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he Crowsnest Pass RCMP have found what they believe to be the body of the two-year-old toddler who went missing on Sept. 14 in Blairmore, AB. Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette was reported missing on Monday and an Amber Alert went out, asking for the public’s help to locate her. The body was located in the afternoon of Sept. 15 during a police search based on information they received. Hailey’s family has been notified. “The RCMP extends its deepest condolences to Hailey’s family. This is a sad day for the citizens of Blairmore and all Canadians who have held this little girl in their thoughts and prayers since Monday,” said RCMP Superintendent Tony Hamori, Assistant District Officer in Southern Alberta in a press release. The male suspect who was arrested in Blairmore earlier yesterday remains in police custody for questioning in relation to the investigation in the homicide of Hailey’s father, 27-year-old Terry Blanchette, who was found dead in his Blairmore residence on Sept. 14, and her disappearance. Charges are pending and once charges are laid, police will release the name of the suspect. Police are no longer asking for the public’s assistance in locating the white van that was seen near the Blanchette home in the early hours of Monday morning. The Amber Alert issued in relation to Hailey’s disappearance is no longer in effect. Anyone with information that might assist police in these investigations is asked to call Crowsnest Pass RCMP at 403562-2866. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers with information at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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onservation officers want to remind the public to be extra cautious of bears in the area after two weekend encounters in both Sparwood and Fernie. At about 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, a hunter encountered a grizzly bear in the Grave Prairie area, northeast of Sparwood. The grizzly bear, which was with her cub, attacked the man, who received nonlife threatening injuries from the encounter.

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“After he was attacked, the hunter was able to walk out to the road where he received a ride from a passerby who gave him a ride to his camp and from his camp, he was transported immediately to the hospital in Sparwood,” said conservation officer sergeant Cam Schley. Conservation officers were sent back to the area of the attack in the afternoon to determine what had happened. “The outcome of the investigation was that he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong

time and surprised a sow and cub grizzly bear that were feeding on a freshly killed cow elk carcass,” said Schley. Because conservation officers determined that it was a defensive attack, it was decided to not trap the grizzly bear or her cub. “The actions of the bears didn’t warrant them trying to be trapped. They were doing something that is a natural defensive thing,” Schley said. The area has been closed to hunters and recreational use and will remain closed until further notice from the conservation officer service.

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This is the fourth bear attack in the province in two weeks, and the third in the East Kootenays. Earlier this month, a man was attacked just east of Cranbrook, and another was attacked near Canal Flats. The fourth attack occurred in Fort Nelson over Labour Day weekend. Schley said that people need to be aware of the extreme bear danger this year, mostly caused by a lack of food supply for the bears. “We’re getting a number of bear complaints from the entire Elk Valley – Elkford, Sparwood, Fernie. It’s a very

busy fall for bear complaints for the conservations officers this year. We are attributing that to a very poor berry crop because of the hot dry summer,” he said, adding that the food shortage is causing bears to venture into areas where they normally wouldn’t be comfortable. The increased sightings of bears have been common throughout the Elk Valley. Kathy Murray of Wildsafe BC reported that 12 bears have been euthanized in Fernie in a 10-day span, from Sept. 4 to Sept. 14. Continued on page 2

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Bear encounters on rise Local hunter found after spending night in woods By Leah Scheitel Free Press Staff

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Continued from page 1 A mother and her two cubs were euthanized on Sept. 12, after they were spotted running through James White Park. “I was actually playing in a tennis tournament in James White Park and one of the dogs started barking and we noticed a bear and two cubs walking through the [disc] golf course and making her way towards the airport sub division,” she said. “Five minutes later, we heard a loud gunshot and then a cub howling – it was awful.” Murray said that bear encounters are preventable if the correct measures are taken. “Lock up garbage, clean up fruit trees, don’t bait bears into

your backyard and if bears do appear in your backyard and it’s safe to do so, scare them away. Bears natural fear of humans is its only safety net. By baiting bears into communities and approaching and feeding wildlife, we are contributing to them eventually coming after easy food sources, causing public damage and threatening public safety and then they have to be destroyed,” she said, adding that it’s “really distressing and it’s entirely preventable.” “Garbage, apples, bird seed, pet food and other attractants accessible to bears on your property is like inviting someone to dinner and then

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shooting them in the head,” Murray said. Both Murray and Schley want to remind people to use a heightened sense of awareness when venturing outside and to take the proper precautions to deter bears from residential areas. “We’re asking the community to help prevent the needless destruction of bears and to keep our community safe. Again it’s policy to rely on citizens’ complaints as a means of enforcing bylaws. We have bylaws in all of our Elk Valley communities so we’re asking people, if you notice people with garbage out or unpicked fruit trees, please contact the local bylaw officer to report it,” said Murray. To report a bear sighting, contact the conservation officer service’s reporting line at 1-877-952-7277.

Fernie man was found on Saturday morning after spending the night in the woods in the Flathead River Valley, east of Fernie. Garth McLeod, 67, was on a hunting trip and was separated from his group on Friday. Two researchers from the University of Alberta found McLeod in a distressed state on Saturday morning. “He seemed pretty disoriented at the time. He was having difficulty walking in a straight line, having difficulty standing,” said Tyana Rudolfsen, a master’s student working on a thesis about the Flathead River Valley in a interview with The Free Press. “He was quite shocked that there even was a vehicle there. By the time he approached the vehicle, he was using it to prop himself up because he was having difficulty standing and he was having trouble formulating words and trying to communicate

with us.” Rudolfsen and her co-researcher Jonathon Ruppert later discovered that McLeod was in a prediabetic state and that his blood sugar was drastically low, after spending the night without any food or water. The two researchers drove McLeod back to his house in Fernie and stayed with him until he was in a stable state. “His family wasn’t there at the time. We took him to his house because that is where he wanted to go and we were monitoring him and making sure we contacted search and rescue because his family was out in the Flathead Valley, helping with the search at the time,” said Rudolfsen. A search and rescue mission was initiated after it was reported that McLeod was missing. Kat Robinson with Fernie Search and Rescue (SAR) said that roughly 20 people volunteered in the effort. “We got called out at 3:30 on Friday afternoon. He was

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missing – he was supposed to meet up with friends at 10 a.m. so friends and family had been looking since then,” Robinson said. Fifteen volunteers looked into the evening on Friday, stopping only because of the dark, and continued again on Saturday with 20 volunteers. “We also had some members from Elkford, from Sparwood and from Cranbrook helping us. They were all based out on the site,” said Robinson. Along with the ground effort, an aerial search was also used in the attempt to locate McLeod. Helicopters were used to transport volunteers and SAR members along with search dogs to the search site, as it was quite a distance to get to. A small plane was also used in the search effort. The search was called off when McLeod himself notified SAR that he was found safe, around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Robinson said that the search mission was looking roughly 12-kilometres away from where McLeod was found. Rudolfsen said that she and Ruppert were very grateful that they were able to help, noting that it had a lot to do with chance. “Jonathon and I were just really pleased that we were able to help him out,” she said. “We are really reflecting on the fact that we were literally within about 50 to 100 metres of finding him or not at all. He was coming from a different direction than what we were. Had ne not come as far as he had, even by about 100 metres, there is a good chance that we would have gone about our business, turned around and gone home and never been the wiser. We are really feeling fortunate that we were able to find him and give him the care that he needed at that time.”

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Sparwood parks getting Logging near Fernie needed upgrades By Katie Smith Free Press Staff

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he District of Sparwood is investing more than a quarter-million dollars to give parks in the area a much-needed facelift. Throughout the months of September and October, five parks in Sparwood, including Cypress Park, Central Park, Juniper Park, Lions Park and the Leisure Centre grounds, will be using the $278,000 investment to bring in new equipment that can be enjoyed by children of all ages. Duane Lawrence, director of community and facility services, said the current playgrounds are more than 20 years old and have “served their purpose” and said it’s time for an upgrade. Lawrence said in order to capitalize on a larger big order the district is able to get more out of the funding if all five parks are upgraded at once. Playground sets and designs have come a long way over the past two decades, he said. “Now all the playgrounds out there are designed to encourage free, active play and creativity and are there for physical enjoyment,” he said, adding there’s a “physical literacy aspect” to them as well. “Physical literacy is a term used for describing

how people or how kids learn about balance, strength and movement in environments,” he said. “Playgrounds now take that into consideration so the playgrounds that we chose are partly based on the design, the flow, the number of activities, the different types of activities that the kids can partake in.” “Also we have a variety of ages that can access different spots and challenge themselves as well.” While the new parks aren’t wheelchairaccessible, Lawrence said there’s a fully wheelchair-accessible park at the elementary school. Lawrence said some of the old equipment will be salvaged, such as teeter-totters and merry-gorounds, but the majority of the old equipment will be recycled. There is a lot of research done on playground equipment safety, and Lawrence said the new equipment will meet CSA and Industry Canada standards. “These playgrounds that we’re installing should provide a unique environment at all the different playgrounds,” he said. “We’re really confident that the kids are going to really enjoy these new playgrounds that we’re putting in, he said.”

emi Fibre Corp. is logging in the area and the Fernie Trails Alliance (FTA) urges hikers and bikers to stay off a few of the trails as there will be a lot of truck traffic on the logging roads over the next month and a half. Pat Gilmar, one of the directors at FTA, said he and FTA manager Julie Kelly were contacted last week by a representative from Jemi Fibre, and went out with the forester to walk the trail and review the plans on where the logging will take place. There will be three areas logged over the next six weeks, with work now underway near Ridgemont just north of Big Money trail.

“It doesn’t affect Big Money, but the logging trucks spill down onto the road by Big Money,” Gilmar said. The second area, that will be affected in two weeks from now, is the north end of Kush, which Gilmar said is referred to as “Kushier” and “Kushiest”. Gilmar said the work being done will also affect parts of TR3 trail and Little Chain Ring trail. Starting this week, the FTA will be closing those trails, Gilmar said. “Also, progressing along there above the road is Kush, and it will be logged all the way back to the junction with R Trail and Kids Stuff,” he said. “So basically, over the next six weeks they’ll be hauling logs along Ridgemont

Road from Kush area and along the Rifle Road, drop down the Coal Creek Road and out along River Road Extension towards Morrissey.” Gilmar warns those who use the trail to stay off the mentioned trails for the next while. Andy McCuaig, Jemi Fibre’s woodlands manager, confirmed work was being done in the area and said the mayor and council as well as FTA were made aware of that fact. Fernie Mayor Mary Giuliano said representatives from Jemi Fibre will be speaking with council this week. McCuaig said Jemi Fibre will put a notification in the paper to alert the general public of work in the next couple of weeks.

Teck due in court Oct. 29 facing 19 charges By Leah Scheitel Free Press Staff

court date has been set for Teck Resources Limited. The company faces 19 charges that stem from operational activities that occurred between Aug. 21 and Sept. 22, 2012 at the company’s Elkview operation. All incidents occurred near Sparwood, BC. Seven of the charges fall under the Fisheries Act, which

is under federal jurisdiction. The remaining 12 counts fall under the Environmental Management Act, which is under the jurisdiction of the province. Chris Stannell, Teck’s senior communications specialist, told The Free Press in late August after being notified of the charges, that the company is taking the charges “very seriously”. “Teck has been charged under the Environmental

Management Act and Fisheries Act and that’s in relation to a discharge of water containing sediment as well as monitoring, reporting and construction practices,” he said. “We have thoroughly reviewed the incident that took place in 2012 and we have taken a number of steps to prevent a reoccurrence.” Teck is due in court on Oct. 29 at 9:30 a.m. at the Fernie Provincial Court House.

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The results of the survey aimed at understanding childcare needs and concerns in the Elk Valley have been compiled and are ready to be shared. You are encouraged to attend a community information session if you are interested in the findings, whether or not you completed the survey. Sessions with the survey developer are being held: Thursday, September 24 from 7:30-8:30 pm Elkford Community Conference Centre 750 Fording Drive Tuesday, September 29 from 6:30-7:30 pm Sparwood Curling Rink Lounge 367 Pine Avenue Tuesday September 29: 8:15-9:15 pm College of the Rockies, Fernie 342, 3rd Avenue, Room 114 For more information, contact Phoebe at: elkvalleychildcare@gmail.com On Facebook at: elkvalleychildcare

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Enrolment up in French immersion programs By Katie Smith Free Press Staff

Findings from a recent report show that more students in British Columbia are participating in French language programs than ever before, stating that provincewide, French immersion enrolment has been increasing for the past 17 years. In School District 5 Southeast Kootenay, French immersion enrolment nearly doubled over the past decade, while overall enrolment continues to decrease. Heather Bartlett, acting executive director and project coordinator for Canadian Parents for French B.C. and Yukon, said the first French immersion program began in B.C. in 1968 and spread throughout the 1970s. Now the children of those first French immersion students are following in their parents’ footsteps. “We're seeing steady increase in enrolment with the second generation of French immersion students joining the program,” Bartlett said, adding parents are aware of the life-long benefits of learning a second language, and more specifically, the importance of learning both of Canada’s

Enrolment in French immersion programs are on the rise.

official languages. “Studies have shown that French immersion benefits the cognitive and social development of students and gives opportunities for career advancement.” One graph in the report shows overall student enrolment versus French immersion student enrolment in Southeast

Kootenay (SD5) between 2005 and 2015. Over that decade there was a 12.3 per cent drop in overall enrolment (6,015 students in 2005 to 5,276 students in 2015). During that same period, French immersion enrolment increased by 46.3 per cent (246 students in 2005 to 458 students in 2015).

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According to the B.C. Ministry of Education, "research demonstrates that students who successfully complete a French immersion program attain functional bilingualism while doing as well as, or better than, their unilingual peers in the content areas of curriculum, including English Language Arts." Bartlett said learning French is a great way to engage in the country’s two official languages and creates opportunities to grow cultural awareness and understanding. “A second language opens doors for students to travel, increases career opportunities and keeps individuals competitive and relevant in an increasingly multicultural, multilingual world.” With French immersion becoming more and more popular, the report said there is currently a shortage of qualified French language teachers. If parents in the area are interested in enrolling their children in French immersion in the coming years, Bartlett suggests they check with their district to determine the opportunities and access within their region.

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Addiction Relapse Prevention A combination of factors can contribute to relapse and identifying these factors is the first step to successful recovery. Often relapse occurs in stages, starting with something happening called the trigger. We then interpret the event to create a core belief that we hold about ourselves, often negative, and these self-destructive interpretations can lead to cravings. At the next step we then often give ourselves permission to engage in these old behaviours. At this stage we take steps towards engaging in old patterns of behaviour and finally we then engage in the old behaviour, and find we have relapsed. Studies have shown that: • We are most likely to relapse in the first three months after making a change. • Our overall chance of relapse is high. • A relapse is not the end of the world. It is part of the natural cycle of change and a step on the way to lasting recovery. It is also important to build positive skills and patterns of behaviour that support and enhance the recovery process. Some suggestions to consider are healthy eating, getting enough sleep, exercise regularly, connecting to positive social contacts, practicing relaxation skills and daily selfmonitoring. It is also beneficial to rewards yourself for the hard work you have achieved. Indulge in some well-earned rewards after the holiday period like a nice meal or a relaxing bubble bath! Stay safe and make healthy choices. Adapted from information on heretohelp.bc.ca and relapse-prevention. org. By East Kootenay Addictions Services Society. Addiction Relapse Prevention. East Kootenay Addiction Services Society has sponsored this column. The intent of this column is to provide information and to encourage healthy choices. Free, confidential services are available to anyone dealing with their own or someone else’s substance addiction or misuse. For more information contact 250-423-4423, 1-800-644-6144 or visit www.ekass.com

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Wildlife Corner Update Submitted by Kathy Murray WildSafe B.C. Community Coordinator

ive bears were killed last week and a grizzly bear attacked a hunter last weekend. A bear and two cubs had to be destroyed in James White Park in Fernie, two bears destroyed in Sparwood, one on Michel Creek Road and the other by the hospital. A grizzly bear attacked and injured a hunter by Grave Lake when he surprised a grizzly and cubs at close range feeding on a carcass. The area between the Big Ranch and Line Creek Road is closed until further notice. Garbage, apples, birdseed, pet food and other attractants draw bears to a property. I am the person who puts up the “Bear in Area” signs; I talk to people about keeping garbage indoors and picking fruit trees; and I do all of the children’s education in schools. I also attend community events, talk to the district staff and council about the need for bear resistant containers and enforcement of wildlife bylaws etc. in the entire Elk Valley and South Country. I do want to thank everyone who has helped educate neighbours, family and friends and contacted bylaw services to report people who are feeding wildlife by intent or neglect. We are all in this together and can keep our wildlife wild and community safe. That is now a total of 14 bears destroyed in the past few weeks. Bears accessing garbage outside, apples and chickens on properties, causing property damage, bluff charging people and deemed to pose a risk to human safety that have been trapped and destroyed on Mt. Proctor, James White Park and Beach Avenue in Fernie, Causeway Bay Hotel, Michel Creek road and by

the hospital in Sparwood, rural properties on Dicken and Lower Elk Valley Road, Elkford and Elko. Removing bears doesn’t solve the problem, as long as the attractants are there expect more bears to come in after easy food until hibernation time (usually late November). Relocation seldom works. Bears don’t survive well in new habitat or make their way back to communities. Don’t blame the Conservation Officers who have the unfortunate task of destroying bears. We are to blame, if we have garbage out, apples or other attractants on our properties or know of someone who does and won’t take the time to help them or call the bylaw officer to help resolve the issue. Remove whatever might attract bears to your property and if it is safe to do so scare the bear off, bang pots and pans together, use an air horn or any loud noise maker. A bear’s natural fear of humans is it’s “safety net”. We chose to live in bear country, it is our responsibility to bear-proof our properties and give bears the space and respect they deserve. We need your help to prevent the needless destruction of bears and to keep our communities safe. It is policy to rely on citizen complaints as a means of enforcing bylaws. Personal information will remain confidential in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Thank you for contacting your local bylaw officer to report anyone in your neighbourhood with garbage, apple trees or any other attractant accessible to wildlife. Bear sightings reported in every community throughout the Elk Valley and South Country. WildSafeBC will be at the Elkford Fall registration tonight, Jaffray Fall Fair on Sept.19 and Fernie Feast and Fest on Sept. 20.

On New Tourism Event Programs with MLA Bill Bennett

1. Municipalities and RD’s can apply to the Tourism Events Program for permission to allow local hotels, motels & resorts to charge a 3% MRDT rate. 2. Money from this new program will support events that raise awareness nationally and internationally of British Columbia’s natural beauty. 3. Government will work with stakeholders to ensure the most significant impact possible. See http://ow.ly/RHqWP for more information. Bill Bennett MLA, Kootenay East www.billbennettmla.bc.ca

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The following properties and improvements will be sold for taxes pursuant to the Local Government Act, at 10:00 a.m. (local time), September 28, 2015 in the District of Elkford Council Chambers, 816 Michel Road, Elkford, BC, unless delinquent taxes and interest thereon are sooner paid.

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Term: October 2015 to June 2016 Are you a busy beaver who is always slapping your tail to respond to the calls of the wild? Are you constantly gnawing your way to a new path, helping to direct the ﬂow of activities and chomping at the bit to lend a hand?Are you interested in representing Elkford youth on Municipal Council? If so, the District is looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals to attend Council meetings and provide a voice for the youth of our community. Submit your resume by September 30, 2015 @ 4:30 pm local time to: District of Elkford Corporate Services 816 Michel Road P.O. Box 340, Elkford, BC V0B 1H0 Fax: 250.865.4001 Email: info@elkford.ca For more information visit our website: www.elkfordca.

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Boivin Creek Trail Closure and New Bridge

As part of the Boivin Creek Dike and Bank Improvement Project, the multi-purpose trail along Boivin Creek from Fording Drive to Highway 43 is closed to ensure public safety. Trail users are asked to observe and obey signage and practice caution while using adjacent trails and greenspaces. You may have noticed that the Boivin Creek Pedestrian Bridge near Devonian Park has been removed. The removal of the bridge is also part of the project. Don’t worry, though: construction on a new and improved bridge is underway. The new pedestrian bridge completion is tentatively scheduled for September 15th.

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The District of Elkford hereby gives notice in accordance with sections 94 and 227 of the Community Charter that Council will consider at the September 28th and October 13th, 2015 Regular Council Meetings, a Bylaw to exempt certain lands and improvements within the municipal boundaries from municipal taxation for the years 2016 to 2019. For the 2016 to 2019 calendar years the following properties would be subject to the Bylaw. The tax estimates are based on a 3% increase over the previous year.

Owner/Operator District of Elkford/ Mountain Meadows Golf Club Christian & Missionary Alliance Lutheran Church- Canada Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Elk Valley Congregational Church District of Elkford/Wapiti Ski Club Estimate of Total Taxes Foregone

Estimate of Taxes Foregone Property Assessment 2016 2017 2018 2019 Exempted Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate $1,192,800 89,725 74,636 90,160 83,328 85,848 614,500

$6,423 374 311 376 347 358 3,723 $11,912

$6,615 385 320 387 358 369 3,835 $12,270

$6,814 $7,018 397 409 330 340 399 411 368 379 380 391 3,950 4,069 $12,637 $13,016

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In a democratic society, the people have a say in who governs the land. Every vote is equal; every vote counts. But considering the way our electoral system is set up, it's not hard to see why going to the polls on Election Day might feel like a waste of time. On Oct. 19, too many eligible voters won't head to the polls, believing their votes won't matter. And many of those who do vote, will cast their ballot for the candidate they consider the "lesser of evils", rather than for the candidate who best represents their own ideals. The current electoral system has existed since elections first started in Canada in the 19th century, when there were essentially two parties to vote for. The "first past the post" electoral process (which is currently in place) meant the candidate who received the most votes in "his" riding (because women weren't even allowed to vote back then, let alone run as candidates) won a seat in parliament. Today, however, depending on your voting district, there are a plethora of candidates running for different parties and different platforms for whom to vote. In the Kootenay-Columbia district alone, there are five candidates representing different ideals and perceptions of what Canada should look like. The millions of Canadians who can vote no longer fall under one of two political parties. We come from different upbringings, different races and religions and different socio-economic backgrounds. It's no wonder parties like the NDP, the Green Party and the Libertarian Party continue to gain ground each time an election comes around; they speak to parts of the population the original two parties (now known as the Conservatives and Liberals) aren't reaching. The political landscape in Canada is evolving, and so, too, must the electoral process. The first-past-the-post structure no longer facilitates the multitude of views Canadians have, so it seems logical that our electoral process should reflect those views. Proportional representation is an electoral system that works when there are multiple parties. The percentage of the popular vote would be reflected in parliament. For example, if 30 per cent of Canadians, regardless of their riding, voted for Party “X”, under a proportionally representative electoral system, Party “X” would then have 30 per cent of the 338 seats up for grabs in parliament, or 101 seats. It's difficult enough getting two parties to decide on something, let alone four or five. But just because something is difficult, doesn't mean it's not worth implementing. We live in a country that celebrates diversity; that opens its doors to immigrants and refugees, while embracing their religions and cultures. Part of our national identity is being a mosaic of different parts of civilization. It's time those differences were represented in Ottawa, and the only way for our welcomed differences to be represented is by changing the system under which we vote. When people start believing their votes matter, they will become more engaged and involved, and they will find a reason to show up to the polls on Election Day.

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Letters to the Editor Letter to the Editor re: Thank you from Garth McLeod On behalf of myself and family, I would like to thank all those involved in the recent search and rescue efforts for me this past Friday and Saturday. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my family, friends, other hunters, and the Search and Rescue volunteers from Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford, Cranbrook and Casara who unselfishly spent the night looking for me and putting themselves at risk. Although I thought I was prepared for such an emergency by carrying survival equipment, which did serve me well, I was missing the key ingredient. A GPS tool such as ‘SPOT’ would have had me found very quickly and with limited risk and worry to others. Thank you to Jonathan and Tyana from the U of A Department of Renewable Resources for their care and consideration at my time of need and for the ride home (the best birthday present ever). Again, my most sincere gratitude to all those involved. Garth McLeod Fernie BC

Letter to the Editor re: Signs of the times During the 1945 British general election, in a fit of political bravado, I peeled a poster for Conservative candidate, mineowner John C. George, from the brick wall of a disused air-raid shelter. I was seven years old at the time, and having told my parents about the deed, got such a lecture that I’ve never touched an opposition poster since, though occasionally provocation by the Other Side has sorely tempted me. Obviously some people have not yet had the lecture because in the current federal election, the trashing of signs started approximately two weeks ago. The NDP sign at the prime location on the railroad crossing corner of Pine and Ridgemont Avenues disappeared during the night of Sept. 4. On Sept. 5, a Conservative sign appeared across Pine Avenue; a cosmic coincidence, no doubt. (It should be noted at this point that there are cretins out there who actually believe that the NDP trashes its own signs in order to accuse the opposition of doing so.) To destroy or remove an election sign, a criminal offence punishable by a fine of many dollars, requires a profound persecution complex, a lack of respect for the democratic process, and an ability to move about in the dead of night. Should the police enquire into the disappearance of the Pine Avenue NDP sign, they could narrow their range of suspects by identifying paranoid Conservatives who have the political bravado of a seven-year-old and whose mothers do not allow them out on the street during daylight hours. It was to be hoped that the days when a North End window showing Social Credit sign was smashed, or an NDP organiser's vehicle was tipped over in the Legion parking lot were long gone... but it seems that the yahoos are still out there in the darkness. JC Vallance, Fernie, BC

Jennifer Cronin

Letter to the Editor re: Refugees

Canada’s refugee sponsorship program has been decimated by the Conservative government. What was once an effective, responsive and compassionate system is broken. Ironically, it was a Progressive Conservative government that established Canada’s unique Private Sponsorship of Refugees program in response to the Boat People crisis of 1979. The result? Canadians sponsored 35,000 refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in just the first two years of the program. In 1986 the United Nations awarded the Nansen Medal to “the people of Canada” for their service to refugees – the only time the award has gone to an entire country. There are many other examples of quick and decisive action by previous federal governments. In 1999, for instance, Canada took extraordinary measures to evacuate 5,500 Kosovar refugees from the former Yugoslavia. Here in the Kootenays, people have responded with exceptional generosity over the past 30 years, sponsoring and resettling well over 200 refugees in Kimberley, Cranbrook, Wasa, Invermere, Fairmont, Fernie, Sparwood, Golden, Creston, Nelson, Rossland, Trail and Castlegar. The Syrian crisis has reminded us there are millions of refugees around the world waiting for our help. Many have been languishing in refugee camps for decades – the average stay is 17 years! Some of these people could be living here as our neighbours, contributing to our economy, and sharing the life we are so privileged to enjoy. So, for the benefit of whichever political party forms our next government – and in the sincere hope that Canada will restore its former place in the world – we suggest the following very do-able changes to current Conservative policy and regulation. Eliminate barriers to private sponsorship, including immediate removal of all caps and limits to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees program; waive the refugee documentation requirement for Groups of Five sponsorships; fast-track Syrian refugees who have family in Canada; restore full Interim Federal Health coverage for refugees resettled in Canada; maintain priority for refugees who have been in camps for more than 10 years. Susan Bond, Kimberley, BC Shauna Jimenez East Kootenay Friends of Burma Wasa, BC Arné Sahlen Cambodia Support Group Kimberley, BC

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CANADIANS VOTE 2015 Candidates discuss proportional representation By Katie Smith Free Press Staff

The candidates running in the 42nd federal election campaign for Kootenay-Columbia can, for the most part, agree on one thing - it’s time for electoral reform in Canada. While most parties agree that proportional representation is the way to go, the Conservative Party of Canada stands alone, rejecting the notion of electoral reform or changing the current first-pastthe-post system. Newspapers in the Black Press family reached out to the candidates for KootenayColumbia, asking them what they thought of proportional representation. Four out of the five said they believe in a more representative voting system. Liberal Party candidate Don Johnston said his party will bring forward legislation to enact electoral reform within 18 months of forming government, stating the Liberals’ plan for a “fair and open government” moves beyond electoral reform to include democratic parliamentary committees, free votes, strengthening Elections Canada, an independent Senate

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supports the implementation of proportional representation, and encourages L i b e r t a r i a n candidates to educate themselves on the different Candidates Bill Green (Green Party), David Wilks (Conservative Party, incumbent options available MP), Wayne Stetski (NDP), Don Johnston (Liberal Party), Christina Yahn under proportional (Libertarian Party). Submitted photos representation. “We would and voter training for high school by establishing an all-party create a special joint standing students. Democratic Voting Commission. “It’s a sweeping agenda for The commission, he said, will committee, equally formed of real change that better reflects review past research, conduct a MPs and senators, to examine the values of Canadians,” public consultation on the style reform options for the House of he said. “Unfortunately, this of proportional representation Commons elections and senate government’s lack of respect for that will work best for Canada, appointments. The Libertarian parliament is matched by a lack and within 12 months will make party would introduce and of respect for MPs. Millions of recommendations to parliament vote on a form of [proportional Canadians thought they elected which will include draft representation] before the next elections were to be held,” she people to be in Ottawa, then leglislation. S said. “I personally believe fair N watched those same people “Electoral reform is of critical IA D A become Stephen Harper’s voice importance if weNAD want to election reform needs to be A C in their communities. That is reinvigorate our democracy,” he introduced as soon as possible something I can change right said. “A Green government will to properly restore democracy in here.” further strengthen our democracy Canada.” NDP candidate Wayne Stetski Green Party candidate by reducing the power of the said Tom Mulcair’s government Bill Green said proportional Prime Minister’s Office, and will representation is a priority for never force its MPs to vote on will bring in proportional representation. his party, saying the Green Party party lines.” “I am committed to making MPs will immediately begin to Christina Yahn, the candidate this election the last election to work on legislating the end of for the Libertarian Party, said the first-past-the-post voting the party’s leader, Tim Moen, use the first-past-the-post voting system. No longer will a party

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with only 38% of the vote be able to form a majority, and, as a result, act with no regard for the 62% who did not vote for them.” Stetski said proportional representation will result in a “more diverse and representative parliament” and will ensure that every vote counts. “In this election, voters are having to consider voting strategically to ensure that Stephen Harper does not form another majority,” he said. “This is why I’m asking voters in Kootenay-Columbia to vote together for the NDP to stop Stephen Harper. My promise to traditional Green and Liberal voters in this area is that once the NDP brings in proportional representation you will never have to vote strategically again.” Conservative candidate and incumbent MP David Wilks said his party does not intend to change the electoral process, stating that through referendum, citizens in Ontario, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island voted against a change in the electoral process, something the Conservatives agree with. “The Conservative Party supports the current system of first-past-the-post.”

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Photography September 26 or October 24, 2015 Saturday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

This beginner photography class will teach you how to get photo album-worthy shots and how to avoid missing great photo opportunities. This class is for mature teens and adults. Must Register by September 19 OR October 17, 2015

Pre Season Ice Special Looking for a private time for your family and friends to skate? This year we are offering a Pre-Ice Booking Special! Book the ice September 26 or 27 for only $50.00 / hour! Christmas Ice Special Book the ice for $50.00 / hour during the Christmas holidays. Please book early as space is limited. Times will be available from December 21, 2015 – January 4, 2016.

The pool will be closed from September 7 – 20, 2015 for maintenance. Thank you for your understanding. The hall, fitness centre and courts will remain open Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 7:00 pm and Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm.

Yours & Mine. together.

Womens Self Defence October 3, 2015 Saturday 1:00 - 5:00 pm FREE! (Registration Required)

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Healthy Snacks for Busy People September 27, 2015 Sunday, 1:00 – 3:30 pm

Learn how FUN, EASY, and FAST it can be to prepare mouthwatering snacks and Tuesdays, September 15 – December 15, 2015 healthy mini meals for the healthy person on the go! The inspiring menu will include This is a one time Free Womens Self Defense course for Ages 16+ will Group guitar lessons are being offered for up to 5 people super food protein bliss balls, various refreshing and satisfying smoothies, fresh be tailored to the students. Teaching and practicing stances, kicks and per hour time slot. Lessons are 60 minutes in length between dips, tasty dressings and mouthwatering and filling detoxing salads. All recipes punches. You will work in groups and one on one learning how to 5:30 and 8:30 pm. Bryce Gorman has been teaching will be demonstrated and sampled. Participants registering prior to September of Sparwood is pleasedbyto announce the act, be aware and The what District to do in certain situations. Co-partnered lessons for 3 years. He specializes in teaching beginners Melcer.15“This allowsa FREE our brand to organic resonate withgift our most will receive homemade skincare from “Chilly Lilley”. More District of Sparwood and Fernie Womens Resource Centre. however he also teaches intermediate and advanced information about Robyn’s classes can be found at: www.chillylilley.com of its26, new brand and identity. “We’re Must Register bylaunch September 2015 important audience first — our own community.” students.now Chinese Cooking in North America Dance ideally positioned to clearly and consistently October 4, 2015 Piano share our September, 2015 – May, 2016 Sunday, 1:00of – 5:00 The initial results the pm branding exercise include a new Tuesdays, September 15 – December 8, 2015 or community’s We have some spots available story,” in the said Terry Melcer, The District of If you are looking for something different and love preparing meals at home for Wednesdays, September 16 – December 9, 2015 Children’s Dance Program. These classes logo, new taglines, a community website, professional friends and family, impress them with authentic, delicious Chinese dishes from a Are you interested in taking Piano Lessons? Thirty minute Chief Administrative Officer. are designed to Sparwood’s offer age appropriate Canadian chef who learned Chinese cooking and taught Western cooking in China sessions are available between 3:30 & 6:30 pm. The instruction and emphasis will be on creating trade forposters, the past 10 years.show materials, ads, and other instructor has Grade Ten in Royal Conservatory andimages, has a friendly, fun environment and a place Must register by September 28, 2015 taught piano for ten Unlike community Sparwood’s brand hasyears. where students of all abilitiesmany and experience levelsbrands, will be able to informational collateral, as well as recommendations on Please register by September 8, 2015. Gluten Free Cooking Class enjoy the art of dance. Please see our Fall Brochure for class times not been developed primarily to increase tourism or how to October implement the brand as the community moves and days. 18, 2015 Belay Course Sunday, 1:00 – 4:00 pm Gymnastics October 20, 2015 attract destination visitors. Rather, its brand development forward and begins to proactively share its story. October 13 – December 10, 2015 Gluten sensitivity and intolerance are on the rise, and many people find that Tuesday, 6:00 – 8:30 pm to strengthen its distinctive characteristics, demonstrate eliminating gluten from their diet can improve health in many ways. In this class This course will instruct participants how to belay and climb Tumble Tots, WiggleisWorms and Junior Gym holistic nutritionist teaches youas to prepare delicious healthy and simple properly. Participants will learn about climbing equipment, The classes for children ages 12 – 36 months will focus on gross “We’re not intent on Tamara strictlyDunn developing a tourism desire running to continue to develop economic diversity, gluten free meals and snacks for you and your family. All recipes are made from terminology andand safety communication. There will be active motor skills such asajumping, and balance. Older children scratch says using whole foods“But that nourish the intent body and instruction for 1.5 hours with a practical test at the end.community,” Must will focus on basic gymnastic skill development, including strength, Melcer. we are onmind to continue to provide a solid foundation Must register by October 13, 2015 beto 14increase years and older. balance and flexibility. Full details are outlined in our Fall Brochure.

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Mondays • 6:30 to 8:00am – Early Bird Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 7:00 to 1:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 7:00 to 8:00pm – Fitness Centre open at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 8:00 to 9:30am – Lanes and Leisure at the Sparwood Pool • 8:30 to 9:15am – Gentle Fit at the Sparwood Pool • 8:30 to 9:15am – Active Fit at the Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:00 to 10:30am – Indoor Walking at the Fernie Community Centre • 9:00 to 11:00am – Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:30 to 10:30am – Aquafit at the Sparwood Pool • 10:30 to Noon – Lanes and Leisure at the Sparwood Pool • 12:00 to 1:00pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 3:00 to 8:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 3:30 to 5:30pm - Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 4:00pm – Special Olympics Athletes Bowling, Sparwood Lanes • 4:30 to 7:00pm – Swim Club at the Fernie Aquatic Centre • 5:30 to 6:30pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 6:30 to 8:00pm – Public Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 7:00pm – Celebrate Recovery at Mountainside Church • 7:00pm – Community Climb Night at Evolution Climbing Gym • 7:30 to 9:00pm – Ladies Night at Old School Boxing • 8:00 to 9:00pm – 14+ Hot Tub Only at the Sparwood Pool

Tuesdays

• 7:00 to 8:00pm – Fitness Centre open at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 7:00 to 1:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:00 to Noon – Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:30 to 10:15am – Aquafit at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 9:00 to 10:30am – Indoor Walking at the Fernie Community Centre • 9:00 to 11:00am – Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 10:00 to 11:00am – Kindergym at the Fernie Family Centre • 10:30 to 11:15am – Gentle Fit at the Fernie Aquatic Centre • 10:30 to noon – $3.00 Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 11:00 to 1:00pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool

• 1:00 to 2:30pm – Lanes and Leisure at the Sparwood Pool • 1:30 to 2:30pm – Water Walking at the Sparwood Pool • 3:30 to 5:30pm - Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 3:45 to 4:45pm – Swim Club at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 5:30 to 6:30pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 6:30pm - Ladies Archery at the Elks Hall • 6:30 to 8:00pm – Public Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 6:30 to 8:30pm – Opt Fernie Clinic at the Elk Valley Hospital • 7:00 to 9:00pm – Public Drop In Climbing at College of the Rockies • 7:30 to 9:00pm – Mixed Boxing Recreational at Old School Boxing Club • 8:00 to 9:00pm – 14+ Swim at the Sparwood Pool

Wednesdays

• 6:30 to 8:00am – Early Bird Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 7:00 to 1:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 7:00 to 8:00pm – Fitness Centre open at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 8:00 to 9:30am – Lanes and Leisure at the Sparwood Pool • 8:30 to 9:15am – Gentle Fit at the Sparwood Pool • 8:30 to 9:15am – Active Fit at the Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:00 to 10:30am – Indoor Walking at the Fernie Community Centre • 9:00 to 11:00am – Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:00 to Noon – Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:30 to 10:30am – Aquafit at the Sparwood Pool • 9:30 to 10:15am – Aquafit at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 10:00 to 11:00am – Kindergym at the Fernie Family Centre • 10:30 to Noon – Lanes and Leisure at the Sparwood Pool • 12:00pm - Fernie Rotary Meeting Park Place Lodge • 3:00 to 8:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 3:30 to 5:30pm - Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 3:45 to 4:45pm – Swim Club at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 4:00 to 5:30pm – Public Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 5:30 to 6:30pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 6:00 to 9:00pm – Drop in Workshop at Clawhammer Press • 8:00 to 9:00pm –14+ Aquafit at the Sparwood Pool

Thursdays

• 7:00 to 1:00pm – Public Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:00 to Noon – Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:00 to 10:30am – Indoor Walking at the Fernie Community Centre • 9:00 to 11:00am – Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 9:30 to 10:15am – Ease the Knees at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 10:30 to 11:15am – Gentle Fit at the Fernie Aquatic Centre • 11:00 to 1:00pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 1:00 to 2:30pm – Lanes and Leisure at the Sparwood Pool • 3:00 to 8:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 3:30 to 5:30pm - Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 3:45 to 4:45pm – Swim Club at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 5:00 to 6:00pm – Lane Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 5:30 to 6:30pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 6:00 to 8:00pm – Public Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 6:30 to 9:00pm – Public Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 7:00pm – Darts at the Sparwood Legion • 7:30 to 9:00pm – Women & Men’s Night at Old School Boxing • 8:00 to 9:00pm – 14+ Swim at the Sparwood Pool

Fridays

• 12:00 to 1:00pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 3:00 to 8:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 3:30 to 5:30pm - Red Cross Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 3:45 to 4:45pm – Swim Club at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 4:00 to 5:30pm - Free Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 5:00 to 6:00pm – Lane Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 5:30 to 6:30pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 6:00 to 8:00pm - Public Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 6:30 to 9:00pm – Public Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 7:00pm – Jam Night every 2nd Friday at the Sparwood Legion • 8:00 to 9:00pm – Teen/Adult Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre

Saturdays

• Noon to 6:00pm – Fitness Centre open at Fernie Aquatic Centre • Noon to 6:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 1:00 to 2:00pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 2:00 to 3:00pm – Family Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 2:30 to 5:00pm – Public Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 3:00 to 5:00pm – Public Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 4:00 to 6:00pm - Meat Draw at the Fernie & Sparwood Legion • 5:00 to 6:00pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood & Elkford Pool • 6:00 to 8:00pm – Public Swim at the Sparwood & Elkford Pool • 6:30 to 8:00pm – Women & Men’s Night at Old School Boxing

Sundays

• Noon to 6:00pm – Fitness Centre open at Fernie Aquatic Centre • Noon to 6:00pm – Public Swim and Lane Swim at Fernie Aquatic Centre • 1:00 to 2:00pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 1:30 to 2:30pm – Family Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 2:00 to 3:00pm – Family Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 2:30 to 5:00pm – Public Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 3:00 to 5:00pm – Public Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 5:00 to 6:00pm – Lane Swim at the Sparwood Pool • 5:00 to 6:00pm – Lane Swim at the Elkford Aquatic Centre • 7:30pm - Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting, Christ Church Anglican, 591 4th Ave. Fernie

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Elk Valley Minor Hockey Registration, Elkford Community Centre Exhibit Opening, An Immigrant Story, Fernie Museum Harvest Feast & Fest, Prentice Park Ladies Wind-Up at Mountain Meadows Golf Club Elkford Emily Brydon Foundation Event Fernie Golf & Country Club Dirt Diggler: details TBA on bikefernie.ca Concert Series, Zachary Lucky, The Arts Station 35th Annual Terry Fox Run. Sparwood Leisure Centre Indie Film, Still Alice, Vogue Theatre Senior Men’s Closing Fernie Golf & Country Club Felted Scarves Fernie Arts Station Indoor/Outdoor Capture the Flag, 2:30pm Fernie Library Ferdy Belland at Infinitea, 8pm Moontricks (DJ) at the Royal Fernie Colour Crawl 2, The Arts Station 2:30pm High Roller: details TBA on bikefernie.ca Our River Rocks, Elk River Festival The Decoys from Kamloops at the Royal Closing Day at Island Lake Lodge

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City of Fernie CONNECTION | Community Information and Opportunities | www.fernie.ca 2015 NOTICE OF TAX SALE

City Council Meeting Schedule

Take notice that in accordance with Section 403 of the Local Government Act the following properties, together with improvements situated thereon, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Annual Tax Sale on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers of Fernie City Hall, 501-3rd Avenue, Fernie, BC unless delinquent taxes with accrued interest are paid prior to the start of the Tax Sale.

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Regular Council meetings are open to the public and held at City Hall at 7:00 p.m.

City of Fernie Contact Info: City Hall

Ph: 250.423.6817 Fx: 250.423.3034 Email: cityhall@fernie.ca Website: www.fernie.ca 501-3rd Avenue, Box 190 Fernie, British Columbia V0B 1M0 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 am-5 pm (Closed statutory holidays) After Hours Phone: 250.423.4226

Fernie Aquatic Centre

250 Pine Avenue Phone: 250.423.4466

Fernie Memorial Arena 1092 Highway 3

For all Police, Ambulance or Fire related emergencies: Call 911

Fernie Fire and Emergency Services Auxiliary The Fernie Fire and Emergency Services department is seeking men and women of all ages to be part of our auxiliary Fernie Fire Rescue Team. • •

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Auxiliary Fire Fighter As an auxiliary firefighter, you’ll play an important role in providing a timely response to emergency situations, so we’ll invest a great deal in your training and personal protection. If you are physically fit, enjoy learning new and valuable life skills, and want to be part of a highly skilled and dynamic emergency response team we want you on our team! Auxiliary Support In addition, we are looking for auxiliary support volunteers to assist our Fire and Emergency Services team. These positions play a critical supporting role in any emergency, but do not actively fight fires. Your responsibilities will include cleaning and rolling hose, filling air bottles, cleaning fire apparatus and equipment, and assisting with public education. If you’re interested in any of these auxiliary positions please contact Ted Ruiter, Director of Fire and Emergency Services, PO Box 190, Fernie, BC V0B 1M0 or email ted.ruiter@fernie.ca.

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Legal Description Lot: A; Plan Number: NEP75706; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: 13; Block 22; Plan Number: NEP734; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: A; Plan Number: NEP14694; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: 10; Block 126; Plan Number: NEP902; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: 5; Block 127; Plan Number: NEP902; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: 2; Block 128; Plan Number: NEP902; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: 3; Block 128; Plan Number: NEP902; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: 15; Plan Number: NEP9989; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: 18; Plan Number: NEP4728; District Lot: 4588; Land District 26 Lot: 20; Plan Number: NES188; District Lot: 4589; Land District 26 Lot: 31; Plan Number: NEP2286; District Lot: 5237; Land District 26

Civic Address 321 4th Avenue 742 3rd Avenue 1501A 8th Avenue 1502 9th Avenue 1591 9th Avenue 1521 10th Avenue 1541 10th Avenue 2 Mt. Trinity Avenue 20 Elkview Drive 304 - 40 Ridgemont Ave 1226 - 1200 Riverside Way

NOTICE OF DELINQUENT MANUFACTURED HOMES Take notice that judgements will be obtained on the following manufactured homes unless delinquent taxes with accrued interest are paid before Monday, September 28, 2015. A judgement entitles the City to seize the manufactured home or any other personal property of the owner. Folio No. 209.70500.690

Mobile Home Registration Number MHR # 11037

Civic Address E6 - 60 Cokato Road

Carla Fox Director of Financial and Computer Services

Leisure Services Happenings Indoor Walking Program Come join us for an indoor walking program this fall to improve fitness and enjoy a safe and temperature controlled environment. Doors will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:30am to 10:30am at the Fernie Community Centre from September 15th to November 12th for individuals to participate. The program will continue after January 1st as well. Gymnastics Program Again this fall Fernie Leisure Services will be offering a full range of gymnastics lessons to suit every skill level. Please call the Fernie Aquatic Centre at 250423-4466 “0” to inquire and register for all levels. Fall Swim Schedule (September 6 – December 19, 2015) Public Swim Monday to Friday – 7:00am -1:00pm and 3:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday and Sunday – 12:00pm- 6:00pm Water Slide Monday to Friday – 4:00pm – 6:00pm Saturday and Sunday – 1:00pm – 5:00pm Aqua Fit Active Fit Mon/Wed/Fri – 8:30am – 9:15am Gentle Fit Tues/Thurs/Fri - 10:30am – 11:15am Crocodile Swim 1st and 3rd Saturday each month 3:00pm – 5:00pm Swim Lessons Registration of NEW Fall Swim Lessons is now open. Drop in to register at

250 Pine Avenue or please call us at 250-423-4466 for more information. Jr Lifeguard Club Kids learn attitudes and skills that could one day save a life – their life, or someone else’s. The Junior Lifeguard Club (JLC) is designed to let kids participate in activities similar to those of real lifeguards – in a safe, fun and controlled setting. But just as important, kids experience teamwork and a sense of belonging. They become part of a club, the Junior Lifeguard Club. The Junior Lifeguard Club is a place for kids to: • • • • • • •

Learn about lifesaving and lifeguarding Enjoy friendly competition and special events Challenge themselves to aim for personal bests Hang out Get fit Make friends Have a great time!

The Junior Lifeguard Club is a unique program, designed as a ‘coaching’ environment of long-term goals and short-term ‘personal best’ achievements. Tuesdays September 15 – October 6, 2015 (6:00 – 8:00 pm) Ages 8 and up $ 86.61+ Tax For more information all Aquatic Programs including Lifeguard Training courses and Private Aquatic bookings available please call the Fernie Aquatic Centre at 250.423.4466.

Request for Proposals City of Fernie Banking Services The City of Fernie’s is inviting proposals for Banking Services. We wish to make it clear that this RFP is not motivated by concerns over the service we receive from our current banking service provider. Proponents with proven experience and expertise in banking services are invited to submit detailed proposals setting out one or more means by which the goals, objectives and other requirements of this request may be best met. Request for Proposals (RFP) documents are available for download on the City of Fernie website at www.fernie.ca Submissions MUST be received prior to 2:00 PM local time on Friday, October 2, 2015.”City of Fernie Banking Services” and be addressed to Mrs. Carla Fox, Director of Finance, at: The City of Fernie, 501-3rd Avenue P.O. Box 190. Fernie, B.C. V0B 1M0 For more information, please visit the City of Fernie website at www.fernie.ca

Are You a Responsible Pet Owner? Cleaning up after your dog is not only respectful to your neighbours and the community, it is the law and you could be subject to a fine under the Dog Licensing, Regulation and Impounding Bylaw No 1995. The City would like to remind all dog owners to please clean up after your dogs, not only when using city parks and trails, but while on city’s streets, sidewalks and neighbours’ lawns as well. Dogs are required to be under the owner’s control at all times when off their own property. This means that your dog may be leashed at all times unless visiting one of the two designated Off-Leash Dog Parks located at the north end of Annex Park and south of the Fernie Aquatic Centre. Please remember that dogs are not allowed in Rotary Park, Ridgemont Park, or school grounds. To report a possible violation or find out more about your responsibilities, please contact Bylaw Services at 250.423.6817 or bylaw@ fernie.ca, or go online at www.fernie.ca to Report a Problem or Request Service.

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d is tr i c t o f spa rwo o d Box 520, 136 Spruce Avenue, Sparwood, BC V0B 2G0 Phone: 250.425.6271 | Fax: 250.425.7277 Email: sparwood@sparwood.ca

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Upcoming Meetings of Council (in Council Chambers)

Monday, September 28, 2015 Monday, October 5. 2015

Special Regular Meeting at 1:00 pm Regular Meeting at 1:00 pm

Notice of Tax Sale

Take notice that the following properties, together with improvements situated thereon, will be offered for sale by public auction at the Council Chambers, Sparwood Municipal Hall, 136 Spruce Avenue, Sparwood, British Columbia at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 28, 2015 unless delinquent taxes with accrued interest are paid before that time. Folio No. 02354.000 02400.047

Legal Description Lot 195, Plan 6786 Lot 47, Plan NES98

Civic Address 447 Mountain Ash Crescent E47 – 100 Red Cedar Drive

Upset Price $6,843.25 $2,816.72

Major Tax Sale Terms and Conditions – (the complete list may be obtained at the District ofﬁce or at www.sparwood.ca - click on the link for Public Notices) 1.

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The District of Sparwood makes no representations express or implied as to the condition of the property being offered for sale. Prospective purchasers are urged to inspect the property and make all necessary inquiries to municipal and other government departments to determine the existence of any bylaws, restrictions, charges or other conditions which may affect the value or suitability of the property. Purchase of a tax sale property not redeemed is subject to Property Transfer Tax on the fair market value of the property at the end of the one year redemption period and may be subject to GST. The announced upset price is the minimum price acceptable and will be the starting point of bidding on the property. Any person upon being declared the successful bidder must provide their name and address and pay in cash, money order or certiﬁed cheque a minimum no less than the upset price. Failure to pay this amount will result in the property promptly being offered for sale again. Any balance must be paid in cash, money order or certiﬁed cheque by 3:00 p.m. September 28, 2015. Failure to pay the remaining balance will result in the property being offered for sale again at 10:00 a.m. September 29, 2015. A bid by any person will be deemed to be conclusive proof that the person has made himself acquainted with these terms and conditions of sale and has agreed to be bound by them.

NOTICE OF DELINQUENT MANUFACTURED HOMES

Take notice that judgments will be obtained on the following manufactured homes unless delinquent taxes and accrued interest are paid before Monday, September 28, 2015. A judgment entitles the District to seize the manufactured home or any other personal property of the owner. Folio No. 70601.120 70601.420 70603.660 70603.810 70605.016 70605.221 70605.270 70606.690

MHR # MHR #93504 MHR #97459 MHR#94897 MHR#94237 MHR#33178 MHR#B08691 MHR#B13877 MHR#28575

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Civic Address #112 – 100 Aspen Drive #142 – 100 Aspen Drive #66 – 100 Aspen Drive #81 – 100 Industrial Rd 1 #1 – 9555 Hwy #43 #22 – 9555 Hwy #43 #27 – 9555 Hwy #43 E9 – 7555 Hwy #43

Total Owing $1,859.59 $1,832.40 $1,150.39 $645.84 $613.63 $798.35 $709.58 $546.77

Playground Renewal Project

Sparwood is pleased to advise local residents that throughout September and October of 2015 the

District will be conducting works in Cypress Park, Central Park, Juniper Park, Lions Park, and on the Leisure Centre Grounds to improve and update our local playgrounds.

The work is consistent with Council’s Corporate Strategic Plan goal to have an active, involved and healthy community and is aligned to the District of Sparwood’s OCP objective to encourage an active and healthy community through the development, maintenance, and enhancement of high-quality parks, passive and active recreational facilities and programs, and active transportation infrastructure.

During September and October salvage, demolition and installation work will be undertaken at the above playground sites by BDI Play Designs who will be removing the old playground equipment and replacing them with new playgrounds. Notices will be posted at each site advising the public of the work and the District of Sparwood would ask that residents avoid entering the playground areas while work is being completed. For more information or to see the playgrounds that will be installed visit www.sparwood.ca or contact Duane Lawrence, Director of Community and Facility Services at 250.425.0552.

The yellow recycling bins located in Sparwood Heights have been relocated to their new location by the ball ﬁeld next to the composting site.

Remember also that Sparwood offers discounts on building permits for new homes achieving an Energuide rating of 80 or better. For more information contact Nelson Wight at (250) 425-6828 or nwight@sparwood.ca

Sparwood Compost Sites

Residents are reminded that they should not drop off unwanted apples or household compost at the community compost sites located in Sparwood Heights (by the ball diamond) and lower Sparwood (end of Engelmann Spruce Drive). Bears have been seen at the compost site in lower Sparwood several times in recent weeks. Apples and other odorous compost is attracting the bears and jeopardizing public safety. This site is for the disposal of grass, leaves, and sod only. Take everything else (apples, fruit, branches, trees or garbage) to the transfer station.

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Other Recycling Bin locations: • •

At the end of Engelmann Spruce Drive between the Public Works yard and Mainroads Contracting yard; On Douglas Fir Road (Silver Fox parking lot), and

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Bears In and Around Our Community

The District of Sparwood would like to remind residents not to place their garbage out on the curb

before 5 am on collection day. Garbage MUST be placed in a secure garage, shed or inside your house until collection day. Excess garbage should be taken to the Transfer Station which is open from 9 am to 5 pm Monday thru Saturday (excluding statutory holidays). The prime reason bears and people come into conﬂict is improper care of garbage and other attractants. Therefore, we need to eliminate the source of the problem - our behaviour. It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that there are no unnatural food sources available to attract bears and other dangerous wildlife. It is important for residents to lock up their refuse and keep other bear attractants, such as fruit trees bearing over-ripe fruit, or easily accessible bird feeders, pet food, and BBQs (drip pans/grease cans), out of a bear's reach.

Attention Home Builders!

The Homeowner’s Protection Office is running 17 seminars across BC this fall on the recent Building Code changes and construction options for new homes in British Columbia, including energy efficiency components. A three hour seminar is being held in Cranbrook on September 24, 2015 and online registration is required. The cost for the seminar is $80 and each participant receives a presentation handout and a certificate of completion. For more information on the seminar check out the brochure at https://www.hpo.bc.ca/building-smart-seminars.

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Remember that a fed bear is a dead bear.

Feeding dangerous wildlife, even unintentionally, is against the law in British Columbia under the Dangerous Wildlife Protection Act (section 88.1). It is an offence to store or dispose of wildlife attractants under the District of Sparwood’s Deer Feeding and Wildlife Attractant Bylaw 1078. Failure to comply with the bylaw will result in a $100.00 ﬁne. Together, we can prevent conﬂict by making a few simple changes in our daily routine. Make it your responsibility to make our community safer and to prevent the unnecessary killing of bears by complying with Deer Feeding and Wildlife Attractant Bylaw 1078. Your help and compliance is appreciated!

For more information on bear awareness and the steps that you can take to minimize the interface between wildlife and residents, please visit www.wildsafebc.com or go our webpage at www. sparwood.ca/bearsmart. To report a possible violation or ﬁnd out more about your responsibilities, please contact Bylaw Services at 250.425.6271 or bleo@sparwood.ca, or can go online at www.sparwood.ca/sevicerequest to Report a Problem or Request Service.

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faces of the valley

Mary Koran – a woman of gratitude By Jennifer Cronin Free Press Staff

ary (nee Vicen) was born in Czechoslovakia in 1923. She is the eldest daughter of Joseph Vicen and Mary (nee Kimilcka). In 1928, when Mary was five years old, her father left the old country for Canada. Mary and her mother moved in with her paternal grandparents, as Joseph settled in Fernie and started to prepare for the family’s arrival. Prior to bringing the family to Canada, Joseph was required to prove that he would be able to provide for them. To this end, he purchased some land, which became the family home. With two horses and a wagon he cleared the land on which he built a two-room shack. After five years of saving, clearing, building and preparing, the family was reunited. Reminiscing about this time, Mary shares, “I am so glad Dad was so brave and I am so proud of him! He did not know a word of English when he got to Fernie.” This language barrier would also be something that resonates in Mary’s memory of her childhood. Beginning school at the Fernie Catholic School, and speaking no English herself, she remembers it as being “a rough start.” The family homestead was located five miles from town, and Mary and her brother would walk to and from school each day. “We would walk five miles each day to go to school, and five miles home again,” she recalls. The snow would be piled so high on the side of the road that she and her brother would have to take turns climbing the snow bank to see which farm they were passing. Only by doing so, would they know how much further they had to go to get to school. “When Dad could afford it, he got me a bike,” Mary remembers. Her brother would not get a bike until the following year, so they would take turns riding, to school. The roads were dirt and sometimes they would put so much gravel on them that the bike would get stuck. On these days they dragged the bike to school. Mary’s mom did a lot of work, helping her father on the farm, while Mary and her siblings’ chopped wood and kindling, and everyday Mary would take out the ash pan. Winter fun was had sliding down the hills on cardboard boxes, and in the summer Mary remembers her mom saying, “you kids go catch some fish for dinner,” which they did. Fishing at Hartley Creek, “we knew all the good spots,” she laughs. Mary remained on the family farm until her marriage to Frank Koran, who she met at a dance in Coleman, AB. Married at the Catholic Church in Fernie, and living in Coleman, Mary missed the family very much, and would travel by bus to visit. In 1944, Mary and Frank relocated to Fernie where Frank secured work with one of the valley mines. Over 20 years they welcomed their six children, Joyce, Betty, Bob, Elaine, Frank, and Doug. When the youngest started kindergarten, Mary went to nursing school in Nelson. About 10 years into her nursing career, Frank passed on. Mary continued to work at the Fernie Hospital until retiring at age 65. After losing Frank, Mary traveled, visiting Africa, Australia, Mexico, many islands and her favourite, India. Whether traveling with family, or with a Lethbridge senior’s group, this brought Mary great joy. “If it wasn’t for my health I would still do it,” Mary concedes. “I love Fernie. Of all the places I’ve been to, I still wish to continue living in Fernie,” Mary notes. Mary has made her home at the Trinity Lodge for 17 years, longer than any of the other residents. She has 17 grandchildren, over 20 great grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren. You can hear the pride in her voice when she speaks of her family, “They are all good kids, and all good workers,” she shares. Grateful for her father’s courage, and for her wonderful family, Mary is this week’s “face of the Valley”.

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Textile artist grateful for Fernie community By Katie Smith Free Press Staff

ernie is a town filled with creative, artistic people who are masters of their respective crafts. Textile artist Kate Moran, who moved here a year ago, said she was overwhelmed by how well she, and her work, has been received by the wonderful folk who live here. “Fernie is really a supportive place where I’ve been welcomed as a textile artist by the markets, community, Arts Station, Spinners and Weavers Guild, The Banner Project 2015 and Freyja.” Moran, originally from Ontario, who lived in Nelson, B.C. for many years, relocated to Fernie last year with her boyfriend Ty West, who plays guitar for local band Shred Kelly.

In Fernie, Moran has really been able to focus on her craft, making unique micro macramé jewelry. Having made friendship bracelets in her youth, Moran has adapted that technique to create beautiful and intricate necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings. “It’s like friendship bracelets on steroids,” she said with a laugh. Inspired by the technique used for making plant holders, Moran’s newest line, “Botanista”, is a collection of wearable art – with some pieces having actual air plants in them. Years ago, Moran and a friend bought an old school bus and traveled to Mexico and Central America, living in the bus. It was there she was introduced to Brazilian waxed-polyester thread and to the concept of

Textile artist Kate Moran with her work, which is featured at Freyja. Photo by K. Smith

sculptural macramé. She made a friend from Costa Rica who taught her how to make the jewelry. Moran admits she didn’t take to the craft for many years following her first introduction to it. “I wasn’t very good at it at first,” she said, adding she didn’t attempt it again for four years. After meeting West, who encouraged her to take her hobby of making jewelry and turn it into a business, Moran really began to explore her creative side and decided to give sculptural macramé another go. “Four years later I tried it again and it was a success,” she said. “I’ve been making them ever since.” Moran’s “Botanista” line was recently featured in a magazine and some of her work can be purchased at Freyja. The artist said she is grateful to live in a place that inspires and encourages her work. “Fernie’s been incredible. There’s such a wide variety of people here and somehow they still really want unique things and they’re willing to pay for them,” she said. Since those with creative talents tend to have multiple crafts in which they thrive, Moran is no exception. She also does wet felting and has even created three hats for Grammywinning recording artist Jason Mraz. For more information about Moran’s work, or to purchase some of her pieces, visit www. bykatemoran.com.

Our “Faces of the Valley” column will not run from September 23 - October 14, due to staff holidays, however, we will return on October 21st. In the meantime, if there is someone you would like to see featured, drop us an email at customerservice@thefreepress.ca.

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Mine rescue competition celebrates mining history By Leah Scheitel Free Press Staff

ernie hosted the 12th biennial National Western Regional Mine Rescue Competition on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, bringing in a total of 18 teams for the occasion. The competition is split into two distinct categories, surface and underground competitions, allowing teams to showcase a variety of skills. The underground portion of the competition was held at the Fernie Memorial Arena on Sept. 11, while the surface competition was at the Public

Works Yard on Sept. 12 The surface competition saw 10 teams compete in 10 different tasks, including a rope task, fire task and a written exam. It was a long day for the teams, with most arriving on site at 5 a.m. to prep for the day and leaving just after 5 p.m. An awards ceremony was held at the Fernie Memorial Arena last Saturday evening to celebrate the teams, all of which won prior competitions to qualify for this one. The Dominion Diamond Ekati team, from Yellowknife NWT, won the underground competition, placing first in four tasks and

receiving best overall. The Teck Elkview team won the surface competition, leading with two task wins and the best overall. According to Mayor Mary Giuliano, who chaired the organizing committee, the event went smoothly, and they were grateful for the support they received from the city. “We are very proud of our local winners but congratulations go to all the teams. They are all champs for the work they do in mine safety,” she said. This event marked the 100th anniversary of mining competitions in the Fernie area.

Teams from around the nation and the United States prep for some of the 10 different tasks they were tested with during the surface portion of the National Western Mine Rescue Competition. Photos by L. Scheitel

Retired superintendent pens memoir

All of the proceeds from book sales are funneled into a scholarship fund oy McLean spent his in honour of McLean’s professional career son Spencer, who passed as an educator, away at the age of 36. working as a teacher, an Spencer was a graduate of administrator and finishing Fernie Secondary School as a superintendent in and became a doctor just School District 5 (SD5). He before his passing. The has written a book on his scholarship is awarded experience and career titled to students from Fernie School Superintendent as Secondary School that an Educational Leader: Fact are pursuing a postor Fiction? focusing on the secondary education in amalgamation of School healthcare. District 1 and School District Lento remembers 2 into SD5. Spencer McLean as a “It’s an autobiography. I’ve smart and dedicated lived here 34 years. I was the Frank Lento congratulates Roy McLean student. “We were doing high school principal here, as he presents Fernie Secondary School visionary things for the and then we amalgamated principal, Bill Johnson, with a copy of school and I think Spence in 1996 with the Cranbrook his memoir. was about Grade 11 or 12 school district, and then I Photo by L. Scheitel at the time, and I was a became the superintendent principal of the school,” Lento said. “It was stuck of that school district, which is now District 5 - in my mind, about his visionary statement about Southeast Kootenay,” McLean said. “The main what we should be as a school district, and it focus is about amalgamation – what we went stuck in my mind to this day: we should be the through administratively, philosophically and best at doing the most for students.” educationally to become amalgamated into one Lento says that he has incorporated that district, because we were unique districts up philosophy into his career. until 1996.” McLean retired from the superintendent On Sept. 9, McLean presented Bill Johnson, position in 2003, and then received his doctorate principal of Fernie Secondary School, with a in education. He started writing the book in 2009, copy of the book. Chair of the local school board which took him roughly five years to complete. Frank Lento was at the presentation, and says he “The book, throughout, challenged the reader to is excited to read the book. formulate a response to the compelling question “Roy has been an unbelievable guy in this related to a superintendent of schools being an community,” Lento said, “He’s just a class educational leader,” said McLean. individual and I can’t wait to get the book and The book was printed by Claris Media, and is start reading it.” available at Polar Peek Books and Treasures. By Leah Scheitel Free Press Staff

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Throwback Thursday

1913

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING

The lifeless body of Bob McInaney, a packer for the Northern Coal & Cole Co., was found by a party of mining experts some two miles above Weary Creek, in the Elk Valley, some 60 miles north of Michel on Sunday last. Walter Gardener came down to Michel with the tidings and a coroner and policeman left at once for the north. McInaney was a mulatto. He had been packing up the river for some time and was well known. It is thought that death was accidental as his body was found on one side of a log and his rifle on the opposite side. He had been out hunting but his absence caused no concern and it was the merest accident that the corpse was discovered.

SERIOUS FIRE AT OLD MICHEL

Old Michel was visited by the first big fire for many moons on Saturday morning last. The conflagration destroyed the big Trites-Wood departmental store building, the Imperial bank and the residence of H.G. Lockhart. There was a “doins” of Odd Fellows in the new town on Friday night and brethren wending their homeward way about three o’clock in the morning saw the smoke and flames coming from the store building and gave the alarm. The boys in the back above the store got out with what they could grab in their hasty departure. Manager Read who lived above the bank, and H.G. Lockhart, saved practically nothing. The Lockhart house was blown up to stop the fire. The bank safe was badly scorched. The big losses are covered by insurance.

LOCAL & GENERAL

Chas Waldo will build a woven wire fence around the court house block. * Mrs. Lamb fell down stairs on Sunday last and sustained painful injuries. * Coal Creek football team put it over Fernie 3 to 1 on the local gridiron on Saturday night last. * An epidemic of petty housebreaking has broken out in the city. See that your premises are locked before leaving the house. * Wanted: A girl fully experienced in cooking for private family where other help is kept. Apply Free Press Office. * Next Thursday is the anniversary of the big explosion at Coal Creek, when scores of men lost their lives. On Saturday evening the Veterans Brigade will give a concert to raise funds to erect a memorial to the men who died on that occasion. * The following football players are chosen to go to Michel to play tomorrow night. They will go on the local in the morning and are expected to be at the station at 9. J. Turnbull, of Hosmer, will referee. Macdonald, Anders, Whitelaw, J. Corrigan, Grant, Riley, Murray, Adamson, Skilling, Joinson, Marchant. Reserves: Corrigan, H. Brown. * L. J. Barsky, formerly manager of the Grand theatre, who raised a cheque on the Miners Union and got away with the doughnuts, has been located in Edmonton. Chief Hall left last night to bring him back here. * Wanted: I will pay $500 cash for a full grown gerhuathrix, male or

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female. Must be free from injury by trap or bullet and sound in every particular. Call at ticket wagon on the morning of May 20 in Fernie or May 21 in Macleod. –Al. G. Barnes. * On Wednesday night on the street opposite the Free Press, a beautiful fight occurred and Con. Harrison drew a pair, one for fighting and the other for making unnecessary suggestions to the police. * On Saturday night a gentleman with a small but most octobeelious looking donkey, made so bold as to offer any “buster” in the payday crowd a matter of a dollar a minute as a reward for gluing himself to the donkey’s person for that or a greater period of time. He did not get much play with his bone breaker as the look of the beast which had a face like a fire shovel was sufficient to deter all but the most daring or intoxicated. *

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What’s on in the Elk Valley this week.

Fernie Museum hosting event in honour of new exhibit By Leah Scheitel Free Press Staff

he Fernie Museum is hosting an event in honour of their new exhibit, An Immigrant Story: The Rise and Fall of Emilio Picariello. A Chautauqua, a 1920s style community event, will be held to celebrate the exhibit, which is dedicated to Emilio Picariello, an infamous bootlegger from that time, who was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a police officer. Folklore surrounding the story promotes the idea that Picariello and his wife were innocent, and were wrongly accused. Chautauquas began in Chautauqua Lake, New York, with the intention of carrying entertainment and education to communities across North America. Fernie hosted Chautauquas annually from 1918 to the late 1920s. The 2015 Chautauqua will feature walking tours, musical entertainment, dramatic reenactments of historical events from the area and a boxed lunch and ice cream social, starting at 10 a.m. on Sept. 19. “One thing for this exhibit, probably more than any other exhibit that we will do for quite sometime, is that because the story is quite dramatic and it’s over

the top and larger than life, it lends itself really well to theatrical presentations. A lot of what we are doing is drama and first-person based stories where you get to meet some of the characters that surrounded the story,” said Ron Ulrich, curator at the Fernie Museum. The Fernie Temperance League will be performing reenactments of the story and setting the tone for the occasion. “With the Chautauqua theme we wanted to have this old Lindsay Vallance dresses in an 1920s style fashioned kind of picnic social in honour of the new exhibit at the Fernie Museum. Submitted photo kind of feel. One of Picariello’s The descedants of the Picariello family businesses was actually an ice cream will be making the opening remarks wagon, where he used to take it around and are donating family artifacts to the town. He would have kids bring him exhibit. bottles and then he would give them Bradish and Ulrich are hoping to an ice cream cone,” said Lori Bradish, attract people to the event, as it is rich program director at the Fernie Museum. with local history. “There are still a lot “With your lunch you will get a bottle of of people in the community that know pop, and you can take it to the ice cream these families. It’s not that old of a table, and exchange it for a dessert ice story,” Bradish said. cream cone.” “The exhibit is open this Saturday The Chautauqua is designed to be and goes through until January 6,” said an educational event, the first in a Ulrich. series of events dedicated to the new The event will be held outside of the exhibit. Future events include a bus tour, Fernie Museum, with a half block closed walking tours, a speakeasy night and a between Second and Third avenues on re-examination of the Picariello trials. Fifth street.

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ooked, Fernie’s writer series, is launching their third season on Sept. 18 with a night with poet and writer Christian Bök. Bök is launching his new book Xenotext, which is the first of a two-part project and scientific experiment. He’s been working on the project for a decade, and has gained a strong reputation in the literary world. One of his previous books Eunoia won the Griffin Prize for poetry and sold nearly 20,000 copies. “He’s called the father of conceptual poetry, so he’s credited with having started that whole brand of poetry that he does,” said Angie Abdou, program director of Booked. Abdou is proud to have Bök launch this year’s Writer’s Series and he premiering his new book in Fernie before moving on to larger literary hubs, such as Toronto. The Quill and Quire, a Canadian literary magazine, has dubbed Bök the “mad scientist of Canadian

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Chautauqua – from the mid-1920s – a Chautauqua Assembly frought entertainment and culture for the whole community. The Fernie Museum will be proud to open its fall exhibit, An Immigrant Story: The Rise and Fall of Emilio Picariello.

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Zachary Lucky to play the Arts Station on Sept. 20 By Leah Scheitel Free Press Staff

anadian folk artist Zachary Lucky is playing at the Arts Station on Sept. 20 as part of his current cross-Canada tour. Lucky is known for his songwriting skills and his distinct old school folk style. “I would call the style Americana. I’ve been called Canadiana, which is sort of a Canadian take on that. When you get down to the core of it, it’s probably the folk side of country music,” said Lucky. “Some of the stuff I’ve been doing feels like country music and then – not new country music, but what country music used to be, what it was conceived as. It’s still largely to me feels like folk music.” Lucky added that he likes to wear a cowboy hat, which automatically associates him with country music. “I would say its cowboy hat folk music.” The tour originally included many stops in the United States, but due to technical errors, those shows had to be cancelled. Although he took the necessary steps to earn the required work visas, the US government didn’t grant them in time for the tour dates. “Instead of cancelling the whole thing, we decided we would do the Canadian shows, even though it’s a bit of a hike to get out there.”

On Sept. 4, Lucky released a limited edition vinyl record with two songs, “ Copper Kettle” and “Dublin Blues”. The two songs were recorded last November after a show in Kelowna, and the record is aptly named Zachary Lucky Sings Copper Kettle and Dublin Blues. “We got the chance to record the two songs. We had no intention of releasing them or anything of that sort. We did them live off of the floor, kind of very old school, recorded to tape and completely analog – it ended up sounding pretty cool so we decided to put out them on a little seven inch record,” Lucky said. The tour isn’t specifically in honour of the new album, as Lucky will be playing new material as well as older songs. As for what to expect from the Fernie show, Lucky says that every show is different and he likes to appeal to the crowd and the venue atmosphere. “Every night is different. It kind of depends on the venue and the audience and how things are going,” said Lucky. “I kind of like to play the audience, and see how it’s feeling. Some nights you just want to keep playing and some nights I’ll do that, if we’re all on the same page.” Lucky will take the stage Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets to Lucky’s show are $20 and can be purchased at the Arts Station, Freshies, or online at www.eventbrite.ca.

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Elk Valley Bulls win bronze at Provincials By Leah Scheitel Free Press Staff

he Elk Valley Rugby Football Club (RFC) Bulls wrapped up their season at the Provincial Championships in Penticton this past weekend. After losing their first game and winning another, the team finished in third place. The Provincials was a battle between four teams, one from each league of the province – the Kootenays, the Okanagan, the Lower Mainland and the Northern leagues. “The first game was technically the semi-final and then the second game was the third/fourth place playoff. We played against Williams Lake and we beat them 15-10,” said Peter Dudman, who plays with the Bulls. The Penticton Harlequins managed to sneak a win over the Kelowna Crows, who were favoured to win the tournament, claiming the Saratoga Cup and winning the championship. The final score of the deciding game was 18-17. As part of the Kootenay League, the Bull’s main competition throughout the season is with the Cranbrook Rugby club. “We won the Kootenay league and that’s always a huge bonus because Cranbrook are actually a very, very good and strong team. We had good competition with them,” said Dudman. The club also played friendly games with teams outside of the league. The Missoula Maggots rugby team visited Fernie on Sept. 5 for a friendly Simon Lewis, a flanker for the RFC Bulls, tried to guard the ball from a Missoula Maggot player in a friendly game between the teams on Sept. 5. Photo by L. Scheitel match, which the Bulls won. But to the RFC, it’s just as much about sportsmanship as it is about winning the game. coming out and hopefully they bring some more young guys because it’s the only way “Getting the third division of rugby isn’t just about the game, it’s about the fun aspect we are going to keep going is if we get the youth involved and that’s the plan for next of rugby and I feel like as a club, we really embrace the fun aspect, just getting out and season, to up the youth program.” Anyone over the age of 18 is welcome to join the team. playing some sport and having a good time,” said Dudman. Players as young as 16 are permitted with written permission from a legal guardian and This year, the team had some younger players in the ranks, which is something that a doctor’s note. they would like to continue in future seasons. The team will be on hiatus until January, when they will start the off-season training “We have a couple of high school kids that are only 17 and they have stepped up and at the boxing gym. been really, really good,” Dudman said. “It’s fantastic that we have these young guys More information about the Elk Valley RFC Bulls can be found on their Facebook page.

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he Ghostriders first two games of the season are showing a promising beginning for the team. Although the team lost against the Castlegar Rebels on Sept. 11, head coach Craig Mohr said that he was pleased with how they played. “I think first game, young and nervous, but we were down 3-0 but we kept fighting and ended up losing 3-2. Pretty much had them on the ropes at the end,” he said. Things turned around in Nelson the following night, where the Ghostriders played against the Leafs. Fernie led the game 3-1 by the end of the first period with two goals by Ty Carron and one by Cole Keebler. It was Andy Fitzpatrick who scored the Leafs’ first goal of the season. And in the Ghostriders celebrate their 4-3 win over the Nelson Photo by T. Hynd second period it was Keebler who scored once Leafs on Sept.12. yworked hard and they competed very hard. That again taking the Ghostriders to 4-1. The Leafs increased the pressure in the third resulting in was the message going into the first weekend was that we want to outwork who we are playing goals and a final score of 4-3. Stars of the game were Leafs Tanner Costa and and we want to out compete them, and I thought they did a real good job with that.” Ghostrider Cole Keebler. The Ghostriders next game is in Creston on “I don’t think the score was reflective of the Sept. 20, against the Creston Thundercats. Their game,” said Mohr. “We were up 4-1 when they got a couple late in the third. But they played first home game is Sept. 26 against the 100 Mile House Wranglers. outstanding.” With files from Tamara Hynd and The Nelson Star. “Both games, what I really liked, is that the

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he Columbia Basin division of PacificSport announced David Ellis as their first executive director. The Columbia Basin is a new division under PacificSport with the aim of promoting sport in the Columbia Basin. Ellis, who grew up in Elkford, has an extensive history in sport, most recently working as the athletic director for the Olympic ski cross program. He is looking forward to encouraging sport in the region, which spans as far west as Rossland and as far north as Valemount. “We have a strategic planning session scheduled for next week, where we will draft our goals and objectives for the organization, but we will be looking at all aspects of sport and see what we can support from athlete development to coach volunteer development and then really just trying to network the physical activity delivery partners

in the area as well, from recreation to education,” Ellis said. A huge facet of the PacificSport is the Canadian Sport for Life program, which promotes sport and recreation for all ages and abilities. “If you provide a young person with the tools to play soccer, to play tennis, or whatever it may be, whether they go into a high performance athletic stream, it gives them the tools to be active for life. If you teach a kid to throw a ball, then they are more likely to play baseball, football and other sports in recreation as well, so it’s really trying to ensure that individuals are getting all of the components of physical literacy,” Ellis said. The program’s aim is also to encourage people of any age to get involved in sport and recreation. “If someone moves to the Valley from Ontario that’s never ridden a bike for example, we hope to connect them with a bike club and things like that to get them into sport as well.”

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Thank You! from the Fernie Ladies Open and Golf fore the Cure Thank you to everyone for the support that the Fernie Ladies Open and the 12th Annual Golf fore the Cure received again this year.

We raised monies for Breast Cancer Research in the amount of $4833! A thank you to Mel Dies, Michael Van Horne and the Pro shop staff: Ray Bryant, Jason Bryant and the Green Shop Staff and the Clubhouse Staff

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35th annual Terry Fox Run in Fernie

sponsorship. Runs are completely volunteer run. No monies from events can go to pay for run expenses, therefore all run supplies must be donated. It just seems so amazing that they can continue on like this after all these years,” said Parker. Parker said that she is seeing families return to participate in the family-friendly event every year. “A sweet babe did his Tanner Hewitt, 9, Arden Stuckey, 9, and Isaac Stuckey, 7, celebrate after first Terry Fox run last completing the 10-kilometre race during the Terry Fox Run. year in the chariot with Photo by L. Scheitel his parents, and they returned this year to By Leah Scheitel Jennifer Parker organized run again with him and now, Free Press Staff this year’s event and says the his baby sister; such a sweet community enjoys the annual n Sunday morning, run in commemoration of Terry tradition in the making,” she said. runners and supporters Fox. The event saw 48 participants gathered at the Fernie “This event is about a Aquatic Centre for the 35th Canadian tradition - a tradition run the course and raised just over $600 with all proceeds annual Terry Fox Run. that was established before The run started at 11 a.m. and these big sponsored events going to the Terry Fox featured a variety of distances came to be. The Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research. Sparwood is hosting their for participants to choose from, foundation has been so true including one, five and 10 to their values, it is actually community Terry Fox Run on Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. at the kilometre distances. quite shocking. They decline all Sparwood Leisure Centre.

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Evelyn Dorothy Barton January 31, 1925 – August 9, 2015 In the early morning of January 31st, 1925, a special child was born to Thomas and Ann Mason in Humboldt Saskatchewan. And in the early morning of August 9th, 2015, a special woman, Ev Barton passed away in Oliver, B.C., at the hard fought age of 90. In her youth, Ev was a talented athletic beautiful young woman; she sang and danced and won many dance contests, in 1942. She won 1st prize in a jitterbug contest in Vancouver. She could still walk on her hands and do back bends well into her 40s – she also loved the outdoors and camped and fished the many lakes in Kamloops, at the age of 89 she was still driving, still tap dancing and playing her harmonica; and she was the oldest poker player in the group. She was ruthless! She had a good sense of humour and loved to laugh. She could tell a good joke and loved to hear one. She was extremely kind and giving; up until the last year, she was still driving people to doctor’s appointments, shopping and loved to cook, sharing dinners with those in need. No animal or person in need escaped her attention. Ev arrived in Fernie in 1969 and met and married Don Barton, together they bought a lot in West Fernie, and built and planted, creating a wonderful place where our family gathered for weinee roasts, harvesting the huge garden. This was the start of her love for gardening and planting flowers, feeding birds, she must have canned hundreds of jars of fruit, jams and jellies. In later years, Ev and Don moved to Trail B.C., where they lived up to Don’s passing in a highway accident. At that time, Ev’s health struggles with her heart and lungs forced her to give up her little home and move to Oliver, B.C. where she would live until her passing, spending only five months at the wonderful extended care facility, Sunnybank, even there she was adored. Ev was predeceased by her sisters, Verna & Grace and her two brothers, Bill Mason & Kenny Mason who was an engineer for 45 years on the Royal Hudson in Squamish B.C., and her husband, Don Barton. Ev is survived by her daughters, Judy (Larry) Faulconer and Jean (Martin) Whiteman, her grandchildren, Clayton, Jody and Luke Whiteman and her three great grandchildren, Colton, Thomas and Bryce of Quesnel, B.C. Cremation took place in Oliver. No service by request.

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TANASICHUK: With loved ones at her bedside, Marie Helen “Doris” Tanasichuk died at the Elk Valley Hospital on Friday, September 11, 2015 at the age of 57 following a courageous and hard fought 2 yr. battle with cancer. Doris will dearly missed by her husband Remy Howarth, her daughter Shawna Howarth and son Rory Howarth (Kristina Pullin) with her precious granddaughter Aubree, one sister, Paulette Charbonneau, Godchild Chantal (Perry) Charbonneau and family, nephews and their families: Glenn (Rainia) Charbonneau, Mike Charbonneau, Jesse Charbonneau, and Tyler Humphries, nieces and their families: Alicia (Aaron) Humphries and Nicole (Mark) Humphries, as well as one brother, Tom Joseph and his son Stephen and family and many friends. Doris was predeceased by her parents, Andrew (1985) and Suzanne (2012) Tanasichuk, her son Shawn Tanasichuk (2006), and her sister Lorraine Tanasichuk (2013). Thank you to the wonderful staff at the Elk Valley Hospital and Rocky Mountain Village for your compassionate care. Memories & condolences shared at www.cherishedmemoriesfs. com Arrangements entrusted to Cherished Memories Funeral Services Ltd. DORATTY: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Marie Vivian (Molly) Doratty at 88 years of age on Monday, September 7, 2015. She was born in Aspen Grove, B.C. on September 3, 1927 to loving parents Alrick Gustav Larson and Jessie Frances Swanson. Her early years were spent in Blakeburn, B.C. The family moved to Fernie and then to Natal in 1941 where she met Bob Doratty, the love of her life and soul mate. On May 3, 1947 they were married and enjoyed 66 wonderful years together raising their five children. Our beloved Mother, Grandmother and GG will forever be remembered for her devotion to her husband and her large expansive family. She was happiest and most proud when surrounded by those she loved. Our hearts were touched by this wonderful person who we were blessed to have in our lives. She leaves a great example for all to follow about lasting marriages, and about raising children in a secure household. Our cherished Matriarch was a person of many talents and hobbies including being a gifted quilter who created amazing quilts for her entire family. She served as a Councillor for 12 years on the Sparwood Town Council, was a lifetime Golf Club member and was a talented curler who won many bonspiels through the years. She was involved with the Catholic Women’s League and recently received her 60 year pin. Molly worked at the Post Office for 12 years. She was a keen traveller and travelled to Japan, Mexico, and also attended the 40th, 50th, and 60th D-Day Anniversaries in Europe. Molly is survived by her children Bob (Rose) Doratty, Lorna (Roland) Perri, Judy (Roger) Berdusco, Kathy (Andy) Wilson, and Nancy (Rob) Roulston; 13 grandchildren: Russell (Annie), Robert, Lauren (Christian), Alana (David), Diana (Brett), Kirsten (Rob), Jeff (Tegan) , Dan (Melanie), Jillian (Zoltan), Kayla, Cara, Pearce, and Brett, and 10 great grandchildren: Zoe, Desmond, Hazel, Gus, Chase, Sydne, Julius, Mia, Seren, and Brooke. She is also survived by her sister Sheila Little, and her brother-in-law Brian Doratty as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Robert Doratty, her parents, her sister Harriet Pacey and her brother Charles Larson. The family would like to thank Dr. Shawna Dawe for her never ending support, and Dr. Paul Michael and all the doctors and nurses at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital who assisted in her care. We would also like to thank all the wonderful staff at Joseph Creek in Cranbrook and Lilac Terrace in Sparwood for helping to make Mom feel at home. Funeral Service were held on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Sparwood with Father Marcel Cote, Celebrant. Donations in Molly’s memory may be made to Elk Valley Seniors Housing Society (Lilac Terrace ), P.O. Box 1587, Sparwood, B.C. V0B 2GO. Messages and condolences shared at www.cherishedmemoriesfs. com Arrangements entrusted to Cherished Memories Funeral Services Ltd.

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The Elk Valley Seniors Housing Society is a non-profit charitable organization responsible for the operation of Lilac Terrace, a forty-two unit Seniors Supportive Housing complex located in Sparwood, BC. Lilac Terrace provides affordable housing and supports for low to moderate income seniors. The Society is seeking a full-time Administrator to manage Lilac Terrace as well as provide support for the volunteer Board of Directors. This is an opportunity to make a difference in the community and in the lives of our seniors. This is a challenging but deeply rewarding position.

Giuditta (Judy) Saccomani Dear Mom In Heaven We sit here and ponder how very much We’d like to talk with you today There are so many things That we did not get to say. We know how much you care for us And how much we care for you And each time that we think of you We know you’ll miss us too. An angel came and took you by the hand, and said Your place was ready in Heaven, far above… And you had to leave behind all those you dearly loved. You had so much to live for, you had so much to do… It still seems impossible that God was taking you. And although your life on earth is past, in Heaven it starts anew You’ll live for all eternity, just as God has promised you. And though you’ve walked through Heaven’s gate We’re never far apart For every time we think of you You’re right here, deep within our heart. With Love from Candy and Aurelia

As the successful applicant you will first and foremost have an affinity for the elderly. You will be empathetic and sensitive to the needs of seniors and be dedicated to supporting their independence while recognizing challenges they may face. You will be a professional person displaying diplomacy while promoting Lilac Terrace to the public. You will show strong communication skills and be comfortable dealing with members of the public as well as Government officials. Extensive experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook as well as experience with Simply Accounting or other bookkeeping software is required. General duties include: o Management of all housing related procedures o Management of all resident hospitality services o Management of Home Support contract o Support for volunteer Board of Directors A detailed job description is available at www.lilacterrace.net Resumes must include references and must be received prior to October 15, 2015. Please submit in the following manner: By email: lilacterrace@telus.net By regular mail: EVSHS P.O. Box 1587 Sparwood, BC V0B 2G0 By fax: 250.425.2591 The Society thanks all applicants, however only those candidates selected to be interviewed will be contacted.

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Smooth and wet race for Tears and Gears By Leah Scheitel Free Press Staff

oughly 125 competitors set out in the rain on Sept. 5 for the sixth annual Tears and Gears duathlon. Despite the wet weather, event co-organizer Krista Turcasso says that the event was their smoothest one to date. “Everyone was covered in mud but I think everyone had a really good time. I think some people were worried about biking in the weather, on the trails, but everyone rode well,” said Turcasso. Even though the participant numbers slightly decreased from last year, most likely due to weather conditions, Turcasso is happy that the event is starting to attract out-of-town competitors. “40 per cent of the people in the race this year were actually from

out of town. It’s actually our highest out of town contingent to date,” said Turcasso. Turcassso and Abi Moore operate Tears and Gears as a non-profit organization, and produce the race with the help of roughly 50 volunteers. “We are so fortunate and grateful to the community of residents and businesses for helping us keep this event running,” said Wesley Robinson-Shaw not letting the Turcasso. This year’s title sponsors were rain slow him down during the Tears and Evolution and Elevation Showcase, Gears duathlon on Sept. 5. Photo by L. Scheitel with many local businesses providing prizes and support to Solo category while Haley Wright took the race. The Fernie Trails Alliance the top spot in the women’s field. In the also supports the race, and the trails Enduro division, Aaron Glover took top are provided with permission from spot. Ewan Carter won the Boy’s Solo Montane Developments, Jemi Fibre and category with a new course record of Ridgemont Holdings. 39:02, and Abby Bridger won the Girl’s Ben Scott won in the Men’s Classic Solo category at 46:39.