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More bike racing coming this summer Singletrack 6 rides through Cranbrook and Kimberley this July 25 & 26 C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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Getting studious at the Sullivan Underground Mining Railway. SUMR hosted two geology tours last week. Retired geologist Paul Ransome, who recently donated an extensive collection of Sulivan Mine core samples to the Railway, was able to conduct two geology walking tours, one for Carolyn Kelly’s group from NAIT and for Dr. Jennifer Cuthbertson’s group from U of C. Bill Roberts provided the underground mining experience for both tours. Guests Ted Sanders, Doug Leach and EK Chamber of Mines, Jason Jacob joined the U of C group and helped Paul with that tour.
Kimberley looks to expand Transit Proposal for five-day a week, five times a day to Cranbrook
C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
There has been a bus running between Kimberley and Cranbrook three days a week for several years now, but there has been a real shift in usage. Such a shift in fact, that the City of Kimberley will be applying for an expansion in transit services to five days a week instead of three, and a couple of additional trips, early and late in the day. Stats show that while the service began with 80 per cent of usage for medical appoint-
ments, it has now shifted to 80 per cent commuters for work or shopping. “This service was set up for medical appointments,” said Mayor Don McCormick. “But now only 15 per cent of riders are going for medical reasons. There are a lot of commuters.” The expansion would add approximately 1,010 service hours and the initial estimated cost increase to the City is $13,952 per year (actual cost to be determined, estimated range is $12,000 - $15,000). A staff report to Council
noted the annual cost increase would represent an estimated 0.15 per cent tax increase in future operating budget. Instead of funding the cost by tax increase, Council may choose to fund the annual additional cost from the “Climate Action” reserve funds which are intended to support initiatives and projects that help to reduce overall corporate and/or community greenhouse gas emissions. If approved, the additional trips will begin in September of 2017.
Kimberley and Cranbrook have been investing in trails in recent years and it is really starting to pay off with adventure racing events popping up on the calendar. This June 26, Kimberley will host the well-established Round the Mountain races, a one day, seven challenge, hiking/biking event on June 26. Round the Mountain accepts 500 registrations and most years is full. Also returning this summer is the Black Spur Ultra on August 20 and FILE PHOTO 21. Kimberley’s trails attract another high profile bike See RACE, page 5 event, the Singletrack 6 on July 26, 2016.
Desperately dry East Kootenay snowpack at 42 per cent of normal C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Cooler temperatures this week brought some rain and even a bit of
snow at higher elevations in the East Kootenay, but overall the snowpack is at record lows for May. This is the word from the latest snow bulletin on May 9 from the BC River Forecast Centre. The latest report says the snowpack is at 53 per cent of normal for
this time of year. That’s a provincial average with individual reports ranging from 10 to 100 per cent of normal. The average is a new record low (measured since 1980), and is 13 per cent below the previous low of 66 per cent, recorded in 1980. See SNOW, page 5
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