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Summer Theatre ticket money stolen
Cash, ticket stubs taken C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Since the 2013 Kimberley Summer Theatre season left the KST Society deeply in debt, the remaining board members (Shirley Rossi, Roxanne Harper and Olive Mufford) have been working tirelessly to make sure everyone is paid. They are almost there, having raised every dime of an almost $40,000 debt through meat pie sales, spaghetti dinners, garage sales and raffles. The latest raffle is for a patio furniture set and barbecue, which is set up at the corner of the Mark Creek Market parking lot on Wallinger. Draw date is July 1, 2015. Ticket sales have been going well but unfortunately, last week someone stole the cash box out of Shirley Rossi’s car, which was parked in the Platzl parking lot. The back window of the vehicle was broken with a two by four. In the cash box was the $150 float plus about $100 in tickets sold that day. What has Rossi worried is that they now have no record of the people who purchased tickets that day. If you purchased a ticket on Wednesday, July 1 or possibly the evening before, Summer Theatre needs your information. The tickets stolen are sequences 0261 - 0280, 0341 - 0360, 0381 - 0400, 0401 - 0420, 0421 - 0440. If you could bring your information to the ticket selling location at the Mark Creek Market parking lot, it would be appreciated. Or you can call Rossi at 250-427-4561. CAROLYN GRANT PHOTO Please support Summer Theatre and The always colourful Arne “Elton” Sahlen was entertaining in the Mark Creek Market parking lot on Friday, raising funds for Summer Theatre. purchase a raffle ticket.
With him is Kimberley super-volunteer Shirley Rossi.
Evacuation alerts remain in place as crews fight blaze TRE VOR CR AWLEY
The Baynes Lake wildfire has been roughly 25 per cent contained, but there are still evacuation alerts in place for the surrounding area and the Kragmont community. The fire saw minimal growth over Sunday night, but is estimated to be roughly 140 hectares in size. Crews are planning to conduct a burn out, where they will burn towards the active fire to reduce the fuels and create a natural fire break. The burn out will gener-
ate some smoke but it is a normal practice in combatting wildfires. There are 35 firefighters on scene, with six pieces of heavy equipment, two helicopters and air tankers as needed. The fire is burning south of Cutts Road towards the Elk River. In another area of RDEK jurisdiction, a fire north of Spillimacheen has been re-estimated at 54 hectares. There was a flare up overnight on the Harrogate side
of the fire, but crews have been working on machine guard lines and containment. There are 30 firefighters, heavy equipment and aerial support on scene, along with help from the Windermere Fire Department Structural Protection Unit, which protected two homes close to the blaze. One home remains under an evacuation order, while an evacuation alert is in place for the area south of the RDEK Boundary, east of
the Columbia River, south to Westside Road in Spillimacheen. As reported by the RDEK on Sunday, there was also a small fire in the grass and yard clipping pile at the Central Subregion Landfill. Staff, contractors and a Wildfire Service crew actioned it immediately and although it generated a lot of smoke, the fire was isolated to the grass pile, quickly contained and is now out. Staff also came by for mop up and hot spot Crews battling blaze out at Baynes Lake. checks on Monday.
RDEK PHOTO