdiy for a one Seaforth, as the town pays the,;
day hearing as :part of a aeries Fire Area Board on tile basis .pf,
throughout Ontario •-,to hear the total assessment, The town,.
..has sub missions on the Ontario • to pay extra because Of the:49 - assessment on the schools, but ,;;
can't collect any taxes from them:?
think that is rather unfair,/,',
she said.
have strong feelings about the Mayor Cafelno attended the, •
meeting in Goderich althdif
..geyernmenes proposed tax
refornig,-
Those who appeared at the
hearing werep't the-only-ones to
Seaforth did not present a ke
"I think it is the most terrih,IeW.IlieZComplissien.,, •
thing," said Elgin 1Chompsore we,,bad‘ ertOttg,
t-.Reve of Tuckersrslith,„Townshtp'.;,,A051rjon,".‘she said. '1 think-iv•
, ”N4t:{Wahe siWID"'Iotrld have been better if the ""`,, government ownefShip. I can't
see how they can do it,"
Reeve Thompson said that he
found the proposal for the pro-
vince to pay 100 percent of the
taies on farmland most disturb-
ing. "At the next meeting of the
AMO am going to see what
support I can raise against the
proposals" he said. ,
Mayor Betty ,Cardno of Sea=
forth wasn't pleased with the
proposed tax reforms either.
"I am concerned over busine,ss
taxes going up," she said, I don't
like to see the small businessman
reforms.
The ,corhmissien, which Mayer Camino said that, ',t,t*
Commission had made a presen0;!
ation• on the tax reforms mutat
than just listening to, the few
submissions presented."
I
.t4rSi
DAMP DAY FORA BALL GAME-These youngsters
found it was a :little wet to watch the ball game
between Walter Tkaczuk's Hockey School and the
Seaforlh Centennahles Executive, but their Mothers
18 unit
tionof a laundry and one bachelor be paved and landscaping will Property and a 90 foot similar
apartinent in the basement. include a 175 foot cedar hedge on hedge on the north side of the car
- The parking lot for 20 cars will, the south boundarype,eef ,„
Mr. Glenn plans on beginning
•
complex by early fall' with an
expected , completion date of • Co unt ok s. residence for construction, of the apartment
March 30, 1977. •
Architecture to blend
ensall ge:
A new 18 unit " , apartment
building in•Hensall came Closer to'
•
reality Monday night, when
village council agreed to issue a
building permit to Gerri Glenn of
Dungannon.
intersection of Wellington and'
It will be located at the A s te e
Queen streets behind Hotel frit
1tri.„„
fnes,s, se ction . :of ,Hensalf whicb,
110.4.-aline late ,nirr&eenth ce t crey
strpetscape arid eVery effort has
been Made to'fit the design of the
apartnnent building into this
is
if ,.$ PICKLE TIME AGAIN-Norman Kramers-sorts
through theatiabmbers as'HarrY Delayer dumps his
load at' the 1E,I19KSp1P1kle:gradfng..station in Dublin.
•
"
Po icem-an avoids
bigh,speed, chase
When a Seaferth,,,mlicentan witli—pOlisession of a
saw a truck go throligIr two stop
;'• r signs in town*.ttravelling quite faat
Ind twas unable to Stop theiruck's
driver, he didn't getinvolved in a
higlihspeed chase SaturclaY
'After the driver ignored his
sinal to stop Constable Ron
tauzon followed the truck at a•
distance which was travelling at
80 - 90 M.P.H. south on County
Road 12 towards Kippen. Lauzon
radioed ahead to the Exeter OPP
dettechment who put up a road
block at Hensall and stopped the
truck without incident.
The drivet, 15 year old, was
stolen vehicle under thriu''Veritle
Delinqtletit /Att. ,
The owner of the vehiilenohn
Patrick of R.R.4, Seaforth, was
away for the weekend and didn't
find' his truck missing until
Monday wheii he reported the
theft to the police. ,
Seaforth "POlice Chief John
Cairns praised Constable Lauzon
for thinking cooly and avoiding a
chase.
there WAS liti:catIte tO, poid.
htehiding $wint intitten2a,
wag idoived ih the death,
Laberatory tests carried tlta 41L,
The' death of a Biudditlilinati
last Wednesday triggered fears
that swine flu Tight -have inva$1ed
the area.
Roger Layton, 33, of BK)11 4field
died in.„ gbderielf.-14.0pliar sfibm
aspiration pre' trxoft a taking
vomit into the lungs.
Attending doctors in Goderich
notified the health ministry the
man had syMptoms similar to
those of swine, Jim,
The death ,was reierted
prominentiiht the daily press and
caused OntittiO health
sand
Frank Miller Warn people that "• StAktiNd REPAIRS u.A , :At 1.,AST-teafortli's ToWn
tore:fah) thottigti that no , reVEiced len fram'the,:faafrig at Ike top of
the Will trig the end of4March. 1116,,Wbrk sitibul0 be
hiled out -
Swine flu it
dotylpietect-,sfibrity-by CeipOl611,anditja,Staff
hao matted ovee fout, rriantlis. nOW tb have. the
Seafortli'teSitlifft&W)il 40 longer have to detour'
araUtttl ,,tEtt tiiteikaik .bartiet's Which . have almost
, .
, beconle ErPerrnanetit fiXture on WO Street.
(Staff Photo)
et "
eproposal to council by Mr. by Shirley1. Keller
Glenn. was ,backed- with an Castle project-Children's Aid
IlluStration and large scale draw- Society Teen Living Experience-
ings by former Huron . County put-down roots last Thursday.,,
planner Nick Hill who now is the evening as members of ,,Huron.
owner of Town and Country County Council, at a special
Planning Consultants. summer session:, agreed to pur-
Mr. HIll said the design of the chase a houk in Goderich, to
new building would follow the provide an independence home
character of existing buildings for a group of teenage girls.
-and would follow the theme of The girls-ranging, in age from
Ilensarwhich is predorniie. ely-15-to 18-have beet] livingtogether
brick.'' , - " in rented accommedatien
pe continued. "Th'e apariMent '.eaCtt,fo,,r.the lasrfew"MOnths. The
adjoinin- ,Iffe traditional busivbr4r,ortIV. supervision in the home IS a
setting." kind of erd.erly e eXPected of the
Tbe structure will be two and
half staelYS'bighlaked-wit1T,,brick'
and with an open stairwell.,
' The apartment site is 19..928
square feet in size and is basically
divided into three distinct areas -
building, parking and open space.
The three floors will consist of
four tWo-bedroom and two 1-bed-
room apartments with the excep-
•r-• • the home-working, run-
' ning a household, budgeting
money, general appearance, nor-
mal behaviour.
CAS director Bruce Heath
Claims simply, "It has worked."
When the owner of the- present
Castle accommodation decided to
sell the property, Mr, Heath said,
CAS workers immediately began
L':,filecle!;' Who' is' a young wore'aii
emploYed, at the _CAS4Office in
Goderich. The "Moder-does not
actuall,i., supervise, either. She
only provides a7 example of the
Waged wards
to loOk for another Iodation for the furnishings have been "begged,'
project. The search Pnded last borrowed and recruited" by' the
Thursday evening when' county young people themselVes.
council agreed .to purchase a Ultimate Goal
large hothe at the corner of CAS workers feel there is
Nelson Street and Cambria Road reason to hope that similar
in Goderich for $40,006. projects could be useful in dealing
The CAS director -yiews the Nyith the problem of other teen-
county's decision As "a..business' "agers in care. The ultimate goal
arrangement". The initial money • is, of course tto• return the young
fOr the property will be provided people to their homes and .their
by the cOurity, but the costs -4411 families in dpe. course. In -the
be amortized over a 20-year tneantime, however, Methods '
13eriod at 12 per cent, resulting must ,be.found to heft) teenagers
annual payments, by CAS to the and their parents over what have
Some county councillors
expressed concern about "flack"
from those in the neighborhood
around Castle project./
"No matter where we go some
eyebrows' will be raised initially,"
asserted Mr. Heath'''. .
When the vote was taken
concerning the purchase of the
property, it was approved easily.
Some councillors even expiessed
their satisfaction with the success
of the Castle project to date,
Routine reports were submitted
to council from the Executive
Committee, the Special
Cpmmittee, the Committee of
Management of, Huronview aed
the Board of Health.
Former warden Anson
McKinley, reeve of Stanley
Township, gave a brief report of
the meeting of the Commission on
the Reform of Property Taxiation
in Ontario, held in Goderich
recently.
Some Concerns
The county had expressed
some of its concerns to 'the
Commission, including a feeling
that there would be no teal
incentive for rural townships with
little urban development to
,maintain a reasonable level of
laxeS with the province paying a
large:Portion of the total taxes to
the mun icipality; a hidden
control of the sale of farm land
because of taxes having to be paid
back to the province If sold for
orposes other than farming; and
program. The residentf of the the administrative nightmare
home are 'responsible for every- cattaed in small rural municipal',
thing-including paying for food,
rent, utilities out of the expense
money provided by CAS.
"At first theY didn't -manage
too well," claimed . Mr. Heath.
'lint there was no sugar, dadday
to them out. They teethed to '
make the food money last for the"
"-
_Even the furnishings in the
home are "niggardly" said Mr.
Heath, who hastened to point out
this was done purposely. He said
the residents of the house,now
have begun to take a real interest
In the home, and much of the
e county of',$5;355.15. As well,- the becane intolerable circifin.-
. CAS will pay c the taxes on the • stances, Castle,,project is one such
property, aa well as maintain and 'Method',
repair the house and adjoining
land,
`No Homes
Castle project first came into
being when CAS could no longer
provide foster homes for the
growing number of teenagers
coming into care. Of the '72
children presently under the care
of' CAS, 42 are teenagers. "
Mr. Heath explained quite
cancli'dly that over the last three
years, CAS has "bumbled from
one situation to the other" when
it came to teenagers, He said
foster parentg suited for dealing
with the probleins of adolescents
were difficult te -find. Still„the
teenagers kept coming into care-
from all over the county.
"We didn't know where to
place the kids," stated Mr.
Heath.
Castle project has been a kind
of pilot project, the director
adinitte. He said there have been
anxious moments. with some
youngsters actually evicted from
the house for various reasons.
"But we now have the nucleus
of a real good grouP_," said Mr.
Heath proudly. "Castle project is
working."
One of the features of project
Castle is the amount of respon-
sibility turned over the young .
wemen. Although all the
idents enter into a Written dm-
tract with CAS before entering'
project Castle, the emphasis is on
independence for 'those in thp
ties by the necessity of making
application to tbe treasuirefiit the
municipality for payment of the
taxes by the province.
It was decided to appoint a
cotrimitiee to negotiate\_all
salariesr of . county ' employees:,
glenibers,of the committee will' be •
the warden, the itlininiStrate4
the chairman of the exectitive
committee And the chairettan
the coMlnittee involved tor
designate), as Well AS the
department head of the
committee involved (except Whett
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