WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2015
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A Port Moody resident got an unwelcome guest following a crash over the weekend. According to social media accounts of the incident, a car travelling on Gatensbury Street Saturday left the road and tumbled 25 feet (eight metres) down an embankment into the yard of a home. The driver apparently walked away from the incident. Port Moody Police sent out a picture from the scene and this tweet of the incident: “We have an mvi with a car vs house after a 25 foot drop. Luckily the driver will be okay. Roads are wet, be careful.” There was no word on whether the driver was handed a ticket, or on the cost of the damage to the home.
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Reg Wilford, seen here on the steps of Coquitlam’s Mackin House, hopes to pave the way for a purpose-built museum during the next two years. The city’s mayor, however, says many other projects take precedence.
Goal: build a museum
NEW HERITAGE DIRECTOR HAS A TWO-YEAR TIME FRAME
John KURUCZ jkurucz@thenownews.com You wouldn’t typically associate a 40year-old with all things heritage and antique, but breaking down that preconceived notion is just one of the things on Reg Wilford’s to-do list. Wilford is the newly minted executive director of the Coquitlam Heritage
Society, and his tasks include increasing interest in history across different generations and age groups. “I think we have to shatter the paradigm that museums and heritage items need to be full of dusty, old mahogany cases and artifacts hidden behind glass,” he said. “While the forming of a community’s heritage requires a look at the past, it belongs to all generations and
citizens. It’s very much a contemporary, living identity.” Wilford replaced Jill Cook in his new role in late December, and serves as the public face of the society, working predominantly out of Mackin House. He was chosen largely because of his experience, but also because of his vision to have a purpose-built museum CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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