Thank Volunteers

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Beaver Valley May Days Society would like to thank the following people and organizations for their fantastic support, participation and contributions.

  • Al and Joan and Plamondon with Shorty and Jane Phillips for Texas hold’em poker;
  • Art Benzer for organizing the Antenna Trail Hike;
  • Beaver Valley Cross Country Ski Club for cashier work;
  • Beaver Valley Curling Club for use of their facilities;
  • Beaver Valley Girl Guides and Sandi Oorthuis for the Columbia Power Corporation Imagination Station and the watermelon-eating contest;
  • Beaver Valley Lions Club for Bingo;
  • Beaver Valley Nursery School and Sheila Issel for the Lions’ pancake breakfasts;
  • Beaver Valley Recreation Commission and Kelly Walker for Liberty Foods hot dogs event;
  • Beaver Valley Rotary members for their beef barbecue;
  • Bert Kniss, Kootenay Jack and musicians for music in the park;
  • Camp Koolaree, the Rossland Sports Academy and Kandy Schroder for glow sticks and help with the Columbia Basin Trust parade;
  • Champion Lakes ladies' golf and Merle Wagner for concession staffing;
  • Colleen Yee and Steve Atkinson for hosting the Scotiabank Cal Ripken Major Ball tournament;
  • Darrell Dickson for organizing slo-pitch;
  • Dave Palmer for help in the kitchen;
  • Denise Robson and Navy League for the post-fireworks cleanup;
  • Derek and Kevin Chartres for the Kootenay Savings Credit Union three-on-three street hockey event;
  • Dyan Miller and her dedicated volunteers for train rides and the market;
  • Friends of the Library and Mary Ann Pengelly for the seniors’ dessert party at the manor;
  • Fruitvale Christian Fellowship for the parade luncheon and Sunday Service;
  • Heather Hamer of Beaver Valley Cubs / Scouts for the Beaver Races;
  • Interact Youth Club for their burger-cooking;
  • International Rail Road Systems (2010) Ltd. and Scott and Rebecca Weatherford for making the train available again this year;
  • Investor’s Group and Ron Neilson for use of their tent;
  • Jesse Bartsoff for facebook maintenance, the photo booth at the carnival and kiddie car operation;
  • Julia Mason, her family and friends for cotton candy and FortisBC kids’ carnival
  • Juris and Madeleine Harlamovs for advertising;
  • Katimavik group for their assistance in the FortisBC / kids’ carnival and Teck imagination station;
  • Ken Stevenson for kiddie car maintenance;
  • Len Toupin and the Fruitvale Volunteer Firefighters for the Columbia Power Corporation / RDKB fireworks;
  • Linda Tamblyn of Thor Systems Inc. for help with the web page;
  • Melanie McKenzie for help with concession building cleanup;
  • Michelle and Kirby Epp and helpers at the beer garden;
  • Patricia and Mark Cecchini for the Safeway 5-km walk, party-in-the park and Falkins Insurance centennial celebrations;
  • Sandy Geysen and Bob Hume for their work as paparazzi;
  • Sandi Oorthuis for the Teck imagination station
  • South Columbia Search & Rescue and Ron Medland for security;
  • The valley-wide committee for organizing citizen of the year;
  • Tracey Johnstone of Freaky Frog Productions karaoke;
  • Vicki Buskey for being our treasurer;
  • Willie Wagner for help with construction projects.

There are so many others that need to be thanked. For every name mentioned above there were countless more unnamed helpers. Thank you everybody. We had a greatly successful May Days.

The extended Chartres family deserve a huge thank you for whole hearted support of Beaver Valley May Days, especially Gail for being wonderful and Dave for the rain on Saturday.