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Haileigh Archie, 12, danced on the grass inside the Canim Lake Arbour at the Canim Lake 2015 Traditional Powwow on July 11. For more photos from the event, turn to page B1 or pick up a copy of the July 16 edition of the Cariboo Community Connecter.

Water park proposal gets green light

Carole Rooney Free Press

The money to fund a lift station for a water park in Centennial Park got a thumbs up from the South Cariboo Joint Committee (SCJC) on July 14. Providing the 100 Mile House Waterpark Society can raise the remaining funds it needs to build the splash components of the park by spring, the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) 2016 recreation budget is poised for amendments to cover installation of a lift station. The committee asked water park representatives at the meeting if this will satisfy them to move ahead with the Centennial Park location, and society treasurer Von Rywaczuk said “yes.”

He explained that while initial feedback from the public preferred the South Cariboo Rec. Centre property for a water park, this was recently revealed to be cost prohibitive for the foreseeable future. CRD community services manager Darron Campbell reported that he estimates costs to build at the rec. centre at $295,000, compared to $111,000 at the park. This is partly due to the playground already at the park, which is a usual feature to complement any water park, he said, adding park also has brand new equipment installed last year. Campbell added the best site at the rec. centre for considering a water park currently accommodates the Outriders equestrian arena. Continued on A4

Following a poorly attended meeting to determine the fate of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #260100 Mile House on June 25, disgruntled Legion president Bob Wangensteen says the executive is locking the doors on July 31. “We had this real important meeting, and out of 375 members, 58 showed up. How do you build a place up on that kind of inclusion?” Wangensteen says it was very disappointing. “No, we’re not looking at a new facility. We’re out of money.” Unless the Legion BC/Yukon Command comes in and rescues us or something, Wangensteen says he’s not sure what will happen to the Legion. “We can’t pay our bills now as it is, so there’s no point running up another month’s worth of bills.” He says they have contacted Command about the problem, but there are communication problems. The last he heard was a representative would be coming up next week to look at the issue. “Someone was supposed to be here two weeks ago and now it’s next week. Like I say, I’m not going to sit around and wait for them. “I am going to put a lock on the door unless somebody comes up with a way to save it.” We want to hear what Command is going to do to save the local

Legion, Wangensteen says, adding it can make interest-free loans. “They will have their financial people come in first to see where the problem is and they could run it for a year to see if they can make

BOB WANGENSTEEN any changes. If they can’t, they’ll just shut her down.” Wangensteen says the Legion building is a “white elephant” and they need to get rid of it. “Myself, I would like to tear the building down and then have one that goes the length of the property and put about six or eight units of housing in the back of it for veterans and seniors, and then have a small Legion up front. “The housing would support the Legion, but you have to have money to do that.” R ig ht now, Wangensteen says the building is “just killing us.” Everything is so old; you can’t get parts for anything; and no one remembers how it was done, he explains. “Every time something breaks and it’s a major part, and it costs around $3,000 to $10,000 to fix it.” Continued on A12


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