The Citizen, 1992-04-01, Page 17Just beginning
The Blyth Beginners recently played in a tournament in Seaforth. Team members are back
row, from left: Ryan McClinchey, Michelle Cook, Matthew Smith, Taylor Hesselwood, Neil
Salverda, Justin Peters, Stevie Govier, Ronald Higgins. Front row: Brett Bean, Sandy Hay,
Cody Anderson, Raymond de Boer, Darcey Cook, Luke Anderson, Travis Penfound. Coaches
are Steve Cook and Jeff Peters. Absent from photo are Aaron and Tyrell McClinchey
Blyth beginners play in tournament
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 ,1992. PAGE 17.
County tables Huron Study
for more consultation
This year of beginner hockey has
been an interesting and enjoyable
one. There is not one star on the
team as they are all, coaches say.
The team motto is to go out,
skate hard and have fun. Members
ages range from our youngest of
three to our oldest of seven.
On Thursday, March 19 the team
travelled to a tournament in
Seaforth. The purpose of this tour
nament was to provide a fun and
exciting day for all the young play
ers. It wasn't based on the thrill of
victory or agony of defeat.
After three games with the first
starting at 8:20 and the last at 11
a.m., it was more like the thrill of
participating and the aching of the
feet.
At the start of the first game as
each player stepped onto the ice,
their name and number was
announced, then each team stood
on their respective bluelines for the
playing of ‘O Canada’.
There was never any change in
the scoreboard during the game.
Every team came off a winner
thereby taking away the idea of
having to win. There wasn't one
Ladies’ curling ends season
Continued from page 8.
Bob Steiss and Frank Brecken
ridge.
The Ladies Curling Club ended
the season by curling the last two
regular games on Tuesday, March
24 followed by a pot luck dinner
and meeting at noon.
The team of Marie Stute, Jean
Bewley, Nora Stephenson and
player who didn’t come away with
a special feeling upon presentation
of the medallions at the conclusion
of the final game.
The coaches and players com
mend the Seaforth Committee
Sponsors, and volunteers for
putting this event together. It defi
nitely made every player feel like a
winner.
Melody White was first with 41
points. In second place with 33
points was Gloria Wilbee, Velma
Locking, Bev Palmer and Fran
Breckenridge. Third place with 32
points went to Ruth Bauer, Mary
Bernard, Jane McCutcheon and
Wilma Rammeloo.
The hottest curler of the day was
Doris Fischer.
Huron County councillors unani
mously voted to table indefinitely a
final draft report on the Huron
County Study into reforming coun
ty structure until the municipalities
have had an opportunity to com
ment on it.
There was heated discussion on
presentation of the report and the
recommendation from Executive
Committee that the report be
"received" by council and copies
forwarded to the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs in order to get
the final $17,400 installment on the
grant to finance the study.
The issue was brought to a head
by a letter from seven municipal
clerk-treasurers who had sat on an
advisory committee studying the
issue. Several of the clerks also
appeared at county council and,
represented by Larry McCabe of
Goderich and Rick Hundley of
Exeter, recommended the report be
tabled and not sent on to the gov
ernment. He said he had talked to
the Ministry and been told the
county would get its grant whether
the county's report was received or
not.
Nigel Bellchamber, county clerk
administrator, said the recommen
dation to send the report on to the
Ministry was based on information
he and Gary Davidson, county
planning director, had had with
Ministry officials who had said
they must have a document by the
end of the provincial fiscal year
(March 31) before the grant could
be paid. "All we can go by is what
the people who were designated
liaison people tell us," he said.
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle wor
ried what would happen if the cur
rent report, with some
recommendations that have not
been debated by council, let alone
municipalities or the public, are put
in the hand of the government. "If
you want to send it, do it without
the recommendations. Once you
put things in people's hands it tends
to become the way things are." He
worried that for the sake of the
$17,000 grant, the county might
take an action that would seriously
effect the future of the county
structure.
Mr. Bellchamber suggested
stamping "Draft" on the report
since it currently reads "Final
Report" and Stanley Township
Reeve Howard Armstrong agreed,
saying calling it a final report could
be dangerous. He noted that the
clerks felt there were recommenda
tions that didn't seem to be consis
tent with what they felt would be in
the document following their last
meeting in November.
Reeve Mickle agreed the term
"final report" was dangerous. "It
tells me that if this goes forward
then it's a done deal."
Mr. Bellchamber said there
seemed to be an inference that staff
was trying to "slip something by"
and that was not the case.
Dave Lee, Reeve of Blyth said he
was new to council but the last he
had heard the county had rejected
things such as boundary changes
and he wondered how a recommen
dation for boundary changes got to
be part of the study report. He won
dered if "the wheels are still turn
ing" in changes once the report was
accepted.
Mr. Davidson replied that the
study does accept there will be 26
municipalities in Huron but does
make provisions for small bound
ary adjustments if municipalities
want them.
Hullctt Reeve Tom Cunningham
said he felt the concerns of the
clerks should be listened to and he
worried about the provincial gov
ernment's agenda. "I don't want this
particular document to go to the
government with any thought that
this is our recommendation. I don't
want to tie our hands in any way."
In a recorded vote, councillors
voted unanimously that the report
be tables for more study and that
copies be sent to all municipalities.
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