Kimberley Daily Bulletin, February 14, 2014

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Kimberley cull postponed due to trap theft Deer Protection Society circulating anti-cull flyers C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

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Liana Shaw, Rowen Naegeli, Mayor Ron McRae and Ted Funston start off Slopes for Hope on the first chair up the mountain last Saturday. See more page 3.

Slopes for Hope raises $40,000 A successful Nordic/ downhill Everest challenge C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca

Kimberley’s Slopes for Hope 2014, held at the Kimberley Alpine Resort last Saturday, was everything the organizers hoped for and more, raising over $40,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Donations were still coming in on-line at week’s end. If you haven’t dropped your donation off yet you can bring it to the Canadian Cancer Society office in Cran-

brook. In addition $1,335 was raised for Jenna Homeniuk through the Brave the Shave event. Slopes for Hope Chair Liana Shaw reports a funfilled day despite the cold. There was a Nordic event added this year to great success and plans are already underway for even more events next year. “We are excited for next year as the planning is under way to include another new challenge to the Slopes for Hope event ‘ Ascending Everest’ by climbing up the North Star Mountain with your snowshoes or touring skis – endless opportunities for

winter enthusiast to get out and support a great cause,” Shaw said. The following are the top teams and individuals for both events. Descending Everest Top Individual Contributor; Gord Jenkins $2,500 Descending Everest Top Youth; Makaia Ballard $100 Descending Everest Top Team Contributors; 3 Canucks and a Texan $6,315 Everest Trek Top Individual; Derm Kennedy $5,110 Everest Trek Top youth; Mackenzie Mclean $400 Everest Trek Top Team Contributors; The Four Diamonds $3,415 Shaw says the event could

not have been the success it was without the support of the local business community. “Amazing support and a huge shout out to our business community as sponsors for support and aid in the Silent Auction, healthy breakfast, BBQ lunch and comfort table for the participants, along with financial aid in organizing and promotion of the event. “And a big shout out to the SFH organizing committee, volunteers, KAR and Kimberley Nordic Club Staff; a lot of passion from these individuals to achieve successful organized event.”

The BC Deer Protection Society out of Invermere is hitting Kimberley with flyers this week as the City’s permitted cull has been delayed because of the theft of government-owned clover traps. Kimberley Mayor Ron McRae confirmed that the cull hasn’t begun yet, primarily because of the incident this week The above flyer was being posted in where the clover Kimberley this week. traps were stolen from the Ministry building in Cranbrook and some destroyed. “We are still on track but we can’t proceed without the traps,” McRae said. “It’s not going to deter us but obviously it will slow us down.” See CULL, page 5

Local technician sends skis to Sochi TREVOR CRAWLEY

While Canadian ski cross athletes prepare for Olympic glory in Russia next week, they could potentially be sporting some equipment with a Kimberley connection. With the warm temperatures in Sochi presenting a challenge on the slopes and the effects on snow conditions, the national ski cross team sent some custom-made skis to Kimberley’s Scott ‘Scooter’ Reid for some work. Reid, a ski technician who is a familiar face at the upper echelons of Alpine Canada, has past Olympic

experience, working with the ski cross athletes at the Vancouver Games in 2010. With the Canadian ski cross athletes on the World Cup circuit in the fall leading up to the Sochi Games, they simply didn’t have the time to put in the necessary work to set up the skis. That’s where Reid comes in. A former racer turned coach turned ski technician, Reid was given a contract to get about a dozen pairs of skis ready for possibility of warm conditions on the slopes.

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