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No. COC-09-027
September 9, 2008 Ribbon-Cutting Event for New PE Building and Tennis Courts Subject: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Time: 10 a.m. Thursday, September 11, 2008 Place: College of the Canyons, outdoors, Physical Education Building Main Entrance Contact: John McElwain, (661) 362-3494; Bruce Battle (661) 362-3432 Event: A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 21,543-square-foot, $10 million, East PE and tennis court project. The building is being funded through a split of money from the State of California and local Measure C funds. The new facility will add badly needed offices for full-time instructors, add new locker rooms to alleviate overcrowding in current locker rooms, and provide additional storage space for equipment. More importantly, it will create more physical education classroom space in the form of sports courts that will create opportunities for new curriculum and the potential for new intercollegiate sports such as tennis and men’s volleyball. Six tennis courts were included in the project. When the original physical education facilities opened at College of the Canyons more than 30 years ago, they were part of a campus originally designed to serve 5,000 students. Enrollment recently surpassed 22,000. Speaking at the event will be Ernie Tichenor, president of the college’s Board of Trustees; Mr. Len Mohney, division dean, physical education and athletics; and Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook, chancellor. | 
