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Mother's Day
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Happy 50th
Hensall Public School
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celebration
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INDEX
Editorial 4
Sports 18
Announcements 22
Classifieds 25
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What a splash —The fourth annual Exeter Hawks and Exeter Lions Duck
Race was Saturday, with 1,200 rubber ducks competing for the $1,000 top prize.
Above, Exeter Hawks past president and volunteer Tom Seip waits as Exeter's
Shirley Fowles' first place duck finishes the race. Below, the ducks are dumped
into the MacNaughton Park water.The money raised will support the Exeter
Hawks and the Exeter Lions community projects. (photos/Nina Van Lieshout)
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By Nina Van Lieshout
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SOUTH HURON — "It takes three to tango. The
bureaucrats, the elected staff and the community," if
you want to succeed," said South Huron chief adminis-
trative officer (CAO) Roy Hardy, who was the guest
speaker at the South Huron Chamber of Commerce
(SHCC) Annual General Meeting May 8 at the
Ironwood Golf Club.
Hardy, who presented, "Reflections of a Small
Town," has been the South Huron CAO for about four
months and has always had a passion for politics.
"I'm the new kid and I'm shaking things up a little,"
says Hardy.
Born and raised in Delhi, Hardy operated a 24-hour
convenience store and ran a disc jockey service,
where he always dreamed of his "big score," working
in government circles.
Hardy married his convenience store night clerk,
working his way through federal and provincial gov-
ernment levels, finally making his way to his local
level roots.
Hardy says "partnership" is important.
"We have to get the public involved and get them
talking," he says.
Hardy says everyone, the bureaucrats, elected staff
See SOUTH HURON page 2
Bluewater budget
sees slight increase
VARNA — The proposed 2008 Bluewater budget will
be voted on May 20 in Varna at 7 p.m.
The draft budget sees net expenditures of
$4,126,324, which represents a 2.84 per cent increase
over 2007 which was $4,012,304.
Although 2008 was not a reassessment year, the
Bluewater Current Value Assessment (CVA) for 2008
increased over 2007 by $14,406,800. The 2007 CVA
was $1,203,880,950, while the 2008 CVA is
$1,218,287,750, an increase of 1.19 per cent.
Tax ratios for 2008 haven't changed and the educa-
tion tax rate remained unchanged from $264 per
$100,000 of CVA for 2008.
Residential property with a $100,000 CVA will be
$426.19 which is a $6.40 increase over 2007 and a
1.52 per cent increase.
Percentages in growth for 2008 by ward are Bayfield
- 2.27 per cent; Hensall - 1.25; Zurich - 0.69; Hay
West - 1.94; Hay East - 0.45; Stanley West - 1.09 and
Stanley East - 0.36.
Residential taxes by class for Bluewater are residen-
tial - $3,452,063; multi residential - $25,255; commer-
cial - $198,724; industrial - $28,510; large industrial -
See BUDGET page 2
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