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The Prince George Tennis Club is one step closer to having a new home, sharing space with the Prince George Golf and Curling Club. An investor has written a letter of intent to purchase the land the tennis club currently sits on. Up to $1.6 million of the proceeds from that sale will be used to build new tennis courts and upgrade the existing facilities. Director of the tennis club Rob Prideaux said on the upside, the sale of the land will allow the curling facility to be upgraded in time for the Canada Winter Games without raising taxes to do so. He added it will be a single place for families to attend, the involved groups are in consensus regarding the match, and more groups, like badminton and pickle ball, are interested. “One individual space will allow an economy of scale,” he said. Recommendations included a condition the tennis club enter into a lease agreement with the curling club for the next 25 years and a promise that the golf and curling club con-
tinue operations during 2015 and the Canada Winter Games. The city would also have the option to purchase the facility for $1 if it discontinued its golf program, mitigating financial risk on the part of the city. However, one portion of the agreement that concerned Coun. Cameron Stolz was a lack of a promise curling will continue after the winter games, and no corresponding offer to sell the facility to the city for $1 if that portion of the club fails. Stolz added he wants to guarantee the investment for the community, and a good chunk of money will be spent on an ice plant and other improvements which will specifically benefit the curling club. However, he was told the particulars of the separate agreements, including one with the curling club, will be hammered out following passing the proposed recommendations. Andy Beesley, arenas manager, said it would be to the detriment of the facility to lose curling. “We need to keep curling, purely from an operational point-of-view. If that fails, it is a cascading effect,” he said.
Rick Hansen here Monday It was almost exactly 25 years ago the Man in Motion World Tour came through Prince George. On March 19, Rick Hansen will mark the 25th anniversary of his ride by coming back to the city. He won’t be alone. Unlike the original tour, which was strictly Hansen on wheels around the world, the anniversary will be celebrated by medal bearers who will take the tour through the city, starting with its arrival at the Honda North dealership at about 4:08 p.m. From there, the series of medal bearers will pass through the city, ending at the Civic Plaza at about 6 p.m.
where Hansen will join the final medal bearer, two-time Paralympian Paul Jalbert, on stage. Musical entertainment at the Civic Plaza will be provided by local band The Bone Spurs. Activities at the plaza won’t just start when the tour gets there. Events start at 1 p.m., many of them interactive. There will be the opportunity to try a number of wheelchair sports, with donations going to the Let’s Play Program, which promotes wheelchair basketball around northern B.C. There will also be a toonie swim at the Four Seasons Pool, family skating at the Coliseum, and story time at the Prince George Public Library.
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Nick Felker performs a belly dance routine for an appreciative audience who asked for an encore Saturday night at Artspace. Felker was one of several perfomers on stage at the Jezebel’s Jam fundraising event for the UNBC Women’s Centre.
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