Kimberley Daily Bulletin, August 06, 2014

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6, 2014

100TH ANNIVERSARY

WW I

SUMMERTIME

A look back at the East Kootenay in the First World War.

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Wildfires dot East Kootenay after thunderstorms

No communities are threatened, but more than a dozen wildfires burning in the East Kootenay’s central region SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff

Thunderstorms over the long weekend have led to a cluster of new fires around Cranbrook and Kimberley. As of Tuesday lunchtime, the Wildfire Management Branch was reporting 14 fires in the area between Creston and Fernie, Koocanusa and Canal Flats. The most significant fire remains the Whitetail Brook fire, burning 10 kilometres east of Canal Flats. Now 1,550 hectares in size, firefighters have managed to contain 40 per cent of the fire, which started as

a result of lightning on Sunday, July 27. A Type 2 incident team is now in control of the fire, which is burning in a northeasterly direction, away from Canal Flats and the highway. There are 110 firefighters, six helicopters and 13 pieces of heavy equipment working on the fire. In the meantime, a wildfire just east of Whiteswan Lake Provincial Park has grown to 650 hectares in size. The lightning caused fire started on July 30. The two fires have resulted in an area closure put in place last week to protect the safety of firefighters as well as the public. Whiteswan Lake Provincial Park is closed until further notice, as is access to Top of the World Provincial Park.

LARRY TOOZE PHOTO

The sky lights up over Marysville on Monday evening, August 4, as another storm system passes through. There have been 17 lightning-caused fires in the Southeast Fire Centre this season.

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Kaleidoscope in Kimberley all week long C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

Kimberley Kaleidoscope, presented by the Kimberley Arts Council/ Centre 64 got off to a great start this weekend with a fabulous, and well attended, outdoor concert from Cod Gone Wild on Saturday and all sorts of arts-related activities. Events continue all this week including tonight with Walkabout Wordsmythes — prose and poetry readings with piano and flute, wine and appetizers at Centre 64, 8 to 10 p.m. Plein Air workshops with artist Doug Swinton continue today and tomorrow as well. Thursday evening, August 7 brings Kaleidoscope outside to the Platzl. Join

the Kimberley Community Band for a special concert and watch Trina Rasmuson and her students perform vertical dance on the outer wall of the Spirit Rock Climbing Centre. On Friday, the Arts on the Edge Silent Auction and Gala takes place at Centre 64. This is the opening reception for the Arts on the Edge exhibit in the gallery as well. The Don Davies Trio performs. Then on Saturday, arts abound in the Platzl again with music and activities all day and an evening concert at Centre 64. There will be live music, artisan demonstrations and displays, children’s crafts, face-painting at the Kids Zone, as well as plein air painting “Paint Out” from 9 a.m. to noon. Enter-

tainment starts at noon and includes belly dancing, the Rosie Brown Band, and Matt Duffus. Entertainment then switches over to the outdoor stage at Centre 64 for a Bison Brothers concert at 4 p.m. The weekend concludes with an outdoor concert by bluesman Donald Ray Johnson, beginning at 7 p.m. Also keep in mind that the Columbia Basin Culture Tour takes place this August 9 and 10. The cultural tour takes you from Kimberley to Creston to Crawford Bay to visit studios and archives that aren’t normally open. In Kimberley, Tony and JOHN ALLEN PHOTO Twila Austin will open The 8 day Kimberley Kaleidoscope Festival kicked off Saturday August 2. In the evening, 300 Dragon’s Rest Working Studios, Gallery & Dragon happy people listened, clapped, sang and danced to the Celtic-style band ‘Cod Gone Wild’ at the outdoor stage beside Centre 64. Iron Forge for tourers.


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