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IndexOpinion ....................... A6View Point .................. A7Life & Times ............... A8Sports ................... B1-B4Arts & Events ....... B5-B8Time out ..................... B9Vol. 103, No. 40, 44 pages
This weekA Salmon Arm man fi nds his artistic niche in body-painting. See B5.
The ’Backs went 2-1 during a northern road trip. See more on B2.
WednesdayOctober 6, 2010
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SALMON ARM
ObserverReady for releaseA worker with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans prepares to release a salmon back into the Adams River after it was checked for tags as part of a stock assessment. The Salute to the Sockeye event had a record-setting opening over the weekend with more than 14,000 people in attendance. It is expected that fi ve to eight million fi sh will return to the Adams River spawning grounds. For more, see pages A8 and B8.
Plans in place for Sturgis North
Horses of the iron variety will
be rounded up at the Salmon Arm
Fairgrounds in July for what orga-
nizers are hoping will be the fi rst
of many Sturgis North Motorcycle
Rally and Music Festivals.
Salmon Arm Fall Fair Society
chair Phil Wright and Summer
Stomp treasurer Steve Hammer,
who has partnered with Sturgis
North Promotions Inc. head Ray
Sasseville to bring the event to
town, told the Observer last week
that the fairgrounds have been
booked for July 10 to 20, with the
event slated to run Thursday, July
13 to Sunday, July 17.
The rally/festival is expected to
attract 10,000 people to the fair-
grounds daily, which is something
Wright anticipates with excite-
ment. He says he’s hoping Stur-
gis will lead to other new events
of similar size which, in turn,
would help the fall fair society
with its own ongoing capital proj-
ects (such as putting a new roof
on the active artisan building), all
the while benefi tting the City of
Salmon Arm.
“Seems to me like it’s a cross
between a trade fair and an enter-
tainment fair,” says Wright. “And
I think what it’s doing, or hoping,
is bringing money into Salmon
Arm and having the money stay
here in accommodation, meals,
shopping, rather than having the
money leaving.”
While the fairgrounds are
booked, Wright and Hammer say
the logistics of the event still have
to be worked out. Wright stated
up front that the lease agreement
contains language that gives the
fall fair society the right not to re-
new the lease if anything should
go awry – something that sits just
fi ne with Hammer.
“The agreement is weighted to-
wards the fall fair side so they’re
in control of it,” says Hammer.
“That’s the way it’s got to be. If
it’s a successful event, it carries
on. If it’s a problem event, it will
never happen again.”
To that regard, Hammer spoke
to a variety of statistics relating
to the famous motorcycle rally
in Sturgis, South Dakota after
which Sturgis North is named.
Figures provided by the Sturgis
City Rally Department show that
in 2008, the event saw 400,000
participants. There were three
deaths related to the rally, with
437 people jailed and 370 hospital
visits. There were 543 tons of gar-
bage hauled. Taxable sales from
temporary vendors totaled $10.45
million and the city of Sturgis
collected $217,213 in sales tax.
Hammer says he doesn’t expect
Salmon Arm will see anything
near the numbers seen in Sturgis
and, furthermore, he says Sturgis
North will not be an exact copy
of its U.S. counterpart. Instead,
he says, it’s intended to be a fun,
affordable, family-oriented event
attended by “grown adults with
nothing to prove,” adding there
will be more security onboard
than what is necessary.
By Lachlan LabereOBSERVER STAFF
See Organizers on page A2
IVY MILLS/OBSERVER
Motorcycles and music: Fairgrounds booked for July 13-17, organizers expect 10,000 a day.