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<p>The <font
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<p>The Society, as planners, fund-raisers, builders and administrators of a new
sports and cultural facility on Saturna Island, invites you
to visit the newly opened <font
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Recreation and Cultural Centre</b></font>!</p>
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<p>This Centre, located on beautiful <a href="http://www.saturnatourism.com" target=_blank><b><font color="#003366">Saturna
Island</font></b></a> in the Southern Gulf Islands of
British Columbia, Canada, is administered by the Saturna
Recreation Centre Society on behalf of the residents and
organizations of Saturna Island, as well as off-island
visitors and groups.</p>
<p>The exciting and state of the art Recreation and Cultural
Centre features great lighting, air-conditioning, geo-thermal
heating and has a large gymnasium and meeting rooms, kitchen
and other <a href="amenities.html"><b>amenities</b></a>.
These amenities are available for rental and special occasions.</p>
<p>Long term tenants of this facility include the <a href="http://www.saturnacan.net/PageFiles/medclinic.html" target=_blank><b>Saturna
Medical Centre</b></a> and <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/gulf/index_e.asp" target=_blank><b>Parks
Canada</b></a>. </p>
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Statement :</font></p>
<p align=center>"<i> The intent is to make the Saturna Recreation
Centre as available and affordable as possible to the residents and
nonprofit organizations of Saturna Island.</i>"</p>
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<p align=center> <font
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Recreation and Cultural Centre</font></b></font><font color="#003399">,</font><br>
<font
style="COLOR: #000066; FONT: 11pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">P.O.
Box 171, Saturna Island, British Columbia, Canada V0N 2Y0</font></p>
<p align="center"> For further information contact: Melanie Gaines tel. <font color="#0000FF"><b>250.539.2452</b></font>
or e-mail: <a href="mailto:mgaines@saturnacan.net" target=_blank><b>mgaines@saturnacan.net</b></a>.</p>
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<p align=center><font
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multi-purpose <font
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and Cultural Centre</font> is now <font
style="COLOR: #9f0000; FONT: 12.5pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">open</font><br>
for facilities rental and booking of events.</b></font></p>
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Our permanent tenants include the <a href="http://www.saturnacan.net/PageFiles/medclinic.html" target=_blank><img src="images/medclinic.gif" width=54 height=44 hspace=0 alt="click for Saturna Medical Centre page" border=0><b>Saturna Medical Centre</b></a> and <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/gulf/index_e.asp" target=_blank><img src="images/parkscanada.gif" width=58 height=46 alt="click for Parks Canada web page" border=0><b>Parks Canada</b></a> Field Office.<br>
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This beautiful building, designed by architect John Keay, features spacious air-conditioned and geo-thermally heated interiors. There's simply nothing like it in the Sourthern Gulf Islands!</font></p>
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In addition to our large 3800 square feet gym-auditorium, with seating and tables for 350, and wheel-chair access, we also feature a stage/meeting room, exercise room, kitchen, lounge/bar, mezzanine, and outdoor barbeque/courtyard/picnic tables, with tents available for rental.</font> </p>
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We offer a great <b>new facility</b> for performances, meetings,<br> wedding receptions, sports and cultural events!</font></p>
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For more information on facilities and rentals contact: <b>Melanie Gaines</b> at tel. <b>250.539.2452</b><br> or by e-mail: <a href="mailto:mgaines@saturnacan.net" target=_blank><font color="blue">mgaines@saturnacan.net</font></a>.</FONT><br>
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<font
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For general information:</font> <a href="mailto:info@saturnarec.org" target=_blank><font
style="COLOR: #006666; FONT: 9.5pt Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>e-mail us</b></font></a></p>
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