The Huron Expositor, 1999-03-03, Page 1Your Community Newspaper Since -1860— Seaforth. Ontario
March 3. ` 1999– $1.00 includes GST
Ready, S e t. . . w aiting for Go
Dreams for a second arena and pool awaits right opportunity
While dreams •for a second ice
surface and indoor/outdoor pool for
the Seaforth and District Community
Centres iSDCCi are still only
dreams. facilities manager Graham
Nesbitt and SDCC committee chair.
Dennis O'Connor are prepared to
move as soon as an opportunity.
arises:
"We want to be the first." sans
• • O'Connor.,''Hopefully. we've six the
jump on it to get it to bed quicker
than anyone else. tf hoards are being
• run responsibly, they have plans for
the future.'.
The SDCC committee`, Tong -term •
facility plan. drawn up in 1995:
includes; drawings. dor ;an
approximately S?.b"ntitlion`additi�in.
of. second 190 .by 85' rink with
• •fiv.e new dre'stng rooms and a
second floor mezzanine • •vtth
windows onto both ice -surfaces.
The plan shows the newnnk going
• but the west side of the community
centre and although there is. no
drawing or cost estimate for a pool.
-Nesbitt says it. would. probahiy
expand out into the .grassed area in
front of the arena.
. " It'cduld just as easily be built on
the other end of the facility. We have
enough land to,expand." he says.
Long term planning is an exercise
the SDCC committee does ever' , tive
_years and O'Connor says the
committee will
the plan next
year.
• "We .want
to- be as
modern and
as well run a.
possible
We're always
brainstorming
to make sure
a' • n•.
opportunity
doesn't pass
us hy. •We're.
take another look at
diseu•ssion by other area
arenas about the possibility of
adding a second rink prompted
SDCC to look at how it could
add -a second ice surface.
Nesbitt says SDCC would
need 60 more hours of ice'time
a week to justify asecond ice
surface.
The new triple A minor
hockey -.teach. the Huron -Perth •
Lakets. have 'told Nesbitt it
wot d- consider using Seaforth
-as a homebase it•SDCC butlt.a
second rink hut woutld only
use 44) hours a week. f
"It's easy to get that second
rink half used or even 'used 75
per cern in. the time, (t'; harder.
try .tet that whole 60 hours.
says Nesbitt.
The ice .ur ace at SDCC- is
usually fully hooked with 75
to 31) hours .iseu each week.
from the. last week- of
September : tai rhe end' of•
March.,
:Factors such as an expanding•
girt.' hockey league. new
spirts such as roller hockey.
the popularity of public
Skating and the.pos ibtlityot a
greater number -of tournaments.
•
.iii place _greater pressure -on
the ice schedule, Co-ed teams
in minor hockey and ringette
Seaforth -and Distnct Corrimunity ,entres committee
chair Dennis O'Connor and `acilitiesmanager
*Graham Nesbitt look 'over. their 'gong,. range plans for
tie community'centres. HUNDEATMARK PHOTO•
also'put pressure on iimiteil
dressing room .
space.
"It gl is
.ompitcated
•n d ! n o
s s •
rooms during
,ournaments.+'
i , Nesbitt.
'We runoutot
"We want to be as modern and as
well run as possible. We're always
brainstorming to make sure an
opportunity doesn't pass us by.
We're always trying to guess
the long-term ramifications
of short-term decisions."
• Dennis O'Connor
always,trving
to guess the long-term ranutications
of short-term decisions." says
says
O'Connor. • •.•
Nesbitt adds that the ver and a halt
Seaforth and area spent k tthout an
arena 1: years ago betore the present
facility was built has riiade! the
committee extra vigilant about
possibilities for the ctinimuniw
centre: . ,
They never want• to be :au>tht
unawares again." he says,.
increasing demands on we time and
skating. \rid. when t •ournam_ ent's
here. we re s out or 'ce..' »ie -av' .
flowerer. Arnie t .+Quid ie easy_ to
pay for ,t -econd •urate in -he
wtoter.- tYronnor -.1%•, 1 .%ambo ''le:.
tougher in •he summer nen t
be •neces,ar•. o • ittrac' 'nor.
.unierctice. utq now, 't, •h:
.cement pad. .
Both O'Connor and \c-; i:t .r.
they ,always have -their
open when.they visit other
recreation facilities, : •
On their wish list is
a portable .vall on one .end
It the ice surface.. making
access to the ice. easier. in
.figure • " skating
performances. ,after a visit
•o an arena in Acton: And.
.n open -concept glassed
door on an indoor/outdoor„
swimming• • pool ` _. in
Horseshoe -Valley. also
caught their eye:
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\pool would sure make
Seaiorth a `mire. attractive
facility for tournaments.
Players'wouid have to be
.able to throw their bathing
sutts.in with the rest -of their
equipment.'.ays O'Connor.
Hgwever. both say- SDCC
.does not intend.to duplicate,
facilities' -sand will not
consider building ' a pool .as
long:as.the Lion < Poor. in
Seaforth and the Indoor.
:3o01 it V-anastra ire still
operating. . And: they "ay. it's
tniik.!'J .a second ;ce
•uriace .y'ill be 'built as 'tong
a, •he Seaforth Curling Club
is in Operation. •
"'Why weaken two focal
facilities'" Says -O'Connor.
They add.that provincial
grants .are no .longer as. generous as
;he ince were for recreation.
aciiines. \iso. a feasibility -study and
t •ormal •.:ommitment would he
-reeled rroin any potential partners.
" V e ,ion t know What .vial twig in
:xpanswn. maybe anew ndustr' gut
ve are ready if anything iappenst
,;iv • O'Connor. •
'`"" team Grade 1-3 French cancelled
e to Jre>s .
in the main
'He says lack of ice time killed
I idte>. ringette in Seatorttt tnd
during tournatment.sea)aon in January:.
some players are -off the- ice fur three
weeks in a row:
.:We'd shoot the whole Minor
.sports •,.v.tern in the todi it we -
scheduled too many tournaments.
Four of the six weekends in January
and February are tilled •'with
tournaments tor; minor hockey.
ringette. broomball .and figure
. 'BY SLSA.' HL'NDERTMMARti
• Expositor
Primary .ore French •a a.
:anceiled for a'setond 'trne a !aa
•.cek ,.meeting pit the .\von.
Maitlaand. Dtstr)ct Sv.hooi Board.
Despite .t (notion :o e�oii>ider
• the issue. -passed at the board'-
Feb_ t) Meeting the original
motion to .anc:i ind phase
cure French in Huron
-schools troth grade.. i • )eased
Cominunity
BY SL SAN HL'NDEKIFLURK
Expositor Stall
While she's used to cooking
bea
family. Tina Guenther. of RRL
Seaforth has-been learning to
cook- Canadian fare .sue -as
meatloaf and beef stew during
a recent five-week cooking
:Class it Egnwndville United
Church, •
The ltumigrant Women
• Community Kitchen. a new
program offered jointly by the
Seaforth Co-operative
Children's Cegtre'and Women
Today. targets Mexican
Mennonite families and local
low income families to learn
about nutrition and explore
cultural differences relating to
food.
"Mexican Mennonite women
kitchen goes Mexican
children, included vegetables
and•dip.: fruit kabobs..heese
and crackers -arid milkshake,.
"We're introducing them to
our hearty Canadian eating
with good ,nutritious foods.
says Cindy Nigh, the
chi+dretr-r• c•entre•-r'--eevk.
"Meal oaf is Dery Canadian
and lasagna is ,always ver.
popular: it's one of the iirst
dishes. people learn- when they
_ome here."
the program's translator
Anne Hemingway 'told
participants that. Mexican
lasagna. replaces the tomato
sauce with salsa.
• Another cultural difference
is that salt is applied to
watermelon in Mem
The program alsu spent tine
on menu planning, safe food •
handling and the Canada Food
-or he 'ir.t gime last November.
•+ ts serried again. once more
along :ounty lines with`a 5-4 •ane:
the `�oard ,agreed w reconsider
:he issue atter trustee .Abby
\rtfistrong pointed out that even
though the province no longer
funds etre French in the•primdry
trades. it still allows boards to
offer•the program.
-One thing this board has never
iifered is the rtrinimun.' said
•rustee Colleen Schenk. 'We've_
ed the way in a lot of areasand
have a great deal of knowledge Maria Bergen looks on as Tina Guenther, tioth.of RR2 Guide"
around cooking," says Shirley Seaforth, measures some ingredients for a meatloaf "One exercise was 10 look al.
Brooker, :administrator of the during the Immigrant Women's Community Kitchen budgets and grocery store
Children's • Centre. "This Program field in Seaforth last month. flyers and decide on purchases
program gives them an • • • HUNDERTMARK PHOTO • by planning a menu for the
opportunity to practice their c. week ," says Brooker:
English and be exposed to new types 'In the next room , their children Brooker says the program, which
of food." • , played with food and nutrition -related was funded through Take Heart for
Every Monday morning, six women toys, puzzles and crafts and prepared Huron, could be offered again if more
gathered for five weeks in January their own nutritious snacks. funding can be found. She adds that
and February in the church basement Recipes foi the women included another -program concentrating on
to prepare their family's evening chili, lasagna, macaroni and cheese, nutrition and exercise is also being
meal. which they then took home to meatloaf and beef stew and foi the planned.
Goderich.
would
see that
Seaforth
girls' band
marches on
In the event the %von
Maitland District School
Board refuses to pay the
Seaforth District High ;
School :%11 Girls
Marching Band's b3.700
annual budget. the Town
of Goderich would throw
its support behind the -
band.
-If it got to that. l am • .
certain that we would be
there to help them in any
way -we contd." said
Goderich Councillor
Lynda Rotteau. adding'
that while they. would
not likely support the
full. '53.700, a shared cost
with ' the Town of
Seaforth would be idea
twenty-three of the:85
membet'•s come from the
Goderich area. -
"There are 'not' many
things like. • this for`
wottiaen in Goderich."
said Rotteau.
rh band's' executive
has asked to appear at
the March 9 meeting of ' -
the %'von Maitland
District School Board.
they are hoping to
encourage more than
1011 l►arents to attend the
meeting to show their
support for the band.
e-ux" times
we need to Ilse up 100 tot stay tt
the minimum •core French
requirement).' •
Education. superintendent
,assistant Marie -Parsons told the
hoard that with 'too'tnanv '(von
Maitland. students Al eels ' and
t•'. in English. math and,,cience
during the standardized provincial
testing of Grade- 3 students.`.
ancellint core French would •
.provide• additional time, to
.concentrateon those subjects.
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•
Recycling meets
the computer age
BY ROB BUNDY
Goderich Signal Star
Shred your computer.
We've all probably
wanted to do it at one
time or another and
we'll soon have the chance as the Mid -Huron Landfall Site expands
its services to include Ontario's only mobile computer shredder.
The Landfill Site Board recently acquired the services of Bumble -
Bee Recycling who will set up a computer recycling station at the
Holmesville dump. The sitewas expected to have a receiving bin for
old and obsolete computers by mid-February. As the bin fills up.
Bumble -Bee will bring special equipment from its home -base in
Elmira and literally shred the out -of -service terminals.
"We shred them alright," says Marc Christiaens, the owner of
Bumble -Bee Recycling. "They come out looking like mulched
material, two -inches wide by about five -inches in length."
Once shredded, Christiaens .said, the metal. plastic and glass which
makes up a computer is separated and sold as recoverable material.
This process of shredding and recycling applies to monitors and
printers. In the case of the Central Processing Unit (CPU, more
commonly known as the hard drive), recyclable material is
recovered by hand.
"Computers are 100 per cent recyclable." says Christiaens. "And
right now, 90 per cent of old computers go into landfill."
The minimum charge for dumping is S5. This amount applies to
any load under 140 kilos. For loads over this weight, 35 cents for
every fh kilos is added to the minimum charge.
For larger Toads, the tipping fee is $35 per tonne. A tonne is 1,000
kilos or 1204 pounds. faun to page 2
"As more and more people gat into
compulsr there' 11 be more and
more computers becoming
obsolete and discarded as waste."
- Larry PacCabts