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Marius Aucamp plays in the pool with his daughter Bella, three, at the Little Miracles Pre School Fathers Day Swim at the Vernon Recreation Complex pool. Check out the Community Calendar on page A28 for a listing of Father’s Day events today, including the Do It For Dad Run and Walk at Coldstream Ranch this morning.
Pellet plant putting people to work JENNIFER SMITH Morning Star Staff
Lavington’s workforce is growing. With the Lavington pellet plant currently under construction, approximately 25 jobs are up for grabs in the community. It’s not the 300 jobs that were lost in 2008 with the closure of the glass plant, but it is work nonetheless. “We’ve had a really good response, there’s lots of people looking for work in the area,” said Leroy Reitsma, president of Pinnacle Renewable Energy, which has partnered with Tolko to build the plant next to the existing planer mill off School Road. “We have lots of people wanting to come to work.” Construction of the plant is progressing as planned and is expected to be up and running in the fall. “We are hiring now,” said Reitsma. “We are trying to get our people in place in time so that we can get
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