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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
Tremors felt locally A magnitude of 7.7 earthquake occurred offshore in the Haida Gwaii region at 8:04 p.m. on Sat. Oct. 27 and was followed by numerous aftershocks. The strongest aftershock as of Oct. 29 measured 6.3 and occurred at 11:54 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28. The aftershock sequence is expected to continue for weeks with the number and severity of earthquakes decreasing over time, says Natural Resources Canada. The earthquake was felt in several places around the province. While the Williams Lake RCMP confirms it did not receive any calls about the earthquake, some residents reported their blinds shaking, an aquarium’s water swishing, and chandeliers swaying in homes on Toop Road.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN Greg Sabatino photo
It was a spooky scene Saturday and Sunday evening at the Boys and Girls Club in Williams Lake. The local non-profit organization hosted its annual haunted house where volunteers (from left Diondra Hurd, 14, Lora Fairbrother, Charlotte Duggan, Nicole Grant, Mazira Faubert, 13, Jessica Morris, 14, and Marlene Fairbrother (front) gave guests a reason to scream.
Hauntings, treats, and fireworks for Halloween Greg Sabatino Tribune Staff Writer
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If you’re looking to be scared or just have some fun Halloween night in Williams Lake there’s no shortage of spooks to keep you and the entire family screaming. Immediately after school gets out Wednesday Wayne Lucier, political advisor with the Cariboo Chilcotin Metis Association, lets ghosts, goblins and other ghoulish creatures invade his home and yard at 717 Ninth Ave. when he and the association host a haunted house.
“We’ve been doing this seven years now,” he said, noting admission to the haunted house is by donation and will go to Jubilee Place. “Little kids, I’d advise to bring them when the sun’s still shining. Once it gets dark we’re going to be scaring whoever we can and we have a blast. Between the life-sized mannequins that I have and real people it’s hard to tell who’s real and who’s not.” The CCMA haunted house goes until 8 p.m. If you’re downtown stop by Karen’s Place restaurant with the kids.
She’ll be giving away hot chocolate and free goodie bags to all who dare enter her haunted house. “I’m closing the restaurant down so I can have fun with the kids,” said Karen Browne, owner of Karen’s Place. “You’re going to walk in the front door and you’re going to start being scared right from there and it’s going to be a scary haunted house.” Karen’s Place haunted house goes from 5 to 9 p.m. Once you’ve wrapped up trick or treating head over to the Stampede Grounds as the city will light its annual Halloween bonfire at 7:15
p.m. At 7:45 p.m. the fireworks are scheduled to begin. Additionally, the Lion’s Club will be selling hot dogs and hot chocolate. Williams Lake resident Ken Sheen has also carved a log sculpture pumpkin to use for the fireworks. Just south of Williams Lake in 150 Mile House the 150 Mile House Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its annual Halloween celebration. The event, which features fireworks, hot dogs and hot beverages, kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at the 150 Mile House Volunteer Fire Department.
CRD forecasts zero per cent budget increase for 2013 Monica Lamb-Yorski Tribune Staff Writer
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The Cariboo Regional District is working toward a zero per cent increase on its 2013 budget. “We’re trying to hold the line on a zero per cent increase,” CRD chair Al Richmond told the Tribune, Friday, Oct. 26. “At the present time it looks quite promising. We identified a couple of areas where we want staff to go back and
look at where some changes can be made.” The CRD began preliminary budget discussions Oct. 25, the day before their regular board meeting on Friday. Richmond said the board felt some of the budget items looked a little “light” and staff needed to make some reconsiderations to bring back to the first formal budget meeting on Nov. 15. “We wondered if there was
enough in some of the budget for reserves and whether staff had looked at some other options of doing something, it’s a matter of looking at the cost allocations and making sure we know as best we can if there’s enough money there. What we don’t want to do in this exercise is to underfund something and cut too far.” One of the other things the board’s been looking at is updating its bylaws in regards to urban farm-
ing. That will take time and money, Richmond said as one example of making sure the budget has room. At the next budget meeting Thursday, Nov. 15 the board will receive more detailed reports from staff. The budget meetings are open to the public. The proposed budget will be presented to residents during three sub-regional meetings in 100 Mile House, Quesnel and Williams Lake in January and February.