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Ghatter Embrun Home Show Embrun's Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Home Show on May 14, 15 and 16 at the Embrun arena. More than 30 merchants and public service associations will have displays at the show. On Friday night (May 14th) Embrun's Man of the Year will be chosen. And on Sunday (May 16th) a Fashion Show will be held in the recreation centre. Tickets to the Fashion Show are $2.00 in advance and $2.50 at the door. Tickets to the Fashion Show allow you free entry to the Home Show. Tickets for the Home Show alone are $1.00. Tickets for both events are available at most merchants in Embrun. For further information contact: Lucie Lapointe for the Fashion Show (443-2959) and Albert Bourdeau for the Home Show (443-2255). New Baptist Pastor The Baptist community in the area has a new pastor. He's Terry Reid Orchard formally of Westfield, New Brunswick. Mr. Orchard is mar- ried and has a 15 month old boy. He graduated from Wolfville Divinity College in Nova Scotia. He says he's hoping to stay in the area until "'the Lords calls me from this world." Welcome Pastor Orchard. An April Fool's Outhouse Pierre Latremouille (center) woke up on April Fool's Day to find a ready-built outhouse in front of his store. Turned out it was put up by his friends Jean-Marie Seguin (right) and Richard Burelle (left) in retaliation for Latremouille's April Fool's joke on Seguin last year. Seguin owns the Building Supply store in Embrun. Last year Latremouille changed Seguin's store sign to read "LaBranch"' and told everybody in the village that Seguin had been bought out. The. April Fool's joke had a political overtone too -- Latremouille is an adamant supporter of sewers for Embrun so the Castor River will be cleaner. Will both Seguin and Latremouille be changing each others signs next April Fool's Day? Could get crowded next year. | : Chantal Derelopments Inc. General Contractors @ Residential, Commercial & Industrial @ Air Tight and Passive Solar @ Backhoe & Bulldozer Rentals: RUSSELL 445-5666 yLORRY'S SHOP | Facial & Manicures: Manicures -- $6. Facial -- $12. Need a haircut, style or perm? Come and see Lorry at 42 First Avenue, Russell Men & Ladies: Cut -- $4. Cut and Blow Dry -- $6.50 Shampoo and Conditioner Cut and Blow Dry -- $7.50 children -- $5. Kids Hair cut -- $3. PERMS: $20. $25. $27. $30. Hours: Monday to Thursday: 5:15 to 10 p.m. Days Evenings 445-5691 Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 445-2099 fs The Castor Review, April, 1982 3 Russell R.A. calls public meeting The Russell Recreation Associa- tion has called a special public meeting for Monday, April 26th, to discuss payment of the debt owing .on the Dr. F. Kinnaird arena. The Russell Township Council will attend the 8 p.m. meeting to hear suggestions on how the $62,000 debt can be paid. Baird McNeil, Chairman of the R.A., said in an interview, the meeting has been called to "discuss the possibility of a special assessment amounting to about $50 for an average Russell household to repay the debt owed by the R.A. to the Township. "If we could pay off the debt,"' said Mr. McNeil, "we would save $9,000 in interest payments in the first year alone and about $25,000 in interest over the five years now scheduled to pay off the debt." The special public meeting to discuss the arena debt was called after the R.A. met with Township Council on April 15th to discuss the Association's 1982 budget. At that meeting Mr. McNeil said: "We held a meeting in Russell to discuss payment of the debt and everybody who attended agreed that the debt should be paid off as quickly as possible. "If the debt isn't paid off," said Mr. McNeil, "our position New loan for Embrun Russell Township Council has applied to the Ontario Municipal Board for permission to borrow $141,928 to pay for renovations to the Embrun arena and Zamboni room and expenses involved in building the village's bowling alley. The Council had approved both projects before getting OMB approval. The application to the OMB for the loan was delayed when seven taxpayers in Embrun and the sur- rounding area formally objected to it. In a meeting with Council they pointed out that an advertise- ment, published in Le Droit by the Council, said money to pay back the loan would be "recovered by imposing a special tax on all tax- able properties on concessions 5 to 10, including the Village of Em- brun."' The taxpayers withdrew their ' objections when they were told by Albert Bourdeau, Russell Township Deputy-Reeve and J. Brisson, a Russell Councillor, that no additional tax would be impos- -ed and that the OMB had dictated the wording of the ad placed in the newspaper. Thank you To the following sup- porters who have made donations to keep The Castor Review alive and kicking: Christina Campbell, Russell Elsie D. May, Russell Evelyn Fawcett, Iro- quois, Ont. Mabel Anderson, Ot- tawa Ralph McKendry, Oshawa Dorothy Morrice, Russell Lena McGann, Toronto We would love to ~ publish this Thank You column every issue. So, if you're looking around for a good cause to sup- port, may we suggest a certain struggling little newspaper in Eastern Ontario whose initials are C.R.? St next_year would be worse because while the debt costs would remain constant other costs such as hydro and maintenance would increase."' At the meeting with Council the R.A. asked the Council to ap- prove a budget that included the special assessment plus an $8,000 grant to balance its budget. But Township Reeve Gaston Patenaude told the Association that more people in Russell should be involved in deciding whether or not a special one year assessment should be implemented. "The people who attended the meeting in Russell to discuss the assessment may have agreed it was necessary but it is such an impor- tant decision that more people in the village should be given the op- portunity to voice their opinions" said Reeve Patenaude. The Council briefly discussed holding a referendum on the ques- tion but finally decided a public meeting would provide a better opportunity for debate and clarification. The 1982 budget proposed by the R.A. to Council included ex- penses of $142,994 plus $21,000 to' pay for interest and principle payments on the arena loan. The revenue side of the proposed budget added up to $156,325 in- . cluding $50,000 from the propos- ed special assessment. If the special one year assess- ment were to be approved and passed by Council an extra 18 mills would be added on to the present 18.69 mills currently being paid by residences in Russell. The County has already ap- proved a five mill increase for its budget increase. Still to be heard from are the schoolboards and the Township who have yet to set their budgets. The R.A. expects 1982 expenses to include: $42,000 for salaries and expenses; $15,200 for repairs and maintenance; $18,924 for capital expenditures; $12,000 for hydro bills; $8,000 for operating . and cleaning materials; and $14,800 for.the swimming pool. Expected revenues for the year include: $51,000 from ice rentals, $13,000 from the sale of food and beverages; and $9,825 from the pool. The Russell Recreation Associa- tion is directed by: Baird McNeil (Chairman); Peter Vantol (Treasurer); John-Paul St. Pierre; Pat Holcombe; Greg Rokosh; Lorne Wade; Betty Latimer; Peter Romme (Vice-Chairman); and Jean Millaire. : @ HEATING RUSSELL E. A. Campbell CONTRACTOR @ ELECTRICAL @® PLUMBING DON'T GAMBOL, SEE CAMPBELL 445-2167 Mondey, PUBLIC MEETING Russell Recreation Association and Russell Township Council Arena Hall Dr. F. Kinnaird Arena Russell To discuss repayment of the R.A. debt to the township. ee April 26