The Citizen, 2008-07-24, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2008.When all the money you makegoes back to the community, it’snice to get a bit of a break from thecommunity.
In response to a request from the
Blyth Lions Club, North Huron
council passed a recommendation
on Monday night to establish a
service club rental fee.
Prompting the request was the fact
that service clubs are finding it more
difficult to raise money. Blyth Lion
John Stewart, who was present at
the council meeting, said “Every
nickle we make goes to the
community. The requests that come
to us are getting to be more and
more. In fact, a couple came to us
that we have supported in the past
and we didn’t have the funds to do it
this time.”
The Lions asked for a fee that
would apply to all registered service
clubs with head offices in North
Huron, who would be renting both
ice time and the auditorium. They
suggested that the club would have
to rent three consecutive days of ice
time totaling a minimum of 20
hours. The ice time rental would be
paid at the normal rate, but a
maximum of one day would be paid
for the auditorium.
The service club, in turn, would
partner with North Huron to
promote the township through
distribution of promotionalinformation, advertising andannouncing the township as asponsor. For the Lions hockey tournamentthere would be a saving of $700. In her report to council on the
recommendation, director of
recreation/facilities Pat Newson
suggested that the proposal be open
to all tournaments, not just those
organized by service clubs. “All
organizations are finding it difficult
to make money from tournaments as
costs go up.”
The key stipulation, she said,
would be that the group must rent a
minimum of 20 hours of ice and pay
for one day’s rental of the hall. Newson also suggested changingthe rental to at least 20 hours overtwo or three days, with the hall onlybeing available the days the ice isrented.“This is just trying to level the
cost of the playing field for all,” said
clerk-administrator Kriss Snell. He
said that both Newson and Blyth
arena manager Dave Cook felt it was
a good proposal to open it to all
groups and give them a break.
Councillor Greg McClinchey was
pleased to see that action was taken
on this request. “A committee group
came forward to council and the
response was quick.”
NH service clubs get a break
Target area
Josh VanDorp appears to be making some adjustments to
what is still the best way to cool off on a hot summer day,
the good old garden hose. He enjoyed an afternoon of fun
during a muggy Saturday. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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When it comes to technology in
North Huron there’s been a lot of
garbage.
Recycled that is.
At the Monday night meeting of
council, clerk-administrator Kriss
Snell said that information received
from Stratford Ewaste noted 11,363
electrical pounds had been recycled
from North Huron.
Councillors were very pleased
with the report. Councillor Greg
McClinchey said, “To see a
municipality of our size recycling
this amount is good news. It proves
again that small municipalities can
lead the way. I think it shows a lot of
leadership.”
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By Bonnie Gropp
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