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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014
VOL 117 NO. 27
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Acting mayor Gary Smith (with ball) is ready for some baseball during the GFI opening ceremonies parade on Thursday at James Donaldson Park. In front of Smith are Bud Alcock, president of the GFI committee, and Gifi. Chris Hammett photo
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Bulldogs claim GFI title with late rally CRAIG LINDSAY
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Rainy weather and several game delays may have hurt the attendance numbers at the Grand Forks International (GFI) Baseball Tournament, but there was no disputing the great ball and the positive effect on the city of bringing in 12 teams and many fans from out of town. In the final game on Monday afternoon, Burnaby trailed Everett 5-4 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. However, a double by Tyler Yorko brought in Colby Rossi and James Zamko giving the bulldogs a come from behind 6-5 win for the championship. Burnaby picked up $20,000 for their efforts. For second place, Everett took home $12,000; rounding out the top four and taking home $5,000 each were Seattle and Thurston County. Everett advanced to the final by beating the Seattle Studs 4-2, while Burnaby moved on by defeating the Thurston County Senators 4-2. Head organizer Joan Thomas said the GFI ran fairly smoothly despite inclement weather and a last minute pull-out from one of the teams. “The baseball has been great—lots of really
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close games, some awesome baseball,” she said, “but Mother Nature has not been kind to us. We’ve had a lot of rain; a lot of rain delays. We’ve been playing at the park until one or two a.m. almost every night. The rain has really dampened the crowds. So we’ll see how that works out financially.” The money round scores were: Thurston
County Senators 3, Parkland White Sox 1; Seattle Studs 2, North West Honkers 0; Everett Merchants 6, Langley Sr. Blaze 3; and Burnaby Bulldogs 13, Lacey Saints 1. Thomas said there has been several surprising teams like the Lacey Saints who have surprised some higher ranked opponents. Unfortunately,
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end of October. “This historic building has been a part of our community since 1911. We’re looking forward to seeing it restored to its former glory,” said Mayor Brian Taylor. City staff has been working from temporary locations since the fire and will move back to City Hall once the restoration work is complete. Hil-Tech Contracting has extensive experience in commercial and community projects, including Village of Warfield community hall and City of Trail City Hall renovations. For more information and project updates, visit our website at grandforks.ca.
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The City of Grand Forks has awarded HilTech Contracting Ltd. of Trail, B.C. the contract to reconstruct the main floor of historic City Hall. HiI-Tech Contracting was the lowest bid at $1.21 million among five companies who submitted bids. The company is expected to start work shortly on the restoration project which also includes upgrading to current building code requirements, after a fire damaged the building last fall. The work is expected to be complete by the
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