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                                                                                       ing before summer ends.                             Fall Fair and Tea. The Fair will be held in the
Onagawa visitors                  New date for Fall Fair                                  This year the Fair is being held one week        Crawford Bay School Gym – 50 miles north of
   A delegation of 24 stu-           In the past, the Crawford Bay & District          before Labour Day, on August 24th. Fair entries     Creston along scenic Highway 3A on August
dents and 10 adults from                                                               must be brought to the Crawford Bay School          24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The traditional Fall
                                  Agricultural Fall Fair and Tea has been held
Onagawa, Japan, will be in
                                  on the Labour Day Weekend, however, many             Gym on Thursday, August 22 between noon             Fair Tea will be in the Crawford Bay Hall (right
Nelson for a five-day cul-
tural and historical visit in     people are busy getting ready to go to school        and 7:00 p.m.                                       next to the school). For more information call
early August.                     or university or just going out for one last out-       So come out to the Crawford Bay & District       (250) 225-3576.
   Onagawa delegations
have been coming to
Nelson every second year
for the past six years.
   While in Nelson, the
delegation will meet with
Mayor Exner and partici-
pate in a variety of official
and unofficial activities.
The students will meet new
friends through a home-
stay program and get a
feel for the Kootenays by
participating in a rafting
trip on the Slocan River
and horseback riding.

AIDS walk
volunteer
call-out
   ANKORS, the Kootenay/
Boundary AIDS Network,
Outreach and Support
Society, is in the pro-
cess of planning the 8th
Annual Walk for AIDS. This
year’s Walk will be held
on Sunday, September
23 in Nelson. At this time,
they are inviting commu-
nity-minded individuals
to join the AIDS Walk 2002
Volunteer Committee.
   The continued success
of this community event
is largely due to the tre-
mendous support of vol-
unteers.
   The first volunteer
meeting will be held on
Monday, August 12 at
7:00 p.m. at the ANKORS
office, 101 Baker Street.
For more information,
call      505-5506       or
1-800-421-2437, or visit

CBT seeks
Basin resident
input
    The Columbia Basin
Trust (CBT) is requesting
input from Basin residents,
groups and organizations
on social program issues in
the Basin.
    The CBT wants to hear                                                                                                         _, ................
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issues and what is helping
to address those issues or                                                                                            ,.,,.,""'~ltl ~       I
what could be developed
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in the Basin. This input will
be used to assist CBT in
future program direction
and implementation.
    To date, CBT has imple-
mented social programs
in the areas of affordable
housing, early childhood
supports, families, and
youth.
    This is not a call for pro-
posals and no contracts will
be awarded as result of this
request. Please limit writ-
ten submissions to no more
than five pages, and send
it to:
Doug Switzer
Community Liaison
Box 220, Nakusp, B.C.