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Martin on target for World competition Tara Bowie Review Staff
Sarah Martin’s journey to the Worlds is travelling as straight as one of the 80 to 100 arrows she shoots each day. The 39-year-old Cawston resident is the first Canadian female longbow archer to qualify for the World 3-D Archery Championships. The championships are being held in Terni, Italy at the end of August. Martin already has a gold win in her quiver for this season as she won an indoor 3-D archery competition in Abbotsford in mid-January. Her next competition is set to take place on Valentines Day in Cloverdale. “It’s been quite an adventure so far. I would have never guessed it would turn out like this,” Martin said last week. Because Canada has never had a
female longbow archer before this will mark the first time Canadian competitors can collect points individually and compete as a team against other countries. Martin, an avid rifle hunter, started shooting longbow in 2013 after receiving encouragement from friends. “A lot of my friends shoot bow because it extends the seasons quite a bit. It all started from hunting basically and I heard about this traditional archery school in Osoyoos and I thought that was pretty close. I’d heard of Brock and knew he’d been to the worlds before so I started shooting with him to learn,” she said. Martin’s natural talent shone through immediately and soon Brock Paton of the Osoyoos Traditional Archery School was asking if she’d Continued on page 8
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Sarah Martin is revving up for a new season of competitions, which will peak during the Worlds in Italy in August.
Bidding heated at Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Tara Bowie Review Staff
Tara Bowie
Sean Hibbs and Kelly Terbasket duked it out over a Yako deArburn painted chair at the Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Saturday night. Hibbs came out on top in the silent auction with a $100 bid.
Sean Hibbs and Kelly Terbasket found themselves in the hot seat as they tried to outbid each other in the silent auction at the Cawston Hall Cabin Fever Ball Saturday. The two Cawston residents both had their eye on the octopus inspired refurbished chair design of Yako deArburn. “He outbid me in the last second,” a defeated but still smiling Terbasket said moments after the silent auction closed. The final bid on the unique chair was $100, the highest any of the 19 chairs that were revamped by local artists to raise money for the hall. “It’s for charity,” Hibbs said. “It’s for a good cause. I waste a lot of money on myself doing things and I thought why not spend a few bucks and support something in the community that means so much.” Hibbs bought three chairs at the silent auction. One for each of his children. He plans to keep them in the house and then use them outside in the
warm months. “It’s something different for the kids. I think they will really like them,” he said. The annual Cabin Fever Ball brought in a crowd of about 150 people. The night included three bands. “Tonight’s been above our expectations,” Bob McAtamney, hall president said. Money raised from the annual event goes towards maintenance and hall repairs. Most recently new ceiling tiles were put up in a section of the hall. On the horizon is the need for a new roof that will cost anywhere between $5,000 to $10,000. “There’s always something. The roof is definitely a priority,” he said. McAtamney said the hall is facing some financial uncertainty as the Lower Similkameen Indian Band prepares to open its new facility. “The LSIB is our biggest renters,” he said. “We also have weddings, funerals, private functions. We’re not sure what the impact will be yet but there will
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be one.” The Cawston Hall as it stands today was originally made up of several buildings. The main large hall was built in 1922. A second portion of the building was added in the mid 1950s when the community’s two-room school house was closed across the street from the hall. The school house was moved in two sections and attached to the main hall. “It’s the focus point for the community,” McAtamney said. “I would say it’s the heart of the community.”
Sean Hibbs won the right to pay for a Yako deArburn chair at the Cawston Hall ball Saturday. His bid was $100.
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