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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2009-07-15, Page 6alwr Page 6 The Huron Expositor • July 15, 2009 News Town hall to undergo renovations, starting with roof While there's a fairly lengthy list hall, Huron East of repairs needed at Seaforth's town start with repair council decided to s to the slate roof. "This is a big job. We've looked at this thing for nine years now and it's hard to have the ex- pertise to know what to do," said Deputy -Clerk Brad Knight at council's July 7 meeting. "Maybe we can ask (Huron - Bruce. MPP) Carol (Mitchell) for a new N town hall like Goder- ich did," quipped Mayor Joe Seili.. Knight, in - a report to coun- cil that included a five-minute slide show of needed repairs to town hall, rec- ommended that staff schedule necessary re- pairs to the roof, brickwork, tower and third floor Cas•ttal l�l.X NLTFAC .'Z'L711 14 1. 1.5771 H:ITC).1?..; `t/e- Azure. it eta for great GG�St t LZG • Outdoors • Sunrooms Guaranteed Eiest Prices All Yoar long • Pools • Garden Areas •'r_ �j GRAND BEND 238-2110 Hwy. 83 E. (2 miles from the water plant) • 35,000 Sq. Ft. • 50 Sets on Display www.gocasual.ca We also manufacture: UMBRELLAS • COVERS • REPLACEMENT CUSHIONS You are invited to attend these area churches ST. THOMASH ANGLICAN CHURCH U C A Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spirit Sunday, July 19 Warship at 9:30 am Everyone Welcome Fri: July 17 Mcar of Dibley'TV right at 7pm Tues. July 21 Congregational meeting at 7pm Ali members of Vestry please attend. BETHEL BIBLE • CHURCH An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth 519-527-0982 Sunday Worship 10am Youth Group Wednesday 7 pm Community B8 July 17, 5-7 p.m. Pastor Mark Kennedy EVERYONE WELCOME NORTHSIDE UNITED SUMMER HOLIDAYS July 1 - August 2 Come out Friday, July 17 Main Street Mayhem Serving sausages/hot dogs/drinks 4:00-8:00 p.m. Same location: Main & John Corner Sponsored by Christian Education Committee 54 Goderkh St. W., S.:aforth -519-52-65 www . ial.t, ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WELCOMES YOU 14 Victor a Street, Seaforth 519-345-2972 Saturday Mass 5 p.m. Sunday Mass 9 a.m. ST. PATRICK'S, DUBUN Sunday Mass 11 a.m. FR. CHRIS GILLESPIE EGMONDVILLE UNITED .CHURC Pastor: Steve Hildebrand Worship July 19th: 10:30 AM Sunday School to Resume in September Everyone Is most welcome to Come and Worship with us Elevator and Ear Buds Available. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 59 Goderich St W Seaforth 519-527- 0170 PLEASE NOTE CHURCH WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE MONTH OF JULY Services Resume Sunday Aug 9th, 11:15 a.m. • is invited m attend. widows. As well, he said a 1989 B.M.Ross and Associates Limited report about structural upgrades to the roof should be investigated further. He told council that the munici- pality's heritage committee walked around the building a few weeks ago land detailed various concerns, espiecially about the poor condition of the verandah and the brickwork. "The heritage committee was con- cerned about he appearance of town hall. The last major work was done in 1981," he said. Knight pointed out that the chim- ney is in poor shape and might need to be taken down. "It doesn't make sense to rebrick it when it's not being used," he said. He said bricks are coming loose and missing in several locations and that slate is loose and shifting in places on the roof. "I've noticed slate in the driveway on a couple of occasions," said Brus- sels Coun. David Blaney. Knight said the tower "is looking pretty rough" with missing wood- work but is "basically in pretty good shape." He added that the tower needs to be scraped and painted and that pi- geon droppings need to be removed. Third floor windows also need to be repainted and re - caulked. The eaves - trough has been pulled off on the southwest side and Knight said there is "a real concern" with the front corner of THE SECRET GODERICH - A new free report has recently been released that reveals how to stay healthy for Mel How to heal yourself and others. Relieve headaches, arthritis, cold & flue, insomnia, cancer, backaches; leg pain, hot flashes, depression and more. Using the power and sensitivity of your own mind get rid of stress & tension which causes illness & reverse diabetes & obesity. For your free report call Chris Morgan, Ph:D at 519-524-5724, 73 Hamilton St., Goderich BLUEWATER sow Summer Day Camp For children aged 4 - 12 Locations: Bayfield and Zurich July 6th - August 14th Monday - Friday Drop off between 8:00 - 9:OOam Pick up between 4:00 - 5:OOpm Cost: $17.50 / day $75.00 / week $10.00 / half days Questions - call Carla 519-236-4351 OR email carla.musser@gmail.com a�. town hall where the brick is pulling away from the building. He said the porch railing is getting "punky in spots" and predicted that the spindles could be pushed out. "There is certainly some mainte- nance work that needs to be done," he said. Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan asked how much heritage will affect their decisions, recommending that a metal roof will last a lot longer than repairs to a slate roof. "You could put a metal roof on it and it would still be there in 50 years. Slate is very expensive," he said. Seili reminded him that the town hall does have a heritage designa- tion at the front of the building. "We may be stuck with our own bureaucracy," he said. While Knight's report said the Hu- ron East budget still has $80,000 in the restructuring fund that could be used for town hall repairs, Tucker - smith Coun. Larry McGrath said he doubted that amount would cover the costs. "Eighty thousand dollars won't come close to scratching the surface. I'd like to know more about the fi- nancials," he said. Seaforth Coun. Bob Fisher said he thought the repairs needed to be done "ASAP" MacLellan said he thought the roof should be done first but that brickwork repairs needed further investigation. "We've got to get up there and find out how bad it actually is," added - McGrath. by Susan Hundertmark e Seaforth & District Community Centre Board Extends an invitation to General Public and User Groups to a PUBLIC MEETING to discuss renbvation plans proposed as a result of the Recreational Infrastructure Program Grant at the Seaforth & District Community Centres on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.