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THE BULLETIN PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 83, Issue 60 | www.dailybulletin.ca
A banner year
City to charge fee for hanging event banners C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
We are all familiar with the banners which hang over Wallinger Avenue promoting various events. However, as the banners have become more popular, Kimberley City Council has come up with a new policy on how to allocate banner time and to charge a fee for hanging said banners. Staff had reported to Council that there was a need for a more equitable and fiscally responsible means of determining which banners are displayed, when,
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for how long, and who should pay. Staff also noted that in the past some banners hung for over a month while others were only up a week or less. Some banner requests end up being refused, especially during summer months. “We have created a new policy for banners,” said Mayor Don McCormick. It costs us up to $120 every time we hang a banner so it seemed prudent to charge a fee.” McCormick says banner requests will now operate in a similar manner to ice allocation. “Groups will work together to build a list. There will be some give and take.” See BANNER page 4
ShelterBox; the need never ends FOR THE BULLETIN
In the Kootenays we are challenged with how to plan for our ever-changing weather. Our hopes include looking forward to getting back into yard work. For hundreds of ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) volunteers they are challenged with how to get shelter to disaster victims at fifteen disaster sites around the world. Their hope is getting shelter to victims in time. Currently the media is focused on the devastation in the wake of cyclone Pam that hit Vanuatu in the South Pacific. ShelterBox Response Teams (SRTs) are there, adding their expertise and equipment to the authorities managing this massive rescue operation. Meanwhile SRTs are on the ground in fourteen other disaster sites; (floods in Madagascar, Malaysia, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger, Bolivia, Peru and North Korea; conflict in Iraq, Cameroon, Gaza and Syria; typhoon Philippines; and ebola in Sierra Leone).
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One ShelterBox costs $1200 and provides shelter for 10 people.
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Remember Michael Meinig? He’s the Kimberley man who promised to climb three mountains in three days for three different charities to celebrate his 50th birthday. Well, he’s done it, and raised over $5000 while doing so. Meinig climbed three mountains in the Banff, Canmore area, Mt. Lady Macdonald, Mt. Rundle and Ha Ling Peak. The charities benefitting from his efforts are Cranbrook Shelter, Children’s Wish and Good Samaritan.
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