THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
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Canadian rock musician Barney Bentall brought his band to the Key City Theatre Tuesday night, giving the audience a retrospective of his almost 25 year career. At one point, Bentall invited his granddaughter Brooke up to the stage to perform a duet with him, to the delight of the crowd. Above, left to right: Eric Reed, Barney Bentall, Rob Becker and Geoff Hicks.
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Jamie Hodge recognized for Cranbrook’s wastewater improvements S A L LY M AC D O N A L D Townsman Staff
Cranbrook’s lead engineer has been recognized by his peers with an award for the city’s wastewater upgrades. Jamie Hodge accepted the 2012 Sustainability Award from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. during its annual conference October 25 to 27 in Victoria. The award from Hodge’s peers recognizes the upgrades to
Cranbrook’s wastewater treatment system since 2008. The project upgrades nearly every component of the city’s wastewater and spray irrigation system, originally constructed in the 1970s. Cranbrook’s sewage is filtered at lagoons on the outskirts of the city, then piped to farming fields in Mayook. There the effluent is treated and applied to pastures and crops used by local ranchers. It’s the second award
Cranbrook has received for its upgrades to the system. In February, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities honoured the city with its Sustainable Communities Award for Water. “It’s the crowning achievement. In four years, I don’t think I’ve had such a wonderful award,” said Hodge. When the second phase of the upgrades is complete, Cranbrook’s wastewater system will exceed new federal re-
quirements announced earlier this year, which have sent many other municipalities across the country scrambling. “This is the second award the project has received. Jamie is well deserving of it. He has poured his heart into trying to make this a better system over the past couple of years,” said Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski. “It’s important the system be sustainable and that the good work our staff do on it gets recognized.”
just the start ANNALEE GR ANT Townsman Staff
It was the start of something big when community leaders gathered at Rotary Park for a bullying rally on Saturday, November 10. Organized by two local moms, Renee Savarie and Danielle Port, who wanted to mark the end of bullying in the community, the rally drew out supporters and local politicians to say once and for all that bullying is not allowed in B.C. Pink was the colour of choice for many attendees, who wore it to symbolize the colour
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that has been chosen to represent anti-bullying. Members of Cranbrook City Council were among the speakers at the weekend event. Mayor Wayne Stetski said he believes the community is at the very beginning of an important movement. “I think what we need to do collectively is to make bullying totally unacceptable from a social perspective. It’s an issue that of course is front and centre right now,” Stetski said.
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