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“Losing that floor surface [at Don Lough Arena] to year-round ice would be an absolute low blow to the sport this town is known for, lacrosse. Every person out there who has been a Hawk knows. We need to keep the Hawk tradition. We need floor time on the Don.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Jamie Lockwood<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A member of Huntsville Council has raised the possibility of having year-round ice in the Don Lough Arena at the Canada Summit Centre and, probably unwittingly, opened up a can of worms. Councillor Monty Clouthier, a dedicated hockey enthusiast, recently noted that the Northern Ontario Junior A Hockey Association had approached him for ice time. It didn\u2019t help when council decided to test the waters by asking folks to complete a survey on the issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a great believer in effective communication, but sometimes you have to think before you leap. I know that some people at the Town believe that if a public consultation is requested concerning a particular issue it must be granted, but I respectfully disagree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that were the case we would have half a dozen public surveys a month. If one were to request that all public parking on Main Street in Huntsville be removed or that we limit the use of our Town facilities to permanent residents only, would council automatically say, \u201cLet\u2019s do a survey\u201d, especially without consulting the stakeholders involved?  I don\u2019t think so. Sometimes council has to make the hard decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lacrosse in Huntsville is a sacred cow. It is part of the fabric of this community, and you don\u2019t mess with it without consequences. Sure, hockey is important and the last thing we need here is to pit one against the other. As Lacrosse advocate Marcia Mackesy said in a recent tweet, \u201cThis needs to stop being a lacrosse vs. hockey fight and be factually acknowledged as an equity issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Huntsville, hockey is a fall and winter sport, and Lacrosse is a spring and summer sport. To dilute one at the expense of the other, especially to accommodate out of Town users, just won\u2019t hack it here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huntsville is known nationally, if not internationally, for its leadership in Lacrosse. Jack Bionda, a Huntsville native will always be known as one of the all-time greatest players in that sport\u2019s history. His children and grandchildren are still actively involved in the sport, several internationally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Bionda, Jim Higgs, Ivan Thompson, Brian Thompson, Jim Merideth, and Don Stinson are all in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Other notable lacrosse players from Huntsville include Don and Ken Thompson, Tom Conlin, Jamie Lockwood, Gail Cummings, Colin Boucher, and Jason and Riley Knox among many others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of these people and others like them from Huntsville have made an invaluable contribution to Canada\u2019s official summer national sport. Box lacrosse is a worldwide sport today, played competitively in every province in Canada, and in more than 75 countries including those in Europe, Africa and South America. Canada, and players and coaches from communities like Huntsville, can take a good deal of credit for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jocelyn Knox, (Jack Bionda\u2019s daughter) told me that when the Summit Centre was completed, the\u00a0 Huntsville Lacrosse Clubs were asked to increase their numbers in order to justify keeping a second pad free of ice in the summer. They exceeded that challenge to the point where lacrosse in Huntsville now requires more than one pad to function and that is why the Don Lough Arena has been outfitted for lacrosse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t help but wonder what Brian Thompson\u2019s reaction would have been if he were still on council when the suggestion was made to dedicate the Don Lough Arena to year-round ice in order to accommodate the Northern Ontario Junior A Hockey Association. I am sure he would have brought some context to the discussion that may have been otherwise missing. I am also pretty sure he wouldn\u2019t have promoted a survey that could only result in controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To some degree, I believe the manner in which this issue was handled was a rookie mistake. Early in this term, half the councillors are new. Rookie mistakes happen, I know. I\u2019ve been there and I\u2019ve made them.  But I think this could have been handled differently. Given the history and the importance of lacrosse to Huntsville, council could have nipped this in the bud, or at least required serious consultations with lacrosse groups and other sports stakeholders before conducting a survey with almost no background information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Fact, there were two surveys. One for Huntsville residents, simply asking a yes or no question about year-round ice in the Don Lough Arena. There was no context, no history, and no comment about the negative effect this would have on lacrosse in Huntsville. The second was almost an application process for users who might like to use year-round ice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one would (or should) disagree that times change and that diversity is important. However, remembering our roots, who we are, and where our community comes from, is important too, and I think it is very necessary for our elected representatives to have a sense of that heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My sense is that council could have dealt with this without a controversial and divisive survey. With nearly a thousand comments I am sure they will get a pretty clear message they should have known without creating all the fuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lacrosse is part of Huntsville\u2019s DNA. Don\u2019t mess with a sacred cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugh Mackenzie<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hugh Mackenzie has held elected office as a trustee on the Muskoka Board of Education, a Huntsville councillor, a District councillor, and mayor of Huntsville. He has also served as chairman of the District of Muskoka and as chief of staff to former premier of Ontario, Frank Miller.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugh has also served on a number of provincial, federal and local boards, including chair of the Ontario Health Disciplines Board, vice-chair of the Ontario Family Health Network, vice-chair of the Ontario Election Finance Commission, and board member of Roy Thomson Hall, the National Theatre School of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Canada. Locally, he has served as president of the Huntsville Rotary Club, chair of Huntsville District Memorial Hospital, chair of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation, president of Huntsville Festival of the Arts, and board member of Community Living Huntsville.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In business, Hugh Mackenzie has a background in radio and newspaper publishing. He was also a founding partner and CEO of Enterprise Canada, a national public affairs and strategic communications firm established in 1986.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Hugh is president of C3 Digital Media Inc., the parent company of Doppler Online, and he enjoys writing commentary for Huntsville Doppler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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