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Cominco Gardens on the chopping block? Council receives letter in support of the value of the Gardens C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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A group of 14 students from School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain) is currently in Japan in support of Kimberley’s sister-city relationship with Annaka in Gunma province. The group will be spending three days in Annaka with host families and two days in Nagoya at Tokai Gakeun High School in addition to visiting various locations of historical and cultural significance throughout Japan. The group is pictured above at the Asakusa Kannon Temple in Tokyo. For more photos of the trip, visit the Facebook page of the Rocky Mountain International Student Program at www.facebook.com/rmisp.
One of the frequent phrases you will hear from Mayor and Council as they try to come to terms with an ever tighter budget is that “there are no sacred cows”. That phrase was heard again on Monday evening as Council discussed a letter of passionate support for Cominco Gardens, written by a Gardens employee. “I have worked at the Gardens for over 20 years and see first hand the
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continued values that the Gardens generate and give back not only to the community but travellers who visit Kimberley from all over the world. See GARDENS, page 5
Artist wants to improve look of concrete flume wall C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
If there is one thing you will find most Kimberley residents agreeing on these days, it is that the concrete wall rising in Mark Creek just downstream of the Wallinger Avenue bridge is an eyesore in an otherwise attractive project. A recent poll at www.dailybulletin.ca
had 90 percent of respondents saying that it ruined the look of the flume rehab project. Even Mayor and Council admit that, though the wall is that high in order to meet 200-year flood specifications, it is not attractive. Kimberley artist Tony Austin has some ideas he feels could make the concrete wall look a little better.
Austin was at City Council on Monday evening seeking a letter of support. He will be applying for a major project grant of $10,000 from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance to give that concrete wall a new look. “About three weeks ago I was walking across the bridge,” Austin told Council. “I was looking at the flume and I thought it’s look-
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