The Citizen, 2016-06-30, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016. PAGE 11.
Cup engraver Phillips to drop puck at Knights game
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on Saturday morning.
"I ran them over 40 tickets and
then, I knew, there were none left
with us at Scrimgeour's Food
Market and none left at the other
locations," he said. "Saturday
morning came and they had maybe
two tickets left so I knew we were
completely sold out."
Scrimgeour said he heard tales and
had received calls explaining how
upset people were that the tickets
sold out so fast.
"We're happy that it happened but
we understand people who waited
and didn't get tickets are upset," he
said. "It's a problem not having
tickets for everyone, but it's a good
problem "
Scrimgeour said that people had
even asked if he was going to try and
have a second game hosted, however
he explained that, after working on
this game for the past four years, he
wasn't sure it would work that way.
The speed with which the tickets
sold out shocked Scrimgeour.
"It was crazy," he said. "I'll be
honest, my initial estimation was
that the tickets would be sold out in
two weeks if we were lucky or a
week if we did a really good job of
marketing it. I did not expect two
days.
"We had 1,400 tickets so I was
thinking if we could sell 100 tickets
per day, we would be good," he said.
"Then Thursday, the first day the
tickets were available, ended and we
had come close to selling half of
them out. I thought that was just a
rush and that we would take a week
or more to sell them out, but that
momentum kept going and, like I
said, we were sold out Friday night."
Scrimgeour said the rush is going
to set a new standard for people
trying to host OHL exhibition
games.
Chris Drinkwater, the Knights'
Group Sales Manager, said the
success of the ticket sale is
impressive.
"I've only been a part of one other
exhibition game outside of London,
and it wasn't like this," he said. "It's
pretty crazy."
Drinkwater said the news showed
just how excited the community is
and said the organization was very
happy with that enthusiasm.
"Usually for our exhibition games
The most important meal of the day
Jim Pearson, left, and Tyler Deitner, both Grey firefighters, were busy cooking scrambled eggs
and getting them to hungry diners on Sunday morning as the department held its annual
breakfast. This year, the meal coincided with Grey Township's 160th celebration, which
attracted hundreds to the area. The firefighters served over 1,100 people on Sunday, making
the breakfast one for the record books. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Doherty
named CAO
The Council of the Municipality
of Central Huron is pleased to
announce that Steven Doherty has
been named Chief Administrative
Officer (CAO)/Deputy-Clerk/
Deputy -Treasurer.
The mayor and council have been
very happy with Doherty since he
was appointed to the role of CAO in
an acting capacity for a trial period
of six months.
Doherty has over 20 years
experience in information and/or
project management in both the
private and public sectors. Prior to
the appointment in December he had
been Deputy -Treasurer with Central
Huron for over five years.
Doherty holds a BA in
Communication Studies and
Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier
University and a Bookkeeping
Accounting Diploma from Willis
College of Business and
Technology. He has also completed
the Municipal Tax Administration
Program (MTAP) via Seneca
College.
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we don't sell out our building," he
said. "We would for a regular season
game but 1,400 tickets in two and a
half days is exciting."
Drinkwater said it was too early to
say if the enthusiasm would lead to
additional games down the road and
said the team would be looking at
how the event itself goes before
considering anything else, but he did
say he was very happy about the
decision to pursue the exhibition
game.
Scrimgeour said that now that
ticket sales aren't a concern, he is
going to be able to focus on some
special events and guests he wants to
have at the game like local Stanley
Cup engraver Ernie Phillips who
Scrimgeour hopes will drop the puck
at the big game.
"It just kind of hit me that Ernie
would be the perfect guy for the
game," he said. "How many people
have engraved for the Stanley Cup?"
Scrimgeour said he had tentatively
scheduled Phillips, alongside local
dignitaries to do the ceremonial puck
dropping at the game.
"It's going to be great for everyone
around here but I think it will be
great for the Knights' management
and players," he said. "They may
have never met someone like that."
Scrimgeour also said he is
working on some entertainment for
the event between periods.
For more information about what
the exhibition game will look like
and special guests and events added
to the itinerary, watch future issues
of The Citizen.
North Huron critical
of HFAN food charter
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Several North Huron councillors
feel the Huron Food Action
Network's food charter is "too
utopian" and lacking necessary
components for them to support it.
"It is giving the people of Huron
all things from all directions, many
of them that we have no control over
and the way it's written is so utopian
that I have a problem supporting
something that I know cannot
happen," Reeve Neil Vincent stated
when the issue was brought up on
June 20.
Council had previously received
the charter after a presentation on
June 6. Any action on the document
was deferred until council could
process the document.
Councillor Bill Knott agreed with
Vincent, stating the document is
very utopian and addresses many
areas that are "way out of the control
of this lower tier municipality" and
Huron County.
"Quite frankly, there are portions
of that I read through that I will say
are not quite correct," Knott said. "I
cannot support it. It's never going to
happen, it's unachievable and it's
bordering on actually interfering
with the operations of the
agricultural industry in some ways."
Councillor Brock Vodden said that
council had raised a question as to
how North Huron Council should be
involved in such a document.
While Vodden said he didn't get
an answer, Nathan Swartz, who
presented the document on behalf of
the Huron Food Action Network did
tell council the best way to help was
to help producers navigate bylaws,
especially those surrounding land
use.
"I think feedback that would be
relevant to the group would be
asking them to specify what the role
of a municipality is," he said. "They
need to go through that process of
attaching it to lower -tier
governance."
Councillor Trevor Seip said the
document didn't outline achievables
or how the `utopian' goals of the
document were to be addressed.
"I would like some direction from
Huron County," he said. "How do
they assume we are going to impact
on this charter. [I want] some
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