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JULY 25, 2012
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Communities in Bloom
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Twister roars through 100 Mile
There were surprised expressions on some faces in town July 7 when a twister developed on 99 Mile Hill and tore the roofing off of Andre’s Electronic Experts building (formerly KSM Communications). The astonished staff members say they thought a big truck had crashed on the highway when they heard loud noises they couldn’t identify. Andre’s employee Sheila Mongey says she didn’t know what had happened at first, when the twister peeled off the roofing and rolled it up like a sardine can. “It was like a freight train driving over the roof. The whole building started shaking, the roof was shaking; at first we though it must be a truck that lost its logs, or something like that.” It was all over in a flash, but those 10-15 seconds were “trippy,” she adds. Employee Shane Paterson says it got “really quiet” afterwards, so he went outside to see what happened and See TWISTER… page A4
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Hot doggin’... Rowan Cole, left, and Avery Cole offered Mabel the Yorkie-Poo a cool drink in the hot sunshine during the Communities in Bloom barbecue celebration. The Community Barbecue, which was hosted by the South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce, was held at the 100 Mile Community Hall courtyard July 16.
Dumps slated for staffing, scheduling and recycling Carole Rooney Free Press
The initial phase of the Cariboo Regional District’s (CRD) 10-year plan for solid waste management operations is growing closer to fruition. The CRD’s Solid Waste Management Plan was approved in principle by the board on July 12, after two years of studies, information gathering and public consultations. The plan includes a phased-in
approach over the next decade It is hoped all sites will be for implementing new and installed by 2014. revised services that will Home composting bins see a one-stop drop for will be also be offered at all waste and recycling at “lost cost” to rural resimany sites. dents, he explains, and CRD chair Al Richmond other phase 1 actions will says the first phase of include burning wood the plan will see added waste and improved recycling options, staffed sorting of demolition stations, controlled hours materials. of access and improved Al Richmond Safety rails will be services for over-sized installed at some sites items, metals and wood waste at where the refuse drop-off is its nine busiest sites. steep and potentially hazardous,
Richmond adds. He explains it will be launched with a pilot at the Lac la Hache transfer station and then spread to Lone Butte and Forest Grove transfer stations, Watch Lake and Interlakes landfills and four other sites further north in the region. The Lac la Hache site was chosen for the pilot because it is the busiest and the CRD hauls the most garbage from there, as See WASTE… page A3