During a Thompson-Nicola Regional District board of directors meeting held Jan. 30, Lori Marchand, general manager of Western Canada Theatre (WCT) provided a presentation and requested financial support for upgrades to the heating and cooling system at the Pavilion Theatre in Kamloops.
WCT is the only professional theatre company between the Lower Mainland and Prince George, she noted.
The board will provide $3,200 to WCT for annual operating costs and the electoral area directors will review the request for funding to upgrade the Pavilion Theatre.
2014 Committees
TNRD chair Bill Humphreys announced the chair appointments to the 2014 committees. The 2014 meeting schedule for board/chair appointed committees was also adopted.
PMAC appointments
Three individuals were reappointed to the TNRD Regional Solid Waste Management Plan monitoring advisory committee (PMAC) with a term ending Dec. 31, 2016: Georgia Clement and George Christou of Merritt, and Andy Balogh of Kamloops.
The committee has 12 members appointed on rotating three-year terms. Local members of the committee include Cheryl Thomas of Clearwater and Bob Rexin of Vavenby.PMAC members are compensated for their expenses but are otherwise not paid.
Gas tax funding for Barriere
The Barriere Curling Club building will receive a chiller upgrade through $10,000 from federal gas tax revenues – community works funds from electoral areas O (Lower North Thompson) and P (Rivers and the Peaks).
Tree Canada Program
Wells Gray Country (Area A) director Tim Pennell requested and received the support of the TNRD board for a Tree Canada Grant application toward funding landscaping of the newly renovated Vavenby Community Hall.