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THINK

by Sioux Browning

Any kid who carts a Unicef box from door-to-door at Hallowe’en or any parent who

makes Nanaimo bars to raise money for band camp has been a volunteer. Almost everyone volunteers at some point in their lives.

Data from the 2010 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating show that 47 per cent of the Canadian population—more than 13 million people—volunteered time to a group or organization in 2010. They volun-teered more than two billion hours, equalling nearly 1.1 million fulltime jobs. A conservative estimate of the dollar value of this one year’s volun-teer work? More than $20 billion.

If all these people stopped volunteer-ing at the same time, arts and cultur-al events would be cancelled, athletes would have no events to compete at, hospitals and health groups would lose huge chunks of funding, and reli-gious organizations would struggle.

All volunteerism is important but some of the most valuable volunteer efforts happen at the board level. Volunteer boards (ideally) work as a team to raise funds, coordinate other volunteers, organize and promote events, and in almost all ways run the charitable or non-profit group that serves the community.

I learned the value of volunteerism from my mother and grandmother, both dedicated donors of their time and talents. Following their leads, I’ve volunteered for arts and cultural organizations, on editorial boards, for health nonprofits and community services. It has been educational. It may make me a bit of a dinosaur but I believe that, much as we pay taxes to receive tangible community services, we volunteer in order to receive intan-gible community services.

The community is not delighted sim-ply because I exist within it; my only value to the community is what I con-tribute to it. To that end, whenever I hear people grousing about some event that doesn’t happen in their city using the words, “They should...,” I want to clonk their heads together. The operative word in that phrase would be better as “I.”

Over the years (decades...) I have had great experiences on volunteer boards and I have had less-than-great ones. But I’ve never regretted a lick of the work I’ve done. If it has made my community better in some small way, it was worth it.

Tips for Volunteer BoardsJoining a volunteer board can be intimidating. Many people are reluc-tant to serve on a board for fear of making a wrong decision or because there are specific things they do not want to do. But the range of tasks is so broad and the benefits so great that it’s worth it to give it a crack. For those who have thought about serv-ing on a board but hesitated, here are some things to consider.

1) A registered charity or NPO (non-profit organization) is a legal entity with legal obligations. Therefore, board meetings, budgets, bylaws, and so on have to meet certain standards. Familiarizing yourself with the orga-nization’s history and procedures will help you ease into your work.

2) You have ideas and energy to contribute. The best use of those assets is to move the organization forward, rather than trying to undo the work that came before you. What are the goals previous boards have set out? Try to achieve those goals.

3) No matter its size or purpose, the organization exists because of the work by previous volunteers. Don’t criticize that work simply because it

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isn’t what you might have done. Those other volunteers can probably hear you.

4) Working with other independent and determined people can be a chal-lenge. Try to keep in mind that a board speaks for the organization, not for the individuals serving at that moment. The needs of the organization rank higher than personal opinion.

5) Board meetings are important. A director who objects to a plan or idea but misses the meeting when the vote take place is legally responsible for the vote, regardless of her objections.

6) Serve but don’t take on more than you can handle. Many volunteers burn out because they are so passionate about their work that they take on too much. As with turtles, slow and steady wins the race.

7) When board members work togeth-er to achieve goals they can create magic. Think of all the events and services in your life that are provided by volunteers. The time and energy they put in is virtually unseen but without it, society would be so much poorer. FIND

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LIVE

by Sioux Browning

When you meet with Bud Abbott, you’re likely to be greeted saucily. He might

say, “Am I in your way? If not, I can move.” Bud Abbott—singer, actor, raconteur and pillar of the commu-nity—is also a bit of a scamp.

Though he has lived in Canada since 1957, he still speaks with strong traces of the English accent he brought with him. The accent, along with his always neat appearance, gives him a dapper air. Everywhere he goes in Cranbrook, people greet him warmly. It seems the city holds him in as high a regard as he holds it; in 1992, Abbott was named Cranbrook’s Citizen of the Year.

Philip Henry Abbott, born 1921 in Westcliffe-on-Sea, a seaside resort town in Essex, earned the permanent nick-name ‘Bud’ during his World War II Royal Navy service.

At the time, the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were at the height of their popularity. As a result, virtually every man with the surname Abbott was called ‘Bud.’ Cranbrook’s Bud Abbott hasn’t had quite the movie career of his namesake but he’s a show-man nonetheless.

What brought him here? “An airplane,” he says. But in truth it was the call for a bit of adventure. “I was married with two kids. My future looked really set; I could see all the way to my retirement.” He had already had the kinds of adven-ture that war provides; he was a torpedo

bomber pilot and, in 1942, flew in an important (though unsuccessful) two-day bombing raid on the German battleship Tirpitz, which was located in Norway. It’s far enough in the past that he can joke about his experiences. “It was a great mistake to let me fly,” he says. “The Navy is still paying for all the dam-age I caused.”

After the war and a year stationed in Northern Ireland, he tried his hand at insurance sales. But there was a rest-less desire for something different. He and his family relocated to Canada, touching down in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver before ending up in Cranbrook. “I thought I’d like to get some land and do a bit of farming. Work with my hands. But it really wasn’t for me.”

He went back to insurance, finding both a career and a permanent home here in the East Kootenay. Not long after, Abbott became involved in community theatre. If you haven’t seen him on the local stages, you’ve been missing out on a true Cranbrook cultural experience. Even in his 90s, Abbott’s rich voice still easily finds the seats at the back of the house. He’s well suited to comedic performances and is still willing to take some theatrical lumps for a laugh. He’s just as happy performing Shakespeare a dialogue with a cast of many as he is in a one-man show. One of his classic bits involves putting on a wedding dress and woman’s wig and belting out “Meet Me At The Church.”

Abbott has trod the boards for 66 years.

His first rule was during his Navy service. He was recruited to play one of the ugly stepsisters in A Wren For Cinderella. “Apparently they felt I was particularly qualified to play an ugly stepsister,” he says. Since then his name has appeared in plenty of playbills. The Cranbrook gala For The Love of Theatre in February, 2008, included a tribute to Abbott’s contributions to local theatre.

“I like performing,” he says. “If it hap-pens to entertain an audience, that’s a bonus.”

Abbott’s true love is singing. He per-formed with a local barbershop group for years and now has a group called Bud and Friends. This small and popu-lar group keeps busy performing at retirement homes and Legion locals.

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“It’s surprising how many songs you can learn in a lifetime. It keeps us quite occupied,” Abbott says. He esti-mates the group has over 160 tunes in its songbook.

But Abbott’s service to local cul-ture goes beyond delivering laughs or classic songs. He, along with Cornell Sawchuck, were instrumental in saving the building that is now The Studio/Stage Door. The former Masonic Lodge was scheduled to be torn down and replaced with a parking lot. Motivated volunteers like Abbott and Sawchuck worked with the City of Cranbrook to save the building, renovate it and convert it into a performing arts space. That was in 1973. Forty years later, Abbott is still a volunteer with the Cranbrook Community Theatre, helping to take care of that treasured space.

“I like to make a contribution in some

small way,” Abbott says. “It makes life more pleasant and keeps me busy since retirement. I think we all have a duty to improve our communities, whether local or national.”

And he does contribute. In recent

years, Abbott has given his time and energy to the Rotary Club of Cranbrook, the Kimberley Summer Theatre Society, and the Canadian Mental Health Association. He is one of B.C. Heart and Stroke Foundation’s best individual fundraisers.

His late, beloved wife Linda was also a dedicated volunteer and Abbott raised his four children with a strong sense of community spirit as well.

When he isn’t volunteering or per-forming or working in his garden, Abbott travels to visit his family. He professes not to love travelling but he did celebrate his 90th birthday in Mexico riding two zip-lines.

On a recent trip to Alaska, Abbott strapped into North America’s lon-gest zipline. It’s obvious that one of Cranbrook’s most esteemed citizens doesn’t have time to rest on his lau-rels. In fact, Abbott himself might say that if you’re resting on your laurels, you’re wearing them in the wrong place.

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riding ziplines.

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LISTEN

There’s Connor Foote and there’s Clayton Parsons and there’s Stu Driedger. Collectively, they

are ‘Pine Slacks.’ They carry a hint of the ‘Good Ole Southern Boys,’ about them—good ‘Good Ole Southern Boys’ we’re talking here, not bad ‘Good Ole Southern Boys’—decent and intelli-gent, with a large amount of talent.

Connor’s battered fedora, Clayton’s skateboard and Stu’s well-worn suit jacket may blow off the image, but slide a Seagull acoustic guitar around Clayton’s neck, add Stu on stand-up bass with Connor strumming and singing, and you discover a trio you could call the ‘Good Ole, Canadian, Southern, Northern Boys’—which is likely why they opted for ‘Pine Slacks.’

Their look, feel and attitude comes from their roots. Roots in family music and family roots in Cranbrook. Both Connor and Clayton have guitar-playing fathers—and uncles for that matter. Connor’s uncle, Ed King, was

admitted to the B.C. Country Music Association Hall of Fame in 2008, the same year as Ian Tyson. Talent has been passed down, along with some traditional values. When the boys talk influences, they name John Prine, Doc Watson, George Jones and others of the old-school, along with Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Rambling Dan Frechette and others of the new.

Connor, 20, and Clayton, 21, were both born in Cranbrook. They go a long way back together. They agree Pine Slacks fell into place when they hooked up with their bass player, Stu, a few months ago. Stu, (neither 20 or 21), was born in Ottawa and moved here when he was young.

After high school Stu studied music at Grant MacEwan College (now MacEwan University) in Edmonton, spent some time gigging and then returned to Cranbrook and set up a recording studio.

How did they get together? Says Stu: “I’ve known Clayton for a long time. Connor came over and we jammed some tunes. I told him I’d really like to start playing my upright bass again, do some country tunes. Connor brought in Clayton and we just started working real hard to make the songs sound good.”

Connor and Clayton lean towards the traditional while Stu, well, Stu leans a whole lot of directions, borrowing influences from his Jamaican roots, South Korean pop and, closer to home, Victoria’s punk rockers NoMeansNo.

As Connor says, “The tunes are a col-

by Jim Cameron so across these beating deserts through the mountains i ride,ill always be that number till the day i die,and this horse aint got no name neither do i

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laborative effort. We all have visions on how the song should go and we all put our own twist into each song. It’s interesting how they come out in the end.”

Clayton says, “I don’t try to plan every part of the song because it’s fun to see what kind of twist the other guys will put on it. That’s the whole fun of jamming with people.”

There is a sense of fun in the songs—also, some heartbreak, some love and some humour. And some songs are downright peaceful: “Sparks rise to the blackened skies and meet up with the stars, warm smell of that alder burning and the ring of soft guitars.” (From ‘Stay’.)

Those who have been follow-ing Connor’s musical career lately may refer to the group as

‘Connor Foote’s band’—but he rejects the title.

“In no way am I leader of any-thing,” he says. “We all have our ideas and try to emulate and respect the sound in each other’s heads.”

Making TracksThe boys are focusing on recording an album. Working as much as eight hours a day, they’re taking it one song at a time to put together an album they intend to release this year.

Until then, keep an eye out for upcoming live performances in venues around the area.

Find Pine Slacks on Facebook: Search for ‘Eraticon.’

P I N E S L A C K S F I N E F A C T S

Connor FooteConnor, having worked solo in the past, is now focusing his creative efforts on the band. He’s been writing songs for about a year, having switched from his long-time musical affair with drums in order to focus on guitar.

Clayton ParsonsClayton also started his musical career as a drummer, although he’s been playing guitar since he was young, singing with his family, in church, and around the fire. He, too, is focusing solely on the band at the moment, although he does an occasional gig with his father Reg and fellow guitarist Dan Unger.

Stu DriedgerAside from his bass playing and songwriting with Pine Slacks, Stu has compiled a long resume of production credits with a variety of musicians. Much of his time away from the band finds him in his studio working on a) his solo album A Stuart Driedger Experience, b) his pop collection Most Bestest, and c) recording projects for other musicians who avail themselves of his knowledge and talent.

On the web, visit Bandcamp.com and search ‘Eraticon,’ ‘Sdxp,’ or ‘Betch.’ (Those of you with sensitive ears beware the coarse language.)

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MAKE

It’s about time someone around here did what April Dekkers of {salvar} design does—rescue wooden furni-ture from oblivion with a colour and finish update.

Inside the {salvar} design studio, the ‘good, the dated and the broken’ are piled against one wall. The furniture is waiting for Dekkers to fire up her mouse sander, choose a paint colour and even, sometimes, have her son take a hammer to it for that shabby chic, distressed look.

Dekkers moved to Cranbrook in 2010 and started selling {salvar} items at the Cranbrook Farmer’s Market in 2011. This year, she moved operations into a spacious studio/storefront on Industrial Road #2, where you can drop off your pieces of furniture to be updated (she takes custom orders) or browse in her showroom.

She gets her furniture from estate sales, from second-hand stores like Twice is Nice, from thrift stores and from people who bring it. It doesn’t take her long, usually, to get a sense of how to update a piece.

“I’ll see something and have a vision for what it can become,” Dekkers says. “It depends on the piece—whether it’s rustic, vintage or antique—but there’s always a way to style it up.”

Dekkers describes the finished items as eclectic, and they include larger furniture pieces—tables, cabinets and so on—as well as smaller décor items. If you take a spin through her showroom, you’ll find updated lamps, mirrors and ‘objects d’art’ that would make great gifts or dial up the cool factor of your own house.

As for colours, “I use a lot of white

and black,” Dekkers says. “But some things need a splash of colour—sometimes you’ve just gotta live a little and use that piece to change the theme of a room.”

Her current palette includes lots of red, some electric yellow-green and turquoise, but she’s open to colour sug-gestions and will paint a piece to your specifications.

“Just come in and talk to me,” Dekkers says. “Bring a photo of the piece—or send one with your smart phone. Or just call to arrange a time to bring in the piece itself.”

Dekkers also makes ‘house calls.’ If you have a piece to update of she’ll come by to take a look. The {salvar} stu-

dio and showroom are open to the pub-lic on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 to 5, but Dekkers is there most of the time. “Just call or text me if you want to stop by on Wednesdays or Thursdays,” she says, “to make sure I’m there.”

Dekkers has always done creative proj-ects. “My mom had a flair of turning thrift store junk into something cool,” she says. “And we thrifted as teens cause that’s what you did.”

Growing up, Dekkers experimented with different media, including drawing and painting, “But this is what stuck,” she says.

She appreciates the skill and craftsman-ship that went into vintage furniture and wants to preserve as many pieces as she can. “In this society, everything is dis-posable,” Dekkers says. “But some piec-es have so much history. If I can save a piece and turn it into something someone can use, I’m

happy.”

Even lost-cause items can be reborn. “I found this great chair, but it had miss-

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keeps the future in furnitureDelivering the cool factor one piece at a time

“Colour adds adventure. The world would be a boring place

if we were all scared of colour.”


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ing spindles, so I took it to Laura, my woodworker, who replaced them and repaired it.

“I repainted it and it’s good as new. It was going to get obliterated!”

Why Cranbrook?Dekkers moved with her husband and two children from Abbotsford, B.C.

“I like Cranbrook,” she says. “I was hooked when I saw there is so much to do outdoors. It’s got fresh air and beautiful wilderness around it.

“Plus, Cranbrook is laid back—it’s not The City. I was tired of traffic, smog and overpopulation.”

People on the coast often ask Dekkers where she shops in Cranbrook—as if living without all the big-box stores and giant shopping centres is a real sacrifice.

“Where do I shop?” Dekkers says. “I’m doing just fine in Cranbrook and I haven’t been to Calgary or Lethbridge to shop. There’s enough around here to keep me busy.”

She buys her paint from locally-owned businesses and franchises. “If I’m not supporting the local businesses, I’m not supporting Cranbrook—so I shop locally.”

As for her future plans with {salvar}, Dekkers intends to, “Go with the flow. If it takes me somewhere greater, that’s awesome, but I’m content doing what I’m doing.”

{salvar} pieces have charm, colour and coolness—and they aren’t expensive. Refinishing is available, as well as repainting and repair. Décor items start at under $10 and make excellent gifts.

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by Trish Barnes

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LOOK

HEADING THE CALL

by Sioux Browning

In Reg Parsons’ artist studio, the eyes have it. From every wall and table surface, the eyes of animals

peer, peek and glance.

Parsons is best known as a wildlife art-ist specializing in bronze sculptures. His workspace is packed with sculptures, drawings, paintings, taxidermied forms and creatures just emerging from knobs of clay.

Against one wall of the studio, a large bronze cougar pads down the length of a log. On Parsons’ desk, three life-size chipmunks named Chippy, Skippy and Itchy look as if they might skitter away at any moment. And a real-life friendly chocolate lab named Buster lounges at the Cranbrook artist’s feet.

It requires a remarkable convergence of talents to create such convincing and lifelike figures. First, Parsons explains,

one has to decide how the animal will appear: its location, position, demeanor and sense of movement. Second, the figure has to be sculpted realistically in clay. Third, the artist needs to know the tolerances of his media; what can be accomplished in clay and how will it work once cast in bronze? Parsons brings an innate talent and a lifetime of experience to the creation of his work.

He was born and raised in Drumheller, Alberta. Though there were no art classes offered in his school, he loved to sketch and filled book after book with renderings of local landscapes and ani-mals. Drumheller is one of the premier locations in North America to find fossils and Parsons’ father was an inveterate fossil collector. Samples gathered from the acreage where the family lived were packed into ten antique wagons near

the house. These fossils were part of Parsons’ earliest education in how life forms are built.

Part two of his education was from a more unconventional source. “I left Drumheller when I was twenty,” Parsons says. “I ended up in Kelowna where I had a really close friend who was into taxidermy. As a kid I loved hunting, so that, combined with my love of art, made me think I could try it.” His first project involved mounting a bird on a frame. He found that he had an affinity for the work and quickly moved onto working on smaller animals, then deer, and bear-skin rugs. Building manne-quins on which to mount the hides gave him added insight into physiology.

He moved to Cranbrook and estab-lished a taxidermy business that was an immediate success. But more career

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surprises were in store. “The busi-ness was busy as all get out,” he says. “I was remarried and had beautiful kids. But one day I found myself at my desk weeping my eyes out. I had a true spiritual experi-ence. I thought, ‘Why am I mourn-ing?’ God had given me plenty of gifts.”

His experience prompted Parsons to look again at his love of painting and art. He purchased art supplies and went to work. His first painting won at the B.C. Festival of the Arts, confirming that he should take his talents in this new direction.

Another serious test was just around the corner. Parsons remembers it like it was yesterday: April 15, 1995. That was the day arsonists targeted his taxidermy studio and the (Chamber of Commerce building where the studio was located).

“I lost all my work there, my clay, paintings,” he says. “I really clung to my faith at that moment, looking for guidance.”

His love of wildlife and art helped him recover from the loss. The taxidermy work lost its appeal, but Parsons’ hard-earned knowledge of musculature and bone structure led him to try sculpture.

Today Parsons’ work, two-dimension-al and three, can be found in private and corporate collections around the world. Galleries in Alberta, Whistler, Victoria, and Wyoming carry his work. A massive sculpture of a grizzly sow and her two cubs—On Donely Slide—welcomes visitors to the Canadian Rockies International Airport. His bronzes of animals and his figures of rodeo life are the most popular among collectors. But he also creates figurative sculptures inspired by his faith: Adam, Eve, and the hands of God.

“When you do something you love, it’s not work,” says Parsons. “I just let my hands do it.”

His process begins with inspira-tion, which usually comes to him in the quiet of the early morning. “I’ll

get an idea and just sit with it. If I can’t let the idea go, I have to do it.” When a clay sculpture is complete, the Kalispell Art Foundry in Montana casts the work into limited edition bronzes.

Once cast and finished, the work isn’t necessarily complete. Parsons often writes a poem to accompany the figure. His is a comprehensive creative process. And, though he works on a wide variety of subjects, from landscapes to dogs to mountain goats to calf ropers to whimsical meditations on time, he can’t narrow down a favourite.

“I find wildlife the easiest, so I usu-ally lean to that. But my next project, whatever it is, is always my best one.”

www.RegParsons.com

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Torqueblade, and it was invent-ed by Cranbrook’s Michael Holdsworth, who grew up in England, traveled the world with the British Navy, and emigrated to Canada in 2002.

Although a large wooden blade is used, Torqueblade isn’t a martial art. It’s what Holdsworth calls: “The Art of Adaptability.”

In Torqueblade training, you do various movements while holding the blades as extensions of your arms. The additional weight and length demand muscle engagement all over the body, as posture and form are top priorities.

“You develop torsion awareness,” Holdsworth says. “The muscles are talking to each other. Fitness should be about body mechanics first and body mechanics are all about spatial awareness and control.

“This is developed by how you pull against the resistance you’re creating with the blades while performing the exercises.”

The shoulders, the arms, the core and legs are directly engaged. The workout targets all the major muscle

groups and is designed to keep you in the ideal ‘anaerobic’ fitness training zone.

Led by Holdsworth, Tuesday Torqueblade sessions at the Oddfellow’s Hall (above Pages Book Emporium) last just over one hour. You’ll do a lot of blade swinging and a fair bit of lunging. Holdsworth ends the sessions with stretching postures to limber the muscles.

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AVATARAlthough the exercises work on their own, Torqueblade is more than a fit-ness routine. “It’s a mind-body work-out,” Holdsworth says.

He’s building a fantasy framework people can use to motivate themselves during the exercises. It includes characters, glyphs and storylines. He encourages Torqueblade practi-tioners to create avatars within the ‘Torqueadian’ realm, where physical prowess is just as important as char-acter development.

“You give a name and personal attri-butes to your avatar,” Holdsworth

says. “When you create it yourself, you’re accountable for your desire to develop fitness attributes.”

By concentrating on a fantasy goal, he says, you engage your emotions, and that helps you remember the moves and gives meaning to your workout.

Holdsworth’s avatar is a poet-war-rior, which is fitting, because he’s writing a novel set in Torqueadia, and he’s been a sheriff, sailor and self-defense instructor, although he prefers to instruct “functional fitness.”

He spent five years on the seas with the British Navy. “In basic training the military pushes you as far as you can go, takes you to where you’re going to fail, and gives you the skills to go past that,” Holdsworth said.

“That’s the skill—your belief in what you can do.”

Holdsworth practices Hei Ben Wing Chung (a form of of Kung Fu), Filipino fencing/boxing and has studied Tai Chi, Judo, boxing and yoga. He earned his personal trainer ticket in the U.K., and is certified as a Personal Training Specialist with Canfitpro.

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fitness,” he says. “But they also give you a chance to develop your character—inside.”

Holdsworth is building Torqueblade into a franchise, and he’s sold licenses to fit-ness instructors in Texas, France and Serbia. The blades, movements and glyphs must be mastered by potential franchi-sees before they can start their own Torqueblade studios.

Go to Torqueblade.com to learn more.

Indian/Persian clubs are like large juggling clubs or narrow bowling pins. They’re usually made of wood. Club exercises had been a long tradition in India by the time members of the British Military started copying them during the 1800’s.

Torqueblades are an adapta-tion of the traditional club. Holdsworth narrowed the club end into a blade shape, giving the product more of a through-=line for “edge awareness,” which he says encourages better body mechanics.

The Torqueblade is also used in two other proprietary regimes: Tranquilblade, mediation in motion; and Torquetribe, syn-ergistic strength development. Torqueblades are available for purchase or you can borrow them during a session.

“Torqueblade is not a fighting art,”

Holdsworth says, “except in that it helps you fight your own per-ceptions of who you are and who you can be—it helps you move beyond your limitations and gives you the skills to do so.

It’s a lot of fun, too.”

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Cranbrook Duffers’ Golf Tour

A loving and totally biased look at golf around Cranbrook

This stately course has a classic feel. The front nine was laid out in 1951 and offers some long but expansive fairways. The back nine is more recent; it still has long holes but has more contemporary layout elements. It’s like playing in a park, with tall yellow pines lining the fairways.

Five sets of tees mean the course is a good fit for most abil-ities. A number of BCGA and Senior Men’s RCGA champion-ships have been played here. There are two pros on staff, a nice shop and a full restaurant. We frequently use the all-weather driving range (hit from mats), the practice bunker (or as I call it, purgatory), and the practice greens.

My favourite hole is #18, which has an elevated tee box that makes me feel like I can hit for miles, and a dog-leg around forest to the right. #9 can be the easiest hole to birdie. #7 has a narrow neck and two bunkers protecting the front of a small green. If you hit onto the green, the ball is apt to roll off a steep incline in the back. Aim to hit it short and roll onto the green.

Local knowledge: The 11th green looks sloped but it isn’t.

Favourite wildlife sighting: A mallard hen on her nest a few feet from the tee box at #7.

Yardage: 5,200 to 6,800 Men’s Par 72 • Women’s Par: 73

Cranbrook Golf Club GolfCranbrook.com 2700 2nd Street South 250. 426. 6462 or 888. 211. 8855

This Executive Par 3 course at the north end of Cranbrook is a sentimental favourite because it’s where my partner and I first honed our skills as beginners. We still play it to prac-tice our short games. It’s well-suited to beginners and a pro is available for lessons. Though not long, it offers plenty of challenges. Hills, contoured greens and grassy rough are all there for the flummoxing.

It’s a good practice facility, with a covered driving range that faces Fisher Peak, putting greens, and a three-hole ‘mini-Mission.’ These par-3 holes have great views of the

mountains. It has a small golf shop and a gastro pub with some intersesting dishes.

Dress code at this course specifically discourages high heels and cowboy boots.

Local knowledge: Trains passing on tracks near the Pine #9 will occasionally honk at you while you’re in mid-swing. Greens are a tad slower than other local courses.

Favourite wildlife sighting: We once had to putt around an unperturbed grouse on Pine #8.

Badger Yardage: 1,481 yards • 9 holes Pine Yardage: 1,265 yards • 9 holes

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A loving and totally biased look at golf around Cranbrook

There are a lot of great reasons to play at St Eugene Golf Resort and only one of them is the lovely course. Another significant reason is that the Ktunaxa First Nation (pronounced k-too-nah-ha) has transformed the site of a tragic period in recent history into a resort. The former residen-tial school now houses the pro-shop, four restau-rants, a casino and 125 hotel rooms. A thoughtful interpretive centre on-site tells the whole story.

The course runs next to the river through open links and woodland. Water abounds here, what with Joseph’s Creek cutting through the course, the St. Mary River running near several holes and some cannily placed water hazards. This makes for excellent duck and goose sightings, which are especially fun during hatchling season.

My experience with St. Eugene is always one of, “Oh yeah, I like this hole.” And then we reach the next hole and I think, “Oh yeah, I like this hole.” And so on.

Local knowledge: The snack shop has excellent sandwiches and resident crows who will hap-pily murder said sandwiches when your back is turned. Also, environmentally sensitive areas are marked with green out-of-bounds markers; please respect them.

Favourite wildlife sighting: A glossy coyote hung out with us for several minutes on tee box #11 last year.

Yardage: 7,007 • Par 72

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As you drive north from Cranbrook on Highway 95A, you’ll know you’ve reached Way-Lyn Ranch Golf Course when you see two large chainsaw art golfers on the east side of the highway. One of the figures is a busty gal in a cowboy hat I like to call Dolly. The art captures the tone of this course: Down-home hospitality, a porch on which to quaff a cool one in the summer, and a ranch-style clubhouse where you can order BBQ ribs.

I like the generous greens, the fairways lined with native grasses, and the laid-back atmosphere. This is a great

course for beginning golfers but the curvaceous fairways and some tricky par 3s offer some challenges. The views of the Rockies and Purcells from this course are unparalleled.

Course rules include the following: “Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.”

Local knowledge: Pay attention to the signs or you could play holes out of order.

Blue Yardage: over 3,007 . Par 58

Red Yardage: over 2,892 . Par 62

Way-Lyn Ranch Golf Course WayLynGolf.com Hwy 95 Cranbrook and Kimberley 250. 427. 2825

Fans of golf legend Gary Player will dig this course, designed by The Black Knight himself, who called it, ‘the most beautiful site that I’ve had the privilege to design a golf course on.’

It features views of the Rockies and the Rocky Mountain Trench at every turn, graceful water features and attractive (while daunting) bunkers. The large turf driving range has you swatting balls directly at Fisher Peak. There’s an exten-sive putting/chipping area as well.

The snack shack at the 10th tee box claims world-famous hot dogs; I can’t attest to their notoriety but they are tasty.

Hole #4 is described as ‘strategic’; I call it ‘bunkers on both sides of a narrow strip of grass where I want to put the ball.’ At Hole #5, the trick to solving this mysterious

tee shot is to first climb the wooden tower and survey the lay of the land. Also, you need to wait until golfers ahead of you are all on the green below before teeing off, even if you’re not a super-long hitter. The slope will carry your ball a good distance.

Local knowledge: The most gruesome approach shot on the course is on #17; the elevated green is tough to stick. If you have to chip it back on, you may end up going back and forth like a carnival ride. I must also note my appreciation of the plethora of spiffy washrooms on the course.

Favourite wildlife sighting: A badger did an ‘up-peri-scope’ out of the long grasses behind the green on #8 last year and gave us a once-over before rustling away.

Yardage: 7,129 • Par: 72 (Out 37, In 35)Wildstone Golf Course WildstoneGolf.com

950 Wildstone Drive

250. 489. 1282 or 855. 565. 4653

Carts are required, which is fine because this course cov-ers a lot of terrain and some serious changes in elevation. SCOREGolf Magazine named this one of the Best New Courses in Canada in 2010. Both golf camps and lessons with a pro are available. There is also a small, though com-prehensive, shop.

There are great views in all directions, tricky water haz-ards, large contoured greens and some really awe-inspiring bunkers. One of the most memorable holes is #15, a par 4 with water all the way down the right side. The tee box gives you a ‘king of the castle’ sensation because once you hit, the ball drops about 100 feet to an impeccable fairway

below. If you can keep your ball dry, it’s a very satisfying hole.

The course architect intended to create an adventure that crosses a variety of landscapes and it truly is a memorable place to play.

Course Tips: No denim is allowed and cell phones should be used only in the parking lot.

Best wildlife sighting: Right above the cart path at the end of #17 is an osprey nest. Pause there in spring/early summer and you’ll be rewarded by fuzzy headed chicks and raptor racket.

Shadow Mountain ShadowMountain.ca Hwy 95A 10 km north of Cranbrook 250. 426. 3306 or 877. 426. 3306

Yardage: 7,405 • Par: 72

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Corb Lund comes to the KootenaysCorb Lund is described by music critics as Americana, traditional country, alterna-tive country, singer-songwriter and country-rock artist. Surprisingly, they all fit and so do the titles of some of his most popular songs.

Corb Lund’s latest album, “Cabin Fever”, released in August of 2012, has been highly acclaimed and features songs like ‘Cows Get Around,’ ‘Gettin Down the Mountain,’ ‘Pour Em’ Kinda Strong,’ and nine more tracks which will only add to the honour of being labelled “one of Canada’s most prestigious country singers and “one of Alberta’s finest exports.”

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May 17 | 7:30 pm | Subscribers $45 | General $50

www.KeyCityTheatre.com | 250. 426. 7006

Chasing Ice Presented by WildsightChasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of climate change. Using time-lapse cameras, his videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.

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FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTSST. PATRICK’S TEA & BAKE SALE Senior Citizens Hall | 125 - 17 th Ave S March 17 1-3pm

POKER TOURNAMENT Casino of the Rockies | 7777 Mission Rd March 18 & 25 - 6pm

APPRECIATION BREAKFAST Heritage Inn | 803 Cranbrook St. N March 24 - 7-9am

ABORIGINAL BUSINESS SHOWCASE Ktunaxa Council Building 220 Cranbrook St N | 250. 489. 2464 March 23 - 9am - 4pm

CRANBROOK KINDERGARTEN IMMUNIZATION CLINIC Cranbrook Health Unit | 20 23 Ave S March 27 9am-4pm

KOOTENAY ROCKIES ATV CLUB MEETING Days Inn Club Room | 600 Cranbrook St N March 27 - 7-9pm

GREAT EASTER EGG HUNT Fort Steele | 9851 Hwy 93/95 | 250.417.6000 March 31 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

16TH ANNUAL ROCKIES FILM FESTIVAL Columbia Theatre Suite 190A, 1500 Cranbrook St N April 4, 5 & 6 - 6:30-11pm

18TH YOUNG LIFE FUNDRAISER Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort 209 Van Horne St S | 250. 417. 0444 April 8 - 7-9pm

CLEAN BIN PROJECT: THE FILM Cranbrook Lecture Theatre | COTR 2700 College Way | 250. 489. 2751 April 11 - 7:30pm

YOU BE THE JURY MOCK TRIAL Key City Theatre | 20 14th Ave N 250. 426. 7006 April 11 - 7:30pm

8TH ANNUAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION & AWARDS GALA St Eugene Resort | 7777 Mission Rd 250. 420. 2000 April 12 - 6-9pm

BLUEPRINT READING WORKSHOP Best Western Inn | 1019 Cranbrook St N ICBA | 604. 298. 7795 April 15 & 16 - All Day

ARABIC POETRY & MUSIC Key City Theatre | 20 14th Ave N April 19 - 7:30pm

DANCE EXPOSITION Key City Theatre | 20 14th Ave N 250. 426. 7006 April 20 - 7:30pm

CHASING ICE FILM Key City Theatre | 20 14th Ave N 250. 426. 7006 April 21 - 7:30pm

2013 EAST KOOTENAY EARLY YEARS CONFERENCE Kimberley Conference Centre 290 North Star Blvd | 250. 427. 6802 April 26 - 6-4pm

TASTY TAPAS (COOKING CLASS) Cranbrook Campus | COTR 2700 College Way | 250. 489. 2751 April 27 - 10-2pm

CRANBROOK’S BEST SINGER AUDITION NIGHT Cranbrook April 30 - 7-8pm

KIN HOME AND RECREATION SHOW Cranbrook Curling Club | 1777 2 St N May 3, 4 & 5 - 5-9pm

THAI FOOD TONIGHT (COOKING CLASS) Cranbrook Campus | COTR 2700 College Way | 250. 489. 2751 May 4 - 10-2pm

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AN EVENING TO REMEMBER HOSPICE SOCIETY FUNDRAISER Idlewild Park May 5 - 6-9pm

GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE Kimberley Conference Centre 290 North Star Blvd | 250. 427. 6802 May 10 and 11

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL Key City Theatre 20 14th Ave N | 250. 426. 7006 May 11 - All Day

MOTHER’S DAY AT THE FORT Fort Steele | 9851 Hwy 93/95 250. 417. 6000 May 12 All Day

VOICE ACTING Western Financial Place Meeting Room May 30 - 6:30-9pm

ALL DAY SAM STEELE DAYS Downtown Cranbrook June 13-16 All Day

FATHER’S DAY AT THE FORT Fort Steele | 9851 Hwy 93/95 250. 417. 6000 June 16 All Day

3RD ANNUAL KOOTENAY GUN & ANTIQUE SHOW Marysville Arena | 354 309th St 250. 427. 2611 May 25 & 26 - 9am-5pm

MUSICTHE CARLOS DEL JUNCO TRIO Studio & Stage Door 11-11 Ave South | 250. 426. 2490 April 12-13, 17-20, & 24-27

SWOLLEN MEMBERS Friendz Now Pub | 123 Cranbrook St N March 19 - 9pm

PARKLAND SCHOOL BAND CONCERT Key City Theatre 20 14th Ave N | 250. 426. 7006 April 2 - 7:00pm

GREAT CANADIAN BARN DANCE Seniors Citizens Hall | 125 - 17 th Ave S April 6 - 7pm

BATTLE OF THE BANDS 2013 Byng Roadhouse Bar | 21 Cranbrook St N April 6 - 8pm

NATALIE MACMASTER Key City Theatre 20 14th Ave N | 250. 426. 7006 April 10 - 7:30pm

CORB LUND Key City Theatre May 17 - 7:30pm

BEN HEPPNER Key City Theatre May 18 - 7:30pm

WEEKEND SHOWCASE Casino of the Rockies | 7777 Mission Road Fridays & Saturdays - 9pm-1am

THEATREENCHANTED APRIL Studio & Stage Door 11-11 Ave South | 250. 426. 2490 April 12-13, 17-20, & 24-27

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Key City Theatre 20 14th Ave N | 250. 426. 7006 May 9 - 12 - 7:30pm

VISUAL ARTSYOUTH ART - ADJUDICATED Artrageous Art Gallery | CDAC 104 - 135, 10 Ave. S | 250. 426. 4223 March 7 - April 3

PASTEL WEEKEND WORKSHOP WITH SUSAN WOOLGAR Artrageous Art Gallery | CDAC 104 - 135, 10 Ave. S | 250. 426. 4223 May 31, June 1 & 2

POTTERY DROP IN Artrageous Art Gallery | CDAC 104 - 135, 10 Ave. S | 250. 426. 4223 Mondays: 6.30-9.00 pm

SINGING DROP IN Artrageous Art Gallery | CDAC 104 - 135, 10 Ave. S | 250. 426. 4223 Tuesdays: 6.45 - 8.15pm

ARTIST’S DISCUSSION Artrageous Art Gallery | CDAC 104 - 135, 10 Ave. S | 250. 426. 4223 3rd Wednesday of every month 7-9pm

WRITERS GROUP Artrageous Art Gallery | CDAC 104 - 135, 10 Ave. S | 250. 426. 4223 4th Monday of every month 7-9pm

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KIMBERLEY FARMER’S MARKET Lions Park | Marysville Arena Look for it soon! Sundays 10am-2pm

JAFFRAY BAYNES LAKE MARKET Baynes Lake Community Centre 250.429.3519 [email protected] Look for it soon! Saturday 9am-12.3pm

SPORTS & ATHLETICSWALKING IN WESTERN FINANCIAL PLACE Ongoing

GOLF FUNDAMENTALS 101 - SWING FOCUS Wildstone Golf Course | March 25 - April 22 - Mondays • 7-8pm March 27 - April 17 - Wednesday 7-8pm

ALL DAY GERICK SPORTS WASA TRIATHLON Wasa Lake Provincial Park June 8 & 9

EAST KOOTENAY ROLLER DERBY Malice in Wonderland Kimberley, BC June 1 - 6-7pm

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONSARTS & CULTUREAASLAND MUSEUM OF TAXIDERMY Odd Asland | 250. 426. 3566

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF RAIL TRAVEL 250. 489. 3918

CRANBROOK ARCHIVES MUSEUM & LANDMARK FOUNDATION 250. 489. 3918

CRANBROOK HERITAGE AWARDS & MAPS 250. 489. 3918

CRANBROOK COMMUNITY THEATRE Harriet Pollock | 250. 489. 4984

CRANBROOK & DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL 135 10th Ave S | 250. 426. 4223

CRANBROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY 1212 2nd St N | 250. 426. 4063

CRANBROOK WRITERS GROUP Artrageous Art Gallery | CDAC 104 - 135, 10 Ave. S | 250. 426. 4223

EAST KOOTENAY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Irene Kaun | 250. 426. 3452

FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS Key City Theatre | 20 14th Ave N 250. 426. 7006 FRIENDS OF FORT STEELE 8444 Hwy 93/95 | 250. 417. 6000

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KOOTENAY ANIME BUREAU Sean Schotts | 250. 919. 6791

MUSIC FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Wendy Guimont | 250. 489. 1746

MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, EK Ellen Bailey | 250. 426. 1746

PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION Karen Crawford | 250. 489. 5298

QUILTERS GUILD Seniors Citizen Centre 250. 426. 8817 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 7pm

WILDLIFE MUSEUM Bob Janzen | 250. 829. 0689

ORGANIZATIONSAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Max Hyde | 250. 426. 3468

CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN CRANBROOK Judie Blakely | 250. 489. 2112

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2279 Cranbrook St N | 250. 426. 5914

COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM Pat Adams | 250. 426. 2341

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SOCIETY OF CRANBROOK 250. 426. 2976

CRANBROOK & DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 250. 426. 1119

CRANBROOK FARMER’S MARKET Erna Jensen-Shill | 250. 427. 9360

CRANBROOK GARDEN ASSOCIATION Anna Sandburg | 250. 489. 2443

CRANBROOK SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 1402 1st St S | 250. 426. 7588

CRISIS LINE 250. 426. 8407

DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE Judie Blakely | 250. 489. 2112

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KEY CITY AIR CADETS [email protected] | 250. 426. 3685

ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY CADETS 100-13th Ave S | 250. 426. 2126

CRANBROOK BOYS & GIRLS CLUB 1404-2nd St N | 250. 426. 3830

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KOOTENAY REGION METIS ASSOCIATION 32A - 11 Ave. S | 250. 426. 0854

KTUNAXA NATION COUNCIL 220 Cranbrook St N | 250. 489. 2464

LION’S CLUB CRANBROOK Dale Ostlund | [email protected]

ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR Judie Blakely | 250. 489. 2112

PHOENIX CLUB Roberta Rogers | 250. 489. 0174

ROCKIN THE ROCKIES CAR CLUB Darlene Demaniuk | 250. 489. 5638

SAM STEELE SOCIETY 250. 426. 4161

SCOUTS CANADA 3500 13th St S | 250. 489. 1555

SEARCH & RESCUE 250. 919. 7759 | [email protected]

SENIORS CAREGIVER NETWORK 107-2365 12th St N | 250. 489. 0802

SPCA 3339 Hwy 3/95 | 250. 426. 6751

SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB [email protected]

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WELCOME WAGON NEWCOMERS CLUB Cranbrook BC, Canada 250.489. 1833

SPORTSCRANBROOK BOXING CLUB 250. 426. 8348 | [email protected]

CRANBROOK DISTRICT ROD & GUN CLUB 250. 421. 1014 [email protected]

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN FLY FISHERS Joe Marco | 250. 489. 5856

KEY CITY GYMNASTICS CLUB 415 Industrial Road A | 250. 426. 2090

KOOTENAY ORIENTEERING CLUB [email protected]

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¤ COHERE CRUNCH

What is your favourite virtue in others?

I guess it would be openness, friendliness.

What is your own chief virtue?

What makes you think I have any?

What is your biggest fault?

Too many to choose from.

What do you appreciate most in your friends?

Warm acceptance. They don’t have to have a lot of other

qualities.

What is your ideal of happiness?

Reasonably good health and a sense of accomplishment.

What/who is overvalued?

Money.

What is your favourite food?

Dessert.

What about Cranbrook makes you most happy?

Several things. Its location, its weather. I feel very fortunate

here. Look at the rest of the world and we sit here untouched.

What about Cranbrook makes you most unhappy?

I cannot think of one thing.

What is your favourite Cranbrook spot?

Other than home?

What is your idea of misery?

A lack of hope for improvement. It’s no good if things are

desperate with no hope of getting better.

What is your favourite pastime?

Singing.

What is your greatest achievement?

Having survived. Other than that I have no great achievements

Who are your heroes in real life?

These days, largely women. Women with

great courage and defiance against tre-

mendous odds. Like Malala (Yusufzai,

a Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for advocating education

for girls) or the author of the memoir, Infidel (Ayaan Hirsi Ali,

a Somali-Dutch activist, writer and politician who is critical of

Islam). I find these women amazing.

What is your favourite dish to eat in Cranbrook?

China Town Stir Fry at Mr. Mikes.

What is your favourite destination/mode of travel?

I’m not in favour of travel at all. There are too many hassles.

Last place you travelled?

Last year I went to Alaska. It was delightful but raining and cold.

They had one of the longest ziplines in the world and I went on

that. Half the time you have your eyes shut.

If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

Right here in the East Kootenay. I’ve been to other places

but I don’t stay there long.

Do you have a secret talent?

No.

Which talent would you like to be gifted with?

Imagination. I find I’m really weak in that area.

What is your motto?

Question everything other people say. And don’t accept it just

because it’s true.

What advice would you give to your younger self?

Believe in yourself.

How would you like to die?

Not at all.

Rapid-fire questions for our featured guest.COHERE CRUNCH Cranbrook &

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