Kimberley Daily Bulletin, January 29, 2014

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 2014

FIFTH ANNUAL

FAMILY FISHING DERBY

See LOCAL NEWS page 3

MAKING THE GRADE

MASTER CHEF

Cranbrook’s Cardozo makes top 16. See LOCAL NEWS page 4

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Another Home Grown Music Night at Centre 64 last Saturday night displayed the local talent Kimberley and area have to offer. Above, Van Redecopp and Shelag Gunn are joined by the Sproggs for the finale. The next Home Grown is March 15.

Building sale to City will RCMP deliver policing report impact business, owners say C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

Building will come down when flume project proceeds C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

Local florist business owners Paddy and Sue Brown are feeling anxious about the future of their business since the building which houses it has been sold to the City of Kimberley. The City purchased the Flowers Galore building, located on Wallinger Avenue at the

bridge, in order to proceed with the Mark Creek flume rehab said Mayor Ron McRae. “The City now owns the building after negotiating the purchase with the previous owners,” McRae said. The Browns have written to City Council explaining how they feel their business will be affected by the sale. C. GRANT PHOTO In a letter to Council they say, “when we were The Flowers Galore building has been purchased negotiating to purchase by the City. the assets of Flowers Galore we really had three purchasing the property much for it. The second options. One was to pur- because the building option was to purchase chase the assets and wasn’t that good and just the assets. See FLUME, page 4 property. We ruled out they wanted far too

Cpl. Chris Newel, Acting NCO for the Kimberley Detachment of the RCMP, delivered the fourth quarter policing report to Kimberley City Council on Monday evening. This was also the year end report for 2013. The Kimberley RCMP operates under a guiding document, the Annual Performance Plan, priorities in which are arrived at through consultation with Council and community members. Detachment members will be looking to meet with Council to-

wards the end of February to identify priorities for next year. In 2013, the five initiatives the detachment focused on were distracted driving, cell phones; long boards/ skate boards; alcohol/ raves; drug trafficking; and prolific offenders. Newel offered a brief summary of each initiative in the fourth quarter. There were a minimal number of distracted drivers ticketed during the quarter. “We see them every day but it’s tough to catch them,” he said. “A lot of times you can tell they are looking at their lap and probably using a cell phone, but

it’s difficult to get solid evidence to support the charges.” Long boarding is not an issue in the winter, but Newel said the committee which met three times last summer and fall to discuss the issue, will reconvene in the spring. Raves are also not a winter issue, but Newel said police will take a proactive approach to the coming spring and summer by monitoring Facebook pages where news of the raves’ locations is shared. He said one rave organizer had approached RCMP and would like to meet to discuss matters. See POLICE, page 3


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