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the music but backs away
when the music begins.
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county should have to pay t
engineering costs and askc
Janes why Stanley 'lwp. rate
payers should be expected t
pay for an Exeter site t
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Sports
Dave McLlwaln
nets 100th NHL
career goal.
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House League
House league
S hockey final
results.
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Early golf start
The record-setting balmy
weather on the weekend was
a boon for golfers eager w
get at it.
The Seaforth Golf &
Country Club obliged. It was
open. "the earliest we can
remember by a week," says
Cam Doig.
He says lots of wind helped
the local links drain and dry
out beforehand, and
between150 to 200 golfers
took advantage of thc 20 C+
weather this weekend to
work out the kinks in their
game.
Cancer month
April is Cancer Month.
Daffodil Days in connec-
tion with the annual fundras-
ing promotion took place
from Thursday to Sunday last
week.
The goal of Canadian
Cancer. Society volunteer
canvassers during the month
"in the Huron -Perth Unit is to
raise about $205,000 from
this residential canvass, con-
tributing to the $I1 -million
goal for Ontario."
The Society's press release
states "one in three
Canadians will develop some
form of cancer during his or
her lifetime."
Fire set in bin
Local firefighters answered
an alarm about about 9:30
p.m. Friday night. There was
a fire in the newspaper recy-
cling bin at the Tuckersmith
shed on Conc. 2 of the town-
ship.
Repairs needed
Seaforth recreation director
Marty Bedard reported on the
"Optimist Park" situation at
the recreation and parks com-
mittee's March meeting.
"He noted that the play-
ground equipment is in des-
perate need of repair, or
replacement," minutes of the
meeting state. "Discussion
was also held about the pos-
sible construction of a second
ball diamond at the Optimist
Park. This will fill the
demand for more diamond
space due to the increase of
slo-pitch popularity, and it
could pay for itself with
increased rental for tourna-
ments."
Bedard said he would con-
tact the ministry to see if
funding is available.
Palliative care month
April is Palliative Care
Month.
The director of the
Palliative Care Network of
Southwestern Ontario, Nancy
Kest, comments in a press
release "that most people
think palliative care -is caring
for the aged, when, in fact,
it's for people of all ages: for
example, a teenager who tests
positive for HIV, or a person
in their 30's or 40's who may
be diagnosed with ALS, or
Lou Gehrig's Disease."
The regional network,
.which serves among others
the counties of Huron and
Perth, provides information
on the numerous local ser-
vices available for physical,
emotional and spiritual care."
it can be reached at 685-
4086 or 1-800-399-0284.
April 9, 1997 — $1.00 includes GST
PHOTO BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
TABLE TALK - Grade 8 students from Seaforth Public School took a trip downtown to Seaforth Branch 156 of the Royal
Canadian Legion last Thursday moming where they picked up some pointers on euchre from some sharp seniors in the
packed .hall.
Town budget calls for zero increase
BY GREGOR CAMPALL
Expdsitor Staff
Seaforth Council polished
the budget at last week's
meeting, in preparation for its
expected passage at last
night's (Tuesday) second reg-
ular monthly session.
It calls for a zero per cent
increase in municipal taxes
this year.
Both projected revenues
and expenditures are down
exactly $199,023.
Revenues for 1997 .of
$966,929 are expected from
last budget's corresponding
figure of $1,214,472.
Expenditures of $1,866,934
are projected this budget,
against $2,065,957 in 1996.
That leaves $840,354 to be
raised by Seaforth taxes this
year,- compared to $838,860
last year, which works out to
Speed limits
BY BLAKE PATTERSON
SSP News Staff
The speed limit on
Highways 83, 84 and 87 has
been increased from 80 to 90
kilometres per hour by Huron
County.
As of April 1, the province
'downloaded' responsibility
for the roads to Huron County,
a miniscule tax increase of
0.023 per cent.
Clerk Jim Crocker com-
ments council has decided to
"maintain hard services and
hold capital expenditures"
until the financial and struc-
tural rearrangement between.
the province and all munici-
palities of the last couple of
years, for instance restructur-
ing, work themselves out and
become clearer.
"We don't even know if
there will be a Town Hall
here in two years," he says.
CAPITAL SPENDING
Among the Major capital
expenditures council has bud-
geted for in 1997 are:
• $124,880 for roadways.
This includes paving the
Railway Street extension by
Sun North and Huron .Ice;
"pave top lift of asphalt" on
John St., from Main to High
increased on
and in preparation for the
transfer, Huron County
Council made some adminis-
trative changes March 27 for
the new roads to be consistent
with the majority of county
roads in Huron.
The roads were renamed
County Roads 83, 84 and 87,
the speeds limits were
increased, and the county pol-
icy for fire calls was con -
Streets; and, "total recon-
struction of John Street, High
to Louisa Streets.
• $60,000 for replacing san-
itary sewers on Huron and
Main Streets.
In addition, $4,000 has
been budgeted for sidewalks
in Seaforth - West to Wilson
St. and West William to Duke
St.; and another $4,000 for
land acquisition (from
"Schoonderwoerd").
REVENUES
Functional revenue for this
fiscal year is budgeted at
$47,500, compared to the
1996 actual figure of
$84,815. Capital fund rev-
enue is budgeted for
$225,970, against the 1996
actual of $272,824. "Other
revenue" is expected to be
$641,751 in 1997, compared
to $754,352 last year, and thc
"other tax revenue" category
is $51,708 in this year's bud-
get, against the 1996 figure
of $57,462.
EXPENDITURES
Seaforth expects to spend
$37,932 less for police ser-
vices this year, $368,405
compared to the 1996 actual
of $406,337.
Recreational facilities are
budgeted at $8,380 for the
town compared to last year's
figure of $14,306, reflecting
increased efficiencies at the
local arena.
Protective inspection cost
$40,316 in 1996 but has only
$6,600 earmarked this fiscal
year, as Seaforth's public
works superintendent has
assumed morc of the inspec-
tion role.
Economic development is
budgeted at $8,000 for 1997,
the same as for last year,
although $2,145 was actually
spent in this category in
1996.
Huron's 'new' highways
firmed. The council also
agreed to continue the Adopt -
a -Highway program on the
roads.
Coun. Bill Weber of
Stephen Twp. expressed con-
cern about raising the speed
limit, particularly on County
Road 83, which he said is in
poor repair and could make
for unsafe driving at the high-
er speed.
He said the speed limit
should not be increased until
construction and resurfacing
was done on the road.
County Engineer Sandra
Lawson responded to Weber's
concern by stating drivers are
already driving at excess
speeds on the road and the
county would not be liable for
an accident whether or not the
speed limit was raised.
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iY BLAKE PATTERSON
SP News Staff
Huron County may have
lived money abandoning a
tanned landfill site in
ahfield Twp., hut costs for
astc management are still
owning.
ng.
On March 27, Huron
unty Council agreed to pay
ineering costs of $20,000
Exeter and Morris townships
for the work and certification
needed to prepare their land-
fill sites to become 'zone'
landfill sites.
As north and south `zone
landfill sites, all waste in the
county would be directed to
either Exeter or Morris as
smaller municipal landfills
reached capacity.
County Waste consultant
Steve Janes was cin hand at
tions about the need and bene-
fits of the two-yonc approach.
Janes said h is "far wiser"
for the county to create zones
than to deal with waste man-
agement alternatives such as
mining or exponing. And he
added that once the zones are
in place, the county should
allow the municipalities to
arrange their own agreements
regarding compensation and
user -fees at the sites. He
s :.^ rale in
Election office
At old Stewart store
Enumeration
begins
tomorrow
What officials hope will be
the final federal election enu-
meration in Canada, and the
first ever initiated outside of
an election, begins Thursday
and runs to next Wednesday,
April 16.
Elections Canada has
opened an office on
Seaforth's Main Street, in the
old Stewart Brothers store, as
part of this.
"Information collected dur-
ing this final enumeration
will provide the foundation
for -.a ncw, automated perma-
nent voters list - the National
Register of Electors," notes
an Elections Canada news
release.
Returning officers in 271
ridings across the country
have opened offices and are
appointing and training
99,000 enumerators, every-
where but in Alberta and
Prince Edward Island where
voters lists used in recent
provincial elections will be
used.
SAVES MONEY
"The National register of
Electors is an automated data
base of qualified electors that
will include the name,
address, gender and date of
birth of Canadian citizens 18
or older," the press release
continues. "Some of this data
will be used to produce pre-
liminary lists of electors for
every general election, by-
election and referendum."
Officials estimate that at the
federal level alone "the total
cost reduction resulting from
the Register is projected to be
$138 -million for the next six
federal general elections, an
average saving of $30 -mil-
lion for each election.
Chief Electoral Officer for
Canada, Jean-Pierre
Kingsley, said by law the
information enumerators col-
lect may be used for electoral
purposes only.
"i should point out that the
privacy commissioner has
reviewed our efforts and has
graded them with an A+," he
said in a press release. "You
should know that it is not
mandatory to have one's
name on thc register to main-
tain the right to vote."
March Break
program loses
This year's March break
program put on by the
Seaforth recreation depart-
ment lost approximately
$300, according to the figures
presented to council at last
Tuesday night's meeting by
recreation director Marty
Bedard.
Expenses. were 8886.76, the
majority of which went in
wages to the two leaders, a
total of 8479.50.
Registrations for 25 differ-
ent children over the one
week brought in $590, leav-
ing a loss of 8296.76.
The recreation director
added hall rental and bus
charges were approximates
because he hadn't yet
received invoices.
In his report to council
Bedard said at last month's'
meeting'the recreation and
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