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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-11-04, Page 7Queen Villa residents in Blyth got an early Halloween treat on October 28 when one of the Kindergarten classes from Blyth Public School dropped in for a visit. The young students presented their hosts with some home made Halloween favors, and performed a few seasonal songs. (David Emslie photo) Auburn UCW host neighboring The Thankoffering service of the Auburn Hall U.C.W. was held on October 28 at 8 p.m. Guests were present from Holmesville, Don- nybrook, Londesboro and the village. Mrs. Greg Park welcomed everyone and read from Psalm 92. Count Your Many Blessings was sung with Marjorie McDougall the pianist. Mrs. John Vincent gave the meditation on "If Only" — mean- ing all things considered necessary that could easily be done without. Scripture was read from Thessalonians and Samuel II. She then told about a family in a campsite at Brampton. She left us wondering where they would go and knowing how fortunate we are. Mrs. Greg Park and Mrs. Don Haines sang a lovely duet. Offering was received and the offertory hymn sung. Mrs. Park closed with a prayer. Mrs. Peter Verbeek introduced the guest speaker Rev. Kathie Urbasik from North St. United Church Goderich. She was ordained in 1984 and ministered three years in a rural charge in New Brunswick before coming to Goderich. Rev. Urbasik gave an outline of her life and told how she was studying to be a social worker. PEOPLE Mr. and Mrs. Dick Lapp of Chapleau Spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Lapp this past week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Wagner of Ilderton were also visitors on Thursday. mere were six tables in play at the euchre party held Tuesday night October 27 at the Auburn Community Hall at 8 p.m. Winners were: High Lady - Adelaide Allin, Low Lady - Anne Glousher, High Man - Clarence Allin, Low Man - Ell Lapp, Ladies most lone hands - Carol Daer, Mens most lone imnds - Ted Mills, and Novelty - Jewell Plunkett. There will be another euchre party on Tuesday November 3rd at 8 p.m. at Corn- munity Hall. Everyone welcome. KNOX UNITED CHURCH SERVICE Knox United Church service was in charge of Rev. Dave Snihur with organist groups Mrs. Gordon Gross. Call To Worship was read alternately. The Senior Choir sang the anthem "Count Your Blessings" with Choir director Lori Millian as pianist. The' minister's sermon was part one of Questions People Ask - How Can a God of Love also be a God of Wrath. HORTICULTURAL MEETING The meeting of the Horticulture Society will be held on Wednesday November llth at 8 p.m. at the Community Hall. Joanne Denome will give . a flower demonstration and Clarence Laing, president of district eight, will be there also. Everyone welcome. WALKERBURN CLUB Walkerburn Club had a Halloween party at the home of Mrs. Len Archambault on Tuesday evening October 27. Costume winners were Mrs. Rick Ar- chambault as a cute penguin and Mrs. Elliott Lapp in the comical outfit. The se,:retary and treasurer gave their respective reports. Mrs. J. Verwey offered her home for the next meeting. The pro- gramme committee will be Mrs. Tom Cunn- ingham and Mrs. Rick Archambault and the lunch committee Mrs. Elliott Lapp and Mrs. Garth McClinchey. It was decided to ave a table at the bazaar in Vanastra o November 21 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Collection was taken by Becky Archam- bault. The guest speaker was Mrs. T. Hunk- ing who showed pictures and told about her holiday in Europe. She spoke about the necessity of seeing to believe (ie. ) the nar- row roads, the dikes of Holland and the por- table milking parlours that go to pastures to milk the herd. She found meals different too and more expensive than here. She enjoyed a cruise down the Rhine, the palace, the guards and the Castles of England. She said Madame Tussaud's Wax Works are very realistic. Mrs. Archambault thanked Mrs. Hunking for her enjoyable talk and pictures and presented her with a gift. How they scored at euchre CLINTON - There were six winners dur- ing the regular Monday afternoon session of euchre held here on November 2. Vera Gibbings had the high for the ladies, and John Livermore won in this category for the men. For the low the ladies winner was Rachel Johnston, and Dora Shobbrook won the other prize. Gladys Telford came out on top for the lone hands, while Bert Gliddon was the win- ner for the men. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1987—Page 7 NEW JOINT AGREEMENT PROPOSED Councils discuss arena policy By David Emslie BLYTH - Members of five area councils met here on October 27 to discuss a proposed agreement for the Blyth and District Com- munity Centre Board. Full councils from Hullett Township, East Wawanosh Township, West Wawanosh Township, Morris Township and the Village of Blyth were in attendance at the meeting' which was held at the community centre. The meeting was chaired by Blyth Coun- cillor Bill Howson, and he explained the meeting was called to come up with an agreement which will smooth out the opera- tion of the community centre. He noted that work on the agreement started last winter, when the present board met with Melanie McLaughlin from the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, After the agreement was reviewed by all present, the meeting was opened up to discuss any changes the municipalities would like to see. One point that raised some concern was the issue of the levies paid by the various municipalities. Currently, the costs for the operation and maintenance of the arena are split as follows: Blyth, 32 per cent; Hullett, 25 per cent; East Wawanosh, 17 per cent; Morris, 17 per cent; West Wawanosh, 9 per cent. Councillor Howson explained that presently, these percentages will be review- ed every three years, and will be adjusted by not more than five per cent. This percen- tage is reached through a survey that is passed out to arena users and asks them to list their municipality of residence. "This is a set of figures which we will have on a yearly basis," said Councillor Howson. The discussion on these percentages led to further talk on the budget for the communi- ty centre. Morris Reeve Doug Fraser commented that as his municipality is part of more than just the Blyth Arena, it is difficult for thein to help pick up the deficit for this arena at year end. "It certainly is our intent that we hope we can set the budget by March 1, and stay within that budget," Councillor Howson assured him. The chairman of the arena board, and a Hullett representative, Frank Szusz, noted that the levy will stay generally the same barring any unforeseen breakdowns of the arena equipment. He did add, however, that two pieces of equipment at the arena are 20 years old, and could cause some problems. East Wawanosh Reeve Ernie Snell wanted to know why the levies had risen steadily over the past few years. Councillor Howson explained the reason operation costs are up, is because the in- come for the arena is down. With the arena taking more to operate each year, he said, the only way to raise more money is to raise the rates, or put surcharges on the teams. However, the problem with raising the rates is that the board will get in trouble with minor sports. One method to combat the problem of high costs used this year was to extend the hours of prime time. Mr. Howson also said they try to raise the rates each year, and this year's increase was about four or five per cent. "It would be nice to have the arena runn- ing 24 hours a day, with prime time ( rates I all around, but it hasn't happened, and it won't happen in Blyth," Councillor Howson said. While there are groups that are willing to help with capital projects at the arena, such as putting in a new time clock, Councillor Howson said the problem lies in the fact that these groups don't want the money used to help the deficit. Therefore, the total income raised for the community centre comes from those who rent the building, and from the levies. He also pointed out that on top of the group who put in the time clock, the Legion Ladies from Blyth did a great job in raising funds for the community centre handicapped lift. Councillor Howie Morton from Morris stated that as there are groups from his municipality raising money for the Belgrave ai ena, they might not appreciate funds going to Blyth if citizens aren't chipp- ing in from that area. "It would be much easier for us if there was fund raising in Blyth as well as in Brussels and Belgrave," Councillor Morton said. He added that all of the people volunteering their time and money in those communities might decide not to bother if Morris Council is giving their money to Blyth. Both Blyth Councillor Lloyd Sippel and Frank Szusz explained to Councillor Morton that a considerable amount of fund raising took place to raise money for the lift and the, clock. Councillor Howson added that there were a lot of groups who were upset when the arena had to be closed last year due to a breakdown. "Hopefully we can encourage groups to be more aware of capital needs." Voting Split The discussion on the percentage split within the board also led to some discussion on how this percentage should be used when voting on issues. In the original draft of the agreement, three parties with 80 per cent of the debt load would have to vote in favor of any pro- posed amendments to the agreement. 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