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JulyFest
Start thinking bocce
Bocce registration now open C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Chris Newel photo
LET THEM EAT CAKE. And lots of it as McKim students celebrate graduation from the DARE program. Since February Cst Huffman and Cst Balzer have been teaching DARE to the Grade 5 student at McKim Middle School. Sixty five students took part 9 lessons. Over the course the students received information about the health effects of alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and inhalants. They talked about the social pressures and ways to be confident in saying “No”. The students are encouraged to make good decisions and choices in life.
It’s called the ‘Best of the Fests’ and with the demise of KIOTAC, JulyFest is certainly the biggest event Kimberley has to offer. JulyFest is known for many things — the massive soccer tournament, the parade, class reunions and the big dance — but no one can argue that bocce is the anchor event for the weekend. The Canadian Bocce Championships generally attract upwards of 200 teams, and the bocce pits are the centre of weekend action. No matter what particular event drew you to JulyFest, you will end up in the bocce area at one point over the weekend. It’s time to get ready for the big bocce tournament, and the Kimberley Chamber of Commerce has now opened registration for the 2013 championships, which take place July 19 through 21. You can register at the JulyFest website. Just go to www.kimberleyjulyfest.com to register and for more information on all JulyFest events.
See BOCCE , Page 3
The science behind watershed decisions C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
While Council has yet to make a decision on easing up on the ‘no recreation in the watershed’ policy, there has been an application from a snowmobile tour operator that his company be allowed to continue to offer tours through the Mark Creek Valley.
In 2003, another snowmobile operator had requested access, and at that time the Mark Creek Watershed Committee struck a sub-group to look at the science behind recreational access and its potential impact on water quality. Corie Barraclough of Aqua-Tex, the company which monitors water quality for the
City of Kimberley in its watershed, wrote the report in consultation with the committee. From the report: The committee felt that three key hazards posed a high risk to the drinking water supply. These hazards were common to a wide range of recreational activities:
1) microbial contamination of the water supply (including bacteria, viruses and parasites) by poor sanitation; 2) water quality/quantity degradation due to wildfire; and 3) introduction and spread of noxious weeds.
See SCIENCE, Page 3