Salmon Arm Observer, June 06, 2012

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Walking the walk: (Above) Holding balloons and decked out in yellow T-shirts, participants walk the survivors lap at the start of the Relay For Life held overnight Saturday at the R. J. Haney Heritage Village. (Below) Relay participant Leanne Robert shows she is ready to fight cancer.

Relay rocks it at Haney By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF

Congratulations Salmon Arm! You’ve done it again. This year’s Relay For Life stepped out Saturday in a new location but with the same result, topping larger centres like Vernon and Kelowna, raising a whopping $153,000 and counting. Co-ordinator Jen Dies said Monday that the numbers are a bit down from this time last year, but the counting’s not over. There were fewer teams than last year but more participants – 349 in total, and they came

in all ages, including many young folk. An army of volunteers helped with set up prior to the relay and returned to help out during the event and with post-relay clean up. In particular, Dies acknowledged two teams from Save-On Foods that showed up to paint the street, helped run the kick-off event and operated a barbecue throughout the night of the relay. Pipers opened the relay and the luminary ceremony, following Rick Hirtle’s moving account of his own battle against cancer. Dies says most participants loved the new location and she is hoping Haney officials will look kindly on organizers when their board meets to discuss the event.

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SmartCentres construction in limbo By Martha Wickett

OBSERVER STAFF

The City of Salmon Arm is not delaying the SmartCentres development. Mayor Nancy Cooper issued a statement summing this up last week on behalf of city council so the community gets correct information, not rumours. “I was hearing from people that they were

saying they didn’t understand why the city was holding up SmartCentres. There have been a lot of rumours out there, people are concerned, and I don’t blame them,” she told the Observer. She said city councillors were experiencing the same complaints. “They (councillors) wanted us to put it out there. Except for a few small things...,

This week Students get hands-on experience with First Nations traditions. See A13. The inaugural Barrel Bonanza brought equine action to the fairgrounds. See A17.

the city has pretty well signed off on everything.” The mayor’s statement, which has been posted on the city’s website, lists city approvals, which include an official community plan amendment and a zoning amendment that both received final approval on Dec. 20, 2010, and two development permit applications that received approval

from council on Oct. 24, 2011. The website statement points out that the issuance of one development permit by city staff is contingent on SmartCentres fulfilling conditions which include approval from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. See Start on page A2

Index Opinion ....................... A6 View Point .................. A7 Life & Times ............... A8 Sports............... A17-A21 Arts & Events ... A22-A24 Time Out................... A25 Vol. 105, No. 23, 48 pages


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