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The Citizen, 1997-07-16, Page 23PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16,1997 Pinery Park staff invites public to Savanna Festival The Friends of Pinery Park and Pinery Park Staff invite the public to the Savanna Festival on Saturday, July 19. The Savanna Festival is being held to celebrate Parks Day, the annual celebration of all parks in Canada. Savanna Festival events will begin at 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Park Store. There will be a number of exciting and fun activity booths dessigned to delight and entertain both young and old. People can try their luck with a fire back pack, or hit a fire target. Do you think you would make a good squirrel? See if you can hide the acoms in the trees. What about your pitching arm? Show us how good you are. Try your luck at the fish pond, have your face painted, listen to a nature story, make a craft or show off your colouring skills. Perhaps you would like to ride in the Voyager Canoe and relive a time when the river was the transportation route. After all the activities, you will probably be hungry. Try some of our fabulous Savanna Festival Fare. Be sure to try all the booths and you won't go home empty handed. Many prizes are available. You could take home a Glen Loates Bear print, a Pinery Poster, a Children's Activity Book, a Pinery Mug, a Pinery Key Chain or discount certificates for the Savanna Shores Nature Store Paper hits Blyth stage Continued from page 23 the Festival in 1995, a play about a war bride by another first-time playwright, Norah Harding. Stage manager is Elaine Normandeau, assistant stage manager is Amanda Holmes and apprentice stage manager is Chris Oakey. Set and costume design is by Shawn Kerwin who first came to Blyth in 1977 to be the resident set and costume designer. Lighting design is by David James, who has located in the Visitor Center. The celebration will continue at the Outdoor Theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m. Jane Miller and Cameron MacLennan will be presenting Jane and Dave's Awesome Environ­ mental Adventure. The pair combine their considerable talents in a zany yet informative show dealing with the environment. The show discusses the abuse of nature, returned to Blyth for his second season. Sponsored by Wescast Industries Inc., with media sponsor BBS (CKNX-TV), There's Nothing in the Paper was workshopped at the Festival in 1996 with script development supported by the Roulston Roy New Play Develop­ ment Fund and Petro-Canada Plays for Canadians Programme. It runs in repertory until Aug. 23. For tickets, call (519) 523-9300. acid rain, water pollution, thinning ozone layer, garbage pollution and loss of habitat. Combining action- packed theatre, song and audience participation, they romp through the three R's of the 1990s - reduce, Festival seeks goofs, gaffes Continued from page 23 from the newspaper comedy, There's Nothing in the Paper, set to have its premiere on the Blyth stage July 23. Much of the humour in this play is supplied by Sam (Dick Murphy) and Hank (Vernon Chapman), a couple of hilarious old cronies who sit around outside the Shadowville Examiner offices and keep score to see how many mistakes they can find in their weekly newspaper. The Blyth Festival will accept goofs and gaffes from any newspaper - daily or weekly - until July 31. A prize for the "best" one will be announced at each reuse and recycle. The show has been presented over 500 times since 1990 and has received enthusiastic audience responses everywhere Jane and Cameron go. intermission during the five performances of Paper in July. A draw for a grand prize will be made Aug. 1. With crazy deadlines and the thousands of words that newspaper staff have to handle on a regular basis, there are bound to be mistakes and typos (staff are only human afterall). However, some slip-ups are funnier than others. So, get proof reading and submit your memorable ones to Box 10, Blyth N0M 1H0; fax (519) 523-9804; or drop off at the administration office on Queen Street in Blyth. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number. S55 0 COUNTY OF 1996 ^OTtOR’S REPORT To the Members of Council, Inhabitants and Ratepayers ot the Corporation of the County of Huron We have audited the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation of the County of Huron as at December 31,1996 and the consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended These statements are the responsibility of the county's $ management Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit ■Si We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards Those standards require that we plan and ig: perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement An audit :;i? includes examining, on a test basis evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements An audit i:g also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating ij" overall financial statement presentation £ In our opinion, those consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Corporation of the County of Huron as at December 31.1996 and the results of its operation for the year then ended in accordance with the accounting principles disclosed in note 1 to the financial statements is Goderich. Ontario || May 30, 1997 Chartered Accountants f: Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31,1996 Budget Actual Actual 1996 1996 1995 --- . • ■$$$ Sources of Financing Requisition on Local Municipalities 8,898,210 8,886,967 8,856,546 Grants Government of Canada 331,017 514,084 350,795 Province of Ontario 12,675,799 12,782,459 14,450.876 Other municipalities 28,500 186,232 980,524 Other Investment income 293,346 318,965 388,962 Fees and service charges 3,054,235 3,185,983 3,335.113 Rents 785,507 880.879 774.141 Miscellaneous 16,000 275,587 1,740 Fund Balances at the Beginning of the Year To be used to offset taxation 821,524 807,879 1,269.300 26,904,138 27,839,035 30.407.997 Applied To Current Operations General government 1,351,987 1,451,208 1,257,635 Protection to persons and property 210,122 214,611 235,634 Transportation services 6,193,000 6,015,893 8.087.724 Environmental services 557,752 369,034 386.987 Health services 2,193,218 2,105,946 2,224,630 Social and family services 11,488,660 11,647,009 11.953.342 Recreation and cultural services 1.765,694 2,160,726 1.656,293 Planning and development 1,021,530 1,277.139 947.097 24,781,963 25,241,566 26,749.342 Capital General government 143,000 142.382 663,206 Protection to persons and property 1,000 896 Transportation services 277,000 276,881 500.482 Environmental 2,000 1,478 6,652 Health services 74,000 73,611 1,686,421 Social and family services 117,000 117.223 135,291 Recreation and cultural services 93,000 93,301 59,170 Planning and development 25,000 24,866 40,570 732,000 730,638 3.091.792 Net Appropriations to (from) Reserves and Reserve Funds 1,390,175 1,195,709 (241,016) Fund Balances at the End of the Year To be used to offset taxation 671,122 807,879 ! - •26,904,138 27,839,035 30,407.997 Consolidated Balance Sheet as at December 31, Unrestricted Cash on hand and in bank Due to general funds from reserve funds Accounts receivable Restricted Cash on hand and in bank Investments Other current assets Less: Due from reserve funds to general hinds Assets Liabilities and Fund Balances Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Fund balances at the end of the year To be used to offset taxation Reserves Reserve Funds Reserve and Reserve Fund Operations Revenue Transfers and expenditures Year-end position of reserves and reserve funds 1996 1996 1995 $$ 3,300,022 2,060,928 1,050,874 *** 1,850,616 586,753 2,404,502 4,937,649 6,316,046 2,621,237 2,038,994 14 1,322,875 2,756,239 35 4,660,245 4,079,149 (1,050,874)(1,850,616) 3,609,371 2,228,533 8,547,020 8,544,579 2,368,237 3.424,748 671,122 807,879 1,898,290 2,083,419 3,609,371 2,228,533 8,547,020 8,544,579 2,499,617 1,303,907 5,507,662 2,399,841 2,640,857 4,311,952 40. NOTES 1. These Financial Highlights reflect the operations, assets and liabilities of the County of Huron including the following: Huron County Planning and Development Committee, Huron County Library Board, Committee of Management of Huronview and the Huron County Board of Health. 2. The Home Care Program, Placement Co-ordination Services, and the Huron Addiction and Referral Program administered by the Huron County Board of Health and funded entirely by the Province of Ontario are not consolidated. 3. Copies of the audited financial report from which these highlights were extracted may be examined at the office of the Clerk-Administrator, County of Huron Court House, The Square, Goderich, Ontario. Murray Keys Warden Ken Nix, C.M.A. Treasurer _____________________________________________________________________________