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MonDAY June 3, 2013
business
Mayor goes to meeting
Roots for me
Gardening business sprouts in Marysville.
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Lee Haskell Society
Youth Centre faces closure Centre on hiatus as new Board mulls over future options C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
The Lee’s Spark Youth Centre has been in operation in Kimberley for 20 years, the longest running youth centre in the province. But these are tough times for the centre and it has been shut down since the winter. In a last ditch effort to keep the Lee Haskell Society alive, former staff members have taken on the Board positions. Former Executive Director Bev Middlebrook has stepped in as chair, with former staffers Chelsea Tierney as Vice President and Secretary, and Sherry Jenson as treasurer. George Rdalja will act as a director. “The previous board wanted to step down and we just didn’t want to see a Society that’s been in existence for 20 years dissolved,” Middlebrook said. The plan was to close the Howard Street building, sell it and its assets and put the money into scholarships. And that still may happen if operating funds aren’t found, Middlebrook said, but they just want to make sure they have exhausted every possibility before they close down for good. And if closure is the only option, the current board has 20 years experience combined at the centre, and will be able to use that knowledge to get the best out of its assets. The issue is operating funds, enough money to pay the bills each month. The Centre does have over $20,000 in program funds sitting in the bank, but you can’t use that money for a Hydro bill. “It is operating costs we are struggling with,” Middlebrook said. “Funders give money for programs, not for paying monthly bills.”
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Photo courtesy Jim Webster
There was a whole lot to do in Kimberley and Marysville this weekend with Marysville Daze anchoring First Saturday events. There was fun at both arenas, with a pancake breakfast, kids games, flea market and an evening dance in Marysville, and a roller derby at the Civic Centre Saturday night. The Platzl was buzzing as well with First Saturday events like the Omazing Race, above. See more this week in the Bulletin.
health and fitness
Wasa Triathlon celebrates 20 years
The family-minded event, encouraging determination and good health, is coming up June 8 and 9 By Kait y Brown
The annual Wasa Triathlon is celebratng their 20th anniversary, filled with the same family-minded focus. The Wasa Triathlon has come a long
way from its humble beginnings, gathering more and more participants as the years passed by. Events include the TriKids, Sprint, Olympic and Relay styles. “I don’t know the exact numbers of the earlier days but it was more around 30 to 40 individuals and a bunch of relay teams,” says Charlie Cooper, one of the main organizers of the event. “In 1999, I think, there were 90 participants. In 2001 we had 180, the following year in 2002 it got up to 360, and in the
last two years, 2011 and 2012, we had about 1,200 participants come out to Wasa.” Not only has the triathlon increased in numbers from past years, but it has also increased its diversity of contestants – participants ranging from beginning runners accomplishing their first event to those at the peak of their physical condition challenging themselves.
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