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Provincial champs
Golden archers C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Archery coach Vladimir Kopecky has coached at every level, from regional to world championships to Paralympics, but every win by one of his students is a thrill. This past weekend, Kopecky led a contingent of five Kimberley shooters to the provincial championships in Cranbrook, and all five athletes medalled. Darby Dean led the way with a gold medal. this is the second provincial championship for Darby, who has also been invited to represent Canada at the World Youth Championships in China next fall. “That’s a big deal,” says coach Kopecky. Curtis Mummery took a silver, and his dad, Chris, a newcomer to the sport, won his class. another family affair, the Krawenchuc’s, from Marysville saw daughter Jessica win a bronze and dad Richard, a bronze as well. Kopecky, who has coached disabled Jaffrey archer Kevin Evans to world championships, has been invited to go to Winnipeg this month to speak to soldiers wounded in Afghanistan about his work with Paralympic athletes, and how he has taught them to compete despite disabilities.
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GOLDEN ARCHERS. Kimberley was, as always, well represented at the Provincial Archery Championships hosted by the Cranbrook Archery Club this past weekend. Above, a full slate of medal winners in different classes, Curtis Mummery, silver, Darby Dean, gold, and Jessica Krawenchuc, bronze, with their Kimberley coach, Vladimir Kopecky.
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Prescribed burns planned this week C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
The Rocky Mountain Forest District will be taking advantage of suddenly warmer temperatures and attempt to begin prescribed burns this week. The burns, says Randy Harris, team leader of Ecosystem Restoration, are a follow up to five years of logging and
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thinning. “We are looking to kill trees less than a metre high,” he said. “That will rejuvenate the grass and reduce fire hazard.” Burns are planned for: 1. Munson Slough just south and west of Jaffray near Lake Koocanusa 2. Vicinity of the old Kimberley Airport on Hwy 95A
3. Premier Lake Provincial Park 4. Artesian Spring just south of McGinty Lake and Meadowbrook There will also be pile burning near Meadowbrook over the course of the spring and fall. The burn at Munson Slough could be ignited as early as tomorrow, Friday April 5, Harris said.
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See BURN, Page 4 A prescribed burn is set last year near the Highway 3 overpass on Hwy 95.
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