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1. P11856 - Four people standing, singing and one woman seated at a piano. Left to right: unknown at the piano, Michael Collins, Marion Loeppky, unidentified and Tom Ruben, at Trinity United Church.

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2. P22954 - Michael Collins posting something on the corner of the Arts Council Buy a Brick Campaign board, located at the MSA Centennial Library in Abbotsford. The display shows the progress of the campaign, which raised funds for an Arts and Leisure Centre in McMillan Park. Donations were accepted at the Library every Saturday. The target was to raise $25,000 for the project, and was supported by the Lions Club. For every donation received, the individual’s name would be put in a brick that would be included in the building itself. There is a model of the proposed centre on a low table in front of the board.

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3. P22955 - The Arts Council Buy a Brick Campaign board, with Freddy Latham, left, and Michael Collins in front of the board at the MSA Centennial Library in Abbotsford. The display shows the progress of the campaign, which raised funds for an Arts and Leisure Centre in McMillan Park. Donations were accepted at the Centennial Library every Saturday. The target was to raise $25,000 for the project, and was supported by the Lions Club. For every donation received, the individual’s name would be put in a brick that would be included in the building itself.

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4. P22956 - The Arts Council Buy a Brick Campaign board, with Freddy Latham, left, and Michael Collins in front of the board at the MSA Centennial Library in Abbotsford. The display shows the progress of the campaign, which raised funds for an Arts and Leisure Centre in McMillan Park. Donations were accepted at the Centennial Library every Saturday. The target was to raise $25,000 for the project, and was supported by the Lions Club. For every donation received, the individual’s name would be put in a brick that would be included in the building itself.

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5. P22957 - The Arts Council Buy a Brick Campaign board, with Freddy Latham, left, and Michael Collins in front of the board at the MSA Centennial Library in Abbotsford. The display shows the progress of the campaign, which raised funds for an Arts and Leisure Centre in McMillan Park. Donations were accepted at the Centennial Library every Saturday. The target was to raise $25,000 for the project, and was supported by the Lions Club. For every donation received, the individual’s name would be put in a brick that would be included in the building itself.

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6. P22959 - Michael Collins signing the code of conduct and other paperwork after the swearing-in ceremony for District of Abbotsford aldermen under Mayor George Ferguson. In the foreground is John Hocking, who was the Abbotsford clerk and administered the swearing of oath ceremony. In the background is Vic Tessaro and Vic Wiebe. Image is not published, additional information is unavailable.

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7. P22960 - Michael Collins and Vic Wiebe examine their copy of oath of office and their code of conduct forms after the swearing in ceremony for District of Abbotsford aldermen under Mayor George Ferguson.

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8. P22961 - Swearing-in ceremony for District of Abbotsford aldermen under Mayor George Ferguson. On left is Abbotsford clerk, John Hocking, administering the oath of office on January 3rd. New aldermen taking the oath are, left to right: Vic Tessaro, Michael Collins and Vic Wiebe. Tessaro was appointed to the following committees: Finance and Administration, Development and Planning, Dog and Pest Control, Dyking and Drainage, Parks and Cemetery, Public Works, Traffic and Parking, MSA Manor Society, an alternate on the MSA Hospital Advisory Board, and the Fraser Valley Health Unit. Collins was appointed to the following committees: Alternate to the Finance and Administration and Development and Planning, Dog and Pest Control, Fire, Police and Street Lighting, Alternate for Parks and Cemetery and Public works, Sanitation and Sewer, Alternate for MSA Manor Society, Senior Citizens and Old Age Pensioners, and Alternate for Fair Board and Fraser Valley Health Unit. Wiebe was appointed to the following committees: Finance and Administration, Development and Planning, Alternate for Dog and Pest Control, Dyking and Drainage, Fire, Police and Street Lighting, Parks and Cemetery, Public Works, Sanitation and Sewer, Water Systems, Alternate for MSA Museum Society, Senior Citizens and Old Age Pensioners and Fair Board.

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9. P23716 - The Abbotsford Arts Council Buy a Brick Campaign board, with Freddy Latham, left, and Michael Collins, at the Centennial Library in Abbotsford. The display shows the progress of the campaign, which raised funds for an Arts and a leisure centre in McMillan Park. Donations were accepted at the Centennial Library every Saturday. The target was to raise $25,000 for the project, and was supported by the Lions Club. For every donation received, the individual’s name would be put in a brick that would be included in the building itself.

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10. P26297 - CPR tracks in downtown Abbotsford, with Abbotsford CPR station in the background and Alderman Michael Collins, MSA Heritage Society member Chris Straiton and Phil Craven in the foreground. Abbotsford Council is sponsoring a Downtown Design competition and is requesting that artists submit a design of how the vital core area could look. Deadline for entries is December 2. The railway museum concept started during numerous meetings with Canadian Pacific Railway , Canadian National Railway and BC Hydro representatives. The organized group of citizens behind the railway museum concept, including Alderman Michael Collins, have convinced the Abbotsford Council to offer prizes of $50 and $25 to students in the area to artistically sketch their ideas for the site along West Railway Avenue, placing locomotives and train cars among the current buildings as well as adding any new buildings they believe should be constructed. Ken Davies, Carson Noftle and Phillip Craven will serve as adjudicators for the contest. The project would have added benefits of revitalizing the town core, student employment, the possibility of federal, manpower and provincial funding, and increasing the tourism to the area from seasonal attractions to occurring year round. The museum would include static and mobile aspects, with the static including several old steam engines and train cars along with other memorabilia. There are ideas of tours similar to that of the Royal Hudson excursion, travelling both east and west of the Fraser valley in an old Inter-Urban train car. The tours could start with a breakfast locally and then finish up with an evening in the proposed new arts centre.

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11. P26299 - Left to right: MSA Heritage Society member Chris Straiton, Alderman Michael Collins, Mark Hambridge and Phil Craven. Abbotsford Council is sponsoring a Downtown Design competition and is requesting that artists submit a design of how the vital core area could look. Deadline for entries is December 2. The railway museum concept started during numerous meetings with Canadian Pacific Railway , Canadian National Railway and BC Hydro representatives. The organized group of citizens behind the railway museum concept, including Alderman Michael Collins, have convinced the Abbotsford Council to offer prizes of $50 and $25 to students in the area to artistically sketch their ideas for the site along West Railway Avenue, placing locomotives and train cars among the current buildings as well as adding any new buildings they believe should be constructed. Ken Davies, Carson Noftle and Phillip Craven will serve as adjudicators for the contest. The project would have added benefits of revitalizing the town core, student employment, the possibility of federal, manpower and provincial funding, and increasing the tourism to the area from seasonal attractions to occurring year round. The museum would include static and mobile aspects, with the static including several old steam engines and train cars along with other memorabilia. There are ideas of tours similar to that of the Royal Hudson excursion, travelling both east and west of the Fraser valley in an old Inter-Urban train car. The tours could start with a breakfast locally and then finish up with an evening in the proposed new arts centre.

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12. P30366 - A group of petitioners, organized by Abbotsford Alderman Michael Collins (centre right), campaigns to keep the Fraser Valley bus service amidst allegations that service was scheduled to end on November 1, 1978, in September, 1978. Manager of Pacific Coach Lines Jack Thomas informed the Abbotsford, Sumas and Matsqui News that Collins’ assumptions that Fraser Valley bus routes were to be bought out by private carriers were false. He explained that a study was underway to determine if changes in service were necessary in order to reduce an operating deficit created by existing routes. The deadline for the study was scheduled for March 31, 1979. Thomas told The News that changes would only come after the completion of the study and that, "there are no new changes in the immediate proposal."

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