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Defense is ready to help as the Blyth Atom broomball team faced off against B. visiting
Mildmay squad on Saturday. (Vicy Bremner photoj -
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PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006.
Wheeler makes 38 saves in Colgate Raiders game
On Jan. 4, Brussels native Brook
Wheeler made 38 total saves
including 12 in the first period to
hold the University of New
Hampshire Wildcats scoreless
during a game against her team, the
Colgate University Raiders.
The Wildcats broke the 0-0
stalemate however early in the
second period, scoring four points,
and then added three more in the
third for the final 7-0 score.
UNH went into the game with the
second best scoring offence and
defence in America as well as the
longest current unbeaten streak in
the country.
The Raiders returned to Starr Rink
in Hamilton, New York Jan. 7 to host
Harvard Crimson who won in a 5-1
contest.
A Harvard player skated in on the
net and sent a low shot to the
opposite side of the net behind
Wheeler in the first period.
With the teams down in the
Harvard zone, Colgate was called for
a penalty but did not get a chance to
touch up before the Crimson goalie
skated to the team bench to add an
extra attacker.
The Crimson finished its offensive
attack at 5:37 in the third with their
second power-play goal.
Wheeler went down to stop a puck
in front of a scuffle but a Harvard
player captured the puck, bringing it
around the net to another player who
was able to hit the back of the net
before Wheeler could maintain her
position.
The Raiders fell to 4-2-1 in the
league and 7-7-3 overall. They
returned to Starr Rink Jan. 8 to host
Dartmouth College.
Development of Josephine ballpark on hold
By Heather Crawford
Citizen staff
Commercial building on the east-
side of Josephine ballpark in
Wingham will have to wait.
Sandra Weber of the Huron
County Planning and Development
Department said a historical burial
ground was found on the property
and an archeological assessment is
required.
"A firm has been contacted and
someone from the Bruce County
Museum is currently working on it,"
Weber told North Huron council at
its Jan. 3 meeting.
Clerk-administrator John Stewart
said the work should be completed
in two weeks.
By Heather Crawford
Citizen staff
Parents of young children may be
getting more support programs to
help with childcare from the
government starting as early as this
September.
Evy McDonagh from Huron
County Child Care Services made a
presentation to North Huron council
Tuesday, Jan. 3 about the Ontario
government initiative Best Start
program.
"The idea is that children will be
ready and eager for success by Grade
I," she said.
The program is a 10-year vision
for Ontario to increase childcare,
"making it easier for families (to
provide care for young children)
than it is at the present time,"
McDonagh said.
The proposal is for two new
classrooms to be added onto Sacred
Heart Catholic Elementary School
on Cornyn Street in Wingham.
"One wing [of the school] would
be for children six years and under
with access to a playground. It could
be used during the summer as well,"
McDonagh said.
Councillor Murray Nesbitt of Blyth
inquired about how stable this
initiative is considering the upcoming
federal election.
"I know you won't be able to say for
sure,- he said to McDonagh, "but is
there any assurance that (the cost) of
the program won't be downloaded
onto (council)?"
McDonagh said that she doesn't
know for sure what will happen after
the election but there is a five-year
guarantee.
"I've discussed this with (clerk-
administrator, John Stewart) and I
think we are in agreement that some of
the money (from the government)
should be used to stabilize the
program," she said.
McDonagh said a survey was
circulated around the county asking
about public opinion on childcare.
"North Huron makes up 8.3 per cent
of the whole population of the county
and we had an 8.7 per cent return on
the survey," she said. "We had a very
good response from the north."
"One thing that I found surprising
was that transportation wasn't an
issue," she added. Many people said
that if all barriers were removed, they
would use a licensed child care service
or lanuly.
The program would also offer fee
Stewart also commented on a
concern from a resident present at
the meeting wondering if the area
would be turned into a strip mall.
"The proposal is for one business,
one building on Josephine Street,"
Stewart said. "[The area on Alfred
Street] is zoned for commercial
development but we haven't had a
proposal for a business there yet."
The west-side of the area will
remain a park and open space zone.
"Someone would have to apply for
an official re-zoning before [the
other side of the park] could be sold
for commercial use," Weber said.
The highway department was
contacted to inquire about two
entrances to the business, one on
Josephine Street and one on Alfred
subsidies based on income, McDonagh
said.
"We are hoping people will ask what
do I have to pay rather than what is the
fee," she said. "It will be easier for
families to access fee subsidies than it
is now."
However, the program is still in its
infancy stages and the figures have not
been worked out yet as to cost for each
child and cut off numbers for income
in order to receive fee subsidies.
Although the service is open to
parents in Blyth, McDonagh said the
focus right now is implementing the
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Street. "They would only allow one
entrance on Josephine Street,"
Weber said.
The subject of the property was
present at the meeting and said they
would rather have both entrances if
possible but were comfortable with
delaying the development for two
weeks.
The application is deferred until
the archeological assessment is
completed.
Council gets Best Start info