THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 2014
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Local man recovering from grizzly attack Online fund set up to help has raised almost $20,000 TRE VOR CR AWLEY Townsman Staff
It will be a long road to recovery for Wilf Lloyd, a local Cranbrook man who is recovering from a grizzly attack while elk hunting near Fernie. With that in mind, an online fund has been set up to help support Wilf and his family, and donations have already reached $19,000. “They are just overwhelmed to the response,” said Darrell Orth, a family friend, “and how many people have gone out of their way to wish them well and to show their love and support for them.” Lloyd is currently recovering at a hospital in Calgary where he’s already undergone three surgeries, according to Orth. Lloyd, along with his son-in-law Skeet Podrasky, were elk hunting near Fernie on Sat-
urday, Oct. 11, when they took a shot at an elk late in the day. Based on the animal’s reaction, Lloyd was sure they had missed it, but just to be sure, they returned the next morning for a more exhaustive search. Upon returning to the area the next day, the two were unable to find any sign of a wounded elk. However, while hiking through the bush, they startled an adult male grizzly bear, which charged and attacked Lloyd within seconds. Podrasky emptied his magazine into the grizzly, which temporarily ceased the attack, and the bear made a slight retreat into the surrounding bushes. Because his gun was out of bullets, he was able to pick up Lloyd’s rifle as the animal returned, and shot the charging grizzly to end the attack. In the chaos of the moment, one of the rounds inadvertently struck Lloyd in the thigh. See Page 4
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The new pump track near the skate park is a community effort and one and all, including Gavin and his Dad, are givin’er to make it happen. A work party last weekend drew plenty of volunteers eager to get the track done.
Get your questions in for forum
Questions for candidates being accepted at Chamber C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
If you have a question or an issue you’d like to raise with the candidates for Mayor or Council at the upcoming all candidates forums please send it to the Kimberley Chamber.
Manager Mike Guarnery has set up an email account exclusively for questions and he and a non-partisan group will go through the questions. You can send questions to forum@ kimberleychamber.com Please indicate in the subject line Question for Mayors, Question for Councillors or Questions for Mayors and Councillors. “We really do want to hear from the
community,” Guarnery said. “Time for answers is limited at the forums, especially for the Council forum, so we want to make sure there are no duplicates.” The forums are scheduled for November 3 and 4 at McKim Theatre beginning at 7 p.m. For an hour prior to each session there will be a meet and greet with candidates. There will also be an opportunity to hand in written questions then.
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