Kimberley Daily Bulletin, September 19, 2013

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

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West Kootenay duo play Centre 64.

A number of high-profile race events planned.

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The campaign to get a referendum on pot has begun C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

The Sensible B.C. campaign for a referendum on the decriminalization of marijuana has begun, and canvassers were knocking on doors in Kimberley over the weekend.

Jeff and Ashlee Taylor were hitting as many homes as possible over the weekend and said the response has been mainly positive. If they haven’t knocked on your door yet, they will have a booth set up at 465 Mark Street (right beside the liquor store) on Saturday, September 21 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

In order to force a referen-

The Sensible Policing Act would decriminalize possession of marijuana. dum, Sensible B.C. must get signatures from 10 per cent of voters in every riding in the province, and they have only 90 days to do so.

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City has to lead, Councillor says Bear attractants such as fruit trees on City property must be dealt with NICOLE KORAN PHOTO

The Subway Seventh Player program began with the Dynamiter home opener last Saturday. Kids between the ages 5 and 12 are invited to enter their name at Subway for a chance to skate warm-up with the Dynamiters and stand with them for the national anthem — a thrill few kids will forget. Above, the first Seventh Player is Ethan Andrews, pictured with his favourite Dynamiter Dallin Wolf. This Saturday, the Nitros take on arch rival Fernie at home at 7 p.m. Another home game, this time with Sicamous, is scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m.

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The fact that one of the two three-year old grizzly bears who had been roaming Kim-

berley for over a week was shot has upset a number of people.

Coun. Darryl Oakley, himself a wildlife biologist, says that the bears were feeding almost exclusively on fruit trees, and that there are still a number of black bears reported in town doing the same. Fruit should be picked by the end of August to avoid these situations, Oakley says, and the City has to lead the way.

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Get ready for ski racing, Kimberley IPC NorAm, FIS Under-19 speed event, Masters event this year at KAR

By Dan Schellenberg For the Bulletin

Get ready, Kimberley, to be the host for three outstanding ski races, scheduled to take place during this winter’s ski season. The first race, the 2014 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) NorAm scheduled February 4 – 7, has been held in Kimberley for the past three years.

Chief of Race, Lloyd Steeves says the high level IPC race (one step below World Cup status) will feature approximately 40 disabled athletes plus coaches, hailing from North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. We will need about 35 volunteers in order to make this a successful event, says Steeves. Some of the volunteers will be coming from outside of the Kimberley area.

Steeves, a resident of Kimberley for the past 7 years, brings along a wealth of experience, which includes over 30 years of partici-

pation in ski racing.

Some of his more notable tasks include being Assistant Chief of Course for the past 10 years at the Men’ World Cup in Lake Louise.

Also, Steeves was a section chief at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

In addition, he received BC Alpine’s volunteer award of the year for 2010/11 and ViaSport BC’s Alpine Volunteer of the year for 2012/13.

Steeves shows his enthusiasm when he talks of the 2014 Osisko Speed Camp and Keurig Federation International de Ski (FIS) Downhill/Super G Race planned for February 27 to March 7th.

This nine-day event is especially exciting, says Steeves because this age group has not been allowed to run speed events for the last three years due to Alpine Canada’s moratorium on speed events for athletes less than 19 years of age.

Speed is now returning for the under 19 years of age category due to a change in Alpine Canada’s policy.

The newly reinstated event is coming to Kimberley and promises to be a crowd pleaser.

Steeves estimates that 80 to 100 athletes and their coaches will participate in the speed event. Participants will mostly hail from BC

and Alberta. Some of the racers are expected to come from the Prairie Provinces.

Again, volunteers are crucial to the success of the event.

Steeves figures about 60 volunteers will be required and are expected to come from both Kimberley and outside of the Kimberley area. “Make no mistake, this is a big deal race – 9 days of racing,” says Steeves. The race schedule is as follows: Osisko Speed Camp, February 27 – March 1; Keurig DH/SG race – DH Training, March 2 and 3; two Keurig DH races on March 4 and 5; two Keurig SG races on March 6 and 7. The nine-day event will be organized by a partnership of the Kimberley Disabled Skiers Association and the Kimberley Alpine Team.

The third and final of the three races, traditionally held at Silver Star is headed for Kimberley this year and will take place from March 27 – 30. Last year the Master’s organization decided to move the race to different locations and subsequently, Kimberley was chosen as the host for 2014.

“Now, it’s Kimberley’s time to shine,” says Steeves. Furthermore, Steeves says: “We can expect racers (men and women) from 75 years

young and down. These racers are people who love fun competition skiing, but not at the level of the World Cup, NorAm or FIS events.

Master’s athletes will come from all over Canada with the possibility of some US entrants. About 45 volunteers will be required, again some being from the Kimberley area and some outside of the Kimberly region. The race schedule is as follows: March 27, two timed SG training runs; March 28, two timed SG races (a.m. and p.m.)

March 29, 2 run GS race; and March 30, one 2 run SL race. The event will be organized by the Kimberley Disabled Skiers association for the benefit of ski racing in Kimberley.

The 2014 ski season

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A lineup of exciting ski racing will take place at Kimberley Alpine Resort this February and March.

looks to be an action packed time for the City of Kimberley and has all of the makings of being an economic

generator, along with an avenue for exposure to our fine attributes as a place to live. Many people who have never

been to or even heard of Kimberley, will be descending on our fair city for which promises to be fun-filled times.

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West Kootenay, blues duo, Holly and Jon, are making some waves on the international blues scene, garVENICE nering rave reviews POOL overseas and airplay in TABLE international markets.

Entitled 1929, the new album has been reviewed in magazines such as Blues In Britain, which called the album MANHATTAN POOL TABLE “A delight. Such is the quality of the selfpenned originals that you could be forgiven for thinking that fine BRISTOL POOL TABLE old classics had been unearthed.”

Holger Peterson, of CBC’s Saturday Night Blues fame and the head of Stony Plain ReLONDON POOL TABLE cords, has aired it on his Natch’l Blues show – this weekend. navymatters.com the longest running Ca- Jon Burden and Holly Hyatt play Kimberley A cutaway view of an F-35 fighter jet. nadian blues program; and Tony King of CKUA radio in Edmonton 28th. In August, six stations. Itunes had this to their play lists are, called it “A rich tapestry tracks from the album to say about it: “Truly, The ATC Blues Netsuch as Boeing and Euof Canadian roots were added to the play whether you are a blues work, CBC Radio, CFRO Open rofighter to determine music.” The Blues Un- list on Blues Debut, fanatic or not, Boxing Day!this in Vancouver, CKUA in Kimberley what their aircraft are derground Network which is an online radio album is simply a work Edmonton and Blues able to do and how In the Platzl and New Blues Canada station out of Colorado of beautiful craftsman- and Roots Radio in To250-427-2131 much they will cost m o gave the album a glow- that plays only the ship and artistry.

It is ronto. Locally, it has lato R a e compared to the F-35. & Tfrom ing It’s review and a five reminiscent of the genest in Blues artists been played Make In Fon not clear whether AFor R s N star rating.

The album uine era of blues from around the world, 24 Room The Blues • Christmas Stollen (Christmas Bread) YW ta EE on those companies will entered the Blues Unthe Deep South it is hours a day.

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No CUPE strike yet

School support staff continue contract negotiations with the provincial government this week in Vancouver Sally MacDonald CAROLYN GR ANT

School support staff that issued a strike mandate earlier this year are sitting tight for now.

CUPE BC is presently negotiating a new contract for its 27,000 members with the B.C. government.

Support staff includes custodians, secretaries, library clerks, special education assistants, youth care workers, bus drivers, crossing guards, lunch program aides, IT technicians, journeymen and noon hour supervisors The negotiations come after the education workers passed a strike vote in April.

CUPE has said that this week’s bargaining dates are crucial in achieving what it considers a fair and reasonable contract settlement. If negotiations fall apart, CUPE BC president Mark Hancock said in a statement last week, CUPE members will issue a full-scale province-wide strike.

“Our members have been patient, and our negotiators have been patient,” said Hancock. “And no one knows the potential impact of job action on parents and students better than our members in the K-12 sector. But the provincial government’s constant and consistent demands that our members actually receive less in a new contract are out of line with what’s happened at other provincial negotiating tables.”

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resents 170 members over the Golden, Invermere and Kimberley zones.

Local 440 President Ann Purvis was on her way to Vancouver Wednesday for a meeting called for Thursday with all local presidents. Purvis was feeling somewhat optimistic about this week’s negotiations.

“We had three days booked this week for bargaining with the province — Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,” Purvis said. “I’m thinking it’s looking promising because they are still talking.

All the presidents have been called to Vancouver. It could be the province has put another offer on the table.”

Education workers are seeking a pay increase, their first since 2009, and an improved benefits package.

The provincial government has said that wage increases would have to come out of school district’s operating budgets.

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Sensible B.C. looks for signatures From Page 1 With 85 ridings, that’s over 400,000 people but Jeff Taylor is not discouraged. He says he’ll knock on every door in the East Kootenay if he has to.

You must be a registered voter to sign the petition. If you are not, you can register online at https://eregister.electionsbc. gov.bc.ca/ovr/welcome.aspx While marijuana is prohibited under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which is federal legislation, Sensible B.C. believes that because provinces control “administration of justice” which includes polic-

ing and police priorities, decriminalization in this province is possible. All police in BC operate under the authority of the BC Police Act. Directing the use of police resources through an amendment to the Police Act is entirely within provincial jurisdiction, according to Sensible B.C. The reasoning is that arresting people for simple possession of marijuana takes up a huge amount of valuable police time.

Sensible B.C. says that in this province, police spend about twice as much time and

also states that the Sensible Policing Act still allows for police to deal with marijuana impairment or any other type of impairment the same way they always have. The same applies to youth in possession. The Sensible Policing Act treats possession of marijuana by a minor in the exact same way as alcohol.

The Taylors are still looking for volunteer canvassers to help with their goal of hitting every household. If you would like to help out, contact them at taylor.847@hotmail.com

money as the national average on dealing with marijuana possession.

“BC police spent their time on over 19,000 incidents of marijuana possession in 2010 alone, a rate of 420 incidents per 100,000 people. The national average is just 220 per 100,000. Ontario has a rate of 165, and Alberta has 195.

“Over 3,580 British Columbians were charged with simple possession of marijuana last year. This is close to double the rate of charges of any other province.”

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City needs conversation on fruit trees have to deal with fruit trees. Unfortunately we are not quite there yet in terms of partnerships that would get the fruit picked.

My view as a councillor, and I only have one vote, is that we have to have a conversation.”

Oakley says that the

and given that the City talks so much about not feeding wildlife, Council needs to have a conversation on what to do with fruit trees on city property.

“We have signs all over town saying ‘don’t feed wildlife’. We have to lead.

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If there’s fruit in a tree, bears will find it.

From Page 1 “There are lots of fruit trees on City property,” Oakley said. “We just took out four apple trees near where the Townsite stairs are being replaced. There were two black bears hanging around and we received calls from parents concerned with students walking to school. We made the call to take the trees out.”

Oakley says some sort of solution has to be found

Townsite trees were taken out and fruit picked up by city crews. Operations crews are also making notes of where other fruit trees on city property are, so if Council does decided to do something they will have that information.

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t was the screenplay nobody wanted. stack of screenplays. No one in Hollywood It was written by Michael Blake, a would ever see it. Seeing the heartbreak in writer who had spent the 1970s and Blake’s face, his friend suggested that he ‘80s paying some serious dues. After try and sell it as a novel instead. Blake felt a stint in the Air Force, Blake tried this was a great idea.

And then he was stuck with the novel journalism, film school, acting, and eventually rock music. None of these seemed to nobody wanted to publish. But in 1988, work well for him. He turned his attention Fawcett released it as a paperback original. to writing screenplays, but this led to long Sales were beyond dismal, and Blake — feeling “lonely, ill, destretches of chronic rejecpressed, and forsaken” — tion and bouts of homelessrelocated to Arizona and ness. took another dishwashing Blake kept at it though, BOOKNOTES job. and in 1982 a screenplay of He was even fired from his — “Stacy’s Knights” — Mike Selby that.

The detergent the was bought (for very little restaurant was using was money) and made into a forcausing a rash on his gettable low budget film.

Buoyed by this one sale, Blake continued to hands, so he asked his employer to supply write, while living out of cars, garages, and rubber gloves, which resulted in his immefriend’s couches. It was difficult to get any- diate termination.

Yet on that very day his phone rang. It one to even look at what he had written, so was Kevin Costner — the actor from “Stahe spent most of his time washing dishes.

In 1987 Blake was sleeping on the couch cy’s Knights” who had encouraged Blake to of Exene Cervenka, singer of the L.A. punk turn his screenplay into a novel. Costner band X. It was there he came across Wilbur — coming off a string of hits including Sturtevant Nye’s book “Plains Indians Rid- “The Untouchables” and “Field of Dreams” ers,” (probably belonging to Cervenka’s — wanted to turn Blake’s screenplay boyfriend, actor Viggo Mortensen). In the turned novel back into a screenplay. Blake book Blake read about a wagon driver easily agreed, and the two worked nonstop bringing supplies to a frontier outpost, converting Blake’s novel, “Dances With only to find the outpost completely desert- Wolves,” into the 1990 film.

The immense success of the film caused ed. This image gripped Blake completely the book to skyrocket, finally giving Blake — giving him a new idea for a screenplay.

He went to see a friend of his, one of the financial stability. He won numerous writactors who starred in “Stacy’s Knights,” and ing awards that year, including the Acadepitched to him this latest idea. The actor my Award for best screenplay.

Since then, Blake has written a half a frowned, and pointed to a floor-to-ceiling

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Michael Blake dozen novels and various non-fiction books. In 2001 he published “The Holy Road,” the sequel to “Dances With Wolves.”

While Costner has expressed little interest in filming the sequel, Viggo Mortensen has, bringing the story full circle. Blake never forgot the kindness of Mortensen’s girlfriend (now wife) Exene Cervenka for letting him crash on her couch. He dedicated “Dances with Wolves” to her in the book’s title page.

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our community. Purchases made during the sale invest in the lives of skilled artisans in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East who receive a fair price for their work.

Each year the Knox volunteers partner with Ten Thousand Villages, the oldest and largest fair trade retailer in North America. A non-profit organization, Ten Thousand

Villages approaches business in a different way; it creates an international marketplace where the well-being of artisans in developing countries is just as important as that of their North American customers. Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to artisans for their work, enabling them to provide for their basic needs as well as plan for their future.

The Fair Trade Gift Sale will be held Sept. 27 , from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church Hall, 2100 3rd St. S., Cranbrook.

A staff of dedicated volunteers from this community will help to make this annual event a success.

Ida Van Der Molen Cranbrook

Marking National Forest Week September 22 - 28 is National Forest Week in Canada. It can be easy to take our vast natural resources for granted, but our forests provide us with security and sustainability unmatched anywhere else on Earth.

As one of the world’s largest forest products manufacturers, our company’s current and future success depends on sound forest management, and National Forest Week is a great opportunity to reflect on how we all rely and benefit from our vast forest resources.

Our forests have a big part to play in providing for our expanding world, and Canfor is proud to be producing truly sustainable building products for markets around the world. As global populations continue to grow, governments will need to meet those housing needs in a way that is affordable, renewable and safe — and lumber is the only building material that meets all three criteria.

B.C. lumber is shipping across North America and across the Pacific to fill these

needs already, and that’s good news for our future in British Columbia.

A thriving forest products industry can meet building needs around the world, but here in Canada it opens doors for young people and families to create rewarding lifestyles in their own communities. Lumberjacks are a thing of the past — at Canfor, biologists, professional foresters and nursery specialists are all part of how we manage Don forest sustainably.

Our success depends Kayne on sustainable forest management to keep our woodlands strong and vibrant, and we are proud of the high standards we’ve put in place over the last decade. Third-party certification of best practices ensures that our forests are benefitting from rigorous re-planting, robust measures protecting wildlife habitat and diversity, and conserving recreation opportunities for our communities. Canfor is one of the few companies in the world able to offer products certified under all three of the major certification programs in North America — the

Canadian Standards Association, the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. We are proud of our commitment to forest certification, and the opportunities it provides for the public to participate in and understand how we manage our forestlands.

Innovation is leading the forest industry into the future, as leaps in technology and new ways of thinking allow us to make more out of less, cut down on waste, and convert wood by-products into clean-burning biofuel. These are the first steps forward as we continue to be more sustainable, more adaptable, and more resilient to changes in our forests and in the world economy.

Canadian forests build our homes, provide jobs in our communities, store carbon from our atmosphere, and are naturally renewable – so they’ll continue doing all that and more for generations to come.

This National Forest Week, take a moment to appreciate our gifted place amongst the greenest forests in the world.

Don Kayne is President and CEO of Canfor

Vision, dedication and hard work

It has been a year since I last wrote a council update for the newspaper. And what a year it has been!

So many projects have been completed over the past year by our city staff. I would like to thank them all for their vision and continued hard work on behalf of all Cranbrook citizens. Without their dedication our city would not be as successful and look as beautiful as it does!

With the dedication of our Engineering and Planning departments many bylaws including the Sign and Building bylaws have been updated. Thanks to the many businesses and citizens who provided input and ideas to ensure that these bylaws will continue to be relevant to Cranbrook’s future.

I commend our Public Works department for going the extra mile during all seasons. Under their watchful eye, we enjoy good clean drinking water, maintenance of our facilities and keeping the Highway 3 corridor and other city areas looking beautiful. They look after our roads – plowing, salting and ‘pothole patrol’ – so we as citizens can get where we need to go. This department does so much behind the scenes to keep our city running smoothly.

The Leisure Services department continues to successfully operate our parks and arenas, most notably Western Financial Place which is home to the Kootenay Ice. Many thanks to the staff at Leisure Services for many well attended events and programs while making it a friendly, well used facility.

One of the departments that we selDenise dom think of as a Pallesen “city” department is our airport. There have been many improvements over the past few years to the Canadian Rockies International Airport, with a facelift, runway expansion and a significant increase in passengers. Thanks so much to the staff of the Canadian Rockies International Airport for continuing to move the airport forward!

Thanks to the Cranbrook Public Library for continuing to provide an excellent home to thousands of books and programs for our citizens! The library continues to grow its membership and in the past year made the decision to stay open seven days a week for our reading pleasure.

Thank you to our emergency services

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Letters to the Editor Townsman and Bulletin readers can invest in their world by shopping Fair Trade!

On Sept. 27 and 28, volunteers will host a festival gift sale featuring handcrafted home décor and gifts made by fairly paid artisans in more than 30 countries.

The event, which expands each year, provides an opportunity for people to invest in the world from right here in

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men and women from Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services and the RCMP for putting their lives on the line for our safety.

These employees are constantly upgrading their skills and knowledge to keep us, our friends and family safe. They also spend many extra hours supporting non-profit organizations that help to make Cranbrook a better place to live.

And finally, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the City Hall staff – what a wonderful group! These folks are constantly working to improve our city and addressing the concerns of all citizens. Some work at the front counter, some work through our Finance & Computer Services department to keep our budget balanced, while others provide support through Corporate Services and Bylaw Services. The City Hall staff work to move Cranbrook forward whether from Economic Development and Planning to Communicating with our citizens.

Thanks so much to all the hardworking, dedicated staff of the City of Cranbrook!

Denise Pallesen is a member of Cranbrook Council.

Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the City of Cranbrook.

KIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK COMMUNITY CALENDAR

UPCOMING WHAT IS CFUW? Discover how CFUW champions women’s issues on local, provincial and national stages. 7pm, Thursday, Sept. 19. Manual Training Centre. PUBLIC INVITED. Light refreshments.

Girl Guides of Canada Trefoil Guild is hosting a “Camp warming” open house on Sunday September 22nd at 8055-Wycliffe Rd from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Monetary donations or Canadian Tire Money gratefully accepted. For more info email: guiderpamela@ gmail.com Cranbrook Community Theatre is proud to present a CCTalk with Candice Fiorentino on Sunday, September 22nd at 5:00 pm at the Stage Door Theatre on11th Ave. This is a free event. Come out and hear Candice talk about her experiences as a working actor. More info at www.cranbrookcommunitytheatre.ca 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 SOCIAL ~ DANCE at the Seniors HALL, 2 St. S. on THIRD Saturdays, starts up September 21, to the music of ‘Chapparal’ at 7 pm.

Refreshments served. JAM SESSION, on LAST Saturdays kicks off on September 28 from 1:30 to 4. All are welcome to drop-in for great live music, song, & ‘ice-cream’ ! For updates call 250.489.2720.

Thursday, September 26: It’s Contest Night at Cranbrook First Toastmasters! Come on out and enjoy a laugh filled night as Toastmasters compete in Humorous and Table Topics Contests.

7 PM in Room 210 at the College of the Rockies. For more info, e mail pamelaryan@telus.net or phone 250-489-4464 (days).

Sept 26th 6-7.30pm; Art21 Access Art Documentary Screening – ‘Place’. Art Documentary screening featuring four artists, exploring the theme of place. Followed by a guided discussion, free to attend. Bring snacks, a notebook and your opinions! CDAC Office and Gallery 135 10th Avenue South. 250-426-4223 / cdac@ shaw.ca / www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Monday Sept 30, 10:45 a.m. Municipal Pension Retiree’s Assoc Meeting, Heritage Inn Hotel, 803 Cranbrook St. N., Cranbrook.

Guest speaker 11:30 a.m. - Valarie Melnick, Investors Group “When is financial advice needed?”

2013 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, October 2nd, 5:00-6:00 PM is sponsored by Rockies Law Corporation.

October 4th and 5th: House of Hope Fall Conference “Kingdom Culture: Life in His Presence”. Speakers: Denny & Danette Taylor from Bethel Church in Redding California. 629 6th St NW Cranbrook (across from BC Hydro) Friday Oct. 4th at 7pm. Registration www. ihopecranbrook.ca. Info.Ph. 250-421-3784 ONGOING The Cranbrook Kimberley Hospice Society seeks volunteers to help us provide services to persons at the end of life and their families. Training is provided. Call 250-417-2019, Toll Free 1-855-417-2019 if interested.

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.

Introduction to Pottery with Sonya Rokosh - Wednesday evenings for eight weeks, Sept. 11th-Oct. 30th, 6-8pm each Wed. CDAC Workshop Space, 135 10th Ave S, Cranbrook. A great course for budding potters.

Pre-registration required. 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca Country music and two stepping every Thursday night from 8pm to 11pm. Everyone welcome. At the Eagles Nest (upstairs), Fraternal Order Of Eagles Hall, 715 Kootenay St N, Cranbrook.

(250) 426-5614 Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway.

“Volunteers are needed to assist staff with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center. Come play!! Weekly or monthly for 2 hours. Diana 250 427-0716” Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

Bibles For Missions Thrift Store is changing seasons. Fall clothing, hoodies, costumes, snow suits & boots. Shop early for Christmas. Surprise sales. Open Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook.

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.

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: Donna at 250-426-7136.

School Days Art Exhibition, CDAC Office and Gallery 135 10th Avenue South. Tues – Fri 11-5pm Saturday 10-2pm 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca / www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Place your notice in your “What’s Up?” Community Calendar FREE of charge. This column is intended for the use of clubs and non-profit organizations to publicize their coming events — provided the following requirements are met: • Notices will be accepted two weeks prior to the event. • All notices must be emailed, faxed or dropped off in person. No telephone calls please.

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Canada will take on Japan to open 2014 Davis Cup GREGORY STRONG Canadian Press

Canada pulled off a number of upsets on the way to a surprise appearance in the Davis Cup semifinals last weekend in Serbia.

It was an incredible run that captain Martin Laurendeau feels was actually put in motion with a loss back in February 2012, when Canada dropped a 4-1 decision to a French side anchored by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

“What I liked was the way our guys responded and rebounded from that,” Laurendeau said Wednesday on a conference call. “France is very deep, has a great tradition at Davis Cup. It really helped us as a reference point, just a way to approach the competition as a team.

“I think it reinforced the bond and the team chemistry with the guys.”

Canada bounced back later in the year with a solid 4-1 victory over South Africa at Montreal’s Uniprix Stadium, with singles star Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., leading the way with a pair of victories.

The win kept Canada’s spot in the World Group and helped instil a feeling that the team belonged at the top level. Over the three ties that followed, the Canadians went out and proved it.

The breakthrough season began with a first-round upset over top-ranked Spain in Vancouver. The Canadians returned to the indoor hardcourt at the Thunderbird Sports Centre two months later for an impressive quarter-final win over Italy.

Canada then hit the road and pushed a powerhouse Serbian side the distance in front of a raucous crowd at the Belgrade Arena. Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil turned in a game performance in the fifth and deciding match on the indoor clay before falling to Janko Tipsarevic.

It was a captivating weekend with plenty of drama and two five-set marathon victories for Canada. The effort should provide a tremendous building block for the 2014 Davis Cup, starting with a World Group first-round tie at Japan on Jan. 31Feb. 2.

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Kootenay Ice players head to the bench after celebrating a goal during a game last season at Western Financial Place.

Ice GM eager to get new season underway TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

The WHL regular season is right around the corner, and while Kootenay Ice players are fired up and ready to go, so is the management, including general ma nag er Je ff Chynoweth.

The team will open the new campaign at Western Financial Place on Friday night, with a home-and-home series with the Red Deer Rebels.

Chynoweth has been watching the veterans and the prospects throughout training camp and the preseason, and he likes what

he’s seen so far.

“I was very happy with training camp,” Chynoweth said. “I thought a lot of young players stepped up their game and showed what they have to bring as players down the road for our hockey club, and I think that bodes well for our future.

“You want to leave camp with your younger players leaving an impression and I think, for the most part, they did, and the first-year players that advanced on through the preseason have not disappointed as well, and I think over time, once they get adjusted and

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NFL boss Goodell sees rules for player safety working

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NEW YORK - Roger Goodell believes new player safety rules in the NFL are working.

Goodell says Wednesday “the overwhelming reaction is that players are adjusting to the new rules, the new techniques.” He understands it will take time before everyone has grasped the way the league wants the game played, but people are recognizing when these hits don’t fit into the context of the game.

Goodell participated in a series of meetings on player health and safety at the league’s headquarters. He says the feedback he has received from coaches, players, officials and administrators indicates “a positive shift in the culture.”

acclimatized to the Western Hockey League, they’re going to be big assets to our hockey club.”

Kootenay still has six holdovers from training camp, as prospects Hudson Elynuik, Zach Zborosky and Matthew Alfaro are pushing for spots as forwards, while Jordan Steenbergen, Troy Murray and Dylan Overdyk are hoping to land in the defensive corps.

The team is carrying 14 forwards, eight defencemen and two goaltenders. Of that total, 18 are returning veterans from last year.

With the retirement of Tanner Muth due to his history of concussions, the team only has two 20-year-old players, with Jagger Dirk on defence, and Zach McPhee up front.

Chynoweth is content to hold off on making any moves until the Oct. 15th deadline.

“We’re in no rush, we’re going to wait it out,” Chynoweth said.

“This year, unfortunately, there’s not an overabundance of over-age players available, and we want to be very selective, and make sure we’re getting the right

player who would be the right fit for our hockey club.”

Kootenay played the majority of last season with only two overage players in Brock Montgomery and Joey Leach, after Drew Czerwonka retired in October. No deals for another overager were made by the January trade deadline.

While Chynoweth waits for the October deadline, he’s also waiting for the situation with Russian import defenceman Rinat Valiev to play out, as he has yet to receive his Canadian visa.

Valiev, who played in the USHL last year with the Indiana Ice, recently attended training camp with the Dallas Stars, but has since returned to his home country.

“He’s in Moscow right now, Rinat has just returned from the main camp of the Dallas Stars, he is skating over in Russia and we’re hoping to have something maybe in the next two weeks, but there’s no guarantee that that’s the time frame that’s going to work,” Chynoweth said.

Valiev, who was ranked in the 162nd in

the North American skaters list of the 2013 CSS Rankings, went undrafted by NHL teams last June, but attended camp with the Stars on an invite.

The team handed out season ticket packages with a pancake breakfast last Saturday, which was well-attended by fans. However, season ticket numbers are down by 140 from last year’s total, and some of those home games had the lowest attendance in franchise history.

NOTES: Former Ice forward Erik Benoit, who was traded to Saskatoon last January, was released by the Blades on Wednesday as they cut down their overage players. Benoit was subsequently scooped up by the Seattle Thunderbirds, which are trying to manage their 20-year-old situation, as one of their overagers—Mitch Elliot—has been invited to an AHL camp with the Utica Comets….TSN has released their preseason NHL draft rankings, and Sam Reinhart is at the top of it, with OHL defenceman Aaron Ekblad right behind him.

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Veteran CFL slotback Geroy Simon closing in on league record Dan R alph Canadian Press

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Avalanche head coach Steve Kamps addresses his players before practice at the College of the Rockies gym on Wednesday night.

Avs preparing for exhibition tournament Tre vor Cr awley Sports Editor

The College of the Rockies Avalanche volleyball teams don’t start the Pacwest season until October, however, both the men’s and women’s squads are going to be getting busy with some exhibition action.

“We’re going to be a much different team from last year, we’re smaller in size, especially on the outside...”

Steve Kamps The men’s team is heading to Red Deer on Thursday, where they will face off against teams from the Pacwest and ACAC (Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference), in a bid to capture the Challenge Cup. The tournament was created to give teams from B.C. and Alberta some intra-provincial competition before the respective leagues kick off their college seasons.

The men will be hitting the court this weekend in Alberta, but the ladies will get some volleyball in next week, as

they host the Rumble in the Rockies tournament.

Kamps has had a chance to get some practice in with his team since the Labour Day weekend, and is encouraged by what he sees, from both the returnees and the new faces.

Newbies Jack Newman and Zach Fedechko are fighting for a spot on the left side, and Kamps said he’s been impressed with both.

Spencer Dakin-Kuiper, who just graduated high school in Lethbridge, also adds some size to the middle with his 6’5” frame.

The seven returnees have also come into camp in good shape and are working towards earning their spots, Kamps added.

“We’re going to be a much different team from last year, we’re smaller in size, especially on the outside, where our power hitters are all six-feet, six-foot-one, but jump well, so it’s going to be a different look from last year,” Kamps said.

“I think our passing, from what I’ve seen, we really haven’t had much of a chance to break the skills down, we just wanted to get our sys-

tems stuff out of the way, so they know why they have to do the things we’re asking them to do technically.”

The tournament in Red Deer will be a good way for Kamps to see his how hard his players compete and their intensity on the court, as they move towards the start of the new season in October, which begins on the road on Vancouver Island.

“No starting roles,

we’re about a month away and that first weekend, we’re going to need everybody to play, so we really need to assess where everyone’s at,” Kamps said, “because everyone will need to contribute on the Island on our first regular season game, so it’s a good chance to see what we need to work on as a team and what we need as individuals so everyone’s good to go in a month’s time.”

Kamps admits the team will be thrown into the fire in Red Deer, as they are still working on perfecting systems play.

“Once we get back from Red Deer, we’ll evaluate and slow things down and work technically on things,” Kamps, “but considering the few reps that we’ve had passing, we look like we’re going to be a strong passing team, so that will help us out for sure.”

Blue Jays blow lead in 4-3 loss to Yankees C anadian Press

TORONTO - Vernon Wells doubled in two runs to key a four-run eighth inning as the New York Yankees snapped a four-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 4-3 comeback win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Left-hander David Huff (3-1) allowed one run in 3 2-3 innings of relief to pick up the win. Mariano Rivera who is retiring at the end of the season - pitched 1 1-3 innings to earn his 44th

save of the season.

Toronto (69-82) took a 3-0 lead into the eighth inning on the strength of home runs in the fourth inning by Colby Rasmus and Ryan Goins, the first of his major-league career.

Left-hander J.A. Happ had a strong start for the Blue Jays, striking out seven over seven innings. He was removed for left-hander Aaron Loup after Brendan Ryan led off the eighth with a double to start the Yankees rally.

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DYNAMITER HOCKEY!

All Geroy Simon wanted was the chance to play.

The native of Johnstown, Pa., knew little about the CFL in 1999 when he joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a rookie free agent. Fourteen years later, Simon is close to leaving his mark as the most prolific receiver in league history.

Simon, 38, already the CFL’s all-time receiving yards later, needs just six catches to eclipse Ben Cahoon’s career mark of 1,017.

And the Saskatchewan Roughriders veteran slotback can break the record Saturday night against his former team, the B.C. Lions.

“I didn’t know much about the CFL when I came up here, I had bounced around the NFL and felt like I wasn’t getting a fair shot,” Simon said Wednesday during a conference call. “I just wanted to go somewhere where I was going to have an opportunity to play and I know if I got a true opportunity that I would do well.

“Obviously I didn’t think I’d be No. 1 in the history of a league that’s over 100 years old . . . when I first got here and looked at the record book and saw Allen Pitts (at 14,891 career yards) I just hoped to have just one 1000-yard season. I just wanted to play football no matter if it was north or south of the border, I just wanted a true opportunity to be a professional and show I can do it and at a high

level.”

The six-foot-two, 198-pound Simon is just one of three players in league history to accumulate over 1,000 career catches - Cahoon and Terry Vaughn are the others - and has amassed 16,128 yards and 103 TDs over his illustrious 15-year CFL career.

“Ben and I have been friends for a long time,” Simon said. “He was a great player in this league and I’m honoured to have an opportunity to break a record of such a legendary player.”

And if Simon scores a touchdown against B.C., he’ll strike his traditional Superman pose.

“Of course,” he said.

“I feel fans expect that and it’s something I’ve done throughout my career.

“It won’t change since I’m playing B.C.” Simon spent his first two CFL seasons with Winnipeg before signing with B.C. as a free agent following the 2000 campaign. Simon’s career took off with the Lions with six league allstar nominations and two Grey Cup titles (2006, ‘11). Simon also captured the CFL’s outstanding player honour in ‘06 after registering 105 catches for 1,856 yards and 15 TDs, all career highs.

Simon was a model of consistency with B.C., registering nine straight 1,000-yard seasons. But he missed five games with hamstring injuries last year and was limited to 54 catches for 700 yards and two TDs.

NOTICE:

Kimberley Golf Club Special Membership Meeting Thursday September 26th • 7:00 pm Kimberley Athlete Conference & Training Centre A motion will be presented to allow additional changes to the Bylaws to finalize a previous motion to elect a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 10 directors. These subsequent changes will be made to the following sections as indicated: Section 14(G) “Election of directors (3 - 5 new)”, Section 29 “No less than three (3)” and Section 38 “four (4) directors”.

Information & Proxy available at the Kimberley Golf Club.

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Sports Soccer star Sinclair lands on Canada’s Walk of Fame Bill Beacon Canadian Press

The accolades have poured in since Christine Sinclair’s stirring performance at the 2012 London Olympics, but now Canada’s top female soccer player will really be a star.

The Canadian team captain who held the country spellbound as she scored three times against the powerhouse United States in the Olympic soccer semifinals, and then made an impassioned denunciation of some questionable refereeing, is to be honoured with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.

The 30-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., will be inducted during the Walk of Fame festival in Toronto on Saturday. The ceremony will be shown on Global TV on Oct. 27.

“This is one thing that has definitely not sunk in,” Sinclair said in a recent interview. “I can’t imagine it.

“You look at the people involved or who are inducted and I can’t believe I’m even associated with it.”

It is only the latest honour for the gifted striker, who

took the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as The Canadian Press female athlete of the year and won the Lou Marsh Award as Canadian athlete of 2012.

She had been one of the world’s best female players for more than a decade, but it took her Olympic performance at Old Trafford, the famous home of Manchester United, to launch her to national stardom.

Heavy underdogs to the Americans, Sinclair played perhaps the game of her career, scoring three times to give Canada a 3-2 lead.

Then Norwegian referee Christina Pedersen made an almost unheard-of call against Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod for time-wasting, giving the U.S. a free kick inside the penalty area. Then came another dubious call of a penalty shot because the free kick hit a defender’s arm from point blank.

The Americans tied the game and then got the game winner in extra time.

Canadian fans were outraged at what they felt was biased officiating, and Sinclair voiced their frustration

in an emotional on-field TV interview after the match in which she said the team felt “cheated” out of a victory by the ref.

Unfazed by the controversy, the Canadian team bounced back to beat France in the bronze medal game.

Despite not winning gold, Sinclair was the easy choice to be Canada’s flag-bearer at the Olympic closing ceremonies.

She was later given a fourgame suspension and fined an undisclosed amount by FIFA for “misconduct.”

More than a year later, the anger has subsided even if Sinclair’s opinions haven’t changed. It was part of a highly intense, emotional match against the team’s biggest rival.

“I don’t think the ref was the greatest ref we ever had, but at the end of the day, we gave up four goals in the semifinals of the Olympics,” she said. “You’re not going to win very often doing that.”

The extent to which Sinclair’s and the team’s performance at the Games had grabbed national attention came the first time the national women’s team played

at home after the Games.

A crowd of 22,450 - a record for BMO Field in Toronto - turned out for the rematch with the No. 1 ranked Americans in a so-called friendly match in June. Although the U.S. won 3-0, fans counted out the seconds each time the American goalie held the ball and generally let both teams know that nothing was forgotten.

“That was incredible,” said Sinclair. “The result wasn’t what we wanted, but you could tell something bigger was going on.

“The fans were into it.

When I was growing up, you didn’t know there was a women’s national team.

Now girls grow up dreaming of playing for Canada.”

The team is hoping to ride that emotion into 2015, when Canada will play host to the women’s World Cup. Sinclair is by far Canada’s most prolific scorer, with 145 career international goals.

That ranks third all-time behind Americans Abby Wambach and Mia Hamm.

When not playing for the national team, Sinclair plays pro soccer. She won a championship with Western New York in the defunct Women’s Professional League in 2001, but moved to the Portland Thorns for the Inaugural National Women’s Soccer League season this year.

She scored a goal as Portland won 2-0 in the league final on Aug. 31.

Sinclair went to University in Portland and now considers it home.

“I never really left,” she said. “I’ve had to play in different parts of North America, but this was always home.”

But now she will be honoured once again in her home country.

The Walk of Fame recognizes Canadians from all areas of the entertainment business. Other inductees this year are Terry Fox, Oscar Peterson, Alan Thicke, Bob Ezrin and Craig and Marc Kielsburger.

Judge who scored Mayweather fight steps away from ring Associated Press

LAS VEGAS - A veteran Nevada boxing judge who drew widespread criticism after scoring a weekend title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez a draw said Wednesday she’s giving up her ringside job, at least temporarily.

“I’m taking time away,” Cynthia C.J. Ross told The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview from her home outside Las Vegas.

Ross, 64, said she won’t judge any fights “in

the immediate future,” and hadn’t made a decision whether to quit completely.

Ross scored Saturday’s world 152-pound title fight a 114-114 draw, but Mayweather won a majority decision after two other judges scored Mayweather the clear winner. Those scorecards had the fight 116-112 and 117-111 for Mayweather, who remained an undefeated 45-0. Alvarez fell to 42-1-1 before a big crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and a large pay-per-view audience.

YOUR CITY WORKING FOR YOU! Thursday, September 19th, 2013 LOW FLOW TOILET REBATE APPLICATIONS STILL AVAILABLE! For more information and applications about the Low Flow Toilet Rebate program, visit the City of Cranbrook website at www.cranbrook.ca or stop by City Hall.

FREE COMMUNITY SPONSORED FAMILY SWIM – SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 The Cranbrook Aquatic Centre is hosting another community sponsored family swim on Saturday September 21, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm. It will be free for families to swim at this event, compliments of Dr. Craig Spowart. This is a new initiative by the City of Cranbrook Leisure Services department. Are you or your business interested in sponsoring a family swim? Please contact our Aquatics Coordinator at 250-489-0224.

NOISE BYLAW This bylaw is designed to afford all residents quiet enjoyment of their own property, while being considerate of others in the neighbourhood.

Under the bylaw, noise is interpreted as any unreasonable disturbance not normally expected at any given time of the day or night. In regard to construction, no person in the City shall undertake any type of construction work before 7am or after 10pm. No construction for profit or gain can be undertaken on a Sunday, without explicit written approval by the City Engineer. Visit our website and click on ‘Bylaws’ for more on all of our City bylaws.

LIVING WITH URBAN DEER – AVAILABLE NOW! A public education campaign about ‘Living With Urban Deer’ is one of several recommendations made by the Urban Deer Management Advisory Committee and endorsed by City Council.

This brochure is designed to help ensure public safety by reducing the potential of dangerous encounters with urban deer. Pick up your copy at City Hall or download one from our website today!

COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR @ HOT SHOTS ON VICTORIA - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 FROM 1 – 4PM

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Monday October 7 – Regular Council Meeting @ 6pm Monday October 14 – Thanksgiving Day (City Hall & Aquatic Centre Closed)

You are invited to have coffee with Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski at Hot Shots on Victoria on Saturday September 21, 2013 from 1 – 4pm.

The afternoon is open for one-on-one discussion for you to discuss concerns and ask questions about the City of Cranbrook. Refreshments are not provided. Please come and join us!

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Tax Sale of Property THE PROPERTIES LISTED HEREUNDER WILL BE SOLD AT TAX SALE ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL, 340 SPOKANE STREET, KIMBERLEY, B.C. UNLESS THE DELINQUENT TAXES AND INTEREST ARE PAID BEFORE THE STATED TIME. THE UPSET PRICE WILL BE THE TOTAL OF THE OUTSTANDING TAXES, PLUS INTEREST AND TAX SALE COSTS. BIDDERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE SALE, MUST AUTHORIZE AN AGENT IN WRITING TO BID ON THEIR BEHALF. LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION ARE AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT REDEEMED, A PROPERTY PURCHASE TAX LIABILITY ARISES. ROLL NO. 1196.000 1414.000 1462.000 1463.000 2091.000 2104.000 2209.000 2318.000 Tom Fletcher/Black Press

NDP leader Adrian Dix announces he will step down as leader by the middle of 2014 “at the latest.”

Dix to lead NDP until next year To m F l e tc h e r Black Press

VANCOUVER – Adrian Dix announced Wednesday he intends to stay on as B.C. NDP leader until next year, when party members hold a vote to replace him.

Dix said the NDP’s loss to the B.C. Liberals in the May provincial election is his responsibility.

“It has become clear to me that the best interests of our party mean that I need to step aside for a new leader who can lead us to victory in 2017,” Dix told a news conference at a downtown Vancouver hotel. “It is my hope that a leadership vote can be held by mid-2014 at the latest, though of course any final decision on timing will be made by the NDP.” Dix said he intends to stay on as MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway and run for re-election there.

The party has a convention scheduled for November, at which his continued leadership will be considered, along with the overall direction of the party.

Dix announced his intentions at a party caucus meeting before making his intentions public, where he said his fellow NDP MLAs are “resolute and determined to keep the pressure on the government and hold them to account for their cynical campaign.”

He expects the race to succeed him will likely begin soon. Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth, who finished second to Dix in the 2011 leadership race, told reporters he is considering making another run for the top job.

Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan, the third-place finisher in 2011, is another likely contender.

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Smart meter opt-out fee much lower in U.S.: MLA

Weaver says comparison shows BC Hydro has no justification Jeff Nagel Black Press

BC Hydro’s planned fee of $35 a month for people who continue to refuse wireless smart meters is “outrageous” and isn’t justified based on what other jurisdictions charge, according to B.C.’s lone Green Party MLA. Andrew Weaver (Oak Bay-Gordon Head) said the proposed charge for manual meter readings is as high a many people’s entire power bills.

“People perceive it as price gouging,” he said, adding the fees should accurately reflect Hydro costs and not generate extra prof-

it.”

Weaver pointed to some U.S. states that have similar opt-out programs from smart meters but charge much less.

California charges $10 a month after a $75 up-front fee, while low-income customers pay $5 a month after a $10 initial fee.

Maine charges $12 a month for analog meter readings, after a $40 initial charge.

BC Hydro’s fees still require approval by the B.C. Utilities Commission.

Weaver said he’s urging the regulators to reject the $35 fee here based on the disparity

with charges elsewhere.

Holdouts here can also opt to take a smart meter with the transmitter disabled for a $100 one-time fee followed by $20 each month.

Maine’s radio-disabled smart meter option costs $20 up front then $10.50 a month.

Weaver said he doesn’t oppose wireless smart meters but added Hydro must provide a reasonable optout.

He said BC Hydro’s price would be more logical if it were charged not monthly but on each actual meter reading every few months.

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Scooter regulation plan runs out of juice To m F l e tc h e r Black Press

VANCOUVER – A bid by the town of Sidney to regulate the use of mobility scooters on sidewalks was rejected in a split vote by local politicians Wednesday.

On the advice of the executive, delegates to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention voted to drop a request for provincial licensing of sidewalk scooters, and to exclude motorized wheelchairs from any restrictions. But a majority of delegates voted against any kind of regulation.

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Sidney Mayor Larry Cross urged support, telling delegates there has been one fatality in his community, and two “serious rollovers” this past summer as scooters shared sidewalks with pedestrians.

“We’re kind of the canary in the mine in terms of the aging population, and the incidents and conflicts can only grow over time,” Cross said.

Other council members were unimpressed.

“If you have a problem with your sidewalks and people are rolling over, maybe you need

B.C. cities have endorsed a call for the province to share some of its revenues – not now but out in the future when hoped-for boom times arrive.

That’s the centrepiece of a financial reform policy paper tabled by the leadership of the Union of B.C. Municipalities that won unanimous sup-

port Wednesday.

The concept is that in years when provincial revenue from all sources is up by more than an agreed threshold – three per cent is suggested – Victoria would share a portion of the excess with municipalities.

Exactly how the money would be disbursed and where it could go would be up for much more debate,

Storytime for your 3-5 year old!

Starting September 11 & 12 we will once again be offering the ever popular ‘Storytime’ at the Kimberley Public Library.

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to fix the sidewalks,” said Langley Township councillor Bob Long.

“There are motorized bicycles, so is that the next thing, we’re going to license bicycles?”

Sidney councillor Melissa Hailey said the community has “wonderful sidewalks,” but education and some regulation is needed.

“There is no real legislation or any ability to deal with unsafe scootering on our sidewalks,” Hailey said.

“Drinking and scootering is very hard to enforce.”

Cranbrook Mayor

Wayne Stetski was opposed, after talking with scooter and wheelchair users in his community.

Nelson councillor Robin Cherbo said some solution is needed. His community has narrow sidewalks and some scooter users take to the roadway, without flags or lights.

Saanich councillor Vic Derman agreed that scooter users and pedestrians need education, but communities should focus on local improvements to give scooter users more safe routes.

UBCM calls on province for good-times revenue sharing J e f f N ag e l Black Press

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if the province even agrees to the notion.

So far Coralee Oakes, the minister responsible for local government, has promised nothing more than talks.

But Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard, one of the architects, said the money would go into an infrastructure bank, with more of the money potentially reserved for use by cities in down years when ramped-up infrastructure spending can also help revive the economy rather than hot years with higher construction costs.

Leonard said civic leaders understand that the province doesn’t want to hand over more of its existing income right now and that citizens don’t want to be hit with any new tax. He thinks the core concept will appeal to the government.

“Let us be a partner in growing the economy, so much so that we benefit financially with growth in the economy,” Leonard said. “If we were in their shoes, we think we would like to hear this.”

Asked if local governments should trust the province not to shuffle its accounts and discretionary dividends from Crown corporations to keep total revenue below any

sharing threshold, Leonard doubted that will be a problem.

“I would think if they’re having good years – three, four and five per cent growth in revenue – they’re not going to hide it, they’re going to be damn proud of it. And we want to be proud of it too.”

Cities face an intensifying crunch to raise cash for major infrastructure such a water and sewer upgrades and transit expansion.

The province’s Property Transfer Tax, charged for every real estate transaction, is one of the government sources that grows with the economy that cities say give the province room to share. Saanich Coun. Paul Gerrard said the PTT brings the province $800 million to $1 billion a year.

“None of that is put back into affordable housing, which I think is a disgrace,” Gerrard said.

There are no permanent recurring grants guaranteed at the provincial level, unlike federal gas tax transfers that are now enshrined.

Traffic fine sharing, for example, depends on provincial approval each year.

Cities feel too dependent on property taxes that don’t reflect owners’ ability to pay.

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Winterizing 101 – How to prepare your yard for winter

Removing debris, including dead leaves, from a lawn before the arrival of winter weather can help prevent suffocation.

But as punishing as winter weather can be on a lawn, homeowners are not without recourse. Much like homeowners can take steps to help their lawns survive sizzling summer heat waves during the warmer months of the year, they also can take steps to help their lawns make it through the often stormy weather synonymous with winter.

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Changing seasons can be tough on a lawn. Always exposed to the elements, lawns can fare especially poorly upon the arrival of winter, a season known for its harsh and unforgiving weather. Even the most perfectly manicured lawn can suffer at the hands of winter weather, causing homeowners to sit idly by and hope spring arrives that much sooner.

* Don’t procrastinate.

Putting off the process of winterizing a lawn can put that lawn in jeopardy. Lawns will turn dormant the closer you get to winter, and they may reject the nutrients found in

fertilizer as a result.

Those nutrients will prove valuable once spring weather returns, so start the winterization process in early fall so the lawn has sufficient time to absorb nutrients and strengthen itself for the seasons to come. * Treat trouble spots.

Summer can be even harder on a lawn than winter, especially for those lawns located in regions where heat waves and drought are common. In such instances, certain spots on the lawn seem to be hit harder than others, and those spots should get special attention when winterizing the lawn. Check the soil’s pH levels before fertilizing or applying any treatments. Such a test will reveal which spots need the most attention, and treating trouble spots now will make spring lawn care that much easier. * Aerate the property.

Aerating can help a lawn recover after a long summer and help it survive the potentially harsh months that lie ahead. Aerating, which involves puncturing the soil

or removing cores of soil from the ground, can restore a lawn to health by improving its drainage and allowing more water and air to reach the roots of the grass.

Aerating also makes it easier for nutrients to penetrate the soil, which encourages a healthier lawn over the long haul.

Aerators can be purchased or rented, but homeowners uncomfortable with the process may want to enlist a professional to tackle the job. Parents of small children who spend lots of time in the yard may need to aerate their lawn more than most, as heavy lawn traffic compresses the soil, a potentially harmful process that can be reversed via aeration. * Take steps to strengthen the roots.

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As fall moves into winter, periodically remove all debris, including leaves and branches fallen from trees. * Make the lawn off-limits once the temperatures dip below freezing. A lawn should be off-limits once the ground freezes.

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SEPTEMBER GENERAL LUNCHEON A full house is expected for the Chamber’s September General Luncheon on Wednesday, September 25th. Guest Speaker will be Mayor Wayne Stetski. The Mayor is expected to update the business community on the affairs of the City. President Mike Adams says he anticipates that the Mayor’s speech will invite commentary from those in attendance.

Joey Hoechsmann will be presenting an update on Black Friday, 2013.

The luncheon is being held at the Heritage Inn and will t the beginning our sign bylaw commit- hopeful these issues commence at 11:45. Reservations must be confirmed by o f J a n u a r y tee did, and the hun- will be addressed when Monday, September 23rd Call the Chamber office at 250 2013 the Cran- dreds of hours they vol- the bylaw comes back 426-5914. brook District unteered to help ensure to council during its [1] Please review this proof carefully, check name,and address, telephone number and spelling. of Commerce the bylaw works for all September meeting.

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Silver Star Mountain Resort. bylaw in its draft form out the year that the Coralee Oakes was first elected to the Legislative Assembly Chamber has taken an The chamber has also and prepare a position to represent the constituency of Cariboo North on May 14, been working with local on the chamber’s recTO: active role in advocat2013. She was subsequently appointed as Minister of Combuilders and representaommendations regarding for our members.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2013

11:45 Heritage Inn $20.00 per person Guest Speaker: Mayor Wayne Stetski

BC Chamber applauds rethink of local government finances, calls for cost control Vancouver, September 16, 2013 – The BC Chamber of Commerce commends UBCM for its efforts to strengthen local government finances, but urges local governments to commit to new levels of spending discipline.

“With B.C.’s infrastructure deficit placing significant costs at local governments’ doors, it’s great to see UBCM taking a serious look at local governments’ financial sustainability,” said John Winter, the BC Chamber’s president and CEO. “But while out-of-the-box ideas will be needed to solve this, local governments can’t lose their focus on the tried-and-true financial practice of spending control.”

A hot topic at this year’s annual gathering of local governments is the UBCM local governance finance committee report, Strong Fiscal Futures: A Blueprint for Strengthening BC Lo-

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cal Governments’ Finance System.

The BC Chamber commends the overarching effort to tackle local government finances and supports: • the report’s call for local governments to become far more focused on facilitating economic growth; • the report’s recognition of the unsustainability of property tax as a funding mechanism for local government, given the substantial tax burden it places on the business and industrial sectors; and • the report’s call for a dialogue with business over property tax.

“This report correctly identifies the very real opportunities local governments have to facilitate and catalyze local economic growth,” Winter said. “By actively encouraging economic activity, munici-

palities and regional districts can strengthen their finances, create strong businesses and grow jobs in communities throughout B.C.” Winter noted, however, that while the report offers an interesting discussion on growing local governments’ revenues, it misses an opportunity to emphasize cost control.

“It’s great to see an exploration of more sustainable funding models for local government, but that’s only part of the answer here,” he said. “As cost pressures increase, local governments need to commit fiercely to cost control, spending discipline, and project prioritization.”

Winter also cautioned that some of the report’s funding ideas won’t win backing from the business community.

But he commended the overarching effort to launch a dialogue on

strengthening local government finances.

“B.C.’s business community looks forward to a dialogue with local governments about more controlled spending efforts and appropriate funding mechanisms that can help businesses grow and produce jobs in local

communities,” he said.

The BC Chamber is the largest and most broadly-based business organization in the province.

Representing more than 125 Chambers of Commerce and 36,000 businesses of every size, sector and region of the province, the BC Chamber of Commerce is

“The Voice of Business in BC.” For further details, please contact: John Winter President & CEO BC Chamber of Commerce T 604.638.8110 C 604.376.3577 E jwinter@ bcchamber.org

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2013 Electoral Area E Volunteers of the Year Orlena & Hugh Campbell will be recognized at the RDEK Town Hall Meeting Wednesday, October 25, 2013 - 7:00pm Wasa Community Hall 7:00pm - 7:30pm Volunteer of the Year Presentation Please join us as we recognize Orlena and Hugh Campbell for all of their volunteer efforts. Refreshments & cake will be served.

7:30pm - 8:45pm The Town Hall meeting will include an update from Director Jane Walter and staff on the Financial Plan, Mosquito Control, and more.

For more information, contact Loree Duczek at the RDEK

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50TH ANNIVERSARY of Sam Steele Days June 19-22, 2014.

Last week a brainstorming session facilitated by Jennifer Krotz of CBT was held with a number of folks to look at how the 50th anniversary of Sam Steele Days should, could, would look like. Many ideas were discussed and the plan will now be reviewed by the Sam Steele Society “The 50th year Anniversary should be a real time to celebrate,” said Connor Stewart, the president of the Sam Steele Society. “The brain storming session will identify very real opportunities for clubs, organizations and members of the public to participate. By actively encouraging input from the community, the festival can strengthen their sponsorships, create new activities and expand on the success the festival has experienced.”

What would you like to see included in the 50th Anniversary of Sam Steele Days? If you would like more information, please call the Sam Steele Society at 250 426-4161.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Baynes Lake Fuel Treatment Program 2013 The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) invites proposals on two blocks that are proposed for fuel treatment with a total area of 52.1 Ha. The proposed treatment involves mastication in preparation for a prescribed burn. Work must be completed by May 1, 2014. The goal of the treatment is to protect the community from wildfire.

SEALED ENVELOPES marked, “Regional District of East Kootenay - Baynes Lake Operational Fuel Treatment 2013.09 Price Offer” will be received by the Emergency Services Coordinator, Regional District of East Kootenay, 19 – 24th Avenue South, Cranbrook BC V1C 3H8 until 2:00 pm local time on October 11, 2013. Please quote title in subject line if sending by email to mmunro@rdek.bc.ca.

The Request for Proposal packages may be obtained as of September 13, 2013 from the Cranbrook RDEK office during regular office hours (8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday) and are available online at www.rdek.bc.ca or on BC Bid’s website.

A site meeting and field tour is mandatory and will be held Friday, September 27, 2013 at 9:00 am. The meeting will be held at the intersection of Jaffray-Baynes Lake Road and Sweet Road. Those planning to attend the meeting must submit an RFP receipt confirmation form, which is located in the tender package.

The Regional District reserves the right to arbitrarily accept or reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities at its own discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing the Regional District reserves the right to arbitrarily reject any bid submitted by a contractor that has a disputed account against or due by the Regional District or against whom the Regional District has a disputed account. The lowest or any bid will not necessarily be accepted and the Regional District reserves the right to negotiate terms and conditions with the successful Bidder.

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Six dead after bus slams into train in Ottawa C ANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Passengers aboard a double-decker city bus screamed “Stop! Stop!’’ as the driver plowed through a flashing level crossing and into a passing Via Rail train Wednesday morning, killing at least six people and injuring many more.

The horrific collision sheared off the front of the bus and knocked the Via locomotive and one of four passenger cars off the tracks.

Six people were killed, one of them the bus driver, while several area hospitals were flooded with 30 patients, including 10 in critical condition.

“People started screaming, ‘Stop! Stop!’ because they could see the train coming down the track,’’ said Carleton University student Tanner Trepanier, who was in the upper level of the new, double-decker OC Transpo bus.

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The scene following a Via Rail train and city bus collision in Ottawa’s west end Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. tending back to the driver’s seat, were ripped off by the impact.

“There was a lot of screaming, but then people were actually relatively calm, considering the situation,’’ Trepanier said of the aftermath.

Alex Begin, on his way to his job in down-

town Ottawa, was midway back on the lower level of the bus and said the driver hit the brakes only after passengers started yelling warnings.

“Oh yeah, we went right through the (safety) barrier,’’ said Begin, who was at a loss to explain the driver’s apparent lapse of concentra-

tion.

“I don’t know, too early in the morning?

He just wasn’t fully conscious or something,’’ said Begin. “Because until people started yelling, I guess he didn’t even realize what was going down.’’

Romi Gupta, a 40-year-old downtown office worker, boarded

what she called the “overfull’’ bus at its last stop before the crash.

“The driver was OK, I got in a minute before and I said hello to him and he was fine,’’ said Gupta.

She, too, could see through the bus windows that the train was coming.

“The bus was too fast I find, he could not put the brakes on.’’

The head of the transit union local confirmed the driver was among the dead.

“It looks like a bomb went off almost,’’ Craig Watson of the Amalgamated Transit Union told the CBC after visiting the scene.

The bus was on a dedicated transit line that runs parallel to a busy commuter artery just east of a suburban Via Rail station, about

10 kilometres west of Parliament Hill.

Witnesses on the ground said the northbound bus simply didn’t stop, despite flashing lights and lowered safety barriers warning of the westbound train which had already stopped commuter traffic nearby.

“Boom! It went into the train like that,’’ said Pascal Lolgis, who watched the bus smash through a safety barrier.

“He didn’t stop. He must have lost his brakes. Or he had an ... attack or whatever.

“He just didn’t stop.

He just keep going like that. Then he got hit.’’

Another witness, Mark Cogan, also said the safety barrier was down.

“I just thought maybe there’s a side way around or something

but instantly he just ... he smoked the train,’’ said Cogan. “He went through the guard rail and just hammered the train and then it was just mayhem.’’

A broken safety barrier was visible under the bus carriage.

The Via locomotive and one of four passenger cars could be seen resting askew on the tracks, but Via officials said there were no injuries among the more than 100 passengers aboard. The company has suspended its Ottawa-Toronto service while the investigation continues.

Rescue crews swarmed over the mangled bus wreckage as ambulances, fire trucks and police vehicles flooded the scene, rushing the injured to area hospitals.

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The farm’s owner, Kathy Wikkerink, told Kamloops radio station CHNL that all raw milk production has stopped at the business and no one there has become ill from E. coli.

She asked customers for forgiveness and understanding, and said the outbreak could take a financial toll on the family operation.

“We don’t know the full impact yet but it could be as far as two years worth of work that’s gone to the ground.’’

Of the 11 confirmed E. coli cases, people got sick between late July and early September.

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E. coli is a bacteria that can cause severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, kidney failure and death.

Alberta’s chief medical officer, Dr. James Talbot, said Wednesday the confirmed cases in his province include two in Edmonton and five in Calgary. The youngest to get sick was a threeyear-old child; the oldest was 78.

He said none of the people were hospitalized and he believes they have all recovered.

It usually takes about 24 to 48 hours to get sick after eating tainted food, said Talbot, but it takes much longer to investigate and track down the source.

“It’s a bit like a detective investigation.’’ he said. “It takes a while both to identify the organism and then to identify that it’s the same organism in the same product.’’

People most vulnerable to E. coli infection include children, the elderly and pregnant women, he said.

He did not know if the sick Albertans had travelled to B.C. or bought the cheese in food shops at home.

“In general, people are surprised that they can get sick from things they purchase in stores,’’ Talbot said. “But I think if they are aware of what unpasteurized means, they would know they are running some kind of risk.’’

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Canadian Pacific CEO says shippers have stonewalled purchase of safer cars Ross Marowits Canadian Press

Canada’s two large railways anticipate substantial growth in the transportation of crude oil in coming years, but the CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway has accused the country’s petroleum, chemical and commodity producers of persistently stonewalling the purchase of safer tanker cars.

Hunter Harrison, who has been CEO of Canadian Pacific since mid-2012 and before that headed Canadian National Railways, made the comments in an interview published Wednesday in the Globe and Mail newspaper.

“The root of all this is the dollar sign,’’ he said.

“We can fix all this stuff, it is fixable.’’

The veteran and

highly regarded railway executive also said “turmoil’’ and “bureaucracy’’ are hampering the adoption of precautions that are needed to avoid further accidents like the deadly Lac-Megantic derailment in Quebec.

Harrison said it’s up to regulators to require sturdier rail cars, tighter safety rules and stiffer penalties, including jail time, for companies and employees who knowingly mislabel hazardous goods or fail to obey existing regulations.

He said reform was been hampered for decades by large shippers who own the vast majority of North America’s tankers.

Canadian Pacific and other railways have to abide by federal guidelines for carrying haz-

ardous materials such as chlorine and crude oil, despite their complaints of gaps in current regulations, Harrison said.

His comments come as Canadian Pacific is under scrutiny for its role in the Lac-Megantic disaster, which killed 47 and devastated the Quebec town’s centre.

The derailment involved a train operated

by Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway, which was moving tanker cars with crude oil on their way to an Irving oil refinery in Saint John, N.B. Canadian Pacific moved the cars along an earlier stage of its journey from the source in the U.S. Midwest.

CN’s chief executive, Claude Mongeau, said shipment of dangerous goods by rail remains

very safe but tragic incidents such as Lac- Megantic require the industry to reassure the public.

He said 99.997 per cent of dangerous goods safely reach their destination without release but such a statistic means little in the face of disasters like the Lac-Megantic tragedy.

“I think our biggest challenge is to reassure the public,’’ he told a CIBC conference on Wednesday, adding that rail remains a cost-effective way to move goods across the country.

“From a spill standpoint, railroads are as safe, if not slightly safer than pipelines. From an accident standpoint, this accident was tragic.

But you look back over ... 15 years, very few fa-

talities in the rail industry (have been) caused by the movement of dangerous goods.’’

Mongeau said Montreal-based CN expects to double its shipments of crude from last year to 70,000 carloads this year and increase that again going forward.

He said that growing shale oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota would have had trouble getting to market had it not been for rail. About two-thirds of such oil is moved by rail.

Rail shipments have included liquids and light oil but as more pipelines are built there will be a shift to heavier crude and diluted bitumen where railways will be able to go “head to head’’ with pipelines, he added.

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s secretary to auction civil rights materials Holbrook Mohr Associated Press

RIDGELAND, Miss. — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal secretary is selling a collection from the early civil rights movement, including handwritten notes

by King and a page from his “I Have a Dream’’ speech, an auction house says.

Maude Ballou worked as King’s secretary from 1955 to 1960, when King led the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Ballou, who turned 88 Friday, is selling the items Oct. 17 in New York through Texas-based Heritage Auctions. People can bid in person or online. Ballou and Heritage Auctions say a portion of the proceeds will be used to establish an education fund at Alabama State University.

In an exclusive interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Ballou recalled times both rewarding and frightening in those turbulent years, including an especially poignant moment with King in the mid-1950s.

“He said, ‘Maude, I dreamed last night I died and nobody came to my funeral.’ And that was very touching,’’ Ballou said, her chin quivering. “And I said, ‘Oh Martin, that’s not going to happen. Nothing like that’s going to happen to

Rogelio V. Solis / AP

Maude Ballou served as the personal secretary for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1955 to 1960. you.’’’

King was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Some of the more than 100 items are unique, so it’s difficult to put a value on them, said Sandra Palomino, director of historical manuscripts for Heritage Auctions.

“We’re really relying on letting the market decide what the value is going to be,’’ Palomino said.

Items awaiting sale include a handwritten letter King sent to Ballou while touring India in 1959 to learn more about Mahatma Ghandi’s campaign of nonviolent resistance.

Another item is a typed final page of King’s “I Have a Dream’’ speech, according to the auction house. The page was sent to Ballou on Jan. 31,

1968, several weeks before King was assassinated, by Lillie Hunter, bookkeeper for the SCLC and secretary to Ralph Abernathy.

Other items include King’s handwritten notes for a 1959 speech to inform his congregation that he would be leaving Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Alabama, where he served as pastor in the 1950s and was involved in the Montgomery bus boycott.

In the notecards, King said he was doing the work of five men by travelling for speeches, leading the church and the Montgomery Improvement Association and doing “endless work’’ with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King later moved to Atlanta where he became co-pastor of

Ebenezer Baptist Church and continued his work with the SCLC and the struggle for equality.

Also for sale is a 1957 Alabama Department of Public Safety list of people and churches considered vulnerable to attacks. King is No. 1 on the list; Ballou is No. 21.

In 2011, King’s estate sued the secretary’s son, Howard Ballou, in a bid to take possession of the items, but the courts ruled against the estate.

Maude Ballou, who has a business degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was work-

ing for a radio station when King asked her to be his secretary. Her husband, the late Leonard Ballou, was a friend and fraternity brother of King.

After working for King, Maude and Leonard Ballou moved on to what is now Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, where Leonard Ballou was an archivist. He apparently stored some of the material in the university’s basement, unbeknownst to anyone, until it was discovered in 2007 and returned to the Ballou family.

“I don’t like to get rid of

anything. I like to keep it. But I know we must share. If it’s going to help, we have to share it,’’ Maude Ballou said.

Some keepsakes are staying with the family, including a copy of King’s book, “Stride Toward Freedom’’ with a handwritten note on the inner cover, “To my secretary Maude Ballou.’’

“In appreciation for your good will, your devotion to your work, and your willingness to sacrifice beyond the call of duty in assisting me to achieve the ideals of freedom and human dignity for our people, (signed) Martin.’’

Archeologists in Brazil find 300-year-old toothbrush thought to be emperor’s ASSOCIATED PRESS

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — An ivory toothbrush thought to have belonged to Brazil’s Emperor Pedro II and a minty toothpaste made by a European chemist for the Portuguese queen are among more than 200,000 pieces dating from the 17th through 19th centuries that archeologists have unearthed from a site in Rio de Janeiro being used for an extension the city’s subway lines.

A team of more than two dozen archeologists,

historians and others began excavating the plot in northern Rio last March.

The plot, once the site of a slaughterhouse, is near the former imperial palace and thought to have once been used as a landfill by the imperial family and others.

The area, now a construction site for Rio’s massive subway expansion projects, has not only yielded an impressive number of objects but also pieces in remarkably good condition.

The ivory toothbrush thought to have belonged to Dom Pedro II, who ruled over Brazil from 1831-1889, has turned brown with age.

Its boar bristles are long gone, but the inscription remains legible: “His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil.’’

A round white porcelain pot emblazoned with “to the Queen of Portugal Maria of Saboia’’ is thought to have contained mint-flavoured tooth paste made specially for the queen by a chemist with offices in London and Paris.

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French Senate votes to ban child beauty pageants Angel a Charlton Associated Press

PARIS — France’s Senate has voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16, in an effort to protect girls from being sexualized too early.

Anyone who enters a child into such a contest would face up to two years in prison and 30,000 euros in fines. A pageant organizer lamented that the move was so severe.

The Senate approved the measure 197-146 overnight, as an amendment to a law on women’s rights. The legislation must go to the lower house of parliament for further debate and another vote.

Such beauty pageants, involving girls of all ages often heavily made up and dressed up, regularly elicit public debate in France and elsewhere. While such pageants are not as common in France as in the United States, girls get the message early on here that they are sexual beings, from advertising and marketing campaigns — and even from department stores that sell lingerie for girls as young as 6.

“The foundations of equal rights are threatened by the hyper-sexualization that touches children ... be-

tween 6 and 12 years old,’’ said conservative lawmaker Chantal Jouanno, who authored the amendment.

“At this age, you need to concentrate on acquiring knowledge. Yet with mini-Miss competitions and other demonstrations, we are fixing the projectors on their physical appearance. I have a hard time seeing how these competitions are in the greater interest of the child.’’

She noted the amendment is primarily focused on protecting girls. “When I asked an organizer why there were no mini-boy contests, I heard him respond that boys would not lower themselves like that.’’

The amendment’s language is brief but sweeping: “Organizing beauty competitions for children under 16 is banned.’’ It doesn’t specify what kind of competitions would be covered, including whether it would extend to online photo competitions or pretty baby contests.

It would apply to parents or others who enter children in such contests — but also anyone “who encourages or tolerates children’s access to these competitions.’’

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This undated photo provided by the Mini Miss committee shows Oceane Scharre, 10, elected Mini Miss France 2011, left, and Miss France 2011 Mathilde Florin.

The amendment says it’s aimed at protecting children from danger and being prematurely forced into

roles of seduction that harm their development.

Michel Le Parmentier, who says

he has been organizing “miniMiss’’ pageants in France since 1989, said he’s disappointed that the draft law involves an overall ban. He said that he has been in discussions with legislators about regulating such pageants but wasn’t expecting such sweeping language.

The senators debated whether to come up with a softer measure limiting such pageants, but in the end decided on an overall ban.

The Socialist government’s equal rights minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, suggested Wednesday that the Socialists may push for a compromise measure when the bill goes to the lower house of Parliament in the coming weeks.

Some pageants make an effort to de-sexualize the competitions. One recent pageant in the Paris region specifically banned makeup, swimsuits, high heels or anything inappropriate for the child’s age.

In the same debate, the Senate rejected an amendment that would have restricted the use of models under age 16 to modeling for products or services destined for children.

Judge rules in favour of parents who want to name their baby ‘Messiah’ Tr avis Loller Associated Press

NEWPORT, Tenn. — A woman will be allowed to name her eight-month-old son “Messiah,’’ a judge ruled Wednesday, overturning an order from another judge who said the boy’s name should be changed to Martin because “’Messiah’ is a title that is held only by Jesus Christ.’’

Jaleesa Martin said she couldn’t believe it when child support magistrate Lu Ann Ballew last month ordered Martin’s 8-month-old son’s name changed during a paternity hearing.

The parents were disputing the baby’s surname, with Martin hoping to keep the name she had given him — Messiah Deshawn Martin — and father Jawaan McCullough wanting the baby to bear his last name.

Ballew surprised both parents by ordering that the baby’s name change to Martin Deshawn McCullough, saying that the name Messiah was not in the baby’s best interest.

Mark Wahlberg in The Happening (2008).

After dropping out in 9th grade, actor Mark Wahlberg graduates HEIDI WIGDAHL / AP FILE PHOTO

Martin DeShawn McCullough can be named Messiah, a judge has ruled, overturning an earlier decision.

Her written order stated that “’Messiah’ is a title that is held only

by Jesus Christ,’’ and “Labeling this child ‘Messiah’ places an undue burden on him that as a human being, he cannot fulfil.’’

She also said that the name would likely offend many residents of Cocke County, with its large Christian population.

That decision quickly made international news, and the Wisconsin-based Freedom

from Religion Foundation filed a complaint against Ballew with the state’s Board of Judicial Conduct.

The board has not yet made any public ruling on the complaint.

At an appeal hearing in Cocke County Chancery Court on Wednesday, Chancellor Telford E. Forgety overturned Ballew’s decision, finding that she acted unconstitutionally.

Forgety said that

there is no basis in the law for changing a child’s first name where both parents are in agreement about it.

He also said that Ballew’s decision violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which mandates the separation of church and state.

By agreement of the parents, Forgety ordered the child’s name to be changed to Messiah Deshawn McCullough.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — Mark Wahlberg is now a high school graduate — 25 years after dropping out of a Boston high school.

The 42-year-old actor-producer finished his diploma requirements after taking classes online. He dropped out of Copley Square High School, now known as Snowden International School at Copley, in the 9th grade.

The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that Wahlberg wrote of the strug-

gles he faced growing up surrounded by “drugs, violence and crime’’ in a column in The Huffington Post on Monday.

In the column he says he’s been taking classes and studying while on movie sets, travelling and at home.

In June 2012, Wahlberg announced he was going back to school with the help of Snowden headmaster Kerry Torndorf who enrolled Wahlberg in his school’s Accelerated Learning Academy.

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We put up with her at all functions that include the kids -- school sports, birthdays and things like that. But now she insists on inviting herself to functions with my boyfriend’s extended family.

When is it appropriate to tell her, “Stop inviting yourself. You are divorced from this family”? After all, my boyfriend is never invited to her family functions. Neither of us wants her at these events, but my boyfriend is afraid that if he says anything to her, it will hurt the kids.

I am so tired of all her involvement. How can we bond with his family as a couple if she’s always there? I’m having a hard time with this. I think he needs to tell her to knock it off. They are divorced. That means they are no longer a couple. She has her own boyfriend, by the way, although she doesn’t do much with him. -- B.H. Dear B.H.: We caution you not to make demands on your boyfriend, because it puts you between him and his children, which is not a good place to be. Instead, discuss the situation calmly. If he is determined to allow his ex to attend family functions (and his family doesn’t throw her out), let it be. At some point, those children will be out of the house, and he will worry less about how this affects them. Your decision is how long you are willing to graciously tolerate this situation.

Dear Annie: Please explain the difference between a woman who is the victim of verbal abuse and one whose behavior is so annoying that her husband can’t help criticizing her.

My husband has been yelling at me and putting me down for 50 years, but when he’s not angry, he can be quite loving. He says the proof that his bad moods are my fault is that he isn’t angry when I’m not around. I tell him that my friends and family never pick on me, and he says that’s because they’re as nutty as I am.

I’ve always believed I could control the way my husband treats me if I just tried harder, but as soon as I open my mouth, he’s on my case. If I remain silent, he accuses me of pouting. I feel as if I can’t win, no matter what I do. I want to change, but don’t know how. -- Tired of Being the Whipping Girl Dear Tired: The signs of verbal abuse include: a spouse who calls you names; who is critical, sarcastic or mocking in an effort to humiliate or embarrass you; who yells or swears at you; who uses threats to intimidate you; who blames you for his behavior; who dismisses your feelings. From your letter, we easily see three or four of those signs.

We don’t know what you want to do about this after 50 years, but we strongly recommend counseling -- for you, if not for both of you together. You’ve put up with this abuse much too long.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “N.D. Rose,” the 73-year-old who thought learning new computer skills was too difficult. Next month, I will be 89 years old, and if I didn’t have my computer, I’d be lost. There is only so much knitting one can do.

I use email, place online orders, do most of my banking and bill paying, watch some streaming programs, plus spend a few minutes a day on Facebook keeping in touch with friends from as far back as grade school.

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FUNERAL NOTICE RONALD WESTY BENSON 07/21/1936 - 09/17/2013 Service to be held Monday September 23rd Cranbrook Alliance Church 1200-Kootenay Street N at 2:00pm Full obituary will appear in Friday’s Townsman

Grand Forks Division IMMEDIATE OPENING Certified Planer Technician/Millwright International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is a leading global supplier, with one of the most diverse lines of lumber products in the world. The company has operations across North America and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com.

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Frances passed away peacefully on September 15th, 2013 at the Kimberley Special Care Home (The Pines) with her family by her side.

Frances was born on December 10, 1932 in Brandon, Manitoba to Einar and Betty Flak (predeceased).

Frances moved to Springbrook, BC were she met her true love Donald West. They were married March 14, 1953 and spent 60 happy years together in Wasa, BC. Soon after their family started to grow with the birth of their four children, Robert, Chuck, Margaret (Harvey) and Patty.

Frances is predeceased by her sisters, Anna, Jean, and Viola, brother, Edwin, bother-in-laws Bud and Harold and sister-in-law Beth.

Frances will be deeply missed by her loving husband, children, grandchildren, Barry (Stacey), Mike (Robyn), Bobbi-Jo (Del), and Duane, her Great-Grandchildren, Shawn, Victoria, Shybecka, Kylie, Nasland, Logan, Alyssa, Felicity, Kane and Fayth and her sisters Dorthy (Dave) and Edye, and sister-in-law Margaret (Joe) along with numerous nieces, nephews and special friends.

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Falkins Insurance Group is a community minded local company with 11 locations across the East & West Kootenay. Falkins provides competitive wages, comprehensive group Eene¿ts coverage, paid work related Education courses, in a team oriented work environment based on utilizing the natural talents of our staff members. Founded in 1897, we currently employ over 100 insurance professionals and continue to grow with the following career opportunity available in Cranbrook:

BAKER STREET OFFICE PART-TIME CLAIMS ASSISTANT Falkins Insurance Group¶s Cranbrook %aker 6treet of¿ce has an opening for a Claims Assistant. This position is a permanent/part time position with the opportunity for increased responsibility for the right candidate. Hours of work will be 9:00 to 5:00pm, 3 days/week, preferably Monday, Wednesday & Friday. (21 hours/week) Potential responsibilities include (but are not limited to) • Assisting two staff adjusters with clerical work • Initial contact for incoming claim reporting from our staff and occasionally from clients • 6etting up paper ¿les as well as populating our computer system • Sending out claim payments • Managing adjusters diary system • Some contact with our Insurance companies for information and reporting claims Key Attributes of successful candidate: Excellent communicator using phone, e mail and letters. Excellent organizational skills. Ability to work independently.

Above average computer skills and familiarity with Word and Excel.

Insurance licence is not necessary.

Closing Date: September 25, 2013 for all applications.

The family would like to sincerley thank all the staff at The Pines for their loving care and help.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for interview will be contacted. Please send resume and cover letter to:

There will be no service as per Frances’ request, but a Celebration of her life will be held on September 21, 2013 from 1:00pm -5:00pm at the home of Donald West, 6604 Dogwood Rd, Wasa, BC.

Janet John, CAIB CIP Human Resources Manager 907 Baker Street, Cranbrook, BC V1C 1A4 jjohn@falkins.com www.falkins.com

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Fri, Sept 20, 5pm-dusk, Sat, Sept 21, 9am-2pm, 334 1st Ave S, oldest moved out, twin loft bed, lego, electronics, books for young & old, sporting goods & household items.

HUGE GARAGE Sale. 130013th St. S. Friday Sept.20, 3-7pm, and Saturday Sept.21, 9-4pm. Craft and cake decorating stuff (books, fountain, stairway, pillars, etc). 2speed car polisher, 2motorized inflatable Sea Doo water craftsone adult and one child size (never used). Too many items to mention. Something for everyone.

Mega Garage Sale. Probably Cranbrookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest garage sale of the year. Hundreds of items. Things for the garden, patio, shop & kitchen. Huge selection of hardcover books.

Christmas decorations, furniture, linen, electronics & lots of other things. No fixed prices.

4100 45th St S, 9am-4pm, Saturday, September 21 Moving Sale, Sat & Sun, Sept 21 & 22, 9am-4pm, 3320 5th St S., woodworking & shop equipment, yard equipment, motorbike, brand new utility trailer, John Deere 54â&#x20AC;? ride on lawnmower hardly used, dining room set, household, air purifiers, baby stuff, Industrial meat slicers, central vac, large brand new office desk, etc.

MOVING SALE Saturday Sept 21.

8:00am to 1:00pm. Household items, furniture, outdoor garden items, tools and much much more. Please no early birds! 1924-12 St S, in the back.

MOVING SALE. Something for everyone! Furniture, tools, household, 7hp Toro Snowblower, $300. Friday Sept.20, 12-6pm, Saturday Sept.21, 812pm. 1645 6 Ave. S. Sat, Sept 21, 10am-5pm, #30 12th Ave S, Cranbrook Sat, Sept 21, 9am-3pm, 318 12th Ave S, sports equip, household, etc.

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MULTI-FAMILY garage sale.

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Saturday, Sept. 21.

9am to 4pm.

No early birds.

MULTI FAMILY Gigantic Fundraising Garage Sale.

Saturday Sept 21st 9:00am to 12:00 noon 1609- Mt. Pyramid Cres.

Sponsored by Kimberley/Cranbrook Highland Dance Association.

Support you local Highland Dancer.

Sat Sept 21, 9-3, 1600 Caldwell Rd, 3 family sale, tall patio set, lots of misc items, exercise machine, offers accepted, inside doors.

Sat Sept 21, 9-3, 901 24th Ave N., household goods, xmas stuff, craft dolls, tools, kitchen set of table & chairs.

Sat, Sept 21, 9am-?, 510 11th St S, washer & dryer, boat winch, 2 porta pottis, lots of Avon, etc.

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Fire is Sandy’s latest damage to crisis-weary Jersey shore Wayne Parry Associated Press

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Superstorm Sandy still isn’t done with the Jersey shore — investigators are blaming the storm for damaging electrical wiring that touched off last week’s devastating boardwalk fire in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights.

And they also said similar danger could be lurking elsewhere underneath other boardwalks, businesses or homes that were exposed to flood waters from the Oct. 29 storm.

“I’m sure on every boardwalk everywhere (at the Jersey shore), there may be compromised wiring,’’ said Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato.

“We don’t want to start a panic mode; we just want to be reasonable. If you’re a property owner and you think your electrical work came in contact with water and sand, we strongly recommend you have it inspected.’’

Gov. Chris Christie’s administration decided

AP Photo/The Asbury Park Press, Bob Bielk

This aerial photo shows the aftermath of a fire that burned a large portion of the Seaside Park boardwalk, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, in Seaside Park, N.J. the state will use Sandy-recovery money to pay for debris removal.

He also pledged $15 million in Sandy money to help rebuild the burned businesses.

Christie said Tuesday the state will let businesses affected by the fire postpone filing sales and use tax returns that were due this month until Oct. 21 to help them recover.

The boardwalk fire

began accidentally Thursday in aged wiring that had been compromised by salt water and sand during the Oct. 29 storm, federal and county investigators said. The wind-whipped blaze destroyed more than 50 businesses in the two towns.

Seaside Heights Mayor William Akers, reached after the briefing, said there is no issue with potentially

compromised wiring on the surviving sections of the boardwalk.

“We did a total rebuild. All 16 blocks got all new wiring,’’ he said.

In Point Pleasant Beach, one of the approximately half-dozen Sandy-ravaged towns where businesses with electrical connections are located on the boardwalk, Mayor Vincent Barrella said streetlight wiring is all new in

a section of the boardwalk that was rebuilt last winter.

But he said about half the boardwalk, including sections in front of businesses, still needs to be redone this winter.

After the prosecutor issued his warning, Barrella said he instructed borough officials to work with the local electric company and identify any wiring that might need to be replaced as part of the upcoming work.

Flood-damaged wiring caused fires in several houses in Sandy-damaged communities once power was turned back on last November. Many homeowners had to replace their electrical wiring and main electrical boxes before moving back in.

Investigators said last week’s fire began in wiring that dated to the 1970s, and was located under a Kohr’s frozen custard stand and the Biscayne Candies shop last Thursday afternoon.

Jessica Gotthold, an agent with the Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said investigators located wires under the boardwalk that somehow came in contact with each other, causing an electrical arc that is believed to have started the fire. Coronato said those wires had been exposed to the storm surge and grating sand action of the storm, which compromised them.

But as far as why the wires contacted each other, he said, “we will never know.’’

The prosecutor said the investigation ruled out all other possible causes of the fire, including careless smoking or a deliberate act of arson. The wiring was inaccessible to the public, he noted.

Authorities even pulled financial records of the businesses involved in the blaze to make sure no one had a financial motive to start a fire.

“We left no stone unturned,’’ he said. “This was not a suspicious fire.’’

Timothy Leary’s files available at NY Public Library ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A trove of Timothy Leary files, much of it previously unpublished, could shed new light on the LSD guru, his controversial research into psychedelic drugs and the emergence of the 1960s counterculture.

The New York Public Library, which acquired the vast archive for an undisclosed sum from the Leary estate in 2011, is making the material available for the first time Wednesday to scholars and the public.

The archive “is the missing link in every attempt to piece together an account of research into Timothy Leary and the emergence of scientific research into psychedelic drugs and popular drug counterculture,’’ said Denis Berry, a trustee for the Leary estate.

Leary, who coined the phrase “turn on, tune in, drop out,’’ was one of the most polarizing figures of the counterculture. He advocated the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs including LSD and psy-

Among the highlights is a 1975 letter Leary wrote from prison to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’’ author

Ken Kesey in which he says, “I think the time has come for me to go public about what I’ve been doing and learn-

ing.’’

For now, the library has no plans to make the archive available online.

Woman in central China survives 16 days in well ASSOCIATED PRESS

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In this 1950s photo, Timothy Leary gives a lecture on his first book, “Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality.” chedelic mushrooms.

Allen Ginsberg, Abbie Hoffman, Jack Kerouac, Aldous Huxley and other noted figures frequently visited Millbrook Estate in upstate New York where Leary continued to conduct his psychedelic experiments after being fired as a psychology lecturer at Harvard University.

He spent several years in prison and lived in exile for several years in the 1970s. He died in 1996.

The files “will force a

reworking of the current narratives on Leary, his role in LSD research’’ and the counterculture, Berry said.

The archive contains drug session reports, completed questionnaires and letters relating to the various organizations Leary formed to continue his drug research after Harvard, including the International Federation for Internal Freedom, Castalia Foundation and the League for Spiritual Discovery.

BEIJING — A woman stranded for 16 days in an abandoned well in central China said Wednesday that she shouted for help every day and began to lose hope, but that she managed to survive on raw corn and rainwater.

Su Qixiu, 48, was gathering herbs when she fell into the 4-metre-deep (13-foot-deep) well in a village in Henan province on Sept. 1. Her husband and children unsuccessfully searched for her, but she was finally found Monday by a passer-by, state media reported.

“I shouted every day in those 16 days. And spoke a lot of nonsense.

I was scared and felt hopeless,’’ said Su, who was speaking slowly and weakly in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from her hospital bed.

Su said she lost around 15 kilograms during her ordeal and now

weighed around 40-45 kilograms.

She said she was walking past a cornfield but couldn’t see the road clearly and fell into the well.

“I ate some corn. It rained and I drank some rain, but not much,’’ she said.

Su said she didn’t remember being discovered, only a firefighter pulling her up from the bottom of the well.

Her two daughters and one son raced home from Shanghai, where they work, when they heard their mother had gone missing, and were still with her, Su said.

Henan Satellite TV broadcast images Wednesday of Su in the hospital. Her doctor, Ran Xiansuo, said that Su at first was unable to speak and had organ failure, but that her condition had stabilized.

Su said the doctor told her she needed to stay in the hospital for a few more days, but that she was feeling gradually better.

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The sweet smell of saffron Walk through the exotic land of Morocco with Diane Manson at Mountain City Travel

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Morocco spans from the Atlantic Ocean reaching to the Mediterranean Sea. In between, the landscape is diverse. The Atlas Mountain range — running along the north west of the country — is home to Berbers, the indigenous people of North Africa. The friendly Berbers have an agricultural lifestyle, keeping sheep, goats, growing mint, alfalfa, vegetables and fruit.

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Shopping in Morocco is a unique and exciting experience. Exploring a medina (a walled city with maze-like streets) in Marrakech, Fès and Ouarzazate is unlike any North American shopping mall visit. A shopping trip involves visiting an old medina, and souks (markets) within them where you’ll find treasures of clothing, fabrics, shoes, food, carpets, jewelry, ancient embroideries, basket work, and pottery.

The sweet smell of saffron will infuse your senses and whet your appetite. Moroccan cuisine is a mix of Berber-Moorish, European and Arab influences. Mint, olives, oranges, and lemons are plentiful and locally grown. You’re likely not tire of Atai – the sweet, green mint tea served during meals and throughout the day as a gesture of hospitality.

Moroccan customs include taking off your shoes when entering a house, and eating with the right hand. Refusing tea is considered an insult. Don’t be disappointed if you are refused entry into a mosque — only Muslims have access to mosques.

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