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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-11-30, Page 2•'IW WIDOW Advance -Times. November 30, 1977 w commu ity centre now open in Brussels Hundreds of Brussels and area residents braved a driving snow- storm Saturday night to attend the opening of the new Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. The $850,000 complex is now completed and should be fully operational by the end of next week. The ice should be in the arena by the end of this week. The grand opening began at 4 pin. on Saturday with an open house. This was followed by the unveiling of memorial plaques at 5:30 and a beef barbecue at 6 p.m. Organizers had originally planned for 600 people at the barbecue but when all the tickets were solda week before the event they ordered another 300, general chairman Jim Prior said. "Things might be a lit'le tight" as a result, he warr-d 11?. 4.ZALVADMVAMMAs.. BRUSSELS PIPE BAND entertained the diners during the official opening of the $850,000 Brussels arena and community centre Saturday night. • BEEF BARBECUE—Max Oldfield of Brussels serves roast beef to a long lineof hungry customers at the opening of the new Brussels community centre Saturday night. Almost 700 pounds of beef were prepared for the approximately 900 people who were fortunate enough to get tickets for the supper. Bad weather didn't keep many aw0Y- The capacity crowd consumed almost 700 pounds of roast beef, hundreds of baked potatoes. and gallons of coffee. The official ceremonies began at ; .30 p m. with a performance by the Brussels Pioe Band and •nii h Prior, who acK.n. wleiged the great amount rk r -t ted by members of the f • nmittees respon- sible for .r .fommynity centre project. He also introck. ed civic and provincial go N -rnment rep- resentatives at ue head table, each of whom congratulated the committee and community upon the successful completion of the project. The guests included reeves Bill Elston of Morris, Roy Williamson of Grey and Calvin Kreuter of Brussels and Huron - Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt. Following his talk, Mr. Prior, accepted the key to the building from Bill Dunker, representing XDG Contractors, the builders, and then passed it en to recrea- tion chairman Wayne Lowe. The centre was dedicated by Rev. Eric DeDrew and, after an ad- dress by area consultant Al Sin- clair of the ministry of culture and recreation, the pipe band led a parade to the platform where the three reeves took part in the ribbon -cutting ceremony. Of the $856,000 cost of the centre, $436,00 came from Win- tario grants and a, further $150,0110 from the ministry of cul- ture and recreation. The ministry also funded a $28,000 elevator to enable handicapped persons to use the facility. The community was responsible for raising $235,000 toward the centre and all but about $12,000 has already been collected. The community centre has three main sections: an arena, an auditorium and a meeting room. The arena has an ice surface 85 by 185 feet and seats 400. The auditorium has a capacity of about 500 and contains a kitchen, cloakroom and portable stage. The upstairs meeting room is licenced for 108 persons and is available for gatherings of dubs and organizations or for. banquets. The building committee plan- ned the structure to permit maxi- mum use. Three separate activi- ties may go on in the building WARD & UPTIGROVE Listowel (519) 291-3040 CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Take a Tip From Santa The biggest selections .. , at the best buys are right here! Bring in your list! Phihps Raz 3 Electric Shaver 446A -',o1.7 • ',!ir 44. f \ ROAST BEEF—Mrs. Jack Knight of Brussels gets a helping of roast beef from master carver Max Oldfield, also of Brussels, during the beef barbecue at the new community centre there Saturday night. simultaneously without inter- ference as each section has con- trolled access. The committee included a heat pump in the building's design which should save 30-40 per cent on the heating bills, Mr. Prior said. The pump should also help cool and dehumidify the centre in the summer, he added. He said the committee spent six months touring the area to gather ideas on the community centre and then combined the best ones into its own design. The committee started looking into the possibilities for building a new arena in 1976 when it be- came clear the old Brussels arena would be condemned. The old arena was ordered closed or repaired in July of that year and the first sod was turned for the new structure last April. Money for the new centre was, raised through donations and by a walk-a-thon. It is bat on land donated by Jack Bryans for one dollar. Mr. Prior is genera chairman of the project committee respon- sible for building the new com-, munity centre. Ralph Watson served as treasurer and Shirley Traffic accidents injure four persons Four persons were injured in two accidents in this area during the past week, Wingham OPP re- port, Bradley J. Curran of RR 2, Wingham and William Scott Marritt of RR 1, Wingham, were injured Monday when the vehicle in which they were riding, driven by Dewayne K. Galley of RR 4, Wingham, struck the rear of a vehicle parked along the shoulder of the road. • The twe were not admitted to Wingham hospital but were treated as outpatients and re- leased, nursing director William Jeffrey said. The other vehicle involved in the accident is owned by D. A. C. Checker Produce Ltd. of Inger- Wheeler and Audrey Cardiff as secretaries. The building committee com- prised Jim Fritz, Jack Mc- DOnald, Jack Cardiff, Hank ten - Pas, Gordon Workman, 'Willis Knight and Henry Exel. Art Clark of Wingham was consulting engineer for the project. Gerald Smith, Wayne Lowe, Ftw Uhler, George Wheeler, John Boneschansker and Jim Knight formed the property com- mittee and Frank Stretton, Don McDonald, Ross McCall and Doug Machan served on the finance committee. The memorial plaques com- , mittee consisted of Jack Bryans, Gerald Gibson, Vera Hastings, Alfred Knight and Herb Stretton and the publicity committee con- tained Shirley Cossitt, Valerie Black, Jim Armstrong, Jack Knight, Ken Innes and Leona Armstrong. • Color 12 ex 99° THE HANDLE Kodak Instant Camera Kodak. - Instant Film 10 prints Deposit thiscoupon at Vances. You could win a Rexall heating pad. NAME ADDRESS PHONE Lee Vance Ltd. WINGHAM YOUR WINGHAM PHARMACIST • —.. ONTARIO Boston Mills Presents . 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