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On Tuesday, the Richmond school board announced that it will now begin accepting unconditional offers for the No. 2 Road property. But a bit of a twist to this offering. Developers need not apply. Trustees decided Tuesday to sell the land only to corporations or public Richmond school board chair Linda McPhail explained that trustees would rather have the land purchased by a provincial ministry, health authority or the City of Richmond.

The board is the sale of this property to organizations that operate exclusively for charitable social welfare, civic improvement, pleasure or recreation, or for any purpose except The land will become surplus once Steveston merges with adjacent Charles E. London Secondary in a renovated school to be called Steveston-London Secondary School. Richmond School District secretary treasurer Ken Morris said proceeds from the sale of Steveston High will be placed in a local capital reserve account which the district can use to purchase new equipment, such as computers. That money could benefit local students for generations to come, he said, by giving the school board some discretionary money that could be used to retain staff and programs. Morris said that the district has received more than 150 inquiries to purchase school land, a number coming from not- for-profit groups seeking to buy large tracts of land in order to improve services to the community.

See Page 6 Steveston High goes up for sale Only not-for-profits or agencies need apply by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter Steveston more precisely, the valuable 13-acre parcel of land on which it now fetch the Richmond school board more than $28 million. Crowds come out for Steveston Salmon Festival by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter Parade watchers basked in Mother glow, help- ing to make the 61st annu- al Steveston Salmon Festival another major success, with massive crowds gathering in the fishing village for the annual Canada Day festivities. Patrick Sereda, a realtor at Sutton Group-Seafair Realty, who staff the salmon barbe- cue, said more fish and more food booths combined to keep bellies filled well into the afternoon. In years past, the salmon would sell out as early as 3 p.m., but not last weekend, with some 1,400 pounds being carted in and the last plate cleared by about 4:45 p.m. A cool breeze kept the tem- peratures tolerable and for the most part the crowds were well behaved.

There were long line-ups to the rides at the carnival in front of the martial arts centre, and crowds soaked up the entertainment at the CBC stage, which featured dancers and singers of all types. WWW.RICHMONDREVIEW.COM OFFICE: 604-247-3700 NEWSROOM: 604-247-3730 DELIVERY: 604-247-3710 ESTABLISHED 1932 THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2006 40 PAGES the richmond REVIEW From Iron Curtain to ivory keys Pages 16 Chung Chow photo Two very different rides at the Steveston Salmon Festival. OK BOTTLE DEPOT 8100 Capstan Way 1 BLOCK WEST OF NO. 3. RD.

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