Featured Posts Photos — 03 April 2011
Ski club members braved the rain to say farewell to the 2010-2011 ski season in style, Sunday. Decked out in unfortunate ski styles of the past and hurling themselves into a pit of water at high speeds, local youth were, as usual, the stars of the show. Photos by Chris Marchand
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Chris Marchand is a native of Dryden, Ontario. He served his first newspaper internship at The Dryden Observer in 1998 while attending journalism studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops B.C. He's worked desks as both reporter and editor at the Fernie Free Press as well as filled the role of sports editor at the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Marchand was named editor of the Dryden Observer in Aug. 2009.
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