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THE SITUATION AT THE TRANSLOCATION: An immobilized deer is tended to Tuesday, March 1, in a vacant field near downtown Cranbrook. Members of the East Kootenay Urban Deer Translocation project are attaching data collection devices (an ear tag and radio collar), and monitoring the deer’s vital signs before shipping her out of town along with others in her herd. See more, Page 3.
60 years of inclusion The Cranbrook Society for Community Living celebrates families, clients, residents and community
BARRY COULTER
Imagine living in a place where you know you should have choices, like everyone else, but you don’t. For decades, children with mental or physical disabilities were kept apart from the general population. And as adults, they had few opportunities for education, employment, or
even living fulfilling lives. But over the past 60 years, attitudes have changed so much that we can hardly imagine a time when all citizens weren’t welcome to participate in community life. This year, the Cranbrook Society for Community Living (CSCL) marks its 60th anniver-
sary, and its role of working for inclusivity for all citizens, so anyone can live in and con-
tribute to the communities they call home. Margaret Laidlaw, Executive Director of the CSCL, explains that in the 1950s it was common practice that if you had a child with a disability your physician often would encourage you to place your child in an institution.”
See CSCL, Page 4
Mountie gets his man…safely home F O R T H E TOW N S M A N
On Friday, Feb. 26 Cranbrook RCMP received several calls of an elderly man who was loitering near the 711 Store. Cst. Robert Notari spent considerable time looking for the man before he finally found him. The man had missed his medical transport back to Fernie and had no money for a hotel room. Cst. Notari approached the Salvation Army and found him a bed for the night. For those of us old enough to re-
member the old radio show, “The Rest of the Story,” here’s how this one ends. Cst. Notari, who was in between nigh shifts, went back to the Salvation Army in his personal vehicle few hours after the end of his shift, picked up the gentleman and drove him back to his home in Fernie ensuring he got home safely. It’s these types of incidents that show the Cranbrook RCMP’s dedication to our community as a whole whether they are on shift or not. And that is the rest of the story…