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)Lasna Lonolty photo "cr""""""'"'""""" NEWS "h"'""'"""""""), Office on hold :Northumberland Music l _ l . " gFestival cancelled i E C y . ' t Spring competition had been l tu) 1. "5 ”waiting on ‘ . . , I ,- . , 's.. held m county sznce 1940 s l I presentation from volunteers _ l . ' l ' ' V - A - éby STEVEN WARBURTON and they are taking than; I COL-156406 mKU/Ulcbr Q 8 AP ai/n/ ‘EThe Independent children to various active; . fl , Br MANDY MARTIN l The Northumberland lies at night Asking them? STAFF Wanna l Music Festival will not hold to sit, on a committee 111‘: g Q A main street office location for Colborne l its annual Spring compel» this Is fl big commitmcn l . ,-, Cramahe Community Policing is on bold. Before rul- ing" this year. Ruth for them." i ing on the volunteer organization's proposal to rent lHorcourt, President of the The Northumberlandi -ttisi4 office space at 21IKIing Street. East in Colborne, coun- . f. NMF says the board was Music Festival has been in; til asked the policing committee volunteers to make l. iiiLig" sulliccnt personnel the county for 60 years. i a presentation at the January 15 regular meeting of l to organize this year's This Spring will be the first l 00%]ij ' l; . I i -. ear the competition hasn't i caIIcu ated the tent would be $7,800 a year, plus i festival. . y 1d 8 World War 5 2 phone, Councillor Jane Boreham reported to the g "l have been Iryfng for been he Since l general committee meeting of council January 9. 3 three years to fill the posl- ll. i, "We're looking at $10,000 a year," Councillor Ray l tions on the board of direc- 'There are over IIonIICIaSS-. Kelly estimated if the policing committee volunteers fliers," Harcourt told The as in the competition, says: relocate from the Colborne Municipal Building. i independent "We need a Harcourt, a 20-year veteran) . Last November, the Colborne Crainahe Commu- l whole bunch cl people to of the organization. "There J, 1lty Policing volunteer committee wrote to the Tran, t , k." are school choirs cominu- Sition Board of Colborne Village and Cramahe Town- imam it wor . . , 'd h - '; . fl ship to propose the office relocation, The Commu- l Harcourt says at least “till Show, churn Ct ,0?" _ - nity Policing office had been in the former Masonic {one dozen volunteers were pianists, Vowlblsgsnnbl's building at 41 King Street East before it was 'il, needed. The board has a We eve? started a 13;” an l . destroyed when the roof collapsed last June 25. Since itreasurer. secretary, and a compostng category i then, the office has been in the Colborne Municipal h syllabus chairperson. It still Harcourt says the compo l Building al 110 Cust. ' ' l needs two vice-presidents, tihon is open to people all: The Tllfii1st,1.11?l?eers maintain the municipal I lat least six more chairs for across the county and that“ bgilding _fFr'): . ts HOE --._ lvarious committees, and many private teachers enter: 39:32'?E)?lllllglllmltl:rll l volunteer coordinators V their students m it hi l storage space. _ T I . ' l "We put a few stone: in f lt tIsiIEaitly due to 201:; ' To rent space at 21 here s nothing I ' the Cobour Star as aing estan a so many g 2 King Street East, _ gpeople to gd out," says musicians have comeoutor: avhereL dentist:i lDr. i cheaper than where Harcourt. "We asked every- Northumberland," Harcourt; "qv.u uong an It cn- he I lone we could think of to claims, citing the likes of: _ turist Fred Williams t. y are now -. " Brian Finley, Donna; relocated j1/i:er the ", Counw'f/ar f/Pa, ifs/A i help out. d sin or! Masonic building roof , ' l Unfortunately, Harcourt Bennett, all ' opera g I collapse, would ;says_ most people are Just Nancy Hermiston. ' _ require $550 per -.-__ 100 busy to sitonthe NMf's Though Shes saddened! month rent plus GST, $40-50 per month is gas heat, :board of committees. that the festival had to be, , and $50-60 per month for electricity, plus phone, Lia- ', "Every organization is cancelled this year, she; bilityIinsuIrance for 1ll.vo1ynr.e.ers would be included having the same problem doesn't know whether the} asIEIlricler in the miiniCipIal policy. I I h " Harcourt admits. outlook ior next year is, , ItlInnk they woiIIldlikeItoIbe on the main street, l ough, f l . autistic. “Oneal but this (the municipal building) IS pretty central," '/1 grant that a lot o PROP e grim l' op d l to ', Councillor Boreham noted. . iare very busy. They have again, it depart f comp e ,2! "It's up to us to make the decision," Councilor Lee 'iramilies, they are trying to ly Oil if we can find people, l Dekeyser said. "Wfre the ones who pay the bill" (hold down a full-time job, she says. l "Or they do," Councillor Boreham commented. .-- 7 -ttre--iPH "a=G.7,raTr' _-,g,r,tgaa-isihhwi -se'i'iik'i a.arairiauaum9ut-mre Reeve Jim Williams asked staff what community __ ’ Tii7c' 3, p.) 0 er 6’9 D ' policing costs were in the past year. _ “It was a 50-50 general split on all costs previ- J/y tuJ 3H tyt _ ously," Treasurer Administrator Gerry Morrison explained. "It was no greater than $2,500 for Cramahe last year. Total costs would not have exceeded $5,000 last year. "So we're talking double," Councillor Kelly said of the latest office relocation proposal." "I think we should take a look and see if there is anything cheaper available in town," Councillor Dekeyser recommended. "There's nothing cheaper than where they are i now," Councillor Kelly noted. l "We need a little more feedback before we Just dis- count this," Councillor Mike Johnston said. 'Td like 3 some feedback with regard to the location. I'm not sure the program needs a walk-in or main street location. 1 do honestly believe it is somewhat buried in the the bowels of the municipal building here, but I'm not sure what the trade-offs are, Let's not discard this out of hand." "We have time," Reeve Williams noted, to invite I community policing representatives to outline their _ proposal and concerns. The council has nut yet begun to prepare its' 2001 municipal budget. it