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The Home Grown Music Society received the 2015 Arts & Culture Business & Organization Award at the recent AGM and awards gala of the Kimberley Arts Council/Centre 64. See more, page 5. Above are Arne Sahlen, Terry Macham, Don Davies, Dave Carlson, Carol Fergus, Gordie Blake, Craig Hillman, Lorna Locke, Deb Mayer and Suzanne McAllister.
The weed war C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley City Council has authorized a further $15,000 to noxious weed control in the City, bringing the total spent to $30,000. Earlier this year the two companies hired to treat invasive plants in Kimberley in 2015, Maple Leaf Forestry and Mountain View Resources, submitted a report to Council which suggested the budget be raised to $60,000. At the time Kimberley Council was told that the city had the reputation of being the worst city for invasive plants in the RDEK. However, Coun. Darryl Oakley wondered if doubling the budget was the way to go. He likened it to pouring endless amounts of dollars into a sinking ship.
“To me it should be a community-wide effort in a different way. We can’t keep pumping money into this. We are not gaining against invasive weeds, we are losing.” Coun. Nigel Kitto said perhaps the city was not allocating enough, that’s why things were so bad. “It probably is a conversation we need to have with the community,” he said. “But I’m not ready to give up yet.” Coun. Kent Goodwin said that city staff was developing an approach and a plan on dealing with invasive plants. “Part of it is to identify weed free areas and protect them,” he said. “The red flag for me is that research suggests that these seeds can stay in the ground for a long time. Mother Nature is going to battle us on this thing. I think we should put the money somewhere else.”
Animal rescue organization setting up East Kootenay chapter BARRY COULTER
The regional program that helps out people affected by a disaster — East Kootenay Emergency Social Services — has a new member of the team, this one dedicated to helping our animal companions. CDART — the Canadian Disaster Animal Response Team — is in the process of establishing an East Kootenay Branch to aid disaster victims in the area. Their mission is to provide emergency services during such as wildfires, floods, severe storms, environmental disasters, or anything that requires
the evacuation of residents from their homes. “During the Rock Creek/Oliver wildfires last year, many people did not have the resources available to evacuate pets and livestock,” said Ron McCon-
nell of Wasa, one of the organizers. “Some had to simply open their barnyard gates and let the animals go, hoping they would survive on their own — many didn’t.” Largely as a result of this situation, CDART set up a chapter in the Lower Okanagan. “The East Kootenay is next.” The East Kootenay chapter will be the fourth in B.C., along with Oliver-Central Okanagan, Shuswap and Southwest B.C. Mobile support is made available to other areas that need help. See CDART, page 3
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