WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27, 2016
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COURTESY TRACY MCGUIRE
Pathfinders had their winter camp — “Under the Boughs” — last weekend from Friday, Jan. 22 to Sunday, Jan. 24, out at the Wycliff girl guide camp. Girls were there from: Golden, Beaver Valley, Sparwood, Fernie, Creston, Kimberley and Cranbrook. They participated in activites such as snowshoeing, winter shelter building (some girls slept in these overnight), crafts and songs and games. Great fun was had.
Video evidence leads to Undue Care and Attention charge TOWNSMAN STAFF
Kimberley RCMP report that dashcam evidence turned over to them led to charges of Undue Care and Attention under the Motor Vehicle Act. Cpl Chris Newel says that the complainant supplied the video after observing a vehicle pass four vehicles on Highway 95 near Wycliffe Park Road on January 21. “The offender passed two vehicles and then two more at which time he was in the opposite lane while going through the intersection,” Newel said. “Two vehicles coming from the other direction were forced onto the shoul-
der as they approached the intersection.” Police were able to track down the owner of the vehicle and then the driver who was issued a violation ticket. The charge carries a $368 fine and 6 demerit points, Newel says. Police are paying particular attention to Highway 95A between Kimberley and Cranbrook, he says. “Police have received a number of driving complaints along Highway 95A between Cranbrook and Kimberley, especially during peak periods. Targeted enforcement is being conducted and complaints are acted upon if there is sufficient evidence.”
Society completes Chamber gears Community Forest up for Citizen trail network plan celebration
TRE VOR CR AWLEY five years as the CCFS can now track To the north and the east of the and monitor the development and city boundaries lies an extensive net- maintenance of every trail. Chris Bullock, who is on the CCFS work of trails with the Cranbrook Community Forest for hikers, moun- trail committee, says the trail plan is a important docutain bikers and outthat will help door enthusiasts to “We realized there was a ment guide the CCFS in take advantage of. To ensure that need to inventory what we the future. “Originally, the trail network have and rationalize the when the commuremains mainones we’ve got and then nity forest was cretained and develthere was a oped properly, the maybe look at where the ated, master plan that Cranbrook Community Forest So- new trails should be going.” laid out a whole bunch of different ciety recently comobjectives for the pleted a trail invenCommunity Forest, but there was a tory plan. A trail management plan was cre- missing appendix regarding the acated many years ago in 1997, howev- tual specific details on the trails, so er, this latest draft plan has been has that was kind of a hole in the original been tweaked since it was first pre- plan,” Bullock said. sented in April 2015. See TRAIL, Page 3 It is designed to be updated every
TRE VOR CR AWLEY
Cranbrook is gearing up to celebrate it’s 2015 Citizen of the Year. At a monthly meeting in December, Frank Vanden Broek was unveiled as the Citizen of the Year, following a nomination process. The Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce will honour Vanden Broek at a gala dinner this Friday, Jan 29th at the Heritage Inn and Convention Centre. “Since moving to Cranbrook in 1986, Frank has been a very active member of many volunteer and community organizations in our
FRANK VANDEN BROEK
community,” said Dave Struthers, the president of the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce. “Frank is incredibly deserving of this honour.”
See CITIZEN, Page 3