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"We've bad our ups and
downs in the project.'«
He saki one of the ups
was the arrival of Klopp
with the iobsantaricr fund-
ing.
"To me, that wtts whets
our project began,"
He said a partial down
was when they received -
the tenders for taking.
.dawn the old arena,
Not expecting the high
cost, Johnston said the sit-
uation was turned to a. pos-
itive when Jim Murray of
the Kinsa;neti came for. -
ward. ..
With a crew of volun• '
tears, the building was
taken down and the ctztrt-
mnitt a was ahead $28,000,
Dave Black,co-chair of
the fund raising cotttnittee
with Neil Rintonl, also had
.words of thanks for the
volunteers and community
support. •
He s.tticl it' '111 be a
proud. .moment when the
first puck is, trappedon
the ice this fall..
'Certainlymuch: of this
building's use will be for
hockey," said`.recreatton
board chair, Maui Frayne
It is his hope to sae the
facility produce, world
class figure skaters and
NM:, hockey players, •
lint he said, the build-
ins is. about more :'tban
.
Whether it is from
sports or taking .part in
• 'otherhe (e eventsplheld at the
facility, said, "This
building is About learning
from each other and being.
with each other,"
He said it was built to
be a gatheringplace for
people.
If the arena acc;cim-
• plashes that, he said all the
work will have been worth
it.
A special ribbon cutting
ended the formalities' of
the evening, officially
opening the building for
its first function; a family
Once wtts held to cele-
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