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CONTEST: June 2013 -- Sponsored by Marti's Portly Penguin Pizza

by Boundary Sentinel on 30 Jun 2013
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CONTEST: June 2013 -- Sponsored by Marti's Portly Penguin Pizza

Welcome to the second monthly contest hosted by the Boundary Sentinel. 

To participate, write a comment -- any PG comment -- in the comment boxes below. You'll need to set up an account if you don't already have one. Don't forget to make sure the account has a valid email address so we can notify you if you win!

LIBRARY MUSINGS: Plenty of programming for the summer months

by Grand Forks and... on 18 Jun 2013
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LIBRARY MUSINGS: Plenty of programming for the summer months

Summer is (almost) here, which means it’s time for our annual Summer Reading Club. It’s a free children’s program at the library (ages 6-12), and it runs from July 9 to August 23. This year’s theme is “Up, Up and Away!” – and will feature superheroes, space ships, birds, Star Wars, and more. We’ll have crafts, games, stories, and activities – as well as one-to-one buddy reading time for those who don’t want their reading skills to slow down over the summer break.

LETTER: Disgruntled customer calls for change

by Contributor on 17 Jun 2013
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LETTER: Disgruntled customer calls for change

One morning when I was “in town” I decided to take a few hours out of my busy schedule to wander around to admire the beautiful hanging baskets and other flower displays.  I walked around the grounds of the art gallery, city hall and Gyro Park.  I was so impressed!  In the air the “city” seemed to be saying – “Welcome!  Welcome! Welcome!  Stay awhile! Enjoy me!

A man has allegedly exposed himself to two young girls in Ruckle

by Shara JJ Cooper on 17 Jun 2013
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A man has allegedly exposed himself to two young girls in Ruckle

Ruckle residents are raising the alarm after two girls, aged 12 and 13, made reports that a man had exposed himself to them Saturday evening.

The two girls were walking around the Grand Forks subdivision when a man allegedly approached them and made lewd comments while exposing himself to them.

“I was on my porch (out front) and heard people talking,” said witness Laurie Edeburn. “He was talking too loudly to them. He said ‘Oh don’t you walk away from me.’ That’s what they told me at least. I couldn’t hear him.”

Garden tour expected to be fun-filled, full day event

by Contributor on 14 Jun 2013
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Gardener Sandy MacKelir shows off her peonies

The gallery 2 Garden Tour offers an amazing showing of gardens from Grand Forks to Greenwood, July 6th. Bron and Sons Nursery, a new addition, starts the tour in Grand Forks by sharing their wholesale enterprise. The event runs from 9 to 4 p.m.

There will certainly be something original to see at each location and whether you’re taking the tour for knowledge, inspiration or motivation, at the end of the day you will be refreshed after admiring the fruits of someone else’s labour. 

Marshall Lake stocked with trout -- open house to be held in Greenwood on dam issue

by Shara JJ Cooper on 14 Jun 2013
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Rainbow Trout -- Wikipedia Commons

Fishermen are bound to catch something if they head out to Marshall Lake this weekend.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has stocked the lake with 600 catchable fish, which range in size from 20 to 35 cm (8 to 14 inches).

Phoenix Foundation receives grant from Newman's Own Foundation

by Shara JJ Cooper on 14 Jun 2013
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Newman's Own Foundation

The Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communities has almost $10,000 in their coffers thanks to a grant they received from the Newman’s Own Foundation – an organization started by actor Paul Newman.

Buy-Low Foods manager Fred Boyd nominated the non-profit organization for a grant and they were excited to find they had been successful.

“We were extremely thankful,” said chair of the Phoenix Foundation Christine Thompson.

For the foundation, the money means they can update their Vital Signs report, which was completed in 2009.

Former Nelson Baseball player has aspirations of playing the Majors after being picked by Cincinnati in draft

by Bruce Fuhr on 13 Jun 2013
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Morgan Lofstrom is pumped after being selected in the 20th round of the Major League Baseball draft.

Morgan Lofstrom remembers hitting balls into the outfield at Queen Elizabeth Park.

If all the planets align just right, someday the former Nelson Baseball Association player may get to smash pitches into the outfield at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

The Reds in the 20th round of the Major League Baseball Draft Saturday selected the 17-year-old Lofstrom.

Limited physician availability closes ER at Victorian Community Health Centre — again

by Nelson Daily staff on 13 Jun 2013
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The ER at the Victorian Community Health Centre will be closed at the end of June.

Residents of are going to be without emergency care after the Interior Health Authority announced the closing of the Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department for most of the last week of June and into July.

“Kaslo and area residents are advised that due to limited physician availability the Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department will be closed . . . ,” Karl Hardt, Communications Officer for IH said in a statement.

UPDATED: Victim of fatal plane crash identified as Nelson resident

by Castlegar Source on 13 Jun 2013
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UPDATED: Victim of fatal plane crash identified as Nelson resident

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following an airplane crash near Crawford Bay on June 12. He was Anthony Arnold (Tony) Quibell, aged 53, of Nelson.

Quibell was the pilot and sole occupant of a Cessna Skymaster 337 airplane, which took off from Nelson airport at about 1:30 p.m. on June 12 for a flight to Saskatchewan.

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