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Review Vol.15 Number 50
Thursday, December 12, 2013
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MADD presentation sends message to students about impaired driving See page 4
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AT HEALTH CENTRE
Photo by Steve Arstad
Interior Health officials take a look at Similkameen Health Centre See page 5
SANTA SIGHTING IN KEREMEOS
The sidewalk in front of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was one of the most popular spots on Seventh Avenue during the Friday, December 6 Light Up Parade. CIBC employees Laurie Carter, Sandra Clifton, and Paven Sidhu spent a busy evening providing hot drinks and baked goods to frigid parade spectators. For more details, photos, please see pages 11,12.
Fires leave two families homeless Two weekend blazes in the South Similkameen destroy three buildings By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com
Festive season launches with Light Up Parade and weekend activities See page 12
A dispute between two departing farmworkers cost Craig and Angie Erikson their Sumac Road home on Saturday morning. Wind - fanned flames destroyed a storage building with second floor accommodations in addition to Erikson’s main residence. A bonfire, set by one of two farmworkers got
out of hand early Saturday morning on the property, which is located in the South Similkameen, about 15 kilometres south of Cawston. The farmworkers, a female from France and a male from the U.S. who were sharing accommodations, had earned their final paycheques and were preparing to return to the United States on Saturday. “John was apparently drinking on Friday night. The two got into a fight and she threw him out,” said Craig Erikson Monday morning. Erikson’s family had been out participating in family activities in Penticton Friday evening, returning
to their home around 9 p.m. “He got cold outside, and started a fire,” Erikson continued, pointing to a sparse grove of blackened pine trees near the burned out building. “He passed out, and when he woke up, the building was on fire.” Not only was the farmworker’s building burning by then, but so was Erikson’s home, which just happened to be directly in line with strong winds that began earlier Friday evening. Erikson credits the worker for warning the family of five, who all managed to escape, including the continued on page 3
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