TUESDAY JUNE 10, 2014
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Vol. 63, Issue 110
Another Brick in the Wall
Nature Trust board coming to tour local properties ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
Members of the board of directors of the Nature Trust of British Columbia will be coming to the East Kootenay to tour a number of its properties this week. On Thursday, June 12, the Nature Trust board, which is comprised of members from around B.C., will meet at St. Eugene, before touring properties on the Wigwam Flats near Elko, Big Ranch in the Elk Valley and Silvertip Ranch in Bull River. Rob Neil, Kootenay Conservation Land Manager for the Nature Trust of B.C. and a registered professiona biologist, said it is a chance for the board to take a closer look at some of the Trust properties. “What these tours do is provide an opportuni-
ty for our boards to actually see the properties that they are looking at and reviewing,” Neil said. “Instead of just reading about them and looking at documentation, they actually get onsite and look at them.” At Big Ranch they will have a barbecue lunch and Neil invited representatives from other Kootenay-region organizations. “It’s a great opportunity for the board to meet those people and engage in a conversation on how they support conservation lands and what they do,” he said. The Nature Trust alternates visits between locations on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, the Okanagan and the Kootenays.
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BARRY COULTER PHOTO
Laurie Middle School presented its production of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ last week at the Studio-Stage Door in Cranbrook. The classic rock opera, revamped for the stage, features themes of guilt, persecution, chronic isolation, descent into madness, and ultimate redemption — all that good stuff. Above: Darien Armstrong as the main character Pink, crosses the boundary into “Comfortably Numb.”
Funeral held for fallen RCMP today B A R RY CO U LT E R
This morning, Tuesday, June 10, police officers and members from around Canada will be gathering for the funerals of three RCMP officers who were killed in the line of duty last week in Moncton, New Brunswick. Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, Douglas James Larche and Dave Joseph Ross were gunned down Wednesday evening after responding to a report of a man with firearms in a residential neigh-
bourhood in the northwest area of Moncton. Two other officers — Constables Eric Dubois and Darlene Goguen — were wounded and have been released from hospital. The shootings and the ensuing 30-hour manhunt for the alleged killer brought the city to a standstill until an arrest was made just after midnight Friday. While between 5,000 and 7,000 police officers were expected in Moncton itself,
other cities including Cranbrook will also be taking part in the service. The Alliance Church, at 1200 Kootenay Street North in Cranbrook, has graciously offered their facility to allow Cranbrook and Kimberley RCMP members and the general public to participate in the funeral service being held for the RCMP’s fallen comrades in Moncton New Brunswick. The service will be streamed live via CBC to a
big screen in the church. The service starts at 10 a.m.(CBC coverage starts at 8 a.m.) local time. The service is open to all RCMP members and general public. The RCMP will be marching to the church from the Tamarack Centre. Meanwhile, in Ottatwa on Monday, Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks, himself a former RCMP officer, made a statement in the House of Commons. “Mr. Speaker, (Tuesday)
police officers from across North America will gather in Moncton, New Brunswick to say their good-byes to three fallen members of the RCMP, good-byes that are being said way too early in life, good-byes that cannot be explained,” Wilks said. “The police community is tight knit and when something like this happens, it stirs strong emotions in each and every one of us. The day will be filled with
many tears. “As a retired member of the RCMP, it stirs up memories which I will never forget. “To the families of Const. Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, and Const. Douglas James Larche and Const. David Ross, we will always be with them. Canadians will hold them in their thoughts and prayers in the days, weeks and months to come. God bless each and every one of them.”