Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1996-12-11
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note: ^-'L-^^biy^4ij ,^-atj- - ^.v*M^'^ w 4-. -...,. ■p 3089 - 272nd Street ft Ph: (604) 856-8303 ft Fax:856-5212 Illegitimus non carborundum Vol. 38 No. 50 Established 1957 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1996 40 CENTS CULTURAL CENTRE DEAD Tax increases, spending held back for now Babe and owner Tiffany York were just two of the many people and pets who came to Buckerfield's for photos with Santa last Saturday. A total of $1,129.22, raised by the two Langley stores, will go towards the SPCA Langley Shelter Fund. Anyone who still needs a Christmas tree, and would like to help the SPCA, is invited to 3311 Mt. Lehman Road where trees are being sold for $6 fo $8, with all proceeds going to the animals at the Abbotsford shelter. LANGLEY - The majority of council defeated or deferred a number of motions regarding expenditures and increased public user fees at Monday's meeting. The decision to proceed with a new pumping station and flood protection improvements in the Salmon River was deferred until the new year. While Belmont Golf Course and Fort Langley farmers have offered to pay more than half a million dollars towards the $1.8-million project under local improvement project financing terms, couns. Arnason and Kersey said they wanted clarification of the terms and an iron-clad contract in place. Recreation facility rate increases, which are said to average two percent, were also questioned. Arnason pointed out that some user fees were going up by considerably more than two percent, and the decision was postponed. Saying that council "will rue the day we reduced rates," Arnason was unsuccessful in defeating a new utility rates bylaw. While sewer rates are going down because of a new negotiated deal With the &VRD, the water rates are going up, and garbage fees remain the same. Arnason was also unsuccessful in defeating an increase to animal impoundment fees, but council agreed that a request from the Fraser Valley Regional Library for a funding increase should be rejected. However, A…
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: 10.14288/1.0442177
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