Centennial committee working hard to create new park

Shannon LeClair

Times Reporter

 

With 2011 being the centennial year for Strathmore, members of the centennial committee are working hard to come up with ideas to celebrate and commemorate the milestone. 

One of the ideas the committee has come up with is a park reflecting the centennial year. 

“There was a couple of different locations, but ultimately we had to make a decision if we’re going to get this done,” said Councillor Bob Sobol, a member of the centennial committee.  

The narrow space across from Chinook Credit Union between the Cutting Crew hair salon and Wheatland Denture Clinic on Second Street, is the area the committee has selected. Sobol said the committee was unanimous about leaving something that would exist long past the centennial year, and they felt this was the prime location for it.

“There was some improvements made by the town last summer, we really want to kick that up a notch,” said Sobol. 

The committee has not decided on a name for the new park. Sobol said the plan is for the name to eventually reflect the fact that it is basically a legacy park in Strathmore. 

The committee is still in the planning stages of what they would like to do with the park. One of the ideas is to front the park with a clock. Another is to incorporate a time capsule for the Town of Strathmore.

“Possibly as well, we’re leaning towards providing the citizens with an opportunity to have their own time capsule in that same area,” said Sobol.  

He said a resident suggested the idea and he is quite “enthralled” with it. Now it is a matter of seeing how many time capsules can fit. He said they are also hoping to have a water feature, a few picnic tables, and a walkway through the park. 

“We have a limited amount of space that we can use, but it is very long and we really want to have it as something that is going to accent and be appreciated by the people using the downtown area,” said Sobol.    

Family Day will mark the beginning of the centennial celebrations, though what residents can look forward to hasn’t been made public yet. 

“There will be a celebration, it will be the first centennial year celebration. It will be down at Kinsmen Park. We’ve set the hours as 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be a whole gambit of activities including skating and stuff and there will be fireworks at 6 p.m.,” said Sobol. 

As for the park, Sobol said the committee’s goal is to have the park to open on either July 2 or July 3.