Thursday, February 26, 2015
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A UNIQUE TASTE Moran to represent Canada in Milan Full story on page 9
CMH Chef Paul Moran with his take on a beetroot salad — raw and cooked beetroot, a balsamic and apple cider vinegar vinaigrette, toasted cereals, parma prosciutto, finished with goat cheese snow. Moran will represent Canada in Milan this June for the S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2015. Photo by Trisha Shanks
Nakusp’s Special Olympics alpine skier wins silver and two bronze TRISHA SHANKS Arrow Lakes News
Three new medals have been added to local Alpine skier Jo Blackman’s trophy wall. The Special Olympics athlete has just returned home from Special Olympics
provincial competition at Sun Peaks outside of Kamloops with a silver and two bronze medallions. His weekend away with coach Eric Waterfield was both eventful and fruitful. Being the only area athlete, Blackman joined nine others from the Kootenays (Region 1) including represen-
tatives from Cranbrook, Trail and Invermere. Together the group brought home 27 medals combined. Blackman won silver for Alpine Intermediate Super Giant Slalom, and bronze in Intermediate Giant Slalom and Slalom.
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FOR THE SICK KIDS AT THE BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL! February 18th-March 27th
Round up your grocery order to the nearest dollar and that “change” will be donated to the Children’s Hospital! If our team raises $1500, Assistant Store Manager Rane Marshall, will dye his hair pink for an entire month!!
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