The Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-02-22
issued: 1992-10-08
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note: — Clean up the More locals HI 'no' s'lde town By KURT LANGMANN ALDERGROVE - A Healthy Community Living meeting at the community centre last week heard from a number of residents and businesspeople who complained about large gangs of youths roaming the streets of the town at night. The meeting, chaired by Lee Tidderington, is part of a municipal government process to identify local problems and, with any luck, find solutions. A lack of community identity and pride was common among many of the new residents here, it was suggested. There were about half a dozen relatively new residents who said they were disappointed that many of the more urban-type problems that they moved away from had actually followed them to Aldergrove. These women said they feared their neighborhood, in the area of Aldergrove Elementary School, at nights, although they agreed that they had the strength and kind friendship of their neighbors to fall back on. The women cited anecdotes about young teens who lack supervision and constructive pursuits, and who end up hanging around the area night after night. One woman said she saw a young girl lighting a fire under a back alley pole, then moving to Fraser Highway where she was drinking a beer. She said §he knew the girl's name and chose to call the parents, who promptly and gratefully came down and collared the girl. This she said was an exceptional happy ending to a sad story, because she felt most parents of the night-time kids are not at all interested in disciplining their kids. This lack of parental involvement was the biggest problem, it was agreed, because all other methods to get these kids into positive programs don't seem to appeal. These are kids who don't seem interested in scouting, 4-H, cadets, Boys .& Girls Club activities, amateur sports teams, hobby clubs, or the myriad of other inexpensive, volunteer- based activities offered in this area. Please turn to page 31 ALDERGROVE - The Christian Heritage Party has joined the chorus of nay-…
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 Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0440082
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text