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Olympian welcomed home
By Erika Baltrus
ECHO REPORTER
Dec 21 2005

Christine Keshen hugs former high school curling coach Bill Robinson during a special welcome home ceremony for the Winter Olympics-bound curler. Echo photo by Erika Baltrus

Invermere will no longer be described as the town on Lake Windermere. It will be Invermere: Home of Olympian Christine Keshen. Half of the town turned out on Dec. 17 to welcome Keshen home at a reception held at the Joe Peters Curling Centre.
“All across Canada young boys and young girls play sports for fun but they also dream about wearing a maple leaf and going to play in the Olympics,” said District of Invermere (DOI) Mayor Mark Shmigelsky. “So many people watch the Olympics, but now we have an even greater reason to watch, and a more special one, because we have one of our own in it. On behalf of the DOI and our whole community we’d like to offer you congratulations, and when you come back with the gold medal, we’ll have a big parade.” . [More….]

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