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FRUITVALE
REFLECTIONS ON WINTER
Seniors get provincial support Village gets $20,000 Age-friendly grant for new coordinator BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff
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With spring in the air and winter receding, Kristan Iorio of JJs Fashion XS on Cedar Avenue does a little spring cleaning as the store prepares to sell off its winter stock in a half price jacket sale.
Police collar former Beaver Valley resident Canada-wide warrant issued BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
A man wanted for breaking his parole on sex offences in Greater Trail has been arrested after a Canada-wide
warrant was issued Tuesday. Trail RCMP were asked to keep on the lookout for former Fruitvale resident David Grant Mack when Vancouver Police said he failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house on Saturday
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night. “The offence happened down there, there is a warrant issued for his arrest for unlawfully at large because his parole was revoked and we have no reason to believe at this time that he’s here, but we’re just making
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inquiries anyway to see if he did come this way or not,” said Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton, prior to Mack’s arrest in Vancouver. Mack has been out on statutory release since July after serving a nearly three-year sentence for various
offences committed in the region. In September 2009, the then 32-yearold plead guilty in Rossland court to two counts of break and enter, assault causing bodily harm and sexual assault. With files from CP
A seniors’ coordinator position has been created at the Village of Fruitvale to handle activity and information as it pertains to elders in the area. The village recently was approved in February for an Age-friendly Community Projects and Planning grant from the Ministry of Health and received the full award of $20,000. The grant, expected to help support older residents in staying healthy and active in the community, was accepted by the village at its regular council meeting on Monday. However, the coordinator contract position has not been filled, as advertising for the job will occur this week with intention to staff before March 30. “I will be meeting with Kiro Wellness Centre who wish to work collaboratively with the village on this initiative,” Fruitvale chief administrative officer Lila Cresswell told council. The village was one of 52 B.C. municipal governments to receive an age-friendly grant. Examples of age-friendly community changes include widening sidewalks, installing benches, maximizing green space, and making information, programs and services more accessible to the older population. By 2031, close to 1.5 million British Columbians, or almost one quarter of the province’s population, will be over 65. Gas Tax Strategy With Phase 1 already approved for its wastewater treatment plant, Fruitvale is moving towards gaining a grant for its second phase. The 2012 intake for the next round of the Gas Tax Strategic Priorities and Innovation Fund is open and deadline for applications is May 31. Fruitvale council approved submitting an application for Phase 2 of the Fruitvale Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrades (head works and outfall diffuser). “This will require site analysis and some preliminary engineering study by the retained Urban Systems Ltd. group and I anticipate it will be in the range of $7,500 to develop the application background,” said Cresswell. If the application is not approved, the village will be on the hook for the cost of the study.
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