Additions to the rec center aquatics complex and fitness area will be budgeted in 2013, Delta City Council members agreed after hearing rec center manager Wilma Erven say she already has the funds on hand.

The capital project will include a 40x70-foot multi-purpose room that will be used for dance classes, spin (bike) classes and tae kwon do.

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Photo by Hank Lohmeyer

Bobby, Franny, and Bob Esplin with some of the paperwork generated by their efforts to comply with OSHA rules. Their business, Delta Elevator, still faces threat of thousands of dollars in penalties in connection with OSHA-required work already completed at the elevator. The Esplins are standing up to the treatment they’ve received from the federal agency.

Now, an unannounced visit from a federal inspector has resulted in thousands of dollars in expense, fines and threatened fines for a longtime Delta business.

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