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Huron Expositor, 2009-07-08, Page 2the Huron Expositor • July 8, 2009 :. 'k i a+ - New Grantwill *Ili fundnew rens From Pae 1 Infrastructure Canada program and Recreation Ontario in May and the announcement that Huron East re- ceived funding for' the Seaforth are- na was made last week. "That's a fantastic turnaround for grants," he said. Flowers said several of the Seaforth arena's compressors are nearing the end of their life expectancy and the grant will allow the arena board to replace them. As well, he said an expanded lobby with an improved viewing area of the ice has been on the arena board's wish list for several years. "There are just three windows now and we want to make it more user friendly for People watching the games in a heated viewing area.. We want to make the game the centre- piece . of everything and we're hoping a new lobby will spruce it right up - it is a 25 -year-old .building and it needs a new look," said Flowers. He said he expects at least $95,000 to be spent on repainting and re - coating the roof, an amount recently quoted for the job. "The steel wasn't in that bad a shape so we can get away with just painting it and it should have anoth- er 25 -year life expectancy," .he said. Flowers said that while the Sea- forth arena asked for " funding for a $1.2 million project, the funding they received will allow a $1 million project, allowing the majority of the rooms, compressors, roof Ontario's adoption records are now open. visit www.ontario.ca/adoptioninfo Effective June 1, 2009, Ontario's adoption records are open. This means that adopted adults and birth parents can apply for post -adoption birth information from birth records and adoption orders. An adopted adult, 18 years of age or older, can now apply for a copy of his or her original birth registration and adoption order. A birth parent can receive information from the birth registration and adoption order of the child that was placed for adoption once that child turns 19 years old. If you want your identifying information kept private, and if the adoption order was made before September 1, 2008, adopted adults and birth parents can file a disclosure veto. . To learn more about your right to information and privacy regarding adoption, visit www.ontario.ca/adoptioninfo or call 1-800-461-2156 (TTY 416425-3408). Paid for by the Government of Ontario. • P;>Ontario • Huron -Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell, Huron East Mayor Joe Seili and Huron -Bruce MP Ben Lobb pose after funding for the Seaforth arena Is announced. work planned to be done. "Overall, it's going to be fantastic. We can move ahead. It's very pro- gressive for the community to get things up-to-date at the arena," he said. Huron East Mayor Joe Seili thanked Huron -Bruce MP Ben Lobb and MPP Carol Mitchell when the grant was announced at the arena last Monday. "We appreciate the funding that's come through for the Seaforth arena. We've held off for awhile from doing some of the projects that are need- ed," he said. "Investments have been needed in recreation for a very long time," agreed Mitchell, who added that rec- reation is what attracts and retains people to rural areas. Lobb said the grant is a great in- vestment in the rural lifestyle. "Recreation is what we need when we want to attract professionals. The great outdoors and recreation make this a great place, to be," he said. "Recreational facilities are essen- tial social and athletic hubs in our communities. They bring us together as . families, friends and neighbors to have fun and to stay active," Lobb said in a press release. "Providing funding for recreational facilities, such as arenas and parks, is a great way to help bolster a com- munity by making sure that its resi- ',gents stay active and involved in the community" said Mitchell in a press release. "Many of these facilities and parks are local institutions that people in the community, past and present, have strong civic connections to. 1 am very pleased that we have been able to maintain a -part of the past while looking towards the future," she said in the press release. • TheSeafortharenarecreationgrant was one of 15 distributed throughout the riding of Huron -Bruce.