Kimberley Daily Bulletin, February 25, 2015

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2015

CONCERT

IRISH ROVERS AT KEY CITY

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ANALYSIS

NO EASY ALTERNATIVE TO CULL

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Fibre optic network has arrived Fast internet and Optik TV now available C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

The City of Kimberley and Telus are pleased to announce that fibre optic technology is finally coming to town.

Kimberley residents will have Telus representatives knocking on their doors beginning this week, asking permission to bring fibre to their residence.

Kimberley is the second East Kootenay community to get fibre optics, the first being Creston.

This is big for Kimberley, says Mayor Don McCormick.

“What this means is that Kimberley is now part of a handful of rural communities who can boast the same high speed internet connection as downtown Vancouver.

It creates a competitive advantage.

Now people can combine lifestyle and business advantages.

“Kimberley is now a serious contender for all kinds of business attraction. It’s a pretty big announcement for us.”

Telus hopes to be able to cover 90 per cent of Kimberley with fibre optic service, only excluding areas where there are access issues.

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The Kimberley PeeWee Tier 4 Dynamiters hosted the Elk Valley Wild and the Cranbrook H&R Kings in the East Kootenay league A division final this past weekend. In some very close round robin action Cranbrook and Elk Valley drew to a 5-5 tie while Kimberley pulled out a 8-7 come from behind win against Cranbrook and drew to a 3-3 tie against the Wild. Elk Valley and Kimberley moved on and played a hard fought final with your Kimberley Dynamiters coming out on top with a 6-4 win to claim the East Kootenay PeeWee Tier 4 “A” banner chamionship. The PeeWee Dynamiters are now focusing their preparations on hosting the BC Hockey PeeWee Tier 4 Provincial Championships March 14 to 19 2015. Five other peewee teams from around the province will be travelling to and staying in Kimberley for a week as they battle it out to become BC Hockey champions. Be sure to catch some of the action or if you are interested in becoming a volunteer for the championships contact Mike Reid at mreid@northstargm.com.Head Coach Shane Murray, AC’s Mike Reid, Fraser Armstrong, and Trainer Shawn VanZyl. Players Cameron Reid, Daxton D’Etcheverrey, Sam Daprocida, Kasey Miller, Tyden Wilson, Leith Olafson, Aspen Cooper, Ryan Renaud, Avery Burki, Brayden Hoglund, Mark VanZyl, Zoe Callwood, Ally Murray, Chase Flegl, Declan Armstrong, Ben Verigin and AP’s Brad Traverse and Justin Sommer.

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Doing Kimberley proud C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

Great news out of Prince George late yesterday — Kimberley’s Colin Ferrie took gold at the Canada Games in the 1.5 Classic Sprint, cross-country ski race. We will have much more on the race in Thursday’s Bulletin.

Also on Tuesday, 13-year old Molly Miller, racing against skiers five years and older than her, placed nine in the Women’s Classic Sprint.

The budget process rolls on C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

Kimberley’s Mayor, Council and staff have been grinding through the arduous budget process for a couple of months now, trying to find new savings and ways to limit property tax increases.

“A four per cent increase for homeowners and three per cent increase for business taxes was built into the financial plan last year,” McCormick said. “The difficulty I have with that is that by building in that four per cent increase, basically it means you are over spending. You are spending

Mayor Don McCormick

money you have not yet collected.”

We are endeavouring to get away from that.”

Ideally, the tax increase should be zero, the Mayor says. Getting to that ideal is not going to be easy, even with savings found within the operational budget.

“Right now the cost of living is increasing. The city has its own COLA and it’s three percent,” McCormick said. “It’s not just inflation but contractual commitments. The union wage increase is 2.5 per cent this year. So to et to zero we need three per cent in cuts to the budget.”

McCormick says that over the

last several months, an internal service review has been conducted.

“We managed to cut $130,000 off expenditures. That’s about 1.5 per cent. We continue to look for additional ways to cut expenses.”

Non-profit groups, who regularly appeal to the city for assistance are still being considered. McCormick says that Councillors Goodwin and Roberts are in the process of drafting a policy on how to approach these annual grant applications.

A part of that is looking at best practices from other municipalities.

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The filing deadline for the 2014 General Local Elections was 4:30 p.m. on Friday, February 13, 2015.

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tionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/ For Mayor • Lee Pratt: $13,700 • Wayne Stetski: $8,641.20 • John York: Zero contributions ($24 expenditures) For Council • Norma Blissett: $4,255 • Danielle Cardozo: $1,209.96 • Sharon Cross: $3,177 • James Elliott: Zero contributions (zero expenditures) • Bob Faiers: $1,935.84 • Wesly Graham: $2,960 • Isaac Hockley: $3,500 • Anna Hudson: $307.50 • Brian Kostiuk: $3,941 • Alan MacBean: $383.51 • Lynn MacIntosh: $300 • Ron Popoff: $4,942 • Diana J. Scott: $4,057.11 • Brad Scriver: $3,450 • Tom Shypitka: $1,815.23 • Gerry Warner: $2,275

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Halted cull costs clarified Nicole Trigg Columbia Valley Pioneer

Costs related to the anti-deer cull lawsuit levied at the District of Invermere in 2012 by the Invermere Deer Protection Society (IDPS) and ensuing appeal are still a subject of contention.

Over a year ago, the society was ordered to pay court costs following the lawsuit’s dismissal in November 2013. The amount the district was allowed to claim based on a schedule of fixed rates set by the Supreme Court of British Columbia came to $12,072.13. A payment of $12,000 — the amount that had been posted as security by the society — was received by the district in July of last year.

“We’ve written off $72 from the original petition because it just wasn’t worth going after,” District of Invermere chief administrative officer Chris Prosser told The Pioneer.

The society had appealed the court’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit, which a judge also dismissed and, again, costs were awarded to the district.

“The total allowed cost by the court for the appeal process was $1,689.51 which has not been collected and we are deciding how best to proceed,” said Mr. Prosser.

Because the deer society has not consented to paying the cost by signing the Bill of Costs correspondence sent to them by the district, the next step for the district would be to pursue a new court order.

“We’d have to go to court a couple times to make (the IDPS) pay,” said Mr. Prosser, adding the process would cost more than the appeal costs.

“We have not directed any action for our lawyers to proceed, either not to get it or to go after it,” he said. “We’ve just been waiting to see what correspondence happens.”

While court costs awarded to the district total less than $14,000, Mr. Prosser calculates the actual legal costs related to the lawsuit and appeal amount to approximately $107,000. “So about $34,000 a year we were spending,” he said — not $24,000 as Invermere mayor Gerry Taft was quoted as saying in last week’s Pioneer. “We are allowed to have court costs.

Only court costs. Not legal costs.”

IDPS president Devin Kazakoff refused The Pioneer an interview.

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Analysis

Life in the urban-wildlife TRE VOR CR AWLEY

When it comes to the problem of urban deer, some communities, including Cranbrook, have turned to culls as a solution, if not a temporary one.

And if you don’t believe they’re a problem, go to Youtube and search for a Cranbrook incident where a deer beat the crap out of someone’s dog.

Imagine if that had been a child.

Communities across the province, including Cranbrook, Kimberley and Invermere and now Oak Bay on Vancouver Island, have completed culls in the past or are looking at culls as a solution to urbanized deer.

Culls work in the sense that the urban deer population is suddenly and immediately reduced, however, over time, the urban deer population will come back up as animals wander into town from the outskirts.

In other words, culls are a short-term solution for an ongoing issue.

Municipalities dealing with urbanized deer are caught in a bind, because under the Wildlife Act, the province has jurisdiction over the issue and municipalities need provincial approval to undertake any kind of action.

Culls are an emotionally-charged issue—one only has to look at cases where deer traps were deliberately damaged by vandals in Kimberley and Cranbrook last year.

Plus, there’s the cost.

Cranbrook has a permit to cull 50 deer, but city council is estimating a cost of $500 to cull a deer, with a budget of $12,750.

That adds up to only 25 animals.

Some argue why translocation isn’t being considered. After all, it seems like an easy enough solution to tranquilize the deer and move them out to the wild.

However, according to Jeff Morgan, the Manager of Policy with the Fish and Wildlife Branch, it’s not so simple.

Translocation of ungulates, including animals such as deer, elk and caribou, isn’t without it’s challenges, he said.

“One is the trauma that can occur during the capture and handling processes themselves, so the deer can be breaking limbs and injuring themselves through that process,” said Morgan.

“Then the other one is capture-myopathy, so that’s the term and basically it sets itself up under stressful conditions where the deer are exerting themselves and exerting their muscles in an environment within their body that is low on oxygen. And that can cause serious degeneration of muscle tissue and death, and that is very prominent in deer.”

Morgan adds that surviving in a wild environment is also more challenging for translocated urbanized deer.

“As you can imagine, the animals might not be familiar with that area, they’re very adapted to the environment they’ve been living in and when moved to a whole new environment, they are really at a disadvantage to other animals, especially if they’re urban deer because they might be quite naive when it comes to predators.”

Even with those challenges, why doesn’t the province allow Kootenay communities to translocate deer, especially when the mule deer population is struggling?

Again, it’s not as easy as it sounds, according to Morgan.

He confirms that mule deer numbers are 50 per cent below historic levels, which is a result of winter severity, disease and parasites, predation and their ability to recruit young animals into the population.

However, adding a few dozen urbanized deer into the wilderness will have a pretty negligible effect on the overall population numbers, he added.

“Moving a relatively small number of animals, and we estimate that there are between 10,000 and 20,000 [mule deer] in the Kootenay region, so moving a relatively small number of animals to one area or another, is not likely to result in any significant population increase,” Morgan said.

“There are viable pop-

ulations throughout the Kootenay region as is and they are in equilibrium with their environment and unless those underlying factors that control the population densities are changed, we wouldn’t expect the populations to increase.”

All that being said, the province is keeping a close eye on a study looking at the mortality rates of deer translocation that involves communities such as Sparwood, Elkford and Cranbrook.

“The information that we have been exposed to suggests that translocations of deer causes high mortality rates within the deer that are translocated,” said Morgan. “The mortality can range from 25 to 85 per cent of the deer that are released at a new site. When we looked at that research, it was borne out that 50 per cent or greater mortality occurred in seven of the 12 papers that we reviewed.

“The important thing to note is that there’s always advancement in techniques and there are some projects going on in the States where they are using different drugs to reduce stress levels during capture and trawnsport.”

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Kimberley’s Neil Rye had a great time, and great success, at the Special Olympics Winter Games in Kamloops last week, bringing home three medals. Neil won a gold in both slalom and GS and a bronze in the Super G.

Fibre optics From page 1 And while Telus is in town putting in the fibre optic cable, they will bring it to your home or business for free.

“You don’t need to commit to any Telus services,” McCormick said.

“It will cost nothing to bring it to the premises.

But then if you wish to take advantage of fibre optics, it will be there. If you don’t let them bring it to the building and then decide in the future you do want it, it would cost money. While Telus is here there is no cost, so it’s to everybody’s best advantage to do it now.”

The Telus representatives will request permission from each home and business in the community before construction commences. The infrastructure will follow the same connection path as

your existing cable, with connections made either below ground or aerially via poles.

If your connection is on a pole to the house, you will see minimal or no impact to your property. If your connection is below ground, there will be more work required.

However, every effort will be made to limit disruptions and minimize the impact on your home and daily routine.

In addition to the fastest internet speeds available (currently up to 100MBps) you will also have access to Telus Optik TV should you decide to purchase the services.

For more information on fibre optic technology and to register for progress updates, please visit telus.com/ kimberley or call 1-855595-5588.

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City budget process rolls along From page 1 “Between grants to non-profits, fee for service arrangements, grants to organizations like Tourism Kimberley, tax exemptions — the value of that approaches $500,000 a year. That’s six or seven per cent of our current millrate taxes.

“We are trying to take a balanced approach,” he said. “There are services and organizations that, if we don’t support them, they won’t be there. We are creating a policy, we haven’t had one before. We are looking at how much the

City should allocate in total, the types of organizations we should be spending on.”

As for the rest of the budget, it doesn’t have to be approved until May. The capital budget is done and the operations side is under scrutiny now.

“Council has put in a lot of hours on this,” McCormick. “We have been meeting one and two times a week for a couple of months. The discussion has been broad, there’s been good debate. We want to come up with the best possible budget we can.”

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Special Council Budget Meeting – Wednesday March 4, 2015 Special meeting of Council is scheduled for budget discussions, as it pertains to the City of Cranbrook 2015 – 2019 Five Year Financial Plan.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 beginning at 4:30 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall.

The public is welcome to attend.

The recent Hip to Be Square evening at Centennial Hall drew big crowds for an evening of square dancing with th eKootenay String Benders. The group chose to give proceeds of the evening to the Kimberley Food Bank. Accepting a cheque for $757 from Keri, Bonnie and Cosima is Heather Smith.

Kimberley history - The Way it Was Courtesy of the Kimberley Heritage Museum Archives

KIMBERLEY NEWS FEBRUARY 23, 1956 BY-LAW PASSES

Recruitment for Committees 2015 City of Cranbrook There are several opportunities for public participation and involvement in the City of Cranbrook advisory committees listed below.

Membership is open to residents of the City of Cranbrook.

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 Monday March 2, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. local time.

Marysville property owners reversed their decision of a year ago Tuesday when they approved by a narrow margin a $115,000 by-

Free Radon Public Information Forum Have you heard about radon? Radon is a naturally occurring tasteless, colourless and odorless gas present across Canada and is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Protect from exposure and learn more: Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 7pm • College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre (Room 250) — 2700 College Way, Cranbrook.

Public Forum supported by Health Canada & the Canadian Cancer Society. Contact 250-426-8916 or jbyford@bc.cancer.ca Financial contribution from

law for construction of a sewage system.

There were 194 votes cast with 130 in favour and 60 against. Four were rejected. The measure required a two-thirds majority to pass. Chapman Camp ratepayers are voting today on a similar measure.

VILLAGE GROUPS PLAN TO MERGE

At a meeting held in the Legion Hall last Saturday evening, members of the Marysville Social and Athletic Club and of the Marysville Recreation Commis-

BLACK PRODUCTIONS & SELKIRK COLLEGE OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PRESENT

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sion voted to amalgamate, providing the ByLaws being prepared by Mr. Ostrum are acceptable to both organizations.

The meeting was presided over by Mrs. John Rose, Vice-President of the Social and Athletic Club, in the absence of the President, Mrs. E. Tait, who has done such splendid work, but who was unable to be present because of illness.

Seven directors were chosen for the ensuing year – Mrs. C. Shannon, Mrs. J. Rose, and L. Erickson, R. Edwards, J, Broster and Don Waites. W. Wilcox of Kimberley was Master of Ceremonies for the social evening which followed the business meeting. Music for

Kimberley Arts Council - Centre 64

AnnuAl GenerAl MeetinG

thursday, March 12, 2015 7:00 pm, at Centre 64.

Notice of motion: Amend the duties of treasurer and secretary.

AGM followed by Annual Awards Evening. Everyone welcome!

For more info call: 250-427-4919.

dancing was supp;ied

by Mr. and Mrs. Winfield of Kimberley, accompanied by Mrs. O. Cox. Members of both groups expressed their pleasure at having so many Marysville Teenagers present.

BANDS, FLOATS IN BIG PARADE

Kimberley’s Snow Fiesta parade, which leaves the high school at 6:30 p.m. Thursday night for the official opening at the Arena Ice Palace, promises to be a colourful one.

At least 30 floats are expected to take part and three bands will provide music for the marchers. The committee is urging all Kimberley’s youngsters to dress up and take part in the parade. There are cash prizes for the most comical, most original, best decorated sleighs and for individual costumes, Indians, Davy Crocketts or anything the imagination suggests.

All taking part in the parade are asked to assemble at the High School at 5:30 p.m.

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Bring in March with the Irish Rovers CAROLYN GRANT entertainment@ dailytownsman.com

Main gallery, Tangled Up In Blue, art by Lena McQuaig. Upstairs, enjoy Late Bloomer by Rhonda Haws.

Bingo

BINGO - every Monday except public holidays, 6:30 p.m. at Kimberley Elks, 240 Howard Street. Proceeds to Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank. All welcome!

Fri. Feb 27 Art movie night

“Exit Through the Gift Shop”, an entertaining documentary about graffiti/urban artists Banksy, Shepherd Fairey, and Mr. Brainwash, will be showing at Kimberley’s Centre 64 Studio Cabaret this Friday, February 27. Movie starts at 7:30pm, entrance is by donation, no host bar available, free snacks, all ages event. Cabaret-style seating. This 87 minute film was nominated for a 2010 Academy Award for documentaries.

Come along with friends to enjoy this film in a casual environment, and then stay for the facilitated discussion/ conversation about the movie. Expand your horizons on current trends in contemporary art.

Fri. February 27 North Star Showcase

Kimberley’s North Star Skaters present their annual Skating Showcase Friday evening at the Kimberley Civic Centre. Show starts at 6:30 p.m.

Fri. February 27

What’s Up?

KIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK COMMUNITY CALENDAR

FREE Movie Night @ COTR - Wed, Feb 25th, 2015, “I Am”. Poses practical and provocative questions. Wed, Feb 25th, 2015, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, College of the Rockies – Lecture Theatre Girl Guides of Canada, Cranbrook are hosting a TEA & BAKE SALE on Saturday, February 28th, 2015 at the Cranbrook Guide Hall, 1421 - 2nd Street South, from 12:30 to 3:30pm. Tickets are available from any Guiding member or at the door. Info: Pam at 250-489-3155 or guider.pamela@gmail.com James Thomas, a suicide prevention speaker, will be coming to Cranbrook March 2, 2015 to the College of the Rockies main lecture theatre, 6:00pm-8:30pm. James lost his sister to suicide in 2005 and now dedicates his life to suicide awareness and prevention. This event is free and everyone is welcome.

Donations at the door are appreciated. This has been organized

by Sandra Davis with the My Choice Program. Info: Email: mychoice.ccs@shaw.ca Phone: 250-919-6155 2015 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, March 4, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary.

World Day of Prayer, annual service on Friday, March 6, 1:30 pm at Knox Presbyterian Church, corner of Victoria Ave and 3rd St. S. Everyone welcome. Please join us!

Fifth Annual Foster Parent Banquet & Loonie Auction, March 7, 5:30pm at the Heritage Inn Ballroom. Tickets: Gerri at 250-4898441 or Erin at 250-489-8807.

Fluoride Free Cranbrook meeting at the Manual Training Centre at the Cranbrook Library. 7:10-8:45pm March 9th. We will be meeting to discuss ways to stop the City from adding industrial waste through the water supply. We can be reached at (250)421-9878.

The Kimberley Camera Club presents it’s Annual Digital Show on Wed. March 11, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall, Room 250 at the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook. Admission is by donation.

In the Gallery at Centre 64

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

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UPCOMING

The display case at the Cranbrook Library for the month of February is beautiful acrylic paintings by Jennie Taylor.

Wed. February 25 FREE Movie Night @ COTR -

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ONGOING

Catch the legendary Irish Rovers at Key City Theatre this Sunday.

International Fly Fishing Film Fest

7 p.m. Key City Theatre. Tickets: $15 Advance $20 at door. Children 12 and under are free. Tickets available at the Box Office 250-4267006 as well as at St Marys Angler and Mountain Man. IF4 consists of short and feature length films from all corners of the globe. It is the event of the year.

Sat. February 28 Intro to Oils Workshop

2 p.m. $35/person.

An introductory workshop focused on Oil painting skills. Registrants will be sent the supply list. The Art Gallery is located at: Room #104, 135 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook. To Register or for more information contact Marisa Phillips – CDAC Administrator at: 250-4264223 or email: cdac@ shaw.ca

March 1 at KEy City Theatre IRISH ROVERS

March 1 at 7:30 p.m.

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

BIG SUGAR have always been known for their powerful, high volume live performances.

Soon, audiences will get a rare chance to see Gordie Johnson and the entire BIG SUGAR family in an intimate and entirely acoustic setting at Key City Theatre in Cranbrook.

Reggae, Blues and Jazz, have always walked hand in hand with the rocking Big Sugar sound. Here they will be at the forefront as showcased on their new release “Yardstyle”. Mr Chill’s blues harmonica and Johnson’s vocals mixed with Jamaican folk rhythms and Garry Lowe’s signature bass lines along with a stage of Bredren are sure to conjure an unforgettable concert experience. Tickets are $40 and $35 for Key City Theatre members. Tickets are available at the Key City Theatre Box Office 250-426-7006 and Online at www.keycitytheatre.com

March 5 - 7 Rockies Film Fest

The Rockies Film Festival lineup is confirmed. Thursday March 5, 7 p.m. October Gale, Key City Theatre; 8:30 p.m.

Wine & Cheese Reception, Key City Theatre; 9 p.m. Big News from Grand Rock, Key City Theatre. Friday March 6, 7 p.m.

Red

Army, Columbia Theatre. 9 p.m. Still Alice, Columbia Theatre. Saturday March 7, 1 p.m.

Rosewater, Columbia Theatre. 3 p.m. Mr. Turner, Columbia Theatre. 7 p.m. 2 Days One Night Columbia Theatre. 9 p.m.

Glen Campbell - I’ll Be Me, Columbia Theatre.

Fri. March 6 World Day of Prayer

1:30 p.m. Knox Presbyterian Church. Join in prayer with people in 170 countries around the world and in 2,000 communities across Canada. We will learn about the peopple of the Bahamas who prepared this yar’s service. Everyone is welcome.

March 6 - 7 Lillith Affair

The Annual By Women, For Women show at Centre 64. Tickets $25 (includes wine).

Saturday’s show is sold out, Friday tickets available at Lotus Books in Cranbrook and Velvet & Ginjer and Centre 64 in Kimberley. 19 years and older. Women only.

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.

Sat. March 7 Hedwig at Key City

HEDWIG and the Angry Inch - The Musical, presented by Black Productions and Selkirk College. March 7 at 7:30 p.m. ONE SHOW ONLY! Tickets: $24 Adults and $21 Students.

Sun. March 8 Arne Sahlen

Arne Sahlen, Piano Soul and Spirit - a family-friendly program, classics to moderns laced with humour from music history Sunday March 8, 3:00 pm at Centre 64, Kimberley.

Admission by donation

Wed. March 11 Photography

The Kimberley Camera Club presents it’s Annual Digital Show on Wed. March 11, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall, Room 250 at the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook. Admission is by donation.

Sat. March 14 Antique Road Show

Beta Sigma Phi presents Kimberley’s very own Antique Road Show at the Kimberley United Church, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 and includes coffee/tea and a muffin. Appraisals $25 one or two items. Gordon Delamont, Jeweler/Gemologist and Don Langvand, Dragon Antiques. Proceeds go to Beta Sigma Phi community projects.

Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-4264223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.fightwithus.ca and register as a volunteer.

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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.

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All the world’s a stage “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and their entrances….”

Shakespeare

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is a real conundrum: is it the weather we enjoy here? Is it because we do not have to put up with the sogginess of Vancouver, the sweltering heat of Toronto summers, nor the awful climate of the Maritimes? Is it something about this valley makes people very pleasant or is that only pleasant people come to live here? I’m always running into them.

Like my neighbours; I really appreciate them who, whilst I am watching the news and breakfasting at leisure, are out clearing the snow from in front of my garden. I have tried to assure them that I am neither incapable nor lazy. It’s just I know that the snow will dissipate on its own or the city might, one day, go to work on it. If I feel that I need exercise, I’ll take a nice walk.

Like recently: I was descending Eager Hill and nearly back to my car when two dogs bounded up to greet me. That enthusiastic welcome caused me, in my turn, to hasten towards them but, to my dismay, I toppled over. The dogs’ owners rushed towards me crying, “You all right, sir?” and attempted to help me to my feet. Aged and

tottery I might be, but I have heaps of pride. I said, brushing myself off, “I’m fine, thanks. I was merely falling for your lovely dogs.” I got away with that one.

And there were those delightful missionary types, a man and a woman, who came to point out the multitudinous errors of my ways. They told me all about faith and looked heavenward (for inspiration?) into the bright, sunny sky.

However, they seemed to Peter absolutely no Warland have knowledge of biology; the fellow explained to me that the first MAN (Adam?) thought that he might like to have children and therefore had to come up with the bright idea of WOMAN. When I explained that all of our evolutionary forebears seem to have needed two sexes in order to reproduce, the man looked confused but then maundered on about we humans ruining the world we live in with our avarice. I attempted to explain that, because MAN discovered WOMAN, we humans have become extremely successful at reproducing and that we all need somehow to be fed.

We men shook hands solemnly and I sneaked a hug from the woman then the missionaries wandered off. It had all be pleasant enough, but I wondered.

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I wondered about the woman with the mistaken sense of generosity. I had promised myself that I wouldn’t air the goodness of the lady but, from out of nowhere, she proffered a nice new twenty dollar bill.

I didn’t think that I looked like a downand-outer. I was, in fact, placing some stamps I’d just purchased in the Post Office in my wallet when she drew up beside me, wound down the window of her car and handed the twenty to me. As graciously as I was able, I refused the money, told the lady that I was, ipso facto, financially well off, and she drove off. If she should read this column, I hope that I didn’t offend her and that I appreciated her kindness. I am still wondering if I looked that badly off; maybe I should buy another T-shirt.

One day I shall go back into the lawcourts and thank the young woman in the office there. I’d been putting on my daft act (my friends assure me that I have no need to act) in order to make sure that I’d be excused from jury duty. After getting a snappily dressed lawyer to trot around for me, I wound up in the office where the said young lady came round from her station behind the counter in order to lead me by the arm to the sheriff’s office. She was extremely courteous.

Is it just that the pleasant folk hereabouts feel sorry for me? I am extremely old as well as daft.

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Without a paddle

The Kootenay Ice managed to scrounge one point in a 7-6 shootout loss on the road against the Swift Current Broncos Tuesday night.

With his team having blown a 5-2 lead in the third period of play, Kootenay Ice head coach Ryan McGill was not pleased with his group.

“To lose after you have a 5-2 lead going into the third period -clearly, it’s acceptable for the group,” McGill said over the phone from Swift Current.

“What are you going to do about it? You can’t do anything about it now.

“We were casual in our play from the start of the period to the end. We didn’t think that it was important enough for us to be urgent with the puck and, really simply, play the right way.”

The three-goal advantage wasn’t the only multi-goal lead the Ice let slip away Tuesday.

After 20 minutes of play, Luke Philp, Tim Bozon and Jaedon Descheneau had all tallied.

A response from Tanner LeSann got the Broncos on the board, but the Ice carried a 3-1 advantage

into the first intermission.

The Ice outscored the Broncos yet again in the second period, as Bozon registered his second of the evening and defenceman Tanner Lishchynsky scored his first as a member of the Ice with a power-play goal in the final minute of the period.

Coda Gordon mustered the only goal for the Broncos in the second period and once again, the Ice carried a commanding lead -- this time 5-2 -- into the the second intermission.

Then it all came crashing in.

Gordon scored his second of the night 5:02 into the third period to make it a two-goal game.

With time winding down, Jake DeBrusk tallied his 36th goal of the campaign to pull the Broncos within one.

After a turnover deep in Swift Current territory, the Broncos took the puck the other direction on the strength of a three-on-two, odd-man rush. DeBrusk found defenceman Ayrton Nikkel up on the play and the 19-year-old Kelowna native cashed in to tie the game 5-5 with 3:37 remaining in regulation.

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6-6 and force overtime.

After a scoreless extra period and three rounds without a goal in the shootout, DeBrusk buried a shot blocker side on Ice goaltender Wyatt Hoflin to put his team in the driver’s seat for the first time all night.

And it was all the Broncos needed.

Ice captain Sam Reinhart had to score to keep the game alive in the fourth round of the shootout and despite beating Child with a smooth deke, the Buffalo Sabres prospect rang a backhand shot off the crossbar.

The comeback was complete.

The devastating 7-6

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Less than a minute later, Ice forward Levi Cable made a nifty move down low before sending a wrist shot over the glove of Broncos goaltender Travis Child, who came on in relief of Landon Bow after the Broncos starter allowed five goals on 18 shots.

Once again, the Ice led the Broncos, this time with 2:47 to play.

They refused to go away all night long, so why would a determined Swift Current Broncos team pack it in at that point?

All it took was 1:22 before Broncos captain Colby Cave redirected a point shot to tie the game

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Kootenay Ice Scoring Summaries

Ice surrender to Broncos in shootout; reset for Regina Pats Wednesday Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

Wednesday, FEBRuary 25, 2015

KooTenay Ice 6 aT SwIFT currenT broncoS 7 (So)

First Period 1. KTN - L. Philp, (27) (T. Murray, C. Fleury), 1:28 2. KTN - T. Bozon, (27) (S. Reinhart, J. Martin), 3:07 3. SCB - T. LeSann, (5) (C. Leth), 3:22 4. KTN - J. Descheneau, (28) (A. Vetterl, L. Philp), 9:00 Second Period 5. SCB - C. Gordon, (20) (G. Gawdin, J. Merkley), 4:23 6. KTN - T. Bozon, (28) (J. Martin, S. Reinhart), 9:20 7. KTN - T. Lishchynsky, (1) (L. Philp, S. Reinhart), 19:05 (PP) Third Period 8. SCB - C. Gordon, (21) (G. Gawdin), 5:02 9. SCB - J. DeBrusk, (36) (C. Rigby, C. Cave), 14:03 10. SCB - A. Nikkel, (2) (J. DeBrusk), 16:23 11. KTN - L. Cable, (26) (L. Philp, L. Hackman), 17:13 12. SCB - C. Cave, (28) (B. Lernout, C. Gordon), 18:35 Overtime - no scoring Shootout Kootenay Ice: L. Philp (x), T. Bozon (x), J. Descheneau (x), S. Reinhart (x) Swift Current Broncos: C Gordon (x), G. Gawdin (x), M. Lajoie (x), J. DeBrusk (√) Shots 1 2 3 OT T Kootenay Ice 12 11 9 2 34 Swift Current Broncos 10 12 11 4 37 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 31/37 65:00 0.838 SCB - Landon Bow 13/18 29:20 0.722 Travis Child 15/16 35:22 0.938 Power plays Kootenay Ice 1/1 (100.0%) Swift Current Broncos 0/2 (000.0%) Three Stars: 1) L. Philp (KTN); 2) C. Gordon (SCB); 3) G. Gawdin (SCB) Attendance: 1,911

loss comes on the heels of three consecutive wins for the Ice, including a 5-0 shutout victory over the Spokane Chiefs Saturday night.

Once again, consistency continues to plague. “[This] should have been ironed out a long time ago,” McGill said.

“It’s a consistency issue within the room. We’ve got to get better every day and we’ve got to feel that it’s important to

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Scoring Statistics

Player GP Jaedon Descheneau 59 Luke Philp 60 Tim Bozon 46 Sam Reinhart 36 Levi Cable 58 Rinat Valiev 41 Zak Zborosky 61 Tyler King 57 Austin Vetterl 61 Matt Alfaro 61 Jon Martin 45 Troy Murray 61 Ryan Chynoweth 60 Cale Fleury 59 Tanner Lishchynsky 24 Vince Loschiavo 49 River Beattie 54 Bryan Allbee 45 Tanner Faith + 19 Lenny Hackman 51 Dylan Overdyk 28 Wyatt Hoflin 56 Austin Wellsby 34

G 28 27 28 15 26 8 16 8 10 9 7 3 4 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 1

A 44 44 26 37 20 32 18 22 18 19 14 14 11 11 10 3 4 4 5 3 3 2 0

PTS 72 71 54 52 46 40 34 30 28 28 21 17 15 12 11 8 8 7 6 4 3 2 1

Goaltending Statistics Player Wyatt Hoflin Keelan Williams

string together some consistency and some wins.

“We had a 3-1 lead and a 5-2 lead and we were in control. We became casual. I think we thought it was going to be easy. I can’t speak for [the players] but that’s what I think.”

Hoflin managed 31 saves in facing 37 shots, while Child turned aside 15 of 16 pucks to earn the win in relief of Bow. The Kootenay Ice re-

W L OT/SL SO GAA 30 23 2 3 3.27 1 4 0 0 5.11

PIM 52 22 14 20 8 46 16 31 52 28 73 26 39 6 24 8 29 12 29 0 11 2 9 SP 0.898 0.854

turn to action Wednesday night as they visit the Regina Pats.

“We’ve got to play [Wednesday]. There’s no message right now,” McGill said. “If I need to send them a message right now, then I shouldn’t even be here.”

Notes: The Kootenay Ice went without D Rinat Valiev (flu), D Tanner Faith (shoulder), D Dylan Overdyk & F Austin Wellsby Tuesday...

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Dynamiters defeat Thunder Cats for 3-1 series lead Taylor Rocc a

With a 3-1 win over the Creston Valley Thunder Cats Tuesday night, the Kimberley Dynamiters return home with a commanding 3-1 series lead in their best-of-seven Eddie Mountain Division semifinal.

“It was a very similar game to all the other ones,” said Dynamiters head coach Jerry Bancks over the phone from the team bus after the game.

“Tyson [Brouwer] played phenomenal. Special teams -- we scored on the power play, they didn’t. That was basically the difference. Fiveon-five it was pretty tight.

“They play a really defensive system and don’t gamble alot or give you a lot of room. We try to do the same thing, so it’s a very tight game.”

The stark difference

Tuesday night in Game 4 was the man between the pipes for the Thunder Cats.

Brock Lefebvre had been stellar for his squad to this point in the series, but was forced out of action due to suspected injury ahead of Game 4.

Mitch Martell took over the crease and put forth an equally strong performance.

“His last few games were pretty impressive.

We know he is a great goaltender as well,” Bancks said. “It didn’t change a whole lot.

“He can play and it was another good goaltenders battle tonight.”

Martell turned aside 23 of 25 shots against, while Brouwer stopped 22 of 23.

The teams exchanged first period goals, with Nitros forward Coy Pre-

vost tallying on the power play and Connor Ward responding midway through the period for the Thunder Cats.

Once again, the power play got it down for the Dynamiters as Eric Buckley cashed in for a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes.

Nitros forward Braden Saretsky rounded out the scoring with an empty-net goal one second before time expired.

The Nitros can advance to the next round of the playoffs Thursday at the Kimberley Civic Centre. Puck drop for Game 5 goes at 7 p.m.

“We’ve got to keep sticking with what we’re doing,” Bancks said.

“A good solid effort.

Guys blocking shots and playing hard for each other -- we’ve got to keep that going.”

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Understand that you might need to say “no” to an indulgence or to a request from a loved one.

You might be surprised by this person’s reaction. Funnel your energy into pursuing a goal that is very important to you. Open up talks. Tonight: In the thick of things.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Put your best foot forward.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your ability to read between the lines emerges. However, until you validate your hunches, hold off on making any decisions based on them. Detaching could be difficult, as your imagination leaps from one idea to the next.

Enjoy the unexpected. Tonight: Do your own thing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You can pull rabbits out of a hat with one smile. Be smart and let your smile do some of the work when you encounter a conflict.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might be asked to fill in for someone, which will add to your responsibilities. Know when to say that you have had enough.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Be aware of the cost of saying “yes” to a loved one. You could be upset by what happens when you deal with this person. Share this problem with a partner, and discuss different ways of handling it. You might be amazed by how simple it is. Tonight: Togetherness is the theme.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might want to let others make the first move. A lot seems to be changing, and quickly at that. Be sure of your expectations with a money matter. It is better to discuss it too much rather than not enough. Tonight: Go along with someone else’s suggestion.

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You might discover what a good time you can have when you are less rigid. Tonight: Whatever suits you best.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be on top of a situation if you really wanted to be. However, you seem to be in another world. Be careful with financial matters, and stay on top of your priorities. Any sloppiness could cause a problem, and you won’t want to deal with that. Tonight: Throw a party!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Tension builds, as it appears as though a family matter needs handling. You are likely to have other domestic responsibilities, so understand that you will need to prioritize them. Only time will tell whether someone honors your choices. Tonight: Head home early.

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Dear Annie: I am divorced and have been dating a younger guy for three years. At the moment, “Cliff” doesn’t have a stable job and constantly complains that he has no money. But he has a nice place and car (with his parents’ help) and enough cash to buy food, etc.

I will be moving into a new condo with money from the sale of my house and some help from my parents. I work part time and don’t make a lot, but I manage OK. Many people I know are having a hard time right now, but Cliff thinks he is the only one. How can I ask him to stop complaining about his financial state? -- A. Dear A.: People who are having financial difficulties rarely are consoled by hearing about how much tougher it is for someone else. Cliff is focused on his own problems, and the constant complaining ensures that you will focus on him, as well. If this is the only thing about Cliff that bothers you, simply ignore his complaints and sympathize when you feel up to it.

Dear Annie: I am an RN who worked in long-term care for many years. We had mandatory sensitivity training of staff toward seniors. It is not only patronizing, but also belittling to any adult to address them as “honey” or “sweetheart” or anything other than their given name. Our staff was taught to address them with respect and ask what they wish to be called.

I recently retired and my hair is turning gray, and I suddenly find servers and customer service people calling me “honey.”

We seem to treat anyone past a certain age as a child instead of with the respect they deserve. When someone uses such patronizing terms with me, I smile and say, “My name is not ‘Honey.’ It is Joan.” If they are receptive, I explain why it is disrespectful to address an adult in this manner. I do this in a kind way and consider it a mini-sensitivity training session.

If people find it too difficult to confront waitstaff and others who are patronizing them, they can carry a copy of this column with them and leave it with the tip on the table. -- Don’t Call Me Honey Unless You Are My Husband Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Submitted

Winner of the November 2014 prize in the 2015 calendar is Charlene Rothwell. She received a prize package from Medichair. Medichair donated Airgo snow grabbers, Thermophore heating pad, a shoe horn and a medistik spray for pain relief. In picture from left to right: Charlene Rothwell and John Bain.

Universities don’t need lobbyists, minister says Tom Fletcher Black Press

VICTORIA – When Andrew Wilkinson started the year in his new job as advanced education minister, he knew B.C. universities hired lobbyists to pitch expansion plans to government.

Wilkinson was one of those lobbyists in his role as a lawyer in private practice, before being elected MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena in 2013.

Under attack for the second day in question period at the B.C. legislature, Wilkinson said Tuesday the practice of universities hiring expensive consultants to speak to the government that funds and regulates them should come to an end.

“It’s been abundantly clear since I took this role that access to my ministry and to me is unlimited for all the institutions,” Wilkinson told the legislature. He said he will advise all B.C. post-secondary institutions that they don’t need lobbyists, but as independent institutions it will be up to them to decide.

On Monday, opposition critics produced records showing Kwantlen Polytechnic University

B.C. government photo

Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson visits the Chilliwack campus of University of the Fraser Valley Feb. 20, part of a tour of institutions he began after being appointed in December. had paid consultant Mark Jiles $177,000 for “relationship building” with the government over several years. Jiles also worked on executive compensation for Kwantlen, where school officials were paid unreported bonuses that broke government salary caps.

That controversy led to Wilkinson switching cabinet jobs with Surrey-Tynehead MLA

Amrik Virk, who was involved in the overpayments as a member of the Kwantlen board. The cabinet shuffle took place quietly in December, after emails surfaced that contradicted Virk’s claims he was not involved in the overpayments.

On Monday, NDP advanced education critic Kathy Corrigan described Jiles’ compensation as “$15,000 a hand-

shake.” On Tuesday, NDP leader John Horgan went further.

“The $177,000 to Mr. Jiles translated into a $50,000 contribution to the B.C. Liberal Party from Mr. Jiles,” Horgan told the legislature. “The minister [Wilkinson] lobbied for Simon Fraser University. Is the minister okay with $50,000 coming from the public back to the B.C. Liberal Party?”

Corrigan said Tuesday a similar arrangement saw lobbyist and “Liberal insider” Don Stickney paid $75,000 by Vancouver Community College.

Wilkinson is a former president of the B.C. Liberal Party who served as deputy minister for economic development and intergovernmental relations with former premier Gordon Campbell.

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Farewell, but Not Goodbye The Irish Rovers’ Victory Lap F e r dy B e l l a n d

“It’s

been at least 15 years since we performed in Cranbrook,” remarks vocalist-guitarist George Millar of the Irish Rovers. “It’s nice to be back in the Kootenays, so we can say hello and goodbye at the same time.”

The Irish Rovers will say Hello and Goodbye to their East Kootenay fans this coming Sunday, March 1, at Cranbrook’s Key City Theatre as part of their honest-to-goodness Farewell Tour.

“It’s a bittersweet realization that here’s a half-century of the Irish Rovers coming to a close. The big prize at the end of any day for any band is being onstage for those couple of hours. The people are there waiting for you, they’re there to see you. We’re going to miss that, of course,

but we’re not going to completely stop. We’ll still be playing some of the bigger folk festival — not the day to day travelling. We’ll still be releasing an album every 18 months or so.

They’re not going to get rid of us quite that easily!”

Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland in 1947, George Millar’s family emigrated to Toronto, where he first formed the Irish Rovers in 1963 (along with his brother Will and cousin Joe) during the midst of the North American folk-music boom of the pre-Beatles pop era. After establishing themselves in the Yorkville Scene and the US West Coast as an enjoyable live act, the Irish Rovers signed with Decca Records in 1966 and soon became Canada’s most famous folk group (not least due to their hit version

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their own internationally-syndicated CBC program (1971-1978), and enjoyed continual chart success into the 1980s with tongue-incheek country-rock crossover ditties such as “Wasn’t That a Party,” “No More Bread and Butter,” “Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy,” and “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” (before returning to their more traditional Irish folk roots, where they remain).

Rather than allowing the Irish Rovers to deflate into a mere oldies act, Millar remains as prolific a songwriter as he’s ever been, and he’s lost none of his talent or his sass.

“There’s a song we wrote for the last CD called ‘Her Wonderful Ass.’ As it turns out, it’s a barnyard story at the end of the song; you’re not quite sure what it is until the end. I tell people that I wrote it for my wife ... but she doesn’t like me to say that too often! Just after Christmas, my wife and I went to Hawaii for a couple of weeks, just to get ready for the tour, and I wrote ten new songs there! I wasn’t sure if I could write Irish-style folk tunes in a tropical climate, but I write them down as they come.

“There’s different processes to songwriting. With some people,

you have to sit down with a pad and a paper.

With me, I usually just sit down with my guitar and something usually starts coming. Maybe somebody around you says something that has a catchy thing to it, and inspires you to think: that might be a good song! That’s the way it happens. I don’t try to decipher it too much. I just go with it.”

And the Irish Rovers intend on wrapping up their Farewell Tour in grand style.

“We’re working on a new live DVD,” says Millar. “At the end of the tour, we end up at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo. We’re filming the live show, and then we’re gong to Ireland in May, and we’re going to do some outtakes to add to the performance. The whole band is going over, just to relax. We’ve rented an old castle down near Cork, and we’ll be there for five or six days. We’ll have a few cameras rolling, and whatever we catch that isn’t too rude, we’ll put into the DVD as extra parts.”

Millar and crew are taking a carefully thought-out approach to their Grand Global Goodbye.

“We just finished our Farewell Tour of New Zealand just before Christmas, and we’re doing the rest of

Canada starting in November. We’re covering the world, bit by bit, and it’ll take us the better part of a year to go everywhere we’ve played. I don’t want to sound like Che, who’s on her fourth farewell tour! Rather than be on the road for two years straight, like some big rock and roll band, we’re out four or five weeks at a time and take two or three weeks off in between. It’s much easier and nicer for us that way.”

Intriguing words from the Irish Rovers’ bandleader: during the group’s heyday, they developed a notorious reputation for outlandish post-performance drunken debauchery that would even have made the maniacs in the Who sit up and take notice. Unlike the Who, however, the bandmembers of the Irish Rovers are all alive and well and seem no worse for wear. Perhaps it’s a testimony to their Hibernian hardiness.

“You become insane if you stay on the road for any length of time and you don’t go home. You need to go home and be normal for a few weeks, rather than living in vans and hotels and trying to play good shows. After a while, if you stay on the road too long, you become robotic. You

just go through the motions, and there’s no passion or spontaneity to the performance.

That’s not what you want when people are paying good money.

You want to be fresh and at your best, every night. That’s what we aim to do.”

This care and respect the Irish Rovers pay back to their fans comes back to Millar and crew in a seemingly unending series of enthusiastic audience response, concert after concert.

“All of the shows have been really good!

We have a lot of fans who come up to us after the show, and we’ll sign autographs and talk with them.

Some of them have tears in their eyes! So I have to say ‘hang on it’s not the exact end!’

It’s not that we’re going to vanish. We’re still going to be around.

There’s a bunch of Detroit fans who are flying out to Nanaimo to be part of the audience for the final concert! So all of the shows on the farewell tour have been memorable.”

And so a significant chapter in Canadian musical history comes to an end. Or, as Millar might say, the end of a new beginning. There’s no telling what the old rascal still has up his sleeves.

“After this many years, we’ve made so many friends and you have to say goodbye to them all. It’s a wee bit teary, but at the same time it’s bittersweet and wonderful. Without the fans, we’d never have done this. We’ve been blessed that for 50 years we’ve been able to sing the songs we love to sing, to hang around with the same band, and at the end of the day we get paid to do it! It’s a wonderful world and a wonderful life that the fans have given us.

“We’ve had the freedom to do basically what we want, and if anybody is able to say at the end of the day that they really love their job, then they’re pretty happy people — and the Irish Rovers are Pretty Happy People!”