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March 13 2013 www.burnabynewsleader.com she won a olympic gold medal with the u.s. soccer team, and now angela hucles will be in town for a forum with other athletes to talk about respect and equality for all in sport, regardless of sexual orientation. See page a3
Hospital renewal to start, FHA says 10-year master plan to guide decision making Wanda chow
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once a team, always a team. Former st. thomas more grad and basketball coach rich goulet (second from left) is reunited with some of his charges from his provincial championship team in 1975, including, l-r, mich deslauriers, who’s currently the principal at stm, Pete dupui and cam sylvester, the chair of the school’s board. goulet, who now teaches and coaches at Pitt meadows secondary, returned to his alma mater on monday to be presented with a Prime minister’s Volunteer award and to contribute the $5,000 grant that accompanies the award to the st. thomas more collegiate Foundation.
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When Rich Goulet played basketball at St. Thomas More Collegiate, the team worked out on a gravel-strewn outdoor court. They conducted practices and games in elementary school gyms around Burnaby, New Westminster and even the odd infiltration into enemy territory at Vancouver College, their arch-rival. In the 1970s he taught there and coached the boys’ senior basketball team to a provincial championship
in 1975, hosted at STM. The money will go toward the The games were played in an foundation’s current project, a new actual gym. $8.2-million athletic facility. Monday, Goulet, who’s taught While the gym in which he cut and coached at Pitt Meadows his coaching teeth and won his first secondary for the past provincial title has been 33 years, was back by an expansive video-online] replaced at his old stomping new facility that is grounds again, this burnabynewsleader.com nearing completion, the time to be presented memories surrounded with a Prime Minister’s Volunteer him every way he turned. Award that is accompanied by a Many shook his hand. one-time $5,000 grant he’s donated Like Mich DesLauriers, the to the St. Thomas More Collegiate school’s president who played for Foundation. Goulet on that championship team.
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“In the 1970s, basketball put St. Thomas More on the athletics map,” said DesLauriers. “Goulet’s dedication ensured the seeds were planted for a quality basketball program.” And Cam Sylvester, who also played for Goulet. “He taught us how to be men, to live with defeat and to win graciously,” said Sylvester, who’s now the president of the STMC Foundation. Please see ‘IT caN happEN TO aNyONE’, a3
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Fraser Health Authority has completed a year-long master planning process for Burnaby Hospital and identified three immediate projects totalling $5.48 million to improve patient care and safety. The work will help sustain core services while the hospital awaits implementation of the rest of the Burnaby Hospital High Level Master Plan which does not call for a brand new hospital, as many in the community were asking for, but a combination of existing buildings and new ones. “The oldest facilities (1952 and 1958) have exceeded their useful life and need to be removed to enable renewal,” said a summary of the master plan. “However the central diagnostic and treatment facilities, and patient tower represent a significant investment in infrastructure that can be enhanced and continue to provide great service.”
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