ag plan
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Input sought on East Kootenay Agriculture Plan. See LOCAL NEWS page 3
Ryan McGill up for Coach for the year
ThursDAY March 21, 2013
Kootenay Ice coach named Eastern Conference candidate Page 8
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Friends of Burma
Refugee work will continue
FOB will continue to provide refugee settlement services despite being denied funding C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
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Kimberley Gymnastics Club gymnasts prepare to march out to compete in Nelson. See competition results, page 3.
the 21st century volunteer
Non-profits invited to book launch Monday, March 25, Centre 64 C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Kimberley has always been a city of volunteers. Everything from the biggest festival to the smallest club is
driven by hard work from unpaid but dedicated people. But times have changed and many non-profits are now struggling with how to attract and retain volunteers. Next Monday, March 25 at Centre 64, REACH, the Resource, Education and Consultation Hub of the Kootenay Boundary Community Services Co-op, is hosting a book launch.
The book, The Abundant Not-forProfit: How Talent (not Money) will Transform your Organization, may be just what non-profits are looking for. Lynda Gerty of the Vancouver-based not-for-profit, Vantage Point co-authored the book and she will talk about it at the launch.
See VOLUNTEER, Page 5
Friends of Burma, an all volunteer organization which has been sponsoring refugees to Canada, and new homes in the East Kootenay, for many years will continue to do so, says Shauna Jimenez, despite the fact that provincial funding to help with that very thing has gone to another agency.
As reported in the Townsman/Bulletin last month, the B.C. Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced funding to enhance the integration of immigrants into B.C. Communities — part of the Ministry’s Welcoming Communities Program (WCP). Locally, the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) received $107,000 to help achieve this goal in Cranbrook. Kimberley CBAL received a further $80,000 on top of that to help new immigrants to the area settle and acclimatize.
See FOB , Page 4
Sharp eyed police officer catches car thief Cpl. Chris Newel For the Bulletin
A subject is in custody and stolen vehicle recovered after an off duty police officer checked an abandon vehicle on highway 95A on March 19. The officer had been to an appointment in Kimberley and was on his way back to Cranbrook when he noted a vehicle parked on the side of the highway, near Porteous Road, that wasn’t there earlier. He also
saw three subjects walking along the highway not far away. Upon checking the vehicle he saw that the ignition was damaged, believing it to be stolen and the subjects walking away involved, he went after them and made an arrest. He called for assistance and officers from Cranbrook and Kimberley responded and commenced an investigation.
See CAR Page 3