HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-01-31, Page 17THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013. PAGE 17. ACW wants community involved with hallContinued from page 16where volunteers would run the halland, at an estimated deficit of $300per year, would do so in a way that
impressed council.
“We were excited about that, and
we will definitely help with that if it
means keeping a hall in the
community,” Millian said.
However, he added, if the
Foresters are in decline, that needs to
be dealt with.
Vanstone said that he was not a
Forester and he’d prefer not getting
mixed up between council and the
Foresters.
“I know the state that the building
is in, I know what needs to be done
and I know no one in the area will
rent it for anything in the shape it is
in,” he said. “I don’t know what the
deal council made with the Foresters
was, but I know that.”
Millian said that the lack of
volunteers was ‘disturbing’ and that
not getting people from the
community to step forward could be
a real problem for the continued useof the hall.“If we’re going to keep runningthe hall, we have to look at how we
are can rebuild not just the hall, but
the support it has, because otherwise
it will all fall apart,” he said.
Vanstone said he would prefer to
see the hall run by the township
instead of a board, adding that a few
people aren’t going to be able to
raise funds for it.
Council, however, felt that when
they agreed to buy the building, it
was supposed to be ‘business as
usual’ and that the Foresters and
volunteers would continue to run it.
Van Diepenbeek felt that the
community needs to get involved
because, if they don’t, Benmiller
will lose the second of two meeting
spots in the village having just lost
the Benmiller United Church
directly across the road from the
hall.
“It’s fair to say that the township
will help people who help
themselves,” Millian added. “But ifthere is no desire, we can’t run thehall at a loss.”Vanstone said that the boardwould do some ‘soul-searching’ andseveral councillors suggested bringing the Foresters back in to seewhat could be done with thebuilding. No action was taken.
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On Jan. 19 at 4:37 p.m. Huron
OPP officers along with Huron
County paramedics responded to a
911 call at the YMCA pool located
on Suncoast Drive East in Goderich.
Lifeguards removed a female
teenager from the deep end of the
pool. She was found unresponsive
and the lifeguards immediately
started emergency life-saving
measures.
She was transported to Alexandra
Marine & General Hospital in
Goderich, and then air lifted to
Children’s Hospital – London
Health Sciences Centre in London.
Fourteen year old Sarah Henry-
Mills of Auburn died at Children’s
Hospital in London on Jan. 21.
Huron OPP is continuing to
investigate with the assistance of the
Coroner’s office. Anyone with
information that can assist is asked
to call the Huron OPP or Crime
Stoppers.
Auburn girl drowns in
Goderich YMCA pool
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