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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1985-2-13, Page 1UNCORPOR ATING -THE BL YTH STAN DA R D-THEBAYFiELD fill*GLE 50 CENTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985 120TH YEAR - O. 7 $.1elieyfil0,hee • :::.eotiocinoes and recrea: s met faee to face in aweeodscussuif- concerns between 0101.4*- -100 Meunta, ins otd of molehills," explained. "We to,skee, ...We got minor .1041aStWili been -blown out of pro - , • et by Mayor on commit - 1740 It was held to Mein ").0P8 the oPPor- ty ::'• COncerns and misundetStandl 10 . ea' with the News - 'td: saki that the iinttiie Mahe° - dee line& The nieethig also ailaivoad'eauncii and recreation the opportunity 'discuss the team hall authtettou authority, and gave the recreation onanittee a chalice to explain their financial position and upc0m, ing rojects. Mayor Archibald said that they taiiced, about replacing equipment at the arena and he noted, "Maintenance is essential at the arena' and council understands this need." Problems With the town hall auditorium were also discussed and the mayor said, TOWn Populatioe • 3,000 3,000 2,200 3,700 • 5,900 6,000. 7,500 • Clinton • Viiingham Seaforth • Exeter Kincardine Port Elgin Goderich 404 '.theprabt' ir nednut .0;4. • epartiteat. loOlta ater• 1000104aga t t1e town hall auditorlum and the Cler • 'Fe Manages boo tar the ,St0aller committee rotasCoun voiced concerns at their Jam 28 meeting thOtcofhte could. easily Peet* with bookings through twa;].:SOurces;,, However; Was • deckled et. the joint meeting to keep both depadments involved with bookings. The role Of „the auditorium, as a etiltimal centre or town centre, hes also .been a eon • cern raised.hy some eauneillors. Councillor Charlie Burgeo, at cowed s Jan„ 28 meeting eaked, "When the attditort1M1 earn- pletion was approved > J•thoaght NAE:the general consensus that it would :a cultural centre Now it has developed into.* public ineetinig. piece. Was this the original though. Voimellior Bee Cooke replied, "We have, ta give recreation a ehanee to develop cnitural programs. Mayor Archibald reiterated this feeifing. after the johit.Meeting between recreation and gannet!, ..11e noted, "the town hall auditorium canIjust be a cultural eentre.. It has tube °Pen, ithelongstotbe He said that previous concerns ahent + No grass cutting included • +C Plus capital of approximately $25,000, • fSeaforth 'receives $21,500 from townships Jaward arc,* costs. With the money they "WeeiVe etiledited in, their 'Percentage 1, 'equals 44..5) Town Clinton Wingham Seaforth Exeter • Kincardine Port Elgin Goderich •AVERAGE Town Budgets (1984) azt000 • 200,0Q0 To2taisispo noodget 4$. 04 • : 6 2:1 :en,: 40 0:301 800e 159.1750 +C $280,983 86,750 • 713i480 . 391,523 220590,r50 Expenditure/income (1984) Per Capital ?Expenditure -ern9. A I* etas*. tdiumbad been reSalve auditawn fot.eieflts an pgIams`?toe wma Rea MeKay•saj4 th he aBt�ru „ is also ised oweve when 00000 ttvity 0n4he 1061.it possibIe IOW' poSsiblehruSetbat : ; Mother issue Of debate has been entaL: charges at thea01 Warn and committee. rooms, • : CouneiilotBee eoo1etook thestand, "The cemnztte� rooms S1WUk1 not be charged for nOt1tOWS ithou1d be service." • Couneiller �rd Gerrits noted, *4If we have to hire sOmeotte: wen doors, then the town is 'octal** ark. Opens. DWI% ,the day it's noproblenii bid after ken it is,' The coencillors el:Interns were dussed •-tit the Milt meeting nod Mayor Archibald •Sabi that the, general Prlaeriall$; WIlAt "WO judge egieti hooking as it comes in, ie de skin Will be made by the people ward� tog the booking (recreation department or ele.s.We offlce), U there are any prebleMs,. theY Can I3e appealed to council " . . . , The Mayor emphasieed that there were no serious problems between the counell end recreation :lust minor differencesihathad gone unresolved too long. • • 44, t Town's Portioe $127,545 103,250+ +C 111,000+ •120,000 =Aso 186,223+ 226,840 Per Capita Won* $ 96.66 $54.15 61.53 26.92 135.45 85.00 86.47• 54.05 131.10 70.16 65.25 34.22 69.01 • 92.21 52.18 0 0 • • Percentage 44 54,31 37.2 37.5 • 46.5., • • 47.0 , •• 43.8 ' •44 42 Average . , Recreation costs in ine By Anne Narejko CLINTON - Communication lines between council and the recreation committee are not functioning as efficiently as they could be. In an attempt to solve the problem, a closed meeting was held on Feb. 4 at which • tittle both groups were given the opportunity to express their viewpoint and ask clues - tions. • All but one member of the recreation com- mitte was present and council had full atten- dance. "The main job I had to do was to show council that we weren't being extravagant," said recreation committee chairman Ron McKay, because he believed council felt they were spending too much money. In Mr. McKay's presentation, he outlined budgets of six area recreation boards, com- paring them to Clinton's in several ways. The percentage of the total budget which the town contributes is slightly below the average. The recreation budget for 1984 was $289,983 and the town's portion was $127,545, or 44 per cent of the total. The average of the seven towns was 44.42 per cent. In the per capita expenditure, Clinton spends $96.66 which is above the average of $92.21. However, Clinton's per capita in- come is $54.15, which is above the average of special consideration as they are having . . financial diffittilties and Klompen Feest is Mr. McKay also pointed out that there has also given Special ctinsideration. only been a 3.17 per cent average increase in "And as in anything, you are always going the budget for the last two yearsjn 1982 the to have your occasional bad debt to add to committee requested $120,000 and in 1984 thinee,"eald Mr, McKay. they requested $127,545, an increase of $7,545. • , , Capital Projects Services At the top of the list of projects which the Also included in his presentation were the recreation committee would like to get done services where the committee loses money this year is a condenser for the arena. by donating the use of facilities or giving "The condenser is number one on the list special consideration to groups. to be done this .sinnmer and should cost in of $20,000,"said Mr. It4cKay. In explaining the money loss in the ser- the area vices area, Mr. McKay said that the bingo The condenser will be budgeted for in the committee uses the arena free but in return; 1985 budget and Mr. McKay believes that donates to recreation, the hospital and other there are.some grants which will assist with the f upding. causes. The raceway committee and recreation Other projeets which the committee usually break even, but if the raceway com- would like to see done this summer Maude mittee does make a profit, they use it to working on the arena roof, painting the steel enhance the park. . areas on the grandstand and painting th Minor hockey arid figureskating get a free swimming pool. However, these project day at the arena and schools are often Allow- are not Pressing. ed the use of the ice free of charge. Al well By the end of the meeting, Mr. McKay go the fair board uses the park foe a week. . the impression that council felt that th Service clubs are often not charged full committee was not being extravagant, bu rental prices because they donate a lot of using the money wisely. their time and money back into the town. "I saw a few heads nodding. I feel reall The Junior "C" hockey team is given good about the meeting," he said. AWILt="1.1110.15MEMESSMUllieAcridtAttn=regiVint823MM3t0 4. a..,, %.t.i,m....:144... Clinton has a new fire chief following the retirement of Clarence Neilans, chief for 13 years. With the retirement, Craig Cox, left, becomes assistant chief, Clayton Groves is eaptaln, Mr. Neilans is outgoing chief and Fred Lobb is the new fire chief. (James Friel photo) ak Snowy day results in vehicle pile-up LONDESOBORO - Three people were in- jured in a three vehicle accident .3 kilometres south of Londesboro on Highway 4. Michael and Joanne Chalmers of Blyth, each received major injuries and Florence Corrie of Clinton, suffered minor injuries in the Feb. &collision. A pickup truck driven by Maynard Corrie, of Clinton, was tr-avelling southbound and the Chalmers car was travelling north. The two vehicles met in the centre of the road during white-out conditions. A pickup truck following the northbound Chalmers' vehicle driven by Ross Baird, of RR 2 Wingham collided with the Chalmers' car. The Corrie vehicle received $5,000 damage, the Chalmers' vehicle received' $1,000 and the Baird pickup had $3,500 damage. Corn for Mozambique® Train cars loaded with thousands of bags of corn left the Hensall Co-op last week for Mozambique. The shipment was part of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank project to help the starving people in African countries. The cars, packed with more than 1100 bags of corn each, were loaded by Mike Ducharme, Terry Baker, Dave Brody and Jim Finley. Baggers were Jerome and Ger- rard Ducharme and Mark Reiger. (Shelley McPhee photo ) "It's too much" Renovation plans shelve BirSirEPHANIE LEVESQUE It's back to the drawing board for the .proposed renovations to Huron County Pioneer Museum and Huronview, home for the aged.. After a lengthy discussion and after hearing from a delegation of museum sup- porters at . Huron County Councils February 7 meeting, county councillors didn't want to go back to their councils and ask for $500,000 a year for the next six years. "It's too much," seemed to be the ac- cumulative cry of the majority of county councillors. Both projects are estimated at $3 million each and assuming the county would have to pick up at least 50 per cent of the cost, it will cost about $3 million to the county for both projects. At the January session of Huron County council, its executive committee was ask- ed to find out how much the two projects would cost .. above the county's regular budget. The county had been anticipating a , cost of about $300,000 a year for five years for just the museum. ' Several reeve i said they had talked their councils into supporting the $300,000 for the museum but didn't know if their councils could support the $500,000. Exeter deputy -reeve bossy Fuller asked for the results of a letter sent out to coun- cils last November asking for their opinion on the museum. Although no specific numbers were availabler-clerk-treasurer Bill Hardy said about 80 per cent of the municipalities responded and the majority were against spending poo,poo a year for five years. Mr, Hanly said no response in- dicated support for the museum. Some of the municipalities suggested making the museum's collection smaller. Councillorstarted talking about delay- ing a decision. This talk took the form of a motion to refer the funding question back to the executive committee. This motion, supported 15-9, caused Warden Paul Steckle to vacate his chair to speak against it. Past warden Tom.Cunn- ingham filled the warden's spot temporari- ly. The warden pointed out that the county faces problems because most of the buildings it owns are at least 30 years old, facing repairs and the county hasn't put any money aside over the years to fix these buildings. "We cannot defer any longer." said Warden Steckle. He had not been a "great advocate of the, museum", but the warden said he recognizes the fact that the county must take action. "' Both Warden Steckle and museum sup- porter Reeve Dave Johnston said ref erri-qg the matter back to committee could delay the museum decision for a year or more. The leader of the Huronview supporters, McKillop Reeve Marie Hicknell also spoke against delaying a decision. County council did make a temporary decision on the museum and approved a tentative budget for Huronview. A $144,875 budget for this year was ap- proved for the museum. This anticipates $15,000 in admission fees meaning at least a portion of the museum could be open. To open the main tloor of the museum this year, the county will hire engineer B.M. Ross of Goderich to make plans to br- ing the first floor up to a "reasonable stan- dard". Mr. HanlY'said this would inyolve adding about two fire doors. A $5.3 million budget was approved for Huronview after $214,000 for renovations was removed from the expenditures. Half of this amount, $107,000 was to he paid by the county and the other half from the pro- vince. The county's share of the Huronview budget is $421,135. The province picks ult.. $2.5 million'bf the cost while $2.4 million ig"4 , paid forthrough patient fees. The results of the recorded vote to refer the funding to executive committee Is as follows: Those voting against are West Wawanosh Reeve James Aitchison, Grey Reeve Leona Armstrong, Goderich Deputy Reeve John Doherty, . McKillip Reevc Marie Hicknell, Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnson, Colborne Reeve Russel Ker- nighan, Hensall Reeve Harry Klungcl, Brussels Reeve Cal Krauter, Warden Steckle. • Those voting in favor of deferring were Ashfield Reeve John Austin, Tutkersmith Reeve Robert Bell, Clinton Reevc Ernest Brown, Blyth Reeve Tom Cronin, Hullett Reeve Torn Cunningham, Morris Reeve' Bill Elston, Exeter Deputy Reeve IA)ssy Fuller, Zurich Reeve Isadore I ;Torte, Turnberry Reeve Brian McBurney. Usborne Reeve Gerry Prout, Goderich Township Reeve Grant Stirling, East Wawanosh Reeve Neil Vincent, Stephen Reeve Alan Wolper, Stephen Deputy Reeve Ralph Weber, Hay Reeve Lionel Wilder. Absent for the vote were Hay Deputy Reeve Tony Bedard, Seaforth Ree've Bill Campbell, Wingham Reeve Joe Kerr. Ex- eter Reeve Bill Mickle, Howick Reeve Jack Stafford, and Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell. SUDDEN DEATH ACTION . The Second •Animal Clinton Itroonthall Tonrnamcnt fealorvd IllatIN area roo.n%, and ladieN• The tiff comprtition Pro% idrd pint of o‘ertino. and Nodden death' action. Foreomplete details 4111 tOilrnanlent. ee page 16.