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To the extreme
Cranbrook’s Jodi Schmideder makes Top 20 for reality hunting show, following in Nikita Dalke’s footsteps TRE VOR CR AWLEY
PHOTOGRAPH BY DARREN STONE/TIMES COLONIST
On Wednesday, May 6, the Fallen Paramedics Memorial was unveiled on the south lawn of the Legislature in Victoria.
Paramedics Memorial unveiled at Legislature C A RO LYN GR ANT
It has now been almost exactly nine years since an accident took the lives of two Kimberley Ambulance Paramedics — Kim Weitzel and Shawn Currier — and the two workers they were trying to save — Bob Newcombe and Doug Erickson. On Wednesday, May 6, the Fallen Paramedics Memorial was unveiled on the south lawn
of the Legislature in Victoria. Attending the ceremony were the families of Shawn Currier and Kim Weitzel, whose names will join eight others, forever remembered as giving their lives in the line of duty. Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald attended the unveiling along with Kim’s husband George Weitzel, and Shawn’s parents Bob and
Lori Currier. The memorial was funded by BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) and the Ambulance Paramedics of BC (CUPE 873) to serve as a tangible reminder of the ultimate sacrifice paid by paramedics who dedicate themselves to helping others.
See MEMORIAL, Page 5
Company plans public information session for medical pot facility ARNE PETRYSHEN
Dycar Pharmaceuticals, the company that is planning to open a commercial medical marijuana facility in Cranbrook, will be answering question and giving an update on its progress on May 25. Dycar will give an update on where they are with the Health Canada application process and how the plans are coming along for the Cranbrook facility.
On Thursday, Carmen Wannop, Dycar Phamaceuticals vice-president of sales and marketing, spoke to the Daily Townsman about the progress and some of the things that they are preparing for with the venture into this city. Wannop said things are progressing smoothly with the application. “We haven’t had any major hiccups yet,” she said.
There are a total of seven steps in the application process from the time Health Canada receives the applications. Dycar is on stage three. “Actually it’s moving a little faster than we expected, based on what other applicants have said, we are pretty impressed that we are already in stage three,” Wannop noted.
See DYCAR, Page 4
Following the experience of Nikita Dalke in last year’s Extreme Huntress competition, another local huntress is aiming for a spot in the reality TV show. Jodi Schmideder, a Cranbrook woman, completed the entry process online and is in the top-20 finalists. From here, she needs to garner votes and support online, while entrants are also judged on the merit of their application. Online votes make up 40 per cent of the consideration, while judges evaluate social media presence, networking and their 500word essays for the other 60 per cent. In her essay she submitted to the Extreme Huntress judges, she wrote that hunting has been in her family since she was a little girl. “I live a lifestyle that depends on hunting: I do not hunt for trophy, nor respect; I hunt because it’s who I am, and it’s in my blood,” Schmideder said. “I enjoy eating fresh organic meat and I come from a long line of hunters and gatherers and I plan to continue my family’s heritage. “I want to prove not only to women, but to anyone that wants to get into the sport, that hunting is not just about the kill, it’s about coming back to a primal feeling and understanding who
JODI SCHMIDEDER you are as a person.” Schmideder insists that being a hunter isn’t just about the sporting aspect of it. “I was raised to appreciate and respect what I have gathered and I believe strongly in proper game management and conservation of our wild lands,” she wrote. “This passion lead me to pursue an education in environmental science, where I spent two years expanding my knowledge on wildlife management and the importance of conservation at the Lethbridge College.” Schmideder stopped
by the Daily Townsman to talk about her essay submitted to the show and the advice she received from Dalke. “Basically, hunting to me when I wrote it—it’s not about the kill, it’s about just getting out with my father, was the most important, because he started taking me out when I was two years old,” Schmideder. “I remember sitting in the car seat and he’d give us 10 cents for every animal we’d see. “It was just more of an experience hanging out with him.”
See EXTREME, Page 3