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A tour through Valley Appreciation Day
By Bram Rossman
Invermere’s annual Valley Appreciation Day was staged downtown on Saturday, July 18.
The event featured the traditional free pancake breakfast, served up by members of service groups including the Kinsmen and Rotary Clubs.
A soapbox race, which featured adults providing pushing power while their kids steered around the course, was also held on 13th Street.
A large farmers’ market lined the downtown core and provided locals and visitors a chance to check out the revitalized Cenotaph Park.
A stage for entertainment was set up at the Malfunction Junction intersection and the always-entertaining Canal Flats Gagne Family Logging Show took place nearby.
Lead image: RDEK Area F Director Wendy Booth was found guilty and “sent to jail” for unknown, but undoubtedly committed, crimes. Other wanted “criminals” included District of Invermere councillors Justin Atterbury and Al Miller, among others. In order to secure their release, bail funds had to be raised and paid to the Summit Youth Centre.
As part of a downtown revitalization project, the DOI significantly revamped the Cenotaph Park area.
Members of the Kinsmen Club were on hand to cook pancakes, along with members of several other service groups.
A new event, soapbox racing, was a big hit with kids and their parents.
Photos by Bram Rossman/ Extreme Xposures / www.ExtremeXposures.ca
