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Vol. 63, Issue 139
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Home Depot staff presented a cheque for more than $15,000 to Street Angel on Friday, July 18, raised through the store’s Orange Door Project this spring. Pictured, left to right: Sheri Miles, Lori Johnson, Diane Whitehead-Bissett, Shannon Girling-Hebert, Anita Fleet, Erica Buchignani, and Barry Mechalchuk.
Cranbrook shows its generous spirit Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff
Cranbrook is wearing its generous heart on its sleeve once more, having just been named the biggest givers in Home Depot’s fundraiser for Street Angel this spring. Between May 29 and July 2, customers at the Home Depot store in Cranbrook were asked if
Local Home Depot customers top in Canada during June fundraising drive for Street Angel they would like to donate to Street Angel through the chain’s Orange Door Project. Those donations added up to $7,724. When Home Depot calculated the amount donated by customers as a percentage compared to the total sales at the
store during that time, Cranbrook came out first in Canada. Home Depot matched the customers’ donations dollar for dollar, meaning that on Friday, July 18, the store presented a cheque for $15,448 to Street Angel representatives.
Home Depot’s Barry Mechalchuk said Cranbrook customers really got behind the fundraiser because 100 per cent of the donations went to the local charity, which provides drop-in services for the city’s homeless and at-risk population.
JulyFest keeps police busy RCMP report relatively well-behaved crowds at events, but several incidents outside of official events C AROLYN GR ANT Daily Bulletin
JulyFest in Kimberley has come and gone, and while the events were filled to capacity, coordinator Dave Clarke reports well-behaved crowds. Kimberley RCMP NCO Cpl. Chris Newel concurs with the well-behaved crowds at events,
but says police did have to respond to over 40 calls for service. “Although bocce players and attendees were relatively well behaved and likely enjoyed the weekend, police dealt with several incidents outside of the festivities,” Newel said. The most serious were two assaults, which occurred early Sun-
day morning. Two persons were taken to hospital with injuries described as “not serious” when an incident at a Chapman Street house party spilled outside. One male from Cranbrook was arrested and will be facing assault charges, Newel said.
See POLICE, Page 3
“The community support was fantastic,” said Mechalchuk. “The biggest thing was the money stays in Cranbrook and 100 per cent of what was raised goes to the charity.” During the fundraiser, a giant pair of wings was hung inside the
store, alongside a pair of orange doors explaining the project. The fundraising period wrapped up with a barbecue outside the store on July 2. Street Angel’s Shannon Girling-Hebert said the donation will help the charity as it prepares
to relocate from its 14th Avenue location to the former Cranbrook Connections building in Balment Park, beside the skate park. The move is planned for September, and will provide more space for the drop-in centre and the burgeoning nurse practitioner’s clinic, as well as saving money on rent.
Province, feds working to hold back mussel invasion Arne Petryshen Townsman Staff
Back in late April, council decided to put its support behind a move to prevent invasive mussels from entering B.C.’s lakes and streams. Council directed staff to send a letter to the federal government, reaffirming its support for a 2013 Union of B.C. Municipalities resolution on invasive mussels after receiving correspondence from the
Okanagan Basin Water Board. At the July 14 meeting, council received positive replies from the federal and provincial government. “It basically says they are taking the problem very seriously,” Mayor Wayne Stetski said. “The federal government is developing a regulatory proposal to manage the threat.”
See U.S. BOATS, Page 3