Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-06-05
issued: 1997-04-23
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note: AWi-MSl*' ^^»^1!Mv-,W^.4^ 3089 ■ 272nd Street ft Ph: (604) 856-8303 ft Fax: 856-5212 Web Site: www.aldstar.com ft E Mail: star@aldstar.com Illegitimus non carborundum Vol.39 No. 17 Establiehed 1957 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23,1997 40 CENTS Michele Coleman and Geri McGrath need more competitors for the second annual Charity Golf Tournament, May 2 at Newland's, to benefit the Langley Hospice Society. The shotgun start is at 1 p.m., and prizes include two hole-in-one goodies of $10,000 cash and a new Chev Cavalier. Lunch is provided, and the evening includes dinner and auction. Tickets are $95, or if you just want dinner, $45, and all proceeds go towards building a hospice house in Langley. Last year's tourney raised $7,500, and a VSO concert in May will also build the fund. For tickets or information, call McGrath at 857-5504 or the Hospice Foundation, 530- 1115. -Kurt Langmann photo Airport boomtimes begin ABBOTSFORD - A sleeping giant is starting to wake up. Regular passenger service on 737 jets begins June 18 from Abbotsford Airport to Calgary and Edmonton, and along with convenience and free parking, customers also get bargain airfares of $69 to $79. Westjet Airlines' chairman and CEO, Clive Beddoe told a Tuesday morning news conference that service to Abbotsford would begin with eleven weekly flights to these two destinations, and he expected service to expand quickly. Abbotsford is the first new scheduled jet carrier destination in Canada in almost 20 years. Beddoe said the company was launched Feb. 29, 1996, and in the past year has grown from three aircraft with 220 employees and 96 weekly flights, to five aircraft with 450 employees and 279 weekly flights. Westjet posted a first year profit while lowering airfares up to 70 percent below traditional charges, and has flown almost 900,000 passengers. Beddoe said the company's success is due to a low debdoad, and it owns all the aircraft it uses. Westjet will employ six full- time staff at Abbotsford Airport, and will ge…
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: 10.14288/1.0443853
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