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PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 81, Issue 253 | www.dailybulletin.ca
The Selkirk Music Program presented a winter concert on December 18 at McKim Theatre. Above, the Selkirk Secondary School choir directed by Sven Heyde.
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Kimberley year in review, Part II No sign of missing man SEARCH AND RESCUE
C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
APRIL NO GRANT Kimberley’s bad luck in obtaining government grants continued as the City learned their application for funds to replace the ice plant at Marysville Arena had been denied. The total cost of replacement is $400,000. Council decided later in the spring to construct the building to house the new plant this year, pending possible grant money in the future. Council did not commit to paying for the replacement on its own however,
POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING
The Independent investigator of police suggested a Cranbrook RCMP officer may have committed an offence in an October 2012 shooting. The shooting was the end result of a car-jacking that began near Kitchener. Police charged Nicholas John Bullock, 26,
of Port Coquitlam with robbery, possession of stolen property, assault with a weapon, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and flight from a peace officer. The 17-year-old girl, who cannot be named because she is under 18, was charged with possession of stolen property.
BUSINESS MEETING
On April 2nd, over 100 people representing downtown businesses and building owners, city of Kimberley representatives, Kimberley & District Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Kimberley and local stakeholders attended a special meeting regarding economic and retail issues and strategies.The presentation identified that there is a need for a Downtown Business Association (DBA) that would provide a collective voice for merchants in the area, and execute a forum for
discussion, and planning to achieve increased opportunities.
KIMBERLEY SHOOTING
CMP were called to a home on Archibald Street in Kimberley on April 4, after the residents heard a shot fired at the front door. There were two women and a nine-month-old baby inside the home but they were unharmed. Police saw bullet holes through the window in the front door. Witnesses reported seeing the shots fired from a dark blue Neon, but RCMP could not locate the vehicle. Two hours later, at 1 a.m. on April 5, the residents of the home called to say the shooter had returned, this time firing at the kitchen window. The shots had penetrated one pane of the double-paned window, but not the second. Dustin Plourde pleaded guilty on April 15 and was sentenced to six years in prison. See REVIEW, page 5
Five East Kootenay search and rescue experts have returned empty handed from a search in Australia for missing Ontario man Prabhdeep Srawn SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
After several weeks searching the Australian alpine, five searchers from the East Kootenay are back home, having found no sign of Prabh-
deep Srawn. From Kimberley Search and Rescue, Scott MacLeod and Seb Martinez; from Fernie Search and Rescue, Bernie Palmer and Tom Hopkins; and from Sparwood Search and Rescue, Charmaine Lingard all volunteered their time to help Srawn’s family find out what happened to the young man. In May, Srawn went alone on a hiking trip to Australia’s highest mountain, Mount Kosciuzsko, at 2,228 metres in elevation. Srawn, a 25-year-old military reservist, had been studying in Australia. But soon after he set out on the hiking expedition, a snowstorm set in, dumping up to 30 centimetres of snow. Srawn has not been seen or
heard from since. After searches in Australia found no trace of Srawn, his family asked B.C. Search and Rescue members if they could participate in an independent search. Five East Kootenay Search and Rescue members put up their hands to join the team of 18 volunteers. The Srawn family paid for their travel expenses. Led by Vancouver’s Martin Colwell of SAR Technology, the group left at the end of November. After flying into Sydney, the group piled into a van donated by a local member of the Sikh community and drove to Jindabyne, the town closest to Australia’s high alpine. See SEARCH, page 3