LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Grand Slam of Curling a world-class event

As a civic address, 326 Hanover Street no longer exists. It is now section 109 of the snazzy, new Southeast Event Centre. The bungalow built on this site in the 1950s was my childhood home.

While watching the world’s best curlers at the recent Grand Slam of Curling, our family remembered that house and yard with fondness. We intentionally selected tickets on what was once our property. We were literally sitting where we once hung out laundry, picked raspberries, held a funeral procession and burial for our three goldfish, and planted spruce seedlings from our Grade 6 class trips to the Hadashville forest nursery. It was a great place to grow up.

Nostalgia aside, it was really neat to attend this world class event in Steinbach in such an amazing facility. It seems overwhelmingly unanimous that the event and venue were a smashing success. That Steinbach can now attract high calibre elite events like the GSOC is very impressive. Many people worked hard to make the SEC reality and they, and all Steinbachers should be proud. They deserve a modern, spacious, state-of-the-art sporting venue.

As the city continues to grow, evolve and respond to the needs of the community, it is my sincere hope that Steinbach City Council’s next land expropriation project includes a modern, spacious, state-of-the-art performing arts centre. Steinbachers deserve that too.