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Gardeners and nature lovers from around the region will want to mark down Castlegar’s May 14 Garden and Nature Fest, while vendors and non-profit organizations are currently being sought by event organizers.

Girl-bots, corpses spewing red juice, a big fat turd in a toilet bowl, and many more dummies plummeted downhill and launched off a jump in front of hundreds of adoring (and snowball throwing) fans to celebrate the end of the ski season in Red Mountain style Sunday afternoon.

Phil Loosely of the Rossland Radio Co-op and the acclaimed host of “The Price Is Jeopardy Or No Deal Of Fortune 3” hands the Rossland Food Bank a cheque for $900, half of the proceeds from the game show held last month. The other half will help support the radio station.

This spring, over 6,000 BC & Yukon Scotiabank MS Walk participants will come together in over 26 communities to raise funds in support of enhancing quality of life for those living with multiple sclerosis.

The West Kootenay Camera Club’s 21st annual Photo Show is up and running, with entry forms now available for photographers to enter photos in nine categories before the April 29 deadline.

The 531 Trail Air Cadets won silver in the West and East Kootenay Marksmanship Competitions on March 5 in Cranbrook. Last year, the Trail Air Cadets’ first year at the competition, they won bronze.

Erin Handy at the KAST (Kootenay Association For Science and Technology) head office in downtown Rossland holds a poster advertising the “Community Science Celebration” regional science fair coming up on April 2, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Nelson’s Selkirk College campus.

Mike Williams of the Rossland Lions Club presents a cheque to Noreen Poznikoff of the Rossland Eagles. The funds will go to Corbin Lew and will help pay for medical expenses while he is receiving treatment in Vancouver.

An eager crowd of 25 gathered at Café Books last Saturday to hear from Dr. Ralph Behrens and his decades of gardening wisdom.

As the snow melts, it’s time to sow seeds again and Ralph Behrens, a medical doctor who originally trained as a professional agronomist, is here to help, hosting the third Rossland REAL Food Sustainable Living Conversation at Café Books on March 26 at 3:30 p.m.