LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- May 13, 2008
To The Editor;
I train for distance running year round on Princeton-Summerland Road near Chain Lake.
On June 1st, I'll be participating in the 23rd annual HSBC Childrun to raise funds for BC Children's Hospital.
Each year in BC, 130 new cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed - the equivalent of five classrooms full of kids from all over the province.
Anyone can take inspiration from these children fighting for their lives and the dedicated staff who support them and their families.
I appreciate pledge donations, and they can be made by visiting www.akerleydesign.com/childrun.
It will automatically redirect to my page on the Childrun's secure donations site (which has a nasty long address). Donations are tax deductible. If you are in the Princeton area and would prefer to donate offline (cash, cheque or card) please call me at (250) 295-0010 and I'll visit you with an offline donations form.
For my part, I'll attempt to finish the hilly, probably congested 5-kilometre Childrun course in under 24-minutes!
Regards,
Jay Akerley, Princeton
Dear sir;
As a responsible adult living in a free country I take exception to Bill C-51.
I expect to have freedom of choice regarding how I manage my health care. I have been using alternative methods of health care for the last 40 years paying my own way, using the mainstream health system only when absolutely necessary.
This is, in my opinion, a savings for the health care system. I am only one of many. Do you want us all relying on government funded health care? It's our money be careful in your stewardship. If you are really concerned about the state of health care in Canada you WILL vote AGAINST this bill.
It is our RIGHT to have the freedom to make our own choices.
Respectfully,
Karen Manion, Princeton
(Editor's Note: This is a copy of a letter Manion sent last week to government officials including Prime Minister Stephen Harper and BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko).
To The Editor:
I was disappointed by the headlines in the two newspapers last week, (i.e. 'Council goes off the deep end' and 'New aquatic centre in the works for Princeton').
During the meeting and throughout the community I have said over and over that this process is not a result of a direction determined by Town Council or Area H Director Gerri Logan. This process is a direct result of town and Area H residents who have expressed through questionnaires and public meetings the priority of investigating the viability and costs of an aquatic centre.
That is the process we are in, to give residents an opportunity to describe to the consultants what calibre of aquatic centre they might want so that the capital and operating costs to the taxpayers can be determined. Once the public has been made aware of those figures and had an opportunity to increase or decrease the projected costs then that proposal will be put before town and Area H residents in a referendum.
A majority of yes votes is necessary in both the town and Area H for that referendum to succeed.
As you can see, it is the residents and not your elected officials who will make that decision. While it is the mandate of us as elected officials to provide an opportunity for residents to determine what major projects they will support, and while council and the Area Director may feel that this facility would help attract doctors, medical professionals and industry and be an economic generator, it is ultimately those residents who will decide what major projects will proceed.
- Randy McLean, Mayor
Town of Princeton
