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2011 Stampede Queen contestants (from left to right) Miss Cariboo Spurs Apparel and Tack Alexia Colton, Miss C.C.C. Tourism Bobbi Bracewell, and Miss Macon Construction Davana Mahon were officially presented to city council on Tuesday night.

The Big Brothers and Big Sisters Bowl for Kids’ Sake this past weekend was a huge success, raising more than $33,200, says executive director Lorraine Levitt.

Mark Proznick, Amy Thacker and their daughter Alyssia Suderman, 9, intently study the DNA information provided in the science lab to try and determine the killer in the Thompson Rivers University’s CSI Solve the Mystery Night last Thursday evening.

Capt. Mike Berns (left) presents Capt. Phil Sullivan with a “then and now” photographic collage as a retirement gift during Sullivan’s final Cadet review last Wednesday evening at the Elks Hall.

Abbi King (left) and Lynn Gaskarth from the BMO, Bank of Montreal team, fix up the pigtails of Lynn’s daughter, Lillie, before the little girl goes up for her turn in the Bowl for Kids’ Sake tournament Sunday.

Tamara Garreau (right) from the Lakecity Derby Girls presents Joy Hennig, director of the Cariboo Foundation Hospital Trust, with a donation to help the trust purchase a digital mammography unit for the hospital.

A number of businesses pitched in to support a Dry Grad fundraiser started by Jessica Ball, with help from her father Fred Ball.

The Big Brothers and Big Sisters annual Bowl for Kids Sake is happening this Saturday and Sunday at Cariboo Bowling Lanes