Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-10-05
issued: 1984-02-08
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note: Ill Hli JIIIII HP «0 ■~- >..■•'..,■'•■-(;..' ■', ,-.. -, " -,,'. , mjQHmVQftmmmm^ Legislative Library parliament Buildimgs Victoria, ts.C. TB3V :LX^ ■ ODDonents .■■--:' . - ,'J ; | By IAN CAMERON ALDERGROVE - A meeting is to be held in the Brookswood civic arena next Wednesday night and it should be a dandy. Teamed off for the confrontation will be, on one side assorted motorsports groups, and on the other people representing the Preserve Aldergrove lake Regional Park Committee. Public meeting, sponsored by the Greater Vancouver regional district, was originally scheduled for the Douglas hall in langley. Because of an anticipated capacity crowd, the venue was later changed to Coquitlam, and finally to the civic centre on 42 Avenue in south Langley. The gladiators clash at 7 p.m. :d are expected to draw blood for more than four hours. ■ SA report prepared for the provincial government and the (CrVRD by Novacorp Consulting shows a layout which includes a ^iS-mile road course, a quarter- mile drag strip, and an oval of feither three-eighths or half a mile length. It also shows spectator .parking facilitating about 11,000 cars. About S40 of the park's 700 acres would be turned over to (his use. ■ It would cost an estimated H5-million dollars to develop. Aldergrove Lake park is situated immediately north of the international boundary, between Jackman Road (272 Street) and LcFeuvre Road. To the north it is big fight bounded by 8 Avenue. Half of the park is in Langley municipality, half in Matsqui. Report has been several months in .the making, and was prepared after an initial study found this particular area to be best suited for this purpose, in the minds of regional and provincial officials. When it was first rumored last summer that such a proposal was in the offing, residents in the south Aldergrove area hastily banded together to form the preserve the park committee. Members of this group went door-to-door collecting names on a petition opposing the project. More th…
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: 10.14288/1.0421131
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