A4 October 2, 1988

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That's democracy

Castlegar residents were given a lesson in how a democracy
works this week. A delegation of residents successfully appealed a
Castlegar council decision that allowed transport trucks to park their
trailers. on a vacant city-owned lot at the corner of 6th Avenue and
24th Street

The residents rallied first by writing a letter to this newspaper
criticizing council's decision. They then organized a 53-name petition
and met with council's planning and development committee to air
their grievances.

It was a textbook example of democracy at work. And the
committee listened. It decided to scrap the trailer parking.

Now that doesn't mean the residents were right. In fact, some
would argue that the residents presented a weak case. For instance,
they contended that using the property to park the trailers decrease
the value of their own properties.

Yet, the city lot is zoned for industrial use which includes
trailer parking. Right next door to the lot is a warehouse and up and
down the block are truck depots

Council's goal was to try to decrease the truck traffic created
by trucks parking their trailers on the street — and shifting them to
the city lot did that. Now there's nothing to stop the trucks from
returning to their old practice of parking on the street.

As for the suggestion the city tried to pull a fast one on the
residents, it just isn't true. Council deserves the criticism it gets for
some things, but not for that

The decision to allow trucks to park their trailers in the lot was
made at an open council meeting on Aug. 16 and reported in the
Castlegar News the following day. In addition, councitissued letters
to 25 residents living near the lot something it wasn't legally
obligated to do — asking for their comments

Sneaky? Hardly

Still, the important point in all this is that a large number of
residents voiced their concerns about a council decision. And they
went about making sure council was aware of their objections.

That's democracy.

Candidates out
of gate quickly

Yesterday's election call by
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
had all the surprise of a day-old
beer. The local -eandidates have
been at the starting gate for
weeks, with the election atmos
phere especially thick this week.

Progressive Conservative in
cumbent Bob Brisco started
showing his hand witha flurry of
press releases attacking his
main opponent, NDP candidate
Lyle Kristiansen. Then on Fri
day Brisco hosted newly
appointed federal Forestry Min
ister Gerry St. Germain

The visit was pure election
eering. Brisco and St. Germain
went “mainstreeting” in Trail
Friday afternoon and in a
meeting later with Castlegar council they all but promised a whole list
of items presented by Mayor Audrey Moore and the aldermen.

Norman

The Liberals couldn't wait for Mulroney, so they began without
him. Garry Jenkins, the Grit candidate, appeared at the Vancouver
Arts Club Theatre's production of Sex Tips for Modern Girls
Thursday night in Nelson's Capitol Theatre

Jenkins and his right arm, Tom Esakin, were resplendent in blue
suits and bright red ties, a la Ontario Premier David Peterson. But
it’s going to take more than red ties for the Liberals to overcome the
14,000-vote deficit that separated them from the Tories and New
Democrats in the 1984 election

But there's one thing you can say for the Liberals this time
around: they're ready. They've got their lawn signs made, opened
campaign offices in Nelson and Trail and planned for offices in
Revelstoke and Castlegar, and were the first on the street Saturday.
(Actually, the Liberals were guessing Mulroney would call the
election Friday and had an itinerary ready to go in the event he did.)

Kristiansen, of course, is also prepared — the NDP always are.
He's opened an office in Nelson and has been flooding the local media
with press releases on everything from free trade to the
environment. He, too, was on the election trail Saturday. He's still
worried about the Green Party splitting his vote, but I'm not so sure
he should be. After all, it's one thing if somebody thinks you're a fool,
but it's another to go around telling eveyrone you are.

And that’s just-what the Greens are doing. They decided against
calling the head of their newly-formed Kootenay West-Revelstoke
constituency association “president,” so instead they call him FOOL
— Friend Of the Ozone Layer. I can guess how many votes that will
generate.

And their candidate doesn't have a telephone. I can’t see how he
expects to get his message across when the media can't get in contact
with him.

. .

The Nov. 21 federal election isn’t the only vote on the horizon. In
fact, an equally-important vote comes up in less than two weeks: the
aquatic centre referendum. I've been surprised at the low-key
approach the Castlegar and District Projects Society has taken to the
Oct. 15 referendum. I would have thought we would be inundated
with aquatic centre facts, figures, stories, photographs and the like. I
wholeheartedly support the centre, but I wonder if the Society folks
aren't leaving the public information sessions a little late.

I like the idea of an aquatic centre because I know I would get a
lot of use from it. I also know how well indoor pools are used in other
communities. For instance, we visit Salmon Arm regularly. Almost
every time a group of us heads for their new aquatic centre —
toddlers, teens, parents, grandparents the whole works.

And we can have it all for an average $36 a year. That's less than
it costs for three months of cable TV.

Letters

to the editor

Rezoning protested

On Tuesday, we attended a public
meeting at city hall in response to a
letter we had received about a
proposed.change in-the zoning of 525
11th Avenue from multi-family to
commercial three. The letter notify
ing us of this meeting was very short
and to the point — where and when
the meeting was to be held.

As we were totally unfamiliar with
the formality of such a meeting we
assumed (incorrectly) that we would
be informed as to the procedures we
were to follow. Quite to the contrary,
the individual who requested the
zoning change was given the floor
and went on at great length te
explain his reasons for his request.
We were at no time informed that
the meeting was only one-half hour
long or that at the end of the meeting
the matter would be closed for our
future consideration or objections. If
in fact we had known this, there
would have been a much more vocal
outery against this proposition.

We were very disappointed in the
manner in which council conducted

Please address all Letters to
the Editor to: The Castlegar
News, P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar
B.C. VIN 3H4, or deliver them to
our office at 197 Columbia Ave.
nue, Castlegar

Letters must be signed and include
the writer's full name and address Only
in very exceptional cases will letters be
publish. without the writer's name
Nevertheless, the name and address of
the writer must be disclosed to the
editor

The Costlegor News reserves the
right to edit letters for brevity
legality and grammor

clority.

this meeting. One of our numbers
was voicing a concern about this
possible rezoning and was cut off
mid-sentence by council, giving us
the impression that no matter what
we said our concerns were not going
to be taken seriously. As stated, the
individual requesting the rezoning
talked at length about matters which
had no bearing on this rezoning; for
example the fact that Penticton and
Kelowna have facilities of this type in
their residential neighborhoods. We
would like to ask why we were not
afforded the same considerations?
After the meeting was adjourned we
walked out of council chambers
totally baffled by what had just
happened.

We would like to propose to council
that it inform taxpayers such as our-

selves of correct procedures and any
other pertinent information before
such a meeting even begins.

As a concerned neighborhood we
want to send a message to council
and lodge a strong protest against
this rezoning and against the manner
in which this public meeting was
held.

Vince Tassone
Heather Hadley
Nives Furlan
Silvio Furlan
Jim Hendrickson
Olive Hendrickson

Zanrosso

Abilities committee

endorses

Castlegar council's Abilities
Awareness Advisory Committee was
fortunate in having the opportunity
to view plans for Castlegar’s prop.
osed aquatic centre. We are con-
vinced that this facility will meet
important needs for disabled citizens,
and we are very pleased with the
attention to detail in planning with

new pool

opportunities for daily interactions in
a positive context with non-handi-
capped individuals. We believe these
opportunities are vital in fostering
attitudes of acceptance and appreci-
ation of individual challenges, and
thus benefit all citizens.

The Abilities Awareness Advisory
Committee endorses this worthwhile

regard to full acce: ity for indi
viduals with disabilities.

Exercise in the aquatic medium of.
fers proven therapeutic benefits and
a greater degree of physical freedom
for handicapped and elderly people
for whom mobility on land is im.
paired. Perhaps even more exciting
are the social benefits for people with
all types of handicaps, through

ity project. We would like to

thank the project society for its

thoughtful consideration to detail

and would like to encourage people to

vote yes on Oct. 15 for this facility

which will be of great benefit to all.

Michael L. Balahura,
chairman
Abilities Awareness Advisory

Committee

Truckers given credit

Reading several letters to the
editor and articles relating to the
truck traffic in this city gave me the
inspiration to voice my feelings on
this very unique and essential indus
try. I give credit to the “man behind
the wheel.”

My husband is a trucker. He is on
the road day and night with very
little sleep, trying to keep the econ
omy of this city and country “on the
move.”

Stop! Take a look around your
home or office. Every item that you
possess — your home, clothes on
your back, car in your driveway, gas
in your gar, food on your table
everything has at one time or
another been trucked in by a trucker.

Every time I hear the “jakebrake”
or the “sneezer’-or smell the diesel, it
confirms in my mind the fact that this
city is “alive” and growing. Every
mile that my husband rolls over with
his rig puts another dollar into your
pockets and mine. Every job that is
held by workers of this city, whether
it’s at the mill, at Cominco, in an
office, or at the supermarket, is
connected to the trucker. Every
trucker is a link in the chain that
connects our lives to the way of living
that we so much enjoy.

We live and shop in this city
together with the rest of you. We pay
our municipal taxes. Our child is in
the-local-school-system; t-was- born

and raised in this community. I have
seen the expansion of this community
over the last 40 years. I may not
agree with everything that the city
council decides on, but under the cir.
cumstances, I believe that it is trying
to do its best with what it has to
work with. It is impossible to please
everyone. We, the voters, have voted
in the people at city hall. Let's give
them credit for the work they are
doing.

Mr. Gouk, in his letter in Sunday's
Castlegar News, talks about the
“angry truckers” and the “dangerous
and noisy eyesore” he calls the
industrial area. He claims it is “going
to become a permanent part of our
landscape.” Well, thank God it is! It
only goes to prove what I said earlier
about our city, being alive and
growing. I do not see the industrial
area through his eyes. I see it as an
expansion of our economy that we so
desperately need in this area.

In large cities, out-of-town ter
minals are provided for the trucks
where they can unload and smaller
delivery trucks deliver the goods
to the downtown section. We live ina
society that expects goods delivered
to our doorstep but does not see the
inconvenience this is to the large
trucks. Castlegar is not a large city
and does not have the geographical
area for such a commodity as for
instance Calgary or Winnipeg. An

alternate truck route to the mill
would be a great asset and will solve
some of the traffic problems through
the downtown area, both for the
truckers and the mill workers. But
the industrial section needs to be
readily accessible to the truck dri-
vers because of their tight trip
schedules.

My husband, as a trucker, follows
the same rules of the road that you
do — maybe even moreso. He knows
that the machine he is operating
cannot stop on a dime. Every time he
makes a stop at any stop or red light
he has to grab at least half a dozen
gears before he has gone another
block. These big tractors need room.
Driving one of them through town is
not an easy task. Coping with
children and pedestrians on the road
takes great skill when you are in
control of something that weighs
84,000 pounds and more when
loaded. The danger lies not with the
trucker, but with the person who
does not respect the conditions under
which these vehicles operate.

Next time any one of you sees or
hears a truck remember, they will
determine whether or not you will be
able to sit down to another meal at
your table, put a new shirt on your
back, or park a car in your driveway.
I am the lady behind the man behind
the wheel.

Irene Mortimer
Castlegar

Remember

Castlegar

The school board meeting was
attended by all members of the
board, school inspector and several
delegations.

The health nurse gave a prelim-
inary report on the work carried out
since school opened and made several
recommendations, which will be at-
tended to, The work to date has been
mostly organization, and general
inspections will commence at an
early date.

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The Village Commissioners urge
parents of the village to encourage
their children to make use of the
recently completed path to school,
which would keep them off the road,
which is dangerous for walking.

o..e 8

A meeting was held in the Parish
Hall on Monday night of the Baden
Powell Club of Castlegar. Mrs. M.
Blaihut was in the chair. A report
was read on the successful garden
tea and rummage sale which was
held in July.

. * #

Tuesday night was ladies night
when the Castlegar Kiwanis Club
entertained to celebrate the anniver-
sary of their Charter. Fifty-nine
members and guests attended. The
guest speaker for the evening was
Mr. McDonald of Nelson and his
subject was Youth Education.

25 YEARS AGO
From the Oct. 3, 1963
Castlegar News

Pulp mill and lumber operations of
Columbia Cellulose here were visited
this week by a number of directors
and officials of Celanese Corporation
of America headed by Harold Blan-
cke,| chairman and president of the
company.

. .

Social Credit’s Don L. Brothers on
Monday made it a hat trick in
Rossland-Trail — for the third con-
secutive time he captured the riding
in a four-way fight against NDP,
Liberal and Conservative opponents.

With a clear majority of more than
200 and a plurality over almost 3,000,
Mr. Brothers left candidate Bob
Maddocks (NDP), Alan McCulloch
(PC), and Jack Varcoe (Liberal) far
behind.

. *

The members of Teen Town were
the entertainers during the Castle-
gar and District’ Fall Fair. Those
present enjoyed a very varied pro-
gram. Those taking part were
Muriel, who played the saxophone,
“Roses are Red” which was very well
received.

*

A complete storm sewer drainage
system for Columbia Ave. will be
discussed by the Village of Castlegar
with A.E. Staite of the Department
of Highways.

A motion to present a money
bylaw for this undertaking was
passed at Castlegar’s meeting on
Tuesday night. Estimated as Castle-
gar’s share of the cost is $50,000 with
the total cost being $180,000.

15 YEARS AGO
From the Oct. 4, 1973
Castlegar News

Ald. G.S. Rust tendered his resig-
nation as alderman Monday night
and announced his intention to
contest the mayorality for Kinnaird
in the Nov. 17 municipal election.

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The Castlegar Rotary Club will be
co-ordinating an effort designed to
see that “a recreational complex of
arena and a covered swimming pool”
is proceeded with in this area.

s 8 «@

Columbia Cellulose (forerunner of
Canadian Cellulose) launched an
appeal earlier this year against the
assessed value placed on the com-
pany’s assets here.

The appeal was subsequently
dropped, but members of Castlegar
council fear the company is only
awaiting a favorable decision on a
similar appeal at Prince Rupert be-
fore starting similar action her.

*

Mayor John Landis, Ald. Ed
Mosby and Ald. Andy Shutek all an-
nounced Tuesday night they will
seek re-election in Castlegar's muni-
cipal election on Nov. 17.

Mayor Landis was first elected two
years ago while Ald. Mosby is
council's senior alderman. Ald. Shu-
tek has served several terms on
council.

5 YEARS AGO
From the Oct. 2, 1983

Castlegar News

Provincial health officials will meet
with Selkirk and West Kootenay
boards of health this month to
discuss the possibility of amalgama-
tion, the Castlegar News has learned.

* 8 «@

B.C. Hydro did not attract huge
crowds to its four-day series of open
houses. But officials say they were
satisfied with the turnout that saw
about 200 area residents stop by for
information about the impact of the
proposed Murphy Creek and Keen-

leyside power projects.

Kalynchuk
marries
Deschene

Gerald Dwayne Kalynchuk and
Carol Louise Deschene, both of
Viking, Alta., were married in an
outdoor ceremony an July 2.

The couple were married on the
groom's farm in Viking by justice of
the peace 8. Girvan.

The bride's parents are Lorne
Deschene of Krestova and Edna
Bruce of Castlegar. The groom's
parents are Demmy Kalynchuk of
Viking and Vicki Fuechtman of
Strome, Alta.

The bride was given in marriage
by her father. Her gown had a
three-tiered flounce, medium-length
train and a sweetheart neckline with
a high nvck lace insert. Pearls were
attached to the long lace sleeves.

The full-length veil was borrowed
from the bride's sister, Annette. The
halo-shaped headpiece was covered
in white flowers and strings of
pearls.

She carried a bouquet of white,
grey and huckleberry-colored car-
nations, white baby's breath, seed
pearls and white netting, made by
her sister Annette. :

The attendants were all from Ed-
monton. The maid of honor was Fiona
Schmidt. The bridesmaids were
Tracy Watters and Penny Kalyn-
chuk. They wore mid-length huckle-
berry-colored sundresses with sashes
and waist-length jackets with elbow-
length sleeves.

Their bouquets, also made by the
bride's sister Annette, were silk
huckleberry, white and grey colored
flowers and baby’s breath.

The best man was Randy Twer-
dochlib of Edson, Alta. The ushers
were Ralph Kalynchuk of Edmonton
and Brent Hafjo of Viking.

MR. AND MRS. GERALD DWAYNE KALYNCHUK
. .. outdoor ceremony

The reception was held in a
machine shed on a friend’s farm in
g. It was decorated in burgundy
and grey streamers, balloons and
bells.
The toast to the bride was given by
the bride’s uncle Lawrence Cloutier
of Pine Point, NWT.

Guests came from Viking, Killam,
Strome, Vegreville, Edmonton, Red
Deer, Olds, Beaumont, St. Wallberg,
Sask., Pine Point, NWT, Krestova,
Castlegar, Lumby and Kenora, Ont.

The couple will take a honeymoon
trip to the Bahamas in January. They
will be living in Viking.

Rummage sale planned

The Castlegar and District Hospital

Auxiliary held its first meeting of
this season on Sept. 19 in the hospital
board room. President Marg David-
son heard reports from all commit-
ttees.
Plans were discussed for the
upeoming giant fall rummage sale to
be held in the old Kootenay Builders
building on Oct. 21 and 22.

A minute. of silence was observed
in memory of long-time member
Mina Smecher. An auxiliary member
will attend the annual Legion Re-
membrance Day service on Nov. 11.
Hospital board member Muriel Wil-

son reported that plans for the
hospital extension were progressing
well.

A warm welcome was extended to
Marg Rush and Ruth Hall who are
new members. Nine members at-
tended the West Kéotenay Area
conference held at Christina Lake on
Thursday. Attending members were:
Tony Ackney, Polly Chernoff, Jenny
Cohen, Patsy Popoff, Marg David-
son, Muriel Wflson, Polly Samoyloff,
Anna Gattinger and Marg Obedkoff.

A total of 104 auxilians attended
from the 11 hospital auxiliaries from

the West Kootenay. Welcoming all
delegates to the conference was the
Christina Lake president Gladys
Henshilwood.

Special guests included were the
president of BCAHA, Dorothy
Cheyne and guest speaker Dr.
William White.

Kay Stewart, regional represen-
tative from Nelson, chaired the con-
ference. The next West Kootenay
area conference will be hosted by the
Castlegar auxiliary Sept. 21, 1989.

Entertainment was provided by
the Christina Lake auxiliary entitled
Galaxy of Fashion.

Lions head
stops off

The district governor for the Lions
Club Jim Wilson of Cheney, WA.
along with his wife Pat visited the
Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club at its
regular dinner meeting Tuesday at
the Hi Arrow Arms. The Lions were
joined by their wives for this festive
occasion.

District Governor Wilson, repre-
senting Lions International as well as
District 19E, was introduced to the
club by Zone Chairman Leo Plam-
ondon of Castlegar. Wilson recog-
nized past zone chairmen Walter
Holuboff, Morley Boyd, and Dave
Ridington of the Castlegar club, as
well as visitor Tom Webb of the
Nelson club.

In his. main address, Wilson
praised the past efforts of the local
Lions in their many local projects and
in particular the donations, work
parties and charitable work done by
the club over the last year. He
pointed out that over $16,000 had
been spent on local projects.

Wilson and his wife were thanked
by Lion President John Kozniuk and
after adjournment joined the rest of
the members and their wives in a
social evening.

Johnson
remembered

A memorial service was held in the
Legion Hall for Rose Johnson, a past-
president of the Legion Ladies
Auxiliary and a charter and life
member. She held the position of
president for three years and sec-
retary for two years. Mrs. Johnson
was also very active in Eastern Star,
Senior Citizens and Guiding before
moving to Kelowna.

Her name was sent to the book of
memories.

The Auxiliary hospital visiting
committee gave out goodies to 57
patients in June, 90 in July and 107 in
September. Flowers were sent to
three members in hospital and two
birthday cards were sent to mem-
bers.

The 1989 Legion Ladies Auxiliary
membership cards are now available.

Pearl Zorn and Florence Laycock
are in Rossland this weekend as
officials to the fall zone council with
Joyce Turner as fraternal and Pearl
Zorn as standard bearer.

The Auxiliary will hold its fall tea
Oct. 22. Many crafts will be available
along with home baking, a White
Elephant table, a cake raffle and door
prize.

And now, every

in your account, you get another
chance to win in our monthly
draw for the Kootenay Kids.
(No entry form required.)
Take your pick of prizes.
Every month the winner
gets to visit a store designated
by Kootenay Savings and spend up
to $200 on any one of the following

STASH
YOUR CASH

Kootenay Kids is a real
savings account —and-mauch
more. It's also available with
cheque writing and your
own Cue card for our Auto-
mated Teller Machines. So
you can get at your money
24 hours a day.

time you put $10
ou‘

A ghetto-blaster!
A selection of music on tape,
disk or record!
@ A brand-new wardrobe of
fashion and funwear!
@ Asports gear collection
~ hockey, baseball, you
name it!
@A |0-speed moun-
tain bike or BMX!

A quality ski jacket or junior skis, boots and bindings!
@ Asuper-size doll house with accessories!

—TO WIN!

Full contest
rules are available
at all Kootenay
Savings branches

VIL:
(Prizes not exactly
as illustrated.)

The “First 50” is good for a “
The first time you deposit $50 in your
Kootenay Kids account, we'll put a Kootenay
Kids T-shirt on your back. (One T-shirt per
account holder while quantities last.)

The best choice.

Need more good
reasons to stash your cash
with us? There's no
minimum balance
putas little or as
much money in your
account as you want
And you'll get our
Maximizer interest rate

too, regardless of your balance.

Each month you'll get a statement showing how

you've used your account. For higher savings, term

deposits of one year and up are also available, from as
there are no service charges.

988 and monthly contest closing dates are

October 14, November ||, December 9, 1988 and January 6, 1989.

Contest open to children aged 18 years and under resident
it necessary

little as $100. Best of all

Contest starts September 19.

in BC. No purchase or depx

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AQUATIC CENTRE
INFORMATION

Everyone in Castlegar and Areas | and J
will benefit by the proposed Aquatic Centre.
This is the aim of the Castlegar Project Society.

A year-round multi-use facility at the
lowest possible price is the Society's goal. How
does the Society see it affecting you as an
individual taxpayer in the area? By the 1990
opening they hope the following will be a
reality. .

Seniors will enjoy the whirlpool and the
extensive shallow water. Families will use the
facility as a group. The weight room,
dance/exercise room, sauna or steam room
will be used before a relaxing float in the pool
or a more vigorous swim of laps. The separate
wading pool will be used by families with tots.
With wheelchair accessibility to the pool even
confined residents will be able to relax in the
warm water year round.

The ample parking around the recreation
complex will enable residents of Areas | and J
to incorporate a therapeutic whirlpool or a
swim with their weekly outings to shop in
Castlegar. If swimming is not their thing,
grandpoarents will be able to relax in the
viewing area and watch their grandchildren
enjoy a safe and inexpensive form of
recreation.

With a year-round facility the Red Cross
Water Safety program will be available to more
people. This program is designed for all ages to
learn to swim and to be safe in and around
water. There will be ample pool time so
oldsters as well as youngsters can be included
in the program.

But how can we afford this in the Castlegar
area? The Society is working diligently to raise
money to keep the cost to the householder as
low as possible. They will continue this fund
raising after the successful referendum.

To date the Society has received pledges of
$40,000 from the Castlegar Aquanauts, and
$5,000 from both the Lions and the Rotary
Clubs. The Castlegar Legion has pledged
$5,000. The Kiwanis Club has pledged $1,000.
Kerry Uchida raised $581 through a dance
September 9.

The Society is actively pursuing a provin-
cial grant. Letters of support to accompany this
application have been received from the
Castlegar and District Development Board,
Selkirk College, Mayor Audrey Moore, the
Aquanauts, the Disabled Needs Committee,
the Kootenay Region of the British Columbia
Summer Swim Association, the Castlegar
Legion, School District No. 9 and Chris D’Arcy.
More endorsements are arriving daily.

The Society is making presentations to
local industry to emphasize the soundness of
the proposal and the value to the companies as
well as to the community.

The tax cost of 72 cents per $1,000 of
accessed value to the householder is the
maximum cost of this year-round facility. The
members of the Project Society are taxpayers
in the community and they are working hard to
lower this assessment. The Society reiterates
that a ‘yes’ vote on Oct. 15th will be a benefit to
all residents of Areas | and J as well as those
of Castlegar.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AQUATIC
CENTRE PROPOSAL AND HOW IT CAN BENEFIT
YOU WATCH THE PROJECT SOCIETY VIDEO ON
SHAW CABLE 10

SUNDAY, OCT. 2

5:30 p.m.

ON OCTOBER 15

VOTE YES

FOR THE AQUATIC CENTRE

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