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Crawford Bay Hall Board News - December 2025

By Leona Keraiff

I would like to start by thanking the Remembrance Day Committee, led by Anne Lindsay MacLeod for a solemn and yet joyful ceremony. From the displays, to Gerald Panio’s Battle of the Atlantic lesson and all points in between ie: The Last Post, the bagpipes, the singing, the wreaths, the five girls who beautifully recited ’In Flanders Fields’; Crawford Bay Hall was full of people experiencing meaningful moments of Remembrance. On the fourth of November,1938, the Crawford Bay Community Hall opened its doors. I wonder how many of the men who volunteered to build the hall went on to volunteer to fight in WWII? At one time there was a plaque in the hall commemorating our local war heroes. Perhaps someone knows where it is?

By the time you read this, our Association will have held our AGM on Dec 2. I hope many of you will have attended and a few of you will have decided to join us in our efforts to maintain and care for the Crawford Bay Community Hall, the Community Park & Kootenay Bay Boat Launch.

Unfortunately, we have discovered the Community Corner building in the Park has been broken into and items have been taken: two card tables and numerous new chairs. Windows have been damaged in attempts to enter and doors left unlocked. We have notified the police and are considering installing surveillance cameras. If any of you notice activity around that building, probably in the dark of night, please take note and let us or the police know. Thanks. Of all things as well; our pickleball net has been pilfered!

Last month’s article noted Park improvements however two companies who were most helpful were not mentioned: Arrow Mountain Electric of Creston and Duck Lake Turf of Wynndel. Arrow Mountain generously donated labour and materials as well as sourcing special parts in order to move one of the tall light standards in the playground. Duck Lake Turf kindly discounted the cost of the sod installed. The $1000 in total saved allowed us to purchase lumber which is shoring up the slides, thanks to Gord Milne, volunteer extraordinaire.

The Starbelly Jam Society donated to our Association recently. We are going to use their gift to help us purchase new flag poles which are in desperate need of replacing. A huge thanks to the SBJ Board of Directors for recognizing our efforts in the Park.

As many of you are aware, our Association has been tirelessly working since 2020 to raise the funds needed to restore our 87 year old Community Hall. We are just $250,000 (misprint of that total last month) away from starting in 2026! To the many of you who have responded to our recent FB request, thank you for the almost $10,000 received thus far. YAY.

If others of you are able to honour our efforts with a financial donation we can now give you an income tax receipt as we have been granted charitable status. We are approaching all organizations, businesses, Foundations, friends and family that we can name! Your help will ensure the Crawford Bay Community Hall, a vital community hub, remains a welcoming, resilient and inclusive gathering place for generations to come. Please e transfer: donate@cbhall.ca or mail a cheque to Crawford Bay Hall Box 71 Crawford Bay, BC V0B1E0 All Donors will have their names prominently displayed in the new entryway, if they so choose.

In closing, I would like to extend heartfelt wishes for us all to enjoy continued good health and the merriest of Christmases.

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