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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-08-13, Page 5! I I r Wednesday, August 13, 2014 • News Record 5 www.clintonnewsrecord.com letters to the editor Hometown Heroes proclaimed as a huge success by MP Ben Lobb Dear Editor: I would like to take a moment to personally thank everyone involved in our first Hometown Heroes: Raise a Little Health charity hockey game, which took place on July 24th at the Maitland Recreation Centre in Goderich. Over 800 tickets were sold, and in the end, Hometown Heroes raised over $40,000. The funds went to support three separate local organizations aimed at improving health and wellness: the Alex- andra Marine and General Hospital, the YMCA Strong Kids Program and the Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health. Thank -you to Gwen Devereaux, Karen Davis, Anne -Marie Thomson and Brian O'Reilly for your tireless efforts. Without your commitment, this game could never have happened and thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make Home- town Heroes a success. Thank you to Garb & Gear Source for Sports for working so hard on the uniforms and for deliver- ing them on such a tight timeline, and thank you to the Goderich Print Shop as well for delivering on all our printing needs. Thank you to the Kinsmen and Boston Pizza for assisting us in our post -game reception. Thank you to all the players and referees who took time out of their hectic schedules to help raise money for health and wellness. Special thanks to Ryan & Cal O'Reilly, Boyd Devereaux, Dave McLlwain, Brett MacLean and Kevin Czuczman, who were on board from the very beginning. Thank you to Sarah Hoy for singing 0' Canada, and to our own Hometown Hero Larry Jeffrey for being our ambassador and for participating in the opening ceremonies. Thank you to all of our sponsors: Red Bull, Pur- due Pharma, Unifor Local 16-0, WestJet, Telus, Interac, Goderich Community Credit Union, Ensight Canada, Human Potential Plus, Virtual High School, Classic Rock 94.5, CKNX AM 920, Sifto Canada Corp., Hill & Knowlton Strategies, Dr. Paul Gill, Dr. Mike Dawson, Dr. Ben Pook, Dr. Dan Noel, John Baker, Bill Trick, Lisa Thompson MPP, Microage Basics, Hurontel, the Town of Goderich, Hyde Construction, Huronia Welding Industrial Supplies, Lyons & Mulhern Insurance, Excalibur Insurance, Talbot Realty, the Township of Ash- field-Colborne-Wawanosh, and Gatorade. And a special thanks to everyone who bought a ticket and came out to see some high quality hockey. Without such strong community support, events like this just wouldn't be possible. We hope you enjoyed the chance to see some of the Pros in action as well as our future stars from Goderich and Seaforth Minor Hockey! We were able to accomplish all this in just eight weeks, which goes to show the enormous amount of support and dedication that was put forth by all the aforementioned individuals and companies. Thank you again, and I hope we can work towards a 2nd annual Hometown Heroes game next year. Think of what we could do with a full year! Ben Lobb MP for Huron -Bruce EARLY FILES August 14, 1969 Canadian Forces Base Clinton will close in two years, Defence Minister Leo Cadieux announced yesterday afternoon in Ottawa as the base com- mander, Col. E. W. Ryan, broke the news locally to civilian and military personnel, Clinton and Goderich offi- cials and newsmen gathered on the parade square. "It is with sincere regret that I announce a government decision to terminate military training opera- tions at CFB Clinton," said Col. Ryan. "The phase-out date for such training is two years from now - on 1 September 1971." Col. Ryan used the words "phase-out" or "transfer of military training," but avoided calling the action "base closure." He said that for reasons of economy and manpower -budget limitations, the Dept. of National Defence found it necessary to consoli- date the smaller armed forces on fewer bases to reduce overheard costs. If no other government department or civil- ian agency is interested in CFP Clin- ton's facilities, the base will close said Col. Ryan, quickly adding that non-DND agencies have already shown interest in the extensive training and support facilities at the base. August 11, 1977 A group of senior citizens headed by George Rumball were present at Clinton council Monday evening to discuss the possibility of a recreation centre for their group. Al Sinclair of the Ministry of Culture and Recrea- tion Branch in Hanover attended the meeting to advise council and the seniors of the choices they may have regarding such a centre. Although the group hoped for a centre primar- ily for seniors, Sinclair pointed out that such a project could not be sup- ported by Wintario or the Commu- nity Centres Act, "our ministry does not fund projects for specific groups," he explained, "it must be public since these grants can only be paid to a municipality not a private group." He did suggest that if this building was needed, perhaps alter- ations and renovations could be made to existing structures, whereby the ministry could support it through the New Horizons Grant. August 11, 1982 Blyth taxpayers will be noting a marked increase in their tax bill this year. Blyth council set the budget for 1982 Monday night and approved an increase of 17.4 per- cent for public school supporters and 18.9 percent for separate school supporters. This year the school mill rate was not the culprit for the increase, but general municipal which increased by 26.1 percent. Blyth is putting monies into reserves for future major expendi- tures and coupled with the sewers and roads projects, it has forced the mill rate up. The budget allows for $3,000 to be put in reserve for Blyth's share for the new fire truck proposed to be bought within the next year or two. There is also a new fire hall which Blyth's portion will amount to $5,130. August 5, 1992 The Bayfield Town Hall Committee is ecstatic and enthusiastic at the con- firmed news of a $27,333 heritage grant for the restoration of Bayfield's Old Town Hall. The grant comes through the Heritage Branch of the Ministry of Culture and Communica- tions as part of the Cultural Facilities Improvement Program (CFIP) to restore components of the historic old Town Hall. The program goal is to upgrade and develop heritage resources and facilities. The ministry's funding program gives communities an opportunity to restore facilities which are of important heritage signif- icance, such as Bayfield's Town Hall. August 7, 2002 The Royal Canadian Coastguard has notified Huron OPP of receiving many calls about boats possibly in distress on Lake Huron. Officers have been advised that the United States Military is performing simulation air strikes with jets over the lake. A number of dif- ferent scenarios are taking place and lots of items are being dropped into the water. Many of these items appear sim- ilar to flares and in other cases will be the after burners of the jets as they change speeds. The OPP and the coast guard will continue to respond to these calls but are asking the public to answer several questions in helping to determine what is going on.