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WEEKEND Friday MARCH 23, 2012
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VOL. 23 NO. 12
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Lifeguards practice up before pool’s re-opening In anticipation of the Sam Ketcham Pool re-opening today, life guarding staff was at the pool Thursday reviewing procedures after being away from work for almost a month, due to a chlorine gas system failure on Feb. 26 that closed the pool. Here lifeguards Joel Dyble and Ryan Breck check the vitals of fellow-life guard Rowan Dolighan. Monica Lamb-yorski photo
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Hansen celebration Sunday Monica Lamb-Yorski Tribune Staff Writer The Man in Motion 25th Anniversary Tour takes place in Williams Lake at the Cariboo Memorial Complex on Sunday, March 25. With an End of Day Celebration beginning at 4 p.m. at the complex, locals and visitors will enjoy a traditional First Nations welcome and smudging, entertainment, a family barbecue, and a celebration cake. The line-up of entertainment includes the Cariboo Men’s Choir,
Robyn Ferguson, LeRae Haynes and friends, Cindy Lightfoot and friends, and Don Alder. At 5:30 p.m. the official speeches will begin, and Miss Canada International Anna Dell will sing the national anthem. Of course, the height of the event will be when Hansen addresses the crowd. To celebrate the re-opening of the Sam Ketcham Pool, there will also be a Toonie Swim from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. with the Hansen celebration to follow. By the time Hansen arrives in Williams Lake, the tour will have spanned almost 12,000 kilometres
and involved 7,000 Canadians who have made a difference. Several other people from Williams Lake and area are medal bearers and can be seen throughout the city before MacLeod reaches the complex. On Monday, March 26 Hansen will visit Columneetza Secondary School — his former high school. Then, at 11 a.m., the Rick Hansen Man in Motion World Tour commemorative statue will be unveiled at the Tourism Discovery Centre. On Tuesday, the relay will continue south to 150 Mile House. Williams Lake’s final medal
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bearer for the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Tour is getting ready for the big day. Speaking from his home in Horsefly, Bruce MacLeod says the first time he saw Hansen was when he was letting the world know that he was planning to wheelchair around the world. “He was in Mike Harcourt’s office when Mike was the mayor of Vancouver and he was announcing his goal to the world,” MacLeod recalls. See MONUMENT, Page A3