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C4 GflonjetotMlAclon Wednesday Apr 11 Ashgrove April showers fcy Mr This is now the month of April we wonder hat will nave in the wry of weather for us It seemed a tag cold winter now we need some warm showers to wash the earth and start everything growing Easter Is comma If such a happy season That it seems a perfect time For greeting special people With a wish thats made in rhyme Mr and Mrs Mrs Clayton Wilson and Mrs Ainsworth one evening last week motored to Toronto to attend an Irish concert in Hall They had beard tbem last year while touring in Ireland Lois flew back to her position in Victoria C last Sunday night She has been with her parent this past two weeks or her sister Marilyns wedding Several robins have been seen on lawns but ai one man told us The first robin of Spring Always leaves me enchanted But not when it pulls worms Where my grass seed Is planted Region tax goes up 20 Regional council commitment to producing energy by burning waste is among the factors boosting average taxes in Hills by more than over last year Regional treasurer Joe cited two special levies one for the Energy From Waste program and the other for the conservation authorities as major factors in this year hike Adding another five per cent to tax bills this year is the discontinuation of mill rate subsidies launched by the province several years ago to help balance budget payments across the region Regional council quietly approved the operating budget for 1984 at Its meeting lost Wednesday endorsing a seven per cent overall hike from last year Once provincial subsidies and grants are applied to the budget explained taxpayers must account for In Halton Hills the basic rate hike for regional services amounts to four per cent On top of that is added the special conserve authority levy of I per cent or about the extra burden caused by phasing out of mill rate subsidies totalling five per cent or about 17 and the levy of two per cent or about Thus the average Halton Kills home owner will pay 47 for regional services his year compared with last year The average assessment used here is in Georgetown in Acton and in any boat loads of anglers fishing in a pond of approximately four acres in site that was the scene on Sunday at It was so crowded that many boats were hauled up onto the edge of some very unsafe Ice looking all the world like a bunch of stranded whalers There were plenty of Rainbows and Spiake as well as tbe odd White Flab some weighing up to six pounds Most of these fish were taken on Salmon or Rainbow spawn bags with a small amount of added in order to create and equal situation Adding enough split shot to take this bait out under the receding ice line is the way to go finding a small amount of water current to help in this situation is pretty sure to produce tuts Live minnows are producing large again or under the edge of the ice While fishing at Georgian Boy this past weekend I observed a large Rainbow leap from he water only to land on the ice Never making It back it finally It was a sad waste of a fine fish However nobody could reach for the stranded fish because of the very bad Ice conditions Out by Lome The ice pack Is very solid in Georgian Bay a good thing for fish that axe run ning inshore and up alt rivers and streams This Ice prohibits the com mercial boats from operating so hopefully a good run of Pickers will make It up the River The fishery desperately needs some mature tbe very ones that seldom make It through the commercial nets The Ministry of Natural Resources now have available the application forms for 1984 moose bunt lottery You must first buy a valid moose licence before lottery application will be accepted Gord Clow of Maple Rock Range Informs me that tbe moos hunting licence has Increased in cost to This extra is probably collected to defray the costs of the lottery Itself Have a good day