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Volume 67, No. 29 | Thursday, July 16, 2015
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Nearly $4.4 million has been made available to replace 2.7 kilometres of 80-year-old water pipe and construct a closed reservoir for the Arrow Creek water system. Federal Industry Minister James Moore made the announcement July 8 on the Creston Town Hall lawn. The project will be funded equally by the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia and the Regional District of Central Kootenay under the Small Communities Fund. “We are proud to invest in projects
like upgrading the drinking water infrastructure in Central Kootenay that will benefit our community by improving much needed local infrastructure,” Moore said. “Our government’s commitment to municipalities, big and small, has never been stronger. Through the New Building Canada Plan’s Small Communities Fund, we are investing in priority infrastructure projects that have a positive and lasting impact on the quality of life of British Columbia’s residents while helping create jobs and economic growth.” SEE WATER, PAGE 2
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Creston golfer Darren Douma placed first in his sight category of the International Sport Promotion Society’s Handa Canadian Blind Golf Open championship, held July 9-12 at the Creston Golf Club.
“It feels great and really special to win a championship on my home course.” Darren Douma
Thirty-one golfers from around the world took part in the annual event, with Douma, assisted by his brother and sight coach Darcy, taking the top spot out of 12 men
in the B3 category (about 10 per cent vision). His score of 179 pushed him ahead of runner-up Reg Opersko (with coach Hank Peekstok) of Waterford, Ont., who finished with 184. Last year, he placed second in the world, Australian and Canadian blind golf championships, and competed last month on a North American team in Italy, but there was something different about Sunday’s win at home. “It feels great and really special to win a championship on my home course, and to share the win and the overall experience with the many members that were there cheering me on and supporting blind golf in general,” said Douma, who has Stargardt disease, an incurable and rare genetic juvenile form of macular degeneration, affecting central fine vision.
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