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VILLAGE COUNCIL
ENVIRONMENT
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Riddle asks council to consider holding the contract for a Legal Services Society program
Sportsmen came out to hear B.C. Wildlife Federation biologist P discuss the deer population
Events throughout the area commemorated Mother’s Day
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The RCMP chopper was used to spot a suspect who was trying to hide under the Ingram Bridge as four Grade 7 students took part in the 2014 Mountie for a Day action. PHOTO: PAT KELLY
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The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died following a farming accident on a family farm near Beaverdell on May 8, 2014. He is Larry Dale Hultgren, age 65, of Beaverdell. Hultgren was working with family members on their farm, preparing a hayfield, when he became entangled in machinery. He was deceased at the scene. The Coroners Service and the RCMP continue to investigate this death.
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There was plenty of action this year for the four Grade 7 students chosen to be 2014 Mounties for a Day. Pilot Greg Burgess flew RCMP Air 3 helicopter from Kelowna to team up with local RCMP, highway rescue and ambulance to make the day even more exciting. West Boundary Elementary students Riley Condon and Faith Zitko were joined by Greenwood Elementary’s Robert McLaren and Portia Grandmaison as ride-along RCMP Mounties. They had won the opportunity through a competition open to Grade 7 students each year. They
had to prepare a poster, video or other presentation on a topic chosen by the organizers. This year’s topic was social media and all four students made posters. Their day as police officers started at detachment headquarters in Midway where everyone was given a morning briefing. Notebooks and gear (including armoured vests) were passed around and then it was off to Deadwood Junction in Greenwood for coffee. Randy Kappes next contacted the police to report his vehicle has been stolen from in front of The Spot so the kids were taken to Midway where they got a statement from him about the vehicle theft.
They then got a call from a Midway resident (played by Midway resident Fred Grouette) reporting that he had seen a woman (performed by Miranda Charles) cross the border on his property while he was out for a walk. He was able to give police a description of the female he had seen, as well as the male driver (Ryan van Kuik) in a black van who stopped to give her a ride. The kids learned how to take notes that could be used for later testimony, and to evidence, such as a beverage bottle that Grouette saw the border runner drop. Lunch at Bored Room Bistro was the next item on the agenda and it
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included a debriefing session on the morning’s activities. While there, a call came in from Granton Motors in Kettle Valley to report that a van had rolled. It was turning out to be a pretty rough day for the bad guys because as it turns out this was the same vehicle reported stolen from The Spot that morning. The driver had been injured and members of road rescue and B.C. Ambulance responded to the accident scene to demonstrate for the kids how an injured person would be taken out of the van on a backboard. Les Claverly, Superintendent, Interior Districts for BC Ambulance was on hand as well. • See MOUNTIE FOR A DAY page 3