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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-08-18, Page 31Wednesday, August 18, 1999 Exeter Tienes•Advocate 31 By Craig Bradford 11MES-ADVOCATE STAFF ZURICH --- You, too, can do your part to save the Babe. The 'Babe' is the Babe Siebert Memorial Centre, sometimes more common- ly known as the Zurich Arena. The arena has long needed a new, regulation size ice pad and that it the first leg of an $800,000 drive to complete improve- ments at the arena. That leg, which includes new boards, glass and benches, will be accom- plished at $430,000. The second leg, marked at the $600,000 point, would create new change rooms and an entrance. The campaign will finish at $800,000 or beyond with an expansion of the arena to make it regula- tion size. Arena improvement committee vice -chairper- son Cheryl Durand said if the project is a huge suc- Comrnuni it "mit underway to save the Babe cess and raises more money than anticipated, the committee will look at building a whole new arena complex. Current plans would leave the auditorium part of the building at the front alone. The campaign has raised $24,000 to date. The next step of the campaign is neighbourhood canvassing and there are a number of fund-raising events planned including a Halloween Bash and a Millennium New Year's Eve celebration. More details on those events will be released soon. The Zurich Firefighters held a breakfast on Saturday with all proceeds to the arena project. Work is set to begin on the new ice pad when the ice is taken out on April 1, 2000, and the surface, boards and stands are demolished. The goal is to have the new ice surface .ready on Aug. 1, 2000, well in- time for the 2000/2001 hockey and ice skating seasons. Durand said the new change rooms would be next on the agenda for fall 2000. Village council loaned the arena improvement committee $10,000 for a geotechnical study to find out if the ground under- neath the current arena site was contaminated by breen, a byproduct of arti- ficial ice creation. The study came back with a negative result for excess breen, a positive note for the improvement commit- tee. Durand and arena man- ager Kevin Geoffrey said the committee's next move is to find out if the, jroject qualifies for any federal or provincial grants and apply for them. Last week the improve- ment committee unveiled a new campaign sign with the traditional thermome- ter to show how close the campaign is to its goal., -on their way. Babe Siebert Memorial Centre (Zurich Arena) manager Kevin Geoffrey, left, arena improvement committee vice -chairperson Cheryl Durand and Durand's daughter Rachelle, 4, show off the new fund- raising campaign sign in - front of the arena.The $800,000 project will vastly improve the arena and includes a new ice pad, boards, glass and stands as well as new change rooms, a new entrance and an expan- sion of the ice service to regulation size.Abserit from the photo is com- mittee chairperson Shelley Rogers -Bedard. •i J 's tti. K kw� Lucan Bi Aikenhead reuiione�n S� STANLEY TWP. - The Ervin Willett, Ron brating his third birthday. fourteenth annual Jack Ferguson; Three legged Other prizes were present - and Reta Alkenhead race Kristin Ferguson ed with the youngest per - reunion was held on and Colleen Willert, Kory son being Stacy Willert; August 15 at the Stanley Petrie and Crystal Willert, oldest person - Elizabeth Township Pavilion,mtittt 26 Hayley Hunt and Alan Foster; lucky,reglstration - in attendance. Hunt; Sack race - Colleen Jordyn Oesch; guessing The race results were: Willert, Crystal Willert, the number of M&M's five and under - Hayley Kristin Ferguson; Kick and Joyce Willert. The winner Hunt, Stacy Willert, Carter Slipper (10 and under) - of the 50/50 draw was Hunt; 10 and under - Kory Petrie, Colleen Amy Hunt., Kristin Ferguson, Kory Willert, Crystal Willert; The 2000 reunion will be °Petrie, Colleen Willert; Kick the Slipper (over 10) - held at the Stanley Over 10 (women) - Bernice Alan Hunt, George Collins, Township Pavilion on Petrie, Ansberth Willert, ' Bud Hunt; Balloon toss - August 20 with the direc- Kristin Ferguson; Over 10 Amy and Bud Hunt. tors being the- family of 1,- (men) - George Collins, Carter Hunt was cele- Elizabeth Foster. dulph counc at hydro options By Scott Nixon hydro meeting he recently attepided in 'riMEs-ADVOCATE STAFF �* ; .,; � Toronto. First, Benner warned council that if it LUCAN BItet LPl-I — A meeting this decides to keep its hydro, it will be month with a consulting company"' competing with other companies and could determine what the township the township hasn't "the foggiest idea does with its hydro. how to compete" with other electrical KPMG will meet with council on Aug. utility companies, according to Benner. 24 to give the township an idea of what While council still hasn't decided its electrical system is worth. what it will do with its hydro system, Township administrator Ron Reymer Benner said if it does decide to sell, it said KPMG is -doing an evaluation of the Lucan Granton Hydro Electric Conunission to determine its assets. Deputy Reeve Bob Benner told coun- cil at its Aug. 3 meeting he is frustrated with the progress the township is mak- ing on the hydro issue. He also summarized the events at a like to see it go b has been -suggested all meetings on selling electricity be open to the public. 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