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Military Ames receives grant for cenotaph C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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There were no serious injuries after a vehicle left highway 95A east of Kimberley early Friday morning and struck a house, reports Cpl. Chris Newel of the Kimberley RCMP. The vehicle was westbound when it left the road, hit a fence, a truck and then the side of a house. The occupants of the house were not injured. The vehicle came to rest upside down and the driver was able to free himself. He was taken to East Kootenay Regional Hospital by ambulance, assessed and released a short time later. Police are still following up on the incident which took place around 5:30 am. The 22 year old driver from Kamloops is facing a number of charges.
Preparations underway for First Saturday C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
The first First Saturday of summer 2016 is set to go July 2. Carol Fergus of the Kimberley Arts Council says the successes of the past three seasons have made First Saturdays a viable event to
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continue, although grant opportunities to fund them are getting fewer. “The value of the day in the Platzl, which benefits locals and visitors, is free to all who participate in a variety of activities, but does present a cost to the organizers,� she said. Therefore, July’s First Saturday will once again feature a silent auction. Last year’s silent
auction raised over $4200. The big First Saturday event last year was Symphony on the Mountain, It was a huge success, but also hugely complicated. Not something you can repeat every year, Fergus says, although it may happen again at some point.
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Military Ames, the veterans camaraderie group, has been notified by Veterans Affairs Canada that they have been successful in obtaining a $25,000 grant to assist with the restoration of the Kimberley Cenotaph. The grant will assist with moving and rebuilding the cenotaph and will be matched by funds from the City of Kimberley. However, fund raising is ongoing for the cenotaph site, which will be known as Kimberley Veterans’ Memorial Park. The Park will be located downtown on the former Bavarian Esso site. Group facilitator Cindy Postnikoff says that now that the grant has been secured, it’s full steam ahead. “We are now waiting for our surveyor to deliver his report on the site to the engineer,� she said. “We are expecting that this week. Then we’ll come up with a plan and look at hiring a general contractor.� The new monument has been ordered and parts of the existing cenotaph will be incorporated into it. “Now we need to raise funds for the park� Postnikoff said. The plan is to have sidewalks around the perimeter and then a slope into the park. This will eliminate the need for a retaining wall. See AMES , Page 3
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