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Do you live in a community, or •a municipality?
Until recently, you probably gave little thougivR,
to the difference. HoweverEwith talk of amalgama-
tons dominating the headlines of community
newspapers across rural Ontario, .some examina-
tion of the abolie question might be in order.
In a commendable all-out effort to Maintain ser-
vices without raising taxes in the face of drastic
cuts in' provincial funding towns, villages and
townships across the provirice have been form-
• ing committees to study the possibility of amalga-
mations. One wonders, however, if some local
municipalities aren't over -reacting.
While it makes perfect sense for municipalities
to look at sharing services as a means of making
do with fewer dollars from upper tiers of govern-
ment, willy nilly amalgaMations of un -related
communities are unlikely to result in much in the
way of savings and have the potential to produce
• much inconvenience, perhaps even hardship, for
taxpayers in small rural. centres.
If centres were to eventually join, local councils
would have to be dissolved, or °at least reduced
and marginalized, in order to result in any type of
savings. So, local taxpayers with concerns about
something happening on their street, would have
to either relay the concern to a member of a
diminished pool of local representatives of the
•, new regioriaLic4:)uncil, ,or appear before the super
• Council itself, Where his or her concern would
..likely received less weight than it would have
from the former village or township council.
Would we reduce costs of the political
process? Not necessarily. If we have fewer repre-
sentatives for each municipality, they would natu-
rally be busier, required to sit On more commit-
tees, etc. Could this lead to full-time politicians at
the municipal level?
• Each community Will no doubt attempt to retain
a local identity under the new structures.,The new
regional •councils might end being an additional
level of government, between individual commu-
nities and county governments (unless the coun-
ty level is eliminated entirely), with all the atten-
dant, and expensive bureaucracy that entails.
Smaller scale amalgamations involving munici-
palities with More natural; geographic and eco-
nomic ties might make more • sense, both fiscally
and socially.
While dabbling in the tricky business of
restructuring, politiolani should remember that a
municipality is just an economic unit, but a com-
munity is much more. (by Patrick Raftis).
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The Sentinel Memoirs
• 70 years ago
Feb, 4, 1926
hese streets to be paved - Reeve Johnston has suc-
ceeded in getting Bruce County Council to make
definite arrangements for the paving of the follow-
ing Lucknow streets: Campbell from Albert to Napier, that
is practically from the eastern t• the western boundaries of
the corporation; Stauffer from Campbell at the Bank of
Commerce corner north to Gough Street, near the northern
boundary; and Ross Street, from Finlayson,'s corner to
be hi
Canning Street.
The business section of Campbell will be paved 40 feet
wide, and Stuaffer and Ross Streets will have a 20 feet
paved in the centre witlfcrushed gravel shoulders,
In addition to this, the work on Havelock Street leading
to the CNR Station will be completed. making it a high:,,
• class gravel road,
50 years ago
• . Jan. 30926 •
hiicjassed road
and it appears there are few new developments in the case.
Fire alarm - Shortly after net' idnight on Tuesday' a fire
alarm was turned in when fire was seen to shoot from th
stack at the Lucknow Industries Plant.
Eye witnesses, who turned in the alarm, said the fire
appeared to shoot about 15 feet in the air, with sparks
broadcast all about. The fire truck failed to go and was
pushed down the street to the scene, but was not needed.
The truck started- and then stopped, and it was believed
that the fuel pump was the cause.
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15 years ago
Feb. 4,1981 ..
aunt Steps down - Murray Gaunt, Liberal MPP- for
Huron"- Bruce, has announced he will not seek re-
election in the provincial election annouficement
Monday. Gaunt made his announcement Tuesday morning.
After 18 1/2 years as the provincial member for the rid-
ing, Gaunt has decided that the time has come when he
on't cash money .orders - Post Office officials wants to spend more tirne with his family.
Snobelen throws bat in ring - Michael Snobelen, for-
mer reeve of Huron Township, has announced his intention
to seek the nomination for the Ontario Progressive Party in
the riding of Huron -Bruce for the upcoming election.
. McQuail seeks nomination - West Wawanosh farmer,
Tony McQuail has announced he will seek the New
Democrat nomination in the March election. McQuail ran
as the NDP candidate for the riding in the last federal elec-
tion. . • ,
warnagainst the cashing of money orders, espe-
cially for strangers, as it is possible they could be
stolen forms which had been expertly filled in,
The, Post Office in New Toronto is the latest to be bur-
glarized, where quite a lot of blank forms were obtained.
• In the local "robbery last week, none of these blank
forms were taken.
No developments in robbery - The robbers who broke
into the local Post Office last Wednesday are still at large
•
usings on curiosity, storms
• I'm not normally a reader
of billboards, but there is a
local one that has grabbed
• my atteriton.
Like a beacon, the bright
yellow, 'sparsely worded
teaser draws my attention
every time 1 walk east from
the office. "Coming, soon -
The Perfect Acre." • -
My curiosity finally got
the better of me and 1 went
into McDonaghs last week.
(The sign is on the side of
their .1milding). The staff at
McDonaghs knew as little
as I did and still do. They
could shed no light
1 talked about it with Mr.
Fixit. "Tough to find the
perfect acre in town," he
quipped. •
1 talked about it with fel-
low employees. Only one
could shed any light on it -
there's another one just like
it in Wingham.
So, I'm appealing to you
my readers. Do any of you
know what the teaser sign is
about? Or, have you even
noticed it?
My hat's off to the person
who designed it. It, is effec-
tive in its sfinplicityIn this
business we'd call it effec-
tive use of white space The
less crammed an area of
advertising is, the better it
will catch someone's eye.
Storm memories
•As I sit here Mondai
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night getting ready to paste
up this week's paper, the
, radio reports about road
closings and children being
billeted at homes takes me
back 25 years ago.
We lived in Ashfield.
,Township then.. Number•
• One Son was five months
old and this area was closed
down by a severe January
• storm that lasted four days,
Being "from the city' we
weren't prepared for such an
event where the hydro goes
out and stays out! remem-
ber the love of my life
vvarrning baby bottles over a
candle, the three of us snug-
gling in one bed to keep
warm.
What I remember most
vividly was the next morn-
• mg, after beintWithout beat.
and water for over 12 hours,
we received the kindest
invitation from our neigh.:
b ors Reis and Marie
Miltenburg. If we could, get
to their place that was kitty,
corner from ours, they had a
propane range that would
provide hot food • and
some warmth, We wrapped
our son in heavy quilts. Ile
was carried by his uncle.
Cliff who was stormed in at
• out -place, and off we set.
The wind was so vicious,
Mr. Fixit basically dragged
me behind him. Visibility
was very poor. I don't know
how we tnade it but we did.
• Arriving • at • the
Miltenburg home, 1 was
sure our little boy would
have suffocated under the
quihs. But there he lay, as
happy as could be not
• knowing the• stress we
• adults. were experiencing.
There's a lot more to the
story, but I'll cut it short.
Needless to say, we appreci-
ated our neighbors' generos-
ity. •
• And. I'm sure, Monday
:night there were many in
this part of the province
who were thankful for the
kindness of strangers who
stootnik them in during the
to •
,No matter how old I get,
this will be one Story that
will drive my future grand
kids nuts. "I remember the
storm of 1971, when your
father wus just a baby...." it
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mpty
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mean
layoffs
Dear editor: •
It has come to our atten- •
tion that many townspeople
• are concerned that we have
• laid off some of our staff
• members. These layoffs are
due to the fact that we have
• several empty beds in the
home. ••
itis• a well -know fact that •
ever since the Placement
Co-ordination Serviee
(roc.$) program has come
• into effect (July 1, 194),
there have been empty beds
'in Bruce County, Luckily
our home has been protect-
• ed from some of these ill
effects, however, not entire-
ly, •
.
Just to give an idea of the •
obstacles involved in
obtaining a nursing home
bed for a loved one, let me '
outline the process that fain-
ilies are subjected to:
1. Make an application to
the PCS (Walkerton or
Owen Sound)
2. Complete a 24 -page
assessment form.
3. State your three preferred
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