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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 The Valley Echo
NEWS “It was definitely packed,” said Mr. Hendry. “The market was certainly a big hit.” The Radium community markets attracted 2,000 people — about The Invermere Visitor Centre, which has two locations (at the 1,000 on Friday night and another 1,000 on Saturday, he said. crossroads and at a kiosk downtown), saw exactly the same num“It was absolutely chock-a-block here at Copper Point Resort,” ber of groups in total as it did last year. The crossroads location said Copper Point general manager Amanda Robinson, adding had a total of 385 groups visiting Friday through Monday, while the resort had between 400 and 500 guests each night for the the downtown kiosk saw 205 groups. While the crossroads loca- weekend. tion had slightly more groups of visitors — 14 — than last year, “It was full, full, full and busy, busy, busy. It was great,” said Ms. the downtown kiosk had 14 fewer groups of visitors than it did Robinson. the previous year. Copper Point’s golf courses also did well during the long week“We’d like to see the numbers increasing, but end, according to the courses’ general manoverall it was a good weekend,” said Columbia ager Brian Schaal. “We were jammed solid. It was Valley visitor centre manager Kathy Tyson. “We were jammed solid. It was busy,” said Even though the numbers were the same busy. It was a great weekend, Mr. Schaal, adding Copper Point’s two coursfrom one year to the next, Ms. Tyson said one of our best ever.” es — the Point and the Ridge — saw 500 golfSunday in particular seemed bustling in ers on Saturday, more than 500 on Sunday BRIAN SCHAAL, MANAGER downtown Invermere, perhaps because of and almost 500 on Monday. COPPER POINT GOLF CLUB the first walking version of the annual Tour of “It was a great weekend, one of our best the Arts. ever,” he said. “I was down there helping out with a booth and couldn’t help Fairmont Hot Springs Resort has record sales in golf and retail but notice how busy it seemed,” she said. during the long weekend, according to the resort’s vice president The Radium Hot Spring Visitors’ Centre had exactly the same of sales and marketing, Fiona Cull. number of visitors stop in — 1,983 from Friday through Monday “We are delighted with how the business was,” said Ms. Cull, — as it did last year, according to Radium Hot Springs visitor cen- adding the lodge was full, the RV park was full and the camptre councillor Morgan Hendry. ground was full. “We’re dead even with last year,” said Mr. Hendry. “We had just a fantastic weekend. It was great,” she said. Although the numbers did not increase, last year was also exThe guests at Fairmont for the weekend were a mix of returning tremely busy, so tourism-related businesses had a good long long-time customers and new customers, and there were a few weekend, he said. weddings at the resort, she said. 'BC DAY' FROM PAGE A1
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current access from highway 93 to the Rockwall trail is on the Helmet Creek trail (which goes to the Rockwall's far north end) or Floe Lake trail (which goes to the Rockwall's far south end). Hikers still wishing to visit the Rockwall will have to do out-and-back hikes on these two remaining access trails. Visitors with smoke sensitivity should still avoid the area altogether. The fire danger level in Parks Canada's Lake Louise-Yoho-Kootenay field unit has been downgraded to moderate, but park authorities are asking visitors to keep campfires in designated areas and ensure any fires are fully extinguished before leaving their site.
RDEK Public Hearing Notice BYLAW 2483 Bylaw Amendment - Windermere
notIce oF ScHeduled Power InterruPtIon FaIrmont Hot SPrIngS When: Sunday, August 18, 2013 Time: 4:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (MDT) Where: Fairmont Hot Springs – north along Hwy 93/95 from Hot Springs Road, south to Fairmont Airport Road, including all of Fairmont Hot Springs. BC Hydro will be making electrical system improvements in Fairmont Hot Springs on Sunday, August 18, 2013. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 4 hours. To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, please turn off all lights, major appliances and unplug all electronics. For the first hour after the power comes back on, please only plug in or turn on those electronics and appliances that you really need. This will help ensure the electrical system does not get overloaded.
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The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Travis Williams and Shelley Streicek to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the amendment will change the zoning designation of the subject property to allow for the keeping of small farm animals. The subject property is located in Windermere and is shown on the attached map. Bylaw No. 2483 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 288, 2013 (Windermere / Williams & Streicek)” will amend the zoning designation of Lot 4, District Lot 8, Kootenay District, Plan NEP66908 from R-1, Single Family Residential Zone to SH-1, Small Holding Residential Zone. A public hearing will be held at: Windermere Community Hall 4726 North Street, Windermere, BC Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 7:00 pm The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and District of Invermere. If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing: • inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays; • mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/ numbers shown below; or • present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing. SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Jean Terpsma, Planning Technician, at 250-489-0314, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email jterpsma@rdek.bc.ca.
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