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Emergency personnel respond to a single vehicle accident on Highway 6, 45 kilometres east of Cherryville, Monday afternoon. Lumby Fire Dept. photo
Accident on Highway 6 RICHARD ROLKE Black Press
Nakusp Remembers Members of the RCMP, Royal Canadian Legion, and community civil servants attend the Remembrance Day ceremony at Nakusp’s cenotaph. Despite the rainy weather, many people came out to honour those who lost their lives in World War One, World War Two, the Korean War, and more recent wars. Jillian Trainor photo JILLIAN TR AINOR Arrow Lakes News
Members of the community came together to pay their respects for Canadian soldiers at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Nakusp Royal Canadian Legion. The ceremony started with colour guard marching to the front of stage. “This year being the 100th anniversary of Flanders Fields, we found it appropriate that we should say that poem.” said Harvey Truax, president of the Nakusp branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. The poem was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in
1915. As Truax read the poem, members of the audience joined in. Following the reading of the poem, prayers were said by Chaplain Guy Duchaine and the community choir sang “Remember Flanders Fields.” Maia Zinselmeyer read her essay about WWI, and her sister Zoe read her poem and essay about war and its aftermath. At the end of the service, Truax read the roll call of local men who lost their lives in WWI and WWII, along with the two men who died in training exercises. CONTINUED ON A6
Motorists are being warned about winter conditions after an accident on the Monashee Pass Monday. At about 4:30 p.m., emergency personnel were called to a single-vehicle accident 45 kilometres east of Cherryville on Highway 6. A vehicle had gone 20 to 30 feet down a bank. Two of the occupants of the vehicle were able to get out, but a third person was trapped inside. “Passersby managed to get down the bank and keep blankets on them. They did an excellent job,” said Tony Clayton, with the Lumby Fire Department. Jaws of Life didn’t have to be used to remove the individual from the vehicle but ropes and a stretcher were required to get them up the bank to the highway. “There appears to be non-life threatening injuries,” said Clayton. It’s believed road conditions played a factor in the accident. “It was ugly, a lot of snow. It was even slippery for us,” said Clayton. “Our guys did an exceptional job given the circumstances.” Clayton has a message for all motorists heading out on to the road. “It’s winter out there in any of the mountain passes. Be prepared.” The occupants of the vehicle were from the Arrow Lakes area.
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