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IN COURT
Re-trial could be heard outside Cranbrook
Cheyenne Learn will have a new trial for murder but an application next month will decide where the trial will take place SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
It will be another month before the court decides whether Cheyenne Learn will have a re-trial in Cranbrook or a larger urban centre. The Cranbrook man has been granted a re-trial on a charge of murder after his 2009 conviction was overturned. In Cranbrook Supreme Court on Mon-
day, September 23, defense counsel Brent Bagnall said he wishes to put forward a change of venue application for the re-trial. He has previously said in court that publicity of the case during the original trial and since Learn’s successful appeal mean he feels the re-trial should not be heard in Cranbrook.
Cranbrook’s Jennifer Depippo sets her sights on Team Canada’s Paralympic Swim Team BARRY COULTER
See LEARN , Page 3
Manslaughter trial set for January Brian Panebianco will have a trial in Cranbrook Supreme Court over charges related to the Invermere death of Cory Jarock SALLY MACDONALD
A trial by judge and jury will be held in Cranbrook next January for a man charged in connection with the April 2012 death of Cory Jarock in Invermere. Charged with manslaughter, Brian Panebi-
anco will have a trial in Cranbrook Supreme Court from Jan. 14 to 24, 2014. The trial date was set in Cranbrook Supreme Court by Justice Terence Schultes on Monday, September 23.
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A Cranbrook woman is using the obstacles she has faced in her life to take her to the highest levels of athleticism. Jennifer Depippo has her sights set on the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, 2016, competing in the pool for Team Canada. “I have a real interest in sports and competing,” Depippo said. “I have this fire within me, so much power that I want to express.” Depippo, now 26, was involved in a car accident when she was not yet eight years old. The accident left her with a brain injury, resulting in ataxia, a condition affecting balance and motor coordination. “To be considered for the Paralympics, one must have a disability of some sort,” Depippo said. “And that’s my disability, even though it’s not visible.”
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Depippo sets sights on Paralympics Continued from page 1 Depippo’s first step towards her Paralympic goal is the qualifier, which will be the Parapan American Games, held in Toronto, August 7-14, 2015. The Parapan American Games is a multi-sport event held every four years after every Pan American Games for athletes with physical disabilities. The Parapan and the Pan Am Games are held in the year before the Summer Olympics/ Paralympics — which in 2016 will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “You have to contact someone from the Paralympic committee and tell them you want to try out for the team,” Depippo said. “Then they find a club for you to join and the coaches there — it’s basically a network.” Depippo has been working with personal trainer Laurie Dickson, operator of Aspire 2B fit, and David Chisholm, a local accredited swimming coach. “I know I can do it,” she said. “I’ve been getting amazing support from Laurie and Dave.” Dickson spoke of the incredible progress Depippo has made and is making, in a relatively short time. “I started training her about six weeks ago, and right away I noticed her passion and determination, and her drive,” Dickson said. “Her passion comes from overcoming a lot of obstacles, both emotional and physical.
She’s very strong-willed, very strong physically. I believe that without the passion, physical strength is null and void. “When I went and watched her swim, I was impressed.” Dickson has been
“When I’m swimming, the water is an escape from all my anxieties and depressions. The water calms me down and makes me focus 100 per cent on what I’m doing.” Jennifer Depippo timing her lengths of the pool — Depippo is cruising at about 55 seconds a length. “To qualify we need 49 seconds a length, maximum,” Dickson said. “Under 40 seconds is optimal.” Dickson has created a diet for Depippo’s fuel sources, and is helping Depippo with a weight training and cardio regimen. And of course, Depippo is swimming, seven days a week. “I believe, as an athlete myself, you have to have a long-term goal,” Dickson said. “Then you pick the short terms and how you get there. Without getting there, you can’t reach that long term goal.
That’s where my position comes in, as her trainer, because I push her hard. She’s had a very short time frame in her swimming right now, but she’s come a long way in that time frame. Her lung capacity has doubled.” Depippo took swimming lessons when she was a child, but after her accident never really took to lap swimming until just recently. But when she rediscovered the water, she found it to be her friend. “When I’m swimming, the water is an escape from all my anxieties and depressions,” she said. “The water calms me down and makes me focus 100 per cent on what I’m doing.” But she is also fired up by the spirit of competition. “When you talk about any Olympics, the people are good,” she said. “They strive for excellence, and that’s what I’m striving for. But I know this — I’m putting in the amount of work I’m putting in because I know that I will bring home a gold medal.” Depippo has just completed writing a book about her accident, her rehabilitation, and her viewpoint of the world through the lens of these experiences. She has found a publisher for her autobiography — Bennett R. Coles of Promontory Press.
Courtesy Laurie Dickson
Jennifer Depippo of Cranbrook is seeking a spot on Team Canada’s Paralympic Swim Team. “Another reason I want to compete is to prove to all the people who’ve bullied me, laughed at me and isolated me in the past what I can do and what I have become. But ultimately it’s also to prove to myself that I can do it, and I know I can. I would like people to recognize me as being a fighter, and an athlete.” Dickson said Depippo would also love to represent a sponsor, or sponsors, from here in Cranbrook. If you’re interested in sponsoring Jennifer Depippo in her quest for Paralympic Gold, email depippojennifer@ gmail.com.
Learn trial could be heard elsewhere Continued from page 1
The application to move the trial is likely to take a day in court and has been tentatively scheduled for the week of Monday, Oct. 21. Cheyenne Learn was convicted
in 2009 of second degree murder in the December 2007 shooting death of Tammy Ellis. In May, the B.C. Court of Appeal threw out that conviction and ordered a new trial for Learn, who was sentenced to life in prison
with no hope of parole for 16 years. Appeal Court Justice Ian Donald said the trial judge misdirected jurors before their verdict by talking about the necessary intent required to convict someone of murder.
Supreme Court will hear Panebianco trial Continued from page 1
Panebianco is out on bail awaiting the trial and did not appear in person for the brief court hearing Monday.
He has been charged with manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death, robbery, and assault causing bodily harm. Cory Jarock was found de-
ceased on the driveway of a home in the Tunnacliffe Heights neighbourhood of Invermere on April 3, 2012.
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Local photographer seeing the world
Joel Robison will visit 89 countries in the next nine months as an official photographer on the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour S a l ly M ac D o n a l d Townsman Staff
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Cranbrook photographer has landed the job of a lifetime. Joel Robison is travelling the world as the lead photographer for the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour. Hired by event sponsor Coca-Cola, Robison will spend the next nine months visiting 89 countries with the trophy. “The whole idea behind this tour is to unite the world around the sport (of soccer). The campaign is called The World’s Cup and it’s designed to give the opportunity for anyone, regardless of age, gender, ability, wealth or any other factor, the chance to see the cup, and to feel like a part of the World Cup experience,” said Robison. Robison began his career as a photogra-
pher as a hobby, taking self-portraits around Cranbrook and altering them in Photoshop to create evocative digital images with fairytale scenes. Despite a rapidly growing fan base, Robison’s photography was done part-time around his job working with special needs children at Mount Baker Secondary. Three years ago, some of his conceptual pieces posted to photo sharing website Flickr caught the eye of Coca-Cola. “I had used some Coca-Cola bottles in a few of the photos and one day got a message from someone at Coke that wanted to know if I’d be interested in letting them share my photos on their Twitter account,” Robison recalled. “Of course I agreed and I was very excited to know that
they enjoyed my work enough to share it.” But the association didn’t end there. A few weeks later, Coca-Cola got back in contact with Robison and offered him a position as a moderator and content creator for the company’s Flickr page. “This position allowed me to use some of the company’s positive themes to create content and to motivate other fans of Coca-Cola to create their own imagery,” he said. No sooner had that role ended in March, than Coca-Cola approached Robison with a very exciting offer: they wanted him to be an official photographer and blogger for the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour. So, on September 9, Robison packed his bags and left for Brazil, where the trophy tour began just days later.
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Joel Robison snapped this shot in Brazil of David, a young soccer player who got to see the World Cup Trophy in person as the tour launched. Since then, Robison has been hopping around the Pacific Ocean, from Tahiti to Vanuatu to Fiji. During the tour, Robison will visit almost every continent, including more than 20 Caribbean islands, 12 Asian countries, and 16
stops in Europe. “India is also a stop that I’m very excited to be visiting. I’ve always loved the culture and wanted to visit one day so I’m happy to get the chance. I haven’t done much international travel thus far but I think this a great way to
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get started,” said Robison. He hopes to continue his own artwork during the tour as time permits. “I am working on two projects while travelling. One is a bit of a secret that I’ll be announcing once the trip is over and one is a personal project. I’m trying to take a conceptual or fine art photo in each of the countries that we are visiting. It might be a bit challenging to do this in some places where we are only staying a day but I’m up to the challenge,” he said. Robison said that the support he has always received in Cranbrook has buoyed him along in his career. “I think for me the opportunity to grow and feel supported within the community has helped me to really challenge myself and to push myself to try for bigger and better things. I’m always looking for a new challenge or a new adventure and I think that Cranbrook is a great community filled with very supporting and encouraging people that really want to see other people succeed and do well,” he said. Coca-Cola’s approach to marketing
meshes well with Robison’s approach to art, he went on. “The company really believes in sharing happiness and sharing positivity with other people and I think that my own personal motto and view on my work is quite similar. I want to share my own passion with other people and I think that’s what Coca-Cola saw in me,” said Robison. He is not yet a soccer fan but he is learning quickly, starting with calling the sport “football” instead. Still, the trophy tour will not only celebrate the sport, but its unifying ability around the world, according to Robison. “I think that the unifying factor that I’m going to capture is that this trophy and this experience is something that ignites a feeling of happiness and passion within millions of people around the world. Cultures that may never interact or may have tense conflict with each other, can unite over this sport and this trophy and they can be a part of a truly world changing tour,” he said. You can follow Joel Robison’s world travels on Twitter @TrophyTour or on Facebook at FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola.
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Local NEWS Elk kill on Kimberley trail sparks grizzly warning
Residents asked to stay off trails to give bear time to move on CAROLYN GRANT Daily Bulletin
Another grizzly is lurking around the edges of Kimberley, this time in the Lois Creek Trails area. On Saturday, Sept. 21, a jogger reported seeing an elk kill. The kill site was within the Lois Creek Trails area, a spot that sees a high volume
of mountain bike/hiking traffic. Townsite resident and City Councillor Darryl Oakley called conservation officers, realizing that there was likely a bear around the kill. He led CO Jeff Scott into the area of Florence’s Gully Saturday afternoon. “We didn’t know exactly
where the kill was but had a pretty good idea, after receiving information earlier on Saturday morning,” said Oakley. “Just as we approached the kill, there was a movement that I just caught out of the corner of my eye. There was a grizzly lying on top of the elk.” The kill site was only a few
metres off the trail at the north end of Florence’s Gully. “As Jeff approached the kill site, the grizzly immediately retreated into the heavy underbrush,” he said. ”Because the bear left the kill site, the CO then determined that it would be possible to remove the partially buried elk carcass from the Lois Creek Trails. Completely re-
moving the food source would then encourage the grizzly to move on.” Both men backed out of the kill site, Oakley says, and called another CO — Ray Gilewicz — to assist. After doing some chainsaw work clearing the Florence’s Gully trail, the two COs managed to access the elk carcass with their quad. The cow elk was partially
consumed and partially buried, so required significant effort to remove. Oakley says the conservation officers are recommending people stay away from the Lois Creek Trails for at least five days — until at least Thursday — to allow time for the bear to clear the area. He said that the CO believes it was a young grizzly.
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munities across the Columbia Basin and Boundary region will be healthy, inclusive, and committed to literacy and learning as lifelong and life-wide activities. CBAL works closely with libraries, schools, colleges and other community partners in your community to offer a variety of paths to learning. Schools and colleges provide formal learning opportunities that follow a curriculum and result in formal recognition of learning by awarding diplomas or degrees. Both CBAL commu-
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espite efforts to keep the smart meter “controversy” alive by repeating imaginary health claims, the end is near. Energy Minister Bill Bennett has made what sounds like a final offer to holdouts. You want to keep your old mechanical meter, fill your boots. It’ll cost you an extra $35 a month, starting in December. If you insist on a “radio off” wireless meter, there will be a setup fee of $100 and a monthly fee of $20 to have someone collect the readings. These charges are to be reviewed by the B.C. Utilities Commission, the independent panel that smart meter opponents want to review BC Hydro’s whole smart grid project. As it happens, the BCUC recently did just that for an application by FortisBC to install wireless meters for its Okanagan and Kootenay customers. The meters were approved, and the findings are instructive. The BCUC report notes that it received “many” complaints about smart meter signals being added to existing radio frequency (RF) sources. Some used familiar scare rhetoric about “toxic microwave radiation” that’s promoted by people trying to make money by exploiting fear. One of the experts retained by FortisBC was Dr. Yakov Shkolnikov, an electrical
engineer with advanced degrees from Princeton and Cornell Universities. His testimony was not challenged by any of the lineup of opponents. A sample of his findings illustrates the absurdity of this whole discussion. Shkolnikov calculated that a cell phone in use generates radio signals that reach 10 per cent of the inBC VIEWS ternational safety code limit. A microwave oven generates Tom 2.3 per cent of the safe limit. Fletcher A cordless phone: 1.25 per cent. A wi-fi signal: 0.0045 per cent. A bank of smart meters, not separated by a wall, registers 0.0019 per cent. The natural background RF level is 0.013 per cent. Note the decimal place. The level in the middle of a wilderness is more than 10 times that received from a bank of meters. BCUC staff added, for comparison, the radio signal level emitted by a human body. It’s 0.018 per cent. What this means is your spouse snoring beside you is a stronger source of RF than a whole wall of smart meters. Experts put up by opponents didn’t fare so well. One was Jerry Flynn, a retired Canadian Forces officer from Kelowna who travels around taking readings, talking to elderly people about alleged hazards of meters, and making claims to the media about what he has called the single biggest
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threat to human health today. The BCUC found his military experience not “relevant,” and his evidence frequently “incorrect, exaggerated and/or unsubstantiated.” Then there was Curtis Bennett, who described himself as “chief science officer” for a company called Thermoguy. He spoke on behalf of West Kootenay Concerned Citizens. In a 2012 letter to the B.C. energy ministry, Bennett warned of the danger of smart meters triggering “molecular earthquakes.” The BCUC panel wrote: “While Mr. Bennett has an electrician’s knowledge of electrical systems, it is clear that he is unqualified to give expert opinion evidence on the health effects of RF, exposure standards for RF, engineering, physics or geological phenomena such as earthquakes.” Citizens for Safe Technology put up one Dr. Donald Maisch, who claimed to have experience with this issue in Australia. The panel noted that Maisch runs EMFacts Consultancy, and agreed with FortisBC’s argument that “Dr. Maisch’s consulting livelihood depends upon public fears and concerns about RF exposure.” Would you like this circus of quackery to be restaged over BC Hydro’s program, at your expense?
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com
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Letters to the Editor Grizzly saga The brevity of your article regarding the “Sad End to Grizzly Story” (Sept.18), left me with a few questions. The article stated that the trap was set “by the school.” Traps are baited with bear attractants, and of course no one would want to attract bears to a school ground, so why was a bear trap placed by a school of all places? I also wonder what “the bear was running around the ... school yard” means. Was the bear running in panic because its partner had been trapped? Or was the bear frolicking with the joy of a new day? I also remember in a previous article, the conservation officer said he would use rubber bullets to scare the bears away from town, and it seems to me that bears moving from the ski hill through Rotary Drive and Chapman Camp, eluding conservation officers until found in the area of Marysville school (the outer reaches of town) are indeed passing through and had almost made it out of town. However, real bullets were used. Are tranquilizer guns only available on National Geographic television programs? And lastly, I am capable of walking 20
kilometres back to town, so why wouldn’t a bear be relocated much further away than that? I am sure that no one knows the true limit of the bear’s territory. I am so saddened and discouraged by the outcome of our Grizzly Saga. Bears are usually in town for one brief month a year, filling up for a long winter’s nap. With a little care of our fruit, our garbage and our children, we can co-exist for that time. Bears I meet are not at all interested in me or my dog, and just keep going. According to a lay-out this paper showed us recently of advertising material the City of Kimberley plans to use for marketing purposes, the citizens of this town value living in the great outdoors. Well, the great outdoors includes animals, and yet most bears who dare set a paw in our town would say that the true motto of Kimberley is “The Only Good Bear is a Dead Bear.” Gayle Smith Kimberley
Ongoing support The Canadian Cancer Society would
like to invite any Cranbrook residents who have stayed at the Southern Interior Rotary Lodge in Kelowna during their cancer treatment to a celebration to mark the cancer lodge’s 15th anniversary. Over the last 15 years, the lodge has welcomed countless Cranbrook residents who have stayed at the lodge while receiving their cancer treatment in Kelowna. Thanks to the generous support of donors from your community and others across B.C., the lodge has continued to provide compassionate support and a welcoming and caring environment for those going through a cancer journey. A celebration is taking place on Friday, October 11 at 2 p.m. to honour those who have stayed at the lodge and those who have contributed to its 15 years of history. If anyone from your community is interested in attending, we invite them to contact the Canadian Cancer Society at 1-800-663-2524 or frontdesk@bc.cancer. ca for more information. Sheila Dong Manager, Media Relations Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon Division
Shift in the Syrian civil war It was already looking likely that President Bashar al-Assad’s regime would survive — it has had the upper hand militarily in the Syrian civil war for at least six months now — but the events of the past two weeks have made it virtually certain. Syria has already complied with the two initial demands of the Russian-American deal concluded over Assad’s head last week. It has signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, and it has given a list of all Syria’s poison gas facilities and storage depots to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. That means that the United States cannot attack it for at least a year. President Barack Obama’s ability to order such an attack was already in doubt because of opposition in Congress. Now he could not bomb without endangering UN inspectors, who will be all over the regime-controlled parts of Syria by November to take control of the estimated thousand tonnes of chemical weapons. Syria has a year to destroy them all, and until and unless it fails to meet that deadline, bombing is out of the question. Even if there are delays, the United States will be uniquely ill-placed to use them as the pretext for an attack, as it is far behind schedule itself. In 1997 the US agreed to destroy the 31,000 tonnes of sarin, VX, mustard gas and other lethal gases that it owned within ten years. That’s thirty times as much as Syria has, but ten years should have been enough. It wasn’t. In 2007 Washington asked for five more years to get rid of all its poison gas, the maximum extension allowed under the Chemical Weapons Convention. It didn’t meet that deadline either, so last year it announced a new deadline:
2021. Given its own record, the US will find it hard to use Syrian delays as an excuse for resurrecting its bombing threats. The civil war will probably continue during the coming year, and possibly for a good deal longer. Assad’s troops have been winning back territory in the centre of the country, but they have yet to make much progress in the north, the south or the east. They lack the numbers to finish the job now, Gwynne but the tide is running in their direction. Dyer Close to a thousand separate rebel units are now operating in Syria, but there is no unified rebel army. The armed groups can be roughly divided into jihadists (many of them foreign) who want to create an Islamic caliphate in Syria, and more moderate groups who originally took up arms hoping to create a democratic Syria freed from the Baath Party’s tyranny. Most of the less radical groups want an Islamic republic too, but they are repelled by the extremism of the jihadists. They hoped that the West would destroy Assad’s forces and put them in power instead (while keeping the jihadists out), and they are now very angry at the United States for letting them down. But they are also deeply disappointed, for the realists among them can see no other way to win this fight. Many of these fighters would now be open to a regime offer of a ceasefire, an amnesty, and a gradual transition to a less corrupt and repressive political system, and the Baathist regime is likely to make such an offer soon (whether it means it or not). It would not neutralise the jihadists and restore peace to the country, but it might seduce enough of the other rebels to shift the military bal-
ance sharply in Assad’s favour. Much cruel fighting would remain to defeat the jihadists, but at least the country would emerge intact. Or the war may just go on and on, ending eventually in partition. But at least we have been spared the spectacle of the United States and its sidekicks attacking yet another Muslim country, only to realise in the end (as in the case of the imaginary “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq) that its excuse for doing so was false. The pretext this time was going to be Assad’s use of poison gas against his own people. But the timing was weird. (UN inspectors had just arrived in Damascus when nerve gas was fired at the rebel-held eastern suburbs). The target was pointless. (Why civilians, not rebel fighters?) And why would Assad use a weapon that might trigger Western bombing when he was already winning the war without it? Now the Russians are saying (off the record, so far) that the serial numbers of the rockets that delivered the nerve gas reveal that they did not belong to the Syrian army. They were made in Russia in 1967 and sold to Yemen, Egypt and Libya’s Colonel Gaddafy — who filled some of them with nerve gas. He had about a thousand tonnes of the stuff. A lot of Gaddafi’s arsenal went missing after he was overthrown two years ago, sold off by the victorious rebel militias. Some of the nerve gas-filled rockets could easily have ended up in Syria, in rebel hands, and the temptation to use them in order to trigger Western military intervention would have been hard to resist. If that is really the case, then President Obama should be even more grateful to Moscow for saving his bacon. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London
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UPCOMING 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 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 Cranbrook Kimberley Hospice Society invites persons interested in supporting Hospice activities but not visiting clients to an information meeting on Friends of Hospice at Frank’s restaurant at 7:30 pm on September 26, 2013. 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 Kimberley Nature Park Hike - Friendly Fungus Frenzy - Saturday, Oct. 5, A guided tour of fungi in the Horse Barn Valley. Meet at the Matthew Creek turnoff at 9:00 am to arrange rides. Join leader Bill Olmsted 427-3627 TAKE A KID MOUNTAIN BIKING DAY! This is a Fun, FREE, social family event put on by the Wild Horse Bike Club. For kids of all ages & abilities; striders to teens! Parents are encouraged to stay and ride with the group. Oct 5 - 2:00pm, Cranbrook Community Forest – College of the Rockies parking lot entrance ONGOING 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. “Loving Our Kids On Purpose” DVD Series by Danny Silk. Wednesdays 7-9pm Oct 16 to Nov 27. Location: House of Hope629 6th St. N.W. Cost: includes manual. Registration: www. ihopecranbrook.ca/loving-our-kids.html Info: 250-421-3784 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 East Kootenay Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (EKWEE) meet the first Monday of every month at the Heritage Inn, Dining Room Annex, 7:00PM. Join us for off the menu dinner 5:30 -7:00. Pay your own tab. Networking, share accomplishments, education. 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Kassian handed eight-game suspension for high stick on Oilers forward Sam Gagner NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks forward Zack Kassian for five regular-season games and the rest of the pre-season for a hit that broke the jaw of Edmonton forward Sam Gagner. Kassian collided with Gagner along the boards in the second period of the Oilers’ 5-2 home exhibition win over Vancouver on Saturday. Kassian’s stick struck Gagner’s face, knocking out several of the Edmonton forward’s teeth. “As he nears the boards Kassian comes to a spinning stop, recklessly swinging his stick and striking Gagner in the face and breaking his jaw,” said NHL director of player safety Brendan Shanahan. “While we accept Kassian’s assertion that he did not intend to strike Gagner in the face, he is however responsible for the consequences of swinging his stick in this instance. In summary, this was high sticking.” Kassian received a double-minor for high-sticking on the play. Gagner will miss the start of the regular season with the injury. The Oilers said he is out indefinitely. The NHL also suspended Canucks’ forward Dale Weise for Vancouver’s final three pre-season games for an illegal check to the head of Edmonton forward Taylor Hall in the same game. Weise’s incident occurred early in the first period. He was assessed a minor penalty on the play for illegal check to the head. “As Hall comes out of the corner with the puck Weise comes down and delivers a shoulder check directly to the head of Hall,” said Shanahan. “Weise does not hit Hall squarely through the body and the head is the main point of contact.” Canadian Press
Jones, Gustafsson get medical suspensions after gruelling bout in UFC 165
TORONTO - Light-heavyweight Jon (Bones) Jones and Sweden’s Alexander (The Mauler) Gustafsson have both been given minimum 60-day medical suspensions after their gruelling five-round fight at UFC 165 on the weekend. Both fighters were taken to hospital after Saturday night’s main event at the Air Canada Centre but were released by morning. Jones won by decision. Jones will also need a CT scan or MRI plus an X-ray before he can return to action, according to the Ontario Athletic Commission. Gustafsson is required to take a CT scan or MRI Interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao, who stopped Eddie Wineland in the co-main event, got a 14-day medical suspension. Wineland got 60 days plus a CT or MRI. Canadian Press
Patriots undefeated despite offensive growing pains FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots defence is off to a strong start while the offence has endured growing pains. It’s allowed just three touchdowns as the Patriots are 3-0 for the first time in six seasons. But the competition gets tougher when they visit the Atlanta Falcons and quarterback Matt Ryan on Sunday night. Ryan was sixth in the NFL in passer rating after Sunday’s games. None of the first three quarterbacks the Patriots faced is higher than 19th. Ten defensive starters are back from last season for New England. The only newcomer is tackle Tommy Kelly, who spent his other nine seasons with the Oakland Raiders and has fit in well. Associated Press
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GET THOSE HANDS UP: Members with the Cranbrook Eagles Boxing Club headed up to Edmonton this past weekend to compete in the Alberta Golden Gloves tournament. Dylan Clark won his match at 42 kg.by unanimous decision over Max Kemplin from Calgary. Phoenix Larsen lost his match at 46 kg. to Mason Crone from Edmonton by decision and Ashton Brock was uncontested at 87 kg. All three boxers entered in the novice division. Pictured above, left to right: Ashton Brock, Phoenix Larsen, Dylan Clark and Eagles Boxing Club coach Bill Watson.
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Sutter, McGill will reunite for WJC TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor
Two bench bosses were adversaries over the weekend to open the WHL season, however, they will be reunited at Christmas to coach one team. Brent Sutter and Ryan McGill, the head coaches of the Red Deer Rebels and the Kootenay Ice respectively, will team up along with Benoit Groulx of the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL to lead Team Canada at the World Junior championship in January in Sweden. It’s not the first time the two WHL coaches have worked together, as Sutter and McGill manned the bench in the NHL with the Calgary Flames a few years ago—the former as head coach and the latter as an assistant. However, after last year’s World Junior tournament, where Canada finished fourth and failed to medal for the first time since 1998, Hockey Canada’s
Program of Excellence was reorganized with a new scouting and management staff. Sutter, a two-time gold-medalist (2005, 2006) as head coach of Team Canada’s national junior squad, was unveiled as this year’s bench boss back in June. When Sutter learned he was tapped for the job, he knew exactly who he wanted beside him on the bench. “When Hockey Canada talked to me about being the head coach of the World Junior team,” Sutter said, “the two guys that I brought up to them was Ryan [McGill] and Benoit Groulx—the first two guys that I mentioned to Hockey Canada that I wanted to seriously consider—and I had their approval, and when I approached both of them, there was no hesitation with both of them saying yes.” With McGill and Groulx on board, Sutter adds that everyone will be working together to
build the best team possible. “I think we got a real good coaching staff,” Sutter said. “It’s not about who the head coach is, or anything like that, or who the assistant coaches are, it’s about the coaching staff, and that’s the way you have to treat tournaments like that.
“Everyone has to be very much involved and very much engaged in how things are done.” The three had a chance to get together and scout out Canada’s best U20 talent at a summer camp with practice sessions in Quebec before shifting to an exhibition tournament in Lake Placid, NY, in August. Team Canada beat
squads from Finland and Sweden, but fell 5-1 to Team USA to wrap up the event. Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart was one of 37 players on Canada’s roster, scoring twice in two games. The three coaches are busy running their respective CHL teams from now until the tournament kicks off in December, but Hockey Canada and head scout Ryan Jankowski are watching individual players in advance of the final selection camp in December. Once the final invites go out, it’s up to the players to prove themselves and earn their spots, Sutter added. “There’s always going to be some disappointed players, but the goal is to select the right hockey club, the right team, and that’s got to be our focus,” said Sutter, “and ultimately at the end of the day, you got to pick the team that gives yourself the best chance to succeed
and win. “There’s no easy decisions, but that’s the way you want it to be, you don’t want it to be easy decisions.” Last year, in Ufa, Russia, Team Canada fell 5-1 to the States in the semi final, and lost 6-5 to the Russians in the bronze medal game. The Americans went on to win the tournament with a 3-1 victory over the Swedes in the final. NOTES: Of the 37 players invited to to Team Canada’s summer camp, 24 are firstround NHL draft picks from 2012 and 2013. Nathan MacKinnon (first overall, 2013), Jonathan Drouin (second overall, 2013), Griffin Reinhart (fourth overall, 2012) and Morgan Rielly (fifth overall, 2012) were invited, but did not play in the exhibition tournament. There is a good chance they could end up in the NHL, which will likely prevent them from playing for the junior team.
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Dust settling after line brawl between Maple Leafs and Sabres Gregory Strong Canadian Press
TORONTO - It was an old-school scene that is a rarity in today’s NHL, a wild rock-’em, sock-’em melee that included a player leaving the bench to join the fray and even a goaltender fight. The pre-season scrap between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night brought back memories of hockey yesteryear, when players dropped the gloves first and thought about their actions later. The rumble was the main talking point when the Maple Leafs resumed training camp with a one-hour practice Monday at the MasterCard Centre. Tension rose a night earlier when Toronto’s Jamie Devane emerged victorious in a fight with Buffalo’s Corey Tropp. John Scott then dropped his gloves to tangle with Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel, who didn’t
engage and instead swung his stick at the Buffalo enforcer’s ankles to fend him off. The Maple Leafs quickly moved in to protect their teammate - including David Clarkson off the bench - and the melee was on. A mildly interesting pre-season game suddenly had hockey fans circling Nov. 15 on their calendars for when the Atlantic Division rivals next meet. Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle said he erred by putting Kessel on the ice after the Devane-Tropp fight. “Obviously I made a mistake but I never believed in my wildest dreams that the attack would come directed at that type of player from the opposition,” Carlyle said. “But I was wrong.” Scott is a mountain of a man at six foot eight and 270 pounds. It didn’t take long for the Maple Leafs to move in and prevent their sniper from feeling Scott’s
wrath. “I think every single guy on our bench was looking to jump out there,” said Toronto centre Joe Colborne. “You see a mismatch out there and you don’t want to leave your teammate out to dry. I think there was about 15 of us sitting on the bench who were trying to climb right over. “But then you have to sit back and kind of grab each other and collectively try to hold back. It’s an unfortunate situation for sure. Nobody wants that but it’s done now and we’re just going to have to accept whatever the league says and move on.” Clarkson didn’t hold back and was automatically suspended 10 games without pay Monday. He’ll forfeit $269,230.80 of his salary and won’t make his regular-season debut until Oct. 25 in Columbus. “In the situation I think that he felt that
there was an advantage being taken by their player,” Carlyle said. “It was of poor judgement and he did what he did and there’s no way to defend it. You just accept what went on and move forward.” Kessel, who was issued a match penalty, was likely to receive further discipline for his stickwork. “It’s self-defence really,” said Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri. “What’s he going to do, (Scott’s) a pretty big boy. He dropped his gloves right off the draw so Phil had to defend himself. I’m actually surprised he didn’t whack him a little higher. “Phil’s just trying to defend himself and put himself in the best position possible for someone else to get in there. I think we stood by each other pretty well.” Neither Kessel nor Clarkson spoke to reporters after Monday’s skate. Clarkson was the
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The NHL handed out a suspension to Leafs winger David Clarkson, while Phil Kessel has a hearing scheduled. team’s big free-agent signing in the off-season, inking a seven-year deal worth US$36.5 million. The obvious negative from the incident is that the Leafs will be
O’Neal buys into Sacramento Kings ownership group Antonio Gonz alez Associated Press
The larger-than-life figure that teased and tormented the Sacramento Kings for so long is now the biggest name to join the franchise’s new ownership group. The Kings announced Monday that Shaquille O’Neal has acquired a minority stake in the team under new owner Vivek Ranadive. The Kings will introduce the four-time NBA champion at a news conference Tuesday in Sacramento. During the height of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, O’Neal fueled the rivalry with the Kings with his play on the court and his personality off of it.
O’Neal handed Sacramento its biggest blow by rallying the Lakers from a 3-2 deficit to win the 2002 Western Conference finals, which is still a sore spot for Kings fans. The 7-foot-1 centre even labeled the franchise the “Sacramento Queens” and accused fan favourite Vlade Divac - whom he referred to as “she” at one point - of flopping. O’Neal was a 15-time All-Star and the 2000 NBA MVP. He played for the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Cavaliers before retiring after the 2010-11 season with the Boston Celtics. O’Neal, now 41, has
worked as an analyst for TNT the last two seasons. O’Neal is the latest high-profile former player to join the Kings this summer after the franchise nearly moved to Seattle. Hall of Famer Chris Mullin was hired as a consultant to Ranadive - who bought the franchise from the Maloof family in May and Mitch Richmond is part of the ownership group. The group includes 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov, who is friends with O’Neal. The two partnered in the past to build several gyms, especially in South Florida during O’Neal’s time with the Heat.
Djokovic marks 100 weeks at No. 1 C anadian Press
LONDON - Novak Djokovic is marking his 100th week at No. 1 in the ATP rankings. The 26-year-old Serb is the ninth player to reach the milestone, joining Andre Agassi (101 weeks), Rafael Nadal (102), Bjorn Borg (109), John McEnroe (170), Jimmy Connors
(268), Ivan Lendl (270), Pete Sampras (286) and Roger Federer (302). Djokovic reached No. 1 in July 2011. He lost the top spot to Federer for three months in 2012 but regained it in November of that year. Djokovic’s bid to finish the year at No. 1 for a third straight time is under serious threat
from Nadal. Djokovic has 11,120 points, while Nadal has 10,860. Both are entered in next week’s China Open, where Djokovic will be defending his title and Nadal has no points to defend. Nadal can get to No. 1 for the first time since July 3, 2011, by reaching the final.
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short-handed when the regular season begins Oct. 1. The potential positive is the galvanizing effect a brawl like that can have on a team. “I think it’s good,” said Maple Leafs goalie
Jonathan Bernier. “Obviously we don’t want any suspension to start the season. But the main thing is that everyone stepped up for each other. That’s the main thing.”
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June flood was costliest Canadian natural disaster ever Bill Gr avel and Canadian Press
CALGARY — The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the June flood in southern Alberta was the costliest natural disaster ever in the country. The bureau said Monday the latest estimate of the insured property damage now exceeds $1.7 billion. “This is a significant catastrophe and not like anything we’ve really seen in Canadian history,’’ said Bill Adams, a bureau vice-president. “Once all the numbers were compiled the tally is $1.7 billion, with the anticipation that it is likely to go higher.’’ Four people died and 100,000 others were forced from their homes by days of torrential rain, prompting states of emergency in Calgary and several other communities. Adams said most of the damage claims for insured losses were for sewer backups, vehicle repairs including writeoffs and business losses.
Property Claim Services Canada, which tracks losses arising from catastrophic events, said well over 25,000 claims have been filed in the flood’s aftermath. Adams said it took more time to assess the damage due to the extent of the flooding and the number of claims. “Business interruption insurance, for example, typically takes a little longer to settle until the business gets back to operation,’’ Adams said. Annual payouts from flooding, fire, hail and windstorms increased from $100 million about 10 years ago to $1 billion between 2009 and 2012. In November 2011, officials had to shut down Calgary’s downtown core because extreme high winds blew windows out of buildings. Earlier that year, a wildfire ravaged the community of Slave Lake, Alta., with insured losses pegged at more than $700 million. Those pale in comparison to the latest Canadian disasters. “Canadians have been
alarmed at what they’ve been seeing over the last while when you look at both the southern Alberta and the flash flood that took place last July in Toronto,’’ Adams said. “Those two events, just this summer, constitute the first and the third largest natural insured catastrophe in Canadian history.’’ Adams said in the past most insurance claims were fire-related. Now water is the chief culprit. Earlier this year the insurance bureau urged municipalities to fix crumbling storm-water infrastructure to prepare for more of the same in the future. “We know that it’s likely to happen again. We certainly hope it doesn’t happen at this magnitude but we see what’s taking place and we’re not sitting idly by any stretch of the imagination,’’ he said. Federal Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said last Tuesday that Alberta may soon get an initial interim payment of $500 million from Ottawa to help cover flood costs.
Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald
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If you look up misadventure in a dictionary, you will find it defined as an unlucky event — a misfortune. Look a little further down the page and you will see that in legal jargon, it is a term used to describe an accidental death not due to crime or negligence. I am pleased to say that our latest backpacking trip into the wilderness turned out to be the former, although, for a while there, it looked like it could have gone either way.
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An unrestrained dogumentary. The ultra-light pack leader gets his feet wet in Dibble Creek.
We were trying yet again to find our way to some high alpine lakes nestled behind the iconic group of peaks you humans call The Steeples. The journey begins on an overgrown road but the route eventually deteriorates into what only could be called a bushwhack. For this reason, my human dude had gone to great lengths to lighten his pack, hoping that by decreasing his burden the thrashing climb to the lakes could actually be accomplished this time. — previous attempts having been thwarted by weather, injury, bear encounters, and exhaustion. Now, I usually defer to my interspecies pack leader, what with his superior intellect and all, but I failed to see how leaving the tent and half of our usual food ration at home was finally going to get us to these blasted lakes. However, despite my reservations, I decided to accompany my now ultra-light hiking hominid, once again, unto the breach.
Boulder sits at the edge of a magnificent and magical Western Red Cedar grove.
Initially, I must admit, we made good time. The first section of trail, even with its many creek crossings, was covered in record time. Soon however, the route began to climb steeply up through an old burn, now over grown with a thick second coming of vegetation. We were able to find a trail that someone had recently slashed out, which made route finding easier, but it didn’t change the amount of up. With one of us panting and the other perspiring, up we slogged, becoming increasingly aware that the trail we were following was beginning to lead us away from our planned destination. This concern was momentarily suspended when we found ourselves standing in a magnificent stand of Western Red Cedars. A cedar forest is a magical thing and one not often encountered in the East Kootenay. We decided that if the trail was going to lead us to treasures like this, we would continue to follow it. That was a mistake.
After a quick salmon snack the boys wait for the pot, amongst other things, to begin burbling.
After ten kilometres the trail just stopped. It seemed that whom ever was slashing it out had gotten that far and said enough is enough. So, tired and hungry, we retreated back to where we knew there was water and a flat place to sleep, strung up a tarp shelter we christened The Hilton, and prepared to make supper. I had hoped for a campfire, but as my man began assembling his little gas, cooking stove, I realized that might not happen. However, it seems that in his attempt to pare down his equipment, he had forgotten one small but vital piece of said stove. Now a fire was required in order to boil the water he would need to rehydrate his “light weight” freeze dried meal.
While we waited for the fire to bring the water to a boil, the human – who was drastically calorie depleted from the days efforts – rummaged through his tiny food supply for a snack and came up with a package of smoked salmon chunks. This was a somewhat suspect food source as it hadn’t been refrigerated for nearly 24 hours, but when offered a few bites, I couldn’t help myself.
The first cramping began less than an hour later. Both the human and myself soon found ourselves in the midst of a fullblown gastro-intestinal crisis. Though sleep was attempted, it was constantly interrupted by either one, the other, or both of us scrambling out from under the tarp and into the night. The morning found us exhausted, and though we had never been closer to the lake, it had never been farther from our grasp. Stopped in our tracks, this time not by injury or marauding bears, but by a vengeful, salmonellic salmon.
Photos and word processing by Dan Mills
Boulder contemplates misadventure and its causes, while spending a long night by the fire.
The luxurious Hilton: Light weight and easy to exit in case of emergency.
Anti-Freeze: Don’t Spill! It Could Kill! Just a reminder to be especially careful when handling and storing your anti-freeze this winter. Even the smallest amount of this sweet but toxic liquid is harmful and often fatal to pets. If you think your pet has ingested anti-freeze, seek immediate veterinary attention. They will not recover on their own.
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NEWS
CN eyeing oil-by-rail from Alberta to Prince Rupert Bruce Cheadle Canadian Press
OTTAWA — CN Rail, at the urging of Chinese-owned Nexen Inc., is considering shipping Alberta bitumen to Prince Rupert, B.C., by rail in quantities matching the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline, documents show. Internal memos obtained by Greenpeace under the Access to Information Act show the rail carrier raised the proposal last March with Natural Resources Canada. “Nexen Inc. is reportedly working with CN to examine the transportation of crude oil on CN’s railway to Prince Rupert, B.C., to be loaded onto tankers for export to Asia,’’ states a departmental briefing note setting up the March 1 meeting. An attached CN presentation paper notes that “CN has ample capacity to run seven trains per day to match Gateway’s proposed capacity.’’ CN is denying it has made a specific proposal for Prince Rupert but says it will consider any such project as it comes up. Greenpeace provided the documents to The Canadian Press. The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, which would carry crude oil to Kitimat, B.C., has met fierce opposition from First Nations and environmentalists. Greenpeace researcher Keith Stewart said the CN rail pitch has the appearance of a “Plan B’’ in case Northern Gateway is blocked, but that it raises “the same or greater risks.’’ The horrific Lac-Megantic, Que., disaster in July, which claimed 47 lives when a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, has focused intense scrutiny on the burgeoning oilby-rail industry. Some 5.5 million litres of oil either burned
or leaked into the environment in Lac-Megantic. The fire burned for four days. A spokesman for CN Rail told The Canadian Press in an email that “no specific crude-byrail project to Prince Rupert (was) discussed’’ at the March meeting with Natural Resources Canada. The company “does not disclose publicly its commercial discussions with customers,’’ Mark Hallman said in the email. “CN will continue to explore new opportunities to move crude oil safely and efficiently to markets,’’ Hallman wrote. “The company will consider concrete crude-by-rail proposals, including any specific project to move crude to Prince Rupert. However, there is no infrastructure in place at Prince Rupert to transfer crude oil from train tank cars to vessels.’’ The documents obtained by Greenpeace show Ottawa was intensely interested in oil by rail, at least prior to the Quebec accident. “NRCan is currently meeting with Transport Canada to mutually understand how rail could be part of a solution to current market access challenges,’’ says an undated memorandum for Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver. The memo describes rail as “an increasingly viable option’’ and states that carriers Canadian Pacific and CN “have indicated that the potential to increase rail movements of crude oil is theoretically unlimited.’’ Rail officials had indicated that a project to bring crude to port for tanker export “is likely in future.’’ A separate memo for International Trade Minister Ed Fast and Dennis Lebel, then the transport minister, assets that Transport Canada “has identified no
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major safety concerns with the increased oil on rail capacity in Canada, nor with the safety of tank cars ...’’ The memo states that “transportation of oil by rail does not trigger the need for a federal environmental assessment’’ but notes that “proposals to construct new infrastructure to support the activity’’ may require an assessment under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. The “Departmental
Position’’ on oil by rail is entirely blacked out from the memo. Greenpeace’s Stewart said the Lac-Megantic tragedy revealed that federal safety regulations hadn’t kept pace with the oil-by-rail boom. “If the government or industry imagines they can use these regulatory loopholes to do an endrun around opposition to tar sands moving through those lands or waters, they will be in for a rude awakening,’’ said Stewart.
CN Rail is considering shipping Alberta bitumen to Prince Rupert by rail, documents show.
Regional District of East Kootenay
You Are Invited! AREA E
AREA C
Wednesday, October 25, 2013 - 7:00pm Wasa Community Hall
Monday, September 30, 2013 – 7:00pm Steeplesview Community Hall
7:00pm - 7:30pm - Volunteer of the Year Presentation
7:00pm - 8:45pm - Town Hall Meeting
Please join us as we recognize Area E Volunteers of the Year Orlena and Hugh Campbell for all of their volunteer efforts. Refreshments & cake will be served.
This meeting will feature a Director’s Report from Area C Director Rob Gay, information on the East Kootenay Energy Diet and an introductory presentation on a proposed land use planning project for the Mayook and Wardner areas.
7:30pm - 8:45pm - Town Hall Meeting
Additional Area C Town Hall meetings will be held in Moyie & Cranbrook in early October.
The Town Hall meeting will include an update from Director Jane Walter and staff on the Financial Plan, Mosquito Control, and more.
We hope to see you there!
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. Melody Munro, RDEK Emergency Services Coordinator
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