Port Theatre fundraiser Sharon & Bra m will be in Cornwall for two shows on Saturda y as part of a spe- cial fundraising effort for the venerable Port Theatre. There will be a show at 1 p. m . and another at 4 p. m . Tickets are available at Melod y Music and the Port Theatre box office. Snowflake and Bazaar Luncheon The auxiliar y to the St. Joseph’s Con- tinuing Care Centre will hold its annual Snowflake and Bazaar Luncheon on Thursda y , Dec. 6 fro m 10 a. m . to 1:30 p. m . at 14 York Street. There will be tables with crafts, books, gifts, flowers, Christ m as ite m s and a bake sale. There will be a lun- cheon of soups, sandwiches and dessert fro m 11 a. m . to 12:30 p. m . Journée de porte ouverte SNAP Cornwall tiendra une journée de porte ouverte le 22 nove m bre de 16h00 à 20h00. La co m pagnie fera la pro m otion de son progra mm e pour aider les enfants a y ant des problè m es de co m porte m ent. L’événe m ent se tiendra au 55, rue Water Ouest, suite LL50. Baldwin House fundraiser There will be fundraising garage sale, bake sale and silent auction on Dec, 1 and 2 fro m 8 a. m . to 5 p. m . at the Benson Centre in Cornwall. All proceeds will go to Maison Baldwin House. Journey to Christmas “Our Journe y to Christ m as” advent ser- vice, sponsored b y the Lost Villages His- torical Societ y , will be held at 2 p. m . on Sunda y , Dec. 2 in the Sandtown Advent Christian Church at the Lost Villages Mu- seu m . E m ail ji m .brownell@ y ahoo.ca to reserve y our places. Festival de La Pitoune Le 23 nove m bre, l’École secondaire catholique La Citadelle tiendra son fes- tival annuel de La Pitoune. L’événe m ent vise à faire m ousser l’esprit d’école. Les élèves de la septiè m e à la douziè m e an- née participeront au festival. Ce dernier se tiendra de 9h20 à 14h15 au 510, av- enue McConnell, g ym nase 142. Girl Guide cookies The 17th Cornwall Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers will be selling chocolate y m int Girl Guide cook- ies on Nov. 30 fro m 5 p. m . to 9 p. m . at Food Basics at the Brookdale Centre. Email your coming events to lyse. emond@eap.on.ca. // Envoyez vos événe- ments à lyse.emond@eap.on.ca. communautaire Le lien community link The
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City to borrow $10.4M to pay for Benson Centre
He also argued it would be less costl y for the cit y to borrow fro m the Progress Fund principal and then repa y it. The Progress Fund is earning around two per cent interest annuall y , said Maureen Ada m s, the cit y ’s finance m anager. The cit y will pa y a 3.4 per cent interest on its loan for the sports facilit y . Ada m s also stressed that using Progress Fund interest to repa y the Benson Centre loan will li m it council’s abilit y to react to an y unforeseen finan- cial liabilities. Cle m ent said she was disappointed the cit y didn’t at least evaluate the potential savings of borrowing fro m Progress Fund principal and she warned that the loan co mm it m ent will dr y up revenue for future cit y projects. She urged that cit y council have “a full discussion” around the use of the Progress Fund. Councillor Andre Rivette said a b y law pro- hibiting the use of Progress Fund principal b y cit y council is “prett y airtight”. Under the b y law, a unani m ous vote of council is needed to touch the fund’s prin- cipal. That would never happen because he would vote against such a proposal, Rivette said. Councillor Denis Thibault said there could be different wa y s to fund the cit y ’s portion of the Benson Centre bill that would cost less. “But at the end of the da y , there is a b y - law in place.”
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
The Progress Fund is safe – for now. Cornwall cit y council has decided not to use the principal fro m the cit y ’s vaunted Progress Fund to pa y for its new m ultisport co m plex. Instead it will borrow $10.4 m illion over
15 y ears to pa y for the Benson Centre in the cit y ’s west end and use inter- est generated fro m the Progress Fund to cover the loan pa ym ents. Councillor Denis
“It’s going to tie up the Progress fund over the next 15 years.”
Photo Greg Kielec
Mike van der Jagt, of the Canadian Rac- ing Pigeon Union, listens to a council member after his presentation arguing against the city’s ban on pigeon fanciers last Tuesday night. Pigeon ban causes flap at city hall Don’t ever tell pigeon owners not to have a bird. That may be the lesson for Cornwall city council after racing pigeon fanciers flocked to city hall last night to protest a ban on their birds. With a galler y of supporters behind hi m , Mike van der Jagt of the Canadian Racing Pigeon Union convinced council at last Tuesda y ’s m eeting to review its decision to outlaw the birds. Cit y council sent “shockwaves” through the racing pigeon co mm unit y when it re- centl y decided to ban the birds over health concerns, van der Jagt said. The m anner in which the m anner was handled b y the cit y elicited an apolog y fro m Councillor Elaine MacDonald after the presentation b y van der Jagt. “I think we m ade a m istake so I want to apologize to all the birders out there,” Mac- Donald said. But she said ad m inistration’s “ignorance” on the issue was not totall y its fault, be- cause staff did not know of the existence of racing pigeon organization. Van der Jagt said there are virtuall y no diseases passed to hu m ans fro m the birds and argued the y are less of a health concern than other do m esticated ani m als like dogs and cats.
Carr had argued the cit y should borrow fro m the principal of the fund to avoid $3.6 m illion in interest costs. And Councillor Ber- nadette Cle m ent argued that cit y should have at least exa m ined the option of using the principal. But council opted at its m eeting last Tues- da y , to follow the ad m inistration’s reco m - m endation to borrow the m one y instead. The cit y has a b y law in place protecting the principal of the fund, created through the sale of Cornwall Electric to Enbridge Inc. for $68 m illion in 1998. Enbridge sold the utilit y to Fortis Inc. in 2002 for $67 m illion. “It’s going to tie up the Progress fund over the next 15 y ears,” argued Carr, who rh ym ed off a nu m ber of high profile cit y projects that have benefitted fro m the fund’s rev- enue generation.
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