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Long night after midnight plummet off road
C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Clear thinking and a strong will to survive kept 19-year old Lillie Young of Marysville alive two weeks ago when her car went off the road and down the embankment at McPhee Bridge. Lillie is recovering at home now, after a week at East Kootenay Regional Hospital, with injuries including a broken back, severe bruising, cuts and abrasions. The accident occurred just after midnight on February 18, 2013. Lillie spoke to the Bulletin this week about
“I don’t know how I did it. Shock got me up that hill. I knew I’d be dead if I didn’t go.” Lillie Young
her experience. “I was at my friend’s house in Cranbrook and driving home just after midnight, maybe 12:30,” she said. “Right before McPhee, I skidded off the road. “I don’t remember
going down the bank. I don’t remember crashing or rolling. I woke up in my car. I got that my car was upside down, but I didn’t know how I got there. I remember crawling out. I squeezed out and my back was hurting.” The airbags had deployed and Lillie was wearing a seatbelt. She has injuries from both, but realizes it could have been much worse if she wasn’t belted in. “I looked at my car and then I tried to find my phone but I couldn’t find it. It was so cold out.” Lillie says she had a vague idea where she was — she could see the
bridge and figured out she was down the bank. At the time she thought she was on the east side of the bridge, though she would realize later she was on the west side. Her car left the road just by the old entrance to Shadow Mountain and came to rest on a shelf above the river. She couldn’t hear any traffic, and given the time of night she didn’t think there would be any. “I knew no one would find me. “I went back in my car. I was still trying to find my phone. The Photo courtesy Alan Young lights didn’t work, nothLillie’s car is a write-off after rolling down the embankment near McPhee ing worked. See Page 3 Bridge.
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The Children and Staff at the Kimberley Independent School celebrated anti bullying day on Feb 27th. The school had a power point presentation for students and parents during morning assembly. The children made a mural and wore pink to shed light on the issues sounding bullying. The students shared stories and poems about their solutions to bullying. We want everyone to walk away with the slogan; be a H.E.R.O. (Helps Everyone, Respect Others). A friendship club was started and meets weekly, to discuss ways to nurture a caring community and positive actions during play. The Kimberley Independent School has a zero tolerance towards bullying, the kids at KIS took a pledge to be the change they want to see in the world.
A couple of upcoming events, offered through the Kimberley Chamber of Commerce, will be of interest to local business owners. The first is a technology session with Google’s top thought leaders, brought in with a live feed from the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. The 90 minute session is scheduled for Tuesday, March 5, 2013 from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Kimberley Conference and Athlete Training Centre. Enjoy 90 minutes of great content, food, and discussions about how technology is changing the methods you can best reach your customers. This is a free seminar and is open to the first 20 participants only. Email Greg Bradley at gbradley@ tekpro.ca The Chamber is also offering special one-hour webinars covering the general principles of the PST, registration and the new online services option, called eTaxBC. Re-implementation of the PST is only four weeks away. Businesses looking for help with the transition can sign up for the webinars which are schedule for March 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28th. You can sign up for any of the above by following the links at kimberleychamber.com