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■ NEWS:
Spilli Chili Cookoff Simulator brought into Golden COTR campus ....................................3
■ COMMUNITY
LGES students host a spaghetti dinner ..................................10
■ ARTS & CULTURE:
Art show combines words and images ..................................13
■ SPORTS:
Golden band the Masters of Nün perform at the annual Spilli Chili Cookoff in Spillimacheen on Saturday May 30. You can see the Masters of Nün perform at Summer Kicks in Spirit Square on June 24. Ali Starchuk/Star Photo
KHR Dyke in ‘good shape’ says expert Golden Cycling Club has trails ready to go ..................................19
Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net Dave Cooper, a specialist in river engineering from Matrix Solutions, delivered a presentation at Town council’s May 27 meeting. Cooper outlined the various flood risks that are present along the Kicking Horse River based on a study that was just completed in February.
“Overall the dyke system is fairly well armoured and in good shape,” Cooper said. However, he did point out some potential risks. The effect that sedimentation could have on future flood levels and the high-energy nature of the Kicking Horse makes it a situation that always needs to be monitored. As was seen this past winter, some winter hazards exist as well. “The other risk is ice jams from ice coming
down into the canyon. With all of these risks we have to come up with our protection guidelines,” he said. Among the data that Cooper shared with the meeting was information regarding the maximum flow of the river going back as early as 1912 (with a very large data gap between 1921 and 1974). Continued on page 4