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Thursday, March 16, 2017 The Independent
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Senior concerned for rising costs in Petrolia
Progressively Forward
Emery Huszka
DEALER-FLORENCE, ON
Tel: 519-692-4892
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them.
I know the town has got some grants
and their taxes are going up, too. There are a lot of seniors in town and the town is working on a plan to attract
I am concerned about the way tax dollars are being spent in Petrolia.
to help with the work at The Centre and the arena but taxpayers still will pay local taxes for it.
I moved to town six years ago. My taxes were $2,623. Today, I will pay $3,947.
And by the way we’re paying for that grant from the province, too.
more seniors to town. Maybe the Town of Petrolia should be more aware of how its decisions affect those seniors and their ability to live a comfortable life.
I have been reading the newspaper to see how much money we pay to run the arena and the community centre; about $200,000 a year for the arena and $500,000 for The Centre, and now we’re spending big money renovating
I’ve spoken to many seniors who are afraid to approach councillors about their concerns of rising costs because they are told everything is needed.
Larry High eld Petrolia, ON
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Victoria Playhouse Petrolia is getting $127,871 to help enhance this summer’s productions.
Last year over 31,000 people came to Petrolia for the theatre - most from outside of Lambton County.
In past data, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism shows that for every dollar of funding, visitors spend another $20.
For the second year in a row, the VPP was included in the list of Celebrate Ontario grants.
This year’s VPP season focuses on the 150th birthday of Canada.
Of cials say every year, festivals and events support tens of thousands of jobs in Ontario and generate millions of dollars in revenue.
The seniors don’t have a lot of money
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Six members of the Petrolia Lions were among the people honoured with Ontario Volunteer Service Awards in Sarnia Monday. Eugene Graham, Joe Madacsi, Rudy Krall, Doug Dew, Charlie Conrod and John Tiernay have served the club between 35 to 45 years each, giving them 252 years of combined service. Members of the Petrolia Scouts leadership were also honoured for their service as were a number of individuals who do everything from volunteer at local nursing homes, on hospital boards or work in community television. The ceremony was the rst of 55 across the province. In all in Sarnia-Lambton, the volunteers had a total of 3,320 years of experience.
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