Kimberley Daily Bulletin, January 12, 2016

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Kimberley Chamber AGM January 21 C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

The Kimberley Chamber of Commerce is holdings its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kimberley Conference Centre.

At that time, additional board members will be elected. Anyone interested in running for a board positions is asked to pick up a nominating package at the Chamber office.

The plan for 2016, says Chamber Manager Mike Guarnery, is to keep up the momentum from a very good 2015.

And so far, so good. Guarnery says the holiday season was a good one — busy, with lots of visitors in town. Lack

of snow in the east meant more visitors from Ontario, which translates to longer stays.

“2015 was another exceptional year for Kimberley-area business,” Guarnery said in a recent letter to members. “We saw increased commercial growth throughout Marysville, Blarchmont, the Downtown Core and surrounding areas. The Chamber was able to refer local businesses to other like-minded partners to develop solid relationships and mutually increase opportunities.

Existing businesses modified their business plans to reflect changing markets, and new start-ups added to a stronger local economy.

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The blob is gone Blob of warm Pacific water, which likely caused low snowpacks last year, has dissipated; snowpacks back to normal for most of province C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

What a difference a year makes. After a year of much lower than normal snowpacks across the province in 2015, the first snowpack report from the River Forecast Centre for 2016 indicates pretty healthy snow packs, especially in the southern portion of the province.

Part of this is likely due to the dissipation of “the blob”, an area of warm water in the northern Pacific which was present over the past two years. Researchers believe the blob to have been responsible for the warm winters and low snowpack over the past two years.

Seasonal forecasts from Environment Canada are indicating a high likelihood of above normal temperatures across

British Columbia over the January to March period.

By early January, nearly half of the annual BC snowpack has typically accumulated. Snow basin indices range from a low of 53% in the Stikine to a high of 143% in the Similkameen. In general, most of the province has near normal snow pack levels (90-110%) for January 1st, 2016. The East Kootenay snowpack is in the 90 to 110 per cent range. The Climate Prediction Centre (CPC) at the U.S. National Weather Service/NOAA is forecasting a high likelihood of El Niño conditions persisting through until late-spring or early summer 2016.

According to the River Forecast Centre, in general, BC experiences warmer than normal winter and early-spring temperatures during

strong El Niño events.

Precipitation during historic El Niño events has been highly variable, with no strong trends across BC. Snow packs during El Niño events tend to be below normal across BC, however there has been significant historic variability and regional variation to this general trend. The last similarly strong El Niño event occurred over the winter of 1997-1998, and resulted in seasonal snow packs that were modestly below normal (e.g. provincial average of 94% of normal). Extreme low snow packs, such as those observed in southern BC in 2014-15, are not commonly associated with El Niño events.

The effects of El Niño tend to be more pronounced during the mid- to late-winter and into spring.

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Every year before Christmas, the Mark Creek Lions Club conducts a fundraising campaign for its Children’s Emergency Medical Fund. This year the light up cans placed in various Kimberley businesses raised $719.85! The Kimberley Elks Club (FOCUS) also donated $500 from its meat draw and another $100 was raised by donation for a total of $1319.85. Thanks to everyone who donated to this fund.

Pictured above are Lion members Chris Lafaut and Amber Bogaard and some of the Lion children.

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Team assembles for Poppins production B a r ry Co u lt e r

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Siona Jackson (far right) choreographs a scene from “Mary Poppins” with Mt. Baker students.

Look forward to May, 2016, good people, when England’s legendary governess will be arriving from the skies over Cranbrook, with her famous parrot-handled umbrella to help the Banks family through the toughest time in their lives.

Mount Baker’s Wild Drama corps, under the direction of Mary Hamilton, is in rehearsals for its upcoming production of ‘Mary Poppins.’ The production, set for May 5-8, 2016, is following on last fall’s “The Optimist,” a surreal project based on silent film (and produced from scratch by the student corps), and ambitious and challenging projects from the past couple of years,

Twenty Questions Answered

The Cranbrook Daily Townsman and Kimberley Daily Bulletin, in our ongoing mission to reflect the community, are pleased to present “20 Questions,” answered by those individuals who make our community great — which is everybody. We don’t intend to stop until we’ve covered everybody. This week, Mike Selby — a librarian, columnist, book historian, father, grandfather, thirrd generation Cranbrook resident, and a horrible bass player. His intellect and taste is stuck in the 80s.

1. If you could bring anything to the East Kootenay that isn’t already here, what would you bring and why?

Although a major industry would be great, more selfishly I would like to see a Kootenay Centre for the Book. This would celebrate the history of print culture of the Kootenays while promoting regional writers.

2. Your favourite annual fundraising event.

Zellers used to have an annual fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis — now there is GEARUP4CF, a bike ride from Cranbrook to Invermere.

3. Who is your favourite, or most notable to you, Cranbrook/Kimberley personality?

Maggie Muir — a brilliant actress who moonlighted as a teacher (this was at Parkland wayyyy back in the early ‘80s.) She was an outstanding presence, one of those people who magically appear in your life just when you need them the most. Her genius was seeing that something in you that you never saw in yourself, and no matter what your interest she always encouraged you to reach new heights. Her impact on my life has been long-lasting and substantial. I reconnected with her 35 years later. She had no idea who I was (just kidding).

4. What superpower do you desire?

The ability to see through clothes…but only my own. This will keep me humble in all circumstances.

5. Least favourite Cranbrook / Kimberley Street?

I have an equal hatred for Patterson St. and Cross Rd., as they are both absolute murder to pedal your bike up (I had to take one or the other to get to the house I grew up in).

6. Favourite Cranbrook/Kimberley Street?

I have an equal love Patterson St. and Cross Rd., as they are both beyond awesome to ride your bike downhill on.

7. Favourite Meal?

My mother was a phenomenal cook (most people only knew her as an outstanding florist, she was the MJ of MJ’s Floral Designs —but her cooking was far superior). She made a killer version of beef & broccoli — one I could never learn, nor could she successfully teach it to numerous girlfriends and a couple of wives.

Mike Selby 8. One person, living or dead, you’d like to have an alcoholic beverage with?

Obviously my mother — so I could have her beef & broccoli again.

9. Should the million-gallon swimming pool that was buried in Baker Park be exhumed and put back into action?

By all means. What could possibly go wrong?

10. What’s a great new idea for Cranbrook/Kimberley tourism?

There is hardware store in Tupelo, (a Mississippi town just a little bigger than Cranbrook) which sold Elvis his first guitar (sold it to his mother actually — it was his 11th birthday, and he was actually hoping for a bicycle). One can imagine how many hammers this store has sold over the years, let alone the 15,000 visitors per year the town itself gets. There has to be a similar story here somewhere. I have been asked by more than a few visitors if I knew which house Niedermayers grew up in.

11. Who’s your favourite Cranbrook/Kimberley musician or band?

They exist only in rumour, but when I was very young there was something called the Baker Street Band, who supposedly opened or toured with ABBA. Since I know so little, they have grown to mythic proportions. They may not have existed at all.

12. Sports car or pickup truck?

I was raised in Cranbrook so pickup truck.

13. As a kid, what did you want to be

when you grew up?

In my late teens I had hoped to be a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. I had a passion for music and words which I hoped to combine. However … writing about books is much more exciting, and the Rolling Stone I had hoped to write for no longer exists.

14. If you could tell a visitor to the East Kootenay anything, what would you say?

To ignore whatever hippie wrote that review in Lonely Planet. No place on earth has the breathtaking scenery and profound beauty of our home here amongst the mountains.

15. Is a hot dog a sandwich? Why? Never! By definition, a sandwich has two slices of bread.

16. Favourite album of all time? Why? Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols for many, many reasons. When I first heard it, it was the most thrilling albums I’ve ever heard. Forty years later, I can still hear that unmistakable energy behind each track.

Nothing like it ever existed before it, certainly not since it. The Sex Pistols left every other band behind them; none of the postpunk/new wave music of the 80s would have existed save this extraordinary piece of vinyl. The music industry has still not caught up with it.

17. Favourite movie of all time? Why? Star Wars — I saw it at the perfect age of 10 in 1977. It was playing at the Armond Theatre, and my father and I stood in a line that snaked all the way around the Catholic Church. The police had put roadblocks up for safety (or, as my father said, so they could cut in line).

18. Favourite season of the year and why?

When fall turns into winter Cranbrook gets a deep and quiet allure to it. If you grew up here, this feeling is impossible to grow out of.

19. What is something most people won’t already know about you?

My boyish exuberance may obscure the fact that not only do I have kids, but I am a grandparent as well.

20. Would you ever attend a City Council meeting if you didn’t have to?

I certainly would. I have actually tried, but they never let me in :)

namely “Urinetown” and “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

Like those two latter productions, Hamilton is bringing in some special help to make the magic of theatre a reality.

Siona Jackson, and old friend of Hamilton’s, is a Toronto-based choreographer and dance instructor with Toronto’s City Dance Corps. She choreographed both “Urinetown” and “Chaperone,” and is back for a third time.

Also involved in the project is Caitlin Matwey, herself a Baker grad, who is involved as music director.

Jackson is originally from Prince George, B.C. “We’re childhood friends,” she said of herself and Hamilton, in an interview with the Townsman following a rehearsal Friday. ”Our moms knew each other in Scotland back in the day, so we go way back.

Mary went off to drama school, I went off to dance school. And one day she called me, said ‘Siona, I’m doing these productions, I need a choreographer.’”

Both “Urinetown” and “The Drowsy Chaperone” were largescale productions, with big risk and big reward.

“Mary Poppins” is looking to take it to another level again.

“It’s very production heavy, in the sense of it being bigger, bigger sets, that sort of thing,” Jackson said. “It’s also heavy in the dance, the choreography.

“Mary Poppins has some big splashy numbers that we try to honour as best we can.

“And Mary has asked to make sure that we up the ante from last year and the year before. It’s really important to keep that climb going.”

Jackson says the choreography, and indeed the production as a whole, will have a lot of depths.

“We going to have a little Fosse-esque thing coming into this [as in the late Bob Fosse, renowned director and choreographer] … a little Michael Jackson, a little Tim Burton. A little bit of an edgy dark feeling going in to some of the pieces.”

Jackson’s influence can be seen in the productions she’s been involved with, but she says a lot of that is com-

ing from the energy the students are putting into them.

“Their energy coming into this has been a great inspiration for me to build the choreography off of their abilities,” she said of the cast.

“It’s about grabbing the spirit from the kids.

You have a plan in your head when you originally do the choreography, and when you shift it into live bodies there’s always going to be a change that’s happening. You take it off of them. That’s the way I choreograph. I put my own spin on it, of course — you want to have a little originality.”

The musical ‘Mary Poppins’ is based on the series of children’s books by P.L. Travers, and of course, the famous 1964 Disney film — the musical is a fusion of various elements from the two.

Some elements from the books that had been omitted from the film were restored, others were removed. The same is true of the music, which Caitlin Matwey is in charge of.

“But there are numbers that are the same from the movie — beloved numbers, like ‘Step in Time,’ ‘Supercalifragilistic,’ ‘Jolly Holiday’ — but there are also numbers that are new and exciting that bring a new side to ‘Mary Poppins’ we haven’t seen before,” Matwey said. “It’s the same ‘Mary Poppins’ but with a different side that you’ll be surprised to see.”

Matwey has been putting together the orchestra, which she will be conducting come May. “We’ve already got a pit, and lots of great players — it’s going to be awesome. “The orchestra comprised of 10-12 players, lots of sound effects, it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Matwey — of the Baker class of ‘06, is pleased to be back at her alma mater, playing such a key role in the process.

“I love it! I’ve been wanting to come back and be part of the productions for years, and this opportunity just came along — it’s wonderful.”

Wild Drama’s production of “Mary Poppins” opens at the Key City Theatre in Cran-

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Rural development projects updated for RDEK board The Southeast Interior Beetle Action Coalition made an appearance at Friday’s board meeting, as Gordon Borgstrom touted the organization’s success in tackling the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic.

Borgstrom, a consultant with SIBAC, noted that the RDEK is just one of nine regional districts and six Tribal Councils that have banded together to tackle not just the pine beetle epidemic, but also to develop, support and fund projects and initiatives that will stimulate and advance rural development in the southern interior.

Borgstrom appeared before the board for two purposes: •To ensure the RDEK’s future membership within SIBAC. •To seek a $5,000 annual grant over the next three years to help pay for administrative costs.

Following his presentation, the RDEK board wasted no time in approving the funding for the organization.

Rob Gay, who chairs the RDEK Board, also sits as the treasurer with SIBAC, and is enthusiastic about the work that’s being done.

SIBAC started with a pool of $3 million in funding, which they’ve been able to leverage with various other levels of government organizations into roughly $16 million that’s been used for studies and projects within the Southern Interior.

There are a few initiatives Gay is keeping his eye on.

“One is called unleashing local capital, where people in our communities potentially have some funds that they would like to invest in their community and we’ve seen this in some communities,” he said.

“The situation may be you have a business

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in a smaller community that the folks are getting older and they need to sell the business, it’s a large employer in town and nobody has come in to buy it up, because it’s a dying town.

“The community gets behind it, puts some money in and runs it as a not-for-profit society.”

Gay cited an example brought up by Borgstrom as a group of farmers in Alberta bought a CPR rail spur that was going to be scrapped and used it to move their agricultural products and as a tourist attraction.

Another project includes getting interns or co-op students who are studying rural economic development to move to smaller towns to help get projects off the ground.

Borgstrom brought up some of SIBAC’s rural development initiatives which include helping kickstart green energy projects, wood waste to rural heat and rural housing and seniors services.

Borgstrom also touted the provincial government’s creation of a Rural Advisory Committee and a rural dividend program that will provide $75 million in funding over three years.

Gay noted that SIBAC will be pursuing money out of the rural dividend program and that SIBAC has roughly $1.6 million left .

For the future, SIBAC will continue to focus on rural development policies in conjunction with provincial and federal governments and continue with developing projects that benefit the Southern Interior.

Another Kimberley Winter Market is scheduled for Feb. 14 at the Conference Centre.

From page 1 “Our partnerships and involvement in the community included, but were not limited to: Kimberley Winter Market ; Dynamiter’s Bull-ARama; Music in the Platzl during the Farmer’s Market ; Restaurant Coalition meetings; Kimberley Julyfest activities ; support of Grand Fondo and Black Spur races; Leadercast ; Kimberley Business Excellence Awards ; Chamber Golf Tournament ; The City of Kimberley initiatives; Ministry of Transportation review; Liquor Control Board review; Business After Business gatherings ; Work BC & CBT partnerships; Kimberley Business Expo; Canada Day Celebrations; Heritage Canada

grant applications; First Saturday events; Imagine Kootenay (formerly Invest Kootenay); Remembrance Day; The All Candidates Forum; Oktoberfest ; Community Futures BC Annual G eneral Meeting; Platzl Light Up, and support of the Kimberley Medieval Festival.”

The Chamber has a couple of training and information sessions upcoming (see story this page) and also looks forward to another Kimberley Winter Market on the Alberta Family Day weekend.

“2016 is going to be an exciting year for Ki mb e rle y,” Gu a r n e r y said.

“We’re encouraged to know that we will have a good turnout for our AGM.”

Upcoming business sessions C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

The Kimberley Chamber of Commerce has two upcoming training sessions that should be of interest to the local business community.

The first goes this Friday, January 15 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at B.J’s Restaurant.

Certified professional business coach, Rick Unruh, will lead a complimentary entrepreneur development session entitled “Retool your Business for 2016”.

The presentation will introduce 12 Business fundamentals to pinpoint potential areas of growth opportunity, and development in

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your business.

For more information and to RSVP (space is limited) contact: rick. unruh@Q6BPC.com or call 250-999-8261 or 403-771-8261.

Next up is a session on RESPs at the Green Door on Monday, January 18 at the Green Door at 6:30 p.m.

Karly Berry and Rachelle Colthorp from Sun Life Financial will take your through the following information: - Education costs and the need to set money aside early - What is a registered education savings plan…is it something you should consider?

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Transition plan in place as RDEK CAO eyes retirement For the Bulletin

The RDEK Board of Directors has announced they have selected a new Chief Administrative Officer to replace current CAO Lee-Ann Crane when she retires later this year.

“As we look to early June and the retirement of our current CAO, the Board felt it was important to have a plan in place to ensure a smooth transition,” explains RDEK Board Chair, Rob Gay. “We are pleased to announce current RDEK Chief Financial Officer Shawn Tomlin will assume the role of CAO following Lee-Ann’s retirement in June.”

Crane has been CAO of the Regional District

for over 18 years and has been an RDEK employee for almost 37 years.

Tomlin has been with the RDEK for 13 years and has been CFO for nine.

“We wish Lee-Ann the very best in her retirement and know Shawn will have huge shoes to fill,” says Gay. “Having said that, Shawn knows the RDEK, our programs and services and has been a key member of our Senior Management team, so we feel confident he will be able to make the transition into this new role with a good understanding of the role and the support of our Board and staff.”

The RDEK will begin recruiting for a new Chief Financial Officer this week.

Family Fishing Derby returns on BC Family Day For the Bulle tin

Mark your calendars for Monday, February 8th as the Family Fishing Derby for Kids with Cancer will be back for its 7th year this BC Family Day. Organized by JCI Kootenay and held at Horseshoe Lake from 10am3pm, the annual Derby has become a Kootenay tradition bringing together communities and families from Cranbrook, Creston, Fernie, Golden, Invermere, Jaffray, Kimberley and Trail.

Uniquely ‘Kootenay’, this event keeps the whole family entertained with ice fishing, tobogganing, hockey, and plenty of kids’ activities including tug-o-war, fishing for a prize, ice jug bowling and crafts. Hot food and beverage will be available by donation to keep everyone fueled for the day for fun.

More than just a fun event, the Derby is a grass-roots fundraiser supported by local busi-

presents

ROUTES IN CRANBROOK: 102 - Victoria Ave - 27th Ave S, 3 St S 105 - Kootenay St, 17th &18th Ave N, 6th-8th St S 112 - 3rd & 4th St S, Little Van Horne-2nd Ave S 113 - 3rd & 4th Ave S, Van Horne-4th St S 133 - 5th & 6th St S, 5th-9th Ave S 135 - 12th - 14th St S, 2A & 3rd Ave S 136 - 6th & 7th Ave S,16th St S 146 - Hycrest Trailer Park - 19th Ave S, 10th St S 148 - 20th & 21st Ave S, 7th-10th St S 157 - Innes Ave & Jostad Ave 170 - 3rd-5th Ave S, 4th-6th St S 180 - 4th - 10th St S, 14th Ave S 181 - 10th - 12th Ave S, 12th-14th St S 187 - Victoria Ave, 2nd St N 188 - 31st - 34th Ave S, 6th St S 191- 4th St S & 31st Ave S 302 - Larch Dr, Spruce Dr

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof January 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30 Tickets at Lotus Books.

$13 Members. $15 Non-members

Last year’s derby had to be cancelled because of unsafe ice conditions. nesses, media, and volunteers to help families of children battling cancer. Proceeds are distributed by the Canadian Cancer Society to support travelling to treatment, accommodation, wigs, cancer information

and peer support. The Derby also helps local children faced with cancer enjoy a much deserved vacation from treatment.

Dacota Freight sponsors a Disneyland vacation and Sunshine Houseboats spon-

Training sessions From Page 3 - What government money is available to you through the Canada Education Savings grant program and the NEW BC Education and Training Savings grant - How much can you contribute to a registered plan to get special tax treatment, where is it invested, and how and

2016 – 2020 Five Year Financial Plan Special Meeting A special meeting of Council is scheduled for budget discussions, as it pertains to the City of Cranbrook 2016 – 2020 Five Year Financial Plan.

The meeting will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2016 beginning at 9:00am in Council Chambers at City Hall. The public is welcome to attend.

when do you get money out of the plan - TFSA as another saving option and how does it work - Benefits of Critical Illness insurance for children There is no charge to attend the seminar, but please RSVP to (250) 427 0058, megan.chapman@sunlife.com

sors a houseboat vacation on Lake Koocanusa.

If your family or someone you know has a child facing cancer or has battled cancer in the past please contact Mike Matejka (250-919-5532) with the Derby who can provide tickets, assist with travel and accommodations for the event, and enter the family into a draw for the Disneyland and Houseboat trips.

This is the second year the Derby is being organized by JCI Kootenay. While they have a strong group of committee members and volunteers, the Derby still needs more members of the community to help out the day of the event, so please contact them using the information below.

The Family Fishing Derby would like to thank its WHALE sponsors

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Genex Marketing, Tim Hortons, Dacota Freight, Sunshine Houseboats, Caliper Machine & Hydraulic, Williams Moving and Storage, Kootenay Knitting and Summit 107.

Tickets are just $10 for adults (16+) and $5 for children and seniors. Everyone needs a ticket to participate in the event and fishing licenses are required. See ticket locations below: Cranbrook – Mountain Man, Cancer Society, Bumbletree and Fort Steele Gas Station Kimberley - Overwaitea Foods and Home Hardware in the Platzl Columbia Valley Local View Printing and Design Fernie - Ann’s Your Independent Grocer Jaffray - Pump & Pantry

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Lynnette Wray was the prize recipient for September 2015 in the 2016 Burn Fund Calendar. Barry Coulter from The Townsman presented Lynnette with a one year subscription to The Townsman. From left to right Landen Bain, Lynnette Wray and Barry Coulter.

At the Cranbrook Public Library Every single town in Canada has a hockey story, and Ron MacLean has a story for every town in his latest book ‘Hockey Towns.’

Both ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Return of the Jedi’ are retold for younger readers in ‘So You Want to be a Jedi,’ and ‘Beware the Power of the Dark Side.’

Preschool Story Time is this Wednesday at 11 am, 1:15 pm, & 6:30 pm, and Toddler Story Time is 10 and 11 am. Both will be all about Penguins!

The Friends of the Library are preparing for the Audio Visual and Magazine Sale.It will be in the Manual Training School on Friday, Feb. 12, 5 pm to 7 pm (for Friends’ members only), and on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 9 am to 4 pm for the general public. Donations are being accepted of magazines (published in the last 5 years) and audio visual items (videos, DVDs, CDs, books on tape) of any age. Please bring items to the circulation desk in the Library up to Thursday, Feb. 11. For info call Marilyn at 250-489-6254. We look forward to seeing you there!

FREE one-on-one tech training session for those of you who want to enhance your current computing skills. We cover many topics including Basic Tablet usage, Basic Computer usage, Windows 10 training, Window 8 + 8.1 training, Window 7 training, Microsoft Suit training, Library E book training, and much more. To register, please contact the Library at (250) 4264063, or sign up at the front desk.

Our website is up and running at www. cranbrookpubliclibrary.com.

On display this month are the amazing works of Adolf Hungry Wolf, including his photography and numerous books he has written about our region and beyond.

There is much more than this happening at the Library. Please check out our Facebook pages and our new website for more information and updates.

Adult Newly Acquired: Extreme Transformation – Chris Powell The Outlandish Companion Volume 2 – Diana Gabaldon Hockey Towns – Ron MacLean Freedom of Expression – Daniel Jay Baum Wolf Spirit – Gudrun – Pfluger Home – Ellen DeGeneres Buster – Will Barrow Binge – Tyler Oakley Everyday Super Food – Jamie Oliver Find a Way – Diana Nyad The Cost of Courage – Charles Kaiser Bomb Girls – Barbara Mike Selby Dickson The Reason You Walk – Wab Kinew (bio) Girl in the Woods – Aspen Matis (bio) The Point of Vanishing – Howard Axelrod (bio) The Midwife’s Sister – Christine Lee (bio) Amazing Fantastic Incredible – Stan Lee (bio) A Worthy Pursuit – Karen Witemeyer (fic) The Liar’s Chair – Rebecca Whitney (fic) Rogue Lawyer – John Grisham (fic) Love Everlasting – Tracie Peterson fic) Summer at Tiffany’s – Karen Swan (fic) The Mountain Shadow – Gregory David Roberts (fic) Will Starling – Ian Weir (fic) Dead in the Water – Ann Granger (mys) Trigger Mortis – Anthony Horowitz (mys) The Crossing – Michael Connelly (mys) A Song of Shadows – John Connolly (mys) In Like Flynn – Rhys Bowen (mys) Dishing the Dirt – M.C. Beaton (mys) House of the Rising Sun – James Lee Burke (west) Hell’s Foundation Quiver – David Weber (sci fic) Gravity (DVD) Once (DVD) Switzerland (DVD) Poland (DVD) Exotic Worlds: India (DVD)

Exotic Worlds: Morocco (DVD) Django Unchained (DVD) The Salt of the Earth (Blu-ray)(DVD) Indian Summers: Complete First Season (DVD) Vicious: Complete Second Season (DVD) Castle: Complete Sixth Season (DVD) Nurse Jackie: Season Two (DVD) House of Cards: Season Three (DVD) 24: Season One (DVD) Young Adult & Children’s: Keep Holding On – Susan Colasanti (ya fic) Michael Vey Storm of Lightning – Richard Paul Evans (ya fic) The Copper Gauntlet – Holly Black (ya fic) Twilight: Life & Death – Stephanie Meyer (ya fic) Garbage Trucks – Aaron Carr (j 628.442) World War I Spies – Michael E. Goodman World War II Spies – Michael E. Goodman Lots of Things You Want To Know About Cowboys – David West Lots of Things You Want To Know About Pirates – David West I Need Glasses – Jennifer Colby I Get the Hiccups – Nancy Robinson Masters 12 Things to Know About Fracking – Rebecca Felix Hinduism – Rita Faelli So You Want to be a Jedi – Adam Gidwitz (j fic) Beware the Power of the Dark side – Tom Angelberger (j fic) The Sword of Summer – Rick Riordan (j fic) Seven Dead Pirates – Linda Bailey (j fic) The Dragonfly Effect – Gordon Korman (j fic) Field Trip – Gary Paulsen (j fic) Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Perfect Sitter – Rachel Renee Russell (j fic) Scenes from the Epic Life of a Total Genius – Stacey Matson (j fic) The Pirate Code – Heidi Schultz (j fic) Paddington (j DVD)

Parents Night Out: Tablet Time – join other parents & CBAL at the Cranbrook Public Library and learn to weave tablet time with apps, puppetry, stories and art. Jan 12 for parents with children aged 3-5 and Jan 26 for parents with children aged 6-9. Parents only, bring your own tablets & smart phones, sorry no childcare available.

Preregistration necessary as space limited. FMI: Katherine 250-4207596 or Deanne 250-426-4063 British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association, Rocky Mountain Branch, will be holding their luncheon meeting at the Heritage Inn on January 13th at 12 noon. Our guest speakers are Bev Wagner of COSCO & Brenda McLennan with CARP. Info: Larry Hall at 250-489-3968.

January 13. Kimberley Garden Club’s first meeting of 2016. Let us know what programs you want to see this year! Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. Info: Nola 250-427-1947.

Abreast in the Rockies Dragon Boat Team Meeting: Monday, Jan 18, Mt. Baker Library, 6:45pm. Paddling registration available.

The Kootenay Railway Pensioners Association will be having a Social Luncheon at 12:30 pm, Tuesday Jan.19th at Heritage Inn, 803 Cranbrook St.N. All Railway Retiree’s and Spouses are welcome. RSVP

by Jan.15th. Info: Secretary Frances Allen at 250-426-2720 or Myrtle 250-426-2378, Jean 250-426-8338.

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January 20, GoGo Grannys Travelogue. Jeff and Linda Williams will present their travelogue titled “Normandy: Land of William the Conqueror”. Join us in the lecture theatre at the College of the Rockies at 7:00. All proceeds support Grandmothers in Africa.

Want to play your instrument with others? The Cranbrook Community Orchestra (CCO) is for musicians beginner to advanced.

Find out more: 250-581-0058 Shelagh or facebook: Cranbrook Community Orchestra. Wednesdays; first meeting Jan 20 Got Scottish?! The annual Robbie Burns Dinner Fundraiser for Kimberley Cranbrook Highland Dance Association. Tickets on sale until Jan 16 at Lotus Books. Dinner is on January 23, Heritage Inn in Cranbrook. Tickets not available at the door. FMI Robin 432-5404

ONGOING Quilters meet in Kimberley on the 2nd Monday at Centennial Hall at 7:00 PM and the 4th Monday for sewing sessions in the United Church Hall at 10 Boundary Street.

Hey Kimberley! We need you as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. One hour a week. YOU can make a difference in a Child’s life that will last a life time. Info: 250-499-3111.

Cranbrook Community Tennis Association welcomes all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.

Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.

Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-4264223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30-6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

BINGO at the Kimberley Elks – Mondays, 6:30 start. All welcome.

The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.

Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Wednesdays, from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs. Contact: cranbrookoa@hotmail.com Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm; Focus Meat Draw at the Elks Club, Kimberley. Proceeds to Emergency Funds and non-profit organizations.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook serving our community to benefit others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

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Refugees, Sexual Harassment and Angela Merkel

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hancellor Angela Merkel opened Germany’s doors to a million refugees and migrants last year — three times as many as the rest of the European Union put together. Critics in Germany predicted a popular backlash, and warned that even her own Christian Democratic Party (CDU) would turn against her.

In the case of the CDU, at least, they were dead wrong. At the party’s annual congress on 15 December, Merkel’s speech — in which she did not retreat one inch from her frequent assertion that “we can do it” (accept and integrate the refugees) — got a ten-minute standing ovation that brought tears to her eyes.

Despite a dip in the opinion polls, she also still enjoys widespread popular support — or at least she did until the ugly events in the city of Cologne on New Year’s Eve. In the crowds that gathered in front of Cologne’s railway station to celebrate the New Year, hundreds of young men in gangs began harassing and robbing German women. “All of a sudden these men around us began groping us,” one victim told German television.

“They touched our behinds and grabbed between our legs. They touched us everywhere, so my girlfriend wanted to get out of the crowd. When I turned around one guy grabbed my bag and ripped it off my body.” There were 379 complaints to the police, 40 percent of which involved sexual assault, and two accusations of rape.

Only thirty-one men were arrested in connection with these offences, a police failure that caused popular outrage. But the incendiary fact — which the police at

first declined to reveal — was that 18 of the 31 men arrested were asylum-seekers, and all but five were Muslims. So there was a firestorm of popular protest about the Cologne attacks (which also happened on a smaller scale in Stuttgart and Hamburg).

The German authorities did their best to contain the damage. The Cologne police chief, Wolfgang Albers, was suspended for holding back information about the attacks, and in particular about the origin of the suspects.

Chancellor Merkel felt obliged to promise that she Gwynne will change the law which says that asylum seekers Dyer can only be forcibly sent home if they have been sentenced to at least three years in prison, and if their lives are not at risk in their home country.

The new law will say that migrants sentenced to any jail-time, or even put on probation, can be sent home no matter where they come from. It’s the least she could do politically, as the extreme anti-immigrant parties are already making a meal out of the Cologne events.

But what on earth made those young Muslim men, the beneficiaries of Germany’s generosity, think they could sexually attack young German women in public (and rob them while they were doing it)?

They were not professional thieves, and I very much doubt that they would sexually attack young Muslim women in public if they were back home. I suspect that they were mostly village boys who still believe the popular Middle Eastern stereotypes about good Muslim girls whom you must not harass, and “loose” Western women who are fair game for sexual assault.

I once lived in Istanbul for a while with

my wife and two little boys, and we had the same experience as most other Westerners: when my wife was out with me or with the children, she was treated with respect.

When she was out alone, she was the target of constant sexual harassment.

At least once a day, as young men passed her in the crowded streets, she would suddenly experience the full frontal grab — and if she protested, they would simply laugh at her. So I taught her what a Turkish woman would say if the same thing happened, and it did help. She still got molested, but when she rebuked the attackers in Turkish they were overwhelmed with shame and panic, and disappeared into the crowd as fast as possible.

This was back when Istanbul only had three million people (it now has 14 million), but already my Turkish friends were moaning about how their city was being “villager-ised” by people migrating from the countryside. Even Turkish women who looked too “Western” were being harassed, and they blamed the ex-villagers.

When you take in a million refugees, more than half of them from the Middle East, you may expect them to include a few religious fanatics who may be or become terrorists. They will also include a considerably larger number of ignorant hicks who think that it is not a crime or a disgrace to attack non-Muslim girls sexually.

No good deed goes entirely unpunished, and this is part of the price Germany will pay for its generosity. It’s not an unbearable price, even if it involves one or two more Islamist terrorist attacks than would otherwise have occurred — and in a couple of years most of the young Muslim men who attacked women in Cologne will have figured out that being free, as German women are, does not mean being immoral or freely available.

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Zaharichuk relishing role with Ice as Blades visit Peppy 18-year-old forward finding success and chemistry on top line for head coach Luke Pierce

Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

When Jesse Zaharichuk arrived in Cranbrook after a trade brought him to the Kootenay Ice from the Kamloops Blazers Nov. 29, he said he wanted to be a reliable, top-six forward.

Head coach Luke Pierce said he was hopeful Zaharichuk was ready to commit to being a core leader and top-end player after starting his major junior career as more of a “periphery” forward.

Fast forward to January and Zaharichuk is proving to be a quality return on the 2018 fifthround bantam draft choice president and general manager Jeff Chynoweth shipped to the Blazers.

In seven games since the holiday break, the 5-foot-8, 155-pound native of Sherwood Park, Alta., has stacked up three goals and eight points, all while skating on the top line with veterans Matt Alfaro and Zak Zborosky.

“We’ve found some good chemistry so far,” Zaharichuk said prior to practice at Western Financial Place Monday.

“It’s pretty easy to play with them. They’re pretty good players. Just get open, try to get them the puck and then usually something happens.”

Though it took some time getting acquainted and finding his place within the lineup, the speedy Zaharichuk has been nothing short of reliable. Since coming over to the Eastern Conference from the Blazers, Zaharichuk has tallied four goals and 12 points in 16 games with the Ice, all but matching his totals -- four goals and 13 points -- through 17 games in Kamloops prior to the trade.

“He’s just been more consistent, not just within a game, but from game to game,” Pierce said Monday. “He hasn’t had a lot of extended minutes or shifts where he’s not involved and he’s pushing himself.

Playing with two pretty good players is helping, but he’s kept pace with them and been a catalyst for our offense.”

With 25 points through 33 games this season, Zaharichuk has eclipsed the career highs he set during his rookie season (2014-15) with the Blazers, when he

Tuesday, January 12

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scored three goals and assisted on 12 others.

“The big thing for me, not just Jesse, but Matt and Zak, is sometimes you can get complacent because you’re leading this team in offense,” Pierce said. “But when you put their numbers up against other top lines across the league, they still have some work to do. That’s the way they need to start looking at themselves -- not comparables with where they stack up on our team, it’s comparables with where they are with other top lines.

“They can’t get com-

placent. They have to push themselves to produce every single night and that’s the pressure of being a top player.”

As it stands, Zborosky leads the team and the trio with 33 points in 30 games -- good enough for 70th overall in the Western Hockey League.

Zaharichuk ranks 128th with Alfaro not far behind in 131st (24 points).

For comparison’s sake, Kelowna Rockets 20-year-old forward Tyson Baillie leads the league in scoring with 66 points through 42 games.

Still, the recent stretch is promising

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Ice forward Jesse Zaharichuk (left) has been fitting in nicely alongside Matt Alfaro and Zak Zborosky on the top line for head coach Luke Pierce. when looking at the development of a young, rebuilding hockey team and Zaharichuk has certainly seen growth in the group since the calendar turned to 2016.

“When I first got here, we went on that 16-game losing streak and ever since Christmas, everybody seems to be more dialled in, more focused,” Zaharichuk said. “We’ll do the little things to win. It’s been good. We’ve found ways to win.

“Confidence is a big thing with this group.

After a goal, we’re trying

not to get down or sulk.

If we keep our confidence up and know that we can win a game every game, we’ll keep that mindset going.”

While a 7-1 loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes Saturday wasn’t a memorable outing, it remains the outlier in 2016 as the Ice have managed to collect points in three of four games to start the new year.

“We have a record that we’d like to achieve here going down in our last 34 games, we have some targets within the game that we want to

achieve and you just have to keep your mind focused on that stuff,” Pierce said. “We’ve been pretty good so far with it.”

Next up for the Ice (8-32-3-0) is a Tuesday test against the Saskatoon Blades (15-23-3-0) in Cranbrook.

The Blades come into the contest having lost three straight, with Tuesday marking the first on a five-game road trip.

Puck drop between the Ice and Blades is slated for 7 p.m. on 2-for-1 Tuesday at Western Financial Place.

Kimberley Dynamiters shuffle roster prior to KIJHL trade deadline Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

The Kimberley Dynamiters got a head start on the KIJHL trade deadline late Thursday night, acquiring 19-year-old forward Tanner Wit from the Golden Rockets in exchange for a player development fee.

In addition, the Dynamiters released local product Marco Campanella (1997), who then signed on with the Columbia Valley Rockies.

Wrapping up a busy Thursday, Nitros general manager Mike Reid confirmed forward Brendon Benson (1996) had returned home, deciding to retire from hockey.

The addition of Wit provides the Dynamiters with a versatile, experienced leader as they make a run for a second consecutive KIJHL championship. “[Tanner] is a guy who I give credit to. He’s

had two tough years in Golden, but he comes and plays hard every night,” Reid said Friday afternoon. “He’ll come in and he’ll fit in with our guys.

“He’s the type of guy that I know can fit into our top-six or top-nine right away. He also can play defence… so he’s versatile that way.

“We thought it would be nice to give a kid an opportunity to come on board and hopefully make a run with us… It was pretty much a no-brainer, as [Tanner] said to us, once he heard we were interested.”

Wit debuted Friday night in the Dynamiters 6-4 road win over the Golden Rockets.

In 29 games with the Rockets, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound native of Calgary, registered six goals and 16 points. In 78 career KIJHL games, all with Golden, Wit has

collected 12 goals and 30 points.

On Campanella, the 5-foot-9, 175-pound Kimberley product had been taken off a card back on Dec. 1 after suffering what Reid described as a serious shoulder injury.

“Marco is a great kid,” Reid said. “We wish him the best of luck. I’m sure he’s looking forward to playing us next Friday [Jan. 15 at the Kimberley Civic Centre].”

In 21 games this season, Campanella posted two goals and five points. Over 100 career games with the Dynamiters, the energetic forward registered 12 goals and 35 points.

As for Benson, the end to what was once a promising junior career brings to light what can be the sad and harsh reality of life for a young hockey player.

The 19-year-old na-

tive of Lethbridge was once a prospect of the WHL’s Victoria Royals, having been selected in the seventh round (144th overall) at the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft.

After bouncing from Alberta Junior A to Saskatchewan Junior A, Benson landed in Kimberley. After eight games with the Nitros, the 5-foot-11, 180-pound forward decided enough was enough.

“The game of hockey, unfortunately, has kicked Brendon around a little bit,” Reid said Wednesday. “What a lot of parents don’t know and what a lot of people don’t know is what goes on behind the scenes in the meat grinder that junior hockey can be. “[Brendon] just lost his passion for the game.

He needed to be home with his family and that’s where he should be.”

In eight appearances

with the Nitros, Benson was dangerous, collecting four goals and eight points in his short stint.

Reid hoped to add a defenceman to his stable before the KIJHL trade deadline came to pass at 11:59 p.m. (Mountain) Sunday, but was unable to find what he was looking for, and so the Nitros

move forward with the personnel already in the dressing room.

In weekend action, the Nitros grabbed road wins in Golden, 6-4 over the Rockets, and in Grand Forks, 4-0 over the Border Bruins this past weekend.

Veteran Jared Marchhi registered two goals in

Friday’s win at Golden, while goaltender Tyson Brouwer earned his league-leading 24th victory of the campaign.

In Grand Forks, rookie James Rota posted two goals and an assist, while goaltender Mitch Traichevich turned aside 21 shots for his second shutout of the season.

Kimberley Dynamiters Scoring Summaries FriDay, January 8

Kimberley DynamiterS 6 at GolDen rocKetS 4

First Period 1. KIM - A. Moser, (Tr. Van Steinburg, T. Doell), 8:30 2. KIM - D. Langelaar, (K. Haase, G. Dugdale), 8:48 3. GOL - J. Gudjonson, (C. Vouri, R. Prue), 11:05 Second Period 4. KIM - J. Marchi, (J. Meier, Ty. Van Steinburg), 7:35 (PP) 5. GOL - W. Howerton, (M. Thiessen, T. Fischer-Kobes), 7:50 6. KIM - K. Chabot, (T. Doell, K. Haase), 13:46 (PP) 7. GOL - M. Thiessen, (T. Kelley, T. Fischer-Kobes), 19:36 Third Period 8. KIM - E. Buckley, (T. Wit, G. Bertoia), 6:11 (PP) 9. GOL - A. Dunn, (M. Thiessen, T. Kelley), 17:15 (PP) 10. KIM - J. Marchi, (E. Buckley, J. Busch), 17:49 Shots 1 2 3 T Kimberley Dynamiters 9 15 12 36 Golden Rockets 13 13 9 35 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KIM - Tyson Brouwer 31/35 60:00 0.886 GOL - Owen Sikkes 30/36 60:00 0.833 Power plays - KIM - 3/6 (50.0%); GOL - 1/6 (16.7%) Attendance: 166 (Golden Arena)

SaturDay, January 9

Kimberley DynamiterS 4 at GranD ForKS borDer bruinS 0

First Period 1. KIM - E. Buckley, (J. Rota, K. Haase), 2:23 Second Period 2. KIM - K. Chabot, (J. Busch, K. Haase), 6:40 (PP) Third Period 3. KIM - J. Rota, (J. Busch, T. Doell), 6:06 4. KIM - J. Rota, (L. Purdy, B. Buhler), 17:22 Shots 1 2 3 T Kimberley Dynamiters 9 15 12 36 Golden Rockets 13 13 9 35 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KIM - Mitch Traichevich 21/21 60:00 1.000 GFB - Anthony Galliart 33/37 60:00 0.892 Power plays - KIM - 1/7 (14.3%); GFB - 0/5 (00.0%) Attendance: N/A (Grand Forks Arena)

January Glance

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I consider myself a loyal friend. However, only one person called to ask about my family and about me. That person was actually a business acquaintance. I am deeply grateful for that call, but truly surprised and disappointed that there were no others. A family member phoned two days later, saying he had been so busy with work that he didn’t hear about the attacks until later. I was polite, but seriously, people would have to be living under a rock not to have heard the news immediately.

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So when my mother moved to a nursing home near us, I decided to make sure this didn’t happen to her. I wrote a newsy letter about how she was doing, and added where she was living, along with the address. I printed it on Christmas stationery and sent it in the first part of December.

Well, Annie, I want to tell you that the response was overwhelming. She received Christmas cards from nearly all of her friends. Some wrote long, newsy letters of their own, and a few of them even wrote letters to me.

It was very rewarding and gratifying, and Mom felt that she was still a part of her friends’ lives. I thought you might like to pass this on to others so they will know to do it during the next holiday season. -Grateful Daughter Dear Daughter: This is a sweet idea and an excellent way to keep others apprised of Mom’s situation and encourage them to contact her. Seniors, especially those who move away from familiar surroundings, often feel isolated. Thank you for providing a lovely way to stay connected.

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Bruce is survived by his loving wife Carol, his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweetyâ&#x20AC;?, his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brideâ&#x20AC;? and soul mate of 36 years. He is also survived by his children that will miss him dearly, Graham (Valerie), Scott (Karen) and Lynda (Mike) of Calgary; as well as his beautiful granddaughters he so adored, Laura, Mya, Kyla and Nicole. Bruce was predeceased by his mother Muriel and father Donald.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bruce began his career at Western Engraving Bureau then with his father at Murray Tent and Awning, a very short stint at Standard Life Insurance, then Sanford Evans Publishing. He married his first wife Diane in 1958. Low and behold along came children and in 1970 Bruce decided to pack up the family, lock, stock and barrel, and moved to Cranbrook, British Columbia to become the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Industrial Director where he brought in numerous businesses to set up shop in the heart of the East Kootenayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. In 1977 Bruce loaded up the Chrysler and moved the family to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;big cityâ&#x20AC;?, Calgary, where he eventually retired in 1996 as President, Calgary Economic Development Authority. That opportunity was more than a job for Bruce, it was a passion!! He loved Calgary and his position took him to all four corners of the globe with many influential dignitaries, past and present. But Bruceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart was as big as his laugh and between Carol and him they volunteered tirelessly for many local and international organizations. Bruce was a Rotarian thru and thruâ&#x20AC;Śfrom his early days with the Downtown club to his final days with the Chinook clubâ&#x20AC;ŚI can bet you even met Bruce once or twice, while he directed you on where to park at Spruce Meadows during the Masters. He and Carol volunteered with the Calgary Stampede Reception Committee for many years together till 2013. Bruce was a dear friend to many. He was an artist â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the annual Christmas cards, a gardener â&#x20AC;&#x201C; those roses, a golfer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;get the fish hook boysâ&#x20AC;? and a hiker but more a walker in his later years.

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Last survivor of 1906 San Francisco earthquake dies at 109 Kristin J. Bender Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — The last survivor of the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 has died, a relative confirmed Mon-

day.

William A. “Bill” Del Monte died at a retirement home in nearby Marin County on Monday. He was 11 days shy of his 110th birthday.

His niece, Janette Barro-

ca of San Francisco confirmed his death of natural causes.

He’d been doing “great for 109 years old,” Barroca said Monday.

Del Monte was just three months old when

the quake struck, forcing his family into the streets to escape in an open horse-drawn carriage with fire burning on both sides, Barroca said. The family crossed the bay to Alameda

County but eventually came back to the city after the home was rebuilt, Barroca said.

His father had opened the famous Fior d’Italia restaurant on Broadway in 1886 and it

was destroyed in the quake but reopened in a tent not long after. By 1915 the Italian restaurant was prospering again, according to a 2011 San Francisco Chronicle story.

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Del Monte attended San Francisco schools and after graduation went to work briefly for his father at his North Beach restaurant. But even in his teens he was interested in playing the stock market. And he was good at it. By 1929 at age 23, he was worth a million dollars, according to the San Francisco Chronicle story.

He lost the money but around the same time he gained a wife, Vera Minetti. They eloped to Reno in 1925 and were married for more than 55 years before she died in 1991.

They never had children. While his true passion was playing the stock markets, he also ran a San Francisco Bay Area theatre for years.

Del Monte’s death leaves a void in the city’s history.

Ruth Newman was the oldest remaining survivor of the earthquake before her death last summer. She was 113.

Newman was 4 years old when the quake struck in the early morning of April 18, 1906. She died July 29 at her home in Pebble Beach.

Del Monte attended the annual earthquake commemorations events in San Francisco, which include gatherings at Lotta’s Fountain in downtown before dawn. In 2010 he was the only survivor who made it to Lotta’s Fountain, riding in the back of the city’s big black, 1930 Lincoln convertible.

More than 1,000 people were killed in the earthquake and fires.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, measurements of the quake have ranged from magnitude 7.7 to 8.3.

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