Kimberley Daily Bulletin, October 25, 2013

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 25, 2013

MUSIC

CENTRE 64

The venerable coffee house tradition continues.

An ‘amazing’ pianist performs in Kimberley.

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Future of First Saturdays up for discussion

Centre 64, next Tuesday, October 29 at 7 p.m.

C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

Next Tuesday, October 29 at Centre 64, those who have been involved in the First Saturday experiment this year will meet to discuss the pros and cons of continuing with the concept. “We want to discuss the successes and failures of the past season and determine the future of First Saturdays,” said Carol Fergus from the Arts Council, which was the driving force behind getting First Saturdays off the ground this year. Everyone is welcome to join the discussion, which begins at 7 p.m. If you can’t come but have some thoughts or ideas, you can contact Carol Fergus at 250-4272258. Fergus says there are a couple of challenges. First of all, there was some funding available this year through a Com-

munities Initiative grant that allowed for some advertising and also helped with expenses around the musical acts. Musical acts are essential, Fergus said. As soon as musicians start playing, people start arriving in the Platzl. Then, they stay to take part in any of the activities organized for First Saturday. Funding sources, likely through partnerships, will have to be sought. The other issue is having enough people to pull it off every month. It is a tremendous amount of work just setting up and taking down each time. The most successful First Saturdays this summer, such as the recent Oktoberfest, had buy-in from local businesses, and other groups, who organized their own events. “There needs to be lots of things to do to keep it interesting,” Fergus said. “And there needs to be enough people to share the work. There are so many aspects that can be shared, and then it’s less work for everyone.”

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The concept of First Saturdays is to provide a variety of different entertainment throughout the Platzl and Kimbelrey, that will keep people moving from event to event all day.

Sensible B.C.’s campaign hits the halfway point Petition for Referendum on pot halfway to goal BARRY COULTER C AROLYN GR ANT

Sensible BC’s campaign to force the issue of marijuana decriminalization to referendum in B.C. has just reached its halfway mark, and organizers say about half the signatures needed have been gathered. A 90-day countdown began

Monday, Sept. 9, for a petition campaign to decriminalize simple possession of marijuana in B.C. Volunteers for Sensible B.C. have until Dec. 5 to collect more than 400,000 signatures. This number represents 10 per cent of eligible voters in each of B.C.’s 85 electoral ridings. In Columbia River Revelstoke, Ashlee Taylor is leading the charge. She estimates that her campaign is about at the halfway point signature-wise at this stage, but they need to make a big push to get things

done prior to the December 5 deadline. They have set a goal of getting 15 per cent of eligible voters to sign rather than 10, in order to cover such things as ineligible signatures. You must be on the voters list to sign the petition. “We have pulled a ton of signatures out of Kimberley but have only recently been able to recruit more help for other parts of our district,” Taylor said. “We travelled to Invermere over the weekend to collect and encourage people to help out. We now have that

area covered and Golden is going strong but there is still no help in Revelstoke . We only have one or two canvassers for that entire area.” Taylor is very appreciative of the help she is getting. “Our Kimberley canvassing team has been going very strong and I really want them to know how much their time and effort is appreciated. This is a delicate topic for some and we have all felt both sides and it hasn’t slowed our team down 400,000 signatures are required province-wide to at all! Its really great to see.” force a referendum next September. See PETITION, page 3


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