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| C. Davis photos except where noted |
- Also: Insurance concerns to be discussed at Feb. 1 emergency meeting
Men's winners
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| CCOTR team |
1st place - CCOTR team
Gerry Edwards
Tom De Peuter
Mike Young
Blair Jarvis
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| Reed Team (photo courtesy Pincher Creek Curling Club) |
2nd - Reed team
Rocky Reed
Paul Ozar
Gord Brecht
Robert Hochstein
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| Williams team (photo courtesy Pincher Creek Curling Club) |
3rd - Williams team
Kyle Williams
Francis Cyr
Justin Zoratti
Mark Barfield
Ladies winners
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| Lemire team |
1st - Lemire
Katie Lemire
Lisa Holoboff
Glenda kettles
Amanda Cyr
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| Strandquist team |
2nd - Strandquist
Kayla Strandquist
Flora Griffith
Kayla Marra
Carol Budgen
^ Some of the participants really got into the bonspiel's redneck theme (photos courtesy Pincher Creek Curling Club)
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Insurance woes continue
In other curling club news, a delegation composed of Brenda Heisler and Jessie Nelson appeared before Pincher Creek's Town Council this evening to ask for council's help in securing insurance for the club's facility on Main Street. The delegation told council that the club has been unable to secure liability or contents insurance past February 24 of this year, due to the unfavourable engineering report of 2011 which found that the structure needed extensive repair, or preferably replacement. The same report led to the club being unable to acquire fire or structural insurance for the last several years.
Council told the delegation that the Town was not able to extend their own insurance contract to cover third party organizations like the independent curling club. Council and the delegation discussed the possibility of the Town purchasing the facility for a nominal amount to allow them to insure it under the Town's policy. Under that plan the club would continue to pay for their ongoing expenses. The delegation said that was not their preferred solution, but was possibly the only way to finish their season.
Town council added the issue to their in-camera portion of the meeting, held at the end of the public council meeting. Stay tuned for an update.
As reported here previously, at December 2016 meetings the councils for the MD of Pincher Creek and the Town of Pincher Creek heard from Pincher Creek Curling Club delegations. Among other things, the club sought letters of support from each council for their Community Facility Enhancement Grant (CFEP) application, for a new ice plant, and for financial support to build a new facility. The Town was asked to promise up to $275,000 in matching funds for the proposed facility. The curling club was recently advised that their application for Canada 150 grant funding has been denied, and is for the moment focused on keeping their current facility operational. At their December 6, 2016 meeting council for the MD of Pincher Creek decided to receive the information received from the curling club delegations as information. At their December 12 meeting council for the Town of Pincher Creek decided to forward the matter to a later meeting of the Committee of the Whole.
The curling club is holding an emergency meeting on Wednesday, February 1, just ahead of their February 6 - 11 Town and Country Bonspiel, their biggest event of the season. All curling club members have been asked to attend.
- Pincher Creek Curling Club asks MD for support (Nov. 2016)
- Curling Club asks MD to match Town's $1.25 million commitment to building project (March 2015)
- Mayor meets with curling club, suggests interim repairs (July 2012)
- Pincher Creek Curling Club brings new building proposal back to Town Council (April 2012)
- Ice plant broken, curling woes continue (Sept. 2011)
- Pincher Creek Curling Club Facebook page
- Pincher Creek Curling Club upcoming events
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