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Vol. 89 Issue 26 • Wednesday, June 27, 2012 • www.arrowlakesnews.com • 250-265-3823 • $1.25 Includes HST
Burton says farewell to school with community dinner
Burton Elementary School teachers from years gone by gathered at the school once again to say goodbye to the well-loved school. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES By Claire Paradis Arrow Lakes News
Chairs and tables were borrowed from the Community Hall, filling the Burton School gym on Tuesday, June 19 for the community farewell to the school. Burton Elementary School is closing its doors as a school for local kids, with enrolment no longer large
enough to justify keeping the building open as a public school. The potluck dinner was well-attended, with around a hundred people occupying seats in the gym, and an unknown quantity of children dining and playing and giggling and shrieking outside too. Former teachers and students joined the Burton community for the farewell evening, and during the
Burton students presented their final project on pioneering to a gym full of people. CLAIRE PARADIS/ARROW LAKES NEWS open mic session, their love for the school tivities being run in the school during the was loud and clear, delivered in speech or evenings. A movement has been afoot to song. Tears were shed for the end of the keep the building open as a Neighbourhood school’s public education era, with everyone Learning Centre. A dedicated group of indiremembering how the little school had given viduals are researching options and figuring so much to both teachers and kids over the out how to keep the building alive and thrivdecades. ing, as a centre for learning, if not a school The beautiful building is very much a for kids. community resource still, with many ac-
Heavy rain prompts evacuations, cautions, and delays Black Press
This is the washout at Camp Creek about 25 kilometres west of Revelstoke.
Intense rain and already-high water levels in local creeks and rivers are threatening a number of residents and homes across parts of the Regional District of Central Kootenay. Rainfall has swollen creeks and rivers across the region, causing mudslides and cutting off some roads, according to Bill Macpherson, a public information officer with the emergency operations centre, which was re-activated Saturday, June 23. States of local emergency had been declared and evacuation orders issued for parts of Pass Creek, the Slocan Valley, and areas north of Robson. • Three homes were affected in the Pass Creek/Goose Creek area. The Pass Creek fire department is helping emergency responders. A private bridge over Goose Creek washed out, and a man fell in and drowned. Traffic on Pass Creek Road was being
controlled by Ministry of Transportation flaggers. • A section of Slocan Valley West Road was closed due to water flowing over the road until further assessment and remediation planning could occur. Residents of about 30 homes had been told to “shelter in place.” A flyover of the affected areas shows the Slocan River was affecting land bordering its banks and had considerable debris flow, although it has dropped slightly from peak level, Macpherson said. An emergency social services reception centre has been opened at the Slocan Park hall. • One resident was evacuated from Picard Road, northwest of Winlaw, under an order issued for two homes where low-lying properties border the Slocan River, which is at a 25-year high. • In Crawford Bay, an evacuation alert
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