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The Citizen, 1991-07-10, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10,1991. PAGE 7. Walton Council warned about grant Compiled by Mrs. Betty McCall. Phone 887-6677 Slowpitch tournee, July 19-20 The Walton Area Sports Club held its July meeting Wednesday evening in the Walton Tea Room. The B and W Trail Blazer's Tour­ nament is scheduled to be held at Duff's news On Sunday, July 7, Rev. Bonnie Cole Amal conducted the service, the seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Margery Ritchie greeted wor­ shippers. Glenda Carter was organ­ ist. The offering was received by Murray Dennis and John Gillis. There will be church the next three Sundays in July. August is holiday month. Job creation van visits rural Ont. Frances Shamley, executive director of the London resource centre, Women's Community Enterprises, has a dream. That dream is to provide new self­ employment opportunities for peo­ ple in rural Ontario. "The idea goes back about 10 years when I was looking for these services myself. I found everything I wanted to know, but I had to tra­ vel to the city to find out the infor­ mation," says the Glencoe resident. Shamley notes that many farm families or rural residents simply don't have the time to drive into London for job counselling or to find out about continuing education courses that would assist them in setting up their own businesses. This summer (August and September), Shamley is packing all her resource materials into a van and travelling Ontario's rural routes. The "be your own boss bus" will visit country fairs, steam shows, the International Plowing Match and other community events. "More and more families are looking for self-employment options to help them stay in the rural community," notes Shamley, so "it seems like a natural place to lake this information." The London resource centre has been helping people who want to start their own businesses for some years, with a resource library, free consultations and practical work­ shops and seminars. Becoming an entrepreneur allows families to sup­ plement farm incomes or even replace that income if they have had to leave the farming industry. Visitors to the job creation van can chat with Shamley or other fel­ low volunteer staff over coffee and pick up a selection of information. This will be followed up by indi­ vidual counselling on setting up a business. Also workshops or semi­ nars will be offered in the rural community at the request of groups or interested individuals. As the recession continues, Shamley believes planning for the future becomes even more impor­ tant. One way to stop the exodus of people from rural Ontario may be to provide them with ideas on how they can operate smaller-scale but profitable businesses that are locat­ ed right in their own communities. Dates and locations of the van's visits will be announced soon. For further information call Frances Shamley at Women's Community Enterprises, 519-434-0151 or FAX, 519-434-4922. the Walton Park on July 19-20. The committee has found a pair of eye glasses, lost at the park June 7. Anyone missing a child's pair of glasses can pick them up at the booth from any member of the club. People attend graduation Richard Love, son of George and Gloria Love of RR 4, Walton, grad­ uated from Georgian College in Barrie on June 10, 1991 with a sec­ ond and third year diploma in Graphic Design. He is presently doing freelance work out of Barrie, such as logos, brochures, magazine ads, etc. George and Gloria Love of Walton and Mrs. Harvey Beuerman of Seaforth attended the graduation. Richard spent the recent Canada Day weekend at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Wey have recently returned home from a motor trip to Edmonton, Alta, fol­ lowing a visit with their daughter, Dena, son-in-law Larry Kale and children Karla and Cameron. THE TASTE OF LOW, LOW, PRICES PRODUCE OF ONT. CAN. # 1 FIRST OF THE SEASON TABLE POTATOES 10 LB. BAG 2.29 PRODUCE OF ONT. CAN. # 1 FIRST OF THE SEASON SWEET CORN 9/1.99 FRESH FRESH PANTRY SHELF BACK ATTACHED CHICKEN LEGS CHICKEN CHUNK LIGHT DRUMSTICKS TUNA ■89 1 .39 lb ,69 Despite a warning that its free­ dom of action might be hindered by accepting provincial money to sup­ port the Huron County Study on reorganizing municipal structure, County Council voted Thursday to accept a $36,150 grant from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Bill Mickle, Reeve of Exeter, warned against accepting the money saying that if the Ministry was giving the money, it would want answers to its concerns regarding the restructuring of the county. The Ministry in its letter offering the money has indicated the study must address three issues: the reduction or elimination of joint servicing agreements; the need for boundary adjustments of amalga­ mations; and the need for signifi­ cant change in service delivery between upper and lower tiers. "If council accepts funding we move beyond our original study" Reeve Mickle warned, saying that if the county study rejects the changes the province is promoting, the Min­ istry will want answers. He recom­ mended the council reject the money and retain its autonomy in doing the study. "In the long run you'll regret what was placed upon you for the acceptance of the money," he said. But Nigel Bellchamber, county clerk-administrator pointed out the motion to accept the money con­ tained the statement that the county felt the original terms of reference of the Huron study will accommo­ date the areas the Ministry wishes to have addressed. Joint service agreements have been identified by the preliminary part of the study and the need for boundary adjust­ ments has been discussed. "The worst that can happen is that we get a cheque for $18,000 and don't get the second half of the grant (later) or that we're asked to give back the money," he said. But Reeve Mickle worried that the three areas identified seemed to be in the same areas as the trend to upper tier prominence that has been evident in the province's push for reform ever since the first studies on county reform were issued. The province is moving the county sys­ tem slowly toward regionalization, he said. If the motion was to be accepted by county council, he said, he was going to ask for a delay in comple­ tion of the study to allow more public input. "Our people are enti­ tled to know where we're going in municipal government in Huron," he said. Hullett reeve Tom Cunningham said he had the same concerns but after reading the motion he felt it was explicit in the message it was sending to the Ministry. "If they wish to give us money they do it on our terms," the said. "The worst Sc. Svvuice •GATES .FEEDERS •ETC. GATES 5% OFF UNTIL JUNE 29 AT BRUSSELS STOCKYARDS Open: Thursday to Saturday and every other Tuesday, starting June 4 r$2.00 discount on long distance phone orders | 669-4472 VIC ZIESKE (MOBILE) 748-7674 PRODUCE OF ONT. CAN. # 1 PEACHES OR NECTARINES ■99... JULY 15-19/91 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Brussels Mennonite Fellowship FOR INFORMATION CALL 887-9017 they can do is ask for the money back." John Doherty, deputy-reeve of Goderich agreed with the potential problem but felt it would be fool­ ish not to accept the money under the condition that the county study remained autonomous. Dr. Gary Davidson, director of planning and development for Huron, said that in 20 years of working with agreements with the Ministry there has never been inter­ ference from Ministry officials. "We have to look at the three ele­ ments or we'll give them more ammunition" he said but those areas need to be looked at anyway. As for public participation, there is a lot of public participation already built into the system, he said. Huron County has set up its own study unlike counties like Bruce where Ministry officials were brought in to co-ordinate the study. Bruce County councillors rejected the report of that study which would have massively reduced the number of municipalities in the county.