What's upcoming in March 2010
March 27, 2010 Tentative date for the HVHA AGM
What's around the corner for April 2010
Property Owners Zoning information meeting to be presented by the FVRD in late March or April 2010
Events in May
The Fire Department Members will be attending the Spring Training Seminars in Oliver
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Thank-You to:
Hemlock Resort
All the members for the Fire Dept. who organized and assisted
All the community members who assisted with
And all those who attended the event
You all made the night a memoralble and very successful event
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Thank-you to everyone who
attend the Ski Club Valentines Dance
and a huge thank-you to all the buisnesses and individuals who donated items to the Silent Auction
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The Hemlock Ski Club's annual Valentines Dance was a great success. We managed to raise close to $7500 which will go a long way to keeping our club running. This would not have been possible if it weren't for the generous support of the Hemlock community, the Hemlock Resort, and all of our the sponsors and donors.
Thank you everyone.
Peter Liljedahl
President
Hemlock Valley Ski & Board Club
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2014 BC Winter Games
By Jason Roessle - Mission City Record
Updated: April 08, 2009 4:41 PM
The eyes of the province will be on Mission in 2014.
Amid a chorus of applause from children and adults, the crowd gathered in the Leisure Centre Wednesday heard that the district was the successful bidder for the 2014 B.C. Winter Games.
Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Randy Hawes said the games are “a huge step,” and they represent an opportunity for “the entire community to come together and show the rest of the province what we can do.”
Mayor James Atebe addressed the children sitting front and centre, telling them “these are your games. By 2014 you will be able to compete in these games.”
Olympic athlete and Mission native Brent Hayden was present for the announcement, and shared his stories from past B.C. Summer Games.
“They were the first games I participated in,” he said, and he recalled it being the first time he had been around other non-swimmer athletes in a competitive environment. The experience propelled him forward, and helped him rise to his current level of success.
This marks the first time Mission has hosted a B.C. Games event. There are 16 core sports, including hockey, figure skating, biathlon and freestyle skiing, along with a list of optional sports, that still remains to be determined.
Nearly all events will be in Mission, however the district successfully negotiated the use of an arena in Abbotsford. Hemlock Valley Resort will also be a major partner, said bid architect Ray Herman, the District of Mission’s director for parks and recreation.
“The school district is a huge partner,” he said. The games will require use of many school gyms where the athletes will bed down each night. Without [the school district’s] support, we simply couldn’t have bid successfully.
“This is an historic achievement,” Atebe continued. Since the improvements to the Leisure Centre and the Sports Park there has been more interest from regional and provincial groups to host events in Mission.
Atebe credited Mission’s minor sports associations for having worked hard to attract bigger events to town, and shared the praise with the district’s parks and recreation department, which under Herman’s leadership, began establishing a “track record to win big events.”
Atebe said Herman’s previous experience hosting a B.C. Disability Games and a B.C. Summer Games in Powell River and Trail, respectively, was key to getting the ball rolling.
Herman has been with the district for three years, and was excited when the official word came about Mission’s victory.
“This is great for Mission,” he stated, noting the bid couldn’t have come together without input from fellow parks and rec employees Wendy McCormick and Jason Roufosse. “This was the culmination of a bit of a vision to promote Mission as a sports tourism destination.”
Previous success in bringing events such as the B.C. Hockey U16 and U17 tournaments to Mission helped convince B.C. Games this municipality was “ready to take on that level of competition.”
According to Herman, the district will provide $45,000 in cash, and $50,000 of in-kind donations, which will include use of municipal facilities and staff during the games.
Herman added the economic spin-off of the Games is usually around $2 million to host communities.
Another additional benefit of being a host is that Mission will get to keep the cash generated from souvenir sales.
“Those funds will go towards leaving a legacy in the community,” he stated.
Yesterday’s announcement also included news that Surrey will host the 2012 B.C. Summer Games, Vernon the 2012 B.C. Winter Games, and Nanaimo the 2014 B.C. Summer Games.
The B.C. Winter Games are the largest winter multi-sport event in the province. Over 2,500 athletes, coaches and officials will participate in the games that will be organized by a volunteer board of directors and approximately 2,500 community volunteers.
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