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lib-tbt orc- c" ’0;wa fi//ts - . Mgr >- C Wtit Trophies for girls' hockey team Best Junlor in United Counties Girls Hockey -- Mollie Miran of Cramahe Township accepted her award at the league banquet on May 4. Phum by Bob Owen By Bob Owen The season is finally over for the Colborne girls hockey team. At a league banquet attended by more than 200 girls girls and their families, the league presented Its team trophies and individual honors. The Big Apple was the host for this event, with girls from as far away as Warsaw enjoying the local hospitality. _"'-" Properties in arrearé beingi registered for tax sales Members of council expressed concern May 3 after having read recent reports in the local press about the planned diversion of dollars from other county roads pro- jects this year to County Road 9, which has suffered severe damage from frost. By Eileen Argyris County Road 25 (Percy St.) will be rebuilt this year as scheduled. said Doug Gall, for- mer county warden, at last week's meeting of Cramahe Township council. 76;“:de "As I understand it, $100,000 will be diverted from Desgite other roads In an attempt to deal with a mounting lax arrears problem that approached half a million dollars' at the end of last year. the Township of Cramahe has begun tax sale proceedings, said administrator Gerry Morrison last week. By Eileen Argyris Morrisorrioirtiie township council last Monday, May 3, /hat eight notifications of tax .â€" Rd. 25 to proceed this year County Road 25. but they [the county roads department) were thinking they could still do the same amount of work with the $800,000 they have left." Galt explained that, due to the economic recession. the roads department is expecting to receive more competitive bids from contractors than in other years. . Galt admitted he was unsure of the exact length of the road that was scheduled to be rebuilt this year. but he said he believed it ran from a point about midway between Colborne and Castleton (“where the work left off last time") up to Castleton. sale registrations had gone out to property owners at the end of last month. The municipali- ty is permitted under the law to seize and sell properties where the taxes have remained unpaid for three years or more. On vacant land. the township can seize the property after only two years. Morrison added that another eight registrations were going out last week and another eight this week. priorities Later in the evening. Gait stunned council by tendering his resignation as reeve, effec- tive immediately. citing instructions from his employ- The questions to Gait were initiated by Conn. Howard Whaley. Coun. George Blyth reminded council that the work on this road has been promised by the county since 1979. EE'EEE'éiitano Ministfy "of Agriculture and Food as the reason for his decision. He resigned as warden of the county the following morning, May 4. Council Is concerned about the problem of back taxes owing because it cuts down on the Tunicipality's cash flow and thus places an additional burden on those who do pay their taxes. The bailiff, said Morrison. has been successful in collecting some accounts. “In the past two weeks, we have received about $40,000 in back taxes." said the administrator. He warned council members that they could receive calls from irate property owners who have either received notifi, cation or a visit from the bailiff. When the owners are notified of registration for tax sale, they have one year in which to redeem their indebtedness and thus avoid having their proper- ty repossessed. Morrison told council the pro- cess was a time-consurtiing one. "With some, up to 15 or 20 different people have to be notified."