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Fluoride will flow
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Voters say no to Bylaw No. 3799, yes to Hydrofluorisilicic Acid
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GAME, SET, MATCH: The Women’s Avalanche volleyball squad celebrate their match-winning point against the Vancouver Island University Mariners, Saturday, Nov. 15, at the College of the Rockies. See details recounting Men’s and Women’s action on Page 7.
Cranbrook gets set for regime change ARNE PE TRYS HEN Townsman Staff
While the municipal elections ballots have been cast and counted, the new Mayor and Council Elect will not take office until the next council meeting, which is Dec. 8. The period between offers a time of transition between the sitting council and the new one. “Essentially, the current mayor and council are still
City staff prepare for transition to new mayor and council mayor and council until the inaugural meeting on the eighth,” explained Chris Zettel, the city’s corporate communications officer. On the eighth, the Mayor Elect and the Council Elect will take office. “Right now what staff is really going to be looking at is wrapping up all the election material, closing that out and putting together
some of the information packages for the incoming mayor and council, just to kind of bring them up to speed on things,” Zettel said. The first big item that the new mayor and council will look at is the 2015 budget. “They won’t waste any time, they’ll be right into it,” he said. “It will be a short meet-
ing,” he said. “I don’t know all that will be on the agenda. At this point I do know that they will determine all the council meeting dates for 2015 and likely determine which of the new councillors will be going on to the various city committees. There might be a little bit of city business, but generally we try to keep it pretty soft I guess and straight for-
ward and then hit the ground running in January.” On Dec. 8, an entirely new city council will take its seat. The incoming mayor is Lee Pratt, and the new councillors are Tom Shypitka, Ron Popoff, Isaac Hockley, Danielle Cardozo, Norma Blissett and Wesly Graham. Also on Monday, the City of Cranbrook said that the official results of Saturday’s election will be announced on Wednesday at City Hall.
Cranbrook residents have spoken and they want fluoride to stay. On Saturday, a referendum question on whether the city should continue the practice of adding Hydrofluorisilicic Acid to the municipal water supply should continue. The referendum failed with 2,794 voting no to keep fluoride and 2,473 voting yes to get rid of it. There was, it seems, some confusion about the referendum question itself and voting officials were on hand to explain the question. The referendum question read: “Are you in favour of Council adopting City of Cranbrook Cease Fluoridation Bylaw No. 3799, 2014, which authorizes swtopping the addition of fluoride to the municipal water supply effective January 1, 2015?” Prince George also had a referendum on its practice of fluoridation and there is was voted out 10,171 to 8,764. There, the question read: “The City of Prince George currently fluoridates its water supply. Are you in favour of the City of Prince George fluoridating its water supply?” Sparwood also voted out fluoride in the drinking water. That city’s question was almost identical to Cranbrook’s:
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24 mayors in 109 years
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In the 109 years since the incorporation of Cranbrook as a city, 24 men have held the position of mayor. The first was elected Nov. 22, 1905 (see story on this page), and the most recent, the 24th, was elected Nov. 15, 2014. • 1905-1906 G.T. Rogers • 1907 James Finley • 1908-1910 J.P. Fink • 1911 P. Devere Hunt • 1912-1913 A.C. Bowness • 1914 S. Taylor • 1915 A.C. Bowness • 1916-1918 Lester Clapp • 1919 W.F. Cameron • 1920-1922 J.A. Genest • 1923 W.F. Cameron • 1924 A.J. Balment • 1925-1940 T.M. Roberts • 1941-1946 A.J. Balment • 1947-1961 R.E. Sang • 1962-1969 G.W. Haddad • 1970-1973 M.G. Klinkhamer • 1974-1983 T.G. Colgur • 1984-1990 R.B. Jensen • 1990-1999 M.F. Patterson • 1999- 2008 R. Priest • 2008-2011 S. Manjak • 2011-2014 W. Stetski • 2014 L. Pratt elected
Cranbrook’s first city council. Average age: 40. Standing, left to right: Aldermen Murphy, Jackson, Fink and Tisdale. Seated: Greer, Rogers, Hickenbotham
109 years ago, Cranbrook elected its first council Jim C ameron
Cranbrook’s first election was held Nov. 22 1905, at the original fire hall situated on the west side of what is now the Cranbrook Photo building on Baker Street. T. M. Roberts (later Cranbrook’s longest serving mayor from 1925– 40) was the returning officer as a total of 173 of
a possible 200 people cast their votes. Women could vote if they owned property, which a surprising number did. In the election held the next year women accounted for approximately 20 per cent of the voting list. G.T. Rogers, a local grocer, handily defeated accountant Alex Moffat in the mayoral contest.
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The six elected aldermen, culled from a field of eight, embodied the local working class. Jacob Fink and George Tisdale were merchants. Daniel Murphy and Joe Jackson were CPR employees. Harold Hickenbotham was a carpenter and James Greer a general contractor. They would collectively undertake the task of establishing a city. The mayor and aldermen took the oath of office on Nov. 23, 1905 at the Cranbrook Hotel and met for the first time at noon the following Saturday at the Fire Hall Reprinted from Janus: Cranbrook Then and Now, by Jim Cameron, November, 2011.
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With all the cold weather that’s been around lately, it must be safe to go out onto the iced-over lakes, right? Wrong, says the City of Cranbrook. Idlewild Lake, always a popular place for a pickup game of shinny, has just begun to ice over, along with other waterways in Cranbrook such as Joseph Creek. Thin ice can be very
dangerous, especially for young children, who may not be aware of how stable or unstable it may be. The city advises parents to talk with their children about those dangers and to stay off the ice at Idlewild Lake until it is six inches thick. The thickness is measured by Public Works and up-to-date information on the ice conditions can be obtained by contacting the city at 250-489-0220.
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School board set for another term Tre vor Cr awley
Four incumbents were re-elected to the Southeast Kootenay School District board of education, while a fresh face joined the ranks following the municipal elections on Saturday. Chris Johns, Gail Brown, Trina Ayling and Patricia Whalen are all returning to the board, while Doug McPhee — a longtime educator and administrator who recently retired — will also join them. The School District Board features five trustees from the City of Cranbrook and RDEK Area C. Four more are
Trina Ayling
gail Brown
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Patricia Whalen
also included from other regional areas and communities, featuring Frank Lento (Fernie-Area A), Bev Bellina (Sparwood-Area A), Curtis Helgesen (Elkford-Area B) and Jacqueline Blumhagen (Area B).
For Ayling and Johns, it will be their third term on the board, while Brown and Whalen are serving their second term, with McPhee coming in as the newest member. “I’m really excited
about the opportunity to serve the citizens of Cranbrook and Area C to go forward with our project for replacing Mount Baker and the Key City Theatre,” said Johns. “We’ve developed some really good
partnerships with various representative governments in the area and I’m looking forward to getting that ball rolling in the new year.” Replacing Mount Baker and the Key City Theatre isn’t just on Johns’ mind. “I am very happy to continue my work on the school board and on behalf of the school communities in the district. I don’t believe that our focus has changed prior to what it was before the election,” said Ayling. “Obviously a Mount Baker replacement with a Key City Theatre component is a high priority for us, it does require building on relationships, both current and new. “And making sure we provide quality education to our students.” Advocating for provincial funding is important to Brown. “I am just delighted and honoured that I received enough votes to be re-elected and I just
thank all of my supporters,” Brown said. “We’re just working with parents and teachers to provide strong educational opportunities for kids so just exactly what we’ve been working on the past, we’ll continue to do that. “I am a big proponent of supporting educational funding coming from the Ministry of Education to support the work done in classrooms by teachers, that includes appropriate educational funding that meets the needs of students.” Whalen is thankful for the support she received and is looking forward to getting back to work. “I would like to certainly look at supporting our students with special needs—that’s very important and dear to my heart. I want to work with staff to have safe and inclusive schools. “Bullying prevention is another area that is very important to me so I would like to look at
Rob Gay re-elected to fourth term on RDEK T r e vo r C r awl ey
Rob Gay is returning to the Regional District of East Kootenay after being re-elected to a fourth term to serve as Area C director on Saturday. “I’m very pleased to be heading back to the regional board,” said Gay. “It’s something that’s really become a part of my life over the last nine years. “…I had so many potential things on my calendar, so now the calendar is starting to fill in and get back to what was my normal routine.” In addition to serving as Area C director, Gay is also chair of the board of directors. There will be some changes to the board, as fresh faces join following results in municipal elections across the district. That includes six new directors on a council of 15. For now, RDEK staff will keep the government operations going as the new directors get their feet wet, said Gay. “We have a very good strategic plan that the board has developed and staff works on, and they have enough on that plan and the policy direction for the next six to ten months and we will be entering strategic planning again this April,” Gay added.
He reminisced to when he was elected for his first term in 2005, where he leaned on Norm Walter for advice and the proper way of getting things done. “It is a different world when you’re living by Roberts Rules and speaking and motions and secondaries and third readings — it can all be quite confusing,” said Gay. “People come there and they want to get work done and I think they feel sometimes that this stuff gets in their way, but you have to do it properly.” Following changes to provincial legislation, terms are now four-year limits instead of three, and there is a lot of work Gay hopes to continue and begin over the next few years. “We’ve got an Official Community Plan that we’re working with an advisory group and citizens in the Wardner-Mayook area, so we’d like to bring that to conclusion in the next six months,” said Gay. “The St. Mary is looking at some fire protection and we were quite happy with the successful results of the Elko [bylaw passage], so it’s something we’ll try to get on our list for Wardner, as well as the mosquito control.” He also wants to look
ROB GAY at creating a rural crime watch program with input from community associations across the electoral area, while also being attentive to the health care needs of seniors. On a smaller scale, he also heard feedback from constituents about individual matters and concerns that he wants to address. “They’re not, I guess in the scheme of things, large, but to the individual, they’re important,” Gay said. “So I have a list of them that I want to follow up and phone back to some of these individuals and see what their individual issue is, and if it’s within our jurisdiction, we’ll help them deal with it, if it’s a provincial one, I can easily set up a meeting at the MLA’s office and I don’t mind attending with them to help them through it. “That’s the work I like, is helping with the
citizens, so we’ll do that.” Other priorities include addressing the two-tier fee system for recreation in Cranbrook and finding ways to get the public more involved and educated on the RDEK’s decision-making process. Results from the other electoral areas include: Mike Sosnowski (Area A), Jane Walter (Area E) and Gerry Wilkie (Area G), who were all acclaimed. Stan Doehle was elected as director of Area B, who won an open seat after long-serving director Heath Slee announced his retirement before the election. Wendy Booth (Area F) was also victorious over her challenger in the Columbia Valley. The rest of the regional board will be rounded out when regional municipalities appoint their elected representatives to the board.
Fluoride will continue to flow Continued from page 1
“Are you in favour of Council adopting Bylaw 1145, Cease Fluoridation Bylaw 1145, 2014 which authorizes removal of fluoride from the municipal water supply effective January 1, 2015?” Residents there voted 578 in favour
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helping support our schools with different initiatives. “Sports programs, I want to make sure every student who would like to play a sport can play it, and that there’s no barriers holding them from that. I want every student to have that opportunity because being involved in sports is very good for their character.” For McPhee, after 32 years in the education system, it will be back to familiar territory in serving on the board of education. “It’s been a great career and most certainly I can bring that experience and my love for education to the board,” McPhee said. “I would like to see the board really work as a team because everybody has strengths and if we play on everybody’s strengths, it’ll be a strong board and it’ll make wise choices for schools and kids. “That’s my primary focus, to make sure the budget is designed to support kids and support learning and that we encourage the support of all learners — everyone from children who need help to developing new opportunities in terms of new technologies and developing new opportunities in terms of apprenticeship and things like that.”
of scrapping fluoride and 419 against. That means Cranbrook is now among the last few municipalities in B.C. that still fluoridate the water. The other three are Fort Saint John, Prince Rupert and Terrace. The process costs the city $30,000 a year.
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Kimberley Dynamiters in London New book celebrates 100 years of Hockey Canada, including a chapter on the Nitros of ‘36 For the Bulletin
From the publisher of It’s Our Game. “As fans across the country gear up for the World Junior tournament this December, Hockey Canada celebrates its historic 100 year anniversary. To mark the occasion, Penguin has published It’s Our Game, a lavishly illustrated coffee table book chronicling a century of incredible Canadian hockey. Within, Michael McKinley - best known for Hockey: A People’s History, both the book and the phenomenal CBC television series – shares a passionate account of our nation working to be the best at the sport they love most. This epic story would be entirely incomplete without mentioning your very own Kimberley Dynamiters, the subject of McKinley’s chapter 15. The Dynamiters were sent to London, England in 1937 to reclaim the world amateur title Canada had lost to a team of British-Canadians during the 1936 Olympics. Despite fans throwing anything within reach at the Kimberley players, they managed to succeed in reclaiming the championship and reestablishing Canada’s international reputation. The history of hockey will always be Canada’s story to tell and your Kimberley Dynamiters helped to do it.”
Excerpt from It’s Our Game
Despite the CAHA’s notion to create some sort of national hockey team, an idea that had been getting more serious attention in hockey rinks and boardrooms alike since Canada’s loss to Britain at the 1936 Olympic Winter Games, the CAHA decided to stick with the tried and mostly true, and send the 1936 Allan Cup winners to represent Canada at the 1937 world championship. The fact that the IIHF’s tournament was taking place on Bunny Ahearne’s home ice in London made Canadian desire for revenge even sweeter, for it was Ahearne and his squad of British-Canadians who swindled the Canadians
out of a gold medal in 1936. So, the Kimberley Dynamiters travelled from the snowy Kootenay Mountains of British Columbia to the foggy dank of London in February to take back the world title for Canada. The Dynamiters had beaten the Sudbury Falcons 2–0 and 4–3 in a two-game, total-goals series to win the Canadian senior hockey championship, the first time that a team from BC had captured the Allan Cup. When Kimberley, a small town in the Kootenay Rockies, was established in 1896, it was named after a South African diamond mine. For the next century, mining defined Kimberley, with the massive Sullivan mine exploiting one of the world’s largest zinc and lead deposits and becoming the town’s major employer—of miners and of hockey players, who were often one and the same. The company that operated the mine, the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, which became known as Cominco in 1966, wanted badly to beat its corporate rival from Trail, BC, where the Smoke Eaters ruled senior hockey in the West Kootenay League. So they spent money to recruit players who could earn more playing for Kimberley and working for Cominco than they would in the NHL. But still, these players were considered amateurs. And off they went to Europe to compete against other national players who played for European clubs for money but were considered amateur, too. The Kimberley Dynamiters, led by captain Harry “Smiler” Brown, forward James “Puffy” Kemp, and goalie Ken Campbell, dapper in his tweed cap, put on a clinic in Europe, having survived a tough tour across Canada before the world championship with a record of 11–3. Once in England, the Dynamiters thrilled the crowds in Wembley and Harringay arenas, winning eight games by
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outscoring the opposition 60–4. Their revenge came on the night of February 26, when they faced Great Britain, a team stocked with many Ca n a d i a n -s c h o o l e d players who had beaten Canada at the 1936 Olympics. George “Red” Goble scored for Kimberley in the first period, breaking Jimmy Foster’s incredible eight-game shutout streak. Ralph Redding scored twice to put the Canadians up 3–0, but winning on the scoreboard wasn’t enough for a Canadian crew that still seethed at the country’s “loss” of the Olympic gold medal to Britain in 1936. Fights broke out in the first period between Red Goble and Britain’s Winnipeg-born Don Dailley, and again in the third between Kimberley defenceman Bill Burnett and Niagara Falls’ Englishman Edgar Brenchley. The crowd, upset at seeing their Canadians being beaten by Kimberley’s Canadians, got ugly, and “littered the
ice with newspapers, orange peel, tin cans and any other missiles within reach. Order was finally restored when the band played the National Anthem.” Canada still had one more game to win to take the gold, and on Saturday, February 27, 10,000 fans, all pulling for the Swiss, crammed into the Harringay Arena. Canada’s Puffy Kemp opened the scoring in the second period, but the Swiss tied it before the frame was finished. The third period decided nothing, so the teams entered overtime. If the Swiss won, then Canada and Britain would be tied for top spot. Red Goble was having none of that, and popped the puck past Swiss goalie Albert Hirz before three minutes had elapsed in the extra period. The Kimberley Dynamiters had reclaimed Canada’s hockey superiority from a bunch of Canadian mercenaries. Indeed, the IIHF was considering a motion at its 1937 annual general
meeting put forward by the Swiss to declare all Canadians playing in Britain to be professionals. Some British rink managers were all for the idea, as it would free them from the control of the British Ice Hockey Association and Bunny Ahearne. They felt the BIHA “had not kept pace with the development [of the] game,” which meant keeping the pace of money into their coffers a slow one. The IIHF would compromise in the end, allowing professionals and amateurs to play in the same leagues, with amateurs only being allowed to play for their countries at the Olympics and world championships. Paul Loicq, president of the IIHF, reminded the world of whose game it really was. Canadian players, he said, were necessary in Europe, however they came to be there, for “teaching purposes.” The Europeans were getting better at hockey, but they were still learning from Canada.
At the Cranbrook Public Library Before he became quite ill, Gordie Howe took the time to write about his amazing life in ‘Mr. Hockey: My Story.’ Simon Rose explains to young readers exactly how our federal government functions with his new ‘Canada’s Governing Bodies’ series of books. Preschool Story Time is this Wednesday at 11:00 am, 1:15 pm, & 6:30 pm, and Toddler Story Time is 10:00 and 11:00 am. Both will be all about Police! There is much more than this happening at the Library. Please check out our website and Facebook pages for more information and updates. On display this month is Frank Eimer’s impressive Remembrance Day display. Adult Newly Acquired: Atlas of Indian Nations – Anton Treuer You Are Here – Chris Hadfield Buffalo Girl Cooks Bison – Jennifer Bain Mr. Hockey: My Story – Gordie Howe (bio) The World Before Us – Aislinn Hunter (fic) Juliet’s Nurse – Louise Leveen (fic) A Quilt for Christmas – Sandra Dallas (fic) Blood Magick – Nora Roberts (fic) The Blood Crows – Simon Scarrow (fic) Arena – Simon Scarrow (fic) Pegasus – Danielle Steel (fic) The Empty Throne – Bernard Cornwell (fic) A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman (fic) An Island Christmas – Nancy Thayer (fic) The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan (fic) Abattoir Blues – Peter
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Robinson (mys) The Burning Room – Michael Connelly (mys) Raging Heat – Richard Castle (mys) The Nightingale Before Christmas – Donna Andrews (mys) Bathing the Lion – Jonathan Carroll (sci fic) It’s Complicated (DVD) Mamma Mia (DVD) Murder on the Home Front (DVD) Reservoir Dog (DVD)
Young Adult & Children’s: Panic – Sharon M. Draper (ya fic) Rabbit – Jill Foran Fish – Lynn Hamilton Chinese Food – Sara Gilbert French Food – Sara Gilbert The Crown – Simon Rose The Senate – Simon Rose The House of Commons – Simon Rose The Supreme Court – Simon Rose Flames and Ashes – Janet McNaughton (j fic) The Muppet Christmas Carol(j DVD) Singing w ith 4-Square(j DVD) The Koala Brothers: Outback Christmas (j DVD) Mike Selby is Reference Librarian at the Cranbrook Public Library
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Opinion/Events Letters to the Editor
Cranbrook and Council
Running for Cranbrook City Council in the recent election was educational. Over the years I have been lucky to interact with many levels of the public and government. On the election trail I gained further knowledge of the issues facing this City. City Council needs to make tough choices and are voted in by the public to find solution to budgets, community pressures and public safety. Remember the council is in place to support the public, so speak with the team you elected and bring forward new creative ideas and issues of concern. Every citizen in Cranbrook knows we are a world class city. On our new driver licences there is picture of the Steeples Mountains in blue and white. This picture is of poor resolution, and that’s probably a good thing. If British Columbians had a view of the mountains covered in snow in full color they would turn their cars and head to our city. When they arrived in our fine city they find all the public services of larger cities. The schools, college, hospital, fire hall, service groups, art programs, library, airport, Western Financial Place, diverse businesses, recycle center, transfer station, police station and clubs. Not to mention the low cost of buying properties compared to other cities. Yes I like living in a beautiful city with the benefit of the larger community service with the small town feel and a community spirit like no other! So when council says we need to increase tourism and economic development and protectour environment they understand the expense of running the community services with such a small city population. The council needs to work with a small budget to run these services provided in Cranbrook. New councillors, remember the citizens of Cranbrook live and stay in Cranbrook
because of the above reason. They have elected you to serve this city. We sing out our successes and often hide our mistakes. Remember mistakes are part of learning and I believe the citizen of Cranbrook would forgive. Sometimes the funds are not available for everything. We are the Key City and its citizens will understand. Make wise choices and you will do a great job. Last, brainstorm ideas with the public, they will be your best tool.
lation that is so intrusive and all encompassing that it has been rushed through the House of Commons and now the Senate? This legislation is very similar to previous legislation the Conservatives were forced to back down from because of public concern and outrage. But here we go again and they are going to make you pay for it too. I think Canadian citizens should be subject to the same oversights as our Senators and MPs. I’d feel much safer then.
Lynn McIntosh Cranbrook
Bill Barger Cranbrook
Welcome to Canada, Uncle Sam
It’s happening here — the paranoia has spread and our civil rights are disappearing like they have in in the U.S.A. The Conservative government’s Online Spying Bill C-13, which is being supported by our MP Mr. Wilks, will let our government and police spy on us without a legal warrant and eliminate any opportunity or appeal we may have as law abiding citizens to stop them from doing so. While Bill C-13 is being sold to the public as the online anti-bullying law it goes much, much further and will infringe on our basic right to privacy and confidentiality. The government will begin to collect massive amounts of private information about me and you and keep that data for whatever reason — and this is without any government, agency or court oversight. You would not even be informed if the government is spying on you once they have accessed your information. And data means everything, including cell phones. The Conservative government must realize there are few online bullies and we have laws and processes to deal with them now. So why are they trying to quickly pass new legis-
Comet landing
Now I know, as do many others, that this is a movie of dubious comic merit; but after reading the news of what transpires on this poor planet over the course of a few days, weeks or years, it perhaps could describe our civilization as we experience it. Here we are on a finite world whose population increases appears out of control; but do we acknowledge this and take even the most rudimentary steps to bring things into balance? No, while millions are homeless and starving in Africa and other areas much closer to home scientists have been engrossed in landing a device on a comet of little worth, tens of millions of miles distant and at a cost of two billion plus dollars. We often hear of UFO sightings. These objects perhaps occupied by sentient beings from far distant worlds. They may or may not be factual; but if indeed they are and others are watching us and the planet upon which we reside there can be little doubt that after a short and wondering while; and probably with a sad shake of heads, depart for other worlds where sanity and reason could well be present. Bob Pearce Cranbrook
Gathering data on child care options For the Townsman
Children and families in Canada have a right to access quality, affordable child care services. Yet, only 20 per cent of young children today have access to a regulated space and, in many regions, child care fees are the second highest expense for families. Early childhood educators also have a right to be socially valued and properly paid for their work, yet ECE professionals earn about half as much, on average, as other college-trained workers. From grandparents to economists, working parents to student parents, health care professionals to social workers, early childhood educators to university professors — and so many others — everyone has a child care story. The East Kootenay Child Care Needs Assessment Task Force has secured funding enabling us to hire Jane Boyd (45 Conversations, a media and education company) with significant connections and experience in the early learning and child care field. Canadians have been debating child
care for years: How much? What kind? Who pays? We’ve heard from politicians and experts. The EK Child Care Needs Assessment Task Force wants to hear from parents/caregivers, grand parents, business owners, Early Childhood Educators, all stakeholders that have an interest or need for child care. As part of the East Kootenay Child Care Needs Assessment, we are pleased to move forward with the online survey component of this project. This work will be completed in two phases. The survey is intended to identify the child care needs in the East Kootenay region and to prioritize those needs through a plan for action. Phase One will run from now through the end of 2014; with a final report being issued shortly thereafter. Planning for the funding and implementation of Phase Two is already underway. We want you to be part of the East Kootenay Conversations on Child Care. You can access the survey at http://45conversations.com/east-kootenay-child-care-survey/ or by visiting www.EKkids.ca. Please share this link with as many individuals as possi-
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ble who may have an interest with child care issues in the East Kootenay region of BC. If someone does not have access to the internet from their home, we encourage them to: • Visit their local library where they should be able to access a computer and internet for no cost (provided they have a library card). Please see this link for information on local library locations http://klf. bclibrary.ca/KLF-libraries • For those in Cranbrook, contact Street Angels at 250-420-2756 to arrange for internet access in order to complete the survey. The East Kootenay Child Care Needs Assessment Task Force wishes to thank the Columbia Basin Trust, Success By Six, Children First, East Kootenay Child Care Resource and Referral and 45 Conversations for their funding and in-kind contributions toward this project. For additional information about the EK Child Care Needs Assessment, please contact Patricia Whalen, Children First Manager at 250-426-2542 or at ekidsfirst@shaw. ca, or contact Jane Boyd at boydwfl@gmail. com.
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The Kootenay Railway Pensioners Association Social Luncheon at 12:30 pm, Tuesday Nov.18, 2014 at Arthur’s Sports Bar & Grill (Day’s Inn) 600 Cranbrook St.N, Cranbrook. All Railway Retiree’s and Spouses are welcome. RSVP by Nov.14. Info: Secretary Frances Allen at 250-426-2720, Myrtle 250-426-2378, Jean 250-426-8338. Kimberley Nordic Club Masters Program info and registration meeting, Tuesday Nov. 18th, 7:30 pm in the KNC Lodge. For more info visit http://www.kimberleynordic.org/ or contact Corrinne 250.420.7123 stridenglide@hotmail.com Federal Superannuates National Assoc. Meeting Nov 18 at Renee’s Main Street Diner, 635 Hwy 21, Creston at 12 noon. Come Join Us. 2014 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, Nov. 19th, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Dr. Craig Spowart. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult. Backcountry Avalanche Workshop–Learn about Avalanche Canada’s new website map and the Mountain Information Network with experienced avalanche forecasters. Thursday, November 20, 7 pm – 9 pm, College of The Rockies, Rm 250 (Lecture Theatre), 2700 College Way Cranbrook, Free Admission. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 - All Saints Anglican Church, Kimberley. Annual Christmas Tea. Bake sale, craft table, Purdy’s chocolates and Regal Gifts order forms. 1:00-3:00 PM (360 Leadenhall Street). Knox Presbyterian Church Christmas Tea and Bake Sale - Saturday, Nov. 22 from 2-4 pm in the church hall, 2100 - 3 St. S., Cranbrook. The Ladies Aid invites you to come and bring a friend. Municipal Pension Retirees’ Assoc (MPRA) Meeting, Monday Nov 24, Heritage Inn, 803 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook. Meeting 10:45 am, Christmas Draws 11:30 am, No Host Luncheon 12 Noon, Please attend and have some Christmas fun! Nov. 25, 2014, The Cranbrook Quilters Guild monthly meeting at the Seniors Hall, 125-17th Ave S, Cranbrook at 7.15 pm. All interested quilters and anyone interested in becoming a member is invited to join us for a fun evening. Info contact Donna at 250 426-7136 . 2014 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, Nov. 26th, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Elks Club. Nov. 27, 11:00A.M. 50+ Legacy Builders Roast Beef Meal. FREE! Just let us know you are coming. Contact 250-426-2866, Abundant Life Church, 501 - 11 Ave. S., Cranbrook.
ONGOING Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org. 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. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee. Computer skills need updating? CBAL hosts introductory computer classes for those 60 or wiser starting Oct 24th at the Cranbrook Library. Free! Space is limited. Pre-registration required. Call Katherine 250-417-2896 Aged10-14? Got the writing bug? CBAL hosts the Youth Writing Group at the Cranbrook Public Library. The 2nd & 4th Wed of each month, 4-5:30pm starting Oct 8th. Free! Call Lori 250-464-1864 or khough@cbal.org TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profit weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642 Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-4264223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our office at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.fightwithus.ca and register as a volunteer. Parkinson’s Support Group are meeting at 2 pm on the third Wednesday of each month at the Heritage Inn. For more info. phone Linda @ 250-489-4252. No meetings July, Aug or Dec. Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Wednesdays from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs. Contact: cranbrookoa@hotmail.com ‘Military Ames’ social/camaraderie/support group meetings are held in the Kimberley Public Library reading room the first and third Tuesday’s of the month. All veterans welcome. For more information contact Cindy 250 919 3137 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. North Star Quilters Society Meetings are held the 2nd & 4th Monday at 7:00 PM, basement of Centennial Centre, 100 4th Ave Kimberley. Welcoming all! Info call Heather 250 427-4906 Place your notice in your “What’s Up?” Community Calendar FREE of charge. This column is intended for the use of clubs and non-profit organizations to publicize their coming events — provided the following requirements are met: • Notices will be accepted two weeks prior to the event. • All notices must be emailed, faxed or dropped off in person. No telephone calls please. • NOTICES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 30 WORDS. • Only one notice per week from any one club or non-profit organization. • All notices must be received by the Thursday prior to publication. • There is no guarantee of publication. Notices will run subject to space limitations.
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Strategic games by the Caspian Sea
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ussian politician Andrei Zhirinovsky is all mouth, so it would not normally have caused a stir when he suggested earlier this year that Russia should simply annex the parts of neighbouring Kazakhstan that have a large Russian population. But the ultra-nationalist leader of the Liberal Democratic Party actually frightened the Kazakhs, because there is a bigger game going on. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, in power since before Kazakhstan got its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, was so alarmed that he openly expressed doubts about whether Kazakhstan should join Moscow’s “Eurasian Economic Union” (EEU) when it launches next January. “Kazakhstan will not be part of organizations that pose a threat to our independence,” he said in August. The EEU is the same organisation that Ukrainians rebelled against joining last year when their pro-Moscow former president, Viktor Yanukovych, abandoned plans for closer ties with the European Union (EU). But Kazakhstan under Nazarbayev has always been on good terms with Russia, so Russia’s autarch, Vladimir Putin, immediately cracked the whip. “Kazakhstan never had any statehood (historically),” Putin said. Nazarbayev merely “created” the country – with the clear implication that it was an artificial construct that might, if the wind changed, just be dismantled again. With Russian
troops in eastern Ukraine “on holiday” from the army (but taking their armoured vehicles and artillery with them), it was a veiled threat that Kazakhstan had to take seriously. Putin’s strategic objective is to control oil and gas traffic across the landlocked Caspian Sea. The last thing Moscow needs is cut-price competition from Central Asian producers in its European markets. Moscow at the top of the Caspian Sea and Iran at the bottom have their own to get oil out to Gwynne pipelines the markets. Azerbaijan, on the western shore, has built Dyer pipelines through Georgia into Turkey, one of which reaches the Mediterranean, so Russia cannot control its exports. But Moscow still has a stranglehold on the big oil and gas producers on the eastern side of the sea, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Neither of those former Soviet republics can escape Moscow’s grip unless it can move its oil and gas in pipelines across the Caspian seabed to Azerbaijan and out to the Mediterranean from there. So Putin has been trying for years to get a Russian veto on any such pipelines. He’s nearly there. If the International Law of the Sea applied, then each country’s Exclusive Economic Zone, with control over seabed developments, would extend 300 nautical miles from its coast. The Caspian is not that big, so all five EEZ’s would meet in the middle – and Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan’s zones would both touch Azer-
baijan’s, so the question of trans-Caspian seabed pipelines would be beyond Moscow’s control. But since the Caspian Sea is not part of the world ocean, the five countries around it can agree on any local rules they like. Russia is by far the greatest power on its shores, and the rules it likes would confine each country to a 15-nautical-mile sovereign zone and a 25-mile exclusive fishing zone. Under this regime, the middle of the sea would remain a common area where any development would need the consent of all five countries. Hey presto! A Russian veto on any pipelines crossing the Caspian Sea, and continuing control over oil and gas exports from Central Asia to Europe. Following a summit meeting of the five countries’ leaders in Astrakhan at the end of September, it’s practically a done deal, although the final treaty will not be signed until 2016. Late last month Richard Hoagland, U.S. assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, visited Astana, the Kazakh capital, and said that the US firmly supported Kazakh independence and territorial integrity, but everybody knows who’s boss in the region. Sidelining Kazakh and Turkmen competition in the European gas and oil markets will not help Moscow much, however, if Putin’s behaviour on Russia’s western borders continues to frighten the Europeans. They will be scrambling to cut their dependence on Russian gas and oil as fast as they can, and the fracking Americans, with their soaring production, will be more than happy to help.
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Shot across the bow Avalanche split weekend with VIU Mariners Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor
You can put it in the win column. After enduring a winless home-opening weekend against the Camosun College Chargers Nov. 7 and 8, both Avalanche volleyball clubs claimed victory against the Vancouver Island University Mariners this past weekend at College of the Rockies. The men swept the Mariners Friday before being swept in return Saturday. The night and day performance dropped the Avs to 2-6 on the season. The Lady Avs battled it out in a tough 3-2 defeat Friday, before dominating the Mariners in a straight-sets sweep Saturday, improving to 3-5 for the campaign. “[Friday] we were firing on all cylinders and we had six guys, seven guys with the libero, show up [Friday],” said Avs coach Steve Kamps Saturday afternoon. “[Saturday] it was the exact opposite. We had nobody that stepped up to the plate.” After shoring up the service line with a strong performance Friday, the Avs were let down by their serves Saturday afternoon. It’s an area of the game that has proved an early Achilles’ heel for the squad. Saturday’s opening set suggested folks in attendance were in for an entertaining match, as the Mariners narrowly edged the Avs 25-23 to kick off the afternoon. Unfortunately for the hosts, it was all downhill and all VIU from there. The Mariners took a 25-21 victory in the second set before rolling over a listless Avs squad 25-18 in the third, claiming the straight-sets sweep and ensuring a
split of the weekend festivities. “Looking back at [Friday], we did some very good things,” Kamps added. “We followed the game plan and played the way we could. We addressed serving during the week and Friday night we played very well, served the ball tough and we saw what that can do. As a result, we swept the team that’s second in the conference and ranked in the top 10 in Canada. “I was hoping the guys would carry that momentum and believe in themselves [Saturday], but we came out and completely just thought they were going to hand us the match again. We weren’t ready to put on our hardhats and work. That’s where I’m frustrated right now. We’re flat and unemotional.” Outside hitter Curtis Stockton continued to carry the offence for the Avs over the weekend, blasting 28 kills over the two contests. Defensively, libero Mitch Parnham continued his steady performance with 19 digs. Despite the frustrating loss Saturday, beating the fifth-ranked team (as of Nov. 11) in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) leaves plenty for Kamps and the Avs to build on moving forward. “At least we’ve had a taste now of what it feels like to play well,” Kamps said. “When that all happens and everything comes together, we are a very good team. At least we have a taste of that now and I don’t think we did before. “It’s unfortunate the guys didn’t believe [in themselves Saturday] for whatever reason. It’s a struggle. I don’t have the answer right now.
It’s back to the basics of just working hard. I thought we were outworked in our gym [Saturday] and I don’t like that either. We’ll address hard work again [this week].” While there’s room for improvement on the men’s side of the court, Lady Avs head coach Andrew Zurrin is pleased with the trajectory his team is on following a weekend split with the Mariners. “They got over that little hump,” Zurrin said. “Instead of being tentative, they followed a game plan where we were aggressive. They didn’t let the little things bother them and they swung hard right till the end. To get past that mental thing is huge going forward.” After losing a tightly-contested match Friday night, the Lady Avs dominated the CCAA’s ninth-ranked Mariners Saturday afternoon en route to a 3-0 sweep of the visitors. “We dominated in the middle, scored at will in the middle,” Zurrin said Saturday afternoon. “I think we probably scored at a 90-percent clip with both middles [Saturday]. Unheard of in volleyball. “This time, [the girls] go from a game they should have won [Friday] in five [sets] to a complete domination of the same team and sweep them in three [sets].” The Lady Avs grabbed a 25-21 victory in the second set Saturday, before rolling to a decisive 25-17 win in the third and final set. Left side Kelsey Thompson turned in her usual balanced performance with 22 digs and 23 kills over the weekend. After being named Avalanche Athlete of the
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Avalanche left side Nick Hoodicoff (#1) gets airborne as he tries to work the ball over the net and past a block from VIU’s Zach Grigg (#4), Rylan Brouwer (#7) and Diego Bustos (#6) Saturday at College of the Rockies. The Mariners swept the Avs in straight sets Saturday. Week for her performance against Camosun College, libero Alexa Koshman followed up with another stellar weekend, getting in 27 digs to pace the defense. Middle Madison Hudy, a second-year from Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, was injured Friday night, opening an opportunity for Corissa Mildenburger Saturday afternoon. The extent of Hudy’s injury is not yet known, though she was wearing a walking cast Saturday. Mildenburger, a second-year from Elkford, stepped into the fray Saturday, rattling off 11 kills and five digs. “It was like the missing piece to the puzzle,” Zurrin said. “We inserted Corissa into the right side and it just changed the dynamic of our team. We became aggressive. We’re a good defensive team; we became even better.” The weekend split pushed the Lady Avs to 3-5 as they maintained
their fourth-place foothold in the PACWEST standings. The undefeated Camosun College Chargers lead PACWEST with an unblemished 8-0 record. On the men’s court, the Avs remain sixth in PACWEST at 2-6. The fifth-place Columbia Bible College Bearcats (3-7) are two points ahead of the Avs, who hold two games in hand on CBC. The seventh-place Capilano University Blues (1-7) broke their goose-egg, climbing to within a win of the Avs. Both Avs squads are off in Week 6 of the PACWEST volleyball season before returning to action in Week 7 when they visit Douglas College (Nov. 27 and 28) and Capilano University (Nov. 29 and 30) to close out the 2014 portion of the slate. Next home action for the Avs comes Jan. 16 and 17, 2015, when Douglas College visits College of the Rockies.
MLB’s Miami Marlins ink OF Giancarlo Stanton to landmark deal Associated Press
MIAMI - The Marlins are no longer pinching pennies, and Giancarlo Stanton won’t be, either. Stanton agreed to terms Monday on a $325 million, 13-year contract, Miami owner Jeffrey Loria said. It’s the most lucrative deal for an American athlete, averages $25 million per season, or $154,321 per game.
The deal includes a no-trade clause, and Stanton can opt out after six years. “It’s a landmark moment for the franchise and Giancarlo, and it’s for the city and fans to rally around,” Loria said. Any kind of multiyear deal is a departure for the Marlins and Loria, whose frugal ways in the past alienated fans, angered the players’ union and made the franchise the
butt of jokes. Given such thriftiness, the Marlins’ generosity toward Stanton becomes even more stunning. His contract tops the $292 million, 10-year deal Miguel Cabrera agreed to with the Detroit Tigers in March. Stanton, 25, is one of the game’s most feared slugger. He has 154 career homers playing in spacious Marlins Park.
PACWEST Women’s Standings: 1) Camosun College (8-0); 2) Capilano University (7-1); 3) University of the Fraser Valley (7-3); 4) College of the Rockies (3-5); 5) Douglas College (3-5); 6) Vancouver Island University (2-6); 7) Columbia Bible College (0-10)
PACWEST Men’s Standings: 1) Douglas College (7-1); 2) Vancouver Island University (6-2); 3) University of the Fraser Valley (6-4); 4) Camosun College (5-3); 5) Columbia Bible College (3-7); 6) College of the Rockies (2-6); 7) Capilano University (1-7)
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Study finds polar bear population dropped nearly in half Se th Borenstein ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - A key polar bear population fell nearly by half in the past decade, a new U.S.-Canada study found, with scientists seeing a dramatic increase in young cubs starving and dying. Researchers chiefly blame shrinking sea ice from global warming. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and Environment Canada captured, tagged and released polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea from 2001 to 2010. The bear population shrank to about 900 in 2010, down from about 1,600 in 2004. That area is one of two main U.S. polar bear regions. “These estimates suggest to me that the habitat is getting less stable for polar bears,” said study lead author Jeff Bromaghin, a USGS statistician. Wildlife biologist Steve Amstrup, who
started the study for the USGS and left to become chief scientist at the conservation group Polar Bear International, said his early research in the 1980s found about 1,800 polar bears in the region. “The habitat was profoundly different by the late 1990s, early 2000s,” said Amstrup, a co-author of the study in the journal Ecological Applications. Bromaghin said only two of 80 polar bear cubs the team tracked between 2004 and 2007 survived. Normally about half of cubs live. “We suspect that they are dying of starvation,” Bromaghin said. In this part of the Arctic, there used to be more sea ice in the summer; that’s where seals lived, and seals are what bears ate. With limited access to the seals, the cubs probably starved, he said. Arctic summer sea ice had been declining
A polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. since the late 1970s but “we’ve seen over the past decade, decadeand-a-half, the rate of decline has really accel-
erated,” said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado. And 2007 was “a
wake-up call” for scientists because sea ice shrank to a low scientists had not expected or seen before. Sea ice lev-
els dropped even lower in 2012 and have recovered a tad since. “There is definitely a relationship here be-
Scientists ‘confident’ comet lander will wake up again when it nears the sun Fr ank Jordans ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN - A burst of sunshine in the spring could be just the wakeup call for Europe’s comet lander. Scientists raised hopes Monday that as the Philae lander nears the sun its solar panel-powered battery will recharge, and the first spacecraft to touch down on a comet will send a second round of scientific data back to Earth. Since landing with a bounce on the comet Wednesday, Philae has already sent back reams of data that scientists are eagerly examining. But there were fears its mission would be cut short because it came to rest in the shadow of a cliff. Its signal went silent Saturday after its primary battery ran out. Shortly before that happened, the European Space Agency decided to attempt to tilt the lander’s biggest solar panel toward the sun - a last-ditch manoeuvr that scientists believe may have paid off. “We are very confident at some stage it will wake up again and we can achieve contact,” Stephan Ulamec, the lander man-
ager, told The Associated Press. That should happen next spring, when Philae and the comet it’s riding on - called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - get closer to the sun, warming up a secondary battery on board and bringing it out of its unplanned hibernation. A few days of sunshine on the solar panels should be enough to charge the battery sufficiently to resume collecting scientific data, Ulamec said. Philae’s position in the shadows may even prove to be a blessing in disguise. Shielded from the sun’s rays, the lander could survive for longer as the comet approaches perihelion - its closest point to the sun - in August. New pictures released Monday offered very good clues. The high-resolution images taken from Philae’s mother ship Rosetta show the lander descending toward the comet, then bouncing off when the thrusters and harpoons meant to anchor it to the surface failed. It drifted through the void for two hours before
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tween what’s happening to the bears and what’s happening to the ice,” said Serreze, who wasn’t part of the study.
Catch limit increase for bluefin tuna raise concerns THE C ANADIAN PRESS
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The Rosetta spacecraft captured this series of images of the Philae lander bounding off the surface from an orbit around the comet. touching down again after a second, smaller bounce - then coming to rest in a shallow crater. Scientists at the German Aerospace Center said Monday that an initial review of data the lander sent back 311 million miles to Earth showed the comet’s surface is much tougher than previously assumed. There’s also evidence of large amounts of ice beneath the lander. Scientists had specu-
lated the comet’s surface could be quite soft, but that has turned out not to be the case. Scientists are still waiting to find out whether Philae managed to drill into the comet and extract a sample for analysis. Material beneath the surface of the comet has remained almost unchanged for 4.5 billion years, so the samples would be a cosmic time capsule that scientists are eager to study.
One of the things they are most excited about is the possibility that the mission might help confirm that comets brought the building blocks of life - including water - to Earth. However, the European Space Agency has stressed that even if the lander fails to awaken again, Rosetta will be able to collect about 80 per cent of the data scientists are hoping to glean from the $1.6 billion mission.
A Halifax ecology group says it’s disappointed with a decision today by an international agency to increase catch limits for the endangered western Atlantic bluefin tuna. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas meeting for the past week in Genoa, Italy - says the catch limit for the species will rise from 1,750 tonnes to 2,000 tonnes next year and stay at that level in 2016. Katie Schleit of the Ecology Action Centre says the 15 per cent increase, supported by Canada, will hinder efforts to help the recovery of the species. Scientists monitoring bluefin tuna in the western Atlantic since the 1970s say overfishing reduced the population to one-fifth of its original size by the 1990s, when strict conservation measures were introduced. Since then, the population has grown to about half its original size, with a recent study for the commission confirming that a recovery was underway. However, Schleit says the study’s results are subject to a high degree of scientific uncertainty, which is why conservationists had wanted the limit to remain frozen. Faith Scattolon, head of the Canadian government’s delegation, says federal officials were guided by the same study, which said the population could be sustained so long as the catch limit didn’t exceed 2,250 tonnes.