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Volume 68, No. 3 | Thursday, January 21, 2016
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READY TO RENO — Contractors and Interior Health Authority staff gathered at the Creston Valley Hospital’s emergency room Jan. 14 to mark the
beginning of the department’s renovation project. From left: Creston Valley Hospital site manager Carolyn Hawton, Tyler Mailhot of Mayday Electric, Interior Health Authority project manager Lucas Miller, Cody Kwiatkoski (kneeling) of Venture Mechanical, Terry Rendek and David Johnson of T.A. Rendek and Associates Ltd., architect Brian Christianson of Stantec, and CVH acute services director Shirley Mercier. Story on page 5.
Town council changing meeting times
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Creston town council voted Jan. 12 to change its meeting times to accommodate Coun. Kevin Boehmer, who topped the polls in the 2014 municipal election. Boehmer told council that he had accepted a teaching position
(he is an accountant) in Cranbrook at the College of the Rockies, which limits his ability to carry on with some of his duties as a Creston councillor. “This isn’t something I went looking for,” he said. “The job basically came to me.” Boehmer now teaches from Tuesday through Friday, but has no
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intention of relocating. “We won’t be moving,” he said. “My wife and kids love it here and I will be commuting.” Boehmer ’s new employer accommodated his work as a town councillor, working out a schedule that sees his duties end at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, which allows him to get back to Creston
for the regular 4 p.m. public council meeting. At the suggestion of Coun. Karen Unruh, council voted to move the meeting back to 4:30 p.m. And scheduled closed meetings will now be held after the public meeting, not before.
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