WEDNESDAY JULY 10, 2013
Our kid’s in the Hall! >
Line Cooks Needed
Niedermayer joins Hall of Fame class of 2013 | Page 7
< Addicted to smartphones?
Apply Within
BC poll shows you’re not alone | Page 3
www.BootlegGapGolf.com
1
$ 10 INCLUDES G.S.T.
Proudly serving Cranbrook and area since 1951
Vol. 61, Issue 133
www.dailytownsman.com
STEWART WILSON PHOTO
HOLD ON, I GOTTA TAKE THIS CALL: Stewart Wilson’s photos of a female mallard at Elizabeth Lake make the bird appear she’s operating a cellphone — not surprising this day and age. Just a quick catch-up with the flock before a dip in the lake.
RDEK deserves an award for flood response, board says SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
The emergency response to the East Kootenay’s June flooding event has been submitted for consideration in the 2013 Union of B.C. Municipalities Community Excellence Awards. The Regional District of East Kootenay sprung to action June 20 when heavy rainfall caused creeks, rivers and lakes all over the region to rise at alarming rates. By June 25, a state of emergency was declared in all four subregions of the East Kootenay, an unprecedented response by the emergency program.
At the July 5 board meeting, regional district directors agreed to nominate its emergency program’s response to the flood event for the award. According to UBCM, its community excellence awards program “is an opportunity to showcase municipalities and regional districts who “lead the pack”, take risks to innovate, establish new partnerships, question established ways of doing business and pioneer new customer service practices. At the board meeting, the directors were full of gratitude for the hard work and long hours
“We just can’t say, well, the water has gone down, and walk away from it. There are things that need to be done and many of them are going to cost lots of dollars and probably will change our priorities as we move forward.” Board Chair Rob Gay
that regional district staff put in during the days of the flood. Many of the directors reserved special thanks for informa-
tion officer Loree Duczek, who put out daily updates on the flood situation around the region while also responding to flood issues on the spot. “It’s a well oiled machine and it works very well. I was honoured and proud to have them on my side. Loree is like a mother hen – there are no gaps, she chases those chickens around pretty good,” said Area A Director Mike Sosnowski. “I’m sure Loree must be a triplet,” said Elkford director Dean McKerracher.
See RDEK, Page 3
Farmer’s Market having a great season so far ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
The Cranbrook Farmer’s Market is now into its fourth week this Saturday, and organizers say things are going great. Market manager Erda Jensen-Shill said that there are plenty of vendors and the numbers are growing each week. “We had over 50 vendors this last Saturday,” Jensen-Shill said. “And we’ve got a really nice combination of the favourites, the tried and trues, and then we’ve got some brand new vendors.” One of those new
“We’d just like to thank everybody who comes out and invite anybody who hasn’t been down to the farmers’ market to come on down.” Erna Jensen-Shill Market Manager vendors is a lady doing Vietnamese spring rolls. “It was the first time she’d ever done a farmer’s market and they were really yummy and we’re super happy to have her,” she said, adding that another note-
worthy addition is Mom and Pops, out of Fernie which make fresh fruit popsicles. Fresh fruit and produce vendors are also coming in to sell their goods. Jensen-Shill noted that some people have talked to her about the weather at the market, since in a past story, she noted that there had never been rain at the market on a Saturday. “This last weekend there was rain on a Saturday,” she said. “I think we had about 20 drops or something.
See FARMER’S , Page 4