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Carol Bell (left) and Jill Giesbrecht, with children Julin and Madeline, are looking forward to a $300,000 upgrade to Yarrow Central Park this summer. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Yarrow park poised for major facelift Jennifer Feinberg The Progress It’s a well-used green space on the main street — the face Yarrow shows the world as it zooms by. But Yarrow Central Park is about to undergo a much-needed upgrade worth almost $300,000. Some of the creative ideas are being developed in close consultation with local residents and youth, who are members of a working group communicating with city staff on the park plans. City staff were urged to dream big while planning the project
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that gets underway this summer. “I think it’s going to give Yarrow a lot of things, including a new meeting place, and if it goes really well, it will be the face we put on for those passing through,” said resident Jill Giesbrecht. She’s one of the local residents offering the city some feedback on the playground plan, and said she loves the “natural playscape” approach they’re using for the plan. “I think it’s a great fit for who we are out in Yarrow, and it’s a great way to design a playground,” she said.
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The nature-themed playground for kids will put the focus on “natural play” as much as possible. It will incorporate features like a rock-climbing wall, a trike path and possibly a tunnel through which people will enter the site. The changes will likely greatly improve the “street appeal” of the park, and be beneficial for local businesses at the same time, Giesbrecht added. Another new attraction will be the completely rebuilt skateboard park, at an estimated cost of $150,000. The proposed changes will make a big difference, including
a new park entrance that will one day be a source of pride. “We are thrilled about this,” said Carol Bell, member of the Yarrow Volunteer Society. “It came as a bit of a surprise that the city was going to renovate the park, but they are putting a substantial amount of money toward this and we appreciate it.” Bell praised the city for actively seeking out resident input on the ambitious $297,000 park project, which will also include new walking trails around the tree-filled area on Yarrow Central Road. Continued: YARROW/ p4
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A provincial court judge has ruled that shaking was not the cause of a baby girl’s brain injuries, which led to B.C. child authorities seizing the infant and her two older brothers more than three years ago. However, Judge Thomas Crabtree found the “unexplained injuries” while in her parents care justified the B.C. Children’s’ Ministry concern for the safety of all three children. The father had also been suspected earlier when an arm fracture in one of the older children was reported to the ministry. But that investigation ended when the injury was diagnosed a result of the child’s premature birth. Crabtree ruled the family is the “preferred environment” for children, and he gave the former Hope couple six months to satisfy the ministry’s safety concerns. “Children are entitled to be protected from abuse and neglect, and this must be the overriding concern of the court,” the judge said, in his March 2 reasons for judgment. “The opportunity is now in the hands of the parents,” he said. “The children are in need of protection.” Parents Paul and Zabeth Bayne believe they may have only three more months to wait before all four of their children seized by the ministry are returned to them. A baby born last month was seized by the ministry shortly after birth. “Three months isn’t such a long time to wait,” Zabeth Bayne said last week, especially given the three-year fight for custody the couple has been waging in court. “We want to know the (ministry’s) concerns, and how they think we can address those concerns,” she said. “The question is, is the ministry going to work with us?”