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It was quite a week in downtown Kimberley. Thanks to the Kaleidoscope Festival and the Kimberley Farmers’ Market Thursday evening saw the Platzl crowded with music lovers and shoppers. The band performs again this Thursday, August 14.
Fire burning 17 k north west of Kimberley
49 new starts in last week, five in Cranbrook zone C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
There have been 49 new fire starts in the Southeast Fire Centre since last Tuesday, August 5, five in the Cranbrook zone. The closest to Kimberley is a fire reported Tuesday, August 12 in the Mark Creek watershed. The fire is burning 17 kilometres northwest of Kimberley and had only grown to four hectares yesterday morning. There are 13 firefighters and one helicopter on the fire according to Fanny Bernard at the Fire Centre. “I can’t confirm it was lightning caused,”
Bernard said. “So there will be an investigation into its cause.” This is not an interface fire and is burning at approximately 2000 metres. Bernard says that the fire danger in the Kimberley area is high to extreme. The majority of fires have been lightning caused, and while that is keeping fire crews very busy, the lack of human-caused fires is a big bonus. “People in the Southeast Fire Centre have been very good, really vigilant with campfires. With the hot, dry weather forecast to continue along with some thunder storms, we really ask people to continue to respect all restrictions in place, including campfire bans.” See FIRE, page 3
Kaleidoscope ends on a high note
Enthusiastic reception to many festival events MIKE REDFERN For the Bulletin Part I of II
After eight days of hard work, hot weather, and great entertainment, the first Kimberley Kaleidoscope arts and culture festival closed on a high note with an estimated 250 people at the Saturday Night Blues Party barking and howling with delight in response to Texan bluesman Donald Ray Leonard’s urging from the Centre 64 outdoor stage. It was a hot, spirited party to end a hot weather week of varied entertainment and workshop activities. When it was all over a tired but smiling crew of volunteers took down tents, cleared away tables and festival supplies and signage with the satisfaction of know-
ing that, despite all the things that could have been done better, and will be done better next year, the many months of preparation and organization had led to eight days of events that were, for the most part, reported by participants as being enjoyable, entertaining, and worthwhile. The week started with the fourth First Saturday celebration of the year, as always masterminded by Carol Fergus and Emily Smith, this Saturday enhanced by the Dusty Downhill event organized by Jim Webster which attracted 110 runners and walkers. The race was followed by an afternoon of musical entertainment, an Artwalk and artisan booths in the Platzl, and several other events including another Jim Webster initiated event, the Omazing Race, in which over 100 participants, many of them children, followed clues to identify items and locations around the down town
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Donald Ray Leonard closed Kaleidoscope with a blues concert last Saturday.
core. The day finished with a concert by the Kelowna-based Celtic group, Cod Gone Wild, on the Centre 64 outdoor stage attended by
an estimated 300 people, many of whom danced in the dirt around kids building sand castles, in a high-spirited party that
lasted into the dusk. It all made for an optimistic start to the festival week to come. See FEST, page 3