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VOL 116 NO. 45
Boundary set to get new school buses
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School children from throughout the Grand Forks area toured through the gallery 2’s Haunted Harvest display last week. On Oct. 30, (from left) Kassy, Anika and Andrew narrowly avoid being the next victim of the giant pumpkin (Benson Musaev) and the scarecrow (Devon Butterfield). This is the first year of the display, which was created by Musaev and Butterfield.
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The identity of the Boundary as a tourism destination is now being crafted. The Boundary Country Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted a workshop on Oct. 29 at the Community Futures building in Grand Forks. The workshop began with an overview of Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), which is one of six tourism regions in B.C. and includes Grand Forks. TOTA is run in partnership with Destination B.C., the former Tourism B.C. The workshop also featured sever-
al brain storming sessions including: What does Boundary Country want to be known for? What are five themes? What are the key images? Speaking at the workshop were Simone Carlysle-Smith, community development specialist, (TOTA), and Kim Cameron, Explorer Quotient (EQ) writer and storyteller. Attending the workshop were a wide range of people from throughout the region. “It’s the rollout for the 10-year regional strategy for the Thompson Okanagan and connecting that regional strategy for communities locally,” said Carlysle-Smith.
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James Wilson, executive director for the Boundary Country Regional Chamber of Commerce, thought the workshop was a great event. “We had very good representation from throughout the Boundary,” he said. “We had people coming from Rock Creek to Christina Lake and sharing their knowledge of the Boundary.” Wilson said a large part of the workshop was looking at ways to improve the Boundary Country tourism website and better promote the area to tourists.
• See TOURISM, Page 20
• See BOUNDARY, Page 20
Students will be riding in style in one of the three new school buses coming to the Boundary School District, but not until next year. The province has bequeathed the local district with $416,974 in cash to purchase three new school buses as part of its annual fleet renewal program, but the new buses won’t be delivered until next spring. The Boundary School District will purchase three buses that can transport more than 80 students. Using the province’s standard offer pricing model— t h ro u g h the Association of School Transportation Services of B.C.—the school district will be able to take advantage of low pricing and save up to 15 per cent each year in cost, as well as significant administrative and staff time. The school district will also save money in maintenance costs as the new vehicles will replace aging ones, said BoundarySimilkameen MLA Linda Larson. “These new school buses will save the school districts of Boundary … money that can be invested back into the classroom,” she said in a press release.
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