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No school bus service up Sheep Creek Road is a safety issue, Mom says C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
School districts adjust bus schedules to demographics, sometimes combining two routes into one. That is exactly what happened this year in School District No. 6 when the decision was made to combine the Skookumchuk and Wasa bus runs. “One bus can provide the service for all eligible riders in that area (it used to be two)” said District Superintendent Paul Carriere. “Specifically, the bus that used to go right up to Skookumchuk now picks up the students at Moan Road near the Wasa turnoff. This decision affects one family (two children). That family now must transport their children to the Moan Road stop to catch the bus for school.” Ultimately, Carriere says, the Board Policy #3600 which reviews all bus routes annually, does not support the expense of providing bus service unless there are enough students in an area to warrant expending those resources. However, the mother of the two children affected begs to differ. For her, it is a safety issue. Lori Stober, husband Ron and their two children Hailey, 14, and Jon, 16 moved to Sheep Creek eight years ago. At that time, Lori says it was a big deal to them that a bus came up the road so her kids only had to walk 200 meters to meet it. At that time there were seven kids catching the bus. Now it’s down to two. The new bus stop is 20 km away just past Wasa, near the rest stop. See BUS, page 3
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Artists’ Retreat with Joseph Cross. Ten artists from Kimberley, Cranbrook, Castlegar and Kelowna participated in a four day artists’ retreat with local senior artist, Joseph Cross, at the Bull River Guest Ranch this past week, September 15-18. The painters spent their time exploring the creative process of picture making: finding inspiration, embracing a creative mind set and handling a variety of media. The attendees were reminded that creative play and painterly intuition are of the utmost importance in the development of their art work. (Thanks to the Kimberley Arts Council, the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and Elaine Rudser-Event Planner.). Above, Joseph Cross gives some painterly advice to Elaine Rudser.
Debates heat up federal election Local debates begin this week TRE VOR CR AWLEY
Though the election writ was dropped back in early August, it
hasn’t really felt like election season has hit. Until now. Fresh off a debate by a trio of federal party leaders last week in Calgary, local candidates vying for the seat in the riding of Kootenay
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tarian Party). Many communities across the region are hosting debates sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce, and Cranbrook and Kimberley are no different. See DEBATE, page 3
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Columbia are set to being their debate circuits. Incumbent David Wilks (Conservative Party) is running against Wayne Stetski (NDP), Don Johnston (Liberal), Bill Green (Green Party) and Christina Yahn (Liber-
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