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Runners at marathon OK
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SCIENCE CAN BE ELECTRIFYING Monica Lamb-Yorski photo
Nesika elementary Grade 6 student Samantha Carriere gets personal with science under the guidance of Thompson Rivers University Williams Lake student aid Aimee Coleman during the Earth Challenge held to mark Earth Day at TRU on April 12. Four schools participated the challenge, organized by the Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society.
Greg Sabatino Tribune Staff Writer Williams Lake runners racing in the Boston Marathon Monday are fine, along with their family members, confirmed their co-workers Monday. Sheldon Manchur, 28, and his girlfriend Shelby Moon, 23, were competing in the marathon. Sheldon finished the race in two hours, 46 minutes and 28 seconds, about an hour before two explosions detonated at the finish line. The blasts have sent at least 100 people to hospital and killed at least two people. Sheldon’s parents Fred and Monica Manchur and Shelby’s dad Gord and stepmother Cindy Moon are all OK, said Sheldon’s co-workers at Chuck’s Auto. The 2013 Boston Marathon database notes 241 of the nearly 27,000 race competitors hail from B.C. For full story and comments see www.wltribune.com.
Inside the Tribune NEWS Clark mentions Stampede.
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SPORTS Karate tourney held.
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COMMUNITY B13 Nanny delivers quadruplets. Weather outlook: Mix of sun and cloud today, high of 11 C. Tomorrow, high of 12 C.
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Electoral office open in Williams Lake Monica Lamb-Yorski Tribune Staff Writer The Cariboo Chilcotin District Elections BC office opened April 8 in Williams Lake. Located at 197C Fourth Ave. in Barnard Square, the office is open to the public Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Deputy District Electoral Officer Linda Isfeld, who held the post in the 2009 election, said she has a great staff ready, willing and eager to help the public. “We will also be hiring approximately 200 electoral officials,” Isfeld said Monday. Advance voting will take place at the Gibraltar Room, May 8 to May 11 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and general voting will occur at the same location on May 14, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. If people are going to be away on the dates set for either advance voting or election day, they can vote at the office as an absentee.
“If people live out of town they can also call and request a mail-in voting package,” Isfeld said. The packages will be mailed to the voter and must be received by the office by general voting day. People who are not registered to vote can do so online by going to www.elections.bc.ca or phone 1-800--661-8683. In Williams Lake and the Cariboo region, some voters are represented by Cariboo North. Several maps line the Elections BC centre’s walls if people are unsure whether they fall within the Cariboo Chilcotin or Cariboo North riding. Cariboo North District Electoral Officer Wayne Rodier said the Cariboo North riding will have advance polls at the Ramada Inn, Williams Lake. General voting polls on May 14 for Cariboo North voters will be held at the Ramada, Sugar Cane Gym, 150 Mile House Fire Hall and Wildwood School. Of the 23,316 eligible voters in
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Deputy District Electoral Officer, Linda Isfeld outside the district electoral office which opened in Barnard Square in Williams Lake April 8. Cariboo North, 6,262 of those voters live in the southern part of the riding, with about 3,300 voters living in Williams Lake through
to 150 Mile. “People can also go vote at anytime after April 14 at any of our offices too,” Rodier said.