March 31, 2011 Volume 10 • Number 13 50¢ Newsstand Price
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Kamloops spirit scarves as gift of the city Orange, green, yellow - these three colours on their own are just three of the colours of the rainbow but put them together and they mean a whole lot more. These are the colours chosen to represent us, the tournament capital of Canada. The City of Kamloops and these three colours represent us to the world and through them we have been able to spread our hearts and our spirits and show the world just exactly what Kamloops has to offer – great hardworking people who come together to achieve anything they set their minds to. During the run up to the Olympics, the Spirit of Kamloops Business Subcommittee was looking for a way to represent the creativity, warmth, and entrepreneurial spirit of the Kamloops people. Together the came up with the idea of having a spirit scarf produced to give to high level dignitaries and Olympic hopefuls. The scarf needed to be made locally incorporating Canada’s Tournament Capital colours and be unique enough to be recognized from a distance as a Kamloops Spirit Scarf. “The objectives of the scarf were to recognize honoured guests,
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Local artisan Audrey Meuse was chosen to hand weave the Kamloops’ spirit scarves.
dignitaries and Olympic hopefuls through the presentation of a high quality, unique gift that will be treasured and worn with pride,”
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explains Anita Grover of Venture Kamloops who has been overseeing the project and will soon hand it off to the City of Kamloops.
“We also wanted to promote Kamloops, bringing worldwide attention to its sporting excellence, creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and community pride.” Winning the race to produce the scarf that would eventually be given out to more than 20 local and visiting dignitaries and Olympic hopefuls including John Furlong, the CEO of VANOC and John Crichton, former World Cup technical coach for the Canadian Alpine Ski Team was Audrey Meuse, local weaver and health practitioner. “I belonged to the Kamloops Arts and Crafts club at that time and had Serenity Weaving,” explains Audrey. “The whole idea was to produce a high quality scarf that could be given by the city and would mean something.” The scarves themselves are quite lovely. Terry Lake, who received one when he was Mayor, can be seen out and about in his at various winter events. Recipients of the scarf were carefully evaluated and were chosen based on five different sets of criteria that was set out by the Spirit of Kamloops Business Subcommittee. Other recognizable names who received them were John Furlong - CEO VANOC, Honourable Gordon Campbell, former Premier of – continued on page 2
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