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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-12-04, Page 14Page 14 limes -Advocate, December 4, 1991 CQMM L-JWnW Next summer's music?l Sound of Music already a hit GRAND BEND - All thoughts of winter chill are being blown away at the Huron County Playhouse this week by an incredible early re- sponse by area schools to matinee performances next June for The Sound of' Music. Original plans were to offer five shows to this Rodgers and Ham- merstein musical about the Von Trapp family. Early response to the program indicated that an extra show was needed and a sixth show was quickly added. A tally of the requests so far show two shows completely sold out with the re- maining four almost 50 percent sold out., The staff at the Play- house are now furiously looking at ways to increase the number of per- formances to meet the demand. This program of "matinees for school children" was introduced last year by Artistic Director Tony Lloyd for the play The Wizard of Oz. He reduced the matinee price to $8. to make it affordable for all students. The price will remain the same this year. Invitations to attend were sent to 17 school boards from Windsor to Goderich to Kitchener, who in turn sent the information package to the schools in their dis- tricts. The response was phenome- Ailsa Craig opens new recreation centre Reeve Don Shipway (left) and Myrtle Dickson cut the ribbon in Saturday evening's open - Ing ceremonies for the unveil- ing of Aliso Craig's - new $925;000 recreation centre. A plaque (right) is inscribed with the names of some of those who contributed to the protect. Celebrations to mark the opening of the centre were held all weekend long. New reeve of Lucan outlines projects for next three years LUCAN - After Lucan council- lors were sworn in Monday night, reeve Tom McLaughlin outlined some of the important projects to be dealt with during the next three years._-- -- ---- - McLaughlin told new councillors Rob Brady and Reg Crawford , " You are to be commended for your willingness to commit three years to community service. Also, it's certainly a tribute to your spouses who will be impacted significantly over this period as they will be re- quired to shoulder more of the home activities." The reeve continued, " I think we have a good council and each of you bring to the table your own ex- perience and expertise. We have excellent staff to support us, under the capable leadership of clerk Ron Reymer and works foreman Doug Johnston. However, at this point I must say that we will miss Larry Hotson who had a wealth of experience and ability, and Bob Taylor who was a very strong councilor. During the next three years we will have a full agenda and 1 would like to take a few minutes to review Fome of these significant challeng- es. The water and sewer projects that are currently under construction hopefully will be completed in July of 1992 and February, 1993, re- spectively. I think the main activi- ties for this council will be to 'en- sure that cost estimates and schedules are mei and that funding is forthcoming from the province. We are currently in the process of establishing a development charge and I hope that with the aid of our consultant it will be in place by next spring. With the completion fo the water and sewer projects, the building freeze will be lifted and probably a significant amount of construction will occur. We have already been contacted by developers and I an- ticipate the planning committee will be very busy during this term. We have a waste management problem that resulted from closing of the Lewis landfill site, and are currently Inetft4la contract with Laidlaw of Watford, plus discuss- ing the feasibility of bi-weekly pickup. Also, we must ensure that our Blue Box program continues to be successful as provincial grants are being reduced. With regards to public works, I anticipate that we will complete the Langford Drive and Fairview Place construction projects in 1992, and then commence with our five year plan, which includes the Duchess street development. I would urge this council to main- tain a strong working relationship with Biddulph township and our other neighbours. This relationship is a must as we share many of the; same services as the fire board, the arena board, the North Middlesex Building System and the blue Box recycling system. At the county level, London's an- nexation bid could have a big im- pact on the county's assessment base, depending on the amount of land that is transferred. Also, it will be interesting to see if the county will play a bigger role in waste management in the upcoming term. At the provincial Level, the gov- ernment is working on disentangle- ment. This means they are attempt- ing to streamline the responsibilities between the two levels of government. The results of this study could have a big im- ' pact on us if it was decided that municipal government would be re- sponsible entirely for mads. The last challenge I wish to men- tion is taxation. Everyone is aware that the public is very concerned about taxes today and I think this council must be certain that it gets the biggest return possible for its tax dollars and holds the line on in- creases." In addition to new councillors Brady and Crawford, reeve McLaughlin, deputy reeve Harry Wraith, councillor Bryan Smith and Lucan Hydro commissioners Joanne Trudgeon and Andy Van Gee! were sworn in by clerk Ron Reymer. About Lucan Hydro projects, Van Geel said, " We expect to con- struct a new hydro building in the near future. As we have budgeted for this over the last four or five years, there should be no drain on the taxpayers." He added, " We will also be pur- chasing a bigger truck as we are taking on additional service work at Huron Park and Centralia in addi- tion to what we already do in Gran- ton and Ailsa Craig." In speaking about development charges which are replacing lot lev- els, reeve McLaughlin said, " While we have a current population of 1,800, I expect we could have an explosion to 2,400 in a short time. When this happens we have to have money in place through develop- ment charges to take care of further expansion." While the last two meetings in 1992 are slated for Monday nights, December 9 and 23, councillors agreed to change 1992 council nights to the first and third Tues- days of each month. Spacial For Christmas "From Prairie Wool to Whispering Pines' By Carfrey A. Conn $ 15.00 plus tax at Book Stores at Exeter, Grand Bend and Zurich Pharmacy nal and the shows sold out quickly leaving many schools disappointed. "It would be wonderful if we could accommodate every school who wishes to attend" commented Tony Lloyd. "but I know that those who do not respond quickly this year may not be able to get the number of seats they require." The Sound of Music sponsored by Big V Pharmacies opens to the public June 16 and rens to July 4. Subscriptions are available now with single tickets to the show go- ing on sale May 1, 1992. Ll, Eluron Count)• Atlas $59.95 Available by December 11th for Christmas at 235-1331 CE! Priced to sella. 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