Kimberley Daily Bulletin, October 23, 2013

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2013

CITY HOCKEY

CONCERT

Off to Vegas to defend title.

A special concert with the Kimberley Community Choir.

TEAM ON THE ROAD

BISSET SINGERS

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The Rossi residence on Crerar Street is a huge draw for Kimberley kids on Halloween, not only for the great decorations but also for the homemade Halloween treats. However, word is that Pat and Shirley say this is the last year they will going so big for Halloween, so if you haven’t checked out their house, you’d best get there this year.

Learn trial will be heard in Cranbrook Re-trial over 2009 murder conviction for Cheyenne Learn won’t be moved out of town after all SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff

The re-trial of a local man convicted of murder in 2009 will be held in Cranbrook after all. Cheyenne Learn won an appeal in May to have a new trial over charges of murder in connection with the December 2007 shooting of Tammy Ellis. In Cranbrook Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 22, prosecutor Lianna Swanson said that the Crown would consent to the re-trial being heard by a judge alone, instead of a judge and jury.

Defense counsel Brent Bagnall said that means the trial does not need to be moved out of Cranbrook. Bagnall has previously said in court that publicity of the case during the original trial and since Learn’s appeal mean a trial by jury should not be heard in Cranbrook. Cheyenne Learn was convicted in 2009 of second degree murder over Tammy Ellis’s death and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 16 years. But in May, the B.C. Court of Appeal threw out that conviction and ordered a new trial for Learn. Appeal Court Justice Ian Donald said the judge in the original trial misdirected jurors before their verdict by talking about the necessary intent required to convict someone of murder. Learn’s case will be back in court on December 2 to fix a date for the trial.

Approaching target depth

Santa Fe drill program test-hole reaches 1,336 meters; in range of target C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

Santa Fe Metals Corp., the new company behind the test-hole drilling of the Sully group of claims near Fort Steele, announced late Monday that they had reached a hole depth of 1,336 meters below the drill collar elevation. This is equivalent to a vertical depth of 1,290 below drill collar elevation and within range of the predicted depth of the target ‘gravity anomaly’. Previous test holes seeking this anomaly last spring had gone off target, as Santa Fe Minerals President Scott Broughton explained that a drill steel can bend like a spa-

ghetti noodle and miss the target entirely. This time, enhanced drill stabilization techniques are being employed to minimize drillhole deviation and surveys show that the hole is on course towards its target. Brougton says things are getting exciting with this test-hole. It has advanced some 400 meters in the past week. Paul Ransom, P.Geo., a familiar name in local mineral exploration who was involved in the Sullivan Deeps project near Kimberley several years ago, is the project manager and the company’s qualified person. A recent press release from Santa Fe reports that Ransom has noted “several recent intersections of disseminated sulphides in Fort Steele quartz arenite, including pyrrhotite occurring in grain clusters from 1 to 7mm and trace chalcopyrite. See SULLY, page 4

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Farren Billey (FB Drilling), Ian Smith (Chairman Santa Fe Metals) and Paul Ransom (Project Manager) at the Sully claim drill site.


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