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PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 83, Issue 178 | www.dailybulletin.ca
New venue for candidates forum C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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Scott Panattoni and friends hit the waters of Hahas Lake for a little Sunday driving.
The way of the future (circa 1964) ARNE PETRYSHEN
It’s the fastest car on the water and the fastest boat on the road. Scott Panattoni’s amphicar could be seen last week floating on Hahas Lakes, near Kimberley. Panottoni’s grandfather bought one of the German produced amphicars new in 1964. The amphicars were in production from 1961 to 1967. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson was said to enjoy surprising unsuspecting passengers by driving into the lake at his ranch shout-
ing about a brake malfunction. His grandfather had lived in Invermere and a year after buying the amphicar, he and Panottoni’s father were out on the lake and the wheel bearing failed. “You couldn’t get parts for them,” Panottoni said. “So he parked his for 15 years.” Panottoni’s grandfather bought the one he has now for parts around 1980, when Panottoni was 15. “The guy that owned the one that I have was an amphicar dealer and it came with a bunch of
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spare parts, including the wheel bearing for my grandfather’s,” he said. “So he put the used wheel bearing in his and then he had this used amphicar sitting there, so I bought it when I was 16 and gave it to my dad as a birthday present.” His father left him the amphicar in his will. The amphicar model was known as the 770, which stood for the seven knots it could do in the water and the 70 mph it could achieve on the road. See page 3
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The All Candidates Forum in Kimberley on Wednesday, September 30 is still on, but a venue change has been announced. The Forum will take place in the theatre at Centre 64 rather than McKim, says Chamber Manager Mike Guarnery. The Chamber is hosting the evening. “We are still taking questions until September 24 and we’d like to hear more from the public,” Guarnery said.
Tackling a long-brewing land C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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If you have a question you would like to ask any or all of the candidates, please send it to forum@ kimberleychamber.com The subject of questions will not be limited, but all will be pre-approved. Voters will also have an opportunity to meet the candidates before the forum begins. Doors at Centre 64 will open at 6 and candidates will be available for about 45 minutes. The forum itself begins at 7 p.m. and will run until 8:30 p.m. The forum will be moderated by Tom Ross.
Mayor Don McCormick is going to take a crack at a long-brewing issue at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) meeting in Vancouver next week. The issue is the ability to get clearance from the Ministry of Environment for use of former industrial lands. McCormick says there are several examples of this type of land in Kimberley; land that
could be used if it could clear the environment ministry. “We have the bench lands near the transfer station site,” McCormick said. “It’s a beautiful piece of property zoned commercial/residential/industrial. We can’t develop it because there is an underground stream that’s deemed contaminated. But whatever goes in there wouldn’t use the water. It would be all city services. See LAND, page 5
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