Kimberley Daily Bulletin, February 03, 2015

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90’s when they first sponsored caribou research in the Purcell The recent decision Mountains.

“It has been clear by the provincial government to make a last since that time that there are ditch effort no simple to save the South Sel“I do not like to s ol ut ions easy ankirk carihave to be in the or swers to bou herd through reposition to be the mountain removal of spokesperson for caribou covery,” he predators, namely killing any animals, said.

A n d wolves, has but I find that I that ingenerated a great deal must act for the c l u d e s sometimes of discuslong-term health of supporting sion.

It has the ecosystem and plans that are not put East all living things.” p e r f e c t , Kootesuch as the nay-based John Bergenske Mountain conser vaWildsight Caribou tion group Recover y Wi l d s ig ht Plan in in the 2006 that somewhat difficult position of re- protects 5.5 million luctantly supporting the acres of habitat, banning logging and road buildremoval of wolves.

John Bergenske of ing in caribou habitat Wildsight explains that and placing restrictions he has been involved on motorized recrewith mountain caribou ation. since the 1970’s and See WOLF, page 4 with Wildsight since the

Mayhem moved C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

Last year’s Mayhem in the Platzl, Kimberley’s first urban rail jam, was a tremendous success and organizers had high hopes for 2015 as well.

However, Mother Nature is not cooperating and organizers have been forced to move Winter Mayhem to the Kimber-

ley Alpine Resort for this year only. There simply isn’t enough snow downtown to pull it off.

The event will take place on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the base at KAR. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m.

Plans are to eventually grow Winter Mayhem into a week long festival.

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Volunteers demonstrate the use of a sit-ski at a recent course at Kimberley Alpine Resort. Jim Race is in the sit-ski, Brenda Race on the left and Rob Weiler on the right are ensuring a proper fit. Longtime instructor Allan Watson is in the back.

Special adaptive skiing session Long history of disabled skiing in Kimberley continues

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There is an exciting new opportunity at Kimberley Alpine Resort –ski lessons for community members with a physical or cognitive disability! In a partnership between the East Kootenay Adaptive Snowsports (EKAS) club, Special Olympics BC Kimberley/Cranbrook, and Kimberley Alpine Resort, they are offering adaptive lessons on Sunday, February 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Visit the booth in the plaza at the base of the ski resort to see how the adaptive equipment can make sliding on snow accessible for everyone.

This includes tethers, standing outriggers, several sit-skis, and other gear for people with a visual impairment, paralysis, amputation, neurological disorder, or another disability. The trained instructors will assess the participants to determine how to reach their goals.

Instructors are certified with the Canadian Association of Disabled Skiers (CADS) and can also assist students with autism or Down syn-

drome. These volunteers are eager to share their love of skiing with others.

If you like the sport, there may be future opportunities to ski with an instructor on a regular basis. It is even possible to further your skiing and join a race club!

All ages and backgrounds are welcome.

The cost to take a lesson is $25 which includes one-day CADS insurance, equipment rental, instruction, and lifts.

For more information please contact ekas. club@gmail.com or call 250-426-6435. For Special Olympics call 250489-3110

People with any disability can ski with proper instruction.

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Noah Beek competing at the World Cup in Sass-Fee, Switzerland.

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Karlee Hall competing at the World Cup in Sass-Fee, Switzerland.

Local youth climbers take on the ‘Thunderdome’ Tre vor Cr awley

Team Canada athletes Karlee Hall of Jaffray and Noah Beek of Cranbrook, along with their Cranbrook coach and World Cup Tour climber Gordon McArthur, competed at the UIAA’s World Cup Ice Climbing competition, held Jan. 17-24 in SassFee, Switzerland.

The athletes competed at the ominous ‘Thunderdome’, which is touted by World Cup Tour climbers as the hardest competition venue on the World Cup circuit.

“It was pretty incredible,” said Hall.

“When you first walk in and you see this structure, it’s massive and a little bit intimidating.”

Beek said he was a little awestruck when he first saw the climbing structure.

“I have to climb that?” he said. “It was more overhanging and just the routes are harder and the holds that they use at Saas Fee are very hard to use. You have to be very meticu-

lous with them, very careful with them.”

It was their first event on a world stage after attending the North American championship in Durango, Colorado this past December.

“I was pretty nervous, because I knew the competition would be a lot stiffer,” said Hall. “I wanted to try to prepare myself to do well.”

For Beek, there was a much larger field of competition at Saas Fee than in Durango.

“It was pretty intimidating,” said Beek, “knowing that they’ve a lot more experience than me, probably had a stronger head game than I do, played quite a bit of a factor…”

Hall placed 4th in the 17 to 19 year old age group in the Youth World Cup Championship and came in 20th overall in the main World Cup Women’s’ Lead climbing competition. Beek placed 15th in the Youth World Cup and 25th overall in the

World Cup Men’s Lead competition.

“Overall I’m happy with how I did,” said Beek. “It was my first really big competition so I couldn’t really shoot for the stars, but I’m sure everybody’s first competition goes differently than they expect.

“Overall, there’s things that I need to improve on, but there’s things that I’m happy with.”

Both climbers are proud of their first performance and the chance to represent Canada.

Both climbers were also helped by the presence of their coach, Gord MacArthur, who was already there to compete in one of his U I A A-sa n c t i o n e d World Cup tour events.

“He came as our coach and he coached us through the whole competition and helped us with whatever we needed,” Hall said. “He knows how competitions work and he knows how to ap-

proach them. Noah and I don’t have any idea what we’re doing so it was nice to have him there.”

Added Beek: “He showed us the ropes and just took care of us.”

World Cup Tour climbers are a close knit community and they are all very supportive of one another.

Many veteran climbers remarked how excited they are by the dynamic that all the new young climbers are bringing to the World Cup competitions.

Beek and Hall are hoping to continue their training in the sport as they transition to rock climbing in the season. However, once next fall rolls around and a new UIAA World Cup season gets underway, Hall wants to do as many events as she can.

For his part, Beek has his sights set on competing in North America’s largest ice festival—the Ouray Ice Festival—in Colorado next January.

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Green Men bring their schtick to Cranbrook Tre vor Cr awley Townsman Staff

Adam Sullivan and Ryan Forsythe didn’t expect themselves to go viral after dressing up in green morphsuits and dancing beside the penalty box at a Vancouver Canucks game six years ago.

But that’s exactly what ended up happening.

Known as their public personas of Sully and Force, the two were in Cranbrook to watch the Ice take on the Rockets on Saturday night at Western Financial Place.

Inspired by an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia six years ago, they ordered neon green morphsuits with the intention of going to Seattle for a Seahawks game.

However, one suit ended up coming late and so the two decided to don them for a Canucks game at Rogers Arena.

And thus, the legend of the Green Men was born.

For Vancouver Canucks fans, the Green Men should need no introduction.

The two terrorized and amused opposition players who booked a trip to the penalty box in Vancouver for years. However, all good things must come to an end and the suits will be retired after one last epic tour around the province this spring.

It’s been quite the run for the Green Men, who peaked in popularity right around Vancouver’s run to the Stanley Cup final in 2011.

Whether it be from dancing by the box, doing reverse hand stands or holding up clever signs, the duo usually managed to elicit a reaction from the players or surrounding fans. They even got the attention of Grapes, the patriarch of Canadian hockey himself.

“That’s like the Canadian dream, getting ripped by Don Cherry,” said Forsythe.

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The Green Men dropped the puck before the ICE game on Saturday. gin of the Green Men, Sullivan and Forsythe were hoping to wear them out to a Seahawks game, but one arrived too late back in the fall of 2009.

“We thought it’d be funny to get these suits, sit in the top row and just embarrass our buddies,” said Sullivan.

“My suit came a day after the football game, and I had Canucks tickets, so I thought ‘This could be funny, lets try this.’

“And then it just blew up, and to this day, neither of us have any idea why it blew up and why it kept going.”

Their first game was Dec. 22 against the Nashville Predators and they returned a week later for a tilt against the Edmonton Oilers. They knew something was different after they took a month off.

“Over the course of that month, people were asking where we were, people constantly asking to interview us,”

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Sullivan said.

Much of the interest was driven by social media, which was easily gauged by their Youtube views.

“I did a hand stand and a few days afterwards, it had a million hits on Youtube and I’m like, ‘This is insane’,” Sullivan added.

Eventually, they started bringing in signs and props, beginning with a Vince Vaughn cutout at the 2010 playoff round against the Chicago Blackhawks.

“Before that, we had just danced,” said Forsythe.

A favourite target included former Canuck defenceman Shane O’Brien, who got into hot water with the team after showing up late to practice back in 2010 due to partying at a bar the night before. Now, every time he comes back in another uniform he’s an easy mark.

“Shane O’Brien, he just goes out onto the ice with a bulls-eye for

criticism,” said Sullivan, referencing a time where they held up a sign asking, ‘Which way to the Roxy?’

“Especially after those photos came out of him at the Roxy, it’s like, ‘Alright, this is a sure thing.’”

That was during Vancouver’s 2011 playoff run, but their sign didn’t make it on TV until the intermission.

“It didn’t make it on TV, he was mixing drinks and stuff and I had the sign,” said Sullivan. “And then that intermission, Don Cherry showed it, which is like 10 million times better.

It was the best thing ever.

“Not only are we making fun of O’Brien, but we had Cherry ripping us about it too.”

One of their more memorable stunts involved Eggo waffles.

In reference to a Maple Leafs fan throwing a waffle on the ice at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the Green Men

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snuck a box of waffles into Rogers Arena and started throwing them around when Vancouver hosted Toronto in 2010.

“That’s a full credit to Ryan,” said Forsythe.

“Our bags are kind of checked as we come into Rogers Arena…Ryan’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m going to go across the street and buy a Costco-sized box of Eggo waffles.

“I’m like ‘That’s a horrible idea and we’re going to get kicked out.’

But that was his greatest call ever because it blew up, it’s huge.”

Said Sullivan: “I feel like I’ve done some good things in my life, but that’s the number one.”

Naturally, their antics has gotten under the skin of the opposition, but there are oth-

ers who take it in stride.

“Our first season, Paul Statsny is in the box, playing for Colorado and we’re just laying into him,” Forsythe said.

“He’s like, ‘I don’t know why you guys make fun of me, I watch all your Youtube videos. I think you’re hilarious.’

“And that just shut us up. Like, what do you say to that? [Mike] Komisaruk, same thing.”

Even Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins, which have a blood-rivalry with the Canucks ever since the 2011 Stanley Cup finals, was able to laugh at himself and the Green Men. The Boston power forward took a penalty and sat in the box. On the other side of the glass, the Green Men put on witches noses, mocking one of his more prominent facial

features.

“He was laughing, he was loving it,” Sullivan said.

Added Forsythe: “It helped that Boston was up, like, 4-2.”

After building up a cult following of sports fans in Vancouver and on social media, the two have decided to retire the green man suits.

Both cited ticket costs, fan atmosphere and a desire to move on to other things as reasons for the change.

Their final tour around the province, which is sponsored by Pacific Coastal Airlines, includes stops in WHL and Jr. A and Jr. B markets. They are also seeking donations in support of the Canadian Cancer Society, which will go towards kidney research.

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B Event. This event was won by a team from Cranbrook, skipped by long-time competitor Gloria PIckering. Her players were Tracey JEnsen, Rob Filatoff and Doug Morrison.

The trophy was presented by Randy Lucas.

A Event winners. skipped by Ray Guimont. Players are Bonny Laturnus, Andy Laturnus and Simone Haney the A Event trophy was presented by Dave Parker.

Annual Snow Fiesta Mixed Curling Bonspiel The annual Snow Fiesat Bonspiel was held January 23 to 25 at the Kimberley Curling Cllub. This year the theme was “Lovin’ the Sixties”, with 23 teams participating. There were many great costumes remind of hte 60s — ­­ hippies, nuclear disarmament, hit songs of the time Lots of fun, good curling, with teams visiting and competing from Edmonton, Canmore, Cranbrook and of course, Kimberley.

Photos by Ted Phillips

The C Event was won by another Cranbrook team, skipped by Lynn Lee, with her team of Jeff Langin, Toni Lepore and Chris Medford.

Reluctant support for wolf cull From Page 1 “It is not a perfect plan, but I supported the minister for the announcement.

“The Mountain Caribou Recovery Science Team, comprised of leading caribou researchers from across British Columbia, included in their recommendations the need to employ predator control in situations where a herd was below 50 animals and threatened with extirpation by predation. I argued strenuously on behalf of MCP that predator control should only be considered in extreme situations, and then only if targeted specifically at predators who could be shown to be directly preying on the endangered caribou.”

Bergenske says that over the past five years, corresponding to the

time when wolves have settled in the South Selkirks, caribou numbers of just under fifty animals (that had been stable and slightly increasing over the previous decade) dropped to 18 animals.

“In the last year, caribou kills have had both wolf track and wolf DNA present. Radio collared caribou and wolves are sharing the same habitats. The caribou biologists responsible for recovery said that a wolf cull is absolutely necessary to buy time for mountain caribou recovery. The fear is that if predation continues as it has over the past five years, extirpation of the herd is imminent.

“It is difficult to accept the necessity of predator control, but to maintain this endangered species and the associated habitat pro-

tection it has become necessary. While always accepting that these measures would be needed in extreme situations, we always hoped that it would not be the case. It is unfortunate and sad to be targeting wolves when we know it isn’t wolves that have created this situation.

Wolves are far too often scapegoated for human caused problems. And the situation Mountain Caribou are now in is indeed human caused— habitat changes from forestry and recreation have made caribou habitat available to wolves.

Wolves are apex predators who are very good at taking advantage of changes that make prey more available. A wolf cull has merit only if large areas of old growth forest are protected, winter recreation in caribou habitat is controlled

and steps such as maternal penning are employed to recover caribou numbers to a point that can withstand predation.

“Without action, however, there will be no caribou left, and habitat protection reduced. The largest single gains in the Kootenays over the past few years for protection of wild places have been due to the Mountain Caribou Recovery Plan.”

Ultimately, Bergenske says, if the caribou are allowed to die out, that will end protection for old growth forests and all dependent species.

“I do not like to have to be in the position to be the spokesperson for killing any animals, but I find that I must act for the long-term health of the ecosystem and all living things.”

CBEEN announces another leadership clinic For the Bulletin

The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2015 Environmental Education Leadership Clinic are now being received. From April 25 – 28, eight lucky teams of four will have the opportunity to action plan, team-build and network in the spectacular setting of Kootenay National Park.

Drawing on the strength of last year’s National Environmental Education Leadership Clinic, CBEEN has taken this model and given it a regional focus. Often described as one of the best ways to turn great ideas into action, this Leadership Clinic has attracted a great deal of attention both in the Columbia Basin and across Canada. Last year, over 20 teams applied for 8 team spots, each valued at $5000.00. To put their best application forward, teams are encouraged to develop a clear, succinct and achievable goal.

At the clinic they will have the opportunity to develop an action plan to achieve this goal.

Participants in last year’s Leadership Clinic shared that “The Leadership Clinic is a fantastic model for networking, team-building and productive time getting tasks done. It made getting our work done a joy and our team was buoyed by all the enthusiasm and synergy created.

The gift of time and shared expertise helped our team identify goals to carry forth and implement. It was a privilege to attend the Leadership Clinic”.

This initiative was made possible by generous support from the Vancouver Foundation, the BCTF Environmental Education Provincial Specialist Association, Columbia Basin Trust, Columbia Power Corporation, Columbia Valley Community Foundation, Kicking Horse Coffee and Nipika Mountain Resort.

Applications for the 2015 Leadership Clinic will close at 12:00pm Mountain Time on Friday, February 20, 2015. To find out more or to apply to attend go to www.cbeen. org/leadership.

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news/opinion CBEEN environmental education leadership clinic Submi t ted

The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2015 Environmental Education Leadership Clinic are now being received. From April 25 – 28, eight lucky teams of four will have the opportunity to action plan, team-build and network in the spectacular setting of Kootenay National Park.

Drawing on the strength of last year’s National Environmental Education Leadership Clinic, CBEEN has taken this model and given it a regional focus. Often described as one of the best ways to turn great ideas into action, this Leadership Clinic has attracted a great deal of attention both in the Columbia Basin and across Canada. Last year, over 20 teams applied for 8 team spots, each valued at $5000.00. To put their best application forward, teams are encouraged to develop a clear, succinct and achievable goal. At the clinic

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Teams from the 2014 Environmental Education Leadership Clinic at Nipika Mountain Resort. they will have the opportunity to develop an action plan to achieve this goal.

Participants in last year’s Leadership Clinic shared that “The Leadership Clinic is a fantastic model for networking, team-building and productive time getting tasks done. It made getting our work done a joy and our team was buoyed by all the enthusiasm

and synergy created. The gift of time and shared expertise helped our team identify goals to carry forth and implement.

It was a privilege to attend the Leadership Clinic”.

This initiative was made possible by generous support from the Vancouver Foundation, the BCTF Environmental Education Provincial Specialist Association, Columbia

Basin Trust, Columbia Power Corporation, Columbia Valley Community Foundation, Kicking Horse Coffee and Nipika Mountain Resort.

Applications for the 2015 Leadership Clinic will close at 12:00pm Mountain Time on Friday, February 20, 2015. To find out more or to apply to attend go to www.cbeen.org/ leadership.

Towards a new education model

he B.C. education ministry put on a forum on the future of education last week, bringing together public and private school leaders with experts from around the world.

I watched the proceedings via webcast from the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, which gives you a hint about the forces pressing in on our century-old industrial model of schooling.

First up was Andreas Schleicher, on video link from his office in Paris, where he is director of education and skills for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. He began with the international problem of people coming out of university who can’t find jobs, amid a skills shortage.

Schleicher said this is happening today because, “it’s not what you know but what you can do with what you know.”

Some education systems are adapting better than others as the value of merely passing on facts has declined.

He said these days, almost any student can pass any multiple-choice test if they have a smartphone. The question for parents is what to do “if you want your child to be smarter than a smartphone.”

The OECD runs international testing that consistently ranks B.C. and Canada among the best schools in the world, and Schleicher described how that testing has evolved to

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keep up.

But our progress in the past 10 years has tended to be slower than some Asian countries, despite B.C. being on the “high end of investment” in education. He warned against the trap of the industrial school model, “pouring money in” to “do more of the same.”

Some of the best results emerging from a decade of digitally-driven globalization have been achieved through innovations that were financed through bigger class sizes, Schleicher said.

This was too much for one B.C. Teachers’ Wosk Centre for Dialogue BC Views Federation rep- University of Oregon professor Yong Zhao said he failed the Tom resentative in foundation skills test in the village in China where he was born, Fletcher the audience, because of his poor water buffalo riding skills. who introduced herself as some- cussion about the need for rectly with schools. That’s unone who spent the last trans- foundation skills, which he derway here, with trades trainformational decade working and others agreed remain vital ing in particular.

Iker’s record on adaptation for the union, not in a class- to success. The issue seems to room. She disputed the be how to instil those basics is clear from his own career.

OECD’s financial calculations, while avoiding the disengage- The only school where he aclecturing some of the world’s ment of students who see tually taught was in the northtop economists that based on school as irrelevant to their west B.C. village of Topley, and it closed in 2010 due to a “spending power,” B.C. schools lives.

Education Minister Peter long-term decline in rural stuare cash starved.

She followed this with the Fassbender announced at the dents.

By 2001 Iker had left the laundry list of BCTF demands forum that the province is that hasn’t changed in 40 years about to unveil new curricu- classroom to work for the – smaller classes, more prep lum that moves toward indi- Burns Lake teacher union vidual learning for all stu- local, which the BCTF contintime, more money.

The keynote speaker was dents. And he said there will ues to staff eight years after Yong Zhao, University of Ore- be a series of experiments that school district and others gon professor of educational conducted at yet-to-be-identi- disappeared through amalgameasurement, who gave a fied B.C. schools to pioneer mation. highly entertaining critique of new models of learning.

Tom Fletcher is legislature BCTF president Jim Iker sat standardized testing and crereporter and columnist for ativity-crushing drills of the stoically through the proceedBlack Press. basics. (You can find a video ings, where speakers deTwitter: @tomfletcherbc archive at www.bcedplan.ca.) scribed integrating communiYong sparked a lively dis- ty groups and businesses di- Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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 Anglican Church Pie Sale, 46-13 Ave. S., Cranbrook. Saturday, Feb. 14 from 1:30-3:00 pm. Whole pies go on sale at 2:00 pm.

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.

GoGo travelogue about Vancouver Island presented by John Przeczek and Corrinne deZoete February 18, 2015, College of the Rockies; 7PM. From Victoria to Port Hardy, share their hiking in Strathcona Park, whale watching and much more. Admission by donation to GoGo Grannies/the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

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This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items. (250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.ca 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.

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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.

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Peak bees, peak soil, peak food Unless we come up with new magic bullets, things will be grim on the food front by the 2030s

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eak oil is so last year. Now we can worry about peak everything: peak food, peak soil, peak fertiliser, even peak bees.

Let’s start small. We depend on bees to pollinate plants that account for about one-third of the world’s food supply, but since 2006 bee colonies in the United States have been dying off at an unprecedented rate. More recently the same “colony collapse disorder” has appeared in China, Egypt and Japan.

Many suspect that the main cause is a widely used type of pesticides called neonicotinoids, but the evidence is not yet conclusive. The fact remains that one-third of the American bee population has disappeared in the past decade. If the losses spread and deepen, we may face serious food shortages.

Then there’s peak fertiliser, or more precisely peak phosphate rock. Phosphorus is a critical ingredient of fertiliser, and it is the eightfold increase in the use of fertilisers that has enabled us to triple food production worldwide from about the same area of land in the past sixty years.

At the moment we are mining about 200 million tonnes of phosphate rock a year, and the global reserve that could be mined at a reasonable cost with current technology is estimated at about 16 billion tonnes. At the current level of production it won’t run out entirely for eighty years, but the increasing demand for fertilisers to feed the growing population means that phosphate production is rising fast.

As with peak oil, the really important date is not when there are no economically viable phosphate rock reserves left, but when production starts to fall. Peak phosphate is currently no more than forty years away — or much less, if fertiliser use continues to grow. After that, it’s back to organic fertilisers, which mainly means the

urine and faeces of ten or twelve billion human beings and their domesticated animals. Good luck with that.

Peak soil is a trickier notion, but it derives from the more concrete concept that we are “mining” the soil: degrading and exhausting it by growing single-crop “monocultures”, using too much fertiliser and irrigating too enthusiastically, all in the name of higher crop yields.

Gwynne “We know far more about the amount of oil Dyer there is globally and how long those stocks will last than we know about how much soil there is,” said John Crawford, Director of the Sustainable Systems Program in Rothamsted Research in England. “Under business as usual, the current soils that are in agricultural production will yield about 30 percent less...by around 2050.”

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that 25 percent of the world’s soils that are currently under cultivation are severely degraded, and another 8 percent moderately degraded. (Even “moderately degraded” soil has lost half its capacity to store water.) And the only way to access new, undamaged soil is to deforest the rest of the planet.

All of which brings us to the issue of peak food. And here the concept of “peak” undergoes a subtle modification, because it no longer means “maximum production, after which yields start to fall.” It just means “the point at which the growth in production stops accelerating”: it’s the peak rate of growth, not actual peak production. But even that is quite ominous, if you think about it.

During the latter part of the 20th century, food production grew at around 3.5 percent per year, comfortably ahead of population growth, but the dramatic rise in crop yields was due to new inputs of fertilisers and pesticides, much more irri-

gation, and new “green revolution” crop varieties. Now those one-time improvements have largely run their course, and global food production is rising at only 1.5 percent a year.

Population growth has slowed too, so we’re still more or less keeping up with demand, but there are signs that food production in many areas is running up against what researchers at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in a report last year called “a biophysical yield ceiling for the crop in question.” Production of the food in question stops rising, then may even fall – and extra investment often doesn’t help.

The “peak” in this context is an early warning that there will eventually be a complete cessation of growth, possibly followed by an absolute decline. Peak maize happened in 1985, peak rice and wild fish in 1988, peak dairy in 1989, peak eggs in 1993, and peak meat in 1996. (The numbers come from a recent report by scientists at Yale, Michigan State University and the Helmholtz Centre in Germany in the journal “Ecology and Society”) More recent peaks were vegetables in 2000, milk and wheat in 2004, poultry in 2006, and soya bean in 2009. Indeed, sixteen of the 21 foods examined in the “Ecology and Society” report have already peaked, and production levels have actually flattened out for key regions amounting to 33 percent of global rice and 27 percent of global wheat production.

So we are already in trouble, and it will get worse even before climate change gets bad. There are still some quick fixes available, notably by cutting down on waste: more than a third of the food that is grown for human consumption never gets eaten.

But unless we come up with some new “magic bullets”, things will be getting fairly grim on the food front by the 2030s.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

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Kimberley Dynamiters collect divisional victories over Thunder Cats & Rockies Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

With the end of the 2014-15 KIJHL regular season quickly approaching, the Kimberley Dynamiters are doing everything in their power to claim home-ice advantage in the first round of the post-season.

The Fernie Ghostriders have locked down first place, meaning all that’s left to fight over is second place in the KIJHL’s Eddie Mountain Division and that’s exactly what the Dynamiters and Creston Valley Thunder Cats did Friday night.

Courtesy a 35-save performance from goaltender Tyson Brouwer and overtime heroics from Jordan Roy, the Nitros scraped out the extra point in a 2-1 victory.

With the fourthplace Golden Rockets nine points back of Creston Valley, the likelihood of a Thunder Cats-Dynamiters firstround playoff matchup increases with each passing day.

“Every day that goes by, it becomes more obvious that’s who we’re going to play [in the first round of playoffs],” said Dynamiters head coach Jerry Bancks. “I was tempted to sit in the stands [Friday] and just watch their systems, but I think we have a pretty good grasp of what they do as they do us. It basi-

cally just boils down to who wants it more and that’s pretty much it.

“They’ve got a good team. It’s going to be extremely exciting.”

The Rockets have five games remaining on their schedule and need to collect all 10 possible points in order to pull ahead of the Thunder Cats. With six games remaining on their slate, the Thunder Cats need only win one to ensure nothing worse than a third-place finish in the division.

Friday’s win kept the Dynamiters three points ahead of the Thunder Cats in the race for the coveted second spot, though Creston Valley holds one game in hand on its divisional rival.

The goaltending duel raged from beginning to end as Thunder Cats puck-stopper Brock Lefebvre made 31 saves at the other end to help scrounge a valuable point for his team.

Both goaltenders were named players of the game for their respective teams.

Jared Marchi returned to action for the Nitros this weekend after missing nine games due to a lower-body injury suffered Dec. 29 in a 2-1 loss to the Fernie Ghostriders.

The 19-year-old native of Kimberley made his presence felt, tallying a goal and an assist Saturday night in an 11-1 victory over the Co-

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“I was really glad we took our time bringing [Marchi] back,” Bancks said. “We could have brought him back a week earlier and we didn’t. Because of it, he was able to jump right in and pretty much pick up where he left off. He played extremely well.”

In all, 13 of the Dynamiters’ 17 skaters found a way to the scoresheet Saturday, including seven different goal-scorers.

Keenan Haase and Jason Richter led the onslaught with four points apiece.

Haase notched three goals and an assist, while Richter put up two goals and two helpers.

Invermere native Brody Nelson turned aside 24 shots to collect the win.

Despite the lopsided tilt, Bancks was thankful for the opportunity to spend some time working on his team’s power-play execution Saturday in Invermere.

According to official

scoring on the KIJHL website, the Nitros man advantage was 2-for-6 Saturday night, with Braden Saretsky and Haase converting.

The playoff push wears on Tuesday evening as the Creston Valley Thunder Cats visit the Kimberley Civic Centre intent on closing the gap in the Eddie Mountain Division standings.

A regulation win for the Dynamiters will push Kimberley five points up on the Thunder Cats. A Creston Valley victory will pull the visitors within a single point of the coveted second seed in the Eddie Mountain Division.

The Nitros will be without forward Jesse Wallace, who suffered an upper-body injury Saturday against the Rockies. He is considered day-to-day. Marco Campanella (lower body, week to week) will also be unavailable.

Puck drop at the Civic Centre is slated for 7 p.m.

Wild in contention due to dominant Dubnyk Dave C ampbell Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. Shot after shot, Devan Dubnyk has been effectively defending the Minnesota net since arriving in a trade less than three weeks ago.

He might have saved the Wild’s season, too.

Dubnyk has a 5-1 record with a 1.71 goals against average and two shutouts while starting all seven games since the Wild acquired him from Arizona for a thirdround draft pick.

“You wait and see how he’s going to play, but you know what? I feel like any time you

bring in a new player you have that initial inject of life in the room right away,” Zach Parise said.

Then on top of that, Dubnyk has made an immediate impact on a team stuck in a six-game losing streak at the time of the deal. The 28-yearold made 35 saves in a 4-2 victory at Vancouver on Sunday to help the Wild complete a threegame sweep of their western trip to Canada and revive their post-season chase. Dubnyk beat Calgary 1-0 on Thursday.

“He deserves an awful lot of credit for the way that he’s played,” coach Mike Yeo said. “I

think we have a much better focus in front of him right now.”

The Wild host Chicago on Tuesday, their first home game in 15 days.

They’ve pulled within five points off the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, though three teams are between them and eighth place.

The Wild last won three straight games in regulation from Nov. 1-5, 2013. They had a four-game winning streak earlier this season, but one of those came in overtime.

Goalies Darcy Kuemper and Niklas Backstrom struggled badly

between the pipes while the Wild went 2-8-4 from mid-December until mid-January, prompting general manager Chuck Fletcher to call the Coyotes about Dubnyk. The former first-round draft pick, coming off a rough year with Edmonton, was limited in action behind Mike Smith in Arizona. So he welcomed the move, his confidence buoyed by work with Coyotes goaltending coach Sean Burke.

“To go from a place where there obviously wasn’t an opportunity to start long term and to come to a place and have an opportunity to

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Kimberley Dynamiters defenceman Tyler Kinnon takes down Creston Valley Thunder Cats forward Mason Mazur (#14) Friday night. Kinnon and the Nitros edged the Thunder Cats in overtime to maintain a grasp on second place in the Eddie Mountain Division.

Kimberley Dynamiters Scoring Summaries FriDay, Jan. 30

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Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KIM - Brody Nelson 24/25 60:00 0.960 CVR - Patrick Ostermann 28/35 49:17 0.800 - Jason Sandhu 3/7 10:43 0.429 Power plays Kimberley - 2/6 (33.3%); Columbia Valley - 1/5 (20.0%) Attendance: 330

First Period 1. KIM - Tr. Van Steinburg, (J. Meier, A. Rosolowsky), 12:57 Second Period 2. CTC - R. Bosman, (J. Post, L. Miller-Jeannotte), 0:32 Third Period - No scoring Upcoming Games Overtime 1 - No scoring Feb. 3 vs. Creston Valley Feb. 6 vs. Fernie Overtime 2 Feb. 8 vs. Grand Forks 3. KIM - J. Roy, (B. Saretsky, J. Busch), 1:54 Feb. 14 at Grand Forks Shots 1 2 3 OT T Feb. 15 vs. Golden Kimberley 10 5 12 6 33 Creston Valley 9 19 2 6 36 Scoring Statistics Player GP G Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% Jason Richter 47 36 KIM - Tyson Brouwer 35/36 68:06 0.972 Braden Saretsky 39 17 CTC - Brock Lefebvre 31/33 68:06 0.939 Coy Prevost 46 13 Power plays Jordan Busch 44 6 Lincoln Lane 41 12 Kimberley - 0/2 (00.0%); Creston Valley - 0/6 (00.0%) Keenan Haase 46 21 Attendance: 400 Eric Buckley 42 11 Jesse Wallace 46 15 SaturDay, Jan. 31 Jared Marchi 38 11 Alex Rosolowsky 42 12 Kimberley DynamiterS 11 Trevor Van Steinburg 45 5 Marco Campanella + 30 7 at Columbia Valley roCKieS 1 Jordan Roy 16 6 First Period Sawyer Hunt 34 5 1. KIM - J. Richter, (E. Buckley), 19:33 James Jowsey 42 4 2. KIM - J. Jowsey, (J. Marchi, J. Richter), 10:43 Jonas Gordon 29 2 Rory Mallard 38 2 3. KIM - S. Hunt, (Tr. Van Steinburg), 7:05 Brady Revie 34 2 4. KIM - K. Haase, (C. Prevost, L. Lane), 5:08 Tyler Kinnon 40 0 5. KIM - J. Jowsey, (unassisted), 4:37 Justin Meier 7 1 6. KIM - B. Saretsky, (A. Rosolowsky, J. Busch), 1:20 (PP) Charles Dagostin 40 0 James Rota (AP) 5 1 Second Period Tyler Van Steinburg (AP) 2 0 7. KIM - K. Haase, (L. Lane, C. Prevost), 15:37 (PP) Korbyn Chabot (AP) 4 0 8. KIM - J. Richter, (J. Roy, C. Prevost), 9:50 Jacob Bromley (AP) 2 0 9. KIM - L. Lane, (J. Roy, K. Haase), 9:00 Chase Leroux (AP) 2 0 10. CVR - R. St. Jean, (M. Fenelon, S. Bjorkman), 4:58 (PP) Tristan Pagura + 2 0 Mitchell Anderson (AP) 1 0 Third Period 11. KIM - J. Marchi, (J. Richter, E. Buckley), 14:23 Goaltending Statistics 12. KIM - K. Haase, (J. Busch), 5:16 Player W L OT/L Shots 1 2 3 T Tyson Brouwer 22 7 4 Kimberley 16 14 16 46 Brody Nelson 11 16 0 Columbia Valley 9 11 5 25

play games right away is exactly what I wanted,” Dubnyk said.

At 6-foot-6, he stands out in a room, but with the Wild he has quickly fit in. With Kuemper currently on a conditioning assignment in the AHL and Backstrom’s last win

coming on Dec. 13, the job will likely be Dubnyk’s for the rest of the season. Having only appeared in 26 games, there’s no concern about his workload.

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the Wild’s future plans.

He’ll be an unrestricted free agent this summer.

“I’ve really enjoyed my time here and would love to be here going forward, but I’ve just got to keep playing games for now and that’ll work itself out,” Dubnyk said.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You could feel pressured, as the Full Moon adds an element of stress to your day. You are a sign that likes life to proceed at a smooth, easy pace, so when uproar occurs, your tension levels automatically soar. Know that this, too, will pass. Tonight: Search for a happy ending.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today’s Full Moon emphasizes your long-term desires. How you deal with a partner and the choices you make could color a situation differently. Try to avoid an either-or situation, and put your focus on what you have in common. Tonight: Prepare to have some fun!

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He was born on November 29, 1949 in Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois to Ronald and June Lamb. Blessed with many talents and abilities, Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aptitude for learning and discovering the wonders all around him enabled his interest in the field of journalism. He graduated from the University of Montana and gained employment with KJVO television. He later gained work with the Lethbridge Herald and its Crowsnest Pass Bureau division and then the Calgary Herald and its Banff Bureau. His passion and skills were in demand and he accepted the position with media relations for the Sunshine Village and Castle Mountain ski resorts. Mike enjoyed his work but his heart belonged to his beloved wife, Laura Lynn. She and Mike married on April 13, 1974 and through the ups and downs of life, supported and cared for each other unconditionally. They owned and operated a vacation cottage and spent many precious moments together.

Mike had many pastimes where he could cherish the outdoors: he loved fly-fishing, hunting, skiing, gardening and traveling. He was an avid reader and furthered his knowledge in any social setting but he always made time for those quiet moments for reflection and solitude. His genuine concern for the environment drew him to several worthy charitable organizations creating awareness and funding.

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Target liquidation sales could start Thursday C anadian Press

TORONTO - Liquidation sales at Target’s Canadian stores could begin as early as Thursday.

Target Canada will seek court approval Wednesday to allow a group of liquidation companies to start to sell off the contents of its Canadian stores.

The U.S.-based retailer announced last month that it will be closing all 133 of its Canadian stores and laying off more than 17,000 staff, just two years after its highly anticipated launch north of the border.

The company took over old Zellers stores and opened in Canada in March 2013, but failed to deliver on customer expectations.

Shoppers found

higher prices than in the U.S. and nearly bare shelves due to problems with the distribution chain.

In explaining the decision to close its Canadian stores, chief executive Brian Cornell said he didn’t expect Target Canada to reach profitability until at least 2021.

Target Canada has been granted court protection from creditors and is now in the process of winding down its operations.

In addition to its remaining inventory, the furniture and equipment will also be sold during the liquidation sale.

Court files specify the liquidation companies are not to advertise the sales as “bankruptcy” or “going out of business” sales.

RCMP identify suspect in serial bank robberies across Western Canada C anadian Press

CALGARY - The RCMP have identified a suspect in as many as nine bank robberies across Western Canada.

Mounties say Shaun Christopher Cornish, who is 26, is formerly of Langley, B.C. He has been charged in three robberies committed in Alberta.

Charges are pending in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

He is to appear in provincial court in Okotoks, Alta., on Feb. 6.

Cornish was arrested on Friday at a motel in Grande Prairie, Alta.

Police say no one was hurt in the takedown.

The first robbery police recorded was Dec. 1 in Princeton, B.C. Eight days later, a man believed to be the same thief held up a Vernon financial institution.

Between Dec. 19 and Jan. 28, the same suspect jumped between the three provinces and held up banks in High River, Alta., Merritt, B.C., Swift Current, Sask., Lethbridge, Alta., Claresholm, Alta., Langley, B.C., and Dawson Creek, B.C.

Suspect takes taxi to home invasion; asks driver to wait C anadian Press

RED DEER, Alta. RCMP in central Alberta are looking for a suspect who took a taxi to a home invasion and asked the driver to wait for him.

Red Deer Mounties say a man took a cab on Saturday night to a mobile home and knocked on the door.

When a resident

opened the door, the man punched him several times before stealing cash, a cellphone and some cigarettes.

He then returned to the taxi which dropped him off downtown.

A police search of the area did not locate the suspect.

No word o n whether the meter was running the whole time.

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Students hope ‘sailbot’ makes history Geordon Omand Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean by wind power alone is an impressive achievement by any standard.

But contending with the unpredictable weather, busy freight traffic, meddlesome fishing nets and treacherous icebergs without anyone in the pilot’s seat is another feat entirely.

This summer, a team of engineering students from the University of British Columbia is hoping its 5.5-metre-long boat will sail into the history books as the first seafaring vessel to successfully traverse the Atlantic entirely solo.

“It’s been tried many times but never actually successfully,” said Kristoffer Vik Hansen, co-captain of the 66-person UBC robotic sailboat - or Sailbot - team.

“Basically we’re trying to make a big, big sailboat, make it autonomous and sail it across the Atlantic Ocean.”

Come August, the crew plans to launch the still un-christened sailbot off the coast of St. John’s, N.L., and hope the vessel survives the 2,900-kilometre, three-week journey to Dingle, Ireland.

“This project is cool because it mixes something that’s really old and something that’s really new,” said Vik

(UBC Sailbot)

A team of UBC engineering students is hoping to make history this August by sailing a 5.5 metre robotic sailboat across the Atlantic Ocean. The sailbot seen here is an earlier smaller model used in the student team’s international regatta competitions.

Hansen, standing beside the ship’s still-under-construction hull inside the sailbot team’s tool-strewn, on-campus shop.

Hanging above the bustling workplace are the smooth, water-worn hulls and logo-covered sails of the team’s previous competition champions.

“Sailing has been around for thousands of years. Robotics has not been around for that many years,” he added.

“It’s kind of the intersection of two very different disciplines.”

While the university’s sailbot team has officially existed since 2006, its most recent project has been in the works only since 2012, following three successive first-place fin-

ishes in international sailbot regattas.

The crew’s continuing success with several smaller two-metre boats helped provide the inspiration behind tackling this summer’s more ambitious, trans-Atlantic challenge.

To complete the journey the sailbot will use solar panels to power a slew of onboard navigation and obstacle-avoidance technology, including thermal imaging to sense boat traffic and icebergs, as well as GPS co-ordinates to steer around inclement weather and fishing zones.

Vik Hansen described the project as an interdisciplinary

venture, combining mechanical, electrical and software engineering expertise to overcome the unique challenges posed by trans-ocean travel.

“The uniqueness comes in how we’re basically melting together the different parts of engineering,” said the fifth year integrated engineering student, originally from Norway. “That’s where we’re unique.”

A number of university and corporate sponsors are underwriting the $60,000 project.

The total cost is now expected to come in slightly above that figure in order to allow the team to install on-board backups that will safeguard against any systems failing partway through the voyage.

Still, the need to consider every possible scenario in a real-life situation is part of the project’s appeal, said Vik Hansen.

“It’s not some kind of lab where everything’s tip-top shape,” he said. “You’re working with real nature; you’re sailing on the ocean.”

Vik Hansen said there is little demand for automated sailboats in real-world applications. However, the team’s route-finding programs that take into account and respond to factors such as weather patterns and trade routes could hold commercial value for modern-day ships.

Troubling work and job prospects Hello Wendy: Hope you are having a nice weekend. I was wondering if you had any prayers because I am feeling very stressed and frustrated with a few things. I had a reading with you a few months ago and I am mostly stressed about work and new job prospects, what can I do?

Frustrated and Stressed Dear Frustrated and Stressed: I had a talk with my guides this morning about your particular problem with your work and new job prospects.

My guide was saying that you want a new job but you are still apprehensive about going out there and really seeking what you want for working conditions. This apprehension causes delays in how they can help you. It’s kind of like being in a relationship with a woman. You know it’s really not good for you emotionally but you stick it out anyway and become more miserable and detached inside because you are not getting what you want and need in the relationship.

Let me explain this procedure of talking to heaven and your God, guides and angels.

First of all God sends his

ASK WENDY Wendy Evano guides and angels to you to help you on this plane. This means you always start in prayer by saying: “God, please help me with this problem and please send your guides and angels to help me.” He wants you to have all the abundance and best chances to be happy with yourself and what you want to do. If you are apprehensive about leaving your current job and you are not sure of what you want to do or where you would like to explore job wise; then they cannot go forth and seek out what you wish. The reason for this is because as above so it is below you have free will. This free will stops them from helping you because you really have not told them what you want explicitly to change in your current job to make you happier. You have not told them where you wish to go to work in another job. It’s like working with a team, which are your God, guides and angels and working on your goal.

At this time you are not sure if you want to work on their team because of your erratic thoughts and exactly what you want to do with your life. So, it’s a team effort and with a team effort you must have some faith in what they can and will do for you. This means sit down get a piece of paper write how you want your current work settings to be and ask them for help.

Write down where you would like to work and why. If you can’t do this then how can they help you? I know so many people that wish or want different things in their life and they pray for them with no results. They are subconsciously delaying what their God wants to give them by sabotaging the process with their scattered, fearful, counter productive thoughts. Don’t forget when you are writing out what you want; add this phrase and say: “There is so much abundance in the universe and my God, will send his guides and angels to help me because I deserve it and I am his child.” Read what you want to manifest in your life over and over again until they know exactly what you want from them and you will receive it. Know that there is

that abundance waiting for you and repeat the mantra I just gave you and you will start to see that it will come slowly to you in many different ways.

Always be grateful to your team for helping you on your journey or quest.

Here is an angel prayer that you can use that may be of some help to you. It’s a prayer to find employment Use this prayer when searching for a job and well before you go into any interviews. Angels of Work, Send some great employment, I need income, For life’s enjoyment!

Creatively visualize a cheque written out to you for the amount that you would like to be paid weekly. Keep an open mind with the attitude that you will also help your team by taking whatever steps are necessary to bring about employment. Work with your team and have some faith within yourself and your team and all will transpire.

Wendy

For personal and over the phone readings phone Wendy @426-2127. Need some answers from my guides then email me @wevano@shaw.ca