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Committee vows to fund NH Museum move
Like the Town Hall Theatre in
Wingham before it, the North Huron
Museum may be relocated without
tax dollars, if necessary, according to
volunteers supportive of the move.
Represented by Doug
Kuyvenhoven, a committee
interested in relocating the museum
and keeping it operational spoke to
North Huron Township Council
during its Feb. 4 meeting.
Kuyvenhoven’s family has offered
the former train station in Wingham
to the municipality essentially free
of charge to house the museum.
He told council that, if necessary,
the committee would work to fund
the move entirely, and council has
reason to believe him: Kuyvenhoven
was a big supporter of the town hall
theatre renovation project.
Kuyvenhoven said that, after
council last dealt with the issue, a
meeting was held at the Wingham
branch of the Huron County Library
to find members for the committee.
There were various community
groups in attendance, and
approximately 25 people attending
in total.
“We are here tonight to ask
council to consider creating a
Wingham Museum committee of
council with terms of reference to be
worked out by staff,” Kuyvenhoven
said. “The committee would do the
planning, volunteering and
fundraising associated with the
move.”
Kuyvenhoven said that the
committee would do what the theatre
renovation committee had done
before it.
“We can repeat the success of re-
opening the Wingham Town Hall
Theatre,” he said. “That was all
accomplished with zero taxpayer
dollars. Give us the opportunity for
the creation of a community
committee. We need you to support
and empower us to do the job.”
Council directed staff to research
the committee’s creation, including
creating terms of reference.
After hearing the presentation
from Kuyvenhoven, and a similar
request from Andy McBride on
behalf of the Howson Dam and Pond
committee, Reeve Bernie Bailey
commended both groups on their
efforts.
“It’s good to see volunteers
turning out in this community
again,” he said. “I’m so happy the
volunteers are back.”
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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YMCA usage holds
steady through ’18
Usage of the Central Huron
YMCA held steady in 2018 and its
operators are again looking for
funding from Central Huron
Council to upgrade the facility.
Leigh Cove, Lindsay Whitaker
and Mike Ennis, all from the
YMCA, spoke to council at its Feb.
4 meeting, looking back at a
successful 2018 and looking ahead
to the future of the location.
Cove told council that
membership held steady at the
centre with 559 total members in
2018 compared to 555 total
members the year before. Where the
centre saw major gains, however,
was in non-member participants,
which could provide a bump in
membership in the future. The
centre had nearly 70 non-member
participants in 2018, a robust
number for Clinton, Cove said.
She also told council that those at
the centre have been impressed with
its retention rate as well. Hoping to
achieve a 58 per cent retention rate,
the YMCA hit 60 per cent,
exceeding that goal.
Whitaker told council that the
centre’s revenue was down in 2018
compared to 2017, dropping from
$163,092 to $138,928, despite a
larger contribution from Central
Huron Council ($42,545 in 2018
compared to $35,233 in 2017).
However, she said, in 2018, nearly
$10,000 was reinvested into the site,
which included repairs to the current
radio equipment, replacement parts,
preventative maintenance and new
wellness accessories for the fitness
centre.
She said that again the YMCA
would be asking for another $10,000
for capital funds for 2019. This
money, she said, would go towards
converting the existing Energy Zone
space into a multi-purpose space
used for functional training, new and
existing group exercise classes,
youth leadership courses and
children’s programming
opportunities.
In addition, the YMCA personnel
were requesting an extension of the
Recreation, Arts and Sports Program
(RASP) funding from the
municipality. Since 2016, the
municipality has provided $7,500
per year to aid children and youth
participating in activities at the
YMCA, regardless of their financial
circumstances.
The requests from the YMCA
were referred to council’s upcoming
budget deliberations, which will be
taking place in the coming months.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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