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NDCU donates $10,000 to skatepark

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Each year the Rossland Firefighters bring Christmas Hampers to needy families in Rossland. This is a tradition that has been going on for over 20 years.

The Rossland Firefighters would like to thank the United Way, Rossland Lions Club, Emcon, the West Kootenay Toy Run, Trail Smokettes and Ferraro Foods for contributing to the hampers. Future applications for Christmas Hampers may be picked up at the Rossland Fire Hall, Trail Fire Hall and the Rossland Food Bank.

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NDCU donates $10,000 to local skatepark association Community challenge spawns Credit Union donation

Rossland youth that are challenging the community in their effort to raise funds for the Rossland outdoor skatepark join RSA directors and Credit Union staff that are presenting a $10,000 cheque, on behalf of Nelson & District Credit Union members, towards the Rossland Skatepark Association’s December 30K in 30 days campaign.

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with locals and NDCU staff to celebrate the announcement of a major donation of $10,000 to the new all-wheel park, on behalf of Credit Union members.

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Canada’s longest running winter carnival Alicia Wallace Rossland News

With the Rossland Winter Carnival kicking off in just over a month, event organizers are busy with carnival planning and preparations.

Previously it had been undecided if it was 1897 or 1898 when all the winter fun began at the first carnival. Now the committee has

for once and all determined this important date in Rossland’s and Canada’s history. The Winter Carnival, which organizers say began in 1898, is Canada’s longest running winter carnival.

“That is something new for this year,” explains carnival volunteer organizer, Larry Doell, of the agreement upon a date for the first Rossland Winter Carnival.

The four-day program is full of activities for all ages. Event organizers have advised that the program includes a number of new and revitalized activities.

The pyrophoria fireworks show is back, with music synchronized to the display ,held on Friday night. The Game Rail Jam, presented

by Ross Vegas and Powderhound on Saturday, will be up-scaled. Visitors to the

beer garden will be able to view the Sonny Samuelson bobsled hall of fame. Bobsled team winners from the previous five years along with their race times will be displayed.

You will have to look twice at the carnival’s advertized dates of Jan 29 to Jan 32, 2015 and not be misled — this is a four day celebration.

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Miners’ union hall restoration planned Rossland Council for Arts and Culture receives grant funding ALICIA WALLACE Rossland News

Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) last week received written news confirming their successful grant application of $13,000 from BC Heritage’s Heritage Legacy Funds. These funds will go towards a larger restoration and maintenance project which contractors for the RCAC renovation committee estimate will cost around $977,300.

The miners’ union hall is an inspiring part of history being home to one of the first miner’s unions in North America.

The hall is a provincially designated heritage site officially heritage listed in August 1983.

It is for this reason that RCAC would like to restore the grand edifice.

“Rossland Miners’ Union Hall is valued as a monument to the Rossland Miners Union No. 38 local of the Western Federation of Miners, the first metalliferous mine’s union local in B.C. and one of the most influential and successful unions in the history of the province. Built in 1898, this historic place was the central organization point for the Miners’ Union, whose fight for just and safe labour conditions at the end of the nineteenthcentury led to the legislation of the eight-hour work day,” reads the BC Heritage Branch property file.

In 2013 the RCAC renovation committee first approached the city of Rossland council making a presentation on their plans for a green room in the underutilized attic, located on the fourth floor of the miners hall. After discussing plans, both parties agreed that efficiencies could be gained by undertaking the restoration projects and the city’s maintenance simultaneously.

City works staff has identified that maintenance work needs to be carried out by 2016. This historic building is one of B.C.’s oldest surviving miners’ union halls and the building has not had renovation work carried out since the early 1980’s.

“The situation should not wait any longer than 2016, things are deteriorating and should be looked at...The roof has some issues, the outside needs new paint,” said Renate Fleming, RCAC Chair about the city’s findings.

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al due to its inconvenience to performers. Once performers exit the stage they move either stage left or stage right, but to cross between the two performers have to run around the outside of the building as the chimney blocks the passage way.

Ann Dumude, who is one of the five members on the RCAC’s renovation committee, explains the project can be separated into various components. The project has four parts: the building envelope, façade restoration, entry plaza and attic level reclamation.

Construction dates are dependent upon securing funding. RCAC’s original goal was to begin construction in the summer of 2015. “At this point, a summer 2016 start date is more realistic,” she said.

“This is the biggest thing we have ever tackled,” Dumude said. “RCAC is fortunate to have the City working with them and an experienced heritage architect, Thomas Loh, on board so they can move the project work forward in the best interest of the community and the historic building values,” she explained further.

The next steps for the committee will be to timeline further community consultation and approach potential funders. “We need to receive more feedback so we can integrate suggestions into the design of the space,” said Fleming.

The Miners’ Hall is used

year-round as a space for weddings, funerals, concerts, performances, markets and many more activities; it has become the town’s defacto community centre. The building still has potential to attract more users through developing the space in consultation with existing users and the wider community.

The concept proposes a green room for the attic — the green room would occupy approximately a quarter of the fourth floor. Due to the ceiling rafters, a lot of the attic can only be used for storage however; it has been identified that the miners’ hall lacks storage and this would be a benefit to many of the user groups.

The proposed entry plaza would see a remodelling of the forecourt to improve safety, drainage and to create a historically compatible, aesthetically pleasing gateway to the miners’ hall. $68,400 has been budgeted for this component and would create a space that fits with the theme of the miners’ hall and allows for patrons to mingle before, during, and after events.

Regardless of whether or not the RCAC raises the required amount of funding, the city’s maintenance component will still have to go ahead. The city has an amount of approximately $280,000 in the miners’ hall reserve fund.

Dear Miss Sensibility, My children were over at my parent’s house recently. When we came to pick them up, they told me that their cat had scratched our son.

Sure enough, he had claw marks right near his eye. This is not the first time this cat has scratched my children. He’s just plain nasty! I have asked them to have the cat declawed so this doesn’t keep happening but they said that it is inhumane and they will not even consider it.

Would it be unreasonable not to allow our children there unless the cat is declawed?

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It sounds as if you are in a precarious situation. It is never a good idea to come between a mother and her child or between a cat lover and her cat. Sometimes pet owners begin to think of their animals in almost the same protective manner as they would their children.

Since how this situation is handled will affect your relationship with your parents and that of your child with his grandparents, I suggest you handle it with calmness and respect. However, your first responsibility is to protect your child from harm.

Before talking to your parents, talk with your child about the circumstances surrounding the scratches. Make sure there was no roughness or tail pulling going on from your child. Make sure he knows the proper way to behave around animals.

After explaining your concerns for your child’s safety, reinforce to your parents that you feel it is important for them to be able to spend time with their grandchild. As a compromise ask them if they would be willing to keep the cat contained in a room while your children are there. If you have a healthy relationship with them, one would hope that they will choose the child over the cat. If they do not agree, then tell them that you are really sorry, but their visits will have to take place at your house from now on.

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(The Rossland News reserves the right to refuse publication. The advice offered in this column is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Use of this column not intended to replace or substitute any financial, medical, legal, or other professional advice.

This column does not reflect the opinion The Rossland News.)

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Editorial

Kootenay group publisher: Chuck Bennett Acting publisher: Karen Bennett Advertising: Christine Esovoloff Operations Manager: Jennifer Cowan

OUR VIEW

Stay seen, stay safe

It’s a familiar refrain this time of year.

No, not the holiday wishes. Rather, the plea to motorists and pedestrians to take special care while they’re on the streets.

You may be rushing off to that special holiday party, but how are you getting back?

Local police detachments have already geared up for the CounterAttack program to combat impaird drivers, but it isn’t always drunk drivers that are involved in accidents.

Every December in BC, an average of seven pedestrians are killed and another 269 are injured.

The dark rainy weather, slippery streets and poor visibility all conspire to make driving more difficult.

There’s little we can do about that. But what we can do is make the extra effort to see and be seen.

ICBC has a few suggestions. They’re made every year, but they’re worth repeating.

To motorists, remain attentive at all times.

Not only is it illegal to use a hand-held device while driving, the consequences can be deadly.

Pay particular attention around intersections where 75 per cent of all pedestrian incidents occur. Watch while turning left or right for pedestrians who have already begun to cross.

For pedestrians, never assume that just because you see the vehicles, their drivers see you.

Headlights, traffic and other distractions compete with your visibility. Fight back by ensuring you are dressed to be seen; wear reflective clothing, a reflective arm band, or carry a light.

The holidays are a hectic time of year. We all have places to be and things to think about.

But they’re also meant to be a happy time; don’t let an accident or injury spoil that.

Letters Policy The Arrow Lakes News welcomes letters to the editor intended for publication but reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality, accurracy and topicality. Letters should be typically in the range of 300 words in length. Anonmymous letters will not be published. To assist in verification, name, address and daytime telephone must be supplied, but will not be published.

Rossland volunteers make the world go around Volunteer contributions are the bedrock of our mountain kingdom.

Some say money makes the world go around. In Rossland, it is clearly the volunteers. You only have to look at this week’s local newspaper, or any local newspaper for that matter, and you will notice that it is filled with stories featuring volunteers or generously giving community members.

Take this week’s Rossland News for example. The winter carnival operates only due to the help of over 200 volunteers and benevolent local business donations. The Miners’ Hall renovations are being largely coordinated by the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture, another volunteer

organization with endless amounts of giving back to their community.

The community support does not stop there. Following a recent house fire, the Milburns are getting back on their feet thanks to the warm hearted local community. Library activities, including this week’s gingerbread house decorating, are made possible thanks to the help of volunteers.

Rossland may one day have its own skate park thanks to countless hours of fundraising and donations from passionate altruists.

There are also many local volunteers and volunteer groups who rarely make an appearance in the news. Their social contributions are

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so widespread and on-going that as a community, we become complacent about the magnitude of their contributions. But it is every one of these humanitarians that weave the social fabric into the hearts and minds of our community and make it the wonderful place that it is.

There are too many volunteers to list here, but we all know who they are and the organizations they represent. They operate without the motivation of recognition and for this we are so appreciative.

From the Rossland News, we would like to thank all of Rossland’s volunteers and hope everyone enjoys a safe and happy Christmas.

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New tools raise avalanche awareness

Reminder to stay safe in the backcountry this holiday ALICIA WALLACE Rossland News

Before you head out into the backcountry this winter with your new Christmas ‘toys’, make sure you check the avalanche forecast and safety information on Avalanche Canada’s revamped website www.avalanche.ca.

A lot of work has gone into developing a new platform on Avalanche Canada’s website to ensure all winter recreational users stay safe in the backcountry. Recently Avalanche Canada (AC) has undertaken a new branding exercise to separate themselves from the Canadian Avalanche Centre as the public voice on avalanche forecasting.

Our goal is to try and engage as many backcountry users to better equip them to make more informed decisions in relation to avalanche risk,

Earlier this year it was decided the public relations section of the centre would form its own name and continue developing tools for winter recreation users to the backcountry. Now the name Avalanche Canada is synonymous with the home of public avalanche safety information in Canada.

“Before there was brand confusion, we needed to separate (from the Canadian Avalanche Centre), as we shared a logo and a website with them,” explained Mary Clayton, Avalanche Canada’s communica-

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AC, the not-for-profit, nongovernment based organization, has undertaken the rebranding as economically as possible. AC crowd sourced a graphic designer to have their logo created and have undertaken the upgrades to technology in-house.

The website has long been a good source of information for anyone heading into the backcountry during the winter period. Now new interactive technology has been added to the website with map based displays of the avalanche forecasts. Later in the season, additional new features will be added. As a result, the user experience is more engaging and allows for additional information to be accessed to make informed decisions regarding safe travel in the backcountry.

“This (the map) is a natural extension, using a map based interface...makes logical sense,” said Avalanche Canada’s public avalanche warning service manager, Karl Klassen.

Throughout winter, AC issues free daily avalanche forecasts for much of the mountainous regions of western Canada. Rossland is within the Kootenay Boundary region, which includes local backcountry playground areas such as Kootenay Pass and the Rossland Range.

“Kootenay Boundary is definitely a place we are interested in having recreational users in the backcountry. Our goal is to try and engage as

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many backcountry users to better equip them to make more informed decisions in relation to avalanche risk,” said Klassen.

With the aim of eliminating avalanche fatalities and injuries in Canada, field observations from users on AC’s mountain information network and mountain weather forecast is utilized. These observations come from a variety of sources including avalanche consultancy firms, commercial winter guiding operators, ski hills, highway and railway maintenance crews, professional avalanche course participants, university research teams and AC winter field team staff. Observations AC receive from the public via the mobile app or website also assist.

The AC website also provides information on accredited avalanche training courses which Klassen describes could be a life saving Christmas present, especially for that someone who has everything.

“To be able to use our products and services, accredited training is very, very important for everyone that travels into the backcountry. (Accredited training) is certainly the kind of thing that makes a great Christmas present,” he said.

Additionally AC’s snowmobile specific webpage at www.avalanche.ca/sled highlights items of special interest to mountain snowmobilers for a safe experience in the backcountry.

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QUE? TION We asked, you answered.

Reporter, Alicia Wallace, took to the streets to ask people what’s their favorite thing to eat on Christmas day and why.

What’s your favorite thing to eat on Christmas day and why?

Joan Hanson

Turkey

Why: That’s obvious on Christmas day.

Joyce Tait

Turkey

Why: I have always had it and I also like plum pudding but they don’t make it anymore.

Louis Dionne

Whatever the host is making

Why: I love to cook but I am fortunate enough to be invited to Christmas dinner.

Keep an eye out for our Rossland News reporter Alicia Wallace.

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Still evolving to be better than ever • Continued from page A2 In the spirit of the carnival, organizers have published the final date as a continuation to the month of January for a bit of fun.

“It makes people stop and think about it and then have a bit of a giggle,” said Doell.

“The community spirit during the carnival is fully revved up, with the whole community getting involved,” explains Lisa Wegner, one of the carnival organizers.

Whatever the weather, everyone is outside enjoying the carnival celebrations. Just think, a celebration of sliding down hills, doing it really fast and on almost anything you can imagine plus a parade, variety show, beer garden, an Olaus ice palace and much more.

The community spirit during the carnival is fully revved up, with the whole community getting involved Long term volunteer Kelly Acheson, who began work-

ing with the carnival around 20 years ago, says she has enjoyed every moment of the carnival from the planning meetings to the actual events.

“I have had a great time, I have never had a bad experience. John Heintz used to say ‘if you’re not having fun, don’t be here.’ We’ve only ever had fun for as long as I can remember,” she said.

Organizers are hoping for below zero temperatures with clear skies throughout the carnival so participants and visitors can enjoy everything there is to love about Rossland’s Winter Carnival.

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May your days be merry and bright Happy Christmas to all our Rossland News readers. Rossland has put on a wonderful display of Christmas lights in celebration of the festive season. Pictured here are Irene and Ken Dixon under a tree, with over 700 lights, in front of their home.

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UPCOMING

ROSSLAND MUSEUM WINTER HOURS Friday January 2, 12 to 5 pm Saturday January 3, 12 to 5 pm For the month of December, admission will be entirely by donation.

SNOW LABYRINTH Wednesday, December 24, 7-11 pm @ St. Andrew’s United Church, Rossland. Snowfall permitting, a Candlelit Snow Labyrinth will be available to all to walk this beautiful snow path in quiet mediation.

4TH ANNUAL NEW YEARS EVE PARTY Wednesday, December 31, 7pm @ the Ross-

ONGOING KIDS LEARN TO CURL PROGRAM • FREE Wednesdays right after school from 2:45-4pm @ the Rossland Curling Rink. Open to kids 8-12 years of age. Sign up for the session starting January 7 and runs until March 11. Drop-ins and new participants are welcome at any time during the program. For more information, contact Sara Mountain, at 362-5184 orsaramountain@ gmail.com.

ROSSLAND MUSEUM & DISCOVERY CENTRE WINTER HOURS Wednesdays to Saturdays, 12-5 p.m.

Closed Dec. 24 to Jan 1.

DECORATE A TREE AT BLACKJACK December 17 to 24. Bring your own Christmas Tree decorations to decorate a tree of your own or contribute to decorating the communal tree at the Kiosk.

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEY Tuesdays 9:45 - 11 pm Sundays 9:15 - 10:30 pm Join this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. Join us every Tuesday and strut your stuff up on stage! With a new host every two weeks its gearing up to be a season of fantastic new talent and great music. Sign up sheet located in the foyer of The Flying Steamshovel.

TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Library. Let Sage and Sally know what you want to do at Teen Night. Come out and have fun!

ROSSLAND SENIORS Monday 1:30 p.m.

Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith at 250-362-4477.

Monday 7:00 p.m.

Rossland Quilters Guild meets. Contact Dayanne at 250-362-7727.

Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Rossland Old Time Fiddlers play. Visitors should contact Richie or Audrey at 250-3629465.

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LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSION Wednesdays 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall. To share ideas, expertise and knowledge, critiques, and open opportunities for experienced and want to be writers. For more information contact Les Anderson by email lesanderson66@gmail. com or phone @ 250-362-5532.

ROSSLAND MAKERLAB Thursdays to Dec 18, 7:00 to 8:30 pm @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning Mentors are on hand to help with 3D modeling, printing or for other technology project. For youth 12 yrs and up.

This program is FREE. WRITERS CLUB Every Wednesday until Apr 15, 2015.

7:30 to 9 pm @ Rossland Seniors Hall.

All genres of writers welcome. No membership fee. Learn from published authors and writers.

ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY The Library has lots of great programs and events starting this month: Fridays at 11am the Books and Babies songs and story time happens for little ones 0 to 30 months. Thursday from 3-4 pm there is something going on in the Library for school aged kids.

Second Thursday of each month from 3-4 pm the Page Turners program for kids 8-11 years old. Fourth Thursday of each month from 3-4 pm. the Board Games Club for kids 6-12 years.

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTS Mondays 3 to 4pm We are looking for girls and boys ages 5 – 7 yrs to Join our Beaver Scout group. Fun and friendship is the cornerstone of the Beaver Scouts program. Beaver Scouts opens the door for your child to discover the world. It is filled with a little bit of everything – outdoor activities, games, music and sports. Along the way, Beaver Scouts meet new friends, learn cooperation and teamwork and develop selfconfidence. Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118

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The Betrayers is the third muchacclaimed book in David Bezmozgis’ relatively brief writing career. It was short-listed this year for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and his previous works — the novel The Free World (2011) and the collection Natasha and Other Stories (2004) — earned him impressive awards in a range of esteemed competitions. Each of these works showcases his precise, unassuming prose and his sensitive awareness of human thoughts and feelings.

They also reveal Bezmozgis’ interest in the immigrant experience, especially that of Soviet Jews as they wrestle with emotional and moral questions about how much to adopt their host culture and how much to maintain their traditional culture.

And within the framework of these questions he depicts personal decisions that define characters’ experiences, paying special attention to simple acts of kindness and meanness, principle and amorality.

The Betrayers is set in Yalta and charts a decisive day in the life of Baruch Kotler, a Soviet Jewish dissident who immigrated to Israel and entered politics. Unwilling to back down from his challenging and honourable stand on West Bank settlements, Kotler earns the wrath of his political rivals, who make public his affair with a woman who is closer in age to Kotler’s daughter than she is

to him. He flees Israel in the midst of this scandal and returns to the resort city he remembers from his childhood. While in Yalta Kotler encounters the very man who denounced him forty years earlier, the one time friend whose accusation sent Kotler to the Gulag.

This day is a decisive one for Kotler, because over its course he must consider the meaning of his actions most notably for his wife, who did all she could twenty-five years earlier to free him from the Gulag and get him to Israel; for his son, an Israeli soldier who is caught between following orders and following his own moral compass; and for his daughter, who considers herself a friend of Kotler’s mistress. What does his betrayal of their love and trust mean for him and them? And, what of those who have betrayed him and his trust — his one time friend and his political opponents? How should he respond to their actions?

In Baruch Kotler, Bezmozgis gives us a character whose tenacious commitment to principle is both his strength and his weakness. Leora, his mistress, reflects that, “her relationship with Kotler had been built upon a flawed premise. […] She had wanted her saint to also be a man.” A saint, she reasons, “loved the world more than any single person,” and in this conclusion Leora uncovers the noble priorities that guide Kotler’s life, but also that seem to separate that life from the everyday deeds and needs of those who are closest to him.

How should we regard Kotler’s moral priorities, his actions in stressful moments, his expressions of love and sacrifice? David Bezmozgis leads us to these questions delicately and pointedly in a novel that will stay with us for a long time.

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In the early hours of Nov. 12, Aaron and Sherelle Milburn’s rental property caught alight. The Milburn’s managed to retrieve their kittens Will and Lola from the Fourth Avenue house fire but everything they had worked so hard for the over the past few years was either destroyed or permanently damaged as a result of the fire.

It has been a traumatic time for the young newlyweds who are extremely grateful for the wider region’s assistance and support.

“From friends, family, business owners and the entire community, I don’t have the words to describe how it feels,” explains an overwhelmed Aaron.

The smoke inhalation Aaron Milburn suffered from immediately after the fire has cleared up now. “It was a really short term thing,” he said.

From friends, family, business owners and the entire community, I don’t have the words to describe how it feels The Milburns moved into another rental property on Dec. 1 in upper Rossland and now, thanks to the extended community, have the essentials. One of the first things Aaron did was to go out and buy “four smoke detectors, a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher and a fire proof safe,” he said. “You tend to look at it differently after it happens to you,” he added.

Top: Sherelle and Aaron Milburn on their wedding day just months before the house fire destroyed their rental property and possessions. Photo by Ashley Hodgson Effect Photography Bottom: The Milburn’s kitties Will and Lola who were rescued in the Nov. 12 house fire.

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People have just come out of the woodwork and offered their help and support to the Milburns. Some of the items lost as a result of the fire can never be replaced, however, with the amazing support from the surrounding communities, the newlywed couple have been able to begin replacing some of the common household items that they need to start over.

“Everybody has gone out of their way, whether it be a meal, a kitchen table, or a story — so many different people have helped us out... we have been mind blown by everything,” said an appreciative Aaron.

Several fundraising initiatives had been undertaken on behalf of the young couple. The couple say everyone

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Their biggest thing is ensuring everyone from family, friends, businesses and the wider community is acknowledged for everything they have done to support them.

“We are so incredibly grateful. I have cried more because of how much everyone has helped us out and we wouldn’t be nearly as together if it wasn’t for the amount of support from this community. We are so thankful to be living in this town, I am so proud to have been raised here, both of us are, it’s such a blessing,” Sherelle expressed.

“If anyone else is ever in our situation we will be the first ones to offer help,” Aaron added.

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