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THE CLASS OF 2019: Mount Baker Secondary School graduates congregate in the school gymnasium prior to the procession down Baker Street forCommencement ceremonies at Western Financial Place, Thursday afternoon, June 27. Commencement is followed by the grad-parent reception at St. Eugene tonight, Friday, June 28, and the Prom at the Cranbrook Curling Club later Friday. The Townsman congratulates all graduates for your achievements, and wish you health, happiness and prosperity for your future, and the best of success in all your aspirations. Paul Rodgers photo
ElEction 2019 KEYSA, BMX society Past spring drier than average; recent rain helps Morrison challenges all praise council pledge candidates to debates to cover track costs Paul Rodgers
Cranbrook and its surrounding area experienced quite a thunderstorm Wednesday night, but fortunately, unlike the dry summer thunderstorms, this one was accompanied by about 10 millimetres of rainfall, and no new wildfires were started anywhere close.
With Wednesdays’s rainfall, and taking into account the next few days before the month ends, June has a good chance of hitting or getting close to the average of 62 millimetres. According to Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist, the spring season here in Cran-
brook — the months of March, April and May — saw 55 mm of precipitation. This is only 58 per cent of the average of 94. Last year we received 103. “The rains we had here in June I’m sure are going to make the wildfire folks happy there,” Lundquist said. Continued on A3
Trevor Crawley
The Kootenay-Columbia Conservative Party candidate is issuing a debate challenge to all federal candidates running in the fall election. Rob Morrison, the Tory nominee for the riding, is asking for fellow candidates to participate in a series of debates across the Kootenay
region in a minimum of 12 communities. As of press time, incumbent MP Wayne Stetski was unavailable for comment. “I have spent the last two years traveling throughout our riding, meeting with folks and hearing their stories,” said Morrison. Continued on A4
Trevor Crawley
A joint statement from a youth soccer association and a local BMX society is lauding a recent city council decision which pledged to cover costs to rebuild a track in Balment Park that may be affected by the construction of an indoor sports facility.
Council voted earlier this year to offer land at Balment Park to the Kootenay East Youth Soccer Association (KEYSA) for the indoor sports facility, however, concerns arose that the building footprint may infringe on an existing BMX track. Continued on A4
CONGRATS GRADS! WE’RE WITH YOU AS YOU TAKE YOUR NEXT STEP
Student Awards 2019
...Cranbrook Branch
Fred Marasco $1000 Noah Samsonoff, Mt Baker Secondary
Nelson Labonte Smith $1000 Madilynn Crozier, Mt Baker Secondary
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