The Huron Expositor, 1976-08-19, Page 8built in Ontario more, than -1()
years ago could collapse in as
little as 20 seconds - that the Most
time anyone could expect to.have
to escape from a collapsing arena
of this type, would, be three
minutes. Government officials,.
maintainedthat warnings about
unsafe arenas had been issued
since 1969-70, but that these had
been virtually ignored by munici-
palities.
Labour Minister.. Bette
Stephenson made it quite clear to
the Legislature that the provincial
government will not back down
from directives ordering arenas
closed for safety. reasons, and
denied charges that the govern-
ment had been heavy-handed in
dealing with this matter, since the
municipalities had been warned
on a numbecof occasions that
arenas were unsafe because of-
structural deficiencies in their
roofs. She said that in most cases
'Arenas would be permitted to
remain open until October 15 for
summer activities, providing they
were capable of withstanding a
certain wind stress. In addition,
she pointed out that the
Province rbidustrial Safety Act
was. changed in 1975 to give the .
goviltiment the authority to close
arenas which did not Meet safety
regulatipns.
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Virtually all the unsafe arenas
are more than ten yearS old, and
the majority of them date-back to
the late 1940s, at which time the
Federal Government offered
grants to communities wishing to
build centres asmemotials to the
war dead. Many were built to a
design intended for the almost
snowless conditions of South
Carolina, a design originated
before ,engineers learned about
technology which takes into
accpunt uniform and non-uniform
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Weddings
snow loads, ft is now known that
buildings ate subjected to three
raain forces - their own "dead"
weight, balanced or unbalanced
snow, and wind stress.
In the intinths since the
Government's announcement
about the closing Own_ of
community arenas, there has
been a great deal of discussion on
the various methods of financing
the necessary repairs to enable
the arenas to remain in operation.
Communities are , faced with the
prospect of raising hundreds of
thousands of dollars or loging the
use of their arenas.V,9ntario
funds are- being sought by •
municipalities, community centre
grants are being applied for,
support is being given by the
general public and various sports
organizations.
Some communities have found
themselves in 'the very difficult
position of attempting to- pay off
enormous debts incurred by
of the remaining costs.
- Communities have latinched
fund-raising, , drives, and
everything ploSsible is b4ng done
to ensure . that areans) Omani in
operation. Some municipalities
feel that without more assistance
from the provincial government,
it will be virtually impossible to
cope with the financial' problems
of bringing arenas up.to standard.
In some . areas, the new
government regulations - for
snow load especially are
considered to be unrealistic' in
view of w Cher conditionse and
recorded sn levels for the
region.
In ,our rural communities
especially, the arena is the central
location for much of the social life
of the area. Hopefully, the
Provincial Government will
realize the importance of doing -
everything possible to assist
communities to keep their arenas
operation.
(By Jack Riddell, M.P.P.i
In the early part of June the
Provincial Government announ-
ced that approximately 180
Ontario communities would be
ordered to shut down their arenas
permanently. because these facili-
ties were too dangerous to use.
An additional 120 communities
were expected to he prohibited
frem opening their arenas in the
fall unless structural repairs were
made. It was anticipated at that
time that many of these latter
arenas woad have seen their last
hockey game also, because major
repairs often cost as much as a
new building.
Reports indidated that probably
Northern Ontario would be the
hardest hit area, and that of the
360 arenas still to be inspected,
some 300 would be ordered to
close or make repairs. The
director of occupational safety at
the Ministry of Labour said- that
an arena of the typo commonly
improvements and alterations to
arenas, which they will be unable
to continue to use, unless they
raise even more money to carry
out the repairs and changes which
are needed to bring the arenas
into line With the government
standards now being imposed.
Confusion
There is considerable confusion
about the Provincial Governments
intentions with' respect to
financial assistance for communi-
ties wishing to bring their arenas
up to standard. Treasurer Darcy
McKeough ordered a clampdown
on funds whieh.ntay be borroVved
for rinks and arenas, , whilst
Culture and Recreation Minister
Robert Welch hasapproved
grants of Wintario funds for these
facilities. At one point the
Ministry of Culture and
Recreation' announced that 25%
of the cost of arena renovation
would be taken care of, and
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