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Baker Robotics team makes splash at BC Skills event TREVOR CRAWLEY

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Students from Mount Baker Secondary School have returned from Abbotsford with a haul of medals after striking gold and bronze in a robotics competition.

Connor Dickeson, Traycer Walker, Thomas Keehn and Ryley Holliday won gold in the robotics division of the Skills Canada competition, while Nicholas McGee and Ricky Zaugg won bronze.

Conrad Cameron also earned a bronze medal in an individual cabinet-making competition.

He was given a set of blueprints, materials and tools and six hours with access to a full shop to complete his project.

The students, under the supervision of Bill Walker, picked up their hardware while competing at the annual Skills Canada competition and Dickeson, Walker, Keehn and Holliday will be taking their robot to New Brunswick for nationals in May.

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Mount Baker Secondary School students Nicholas McGee and Ricky Zaugg won a bronze medal as See STUDENTS, Page 4 part of a Skills Canada BC competition in Abbotsford.

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What’s Happening?

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Celebrating bookstores

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Lotus marks ‘Authors for Indies’ with local writers and a special beer and booktasting at the HeidOut There will be giveaways of merchandise throughout the day, including special offers from Geist Magazine, who will be using the occasion to market their 100th issue.

And every participating store in Canada will be connected via social network.

But the afternoon with Abdou and Auld is just the beginning. The second part of the day will see the local world of writers at the HeidOut Brewhouse and Restaurant, for the event “En Cervisia Novellus” (think “In Vino Veritas”). Six authors from around the region, and their writings, will be paired with a particular brew from the HeidOut, for a book and beer tasting. Featured guests are Keith Powell, Keith Liggett, Brenda Babinski (whose book is coming out later this summer), Jim Cameron, and Abdou and Auld. The event is free, but as seating is limited, making a reservation is strongly recommended, Dalton said. Call Lotus Books to make such a reservation.

Events take place at 7 p.m. in the basement facilities of the HeidOut. So mark April 30 on your calendars — a day to celebrate the writers, books and bookstores in our lives.

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Looking forward to an awesome, auspicious day, dedicated to small, independent bookstores everywhere.

Lotus Books in Cranbrook is marking Authors for Indies, Saturday, April 30, with a day filled with events and good times.

2016 marks the second annual incarnation of the national event Authors for Indies — which coincides with Independent Bookstore Day in the U.S. “It’s a North America-wide celebration of independent bookstores, demonstrating that small bookstores are alive and well,” said Erin Dalton, owner of Lotus Books in Cranbrook. “Predictions of doom and death of the printed word are all the rage, but independent bookstores are still there, doing their thing.”

Lotus Books is joining the more than 100 bookstores and more than 500 authors who are celebrating Authors for Indies in Canada on April 30 — when authors and publishers from around the country get out and about, to help support the bookstores that carry their works.

“It will be neat to see different authors doing their different things,” Dalton said.

Joining Lotus with be Fernie’s Angie Abdou — authored of three acclaimed novels and numerous short stories, and Jerry Auld of Canmore, a renowned mountain fiction writer and member of the Imaginary Mountain Surveyors Press, and independent publisher specializing in mountain stories.

The authors will be at Lotus from 1 p.m. To 3 p.m.

“They’ll both be in attendance, with a list of books they’re reading and love, and they’ll be discussing these books with the public,” Dalton said.

The Gogo Grannies of Cranbrook are set for their eighth annual Glitz and Glamour Mothers’ Day Brunch, to take place Saturday, May 7 —the day before Mothers’ Day — at the Heritage Inn. The fundraising event features “gently used” jewelry, scarves, purses and other items for sale. There will be a silent auction of a considerable number of items donated by local citizens and businesses, doors prizes for six lucky attendees, and great food and refreshments.

And everyone who attends the brunch will have a chance to to win a beautiful handmade quilt donated by Rose Augustine. This year marks the fourth year Rose has donated a quilt for the cause.

The Brunch begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are on sale at Lotus Books in Cranbrook. Organizers advise that the event has sold out each year previously, so get your tickets early.

Since 2007, the GoGo Grannies have raised almost $100,000 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. The foundation directs its funds to community-level organizations in 15 African countries to support grandmothers caring for their grandchildren due to the impact of HIV/AIDS. Funds raised support their well-being, their

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Student skills a cut above at competition Continued from page 1 “I’m trying to get them ready for it because it’s kind of scary. Our robot isn’t beautiful, but it works really well,” Walker said.

“I told the guys we don’t necessarily care if it’s beautiful as long as it works right. And it does, it works really well. I’m impressed, because I didn’t know if we could do this.”

The students themselves were happy with their results, having worked with Walker since the beginning of the fall semester to build their ‘bots.

“Ours was one of the only ones that was built from scratch,” said Thomas Keehn, a member of the gold team. “It was one of the better built ones because it was able to do more than the

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Nicholas McGee, who won bronze alongside Ricky Zaugg, said the silver match was the toughest one of the competition.

“We were winning against every other team before, but silver was our biggest competition, before the bronze,” McGee said. “It was a very close match it was only about one piece away between bronze and silver.”

The actual competition features a closed off course with obstacles and parts littered inside.

The robots, controlled by a driver, must collect the parts and build a wooden boat in under four minutes. Teams advance on a points-based scoring system.

The students work from the start of the fall semester to build their robots for the Skills Canada competition. Walker does his recruiting in September to find students that would be interested in participating and then they plan out their builds.

“We sit at the front of the classroom and talk

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Connor Dickeson, Traycer Walker, Thomas Keehn and Ryley Holliday won gold at a Skills Canada BC competition in Abbotsford and will represent Mount Baker Secondary School and the province at nationals in May. about how can we do that? We did try a lot of things that didn’t work.

We tried using suction cups to pick up the pieces for the boat, but it didn’t work. It wasn’t strong enough,” said Walker.

“We tried different kinds of grippers. Usually the first time we make

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the thing that tries to grab the piece, you find that it doesn’t work well enough, so you have to modify that.

“Sometimes the motors aren’t strong enough for what you’re doing.

There’s a lot of trial and error.”

The Skills Canada competition has a num-

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Conrad Cameron won a bronze medal in a cabinet making category of the Skills Canada BC competition in Abbotsford. ber or rules that the ‘bots must adhere to, such as being smaller than six cubic feet. The Mount Baker ‘bots are powered by 12-volt DC batteries and can’t exceed 240 watts.

In addition to Walker, the students also get support from John Milner, a local machinist.

“He’s awesome,” said Walker. “WIthout John on the team, we couldn’t do all this. Between the two of us, we have the knowledge to get the job done, and it works pretty well.”

Nationals will be across the country in Moncton, New Brunswick, and Walker is putting out a call for fundraising to help the students make the trip. He adds that there has been a lot of valuable community support for the robotics program over the years.

“It’s going to cost close to $16,000 to send the robot and the team there because it’s a multiday event,” Walker said.

“It’s a huge deal and it’s going to be really cool for the students. They’ll get

to see how other provinces build robots, they’ll get to have ideas and talk to those guys. It’s a great experience.

“They’ll get to see how other provinces build robots, they’ll get to have ideas and talk to those guys. It’s a great experience.”

If anyone is interested in helping cover costs for the robotics trip to nationals, contact Mount Baker Secondary School at 250-426-5241 or email Walker at bill.walker@ sd5.bc.ca.

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Reason to be ‘cautiously optimistic’ on translocation trial C A R O LYN G R A N T

Cautiously optimistic is the phrase that could be used for the East Kootenay Deer Translocation Study this far, says Ian Adams of Vast Resources.

Vast Resources are conducting the field work and overseeing the project along with partners from the cities of Kimberley, Cranbrook, Elkford and Invermere, the Columbia Basin Trust and Animal Alliance of Canada.

“So far it’s been fairly good,” said Adams, who has been tracking the

collared mule deer.

“We are getting mixed results. Some deer are not moving very much, others a fair bit and some are continuing to move.”

29 collared deer from Kimberley and Cranbrook were released in the south country in February.

Two of them have been spotted near Baynes Lake.

“Two collared does have appeared at Baynes Lake which is about 20 kilometres from where they were released,” said Liz

White from Animal Alliance. “There have been a few complaints from some folks in the area but many more in support of leaving them alone. The area is very rural and is situated in close proximity with heavily forested surrounding areas. There are approximately 160 residences but a number of those are seasonal.

“We have had people out observing the deer over the last few days and they are behaving just like the non-collared mule deer

who live in the community — sometimes they are closer to the residences and sometimes they are in the bush. I guess we will see how things unfold.”

Adams says the two spotted in Baynes Lake are the first of the collared deer to be seen anywhere near a town, and noted as White did that Baynes Lake is quite rural.

“We have had occasional reports from land owners who have seen collared deer, but not all collared deer are part of this particular

RDEK wants province to deny Jumbo voting rights at board table Tre vor Crawley

The RDEK is encouraging the province to make some amendments to a legal document that would allow the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality a voting seat.

Back in 2009, a resolution was passed by the RDEK board requesting that if a resort municipality was created, that it should not be given a voting seat on the RDEK board until there enough of a local population to elect a local council.

When the resort was incorporated in November 2012 by a provincial Order in Council, the legal document, called a Letters Patent, included language that would give a municipal director RDEK voting obligations the year after the taxable value of the land totals more than $30 million or after January 1, 2017.

“When they set up the municipality in the Letters Patent, they basically said that this municipality would get a vote by 2017,” said Invermere Mayor Gerry Taft. “Obviously, that was a number of years ago and not much has happened up there.”

The JGMRM council voted passed a resolution to extend their RDEK voting rights starting from 2020 instead of 2017, however, the RDEK felt it didn’t go for enough.

“The Jumbo council itself has sent a similar request—they don’t even want a voting seat

study.

“We had no expectation of what would happen. We haven’t seen high predation rates and none have returned to their home community.”

Adams says there have been four mortalities from the 29 deer released with collars.

“It’s hard to say whether that is good or bad, though those numbers are probably lower than what we could have expected.

“All were predator deaths we think. There were two cougar kills for sure, one that was probably a wolf and a fourth that could be a cougar or could be road kill.”

That particular animal’s collar was found near Newgate Road, Adams said. It could have been hit by a car

though there were no reports of a vehicle incident.

On the other hand, it was close to where the other two cougar mortalities were.

“But there have been no deaths that could be called stress related,” Adams said. “There was a lot of question as to how they would do.

Capture related deaths due to stress can show up a couple of weeks

after an animal is handled.

“We are cautiously optimistic. There are a lot of factors in a study like this and it’s too early to use the word ‘success’. We need to see how they do. There are other variables to consider before we see if this is a potential management option.

“But initial information indicates they are doing fairly well.”

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A dispute between the Ktunaxa Nation Council and the B.C. government is going to the Supreme Court of Canada over a proposed all-year ski resort at Jumbo Glacier. at the board right now.

So their request was to change the number from 2017 to 2020,” said Taft.

Taft says the RDEK board doesn’t want to see JGMRM get a vote that would affect regional interests if the municipality itself doesn’t have any residents.

“What ended up getting passed was basically adding support to the resolution of 2020 and further asking that there be a base minimum of population and assessed value before a voting seat is given to Jumbo,” said Taft.

“Philosophically, I think a lot of us believe that there shouldn’t be a vote on regional matters unless you’re representing some people and right now there’s no people up there.”

The province has the authority to amend the Letters Patent The issue of building an all-year ski resort on Jumbo Glacier has been

ongoing for more than 20 years.

Currently, the project is at a standstill after being ruled ‘not substantially started’ by the Ministry of Environment last June, which resulted in a Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) expiring.

Should the proponents—Glacier Resorts Ltd.—wish to continue, they must go obtain a new EAC. In addition to the decision from the provincial government, the Ktunaxa Nation Council are taking the provincial government to the Supreme Court of Canada over a decision to approve a Master Development Plan in March 2012.

The B.C. Supreme Court ruled that the province had adequately consulted with the Ktunaxa Nation in and an Appeal Court ruling upheld that decision in August 2015.

Now, the Supreme

Court of Canada has agreed to hear the Ktunaxa’s case, which centres on a challenge to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which argues that the approval of the Jumbo’s master development plan is a violation of their Charter right to freedom of religion. According to Ktunaxa religious beliefs, the region around Jumbo—known as Qat’muk—holds significant spiritual meaning as that’s where the Grizzly Bear Spirit born, goes to heal itself, and returns to the spirit world.

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Looking forward to the floor fight

So

the other night, at a campaign lives. Apparently familiarity does breed rally in New York, Donald contempt.

But as Trump spins his tales and gathTrump referred to the events of September 11, 2001, most often referred ers the popular vote in Republican primaries, a second contest is taking place to as 9/11, as 7/11.

The quote: “I was down there, and I and it perhaps demonstrates the off-thewatched our police and our firemen cuff nature of the Trump campaign that down on 7-Eleven, down at the World he is failing this contest. Trump is a popTrade Center [in New York City], right ulist. He says things — sometimes without a lot of deep thought after it came down, and I behind them — that are saw the greatest people I absolute red meat to the have ever seen in action.” angry, economically worI’m sure the Slurpees ried voters who attend his were yooooge!

Carolyn rallies. But the run for I guess this would be Grant president is a deeper game, right after he watched and a candidate needs to people in New Jersey be well organized. Because cheering the events of the same day. Trump has said he witnessed it’s not just popular votes, it’s delegates.

This is something Ted Cruz, who rethat several times, a statement that most mains in the running despite the fulldebunked as an outright lie.

Donald Trump gets around. At least in body shudder he engenders in many, picked up on early. The Cruz campaign his mind.

This is the same mind that made up a has a big ground game and he is securing government agency called the Depart- actual delegates.

As explained by the New York Times, ment of Environmental, or DEP. Yup, Trump can’t even get an acronym right as “And if Mr. Trump falls short of clinching he nimbly makes up facts to suit whatev- the nomination after all 50 states, the er narrative he may be pursuing on a District of Columbia and five territories have held their contests, those delegates given day.

But, despite mistaking 9-11 for 7-11, could make their own decisions after the Trump still handily won the New York first ballot in Cleveland.”

Trump says this proves the system is primary this week, taking all 90 delegates.

Interestingly, he took every country and rigged against him. He maintains that the borough except for Manhattan, where he guy with the most vote wins. Simple he

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

says. But the Byzantine rules governing the Republican nominating process have been in place for quite some time, says the party establishment and Trump should have been well aware of this. Incidentally, there are also bizarre rules on the Democrat side as well, including ‘super-delegates’, so it’s not just narrowed down to the world hates Trump, as he would have you believe.

All this will be moot if Trump reaches 1,237 delegates by June 7, the last day of primary voting. And he may not even have to do that. Speculation is that he could be 50 to 100 delegates shy and still sew it up because there will some 200 unbound, free agent delegates who can support anyone they wish at the convention. And if Trump is close enough, the Republican Party denies the wishes of the majority of voters at its peril.

But it could come down to a floor fight at the convention this summer in Cleveland. Hopefully that will not be as ugly as it sounds. I can actually see in my mind a great melee on the floor of the convention centre, as delegates whack each other over the heads with chairs. Considering all that has come before in this strangest of election campaigns, it really wouldn’t be all that surprising.

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Leashes, parks

This past Sunday my wife and I went for what was supposed to be a nice calm walk along Rotary Way past St. Mary’s school and through Kinsman Park with our dogs.

On leash, because that’s the law.

Well it was anything but relaxing, because of all the dogs being allowed to run free, off leash. With every off-leash dog we encountered, my wife would have to scoop up our small dog to prevent any conflict.

Now, every owner of every dog we have ever encountered all says the same thing.

“Oh, my dog’s good, he’s just friendly.”

First of all, good for your dog. But, what you do not take into account is maybe that small dog yours is charging up to isn’t so friendly. There’s a fight brewing. Your dog, charging up like that, looks to any other dog,

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especially small ones, that he’s attacking. So what is he going to do? Simple, he is going to defend himself. Again, a fight brewing.

The City just went to great pains and expense to supply and open an OFF LEASH dog park. That is for the people who want to let their dog run free for a short time.

This Off Leash Dog park is the only place in this city where a dog is allowed to run free.

Every other street, alley, park … the dog has to be on a leash, under the control of its adult owner.

If you don’t want to use the off leash park, please have the courtesy to keep your dog on leash, so that others can also enjoy the city parks.

And also, for every dog owner, please pick up after your dog. That’s also the law. Or, is the reason you let Fido run free so you can’t tell where he did his deed, so you can’t find it,

you don’t have to pick it up?

Come on people, it’s not rocket science. It’s manners, being polite and respecting others, and the city parks we all get to use.

And just a short note on this subject, the vast majority of dog owners do obey the leash laws and are polite. Some do let their dog run, but the instant they see someone coming, their dog, being properly trained returns to them the first call and is put back put back on leash until there is no one around. To those responsible people, thank you.

Maybe it’s time for the animal control officer (if we have one) to start working off hours and weekends. We all pay our taxes, so why are some left out of enjoying our city, calmly, being allowed to relax doing it?

Tom Haverko Cranbrook

What is God? Who is God?

omeone asked me recently whether I saw God as a personal “being.” It reminded me of the time when I was a Presbyterian and learning the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Question–and–Answer 4 goes like this: “What is God? God is a spirit; infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.”

Wow! By asking “What is God?” the Catechism seeks to describe the god of the philosophers rather than the God of the Christian story. If we think of God’s core identity as infinite or eternal or unchangeable, then we are describing a god who can’t really be in a meaningful relationship with humanity.

This way of thinking about God has been shaped by philosophical abstractions. Can you even imagine “omniscience?” Or one who is “omnipresent?”

Or “omnipotent?”

That’s not the way of the Bible. In that library of books, we find stories about a God who relates to humanity. God doesn’t sit in heaven, distributing doctrine for us to believe and rules for us to follow. God comes among us to be in relationship with us.

Walter Brueggemann, perhaps the foremost Old Testament scholar of this generation, talks about “the strange God of fidelity.” He reminds us that God is a real character in the story of the Bible, a God who acts, sends, delivers. We meet this “strange” God on every page of scripture.

This God chooses to be known not as an abstraction, but as One who is embedded with a particular people. God chooses to be vulnerable and even open to change for the sake of the world. God is intimately involved with this world.

Furthermore, God is not some impassi-

ble force, but One who is capable of a range of emotions. God is filled with love and compassion. God knows anger and hate and even violence. God enters into the pain of God’s people.

Once we recognize this, we can begin to see why it’s so important that God be a God of fidelity. This is a God whose affection can be truly life–giving. When God makes covenant to be with us. God is creating a relationship that God will fight for. God is creating a people Rev. Yme who will interact with God, rather than cursing an imWoensdregt movable universal force.

Just as importantly, God establishes a relationship that is real. There is no predetermined outcome in which we have no say. There is no simple “given” about the way this relationship will develop. Real relationships don’t work that way.

Real relationships change both partners involved in it.

Brueggemann uses the story of the Exodus as an example. Israel cries out to God. God hears. God remembers. God feels.

God comes down. The story begins with the people, who initiate a relationship with the God who has promised to be with them.

There is a dignity to human participation in this story. Humanity is honoured with a real relationship to God. At the same time, there is danger in this story, for the God who is faithful to the people demands a responding fidelity on the side of the human partners.

We find that story over and over again in the Old Testament. It continues in the story of Jesus, who lived as someone who was completely loyal to God. We would expect that God’s response would be one of unwavering fidelity and loyalty in turn.

Yet on the cross, Jesus cries out, “My God,

why have you abandoned me?” It is a cry ripped from the guts of someone who feels himself to be set adrift. God has not been loyal. God has not played God’s part. God has left him.

The story of Easter is a dramatic battle between God’s promise of fidelity and the appearance of apparent infidelity. Jesus is a faithful human. Where is the faithful God? It is a “strange fidelity” indeed. But at the end of the story, human faithfulness is met with divine faithfulness. God hears once again. God bursts into death and brings life.

The one thing we must always remember in all of this is that it is story. It is not “news and video at 11.” This story is not a documentary. It is a story, with all the rich nuances, imagery, symbolism and ambiguity of all great stories.

When we tell stories about the interaction between God and human beings, we must of necessity use personal language.

God can never be known in abstractions.

This God can only be known in particulars.

These stories expose the limits of human language to talk about what is beyond us. But stories also give us a point of entry into such mythic realities. Is God a personal being? Maybe. Maybe not. But the language of personal relationship is the only language we have.

To ask “What is God?” is absolutely the wrong question. I’m sorry, Westminster Shorter Catechism. The right question is “Who is God?” And the answer is that God comes into relationship with us. God’s story becomes part of our stories. Our stories become part of God’s story.

Yme Woensdregt is Pastor at Christ Church Anglican in Cranbrook

Search on for drowning victim on Columbia River For the Townsman

The Revelstoke RCMP and Revelstoke Search and Rescue are currently searching the Columbia River near the Centennial Park boat launch after it was reported that one adult man from a group of three swimmers had not exited the

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water.

At 12:56pm on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, there was a report of a man who had disappeared into the Columbia River. A group of three swimmers were at the Centennial Park Boat Launch in the water and reported that only two

came out after the swim. The RCMP is treating the matter as a drowning.

The Revelstoke RCMP immediately activated the local SAR team in addition to the RCMP Air 4 helicopter. The Revelstoke RCMP police boat along with a private boat were

launched to conduct a search on the river, in addition to SAR technicians and Revelstoke Fire Rescue crews that are walking the rivers’ edge and park trails.

Further updates will be provided when available.

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UPCOMING

Art movie night presents “Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies“ Fri, Apr 22 at Studio 64, 7:30 pm. Admission by donation to Kimberley Arts Council/Centre 64. Light snacks provided. No host bar.

Saturday April 23/16, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm; Open House at the Kootenay Trout Hatchery. Free event – fun and activities for the whole family.

Home Grown Music Society presents the last Coffee House of this season. Centre 64 on Saturday, April 23 at 8:00 pm. Tickets $8 at the Snowdrift Cafe & Centre 64 Jubilee chapter #64, OES will meet on April 25 to install their slate of officers for 2016-2017 at 7:30 PM sharp, at the Masonic Hall, 401 - 3rd Avenue South, Cranbrook. All members are encouraged to attend.

Kootenay CARP Spring Meeting Monday, April 25 Heritage Inn, Cranbrook. 11:45 lunch (optional), 12:15 -1:30 meeting.

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. April 26 for parents with children aged 3-5 and May 3 for parents with children aged 6-9. Children welcome! Bring your own tablets & smart phones, a limited number for loan. Preregistration necessary as space limited. FMI: Katherine 250-420-7596 or Deanne 250-426-4063 Have Camera Will Travel.... presents our last travelogue of this season. Join Lesley & Roy Cimolai - “Skiing in Japan”. Slide presentation at Centre 64 on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:30 pm.

Admission by Donation to the Kimberley Arts Centre 64.

April 30th, GoGo Grannies Annual Garage Sale. Saturday April 30th 8:30 - 2:00, 710-12 Avenue South. All proceeds to support the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign in Sub Sahara Africa.

April 30 - Dance to The Hollers at Kimberley Centennial Hall.

Tickets at Snowdrift Cafe and Kootenay Mountain Works.

Kimberley Refugee Resettlement Group fundraiser.

May 7th, GLITZ AND GLAMOUR - Join us for the GoGo Grannies annual Glitz and Glamour Mother’s Day Brunch at the Heritage Inn from 11 am - 2 pm. Tickets are $25. and are available at Lotus Books. All the proceeds go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to help African Grandmothers raise their orphaned grandchildren.

Sotiabank MS Walk. Cranbrook May 15, 2016. Registraton 8 a.m.

Walk starts 10 a.m. 1-800-268-7582.

ONGOING 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.

Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www. cancervolunteer.ca and register as a volunteer.

Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook.

Supper 6:15-6:45, meeting 7:00-8:00pm. Contact Larry 250-4275612 or Bev 250-427-7722. New members welcome – men & ladies!

The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.

Funtastic Singers meet every Tuesday 6:45 pm at the Cranbrook United Church (by Safeway). No experience necessary. Contact Cranbrook Arts, 250-426-4223.

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Sunny SoCal proves productive for Ice coach Pierce Kootenay Ice head coach Luke Pierce soaked up sunshine & much more as member of WHL staff at U.S. Combine Camp Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

For Luke Pierce, the youngest head coach in the Western Hockey League, a trip to sunny southern California was much more than a simple vacation.

The 32-year-old bench boss of the Kootenay Ice soaked up the rays in Anaheim as a member of the coaching staff for the WHL’s 11th U.S. Combine Camp, which ran from April 15 to 17.

“It was a fantastic experience just to be down there with such a great group of guys,” Pierce said Wednesday afternoon after having returned to Cranbrook.

“Whether it’s the coaches or the training staff, the league staff, everybody — it was fun to spend some time away from the game even though we were still there working hockey.”

Pierce made the trek down to Orange County alongside Brent Kisio, head coach of the Lethbridge Hurricanes; Mike Williamson, head coach of the Tri-City Americans; and Bob Woods, head coach and general manager of the Saskatoon Blades.

The opportunity to rub shoulders with some experienced coaches was a welcome opportunity for the Merritt native as he works through his first WHL off-season after his Kootenay Ice missed the post-season for the first time since 1997-98.

“I think a lot of learning goes on at every level, sitting casually after dinner just chatting and sharing stories, talking about different things you’ve done or

seen, as opposed to the formal setting of conferences or clinics,” Pierce said. “I’ve always enjoyed that setting and I feel like you pick up a lot more. You share different thoughts, talk about different teams and what they do. It’s unique, but it’s no different than anybody in any profession — when you sit around with other colleagues that work in the same profession but maybe for a different company, you can’t replicate that when it comes to mind-melding.

“It helps reaffirm that we’re not missing the page here. We’re on track, we just need to continue to preach the buy-in.”

Luke Pierce Head Coach Kootenay Ice “The biggest thing for me is listening to them talk about different stuff. We’re all very similar. There’s nobody that’s created a brandnew way. It’s not like we’re missing the mark by doing things completely backwards.

We’re all doing a lot of things very, very similar

with our own unique qualities or styles. It helps reaffirm that we’re not missing the page here. We’re on track, we just need to continue to preach the buy-in.”

While those come as encouraging words for Kootenay Ice fans, there was much more to the trip for Pierce, as it also provided an excellent opportunity to work alongside and assess some of the best and brightest 15-year-old American prospects ahead of the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft.

Pierce and the crew of WHL coaches ran practices and games for individual teams, featuring more than 80 of the top prospects from the western United States, including Alaska.

The Ice, of course, hold the first-overall selection at this year’s annual restocking, which is fast approaching. According to director of scouting Garnet Kazuik, expect to call as many as 10 names over the proceedings Thursday, May 5 in Calgary. So while the first-overall pick is of great focus, the opportunity to make good on the draft continues all the way down to the final selection.

“There were some very, very talented kids from the Dallas group,” Pierce said. “There was a pretty wide variety [of players]. It’s neat to see a little different approach from some of them in the game. But for the most part, I think they’re obviously extremely competitive and, no question, there are some kids that are going to be drafted and some probably drafted quite high. It was a good opportunity for us to get some eyes on

Taylor Rocca Photo

Kootenay Ice head coach Luke Pierce, pictured earlier this season, represented the WHL at its annual U.S. Combine Camp in Anaheim, Calif., this past weekend. some guys.”

According to Western Elite Hockey Prospects, forward Luke Toporowski (Chicago) is considered one of the top-ranked American-born prospects heading into the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft.

The number of American players selected at the WHL Bantam Draft has been notable in recent years.

At the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft, a total of 30 players were selected from the U.S., including Nolan Foote — son of former NHL defenceman Adam Foote — who was made the top American selection when the Kelowna Rockets tabbed him in the second round (43rd overall).

For comparison’s sake, the largest provider of talent was Alberta with 72 players called while B.C. had 60 play-

ers claimed by WHL squads. Manitoba (36) and Saskatchewan (33) fell just ahead of the western United States.

In 2014, a total of 38 players were selected from south of the border, including Mark Kastelic, who was the top U.S.-born pick when the Calgary Hitmen chose him in the second round (41st overall). Kastelic just completed his WHL rookie campaign, registering five goals and 10 points in 59 games with the Hitmen.

The 2013 WHL Bantam Draft saw 30 American-born players selected, including Patrick Khodorenko, who the Everett Silvertips selected in the second round (26th overall).

While Pierce wasn’t ready to reveal any scouting reports ahead of the bantam draft, he said a key in rebuilding

any roster can also come in the form of listing under-the-radar type players that perhaps go undrafted in May. “There are no secrets anymore,” Pierce said.

“People are probably all on line with who the top handful of guys were. To me, the ones I’m really interested in and sharing and talking with [general manager] Jeff [Chynoweth] is maybe some of the kids who don’t get drafted that we can hopefully look into potentially enticing into coming to a camp and going that route.”

Still, the primary focus remains on the upcoming 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. With assistant coach Gordon Burnett in attendance as part of the staff for the B.C. Cup, slated for April 21 to 25 in Salmon Arm, the Kootenay Ice have eyes in close on the

province’s top bantam-aged players.

Chynoweth is also expected to travel to the B.C. Interior to scout the weekend proceedings.

Meanwhile, Pierce will hold down the fort in Cranbrook before travelling to Canmore, Alta., to scout the Alberta Cup from April 28 to May 1.

Like the B.C. Cup, the Alberta Cup brings together 160 of the top bantam-aged players in the province for a jamboree-style tournament, making for an effective scouting ground for all WHL clubs.

“At this time, with where we’re at in this organization,” Pierce said, “I don’t think you can leave any stone unturned, as far as potential kids, whether they’re drafted or not drafted.

“With where we’re at, I don’t think you can write off any options.”

Pursuit of Ed Chynoweth Cup continues as four teams remain Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

Only four teams remain in the race for the Ed Chynoweth Cup as the Western Hockey League playoffs wear on.

Eastern Conference Championship The 2016 MasterCard Memorial Cup host Red Deer Rebels (second, Central Division), featuring former Kootenay Ice captain Luke Philp, eked out a trip to the

Eastern Conference championship series by defeating the Regina Pats (wildcard, Eastern Conference) in a seven-game thriller.

While the Rebels aim to enter the Memorial Cup through the front door by winning the WHL title, the next task at hand will be a tall one as they face the Brandon Wheat Kings (first, Eastern Conference), who cruised past the Moose Jaw Warriors (third, East

Division) in a five-game second-round series.

Philp has been productive during the post-season as he captains the Rebels squad.

The 20-year-old native of Canmore, Alta., has amassed three goals and 10 points in 12 games this post-season after wrapping up the regular season with 21 goals and 45 points to his credit in 39 games.

Led by John Quenneville (7-9-16), the Wheat

Kings have been an offensive juggernaut to this point in the post-season, leading the WHL with 50 goals for through 11 games, good for an average of 4.55 goals per game.

The Wheat Kings and Rebels open their bestof-seven conference championship Friday in Brandon. The series shifts to Red Deer for Game 3, scheduled for Tuesday, April 26.

Western Conference Championship On the other side, the Kelowna Rockets (second, B.C. Division) scored a dramatic win over the Victoria Royals (first, WHL) in Game 7 of their second-round clash to advance to the Western Conference championship.

Justin Kirkland scored twice in regulation for the Rockets, including the game-tying marker with less than

one second to play in the third period. Calvin Thurkauf converted 5:56 into overtime to give Kelowna an improbable and unbelievable triumph over the WHL’s regular season kings.

Standing in the way of the Rockets’ title defense will be the Seattle Thunderbirds (first, U.S. Division), who knocked off the Everett Silvertips (second, U.S. Division) in a five-game second-round series.

Mathew Barzal (2-1012) continues to be the catalyst for the Thunderbirds offense, while former Swift Current Bronco Landon Bow has been solid between the pipes (8-1, 1.42 GAA, .936 SP).

The Rockets and Thunderbirds open their best-of-seven conference championship Friday in Kelowna. The series shifts to Seattle for Game 3, scheduled for Tuesday, April 26.

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Career season continues for Carter Bancks as Utica Comets open AHL playoffs Kimberley native Carter Bancks recognized with Comets Tom McVie Award as coach’s MVP; Comets face Devils in first round Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

A career season keeps getting better and better for Kimberley native Carter Bancks.

After previously being recognized for his community efforts with the Utica Comets Man of the Year Award, the 26-year-old Bancks was presented with the Tom McVie Award for coach’s most valuable player.

“It’s a huge honour, it was something that was very exciting for me,” Bancks said over the phone from Albany, N.Y., Thursday afternoon. “With our team this year, we didn’t have any real superstars. This award could have gone to a lot of different players. We had some guys that went up to Vancouver [NHL] that ended up not being here for a while that were playing real good hockey for us. “[The MVP award] probably could have gone to six, seven or eight different guys in the dressing room, but obviously, it’s a huge honour and something I’m very proud to win.”

The banner season for the 5-foot-11, 185pound Bancks saw him register career highs in goals (14), assists (25) and points (39) as the only player to suit up for all of the Comets’ 76 regular season games.

While the personal accolades are great, Bancks isn’t satisfied as his Utica Comets — minor-league affiliate of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks — open the

2016 American Hockey League playoffs Friday night against the Albany Devils.

After trekking all the way to the 2015 Calder Cup Championship only to fall in five games to the Manchester Monarchs, Bancks and the Comets are hungry to get back to the big stage and take care of business.

“In the playoffs...

You can’t get too high and you can’t get too low. You’ve got to forget things real quick and move on.”

Carter Bancks Utica Comets “Last year, we came up short and so there’s that bitter feeling even though we had a great season,” Bancks said.

“We’ve got a lot of young guys in our locker room this season, but we’re excited and we’re going to push hard to get back to that spot and give ourselves another chance at it.”

Still, the focus remains one step at a time as the Devils present a formidable opponent for the Comets in a bestof-five first-round clash.

The Devils (46-20-82) finished the regular season second in the AHL’s North Division, while the Comets (3826-8-4) rounded out the campaign a distant third.

“They are a really good team that has had a great season,” Travis Green, head coach of the Comets, told Tyson Giuriato of Canucks.

NHL.com. “They play a real sound game and they don’t give you a lot.

They are real structured and have a big defence core. They don’t give up a lot of scoring chances and they don’t give up a lot of goals. You have to earn everything you get against them.”

In an eight-game season series between the two divisional rivals, four games required overtime to find a resolution. The Devils scored four regulation victories and two overtime wins, while the Comets’ only triumphs came via overtime. The Devils outscored the Comets by a 28-15 margin in the process.

Not convinced this is a tough first-round match up for Bancks and the Comets?

The Devils also rank as the stingiest team in the AHL’s Eastern Conference, having allowed a paltry 167 goals against over the 76game regular season (2.20 per game).

Lindsay A. Mogle Photo/Utica Comets

Kimberley native Carter Bancks is enjoying a career season with the AHL’s Utica Comets.

“We’re going to have to compete hard and manage pucks,” Bancks said. “[The Devils] thrive off turnovers, so we’ve got to take care of pucks.

It’s going to be a bit of a war in the offensive zone. They’re big and they try to stop you from getting to the net. We’ve got to be prepared to get greasy and fight hard to try and create some havoc in their goalie’s

Cranbrook native Jace Coyle hammered out a successful first campaign in Great Britain this past season, helping the Sheffield Steelers collect a second consecutive Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) title.

Coyle, 25, registered 10 goals and 34 points in 64 regular season games with the Steelers, who

went on to defeat the Fife Flyers by a 3-1 margin March 20 to claim the league crown.

The 6-foot, 179pound defenceman spent four seasons in the Western Hockey League, split between the Spokane Chiefs (2007-08) and Medicine Hat Tigers (2008-09 to 2010-11), after an 89game KIJHL career that took him from the Fernie Ghostriders to Revel-

stoke Grizzlies (2006-07 to 2007-08).

Coyle amassed 25 goals and 107 points over the course of his 241-game WHL career.

After graduating from the junior ranks, Coyle inked an entry-level contract with the NHL’s Dallas Stars, suiting up in 61 American Hockey League games and 113 ECHL games before taking his game to Europe.

you can’t get too low.

You’ve got to forget things real quick and move on.

“We’re going to need a full-team effort. Like I said, our team’s not the type of team that relies on a superstar or one line. It’s going to take all four lines, all six ‘D’ and

goaltending. We’re going to have to be ready to compete, grind and stay patient, because Albany can certainly frustrate you in how they play.

You’ve just got to keep doing the right things and eventually it will pay off.”

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Utica Comets (3) vs.

Albany Devils (2) Game 1: Friday, April 22 at Albany Game 2: Saturday, April 23 at Albany Game 3: Tuesday, April 26 at Utica *Game 4: Thursday, April 28 at Utica *Game 5: Saturday, April 30 at Albany * = if necessary

Cranbrook native Jace Coyle helps Sheffield Steelers to Elite Ice Hockey League title in Great Britain Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

crease.”

With a tall task at hand, the young Bancks keys on something heard very often around these parts from his father and former Kimberley Dynamiters head coach Jerry Bancks.

“In playoffs, you’ve got to remain even keel,” Bancks said. “There’s going to be highs, there’s going to be lows. You can’t get too high and

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The Architecture Of Our Ages

Cranbrook townsman / Kimberley bulletin

The Paterson and Dunn Residences

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Jim Cameron

Mr.

E.E. Orchard, having undertaken the construction of, according to the Cranbrook Herald, “one of the finest cottages on Baker Hill” in late 1900, and finding it ready for occupation in the spring of 1901, decided he would pull up stakes and head to Frank, Alberta to open a restaurant. Edward Irwin Paterson, having recently arrived in Cranbrook from Tiverton, Ontario, took the opportunity to purchase the residence.

By 1907, Mr. Paterson found himself secretary-bookkeeper for the Fink Mercantile Company, a rather prestigious position given that the business was among the most prominent in the community. That same year he married Rhoda Leitch.

Daughter of lumber mill owner Archibald Leitch, Rhoda was recently returned from music studies in Toronto and joined Edward in the little bungalow on Garden Avenue. The Leitch family was known throughout the Crowsnest Pass where brother Malcolm built the Leitch Colliery, the ruins of which are still

The original Paterson Residence. Built for Mr. E.E. Orchard and completed in March, 1901, it was immediately purchased and occupied by Paterson. – Prospector June, 1911 standing today, and where brother Alexander, along with his wife and four sons, perished in the Frank Slide of 1903. Marion Leitch, one of three daughters who miraculously survived, was raised by Rhoda’s family.

In 1912, Edward hired local architect F.S. Rossiter to design a much more prestigious house two blocks south on Garden Avenue.

Built by the firm of Baker and Banfield, construction of the handsome two-storey building began in the spring of 1912. Upon completion, Mr. Paterson sold his former residence to Mr. B. McFarlane and he and his wife moved into their large home, eventually filling it with their six children Leitch, Sheila, Douglas, Christine, Bruce and Peter.

In the early morning hours of May 11, 1928,

while returning from a basketball game in Kimberley with his children Sheila and Leitch and their friends Colvin McBurney and Dorothy Spence, Mr. Paterson missed a curve and the vehicle overturned. He was crushed beneath the car and died almost instantly. The others escaped with severe bruises. The funeral was held from the family home and he was laid to rest in the Old General Cemetery where he was joined by his wife in March, 1954.

The Paterson residence, with its distinctive long, sloping roof and columned verandah, came into the possession of Dr. G.E.L. McKinnon in 1929, who remained there until 1972. *** rank Albert Dunn, born in Maine in 1850, began his railway career at age 15, as a te-

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legrapher with the Wabash Railway. He later became a train dispatcher with the Great Northern Railway at Kalispell, Montana and then with the CPR in Cranbrook. A widower when he arrived in town, he spent much of his free time hunting, fishing and undertaking amateur taxidermy and a brief term as a local alderman.

In 1908, he purchased a number of lots on Hanson Avenue with the intention of having homes built for rental purposes and, between 1909 and 1910, constructed a large residence for himself which he occupied until 1915.

Frank officially retired in 1921, but continued to work for the CPR as a natural resource officer at Wattsburg (Lumberton), Yahk and Canal Flats. He died at age 80, after contracting pneumonia following teeth extraction. His body was sent to Chenoa, Illinois for burial alongside his wife.

As an aside, in 1907, while traveling to Cranbrook on the Great Northern Railway in Montana, his train was infiltrated by robbers Charles MacDonald and George Frankhauser who halted it near Rexford, blew open the mail safe and made off with an estimated $40,000.

Among the last of the Wild West train robberies in North America, Frank stated it was one of the best planned and successful robberies that ever came under his notice but added “he was not anxious to have a repetition of the experience.”

The original Paterson residence today at 127 -Garden Avenue. – Photo Cameron April, 2016

The second Paterson Residence, 305, Garden Ave. Built in 1912, it stood outside the city limits at the time. – Photo Cameron April, 2016

The Frank Dunn Residence, 216 Hanson Ave. - Prospector Dec. 1913.

The Dunn residence today. As with many Cranbrook heritage homes, trees, foliage and fences conspire to obstruct the view. – Cameron Apr. 2016

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The Dramatic Life

Oscar and Felix: Misery Loves an Audience Cranbrook Community Theatre’s “The Odd Couple” opens Friday, May 6, at The Studio/Stage Door K r i st y Q uin n

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Cranbrook Community Theatre brings Neil Simon’s most famous work to the stage next month with both new and veteran local acting talent. Bob Wakulich is gruff, easygoing and sarcastic as Oscar Madison, a sportswriter whose financial and marital failures are exemplified in his sloppy appearance and garbage-filled apartment.

A recent divorcee, Oscar is lovable but impossible to live with – a situation his best friend Felix Ungar suddenly finds very familiar.

We are introduced to Felix by the verbal jabs and barbs of his buddies, the poker players who pull up their chairs to Oscar’s table every Friday night. These quick-witted pals (played by Alexander Gilmour, Barry Borgstrom, Randy Tapp and Barry Coulter) deliver endless one-liners in their protest of the stifling heat, the state of Oscar’s foul apartment and the women in their lives. When Felix fails to show up for their weekly game, he becomes the topic of conversation and these long-time pals endlessly poke fun at him too.

Still, there is a true

sense of camaraderie and friendship between these men who commiserate about their lives, loves and losses over old potato chips and rotten sandwiches.

Once it is discovered that Felix has gone missing after his wife kicked him out and is quite possibly on the verge of taking his own life, they become genuinely worried. When Felix shows up at Oscar’s apartment and the extent of his intentions are shown, panic sets in and the gang works together in frantic, frenzied hilarity to save Felix from himself.

Oscar, the reluctant savior, invites Felix to stay with him and this is when the audience really sees the dynamic energy between these two actors.

Thanks to the poker players, we hardly need an introduction to Felix, played by Peter Schalk.

Felix is a “nutty” hypochondriac; if it’s not his allergies, it’s his “tenseness” and alleged bursitis. There is always something wrong with Felix, much to the irritation of his new roommate.

Oscar is annoyed before the end of the first night of their new arrangement but gives Felix the benefit of the doubt. His patience wears thin, however, when Felix begins acting like Oscar’s ex-wife, a stark and bothersome

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The cast of “The Odd Couple:” (Front, from left to right: Alexander Gilmour, Barry Coulter, Barry Borgstrom, Randy Tapp; Back, from left to right: Bob Wakulich, Peter Schalk) the fray as sisters Gwendolyn and Cecily Pigeon, living upstairs in the same building as Oscar and Felix. A din-

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their incompatible ways.

Perfect opposites, Oscar and Felix banter and bicker their way through The Odd Couple to fantastic comedic effect. Neil Simon’s most brilliant writing is on display here and it’s not hard to see why this Tony Award winning play has stood the test of time and has been performed countless times.

Directed by Bob McCue, this production will be shown at the Stage Door in Cranbrook for ten nights only: May 6-7, 11-14, and 18-21. Tickets are available at Lotus Books or at the door and all shows are at 8:00 p.m.

There is a stair lift available for those with mobility issues. Please call the Stage Door office at 250-426-2490 to book the star lift in advance.

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British Columbia seniors may miss out at tax time Black Press

Low-income B.C. seniors may miss out on important benefits if they don’t file an income tax form, B.C.’s Seniors Advocate says.

With the April tax deadline approaching, Elizabeth

Mackenzie has reminded seniors that 13,000 B.C. residents were found in a national survey to have missed out on the Guaranteed Income Supplement for as much as seven years. Once identified, seniors received retroactive

payments from Ottawa.

“GIS is a key support for the lowest income seniors,” Mackenzie said. “These are seniors living on $17,300 annually or less; however to receive this GIS you must file an income tax return.”

Other B.C. senior benefits that require tax filing include Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), a subsidized BC Bus Pass for seniors receiving GIS, and Medical Services Plan premium assistance for low-income B.C. residents.

Co-payments for home support service are also waived for seniors receiving GIS, and publicly funded residential care and assisted living rates are calculated based on after-tax income.

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As of Wednesday, April 20, drivers along Highway 3 will see flashing warning signs when a large animal approaches the roadway, allowing the driver to slow down and avoid a collision. The components of the systems were largely designed and manufactured in B.C., including the software which was developed in Victoria.

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Flight Plan

Regular birding back in session at Elizabeth Lake

Birds observed at Elizabeth Lake from 8 am to11 am, April 20 Canada Goose - 65 Gadwall - 2 American Wigeon - 24 Mallard - 16 Cinammon Teal - 7 Northern Shoveler - 21 Green-winged Teal - 5 Redhead - 10 Ring-necked Duck - 12 Lesser Scaup - 33 Bufflehead - 13 Barrows Goldeneye - 6 Hooded Merganser - 2 Ruddy Duck - 8 Pied-billed Grebe - 2 Eared Grebe - 2 Great Blue Heron - 2 Osprey - 1 Northern Harrier - 1 Bald Eagle - 1 Sora - 2

American Coot - 200 Killdeer - 3 Northern Flicker - 3 Pileated Woodpecker - 1 Kestrel - 1 American Crow - 11 Common Raven - 5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 Tree Swallow - 16 Blue Jay - 2 Black-capped Chickadee - 4 Marsh Wren - 3 American Robin - 5 European Starling - 7 Savannah Sparrow - 6 Song Sparrow - 12 Red-winged Blackbird - 19 Yellow-headed Blackbird - 5 Brewers Blackbird - 2 House Finch - 4

Rocky Mountain Naturalists Celebrate Earth Week Daryl C alder

On Wednesday morning, at 8 a.m., Naturalists met at the Elizabeth Lake Tourist Information area to search for birds within the Nature Sanctuary. This was the fourth regular Wednesday session of 2016; we expect to continue meeting once a week until early July.

During this period, ‘citizen scientists’ carefully observe the wide variety of bird life above,

beside and on the lake and it’s little islands. We report our findings to eBird, a real-time, online checklist program. Launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, eBird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution.

In time, this data, collected by recreational and professional birdwatchers, will become the

foundation for a better understanding of bird distribution across the Western Hemisphere and beyond.

Intrepid birders this week included Greg, Audrey, Jackie, Katrin, JoEllen, Helga and Daryl.

This week was particularly notable because we cracked 40 species. A month ago, we observed about 20 species, and a

return to wintering areas.

Some migrations are relatively short while others involve thousands of kilometers. Many birds will know that Elizabeth Lake can supply all their needs, so they do not need to proceed any further. It is interesting to notice the new birds each week as well as the absence of some species which have gone

month from now, we’ll likely find over 60 species.

Elizabeth Lake is situated along the Pacific flyway; migratory birds are moving from their wintering areas into habitats which are suitable for breeding, nesting and raising young. It’s never easy for birds, they must cope with adversity, and produce young that are strong and smart enough to

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We always welcome the public to join us on Wednesday mornings, and, thanks to Cristina, this week we have a Naturalist display at the Tamarack Mall. Please visit rockymountainnaturalists.org Submitted by Daryl Calder on behalf of Rocky Mountain Naturalists

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A Post-Grunge Moment

Taking up the Soul Collection

Collective Soul, Western Financial Place, Cranbrook, Tuesday, April 19.

Photos by Barry Coulter Ed Roland — front man and leader singer for Collective Soul — is happy to be back, judging from the energy he brought to the stage at Western Financial Place in Cranbrook, Tuesday, April 19.

Collective Soul brought their hard-driving high energy rock show to an boisterous Cranbrook audience, playing for a full two hours. The band, which released a new album last year after a five-year break from recording, proved that rock and roll just gets better with age. That was the crowd’s opinion, as Collective Soul revued their considerable catalogue of past hits — “Shine,”“Where The River Flows,”“Gel,”“December,” et al — mixed with songs from their new album “See What You Started by Continuing.”

Ed Roland was joined by his brother Dean Roland (guitars), Will Turpin on bass, Johnny Rabb on drums and Jesse Triplett on lead guitar.

The rock continues at Western Financial Place on Sunday, April 24, where George Thorogood takes the stage.

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Corridors

Local wildlife loving the Luxor Linkage Grizzly bear, bighorn sheep and more to benefit from new conservation area in Columbia Valley

Lesley Neilson

A prime wildlife corridor linking the Purcell and Rocky mountains has become more secure for the grizzlies, bighorn sheep and other wide-ranging animals that use it thanks to the creation of a new conservation area located north of Edgewater, BC. The Nature Conservancy of Canada has acquired a 630-acre (255-hectare) private property that once operated as a Christmas tree farm. At the time of purchase, the land was listed for sale and was being advertised as an opportunity for subdivision and motorized recreation.

The new Luxor Linkage Conservation Area forms part of a connectivity corridor for large animals moving through the valley. This area has been a target for conservation and habitat restoration for more than two decades.

“Luxor Linkage is a wonderful conservation project that continues to reveal its natural treasures each time I walk the land,” said Nancy Newhouse, British Columbia Director of Conservation for the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

“The importance of this for conservation cannot be understated.

“The Nature Conservancy of Canada is so pleased to be able to help wildlife continue to move safely across and through the valley, while also providing beautiful spaces for residents to walk and enjoy the natural wonders of this region.”

Independent research biologist Michael Proctor has identified these lands as one of the most important zones between Fairmont and Golden for grizzly bears moving between the Purcell and Rocky mountains.

Luxor Linkage supports an amazing diversity of wildlife including the endangered badger, mountain goats, cougar, wolf, bear and many others. Notably, the conservation area includes prime winter range for bighorn sheep, moose, elk and deer.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada plans to restore the traditional open forest and grassland habitats. Restoration efforts on Luxor Linkage will complement similar work completed by the Province on adjacent lands. Restoration projects will increase the amount of ecologically significant habitat in the area; in particular, restoration efforts will be targeted to improve the winter

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Bighorn Sheep on Luxor Linkage habitat used by bighorn sheep.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada recognizes the importance of connecting Canadians with nature and providing recreational access on its lands in ways that are compatible with its

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April 25

The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP), together with the Rocky Mountain Naturalists, invite you to Elizabeth Lake (Visitor Centre) near Cranbrook to learn more about Western Painted Turtles:

April 25, 2016, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Talk to biologists; discover how this amazing creature has evolved and survives the winter; understand its life cycle; see displays, and get a chance to be up close and personal with a Western Painted Turtle!

The event is free. For more information call 250-352-1300 or visit fwcp.ca.

The FWCP is a partnership between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, First Nations and Public Stakeholders to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife impacted by BC Hydro dams.

conservation goals. The sensitive nature of Luxor Linkage and the surrounding area for key local wildlife will mean that recreational access will be limited to non-motorized use.

This project was supported by funding from the Government of Canada through the Natural Areas Conservation Program.

“The Luxor Linkage conservation lands support wildlife including the grizzly bear and bighorn sheep. Through the Government of Canada’s Natural Areas Conservation Program, we are pleased to invest in the protection of this important mountain habitat,” said the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

“Choosing Luxor Linkage as a priority property for conservation was supported by the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s science-based planning

servation.”

• Located in the Upper Columbia Valley approximately 6 kms north of Edgewater, the Luxor Linkage Conservation Area includes 630 acres (255 hectares) of mixed forest and grassland.

• This property supports Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir forest, two creeks (Luxor and Kindersley) and an understory of native grasses and forbs.

• Luxor Linkage lies within one of the only mapped “high-capability” grizzly bear linkage zones between Fairmont Hot Springs and Golden.

• The open forest and grasslands support high value winter range for bighorn sheep, elk and deer, as well habitat for several rare and at-risk species, including the nationally-endangered American badger.

• The Nature Conservancy of Canada is working on a second parcel to complement this first acquisition. If successful, this additional purchase will add another 330 acres (133 hectares) to the conservation area. framework,” said Bob Redgate, BC Region board chair, Nature Conservancy of Canada.

“We use the best available conservation sci-

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Protecting key movement corridors for wildlife is a great example of smart, high-impact con-

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is the nation’s leading land conservation organization, working to protect our most important natural areas and the species they sustain.

Since 1962, NCC and its partners have helped to protect more than 2.8 million acres (over 1.1 million hectares), coast to coast. More than one quarter of these acres are in British Columbia. www.natureconservancy.ca/bc The Government of Canada’s Natural Areas Conservation Program (NACP) is a unique public-private partnership led by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. To date, $345 million has been invested in the NACP by the Government of Canada to secure our natural heritage. Additionally, more than $400 million in matching contributions has been raised by NCC and its partners.

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he Panjwai Library operates in one of the most dangerous places on earth. Located just west of Kandahar, Panjwai — the birthplace of the Taliban — a region often described as “a living hell.”

It is synonymous with violence, death, mass graves, atrocities, and not all by the Taliban. In 2012 an American soldier shot civilians at random, killing 16; most of which were small children.

Although Canadian troops forced the remaining Taliban out of Panjwai in 2009, they still hold a strong psychological grip on the

area. Armed conflict still erupts, the landscape is still littered with land mines, and any NATO installed government has either been abusive of corrupt (one example is the “ghost schools” — fake ones set up by officials who collected the funding and overseas aid for education but simply pocketed the money).

Despite all this, 22-year-old Matiullah Wesa has opened a public library out of the basement of his home.

Just over 1,600 books, magazines, and newspapers overflow the makeshift shelves which wrap around the modest room. A small desk and a register sit beside a folded up mattress, hinting at what was once Wesa’s spare bedroom. The carpeted floor is the only place to sit, but there are ashtrays and even a spittoon (gross) for readers who chose to stay.

While there are no library cards to be given, there is a small ledger which records who took what books out and

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Matiullah Wesa, his brother Atta and his nieces in the Panjwai Library when. There are two inherit problems with this system. The first is that Wesa’s older brother is in charge of the ledger, even though he is functionally illiterate. So instead of book titles he only records how many books a persons has checked out. He does however have an incredible memory, and can name off exactly who has borrowed what books. He also has no trouble walking great distances to someone’s home if their books are overdue.

The second problem is much more difficult.

The Panjwai Library operates in a society which has a taboo on speaking or sharing a woman’s name in public. This

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makes it impossible to keep track of any female wishing to borrow a book. Unofficially, Wesa has made it known that any and all woman may use a pseudonym at his library, even though this will make them impossible to find if they forget to return their books.

Only open since January, the Panjwai Library has about five visitors per day. This may seem sparse, but in an area of violence and destitution, it is clear the small library is vital and value service to those it serves. The majority of names to be found in the ledger are of young people, eager to read in a land with no schools.

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Twenty-two seems awfully young for Wesa to have accomplished something no governmental agency was willing or able to do, but he has been engaged in this type of work since

Library safely in the hands of his brother, Wesa has now opened similar basement libraries in towns hit hardest by war. It is often thought that public libraries are an impossibility in places without a stable government, but Wesa has been proving this is not so.

Journalist Caitlin Moran has stated that, “a library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life-raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen instead.” With this in mind, it is easy to see why the Panjwai Library continues to exist.

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Shirley was born in Portland, Oregon, grew up in Nelson, moved to Cranbrook as a newlywed in 1950, and lived the rest of her life there. She loved her family, her friends, her books, and her beautiful gardens.

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Merchandise for Sale

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Saturday, 9am to 4pm Sunday, 10am to 2pm

Something for everyone.

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Sudden Passage

Frday, April 22, 2016 Page 27

key city theatre BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE’S Jason Collett & ZEUS With Kalle Matson Nandy McLean photo

Legendary musician, songwriter and performer Prince died suddenly on Thursday, April 21.

April 29 at 7:30 pm

Rock royalty is gone Prince: 1958-2016

Associated Press

CHANHASSEN, Minn. - Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times with hits including “Little Red Corvette,” ”Let’s Go Crazy“ and ”When Doves Cry,“ was found dead at his home on Thursday in suburban Minneapolis.

He was 57.

His publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press that the superstar “died at his home this morning at Paisley Park.” The local sheriff said deputies found Prince unresponsive in an elevator late Thursday morning after being summoned to his home, but that first-responders couldn’t revive him.

No details about what may have caused his death have been released.

Prince postponed a concert in Atlanta on April 7, after coming down with the flu, and he apologized to fans during a makeup concert last week.

The dazzlingly talented and charismatic singer, songwriter, arranger and instrumentalist drew upon musicians ranging from James Brown to Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles, creating a widely imitated blend of rock, funk and soul.

The Minneapolis native broke through in the late 1970s with the hits “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?” and “I Wanna Be Your Lover,” and soared over the following decade with such albums as “1999” and “Purple Rain.” The title song from “1999” includes one of the most quoted refrains of popular culture: “Tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999.”

Born Prince Rogers Nelson, he stood just 5 feet, 2 inches — yet made a powerful visual impact at the dawn of MTV, from his wispy moustache and tall pompadour to his colorful and suggestive outfits.

He was equally powerful musical-

ly, summoning original and compelling sounds at will, whether playing guitar in a flamboyant style that drew on Jimi Hendrix, switching his vocals from a nasally scream to an erotic falsetto, or turning out album after album of stunningly original material.

Among his other notable releases: “Sign O’ the Times,” ”Graffiti Bridge“ and ”The Black Album.“ He was also fiercely protective of his independence, battling his record company over control of his material - and even his name, for a time insisting that he be called “TAFKAP,” or The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, and identified with a key-like symbol.

Prince once wrote “slave” on his face in protest of not owning his work and famously fought and then departed his label, Warner Bros., before returning a few years ago.

Music was in his blood. Prince’s father played in a jazz band in Minneapolis, under the name “Prince Rogers,” and his mother was the singer.

The precocious young Prince taught himself to play the piano at age 7, the guitar at 13 and the drums at 14. In 1978, the year he turned 20, Prince debuted with the album “For You.” It was a declaration, if nothing else, that he could do anything: He wrote and sang the material, and served as his own one-man band on guitar, bass, drums, synthesizers, chimes and assorted other instruments.

Rarely lacking in confidence, Prince effortlessly absorbed the music of others and made it sound like Prince, whether the James Brown guitar riff on “Kiss” or the Beatle-esque, psychedelic pop of “Raspberry Beret.”

He also proved a source of hits for others, from Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” to Cyndi Lauper’s “When You Were Mine” to “Manic Monday” for the Bangles.

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