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The Symphony of the Kootenays held its annual general meeting Tuesday evening this week, with a capacity crowd in attendance at Christ Church Anglican. The former interim board of directors was unanimously voted in and is now official. Exciting changes are in the offing, said Board President Steen Jorgensen. See more in Friday’s Daily Townsman. Above — the Symphony of the Kootenays’ Board of Directors. Front row, left to right: Karen Clark, Secretary; Shirley Hansen, Terry Lynn Jeffers, Director of Administration; Lorraine Butler. Back row: Steen Jorgensen, President; Ian Adams, Ruth Sawatsky, Patrick Heatherley, Michael Grossman, Treasurer. Not pictured: Rob MacDonald, Vice President, and Aura Pon.
Latest census says marriage on the decline CAROLYN GRANT Daily Bulletin
The latest census figures from Stats Canada show that what we know as traditional marriage is on the decline both nationally and in Kimberley and Cranbrook. Statistics Canada released the latest data from the May 2011 census on Thursday. Across Canada, the
percentage of married couples has dropped over the last five years from 68.6 per cent to 67 per cent of all families. Couples living together without being legally married make up 16.7 per cent of all families across the country, an increase from the 2006 census when it was 15.5 per cent.
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The autumn of the bruins
Bears are “all over the place;” Sightings pouring in in Kimberley and Cranbrook C A R O LYN G R A N T Daily Bulletin
“Insane” is how Shaunna McInnis of East Kootenay Wildlife Aware describes bear activity in Kimberley and Cranbrook for the first three weeks of September. “Starting September 1, it was amazing. It was like all the bears had Blackberries or something, with an alarm telling them it was September,” McInnis said. “The sightings just started pouring in. I got 28 new sightings yesterday (Tuesday), most of those in Kimberley, though bears are very active in Cranbrook too. They are all over the
place.” McInnis says that she knows a couple of bears have been put down, though she hasn’t been able to catch up with the Conservation Officer to confirm it. Incidents include a bear climbing through a window into a home in Morrison Sub. In that case, a dog chased it out. In Townsite, a bear broke into a garage where garbage was stored, got the garbage and then got into the freezer. A sow and cubs have been looking into windows in Marysville. In Cranbrook, McInnis says bears are actively getting into garbage at Jim Smith Lake. There have also been a lot of sightings
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in rural areas like Wycliffe Park Road. “Even out in the country, you need to pick your fruit trees and make sure your livestock feed is put away,” McInnis said. So what’s special about this year? “Is it unusual? I don’t know,” she said. “It’s certainly different from last year when most of the calls were in the spring.” It could be that it’s a bumper fruit year — trees are full of fruit. Which brings around the standard message at this time of year, pick your fruit and secure your garbage. If you have fruit to pick and
can’t manage it yourself, Wildsight can help you by potentially matching you up with someone looking for fruit. You can find all sorts of information on Wildsight’s Apple Capture project at www.wildsight.ca/ apple. There are two presses in Kimberley and one in Cranbrook. “Wildsight can match you up and they also have an apple press and fruit dehydrator you can borrow,” McInnis said. “The apples press is awesome, it makes the best juice.” The Kimberley Independent School students will also be out picking in the coming days.
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