Clinton News-Record, 1985-07-17, Page 6f4.4:4404.NTWWW0.4
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Dances disrupt peace, petitioners
BLYTH - Sports tournaments with fund-
raising dances and alcohol sales go hand in
hand at events,held at the Blyth Community
Centre. Complaints about excess noise, loud
music, unruly behavior and inadequate
policing also accompany many of these
events.
Blyth Council tackled the issue on July 8,
first with two petitions from residents.
neighboring the Community Centre and
secondly from representatives of an upcom-
ing slo-pitch ball tournament.
The three young people were requesting
council's approval of a liquor licence for the
August 8-11 event. The tournament will
feature dances on Friday and Saturday
nights. They requested the bar be open to 1
a.m.
Reeve Tom Cronin informed the delega-
tion that the area arena board had passed a
motion recommending that entertainment
and liquor sales at the arena be stopped at ig
a.m., instead of 1 a.m.
A number of complaints prompted the
area arena board to uphold the ruling that
was made more than three years ago. The 12
a.m. closing time has not been seriously en-
forced during that time.
A petition signed by 20 people who live in
the neighborhood of the Community Centre
and a letter from another resident led coun-
cil to look at the problem again.
The petition read, "For the past three
years during the summer months we have
frequently experienced disttutance of the
peace on weekends by the intolerable loud
music from the Blyth Community Centre.
This creates a considerable amount of in-
convenience. We request the council and the
recreation board and all whom it may con-
cern again give this Serious consideration in
taking action against this form of noise
In her letter Reta Blake said that the loud
music was "inexcusable." She also re-
quested that "there be no shouting after
dance hours. It was a disgrace to the public
last night. Shouting hollering: If they must
quarrel, they can have their party
somewhere else at the time of night."
Mrs. Blake said she had no arguments
with parties and dances running until 11:30
a.m., but she noted, "then we and our guests
would prefer to go to bed, than listen to the
disgraceful noise and arguments after-
wards and hollering."
Representatives from the slo-pitch tour-
nament heard the petitions and immediate-
ly defended their events.
Mark Battye told council that the petition
singled out young people. He further noted,
"There haven't been any problems with slo-
pitch tournaments," and asked council if the
names of 20 people who sign a petition
"make the rules."
He told council that the slo-pitch tour-
naments, the dances and bars are designed
to make money.
"One year' we closed at 12 (midnight) and
we went in the hole on our ball tournament,"
he said. "Between 12 and 1 a.m. that's when
you make your money. People don't come
(to the dances) until 10:30 p.m. If you close
at 12, -no one will come."
Mr. Battye stressed that complaints were
being raised about the noise oirtside the
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that's a police Matter. It's their responSi 111,:
ty (the.OPV) to be there. We do alood job
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The slo-pitch representatives and Arne
cotuncil members agreed that inadequate
o1icing was a serious problem. One SIP -
pitch representative said that he's asked the
police to come in and lay ,charges, but
they've refused. Clerk Larry Walsh agreed,
noting that he has asked police at one event
to lay a charge, "and they said they didn't
see anything."
Councillor Bill Howson suggested that
council should contact the OPP every
weekend there is a tournament or a dance
being held at the Community Centre. It was
further suggested that a letter be sent to the
OPP and member of parliament. No action
was taken on this.
Mr. Battye threatened, "If this bylaw is
put through, it will go through the whole
league. They'll pull out."
He further noted, "I'm not locking at this
as a big party centre. I'm looking at this as a
fund-raising effort for playground equip-
ment and glass at the arena."
He suggested that council should have
studied the issue last year after the last
tournament was held, not the day before ap-
proval of this year's liquor licence was re-
quired.
Councillor Albert Wasson sided with the
delegation in opposing the midnight closing
time. He said, "Twelve o'clock is ap
awkward time to stop a dance. People aren't
satisfied at 12 o'clock to call it a night."
• He suggested that people living near the
Community Centre "learn to live with tt (the
noise) once a week or every two weeks."
Councillor Wasson said that he was oppos-
ed to alcohol sales for fund-raising efforts
but asked, "how else are they going to do
it?"
Councillors Wasson and Howson sug-
gested to council that it was unfair to clamp
down on upcoming dances at the arena on.
such short notice. Councillor Howson noted,
"Put the limits in force another year. That
gives them a choice."
Councillor Bill Manning said that the
delegation "tried to interject a bit of in-
tireildation by threatening to pull out."
He later noted that he was sympathetic to
the arena board's decision, but noted, "if
you daily down it takes more diplomacy.
They could come back and vandalize the
place."
Council defeated a motion which sup-
ported the *arena board's recommendation
to close,down events at the community cen-
tre. They passed a motion giving their ap-
eTtwn to pag 7 •
It's not unusual to find crowds outside the Blyth Festival at all times of day. By 10 a.m. -
several dozen people were lined up on July 11 waiting until the noon hour when rush seats •
for the afternoon performance of Moose criunty went on sale. The patient paLton.s who
waited in the hot sun included John Rernasconi of Cornwall, Mary Bacher of St..
Catharines, Eva Laing of Staffa who was hoping to get tickets for a friend from Mooge-
jaw, Saskatchewan, and in back, Nellie Hunt and Hazel Kirkham of Mitchell. (Shelley
McPhee photo)
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