February 22, 2013

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The Creemore

Echo

Friday, February 22, 2013 Vol. 13 No. 08

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News and views in and around Creemore

DECISION TIME LOOMS FOR COMMUNITY HALLS Special Council meeting called to deal with results of fire, electrical inspections

by Brad Holden With fire and electrical safety reports now in hand for Clearview Township’s six community halls (excluding the seventh, the Station on the Green), Mayor Ken Ferguson has invited hall board members and the public to a special meeting of Council on Monday, March 18 to once again discuss the future of the six buildings. A similar meeting was held last fall, when a report by Township

engineering firm R.J. Burnside & Associates revealed it would cost in the neighbourhood of $1 million to bring the halls in Avening, Dunedin, Duntroon, Nottawa, Sunnidale Corners and Brentwood up to the province’s accessibility standards. At that time, Council requested fire and electrical safety reports be done on the buildings as well before any decisions are made on upgrades. Township Transportation and Recreation General Manager Steve Sage confirmed to the Echo that those reports have now been received, and that there are “significant orders on both types of inspections.” The lists vary in length for each hall, with some (See “Political” on page 3)

HEAD OVER HEELS

Last weekend`s BIA-organized Big Heart Festival introduced a new element – Creemore`s first annual (we hope!) Snowman Contest. Above is the winning entry, an upside-down “Bonhomme de Neige” created by County Road 9’s Chris Charlebois and his son Cole (there’s a picture of the two sculptors on our website at thecreemoreecho.com). For pictures of some of the other snowmen around town, see page 7 and to see some more highlights from the Festival, see page 6.

Echo Briefs Ward 4 Townhall Meeting

Councillor Thom Paterson is holding a Townhall Meeting from 1 to 3 pm on Saturday, February 23 at the Station on the Green to discuss the 2013 Township budget, the community halls situation, the Collingwood Street bridge and local improvements. All are welcome.

Avening Hall Seeking Input The Avening Hall Board will hold its Annual General Meeting at 7 pm on Wednesday, February 27 at the hall. This is not an ordinary AGM – the Board is looking for input from the entire community regarding their feelings about the future of the hall. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Inside the Echo

WINNING SPEECHES The Creemore Legion held its Branch finals in the organization’s annual public speaking contest and coming out on top were Obi Page in the Grade 7-9 category with a speech about “Ideas” and Grace Millsap in the Grade 4-6 category with a speech about “Bullying.” The pair will now move onto the Zone level of competition, being held in Barrie on March 3.

Big Heart Fun

A great winter weekend in Creemore. PAGE 6

A Strong Showing

Chantal Masselin competes in Florida. PAGE 12

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