Kimberley Daily Bulletin, January 28, 2015

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28, 2015

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FUND RAISING FOR KATRYNA

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PHOTO COURTESY LIELA COOPER

The Kimberley Cranbrook Highland Dance Association hosted Robbie Burns Night last Saturday evening at the Heritage Inn in Cranbrook. See Page 4 for more. Above, Liela Cooper and some of her dancers.

Police arrest one in snowmobile theft

CPL. CHRIS NE WEL For the Bulletin

A police dog was successful in tracking and apprehending a male subject after a snowmobile was stolen on Westview Road near Cranbrook.

On January 19, 2015 at 10:20 p.m., Cranbrook RCMP members responded to a call of a theft in progress. The owner of the sled jumped in his vehicle and chased after the

suspect. The subject fled on foot after hitting and damaging the owner’s truck with the snowmobile.

Police learned there were three subjects involved. Police Dog Services responded to the scene and successfully tracked and apprehended one male.

A 33-year-old Cranbrook man was arrested and taken into police custody.

See ARREST, page 3

Flume moves ahead Proceed at all costs is not an option, Mayor says C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

At their regular meeting this week, Kimberley City Council authorized a consultant agreement with Aqua-Tex to modify and complete design drawings for Phase II of the flume. The contract amount is roughly $102,000.

Mayor Don McCormick says this step is necessary before Council gives final approval to the second and final step in the Mark Creek Flume Rehab project.

“Council and the CAO and every-

one involved in this project is adamant that we are not going to go a single dollar over budget,” McCormick said. “What we need are Class A estimates that result from the tender process. All we have now are Class B and we don’t want to go ahead with those.”

What McCormick means by Class A are actual commitments from contractors on prices. In concurrence with Aqua-Tex completing the design drawings, tender documents will be prepared as well. The third piece, McCormick says, is preparing the infrastructure design for water and sewer line work that must be done in conjunction with Phase II. See FLUME, Page 3

Arts Council seeks funding

Centre 64 needs renovation or expansion C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

Hope springs eternal for the Kimberley Arts Council as they continue their quest to either expand, or at least renovate, Centre 64. At the regular meeting of Council on Monday evening, January 26, 2015, Arts Council stalwarts Mike Redfern

and Carol Fergus made their case to Council as to why Centre 64 expansion should be one of the few projects included when the City applies for grants under the federal Gas Tax Strategic Priorities Fund.

Communities are asked to limit their projects to two when applying to the fund, and Redfern said he hoped to convince Council that Centre 64 should be one of them.

See CENTRE, page 3

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Kootenay Orchards Annual Art Week Kootenay Orchards School’s annual Arts in the Orchards week, which just come to another successful conclusion. This activity was the invention of Brian Mackie, an art teacher who

worked at this school for sixteen years.

Recognizing that everyone can be successful at art if they find an activity that interests them, he created a school-wide celebration of

visual arts that continues to delight both students and staff.

Mixed grade groupings of children choose from many possible activities; workshops this year included wa-

tercolour painting, scrapbooking, sock and glove creations, origami, weaving, art aprons and zentangle to name just a few.

All of the teaching staff developed a project and

members of the local art community also gave freely of their time to ensure that students had a lot to choose from.

Our projects are currently on display throughout the

school, giving parents and the local community a chance to admire the talent and skill contained within each of our students.

Courtesy Carolyne Zimich

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Flume project is not proceed at all costs, Mayor says From Page 1 “We need to do all of that to get the Class A estimates,” he said. “We need to ensure it will absolutely come in on budget.”

The current budget for the final phase, including provincial and federal grant money, is $3 million.

McCormick says it has not yet been determined if there will be a general contractor on the project or if City staff

Mayor Don McCormick

will take that role.

“We may not have the staff capacity. The intent is to use internal resources when we have capacity. It depends what other projects are in the queue for this summer. At the end of the day we don’t have as much staff as you may think.”

The bottom line on the project is it must be in budget.

“Finish at all costs is not the principle we are going by.”

Arts Council seeks funding for Centre 64 From Page 1 For years, the Arts Council has been wrestling with the inaccessibility of the theatre at Centre 64. The theatre entrance is up two flights of stairs, making access just about impossible for disabled people and many seniors.

There are two solutions, Redfern told Council. One, expand the centre and build an all new ground floor theatre. The expansion can be built into the two lots next door to the centre.

If expansion proves too expensive, the alternative is renovations. Having had the centre examined by a structural engineer, the recommendation was that the roof trusses needed to be strengthened. The Fire Chief has told the Arts Council that they must install a sprinkler system.

And finally, theatre accessibility could be dealt with by installing an elevator.

The Arts Council is most interested in expansion, Redfern said, but is also prepared to apply for funds for renovation. Alterna-

tively, he said, with City support the Arts Council could apply for both.

Fergus told Council that over the ten years, the Arts Council had been planning expansion of Centre 64 and various sets of drawings had been produced, one with an $11 million building, another for $6 million.

“We can’t afford that type of building,” she said. “We have been working with Council for the past couple of years, looking at the feasibility of renovations on the existing building.”

Renovations alone, if the entire wish list is met, are in the neighbourhood of $1.3 million, but they don’t all have to be done at once. Of primary importance are the elevator, the sprinklers and the trusses. Fergus said the elevator could likely be put in for under $100,000.

Council has yet to have the entire discussion about priorities for available grants, but it is coming as budget deliberations continue, Fergus and Redfern were told.

Arrest made From Page 1 The male was out on parole at the time and has since been returned to jail with his parole being revoked.

The police dog and handler located a second track which led to a residence where a vehicle was stolen.

That vehicle, a 1999 Toyota 4Runner, was later located in the industrial area of Cranbrook.

The RCMP is currently looking for two other suspects.

Staff Sgt. Dave Dubnyk would like to remind residents to ensure all leisure vehicles and personal property are securely stored and out of sight from would be thieves.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Cranbrook RCMP at 250-489-3471 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Dancer of the Month

For the Bulletin

Phoenix Cockell is 13 years old and attends Selkirk Secondary School. Phoenix is in her seventh year of lessons. She is currently taking classes in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Street Jazz and Acro. Phoenix is also a member of the 20142015 Competitive Dance Team and the Company Production Team.

On top of all her dancing Phoenix also offers her time working with the younger students as a class assistant. Her other interests include camping, tubing and skiing. For her efforts Phoenix will receive gift certificates from Grubstake Pizza, Sole to Soul Esthetics Studio and The Old Bauernhause Restaurant. Phoenix will also have the chance to be named “Dancer of the Year” at Kootenay Dance Academy’s year end production in May. With this title, the winner will receive a scholarship from Artistic Director Leslie Lindberg to help further their dance education.

Congratulations Phoenix!

The Kootenay Dance Academy Dancer of the Month is Phoenix Cockell.

How to ensure a dam never fails ML A Report

When the Mount Polley tailings pond retaining wall collapsed this past summer, the BC Liberals said the failure was completely unpredictable. That is not true. If BC Hydro operated their dams the same way the government allows mining companies to manage their retaining walls, the entire Columbia Basin would be under threat all the way to the city of Portland, Oregon.

BC Hydro provides an example of how to manage these structures when failure is not an option. Mica Dam is an earth filled dam north of Revelstoke, and at full pond holds back so much water that the very fate of the whole Columbia River Valley depends upon it never

failing.

BC Hydro does daily visual checks, weekly site inspections by trained inspectors, bi-annual inspections by specifically trained dam safety engineers, and every five years an independent set of dam safety consulting engineers visits from other jurisdictions in the world. This is how you ensure a dam never fails.

Compare that to Mount Polley. The government knew there were problems with expansion of the tailings pond. The government knew that there were signs of cracks in the structure. The government knew that there was improper management of water levels, and that, at times, 40% of Mount Polley’s auto-

MLA Norm Macdonald mated measurement devices did not work.

The government chose to have absolutely no geotechnical engineers on mines ministry staff and do no inspections of Mount Polley for years at a time.

If the government had the attitude that

tailings ponds can never be allowed to fail, we would use our ability and technology to ensure that these accidents never happen.

This government’s sloppiness made this failure completely predictable, yet the BC Liberals still feign shock and surprise. And the sad fact is that there will be no political consequences for their failure to ensure our environment is protected.

If there were serious political consequences, future Ministers and governments would do their jobs properly. It’s up to citizens to ensure that this is the case.

Norm Macdonald MLA Columbia River Revelstoke | norm.macdonald.mla@leg.bc.ca | 1 866 870 4188

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Fundraising for Katryna

Kerri Schill For the Bulletin

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Katryna Sigurdson stays positive in hospital.

RECRUITMENT FOR COMMITTEES 2015 CITY OF CRANBROOK

Membership is open to residents of the City of Cranbrook.

ty Leader for MADD Kimberley Cranbrook and she coaches Special Olympics bowling. With all of the selfless giving that Katryna gives to her community, family and friends I wanted to be able to give back to her and that is why I am setting up this fundraiser.

Katryna is now in partial remission and still needs to travel to Calgary for appointments and treatments. She is currently being sent for further testing for Colon Cancer as well.

You can donate to Katryna through http:// www.gofundme.com/ trynaj

Annual General Meeting

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Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary Monday February 19 at 1pm Meeting room on the lower level of the Kimberley Health Centre.

260 4th Avenue, Kimberley B.C.

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There are several opportunities for public participation and involvement in the City of Cranbrook advisory committees listed below.

immense financial strain on Katryna and her daughter. Travelling to and from Calgary monthly, medications, school fees, graduation fees, and just general everyday expenses have started to show. She has faced eviction and almost had her car repossessed simply because her medical EI ran out in September and she was not eligible for Income Assistance until the end of November.

Through all of this Katryna has somehow managed to keep a smile on her face and keep a positive attitude.

She is very actively involved in her community. She is the Communi-

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attached hostel. Four hours later Katryna was re-admitted to the hospital after fainting outside and breaking her right foot. She had surgery on June 14 to repair the break and remained in hospital until June 26 when she was finally able to return home after 42 days in the hospital, mostly having radiation treatments and 5 chemo treatments. Katryna was in a wheelchair for three months following the foot break.

Being in the hospital and off work has put an

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My friend Katryna Sigurdson, is a 39 year old, single mother of a wonderful 17 year old girl named Katey. With her permission, she has allowed me to set up this campaign in her name.

Kimberley residents will recognize Katryna as the driving force behind MADD Kimberley/ Cranbrook.

On May 8, 2014 Katryna’s world came to a screeching halt. She was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. Katryna was taken by ambulance to Calgary, away from her daughter, home and her life. The treatments she needed are not available in Kimberley. After a week in the hospital she was sent home, on blood thinners, to await treatment dates.

On May 22, 2014 Katryna went back to Calgary for a PET Scan and due to the blood thinners and a bleeding tumour, almost bled to death. She was admitted back into the hospital where she remained until June 13, 2014 when she was released to the

Cranbrook Public Library Board Members of the Library Board form a corporation with the powers and duties given under the Library Act. Board Applicant Process and Package available at the library or at www.cranbrook.ca.

Two positions are available.

Terms of reference for all the committees are available on the City’s website – www. cranbrook.ca Interested individuals are invited to submit a Volunteer Application form available at City Hall or the City’s website – www.cranbrook.ca.

Applications will be accepted at City Hall (attention Maryse Leroux) or by email leroux@ cranbrook.ca, no later than Friday, February 16, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. local time.

Bylaw Services Office Has Moved The office of the City of Cranbrook Bylaw Services has moved from City Hall and is now located in Western Financial Place at 1777 2nd Street North.

A number of choreographies as well as traditional highland dances were performed.

Russ Kinghorn killing the Haggis while members of the Honour Guard look on.

Robbie Burns Night was a great success For the Bulle tin

This past weekend saw the passing of another of the great poet Robbie Burns’ birthdays. In his honour, there were celebrations around the world and in

For animal control, bylaw information and enforcement and business licensing, please contact: Deb Girvin, Bylaw Services Manager 250-489-0206 Naomi Humenny, Bylaw Services Officer 250-489-0263 Don MacMillan, Bylaw Services Officer 250-489-0264

Notice of Annual General Meeting of the

Sullivan Mine & Railway Historical Society 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 10th, 2015.

SM&R Board Room; upstairs in the Downtown Station, 111 Gerry Sorensen Way. Everyone is Welcome.

our own backyard, Cranbrook held its own special Robbie Burns Dinner. The Kimberley Cranbrook Highland Dance Association hosted this.

Dinner was at the Heritage Inn with a splendid meal of roast beef, haggis, and mashed neeps.

A scrumptious table absolutely full of desserts was baked and donated by the Kimberley Bakery. Pipe Major Jock Macdonald and the Honour Guard piped the Haggis in. Russ Kinghorn did a dramatic rendition of Burns’ Address to a Haggis, eventually “killing the haggis” as is tradition.

The Master of Ceremonies Robert McCue definitely did justice to the words and spirit of the Scottish Poet often

likening the Bard’s words to modern day situations we can all learn from. Michelle Fuchs made a Toast to the Queen, while Patti and Scott Rear exchanged barbs with first a Toast to the Lassies and then Patti’s Reply.

Dinner was started with a prayer from Pastor Bill Plant.

Dancers from the Hali Duncan and Liela Cooper Schools of Highland Dance then entertained the crowd. In addition to the traditional dances the bonnie lasses also performed three different choreographies.

The Kimberley Pipe Band came out to support and entertain as well, engaging the diners with a number of sets from their talented band.

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Wed, January 28 FREE Movie Night @ COTR

“Laughology”. Discover new ways to laugh.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm College of the Rockies – Lecture Theatre

New at Centre 64: Art Movie Night on the Last Friday of Each Month

Explore ideas in the visual arts with a new program at Centre 64 that kicks off this Friday, Jan. 30, at 7:30pm. An 80-minute film, “Who Gets to Call It Art?”, is a wild ride through the NYC art scene of the 60’s and 70’s, including footage of Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and David Hockney. The relaxed cabaret setting of the Centre 64 dance studio, with a no host bar and nibblies, will create a comfortable environment to enjoy the movie and then participate in a facilitated discussion of “art ideas” after the film.

Admission by donation.

The next film in the series, “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (about grafitti art, Banksy and Shepard Fairey) is scheduled for Feb. 27 at 7:30pm.

Jan. 6 to 31 Artageous Centre 64

In memory of Lou Wanak, this open exhibit features entries from regional artists that reflect ‘Lou Lou’s’ outrageous design sensibilities. Local artists Lena McGuaig and Rhonda Haws will be exhibiting their creations starting February 3rd.

Next at Centre 64 Gallery

Selkirk’s Creative Writing Class is putting on an evening of poetry Jan. 29th, 7 pm at Spark Youth Centre. The Midlife Crisis of Marshall Cavendish features what teacher Jeff Pew calls a really strong class of writers and performers. It’s going to be a great show. Admission by donation.

Fri. January 30 SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR

Presented by Picker’s Hut Cider. January 30 at 8:30 pm Key City Theatre. Tickets: $35 and $25 for Students & Seniors.

Thur. February 5 Rotary Film Series

Sunshine on Leith screening February 5th, 2015 at 7 pm at the Columbia Theatre tickets available at Lotus Books.

This is a heartfelt musical about the power of home, the hearth, family and love and features the music of The Proclaimers! It should be a lot of fun! Thank you to BDO Dunwoody for your sponsorship of this movie.

See the trailer at: www.rottentomatoes. com/m/sunshine_on_ leith/

Sat. January 31 Kimberley United Church’s Annual Scottish Tea & Bake Sale

1 – 3 pm at the Kimberley United Church Upper & Lower Halls.

Scottish music, Scottish dancing, Scottish goodies. Bake table ~ all kinds of goodies. Proceeds to Kimberley United Charities. Everyone Welcome

Fri. February 6 Comedy at BJ’s

Matt Duffus brings acoustic pop top ten singer featuring musical interaction, much audi-

UPCOMING

Sat. February 7 Hip to be Square

Take out your frocks and dust off your boots!

On February 7, Kimberley’s Centennial Hall will be filled with banjos, fiddles, guitars and good old square dancing. Music will be performed live by the Kootenay Stringbenders and a professional caller from Calgary, Leslie Bauman Gotfrit, will guide everyone through the dances—from waltzes, to squares, circles and keepers. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Tickets are limited and are $10 each or $25 for a family of four (two adults and two children). They can be bought in advance at The Snowdrift Cafe, Old Koots Vintage and New Image Salon. All proceeds from the event will go to the Kimberley Food bank.

Tues. Feb 10 Key City Concert LE VENT DU NORD

February 10 at 7:30 pm at Key City Theatre.

Tickets $35/ $30 KCT Members

Wed. February 11 Travelogue

The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library will be hosting a travelogue at the College of the Rockies at 7:00 pm. Join Allister & Denise Pedersen as they travel the scenic Oregon Coast and visit the wonders of Yellowstone National Park. Admission is by donation.

Feb 12, 13, 14 Gypsy at Key City Theatre

Turner and Adler Productions present Gypsy, a musical, with all local cast. Adults $20, students/seniors $17.

Valentine’s Day gala tickets $30. 250-4267006 for more info.

Feb 13, 14 Book sale

The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library will be hosting their annual Magazine and A/V sale Friday Feb. 13 from 4 pm to 8 pm (for members only) and Saturday, Feb. 14 from 9 am to 4 pm (open to the general public). Donations for

FREE Movie Night @ COTR - Wed, Jan 28th, 2015, “Laughology”.

Discover new ways to laugh. 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. College of the Rockies – Lecture Theatre Adult or Senior? Want to improve your writing skills? Leave a memoir for your children and grandchildren? CBAL Cranbrook offers a 10 week “Sharing our Stories” Autobiographical writing for seniors starting Feb 4th. Pre-registration a must. Call Katherine 250-417-2896, space is limited.

2015 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, February 4, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Harmony Eastern Star.

Meadowbrook Community Association Winter Sports Day, Monday, February 9, 2015, noon until 3:00pm at McGinty Lake.

Non-members welcome. Bring your skates, skis, snowshoes, snacks and folding chairs if you wish.

February 14 Hawaiian Luau, Cranbrook United Church. Fun, food, music, prizes. Book your table now 250-426-2022.

Advance tickets only available to February 12. Email office@ cranbrookunited.com or drop in at #2-12th Ave S. Aloha Travelogue about Vancouver Island will be presented on February 18, 2015 at the College of the Rockies Theatre at 7PM. Hiking in Strathcona Park, whale watching, spending a night in a typical emergency shelter at Cape Palmerston, spending time on Salt Spring and Cormorant Island. Admission by donation - to Stephen Lewis Foundation from GoGo Grannies.

2015 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, February 18, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Tyee Log Homes. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

ONGOING

The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library will be hosting the wonders of Yellowstone travelogue on February 11 at COTR. the sale are gratefully accepted up until Thursday Feb. 12 closing. Lots of magazines, A/V and sheet music to choose from. All proceeds of the sale go the Cranbrook Public Library to support programs and services.

See you there.

Wed. Feb 18 Travelogue

Travelogue about Vancouver Island will be presented on February 18, 2015 at the College of the Rockies Theatre at 7 p.m. Hiking in Strathcona Park, whale watching, spending a night in a typical emergency shelter at Cape Palmerston, spending time on Salt Spring and Cormorant Island and, of course, incredible old growth forests will be featured. Admission by donation - to Stephen Lewis Foundation from GoGo Grannies.

Wed., February 25 FREE Movie Night @ COTR -

“I Am”. Poses practical and provocative questions. Weds, Feb 25th, 2015 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm College of the Rockies – Lecture Theatre

March 1 at KEy City Theatre IRISH ROVERS

March 1 at 7:30 pm.

Tickets $45/ $40 for KCT Members. Throughout the years, these international ambassadors of

Irish music have maintained their timeless ability to deliver a rollicking, rousing performance of good cheer one that will soon have you singing and clapping along. Their songs have become anthems of revelry and joy among generation after generation of fans.

Monday March 2 Big Sugar

Acoustical Sounds of Big Sugar. An acoustic take by the legendary Canadian band. March 2 at 7:30 pm. Tickets $40/ $35 KCT Members

March 5 - 7 Rockies Film Fest

The Rockies Film Festival is scheduled for March 5th at the Key Theatre with an opening Reception and 6th and 7th at the Columbia Theatre.

March 7 Silent Auction

Tickets are on sale now for the fifth annual Foster Parent Banquet and Loonie Auction.

March 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Heritage Inn Ballroom. $28 each. Contact Gerri at 250-489-8841 or Erin at 250-489-8807.

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“LATE BLOOMER”: Rhonda comes from a line of talented women who make art but don’t think they are artists. It took her 30 years to realize she was next in line.

This exhibition will be running until February

Thur. January 29 Poetry night

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ence involvement, comedy and magic.

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The display in the Cranbrook Library for the month of January is beautiful hand crafted jewelry made by Janice Templeton of “ Temp’s creative beads and more”

28th. Another local artist will be following Lena’s and Rhonda’s exhibition. “SEDNA” by Irene Rutherford tells the transformative story of Sedna, the ocean god-dess. This multimedia show will be running from March 3rd— 28th.

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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.

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.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

Parkinson’s Support Group are meeting at 2 pm on the third Wednesday of each month at the Heritage Inn. For more info. phone Linda @ 250-489-4252. No meetings July, Aug or Dec. Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Mondays from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs. Contact: cranbrookoa@hotmail.com North Star Quilters Society Meetings are held the 2nd & 4th Monday at 7:00 PM, basement of Centennial Centre, 100 4th Ave Kimberley.

Welcoming all! Info call Heather 250 427-4906 Help stop our wait list from growing!! Apply to be a Kimberley or Cranbrook Big Brother or Sister, “one hour a week or more”. 250-489-3111.

‘Military Ames’ social/camaraderie/support group meetings are held in the Kimberley Public Library reading room the first and third Tuesday’s of the month. All veterans welcome. For more information contact Cindy 250 919 3137 Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway.

Volunteers are needed to assist staff with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center.

Come play!! Weekly or monthly for 2 hours. Diana 250427-0716 Funtastic Singers Drop-In Singing group; free to attend-just for fun! No experience necessary! CDAC Office&Gallery 135 10th Ave S, Tuesdays; 6.45-8.15pm 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca / www. cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Support literacy and special projects at the Kimberley Public Library-visit the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore-an ongoing fundraiser- on Main Street Marysville, Wed-Sat 10:30-3:30. Operated totally by volunteers.

ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250417-2868.

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called her Jimmy; everyone called her Jimmy. It appears that although she was named Jean, her father, who called all youngsters Sonny Jim was, like me, not good with names; he called his daughter Jim. The name Jimmy suited my wife as much as she suited me; we had great times together, marvellous adventures, until she gave up the ghost two years ago. I was mulling over these joyful days as I emptied our old four-by-four of its accumulated rescue equipment before saying farewell.

We had discovered this valley in 1957 and enjoyed the mountains here to the full. We also got into all sorts of ‘pickles’ on the mountain roads and thus the jumbled mass of assorted emergency equipment that I had to unload.

The thing that struck me as I hauled out the garden spade was that Jimmy never complained when we bogged down miles from the highway at some inopportune moment. She seems to have trusted me to get us out, except for that time at the head of the Wildhorse with night coming on and the bottom falling out of the thermometer. We had two wheels of our pick-

up in a ditch and there was no way I was going to get us out. Jimmy set off posthaste towards home and safety and I limped after her. We hoofed all the way to Fort Steele.

The other day however, when I hauled out the come-along and the yards of extra cable, I smiled at the memory.

What really amused me were the yards of re-tied knotted rope that we had used over and over in the passing years to get us out of various predicaments in doubtful terrain.

But, eventually, I must have seen sense and purchased a hand operated comePeter along winch. I unravelled Warland this plus yards more of extra cable and I recalled that time when I came unstuck on the Lakit road.

That particular situation also involved the axe, the rope and the rusty swede-saw that I hauled from my old pick-up.

We were headed for a walk to the Lakit Lookout late one Fall when, near the top of the road, driving on snow, the pick-up’s all four wheels spun out. I probably swore, stepped out and fell on to my tush. Under the snow it was glassy ice and the vehicle was now standing across the width of the dirt road with the front wheels perilously near the edge. We were in a serious quandary, a situation that took hours of hard work, lots of equipment and even more

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You see, I was unable to drive the truck and so we were forced to pull it around a full ninety degrees without having it tumble off the road, and this involved Jimmy clambering up snowy banks, tying the rear end to a series of suitable trees then using the newly acquired come-along to haul the beast around. Jimmy was my cheerfully phlegmatic aide and encouragement.

It must have consumed several hours before I dared start the motor and move gingerly back down the mountain.

Before I purchased that come-along winch we’d been marooned at the head of a logging road on the way into the Height of the Rockies and we’d crossed a dried out mud slide which, during the next few days of heavy rain became saturated.

That mud-slide became a real conundrum. My lovely wife and I used chains, miles of ropes, logs, heaps of rock and incredible patience to get clear. Jimmy was up and down muddy banks and digging under the wheels, pushing rocks underneath in attempts to get traction. To this day I can remember the pair of looking at each other and laughing when we broke free. We were wet and covered in mud, yet we hugged before the long drive home.

When all four wheels broke through the rotten timbers of a wooden bridge on the way up to the Estella Mine, our ingenuity was stretched to the extreme. But that’s another story.

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Lady Avs continue PACWEST push; men fall to conference cellar Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

the men’s side of the court.

The men dropped back-to-back games against the Capilano University Blues this past weekend, falling into seventh-place in the PACWEST standings.

Despite playing the Blues close in 3-1 losses both Friday (25-20, 1925, 27-29, 23-25) and Saturday (23-25, 25-23, 13-25, 18-25), the Avs were unable to make the extra push required to come out on top.

“At the end of the day, we’re making way too many unforced errors,” said Avs coach Steve Kamps. According to Kamps, his squad committed 70 unforced errors in Friday’s loss and another 67 unforced errors Saturday afternoon.

“You’re not going to compete [with that many unforced errors]. We’re giving teams 15 or 16 points each set that they don’t even have to earn.”

The Avs have now lost five consecutive games and eight of their previous nine outings.

“We’re trying [as a coaching staff] to illustrate which [errors] are unacceptable and why

they’re making those and why they’re making the decisions they are,” Kamps said. “It’s frustrating as a coaching staff when we’re asking [the players] to change and we just don’t see changes. We’re seeing the same mistakes that were happening in September.”

Despite frustration with unforced errors, Kamps was happy with his team’s blocking and play in the middle.

The PACWEST’s fourth-place Columbia Bible College Bearcats visit College of the Rockies this weekend, presenting a challenge as Kamps’ crew tries to right the ship.

“With three weeks left in the season we have to fix things,” Kamps said. “I think the good thing is we can get things accomplished.

We can change. I think we’re good enough to beat any team, but we’re running out of time.”

The Bearcats have rattled off six consecutive victories and remain undefeated since the calendar rolled over to 2015.

The last time the two

teams met, the Avs earned a five-sets victory Oct. 26 at Columbia Bible College.

The Lady Avs open the weekend festivities Friday night at 6 p.m., followed by the men at 8 p.m. Action gets underway again Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m., with the men wrapping up the weekend at 3 p.m.

Rocky mountain high

play in the second period and Saretsky grabbed his second goal of the night late in the third period to ice the victory.

Invermere native Brody Nelson earned the start in net for the Dynamiters, returning to his hometown for the first time since a trade sent him from the Rockies to the Kamloops Storm in December.

Nelson turned aside 24 shots for the win.

At the other end of the rink, Jason Sandhu made 30 saves for the Rockies.

Despite the win, Bancks was not completely pleased with his team’s performance early on in the game.

“Our first period [Tuesday night] was very similar to our first period [Friday night], so the concerns are still there,” Bancks said. “We turned way too many pucks over.”

After Friday’s 6-2 win over the Rockies, Bancks expressed concern re-

garding the number of turnovers his team committed, particularly in the early stages of the game. After Tuesday’s repeat performance of that same blemish, Bancks gave his players the benefit of the doubt, attributing loose puck play to an influx of players returning from injury, which in turn, shakes up defensive pairings and places players in relatively unfamiliar situations.

The turnover problem will have to be resolved sooner rather than later, as the Nitros travel to Creston to face the Thunder Cats Friday night in a critical matchup that will weigh heavily into deciding second place in the Eddie Mountain Division.

Notes: Nitros F Jordan Roy (flu) and D Tyler Kinnon (flu) missed Tuesday’s game…F Jared Marchi (lower body) is close to returning and could dress as early as Friday at Creston Valley...

The Lady Avalanche continued their climb up the PACWEST standings this past weekend, moving to within four points of the fourthplace Vancouver Island University Mariners following a two-game split with the Capilano University Blues.

The Lady Avs battled past the Blues in five sets (26-24, 20-25, 17-25, 2519, 15-10) Friday night, before falling in four sets (22-25, 16-25, 25-11, 1225) Saturday afternoon.

“This is a team that knows they can beat anybody,” said Lady Avs coach Andrew Zurrin.

“They know that if they play with enough energy and stay tight as a team, there’s not one team in the league they can’t stay with.”

The Blues came into the weekend as the top team in the PACWEST standings and also held down third place in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association, so getting a win was no easy task for the hosts.

“We used 11 people on Friday to pull out the win, which is unheard of,” Zurrin said. “Usually

you put your starters on and that’s it. A lot of people contributed to a five-set victory.

“Saturday, we had almost everybody make some kind of error that was uncharacteristic of them…It just didn’t translate to a complete game.”

Despite the loss, Zurrin’s squad has sights set on third-place in the conference. Heading into Week 11, the Lady Avs are six points back of the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades (UFV), with the Columbia Bible College Bearcats set to visit College of the Rockies this weekend.

“Anybody knows that if they don’t play their ‘A’ game [against us], they’re going to lose,” Zurrin said. “If they come in and just think it’s a win, those days are done.

“If we keep doing what we’re doing, with UFV coming in next week, we could possibly be challenging for topthree [in PACWEST].”

While the Lady Avs are targeting a top-three seat in PACWEST, things aren’t quite so rosy on

Dynamiters defeat Columbia Valley Tuesday in Invermere Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

The Kimberley Dynamiters collected two more crucial points Tuesday night in Invermere with a 5-2 defeat of the Columbia Valley Rockies.

The victory puts the Dynamiters three points ahead of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats for second place in the Eddie Mountain Division, though the Thunder Cats hold one game in hand on their rivals from Kimberley.

“A lot of special teams [play] didn’t allow a lot of flow to happen,” said Kimberley Dynamiters head coach Jerry Bancks over the phone from the team bus following the win. “I thought our power play was off. Too many shots missed the net. Just not bearing

down.”

The Nitros handed the Rockies 10 power-play opportunities, including three in the first period. Despite the parade to the penalty box, the visitors took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission, after Braden Saretsky and Jesse Wallace each tallied shorthanded markers.

The situation didn’t improve in the second period as Sam Young cashed in on the man advantage for the hosts, cutting the Nitros lead to 2-1 early on.

Midway through the period, Wallace earned his second special-teams goal of the night with a power-play marker to retake the two-goal advantage for the Nitros. It’s all the Dynamiters needed as Alex Rosolowsky provided one more sec-

ond-period score to put his team up 4-1.

Wallace, a 17-yearold local Kimberley kid, has been a steady presence of late, providing four goals and seven points through his previous four outings.

“He’s always had a very high hockey IQ and the ability to make the right play,” Bancks said of the 5-foot-10 forward.

“He’s just being himself.

“He’s being what I always expected him to be -- he is a good player, a very intelligent player.

Playing with Braden [Saretsky] and Jason [Richter] helps him and he’s thriving, which is nice to see. He’s where he should be. I’m not surprised to see him playing as well as he is.”

Harrison Davies tallied the second goal for the Rockies with 6:01 to

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The Lady Avs earned a split against the Capilano University Blues this past weekend. The Blues were the top team in PACWEST heading into the weekend, and also the third-ranked team in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.

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HURRICANES (26-22-0-1) RECORD (11-28-3-3) Fourth (Central) DIVISION Sixth (Central) Sixth (Eastern) CONF. 12th (Eastern) 165 GF 126 175 GA 198 16th (18.6%) PP 19th (15.8%) 14th (78.5%) PK Eighth (81.9%) J. Descheneau (24-34-58) TOP SCORER T. Wong (20-18-38) W. Hoflin (3.20 GAA) TOP GOALIE S. Skinner (3.79 GAA) W4 STREAK L1 7-4 W vs. PGC LAST GAME 6-3 L at MHT Jan. 30 vs. REG NEXT GAME Jan. 30 vs. KEL

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First Period 1. KIM - B. Saretsky, (unassisted), 16:02 (SH) 2. KIM - J. Wallace, (B. Saretsky), 8:41 (SH) Second Period 3. CVR - S. Young, (R. St. Jean), 17:44 (PP) 4. KIM - J. Wallace, (B. Saretsky), 11:10 (PP) 5. KIM - A. Rosolowsky, (Tr. Van Steinburg, J. Busch), 9:01 6. CVR - H. Davies, (K. Nelson), 6:01 Third Period 7. KIM - B. Saretsky, (J. Wallace, J. Richter), 3:56 Overtime - No scoring Shots 1 2 3 T Kimberley 9 11 15 35 Columbia Valley 9 6 11 26 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KIM - Brody Nelson 24/26 60:00 0.923 CVR - Jason Sandhu 30/35 60:00 0.857 Power plays Kimberley - 1/4 (25.0%); Columbia Valley - 1/10 (10.0%) Attendance: 200

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science Astronomers find solar system more than double ours in age, with close-to-Earth-size planets Marcia Dunn Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A newly discovered solar system — with five small rocky planets — makes ours look like a baby.

An international team of astronomers announced Tuesday that this extrasolar system is 11.2 billion years old. With the age of the universe pegged at 13.8 billion years, this is the oldest star with closeto-Earth-size planets ever found.

By comparison, our solar system is 4.5 billion years old.

The five planets are smaller than Earth, with the largest about the size of Venus and the

smallest just bigger than Mercury. These planets orbit their star in less than 10 days at less than one-tenth the Earth’s distance from the sun, which makes them too close for habitation, said the University of Sydney’s Daniel Huber, part of the team.

“We’ve never seen anything like this - it is such an old star and the large number of small planets make it very special,” Huber said in a statement. “It is extraordinary that such an ancient system of terrestrial-sized planets formed when the universe was just starting out, at a fifth its current age.”

Lead researcher Tiago Campante of the

An illustration of Kepler-444 and its five Earth-sized planets.

University of Birmingham in England noted in a statement that by now knowing close-toEarth-size planets

formed so long ago, that “could provide scope for the existence of ancient life in the galaxy.”

Campante, an aster-

Quest for snakes with legs B o b We ber Canadian Press

EDMONTON Sometimes, the best fossil hunting is done indoors.

The chance discovery of a misidentified fossil in a London museum has led a University of Alberta paleontologist to push back the date of the earliest known snake by almost 70 million years - and has kicked off his quest for the first four-legged slitherer.

“Snakes are much older and more complex than we thought,” said Michael Caldwell, lead author of a paper published Tuesday in the journal Nature.

Scientists say what makes a snake a snake isn’t the long, legless, wriggly body. It’s the skull.

“Snakeness has everything to do with feeding strategy,” Caldwell said.

Lizards have rigid skulls that are firmly affixed to the rest of the skeleton. Snakes, which often need to swallow things bigger than their heads, are built differently.

“The skull of a snake is a whole series of small, loosely interacting elements,” Caldwell explained. “The most rigid parts protect the brain case, but everything else slides around that in order to assist in

oseismologist, measured oscillations from the star to determine the age and size of this compact system.

Tiago Campante/Peter Devine

NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft was used to make the observations over a four-year period. Thus,

the bright sunlike star at the heart of this system is named Kepler-444.

It’s in the Constellation Lyre.

The team represented scientists from Europe, Australia and the United States. Their findings were reported in the latest edition of the Astrophysical Journal.

Kepler has discovered more than 1,000 confirmed exoplanets planets outside our solar system - and nearly 4,200 candidates since its launch in 2009 and its revitalization in last year following a breakdown in its pointing system. It reached the 1,000-mark earlier this month.

Monarch butterflies rebound 69 % in Mexico But numbers still dangerously low

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The ancient snake Parviraptor estesi, which lived during the Upper Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous, swims in this artist’s representation. the characteristic snake feeding mechanics.”

In 2003, Caldwell and a student were examining some lizard fossils from Colorado, England and Portugal in London’s Natural History Museum when he saw just that sort of skull structure.

“As I pulled the specimen out of the box and put it under the microscope ... I realized, ‘Wow, this thing is not just a lizard, it’s also a snake.”’

The specimen had been misidentified not unusual in a field where samples are scarce, incomplete and often damaged.

The fossils were almost 170 million years old, far older than any previously known snake.

And because they

show such clear snake features, there must be even older ones out there, Caldwell said.

That means snakes are one of evolution’s longest survivors.

“The reigning paradigm had been that they were a relatively recent innovation in the evolution of lizards,” he said. “Here it looks like they’re going right back to the breakup of Pangaea,” the primordial supercontinent that long ago broke up into today’s land masses.

Not much else can be said for sure about these snakes from a few pieces of skull and vertebrae. They were less than a metre long and had teeth much like a modern python’s, suggesting a similar feeding strategy.

But because the

previously oldest known snake had vestigial rear legs, Caldwell guesses his rediscovered snakes had all four.

“I’m sure these guys were four-legged. If 100 million years ago we still had hind limbs, then 70 million years before that, I can’t imagine they didn’t have four limbs. No doubt in my mind.

“Can I substantiate that? Nope, not right now. Am I looking for it? Yes, I am.

“The four-legged snake will make a great future project.”

Stay tuned, said Caldwell. There’s lots more museum collections out there that are going to get a second look.

“There are some good things out there.”

MEXICO CITY - The number of Monarch butterflies that reached wintering grounds in Mexico has rebounded 69 per cent from last year’s lowest-on-record levels, but their numbers remain very low, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Last year, the Monarchs covered only 0.67 hectares, the smallest area since record-keeping began in 1993.

This year, the butterflies rebounded, to cover 1.13 hectares, according to a formal census by Mexican environmental authorities and scientists released Tuesday.

The butterflies are suffering from loss of milkweed habitat in the U.S., illegal logging in Mexico and climate change. Each year, the butterflies make a migration from Canada to Mexico and find the same pine and fir forests to spend the winter, even though no butterfly lives to make the round trip.

“Of course it is good news that the forest area occupied by Monarchs this season increased,” said Omar Vidal, head of the World Wildlife

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Fund in Mexico. “But let*s be crystal clear, 1.13 hectares is very, very low, and it is still the second-smallest forest surface occupied by this butterfly in 22 years of monitoring.”

At their peak in 1996, the Monarchs covered more than 18 hectares in the mountains west of Mexico City.

The butterfly population has plummeted before, and then partially recovered.

But the overall tendency since 1993 points to a steep, progressive decline. Each time the Monarchs rebound, they do so at lower levels. The species is found in many countries and is not in danger of extinction, but experts fear the migration could be disrupted if very few butterflies make the trip.

The temperate cli-

mate of the mountains west of Mexico City normally creates an ideal setting for the Monarchs. Every fall, tens of millions of the delicate creatures fly thousands of miles to their ancestral breeding grounds, creating clouds of butterflies. They clump together on trees, forming chandelier shapes of orange and black.

The migration is an inherited trait: No butterfly lives to make the full round trip, and it is unclear how they find the route back to the same patch of forest each year. Some scientists suggest the butterflies may release chemicals marking the migratory path and fear that if their numbers fall too low, the chemical traces will not be strong enough for others to follow.