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Page GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY SEPT Full Text of GRC Position on Arena Ice Rates The following li the full lel in recent weeks the Cr Donna Denison labile deserves an to of the Parks and Recreation Know the facta and consequently position on Ice of the arena have prepared an analysis which will prove that the matter of rales charged Recreation and for arena use has received much Community Centres Committee Throwing Things Overboard We at the Presbyterian manse are paying up Tor our sins of Ion We moving to another charge In a few days and ore discovering alt the tasks and decisions wc had put off until a more suitable time the tidying up the basement the cleaning of win and the throwing out of papers and trinkets that are no longer essential Since we are moving to a smaller house there must be shaking down a contracting of our household effects What do we keep and what do we throw out Well this situation is a parable of life There may be certain things that become securities in life and we get so that cling to them They become the real things and we simply won let go and all the time we are missing the things that will minister to our tion the things that will bring lasting peace and joy LIGHTEN THE SHIP There is a very suggestive Incident in he life of Paul when he was on his way to Rome In a frail ship The cargo consisted of wheat that but in order to lighten the ship In order to save their lives in a time of storm they had to cast out the wheat Into the sea Salvation was brought about by lightening the ship And I wonder if our modem church is willing to throw things overboard to lighten the ship It seems to me that the very root of our problem today Is that life is too easy There Is not enough discipline We are trying to straddle the fence Or we might put It this way There is a sense in which the gospel is a package deal There Is comfort and there is challenge You can t have one without theother to be effective Christians out In the world If we really want serve Christ with our whole heart soul mind and strength we must be willing to throw things overboard There Is no other way FAREWELL May I take this opportunity to say farewell o the host of we have made here and to say how much we have enjoyed this growing community with its lovely residential areas May I also say to the men whose fellowship I have enjoyed in the Ministerial Association that it has been a privilege to know you May God bless you richly in your work to Church Immanuel Lutheran Church Windsor Road at Carole St Rev Harold Patter 11 Worship Service Sunday School Baptist Church Minister Rev cairn Oroanlst Mrs W am Evening Fellowship Guest Speaker R A Walk iat family supper COME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY Georgetown Alliance Church Evangelical Centennial Public School Minister J Phillips TeJeiJbone 10 am Sunday School ill dosses worship Service St Georges Church ANGLICAN flOGuelph Street Rector The Rev a Gallagher STB HARVEST THANKSGIVING a Holy 9 30 a m Family Eucharist Morning Prayer irscry Kindergarten Sr Church at in Knox Presbyterian Church Main and Church Ml MINISTER REV FN YOUNG E Gowland a Communion Farewell Service Church School cancelled this Sunday only a m Junior Congregation Nursery Care Georgetown Pentecostal Church Rev Jack 10 am Sunday School nam Morn Evangelistic Servlco Tuesday Children Church During Both Service GEORGETOWN EVANGELISTIC CENTRE MAPLE AVE BAPTIST CHURCH REV R0BERTC LOHNES Pastor nam and Family School A FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH KIDS WITH JIMMY LAKE Magician STORIES FILMS Moo lowed Parents Invited acting In the public Interest has approached the matter of arena rates sensibly that it has already made substantial compromises In negotiations with Branch 120 the Canadian Legion that It has made efforts to permit the Legion to continue Its association with house league hockey and to declare that the Committee has no intention of allowing any group to Interfere with any youngsters opportunity to play house league minor hockey this winter The Committee has refrained from treating the issue In an emotional way since It did not wish to prejudice Its At this time It appears that there will be no amicable solution possible therefore as a memberoftheCommlltee I wish to present some background Information about the current problem Since the Committee was formed In 1970 it has become aware of the increasing demands of Georgetown residents for better facilities more parks more equipment more playing fields new programmes better programmes and new facilities One area needs a park a sports group needs more playing fields youngsters require different programmes at different seasons of the year and so on Naturally the Committee had to look at the money which was available to It With all the different needs and only so much money to do anything about them the Commltteehad to begin a system of selecting Its projects as prior tiles It also had to look at the financial system under which it operated Since it Is responsible for all municipal recreational facilities in Georgetown it began to look very carefully at the costs of each one how much money it cost to maintain each one how much staff was paid what repairs needed to be done how much repairs would cost which ones could be left to another year and so on COST REPORT The costs operating the Georgetown Arena were part of the process In January the Recreation Director was asked by the Committee to prepare a report of the costs of ice in the arena This report would con aider staff costs maintenance every cost which went towards keeping Ice in the arena each year A report also was requested about the town groups which used the arena specifically the Legion Tykes Support Group Rep Figure skating all tournaments and carnivals On February 1 The Arena Ice Cost Report was put into the hands or Committee members and the results were indeed In foresting While the average cost of ice proved to be per hour the maximum hourly rate paid by any town group men tloned above was per hour most groups paid 50 per hour No wonder the budget request for the arena In 1971 was The Committee was aware that the capital costs of maintaining and renovating the arena are substantial since it Is a large facility since it Is obsolescent The arena was built almost half a century ago in 1922 It also realized that the operating and maintenance costs had increased each year and were unlikely to level off During May a subcommittee of the Recreation Committee was delegated to meet with the groups mentioned above and talk with them about their programmes their costs the Committee costs and so on The Committee then con the subcommittee report looked again at the arena ice cost report looked at all Its other needs determined that the arena was taking more than it s share of the overall Recreation and Parks budget almost half and agreed that arena rates must be raised across the board RATE INCREASE On July a two stage rate increase was approved by Committee The Committee hoped to avoid creating too much hardship for any group and determined that the rates would rise to IIS 00 with a dollar back for each child enrolled The Committee recommended fur ther increases the following year with an Increased grant Back Each group which would be affected was notified by mall of the Increases By September In response cries of pain from some of the affected groups Committee had modi fled Its original Increases by agreeing to retain the per hour rate far all hours up to am The remainder the charges were to be as previously Indicated This was a concession which In the case of the Legion for example meant that the demands of the Committee In nu of total payment had been Support Group hockey and the figure skaters had thelncreases They were not overjoyed but appeared to accept that the Committee was acting out of necessity As well they seemed to realize that the rates applied to all groups and were not discriminating against any one group Only the Legion still objected strenuously to the increases At this point I would like to present some figures to show the financial standpoint of the Committee litre II I unrated on the blackboard some of the figure already mentioned In the news account the council meeting dealing with the hockey Last year then the Town absorbed roughly percent of the Ice costs the boys appear to have paid 31 percent and the Legion itself appears to have paid about percent of the Ice costs The Legion has made It quite clear that it not accept a rate increase will not raise the rates to the i boys the Recreation Committee can either allow the Legion to continue at last year rates and let the taxpayer absorb the in creased coats or continue to oil ate with the Legion which has already failed twice failing either the Committee itself can assume responsibility for the programme The Parks and Recreation Committee believes that some tax support should be given to provide relief from the costs of municipal programmes in Georgetown lor youngsters It also is very aware that there Is only so much money available to do all the Jobs demanded of it The taxpayer is entitled to know that already he underwrites most of the ice costs of the house league hockey programme the boys who are anticipating a hockey season this year deserve to know that no group will deprive them of their fun It is unfortunate that the kids have been Inconvenienced by being caught in the middle this dispute The Recreation Committee Is entrusted by Council with the administration of all recreation facilities In Georgetown It has a responsibility to sec that no one programme or facility takes more than its share of the available dollars voluntary group in Georgetown it would appear that a moderate increase in costs the panic I pants would meet the financial requirements however the Committee no authority to suggest this to any group No one likes to pay Increased costs no one likes to say that rates have to go up no one likes to charge more It Is understandable that a benevolent association which Is acting from the best of motives and which takes pride in a programme which it has ad ministered in the past would react to increased rates It is equally understandable that it is financial realities which dictate the price increases by the Recreation Committee The Recreation Committee is certainly prepared to assume the registration and continuation of the house league hockey programme this winter If It this Is its guarantee that there will be house league hockey Certainly the Committee had hoped that the increase would eventually have been met even If with reluctance but at this time it appears that this will not happen The Committee had asked by letter and in the person of the Chairman at least three times whether or not the Legion will be running hockey this year If the Com mil tee Is to carry out the programme it deserves the courtesy of a prompt reply Therefore on behalf of the Committee I would like to ask that the Committee be provided with its answer by Friday September In writing if no answer is received by then the Committee will assume the answer Is no and will begin Its flans to guarantee house league in Georgetown this season In conclusion I would like to express my regrets that matters have came to this pass an amicable solution would have been preferable to a con frontal Ion this nature Council Briefs Council Monday night auihorixed the purchase of office furniture from General amounting JOB PRNTING OR To print no mere ly a trade I a ve an Our hat the technical In that factor ere to moko your every printing order Our are reasonable and wo guarantee every lob Call lodayl THB Georgetown Herald collect them all from Mr PHOTOS full alei FOOTS ploy to A Hanoi l ova If you that your incuts MONARCH jk TOPPIHG orangejuice mm HOHOCEKIZEO K1EMEIIT 89 FRESH I URGE A EGGS mi Apple Juice Peanut Butter 99 FROSTED HEINZ COOKED Light Bulbs Spaghetti 39 LOCAL GROWN ONTARIO No I GRADE POTATOES 25LB BAG SEEDLESS GRAPES 3 99 CANADA PEARS 7 fROZtN fOODS AND SMELTS COFFEE RICH li 76 and service still lives at IGA Candidate Denied Leave with Pay West provincial candidate Walter Mulkawich last week sought and was denied leave with pay from his teaching post to campaign for the Oct election Mulkawich asked the Hal ton County Board of Education to allow him to take about two weeks off with pay while he campaigns for the provincial post He said the two weeks would be spread out so that the days were not consecutive He said he made the request because campaigning would be too hard a financial burden If he had to lose his teaching wages to do so Board member I can support granting of salary for this leave he adding that persons in other occupations compensated for absences from work to carry out campaigns Armitage motion passed Mulkawich who teaches history and politics at Trafalgar High School Is run against Hoi ton West MPP George Kerr Ontario a Minister of the Environment Kerr is also being challenged by Robert NcNutt the libera candidate McNutt is an assistant geology professor at McMaster university in Hamilton Georgetown Goes For Humane Society Plan Georgetown council have opted for the Ontario Humane Society as their dog control agent Monday night council over the objections of Cr Em Hyde and deputy reeve Art Speight passed a motion to Inform and Acton that they are in favour of hiring ho Humane Society at per capita The lack of a local phone number was again discussed with Cr Joan Smith suggesting a local number used as a clearing house since the Humane Society fell they could not pay for a Zenith number Sykes warned that Georgetown could find Itself since I he offer was based on the three municipalities sharing In the cost Before do anything we should find out what and Acton arc doing he added Deputy rcct Art Speight felt a Zenith number should be lory while Joan Smith suggested the municipal office or the police office might handle the calls It important to get the best control said Cr Denison we have staff in the municipal of flees and an answering service at night LOCAL BEST Seizing on the best service statement Cr Em Hyde said the best service would be the local one We have had good service In the past considering what we were paying The motion will be sent to the two other municipalities for their comments Council Briefs Notice of a cheque for having been received from Golden Gate Construction prompted Reeve Morrow to ask that was the lot levy Cr Em Hyde replied It was not a levy it was blood money A letter from Martin Murphy told council he was resigning as a crossing guard September n Later that evening council hired Mrs Vivian McDonald as a crossing guard Invest in Real Estate An investment In Real Estate can prove to be most profitable if done wisely Talk it over with your Real tor whose training and ex perlence In analyzing invest have made him real estate wise He is professional in real estate who subscribes to a strict Cods of Ethics 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