Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 24 No. 8 Friday, February 22, 2013
Market News
Inside Shuswap
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n Caleb Haak and Danika White enjoy coming off an inflatable slide set up last Friday afternoon at the SASCU Recreation Centre pool.
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Adams Lake Band moves ahead with plan. Plus South Shuswap Sports
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Chase
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Plan leaves public disillusioned. Plus Park upgrades A24 Heat finish A26
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Swimming pool gets cash infusion
Salmon Arm: Federal grant of $247,000 to update 25-year-old infrastructure. By Martha Wickett
market news staff
The odds of a big equipment breakdown at the aging pool in Salmon Arm have just decreased considerably. Wednesday morning North Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin Mayes was in town, bearing gifts. On behalf of Western Economic Diversification, he presented a cheque for $247,000 to be used for improvements to the SASCU Rec-
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reation Centre. The funds, which come from the federal government’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund, will be matched by $250,000 the City of Salmon Arm holds in reserve, combining for a half-million dollar upgrade to the pool. “It’s been a while since we gathered for some really great news,” said a pleased Carl Bannister, the city’s chief administrative officer, in introducing Mayes. “I think this will create a sense
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of optimism in the community and we’re all very excited about it.” Dale Berger, general manager for the Shuswap Recreation Society that runs the facility, told the Observer the funds will go to two main projects at the pool: new boilers, as the old ones are “way past their life span,” and an ultra-violet light water disinfection system to augment the chlorine system. Berger said water quality is currently hard to maintain when the pool is so busy, and the UV light
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