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Food Bank short of volunteers Run using donated time, food and money, the Cranbrook Food Bank needs support through the Christmas season SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
Three days a week, virtually every week of the year, volunteers at the Cranbrook Food Bank work diligently to make sure that food hampers are available for those in the community who need a helping hand. Drivers pick up donated food all over the
community: pizza, groceries, baked goods, wild meat and more. Inside the house on 8th Avenue that is the Food Bank’s headquarters, volunteers divide food into portions, wash vegetables, and package hampers to order. In the front office, volunteers man the telephone, taking hamper orders, answering ques-
tions, and finding out where donations are coming from. It’s a well oiled machine that feeds about 700 people each month, about 300 of them children. And it’s entirely volunteer run, said Jackie Jensen, the Food Bank’s manager.
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Kimberley Councillor responds to mayor’s prison rejection C A R O LYN G R A N T
Last week, Kimberley Mayor Ron McRae stated that the City was not endorsing the idea of a potential federal prison near the old airport on Hwy 95A. “The discussions with the RDEK about developing a penal institution have nothing to do with your municipality, its staff and team, or official mayor and council business. The cur-
rent administration does not recognize it as an initiative, let alone a recommendation or consideration.” City Councillor Don McCormick, who has been investigating the possibility of a prison and has had informal talks about it, has responded to the mayor’s statement.
Don McCormick
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Cranbrook RCMP investigating hit and run pedestrian accident TOW NSMA N S TAF F
RCMP are seeking information from the public about a hit and run on Victoria Avenue where a pedestrian was injured. On Thursday, October 17, the Cranbrook RCMP were notified that a vehicle had fled after hitting a pedestrian crossing Victoria
Avenue. Police spoke to a 15-year-old boy at East Kootenay Regional Hospital. He reported that at about 7:45 p.m. on October 17, he was crossing Victoria Avenue at the signalled pedestrian crossing at 2nd Street North. The boy had activated the walk lights at the marked
crossing. As he was crossing, the boy was struck by a blue Chevrolet Cruze, which knocked the boy onto the hood. The driver stopped briefly, until the boy rolled off the side of the vehicle. The car then fled the scene.
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SALLY MACDONALD PHOTO
Dentist Astarte (left) and dental assistant Lara Kahl are ready to accept some of their first patients at the Salvation Army’s new free dental clinic in Cranbrook. The clinic opened earlier this month and is accepting patients who can’t afford to see a dentist. Two more volunteer dentists are soon to join the clinic: Dr. Matthew Choi will soon offer appointments on Saturdays, and Dr. Imre Rokus will join later this year to expand the clinic’s services to include restorative work. People who think they might benefit from the clinic’s services can call the Salvation Army at 250-426-3612.