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National award for local teacher Paul Knipe recognized with Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence, “the Nobel prize for teaching and innovation;”MBSS only high school with 3 recipients
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A teacher at Mount Baker Secondary School has been recognized with a national award for his years of innovation and excellence in teaching. Last week, Paul Knipe received the news that he had been awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. “It’s just nice to be recognized and it’s very humbling and just makes me want to continue to do what I do,” Knipe said. “I wanted to be a teacher since I was 12 years old. To me it’s not a job — it’s a life-
PAUL KNIPE style.” He received a letter from the Prime Minister himself last week. This is Knipe’s 33rd year of teaching. He has taught drafting and design, woodwork and
metalwork and worked with students with developmental disabilities. “I’ve also been big on — whatever I’m teaching — of linking the school to the community and getting kids to understand the importance of getting involved in your community and giving back to the community, looking out for people that are in need in the community,” he said. Knipe said that he was taught those traits from his own upbringing.
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Jumbo in limbo EAO finds proposed resort not in compliance; environmental certificate expires, construction stops BAR RY CO ULTER
The Oct. 12 deadline has passed, and the forward progress Jumbo Glacier Resort is on hold— at least for the time being. The environmental certificate for the proposed ski resort in the Purcell Mountains west
of Invermere was set to expire on Sunday. And after the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) released their administrative audit last week, which found the Jumbo proponents to be in non-compliance of their commitments, the
certificate will not be renewed pending decision by the Minister of Environment, Mary Polak. Some of the issues in question include streamflow, fish habitat and water quality monitoring.
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Canyon’s Chorus
Country star George Canyon brought his “Decade of Hits” tour to Cranbrook Tuesday, Oct. 14, playing to a packed house at the Key City Theatre. Among the many highlights was some excellent audience participation to “Ring of Fire.” Jordan McIntosh opened up the show. Barry Coulter photo
EXTREME HUNTRESS
Dalke gets in her first hunt TRE VOR CR AWLEY
After proving her marksmanship abilities last week, Nikita Dalke experienced her first hunt in the second episode of Extreme Huntress that aired this past weekend. Warning: Spoilers ahead. The episode is available for viewing on www.extremehuntress.com. Dalke, a Kimberley resident, was the runner up in last week’s target challenge, barely getting beat out by South African Margaret Botha in the accuracy competition. She is currently competing against five other women for the title of Extreme Huntress, which will be decided in a series of challenges that will be aired in 13
NIKITA DALKE weekly episodes. After the opening challenge last week, she got the chance to head out onto the ranch for her first hunt to demonstrate her skill.
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The ladies were split up into two groups—three stayed at the ranch to film a segment where they responded to anti-hunting abuse, while three others completed a morning hunt. The 777 ranch—a 25,000-plus acreage that features over 80 species of current and extinct animals—has a stringent management plan that dictates the what can be harvested, according to Dalke. The three ladies were given a list of specific animals that were available for the hunt based on the ranch’s management plan and Dalke chose a Black Hawaiian sheep out of the selection.
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