Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1981-06-17
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0420929/source.json
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note: 1 I I<EGIS ..TIVE UBR1M J/N82 Parliament Buildings Yootoria B C LIBRARY KERFUFFLE Abby backs off, local councilors By RUDY LANGMANN Murrayville - It's a question of whether to believe or not to believe. Many do, and a few don't. Among the disbelievers are the seven local township fathers,, . Things, they say, are not shipshape at the Fraser Valley regional library. And they scoff at people who try to tell them otherwise. After all, recent reports • and rumors galore - of fraud, theft and embezzlement, inefficiency, financial juggling and lack of communication, have circulated widely. A letter from their colleagues on Abbotsford district council stated categorically that this body, by resolution, had opted for a request to provincial secretary Evan Wolfe for a provincial government inquiry into the affairs and management of the regional library. Now, following an emergency board meeting held last Saturday, it appears that Abbotsford's elected officials have backed off on their demand. And we are back to a situation where the library board members are introducing motions of confidence in themselves and asking all the member municipalities and school boards to support these. Before June 24, please. In an obvious change of heart, Abbotsford council's representative Saturday. morning voted support. Against were only Langley district's rep., Aid. Muriel Arnason, and Ted Dunn of the Kent (Agassiz-Harrison) school board. According to Arnason, board chairman and Matsqui mayor Harry DeJong's plea for a full confidence resolution amounts to nothing but "asking for support of themselves", and that, says mayor George Preston, is "perhaps a little premature". What DeJong and his executive board are really after, says Aid. Ian Strachan, is absolutely no government intervention—in other words, no public Inquiry. For four weeks now, two senior members of the certified management consultant firm of G.H. Newhouse & Associates have been studying the structure and workings of the librar…
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: 10.14288/1.0420929
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