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Couple with local ties escapes Fort Mac wildfire TREVOR CRAWLEY

A couple is thankful for arriving safely in Cranbrook after escaping the wildfire that is raging throughout parts of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta.

Kelsey and Janna Lutz,

both originally from Cranbrook, were in different parts of Fort McMurray when the mandatory evacuation order was issued.

They managed to meet up and wait out bogged-down highway traffic before head-

ing south to Edmonton, along with Janna’s sister, Abby Byford and her boyfriend.

The fire, which began 15 kilometres from Fort McMurray at the beginning of the month, grew exponen-

tially due to extremely dry conditions and high winds, which pushed the blaze towards the city.

Initial estimates have determined that 2,400 homes have been destroyed by the fire, one of which included

Cranbrook Arts hosts Jr. Secondary Art Show

the Lutz’s home in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood.

However, officials are also reporting that 85 to 90 per cent of the city is still intact.

Lutz knew they’d lost the home after seeing a video on Facebook that a friend had sent him.

“We were able to see our house and see the car in front and see that there was completely nothing left, just a chimney and a hunk of metal out front,” he said.

Reported on Sunday, May 1, the fire quickly grew and a local state of emergency was soon declared in the Fort

McMurray’s southern neighbourhoods.

While there was talk of voluntary and mandatory evacuations, Kelsey and Janna decided to be prepared for the worst, packing up photo albums and important papers, just in case.

The two went to work at Syncrude sites outside of the town on Monday, and again on Tuesday, with Kelsey using his own vehicle instead of a company bus, just in case he needed to get home quickly.

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New seniors complex proposed for Marysville C AROLYN GR ANT

COURTESY JENNY HUMPHREY

Bill McColl, Cranbrook and District Arts Council Director, congratulates Isabella Blanshard, one of the winners in Paint Media at the Arts Council’s show for middle school art students.

FOR THE TOWNSMAN

Our local middle schools participated in a display of artwork in various media at the Cranbrook and District Arts Council’s gallery this month. Laurie, Parkland and the Kootenay Christian Academy took part in an impressive display of young talent.

Winners in paint media were Taya Petrovska, Halley Wallace, and Isabelle Blanchard with Honourable Mention going to Margo Louw.

Celine Goldimez and Jaclin were winners in Photography while Hamerannoah Taye and Summer Blackmore took prizes in three dimensional art.

Madison Amy received Honourable Mention.

In pencil drawing, Isabelle Blanchard was first and Adrian Chung won for work in felt pen. Shawna Campen received Honourable Mention.

The People’s Choice Award went to Genevieve Lopez for her “Clockwork

Angel.”

Many thanks to the art teachers Karen Deibert, Sara Topping and Colleen Morisson for their cooperation.

The current show at the gallery is from Baker Secondary School and it forms part of the Back Alley Arts Festival which wraps up on Saturday, May 28th. There will be art work on display, art activities and music throughout the day. Come and see the work of many of our youthful artists next week.

This week Phil Salgado from Westcastle Land Developments and Gordon Cory from Worthington Business Consultants met with Kimberley Council’s Committee of the Whole to talk about a new development in Marysville.

The development, Kimberley Crossing, will be an Age in Place community for seniors. Age in place is a concept that has been introduced to the United States over the past ten years or so, Salgado says, and is now starting in Canada.

It basically means a campus that provides different levels of care, depending on seniors’ needs — from living independently in a duplex town house, to supportive living, such as what is offered at Kimberley’s Garden View village, to full assisted living, each in a different building.

All three levels of care

would be offered in one location, a piece of land Salgado has owned for some time between Mark Creek near Marysville Falls and the Kimberley Golf Course.

“It’s a nice site, you have nature trails, a golf course right near by and the falls. It’s an inspiring place to be,” Salgado said.

The important thing right now as the plan is in its early stages, says Cory, is to be flexible.

For instance the first building that will go up is the assisted living facility, but it would also have spaces for respite care and rehab beds.

The rehab beds could house people recovering after surgery, maybe a hip replacement or knee replacement.

They need care, but perhaps not the level of care provided in an expensive acute care bed in the hospital.

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News of the Summer

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Pickleball: Parsing the paddles and the whiffles T R E VO R C R AWL EY

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he best tennis courts in Cranbrook — by a long, long shot — are the ones beside Mount Baker Secondary School.

Everything is set up correctly; the courts are smooth and undamaged by the elements, while the nets are taut and in good shape.

However, if you look closely on a few courts, there are lines painted inside the traditional tennis boundaries that make you scratch your head.

Turns out those lines are for a similar net and racquet-based sport that is quickly growing in popularity across the world — and that sport is pickleball.

Pickleball is it’s own unique sport, however, it borrows elements similar to tennis and table tennis. Players use paddles instead of a stringed racquet and the ball is made of hardened plastic with holes

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It’s the court sensation that’s sweeping the nation — Head on down to Pickleball, now playing on a tennis court near you. in it, sort of like a larger version of a ‘whiffleball’ that golfers use for practice. With the same sized boundary of a badminton court and the net at three feet high, a pickleball match goes to 11 points.

I grew up a tennis

player — even had my own coach before moving to Cranbrook when I was a kid, so I like to think I have the fundamentals of the sport down.

However, I had no idea what pickleball was until I was invited

out to a recent mid-morning gathering of pickleball players looking to grow the sport in Cranbrook.

Truth be told, I went in completely blind; had no idea what the sport was.

I hung out on the

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sidelines, watching a match while Andy Schmaltz, a hardcore pickleball player, explained the rules and some of the strategy behind the game.

After one game ended, I grabbed a paddle and headed in with Schmaltz for a doubles match against two other players, which is how the sport is meant to be enjoyed.

A cross-court underhand serve opens the the point, and the two sides rally until the point is won. A seven-foot zone on either side of the net — nicknamed the kitchen —

serves as a no-volley zone.

Some points are drawn out, as my tennis training forces me back to the baseline to settle in for a long rally, waiting for the other team to make a mistake. However, the key to pickleball is getting a net-front presence and punishing the opponents with the return volley.

That’s when the points tend to go a lot quicker.

The game itself is easier on the body, as the court is smaller and the swing mechanics aren’t as aggressive as tennis, which is much

more technical. Proper positioning is key along with communicating with your doubles partner.

Part of the enthusiasm for pickleball in Cranbrook has to do with snowbirds — often retirees who take off to warmer climates in the winter to areas that have access to pickleball courts — as well as generating some buzz for the B.C. 55+Games, which Cranbrook and Kimberley will be co-hosting in 2018.

While the courts at the high school are the only ones in Cranbrook right now, there is currently work underway at Gyro Park that will include two new tennis courts and four pickleball courts.

But for now, the current pickleball courts will have to do, as a group of players has dedicated time reserved for Tuesday night, Thursday night, Saturday morning and Sunday morning.

If anyone is interested in trying out the sport, head down to the courts at any of those times and feel free to jump in on a game.

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Couple escapes Ft. Mac, loses house CONTINUED from page 1 On Tuesday afternoon, their neighbourhood, Beacon Hill, was put under a voluntary evacuation order.

While Kelsey headed back into town, while Janna caught a ride with some friends.

Abby, who worked at a downtown recreation complex and lived with them, had already made it home and were trying to salvage what they could.

“In the meantime the fire had come up and was basically burning the trees all around our place and there were houses on fire all over the place in the neighbourhood,” said

Kelsey.

Officials issued a mandatory evacuation and Abby and her boyfriend were forced to leave. With only one way in and out of the subdivision, and a gas station on fire at the entrance, the two had to go off-road and down a steep embankment to get to the highway.

After hearing from Abby that there was no way that Kelsey was going to be able to get home, he headed to Wal-Mart and picked up some necessities—a tent, sleeping bags, air mattress, and food and water, and waited for Janna to meet up with

him.

“The hope was that we could make it south, because I knew that if we went north, we’d basically be trapped up there,” Kelsey said.

With traffic moving at a snails pace—a block every half hour— the two decided to try and wait it out before RCMP ordered them to clear the area and head north.

Stopping just a few kilometres north of the city, the two again waited again until late evening to try and head back down south on the highway.

“Made it through town, it was pretty slow going,” said Kelsey.

“The highway was on

fire both sides of the road, thick smoke, but we made it through the town and out to the small town of Anzac.”

There, they met up with Abby and headed for Grassland, knowing they couldn’t go any further because they’d need to refill the gas tank in order to get to Edmonton.

“We knew we had to stop at Grassland, we couldn’t make it any further without getting gas and at Grassland, there was about a 13-kilometre lineup to get into the city to get gas,” Kelsey said.

“All the way down there were cars in the ditch and on the side of the road that had run out of gas everywhere

— hundreds and hundreds of cars.”

They made it to Edmonton, where they have some family, but decided to come back home once they realized the situation wasn’t going to be resolved quickly.

The couple is thankful for all the support that is being shown to Fort McMurray evacuees from all across the country—including their hometown.

“We were impressed that the support reached all the way to Cranbrook,” said Kelsey.

“We heard about the radio station collecting all the $40,000 and sending that up, so that was impressive.”

Kelsey added that

“All the way down there were cars in the ditch and on the side of the road that had run out of gas everywhere — hundreds and hundreds of cars.”

Kelsey Lutz his employer has been very accommodating to their employees, and is working towards restarting operations.

“Once it opens up, our first step will be trying to find something to rent so we can go back to work and have some-

where to live while we rebuild,” he said, adding that his insurance company is estimating between two- to twoand-a-half years to rebuild, given the number of houses destroyed.

As of Tuesday at press time, officials are now starting to shift their attention to oilsands infrastructure as a mandatory evacuation order was issued late Monday through a 50-kilometre zone north of the city.

The zone covers mostly work camps for companies such as Syncrude and Suncor, plus some smaller operations, that affects roughly 8,000 people.

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Bylaw No. 2672 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Steeples Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2614, 2015 – Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2015 (Hwy. 3/93 / EarthRite Industries Ltd.)” amends the text of the bylaw to add an industrial designation and the designation of part of Lot A, District Lot 2313A, Kootenay District, Plan EPP41054, is amended from RR, Rural Resource to I, Industrial.

Bylaw No. 2673 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Steeples Zoning & Floodplain Management Bylaw No. 2615, 2015 – Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2015 (Hwy. 3/93 / EarthRite Industries Ltd.)” amends the text of the bylaw to accommodate the proposed uses in the Light Industrial zone, and the designation of parts of Lot A, District Lot 2313A, Kootenay District, Plan EPP41054, is amended from RR-8, Rural Residential (Country) Zone and RR-16, Rural Residential Extensive) Zone to RR-8, Rural Residential (Country) Zone, RR-16, Rural Residential Extensive) Zone and I-1, Light Industrial Zone.

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Ktunaxa, Teck sign impact management and benefits agreement For the Townsman

The Ktunaxa Nation Council and Teck Resources Limited on Tuesday announced the signing of an Impact Management and Benefits Agreement that will create numerous long-

term benefits for the Ktunaxa people and increased certainty around future sustainable mining development in the region.

The agreement relates to production at Teck’s steelmaking coal

operations within Ktunaxa Nation territory in theElk Valley region.

Spanning approximately 40 years and all five operations, it is one of the most comprehensive agreements of its kind in place in Canada

and sets out commitments for both parties in the areas of: • Consultation and engagement • Environment and land stewardship • Employment and business opportunities

for Ktunaxa citizens • Cultural resources management “As Ktunaxa, our roles as stewards and protectors of the land are vital to who we are,” said Kathryn Teneese, Ktunaxa Nation Council Chair.

“This agreement affirms the commitment the Ktunaxa Nation and

Teck have to protecting and rehabilitating the environment, providing economic opportunities for Ktunaxa communities and citizens and protecting Ktunaxa culture and language.”

“The strong relationship between the Ktunaxa Nation and Teck is fundamental to continued responsible re-

source development in the Elk Valley,” said Don Lindsay, President and CEO, Teck. “This agreement reflects our shared focus on ensuring the environment is protected, while also providing sustainable economic opportunities for the people and communities of the region for years to come.”

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Kootenay Christian Academy celebrated an important anniversary on Friday, May 13, marking 20 years of operating an independent school adjacent to the Cranbrook Alliance Church. Pictured: Wendy Zurrin hands out cake to students after classes were dismissed.

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When Eileen Zheng wanted to donate one of her kidneys to her mother, family members were at first concerned about the effect of the procedure on both of them.

But five weeks after the surgery, Wei Zheng was recovering from polycystic kidney disease after seven years on kidney dialysis, and Eileen was logging up to 65 km a day on her bicycle. And a year later, Eileen is preparing to ride across Canada to encourage more people to support organ transplants.

“I want to raise awareness, so more people are willing to register after seeing that I’m healthy after donating an organ,” Eileen said at a ceremony at the B.C. legislature to launch the bid Monday.

“We’re hoping to raise at least 1,000 more organ donors compared to last year, and around $75,000 for the Canadi-

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Eileen Zheng donated a kidney to her mother Wei and is encouraging other people to register as organ donors. an Transplant Association, for the life-saving work they do.”

She has three and a half months to make the journey, starting with a Terry Fox-inspired dip of her bike wheel in the Pacific before heading east towards St. Johns, Newfoundland. She has a website at giftfromwithin.ca where people can link to organ donor

registration sites in each province, and her route stops and updates will be posted.

There are more than 45,000 people currently waiting for organ donations across Canada.

B.C. residents can check their registration status or sign up to become an organ donor at www. transplant.bc.ca.

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Seniors’ complex proposed

Public Notice of Inquiry to Review BC Hydro SAP Expenditures

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On December 10, 2015, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) received a letter of complaint dated December 8, 2015 from Mr. Adrian Dix, which makes a number of statements and allegations against British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) pertaining to its conversion to SAP as its Information Technology platform.

Upon review of the Complaint, related materials, and response documents from BC Hydro, on April 28, 2016, the Commission ordered a proceeding to review BC Hydro’s SAP expenditures related to the adoption of the SAP platform.

How to get involved Persons who are directly or sufficiently affected by the Commission’s decision or have relevant information or expertise and that wish to actively participate in the proceeding can request intervener status by submitting a completed Request to Intervene Form by Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Forms are available on the “Participate in a Proceeding” page of the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com. Interveners will receive notification of all non-confidential correspondence and filed documentation and should provide an email address if available.

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“We are not looking to compete with hospitals or existing facilities,” he said. “But we feel there is a need in this area. We want to sit down with medical professionals in Kimberley and Cranbrook to see what is most needed.

We feel there is a huge shortage of beds in a higher level of care.”

The first building, the respite and residential short term care facility, would be three floors high with 68 rooms. The other more independent living facility, which will be the last to be built is planned to be a four storey building with 45 units of studio, one and two-bedroom apartments. Meal services will be offered as well as many other amenities.

In and around these two facilities will be nine duplexes of patio style units with two-bedrooms averaging 1000 sq. ft. each.

These duplexes may be available for strata-type ownership. People living in the duplexes would have access to the amenities offered by the other facilities.

The whole age in place concept is that people move to higher levels of care as needed but stay in the same community.

“I think the demand for facilities like this has been pretty clearly defined,” Salgado said.

“And supply is more and more restricted. We think we know what’s necessary but we need to know the demands from the community.

We want to be flexible.

In the assisted living facility we can shift the use of beds as needs require. At the end of the day, it costs a fraction of what a hospital costs.”

The developers are planning a public meeting in Kimberley to introduce their ideas and seek feedback, but the date for that is not yet set.

Salgado says that the hope is that there will be shovels in the ground on the first phase by 2017 the construction season.

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Dancing Days of Romance T

he fact is, because of my great age, I grew up in the Swing Era. Daily, I listened in awe to Artie Shaw, Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey and all those other famous band leaders of the ‘40s and ‘50s and their accomplished musicians, and I adored the music, that full sound of an orchestra playing ’In The Mood’, ‘Downtown Strutter’s Ball’, ‘The A Train’ and other great numbers. I still listen to them at home and on C.D.s in my car. I know the various arrangements and the lyrics.

I still sing along. I might be forgetting more and more names of people that I am supposed to know but I croak along with those great songs and, as I grow toothlessly longer in the tooth, I realize how silly those lyric were.

They are mostly love songs, for crying out loud.

Right now, as I labour over the keyboard, Steve Wingfield is playing ‘After You’ve Gone’. Very romantic.

Back in the good old days before guitars were allowed to twang on a respectable stage, we youngsters used to go to dances and step easily into quick-steps, fox-trots, waltzes and smoothly strut into tangos with full brass sections, reeds, percussion setting the tempo, the whole shebang.

Then with gorgeous girls in our arms we were seduced into being romantic and, possibly, pop the question. But not “Hey!

Let’s get married, take out a monstrous mortgage then make a whole bucket full of kids.” No way. We were supposed to murmur along with lyrics and, oh my, what schmaltzy lyrics they were.

Songs like ‘Chatternooga Choo Choo’ and ‘Route 66’ may have helped me learn my way around the U.S.A. but the rest were seriously sloppy. Take ‘I’m in the mood for love’ for example and ‘The shadow of Peter your smile’. What about Love’ even if it’s Warland ‘April mid-winter and snowing like blazes outside? And ‘Then your fingers touched my heart and taught it how to sing’ is a bit of a stretch, don’t you think? It does sound a little like indigestion to me.

I used to enjoy dancing to Johnny Mercer’s Laura and singing along. ’Laura, but she’s only a dream,’ and ‘What are you doing for the rest of your life?’ was a smoothy, but it was a little too close to a proposal for me. I usually shut up on that number and concentrating on not stepping on the girl’s feet.

When we danced a fox-trot to Charmaine and sang ‘I wonder why you keep me waiting,’ did I mutter some other name than Charmaine. I mean, what parent is going to label her daughter Charmaine? I don’t think that I ever met a Charmaine.

‘You were meant for me’ was a jaunty

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little quickstep and could be sung at a girl without the fellow actually knowing the lass’s name. Then a guy could drape himself like Cling Wrap around a partner and yodel (slow, with feeling) as the orchestra played ‘At Last’, then hope for the best. He might even get to walk her home and get lucky.

Meanwhile I did manage to find my way around the U.S.A. by warbling along with ‘Chatternooga Choo Choo’ and ‘Route 66’ but then we were back to ‘Temptation’ and ‘An Affair to remember’, sloppy stuff again.

I used to wonder if those crooners, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Cloony and all the other greats, after singing a great romantic number, went back-stage and actually up-chucked or did they actually believe all that nonsense about gooey romance.

And there was always a piano featured, especially if the music was Boogie Woogie and, somehow, I don’t recall any boogie with sloppy romantic words but I do remember dancing a fox-trot with a certain young lady at the Hammersmith Palais de Dance with Ted Heath’s orchestra playing ‘You made me love you’ and as I was warbling, my partner whispered, “Did I?” I asked, “Did you what?” She said, “Did I make you love me?” I snapped so wittily, “No! It was your money.” But she, as poor as a church mouse, still married me. Ain’t romance grand?

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Music and dance in the spring CAROLYN GRANT

Expect the unexpected in the now-named “Music For Life” series with Arne Sahlen, all events at 7 pm: Saturday May 28 at Kimberley United Church, Sunday May 29 at Cranbrook United (also Invermere on 27th.) Joined by musicians young and old (yes!), Arne will present splendid showpieces and moving moments in a wide variety of music with his trademark tidbits from humour and history. Adm. by donation for regional music development. arnesahlen@hotmail.com, 250-427-2159, cell/text 250-540-4242

“THRESHOLD” WORKS BY KWANTLEN ARTIST CENTRE 64

Kwantlen Nation Artist Brandon Gabriel’s work is situated somewhere amongst many styles of art and despite the variations of mediums and styles- one thing that is strikingly similar to all these works are the spectral colours and similar narratives of cultural, political, and spiritual reclamations.

His work is situated neither here nor there- A threshold.”

MAY 23 TO JUNE 5 IN THE GALLERY AT CENTRE 64 FABRICATED

MON. MAY 30 GO GO GRANNIES

The works of the North Star Quilters on display.

ART AT CHATEAU KIMBERLEY

The Chateau Kimberley Art Gallery is featuring the art of Karen Arrowsmith, Mary Ann Bidder, Joseph Cross, John de Jong, Lynne Grillmair, Ann Holtby Jones, Teresa Knight, Jeanie Miller, Jeanette Oostlander, Jean Pederson, Darlene Purnell and Marianne Rennick. The Gallery at 78 Howard St. is open 9-7 daily until October 15, 2016.

MAY 18 TO 21 THE ODD COUPLE

Cranbrook Community Theatre presents “The Odd Couple,” at the Studio Stage Door in Cranbrook. Neil Simon’s most famous work comes 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.

WED. MAY 18 VICTORIA DAY TEA

Kimberley United Church, 10 Boundary Street. 1 to 3 p.m. All are welcome to join us, with hats on, for fun, food, drinks, entertainment and fellowship.

WED. MAY 18 DIAMOND FOREVER FOR FORT MAC

Jason Scott’s ‘Dia-

ZOE FERGUSON PHOTO

Heaven By the Sea, year end show for the Kootenay Dance Academy, Friday, May 27 and Saturday, May 28 at Key City Theatre. mond Forever’ celebration of Neil Diamond’ will hold a fundraising concert Wednesday, May 18, at the Key City Theatre for the victims and evacuees of fire-devastated Fort McMurray.

Cranbrook’s Dawson Rutledge is also appearing on the bill. Showtime at 7:30 p.m.

WED. MAY 18 VICTORIA DAY FELLOWSHIP TEA

Kimberley United Church, 1 to 3 p.m. All are welcome to join us with hats for fun, food, drinks, entertainment and fellowship. Ruth 427-3761.

FRIDAY, MAY 20 AT THE GREEN DOOR KIMBERLEY ARTISTS GATHERING

Colourful Language, a folk rock duo from Vancouver; Kimberley songwriter James Neve; Carolyn Anele, a folk artist from Vernon; Alisha and Seth, a pop duo from Kelowna and Ali Sellin, a country folk performer from Medicine Hat. Tickets $15 at the door or at kagfridaynight. eventbrite.ca.,

SAT. MAY 21 RAILWAY OPENS

The opening weekend for the Sullivan Underground Mining Railway is May 21, 22 & 23.

Express trains at 10 a.m. all three days, mining

tours at 11, 1 and 3.

Trains will be running weekends from May 21 until June 26: daily operations from July 1st until September 5th. To gain access to the Downtown Station drive through the construction at the bottom of Gerry Sorensen Way and turn right at the Railway sign.

MAY 21 & MAY 22 KIMBERLEY ARTISTS GATHERING IN THE PLATZL

Outdoor concerts in the Platzl gazebo from noon to 3 p.m. Free.

SUN. MAY 22 NATURE PARK HIKE “MYRTLE THE MAGNIFICENT”

10 am Leader - Suzanne McAllister (250427-7043). Met at the Kimberley Nordic Centre parking lot at 10 am for a 2.5 - 3 hour moderate hike up Myrtle Mountain. Bring snacks/ lunch & water.

SUN. MAY 22 KIMBERLEY ARTISTS GATHERING CENTRE 64

Smith and Fraser, a folk and jazz duo from Kelowna; the Janzen Boys, a family folk trio from Winnipeg; Kimberley guitarist Jim Marshall and Modus Operandi, contemporary dancers from Vancouver. Tickets for the concert at $29 at kagsaturdaynight.

eventbrite.ca or at the door.

THURS. MAY 26 SPRING FLING

The year end performance from the Liela Cooper and Hali Duncan School of Highland Dance. McKim Theatre, Kimberley. Tickets $8 at the door only.

MAY 27 & 28 HEAVEN BY THE SEA

Kootenay Dance Academy year end show.

Key City Theatre.

SAT. MAY 28 THE RED CANNONS

Part of the Live from Studio 64 Spring Concert series, the Red Cannons perform at 8 p.m. Tickets $22 for Art Council members, $24 for non-members.

SAT. MAY 28 BACK ALLEY ARTS FESTIVAL

2 pm to 10 pm. Celebrate Youth Arts! Visual Arts, Performance Art, Sculpture, Music, Trashion, Children’s Activities, Food & More! Youth are invited to participate.

Call 250-426-4223 or email Jessica at bayaf2016@gmail.com.

All activities take place at Cranbrook Arts and the new Back Alley Art Space. 1013 Baker Street, Cranbrook. Generously Supported by Columbia Basin Trust.

MAY 28, 29 ARNE SAHLEN

GoGo Grannie Cheryl Fraser attended the Uganda Grandmothers Gathering along with twenty two Canadians as observers from the Stephen Lewis Foundation and the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. They joined five hundred Uganda Grandmothers to discuss issues, deliberate and march. She visited projects supported by the Foundation, witnessing how the funds WE are raising here, benefit communities and grandmothers needing our help. Please join us at the College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre on Monday, May 30 at 7:00 to share Cheryl’s experience. Entrance by donation.

SAT. JUNE 4 “BEGINNERS BIKING”

Sat, June 4, 10 am Leader - Peter McConnachie (250-427-2419).

Meet at the Platzl Visitor Centre at 10 am for this ride on some of the roads and trails in the Nature Park.

THURS. JUNE 16 2016 KTUNAXA NATION 16TH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT

The Ktunaxa Nation Council is pleased to announce their 16th Annual Charity Golf Tournament at the St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino.

Please join them at our award-winning resort for a fun filled day of golf and prizes! $180/player.

Limited to 144 players.

Deadline to enter is Friday June 3rd. For more information: www.ktunaxa.org/golf. csoukoroff@steugene.ca. 1-877417-3133

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KIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK COMMUNITY CALENDAR

UPCOMING

FREE Community Family Swim, Saturday, May 21st from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm at the Cranbrook Aquatic Centre. Sponsored by KD Electric. Children must be accompanied by a parent.

May 25 to June 5. Fabricated - a quilt show by North Star Quilters.

Centre 64 Kimberley. Mon to Fri 1 to 5, Sat Sun 11 to 5.

GoGo Grannie Cheryl Fraser attended the Uganda Grandmothers Gathering along with twenty two Canadians as observers from the Stephen Lewis Foundation and the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. Please join us at the College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre on Monday, May 30 at 7:00 to share Cheryl’s experience. Entrance by donation.

Kimberley Chamber of Commerce hosts the Kimberley Ambassador Program, June 2, 9:15 to 3:15 at Trickle Creek Lodge meeting room. To register call 250-427-3666 or info@ kimberleychamber.com

ONGOING The Chateau Kimberley Art Gallery is featuring the art of Karen Arrowsmith, Mary Ann Bidder, Joseph Cross, John de Jong, Lynne Grillmair, Ann Holtby Jones, Teresa Knight, Jeanie Miller, Jeanette Oostlander, Jean Pederson, Darlene Purnell and Marianne Rennick.

The Gallery at 78 Howard St. is open 9-7 daily until October 15th, 2016.

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. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.

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.

Phone 778-520-1981.

The Friends of the Kimberley Public Library used book store in Marysville is open Wed to Sat; 10:30 to 3:30 & Sunday 1:00 to 4:00.

Noon every Wednesday, downtown United Church & Centre for Peace, the bells will call you to a time of calm. This is NOT church, rather it is a time to gather in a circle in a welcoming and harmonious space to practice the way of Taize. Wouldn’t you cherish a time to stop? to gather when the bells ring? to join with others in silence, in prayer, in meditative song?

Masonic Lodges of B.C. and Yukon will supply transportation to cancer patients who have arrived at Kelowna or Vancouver. This free service will be at the destination point. Example: from airport to clinic and clinic to airport on return, also around the destination city.

Info may be received from your doctor, Canadian Cancer Society, or by phoning Ron at 250-426-8159.

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.

MILITARY AMES is a social/camaraderie/support group that meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month in the Kimberley Public Library reading room. All veterans are welcome. For more information call Cindy @ 250 919 3137.

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.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30-6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30.

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.

The Cranbrook Quilter’s Guild meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, September - June, 7.15 p.m. at the Cranbrook Senior Citizens Hall, 125-17th Ave South. Interested??? Call Jennifer at 250426-6045. We’re on Facebook and www.cranbrookquiltersguild.ca.

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ASU leads, du Toit contending heading into final day Kimberley’s Jared du Toit sits fourth on individual leaderboard heading into final round of NCAA New Mexico Regional

Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

Kimberley native Jared du Toit and the Arizona State University (ASU) Sun Devils are 18 holes away from claiming the 2016 NCAA New Mexico Regional championship.

With a team score of six-over par (582) through 36 holes, the Sun Devils hold a lead of 15 strokes over second-place Texas Christian University (TCU) at the par-72, 7,562-yard University of New Mexico Champions Course with final-round action slated to tee off Wednesday morning in Albuquerque.

While the Sun Devils are perched atop the overall team leaderboard, du Toit is doing his part to drive the success, sitting fourth at one-over par (145) on the individual board.

Teammate Jon Rahm — the top-ranked amateur golfer in the World Amateur Golf Rankings — is in first place, four-under par (140) through 36 holes. du Toit, who is currently the top-ranked amateur golfer in Cana-

da and ranked 85th in the world, was unavailable for comment prior to print deadline Tuesday afternoon.

The second round of the regional tournament played out in suspiciously similar fashion to the first for du Toit.

An up-and-down front nine saw the junior knock down three birdies along with a double-bogey and bogey to round the turn at even par.

The back nine saw du Toit battle with bogeys on the 517-yard, par-four 10th and 360yard, par-four 15th, before coming into the clubhouse on a good note with a birdie on the 544-yard, par-five 18th.

On the opening day of the New Mexico Re-

gional, du Toit had himself an up-and-down day that ultimately balanced itself out when he walked off the 544-yard, par-five 18th hole and signed his scorecard.

Despite collecting an eagle and three birdies, du Toit also pencilled in a double-bogey and three bogeys to land an even-par 72 through 18 holes.

The low five teams and the low individual not from one of those teams at the NCAA New Mexico Regional tournament will advance to the NCAA National Championship (May 27 to June 1) at Eugene Country Club in Oregon.

The 2016 season has been one of monumental proportion for du Toit — his first go around with the Sun Devils after transferring from the University of Idaho and the Vandals golf program at the conclusion of the 2015 campaign. du Toit was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team, recognition of his success on the links, with the teams being voted upon by Pac-12 Conference head golf

Peter Vander Stoep Photo/Courtesy Arizona State Athletics

Kimberley product Jared du Toit, pictured earlier this season, has done his part to help the Arizona State University Sun Devils men’s golf team carry the lead into the final round of play at the NCAA New Mexico Regional championship. coaches.

The former Selkirk Secondary School student racked up four top10 finishes during his first season of Pac-12 competition, including at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (T-8), Amer Ari Invitational (T-10), Prestige at PGA West (seventh) and Lamkin

Grips SD Classic (eighth).

The final round of play at the NCAA New Mexico Regional is scheduled to tee off at 7:30 a.m. (Mountain).

Du Toit will tee off at 9:18 a.m. alongside Paul Barjon (TCU, T-9) and Chase Koepka (South Florida, T-12).

ASU has struck for six regional titles in its history (1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009) and Rahm was the individual regional winner at the 2015 NCAA San Diego Regional, which he followed up by winning the 2016 Pac-12 crown.

The Sun Devils have won two NCAA Nation-

al Championships, the most recent coming 20 years ago in 1996. The first was in 1991. The program has also produced six individual NCAA champions, including Jim Carter (1983), Phil Mickelson (1989, 1990, 1992), Todd Demsey (1993) and Alejandro Canizares (2003).

Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo super early-bird deadline nears Super early-bird deadline for fourth-annual ride arrives May 31 Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

Stewart Wilson Photo

Riders were out in full force back in September 2015 to participate in the Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo. The annual not-for-profit cycling event is set to return to St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino Sept. 10, 2016.

Super early-bird registration for the fourth-annual Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo is fast approaching.

Deadline for super early-bird registration is set for Tuesday, May 31, with the annual not-forprofit cycling event scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10, at St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino.

Over 360 cyclists took part in the 2015 edition of the ongoing East Kootenay classic, which welcomed riders from Cranbrook, Kimberley, Alberta and the northwestern United States.

According to Glenn Dobie, chairperson for the Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo, the event has already seen regis-

trants from as far away as Whitehorse, Yukon, Texas and even England.

The rider cap for the Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo has been set at 500, with three courses laid out to challenge cyclists of all abilities.

Proceeds from the event go towards the North Star Rails to Trails Society, supporting the Kootenay Rockies Kids Fondo and other local service clubs, including the Cranbrook Noon Hour Rotary Club, Cranbrook Sunrise Rotary Club, Kimberley Rotary Club, Kimberley Volunteer Ski Patrol, Mark Creek Lions Club and Wasa Lions Club.

The piccolo fondo is a 52-kilometre ride targeting recreational and first-time cyclists. The medio fondo provides a

challenge for more seasoned cyclists, covering a span of 102 km. Finally, the gran fondo is set to test the most experienced cyclists through 152 km of the East Kootenay’s most beautiful terrain.

Dobie said the fondo is also still seeking volunteers. Those interested can visit krgf.ca/volunteers to register.

Interested cyclists can register at krgf.ca/ registration. There are many benefits to registering ahead of the super early-bird deadline, including a chance to win a two-night stay at Trickle Creek Lodge at Kimberley Alpine Resort.

Gran Fondo Registration Fees: Super early bird (before May 31) — $139;

Early bird (before July 31) — $159; Final registration (Sept. 2) — $179.

Medio fondo registration fees range from $129 to $169, while piccolo fondo registration fees run from $99 to $139.

Those registering after the super early-bird deadline but prior to the regular early-bird deadline will be eligible to win a twonight stay at St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino as well as two return flights from Cranbrook to Vancouver on Pacific Coastal Airlines.

Participants receive a Dri-Fit t-shirt, water bottle, Clif Bar, post-ride breakfast, nutritional aid stations every 30 km, mobile mechanical and medical support as well as a pre-ride yoga class.

With files from Trevor Crawley

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Eagles Boxing Club slugs away at Fight Night in Nelson Bill Watson For The Townsman

Cranbrook Eagles Boxers participated in the first-annual Fight Night in Nelson, B.C., on Saturday, May 14. It was a packed hall to witness Olympic-style boxing at its best.

The youngest of the Cranbrook boxers, nineyear-old Aidan Gareau, was rematched with Emmet Emblau from Quesnel. The two had squared off recently on Emblau’s home turf in northern B.C. Both boxers came out swinging and each were awarded medals at the end of the bout.

‘Drillin’ Dylan Muhlig had his hands full in the next tilt as he faced tough Riel Martinez from Nelson. Again both boxers were awarded medals for their exemplary performance.

Big brother Payton Muhlig was looking for

revenge in his rematch bout with Quesnel’s Nick Kwiakowski. At the end of three rounds, Kwiakowski escaped with a close, split-decision victory.

Cranbrook’s Ty Kolbeck had a tougher time with the more experienced Tristan Ewanin from Calgary. Ewanin used counter-punch combinations to earn a close decision.

Making his ring debut was 12-year-old Charlie Nelson in an exhibition match with Payson White from Kelowna. Nelson looked like a veteran boxer using slick punches to

the body and a good left jab. At the end both boxers were awarded medals for their performance.

Last up for the Cranbrook kids was the highly-anticipated debut of 16-year-old Nike Blackmore. Unable to find a more suitable opponent, Blackmore stepped up to take on 18-year-old Bhody Cartland from Nelson.

This exhibition tilt turned into a real slugfest right from the opening bell. After giving his opponent an eight count, Blackmore continued to get the better of the exchanges before the referee stepped in to stop the bout in the second round.

Club coaches Tom White, Bill Watson and Rock Leduc attended the first-annual Fight Night in Nelson along with local officials Adam Gareau and Frank Greco.

Courtesy Cranbrook Eagles Boxing

Members of the Cranbrook Eagles Boxing Club posing following a successful go around at the first-annual Fight Night in Nelson on Saturday, May 14.

Midget Ice & Midget Wild could relocate from Nelson to Trail T yler Harper Nelson Star

A pair of hockey teams are on the verge of relocating from Nelson in a decision that could have deep ramifications for several community sports organizations.

BC Hockey is considering a proposal that would move two major midget teams, the Kootenay Ice boys and the Kootenay Wild girls, from Nelson to Trail.

Barry Petrachenko, the CEO of BC Hockey, told the Star that although the provincial hockey body hasn’t yet decided the teams’ future, it is giving it serious thought. Petrachenko also acknowledged the possibility both teams may fold following an internal report that suggested there are too many major midget teams, although that report didn’t single out the Kootenay teams.

“I don’t want to alarm people in the sense that we’re going to fold if this, or we’re going to relocate if that,” said Petrachenko. “We’re not there yet.

We certainly have to face all the options and Trail is one of those options.”

The Ice and Wild — the latter of which BC Hockey took control of from the Nelson Minor Hockey Association prior to last season —

each finished in the cellar of their respective leagues last season, but Petrachenko said the issue isn’t performance.

Instead, BC Hockey is concerned with the inability of both teams to draw in quality players.

Petrachenko said the Ice have historically suffered from low player turnout, which in turn leads to poor performance.

“The problem is the fuel for the fire,” said Petrachenko.

His theory to explain this is a number of 15-year-old players who join the Ice leave at 16 to play for a Junior B team such as the Nelson Leafs, and rarely return to the lower-tier league if they fail to make the next step.

What this leads to, according to Petrachenko, is a roster imbalance that puts young Kootenay teams against older major midget squads from elsewhere in BC. Petrachenko said he hoped to have a better sense of the Ice’s future after their spring camp, which took place May 6 through May 8 at the Nelson and District Community Complex.

Neither team draws much attendance when they play in Nelson, but their departures would be felt throughout the hockey community.

The venue that stands

to lose the most is the Nelson Civic Centre.

The Ice and Wild use the Civic ice for practice, and the loss of two more tenants would add further financial stress and uncertainty to the struggling 81-year-old rink.

There was plenty of concern at last week’s minor hockey annual general meeting. The association relies heavily on the Civic Centre ice and several board members voiced concern about the venue’s future and the negative impact losing two teams could have on hockey in Nelson.

“We’re going to lose kids to Trail,” said minor hockey president Tony Maida. “They’re going to live and play in Trail.

Right here in Nelson we’ve always looked after the major midget program. We’ve always made sure there was ice available for them and they had their own dressing room. I thought things were doing okay, but obviously BC Hockey sees it different.”

Complicating matters is BC Hockey’s appointment of Terry Jones and Dara Waterstreet as general managers of the Ice and Wild, respectively.

Both are behind a proposal to have the teams incorporated into an academy program based

out of Trail.

The hiring of Jones, the coach and GM of the KIJHL’s Beaver Valley Nitehawks, last month has raised eyebrows in Nelson. Petrachenko dismissed the idea that hiring Jones was proof of the Ice’s relocation.

“As soon as we named Terry Jones as the GM, everybody just assumed that was a package deal and we’d go along with what he’s suggesting for the program,” said Petrachenko. “And we very well might, but it was not a package deal. Our eyes are wide open right now.”

Jones said he hopes to make significant changes to the team that will ensure sustainable success. He added his proposal isn’t meant to insult Nelson’s hockey community.

“People want to make this a Trail versus Nelson thing? It’s not that,” he said. “It’s that BC Hockey was probably going to pull the pin on this program unless something drastic happened, something changed. People get up in arms [and] I’m not willing to fight that battle. There’s no battle to fight ...

“I’m not here to step on toes. ... I’m not here to create an empire. I’m here to do something good for kids.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You could feel as if you have crossed a line by dealing with a difficult personality in your life.

You might shock this person when you let him or her know that “enough is enough.”You will create stronger boundaries as a result. Tonight: The unexpected tears into your life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Just when you thought life was going great, you could find out otherwise! An important piece of information might be revealed that indicates that you have misread a situation. Do not get upset; instead, integrate this knowledge into your dealings.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could be exhausted by all the requests from others. You might be inordinately taxed by one call that comes from a caring individual in your life.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) You have a lot on your mind that needs to be dealt with quickly and effectively. You’ll wonder if there is any other way to handle the matter at hand. A boss only adds to the demands of the day. Do whatever you must to keep your life together. Tonight: Where your heart lies.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) No one -- not even you -- can always choose the right words for the moment. Try to be less critical of yourself. A child or new friend seems to be full of surprises. The issue that comes forward is whether you can handle this person’s wildness.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You don’t seem to mind a strong power play that forces you to step back and be more resourceful. Remember that even if you like the game, someone else could walk away from you, as he or she might not see the benefit in it. Tonight: Understand that less is more.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Remain optimistic despite everything that is occurring, as you might encounter some rebelliousness from many of the people who surround you.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You are capable of fast responses, but will that serve you today when dealing with the unexpected? Take a few extra seconds to think out your responses. Like it or not, you could be more defensive than you realize.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Togetherness comes forward and allows more feedback. No matter what you see going on, what you believe is happening is most likely off. People seem to be breaking patterns right now, so interpreting their actions could prove to be equally difficult. Tonight: Be a duo.

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I really like “Jeanette,” and she has introduced me to a lot of other women who have become my friends. I love to go to lunch, to musicals and on day trips with my female friends.

The problem is, Jeanette likes to go out at night to dinner, concerts, etc. I do not have good nighttime vision and am not comfortable driving past sundown. I have explained this to her, but she thinks that I am being unnecessarily fearful. Any suggestions on how I can handle this? -- Fearful of Losing a Friend Dear Fearful: Being cautious about driving at night when your vision is poor is smart, common sense. But it probably sounds to Jeanette as if you are “too old” and she doesn’t like it one bit.

There are ways around this - perhaps someone can pick you up or you can take a cab or use a service like Uber or Lyft. But you also can be firm without losing a friendship.

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Dear Annie: My husband is an alcoholic.

He drank at least a case of beer a day, plus shots of scotch or whatever was on hand in the evenings. I tried counseling and a family intervention, to no avail. I attended Al-Anon meetings and so did he (briefly), but neither of us found them helpful. So I gave up.

Eight years ago, I found him on the bathroom floor covered in blood. It was fortunate that I was home, because he would have died otherwise. At the hospital, he received several transfusions and had esophageal surgery. He was told he had cirrhosis of the liver and would die if he continued to drink.

Amazingly, he stopped cold turkey. It was a blessing.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t soon enough. He developed liver cancer, which we knew was a possibility. He’s undergoing chemo now.

The trips to the hospital, the overnight stays and the follow-ups can be overwhelming physically and emotionally, not only for him, but for our children and me. We’re hoping he will be eligible for a transplant before he dies from the cancer.

To anyone who drinks and believes, “Well, I have to die eventually,” or “I can handle my drinking,” or “That will never happen to me,” please listen. It can happen to you or someone you love. It is an expensive emotional roller coaster and a painful journey. -- Loving Wife Dear Wife: Our hearts go out to you and your family. We greatly appreciate that you have taken the time to warn others and try to help them. Please know that you are in our thoughts.

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The Distant Mirror

It happened this week in Cranbrook Week of May 15 - 21

Dav e H u m p h r e y Items compiled from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook History Centre Archives

1905 Take care … There are some big political games being put up in Cranbrook just now.

Political ambition is an awful disease and it is keeping some Cranbrookites awake nights.

The gate keeper of Hades rests easier than the man with the uncontrollable desire for office.

An old pioneer ...

Indian Agent R.R.L.T. Galbraith drove up last week to visit the reserves officially in this valley. He visited the various towns and his many friends were all pleased to meet him again. Mr. Galbraith is one of the very earliest pioneers of the Kootenay and Columbia valleys and no man has done more towards the upbuilding of the country than he and certainly no one takes more keen delight in its progress and development.

But his great desire during his many years of residence has been to see a railroad constructed the entire length of these fertile valleys and it is evident that even this he is soon to realize, although he could give no information on the subject for publication.

Sold the saddle ...

Three years ago Mike Quinlaven borrowed a saddle of Paul Handley at Kimberley and afterwards, it is charged, sold it. Quinlaven disappeared and last week he was apprehended in the Edmonton country and Constable Walker, of Fernie, went after him, bringing him back to Cranbrook this week.

Today the prisoner was given a hearing and was remanded for trial on the evidence present. Chief McMullin came down from Fernie to attend the hearing.

Multiplying hogs …

The agent of the C.P.R. at Rossland recently billed a crate containing one hog to China Creek station. The China Creek agent received a crate that day containing an even dozen of animals generally known as pigs.

He called down the

Rossland agent for billing one hog when there were twelve, and the Rossland agent wanted to know if the China Creek agent had struck a new brand of booze.

To further complicate matters a sawmill man to whom the hog was billed called for his hog and the China Creek agent wanted him to pay express on twelve hogs instead of one.

This request was indignantly refused on the grounds that one, and only one, hog had been sent for. Rate cards, traffic sheets, and rules were carefully perused, but finally the express was delivered and the matter of payment left to arbitration. The Rossi and agent were right. He shipped one hog, but by the time the crate reached China Creek eleven little squealers had been born. Hence all the trouble.

New newspaper …

A. B. Grace was in town this week perfecting arrangements for the removal of the Prospector plant from Fort Steele to Cranbrook, where he will publish it in future.

He has secured the room formerly occupied by the Owl restaurant on Armstrong avenue and expects to get out his first publication in Cranbrook on the third of June. Mr. Grace was offered the use of the Herald newspaper press to print his paper until he had his own press erected, but as he intends to skip two issues to get ready for the change he will not need it.

Soaked again ...

Cranbrook people are to a greater or lesser degree the victims of misplaced confidence so far as theatrical matters are concerned. It is impossible for the managers of the hall, the newspapers or anyone else to tell whether a combination is all right or not. Last Saturday night an outfit arrived in town duly heralded as one of the finest. They had fine notices from papers and attractive paper. Their particular graft was the presentation of a comedy known as the “Imprudent Young Couple.” The play was all right, but a more exasperating lot of people

who pose as professionals never flimflammed an audience in Cranbrook. They were weak, they were deficient in every way, they did not have their lines, they were, in other words, rank and punk. A company of amateurs could be organized in Cranbrook and trained one week that would discount that outfit.

A slight delay ... N. E. Broley, of Fernie, was in town this week making arrangements for inaugurating work on the new building for the Bank of Commerce.

There will be a slight delay of a few days owing to some changes that will greatly enhance the appearance of the building. Mr. Malpas, the local manager, is very anxious to have a building that will be a credit to the bank and to Cranbrook.

New drug store at Marysville ... Dr. L. C. Bishop and R. E. Beattie have opened a drug store at Marysville. This will be a fine thing for the people of that town as a drug store is a necessity in a town the size of Marysville. Furthermore, the people of Marysville are to be congratulated on the fact that their drug store is to be in such competent hands.

Game warden … A. E. Watts has been named as deputy game warden for South East Kootenay. The position is one that does not carry any salary with it, and Mr. Watts has accepted the responsibility simply to assist in the enforcement of the game laws of this province. He has long been interested in this movement and is a true sportsman. With the authority that he now

possesses and the strong arm of the province backing him up, Mr. Watts will do all in his power to see that the provisions of the game act are strictly adhered to in the future.

Enlarging C.P.R. Depot ... Work was commenced this week on the plans to enlarge the C.P.R. depot in this town. The second story will be raised to permit the building of another story and when completed Cranbrook will have the best depot on the Crow.

On the mend …

Constable Morris is improving and is now able to sit up. He expects to be out within a few days, and it is about time, for Cranbrook seems strange without the hearty laugh and rotund form of “Baldy.”

Accident at Moyie … The cable of the gravity tram between the Moyie and the Queen of the Hills workings of the St. Eugene broke last Monday while it was in operation. The loaded car came down like a shot out of a gun, broke through the ore bin and landed on the dump below. Fortunately no one was hurt, and it was not long until the damage was repaired and the tram in working order again.

Nearly drowned …

A girl named Annie Campbell, who lives at Coal creek, had a narrow escape from drowning last Saturday.

She was crossing a narrow footbridge across the creek when, falling off, the swollen waters carried her several hundred yards down the stream. Some men nearby attracted by her cries ran to her assistance and rescued her in the nick of time.

Need the law … It would be well for the game warden of this district to make a trip through here, as it is said that the Indians are shooting grouse and prairie chickens and selling them. If the chickens were protected there would be good sport here in the fall, otherwise it will be poor.

Fined … The police made a raid on the tenderloin this week and gathered in three undesirable male frequenters who spend much of their time in that neighborhood. They were fined $55 in all.

1906 Popular young lady … Miss Lillian Tannhauser, of the post office, has been named as one of the candidates in the Spokesman-Review contest for the most popular lady in the Kootenays. If Miss Tannhauser could get a vote for everyone who has reason to feel thankful for courtesies extended to them by the young lady since she has been in the post office she would win easily. Those living in this district who take the Spokesman-Review should save the coupons for Miss Tannhauser, since she is only candidate in East Kootenay. This district would like to see her go to Portland as one of the guests of the Spokane paper.

Fire danger … There is great danger of fire as the summer advances, and business men should exercise greater care than ever about their premises. It is extremely dangerous to allow an accumulation of rubbish, such as paper, shavings, etc., where a chance spark or a cigar might easily

start a fire. With all the buildings of wood and more closely packed together than ever, a fire once started might easily wipe out the business portion of the town.

Daily mail delivery … The President of The Board of Trade has taken up the question of a daily mail to Marysville and will do all in his power to secure this much needed improvement. Now that there is a daily train there is no reason why there should not be a daily mail for Wycliffe, Marysville and Kimberley. There is enough business to justify this change and the government should give it as soon as the necessary can be made. Speaking of the matter, Mr. Beattie said: “The people of the Kimberley branch are entitled to this accommodation.

The population is large enough and the business heavy enough to warrant it and I will do all I can as president of

the Board of Trade and personally to secure the change. ” Public morals bylaw … Begging, drunkenness, vagrancy, public swearing and public indecency are strictly prohibited under penalty of $100.00 and costs or two months imprisonment.

Streets and traffic by-law … Three or more persons shall not stand on a sidewalk so as to interfere with foot passengers, this, however, does not affect street preaching; provided, however, that ordinary traffic is not impeded.

Size counts … F. J. Smyth, editor of the Moyie Leader, was in town this week. While Mr. Smyth was standing alone on the corner of Baker Street and Hanson Avenue Monday evening a policeman hove in sight and kindly asked him to move along as there was no crowd permitted to block the sidewalk.

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Wide World

Carla Nelson of Martime Travel outside the Taj Mahal.

INCREDIBLE INDIA: PART III

A Dream in Marble Carla Nelson of Maritime Travel continues her journey through the Subcontinent

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ontinuing from Jaipur along the Golden Triangle, we arrive in Agra. Agra was the capital city of the Mughals, descendents of Genghis Khan. The years from 1100 to mid 1800’s saw rule by many different emperors and power shifted from kingdom to kingdom. Each kingdom added more riches, from elaborate gardens to impressive architecture. Shah Jahan built Amber Fort or Red Fort (build of red sandstone, also houses a pearl mosque on site), and Fatehpur Sikri (another sandstone city within the city, built as an effort to achieve a synthesis between the Hindu and Muslim cultures), and the most spectacular creation of white marble, the Taj Mahal.

All of these structures are Unesco Heritage Sites.

Today Agra is a city of 2 million and known for the Taj, of course, but also for inlay gemstone work, leather goods, and a sweet little delicacy of white pumpkin dipped in sugar syrup!

The city itself is extremely dirty and run down. Raw sewage runs in streams behind the buildings, garbage dumps are huge and everywhere, wild animals scavenging. This was the only city where I felt truly unsafe at night. You can go to Agra and not see any of this however, staying in 5 star hotels and being driven to the Taj and that’s all. But that isn’t the real India and you may as well experience it.

But wow! The Taj Mahal is stunning! It is aptly called the ‘Dream in Marble’. Emperor Shah Jahan ordered this masterpiece built to enshrine the mortal remains of his beloved wife, Mumtaz. Work began in 1631, one year after the Queen’s death. The marble was brought from Rajasthan, 700 km away, by 1000 elephants. The de-

sign was actually based on another famous mausoleum across the Yamuna River from the Taj. Itmad-Ud-Daulah is nicknamed the ‘Baby Taj’, and houses the remains of Queen Mumtaz Mahal’s parents. It was completed in 1622 and was the first structure to incorporate inlaid gemstones into marble. The Taj Mahal is inlaid with ornaments, gemstones, and inscriptions from the Quran in black slate. And of course it is much larger than the Baby Taj. Thirty-one million rupees were spent and it took 20,000 men 22 years to build.

The Taj Mahal is open from sunrise to sunset every day except Fridays. It is not lit at night (for security reasons) and it cannot be seen unless it is open.

The large gates prevent any view from outside the entrance. A water channel and bronze fountains divide the paved causeway leading to the mausoleum, between a double row of cypress trees and is spread over 40 acres. Depending on the time of day and the weather, the Taj exudes its own colour, from a soft creaminess at dawn, to blinding white at midday to steely cool in the moonlight. Hues range from pearl to pale blue to pink. Though it appears completely white from a distance, once you are closer, all the inlay gemstone work is evident and the colours are lively and displayed in beautiful patterns.

It truly is a wondrous sight and I am one of the fortunate to have seen it!

Next time: Delhi and my final thoughts on India.

For more information, contact Carla Nelson, Branch Manager, Maritime Travel 250.489.4788.

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