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Powerhouse mural OK'd

In the end it was easy.

With a quick show of hands, Vernon city council gave its blessing to a new mural in the downtown, this one on the east wall of the Powerhouse Theatre building located on 35th Avenue.

Council received a letter of apology from the Powerhouse Theatrical Society and its board of directors for starting the mural without seeking prior council approval.

“Our mural committee certainly overlooked this important step,” said Barbara Keith, business manager. “Further, we were so pleased to find our local artist James Postill available, as was the equipment, so in error we did start last week.”

Keith called the move an “unintentional error.”

The mural depicts the theatre's history from its opening night in November 1963, the day President Kennedy was shot, and a representation of the original powerhouse hydro generating days.



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