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Seven- and eight-year-old players for Team Snap-On and Team Spring Honda gathered for a group photo at the end of the inaugural Cranbrook Classic, held Sunday, Dec. 29, at Chisholm pond at Mayook.

First ‘Cranbrook Classic’ held over weekend ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff

On Sunday, Dec. 29, the first annual Cranbrook Classic hockey game took place.

The game was a chance for the seven- and eight-year-old players to experience the great outdoor hockey game.

The game was played on the Chisholm Pond in Mayook and the two teams

were sponsored by Snap-on Tools and Spring Honda.

Corey Spring, one of the organizers, said the combination of the community and the spirit of outdoor adventure came together to make the event a great one for the kids.

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in Cranbrook, Spring says the event grew from a conversation with a number of hockey parents.

“A couple of the parents were all sitting there talking one day about pond hockey and getting the kids playing on the pond,” Spring said. “A bunch of us coach the novice house teams, seven and eight year olds. We were looking at

getting some extra ice time over the holidays. Then Miles Chisholm said his dad has a pond out in Mayook.

It started off as a practice, but Spring suggested having a game and it just snowballed from there. They wanted to model the game after the NHL outdoor games. He estimated at least 150 people went out there to watch, and

the weather was great.

The rink was outfitted with snow bank boards and painted with face-off rings.

Scott and Rob Niedermayer were even there to drop the puck.

About 150 people came out to watch the game, while roasting hot dogs, marshmallows and drinking hot chocolate at a big bonfire.

In the morning, the organizers bussed all the kids out from Western Financial Place. Then when they got out there, they sent them on a hayride and rode them down to the rink, since there wasn’t any room for the bus to drive all the way down there.

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Three arrested, in custody after two home invasions Two home invasions and a robbery on two Cranbrook homes led to a busy Christmas season for Cranbrook and Kimberley RCMP S a l ly M ac D o n a l d Townsman Staff

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After two home invasions in two weeks in Cranbrook, police have arrested three people.

As previously reported in the Townsman, the first home invasion occurred on Dec. 18 on 1st Avenue South.

Three people wearing masks and carrying firearms forced their way into the home.

“The subject they were looking for was not present,” said Cpl. Chris Newel. “There was an altercation with the residents, and they stole electronic devices then departed.

“On Dec. 24 there was a break and enter at the same residence; the incidents are believed to be related.”

Then, on Boxing Day, another home invasion happened on 6th Street North in Cranbrook. Four people entered a residence carrying a long gun, a shot gun, an Uzi-style firearm, brass knuckles and a baton.

“They demanded money and drugs but stole several electronic devices,” said Cpl. Newel.

A police investigation determined that the stolen items were at a residence in Kimberley. RCMP obtained a search warrant and search the home on Dec. 27.

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Above and below: Photos of two firearms seized by police believed to have been used in the home invasions. The Uzi-style firearm pictured above is a BB.

Dec. 18 and 26 was recovered. In addition, several firearms were located and seized,” said Cpl. Newel.

After RCMP learned that the home owner was in the process of moving, they obtained a warrant to search a second home, where more stolen property was found.

A third search warrant was executed in Cranbrook, which found more stolen property.

Meanwhile, Kimberley RCMP investigated a break and enter on Dec. 24. Two firearms were stolen, which were recovered during the searches.

RCMP recovered the weapons believed to have been used in the home invasions on Dec. 29. Kimberley RCMP followed up on information concerning a vehicle used by the suspects. In the vehicle, police found a sawed off shotgun and an Uzi-style firearm.

“The Uzi style is a BB gun but looks real,” said Cpl. Newel.

After obtaining all of this evidence, police arrested three people.

“As a result of the evidence obtained, three persons were arrested and are facing a number of charges including possession of stolen property, break

and enter, possession of firearms, robbery and wearing a disguise.”

Those arrested are two males, aged 23 and 24, and one female, aged 28. They appeared before a Judicial Justice of the Peace on Dec. 28 and were kept in custody to appear in court on Dec. 30. They are residents of Cranbrook and Kimberley.

“This was a very complex involved investigation that Cranbrook RCMP worked diligently to solve,” said Cpl. Newel. “Investigators were following up on the first incident that occurred on Dec.

18, when they learned of a second incident Dec. 24 and the third Dec. 26. They quickly realized the incidents were related and the suspects likely the same.

“Even though Dec 26 was a holiday and a number of officers were enjoying time with their families, they quickly began following up on tips.

“These dedicated officers put the safety of the community first.

They responded to the situation, worked long hours and were successful in recovering stolen property, seizing firearms and charging three individuals.”

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Continued from page 1 Spring said when he was kid just about every weekend he and his friends were at the outdoor arena, at the firehall or at the outdoor ponds of the area.

“We’d take a drive out towards Jaffray, or wherever we could find some ice that was shovelled or plowed off and just have a pickup game,” he said. “When I think of my kids now, they really haven’t done that a lot.”

Spring said the organizers hoped that the event would be an experience for the kids that would really show them what a great place they live in.

“In 20 years from now, if they’re out there sledding and plowing the lake and getting everything ready for their kids, I think we did a good job,” he said.

The business community was supportive as well, he said.

Save-on Foods supplied hot dogs, Culligan Water supplied water, Pete Savarie Logging supplied wood for the fire, McDonalds supplied drinks, Falkins Insurance provided insurance and Sun City Bus Line provided the bus.

“Every single business we asked for help in putting this together, without even question they did what they could,” he said. “Every business chipped in and made it a lot more than we were ever expecting.”

Spring said it was a success and from talking to people out there, everyone had a blast and it would be a shame to not keep it going.

“I think we’ll plan for next year and hopefully the weather co-operates with us. The whole idea of being just out in nature is really attractive to everyone.”

Three of the organizers coach on one of the teams and the other three on the other team.

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Cranbrook 2013: Year in Review Part III Sally Mac D onal d and A rne Pe tryshen

From fire to flood, new construction and saved heritage buildings, 2013 was a busy year in Cranbrook and Kimberley. From our viewpoint at the Townsman, we have picked the biggest stories of the year. In Part Three, we look at the news of July through September.

July A Kimberley man survived a fall into Mark Creek and over Marysville Falls on July 1.

Kimberley Search and Rescue had to implement a technical rope rescue to get the man out of the river. *** Representatives from the City of Cranbrook were part of a trip to China and Korea to foster economic ties.

Mayor Wayne Stetski lauded the trip as a success. *** Koocanusa played host to a 1,000-person strong music festival on the Canada Day long weekend. FozzyFest, a three-day-long electronic music festival, was held at Big Springs campground at Tobacco Plains Indian Band from June 28 to July 1, after its original location in Alberta flooded. *** A fire damaged the historic Elko train station in Cranbrook. The fire started on the porch area of the building and spread to the attic and rear of the building before it could be extinguished. *** Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, made a stop in Cranbrook July 21, turning Rotary Park into the local political event of the season. *** Cranbrook’s historic Armond Theatre has a new owner — Jean

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Almost 300 cyclists took part in the inaugural Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo in September.

Trimble — who plans to turn the neglected downtown movie house into an art deco, Great Gatsby-style function centre. *** A month after torrential rains devastated the East Kootenay, many backcountry roads in the region remained closed as government staff scrambled to plan expensive repairs. The estimated repair cost was $5.5 million. *** The cities of Cranbrook and Kimberley, in consultation with the Southeast District RCMP, announced at the beginning of August the reestablishment of separate detachments for both cities. *** Nickolas Bullock — the man charged in relation with a carjacking incident near Creston and police chase in Cranbrook in October

2012 — appeared in court in Port Coquitlam on July 31, and pleaded guilty to six charges, including four committed in Cranbrook. Bullock’s sentencing will take place January 31, 2014.

August A dramatic rescue took place at Whiteswan Lake on August 3, when a five-year-old boy was trapped in a submerged vehicle. Two brothers from Lethbridge jumped into the water and rescued the boy.

The other two passengers ended up safe as well. *** One of the East Kootenay’s greatest cultural institutions came back after a year’s hiatus. The Symphony of the Kootenays returned with a new artistic musical director, an exciting new program of concerts, and a special mission to bring the symphony to the people. The Sym-

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phony’s first concert of the new season was held in October, followed by a Christmas concert in December.

The next concert is set for Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. *** After concerns were put forth by a Cranbrook city councillor, city staff noted that while there have been improvements to Cranbrook’s downtown, there is still a 25 per cent vacancy rate for the buildings. *** Operations at the Canadian Rockies International Airport resumed quickly after an incident involving a small aircraft on Thursday morning, August 22 that sent the pilot to hospital. The private aircraft reportedly crashed parallel to the runway.

September Hundreds of Cranbrook fans gathered in September to meet two stars of the CBC series “Heartland.” Amy Fleming and Ty Borden were in town during the Cruise With a Cause sixday motorcycle marathon for prostate cancer. *** The City of Cranbrook unveiled a flashy new sign at the southwestern entrance to the city. With contributions from Columbia Basin

Trust and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the sign reads “Welcome to Cranbrook” displayed on a rock wall that mimics the Rocky Mountain view from the city. *** B.C.’s 29th Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Judith Guichon, visited Cranbrook in September. During her four-day trip to the East Kootenay, Guichon spoke to students about your duties as representative of Her Majesty the Queen. *** Almost 300 cyclists took part in the inaugural Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo in September. The non-competitive cycling event saw riders chose from 50, 100 and 150 kilometre routes around Cranbrook and Kimberley. *** A Cranbrook mining exploration company was given a signal honour in September. Athabasca Nuclear Corp., a spin-off of Eagle Plains Resources, was asked to ring the bell in the Toronto Stock Exchange to open the trading day on Sept. 13. *** A musician-producer who grew up in Cranbrook released his debut album in Toronto. Ryan Granville-Martin’s album “Mouthparts and Wings” features collaborations by

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Ron Sexsmith, Martin Tielli of the Rheostatics, and Daniela Gesundheit of Snowblink. *** A pair of young grizzly bears begin a weeklong range through Kimberley. First spotted in Chapman Camp by residents, conservation officers began to keep an eye on the bears as they made their way around the city, visiting McKim Middle School and, eventually, Marysville. They had not shown any signs of aggression but conservation officers, fearing encounters with school children, were forced to euthanize one and trap the other, relocating it up the St. Mary River Valley. *** A man being pursued by RCMP jumped into the Kootenay River in Wardner to escape capture on drugs charges. The move worked temporarily: the man was arrested two days later in Canal Flats. *** Also in September, a man who appeared to have a broken nose and two black eyes tried to rob a bank in Cranbrook by using a pry bar to break open a rear door at 9:20 a.m. on a Friday morning. When the young man spotted bank staff, he turned and fled. *** A group of B.C. Hells

Angels with Cranbrook connections were arrested in Pontevedra, Spain in September.

Jason Arkinstall, Chad Wilson, Scott Smitna and Michael Dryborough were arrested in a coffee bar by Spain’s National Police and charged over an attempt to smuggle cocaine from Colombia to Spain on a sailboat. ***

By September, the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations had spent $1.5 million fixing some of the more than 50 sites and 30 bridges on the East Kootenay’s backcountry roads damaged or destroyed during the June floods.

In all, forestry roads in the region suffered $5.5 million worth of damage and some remain closed until repair work can continue in the spring. *** A gruesome elk kill closed Kimberley’s Lois Creek Trails in September as conservation officers were concerned that the grizzly would return for the food. COs removed the remains of the elk and kept the trails closed for five days, but the grizzly was not seen again. *** A Cranbrook photographer began the journey of a lifetime in September. Joel Robison was hired as an official photographer on the Fifa World Cup Trophy Tour, and set off to visit 89 countries in nine months. Robison is now in Vietnam, with four months of the tour remaining. *** Cranbrook was treated to a high-energy performance by the Indigo Girls in September. The folk rock duo stopped in Cranbrook during their first substantive tour of Canada. *** Tembec began selling off its land in the East Kootenay in September, starting by selling 1,875 hectares in the St. Mary River Valley for $4.2 million to a Nanaimo real estate company. In October, it sold another 7,000 hectares in the Elk Valley to Teck. Teck announced that it plans to protect the three pieces of land as conservation properties.

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Ringing in the New Year

Chris McKhool teams up with the Symphony of the Kootenays for a family show at Key City Theatre February 2.

The Sultans of Swing share the stage with the Symphony on February 1 at Key City Theatre.

Catch the fireworks tonight at Kimberley Alpine Resort.

Tuesday, DECEMBER 31, 2013

CAROLYN GRANT entertainment@ dailytownsman.com

The year ends tonight, dear readers, and there are many, many festive events whatever your entertainment requirements. Whatever you choose to welcome the New Year, please choose to do it safely.

New Years Eve

Colonel’s Hockey Team and Breast of the Rockies host a celebration at Colombo Lodge.

Dance to Steel Wheels. $30 a ticket, at North Star Motors or Players Bench, or call Len at 250-426-7092.

New Years Eve Ski

Candlelight Ski takes place between 7-10 pm on Tuesday, December 31 at the Kimberley Nordic Centre. All ages are welcome and encouraged to participate. Admission is by donation (cash,appies/treats) with proceeds supporting the KNC junior ski programs. If you have not experienced the New Year’s Eve Candlelight Ski be sure to take in this fantastic community event this year.

For more information please contact Kim Miller at 09coreykim@ telus.net or Bill Green at wggreen6@gmail. com

Tuesday, Dec. 31 Family First Night in Cranbrook

Community Connections Society of Southeast BC proudly presents: Family First Night Cranbrook Countdown to a Cause taking place at Western Financial Place and the Cranbrook Curling Rink. In its inaugural year, Family First Night Cranbrook will feature open swimming, open skating, facepainting, “The Photo Booth”, dancing (compliments of Just Music), storytime, crafts, carnival games, live entertainment and food. This event will be provided for residents and their guests to enjoy, for a minimal cost ($5/person, maximum of $25 per family and three and under free) thanks in part to the generous donations from spon-

your Locals Highland Dancer. ‘Like’ the Kimberley Cranbrook Highland Dance on Facebook!

Wed, Jan. 29 Winter concert Series Centre 64

The Know It All soring businesses and organizations. Tickets can be purchased at Leisure Services in Western Financial Place. For more information, please contact Kim (250-426-2976) or Patricia (250-4262542).

Tuesday, Dec. 31 Family New Years Eve Celebration

Come celebrate New Years Eve at Kimberley Alpine Resort.

Enjoy an awesome Fireworks Display at 9:00pm. There will be a family Skating Party 7-10 p.m. featuring a DJ spinning tunes. Come early for night skiing and get glow sticks (while supplies last) and celebrate with glow skiing. There will be an organized glow stick run at 8:30 p.m..

There will be a fire by the rink to keep warm and snacks and hot chocolate will be available. For Dinner Reservations at Montana’s call 250-427-1600.

Saturday, Jan. 4 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at Key City Theatre - Tickets $25. Sponsored by Wildsight.

Jan. 7 to Feb. 1 Art Exhibition

In the Gallery at Centre 64, Silent Spaces, artwork by Anton Zanesco. Gallery reception January 25, 2 to 4 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 25 Robbie Burns Night

Robbie Burns Night Dinner to be held Saturday, January 25, at the Prestige in Cranbrook..

Tickets are available at Lotus Books and the Marysville Petro-Can. Come out and support

Anja McCloskey: Dan Whitehouse and Daze of Grace (Folk).

Concert starts at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1 Sultans of String

The Symphony of the Kootenays partners with the Sultans of String to bring you world popular music for all ages. Join the Symphony as Juno Award nominees, The Sultans of String’s acoustic world music mastery meets with a symphony sound at Key City Theatre - 7:30 p.m. Phone 250-4267006. Tickets $29.50.

Youth (under 16) $21.

You can also get a free sneak peak at the concert when the Symphony rehearses with the Sultans at noon on Saturday, February 1.

Sunday, Feb. 2 Chris McKhool’s Fiddle Fire

The Symphony of the Kootenays will be joined by Chris McKhool for this special Fiddle Fire Family Concert. McKhool is a Juno Award nominee, a Parents Choice Award winner, a Parenting Media Award winner and the winner of the Green Toronto Award of Excellence. Key City Theatre - 2:00 p.m.

Tickets only $15 for this family show.

Rockies Film Series March 6 - 8, 2014

17th annual Rockies Film Festival March 6 – 8 2014. You must exchange these for actual movie tickets when they go on sale in February for 8 or 4 different films. Regular Gold and Silver passes will be priced at $88 and $44 respectively after December 31/ All individual tickets will be available for $12 for the festival. The January 9/2014 film will be: Enough Said – starring the late James Gandolfini and Julia Louis Dreyfus. Sponsor Alpine Toyota.

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New Year’s Eve Candlelight Ski, 7:00-10:00 pm at the Kimberley Nordic Club. Presented by the Kimberley Nordic Club and Kimberley Nordic Racers. Come and enjoy food, friends and beautiful skiing around our 3 km loop lit with torches and candles. Appies, treats & hot beverages available.Admission is by donation, with proceeds to support Kimberley Nordic Racers.

MADD Kimberley Cranbrook is pleased to present an Alcohol Free Family New Year’s Dinner & Dance. Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013 6pm - midnight, Centennial Hall, 100-4th Ave, Kimberley, BC. Tickets available at Bear’s Eatery & Bridge Interiors or by contacting Katryna at 1-800-665-6233 ext 301 or by email maddkimbrook@gmail.com. There will be dinner, dancing, door prizes, raffle & 50/50 draw. Children activities will be available.

2014 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, Jan. 15th, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Knights of Columbus. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Abreast in the Rockies Dragonboat Assoc. Meeting Monday Jan. 13, 2014 at 7:00 pm, Mount Baker School Library. Interested paddlers welcome.

THE PACEMAKERS; JANUARY 18th, at the Cranbrook Seniors HALL, 2nd St. S. at 7 pm. Refreshments served. Open JAM, January 25, 1:30 pm. Updates: Flo 250. 489.2720.

Join the 4th Annual Slopes for Hope event in Kimberley, BC; Inviting Nordic skiers, Alpine skiers, snowboarders and all people who love to play in the snow to join the fight against cancer as we take it to the slopes Saturday, Feb. 8th, 9:00 am – 4:00pm. Transportation to Kimberley Nordic Club provided 9:45 am – 3:15 pm by Simply Kimberley. Register Now Individually or Teams up to 4 people - slopesforhope.ca.

ONGOING Treasures Galore at Bargain Prices. Bibles For Missions Thrift Store.

Open Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook.

Funtastic Singers Drop-In Singing group; free to attend-just for fun! No experience necessary! CDAC Office&Gallery 135 10th Ave S, Tuesdays starting September 24th 6.45-8.15pm 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca / www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868.

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

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

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.

Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of Wal- Mart. This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items.

(250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.ca 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.

Family Science Night – starts Jan 14th for parents wanting to help their 9-12 yr olds succeed in science. Parents and children have fun exploring science. CBAL sponsored at the Cranbrook Library.

Free & snacks included. Pre-registration required by Jan 10: Anna 250-581- 2112 or wccranbrook@gmail.com Literacy Champion - pick up nominations for Cranbrook’s first Literacy Champion at Cranbrook Library, CBAL office (19A – 9th Ave S) or online [ http://www.cbal.org ]www.cbal.org.

Nominations close Jan 15th and our champion announced on Family Literacy Day Jan 27th. FMI: Anna 250-581-2112 or wccranbrook@gmail.com The Cranbrook Skating Club is celebrating their 60th Anniversary with an Ice Show on March 1st, 2014 at Western Financial Place.

We are looking to research the Club’s history and also locate previous skaters, coaches and judges. Contact Debbie Mandryk @ 250-489-2318 or debbiemandryk@msn.com.

Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway.

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A long run of ‘lucking out’ first stage of her flight via Vancouver, Qatar in the Arab Emirates and Nepal.

She was on her way to join a trekking party into the Everest base camp.

Now, I wouldn’t normally have been When a person reaches my present age, everyone else looks so young and I, overly surprised at this information. I personally, have an awful time attempt- know several people who have earned ing to assess people’s ages. So, when an PhDs. Some of my relatives have spent airline places me carefully into a seat on holidays in the Emirates and some of my friends have actually a passenger plane next climbed mountains in the to what I consider to be Himalayas, not merely an attractive girl, I am in trekked in, but I am positive trouble. Should I talk to not one ever looked as young her? How old is she? as that apparent child beside Will she be offended if I Peter me for that ninety minutes. start chatting? I never Warland This year I was herded can tell. politely into my appointed However, the past two Christmases I have taken a plane to seat and found myself beside a loveVancouver and I have ‘lucked out’ (isn’t ly-looking young lady. She didn’t look that an inane expression? My luck was in, like a teenager — as if I can tell anymore not out); each time I have been lowered — but she was still young and attractive. into a seat beside what appeared to be a She nodded politely to me as I creaked slip of a girl and then, to my surprise and down into the seat and she smiled, so I delight, found myself for the remainder started in.

This surprising female turned out to of the flight in earnest conversation with a grown woman. I have also fallen just a be a part-time teacher. I told her I was retired. She said she was teaching in Inlittle bit in love.

Last year, I lucked out with a pretty vermere and we experimented to see if little thing that looked as if she might just she knew anyone there that I was achave moved into grade twelve but who, I quainted with. No. She hadn’t been long soon found out, was a geologist with a in Invermere, she explained, but she had PhD, who was running a mine some- been teaching English in China and, apwhere and was at that moment on the parently, could speak one of the many “The average woman is five foot four inches.”

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Chinese dialects. That was impressive.

When I asked how she could live on the salary of a part-time teacher, she told me that she was hoping to make a living as a writer. We were off to the races, as they say. We swapped tales of the pitiful earnings of writers, and commiserated with each other. I never have had flying time pass so quickly.

At one time I asked her if she had considered marriage and a family and she grinned at me and said that occasionally the urge for children came to her but that she soon brushed it off. “Next summer,” she told me, “I am taking off with a friend and we’re going to drive across Canada, go down the east coast, then cross over north of the Mexican border then north again to B.C.” She grinned cheekily at me.

“I just have to keep moving.”

I think that we were actually fairly good friends by the end of that flight and she surprised the heck out of me by insisting on a brief hug as we parted at YVR. I fell in love just a little bit again.

I guess that I grow very fond of these young ladies because they remind me of the young woman who agreed to marry me so very long ago. She too was always on the hop, travelling as far as her limited resources would allow, boldly travelling where no one else in her family had dare go. Sixty-two years ago I very luckily ‘lucked out’.

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IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Canada defeats Slovakia 5-3 BILL BEACON Canadian Press

MALMO, Sweden Nothing is easy for this Canadian team at the world junior championships.

Jonathan Drouin redeemed himself after a bad penalty on his first shift by scoring the tying goal and Nic Petan rediscovered his scoring touch in time to get the game-winner and an empty-netter as Canada used a three-goal third period to down Slovakia 5-3 on Monday.

The win left Canada (2-0-1) two points behind the United States (3-0-0) heading into a showdown for first place in the last preliminary round game for both squads on Tuesday.

They’ll need a regulation win to overtake the defending champion Americans, who eliminated Canada in the semifinals of last year’s world juniors in Ufa, Russia “We regrouped, we found a way,” said coach Brent Suter. “In the third, I thought we dominated.

“We got a break when they hit the post after we got the lead, but the third was maybe the best period we’ve played in the tournament so far.”

It was the best played and most rousing of the three games the team has played in Malmo, and it certainly brought the mostly Canadian crowd of 2,558 at the Isstadion to their feet as Canada bounced back from penalty trouble and 3-1 second-period deficit to win.

Zach Fucale made 19 saves for the win in his first start of the tournament and Sutter said the Halifax Mooseheads goalie will be in net again against the Americans.

And Anthony Mantha, the runaway scoring leader in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, had a goal and three assists to give him nine points in three games.

Not bad for a big winger who was not certain to make the team out of camp three weeks ago.

“I came to camp and I wanted to make my place, and once I did that, I wanted to show I could play great hockey over here and that’s what I’m doing now,” the Detroit Red Wings prospect said.

“Anthony was huge,” added Sutter.

Curtis Lazar also scored for Canada.

David Griger, with two, and Martin Reway

The Nitros finished off their three games in three nights with a 4-3 win over their divisional leaders in the Creston Valley Thunder Cats on Monday night.

Goaltender Tyson Brouwer was the hero for his team, making a monster 43 saves in goal, while a trio of goals in the second period set the Nitros on the road to victory.

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Team Canada celebrates Jonathan Drouin’s game-tying goal against Slovakia on Monday at the World Junior Championship. na for goals.

For the third straight game Canada gave up the first goal, this time after Drouin got a minor and a misconduct for a hit to the head only 10 seconds in. Griger took Jakub Predajniansky’s shot off the end boards and scored into an open side past Fucale.

Drouin did not see the ice again until Canada’s power play at 16:49, but it was Lazar who scored on a one-timer of Mantha’s pass after extended pressure in the Slovak zone at 18:20.

The crowd howled at what they felt was Slovak diving that led to a pair of two-man advantages, both of which

produced goals in the second frame.

The first saw Reway score his fourth of the tournament with a quick shot from a Kolena feed, and then Griger get his second of the game into an open side from Reway’s pass.

Canada got one back before the third period as Mantha camped on the doorstep and banged in an Aaron Ekblad rebound at 17:00.

Notes: Forward Charles Hudon was helped off with what looked like a shoulder problem 13 seconds into the third period after a hit into the end boards, but returned later in the period.

Hitmen finish strong in 4-1 win over Ice Kootenay suffers third-period collapse as Calgary scores three unanswered goals

TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

After righting the ship from a listless start, the Kootenay Ice gave up three goals in the final period to lose a 4-1 decision to the Calgary Hitmen at the Saddledome on Monday night.

Hitmen rookie Cal Babych and veteran Greg Chase led the way with a goal and an assist, while Calgary offence also came from Brady Brassart and Pavel Padakin. Kootenay’s lone goal came from Jaedon Descheneau, who scored his team-leading 26th marker of the season.

Mackenzie Skapski

was hung out to dry, turning away 40 shots while his team put 28 pucks on Hitmen netminder Mack Shields.

“He [Skapski] played well, way too many shots,” said Ice assistant coach Jay Henderson.

“He kept us in the game and gave us a chance in those first two periods to come out with some points and eventually, it caught up to us.”

Descheneau’s goal was on the powerplay, which was Kootenay’s lone goal in four chances with the man-advantage. Calgary scored twice in five opportunities on the powerplay.

Brassart opened the scoring in the first peri-

Dynamiters edge out Thunder Cats for 4-3 win TRE VOR CR AWLEY Sports Editor

scored for Slovakia (1-20), which can clinch third place with a win Tuesday over the Czech Republic.

Drouin tied the game at 14:02 of the third period after Mantha beat 16-year-old Erik Cernak behind the Slovak goal and fed it in front.

Canada was on a power play when Petan walked out from the right side and threaded a goal through traffic.

Canada had to battle back from a 3-1 second-period deficit against a Slovak side playing a tight trap and leaning on the power play with the highly skilled unit of Reway, Griger and Milan Kole-

“In the second period, I though we played extremely well, 1-1 going into the third. Then we got badly outplayed, badly outshot in the third period and we got what we deserved.”

Jay Henderson od, snapping home a one-timer for Calgary’s first powerplay goal, as the Hitmen dominated for most of the frame.

Jaedon Descheneau

tied it up in the the second period, wiring a one-timer from Luke Philp on a Kootenay powerplay as the Ice turned the tables and held the edge for long stretches of play.

However, the wheels fell off in the final 20 minutes.

“In the second period, I though we played extremely well, 1-1 going into the third,” said Henderson. “Then we got badly outplayed, badly outshot in the third period and we got what we deserved.”

Chase scored three minutes into the period on a wrap-around after Skaspki lost his balance in the crease.

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Padakin made it a two-lead on the Hitmen’s second powerplay goal five minutes later. Babych, the son of former NHLer Dave Babych, added his first career WHL goal to make it 4-1 with 4:43 remaining in the game.

The loss drops the Ice down to eight place in the Eastern Conference, however, it’s a log jam with two points separating fifth from eighth.

Kootenay returns home for a few days before heading up to Medicine Hat on Thursday and hosting the Swift Current Broncos on Friday at Western Financial Place.

The win now closes the gap to a manageable three points between Kimberley and Creston Valley, however the Thunder Cats have five games in hand.

The two teams traded

goals in the first period, as Bryce Perpelitz tallied first on the powerplay, before Carson Cartwright answered back later in the frame.

Kimberley’s offensive spark ignited in the middle period, as Tyson Klingspohn and Dallin Wolf scored five minutes apart.

Maverick Lynes put Creston back on the board in the second half of the frame, but Matt Barzilay scored soon after to make it a twogoal lead for Kimberley.

Brandon Formosa scored the lone goal in the final 20 minutes, however, the Nitros stayed alive on sharp goaltending from Brouwer, who faced 23 shots in the third period.

Perpelitz’s powerplay goal was the only one in four chances with the man-advantage for Kimberley. Creston was denied on all five of their powerplay opportunities.

Redskins fire head coach Mike Shanahan ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASHBURN, Va. - Mike Shanahan’s plan to restore order, professionalism and consistent success to the Washington Redskins disintegrated quickly in 2013, costing him his job Monday a day after the team finished a 3-13 season.

Shanahan was fired after a morning meeting with owner Dan Snyder and general manager Bruce Allen at Redskins Park, a formality expected for several weeks as the losses mounted and tension rose among Shanahan, Snyder and franchise player Robert Griffin III. A news conference was expected later Monday.

Shanahan went 24-40 in four seasons in Washington and had one year remaining on his fiveyear, $35 million contract. Snyder will now be seeking his eighth head coach for his 16th season as an NFL owner - a span that includes just four winning seasons, two playoff victories and

seven last-place finishes in the NFC East.

Shanahan captured Super Bowls titles with quarterback John Elway and the Denver Broncos after the 1997 and 1998 seasons, but he won only one playoff game over his final 10 years with the club and was fired after the 2008 season.

NFL coaches fired on Black Monday Cleveland Browns Rob Chudzinski Minnesota Vikings Leslie Frazier Washington Redskins Mike Shanahan Tampa Bay Buccaneers Greg Schiano *GM Mark Dominik was also fired Detroit Lions Jim Schwartz *Houston Texans Head coach Gary Kubiak was fired on Dec. 6

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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: Three months ago, I attended the funeral of a friend and former co-worker, “Renee.” I went in, signed the book, gave my condolences to her husband and was speaking to some friends. At that point, another co-worker came up to me and said I should sit in the back of the mortuary because Renee wouldn’t want me there. I was stunned.

Shortly after, Renee’s daughter-in-law approached me and said, “Thank you for coming and being a friend to Renee.” Of course, by then I was crying and decided to leave. When I spoke with another friend later, she told me she thought Renee was jealous of me. I cannot understand why.

Renee had a lovely family, a wonderful husband and a new home.

I know that many times when I enter a room, most people don’t really welcome me. I am tolerated by those with whom I have worked, and even my friends are like this. I have learned to accept it. But this funeral still upsets me. Should they have called me the day before and told me not to come? By the way, I still have not received a thank you for the memorial I gave to the family. -- Stunned in Nebraska Dear Stunned: We’re not sure what happened at the funeral. One person made you feel unwelcome, but the daughter-inlaw thanked you for coming. While we can understand your discomfort, you seem to value one person’s opinion over the rest.

However, there is another issue here. You claim that most people merely tolerate your presence. Why would you think that?

Are you behaving in a way that attracts negative attention? Is it possible you are oversensitive and misread others’ reactions?

Please talk to those friends you trust and ask for their honest opinion about you. No one should go through life believing they are not worth liking. Figure it out and then work on changing it. If you need to seek therapy to accomplish this, please do so.

Dear Annie: I am a breast cancer survivor and want to donate my hair. My hairdresser told me that while dyed hair is OK, totally bleached-out hair is not. Also, my hair is more than 5 percent gray, so Locks of Love won’t use it. Do you know of any organization that will? -- Anita Dear Anita: We have good news. According to Pantene Beautiful Lengths (pantene. com/beautifullengths), it takes at least eight to 15 ponytails to make a wig. For a realistic-looking wig with consistent color, all of these ponytails must be dyed the same shade, but gray hair, as well as some chemically treated or permanently colored hair, does not absorb dye at the same rate as other types. However, some gray hair is usable. Try the World of Wigs Corinne Fund at worldofwigs.com. Also, Locks of Love (locksoflove.org) now accepts gray hair donations, as does Wigs for Kids (wigsforkids.org), both of which use the hair to offset costs.

Dear Annie: I hope it’s not too late to reply to “Uncomfortable Daughter-in-Law,” whose mother-in-law wants to be called “Mom.” The writer should explain that she has a very special relationship with her own mother and wouldn’t want to call her mother-in-law by the same name. However, it is important that she have a name just for her, to recognize how special she is. Perhaps it could be “Mama Smith” or “Mama S.” or some other term of endearment that means something to the two of them.

Because of numerous grandparents, my daughter-in-law devised the name “Cookie Grandma” to distinguish me from the other grandmas in her children’s lives. (A cookie is one of my favorite desserts.) It works, and it is a sweet and respectful way of dealing with this. -- Arcadia, Calif.

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There was a point when it looked like the mass demonstrations in Ukraine that began in late November were heading in the same direction as in Thailand in 2013. The protests were originally against President Viktor Yanukovich’s refusal to sign an association agreement with the European Union, which was legitimate – and they did deter the president (who was under severe pressure from Moscow) from joining a Russian-led customs union instead.

So far, so good – but the opposition leaders have also been playing with the idea of using the demonstrations in Kiev as a way of forcing the elected president out of power. That has been done once before, in 2005, when the extra-constitutional action was justified by a rigged election, but there is no such justification this time – and it is unwise to make a habit of changing governments this way in a country that is so evenly divided between the pro-Moscow, Russian-speaking east and the pro-EU, Ukrainian-speaking west.

The outcome is unclear in both Thailand and Ukraine, but non-violence can now also work for the Dark Side.

Meanwhile, in Africa, wars have exploded across the continent this year like a string of firecrackers. In January, France sent troops to Mali after Islamist rebels who had already captured the sparsely populated north of the country threatened to overrun the rest of it as well. The north was more or less reconquered by mid-year, but the situation remains highly fraught.

In March Muslim rebels cap-

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Gwynne Dyer tured Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Their leaders quickly lost control, and the rebel troops began to massacre Christians. Christian militias then began carrying out mass reprisals against the Muslim civilian minority, and thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, were dead before French troops arrived in December. A kind of peace has now descended on the capital, but elsewhere, who knows?

And in December a full-scale civil war suddenly broke out in South Sudan between the country’s two biggest ethnic groups, the Dinka and the Nuer. Pogroms have emptied Nuer districts in the capital, and there are tank battles near the oil-fields as the army splits on Dinka-Nuer lines.

The African Union is stripping troops from its other peacekeeping missions to strengthen its force in South Sudan, but this war could end up with killing on a Rwandan scale.

The African continent is emphatically NOT at war, but the band of territory between the equator and about 15 degrees North is in very deep trouble. You can’t just blame all these wars on the fact that the dividing line between Muslims to the north and Christians to the south generally runs through this territory. Mali, after all, is almost entirely Muslim, and South Sudan contains very few Muslims. Maybe it’s just that these countries are all among the poorest in Africa, and the traditional social networks are collapsing under the strain.

The good news is that there are no major wars anywhere else in the world – except Syria, of course. But there are already 120,000 dead in Syria, and more than a quarter of the population is living as refugees either inside Syria or in the neighbouring countries. Siege warfare conditions prevail across much of the country, now a patchwork quilt of government- and opposition-controlled areas.

The United States went to the brink of bombing the regime’s key centres after poison gas was used in Damascus in August, but it managed to avoid war after the Russians persuaded Bashar alAssad to surrender all his chemical weapons. And by now there is nobody left for the United States to back in the Syrian war even if it wanted to, because the larger rebel groups are rapidly falling under the influence of extreme Islamist organisations including al-Qaeda.

As evidence of how little Washington wants to be drawn back into the Syrian mess, there is now an attempt underway to defuse the 34-year-old US-Iranian

confrontation by negotiating a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme. Meanwhile, if Iran wants to go on supporting the Syrian regime with arms and money, Washington will not object very loudly.

So the war can go on indefinitely, and it has become a proxy Sunni-Shia war. The arms pour in from Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia to the rebel groups, and from Iran and Iraq to the Syrian regime, because the former are all Sunni Muslims and the latter are all Shia Muslims. (Assad’s regime is drawn mainly from the 10-percent Alawite minority in Syria, which observes a deviant form of Shia Islam.)

And the risk grows that all this Sunni-Shia hostility could morph into something like Europe’s 16th-century wars of religion, with Sunni or Shia minorities rebelling in Arab countries like Iraq, Lebanon, or Saudi Arabia.

What else? Oh, yes, a list.

Right, then. Iran sent a monkey into space in January, North Korea carried out its third underground nuclear test in February, and the Catholic Church got a new head when Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina became Pope Francis I in March.

The United States also fell off the “fiscal cliff” in March, but nobody was hurt. Xi Jinping took over as President of the People’s Republic of China for the next ten years (no election required), and “Curiosity”, the Mars rover, found evidence for running water in ancient times on the red planet. It was a busy month.

In April, Nicolas Maduro was narrowly elected president of Venezuela a month after Hugo Chavez’s death. In May, Silvio Berlusconi, three times prime minister of Italy, was sentenced to four years in prison for fraud.

In June, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced his divorce.

In July, Croatia joined the European Union. In August, Robert Mugabe won his seventh term as president of Zimbabwe at the age of 89. And in September Japan, emotionally shaken by the Fukushima incident, switched off the last of its fifty nuclear reactors. (This means the Japanese will be burning far more coal to keep the lights on, and so they have cut their target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from 25 percent to only 3.8 percent. But they probably feel better about it, so that’s all right.)

In October, New Zealand announced the official Maori-language alternative names for North Island (Te Ika-a-Maui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu).

In November, Typhoon Haiyan, possibly the largest tropical storm to make landfall in recorded history, devastated the central Philippines. And in December, the Chinese spacecraft Chang’e landed the Jade Rabbit rover on the Moon. It was the first soft landing on the Moon since 1976. So you see, there IS progress.

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Judges named in Kootenay writing competition Christine Nichol

The holidays are over, and many are probably ready to seek refuge from the season.

Or, the gathering of family and friends could be the refuge that some have waited for all year long.

Writers in the Kootenays (both adult and youth) can enter their reflections on refuge in the Kootenay Literary Competition (KLC) until January 17, 2014.

Substantial cash prizes and publication will be awarded to the winners at the KLC gala on March 14, 2014.

Susan Andrews Grace

Sioux Browning

Tara Cunningham

Cyndi Sand-Eveland

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Full competition details are available on the website (www.kootenaylitcomp.com).

The competition judges have been finalized, and they represent a strong range of

experience in creative writing and publishing in the Kootenays. In the adult category, judge Susan Andrews Grace is the author of five books of poetry, a visual artist and creative

writing instructor.

Sioux Browning is a poet, screenwriter and professor in UBC’s online Masters program in creative writing.

Tara Cunningham is the senior editor at

Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine, and a freelance editor.

In the youth competition, judge Cyndi Sand-Eveland is an author of juvenile fiction who has has received

many award nominations and awards for her most recent works.

Bill Metcalfe is a freelance writer who is published regularly in B.C. media, plus he is a freelance broadcaster

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Together, the judges represent a range of how writing touches our everyday lives, and some of the ways in which skillful writing helps us to understand the world more deeply.

Each will offer that range of experience in reading the submissions to the competition and in feedback.

Questions about the competition can be emailed through the website (www.kootenaylitcomp.com), or directed to Morty Mint at 250-352-7844.

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sequently, weren’t prepared for a night on a cold mountain.

Nonetheless, he said the skiers made smart decisions that kept them safe until they were located, unharmed, by a search-and-rescue team early Monday morning, said Johnson.

“It was a navigational error, not intending to ski the backcountry,’’ Johnson said in an interview.

“They made some right decisions: staying together, starting a fire and waiting for searchand-rescue to come find them. They were prepared in that sense, but they were in-bound skiers.’’

Johnson said a helicopter headed to the

scene at first light on Monday and by mid-morning had already completed its first trip ferrying the skiers to safety. He said it would take several more trips throughout the day to retrieve all of the skiers and rescuers.

At least one person in the group is familiar with the area and has a residence at the resort.

That person was described by police as an advanced skier.

Red Mountain Resort is a 1,700-hectare site that is spread over three mountains.

The resort has 110 marked runs but also promises easy access to backcountry areas, according to the Red Mountain website.