LARA had been looking for a way to support the community with what they had left in their bank account to then be able to close the volunteer ratepayers group once and for all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike Creighton and Steve Boyce presented Turf Field committee chairwoman Rita Nigam with a cheque for a little over $19,000. That was all that was left in the volunteer organization\u2019s bank account, to help the multi-sport field reach its touchdown line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two thought the HRM Northern Suburban Turf Field was the perfect project to do that, so they made a donation to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the donation the turf field is now close to reaching its $213,000 community donation goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The community outgrew LARA, which began in 1983 or thereabouts, said Creighton, so it was time to wrap it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe had a bunch of money that we were looking for a good project and cause to put the money into, and the Turf Field seemed to be the perfect thing to support,\u201d said Creighton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo we did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creighton said it was part of LARA\u2019s mandate to support projects that improved the quality of life in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis fit the bill perfectly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”97″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boyce, who grew up right across the street from LHS, said it means everything to be able to give back to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like Creighton, he has been involved with LARA and things in the community, such as Lockview where his wife taught for a few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnything we can do for the community is great,\u201d he said. \u201cLike Mike said, we had some money leftover, and this is a fabulous cause and it\u2019s great for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more pleased to be able to help out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creighton summarized LARA\u2019s impact on the community, and it\u2019s ability to support projects like the Turf Field. LARA had supported the tennis courts on Lockview Road; the playground in St. Andrews Village; got the bridge built over locks; benches; lobbied for street lights; central sewage system; sidewalks; and more in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a perfect ending to an outfit that did a whack of good in the community,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”210″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”127″] [adrotate banner=”105″] FALL RIVER: It was a perfect way to wrap up the Lockview Area Ratepayers Association (LARA). LARA had been looking for a way to support the community with what they had left in their bank account to then be able to close the volunteer ratepayers group once and for all. Mike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[2,6943,6944,5,6945,337],"class_list":["post-46354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-fall-river","tag-lara","tag-lockview-area-ratepayers-association","tag-lockview-high","tag-multi-sport-field-2","tag-turf-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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