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Locals in Nepal set to head home TREVOR CRAWLEY
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Colin James rocked the sold-out Key City Theatre Monday, April 27. The guitar slinger performed with spare accompaniment — bass and acoustic guitar — but packed plenty of wallop even so.
While communication is still spotty at best inside Nepal, there is good news concerning a pair of Cranbrook residents, who have confirmed with family members that they are okay following a massive earthquake this past weekend. Anni Coulter and Jim Campbell have made contact with relatives and are safe as of Monday night in Kathmandu, the national capital. Coulter and Campbell are two of six local residents who are currently in Nepal and were caught up in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday that has devastated much of the country. Alex and Tricia McLeod are safe in a little village called Lukla, while Robyn Duncan and Kara Brissette are safe in Kathmandu and are staying in an American military compound while waiting for a flight out of the country.
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Council votes to sell old fire hall ARNE PETRYSHEN
On Monday, council voted to sell Fire Hall no. 1. Council also voted to not extend an agreement to repurpose the building to house the Cranbrook and District Arts Council. Mayor Lee Pratt gave the news at the end of the Monday, April 27 city council meeting. Council came to the decision during the in-camera portion of the meeting prior to the public agenda. Pratt noted the decision was not an easy one. “It was a tough decision made, and we feel it was the right decision made for the majority of the citizens of
Cranbrook,” Pratt said. The Memorandum of Understanding that the city previously had with the Cranbrook and District Arts Council will also not be extended. The agreement was around the potential repurposing of Fire Hall no. 1 into a permanent home for the arts council. “That was the decision of council following the meeting this evening,” Pratt said. “Several significant concerns about the overall viability without a significant investment from the city were raised, along with the level of services within the city being duplicated, especially with organizations
and facilities that already get funding and support from the city as well as with services delivered by local private sector businesses.” Pratt said council also believes the scale of the project is beyond the arts council’s ability to deliver. Pratt added that council also voted Monday night to have staff talk to a realtor and put the building up for sale. “There will be a number of contingencies or rules pertaining to the sale and the listing, which staff will be discussing with the city’s realtor,” he said.
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Cranbrook City Council voted on Monday, April 27, to have staff talk to a realtor and put the old downtown fire hall up for sale.