Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [unknown]
issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1996-01-31
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0442148/source.json
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note: ;^-J^l*.;v.MM^ "POOR-BASHINGr" CRIES CRITIC £ti Welfare broken," says Glen Clark By KURT LANGMANN ALDERGROVE - With the exception of one vocal dissenter, Glen Clark's leadership campaign appeared to fare well among Fort Langley-Aldergrove NDP party members last week. The meeting in the community centre also heard Joan Small wood's appeal to party delegates; but the others in the race, including Corky Evans, failed to show up. Clark is glib and charismatic, although that slick big city image may hurt him in the hinterlands where people dont much care for Liberal leader Gordon Campbell either. On the other hand, Small- wood's modest and lowkey campaign for the hearts of old-style social democrats appears to be going nowhere. Judging by the mood in the room that night, and according to rumours circulating since, local NDP delegates will be giving Clark their ballots at next month's leadership convention. One gets the feeling that New Democrats are circling the wagons, fearful of criticism from within as well as from those on the outside. One elderly, longtime party member who charged Clark A love for competition and community makes Rayna Gibbs this year's winner of the Pete Swensson Youth Award. -Kurt Langmann photo Hard work pays for achievers By KURT LANGMANN ALDERGROVE - She's a winner in so many ways, and Rayna Gibbs now has a new feather to slick in her cap. The 17-year-old Aldergrove Secondary student is this year's recipient of the Pete Swensson Community Youth Award. She was surprised and delighted to receive the award at the township ceremony held Friday evening at the Civic Centre, along with this year's winner of the Eric Flowerdew Volunteer of the Year Award, Marvyn Shore. The applause from the packed room was a deserved reward for all the long hours of dedicated service to their community, which somehow never seems to get enough recognition. In an interview with The Star, Gibbs confessed she found it frustrating that there is*1flways a small core of any or…
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: 10.14288/1.0442148
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text