SUMMERLAND REVIEW THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1908
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WHAT’S INSIDE:
Fair’s future
While the Summerland Fall Fair will not take place this year, organizers are already contemplating the 2016 event.
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Fireworks
The Summerland Action Festival fireworks display was roughly an hour and a half late in starting.
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Student awards
Students at Summerland Secondary School received awards for academic, athletic and leadership excellence.
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Athletic efforts
Hundreds competed in the Giant’s Head Run and Man of Steel Triathlon on Saturday.
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Arts courses
The Summer Arts Program has been in place for more than 12 years.
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Fighting gravity
John Arendt Summerland Review
Festival goers had their choice of topsy-turvy rides at the midway during the Summerland Action Festival on the weekend. The festival drew an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people to the community. For additional photos of the festival, please see Page 10 and 11 and visit the Summerland Review’s Facebook page.
Arena upgrades planned Municipality to apply for grant funding to assist with improvements John Arendt The municipality will apply for grant funding for upgrades to the arena and curling rink complex. The funding, under the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure
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Program, is offering $150 million over two years to support projects to rehabilitate existing community facilities across Canada. Half of the funding comes through the Canada 160 initiative, with the balance from the municipality. Gas tax funds may not be used for the municipality’s contribution. Municipal staff recommended two pro-
jects for council consideration. The projects were upgrades to the arena and curling complex and improvements to the trails on Giant’s Head Mountain Park. The arena upgrades have an estimated cost of $200,000, while the park improvements have an estimated cost of $160,000, with a portion of the municipality’s funding to
come from the Summerland Rotary Club and Giant’s Head Grind. Council members favoured the arena upgrades. “It seems to me like the more pressing need,” said Coun. Doug Holmes. Coun. Toni Boot said the arena and curling complex is used by many Summerlanders as the skating club, hock-
ey, broomball, curling and graduation ceremonies are held there. “The community uses this facility more than Giant’s Head,” she said. The upgrades to the arena and curling rink include replacing the arena dehumidifier, replacing the curling ice compressor, replacing the banquet room air handling unit and replacing
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the lighting over the ice. These upgrades have been identified in the municipality’s five-year financial plan. The arena was built in 1976. The grant application deadline is June 17. If Summerland receives funding through this initiative, the work must be completed by March 31, 2018.
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