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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-05-07, Page 11Fellows and Ed Oddleifson. It is my understanding that in the heat of the argument, Ed Oddleifson offered his resignation -and when told it would be accepted, withdrew the statement. Following this "discus- sion", Councillor Dave Johnston got up from his seat, made a short but to the point statement and left the meeting. John Siertsema followed him out in an effort to persuade him to stay but to no avail. When reached later that evening by phone, Johnston had, "no com- ment", on the meeting. Then the meeting, absurd as it was, went totally awry. John Siertsema wanted an in -camera meeting from this point. Elaine Brandon (who according to By-law No. 125, 1978 does not sit on this board Turn to page 12 • Bad water Cleanliness is next to godliness! But for residents of Clan Gregor at least this posed a bit of a problem on Tuesday morning, when a leakage required the water supply to be cut off for a time. Eventually, it was made available for a . few hours prior to a further turn off for repair work to be car- ried out. During the interim, those turning on their taps may have been surprised at the interesting colour of the water. One resident declared that she had tasted it hoping maybe that it had been turn- ed into wine! However this supposition proved incorrect and Ontario wines are still the exclusive monopoly of the Liquor Board - and of course, the Bayfield home wine producers. Ever Youngs meet The Ever Young senior citizens club of Bayfield met for their April meeting in the Municipal Building last Thursday evening. In the absence of the president, the first vice president, Brown Higgins, chaired the pro- ceedings. Secretary Thelma Utter called the roll and read the minutes of the last meeting, and Treasurer Dorothy Cox gave a healthy financial report. The secretary also gave a good report on the Zone 8 meeting held last week in Vanastra. It was an- nounced that Huronview is having a Blossom Tea at 2 p.m. on June 3rd which will also include a tour of the new extension. June 23rd to 27th has been declared as 'Senior Citizen' week, Esther Makins suggested several interesting bus trips coming up soon - Akron, Ohio to the Church of Tomorrow: a cruise on the Grand River at Caledonia with dinner on the boat, and a trip to Elgin House on Lake St. Joseph in the Muskoka district with a scenic cruise on the 'Island Queen' of the 30,000 islands from Parry Sound. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Clark presented the club with a number of Euchre decks. Harry Baker read a poem on "Spring" - appropriate to the season, and Greta Scot- chmer read a poem called "Young at Heart". Euchre finished out the evening. Results were: high score, Thelma" Utter; low, Lillian Higgins; high score, Burce McClinchey; low, Harry Baker; Five people tied for low hands, but Lloyd-- Makins won the prize. 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Special thanks go out to Fern Baker and Jess Blair for providing the beautiful table arrangements and to everyone else who helped to make the evening a success. The raffle for a tea caddy ( filled with cookies) was won by Mabel Reid. Euchre was held in the Municipal Building following the dinner and the winners were: ladies high, Fern Round and • about the village Mrs. D. Deller, Kerry and Scott of Bramtpon visited at the home of the former's mother Mrs. N. Haw, on the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heard of Stratford visited in the area with the Heard and Haw families on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Don Haw of Bayfield attended the Home Show hi London on the weekend. Weare reminded this week that one of Bayfield's oldest annual events, the Pioneer Park Association Rummage Sale, will be held on Friday, July 10 this year. Everyone is urged to save their rummage and treasures from spring cleaning. We, the people .of Bayfield, have an unsurpassed view of the lake and the sunsets because of this park. The sailboat races are slated to begin this coming Sunday morning out of Bayfield harbour provided the marker buoys are in place and conditions are favorable. The sailboats at the ia'yfleld Yacht Club on the south shore are ready to be launched this coming weekend. Little Rob Irsin Jr. was the weekend guest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Erickson and family, at their Bayfield home. Little Rob returned home to London with his parents on Sunday. The Aberhart family were up from Sarnia for the weekend. Bill Latimer, Toronto, spent one day last week in Bayfield visiting with his grandmother, Mrs. Ethel Knight, and other relatives. Our friendly Moleman was in Toronto last Thursday and Friday on undisclosed business. The government survey ship `Bayfield" will not likely dock here this summer as the harbour is too shallow, according to harbourmaster Tom Castle. 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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 7 , 1981—PAGE 11 The wars weather last weekend lured out many people to the Mayfield area en Sunday, and they enjoyed !many different activities at the Eder. (BWSturgeon photo) Opinion - Buying a pig in a poke.... • from page 10 $703.41; Laidlaw -$19.39; Culligan -$11.25; H. O. Jerry - $37.93; B.P. Canada -$296.69; Gary Triebnor (ice removal) -$25.00; petty cash ( safe )-$200.00; Ross Scott Fuels -$190.27; Bayfield Lumber -$74.54; Canadian Germacide Co. Ltd. -$66.92; Holland Chemicals Co. Ltd. - $51.04; Bayfield Electric - $579.32. All these outstanding accounts add up to a sum of $3,901.67. The bank balance of the Arena's Operating Account is only shown as $452.80. That leaves a deficit of $3,448.87 after the bills are paid. Who is going to make up the difference? The tax- payers? Somewhere along the line the spending by the village has got to stop. The village council is making a mockery of the people. Whether it was a case of "ignore it and maybe it will go away" or what, the arena board finally called a meeting last week to discuss the above and other more pressing problems. The board had not met for several months. At the last village council meeting, Councillor Gwen Pemberton had shown concern over the lack of meetings by this board and had stated at one point that she would gladly resign her position on the arena board to any other member of council. I was not able to attend the meeting personally but from several accounts I have heard and from reading the arena board meeting minutes, I was able to come up with an account of the same. In attendance were chair- man (and Lions Club rep) John Siertsema; Agricultural Board Rep. Frank McFadden; Council Reps Gwen Pemberton and Dave Johnston; Reeve George Fellows and clerk Kathy Hunking. These peo- ple attended in an official capacity as set out by By - Law No. 125, 1978 which states, "That the said Com- munity Recreation Centre be administered by a Commit- tee of Management ap- pointed pursuant to the pro- visions of the Community Recreation Centres Act and Regulations thereunder which Committee shall be composed as follows: - Three members of Bayfield Village Council - One member of Bayfield Lions Club - One member of Bayfield Agricultural Society." No proper amendment has ever been made to this bylaw, to enlarge the committee but Ed Oddleifson and Elaine Brandon also attended this meeting and acted in official capacities. Others present were Arena Manager Harry MacDonald and Councillor Barbara Sturgeon who at- tended on an invitation from Reeve George Fellows. Opening business was con- fined to a discussion on whether these meetings are open to the general public. Nobody present knew the answer. Other business in- cluded a report from council on the Kleinfeldt Account, and the crack in the floor of the Community Centre which would cost about $100 to repair. A letter was received from Steven Telford regarding no payment for part time work at the arena. If not paid he would take his complaint to the labor board. It was noted that he has since been paid almost up to date. Mr. Od- dleifson was overheard to say that he would not be in- timidated by employees. In reference to the $3,448 owing by the arena at pre- sent, it was asked what hap- pens if there is no money in the account to pay with? Frank McFadden inferred that when he was Reeve of the Village that the money was usually borrowed from village funds and then paid back at a later date, to the best of hiaknowledge. 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