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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-29, Page 5Wingham in, line for increase • • - Continued from Page 1 features of the ministry proposal. As announced by Mr. Bennett, the new grants program will be similar to that outlined in the ministry discussion paper. However to sooth the , fears of ` municipalities which would have found themselves worse off in 1984, he offered a one-year rev he guarantee of at least 2.5 per cent increase over 1983. He also announced that the police grant would be equalized across the pro- vince. Previously regional municipalities had received the grant at a higher rate than those outside.regions. In general terms, the new grants formula uses the household rather than per capita as the basis for calculating payment. The household is defined as a dwelling unit on the assess- ment rolls of a municipality. This makes the calcula- tions easier, since informa- tion on the number of dwell- ing units is readily available through assessment offices, and also tends to smooth out fluctuations in population over the short term. It does mean, though, that munici- palities experiencing a build- ing boom would see their grants rise, while those re- maining static or falling be- hind v ould lose grants. While earlier figures had shown that municipalities in HuronAnd Bruce counties as a whole would lose some- thing,like $2 million this year if the ministry formula were adopted, the revised formula will produce an increase of about $215,000 in Huron County ,and $450,000 in Bruce. In Huron the larger in- creases go to the towns and villages, led by Bayfield with a 17 per cent increase, Wingham with 10 per cent, FROM TORONTO TO LONDON • f RESTWICK • MANCHESTER • BELFAST/DUBLIN' • Senior citizen fares • Children's fares • Full service (choice of 3 meals) • Guaranteed lowest fare except fpr last minute seat sales • Fly into 1 city return from another • Prom $459.00 By booking with Wingham Travel Ltd. between Feb. 28 - April 20 to any destination, your name will be entered into a draw for 1 free standby seat to Britain with Jetlink, Wingham Travel Ltd, 199 Josephine Street Wingham '19-357-1020 Goderich 9.8, Clinton 9.2, Seaforth 7.1, Blyth 5.0 and Brussels 4.35. All of the townships as well as the villages of Hensall and Zurich and the town of Exeter will get only the guaranteed minimum in- crease of 2.5 per cent. Things are somewhat different in Bruce County, where a number of town- ships are in line for significant increases in grants, led by Eastnor with 56 per cent. St. Edmunds with 52 per cent, Albemarle with 48 per cent and Lindsay /with 39 per cent. Increases for the towns range between 19 per cent for Southampton and 2.5 per cent for Walkerton, while the villages range between a minimum 2.5 per cent increase for Tiverton and 16.3 per cent for Lion's Head. For the province as a u'hn1n Mr. Bennett said the unconditional grants will increase by five per cent to a total of $714 million in 1984. The Liberal Opposition at Queen's Park has been critical of the minister's proposals for grant reform and, in a response to Mr. Bennett's announcement, Liberal Leader David Peterson denounced it as "a shell game with taxpayers' money." He pointed out that despite the 2.5 per cent increase, "at least 50 per cent of Ontario municipalities will not even receive an amount equiva- lent to the anticipated in- crease in the rate of inflation for fiscal year 1984." He added that unless the minister is prepared to extend the revenue guarantee, the change will result in significant losses of revenue by many Ontario municipalities in 1985. Last week was a busy week at the East Wawanosh Public School. Several people came to the school to The Wingham Sales Arena's Large CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR SALE C TINU We have just 'received over 2000 pairs of assorted ladies' .01 NEW AND USED GUNS - AMMUNITION - FISHING GEAR -IrOOLS Designer Jeans Made by leading manufacturers such as Jordache, Angel Wing, Beret, Roadrunner, Mercedes, La Griffe, Cheenos, Libra and others. All at Wholesale prices! Plus we have a Targe selection of Jeans and Cords for Boys & Girls Ladies' Lined Jackets and Sweaters Men's & Ladies' 2 Piece Jogging Suits , . 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Also visiting the school, was Marilee Derby from the Bruce Nuclear Power Development. She provided Grade 4-8 with an in- teresting, educational preSenta tion.-"' Constable Marsh frond the Goderich OPP visited the school Feb. 17 and talked to all the classes about bus safety. The Wingham Advance -Times, Feb. 39, 1984—Page 5 LEGION annual public speaking contest for junior -and senior elementary students and high school students last Saturday. Andy. Rodger presented a trophy on behalf of SPEA K OFF— Th e Wingham Legion held its Public speaking for Grades 4, 5 and 6 took place Feb. 16. The winners were: first, Ian Morton on his neighbor, Justin; second, Jennifer Chettleburgh on glasses; and third, Patricia Daer on herself. The next day, Feb. 17, the Grade 7and 8 ,public ,speaking contest was held. The winners were: first, Patrick Cull on braces; second, Mike Fraser on his little brother; and third Angela Coultes on brothers. First -place winners Ian Morton and Pat Cull went on to ' the Wingham Legion Public Speaking contest last Saturday. Ian placed second and Pat was first. The March break is coming soon and most students are studying for their midterm exams. Mrs. Hessel's class baked Bertle Brown Bear Recipe for brown bread. They have been studying brown bears. Mrs. Daer's class has written books on the Inuit using the following method: select a topic, collect the information, organize the information, present your work and evaluate your work. The Grade 2 enrichment class is writing big books. Mr. Chaulk's class has been writing letters to British Columbia's Thunder Bird School and are v'e- pleased with the results' They are going to a maple sugar bush March 20. Last month, they also went skiing and snowshoeing. Mr. Medd's class will be receiving free T-shirts for participating in the Addic- tion Research poster contest. They also have been working very hard on completing science fair projects. - The Grade 6, 7 and 8 classes went swimming Feb. 22 at Vanastra. They also went skiing and skating. Mrs. Train's class has been working hard on getting its transportation assembly ready for Feb. 28. By Jana Vincent, Marla Hussy and Kelly -Ann Tilbrook the local Legion to Karen Pennington of Teeswaterr, first -place winner in the junior category. Ian Morton of East Wawanosh Public School was second and Lori Belanger of Sacred Heart, Wingham, was third. SENIOR SPEAKERS—Paulette Lippert captured the junior secondary category at last Saturday's Legion speakoff in Wingham. Bert Morin, a Legion represen- tative, presented Miss Lippert with her trophy. He also °dill congratulated Linda McInnes ,arid An..gela.'Petten, the top seriior secondary 'speakers... All three young ladies ' attend the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. mIrror Effective speaking club You may have been won- dering what the Effective Speaking Club has been do- ing this year, if anything. Af- ter all, it is February. Isn't that when all the speaking contests are held? Well, we have been. In fact, we've already had our Sacred Heart Mailbox By Bill Kinahan and Julie Koopman Kindergarten --We are working on new colors and learning to count to 50. We finally finished the picnic in our Hickory Hollow book. Grades 1 and 2—We celebrated Heritage Day ,by • making, a poster with a . beaver and maple leaves, each one having our family name olr it. We also looked into our ancestry and found out that our forefathers came from Ireland, England, Scotland, Ger- many, Switzerland, Holland` and Hungary,. Grades 5. and 6—This week Grades 5 and 6 have just finished reading their novels. Grade 5 read The Incredibile Journey and Grade 6 read Old Yeller. We now are working on our novel assignments. Grades 7 and 8—are very happy because they just finished their exams which started Feb. 13 and lasted until Feb. 21. We forgot to give credit to Steven Hallahan and Tammy Kieffer for writing last week's Sacred Heart Mailbox. ' Congratulations to Healy Hallahan who placed first and to Julie Koopman who placed third at our zone public speaking last Friday at Goderich. Healy now goes to Dublin for the finals in March. Also, congratula- tions to Lori Belanger who placed third at the Wingham Legion last Saturday. first competition. After sev- eral weeks of working with Mr. Farnell, a math teacher at F.E. Madill, the time came. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Turnberry Tavern east of Wingham, the Wing - ham Lions Club held its an- nual Effective Speaking Con- test. Unfortunately, since the contest wasn't held on a meeting night as it has been in the past, there wasn't a very large audience, but the speeches were well received. Since there were very few speakers, the competition wasn't terribly stiff, but that didn't ease the anxiety of speaking to a crowd. Still, all seemed to go well. Thomas Bailey won the boys' divi- sion, being the only one en- tered, and Linda McInnes won the girls' division, with Angela Petten coming in a close second. The winners will go on to speak at the re- gional meet at Blyth, in late March. Other upcoming contests are the Wingham Legion 'Speaking Contest on Satur- day,' Feb. 25, at the Legion Hall in Wingham, and the Oddfellows and Rebekahs Public Speaking Contest in Marry or pay up February 29 is your day, girls. It's your day to ask that extra -special guy to marry you. There is an add- ed benefit also. If he. refuses (how dare he!) he is obli- gated to buy you a silk dress. Sound like a pretty good deal? St. Bridget thought so too when she proposed to St. Patrickin -1288. St. Patrick had to refuse because he had taken the vow of celibacy. Instead he gave her a kiss and a silk gown, thus start- ing the tradition that was to occur every four years. —Kim Stephenson 12H Clinton, on March 2. Although it is a "club", the members are basically on their own as far as preparing and rehearsing speeches, but Mr. Farnell has always been handy over the weeks to help out in any way. We should al- so thank the English teacher, Mrs. Tiffin, for helping us with impromptu speeches, where the speaker is given a topic chosen at random and is allowed little or no time before having to deliver a speech on that topic of at least a minute in length. You'll hear more from the Effective Speaking Club in coming weeks. —Thomas Bailey I .nw.Coct ifirle, theft protection for renters. Allstate's Renters Insurance protects you against loss by fire, theft, vandalism and many other hazards. And includes personal liability protection, too. 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