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Vol. 90 Issue 43 • Wednesday, October 23, 2013 • www.arrowlakesnews.com • 250-265-3823 • $1.25 •
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Locals make tracks at Okanagan Marathon Wrede crossed the finish line at 4:16:59, ninth in her age category. Wrede is taking her time and running with it, back to half marathons, which she prefers to run. Also in her first marathon, Nancy Balske completed the route with a time of 5:05:52. A personal best, she ran the first half of the marathon faster than she has ever run a half marathon in the past. Competing in the half marathon, Natasha Miles from Hills was fourth in her age category with a time of 1:37:04, which was also a personal best time.
Rita Redavid, Kelly Waterfield, Marie Wrede, Nancy Balske and Janis Neufeld were among local participants in the Okanagan Marathon. Courtesy Marie wrede Claire paradis crossed the finish line at the same time. Neufeld encouraged and paced her to make Arrow Lakes News sure she got across the line under four Records were set, goals surpassed, and hours so she would qualify for the Boston personal bests achieved by local runners at run. “It was close!” Neufeld told the Arrow the Okanagan Marathon in Kelowna on the Oct. 12-13 weekend. Competitors could hit Lakes News. “Only four seconds to the bricks as part of a 10-kilometre walk or spare! She actually stopped a few meters run, a full marathon, or variations between. from the finish line she was so exhausted. I Tim Sander from Hills ran the full mar- physically grabbed her hand to keep her athon in 3:27:02, coming in 12th in his age moving to get her across the line.” Watercategory with this personal best time. field had given her all in the run and had Fourth in her age category, Kelly Water- to be taken to first aid tent with low blood field ran a 3:59:56, which qualified her for pressure and low blood sugar. “Toughest the Boston Marathon. Waterfield dug deep, chick I’ve ever met,”said Neufeld. Running her first marathon, Marie running with coach Janis Neufeld who
Rita Redavid had tons of fun in the 10k
Kelly Waterfield qualified for the Boston Marathon with seconds to spare. Courtesy Marie wrede
NSS Principal Natasha Miles achieved fourth and a personal best. Courtesy Marie wrede Rouve Hembling & Susan Fehler ran the half together and finished in a time of 2:19:37.
walk, completing it in 1:32:31. This was the first event of this kind she had ever taken part in, and she said she will be doing it again. “Running is such a great sport,” said coach Janis Neufeld, based in Nakusp, B.C. It’s an activity that’s easy to get involved in, not expensive, and for everyone, she said. Neufeld will be starting up and coaching a Nakusp Running Club starting November, with a separate group for beginners who are just starting out. -with files from Janis Neufeld
RCMP files: tanker crash, tool theft, honest impaired driver Claire paradis Arrow Lakes News
Tanker in ditch A tanker hauling wet asphalt drove into the ditch across from Summit Lake, leaking some of its contents on Oct. 9. Nakusp RCMP contacted the Ministry of Environment and crews were sent to assess and clean up the scene. At 11:43 p.m., the Nakusp
RCMP received a call from the Arrow Lakes Hospital that the driver of a tractor trailer was being treated for injuries from an accident near Summit Lake. Swerving to avoid a deer, the driver had driven into the ditch across from the lake, about 20 kilometres east of Nakusp. The crash is currently being investigated by RCMP and Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement.
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A Stihl saw and an industrial weed whacker were stolen from a tree planting worksite near Wilson Creek Road, the Nakusp RCMP were told on Oct. 10. Each piece of equipment is worth approximately $700. Anyone with any information is asked to please call the Nakusp RCMP or Crimestoppers.
In the early hours of Oct. 13, Slocan Lake RCMP received word that an intoxicated female at a residence in Silverton had told the home owner that she was in an accident. Patrolling the area, police located the inebriated woman walking on Highway 6 at the South end of Silverton. The woman informed the officer that she had crashed her car, and that she had
Impaired,
been drinking. She gave two samples of breath on separate alcohol screening devices at roadside, with the results showing that the driver had a blood alcohol content over the legal limit. The woman was issued a 90 day Immediate Roadside Prohibition from driving and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days. -with files from Nakusp RCMP
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