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The Huron Expositor, 1975-12-18, Page 27if i� 1 • , + s ,1 , I I J{, o 'i Y, r e, «ww- Mw•- ,bw,nu .k,uow I 'tib wi ,r )ux'+'ti�Ynke.: { 1 f 50 A no ,M■ F n I we FF , onst 1 •k. a a {}j« Mo etng t, I:�'h a' t • It's. been talked over at several change.will be alt extension Qfthe their ow shower and wash000m built at the to of the stairs ''so y.. z: •. e n n p , a n 0?h1'f lei5'1�1�i ' " n public meetings. Groups who use front of the building 2$ feet to. the facilities a 'referees that eU e • ave' r ?it P B P g room and a P pl dota t h to Walk COMI► R It �atl. +? 1 ) orxpn r the arena, thg recreation north on the ground Hoot, More first aid room. There will be a full across the hall to leave their , i " I�IeA►C y committee and town council have space was needed to make the sized public washrooms for men coats," 112r. Buist said. } V. committee '' �kr'. P p,r'Inuddev�p>;erit all had some say in the,changes and additions .that were and women, the rec director says, The glass area that overlQolts n i t . YY g REP>R $9NTATMES IRT9 i� A ll► „ renovations now underway. being demanded by the Huron storage room with lockers for „ the ice surface will be covered in ' x But still, the general public has County Health Unit, the Liquor teams, storage for roller skates and the ceiling in the hall will be P g g piisA �pD 5�9 �'416S3S,Q1 u , ftt�ts 4t gotten the news in bits and pieces License Board of Ontario and the and a room for skate sharpening, replaced and lowered. This. will and is probably not aware of Ontario Hockey Association, Mr. "The entire foyer will be help sound � proof both areas and MAN A tf; exactly what is being done to Buist says. gutted," he says "and new floors '}°help keep the hall and the ice' After renovations, the front and walls will be constructed.`' surface separate. �*: � _ improve the 25 -Year-old building.R 4�►.lN ` fttli� 3 Recreation director Clive 13uist P There will be a recreation office How much is all thts going to' "� .��* art of the arena will include four told the Expositor that the major full sized dressing rooms with 'and a new heating system cost? The recreation director'says . Head OBIcq: 56 welter SfreeR, Enat, ''1(teRiegert Oar downstairs and wiring will be new town council is figuring on WE 131PX IEXIST1Nfi1V](tRRTGAG)Tu�S FQ)� fNStT'AN CASH 3 ^ upstairs and down. $200,000 to provide what is Changes upstairs at the arena essentially a new front. About hall are designeddp.provide more half of this amount can come from _ � _ � washroom space, required by the grants and the arena fund raising 'Grants m a. a " LLBO. The kitchen area will be committee wants , to raise the smaller and a ttoa•kresom will he other $100,000 locally. NO PLACE TO GO BUT UP — Organizers of the Seaforth Community Centre fund raising drive have had a thermometer installed on Main Street to t4 register contributions. Their local goal Is $100,000 and donations may be sent io their treasurer, E. M.Williams, Boz 3.48, Seaforth. (Staff Photo) 4 half repo ationsCitizens, � make up . Recreation director Clive Buist committee has also applied for a. says the arena fund raising Wintariogrant of $44,000 but fund committee committee is investigating a hasn't heard anything yet, the rec variety of grants that they hope director says. A capitol project will help pay for the $200,000 in like the arena renovations is Members of the citizen Figure Skating Club, George renovations that are planned at eligible for up to one third committee which is raising funds Garrick from Minor Hockey, Jack the arena. funding from Wintario, after all, for the arena renovation program 'Price, Bob Dinsmore and Gary Mr. Buist says grants could pay other government grants are recreation directors Clive Gray from Junior D Hockey, for half the cost. Seaforth has an are exhausted. Buist, councillor Bill Bennett, Lloyd Eisler from Industrial application in for a grant under ' Matching funds must come Ernest Williams, Dave Robb, Hockey, Lloyd Hoggarth who is in the Community Recreation from the private sector, dollar for representing the Chamber of charge of the 50/50 draws and Centres Act, and should receive dollar with the Wintario grant, he Commerce, .Lloyd Rowat from the Mayor Betty Cardno. $50,000 or a quarter of the total says. Leeion. Marj Whitman. the cost, if all goes well. The arena fund has already } " gotten $9000 from the federally Y funded Local Initiatives Program and the recreation director says 'this money will be used to rip out the old partitions, etc.' and get the arena ready for new construction. ti Seaforth asked LIP for but only got $9,000. Work staved under LIP November 26 and will continuep° until • the end of this week when renovations will stop while the arena is heavily used.The work § f£ r y , will start again in March, Mr.�� i Buist says, and will continue until all the funds are exhausted. If the local fund raising goal is met, the arena committee hopes renovation work can go on all t summer. The arena fund raising , Thermometer register. dollars � g g That thermometer sitting to attend the next committee are quick to say they want a new z. outside the Toronto Dominion meeting, Wednesday, January 7 facility, come out and work for it," Bank on Main Street isn't being at 8 p m in the lower librar lie said' . put up to familiarize us with the y • "We'd like to see people who .. x�as:r,;us'ar From, left, Alvin Smale, Clark , xw. rte' Empe�nd Ken Doig work at new Celcius winter temperature. renovations at the arena. The thermometer will register, contributions to the fund drive for arena can be b, $100,000 to pay for arena reno•New vations. Recreation director Clive Buist says town council wants t graise the move without upping pin c taxes and a public drive was'the in sta es/redirector says( only way. Twelve' volunteers form the Clive Buist says that money is . money through taxes. Many people feel that Seaforth r fund raising committee, and they the only reason Seaforth isn't Many people don't want to help should spend money on new ice 1 include representatives from building a new arena instead of , pay for the arena renovations making equipment for the arena. most groups who use the arena. renovating the old one. "It"s just • because they feel --there is no Dave Broom of the Industrial All donations sent to Ernie not economically feasible for, our sense spending money on an old Hockey League raised this town to carr a ca ital cost of building. But Mr.Buist says question in a letter to the editor of Williams, the committee's Y ' P g• Y secretary, are tax deductible, The $80Q,000 plus for a new arena at "there's nothing wrong., with. the Expositor last month. The committee hopes that many local getting g head of council's arena committee. this time." ettin anew arena in stages. ( people will want to donate before Seaforth's council agree and He feels that once the front is councillor Bill Bennett, agreed at ' the end of the year, so that they that's why they authorized renovated it will be just like new, the last council meeting that the k' can get a 1975 tax deduction.spending $200,000 to bring the and then the town can look at town may have to look at new ' Letters are being sent ,to all front arena, including the raising money to builda new ice t)quipment because what's' there Seaforth businesses asking fora upstairs hall up to standard. surface and replace the rest of the AlOw' is using such huge quantities buildin of water. r donation, according ,s Councillor Recreation director Buist, who is ag• Bill nett, who heads council's heading the arena fund raisin The last word on the $� g -raising "The front is a concrete block ' renovations vs new building ' arena comtnittee. campaign, estimates that 'building. We can build a new argument comes from Clive t4 Over $4500 has been raised for $100,000 will have to be raised back out of blocks and add it on," Buist. "Let's walk before we the renovations so f r, Mr. Buist locally. he says. "None of the proposed run," he says. • "Let's raise says. The 'mon includes Council hopes the other work will be wasted .. we can enough money to renovate. If we Centennial profits, d funds $100,00,0 will come from rebuild the back end of the arena 'w can't raise $200,000, how could raised by the use sports government grants. 'They don't ,„without ruining what has we have ever considered 4ew I 1 equipment auction, the IH - OPP plan to raise any of the renovation already been renovated.” building?"1 hockey game, the roll-a-thon and monthly 50/50 draws. The fund raisers plan a' Guy Lombardo Dance on Thursday, May 13, another evening with the We ve got .l Carleton Show Band, a CKNX Try kHards vs Seaforth hockey game ' on Feb. and an auction in' the WRITING. PAPER 50/50 draws will continue and starting in January a new prize of for people of all ages rr' $15 will be awarded to the biggest seller of tickets every month. Groups or individuals 'selling tickets make $2 for every book of - Nursery Rhyme Characters � 12 sold. Tickets are available at Seaforth stores or from Lloyd , for the small, f ry' Hoggarth. The recreation director P says Lloyd, who is in charge of the , draws, is doing an excellent job. Hopefully we'll get a few more - Elegant Flower Trimmed Paper W conscientious workers like Lloyd •,"W o,• in the near future." I 4' "It will be impossible for us to for older letter writers raise $100,000 with a mere half dozen people," Clive Buist says, and he wants all interested people r; See our selection of six different styles SEAFORTH It JEMLLERS All Reasonably Priced rol. =} (.11 1 OR LVIAZYOCCASION urlo R -10 Ilione .327-02. a s� . - WALLETS of BILL FOLD..S b BVX TON. 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