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2010 Countdown
Clock arrives in
New Westminster

Photos by Barbara K. Adamski

    

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The 2010 Olympic Countdown Clock
will be at Royal City Centre for two
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Spirit of 2010 New Westminster
Committee poses in front of
Countdown Clock.

Barbara K. Adamski
OP Contributor

New Westminster became the first commu-
nity outside Vancouver to host the 2010
Olympic Countdown Clock, which was
officially welcomed to the city in a ceremo-
ny at the Royal City Centre, September 5.

“We want everyone in New Westminster
to catch the spirit 2010 has to offer,” said
Jack McGee, chairman of the Spirit of 2010
New Westminster Committee, to a crowd
of over two hundred people, many of whom
posed for photos in front of the clock after
the ceremony.

Also in attendance were Olympic athletes
Margaret Langford and New Westminster
native and 12-time Paralympian champion
Daniel Wesley. Both displayed their collec-
tion of Olympic medals and signed auto-
graphs.

The Spirit of 2010 New Westminster
Committee evolved from a former commit-
tee established by MLA Joyce Murray in
order to garner support for the bid in New
Westminster.

It is unclear where the clock, a donation
from the Vancouver Airport Authority, will
go after its two weeks in New Westminster,
but McGee is hopeful that it will return to
the Royal City again and again before the
Olympics arrive.

The International Olympic Committee
was in Vancouver September 5 to discuss

post-bid plans for the 2010 Olympics.

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Barbara K. Adamski
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The Other Press gave away hundreds of
prizes in the form of T-shirts, toques, gift cer-
tificates, and more, in a two-day promotion
held at the New Westminster campus.

The event, which began on September 3,
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