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Autumn chores: Kristal Schroeder warms up on a cool Friday morning by raking and removing the leaves that have recently blanketed the ground near her residence. Photo by Lachlan Labere
Malakwa residents respond to condemned community hall Co-operation: Committee to explore options to repair or replace water-damaged facility. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Malakwa residents may not be united in what to do about their community hall, but there’s greater co-operation to get something done. On Oct. 24, the Malakwa Community Centre Association held its monthly general board meeting. Typically, these are attended by about 10 people. But association president Gord Hynek said there was at least six times that number this time around. And though the association had a number of important items to deal with on the evening’s agenda, the majority of the crowd showed up for one thing: to discuss the fate of the hall in which they were gathered.
In August, the asroof. Hynek says sociation received an additional invesword by their intigation was done surer that their liby a private builder Whether or not we look at ability coverage for brought in by the asthe facility would no sociation. He and the renovating or a complete new longer cover public builder found water building, we’re just beginning gatherings at times damage in the roof, that process and we need more when the roof might including delaminathelp. It’s overwhelming. collapse under heavy ing support beams Gord Hynek loads. They also and mouldy gyprock found out all coverin the hall’s addition age for the building where the kitchen would be eliminated as of June 15. and bathrooms are located. This news stems from an engineer’s “The meeting was trying to demonstrate study the insurer completed on the build- that we really are at the beginning of this, ing when the association attempted to see we just got all this information in the sumif there might be coverage for the leaking mer and nothing is firmed up,” says Hynek.
“We’re inquiring into grants because we have to have money to do whatever we decide to do. Whether or not we look at renovating or a complete new building, we’re just beginning that process and we need more help. It’s overwhelming; it’s too much for just a few of us.” Hynek said that as the meeting progressed, more hands would rise to vote on matters, indicating the association’s membership was steadily growing. By the end of the night, it had grown by 50. This, for Hynek, was a thrill, as was the way the crowd came to understand all the work the volunteer association is responsible for. “By the end of the night… instead of peoSee Second opinion on page 2