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Water quality advisory still in effect Turbidity higher after recent rains C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley has been under a water quality advisory since the end of April. A water quality advisory means the City and Interior Health recommend that children, the elderly, people with weakened immune systems and anyone seeking additional protection drink boiled water or a safe alternative. All Kimberley residents are currently on the Mark Creek water system, and turbidity levels are rising, given the recent rains. Water quality advisories come into effect as soon as turbidity reads
fair, which is in the 1 to 5 NTU range. For a great part of the time since the water quality advisory went into effect, levels have been just over 1 NTU. However, last Thursday, June 4, the index was reading 2.9 NTU and residents may have noticed some cloudiness in their water. Turbidity occurs when fine suspended particles of clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, plankton, and other microscopic organisms are picked up by water as it passes through a watershed. You can keep up to date on turbidity levels and water quality at kimberley.ca The City checks for turbidity levels daily.
#UnblockCam Local youth in Twitter dispute with MP Wilks C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
CAROLYN GRANT PHOTOS
Staff at RBC Kimberley were in a giving mood last Thursday. Not only was the public treated to a free barbecue lunch but some major dollars were handed out from the RBC Foundation. Two major donations were $10,000 to both Wildsight and CBAL. Top photo, left to right, Julie Rota, Christy Dobi, Isabelle Randall, Robyn Duncan from Wildsight, Michelle Fraser and Janis Sawley. $10,000 also went to the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy. Bottom photo, left to right, Julie Rota, Shannon Powell, Christy Dobi, Gina Panattoni from CBAL, Isabelle Randall, Robin Toffolo and Micelle Fraser. Also receiving Day of Service grants were the Selkirk Music and Drama department ($1000) and the East Kootenay Addictions Society ($1000).
Twitter, like it or not, is where a lot of conversations pertaining to every part of our lives are taking place. Youth especially use Twitter as a news source, and for the politically minded youth, as a way to engage with Members of Parliament or the Legislature. Which is why a local youth, Cam Lomon, has begun a campaign to get himself unblocked on the Twitter feed of Kootenay Columbia MP David Wilks. Lomon is now attending the University of Lethbridge and he is ac-
tive in politics. His Twitter handle is @Act3Politics, and he does not necessarily agree with MP Wilks on political matters. But Lomon’s point is, Mr. Wilks should be engaging with his constituents, not blocking them because they don’t agree. “I was on Facebook and noticed that one of my friends, Joy Orr, made a status saying that our MP David Wilks had blocked her on Twitter from seeing his tweets or tweeting at him,” Lomon told the Bulletin. Joy Orr is NDP MLA Norm Macdonald’s constituency assistant, and is assisting federal NDP candidate Wayne Stetski in his bid for the Kootenay Columbia seat. To Lomon, that shouldn’t matter. See Page 3