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Could night school have been saved? School district budget shows a $3.2-million surplus Cornelia Naylor
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The New Westminster school district could have saved its night school and still ended up with a $650,000 surplus last year, according to audited financial statements approved by the board recently. Trustees voted unanimously to cut the night school and save $100,000 when they approved the 2014/15 preliminary budget in April 2014. The cut was part of an effort to slash $2.69 million from the budget and pay down the district’s deficit. A group of adult students, many of whom were recent immigrants to Canada, turned up at the 2014 meeting to voice their concerns about losing the program, which allowed them to work during the day and receive language instruction at night. Board chair Jonina Campbell had continued on page 9
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From left, Kendall, 12, Rowynn, 5, Natalie, 12, and Kamryn, 6 were among the volunteers at the fifth annual TD Tree Day planting event in lower Hume Park. About 30 volunteers planted nearly 300 plants from 12 different native species on Oct. 18. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW
Uptown Live set to make a return Council approves funds for indie music event, but one councillor isn’t happy about a date conflict with 12th Street festival Theresa McManus
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If you’re a fan of indie bands, food trucks and street parties, you’ll be happy to know that Uptown Live is set to return to New West in 2016. Council has approved a recommendation from the city’s festival committee to allow Uptown Live to be held on Saturday, July 23, 2016. It’s also approved a festival grant of $37,000 ($30,000 cash and $7,000 in inkind city services) in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The date of next year’s festival didn’t
sit well with Coun. Chuck Puchmayr, as it means Uptown Live will be held on the same weekend as the 12th Street Music Festival. Puchmayr, who volunteers and performs at the 12th Street Music Festival, said festival organizers previously expressed concern about the impacts of having two music festivals on the same weekend and thinks that festival’s organizers should be consulted before a decision is made. “The logistics of having a whole bunch of people show up on a Saturday to come to NewWestminster to come to a similar event with great music, lots of vendors – almost an
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identical event, and then have another event and Squamish music festivals, so it didn’t the following day, again in NewWestminneed to compete for talent, stage facilities, ster, I think is a big mistake,” he said. event resources and radio sponsorship. But Coun. Bill Harper said the two events “It will be bigger than before,” said Bart aren’t in competition. Slotman, a member of the Uptown Business “If I thought for a second Improvement Association. that one event would be di“Now we are going to go It will be minishing another then I with four stages.We are godon’t think I could support ing to add a local talent stage bigger than it,” Harper said. “I see one as to it as well.We are pretty exbefore. being more of a real neighcited about that.There are bourhood event and one as some other improvements in being a mass regional event. the works.” They are attracting, I think, Slotman said the Uptown different kinds of audiences.” BIA is willing to work with the 12th Street Organizers sought city approval to hold organizers on cross-promoting that event. the event on a date that didn’t clash with “We think there are lots of opportunities other music festivals, like the Khatsahlano there, lots of synergies there,” he said.
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