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TEARS OF A CLOWN. The evening of Monday August 3 featured a one act play “Scaramouche Jones” (The life and death of a tragic clown), performed by Michael Graham of Nelson B.C. to a full house in the Centre 64 theatre. The Festival continues all week, ending with another Saturday Night Outdoor Concert and dance at the Centre 64 outdoor stage, with the Vancouver blues funk band Brickhouse.
Election by the numbers The divide between East and West Kootenays C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
The addition of Salmo, Nelson and Kaslo, plus their rural areas, to the Kootenay Columbia riding creates a slightly different picture in the coming election. Numbers from the 2011 election also illustrate that the divide between East and West Kootenay still remains. In 2011, the riding did not include the West Kootenay communities, and voted 55.9 per cent in favour of the Conservatives and MP David Wilks. The NDP followed with 33.8 per cent. The remaining vote was split 5.7 per cent Green, 3.3 per cent Liberal and 1.3 per cent other (there was an independent candidate in 2011). Over in the West Kootenay, the communities of Nelson, Kaslo and Salmo, and rural areas were almost a mirror image of that, with 58.5 per
cent support for the NDP and 30 per cent for the Conservatives. Both areas had identical voter turnout at 61 per cent. The addition of the West Kootenay communities adds 18,000 plus potential voters to Kootenay Columbia. In the 2011 election there were just over 60,000 potential voters in the riding. Taking a closer look at the 2011 results, one can see that Conservative support is generally strongest in the south — Sparwood voted 75 per cent Conservative, Elkford - 69.9, and Fernie rural 72.4 per cent in favour of the Conservatives. At the northwest of the riding, in Revelstoke, Conservative support was 40.9 per cent, with 43.4 per cent voting NDP. Revelstoke also had the highest Liberal support at 5.5 per cent, and Green support at 8.2 per cent. Kimberley voted 44.8 per cent Conservative, but the surrounding rural area voted 61.1 per cent for the Conservatives. In Cranbrook, Conservative support was at 61.4 per cent and Cranbrook rural at 66 per cent.
‘Car thief’ arrested, sentenced Clayton Bone of Kimberley picked up for stolen Suzuki Sidekick
BY VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times Staff
The cops have nabbed a prolific thief with help from two Rossland residents.
Clayton Bone appeared in Nelson Provincial Court Tuesday and plead guilty to possession of a stolen vehicle, flight from police, and uttering threats to
harm a police, officer. The 28-year-old from Kimberley was sentenced to 15 months in jail. See ARRESTED, page 3
Man in a coma discovered in Invermere, now identified NICOLE TRIGG Columbia Valley Pioneer
During the evening hours of August 1st, an unconscious male was located on Kpokl Road in Invermere next to his mountain bike. The male was taken to Invermere Hospital then flown to Foothills hospital with serious head injuries. The evidence at the scene leads the investigators to believe
that the male was riding down a steep hill. At the bottom of the hill on a curve, the road divides into a Y intersection. The male did not negotiate a turn and ended up in a ditch filled with large rocks. A search of the scene and of the person found no identification. No missing person reports or overdue persons were received. With the assistance of the
media and social media, tips were received that resulted in a positive identification. The injured male has been identified as Jacob Daniel MacNeil, 25, of Invermere. The Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment would like to thank the media for their assistance as well as the public that took note of this story via social media and provided information.