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Clearwater goes all out for provincial championships Keith McNeill Clearwater and area hosted the provincial Peewee and Midget softball championships last weekend. A total of 18 teams and more than 800 people were expected to descend on the community for the event. As of Tuesday afternoon, preparations for this weekend’s Peewee and Midget provincial championships in Clearwater appeared well in hand, according to Melody Romeo, president of Clearwater Minor Ball. She added, though, that there are always more jobs to do. “I put different people in charge of different areas,” she said. “They went out and found volunteers and it looks as if we have enough. It’s amazing how the community has pulled together.” A coaches’ meeting on Thursday evening started things off with a draw to determine the game schedule, said Romeo. Games were held at Capostinsky Park as well as at Clearwater Secondary School. Softball action began at 7:30 a.m. and continued until 9 p.m. on the three days. There was a skills competition at CSS from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Friday. Results were tallied and awards presented during a banquet for ball players and coaches in the Sportsplex that evening. The official opening of the three-day tournament took place at 6 p.m. at Capostinsky Park. Both the Midget (under 18) and the Peewee (under 14) provincial championships were for the Rep and “C” divisions. The Clearwater Midgets played in the C division while the local Peewees competed in the Rep division. For results and more news about Clearwater Peewee pitcher Julian Dewey winds up for the pitch during a game against Sooke on Friday morning, July 13. the championship tournaments, see Clearwater Minor Ball hosted the provincial Peewee and Midget championships on the weekend. Photo by Keith McNeill next week’s issue.
Talk of trustees’ pay increase overblown, says Harwood Keith McNeill Reports in some Kamloops media last week about a discussion by the board of School District 73 regarding the pay for trustees was overblown, according to John Harwood, trustee for the Clearwater-Blue River area. “It comes up every July. It’s in our policy,” he said. Harwood noted that the school trustees turned down an increase in their pay last year and did the same this year. The Upper North Thompson trustee was the one who made the motion to table the proposal. Simply tabling the proposal was the quickest way to end the debate, he said. Harwood commented that the trustees wouldn’t have seen a stronger reaction from the media if they actually had accepted the increase suggested by staff. “It always makes for good headlines,” he said.
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