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Birds (and tots) of a feather are flocking together for Halloween parties.
Some notable experts in trail building will be visiting Kimberley.
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Community branding
Magic in the mountains Is Kimberley on the mother lode of mountain magic? CAROLYN GRANT bulletin@cyberlink.ca
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Lorna Locke of Kimberley Home Grown Music Society presents Heather Smith with a $500 cheque. In the back row the volunteers are Bonnie, Darlene and Hannah. The Food Bank is now gearing up for Christmas and every dollar counts. And the Home Grown Music Society begins its 30th year this Saturday night. See more on page 3.
A familiar face dropped by Kimberley City Council chambers on Monday evening — former Mayor Jim Ogilvie. Ogilvie was there to speak to Council about the branding process the community is about to embark on. He wasn’t there to object to it, in fact while Mayor he did speak about the importance of branding. Ogilvie was there to ask Council to consider that above Bavarian themes or anything else, Kimberley has one common threat that has tied people to this community since it was founded and even before.
That thread is the mountains. Ogilvie said he began thinking of the upcoming branding process when he received a phone call from someone concerned about the cost of producing Kimberley’s story. That contract for $80,000 went to local firm Story & Co. The caller, Ogilvie said, pointed out that Kimberley’s history had been told in a book called Mountain Treasures, published in 1979 by the Senior Citizens’ Association. Ogilvie said he explained that the branding exercise was not quite the same thing, but he did reread Mountain Treasures and it reinforced to him the role the mountains have played in the history of Kimberley.
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City says Sun Mine info coming in new year CAROLYN GRANT bulletin@cyberlink.ca
While attending City Council on Monday evening, former Mayor Jim Ogilvie had a few questions on a project he called near and dear to his heart, that being the Sun Mine. SunMine has been jointly developed by the City of Kimberley; EcoSmart, a nonprofit organization based in Vancouver; and Teck Resources Limited, the former operator
of the Sullivan Mine and owner of the industrial site. The project’s objective is to build a twomegawatt peak* (“MWp”) solar power plant and power system that demonstrate both the feasibility of solar power in BC and the benefits of reusing the Sullivan’s existing industrial infrastructure. Ogilvie said he felt that the project could really put Kimberley on the map and he wondered what the progress on it was.
Acting Mayor Kent Goodwin, sitting in for Mayor Ron McRae who was away at a meeting in Kelowna, said that he didn’t disagree about the importance of the project, but that there wasn’t much that could be said given that negotiations were still ongoing. “All that can be said is that it is still in the very delicate negotiation stage,” said City CAO Al Mulholland. “Lawyers are working on the agreement. One of the criteria was that the Sun Mine wouldn’t cost the taxpay-
ers of Kimberley anything.” Mulholland said an independent review, looking at all the numbers, was ongoing and the City was still in touch with all the funders. He said that some details would be released early in the new year. “Teck is very very interested in seeing the Sun Mine go forward,” he said. “But they are also responsible to their shareholders.”
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Wed. Oct. 24, 6-9PM