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By John Koopman '.:;)—
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Staff Writer
NORTH PALM BEACH After
more than two years of building, con-
tracting, problems, delays and arbi-
tration, the village Community Cen-
ter was completed last week. -
"For two years I've been listening
to people ask me when the building is
going to 'be done,"' Village Manager
Ray Howland said. ' "It's a relief."
The hours of the new center are
fluctuating, pending the hiring of a
staff by the Recreation Department.
There will be a formal dedication
ceremony March 31 at 2 p.m. at the
Community Center, 1200 Prosperity
Farms Road.
The center was scheduled to open
in December 1982 but the opening
was delayed due to construction, de-
fects.
The village fired the original con-
tractor, Cox and Palmer Construc-
tion of Fort Lauderdale, and hired
the La Croix Construction Co. of Lake
Worth to finish the job.
Howland said the project's final
cost will be about $900,000. He said
$600,000 was donated by village resi-
dent George Dela:corte.
The building consists of a gymnasi-
um, a stage, two dressing rooms, a
lobby and an office.
Village Recreation Director Jac-
queline Wheeler said the center will
be used for athletic events, cultural
events and will provide a meeting
place for community functions.
Mark Hodgkins, village athletic su-
pervisor, will have an office at the
center and will, do most of the pro
gramming.
Howland said the village will hire.,
parttime custodian to care for thi
center and a fulltime Recreation De
partment employee who will work
there and at other f acilities.
Manager Ray Howland
Iffls a relief'