The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-05-06, Page 21
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 64 1981
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The 'portion of your tax bill reserved for
"education" will go up about eight per cent
this year if you support the public system.
The Bruce County Board of Education
approved its 1981 budget of $27,934,390 at a
special meeting last Thursday. '
This year's figure is about $3 tnilliqn
higher than last year's.
Local municipalities must raise $8,429•802
or about $620,000 more than in 1980.
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Provincial grants of $17,075,067 and other
revenue of $2,402.739 will make up the
balance. The province's contribution is •up
about S2 tifilliorior about 13 per, cent over
1980.
With this increased provincial aid, rate-
payers here will be raising eight per cent of
the budget when the actual increase is 12 per
cent.
Last year, because provincial grants were
down, county taxpayers were faced with a
16.6 per cent education tax increase
although the budget itself had increased by
only half that much.
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$20 Million to Salaries
Teachers' salaries and fringe benefits
account for $18,850,955 of the new budget or
67.5 per cent. School bus transportation is
expected to cost $2,917,795 or 10.5 per cent;
maintenance is costed at $2,853,047 or 10.2
per cent
School supplies, books and equipment are
estimated to cost $1,325,721, about five per
cent of the budget.
Included in this year's budget is $550,000
the board is allocating to its reserve fund
which already contains S400,000.
The board's six member finance' com-
mittee considered the proposals during three
full day and several party day meetings.
Trustees met behind closed doors for
about two and a half hours before the budget
was publicly released Thursday? There WAS
no discussion of the budget in the public
meeting b
acting
Dr. Harry Cieslar, M.D. of.Goderich has
been appointed acting Medical Officer of
Health for Huron County to replace Dr.
Brian Lynch who hasspaken a position as
Medical Officer of Health with the Sudbury
° and District Health Unit
Dr. Cieslar will become assistant Medical
Officer -of Health effective May19. Dr.
Lynch's association with the Huron Health
Unit will,terminate May 31 and Dr. Cieslar
will become acting Medical Officer of Health
for a three month period June 1, subject to
the approval of the Ministry of Health,
Dr. Cieslar will be studying the Master of
Health Science course at the University of
Toronto to train for the position of Medical
officer of Health. Dr. Lynch has looked into
the possibilitY of the Huron Health Unit
being aligned with the University of Western
Ontario Medical Faculty for Medical Officer
Health Trainees. The Faculty of Medicine
appears interested in the suggestion that
Huron Health Unit be an ideal for Medical
Officer of Health training which would allow
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The Bruce County Cattlemen's Associa-
tion is hoping for promptgovernnient action
to solve the impending economic crisis in the
local farming community.
4 • The Cattlemen's Association supported by.
Bruce Couritycouncil set up a meeting with
the federal government April 27.
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Pork Producers and the Bruce County Milk
Producers.
The meeting was also attended by local
bankers, district and regional agrologi.st.s, a
local trucking association representative and
local MPs Murray Cardiff and Gary Gurbin.
MP Gurbin said the major point of
discussion was local _tam, economics. High
interest • rates e-au4...,..,i.anation • contribute
significantly to losses ofat least ii0
to beef- producers this year shoneThis
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farmers face
inancial difficulties
Young farmers with heavy debt loads are
continuing to experience financial difficul-
ties a the cost price 'squeeze intensifies,
according to Huron Agricultural Represenr
tative Don !Wien.
"Many inputs have inflated by almost 20
per cent' over the last year," said Pullen,
"and moreover, bank interest rates are close
to 20 per cent."
"It's a real problem for those affected, to't,
service•the annual interests on massive bank
operating loans," observed Pullen when he
made his\ annual report to Huron County
Council at their April meeting last,Thursday.
Pullen pointed out that in his 1972-73
report he had noted a 100 acre farm with
ordinary buildings had sold for S50,000.
Within the last two months, this same type
of fan has ,been selling for up to 525u,000.
Paradoxically, interest rates were 7 per
cent in 1972 compared to almost 20 per cent
• now and prices for some farm products are.
now lower, remarked Pullen.
Land rental is 540 to $125 per acre,
depending on drainage, location sin the
'%-county and the crop to be grown. There is a
trend for young farmers to rent land, said
Pullen. .
Bankers are telling Pullen that some pork
and beef farmers may be forced out of
business and a look at the local newspapers
show auction sales have certainly increased
compared, to last year.
Considerable time has and will continue to
be directed toward the objective of helping
pork producers improve their farm manage-
ment skills in an effort to maintain profit-
ability, said Pullen. Cost control measures
are being vigorously applied at every turn
and the lid has been 'hammered shut on
most proposed expansions.
The swine management section of the
annual report shows considerable request
for advice through farm visits, office and
telephone contacts. "Efforts will continue to
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Mondity's bah* weather brought out the shorts and Tishirts and Omit two langsbridgi
school children thought the weatherman couldn't have picked s better day for summer
weather. They had a profitidinsil development day Monday and were home born school to
play outdoors. Euloyhig a Mack m'e Jane Brophy, 5, left, and Jason Belly, 5, of Lucknow.
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provide credit counselling assistance to pork
producers during this period of economic
instability," commented Pullen. '
There is a bright spot in the report: there
is plenty Of enthusiasm in the lamb
production business as market lamb and
breeding stock prices are very good.
The Huron County Ontario Ministry of
• Agriculture and Food (OMAF) personnel
have contributed considerable time to
provide information about production econ-
omics and flock management, in an effort to
'contribute to the increased profitability of
sheep operations in the county, said Pullen.
The OMAF has participated in several
provincial and regional educational sheep
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Lucknow
business
community
active.
There 4ias been a flurry of activity in
Lucknow's business community during the
past, several weeks. Greer TV and Electric
has Moved to their new location in the
former Sepoy Stationery storefront. They
opened there on Friday, May 1.
Jack's Place is moving into the former
Greer TV location.
• The Mayfair Restaurant has opened their
Heritage Lounge, now licensed under the
Liquor Control Board of Ontario, and fast
food lovers can pick up a pizza or hamburger
at Iluffy'i Burger Bar which opened last
week, at the former Sepoy Drive-in location.
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