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Hundreds of yoga practictioners from all over the East Kootenay, including Cranbrook and Kimberley, and from as far away as Calgary gathered in Fernie on Sunday, August 25, in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest “Yoga Chain.” See Page 3 to find out more.

AUTUMN IS APPROACHING …

All set for 2013/14

School District 5’s new superintendent Lynn Hauptman talks about the new school year.

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A new school year begins next week and new superintendent Lynn Hauptman is excited for the upcoming year.

Hauptman said that things are looking wonderful and added she’s just had two days with all the senior staff and administrators working on preparations for the new school year.

“I am so incredibly excited to be working here in this school district,” Hauptman said. “I had the unique

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opportunity to be here for a whole week in June. During that week I had the chance to visit every school in the district and meet almost all the teachers.”

She feels this is a district that really works together.

“All the pieces come together beautifully and everybody keeps it centred on our students because that’s what we’re here for,” she said.

Amber Marshall and Graham Wardle, stars of the CBC show Heartland, will be appearing at a meet-and-greet autograph session in Cranbrook on Sept. 2.

The actors who play Amy Fleming and Ty Borden are working to raise awareness of prostate cancer and the need to catch the disease early. All proceeds from the sale of autographs will go to Prostate Cancer Foundation BC.

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Please accept my apologies, gentle reader, for my absence from these pages as of late, but I have had little time for writing. You see, ‘tis the season that an outdoor dog such as myself heads for the hills and gets reacquainted with his pack. And by my pack, I do not mean the social assemblage with whom I run. I mean that contrivance of pouches and straps that enables me to carry gear and grub on our adventures into the wild. It is a burden indeed, but one I bear most willingly.

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An unrestrained dogumentary.

The Backpackers Payoff : Evening alpen glow in your backyard is just one of the reasons to endure the weight of a pack.

Pack Deep: Boulder the backpacker fords Dibble Creek

Backpacking is a recreation that allows one to spend greater lengths of time in the mountains without the need to return to civilization for sustenance or shelter. A pack containing a tent, stove, sleeping bag, food and other essentials allows an adventurer to be self-sufficient, and thus greatly deepens the backcountry experience.

For you see, a pack contains not only grub and gear; it also carries a plethora of opportunities not available to the day hiker. For only those willing to carry its weight and spend the night out are allowed the pleasure of staring up into an inky black night sky strewn with stars, the smelling of wood smoke, the visual banquet of a sunset, or — my personal favourite — watching the hypnotizing dance of a campfire’s flames.

It is of these things that I try to remind myself of when my belly strap begins to chafe and the damn pack becomes lopsided… again!

To be honest, it is my human who bears the majority of the load. Being from a highly evolved but overwhelmingly technology dependant species, homo sapiens like him have heavier packs simply because they need more stuff. I on the other hand carry nothing more than a space blanket, a small sleeping pad to lay on, and kibble; lots and lots of kibble. All of it secured in plastic bags so as to endure any dunkings I might put it through.

Being a water dog by nature, it has been known to happen.

So my pack contains only the essentials I need.

That is of course, unless my wiley human-type has slipped in a can or two of those fermented barley beverages he so enjoys. A devious act that I am chagrined to say, has occurred on more than one occasion.

This summer our overnight trips have been limited to just him and I, as dog Taylor’s age and subsequent health issues, have left her unable to endure the rigours of backpacking. To be quite honest, my man too is beginning to show signs of physical degradation. Judging by the way he grunts as he struggles into his pack and how he leans oh so heavily on his hiking poles, there may not be very many backpacking kilometres left on the old boy.

It is for that reason, that I felt more than a little guilty when, as we were setting up camp on our last trip, the old dude found something stashed at the bottom of his pack that he didn’t remember putting in there. In my defence, a box of Milk Bones isn’t really all that heavy. They were delicious though.

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Six-hundred yoga practictioners turned out in Fernie on Sunday, August 25, in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest yoga chain. The record is 693, and the attempt came up short at 600.

Yoga hits the streets in a big way in Fernie B a r ry Co u lt e r

It was a brave attempt, which came up just short. But it ended up being the biggest yoga event the East Kootenay has ever seen.

Yoga practictioners from all over the East Kootenay, including

Cranbrook and Kimberley, and from as far away as Calgary, lined up Sunday, August 25, on 2nd Avenue in downtown Fernie, to try to break the Guinness World Record for the longest ever yoga chain.

Organizer Cheryl Sherry said 600 people

Protester challenges application to remove him from Jumbo road Canadian Press

FARNHAM GLACIER, B.C. — A Kootenay resident is challenging an application to remove him from a road that leads to a glacier near the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort in East Kootenay.

The injunction application, filed in Vancouver by Jumbo Glacier Resorts, aims to prevent Rob Meaney from blocking the road to Farnham Glacier, west of Invermere, where he has been protesting against the development of the ski resort.

Jumbo Glacier Resorts says construction machinery was prevented from accessing the glacier by a van blocking the roadway earlier this month.

But Meaney, who

was camping out next to the road with a dozen other people, says the van wasn’t blocking the passage, and that he believes crews heading up the glacier were not authorized to prep the area for cat skiing.

Meaney says the group of campers are concerned that construction work will alter Farnham Glacier -something he says is prohibited by a development agreement between the resort and the province.

Although the province has approved the project, opposition to the resort remains, and two applications to stop construction have already been filed in B.C. Supreme Court by the Ktunaxa Nation and the West Kootenay EcoSociety.

turned out, many of them at the last minute, but about 700 were needed. The current record is 693.

“It was an amazing event — everyone had a great time,” Sherry said. “We’ve never had that many people on 2nd Avenue before.”

This was Fernie’s first ever yoga festival, held in conjunction with that city’s Downtown Summer Socials Series.

The chain was led by a teacher who demonstrated the first pose and then, like a domino effect, each

person followed one after the other until everybody was doing that pose.

Two more poses were done the same way, with sivasana (lying on their mat in relaxation) being the fourth and final pose.

Despite not having

broken the world record, Sherry said she was impressed by the turnout.

“We had people from all over,” she said.

“It was just amazing.

I’m surprised so many people responded to posters in yoga studios in Calgary, in Kimber-

ley and Cranbrook.

“I’m looking at this as something we can really build on for next year. We’d like to do another big event. We put this together in two and a half months — it was a last minute thing, really. So we have a year to plan for the next one.

‘Heartland’ stars, others, stopping in Cranbrook on fundraising motorcycle trek Continued from page 1 Wardle and actor, songwriter, record producer, Don McLeod, will be leading a group of motorcyclists on a tour of BC to raise awareness of prostate cancer. Mayor Wayne Stetski and City Council have declared September as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

Cruise With a Cause will see this group of bikers leaving from Vancouver, coming to Cranbrook and returning to the coast on their 5-day tour.

The group also features Dave Anthony, lead singer of the group One Bullet Down, and Peter Groenland, retired Vancouver Police Department sergeant.

Groenland is a prostate cancer survivor and founder of the Westcoast Motorcycle Ride

to Live. Graham Wardle and Don McLeod are the founders of “Cruise with a Cause.”

All the riders will be available for a meet and greet at 7 p.m. on Labour Day Monday at the Sandman Inn. Look for the display tent at the Denny’s parking lot.

Dave Anthony will be singing a few songs.

Amber Marshall and Graham Wardle will be greeting fans and will have autographed pictures available for a donation of $10 to Prostate Cancer Foundation BC. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer to afflict Canadian men. During his lifetime, 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with the disease. It is estimated that 23,600 Canadian men will be diagnosed

with the disease in 2013. Over 90 per cent of prostate cancer cases are curable if detected and treated in their earliest stages. Early detection is key.

Prostate Cancer Canada encourages men over the age of 40, as part of their annual checkup, to initiate a conversation with their doctor about early detection of prostate cancer, which may include PSA testing and a Digital Rectal Exam.

A support group for men and their families who have experienced prostate cancer meets several times a year in Cranbrook. The next

POLL WEEK of the

meeting is 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Cranbrook campus of the College of the Rockies. Everyone is welcome at this meeting. The guest speaker that night will be urologist, Dr. Steve Schieman.

“It is heartwarming to see these riders doing all this for prostate awareness,” said Kevin Higgins, co-chair of the Cranbrook support group. “They have put so many hours into the organization and planning of the tour.

Not to mention the long hours on the bikes.”

The Cruise With a Cause tour begins in

Vancouver on Sept. 1 and ends back at the coast on Thursday, with stops in Chilliwack, Princeton, Cranbrook, Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna and Whistler.

The tour has great sponsorship from Sandman Inns with some accommodation, Honda Canada with the loan of three Honda Goldwings, and Trev Deeley Harley with the loan of two Harley Davidson Softail Classics.

For more information, contact Kevin Higgins, Co-Chair PCCN Cranbrook, 250-4273322 or by email kevbevhiggins@live.com.

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New school year approaching Continued from page 1 School District 5 has began a program that sees teachers work together collaboratively to look at ways to improve their students’ achievements, called professional learning communities. Hauptman explained that teachers look at current research and strategies on how they can best implement them, as well as looking at whether or not it’s having an effect.

“It’s very powerful work, that teacher-to-teacher engagement,” she said. “Teachers working collaboratively and working with one another, it’s just one of the best things possible for school systems.”

She said she’s pleased with that the school board has agreed to continue supporting the work.

The school district has two major goals – to have all students graduate with a purpose and options for completing school and for all students to be able to read at grade level by the end of Grade 3.

“Those are pretty lofty goals, but we’re well on our way in terms of getting there,” she said.

“All school districts need to set what they believe is the work that needs to happen. So we based that on data that is looked at every year.

We always strive for the utmost. We dream big and set lofty goals.

When you say every student will graduate and every child will read by the end of Grade 3, there’s not a district that’s at that point yet, but then we set an ac-

tion plan on how we’re going to improve.

“We have seen some improvements over the past few years, but want to see more.”

Hauptman said that is a big part of the budget setting. As well, the board looks at staffing and goals to decide what to apportion in dollars to reach those goals.

On the subject of possible job action by Canadian Union of Public Employees, Hauptman said there is work currently going on in terms of trying to resolve some of the current issues, with the biggest being monetary.

“Right now the Ministry (of Education) is working with the employer group and CUPE,” she said, adding meetings will be happening this week. “We

hope that there will be some positive conversations at that table so that we don’t end up in job action. That will be the work that has to be done in September by boards across the province.

There will be a meeting between board chairs and the BCSTA on Sept.

5.”

Hauptman said over the summer maintenance and custodial staff have worked hard to get the buildings ready.

“They’re kind of the unsung heroes of the school district,” she said.

“They really create that wonderful environment for our students to return to every september.

This summer was no different.”

She said she also had the pleasure of meeting with the district parent advisory committee.

Student registration starts this week so she couldn’t say whether there were any big changes in the student population.

“This tends to be a pretty stable community, not a lot of transiency,” she said. “We’ll have some new students but will have left over the summer. By the end of September we’ll have an accurate count. That count is what our funding is based on.”

The new superintendent said she loves the end of August and the anticipation at the beginning of September and reminds everyone to register for school.

“If you are new to the community and have not registered, please contact your neighbourhood school and register, all they need to bring is their birth certificate.”

Street Angel annual carwash and BBQ Wednesday Submit ted

Street Angel began as a project designed to assist Cranbrook’s street involved people by providing outreach, as well as guidance and awareness of the services that are available to assist street involved people and those at risk of street involvement.

Street Angel has made a difference to so many at-risk Cranbrook and area people through services available at the down town location of 1324 – 2nd Street North. Some of

those services include Nursing, EK Addictions Counselor, Advocacy and Outreach, access to computers, haircuts, showers and laundry facilities, emergency clothing, as well as educational opportunities and various training events.

Through these services we have seen much success including but not limited to: People obtaining employment; accessibility to healthcare, housing; and, training. Street Angel provides services 365 days of the year from 2 p.m. –

10 p.m. with evening walkabouts from 10 p.m. – 12 a.m.

Meals are served every every day (except Wednesday) at 5 p.m.

Street Angel is not only dependant upon funding provided from various proposals and grants through organizations of interest but also on donations from the community in order to continue to provide services to people of the area; as such we are holding a local fundraiser to both raise awareness of our presence in the communi-

ty but also to raise additional funds to provide people with necessities as winter soon approaches.

Street Angel invites you come get your car wash or come eat with us as at our annual car wash and BBQ event being held on Wednesday August 28, From 10 am – 4 pm in the parking lot of the Boys and Girls Club on the corner of 2nd Street North and 14th Avenue.

Cost is by donation only. All funds raised will go back to the people in need at Street Angel.

At the Cranbrook Public Library

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Maureen Enns explores the often misunderstood wildlife in Alberta’s Ghost wilderness area in ‘Wild Horses, Wild Wolves.’

Dan Gutman explains to younger readers his unique and easy approach to grammar in ‘My Weird Writing Tips.’

Please note we will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2, for the Labour Day Holiday.

On display this month are the incredible wildlife paintings of local artist John DeJong.

Adult Newly Acquired: Earth: Essential Atlas Incredible Journeys: 60 Stories of Courage, Hope, & Survival Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest – Philip Varney I Wear the Black Hat – Chuck Klosterman Frozen Planet – Alastair Fothergill The Last Train to Zona Verde – Paul Theroux

Wild Horses, Wild Wolves – Maureen Enns Surfaces & Essences – Doug Hofstadter A Pilot’s Journey Log – Jack Schofield Birdfinding in British Columbia – Russell Cannings Confession of a Fairy’s Daughter – Alison Wearing The Anatomy of Violence – Adrian Raine The Read-Aloud Handbook – Jim Trelease The Art of Social Enterprise – Carl Frankel Tracing Your Irish & British Roots – Daniel W. Quillen Why Can’t My Child Stop Eating – Debbie Danowski Potlatch: Native Ceremony & Myth on the Northwest Coast Safe Kids, Smart Parents – Rebecca Bailey Mount Robson: Spiral Road of Art – Jane Lytton Gooch Craving: Why We Can’t Seem To Get Enough – Omar Manejwala Barkerville & the Cariboo

Goldfields – Richard Thomas Wright Seeing What Other’s Don’t – Gary Klein Blood and Daring: How Canada Fought the American Civil War – John Boyko Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation Run, Brother, Run – David Berg The White Princess – Philippa Gregory (fic) Roost – Ali Bryan (fic) Another Country – Joseph Anjali (fic) Sweet Salt Air – Barbara Delinksy (fic) Big Brother – Lionel Shriver (fic) The House of Impossible Loves – Christina Lopez Barrio (fic) Heartbreak Hotel – Deborah Moggach (fic) The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls – Ason DiScafani (fic) The Empty Room – Lauren B. Davis (fic)

Choke Point – Ridley Pearson (mys) When the Saints Go Marching In – Anthony Bidulka (mys) The Canterville Ghost (DVD) Wind Dancer (DVD)

Young Adult & Children’s: The Outlaws of Sherwood Street – Peter Abrahams (ya fic) Mirage – Kristi Cook (ya fic) Interworld – Neil Gaiman (ya fic) My Weird Writing Tips – Dan Gutman Castle – Stephen Biesty Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music Art Lab for Kids – Susan Schwake The Sea of Monsters: The Graphic Novel – Rick Riordan (j fic) Taking the Reins – Dayle Campbell Gaetz (j fic) Mike Selby is Reference Librarian at the Cranbrook Public Library

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Firefighter Scott takes his turn.

Emma suits up.

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On the hose, Brandon, Hannah and friends.

Calum helps keep the barrel afloat.

Calum, Riley, Carson and Max.

Firefights Scott and Noah.

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Syrian dilemma ratchets up A

dilemma is by its very nature a choice between evils, and that is what now faces other countries over the use of poison gas in Syria. All the options may be “on the table”, but none of them are good.

Nobody denies that poison gas was used in rebel-held parts of Damascus on 21 August, not even the Syrian government. Medecins Sans Frontieres says 3,600 patients with symptoms of poisoning were treated at three hospitals it supports in Damascus after the attack, and that at least 355 of them died.

The real total may be as high as 1,000 dead. That’s a whole week’s normal death toll in the Syrian civil war in just one day.

After that, however, we run out of facts.

The rebels claim that the Baathist regime was responsible, while the Syrian government says that the rebels did it themselves in the hope of triggering foreign military intervention. Sending United Nations inspectors will not settle that argument: if nerve gas was actually used, it must have come from government stocks, but that doesn’t mean that the regime did it.

Everybody knows that the Syrian military have stocks of poison gas, but what’s happening in Syria is a civil war. The rebels have not overrun any of the known storage sites for Syrian chemical weapons, but they could have secret supporters inside those sites who smuggled some out to them.

If you apply the old test of “who benefits?”, the rebels, who are currently losing ground, have a strong incentive to get the Assad regime blamed for using illegal weapons. If that gets the United States and other Western powers to impose a no-fly zone, or bomb the regime’s military bases, it helps the rebel cause. So maybe they

acted to provide the necessary “evidence”: some of them are certainly ruthless enough.

It’s easier to imagine the regime using chemical weapons: it’s just as ruthless, and it actually owns them. But it is manifestly not to its advantage to do so. President Bashar al-Assad’s troops are winning the war without them, and the last thing he needs is foreign military intervention. Using Gwynne chemical weapons could lead to just such an outDyer come, and it would be exceptionally stupid for the regime to do so.

On the other hand, armies and regimes have done exceptionally stupid things in the past, particularly when they are isolated and under great pressure. The emerging consensus among Western governments, at any rate, is that Assad was responsible. So what to do about it?

France has already called for the use of force, and the United States and Britain seem to be teetering on the brink: after a 40-minute phone call last Saturday President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron agreed that “a significant use of chemical weapons would merit a serious response.” But that is about the least they could say, in the circumstances.

Earlier in the week, Obama warned publicly that people who “call for immediate action, jumping into stuff that does not turn out well, gets us mired in very difficult situations, (and) can ... actually breed more resentment in the region.” If you liked America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he is saying, you’ll just love the one in Syria — and he knows the American public is not up for it.

US military intervention is unlikely to lead to the outcome American foreign policy really desires: the preservation of

Syria’s existing secular state, with a change of leadership at the top. If Assad is overthrown, he’ll probably pull the whole edifice down with him. If the rebels win, it’s almost certainly the Islamist radicals who will take over. So if a military intervention is practically bound to end in tears, then why not just skip it?

Because chemical weapons are classed as “weapons of mass destruction”, and there is an international treaty banning their use. If you let Assad get away with this, goes the argument, he will have breached an important international taboo on the use of WMD. Well, not really.

Biological weapons (“germ warfare”) are truly horrifying weapons of mass destruction, banned by treaty, and nobody has ever used them. Nuclear weapons can kill by the billions; they have never been banned, but they haven’t been used in war for 68 years now. Poison gas, however, is not really a weapon of mass destruction at all.

When gas was used in the First World War, it was always about capturing the next line of trenches. After that war it was banned, but it has been used a few times since: Italy used gas in Ethiopia in 1935; Japan used it against China in 1938; Yemen used it against rebels in the 1960s; and Iraq used it against Iran and Kurdish rebels in the 1980s. In no case did the casualties reach “mass destruction” levels.

Napalm, fuel-air explosives and cluster bombs are just as nasty as poison gas, and perfectly legal. The historic ban on poison gas is a valuable deterrent, but it has survived some previous breaches, and preventing this one is not worth a war. Especially if it is, from the point of view of the potential interveners, an unwinnable war.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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KIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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The Cranbrook’s herd of ‘Artsy Urban Deer’ were finally gathered into one spot, at the Cranbrook and District Arts Council’s “Art in the Park” celebration on Saturday, August 24, marking the council’s 40th anniversary. Judges made their selections from among the varied, creative, colourful and individualist quadrupeds, and the winners were announced. Family Class — 1st: Sally Ruoss and sisters; 2nd: The Peebles Boys; 3rd: Lori Malone family. Adult Class — 1st: Donna Bannenberg; 2nd: Eilis Miller; 3rd Mary Anne Atkins. Business Class — 1st: Pat Ridler, Pages; 2nd: Anna Langenbach, Columbia Theatre; 3rd: Laurie Goodlad and Margie, Muriel and Jane’s. Group Class — 1st: Christ Church Anglican; 2nd: The Green Home; 3rd: The Green Home. Child —1st: Selby Boys from Coquitlam; 2nd: Sharron Schornagel, Bahai Faith; 3rd: Susan Archibald, Grandaughter. People’s Choice — Columbia Theatre. Winner of the Neighbourhood Supply of Bobbex — Mariah Whitlock

Art in the Park: 40 Years of the CDAC

Bill Henriksen and Mary Jennings hosted a display of old-time spinning, and coached passers-by on how to do it.

Mike and Dionne Sali of Dawnstar Goods in Kimberley.

Sarah gets the spa treatment from Morgan, of Beauty Call by Morgan Gene MacDonald and Tom Bungay of East-West Connection.

A park visitor ponders her choice for “People’s Choice.”

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Art Cloth Workshop with Eileen Gidman - September 7th – 8th, 10-2pm both days. CDAC Workshop Space, 135 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook. Bored of painting on canvas and paper? Then try experimenting with Procion dyes on cotton! $120 plus supply cost, pre-registration required. Helen 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca Introduction to Pottery with Sonya Rokosh - Wednesday evenings for eight weeks, starting September 11th – October 30th, 6-8pm each Wednesday. CDAC Workshop Space, 135 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook. This eight week course costs just $96 including supplies.

A great course for budding potters, you will complete up to six specific hand-building projects from pinch pots to birdhouses and beyond. Pre-registration required. 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca SOCIAL ~ DANCE at the Seniors HALL, 2 St. S. on THIRD Saturdays, starts up September 21, to the music of ‘Chapparal’ at 7 pm.

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Funtastic Singers Drop-In - Tuesdays starting September 24th, 6.458.15pm. CDAC Gallery, 135 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook. Casual and friendly singing drop-in for vocal enthusiasts, no experience necessary. Helen 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca ONGOING Play and Learn Parenting/Literacy Program – 8 week registered program for parents with preschool children with a facilitated play and activity component for children.

Kimberley Early Learning Centre Kim 250-427-4468.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

Cranbrook’s Bibles for Missions Thrift Store thanks you for your support. 824 Kootenay St. N. Open 10-5, Tues-Sat. A great place to save or volunteer.

Mark Creek Lions “Meet and Greet” the 1st and 3rd Wednesday, from 6:00-6:30 pm. Dinner to follow at Western Lodge. FMI: 250-427-5612 or 427-7496.

Open Art Exhibition; August 3rd to August 31st, Tues-Fri: 11-5pm Saturday 10-2pm at CDAC Artrageous Gallery, 104 135 10th Ave S Cranbrook. An opportunity for artists to showcase their works without the restrictions of a theme! Entry is FREE. Artists interested in exhibiting have until July 30th to register. Helen 250426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Betty at 250-489-1498 or June 250-426-8817.

East Kootenay Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (EKWEE) meet the first Monday of every month at the Heritage Inn, Dining Room Annex, 7:00PM. Join us for off the menu dinner 5:30 -7:00. Pay your own tab. Networking, share accomplishments, education. Bev Campbell 778-481-4883 Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-4268916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.fightwithus.ca and register as a volunteer.

ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868.

Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon - 1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.

Contact the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shops at 250-427-2503 (Brenda) or 250-427-1754 Gayle) for volunteer opportunities: cashiers, sorters, after hours cleaners.

Community Acupuncture. By donation – Each Tuesday 4-6 pm, Roots to Health Naturopathic Clinic, Kimberley Health Centre – Lower Level, 260 4th Ave. 778-481-5008. Please visit: www.rootsto-health.com for more info.

Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of WalMart by the propane tanks. This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items you have laying around in your house. For more information please call (250) 489-3111 or email us at bigscran@ bigbrothersbigsisters.ca To Saturday, August 31-ARTS ON THE EDGE 2013 EXHIBITION. Over 80 artworks in a variety of mediums by artists from the Kootenays and as far away as Calgary. The gallery is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturdays.

TENNIS ANYONE? Cranbrook Community Tennis Club is opening for the season at new Mount Baker High Courts.

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Cranbrook Branch of the Stroke Recovery Association of BC. Meetings are from 10:00am-1:00pm the 2nd and 4th Wed. in the lower level of the Senior Citizen’s Hall, 125-17th St. S. Bring bag lunch. Tootie Gripich, 426-3994.

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Continued from Monday, August 26. Part II of a photo essay through Cranbrook, Saturday, July 20.

10:45 A.M. City workers put some finishing touches on the Bike Skills Facility in Balment Park.

10:30 A.M. Lydia Van de Castle of The Cranbrook Bugle Band, at the Brothers Insurance Classic Clar Show.

11 A.M. Realtor Jeannie Argatoff hosts an open house on Mt. Fisher Drive.

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11:45 A.M. Tristen Olsen (foreground) and James Perich at work at Favorit Cycle.

12:15 P.M. Both parents and kids can cool off at the Rotary Spray Park.

12:45 P.M. Melodie and Stephan out touring.

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Canada’s Emily Overholt wins bronze at swimming world juniors

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Emily Overholt of West Vancouver won the bronze medal Monday in the women’s 400-metre individual medley to highlight a strong start for Canada at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.

Ella Eastin led the U.S. to a 1-2 finish with gold in a meet record four minutes 40.02 seconds. Rebecca Mann was second in 4:40.26 and Overholt won a battle for third spot on the last length in a personal best 4:42.03.

It was also a Canadian age group record for Overholt, eclipsing the previous 15-17 standard of 4:42.71 set by senior national team member Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson of Ottawa earlier this year.

Emu Higuchi of Japan, who gradually gained ground on Overholt after a slow start, was fourth in 4:42.82. Sydney Pickrem, a Canadian who resides in Oldsmar, Florida, was sixth.

“I’m definitely surprised but excited by this medal,” said Overholt, who went five seconds faster than her preliminary time which had seeded her fifth for the final. “I could see the Japanese girl beside me and I think my training just kicked in at the end to help me get third.”

Overholt also clocked a personal best time to lead off Canada’s 4X200-metre freestyle relay which placed fourth in 8:06.88 just over a second from third-place Russia. Also on the relay were Pickrem, Lili Margitai of Edmonton and Kennedy Goss of Toronto.

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Tebow still a Patriot as team cuts down the roster FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Tim Tebow survived the New England Patriots’ cut to 77 players on Monday.

The Patriots must make two more moves before Tuesday’s league deadline to get to 75. The final roster cut comes after the fourth exhibition game later this week.

Nine-year NFL linebacker Niko Koutovides was among those released.

Koutovides, who played the last two years in New England, saw action in the final 14 regular-season and both post-season games last year. He made eight special teams tackles and one on defence in the regular season, then made one stop in the playoffs.

Also released were wide receiver Kamar Aiken, rookie cornerback Brandon Jones, cornerback LeQuan Lewis and rookie long snapper Mike Zupancic.

Rookie defensive lineman Cory Grissom and tackle Markus Zusevics were placed on injured reserve and defensive lineman Armond Armstead and wide receiver Mark Harrison were placed on the reserve/non-football injury list.

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Sam Reinhart of the Kootenay Ice celebrates a goal after beating Red Deer Rebels’ netminder Bolton Pouliot in a 4-1 win last January. It’s time for a new season as Ice veterans and prospects gather for training camp this week at Western Financial Place.

Ice prepare for training camp TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

Coming in from all parts of Western Canada, players and prospects of the Kootenay Ice are back in Cranbrook for training camp, which will run through the week, culminating with the annual BlackWhite charity game on Sunday at noon.

USA hockey team expects to be a favourite in Sochi ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. hockey team has flipped the script since the last Winter Olympics.

The Americans expect to be a favourite to win gold in six months at the Sochi Games after saying they were underdogs in 2010, when they won silver and were a goal away from knocking off the host Canadians.

USA Hockey invited 48 of its top prospects - including 16 players from its team in 2010 - for off-ice workouts and meetings at the Washington Capitals’ training facility.

Twenty-five players will get picked to play based on their body of work and how well they play early in the NHL season. The final roster is expected to be announced on Jan. 1 after Detroit and Toronto play in the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium.

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The club is expecting a total of 60 skaters at the camp, which will feature their 1998-born prospects along with the veterans born between 1997-93.

“Training camp is an exciting start to the season,” said Garnet Kazuik, the director of scouting for the Ice. “The camp provides the opportunity for our

coaches and scouting staff to see and evaluate our recently drafted players, while monitoring the progress of our veteran and list players.

“With a small number of athletes attending camp, we expect the competition level to be very high.”

Camp kicks off at Western Financial Place on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. with the veterans practice, as 18 returnees from last season will hit the ice for a skate. Prospects will play two games, with a goaltending session in between.

All sessions are open to the public.

After Wednesday, everyone will be divided up into three squads— Team Blue, Team Black and Team White—with individual team practices and games over the following three days.

Running for the last 15 years, Sunday’s United Way Intrasquad game will feature the players pushing for a spot on the roster, along with the top draft picks.

“We are continuing

Kootenay Ice training camp schedule Wednesday, Aug. 28 Veterans Practice Prospects Game Goaltenders Session Prospects Game

9:00 a.m. — 10:15 a.m.

11:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.

4:45 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.

6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 29

Team Blue Practice Team White vs Team Black Team White Practice Team Blue vs Team Black

9:00 a.m. — 10:15 a.m.

11:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m. — 5:15 p.m.

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Friday, Aug. 30

Team Black Practice Team Blue vs Team White Goaltenders Session Team Black vs Team Blue

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11:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.

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Saturday, Aug. 31

Team White vs Team Black Team Blue vs Team White

9:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.

2:30 p.m. — 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 1

United Way Intrasquad Game 12:00 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.

with the tradition of partnering with charitable organizations within our community,” said Ice general manager Jeff Chynoweth. “Over the past 14 years, almost $30,000 has been raised for the Cranbrook United Way through this event.”

Admission is a $5 donation.

A notable absence from training camp will be Rinat Valiev, Kootenay’s first-round selection in the CHL Import Draft in June.

Valiev, an 18-yearold Russian defenceman who played in the

USHL in the U.S. last year, is having trouble getting a visa due to the Canadian foreign service workers strike.

Chynoweth says Valiev has his IIHF transfer approved and will arrive in Cranbrook once he receives his Canadian visa.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Use the morning for anything major you must do. You will feel more empowered than you have in a long time. By midafternoon, you could encounter a hassle that emerges either at work or within your personal life. Walk away, if need be. Tonight: Start or finish a project at home.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) If you feel like moving slowly, you have the right idea. In fact, it won’t be until midafternoon that you will feel back up to snuff. Initiate a long-overdue conversation with a loved one only when you feel energized and creative. Tonight: Return calls, then decide.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Focus your attention on others, on an important business meeting and/or on an opportunity to head in a new direction. You might be difficult to stop once you start moving. A midafternoon break from the daily grind will allow you to do some thinking. Tonight: Make it early.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You tend to take on more than your fair share of work and responsibility. The good news is that you know when to kick back and start enjoying yourself.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Look at the big picture, and consider your options. If there is a situation that is stopping you, look at the reason why, and see if it is really worth holding on to.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Continue with your focus on work. Little will be able to distract you until midday. Whether you call it networking or socializing, you will become more people-oriented. Hopefully you can learn how to really enjoy yourself. Tonight: Reach out to a friend at a distance.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) If you are able to, try to work from home ... at least through the morning hours. A key situation will encourage you to deal with it first. Once that has been handled, your rambunctious nature might emerge. Tonight: No one can deny that you are a “people person.”

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I don’t like to be touched by anyone. As soon as someone gets close, I move away so they don’t accidentally brush against me. I force myself to have sex with my boyfriend and pretend I enjoy it because I know it’s not fair to deny him. But the whole time we are being intimate, I’m thinking, “Is this ever going to end?” What is wrong with me? -Maryland Miss Dear Maryland: Sex should be a pleasurable activity. There are people who are disinterested or ambivalent about sex. But someone who dislikes being touched may have psychological issues that were not resolved or sensory issues that were never addressed.

We commend you for being willing to work on this. Please talk to your doctor and also contact AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists) at aasect.org. They may be able to guide you toward a healthier, happier outlook.

Dear Annie: I am a first-time grandma to a beautiful baby girl. We live in the same town.

I offered to be the caregiver at their home, but my daughter-in-law prefers to take the baby with her on a 50-mile round-trip to a daycare near her job. I was devastated by that decision, but accepted it.

What I’m having trouble understanding is how often I see the baby. During my few short visits, I have not felt comfortable in their home. I communicate with my son because my daughter-in-law seems very standoffish. I told my son I don’t wish to be a burden on their household routine, but twice I made arrangements to see the baby only to be told on the day of that visit that I had to leave after 30 minutes. The last visit was five weeks ago.

I phoned my son and begged to see the baby more often. He agreed at the time that once a week (depending on their schedule) was not unreasonable. I set up an hour visit for this week, and when I arrived at their door, they were preparing to leave the house.

My visit, which meant so much to me, was totally forgotten.

My son and his wife have known each other only 13 months. Between the pregnancy, the marriage, the birth and moving into their home, I know it’s been stressful, so I’ve tried to be patient. What is a reasonable expectation for visiting the new baby? -- Want To Know My Granddaughter Dear Want: There is no definitive timetable for visiting. It depends on the flexibility and schedules of those involved, as well as the willingness of the participants. Your daughter-in-law apparently is not keen on having you around, and your son is caught in the middle. Don’t push. Instead, make it your goal to become closer to your daughter-inlaw. Be her friend. Call her. Ask how she’s doing. Let her know you value her and think she’s a good wife and mother. See whether you can arrange an excursion to the mall or a concert -- whatever interests her. If you can help her to be more comfortable around you, the visits will likely increase.

Dear Annie: Please tell “Need Help,” the teenager who has mood swings, that most teachers check their email throughout the summer and during school vacations. No matter when it is, most of us are just an email away. We still care about our students, regardless of whether it’s summertime, winter vacation or spring break. That letter broke my heart. It sounds like a student I had this year. I hope he emails me. -- Teacher in Louisville, Ky. 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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CUPE launches ad campaign to pressure province Kim Nursall Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — The union representing school support workers is launching an ad campaign today to try to put pressure on the provincial government at the bargaining table.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the radio and TV ad blitz is intended to generate sympathy for the workers following a break down of contract talks this month.

CUPE spokesman Mark Hancock says the union has made every effort to be fair and reasonable with the province, but he warns without a settlement a strike is a definite possibility.

CUPE represents about 27,000 education assistants, clerks, trades workers, bus drivers and other staff who have been without a contract for more than a year.

The union says most of the workers it represents have given the union a strike mandate.

The union says the primary issue is wages — it says the workers have not seen a pay raise in more than four years.

Talks with the province stalled earlier this month, which CUPE blames on what it calls the government’s lack of preparation.

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mitment to bargaining,’’ Colin Pawson, Chair of the BC K-12 Presidents’ Council, said in a news release CUPE issued on Sunday.

“They’re frustrated that we’ve had three false starts to negotiating, and the clock is ticking,’’ he said.

The workers’ collective agreements are being negotiated under the provincial government’s so-called co-operative gains mandate.

The bargaining policy, which applies throughout the public service, dictates that wage increases are possible only if corresponding savings can be found elsewhere, such as through increases in productivity.

The union wants wage increases of two per cent a year and Pawson says the union has identified several ways the government could save money to fund such increases.

“What we’ve asked for is what every other CUPE member in the education sector has received,’’ Pawson said after talks broke off a couple weeks ago.

“I don’t believe it to be unreasonable.’’

Peter Cameron, who the province appointed earlier this year to lead negotiations with teachers and other workers in the school system, issued a statement after negotiations stalled, saying he’s optimistic both sides can agree on a deal to avoid a strike or lockout.

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Lower local speed limits, scooter licensing proposed UBCM poised to debate tricky transportation questions

Jeff Nagel Black Press

B.C. cities will next month debate proposals to cut the default speed limit on municipal streets to 40 kilometres per hour and to force licensing and regulation on users of motorized wheelchairs and scooters.

The two proposals are among transportation-related resolutions that will be on the floor at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver in late September.

The City of Victoria is behind the proposed cut in default speed limits from the current 50 km/h – if the lower 40 km/h default limit is adopted by the province, municipalities could still selectively designate specific roads for higher speeds.

The resolution asks for provincial aid installing new signage, including signs for roads where the speed limit would be different from the default 40 km/h.

The current default is dangerously high on some residential streets, argues Victoria Coun. Shellie Gudgeon.

“Even laneways can be 50 km/h if it’s not signed,” Gudgeon told Black Press. “It’s far too fast for neighbourhoods and families.”

Ian Tootill of the motorist advocacy group SENSE BC predicts drivers wouldn’t obey a 40 km/h limit and said there’s little evidence of low-speed fatalities or injuries that could be prevented with an even lower limit.

“The people who are driving this agenda are the people who underneath it all are anti-car,” Tootill said. “A lot of these people don’t even drive.”

He said another example of bureaucratic overkill is the “laughable “ proposal to regulate motorized wheelchairs and small mobility scooters.

Sidney council argues seniors drive them too fast on sidewalks without any regulation.

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Scooter regulations will be up for debate at next month’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention urges the province to regulate the use of motorized mobility aids, including wheelchair and scooters, and require training, testing and licensing of operators.

There’s currently no registration, insurance or licence required to operate them in B.C. The province has indicated to UBCM it intends to develop a coordinated plan for safe operation of motorized scooters, including possible amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act. The provincial coroner in 2008 issued recommendations supporting scooter regulation after several scooter-riding seniors died in crashes with vehicles.

The B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities opposes the idea.

“These are mobility devices that people need to get out into the community,” said executive director Jane Dyson. “Such a regulation would impede their independence.”

Surrey-White Rock MLA

Gordon Hogg he doesn’t sense it’s a major problem but added “some authority” is probably needed, preferably through provincial law that lets individual cities regulate the machines if they deem it necessary.

“People are generally pretty well-behaved,” he said. “Public policy generally should not be developed for exceptions,” he said.

White Rock deputy mayor Grant Meyer questioned the impact enforcing scooter regulations would have on the city’s already busy bylaw staff.

But White Rock Coun. Larry Robinson said he’s all for it.

“There has to be some type of regulation, including you to be approved or prescribed to use them,” he said.

Robinson said he has seen people operating electric wheelchairs holding up traffic.

And he said he knows people who don’t have a medical need for the machines but just like to use them to get around.

“I don’t think you should be

able to walk into a store and walk out with an electric scooter and just drive it wherever you want. There has to be some qualification for the use.”

Another potentially controversial resolution coming before UBCM is a call for the province to allow the use of photo radar to ticket speeders in school and playground zones.

The proposal from Penticton council argues that police-staffed speed traps and volunteer-run speed reader boards are labour-intensive and have had limited success in reducing speeding.

Revenue from fines would be shared on a negotiated basis with local municipalities, Penticton suggests.

The UBCM executive hasn’t taken a position on the idea but the province has always firmly said it has no intention of reintroducing photo radar, which was eliminated in 2001.

With files from the Peace Arch News and Victoria News

Former Liberal Senator resigns his seat after expense scandal C anadian Press

OTTAWA — Mac Harb, a veteran Liberal politician embroiled for months in a battle over his Senate expenses, has resigned from the upper chamber.

Harb earlier left the Liberal party to sit as an independent, and now has also dropped a lawsuit he filed in the fight, saying he’ll repay all his questioned living and expense claims.

“I have been contemplating retirement for some time as I person-

ally never considered the Senate to be a lifetime position,’’ Harb said in a statement Monday.

“These past few months have been extremely difficult for me and my family and caused me to evaluate what more I could contribute in the circumstances.”

Harb says he sent the Senate a cheque for $189,166.17, bringing his total reimbursement to $231,649.07.

The 59-year-old politician leaves the Senate with just over 15 years

left in a term that would have taken him to age 75, the mandatory retirement age.

He was appointed to the upper chamber by Jean Chretien in 2003 after 15 years as an MP. Harb continues to defend himself in the expense battle, with his lawyer saying a key Deloitte audit did not find Harb had violated any rules, but rather found the rules themselves weren’t clear.

“The Senate committee treated me very unfairly, and I wanted to

make the point that every Canadian, even senators, should be entitled to due process,’’ said Harb.

Harb said he welcomes the news that the auditor general of Canada will be examining every single senator’s expenses, rather than just sample.

“I have no doubt that the auditor general’s final report will vindicate me and it will show many senators had the same understanding of the rules as I had and made similar expenses claims.’’

Former Conservative Sen. Mike Duffy paid back his questionable expenses with the help of a cheque from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright.

Colleague Pamela Wallin has promised to repay her improper travel claims. That leaves only fellow former Tory Patrick Brazeau on the hook for living expenses.

Brazeau has also said he was treated unfairly under rules that were not made clear.

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