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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-08-15, Page 14ps�a16-'!7e Wingnam Advance -Times. August 15, 1979 ee In r 0 oses s o ution A public meeting last week has The meeting, attended by the dependent board which will bopatully come up with a solution East Wawanosh and Morris manage the centre. This will take b dissension which has township councils as well as responsibility for operating it and p�� the operation of the some persons active in paying the bills away from East Beigm a arena and community recreation in the village, Wawanosh, in which the centre is centre for the past few nears. produced agreement on an in located. ees+s .1 F •k - - to :gave centre problems l-SrdS. The two munidpalities would be eligible for 35 per cent grants on any money they do"W to the board, however, and grants for capital expenses could still be obtained. in the past East Wawanosh, which paid most of the bills, was getting more than $1,800 in provimW grants and Morris was getting about $225. Although the move will coat the Morris Reeve Bill Elston Mr. Vincent added that if but Mr. Elston added: the M is is concerned about who v�issinn that before the board arena some provincial grants it should eliminate the sore points in its operation. The fad that East Wawanosh had majority representation on the board managing it and that the board was called the East Wawanosh recreation, arena and com- munity centre board rankled pointed out the centre still belongs to East Wawanosh and added that his township also contributes to recreation boar in Bluevale, and Blyth. If they all ran into deficits the township could be hit with a hefty bill, he noted. East Ralph Campbell h council responded orr owns the centre it could annex it, offering to sell it for one dollar. However there were no takers. Ms. McLaughlin, who attended the meeting to eaplain the minbtry's grant structure, ob- served that a number of municipalities are using sur- charges, but the idea wasn't runs into the red it must come to councils and get their approval to spend any more money. Ms. McLaughlin pointed out that an autonomous board would not quality for any pt'ovindal recreation grants for operating expenses, which can ' only be given to municipal recreation with some Morris residents who Wawanos with most a at the meeting• also supported and used the that his township contributes to popularwitha she would centre. just as many boards and said he Also the Morris council felt it wanted to make sure East uriel C �f� didn't have sufficient input into Wawanosh wasn't left "holding Both Mr. Elston and Morris the budgeting decisions and the bag resented being expected to help Otherwise we might as well Councillor Rosa Procter' said pick up deficits on the operation. shut it down," he said, noting that there is no reason why Ehe centre The meeting, chaired by Bill another possibility could' be should have a deficit and Mr. Stevenson of the the existing Morris surcharging children from Procter octd Eor�u'spo riding money #;-. committee and Neil Morris who use the centre. f 't knows where it's coming recrea Vincent, his counterpart from East Wawanosh, addressed the problem of how to raise funds for Winners d to make operation of the centre, it self supporting, as well as how it should be managed. field with the 'n crop The meeting opened presentation of a list of proposals for operating the Belgrave centre comf etition drawn up at a previous meeting with Melanie McLaughlin of the Following are the Ontario Ministry of Culture and HOWICK results of the field judging in the Recreation. field crop competition sponsored The proposals included a joint by the Howick Agricultural eight to lo -member board with equal representation from each Society: Elmer Harding, 93; Bar recreation committee to manage Hay: Scherpenzeel, 92; Bruce Agla, 91; the centre. The board would be Warren Fines, 90; Ron Shelley responsible for fundraising to 89; Mel Greig, 88; Doug Harding eliminate any operating deficit, deficit occurred it w�tild 87; Bruce Ruttan, 86; Wendel 83 but if a be split 50-50 between the two Stamper, 85; Russel Rattan, Glen Fines, 82; Dick Agla, 80 townships. In order to get discussion going ,john Van de Kemp Jr., 79 Stewart Rowley, 76; Ron M Mr. Stevenson proposed the meeting should split into two Michael, 75. Mixed Grain: John Mandel groups, with each going through the of the proposal and 95; Elmer Harding, 94; Dou MacGrego points then coming back with recom Harding, 93; Doug Dick Agla, 91; Warren Fine mendations. decided they 92; 90, Mel Greig, 89 %; Glen Fin Both groups favored establishing a separate 89; Pete Eskritt, 88; Claud Martin, board to run the centre, however de Vos, 83; Stews tt Row�le the proposal to split any operating deficit produced a split 82; Jack Rattan, 80; Ron Shelle Jr., between the East Wawanosh and 78; John Van de Kemp Morris councillors. East Wawanosh agreed to pick u Winirol 76. "." Barley: Norman Fairies, up half of any deficit, although it Glen McMichael, 90; Elm Glen Fines, pointed out fewer than half the Harding, 89; Harding, 86; Ron people using the facility come from East Wawanosh, but Morris Doug Michael, 85; Warren Fines, was not eager to commit itself. Russel in utas, 8y;, Ice; Ruttan, 76. Wide array of spo� is for CNE A wide array of sports ac- tivities, many of them in- ternational competitions with thousands of dollars in prize money up for grabs, will headline the Canadian National Exhibition's sports show at. this year's CNE in Toronto. The CNE claims to have the ,vorld's biggest annual sports program and the 1979 program will be the best one yet. World class competitors in snooker, weightlifting, karate, ju-jitsu, canoeing, various aquatics sports and several other activities will pit their skills against top rivals from all over the world. Professional tennis and boxing are expected to draw thousands of spectators as the CNE has blended top calibre pro activities with a broad assort- ment of competitive amateur performers. Literally dozens of com- petitions and demonstrations involving the best performers from around the globe will take place every day the 'Ex' is on, Aug. 15 to Sept. 3. Among the featured programs to be held daily are Dominion Store's Aquarama '79 on the waterfront, Nestle Quik's lum- berjack show, the CNE in- ternational snooker tournament and demonstrations in the martial arts, scuba diving, lacrosse, professional boxing and wrestling. Sports Day on Aug. 25 includes more than 50 displays and competitions, offering everything from a canoe regatta to Sports Hall of Fame inductions and a skateboard demonstration. Admission to all events on the waterfront is included in the s price of admission to the CNE and this is being billed as the largest and best waterfront show the `Ex' has ever staged. 'Jud when 1 thought we'd" Be duck with "our Rolls And our yacht and Collection of antique Ming bowls, l remembered Classifieds sold in diverse Ways Since that's how 1 got All the duff In the First place. BIKE AND BUGGY PARADE—Youthful participants one one up themselves and of events sponsored their the bicycles or baby buggies for the bike and buggy Pa VAnghem Recreation Department. be ore i from", but neither offered any specific criticisms of the board's programs. e Mr. Vincent answered that the board set a realistic budget to the best of its ability and has been living within it. However the majpr fundraising project, the annual Belgrave fowl supper, no longer raises enough money to support the entire recreation program. Mr. Campbell noted that part of the problem is that the arena board sponsors most of the sports Bart and consequently can't get any money back for ice rental. In other communities teams are supported by servide clubs and 1 other organizations and pay rent for using facilities, he pointed out. Mrs. Coultes added that these c� days the board has to pay for everything, such as mowing the 1, grass at the ballpark. "There 9 aren't enough people doing things r, for nothing." S, Lloyd Michie said he felt the Fine registration fee for sports could de be raised quite a bit without 86; becoming a burden to any parent, Y, but admitted it could probably Y, never be raised to the point at 77; which it would cover all ex- penses. 91; Eventually the group decided er to set up an autonomous board, 88; with an equal number of le- representatives appointed by 84; each council, to manage the initel, centre and look after raising ace money. Any deficit will be split equally between the townships, (Branch Mica Address) 1036 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario (519) X71-5650 (Collect) Read the fine Y our light . print eer. OnlyTrilight has 60 calories. Check the label on your light beer and see how it stacks up against Trilight. Know what you'll find? When it comes to light beer... Nobodybrews It lighter.