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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 75
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Centrifugal force on the Sizzler forces Adam Bob to be crushed by sister Keona. The siblings were enjoying a visit to the West Coast Amusements carnival that set up shop at Aberdeen Mall on the weekend. Fairgoers had fine weather until Sunday, when Mother Nature decided to put a damper on the fun. To see more photos from the annual midway, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com and click on the Community tab.
The City of Kamloops should consider building a performing-arts centre, a new pool facility and a trio of ice rinks in the future. On Tuesday, city council was given an update on its new recreation master plan being drafted by consultant RC Strategies. A non-profit society is working with arts groups and the community to advance the arts centre project, with tasks identified: developing a new business case, communications strategy, enlisting community support through a membership drive, providing input into design of the project and fundraising. Consultant Stephen Slawuta of RC Strategies said the city should continue to explore the viability of an arts centre. “See where it leads and move forward based on the directive of that business case initiative,” he said. An arts centre was identified as a top priority following community input in the draft plan, Slawuta said.
He added that visits to city pools has been increasing over the past four years. While RC found the city does a good job providing most aquatic services, leisure aquatic activities was identified as a gap area. The master plan suggests exploring adding another indoor aquatics facility with leisure activities as the focus and taking a deeper dive into details of such a development such as whether the pool should be a standalone or multi-use facility, costs, impacts on other city pools and a location in an area of the city where this type of service is lacking. When it comes to ice rinks in Kamloops, Slawuta said RC’s investigation into usage suggests their are some challenges. “In this case, your facilities are at or over capacity and that would suggest there is a need to increase the provision of ice,” he said, noting the city will need to invest in upgrading its existing ice rinks over time. See CONSULTANT, A6
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