1) Council received for information the accounts payable computer cheque listings for the periods ending June 6 and 13, 2013 (Bourdon moved, Rathor seconded)

2) Council authorized a "Letter of Approval in Principle" be provided for RCMP increases for the 2014/15 fiscal year (Walters moved, Bourdon seconded, Councillor Hughes opposed)

3) Council directed City Staff to complete and forward the renewal Revitalization Tax Exemption Certificate for Freedom DSJ Enterprises Inc. to BC Assessment for a further three-year term (Bourdon moved, Rathor seconded)

4) Council awarded the engineering contract for on-site standby generators at the sewage treatment plant and the Midnight Drive booster station to UES Engineering for the total amount of $22,000, excluding applicable taxes. (Bourdon moved, Rathor seconded)

At approximately 6:00pm on June 18, the Williams Lake RCMP were called to the Real Canadian Wholesale Club on South Lakeside Drive in response to a theft that had occurred.

A store employee attempted to apprehend three females for shoplifting, and one of the females attempted to escape by attacking the employee with a knife.

(Photo: The police dog and handler searching for shoplifters around the Real Canadian Wholesale Club.)

Kidcare Daycare is a non-profit organization which is sponsored through the Women's Contact Society, and is Williams Lake's only young-parent program in the community. Their yard has been in need for a makeover for some time now.

The project started a year ago with some funding that was received. The Rotary Club was approached and agreed to help out. They started by building a new chain link fence and walk way.

Over the weekend, Williams Lake RCMP responded to 81 calls for service.

On June 15 at approximately 3:00am, a PD Security guard called the RCMP to advise that a blue Kia Soul vehicle had its passenger side window smashed and broken while parked in the parking lot of the Cariboo Memorial Hospital. Police attend, located the owner of the vehicle, and discovered nothing had been taken from the vehicle. This was the first of two reports of vandalism to vehicles parked at the Cariboo Memorial Hospital.

On June 15 at approximately 3:30am, the owner of a vehicle called the RCMP to advise that the front passenger window of their red Volkswagen Golf had been smashed and broken while parked in the parking lot of the Cariboo Memorial Hospital. Police attended and spoke with the owner who advised she was staying at the nurses quarters on the hospital grounds when she heard a window being smashed and went to the window where she saw three native males looking at the smashed passenger side window of her car. One of the males is described as approximately 5'11 in height, slim and was wearing a red baseball cap and a black top. The males ran north bound toward 4th Avenue.

Be safe and plan a ride to and from grad - ahead of time. That is the message the Province wants graduating students to hear as they get ready to celebrate graduation and start their futures after high school.

Students are encouraged to add transportation planning to the top of their pre-grad to-do lists, so that "picking a ride" to and from grad is given the same importance as "picking a party outfit". Research shows young drivers are overrepresented in motor vehicle collisions, even when compared to other new drivers in older age groups.

Thirty-eight competitors formed nine squads made up of members from Williams Lake RCMP, RCMP Emergency Response Team, Conservation Service, Sherriff Service, Army and local (civilian) members of the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and took part in an inter-agency shooting competition at the Williams Lake Sportsmen's Association gun range on Sunday.

This is the second year in a row that this event has taken place and is unique to Williams Lake. This year’s event grew autonomously, attracting several of the Sherriff Department competitors up from the Lower Mainland to participate and visit with their Williams Lake counterparts. This was also the first time that the Department of National Defence has participated in the event. The competitors had team names like the ‘Outcasts’ and ‘Girls With Guns’.

 

In April, the Cariboo Regional District’s Central Cariboo Search and Rescue team in conjunction with Got News Network Inc. held a fundraising auction to raise funds to purchase a Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC).

The auction had 65 items donated by local businesses and drew hundreds of bids from the public who wished to show support for this group of volunteers. The bidding was brisk for the first 2 days, then settled into a steady pace until the final day where it became fast and furious right up until auction closing as people upped their bids in an effort to win the items.

 

The KidSport™ Classic ½ Marathon, Relay and 10km Walk and Run is scheduled for Sunday, June 23, 2013. The event starts and finishes in Boitanio Park in downtown Williams Lake. CN Rail has graciously allowed the City of Williams Lake a permit to use the roadway between the lake and the railroad tracks for this event.

The KidSport™ Classic raises money for the Williams Lake and Area KidSport™ chapter. KidSport™ provides funds to cover the costs of sport registration for kids who might not otherwise get the chance to play sports. The statistics are clear; a child involved in sport is likely to be a better student, is less likely to be a burden to the social justice system and will develop lifelong physical activity habits which reduce health care costs. The benefits to the child are immeasurable.

My name is Lynette. I am sending this letter today as a present - not a tangible gift, but the gift of knowledge. What I'd like to say is something very serious, something I hope you will take to heart and think about very carefully. I hope that my words and actions will aid you in making a decision - a decision that could very well save your life one day. Even if just one of you heeds what I have to say, that will make my speech worthwhile.

Back in August of 2000 I made a very stupid mistake, a mistake that changed my entire life. I chose to drink and drive and as you can see by the photos here, have been paying for that mistake ever since.