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• °ached council, he sal , h,
the matter with various councillors and
,Clerk -treasurer.
t one time there appeared to he a chance
library might get somespace on the first
of the old post office building, he ad -
,bin the decision to keep the nursery ••.
ool there has scuttled thotidea.
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ealso has looked at soMe•iOliagC along
main street which mighthe:inalilahla-;
wend aspect of the problem,
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cts the seitreh Tor new quarters, is that
library pays minimal rent; bast year the -•
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" `1*.r.-', • - Inc:was $2.00 annually per square foot.
*,•• This year the rent has been raised to $2.50
square foot, which still is an "unrealistiC
re", he said, however the rental rate is
et by the county library. beard; width'
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BOOKS,' BOOKS, -13001CB-.i-The IlifinihaM Public Library,. 'which
occupiestworoomsintheTOWfl Hall, laWall-to-wall with books -• so
full that from now on it can det*evitiflea only when old books are.
removed from the shelves The librarY, is tryirIg **ally support for
larger gloarters, but tiobody•khavirs quite where that might be.,,
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• By HeurYftesa
Users of • diesel fuel and
home heating ,oil in Qntar
t of .higei
rcesie1c„*., • .:,tzi,„. -
of an almost unnoticedpro-
vision • theprovincial
budget.
While most analysts
focused on the rise in fuel
taxes imposed by the budget, -
few commented on the ac -
10.•
tOxes set at 24%
Witighant;intePayerl. WhO 31014, 'eear they-. were
have fallen'behindin paying- -fevied. ' '•••••
their propecty • taxes now Councifs actiOn,was taken
face ' a stiffer penalty. under the previsions ofa new
Bylaws passed by town.. provincial Act allowing
council at a spect;a1 Meeting municipalities to Set the
last weekset the ititereSeint,,i...; interest rate on tax:' arrears
Unpaid taxes at 24 per cent • 1atone and a haff per cent
annually, up from 15 per aboVe:thepithne rate on that .
cent. • .. day. . •
The new rate applies to Clerk-tasurer Byron
both overdue taxes and .tax • Adams tehl;tconneil that
arrears. Overdue taxes are since prielaietite,dnesday
- tax installments which have was,223/4 Per cent; itiehtildset
been missed, while arrear a its rate as high as 241/4 per
are taxes unpaid after Dec. cent. However' he recom-
REV. JACK MARENTETTE
Barn fire in Howl&
causes $30,000 d�flla�e
An early -morning fire
Sunday, , completely
destroyed a barn containing
. 80 sows and several young
pigs in Howick Township.
Wingham firefighters,
assisted by the Blyth water •
tanker, responded to the call
• on the 'farm of Keith Sniall,
Let 26, Con. A of Howick.
Fire Chief Dave Crothers
estimated the damage at
approximately $30,000. The
loss was partially, covered by
insurance.
He said he thinks the fire
Priest arrives at
was ignited by a spark in the
..straw mow.
ri's
sac , Firefighters were able to
contain the fire to the bare
and saved three nearby gllm
storage bins. The season's
Rev. Jack Marentette
arrived last week to take
over his duties as priest at
Sacred Heart Church,
Wingham. He reported that
parishioners have been kind,
generous and "open -armed"
in welcoming hlm
Father Marentette said he
enjoys working in a small co- ,
mmunity because of the
spirit and closeneas of the
people, He has noticed the
Wingham parish is "really
functioning well with a lot of
organizaticins and a great
spirituality within the
community". He said he can
sense something going on in
the parish , already.
Father Marentette has just
returned from almost two
years spent in a mission in
the desert of Peru. He said
-the people- were ' prior -and
oppressed and the aim of the
mission was to build them pp,
and give them an identity.
• Hereported that great
strides were being made in
doing so, especially among
the women, who were
starting to take on separate
identitiep from their
husbands and become more
progressive in their thinking.
ile said ' he hos ,no im-
Mdiate plank for the parish
and he intendS to take 'the
next couple of months to get
to know people in the corn-
numity. •
straw crep,wartotally lost.
Chief• Ctothers, reported ••
two, adilitihnal farm -related
• fires last. week. A combine
belonging ten Dekker, Lot
29, Cdn. of TUrnberry
Township sustained between
$5,000 end $6,000 damage in a
fire 440 • Wednesday af-
ternoott:• The cause of that
fire is thought to be dirt in
the engine. 47 •
Faulty wiring is blamed
for.a. tractor fire early last
Friday ',Morning. The
Wingharn department ,.was
ealled to the farm of George
Sehiestel oflot 1, Con. 12 of
Turnberry Township to
extinguish the blaze.
Damage is estimated at
between $809 and $1,000.
rm brokin In accident
A Toronto woman suffered
a broken arm in A single.car
accident along the Carrick-
Howick township line just
east of Belmore Sunday,
Const. Anthony Cooper Of
the Walkertmittetachtneritof '
the • provincial polite
reported tflat B:JotGouveia,
28., of Toronto waS driving '
eastbound at about 5 p.m,
when the acciddid oectirred„
He said the 6ar hit a series
of potholes on the road and
blew a rear tire, caul*
,„ •
loss of control which threw
the 'vehicle, a 1978 Dodge
• Aspen, into the north ditch.
Mrs. Gouveia, a passenger
in the car, was thrown for-
ward irit0 the dash when the
ear entered the ditch,
resulting in a broken , arm.
Their young son, who was
also riding in the vehicle,
eicapediniury. ' •\,
Mrs. GOuvela was taken to
the County of Bruce General
'Hospital in Walkerton for
treettnent.
riiendeikd itbe sit et.:04 per
cent to ease calculation.
Once set, the rate cannot
be raised:Until tlitO1011Owing
year.
Id other business 'at the
meeting, council parsed a
bylaw providing for, the con-
struction of a sanitaryaewer
at the foot of PatriatStreet,
between York LiarlOt and
William Street. •
The bylaw Will tiO pub-
lished, and property Owners
who would be dates* for
construction of the sewer
have the, opportllnity to
object. If ownera.litieng at
least 60 per cent Or eland
asSessed into ,*sewer
agree to the project, -con-
struction can go4e#
-Council also retained B. M.
Ross and Associates of
Goderich as .engineers for
the sewer project.
Bruce Machan, who owns
a house on York Lane, had
approached council earlier
with a proposal to construct
the sewer himself, with the
agreement of the other
property owners. Hovirever
council decided to proceed
with the project under the
Local Improvement Act,
using an engineer and
calling for tenders on the
work.
PrOperty owners will be
notified of the estimated cost
of the sewer work once the
engineer has arrived at a
price.
• program is thr0u
• it will :require a substiatiet
expenditure by the oil com-
panies and distributors -
costs which will be passed
' alono the consumer. • ,
"It's going to cost some-
body a pile of money,” ob-
served one local dealer.
The new pr'ogram, which
s only with the "middle
distillates" -- diesel fuel,
kerosene and stove and
furnace oil - and not with
gasoline, is aimed at curbing
what the Ontario Ministry Of
Revenue claims is a growing
problem of tax evasion.'' •
Diesel fuel sold for use in
licenced vehicles is subject
to road taxes, the same as
gasoline. However fuel sold
for agricultural use or use by
commercial fishermen, as
well as stove and furnace oil,
is not subject to the tax.
Since fuel sold for use in a
farm tractorworks just fine
in a transport tzuck or a
diesel Car or pickup, since
furnace oil makes a reason-
able diesel substitute and
since once the fuel is in the
tank it is pretty hard to prove
SISTERS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS -Margaret Carter and Isabel Kerr, sisters
and residenW tillrookhaven Nursing Horne, each has celebrated a birthday
within
a Weeks. Mrs. Carter was 94 on Sept. 1 and Mrs. Kerr celebrated
her92ntdhepbi rta4,(ifolt; *4:111'1 Aug. 26. They were born In East Wawanosh Township to
IK,--!,..1....le.wtigall and each woman spent most of her I ife in the town -
Andrew and tic la et,.
and Mrs. Ca ,, iia:
016'4,..",neWirigham. Mrs. Kerr's husband was the late George Kerr
ship before fig,
liqa married to Charlie Carter.
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,
reason to3.1 1
.;
esev004.4„.mehtgOi
for Ind in liceriaedeetit
said Doug Donnelly, a senior -
tax inspector with the motor
fuels and tobacco tax branch
of the provincial revenue
Ministry. • _
And with dear ftiel, the
only way to prove tax
evasion is to "chase a let of
paper". •
To put a lid on misuse of
non-taxable fuels, , the
ministry is proposing that all
such fuels have a dye added.
This would make detection a
simple matter of checking
Whether the fuel in the tangy
of a car or truck was clear bk
colored.,
While the ministry findsit
dollars..
COULD:BE
11)**17 thane*
is_ situ*:
d e into all kens
and furnace Oil and airflieSet
fuel intended for agrieuititral
or fisheries use, Whifra, •'
taxable diesel fuel is jeft
• • •
brpraetle.e0
number of problems
companies responsibie.for-
implementing it, sinc once
the fuel is cokwed itnjstbe,rt
stored . and kaia010_1
• separately clear *0:4
0 oil. industry etimate
are cOrrect, the
Cost of -ad-
ditional allkiPment regi,F4P-1,
Please him toftge2 •
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Volunteers'ne
for Sillier Circle
Volunteers-. are . needed
urgently to work ' with
mentally and physically
handicappecLchildren at the
Silver Circle Nursery School
in Wingham this fall.
Sylvia Ricker, supervisor
for the nursery school, said
anyone interested in
devoting one morning a week
should call her at 357-1926.
After Sept. 8 the number to
call is 357-2091.
Volunteers can be persona
of any age who have the time
to spare and are interested in
working with young
children, she said. No formal
training or qualifications are
required.
The volunteers will be
working :alongside the two
full-time staff Members at
the nurserischod.,
Mrs. Ricker saidsliehOpes
to have 10 vciltinteers,Which
would allow two to work 'each
morning, one day a Nieek.
She described the mirk of
the volunteers as interesting
and challenging, -noting, that
they offer these children the
opportunity to broaden their
social horizons. Han-
dicapped children tend not to
get out much, she explained,
and the contact with
volunteers and other
children at the nursery
school provides the op-
portunity for social
development.
Rennie Alexander
decides to remain -
Recreation Director Ren-
nie Alexander will not be
leaving Wingham after all.
After having submitted a
letter of resignation to the
recreation board so that he
could take a job in Chatham,
Mr. Alexander last week
withdrew his resignation.
He explained that he and
his family have found the
town a warm and friendly
place to live and that after
thinking it over some more
they decided to stay at least
a while longer.
He said it was a matter of
setting-priOricties-and they
•
decided it was worth more to
stay where their Trietidi-lite
and their children's friends
are than to move to the city,
despite the attractive job
and salary.
It was a tough decicion to
make, he added.
Reporting on the matter to
town council last Week,
Councillor Pat Bailey said
she personally is very
pleased and the recreation
board is very pleased with
the decision. It would have
been difficult to find another
director ot the calibre of Mr.
Alexander, she said.