THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2015
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Search and Rescue rift Two groups vying to be sanctioned as new Kimberley Search and Rescue C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
The City of Kimberley is trying to decide what to do about Kimberley Search and Rescue. Coun. Kent Goodwin updated Council on the situation on Monday evening. The Kimberley Search and Rescue Society was dissolved by the
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Province late last year, Goodwin said, for failing to provide proper documentation. “Two different groups are incorporating to provide search and rescue,” he said. These groups are both made up of former, trained members of the previous Search and Rescue Society. Council received a letter from one of the groups, which has incorporated as Kimberley Search and Rescue Society. In the letter, the new Society’s president, Pamela Nevlud, requested access to search and rescue equipment.
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Fraud matter adjourned to March TOWNSMAN STAFF
A Cranbrook woman facing fraud charges had her case adjourned till March on Tuesday morning as she seeks a private accountant. The charges, including Fraud over $5,000 and Theft of $5,000, were announced by the RCMP last October, after a business reported that a long-time employee
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had been stealing money by alleging that she had been paying herself for hours and duties not actually performed. In total, it is alleged the accused defrauded her employer of approximately $360,000 over the course of her 14-year tenure with the company. See FRAUD, page 4
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The Rocky Mountain International Student Program at Selkirk Secondary School said good-bye to 10 departing students at a farewell party during lunch hour at the school on January 20. The students pictured above were in Kimberly for five-month stays that began in September and one-year stays that began last February. Back row: Fabian (Germany), Marten (Germany), Claudius (Germany), Naru (Japan), and Kate (Australia). Front row: Marino (Japan), Kyoka (Japan), Maho (Japan), Riho (Japan), and Hikari (Japan). To view more photos of this year’s program, visit www.facebook.com/rmisp or www.instagram.com/rmisp.
Slopes for Hope cancelled FOR THE BULLE TIN
Bad news for the Kimberley-born Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser, Slopes for Hope. The 2015 event has been postponed until the winter of 2016. “Due to variables that are beyond our control, we have experienced a sharp decrease
in our enrollment and donations,” event chair Liana Shaw said. “Unfortunately, we are the second Slopes for Hope event in the province that has had to postpone the event.” “Not reaching our fundraising target for this event means that many will be affected and may not have access to the services these funds support
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in our communities,” Shaw said. “Slopes for Hope itself is a fun way to support the Canadian Cancer Society, however, the real impact you make is in the funds you help raise that translate into saving lives and supporting those on a cancer journey. For this reason we very much hope that our regis-
tered participants continue to reach out to their networks over the year and do their best to help meet our fundraising target for this event that is postponed until 2016. The website will remain open and tax receipts will be issued for donations of $25 or more made online at slopesforhope. ca
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