Salmon Arm Observer, February 20, 2015

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Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 26 No. 8 February 20, 2015

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Racing through the relay

n Keira Cadden races away during the dress-up relay at the Jackrabbits ski fun day held Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Larch Hills Ski Area. The event was organized by Jackrabbits volunteers with members of the youth Larch Hills Nordics ski team assisting.

Selling vacant or under-used school district properties has injected more than $1 million into School District #83’s capital coffers. Last year, the school district put six properties on the market and only one still remains listed. The sold properties total a value of $1,085,000. They include: the closed Ashton Creek School which sold for $210,000; vacant land at Fifth Avenue SW for $150,000; Mount Ida school property for $175,000; former North Broadview school for $280,000 and the new Jackson annex for $270,000. The remaining property listed for sale is at 6540 50th St. NE and is known as the North Canoe Annex. Proceeds from the sale of properties are deposited into the school board’s capital fund and are used to finance capital projects that the Ministry of Education does not fund. The proceeds will be used for four projects including: the replacement of the school board office currently being constructed beside the Downtown Activity Centre on Shuswap Street; a reconfiguration and renovation to the Carlin Elementary/Middle School; an addition to the gym and reconfiguration at Len Wood Middle School and upgrades to buildings at the school district’s works complex located in Salmon Arm’s industrial park. The current school district administration office on Shuswap Street is intended to be put up for sale; however, it has not yet been put on the market. The school district is hoping the new building will be completed in the fall of 2015. The money from the sale of properties cannot be used to fund the school district’s operational expenses, such as funding for teachers or educational programs.

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