Kin Eviction

Starlee Speers - Vernon 105.7 SUN FM

If the Regional District has its way, you won't be going off to the horse races at the Kin Race track in Vernon after 2010. The Okanagan Equestrian Society has been issued an eviction notice to vacate the Kin Racetrack in Vernon. Mayor Wayne Lippert says the city and regional district believe the land could be better used for sports fields. Lippert says NORD issued an eviction notice last year for the Association to be out by October 2010. The disagreement over the use of the track has been ongoing for a number of years now. Ed Woolley with the Kin Racetrack Association says the eviction notice from the regional district came in the middle of mediation. Woolley says discussions are still on going and it will ultimately be up to a judge to decide if the association has to vacate by October 2010. He says the case is similar to the battle over the Simpson covenant in Kelowna where a judge ultimately ruled against the city.