Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-10-05
issued: 1984-04-11
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note: :fi.-l 'W£*t* •••'.- ■5H8 ^frffS^rcSTiniKyiu(5:i • Victoria, B.C. lev ix-+ np-w»i (Tl ■■PUftl.WI |1S»!H»II UBUJ ALDERGROVE FESTIVAL DAYS "SHORT-CHANGED" share ALDERGROVE - "We are always getting those hassles," says a representative for the Aldergrove Festival Days committee. "It is like pulling teeth." What Kathy Thompson is referring to is the many attempts made by herself and .fellow committee members to extract some funds ■ or their rightful portion of the financial 'spoils', if their contempor- m they Aldergrove if the annual .it each and solemnly that funds with only city and township officials Will fund their week of festivities. Only once has Aldergrove received a very minor portion of this government windfall, says Thompson. It happened two years ago, when the city types grudgingly came up with $1,000 for their country cousins. The Langley Days organizers usually collect in the neighborhood of $6,000 from the municipal government, and obtain additional assistance from Langley city fathers. They always promise to share with Aldergrove, because "Aldergrove is part of Langley." Aid. Carol Gran said this week that slie is "stioflt*d,'lirid sur- fthis year if no government assist- prised" to fearii tt#-Atdefg'rO^**|8Jice is made available. "We gets. zilch. She Monday afyerridoj Aldergrove comm Gloria Luyperi,;;* "It really sjirpi you get nothing out Days," Gran said presented her request of separate funding off the Aldergrove alderwoman also su there should be "a i Langley Days grants." Thompson says the represents will 'have practically no other funds to fork with," she said. So far, the program for the ldergrove event has hot been alized, but as usual, a parade ias been planned for the first tin-day of June. It will start at 0 a.m. on June 9 from the > .Countryside shopping centre. Organizers have expended the jmoney they had to work with iextremely frugally. In 1983 they ppent only $500 of the $1,000 .they, managed to wrestle from immittee, their Langley cont…
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: 10.14288/1.0421116
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
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