THURSDAY MAY 15, 2014
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18 students of Liela Cooper and Hali Duncan travelled to Lethbridge this past weekend for their 35th Annual Highland Dance Competition. They had a fun filled day and danced away with 17 Gold, 14 Silver and 19 Bronze for a total of 50 medals. To top if off, 4 Aggregate trophies for highest combined score were won by Isobel Betker, Holly Gale, Heidi Howe and Sarah Schieman. All the dancers are hard at work preparing for year end show, the Spring Fling. Come out and support your local highland dancers on Thursday May 29th at the McKim Theatre. The evening starts at 7:00 , tickets available at the door. Adults $8.00...children under 6 and seniors are FREE. Refreshments will be provided by the Dance Association and the Kimberly City Bakery. The pipe band will also be performing their award wining set from the Kamloops Interior Band Competition...with a surprise in store for you!
Resort Municipality funding arrives Council to Funding for tourism projects in resort communities C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
The province of British Columbia is in the process of releasing Resort Municipality dollars to participating communities, one of which is Kimberley. The 14 communities in the province which are designated as Resort Municipalities receive proceeds of a special hotel tax. The money must go to programs or projects which
will encourage visitors to stay longer and visit more often. Projects range from building pedestrian and mountain biking trails, boat launches, and beach improvements to holding festivals and events. Each year, a committee struck by the City of Kimberley makes a decision on how to allocate the yearly Resort Municipality funding. Earlier this spring, the committee decided to fund two projects for a total of $43,651. Of that $23,651 will go to the construction of beginner and intermediate trails for a bike skills park, which the Kimberley Trails Society is planning.
And $20,000 has been allocated to assist in the building of washrooms at Purcell Park soccer fields, a project of the Kimberley Soccer Association. In the past, Kimberley has used RMI funding to help with the building of the putting course at Riverside Campground. Municipalities participating in the RMI program are Fernie, Golden, Harrison Hot Springs, Invermere, Kimberley, Osoyoos, Radium Hot Springs, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sun Peaks, Tofino, Ucluelet, Valemount and Whistler. “We want to see our resort communities thriving. The Re-
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sort Municipality Initiative is designed to help improve and strengthen the economies of these tourism hot spots. It also means more jobs and ensuring visitors return to the communities for years to come,” Shir- Bylaw to outline ley Bond, Minister of Jobs, allowable uses, Tourism and Skills Training impose 20 kph and Minister Responsible for Labour. speed limit Since 2006, through RMI, C AROLYN GR ANT more than $87.6 million has been invested in tourism infra- editor@dailybulletin.ca structure and programs to support local and regional tourism Kimberley City Couneconomies. cil gave first, second and third reading to a MultiUse Recreation Trails Bylaw. The Bylaw will
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outline allowed uses, regulate the operation of motorized vehicles on recreation trails and impose a 20 kph speed limit on all trails owned or operated by the City of Kimberley. The intent is to have the bylaw adopted at the same time in both Kimberley and Cranbrook. See BYLAW, page 3
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