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APRIL 17, 2013
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District gets grant for renovating The Lodge
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Museum moves closer to a home in 100 Mile Carole Rooney
worked “long and hard” to get a museum in the comThe 100 Mile & District munity. Historical Society is a lot “I’m very happy and very closer to seeing its longtime thankful that Donna Barnett vision of having a museum was able to come up with in the municipality. this funding. There hasn’t The District of 100 Mile been a lot of funding around House will get for anything.” $50,000 from the The district is province to help exercising fiscal restore The Lodge restraint and has building with a been hesitant to new floor, the main spend money anystumbling block curwhere right now, he rently preventing its explains. DONNA use for any public “It’s a really BARNETT assembly purposes. good start, a really Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA big start toward about an Donna Barnett had lob- $80,000 bill. Now, we’ve got bied for the one-time grant, to try to figure out where we which is being funded by can find another $30,000 to the Ministry of Community, actually get it all done.” Sport and Cultural Further funding will be Development. sought to complete the floor She announced her success project, and the mayor notes to Mayor Mitch Campsall further renovations could and Councillor Bill Hadden follow after opening up the on April 13, and they were museum. joined by four ecstatic soci“That [society] has ety board members. worked really hard to get Campsall says it is “good Continued on A7 news,” as the society has Free Press
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Arlene Jongbloets photo
Riding the ramps at 100 Mile Skateboard Park was a perfect way for five-year-old Hannah Laporte-Newhook to burn up some extra energy on a cold and sunny April 15. She and twin sister, Madison, were out for the morning with their grandma and grandpa who were visiting from Quesnel. Madison didn’t want to participate in the photo shoot.
Residents review recreation plans
A public meeting at the 108 Community Hall on April 11 brought out about 30 residents to discuss the plan to expand the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) South Cariboo Recreation function. CRD Area G director Al Richmond began with a presentation, and then answered questions supported by District of 100 Mile House Mayor Mitch Campsall, CRD directors Margo Wagner (Area H) and Bruce Rattray (Area L) and CRD community services manager Darron Campbell.
It was the third of four community meetings preceding a referendum and bylaw changes, providing enough public support for the plan is shown, Richmond explained. It would initially see the Martin Exeter Hall Complex and 100 Mile soccer fields, potentially used by 11,000 residents outside the municipality, be brought under the CRD’s recreation function umbrella. This would alleviate the entire burden now shouldered by about 1,600 taxpayers in 100 Mile House.
While the properties would remain municipal property, the operation would then be a shared function of all taxpayers within the current recreation boundaries, who already pay for South Cariboo Rec. Centre, curling rink and ball field operations. The majority in attendance indicated support for the plan, many of whom commented these are important, even crucial features to maintain and preserve in the community. Continued on A6