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Proudly serving kimberley and area since 1932 | Vol. 82, Issue 139 | www.dailybulletin.ca
JulyFest keeps police busy Police report relatively well behaved crowds at events, but several incidents outside of official events CAROLYN GRANT Bulletin Editor
JulyFest in Kimberley has come and gone, and while the events were filled to capacity, coordinator Dave Clarke reports well-behaved crowds. Kimberley RCMP NCO Cpl. Chris Newel concurs with the well behaved crowds at events, but says police did have to respond to over 40 calls for service. “Although bocce players and attendees
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were relatively well behaved and likely enjoyed the weekend, police dealt with several incidents outside of the festivities,” Newel said. The most serious were two assaults, which occurred early Sunday morning. Two persons were taken to hospital with injuries described as “not serious” when an incident at a Chapman Street house party spilled outside. One male from Cranbrook was arrested and will be facing assault charges, Newel said. In addition, police have received a report of a second assault and are investigating that. There also the usual assortment of impaired drivers, drug seizures and public intoxication. See POLICE, page 4
A well-attended JulyFest 2014 CAROLYN GRANT Bulletin Editor
JulyFest coordinator Dave Clarke and the Kimberley Chamber Manager and Board could not be more pleased at how the JulyFest weekend went. “We couldn’t ask for anything better,” Clarke said Monday. “The dance at the arena (featuring Wide Mouth Mason and Big Sugar) sold out. We closed down ticket sales
at the door when we had about 1400 inside. “We also got to capacity in the bocce pits Friday evening and had to stop letting people in.” That caused a bit of confusion, Clarke said, because they still had to let bocce teams who were playing late draws in, leading to a lot of people claiming they were bocce players. “We got it all figured out,” he said. See FEST, page 4
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As always, the Rotary Drive bocce pits were the centre of JulyFest action. Above, the Real Hauswives of Bavaria celebrate a good shot against 50 Shades of Awesome.