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Killing of mother bear
In response to the letter from Dave Quinn, I very much hope that the Conservation officers and the RCMP will investigate the cruel killing of a mother bear in
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the McGinty Creek area because it is well-documented that atrocities committed against animals are symptomatic of abuse against humans. To protect the children, elders, wives and neighbours from those whose use fire-
arms in such an abusive and irresponsible way, I want the police and the public to know who they are. Gayle Smith Kimberley
East Kootenay Performing Arts Festival
Gala concert celebrates performers To w n s m a n Sta f f
The month long East Kootenay Performing Arts Festival, which ran through April, came to a culmination Monday, May 11, with its showcase concert at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook. Dozens of young musicians and vocalists from around the region took to stages around Cranbrook for performances and classes in strings, voice, piano and speech and dramatic arts. Those disciplines were well-represented Monday night in a broad and varied program — poetry and song, operatic excerpts, Beethoven, Bach and Mozart, Roald Dahl and Shel Silverstein, piano, violin, Chamber Orchestra and Choir, even a rendition of a Stomping Tom Connors classic. The gala evening featured 26 performances by individuals and groups. These included The Star Singers Boys Only, Keanu Chan, Phoebe Van Rensburg, Isabella Savage, Isabella Ferraro, Asia Franklin, the Kootenay Christian Academy Grade 5/6 Class, Jeremias and Felix Bolter, Nina Simons and Brooke Schley, Annika Murtagh, Eve MacBride, Lily Halley, the 4X4 String Quartet, Micah Meuleman, Pyper Standing and McKayla van der Roest, Carter Gulseth and Tessa Charlton, Nolan Fleming, Jueun Park, Emma Murtagh, Paris Hofmeister and Cameron Brown, the I.D.E.A.L. Chamber Orchestra, David Robertson, Gabriel Hoffman, Paulina Graham and the Vera Women’s Choir. Following are the Award winners from the East Kootenay Performing Arts Festival, and also the nominees for the Provincial Performing Arts Festival set for May 26 to May 30, in Powell River, BC. Speech Awards Georgia Hamilton (Jim Pattison Trophy); Cameron Brown and Paris Hofmeister (Special Recognition), St. Mary’s Kindergarten Class (Primary Speech Choir award), Kootenay Christian Academy Grade 6 (Intermediate Speech Choir award). Nominees to the Provincial Performing Arts Festival Georgia Hamilton (participant) and Eve MacBride (observer). Strings Awards
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What’s Up?
KIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK COMMUNITY CALENDAR
UPCOMING
Beef up for Literacy! On May 13th buy a beef dip lunch (w/salad or cookie & beverage) all for $10 and get it delivered. All proceeds to support CBAL’s YPEP program. All orders must be in by May 11th. FMI or to order call Katherine 250-417-2896 or Beth 250-464-5056 British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association, Rocky Mountain Branch, will be holding their luncheon meeting Days Inn, Sam Steele Room, Cranbrook on May 13th, 2015 at 12:00 noon. Guest Speaker: Francine Guerrette-Smith, Dietitian Educator, Healthy Heart & Diabetes, Cranbrook Health Unit. Info: Ronald Kerr, 250-432-0002. St. Mary Valley Rural Residents Association Pancake Breakfast, Saturday, May 16 at the WASA LIONS GROUNDS from 9:00-11:30 am. JAZZ IS BACK! An Evening of Jazz with the Smith Family, Sat. May 16 at 7:30pm, Cranbrook Alliance Church Foyer. In support of the Cranbrook Ministerial Scholarship & Christian College Scholarship. The Kootenay Railway Pensioners Association will be having a Social Luncheon at 12:30 pm, Tuesday May 19th at Arthur’s Sports Bar & Grill (Day’s Inn), 600 Cranbrook St.N, Cranbrook. All Railway Retiree’s and Spouses are welcome. RSVP by May 15th. Info: Secretary Frances Allen at 250-426-2720 or Myrtle 250-426-2378, Jean 250-426-8338. Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, May 20, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Kimberley Medical Clinic. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult. All Saints Anglican Church garage sale and bake sale on Saturday, May 23rd from 8 am – 2 pm. 360 Leadenhall Street. Drop off items May 18-22 from 4-6 pm or call 250-427-5585 for pick-up. Magical Moonlight Mosey Monday, June 1 - Leader - Frank O’Grady 250-427-6279. Meet at Swan Ave entrance to the Kimberley Nature Park at 9 pm. This moderate hike is about 2-2.5 hours. Bring water, snack and headlamp or flashlight. Beginners Biking Saturday, June 6 - Leader - Peter McConnachie 250-427-2419. Meet at the Platzl visitor centre at 10 am for this ride on some roads and trails through the Kimberley Nature Park.
ONGOING
Barry Coulter photo
Some of the performers in the Key City Theatre Green Room following Monday night’s gala showcase concert, wrapping up the East Kootenay Performing Arts Festival. Left to right: David Robertson (who performed Beethoven’s Sonata in f minor on piano), Sophia Hoffman (a member of the Vera Women’s Choir), Carter Gulseth (who with Tessa Charlton performed an excerpt from Mozart’s Don Giovanni), Asia Franklin (who sang ‘Singin’ the Blues’ by rising Canadian talent Donna Rhodenizer), Eve MacBride (who sang “Pulled” from the Addams Family musical), McKayla van der Roest (who along with Pyper Standing — the Ice Girls — sang “The Hockey Song”).
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Paris Hofmeister and Cameron Brown, who performed Shel Silverstein’s Hungry/Mungry. Isabella Savage (Preliminary); Garron Stuart (Junior); Anna Cain (Intermediate); Paulina Graham (Senior); The 4X4 String Quartet (The Strings Cup). Provincial Nominee: Paulina Graham. Piano Awards Annika Murtagh (Junior Piano Award); Micah Meuleman (Intermediate
Piano); David Robertson (Senior Piano). Allen Reiser/EKMTA Scholarships • Best Performance of a Baroque Piece: Michael Meuleman. • Best Performance of a Classical Piece: David Robertson. • Best Performance of a
Romantic Piece: Trennon Aikins. • Best Performance of an Impressionistic Piece: Katie Feng. • Best Performance of a 20th/21st Century Piece. Nominees to Provincials Junior Piano: Emma Murtagh & Micah Meuleman (alternate). Intermediate Piano: David Robertson. Voice Awards Pyper Standing (Primary Award); Eve MacBride (Junior Award); Tessa Charlton (Intermediate Award); Jael Wong Fehringer (Best Overall and Best Italian Performance); Women’s Vera Ensemble (Best Group Performance); Gabriel Hoffman (Best Opera Performance); Asia Franklin (Best Canadian Composition Performance). Provincial Nominees Junior Classical Voice: Sienna Long (participant), Gwen Davies (observer). Junior Musical Theatre: Eve MacBride (participant), Michaela Eckersley (observer). Intermediate Classical Voice: Tessa Charlton (participant), Danica Martin (observer). Intermediate Musical Theatre: Carter Culseth (participant), Clara MacLeod (observer).
The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee. Aged10-14? Got the writing bug? CBAL hosts the Youth Writing Group at the Cranbrook Public Library. The 2nd & 4th Wed of each month, 4-5:30pm Free! Call Lori 250-464-1864 or khough@cbal.org TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-4264223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Seniors Dance Kimberley, 1:30pm-4:00pm every Tuesday at Centennial Hall, Kimberley. Good music, good times, everyone welcome. 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 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. North Star Quilters Society Meetings are held the 2nd & 4th Monday at 7:00 PM, basement of Centennial Centre, 100 4th Ave Kimberley. Welcoming all! Info call Heather 250 427-4906 ‘Military Ames’ social/camaraderie/support group meetings are held in the Kimberley Public Library reading room the first and third Tuesday’s of the month. All veterans welcome. For more information contact Cindy 250 919 3137 Cantabelles, an all-female singing group, meets Mondays, 7-9 pm. Join us and learn how to sing with 2, 3 and 4 part harmonies. Contact: Sue Trombley, 250-426-0808. suetrombley53@gmail.com Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway. Volunteers are needed to assist staff with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center. Come play!! Weekly or monthly for 2 hours. Diana 250427-0716. East Kootenay Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (EKWEE) meet the first Monday of every month at the Heritage Inn, Dining Room Annex, 7:00PM. Join us for of the menu dinner 5:30-7:00. Pay your own tab. Networking, share accomplishments, education. Bev Campbell 778-481-4883 BINGO - every Monday except public holidays, 6:30 pm at Kimberley Elks, 240 Howard Street. Proceeds to Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank. All welcome! Funtastic Singers Drop-In Singing group; free to attend-just for fun! No experience necessary! CDAC Office&Gallery 135 10th Ave S, Tuesdays; 6.45-8.15pm 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca / www. cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Place your notice in your “What’s Up?” Community Calendar FREE of charge. This column is intended for the use of clubs and non-profit organizations to publicize their coming events — provided the following requirements are met: • Notices will be accepted two weeks prior to the event. • All notices must be emailed, faxed or dropped off in person. No telephone calls please. • NOTICES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 30 WORDS. • Only one notice per week from any one club or non-profit organization. • All notices must be received by the Thursday prior to publication. • There is no guarantee of publication. Notices will run subject to space limitations.
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