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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-02-15, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007. Morris-Turnberry councillors not only adopted a resolution proposed by a Belgrave resident at their Feb. 6 meeting, but agreed to pick up the expense of circulating it to other municipalities through the Ontario Municipal Association. Sandra Thompson appeared before council to provide more information on the resolution she had proposed in writing earlier. Thompson, on top of her full-time job, has a consulting company that gives advice to Quality Homes on creating homes that are more accessible for those with mobility problems. She suggested the municipality lobby Canada Morgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to change its funding of housing alterations required to assist disabled people. While a $40,000 grant under CMHC’s Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program for Persons with Disabilities sounds good, she said, it is so restrictive it is almost useless. For one thing, a home must be at least five years old to qualify for the grant. Someone building a new home that requires changes for accessibility doesn’t qualify. As well, the income level for those eligible for funding is so low that many needy people can’t qualify.Answering a question fromdeputy-mayor Jim Nelemans, Thompson said the $40,000 would go a long way to providing necessary changes to a new home but would only cover about half the cost of retrofiting an older home. Councillor Mark Beaven said a friend of his had to retrofit an older, two-storey home and he guessed it cost 10 times as much at the grant. However Beaven said he couldn’t support Thompson’s call for a complete removal of a cap on income elegibility. He said he didn’t want to see some millionaire ex- hockey player being subsidized for changes required in his home. He said he could support a “review of” income requirements. Thompson said that changes could be made. Councillors passed the amended resolution and considered Thompson’s request that it be forwarded to other municipalities across the province. Nancy Michie, administrator, clerk-treasurer noted it would cost around $300 to forward the resolution for AMO to be sent to all municipalities. “I think we should cover the $300 cost to circulate it through AMO,” Nelemans said. Councillors agreed. Suit up for Hockey Fridays 0If you want to be Hockeyville, you’ve got to work for it. Hockey Fridays are back and North Huron is urging all of its residents to get into the hockey spirit every Friday until the end of March. Show support by wearing a hockey jersey, decorating your office or your home on Fridays until the end of March. With just 42 contestants in the Hockeyville contest this year, this improves North Huron’s odds of being in the top ten greatly. Lastly, the biggest contribution you can make to the 2007 Hockeyville effort is to vote for North Huron. Visit www.cbc.ca/hockeyville and follow the directions to vote for your community. For you Katey Stryker, centre, and Ashley Cook received a donation from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 420 Blyth, presented by Branch president Ric McBurney. The donation was to assist the F.E. Madill girls soccer team with their trip to Hawaii. (Photo submitted) Midgets stay alive The provincial broomball tournament was held near Barrie Feb. 9-11, for PeeWee to Juvenile levels. Blyth King’s Bantam boys had a tough draw and ended up playing two top Eastern teams. Their first match was held at Lefroy arena at 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, against the Eastern Panthers. The Panthers were quick to score in the game and got two goals on Blyth early in the first period. Once the coaches figured out how the Panthers were playing, a timeout was called and the Kings came out with a game plan. The Kings made some great plays and took a few great shots on net, but the Panthers stopped the balls every time. The Kings received a penalty for high- sticking and really put forth a great defensive effort, as they didn’t allow the Panthers to score on them. The Panthers scored one more goal in the second period. The Kings ended up losing the game 3-0, but should be very proud of standing up against this top Eastern team and staying in the game, said coaches. Goalkeeper Derek Logtenberg received the title Man-of-the-Match for his countless saves while covering the Kings net. The Kings were up bright and early to play the Eastern Voyagers on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. Both teams came out strong and came to play a good game of broomball. The ball was dumped back and forth into each end throughout the game. There was lots of action on both ends, but the game ended in a scoreless tie. Once again Logtenberg played a strong game in net for the Kings. The tie meant sudden death overtime. The Voyagers got a lucky break, obtained control of the ball and took a shot on net. Blyth’s last man back had his hand out to stop the ball, but it skimmed over top and went into the net. This a very disheartening loss for the Kings after they played such a great game of broomball. Brendon Boven and Brent Drost were named Man-of-the-Match for playing their positions and coming back to help out the defence whenever needed. The Kings were a very small team this year, but they played some very good broomball and learned some great skills that will carry them well into the next broomball season. Derek Logtenberg was the starting goalie for the Kings. Defensive players were: Lucas Frawley, Jon Hakkers, Tyler Hallahan (back-up goalie), Shawn Reinink and Tristan Miltenburg. The forwards were Andy Bolinger, Marc Dery, Alex Hogan and Greg Roetcisoender, Brendon Boven and Brent Drost. Coach Jen Miltenburg and assistant coaches Kay Logtenberg and Mary Ann Drost were very pleased with the Kings performance and skills shown during this tournament. Work For The Best BOSS In The World This Summer Take charge of your future with Summer Company, an Ontario government program for full-time students aged 15-29. It provides hands-on business training and mentoring and awards of up to $3,000 to help start your own business. Students, bring your parents! Parents, … bring your students! Summer Company INFORMATION SESSION “Creating an effective business plan” Thursday February 22nd, 7-9 pm Huron Business Centre, Seaforth To register, contact: Alison Lobb, (519) 527-0305 Work For The Best BOSS In The World This Summer Smart Entrepreneurs know that … Failing to Plan is like Planning to Fail! The first in our series of 2007 Better Business workshops will be held on Thursday February 22 nd, 7- 9 p.m. at the Small Business Enterprise Centre in Seaforth. This workshop is free! Are you considering starting a new business or making changes in your existing enterprise? Stack the odds for business success in your favour and attend this session on creating an effective business plan. Make the seminar work even harder for you by sharing your own business plan ideas and find out how they can be improved. Check our website www.smallbusinesshuron.ca for a complete listing of our 2007 workshops. Pre-registration required. Call 519.527.0305. Two goals by Greg Tiffin weren’t quite enough to keep the Wingham Midget Rep squad alive in WOAA playoffs. Tiffin scored an unassisted goal just six seconds into the second period to open the scoring and added a second goal at 11:45 of the third, assisted by Greg Munday to give Wingham a 2-0 lead. Minto didn’t quit and with the help of the referee, tied the game on a powerplay goal with 4:29 left to play, forcing overtime. Minto scored the winner with 4:18 remaining in overtime to sweep the series. Wingham may now go into group playdowns, but at the time of writing, nothing definite has been set up. Bantam Kings’ season ends The Blyth Bantam Rep Bulldogs played their first game in the OMHA quarter-final series on Sunday against Embro with a 6-3 victory. Tyler Stevenson got the game off to a good start by scoring unassisted only seconds into the game. The next two goals were scored by Dan Deary assisted by Adam Cronin and Michael McDowell. The game stayed at a 3-3 tie until the third period, leaving the fans on the edge of their seats. Tyler Middegaal came through for Blyth scoring the tie-breaking goal, assisted by McDowell. This gave the team the boost they needed. Embro pulled their goalie with over a minute left in the game. Deary got the hattrick making the game 5-3, then Dallas Pennington popped one in to finish things off with a 6-3 win. The boys head to Embro for game two on Tuesday, then it’s back to Blyth on Friday, Feb. 16 at 9 p.m. for game three. Bantams lead series By Keith RoulstonThe CitizenMT to circulatemotion in Ont.