Kimberley Daily Bulletin, March 30, 2015

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A new life in Canada for Nahom Teklemichael Eritrean refugee arrives in Cranbrook TRE VOR CR AWLEY

Scanning the faces in the crowd of passengers heading into the arrival section of the Canadian Rockies International Airport, a local family began to wonder if their friend had missed his flight.

However, smiles broke out as one of the last travellers, a young man, descended

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down the stairs to make his way into the building.

His name is Nahom Teklemichael and he is a refugee from Eritrea.

After a long journey from South Sudan in Africa, Teklemichael arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday and into Cranbrook on Thursday where he will begin a new life in Canada.

Just in time for his 22nd birthday on Monday.

Teklemichael was sponsored by East Kootenay Friends of Burma, and while he isn’t

from the small Southeast Asia country of the same name, he has a personal connection with some local volunteers with the group.

Kim Eaton and Barb Ryeburn were in Eritrea—a small country in the Horn of Africa— volunteering as teachers in the mid-2000s where they met Teklemichael, who became close friends with their oldest son, Lukas.

They’ve remained in contact ever since that trip—including through Teklemichael’s experience fleeing Eritrea for South Sudan.

Recently, the EK Friends of Burma was

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able to secure sponsorship to bring him over to Canada. Now, he will be living with the same family who befriended him in his home country so many years ago.

Now that Teklemichael is here in Cranbrook, the EK Friends of Burma will be there to help him settle into a new life.

“We’re excited, but we’re scrambling,” said Ryeburn. “We need to get supports in place. We need to find him a job, he probably wants to go to school as well.

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Report recommends tweaks to riding boundaries Tre vor Cr awley

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Partial map of the riding of Kootenay East, showing the boundary with Columbia River-Revelstoke between Wardner and Bull River

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The Electoral Boundaries Commission Act stipulates that the North Region must contain eight ridings, Cariboo-Thompson Region must have five, and Columbia-Kootenay Region must have four.

“This has, of course, influenced in large measure our ability to propose electoral districts that are equal in population,” said the report.

“It has also influenced our decision to propose 87 electoral districts, an increase of two from the current number, and the maximum allowable by the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act. “Further to these two additional electoral districts, we propose changes to 49 of the current 85 districts. Most of the changes are relatively minor. Substantial changes are proposed in the Lower Mainland, particularly in Richmond and Surrey where we added a district to each community.”

One relevant proposed change to the Kootenay East riding is including rural residents on the east side of the Kootenay River between Fort Steele and Wardner.

The addition of two provincial ridings is being recommended as a preliminary report was submitted to the Legislature from the B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission on Thursday.

The creation of two new ridings will be in the Lower Mainland, however, a number of proposed tweaks were made to boundaries across the province.

The report, authored

by Justice Tom Melnick, Beverley Busson and Dr. Keith Archer, can be viewed online and is open for public feedback. Following a twomonth period, the report will to the legislature for review before a final report is written and approved by the province.

The commission, which is guided by the legislation contained within the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, added two ridings to the Lower Mainland, but maintained the same number of ridings in the electoral areas of North Region, the Cariboo-Thompson Region, and the Columbia-Kootenay Region.

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Currently the Kootenay River serves as the boundary and residents out in Bull River area are a part of the Columbia River Revelstoke riding.

When the commission came to Cranbrook for public feedback, Wardner resident Jenny Byford brought up the concern that students in Bull River are going to school in Cranbrook — which is in the Kootenay East riding — even though they’re living in a different electoral area.

“Students from Wardner on the west bank and Bull River and Fort Steele on the east bank attend the same secondary school in Cranbrook,” reads the report. “However, as Wardner is in Kootenay East and Bull River and Fort Steele are in Columbia River-Revelstoke, young people in this area don’t have a shared political experience and some believed this led them to be less likely to participate in the electoral process.”

The boundary was slightly modified to include parts of the east side of the Kootenay River, including the hamlet of Bull River, as it continues up north to Height of the Rockies Provincial Park.

“By using the East Kootenay Regional District Electoral Area C and the Southeast Kootenay School District boundary in this area, these towns east of Cranbrook will be included in the same electoral district (Kootenay East),” said the report.

“Following this boundary also has the effect of moving a small area around the airport west of Cranbrook into Kootenay East from Columbia River-Revelstoke.

“While these changes affect only a small number of people, it will provide more effective representation for these communities.”

Those changes to the Kootenay East riding affect the border of the Columbia-River Revelstoke riding, but those are the only changes to the latter district.

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From page 1 “There’s a lot of settling in we need to do and we’re always looking for people who are interested in getting involved as volunteers to help out.

“Donating clothes, donating funds—because we’re responsible for his costs for a year—also just to meet him, befriend him.”

While Ryeburn and the EK Friends of Burma have sponsored many individuals and families for relocation in the region, the arrival of Teklemichael is special because of their relationship when Ryeburn was volunteering in Eritrea with her family in 2005.

Eritrea has official languages of Arabic and English, but also use a dialect known as Tigrigna, which is spoken by much of the local population.

While their son, Lukas, was attending school, the family learned that his teacher had instructed the rest of the class to treat him like an outcast.

“Lukas learned from Nahom that the teacher had spoken to all the students in the class and said, ‘Shun this boy, don’t befriend him, treat him badly, he’s a foreigner’,” Ryeburn said. “…he was trying to sell this to the students in the class and Nahom spoke up, which was really brave of him and in the end, the teacher failed him.

“Nahom’s a smart boy, he didn’t deserve to fail, but the teacher did that because he spoke up to defend Lukas.”

Ryeburn and the family left Eritrea in 2007 but remained in contact with Teklemichael and his parents, who were well-known and celebrated across the country for their efforts fighting for independence from Ethiopia back in 1993.

However, Ryeburn said the government ended up persecuting the family and took their business which was a catalyst for Teklemichael’s eventual desire to flee the country.

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One scene/one take film-making workshop for youth For the Bulletin

An opportunity for young film-makers and would-be film-makers to sharpen their understanding and skills is being offered by Kimberley Arts Council this April. For 12 hours spread over 4 days, youth aged 12 to 29 will be introduced to the concept and practice of film-making and visual story-telling by photographer and film-maker Yana Kehrlein. Workshop classes will take place at Centre 64 and in the community from 3.30 to 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, Thursday, April 9, Thursday, April 16, and Thursday, April 23.

During the four classes the students will conceptualize their project, get acquainted with their recording devices, be they video cameras, still cameras or mobile phones, shoot a short ‘once scene/one take’ film, dis-

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Lukas Eaton, Nahom Teklemichael, Barb Ryeburn and Kim Eaton are reunited at the Canadian Rockies International Airport on Thursday. plete a year of obligatory military training in a facility near Sawa, which is an environment rampant with all sorts of abuse.

“A lot of people we meet, they flee when they can, especially to avoid Sawa, because it’s extremely hard on them,” said Ryeburn.

Though the group operates as EK Friends of Burma, don’t be confused by thinking that they only help Burmese refugees. The group, which has volunteers across a broad region including Rossland, Fernie and Calgary, has also sponsored refugees from Columbia and Pal-

estine.

For more information on the East Kootenay Friends of Burma, or to wish Teklemichael a happy birthday, give Ryeburn a call at 250426-6559.

Youth can learn about film-making at a special workshop at Centre 64. cuss it with the other workshop participants, and screen the film at the opening reception of the Adjudicated Youth Art Exhibition at Centre 64 on May 2. No previous film experience is required.

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On Saturday, March

21, the Kimberley Curling Club wound up its with one draw in the

Special Council Meeting 2015 – 2019 Five Year Financial Plan 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 Tuesday March 31, 2015 beginning at 4:30 pm in Council Chambers at City Hall.

The public is welcome to attend.

afternoon and a grand banquet in the evening.

The Club Championship final was the feature game and was played by teams Hoblund and Tersmette.

The game and championship was won by Team Hoblund who

were presented with the Larry Anderson trophy

by Kitty Anderson.

The season was wonderful; lots of good curling and several new curlers. The club hopes to see a good turnout and lots of new curlers next season.

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Kimberley Arts Council has obtained a grant from the Columbia Basin Trust to facilitate this and other youth workshops offered this spring.

Youth wishing to register for this workshop should contact Christine at Centre 64 at 250-427-4919 or at kimberleyarts@gmail. com.

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Curling season wraps

The Kimberley Curling Club wishes to thank everyone who supported their fundraising raffle this year. Pictured above is the first place winner of $1000, Ray DeAnna of Cranbrook, receiving the cheque from John McGillvray, Club President. Other cash winners included Rob Neidig, $50; Gord Rowe, $100; Orin Hoglund, $150; Trevor Simkins, $300 and Linda Cairns, $250.

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Curlimg Club champs, Kevin Hoblund, skip; Aaron Nelson, third; Becky Hoblund, second; Kitty Anderson presenting the trophy; and Denise Rakebrand, lead.

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“I support the arts and culture” became a well-worn phrase during Cranbrook’s municipal election in the fall of 2014. The first real test of that “support” is now in front of our recently elected Mayor and Council.

The Cranbrook and District Arts Council (CDAC) want to turn historic Fire Hall No. 1 into a vibrant new home for Arts and Culture, which would also continue the revitalization of our downtown. Our newly elected municipal government has a great opportunity to make this happen. How? Take the notion of selling the Fire Hall off the table. This is an important piece of our history and our culture — it should remain as a public building.

Lease the Fire Hall to the CDAC and structure the lease so that if the Arts Council ever becomes insolvent, the building and all of the improvements return to the city without any compensation. A new roof, improved access for those with disabilities, and a greatly improved interior are not future liabilities for taxpayers.

If there are deficiencies in the CDAC’s Business Plan, have city staff work with them to correct the deficiencies and improve the Plan. This is common practice and demonstrates a partnership approach to improving our community.

Improve proponent’s proposals is an important role for staff.

Include funding in the 5 Year Financial Plan to support the CDAC and their efforts to secure a long-term home. This demonstrates to potential grant funders and donors that Cranbrook really does support the arts. As a community we have borrowed and invested millions of dollars in recreation facilities to support healthy bodies. There is much to be said for investing in supporting creativity and healthy souls.

There are hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants available in support of arts and culture. If that money doesn’t come to Cranbrook it will go to other communities. Having it come here supports our economy at no additional cost to local taxpayers.

There is a real opportunity here to ensure that “I support arts and culture” aren’t just hollow words …

Wayne Stetski Cranbrook

Dragged into conflict

In 2003, Stephen Harper wrote a servile letter to the Wall Street Journal, apologising to the Americans because the Canadian government of the day had refused to become embroiled in the Bush/ Blair War in Iraq. Twelve years later, he

has achieved his ambition: to play Stephen the Lionheart, Crusader.

He talks transparency, but misled Parliament in October 2014 about Canada’s engagement in the Middle East. He preaches law and order, but has broken international law. Saudi Arabia, flogger of bloggers and beheader of witches, is now Harper’s comrade-in-arms.

He has shown an appalling ignorance of the riptides and cross currents of centuries-old, tribal, religious and territorial conflicts stretching from Peshawar to Aleppo.

He cannot support Syrian president Assad against Sunni Muslim ISIS because Iran-backed Assad, a Shia Alawite Muslim, is an enemy of Sunni Saudi Arabia. He cannot support the opposition to Assad because it is aligned with al-Qaeda. He cannot support the anti-ISIS Shia militias in Iraq because they are subsidised by Shia Iran, the religious adversary of the Saudis, to whom Harper just happens to be selling $15 billion worth of armaments.

It all seems very complex, but apparently not for our prime minister. With a blinkered, biblical certainty — and an eye to October’s federal election — he has dragged us into a conflict with 20,000 religious fanatics who are proxies in the Iran-Saudi Arabia power struggle and who have simply filled the geo-strategic power vacuum created by the Bush/Blair War of 2003: 500,000 Iraqi men, women and children dead since then, and the Iraqi nation’s total degradation, a human catastrophe for which Harper has given his tacit, but unequivocal, support.

In the last analysis, he has led Canada into a war which is, in reality, Harper’s personal crusade; which has no credible or legal justification; which is unaffordable; which is constantly changing and has already escalated; which has neither well-defined objectives, nor boundaries, nor exit strategy.

And for which there is no end in sight.

JC Vallance, Fernie

EK boy and proud

In 1981 I moved to Kimberley for two years. So much for that plan! This whole region’s co-operative spirit from sports to arts to aid here and abroad stimulates best-of-the-best from us. A wellspring of ‘inspired duty’ fuels the work of our agencies big and small, from Lions and Rotary to Wildsight to local food banks to museums and libraries. Linked with strong examples, I offer them to prepare a request and an idea.

The East Kootenay Music Teachers Association, alone among two dozen branches of B.C. REGISTERED Music Teachers, draws any and all keen teach-

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Letters to the Editor

Arts and Culture

Monday, MARCH 30, 2015

ers — not just “innies” with formal credentials. Not using whose-student-winswhat to compete (believe me, it’s common elsewhere), we create enriching programs for us and our students in a supportive community.

For hundreds of the world’s traumatized refugees, sponsor groups from Golden to Creston have given a superb welcome to Canada — far more inclusive than the usual big-city experience. A visiting Immigration officer pointed in awe at our off-the-charts refugee record, by far the top among B.C. regions. A main instigator for much of it, Shauna Jimenez, lives in massive metropolitan Wasa! The Cambodia Support Group has had directors from Golden, Wasa, Cranbrook, Kimberley and elsewhere; and many community or church groups have their own great records of success.

As a musician and arts promoter I’ve been active in Fernie, Sparwood, Jaffray, Cranbrook, Lister, Creston, Kimberley, Wasa, Fort Steele, Invermere, Edgewater, Golden … Most recently I was the pianist for a show about local history in Invermere — where Pat Morrow, past-Kimberley man and Mount Everest victor, now lives. We burst with pride as our heroes tote the Stanley Cup to the peak of splendour, top the world in physical excellence, and celebrate the ABLE in disabled (I mean you, Gerry and Annie Johnston.)

I’m based in Kimberley but a happy, proud and inspired East Kootenay resident. Request: Let Calgary and Edmonton have big-city-Alberta rivalries. Let’s not, please, fall into those traps! For every toxic pit in one of our towns there’s a salvage yard in another; but they no more define our value than did an appendectory scar define Marilyn Monroe’s true worth.

Idea: Scott Joplin was the King of Ragtime! At its heyday c. 1893-1917, many E.K. towns were in intense growth spurts.

For 2017, the centenary of Joplin’s death, let’s create region-wide what no big city could have - a Super-Festival with each centre doing its own thing (C’mon Yahk!

C’mon Edgewater!) and interlinked to draw people from far and wide.

Like the narrow point of the hourglass, Ragtime drew many European and African influences into a focused, defineable style that spread out to influence even today’s music. I’ll anchor a Regional Rag Fest if people will get behind it; we could promote not just music but lifestyle, local history, science and schooling - you name it. For now, please e-mail ekrag@hotmail.com to state your interest.

Let’s be what we are — a great region full of wonderful places to live and visit, supporting each other as only we can.

Arne Sahlen Kimberley

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“Far Above the Clouds - Nepal 2014” a travelogue by David and Patricia Stock and Sabine and Gebhard Pfeiffer for Canadian Friends of Nepal. Will include their travels to Annapurna Base Camp and other areas of Nepal. Mon. March 30; 7 pm at the COTR Lecture Theatre. Admission by donation.

“Free Slide Show Presentation: CFUW Cranbrook Club is pleased to invite you to enjoy an evening with artist Joseph Cross who followed the David Thompson’s (Fur Trader & Surveyor 1800’s) path east from the prairie to what is now B.C. Room 189, College of the Rockies. Show starts promptly at 7pm, Thursday, April 16th Conference: April 17-18, Fri: 7pm, Sat: 9:30am, 2pm, 7pm.

“Kingdom Living: Walking in Emotional Health”. Speakers: Jason and Lauren Vallotton from Redding Calif., at House of Hope Cranbrook, 629-6th St NW. Registration: www.ihopecranbrook. com. Info: 250-421-3784.

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Yemen: Unintended Consequences

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he Sunni Arab countries that started bombing Yemen on Wednesday night last week seem to think they are fighting an Iranian-backed plot to expand Shia power and influence in the Arab world. Most other countries find that hard to believe, but even if the Sunni countries are right, wars often have unintended consequences. This military intervention is likely to have results that Saudi Arabia and its friends don’t like one bit.

They’ve all shown up for this war. Saudi Arabia and the other monarchies of the Arab world (Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and even Morocco) have all committed aircraft to bombing Yemen.

Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan have offered to send ground troops. And the United States (which just pulled the last American troops out of Yemen) promises to provide “logistical and intelligence support.”

In practice, however, this coalition of Sunni Arabs and Americans is unlikely to commit large numbers of ground troops to Yemen: the country has been the graveyard of foreign armies from the Romans to the Ottomans. But if they don’t do that, the (entirely unintended) result of their bombing may be to facilitate the take-over of most of Yemen by al-Qaeda and/or ISIS. Sunni paranoia about the rise of Shia power has its roots in the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. So long as the Sunni minority ruled Iraq, it limited the influence of Iran, the paramount Shia power, in the Arab world. With the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the destruction of Sunni supremacy in Iraq, Iran’s power automatically soared — and so did its influ-

ence in Shia parts of the Arab world.

Iran didn’t have to do anything particularly aggressive for paranoia to take off in the Sunni countries of the Gulf. Of the 140 million citizens of countries that border on the Persian/Arabian Gulf, about twothirds are Shias. With a Shia-dominated government in Baghdad, Saudi Arabia and the smaller Sunni Arab monarchies felt terribly exposed and began to see Shia plots everywhere.

They see such a plot now Gwynne in Yemen. The Houthi militia, drawn from the warlike Dyer Shia tribes of northern Yemen, have taken control of all the country’s big cities and most of its thickly populated agricultural heartland in less than one year. This is not actually all that rare an event in Yemeni history, and it never required help from Iran before, but now the hand of Iran is suspected everywhere.

That’s why Sunni countries from all over the Arab world piled in so readily.

They really believe they are fighting the Iranian bogeyman, although there is almost no evidence of direct Iranian support for the Houthis. (Nor is it easy to think of any strategic reason why Iran would be interested in Yemen.)

The historical pattern is that these periodic conquests of the country by the northern tribes usually recede again after a while, because Shias are only a third of the population and the northern tribes who provide the manpower for the Houthi milita are only a fraction of the Shias. But this time nobody is willing to wait for the local Sunni backlash in Houthi-occupied parts of Yemen to push the northerners out.

The “coalition” is now bombing the Houthis all over the country. How inten-

sively and how accurately remains to be seen, but if they really succeed in breaking the Houthi grip on central and southern Yemen, they will create a power vacuum that will NOT be filled by the “legitimate” president of Yemen, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, whom they are allegedly trying to restore to power.

Hadi’s forces have utterly disintegrated, and Houthi fighters now occupy the temporary capital that he established in his home city, Aden. (The real capital, Sanaa, has been in Houthi hands since September.) Hadi left Aden by boat on Tuesday, which suggests that he has left the country entirely — unless he plans to create another provisional capital on, say, the island of Socotra.

So if the coalition bombs the Houthis out of Aden, but does not commit ground troops of its own, the real winners will be the al-Qaeda forces that wait just outside the city. Much the same goes for Taiz, the third city, and even for Sanaa itself: it is al-Qaeda or ISIS jihadis who stand to profit most from a Houthi retreat.

The only other force in Yemen that could offer any opposition to the jihadis is the fighters who have rallied to the support of exiled ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh since he returned to the country. But Saleh is allied to the Houthis and he is a Shia himself, so it’s hard to see the coalition switching its support from Hadi to him.

Yet it’s also hard to see the coalition committing a big army to Yemen. Everybody who has done that has regretted it. So while Sunni planes bomb Shia fighters, the jihadis may step in and sweep the board.

An unintended outcome, of course, but not an unforeseeable one.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist based in London

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All squared up: Ice, Hitmen series tied at 1-1 Kootenay steals a 4-3 win to open 2015 WHL Playoffs on Friday, Calgary responds with a close 3-2 OT victory on Sunday

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Adam Tambellini was the overtime hero, saving the Calgary Hitmen from a potential two-game deficit on Sunday afternoon.

Tambellini managed to beat Kootenay Ice goaltender Wyatt Hoflin glove side while down low in the face-off circle to end the second game of the series between the two teams at 3-2.

Earlier, on Friday evening, the Ice came out and stunned the Hitmen 4-3 in their own building to pick up the first win of the seven-game series.

Tambellini’s OT marker came after the two teams battled each other to a 2-2 tie over three periods of tight, intense hockey.

Sam Reinhart picked up his first goal of the playoffs, while Jaedon Descheneau potted his

second. Calgary scoring was also provided by Pavel Karnaukhov, who notched a pair over the course of the game.

Hoflin made 30 saves during the game, including five stops in OT, while Brendan Burke and Mack Shields shared goaltending duties for the Hitmen, collectively making 35 saves.

Despite the loss on Sunday, Ice head coach Ryan McGill was happy

Game #1 summary Ice 4, Hitmen 3 First Period 1. Kootenay, Philp 1 (Descheneau, Cable) 7:14.

2. Kootenay, King 1 (Philp, Zborosky) 14:23 (pp).

3. Calgary, Bean 1 (Fazleev, Thomas) 19:44 (pp).

Penalties - Draude CAL (cross-checking) 12:52, Vetterl Koo (hooking) 17:59.

Second Period 4. Calgary, Helgesen 1 (Fazleev, Harmsworth) 4:23.

5. Kootenay, Philp 2 (Alfaro, Vetterl) 17:17.

Penalties - Lishchynsky Koo (holding) 7:34, Twarynski CAL (roughing) 14:09.

Third Period 6. Kootenay, Descheneau 1 (Vetterl, Lishchynsky) 9:57 (short-handed-SH).

7. Calgary, Rankin 1 (Tambellini) 13:07.

Penalties - Philp Koo (tripping) 3:13, Harmsworth CAL (hooking) 5:56, Chynoweth Koo (tripping) 9:04.

Shots on goal by Kootenay 11 15 5 - 31 Calgary 10 11 11 - 32 Goal - Kootenay: Hoflin (W, 1-0-0); Burke (L, 0-1-0-0) Power plays (goal-chances)Kootenay: 1-3; Calgary: 1-4.

Attendance - 8,256 at Calgary.

Game #2 summary Hitmen 3, Ice 2 (OT) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties - Tambellini CAL (inter. on goaltender) 11:00.

Second Period 1. Calgary, Karnaukhov 1 (Peterson, Fazleev) 9:01 (pp).

2. Kootenay, Reinhart 1 (Valiev, Martin) 17:51 (pp).

3. Kootenay, Descheneau 2 (Martin, Lishchynsky) 19:36.

Penalties - Lishchynsky Koo (roughing) 2:22, Karnaukhov CAL (roughing) 2:22, Lishchynsky Koo (tripping) 7:31, Karnaukhov CAL (checking to the head) 17:20, Alfaro Koo (roughing) 20:00, Kanzig CAL (roughing) 20:00.

Third Period 4. Calgary, Karnaukhov 2 (Fazleev, Thomas) 10:31 (pp).

Penalties - Loschiavo Koo (tripping) 9:08.

Overtime 5. Calgary, Tambellini 1 (Karnaukhov) 16:36.

Penalties - None.

Shots on goal by Kootenay 11 7 8 11 - 37 Calgary 7 7 13 6 - 33 Goal - Kootenay: Hoflin (LS, 1-0-0); Calgary: Shields (W, 0-0-0).

Power plays (goal-chances)Kootenay: 1-2; Calgary: 2-2.

Attendance - 8,560 at Calgary.

with the effort from his team and said the game could’ve gone either way.

“I loved our competitive level. I think it’s easy for these kids to think that we got a game, we’re okay with the split,” said McGill. “[But] I thought our competitive level in the second period was real good. Throughout the whole game, I thought it was good because it’s easy to say we got a game and lets just get back home.

“Our guys did a good job, we were right there.”

After a scoreless first period, Calgary jumped to the lead when Karnaukhov scored a powerplay goal, jumping on a juicy rebound on his backhand.

However, the Ice struck twice late in the frame in quick succession, as Reinhart notched his first of the 2015 post-season campaign, tipping a shot from D-man Rinat Valiev. Descheneau followed up minutes later, scoring after toe-dragging a Calgary defenceman and sneaking a shot underneath the arm of Burke.

Opening up the third period, Hitmen coach Mark French—in an unexpected move—replaced Burke with Mack Shields, who went unbeaten in 19 shots for the rest of the frame and OT. At the 9:29 mark, Karnaukhov got his second of the night, finishing a backdoor play from Radel Fazleev that evened up the affair.

Despite outshooting Calgary 11-6 in OT, it was Tambellini’s effort that proved to be the game-winner.

Earlier, on Friday evening, the Ice got a fourgoal effort—including a pair from Luke Philp, to steal the first win of the series at 4-3.

Jaedon Descheneau netted the game winner on a shorthanded goal, while Tyler King rounded out the scoring for the Ice. Jake Bean, Kenton Helgesen and Connor Rankin replied for the Hitmen.

Hoflin stood between the pipes, turning away 29 shots for the win, with

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Jaedon Descheneau (left) and Austin Vetterl celebrate Descheneau’s game-winning goal on Friday evening—a 4-3 win over the Calgary Hitmen in Game One of the 2015 WHL Playoffs.

Hitmen’s Burke making 27 saves in defeat.

Kootenay won the special teams battle, scoring once in three opportunities with the man-advantage, while only giving up one goal on the penalty kill and adding a shorthanded effort to the scoresheet.

While Kootenay got the lead early on Friday, and never played from behind, the Ice had to play catch up on Sunday, coming back from an early one-goal deficit.

McGill said getting a lead is always good, but battling back from behind shows character.

“That’s important, but also the fact that they scored the first goal tonight [Sunday], I thought was really good of our team to come back and score again, obviously real quick, two goals real quick to get the lead going into the third,” said McGill. “It shows a lot about our team and the fact that we can play with a lead or without a lead.”

With some good early pressure, the Hitmen kept the Ice busy in their own zone for the opening five minutes or so.

However, when the Ice got their first real scoring opportunity, they made no mistake, with Philp putting home a rebound off a shot from Descheneau at the top of the face-off circle.

Seven minutes later, on Kootenay’s first powerplay, Philp teed up King at the blueline, who blasted a slap shot past Burke.

In the dying seconds of the period with a powerplay of their own, the Hitmen escaped with a one-goal deficit as Bean took a cross-ice feed and snuck a short-side shot past Hoflin.

After a furious second-period start from the Ice that included at least three quality scoring chances, the Hitmen were able to tie up the game as Helgesen slid a backhander past Hoflin after Radel Fazleev dangled around in the Kootenay zone.

But the Ice jumped ahead again with 2:43 remaining in the frame, and it was none other than Philp who banged home a slick behind the net feed from Matt Alfaro.

With Ryan

Chynoweth in the box in the third period, Tanner Lishchynsky got the puck to Austin Vetterl in the neutral zone, who skated in on a shorthanded odd-man rush with Descheneau. Vetterl slid the puck over and Descheneau slid it past Burke for a two-goal lead.

With 10 minutes remaining in the game, the Hitmen scrambled for a response and got one three minutes later when took advantage of a defensive zone turnover and beat Hoflin from the high slot.

Though Burke headed to the bench with just under a minute left in the game, the Ice held off the Hitmen in the dying seconds to claim the opening win.

Last year, the Ice overcame the Hitmen in the first round of the playoffs in six games, but that— according to McGill—is ancient history.

“We don’t bring any lessons from last year, we bring lessons from the last month and a half of the regular season,” said McGill.

The Ice host Game 3 on Tuesday evening at Western Financial Place.

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Kimberley Dynamiters are KIJHL Champions Taylor Rocca Sports Editor

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The last time the KIJHL championship found a home in Kimberley, there wasn’t a single player on the 2014-15 Kimberley Dynamiters around to see it.

After 35 long years, the KIJHL title is returning to the Kimberley Civic Centre as the Kimberley Dynamiters skated to a 5-1 victory to clinch the championship banner in Game 6 at McArthur Park Arena in Kamloops Sunday night.

“I am absolutely thrilled for this group of guys. They’re a great group on and off the ice,” said Kimberley Dynamiters head coach Jerry Bancks Sunday night.

“I’ve known some of these kids since they were in diapers. I know what they’ve put into it and they’ve had ups and downs in their hockey lives. It’s so nice they came together and they’ll have a memory [like this] for the rest of their lives.

“We only hope we can carry on from here and create some more memories.”

Trevor Van Steinburg scored two goals in Game 6, forward Eric Buckley registered the game-winning tally and goaltender Tyson Brouwer steered away 35 shots to backstop his team.

“I’ve never won something this big before,” Van Steinburg said. “It’s a huge, exciting moment.

I’m speechless. So happy to be spending it with these boys.

“We battle harder than anyone. We had a game plan from the start and we picked up a few guys in the new year. We all bought it. It’s huge.”

Winning in Kamloops wasn’t an easy task for the Dynamiters — in fact, Game 6 was the only game in the KIJHL championship in which the visitors came out on top at McArthur Park Arena.

After claiming a 2-0 series lead on home ice, the Nitros travelled to Kamloops and dropped Games 3 and 4 at McArthur Park Arena, before sneaking out a 3-2 double-overtime victory in front of 1,358 fans back on home ice in Game 5.

With a 3-2 series lead, the Nitros returned to Kamloops intent on taking the KIJHL championship trophy home with them Sunday night.

“Their coach made it pretty obvious we can’t win in this building and that’s pretty good fuel for the fire,” Bancks said.

“When you have athletes like Jason Richter, Tyler Kinnon and people like that, it’s a mistake to tell somebody they can’t do something.

“They were pretty fired up.”

Richter was named player of the game as he registered a goal and an assist.

“You can’t describe it. It’s a great feeling,” Richter said from the ice at McArthur Park Arena.

“You’ve got a sense of satisfaction in your mind. You look around the group and realize we gave it all we’ve got. We all love each other and came together as a group.

“We’ve got tons of character. Every guy on this team team could probably wear a letter on any other team…We just have great character and I think that’s what took us this far.”

Special teams were a difference maker in the deciding game of the championship series as the Dynamiters scored twice with the man advantage. Defenceman Justin Meier added a shorthanded, empty-net goal to ice the victory.

Storm captain Felix Larouche was ejected from the game in the second period after incurring a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for boarding Nitros forward Brady Revie.

The Dynamiters made good on the extended advantage, as a point shot from defenceman Jordan Busch was redirected by Buckley and found the back of the net to give the visitors a 2-1 lead.

Moments after the Larouche major expired, Van Steinburg drove the net and took a pass from Coy Prevost in a play reminiscent of the overtime-winning goal in Game 5. Van Steinburg redirected the feed past a helpless Jacob Mullen to give the visitors a twogoal bulge and all the insurance they needed after 40 minutes.

A back-and-forth first period saw both goaltenders fall victim to heavy traffic in front.

With Larouche serving the back half of a double-minor for high-sticking, Richter found a little time and snapped a blistering shot over the shoulder of

Mullen to open the scoring.

As was the case numerous times in this series, the Storm responded on the following shift.

After a scoring chance in front of Brouwer, the puck came back to Storm defenceman Cameron Trott. The 17-year-old Langley product fired a long floater that found iron before bouncing in past a screened Brouwer to tie the game 38 seconds after Richter opened the scoring.

Unfortunately for the home side, that’s all the offense they were able to muster with their season on the line as Brouwer stood tall and the Kimberley Dynamiters cruised the rest of the way.

“There’s really no words to describe it,” Brouwer said. “I’m so proud of this group.

From when I got here in early August I knew this was going to be a special group. I’m speechless.

“The character on this team is why we got to where we are.”

The last time the KIJHL championship found a home in the halls of the Kimberley Civic Centre it was after the 1980 Kimberley Knights defeated the Trail Smoke Eaters.

For the 2015 KIJHL champion Dynamiters, they had to work their way through an impressive line of top-seeded opponents in order to stake out the championship banner.

After knocking off the Creston Valley Thundercats in the Eddie Mountain Division semifinal, the Nitros rolled through three division champions.

It took six games for the Dynamiters to beat the Fernie Ghostriders — the Eddie Mountain Division’s regular-season champions.

From there, the Nitros moved on to ground the Beaver Valley Nitehawks — the Neil Murdoch Division’s regular-season champions — in a five-game Kootenay Conference final.

Lastly, the Nitros weathered the Kamloops Storm — Doug Birks Division champions — in a six-game KIJHL championship series.

On top of that, each of those division champions were directed by respective divisional coaches of the year — Craig Mohr (Eddie Moutain Division coach

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After 35 long years, the KIJHL title is returning to the Kimberley Civic Centre of the year), Terry Jones (Neil Murdoch Division coach of the year) and Ed Patterson (Doug Birks Division coach of the year).

That speaks to job done by Bancks and his entire staff as much as it speaks to play of the

team.

For Bancks, who has been quick to pass credit on to his players all season long, he is just as deserving of recognition for the work he has done to guide this team.

Throughout the post-season run for the

Dynamiters, fan support across town has been a common thread of conversation and something the players and coaching staff regularly reference.

“It’s phenomenal.

The town is alive and excited for these kids

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and part of it is the amount of time these kids spend in the community,” Bancks said.

“They’re not just hockey players. I’m so proud of where they are as young men.”

Fans have an opportunity to meet up with the team, check out the KIJHL championship banner and trophy Monday night at 6:30 p.m. at the Kimberley Civic Centre.

The 2015 KIJHL playoff MVP will be announced Monday night at the Civic Centre.

“It’s huge. It carries us when we’re down,” Richter said of the community support. “If we come off a tough loss, we see all the businesses, all the fans, all the families still tweeting about us.

They’re still excited and they pick us back up. It means a lot. We have the best fans in the KI. We love it.”

After Monday’s celebration, the focus shifts to the Cyclone Taylor Cup. Representing the KIJHL, the Dynamiters head to Mission for the provincial Junior B championship, which begins April 3.

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He was involved with Scouts Canada for 35 years. Paul loved the outdoors, fishing, photography, camping, and was a very talented woodworker.

Paul is survived by his wife Lynda, four boys, eight grandchildren, and one great grandchild. He was predeceased by his parents Albert and Hazel Rogers, and by his son Warren (1994).

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After retiring from Holmes Realty in 1993 Lil was very active in sports, she loved curling, golf, badminton, and bridge with the girls. Lil was very involved with the community as President of the Chamber of Commerce and volunteered for numerous activities.

In her later years Lillian enjoyed many happy summers at the family cottage at Wasa Lake watching her daughters raise their own families, playing with her grandchildren, and visiting with family and friends. She always loved to look at the Rocky Mountains from the deck, reminiscing with the love of her life, Garry, and friends and family that dropped by. Lillian loved to play a competitive game of bocce. Most of all Lil loved to have fun with all her family and friends, she loved to make people laugh with her quick wit humour.

Lillian is survived by her husband Garry, her daughters Lee (Simon), Cathy, Kim (Brian), Kari (Noelle), her grandchildren Chelsea, Camille, Carling, Lauren, Nolan, her great grandson Matteus, and a large extended family.

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GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

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SERVICES GUIDE Contact these business for all your service needs!

Accounting/Tax/ Bookkeeping IN NEED OF A

BOOKKEEPER?

I have over 15 years experience doing books for various companies in the East Kootenays. I can take your company from start-up to year-end prep.

Contact Melissa at

~ 250-581-1328 ~

Contractors

GIRO

â&#x20AC;˘ Construction â&#x20AC;˘ Renovations â&#x20AC;˘ Roofing â&#x20AC;˘ Drywall-large or small â&#x20AC;˘ Siding â&#x20AC;˘ Sundeck Construction â&#x20AC;˘ Aluminum Railings We welcome any restorational work!

(250) 426-8504

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To advertise using our â&#x20AC;&#x153;SERVICES GUIDEâ&#x20AC;? in the Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Kimberley Daily Bulletin and The Valley, call us at 250-426-5201, ext. 202.

B8MANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Handyman Service -Tree Pruning -Rototilling -Lawn care -Exterior House & Window Cleaning -Painting -Fence & Deck Building -Dump Runs

250-919-9689 Serving Cranbrook and Kimberley

GLENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GRASS CUTTING â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘

Dethatching (includes lawn vacuum) Aerating Gutters Grass cutting

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweeping the Kootenayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cleanâ&#x20AC;?

Janet ~ 250-489-8889 Jeannie ~ 250-417-9013

HOUSEKEEPING Honest, reliable, professional and friendly.

I have been cleaning homes from Cranbrook to Kimberley for the last 8 years.

References upon request.

Please contact Val at:

250-426-0115 or 250-919-1472 IN NEED OF A

BOOKKEEPER?

I have over 15 years experience doing books for various companies in the East Kootenays. I can take your company from start-up to year-end prep.

Contact Melissa at

~ 250-581-1328 ~

~also available~ Pool table installation and service!!!

AND RENOVATIONS

Established custom builder for over 30 years.

TREE PRUNING SERVICE

Spring is here.

Certified Journeyman Carpenters

*Shade trees, fruit trees, some tree removal and dump runs.

*Call Mike: 250-426-3418

Kevin 250-421-0110 Krister 250-919-1777

PLAN DESIGN New construction, Additions, Renovations, Electrical, Landscape

TREES â&#x20AC;˘ LAWNS GARDEN â&#x20AC;˘ LANDSCAPE

Jody ~ 250-919-1575

www.CHARLTONHOMES.CA

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Professional Tree & Shrub pruning Landscaping (planting of trees, shrubs and stone work repair) Lawn treatment: Aerate and Power rake.

- Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be comfortable knowing that we both are Forest Technologists (School of Natural Resources - Fleming College), with over 25 years experience, are fully insured and enjoy what we do.

David & Kimberly Weiler

250.427.4417 CLASSIFIEDS HELP YOU SELL CALL: 426-5201 EXT. 202

1999 28ft Kustom Koach

Rentals

Adult Escorts

Apt/Condo for Rent

KOOTENAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEST ESCORTS

For Rent:

Introducing

1 BDRM apartment, $600./mo. + DD 2 BDRM furnished apartment, $780./mo. + DD

*New* - Hollie - 38 Fun â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n friendly, Playmate status.

Hydro and heat included.

*New* - Lyndsay - 43 Sweet and petite GFE type

Cranbrook 250-417-5806

*New* - Chanel - 27

Perfect 10 exotic beauty

Commercial/ Industrial

Lily - 24 Sweet doll faced, curvaceous brunette

FOR LEASE in Cranbrook.

Enjoy quality relaxations by our hand-picked beautyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Swedish relaxation/massage.

A commercial space in a prime location, next to Joeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only. 2367sq. ft.

Price per sq. ft. is negotiable, open to offers.

Phone 250-992-2048

Spoil yourself today!!!

(250)417-2800 in/out calls daily Hiring

Mortgages

Sleeps 6, Queen walk-around bed, full bath, fridge, stove. $

8,000

250-489-4962

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Mortgages

Janis Caldwell-Sawley Mortgage Specialist Royal Bank of Canada

MOVING sale Sat 28 March 10am to noon. Quad, older Siverado, furniture, toys, jewellery and much more. 577 Woodland Drive 778-517-2468

janis.sawley@rbc.com mortgage.rbc.com/janis.sawley CLASSIFIEDS HELP YOU SELL

CALL: 426-5201 EXT. 202

Far-Reaching Delivery!

Serving the East Kootenays

Tel.: 250-417-1336

The Cranbrook Daily Townsman and the Kimberley Daily Bulletin are delivered to over 5000 households, 5 days a week and over 300 businesses. In town and rural!

Weiler Property Services â&#x20AC;˘

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Start with a good set of plans and be assured your investment will FEEL, FUNCTION and LOOK GREAT!

250-427-7525 or 250-432-5434

Call 250-427-2398.

Recreational/Sale

Misc. Wanted Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antique Native Art, Estates + Chad: 778-281-0030 in town.

tiptopchimneys @gmail.com

LEIMAN

www.leimanhomes.ca

FREE TO a very good home: Beautiful Ameraucana Rooster. Needs his own hens. We will deliver. Please call:

5 BF Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A tires, LT24570R17, $950 firm. Snow plow blade ATV side-by-side air tools, new.

(250)425-0480

Apple iPhone 5C, 16 gb, white, un-used ear phones & charger, Otter Box case, all in pristine condition, $400.

1(250)939-9518 ericbaker2012@yahoo.ca Cranbrook area

Richard Hedrich 250-919-3643

CUSTOM HOMES

10% Senior Spring Discount

Free Items

Misc. for Sale

Available March 1st near downtown Kimberley â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one bedroom basement apartment, semifurnished. Heat, electric and cable included. $600/mo.

Call for Free Estimate from a W.E.T.T Certified Technician

Serving Cranbrook & Kimberley area

Residential/Commercial

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Chimney Sweeping Fireplace & Woodstove Servicing Visual Inspections and Installations Gutter Cleaning Available

RESIDENTIAL HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES

Reliable Quotes Member of the new home warranty program.

250-426-8604

TIP TOP CHIMNEY SERVICES

HOUSEKEEPING

Merchandise for Sale

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;45â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and insulated containers all sizes in stock. 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; containers as low as $2,200.

Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

weilerhart@shaw.ca Cranbrook, Kimberley and surrounding areas.

Call For Home Delivery in Cranbrook: 250-426-5201 ext 208.

Call For Home Delivery in Kimberley: 250-427-5333.