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AGASSIZ GRADS Chilliwack supports Harrison IN ANTIGUA
Kilby restaurant ransacked
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Thieves take off with food from fridge and freezer Jessica Peters THE OBSERVER
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The band Chilliwack rocked the Harrison Memorial Hall on Saturday night, as part of a fundraiser for the Harrison Festival Society. The show was sold out and the hall was packed with arts supporters from around the Fraser Valley. For more photos, visit us online at ahobserver.com. JESSICA PETERS / OBSERVER
Flood risk elevated all along Fraser River Jeff Nagel BLACK PRESS
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Heavy snow in B.C.'s Interior poses a risk of flooding in the Fraesr Valley this year, but much will depend on the weather patterns in the weeks ahead. The entire Fraser River watershed has 29 per cent more snow than normal, as of the latest readings taken by the River Forecast Centre May 1. And the upper Fraser and Nechako basins – which supply about a third
of the Fraser water that flows through the Lower Mainland — are running at around 50 per cent above normal. "There is an elevated flood risk present through the entire length of the mainstem of the Fraser River from the Robson Valley to the Fraser Valley," according to the centre's latest bulletin. Some B.C. communities have already been hit with isolated flooding due to rising local creeks and rivers and forecasters say the risk
of seasonal flooding later this spring is "exceptional" in some regions. But they say the Fraser won't likely peak in the Lower Mainland until sometime between midMay and late June or July, depending on the weather. A lengthy run of hot temperatures, heavy rain or a combination of the two is described as the worst-case scenario. Floodplain dwellers should hope for seasonal temperatures and dry weather for the rest of
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the spring, particularly in the watershed's northern basins. Ab ove-nor mal temperatures are expected in most of the watershed by this weekend. Lower Mainland residents would have plenty of warning of any high water. The River Forecast Centre runs computer simulations to generate five-day forecasts of flow the length of the Fraser. Flood warnings are issued if rivers are forecast to approach or reach flood level.
A thief has taken off with food that was stockpiled for the busy tourist season ahead. Staff at Kilby Historic Site's restaurant discovered that their fridge and freezer had been ransacked overnight, and most of the contents stolen. Both the fridge and freezer are located inside an outbuilding at the site, and that shed's door was broken to gain entry. Staff said they were stocking up for several weeks to be able to handle the upcoming busy season, which would begin in earnest this weekend with Mother's Day. They said they will be able to put together something nice for the moms who come for lunch. Some of the items stolen include 20-pound roasts, fish and cheese. The only thing the thieves left behind was the bread and the cheddar cheese. The break-in would have happened sometime between Monday evening and Tuesday morning this week, and Agassiz RCMP are asking that anyone with information call 604-7962211, or Crimestoppers. As of press time, they hadn't received any other reports of crime in the Harrison Mills area. news@ahobserver.com