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NORTH VANCOUVER’S Capilano College has received
the financial commitment from the provincial government
that will pave the way for construction of a $3.8 million

gymnasium.

College president Doug Jardine
said Tuesday’s announcement that
the ministry of education would
contribute $800,000 to the project,
knocked down the final hurdle that
had kept the college from initiating
a public fund-raising program for
the project.

“Without the commitment of
the local and ‘provincial gov-
ernments, we could not have
hoped to begin any successful
public fund raising,’’ Jardine said.

In addition to the provincial
government’s announced $800,000
contribution, Jardine said-the col-
lege was seeking a further $400,000
from the provincial lottery fund to
make up the balance of the
estimated $1.2 million needed from
the province.

Financial commitment from the
provincial government follows the
$400,0G0 recently earmarked for
the project by the District of North

: Vancouver.

Through a_ $5-per-student-per-

term levy, Cap College students’

have committed $700,090 to the
gymnasium project.. The balance
of monies needed, according to
Jardine, will be raised th-ough a
public fund-raising camy -7..'.

Jardine said the 28,0Gu square-
foot recreation centre was desper-
ately needed by the college if i
hoped to continue representing
itself as @ first-class facility.

Cap Coll:se, with . nationally
ranked volleyball and basketball

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By TIMOTHY RENSHAW ;
News Reporter

teams, currently has no on-campus
gymnasium. ; ;
Jardine added that the proposed
complex, which college ad-
ministration had pursued for the
past nine years,. would serve both
the college and the North Shore
community. Approximately 25 per
cent of available gym: time will be
set aside for community use.

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DR. DOUGLAS JARDIN
Capitano College president.

In addition to its two regulation
size basketball courts and seating
for 2,400, the proposed college
recreation centre will have facilities
such as full exercise areas and rac-
quetball courts. |

Jardine said construction is ten-
tatively scheduled for the fall.

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