All,
We all hope you had a great curling season, no matter where you decided to curl this past year.

We wanted five an update since it has been a while.  Our Board is still working extremely hard planning our future in our community.  In fact we just had a board meeting last weekend to continue the planning process.  We have had directors go to clubs to look at them in more detail.  We have had directors talk to other club board members.  We have also had lots of communication with the Town of Stony Plain. 

Insurance: 
We have had a lot of communication with our adjuster.  We have received a letter from the Insurance Company agreeing to the amount of our building for the rebuild.  However, we are still working with them on how and when this is going to be paid out, these details are not in the letter.  The process has been very frustrating, but we are finally making headway.

New Facility: 
As some of you might know, the town of Stony Plain is still planning on building their recreation centre.  On Feb 13th, the town had a council meeting where town management presented the current facility plan with updated costs. Three board members went in person to the meeting to show support for the facility.   For this meeting, WCC supplied a letter of our intent to help fund the curling rink with our insurance money.  The town did vote to keep going as is with the new budget.  We were told previously that the curling rink is going to be part of the plan, but still needed the official vote.  They officially gave approval that the rink is part of Phase 1.  We don't have a confirmed opening date as of now, but will keep you informed once we know more.
Here is the town's News Release if you did not see it: https://www.stonyplain.com/en/news/administration-provides-update-on-recreation-centre.aspx

The Architect had a 3D rendering that was presented with the curling rink part of the plan. You can see information regarding the facility in the Agenda from Feb 13th.  The information starts on page 68.  The renderings are not exactly what it looks like, it is just conceptual.  A lot of changes are being made.

You can see the Agenda/Minutes and Video of the Feb 13th council meeting by clicking HERE

To watch the council meeting and listen to the discussion about the facility and curling rink:  Click Here - The link is started at the point of the the facility discussion.

After the council meeting and approval, the architect has now started work on detail design of the facility.

We are going to start new fundraising shortly.  With going to 6 sheets, we will need additional funds to buy everything we need.  As our insurance will cover 4 sheets.  For example: rocks.

Thank you for reading this,
WCC Board

All,
We have set the date and time for our 2022 AGM.  To keep our Non-Profit Club Status, we must hold these meetings.  So please attend if you can, it is appreciated.

During this meeting we will hold elections, update our financials.  Also, which I am sure you are all wondering, we will update our Insurance information and also our rebuild status and plan as of this time.

We will have at least one special guest from the Town of Stony Plain there as well that may be able to answer questions.

Place: The meeting is in person at Heritage Park (5100 41 Avenue, Stony Plain) in the Spruce Grove Hall.
Date: Tuesday, September 27th.
Time: Meeting will start at 7:30 PM Sharp.

So if you are interested in this information, please attend.

All members from the 2020/21 season are still members with voting power.  If anyone else wants to attend the meeting for information, you are welcome to do so.

Please update your personal calendars so you don't forget.

A BIG thank you to the Town of Stony Plain for Donating the space.

Thank you,
Kevin Hedley, President.

We hope you are having a great summer.

We are now 1 year out from the devastating fire that destroyed our curling club.

We know that information has been very slow and very sporadic in coming to you all.  Thank you very much for your patience. We have seen some movement within the past month that we can pass along.

The Board has been working on the plans moving forward.  The biggest part to date is the Insurance.  Looks like we are close to getting a settlement from the insurance company.  We have been going back and forth with them for the last year.  We are hoping that this will be settled in the near future.  Our estimation will be in about a month or maybe two.

For those of you that had equipment in the lockers, we included that in the contents insurance claim. This is separate from the building replacement insurance. We have been going back and forth with the Insurance and the value of this claim as well.  When this is settled, then we can pay out those monies as well to the member that had personal effects in there.

On top of all that, we have met with town officials about 5-6 times so far.  As most of you know, the town is planning a recreation centre for the area that our club was located.  We are in talks with the town on how the new curling rink will be part of the plans.

Be rest assured, that our club will be rebuilt.  The board members have been working extremely hard and have put many hours in this process.  With the current timeline, we are hoping that we will reopen in a new building for the 2024/25 season, 2 years out.

We need to have an AGM this fall to be able to continue to run as a society.  We need to pass our financials and vote in board members.  If you are interested in joining, please let us know your interest.  We will do this mid-September.  Time and Date to be determined.  We will have an in person meeting, so that we can answer questions as well.
All that were members in the last operational season 2020/21, are all still current members.  So you have voting rights and can be part of the information session.  I would encourage all to attend.

Lastly, we have been told by AGLC that we are scheduled for a casino late this year, maybe early 2023.  We can use the funds for the rebuild or buying equipment.  When we get dates, we hope that we can get people to volunteer to help out with this extremely important fundraiser.


Thank you so much and have a great summer