TREK OF A LIFETIME
MOTORCYCLE HEAVEN
OILY LOOKING MESS ISN’T OIL
Keremeos cyclists finish cross country ride See page 4
Crowsnest Winery hosts Harley riders with new models See page 13
Roadside puddle concerns motorists See page 11
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Pleasant conditions for Last Penticton Ironman
Photo by Steve Arstad
These young writers and players take a bow after their performance of Little Red Riding Hood during the Similkameen Family Literacy Day Camp held at The Keremeos Grist Mill and Gardens from August 20-24.
11th place this year, By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview. clocking in at 9:22:06, 15 minutes and three com seconds behind last The last Subaru year’s 9:07:03, a time Canada Ironman in which gave Tremblay Penticton favoured a ninth place finish the athletes with ideal last year, where simiend of summer weath- lar race weather coner conditions. ditions prevailed. The 2,600 particiFifteen time lopants enjoyed sunny cal Ironman Milton skies and warm con- Guignion turned in ditions for race day. a better performance This year’s version this year than last, saw eight contestants p l a c i n g 5 4 6 t h a t from the Okanagan 11:39:14 ahead of last Falls - Kaleden - year’s 565th place, Lower Similkameen 11:44:22 finish. areas take part in the See page nine to race. Strong perennial find out how local local triathlete Scott athletes fared on SunTremblay finished in day.
Riding accident in the Ashnola sends two to hospital; upper end of road to close for bridge repairs By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com
Victims thrown from horses were able to access cellphone service Two men are lucky to be alive after their horses spooked during
a trail ride high up the Ashnola valley on Thursday, August 16. Police received a 911 call just before 8 p.m. on the 16th. One of the horsemen was able to use his cellphone to contact emergency services after both men’s horses spooked on a narrow trail. One of the men tumbled approximately 200 feet, suffering several broken bones and bruised lungs.The other man
was also thrown from his horse, but did not leave the trail. Rescue crews from Keremeos, Osoyoos and Penticton attended the scene, as did Keremeos RCMP and BC Ambulance personnel. Both men were hospitalized. Last week the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations advised travellers that the Ashnola Forest
Service Road will be temporarily closed at 39 kilometres from Tuesday, Sept. 4 to Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, due to a bridge replacement. Ministry staff will be dismantling an old wooden bridge that is deteriorating and will replace it with a steel girder concrete deck bridge with a longer lifespan. Note the closure is near the
end of the forest service road and access to all recreation sites along Ashnola Forest Service Road will not be affected. The Ashnola Forest Service Road is located approximately 27 kilometres southwest of Keremeos, and is part of British Columbia’s 55,000-kilometre Forest Service road network that provides access to British Columbia’s backcountry.