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Spirit Square budget approved KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
Council was torn between supporting Spirit Square and freeing up funding for a new council last week. Jim Creighton, who is in charge of programming at Spirit Square, was looking for a funding commitment from council at last week’s Tuesday council meeting. “The contractor needs approval of the 2012 budget at this time in order to ensure there is sufficient time to book quality entertainment for the 2012 season along with the infrastructure necessary to stage the events,” said Ross Milnthorp, the city’s manager of parks, recreation and culture. “Approval at this time will provide the continuity necessary to build on established relationships with local groups, engage potential new local user groups and increase community participation in Spirit Square activities, particularly among the youth demographic.” Council approved a budget of $54,000 for 2012 programming but the decision wasn’t easy. “I understand the need to approve the budget now so Mr. Creighton can get started on Continued on A3
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Michele Flinn-Nylander’s (foreground) new studio Island Style will be the winter home of the community piano which Heather Gordon Murphy (background) helped bring to Campbell River.
Winter home found for downtown piano KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
The community piano is locked up for the winter – but not in a storage shed. Instead, the piano has found a new home in a new business on Shoppers Row.
The piano will spend the winter months inside Island Style Creative Studio – a place for artists to gather. “We needed a place to keep it for the winter and this is the best place,” Heather Gordon Murphy said. “It’s downtown; the piano can have a nice life here. It’s (the
piano) artistic and this is an artist’s studio.” The piano, which graced downtown sidewalks throughout the summer, came from inside Quay West restaurant to Island Style just last Wednesday. Gordon Murphy said the piano has already been requested for
the opening of the Campbell River Art Gallery’s Christmas market tomorrow. Gordon Murphy says she hopes the piano will also be outside for Starlight Shopping on Dec. 2. Gordon Murphy, co-owner of Raincoast Creative Arts StuContinued on A3
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