FRIDAY JANUARY 31, 2014
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International students from Selkirk Secondary School and McKim Middle School had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go dog-sledding on Friday, January 17. Other highlights of an amazing day spent at the Wycliffe Exhibition Grounds included learning to make (and eat!) bannock and student-pulled sled races. Special thanks to GOT – ADVENTURE, its great staff, and their wonderful dogs for this extraordinary experience. To view more great photos, you can find the Rocky Mountain International Student Program (RMISP) on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rmisp, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/rmisp, and on Instagram at www.instagram/rmisp. To learn more about the homestay program and how to become a host family, email Jenny Broere at jennifer.broere@sd6.bc.ca or call 250-427-6168.
Fundraising for Jenna continues C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Fundraising for Jenna Homeniuk is going on all over town, including the Jam for Jenna event taking place at McKim Theatre on Saturday night. The Good Ol’ Goats will headline the evening with additional performances by 60
Hertz, Sheva and The Rosie Brown Band. Any inquiries about the jam, please call Kathy Murphy at 250427-7030 or Marc and Sue Raymond at 778481-4811. In addition, Grays Pharmacy in Marysville has been fundraising and have raised over $900 in a bottle drive this month. If you have bot-
tles left over from the holiday season, you can take them, counted and sorted, down to the Kimberley bottle depot and ask that they go to Jenna. The bottle depot will be taking in these donations until Saturday. If you just cannot get your bottles down to the depot, call Grays at 250427-0038 and they will pick them up.
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A trust fund for Jenna has been set up at Kootenay Savings Credit Union, so if you are unable to participate in any other fundraising events, please drop by and donate. Jenna has been battling leukemia for 18 months and now faces another round of chemo and another bone marrow transplant.
Building permit rebates C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Those renovating their homes or building new ones in Kimberley can be eligible for building permit rebates of up to 80 per cent after Council passed a rebate program this week. The rebate program is intended to encourage home builders and renovators to use energy efficient techniques and materials. The amount of the rebate will be based on how extensive the improvements are.
31st ANNUAL STARLIGHT CHALLENGE FEBRUARY 7, 14, 21 & 28 The ever-popular Starlight Challenge runs each Friday night in February. Enjoy the night skiing recreational league for teams of 4! Don’t have a team? Why not go solo? Includes night lift pass, weekly races and awards dinner. PLUS Amazing prizes to be won!
Only $89 per person.
Heating is the second biggest producer of greenhouse gases in Kimberley after transportation and the largest use of energy. The program won’t cost the city any money as it is based on potential revenue. “There has been long standing interest in putting something like this together,” said Mayor Ron McRae. Projects with building permits issued after January 1, 2014 are eligible for rebate subject to completion of a post-construction assessment.
NIGHT SKIING
FEBRUARY 7, 14, 21 & 28 4 pm to 9 pm each Friday, with
only the main Sundance Triple Chair running. Adult (18-64) $17 • Youth (13-17) $15 • Senior (65+) $15 • Child (5-12) $12 Regular full Day Lift Pass purchased on the day after 1 pm is valid until 9 pm.
TUBING The Tube Park will be open until 8 pm each Friday in February. Please note the Snowbird Platter Lift will not be operating. Magic Carpet open
for tubing. Tax not included.