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Local teenage folk rock phenoms The Good Ol’ Goats lit up the Studio Stage Door in Cranbrook Saturday, Sept. 15, with the release party for their new album “The Train.” “The Train” is available in Cranbrook at Lotus Books. Left to right: Angus Liedtke, Nolan Ackert, Theo Moore, Joelle Winkel and Angus MacDonald. Out of sight behind Liedtke is drummer Julian Beuckert.

Mainroad lockout ends, workers Salvation Army feels the pinch to vote on new deal this week Church that’s family to those in need is down $30,000 in donations S A LLY MACDON AL D Townsman Staff

Mainroad East Kootenay staff are back at work this week after the BCGEU bargaining committee reached an agreement with the contracting company.

Late on Wednesday, September 12, the two sides made an agreement, and the lockout ended at midnight. Staff went back to work on Thursday, September 13.

The settlement was reached after a marathon day of bargaining that went over into the wee hours of the next day, according to the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU).

Now BCGEU members are at-

tending a ratification vote on Monday, September 17 and Tuesday, September 18, to formalize the settlement.

It includes a wage increase in each of five years, with retroactive pay for the first year.

Mainroad East Kootenay contracting issued a lockout notice starting August 19 after it failed to reach an agreement with BCGEU members.

The road maintenance company has a head office in Cranbrook and highways maintenance yards in seven locations around the East Kootenay. It employs 95 staff who are members of the BCGEU.

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When you get into trouble, and you don’t have family to turn to, the Salvation Army is there.

“If my children run into difficulty, I get a phone call and it’s, ‘Hey, Dad?’, and you just know by the tone of voice, it’s, ‘How much?” says Captain Kirk Green, head of the Salvation Army in Cranbrook.

“For a lot of people in the community, we are that family, because they don’t have family.”

Captain Kirk and community ministry worker Nancy Zier are recounting the story of a young woman the Salvation Army helped recently. She lost her job and was

“I have nothing against the fundraising that went on in the community. They are great causes; we supported them ourselves. But when you have two major fundraisers take $2 million out of the community, it affects everybody.”

Capt. Kirk Green

relying on the Salvation Army for food, until she was offered a fulltime job as a waitress. Before she

could start work, the young woman needed a Serving It Right certificate — $35 — and a $50 float. She didn’t have it.

“There are no parents,” adds Capt. Kirk. “Who do you go to to provide a $50 float? You come here.

In a sense, we are that family.”

It’s just one example of the many small but significant things the Salvation Army does for people in need. Add to that its larger programs such as daily lunches for school children, the winter shelters, and 25 cent lunches, and you have a vital piece in the community’s puzzle.

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A Boon to the community Local mountain bike champion opens Kimberley chiropractic clinic

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Canadian downhill mountain bike champion and Kimberley local Cassandra Boon has returned to her home town and opened a chiropractic clinic.

Dr. Boon grew up in Kimberley and won national titles and competed on an international level as a downhill mountain biker.

Following her successful competitive career, Dr. Boon completed her Doctor of Chiropractic studies and began practicing at a Vancouver multi-disciplinary clinic, and with athletes and teams.

Recently, Dr. Boon has returned to Kimberley and established Fine + Well, a health and chiropractic clinic.

While practicing in Kimberley, she also continues to treat and consult for the Canadian National Half-Pipe ski team as they compete on the international circuit leading up to the Sochi 2014 Olympics.

Dr. Boon works with the half-pipe team’s head coach, fellow Kimberley resident and former Olympian Trennon Paynter.

Dr. Boon’s career and personal life have involved extensive focus on movement, health and sport. Dr. Boon’s background includes kinesiology, personal training and sport conditioning for profes-

Mountain biker Cassandra Boon has open Fine+Well, a new chiropractic clinic in Kimberley. sional athletes. She has worked with national level athletes and teams in skiing, cycling, running, triathlon, basketball, soccer, hockey and outdoor pursuits. Dr. Boon has worked in many practices in both rural and urban settings, and with a variety of skilled professionals.

Though Dr. Boon will be briefly travelling with the Canadian halfpipe team as they train in New Zealand, she looks forward to continuing to practice at home: “As an athlete, I’ve travelled extensively, but this is one of the best places on earth, right here in the Koote-

nays. I’m privileged to have grown up here, but am equally privileged to return to live and work here and continue to call the Kootenays home.”

Despite considerable experience treating professional athletes, Dr. Boon enjoys working with patients from all

walks of life: “Everyone moves and everyone can move better. It’s great to help people manage conditions and feel better on a daily basis.”

For more information on Dr. Boon and Fine+Well, please call 250.427.5833 or visit www.FineAndWell.ca.

Creekside Physiotherapy celebrating 1st anniversary Submit ted

Creekside Physiotherapy in Marysville is celebrating its first year in business with a by-donation pancake breakfast on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 9 a.m. to noon.

They are located just over the bridge on the main street at 417D, 304 Street.

Your donation to the Children’s Development Centre

will get you pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice, a perfect start to your day before you head down to Marysville Arena for the Kimberley Community Fall Fair.

The clinic is also hosting an open house at the same time to feature their Registered Physiotherapy, Massage Therapy, and Kinesiology services.

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Uniglobe Travel recently drew the winner for the Westjet trip for two, and the lucky folks are pictured above. Albert and Donna Carr are looking forward to planning their winter vacation.

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NDP vote Saturday Townsman Staff

By next week, the field will be set - at least as far as the two main provincial political parties go.

On Sept. 5, the BC Liberals’ Kootenay East Riding Association confirmed that Bill Bennett will again carry that party’s torch into the May 2013 provincial election.

This weekend, it’s the turn of the Kootenay East NDP Constituency Association.

The local NDP is holding its Candidate Nomination Convention Saturday, Sept. 22,

at the Manual Training Centre, 1212 - 2nd St. North, Cranbrook.

Norma Blissett of Cranbrook and Randal Macnair of Fernie are both standing as candidates.

Member registration begins at noon with voting commencing at 2 p.m. Members of the local Constituency Association since June 24, 2012, can vote at the nomination meeting and must provide valid picture identification.

Candidates’ speeches begin at 1 p.m.

See more next week in the Townsman.

Vandals target Cranbrook vehicles Submitted

In the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept.

16, numerous vehicles were vandalized with spray paint. The unknown suspect(s) left their mark on at least eightvehicles in and around 2nd and 3rd Street S. and 13th Ave. in Cranbrook.

The painted images were sexual in nature and several had vulgar

wording. This senseless act not only costs money and time to clean but could easily be seen by children. One officer commented: “It’s a disgrace to the community.

Obviously someone has no pride in where they live”.

If you have any information as to who might be responsible, please contact the Cranbrook RCMP at 250 489-3471.

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The United Way of Cranbrook and Kimberley held its annual Park On Us campaign in downtown Cranbrook on Friday, September 14. Executive director Donna Brady Fields places a sign over parking meters to indicate a business that has donated to United Way for the campaign. The event raised $6,400 for the United Way.

B.C. Liberals opt to keep party name ahead of election C anadian Press

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Liberal party will be taking its name into the next provincial election in May, after a threemember committee ruled out a name change.

MLA Colin Hansen says the committee concluded there’s not enough time to try and rebrand the party before voters go to the polls.

Hansen says the committee recommended that the idea should still be put on the agenda for the next convention after the 2013 election.

He says one of the challenges is that many of the names people suggested were unavailable because they were already registered with Elections BC. The call for a name change came at the last Liberal convention, where some party members said the name is too close to the federal Liberal party, even though there’s no connection between them.

East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett says the Liberal name is a liability in his riding and that name change is long overdue.

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Jon Bjerstedt and Tamara Duggan take a vehicle for a spin at the Denham Ford Drive One For Your Community fundraiser on Saturday, September 15 at the Tamarack Centre. Ford donated $20 for every person that test drove a vehicle to the United Way of Cranbrook and Kimberley.

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Salvation Army feels pinch in a tough year Continued from page 1

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This rotund ursine found a perch overlooking the North Star Rails to Trails in Wycliffe last week. Bear sightings are up around Kimberley and Cranbrook as they start preparing for the winter. Make sure your garbage is out of their reach, and pick fruit trees as soon as they ripen. To report a wildlife conflict, call 1-877-952-RAPP (7277) or dial #7277 on your cell phone.

Regional District of East Kootenay Public Meeting - Cherry Creek Falls Electoral Area E Park Proposal

You are invited to attend a public meeting hosted by the RDEK to discuss the community’s opportunity to create an Area E regional park in the Cherry Creek Falls area. The proposed park location is a 188 ha (464.5 acre) mineral claim held by Lost Dog Slate and Stone.

The public meeting will provide an opportunity to view plans of the proposed park area and will highlight the roles and responsibilities required of the various parties to create the regional park.

Location of Cherry Creek Falls

All interested parties are invited to attend the public meeting which will be held: Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm The Marriott - Kimberley Alpine Resort 500 Stemwinder Drive, Kimberley, BC If you have questions, please contact: Michele Bates RDEK Planner Phone: 1-888-478-7335 Email: mbates@rdek.bc.ca

Jane Walter RDEK Electoral Area E Director Phone: 250-427-2577

19 - 24th Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8

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But now, the church has found itself stuck between a rock and a hard place. This year, donations to the Salvation Army are about $30,000 less than they were last year.

“We had budgeted at this time of the year, we should have had an income of slightly more than $260,000. It is actually just slightly over $230,000,” says Capt.

Kirk.

To manage the shortfall this year, the church is pulling money out of an emergency fund. But once that reserve is used up, it will be crunch time.

“Right now, we have taken it out of a contingency fund,” says Capt.

Kirk. “We are going to manage to keep the lights on. But if this continues into the new year, we will have to make some hard decisions. It’s a matter of who do you lay off, or what program gets cut, or both.”

Perhaps, Capt. Kirk suggests, the drop in donations could be attributed to a kind of giving fatigue in the community, after the East Kootenay Foundation for Health’s Clear View mammography campaign raised $1 million in 11 months, and Community Connections raised $1 million over two years for the Kootenay Child Development Centre.

“I have nothing against the fundraising that went on in the community. They are great

causes; we supported them ourselves. But when you have two major fundraisers take $2 million out of the community, it affects everybody,” says Capt.

Kirk. “It has left some of us a little on the short end.”

The Salvation Army is feeling the pinch financially at the same time as the need for its services sky rockets.

In 2009 the church gave out $40,965 at Christmas time in food, toys and clothing. Last Christmas, it had grown to $99,000.

Last week, the Salvation Army provided 390 school lunches for children in Cranbrook – about 80 each day. It expects to make about 15,000 lunches this year, up about 1,000 from 2011. Each lunch costs $3, so the annual total for the program is expected to cost $45,000.

These are tough times, Capt. Kirk continues: “We’ve had some recent store closings.

There hasn’t been as much construction. It’s all part and parcel.

“We are getting a lot more first-time users.

The working poor: ‘I used to be able to pay my bills, I used to be able to put food on the table.’ Now, Mom’s lost her job, Dad’s lost his hours.’”

Nancy nods agreement: “I’ve worked with so many people recently who have been in the position to be able to afford to give in their life.

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“If this continues into the new year, we will have to make some hard decisions. It’s a matter of who do you lay off, or what program gets cut, or both.”

Capt. Kirk Green And now they are not; they are receiving. They come into my office and they are in shock. They can’t believe they are in my office.”

The numbers of homeless people in the community is growing too. Between August 2010 and February 2011, 302 people connected with the Homeless Outreach Program. That consists of people living in public spaces, people living in emergency or temporary shelters, those who are couch surfing, and those who are at imminent risk of homelessness.

“For a lot of people, they are not welcome anywhere,” Nancy explains. “They can’t get in the library, they’re not allowed in the Rec Plex, they’re not allowed in the mall. So they can come here with their head up and get a nice warm cup of coffee and a warm bowl of porridge, and get a warm welcome. They can have a shower and do some laundry and just have some peace and quiet.

No one’s going to kick them out. They can get a little serenity in the day.

When your mission for the day is trying to figure out where you are going to sleep tonight, then that preoccupies you and ill-equips you for being kicked out of places harshly.”

The Salvation Army has many ways to help.

As well as laundry and shower facilities and a free breakfast four days a week, the church offers a “good food basket” with fresh produce for $10, which they top up with an extra $5 of goods.

There’s a program called the Sally Ann Shopping Cart, where volunteers go out and buy goods in bulk, then separate them

into individual servings for purchase – things like a single roll of toilet paper, a handful of feminine supplies, a day’s dog or cat food.

“You can come in and buy 10 coffee filters or two pots of coffee. So your $10 will get you through a few days,” explains Nancy.

The church offers anger management and grief counselling, a connection to a pro bono lawyer, and even volunteer opportunities.

“Some people in need want to pay back for whatever they have been given – today. They want to know what they can do in the thrift store to help,” says Nancy.

Starting November 1, the Salvation Army will be providing overnight shelter for both men and women at the church.

About a dozen men will be housed in the dining room, and about a dozen women in the church sanctuary. Families will be given separate accommodation. Two staff – a human services worker and a security guard – will be on hand each night from 10 p.m. till 8 a.m.

In summer, when the shelter is closed, the church gives out tents and sleeping bags to people who don’t have a place to sleep. Recently, there were two instances where single mothers came to the Salvation Army asking for a tent to house two children in one case, and five children in another.

The church connected with other agencies to come up with a different solution for such exceptional circumstances.

But although the Salvation Army is facing a difficult time, Capt. Kirk says he has faith the community will rally around once more.

“The Salvation Army needs the community’s help. We are $30,000 down and we would like to continue to do everything we have been doing because there is a need. This is a very generous community; they have always stepped up to the plate.”

To donate to the Salvation Army in Cranbrook, phone 250-4263612.

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Prostate Cancer group marks special week Guest speaker to discuss men’s health Submitted

Prostate Cancer Awareness Week takes place from September 17-23. The week will be marked with events across the country to engage and inform Canadians about the importance of prevention, education and early detection of prostate cancer — the most common cancer to affect Canadian men.

Prostate cancer affects as many men as breast cancer affects women. One in seven men will develop prostate cancer during his lifetime and one in 28 will die of it.

When detected early, by using a simple blood test and by having a digital exam in a doctor’s office, there is a good chance that the cancer can be beaten. However, once the cancer advances beyond the prostate gland and into the bones, it is deadly.

Prostate cancer has no symptoms in its earliest, most curable stage — so men over 40 are urged to talk to their doctor about prostate cancer risk and PSA blood testing. The PSA test will give an indication whether further testing is necessary.

The Cranbrook chapter of the Prostate Cancer Canada Network (PCCN – Cranbrook), a prostate cancer awareness and support group, will present Dr. Steven Schieman at their regular meeting on

Wednesday, September 19 at 7 p.m. in the main building at the College of the Rockies. Dr. Schieman will be speaking about men’s health as it pertains to prostate issues. All members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting.

PCCN – Cranbrook has been holding meetings since the group was revived in 2008. Meetings start with an information session or a guest speaker, and the second half involves men sharing their individual experiences with the disease and the side effects of its treatment.

All men are susceptible to this disease, but those with a family history of prostate cancer and those of African or Caribbean descent are at greater risk of developing it. This year 26,500 Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. About 4,100 Canadian men will die of prostate cancer this year.

Anyone wishing to be involved with the support group, or wanting to know more about it can call Kevin Higgins (250-427-3322) or Dennis Parsons (250-489-5249).

There is no fee to join, and no one is required to speak at any of the meetings.

PCCN – Cranbrook is affiliated with Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) and with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of BC (PCFBC), both registered charities.

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Three generations of the McLeod family took part in the Terry Fox Run at the College of the Rockies on Sunday, September 16. Elizabeth, 5, raised $365 for cancer research, with help from her little brother Connor, mom Tricia, and grandmother and cancer survivor Jo Anne.

Book Bites back; scrapbookers unite

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ook Bites, a book club for kids aged 9 to 12, is back in full swing. It will be meeting Wednesday, September 19, at 3:45 p.m. Mythology and “The Lightning Thief” will be discussed, and there will be the chance to eat some Olympian snacks. Please sign up at the circulation desk by September 18. For more information, call Deanne at 250-426-4063.

Interested in scrapbooking?

Then join fellow scrapbookers for fun and instruction with “Scrapping Good Time.”

This will take place on Mondays, September 24, October 22, and November 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. Cost is $15 per evening, which includes all supplies, tea, and cookies. Please preregister with Deanne at 250426-4063, or by email dperreault@cranbrookpubliclibrary.ca.

Reginald Whitaker takes a hard look at the Canadian government’s method of surveillance and intelligence gathering in “Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada.”

Tig Thomas has collected a variety of older stories featur-

AT THE LIBRARY

Mike Selby ing vampires and other creatures in “Classic Tales of Vampires and Shapeshifters.”

Storytime will resume again the week of September 22.

The Annual Fall Book Sale of the Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library and the Sunrise Rotary will be held at the Tembec Gym from Sept. 26 to Sept.

30.

The first day, Wed. Sept. 26, is for members only and a membership can be purchased at the door for $10. Event opens daily at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. Wed., Friday and Saturday. Thursday is open for late night shopping until 9 p.m.

Sunday is the BAG SALE from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

You can fill your Friends/ Library bag for $4 or buy a Friends/Library bag and fill it for $5. Only these bags can be used. Don’t miss out on this

popular event.

Donation of books, DVDs, CDs, and videos are being accepted at the front circulation desk at the library for this sale.

Items in good condition are appreciated. No encyclopedia sets can be accepted. The majority of leftover books from the book sale will be shipped to Better World Books and sold on the internet for additional revenue. For further info call Marilyn at 250-489-6254.

Don’t forget to visit the remarkable artwork of Jim Poch, currently on display all month.

Jim has been a commercial artist and graphic illustrator for over 30 years. This is the library’s second showing of his work.

Adult Newly Acquired Shelf: Designing a House – Lester Walker Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada -- Reginald Whitaker The Greatest Show on Earth – Richard Dawkins Early Communication Skills for Children with Down syndrome – Libby Kumin

Gentle Yoga for Osteoporosis – Laurie Sandford Tallula Rising – Glen Duncan (fic) The Reckoning – Alma Katsu (fic) Insurrection – Robyn Young (fic) Fame Dance Workout (DVD) Young Adult & Children’s Newly Acquired Items: Easy for You to Say: Q & A for Teens with Chronic Illness Taken By Wolves – Jennifer Lynn Barnes (ya fic) Lies Beneath – Anne Greenwood Brown (ya fic) Classic Tales of Vampires and Shapeshifters – Tig Thomas (ya fic) Violins of Autumn – Amy McAuley (ya fic) A Strange Place to Call Home – Marilyn Singer The Dragon in the Volcano – Kate Klimo (j fic) Troubletwisters – Garth Nix (j fic) Mike Selby is Reference Librarian at the Cranbrook Public Library

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Prostate Cancer Awareness and Support Group

Presents

Dr. Steven Schieman Urologist

Speaking on Men’s Health concerns – Of special interest to men who have had or are concerned about getting prostate cancer.

Wednesday, September 19 7:00 p.m., Room 205,

College of the Rockies, Cranbrook This is a regular meeting of the PCCN – Cranbrook, and as usual, all are welcome.

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Mandatory voting - why not?

B.C.’s Chief Electoral Offi- tion sits at around 95 per cent. cer announced last But before we delve further into the ins week that the Inde- and outs of mandatory voting, let’s discuss pendent Panel on Internet Voting has been why internet voting makes me so uncomstruck. The esteemed panel includes an fortable.

East Kootenay presence, Lee-Ann Crane, When you vote, it’s you and a pencil CAO of the RDEK. and a ballot. That’s it, that’s all. There’s no The panel will look at the possibility of one close enough to see how you vote, no online voting, including a one standing beside you to hard look at technology, make sure you vote how cryptography, internet sethey have instructed you curity policy, and electoral — it’s just you and your administration, pencil.

The primary reason inInternet voting does not Carolyn ternet voting would even allow that. Period.

Grant be looked at is the appallNo matter how you ening drop in voter participacrypt your program, no tion in this province and across the coun- matter the safeguards in place, you cannot try. Participation at the polls has dropped prevent voter coercion from taking place a good 20 per cent in less than a genera- inside someone’s home. You cannot pretion, and yes, that is troubling. vent a husband standing over his wife’s However, I am going to go out on a limb shoulder as she casts her ballot, or vice and say internet voting won’t work, and versa. You cannot prevent one politically furthermore, it shouldn’t even be consid- aware person from holding an election ered because the only thing that will truly party, logging in for each person and sugallow a vote that cannot be tampered with gesting they vote for a certain party. And at all is mandatory voting. that, in a nutshell, is the problem with inI can see you recoiling in disgust now – ternet voting. mandatory voting in a democracy? But And besides, I’m not sure the voting consider this — mandatory voting is in rate goes up much if you can vote on the place in many jurisdictions around the internet. It’s not that difficult, especially in world including liberal democracies like a small city like Cranbrook or Kimberley, Belgium, Australia and Switzerland. And to get to a polling place. It’s just not. And it’s working. Australia’s voting participa- there are advance polls as well. I don’t

think being able to vote at home is going to get those who are not inclined to head to the ballot box politically engaged.

Australia has had mandatory voting in place for almost 80 years. Voter turnout of those registered to vote in Australia was as low as 47 per cent (we’re almost there, Canada) prior to the 1924 compulsory voting law. In the decades since 1924, voter turnout has hovered around 94 to 96 per cent.

Technically, it’s not mandatory voting but mandatory attendance at the polls since no one knows who voted in a secret ballot — we’re back to that ‘you and the pencil’ thing. The punishment for not showing without a valid reason is a fine, so yes, there would be some administration cost.

But look at the gains. A government truly elected by the people, and a people truly engaged in the democratic process.

Yes, there will be people casting ballots having not truly done any research on the candidates, but I bet that happens now too. And nobody is saying you can’t deliberately spoil your ballot in protest once you do attend the polls.

I’ve always said you shouldn’t complain about your government if you don’t vote.

Nobody listens to me, of course. Everyone complains about their government. But mandatory voting would make sure everybody votes as well.

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Politics, fanatics, offending Muslims

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ne of the first scenes in the ridicu- ity in Saudi Arabia, said that Muslims lous but thoroughly nasty film “In- should denounce the film, but without nocence of Muslims” shows angry anger: “Muslims should not be dragged by Muslims running through the streets wrath and anger to shift from legitimate to smashing things and killing people. So forbidden action, (as) by this they will, what happens when a clip from the film unknowingly, fulfill some aims of the dubbed into Arabic goes up on the inter- film.” net? Angry Muslims run Exactly so, but the leadthrough the streets smashers of the Arab world’s ing things and killing peopost-revolutionary governple. ments have to walk a fine It’s as simple as that: line, denouncing both the press the right button, and film and the violent proGwynne they’ll do what you want. tests against it. Moderate Dyer Some Christian extremists Islamic governments like set out to provoke Muslim that of Egypt’s President extremists into violence that would dis- Mohamed Morsi have a particularly tricky credit Islam in the eyes of the West — and task, since they are competing with the it worked, of course. As the US consulate Muslim extremists who are organising the in Benghazi burned and the American protests for the support of the same pious dead were carried out, many people in the and socially conservative bloc of voters.

West thought to themselves: “The Libyans “We Egyptians reject any kind of asare biting the hand that freed them.” sault or insult against our prophet,” Morsi Wrong conclusion. It wasn’t “the Liby- said last Thursday, “but at the same time ans” who broke into the Benghazi consul- we firmly say that this cannot be taken as ate and murdered the US ambassador, a justification to assault consulates or emChristopher Stevens; it was a heavily armed bassies and cannot be taken also as a jusband of Islamic extremists. “The Libyans” tification for killing innocent people.” recently voted in their first real election It was not a sufficiently robust conever, and they elected a secular govern- demnation of the violence for US Presiment. The film just gave the fanatics an dent Barack Obama, who said on the same opportunity to undermine that choice. day: “I don’t think that we would consider Maybe the Christian extremists don’t (Egypt) an ally, but we don’t consider them understand that their film serves the pur- an enemy.” poses of those who want to overthrow the Obama has his own right flank to promoderate, democratically elected govern- tect, and cannot afford to acknowledge in ments, both Islamic and secular, that have public that elected Arab leaders are in come to power in the “Arab spring”. Or competition with Islamic fanatics for popmaybe they do realise that, and hope that ular support, and so must choose their the violence that they are stirring up will words with care. Most American voters are bring Muslim extremists to power in those not sophisticated enough to understand countries. After all, it’s easier to mobilise the intricacies of Arab politics, or patient Western opinion against outright fanatics. enough to care.

The grown-ups try to keep the situation Similarly, most Arab voters do not want under control. Grand Mufti Sheik Abdel- to hear about the American constitution, Aziz al-Sheik, the highest religious author- which guarantees free speech and means

that the US government cannot just ban crude attacks on Islam by American citizens. The elected Arab leaders will certainly have had this fact explained to them in private by their political advisers, but in public they must demand that the US government suppress the film and punish its makers.

It’s not the United States that has attacked Islam, or even “Hollywood”; just a handful of Americans with a political and religious agenda. It’s not “Egypt” or “Libya” that has attacked American and other Western diplomatic missions in the Arab world, but small groups of Islamic extremists with a political agenda of their own, supported by a larger number of pious dupes.

Indeed, the film in question passed without notice when it had its single public screening in the Vine Theatre in Los Angeles in June; only a dozen or so people showed up, probably mostly friends of the producer. It attracted little more attention when a shortened version was posted on YouTube at the beginning of July.

It only took off when the religious Egyptian television channel al-Nas broadcast scenes from it on September 8, and then posted a clip online with an Arabic translation. That got hundreds of thousands of views in a matter of days, and the violent protests began almost at once. The Christian fanatics and the Muslim extremists are, in the old Marxist phrase, “objective allies.”

This is not a “turning point” in Western relations with the Arab countries or the broader Muslim world. The whole thing will blow over after a little while, just like the violent protests against Danish newspaper cartoons about Muhammad did six years ago. It is a tempest in a teapot.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

Stakes go up in B.C. gas gamble

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ike de Jong’s debut as B.C. fi- government staff, and a management salnance minister was a grim one. ary freeze across health care, universities The first financial update for this and Crown corporations as well as govelection year projects a $1.4 billion decline ernment operations. He hinted at an even in natural resource reveharder line with unions, as nues from Kevin Falcon’s the government’s largest one and only budget in employee group continued February. selective strike action.

BC VIEWS Most of that is from deThis, and the familiar Tom clining natural gas revevow to rein in travel and Fletcher nues in the next three other discretionary spendyears. And it’s not just the ing, won’t come close to price of gas that’s lower replacing the lost gas revethan the finance ministry’s array of pri- nues. Asset sales, which Falcon came up vate sector experts had forecast. with in a desperate effort to dig the govThe volume of B.C. gas sold is down as ernment out of its huge sales tax hole, well, as abundant new sources of shale won’t show up on the books until next gas come on-stream in the U.S. As with year, if they go ahead at all. Raising taxes oil, that’s currently the only market Cana- or fees? Forget it. It’s either cut programs da has. or run another deficit.

And it wasn’t long ago that the energy The one glimmer of hope in what de ministry was trumpeting its monthly to- Jong called the “ugly” resource revenue tals for “bonus bids” paid by gas compa- picture is that natural gas revenues don’t nies for drilling rights in northeastern have much farther to fall. And then there B.C. That gold rush has wound down as is the light at the far end of the tunnel, shale deposits are staked and the price exports to Asia where the price remains falls. much higher.

De Jong’s response shows how serious That project took two important steps this problem is for any B.C. government. forward last week. Spectra Energy and He inherits Falcon’s political commitment British multinational BG Group unveiled to present a balanced budget next spring. plans for a third major pipeline to bring How he will do that, and be believed in a northeast gas to the coast, this one to a heated post-HST election campaign, re- site near Prince Rupert proposed for a mains a mystery. liquefied natural gas facility.

De Jong announced a hiring freeze for And on Friday, the Haisla Nation and

the B.C. government announced a land use agreement to develop another LNG export facility on the Douglas Channel near Kitimat. Two proposals in that area have already received federal export permits and financing from global energy players, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean companies.

One of the bills jammed through by the B.C. Liberals in the hectic legislative session this spring was to do away with another of those federal-provincial overlaps that make industrial development so slow and difficult. Ottawa has sole authority to regulate reserve lands, but agreed to delegate that to B.C. and the Haisla, allowing them to pioneer the latest agreement.

This is a major breakthrough, not just in the industrial development of northern B.C. but in dismantling the centuryold logjam of aboriginal resource claims.

At the centre of Premier Christy Clark’s much-promoted jobs plan is the target of having three LNG export terminals and associated pipelines in production by 2020.

That now looks like a more realistic target. But the jobs and revenues won’t arrive in time to save the B.C. Liberals from their current predicament.

Tom Fletcher is reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Light refreshments will be served following the meeting.

Membership applications will be available at the door. FMI call Terry at 426-3970 Federal Superannuates meeting, Sept 18, at Castlegar Legion.

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Free - or a donation to the refugee family of Pwe Say - Yoga Classes at Blarchmont field, Kimberley on Mondays 9:3010:45am and Wednesday’s 6:30-7:30pm. Runs until Sept. 26 The Canadian Federation of University Women is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Cranbrook club with a special event on Thursday, Sept 20, 7:00pm at Cranbrook Public Libarary (Manual Training Centre). Ghada Alatrash (Janbey), writer, educator and translator, will speak on building bridges between East & West. Everyone is welcome.

Saturday, September 22nd, Social Dance at the Cranbrook Seniors Hall, 2nd St. S. at 17th Ave., held to the music of the Don Davies Quartet. Join in with friends and family, at 7 pm, for an evening of song and dance. Refreshments served.

Admission 10. Info. Flo 250.489.2720 Catholic Parishes Bazaar, Saturday, September 22, 12-3 p.m. St. Mary’s School Gym, 1701 5th St South Cranbrook KIA SORENTO HOLE IN 1: 3rd Kidney Foundation Golf Tournament at Mission Hills Golf Course, Sunday, Sept. 23rd at noon - shotgun start. More info: Keith at Cranbrook Days Inn 250-426-6683, ext. 412 or Heather 250-426-0662 Municipal Pension Retirees Assoc meets Monday, Sept 24, 11am at Heritage Inn, 803 Cranbrook St. N. Guest Speaker: Ron Schatschneider. Gift Certificate draw. No host lunch 12 noon.

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Lockout deters deals for unrestricted NHL free agents MONTE STE WART Canadian Press

Two and a half months after becoming an unrestricted free agent, Kenndal McArdle is still waiting for the phone to ring.

And with the NHL now in a lockout, it’s unlikely he’ll be getting contract offers any time soon. “(The long wait) is something that can be frustrating, because the unrestricted free agent market is a lot smaller this summer because of the lockout,” said McArdle, a 25-year-old Toronto native who grew up in Burnaby, B.C. “There’s more worrying and more uncertainty in your life. For a lot of us, hockey is our livelihood, and the uncertainty increases the amount of stress in your life. So it’s been a long summer, to say the least.”

McArdle is among a large group of unsigned players, young and old alike, who are waiting for the next collective bargaining agreement to determine where they will play their next season.

The unrestricted free agent list ranges from early-to-mid-career professionals like Fabien Brunnstrom and Angelo Esposito to aging stars Jason Arnott, Daymond Langkow, Brian Rolston and Brendan Morrison. Theoretically, McArdle and his con-

temporaries have time on their side and should be able to rebound from the lockout’s impact on their careers - but the older players do not.

McArdle, a former WHL star, was drafted 20th overall by the Florida Panthers in 2005. He won a Memorial Cup with the Vancouver Giants in 2007 and a gold medal with Canada’s world junior team the same year, but is now trying to stick in the NHL as a so-called depth player.

The winger spent 2011-12 with the Winnipeg Jets organization, suiting up for nine NHL games and splitting the rest of the season with AHL clubs in St. John’s, N.L., and Portland, Maine. Once considered a can’t-miss kid, he is concerned that the lockout will enable a new group of prospects to make their marks in the minors, and threaten his job security.

“It gives the young guys, or the guys that are coming up, another year to mature, another year to get ready, especially with the guys who will continue to play in the American Hockey League,” said McArdle, who may consider playing in Europe or signing a minor-league contract.

“It gives them a chance to continue their development within the organization. It can help them to propel themselves up to the next

level.

“At the same time, it can be a disadvantage to the young guy who is looking to make the jump this year. Hockey being the way that it is, another year in the minors may have a negative effect on that player’s mental state and/or injuries per se.”

According to agent J.P. Barry, the usual September flurry of freeagent signings came to “a grinding halt” because teams are waiting to see how the new CBA’s salary-cap numbers will affect their ability to sign players.

“The current (unrestricted free agents) are in limbo because the first wave was signed and now everybody’s waiting to see what the cap number will be,” said Barry. “Until they know what the cap number is going to be based on the negotiations, that (uncertainty) could affect the market for those free agents.”

McArdle’s agent Kevin Epp predicts there will be a “big rush” of signings once a new collective agreement is reached. He noted teams like the Edmonton Oilers, who re-signed Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle to long-term deals this summer, have been able to sign franchise players because they had salary-cap room to work with - regardless of the outcome of the labour talks.

X Games star Shaun White charged with public intoxication, vandalism TR AVIS LOLLER Associated Press

NASHVILLE - Twotime Olympic gold medallist snowboarder Shaun White faces charges of public intoxication and vandalism, accused of drunkenly destroying a phone at a Nashville hotel and ending up in the hospital after he hit his head.

Officers responded to the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel at 2 a.m. Sunday after a drunken man identified as the 26-yearold White pulled a fire alarm, forcing the hotel

to evacuate all guests.

An employee also reported seeing White destroy a hotel phone.

White tried to leave the hotel in a cab before being stopped by a hotel guest who told the driver police had been called. According to police, White kicked at the man before running away. The man chased him and they collided when White turned around. White, who is also one of the world’s top skateboarders, fell back and hit his head against a fence, police

said.

White, who appeared to be drunk, was given the opportunity to sign misdemeanour citations and refused, police said. A spokeswoman for Baptist Hospital said White was treated there and released on Monday before being arrested and booked by police. A mug shot released by police shows White with a black eye.

White was released by police late Monday afternoon on his own recognizance. His court date was set for Oct. 10.

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A Mount Baker Wild player makes a tackle against the carrier for Crescent Heights Vikings during a game at the high school field on Saturday. The Wild gave everything they could, but the Medicine Hat-based visitors proved to be a tough challenge.

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The Mount Baker Wild Cheerleaders pumped up the crowd from the sidelines and put on a halftime show.

Saints linebacker meets with NFL boss RICK FREEMAN Associated Press

NEW YORK - New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma spent Monday afternoon having a “very frank, very truthful” meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about his suspension that was temporarily lifted.

Vilma was one of four players suspended

by Goodell in the bounty scandal. But an appeals panel earlier this month said Goodell must clarify his rulings to ensure no part of his decisions was based on salary cap violations.

That would be the juris-

diction of special master Stephen Burbank.

Vilma, suspended for the entire season, requested a separate meeting.

“Today everyone was afforded an opportunity to start over,” Vilma said outside the NFL’s Park Avenue offices more than three hours after he went in. “It was in our best interest to meet today. We spoke truthfully, honestly, bluntly.”

Vilma and attorney Peter Ginsberg did not want to share details of the meeting.

“We appreciate Jonathan Vilma taking the time to meet today and

look forward to seeing the other players tomorrow,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.

Goodell must show that the basis for the discipline was inappropriate conduct - such as intent to injure - rather than any secret monetary compensation. In that case, he has full authority to impose the suspensions.

“I’m going to make sure the Commissioner realizes our position is consistent with the truth,” Ginsberg said, reiterating that Jonathan never intended to hurt any players.

Players and coaches

implicated in the bounty pool have testified under oath in a related federal court case they never intended to injure opposing players.

New Orleans defensive end Will Smith (four games), Browns linebacker Scott Fujita (three) and free agent defensive end Anthony Hargrove (eight) are expected to have their meeting Tuesday.

“We had a very frank, very truthful, very frank hearing,” Vilma said.

“We definitely had some communication today and that’s, I guess, in everyone’s best interest.”

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Sports Roller derby league wraps up season over the weekend Tre vor Cr awley Sports Editor

The Invermere Killer Rollbots crowned themselves atop the East Kootenay Roller Derby League during the championship bout at the Marysville Arena on Saturday.

The Rollbots beat the Avalanche City Roller Girls out of Fernie 205119, while Kimberley’s Bavarian Barbarians edged the Cranbrookbased Mountain Town Maulers 206-198.

Pamela Currie, known as Demolition Dolly out on the track, helped the Bavarians squeak out a win against the Maulers, but gave credit to the opposing squad, noting they very nearly pulled it off.

“The game was so close, it was equal level teams,” Currie said. “It was down to the last moment and it really could’ve been anybody’s game. We were lucky enough to take it because the girls in Cranbrook are really talented as well, so it just happened to be our night.”

In a rollicking atmosphere charged by an enthusiastic crowd, the Killer Rollbots and the ACAG—the first and second seed in the league— hit the cement floor to determine the champion.

The ACAG beat the Rollbots in a bout back in June, but it was the Rollbots who earned

some revenge to take the title with a 205-119 score.

“I think it was really anybody’s game there, too. Both teams have been really solid throughout the whole season so it was equally matched in a very high performance way,” added Currie.

The EKRDL has ended its official season, but the Barbarians will play one more bout next Saturday as a team fundraiser against a group of girls from the Slocan Valley.

Billed as The Small Town Show Down, the Barbarians hope to have some fun with a new opponent and raise some dollars to cover team expenses for the next EKRDL season.

“We know nothing about the team, we’ve never played them, so it’s really going to be complete strangers coming in,” said Currie. “A completely different mix of derby and just going head-to-head.”

Derby action starts at 7 p.m. in the Marysville Arena.

The championship bout, promoted as Back in Black and Blue, also fundraised roughly $300 for Jenna Homeniuk, a Kimberley teen who is battling cancer.

It is now the roller derby offseason, but the team hopes to keep busy by practicing over the winter until the league

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The Bavarian Barbarians clash with the Mountain Town Maulers at the final EKRDL bout of the season in Marysville on Saturday. begins in February. The team may have a facility scoped out in Cranbrook, but they’re looking for something a little closer to home.

“If we don’t have to drive to Cranbrook, it would benefit us greatly,” Currie said. “We want to improve our team of athletes and if we had a winter space here locally, it would be to our great advantage.

“It’s hard coming

back and picking it up again. I mean, you know it, but it still takes a little while for you to work out all those kinks “ Anything from gym space, to retail space and everything in between could work for the team and Currie encourages anyone to phone her at 250-581-0912 for ideas or suggestions.

If anyone is interested in giving derby a shot, Currie and the rest of the

Barbarians would love to introduce them to the sport.

“You’re on the track, you’re literally beating people up, you’re pushing them down, you’re getting in their way— you’re not being very nice,” said Currie. “But then, you’re enjoying a drink with them after, you’re telling them how great they did. There’s a lot of camaraderie and it’s a great sport.”

Canadian tennis stars to take on top opponents Bill Beacon Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Organizers of an exhibition tennis event are hoping the rising star power of Milos Raonic and Genie Bouchard will help fill the Bell Centre for a night.

Raonic, Canada’s top-ranked men’s player of all time at No. 15, and Wimbledon junior champion Bouchard will take on opponents yet to be determined at the Montreal RendezVous on March 18. ”It was a delightful opportunity because I’ve tried to do the same thing in Toronto to help the sport grow,” Raonic said at the announcement on Monday. ”Tennis is difficult. ”You don’t know how results and schedules will play out, so if you

have something pre-set in advance and advertised well, it’s pretty special. It gives an opportunity not only for tennis fanatics but sports fans in general to come out and see us play.”

Players and organizers spoke of top talent like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or even Roger Federer as possible opponents for Raonic and Serena Williams or Maria Sharapova for Bouchard, but it remains to be seen who they will face. ”Anyone’s special,” said 18-year-old Bouchard, the Westmount, Que., native who won junior titles in singles and doubles at Wimbledon and is now tackling a pro career. ”I’ll see how I do against an opponent like that. ”After the off-season, I’ll start again in January

and play lots of pro tournaments and hopefully I’ll be a better player than I am now.”

The event is run by StarGames, Madison Square Garden and local promoter Evenko. The event started last year with former stars like Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl and drew 8,200 fans. ”We know that the 2013 version, headlined

by Milos Raonic, will be even more compelling to the Montreal market,” StarGames president Jerry Solomon said. ”It’ll be top level, world class players.

Some of them are players who have played for us in other events. It’s a great date on the international tennis calendar. They have a few days off between Indian

Wells and Miami, so it works well for them.”

Solomon said a similar event is going into its sixth year in New York and he plans to announce a third one in another city on another continent soon.

The 21-year-old Raonic, of Thornhill, Ont., is coming off a pair of singles wins as Canada downed a depleted South Africa squad 4-1 on the weekend to keep its place in the top-level World Group for next year.

It’s unusual that Canada won its Davis Cup tie despite losing the doubles match, as veteran doubles ace Daniel Nestor was Canada’s strong point before Raonic’s rise in singles rankings. Vasek Pospisil and Frank Dancevic, as well as Wimbledon and

U.S. Open junior champion Filip Peliwo, give Canada added depth in singles. ”To be honest, it’s singles that gets all the limelight and attention,” said Raonic. ”It’s singles performances that are going to help the sport grow, especially here in Canada.”

The tennis event could get even greater attention if the NHL lockout that began at midnight on Saturday drags through the winter. ”I think so, but there’s still quite a bit of talk going on about the lockout, so that will take a bit of time,’ said Raonic. ”It’s definitely a good opportunity, but at the same time, it’s an opportunity that’s not going to be there consistently.”

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your focus tends to be on what some call networking and others refer to as socializing. The words you use to describe the activity can vary -- it just depends on your station in life. You could be taken aback by others’ ideas and perspectives. Tonight: Make time for a friend or loved one.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Let your creativity funnel into efficiency. You’ll need a lot of it, as you have a lot of ground to cover.

You could be taken aback by a key person’s response, which does not make sense to you. A partner or close associate has a different perspective. Tonight: Keep your eye on the big picture.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You have been withdrawn, but you’ll give up that role today. A loved one draws you out. Your sense of humor allows you to open up and be more present. Someone around you has been off lately. This person is in the midst of a transformation and is feeling the pressure.

Tonight: Fun and games.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might want to take a hard look at your daily schedule. A change might be in order, or perhaps you are doing something that no longer serves you. Consolidate, and make room for more of what you want from life. Tonight: Make it an early night.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Listen to news before following through on an important project.

You could be overserious about funds. You will see a change in how you view your finances, as a result. Someone has more dynamic but risky ideas and suggestions.

Tonight: Hang with a friend.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Be aware of how much you are spending, before you have a problem. You could opt to change your

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your magnetism and energy become obvious, yet within, you might be working through an issue. Your imagination allows you to express a more positive outlook and draw others closer. A child or loved one appears to be charmed by you. Tonight: You cannot lose; just be yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Kick back and do some thinking about your goals. You will consciously need to dedicate time to this process. Affirm what you want, and you will be able to create just that. We often outgrow our goals and needs, so be sure to check in with yourself more often.

Tonight: Visit with a long-trusted friend.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Much goes on around a meeting or a group of friends. A suggestion might feel difficult to implement, but you can do it. Be spontaneous,

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You will have to bend to someone’s will, especially if this person has authority behind his or her requests. You might feel the need to spend a little on your image in order to impress someone. Be very careful if it is a necessary expenditure, as you could see funds stream out of your account. Tonight: Up late. You decide the reason.

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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: My brother and I grew up in the shadow of our older sister, “Nina.” Nina had new clothes while we had stained, torn hand-me-downs. If I asked for something, I was called a “spoiled, selfish brat.” If our plans conflicted with Nina’s, we had to cancel ours. Mom always favored her. Nina’s needs always came before ours. My father didn’t notice or didn’t care.

I am now an adult, living on my own, and my mother still treats me like this. The thing that kills me is that she will ask me for an extreme favor and become furious if I turn her down. Of course, when I ask her for help, she runs for the hills.

My boyfriend and I are talking about marriage and children. I don’t want this cycle repeated. I cannot have my mother treating my children as second-class grandchildren.

The things she has said to me over the years still hurt to this day. But I do want a relationship with my parents. Is it possible to have one like they have with Nina? Is it worth it?

-- Distraught Daughter Dear Distraught: You are not likely to have Nina’s relationship with your parents, but it doesn’t mean yours can’t improve. Changing how you respond when dealing with Mom could change how she behaves. At the very least, it will alter how unhappy the situation makes you. You are smart to recognize that this pattern should not be repeated with your children. Ask your mother to come with you for counseling to work on this. She may be willing for the sake of having a decent relationship with her future grandchildren. If not, please go on your own.

Dear Annie: I am engaged to an intelligent, beautiful, loving woman. We both work full time and see eye-to-eye on just about everything. However, we are becoming increasingly frustrated with her four kids when it comes to doing their laundry, putting dirty dishes in the dishwasher, walking the dog, etc. If a trashcan is overflowing, they simply pile more on top of it instead of taking it outside.

These kids are between 13 and 21. We want them to take responsibility for their actions and take pride in their home. We have tried making lists and assigning tasks, punishments and rewards, to no avail. During our most recent conversation with the kids, one said, “It’s too difficult to remember.” Another said, “You can’t make us do it.” Two of these kids are working. Any suggestions?

-- Frustrated in the Midwest Dear Frustrated: Some children need to be reminded to help around the house, and the reminder has to stick. Mom should tell them that neither you nor she is a servant and they all need to care for their living space. Any children over 18 should be nicely encouraged to move into their own places, which will highlight their choices.

The younger kids should have privileges restricted if they do not follow the house rules. But Mom has to enforce these rules, or nothing will change.

Dear Annie: This is in regard to the letter from “Older Sister,” who recently discovered that her brother had sexually molested family members when they were children.

Your advice to inform the entire family was on the mark, but they should also contact the police.

It is very possible that the brother has continued his sexual assaults, which is reason enough to alert the authorities. But there is also the issue of what it says to the children that their parents remain unable or unwilling to protect them by confronting the criminal whose presence they are expected to endure at a family reunion. The passive acceptance of the sexual assault of a child almost always means that other children will be victimized. -- Dan William Peek, Grandparents and Others on Watch, Inc. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Parliament returns with second phase of budget plan C anadian Press

OTTAWA — Changes to pension plans for MPs and federal workers, further cuts to government spending and more controversy over the “Trojan horse’’ bill that critics say will deliver them are on the fall agenda as the latest sitting of Parliament gets underway.

New omnibus legislation is expected, a sequel of sorts to Bill C-38 — the controversial budget implementation bill that was passed in June after marathon, all-night voting sessions that were forced by an angry Opposition.

The second bill “will put into place outstanding items from the economic action plan 2012 which remain to be implemented,’’ government House leader Peter Van Loan told a news conference today in the foyer of the House of Commons.

An hour later, Opposition NDP MPs occupied the same space to accuse the government of planning once again to steamroller Parliament and its democratic traditions.

“Last session, we saw a legislative strategy from the government that was unco-operative and at times belligerent,’’said NDP House leader Nathan Cullen.

“They threw everything but the kitchen sink into their ‘Trojan horse’ budget bill and then avoided scrutiny by ramming it through the House employing an unprecedented use or even abuse of parliamentary practices.

“We are concerned, based on the comments made by the Conservatives, that they are planning again to trample our legislative rights.’’

Nonsense, said Van Loan, who said the new bill would be a key part of a fall agenda aimed at job creation and economic growth.

“The plan is working,’’ Van Loan said. “Canada has posted the strongest job-creation record in the G7, with over 770,000 net new jobs created for Canadians families since

the end of the economic downturn.

“Canadians expect their government to focus on maintaining Canada’s record of relative strength.’’

Other forthcoming legislation will deal with RCMP accountability and law-and-order issues, including a bill to make it easier to deport dangerous foreign criminals and one to double the amount which offenders must pay to victims in recompense.

The RCMP legislation will “ensure that the RCMP is fully accountable and transparent to Canadians,’’ Van Loan said.

The NDP is trying to set its own agenda, centred largely around helping people who’ve lost their jobs and consumers who feel they’re being gouged at the gas pumps and by big corporations.

New Democrat consumer protection critic Glenn Thibeault said his party will continue its push for a gasoline ombudsman who can field consumer complaints about high fuel prices.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper set the stage last week for continued cuts in government spending when he announced a parliamentary committee tasked with finding deeper cuts to the public purse.

The committee is being headed by tight-fisted Treasury Board President Tony Clement.

The Tories appear to be riding high as they enter the next phase of their majority mandate.

A Canadian Press Harris-Decima poll conducted within the two weeks prior to the start of the fall sitting suggests the Tories have opened up a seven-point lead over the NDP. The survey puts Conservative support at 34 per cent, the NDP at 27, the Liberals at 24 and the Green party at seven.

Two-thousand Canadians were questioned for the poll earlier this month, which is considered accurate within plus or minus 2.2 percentage points, 19 times in 20.

Owners say mill destroyed in Burns Lake will be rebuilt C anadian Press

BURNS LAKE, B.C. — The owners of a Burns Lake, B.C., sawmill that was flattened in an explosion earlier this year say they intend to rebuild.

Steve Zika, CEO of the mill’s owner Hampton Affiliates, announced the decision in the tiny northern B.C. community today, saying they’re extremely excited about the plan for a new mill.

However, Zika says the entire rebuilding process is still contingent on negotiating a timber-supply agreement with the provincial govern-

ment.

Zika says the new mill will be smaller than the original that was destroyed last January, but it will have state-of-the-art technology.

Two workers were killed and 19 others were injured when a blast and fire destroyed the mill, which was one of the main employers in the town of about 4,000 people.

Al Gerow, the chief of the Burns Lake Indian Band, says it’s excellent news and couldn’t have come at a better time because a cloud of dispair had been hanging over the community.

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Canadian found after seven weeks in Nevada wilderness says she had prepared to die Associated Press

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — A Canadian woman found on the verge of starvation after seven weeks in a Nevada wilderness area told an Idaho church congregation that she had been prepared to die the same day hunters came across her stranded van.

Rita Chretien, who lives in Penticton, B.C., spoke Sunday during a service at First Church of the Nazarene in Twin Falls about her ordeal. She was found weak but alive in May 2011 in the rugged mountains of northeastern Nevada, near the Idaho state line.

Her husband, Albert Chretien, 59, went for help on foot and didn’t make it out alive. Rita Chretien, who was 56 at the time, stayed in the van and survived on trail mix, hard candy and melted snow.

She told the church about the role played by her faith.

“I asked the Lord to satisfy my stomach as if I’d had a full meal,’’ Chretien said, according to a story published Monday in the Times-News.

After being stranded 49 days, Chretien said her strength was almost gone and she thought she was going to have a heart attack when she pulled on fresh socks, wrapped herself in a blanket and prepared to die before hearing the sound of offroad vehicles.

“I thought I was dreaming,’’ she said. “Then I thought, ‘Hey, I’m not dreaming. This is really hap-

pening.’’’

Her husband had set out on foot in search of help on March 22, 2011, three days after the couple’s van got stuck on a muddy road. They got lost because they were “foolishly following a GPS without a lot of experience,’’ Chretien said.

The Chretiens owned a commercial excavating business and were headed to Las Vegas for a trade show. They left a highway after using their new GPS unit to find the shortest route, and ended up on a remote forest road.

Albert Chretien’s body has not been found.

His wife smiled as she recalled a memorial service for him attended by about 700 people.

“Al’s brother spoke a wonderful message of hope,’’ she told the Idaho churchgoers. “There was more joy and laughter than tears.’’

Rita Chretien has repeatedly denied requests from The Associated Press for an interview. She has been described as a private person who shuns attention, but previously accepted invitations to give motivational talks at a mayoral prayer breakfast in British Columbia and at a large church in Calgary.

She met the pastor of the Idaho church after she was rescued and taken to a hospital, where she requested a pastor from a Nazarene church.

Pastor Steve Meyers, who is with the Twin Falls church, volunteered to pray with Chretien, and they have remained in contact.

Plea coming for poker champ case C ANADIAN PRESS

LONGUEUIL, Que. — A lawyer says there will be a guilty plea in the beating and robbery of a world poker champion, who was allegedly set up by his exgirlfriend.

The lawyer for Bianca RojasLatraverse said she will be pleading guilty when she makes her next court appearance Friday.

She is accused of masterminding an attack against her ex-boyfriend, former world poker champion Jonathan Duhamel.

“She wants to have a clear

conscience, move along with her life and get this behind her,’’ said Sarah Desabrais, the woman’s lawyer, in an interview. “She has decided to plead guilty.’’

Three people are accused of participating in the attack, where people allegedly broke into Duhamel’s Montreal-area home, beat him, tied him up, and stole more than $100,000 in cash from a safe along with some of his most prized possessions.

Rojas-Latraverse was not present during the attack but she is accused of conspiracy, kidnapping, break and enter,

armed robbery and assault causing bodily harm because of her alleged role.

Duhamel, who won nearly US$9 million in the 2010 World Series of Poker, was attacked at his home last year.

Rojas-Latraverse had been forced to delay the start of her trial last week after being hurt in an apparent incident at her detention centre. Her lawyer said she was doing better.

Now she will try to reach a sentencing agreement with prosecutors in advance of Friday’s appearance, Desabrais said.

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Obituaries Gavin Iain Dickie passed away peacefully on September 8, 2012 in the Creston Valley at the age of 64 years.

Gavin never married, he had family and friends who cared about him. He came with his mother and father to Canada from England in 1953.

They settled in Saskatoon, returning to England in 1966 where Gavin remained for a number of years before joining his parents who moved to Nanaimo. Creston was their new home in 1964 but Gavin spent a few years in Riverview Hospital on the coast before moving to Cranbrook where he lived for 19 years. Creston has been his home since 2004.

Diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age, Gavinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life by any standard had its ups and downs and challenges. He was a survivor however and made life work for himself, remaining as independent as possible. He took life as it presented itself . Many people enjoyed him. He was generous, intelligent, honest, had a memory for just about everything heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d learned or experienced, he loved to discuss issues and philosophy. He knew his own mind and was honest in what he could and could not handle.

He has longtime friends especially Dave Uchida who will miss him and Gavin remembered everyone he met. Since moving to Creston he was known from Chatka Restaurant to Tim Hortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, to Reneeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diner and the Hebrew CafĂŠ, riding or pushing his bike, walking or accepting offered rides. Church visitors were welcomed by him, and he was grateful for the kindnesses of the Lutheran Church ladies and the folks at New Life Church. He offered his house for people in need, he gave money and cigarettes to others, he loved coffee, music, walking, biking, newspapers and drives in the car. For those in the downtown area he was a familiar sight at almost anytime of the night or day, sitting, walking, smoking or drinking coffee. For his caregivers, he was alternately frustrating, funny, surprising, kind, compassionate, fascinating and a friend.

His cousin Mary says of him, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;His indomitable spirit overcame his signiďŹ cant difďŹ culties, he triumphed over great adversity with gentleness, strength, courage and much kindness and care for othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; He is Predeceased by his mother, Irene Dickie and his father Ian Dickie. He is survived by his cousins in England, Mary Flather and her siblings Vicky and Stephen and cousins Helen and Ruth.

A Celebration of Life Gathering will take place at Break In Time CafĂŠ on Canyon St., in Creston on Saturday September 22, 2012 from 2 - 6 pm.

Memorial Contributions may be made to : Creston and District Community Resource Centre Society Building Fund on behalf of Gavin Dickie, Box 187 Creston, BC, V0B 1G0 250-428-5547. Charitable Receipts can be issued.

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The bear nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boo Booâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; is being housed in a 2-acre enclosure with another cub and is doing very well, said Linda DeEulis, director of the Snowdon Wildlife Sanctuary Director. The bear was brought to the rehabilitation area outside McCall on Friday.

He first spent two weeks recuperating at the Idaho Humane Society shelter in Boise after he was discovered in late August, clinging to a tree, in a region recently scorched by a massive wildfire. Efforts to find the cubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother were unsuccessful.

DeEulis was worried at first about the bearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to climb, but those concerns were quickly put to rest after he arrived at the sanctuary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing fine, the first thing he did was run up a tree,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she told The Associated Press.

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tale of Smokey Bear, a cub that became a national symbol for fire prevention after he was found in a charred tree taking refuge from a New Mexico blaze in 1950. He was also treated for burned paws.

In Idaho, officials were flooded with calls from people wanting to help the bear dubbed Boo Boo. The cub weighed about 25 pounds and likely hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eaten for several days when he was found. He was estimated to be about 4 months old.

The bear has since gained about 20 pounds and the burned pads on the paws appear to be healing nicely, which means heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably out of danger for infection, said Evin Oneale, a regional conservation educator with the state Department of Fish and Game.

Oneale is based in southwestern Idaho, where the bear was first brought after it was rescued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was in pretty bad shape,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Oneale said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He looks like a young healthy little black bear now. He looks great.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; While veterinarians at the Idaho Humane Society rechristened the bear â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bernard,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; state wildlife officials still refer to him as Boo Boo. At the wildlife sanctuary, DeEulis remained neutral, saying she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play or talk to the bears at her facility, where the goal is to rehabilitate animals so they can be released back into their natural habitats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care what anybody calls him,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Boo Boo sounds like a cartoon character.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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VANCOUVER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; British Columbia is sending firefighters to Washington State to help battle five large wildfires burning south of the border.

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Fire Information officer Melissa Welch says as many as 500 firefighters remain in B.C., enough to respond to any fires that may break out in this region.

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