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LADNER VILLAGE A Christmas Tradition Tree Fest kicks off Christmas season PHOTO BY ADRIAN MACNAIR
The Christmas season officially got underway in Ladner Village last Thursday evening with the fifth annual Christmas Tree Festival, which included the lighting of the tree at the corner of Delta Street and 48th Avenue much to the delight of these youngsters. The annual Breakfast with Santa is this Saturday while carol ships sail into town next weekend. For all the details, see our special section on pages 15 to 22.
Tsaw. Legion to close its doors
Declining membership to blame for branch’s closure scheduled for end of year SANDOR GYARMATI
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The Tsawwassen branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is closing its doors. Operating since the early PHOTO BY ADRIAN MACNAIR
The Tsawwassen Legion is in Century Square.
1990s, its final day will be Dec. 31. President Gary Bain confirmed the decision was made to close Branch 289 during its annual meeting on the weekend, although another meeting will be held to formally notify the membership. Bain said it all comes down to a lack of funds as the branch,
which rents its venue in Century Square on 56th Street, has been struggling to keep afloat. “We’d certainly like to keep it going but we’d need someone to throw us a lifeline,” he said. Bain noted a dwindling membership and volunteer base have made things especially difficult. “We had a lot of members just in the past couple of years who
moved out of this community and live elsewhere. When the house prices went up, we easily lost 30 or 40 members. A lot of these people were 70 or 80 (years old) and they were sitting on a big chunk of money, so decided to sell. The demographic here is different now,” Bain said. VOLUNTEERS: see Page 4
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