Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1979-01-03
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note: Legislative Ubrary Jan 79 Parliament Bldg. Victoria, B.Ci ] v". ■%. By CORRINE V ANDERWERFF ':.. ..And here we are with another innocent, untried year to shape to '.our specifications, Compared to !^he tottering 1978 that faded out of existence Sunday night, I Wonder how it will be. . .*. Forecasters of doom and despair still mutter about a failing ^jtconomy, uncontrollable infla- •"flon, uneasy international condi- llons. and bad weather. Here in Aldergrove we can see i problems, several of them, belonging to each of those categories. Aldergrove Centre, that mall designed to entice locals to spend more time and money here at . home, still has empty shops, and . rumor has it that if differences aren't soon settled between man agement and tenant businesses there may be more empty shops before long. Main street, although it has a newer, cleaner look than in previous years, has an emptiness about it. Businesses, some with hardly a season's exposure, some like Rowley's with a long time history here, vacate and leave more empty windows staring at the street. Prices continue rising, the border crossing causes international problems if only with holiday traffic line-ups, and the weather is always too something. •<• The Matsqui side of Aldergrove may be seeing a soon shake-up in the fire department structure since Abbotsford did not endorse the joint fire committee recommendations to proceed with the joint fire department as it is structured. "To be or not to be?" that is the question to be answered for the joint fire department during today's joint Matsqui-Abbotsford council meeting. And that is exactly the question that Alderman Ray Klrkwood, fire committee chairman, is not answering. Shocked by Abbotsford's sudden stance against the joint fire department, he sees no point in commenting until the joint councils have a go at the whole question. •«« /faxes could take slight dip, according to finance chairman As an active member ol Zone 7 Volunteer Fire Dept., Dave and wile …
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: 10.14288/1.0420823
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text