The Citizen, 1990-04-04, Page 3Jodee Medd, left, and Erica Clark, both Grade 7 students at Blyth Public School, study Erica’s prize
winning exhibit at the school’s Science Fair last week. Jodee’s project ‘ ‘To Bee or Not To Bee also
won and both girls will be competing in the county Science Fair at Clinton on Saturday.
PRIDE grant used to support park
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1990. PAGE 3.
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room for a few minutes, councillors
(Reeve Albert Wasson had declar
ed a conflict of interest and left the
meeting) presented an offer which
would see the ball group contribute
that $3,642 toward the $7,302.05
already owing and the council
would forgive the rest. It means
that if council uses the money
available through its PRIDE grant,
in which the grant pays for 50 per
cent of the costs of the project,
council will be using $3,750 in
PRIDE money and contributing
$108 in actual cash from the village
coffers.
The councillors also proposed to
use PRIDE grants to pay for half of
the additional $11,500 estimated to
complete the project. The ball
group will pay for the rest through
an interest-free loan from the
village.
The confusion over the two
grants took up much of the discus
sion that led up to the eventual
solution. The village had applied
for the diamond project (on behalf
of the ball group) under two
different grant programs because
of uncertainty of what grants might
be available. The village had
originally applied in September
Contractor, village get
apology from ball group
After accepting village council’s
offer of a solution to finish the
renovation of the George Radford
Memorial Ball Diamond at Thurs
day night’s village council meeting
the Blyth Industrial Slow-pitch
Tournament Committee issued a
statement of apology to council and
its contractor, George Radford
Construction.
Ken Siertsema read the follow
ing: “We the Industrial Slow-pitch
Tournament Committee feel that
Radford Construction has lived up
to the contract and we would like to
apologize for any animosity that
Blyth
People
There were 10 tables in play at
the weekly euchre party at Blyth
Memorial Hall March 26. High
scores went to Vera Hesselwood
1988 under the Ministry of Tourism
and Recreation grant that would
pay for up to one-third of the costs
to a limit of $12,000 in grants.
In early 1989, at the time the
village was making its application
for many projects in the village
under the PRIDE program, it was
not certain it would be able to get
the Tourism and Recreation Grant
so it included the project in its
PRIDE program application for a
project cost of $35,000, meaning a
grant of $17,500 would be available
for the project. Later in 1989
council learned it had been suc
cessful in getting both grants.
Councillors apparently agreed at
this point that they would use the
money from the first grant for the
ball diamond and reallocate the
PRIDE money to other recreation
projects. Clerk-treasurer Helen
Grubb said at council’s March 14
meeting that some of the PRIDE
money had been used to help with
cost over-runs in two other recrea
tion projects.
Many members of the ball group
appearing at the meeting said they
felt they had the $17,500 grant to
spend on the project rather than
the $12,000 grant. In addition they
has occurred over the project. We
would like to apologize to the
council and the village of Blyth for
any misunderstanding and bad
feelings that have been created.
We take full responsibility for this
project and thank the town for its
generosity.”
At the conclusion council agreed
to lift the stop work order on the
project so it can be completed. It
also agreed to withdraw its letter
issued following a January 16
meeting in which it called on the
ball committee and Radford Con
struction to contribute money to
completing the project.
and Bert Daer. Low score prizes
went to Lillian Letherland and
Graeme McDowell. June Fothergill
and Jean Scott had the most lone
hands. The special prize was won
by Lillian Appleby.
At the lost heir card party
Wednesday night at Memorial
Hall, Dorothy Daer and Graeme
McDowell had the high scores asnd
Gladys Johnston and Lloyd Walden
the low scores. Mabel Riley won
the special prize.
admitted they had underbudgeted
for some expenses at the time they
had made the original application
not including, for instance, the cost
of preparing and seeding the
outfield (now estimated at $4,800).
At times the bitterness that had
developed over the last few months
threatened to erupt at the meeting
but in general the opinion express
ed by Councillor Ken Brown
seemed to prevail when he said
“why not work at a solution and
forget the past.”
After council returned, after
leaving the room to huddle, and
presented its proposal, the Ball
committee left to eensider it before
accepting and expressing their
appreciation to council for its
co-operation and help.
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