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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2014
VOL. 26, NO. 62
Trustees vote to halt Cedar school work I CHAIRMAN SAYS school board reviewing all costs in district to help save money. BY KARL YU THE NEWS BULLETIN
Newly elected Nanaimo school district trustees will debate whether to put a moratorium on Cedar school conversion project work at their regular meeting Wednesday (Dec. 17). The school district business committee is recommending approval of a 30-day stoppage on construction and awarding of contracts in order to allow for a thorough examination. The former Cedar Community Secondary School was closed and set to be converted to an elementary school as part of a 10-year facilities plan approved by the previous board. Steve Rae, school board chairman, said the recommendation, if approved, is to take stock of where the project is at. No decision has been made on whether to reverse the previous board’s decision, he said. “We want to take a tour of the school, as well as several other schools ... and it’s basically, we’re going to be looking at the whole district,” said Rae. “This is just one of the things we’re going to be looking at. The reason it came to the top of the list is because it’s time sensitive. “There are contracts out for tender right now at that school and we wanted to put a stop on that, just for 30 days, and so we can make sure that this is the right way to spend our money.” The school district is cash strapped, Rae said, and costs, expenditures to date and student projections are among things that could be examined.
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Roger Bird, Vancouver Island Military Museum president, holds a plaque bearing the name of Edward Brothers, the museum’s founder, which will be among the first to be placed on the museum’s Veterans Wall of Honour, unveiled Friday.
Military museum unveils wall of honour for veterans BY TAMARA CUNNINGHAM THE NEWS BULLETIN
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new veterans’ wall of honour at the Vancouver Island Military Museum is a visible reminder of the debt we owe to our veterans, said Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell as the project launched Friday. The Vancouver Island Military Museum formally unveiled a new wall of honour with the help of local dignitaries, which is meant to pay tribute to the service of veterans. The 264-plaque wall, on the side of the downtown facility, will be a fundraiser for the non-profit
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It’s meant to honour the service that the people gave.
museum and commemorates the start of the First World War 100 years ago. “This is not a memorial,” said Brian McFadden, museum vicepresident. “It’s meant to honour the service that the people gave.”
Stilwell, who helped celebrate the new wall with Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog and Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay, congratulated the museum and its volunteers for championing the cause and giving families and the public a way to honour the service of others and remember loved ones. Krog called the initiative a wonderful thing. “In terms of its military history this nation has punched above its weight at every conflict it’s ever been involved in and those who made that sacrifice, those who offered to serve, need our thanks and our congratulations,” he said.
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