KAMLOOPS – Kelvin Stretch announced his retirement during the Feb. 8 Board of Education meeting.
The secretary-treasurer of School District No. 73 (SD73) has spent 24 years with the district, including the last 15 as chief financial officer and secretary-treasurer.
When announcing Stretch’s retirement Superintendent Terry Sullivan commented on his colleague’s years of service to SD73.
“When I hired Kelvin to be secretary-treasurer I had very high expectations of him,” Sullivan said. “He quickly exceeded all those expectations and proved that he was not only a solid accountant but that he had great interpersonal skills and was a superb manager of people. The positive outlook and perspective that he brings to work every day is going to be missed by all of us who work closely with him.”
The fact someone went to the effort to hand write five sexually explicit letters and send them to elementary schools suggests more could be coming, the lead investigator on the case said Monday. One letter would be unusual. But to hit five at one time is borderline bizarre. Somebody has put a fair amount of time into it, said RCMP Staff Sgt. Garry Kerr.
Criminal intelligence and forensic experts have examined the letters, which started turning up at schools on Wednesday. Kerr said the documents will be sent to an RCMP lab in Vancouver for DNA analysis.
The letters mailed to Parkcrest, Arthur Stevenson, Kay Bingham, Arthur Hatton and A.E. Perry elementary schools describe graphic sexual fantasies involving young girls.
FRIDAY NIGHT
FAMILY Fun with Literacy returns to Sahali Centre Mall Friday, Nov. 25, 6-7:30 p.m. Games, music, fun and crafts for children while adults can obtain play ideas that build happy, healthy minds and bodies.
THE TENNESSEE 3, representing Johnny Cash s backup band, are back in Kamloops Friday, Nov. 25 for a performance at Kamloops Convention Centre. Show time is 8 p.m. Tickets, $20, are available in advance from Kamloops Live! Box Office.
THE SILVERCREEK Strings Band - Blu and Kelly Hopkins of the Shuswap - perform a mix of folk, blues and bluegrass Friday, Nov. 25 at the Westsyde Fellowship Coffee House, 2833 Westsyde Rd. Open mic for local performers. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., music at 7. Admission $5. No charge for entertainers.
Kamloops elementary school destroyed by fire to be rebuilt by 2024
Parkcrest Elementary School was gutted by flames in September 2019. School principal Cath Gorman says she and her staff are excited about the new school site after a year of teaching at a nearby elementary school.
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Posted: Jan 26, 2021 5:12 PM PT | Last Updated: January 27
Parkcrest Elementary School in Kamloops, B.C., was destroyed by fire on Sept. 5, 2019. On Monday, the province announced it expects a new, expanded Parkcrest elementary to open by spring 2024. (Doug Herbert/CBC)
Construction will begin on the new 510-seat school in the summer of 2022, with opening day expected to be in the spring of 2024. For its part, the Kamloops-Thompson School District will pay $300,000, while the City of Kamloops will contribute $2.5 million for the additional space required for the planned larger gymnasium. Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said the money will allow the school to go from the standard elementary size to a full-size, multi-purpose gymnasium. This not only benefits students, but would also be available for booking by community and sport groups, providing much-needed access to indoor recreation space in Kamloops, Christian said.