Solid organization, great music, good times and no major incidents.
This is a taste of the feedback local officials have received regarding this year’s Summer Stomp and Burnout Charity Party.
From a policing perspective, apart from the odd arrest for intoxication and a couple of noise complaints, the weekend event in Sicamous came and went without a hitch.
“Basically, we didn’t have any calls of note, everyone was pretty well behaved,” commented Sicamous RCMP Const. Dusty Miller, who is pleased with how the event went. “It was definitely well-organized and well-planned out, so any issues that did come up in the Stomp didn’t make it to us. I’m glad everyone had a good time.”
There was an incident in Salmon Arm where one of the riders in the Stomp poker run, a 44-year old Manitoba man, was seriously injured after a Subaru driven by an 86-year-old Salmon Arm woman turned left in front of him. Police report his injuries are not life threatening and the woman is being charged for failing to yield the right of way.
Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton also had only good things to say about the weekend and the work done by the Summer Stomp Committee, the district and all the volunteers who helped make the event happen.
“It was just great music all weekend, it was very well run and organized and patrolled, and everybody did what they’re supposed to do on a weekend like this,” said Trouton.