sale success
International program
craft fair
friendly hellos
The Marysville PAC’s annual trade and craft fair was a big success.
Students in the SD6 International Program introduce themselves to their temporary hometown.
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Phase I of flume project wraps soon
C AROLYN GR ANT bulletin@cyberlink.ca
Phase I of the flume project will be completely wrapped up by the end of the year, says Kimberley Mayor
Ron McRae. The contractor, Copcan, is currently finishing off both ends of the final piece of phase I, taking the rebuilt river bed up to just below BJ’s Restaurant.
McRae says the last thing the contractor will do this year is create the transition from the finished to unfinished portions of the flume. A house was removed just across from BJ’s which will
allow for widening of the creek bed to the bridge over Wallinger Ave. However, the bridge itself belongs to the Ministry of Transportation, not the City. “Once we are done this
part, we will be finished with half the concrete portion of the flume,” he said. “But the flume project is not just the replacement of the cement, but the piece above it too.” That portion will be dealt
with in the third phase. Creek water is currently bypassing the project through pipes, but will be allowed to flow through the new creek bed by the end of the year, McRae said.
Season of giving
Selkirk ready to launch Food Bank drive
$2 buys the chance for a great prize and a Christmas hamper for the Food Bank C AROLYN GR ANT bulletin@cyberlink.ca
Each year, Kimberley residents give generously to the Helping Hands Food Bank to support their Christmas hamper campaign. A big part of that effort every year comes from Selkirk Secondary. Students at Selkirk raise thousands every December to assist the Food Bank in making sure everyone in Kimberley has a Christmas dinner. Last year, $7000 was raised. This year, Principal Cling Dolgopol is challenging students to do a little better than that. He’d like to see the students raise $8000, and the route to that number is having every student sell at least one book of tickets. The ticket cost is $2 — a small price for the
chance to win either $1000, $500 or $250. The winning tickets will be drawn on December 21, 2012 at the schools Christmas assembly. For further incentive, students can win prizes for selling tickets. The student who sells the first, second and third place tickets will each receive prizes. The top selling class will get a pizza party and the next two top selling classes will receive donuts and treats from Tim Hortons for the entire class. The Food Bank donated 192 Christmas Hampers in 2011 to families in our community and we raised close to $7000 to assist in the donated Christmas Hampers. Christmas Hampers last year cost $32,000 and the entire cost was covered by fundraising through the community including Selkirk. The Food Bank is currently receiving Carolyn Grant photo many applications and the need is 7 per cent Selkirk Secondary’s student council asks all Kimberley residents to support their Food Bank Fund Raiser and purchase4 a $2 greater compared to ticket when students come to your door. A top prize of $1000 is available for the winning ticket holder. Above the Sttudent council and in the window the three top ticket sellers so far, Chelsea Blake, Josh Singbeil and Celina Dovell. previous years.
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