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In the food guide, you can find contact information for farmers, as well as local bakeries, tractor services, school gardens and more.

Good books and good folks remembered at the library.

A vision of the future of a town doesn’t come from one person peering into a crystal ball; the NADB has been formulating a view as to what time could bring to the area, and hopes to update the vision after community feedback and census data which will be available next summer are looked at.

This Fire Prevention Week, October 9-15, 2011, your local fire department and your child’s school have teamed up for safety! Your child has been learning about ways to prevent home fires, fire and burn hazards, working smoke alarms and home fire escape planning.

As we sat in the lovely little church that faith and volunteers rebuilt in 1985, I was struck by the notion that the only things different were the building, electricity and the attendees, although, some of the people in the pews are the ancestors of the original members of the church. Aside from electric lights and indoor plumbing, we could have been in the first St. Andrew’s in 1911.

The Fauquier Volunteer Fire Brigade has had another busy and successful year. In June, we had one relatively minor callout when a hydro transformer in town took a direct hit from a lightning strike. We were easily able to suppress the resulting fire.

Afloat in good will and gear for school, Anne Miskulin, volunteer coordinator for the ASLCS and NES principal George Harding will be filling 25 backpacks with school supplies and distributing them to kids from here to Edgewood as part of the CBT-funded Backpack Program. This year they received $1,000 to get supplies to kids in grades one to seven that needed them.

If we could collect a penny for every time we heard someone start a sentence with, “Wow! I didn’t know you had...” we would probably never need to have another fundraiser. Here, for your reading pleasure, are seven of the library’s services that surprise people most often, and we hope you find something to surprise you, too.

The semi-annual report from Nakusp's Mayor Karen Hamling.

The Prime Minister's Volunteer Awards recognize the exceptional contributions of volunteers, local businesses and innovative not-for-profit organizations in improving the well-being of families and their communities