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Communities in Bloom committee members (from left) Darlene Kalawsky, Kari Burk, Gail Hunnisett, Kathy and Mac Gregory, Mielle Metz (front), Roxy Riley, and Pam Johnston pose with the national award and the banner. Missing: Denise Talarico, Angie Zibin and Marilyn Pearson. Craig Lindsay photo
National kudos for Castlegar CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter
The City of Castlegar was a big winner at the recent Communities in Bloom National Awards ceremony. Castlegar retained its five bloom status and came first in the 6,501 - 10,000 population category for 2012. Darlene Kalawsky,
Communities in Bloom (CiB) volunteer coordinator, attended the CiB National Symposium Awards at the Edmonton Capital Region on Oct. 12–13 and was thrilled to learn of the honour. “It’s very exciting for us to be recognized,” she said. “The committee is ecstatic.
We’re really pleased to be recognized. We know we have a great community but sometimes the recognition has to come from the outside in for people to believe it.” Castlegar has been involved in the national Communities in Bloom program for the past three years and has post-
ed five blooms each time. This is the first time the city has won the national award. “I knew our scores were getting close,” said Kalawsky. “The last two years we’ve been in five blooms. This is our third year at the national level of competition. I thought we still had some work to do. I
was still surprised though. I was happily surprised. I was sure hoping we’d come out on top. You know we’ve had a really good year. We’ve got a lot of projects going on. I knew when the judges were here that they really enjoyed being here. That doesn’t always mean you’ll score high.
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“I think we have an extremely valuable volunteer core in our community. I think that also makes a very big difference in your outcome. The cities, the municipality’s involvement is key. Public works is very important to this program.