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Accused tells history of relationship, recounts night of Tammy Ellis shooting

Donations could help family of Gord McDonald who fell ill suddenly and who is still in Calgary receiving transfusions A R N E P E T RYS H E N Townsman Staff

In September, Gord McDonald suddenly came down with flulike symptoms which persisted for weeks. He went to the hospital in Cranbrook on Oct. 19, but they couldn’t give him a diagnosis. He was then taken to Calgary Foothills Hospital. It’s now been a few months and Gord has gone through blood transfusions, biopsies and numerous other tests to try to diagnose the ailment and begin treatment.

“He was complaining that he was tired and thought it was the flu,” Cheryl McDonald said. “His brother came out and said, ‘you look a little yellow, you need to see the doctor.’”

When admitted to the hospital in Calgary, his organs were enlarged and he had hepatitis and a general weakness in his immune system.

The doctors were testing him for Hemophagocytic lymphohisiocytosis (HLH) and Aplastic Anemia (AA).

His wife, Cheryl, said doctors now think that

it is Aplastic Anemia.

Aplastic Anemia is a disease in which the bone marrow, and the blood stem cells that reside there, are damaged. This causes a deficiency of all three components of blood — plasma, red blood cells and platelets.

Gord has been having to get transfusions to replace his platelets as the affected bone marrow is not producing them.

“They gave him a unit of blood, but he’s had platelets given just about everyday this week,” she said. “Not until his platelets are at a certain level, and he’s stable and able to make his own, they’re not going to let him come home, because he needs platelets.”

She said he is starting to make the platelets, but they are still breaking down.

Bruce Smith works at Alpine Toyota and knew Gord, because Cheryl was working there at the time. Smith also sold Gord a truck back in 2008.

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Cheyenne Learn is escorted from Cranbrook Courthouse during a break in proceedings on Wednesday, December 3.

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Crown counsel closed the case against Cheyenne Learn before he himself was called to the witness stand by his lawyer as the trial resumed on Wednesday in Cranbrook Supreme Court.

In front of Justice Dev Dley, defence counsel Brent Bagnall called his client to the stand, who testified about the nature of his relationship with his ex-girlfriend and the timeline of events leading up to the shooting of Tammy Ellis.

Learn is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of Ellis, who died in a shooting in Cranbrook on Dec. 17, 2007. Learn was convicted in 2009, but the decision was overturned on appeal in 2013 and he was awarded a new trial.

Learn spent most of the morning and afternoon establishing a chronology of his life leading up to the incident and his relationship status with his ex-girlfriend, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, but is referred to as B.L.

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The Tea Party set to rock Cranbrook Ferdy Belland

“W

e just fini s h e d touring Australia two weeks ago, and that was just over the top,” says Jeff Martin, vocalist-guitarist for Canada’s hard-rocking psychedelic power trio The Tea Party. “Our band is playing better than ever, and the reviews were embarrassingly good. So we’ve just continued that here in Canada, and the band’s just been smoking hot.”

Said smoking heat will burn down the icy grip of winter when the Tea Party explode onstage at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook Monday, Dec. 8.

The Tea Party (which also includes bassist Stuart Chatwood and drummer Jeff Burrows) was formed in Windsor, Ontario, in 1990, and exploded onto the Canadian rock scene with their 1993debut album “Splendor Solis” (which featured the hit singles “Save Me” and “The River”). They became one of the country’s most popular bands, releasing eight albums, gaining a national reputation as a thrilling live act, and standing apart

from much of the soundalike alternative-rock of the day. Creative differences caused the Tea Party to disband in 2005, with Martin pursuing a solo career and a brief relocation to Ireland to helm the power trio The Armada. The Tea Party reunited in 2011, and the band is currently enjoying a strong resurgence of international popularity with the release of their new album “The Ocean at the End.” “Yes, the honeymoon is still lasting for the three of us,” says Martin.

“Our friendship has stayed the same, and it’s stronger than ever now.

Our desire to push ourselves as artists and as a collective knows no bounds. The best is still yet to come.”

Martin explained the songwriting interplay (and esoteric numerology) at work between himself, Burrows, and Chatwood in the construction of the new album.

“The way the Tea Party’s creative process works is that it’s a bit of an occult science,” says Martin. “Well, it’s probably from my side of things, but the number 11 was what we started

The Tea Party explode onstage at Cranbrook’s Key City Theatre on December 8. Left to right: bassist Stuart Chatwood, vocalist-guitarist Jeff Martin, drummer Jeff Burrows. off with as an initial starting concept. Eleven songs. It’s very important, the matching of it all. We came up with 11 compositions, and we kept working at them until each of them became equally as great as the others. Everything we wrote made it to the final stage. It’s a complete work of art, in that way.”

Martin still finds the Tea Party’s live experience to be as magical and lightning-charged as anytime before.

“It’s a big thing to put the Tea Party together, since I live halfway around the world now from the other two guys, so undertaking the development of new audiences in the United States, or elsewhere, needs to be a sure bet.

Australia is my home now. I have a house in Perth and a house in Sydney. Australia’s always had some of our largest audiences, ever since the band began, and our popularity there

just keeps getting bigger.”

Martin has a reputation not only as one of the more imaginative rock songwriters to have emerged from the Canadian alternative-rock scene of the early 1990s, but also as a highly prolific songwriter and a masterful studio producer.

“Of course the Tea Party is the priority for the three of us,” says Martin, “but I also have a side project in Australia.

The band’s called the Black Diamond Express, named after the famous high-speed train that runs through India. It’s myself, a singer-songwriter named Sarah McLeod, and a drummer named Mitch Kelsey.

The album’s actually been completed, but we just don’t know at the moment if we’ll have time to release it next year.

“And I’m still involved with production work with other artists in

my time away from the Tea Party. After I return to Australia after the Canadian tour is done, there’s a rock band from Sydney named Lepers and Crooks, with whom I’ll be producing their debut record.”

Martin says that the Tea Party is looking very forward to debuting themselves in Cranbrook, and considers every audience as worthy as the next, be the cities great or small.

“The Tea Party is such an exotic thing,” says Martin. “For a band like us to roll into the smaller centres, it’s really something that everyone can see is extraordinary and special, and that’s what we’ve been finding out, tour after tour. We love the reaction, wherever we go.

Nothing changes in our intensity and our passion in our show. We will give Cranbrook everything we give Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver.”

Tickets to see The Tea Party on Monday, December 8, at Key City Theatre are $42.50, available at the theatre box office and at www. keycitytheatre.com.

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In last week’s story about the East Kootenay Foundation for Health Starlite Campaign, there were two errors. 1. The Starlite Campaign is fundraising for the ICU, not ER. 2. Hospital and health care auxiliaries work independently from the Foundation, but not from the Hospital. We apologize for the inaccuracies.

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Laurie students take in Grey Cup, skills summit Tre vor Cr awley

Two local students got the trip of a lifetime this past weekend where they took in the Grey Cup in Vancouver and spent time with the B.C. Lions as part of a Skills for Life youth summit.

Ty Arscott and Brandon Archibald, both Grade 8 students at Laurie Middle School, were the chosen recipients out of the entire Southeast Kootenay school district to attend the two events, along with just over a hundred other students from across the province.

Under the eye of LMS principal David Standing, they arrived in Vancouver on Saturday and attended the Grey Cup on Sunday. On Monday, then headed over to the Richmond Oval for team-building and leadership workshops with the B.C. Lions and also participated in skilled trades stations organized by WorkBC. SD5 staff chose LMS to be the recipient school for the summit, and school staff were given the freedom to select two deserving students, according to Standing.

“Guys that know what they’re doing in the shop, guys that we could trust — good students of the school that we could trust to go away because it’s the three of us,” Standing said.

Arscott and Archibald were the lucky students who were given the two SD5 spots, flying out early Saturday in advance of the CFL championship game between the Calgary

Stampeders and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday.

After seeing the sights on Saturday, the three headed down to B.C. Place along 51,000 other fans to take in the Grey Cup—the first CFL game ever for the two boys.

If getting into the Grey Cup wasn’t enough of a surprise, Arscott and Archibald also got to head down to the field and close to the stage for Imagine Dragons, which performed the halftime show.

Arscott noted they were in the Ti-Cats’ end zone right near the end of the game when Brandon Banks made his near-miraculous kickoff return, which was eventually called back by a flag on play.

“The boys weren’t CFL experts, we had to explain some of the rules, but [it was] a great game,” said Standing.

“Right at the end there, we thought Hamilton was going to win.

“We were kind of pulling for Hamilton because their logo is similar to ours.”

The three got up early the next day and headed down to Richmond for the Skills for Life summit, where they got to participate in team building and leadership exercises with members of the B.C. Lions.

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“We participated in the B.C. Lions Skills for Life summit,” said Archibald. “We worked a lot on team building and anti-violence against women. Lots of team building and playing games.”

In addition to their activities with the B.C. Lions, the boys got to check out a WorkBC-organized area where they could check out stations that featured different

kinds of skilled trades.

“You can find out what you want to do, then go to different stations and find out pretty much what you can expect for job numbers in the future, if you decide to become a computer programmer or a welder or whatever, and what you’d make,” said Standing.

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For Arscott: “The game. Just being at the game was pretty sweet.”

Standing noted that the two students will carry what they experienced back to their peers within LMS. “The program itself, bringing these guys together, the one thing they’ve asked them to do, is to come back to their school and continue the work [continue] to be leaders, be positive in the school, and as they get older, any message that they can give to others about treating women properly,” Standing said. “…The workplace stuff was, ‘what do you do about your future?’ but in thinking about that stuff, treat people properly.”

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Cranbrook, Kimberley Eastern Star chapters donate C a ro lyn Gr an t

At the annual gathering of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in British Columbia and Yukon, Carmen Pierce and Keith Glen were installed as Worthy Grand Matron and Worthy Grand Patron. At that time it was their choice to support the local Transition homes throughout their jurisdiction and they challenged their members ‘to make a donation, via their own chapters, based on the number of pairs of shoes they had at home’. The result was many laughs and much fun as members counted and gave accordingly.

Recently, Jane Campbell, the Worthy Matron of Jubilee Chapter No. 64 made a presentation to Nancy Reid,

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Nancy Reid (left), Administror of Women’s Services for the local Transition House, and Jane Campbell, Worthy Matron of Jubilee Chapter No. 64

Administror of Women’s Services for the local Transition House. From Jubilee Chapter No. 64 in Cranbrook $572.05, was donated and from Harmony Chapter No. 45, in Kimberley, $488.50 was donated. The Provincial leaders left gifts to the member of each Chapter who was ‘most honest’ and ‘had most shoes’. Winning this title in Jubilee was Roberta Richards while Jan Backman was Harmony’s winner of the delicately decorated crystal shoe.

On behalf of the Administration of the Transition house for the East Kootenay, Nancy Reid thanked both Chapters for their generosity and explained how these funds will be used to make the local Transition home more comfortable for the residents.

Local birders gearing up for annual Christmas Bird Count Daryl C alder

Birders always anticipate the arrival of December. Soon it will be time to take part in an adventure that has become a family tradition among generations.

Cranbrook, Kimberley, Fernie and Elkford naturalists will join tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas who leave the comfort of a warm house during the holiday season.

Armed with binoculars, bird guides and checklists, families and students, birders and scientists head out on the annual mission to count the birds. For over 100 years, the desire to both make a difference and experience the beauty of nature has motivated ‘citizen scientists’ to brave the elements.

The annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), the longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, will take place from December 14, 2014, until January 5, 2015.

Everyone who heads out, no matter what the weather holds, makes an enormous contribution to conservation.

Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this longest-running wildlife census to assess the health of bird popula-

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Local birders will have their eyes peeled for the house finch and dozens of other species that inhabit the East Kootenay during the month of December. tions, and to help guide conservation action.

From feeder-watchers and field observers to count compilers and regional editors, everyone who takes part in the Christmas Bird Count does it not only for love of birds and the excitement of friendly competition, but also with the knowledge that their efforts make a difference for science and bird conservation.

Please consider joining these local counts, all are welcome. In Cranbrook and Kimberley, the Rocky Mountain Naturalists will organize

Protect our earth.

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We use vegetable-based inks, and our newsprint, tin and aluminum waste is recycled.

counts before and after Christmas. In the morning, at 8:45 a.m., we will meet, form into groups, look at the map and at 9 a.m, begin to examine our particular designated zone. At around 5:30 p.m. we head over to the organizer’s home for a pot luck and count up.

Feeder watchers and field counters are encouraged to seek more information. In the East Kootenays, contact: • Fernie: Sunday, Dec. 14. Kevin Knight, 250-430-7960, Fernie Nature Club • Elkford: Thursday, Dec. 18. Ulrike Sliworsky, 250-865-7744.

• Cranbrook: Saturday, Dec. 20. Greg Ross, 250-489-2566 • Kimberley: Sunday, Jan. 4. Dianne Cooper, 250-427-1921

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Learn takes the stand in his own defense Continued from page 1 He testified his memory of the shooting is spotty due to his alcohol consumption leading up to the incident.

Learn, who said he intermittently used cocaine with B.L. over the course of the relationship, had testified he struggled with intimacy as an aftereffect of the drug use.

He was arguing with Ellis right before the shooting and had trouble hearing her even though she was right in front of him. He said she swore at him and called him an incomplete man for failing to satisfy B.L. “The next thing I know, I’m in the house and the gun went off,” Learn said. He said his vision was a grey haze — it was “a brief moment of this happening, it was quick [and] I don’t remember leaving the house.”

He said he has no recollection of forcing the back door open or saying anything to the

three people inside or loading the gun, pointing the gun or pulling the trigger.

His next memory is him laying on the ground by his bike and the gun. He tossed the weapon to the side of the road and blacked out again, ending up in a recycle bin by Dairy Queen.

He testified he didn’t know what happened the night before, but made the decision to turn himself into the RCMP. He headed over to his brother’s place to clean up, where he heard that Ellis had died.

As he was getting into his brother’s van to go to the detachment, the RCMP rolled up and Cpl. Phil Sullivan arrested him.

He also testified about his relationship with B.L., how they met and their lifestyle involving alcohol and marijuana use.

Learn met his ex-girl-

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friend when he went to a festival in Creston in 2005, casually dating for five or six months before she moved in with him.

They lived in a camper in the summer of 2006 out in the Gold Creek area, as Learn worked doing odd-jobs and scrap salvaging, while B.L. worked at a local care facility.

She injured herself in a fall in the autumn, with employment insurance running out in the spring of 2007.

They moved into town for the winter, before heading out to the Fort Steele area in the 2007 summer with a camper trailer.

Learn testified that he was committed to the relationship and that B.L. seemed to reciprocate that commitment. The two began planning on moving to Kelowna because of better job prospects and B.L. began to deal cocaine as a way to make money for that end.

Despite a brief separation, B.L. reconciled with Learn after she had a stash of cocaine was ripped off. Learn testified she wanted a handgun for protection, but

he only had rifles which were legally registered.

The Friday night before the shooting, B.L. and Ellis came over to his trailer, which was in the Wattsville neighbourhood in Cranbrook, to pick up cocaine for a trip to Kimberley late in the evening. Learn said he smelled alcohol on her breath, and didn’t give her the drugs because he didn’t want her driving.

That caused Ellis to threaten that she’d call “the big boys” because he wouldn’t give up the drugs, but they left and she apologized the next day, Learn testified.

Learn spoke to B.L on Sunday evening, when she was at a residence and “she didn’t sound right, was crying and mumbling about a lump in her throat from smoking crack cocaine.”

He had never heard her in that state and was concerned about a possible overdose, and checked on her the next day — the same day as the shooting incident.

After running errands, Learn arrived with flowers for B.L. and went back to the trailer, where began cleaning

his trailer, drinking three coolers while he was working. He walked down to a liquor store and bought more alcohol, including a two-litre bottle of seven percent cider, a 375 mL bottle of rum and a novelty tequila shooter.

B.L. came by with a fast food dinner at 8:30 p.m. and he was a third of the way through the two litre bottle and the two talked about sharing a joint and spending time together later. She left and he continued drinking, mixing in the rum with the cider and working on carving a walking stick.

Learn testified the alcohol had affected his memory of the events of the night. He was worried about B.L.’s cocaine trafficking and drug use, and decided to head over to the house where she was staying with the intent of sabotaging her vehicle with the sawedoff shotgun.

“At the time I was intoxicated, it [the idea] seemed fine,” Learn

said.

He doesn’t remember leaving the trailer or arriving at the residence, using his bicycle for transportation. His next memory is B.L. arriving in the house in her Jeep, who had a brief conversation with Learn before going inside.

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row stops working,” he said. “He’s getting tons and tons of transfusions for platelets — that’s one of the things that bone marrow stops doing is manufacturing platelets.”

His daughter had a fraternal twin who is biologically identical and a perfect match for a bone marrow transplant.

Cheryl said the forecast does look hopeful.

Doctors told her that Gord could be home in six weeks if his condition begins to stabilize, and he may not need a bone marrow transplant. It could take months before his body is able to produce platelets as it normally would.

To donate you can send an e-money transfer to gordmcdonaldwellnessfund@hotmail. com (use “gord” as the answer to the security question) or drop off cash donations or cheques at Alpine Toyota, made out to Gord McDonald.

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Continued from page 1 “Cheryl phoned me and said he’d been rushed to Foothills Hospital with an unknown illness,” Smith said.

“That came out of the blue.”

Some of the staff at Alpine Toyota met with the family one night after hours. They designed a pamphlet that talks about Gord’s illness and current predicament. Smith said Gord ran a renovation business, but now has no means of income or disability payments to rely on. Cheryl also lost her job as a result of time away supporting Gord.

The bills are now piling up. Their mortgage also did not have disability on it, only life insurance.

Smith is asking people to donate to the McDonald family, so that they can stay close to him through this difficult time.

Smith noted that one of his twin daughters was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia when she was young.

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He testified he got back on the bike and was about to leave when Ellis exited the house and began arguing with him.

Crown counsel will cross-examine Learn on Thursday and both sides are hoping to wrap up the trial on Friday.

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Curmudgeon faces vox populi A man that I know vaguely told me that it is disgusting that I should be paid for the drivel that I write in the local papers. I was surprised that he knew the word ‘drivel’ but attempted to explain to him that I didn’t count about $2 an hour as pay. Oh, sure. Usually I can complete what I have to say quite quickly but then I have to ask my computer how many words I’ve written and then, when it tells me that I’ve penned too many, I have to edit.

Omitting great lumps of my terse prose is like da Vinci being told that he’d got too many disciples in his Last Supper painting and having to decide whom to eliminate.

Then I start the daily arguments with my illiterate computer over spelling.

Anyway, here are a few other criticisms that I have had thrown at me: Hey, Pete: My theory is when the editor can’t find any other garbage to fill in a space he chooses yours. Dick.

Hey, Dick: And then I pay him for the honour. Pete.

Mr Warland: Peter: I just loved your column about you finding your dancing shoes. Now, you must come down to the seniors’ centre and attend one of our regular dances. I, personally, would love to dance a rhumba with you. Eloise.

Eloise: The invitation sounds so inviting but I am afraid that my second- hand

pace-maker might blow a tube should I dance a rhumba with a lady called Eloise.

Cha cha cha. Peter.

Curmudgeon: Instead of sitting there scribbling inane tosh and criticizing those that run for office, you could get up off your posterior and do something of benefit to the community.

Sincerely,Will.

Certainly I will, Will, but Peter it seems to me that the Warland electors are divided into two groups: some think that half of those elected are fruitcakes; others think that half are not. To which group do you think I belong? Curmudgeon.

Hey! My old lady is always watching Knowledge and she’s been fascinated by all that WWI stuff. Were you involved in that?

How come you didn’t get your fool head shot off? Frank.

Frankly, Frank, I know I’m a wrinkled old prune but even my father was too young for that particular fiasco, so work it out, right? Pete.

Mr Warland: I honestly don’t know how you can sit there in that big house of yours and smugly write balderdash when you blather on criticizing those of us who work so hard and spend so many hours of our lives working for the community you live in.

To enjoy life in a community such as ours, a person should at least try to help. Harold.

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Okay, Harold: When he has paid so much in taxes year after year, a person needs time to relax, listen to the hot air emanating from city hall, and work out where he’s going to find the cash for next June’s assessment. It doesn’t grow on trees. Peter.

Hey, Old Pete: When I read that bit about that woman falling through the ice and her dogs making damn nuisances if themselves it reminded me of when I was seal pup hunting off Labrador and I went through. The idiot dogs tried to kill me.

They thought I was a seal, but some of the crew hauled me out. I only just got away with it. Chester.

Hey, Chester: Pity. Old Pete.

Hiya, Curmudgeon: How come you like write your bilge with a British accent?

Bruce.

Hiya, yourself, Bruce: It is what is known as good grammar. The curmudgeon.

Mr Warland: Every year I feel more and more like Scrooge. Bah! Humbug! Christmas has gotten away from Christians and the church. It has probably gotten away from the children too. It is all poppycock rubbish, malarkey and twaddle, one big Black Friday for a couple of hideous months. Mavis Q. (Mrs) I know exactly how you feel, Mrs Q. It’s also flummery, bombast and baloney. At least have a wonderful Winter Solstice. I intend to. Peter Warland.

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The robots that will rule the world What’s Up? T he experts run the whole gamut from A to B, and they’re practically unanimous: artificial intelligence is going to destroy human civilisation.

Expert A is Elon Musk, polymath co-founder of PayPal, manufacturer of Tesla electric cars, creator of Space X, the first privately funded company to send a spacecraft into orbit, and much else besides. “I think we should be very careful about Artificial Intelligence (AI),” he told an audience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in October. “If I were to guess what our biggest existential threat is, it’s probably that.”

Musk warned AI engineers to “be very careful” not to create robots that could rule the world. Indeed, he suggested that there should be regulatory oversight “at the national and international level” over the work of AI developers, “just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish.”

Expert B is Stephen Hawking, the world’s most famous theoretical physicist and author of the best-selling unread book ever, “A Short History of Time”. He has a brain the size of Denmark, and last Monday he told the British Broadcasting Corporation that “the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”

Hawking has a motor neurone disease that compels him to speak with the aid of an artificial speech generator. The new version he is getting from Intel learns how Professor Hawking thinks, and suggests the words he might want to use next. It’s an early form of AI, so naturally the interviewer asked him about the future of that technology.

A genuinely intelligent machine, Hawking warned, “would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow bio-

logical evolution, couldn’t compete and would be superseded.” So be very, very careful.

Musk and Hawking are almost fifty years behind popular culture in their fear of rogue AI turning against human beings (HAL in “2001: A Space Odyssey”). They are a full thirty years behind the concept of a super-computer that achieves consciousness and instantly launches a Gwynne war of extermination against mankind (Skynet Dyer in the “Terminator” films).

Then there’s “The Matrix”, “Blade Runner” and similar variations on the theme. It’s taken a while for the respectable thinkers to catch up with all this paranoia, but they’re there now. So everybody take a tranquiliser, and let’s look at this more calmly. Full AI, with capacities comparable to the human brain or better, is at least two or three decades away, so we have time to think about how to handle this technology.

The risk that genuinely intelligent machines which don’t need to be fed or paid will eventually take over practically all the remaining good jobs — doctors, pilots, accountants, etc. — is real. Indeed, it may be inevitable. But that would only be a catastrophe if we cannot revamp our culture to cope with a great deal more leisure, and restructure our economy to allocate wealth on a different basis than as a reward for work.

Such a society might well end up as a place in which intelligent machines had “human” rights before the law, but that’s not what worries the sceptics. Their fear is that machines, having achieved consciousness, will see human beings as a threat (because we can turn them off, at least at first), and that they will therefore seek to control or even eliminate us. That’s the Skynet scenario, but it’s not very realistic.

The saving grace in the real scenario is that AI will not arrive all at once, with the flip of a switch. It will be built gradually over decades, which gives us time to introduce a kind of moral sense into the basic programming, rather like the innate morality that most human beings are born with. (An embedded morality is an evolutionary advantage in a social species.)

Our moral sense doesn’t guarantee that we will always behave well, but it certainly helps. And if we are in charge of the design, not just blind evolution, we might even do better. Something like Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, which the Master laid down 72 years ago.

First Law: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

Not a bad start, although in the end there will inevitably be a great controversy among human beings as to whether self-conscious machines should be kept forever as slaves. The trick is to find a way of embedding this moral sense so deeply in the programming that it cannot be circumvented.

As Google’s director of engineering, Ray Kurzweil, has observed, however, it may be hard to write an algorithmic moral code strong enough to constrain and contain super-smart software.

We probably have a few decades to work on it, but we are going to go down this road — the whole ethos of this civilisation demands it — so we had better figure out how to do that.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London.

It happened this week in Cranbrook Week of Nov. 30 – Dec. 6 Dave Humphrey Items compiled from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook Museum and Archives

1899 Death by Falling Tree … William S. Reid, the well-known contractor on the North Star branch of the Crows Nest Pass railway, was instantly killed last Tuesday forenoon while walking on the grade towards town, by a falling tree. The accident was particularly distressing, as he was only two miles from town and was hurrying from his camp to town to take the train that noon with his wife and son to spend Christmas at their home in Winnipeg.

Tuesday morning Mr. Reid sent one of his teamsters to Cranbrook, telling him to wait there and he would be in town between ten and eleven o’clock. Later he got on a wagon belonging to McDougal & Leitch’s camp, and started to ride in with the driver. When the team reached a point a little more than two miles from town, and where the road crosses the grade, Mr. Reid jumped out, saying that he would walk into town on the grade.

A strong wind was prevailing at the time, and the tree, a dry one, was standing on the west side of the grade. The wind had pulled it up by the roots, thus giving no warning, as would have been the case had it broken or stood where it would have

crashed into other trees in its descent. It is evident that Mr. Reid had no intimation of danger until the tree struck him.

The portion that performed the fatal work was near the top, and not over three or four inches in diameter.

Coroner Moffat, Constable Morris, Dr. King and J. Fink, with several others, hurried to the scene. In the opinion of the doctor, life had been extinct about an hour when they reached the body. The remains were carefully laid in Mr. Fink’s delivery wagon and brought to the undertaking rooms of Maggs & Hughes. The deceased was an Odd Fellow and a Forester, and the members of Key City lodge, I. O. O. F., took charge of the remains until they were placed on the train for Winnipeg.

Horse Shoe Claim ... Messrs. VanDecar and Melton have located a mineral claim immediately west of the Copper Crown in Isador Canyon and have shown up a ledge fully seven feet in width, mineralized clear across with copper pyrites. This claim is known as the Horse Shoe and is only one of many of the enterprises backed by Mr. VanDecar, who is without doubt one of the most enterprising mining dealers in this district, and as such deserves the success that he is already meeting with.

A Successful Ball ... The Bachelors’ and Benedicts’ ball given last Friday evening was a pronounced success in every way.

There was a large attendance, and everyone present had a most enjoyable time.

The patronesses were Mesdames Hutchison, Keay, Erickson, Morrow, Mansfield and Simpson, and to their efforts, and the management of Mr. W. S. Keay, the secretary, the success of the ball was due.

New Book … James Wardner, after whom the towns of Wardner, Idaho, and Wardner, B.C., are named, has written an autobiography, entitled, “Jim Wardner, of Wardner, Idaho, by Himself.” As Mr. Wardner has been engaged in mining in nearly every camp in the world, the book should be full of interesting matter.

Sidewalk … The sooner that sidewalk is built to Baker Hill, the better will be the chance for The Herald editor to become a Christian.

Explosion … Postmaster Cann and Harry McVittie were badly injured a couple of weeks ago by the explosion of an acetylene gas machine in the post office at Fort Steele. They were looking for a leak with a lighted match, and found it.

1900 Ladies’ Night at the Club ... One week from Tuesday evening the governing committee of the Cranbrook Club will have the rooms thrown open for the reception of the ladies. Invitations will be issued, and cards will be the feature of the evening.

This reception is to inaugurate a series of such events at the club during the season.

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UPCOMING

Cranbrook Kimberley Hospice Society Memory Tree of Love, Tamarack Mall, Dec. 4 to 6 and 11 to 13. Remember a passed loved one with a snowflake for a donation to the Hospice Society.

Annual Cookie Walk at Cranbrook United Church (downtown church at the corner of Baker Street and 12th Ave.) Dec. 6, 2014. Doors open at noon, Sales from 1 pm – 3 pm. Admission covers container & glove.

REMEMBER ME - Candlelight Vigil for the Day of Remembrance and Action to End Violence Against Women Saturday, December 6th - 6:30pm at the Cranbrook Women’s Centre (in the Backyard Gardens) 209A – 16th Ave. N. (Beside Core Fitness).

Refreshments following the Vigil. ALL ARE WELCOME. Saturday Dec. 6; Girl Guides of Canada Spaghetti Dinner, Silent Auction and Bake Sale, Eagles Hall - 711 Kootenay St. 4:306:30pm. Info: Pam 250-489-3155.

Kimberley Community Choir invites you to a special & fun Christmas evening for family and friends. Sing-A-Long with the Kimberley Community Choir, Saturday Dec. 6, 7:00 pm. Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 97 Boundary St., Kimberley.

Admission by donation. Intermission refreshments served.

Children’s Christmas Concert, Sunday Dec 7, 6:30 p.m. Marysville Community Church, 730-302 St., Marysville. Everyone welcome.

British Columbia Government Retired Employees Assoc, Rocky Mtn Branch-Christmas Luncheon Meeting, Days Inn, Sam Steele Rm, Cranbrook on Wed, Dec. 10th at 12:00 noon. Guest speaker: Santa Claus! Info: Ronald Kerr 250-432-0002.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints welcomes all to a Live, Outdoor Nativity; Monday Dec. 15 & Tuesday Dec. 16 at 7:00 pm. 2210 - 2nd St. N., Cranbrook. Free & open to the public.

Refreshments served.

2014 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, Dec 17th, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Kimberley Rotary Club. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Weihnachtsgeschichten - Christmas Stories at the Kimberley Public Library. Neue und Alte Geschichten – New and Old Stories for adults and children age 5+. Thursday, December 18th at 7:00 p.m. Free! Sign up by December 15. Call 250-427-3112.

ONGOING Masonic Lodges of B.C. and Yukon will supply transportation to cancer patients who have arrived at Kelowna or Vancouver. This free service will be at the destination point. Example: from airport to clinic and clinic to airport on return, also around the destination city.

Info may be received from your doctor, Canadian Cancer Society, or by phoning Ron at 250-426-8159.

Seniors Autobiographical Writing for those aged 60 or wiser at the Kimberley Library. No writing experience necessary. It’s free.

Tuesdays 10:00 - Noon. Register: Kim Roberts CBAL Coordinator 250-427-4468 or kroberts@cbal.org The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.

CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 12517th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Donna at 250-426-7136.

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.

Computer skills need updating? CBAL hosts introductory computer classes for those 60 or wiser starting Oct 24th at the Cranbrook Library. Free! Space is limited. Pre-registration required. Call Katherine 250-417-2896 Aged10-14? Got the writing bug? CBAL hosts the Youth Writing Group at the Cranbrook Public Library. The 2nd & 4th Wed of each month, 4-5:30pm starting Oct 8th. Free! Call Lori 250-464-1864 or khough@cbal.org TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at 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 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: 250-4264223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.fightwithus.ca and register as a volunteer.

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First half in the books for Avs volleyball after tough weekend in Lower Mainland Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

With the first half of the PACWEST season in the books, both College of the Rockies Avalanche volleyball clubs were hoping for a little bit more.

Through seven weeks of action, coach Andrew Zurrin’s Lady Avs find themselves holding down fifth place in PACWEST with a 4-8 record. On the men’s side of the equation, coach Steve Kamps’ Avs sit in sixth at 3-9, with the Capilano University Blues (2-10) hot on their heels.

College of the Rockies rounded out the first

half of the PACWEST season with a four-game swing through the Lower Mainland last weekend, visiting Douglas College and Capilano University.

The Avs were able to squeeze a 3-2 victory over the Blues Nov. 29, but came up short in three straight-sets losses, including a Sunday defeat at the hands of Capilano, allowing the Blues to stay within striking distance in the PACWEST standings.

“All weekend, we had to battle,” Kamps said Wednesday morning.

“We didn’t play particularly well.

“It’s frustrating to see

the way we’re playing, the errors we’re making.

Our serving continued to haunt us all weekend. “[Sunday], unfortunately, we came out and had our worst performance of the year. It was an absolute disaster. I didn’t even know what to say at the end of the game. It was the worst I’ve seen a team play here at the college for many, many years, if not my entire coaching career.”

As for the Lady Avs, they too went 1-3 on the swing, with their only victory a straight-sets triumph Nov. 27 against the Douglas College Royals.

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“We could see the effects of the road trip,” Zurrin said Tuesday afternoon. “Our brains didn’t seem to be firing on all cylinders. But they gutted it out and they pushed through. It was a tough win, mentally [against Douglas, Nov. 27].

“Even though we won three straight, it was a weird win where we did enough to win and the other team helped us to [win]. You hate to say that, but it’s almost like they just didn’t see what we had coming at them.”

Left side Kelsey Thompson continued her strong play for the

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Lady Avs left side Caity Rook (#2) goes after a kill during home action against the Camosun College Chargers earlier this season. Both Avs squads are hoping for a bit more come 2015.

Lady Avs, racking up 51 digs and 57 kills over the weekend. For the men, it was Australian right

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nEIL MurdocH dIvISIon TEAM GP W Nelson 29 18 Castlegar 29 17 Beaver Valley 27 14 Spokane 29 13 Grand Forks 27 7

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T OTL PTS 2 2 40 1 3 38 1 4 33 0 3 29 1 3 18

STRK W2 L1 W1 L3 L7

doug BIrKS dIvISIon TEAM GP Kamloops 28 Sicamous 28 100 Mile House 26 Revelstoke 27 Chase 28

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T OTL PTS 0 2 38 1 0 31 0 2 30 2 3 27 2 5 25

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W 24 16 12 10 4

L 4 8 10 15 23

T OTL PTS 0 1 49 0 1 33 2 2 28 2 1 23 1 2 11

STRK W5 W1 L4 L2 L3

Scoring Leaders Player Team 1. Bryan Lubin CGR 2. Aaron Azevedo OSO 3. Rainer Glimpel OSO 4. Doan Smith FER 5. Ian Desrosier GOL 6. Troy Maclise OSO 7. Cole Mckechney GOL 8. Tyson Klingspohn SUM 9. Ian Chrystal KAM 10. Jason Richter KIM

GP 29 28 29 26 28 28 27 28 28 28

G 24 15 17 22 21 17 11 23 21 21

A 21 28 25 17 18 20 26 12 14 13

PTS 45 43 42 39 39 37 37 35 35 34

Goaltending Leaders (min. four games played) Player Team GAA W L T SO 1. Jeff Orser FER 2.22 13 2 1 0 2. Brett Soles OSO 2.34 12 1 1 2 3. Jason Sandhu KAM 2.38 10 5 0 0 4. Patrick Kasper SIC 2.52 4 7 0 0 5. Lawrence Langan OSO 2.53 17 4 1 3 6. Olivier Charest SIC 2.56 8 3 1 2 7. Adam Maida NEL 2.67 7 5 1 2 8. Drake Poirier BVN 2.79 9 4 0 0 9. Joey Karrer NEL 2.85 3 2 0 0 10. Tyson Brouwer KIM 2.85 12 6 1 1 *Does not include Wednesday games

cEntraL dIvISIon TEAM Medicine Hat Tigers Calgary Hitmen Edmonton Oil Kings Red Deer Rebels Kootenay Ice Lethbridge Hurricanes

GP 27 29 29 29 28 27

W 19 15 14 14 13 6

L OTL SL PTS 6 1 1 40 11 1 2 33 10 3 2 33 11 3 1 32 15 0 0 26 17 3 1 16

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EaSt dIvISIon TEAM Brandon Wheat Kings Regina Pats Swift Current Broncos Moose Jaw Warriors Prince Albert Raiders Saskatoon Blades

GP 28 27 30 27 27 28

W 21 16 14 12 13 7

L OTL SL PTS 5 2 0 44 10 1 0 33 12 0 4 32 12 2 1 27 14 0 0 26 19 2 0 16

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GP 28 31 30 27 28

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PTS 48 46 37 37 36 36 36 36 36 35

Scoring Leaders Player Team 1. Rourke Chartier KEL 2. Nick Merkley KEL 3. Cole Sandford MHT 4. Cole Ully KAM 5. Austin Carroll VIC 6. Oliver Bjorkstrand POR 7. Brayden Point MJW 8. Joe Hicketts VIC 9. Trevor Cox MHT 10. Chase De Leo POR

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Goaltending Leaders (min. 540 min played) Player Team GAA W L OT/S 1. Taran Kozun SEA 2.25 10 8 4 2. Marek Langhamer MHT 2.28 14 4 2 3. Jackson Whistle KEL 2.34 17 3 3 4. Eric Comrie TCA 2.40 13 9 0 5. Tristan Jarry EDM 2.42 10 8 4 6. Zach Sawchenko MJW 2.50 7 6 1 7. Austin Lotz EVE 2.63 12 4 2 8. Landow Bow SCB 2.65 13 9 4 9. Daniel Wapple REG 2.67 13 8 1 10. Garret Hughson SPO 2.71 9 7 3 *Does not include Wednesday games

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Avalanche set sights on second half Continued from page 8 The Avs aren’t back in action until Jan. 16, 2015, when they host the Douglas College Royals at College of the Rockies. As for the Lady Avs, they sneak in a bit of exhibition action with a trip to Lethbridge Jan. 3 and 4, 2015, before returning to PACWEST play Jan. 16 against Douglas College.

“It’s a good time for us to step away and have both the physical and mental break that we need right now, and a chance to reflect,” Kamps said. “Hopefully we comeback in January with a new approach to the way we’ve been doing things.

“We need to really go back to the basics and fundamentals.”

For both teams, the break represents a chance to regroup and refresh before the second half of the season.

According to Kamps, his squad is battling a bit of injury and will welcome some time away from the court. Both Zach Fedechko and Spencer Dakin Kuiper missed games this past weekend due to injury, and the Avs bench boss indicated a number of others are nursing sore ankles, shoulders and various nagging injuries.

The hope is that a strong push during the second half will pull both clubs into contention in PACWEST. Zurrin believes his girls are playing the game physically well, but falling short on the mental and emotional side of the equation, as they’ve been unable to finish off opponents late in sets.

“I’m expecting big things in the second half,” Zurrin said. “You never learn things from a win, you learn things from a loss.

“Our defence is outstanding. We probably have the best defence in the league…We don’t quit on any ball. No ball goes unchallenged.

Every play stays alive.

[Our opponents] know they have to win the point. We don’t lose it.”

Pairing the defensive strength with some more polish on the mental side of the game, Zurrin is optimistic his

squad can get to 10 wins before the season comes to a close. With 12 games to play, that would require the Lady Avs to roll to a 6-6 mark to close the season.

PACWEST Men’s Standings: 1) Douglas College (10-2); 2) Camosun College (9-3); 3) Vancouver Island University (9-3); 4) University of the Fraser Valley (6-6); 5) Columbia Bible College (39); 6) College of the Rockies (3-9); 7) Capilano University (2-10) PACWEST Women’s Standings: 1) Capilano University (11-1); 2) Camosun College (10-2); 3) University of the Fraser Valley (7-5); 4) Vancouver Island University (6-6); 5) College of the Rockies (4-8); 6) Douglas College (4-8); 7) Columbia Bible College (0-12)

Thursday, DECember 4, 2014

Sports Big baseball bucks killing the romance Taylor Rocc a

I love baseball.

But this off-season has been a little more troubling than off-seasons past.

In fact, it’s troubling enough I just might be reconsidering my love affair with America’s great pastime.

Let me elaborate.

Nine of the most-wanted free agents signed for a combined total of $516 million (yes, that’s half a BILLION DOLLARS) over a total of 33 years. That’s an average of ~$15.6 million per player per season.

Seems steep, but that isn’t even where my frustrations begin.

That half-billion dollar total doesn’t include the gargantuan extension Giancarlo Stanton, 25, signed with the Miami Marlins. Stanton’s deal is worth $325 million over 13 years.

While Stanton is arguably the best young hitter in all of baseball, let’s put this into perspective on a more comprehensible scale, because let’s be serious, numbers that large are beyond my comprehen-

sion when it comes to compensation. After all, I do work in news.

The outfielder racked up 155 hits in 145 games with the Marlins last season. Last year’s hitcount would see the California native make a whopping $162,290 and change for each ball he puts into play.

One hit = $162,290.

Let me give you a moment to consider that.

No entertainer is worth nearly the same as the gross domestic product of an entire country.

Wait. What?

Giancarlo Stanton will make more over 13 years than the entire country of Denmark (5.6 million people, 2012) produced in 2012.

You read correctly.

With one swing of his bat and a $162,290 pay day, Stanton will earn more than the average citizen in Denmark earns in an entire year.

Hard-working Danes bring home an average of US$58,364 per year.

I don’t want to restrict my disgust to baseball. The plague of overpaid entertainers is worldwide and stretch-

es across most professional sports, hockey, basketball and soccer included. So please, don’t interpret this as an attack on baseball alone.

The unfortunate reality is fans dictate astronomical contracts as the going rate.

The average MLB ticket is $27.93. That might not seem bad, but in markets where fans are accustomed to seeing nine-figure paydays for free agents (Boston, New York), the average price shoots past $50, according to the Team Marketing Report Fan Cost Index.

I’m a sucker for a nice warm day at the ballpark or an electrifying evening at the rink, so I’ll be the first to label myself a hypocrite. Until the collective world of sports fanatics chooses to change their opinion, we will continue to see sky-rocketing contract extensions and astronomical salaries.

In the meantime, my baseball romance will wear on, though a voice in the back of my head continues telling me to get out while I still can.

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Environment spokesman Duncan MacDonnell says the five-year agreement with the Wild Horses of Alberta Society came into effect Nov. 1.

It calls for the society to oversee a contraceptive vaccine program for mares to try to lower the wild herd population around Sundre.

It also allows the society to adopt out horses and foals that have been captured, abandoned or injured.

The projects are being funded entirely by the wild horses group, which must be able to document the results.

MacDonnell says the province will still be involved in controlling much of the population.

“We haven’t handed off all management responsibility for feral horses,” MacDonnell said Tuesday.

“We are considering other management activities on the re-

mainder of that equine zone and the remaining five zones of the designated horse capture area.”

A roundup earlier this year upset animal rights activists, but others said the horses compete for grass with cattle and wild animals such as elk.

MacDonnell said the government is considering all its options and should have a better idea of its plan for next year by the middle of December.

Last March, Alberta Environment said it counted 880 feral horses in the Rocky Mountain foothills.

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Continued from page 7 1901 Athletic and Literary Association ... There will be a meeting at Leask’s Hall this evening at 8:30 for the purpose of forming an athletic

It happened this week in Cranbrook Speed up

and literary association.

It is the idea of the promoters to secure a library, rent the rooms formerly used by the Cranbrook Club, and have a pleasant place for

the young and old to spend an hour or two in the evening, The Herald is pleased to see this move and hopes that it may result successfully.

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New Meat Market ... I have opened a new meat market in the stand formerly occupied by the Western Supply Company. I will keep a full supply of the best meats, and also fish and poultry. Fresh pork sausage will be on hand at all times. You will find my prices reasonable, and what is more nothing will be left undone to please and satisfy the trade. I would be pleased to have you call and give our place a trial. A. Jolliffe, Prop.

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A Clever Entertainer … Joseph Younghart, who represents a Montreal waterproof house, was in town this week, and on Tuesday evening gave a number at the Cranbrook Club an exhibition of slight of hand work. Mr. Younghart is a retired professional, and if he can sell*waterproofs as well as he can perform acts of legerdemain, he is whirlwind.

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This means we generally refrain from eating animal products right up until midnight December 24 when we feast.

I never really knew about fasting before becoming Orthodox. I had participated in some cleansing fasts and 30-Hour-Famine fasts. These were short term, completely abstaining from food and not accompanied by prayer. My knowledge has definitely increased over the past 15 years.

The Orthodox church has scheduled church fasting periods for about half the year.

Until the modern era, these fasting periods would also include more services, giving participants more opportunity for alms-giving and communal prayer.

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Fasting periods were implemented within the Christian Church by the apostles.

The fasts are a form of discipline to help us enter into the event occurring during that time. They are a spiritual prescription, so to speak. Ultimately, the fasts can draw us closer to Christ because we believe when we discipline the body by refraining from certain foods, we are also disciplining the soul and spirit.

We believe creation first sinned through an act of eating in pride, so we begin to undo that when we humble our bodies by not eating, by fasting. Combining the fast with prayer enables us to also humble our souls. As we humble our souls, we become more like Christ, more able to see God in all of His creation including His people.

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Fasting during Advent reminds us that our happiness should not be dependent upon obtaining stuff whether for ourselves or others, having the most beautifully decorated house or angrily winning the ‘War against Christmas’. These things take our focus off what is actually important, drawing closer to God. The relentless promotion of capitalism and over-indulgence during December wages more of a war on Christmas than any non-believer ever could.

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Ideally, the money we save in food bills can be given to those who need it more. The time we save by not preparing elaborate meals can be spent in prayer.

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During the Advent fast, we can avoid the over-indulgence hangover and maintain the message of the Christmas season yearround, the message that Christ was born to save all of creation. Prayer and fasting helps us to overcome pride and enables us to love and help all people, to treat them as important to God and to us, not just once a year but every day of every year, forever and ever. Amen.

Anastasia Bartlett is a member of St Aidan’s Orthodox Church in Cranbrook

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They worked some 20 metres down near St. John in Lateran Basilica. Today’s Rome rests upon medieval layers and, under those, more ancient strata of life.

Rossella Rea, the dig’s leader and a culture ministry official, said Wednesday that archaeologists discovered a first-century agricultural business, the closest to Rome’s ancient centre ever found, an irrigation basin measuring 115 feet by 230 feet, and an extensive drainage system near the ancient Aqua Crabra water source.

Notable finds included a three-pronged iron pitch-

fork, storage baskets, leather fragments possibly from a farmhand’s glove or shoe, and traces carved into stone by a waterwheel’s repeated turning. Also extraordinary are well-preserved vestiges of willow and other tree roots and stumps.

Peach pits, presumably from the farm’s orchard, also were found. Peaches were still a novelty, first imported from the Middle East.

“They were almost luxury items,” Rea told The Associated Press at the American Academy in Rome.

Ancient Romans recycled. Amphorae, the jars they favoured to transport and store food, were lined up with their ends cut open to double as water conduits.

Other older signs of life were carriage ruts from as long ago as the 6th century B.C.

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When we fast, we may be more inclined to give to others. When we fast, we may be more willing to live the spirit of Christmas; giving recognition and respect to every other person around us.

Despite the self-indulgence, or possibly because of it, during this season food banks are stuffed, soup kitchens overflow, and the charity coffers are full. Christians and non-Christians alike are drunk with the Spirit of Christmas and feel the need to share. But when

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Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 3812, 2014, unless at least ten (10%) percent of the municipal electors indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to the Director of Corporate Services of the City of Cranbrook at CranTo finance the Motor Control Center re- brook City Hall no later than 4:30 pm on placement Council proposes to borrow from Wednesday, December 10, 2014. the Municipal Finance Authority of Brit- Postmarks will not be accepted as date of submisish Columbia (MFA) a sum not exceeding sion. Elector Response Forms may not be submitted $700,000. The borrowing will be amortized by email or facsimile. over a maximum twenty (20) year period.

A Public Information Package on this proposThe estimated impact of this borrowing on a al, Elector Response Form and a copy of the taxpayer with a 15.25 meter (50 foot) lot is an draft bylaw is available at City Hall reception, annual charge of $8.

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I think Kara needs to take the money we have saved and figure the rest out, but my opinion doesn’t matter. My husband will now delay retirement in order to pay for her to go to the school of her dreams. I think this is wrong, and it’s causing much tension in our household. What is your opinion? -- Annoyed Mom Dear Annoyed: Your husband is willing to do whatever he can to give Kara what she wants. You don’t think an expensive school is worth it (probably isn’t), and you were looking forward to his retirement. We also suspect you harbor some resentment toward your husband, as well as Kara, for his indulgence of her.

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Sex is easy. Intimacy is where the work and effort must be applied. Intimacy begins with a couple being able to discuss anything without the other person reacting badly. It begins by treating each other with respect, letting the spouse know she is loved. And liked. Friendship is the most solid basis for intimacy that I know of.

My husband and I have been together a long time, but it’s pretty much all about him. He doesn’t like to talk about anything unless I agree with him completely. Anything else is criticizing or complaining. If I ask him to do something, I’m giving him orders. He refused to be close to me unless it was for sex. So I cut him off about 10 years ago. We tried counseling, but he lied at every session. There are reasons why we are still together, but I can’t help wondering for how long. -- Together but Alone 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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Rev. Frank Lewis and Rev. Jack Lindquist - for your leadership in the wonderful celebration of her life and your pastoral care of our Mum over the years.

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Resumes to be mailed or faxed: PO 1454 Lethbridge AB, T1J 4K2.

Fax: 403-345-3489.

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St. Mary’s Indian Band, located in the beautiful southeast corner of BC, is looking for a dynamic, highly motivated, multitask oriented, professional individual to �ll the position of Director of Community and Economic Development! This position involves working closely with the Chief Operating O�cer, Chief and Council, and a Corporate Board of �irectors to develop and maintain organizational capacity and governance of activities occurring within both the �epartment of Community and �conomic �evelopment and a Community�based �evelopment Corporation.

The �C�� acts as the lead corporate o�cer that provides leadership, drive and direction to the �epartment of Community and �conomic �evelopment and �a�’am Community �nterprises ��C��, the Community’s �evelopment Corporation. This position facilitates the interpretation of the Community Vision, Values, Goals and Objectives as relative to all aspects of Community �conomic �evelopment and Business �evelopment. This position develops, implements and collaborates on strategies and plans to achieve desired results.

The �C�� provides the overall operational leadership and direction of the �epartment and Corporation including policy, technical expertise to guide, consult, advise and drive initiatives related to �epartment and Corporation mandate and strategies.

Responsibilities: • Taking direction from the Chief Operating O�cer and collaborating with the �C� Board of �irectors to plan, develop, coordinate, implement, monitor, evaluate, report, network and access resources and operationalize opportunities for the Community’s economic development initiatives and business arms with foresight for long�term sustainability • ��ective and responsible management of the �conomic �evelopment �epartment’s human, �scal and capital resources including the Community owned Corporation • �nsuring professional and ethical administration of their sta� by complying with all legal and �scal regulations as well as developing and adhering to sensible and sound policies and practices within the �epartment and Corporation • �eveloping, expanding and managing Community owned Corporations from incorporation, development of �scal, capital and human resources, policies and procedures, Federal, Provincial and Municipal re�uirements, marketing, • By providing professional representation of Council’s interests in negotiation with governments and the private sector relative to the Community’s economic development Vision and Corporate Mandate • In providing overall coordination and management of �epartment sta� to facilitate community programs and activities in accordance with Community’s strategic plan • �ith e�ective and e�cient �nancial management and development of �scal budgets • By assisting with building Community capacity to implement the additional governance structures, powers and authorities for self governance and self determination • Liaising and networking with the Community, Council, Ktunaxa Nation, federal, provincial and local government agencies and the private sector and initiating and maintaining new relationships • Ongoing research and applications for additional funding through grants and proposals • Provide regular reports on progress towards goals and achievement of plans to Council and Community �uali�cations: • Bachelor �egree in �conomics or Business preferred and, • � minimum of �ve years previous experience with relative education in an economic�business capacity, in a First Nation local government would be a de�nite asset, • and�or a combination of acceptable experience and education • Previous experience working with First Nation organizations, and a knowledge and appreciation of the culture, values and political objectives of the Ktunaxa Nation would be a de�nite asset • �bility and skills for innovation and entrepreneurship • Knowledge of community government structure, operations, and collaborative strategies • Familiarity with Federal and Provincial government regulations and programs relative to First Nation governments and organizations • Managerial experience at a senior level • �emonstrable good to excellent �nancial management skills according to generally accepted accounting principles and public sector accounting standards • Proven program and project management skills • Good to excellent supervisory and human resource management skills • Strong computer skills including advanced knowledge of Microsoft�based software • �bility to function as part of a diverse team of professionals • �bility to perform group mediation and demonstrate excellent inter�personal relationship skills • �emonstrable exceptional written and oral communication skills� communications�marketing skills and background is a de�nite asset • Strong public speaking skills • Undergo a Criminal Record Check • � valid Class � BC �river’s Licence Remuneration� Salary is commensurate with experience and �uali�cations and includes a favourable bene�ts and pension plan.

Please submit your cover letter and resume marked �con�dential� to� Jan Bailey, Finance and Human Resources Manager �a�am �St. Mary’s Band �dministration� ���� Mission Road, Cranbrook, BC, V�C ��� �mail� jbailey�a�am.net Fax� ��� ��� ���� Closing Date: Friday, December 12th, 2014 @ 4:30 pm MT (any applications received after this time will not be accepted) Thank you to all applicants who apply however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Duties: successful applicant will perform a variety of administrative tasks including: working closely with our accounting department, suppliers and sales department; data entry; creating inventory and sales reports; overseeing the flow of products into our warehouse and to our customers; and understanding and implementing processes that will ensure compliance with our major retail customers.

Education and Training: experience and education in business administration and basic accounting is essential. Skills include: experience with Quick Books; an excellent knowledge of word processing and Excel; outstanding planning and organizational abilities; excellent communication; problem solving and critical thinking; and working as a team member.

An interest in working in the fast-paced apparel industry is essential.

There is a potential opportunity for the successful candidate to move into a supervisory/management role.

References required.

Please send your cover letter and resume to the attention of Kirsten at accounting@kootenayknitting.com

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“Let’s not miss the point, either”, says Bill McDonald, group publisher of Metro English Canada.

“Maybe there are some trends in place that show some declines in some areas.

But newspapers still deliver a massive audience in every city across the country.

That’s not changing.

The Toronto Star still delivers one million readers every day.

There’s no other medium with that kind of reach in one day.” In fact, threequarters of Canadians (13.9 million) read a printed edition of daily newspaper each week, according to NADbank readership data.

“Increased media competition, besides raising the editorial bar at dailies, doesn’t change one crucial fact”, says media buyer Bruce Claassen, CEO of GenesisVizeum (Toronto) and chair of Aegis Media Canada.

“Daily newspapers offer the same benets they always have: the ability to reach customers quickly.

Only with a daily paper are you able to choose to do an ad and run with it in two days, and reach a sizeable portion of the population, in a fairly mass, fairly broad and fairly fast way. That’s a set of qualities very few other media can match.”

“Major pubishers and media buyers agree— strong readership gures are testament to improved product.

For daily delivery of your local newspaper in Cranbrook, call 250-426-5201.

In Kimberley call 250-427-5333.

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DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

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Available on financing offers only, on the 2015 Forte LX+ AT Winter SE (FO74SF), 2015 Rondo LX AT (5-seat) Winter SE (RN75SF), 2015 Rondo LX AT (7-seat) Winter SE (RN75TF) and 2015 Optima LX AT Winter SE (OP74SF). Offer ends January 2, 2015. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.

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The man behind the beard

children go to bed eagerly anticipating a visit from Santa Claus.

This merry gentleman is purported to visit the home of every good girl and boy, delivering gifts and cheer along the way.

Before the modern evolution of Santa Claus lived a very real and generous individual named Nicholas. In the third century, Nicholas served as the Bishop of Myrna in present-day Turkey. He had a reputation for secret giftgiving, believing that giving should be done secretly and sacrificially in Jesus Christ’s name rather than one’s own.

Stories tell of Nicholas paying the dowry for poor daughters to enable them to get married. He reportedly put coins in the shoes of

those who left them out for him. It is believed Nicholas helped to restore the hope of hundreds of people in his community, making him a beloved and revered Bishop. Throughout his ministry, Nicholas fervently shared his life and fortune with others.

Nicholas continued to be revered and commemorated by many Christians even after his death. His charity and unselfish works helped inspire generations of the faithful, and he eventually was named the patron saint of everyone from merchants

No one really knows what St. Nicholas looked like. But in 2005, a forensic laboratory in England reviewed historical data and photographs of the remains taken from St. Nicholas’ grave in the 1950s.

Researchers concluded that he was a small man, perhaps no more than five feet in height, with a broken nose.

This image certainly does not fit with the robust frame and other imagery awarded St. Nicholas in more modern years. St. Nicholas is believed to be the inspiration for Santa Claus, which was a name taken from the Dutch Sinterklaas, a contracted form of Sint Nicolass, or St. Nicholas.

Tales of the real St. Nicholas’ giving spirit were blended with a fictional personifica-

Eventually, the merry Santa Claus portrayal began to outshine the more accurate St. Nicholas version as a religious man, fostered by political drawings and caricatures that depicted Santa as a chubby sort in a red suit. That image prevails to this day.

Beneath the Christmas symbolism, the beard and the presents associated with Santa Claus lies a tale of generosity that originated with St. Nicholas.

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Make-your-own holiday ornaments showcase how a family has changed and grown over the years.

Experiment with different ways to create these ornaments. You can glue a photo to a ceramic ornament and cover it with decoupage glaze to set it permanently. Try purchasing clear, glass ornaments, then remove the top of the ornament, which is usually spring-loaded, before slipping a photo inside and replacing the top. You also can laminate a photo, punch a hole in the top and affix a ribbon.

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Bins are taken out of the attic or garage, and decorations are once again given their opportunity to shine for several weeks before being packed away again.

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decorations families use to deck the halls are ornaments that were made by hand. This year creating homemade ornaments can be a crafty project that helps families make new holiday memories.

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the pieces after they are painted so that they are shiny and hardened for display.

Those who want to do their painting at home can visit their local craft or hobby shop, where typically there are unfinished ceramic ornaments that can be painted with acrylic paints found right in the next aisle. A finishing coat of clear glaze will help protect the ornaments from year to year.

Wood crafts Many of today’s craft centers have expanded to include sections devoted to unfinished wood items. Everything from letters to animal cutouts to boxes and rocking horses can be purchased and finished.

Turn keepsake boxes into painted and ribbonadorned gift boxes.

Stain a treasure chest that can be used to store reindeer snacks for

Santa’s crew. Turn small decorative pieces into ornaments for the tree.

Paint and affix wood initials onto stocking holders to identify to whom each stocking belongs.

Crafty individuals also can turn plain wood plaques into signs with clever sayings, such as “Park your sleigh here.”

Scavenge around the house Young children can use any medium for making ornaments. Garlands made of macaroni or

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Fabric scraps can be sewn and stuffed with potpourri for homemade scent satchels.

Hand-drawn pictures can be made and laminated and hung on the tree.

The only obstacle with regard to DIY ornaments is a limited imagination.

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Create an energy-efficient home for the holidays Decorative lights can consume a considerable amount of energy. Scale back or invest in LEDs, which are more energyefficient lights.

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While these decorations certainly may be symbols of the season, it’s easy to forget just how much energy and resources they consume.

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In addition to lights, lit candles, animated dolls, wreaths, trees, and scores of imported ornaments contribute to the energy consumption per household. Even so, environmentally conscious individuals need not skip the holiday décor and entertaining.

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Always inspect lights for frayed wires and any damage. Frayed lights are less efficient and pose a considerable safety risk. · Enhance decorations.

Use mirrors and reflective ornaments to give the appearance of more lights without actually adding more. · Turn off ambient lighting. Christmas tree lights or the lights framing a picture window should be sufficient to light up a room. Keep lamps and overhead lighting off while the tree is lit to save money and energy. · Lower the thermostat.

When entertaining, turn the thermostat down a few degrees.

Having extra people in your home will raise the temperature. Similarly, heat generated by the oven and other cooking appliances can warm up a home. Don’t waste energy by keeping the heat turned on high. · Invest in rechargeable batteries. According to Energy Quest, 40 percent of all batteries are purchased during the holiday season. To power those many gifts and devices, use rechargeable batteries which can be used again and again. · Change your cooking practices. Smaller appliances use less energy.

Put those toaster ovens, slow cookers and electric fryers to good use. Only use the oven if you are cooking a large meal. · Wait until the dishwasher is full. Pack in the dishes from holiday meals, and only run the dishwasher when it is full.

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Keeping the Magic He had a broad face and a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf. And Ilaughed when I saw him in spite of myself. - “A Visit From St. Nicholas” Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without Santa Claus. Santa will forever be ingrained in the holiday season, serving as an endearing symbol of the season regardless of your religious affiliation.

Parents typically go to great lengths to ensure their children enjoy the holiday season. By keeping the magic of Santa alive, parents can add a special touch to the holiday season for their youngsters.

Children may become more skeptical of Santa around the time they turn 10, but there are plenty

of ways to encourage this spirit to live on year after year. * Read an uplifting story.

The holidays are ripe with stories that tug at the heartstrings. Parents can take their children to the library and rent a Christmas tale or take home a book of holiday stories, reading a different one before bed each night. Encourage children to write their own positive stories of what the holidays mean to them and read them aloud to family and friends. The book “101 Ways to Keep the Spirit of Santa Alive: For “Kids” From 1 to 92” by John Hagerman is a great way to get everyone in the house enthusiastic about Santa. * Keep the magic flowing.

Children who believe in Santa for an extra year or two often come from families that keep the magic of

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Santa alive. In addition to the standard traditions of leaving cookies and milk out for the jolly old man, come up with new ways to evoke the essence of Santa. Spray peppermint air freshener around the tree and other places Santa is sure to visit. Use a large boot to make a footprint in a plush rug. Find a way to trigger noise on the roof to give kids the impression that Mr. Claus himself has arrived. Extra measures to keep Santa alive can help everyone enjoy the holiday that much more. * Take advantage of opportunities to spend time with Santa. Parents and children alike have many opportunities to spend time with Santa during the holiday season, including photo opportunities at the mall and personalized videos sent directly to youngsters’ email accounts. Elf dolls

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and breakfast with Santa at a nearby restaurant are other opportunities to spread the magic. Make the most of these opportunities over the course of the holiday season. * Spread some Christmas cheer. Santa’s job is to bring presents to the world’s children. Channel the notion that giving is better than receiving and spend time giving back to others as a family.

Schedule a day when you can distribute gifts at a senior center or arrange to bring gifts to a foster child.

Bake cookies and deliver cellophane-wrapped dishes to all of your neighbors.

These activities put the emphasis on giving.

Keeping the tradition of Santa Claus alive can help adults and children alike enjoy a more festive holiday season.

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Test your knowledge of popular Christmas movies Movie Quotes Quiz

What would the holidays be without snowflakes falling outside, a mug of hot cocoa in hand and a favorite Christmas movie on television?

Television is full of feel-good movies come the holiday season. Choose from among classic flicks you have watched year after year or new movies vying for spots as soon-to-be favorites.

Watching Christmas movies is a holiday tradition for many families. So much so that lines from popular movies are easily remembered and recognized. Those who can recite movies verbatim might enjoy testing their mettle with the following Christmas quiz loaded with memorable quotes from some holiday classics.

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10. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” 11. “A Christmas Carol” 12. “The Polar Express” 13. “The Muppets Christmas Carol” 14. “Gremlins” 15. “Bad Santa” 16. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” 17. “Babes in Toyland” 18. “Elf”

· Each year, more than three billion Christmas cards are sent in the United States alone. · In 350 AD, Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed December 25 the official celebration date for the birth of Jesus Christ. Many historians and theologians have surmised that Christ really wasn’t born this time of year, thanks to imagery and information from the Bible. · Christmas carols began as an English custom called “wassailing.”

Individuals toasted neighbors to a long and healthy life. · Despite the common tale that three wise men paid homage to baby Jesus, the Bible never specifically calls out a number. Similarly, there’s no specific indication that they visited the infant Jesus. Their visit may have occurred when Jesus was older. · Santa Claus’ modern look was inspired by writings from The Knickerbockers of New York and imagery from

Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas.”

Moore denied authoring the famous poem for 15 years after it was published anonymously, feeling the poem was beneath his talents. · Santa has his own official postal code. It’s H0 H0 H0. · The song “Jingle Bells” was originally written for Thanksgiving and not Christmas. People loved it so much that the lyrics were changed to fit Christmas. · Christmas trees typically grow for 15 years before they’re cut and sold. This means the trees sold today were likely planted in 1999. · Christmas was not declared an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870. · Before turkey, the traditional Christmas meal served in England was a pig’s head and mustard. · Male reindeer tend to shed their antlers in the winter. This means Santa’s reindeer are likely female.

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· Each holiday season, PNC Wealth Management calculates the costs of the gifts in the song, “The 12 Days of Christmas.” The price index for the gifts went from $12,673 in 1984 to more than $24,000 in 2011. The most expensive gift is the swimming swans.

1. “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” 2. “Miracle on 34th Street” 3. “The Simpson’s Christmas” 4. “A Christmas Story” 5. “Home Alone” 6. “The Holiday” 7. “The Santa Clause” 8. “White Christmas” 9. “Jingle All the Way”

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CRITTERS LOVE CHRISTMAS TOO!

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ear Santa: My name is Boulder and I am 5 years old. Contrary to what you may have heard from some vindictive feline sources, I have actually been a very good dog this year.

I am writing to you so that you may be made aware, that this year, I am once again hoping to participate in my human’s celebration of Christmas. I am aware that it is a faith based holiday who’s dogma may not be strictly observed by this dog, however the secular aspects of the celebration, with its conspicuous consumption, spending quality time with the pack, and the giving and receiving of gifts, well, that’s right in my wheel house.

That said, Santa, I have gone to the trouble to jot down a few ideas here for you, in the hopes that I might clarify exactly what it is we pets are hoping to find in our stockings this year. In the spirit of the season, I will include suggestions not only for dogs but for other species as well. This despite the fact that the cats that I cohabit with (here read endure) have been morbidly wicked this year. Just sayin’.

Number one on every pet’s list Santa is of course food. There is no shortage of the stuff during the holidays but our well-meaning hominids are not big on sharing their “people food”. This be-

ing the case, might I suggest that for this Christmas, pet owners upgrade their four-legged companions’ diet. For example, Pets Go Raw makes their pet food from government inspected, human quality, meats, vegetables and fruit. It’s like people food for dogs. All the goodness with none of the guilt.

I need not tell you, Santa, that Christmas is synonymous with toys, the construction and distribution of which you have made your life’s work. If I might be so bold, you have done an impressive job servicing humanity’s toy cravings; however your focus on the bipedal has meant a dearth of playthings for us quadrupeds. But fear not, oh bearded one, a remarkable array of toys can be found at pet stores right here in my town. No need for the elves to work overtime designing pet novelties — just drop by The Paw Shop and fill up your sack.

Oh, and by the way, they sell cat harnesses and leashes there too. Remember, a restrained cat is a happy cat.

Another gift idea, Santa, is outdoor gear for my humans. Now before this comes off as an unselfish request on my part, think about this. If you pick up some good warm boots, gloves, and jackets from High Country Sportswear as gifts for my people, that means they can remain outdoors longer and more comfortably. This in turn means my dog walks become considerably longer, and more quality time outside with my humans would be a fine gift indeed.

It is every pet’s worst nightmare — you get following a scent, you lose track of

time, and you find yourself lost in unfamiliar environs. There are people there who seem to want to help but without the gift of speech, how do you communicate with these strangers? A nametag on your collar, that’s how.

They are the perfect stocking stuffer, Santa. Cranbrook Veterinary not only provides fine companion animal health care, they also make these custom tags up right on site. Having my name and a cell phone number on my collar is like having a free ticket home.

Of all the gifts we pets value, being part of a loving pack is the most treasured. It is bit cliché I know, but we consider you humans to be just like part of the family. A perfect way to show your appreciation for our inter-species relationship is to have a family portrait taken with your pets. Top Crop will be offering an opportunity for you and your animal companions to have a picture taken with Santa again this year, with proceeds going to that most worth of causes, our local SPCA. Last but not least on the list, Santa, is a request for your help. This year. as you deliver your toys and good cheer to the masses, could you please spread the word about the good work the SPCA does for animals not blessed with a forever home. During this season of giving, please remind people that their monetary donations allow this fine organization to continue finding hope, health, and homes for us critters. Drop off a cheque or buy a Men with Cats calendar and help fund our SPCA. They do fine work. I know. They found me my home.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014

PAGE B9

CRITTERS LOVE CHRISTMAS TOO!

presents

Critter’s

Wish List

D

ear Santa: My name is Boulder and I am 5 years old. Contrary to what you may have heard from some vindictive feline sources, I have actually been a very good dog this year.

I am writing to you so that you may be made aware, that this year, I am once again hoping to participate in my human’s celebration of Christmas. I am aware that it is a faith based holiday who’s dogma may not be strictly observed by this dog, however the secular aspects of the celebration, with its conspicuous consumption, spending quality time with the pack, and the giving and receiving of gifts, well, that’s right in my wheel house.

That said, Santa, I have gone to the trouble to jot down a few ideas here for you, in the hopes that I might clarify exactly what it is we pets are hoping to find in our stockings this year. In the spirit of the season, I will include suggestions not only for dogs but for other species as well. This despite the fact that the cats that I cohabit with (here read endure) have been morbidly wicked this year. Just sayin’.

Number one on every pet’s list Santa is of course food. There is no shortage of the stuff during the holidays but our well-meaning hominids are not big on sharing their “people food”. This be-

ing the case, might I suggest that for this Christmas, pet owners upgrade their four-legged companions’ diet. For example, Pets Go Raw makes their pet food from government inspected, human quality, meats, vegetables and fruit. It’s like people food for dogs. All the goodness with none of the guilt.

I need not tell you, Santa, that Christmas is synonymous with toys, the construction and distribution of which you have made your life’s work. If I might be so bold, you have done an impressive job servicing humanity’s toy cravings; however your focus on the bipedal has meant a dearth of playthings for us quadrupeds. But fear not, oh bearded one, a remarkable array of toys can be found at pet stores right here in my town. No need for the elves to work overtime designing pet novelties — just drop by The Paw Shop and fill up your sack.

Oh, and by the way, they sell cat harnesses and leashes there too. Remember, a restrained cat is a happy cat.

Another gift idea, Santa, is outdoor gear for my humans. Now before this comes off as an unselfish request on my part, think about this. If you pick up some good warm boots, gloves, and jackets from High Country Sportswear as gifts for my people, that means they can remain outdoors longer and more comfortably. This in turn means my dog walks become considerably longer, and more quality time outside with my humans would be a fine gift indeed.

It is every pet’s worst nightmare — you get following a scent, you lose track of

time, and you find yourself lost in unfamiliar environs. There are people there who seem to want to help but without the gift of speech, how do you communicate with these strangers? A nametag on your collar, that’s how.

They are the perfect stocking stuffer, Santa. Cranbrook Veterinary not only provides fine companion animal health care, they also make these custom tags up right on site. Having my name and a cell phone number on my collar is like having a free ticket home.

Of all the gifts we pets value, being part of a loving pack is the most treasured. It is bit cliché I know, but we consider you humans to be just like part of the family. A perfect way to show your appreciation for our inter-species relationship is to have a family portrait taken with your pets. Top Crop will be offering an opportunity for you and your animal companions to have a picture taken with Santa again this year, with proceeds going to that most worth of causes, our local SPCA. Last but not least on the list, Santa, is a request for your help. This year. as you deliver your toys and good cheer to the masses, could you please spread the word about the good work the SPCA does for animals not blessed with a forever home. During this season of giving, please remind people that their monetary donations allow this fine organization to continue finding hope, health, and homes for us critters. Drop off a cheque or buy a Men with Cats calendar and help fund our SPCA. They do fine work. I know. They found me my home.

Happy Holidays to your furry buddies and all your Grand-Dogs and Cats!

Pick up a custom made or pre-packed, ready to go, “Special Pet Dish” or “Pet Stocking” We have a great selection of our own quality raw pet food and jerky made in house, as well as other pet food and gifts for all your fur-babies.

SO COME IN AND CHECK IT OUT!

PETS GO RAW AND HOT DOGS N COOL CATS

3185 Theatre Rd. Cranbrook BC, (Across from Mission Hills Golf Course) • 250-417-0487 • www.petsgoraw.ca

Getting your pet back home safe!

Enjoy

your winter dog walks more!

There is no greater gift.

Stay warm while your dog stays active

Personalized pet tags engraved right on-site!

• • • • •

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Support a local business with your holiday shopping

(NC) Canadian households are getting ready to go shopping now that the holiday season is here.

Whether for gifts, clothing, decorations, alcohol or food, it is estimated that in 2013 households spent an average of $1,800 in preparing for these few days of festivities.

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Not only do they make life easier with their product offering and their proximity, as well as contribute to the overall growth of the Canadian economy, Ramsey points out that these local businesses also enhance the vitality of their specific neighbourhoods.

(NC) Hunting for the toy that is ‘guaranteed to please’ can be a daunting task with so many choices available. But holiday elves have been working overtime to come up with just the right gift for every child on your list.

Here’s a snapshot of just a few: VTech Go Go Smart Wheels Fun at the Zoo Playset: Kids can multiply their fun as they race cars down three different courses on over three feet of track, learning about colours, vocabulary and music along the way.

Even if we just do our holiday shopping locally, it can have a significant impact on the future.

In addition to showing gratitude for the work of these entrepreneurs, it can help them provide these services throughout the year.

Fisher Price Thomas & Friends Trackmaster Avalanche Escape Set: Help Thomas face down dangerous conditions (like a big gap in the tracks) with this interactive set, finding courage, and maybe even some treasure, along the way.

Play-Doh Magical Designs Palace Set: Using Play-Doh modeling dough, little ones can create new worlds and mould masterpieces.

My Sweet Baby Toddler Doll: Kids will have hours of fun styling the hair and bright clothes of these little cuties.

Lifestyles If you aren’t familiar with all the small businesses that are near to where you live, seek them out using online tools such as the YP.ca website, the ShopWise and YP apps, as well as other mobile resources. Each one will give you a complete listing along with the latest specials and updates.

Crayola Paint Maker: Kids will love mixing their own custom paint colours with this kit and creating unique paintings with their one-of-a-kind hues.

Firetek Bow: Your little adventurer will love this light-up power bow that shoots soft foam whistling arrows up to 38 metres into the sky.

Flutterbye Storm Fairy: Pressing a button sends this little fairy into flight, and kids can guide her movement by placing the palm of their hand underneath her.

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How to make the holidays truly magical for kids (NC) We’ve all felt the pressure to attend every holiday movie, try every sweet goodie, and pile up all of our presents under the tree. Yet many parents find that it’s not the gifts their kids remember. Children most enjoy the traditions, the time spent together and the moments of connection with family, friends, and even complete strangers.

“My kids can’t recall what was under the tree two years ago,” says Debbie Wolfe a mom in Toronto. “But they often talk about our annual trip to see the decorated shop windows downtown, or the refugee family we invited for Christmas dinner that year.”

Here are five other ideas for memorable, magical holidays: 1. Start a holiday tradition: Try sledding on Christmas Eve, making the cookies your grandmother made, or watching a holiday classic every weekend in December.

2. Open your heart: Invite a less fortunate family for a meal, or get your kids to send a gift to a family in a developing country. This can be done on the web site called World Vision Gifts.

3. Take in music: Whether it’s free holiday music at your city hall, or Christmas carols at a nearby church, the sounds of the season have a wonderful way of lifting spirits.

4. Set up mailboxes: Tape large envelopes to bedroom doors and drop in notes of fun and encouragement.

Invite kids to cookie baking in the kitchen that afternoon, or count down the days until Christmas.

5. Let the lights shine: Brighten those dark December nights with candles at dinner time. Or let them sleep by the Christmas tree one night, with the lights twinkling.

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Dave Butler

W

ith Christmas just around the corner and 2014 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on what has been a very busy and productive year for the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce.

Our main goal this year was to be more relevant to more businesses, and I’m proud to confirm that – thanks to the hard work of our amazing staff team and a committed Board of 14 local business leaders we made significant progress toward that goal. With 63 new businesses joining the Chamber in 2014, a myriad of professional development and networking events offered to members, and a

strong focus on advocating to local government to remove barriers to business and economic growth, we continued to show why being a member of our local Chamber is a very good business investment.

With the municipal election now behind us, I want to express our sincere thanks to all of the candidates who stood up to be part of Cranbrook’s future. We offer our best wishes to members of the outgoing Council, and we congratulate the incoming Council who will take the oath of office on December 8th. We look forward to working with you over the next four years.

It’s also important to

Ascendent Technology Group celebrate the fact that – as a community – we grew from 30% of eligible voters casting a ballot in 2011, to 40% in 2014. While we didn’t hit our target of being the community with the highest % in BC, we can give each other a “high five” for that impressive jump.

An engaged community is a community that cares!

passion and commitment to this organization. There really are no words to describe the many contributions and personal sacrifices that Karin made over more than three decades, helping the Cranbrook Chamber become a model for many Chambers across BC. I encourage you to drop in to the Chamber office to say thanks to Karin before we close for the holidays on December 18th.

confident that David brings the skills, experience, business acumen and personal qualities that will allow the Chamber to be more relevant to more businesses in our area. If you have any questions about David’s skills, abilities or background, please call me at 250426-3599.

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This month, we say fa r ew e l l t o K a r i n Penner who retires after 31 years of service to the Chamber. For Karin, being the manager of the Cranbrook Chamber has not been a job, it has been her life. For those of us who have worked closely with Karin as Board members, we saw, every day and every week, her

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Speaking of change, December is also the time for us to welcome David Hull as our new Executive Director. As a Board, we’re very pleased and excited to have David join us. We undertook an extensive search to fill this new position, a search that included interviewing a number of very qualified candidates, significant due diligence on the background of the candidates, and detailed conversations with references. I’m extremely

Finally, I hope you will join us at our December 10th general luncheon, where – among other things - we’ll celebrate the year, welcome David Hull to the Chamber, and announce the next “Citizen of the Year.” It will be my last official event as 2014 Chamber President. It has been a pleasure and an honour to lead the Chamber this year, and I am thrilled that we have a very strong Board in place for 2015, led by incoming President Dave Struthers.

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Palliser Printing Dee Conklin 4, 108 Industrial Rd. 2 Invermere, BC V0A 1K5 Ph: (250)342-2999 Fx: (250)342-2130 E: dee@palliser printing.com W: www.palliser printing.com

W: www.fineandwell. ca Fine + Well is a health care clinic in Cranbrook offering Chiropractic care, acupuncture, custom foot orthotics, dietary counselling and dry hydromassage therapy. Our practice is focused on developing and improv-

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