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Vol. 61, Issue 236
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City capital projects top $10 million A R N E P E T RYS H E N Townsman Staff
Cranbrook city council approved $10 million in capital projects in 2013. This included $2.8 million on roads and $1.7 million on the spray irrigation site. Chris Zettel, the city’s corporate communications officer, looked back on the year of projects in a presentation that can be found on the city’s website. In terms of the road program, the city con-
tinued the third part of construction on 14th Avenue South, this year focusing on 14th Avenue from 13th Street to 17th Street South. The work began in 2011. It included improvements to storm sewers, gutters and the addition of bioswales and a multiuse path, as well as paving and LED street lighting. There was also work done on Kootenay Avenue, as well as a highway frontage road.
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BARRY COULTER PHOTO
Members of Team Dickson, pictured at Fitness Inc. in Cranbrook after their return from the NPAA Canada Championship and Pro Show in Calgary. Left to right: Alina Biehn, Erika Rieve-Palmer, Coach Laurie Dickson, Cassaundra Dimarzio, Erin MacFarlane-Jepson and Trinia Deren. Not pictured: Rachel Cohen, Lorene McGregor, Heidi Harris.
Dancers surprise Team Dickson takes fitness teacher with entry competition to the next level
Aspire Dance students organized an entry in the Santa Claus Parade as a special gift for Michelle Navratil S A L LY M AC D O N A L D Townsman Staff
During last Friday’s Santa Claus Parade in Cranbrook, one of the most lively entries came from Aspire Dance. Walking behind the float were several lines
of dancers, performing a holiday routine to Glee’s “Deck the Rooftop”. While the dance put a smile on lots of faces, the story behind it is also a sweet one.
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Eight local competitors bring home nine trophies from national show
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A team of local women from Cranbrook accompanied their coach, Laurie Dickson, to a recent national fitness and physique competition, breaking into that world in a big way. Team Dickson took part in the Natural Physique & Athletics Association’s (NPAA) Canada Championships and Pro Show in Cal-
gary. For many of the women (six from Cranbrook, one from Castlegar and one from Invermere), it was their first such competition. As well as taking away nine trophies, some members of Team Dickson, entering as amateurs, came away as professionals after earning their pro cards. Laurie Dickson, a training specialist who runs As-
pire2BFit in Cranbrook, has had a long career in fitness competition. She has recently moved on to coaching and judging — the next logical steps in her career, though she is invited to do some guest posing at various events. Dickson was named the NPAA’s Coach of the Year for 2013. The Canada Sports Film Festival has produced a film
of Dickson’s career, shot in Cranbrook, which will air in Toronto in June, 2014. Dickson, who usually starts working with a client six months ahead of such competitions as the Canada Championships, says local fitness competitors are showing great interest in taking it to the next level.
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