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Students at Mount Baker Secondary gathered round for a photo on the first day of classes Tuesday, Sept. 8. It was back to school for all of School District 5. Here’s to a prosperous 2015/16 school year for all students, teachers, adminstration and staff.
Thieves make off with ATM from Trickle Creek Golf Course Door smashed in with stolen bobcat CAROLYN GRANT
Suspects with a plan made an attempt to break into Trickle Creek Golf Course last week, and a day later, were successful breaking into Bootleg Gap, making off with an ATM machine. “They drove a bobcat through the front door at Bootleg Gap, loosened the ATM machine, which was bolted to the floor and took off,” said Kimberley RCMP Cpl. Chris Newel. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken with the ATM. The bobcat was owned by the golf course, but Newel
says that those familiar with this type of machinery would be able to start it. “Often one key will work with several different machines,” he said. “They damaged the cab of the bobcat to get into it, but we couldn’t determine if there was damage to the ignition,” Newel said. Newel says that an attempt was made to cut into a machine at Trickle Creek Golf Course the previous day, but it was unsuccessful. No arrests have been made and the investigation continues.
Woman killed in motorcycle accident east of Cranbrook TOWNSMAN STAFF
A 61-year-old woman from Ontario died in a motorcycle accident Monday afternoon, Sept. 7, on Highway 3/93 near Wardner. Cranbrook RCMP say the accident happened at about 3:25 p.m., when a westbound three-wheel Harley Davidson motorcycle went off the road down a steep embankment. The woman was pronounced deceased on scene. The 63-yearold male driver of the motorcycle was transported to East Kootenay Regional Hospital in stable condition. The accident is being investigated by East Kootenay Traffic Services and the B.C. Coroner’s Service. Police say neither speed nor alcohol are believed to be factors in the accident.
Cherry Lake fire officially contained T R E V O R C R AW L E Y
The Cherry Lake wildfire is all but burned out as crews contained the blaze as of Tuesday. Discovered a few weeks ago, the fire — 30 kilometres south of Cranbrook — quickly flared up to over 1,000 hectares before crews were able to get some containment lines in. The weather has also been helping out, with over 45 millimetres of rain falling within the last seven days. Cherry Lake even received some snow on the ground over the weekend. “We’re just looking at some more cooler weather as well, so it’s going to help a lot,” said Fanny Bernard, a fire information officer with the Southeast Fire Centre.
There are 25 firefighters who are remaining on-scene to deal with mop-up over 1,234 hectares before the fire is relegated to patrol status. Bernard notes that even though most fires in the Southeast Fire Centre are currently either in mopup or on patrol, smoke may be visible. “Even though these fires are contained and in patrol — even the ones that are in mop-up — it’s normal that some of them would be showing smoke and so even if they’re on patrol, it means that there’s someone looking at them on a regular basis to make sure it doesn’t escape containment lines,” she said.
See MOPPING UP, Page 3