Kimberley Daily Bulletin, October 08, 2013

TUESDAY OCTOBER 8, 2013

CROSS COUNTRY TOUR

IN REHEARSAL

RUNNING THE ROCKIES

WILLY WONKA

McKim students are at work on another musical.

Dave Chamberlain still has the Rockies to conquer on his run.

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Hopley given leave to attend mother’s funeral Monday afternoon SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff

Randall Hopley was given a break from his dangerous offender hearing in Cranbrook on Monday so he could attend his mother’s funeral.

Hopley, 48, faces sentencing this week for the September 2011 kidnapping of three-year-old Kienan Hebert from his home in Sparwood.

Crown prosecutor Lynal Doerksen is seeking dangerous offender status for Hopley, which sets apart offenders of violent or sexual crimes who are deemed likely to reoffend and whose release is considered a threat to society.

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Kimberley’s McKim cross country run team ran in at meet at Highland school in Cranbrook last week. All the kids wearing the Mustang colours did the school proud.

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A RETURN TO THE DEEPS

The search for the Sullivan goes on C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

A couple of familiar names have returned to the local mineral exploration scene. Scott Broughton and geologist Paul Ransom, whom many will remember from the Sullivan Deeps Project several years ago, are now involved in a project to drill a deep test hole to explore a “large gravity anomaly” near Fort Steele.

Broughton was recently ap-

pointed CEO of a company called Santa Fe Minerals which now has an option to acquire all the issued and outstanding shares of Gravitas, a private British Columbia company, which holds the target property. Broughton holds 1.2 million shares of Gravitas and abstained from the Santa Fe board vote.

In order for Gravitas to earn its 80-per-cent interest in the Sully property, Gravitas must incur a total of $3-million in

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exploration expenditures by Oct. 21, 2015, and issue $1.41-million in cash or shares to the underlying property vendors by Oct. 21, 2016.

The Sully property, 1,375 hectares located 27 kilometres east of Kimberley near Fort Steele, has been drilled before, most recently by Omineca Mining and Metals, a junior company managed by the Eagle Plains team.

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Right, Paul Ransom, P. Geo, Project Manager (Paul is an ex Sullivan geo lives in Kimberley) on the left and Brian Kostiuk, property vendor standing by an old cabin located on the Sully property.

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Hopley given leave to attend mother’s funeral From Page 1 If Justice Heather Holmes decides Hopley is a dangerous offender, he would receive an automatic sentence of imprisonment for an indeterminate period, with no chance of parole for seven years.

An hour into the hearing on Monday, October 7, defense counsel William

Thorne asked Justice Holmes to consider allowing Hopley to attend his mother’s funeral in Fernie that afternoon.

Thorne told the court that Hopley’s mother, Margaret Fink, passed away last week, just days before she was planning to visit her son in custody in Cranbrook.

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agreed Hopley could attend the funeral Monday afternoon, under the guard of sheriffs, returning to Cranbrook Monday evening.

The sentencing hearing was stood down to allow Hopley to travel to Fernie, and was scheduled to reconvene Tuesday morning. It is scheduled to carry on

through the week, concluding on Friday, October 11.

During the hearing on Monday morning, Doerksen presented several psychiatric reports on Hopley, dating back to 1982 and 1983. At that time, Hopley, 17, had been involved in several sexual incidents involving pre-pubescent children. In the

McKim musicals continue Middle school, elementary students to present Willy Wonka JR

2011, Kienan Hebert’s family reported him missing after they woke up and released the three-year-old son was not in his bed.

An amber alert was issued and emergency responders from all over the East Kootenay rushed to Sparwood to take part in an extensive search for the little boy, who was wearing nothing but Scooby Doo boxer shorts when he disappeared.

Four days later, an anonymous 911 caller reported that Kienan had been returned to his home. In the middle of the night, the little boy was found

curled up on a couch inside the house.

On September 13, 2011, a police sniffer dog tracked Randall Hopley to a gravel pit in Crowsnest Lake, Alberta, near the abandoned cabin where he had kept Kienan for four days.

During Hopley’s sentencing hearing, the court heard that Hopley chose the Hebert home for his abduction plan because he noticed toys in the yard and found the front door unlocked.

Hopley also said he returned the boy because he asked to go home.

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The show has been cast, the kids have been practicing, and rehearsals are well underway for the McKim Middle School production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR. With a cast of nearly forty talented kids from McKim Middle School, Marysville Elementary, and Lindsay Park Elementary, this production will be a sight to see.

Willy Wonka JR surrounds Willy Wonka, the greatest candy maker of all time, as she stages a contest in which five golden tickets are hidden in five candy bars. The finders of these tickets are to win a tour of Wonka’s factory and a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. To Charlie Bucket and his grandpa, winning this contest would be a dream come true.

However, after only a couple days merely one ticket remains. Through the power of positive thinking, can all of Charlie’s chocolate dreams come true?

And if so, will he be able to withstand all of the temptation that lies within the walls of Wonka’s factory?

This production will star Gwen Davies as Willy Wonka, Declan Armstrong as Charlie Bucket, Trenan McMillan as Grandpa Joe, Emery Hoko as Violet

reports, medical experts stated that Hopley had a lack of empathy for his victims and didn’t appreciate why people were so upset by what he had done.

Two retired RCMP officers also testified Monday about a sexual assault Hopley committed against a five-year-old child in Hosmer in 1985.

A third RCMP officer testified to finding child pornography during a search of Hopley’s residence in 2002.

The dangerous offender hearing is a continuation of Hopley’s sentencing.

On September 7,

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Director Clara MacLeod runs through choreography with some of the cast of Willy Wonka.

Beauregarde, Kayla Giguere as Veruca Salt, Clayton Serediuk as Augustus Gloop, Dryden Dhami as Mike Teavee, and many more.

Willy Wonka JR is also the very first student-directed musical in Kimberley, and is being directed and choreographed by Clara MacLeod. “This production as a whole is going to be very student-oriented,” says MacLeod, “We are filling as many positions as possible both on and off the

stage with School District 6 students.” Thea de Paoli, who plays Phineous Trout, is also the Junior Dance Captain for the production. In addition to that, rehearsals are a group effort; MacLeod says, “I’ll go into rehearsals with an idea of how I want the scene to look, and the cast always contributes their own visions as well. I think it’s very beneficial to have more than one perspective, and their suggestions are very constructive to the over-

all product. This entire production, even thus far, has been very empowering to all the students involved; everyone is working extremely hard and it’s really coming through in their rehearsals.”

Willy Wonka JR is set to perform at McKim theatre on December 11, 12, and 13, 2013 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $5.00 for children (under 12) and $8.00 for adults and will be available soon.

From Page 1 “Omineca drilled a hole in 2012 that deviated wildly from the Sully target it was trying to hit, and then they lost their enthusiasm for spending more money on it,” Broughton said.

“It has taken me many presentations and conversations to get it back to being active again, this time under option to a company called Santa Fe Metals.

“The 2012 drill hole completely missed the target because it deviated significantly (drill holes can be like spaghetti with surprising trajectories through the rock mass), and this time we will use the knowledge of how drill holes preferentially de-

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viate at this site to ‘aim’ the new hole to the target. Kind of like aiming a rifle to account for cross-winds etc.”

The Sully property contains a large gravity anomaly (meaning 1,000’s of measurement of the gravitational influence in the area have been modelled), new geological mapping, and other geophysical interpretations suggest that something very large and heavy (like lead-rich massive sulphides) is buried at around a 1,000m depth, Broughton says.

“There is no way to know positively or accurately what exactly it is that has created this gravity anomaly, just that it is difficult to dis-

count and that one of the best-fit interpretations is to consider something the size and mass of a Sullivan-type deposit causing the change in the gravity readings measured there.

“So, like our past experiences in this kind of ‘blind’ exploration, we need to complete drill tests to recover core to ascertain exactly what it is — there might well be something that has no or limited economic significance or there might be another largescale lead-zinc-silver deposit, and we are in the neighbourhood for that!”

Drilling is scheduled to begin this week.

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In May 2013 Robbie Schultz (right) planted pumpkin seeds as part of Lindsay Park Elementary School’s Science Fair. In September 2013 Mrs. Driscoll harvested the results of that little plant.

Robbie is now at McKim but her pumpkin sits proudly in the foyer of Lindsay Park (below).

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Cross-country runner stops in Kimberley

It’s not often you meet someone who routinely runs upwards of 60 kilometres a day.

Australian Dave

Chamberlain, who came through Kimberley this past weekend, does just that as he runs from Cape Spear, Newfoundland to Tofino on

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Dave Chamberlain stopped briefly in Kimberley over the weekend on his cross-Canada run. He carries everything from his tent to extra clothing in a stroller.

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Vancouver Island promoting environmental issues. For his two weeks in BC he is accompanied by Morgan Cardiff, who is keeping a photographic record of the run.

For Chamberlain, who last year ran across Namibia, it’s the joy of the run that keeps him going.

“I’m investing in my passion — running,” he said. “Morgan is investing in his passion — photography. I just want to tell people to take a gamble, explore what makes you tick. Find what you love and be

brave enough to invest in it. There is a wonderful world of experiences out there.”

Chamberlain has had plenty of experiences since he left Cape Spear in May. He has experienced everything Canadian weather can offer from rain in the east, to wind in the prairies. He expects to meet some snow in the mountain passess before he makes Tofino at the end of October.

“I’m looking forward to the climbs. It’s all part of the Canadian experiences.”

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Sustainable trails for Kimberley, Part I

Chris Ferguson on behalf of the Trails Society writes on the sustainability of trails and the responsibilities of trail users

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imberley has a very long tradition of locals building, maintaining and, of course, using trails. Whether grinding up the t-bar line, walking your dog in the Nature Park, doing a moonlit loop on skis at the Nordic facilities or riding in Lois Creek, we love our trails. Many folks would say that quick access to trails on just about all sides of town is one of their favourite things about life here. More and more, the network of trails is being promoted as a significant tourism attractant as well. But who looks after these valuable resources now and why and how are they being changed?

This will be a twopart article that will hopefully shed some light on these questions of sustainability, both social and physical. In this first one, some recent history concerning trails, their management and social factors affecting trails will be covered. The follow-up piece will get into some nuts and bolts about trail design and what “sustainable trails” means from a physical perspective.

In the fall of 2009, a diverse group of local trail users gathered in the cafeteria at Selkirk Secondary for an initial meeting of what soon became the Kimberley Trail Society.

See TRAILS, Page 4 From the start, this group wasn’t looking to take over control of all trails around Kimberley, but rather sought to act as an umbrella organization that would help give voice to trail interests, share some resources and expand the network in some new areas. The Kimberley Nordic Club, the Nature Park Society and Friends of Lois Creek (to name the 3 most prominent trail man-

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Kimberley residents enjoy the luxury of a superlative system of trails. agement groups) were partners in this new society, but kept complete control over decisions concerning ‘their’ trails.

The KTS has had a long string of successes, many not well known: two sustainable trail building workshops brought to town, official status for the ‘Round the Mountain trail, management agreements with the province for care of trails in the St. Mary valley and Lois Creek (with FoLC), building of Magic Line trail at the Nordic Centre, official trail status set up for, and building of, “Mr. Toad” and other soon to be built/recognized trails on the south aspects of North Star Mountain and an agreement with the city to manage the trails above the Levirs Ave. area.

These are just some of the things brought to fruition.

The older local trails have seen significant changes as well. Signage in both Lois Creek and the Nature Park, and on ‘Round the Mountain is improving, new trails, such as Tighty Whitey in Lois Creek and Hoodoo View in the Nature Park have been built, maps have been upgraded and many fixes to unsustainable trail sections have been carried out. (Much more about this next article.)

In the last year, another key task was ac-

complished: A Trails Management Plan for Kimberley and Area was developed, put to the public for consultation and is being adopted for future reference.

This process, paid for by Recreation Sites and Trails, BC (provincial government), gathered many local trails/landbase stakeholders, including Canfor, the City and the previously mentioned groups, and in a collaborative effort, with the help of a facilitator, produced a living document that will help steer future trail initiatives and conversations.

Perhaps most importantly, it states clearly for the public who the players are and who is taking responsibility for the trails around Kimberley.

The social sustainability of the trails has a lot to do with recognizing these responsible organizations/individuals, communicating with them and helping them with volunteer time. If there is something you don’t like about trails or ‘rules’ in the Lois Creek area, for example, you have people you can go to and discuss this with. These are all volunteer-based organizations. People in this town, your neighbours, are giving up dozens and even hundreds of hours a year to supporting the incredible trail network we have. You are strongly

encouraged to be involved. Volunteer burnout is always a risk when a small number of folks are doing most the work. To unilaterally undo their work is the worst form of disrespect and, yes, sadly, this has been happening.

If you care about trails, taking part in voting for boards of the organizations managing them, attending their meetings, becoming a member, or better yet, standing as a director or regular volunteer, particularly for the KTS, is critical. The KTS AGM is coming up fast (Dec. 3rd)!

• KTS: info@kimberleytrails.org • KNPS: trails@ kimberleynaturepark.ca • KNC: kimberleynordic@ gmail.com • FoLC: Don Davies 427-3966 If you consider the trail network around

Kimberley to be a significant amenity, I would personally ask you to consider the notion of some amount of your tax dollars going to their upkeep and improvement. Bits of hotel tax and resort municipality funding, grants from various regional and national organizations and provincial in-kind use of labour have helped in some building of trail, signage and other projects, but there is no steady, reliable funding to ensure the sustainability of this trail network. I think this is a real shame and a risk for the trail network.

The final social factor to be mentioned is how people use trails.

In recent years, a lot of fingers have been pointed at mountain bikers, in their increasing numbers, as being a primary negative force on the sustainability of local trails. Every skid mark

ever left in the Nature Park has added to this feeling. More recently, trail designs have attempted to factor in walkers possibly short-cutting sections of trail that they might deem unnecessary.

How people use the trails and how their use of trails is perceived by others is an important element to be addressed.

Some of the reasons for the social factors contributing to trail erosion will be discussed in the next segment, but at this time, some fundamental, common sense guidelines need to be reinforced: respect the plants, wildlife and other trail users stay on the official, designated trail, and on the trail bed, even when it is wet/muddy respect the work of volunteers where restoration/reclamation of old/closed sections of

trails has taken place ride within your limits on trails that are within your limits; do everything you can to avoid locking your wheels braking (skidding intentionally is a blow against all riders in town) if you don’t like something about the trails, get involved with those responsible for them.

In short: Please do not take the trails for granted and if at all possible, please get involved with them in some way if you value them. The next piece will help to explain the ‘new style’ trails being built around town.

Chris Ferguson is an on-call teacher, director of the Nature Park Society and former director of the KTS. He does a bit of running, skiing and riding on the Kimberley trails.

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A team of volunteers are out in force Thursday in Cranbrook and Kimberley.

One of the many aims this year is to knock the City of Nelson off its fundraising pedestal. Another is to make sure local realtor Jason Wheeldon, who will be dressed in his 1980s paper carrier garb, gets as much exposure as possible (so keep your eyes peeled for Wheeldon, dressed in rags and a cloth cap — or will that be a mullet? — shouting “extra, extra, read all about it!”).

It will be a busy Thursday in Cranbrook. From 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. City Councillor Gerry Warner will be holding court at the Gelato Bean Cafe in the Prestige Inn, manning a donation box and selling newspapers — the proceeds from which will go to CBAL. Gelato’s is also graciously donating a portion of all coffee sales to the cause.

At the same time, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Councillor Sharon Cross will be raising funds at Baker’s Beanery, by Save-On Foods. Baker’s Beanery is also donating a portion of coffee sales.

From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., members of the Kootenay Ice will be at Arby’s on the strip, selling papers and encouraging donations.

CBAL volunteers will also be at the Tamarack Centre from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and at the Cranbrook Public Library from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Councillor Diana J. Scott will be at Max’s Place downtown, selling papers and taking donations. And Max’s as well is graciously donating a portion of coffee sales to CBAL. And the aforementioned Jason Wheeldon will be pounding the pavement from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Remember, Jason grew up in the tough, hard world of the 1980s newspaper carrier, so if he asks you for a donation, better not say no!

In Kimberley on Thursday, Mayor Ron McRae will be joining Kim Roberts from Kimberley CBAL and Bulletin Editor Carolyn Grant to speak to kids and parents about literacy at the StrongStart program at the former Blarchmont School and also visit the CBAL ESL class. Copies of the Daily Bulletin will also be available at the Kimberley Public Library for a small donation to literacy programs. And the Kimberley Dynamiters will support literacy with a road hockey game with kids right after school on Thursday. Come down to

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the Civic Centre parking lot with your stick, make a donation for literacy and play with the local hockey team.

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) is the Columbia Basin and Boundary region not-for-profit literacy organization. CBAL programs support seniors, adults, families, youth and children of all ages improve English, reading, writing, numeracy, computer and workplace skills.

Key programs include StrongStart Centres at Amy Woodland Elementary School and Steeples Elementary School and the former Blarchmont School in Kimberley, the Young Parents Education Program (YPEP), a number of adult literacy programs, and Seniors and Adult computer lessons.

New programs this year include autobiographical writing for seniors, a series of poetry workshops and financial literacy programs for youth and for the general public. They provide one-to-one literacy tutoring for adults. CBAL also provides English as Another Language instruction and literacy or essential skills tutoring.

Cranbrook and Kimberley are challenging all other Kootenay cities and towns to best us. And remember, all funds raised on Thursday stay in our communities.

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Pot referendum misguided What’s Up? I won’t be signing the “Sensible B.C.” petition to demand a provincewide referendum on marijuana enforcement. You shouldn’t either, and here are a few reasons why.

Let me start by saying I’ve been calling for legalization and regulation of pot for 20 years, to conserve police resources and reduce violent crime. Our war on drugs is a failure even for heroin and cocaine, and marijuana is obviously much easier to produce.

But the current effort led

by Dana Larsen, B.C.’s clown prince of pot, is not only misguided, it’s dangerous.

The petition does not propose legalization. It seeks to impose a provincial law that would stop B.C. police from using any resources for simple possession charges.

This would create a loophole in the federal drug law.

So what would that do? It would protect otherwise innocent customers of the current illegal marijuana trade, while leaving the criminal distribution business in place.

For a closer look at that, I recommend reports from the Surrey Six murder trial now underway, or the upcoming case against three accused assassins of Red Scorpion gangster Jonathan Bacon in Kelowna.

Larsen’s loony law would tie police hands when they are trying to hold some-

one on a lesser charge while they search for evidence of something nastier. This is a source of many simple possession charges today.

Police chiefs have a different idea, asking for the option of treating simple possession as a ticket offence to keep the court time to a minimum.

Both of these notions have the same obvious flaws.

They don’t deal with sales to minors and they BC Views divert no revenue to government, leaving most of that in Tom the hands of criminal dealFletcher ers who buy cocaine, guns and fancy cars.

Colorado and Washington have gone the legalization route, so far without interference from their federal government.

These states need money, and they don’t need more crime or ill-considered hippy gesture politics.

Meanwhile in Ottawa, Health Canada is trying to convert a poorly regulated mess of small-scale medical marijuana licences to a free-market system of commercial producers.

Local politicians tore a strip off Health Canada officials at their recent convention, after years of warnings that federal licences were scattered at unknown locations, often used as fronts for larger growops.

Mission Coun. Dave Hensman predicted that when a grower gets a let-

ter cancelling his licence, he’s more likely to roll up a big joint with it than to shut down. Burnaby Coun. Nick Volkow suggested the response would echo an old Cheech and Chong routine: “Dave’s not here, man.”

Here’s another reason not to support Larsen: the conduct of his organizers.

One fellow set up a petition table at, of all places, the Terry Fox Hometown Run in Port Coquitlam. After scrawling “pot cures cancer” on the table, he proceeded to interrupt speeches by cancer survivors and the run itself by yelling the same false slogan.

You can imagine how people with terminal cancer and their loved ones would react. Some would know that marijuana may alleviate side effects of chemotherapy, just as it can ease suffering for some multiple sclerosis patients. But the suggestion of a cure is as cruel as it is moronic.

Larsen’s “cannibus” has been rolling around B.C., reaping uncritical media coverage. It even blundered into the recent Walk for Reconciliation in Vancouver, an event to mark the end of federal hearings into the effects of residential schools on aboriginal children.

I wouldn’t support the Larsen bunch for anything, unless it involved them looking for jobs. Just say no.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com

US government is not broke A salient feature of American “exceptionalism” is the belief that the United States can never be ordinary. If it is not the best, then it must be the worst. If it is not destined to dominate the world forever, then it is doomed to decline and decay.

This kind of thinking explains why much of the commentary in the United States about the recent “shut-down” of the US government, and also about the impending default on the national debt (due on 17 October), has started at hysterical and quickly geared up to apocalyptic. We Americans have lost the mandate of Heaven, and it will soon be raining frogs and blood.

So everybody take your tranquilizer of choice (mine’s a double scotch), and let’s consider what is actually going on here.

The United States is the world’s oldest democratic country, with an 18th-century constitution that is bound to be an awkward fit for 21st-century politics. But that hasn’t stopped the United States from becoming the world’s biggest economy and its greatest power. Has something now gone fundamentally wrong?

The problem lies in Congress, specifically in the House of Representatives, where the Republican majority is refusing to pass the budget, and threatening not to raise the official debt ceiling either, unless President Barack Obama postpones the implementation of his bill extending medical care to all Americans.

The Affordable Care Act was passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by Obama almost four years ago. Last year it passed scrutiny by the Supreme

Court, and was subsequently welcomed by a majority of the voters in the presidential election, so Obama is understandably refusing to yield to blackmail.

But the House Republicans seem mysteriously unworried by the fact that the public blames them for the impending train wreck. Why? Because 80 per cent of the Republicans in the House of Representatives don’t have to worry about what the general public Gwynne thinks. They represent Congressional districts Dyer that have been so shamelessly gerrymandered by state legislatures that it is almost impossible for anybody who is a Republican to lose an election there. National public opinion is no threat to them, whereas the views of their extremist Tea Party colleagues are a potentially lethal danger.

You can’t gerrymander the Senate; every senator’s “district” is the entire state he or she represents. State legislatures controlled by the Democrats also gerrymander congressional districts to create safe seats for their own party, but there is no organised extremist group in the Democratic Party that will try to destroy elected members of their own party who do not toe the ideological line. Whereas in the Republican Party, there is.

Republicans seeking reelection to the House of Representatives may not have to worry about their Democratic opponents, but they certainly have to fear the Tea Party. If it decides to mount a challenge to an incumbent in the Republican primary elections, the far-right challenger will be lavishly funded by the Tea Party’s wealthy supporters, and that may

mark the end of the incumbent’s political career.

So the Republicans in the House of Representatives, even those generally open to compromise, are keeping their heads down for fear of angering the Tea Party. That means it is possible (though not probable) that the October 17th deadline will be missed, and the US government will be forced to default on its debt. How bad would that be?

Very bad, according to a US Treasury spokesperson. “Credit markets could freeze, the value of the dollar could plummet, US interest rates could skyrocket, the negative spillovers could reverberate around the world.” And it might rain frogs and blood.

Or maybe not. There would certainly be turmoil in the markets: many people would lose money, and some would gain.

But it would not be a repeat of the crash of 2009, when it was suddenly understood that huge amounts of the mortgage debt held by banks could never be repaid. The US government can still pay its debts; it just has to get Congress’s permission first. And the markets, while prone to panic, are not completely stupid.

It wouldn’t hurt to put some controls on election spending as well, so that rich ideologues had less influence over the political process. But that is merely desirable; ending the gerrymandering is absolutely essential. It will take time, but this is a problem that can be fixed. And in the meantime, the US government is not really going broke.

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

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UPCOMING Kazuri Jewellery Dessert Party and sale, Kimberley Gogo Grannies.

6:30 to 9:00 pm, October 9th, 2013. Anglican Church Hall. Tickets available from Gail 250.427.5222 or Shelia 250.427.7137 or at the door. The mission of Kazuri is to provide and sustain employment opportunities for disadvantaged members of Kenyan Society.

October 9th. Kimberley Garden Club October program: Planting Spring and Summer-Blooming Bulbs. Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. Info: Nola 250-427-1948.

Wednesday, October 9th the GoGo Granny’s present their first travelogue of the season. Join John Mandryk and friends as they take us on a visual and musical tour to Scotland and Ireland and enjoy the scenery and distilleries. 7:00 at the College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre. Norma at 250-426-6111.

Thursday, Oct 10 Cranbrook First Toastmasters begins its 41st Season in Room 210 at COTR from 7-9 PM. Are you looking for a friendly, supportive setting in which to learn, build confidence, become a better speaker and a leader? E mail pamelaryan@telus. net for more info or phone 250-489-4464 (days) Acrylic Gels, Mediums and Pastes Workshop with Linda Bullock Saturday 12th October, 10-2pm. CDAC Workshop Space, 135 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook. Back by popular demand. For $35 all materials included Linda Bullock will help you create a swatch of acrylic alchemy! Pre-registration required. Helen 250-426-4223 2013 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, Oct. 16th, 6:00-7:00 PM is sponsored by Kimberley Health-Care Auxiliary. Children 18 years & under must be accompanied by an adult.

ESL volunteer tutor training with CBAL begins Oct 18 & 19th.

Help others to speak and read English. Pre-registration required – Katherine 250-417-2896 or khough@cbal.org OCTOBER 19, to the music of Chapparal, 7 pm, at the Cranbrook Seniors HALL, 2 St. S. Refreshments served. Check out the JAM ( Ice-cream Social) on Last Saturdays at 1:30 for a time of refreshment and fun. *Oct. Jam moved up to 19th. 250.489.2720 Home Grown Music Society presents the first Coffee House of this season on Saturday, Oct 19 at Centre 64 at 8:00 pm. Tickets at the Snowdrift Cafe & Centre 64 in Kimberley.

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

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

Dog Lovers! We have a pet section at Bibles For Missions Thrift Store. We’d love you to join us running our store. Flexible hours, short shifts to suit you. Come meet new friends! Open Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm. 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook.

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

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

Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of WalMart by the propane tanks. This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items you have laying around in your house. (250) 4893111 or email us at bigscran@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca Cranbrook Branch of the Stroke Recovery Association of BC. Meetings are from 10:00am-1:00pm the 2nd and 4th Wed. in the lower level of the Senior Citizen’s Hall, 125-17th St. S. Bring bag lunch. Tootie Gripich, 426-3994.

The GoGo Grannies meet the last Monday of each month at 7:00 at The College of the Rockies. Join us as we raise awareness & funds for Grandmothers raising their Grandchildren in countries devastated by Aids. Norma at 250-426-6111.

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.

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Rugby Canada adds high-performance facility to centre of excellence C ANADIAN PRESS

LANGFORD, B.C. Rugby Canada has begun work on a new high performance facility at the Canadian Rugby Centre of Excellence.

The current rugby centre in suburban Victoria is just 18 months old but Rugby Canada has already outgrown some of the facilities.

For example, the gym isn’t big enough to accommodate the men’s and women’s teams at the same time.

Both national sevens squads are centralized at Langford, as well as other Canadian teams.

The new two-storey building, across the road from the existing centre, will cover 18,000 square feet. Costs are estimated at $3.5 million to $4 million.

“It’s a one-stop shop,” said Mike Chu, Rugby Canada’s general manager in charge of rugby operations and performance. “An athlete can come here in the morning, train. It’s got a big kitchen area, dining area so they can eat. Study room so they can study. (Video) analysis rooms. All in one facility.”

“We’ve just outgrown our current facil-

ities very quickly,” he added.

Chu, who spent seven years with the New Zealand Rugby Union before coming to Canada, said the new performance facility will be world-class.

M o n d a y ’ s ground-breaking ceremony will be followed by 12 to 18 months construction.

Rugby Canada, which has partnered with the City of Langford on both the original centre and the expansion, is launching a $2.5-million fundraising campaign to help meet the capital costs.

Canadian tennis star Raonic falls to Del Potro in Japan Open final C ANADIAN PRESS

TOKYO - Juan Martin del Potro defeated Canada’s Milos Raonic 7-6 (5), 7-5 for the Japan Open title on Sunday.

The loss drops the Thornhill, Ont., product to 41-18 on the year, but Raonic is currently in 10th position in the battle for the eight-player season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour finals in London next month.

Raonic is now 5-5 in title matches, having won his fifth ATP title at the Thailand Open in Bangkok last week.

The first set lasted 54 minutes and included a

rally by del Potro that bounced him back from a 0-2 deficit in the tiebreak. Though Raonic put pressure on the Argentine throughout the set, he could not capitalize.

Tied at 5-5 in the second set, del Potro locked in and broke Raonic to go up 6-5, then held serve to secure the 7-5 victory.

After the match, Raonic congratulated his opponent and thanked the fans for showing their support throughout the tournament.

Nobuo Kuroyanagi, the President of the Japan

Tennis Association, then presented del Potro with the 16th tour-level trophy of his career.

The 22-year-old Raonic is no stranger to the Japan Open final. He was the runner-up to Kei Nishikori in Tokyo last year.

Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, was a late addition to the tournament after Andy Murray withdrew due to a back injury. The Japan Open marks his third title of the year, adding to wins in Rotterdam and Washington.

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X MARKS THE SPOT: Brittany Johnson, Adam Pitney and Darby Dean are heading to Asia to represent Canada at the World Archery Youth Championships in Wuxi, China this week. Johnson, Pitney and Dean are members of the local archery club who were handpicked by Archery Canada to represent the country in the junior compound bow category. All three, plus a few other local members, also competed on the national stage over the summer at the Canadian National Archery Championships earlier in August.

Schneider in Vancouver with new team JOHN KOROBANIK Canadian Press

EDMONTON - New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider doesn’t plan to get emotional about his return to Vancouver on Tuesday night when he’ll share the spotlight with former teammate Roberto Luongo.

“We’re there less than 24 hours. Gotta play a game, gotta win a game. I’m not going to

get all nostalgic,” Schneider said Monday.

He’ll get the start against the Canucks since teammate Martin Brodeur was tabbed to start for New Jersey on Monday night against the Oilers.

Schneider took the Vancouver starting job from Luongo last season. When the Canucks found they couldn’t trade Luongo they

turned around and sent Schneider to the Devils last June for the 10th pick in the 2013 draft.

Now the two will go head to head at Rogers Arena. While players usually like to insist it’s team versus team, Schneider admits he’ll be trying to outplay Luongo.

“Sure I am,” he said before Monday night’s game in Edmonton.

“It’s not me versus him,

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but generally you want to be better than the other guy.”

Schneider posted a 17-9-4 record last season with five shutouts and a 2.11 goals-against average. He looked like the Canucks’ future goaltender while the team tried all season to trade the veteran Luongo.

“It’s something we were forced to deal with,” said Schneider, who dropped a 3-0 decision to Pittsburgh in his first game as a Devil.

“It’s not that we wanted to or chose to, that’s just life playing hockey in Canadian cities.

“I hope that I’ve learned something from playing there. I do think it was a good experience growing up, kind of learning to play the game there.”

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Cardinals edge Pirates 2-1 to send NLDS to decisive Game 5 Will Gr aves Associated Press

PITTSBURGH Rookie Michael Wacha took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals showed off their October poise, edging the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Monday and setting up a winner-take-all Game 5 in the NL division series.

The Cardinals tied this playoff matchup and improved to 7-1

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National women’s team coach John Herdman and goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc demonstrate a drill at the Sparwood recreation soccer field on on Saturday.

Olympians visit Fernie for soccer clinic Tamar a Hynd Fernie Free Press

Excitement kept kids warm this morning at the Sparwood recreation soccer field until the fun began at a soccer clinic led by John Herdman, head coach of Canada’s women’s national soccer team and London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Karina LeBlanc, goalkeeper for the Canadian women’s soccer team.

Sixty-four children attended the free skills clinic along with local volunteer soccer coaches. LeBlanc is an ambassador for Teck and was

happy to have an opportunity to share her skills with kids in a small community. “The biggest thing is to try,” said LeBlanc. “With lots of practice, they can accomplish anything.”

Morgan McDonald is an 11 year old from Sparwood who took part in the soccer clinic. “They taught us how to control the ball while dribbling the ball and going around the defender,” said McDonald. “We also threw the ball in the air with our hands and practiced catching it with the back of our

neck.”

“The clinic was fun based as there is a big range in skills,” said Herdman. “We worked on tricks and skills to get them out passing and moving. We practiced more creative attacking moves. We just had fun really.”

The kids all got a chance to kick the ball at the net while LeBlanc played goalkeeper and some goals were scored.

Looking back at the women’s team bronze medal performance at the 2012 Olympics Herdman commented, “The

team came together culturally. They were the most connected team.

There was a team spirit that no matter what tribulations were thrown at them, they were able to rise above. They were great Canadians no matter what was thrown at them. They had a vision that was greater than themselves. When a group has a collective vision, nothing can stop them.”

The soccer clinic, sponsored by Teck, is aimed to encourage active living, skill development and teamwork.

Head coach Laviolette fired from Flyers Dan Gelston Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA - Despite a preseason vote of confidence from ownership, the Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Peter Laviolette Monday after an 0-3 start.

The Flyers made the announcement at a morning news conference, less than a day after Philadelphia dropped a 2-1 decision to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Assistant Craig Berube, in his seventh season with the organization, will take over as coach. He is the Flyers’ 18th coach in team history.

Laviolette dealt with rumours of his firing last season, a year in which the Flyers missed the playoffs after the lockout shortened the campaign. It was the only season in which he failed to make the post-season in Philadelphia.

He was hired early in the 2009 season after John Stevens was fired, and led the Flyers on an improbable run to the 2010 Stanley Cup finals, where they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games.

Laviolette won the Stanley Cup coaching the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and previously

coached the New York Islanders.

He received a vote of confidence from Flyers chairman Ed Snider shortly before the season started.

“As far as Peter is concerned, last year was an anomaly,” he said. “He’s been a very good coach for us, he’s been a good coach in this league.”

Laviolette signed a two-year extension last season that was set to take him through 2014-15. He’s just the second coach in Flyers history to coach parts of five sea-

sons.

He’s set to serve as an assistant coach under Pittsburgh’s Dan Bylsma for the United States in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, and has coaching experience with USA Hockey.

Laviolette led the Flyers to three straight playoff appearances before they stumbled last season. The Flyers went 23-22-3 and were 10th in the Eastern Conference with 49 points last year, and couldn’t recover from a slow start.

NFL to enter talks on team name change Howard Fendrich Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The NFL is prepared to meet with an Indian tribe pushing for the Washington Redskins to drop the team’s nickname. Just not this week.

As league owners gathered Monday in the nation’s capital for their fall meetings, the Oneida Indian Nation held a symposium across town to promote their “Change the Mascot” campaign.

Oneida representative Ray Halbritter said the NFL was invited to attend.

Instead, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said, a meeting has been scheduled for next month and could happen sooner.

“We respect that people have differing views,” McCarthy said. “It is important that we listen to all perspectives.”

He said the Redskins name is not on the agenda for the owners’ meetings. Redskins owner Dan Snyder has vowed to keep the name, and an AP-GfK poll conducted in April found that nearly 4 in 5 Americans don’t think the team should change its name.

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over the last three years when facing elimination in the post-season.

Pedro Alvarez hit his third home run of the series, connecting with one out in the eighth for Pittsburgh’s only hit in Game 4.

Wacha, who came within an out of a no-hitter in his final start of the regular season, and the St. Louis bullpen made Matt Holliday’s two-run homer in the sixth stand up.

Trevor Rosenthal worked around a twoout walk in the ninth, retiring Andrew McCutchen on a popup for his first post-season save.

Game 5 will be Wednesday in St. Louis, with ace Adam Wainwright starting for the NL Central champion Cardinals and rookie Gerrit Cole going for the wild-card Pirates. Both pitchers won last week in the NLDS.

Home runs lead A’s over Tigers 6-3 for 2-1 AL division series lead Noah Trister Associated Press

DETROIT - The Oakland Athletics have beaten Detroit with both pitching and power. And that’s left the Tigers on the brink of elimination - and simmering with frustration.

Brandon Moss, Josh Reddick and Seth Smith homered for the Athletics, who chased Anibal Sanchez in the fifth in-

ning Monday and defeated the Tigers 6-3 for a 2-1 AL division series lead.

Moss broke a 3-all tie in the fifth with a solo shot, and Smith’s tworun drive later in the inning ended Sanchez’s day. It was an impressive offensive show after the teams split two taut, low-scoring games in Oakland.

Sanchez, the Ameri-

can League’s ERA leader, allowed six runs - five earned - and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings. Smith has homered off Sanchez more than any other player, having now done it twice in the regular season and twice in the playoffs.

Jarrod Parker gave up three runs in five innings for Oakland, and the Tigers couldn’t rally against the bullpen.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You know that you must participate and be willing to work with an associate, yet you have so many other thoughts going on in your mind. You would be well advised to follow through on one of your many ideas later in the day. Tonight: Look to the future for pursuing a goal.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Do you feel bullied? That feeling is quite possible with today’s chaotic energy. You will choose to be kind and decide to view any issues that arise as a reflection of the present confusion. A partner could want your time.

Listen. Tonight: Make time for a favorite person.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Dive into a project quickly. You can accomplish a lot -- and efficiently at that. You suddenly could be distracted by a fun event later in the day. Feel free to join in! You’ll be able to get past a hassle, as long as you do not brood on it. Tonight: Dream, then make it happen.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Listen to news carefully and reconsider your choices. What feels correct at this juncture might change again. Your creativity might be stifled right now. Be willing to go for what you want, as long as you’re 100 percent sure you want it.

Tonight: Take a brisk walk after dinner.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You could make an important decision involving real-estate.

You will gain confidence as a result, and you’ll also be willing to be less uptight about a domestic matter. Allow more creativity and fun into your life on a regular basis. Tonight: Time for some fun with friends.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Use the daytime hours to pursue an interest, but know that it could involve starting a difficult conversation. The other party might seem closed down, but the recent distance is a reflection of your attitude. A partner will change his or her tune. Tonight: Quiet time at home.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

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Work with someone directly, and know that you might have to say “no” to him or her. You could find this person to be difficult to co-exist with. Communication will excel by late afternoon. A partner could surprise you with a reversal. Tonight: Have an important discussion.

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In college, the troubling incidents started again. Because of our daughter’s refusal to let us have access to her medical information, we had no real idea of what was happening. The next few years included troubling breakups with both friends and boyfriends, extreme weight loss and talk of suicide.

Our daughter is now 32 and recently married. She suddenly and inexplicably has cut us off. When we try to communicate with her, she becomes hysterical with rage. We have learned she has been saying horrible things about us to the same extended family members we tried to protect her from in childhood. We are devastated. One relative actually told my husband that we must have done something terrible to our daughter for her to treat us this way.

These family members now have a special, almost frenzied new importance to our daughter. They judge us constantly. To be accused of such mistreatment is insulting and painful. Please print this so these family members will stop jumping to conclusions.

-- Reading This Can Help Dear Reading: Most likely, the only thing that will change their perspective is to be on the receiving end of your daughter’s erratic behavior. Despite all the therapy she had when younger, her problems haven’t disappeared. She has simply chosen to deal with them in her own way, which currently precludes a loving relationship with you.

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Dear Annie: Like many people, I suffer from the effects of multiple sclerosis. To look at us, you wouldn’t know anything is wrong.

But the pain I suffer from daily is sometimes unbearable. How should I reply to inconsiderate people who make comments like, “Come on, hurry up” or “What is wrong with you?” I wish people would think before they open their mouths. They do not know the struggles I face.

There is treatment for MS, but no cure. I maintain my regimen of daily injections, but most of the time I cannot control its rampage. Maybe this letter will bring awareness to people not to judge on outward appearances. -- Suffering in Michigan Dear Suffering: We hope so, but unless you are willing to tell these impatient people what the problem is, they will continue to behave rudely toward you. Please, folks, the people around you may be coping with terrible difficulties that are not visible. Be kind.

Dear Annie: I loved the letter from the “Lady Doctor,” who was so thrilled with her MD degree that she wanted everyone to address her mail to “Dr. Jane Doe and Mr. John Doe.” My wife and I met in grad school. She went on to get a Ph.D. Her mother is so proud that she addresses all of my wife’s letters to Dr. Jane Doe. However, she is also a traditionalist, so when she writes to both of us, she addresses her letters to Mr. and Mrs. John Doe. My wife will quickly tell anyone who asks that she is at least as proud of her Mrs. degree as she is of her Ph.D. -- Mr. John Doe Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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So many questions Hi Wendy: I have been renovating my house over the past year. Do you see any other issues coming that will cost me money in the way of repairs to my house or my car?

I am having a few problems with my car.

Will I need to buy another vehicle? Will there be any other large expenditures I need to be aware of?

Do you see me selling my house and moving away from the city I am living? If so, where do you see me moving to and when?

Are there any other fixes I need to do to my house to help me sell it?

Will I meet a man that will be good for me in all aspects of my life?

If so, when and where will I meet him and what does he look like?

Thank you for your help in past readings.

In a Flurry Dear In A Flurry: Well, you’ve had quite the year, haven’t you. Will you be glad when it’s over, like I will?

You will not really have any major repairs to your car in 2013 but you will have major repairs in 2014. You will probably have to buy another vehicle in 2014; the choice is really up to you. My guide says it would be wise to buy another car because the repairs after the major one will just continue.

There are other fixes that you need to do that will help you sell your home. The area where we see needs some repairs and a good painting is the back entrance of your home.

In November and December you will have to do some minor repairs to your home.

However, no major repairs to your home in 2014.

We do not see you selling your home or moving away from the area you are now living until 2015. You will be moving in the direction northwest of the town you are currently living in. If you had any specific locations we could tell

CORRECTION!

Annual General Meeting

AGM for the Key City Theatre Society will be held on Monday, October 21, 2013 at 7:00 pm.

Board Member elections are on the agenda.

All Members welcome and refreshments will be served.

ed the “spec” process, as I like to call it. This means when you ASK WENDY meet a man, give me his first and last name Wendy and we will do a Evano “spec” on him for you.

This means you do you whether you will be not stop going out with moving there or not. him if we find negative Don’t forget: broad qualities about him. questions, broad anYou keep living in the swers. This means the truth and awareness more specific the ques- while you are dating tion, the more specific him and try to prove us the answer we can give wrong in our analysis of you. him. This does not If you wish, you can mean you try and justify email us back again with his negative qualities this information and we because you want imwill be happy to help mediate gratification you. and live in fairytale land.

We do see you meetIt also does not mean ing a man in 2016 who that you become intimay be compatible with mate with any man until your lifestyle. The year you see who and what 2016 is too far away to he is made of, if you tell you where you will know what I mean. Intimeet him. macy in a relationship Is it really important should be earned on where you will meet this both sides and is someman? I really don’t like thing precious two peotelling people where ple share. they will meet their Giving away your mate because they get white light is not a good all caught up in the thing; as Martha Stewart drama and delay the would say. The only events of the meeting. thing that came to me For example, if I told you rather quickly is he has that you will meet a man brown hair, not very tall, at the theatre then you about five feet five or six would be going to the inches. He is a hard theatre more often than worker but there may be usual and you would be alcohol issues there; searching and wonder- hence the “spec.” ing and living in anticiIn conclusion, hold pation. your breath for the rest What this does is it of this year like I am delays the energy of doing; we will get meeting whom you through it. Everyone were suppose to meet at does have these type of that time. years; it’s just our turn What is important is this year. The year 2014 this person you are to will be a better year for meet is a good man. you.

That is why I have creatBe careful with the men you go out with.

Take your time and when in doubt send us an email and we will do a “spec” for you.

Wendy

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Accepting funds from The Build It Forward Foundation are (left to right): Mike Calder (EKFH Treasurer), Steve Pommier (Cranbrook Alliance Church), Christine Shumka (Interior Health Services Director) and Laird Siemens (Chaplain, EKRH Spiritual Care Program).

Build It Forward, Alliance give $1,000 for Spiritual Care Fund Submit ted

It just wasn’t the wonders of hearing the amazing songs of country music star Paul Brandt when he played a concert last May at the Cranbrook Alliance Church but it is the wonder of his generosity that is now touching the community.

The Calgary-born Brandt decided to thank the Cranbrook Alliance Church for hosting the concert by sending a gift of $1,000 from The Build It Forward Foundation, formed

by Paul and his wife Elizabeth Peterson, to the East Kootenay Foundation for Health.

“We were absolutely blessed to learn of this wonderful gift coming from Paul and his foundation,” said Steve Pommier, representative for the Alliance Church. “We were also equally moved when it was the foundation who suggested that the gift be earmarked for use by the regional hospital’s Spiritual Care Committee.

This is something we think Paul (a former pediatric nurse) and his family will really be pleased with.”

The East Kootenay Regional Hospital Spiritual Care Program operates 52 weeks per year with chaplains

available Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. The program complements the job done by the hospital’s many dedicated and skilled staff to meet the patients’ physical needs by adding spiritual care to the equation.

“The Spiritual Care Program is donor-driven – all donations come from the community, so a donation like this is very welcome indeed,” said Laird Siemens, EKRH Chaplain.

“Like manna from heaven!”

The East Kootenay Foundation for Health assists the Spiritual Care Program by stewardship of its donations and working closely with the program’s committee on a variety of different projects.

The Build It Forward Foundation has done just that … build it forward to highlight the spiritual care program for patients and their families at the regional hospital. To learn more about the philanthropic work of Paul and his family visit www. builditforward.ca. To make your own gift in support of the Spiritual Care Program at EKRH contact Donna Grainger at East Kootenay Foundation for Health, 1-877-489-6481.

House fire in Fernie injures three people Tamar a Hynd Fernie Free Press

Two people are in serious condition with burns and smoke inhalation after a house fire on Mt. Trinity Avenue in Fernie last night.

Fernie Fire Rescue (FFR) received a call at 11:04 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 of a house fire at 22 Mt. Trinity Avenue in Fernie.

The upper storey of the two-storey house was engulfed when firefighters arrived on scene. Three fire trucks and 10 firefighters responded and had the fire contained by 11:48 p.m. Elk Valley RCMP and BC Ambulance were also on scene.

Four renters, thought to be in their twenties, occupied the home with two guests when the fire start-

ed.

A man in his twenties had a pot of cooking oil heating on the stovetop.

He left the kitchen for a minute then he heard a pop come from the kitchen. The man attempted to extinguish the fire on the stove without success.

The man sustained burns to his face and suffered from smoke inhalation. He was kept at the Elk Valley Hospital overnight.

Witnesses have reported that one woman jumped from the second storey and was caught by a neighbour before she hit the ground.

Two individuals are in serious condition from burns and smoke inhalation. They were transported to Calgary by STARS helicopter.

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Fire Prevention Week Al Collinson

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Kimberley Fire Department

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Fire Prevention Week

October 6 - 12, 2013

Kimberley Fire Department

Young Students a Key Ingredient to ‘Recipe for Fire Safety’ Campaign Highlights Fire Prevention Week October 6-12 October 4, 2013 – Kimberley kids are a key ingredient in ‘A Recipe for Fire Safety,’ this year’s national safety campaign supporting Fire Prevention Week from October 6-12.

Local fire service and area educators and the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC), to help teach children and their families on how to prevent cooking fires– the leading cause of home fires.

‘Prevent Kitchen Fires’ is this year’s official Fire Prevention Week theme.

“Through ‘A Recipe for Fire Safety’ campaign, the fire service and teachers will be

able to work together to make our children more informed about fire safety at home,” says Stephen Gamble, President, Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs. “What we need parents and guardians to do is to continue the learning at home, to teach children how to create and practise a home fire escape plan, and, to check every smoke alarm in their home to ensure they are working and that they are less than 10 years old.”

“We all have a role to play in preventing fires in our homes. As Thanksgiving approaches, get young-

sters to share what they have learned through the campaign.

We should all exercise more caution in the kitchen with family and any house guests,” adds Gamble.

Teachers of JK to Grade 3 have been provided a curriculum of five fire safety lesson plans and homework kits from CAFC. Participating classes also have the chance to win prizes.

A different lesson has been developed for each day of Fire Prevention Week, as well as a simplified ‘Recipe for Fire Safety’ checklist families can use at home.

Lessons include:

– “A Recipe for Kitchen Fire Safety”: students will learn basic fire safety practices in the kitchen.

– “What’s Hot What’s Not?”: students will identify things that get hot and be shown how to stay safe.

– “Smoke Alarms Take Tests Too!”: students will be taught to understand the importance of testing smoke alarms.

– “When Your Smoke Alarm Turns 10!”: students will learn that all smoke alarms must be replaced every 10 years.

– “Home Escape Plans”: students will be taught the importance

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of home escape plans and be encouraged to create and practise one at home with their parents.

Carol Heller, a home safety expert with campaign partner Kidde Canada says, “The CAFC have done great work with the curriculum to help educators address some of the key behaviours that can improve fire safety in our homes. Start-

ing those lessons early contributes to a generation of fire-safe families. A great example is the lesson -When Your Smoke Alarm Turns 10 - designed to teach youngsters and their parents to always check their smoke alarms to see if they’ve reached their 10-year lifespan and need to be replaced.”

After 10 years smoke alarms should be

replaced, whether they run on batteries or are hardwired. The latest smoke alarm technology offers advantages for protection from fires in the kitchen and other rooms such as intelligent photoelectric sensors to differentiate between real fires and false alarms, and 10-year sealed lithium batteries which never need to be replaced.

The City of Kimberley is a proud supporter of Fire Prevention Week.

On November 3rd, 2013 when you change your clock – change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

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