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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-05-07, Page 10PAGE 10—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 7 ,1981 Bayfield Garden Club members Herb Beatty, left and Harold Hoppermarked out a new flower bed in the triangle at Main Street and Clan Gregor Square on Monday. It is one of the many club projects for 1981. (Bud Sturgeon photo) l New ball diamond approved BAYFIEL.D by Bud Sturgeon and Helen Owen The Bayfield Recreation Committee met last Thur- sday night at the Municipal Building to pass the needed approval for work to \begin on the new ball diamond at the extreme south end of the Agricultural .Park. The matter was to go before village council on Monday La mpoon ery By Bud Sturgeon . Early this week, the weather started to warm up somewhat and it appeared that summer might just be around the corner afterall.. The cold, weather of late hadriaetbin;ring back to 1974 when condition were the same and me, the Moleman and Marblehead took off to the sunny south for a couple of weeks. No, not Point Pelee, all the way south to Hollywood Beach, Florida. The weather was in the 90 degree range the whole time with only one rainy day. 'While in Florida, we took an overnight bus trip to Disney World with a group of senior citizens and never • took a change of clothes. We were thrown out of the Quality Inn's dining room because we didn't . have. its. Back in the room, the Moleman called uat room •service and ordered fried chickens"prep y Was, "We don't have room service here." The Mole said, "Then you'd better get It fast!" Momentarily a porter knocked at the door with dinner. The Moleman, being of a more than generous nature, flipped him a nickel. What a might. Chicken bones all over the place, mid - nits dips in the pool and a forage to the ABC Liquor Store for supplies. There were streakers at the Inn. The three of us thought Disney World was a riot even if it was dry. We got stuck on the mono -rail over the lake during a violent thunderstorm, on the only rainy day. From our vantage point high in the air, we could see several tornadoes in the Sky to the north. Back at Hollywood Beach we were catching chameleons and a showing of the movie 'Deep Throat' in a circus tent. The pile of empty beer cans and liquor bottles on the floor of the condominium was growing by leaps and bounds. What a trip.l: can remember It well. When we returned home via Toronto we found the weather to be still on the cool side. Someday I would do itagain but not this year. Getting back to May of 1 1, it was a sunny but funny type of weekend. The Girl Guides got me out of bed on Saturday morning and talked me into buying a box of their cookies. There is nothing like a Girl Guide cookie and a glass of milk on a Saturday morning. That was just the openers. The hilarious part was when two religious people showed up at the door. There was a man about 50 years old and accompanying him was a little boy. I was tempted to invite them in for a cold beer but 1 remembered that I only had a 12 -pack of Golden on hand. "Do you know of the Bible? What do you think about the Kingdom? Is it like a government? It's a shame when we all don't have time to read the Bible all the way through at least once a year." I couldn't believe what I was hearing and I said to the guy, "Gawd, 1 don't know what you're talking about!" Then came the pamphlets. The man tried to sell them to nue at 15 cents a throw. The word 'wickedness' headlined almost every page. With that 1 grabbed a beer and walked out back to roto -till the garden and they left quietly without a fuss. But it's not to worry as the man assured me that the world was going to end (because of man's wickedness) by the year 2000. How can you argue with that kind of thinking? After a few pulls on the Golden, I lay back and thought to myself, "I think I'll live forever." 44AY101 We have • Mixed Pots • Flowering Shrubs • Rose Bushes • Hanging Pots Gift vouchers especially for Mother's Day "Before you buy that shrub or tree be sure to cheek the guarantee" cghtzon cRidge CWCZel DAVID StECKtE AND FAMILY R. R. 2, Zurich 565.1 111 19 (d ing Open Man. Psi. pio'nte Sat 9 - S wee Nle.. On! .,Sun ....1 night for the final go ahead. The work which was ap- proved unanimously by the committee included the rolling of both diamonds and the soccer field as soon as possible. Topsoil was to be stripped from the infield of the new diamond and gravel was to be trucked in and laid to form the base. Stone dust was to be acquired to top it off. Estimates on the backstop and _fencing were not available but will be ready soon. Approval was also given for the committee to pur- chase soccer equipment for the two teams from Bayfield which are registered in the Huron County Soccer Association this season. Approval was also given for the purchase of baseball equipment for the four Bayfield teams which are entered in the local slo-pitch leagues. 1 J Some discussion was held on the possibility of setting up the shuffleboard for in- terested seniors in the village. The next Recreation Committee meeting will be held on Thursday May 14 at the Municipal Building. Ona late note from the recreation committee, it was learned that the existing baseball diamond has already been rolled, cour- tesy of Heard Censtruction. Soccer registration went well on the weekend and there should be a practice early next week. There was little interest in the badminton . registration as cost seemed to be a prohibitive factor. A new program will be worked out using other facilities such as the Town Hall, in lieu of f' Arena, thereby cutt operating expenses con siderably. Garden walk set It's May - the lovely month of May! The Bayfield Garden Club has arranged a very pleasant Garden Walk for 30th May - circle the date now. We have ten gardens to visit this year - all situated in the heart of our lovely village, and each quite dif- ferent in its appeal. The normal monthly meeting will take place in the Municipal Building on llth May, when the Rev. George Younlatoff will be the speaker. In addition a plant auction has been ar- ranged - now's the time to take advantage to stock your garden - don't miss this op- portunity. Bayfield Garden Club will be planting a tree in Clan Gregor Square at 11 a.m. on May 9,1981. A.B.C. Bridge Highest score this week went to Kelly Ball - 7750, with Phyllis Heard second - 6100, and low, Mildred Fellows with 2120. Health clinic Although the fine weather is a temptation to be out and about, don't forget that the public health nurses will be paying their next , visit to Bayfield on Tuesday, May llth. Opinion uytng a By Bud Sturgeon I couldn't believe what I was reading when I opened a letter last week from the Bayfield Ratepayers Association. In fact, I found the paragraphs devoted to the Bayfield Community Centre and Arena very misleading. To refresh your memory, here is what it said: "This past year has seen the com- pletion of the arena facilities, with the addition of a building to house the ice machine and tractor. The cost of all facilities and buildings is now approx- imately $481,313, "A great deal of time and effort has gone into raising funds by certain groups and individuals who are totally dedicated to this project. All ratepayers' should be ex- tremely.-. thankful to. _ the Lioness and Lions Clubs for contributing over $44,000 to the building fund, with still more to come. "The Village of Bayfield has assumed a bank lean of $74,000 which represents the final balance to be paid. We have an excellent communi- ty centre, worthy of your support." This may be ail well and good and I can't dispute the facts in their well polished and glossed over article, but they have barely touched the surface of the problem. I say problem because the 'arena' is one of, if not the major problem facing the Bayfield Council. It is a brewing pot of uncontrolled • spending among other things. I cannot go along with the statement, "What the people don't know won't hurt them." I also do not go along with the statement, "Don't make an issue out of it." The people hae a right to know what is happening to tax money, whether it be good or bad. It is not easy to find the facts and figures of spending on the arena as some are well hidden but after several months of investigation, I came up with the following figures from the Village of Bayfield records. In an April 1961 report, it is noted that the bank Joan re- maining to beepaid on the arena is $75,700. It also men- tions that the bank interest rate on this loan has been in- creased to 181/4 per cent. If you want to know who contributed the most money to the arena in 1980, a quick examination of the records clearly shows it was the ratepayers of Bayfield. In 1980, the Village of Bayfield contributed $6,918 to pay in- terest on the loan. Although this figure should appear in the arena budget under operating costs it was, in 1980, extracted from the 'general account fund' of the village. In 1980, the village also paid out $15,429 in wages to arena personnel, and that year the village also paid out a further $10,867 in capital expenses for the arena. In 1980, the village also paid $10,000 on the principal of the loan owing on the arena. YOU HAVEN'T GOT A GOOD DEAL UNLESS YOU GET A CREAT CAR IN THE BARGAIN MAZDA GLC 85,390. The new Mazda GLC is making news in the small car field And a M -W Motors deal on one of these great little cars can only make a good thing better. Come on in. You'll like what you see and what you hear. maza THE MORE YOU LOOK, THE MO,RE YOU LIKE M -W MOTORS LTD. 184 EAST ST., VOLVO-MAZDA/SALES-SERVICE G v.DEPICH 524-2113 This totals an expenditure of $43,204 by the village in 1 on the arena. And this is a minimum figure as other ex- penditures may also have been made. Is it any wonder that taxes took a jump last year? When thanks is given for fund raisers, every taxpayer in Bayfield has a right to slap himself or herself on the back. You would think that the new 1 :1 council would be moving to curb this spending spree but little or no attempt has been made to date. By a vote of three to one, the coun- cil passed the following d ig in a poke Operational Budget for the Community Centre. This budget runs in the red! The expenses: hydro - $6,500; oil1,600; telephone - $300; office supplies -$200; advertising -5200; uniforms - $150; cleaning supplies -$900; pop machine rental -$280; pop for machine -$1,125; water softener -$270; blade sharpening -$100; gas for tractor -$200; floor polisher - $500; building maintenance and repairs -$200; grass cutting -$200; snow blowing - $200; wages (manager) - $16,000; wages (casual) - $6,000; hockey tournament - $1,400; eqt. maintenance and Play ball time All four Bayfield slo-pitch teams have been on the practice diamonds for a week now as they prepare for the regular season play which be gins next week. It was learned Monday night that the Stanley Stars (1979 champs and 1980 runners-up) of the Bluewater Ladies Slo-pitch League have been forced to suspend operations for the 1981. season.-They lacked a coach and could only find ten players. A week earlier, the Bayfield Goodtrimes had also opted to sit the year out due to similar reasons. The league is now down to four teams and the revised schedule is as follows: Bluewater Ladies Slo-Pitch Schedule Teams Home Diamond Game Time Bayfield Babes Bayfield 7:00 p.m. Bayfield Blue Shadows Bayfield 7:00 p.m. Varna Agricos Varna 7:00 p.m. Zurich Buckettes Zurich . 9:00 pan. First Hall Mon May 11 Wed May 13 Mon May 18 Wed May 20 Mon May 25 Tue May 26 Tue Jun 2 Tue Jun 2 Tue Jun 9 Tue Jun 9 Tue Jun 16 Wed Jun 17 Schedule Game . Second Half Babes at Blues Mon Jun 22 Bucks at Agricos Wed Jun 24 Bucks at Blues Mon Jun 29 Babes at Agricos Wed Jul 1 Agricos at Blues Mon Jul 6 Bucks at Babes Tue Jul? Blues at Babes Tue Jul 14 Agricos at Bucks Tue Jul 14 Blues at Bucks Tue Jul 21 Agricos at Babes Tue Jul 21 Babes at Bucks Tue Jul 28 Blues at Agricos Wed Jul 29 REDER'S PRODUCE Concession 4 Goderich Township RR 1 Bayfield HAS NEW OWNERS Ted and Emma Vander Wouden will bo operating TE -EM FARM OPENING SOON repairs -$1,000; paint for ice - $150. These expenditures total $34,475. Capital (spending) Projec- tions for 1981 are: acid treatment -$1,000; showers in ref. room - -$1,00.0; painting of exterior$800; roller skates - $2,300. These expenses total $5,100. The revenues ( which in- clude a $1,000 donation ,from Stanlyey Township) total $35,1,00. When the expenses are ., subtracted from the revenues we find that the arena will operate $2,375 in the red. By adding the pro- posed capital spending this figure balloons to $7,745 in the red. And the village council approved this 1981 Anglicise Church Women Welcome back to those ladies who have been away. We look forward to seeing you at the ACW meeting on Thursday, 7th May - 2 p.m. at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Bennett. budget for the arena. Who is going to make up the $7,475 deficit? The taxpayers again? Let's turn to the April 1981 report on the arena. It is bad news from the word go. 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