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Workers begin repairs Repair of the Rotary Pier in Midland is beginning. At a cost of more than $1 million, the three sides of the pier will be covered with a new "skin" of 45-foot by 10-foot sheets of steel. "The residents of Midland are going to hear a pounding noise"' (as the steel sheets are driven into the harbor floor), harbor committee member Jim McCready said. The steel sheets will be placed 30 inches from the existing dock's sides and attached to the dock by bolts. The 30-inch gap Property levy increases Simcoe County Council approved a $10,784,970 levy last week -- an in- crease of $1,691,687, or 18.6 per cent over last year without a whimper. Even those few com- mittee chairman whose budgets got bitten, took it bravely. But the mill rate in- creased by only 6.1 per cent. A taxpayer, who paid the county $100 last year, will pay $106.10 this year, on the same assessment. Additional assessment coming into the county coffers pulled down the mill rate, according to Elizabeth Letourneau, county treasurer, She says, in setting the mill rate, the county estimated ten per cent more funds coming in from property assess- ment. Last year, it rose 13.4 per cent. The final count comes in March £55 Expenditures increased to almost $1.5 million. Revenues went down just over $50,000. Health and social ser- vices account for 51 per will be filled with gravel, and capped. Eleven truckloads of steel will be used. The Rotary Pier has been closed to pedestrians and boaters since June 30, 1988. Fill supporting the dock's asphalt top escaped through a hole in the dock wall below the waterline. An area of the dock's surface collapsed into the cavity that resulted. Because the dock was deserted, just after sunrise, no one was injured. The next day, July 1, hundreds of people cent of the county budget and about 60 per cent of the increase. The museum acounted closing this year. Wyebridge's public school will close per- manently at the end of this school year. The decision was finally taken by the Simcoe County Board of Education last Wednesday night. Pupils at the school will be bused to Wyevale where the kindergarten to Grade 6 school will become a full K-8 institution. Until ~this. year, crowded into the area for the annual Midland Rotary Club barbecue. The Rotary Pier was clos- ed off. Repairs are scheduled to take 15 weeks. The federal government owns the dock and is paying for the repair. The closure of the Midland town dock's big- gest pier through the busiest months of July and August meant loss of income for both the har- bor committee and the downtown businesses visited by boaters. The fall boat show was cancelled for lack of room. for about 30 per cent of the increase, approx- imately 11.5 per cent for operating expenses, the Wyebridge pupils left the two classroom school at the end of Grade 4 and transferred to Parkview in Midland. Parkview was also the destination of children leaving Wyevale at the end of Grade 6. According to Rod Rankin, superintendent of area schools, the pre- sent Wyebridge school was built in 1962 and ac- commodates 52 pupils. ae The great and the small Team Captain Steven Moreau, Grade 8, takes a break with Lee Anne Bowman, Grade 1, after te ge event (actually crazy carpets) at the Victoria Harbour Public School 'Winter Olympics" ast Friday. rest for a new tractor and completion of building improvements that ran into cost overruns. MK Be, S Current enrolment is 42 and projections suggest the number would drop if the school remained open. Already housing board of education of- fices, by September it will be the office for the entire north region of the county. There has been a public school in Wyebridge since the middle of the © last century. Bridge Resutts -- Several Midland Bridge Club members have been absent because of vaca- tionis in warmer climates. The club welcomes anyone interested in play- ing duplicate bridge. Building a home? Viceroy's exciting new designs for 1989 are not only dazzlingly beautiful, but they also possess the finest specifications in America. And they are extremely reasonable in price! Call or visit us today for more information. (705) 322-0152 Hwy. 93 Waverley, Ont. tceroy The Finest Homes Of ThemAIll... = ee -- --------------------------- : Send for your Viceroy homes calalogue now! ' ENCLOSE $10.00 NAME: ' ADDRESS: APT. 1 CITY: 1 POSTAL CODE: PHONE: : LOCATION OF LOT: { ! ! L Independently Distributed by A & R CARPENTRY 13 Years Experience Building Viceroy Homes Mailing Address R.R. Ontario LOK 2E0 #1, Wyebridge Games are held each Wednesday beginning at 7 p.m. in the Midland Community Centre. a Recent winners: Sylvia oe. ey or re See.) McLarney and Nancy ; . : eS lds ae mae Cardwell, 65; Tom Gor- danier and Jim Walsh, 60; Tia Morley, Grade 6, is negotiating a curve in the snowshoe race at the Victoria Harbour Public School "Winter Olympics." She practiced in a Mary and Bill Tucker, 42.5; Wendy Harris and ied trek during a recent class live-in at Sainte Marie among the urons. Dave Vinegar, 42.5; Dean Bigioni and Jay Jelinek, 40. Library News. Escape 'blahs' with a book Do you have the winter "blahs?"' If so, consider the invitation to inspect its ing, its golf books and Midland Public Library's books on garden plann- magazines, and a large collection of travel books. ; New books: ib/ ni R E 3 0 P E N N G The goer sept P. 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