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Vol. 60, Issue 204
At least 10 bears put down in Kimberley in past month C arolyn G rant
The last time the Townsman/Bulletin reported on bear activity in Kimberley on September 24, four bears had been put down since the beginning of the month. That number has now risen to at least ten, says Shauna McInnis of East Kootenay Wildlife Aware. “They are just everywhere,” McInnis said. “There’s no centre of activity. Kimberley is a big long line and bears are getting into trouble everywhere.” The main problems are the usual suspects — unpicked fruit trees and available garbage. “The bears are getting what they can,” she said. “They are getting in all sorts of trouble and doing property damage to fences and sheds. They are fairly aggressive about going back to properties where they’ve found food before.” It is an unusually bad year for bear activity throughout the East Kootenay, brought about by an early berry crop which also petered out early. This, says McInnis, resulted in bears coming into town early at the beginning of September.
Submitted by the Cranbrook Violin Club
DO YOU LIKE A LITTLE FIRE WITH YOUR FIDDLING?: The Cranbrook Violin Club and Aspire Dance have partnered up to bring “Hip Hop Violinist” Lindsey Stirling to the Key City Theatre next month. Stirling has set the four-string world on … well, fire, with her genre-busting music and moves. See more, Page 5.
Teachers seek to erase bullying Annalee Grant Townsman Staff
Area teachers from school districts 5 and 6 attended ERASE Bullying training at the Kimberley Athlete and Conference Centre last week. The provincial antibullying strategy has been newly launched this year as ERASE (Expect Respect and A Safe Education) by Premier Christy Clark. Doug McPhee, director of instruction and safety, is SD5’s new Safe School co-ordinator. Elementary school principals plus a staff representative and an Aboriginal educator from each school took
part in the training on Monday, October 15. McPhee said the training focused on creating connectiveness in each
“In a perfect world if a student is having trouble, there’s someone to support them for the whole day, not just the school day.” Doug McPhee school. The idea is that students will develop a relationship with a member of school staff who
they trust and can confide in. “Every student who goes through school should be connected with a teacher in school,” McPhee said. But the adult doesn’t have to be a teacher. Every staff member in the school will now receive training from the representatives who attended the conference. “It could be anybody in the building,” McPhee said. “For example, the school janitor is a very easy person to talk to.” The goal of the program is for those adults to report any issues with bullying or otherwise that they hear from students so that the proper
staff can deal with the issues. “We’re not intending to build a staff of pseudocouncillors,” McPhee said. “Right now it’s just to look at what’s happening in the building.”
High school and middle school principals, councillors, select staff and Aboriginal educators got the chance to receive training on Tuesday and Wednesday. Their two-day session
followed the same theme, but talked about transitioning students from elementary into middle school, and from there into high school.
See ERASE , Page 5
Cranbrook has new head of staff Wayne Staudt hired from within to become Chief Administrative Officer for Cranbrook until 2015 Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff
Council has found the person to helm the city’s ship, announcing Monday that Wayne Staudt is the new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Staudt was appointed to the position during the Monday, October 22
council meeting. This ends the city’s search for its new chief of staff which began in June with the departure of former CAO Will Pearce, who left to take a position with the City of Vernon.
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