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staff -question
for statistics
'If It's not being used, why do it?"
.1110111giohed facilities manager Cam
;lite/r*Msob when the annual usage
I¢tudy wail tabled for the South Huron
rec centre, Thursday.
The study outlines the residency of
r all participants in the various pro-
grams staged by the local recreation
department through the year.
Noting the vast amount of time it
requries to complete the study,
Stewardson complained that the
statistics have never been used in the
past for any worthwhile matter and
sugge$ted the board members should
ask Exeter council why the effort is
'required at all.
"It's ' just paper work," he
contended,
Stephen Reeve Tom Tomes, acting
as board chairman due to the late ar-
rival of Jim Workman, replied that
Exeter council wanted the statistics
and it was up to them (council) . to
RECEIVE CERTIFICATES — Twenty-eight area rest • ents were presented with graduation certiflcot
Thursday, after completing the three-year Friendship Series conducted at Exeter United Church. Twen-
ty teachers from the area assisted the students. Rev. Bernard DeJonge, left, presents certificates to
Colleen Carter and Larry Rowe, while group leader Jan Easton, right, looks on.
County budget
Continued from front page
To pay for this budget of $18.7
million, the county will receive $10.3
million in provincial grants. The
municipal levy will pay for $4.5
million of the budget. Fees and ser-
vice charges are expected to provide
$2.7 million to the budget.
A federal grant for the museum is
budgeted at $239,475 and $556,114 is
expected in miscellaneous revenue.
A highway department deficit of
$64,018 and a general budget surplus
of $305,907 are being carried over to
the 1986 budget.
Those voting in favor of the budget
were:West Wawanosh Reeve J.R. Ait-
chison, Warden Leona Armstrong,
Seaforth Reeve William Bennett, Clin-
ton Reeve Bee Cooke, Goderich
Township Deputy Laurie Cox, Hullett
Reeve Tom Cunningham, Goderich
Deputy- Reeve John Doherty, Morris
Township Reeve Doug Fraser,
Ashfield Reeve Allan Gibson,
McKillop Reeve Marie Hicknell,
Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnson, Col-
borne Township Reeve Russell Ker-
nighan, Stephen Deputy Reeve Ken
McCann, Stanley Reeve Clarence
Rau, Hensall Reeve Jim Robinson,
East Wawanosh Reeve Ernest Snell,
Stephen Reeve Tom Tomes and Blyth
Reeve Albert Wasson.
Those voting against the budget
were Tuckersmith Reeve'Bob Bell,
Howick Reeve Gerald D'Arcey, Hay
Deputy Reeve Claire Deichert, Zurich
Reeve Robert Fisher, Exeter Depu-
ty Reeve Lossy Fuller, Wingham
Reeve Bruce Machan, Turnberry,,
Reeve Brian McBurney, Exeter
Reeve Bill Mickle, Usborne Township
Reeve • Gerry Prout, Godet'tett
Township Reeve Grant Stirling, and
Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell with
two votes.
Absent for the meeting were
Brussels Reeve Hank TenPas and
Hay Township Reeve Lionel Wilder.
The apportionment for area
municipalities (with last year's in
brackets) is as follows: Exeter
$267,476 ($230,246), Hensg.11 $86,879
($82,835). Zurich $32,334 ($30,6411,
Hay $248,915 ($226,411), Stanley
$184,566 ($173,258), Stephen $488,937
($454,948), . Tuckersmith $204,450
($191,434), Usborne $191,087
($171,549).
Ice time
Continued from front page
for just one team with nothing but the
hourly rental rate as revenue.
She said she didn't want to burden
the team, but quickly added that the
board should not have to foot the en-
tire bill for keeping the ice in for an
extra five or six days for the lone
game. The ice will be let go im-
mediately following the game in
preparation for the upcoming Home
and Garden Show, and if the
Mohawks play beyond April 6, they
will have to find ice somewhere else.
Mrs. Chapman noted the board
would have to pay about one-quarter
of the monthly $3,000 PUC bill for the
extra time the ice is being left in.
Stewardson suggested the board
owe(' it to teams to provide ice if
possible and member Ken Oke said it
would be a sad thing if local teams
can't go into playoffs because they
can't afford local ice time if the board
moved to charge extra fees.
determine what they do with them
and whether they still want the
figures provided.
Workman, who arrived during the
discussion, said the matter comes up
for discussion each year and he urg-
ed the two Exeter council represen-
tatives to find out if the exercise has
to be continued.
Rec director Lynne Farquhar, who
provides most of the'statistics, in-
dicated the figures in the report can
be misleading and explained that she
was peeved about the fact some
members of Exeter council thought
the figures could be used as the basis
for figuring out what the member
municipalities should provide in
grants to the operation.
She said she had explained from the
outset that the figures ce'-dd not pro-
vide -that basis due to the many fac-
tors involved.
After Stewardson questioned some
of the figures in the report, Farquhar
explained that some groups appear to
pad their number of participants
when they are arguing for ice time,
but reduce the numbers when that
may be to their benefit, such as sen-
ding off a portion of registration fees
to provincial associations.
During the discussion, Stewardson
said the figures do not help in
estimating the ice time cost at the rec
centre and Exeter member Dorothy
Chapman suggested that should
perhaps be the next project for the
staff.
She then presented a motion that
the facilities committee undertake a
study to get a rough idea of how much
ice time costs, adding that "we have
to have some idea".
Workman complained that such a
project would tax committee
members who were already busy
with meetings.
Stewardson explained that such a
report had been undertaken for Ex-
eter council some time ago and the
cost had been estimated at around $75
for prime time.
The motion calling for the study
was supported only by Mrs. Chapman
and Usborne representative Pat
Down.
Tomes suggested after the vote that
copies of the old report be dug out and
made available to members wishing
it.
The usage study, which will be for-
warded to Exeter council, shows that
Exeter residents make up 63.49 per-
cent of those using ice time at the rec
centre. Usborne follows with 14.21
percent, Stephen 6.83, Hay 3.06 and
others 12.41.
The total for outdoor sports pro-
grams shows Exeter with 61.55 per-
cent of participants, followed by
Usborne at 10.66, Stephen 14.00, Hay
5.33 and others 8.46.
Rec programs, such as gymnastics,
weight room, shuffleboard, etc ,
shows Exeter with 58.85 percent,
Usborne 11.8, Stephen 17.28, Hay 3.98
and others 8.09.
The swim pool, which includes pro-
grams and lessons, draws 69.17 per-
cent from Exeter, 7.06 from Usborne,
7.82 form Stephen, 3.06 from. Hay and
12.88 from others.
The figures show that 2,891 people
were involved in the various:
grams and usage groups during 1ji.
Face boost
in insur of e
Normally, a 50 percettt increase
would bring some howls of protest,
but that wasn't the case of Thursday's
meeting of the South Huron rec cen-
tre board of management.
Members learned that insurance
for the rec centre will increase almost
50 percent this year, but as Ken Oke
commented, that's not bad in com-
parison to the increases of from 200
to 300 percent that some people have
been facing.
The board did learn that the finance
committee had originally figured on
a 30 percent insurance increase and
the new rate will now be used for
budget purpose.
Frank Cowan Company Limited in-
dicated that in their "best estimate"
it appears the rec centre insurance
will be $15,904 for the current year.
Last year the cost was $10,900.
Committee studies
committee report
Naming committees to study
reports of other committees isn't the
sole domain of the senior govern -
m( nts. it's being practiced at South
Huron Hospital as well.
in February 1984, a utilization
review committee was named to col-
lect information pertinent to the role
that South 1hrron Hospital should play
in the provision of health care to
residents of the area.
Using data compiled by three
students hired for the summer of that
year and the work of consultant
Carolee Bailey in the summer of 1985,
the utilization review committee has
now compiled its report and
presented it to the board.
Now, a planning committee has
been established to analyze each area
of the utilization report and make
recommendations to the hoard of
directors.
From !nese recommendations will
come policies and procedures that
will ensure the future health care
delivery through South Huron
llospital.
Details of the utilization review will
not be made public.
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BAND PERFORMS — Under the directioh of Carol Stuart, left, and accompanied by Carolyn Perry at
the piano, a band was on hand to help in the singing at the graduation of th Friendship Series 'which
has been held at Exeter United Church over the past three years. The grad, ation was held Thursday
night and 28 received certifipates.
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Trustees of the police village of
Centralia are planning updating two
streets this summer and are asking
Stephen council for assistance.
Roads superintendent Eric Fink-
beiner has been instructed to secure
estimates for the building up of
Prince Leopold and Melbourne
streets.
Clerk Wilmar Wein has been in-
sturcted to contact the Ministry of the
Environment to get a co-ordinator to
assist in locating a new landfill site.
The present landfill site located on
Concession 14 at the south end of the
township is being phased out.
Council will be taking action with
corrective measures concerning pro-
blems at the former Shipka general
store.
No objection was voiced on a zon-
ing bylaw change proposed by the
village of Grand Bend concerning ex-
pansion at the Pinedale Motel
With assistance of the Iluron coun-
ty planning department, council will
be setting up a new site plan control
bylaw. Included will be a program for
mobile homes and changes in policy
for the township's secondary plan.
The Crediton volunteer fire depart-
ment was given permission to present
a fireworks display at the Crediton
Community Park at dusk on May 19.
Permission was also given to the
David Scatcherd Golf Classic to erect
a refreshment tent for this summer's
annual event. .
The tender of MacDonald's Sanita-
tion, RR 1 Crediton, in the amount of
$9,993 to pick up waste in the Huron
Park residential area for one year
was accepted. It was the lowest of
three quote received.
The Huron County Municipal Of-
ficers Association annual meeting
will be held April 4 at the Stanley
Township complex at Varna and six
Stephen delegates will be attending.
Road superintendent Eric Fink-
beiner presented the 1986 roads
budget and was instructed to call
tenders for the gravelling program.
Milton Dietrich was hired as the
building official for a probationary
period of six months. His status will
be reviewed at that time.
Won't be unaware
of this suspension.
A Kitchener man who claimed he
didn't know his licence was under
suspension, was fin( $250 when he
appeared in Exeter court. Tuesday.
He was also given a further six month
licence suspension.
Larry James Kadel, 165 Green
Valley Drive, told Justice Peace
Douglas Wedlake that his father had
signed for the letter informing him
that licence had been suspended for
unpaid fines and the letter was put in-
to a box of items as the accused was
moving to a new address. Ile told the
court he has paid the outstanding
fines.
Kadel was charged on February 14
in Osborne Township and a check
showed his licence had been suspend-
ed on December 26.
Jeffrey A. Cormack, 927 Lorne
Ave., London, Was fined *120 after
pleading guilty to driving at a speed
of 134 in an 80 km. zone on February
22.
He e>tplained that he was un-
familiar with the vehicle he was driv-
ing and learned afterwards that it had
some faults, including some problems
with the speedometer.
Also fined for speeding was Ronald
Douglas McGee, 44 Alpert St.,
Goderich. Ile was charged on
February 3 for going 100 in an 80 km.
zone and was fined $33.
in the only other case heard on
Tuesday's docket, William Keith
Hoover, Goderich Township, was fin-
ed *53 for failing to stop at a stop sign
at the intersection of County Road 31
and llighway 84 on February 15.
The accused said he attempted to
stop, but his vehicle skidded on the
snowy surface and he was into the in-
tersection before his vehicle came to
a halt.
ARNTZEN PERFORMS
Whether it's a Duke Ellington scat
song, a Hoagy Carmichael ballad or
a haunting folk song, Holly Arntzen
performs them all. Blyth Festival is
presenting the west coast folk, jazz,
blues artist at the Blyth Memorial
Hall on Sunday, March 3o at 2 p.m.
}lolly Arntzen's folk influences,
spontaneous jazz renditions and the
visceral rhythms of her rock and
blues numbers, have been compared
to such artists as Gordon Lightfoot,
Cleo Laine and Joni Mitchell. Holly's
music has been featured on CBC radio
shows, "Morningside" and "Simply
Folk". in 1983, Holly was selected
winner of the DuMaurier "Search for
the Stars" and appeared on the
following CBC television special.
After that performance she was ask-
ed by folk artist Stan Rogers to record
the backup vocals on his last album,
"From the Fresh Water."
Many of her songs are written by
Holly, and others are a family affair,
written with brother Trevor ,[ones,
father Lloyd Arntzen, and husband
Stephen Foster The concert also con-
tains favourites by George Gershwin,
Stan Rogers and Alberta Hunter. Hol-
ly is accompanied by a bass player
and pianist, and plays dulicmer,
guitar and piano herself.
Payment was approved of the 1986
levy to the Ausable-Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority in the amount of
$20,004.
Stephen's share of costs for the year
of the Pinery Cemetery is $596.67 and
it was accepted by council.
Huron County weed inspector Joe
Gibson was named to carry out the
same duties in the township.
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