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She loves how Main Street has come alive this summer, but Coun. Colleen McKee wishes the entire community would follow suit. At Tuesday's city council meeting, Coun. McKee said she needed to 'gush for a moment over Main Street' as 'it looks fabulous.' But not every property in the community carries such a pleasant aesthetic, she said. 'When you walk down Main Street, you start to feel that community pride again,' said Coun. McKee. 'I walk all the time and I see some people and the way that they look after their yards and it's absolutely appalling, I'm sorry, but it makes me very sad. 'This is an absolutely beautiful community and we have to start looking after it. We can't expect someone else to look after us all the time. I mean, it's amazing, like I said, you walk down Main Street and you feel so good, then you go for a walk outside and you've got people who have trees growing out of their boulevards. I mean, let's clean it up.' Coun. Karen MacKinnon said there are many 'beautiful properties' as well, to which Coun. McKee agreed. Coun. McKee isn't alone in enjoying Main Street. Coun. Ken Pawlachuk said the flowers hanging from the light standards look good at their new, lower-than-previous-years level. The flowers can now be accessed without a ladder, and the hope is that Main Street businesses will take care of watering them. That will save the city $1,500 to $2,000 this year, Coun. Pawlachuk said. See 'Scenic' on pg. Continued from pg. The flowers were put up by city workers but purchased by Flin Flon Neighbourhood Revitalization Corp., the Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce and Hudbay. Meanwhile, earlier this week, city workers installed a wooden sheet bearing a scenic mural to cover up the plain sheet of wood that blocked the front of the alley beside Indian Heart Creations. The mural, the work of an anonymous artist, depicts a boy in a Flin Flon Bombers jersey looking across a lake at the Northern Lights, which form a large Bomber logo in the sky. See pg. 10 for a photo of the mural. Also adding colour to Main Street are overhead streamers that zigzag from light standard to light standard. They were purchased by the Main Street Committee, a subcommittee of the Chamber of Commerce. Then there's the new three-dimensional mural, hammered into copper panels, at Pioneer Square. As reported, it is the work of Flin Flon artist Doug Dmytriw and uses images, as well as several words, to weave a visual history of the community.
