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Peewee
Number 26
Champs
Koi found in local lake Tara Bowie Review Staff
Submitted photo
Quinn Carignan can barely contain his excitement after the Peewee Boys won their third straight game to capture the championship. He’s pictured with coach Jody Watts seconds after the big win. A detailed story with several more pictures can be found on page 23.
Chief Kieth Crow has a fish tale he wishes he didn’t have to tell. The Lower Similkameen Indian Band chief was just about to cast his line for the third time on Yellow Lake last week when he spotted an 18-inch Koi. The fish often used in decorative ponds surfaced hoping to be fed. “I was just out fishing and it surfaced. It’s not good on the ecosystem at all,” he said. Crow walked along the dock to see if others would surface and he spotted several goldfish as well. The fish must have been released by their owners at some point this spring. Crow suspects there could be dozens more of the fish in Yellow Lake and he’s been told Koi have also been detected in Vaseux Lake. “People get that thing when they don’t want to kill their fish but they want rid of them and so they dump them in the lake thinking that at least they have a shot to survive, but they cause major damage,” he said. Contiued on page 6
Elks Bluegrass jamboree revival huge success Review Staff
They liked everything but the wind were the reviews from performers and campers who participated in the first revived Elks Bluegrass Jamboree over the weekend. “For their first year they did a great job,” Hellen Bullock from Winfield said at the close of the jamboree Sunday. “The grounds were great, the camping was good, the facilities were wonderful and the food was really good. Everything was great but it was quite
windy.” Bullock travels around to many of the province’s bluegrass festivals. She spends weeks at a time in her trailer with people that have become like family to her. One of those people Evelyn Valentine was happy to sing with her friend throughout the week. “It’s been a great time. These people are all like family. We’re just one big family,” she said. Throughout the week
about 35 rigs made a home at the Elks Rodeo Grounds. Organizers said if they’d opened the site Sunday people would have set up then. “We had people wanting to park Sunday night. They’d come up from Summerland. Next year we’ll probably start the camping portion Sunday instead of Monday,” Dave Barker, organizer said. Barker finished his handmade portable stage just in time for the festival. Contiued on page 16
Tara Bowie
About 50 performers took to the stage over the weekend at the Elks Bluegrass Jamboree at the rodeo grounds.