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Attempted armed robbery at Elkford Credit Union

Police ask for the public’s help in finding attempted robbery suspect

BY K ATELYN DINGMAN Fernie Free Press

The Elkford East Community Credit Union was closed Saturday after an attempted robbery. An Elkford East Community Credit Union (EKCCU) employee was taken to hospital and treated for a stab wound after an attempted robbery on Saturday morning. The victim was stabbed in the leg during the incident and has since been treated and released from the hospital, RCMP Sergeant Will Thien said in a press release Monday.

Police say the suspect had already fled the scene

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A job well done. Three of Liela Cooper and Hali Duncan’s Highland dancers congratulate each other after their performance at last week’s Spring Fling at McKim. See more, page 3.

Sully project drilling paused C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

The elusive sulphide deposit thought to be the second half of the great Sullivan Mine orebody remains elusive.

Santa Fe Metals announced over the weekend that they had halted drilling after drill hole SU14-‐09 reached a completion depth of 735 metres, without finding the large-scale target East gravity mass it was seeking.

Company president Scott

Broughton says the mass is unlikely to be found on the drill hole’s current trajectory and observed geology.

He says that while the current drill program has dramatically increased understanding of the geological setting at the Sully target it did not encounter massive sulphides.

“The Company remains attracted to the targets because of compelling gravity and magnetic geophysical targets coincident with Sullivan Time hori-

zon,” Broughton said. “Further, no rocks intersected in the drilling can account for the largescale gravity mass anomaly demonstrated by several geophysical surveys. As a result, management believes the targets remain valid and highlights there are many places within the geological volume that remain to be tested by future drilling.

“Drill holes SU14-‐06 to 09 have produced an abundance of core that has been the subject

of quick-logging and real‐time assessment enabling the project team to make rapid decisions while drilling. The team has now elected to suspend drilling, complete documentation and refine interpretation of all new geological information. The work will be done over the next several weeks and when completed the Company will announce its future plans for new drilling and/or other exploration for the project, including the East and West Targets.”

when Elk Valley RCMP responded to the incident at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

“While the employee (victim) was opening up for business for the day, a male suspect forced his way into the credit union,” Thien said.

After being told by the EKCCU employee that he could not access any money, the suspect left the credit branch.

“No money was taken,” Thien said.

The suspect is described as a 5’10” male, 40 to 50-years-old, weighing between 160 and 170 lbs.

The male was wearing rounded goggles with dark lenses, a black toque, black gloves, medium colored jeans, black footwear and a red windbreaker jacket.

Anyone with information asked to call the Elk Valley RCMP at 250-4256233 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Charters to all over: Airport reports growth Passenger traffic up 11 per cent over last year at Canadian Rockies International Airport ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff

A flight route from Cranbrook to Spokane is a possibility in the fu-

ture, and in fact a charter is a possibility now, according to the Cranbrook’s airport manager.

“I could activate it tomorrow, I just need a little incentive to throw on the table,” Tristan Chernove, airport manager at Canadian Rockies International Airport, said at the May 26 council meeting. Mayor Wayne Stetski had asked what the chances of setting up the flight would be.

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It was the first Cranbrook Farmers’ Market of the season Saturday, May 31 and it kicked off full of vendors offering products that ranged from fresh produce to expertly made crafts and artwork. Pictured: Derek Johnson from Cranbrook works on a new stunning landscape painting.

Geri Binder, a potter from Cranbrook, sells expertly crafted pottery mugs and dishes.

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Last Thursday night, McKim Auditorium was filled with bagpipes, excited dancers and very proud family members and friends as the Kimberley-Cranbrook Highland Dance Association presented their annual year end show. The “Spring Fling” consisted of groups dances from cuteness of the wee little lassies right up to the beauty and grace of the senior and adult dancers. There was traditional Highland Dancing as well as energetic and fun choreographies. This year, two of Liela’s students were graduating from high school (Courtney Emann and Darynn Bednarczyk) so they each presented their own beautiful and moving solo dances. The pipe band were their usual entertaining selves and did their rendition of the Sailor’s Hornpipe...the dance that won them first place in a band competition in May. Refreshments were served in the intermission with an amazing and beautifully decorated cake generously provided by Kimberley City Bakery. All the dancers work very hard throughout the year with their teachers Liela Cooper and Hali Duncan and look forward to this performance every spring!

Council discusses tendering C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

As reported in the Bulletin in May, Kimberley City Council voted to have the Water Quality Monitoring Program contract with Aqua-Tex Scientific be deferred and put out to tender.

However, after a staff report and some discussion, Council has decided to contract with Aqua Tex again.

Coun. Albert Hoglund, who has sat on the Mark Creek Integrated Watershed Committee for years, said he wasn’t even sure why the matter was in front of Council, because if lab costs were taken out, the contract would be under the $20,000 threshold required for Council deliberation.

Coun. Darryl Oakley did not agree with awarding the contract with no tender.

While he did agree that lab costs should be separated out, Oakley said that having attended a recent session with the St. Mary’s Band, he thought they

might like to be more involved in the watershed.

“One thing at the core of the meeting was the band’s desire to be more involved in their traditional territory,” Oakley said. “If this had gone to an RFP there would have been a chance to reach out to them. No one is more qualified than those who have lived her for 10,000 years.”

Hoglund said he was upset to hear Coun. Oakley say the Ktunaxa had been invited to participate.

“I’ve been on the committee for 20 years and I don’t know how many times we invited them and were turned down,” Hoglund said. “They haven’t wanted involvement.”

Coun. Jack Ratcliffe said that he thought the concern was around not going out to tender.

“The person doing it now is doing a good job,” he said. “I don’t see the sense in going to an RFP.” However, Coun. Don McCormick, who had pushed for a ten-

der in the first go round said he couldn’t support renewing the contract without it.

“This is not about Aqua Tex doing a good job,” he said. “It’s about due process and getting the best value for the taxpayer’s money. It’s important to send a message to contractors that whatever the project is, it’s open for tender. This is not specific to Aqua Tex, but to the process.”

Coun. Bev Middlebrook said she didn’t see why Council was investing time on something that was working.

“My concern is do we need to do all this monitoring at all,” said Coun. Kent Goodwin “We now have 15 years of baseline data.”

Mayor Ron McRae said he would support awarding the contract to Aqua Tex. “It’s a critical piece of infrastructure. The company is performing well. I don’t want to play with it. However, it sounds like we do need to freshen up our tendering policies.”

No to Centennial Hall lease C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

A request for an exclusive lease of the upper floor and grounds of Centennial Hall for a Pre-K program, after school program, Kids Club and Summer Program has been denied

by Kimberley City Council.

The group impacted most by any exclusive use of the hall during weekdays would be seniors.

Mayor Ron McRae said it would be premature to commit to exclu-

sive use for any group until a conversation with seniors was held.

Coun. Albert Hoglund pointed out that Centennial Hall was built to be used by all Kimberley residents, and he wasn’t comfortable with denying use

by other groups.

Coun. Bev Middlebrook suggested that there were other buildings in town, such as the Youth Centre, that might be more suitable for a use such as the one proposed.

Author to visit Garden View

Author Susan Juby to present an entertaining talk at Garden View Village

Author Susan Juby says that “if one person who is feeling isolated or left out reads my book and laughs and thinks ‘I’m not alone’ or ‘at least I’m not as bad as the people she writes about’, then I’ve achieved my goal.”

Off-beat, and more than a little quirky, Susan Juby’s characters are unforgettable. In The Woefield Poultry Collective, her first foray into adult fiction, she doesn’t disappoint.

A novice farmer from New York City, a

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70-something foreman with antiquated ideas, an alcoholic teenager and a take charge pre-teen are determined to make bankrupt Woefield Farm a success. Fortunately, our heroine, Prudence Burns, refuses to accept how the daunting task of turning the farm around is.

Juby lives in Nanaimo, but her books have travelled, winning awards and accolades across North America.

Her Alice MacLeod three-book series follows an endearing character through the minefield of teenaged self-doubt; Another Kind of Cowboy marries the author’s deft understanding of adolescence with her other love—horses—and brought her a new set of

nominations and award; and Getting the Girl takes us into high school detective territory. Her memoir, Nice Recovery, reveals her own battle with alcoholism as a young person.

Susan Juby will be giving an entertaining perspective into the creation of The Woefield Poultry Collective at the Garden View Village, #280 - 4th Ave. on Friday, June 6 at 1:30 pm. This free event is open to all, and is part of the Susan Juby’s Kootenay-Boundary Library Tour, sponsored by the Kimberley Public Library and the Kootenay Library Federation.

For more information contact the Kimberley Public Library. 250-4273112

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Dam operators predict nearly-full season for Koocanusa

Unless we experience a third consecutive June of record-level rainfall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says Koocanusa should sit within seven feet of full this summer Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff

Koocanusa reservoir should be within five to seven feet of full this summer, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Corps operates Libby Dam, the energy generating facility that controls the flow from the reservoir into the Kootenay River downstream of Koocanusa.

This week the Corps joined BC Hydro for a series of public meetings, one in Baynes Lake and three in the U.S., to discuss predictions for summer operations of the dam.

Both BC Hydro and the Corps were a little reluctant to offer predictions for the season this year, since the past two years have been anything but predictable in the region.

In 2012, above average snow pack and a June full of rainstorms saw widespread flooding in the Columbia Basin.

BC Hydro and the Corps reached a rare agreement that allowed Koocanusa to go a foot above its full level to prevent further flooding downstream in Idaho and Kootenay Lake. Koo-

canusa saw record amounts of water flow into it in the month of June 2012.

Then, last year, after the Corps had predicted a sedate rise of Koocanusa through spring, the region was hit by a massive rain storm at the end of June.

The storm, which flooded parts of the East Kootenay and southwest Alberta, again saw record amounts of inflow to Koocanusa.

“June 2012 was the record precipitation month for the whole month. And then in three days (in June 2013) we got 70 per cent of that precipitation volume,” said Joel Fenolio, Upper Columbia Senior Water Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In one day, Libby Dam saw the highest inflow peak it has experienced since it was built in 1972.

Before the storm hit, the dam was seeing 30,000 cubic feet a second come in. Over the course of three days, that tripled to 90,000 cubic feet a second.

In a normal spring, the peak inflows are between 50,000 and 60,000 cubic feet a second.

“That was completely unexpected,” said Fenolio. “Luckily there wasn’t a lot of snowpack and that storm last year hit above the dam. Bonners Ferry was five feet from flood stage.”

Downstream, Kootenay Lake didn’t experience flood concerns, either.

This year, both BC Hydro and the Army Corps are hoping for a more predictable season.

“We are hoping for 2011 again, where we had above average snowpack conditions, not unprecedented precipitation, it just kind of dribbles off.

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Predictions from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are that Koocanusa reservoir will peak at about 2,454 feet this summer, near the end of July.

scenario at this point,” said Fenolio.

Snowpack in the region that feeds into Koocanusa is at about 120 per cent of average.

“For the fourth year now, we are seeing above average snowpack conditions. So we are watching that carefully,” he said.

The Corps has just finished a week where the maximum amount of water was let go through Libby Dam, an attempt to encourage endangered Kootenay white sturgeon to move upstream from Bonners Ferry to spawn.

The largest freshwater fish in North America, white sturgeon can grow to 12 feet in length and weigh up to 1,000 pounds in their 100-year life span.

The fish, which don’t begin reproducing until about age 30, have been in decline since the 1950s.

Biologists are trying to

entice the fish to spawn upstream of Bonners Ferry, where the river bed is covered with gravel, instead of downstream of Bonners Ferry where the sandy, silty river bed suffocates the eggs.

So far, experiments have failed to see the sturgeon spawn further upstream. But last year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service saw some results, thanks to the maximum outflow tests that are being repeated this year.

“We did see a higher proportion of tagged spawning sturgeon migrate upstream of Bonners Ferry, but it doesn’t look like they stayed there very long or that they spawned up there, which is what we want them to do,” said Jason Flory, a fish and wildlife biologist.

“But it was enough of a difference to justify doing it again, to see if we could

do something maybe a little bit different to give them that final push upstream.

“We just finished the first peak to coincide with the local low-elevation snow melt. Then once the higher elevation snow melt starts to come off, we will start the second peak.

We will hold the peak powerhouse flows for about seven days and then it will start to taper off, depending on flood control operations.”

Fenolio said that, given the above average snowpack, once the second peak outflow period ends in June, the Corps may continue to let the maximum amount out of Libby Dam. “We are probably going to make a decision on whether we are going to continue releasing powerhouse just to control how fast Libby refills.”

The Corps is predicting that, bar another June like the last two, Koocanusa will be within five to seven feet of full pool around the middle of July.

Koocanusa is considered full at 2,459 feet. The Corps would like to see the reservoir no higher than 2,454 this summer.

“We have heard from marina owners that when we fill it right to the top, they lose all their beach space so they prefer us to be in the top 10 feet,” said Fenolio.

Predicted operations are to keep the reservoir at that level until the end of August, when the Corps will begin letting water out of Libby Dam, aiming to be down to 2,449 by the end of September.

Meanwhile, BC Hydro will again spend more than usual on debris removal in Koocanusa this

year.

“Typically we spend in the range of $75-90,000.

This year we are going to be spending $140,000.

That is going to facilitate some additional work that results from all of the debris from the last two years when we had those high water levels. It just takes time to clean it up,” said Diane Tammen, East Kootenay community relations manager.

“We got some really good feedback last year. I got lots of calls from people saying how pleased they were with the debris removal.”

Contractor Purcell Services, which has been performing debris removal on Koocanusa for the past 22 years, has already begun that work this spring.

Cranbrook - Spokane flight under consideration From Page 1 Chernove said Pacific Coastal is licensed to fly charters into the U.S., and Integra Air will fly charters to Spokane and other locations, but the carriers would need more reassurance of passengers before committing to a flight. He said they would have to figure what the community would be willing to put forward.

Chernove also spoke to recent success at the airport, where passengers traffic is up 11 per cent over last year.

He said the increase could in part be attributed to increasingly competitive airfare,

an incrementally maturing tourism environment in the East Kootenay and continued refinement of the airport’s multi-media marketing and awareness initiatives.

The new non-stop flight to Kelowna makes up about one per cent of that growth.

January and March saw the biggest increase with passenger numbers increasing to 10,556 in 2014 from 9,231 in 2013 in January, and 11,390 from 10,154 in March.

Since January, there has also been a weekly charter to Kearl Lake, north of Fort McMurray, operated by Sunwest Charter to transport workers. Integra Air has also pro-

vided three golf charters to St. Eugene from Fort McMurray during the first quarter.

Chernove said the airport has also been looking at ways to communicate with the public. One of those ways is a website feature that helps people assess the cost of airline travel compared other forms of transportation.

“It’s figuring out how much it’s actually costing in when it comes to mileage on your vehicle, fuel, parking, hotels, things like that,” Chernove said, adding that he’s heard criticism that if the flights end up costing more than the alternative, it won’t

be good for the airport.

“I said, ‘well actually it is good,’ because if people can give me that, I can go back to the airlines and say ‘you’re missing it by $75, this doesn’t work’ — that’s a good tool.”

Chernove said year end passenger numbers are projected at four per cent above budget.

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Once more into the breach “It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.”

Jane Austin My friend George always claims that he never proposed to his wife, Felicity. In fact, he is not quite sure why he married her, but a shotgun was involved — his mother’s.

Harry grins and tells me that he laid down conditions concerning where they might spend the next few years before he actually popped the question to Jessica. Obviously, she went along with these complications, which involved going to live abroad.

Bonnie told me that her Will planned a trip into the Rockies with her on a bright sunny summer weekend. He’d purchased an expensive ring in preparation for the proposal but the weather broke; it rained buckets and so the two of them plighted their troth in his pick-up at the foot of the trail and, although she accepted readily enough, she didn’t really like the ring; they exchanged it later.

My own proposal of marriage in 1950 should have been simpler but fate stepped in. I popped the question; the lovely young lady said ‘yes’ and kissed me soundly but, as I found out later, she hadn’t heard the proposal.

Geoff had a similar problem. He tells me that he proposed by phone, long distance, but his young lady obviously didn’t hear. She said, “What are you saying, Geoffrey?” He had to go through the whole rigmarole again, as did I. In my case it wasn’t a bad line; it was one of those rubber bathing caps a lot of women wore whilst swimming, back in those days. Jean, called Jimmy, and I somehow or other ended up that weekend in Stratford–on-Avon and, at the moment of my proposal of marriage, swimming in the Avon River and Jimmy was wearing a bathing cap.

Anyway, after the trauma of that proposal and Peter we’d changed out of Warland after our swimsuits — Jimmy sneakily under her bicycle cape — we had wandered up the road and come to Anne Hathaway’s cottage. This home of William Shakespeare’s abandoned wife is a nauseatingly quaint tourist attraction, but I surged by.

For one thing, I, like most English school-boys, had been taught by teachers who were specially trained to make us hate all English authors, especially Shakespeare. With the war going full tilt, those teachers turned us into potential killing machines. An officer would be able to have us charge, screaming, into the face of the enemy merely by uttering something like, “Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend

me your ears.”

I was also concerned that Jimmy, after accepting my proposal of marriage and giving me a monstrous great kiss in order, I assumed to seal the bargain, had said not a word more about it. Women are mysterious, but her lack of reaction to the momentous occasion was disturbing. We moved on up the street, probably in search of a café where we could find sustenance without incurring poverty.

I also wasn’t sure why I’d popped the question. Jimmy and I had been rock-climbing, caving, mountaineering and hitch-hiking together for over a year and naturally, there had been a great deal of ‘snogging’ but marriage had never been on the agenda, as far as I was concerned. I couldn’t see why any woman would want to be tied to me. But, one weekend in the mountains of Wales, I was walking with an old friend when he turned to me and asked, ”When are you going to marry your Jimmy?”

I looked at him askance, which is hard to do when you are battling a nor-westerly gale and the rain is coming at you in buckets and you have the hood of your anorak up. Anyway, I shouted back that the idea hadn’t occurred to me; but it must have afterwards because, a couple of weeks later, I did pop the question.

And her ladyship hadn’t heard the right question so I was forced to have another go and was told, “Oh! Of course I will, silly.”

And that’s how I felt afterwards: silly.

Farmland fate a test for parties The B.C. Liberal government’s bill to divide the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones has passed, after one of the nastier exchanges I’ve seen in a decade covering the B.C. legislature.

“You’re all a bunch of corrupt liars,” NDP agriculture critic Nicholas Simons yelled as the government cut off a long and mostly repetitious debate that dominated the final days of the legislature session.

Not to be outdone, cabinet minister Bill Bennett replied to Simons’ heckle about Kootenay rancher Faye Street, one of Bennett’s most vocal supporters as he pushed through changes to the land reserve to ease land use restrictions in rural zones.

Bennett advised Simons to offer his remarks to Street in person. “She’ll kick your ass,” Bennett said.

The on-the-record debate wasn’t much better.

Columbia River-Revelstoke NDP MLA Norm Macdonald summed up his party’s biggest objection with his charge that “a bunch of Liberal political hacks” will be appointed to regional panels of the Agricultural Land Commission.

The government’s scheme, Macdonald and other NDP critics predicted, is to unleash a flood of ALR land removals, to enrich B.C. Liberal supporters by allowing

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development on productive farmland.

That might be a valid concern, but there are a couple of factual problems. First, every appointment to the ALC, at the regional or provincial level, is made by the B.C. government. It’s been that way since the Dave Barrett adBC Views ministration set it up in 1973.

Tom Second, the regional Fletcher panels are not new. The B.C. Liberals imposed them in 2003. If this was their method of corrupting the process to dismantle the ALR, that would have largely happened in the years since. Surely by this time they would have found enough greedy political hacks who hate farming to subvert the process.

I’ve written before about the legitimate concerns of places like Merritt and Vanderhoof and Dawson Creek, where some ALR rules and decisions simply don’t make sense.

Strict secondary residence rules are needed in areas with non-farm development pressure. In most rural areas, they are a mistake, and are frequently ignored.

The debate wasn’t entirely devoid of honesty and civility. Macdonald interrupted his string of baseless accusations to note that under the current system, 75 per cent of exclusion applications in the Kootenay region are approved. If that’s the case, what is really broken that needs to be

fixed? It’s a good question that the government did not adequately answer.

And credit also goes to the new agriculture minister, Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, who inherited a public relations mess left by the brief and boneheaded performance of Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm.

Braving the heckling at the end, Letnick put aside his partisan talking points and gave his personal assurance that the government’s intention is to support farming in those places where non-farm income is the only thing that keeps people on the land.

As soon as the theatrics had died down, the B.C. NDP sent out a fundraising plea to its members to help “save” the ALR. The party is broke and desperate after losing its fourth straight election, and it hopes to activate its declining donor base by portraying the changes as the imminent slaughter of its most sacred cow.

Voters have three years before the next election to assess this situation. If there is a flood of exclusions of prime agricultural land, then the NDP will be able to make its case that its warnings were at least partially true.

If this does not take place, then the government’s position will be vindicated.

We’ll find out the truth.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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UPCOMING

2014 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, June 4th, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Mark Creek Lions Club.

Legion Branch 24 will be having Barbecue Burgers and Wieners to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day on: June 6th staring at 5:30 for members and invited guests. Info: 250-426-8531 Photography Hike-Sat, June 7, Leader Lyle Grisedale 427-5153.

Meet at the Higgins St entrance at 9:00 am for a 3 hour meander on nearby trails as we search for photographic opportunities.

Consider bringing wide angle, macro and medium telephoto lenses and a tripod. We’ll explore the park through the camera lens.

63rd Annual Redding Rose Bowl, June 7 & 8 at Kimberley Golf Club.

Friends, Fun, Food, Golf. 2-Lady Team Eclectic Best Ball. Early bird draw May 23/14. Entries available at www.kimberleygolfclub.com.

During Marysville Daze the Marysville Schoolhouse will be open to the public. On Sat.June 7th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. On Sun. June 8th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Everyone welcome.

Rotary Way Day Celebration, Saturday June 7th, 11:30-2:30, Rotary Park, Cranbrook. Old fashion family picnic. Fun, games, food! Bring a picnic or purchase there. Fun for the whole family!

SPECIAL OLYMPICS GARAGE SALE Sat. June 7, 8:00 am - 2:00pm, 225 11th Ave. S, backlane garage. Kootenay Ice Jersey raffletickets .50cents. Coffee, doughnuts available.

Decadent Dessert Tea & Fashion Show, June 7, 2014 from 2-4pm. Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th Ave. S. Kimberley Community Choir GARAGE SALE, Sat. June 7th, 8:30am - 2:00pm. Furniture, household items, something for everyone! 254 Lindsay St., Kimberley.

Municipal Pension Retirees Assoc, (MPRA) meeting: Mon June 9, 10:45 a.m., Heritage Inn Hotel, 803 Cranbrook St. N. Guest speaker: Kathleen Murphy, Healthy Lifestyle Through Healthy Eatin. No Host Luncheon. 12:00 Noon.

Cranbrook & Distric Arts Council Meeting June 11th, Library Manual Training Bldg, 7:00pm. 250-426-4223 cdac@shaw.ca June 11: Kimberley Garden Club June member garden tours start. Meet at 822 Rotary Drive at 6:30 pm. New members welcome. For more info: Nola 250-427-1947 Jaffray-Baynes Lake Farmers’ Market, starting Saturday, June 14th and held every Saturday morning throughout the summer at the Baynes Lake Community Centre. Hours: 9:00am to 12:30 pm. For more information, phone 1-250-429-3519

ONGOING 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 Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook. Meet & Greet from 6:00-6:30pm, supper 6:30-7:00, meeting 7:00-8:00pm. Contact 250-427-5612 or 250-427-7496.

New members welcome – men and ladies!

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.

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

The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm at the Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “BEST AVG WEIGHT LOSS PER MEMBER”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 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 Wal- Mart. This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items.

(250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.ca Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway.

Volunteers are needed to assist staff with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center.

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The search for a better banana

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ARNE PE TRYSHEN

hile there are many staple fruits — apples, oranges, strawberries, etc — it is the banana that stands out the most, and the fruit I probably eat the most.

The simple banana is easy to take along anywhere you go.

Lately, though, I’ve been getting accustomed to red bananas, miniature bananas and other strange varieties. The days of the staple banana — known more formally as the Cavendish — most likely are numbered.

A fungus is causing problems in world banana supplies, where they grow in Africa, China and Australia. This fungus — known as the Panama disease — is causing the plants to wilt and rot. Despite its name, the Panama disease has not yet found its way to South American banana crops, which supply the North American market. But that point is likely approaching.

So the banana industry is trying to find an alternative, though a mysterious new banana that is resistant to the Panama disease is still either undiscovered or a closely guarded secret. Perhaps the new banana is already on the shelf, in the form of those red or miniature bananas. Maybe it will be

a plantain that comes with cooking instructions and a packet of sugar to get the right banana flavour.

It’s not the first time in history that the top banana has been superceded. Up until the 1950s, the Gros Michel, or Big Mike, was the main variety imported into the United States and Canada. But a relative of the disease currently decimating the Cavendish saw to the end of Big Mike in all but far removed places.

Today there are still people out there who cultivate the Gros Michel to get a chance to sample the banana which is described as a more “creamy and delicious” variation than the Cavendish.

In fact, back when the banana industry was looking for a Gros Michel replacement, they thought of the Cavendish as nothing more than a “garbage banana” not fit for consumption.

The banana industry was wrong about the Cavendish. The world forgot about the Big Mike in favour of the Cavendish.

Of course, the success of the Cavendish had a lot to do with a successful advertising campaign, one that highlighted the potential of a banana peel left discarded on the ground — the slippery potential.

And so the banana became a staple fruit — and the eternal reputation of a cause of

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accidents to people and vehicles.

Was the Gros Michel remembered for its slippery qualities? I doubt it.

The end of the banana that fills up the fruit section at the grocery store is still likely a decade or two off, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t cherish it while it lasts. Even if it’s just for the laughs that come from someone having an unfortunate slip. The real question is: can one slip on a plantain or a miniature banana? Did anyone ever slip on a Gros Michel? They apparently did.

The banana peel slip was first reported back in 19th century Victorian England and likely started in the early days of cinema, as a more proper stand-in for the horse droppings that would’ve littered the cobblestone streets. So perhaps it was not the banana that had such slippery and embarrassing tendencies.

But back to the banana, if it’s on its way out in the next decade then I’m not going to be caught looking back longingly at the past banana. Instead I’m going to be sowing some banana seeds for the future — if only to keep a form of slapstick comedy alive.

Arne Petryshen is a reporter at the Cranbrook Daily Townsman

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More Avalanche players graduate up to university volleyball TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

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SUMMER SCHOOL: After six weeks of searching and identifying pucks in the Tuesday issues of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman, the winners were drawn for two spots at the Niedermayer Hockey Camp.

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New co-ordinators ready to start season with B.C. Lions JOSHUA CLIPPERTON Canadian Press

KAMLOOPS, B.C. Khari Jones stepped in for a snap at B.C. Lions’ training camp on Monday morning and launched a tight spiral down the sideline reminiscent of his days as a CFL quarterback.

In some ways, it represented what the club’s new offensive co-ordinator hopes to accomplish in 2014.

Jones was hired this off-season to kickstart a Lions attack that had been criticized in recent years for being both predictable and conservative under Jacques Chapdelaine.

The club parted ways with its former offensive co-ordinator in November and handed the keys to Jones, whose aggressive philosophy as a player seems to have followed him into coaching.

It was one of two big off-season hires - Mark Washington was pro-

moted from defensive backs coach to defensive co-ordinator - and a move the Lions hope will help get them back to the Grey Cup. “I hope it’s a high-powered offence,” said Jones. “I hope it’s an offence where we can put points up on the board, because that’s what wins you football games, but a balanced offence as well. An offence that uses its weapons, and we have a lot of weapons on this team.

Lions head coach Mike Benevides said he expects Jones’ personality to be reflected in his play calling for a team that has not won a playoff game since its victory in the 2011 Grey Cup and will be feeling the pressure to perform with the big game set for Vancouver again this November.

“He’s going to find a lot of ways to get matchups and tempo and things like that - things he believes from the

quarterback position,” said Benevides. “He’s had enough experience as a player and as a coach to understand how you have to make sure you stay balanced, you attack and find ways to expose your athletes.”

Lions starting quarterback Travis Lulay said Jones wants his offence to be on the front foot in all aspects of the game, something the team didn’t always do last season.

“One of the big things and one of the first points of emphasis he says is we want to be aggressive,” said Lulay.

“We want to be aggressive when we’re running the football, we want to be aggressive when we’re throwing the football.

“We want to have a confident, fast-playing, high-tempo attitude and approach to the game. We don’t want to be passive, we don’t want to be back on our heels.”

Last week, the UBC Okanagan Heat team picked up Nick Schmidt from the Avalanche volleyball program, and now more of his former college teammates are joining him at the university level.

Brady Atwood, who just finished up his second year with the College of the Rockies, has signed on to play for the Grant MacEwan Griffins for the 2014-15 season.

Atwood, a left side and middle, put his big 6’ 4” frame to good use at the college level, and has the physical attributes to make an impact at the CIS level.

He studied university transfer courses during his tenure at COTR and will be working towards a bachelor in science at Grant McEwan.

Joining Atwood at the CIS level is fellow Avalanche teammate Jack Newman, who has signed on with the UBC

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College of the Rockies Avalanche players Jack Newman(#14), Brady Atwood and Nick Schmidt (#8) are moving on to play volleyball at the university level.

Thunderbirds in Vancouver. Newman was a key member of the Avs last year and developed into one of the strongest attackers in the Pacwest league.

Despite only one season in a COTR uniform, he proved that he is capable of stepping up to the next level based on

his intensity and hard work. Like Atwood, Newman will also be working towards a bachelor of science after taking university transfer courses.

“We are thrilled to see the hard work of Nick, Brady, and Jack paying off,” said Avalanche head coach Steve

Kamps. “[The] College of the Rockies volleyball program continues to develop players to move onto CIS. The transferability of the programs and courses offered at the college helps these athletes and all students, easily move from college to universities throughout Western Canada.”

Reinhart wraps up NHL combine TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

NHL teams got a final look at some of the top-end prospects, which included Kootenay Ice captain Sam Reinhart, at the scouting combine in Toronto this past weekend.

Scouts and management from all 30 teams were on hand to see the cream of the 2014 draft class undergo fitness testing and conduct player interviews.

It’s a process that isn’t unfamiliar to Reinhart, as his older brother, Griffin—a prospect with the New York Islanders—went through the same process two years ago.

Reinhart went in ranked as the third overall North American skater in the final Central Scouting report at the end of the season. Sam Bennett of the Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) holds down the top spot, with Barrie Colts (OHL) defenceman Aaron Ekblad the runner up.

While prospects can point to their body of work in their junior careers, the combine is also a final chance to make a positive impression on NHL teams during the interview process.

There’s no consensus on who will go first overall, but there is a core of five potential players who fit in that range, according to Dan

Marr, the director of central scouting.

But when it comes to Reinhart, there is definitely one attribute that sets him apart.

“Sam could be the smartest hockey IQ in this draft class,” Marr told NHL.com. “His hockey sense and his offensive hockey sense is exceptional. He’s one of the best at, when he’s given an opportunity to capitalize on it, so if you turn the puck over and you’re not careful, he’s going to burn you.

“And when he gets the chance to score, he’s a good scorer, but his vision, his anticipation, his hockey sense is what sets him apart from a lot of players.”

Nadal advances to French Open quarterfinals CHRIS LEHOURITES Associated Press

PARIS - For the first time in his career, Rafael Nadal will make a fifth straight appearance in the French Open quarterfinals.

Nadal won a record 32nd straight match at Roland Garros on Monday, beating Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 to improve on his own record by one.

Nadal is an eight-time French

Open champion with a 63-1 record on the red clay in Paris. His only loss came in the fourth round in 2009, when he was a four-time defending champion for the first time.

Another upset never seemed possible this time, despite complaints of pain in his back that slowed his serves in the previous round.

“I don’t want to talk too much about this thing today,” Nadal

said of his injury. “I have important match to come. Today I won a match in good shape. We’ll see what’s going on in the future.”

Playing on Court Philippe Chatrier, Nadal’s favourite court in the world, the top-seeded Spaniard controlled the match from the start. He then won 17 straight points to open the second set, taking a 4-0 lead before finally sending a backhand wide to make it 15-15 in the fifth game.

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Tonight: Let the party go on.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You know how to deal with people effectively, yet when it comes to a roommate you hit a whole slew of problems. Be more forthright in how you handle a problem. Understand that there is likely to be a reaction, no matter what path you might choose. Tonight: Make nice.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You might be very tired and want to try something different. Your ability to manage and solve a problem will come to the attention of several people. They will be quite impressed by your ability to respond even when you’re worn out. Tonight: Allow

the conversation to continue.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might see a financial situation developing that makes you quite uncomfortable and insecure. Get advice from someone you trust who is in the know.

Don’t act until you feel sure of yourself. For now, stay on the alert. Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might feel as if you are on a roll, yet you still hit your share of obstacles. Your ability to move past a restriction will delight the others involved. A general sense of well-being allows more give-and-take. Don’t let a family member rain on your parade.

Tonight: As you like it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Be an observer. This action will allow greater give-and-take in the near future. You might be trying to assess the integrity of someone you deal with on a daily level. Understand that you have no way of determining what the end results could be.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might be too focused on the conclusion of a problem.

Loosen up, and drop the uptight exterior. You will be delighted by how others respond to a more relaxed you. On some level, you also could be uncomfortable with this new change. Tonight: Burn the midnight oil.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Detach, and tension will melt away. You could have difficulty seeing a matter the same way someone else sees it. You can’t seem to understand this person’s logic. Accept it anyway, and his or her response easily could change. Tonight: Meet friends at a new spot.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You might want to rethink a personal matter during a talk with a

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You’ll see an associate try to negotiate his or her way through a problem. You might gain a better sense of what this person’s priorities are. You could feel as if you are finally gaining a new perspective of this person. Be open to a conversation. Tonight: Just do not be alone.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You’ll read into a situation much more than others will. You understand people’s motivations.

Don’t allow someone’s criticisms get to you. Be willing to reveal more of your values in a conversation. You can be strong-willed when you need to be. Tonight: Take a walk.

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She endlessly criticizes all family members about everything they do, and not in a constructive way. Every communication includes her high-handed disapproval of their activities to the dismay of everyone within earshot. How can I stop these critiques of everyone and everything? -- Tired of Listening Dear Tired: Some people, as they get older, become more negative and critical. Often, they don’t realize it’s happening. We suggest you gently tell your wife that she is coming across as a bitter person and surely she wouldn’t want others to think ill of her. Perhaps you could work out a silent signal to let her know when her conversation is sliding into the dark side, so she can control it.

Dear Annie: If you want one of the most excruciating pains you’ll ever have, keep smoking. I did for 63 years. I led a physically active life and never thought I’d suffer such horrible ill effects.

Then one day out of the blue, doctors had to do emergency surgery on my right leg due to massive blood clots. After nine days of wondering whether I would ever walk again, I was released. My right foot and thigh are still partially numb, and walking is uncomfortable. Mind you, before that, I led an active, physical life. I’ve had multiple stents put in and an angioplasty. There are better things to do in life than lie in a hospital bed where the nurses come in at 4 a.m. to draw blood.

After my last bout with my leg, I finally kicked the butt habit. It’s been six months, and the smell of cigarette smoke now nauseates me. I never realized how bad it smelled to others. I burned up many thousands of dollars on cigarettes over the years. I was addicted, but thankfully I can live without cigarettes now, although I still get the urge -- but all I need is the reminder of the pain in my leg and the fear of having it amputated.

Friends and family had urged me to stop for years, but I didn’t listen. It took an event of terrible pain to make me pay attention.

If you’re young, don’t start. If you’re already a smoker, save yourself the inevitable and quit. -- Pt. Charlotte, Fla. Dear Florida: The addiction to nicotine is tough to break, which is why giving up cigarettes can be so difficult. There are plenty of programs to help (try the National Cancer Institute at smokefree.gov or the American Cancer Society at cancer.org). We are glad you finally quit, and we hope others won’t wait until they are in the hospital -- or worse.

Dear Annie: Instead of telling “Grossed Out” to contact the health department, she should first speak to the owner immediately. As a restaurant owner myself, I definitely would want to know if an employee was licking her fingers when serving ice cream.

It’s unlikely the employee would show her offenses during an inspection.

Since “Grossed” is concerned that the owner might retaliate, maybe she could simply ask the employee, “Aren’t you supposed to wear gloves?” According to the standards set by the health department, all employees must wear gloves when prepping, cooking or handling food.

The general public would be surprised to know how much sickness is passed along by such health no-nos. -- Sweet Home Alabama 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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Obituaries Katherine Duchscherer 1921 - 2014

It is with great sadness that the family of Katherine Duchscherer announces her peaceful passing on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the F. W. Green Memorial Home in Cranbrook at 92 years of age .

Katherine was born on the homestead farm near Fox Valley, Saskatchewan on August 29, 1921. She worked a the Prelate Hospital for many years. This is where she met Alexander Duchscherer. They were married November 9, 1944. They resided in Prelate, Maple Creek, Piapot, Tompkins, Webb and Swift Current.

Katherine moved to Cranbrook with her family in 1972, where she remained her until her passing. Katherine was a very happy and dedicated woman and she loved her family very much.

Katherine is survived by her children Josephine (Gordon) of Cranbrook, BC; Ivin (Kathy) of Kimberley, BC; Norman (Brenda) of Medicine Hat, AB; Stan (Nan) of Cranbrook, BC; Brian (Debbie) of Creston, BC; Earl (Terry) of Cranbrook, BC; Shirley (Len) of Cranbrook, BC; and Dale (Arlene) of Cranbrook, BC; son-in-law Andre of Medicine Hat, AB; as well as numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and 1 great great granddaughter.

She was predeceased by her husband Alex on July 21, 1972 and her daughter Victoria on January 29, 2010.

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Parents warned of grad party dangers Tom Fletcher Black Press

The B.C. government is sticking to education to keep grad parties safe this spring, rather than increasing penalties for “party bus” companies.

Officials are more concerned about under-aged drinking at house parties and bush parties than alcohol served in limousines and buses that have become a popular way for young people to go out on the town.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said party bus operators have been reminded that no open liquor is allowed in any vehicle, and inspections will continue with violators risking loss of their licences.

Party bus operators have changed their websites and advertising to emphasize that no drinking is allowed on board.

At a graduation safe-

ty event in Victoria, RCMP and ICBC representatives stressed that there are grad-related fatalities every spring, and the problem extends to adult-sanctioned parties.

Inspector Ted Emanuels, officer in charge of the B.C. RCMP’s enhanced traffic services, said any event or transportation where alcohol is served to minors is not a safe grad.

“The misuse and abuse of drugs and alcohol are the underlying factor in grad events where the police get involved, including physical assault, sexual assault, fights and accidental injuries,” Emanuel said.

“We know from experience that bad things happen to good kids in these environments. There are also criminal and civil liabilities that you need to be aware of.”

On average, there are four teens killed in

graduation-related vehicle incidents each year in B.C., with another 1,140 injured.

Jill Blacklock, ICBC’s road safety manager, said parents need to discuss transportation plans with teens before every event they go to, giving them more than one option.

Programming taxi numbers into their phones and checking transit schedules before they go out are recommended.

After grad is over, the summer ahead is a time of parties that need the same kind of planning, Blacklock said.

Emanuels said one of the most difficult jobs in policing is knocking on somebody’s door in the middle of the night to report a fatality.

“Answering that door is worse,” he said.

“Our objective is that your kids wake you up at four in the morning and not us.”

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Toronto-area couple reunited with $50M lottery ticket lost at church C ANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — A Toronto-area couple endured a roller-coaster ride of emotions when a lottery ticket worth $50 million went missing only to be found and returned by a person at their church.

Hakeem Nosiru won the Jan. 17 Lotto Max draw and was one day away from claiming the money when the ticket, which he duct-taped to the inside of his wife’s purse for safekeeping, was missing after they attended church.

That sparked a frantic search of their Brampton home, with garbage bins being upended and

their contents picked through piece by piece, an effort that left Nosiru and his wife empty handed and feeling “miserable.’’

But that despair turned to joy after a fellow member of the congregation discovered the ticket and reunited it with them on April 1 — saying “April fools’’ — a return made possible because Nosiru signed the ticket with their address.

But the saga wasn’t over yet, as Nosiru gave the ticket to Ontario Provincial Police, who were investigating the matter for Ontario Lottery and Gaming to ensure there were no further snags.

Everything checked out and

Nosiru and his wife Abiola were beaming for the cameras at the OLG prize centre Monday, telling reporters they were planning on travelling the world and helping out their family.

Abiola Nosiru said that when she realized her husband’s winning ticket had disappeared from her purse “I had a fly in my stomach and I couldn’t sleep for days.

I couldn’t eat. I was devastated.’’

“We just wanted to see the reality. And the reality is right here now,’’ she said, fighting back tears.

She wasn’t sure what they’ll do for the woman who ended the ticket’s exodus, but told her “I just want to say thank you.’’

Excitable puppy drives owner’s car into pond ASSOCIATED PRESS

CANTON, Mass. — After going for a walk, a German shepherd puppy owned by a Massachusetts man decided to go for a drive — straight into a pond.

John Costello tells WFXT-TV that his 12-week-old puppy,

Rosie, was so excited Sunday after going for a walk at Bolivar Pond in Canton that she jumped in his running car, hit the gear stick and shifted into drive, before falling onto the gas pedal and sending the car careening into the water.

A couple of passers-by saw the

commotion and helped Costello rescue Rosie. Nobody was injured, but Costello says the Dodge Neon is a total loss.

The 911 call surprised even police. Officer Robert Quirk says he has never heard of a dog driving into a pond.