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Approximately 40 Hillier Township residents attende .‘ipal Government Week, across Ontario. d the regular Hillier council meeting, April 11 as part oiMuni~ ;.I r»; 3 Hillier township residents Mgr fake interest in council . ' Chris White, 1' feette staff proximately 40 resiâ€" “ats of Hillier Township ned out at the regular ing of their township . incil, April 11, as part of ' icipal Government ek, across the province. Jir Council has been dpating in the prog- ' for the last two years Hillier Reeve Clare 111 said the turnout year was the best. lier clerk-treasurer, ’ Whalen, said the ' mship sent out 523 per- ' . 'izcd invitations to evâ€" l'.oiisehold in Hillier ship. Whalen said " odtumout was also e Hillier residents ommum‘ty. - .. art of their opening KENNETH GEORGE FORSYTH Kenneth Gem sell and Peggy comments, Reeve McFaul stated that local governâ€" ments in Ontario spend in excess of $18-billion a year. Local government is one of the greatest users of taxes, but it also provides the tax- payer with visible evi- dence of the use of this money because it shapes the community and has a direct impact on the quali- ty of life. There are 839 municipa< lities in Ontario, ranging in size from Metropolitan Toronto, with two millionâ€" people, to Cockburn Is~ land Township, that has two permanent residents. About 600 municipali- ties in the province have fewer than 5,000 residents but two-thirds of Ontario‘s population is contained in 49 cities and one borough. Townships, villages and towns comprise almost 90 per cent of the municipali- ties in Ontario, yet they contain only oneâ€"third of the population. In the municipal elec- tions to be held on Novem- ber 14, there will be some 4,850 councillors elected int he 839 municipalities and 2,104 trustees includ- ing French language trusâ€" tees, chosen to look after the operation of 186 school boards. Roughly one-third of the $18-billion requireâ€" ment is raised through property taxes, another one-third through user fees and other levies and the balance comes form the Ontario government KEVlN WALTER FORSYTH ge Forsyth and Kevin Walter Forsyth, sons of Rus- Forsyth of Hillier, graduated from the University of Guelph on June 8,1990 with their Bachelor of Science Degrees in Agriculture, in neth and Kev theirfather. ’J‘L‘ 26 Mlle 0th majoring in Animal and Poultry Science. Ken- in are currently working on the family farm with through grants and transâ€" fer payments. The Ministry of Muni- cipal Affairs offers a num- ber of grants to municipali- ties. These take the form of unconditional grants, where funds may be used to meet the cost of any budgeted current operaA fion expenditure and con- ditional grants, where pay- ment is made with stipulaâ€" ‘tion that the funds be used for a specific program of service within the munici- pality. Reeve McFaul talked ab- out the good job all the township employees do by naming them all and what they do. There are eight township employees not including the fire depart: ment and councillors.- TRAVEL DIPLOMA â€" Miss Sharon Kelly, the foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Munro of We||~ ington, received her diploma in travel and tourism at the convocation ceremony on June 17 at .4...“th College in Toronto. \J