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The Citizen, 1991-06-05, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5,1991. Blyth council briefs Festival and recreation join forces for summer Blyth Council voted at its May 28 meeting to repay a local ball team for $600 worth of work it per­ formed at the George Radford Memorial Ball diamond. Council was told that the Blyth Soundproof fastball team had done more than $600 in repairs to the diamond, digging out the sand and replacing it with stone-dust to make it pack better. "I think we should all be aware that they did that (the improvements)," Councillor Steven Sparling said. "It's really not their responsibility to do it. "Personally," said Councillor Sparling who is one of two council­ lors who form the recreation com­ mittee, "I feel they should be reimbursed." Council voted to reimburse the going to join forces this summer to provide an improved summer pro­ gram. Councillor Sparling said the leaders of the recreation program had been working with the Festi­ val's children's theatre workshop for one week introducing children to such theatre arts as making masks. "It gives us an opportunity to make an even better and more unique program," Councillor Spar­ ling said. ♦** Council agreed to recommend that an angry renter of Memorial Hall theatre be charged only half of the normal rental fee. Council heard that the party had booked the theatre more than a year before for a theatre presentation but was upset when the noise level from a birth- group but also voted that in future no alterations be made without con­ sultation with the village. Council- lors worried that if different groups went ahead with changes on their own, some changes that weren't wanted might be made. day party in the downstairs hall intruded on the presentation. The renter felt there should be no charge under the circumstances. Councillors sympathized with the person but felt those renting the facility couldn't have anticipated the problem of a band being present at the birthday party. "Who would think when you booked an 80th birthday party you'd get a hoe- *«* The Blyth Festival and Blyth summer recreation program are Dig in Travis Campbell (left) gets a little help from his father Bruce in filling his plate that the Maytime Supper at Melville Presbyterian Church Wednesday night. The supper drew a steady stream of diners to pack the basement of the church. down," Councillor Sparling said. ♦♦♦ Council agreed to pay for paint­ ing done at Memorial Hall that was not authorized because it was felt the work was needed. Council had agreed to $2600 worth of painting to public areas of the hall but when the bill came in, more painting had been done to the handicapped washroom and the nearby hallway. The work had been sanctioned by the Blyth Festival. Councillor Shirley Fyfe, chairperson of the Memorial Hall Board said the work definitely was needed but hadn't been approved in the earlier list of places that would be painted. The Festival, she said, was paying for painting done in other non-public areas of the Hall. "If you vouch that it needed doing, it's done" said Councillor Dave Lee. Reeve Albert Wasson agreed the painting was needed, "it's just a matter of who does it." Councillors were reluctant to agree to mounting of a sign on the brick wall of Memorial Hall. The new sign, to guide visitors to the various areas of the Hall, is to be placed at the front left side of the original hall but just where was the concern. Councillor Fyfe and the­ atre officials felt there was no alter­ native but to bolt it to the wall because there was little place to put a post because of the flower planters in the way. "The only other alternative is to put it out on the lawn," Councillor Fyfe said. Other councillors weren't so sure some other way couldn’t be found. "Holes are there forever," Council­ lor Sparling said. He said he had grown up in an old house and was very conscious of preserving the integrity of old buildings. Councillor Sparling and Reeve Wasson said they would look into the situation and if they couldn’t find another solution the sign would be permitted. *** Council approved a by-law low­ ering the percentage of the water rate used to calculate the sewerage rate in the village. The Public Utili­ ties Commission had recently raised the water rate to $10 per month from $9 per month for resi­ dential users but the sewerage rate did not have to increase because there is a surplus in the sewerage account. Therefore the rate, which is a percentage of the water rate, was lowered to maintain the same monthly charge. The percentage of the water rate dropped from 224 per cent to 209 per cent. The resi­ dential sewer rate if $20.90. ♦♦♦ Council will likely move the location of the October meeting of council and invite the public to come and observe as part of Local Government Week. Council has considered several possibilities of marking the week including a pub­ lic ratepayers meeting but since this is an election year and there will be an all-candidates meeting for that, it was felt it would be better to have some other form of recognition.» *** The village may get a new tourist attraction in September. Council was informed by its arena board representatives that the Blyth and District Community Centre Board is planning a toy show in late September, offering displays and sales of all kinds of toys from farm tractors to hockey cards and dolls. Council received notification that it has received a grant of $15,300 under the Ministry of Environ­ ment's Waste Management Improvement Program to monitor leachate from the Blyth-Hullett Landfill site. WINGHAM AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL CORPORATION Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Wingham and District Hospital Corporation will be held in the Nursing Assistants Training Centre, Catherine St., Wingham, Ontario on Thursday, June 20, 1991, at the hour of eight o'clock p.m., for the revisions of bylaws; for the election of Governors; for the appointment of Auditors; and for the transaction of such other things as may properly come before the meeting. Copies of the Annual Report and Hospital Financial Statements may be obtained at the front desk of the Wingham and District Hospital prior to three o'clock p.m., Thursday, June 20, 1991. Said documents will also be available at the Annual Meeting. Memberships granting voting privileges may be purchased at the front desk of the hospital for five dollars ($5.00) prior to five o'clock p.m., Wednesday, June 5, 1991. No membership sold after that time, on that date, will entitle the purchaser to a vote. Dated at Wingham, Ontario, this tenth day of May, 1991. By order of the Board of Governors. N.M. Hayes, Secretary - There is a difference - ask me- More farmers are switching to John Deere haying equipment for very good reasons Letter Continued from page 4. Assistance Program (federal) - Ontario Home Renewal Pro­ gram for the disabled - Information services in Huron County and Queens Park - Community development - how does this affect us? If any of you would like to com­ municate with us or find out more about how a mutual support group could help, please call one of the following: Elaine Townshend...482-3073 Pat Watson ............887-6236 Bev Brown.............482-5666 ................or 1-8OO-267-O535 (between 8:30 - 4:30 p.m.) We would like to hear from you by June 20 so we know if anyone is interested in getting together. Beverley A. 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