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The Citizen, 2000-05-17, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2000. On display Local artist Ron Walker hangs one of the pieces currently on display at the Bainton Art Gallery during the Community Art Exhibit which opened on Sunday evening. Walker’s work will be featured in a show in August. (Vicky Bremnerphoto) Tickets sales up at Festival Rec board hears minor soccer concerns The regular meeting of the Brussels Morris and Grey Board of Recreation Management was held on May 10. Maxine Houston presented issues concerning the Brussels Minor Soccer executive. She said the levy fee of $5 per child that minor soccer is being charged by the board is too high. Also they would like to be using the ball diamond behind the arena for a temporary soccer playing field. One hundred soccer sweaters and seven black St. John’s medical bags that were stored in an unlocked locker at the BM&G arena have gone missing. North Perth soccer rules state that the playing fields must be limed once at the beginning of every week during the soccer season and the grass must be cut. A $100 fine will be charged to those teams who do not comply with the regulations. She said if the Board decides not to have the fields limed and soccer has to hire someone else to do so, the levy should be lowered. Also, Houston wondered if soccer has to hire some­ one to lime the fields could the arena manager order the line then invoice minor soccer? The board feels the levy fee is not too high. They also felt the sweaters and medical bags should have been kept in a locked locker. Even if the levy fee remains at $5/child, the board will not authorize the liming of fields. However, if soc­ cer chooses to hire someone the line would be ordered and minor soccer invoiced for the cost. Arena Manager Murray McArter indicated that the ball diamond behind the arena will be used at least once a week for slo­ pitch games. It was the consensus of the board to allow minor soccer to use the field on the nights the field is not being used for slo-pitch games. Maxine indicated that 253 children have been registered for minor soc­ cer. She said she would contact Chairman Alvin McLellan with the decisions made from the minor soc­ cer executive meeting. Amy Crawford, the head lifeguard for the pool this season presented the following ideas and concerns for the upcoming season: 1. Publicizing the pool telephone number. 2. Installing call answer on the pool telephone. 3. Offering an Aqua Leaders Course during the last week of August at cost of $110/person. The fee will include all books and mate­ rials needed for the course. 4. Require a new spine board at an estimated cost of $450 - $700. 5. Offering private lessons. 6. Require a volunteer to sit in the guardroom during the second week of June. 7. Asking junior lifeguards (at least 12 years old) to volunteer at the pool this season. 8. Repairing the sign outside the pool. 9. Adding and enforcing more pool rules and posting them on the sign. 10. Painting animal figurines in the lobby. 11. Scheduled hours for the two reserve staff (Katie Clark and Amy Douma). 12. Completed revisions to the.staff manual. 13. Revise the report card for swimming lessons. 14. Require a minimum of six chil­ dren to open the pool for public swimming. If at least six children are present they will be allowed to swim for at least half an hour depending on if more children show up afterwards. If after half an hour there are still only six children the pool will be closed and no refunds will be given. George Langlois indicated that the lifeguards should all be wearing the same shirts when they are on duty so they can be easily identified. The Recreation Board told Crawford to purchase some paint to begin painting the animal characters PTEC ( peunioji 2000 WHITECHURCH 2000 REUNION AUCTION Friday, May 19th Whitechurch Community Hall 7:00 PM Miscellaneous Items Donations gratefully received. For information contact 357-3480 or 357-2349 Early ticket buyers are keeping the phones ringing off the walls these days at the Blyth Festival. April sales for all the shows of the 2000 season showed a marked increase over last year at this time, and the tickets for the remount of Death of the Hired Man are selling especially fast. Although good seats are still avail­ able for some performances, five of the eight matinees are already sold out. Anyone planning to see Death of the Hired Man might not want to wait until June to book tickets’. Many people who wanted to see Paul Thompson’s collectively created tribute to the heroic days of “the threshing gangs” were disappointed Society hears Rolston and Co. Continued from page 3 by talking about the popular annual seed and plant exchange they have every year at this time, at their farm with a potluck lunch. People attend from all over and everyone is wel­ come. Susan Hay from Clinton was in attendance. She talked about Natural in the lobby. The board also instruct­ ed Secretary-Treasurer Shelly Pryce to call Bell Canada to have call answer installed on the pool tele­ phone. The Pool Committee will meet on May 18 at 6 at the BM&G Community Centre to discuss the remaining issues that were men­ tioned above. Pryce read a letter from Donna Bowman, the Grade 7/8 teacher at the Brussels Public School. The letter indicated that she would like the Board to waive the $60 rental fee that will be charged for the use of the kitchen for the graduation dinner and dance. Pryce also indicated she received a letter with similar content from each stu­ dent in the Grade 7/8 class. Edna McLellan reported that there are bingos being held every night in Listowel and various groups are tak­ ing turns hosting them. At the end of each month all the money is put in a pool and divided evenly among the groups who hosted the bingos that month. McArter said he is still obtaining prices for the lobby flooring. He also reported that he received quotes for the tempered glass in the sound room at the arena. The quote from Fisher Glass and Mirror for supplying and installing the tempered glass in the sound room at the BM&G arena in the amount of $2,700 was accepted. McArter said that the Lions Club purchased the cordless microphone for the new sound system installed at the arena. The board was not accept­ ed to receive a grant to subsidize the wages for a summer student to work at the arena. However, McArter indi­ cated that he would still like to hire a student for the summer and also to when the entire run sold out almost as soon as it opened last year. The Blyth Festival Box office staff is anticipating a sell out this season as well. Last season’s patrons marveled at the sights, sounds (and smells) that completely surrounded them and so beautifully evoked the atmosphere of a bygone era. One of the reasons tickets are at such a premium is that the full size, working threshing machine takes up so much space. Turning the whole theatre into a bam complete with a hay mow means that a couple of rows of seats must be removed. Rave reviews in The London Free Landscaping sponsored by the Huron Stewardship Council. “This, she said, “promotes good landscaping with water conservation design, drought tolerance, promot­ ing habitant for birds and butterflies, etc.” She would like to come back this fall with a full-length presentation. Musical entertainment was pro­ needed during and Edna a conflict of have staff continue to work on Mondays and when busier times. Alvin McLellan McLellan declared interest and left the meeting due to the fact that a relative had applied for the student position. Sarah McLellan was hired for the position. McArter asked for the board’s permission to have the computer he received from the Village of Brussels upgraded at a cost of $700. The computer is not working in the current state that it is in. This was approved., Chairman McLellan inquired if the exhaust fan was working in the hall at the arena due to the fact he received a complaint that the ciga­ rette smoke in the hall seemed thick at the Optimist Silent Auction. McArter said the fan was working but it was the consensus of the board to try to have the fan turned on as early as possible when an event is taking place in the hall to help clear the smoke. McLellan presented a cheque in the amount of $12,000 to the board on behalf of the BM&G Catering Group. Atawiape Glenn Montgomery wish to announce the engagement of their daughter Karen Elizabeth to Danjel Gagne of Wichita Falls, Texas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gagne of Peterborough, Ontario. The wedding is planned for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 27, 2000 at the Wingham Pentecostal Church. Press (five stars out of five) and The Kitchener-Waterloo Record added to the phenomenal degree of rural inter­ est, creating an exceptionally high demand for this production. Many of the previous cast are returning for this season’s remount, and Eric Coates, one of Blyth’s most popular actors, takes on the lead role of a young farmer who’s secretly dreaming of buying a combine. Death of the Hired Man, sponsored by Ideal Supply, CKNX Radio and McGavin’s Farm Equipment, will run at the Blyth Festival June 1 to 17. For tickets call the Box Office at 523-9300 or toll free 1-877-962- 5984. vided by Doran Rolston and Co. from Auburn. Doran played on saxo­ phone / Can’t Stop Loving You, Oh Danny Boy. She also sang God of the Mountain and Walk By accompanied by taped music. Lodge plans Friendship Night At the May 9 meeting Morning Star Rebekah Lodge finalized plans for Friendship Night which is to be held on May 23. Six other lodges are invited. At this time 50-year Veteran Jewels will be presented to Sisters Mary Davidson and Mary Lowe. A donation was made to the Huron County Children’s Aid Society. A silent auction was held with part of the proceeds going to Rainbow Lake (a camp for children with cancer). CORRECTION We apologize for an error in a graduation advertisement in last week’s paper. The correct name is Brett Fischer. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. GRADUATION ■ :z '' I Love, Bill, Bryan, Veronica, William Vai Collins has successfully completed the Tourism and Travel Program at Fanshawe College, London. Congratulations. Carol, Cyndi, Amanda, Steve, Wyatt and Stevenson.