Kimberley Daily Bulletin, August 28, 2014

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Cause of fire not determined C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

The One Love Hot Yoga building is a total loss after a fire Tuesday, August 26, but it could have been a lot worse, says Kimberley Fire Chief Al Collinson.

The building is attached to the Sprout Grocer y CAROLYN GRANT PHOTO building, which houses three busi- The One Love Hot Yoga building is a total loss, but Kimberley Fire Department members were able to nesses.

“The guys had a prevent the fire from engulfing the attached busireally good stop,” nesses.

Collinson said. “The fire did extend to the other build- there is extensive damage inside. ing but they were able to prevent “It’s pretty much completely it from spreading.” destroyed, there is about six inchRegistered massage therapist es of sludge on the ground, water Jennifer Johnston, who was oper- and smoke damage.” ating out of the centre unit in the See FIRE , Page 4 Sprout Grocery building says

Ogilvie memorial service this Friday C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

The memorial service for former Mayor Jim Ogilvie will be held will be held on Friday, August 29th at 2 p.m. at the Kimberley Conference & Athlete Training Centre.

Ogilvie was mayor of Kimberley for a total of 36 years, and first ran for elected office as an alderman in Marysville in 1964. He served the City continuously from that time except for one three year period.

He passed away on Sunday, August 24 after a lengthy illness. He was 78.

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Programs and support for parents of young children Blarchmont Early Learning Centre offers resources for parents and fun for toddlers C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

Baby Goose - For parents with babies under 1 year old.

Rhymes, songs and stories, guest speakers and baby topic discussions for you and your baby. Childcare pro-

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Parents and toddlers enjoy Circle Time at StrongStart.

vided for older siblings.

Thurs 10:30-Noon.

Starts Sept. 25.Contact: Public Health Nursing 250-427-2215.

Bellies to Babies – For women or families seeking information, resources, services, support or community referrals during pregnancy & the first six months of parenthood.

Group drop-in (supper, child minding and limited transportation) Wednesdays 5:00-7 p.m. Visits in family home or community location provided by appointment. Contact: Pat Chisholm, program coordinator 1-855-5895011 (Toll Free) bellies2babies.ccs@shaw.ca Family Tutoring provides a tutor to help families experiencing difficulties with their school age child’s learning skills in reading, writing and math.

Contact: Kim Roberts, CBAL Coordinator, 250-427-4468 kroberts@cbal.org Making Connections - For parents with school aged children K-Grade 4 create an awareness of the learning and reading process so parents can play a bigger role in their child’s education.

Develop skills that will

help your child be a better learner. Child care and dinner provided. Contact: Kim Roberts, CBAL Coordinator 250-427-4468 Email: kroberts@thehub.literacy.bc.ca Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program – for parents of children birth to 5. Call Diana 250-427-0716 Preschool Speech & Language Services – For families with children from birth to Kindergarten entry who are concerned about their child’s communication development.

Parents or anyone working with a child can refer. Contact Marie-Elise Marcoux, Registered Speech Language Pathologist at 250-432-5429 or Marie-Elise.Marcoux@interiorhealth.ca.

Play & Learn Parenting/Literacy Program - For parents with children 5 and under.

Group discussions and activities for parents to learn tips and strategies on how to support their children’s literacy development. Registration required. Contact: Kim Roberts, CBAL Coordinator, 250-427-4468 kroberts@cbal.org Settlement Program

- Eligible new immigrants can get help with information about and orientation to the community, citizenship, language training and referrals with one to one worker or small group.

Pam Bailie, CBAL Kimberley Settlement Worker 250427-6027 kimberleysettlement@cbal.org Strong Start BC - For preschool-aged children accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Activities include a Mother Goose circle time, play based learning centers, nutritious snacks and gross motor play. September – June Mon, Tues, Thurs, & Friday 9:00 – Noon, Wed. Night Family Supper 3:30 – 6:30 pm Contact Gina Panattoni, Strong Start Coordinator 25-427-5309 or https://www.facebook. com/kimberleyelc Treehouse –Families with children aged 0 – 5 are invited to the gym to enjoy play.

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As a parent of a young child there are often many questions you need answered about your child’s development, school readiness and more.

It’s also comforting to meet and talk with other parents, share experiences.

Parents in Kimberley have a valuable resource in the Kimberley Early Learning Centre, located in the lower level of the former Blarchmont School building, now the Blarchmont Learning Centre. Here parents can participate with their children in a range of programs and activities, get answers to questions, get information about programs and services that are available for young children and their families, and talk to early years professionals, as well as other parents and caregivers in the community.

“Some programs require pre-registration, while others are dropin, however all services offered are free,” said Gina Panattoni, Early Years Coordinator at the Centre.

Programs offered include: Ages and Stages Project - Parents are invited to complete the Ages & Stages Questionnaires, take a look at your child’s development, celebrate your child’s strengths, learn ideas & activities to support next steps, receive help to find resources. Contact: Diana Card, Project Coordinator, Phone: 250-427-0716 or Email: capckimb@shaw.ca

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New manager at Kootenay Trout Hatchery TRE VOR CR AWLEY Townsman Staff

There’s a new face at the helm of the Kootenay Trout Hatchery.

Lance Page has taken over managerial duties from Ken Scheer, who retired in July, and is embarking on a new chapter in his life.

Growing up on Vancouver Island, sport fishing had always consumed his free time, but he toured a provincial government fish hatchery in Duncan many years ago that piqued his interest, and he left with the goal of obtaining the necessary education that would allow him to get into fish aquaculture.

After bouncing around private and commercial fisheries

and aquaculture operations on the West Coast, he landed the job out at the Kootenay Trout Hatchery.

“Basically, it took me 22 years to make the full circle and get the job I wanted originally,” Page joked.

That job includes managing fish culture and sturgeon programs out at the Kootenay Trout Hatchery, which are vital to maintaining healthy fish stock populations in lakes and rivers across the region.

“The society is trying to grow only fish from this region—Region 4— at this hatchery, and they’re trying to do that with hatcheries across the province,” Page said.

“For the most part, fish stocks, as far as I can tell, from the lakes that I’ve

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Then there’s the hatchery facility itself, which has an interpretive tour area, administration offices and work shops, along with the trout, char kokanee and sturgeon culture operations and a learn-to-fish pond.

“The people around here sure love it,” said Page. “The grounds are kept beautiful, people like to come out and picnic—it’s a great feeling. The staff are super-proud of the place.”

In terms of tourism, the learn-to-fish pond and the interpretive tours, which include the option of going behind the scenes and see how the hatchery operates, are a big draw.

But it’s the sturgeon

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Current and previous managers of the Kootenay Trout Hatchery. Left to right: Lance Page, Ken Scheer, Laird Siemens. Missing from photo: Doug Crawley and Larry Belway. that tend to be a popular fixture, as the FFSBC and partner organizations across the province and northwestern U.S. work towards rebuilding the population in the Columbia River, which is considered endangered.

“Behind the scenes, sturgeon is a huge draw,” Page said. “It’s culture you’re only going to see a couple places in the province.

You’re never going to see baby sturgeon [anywhere else]. Very interesting to see what can be mammoth fish growing in a little tiny tank and need so much care.”

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right in the facility buildings, as hatchery staff catch mature sturgeon out in the Columbia River and bring them back for the spawning process.

“It’s a pretty neat feeling,” Page added.

“You take this fish, bring it here, spawn it for it’s offspring, and then take it back completely unharmed. Now we can raise it’s offspring and let it go.”

There will be some changes coming in the near future to the facility itself, as renovations are in the works to remove some of the concrete raceway lanes, which have been around since

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the building was originally built in the 1960s, and replace them with fibreglass tanks.

“Fibreglass ponds will use much less water, that’s really big,” said Page. “Fish health is better, fish growth is better in a round tank. They’ll get much more current, they’ll be more active.

We’ll get a better product out of them, for sure.”

Fostering and growing sport fishing is part of the FFSBC’s mandate, and since his arrival in early summer, Page has already had a taste of what lakes and rivers in the area have to offer.

“Since moving here, I

miss the ocean a bit, because I was a big ocean fisherman, but the amount of opportunities to fish different places around here is incredible,” said Page.

“Within 30 minutes of my door, I could probably fish a hundred different places if I wanted to, probably more.”

The Kootenay Trout Hatchery is one of five provincial trout hatcheries within the FFSBC. The society’s main mandate is to produce fish for B.C.’s lakes and streams for species conservation and sport fishing.

Fire update From Page 1 Johnston has already set up at a new temporary location at Mountain Pose Yoga at 100 Deer Park Ave in the Platzl and was back to work today.

“I am sticking to my schedule so if you had an appointment, come to the new location.”

To book an appointment call 250-908-0034.

Collinson says the cause of the fire has not been determined. Wednesday morning he was waiting for the electrical inspector to arrive, and also had a call in to the office of the Fire Commissioner.

“Right now we know the fire originated at the yoga building,” he said. “There is going to be an investigation.”

17 Kimberley Fire Fighters responded to the call.

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Carnival of Calamities at Kimberley’s Rotary Park

The Big Top is up, shows begin tonight For the Bulletin

This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, August 28, 29, & 30, at Rotary Park, in the big tent by the Civic Centre, Dr. Von Houligan’s Carnival of Calamities will bring magic, comedy, and all manner of entertaining antics to the stage in the Big Top. This travelling carnival from Alberta is touring small towns in western Canada, bringing the type of show not often seen outside the larger centres anymore. Allister Denton and his calamitous cronies are here to entertain.

On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 6.30 p.m. they will perform a family show featuring jugglers, acrobats, characters and clowns, magic and illusions and lots of comedy.

These early shows will be followed at 9.30 p.m. by performances with more mature content for audiences 16

years and older.

Reports are glowing from other communities where Dr. Von Houligan’s carnival has played. Their last show was in Blairmore where comments posted to Facebook included “Great show. Worth twice as much” and “Much fun tonight in Blairmore”.

Shows always include inviting audience members on stage to help out with tricks, usually much to everyone’s amusement. Also, local performers who would like to showcase their talents with Dr. Houligan’s carnival are invited to contact Allister Denton at the big blue bus or trailer at the tent site prior to the show’s opening on Thursday.

Tickets for the Carnival of Calamities are available in advance at Centre 64 (250-4274919) or at the door, priced $20 adults, $10 children under 12 and seniors. For more insight into what you might expect to see, check out Dr. Von Houligan on the Internet.

Stetski talks solar

Says Kimberley Sun Mine should be interesting to watch

many utilities are moving to time-of-use pricing, in which peak hours of morning, midday, and dinner-time see rate surcharges - such pricing structures are not likely in the near term in B.C.” He gave an example that those rates may be up to two to five times higher than B.C., and therefore significantly increase cost viability.

In addition to solar generation, in some instances excess vehicle battery capacity is even reversed to power the grid, so as to receive maximum time-of-use profit.

Armstrong also noted that electricity in Alberta is more expensive, and significantly more greenhouse-gas intensive than in BC, which may make a project around solar panels in the Public Works yard more viable.

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There were some questions about solar panels at the coffee with the Mayor in July.

One of the questions centred around solar panel electrical vehicle charging stations.

Jay Armstrong, Cranbrook’s Energy Manager noted that it is possible, but it’s currently more cost-effective to use grid-power in B.C. “Off-grid or weakgrid locations where adding or upgrading power lines and transformers would be cost prohibitive would increase solar viability,” Armstrong wrote in the report. “In addition,

See escape artists, stilt walkers, clowns, acrobats and more this week in Kimberley.

Regional District of East Kootenay

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) and Kootenay East Regional Hospital District (KERHD) request proposals to provide annual audit services. The proposal will cover audits of the financial period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 (three fiscal years). As well, the audited financial statements must be completed in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act. Information regarding proposals may be obtained from the Regional District Office. The highest bid proposal will not necessarily be accepted and the Regional District reserves the right to negotiate terms and conditions with the successful bidder.

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“Evolutions of solar technology combined with decreasing costs may begin to increase project viability and outweigh complexity and maintenance concerns in the next few years,” he wrote. “Regardless, there are significant energy conservation opportunities throughout the city which have higher payback.”

He said that accomplishes more for each taxpayer dollar and follows energy management practices of reducing need first, and allows time for prices of early adopter technology such as solar to become more affordable.

He said the first phase of the Kimberley Sun-Mine should prove interesting and relevant, since it will be using top-of-the-line dual-axis tracking solar panels to maximize energy reception.

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Ukraine: A Game of Chicken It is quite possible for soldiers to cross a frontier “by accident on an unmarked section,” and that is how Moscow explains the capture of a group of Russian paratroopers on Ukrainian territory last weekend. Poor lambs, they just wandered across the border by mistake. When they get home, they’ll have to be sent on a refresher course in cross-country navigation.

The flaw in this story is that the ten captured Russian soldiers, from the 331st Regiment of the 98th Guards Airborne Division, were caught in a group of unmarked vehicles TWENTY KILOMETRES inside Ukraine. That’s a third of the way from the Russian border to the besieged rebel city of Donetsk, and it’s really hard to explain away as a navigational error.

Besides, there is plenty of other evidence (though no other video interviews with captured Russian troops) to show that there is now a three-pronged Russian offensive underway in eastern Ukraine. There are probably fewer than a thousand Russian regular army troops on Ukrainian territory at the moment, but their purpose is clearly to stop the collapse of the pro-Russian rebels and reverse the momentum in the ground war.

Last week the Ukrainian forces finally cut the last remaining road from Russia to the besieged city of Luhansk, shortly after a large convoy of Russian trucks violated Ukrainian sovereignty and drove up that road to deliver “humanitarian” aid to the city. The rebel forces have now launched a counter-offensive to reopen the road, and Russian self-propelled artillery units have entered Ukraine in the Krasnodon area to support their attacks.

Another Russian force, including

tanks, crossed the border on 24 August fifty km. south of Donetsk, the capital of the other rebel province, and is trying to open a corridor to that city. (The captured paratroopers were part of that force, which is currently stalled near Ilovaisk.) And on 25 August a column of Russian armour crossed into Ukraine well to the south, heading west along the coast of the Sea of Azov towards the port city of Mariupol.

This last incursion, presumably an attempt to Gwynne open a third front and relieve the pressure on the Dyer two besieged cities, has now occupied Novoazovsk, about thirty km. east of Mariupol. The Ukrainian forces say they destroyed a dozen armoured infantry carriers there, but in the end they were driven out. Russian helicopter gunships also killed four Ukrainian border guards and wounded three others in an attack on a border post east of Luhansk on Tuesday.

It’s not yet all-out war between Russia and Ukraine, but there is no doubt that Ukrainian forces are now in direct combat with Russian troops on several fronts.

Russia still officially denies all this, of course, but its denials are not meant to be believed. Rather than see the separatist forces that Moscow has sponsored in the two eastern Ukrainian provinces simply collapse, Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to escalate the conflict.

The message is that Russia will do whatever is necessary militarily to keep the rebellion alive. But is that really true?

Putin is now just one step short of a full Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine, and Russia is already suffering serious economic sanctions. Take that last step, and it’s back to the Cold War — a war that

Russia would ultimately lose, and it wouldn’t take forty years this time either.

Today’s Russia has only half the population of the old Soviet Union, and it is no longer a major industrial power. Without its oil and gas exports, its citizens would be as poor as Ukrainians. If NATO started to take the “Russian threat” really seriously and re-armed itself accordingly, Russia simply couldn’t keep up militarily — and even trying would wreck its fragile economy. In the end, that would probably bring Putin down.

Putin presumably understands this at some level, but his pride, and his desire to restore Russian power, won’t let him just accept defeat. So the current escalation is best seen as his next move in a game of chicken: can he frighten the West into making a deal that saves his face and turns Ukraine back into a political and economic dependency of Russia? The answer is: probably not.

Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, certainly does not intend to go back to the old days. When he called a parliamentary election last week, he was effectively declaring that Ukraine will continue to be a sovereign and centralised state, not the neutered and decentralised state that Moscow wants — and that it will keep its options open on joining the European Union and even NATO (though neither of those options is currently on offer).

The problem with games of chicken is that each player must demonstrate his willingness to go all the way, even though going all the way is crazy. The first one to give way to an attack of sanity loses. The only way to avoid a disastrous smash-up and still not lose is for both players to go sane at exactly the same time. That is what diplomacy is for, but so far it isn’t working.

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Look beyond numbers

With September 2 just around the corner, the bargaining impasse between the provincial government and the BC Teachers’ Federation hinges on numbers – numbers about wages, benefits and class size. But behind those numbers are over half a million students who are waiting anxiously to start their school year on time. Whether it is their very first day in kindergarten or the beginning of their last year as a high school student, they are the reason any of those other numbers matter. School trustees across BC want our schools open and ready for students on September 2.

We have called on the government to immediately put strike savings back into schools to help address concerns regard-

ing class size and composition. We have told the Ministers of Education and Finance that the money for the proposed $40-a-day subsidy for parents would be better spent on students in schools. We continue our advocacy for improved education funding, and our trustee representatives at the bargaining table are calling for maintaining flexibility on class size and composition to improve the learning settings for students.

The two parties are approximately a percentage point apart on salary and one year apart on the proposed term of the contract – items that could be resolved through mediation. However, the proposed increases to benefits, the workload fund and the $5000 signing bonus request makes the full package well outside the affordability range. BC’s public education

system ranks among the very best in the world, due in large part to our talented and dedicated teachers. Trustees believe that teachers deserve a fair wage increase, but the BCTF’s overall compensation proposal needs to be aligned with other BC public sector agreements.

The issues are complex. This is not just about money. Ultimately, we need an agreement that meets the needs of students and provides long-term stability for public education. A deal can be reached.

Students can be back in school on September 2. The government and the BCTF must move on the numbers and put students first.

Teresa Rezansoff President BC School Trustees Association

Infrastructure legend? Or history?

H aving been raised on the legends and myths of the Trojan War, I find great romance in the adventures of archeologists. Imagine that fellow Heinrich Schliemann, who more than 150 years ago proved that legend was history when he excavated the site of Troy. It has since been determined that nine cities are located there, piled on top of each other. From thriving metropolis to ghost town, over and over again for countless centuries. Fantastic stuff!

So I’m ready to believe — when an ancient sidewalk is unearthed in the city of Cranbrook — that buried below our city of the present is an historical city of Cranbrook, and below that, perhaps a legendary city of Cranbrook, and below that …

I went down to see the ancient sidewalk, buried four feet beneath Sixth Street North for who knows how many decades, this week seeing the light of day again thanks to the road construction efforts underway.

“Look at that ancient sidewalk,” I said to myself, in proper tones of awe. “Imagine the feet that sidewalk has had on it. Perhaps the legendary schoolmarm Amy Woodland rode her bicycle down this sidewalk. Perhaps Valentine Hyde Baker challenged someone to a fight right here. Maybe crowds had gathered on this very sidewalk to watch a parade go by, a parade filled with skittish elephants.

“This sidewalk is living, breathing history,” I said to myself again, more excitedly. “Workmen!” I shouted.

“Stop your labours! There are artifacts of paleo-historiographical significance entombed in the hereabouts that must be exhumed without delay for the erudification of us all!” The workmen ignored me, and I walked away brooding.

I inquired of the local historians the mysteries behind the ancient sidewalk, and I was quickly disabused of my romantic notions. But if this exposed stretch of concrete was no legendary sidewalk, it

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The mysterious, ancient sidewalk, running parallel to and four feet below the present day sidewalk on Sixth Street North in Cranbrook. Oh what can it mean? was, in fact, an even more fabled artifact, a legendary piece of infrastructure that no one was even sure had actually existed.

What the workmen had exposed was the Smith Creek culvert.

The Smith Creek Storm Sewer was cast by the City of Cranbrook in the Skating Rink in the late 1920s Barry and early 1930s, and laid in 1935. It consisted of Coulter out — consists of — 5,320 feet of concrete pipe, 30 inches in diameter, with a grade of 0.284 per cent, according to the Cranbrook Courier.

The Courier report (1944) adds: “The third artificial interference with the natural drainage was a small dam constructed on Smith Creek where it passes under Wattsville Road, 3,750 upstream from the intake of the storm sewer. At this point, the creek issues from a large swamp several miles in length. The purpose of the dam was to flood the swamp, thus forming a shallow lake intended to serve as a bird sanctuary. The dam raised the level of

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water in the swamp four feet …”

So there it is in a nutshell — the creation of Elizabeth Lake and the drainage system under downtown Cranbrook to Joseph Creek. Flooding at Elizabeth Lake this year, and attendant concerns over its drainage, led many to think about that mysterious infrastructure which had been buried for so long no one was really sure where it was.

But there it is. And my sources say the City engineer says the culvert is in very good condition and running about 12 inches deep through that 30-inch pipe.

So in many ways, this is better news than the discovery of the legendary Cranbrook — that a key piece of infrastructure is alive and well after all those decades.

But still, as I walk along our excellent modern sidewalks, my eyes drift downward and I ask myself, “what else is down there?”

Thanks to David Humphrey Barry Coulter is the Editor of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman.

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UPCOMING

2014 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, Sept 3rd, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Gray’s Compounding Pharmacy.

Biking in the Kimberley Nature Park - Saturday, Sept. 6. Leader Peter McConnachie 427-2419. Meet at the Platzl Visitor Centre at 10 am for this ride on some of the roads and trails through the Kimberley Nature Park.

Cranbrook will be hosting its first annual World Suicide Awareness Day event at Rotary Park on Sept 10th from 3pm to 7pm. Live music, Zumba, guest speakers, food, special craft activities to honor loved ones and information booths will all be part of the day’s activities. Info: Patricia Whalen 250-426-2542 – ekidsfirst@shaw.ca, Elaina Englesby 250-426-5222 ext. 3041 eenglesby@cmhakootenays.org 2014 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, Sept 17th, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by RCMP/Speed Watch. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Myrtle the Magnificent - Sunday, Sept 21. Leader Suzanne McAllister 427-7043. Meet at 10 am at the Nordic Centre trail parking lot for a hike up Myrtle Mountain. Bring snacks/lunch and water for this 3 hour hike with moderate elevation.

Extra Life Game Day at the Eagles Hall, Saturday, October 4, 2014. Video games, board games, card games nd more $10 at the door. All proceeds go to Alberta Children’s Hospital. More info www.extra-life.org

ONGOING 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 Kimberley Farmers’ Market: Thursdays, 5:00 - 7:30pm – July 3rd to Sept 11. Howard St above the Platzl in Kimberley 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 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.

Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-426-4223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868.

Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook serving our community to benefit others - at home and abroad.

We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981.

East Kootenay Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (EKWEE) meet the first Monday of every month at the Heritage Inn, Dining Room Annex, 7:00PM. Join us for of the menu dinner 5:307:00. Pay your own tab. Networking, share accomplishments, education. Bev Campbell 778-481-4883 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

Cranbrook and District Arts Council bears for the summer long business ‘Teddy Bear Hide and Seek’ and the August 23rd Teddy Bear Picnic, available at the Gallery, 135-10th Ave. S., Cranbrook.

Proceeds to Arts Council projects. Sponsored by Spring Honda.

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!

Kimberley Community Fall Fair; Always the last weekend in September (27 & 28.) BOOK YOUR BOOTH NOW!!! Limited number!!! Excellent exposure for your Product & Business and a great venue for shopping! 5000 Recorded Attendance in 2 days!!!

Marysville Arena, Saturday 10:00-5:30, Sunday 11:00- 4:00. Info call 427-7876 leave message, or email: 1bev@live.com 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 Seniors Autobiographical Writing for those aged 60 or wiser at the Kimberley Library. No writing experience necessary. It’s free.

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Open for business Ice camp commences as prospects look to stand out Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

The Kootenay Ice officially opened training camp Wednesday with two prospect games highlighting the next generation of talent hoping to make the jump to Cranbrook and the Western Hockey League.

“I was impressed,” said Ice assistant coach Jay Henderson following the Wednesday evening prospect game.

“Obviously a lot of nerves [for the young guys] coming into today and I thought they performed very well.”

For the first time since being drafted by Kootenay with the 11th overall selection at the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft, defenceman Griffin Mendel stepped onto the ice at Western Financial Place.

Mendel, a Kelowna native, isn’t eligible to play as a 15-year-old this season. But he certainly left an impression on those who saw him Wednesday.

“He stuck out. He definitely got my attention,” Henderson said.

“But there’s more than just him. There’s been a lot of guys that have

played very well. That’s what these guys have got to do. They’ve got to stand out.”

Another defenceman who caught Henderson’s eye was Cale Fleury. The native of Carlyle, Sask. doesn’t turn 16 until November, but looked poised and calm in his own end. Whether it was breaking up threeon-one opportunities or establishing a smooth breakout, Fleury was steady. Fleury is the younger brother of 2014 Carolina Hurricanes first-round draft choice Haydn Fleury. The younger Fleury has already grabbed the attention of Hockey Canada brass as he attended U17 Development Camp in Calgary earlier this summer.

Fleury joined the Ice organization after he was selected by the team with the 78th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft.

Up front, it was another pair of 2013 bantam draft selections that buzzed.

Former first-round pick Jared Legien was strong up and down the wings while Vince Loschiavo turned on the after-burners, showing

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great speed on zone entries as well as a nose for the net.

Legien was Kootenay’s first-round pick in 2013, going ninth overall. Loschiavo came 22 picks later when the Ice grabbed him with the 31st overall selection.

While impressive performances are great on day one, all of that changes today when the prospects and veterans get thrown into the blender together.

“It’s a much better pace and positionally, [the game] is probably more sound,” Henderson said. “It’s a good test for these guys. You obviously get the nerves out today and tomorrow you get thrown in with some of the bigger boys and we’ll see where they stand.”

Though the scores hold no weight in any standings, Team White edged Team Black in both prospect contests, taking the morning affair 5-3 before claiming a 5-2 win in the evening finale.

The 56 players in camp will be shuffled onto three teams with Team Blue facing Team White in the first game of the day at 11 a.m.

Once again, a goaltenders session will break up the games at 4:45 p.m. before Team Black hits the ice against Team Blue in the 6 p.m. tilt.

All training camp sessions are open to the public.

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Prospect Keelan Williams guards the pipes Wednesday during the opening prospect game at Ice training camp. With Wyatt Hoflin the only returning netminder, Williams could challenge for crease time.

2014 Kootenay Ice Training Camp Roster

Is there room in your family for another hockey player?

Forwards (32) * Matt Alfaro (1996) - Calgary, Alta.

Shane Allan (1997) - Calgary, Alta.

Linden Babcock (1999) - Calgary, Alta.

Carter Barley (1999) - St. Andrews, Man. Connor Barley (1998) - St. Andrews, Man. River Beattie (1997) - Sherwood Park, Alta. *Levi Cable (1994) - Hudson Bay, Sask. *Alexander Chirva (1996) - Moscow, Russia *Ryan Chynoweth (1995) - Cranbrook, B.C. *Jaedon Descheneau (1995) - Edmonton, Alta.

Liam Evenson (1999) - Maple Ridge, B.C. Thomas Goldade (1999) - Regina, Sask.

Mark Klassen (1997) - Carmen, Man. Jared Legien (1998) - Pilot Butte, Sask.

Vince Loschiavo (1998) - Winnipeg, Man. Liam Maley (1998) - Dundurn, Sask. *Jon Martin (1995) - Winnipeg, Man. Tanner McKechnie (1998) - Regina, Sask. *Kyle O’Connor (1996) - Calgary, Alta.

Eric Olson (1999) - Calgary, Alta.

Max Patterson (1999) - Kamloops, B.C. Harris Pearce (1999) - Port Coquitlam, B.C. *Luke Philp (1995) - Canmore, Alta.

Noah Philp (1998) - Canmore, Alta.

Brody Ryan (1999) - Creston, B.C. Logan Schatz (1997) - Allan, Sask.

Evan Thomas (1999) - Saskatoon, Sask.

Brent Trentham (1999) - Three Hills, Alta. *Austin Vetterl (1994) - Surrey, B.C. Drew Warkentine (1998) - Prince Albert, Sask.

Austin Wellsby (1997) - Chilliwack, B.C. *Zak Zborosky (1996) - Regina, Sask.

for the 2014-2015 season

REGISTRATION

Goaltenders (6) Declan Hobbs (1998) - Saskatoon, Sask. *Wyatt Hoflin (1995) - Spruce Grove, Alta.

Calum Humble (1999) - Calgary, Alta.

Jayden Sittler (1996) - Red Deer, Alta.

Jakob Walter (1999) - Langley, B.C. Keelan Williams (1996) - Calgary, Alta.

Defencemen (18) Bryan Allbee (1997) - Prince George, B.C. *Tanner Faith (1995) - Wilcox, Sask.

Ethan Fawcett (1999) - Coquitlam, B.C. Cale Fleury (1998) - Calgary, Alta.

Connor Henderson (1999) - Lethbridge, Alta.

Dallas Hines (1998) - Marwayne, Alta.

Sam Huston (1999) - Brandon, Man. *Tyler King (1995) - Pilot Butte, Sask.

Matt Krawiec (1998) - Red Deer, Alta.

Griffin Mendel (1999) - Kelowna, B.C. *Troy Murray (1997) - White City, Sask.

Mark O’Shaughnessy (1997) - Kelowna, B.C. Dylan Overdyk (1997) - St. Albert, Alta.

Jayden Pannu (1999) - Edmonton, Alta. *Jordan Steenbergen (1996) - Sylvan Lake, Alta. *Rinat Valiev (1995) - Nizhnekamsk, Russia Jason Wenzel (1998) - Calgary, Alta.

Austin Wieler (1999) - Laird, Alta.

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* = returning player

First Saturday Sept 6th 2014

Art Avenue : from 12-4pm

Featuring Free workshops;

Billet Families Needed

~ 12:30 pm Hoola Hooping with Amy Martin Hoops available ~ 2 pm Learn Rock Guitar in an Hour

With Fraser Armstrong Bring your own or a limited # will be available Pre register at Centre 64 or sign up at the Info table ~ Dance Demo’s

Try out Western Swing and Line Dancing with Gerry and Clare Dalum (Dance with me Cranbrook) ~ Try your hand at Spinning with Bill Henrikson of Kimberley Fibre Arts Guild Also enjoy Plein air Painters, John Ogden cartoonist, Kimberley Museum Walking Tour and Story Time at the Library

Give back to your community Help a young man’s dreams come true Receive a Free season ticket and monthly allowance Support your local team If you are interested in this rewarding experience, contact Karrie Hall 250-427-2442 email: hallck@shaw.ca

Please register by Thursday, Sept. 25 College of the Rockies Gym Mature teens & adults. All skill levels welcome.

Adults: $100/yr. • Students: $50/yr.

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Thurs. 8-11 pm Sunday 1-4 pm Starting September 4, 2014 Frank Berkhiem 489-4230 or Dick Griffith 489-4267

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Nothing short of explosive Nitros brass expect the best as training camp opens Friday Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

The Kimberley Dynamiters are set to open training camp Friday night at the Kimberley Civic Centre and president Chad Koran is looking for nothing less than the best.

“We’re looking forward to our returning players coming in and shining, obviously,” Koran said Wednesday afternoon, “and we’re looking for the young guys coming in…to turn some heads and get some attention.”

With 45 players coming to camp, there will be plenty of competition in Kimberley this weekend.

Tyson Brouwer is the only holdover between

the pipes as Jeremy Mousseau heads off to the college ranks.

Up front, leading scorer Jared Marchi returns to help fuel the offence. The 19-year-old Kimberley native led the Nitros with 25 goals and 57 points in 43 games last season.

Jason Richter, following a tryout with the Drumheller Dragons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, is also expected to return. The Cranbrook-born forward tallied 23 goals and 46 points in 47 games for the Nitros during the 2013-14 season. As an 18-year-old, he will look to chase down Marchi for the team scoring crown in 2014-15.

“We want to have them set the bar fairly high so these other guys coming in can see, ‘Holy Dinah, we’ve got some competition here to make this team,’” Koran said. “We definitely want them to be at their best.”

Tyson Klingspohn finished third in Nitros scoring in 2013-14 and also returns to the club.

The 17-year-old posted 15 goals and 33 points in 52 games with the Dynamiters last season.

In addition to the regular returners, Dynamiter brass is excited for a new crop of local talent, including the VanSteinburg brothers, Matt Barzilay and Jesse Wallace .

Tyler VanSteinburg is a 16-year-old defence-

man that could potentially help fill the void created when veteran blueliner Andrew Miller requested a trade closer to home. The 20-yearold Miller was dealt to the Beaver Valley Nitehawks for future considerations last week.

Trevor VanSteinburg is a 17-year-old forward who already has a smattering of KIJHL experience in his back pocket.

The Cranbrook native suited up in seven games for the Nelson Leafs last season in addition to spending most of the year with the Kootenay Ice of the B.C. Major Midget League.

Matt Barzilay is another 17-year-old forward expected to bolster the ranks and the Nitros

NHL remains status quo as expansion rumours fly Stephen Whyno Canadian Press

TORONTO — NHL expansion is likely coming in the near future, though the league hasn’t committed to any official plan just yet.

For more than a year, commissioner Gary Bettman has said the NHL is listening when approached by cities interested in acquiring a team even though there’s no formal expansion process underway. Amid reports this week indicating solid plans are in place, deputy commissioner Bill Daly said there’s “nothing new to report on this subject.’’

Status quo doesn’t necessarily mean the NHL won’t eventually expand to Las Vegas, as the Vancouver Province reported Tuesday was a “done deal.’’ And it doesn’t necessarily discount the possibility of adding four teams by 2017, one each in Las Vegas, Seattle and Quebec City and a second in Toronto, as SportsBusinessNews.com reported via Twitter.

Getting to 32 teams sooner rather than later would make sense for a league that moved to unbalanced conferences with 16 teams in the East and 14 in the West beginning last season. Las Vegas and Seattle fit geographically.

But the NHL has sev-

eral hurdles to overcome before awarding franchises, including answering arena and ownership questions.

MGM and AEG are in the process of building a 20,000-seat facility in Las Vegas that could be ready by the spring of 2017, and either UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center or Orleans Arena could be short-term options.

But it’s still unclear who would own a team in Las Vegas, let alone what could happen to sportsbooks if the NHL is the first major North American professional league to move in there.

Seattle, with its vocal and passionate fanbase, has a less-than-ideal arrangement in the shortterm with Key Arena.

Getting a new building would be crucial to the NHL going to the Pacific

Northwest. Chris Hansen, who tried to buy the NBA’s Sacramento Kings to move them to Seattle, and Don Levin, owner of the AHL’s Chicago Wolves, could head up an ownership group there.

Communications giant Quebecor would love to resurrect the Quebec City Nordiques, and Quebecor Arena could be done by the fall of 2015. The Canadian dollar is much stronger than it was in the mid1990s when the Nordiques moved to Denver, and fans have long been clamouring for the return of the NHL. But Bettman said at the Stanley Cup final in June that he wasn’t sure how the NHL would deal with putting another team in the Eastern Conference. The Detroit

Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets were just moved from the West to the East for the 2013-14 season.

If the NHL did choose to cash in on what SportsBusinessNews.com reported would be roughly US$1.4 billion in expansion fees by expanding to 34 teams by the centennial season of 201718, a second team in Toronto could play in the Western Conference. The size of the Toronto market has long made it an interesting possibility, whether the expansion team shares Air Canada Centre with the Maple Leafs or has its own arena.

Officially, expansion is not on the agenda.

But that doesn’t stop the speculation.

already know what they’re getting with the Cranbrook native. Barz i l a y dressed in four games for Kimberley during the 2012-13 KIJHL season, posting one goal and three points in the process.

Last week after the trade of Miller, Nitros GM Dave Smith said they like to keep their squad young and with another 17-year-old local forward stepping on to the ice, there is no arguing that statement.

Jesse Wallace, a Kimberley native, is expected to make the full-time

jump to the Dynamiters in 2014-15 after getting into four games with the club since 2012.

“We want 100 per cent out of each of these guys. It goes a long way,” Koran said. “You don’t want any bad apples in the dressing room.

“We want 100 per cent out of each one of our guys and an honest effort. They need to come here believing they have a chance to

earn a spot on the team.

And they could very well do so. [There are spots] up for grabs.”

Dynamiters camp opens Friday with the first practice slated for 6 p.m.

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It happened this week in Cranbrook

Week August 24 - 30

Dave Humphrey Items compiled from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook Museum and Archives

1898 RAILROAD IS HERE! … Steel Was Laid Into Cranbrook on Tuesday, August the Twenty-Third. At last Cranbrook has a railroad. The people have waited long for this event, and today they are happy.

Tuesday morning the smoke from the engine that propels the track layer was seen at the further end of the prairie to the northeast, and slowly but surely the great iron horse approached the town of Cranbrook. Length after length of rails were laid by the large force of men employed for that purpose, and when the sun dipped behind the timber covered hills to the southwest, the dying rays were reflected back from the steel rails that carried the first train into Cranbrook. Tuesday, August 23rd, will always be a memorable day in the history of Cranbrook, the leading city of South East Kootenay. That day brought the railroad, and with it the fruition of the people’s fondest hopes, and the material evidence of the prosperity that is to follow. It gave absolute assurance of transportation facilities, and a

positive guarantee that the packhorse and the freight wagon would soon be relics of the past so far as shipping goods into Cranbrook is concerned. And how rapidly the grand transformation was wrought!

At sunrise, an open prairie and a grade. At sunset, a main track, several sidetracks, trains of freight cars loaded to their full capacity, company’s dining cars located and ready for use, a telegraph office a short distance away, and everything moving along as though the road had been duly installed for a month. The wonderful work was accomplished in a manner characteristic of the methods that prevail in the west, and is paralleled by the rapidity that the town of Cranbrook sprang from an oat field into a thriving, hustling business center.

But the work done that day and since is nothing compared with what is to follow. That work was temporary. The work that is to follow will be of a permanent character. There are switches to construct, many sidetracks to lay, depot, roundhouse and shops to build, and many other things to be done by the Company that will make Cranbrook its official headquarters for the Crows Nest Pass line.

TRAIN SERVICE … Commencing tomorrow, regular trains will be run from Cranbrook east, giving

passenger accommodations from this point. This will prove a great convenience to the people.

FIRST FOR CRANBROOK …

Cranbrook had her first open air religious service last Sunday evening. One of the men working on the road, who labours for Haney during the week and Christ on Sunday, talked straight salvation to a large crowd for an hour. He seemed sincere and displayed intense enthusiasm, and therefore is entitled to the same respect and consideration accorded to any other worker in the Lord’s vineyard. His grammar and rhetoric may have been faulty, but if his heart is in the right place, what’s the odds.

STOP THAT HABIT … Opium, Morphine, Cocaine, and Laudanum, stopped at once. R.J.C. Hoffman, 484 Isabella Bldg., Chicago, Ill Conductor Templeman Injured ... Last Saturday morning Conductor Templeman, who was in charge of his train near the end of steel, was badly injured by being hit over the back of the head by one of his brakeman named Ross. The men had engaged in some altercation over an order issued by Mr. Templeman, and without warning the brakeman made a brutal attack with the heavy stick used in cou-

pling cars. Templeman was brought to Wardner and Dr. King summoned from Elko. Ross was taken into custody and placed in the lockup.

1899 STOLE WATCH AND MONEY ...

Last Sunday Martin O’Toole stepped into the rooms of Elmer Musgrave and E. H. Small, proprietors of the Cosmopolitan, taking a watch belonging to the former and $50 in money from the latter. Mr. Musgrave had left his room only a minute, and during his brief absence O’Toole took the watch from the table. He got Mr. Small’s money while that gentleman was asleep.

As soon as Mr. Musgrave missed. his watch, having seen O’Toole hurrying down the stairs, he informed Night Watchman Foster, and within fifteen minutes the thief was in custody. Monday afternoon he pleaded guilty before Magistrates Leitch and Moffat to taking the watch and money, declaring, however, that he only got $20, He was sentenced to six months at Nelson, and Constable Morris took him to his future residence on the evening train.

NEW ROAD … The wagon road was begun early this week for the new bridge over St. Josephs creek on the Mission Road to Old Town, Perry Creek. The work is in charge

of F. LeClerce.

SENTENCED … Pasto, the Italian convicted of killing Edward Ryan in this city, and Jack Lerone, convicted of stealing nineteen cases of dynamite from the C.P.R. warehouse at Fernie, have been taken to the penitentiary at Victoria. Pasto goes for life, and Derone for two years.

1900 The Big Swede Touched … A few nights ago a railroad worker known as the “Big Swede” was sitting in a room of a public house in an oblivious condition; a well-known railroad trainman, once well up in the service, came in and “touched” the Swede for a watch, which later was taken by the thief to a house on the row and disposed of. The man was arrested and is now in jail; he will have his trial Saturday. He is very anxious that his name should be suppressed, so as not to cause his family “worry.” He is very considerate of his family indeed, as according to reports they have for some time been suffering for the necessities of life and in a way dependent upon charitable people for their meagre sustenance, while the husband — who is so fearful they might be worried over his arrest — has been blowing his money on whiskey and women.

YOUR CITY WORKING FOR YOU! Thursday, August 28th, 2014 COMMITTEE RECRUITMENT There are several opportunities for public participation and involvement in the City of Cranbrook advisory committees listed below.

Membership is open to residents of the City of Cranbrook.

Urban Deer Management Advisory Committee (Two positions are available).

Economic Development Committee (One position is available).

Applicants shall represent the following economic sector: Retail and Professional Services.

Key City Theatre Society (One position is available).

Interested individuals are invited review the Terms of Reference for all Committees and submit a Volunteer Application form available on the City’s website – www.cranbrook.ca or pick up from City Hall.

COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR & BROWN BAG LUNCH MEETING CANCELLED UNTIL AFTER NOV. 15 ELECTION The 2014 Municipal election will take place Nov. 15, 2014, with advance voting on Nov. 5, 6 and 12. In preparation for this event “Brown Bag Lunch” and “Coffee with the Mayor” meetings will NOT be held during the pre-election period of September, October and November. The Chief Election Officer feels that this will ensure that all candidates in the election have equal opportunity to discuss issues with the public as the election approaches. The public is welcome to contact members of council by email or by phoning City Hall. For more information about the election or the fluoride referendum, please visit our website www.cranbrook.ca.

Monday September 15 – Regular Council Meeting @ 6pm

7TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY REGISTRATION NIGHT – SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 (6:00PM TO 8:00PM)

Make sure that you are on the voters list. The City of Cranbrook and School District No. 5 uses the Provincial Voters List for the upcoming elections.

If you need to be added to the list you must be registered by September 23, 2014. Elector qualifications are on the City of Cranbrook website or inquire at City Hall. You can register at City Hall from August 25 to September 23. After that date you can register when you vote.

Whether you are interested in martial arts, dance, gymnastics, theatre, or water activities, or learning about service clubs, there is something here for every member of the family. Come and see what our community has to offer you! Wednesday, September 3rd from 6-8 pm at the Curling Centre.

Admission is FREE! Everyone is welcome!

If you are a club or organization that is suited to leisure or recreation opportunities, you can register a table for this event for a cost of $10.

Register at the Leisure Services desk at Western Financial Place by August 31.

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ANIMAL CONTROL BYLAW – RUN AT LARGE A tap that leaks one drip per second can waste 25 litres of water each day – that’s enough to fill more than 180 bathtubs in a year. Most leaks can be fixed by replacing old faucets or worn washers.

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Under this bylaw, the owner of any animal, including vicious dogs must ensure that the animal does not run-at-large. Leashes are required for all dogs in public spaces. Visit our website and click on ‘Bylaws’ for more on all of our City bylaws.

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Acclaimed Celtic tour comes to Kimberley Mike Redfern

On Friday evening, September 5, at 8 p.m. a special concert will take place in the dance studio at Centre 64 in Kimberley, a concert that should appeal to all those with who delight in things Scottish.

Three renowned Scottish musicians, on tour in Canada, will present ‘A Musical Adventure of Scotland’.

Christine Hanson, cello; Bruce MacGregor, fiddle; and Andy Hillhouse, guitar, will take us on a journey through Scotland’s music, from Scottish baroque, to Highland reels and jigs, with contemporary Scottish folk and traditional music, stories, song, and good craic (Gaelic for chat) along the way.

Kimberley Arts Council will host the concert ceilidh-style with local Highland dancers performing.

Complimentary Scottish snacks will be served and a no-host bar will offer wine and beer in this fund-raiser event for the arts council. Advance tickets are available from Centre 64 and the Snowdrift Café, priced $22 for KAC members, $24 for non-members. You can also purchase your tickets on line at: www.eventbrite.ca/ e / a -m u s i c a l - a d v e n ture-of-scotland-tickets-12802260907.

Tickets at the door are $26.

Christine Hanson is a classically trained cellist, composer, and sound designer who instructs workshops both sides of the Atlantic.

She plays not only classical music but pop, folk, jazz, and experimental music as well.

She has several CDs out, the latest Amytis Dawning, and has played on 38 recordings by other celebrated artists.

Bruce MacGregor is the founder of the multi-award-winning Highland fiddle group, Blazin’ Fiddles, and a presenter on BBC Radio Scotland. He has even been commissioned to write music for the Dalai Lama. MacGregor runs the Highland Fiddle School and his group, Blazin’ Fiddles, plays to sold out houses numbering in the many hundreds. He is one of

Scotland’s most accomplished and celebrated fiddle players with 6 videos and many CDs to his name.

Andy Hillhouse is a Canadian folk and traditional music guitarist, founder of the Celtic funk band, Mad Pudding, with whom he made 4 CDs and performed across two continents. He now specializes in Celtic rhythm guitar and has performed with The McDades, with whom he won a Juno in 2006. He is the former musical director of the Vancouver Gospel Choir and the Sarah McLachlin Music Outreach Choir.

All three musician can be found on the Internet where you can listen to some of their recordings. It is not

Left to right: Bruce MacGregor, Christine Hanson, Andy Hillhouse often that Centre 64 gets to welcome musicians of such high calibre in the field of Celtic

music to its modest performance space.

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YCW is a federal government program which helps young people acquire first hand

experience in heritage and cultural occupations. Rylee is studying history at the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus.

Keenan will be a history student at the University of Victoria in Sep-

tember. Both students intend to go to law school.

At Fort Steele Rylee and Keenan work as education officers and depict characters who lived in 1898. They teach school children

various programs such as Tinsmithing and the Schoolhouse program.

Their summer job is both pertinent to their studies and an excellent way to earn money to finance their education.

Cranbrook proclaims International Day of Peace Submit ted

Mayor Wayne Stetski, councilors, and some of the members of Cranbrook Celebration for Peace Society met to proclaim September 21, 2014 as International Day of Peace in our city.

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With the unrest, senseless deaths and ongoing battles in our world, it is ever increasingly important to be working and striving for peace everyday of our lives.

September 21st of each year re-inforces that hope for humanity.

This September 21st, everyone is invited to join us for the Fifth Annual Celebration for Peace at downtown Rotary Park at 1 pm, hosted

by Cranbrook Celebration for Peace Society.

We have a superb lineup of singers, dancers,

Left to right: Councillor Gerry Warner, John Dumas , Councillor Sharon Cross, Mayor Wayne Stetski, Eileen Braaten, Chao Knezevic, Councillor Bob Whetham musicians, groups, drumers that are delighted to entertain you royally during the afternoon.

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Gaza war ends with another grim stalemate T

Dan Perry Associated Press

he third Gaza War in six years appears to have ended in another sort of tie, with both Israel and Hamas claiming the upper hand. Their questionable achievements have come at a big price, especially to long-suffering Palestinians in Gaza.

In a sense, Israel got what it wanted: Hamas stopped firing rockets in exchange for mostly vague promises and future talks. But the cost to Israel was huge: Beyond the 70 people killed — all but six of them soldiers — the economy has been set back, the tourism season destroyed, its people rattled for 50 days and its global standing pummeled by images of devastation in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces bristling from people who sense that Hamas controlled events and could not have its grip loosened on the Gaza Strip, which it seized by force from the Palestinian Authority in 2007. Around the corner lie international investigations into war crimes allegations.

Hamas is celebrating its success after surviving Israel’s far superior firepower.

The Islamic militant group’s rocket fire emptied a string of Israeli border communities and disrupted Tel Aviv’s international airport.

It also paid dearly: 2,143 Palestinians were killed, including nearly 500 children and hundreds of militants.

The U.N. estimates the war destroyed or severely damaged 17,200 homes and left 100,000 Palestinians homeless. Hamas’ rocket arsenal is much depleted and many — if not all — of its attack tunnels have been destroyed.

The region is unpredictable. But as it seems this cease-fire may stick, here are some preliminary lessons: Force may have worked For 50 days, Hamas stuck to its rockets. Israel started with carefully targeted destruction of sites, but steadily escalated its strikes. It razed neighbourhoods and killed top militants. This week, Israel destroyed whole apartment towers. Hamas’ fight was at first genuinely supported by Gazans desperate for an end to the embargo of

mohamed zanoon, gaza, july, 2014

the strip by Israel and Egypt — a policy largely meant to squeeze out Hamas. But in the end, probably sensing the population couldn’t take more, Hamas accepted a deal that does not differ much from the first Egyptian cease-fire proposal offered in mid-July and accepted then by Israel. The moral side of Israel’s use of devastating force will be debated and its legality may end up being examined at The Hague, but the outcome suggests it achieved its aims. Netanyahu said as much

Wednesday, telling a news conference that Hamas was surprised by the intensity of Israel’s attacks in the last week of the war. Especially interesting was the minimal protest in the Arab world, where Hamas suffers from association with the Islamist groups increasingly marginalized and feared around much of the region.

The Unity Gov’t is back Israelis say that since Hamas embeds itself in civilian areas, there was no choice but to target those areas while making efforts to

diminish civilian casualties by issuing warnings. Yet there were alternatives. Israel could have accepted some of Hamas’ demands despite reservations about doing so under fire. In May, Israel could have cautiously accepted the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian “unity government’’ that was backed by both Hamas and the moderate Fatah group, which runs the Palestinian Authority and its autonomous enclaves in the West Bank.

Now Israel seems less upset about the unity government. It would probably be grateful to have the Palestinian Authority back in Gaza, running at least the borders, handling the reconstruction aid projects — and in general, keeping Hamas in check.

Peace prospects bleak Whatever lies ahead, the bigger Israeli-Palestinian story remains the same: A majority on both sides wants peace and accepts partition of the Holy Land into two states — but when the other side’s terms are considered, they cannot do a deal. Israel

has always feared a total West Bank pullout that would leave it about 10 miles wide at its narrowest point.

Jihadi advances in the face of Arab governments’ haplessness now compound that fear. There is talk in the territories of asking the world to force Israel to accept the Palestinians’ terms — a follow-up to the U.N. General Assembly’s recognition in 2012 of a “state of Palestine’’ in all of Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The Palestinians tend to describe such efforts, as well as the recent U.S.-led negotiating effort that fizzled, as “last chances’’ to save the “twostate solution.’’ When that’s off the table, their vision does not lean toward accepting a future as an occupied people. More likely is another uprising, or a push by the Palestinians for a single state over all the territory of the Holy Land, in which Arabs and Jews would be equal citizens. Israel fears the first and ferociously opposes the second, because it would bury the Zionist dream of a national home for the Jews.

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Uruguay opens registration period to grow pot at home Associated Press

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — People in Uruguay who want to grow marijuana legally can now register with the government to do so.

The government opened the registration period Wednesday as the South American country rolls out its marijuana legalization program in stages.

The rules for growing at home come with some restrictions. It can only be for personal use and there is a limit of six female plants, with an annual harvest of up to 480 grams.

Also, participants in the program must be at least 18 and either citizens or legal residents of Uruguay.

The country is the first in the world to attempt to regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana on a nationwide scale. President Jose Mujica has said pharmacies will be allowed to sell marijuana to registered users next year.

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Rebels enter town as battle for Ukraine’s coastline heats up Peter Leonard Associated Press

NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Pushing west in a new offensive along Ukraine’s strategic coastline, heavily armed Russian-backed separatist forces captured new territory Wednesday far from their previous battles with government troops.

The bold offensive along a new southeastern front raised the prospect that the separatists are seeking to create a land link between Russia and Crimea, which also would give them control over the entire Azov Sea. After a third day of heavy shelling that sent many residents fleeing, rebel fighters with dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles entered Novoazovsk, a resort town of 40,000 on the Azov Sea, the mayor told The Associated Press.

Novoazovsk lies along the road linking Russia to the Ukrainian port of Mariupol and onto Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that

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Russia annexed in March.

The separatist attack appears to have caught government forces off guard, and they were scrambling Wednesday to build up defences. The offensive also adds to growing evidence that the rebels receive Russian support.

To travel to this spot through Ukraine from the main front line around Donetsk and Luhansk, far to the north, the rebels would have had to cross territory controlled by government troops. The more logical conclusion is that they came across the nearby Russian border.

Ukraine and Western governments have long accused Russia of playing a direct role in the conflict, supplying troops and weaponry to the rebels. Russia consistently denies the claims, but its stance is increasingly dismissed abroad.

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are being sent 30 miles (48 kilometres) inside Ukraine, without them or their families knowing where they are going. She cited reports of burials in Russia for those who’ve died in Ukraine and wounded Russian soldiers being treated in a St. Petersburg hospital.

Associated Press journalists on the border have seen the rebels with a wide range of unmarked military equipment — including tanks, Buk missile launchers and armoured personnel carriers — and have run into many Russians among the rebel fighters. Ukraine also captured 10 soldiers from a Russian paratrooper division Monday around Amvrosiivka, a town about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Russian border.

On Wednesday, AP reporters saw more than 20 shells fall around Novoazovsk in a one-hour span. Many people were leaving the town, while oth-

ers were rushing back in to evacuate relatives. Later in the day, access from the west was blocked by Ukrainian soldiers and the presence of rebels in Novoazovsk could not be independently confirmed.

A spokesman for Ukraine’s security council, Col. Andriy Lysenko, said he had no information that Novoazovsk had been occupied. Earlier, he said the shelling around the town was coming from both Ukrainian and Russian territory. Ukrainian security officials said nearby villages had also come under shelling.

The artillery shells in Novoazovsk appeared to be flying between rebel and government positions.

In Mariupol, a city of 450,000 about 30 kilometres (20 miles) to the west, defences were being built up.

A brigade of Ukrainian forces arrived at the airport on Wednesday afternoon,

while deep trenches were dug a day earlier on the city’s edge. Other troops were blocking traffic from leaving the port heading east.

Ukraine has already lost more than 750 kilometres (450 miles) of coastline in Crimea, along with a major naval port and significant mineral rights in the Black Sea. If the separatists were to seize a land bridge to Crimea that would be a further loss of more than 250 kilometres (150 miles) of coastline. This would also give them or Russia control over the entire Azov Sea and any offshore oil and gas reserves.

This would leave Ukraine with about 450 kilometres (270 miles) of coastline to the west of Crimea.

Fighting also persisted elsewhere Wednesday, and Lysenko said 13 Ukrainian troops had been killed over the past day.

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Cruising 103: More cruise tips Carla Nelson of Maritime Travel continues the discussion on what makes a successful cruise

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have talked about all the activities to do onboard a cruise ship in Cruising 101.

Cruising 102 was all about staterooms. So, let’s talk about all the activities and sightseeing OFF the cruise ship! Unless you are on a transatlantic crossing, there is plenty to see and do.

Once you have booked a cruise, you can go online, retrieve your booking, and look at the day to day itinerary for YOUR cruise.

The shore excursions (tours booked on the ship, taken on land) available for every destination will be listed, the duration, physical activity level, the places visited, and the price.

Easy. However, should you just want to disembark at the port and do your own thing for the day, or arrange your own land tour, you are free to do just that. Just be back on the ship by the ‘all aboard’ time, and your time is your own. Or choose not to get off that day, and enjoy the peaceful tran-

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There is more to a cruise than just life on board, quility of a nearly empty ship, while others are ashore.

Everything is open on the ship, except for gift shops and the casino. These only open when you are sailing, due to local laws.

There are many companies that offer shore tours to cruise

passengers.

Cruise lines will tell you the benefit of booking ‘their’ excursion is if something goes wrong on shore and you are late back to the ship, the ship will wait for you. If the tour is not booked through the ship, they will not, and you will be responsible for getting

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yourself to the next port.

This is a pretty good argument, though not one to be too concerned about. Other reputable shore tour companies will also guarantee to return you to the ship on time, or they will get you to the next port at ‘their expense’. So shop around to get what you want, and at the price you want. We can help with that.

Another small bene-

fit of booking a shore excursion with the cruise line is that you can put the expense on your ‘shipboard account’ and pay at the end of the cruise. Ships are cashless societies.

You register your credit card with the ship, they give you a keycard. That card is your identification for getting on and off the ship, it opens your stateroom door, and it is your charge

card. Easy. You can look at a tally of your charges each day on the TV in your room. Even gratuities for the staff are posted to this account. Should you need to adjust, remove or change something, just head to the purser’s desk and get it sorted out. Just a tip – don’t wait to do this until the night before disembarkation, everyone else is doing the same thing

and the lineups will be long.

Once you get the hang of the ‘cruise routine’, you’ll be a happy cruiser! And it gets easier and more familiar with every sailing. You just haven’t lived til you’ve cruised!

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The international laser display Global Rainbow is coming to Toronto this October.

Laser show coming to Toronto C ANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — The international laser display Global Rainbow is coming to Toronto this October.

Created by New York artist Yvette Mattern, it has been displayed in cities around the world since 2009.

ects created by nearly 400 local, national and international artists.

The organizers also plan to expand Nuit Blanche into new neighbourhoods, including Chinatown, Fort York and Roundhouse Park this year.

In Toronto, it will light up the night sky casting beams of colours up to 60 kilometres.

The show will be part of the ninth edition of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, an all-night arts festival scheduled for Oct. 4.

The sunset-to-sunrise festival will feature more than 120 proj-

Jimmy Fallon to lead honours as Jay Leno wins top humour prize at Kennedy Center in DC ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Jimmy Fallon will lead top comedians in saluting his ``Tonight Show’’ predecessor Jay Leno with the nation’s top humour prize in October at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

The performing arts centre announced Wednesday that Fallon will join Chelsea Handler,

tions.

The prize recognizes people who have had an impact on American society through their humour and social commentary in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, the writer and satirist better known as Twain.

Past recipients include Carol Burnett, Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Cosby.

Jerry Seinfeld, Wanda Sykes, Betty White, Kevin Eubanks and others in honouring Leno with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Leno will receive the prize during a performance by his fellow comedians Oct. 19 in Washington.

The show will be broadcast nationally Nov. 23 on PBS sta-

The work, “Mobile Lovers” recently sold for $668,000.

Banksy artwork sells for $668,000 ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — A cash-strapped youth group in Bristol has sold a Banksy artwork to a private collector for 403,000 British pounds ($668,000) — securing the future of the club.

The work, “Mobile Lovers,” shows a couple embracing while checking their mobile phones, their faces illuminated by the glow of the display. It first appeared on a doorway near the club, Broad Plain Working With Young

People.

Club owner Dennis Stinchcombe had moved the work inside and invited the public to view it — with an optional donation.

The work was later put on display at the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery while its ownership was established.

Stinchcombe thanked Banksy at a news conference at the museum announcing the sale.

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Tonight: Try not to accept any more responsibility.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You could be more in tune with a child, roommate or friend who allows greater give-and-take between you and someone else.

You could find that answers will lead to even more questions.

The unexpected plays a big role in making plans. Tonight: Play it nice and easy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Your imagination will prove to be a gift when dealing with others. You add extra zest to conversations. Allow greater give-and-take between you and someone you consider to be fun. The unexpected could factor into a partnership. Tonight: Love the moment.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Listen to news, and be more decisive than you have been in the past. Recognize what has made you feel so forthright and clear; you will be able to use this ability in the future when you want to clear up a confusing situation. Tonight: Make weekend plans.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You often are in touch with many people. Your biggest problem might be how to deal with an overflow of calls and requests without offending anyone. Try to keep a low profile. Understand that you might need to also ask for some help.

Tonight: Relax with a friend.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You could be vested in the outcome of a financial situation.

Trust yourself to sort through a problem and come to a workable solution. A loved one or dear friend will need to be given some slack, as this person appears to be a bundle of nerves.

Tonight: On top of your game.

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Your ability to understand more of what is happening will emerge. Revamp your approach to a particular matter with the knowledge that something better lies ahead. Your sense of humor will make a demanding matter palpable. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You are full of energy, and this allows greater give-andtake between you and others.

A meeting could carry more punch than you had thought possible. Understanding is likely to evolve to a new level as a result. Tonight: Get into weekend mode.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could be exhausted by everything that is happening, but a key person in your life will feel

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Know your limits. Excitement seems to resound throughout the day. Keep a perspective, even if you become triggered.

Detach if you feel overwhelmed.

Take a walk or call a friend to help you relax. Tonight: Consider taking a quick trip before fall gets here.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Do your best to make headway with a project that has been thwarted. Pace yourself, and know full well what is happening around you. Listen to what someone else has to share; you might have an unexpected opportunity for financial gain.

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I don’t know how to handle this. We’re a small operation and can’t avoid one another.

I think I should be able to text my kids during my lunch hour. She can’t stand to be argued with and never apologizes. We all need our jobs. What can we do? -- Cornered in N.Y. Dear N.Y.: It is unfortunate that your boss is so clueless and narcissistic. Does she have a supervisor? If so, that is the person to whom you need to direct your complaint. You also could approach your boss as a group, perhaps sending her a letter signed by everyone, explaining that lunch together is nice, but you also need a break during the day to handle personal things that come up while you’re at work, and you don’t want to do it on company time. You can ask whether she would be willing to set aside half of the lunch hour for personal time and let her know how much all of you would appreciate it. But only you can assess how much you value this job and what you risk by pursuing this.

Dear Annie: Last year, my siblings loaned my father a decent sum of money, and Dad has yet to pay them back. I was not in a position to help then, but since that time, knowing my father has had financial issues (notably as a result of his poor decisions), I have helped in smaller ways, mostly by buying food for him.

Recently, Dad started dating a woman and has talked about various vacations they have taken and trips they are planning. My siblings don’t live around here and are not as close to Dad, so they have no idea where the money is going. Although I don’t want to get in the middle, I think they have a right to know that Dad could be paying them back in some small measure rather than using the money for vacations with his girlfriend.

I sure would want to know. -- F. Dear F.: Are you sure Dad is paying for these excursions? It’s quite possible the new girlfriend is paying for these trips. You can ask him why, if he has money to spare, he’s not giving it to your siblings, and yes, you can mention to your siblings that Dad went on a trip or two. But we don’t recommend you chastise Dad or rile up your siblings.

They may be delighted that he’s getting out and enjoying his life, and the money might not be that important to them. Or they may have loaned him the money without expecting repayment. Any argument about those loans should be between your siblings and their father. No good will come of you putting yourself in the middle.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Just Saying,” the diabetic woman who wants to bring her own food into a restaurant. She should understand that the owners are not being rude by not allowing it. It is a health violation.

There is nearly always an item on the menu that someone with diabetes could eat or ask to have prepared in a way that wouldn’t violate their diet. Those items might not be the person’s first choice, but they are adequate compensation for the ability to share a table with her friends, and next time, they can go to a place of her choosing. -- Common Sense 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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Rate of pay: As per Collective Agreement 440, $21.56/hour.

JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER - Full Time (40 hrs/wk) This is skilled journeyman maintenance work on all School District facilities dealing with facility systems as they relate to carpentry work. Work is performed under the general direction of the Operations Supervisor in the Kimberley Zone. There is general expectation that you will assist/perform in cross classification job assignments.

Completion of the 12th school grade or equivalent, a BC Certificate of Registration as a Journeyman Carpenter is required.

Rate of pay: As per Collective Agreement 440, $28.43/hour.

JOURNEYMAN MECHANIC - Full Time (40 hrs/wk) This is skilled journeyman maintenance work on all School District vehicles and equipment, as they relate to mechanic work. Work is performed under the general direction of the Operations Supervisor in the Kimberley Zone.

There is general expectation that you will assist/perform in cross classification job assignments.

Completion of the 12th school grade or equivalent, a BC Certificate of Registration as a Journeyman Mechanic is required.

Rate of pay: As per Collective Agreement 440, $28.43/hour.

TRADESMAN I - Full Time (40 hrs/wk) This is skilled manual work in the maintenance and repair of school buildings, equipment and irrigation systems. An employee of this class uses power equipment in school construction and maintenance projects. The work is carried out under the direction of the supervisor. This position is distinguished from that of Tradesman II through exercising independence of judgement as to appropriate operating methods and selection of materials, including the coordination of grounds crew activities and greater complexity of tasks. There is general expectation that you will assist/perform in cross classification job assignments.

Completion of the 12th school grade or equivalent is required.

Rate of pay: As per Collective Agreement 440, $21.56/hour.

CUSTODIANS: 35 hrs/wk (currently placed at Selkirk Secondary & Kimberley Alternate School) 3 hrs/wk (currently placed at Kimberley Board Office/ Maintenance Shop) This is manual work involving the cleanliness and security of district buildings.

The work may include dealing with public use of school facilities. Once an employee becomes familiar with a clearly defined work schedule, the work is performed with minimal supervision. Usually, this job is performed after regular school hours and generally alone. Completion of the 12th school grade or equivalent is required as well as completion of the Board provided training program. First aid training would be an asset. Rate of pay: As per Collective Agreement 440, $19.70/hour.

If you are interested in any of these positions, please submit a resumé, with three references, by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2014 to: Meghan O’Neill Human Resources Coordinator School District No.6 (Rocky Mountain) P.O. Box 430 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 Phone: (250) 342-9243 e-mail: hr@sd6.bc.ca Successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record search.

First consideration will be given to applications received by 4:00pm on Thursday, September 4th, 2014. Applications will continue to be received and considered for the positions following September 4th, until the positions are filled.

Help Wanted

Bookkeeper wanted in Cranbrook

ACCOUNTING CLERK Fab Rite Services Ltd requires a self-starter with a post-secondary diploma in Office Administration or equivalent experience. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of accounting principles, Sage 50 experience, proficient in MS Office Excel & Word. The position requires an ability to work in a fast paced environment with good communication skills and friendly telephone manner. Outstanding organizational skills while working with multiple tasks is essential. Project accounting knowledge would be an asset.

Responsibilities include: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Reception, and general office duties.

This position is full-time, Monday to Friday. We offer competitive wages, BC Medical, extended health coverage, dental, and a group RRSP after a term of employment.

Rockies Law Corporation has an immediate opening for full-time bookkeeper in our busy Cranbrook law office. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position and have a full understanding of the accounting process. Reporting to the Senior Bookkeeper, your responsibilities would include A/R, A/P, billing, payroll, bank reconciliations for multiple accounts, month-end and year-end procedures. Preference will be given to those candidates with experience working with PC Law and lawyers’ trust accounts. Rockies Law Corporation offers competitive remuneration and proves a progressive and flexible work environment.

Please forward your resumé with cover letter by email to susan@rockieslaw.com. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Email to: jbradwell@fabrite.ca JOB OPPORTUNITY

Distribution Centre Cranbrook

Working in our distribution centre you are part of a team to ensure flyers and papers are ready for delivery in a timely and accurate manner.

The person who fills this position must be able to: • Multi-task in distribution and press room • Work well with a team and on your own • Lift paper bundles Please drop off resume, in person to: Bob Bathgate Cranbrook Distribution Centre Middle Bay 1505-4th St., N., Cranbrook, BC

YPEP Coordinator (Young Parent’s Education Program)

The YPEP program offers adult upgrading for Grade 12 completion, life skills, a children’s program, free licensed daycare and parenting programs, to parents with children under school age.

Job Description The Program Coordinator will manage the day to day program activities including purchasing, scheduling, providing tutoring and assistance to registrants under the guidance of the adult instructor, connecting parents to community services, and work with ECE staff to support the children’s program.

Preferred Qualifications • experience working with adult learners who may have economic, academic, or life skills barriers • a team player • someone who works well under pressure • bachelor’s degree minimum • a valid driver’s license and own vehicle • consent to a criminal record check is required • must be able to begin by mid-September Full time position: running from September through June yearly Application close date is September 5, 2014 Email resumes to CBAL Regional Program Manager Betty Knight at bknight@cbal.org Thank you to everyone interested in the position but only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Job Title: Fund Development Coordinator Term:

Part-time permanent (21 hours per week)

Location: Suite 250 – 100 Cranbrook Street North Summary: The Cranbrook and District Community Foundation (CDCF) is a charitable organization that enhances the quality of life and vitality in Cranbrook and surrounding area by supporting the development of endowment funds, making effective grants to local charities and providing community leadership. The CDCF is seeking a dynamic individual who is passionate about community and is skilled in creating and stewarding donor relationships to promote the Foundation’s objectives. This position will focus on fund development activities. To view the full posting please visit www.cranbrookcf.ca Submit cover letter and resume to: Riley Wilcox, Executive Director Cranbrook and District Community Foundation PO Box 242 Cranbrook, BC V1C 4H8 By email to: Riley.cdcf@telus.net in Word or PDF Format Closing date for submissions: 4:30pm September 8, 2014

Early Childhood Educator (Infant/Toddler, or Assistant) & Before and After School Care Worker Sparwood Treehouse Daycare – Sparwood, BC Treehouse Daycare is a not for profit licensed Child Care Facility and believes in the importance of providing a safe, secure, and positive environment that every child will thrive in. Children are broken into the Infant/Toddlers, 3-5 year old groups, and Before and After School Care.

2 Full-time Early Childhood Educators: Part time is an option.

Start date would be based on availability; however, there is an immediate opening.

Qualifications: Early Childhood Educator; Early Childhood Assistant, or Early Childhood Educator (Specialty in Infant Toddler). First Aid would an asset. Hours of work: Monday to Friday. 40 hours a week. All statutory holidays will be off. Wages: Based on Experience and Qualifications; this position offers health benefits.

1 Before and After School Care Worker: Temporary; Part time 7:30am-1:00pm; Monday-Thursday.

Qualifications: Minimum age 19, First Aid would an asset. Wages: Based on Experience.

To Apply or get further information: Contact Lori Morley: Phone: 250-425-4443 Email: sparwoodtreehouse@gmail.com In Person at: 421 Pine Ave. Sparwood, BC

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Employment

Help Wanted

Career Opportunities

Immediate opening for a

Part-Time Deli Clerk

Cash experience necessary. Excellent customer service skills. Reliable and bondable. Background in deli & meat wrapping an excellent asset but willing to train. Competitive wages. Family oriented business.

Apply in person with resume to: 1350B Theatre Rd., Cranbrook, BC

Rickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fine Meats &

Award Winning Sausage GOLD CREEK MARKET FULL TIME & PART TIME Afternoon shifts (3:00pm-11:00pm) are available immediately.

Must have Food Safe Level 1 and must be 19 years of age.

Gold Creek Market offers lottery tickets, propane, fuel, alcohol, beer, wine, cigarettes, produce, pizza and fresh baked items every day. Lottery training and Propane training will be necessary once hired. $12.25/hr.

Apply to this ad or in person, with resume.

2455 - 30th Ave S., Cranbrook BC. V1C 6Z4 HELP WANTED. Under New Ownership.

All positions.

Part/Full time. Apply in person with resume to: Cranbrook Super 8 2370 Cranbrook St. N.

Career Opportunities MCELHANNEY seeks SURVEY TECH - Cranbrook w/ 2 years exp in surveying, autocad and microsurvey skills, drivers license and able to work out of town. Info/apply www.mcelhanney.com/careers or email resume to recruit@mcelhanney.com

AREA SUPERVISOR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CANADA LTD MALAKWA WOODLANDS DIVISION LP is seeking a highly motivated individual to supervise harvesting, road construction, road maintenance and other operations on TFL 55 north of Revelstoke.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Supervision of Contract Harvesting, Road Construction & Maintenance Activities. - Inspections for Compliance and quality control - Review field layout working with Planning Forester. - Assist with LPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Revelstoke Sort Yard Operations - This is a field oriented position; 80%+ of time will be in the field.

QUALIFICATIONS: - Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License required. - Strong communication, negotiation, interpersonal and computer skills. EDUCATION: - Forest Technician diploma or Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Forestry is preferred; Or equivalent combination of education and experience. EXPERIENCE: 5 + yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; forestry and supervisory experience. Apply with Resume & References to Fernando.Cocciolo@LPCorp.com

by September 12, 2014.

Contractors

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Pine/Larch mix - $1,800.

Pine - $1,400 Cord of Larch - $220.

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To advertise using our â&#x20AC;&#x153;SERVICES GUIDEâ&#x20AC;? in the Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Kimberley Daily Bulletin and The Valley, call us at 250-426-5201, ext. 202.

Please reply to this advertisement by sending your resume to the attention of Marc Porier at mpoirier@manitoulintransport.com

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

DATA ENTRY TECHNICIAN

Skeena Power Systems Ltd. is a power line inspection company based in Prince George, BC. We are currently seeking a Data Entry Technician to work out of Cranbrook, BC. This position is full time temporary to the end of an existing contract we have that expires March 31, 2016. Future employment after this point will depend greatly on the contracts available at this time or the candidates willingness to relocate. This candidate will be working alongside a Journeyman Power Line Technician.

This candidate must possess the following skills WHILE TRAVELLING IN A MOVING VEHICLE: - be able to multitask and organize efficiently(navigate, type, search programs and enter data at the same time) - type 40 wpm or greater - good knowledge of Microsoft windows 7 - good knowledge of Microsoft WORD and EXCEL programs - good general computer navigation skills, such as finding programs, saving docs to correct programs, searching programs for docs, saving and labeling pics from SD files, etc.

- create and update a word document tracking daily tasks - be willing and able to learn a program and navigate its many tasks - valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license required This candidate must be willing to travel throughout BC and work away from home for extended periods of time in all weather conditions. Shifts will vary and weekend work is required. Overtime is paid after 8 hrs/day. Living Out Allowance (LOA) will be provided. Extended Health Benefits are available after 90 days. Paid on the job training will be provided. Starting wage is $16.00/hr.

Please forward a resume to info@skeenapower.ca

cranium@telus.net

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Sat Aug 30, Sun Aug 31, 8-4, 4620 38th Ave S, tools, vehicles, furniture.

Contact these business for all your service needs!

$5,000 Sign-on Bonus Available

POWER PAVING

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GARAGE SALE: Double bed frame, end and coffee tables, wooden planter, rocking and assorted chairs, old suitcases, misc. other items, some freebies.

Sat., Aug. 30 - 9am to 2pm Sun., Aug 31 - 10am to 1pm 700 7th St S., Cranbrook

SERVICES GUIDE

Manitoulin Transport currently has the following position(s) available at our Cranbrook location:

Signing bonus is paid over the course of the first year of employment. In exchange for your efforts, we offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits program, as well as a Profit Sharing Program.

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421-1482

Misc. for Sale SILVERTIP WOOD SHOPS Inc., equipment sale.

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. 9am to 4pm. #400 312th Ave, in Kimberley.

(Old Teck Shops building).

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250-421-3750

A clear and recent abstract, a clear criminal record search.

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-Vocal technique -Variety of stylingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and repertoire -Teacher ~ Chuck

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REGIONAL SAFETY SUPERVISOR

Interoute Construction Ltd. a Company part of Terus Construction Ltd, a leader in the construction industry in British Columbia, the Yukon Territory and part of the Colas Group of Companies, is seeking a dynamic individual to join the team as Regional Safety Supervisor (BC South Division) to work out of the regional ofĹľce located in Crescent Valley British Columbia.

Reporting to the Division Manager, you will be acting as the Division OH & S primary resource in ensuring that the Occupational Health and Safety Program of the Company is endorsed and complied by the operating businesses and operational activities. You will also act in safety prevention activities and claims management as well as ensuring ongoing communication with local management, Divisional management and the Corporate OH&S Manager on related initiatives and issues.

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You are a Construction Safety OfĹľcer graduate with 2-3 years of experience in construction Ĺľeld work. You have strong knowledge of process procedures, problem solving and communication skills.

CRSP designation or working towards attaining it would be an asset.

For a complete job description and more information about our company, please visit our website at: www.terusconstruction.ca We offer a competitive compensation package with a comprehensive beneĹľt plan and a pension plan. In addition the Company offers many development opportunities through tailored training programs.

Applications will be accepted until September 7, 2014.

Please send your resume stating position to the Human Resources department at: hr@terusconstruction.ca or by fax at: 604 575-3691 Terus Construction Ltd. would like to thank all applicants for submitting their resume. However, only applicants selected to be interviewed, will be contacted.

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Foundation Cracks

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SuperDave works Saturdays & evenings too!

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TREES â&#x20AC;˘ LAWNS GARDEN â&#x20AC;˘ LANDSCAPE

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We also repair all other brands.

Phone 250-489-2733

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Professional Tree & Shrub pruning Landscaping (planting of trees, shrubs and stone work repair) Winterize lawn-irrigation system - Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be comfortable knowing that we both are Forest Technologists (School of Natural Resources - Fleming College), with over 25 years experience, are fully insured and enjoy what we do.

David & Kimberly Weiler

250.427.4417 weilerhart@shaw.ca Cranbrook, Kimberley and surrounding areas.

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CLASSIFIEDS WILL SELL WHAT YOU WANT SOLD!

CALL: 426-5201 EXT. 202

For a brighter outlook, call Jim Detta

250-349-7546

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Rentals

Transportation

Transportation

Real Estate

Apt/Condo for Rent

Motorcycles

Recreational/Sale

For Sale By Owner

1 BDRM apartment available for rent. Hydro and heat included. $575./mo. + DD. Cranbrook. (250)417-5806

2007 Honda Shadow Spirit

1986 29â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Glendale

2BDRM, 1 1/2 BATH apartment for rent, in Canal Flats.

Great view, 2parking spaces, F/S, D/W, W/D, freezer, microwave. $800 + utilities & D.D. Available Oct/Nov. Call (250)349-5306 or (250)489-8389.

Commercial/ Industrial COMMERCIAL

SPACES

for lease in Kimberley. We have shop spaces, office spaces and industrial spaces.

Units can be broken up to suit your needs. All units are inclusive with power. $1.00 sq. ft.

For inquiries please call:

250-919-6373

Motorhome

80,000 miles, diesel, rear bedroom

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ONE MONTH with PHOTO $99.00 includes 30 words.

20 insertions in Cranbrook Townsman 20 insertions in Kimberley Bulletin Must book by August 29.

Call Marion at 250-426-5201 x202

Mint Condition 12,500km includes saddle bags & cover.

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$4,800

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9,500 obo

$

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Homes for Rent KIMBERLEY,

3BDRM. Great view, close to amenities.

Available Sept.1. $900. plus utilities and DD. N/S, N/P. References required.

250-427-3059

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Mortgages

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Janis Caldwell-Sawley Mortgage Specialist Royal Bank of Canada

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Auto Financing

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extends to the advertiser. Fifty-nine percent of Web users agree that online advertising is more believable from a trusted Web site. Online, newspaper Web sites are the dominant local media site in most markets.

3. Targeted: If you want to focus on a particular backyard, advertising in an online newspaper is more personal, and more relevant because it is local.

Newspapers also publish a plethora of niche sites (youth, women, movie fans, seniors, are illustrative) for virtually any demographic advertisers could possibly hope to reach.

4. Purchasing power: Sixty-two percent of newspaper

Web site users purchase online compared with 49 percent of general users. Thirty-nine percent of online newspaper users have incomes higher than $75,000; 65 percent own their homes. Fifty percent of online newspaper users have spent more than $500 online in the last six months, and 63 percent of online newspaper users prefer to find out about new products through the Internet.

5. Content: After e-mail, the most preferred Web

content is news, sports, financial information, entertainment news, and shopping â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in that order. Sixtytwo percent of Internet users visit online newspapers for local news, compared with 39 percent for the local TV station Web site and 23 percent for the local radio station site. Not even Yahoo! or AOLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Digital City can top this.

6. Retailers prefer newspaper sites: Sixty-five percent of retailers report that newspaper sites are efficient in assisting them in meeting marketing needs compared with other sites.

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Forty percent of online newspaper users are aged 18-35.

8. Reinforcement: Seventy-six percent of online newspaper users also read the newspaper in the past seven days, and repetition increases awareness. The Internet Advertising Bureau found that, by increasing the number of online banners from one to two per week, branding results on three key metrics increased 42 percent making online a great, inexpensive way to increase the branding lift of traditional campaigns.

9. Quality: Seventy-five percent of advertisers generally said newspaper Web sitesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; advertising was as good or better than other Internet sites.

10. Mix: A variety of recent studies have demonstrated the power of online, when included in a mix with traditional media, to elaborate the brand message.

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SOURCE: Newspaper Association of America

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Antoine Morin Photos

A study on the Polypterus, pictured above, goes some way to ghelping scientists understand the evolution of limbs. On the left, the fish is left to fend for itself on the land, developing a slithering walk, while on the right, the fish is in its natural habitat.

Study on walking fish sheds light on evolution of limbs Bob Weber CANADIAN PRESS

Science marches on. Sometimes, it does so on fins.

Research conducted at McGill University studied the effect of a lifetime of walking on a certain type of fish. Yes, fish.

The results, say their paper in the journal Nature, suggest much about the evolution of complex pieces of anatomy such as arms and legs.

“What we wanted to pin down was: if you change the environment of this fish, does it change its behaviour or does its anatomy change?” said Emily Standen, now at the University of Ottawa.

Her team started with a fish called Polypterus. They have both lungs and gills and can live in water or on land. They also have lobelike fins, positioned so they can pull themselves awkwardly forward as if with

stunted arms.

“Some people might say they’re not as pretty as trout, but I think they’re amazing,” Standen said.

She and her colleagues took two groups of Polypterus, raising one in water and one on land. They found that by the end of the experiment, the land-raised group had indeed become more efficient walkers than their aquatic counterparts.

But more interestingly, the landlubbers’ bodies had also changed. Bones that their fins had grown beefier. And just a subtle hint of what might be glancingly referred to as a neck had also emerged.

Even more interestingly, the changes seen in the walking group looked a lot like the changes seen in the fossil record as fish slowly evolved for terrestrial life.

“All of these changes mirror what we see in the fossil record,” said Standen. “You see

these changes in the bones suddenly over evolutionary time, mirrored by what’s going on in this one individual.”

Environmental changes had produced physical changes — a key finding regarding what scientists call plasticity, the “wiggle room” allowed for in every organism’s DNA. “What it’s telling us is the plasticity, or the variation that’s hidden within all of us, relates to the evolutionary process because what it allows animals to do is exist in novel environments,” Standen said.

“When you change an environment and (an organism) responds in this plastic way, adaptive selection and evolution has something upon which to act.”

The whole issue of plasticity is a hot one for evolutionary biologists, Standen said. The amount of its influence over evolution or how traits that appear in individuals become

“fixed” into an entire species is still mysterious.

But it could help explain why evolution can come up with solutions so quickly.

“If you’ve got this variation within you, you don’t have to wait for random advantageous mutation to occur to allow you to do something new,” Standen said.

“You can use your plasticity to do that new thing, evolution can then act on that existing building block, and that combination allows you to explain how really complex changes can occur in a really short time.”

Standen said she hopes to be able to keep using Polypterus to answer those questions.

“It is dream to be able to breed these, to be able to take it to the next step and do generation after generation and see how far does this go and how fast does this go. Can you get this to fix, somehow?

“It is fascinating.”

Surfers flock to beaches as Southern California sees high surf Gillian Fl accus ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The surf was churning in Southern California and even bigger waves were brewing, with big-wave surfers saying they were hoping for swells up to 30 feet (9 metres) on Wednesday.

Surfers and gawkers crowded California beaches Tuesday while workers hurried to fortify beaches and sandbag low-lying areas against flooding from the serious surf expected to peak Wednesday, brought on by Hurricane Marie spinning off Mexico’s Pacific coast.

The National Weather Service said beaches stretching 100 miles (160 kilometres) up the Southern California coast would see large waves and rip currents. Swimmers and surfers were urged to be aware of the dangerous conditions.

At The Wedge in Newport Beach, a famous surfing spot, dozens watched bodysurfers get pounded by storm-driven waves up to 10 feet (3 metres) high on Tuesday.

People took photos and video and clapped, whistled, and cheered when a bodysurfer caught one of the swells.

Lifeguards with flippers and rescue batons at the ready patrolled the edge of the water and two rescue boats kept an eye on the dozen or so brave souls in the water. An ambulance was on stand-by.

If a 30-foot (9-meter) wave does materialize Wednesday, it will be the biggest wave at The Wedge since 1997’s Hurricane Linda, said Tim Burnham, who’s making a docu-

mentary about the famed surfing locale.

“This is the stuff that you dream of: Rainbows, unicorns, Southern Hemi swells, hurricane swells,” he said after a session in the waves.

“You definitely have a healthy amount of fear,” Burnham said. “You don’t want to be stupid. You’re here to push yourself, but at the end of the day you want to go home to your family.”

Some 60 miles (100 kilometres) to the northwest in Malibu, where the waves were 6-to-8 feet (2-3 metres) high, a surfer was pulled unconscious from the water at Surfrider Beach on Tuesday and later died at a hospital, authorities said. It was not clear whether the death was related to the surf or was from a medical condition, Kyle Daniels, a Los Angeles County lifeguard captain, told the Orange County Register.

In the city of Long Beach’s Peninsula neighbourhood, residents watched as bulldozers built huge sand berms between the ocean and their homes. Several shovelled sand into bags around their entryways.

Deborah Popek, who’s lived in the area 20 years, took a walk along the boardwalk to check out the surf.

“It’s always at the last minute that everybody panics because, you know, we don’t expect things to happen,” she said. “But they’re really taking things seriously, because the sandbar is as high as they’ve ever built it.”

——— Associated Press writer Christopher Weber contributed from Los Angeles.

Surfers crowded California beaches Tuesday while workers hurried to fortify beaches and sandbag low-lying areas against flooding from the serious surf expected to peak Wednesday, brought on by Hurricane Marie spinning off Mexico’s Pacific coast.

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FRESNO, Calif. — The U.S. Forest Service is expected to unveil its plan Wednesday for what to do with millions of trees killed one year ago in a massive California wildfire.

Backers of logging favour sending the trees to sawmills, which they say will generate money so the Forest Service can replant the forest. Taking out dead trees will also allow the public to use the land, they say, and eliminate a new fire hazard caused by the falling trees. Timber industry officials say they have about two years from the fire before the trees disintegrate and lose their value.

Environmentalists contend snag forests provide a rich habitat for dwindling birds, such as the spotted owls and black-backed woodpeckers. There is no science proving the trees will pose a fire hazard, say environmentalists, who point to seedlings as a sign that natural recovery has begun.

The Rim Fire started Aug. 17, 2013, and burned more than 400 square miles of the Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park’s backcountry and private timber land. It is the largest wildfire in recorded history to sweep through California’s Sierra Nevada mountains and the state’s third largest wildfire. Any plans for logging won’t include Yosemite.

After releasing the draft plan on Wednesday, Susan Skalski, supervisor of the Stanislaus National Forest, is expected to sign it on Thursday, making it final.

Federal prosecutors accuse bow hunter Keith Matthew Emerald, 32, of starting the massive blaze, when he lost control of an illegal campfire and had to be rescued by helicopter. A grand jury on Aug. 7 returned a fourcount indictment against Emerald, who lives in the foothills community of Columbia.

The fire destroyed 11 homes and cost more than $125 million to fight.

Emerald, who has pleaded not guilty, was released from jail after posting a $60,000 bond.

Saskatchewan man beats drug trafficking charge by arguing he’s a heavy pot user C ANADIAN PRESS

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A Saskatchewan man has been found not guilty of drug trafficking by arguing that he is simply a very heavy pot smoker.

Devon Douglas Lavallee was charged in August 2013 when he was pulled over by the RCMP for erratic driving near Weldon, near Prince Albert.

Court heard that the officers found nearly half a kilogram of marijuana when they searched Lavallee’s vehicle and even more pot when they searched his home the next day. A Mountie with experience in drug trafficking cases testified that the dope was too much for a recreational user.

Const. Tyson Drabinasty said the “typical user” would not keep such large quantities on hand because marijuana loses its potency

within six months to a year.

But Lavallee argued that he’s been smoking between five and 13 grams a day for 13 years. He said it was to help relieve chronic back pain.

Provincial court Judge Felicia Daunt said in her ruling released Monday that the Crown was unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Lavallee intended to sell the pot.

Daunt said generally, she found Lavallee to be truthful, but prone to exaggeration.

“Although he didn’t bring any documentary evidence to back up his claim of chronic back pain, I have no reason to disbelieve him,” Daunt wrote.

“He says he smokes a lot of pot. This assertion is bolstered by all the indicia of personal use found in his truck, in his home

and in his garage. He smokes so much that he forgot he had pot left when he went to buy some more.”

Daunt also noted that no scale or cellphone were found in Lavallee’s home - two items that can be evidence of trafficking.

“The absence of packaging material suitable for distribution in smaller quantities troubles me the most,” said Daunt.

“The Crown theory that the accused buys in half pound quantity and then turns around and sells in half pound quantity is pure speculation, and unsupported by any evidence that this is a business model anyone has encountered before.”

However, Lavallee was found guilty of possessing marijuana.

The case is due back in court next March.

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