Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-15
issued: 1971-11-17
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note: < M Ambulatory and extended care needed in Langley and MSA ABBOTSFORD - The hospital bylaw which will be going before voters in the Central Fraser Valley on Decllth, must be passed, according to the administrators of the two hospitals involved. The $5-million bylaw is designed to cover expansion costs at the Langley Memorial Hospital and the Matsqui - Sumas - Abbotsford Hospital over the next five years. Stan Worthington, the administrator of the MSA Hospital auxiliary in Abbotsford on told a meeting of the hospital auxiliary in Abbotsford on Tues day that the expansion must proceed. "It is vital that this bylaw is passed because there is a real shortage of extended care beds in the community," he said. ■ at...,, deadline Back to base one by Rudy Langmann Still no answer. Last week we asked some pertinent questions regarding recreation facilities for Langley and more specifically the eastern end of the district. We hoped for an answer from the people responsible lor recreation and finances, Aid. Ralph Barichello (recreation committee and ice arena committee chairman) or Mayor Bill Poppy. But no luck. So we phoned Mayor Poppy last week and were told that he was very concerned about the problem, and was trying to find a solution. "I hope the arena bylaw goes through," the mayor said, but added that he could not see how a swimming pool for Aldergrove, as requested in our recent editorials, could be worked in with the arena bylaw. Why, we do not know. It is a complete and total mystery to us. The mayor thought perhaps a separate referendum, or maybe a plebiscite could be held at a later date if enough Langley residents were sufficiently interested in such a facility at Aldergrove. He conceded, though, that it was not likely that West Langley people would endorse such a project for Aldergrove once the Langley arena question had been settled. So we are back to base one. That the Aldergrove citizens are in favor of a winter recreational facility for their town they have pr…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0419954
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text