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A contractor has been approved for a new $122,948.95 concession and washroom building at Barbara Diane Colin Memorial Ball Park in Greenwood. This is phase one under the $263,200 Community Recreation Program funding the city received in March 2012. A ballpark committee was formed in 2012 that reports to council as a whole on the project. Greenwood resident Ed Smith is chair of that committee. Council met for a special meeting on Monday afternoon to award the contract to Pownall Construction of Rock Creek. City administrator Robin Dalziel said there had been two bids received and the Pownall bid was the lowest. Smith will be the on-site project coordinator, working closely with Dalziel and overseeing the construction. Also on the agenda was a variance application. Because the new building will be constructed diagonally behind the backstop, the two corners nearest the lot boundaries will sit 3.35 metres from the lot line—variance is required because legal distance is 4.57 metres. The existing concession will remain on the site to be used for storage. “We are building this to last,” said Mayor Nipper Kettle, adding he feels encouraged by it. He said the concession is phase one of a two-phase project covered by the grant. Bleachers, fencing and other ame• See BALLPARK page 4
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Anna Anderson (left) and Lynn Wickens sell daffodils to Nancy Battersby at the Midway Senior’s Centre to mark the beginning of the local 2014 Daffodil Month to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. Watch for your opportunity to wear the lapel pin during the month of April. PHOTO: PAT KELLY
Show support during Daffodil Month Every three minutes, another Canadian will be told, “You have cancer.” A cancer diagnosis can be daunting, which is why the Canadian Cancer Society is asking everyone to buy a daffodil pin and wear it during April—Daffodil Month—to show their support for those living with cancer. “Wearing the daffodil pin is a simple gesture, but it brings a powerful message of hope to families fighting cancer,” says Anna Anderson, volunteer for the Canadian Cancer Society. “When families facing cancer see the pin I hope they know that they are not alone, and that we’re all in this fight together.”
The daffodil is a bright symbol in the fight against all cancers and brings hope to a difficult experience. The Canadian Cancer Society kicks off Daffodil Month by selling live bunches of the springtime flower, available while supplies last at Christian Valley Service (CVS) in Rock Creek as well as at the Greenwood Senior’s Tea on Friday, April 4 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Volunteers will also be out in the community during April, canvassing door to door and at their workplaces. The daffodil pin will be available to purchase by donation at CVS in Rock Creek, The Spot and
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