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B6 Tho Acton Free Wednesday Dec Outdoor rinks slippery question Halton Hills councillors felt they were skating on thin ice on the question of outdoor rinks and reversed the com decision to establish and maintain only four ice rinks In town They sent the matter back to committee At finance committee the previous week the recom mendation was approved to have rinks at George Ken school Joseph Gibbons school Harrison school Georgetown and McKemie- Smith school in Acton In addition other rinks were to have been set up where resl dents were prepared to main tain them Councillor Miller said either none should be maintained or all and said where people are prepared to maintain should be the loca tion of the rinks He said the cost of establishing a rink is under WOO but to maintain one all season is Councillor Pat McKenile agreed saying the residents who are prepared to maintain rinks should have priority Councillor Roy Booth warned the rinks would not be ready for the Christmas holi days if the matter was sent back to committee He pointed out the four rinks mentioned were the ones most used Miller maintained there are people all over Hills paying for the rinks so they should have them if they ore willing to maintain them Councillor Peter Marks claimed the money was mostly for salaries which the town would be paying anyway He said the work force looked after rinks when they were not doing some thing else There a group already prepared to maintain the school rink so It won need lo be maintained by the town Councillor Walter Blehn suggested the Maintenance clause be taken out of the four rinks approved by com mittee and made an amend ment to that effect Booth stated If this amendment goes through that means the town will do the Initial flooding and con struct the rinks and then leave them The groups will have to go out and reflood and shovel snow He warned no group could shovel a foot or two of snow The amendment passed In committee of the whole but in council was defeated Councillor Marilyn Scr suggested the town should look after a minimum of maintenance She said it was an imposition for citizens to have to flood rinks when It Is so much easier for the works force to do it Miller said common sense would dictate that in cases of heavy snowfall the works force would clear the rinka Councillor George Maltby said there should be no set number such as four he Bug gested the wording be a minimum of lour He said the whole matter should go back to committee Councillor Pat Patterson said he had not heard a word about rinks at Speyside Hornby Stewarttown or Glen Williams They pay taxes and they are Just as entitled them Councillor Mike Armstrong pointed out there was a council meeting December which would give time to have the rinks ready for the Christmas holidays Finally It was referred back to the same committee who made the original mendation New arena manager is hired Randy Weldon 24 of Ac ton was hired Nov by council as manager at the new Erin arena Mr is currently assistant manager at the community centre More if wanted Four ice rinks before Christmas SEARCHING OUT good things to sell at the synchronized swim teams sale at the arena Saturday are Nancy Allan Ella Kilpatrick and Linda Kilpatrick Money raised will go to pool improvements The four outdoor skating rinks at Harrison School George Kennedy School Gibbons School Georgetown and Smith School Acton will be established before the Christ mas holidays Halton Hills financeadministration com decided Monday night The rinks will be set up with the expectation some or all of the maintenance will be done by interested citizens in the area In addition other rinks will be built with the proviso that they will be completely maintained by the people who say they want them However It was made clear the town will clear the rinks after heavy snowfalls Susie a resident of the Kennedy School area said the rink was used con last year and the town did a tremendous Job She said she had commit from 10 families to maintain the rink perhaps taking a week each She said rinks are not a frill but a healthy form of fun for child ren and adults alike She said Eric Mitchell who appeared at committee two weeks ago frequently flooded the rink at two In the mor ning and shovelled snow so It was ready for use She said the residents want the rink for the Christmas holidays Mayor Tom Hill assured Mrs there had never been any Intention of taking that rink away He explained It was simply a matter of finding out If other areas in town were willing to help maintain the rinks Councillor Roy Booth stated the delay of two weeks had been unnecessary Councillor Walter pointed out It costs to set up a rink without boards whlchallwlllbethlsyear but costs to maintain Booth Insisted the commit tee authorize the recreation director to go ahead with the rinks Immediately instead of waiting until the next council meeting candidate for Team Canada ExStreetsvllle Derby Jim Lockhurst who now tends goal for the 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