Cranbrook Daily Townsman, January 18, 2016

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JANUARY 18, 2016

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Mitch Parnham, Libero for the College of the Rockies Avalanche, fields a serve from the Douglas Royals in PacWest volleyball action Friday night in Cranbrook. The season is back on for the new year, and it’s game on at COTR. See full results and PacWest standings later this week in the Townsman. Barry Coulter photo

Deer translocation project still on pace TREVOR CRAWLEY

With Animal Alliance decrying an apparent deer cull and the City of Cranbrook refusing to comment on the situation, a company conducting an upcoming urban deer translocation trial says the project is on pace to begin in mid-February.

A letter released by Ian Adams, the senior wildlife biologist with the translocation trial, clarifies that his company — VAST Resource Solutions — had nothing to do with the recent deer cull in Cranbrook.

“Any culling activity this winter is entirely peripheral to the translocation project …” wrote Adams.

With the recent deer cull becoming public knowledge, Animal Alliance —

one of the funding partners — threatened to pull their funding support for the project, which Adams says is not entirely true.

Adams says Animal Alliance has already contributed $10,000 to VAST Resource, which was used to purchase 10 GPS radio collars at a cost of just over $1,000 each that will be collared on deer captured in Kimberley and Elkford.

Adams says that roughly 90 per cent of the cost for radio collars for deer captured in Cranbrook and Invermere have been covered with direct funding from the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

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Teachers’ union applauds Supreme Court decision TREVOR CRAWLEY

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case involving the B.C. government and the provincial teachers’ union dealing with collective bargaining rights.

Canada’s highest court announced last week it would hear an appeal from the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), which is arguing a lower court decision that ruled in favour of the province in April 2015.

At issue is the BCTF’s assertion that provincial legislation stripped the union of negotiating class sizes and composition,

which they argued is a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Shelley Balfour, the president of the Cranbrook and District Teachers’ Association, says the SCOC decision is welcome news.

“This has been a very long struggle for teachers in our province and it affects each and every teacher, support staff and student in our schools,” Balfour said.

“Class size and composition issues are felt daily in the classrooms. While our District is consistent with keeping the class sizes to a maximum of 30 with the exception of Band and Drama

classes, the composition of those classroom has a great impact on student’s learning environment and the teachers’ ability to reach every child.”

The SCOC decision is another step in a long-running battle between the two sides that began in 2002, when provincial legislation took away the right to bargain class size and composition. That legislation was struck down in 2011 by the B.C. Supreme Court and similar legislation was passed, however, that was also struck down in 2014.

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Historic Freight Shed Gets Facelift Co u r t e s y Dav i d H u m p h r e y

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The 118-year-old Freight Shed, part of the Cranbrook History Centre, is being fitted out with a new shingle roof.

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The 118-year-old Freight Shed is being fitted out with a new shingle roof.

The Freight Shed was built in 1898 as Cranbrook began growing as the major CP Rail distribution point in the East Kootenay. The 10 metre by 46 metre building is one of the original buildings that made up the local CPR industry and formed the beginning of Cranbrook becoming a city.

It was originally built separately from the passenger station and provided storage for freight arriving to, or leaving from, Cranbrook and area by rail.

Since that time it has seen various users including Burn’s Lumber Company and an Antique/Second Hand business. The Freight Shed was added to the Cranbrook History Centre expansion in 1994 and in 1999 was moved northward to its present position. It was placed on a new foundation which provided a 470 square metre lower level and a modern interior was begun on the upper level while being able to leave the exterior largely unchanged.

This building now houses two floors of gallery spaces, a museum display area, a meeting room, storage areas, maintenance space, washrooms, two historic model railways and an area that was originally planned as a Gallery Café.

The Cranbrook History Centre Directors acknowledge the importance of this building to the whole Centre’s collection and the need to keep it well maintained.

Armor Roofing has been hired to do the shingling and they have shown themselves to be sensitive to the historic value of this important historic building. Funding for the project has been made possible through a grant from the City, a grant from Columbia Basin Trust and public donations made directly to the Cranbrook History Centre.

The History Centre Directors and staff encourage members of the public to notice the ongoing improvement as they drive past on Van Horne Street but more importantly they suggest you drop by and spend some time looking at the ongoing changes being made inside the building.

City of Cranbrook issues garbage pick-up reminder Submi t ted

With the New Year well underway, the City of Cranbrook is reminding residents about the three garbage bag limit per household allowed to be collected each week.

For collection in excess of three garbage receptacles, including plastic bags, tags are available for purchase at City Hall for $1.50 per tag. Garbage should be placed out for collection by 7:30am on your collection day.

Routes and pick up times may be changed without notice.

The Solid Waste Collection and Disposal bylaw also limits the size of receptacles (either containers or bags) to 100 litres and receptacles cannot weigh more than 20 kilograms each. Garbage contain-

ers are to have a water tight cover and smooth rim, must be in good structural and sanitary condition and have fixed handles.

Plastic bags are to be securely tied closed at the top and be strong enough to withstand normal handling and lifting.

The bylaw also states that all garbage must be packaged up, cleanly and neatly. Garbage must not be loose inside the garbage containers in any manner or your garbage will not be collected. If plastic bags have been torn apart by rodents, dogs or other causes, it is solely the responsibility of the property owner/occupant to collect scattered garbage and refuse in order to place it in a new container/plastic bag.

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Translocation project still on track: VAST

DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Pest Management Plan: BC Hydro Facilities 2016-2021

Continued from page 1 The remaining funding shortfall will be covered by the same two municipalities.

Adams states that the translocation project has three primary objectives, which include: • Determining the mortality rate and causes of mortality during each stage of the translocation process—capture, handling, transport and post-release. Adams notes he expects no mortality during capture, handling and transport, but expects post-release mortality rates to be similar to those documented for non-urban mule deer that are collared in the region.

• Documenting distance travelled over time of radio-collared translocated urban mule deer.

Adams expects translocated deer do not return to home community or any other urban area.

• Determining home ranges of radio-collared translocated urban deer.

Adams expects home ranges to be similar to those documented for non-urban mule deer also collared in the region.

Adams says the VAST Resource is purposely avoiding providing the public with knowledge of exact capture dates in order to reduce likelihood of public viewing of the work. He adds that the intent is to reduce stress levels on the deer as much as possible.

A total of 20 adult

does will be fitted with the GPS radio-collars that will provide two locations per day after their release as well as notification if the collar doesn’t move for eight hours, which is an indicator of mortality.

Capture methods include two methods — tranquilizing deer with a dart gun operated by trained biologists and veterinarians by drawing deer to bait stations on municipal lands.

The second method involves using clover traps on private land with permission of the landowners.

Adams clarifies that the clover traps are different than the ones used for the culls, as the ones being used for the project are lighter and do not collapse once the animal is inside.

Those clover traps have been successfully used for wildlife capture under approved Animal Care guidelines in non-urban settings for deer and bighorn sheep.

Only adult females and young fawns will be moved; any bucks captured in clover traps will be released on site without any handling.

Cranbrook City Council has a regular scheduled meeting on Monday, Jan. 18. Whether council publicly addresses the deer cull remains to be seen. The B.C. Deer Protection Society is planning a protest at City Hall before the meeting.

Teachers union applauds decision Continued from page 1 Following a bitter strike that began at the end of the 2014 school year, the B.C. Court of Appeal overturned the 2014 ruling in April.

Balfour brought up her own experience with her children in battling the frustration with the legislation.

My own children started school under Christy Clark’s reign as Minister of Education and have now finished never knowing any different,” Balfour said.

“They were in overcrowded classrooms

with many students who needed extra support to be successful but were denied that right.

“That is disgraceful. I hope the future generations of students in BC’s public schools are treated with more respect than what we have seen for the past 14 years under Clark’s watch.”

A hearing date has yet to be set, but Jim Iker, the president of the BCTF, says it could be held in the fall, with a decision made next year.

With files from The Canadian Press

The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the Pest Management Plan (PMP) applies.

The purpose of the proposed PMP is to control vegetation at BC Hydro facilities to maintain safe and reliable operations which support the delivery of electricity to our customers. This plan applies to all areas of British Columbia where BC Hydro has operational or planned facilities such as electrical substations, generation switchyards, generating sites, communication sites, storage sites, administrative buildings, or land owned or leased for future facilities.

The proposed duration of the PMP is from April 2016 to April 2021.

Vegetation incompatible with the operation of the power system will be controlled using: physical (manual brushing, girdling, hand-pulling, hedge trimming, mowing, pruning, weed trimming or tree removal), cultural (gravel/hard surfacing, planting ground cover), biological (release of parasitic insects to control noxious and invasive plants) or chemical (herbicide application) techniques, or any combination of these methods.

The active ingredients and trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: ○ acetic acid – Ecoclear, Munger’s Hort Vinegar or equivalent, ○ aminocyclopyrachlor and chlorsulfuron – Truvist or equivalent ○ aminocyclopyrachlor and metsulfuron-methyl – Navius or equivalent ○ aminopyralid – Milestone or equivalent ○ aminopyralid and metsulfuron-methyl – ClearView or equivalent ○ aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl, and fluroxypyr – Sightline or equivalent ○ aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl and triclopyr – Clearview Brush or equivalent ○ ○ ○ ○

Chlorsulfuron – Telar or equivalent Chondrostereum purpureum – Chontrol or equivalent clopyralid – Lontrel, Transline or equivalent or equivalent dicamba – Vanquish, Banvel or equivalent

○ dichlorprop-P and 2,4-D – Estaprop XT or equivalent ○ diflufenzopyr and dicamba – Distinct, Overdrive or equivalent ○ diuron – Karmex, Diurex 80 WDG or equivalent ○ flumioxazin – Payload or equivalent ○ glyphosate – Vantage, Vision or equivalent ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

imazapyr – Arsenal Powerline or equivalent indaziflam – Esplanade or equivalent metsulfuron-methyl – Escort or equivalent picloram – Tordon 22k, Tordon 101 or equivalent picloram and 2,4-D – Aspect or equivalent

○ triclopyr – Garlon products or equivalent ○ Trifluralin – BioBarriere, Treflan or equivalent ○ 2,4-D – LV700 or equivalent Adjuvant products may also be combined on occasion with a herbicide to improve its effectiveness, such as: nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol – Agral 90, paraffinic oils – Gateway, octadec-9-enoic acid as methyl and ethyl esters – Hasten NT, or siloxylated polyether – Xiameter or equivalents.

The proposed methods for applying herbicides include: soil applied techniques (backpack sprayer, powerhose or fixed boom sprayer), cut surface, basal bark, backpack foliar, mechanized foliar (fixed nozzle, boom directed nozzle, wick sprayer), and injection (hack and squirt, lance or syringe) techniques.

A draft copy of the proposed PMP is available at bchydro.com/pestplanforfacilities.

Alternatively, it is available in person at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby; 1401 Kalamalka Lake Road, Vernon; 18475 128 Street, Surrey; 400 Madsen Road, Nanaimo; 3333 22 Avenue, Prince George.

BC Hydro, the applicant for the proposed PMP, is located at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby, B.C., V3N 4X8.

Please contact Tom Wells, Vegetation Program Manager, at 604 516 8943 or thomas.wells@bchydro.com for more information.

A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the above address within 30 days of the publication notice.

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Holistic Skin Care Specialist comes to Kimberley!

Shawna offers Holistic Skin Care, Advanced Skin Care Analysis and Facials. This includes anti-aging, acne, pigmentation, sensitive skin, rosacea and skin care for those living with cancer.

“Holistic skin care aims to evaluate you as a whole person, not just your skin care complaint,” she said. “It takes more than topical products to have healthy skin.”

Shawna has an extensive training resume.

•2015 Advanced Skin Care Analysis using the Pastiche Method, trained under Florence Barrett-Hill CIDESCO, ITEC Dips, Independent Technical Educator & Author to the Professional Aesthetics Industry •2014 Oncology Esthetics Training, Trained under Morag Currin Founder, International Director and Educator, Vancouver, BC •2014 Esthetique Spa International, Vancouver, BC 2011 Esthetique Spa International, Edmonton, AB •2011 advanced training in Las Vegas for Micro-current and light therapy (ELR), under Jane Mann, micro-current expert, esthetician and trainer, and Dr. Starwynn, developer of the Energy Light Rejuvenation (ELR), 30 years’ experience in acupuncture and vibrational medicine.

•2009 graduated from Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, CSNN, C.H.N.™ •2002 graduated from Marvel College, Esthetics, Calgary AB •1992 Blanche Macdonald, Make-up artistry, Vancouver, BC

“I have been self employed as an esthetician for the past 12 years and worked as a make-up artist in T.V., runway and print for 10 years prior. In 2008/09 I became a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, C.H.N.™, through this training it helped me to recognize the importance and the connection between nutrition and healthy skin. I then began to transition my business from general esthetics to Holistic Skin Care Specialist.

“I absolutely LOVE my work! I am very fortunate that my job allows me to help others feel and look their best. It is also very rewarding when I am able to help someone who has struggled with something like acne and we are able to get them the results they are looking for.

“My industry is constantly changing and I love doing research and educating myself so I can offer my clients result oriented facials, with a holistic touch.”

Shawna L’Heureux - Holistic Skin Care Specialist is open Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“It is best to call or text ahead of time or book online. If you can’t find a time that works for you please contact me and we will find a time that works,” she said. “If you would like to pick up product or a gift certificate please call ahead and I will book time off to make sure I am available to give you my full attention.”

If you want to look your best or you have an important event happening this year book your appointment today!

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Insightful Healthy Homes

Arthur Lo’s Net-Zero Harmony House in Vancouver.

Arthur Lo up next for Wildsight’s Net-zero Energy Building series Submit ted

Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook is presenting Arthur Lo of Insightful Healthy Homes, an experienced net-zero builder from Vancouver, as the next speaker in their Net-zero Energy Building Speaker Series.

Arthur will be presenting a four-hour seminar for professionals from 1-5 p.m. in Kimberley and an evening presentation for the public at 7:30 p.m. in Cranbrook.

Events take place Friday, January 22. The session ‘Professionals is at Centre 64 in Kimberley. The session for the public, 7:30 p.m., is at the College of the Rockeis Main Lecture Theatre in Cranbrook.

“Arthur will be sharing his wealth of knowledge gained from more than two decades of experience building energy efficient buildings in Canada,” said Wildsight’s Lars Sander-Green.

Arthur’s current

projects include a market-oriented net-zero townhome project (a BC first) and a Living Building Challenge home covering all seven sustainability goals. He’ll be sharing details about those projects, as well as older projects like his 2010 Net-zero Harmony House and net-zero ready homes in the Lower Mainland.

Arthur is an experienced building educator, having worked on training programs with Canada Mortgage and Housing, Natural Resources Canada, and the Canadian Home Builders Association.

Arthur also worked as an engineer on numerous infrastructure projects in his native Hong Kong before coming to Canada.

“Our series is approved as continuing

professional development by BC’s Homeowner Protection Office, so this is an opportunity for builders to learn about leading edge net-zero building construction, while also covering some of their required training hours,” added Sander-Green.

“For the public, our evening session is sure to provide inspiration about net-zero buildings that produce as much energy as they use.”

The professional seminar runs from 1-5PM at Centre 64 in Kimberley with a cost of $25. Interested members of the public are also welcome to the afternoon session. The public session starts at 7:30PM in the lecture theatre at College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, with admission by do-

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nation. More details and registration for the professional seminar can be found at wildsight. ca/netzero.

“We had a great turnout at the first session in the series, with people travelling from Creston, Invermere, and Fernie to attend,” said Sander-Green, “and I’m sure there will be plenty of great Q&A for this session as well.”

The third session in the series is Feb. 19th, with Dave Spencer of EchoHaven in Calgary and Jan Pratschke of Invermere’s Collective Carpentry, and the last session is Mar 4th, with Shafraaz Kaba of Manasc Isaac Architects in Edmonton. Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust for this project.

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Letters to the Editor Deer Cull

Congratulations to Cranbrook for conducting a deer cull in a manner that kept the anti-cull groups out of the picture.

Seems anytime they get involved there are more problems than solutions.

Deer culls should not be construed as a prelude to the annihilation of mule deer.

Nor should it be considered an endorsement as the only means of solving urban deer problems. Culls are just one aspect of wildlife management. Resolving urban deer issues, means evaluating options, which includes education, translocation, contraception, hazing, human/deer conflicts, increased predator activity, deer/ vehicle accidents, political agendas, both provincial and civic, as well as the agendas of environmental groups. Some of these solutions may or may not work.

The anti-cull groups would do well to back off and allow wildlife managers and elected city officials to manage these issues.

RC Kerr Cranbrook

Campaigning for Walbran

According to Tom Fletcher, “an employee of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, apparently coordinating media and protesters” regarding logging in the Walbran Valley (Letter, ‘Avatar Sequel Bombs in Walbran,’ Jan 14).

He’s referring to me. Far from lurking, I’m proud to be campaigning with Sierra Club BC to save the some of the last significant stands of unprotected old-growth on Vancouver Island. (And, to correct but one of the many misleading or false claims in Fletcher’s piece, Sierra Club BC is entirely independent.)

Fletcher’s diatribe reveals him as Teal Jones’ willing stenographer, uncritically regurgitating the logging company’s talking points. Fletcher and Teal Jones may believe it is morally and ecologically

acceptable to cut down these magnificent trees and destroy complex, delicate ecosystems. Sierra Club BC doesn’t, and nor do the majority of British Columbians, who support concerted action to defend endangered old-growth trees, wildlife, a stable climate, clean water and clean air.

British Columbians know that these things form the life-support system of our planet and support long-term prosperity and a diverse economy, including sustainable second-growth forestry for current and future generations. A growing list of independent reports from B.C.’s Auditor General, the Forest Practices Board and even a Liberal MLA highlight the need for urgent action to save our forests.

It’s long past time for the provincial government to reverse the damage done when it gutted the rules governing logging. Fourteen years of trusting corporate interests to manage our forests with little or no oversight has got to stop.

Mark Worthing Sierra Club BC

Site C and LNG Folly

As a professional engineer with 40 years of experience, I find it incredulous that our government is proceeding headlong on a growth strategy founded upon LNG exports and the construction of the Site C dam.

In business, the decision making process is based upon sound analysis of alternatives, sound economics, due diligence and approval by a board of directors. As it seems that BC Hydro and our government have rubber stamped approval, they have forgotten that as a Crown Corporation, BC Hydro is owned by the people of BC. I have yet to see a credible business and environmental case for this project.

We have yet to see any FID’s by the various LNG project proponents, because BC gas faces tremendous worldwide competition for market share. According

to the BP Energy Outlook to 2035, the LNG market will grow from 33 Bcf per day in 2015 to 80 Bcf per day in 2035. Currently there are 37 Bcf per day of new LNG projects under construction or soon to deliver first gas (10.6 in the US, 14 in Australia and 2.4 in Russia). That leaves 20 Bcf per day up for grabs of which BP forecasts 20 Bcf per day will come from East Africa, Mozambique and the Malay peninsula. Canada does not appear in the BP report as an LNG supplier in the report. In my opinion the Petronas project might proceed because of its ownership in the resource through its Canadian subsidiary, Progress Energy and its position in the Malaysian market.

Therefore, it is foolish to destroy so much of the rich Peace River eco-system, to supply electricity for one project at an estimated cost of $8 Billion dollars and who knows what the final cost will be.

Whatever the cost, it is far cheaper to have Petronas make its own power from its own natural gas.

Another potential use for the Site C power, is for export. If so, where are the 25 year take or pay contracts? Where are the market studies? And should only one LNG project proceed, won’t the power grid need to be upgraded to ship all the new electrons down to the US border?

If power exports are the real justification for Site C, wouldn’t it be far less expensive to use the existing phases which are planned and ready to be installed in the Columbia River system?

It’s time for our government to stop work on this disastrous economic and ecological boondoggle before we end up paying through the nose for future electricity costs, or worse having to sell BC hydro at a fire sale price like Ontario is doing with their former crown jewel which has been destroyed by short sighted liberal governments.

Randy Evanchuk, P.Eng. Kimberley

Time to create meaningful resolutions Tar a Stark

The New Year is a time for reflection and a time to renew commitments to health.

Many people find themselves feeling overwhelmed and exhausted after the holidays and feel a nagging sense that they should be embarking on a big new fitness plan or healthy eating plan.

If better health is at the top of your list, go back to your inner drawing board.

What do you need to change in your life so you can be your best self? What is standing in your way? Consider your physical well-being and your emotional well-being. It is very difficult to address the physical self when the emotional self is stressed.

Spend some quiet time thinking about what it is you really want to achieve in the upcoming year. Take the month of January to reflect specifically on your own needs, not on anyone else. If you have already made an ambitious and hasty resolution,

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give yourself permission to sit with it for the month.

In our busy lives there are thousands of barriers getting in the way of making changes - a lack of money and time, long work hours, kids to care for and dogs to walk. Spend some time thinking about what is really important to you and what you can let go of. What do you need to do to let go of those things? What do you need to do to take care of yourself, to feel relaxed and to be in a place where change is possible?

When you are ready, set realistic goals for the year that are SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. For example, my resolution is to walk for 30 minutes, four days a week, until Easter. Notice how there is a specific activity, with measurable numbers in a timely fashion, and the goal appears to be fairly realistic and attainable for someone who maybe doesn’t get a lot of exercise, but is fully mobile.

Letters to the Editor

Write down you goal and write down the steps you need to take to get there. If taking a big step feels like too much, here are a few small but SMART ideas that can have a big impact on your health.

• Walk to work on Mondays until spring solstice. Reassess your plan when the weather improves and the days are longer.

• Put your salt shaker in the garbage today. Extra salt contributes to high blood pressure.

• For the months of February and March, commit to packing your lunch each night before school or work, rather than in the morning when you are rushed.

• Make fish a standing item on your grocery list. Even canned tuna and salmon contain healthy omega three fats.

• Have media-free meals for a month.

Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy 2016!

Tara Stark is a Public Health Dietitian with Interior Health

Letters to the Editor should be a maximum of 400 words in length. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject any contribution. All letters must include the name and daytime phone number of the writer for verification purposes. The phone number will not be printed. Anonymous letters will not be published. Only one letter per month from any particular letter writer will be published. Email letters to editor@dailytownsman.com. Mail to The Daily Townsman, 822 Cranbrook St. N., Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 3R9. In Kimberley, email editor@dailybulletin.ca. Mail to The Daily Bulletin, 335 Spokane Street, Kimberley, BC V1A 1Y9.

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January 20, GoGo Grannys Travelogue. Jeff and Linda Williams will present their travelogue titled “Normandy: Land of William the Conqueror”. Join us in the lecture theatre at the College of the Rockies at 7:00. All proceeds support Grandmothers in Africa.

Want to play your instrument with others? The Cranbrook Community Orchestra (CCO) is for musicians beginner to advanced.

Find out more: 250-581-0058 Shelagh or facebook: Cranbrook Community Orchestra. Wednesdays; first meeting Jan 20 Got Scottish?! The annual Robbie Burns Dinner Fundraiser for Kimberley Cranbrook Highland Dance Association. Tickets on sale until Jan 16 at Lotus Books. Dinner is on January 23, Heritage Inn in Cranbrook. Tickets not available at the door. FMI Robin 432-5404 Have Camera Will Travel.... presents “Newfoundland” Join Dave White - “Ramblin’ on the Rock - Hiking the East Coast Trail”. Video presentation at Centre 64 on Tuesday, Jan 26 at 7:30 pm. Admission

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n the spring of 1940, the yearbook com- drawings (too simplistic and juvenile), but mittee of Saint Paul, Minnesota’s Cen- a newspaper was. In June of 1947 the Mintral High School was completing their neapolis Tribune published a two column year-long work. Although they had comic strip titled ‘Sparky’s Li’l Folks.’

We know it by its later name: ’Peanuts.’ sometimes argued about which photos Of course ‘Sparky’ was the nickname of should go where, and how much coverage sports should take over academics, there Charles M. Schulz, a moniker he earned as was one thing which every committee mem- a child, when one of his uncles thought he ber agreed on: they would not accept the resembled the character ‘Sparky’ from the drawings submitted by a student who went weekly comic strip ‘Barney Google.’ Schulz by the name ‘Sparky.’ Those drawings were never minded the name as he loved, lived, and breathed newspaper comic terrible. They looked strips. When the colour funnies like a little kid drew arrived with the newspaper’s them. weekend editions, he would sit And the one of the on his father’s knee as they read dog was atrocious.

BOOKNOTES them together. He thought this ‘Sparky,’ was understandably disappointMike Selby was the best feeling in the world.

All he ever wanted to do was ed, but he was becomdraw his own comic strips, so he ing use to things not going his way. Shy and extremely anxious spent his childhood practicing, copying as a child, he grew into a remote and often ‘Popeye’ and ‘Krazy Kat’ from their respeclonely teenager. Things began to look up tive weekly strips. Although most found his after high school, as he was accepted into work to be “unsophisticated,” there was Minneapolis’ Art Instruction School. Yet he one positive comment. An elementary had no sooner began his studies when he school teacher had pulled him aside and was drafted. His mother passed away while told him that one day, he was going to be a he was in boot camp, and he found no time great artist.

That day certainly began with the first to grieve as he was shipped off to France.

‘Sparky’ wasn’t a great soldier either, as he strip of ‘Li’l Folks.’ In four deceptively simfrequently forget to load his weapons, and ple panels, Schulz sets the scene which hesitated using artillery until it was too late. would not only change comics but influLife began to look promising again at ence the modern culture for the next 70 the end of the war, when he returned home years. In it, two children are sitting on a and was hired to teach at the Art Instruc- curb, observing a round-headed blockhead tion School. Here he fell deeply in love with walking by. “Well here comes Ol’ Charlie the beautiful red-headed secretary in the Brown,” one child says. “Good Ol’ Charlie school’s accounting department. After Brown … yes sir! … How I hate him.”

The rest is very familiar history. months of dating, Sparky got on one knee Popular doesn’t begin to describe the and proposed to her. Not only was he rejected, but the object of his affection had impact of ‘Li’l Folks,’ and in 1950 United been dating someone else during their Features bought it for syndication (first in courtship, a firefighter whose proposal of North America, and very soon across the planet). They didn’t like the name though, marriage she did accept.

It was if he spent his entire life trying to thinking it was too close to another strip kick a football, only to have life pull it away they ran titled ‘Little Folks.’ They changed it to ‘Peanuts,’ a name Schulz hated his entire at the last second.

Sparky spent the next five years teaching life.

His entire life could certainly be found at the Art Instruction School, all the while submitting his own work to various maga- in this group of children and a dog in a zines. No magazine was interested in his world free of adults. Schulz — who poured

all of his own disappointments and hurts, but also his resilience into his main character — had attended art school with a guy named Charlie Brown. This one was always partying instead of studying, so everyone called him “Good Ol’ Charlie Brown.”

Schulz also had friends named Shermy, Linus, and a cousin named Patty. He also was a lifelong owner of beagles, even though none of them ever flew Sopwith Camels, typed novels, or slept on top of their doghouses.

(Not only does Snoopy have his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but a giant statue of him adorns the entrance to Central High School, the very one that rejected Schulz’s drawing of him.)

His first heartbreak would appear as Charlie Brown’s crush for the Little RedHaired Girl. He also stated he based Lucy’s disposition (“crab grass on the lawn of life’’) on his own daughter’s stubbornness. Another of his daughters was forever playing classical music on her toy piano.

Putting aside all the movies and TV shows, and the mass merchandizing which began in the late ‘50s, Schulz drew a four-panel ‘Peanuts’ comic every single day from 1950 until February 13th, 2000. It only stopped because Schulz died on February 12th. ‘Peanuts’ ended up being translated into 21 languages in 75 different countries, and had a daily readership of 355 million. It is also the longest story every written in the English language.

Its continuing appeal remains in the incredible warmth and humour out of what is basically a study in defeat. Schulz himself acknowledged that “all the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away.” Charlie Brown weathers it all with a sweetness and happiness that it melts the heart of everyone (except of course, Lucy).

Sometimes, grief is good.

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ers — not just the guys wearing letters, any veteran player — to have some pride and make sure that you come and work your butt off.

Whatever the result is, be proud of the way you worked and you’ll sleep a little better at night.”

Veteran Raiders right winger Reid Gardiner finished the night with two goals and an assist to lead his club.

“In the first period, I was forcing things a little too much,” Gardiner said following the win.

“I just tried to simplify it in the second and third, get pucks deep and get my feet moving.

“We started slow — they jumped out to a 2-0 lead there quick and we just had to regain our composure. We had a good few power plays there to kind of get the game within one and tie it, obviously. That third goal was huge to get momentum going into the third.”

Simon Stransky and Jordan Tkatch registered the other two goals for Prince Albert, while Lishchynsky and Austin Wellsby responded for the Ice. Raiders goaltender Rylan Parenteau made 18 saves on 20 shots for his 15th victory of the campaign.

Hoflin was once again busy, facing 39 shots and turning aside 35.

Next up, the Ice (8-353-0) face the Spokane Chiefs (20-18-3-2) in a home-and-home affair, beginning Friday (7 p.m.) at Western Financial Place.

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Another night, another defeat.

The losses continue to pile up for the Kootenay Ice and while Saturday night’s 4-2 loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers may have been an improvement from Friday’s 4-2 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders, the simple fact of the matter is the outcome remained the same.

“Just because you have a good start, doesn’t mean that it’s always going to continue,” said Luke Pierce, head coach of the Kootenay Ice, Saturday night. “Teams are going to push back and you have to find ways to keep digging.

“Obviously, you want the result — the win — and you’re excited about the way everyone responded [after Friday]. I wasn’t devastated, but I wasn’t exactly excited either.”

A strong opening period gave the hosts a 1-0 lead and a 16-12 advantage on the shot clock.

Veteran winger Zak Zborosky showed his speed and soft hands to open the scoring, putting a nifty backhand past Tigers goaltender Nick Schneider only 3:40 into the festivities.

After that, the Tigers took over the in second period.

Led by 20-year-old defenceman Ty Stanton, the visitors put up three goals in the middle period, outshooting the Ice 20-7.

“We’re a smaller team, we’re not very big up front,” Stanton said after the win. “We have some small shifty guys.

By the end of the game, we’re a pretty fast team, so I think that just wore their ‘D’ men down and we were able to outskate them in the ‘O’ zone and capitalize on our scoring chances.”

Tigers forward Caleb Fantillo knotted the game before the 6-foot2, 200-pound Stanton sent a long point shot through the five-hole of Hoflin to give the visitors a 2-1 edge.

Tigers forward Mark Rassell capped the three-goal second period for the visitors.

Another long point shot from Stanton was mishandled by Hoflin, with the loose biscuit coming straight to Rassell, who deposited it for his 12th of the campaign and a 3-1 Medicine Hat lead after 40 minutes.

“We go into that shell again and our panic mode is everybody go to their own plan and try to dig our way out of it as individuals,” Pierce said.

“We can’t do that. We have to play a team game. We have to rely on one another. We just got way too individualistic in that [second] period and it burned us.”

Simplicity helped the Ice get back to within one in the final period of regulation as defenceman Cale Fleury sent a long point shot through the wickets of Schneider to make it a 3-2 affair.

“It’s good because it shows it actually works keeping it simple,” Fleury said. “You don’t have to make a spectacular play to score a goal.

You’ve just got to keep it simple and follow the game plan. It can work for you.”

That’s all the hosts could muster Saturday, as Chad Butcher sealed the game with a shorthanded, breakaway tally to round out the scoring.

At the end of the night, Hoflin made 33 saves on 37 shots, while Schneider was good on 33 of 35 attempts.

Saturday’s outing came on the heels of a disastrous Friday in which a Kootenay Ice parade to the penalty box allowed the Prince Albert Raiders to march away with two points.

By the final buzzer, the Raiders — ranked 14th on the power play heading into the game — had converted on three of seven opportunities.

“Matt Alfaro’s penalty tonight — bad penalty. Tanner Lishchynsky’s penalty — bad penalty.

Zak Zborosky’s — bad penalty. Troy Murray took a penalty. Cale Fleury took a penalty,” Pierce said Friday. “Max Patterson is the only young guy that took a penalty and I think it was a bit of an accident.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your smile draws many people toward you. You often come off as being much gentler and more flexible than you really are. You have the ability to make up your mind about an issue rather quickly. Pace yourself when dealing with a creative project.

Tonight: Make it your treat.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You might be feeling as if something is off or as if someone is heading your way. Make sure that the different aspects of a key matter are sorted out, and that you are updated about the details of this situation. Then relax and see what comes down the pike. Tonight: Get some

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might feel as if you can achieve whatever you desire most. Use this moment well, and don’t let yourself get distracted.

Later in the week, you won’t feel as positive or as assertive as you do now. Know what you expect from a conversation. Tonight: Catch up on a pal’s news.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You are on top of your game. Are you willing to assume responsibility and help others achieve this same feeling of confidence?

Your leadership could make or break a situation. Weigh the pros and cons carefully before making any decisions. Tonight: Out till the wee hours.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Be willing to reach out to someone who doesn’t often express his or her caring, but is breaking that pattern now. You could feel uncomfortable yet delighted with this change. Your imagination goes to a new level when brainstorming. Tonight: Make an important call.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might be more fiery and determined than you have been in a while. How you handle a personal matter could be different from how you initially had intended because of some suppressed anger. Avoid lashing out at someone you care about.

Tonight: Go with the flow.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You need to pace yourself. A slow but steady pace works well. A controlling person could affect your plans. You can ignore this person’s actions and just continue as if you had never had an interaction; just be aware of the ramifications of your actions.

Tonight: Off to the gym.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You will be very direct, and it will be reflected in your actions.

Some people might back away because of your controlling nature. Your imagination, when shared, tends to help others relax and open up. Use your charm well. Tonight: Soften up a little for better results.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be much more anchored than you realize. Notice what is happening with a family member. You might want to be more supportive, even if you can’t identify with this person.

Try to relate to his or her predicament, and don’t make judgments. Tonight: Out late.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Communication takes a weird turn. You could feel as if you have pushed too hard, perhaps without realizing it. You most likely were reacting to a controlling or strong-willed person in your life. Step back, and everything will work out. Tonight: Catch up on others’ news.

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I have met a few guys, but it never seems to go anywhere. I can’t seem to find someone who wants anything more than sex. I used to sleep around, but I’m more mature now, and I value myself enough not to throw my body at every guy I meet. I’ve learned from my mistakes.

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Try online dating (be cautious), and ask your friends, family members and coworkers to introduce you to available, decent men. Join a church social group, choir, theater group or a volunteer organization where you will be doing some good and meeting new people, both male and female.

And yes, it’s possible that you are attracting the wrong type of guy. Your closest friends should be honest enough to tell you if that’s the case and what you might do about it. But most importantly, be patient. You may be looking to settle down, but your average 23-year-old man is not. You may be coming across as desperate or overly eager. A little nonchalance might serve you better.

Dear Annie: My husband and I are over 70 and living on our retirement income. We are doing very well. My complaint is that every day, we receive a half-dozen requests for donations to a variety of charities.

We have one charity that we support on a regular basis. But all of these other charity requests keep rolling in, and some with small amounts of money attached. I feel guilty for not sending these back with a donation, but I no longer respond to this tactic. I try to donate the small amounts of money from these charities to local thrift stores that support animal shelters or women’s shelters.

How can we get these charity requests to end? I would like to be able to do more, but on a fixed income, it just isn’t possible. -- Please Stop Dear Please: You can contact the Direct Marketing Association (dmachoice. org) at P.O. Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512; or the Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0262stopping-unsolicited-mail-phone-callsand-email.

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A new report shows 117 children and youth in care in B.C. were placed in hotels in a recent 12-month period despite government claims the practice was rare and repeated orders that it happen only in extreme situations.

The joint review of hotel placements by Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and the Ministry of Children and Family Development came in response to a high-profile death last September.

Alex Gervais, an 18-year-old in care, fell or jumped to his death from the fourth floor of an Abbotsford Super 8 hotel, where he had been housed by the ministry after his group home was shut down due to poor conditions.

At that time, Children and Family Minister Stephanie Cadieux suggested just one or two youths were thought to be in hotel placements.

Turpel-Lafond suspected the number was closer to 50 and said the count of 117 children from November 2014 to October 2014 – more than double her estimate – shows how pervasive the problem remains.

Some of those children were placed in hotels multiple times during the year, as a total of 131 placements were recorded.

Most hotel stays are short – just a day or two – and Cadieux said it’s usually because of the need to urgently relocate youth until a conventional placement can be found, often on

evenings or weekends.

But Gervais was an extreme case.

He spent 49 consecutive days in the Abbotsford hotel prior to his Sept. 18 death, the most recent of multiple hotel stays.

“The best guess we have is that Mr. Gervais spent close to 100 days in hotels over the period of his time in care,” Turpel-Lafond said.

A further review of his case is underway and the ministry is required to report by March 31 or consent to an investigation by Turpel-Lafond’s office.

“His death is a tragedy,” Cadieux said. “It’s a young life lost well too soon.”

The South Fraser and North Fraser regions of the Lower Mainland recorded the highest use of hotels – 32 and 27 placements respectively – followed by 14 in Vancouver/Richmond and 12 by the Fraser Valley Aboriginal Children and Family Services Society.

The hotel placements make up two per cent of B.C. children in care, but that rose to six per cent in the North Fraser area.

Turpel-Lafond characterized the recurring use of hotels in those areas as “a stop-gap in lieu of having adequate placements.”

But Cadieux said she believes better coordination of the placement options that exist could go far to reducing hotel use.

Cadieux said hotel stays remain an option of last resort and while she doesn’t believe it’s good practice she would set no target date for ending it.

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Alex Gervais died when he fell from the fourth floor of an Abbotsford Super 8 hotel on Sept. 18.

Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen TurpelLafond banned all use of hotels but Cadieux said that comparison isn’t appropriate because that province was using them systemically.

Turpel-Lafond said she would like to see a complete ban because of the harm hotel stays do but agreed it is not realistic.

“The pressures on the staff are such that they are not able to find alternative placements to hotels at this time.”

Ministry staff must now report to the representative’s office when any child is kept in a hotel longer than three days.

Social workers must get approval for hotel placements, which has been granted in all recent requests. Reports on hotel placements are to be made public every six months.

Cadieux said she also intends to bring a budget request to cabinet to provide more residential resources for emergency placements, particularly in the Fraser areas.

She indicated she may also propose increased remuneration or incentives to recruit or retain foster families.

“We want to eliminate hotel placements entirely,” Cadieux said.

“But government can’t achieve that alone. We need more people to step up, get trained and work with us to provide kids in care with the stable homes that they need and that they deserve.”

Four family members among Canadians killed in Burkina Faso terrorist attack Canadian Press

QUEBEC - Family and friends of the six Quebecers who were killed in the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso are reacting with shock and disbelief over the deaths.

A Quebec school board, friends and media outlets said four of the victims were from the same family: Yves Carrier, his wife Gladys Chamberland, their adult son Charlelie Carrier and Yves’ adult daughter Maude Car-

rier, a teacher.

A Quebec City-area school, Jean de Brebeuf, identified the fifth victim as Louis Chabot, a former teacher at the school. The identity of the sixth person could not immediately be verified, but Quebec and Burkina Faso media said all six were travelling together on a humanitarian trip.

They were among at least 28 who died when terrorists stormed a luxury hotel in the capital Ouagadougou late Friday.

According to Rose-Anne Rousseau, member of a Quebec-City religious community that helped co-ordinate the trip, the six were in Africa as humanitarian volunteers, and had spent much of their time in Africa helping to paint and repair a school.

She said the majority of the group had been in Africa since just before Christmas, and three of the six were expected to fly out the evening of the attacks.

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INEXCUSABLE EXCUSES Get ready to hear them at Council Monday night.

Mayor Pratt and your Council want to talk to you about the deer cull.

Why now and not before the secret cull?

THE INEXCUSABLE EXCUSES YOU MAY HEAR...

1. They conducted the cull in secrecy for public safety.

But why? At no time was there any threat to humans during any previous culls in Cranbrook.

2. They had to cull deer to improve public safety.

There is no guarantee that “aggressive” deer will be captured. BC Deer Protection Society video footage and photos show three fawns captured in the recent cull.

3. The cull involved a contract of employment so it had to be discussed in a closed meeting.

The terms of the culling contract may have needed discussion behind closed doors but the cull itself should not have been kept secret.

4. The city council decided to follow the recommendations of the Cranbrook Urban Deer Management Committee There is no documentation that the committee discussed or advised the city to conduct another deer cull after the 2015 deer counts were conducted.

5. The movement you see on the video is “post-death twitching”.

There is no documented proof that the fawn was in fact not still alive as it was dragged away.

Come to our demonstrations at City Hall to learn more.

X Monday, January 18 at 5:45 pm X Friday, January 22 at noon

Would you - the tax payers - have found out about any of this if the video footage and picture had not been released?

It was the BC Deer Protection Society that twice notified Cranbrook residents of the cull, not the duly elected officials who spent tax dollars on secret meetings and secret culls.

Mayor Pratt says that the City does not want to debate through the media with organizations which resist any attempt to deal with the problems involving animals within City limits.

Yet, in 2015, Animal Alliance agreed to assist municipalities with the region’s non-lethal relocation project by giving $10,000 for radio collars.

Mayor Pratt and Council, you are responsible for permit compliance. Don’t attack the people who brought these incidents to your attention.

Tell us what are you going to do about the incidents that have now been made public.

Tell us what you are going to do to rectify the situation.

All residents of Cranbrook, whether they support the cull or not deserve open and transparent answers from their municipal elected officials.

Visit our website for more information at www.bcdeer.org Please contact us to learn how you can help end this cruelty.

You can reach us through our confidential hotline at

250-417-7806 or email urbanwildlife@shaw.ca