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PAGE B4THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, NOVEMBER 8,2000 Curling club without ice after pipes break New cooling system to cost $110,000 BY BRIAN McNAIR Stuff Writer The.Port Perry Curling Club has been put on ice until Christmas - figuratively, figuratively, unfortunately, rather than literally. While the brooms are being brought out for the start of the season at other local curling clubs, the 42- year-old Port Perry club will have to wait until the Boxing Day Bonspiel to see rocks flying out of the hack. A small ammonia leak discovered by icemaker Mike Brodeur earlier this month has necessitated the installation of a new cooling cooling system, which will take a couple of months and cost in the range of $110,000 to pul in place. "Once we saw the pipes, there was no use in trying to fix (the leak)," says Brodeur, who discovered the 194 steel pipes rusting away under the rink. "It was a matter of time before it happened, but things never tend to break down in the off-season." The new cooling system will be brought up to provincial standards, with a calcium chloride brine pumping through non-corrosive non-corrosive polyurethane pipes. "It's much more environmentally environmentally friendly," says Brodeur. "All the new arenas arenas and curling rinks use it." The old system, which used 1,200 pounds of am- Please ELECT Ann Dreslinski Regional Councillor Wards 3 & 4 ANDREW IWANOWSKI/ Statesman photo Perfect practice Lucas Beech of Bowmanville Senior Public School blimps a ball in preparation for a game while teammates Corey Prince (12) and David Norish (22) wait in line. 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While they wait for the new ice system to be installed, installed, the club's 400 members will not necessar ily be out of action. Other curling clubs, including those in Whitby, Uxbridge and Port Hope, have stepped up and offered any available ice time to the Port Perry leagues. "Curling clubs are a close-knit community," says Brodeur. "Usually when one goes down, we always band together to help eacli other out." Meantime, the Whitby Curling Club, Oshawa Curling Club and Oshawa Golf Club have been running running lcarn-to-curl programs programs as they gear up for the season. All clubs run leagues for men, women, mixed, juniors and seniors. For information, contact the clubs at the following numbers: Whitby (668- 5021); Oshawa (728- 6281); Oshawa Golf (723- 4681); Port Perry (985- 7972). Color Your World Janine Is certified In Residential Interior Design and is a consultant In Products, Decor, Window Blinds and Carpels. 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