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noth�r r'i nk? .,
ot enough icing- is on the recreation cake
BY JEFF SEDDON youngsters could always use
more ice time.
As the winter months ap- "In the major centres of the
proach and the government province a -unique system is
arid industries begin to paint a ussedin 'minorWheoey," he
ad -
gloomy picture fo: consumers, da g. p of
claiming shortages of this and youngsters start out,they are all
that; Goderich may be faced placed on _a team according to machine operation is very �4
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ages. Elevenyear olds playmachinery p prime time, he said. "They
with a shortage of ice. g costly and damaging for the lit- want 'to use it from sevento ten
For the past few weeks the together at a minor level and tie use the ice would get," he. ,
y the next yearo clock each night. r think that
Minor Hocks Association and the whole team explained. one game and one practice on
the Goderich Figure Skating • moves up to major: This•
revents the teams from The rental fees that would be home ice a week 'is plenty for
Club have been Clamoring for P the hockey teams and I can't
''ice time at the Memorial Arena becoming too lopsided necessary to operate two rinks
and Boill Lumby, arena physically and allows the boys would be out of reach, accor- allow one;.or two figure skaters
to staytogether as team: We (Wig -to Mr. Lumby. The cost to use the whole rink when.
manager, has had the thankless g a
task of scheduling the ' rink ,can't do that here because we for one hour: ice time would twenty or thirty people are
times, don't have the ice time The °t have to be around $35 to $40 to wanting it."
boys al "Some of these people want
The end result of the' l have to play together. make it pay. topractice everynight ofthe
bargaining between ' the two Some '' arenas in cities" are "We still have the cheapest g
pletely satisfied with what it ning or hockey practices. r. country an residents
Reid doesn't agree with the are benefitting., Not even 10 later air night, he said.
got. Both feel that the answer B Public, , skatingis not in
to the problem lies in:the con- Policy. and won't have his percent of the people usingthe g demand for. Mr. Lumby
struction of a second ice •surface`youngsters-irn-the -arena late at arena are from out ,off
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tical'accotding to' Bill Lumby. The problem does not lie in
"To put down summer ice the ,number of ,people trying to
you have to be prepared to use the arena. : Bill' Lumby
spend six to seven thousand believes the difficulty stems
dollars a month. The ' darhage from when they want to use it.
to the building is high with "These coaches and teachers `
summer ice. Dampness and want to use the arena during
B - ,used at two o clock in the mor- ice rate of any arena in the week during the.evening. Some
groups is that neither is con- of these teams can practice
f h k t M t d Goderich reside
in town. .
The second rink has more • "I ,,think that ten O'clock is
support in Goderich than, just plenty late enough for . these
the figure skaters and hockey kids. School is most important
association. The ,recent survey and hockey, comes second. ,No
do�he by the Recreation Board parent has a right to have 'a
.and the, Complex Committee, child ,down here , at eleven °
concerning the -proposed corn , o'clock at night," he said.
plex, shows ,that a second rink A. second ice surface appeals
is sixth on the list of recreation, to Mr.' Reid. .
necessities in town• "If we had another ice sur-
The figure 'skating .club. has.. face the younger kids could
been. allotted 1$ hours of ice come down here earlier and the'
time per week and Joan ice could be used for public
Dierolf, spokeswoman for the 'skating later, in the evening. Ice
group, feels that . this is not skating - -could be 4.organized
enough. Students . who could ., along the same ,principles as
use the ice for practising their roller. skating."
routines just can't be allowed If ice rental was more expen-
to work on their own because of sive, then Mr. Reid" would have
the large volume of skaters and plenty of -ice time due' to the.
•"the moderate amount of ice lack of numbers.
time The costa, sending a child to
Inter -mediate and senior minor hockey 'has risen sharply
dance sessions are cut -in half over the past few years and still
because' both are in the same •the.numbers have not declined.
. rental period. Last year a parent paid $15
`;_Instead of giving each group for a boy to play hockey and
'the time they need to -practise this year it will cast $20. Ice
4 ' we have to cut the time in half :costs have -- not risen propor-
and some• dances don't ,get tionately. The cost of ..renting
played at all. ' When the dance " the rink has gone up only. one
does get played it may be cram- dollar"' ° "
med into a three minute period "If the ice costs 'went up sub -
with 20 students on the ice `at 'stantially then we would have
the same time," she said,• to ask for more money from
_On Saturday the skaters all- parents and the number that
work together ' at their club would` not or could not pay the
session. "When all • the skaters extra - would ,cut down on' the
are on the ice at the same time number of . players: With'less
it is impossible for the instruc- players involved we could offer
tor td give each group the at
more time `to the teams,", said
tention -.they should get," .said Mr. Reid. -
Mrs. Dierolf. "?Private lessons Early morning practices have,
are given on Tuesday night,and -bekn suggested for.. the hockey
we have students seven and 'players. Mr. Reidfeels that the
eight years old staying at the hours `rchasen for ,games and
arena until eleven o'clock at practices is up to the individual •
night. We could definitely use a coach,
second arena." I have to be- at Work at
' The., , lack ,of ice time is ;seven in the.', morning and. I
causing the figure skaters some don't think I want to go to�,the
difficulty. The more,' serious arena far en hour , before
students are going. out 6f,town work, he. said. "If I started
to work ori their talents and the work at nine then it wbul'd'be- a.
Goderich club iso suffering. To _different story." a '
merit a good 'professional. in- According to Mr; Reid the
structor a club must have a , minor hockey association could
, generous Supply of students, use the arena for at least
With the better skaters and the :._another six hours this year and
more 'serious students leaving would make mare use of it than -
town, the ones remaining may that -- if theyere:rgivven the
not .receive the . attention they opportunity.
could because of a lack of num- " "I think that a• second ice
surface is the answer,'4.he said:
` hers" e - Arena manager Bill Lumby
Sorr}e of the � pressure is g
removed by working with other flatly disagrees, with the.
.clubs in the'area. By pf ectising suggestion that Goderich needs ..p
with neighboring communities a second ice surface.•
the skaters benefit from the ex- ' "' "If we had another ice sure-
tra ice time. Vanastra. was a face . they would both go
popular rink until it was closed broke," he said.,
down and converted to year• "' Mr: Lumby maintains that to
round roller skating• run an arena efficiently, h has
The Goderich • club is " 'iri- ' to be. kept,operating as much as
volved with 16 others on an in- possible.
'ter -club basis but the travelling ``This arena was costing, the
is mit always convenient. Some .town $20,000 a year and, now it
of the students go out or town is finally "beginning to' pay for.
during the summer to make use ,itself," ,he said. "It is pretty
•well filled up -time wise.but it is
of 'summer ice. • �. .
"Every year pwe lose -good . not overflowing. -
skaters to other dubs because. , Summer ice at the` 'Goderich
of- lack ••of., ice time }n arena is feasible but not•�prac:
Goderich," -said :Mrs. Dierolf. .. -� •
"Right now the -club is at a
peak.,but if we don't get more
ice .we ' wino go backwards." ti•
The lack of practice is
showing in the competitiori.
"When +e are competing
„against other clubs and we see
what their .skaters• can do we"
ask,'` about their instruction
procedure," Mrs. Dierolf said.
"When we hear how Much ice
time, they get it is no wonder,.
they ate as ,good as they are. ,,
Some of the 'kids are only off
the ice two weeks of. the�•year. I
thit4k it is a minor miracle ,that ^
we Compete at all.'.' ; ,. "
"The students can't co9mpete
when they only skate 13 hours .
a week. If *e were allowed .to,
use the ice freely we Gould use
it fo 35 hours a week. I feel we ,
,..,she
need another ice surface, <
Mt ,
sThe v "Minor Hockey •glad to among• your aubscrip-
asseCiation ,has hooked the tion to flee Siprral=t3tar
arena for approximatelY.'thirty, ,, ar
five hauls t " °w�eek:� 'the '411 1I her at3L14834'
. t of: the association, r '.
+plraside'n
;gill Reid; , feels that die
night. - he said.
town,
,f
enough
to keel, the arena open
one
night `a week. For the past ten
years he has tried to have one
night aL week open for the
public.
"We ,have tried . Friday,
Saturday and Sunday night .but
the people just don't come out.
There area few using it until
Christmas but after that- the
numbers just drop right off,"
he confided.
"I try to keep the action at
the arena involving all the tax-
payers and this includes
everyone. - If there are people ,
here to,.use it we will keep the
building open 24.hours a day,".
he said.
Recreation director Mike
Dymondagrees that there may
be .a' need for another ice sur-
face, but not immediately: He
said that although the second
rink was in, popular' demand,
construction of an arena would
not -be anecessity right now.
Al
He suggested that the
proposed complex be , planned,
to facilitate a new arena _'but
that the -location of the building
should not beheld up because
of a rink.
"When the arena, is being
used from seven in the morning
until midnight and there are
still people being turned away
then we will need another
rink," he said. "Right now
there is plenty of 'ice . for the
kids and the adults won't use it
if it is there to use. They didn't
use the pool and they won'•'t use
the rink."
There - is a ilittle irony in-
volved in this apparent crisis
over - ice. Goderich is supposed
to . be located in an , area of
severe winters. What's the. ex-
planation for the lack;°of ice
should somebody from Florida
who came to 'town in January
ask?
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