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Chase’s community paper for over 20 years! Issue for the week of Friday, July 14th, 2017• Vol. 22, Issue 28
Info Centre plays role in wildfire situation
250-679-3261 Chase, BC
submitted by Maria Maddalozzo, summer student, Chase and District Chamber of Commerce
The Info Centre opened Saturday morning included campers who had been abruptly to a situation completely different from evacuated from Wells Gray and other the previous several months, a situation at-risk nature areas, and were seeking the Village, and province, had not seen camping and other accommodations in since 2003. With an influx the Shuswap. Despite an of tourists and locals seeking unexpected break from information about smoke, the smoke on Sunday, evacuations and closed the smoke returned full roads, we assumed the role force Monday with a 10+ of community and tourist health risk rating on the crisis information. The first Air Quality Health Index; day of the state of emergency, Once the index surpasses we assisted visitors and locals 10, even the general with finding alternative population is advised vacation spots untouched to reduce their outdoor by smoke, creating a driving activities. route to Hells Gate that On Tuesday, our Board would bypass the still of Directors decided to Some of the donations closed stretches of Highway embrace our community received so far 1, informing locals and role and act as a donation visitors about the level 9 centre for the wildfire Air Quality Health Risk in our local fire evacuees. We began our advertising at district, monitoring road closures and Music on the Lake, which had an great evacuations, and finding accommodations turnout despite the heavy smoke. in an area with a tournament concurrent to Through the next day, the people of Chase the mass evacuations. poured into the Chamber with donations Over the weekend, we continued in our that overflowed from their designated renewed 2003 role. Many of our visitors table. Continued on page 4...
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