Page 7 - January 2019

Help us Welcome the latest member
to our team!

Message from the Executive Director

Great news!
As many of you know the recent months have been
somewhat of a trying time for the museum. With the lack
of a strong cash flow and uncertainty of what will happen
in the new year, we approached City Council for
additional funding to assist us for the 2019 year. I am
pleased to announce that the City has approved the
additional funding request of $237,000 presented by Rod
Macleod and myself at Council Chambers over a week
ago. We will continue to work along with the Edmonton
Heritage Council in creating a sustainability plan and
Anne Gafiuk is a former elementary school teacher
moving the museum forward.
in Calgary, Alberta, who turned to freelance writing.
The museum is also excited to announce we have
During her research into WWII RCAF pilots for a
signed a new 25-year lease agreement with the City of
fictional story, she became very interested in
Edmonton. We appreciate the commitment the City is vintage aircraft, the people involved with them and
making to our long-term use of Hangar 14.
their history, taking her on a new flight of discovery.
I would like to thank the Mayor, Ward 2 Councilor Bev
She is the author of three books: Wings Over High
Esslinger, and all City Councilors for approving the full River, December 2012 and She Made Them Family,
funding request and showing the support that the
November 2015, and Quietus: Last Flight,
museum has worked hard to garner.
November 2016, all published by the Bomber
Respectfully, Command Museum of Canada. Her novel continues
to wait! For more information, please visit her at:
Jean Lauzon
www.whatsinastory.ca or write to her at
Executive Director
mailto:anne@whatsinastory.ca
Alberta Aviation Museum