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Mt. Baker robotics team takes bronze medal at nationals ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
The Mount Baker Robotics Club has returned from representing B.C. at the national skills competition in Vancouver with a bronze medal. The club, made up of Landon Harvey, Edmond Yoo and Derek Johnson, competed from June 5 to 8, after placing
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Cranbrook’s Maxine Adshead is pictured on the final day of her 13-day trek to Mount Everest base camp. After climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, the retired nurse set her sights on a little more challenging hike. See story, Page 4.
Crash closes highway between Kimberley and Marysville SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
The highway between Marysville and Kimberley was closed for half a day on Wednesday, June 12, after a vehicle crashed into a utility
pole and broke it. According to an RCMP statement, at about 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a police officer came across the scene of the crash on Highway 95A, but there was no sign of the
driver. Witnesses told police that the driver of the vehicle had tried to pass several vehicles on a curve just south of Kimbrook. A vehicle approached in the opposing lane, so the driver
RCMP seek Skookumchuck accident witnesses TOWNSMAN STAFF
Police are seeking witnesses to a crash that occurred on Highway 93/95 near Skookumchuck on Sunday, June 9. Three people were seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash that occurred about 5:30 p.m. RCMP said it appeared a northbound vehicle with a
lone female occupant crossed the centre line and collided head on with a southbound vehicle with two occupants. Police are specifically looking for anyone who may have observed the driving behaviour of either vehicle prior to the crash. The northbound vehicle is a 2002 grey Ford Escape, with
an Alberta license plate. The driver of the Escape is a female driver. The southbound vehicle is a 2008 red Toyota Corolla with two female occupants. Police are also looking for persons who may have come in contact with the drivers of either vehicle in the hours preceding the crash.
tried to pull in but lost control. The vehicle went off the road to the right, where it clipped and broke a utility pole, then overturned. The driver got out and ran away from the scene of the crash, heading toward the bush near Forest Crown subdivision. After two hours of tracking the driver, an RCMP police dog found the 24-year-old man and he was arrested. He was charged with driving without due care and attention, no drivers’ license, and failure to remain at the scene of an accident. RCMP said there was a passenger in the vehicle, but neither occupant was injured. The highway was fully reopened about 3 p.m. after BC Hydro replaced the pole.
first in robotics in the Skills B.C. competition. The national skills competition took place at B.C. Place Stadium, pitting the club against eight other teams from provinces and territories across Canada, including Ontario, Saskatchewan and Nunavut.
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Group hopes for city’s support on preserving old brick building ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
Two Cranbrook residents with building and restoration experience told council that they have brought together a group keen on restoring the historic brick building behind city hall. Ken Haberman and Rob Amsing said that they would like council to allow them to submit the building for heritage funding. They estimated that it would cost only $30,000 to get the garage to a usable and structurally sound state. The estimate was significantly
lower than the sum that the city came up with, which was about $135,000. The reasons the two gave for the lower costs was that for the purpose of a heritage building, there is no need for things like plumbing, electricity and insulation, but rather a need to get the building to a preservable state. “We want to preserve that building, we think it is a historical building in Cranbrook,” Amsing said.
See GROUP , Page 5