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VOL. 33 Number 10
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High winds lift Udder Storeâs roof PAT KELLY
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âAt first it sounded like there were people jumping on the roof, which didnât make any
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Heavy winds took the roof off of the Udder Store in Greenwood at around 3 p.m. Monday afternoon. There were no injuries. FortisBC Electric crew showed up to break the neutral line that had caught the roof from falling into Deadwood Street. PHOTO: PAT KELLY
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Former Greenwood councillor Barry Noll has thing in-camera or not part of the public record. At the next regular council meeting on Feb. filed a civil claim in Kelowna court against the city, mayor and council. He alleges that he was 24, Noll issued a prepared statement saying, âUnder legal advice I will not be attendlibelled in a press release issued by ing any in-camera meetings at this council on March 10, 2014. time without legal representation. The dispute began at a special An editorial criticizing the lack of meeting of council on Wednesday, transparency in the dispute was pubFeb. 19, 2014 when council voted lished in the Boundary Creek Times unanimously (Noll was not present) on Feb. 27. At the March 10 regular to remove Noll from his seat as city meeting Greenwood council issued a representative at the Regional Dispress release listing their reasons for trict of Kootenay Boundary board removing Noll from his seat at the table. Council alleged he had vioregional district. lated Section 117 of the Community That press release was published Charter, which requires a member of council to keep in confidence any⢠See NOLL FILES SUIT page A3 BARRY NOLL
âThe wind was picking up and suddenly it sounded like a loud crash, like a vehicle had hit the roof or something,â recalled Robson, who is the daughter of storeowners Hardy and Rocky Skott, who were away when the roof blew off. âIt didnât make any sense. I was worried about the woman in the parking lot.â The gusts of wind lifted the sheet metal roof as well as some of the trusses, twisted and crumpled it and would have tossed it all in Deadwood Street but a neutral line on the FortisBC service poles held it some six metres off from the ground. âShe came in and said I should call 911. âWhy?â I asked, because I was worried that someone was hurt. She said, âBecause your roof is hanging off of a power line. Not just a little bit but a huge chunk of your roof.â Robson said she was alone in the building when the wind took the roof off just after 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon (March 2). The power was knocked out, but there was no fire and no injuries were reported. The neighbouring building to the south also had its metal roofing lifted by the wind, but the trusses on this building held fast. The buildingâs resident Jill Laughran said she hadnât even noticed her roof was off. âI heard what sounded like bending and crushing metal. I said to my son, there is something going on and I kept looking out at my car.â In fact she noticed the Udder Store roof was missing before her own. The fire department and city foreman responded to the call for help. They erected barricades closing off Deadwood Street. FortisBC sent out a crew of two. They had to cut the neutral line so the roof could fall the rest of the way to the ground. Then the neutral was spliced back together and a local contractor went to work clearing the debris away to make the scene safe. Power was restored that evening and the store was open at 8 a.m. the next morning. So in addition to the roof, the store also lost four hours of trade.