cherry creek park
wildsight
done deal
home composting
With an assist from the Kimberley Community Foundation, the goal is realized.
FriDAY
April 5, 2013
Wildsight is offering education on home composting.
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Let’s clean up C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
With the recent early warm weather, the snow is melting. While it’s a welcome sight, it also reveals the mess left over by winter — dust, un-raked yards and more. With spring comes spring cleanup and the City of Kimberley already has their street sweeper out. It will be running around Kimberley streets for most of April and May. Residents can assist by sweeping sand and gravel from sidewalks into street gutters. The City will also be doing a pickup of yard waste in May. Each collection route will be picked up once at the beginning of the week. Route 1 (Tuesday) will be picked up the week of May 13; Route 2 (Wednesday) the week of May 6; Route 3 (Thursday) week of May 27; and Route 4 (Friday) week of May 21. Please put your yard waste out the beginning of the week. This pick up is for grass, leaves, plants and hedge clippings, not large trees and branches or any type of construction waste. All should be put in plastic garbage bags. Residents are also reminded that there is no outdoor burning permitted. April 21 to 27, 2013 is Pitch In Week. Individuals and groups can participate in community cleanup. Contact Cynthia at the City of Kimberley, at 250-427-9660 to register.
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It’s been an incredible week for skiing under clear skies. Enjoy the slopes at Kimberley Alpine Resort while you can — it closes for the season this weekend. It’s Spring Splash Saturday and Sunday. Cranbrook’s Good Ol’ Goats, currently in the top four wof CBC’s Searchlight contest, are playing outdoors on the plaza. Also playing are Shred Kelly and Heather Gemmel and the Peaks.
Marysville arena
Final cost of ice plant not yet known
Marysville arena on the list of aging infrastructure waiting for replacement C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
It’s a problem that all municipalities are facing — aging infrastructure of not just roads, water and sewer systems, but recreation facilities as well. As reported previ-
ously in the Bulletin, the Marysville Arena is in need of an ice plant upgrade, and a funding request for the work was denied. Replacement could cost up to $400,000 and Mayor and Council were seeking clarification as to whether the work has to be done this year. Kimberley’s manager of Parks, Recreation and Facilities, Tom Sprado, says that the arena is already operating on a variance on the condition that the ice plant is fixed
before start up of the 2013 season. The Marysville arena ice plant is turned on in October. He says another variance could be applied for, but he doesn’t know if it would be granted. As for the cost, Sprado says it could well be much less than $400,000. He had some funds and hired an engineering consultant to look at the issue. An exact picture of the cost will be coming soon.
Not being able to fix the ice plant would be a real loss. The Marysville Arena is very well used — almost as busy as the Civic Centre, he says. “Minor Hockey probably uses the Marysville arena for 45 per cent of their ice time.” The problem with the ice plant is simply age, Sprado says.
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