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Cotter defends curling crown Jim Cotter (far left) won his sixth provincial curling title Sunday with teammates Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky and coach Pat Ryan at the Nelson Curling Club. See full story and more photos page 13. Tyler Harper photo
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The Kootenay Lake school district is nearing the culmination of a multi-year facilities planning process that could result in school closures and will share their findings and seek community input at five upcoming meetings. “There’s no potential plan at this
point. We’re still mid-process,” superintendent Jeff Jones told the Star, noting that approximately 80 possible scenarios were put forward. “The purpose of the public meetings is to provide the communities with a view of what the scored scenarios look like.” These meetings come after a yearlong pause, something Jones said was
caused by the labour-intensive process. “Part of the work of determining viability was significant and required looking not only at projections but also history. That’s very difficult in the absence of a demographer, so this was a significant process.” But now the board’s ready to get to work.
“I’m looking forward to picking up this work again as stakeholders are asking when it will be completed,” trustee Rebecca Huscroft said at a recent meeting, while trustee Sharon Nazaroff noted this is “great timing, especially since the ministry is now requiring long range CONTINUED ON A22
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