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egional
Trap up
St. Marys -to
keep
full-time
chief
'ST...MARYS - St. -Marys town
council voted .last week m ta-
ofi'utibtildiertg-a -full-ttmd
fire chief.
The Si. Marys Journal Argus
reports that a committee •formed
to look at the -issue presented
their recommendation after an
in-depth .study which included
visits to other fire deptarunents
managed by both full and part-
time chiefs.
It was the committee's =come
mendation that in part ane -el&
partmenu, things such as pre•
vention and inspection were not
being accomplished on a satis-
factory basis.
Due to increased government
legislation and fire code regula-
tions, it was also felt there has
been a substantial increase in the
workload of a fire chief in recent
years.
Drugs
stolen -from
St. Marys
hospital
ST. MARYS - A quantity of
drugs were stolen from 'i drug
cabinet at St. Marys Memorial
Hospital recently.
The St. Marys Journal Argus
reported the cabinet had been
forced open and the incident is
currently under investigation by
the local police department in
conjunction with the RCMP.
Mitchell
arena
renovation
begins
MITCHELL - Thanks to a
provincial grant of 5184.128. the
Mitchell and District Arena will
undergo major renovation by the
end of this month atter years of
preparauon .
According to the Mitchell Ad-
vocate. the grant was the final
piece to the $550.000 project.
Approximately 4,000 sq. ft. will
be added to the facility which
will include a 60 -foot heated
viewing area, meeting rooms, a
new booth, new dressing rooms,
and easier handicapped access.
Tenders tor the project have
already been lee and will close
on June .3rd at 3 p.m.
Lt. -Governor
drives last
spike
GODERICII - Wong a ape-
-Jai ceremony held Friday to
nnark the completion, of the MG-
nesetung Bridge in Goderich,
Lieutenant Governor Henry N.
Jackman was Called upon to
.drive the last spike. .
As reported in the C,ioderich
Signal -Star, a reception kr the
lieutenant governor was held
Friday in the Lions Harbour
Park prior to .the ceremony, • in.
which Jackman planted a tree to
commentarrate his visit.,
Jackman then attended a re-
ception and dinner in celebration
of .the Blyth Festival's opening
night.
Pillow -.ase
bandit hits
•Sea orth
SEAFORTH - Seaforth plplice
were called to a downlowtl Artane
last Monday morning atter a
rubber .westing a :ptlliAw .. ase
with eye btoles .cuLqut,.de z d -
ed money- from the ,scare clerk
and fled on foot.
At coaling to the -gown Ex-
Positor,. she anapest made :of
•with between $501itpd,il i0. A
.Canvass; of > *al .A1401 ppapUS,,wtd
s--111rLKd *#tP -#w Its•
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-Here Is a sample of
some of the winters In the
l ion's Ca asda. Irt day Card con-
test *Mooed by students from the local
,drools. At top, from Mftare cards from Mary
Ann Oroterrtraest, Stephen Cenba1,41felany Regier, Pre -
elms _Blood, Atlfrta !e Nuke tilsbome (katal, and Brittany
Reriigvn Mt. Cannel. in the middle now Nathy Oliver, Mt.
Cannel, -Andrew Saul tall McCurdy,.taarra Awn Tiernan, Ste-
4eten Central,.amistabottorn is•the.entry fronriek wtssn Carey
of Mt.- t annel.
Alo 'ho buni' nada Day
Exeter ThIs year
Continued from front page
time.
Also in the afternoon, starting at
1 p.m. there will be tethered hot air
balloon rides for those wishing a
more scenic view of Exeter for a $1
fee. There will also be a draw held
for a free -flight balloon tide sched-
uled for 6:30 pert., weather permit-
ting.
At 8:30 p.m. the Legion Commu-
nity Band will be giving a short
concert in the open air, or in Agri-
cultural Building in case of rain.
The concert will be a prelude to the
day's crowning glory, a dusk fire-
works display to be launched from
the east side of the ball diamonds
by the Exeter and.Stephen Fire de-
parunents.
"That's acture ly the f e of the
whole day," .ex DeVries of
the half-hour display that will cost
about 53,000. "Hopefully, people
will bring their lawn chairs and sit
out to watch it."
In case of rain, the fireworks will
be postponed to the (regrettably
American) date of July 4.
In preparation for the festivities,
the Legion committee of DeVries,
Rick Smith, and Paul Doherty orga-
nized a birthday .card contest for lo-
cal school children to enter. Some
of the winners are reproduced here.
A store from decorating contest
will also be judged on June 29.
DeVries said the committee had
no trouble getting volunteers to
help with the Canada Day events.
The cadets, Legion Auxiliary, and
the B1A members .are all helping
out in many ways. The Lions Club
will also have on hand their chip
wagon all day to provide snacks for
the anticipated crowds.
"It's a community thing," said
DeVries. "It's showing community
spins."
So confident are the organizers of
the success of their event that con-
- siderations are already in the works
on how it might be improved for
1993.
Zurich needs to_buiicl rise vts.-Apps-co_vneii
Ratepajes say 1110' a higier
ttaxes., budget ap 4.Spercent
ZURICH - A public meeting to
• gauge the feelings of .ratepayers to-
wards paying him taxes resulted
in Zurich council passing a budget
that increases village .laxation .by
only 4.5 percent.
About 50 village residents attend-
ed last Wednesday's public. meeting
:,and to hear council :members
present their argutatent,,why.lgher
lases .would be rible-ttt,lrelp •build
vitiate .fins dash • resecves,raud =pre-
ventmassive jax increases in the
A show of hands, however, rc-
sulled.in 13 people being in favour
:of a.briber tax rate, and 15 people
Against it. Consequently, the next
syeaing, Council approved a mini -
,101 budget -of $485,150, which af-
.ietril nts,,aod reveaues.arc deduct -
cd, sppultscin •poly 584,460 to be
callepled on property tax bills.
-CriitaMillor Dwayne Laporte said
,he:ww*ts ailiU k disappointed there
....MIre4Qylpgpre people in favour of
bearing a higher tax burden.
" 'he vote was really dust. said
jgppE e, "1'vc a feeling that chose
who didn't vote were kind of in fa-
vour of it."
L,aporte,said the villages fwancial
reserves are down, meaning that
large capital projects to wand. the
sewage system, .or .bring :handi-
capped access to village,buiidiogs,
,tbe.,Mck;of oashhtlndwould .re-
quire large;iswtodiate,tax inctrlas-
Cs.
"To Inc 1 think a Lillie increase is
better than $200 all in one year,"
said Laporte, who said that if per-
haps more people realized how
sin 1 the actual cost the higher pet -
c itti:reasc worked out to,
rill c would have been in favour. .
tc also noted many of the
more vocal opponents to the higher
taxes were owners of large proper-
ties and rental units.
"It's going to hun us somewhere
down the road," he said.
The higher tax proposal was for a
29 peicent increase, but Lapwrie
said a compromise should have per-
haps been reached, perhaps at a 15
pertrent increase.
Councillor Mitre Deichert said
she isb>aaaicaUy.in.favour of council
holding the line on fax increases
and didn't like the 29 percent pro
ousel, but recognizes ,the need to
build reserve funds.
"It would have been nice to split
1110,difference,"A*id DJrltrirert.
Deicbert .said mac Ammo*
Was Dame.Qut of ihe,pltiblic amt.
ifig,
t-
iug, :not ilhe,Jaiat sof Awhihh pas ,a
can r sbrnangdlte.90fes of :the vii=
.lg$e'arl tliiviktlltlgtre.rpw'D.streply
,with klay Tewsslap, *nd .for ,in- -
onasiog aser. , "Mit ilpstt,we .
don't. von4lioAgive.,QplQ.gt0Y4i-
Jl1er".
Deichert said the Zurich Arena
has long been one of the municipal-
ity's biggest consumers of tax dol-
lars, however, if a new sewage sys-
tem or treatment plant is needed for
Zurich in coming years, even .those
costs could be dwarfed.
Even with substantial provincial
grants, it would be hard to divide
diose costs among One village's 380
or so households, she said.
"That's going to be a big cost,"
she warned. "Somewhere there's
got to be a happy mediutn."
Deichert summed up One message
council received from the public
meeting as "keep the taxes low and
do something about rec;reittion
(costs!".
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