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Clinton News-Record, 1987-05-27, Page 6Page 6-CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,_ WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1987 Blyth Standard Kathy's home Kathy Bromley has returned to her Blyth home after having surgery at University Hospital in London to try and correct the problem which resulted in her hav- ing epilepsy. She's feeling great and will have the complete story for the News -Record next week. Here, Kathy (right) is quized by Pam Gordon of the Community Nursing Ser- vices. (Anne Narejko photo) Blyth euchre results BLYTH - On May 25, the final euchre par- ty was held here with 11 tables in play. Winning in the ladies' division were Marion Hoggitt with the high hands, Bernice Brown with the low hands and Vletta Hog- gart with the lone hands. in the men's division, the high winner was Shirley Glousher with Miller Richmond tak- ing the low hands. Ted Fothergil was the lone hand winner. The special winner, with the second high, was Rena Watt. The lucky table winners were Mary Shobbrook, John Simpson, Ted Mills and Ruby Webster. The lucky chair winner was Wilfred Shortreed and the marked card was Ernest Brown. Euchre will begin again in the fall. BUCK & DOE for Alan Young and Brenda Millar SATURDAY, MAY 30 No minors For information call 523-4218.r 523-9378 NOTICE: BEST RATE AEINVESTMENTS FINANCIAL CENTRE, GODERICH 524-2773 1-800-265•5503 Guaranteed to Start On First or Second Pull for 2 Years or We Fix Them Free! '87...323's from $7945. '87...626's from 513,125. '87...RX7's FREE AIR '87...B2200 from 57895. Plus Freight. P.O.ILicence and Taxes SPECIAL FACTORY INCENTIVES *DON'T MISS OUT* LIMITED TIME OFFER M -W MOTORS LIMITED 184 EAST ST-, GODERICH 524-2113 Sales. Service. Parts Leasing expenditures down in 1986 By David Emslie BLYTH - Council here learned during their May 12 meeting that expenditures were down by $71,429 in 1986. Bill Vodden of Vodden and Bender Chartered Accountants was present at the meeting to present and explain the village's consolidated' statement of operations. Taxation and user charges on the revenue side totalled $626,589. Grants received pro- vincially and from other municipalities were $147,919. Under the heading "other", a category which includes penalties and in- terest on taxes, $12,022 is the figure. On the expenditure side of the report, the current operating expenses came to $449,864. This category includes general government, transportation services and health services. This was a $61,652 drop from the 1985 expenditures of $511,516. Captial expenditures were $137,616 with $4,935 in net appropriations to reserves and reserve funds. The largest decrease in capital expenditures in this area came in street reconstruction where $42,842 was spent in 1986, a $64,622 drop from the 1985 total of $107,464. Recreation Broken down, the auditor's report showed that the recreation committee had a deficit of $2,145 in 1986. At the beginning of 1986 recreation had an accumlated net revenue of $1,527. One area for revenue that was down in 1986 was grants and donation for capital purposes which stood at $8,344, compared to a figure of $14,919 in 1985. Overall rentals were also down by $3,185 to $27,662 in 1986. Fees, admissions and ice time was down by $1,925, from $44,308 in 1985 to $42,383 in 1986. On the expenditure side there were no drastic increases in spending in any one area, and in fact some area spent less in 1986. Arena expenditures totalled $75,269, a drop of $6,218 from the 1985 total of $81,487. Cemetery Board In 1986 the revenue was down for the cemetery board, but the expenditures also dropped to give the village an accumulated net revenue of $7,366 at the end of 1986. Beginning with an accumulated net revenue of $7,931 at the beginning of 1986, the village had revenues totalling $7,553 over the year along with expenditures of $8,118. Fire Area Board The fire area board started off 1986 on the right foot with an accumulated net revenue that was $5,438 higher than that of 1985 at $3,294. However, this figure dropped to $1,153 by the end of the year. Although the municipal levies were up on the revenue side by $3,000 to $30,000, fire Over 582 lb. By Chrystal Cucksey BLYTH - Although it looked as if the students of Blyth Public School were on the loose in the village on May 19, they were ac- tually working very hard to improve the en- vironment. They were involved in a Pitch -In campaign sponsored by the Ontario Federa- tion of Anglers and Hunters, and Sunoco Inc. The sponsors provided the large plastic bags and Mrs. Kolkman divided the town in- to sections. Each section was assigned to a particular grade. When the event was over, 582 lb. of gar- bage had been gathered by students' and teachers. Robert Munsch Drama By Stephanie Lentz On May 13-15, Stephanie Lentz, Amber Gelwicks and Jason Elliott were involved in a drama workshop at Clinton Public School. calls were down by $3,300 to $11,300. The overall revenue for the board was $41,799. Expenditures rose from $37,426 in 1985 to $43,940 in 1986, an increase of $6,514. A few areas with larger increases in ex- penditures include: insurance, up $1,731 to $4,157; equipment maintenance and sup- plies, up $2,373 to $5,082; dress uniforms, up $1,746 to $2,447. Utilities Under the hydro heading the village had a net revenue of $7,508 for 1986. The revenue for the year was $531,213 compared to expenditures of $523,705. Waterworks: The revenue in waterworks came to $63,758 in 1986 and the expenditures totalled $62,200. With an accumulated net revenue of $3,804 at the beginning of the year, the village end- ed up with a net revenue of $5,362 at year end. Sewage The sewage division began the year with a significant accumulated net revenue of $41,809. Through the year their revenue was $99,009 and their expenditures came to $105,154, leaving them with a year end ac- cumulated net revenue of $35,664. of garbage collected ThQ i3Qar Truth Twenty-five students from Huron Centen- nial, Clinton Public School, Seaforth, Hullett Central, Vanastra and Blyth participated. The kids each had a teacher come from their own school to help out. The instructor, Mr. Warren Robinson, drama consultant for the Huron Board, in- troduced the book of Rgbert Munsch, ( a very famous children's author) to the group. In the end the children presented a 45 minute show combining five of the Robert Munsch books along with the new acting techniques that they learned during the workshop. The presentation was seen by the students of three of the schools involved. The play was video-taped and will be shown at the other schools next month. Seniors are Invited By Kelly Cook The month of June has been declared Senior Citizen Month. In celebration of Senior Citizen Month, the students are in- viting the senior citizens of the area to the school gym on June 4 at 9:30 a.m. The students will provide musical entertainment and then will share their student made books with the visitors. Refreshments will be served. All seniors are welcome. Pre-school bus safety taught LONDESBORO - Hullett Central School had a pre-school bus safety program for next year's kindergarten students who will be riding on the bus. Constable Marshal came po MayyiA21 ,to show than ho* foEtide properly int' 'Safely on the bus. Track and Field News Last week, on May 22, the school held their track and field meet. The top students from each event will go to Seaforth on June 2 to compete against other schools in Huron County. Book Awards Congratulations to Rob Johnston, David Campbel and Mike Luna and Grade 3 for reading 10 books. They each received their own book as a reward. Eric McDougal, Bengimen Craig and Carla Stacey read 15 books each and so they received a poster called Books are Good Friends. This is all part of the Grade 3 reading program. The Grade 3 class is also learning about IciIIett f $1).t of . r a 1.t `.. Ilappenings mining. Allen Facchinato came to talk to them, for he works at the Goderich salt mine. Goderich Visit The Grade 4 class is taking a trip to Goderich as part of their unit in social studies. They will be going to the airport and the museum. Grade 8 Trip The Grade 8 class has just about com- pleted their final year in elementary school. For their graduation trip they will be going to Toronto on May 26 and 27 where they will take in the sights that Toronto has to offer. Author's Day Congratulations to all the authors but a special congratulations to Michelle Govenlock and Cheri Kryzanowski. They were chosen to go to the Clinton Education Center for another Author's Day. Here they will hear Sharon Simon speak to them on May 28 from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Books, Books, Books The school had a successful book sale. I'm sure that the buyers will enjoy all of their new varieties of books. Klompenfeest The school entered a float in the Clinton Klompenfeest Parade last weekend. On it was the senior band which consists of the Grade 7 and 8 students and was directed by Mr. Higgins. Due to the hard work by both the students and the teachers the float won first prize. Enrichment workshop held on fibres EAST WAWANOSH - This spring, East Wawanosh Public School hosted a two day enrichment workshop for junior students in the north section of the county. The theme of the workshop was Fun with Fibres. The students explored the wonderful world of natural fibres through workshops and demonstrations. THE BLYTH STANDARD DVSIN DIREC NICE Robert Worse!! Plumbing Heating Sales & Service Box 68, Auburn 526-7597 (liftoff ewg-U1 nr•d: ..-�. Of Sfl OST ft*N. PsIRU PA -I..`f Buying or Selling The Classifieds Can Looking for effective advertising with quick results/ The Close.hedn Can Phone the Clinton News•Record 482-3443 or 482-7741 GENERAL J. Richard Elliott (519) 523-9725 LIFE • R. 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Students were given a chance to try their hands at spinning, weaving, stitching, hooking and knitting before they chose one of those areas to con- centrate on during the last day of the workshop. The two days were filled with learning new crafts, fibre related films, stories and games and a demonstration of wool and egg dyeing with onion skins. Workshop leaders were Nancy Daer, John Kerr, Deb Heslinga, Janice Buist, DeeL ee Graham and Barbara Kerr. As one student reported, "it was fun to learn lots of different things about fibres!" Mothers, grandmothers and ,friends attend Explorers' banquet By Cheri Taylor, Angela Horbanuik and Kelly Bosman LONDESBORO - A full crowd gathered in the basement of the Londesboro United Church for the Explorer Banquet on May 22 which was brightly decorated by the girls. Two, three generation families attended, Cheri Taylor and her mother, Edith, and Cheri'4 grandmother, Jessie Boyd of Seaforth; Angela and Erin Horbanuik and their mother, Lynda, and the girls' grand- mother, Marjorie Anderson. Cheri Taylor made the toast to their guests with a reading entitled Thank You Mom! Kerrie Shepherd of RR 1 Blyth was the guest speaker. She is a Grade 11 student at Seaforth and District High School. Kerrie spoke about her skating experiences and the patience and discipline it takes to be a na- tional figure skater in places like Manitoba, or Ottawa. She showed a video of some of their dances. Joan Howatt thanked Kerrie. Awards were handed out to the girls for perfect attendance. Receiving these were Paula Allen, Erin and Angela Horbanuik, Cheri Taylor, Kelly Bosman, Mandy Hadenko, and Lindsay Anderson. Awards were given to girls who completed their memory work first, Cheri Taylor, Paula Allen and Kerri Szuza. All the girls received a promotion cer- tificate and a best knitter award. The three third year graduates, Kelly Bosman, Cheri Taylor and Angela Hor- bannik received "E" pins. The program, in- troduced by Kelly Bosman, consisted of all the girls singing a song called Mothers, followed by Cheri Taylor and Kelly Bosman accompanying the Explorer girls on the piano with a song called Switch. The mothers joined the girls in singing the song and did actions and rounds. Edith Taylor led the girls through a graduation service with the lighting of red, blue, gold and white candles, these representing the Explorer colors. The three girls taking part were the graduates Cheri Taylor, Kelly Bosman and Angela Horbanuik. Edith Taylor outlined the objectives of the year and their accomplishments. The girls ended with their Explorer Song. Angela Horbanuik thanked the UCW women for the hot turkey supper and desserts of Mississippi Mud and cheese cakes. Caron Snihur closed the evening with prayer.