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Butler recalls dramatic week in Boston
Cranbrook man visited the U.S. city during the week-long hunt for the Boston marathon bombers S A LLY MAC D ON AL D Townsman Staff
A Cranbrook businessman has just returned from a visit to Boston during one of the city’s most tumultuous weeks. Dave Butler, who was visiting on business for Canadian Mountain Holidays, arrived in Boston last Tuesday, April 16, one day after two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 250 people. He left Boston on Saturday, April 20, a day after the second of two suspects in the bombings was taken into custody by law enforcement. It was Dave’s first visit to Boston, and he stayed in two hotels, one just two blocks from the site of the explosions, and another further
from downtown Boston but closer to Watertown, where bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were tracked down by police. “It was very spooky to be there shortly after it happened and to see the range of emotions of the people,” Dave says. “It was a heck of an introduction to the town.” When Dave arrived in Boston Tuesday, he checked into a Four Seasons hotel just two blocks from the site of the bombings. “At that point, the city was still in mourning around the losses of the bombing,” Dave says. From outside his hotel he could see a makeshift memorial set up to the victims and behind it, Boylston Street was cordoned off.
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PHOTO COURTESY DAVE BUTLER
In the days after the Boston marathon bombing, a memorial to the victims was set up on Boylston Street in Boston.
Group hopes to develop Cranbrook-Wardner bike route A R N E P E T RYS H E N Townsman Staff
Representatives of the Trails Society of B.C. hope to develop a bike and walking trail between Cranbrook and Wardner. Al Skucas and Oliver Thomae were asking for council support on the project Monday, as a way to ex-
pand on the local trail network on behalf of Trails B.C. Skucas said the project is supported by the Trans Canada Trail, and in the past year the national trail society has funded a feasibility and trail concept plan, which was completed last month. He said the project has a
lot of benefits, in that it promotes health and wellness and also would complement the North Star Rails to Trails route from Cranbrook to Kimberley. The new route would develop 22 km of trails on the 36 km Cranbrook-Wardner route. The rest is made up of secondary roads. The road
would be topped with a material suitable for riding a bike on, though not paved. “What in effect we are doing here is providing the region with two quality trails,” Skucas said, adding that it would have an increased economic spin-off and keep tourists in the area longer.
The trail begins on 5.5 km of the city’s Isadore Canyon utility corridor. Skucas said the corridor has been used as a recreational path for a few decades. “With the pending completion of the corridor pipeline upgrades, it presents an opportunity to collaborate on the sources for trail re-
surfacing,” he said. Skukas said the society has found volunteers who want to participate on the stewardship of the trail. Skucas said the area around Grand Forks has a similar trail on top of FortisBC’s high pressure gas line.
WHAT CHOICE WILL WE MAKE? High Taxes or Low Taxes? * New Jobs or Lost Jobs? * A Strong Economy or the Worst Economy in Canada? Access to Our Backcountry or More Road Closures & Parks? * A Strong Proven MLA or a Rookie MLA?
Our choice has consequences. To keep Kootenay East strong, our choice on May 14th is Bill Bennett AUTHORIZED BY BILL BROCK, FINANCIAL AGENT FOR BILL BENNETT 250-426-3404
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