Sunny Cover Purpose Proposal Outlined

The town of Fort Frances is looking to take over the Kiwanis-owned Sunny Cove Camp for the sum of just one dollar.

The purchase price was outlined by the town at a public meeting on the proposed acquisition last night.

CAO Mark McCaig says the town's also looking to spend more than $100-thousand in upgrades and to promote increased usage.

"We are going to try to enhance the booking schedule by filling up some of the traditional shoulder months at the start and end of the season," says McCaig. "We will try to market the available of that for potential education and seminar sessions."

Declining membership forced the Fort Frances Kiwanis club to enter into talks with the town almost a year ago.

Long-time Kiwanian Doctor Robert Lidkea says the club will still to be a part of a new advisory committee that will make recommendations to the town on such things as user fees.

"One scenario that we are looking at is that the town, this year, may charge full fee to everybody," says Lidkea, "but the Kiwanis Club may subsidize the youth group as they go in so that they should not pay anymore than they've paid in the past."

Lidkea adds groups who have used the facility on a continual basis will still be able to do so, except bookings would be made through the town.

Council is to vote on the proposed purchase at its meeting next Tuesday.