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A special meeting of council will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 22 4 p.m. in council chambers at city hall to ratify the loan agreement with the Penticton Curling Club.
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Penticton city council agreed to make a loan to Penticton Curling Club to help them refurbish the facility香蕉视频直播檚 ageing ice making equipment.
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But repairing the aging equipment, she explained, is no guarantee that it won香蕉视频直播檛 fail, or that they can catch and repair a problem before they lost the ice.
It香蕉视频直播檚 particularly important for the upcoming season, with two major events scheduled, the first being the World Curling Tour coming up in November.
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The Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Jan. 2018, will bring the top female curlers to Penticton, and while the main event is at the South Okanagan Events Centre, the club will be closed to the public so the competitors will have ice available for practice before the big event.
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The work doesn香蕉视频直播檛 come cheap though. The cost estimates Jones gave to city council include two new compressors at a value of $51,4350, plus other repair and maintenance.
Coun. Judy Sentes said the city needed to act on this sooner rather than later, with two prominent events in the offing.
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Council voted unanimously to start the process of negotiating the agreement to backstop the ice plant repairs up to a value of $45,000.
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