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10 ATWAL OPENS Balwinder Atwal, opens his authentic Indian style cuisine Pizza and Tandoori House in Hope to an eager public.
13 “I CAN” IN HOPE A new group counselling program offered to women on behalf of HATS, is starting up in June, following an important information session.
14 STEWARD AWARD Dave Flexhaug is set to be awarded the prestigious 2014, Don Bush Environmental Stewardship Award for his clean-up campaign.
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The life of a young cowboy during Boston Bar May Day’s Daton Chambers (right) glances longingly at the festivities during the Boston Bar/North Bend May Day Festival on Saturday, May 23rd. After riding in the parade with his family, who owns Rocking Horse Carriages, the littlest cowboy saunters off for a little introspection before joining his mom Michelle for wagon rides.
Funding for the Station House met with a roaring approval Erin Knutson Hope Standard
A much anticipated and controversial debate, regarding the request of additional funding for reparations, necessary, to make the Station House functional on the most basic of levels as a tourist information centre and museum ensued at an adhoc meeting, prior to regular council on Monday night. “We do have money in unallocated capital for 2015, and council would be able to use that, if it
so desires,” said John Fortoloczky, CAO, for the District of Hope on the request from AdvantageHOPE, which was given to council members on Monday, May 11th. Considerable deliberation concerning the credibility of the Station House Steering Committee findings and other possible uses for unallocated community funds, were voiced by attendees and opposing council, which ware subsequently heard and considered, as council moved to grant an additional $86,000 to the original $115,000 the District of Hope had
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entertained for the project at its onset. Opposition, strongly voiced concerns over a fiscal amount that was estimated at a rough $436,000 tosubstantially complete the building, outlined in the initial report of the three priority phases of the project, as stated by AdvantageHOPE, which cited the structural needs — all the way down to wants and desires, as well as potential conflicting bids in Hope for further grant monies from the province, such as the BC150 grant. It was then discerned by AdvantageHOPE that for the cost of $200,000, the building
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could be up and running at a bare bones level, without the comprehensive makeover that would involve upward of half a million dollars. The use of volunteer labour, which was a huge component to offset cost in the initial report was seen as subjective by some council members, as well as some of the public, in terms of liability and the actual reality of creating a sound structure, inherent to the skills facilitated by professional engineers and contractors alike. Continued on 3
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