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Thursday, December 10, 2015
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200 fruit trees destroyed in hit and run Tara Bowie Review
Stef Laramie
Special Olympics parade members lit the way during the Light Up parade held Friday night in Keremeos.
A local family is on the hook for approximately $15,000 in orchard repairs after a motorist ran off the road and destroyed 200 apple trees, several posts, and irrigation lines in the early hours of Sunday morning. Orchard owner Satnam Khakh said she found the extensive damage around 7 a.m. Sunday morning during her regular walk around her property located at the end of Coulthard Road where Barcello Road crosses. “I came out to check things and found this mess,” she said while picking through irrigation lines and broken tree limbs. Unless the culprit can be found the damage to the orchard will not be covered by insurance. Crop insurance does not cover vandalism but its intent is to cover things like damage from hail, wind, etc. About 20 feet of skid marks could be seen on Coulthard Road in line with where the vehicle entered the orchard. The vehicle crashed into the orchard travelling about 100-feet before reversing and causing another 100-feet of damage as it found its way out again. Continued on page 13
Keremeos kicks off holiday season with Light Up Tara Bowie Review
The future of the Keremeos Light Up parade is bright, say two judges of the annual event. Ron Shonk and Dwayne Woloshyn have judged entries in the parade for the last three years. “It’s been wonderful to be a part of it,” Woloshyn said shortly after the parade Friday night. Dressed in fur coats and fur hats Shonk and Woloshyn ticked off a score for each entry from their viewing point in front of the Info Centre. Woloshyn made special mention of the Special Olympics walking group which had many members carrying lighted snowflakes through the parade. He also
noted the Keremeos and Area Ambassadors used circular glow sticks for their light up component. He was happy to see two new non-registered walking additions to the parade including the Similkameen Sizzle hot peppers and the Keremeos Review. “It was great to see the new edition of the Review,” Woloshyn said with a chuckle. The judges imparted some tips for future parade entrants. “If I could say one thing is that I’d like to see more lights incorporated by the groups. I realize it was difficult in the past because it meant you had to have some sort of power source but now there are a lot of battery operated lights avail-
able,” he said. Shonk said he looks for one thing when judging entries in the parade. “Energy,” he said. “It could be from lights. It could be from sound or from people. But I want to see energy. Those floats that just have something riding on the back and no energy to it, I don’t really care for,” he said. Shonk and Woloshyn were two of four judges for the parade. When all the scores were added up the winners are: Lower Similkameen Indian Band earned the Best Float in Parade (prize Similkameen Country) and the Peoples Favourite
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Tara Bowie
Dwayne Woloshyn, left, and Ron Shonk were two of the judges of this year’s Light Up parade.
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