The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-05-15, Page 1• "
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VOL. 123Wk. 20
WEDNESDAY, MAY, 15, 1
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--pa. man
finds . loot
ny stolen fry 111
the Lucknow • District
Sports Complex last
November has been
found in a Kinloss
tswnship ravine,
John Carter told the
Sentinel he had spotted
something in the ditch
earlier, but it wasn't
until last week that he
was able to get down
and retrieve it. Much to
his surprise, Carter
found a locked cashbox
near the abandoned rail-
way, on Conc. 1 and
proceeded to call. the
OPP immediately.
,-,---Constable • Andy
Burgess said they were
,able to determine the
cashbox-, which con-
tained about $150 cash
and a cheque, had been
stolen from the.Sports
Complex on Nov. 11.
The money, which
was still dry and
undarnaged, has been
returned.
le ikes
fiowers
A Lucknow florist
has reported to
Kincardine OPP that•
someone is stealing
flowers.
Kincardine OPP are
investigating alleged
thefts from • Garden
Grove Florist on
Campbell Street. The
latest report was made
to OPP Thursday
evening.
It is.alleged that the
store has been entered
several times in thepast
two and a half weeks.
Flowers are. all that
appears to have been
taken.
There are no signs of
forced entry. Police, say
it appears a key may
have been used, though
the owners have
changed the looks.
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It was a multiculturalism event as the "teen from New Orleans" -
Lindsey Raymond, and the "mate -from down under" - Derek Linde -
made acquaintances at Lucknow'Central's 'tour of the world last
week. Each room represented a different country and visitors were
greeted by ambassadors and had thelepassports stamped, (Pat
Livingston photo)
Bruce of Education
budget means
mailer
almost 2% t
by rat H001
The overall budget for the Bruce
County Board of Education is. smaller
this year, thanks to a provincial 'grant
cut of $2.18 million„ but local ratepay-
ers will -see their taxes go up 1.83 per
cent.
Finance chair David Inglis said this
year's budget was "difficult" to set, and
laid the blame for that squarely on. the
province's doorstep.
Inglis cited the "severe depth" of the
7.1 per cent 'grant cut handed to the
Bruce board, the -lust inexcusable!'
delays in grant announcement and poli-
cy "the gOvemmenes cava-
lier attitude towariithe liiipact of it
. •
ax increase
policies on students and the class-
,
rooms."
"We can't continue to operate this °
way," Inglis said. "Here we are, into the
fifth month of our year, and we're only
doing our budget now. To me that's
ludicrous. We have to look at these
things earlier on,
?
The mill rate increase approved last
week means the education taxes on a
property assessed at $25,000 will go up
$14.50 thiS year. The only 6xceptiOn is
Kincardine, where ratepayers will be
billed two per cent more than that to
compensate for the 'two per cent tax
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Aghfieid Townshi
Council wants A 3
removed fr m list
Ashfield Township
council has passed a res-
lution "encouraging the
Co.y of Huron to
accept the recormnenda-
tions of the cons It. its to
proceed ti further inves-
tigate and adopt altern
tives to landfilling at the
proposed A3 the," and
that the site be "immedi-
ately released from any
further consideration for
a county landfill" as pro-
posed by the waste man-
agement master plan.
An application for an
• official plan amendnient
and a proposed zoning
amendment. 'on part of
Lot 4, Front Concession,
STP, has been putcbn
bold until the applicant,
• Mark Sully, can gather
further information from
1
• commenting agencies.
At a public meeting on
May 7, council heard
from the county ?loner
that the applicant pro
-
posed to create four
recregtional residential'
lots along the lakefront
ranging in size from 1.6
acres" to 4.4 acres. The
Rand use designation
would be changed from
restricted agriculture to
'recreational residential to
allow the compliance of
the lots to the official
plan. A small area of
general agricultural on
Lot 5 STP Would change
to restxicted agriculture.
The corresponding zon-
ing bylaw a:Meathnem-
wonii,d change the zoning
designation on the.pro-
posed four lots from AO
2 to RC1 and NE1 and
marginally enlarge the
AG2 zone to the south on
the property of neighbor-
ing landowner Wolfgang
Guenther.
The planning and
development department
generally supports the
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Huron County
Education cuts lower
by Amy Nellands
Being a small board will pay off for the Huron
County Board of Education as it will receive special ,
assistance from the provincial government because of
this fact,
Small boards throughout the province have been
• lobbying the government to listen to their concerns
about the total impact of the General Legislative
Grant .(GLG) regulations., reported Director of
&Wad,* Paul Carroll at the May 6 board meeting.
• "These boards have indicated less flexibility- in their
operation's than larger school boards and therefore
less capacity, to accommodate the required grant
reductions," his report stated..
• Minister of Education John Snobelen announced
on April 25 that a modification of the GLG regula-
tions -will limit the grant reductions for small boards
With fewer than 10,000 students to either three per
woof the' board's 1995 operating expenditures or 15
per pent of the board's 1995 grant, whichever is less.
The impact for the board totals $93,306 on a com-
bined panel basis. Since tax notices were issued to all
Huron -municipalities on April 22 based on the 1996
estimated figures, this additional 'grant' will be sur..
plus to operations in 1996, reported Catroll.
"We are very pleased," he said. "This is a srnall
amount buts nice. to have at/thing back these
days."
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