Whltby Free Presu, Wedn.sday, Novembor 8, 1995 .Page 5 Staff report sa ys new tee p ads not j ustîified For three and a haîf years, town council bas heard from resi- dents that more ice pads should be bufit ta keep up with the. de- mand. However,, according to a report present.d to the operations çom-, mitte. Monday eveming, the. ne.d la no longer there. Recreation director Larry Mer- row surnmarized the. findings. 'The numbers have changed," he said during the. meeting. "Tih. double !ce expansion at Iroquois required a minimum of 162 hours per week ensuri*ng that the. fees covered ail new operat- Ing and capital coste and avoid- Ing an tncreased cost te tthe tax- payer," according ta the. report. Under a proposed plan, users would b. ciiarged an arena f.. of $25 ta offset the. coste. Originally five groupe (minoLr hockey, meris hockey, precision skating, figure skating and ringette), as well as a category for otiiers, had identified a need for 195 extra hours. This easily would. have justified the. cet toaa private firm building an extra pad. In fact, a company did have pr.liminary discussions witi tii. tawn ta, build a four plex and ex- Over $1,653,000 has been raised for tii. United, Way of Oshawa/ Whitby/Clarington as the annual campaign surpasses the. half way mark -on its way to raising the. 1995 goal of $3,200,000. Many workplaoe canxpaigns tn tii. public service division are going strong. Canada Post, City of Oshawa and tiie Region of Durham are aIl on track and report attaining approimately fifty par cent or more of their individual goals. Provincial emploYees continu, ta show support for the United Way campaign despite many recent governnent cutbacks. Donations reoeived through tii. annual workplace campaign benefit more than 80 tiiousand people by supporting over 40 local agencies which provide over 200 programi and services. Some of tiiese agencies include Btg Brothers, St. John Ambulance and the. Distress Centre of Durham Region. 7yort'4T3 COOL g~4TS pand it tu six surfaces in the. fu- ture. But a series of meetings b.- tween the groups and tawn staff saw the requested nunibers dé- cline to only 123 extra hours per week. "On the. baste of the. cianged requdrements whtch are signifi- Councillor Don Mfitchell, a long-time advocate of building another arena, wondered whet.her the revised figures truly refleet the actual situation. "It seems to me that minor hockey would need a lot more than 85 hours," Mitchell told the Free Press following Mondayys plain and development commite meeting. "I don't believe that another 85 hours of ice time wlll solve ail the needs of the rep teams and aUl the boys who want toplay hockey," he said. 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"I know I would be prepared te spend another $100 or $150 te have a better program." Mitchell suggested that parents caîl the executive of the minor hockey association and ask how their demande for ice time will be met. Wl can't believe that 'sBail they need," h. said again. Thne R-egency U30 Bay te 2É5 children at on. time. But these figures do not tell the. rosI story, h. said. Many parents did- n't bother to, sign up their chli- dren because of the. long line-up. that they knew .would happen. "We could use a lot more ice," h. said. Whitby Arena Fundraising Association founder. Cheryl Thomison abso spoke at the. T2H3&tgecYu3 GS FiIRE This beautiful Regency Gas Firepace is available in your choice of bayfront of Flush faceplate styling. Delivering 30,000 BTU of incredible heat, your Regency can keep your family warm ... even during power outages'. Cail today for great savings on Regency.' meeting. "W. haven't opened oui eyes to the other user groupa," e said. 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