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Jam for Jenna raises over $16,000

Tyler Robinson Foundation matches revenue from fund raising event FOR THE BULLETIN

Saturday night’s benefit concert raised over $8000 through the support of many volunteers and generous donations from all of the local suppliers. With the matching gift from the Tyler Robinson Foundation, the total contribution to the Jenna Homeniuk Trust Fund will exceed $16,000.

Tyler Robinson was a 17 year old cancer patient and an avid fan of the internationally acclaimed Imagine Dragons.

He befriended, and remained very close with the band until his passing in March of 2013.

Imagine Dragons have since partnered with Tyler’s family to form a foundation to support families struggling with cancer.

Jesse Robinson, Tyler’s older brother and executive director of the foundation, developed a particular interest in Jenna and her family. This lead to their ultimate offer to match the funds raised at the Jam for Jenna concert. The news of this offer was received late Saturday night.

Almost 400 people attended the Jam for Jenna benefit concert at the McKim Theatre.

The crowd was entertained by a stellar lineup of musicians from the Kimberley area. MC, Scott McInnis kept the night moving with great anecdotes and some bad musician jokes.

Later in the evening he conducted the live auction for a dog-sled day trip sponsored by GOT Adventures. The auction raised $600 for the event. The

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The Rosie Brown Band performs at Jam for Jenna Saturday night at McKim Theatre. See more from the concert later this week in the Bulletin.

show opened with a high energy performance by 60 Hertz followed by the earthy melodies of Van and Shelagh Redecopp (Sheva).

Sheva ended their set with the help of Joey Raymond, Kathy Murphy and Drew Lyall. Drew introduced the last number, “Its Time”

by Imagine Dragons, with a

heartwarming story connecting the Tyler Robinson Foundation and Imagine Dragons with the Jam for Jenna.

The crowd learned how the arbitrary choice of “Its Time” led to Drew’s discovery that Imagine Dragons have a particular empathy for families with children

fighting cancer and the resulting financial and emotional pressures.

The second half of the show kicked off with the spine tingling harmonies and expert picking skills of The Rosie Brown Band. The program ended with a frenetic and powerful performance by Cranbrook’s own

The Good Ol’ Goats.

Van Redecopp treated the crowd to a bonus finale as he was joined on stage by his wife Shelagh and all the other performers in a rousing rendition of “Wagon Wheel”, which he dedicated to Jenna’s mom.

Contacted in Calgary, after the concert, Jenna’s

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mom Paula said, “We are truly touched by everyone’s efforts and are so grateful for all that has been done. We love our home.”

Jenna and Paula are currently staying at the Rotary Flames house near Calgary’s Children’s Hospital. Jenna is awaiting her second bone marrow transplant.

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It is early morning and I am not well.

My tongue feels like it is wearing a wool sock, my lower gastrointestinal tract is percolating with foul gasses, and my stomach churns with nausea. I would like to feel sorry for myself but I cannot. You see, my misery is entirely self-induced.

As a dog I am susceptible to some irrational behaviours that stem from the instinctual preferences of my ancestors. Though I have evolved to a point these behaviours are now of little or no benefit to me, I cannot help myself. For example, my current plight is due to the fact that I have ingested the hoof-part of a deer leg that I had found at a cougar kill earlier in the day. Now it would seem to make sense that since the large, hungry cat hadn’t bothered to make a meal of this indigestible part of the deer, that perhaps it was not worth gnawing on. However, some baser part of me just cannot resist hauling these things home and doing just that. And for that recklessness, I am paying the price.

If this act of chewing the toenails off the leg of a dead deer is difficult to rationalize to myself, I can only imagine, gentle reader, how bizarre you humans find it.

Then again, there are many doggy doings that confuse you logic-driven two-leggers. For example, our habit of rolling in the feces or on the decomposing carcasses of other animals. Some of you think we do it to hide our own scent or to bring back evidence of where we have been to the pack. Bit of a stretch, don’t you think? How about this; we like the way it smells! We find the earthy, rich, eye-watering stench of it appealing. Which is not something I can say for the stink you humans apply on a daily basis. You dab it behind your ears, you smear it under your arms, heck you gargle with the stuff.

As for the rich, green tang of a fresh cow patty being altogether too grotesque for human sensibilities, how about this, the most expensive perfumes you humans use are made from a substance called ambergris which is – wait for it – whale vomit. Google it if you dare.

There are other of dog idiosyncrasies that people find either odd or unappealing or both. Things like how we like to drink out of toilets, eat grass or even how we bath ourselves with our own tongues. However, humanity is not with out its own, difficult to rationalize behaviours. One of my favourites is the human penchant for fermented and/or distilled beverages.

Even though they seem to impair that brain you are all so proud of, you hominids continue the practice of ingesting these liquids derived from rotting fruit and grains. This despite the fact that when taken in excess, these concoctions cause you problems with motors skills, communication and often anger management.

Then the next morning you wake up feeling like you have ingested one too many deer toenails and that gentle reader, is not a good feeling at all.

I stagger from my dog bed in the early morning dark and try to wake my man in the hope he will let me outside before I make a mess, but the effort is fruitless.

He is vibrating his soft pallet at mega-decibal volume and cannot be roused.

With a now increasing sense of urgency I bolt for the backdoor but with no opposable thumb, I cannot grasp the doorknob. There is no escaping either the house or the shame.

When my man rises in the morning he will find, there on the “Welcome” mat, the unwelcome remains of an undigested deer hoof and not far away, a guilty dog with a look in his eyes that seems to say, “I promise I won’t ever touch another deer leg again. I swear”

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Deer leg? What deer leg?: Boulder caught red-pawed with the freshly pedicured evidence.

Dog Taylor endures the human enforced consequences of “rollin’ in it”.

Dog Gabby demonstrates the canine art of “rollin’ in it”.

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David Couse photo

Dirbag offers an opportunity for viewing the work of local photographers, both amateur and professional. Above, David Couse, took this spectacular shot of the valley shrouded in fog last fall.

Dirtbag Festival moves to conference centre for 2014

Call for photo submissions for Community show; tickets available online only, now

for the popular Community Show, which features photos and video clips and is one of the more popular segments of Dirtbag. The Community Show is simply a celebration of the Dirtbag community. Anyone can submit three photos or video clips with the content, context, location, location of photographer/videographer entirely open. You can submit online at www.dirtbagfestival.com. There will be lots of great prizes this year, and Fest organizers urge you to enter as soon as possible.

You can also purchase tickets online, but hurry. This event has always sold out in the past.

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Kimberley’s Dirtbag Festival is a much anticipated event each year — a gathering of those who live the dirtbag lifestyle, as well as those who aspire to.

What is the Festival all about?

“Dirtbag Festival is a celebration of the story gatherers as well as the story tellers, told by dirtbags living in the rebel realms of the wild spaces they call home, through film, photography, spoken word and art.

It is a community of artists, activists, pranksters and adventurers who carry us through the dark winters by sharing their tales.”

The Festival seeks answers to the following questions. What awes and inspires you? What keeps you going? What’s your place on earth? What’s your story?

Dirtbag is scheduled for Friday, April 4, 2014 at the Kimberley Conference Centre.

Previously Dirtbag has been held at McKim Theatre but the move up to the Resort was suggested by request from festival-goers in order to take advantage of the social environment at the ski hill.

That environment will be on prominent display the weekend of April 4,5 and 6 as it is Spring Splash weekend — the weekend that Kimberley celebrates the end of the ski season.

That, believe Dirtbag organizers, offers a perfect fit with their own fest and a great way to open the Spring Splash weekend.

Submissions are now being accepted

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2014- 2018 FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN MEETING There will be a special meeting of Council to discuss the 2014 – 2018 Five Year Financial Plan for the City of Cranbrook.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday February 18, 2014 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm in Council Chambers at City Hall.

The public is invited to attend.

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NDP Finance Critic to visit Kimberley C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald welcomes NDP Finance Critic Mike Farnworth to the riding this week as the Port Coquitlam MLA tours the Kootenays.

Farnworth is visiting the Kootenays, meeting with local governments, industry leaders and small business owners in advance of the provincial budget, which will be brought to the Legislature February 18.

Farnworth, who has held the post of Finance critic since 2011, will be responsible for responding to the budget in the Legislature.

Farnworth will be in Kimberley on Wednesday, February 5, along with Macdonald. They will be at the Bean Tree in the Platzl at 4 p.m. for a public

Mike Farnworth, Port Coquitlam MLA, and NDP Finance Critic.

event. Everyone is welcome to drop by.

Farnworth will also visit Cranbrook, Nelson, Castlegar and Trail while in the area.

Lions raise $1,110 This year’s Lions Christmas light up raised $1,110 for the Sick Children’s Fund. The Mark Creek Lions thank everyone who donated toward the light up.

Anyone who needs assistance is encouraged to apply for the Sick Children’s Fund through any Mark Creek Lions members.

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McKim memories McKim Memories Yo, yo, yo! Welcome back to another installment of McKim Memories. We had a very interesting week filled with activities and fun.

Our Grade 4s and 5s enjoyed an informative Metis presentation. We learned about what early Metis settlers wore, ate and how they lived. We also learned about their fight for freedom.

Our Grade 4 classes are currently learning how to have fun while cross-country skiing.

We do laps around the field and have learned how to go downhill.

Last week we recognized students at a recognition assembly. Students were recognized for their achievements and strong qualities. We also enjoyed a magical musical interlude by Garret Symes. A video

by Kid President about things we need to say more often was enjoyed by all. I feel like a corn dog. We also enjoyed interviews with Grade 4s (How embarrassing!).

On Friday, we had

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Fun with the white stuff. our first pep rally of the year (and hopefully not our last). Students were encouraged to dress in the colour of their team.

Face painting was accepted in the spirit of the competition. We

played some great games which required energy and skill.

Sportsmanship and team spirit were highly rewarded. A remarkable time was had by all.

Next week is gonna be a doozie. We have Buddy Camps all week long and Zumba starts again. WooHoo! Talk to you later.

RDEK on the hunt for outstanding volunteers

For the Bulletin

If you know an outstanding volunteer in one of the rural areas in the region, the RDEK wants to hear from you!

Nomination forms are now available for the 2014 Electoral Area Volunteer of the Year and, as it has in past years, the Regional District will once again be honouring one outstanding volunteer from each of its six Electoral Areas.

“Our Volunteer of the Year program recognizes an individual or couple from each of our Electoral Areas and gives us the opportunity to pay tribute to them and to all the volunteers who give selflessly to contribute to the spirit, culture and people of their communities,” says RDEK Board Chair, Rob Gay. Nominees must be a resident of an Electoral Area and make voluntary contributions to the spirit, culture or people of the

community.

Nomination forms can be filled out or downloaded from the RDEK website (www.rdek.bc.ca) and can also be picked up at the Cranbrook and Columbia Valley RDEK offices, from the Electoral Area Advisory Commissions and various Community Associations.

The deadline for nominations is February 27, 2014.

Teck confirms sodium hydroxide spill into Columbia River near Trail TRAIL, B.C. — Teck Resources is confirming that its smelter in Trail has spilled up to 25,000 litres of a chemical solution into the Columbia River.

Spokesman Richard Deane says the solution likely contained sodium hydroxide which the plant uses to

de-mineralize feed water for the smelter’s boilers.

Sodium hydroxide is in an industrial cleaning agent also known as lye or caustic soda and can cause severe skin burns and eye damage.

Deane could not say if a harmful amount of the chemical was

drained into the river.

Deane says the solution was accidentally drained to a domestic sewage plant leading to the river instead of getting treated.

B.C.-based Teck Resources is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States on allegations unrelated to

this spill that its smelter in Trail has polluted the Columbia River.

A woman from Washington State says pollutants released into the water as recently as March 2011 are to blame for her breast cancer and other health problems.

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Letters to the Editor Save door-to-door

As a constituent, I would like to raise my concerns about Canada Post’s plan to take away door-to-door delivery and force people like me to use community mailboxes (CMBs).

I don’t think it’s fair for Canada Post to change the rules for people who have chosen to live where they live so that they can get door-to-door delivery.

It is especially unfair for some of my neighbours who are elderly and others who are living with disabilities. Going to CMB delivery could put the health and safety of these people at risk, especially in the winter.

I do not want a community mailbox.

They are prone to vandalism and have other disadvantages in terms of safety, accessibility, litter, snow build-up and the environment.

Furthermore, CMBs are big and ugly and there is nowhere to put them. Where are they supposed to go? I completely oppose putting them on my property or on municipal property such as schools or parks.

I would also like to challenge other residents in my community to help me ensure that door-to-door delivery is not removed from my neighbourhood. In particular, I would like to see City Councillors pass a

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resolution on keeping door-to-door delivery.

I am also hoping other residents will write Members of Parliament who represent our neighbourhoods and ask them to urge the Federal Government to put the cuts to door-to-door delivery on hold. The government should be consulting with constituents prior to considering such a major change, especially one that will alter the face of local neighbourhoods and disproportionately affect seniors and residents with disabilities.

Lorraine Klemchuk Cranbrook

The early years

Lifelong learning begins at birth Sub mit ted

What? You expect my baby to read before she walks or talks?

No, not read — but when you read, sing, talk or play with your infant you encourage her to develop all of the skills she will need later on to grow and learn and succeed.

You, the parent, hold the keys to your child’s love of lifelong learning because literacy is the ability to successfully navigate the challenges of an ever-changing world. Each touch and word helps build your child’s literacy skills. Parents are their children’s first and most important teachers and so they need the support and resources to help them be the best teachers they can.

Parents of very young children encourage literacy through singing, speaking and playing with their children. Rhymes, stories, crafts — all provide everyday learning opportunities. Speaking to your child encourages the child to talk and helps the child develop language skills. Exposure to more than one language increases the

child’s ability to develop verbal and cognitive skills.

Everyone needs literacy skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening, numbers and technological. These skills are used daily at home, school, work — literally everywhere.

Literacy is the ability to understand the rapidly evolving world around us and makes us resilient in the face of turbulent change. When we encourage learning in our children, it improves their chances of success, just as when we improve our own.

Families who spend a minimum of 15 minutes per day together focused on literacy activities such as reading, singing, learning to play musical instruments and playing board games increase their literacy capacity. These types of family activities create healthy learning opportunities for both children and adults.

So put down the cellphone, shut off the computer and video games and talk, play, laugh and connect.

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) manages the two StrongStart

programs hosted at Amy Woodland Elementary School and Steeples Elementary School — both are free and welcome all pre-school aged children along with a parent or caregiver. Evening StrongStart ends April 23 when morning openings will resume. StrongStarts provide art, singing, circle time, gym time and snacks. There are other free family play programs in Cranbrook – check them out.

For other early childhood programs in Cranbrook contact Theresa at cranbrookecd@gmail.com or the East Kootenay Children First website at www.childrenfirst.ekkids.ca or email Patricia at ekidsfirst@shaw.ca.

CBAL also sponsors the Youth Writing Project inviting youth aged 10-15 to meet twice monthly to learn and improve their writing skills — poetry, graphic novels, prose — anything goes!

All CBAL programs are free. For more information about CBAL programs in Cranbrook or to register please call Katherine at 250-417-2896 or email khough@ cbal.org.

East kootenay foundation for health

$130,699 for Starlite Campaign Donna Grainger

When the East Kootenay Foundation for Health launched its sixth annual Starlite Campaign the focus on fundraising was to support and strengthen health initiatives in the East Kootenay. Now as the Campaign closes the unbelievable generosity of people living in the East Kootenay demonstrated their investment to the current and future community and regional health care needs with an accumulated gift total of $130,699.

“There are no words to express the gratitude for the resounding support of the Starlite Campaign and the overall mission of the foundation,” shares Brian Clifford, foundation chair. “It truly is a remarkable outcome and a definite benefit to health care in the area we serve.”

The stunning blue stars have become a

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holiday tradition at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital. This year the 17 roofline stars received a lighting refurbishment and the campaign received a surprise arrival of a single, top of the roof star that pierced the darkness by helping light a path for others thanks to donors from every corner of the region.

The foundation’s work is to now start allocating Starlite and other stewarded funds for equipment purchases. Thanks to EKFH donors, the following areas of care are benefitting from the 2013 Starlite Campaign: The foundation has already released funding confirmations for a Kids ECG Simpad for the Golden Hospital, a trauma stretcher for the Sparwood Health Centre, and dental equipment for Invermere’s Columbia House.

Letters to the Editor

The Starlite Campaign was initiated to help find a way to support community health care initiatives to improve and better address needs for community and regional health care. The passion and desire of the public to support that effort was never more evident as the 2013 Starlite Campaign ends with a record setting result over $25,000 from its last highest achievement in 2012.

At the closing of this year’s campaign and since the Starlite launch in 2008 your generous donations of $535,249 has remained in the East Kootenay to fund essential health care equipment and patient comforts in facilities throughout the region.

East Kootenay Foundation for Health thanks you for your investment to your community, to the region and for your continued support of its mission.

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L.L.E.E.S. - The Missing Link - FREE Employment & Life Workshops - Sponsored by CBT. Interviews & the Power of First Impressions -Tuesday Feb. 4th 7pm- - How to answer questions, what to ask and wear? Register Now!! call youth centre @ 250-427-7017 and leave name and number.

2014 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, Feb. 5th, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Harmony Chapter Eastern Star.

L.L.E.E.S. - The Missing Link - FREE Employment & Life Workshops - Sponsored by CBT. True Colors- Thursday, Feb. 6th, 7pm- Get to know you and others, what career fits for you? Learn why others seem different to you, understand your personal values! Register Now!! call youth centre @ 250-427-7017 and leave name and number.

The Flathead Art Exhibit; first shown in Waterton Park, Sept 2013. This stunning exhibit opens Friday Feb 7 at the Gallery, 135 - 10th Ave. S., Cranbrook. Runs until March 1.

Join the 4th Annual Slopes for Hope event in Kimberley, BC; Inviting Nordic skiers, Alpine skiers, snowboarders and all people who love to play in the snow to join the fight against cancer as we take it to the slopes Saturday, Feb. 8th, 9:00 am – 4:00pm. Transportation to Kimberley Nordic Club provided 9:45 am – 3:15 pm by Simply Kimberley. Register Now Individually or Teams up to 4 people - slopesforhope.ca.

Family Fishing Derby Monday February 10, 2014. On Family Day weekend come out for fishing, children’s games, and great prizes! Benefits local children battling cancer. Contact familyfishingderby@gmail.com L.L.E.E.S. - The Missing Link - FREE Employment & Life Workshops - Sponsored by CBT. Presenting and Creating Portfolios- Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7pm Learn how to create a portfolio and use it! Register Now!! call youth centre @ 250-427-7017 and leave name and number.

The Cranbrook Quilters Guild will be holding their monthly meeting on February 11th at the Seniors Hall, 125-17th Ave S, Cranbrook at 7.15 pm. All interested quilters and anyone interested in becoming a member is invited to join us for a fun evening. For more info contact Donna at 280 421 3724.prod

ONGOING Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesday at the Kimbrook.

Meet & Greet from 6:00-6:30pm, supper 6:30-7:00, meeting 7:008:00pm. Contact 250-427-5612 or 250-427-7496. New members welcome - men and ladies!

COME SKATE WITH US. Ongoing registration available for Precan, Canskate, StarSkate, Adult & Powerskate programs. Check us out at www.cranbrookskating.com Seniors Autobiographical Writing for those aged 60 or wiser at the Kimberley Library. No writing experience necessary. It’s free.

Tuesdays 10:00 - Noon. Register: Kim Roberts CBAL Coordinator 250-427-4468 or kroberts@cbal.org Free Public Skating at Fort Steele! Open 9:30 - 3:30 every day! We have a huge outdoor rink waiting for you! Strap on your skates and warm up by the fire! Call ahead for weather conditions 250-417-6000.

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

The Cranbrook Skating Club is celebrating their 60th Anniversary with an Ice Show on March 1st, 2014 at Western Financial Place.

We are looking to research the Club’s history and also locate previous skaters, coaches and judges. Contact Debbie Mandryk @ 250-489-2318 or debbiemandryk@msn.com.

Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www. fightwithus.ca and register as a volunteer.

Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Wednesdays from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs.

Contact: cranbrookoa@hotmail.com Treasures Galore at Bargain Prices. Bibles For Missions Thrift Store.

Open Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook.

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

Funtastic Singers Drop-In Singing group; free to attend-just for fun! No experience necessary! CDAC Office&Gallery 135 10th Ave S, Tuesdays; 6.45-8.15pm 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca / www. cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com 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.

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.

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The Arab Spring three years on

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t has taken a little longer than it did after the 1848 revolutions in Europe, but on the third anniversary of the Egyptian revolution we can definitely say that the “Arab Spring” is finished.

The popular, mostly non-violent revolutions that tried to overthrow the single-party dictatorships and absolute monarchies of the Arab world had their moments of glory, but the party is over and the bosses are back.

People in the Middle East hate having their triumphs and tragedies treated as a second-hand version of European history, but the parallels with Europe in 1848 are hard to resist. The Arab tyrants had been in power for just as long, the revolutions were fuelled by the same mixture of democratic idealism and frustrated nationalism, and once again the trigger for the revolutions (if you had to highlight just one factor) was soaring food prices.

In many places the Arab revolutionaries had startlingly quick successes at first — Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen — just like the French, German, and Italian revolutionaries did in Europe’s “Springtime of the Peoples”. For a time it looked like everything would change. Then came the counter-revolutions and it all fell apart, leaving only a few countries permanently changed for the better — like Denmark then, or Tunisia in today’s Arab world.

The disheartening parallels are particularly strong between Egypt, by far the biggest country in the Arab world, and France, which was Europe’s most important and populous country in 1848. In both cases, the revolutions at first brought free media, civil rights and free elections, but

also a great deal of social turmoil and disorientation.

In both France and Egypt the newly enfranchised masses then elected presidents whose background alarmed much of the population: a nephew of Napoleon in one case, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in the other. And here the stories diverge for a time — but the ending, alas, does Gwynne not.

In France, President Dyer Louis Napoleon launched a coup against his own presidency, and re-emerged in 1852 as Emperor Napoleon III. It had been a turbulent few years, and by then a large majority of the French were willing to vote for him because he represented authority, stability and tradition. They threw away their own democracy.

In Egypt last year, the army allied itself with former revolutionaries to overthrow the elected president, Mohamed Morsi — and within a few months, after an election which will genuinely represent the wish of most Egyptians to trade their new democracy for authority, stability and tradition, Field Marshal Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will duly assume the presidency. The counter-revolution is as popular in Egypt now as it was in France then. And if you fear that this analogy is really relevant, then here’s the worst of it. After the defeat of the 1848 revolutions, there were no further democratic revolutions in Europe for 20 years. If that timetable were also to apply to the Arab world, then the next round of democratic revolutions would only be due around 2035. But it probably doesn’t apply.

There is one key difference between the European revolutions of 1848 and the

Arab revolutions of 2011. The 1848 revolutions were violent explosions of popular anger that succeeded in hours or days, while those of 2010-11 were largely non-violent, more calculated struggles that took much longer to win. Non-violent revolutions give millions of people time to think about why they are taking these risks and what they hope to get out of it.

They may still lose focus, take wrong turns, even throw all their gains away.

Mistakes are human, and so is failure. But once people have participated in a non-violent revolution they are permanently politicised, and in the long run they are quite likely to remember what they came for.

The most promising candidate to succeed Gene Sharp as the world authority on non-violent revolutions is Erica Chernoweth, a young American academic who co-wrote the study “Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Non-Violent Conflict” with diplomat Maria Stephan. A lot of their book is about why non-violent revolution succeeds or fails, but most interesting of all are their statistics about HOW OFTEN it succeeds.

Their headline statistic is that violent revolutionary struggles succeed in overthrowing an oppressive regime only 30 per cent of the time, whereas non-violent campaigns succeed almost 60 per cent of the time. By that standard, the Arab world is certainly under-performing.

But the most relevant statistic from Chernoweth and Stephan’s work for the future of the Arab world is this: “Holding all other variables constant, the average country with a failed non-violent campaign has over a 35 per cent chance of becoming a democracy five years after a conflict’s end.” The game isn’t over yet.

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EKFH pays tribute to Reinhart TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

As a way to thank Kootenay Ice fans for donations and support during the Starlite campaign, the East Kootenay Foundation for Health came up with something a little unique.

As part of the campaign, EKFH urged fans to make a donation in tribute to Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart, which ended up raising $6,063.63. In return, the EKFH teamed up with Reinhart to hand out 950 autographed autographed bobble heads, which were handed out on Saturday evening before the tilt against the Calgary Hitmen.

Overall, the 2013 Starlite campaign raised $131,440.40, which will be divided up to fund equipment purchases at health care facilities across the East Kootenay region.

The first 950 fans through the doors were able to pick up a bobble head, with a lineup forming two hours before puck drop.

For Reinhart, signing each and every one of the bobble heads seemed like a daunting task, but he managed to get his signature on all of them.

“It was definitely a busy couple of days but once we got them all laid out, I think we had a good strategy worked out,” Reinhart said. “By the third day, I think we ripped through them so it was definitely nice.”

As for showcasing his likeness, Reinhart said each bobble head was

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“Obviously, everyone can judge themselves, but some have better paint jobs than others, so if I look better with one, lucky you,” said Reinhart.

EKFH ran out of bobble heads just before the puck dropped at 7 p.m. as the Kootenay Ice battled to a 5-2 win over the Hitmen.

“It was incredibly difficult for our volunteers to have to turn away several fans who weren’t able to secure a bobble head,” said EKFH’s chair Brian Clifford. “As much as EKFH wished it could have given one to each and every person, it just wasn’t possible.”

Dulling the Blades The Kootenay Ice are right back at it on Tuesday night, hosting their third straight home contest against the visiting Saskatoon Blades.

Kootenay has been hot, winning six of their last seven games. Reinhart is in the middle of a 10-game point streak, with eight goals and 11 assists for 19 points over that span. Defenceman Jagger Dirk also has five assists in the last four games.

On the injury front, Ryan Chynoweth is dayto-day with an upper body injury, while Kyle O’Connor will be out of action for two to three weeks with a lower body injury.

Like the Raiders and the Hitmen, the Blades have been struggling recently, losing six of their last eight games.

However, the Blades feature a highly touted NHL prospect in Nikita Scherbak, who joined the team through the CHL import draft in the summer.

Scherbak played in the CHL Top Prospects game along with Rein-

hart, and he has 25 goals and 39 assists for 64 points this year.

The Blades also did a bunch of wheeling and dealing before the deadline, sending some of their older star power to other teams as they look to the future.

There is no clear-cut starter between goaltenders Troy Trombley and Alex Moodie, although Trombley has played in five more games.

The two teams faced each other twice in the first half of the season, once in Cranbrook and once in Saskatoon, with the road team coming up with the win.

Saskatoon also has a bit of a local connection, with Kimberley native Coy Prevost in their prospect pool. Prevost, a forward, plays with the BCMML Kootenay Ice, but was called up to the WHL for a game in December.

Mount Baker lands volleyball provincials TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

Mount Baker Secondary School has landed the 2014 senior girls volleyball provincial tournament and will host the event next November.

Terry Sideritsch, the current head coach of the MBSS senior girls team, spearheaded the event after getting approval from the school to put together an application package.

Each year, the tournament his hosted by different areas within the province, and the rotation

came put to either the Kootenays or northern B.C. “Every year, certain areas are eligible to put their bid forward to hold provincials,” said Sideritsch.

“So I took our application before [2013] provincials, and north peace put their application in also, and we won.”

The application had to be vetted by Volleyball BC, which required information such as available gym space to accommodate at least four courts, ceiling heights and seating arrange-

ments.

“I just had to go basically get some local [business] support and get the information on the schools and the gyms, just so they know we have the infrastructure to do it.”

Sideritsch got the ball rolling after MBSS athletic director Dan Loewen got the blessing from school administration.

“It’s not going to be just a Mount Baker event, it’s the entire community,” Loewen said. “His efforts are going to benefit a lot of people within our community.”

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VANCOUVER - The Montreal Canadiens traded defenceman Raphael Diaz to the Vancouver Canucks on Monday in exchange for forward Dale Weise.

The 28-year-old Diaz had 11 assists and 12 penalty minutes in 46 games for the Canadiens this season.

The native of Baar, Switzerland, has 41 points (four goals, 37 assists) and 48 penalty minutes in 128 NHL career games but was a healthy scratch of late with Montreal.

“This is the business. This is the way

it is,” Diaz said Monday on a conference call. “As a player you want to play as much as you can and you want to help you team.”

Diaz joins a Canucks’ blue-line that has suffered a number of injuries in recent weeks, with both Christopher Tanev and Kevin Bieksa currently out of the lineup.

“As a sportsman, as a hockey player, you respect everything (teams) do,” he said. “(The Canadiens) always treated me good. They helped me learn a lot things to play in the NHL.”

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) If you can detach, you will see a situation in a new light. You might feel torn, as you see and understand the different sides of an argument. Be smart, and say little around a hot-headed person in your life. Your words easily could be misconstrued.

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My husband and I made the decision that for the first day home, we’d have no visitors. This enraged my mother. She felt we stole away her joy of being a grandma and that we were very rude. Since that day, I’ve received letters and emails stating just what she thinks of me. In fact, many family members have turned their backs on us due to the situation.

I’ve made attempts to fix things, but it only gets worse. This has been going on since August. What should I do? -- Mom of Twins Dear Mom: Your family is incredibly nervy to expect parents of newborn twins to want family members in their home the first day out of the hospital. While we trust you thanked them for their earlier support, once you were home, you needed time to adjust.

You asked for one day, and they resented it.

Your mother sounds like the type who could undermine your authority as a parent, so hang tough. Tell her that you and your husband needed a day to recuperate and some quiet time as a family, and you hoped they would respect that. Add that they are welcome to visit, provided they can stop insulting you and creating a negative environment for the children. The rest is up to them.

Dear Annie: We are retired and consider ourselves to be hospitable. We maintain a guest bedroom, as well as two sofa beds for overnight guests. In addition, we host friends and families for meals, especially around the holidays.

My wife struggles with seasonal allergies, as well as an allergy to animal dander, and so we try to limit her exposure. She has undergone allergy shots and uses two prescription nasal sprays. She can tolerate short visits with pets if she has plenty of tissues.

Recently, we hosted overnight stays of our adult children and their families, as well as our siblings. We told them their pets were welcome, but the animals would have to sleep in the laundry room on the lower level. Unfortunately, these guests said they couldn’t sleep without having their pets next to their beds and insisted on bringing them to the upper floors.

It’s been two weeks since the last guests left, and my wife still has a cough from the build up of her pet allergies. We had to purchase a new blanket for one of the sofa beds because a guest dog slept on it. Every time we vacuum the carpet, it brings up the dander.

We want our family members to feel welcome, but how can we get them to comply with the boundaries we set? Do we have to pay for them to stay at a hotel or board their pets? -- Help Dear Help: No, but you need to be more assertive about enforcing your boundaries.

Tell the family that you love having them, but your wife’s allergies make it impossible for the dogs to stay anywhere but the laundry room at night. If they cannot abide by that simple request, you will be happy to recommend nearby pet-friendly hotels and boarding kennels.

Dear Annie: I’d like to address your senior driving respondent from Salem, Mass: So you are the one driving too slowly with his foot on the brake You’re impeding the flow of traffic. Worse yet, if your foot is always on the brake, then your brake lights are always on. So how am I supposed to know when you’re actually stopping?

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Man says he ate fish, birds, turtles while drifting 13 months across Pacific Ocean Nick Perry Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It’s a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands thousands of kilometres away.

But that’s what a man identifying himself as 37-year-old Jose Salvador Alvarenga told the U.S. ambassador in the Marshall Islands and the nation’s officials during a meeting Monday before he was taken to a local hospital for monitoring. Alvarenga washed ashore on the tiny atoll of Ebon in the Pacific Ocean last week before being taken to the capital, Majuro, on Monday.

“It’s hard for me to imagine someone surviving 13 months at sea,’’ said Ambassador Tom Armbruster in Majuro. “But it’s also hard to imagine how someone might arrive on Ebon out of the

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Alvarenga washed ashore on the tiny atoll of Ebon in the Pacific Ocean last week before being taken to the capital, Majuro, on Monday. blue. Certainly this guy has had an ordeal, and has been at sea for some time.’’

Other officials were reacting cautiously to the Spanish-speaking man’s story while they try to piece together more information.

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Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department says the man told Mexico’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Julio Camarena, that he set out from an area near the coastal town of Tonala in southern Chiapas state, which would mean his journey covered a distance of more than 10,000

kilometres, if he drifted in a straight line.

Armbruster said the soft-spoken man complained of joint pain Monday and had a limp but was able to walk. He had long hair and a beard, the ambassador said, and rather than appearing emaciated he looked puffy in places, including around his ankles. Otherwise, he added, Alvarenga seemed in reasonable health.

Armbruster, who speaks Spanish, said the survivor told the following story: He’s a native of El Salvador but had lived in Mexico for 15 years and fishes for a man he knows as Willie, catching sharks for 25 pesos ($1.90) per pound.

On Dec. 21, 2012, Alvarenga left Mexico in his 23foot fiberglass boat for a day’s fishing, accompanied by a teen he knew only as Ezekiel, who was between 15 and 18.

A storm blew the fishermen off course, and soon they were lost and adrift.

“He talked about scoop-

ing up little fish that swam alongside the boat and eating them raw,’’ Armbruster said. “He also said he ate birds, and drank birds’ blood.’’

After about a month, Ezekiel died, the survivor told officials.

Alvarenga also talked about eating turtles. Once near Ebon, he swam ashore.

Gee Bing, the acting secretary of foreign affairs for the Marshall Islands, said he was somewhat skeptical of Alvarenga’s account after meeting with him Monday.

“It does sound like an incredible story, and I’m not sure if I believe his story,’’ Bing said. “When we saw him, he was not really thin compared to other survivors in the past. I may have some doubts. Once we start communicating with where he’s from, we’ll be able to find out more information.’’

Bing said the man had no identification with him, and other details of his story remained sketchy.

Mexico said it was co-or-

dinating with the Salvadoran government to provide assistance to the man.

The survivor’s vital signs appeared good except that his blood pressure was a bit low, Bing said.

Erik van Sebille, a Sydney-based oceanographer at the University of New South Wales, said there was a good chance a boat drifting off Mexico’s west coast would eventually be carried by currents to the Marshall Islands.

He said such a journey would typically take 18 months to two years depending on the winds and currents, although 13 months was possible.

There have been other cases of people surviving for months adrift in the Pacific.

Tree Mexican shark fishermen in 2006 said they were lost at sea for nine months before being rescued near the Marshall Islands. In 1989, four men survived nearly four months in the Pacific Ocean near New Zealand after their multi-hulled boat capsized.

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