North Star Skaters
health care auxiliary
dads and daughters
$ 57,079.76
Kimberley Heath Care Auxiliary has another astounding year.
This year’s Ice Show features a special family performance.
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Dirtbag is coming March 8 and 9, Centre 64 and McKim Theatre CAROLYN GRANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Dirtbag weekend in Kimberley will soon be upon us — an opportunity to view, and hear, the offerings of those who pursue the dirtbag lifestyle. The dirtbag philosophy, says John Haner of the Kimberley Volunteer Ski Patrol (one of the organizations Dirtbag will be raising funds for this year) is to make enough money as you have, then have fun, do what makes you happy. And the dirtbag spirit is strong in Kimberley, says one of the fest’s organizers, Alison Ko. It just made sense to support local volunteer groups. “The spirit of Kimberley is strong. We get so much support from the community. The ski hill is a huge piece of the community and the ski patrol is so much a part of the ski hill.” “The ski patrol are the guys in the red jackets,” Haner said. “The volunteer ski patrol are the original ski patrollers at he ski hill since back in the 1950s. They have hired people for ski patrol but on weekends, we are the ones you see.
Photo courtesy The Real McKenzie Photography
Two family days in a row, BC and Alberta, have kids, and their parents, smiling at the Kimberley Alpine Resort. The Resort reports good numbers for both weekends.
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Tourism Infrastructure Advisory Committee appointed CAROLYN GRANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
The Kimberley Tourism Infrastructure Advisory Committee, which will advise Tourism Kimberley on expenditure of Resort Municipality dollars for capital projects in the next five year period, has now been appointed. Appointed to the committee are Jesse Ferguson, Tod Caton and Tim Greiner from Tourism Kimberley, Schaun Goodeve from
the Chamber of Commerce, Ted Funston from the Kimberley Alpine Resort, Wendy Moore for Festivals and Events, Cam Dodd representing merchants, Andy Gray, Steve Brine, and Greg McCallum representing the recreation sector, and Noreen Shaw for Arts and Culture. Twelve people expressed interest for the public at large positions, a number City Council found positive. However, a couple of City Councillors
were not entirely in favour of the appointments. One, Bev Middlebrook, didn’t like the gender balance. “Out of 11 positions, only two were female,’ she said. “It would have been nice to have a female perspective in the recreation area.” It was pointed out that those selected came from those who applied, but Middlebrook said there was another woman who applied but was not chosen.
Coun. Darryl Oakley voted against the appointments. “The process is inequable and flawed,” he said. “It doesn’t represent the direction the City needs to go. Certain skill sets are required to steer the City in terms of cost recovery. I went through the list — who was selected, who was not. I’m disappointed.” Mayor Ron McRae pointed out that it was an advisory committee only. Council voted to accept the appointments.
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