The Citizen, 2012-07-19, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012.
YMCA clashes with Clinton gym over programs
School holds year-end talent show
Columnist spends
time in England
The sympathy of the
Londesborough community is
extended to the family of Bob Peel
who passed away on July 3 after a
short stay in hospital in London. Bob
and Mary farmed just north of the
village for many years until they
moved into Clinton and their two
sons, Allan and Fred, took over the
farm. Keeping the family in your
thoughts will help them come to
terms with their loss in the coming
weeks.
If you think perhaps Joanne Lyon
is listing a little to the left these
days it’s because she is sporting a
cast on that arm. Seems she
tripped on a curb in Blyth and
snapped the same arm she broke 50
years ago. Bert is chief cook
and bottle washer as a result these
days.
My ‘roses’ event for this week
happened on Sunday, July 1. My
sister and I surprised a second cousin
in England by showing up to help
her celebrate her 75th birthday. The
other three relatives were aware we
were coming and enjoyed her
surprise as well. Their pleasure at
seeing us made the flight
worthwhile.
During our two days with them we
had a great reunion, dined out,
had tea and toured the
countryside around London. Our
Monday trip took us along part
of the Olympic cycling course and
past rowers practising on the
Thames.
The banners along the route for the
Olympics had us puzzled. They
come in a variety of colours but the
modernistic design on the bottom
took some thought as to what it was.
It turns out that it is 2012 in odd
blocked numbers. You might like to
‘Google’ the banner and see for
yourself.
Do you know what the English call
an ATM? A hole in the wall. As in, I
went to the “hole in the wall” for
some cash.
Why is it that the weeds continue
to do well in the gardens but the
plants and grass aren’t during this
current dry spell/heat wave?
A meeting between the Clinton
YMCA and local gym Curves did
not go well for Curves, according to
Central Huron Councillor Dan
Colquhoun.
At Central Huron Council’s July 9
meeting, Colquhoun told councillors
that an earlier conflict between the
two fitness centres over offering
Zumba classes currently sits
unresolved and several councillors
felt it was time they step in.
While Curves had been offering
Zumba classes before the YMCA,
Colquhoun said, representatives
from Curves were told the YMCA
would continue to offer the sessions
despite the perceived competition
they bring to the sessions Curves
offers.
Immediately Councillor Alison
Lobb suggested that representatives
from the YMCA come to the
council’s July 26 Committee of the
Whole meeting to discuss the
conflict and council’s perception of
the contract it had signed with the
YMCA last year.
“I thought we were fairly clear
that [the YMCA] was not going to
run something that was already
being run,” said Lobb.
Councillor Burk Metzger said that
while a non-competition clause had
been discussed at the meeting with
YMCA representatives, it was not
officially included in the agreement.
Looking back on the minutes of that
meeting, Metzger said, the only
mention of a non-competition clause
was one comment where a
representative said the YMCA
would not duplicate services
currently offering in the
Clinton/Central Huron area, but that
it was not included in the final
agreement.
Councillor Alex Westerhout felt
the comment was enough to be clear
about the YMCA’s intentions and
felt council was all on his side.
“I thought we all heard that fairly
clearly,” Westerhout said. “The next
question is what are we going to do
about it?”
Metzger, however, was quick to
ensure that council didn’t blow the
issue out of proportion, saying that
nothing had been decided for certain
and it was well within the realm of
possibility that a solution could be
reached without issue.
“We don’t want to make it sound
worse than it is,” Metzger said.
The municipality signed a three-
year agreement with the YMCA to
provide services at the Central
Huron Community Complex, and
Metzger suggested council meet
with YMCA representatives to
discuss the issue and iron it out.
Colquhoun said it is very possible
that the representatives who met
with Curves are different than those
who met with council last year and
the solution could be as easy as
getting all of the YMCA
representatives together to
implement what had been discussed
with council.
Councillor Marg Anderson
suggested YMCA representatives be
invited to a meeting, rather than any
other extreme measures be taken.
“Maybe the people running the
programs are going by the
agreement,” she said. “We wouldn’t
want to make any hard feelings.”
Lobb said she felt Anderson’s
direction was a good one, but that
council had to be firm with the
representatives from the YMCA,
saying that council had a very clear
understanding on competition within
the town.
Representatives from the YMCA
will be invited to the July 26
Committee of the Whole meeting,
which begins at 1 p.m. at the
Regional Equine and Agricultural
Central of Huron (REACH).
Area children are already into their
third week of summer vacation after
a busy June of activities. In June this
column included results from Hullett
Central’s in-house annual track and
field meet. On June 6 winners from
the Hullett event from Grades 3 to 8
participated in the regional track and
field meet at Seaforth. I was unable
to verify results from that meet.
However, I have been through the
results from the AMDSB divisionalmeet held at Stratford Central PublicSchool on June 21. Hullett was oneof 42 schools involved that day.
Ethan Scrimgeour won first place in
three events – PeeWee boys 200-
metre run, PeeWee boys 400-metre
run and PeeWee boys long jump.
Ethan was second overall in his
division. Michaela Rodges was
second in the PeeWee girls shot put.
Kaleb Wilts won points for the
junior boys 1500-metre run. Parker
Gibbings placed in the Junior boys
long jump.
Also participating for Hullett
Central were Sydney Hunking,
Connor Driscoll, Taylor Oesch,
Jeremy Wilts, Emily Wilts, Jason
Wilts, Nick Aitken and Mary Kate
Allen. Congratulations to everyone
who participated.
On the last day of the school year,
June 28, Hullett Central held itsannual talent show, a chance formany pupils to show theirclassmates their other side and a
chance for them to hone their
performing skills. Mdm. Maver and
Mrs. Gilroy were the organizing
teachers and the afternoon was
hosted by Grade 8 graduates, Brooke
Middegaal, Paige Gibbings and
Catie MacDonald. Barb Bosman
was on hand to offer
accompaniment.
Trivia music questions were
considered between the various acts.
Did you know that the highest note
on the piano keyboard is a C? Or that
the piano was invented in 1698? Or
that there are 12,000 parts in a
piano? Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber
was born in Stratford and Carrie
Underwood’s career as a country
singer took off after she appeared on
American Idol.The entire audience showed itstalent when the Grade 8 grades ledthem in the bird dance.
Many piano students entertained
by tickling the ivories. Catherine
Fielding, Elianne Kreuger, Kiara
Driscoll, Avery Boven, Alex
Fielding and Chloe Elliott played
piano solos and piano duets were
played by Laurie Steinson and
Elianne Kreuger and sisters Sydney
and Sara Hunking.
Performing dance numbers were
Garrett Whyte and duo Kayley
Kuntz and Catherine Fielding. A
skipping demonstration was given
by Shayna Hunking and Sadie
Squires. Solos were offered by
Naomi Filiatrault, Brianna Graf and
Chloe Elliott.
Shannon Dale, Aaly Broda, Emily
Wilts and Mary Kate Allen led the
audience in a camp song to close out
the program. Kudos to everyone who
was brave enough to perform in front
of their peers.
Seems there are folks who like to
play cards even on a hot Friday the
13th. The Londesborough
Happy Gang Seniors hosted 13-and-
a-half tables of euchre players
at the community hall that
evening.
Two ladies, Geraldine Johnston
and Gloria McEwing, won first place
with a score of 72; second, Bob and
June Thomas, 71; third, Stu Wilson
and Alex Townsend, 69; most lone
hands, Mae Ritchie and Lillian
Appleby, seven.
The seniors will hold their next
card party on Aug. 13.
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