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Columbia Park Elementary School is holding a Winter Carnival this Friday, February 28, and everyone is invited.

The Carnival is a mixture of games… on Friday night from 6 pm until 8 pm. There are games for all ages. There will also be a cake walk.

“New this year we are featuring a Home-based Business Fair that we have  vendors at,” organizer Heather Abbott told The Current.

“We will have a raffle for door prizes as well.

Admission is free but the Columbia Park Elementary Parents’ Advisory Committee is selling 50-cent tickets that you can

The PAC plans to use the money it raises to benefit local students.

Please click here to view the poster.

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The Columba Basin Trust’s Community Initiative Program public meeting is scheduled for 7 pm at the Community Centre on Tuesday, March 4.

This is the meeting where clubs, non-profit societies and other organizations make their pitch for a slice of the CBT’s granting program.

The people attending the meeting must be members of a local club  and the more that show up the better a club’s chances of receiving a grant since meeting participants vote on the clubs they’d most like to see receive funding.

For more information please click here to view the advertisement.

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Here’s the lineup of bands performing at the Last Drop in the month of March:

March 1 — Dope Soda

March 3 — Kalle Mattson

March 4 — River on the Road

March 5 — Open MIC Night

March 6 — Devon Coote

March 7 — Blackberry Wood

March 8 — Dear Rouge

March10 — Dj Declan, Glow in the DARK PARTY

March 11 — John Jenkins

March 12 — Open Mic Night

March14 & 15 — Coal Creek Boys

March 17 — St Patrick’s Day, Dj Declan

March 19 — Open Mic Night

March 20 & 21 — Young Benjermins, with opener/Smokekillers

March 22 — Shane Philip

March 24 — Dj Declan and the House of Funk

March 25 — The Lion, the Bear and the Fox

March 26 — Open Mc night

March 27 — Cowpuncher

March 28 — Nine Mile

March 29 — Brent Tyler

March 31 — Dj Declan and the House of Funk

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There is an interesting lineup of art exhibitions at the Revelstoke Art Gallery this year.

Here’s the official lineup along with a list of openieng receptions to mark these shows:

EXHIBITION   SCHEDULE 2014

Friday 31st January 2014

Anything Goes 4

11th  April – 2nd  May

In My Garden Grows……..Members Exhibition

Bruce Thomas  Nxt Passage Out

9th   May  – 6th June

RSS  Exhibition

 

13th   June – 4th  July

Kristi Marcoffio Trees

Kelly Perry Hidden Works

Golden Girls Annual Show

11th  July – 29th August

Backyards and Alleys Open Call for Entries

Rob Wilson  Golf/Social Justice

Voices of Our Ancestors An exhibit organized by the

Aboriginal Education Committee

5th  September-26th September

Jackie Pendergast Songs of My Heart

Coreen Tucker:Postcards from Revelstoke

Book Illustrators:The Art of the Book

3rd October – 31st  October

Kip Wiley Sense of Time

Jennefer Rogers Myriad-Myth Conceptions

                                 Donna Naprstek Light and Shadows

Theresa Browning  It’s Only Natural

7th  November – 5th  December

Main Gallery: Art in the Park 2014

Celebrating 100 years of Mt. Revelstoke National Park with

Glacier Adventure  Stewardship Program

 

12th -20th December

The Christmas Shop

 

Opening Receptions  6 – 9 p.m.:

Friday 11 April          Friday 11 July               Friday 7 November

Friday 9 May             Friday  5 September      Friday 12 December

Friday 13 June           Friday 3 October

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The Revelstoke Figure Skating Club’s 2014 ice show boasts an environmental theme — Our Precious Planet.

The show is being held at the Forum on March 13 at 6 pm. Admission is by donation.

For more information please click here to visit the club’s Facebook page.

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The City issued business licences to six new businesses in January, bringing the total number of licenses in town to 888.

The new licensees are: Studio 837, a hair salon; Hair by Anja; Revelstoke Pool and Spa; New Mannings; Revelstoke Bookkeeping and Payroll; and Selkirk Law Corporation.

However, at this same time last year there were 920 licensed business in town.

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