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The Thompson Community Band is looking for a few good - or at least enthusiastic - musicians as it gets set to begin its fourth season of music, friendship and fun, says promoter and third chair flute player Bruce Krentz.

Vale's Steve Wood, right, laughs with Mayor Tim Johnston during an announcement Sept. 9 that the company will contribute $1.5 million to the completion of Thompson's community centre. See story on Page 3.

30 Years Ago RCMP were investigating the death of a seven-month old dog that was shot through the neck while chained up in its owners' backyard.

With the percentage of completed water meter installations edging close to 70 per cent, the city is turning its attention to those properties where the meters have not been installed and Neptune Technologies, which is doing the installations, has lef

Sept. 9 marked International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day, a day which featured events and announcements across the province.

The rain that fell - and fell, and fell, and fell - on Thompson last month broke a 24-year-old record for precipitation in a single month, as 236.1 millimetres of rain was received at the Thompson Airport, the most since records began in 1967.

Vale presented the City of Thompson with $1.5 million Sept. 9 to go towards the third and final phase of transforming the old Thompson recreation centre into the new Thompson Regional Community Centre.

Thompson's Maria Cecilia (Mitch) Nicolas competed in Miss Earth Canada 2010 in Montreal recently, a pageant that promotes increased environmental awareness and action and, of course, beauty.

Thompson's Operation Red Nose (ORN) organization distributed $13,166.56 it received in donations over the 2008 and 2009 Christmas seasons to eight community groups Sept. 13.

The YWCA of Thompson reflected on their past year and looked to the future at their 38th annual general meeting, held Sept. 7 in the YWCA dining room.