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March 26, 2010 Peachland, BC
Volume 06 | Number 12
Photo Al Hunter
Oh deer! A herd of deer unknowingly pose for a photo taken at the field just above Princeton Avenue at Columbia Street.
Centennial Way legacy project announced By Joanne Layh On March 23 the Peachland Centennial Committee officially dissolved, but not before announcing one fi nal legacy project. Committee chair Chris Scowen appeared to the Committee of the Whole this week to present plans for the project. “Since the rather heady days of New Year’s Eve, we have turned our attention to legacy projects,” Scowen said. “Legacy projects are those projects which by their intent or by their activities will carry both the centennial name and spirit into the years ahead.”
Their fi nal legacy project will be incorporated into the Beach Avenue walkway, which will be constructed this summer. The committee proposed to use the remaining centennial funds ($17,126) to create a centennial theme throughout the walkway, which could include period signage to mark the centennial year, benches with centennial logos, period lamp posts with flower baskets, and a plaque at the midpoint giving a short history of the community. It was also mentioned that the Rotary Club may be providing distance markers that will have a period theme.
The walkway will likely be called Centennial Way, although Centennial Promenade, Centennial Path, Centennial Walk, and Centennial Walkway are also being considered. “Any visitor who comes to Peachland and walks downtown, there is virtually nothing to say that we have had our centennial unless they go into the museum or they read the inscription on the rotary clock. It’s as if it never happened. So we thought that trying to get some visibility into the downtown area about the fact that we’ve had our centennial and we are indeed 100 years old would be not a bad
thing indeed,” Scowen said. The proposal was met with unanimous support from the mayor and council. “This is obviously a perfect time to be doing something like this, as we start redesigning Beach Avenue,” Mayor Fielding said. Councillor Schierbeck also offered his support for the legacy project. “I think it’s an excellent way for us to carry on the centennial name, something the entire community has supported dramatically with nearly 600 volunteers throughout these projects,” he said. The centennial com-
mittee members will work with staff on the details of the enhancement of the pathway. “We’re really excited about it,” committee member Barb Dionne told the View. The centennial committee was comprised of only six members Chris Scowen, Lorraine Bergman, Tracey Boorman, Barb Dionne, Peter Schierbeck, and Don Wigfield - yet they managed to organize over 100 events and mobilize nearly 600 volunteers. They formed in August of 2007, and worked tirelessly for more than two years to make the centennial year a success. Following their
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fi nal meeting during which they officially disbanded, the mayor and council took the opportunity at the evening council meeting to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the members. “Fantastic job. We’re so proud of what you did. It was just a wonderful year and we owe you a real debt. Thank you so much,” Mayor Fielding told the committee members. Though officially disbanded, all six members of the centennial committee will continue to serve the community as they work to complete the Centennial Way legacy project.