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VOL. 32 Number 27
EDITORIAL
COMMUNITY
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The 4th annual Vintage Fair was held in Rock P Creek last week
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ter in the spring and not enough water in the fall, and that the level of use can impact flows during drought years. “Generally the water quality is good,” watershed management plan coordinator Graham Watt told the meeting. “There is concern that in the summertime it is too warm for fish and in the spring fish stocks are impacted by high sediment levels. You wouldn’t want to drink river water in the springtime.” The Stakeholder Advisory Group has been working on the draft watershed plan since 2012 with the goal of protecting fish and aquatic ecosystems, improving the quality and reliability of water supplies, and in-
Canada Day celebrations stretched across the West Boundary beginning with a party in Rock Creek and ending with fireworks sponsored by the Greenwood Board of Trade in Lions Park at dark. The Rock Creek party was a testament to the old adage, “many hands make light work” as five groups and many individuals came together to make it happen. For some the activity probably began the day before, such as the Women’s Institute who provided the salads and desserts. Others had to be early risers on Canada Day; these were the people slicing onions and tomatoes and helping to set up at the Rock Creek Health Centre grounds. Still others were decorating bicycles, cars, farms tractors and trailers—even a wheelbarrow and two fire trucks for the parade (sponsored by Discover Rock Creek). The parade went from the Rock Creek Store to the Rock Creek Health Centre where the Kettle River Lions provided the skills on the grill to cook hundreds of hamburgers and hot dogs that had been provided by the medical society. The Boundary C 4-H club took part in the parade and later ran carnival game stations in the health centre playground. “We really appreciate that everybody came out and had a great day,” said Rock Creek Community Medical Society (RCCMS) president Terry Keough. “It’s nice to see more and more every year coming from Midway and Greenwood too.” RCCMS sponsors the annual Canada Day party as a
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• See CANADA DAY page 7
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Prizes were passed out to the kids by the Rock Creek Medical Society. Showing a good Canada Day attitude was encouraged. PHOTO: PAT KELLY
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Work is on track for the first watershed management plan for the Kettle River to be released this September. To help that happen, two open house meetings were held on June 24 at McArthur Centre in Greenwood to give the public a final chance for input into the draft Kettle River Watershed Management Plan. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has been working since 2010 toward the development of a plan specific to the Boundary. A State of the Watershed report was released in November 2012 that gathered all known data and informed the work on the plan. It found generally that there is lots of wa-
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