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SD5 welcomes superintendent ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
School District 5 has hired a new superintendent. Lynn Hauptman will soon make the move from Prince Rupert to join the Southeast Kootenay district administration. Hauptman said the move is one she is excited to make, as it will be a return to the East Kootenay for her. She worked in SD6 in Kimberley for almost 10 years. She said she has heard that SD5 is a tre-
mendous district. “I’m really looking forward to working with everybody,” she said. “I’m really pleased to see the direction that the district has been taking in terms of making sure that all students are successful.” Hauptman said she looks forward to continuing on in that direction. Her and her husband are also looking forward to being closer to family in the area.
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Adrian Dix, leader of the NDP, greets supporters at the Manual Training Centre in Cranbrook on Sunday, May 5, during a daylong visit to the Kootenay East riding ahead of the May 14 election.
Local oldtimer films interview for Cranbrook-made film Garth Loxton, 90, filmed telling the story of the Mad Trapper as he heard it from an army buddy who took part in the search
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A Cranbrook senior has become part of a local short film in production about the Mad Trapper. Garth Loxton, 90, came
forward with his unique story earlier this year after seeing an article in the Townsman about filmmaker Kaio Kathriner’s movie based on the Mad Trapper, a recluse living in the Northwest Territories in the
1930s who was tracked down by police and killed after he attacked Mounties. In his youth, Loxton was in the army with a Mountie who was part of the search for the Mad Trapper.
“Garth’s story matched what we researched about the events regarding the Mad Trapper,” said Kathriner.
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Service cutbacks, infrastructure high on agenda ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
Mayors from all over the province met in Prince George last week for the twice-yearly B.C. Mayors’ Caucus. The caucus was a two-day opportunity for chief elected officials to discuss and share thoughts on what is and isn’t working in the realm of local government. Cranbrook’s Mayor, Wayne Stetski, was one of the 70 mayors in attendance last week and
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said the meetings were fruitful and even included an appearance from B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix. Stetski said the caucus had extended invitations to all the provincial leaders, but Dix was the only one who could make it. The candidate for Premier was asked whether he would support a provincial ministry dedicated to local government.
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As the May 14 provincial election looms on the horizon, Adrian Dix, leader of the NDP, touched down in Cranbrook on Sunday, May 5 for a day of campaigning in the Kootenay East riding. Dix arrived early Sunday morning and boarded his campaign bus to make a beeline for Hotshots Cafe in Cranbrook. There he met with Kootenay East NDP candidate Norma Blissett, Columbia River Revelstoke candidate Norm Macdonald and their campaign volunteers. While there, Dix had an informal chat with early risers at the coffee shop. Next, the campaign headed to the Elko sawmill where Dix spoke to Canfor employees about the business’s investment in forestry in the East Kootenay. Finally, Dix returned to Cranbrook for an afternoon rally at the Manual Training Centre. NDP supporters greeted Dix in the sunshine outside the event, before filling the centre
to hear the NDP leader speak about the campaign now entering its final week. During the rally, Dix spoke passionately to endorse Norma Blissett for Kootenay East. “There are nine days left to elect an extraordinary MLA, nine days left to bring change for the better,” he said, citing the NDP campaign slogan. “This community is crucial. We have never won a general election without winning here,” he went on. He added that the NDP’s campaign strategy is very different to that of the B.C. Liberals, with the NDP taking a “more generous” path without negative attack ads. “We are going to take the hard road to victory. We are talking about the issues that matter to people,” said Dix. “Change is possible, change is necessary, and we can do this together.” It was a sentiment that Dix repeated when he spoke one on one with The Townsman in between appointments
I think the negative nature of campaigning ... is discouraging people from being involved. It leads people to feel like they are excluded from the process including the issues that matter to them.” Adrian Dix Sunday. “We have run a very positive, very generous campaign,” he said. “What we are trying to do is appeal to the best in people. “One of the reasons we think that’s important is I think the negative nature of campaigning ... is discouraging people from being involved. It leads people to feel like they are excluded from the process including the issues that matter to them,” said Dix. He spoke about several issues that are important to voters in Kootenay East during that
interview, confirming the NDP’s support for mining and forestry, as Teck works to deal with high levels of selenium in East Kootenay rivers downstream of its Elk Valley mining operations. “We have been very supportive of the mining industry and I think the industry is very committed to addressing these issues,” said Dix. “We obviously want to see continuing development. It means a lot in terms of jobs here. But I think everyone who works on the projects believes we have to ensure their environmental sustainability. “We have been very clear that we are saying yes to mining here, just as we were saying yes to forestry today. I think that view is the right view for these times.” Dix also spoke about the NDP’s commitment to poverty reduction, recognizing that homelessness is a growing issue in Cranbrook. “I don’t agree with the Liberals that we need to wait 10 years to address serious issues of
poverty. That’s why we put forward our B.C. Family Bonus Plan which gets support directly to families in need,” he said. Dix said the NDP will increase the earnings exemption for people on income assistance from $200 to $400. “I think that’s the right decision in difficult times and it provides really important incentives for people who are able to work, to keep more of the money they earn.” He said the NDP will strive to improve classroom education in B.C. “We need to ensure the quality both of early learning and public education is high. It’s an equalizer,” said Dix, adding that when it comes to post-secondary education, the NDP want to increase completion rates for apprenticeships in B.C. “That’s giving people the means in their lives to earn family-supporting salaries. That’s a key way to address inequality in the long term. But I think addressing child poverty now is a priority,” he concluded.
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Local senior recounts personal Mad Trapper connection Continued from page 1
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In this screenshot from “Hunt for the Mad Trapper,” the hunting party has just spotted smoke from the Mad Trapper’s camp, and decide to engage the fugitive. Pictured, left to right: Actors Orrin Hawke of Cranbrook, Tommy Douglas of Vancouver, Darren Adams of Cranbrook, and Blake Stadel of Vancouver.
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Hauptman graduated high school and began started her career in education in Prince Rupert. She became a principal there, then made the move to Kimberley. “We had a very young family then,” she said. “They grew up there. They very much consider the East Kootenay to be their home.” In Kimberley she was the principal of McKim Middle School, the district principal of special education and part of the district management team. From Kimberley they made the move to Penticton, where she worked in the Okanagan Skaha district. Hauptman will be giving up her current role as superintendent of SD52 in Prince Ru-
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“He heard the story directly from one of the NWMP officers who participated in the 1932 shooting of the Mad Trapper himself. As the shooting happened 81 years ago, and the youngest member of the hunting party would now be over 100 years old, his second-hand account is one of the closest that we could have found.” Although he now lives in Vancouver, Kathriner grew up in Cranbrook and chose to shoot the film in locations around Cranbrook and Kimberley, including the St. Mary Valley, in February. Many of the cast were Kathriner’s childhood friends who still live in Cranbrook. Last week, Kathriner returned to Cranbrook to re-record some sound effects on location. While he was here with his co-producers, Kathriner visited Loxton and filmed a formal interview with the
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Caucus discusses service cutbacks, infrastructure Continued from page 1 “He said yes,” Stetski said, adding that they also asked Dix if he would be willing to meet with the caucus once a year and he said yes to that as well. One of the biggest issues facing municipalities is the downloading of responsibilities to lower levels of government. Stetski gave the example of provincial ambulance service. As B.C. Ambulance cuts back on services to the city, it eventually comes upon the fire department, funded by the city, to field a greater number of emergency calls. “If the provincial government cuts back on services,” he said, using mental health services as an example, “there are more people potentially on the street that are in an unhealthy condition. It’s often then the RCMP that have to deal with the problem. Municipalities largely pay, depending how big you are, for RCMP services. “So because the province stops doing something, it costs the municipalities money.”
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Stetski said another big issue was infrastructure. For every dollar a person pays in taxes, on average, 50 cents goes to the federal government, 42 cents to the provincial government and only 8 cents goes to the municipal government, but 65 per cent of infrastructure maintenance ends up being the responsibility of municipalities, Stetski said. “To fix a road, one block in Cranbrook was often about $600,000, because you have to dig everything out and start over,” he said. “In theory we should be spending about $12 million on roads in Cranbrook. We spend $3 million currently.” The mayors also met with the recently appointed municipal auditor general. Stetski said this is still controversial to some municipalities, as the new auditor position will cost about $2.7 million and conduct three audit sin the first year. Municipalities have to balance their budget every year, so Stetski said it may not end up being a worthwhile task. The next B.C. Mayors Caucus will be held in September in conjunction with the Union of B.C. Municipality meeting.
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the works around the City’s successful leak detection program which builds on the 2012 series on the spray irrigation property and the 2011 series on the City’s watershed. There will also be an information rich webpage on water conservation and some information booths set for the Cranbrook Farmer’s Market. “We are not here to preach to you about how to use your water,” says Zettel. “We simply want people to step back and ask them-
selves ‘‘Am I getting the most out of the water I am using?’ and offer some tips and advice to hopefully help you do more with less.” Along with the launch of the Water Conservation education campaign, the 2013 Low Flow Toilet Rebate program is available with application ready for pick up at City Hall or for download from the City’s website. The City of Cranbrook signed on to the CBT Water Smart Charter in March 2010,
which commits the City to help reach a basin-wide water reduction goal of 20 percent by 2015. To date, the City has collectively reduced its overall water consumption by 11 percent. “Thanks to a combination of wise water use by our residents and businesses, along with the active leak detection program underway by our Public Works department, we are well within reach of that basin-wide target,” Zettel said.
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The safety of both yourself and your family is paramount in any emergency situation. That’s the message from the City of Cranbrook ahead of Emergency Preparedness Week, May 5 to 11, 2013. The City of Cranbrook, along with Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services and the RCMP are encouraging both residents and business owners alike to ensure they are capable of being self-sufficient for a minimum of 72 hours in the event of a serious emergency situation.
“We encourage our residents to prepare themselves to be capable of being completely self-sufficient for a 72 hour period minimum, in an emergency,” says Mayor Wayne Stetski. “Having a well stocked emergency kit in your home, and a well laid out family emergency plan will allow you and your family to better handle long term emergency situations, like gas or hydro outages, storms or other potential emergency situations.” “One of the most significant considerations for residents is that
emergency services may not be readily available, as increasing demands will be placed on responders during these events,” says Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services Chief Wayne Price. “It may take us some time to get to you as we help those in most critical need first.” By knowing the potential hazards around you, preparing and practicing a plan and creating and maintaining a proper emergency kit, you will be better prepared. “Residents should consider the most basic,
but important items, in your home emergency kit,” says Price. “Things like water, canned or dried foods, a manual can opener, flashlights, battery powered radios, a well stocked first aid kit, prescription meds, extra keys and cash are all important components of any good emergency kit.” For information on how to best prepare yourself and your family for any type of unforeseen emergency, visit www.getprepared.gc.ca or www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/Personal_Safety.html
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CRESTON — If you have not yet released a juvenile white sturgeon into the Kootenay River then Wednesday, May 8, provides the opportunity for you to do so. This free public event runs from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Old Ferry Landing at the end of Kootenay River Road just to the west of Creston. The event is coordinated by the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (a partnership between the Province of B.C., BC Hydro, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada), with support from the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C., FortisBC, the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, and Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. “There has been virtually no natural recruitment — that is to say the survival through the
White Sturgeon juveniles are being released on Wednesday into the Kootenay River egg, larvae, and into the juvenile stage — in the river for more than four decades,” says Kootenai Tribe of Idaho’s Fish & Wildlife program director, Sue Ireland.
“This is a stop-gap measure, but a critical one in the conservation effort as we, and many other partners, work toward implementing habitat restoration mea-
sures that should provide conditions for fish to successfully reproduce in the wild. It is a critical program if we are to avoid this population becoming extinct.”
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The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho initiated a sturgeon conservation aquaculture program, with funding from Bonneville Power Administration, in 1991. The
program, the first of its kind, collects wild broodstock adult sturgeon from the river and raises the juveniles in the Tribal Hatchery in Bonners Ferry, Idaho and in the Bull River hatchery in the East Kootenay. In 2013 approximately 2,000, 10-month old juvenile white sturgeon, each with an average weight of 102 grams and measuring between 15 and 25 centimetres in length, will be released near Creston, with more being released in the U.S. They can grow to the length of a canoe and live for over 100 years. “They are certainly incredible fish in so many ways,” says Trevor Oussoren, manager of the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program in the Columbia region. “Holding these prehistoric-looking creatures is like holding part of
our natural history in your hands, especially given the fact that sturgeon have remained largely unchanged for 175 million years.” The Kootenai River sturgeon population is endangered in both Canada and the U.S. due to a variety of human impacts, including the operation of Libby Dam that has altered the natural flow of the river. There has been virtually no natural reproduction in the wild since 1974. There are thought to be less than a 1,000 adults living on both sides of the border. For more information about Kootenai River white sturgeon, visit gofishbc.com/Sturgeon.htm. If you would like more information on the juvenile sturgeon release event contact the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program at (250) 365-4551.
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (RFEI) VEHICLE REPLACEMENT The City of Cranbrook is interested in purchasing the following vehicles: • 2013 - 2 (two) ¾ ton 4 X 4 pick-up trucks • 1 (one) hybrid vehicle Dealer must deliver finished units in a road ready, work ready condition. If your company is interested in supplying these vehicles, please submit an expression of interest to: City of Cranbrook Public Works 40 10th Ave S Cranbrook, BC V1C 2M8 Fax #: 250.426.4026 Expressions of interest must be received no later than Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:00 pm local time. Faxed expressions of interest are acceptable. You are responsible for ensuring the receipt of the submission by the closing time. Qualified vendors who submit an expression of interest will be invited to submit bids for the above vehicles. Further specifications, as required, will be forwarded at that time.
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Earth Day weekend saw 90 people taking part in Wildsight’s “How to Compost” workshops in Cranbrook and Kimberley. Workshop instructor and local composting expert Sonja Seher presented a four-season composting plan and gave information on ways to minimize the risk of compost becoming a wildlife attractant. In other Earth Day events, approximately 2,500 people in Cranbrook and Kimberley watched the climate change film “Chasing Ice” during two public and six school presentations. Wildsight also ran two home energy efficiency open houses. This is a great time of year to start composting and it just so happens that this week — May 5 to 11— is International Compost Awareness Week.
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he B.C. New Democrats and B.C. Liberals had been predicting all year that the gap in the opinion polls between their two parties would tighten up as election day approached. They were a little surprised that it hadn’t happened yet. Then Friday it did. Ipsos Reid, in a poll conducted for Global TV, reported that the New Democrats were leading the Liberals by 10 points, about half as much as at the outset of the election campaign. Angus Reid, polling for CTV and the Globe and Mail newspaper, had the NDP lead at seven points, half as much as in one of the firm’s polls released a week ago. As to the reason for the shift, the general rule is that however things stand on the day the election writ is issued, campaigns do matter. In this instance, speculation turned to the major event of the week, the televised leaders’ debate on Monday night. B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark, the superior communicator, had presumably done herself some good with viewers, notwithstanding the concerns expressed here and elsewhere about the dubious content of some of her answers. NDP leader Adrian Dix, who struck me as having a better command of his material, had perhaps raised doubts with some viewers with his admittedly awkward and evasive manner. Maybe her plain admission of wrongdoing at the outset of the debate had undone the damage to herself over that stop-and-go episode at the red light with her son and a reporter in the car. Or maybe it was cancelled out by Dix’s attempt to play down the notorious memo to file by advising viewers that he’d been only 35 years old at the time he backdated it - as if he were trying to raise the age of ma-
jority for wrongdoing. But I’m more inclined to credit the tightening in the polls to the polarization that usually happens in B.C. elections, as folks face up to the choice between (as one of our more cynical political leaders put it decades ago) “us - or worse than us.” The NDP has done a masterful job of setting the theme of this election as “time for a change.” But change is scary for many people and they would appear to be drifting Vaughn back to the Liberals, opting the status quo. Palmer for Still, the numbers in the two polls do not strike me as raising too much cause for alarm among New Democrats. I was surprised that the Angus survey had the party scoring as low as 41 per cent among decided voters. Ipsos’ 45 per cent struck me as more plausible. But even at 41 per cent, the New Democrats could expect a big win so long as they remain in first place among the parties. Mike Harcourt and his New Democrats captured a bit less than 41 per cent in the 1991 provincial election, but with the remainder of the vote split between two other parties, it was enough for him to form government with 51 of 75 seats in the legislature. Being first in the popular vote usually ensures a win in B.C. In the one modern-day election where it didn’t, in 1996, the New Democrats under then-premier Glen Clark were able to win a majority of the seats in the legislature because their 39point share was more evenly distributed around the province than the 42 per cent garnered by the Liberals. As for the other two parties, both pollsters continued to find that a significant share of British Columbians are leaning to either the Conservatives or the Greens. A bit more than a fifth of the electorate, suggests
Angus. A bit less than a fifth, according to Ipsos. If that share holds and the gap between the two main parties continues to narrow, then the outcome may be influenced by the fact that the Conservatives and the Greens are well short of a full slate of candidates. Both screened candidates more closely than in the past, trying to minimize “bozo eruptions” - those embarrassing revelations that force candidates to resign and party leaders to confess to inadequate screening. The Greens managed the vetting without public embarrassment. But it meant that they managed to field candidates in only 61 of 85 ridings. Green leader Jane Sterk has impressed many as much improved over her presentation in the 2009 election. But in 24 ridings, voters won’t be able to find an official Green candidate on the ballot. The Conservatives fumbled their screening, being forced to dump some of their nominees and neglecting to register others as Conservatives. As a result, Elections B.C. reports official Conservative candidates in only 56 of 85 ridings. In 29 others, folks looking to vote Conservative won’t find that name next to any of the candidates on the ballot. Perhaps they’d vote for one of the other parties on the ballot, or maybe an independent. But as both Greens and Conservatives are to some degree a protest against the status quo, I doubt their stranded supporters would go to the Liberals. The Liberals, then, have much cause for cheer at this week’s improvement in the polls. But they are still fighting uphill against the odds, for the come-from-behind scenario that would vault them past the New Democrats and into first place by election day. Vaughn Palmer is a columnist with the Vancouver Sun.
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Did you know that you can vote at any voting station in the province of B.C. on Voting Day, May 14, regardless or where you live or where your voting card says you are to vote? Voters who have received Yellow Voting Cards from Elections BC and need an accessible building to vote at, please take note that Resker’s Hall in Marysville is not accessible but you can vote at Centennial Hall in Kimberley just bring picture ID and you can vote there. I was also told that anyone wanting to vote in Marysville but can’t negotiate the stairs at their voting station, there is curbside service available to you and let’s hope it doesn’t rain! Just make sure you go to vote with someone who can use the stairs to get a Elections BC person to bring you your voting papers to the curb. Just stay in your vehicle and apparently they will come to you. Indeed this is a nice service but why do people who need assistance to vote, always have to jump hoops and have to depend on someone else because their voting station is not accessible? Remember, everyone, it is your duty to vote no matter how inconvenient it is. I trust that Elections BC will be more careful and thoughtful for the next election regardless whether it is local, provincial or federal and will use facilities that are accessible to every voter in B.C. not just able bodied voters. Annie Johnston Kimberley
Supply and demand Mr. Wilson and Mr. Termuende (Letters, The Townsman, April 15) seem to be birds of a feather, both sharing, as they do, an obvious antipathy towards the NDP. As contemporaries at Fernie Secondary School, Mr. Wilson and I remember the late 60s when Kaiser started the coal production in the Elk Valley which has continued and expanded over the last 45 years. What Mr. Wilson conveniently forgets is that boom times continued unabated through the NDP years in the early seventies and mining families continued to come from all points of the compass to seek work and put down roots in the Elk Valley. Similarly in the NDP 1990s, coal continued to be produced right through the Asian financial crises and during the second decade of a 20-year decline in the world demand for BC’s resources which only halted when China’s economy really cranked up at the turn of the century. These facts provide a rational and sensible economic rationale for B.C. mining during the NDP ‘90s (a decade requiring an Ottawa equalisation infusion to the province of $125 million) and for the BC Lib. ‘00s (a decade requiring an Ottawa equalisation transfusion to the province of $2.4 billion). They also suffice to give the lie to Mr. Wilson’s (and Mr. Bennett’s) contention that somehow an NDP government means “a total shutdown” of every mine in the Elk Valley. Irresponsible and fabricated, fearmongering nonsense like this is appreciated by neither mineworkers nor mine management. Mr. Termuende’s letter on the other hand, has the virtue of containing three statistics, two of which are not in dispute. But the political and economic conclusion
he draws from them is. A Free Press (Fernie) April news item contradicts his primary assertion that a decade’s increase in mining exploration and production has been due entirely to the BC Liberal government in Victoria. In the item which was headed, “Plans suspended for new Elk Valley mine’,” Centermount Coal’s front office stated that the reason for suspension was that “… the present global economy has reduced demand for iron ore and therefore for metallurgical coal.” This quotation should serve to remind Messrs. Wilson, Termuende and Bennett that there is a law of supply and demand out there which controls, as it has always done, the extent of mining in British Columbia, regardless of whether the BC Liberals or the NDP holds sway in Victoria. JC Vallance Fernie
Freedom A few months ago, I was in the presence of a group of Canadian women invited to take part in a discussion pertaining to Bill Bennett’s campaign. The room was full of female energy, the same energy that generates enough power to run a household throughout a life time, to nurse a sick child or two or three throughout the endless nights, and to love unconditionally throughout the years. And, it just so happens that our MLA Bill Bennett has found a way to utilize this energy by employing it as one of the driving forces of his campaign. As he stood amongst women of our community, Bennett listened to what each had to say about a wide range of issues including education, health care, taxes, natural resources, and cultural development. Thoughts and opinions echoed one common aspiration: the well being of our community. As a Syrian-Canadian, this was more than just an ordinary meeting for me, especially during a time where the citizens of my war-torn homeland are fighting for their very basic human rights. The polarity between a Canadian political system and a Syrian is like heaven and hell. For, in one country a man like our MLA stands and listens to why a school needs a theatre and why a hospital’s intensive care unit needs renovations, while on the other side of the globe, political leaders, right and left, are transforming schools into military bases, and hospitals are having to function with power-outages that span from 12 to over 20 hours a day. Where one side is building and renovating, the other continues to tear down and destroy. Indeed, there is something to be said about being able to stand tall and bold, without any fear, and to practice our rights to think, to express, and to critique — our right to freedom of speech, a sacred right that fosters the democracy in which we live. In a war-free, idealistic and democratic Canada, it is of grave importance not to take our privileges and freedoms for granted. We have a right, and more importantly a responsibility to vote — let us not take it lightly! This will be my first time to vote as a proud Syrian-Canadian and I cannot wait to hit the polls, fill in my first ballot, and take part in the building of this great nation. Ghada Alatrash Cranbrook
Name-calling
I would like to comment on a couple of earlier news articles — in one of which our local MLA, Bill Bennett, called a Conservative party member a “moron,” and in the other he called the NDP “turds.” To me this is totally unacceptable coming from an elected official. This might sound funny, but it came on the heels of two weeks of massive PR by his boss, the premier, on anti-bullying at schools. One thing I respect so far in the campaign is Adrian Dix’s decision to keep name calling and “mud-slinging” out of the mix of politics. Mr. Bennett shows a total lack of respect, and then says “has everybody lost their sense of humour or what?” And through all of this, there has been no comment or discipline from Ms. Clark. As for the Liberals, I think they are toast this time around, which is a good thing, I’d hate to see things get any worse. Many stores are closing in our region, and journeymen and labourers are leaving wholesale for Alberta oil and gas fields. As for the NDP or whoever gets in power, it’s going to be difficult for them to turn things around, but things can only get better. Ken Mauro Marysville
Conservatives As a life-time supporter and member of the federal Conservative Party of Canada it has been brought to my attention that a candidate has surfaced in the Columbia River-Revelstoke Riding representing the BC Conservative Party (BCC) in the upcoming provincial election. That is unfortunate. It is a broadly held view that such a candidate has absolutely no chance of winning but, ironically, by running on a scant but right of centre business-oriented platform his most probable result will be to enhance the opportunity for the left of centre voices. At a time when schools wish for lower student/teacher ratios, where hospitals are hoping for shorter wait times and more beds, and the environment requires our studied attention, the entry of a BCC candidate only enhances the chances for a NDP return and a government; a government that has never been able to create wealth but is really good at redistributing all that it raises from increased taxation. What we desperately require a government that can generate the additional wealth needed that will fulfill the needs of our families without the NDP style of sliding their hands, again, back into our pockets. The focus of this election must be on the continuance of our growing the economy so that the social needs of so many can, in fact, be realized. It is critical that people understand the BCC has absolutely nothing to do with the federal Conservatives and we offer them no support. Voters need to understand that a vote for the BCC is really just a vote for the NDP! Each vote that is cast in their direction will ruin any chance we have for the strong economy and a secure future the BC Liberal coalition can create. A vote for the BCC will lead us back to the chaos and the higher taxation and stagnant economic growth of the 90’s that saw thousands of British Columbians leave the province fleeing the NDP tyranny! Cliff Boychuk Kimberley
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UPCOMING May 8th. Kimberley Garden Club Mayl Meeting program: Deer Proofing Your Yard. Selkirk High School Library 7-9 pm. New members welcome. For more info: Nola 250-427-1948. “Heart to Heart” invites ALL WOMEN to an evening of Fashion & Fun! Cranbrook Alliance Auditorium. Words of Hope: Cyndie Dilts. Fashions by BFM Thrift Store. 6:30pm, Thurs May 9 - 1200 Kootenay St. N. Sat. May 11th, GoGo Grannies hosts their Annual Glitz & Glamour Event. Good food, good company and sale of gently used jewelry and accessories, silent and live auction. Heritage Inn from 11am 2pm. Tickets at Lotus Books or Jane Facey at 250-426-7540. Kimberley Nature Park - Mother’s Day Walk - Sunday, May 12, Meet at the Higgins St. entrance at 2 pm for a 2 - 2.5 hr moderate hike. Join leaders Ruth and Kent Goodwin 250-427-5404 Green Door presents: Four Course Mother’s Day Brunch, seatings at 11am, 1pm & 2pm. Info: 250-908-6423. Tickets: Snowdrift Cafe. 2013 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, May 15th, 6:00-7:00 PM is sponsored by RCMP Speed Watch. Children 18 years & under must be accompanied by an adult. Kimberley Community Choir presents an East to West All Canadian Repertoire. Friday May 17 at 7pm and Saturday May 18 at 2pm. Centre 64; Kimberley Platzl, 64 Deer Park Ave. Admission by donation. Refreshments & Door Prizes. “LOVE STAINS: Earths Trash into Heavens Treasure” Conference May 17-19 at House of Hope Cranbrook 131 7th Ave. S. Speakers: Bob Johnson and Team from Bethel Church in Redding California Register on line at www.ihopecranbrook.ca Info: 250-421-3784 Sunday, May 26 the Mark Creek, Wasa & Cranbrook Lions Clubs will be hosting their 10th annual Walk for Dog Guides at Wasa. Registration noon at Wasa Lions Picnic Site, with walk around the lake following. Bring the family (including your dog) out to this fun filled event. Info: (250)427-3550 or go online to purinawalkfordogguides.com ONGOING Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-4268916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.fightwithus.ca and register as a volunteer. ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868. Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon - 1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org. Breast Cancer Support Group in Kimberley. Info about meetings; Daniela 250-427-2562 or Lori 250-427-4568. Tai Chi Moving Meditation, Wednesdays from 3-4pm at Centre 64, Kimberley. Call Adele 250-427-1939. Kindergarten boosters are available for children between the ages of 4 and 6 years at the Cranbrook Health Unit. For an appointment call 250 420-2207. Contact the Kimberley Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Shops at 250-427-2503 (Brenda) or 250-427-1754 Gayle) for volunteer opportunities: cashiers, sorters, after hours cleaners. CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Betty at 250-489-1498 or June 250-426-8817. Community Acupuncture. By donation – Each Tuesday 4-6 pm, Roots to Health Naturopathic Clinic, Kimberley Health Centre – Lower Level, 260 4th Ave. 778-481-5008. Please visit: www.rootsto-health.com for more info. Cranbrook Branch of the Stroke Recovery Association of BC. Meetings are from 10:00am-1:00pm the 2nd and 4th Wed. in the lower level of the Senior Citizen’s Hall, 125-17th St. S. Bring bag lunch. Tootie Gripich, 426-3994. The GoGo Grannies meet the last Monday of each month at 7:00 at The College of the Rockies. Join us as we raise awareness & funds for Grandmothers raising their Grandchildren in countries devastated by Aids. Norma at 250-426-6111. ESL: CBAL hosts Conversation Cafe Tues 7-9pm, morning class Wed 10am-12noon & Evening class Wed 7pm-9pm. All sessions held at CBAL office 19 9th Ave S. Childcare upon request. All programs are FREE. FMI: Bruce 250-9192766 or khough@cbal.org Bibles for Missions Thirft Store welcomes spring! Come celebrate with us - bright colors, outdoor items, clothing - weekly colored tag sale, or ‘fill a bag’ with bonus bargains. 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. 778-520-1981. The Compassionate Friends meet 2nd Tuesday each month at 4:00pm at the East Kootenay Child Care Resource and Referral Boardroom (in the Baker Street Mall parking lot) Info: call Laura @ 250 489-1000/Diane @ 250 489-0154
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Orb splashes to Kentucky Derby win MIKE FARRELL Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Orb splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby, coming from way back in the pack and giving Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the 3-year-old classic. When the field turned for home on the cool, overcast Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs, Normandy Invasion grabbed the lead while Orb was gearing up. But in the deep stretch, Orb prevailed, carrying Joel Rosario to his first Derby win. Long shot Golden Soul, owned by Edmonton native Charles Fipke, was second with Revolutionary third. Normandy Invasion faded to fourth. “I was really far back,” Rosario said. “I said hopefully he can go faster than that. I was saying maybe I was too far back, but it was so easy.” Orb, the 5-1 favourite, ran the 1 1/4 miles
in 2:02.89 Orb paid $12.80, $7.40 and $5.40. Golden Soul returned $38.60 and $19.40 while Revolutionary paid $5.40 to show. McGaughey said the victory meant everything to him. “I’m thrilled to death for (the owners), thrilled to death for the people who put so much time into this horse, and, of course, I’m thrilled to death for me,” he said. Todd Pletcher had a record-tying five runners. Revolutionary was the best of the “Todd Squad,” followed by Charming Kitten (ninth), Overanalyze (11th), Palace Malice (12th) and Verrazano (14th). Goldencents, owned in part by Rick Pitino, coach of Louisville’s national basketball champions, finished a 17th. His jockey, Kevin Krigger, was trying to become the first black rider to win the race since 1902.
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The Cranbrook 3G basketball club won the title at an annual tournament in Calgary over the weekend.
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Basketball club captures eighth gold medal TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor
The U17 Cranbrook 3G Club basketball team returned home with gold medals in tow following their championship victory at a tournament in Calgary over the weekend. The girls edged out a
57-52 victory against the Southern Alberta Heat, after winning their previous two games that booked an appearance in the final. “This squad smothered our girls with inyour-face pressure,” said coach Joe Tank, “and were able to put
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our girls down 14 points at the half mark.” However, the 3G club made some important adjustments on their defensive and offensive aspects of their game and went out to have a dominating performance in the third quarter. “Being able to turn around and make these kind of half time adjustments showed just how basketball-smart these girls are,” said coach Greg Colburn. Their work in the third-quarter put the 3G girls ahead by 14 points over the Heat and gave them the momentum needed to seal up the
win and the championship in the final 15 minutes of the game.
The road to the title game wasn’t easy, as the Cranbrook-based club had to get through two tough Albertan teams. In the opening match, the 3G club faced the Edmonton Grads in a hard fought
game, but ended up with a 10-point cushion for a 57-47 win. The girls carried that success into their following matchup against the Calgary Summit, a squad that had some size with four girls that stood over six feet tall. However, the 3G girls weren’t fazed, and used their speed and showed their resilience by winning by a wide margin of 57-42. Colburn and Tank are especially proud of the way their team performed in light of the fact that while they competed in the U17 age category, many are still U16 or even U15.
Mayweather beats Guerrero by unanimous decision in title fight TIM DAHLBERG Associated Press
LAS VEGAS - The defence was back, just like it used to be. Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s dad was back, too, just like he used to be. And Mayweather was a winner once again - just like he always is. Mayweather fought as if he had never left the ring, coming back from a year’s absence Saturday night to win a unanimous 12-round decision over Robert Guerrero in their welterweight title fight. The game plan was defence, and Mayweather followed it per-
fectly. With his father directing from the corner after a 13-year absence, he dominated Guerrero in a performance not totally expected at the age of 36. “I needed my father tonight,” Mayweather said. “My defence was on point and he told me to stick with my defence and that the less you get hit the longer you last.” Mayweather was masterful at times, landing thudding right hands and bloodying Guerrero’s face in a performance that mimicked some of his best fights. Mayweather hurt Guerrero on several oc-
casions, including a series of right hands near the end of the eighth round that buckled Guerrero’s knees. All three judges scored the bout 117111. “We did it again,” Mayweather said after earning at least $32 million for his night’s work. “I take my hat off to Robert Guerrero. He’s a true warrior.” Mayweather remained unbeaten in 44 fights and, more importantly, looked so fresh that he may follow through on his plan to fight again in September.
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Utah soccer referee dies, after player’s punch sends him into a coma
MURRAY, Utah - A 46-year-old soccer referee who was punched by a teenage player during a game and later slipped into a coma has died, police said. Ricardo Portillo of Salt Lake City passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following the assault last weekend, Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal said Saturday night. Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league of punching Portillo after the man called a foul on him and issued him a yellow card. “The suspect was close to Portillo and punched him once in the face as a result of the call,” Hoyal said in a press release. The teen, whose name hasn’t been released because of his age, has been booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault. Hoyal said authorities will consider additional charges since Portillo has died. Associated Press
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ON THE MOVE: Western Financial Place was a hub of lacrosse activity over the weekend, as the novice Cranbrook Oultaws hosted the Claresholm Rockmen, while the midget Outlaws faced off against a team from Lethbridge. The novice Outlaws won their game both their games, while the midgets tied one and lost one against a team from Lethbridge. The Bantam Outlaws were on the road in Alberta, where the faced off against Claresholm Rockmen in the Crowsnest Pass in two close games that ended with a tie and a loss, while the Pee Wees Outlaws dropped both games while playing a team out of Nanton.
Swiss stun Canada at world championship Donna Spencer Canadian Press
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Lindy Ruff was left wishing for selfishness from his talented Canadian forwards Sunday at the IIHF World Hockey Championship. Too much passing and not enough getting the puck on net in regulation were the root causes of a 3-2 shootout loss to Switzerland. Canada’s inability to score more than one goal in eight rounds of a shootout will be the talk of the game, but it was a secondary issue. Canada passed the puck around for 34 seconds with an extra attacker and never got a shot away during a delayed penalty early in the second period. Switzerland intercepted a
pass to kill the play. That was a snapshot of Canada’s loss. “We’re passing to open people and the puck isn’t going to the net enough,” Ruff said. “We had a couple of wide-open looks that we could have shot and didn’t shoot. That’s a bit of the mentality that we’ve got to get away from.” Switzerland’s win was just the second in 28 world championship game against Canada, following a 4-1 victory in 2010. The Canadians mustered just three shots on Martin Gerber in the first period and 21 during regulation. The former NHL goaltender stopped Canada’s Matt Duchene for the win after Reto Suri scored his
second of the shootout on Canada’s Mike Smith. Duchene was the only Canadian to beat Gerber in the shootout and the Colorado Avalanche forward scored on the first of three attempts.
Jordan Eberle of the Edmonton Oilers was stopped twice. Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Philadelphia Flyers forwards Claude Giroux and Matt Read were also denied by 38-year-old Gerber, who won a Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurri-
canes in 2006. Denis Hollenstein and New York Islanders prospect Nino Niederreiter scored in regulation for the Swiss. Winnipeg Jets forward Andrew Ladd and Read were Canada’s goalscorers. Smith was thrown into the deep end in his first world championship game for Canada. The Phoenix Coyotes goalie made 26 saves and stopped six of eight in extra shots. “He gave us an opportunity to win it,” Ruff said. “You can’t criticize that. We had our opportunities and didn’t take advantage of it. “You’d probably pick some of the talent we had shooting to win you the game and it didn’t go our way.” Canada earned four
points out of a possible six from their two games in two days to start the tournament. They opened with a 3-1 win over Denmark and face Norway on Tuesday. The strength of this Canadian team is the international experience and pedigree of the forwards. Ruff coached Canada to a silver medal in 2009, but there hasn’t been a podium since. Canadian teams have lost three straight quarter-finals at the world championships. The Swiss upset the host Swedes to start the tournament and have five points behind leader Norway with six in the Stockholm pool. The Norwegians edged Denmark 3-2 and Belarus edged Slovenia 4-3 Sunday.
Blue Jays halt losing skid, beat Mariners10-2 Gregory Strong Canadian Press
TORONTO - After a string of deflating losses, everything finally went right for the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday at Rogers Centre. Mark DeRosa belted a three-run homer and Melky Cabrera added a solo shot as Toronto crushed the Seattle
Mariners 10-2 to end a fourgame losing skid. The Blue Jays had a season-high 15 hits and Brandon Morrow turned in a solid eight-inning performance for his first win of the season. “That’s a pretty good recipe today for winning,” said manager John Gibbons. “Great pitching and we made a lot of things happen offensively, we
got a lot of hits. “It was a good game. We’ve been waiting for that one.” DeRosa, Cabrera and Maicer Izturis had three hits apiece for the 11-21 Blue Jays, who avoided the three-game sweep. Joe Saunders absorbed the loss as Seattle (15-18) had its three-game winning streak come to an end.
It was a rare offensive outburst from the Blue Jays, who had struggled at the plate throughout the 2-4 homestand. “We were desperate for that, we needed something like that,” Gibbons said of the victory. “It’s not like we’re just waiting to get on a roll. We needed a win and they were hard to come by.”
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Battle of the Atlantic remembered Sunday in multiple ceremonies C anadian Press
HALIFAX — Ceremonies in Halifax, Quebec City and Ottawa on Sunday helped mark the 70th anniversary of the turning point of one of the most important struggles of Second World War. Canada played a major role in the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted virtually the entire length of the war. In Halifax, families of veterans and dignitaries gathered on the deck of HMCS Sackville, a warship that was involved in the battle and is now a museum. They looked on as the ashes of 21 Canadian veterans were com-
mitted to the sea outside Halifax Harbour. Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney joined veterans and serving sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy in a ceremony in Quebec City and there was a wreath laying ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. The Battle of the Atlantic was crucial to Allied victory because of the importance of keeping the sea lanes open to deliver food and war supplies to Great Britain. Canada’s navy underwent a massive expansion to provide escort vessels to protect merchant ships against
German submarines. Then British prime minister Winston Churchill said the only thing that really scared him was the U-boat peril. It wasn’t until 1943, 70 years ago, that Allied forces were able to start to turn the tide of the battle and master the U-boat threat. “Canadians played a crucial role in defending the North Atlantic, which served as a lifeline for Allied Forces during the Second World War,’’ said Blaney in a news release. “Thousands of Canadians served in the Battle of the Atlantic, many giving their lives. They must not be forgotten.’’
Three B.C. political parties don’t say no to pot-taxation and regulation study C anadian Press
VANCOUVER — Three of British Columbia’s political parties say they’d support a study into regulating and taxing marijuana. The parties were asked by a group called Stop the Violence whether they’d be in favour of a federally-approved research study into the topic. The group is a coali-
tion of police, doctors, lawyers, politicians and academics who want to undercut organized crime by legalizing marijuana. It says the New Democrats and Green Party of BC didn’t reject the idea of a study, the BC Liberals said they’d seriously consider joining in if it was federally initiated, but the Conservatives failed to reply.
Meantime, Stop the Violence BC says 73 per cent of British Columbians supported the study when surveyed at the beginning of April. Group spokesman and former-federal prosecutor Randie Long says he’s encouraged by the parties’ responses because the criminal-justice approach to controlling marijuana is ineffective.
Whistler gets Canadian Association of Journalists Code of Silence Award C anadian Press
OTTAWA — Whistler, B.C., is the winner of this year’s Code of Silence Award from the Canadian Association of Journalists. The annual award meant to highlight Canada’s most secretive
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government or publicly funded agency. It was handed out Saturday night at the CAJ’s annual gala in Ottawa. The association says that since the 2010 Olympics, municipal officials in the resort community have virtually stifled communications with the media. It says that according to official policy only three people — the mayor, municipal administrator and public information officer — can speak for Whistler.
The association says the control over information exercised in Whistler now rivals that of certain federal departments and PR at the most secretive private corporations. Other nominees for this year’s award included the Library and Archives Canada for its code of conduct that keeps staff members from speaking at conventions, and the muzzling of government scientists by their political masters.
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The item removed from the floor of the Fernie Transfer Station by the RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit this afternoon.
Fernie Transfer Station closes briefly after explosives scare Friday Angela Treharne The Free Press
The Fernie Transfer Station reopened Saturday following an explosives scare earlier Friday. “At about 11 a.m. this morning, the staff at the Fernie Transfer Station staff discovered what appeared to be sticks of dynamite. The RCMP were called immediately and their Explosives Disposal Unit was brought in this afternoon to determine whether the material in question was in fact explosive,” said RDEK Communications Officer Loree Duczek. “Upon investigation, it was determined they were empty cardboard tubes
and contained no explosives.” Highway 3, which had been closed for much of the day as a precautionary measure has now been reopened and the Fernie Transfer Station will resume regular operating hours tomorrow. “This is a good reminder for the public to think twice about what they are disposing of. This situation could have been avoided had the person responsible simply informed the staff what they had,” said Duczek. “This package looked very real and we have to take every precaution to protect our staff at the public at our facilities. Not only did this cause an interruption in the op-
eration of the transfer station, it resulted in a highway closure, impacts to neighbouring businesses and significant RCMP resources.” The investigation into how the package came to be left at the Transfer Station will be conducted by the RCMP. “I’d like to thank the Transfer Station staff, Ministry of Transportation and the RCMP for their quick response to this incident and the public for their patience as we worked to determine the safety of the scene. You just can’t take chances in circumstances like this,” added Duczek.
MacKay orders RCAF to take another look at used U.S. presidential choppers Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Some helicopters from U.S. President Barack Obama’s cast-off fleet may yet find their way into the service of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Canadian Press has learned Defence Minister Peter MacKay recently ordered National Defence to take another look at whether some of the nine VH-71 aircraft — purchased for spare parts to keep this country’s search-and-rescue chop-
pers flying — can be made fully operational. MacKay plans to tour the hangar, at IMP Aerospace in Nova Scotia, where the discarded presidential fleet has been housed since the Harper government spent $164 million to acquire it from the Pentagon. Both the air force and the department’s material branch have insisted the American helicopters were only suitable for spares because they do not have
an air worthiness certificate, nor an electronics suite for search and rescue. But MacKay, in an interview with The Canadian Press, says he’s ordered a review to see what sort of work would be needed to bring as many as four them on to the flight line. He concedes it might be costly, but it would be cheaper than buying additional CH-148 Cormorants.
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Remaining anonymous Dear Wendy: I have been quite irritated for sometime, I think on or about two years now, with my life, my children and my husband. I don’t know why I am feeling this way. My husband says I need to get help for my tantrums. I seem to fly off the handle at the most unexpected times. Can you help me or give me some suggestions on what I should do or be doing to help myself. I can’t figure out why I have become this way. Remaining Anonymous Dear Remaining Anonymous: I hope you realize that not having your last name will not give my guides and me a clear picture of what your issues are. This means we pick up on the energy of a person’s first and last name for good accuracy when we are reading for someone. I hope you also realize that I do not print anyone’s name in the paper or divulge accurate circumstances surrounding that person I am writing about and to in the paper. This means the circumstances of the events are factual but the children’s or person’s sex or age or whatever has been modified and changed. However, the facts that we give you are based on the information that you relay to us in your email or letter. Therefore, we will try to help you to the best of our abilities based on the information that we have received from you. If you feel something is not accurate or correct then please phone or email me back and I can redo the column for you. This means you need to give me your first and last name. When I first read your email I felt this sinking familiar feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach. I then went to my guides and I asked them if this is what your problem is from this emotion that you were emitting to me and they said a definite yes. So, what you need to do is go back two years ago and remember what brought this feeling of irritation into your life. We feel that you lost someone that you loved. We see a female that past over, we do not feel it was your mom but this female may have been in her early 30s or close to 40 years of age. This feeling of irritation you are having is mingled with fear, desperation, loneliness, abandonment and perhaps a tinge of irrational thinking at times. My guides are shaking their heads in confirmation on the accuracy of the emotions I am typing to you at this time. This means you have
ASK WENDY Wendy Evano not emotionally dealt with the death of this person that has passed over in your life. You need to get help for this and then you will feel these emotions slowly subside. This does not mean that you will forget this person in your life and there will not be a little piece of your heart that will continually ache for wanting and needing to be and see and talk to this person. Unfortunately that never goes away. However, this feeling of irritation will subside and you will be able to handle it emotionally and irrationally in your life and the other feelings almost diminish completely when you deal with the loss of this person you loved. The reason that I can and know what you are going through is because my mom passed away in March of this year and I was experiencing what you have been experiencing for two years. It’s easier for me in one way because I can and do talk to my mom almost every day. But let me tell you those feelings I felt for almost a month really were terrible. I have never felt that before in my life probably because I never lost someone I really loved before. On the flip side I still miss talking to her and being around her and that’s just normal. I also realize that I will eventually see her in heaven one day and that I need to live my life. Death is an awful thing for the living but not the ones that are in heaven; they are truly happy. Some days, I feel like an orphan and probably always will because I miss my mom. However, the reality of life is we live and then we die. So start living and be as happy as you can and do the best that you can for yourself and those around you. If you need to talk this person and see how she is and what she is doing in heaven then give me a call. I feel this will help you on your journey in trying to solve this dilemma of emotions that you are having at this time. It certainly helps me and those I have channelled over for. Wendy For personal and over the phone readings contact Wendy @ 426-2127. Need someone to confide in then email me @ wevano@shaw.ca.
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An occasional snow or drop in temperature does not deter birds from going ahead with preparations for springtime. Bird nesting season is sometimes delayed because of severe weather, but birds know that spring is near. Naturalists visited Elizabeth Lake at the end of April; the first of a series of early morning visits to examine, in detail, the Spring Migration. A surprising variety of birds have arrived; some will push on to the North and East while others will find the East Kootenays to be a suitable place to raise their young. When birds choose a place like Elizabeth Lake to shelter, feed, rest, and perhaps find a mate and make a nest, then we know how valuable it is to conserve and enhance wetlands and surrounding areas. These migrating birds are following the Pacific Flyway and some will travel large distances. This flyway extends from Patagonia to Alaska and is a major North-South route. Any given bird species travels roughly the same route every year, at almost the same time. Birders can often predict, to the day, when a particular species will show up in their area. Along the Pacific Flyway, there are many key rest stops where birds of many species gather, sometimes in the millions, to feed and regain their strength before continuing. Some species may remain in these rest stops for the entire season, but most stay a few days before moving on. The Cranbrook area has many sheltered pothole lakes which are very attractive for migrating waterfowl, and a wide diversity of forest, grassland, shoreline and mountain habitats which are favourable to other species. Between now and July, naturalists expect to observe increasing variety of species each week. In particular, the Terns, Hummingbirds, Flycatchers, Vireos and Warblers will soon arrive. We have ‘set the bar’ rather high this year with a first day tally of over 40 species. Among the birds feeding on the ground in brushy habitats, sunny clearings and shrublands in your back yard, you may notice a sparrow-like bird but of larger size. The male is black on his head, back, tail and throat. Underneath he is reddish brown and white. The outer tail feathers are white, and show conspicuously during flight. The female Spotted Towhee is chestnut brown where the male is black; otherwise she is colored like the male. Both are about 8” in length. These ground birds are usually found scratching vigorously in leaf litter for seeds and insects. When scratching, they work both feet simultaneously, jumping up and down energetically, scratching with a wide sweep backward. The Spotted Towhee nests early in the spring. The nesting site is usually chosen in a wetland or on wooded hillsides; old brush piles are favorite places. Few have seen the nest of the Towhee, first: because the nest is cleverly hidden, second: the fe-
Spotted towhee male bird blends with her surroundings, and third: when the nest is approached, the male bird calls the female from the nest. She slips away slyly and by the time she is seen, she is safely away from the nest. If the incubation is in process, the female cannot afford to leave the warm eggs to exposure. Then too, the male bird is likely to have wandered off for food. Walking along in the saskatoon patches, pine needles and dried grass, one is likely to be startled by some creature crawling along the ground, like a rat dragging something. It is the female Towhee, dragging her wings, feigning decrepitude! Look at the place she started from, and there on the ground you will find a neat nest of grass. The nest is usually sunken in a cavity so that the rim is even with the surface of the ground. Three or sometimes 4 eggs will be found in the nest; they are dull white, speckled with light brown. The male is a sweet singer and early in the morning or late in the afternoon he sits on a favorite perch and sings his tremulous song, “towhee-e-e “, or “see-tow-hee-e-e”, ending in a trill. Early in the breeding season, male Spotted Towhees spend their mornings singing their hearts out, trying to attract a mate. They have been recorded spending 70 – 90% of their mornings singing. Almost as soon as they attract a mate, their attention shifts to other things, and they spend only 5% of their time singing. If you visit Elizabeth Lake in the next week or 2, check the shallow ‘lagoon’ just East of the new weir. You may be fortunate to see the striking Black-necked Stilt, a black and white shorebird with very long, thin, red legs. It is likely to have migrated from extreme southern US or Central America. Join Rocky Mountain Naturalists at 7 AM on Tuesday mornings by the Visitor Centre. Dress warmly and bring binoculars, a guide book and scope if you can. We wander along the trails slowly and quietly, so if
you’re a bit late, you can find us easily. Experienced birders will guide the group and help with identification. However, the more of us looking in all directions will certainly bolster the species count. Expect to explore the various habitats for up to 3 hours, it’s quite a large, rich place. Species list for April 30, 2013 Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Canada Goose Mallard Cinnamon Teal Gadwall American Wigeon Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Barrow’s Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Cooper’s Hawk American Coot Killdeer Black-necked Stilt Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove Northern Flicker Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow American Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Spotted Towhee Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird House Finch Pine Siskin
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Beekeeper takes on 60,000 bees Paul Foy Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY — It was the biggest beehive that that Ogden beekeeper Vic Bachman has ever removed — a dozen feet long, packed inside the eve of a cabin in Ogden Valley. “We figure we got 15 pounds of bees out of there,’’ said Bachman, who said that converts to about 60,000 honeybees. Bachman was called to the A-frame cabin last month in Eden, Utah. Taking apart a panel that hid roof rafters, he had no idea he would find honeycombs packed 12 feet long, 4 feet wide and 16 inches deep. The honeybees had been making the enclosed cavity their home since 1996, hardly bothering the homeowners. The cabin was rarely used, but when the owners needed to occupy it while building another home nearby, they decided the bee-
hive wasn’t safe for their two children. A few bees had found their way inside the house, and the hive was just outside a window of a children’s bedroom. They didn’t want to kill the honeybees, a species in decline that does yeoman’s work pollinating flowers and crops. So they called Bachman, owner of Deseret Hive Supply, a hobbyist store that can’t keep up with demand for honeybees. Bachman used a vacuum cleaner to suck the bees into a cage. “It doesn’t hurt them,’’ he said. The job took six hours. At $100 an hour, the bill came to $600. “The bees were expensive,’’ said Paul Bertagnolli, the cabin owner. He was satisfied with the job. Utah calls itself the Beehive state, a symbol of industriousness. Whether this was Utah’s largest beehive is un-
known, but Bachman said it would rank high. “It’s the biggest one I’ve ever seen,’’ he said. “I’ve never seen one that big.’’ He used smoke to pacify the bees, but Bertagnolli said honeybees are gentle creatures unlike predatory yellow jackets or hornets, which attack, rip apart and eat honeybees, he said. “They just want to collect nectar and come back to the hive,’’ he said. “Most people never get stung by honeybees — it’s a yellow jacket.’’ Bertagnolli reassembled the hive in a yard of his North Ogden home, while saving some of the honeycomb for candles and lotions at his store. He left other honeycombs for the cabin owners to chew on. “We caught the queen and were able to keep her,’’ Bertagnolli said. “The hive is in my backyard right now and is doing well.’’
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In this early April 2013 photo provided by Ogden beekeeper Vic Bachman, Bachman, left, and partner Nate Hall prepare to remove a 12-foot-long beehive from an A-frame cabin in Eden, Utah. It was the biggest beehive the Utah beekeepers have ever removed, containing about 60,000 honeybees.
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Mexico president invokes Cinco de Mayo battle for tackling modern challenges A s s o c i at e d P r e s s
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MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is commemorating Cinco de Mayo by urging his countrymen to tackle current problems with the same “unity and commitment’’ that defeated the French 151 years ago. Pena Nieto says the holiday celebrates
principles that, in his words, “encourage the political forces and federal government to pursue a transformative reform agenda that the country demands and needs.’’ Cinco de Mayo marks the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, when Mexican troops defeated a French army of Napoleon III, then
considered the mightiest military in the world. The anniversary was marked Sunday with a military parade in the city of Puebla, where the battle took place. It is considered a bigger holiday in the U.S., celebrating Mexican heritage with parades and revelry in many major cities.
US auction to feature Apollo 11 memorabilia, EKG of Neil Armstrong’s heartbeat while on moon A s s o c i at e d P r e s s
AMHERST, N.H. — A U.S. auction house will soon accept bids on space and aviation artifacts, including an electrocardiogram of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong’s heartbeat taken when he first set foot on the moon. Amherst, New Hampshire-based RR
Auction will take bids on the EKG recording and other artifacts during an online auction from May 16 through May 23. Other artifacts include the joystick controller operated by Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins in the Apollo 11 command module.
Auction officials say over 85 lots of Apollo 11 material will be featured in the auction. Armstrong took his “giant step for mankind’’ on July 20, 1969. Buzz Aldrin later joined him on the moon’s surface. Armstrong, an Ohio native, died in August at age 82.