HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-12, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012. PAGE 9. Huron East to spend $200,000 on Vanastra centre
Huron East Council decided that
nearly $200,000 will be spent on the
Vanastra Recreation Centre forrepairs.A joint report came to council out
of the minutes of the Vanastra
Recreation Committee’s monthly
meeting in June featuring a detailedreport on the centre’s needs.John Hill, Huron East’s newly-
hired building and property
maintenance co-ordinator, prepared
the report and outlined the areas ofimportance in the centre. Council agreed that the pool area
needed to be looked after before
anything else could be considered.
The future of the rest of the building,council said, is still up in the air.Council has yet to decide how they
wish to proceed, whether they want
to keep the “hall” portion of the
centre as a hall that may be rented
out for events, or changed into a
gym. The gym could include several
items, such as a climbing wall,
which is one of the suggestions that
has been made over the course of the
process.
For preliminary repairs, Hill
settled on approximately $192,000
which would take place over the
next two months.
Tuckersmith Councillor Les
Falconer said it was time to put
some money into Vanastra. He said
council had recently committed
hundreds of thousands of dollars to
the renovation of the Brussels
Library and nearly $150,000 for the
purchase of the former Brussels
Public School, so it was time
Vanastra saw some municipal
money.
Mayor Bernie MacLellan said he
would like to see council give the
Vanastra community some time to
raise some funds for the project. He
said if money was raised at the
actual centre, funds could be
collected by the actual users of the
facility, many of whom
come from outside of Huron East, he
said.
The decision was made to utilize
$100,000 out of Tuckersmith’s pre-
amalgamation reserves and that
Huron East would pay the rest.
Councillors said the future of the
hall would be thoroughly discussed
at a later meeting of council.
By Shawn LoughlinThe Citizen
They’re maniacs, maniacs on the floor
Determined to make their final day at Blyth Public School memorable, students and staff performed a flash mob on the school
yard dancing up a storm and striking a pose for this picture. The group will be split between the campuses of Maitland River
Elementary School and Hullett Central Public School next year as Blyth’s door closed forever on the last day of school in June.
(Denny Scott photo)
Chip and a Putt – By Bruce Skinn
This past week the Wingham Golf
and Curling Club held its annual
children’s golf clinic. The 50 kids
endured extreme heat and muggy
playing conditions while learning
some fundamentals as well as golf
etiquette. Special thanks to all the
volunteers who once again made the
golf camp a huge success.
On Wednesday, July 4 25 golfers
enjoyed senior men’s morning. Ken
Mathers took home first place with
Brian Skinn finishing second and
Bill Brown ending up in third. Skinn
also won the closest to the pin award
with Don Bone sinking the longest
putt. Steve Nixon shot 39 to claim
low gross.
The Thursday night men had 65
golfers hit the links on a hot muggy
evening. Dave Gamble was as hot as
the weather shooting an even par
superb round of 35. Gamble also
took home a closest to the pin prize
as well as longest putt. Other
winners were Don Edgar for longest
drive and Brett Martin closest to the
pin with Bill Quipp, Jamie Chester
and Paul Deitz claiming longest putt
awards. The hidden score winners
were Mark Gibson, Russ Taylor and
Bill Deans.
Friday night the club served up
close to 800 of their large tasty
chicken wings on their monthly
wing night.
Next Tuesday, July 17 the ladies
are holding an Italian fun night at
the club. The ladies will be having a
nine-hole scramble before joining
for supper in the dining lounge.
Anyone interested should contact
the pro shop to sign up asap. On
Wednesday, July 18 the girls have
invited Don Bone to instruct them
for a putting and chipping clinic.
Anyone interested again contact the
pro shop.
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While discussion regarding
charges that could be levied against
wind turbine developers in North
Huron have been placed on the back
burner pending research by
township staff, a very different
message came out of the discussion
regarding another renewable energy
technology: roof-mounted solar rigs.
“I’ve been told that solar panels
are a danger for firefighters,”
Councillor Brock Vodden said. “Our
firefighters are being directed to not
go into a barn with solar panels, I
imagine the same would be stated
for an apartment building like the
one in Blyth that has panels.”
Chief Building Official Dave
Black said that the roof structure on
any building with solar panels
should be able to withstand the load
because they have to be cleared
before the installation.
“I know there have been a lot of
discussions regarding safety, but I
haven’t received any hard
information about it,” he said. “I
haven’t been told not to issue a
permit.”
Acting Fire Chief Keith
Hodgkinson stated that he
would not risk anything he didn’t
need to.
“I won’t risk a firefighter going
into any situation like that,
especially for a burning barn,” he
said. “The weight is a concern, but
we’re really concerned about the
electrical problems. We don’t know
if those things are active or if there
might be a danger because of them.”
Hodgkinson said that the North
Huron Fire Department will go to
fires with panels but beyond that,
there’s a lot to be evaluated.
“There will have to be serious
repercussions or dire circumstances
for us to go into or be around a
building with solar panels on its
roof,” he said.
Vodden said the issue will need to
be dealt with very soon.
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