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There were 17 people at play at
the Monday night euchre held on
May 28 at the Ethel Hall, hosted by
Eleanor Stevenson and Edna
McLellan.
Winners were: share the wealth,
Marion Harrison and Edna
McLellan; high lady, Helen
Dobson; low lady, Viola Adams;
ladies’ lone hands, Vicki Siemon
and Dorothy Martin; men’s high,
Allan Martin; men’s low, Joan
Jacobs; men’s lone hands, Norm
Dobson; lucky tallies, Allan Edgar,
Sharon Freeman, Bill Siemon,
Marion Harrison, Keith Turnbull,
Neil Turnbull, Judy Hahn and
Adrian Verstoep. The next euchre
will be Monday, June 11 at 8 p.m.
On May 14, winners were: high
lady, Helen Dobson; low lady, Viola
Adams; high man, Keith Turnbull;
low man, Glen Howling; most lone
hands, Edna McLellan and Judy
Hahn, tied and Allan Edgar; share
the wealth, Judy Hahn and Norm
Dobson.
Cards held
in Ethel
Cards held
in Cranbrook
Euchre was held at the Cranbrook
Hall on May 18.
Winners were: share the wealth,
Adriene Verstoep and Marion
Harrison; travelling lone hand, Pat
Hamilton; high lady, Sharon
Freeman; low lady, Myrna Burnett;
most lone hands, Viola Adams and
Jean Dewar; high man, Helen
Dobson; low man, Ruth Turnbull. A
number of tally prizes were
awarded.
The next card party will be held at
the Cranbrook Hall on June 1.
Continued from page 1
organization. We had about half of
what the project would have cost last
year but we’re not able to hold on to
large sums of money so we had to
spend it on the team and we bought
new equipment and new uniforms.”
Bromley feels that they could have
easily raised some of the remaining
money last year had they received
the cost sooner, but feels the entire
cost should not be borne by either
their team or the other diamond
users.
“Elliott Nixon Insurance sponsors
our team and we believe they would
have helped,” he said. “A few team
members are also part of the Blyth
Lions, so we think we could have
got them involved as well, but right
now we haven’t got the reserves we
did have.”
“We’re not the only people who
use the diamond,” he said. “There
are the minor baseball teams, a
women’s team and an old timers slo-
pitch team.”
He also said usage of the field can
be limited by events like
Campvention and the annual Huron
Pioneer Thresher and Hobby
Association Reunion.
“We understand that, when we go
to book our times, the township
doesn’t want us playing ball when
an event like Campvention is in
town and are parked right up to the
fence or when the Threshers are in
town and are actually on the ball
diamond,” he said. “But as far as I
know none of the money from these
groups limiting the use or using the
fields goes back into the fields.”
The second diamond is even re-
built for the Threshers as they put up
a fence to contain the car show.
“We think that the other
diamond’s fence should be replaced
and some of the cost could come
from the Threshers since they pay to
put up a temporary fence every
year,” he said. “Think of how much
easier it would be for them and
better for us if there were two usable
fields.”
Unfortunately for the state of the
fields, however, the Thresher
reunion doesn’t actually pay to rent
the field or the campground.
“The Huron Pioneer Thresher and
Hobby Association Reunion have a
deal with the township where it
receives no compensation for the
use of the fields,” Newson said.
“They handle all the bills for the
grounds for two weeks and do pay
rental fees on the community centre
floor and hall, but they don’t pay for
the pitch.”
The only finances that are
earmarked for the fields, according
to Newson, are funds that come in
from rentals by the user groups and
they don’t cover the costs of running
the park leaving little room for
changes.
“We absolutely support upgrades,
but sometimes the finances just
aren’t there,” she said.
The fields are quickly falling into
disrepair according to Bromley and
the two times that the team hosted
the year-end Huron County Fastball
League tournament may be the last
due to the condition of the fields.
“We put up a temporary fence
around the other diamond but what
we’ve heard is that we won’t be able
to host until it’s replaced
permanently,” he said. “Our
constitution requires two fenced-in
diamonds for that tournament.”
The fence was taken down due to
safety concerns several years ago
and hasn’t been replaced.
“We’re trying to make sure it’s in
good shape so people don’t have a
negative impression of Blyth and
North Huron,” he said.
Bromley said the team isn’t
hoping for an upgrade the likes of
which was seen in Brussels last year
where the field was completely
redone, but to try and maintain it so
it doesn’t “fall apart as fast as it is
fixed.”
“We know budgets are tight and
we’re not asking for everything all at
once,” he said. “Some of the issues
with the park have been ongoing.
We’re looking for a few things every
year, not a complete overhaul.”
Bromley initially didn’t want to
address the situation, however
rumours about the diamond
upgrades, or lack thereof, prompted
him to explain that township staff
had not nixed the upgrades, but had
responded too late for the team to do
anything about it.
“We’re certainly not attacking
anyone or saying anyone has done
something against the field
upgrades,” he said. “We just want to
see progress and see things
maintained instead of falling apart.”
Newson said North Huron only
said no to one idea and that was a set
of dugouts in the second field, as
they would interfere with other uses.
“We want to reach out to and work
with groups like this team, but we
have to work with what we have
financially and look at what is
feasible as far as other users are
concerned,” Newson said.
Bromley said that he would like to
explore different avenues of raising
the money for the project but feels it
should involve the township more
and be a co-operative effort. He says
that he would try everything from
advertising on the outfield fences
(akin to the board advertisements
around the ice rink at the Blyth and
District Community Centre) to
involving local service groups
however the team feels frustrated
that it seems the project has to be
handled by teams and service groups
instead of having the township as a
working participant.
“More than half our team lives in
town and they feel frustrated when
they see things not getting done,” he
said. “I have to explain to them
what’s told to me at the users
meetings but it’s still disheartening.”
Bromley said that the township
does do work on the fields including
maintenance but, for some reason, a
lot of that work is left until the end
of the user season and doesn’t see
use again until after several months
of winter weather at which point it’s
hard to tell the work was ever done.
Park not in budget this year