Russell Review Russell Township Council News Le Conseil a haussé le niveau des imp6ts d'environ cinquante dollars pour une maison d'une valeur moyenne. L'augmentat- ion sera appliqueé au paiement du nouveau camion de feu et envers |l'amelioration des ponts au sud d'Embrun. On éspére &tre capable de réduire les imp6ts generaux un peu quand on connaitra le cout des égouts a Russell. Félicitations aux gars de Marionville qui ont preparé les plans du terrain de loisirs. Des recherches et plans aussi bien prépares nous assurent une reussite certaine. Taxes will go up by about $50. per year on an average house ($4,000. assessment). Council hopes that a reduction will be possible next year when the sewer service costs are first levied. Apart from the cost of the new fire truck, the big expenses for the rest of the year will be on bridges in the south eastern part of the Township. The Secretary of the Planning Board, Roger Ouellet is resign- ing and moving to Plantagenet where he has purchased an interest in a Residential Care Home. Roger has been a long suffering officer of the board surviving ten years of member- ship changes, having to bite his tongue when the developers were going too far too fast, and again when the conservers started blocking all develop- ment. Congratulations for having undertaken a new initiative and best of luck in it Roger's parting makes some reorganization of staff at the Township possible and the idea which is being given the most currency is to hire another full-time staffer with professional qualifications in accounting and management. BO-JO's CUT 'N CURL OPEN Tuesday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Evenings by appointment Victoria Street, Metcalfe (next to Royal Bank) 821-2244 Erik Therkelsen & Son NEW HOLLAND MACHINERY Sales and Service Bus. 445-2818 Res. 445-2899 Council raised their own salaries. The reason was to keep them abreast of inflation, but in fact the matter came up on the third night of a three-evening marathon with zoning consult- ants, when all members felt our time must be worth every penny we were then receiving, so it was not difficult to talk us into the increase. Council has spent consider- able time with Zoning consult- ants to bring the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law up to date. We will also receive draft by-laws from the consultants respecting, signs, trailers, main- tenance of the appearance of yards, buildings, etc. Trailers are a continuing problem: the official plan says there will be none outside of parks; but the Council earlier in the year felt some concessions should be made to persons with large acreages who wanted a trailer, so some permits were given under special circumstances; then it was discovered that two others had been moved _ in surreptitiously and those per- sons were called on the carpet; and at this point Council decided firmly that there will be no more trailers in the Township except in trailer parks. Council was shocked to learn of hazardous conditions on the north end of the Loucks Bridge road where the Domtar brick company excavates its clay. The trucks travel at high speeds, raise dense clouds of dust, haul Six dead Elms disappeared from the Village on Thursday, July 28. This one on Second Ave. had been causing much concern. Neighbours within Jeff Butler loses a Tree House LPN 4 + eo & E Wf Friday, August 5, 1977 Page 5 ry reach of the falling branches will breath easier, and besides, Jeff has outgrown tree houses. -- Photo by M. Rowsell. Russell Rangers Report The 1st Russell Rangers have ended our first year. Our year started off very slowly but things really picked up. During our first year we have done many things. One of the first things we have done is the Bazaar at Laurentian High School. We had lots of fun and was our district bazaar in Carls- bad Springs. | didn't go to this one but from what | heard it was fun also. To me the highlight of the winter season in Rangers was our Winter Camping. We would like to thank Ann Lee and Dale Carscadded, Gordon and Anne Fleming for putting up with didn't sleep out under the stars but we did have to track into the old, seldom used farm house. The source of heat was 2 wood burning stoves, 1 for cooking, 1 for heat. Also during the winter months at Christmas we helped Santa pass out his candy canes at the Arena. piggy-back trailers which are hope to go back next year. Then us and our foil dinners which by Once spring came we tearing the culverts on the there was our enrollment. We the way burnt. While we were couldn't do any more snowshoe- corners to pieces, and the had a total of 7 members, now there we did everything from ingso our pastime was a movie. (Continued on Page 6) we are down to 5. Also there snowshoeing to camp fires. We (Continued on Page 7) poe> SS ee zi 3\\ Lon Home Hardware NMike's Beauty Salon Ladies & Men's Hairstyling 20% OFF FOR SR. CITIZENS Specializes in Perms, Tints, Bleach APPOINTMENTS MON. TO SAT. -- 8 a.m. to6 p.m. AVAILABLE AFTER 6 p.m. METCALFE, ONT. Res.: 821-1497 Bus.: 821-1488 Stores VALUE - SERVICE - DEPENDABILITY Russell, Ont. 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