Review
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Vol.15 Number 52
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Serving the communities of Keremeos, Cawston, Okanagan Falls and Kaleden
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FIRE IN CAWSTON
Second structure fire this month in Cawston See page 3
COMMUNITY MINDED STUDENTS
Photo by Steve Arstad
Leadership students collect food for those in need See page 7
PERFORMING STUDENTS
Cawston Primary School held its long running annual Christmas concert last week. The delightful event, called Twinkle and Shine, was themed around a Christmas tree’s star. In photo: (back row) - Niki Schwetje, (front row, left to right - Julie Allison, Lamay Boshoff and Sarah Hare sing “Gotta Get a Tree.” For more photos of the Christmas play, please see page 8.
RCMP report vehicle, mail theft Mailbox thefts continue to plague Lower Similkameen communities By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com
Terrific students and students of the month See page 6
Keremeos RCMP reported continuing mail theft from mailboxes in the Keremeos area, including Cawston and Olalla. The thefts have occured over the past two weeks and appear to be
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random in nature. On December 20, police reported the latest thefts from a number of boxes that were jimmied and contents emptied at a community mailbox site at Ritchie Road and Lowe Drive in Cawston. Thieves are targeting parcels, cash in the mail, cheques and anything that is of value that people send and receive, especially around Christmas time. Theft has occurred to mailboxes in the Oliver area as well. Keremeos RCMP would like to hear from anyone who sees or has knowledge of suspicous activities
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around area mailboxes. They are asked to contact the detachment at 250-499-5511, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-337-8477. Vehicles stolen from compound Sometime during the night on Sunday, December 15, the vehicle impound lot behind Fas Gas was broken into and two vehicles - a 1995 Ford pick up and a 1993 Nissan were stolen. The pickup was recovered in Princeton, while the Nissan was found locally. Police have no suspects at this time.
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