Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1996-10-30
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note: 3089 - 272nd Street ft Ph: (604) 856-8303 ft Fax:856-5212 Illegitimus non carborundum Vol. 38 No. 44 Established 1957 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30,1996 40 CENTS VanettsuNeighbourhood Park was dedicated SugQay by four Vfenetta sisters who cut the ribbon at the new pedestrian bridge, (from left) Myrna Fentie, Brenda Miller, Heather Hutton and Norma Fentie, flanked by councillors Heather McMullan and Trudi Campen, and Bertrand Creek Enhancement Society chair Eleanor^Parkinson. Several dozen people took part in the ceremony and planting of 150 trees in the park on 268 Street. -Kurt Langmann photo Vanettas open park ALDERGROVE - Four daughters of a pioneer family helped dedicate this community's newest park as the Vanetta Neighbourhood Park on Sunday afternoon. Sisters Heather Hutton, Brenda Miller, Myrna Fentie and Norma Fentie were delighted that their family will be remembered by the residents who enjoy the green space and bridge over Bertrand Creek on 268 Street, just north of 32 Avenue. Despite cold and wet weather, a couple dozen volunteers turned out to plant about 150 trees in the park and along the creek banks. The work by members of Bertrand Creek Enhancement Society and Langley Environmental Partners Society has included major improvements to the creek to enable fish to spawn and mature in a healthy environment LEPS spokesman Pete Scales said coho numbers are increasing, and just recently a six-inch Salish sucker was found, indicating that the endangered fish species is reestablishing itself here. "It's a good sign that we're doing something right." However, because local storm sewers feed into the creek, and tumours have been found on fish, there is a need to maintain public education and vigilance. "People shouldn't flush oil or chlorinated water into the storm sewers, this kind of common sense thing," said Scales. Eleanor Parkinson has headed the ongoing work on the urban creek over recent years, and wt'tSeepage24 New bylaw hurried through By MONIQUE GALAZKA ABBOT…
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: 10.14288/1.0442210
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