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Spinning Her Wheels at The Fair
New pool proposed for 2015 By NATASHA JONES Aldergrove Star
HARRY HUNT PHOTO
Laura Xenos gets airborne in her Minneapolis Moline at the Tractor Pull event, during Aldergrove Fair Days on the weekend. The 100th annual family-style event attracted record crowds for the wide variety of displays, entertainment and competitions over the weekend. See more inside.
Never doubt the passion of students By SANDY WAKELING Special to Aldergrove Star
Two years ago, students at Aldergrove Community Secondary unveiled a clay mural community art project that continues to delight local residents and visitors alike. Guided by master ceramist Santo Mingosa and ACSS art teacher Susan Gorris, the mural is described as a snapshot of motion, and youth, and bright irrepressible dreams. The ACSS student ceramic team took such pride and joy in their creation, that when many of them began what would be their graduating year last September, they decided they wanted to attempt a second project. This time however, they would work during their Ceramics 11/12 class to cre-
ate a permanent work of art that the team could gift as a legacy for their school. Under the guidance once again of Susan Gorris, an image was designed that would reflect the ACSS School motto, “DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE”, along with an accompanying image that would reflect each of these for the ACSS student body. The Team members individually proposed each of their ideas to the group; finally one image was agreed upon and constructed taking in many of the ideas of the Team. From the outset, Gorris saw the project as a valuable learning opportunity. “As a teacher of ceramics, I also wanted to offer the students an opportunity to work on a public artwork that would SEE: Page 3
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Aldergrove Secondary student Vera Chen with the clay mural she helped to create for the school courtyard.
Aldergrove residents keen to have their own public swimming pool will be invited help decide on the design — but they will have to be patient because the facility itself is not expected to be open until 2015. The Township has proposed a pool, indoor ice rink and recreation centre on the site of Aldergrove Elementary School, which was closed at the end of 2007. Most of the school will be demolished and only the section that holds heritage value would be retained. It faces Fraser Highway. These are the two choices council will ask the public to consider: Option 1: $34.8 M — Six-lane pool indoor pool for year-round use; fitness rooms above change rooms; relocation of Aldergrove Library from Kinsmen Centre to the Heritage schoolhouse; multi-purpose rooms, larger lobby and adjacent food service. Option 2: $33.4 M — Six-lane outdoor pool in park-like setting, more multi-purpose rooms, larger lobby, renovation of old school for library. Parks, recreation and culture director David Leavers stated in a report that the new aquatic centre will follow the permanent closure of two aging facilities: the outdoor pool in the Parkside neighbourhood, and the Aldergrove Arena on 272 Street. The costs associated with these facilities would be transferred to the new centre which would also serve as an urban substitute for the man-made lake at the regional Aldergrove Lake Park. The lake has been drained and will not be replaced. Should council decide to transfer the library from the Kinsmen Centre to the school site, the Township would pursue leasing opportunities for the latter, using lease revenue to help finance the operating costs of the new centre. Leavers noted that because of Aldergrove’s population, a new pool will not attract the number of residents that use the Township’s two indoor facilities, the Walnut Grove Rec Centre, and the Blair Rec Centre. Attendance at these two larger facilities could conceivably fall when Aldergrove users switch to the new facility. Leavers said that the Aldergrove pool would serve a catchment area of about 20,000 residents, while Walnut Grove’s catchment is four times larger. SEE: Page 3
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