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SALLY MACDONALDTownsman Staff

There’s danger in the back country this week as wet snow and warm tem-peratures have driven up the avalanche risk in the East Kootenay.

The Canadian Ava-lanche Centre has issued warnings of high danger in the South Rockies, Purcells

COURTESY JENNIFER OSMAR

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett recently presented a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal to Mr. Jack Hunnisett of Cranbrook. The medal, struck to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne, is to honour significant contri-butions and achievements by Canadians, and is awarded to those who have made a significant contribution to their fellow countrymen, their community, or to Canada over the previous sixty years. The presentation was made privately on December 24, 2012.

of Revelstoke, the road was closed for avalanche control, as well, on Wednesday morn-ing.

The danger is high for rec-reational back country users in every area near Cranbrook and Kimberley, the Ava-lanche Centre said Wednes-day, adding that travel in ava-lanche terrain is not recom-

Roads, back country around the East Kootenay are dangerous after deadly trifecta of winter storm, warm weather, and freezing conditions

and Kootenay Boundary through to Thursday, and Kootenay Pass was closed Wednesday morning for av-alanche control.

A severe snowstorm Tuesday evening clogged highways 1, 3 and 5, closing

the routes Tuesday night and limiting travel through-out Wednesday.

Drivers on Highway 3 through Kootenay Pass faced delays of up to two hours from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday as crews

worked on avalanche con-trol in the mountain pass.

Meanwhile, the Trans Canada was closed between Revelstoke and Golden from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday due to avalanche control in Glacier National Park. West

mended while the risk is high.In the Kootenay Boundary

area (south and west of Cran-brook), the danger was high at all levels on Wednesday. It was expected to improve slightly on Thursday, with a high dan-ger rating in the alpine, and considerable at and below treeline.

Storm slab avalanches are likely and wind slab avalanch-es very likely, said the bulletin.

A perfect storm of avalanche conditions

See WEATHER , Page 5

ANNALEE GR ANTTownsman Staff

On December 3, 2012, School District 5 received a startling document from the Ministry of Education, saying they will need to find three per cent savings over two years in their budget to cover salary increases for support staff.

The letter was sent from Minister Don McRae, stating that under the Co-operative Gains Mandate, public sector employers were able to nego-tiate modest wage increases so long as the savings could be found within the existing budget. Costs must not be passed on to the public and service delivery levels must

be maintained. “There’s no way in the

world that we can save three per cent. We’re scrambling,” said Frank Lento, SD5 board chair.

Lento said the December 3 letter was the first they’d heard of the need to find sav-ings in a budget that was completed back in June of 2012.

“There was no consulta-tion whatsoever,” he said. “It was a Merry Christmas on December the third.”

The letter was followed up by a conference call with school boards on December 11.

Budget cut orders push SD5

to the brink“It’s like asking our Parent Advisory Council to do pizza

and hotdog fundraisers to fund our support staff.”Frank Lento, SD5 board chair

See SCHOOL , Page 3

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Sally MacDonalDTownsman Staff

Cranbrook city council wants to know exactly where there are vacant business premises downtown, and for-mulate a plan to attract new business to fill those spaces.

Councillor Angus Davis asked staff to put together an inventory of the city’s vacant facilities in the downtown area after the Giant Tiger de-partment store closed last month in the Baker Street Mall.

“That poor little shopping centre is like an orphan sitting at the end of Baker Street. There is all that space and nothing is happening to it,” said Davis.

He hopes that the city can work with the Downtown Business Association and the Chamber of Commerce to in-

ject enthusiasm in Cran-brook’s centre.

“With all these smart peo-ple in this community, if we get together and look at what we have, perhaps we can do something with it,” said Davis. “We’ve got lots of good busi-ness people. With their minds and ideas, we can do some-thing to help fill some of these things in.”

The city’s economic devel-opment officer Kevin Weaver said now is a good time to consider business opportuni-ties.

“I think it’s timely that we have some of these discus-sions,” said Weaver.

“Our current economic de-velopment strategy is to start beefing up business retention and expansion programs. We are now in a position to start moving it forward.”

Filling the gapsCouncil plans to find out where there

are vacant business premises, and what it can do to have them filled

City of Cranbrook

annalee Gr antTownsman Staff

Understanding Alzhei-mer’s disease and dementia starts with the basics: what ex-actly is the difference between the two?

The main difference is in the title. Dementia is not a disease, but rather a large class of brain disorders that affect thinking ability and memory, according to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada’s “hope.courage.progress” report re-leased in October, 2011.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common of the demen-tias, but there are many oth-ers. Some dementias are re-versible, simply by a change in diet. But others like Alzhei-mer’s are progressive and do not have a cure, and are so named irreversible dementias.

Alzheimer’s accounts for about 60 to 80 per cent of diag-nosed dementia cases. The second most common type is Vascular dementia, which oc-curs after a stroke.

Memory loss does not al-ways mean dementia has set in, and visiting a physician can help a patient discover what the true cause is. For a demen-tia diagnosis, a patient must exhibit one of two impair-ments to mental functions in-cluding memory, communi-cation and language, ability to focus and pay attention, rea-

soning and judgement and vi-sual perception.

Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. In Alz-heimer’s specifically, nerve cells in the brain become sick and are less and less capable of passing on messages to other cells. Eventually they die off and the loss of connectivity is what causes cognitive de-cline. As the brain cells die, the brain shrinks, starting with the thinking and memory por-tions of the brain. It eventually spreads and affects most areas of the brain.

Memory is not always the first thing that caregivers no-tice before their loved one is diagnosed with a dementia —but it can be one of the most difficult symptoms for family to deal with. In advanced stag-es of Alzheimer’s, the patient may not recognize loved ones at all.

A red flag is when a loved one begins to repeat what they just said minutes earlier, or when lapses in judgement af-fect paying bills or other com-mon tasks.

Alzheimer’s patients can also have personality changes. They can become agitated, ag-gressive, depressed and expe-rience paranoia, although this is not always the case. Another big worry for families is that Alzheimer’s patients will often wander and can become lost

in usually familiar areas. Once the disease pro-

gresses, the person may be-come unable to take care of themselves, which puts fur-ther strain on caregivers. According to the Alzhei-mer’s Society of Canada re-

port, the disease is ultimate-ly fatal. Death is caused by inactivity, loss of appetite, muscle wasting, a reluc-tance or inability to cough and a compromised im-mune system. Pneumonia is common in end-of-life

Alzheimer’s patients be-cause of the impaired im-mune system and generally occurs between seven and 10 years after diagnosis.

Many younger caregivers wonder if their parent has Alzheimer’s if the disease will be passed on to them as well. The Alzheimer’s Soci-ety of Canada report says that is not always the case, as only one of two types of Alzheimer’s is genetic.

“Actually, having a direct relative with Alzheimer’s disease does indeed in-crease one’s own risk of get-ting it, by some three times,” The report reads. “Before becoming too pessimistic about genetic susceptibility, however, it is important to see what a threefold in-crease actually means.”

The report explains that on average, five out of every 100 people aged 65 will get Alzheimer’s disease and 95 people will not. With a threefold increase, those rates change to 15 in every 100, meaning 85 people will

not. “The extra risk of having

an affected direct relative is not so huge after all,” the report says.

The other obvious risk is aging itself. The Alzheimer’s Society of Canada report says that while particular risks have been identified to potentially increase the risk of dementias, there is little scientific evidence to ex-plain the links. Those po-tential risks that could in-crease the chance of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s later in life include diabetes, head injury, irregular heart beat, lack of physical exer-cise, Down Syndrome and clinical depression.

See tomorrow’s Towns-man/Bulletin for more in this series on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease to mark Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. We will look at ways to prevent dementia, treat-ment options for those diag-nosed, responsibility of care-givers and more.

Causes, symptoms, and onset of brain diseaseUnderstanding dementia and Alzheimer’s

alz.org

The letter, signed by Minister of Education Don McRae, went out to all school districts in the prov-ince.

Lento said the board simply can’t amend a bud-get that was set in stone seven months ago, and even if they could, he doesn’t know where they’d find the savings. They will begin serious negotiations on their next budget in February of this year.

“It’s like asking our Par-ent Advisory Council to do pizza and hotdog fundrais-ers to fund our support staff,” he said.

Lento explained that support staff is the entire staff beyond administra-tion: teachers under the B.C. Teacher’s Federation (BCTF) and CUPE staff.

“We’ve been cut to the bone for the past decade looking for funds,” he said.

But the response from school districts across the province has been over-whelming, and Lento is encouraged by the level of support for pushing back.

“It was frustrating to a point, but it was heart-warming to see the entire province react in the same manner,” he said.

B.C. School Trustees Association (BCSTA) presi-

dent Michael McEvoy sent a strongly worded letter to McRae expressing the con-cerns held by trustees across the province.

“The ministry failed to engage BCSTA and our member boards prior to taking this approach,” McEvoy wrote. “With a re-cently signed co-gover-nance protocol agreement in place, we expect to be consulted about decisions that have significant rami-fications.”

Lento said SD5 has had to tighten its belt every year as the cost of educa-tion rises, and there has been no increase in fund-ing from the province to cover those costs.

“We had a very, very dif-ficult time balancing the

budget last year. We’ve been cutting expenses for years due to real-dollar funding reductions. Every-thing goes up: heat, light, vehicle fuel, and so on. But government has not in-creased school funding to match these increasing costs,” Lento said. “And now they are settling con-tracts with monopoly money. That’s not the way you run a business. It’s not the way you support a quality education system for our kids.”

McEvoy echoed that in his letter, and stressed that having to find three per cent savings will mean running a deficit in coming years.

“Boards of education have been cutting expens-es for years due to real-dol-lar funding reductions; there are no operational savings left,” he wrote. “Many boards now face the prospect of significant deficits in the next fiscal year and any savings to be had in the next six months would sensibly be used to offset those impending deficits.”

Lento does not deny that the hard working staff at SD5 are deserving of wage increases, but the money just simply isn’t available.

“We support fair wage

increases for all staff but to ask us now to go back to last year’s budget and fid-dle with our books is be-yond belief,” he said.

Lento believes the min-istry needs to find the money elsewhere.

“If they really want funds, we’ll pay them in Chamber of Commerce dollars,” he said.

McEvoy said savings cannot be found within ex-isting school board bud-gets without impacting the education of students.

“The simple truth is that any further ‘savings’ will cause additional negative impact on direct service to students and facilities,” he said. “Moreover, I note that previous provincially ne-gotiated contracts have been supported by budget increases from the minis-try, not paid directly from existing budgets that are already strained.”

McEvoy finished his let-ter by saying the deadline does not allow school boards enough time to look at their existing bud-gets and attempt to find the three per cent.

“I would observe that the timeline outlined with respect to responding to the ministry’s letter does not respect a process of due diligence required for such a request.”

School district decries new budget orders

“The simple truth is that any further

‘savings’ will cause additional negative

impact on direct service to students

and facilities.”Michael McEvoyBCSTA president

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The new snow that fell Tuesday night will require several days to settle and stabilize, ac-cording to avalanche forecasters.

Meanwhile, in the South Rockies (east of Cranbrook), the danger was high on Wednes-day, dropping to con-siderable at all levels on Thursday, and at all lev-els except below tree level on Friday, mean-ing back country users should carefully evalu-ate the snow pack, be cautious when finding routes and make con-servative decisions. A wind slab avalanche is likely, and a storm slab avalanche possible.

Finally, in the Pur-cells (north of Cran-brook), the danger is expected to be consid-erable on Thursday.

The danger should drop to considerable only in the alpine Fri-day, with moderate danger at and below treeline.

As in Kootenay Boundary, a large wind slab avalanche at and above treeline is very likely, while a storm slab avalanche is likely at all elevations.

Forecasters advised back country users not to travel on slopes ex-posed to cornices over-head.

Two ice climbers narrowly escaped death near Field on Sunday when an avalanche broke free above them as they were climbing a frozen waterfall in Yoho

National Park.According to a safety

specialist at Banff Na-tional Park, the men, both in their 20s, were on a vertical portion of the waterfall when tor-rents of snow and ice began falling towards them.

The lower climber ducked into a cave for protection, while the lead climber quickly set his ice axes to get a good grip before the debris cascaded over him.

Fortunately, the ava-lanche did not sweep the climber away and he was able to make an anchor and descend from his perch when the danger had passed.

Meteorologists were forecasting a cold front to come over the East

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S a l ly M aC d o n a l dTownsman Staff

People operating a home based business around the East Koote-nay may soon need to wrap their heads around new regula-tions.

The Regional Dis-trict of East Kootenay is proposing an update to the regulations to more accurately represent local business today.

Businesses in the re-gional district outside

of municipalities are not required to have a business licence, but zoning and land use bylaws regulate things like the number of em-ployees, the maximum business area, the number of commercial vehicles and what retail products are available for sale.

According to the re-gional district, the pro-posed changes to home based business regula-tions have been crafted

to recognize the impor-tance of these busi-nesses as economic drivers in rural com-munities.

If the regulations are approved as proposed, there will be two cate-gories of home based business, depending on where the home is located. Minor home based business – such as child care, a hobby sawmill and a bed and breakfast – will be al-lowed throughout the

region, but major home based business – a por-table sawmill, wood-working business, trade contracting and metal working – would only

be permitted in elec-toral areas A (around Fernie) and C (around Cranbrook).

Staff at the regional district are seeking

input from provincial agencies, business groups and municipali-ties, before preparing a report on the feedback for the board of direc-

tors in February.See The Townsman

for full details on the new regulations once they are approved by the board.

Changes coming for those who work from homeThe regional district is preparing new regulations for home based businesses

townSMan Staff

Members of the Jaf-fray and Baynes Lake Fire Departments will be out on the ice at Tie Lake this weekend as they take part in Ice Res-cue Training.

Approximately eight firefighters from the de-partments will take part in the training, and Chief Dave Boreen said

there will be a lot to learn over the two days. “We will learn every-thing from scene safety and the basics of rescue equipment and boats to self-rescue, rope belay-ing, using anchors, and organized emergency response methods. It’s going to be a full two days.”

The training will pro-

vide participants with certification as Ice Safe-ty Rescue Technicians and is being run by Res-cue Canada. The course will involve both class-room and field exercises and the outdoor com-ponent of the training will be held at Tie Lake in the area near the Re-gional Park.

“Through donations

the Jaffray Firefighters were able to raise over $9,000 to purchase this ice rescue equipment and I’d like to thank the community for making this training possible,” added Boreen. “With unpredictable ice con-ditions already this year, this training could not have come at a better time.”

Jaffray fire department hits the ice for rescue training this weekend

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013

It’s as if Paul Newman and Jane Fonda had fled the U.S. in protest at something or other — they were always protesting

— and sought Russian citizenship instead. Americans would be surprised, but would they really care? It’s a free country, as they say.

Whereas the French are quite cross about the decision of Oscar-winning actor Gerard Depardieu, who received Russian citizenship at the hands of President Vladimir Putin personally last Saturday. A taxi driver in Paris went on at me about it for the whole ride yesterday. (Talking to taxi drivers is how we jour-nalists keep our fingers on the pulse of the nation.)

After 42 years of starring in French films, Depardieu had acquired the status of “national treasure” in the eyes of the public, but he clearly does not reciprocate their loyalty and pride. And hard on the heels of Depardieu’s defection comes the news that actress Brigitte Bardot, France’s leading sex symbol for the generation who are now drawing their pensions, is also threatening to give up her French citizen-ship and go Russian.

Depardieu, who was described by di-rector Marguerite Duras as “a big, beauti-ful runaway truck of a man,” is much larg-er than life — about the size of a baby whale, in fact. He is over the top in every sense: 180 films and TV credits, 17 motor-bike accidents, five or six bottles of wine a day by his own reckoning.

He reckons he has paid 145 million euros ($190 million) in taxes since he started work at fourteen, and he doesn’t want to pay any more. France’s Socialist government is bringing in a new 75 per cent tax rate for people earning more than one million euros ($1.3 million) per year, and so Depardieu is leaving.

Initially he was just moving to Belgium, to a village 800 metres from the French border that already hosts a number of other super-rich tax exiles, but then French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that his decision was “shabby and unpatriotic.” At this point, the truck ran away again. Belgium was no longer far enough.

When the outraged actor declared that he would ask for Russian citizenship,

Putin (who knows how to play to the gallery) an-nounced that he could have it at once. By the weekend it was a done deal. “I adore your coun-try, Russia, your people, your history, your writers,” the actor burbled. “...Rus-

sia is a country of great democracy.”It is also a country with a 13 per cent

flat tax rate, and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin crowed on Twitter: “In the West, they are not well acquainted with our tax system. When they find out, we can expect a mass migration of rich Europeans into Russia.” He had barely finished tweeting when another French celebrity said she was also thinking of moving to Russia.

It wasn’t high taxes that obsessed Bri-gitte Bardot, however; it was animal rights. She was protesting a court order Friday in Lyon ordering that two circus elephants that have been suffering from tuberculosis since 2010 be put down. “If those in power are cowardly and impudent enough to kill the elephants,” she raged, “then I will ask for Russian nationality to get out of this country which has become nothing more than an animal cemetery.”

It’s always wise, when threatening to flounce out, to make sure first that they really want you to stay, and in BB’s case that may not actually be the case. She is better known to the present generation

not as a sex symbol but as a crazy old lady who believes Muslims are “destroying our country” and has been convicted five times for incitement to racial hatred. Some people (including my cab driver) think the Russians would be welcome to her.

But elephants aside, going Russian opens up a huge new opportunity for avoiding burdensome taxation. All those American millionaires who have been condemned by recent events to live under the rule of that foreign-born Muslim Com-munist, Barack Obama, and pay an ap-palling 39.6 per cent tax on the portion of their annual earnings that exceeds $400,000, have an alternative at last.

They can do exactly what they have been telling anybody who complains about the gulf between the rich and the poor in America to do for decades: they can go to Russia. The only problem is that they will actually have to live there for six months of the year to qualify for the 13 per cent Russian tax rate.

Well, actually, there is another prob-lem. Some Russians may not welcome them with open arms. Even the arrival of Depardieu, who is world-famous in Russia as a result of acting in several high-profile Franco-Russian co-productions and ap-pearing in television ads for credit cards from the Sovietski Bank, is being greeted with mixed feelings.

Fellow celebrity Tina Kandelaki, the celebrated host of the celebrity talk show “Details” for the past eleven years, has no reservations about him at all: he can stay in her apartment. “Let’s not divide up De-pardieu,” she tweeted. “Simply give him to me.” But a less starry-eyed observer re-plied: “Haven’t we got enough alcohol-ics?”

Evidently not.

Gwynne Dyer is a London-basedindependent journalist.

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Alright, the holidays are over and we are now well into the first full week back to work. The tree has been

taken down and sits on my back deck for removal. The company is gone — glad to have them, not entirely sorry to see them go. Now we only have to get through the long, long stretch of winter, mercifully broken this year by the new BC Family Day holiday on February 11, 2013.

So as I peruse my house — now back in a certain order — I am satisfied. Until my eyes fall on the recycling piling up in my carport.

Yes there it sits — three bags of evi-dence on just how naughty I was this holi-day season. Sidebar: I do not claim I was naughty all on my own. I had help, it’s just that the evidence has been left at my home for me to deal with. Although I was plenty naughty.

The recycling is neatly bagged, but un-counted. It sits there, mocking me.

I want to recycle. I do. It’s just that I

don’t want to count it. Not just don’t want to — hate to. I hate counting those bottles. There is a list longer than my arm of things I’d rather do than sort and count recyclable

bottles and cans. I’d rather clean my bedroom closet and I hate doing that. I’d rather wash walls and I don’t think I have to tell you how much I enjoy doing that. I do not want to count bottles.

I’d gladly give my stock of recyclables to whatever community group is doing a bottle drive, but they don’t have a lot of those in the winter, and even in the summer they don’t hit every neigh-bourhood.

So here is a new year’s wish. I wish that there was a communal bin for returnable bottles — a place where we could dump our bags of evidence... er, recycling. Local charities and organizations could take charge of the bin or go into partnership to make sure it was always emptied. And they keep the proceeds. It’s a win win situation. Less work for bottle drives, less counting

for me. More money for Minor Hockey, or Scouts, or any other organization wishing to get involved.

While the messy work of the bottle drive, that is the sorting and counting, would still have to be done, a group at least wouldn’t have to cruise around town knocking on doors. They would simply go to the bin, say once every month or so and check the level. If it’s full, time to get to-gether a counting party.

There are plenty of charity recycling programs out there to explore and plenty of other communities in Canada have sim-ilar programs.

So what do you say, Kimberley and/or Cranbrook? Couldn’t we find a way to make something like this happen? I think it could be a great program. I think a lot of local sports organizations and charities would benefit greatly.

As would I. Meanwhile, those bags are sitting in my

carport. Mocking me.

Carolyn Grant is the Editor of the Kimberley Daily Bulletin

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“Oh hell!” yelled journalist Susan Jeffreys upon first hearing the news on January 26th, 1997. “Oh

my God. Dear oh dear. Dear oh dear oh dear.” She was not alone in her shock, report-

ing similar reactions could be heard up and down the country. Germaine Greer — au-thor of ‘The Female Eunuch’ — was equally horror struck at the news, believing it to be “my nightmare since 1964 … [and now] the bad dream has materialized.” Judith Schulevitz, author of ‘The Sabbath World’ and newspaper columnist was equally hit hard by the news, believing it to be “death to literature itself.” Man Booker Prize-winning novelist How-ard Jacobson also reacted violently, stating “it’s anoth-er black day for British cul-ture.” Perhaps the ‘Times Literary Supplement’ best captured all these feelings with a one-word headline: “Horrifying.”

What was this news which shook the above with a mixture of terror and disbelief? It was the announcement that J.R.R. Tolk-ien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ had been named ‘Book of the Century.’ This was the results of 105 separate polls around the globe. After many people cried foul, both the “Daily Telegraph’ and the ‘Folio Society’ conducted their own polls, only to receive (much to their dismay) the same results. The disbelievers had their hopes up when Ipso Mori, England’s largest marketing firm, conducted their own massive survey. This resulted in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ coming in only second, with the ‘Bible’ taking first spot. These hopes were soon smashed, when the ‘Bible’ was disqualified, not hav-ing been written in the 20th century.

Of course literary tastes are entirely sub-jective, and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ is not going to be for everyone. But why did its status as the number one book of the 20th

century create such a violent, hostile, and irrational reaction to those mentioned above?

Tolkien — who died in 1971 — would not have been surprised by this indignation, as similar comments were made as far back as 1954 — the year the ‘Lord of the Rings’ first appeared. Critics found his work to be “Juvenile trash,” “shapeless,” “lacks bal-ance,” “childish,” “balderdash,” “thin and pale,” and “widely overpraised.” Edmund Wilson felt there was “little in the book over the head of a seven-year-old child,” and that

Tolkien suffered from “a poverty of imagination.” Philip Toynbee found the ‘Lord of the Rings’ to be “dull, ill-written, whimsical and childish,” and couldn’t wait for the day when the book would “pass into mer-ciful oblivion.”

“Tolkien was childish; his readers retard-ed” appeared to be the stance of most of these reviewers, who continually failed to mention the book’s plot, characters, and / or themes.

The most interesting review came from historical novelist Alfred Duggan, who said “This is not a work which many adults will read through more than once.” (ha ha ha).

Yet even these examples fail to explain the astonishing lack of insight and critical rage expressed by these reviewers. What was really happening here?

The answer can be found in an offhand remark made by the writer Humphrey Car-penter, who called fans of Tolkien “anor-ak-clad.” To Carpenter, this distinguished them from “those who habitually carry um-brellas.” The critical reaction to the “Lord of the Rings” has little to do with literary merit, and is sadly based on class.

From the 1920s, English literature has been dominated by the ‘Sonnerkinder’ (Children of the Sun). This group, which

included Evelyn Waugh, Cyril Connelly, and Virginia Woolf, were upper-class, wealthy, privately educated, professed cul-tivated tastes, and highly elitist. Not shy about their class prejudices, Woolf (after reading Ulysses) called James Joyce “illiter-ate and underbred.”

Underbred is exactly what this group felt Tolkien’s work to be. The ‘Lord of the Rings’ didn’t fit their modernist and self-conscious views of literature. It wasn’t about incest, or making money, and didn’t contain any of the “correct and sober” steam of conscious-ness self-pity this group approved of. Tolk-ien had the nerve to write 1,137 pages “about the nature and origin of evil.”

The popularity of the book challenged the authority of these mediators of taste, and they could not forgive him for that. Thus Tolkien was childish; his readers re-tarded.

Which is an odd thing to say about one of the most beloved and influential books of the 20th century.

Mike Selby is Reference Librarian at the Cranbrook Public Library

‘Lord of the Books’: A case of class

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013

TRE VOR CR AWLEYSports Editor

As the WHL deadline looms, the Kootenay Ice have made a deal to send defenceman Mike Simp-son to the Lethbridge Hurricanes for a fifth round pick in the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft.

Simpson, a 18-year-old who has been in Kootenay system since getting selected in the sixth round of the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft, will join the Hurricanes im-mediately.

In return, the Ice get their fourth fifth-round selection for this year’s bantam draft. Kootenay also has one selection in the first, second and third rounds.

Lethbridge initiated the conversation on Tuesday, as they were looking for a depth de-fenceman, according to Ice general manager Jeff Chynoweth.

“They were looking to add a depth defenceman and they asked about Mike and from there we went back and forth,”

said Chynoweth. “I think they had a couple other deals on the table that they had to wait on to see if they were in the run-ning or not, and so we got it done this [Wednes-day] morning.”

Simpson’s departure leaves the Ice with five defence men—six if you count Jeff Hubic, a de-fenceman who has moved up into the for-ward ranks and is play-ing a fourth-line role on the left wing.

Hubic could drop back down to the defen-sive corps, which could open up a spot up front, as the Ice currently carry 13 forwards—14 if you include Hubic in the equation.

“If we can, we’d like to add another defence-man, but depth defence-men are tough to come by, and we’ll do whatev-er we can to get another defenceman in by to-morrow [Thursday],” added Chynoweth.

Simpson, from SAb-botsford, B.C., had his rookie season with the

Ice last year, and re-turned for his sopho-more year this season.

He’s played a total of 96 games in the WHL, with five points and 103 penalty minutes.

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Bettman says he’s sorry for the lockout

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NEW YORK - With the third lockout on his watch finally nearing its end, Gary Bettman appeared a humble and apologetic man.

The NHL commis-sioner told fans, play-ers and sponsors that he was sorry the start of the season was de-layed by more than three months. The apology came in the form of an unexpected “personal statement” delivered to reporters Wednesday after he announced that own-ers had unanimously voted in favour of rati-fying the new collec-tive bargaining agree-ment.

“To the players who were very clear they wanted to be on the ice and not negotiating la-bour contracts, to our partners who support the league financially and personally, and most importantly to our fans, who love and have missed NHL hockey, I’m sorry,” said Bettman. “I know that an explanation or an apology will not erase the hard feelings that have built up over the past few months but I owe you an apology nevertheless.”

It was the first pub-

lic sign the NHL was ready to start rebuild-ing an image tarnished by more labour dis-putes over the last 20 years than any of the other North American pro sports leagues.

This was Bettman as he’s rarely seen. Stand-ing behind a podium in the same hotel where he had a notorious blow-up during a press conference last month, the contrite commis-sioner took his medi-cine. It might have been his only choice.

Bettman was pub-licly labelled every-thing from a “cancer” to an “idiot” by players during the course of negotiations that stretched over six months.

“As commissioner of the National Hockey League, it sometimes falls upon me to make tough decisions that disappoint and occa-sionally anger players and fans,” he said. “This was a long and extremely difficult ne-gotiation - one that took a lot longer than anybody wanted. I know it caused frustra-tion, disappointment and even suffering to a lot of people who have supported the National Hockey League in many different ways.”


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VANCOUVER - Van-couver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin says Maple Leafs fans can expect more of the same from Brian Burke’s successor Dave Nonis.

“They’re really simi-lar in the way they want to build the team,” Sedin said on Wednesday after Burke was fired as To-ronto’s general manager and replaced with Nonis.

“But they’ve got dif-ferent personalities.”

Nonis is getting a chance to run an NHL club for the second time. He also replaced a fired Burke following his mentor’s dismissal in Vancouver in 2004

“Nonis is really low-key,” said Sedin. “He’s very soft-spoken, but Burkie likes to, maybe, be in the spotlight a little bit more.”

Nonis, a 46-year-old Burnaby, B.C., native, was fired in Vancouver in 2008 after the Canucks missed the playoffs for the second time in three seasons and Francesco Aquilini completed his purchase of the team

and inserted current GM Mike Gillis.

Nonis also served under Burke at NHL headquarters when the latter was the league’s chief disciplinarian, and in Anaheim.

Working on his own or with his former boss, Nonis assembled the core of the Canucks squad that came within a game of winning the Stanley Cup in 2011 and remains largely intact today. Notable draft choices that he made with or without Burke in-clude Henrik and Daniel Sedin - following a trade that landed Vancouver

two draft picks in the top three in 1999 - such mainstays as Ryan Kes-ler, Kevin Bieksa, Alex Edler, Jannik Hansen and Cory Schneider.

Nonis also signed an unheralded Alex Bur-rows after he went un-drafted, and pulled off a major coup as he traded for goaltender Roberto Luongo following the 2004-05 lockout.

Now, ironically, Nonis could be involved in acquiring Luongo for a second time as ru-mours persist that Van-couver’s former No. 1 goaltender will head to Toronto.

“He kept building on what (Burke) started here,” said Henrik Sedin. “They’ve worked togeth-er for a long time. I don’t think there’s a big differ-ence in the way they manage their teams. They’re different as per-sons, but as hockey peo-ple they’re pretty simi-lar.”

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Maple Leafs fire Burke and appoint Nonis GMDan r alph

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TORONTO - Brian Burke’s colourful tenure as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs was never short on drama.

So it only seemed fit-ting his departure from the team would shock the entire hockey world.

The Leafs dropped the bombshell Wednes-day, announcing they had relieved the fiery Burke of his duties as president and general manager and replaced him with his right-hand man, Dave Nonis.

While the Leafs had never reached the play-offs during Burke’s four seasons at the helm, the timing of the move was surprising given it comes just days before the start of the lock-out-shortened season.

But Tom Anselmi, the president of Maple Leafs Sports and Enter-tainment, said the deci-sion had been talked about for months fol-lowing an extensive re-view of the hockey club by Anselmi and the new ownership group. MLSE

was officially taken over by Rogers and BCE in August.

“The news is coming as a shock but I don’t think the decision has happened overnight,” Anselmi told a packed, hastily assembled news conference at the Air Canada Centre. “It’s a conversation that’s been ongoing and we came to a decision.

“Once we got to that decision I’m a firm be-liever it’s only fair to make the decision and move forward.”

Anselmi said Burke, 57, will remain with the team as a senior adviser.

The decision caught

even Nonis by surprise. The 46-year-old native of Burnaby, B.C., was with Burke on Tuesday night watching the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs edge the Toronto Marlies 2-1.

“I came in (Wednes-day) morning and was informed of the deci-sion,” a solemn Nonis said. “This is a shock for a lot of people.”

The daunting task of ending hockey’s longest playoff drought now lies with Nonis, a close friend and protege of Burke’s.

One of his first priori-ties will be to sort out the club’s goaltending situa-tion. Rumours that the Leafs are in talks with the Vancouver Canucks to acquire Roberto Lu-ongo have been floating around for several months. There was talk Wednesday that a po-tential Luongo deal may have been a factor in Burke’s dismissal.

Anselmi said that wasn’t the case.

“No, no, not at all,” he said.

Nonis said he couldn’t discuss any pending transactions.

“First of all, it doesn’t help get a deal done and second of all we’re not permitted to do so,” said Nonis. “Players that under contract to other clubs remain off limits in terms of commenting.”

Ironically, Nonis re-placed Burke as Vancou-ver’s GM in 2004 and acquired Luongo from the Florida Panthers two years later.

Vancouver GM Mike Gillis was shocked to hear of Burke’s firing but added he doesn’t be-lieve it will have any im-pact on a potential Lu-ongo deal.

“Not in my mind, no,” he said.

Gillis expects things will heat up on the Lu-ongo front once the col-lective bargaining agreement is fully rati-fied. The owners ap-proved it Wednesday and players are slated to vote in the coming days.

“The window (to speak with other GMs) wasn’t open until (Wednesday),” he said. “Until the players vote on it, that’s when I think the activity will pick up.”

Burke, meanwhile,

didn’t return an email from The Canadian Press. But there’s no doubt the outspoken GM’s dismissal came as a shock to just about ev-eryone in hockey.

“I know Burkie well. We were talking yester-day about hunting,” said Washington Capitals GM George McPhee. “I don’t know what hap-pened. It is too bad.”

Burke’s son, Patrick, also spoke about his fa-ther on his Twitter ac-count.

“Brian Burke did more charity/commu-nity work than any GM in NHL history. And the Burke family will al-ways, always be proud

of that fact,” Patrick Burke tweeted.

Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul had no idea it was coming and said the players are partly to blame.

“At the end of the day, it’s our responsibil-ity,” Lupul told report-ers outside the Leafs practice facility. “He put faith in us and we didn’t get the job done last year and now he’s pay-ing the price.”

During Burke’s reign, Toronto was 128-135-42 and finished a disap-pointing 13th in the Eastern Conference last season. They haven’t made the post-season since 2004 and own the

NHL’s longest playoff drought.

Anselmi wouldn’t say exactly what owner-ship didn’t like about Burke’s leadership style. But he was a complicat-ed figure in that while he could be very engag-ing, Burke could just as quickly go on a fiery rant. He was also fierce-ly loyal, perhaps to a fault, quickly coming to the defence of one of his coaches or players.

“The relationship between the GM and owners is a complex, multi-faceted, unique kind of relationship,” he said. “It’s a very symbi-otic kind of relation-ship.

Canucks captain says soft-spoken new Leafs GM Nonis similar to outgoing Burke

“The news is coming as a shock but I don’t

think the decision has happened

overnight. It’s a conversation that’s been ongoing and

we came to a decision.”

Tom Anselmi

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Watch the latestCranbrook City Councilmeeting when you want. Visit www.cranbrook.ca

Under this bylaw, no person shall carry on a business within the City with having obtained a valid Business License from City Hall. This includes all regular business licenses, temporary and seasonal licenses. Licenses must be prominently displayed at all times in the business area of the premise to which the public has access. Licenses are granted for a one year period on the � rst day of January and end on the 31st of December of each and every year. Visit our website and click on ‘Bylaws’ for more on all of our City bylaws.

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Try the Pre-Authorized Payment Plan for your bi-monthly utility bill. This plan is convenient and avoids late payment fees. For those already on the pre-authorized payment plan, please note your bi-monthly payment amount will automatically increase to re� ect the 2013 utility rates.

The bi-monthly payments are made through your bank by pre-authorized debits on the 1st day of every 2nd month commencing February 1, 2013.

Application forms are available at the City Hall Finance Department. For further information on this plan, call City Hall at (250) 426-4211. 2013

City of Cranbrook Garbage Pickup Schedule - Available Now! Pick up yours at City Hall or download from our website. Don’t forget each household is allowed a maximum of three (3) garbage receptacles, including prefabricated receptacles and plastic bags, per weekly pickup.

2013 PRE-AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF WATER, SEWER AND SOLID WASTE UTILITY ACCOUNTS

INCREASE TO MONTHLY UTILITY RATESRECRUITMENT FOR COMMITTEES 2013The City of Cranbrook announces that effective January 1, 2013, the monthly utility rates increased as follows:

Residential Utility Increase New Monthly RateWater $1.00 $19.00Sewer $0.00 $17.00Solid Waste:- Collection $0.00 $7.50- Land� ll Fees $0.00 $12.00Total: $1.00 $55.50

Water rates for non-residential users, including users with metered accounts, have increasedproportionately.

2013 WATER, SEWER AND SOLID WASTE UTILITY ACCOUNTSA discount of 5% will be granted on all 2013 Utility Accounts paid for the year and received at City Hall on or before February 28, 2013.

There are only a few opportunities left for public participation and involvement in the City of Cranbrook advisory committees. Membership is open to residents of the City of Cranbrook for positions listed below:

Environment and Utilities CommitteeOne position is available.

Wellness and Heritage CommitteeOne position is available for a youth representative (15-18 years old).

Terms of reference for all the committees are available on the City’s website – www.cranbrook.ca. Interested individuals are invited to submit a Volunteer Application form available at City Hall or the City’s website.

Applications will be accepted at City Hall (attention Maryse Leroux) or by email [email protected] , no later than Monday, January 28, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. local time.

To ensure that every business owner and the public have an opportunity to review and comment on the draft Sign bylaw, the deadline for public comment has been extended from December 31, 2012 to 4:30pm on Friday February 1, 2013.

Copies of the draft bylaw are available at the Chamber of Commerce or at City Hall.

If you have any questions, please contact Rob Veg, Senior Planner at (250) 489-0241 or [email protected].

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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. - The Atlanta Fal-cons know what it takes to win in the regular season.

When it comes to the playoffs, that’s another story.

Perhaps no team faced a greater burden going into this post-sea-son than the Falcons (13-3), the NFC’s top-seeded squad for the second time in three years. They’ve yet to win a playoff game under the current trio of quar-terback Matt Ryan, coach Mike Smith and general manager Thom-as Dimitroff - one-and-done in all three ap-pearances going back to the 2008 season, the last two not even close.

Not surprisingly, the players keep insisting the previous years don’t matter; they’re only looking forward to Sun-day’s divisional game with the streaking Seat-tle Seahawks (12-5).

But the senior mem-ber of the team, centre Todd McClure, con-

cedes there will proba-bly be some additional pressure when the Fal-cons take the field at the Georgia Dome.

That makes a quick start crucial to Atlanta’s hopes.

“We’ve been disap-pointed a few times,” said McClure, who’s been with the Falcons for 13 years. “I think we’ve got guys in this locker room who are hungry and ready to get over that hump.”

The Falcons have gone 56-24 in the regu-lar season since Dimi-troff and Smith took over in 2008 and drafted Ryan with the No. 3 overall pick - more wins than any team during that span except New England (60-20). But the significance of five straight winning sea-sons, two division titles and, now, a fourth trip to the playoffs has been undermined by the lack of success in January.

It wasn’t that big a deal when Atlanta, after surprisingly making the playoffs as a wild card one year after the Mi-

chael Vick debacle, lost to Arizona in the desert 30-24.

But the loss two years ago was a stunner, the No. 1-seeded Falcons - who, like this team, went 13-3 and earned a first-round bye - getting blown out at home in the divisional round by sixth-seeded Green Bay 48-21.

Then came last year, when Atlanta went 10-6 but was viewed as an underachieving squad, a perception that proved factual in the playoffs when the Falcons’ high-powered but in-consistent offence was completely shut down by the New York Giants, who romped to a 24-2 victory on their way to capturing the Super Bowl title.

Carrying around all that baggage, the Fal-cons can’t help but be a little skittish about fac-ing a team that might be hotter than anyone in the league. The Sea-hawks have won six straight games, includ-ing last week’s 24-14 vic-tory over Robert Griffin

III and the Washington Redskins in the opening round of the playoffs.

“We can’t get too tight,” McClure said Wednesday. “There’s going to be some added pressure, I’m sure. I’m not going to say there’s not. But if we come out, start fast of both sides of ball, some of that will die down. Then we can just go out and play football.”

Seattle coach Pete Carroll shrugged off the

notion that his team has some sort of psychologi-cal edge on the Falcons.

“This has nothing to do with years past or story lines,” he said. “We’re playing a terrific team, with a terrific coach and a terrific quarterback, and we’re on the road. It’s a mon-strous task.”

Much of the burden for turning things around in Atlanta falls on Ryan, who set nu-merous franchise pass-

ing records and was voted to the Pro Bowl for the second time.

That said, his career numbers in the regular season are much better than his post-season stats. He’s yet to throw for 200 yards in a playoff game. He’s tossed more interceptions (four) than touchdowns pass-es (three), including a crucial pick that was re-turned for a touchdown right before halftime in that loss to the Packers.

His passer rating is about 20 points lower in the post-season.

Ryan certainly tries to learn from his mis-takes, but he won’t spend much time talking about what hap-pened before this sea-son.

“I don’t worry about it, I don’t think about it,” he said. “My focus is for this locker room and for these guys and this coaching staff, making sure we’re all together.”

Falcons eager to get over playoff hump against Seahawks

No one elected to MLB Hall of Fameassociated Press

NEW YORK - No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else.

For only the second time in four decades, baseball writers failed to give any player the 75 per cent required for in-duction to Cooper-stown, sending a power-ful signal that stars of

the Steroids Era will be held to a different stan-dard.

All the awards and accomplishments col-lected over long careers by Bonds, Clemens and Sosa could not offset suspicions those feats were boosted by perfor-m a n c e - e n h a n c i n g drugs.

Voters also denied entry Wednesday to fel-low newcomers Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling, along

with holdovers Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell and Lee Smith.

Among the most honoured players of their generation, these standouts won’t find their images among the 300 bronze plaques on the oak walls in Cooper-stown, where - at least for now - the doors ap-pear to be bolted shut on anyone tainted by PEDs.

“After what has been written and said over

the last few years I’m not overly surprised,” Clem-ens said in a statement he posted on Twitter.

Bonds, Clemens and Sosa retired after the 2007 season. They were eligible for the Hall for the first time and have up to 14 more years on the writers’ ballot.

Other top vote-get-ters were Morris (67.7), Jeff Bagwell (59.6), Piaz-za (57.8), Tim Raines (52.2), Lee Smith (47.8) and Schilling (38.8).

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LONDON — Busy, congested, stressful. This is how the world’s first subway system was depicted by London newspapers in 1863. It’s a situation that would be familiar to nail-biting passengers of the pres-ent as the Tube turned 150 years old Wednes-day.

“The constant cry, as the trains arrived, of ‘no room,’ appeared to have a very depressing effect upon those assembled,’’ The Guardian newspa-per reported on the public opening of Lon-don’s Metropolitan Line on Jan. 10, 1863. The first stretch of rail had opened the day before, on Jan. 9.

The line — the first part of what is now an extensive London trans-port network that has shaped the British capi-tal and its suburbs — ran 120 trains each way during the day, carrying up to 40,000 excited passengers. Extra steam locomotives and cars were called in to handle the crowds.

Architectural histori-an David Lawrence said the rapid expansion of the subway network — better known in London as the Tube — had a major impact on the city’s design. The Tube helped lure people away from the inner city into new areas where new housing was being built near the stations.

The houses were built in a village style mocked by some histo-rians as already dated.

“They were selling an England which had al-ready passed by that time,’’ said Lawrence, a principal lecturer at Kingston University.

In 1919, the Metro-politan company be-came directly involved in developing what came to be called “Met-ro-land’’ on surplus land. One of the compa-ny’s promotional post-

ers displayed drab rows of inner city terrace houses and urged peo-ple to, “Leave this and move to Edgware.’’

However, they were also selling the dual benefit of a quiet, un-polluted suburban life paired with rapid access to the cultural and eco-nomic benefits of the metropolis, Lawrence said.

The pioneering Met-ropolitan Line sparked a new wave of under-ground development which today has grown into a 402-kilometre system carrying 1.2 bil-lion passenger journeys each year.

Although Londoners love to complain about its sometimes sketchy performance, the Tube can be a remarkably ef-ficient way to move vast numbers of people in and out of the city, with roughly 3.5 million jour-neys completed each day. It provided nearly flawless transport during the recent Lon-don Olympics despite fears that it would buck-le under the extra strain.

Charles Pearson, a lawyer who saw the line as a tool of social reform which would enable the poor to live in healthier surroundings on the pe-rimeter of the city, began promoting the

line in the 1850s.Pearson made a cru-

cial contribution by per-suading the Corpora-tion of the City of Lon-don — the governing body of the financial district — to invest in the line.

Like many an inno-vation, the proposal to build a 4.8 kilometre un-derground rail line from Paddington Station in central London to Far-ringdon on the edge of the financial district in the east aroused great skepticism and criticism when it was first pro-posed.

An editorial in The Times of London at the time found the concept repulsive: “A subterra-nean railway under London was awfully suggestive of dank, noi-some tunnels buried many fathoms deep be-yond the reach of light or life; passages inhabit-ed by rats, soaked with sewer drippings, and poisoned by the escape of gas mains,’’ the news-paper declared.

For the anniversary celebrations, Transport for London will run old-style steam powered trains underground — but only on Sunday, so as not to disrupt its cru-cial people-moving function during the working week.

London Tube marks 150 years in operation

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An air raid warden checks on children sleeping on hammocks strung between the train tracks in an Underground station during the Blitz in 1940.

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Faces blackened, passengers are helped out of Moorgate tube station after a train ran into the buffers in 1975, killing 43 people.


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Announcement:The Community Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) is hosting two Welcoming Communities Action planning sessions in January 2013; one in Cranbrook and one in Kimberley.

We are requesting input from interested organizations to create a plan to make our region more welcoming and inclusive for immigrants and their families set-tling here.

As the Welcoming Communities lead agency in Cranbrook and Kimberley, the or-ganization is also issuing a call-out for partners to be part of the community planning process and to take on one of the funded projects identified during the planning process.

The projects will focus on supporting the integration of immigrants and their families by:

• improvingaccesstocommunityservices;

• supportingthedevelopmentofinterculturalrelationships and mutual trust;

• supportingwelcomingandinclusiveworkplaces;

•creatingwelcomingandinclusivespacesinthecommunity;and

•providingassistanceduringtheirsettlementprocess

CBAL is requesting your attendance at the Welcoming Communities planning sessions

• January15th,2013-PrestigeRockyMountainResort,209VanHorneStreet South,Cranbrook-8:30-12:00noon

• January17th,2013-KimberleyConferenceCentre,290NorthStarBlvd. Kimberley,BC-8:30-12:00noon

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The Ministry of Finance is conducting seminars across the province to assist businesses in transitioning to the PST. Seminars are presented through local Chambers of Com-merce and similar organizations. Join the Cranbrook and district Chamber of Commerce for an informative seminar to help you transition back to PST as smoothly as possible.

During the summer of 2011, British Columbians had the op-portunity to participate in a province-wide referendum on the harmonized sales tax (HST). On August 26,2011, elec-tions BC announced that British Columbians had voted in favour of eliminating the HST and returning to the provincial sales tax (PST) plus federal goods and services tax (GST) system.

Following the referendum results, government committed to make the transition back to the PST/GST system as quickly as responsible possible. The Provincial Sales Tax Act received royal assent on May 31, 2012 and the PST will be re-implemented on April 1, 2013.

HAVE YOU HAD YOUR FREE AUDIT YET?The Provincial government’s

LIVESMART BC SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMhttp://www.livesmartbc.ca/incentives/small-business/program_components.html is aimed at encouraging and assisting small business to achieve higher levels of energy efficiency.

LiveSmart BC Business Energy Advisor, Marilyn Christensen, is offering FREE Small Business Energy Assessments in your area for any interested and eligi-ble small businesses.

The business energy audit usually takes about one hour and provides helpful information and direction to busi-ness owners who wish to learn how they can improve energy efficiencies as well as identify potential RE-BATES from BC Hydro and FortisBC.

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On April l, 2013, B.C will return to a provincial sales

tax (PST) system.

The PST is a retail sales tax that is payable when a taxable good or service is acquired for personal use or business use, unless a specific exemption ap-plies.

THE PST WILL GENERALLY APPLY TO:• The purchase or lease of new and used goods in B.C.

• Goods bought, sent or delivered into B.C.for use in B.C.

THE PURCHASE OF:• Software

• Services to goods such as vehicle maintenance, fur-niture assembly, computer repair

• Accommodation

• Legal services

• Telecommunication ser-vices, including internet services and digital and electronic media content such as music and movies

• Gifts of vehicles, boats and aircraft.

• All permanent PST ex-emptions will be re-imple-mented with the new PST.

PST EXEMPTIONS:Although many of the de-tails around the return to PST are still being final-ized, all permanent ex-emptions from the previ-ous PST system will be re-implemented, includ-ing:

• Food for human con-sumption (e.g. basic gro-ceries and prepared food such as restaurant meals)

• Books, newspapers and magazines

• Children’s clothing

• Bicycles

These exemptions are available to all purchasers. Purchasers don’t need to

do anything to get the ex-emption. However, some exemptions are only avail-able to certain purchasers in certain circumstances. In this case, businesses need to keep specific in-formation in their records to show why they did not charge PST on the sale or lease. If businesses don’t do this, they can be as-sessed for the tax that should have been collect-ed, plus penalties and in-terest.

For example, a business can provide a PST exemp-tion on the sale of taxable goods, software or taxable services that are pur-chased for resale by:

• A purchaser with a PST registration number, if the business documents the purchaser’s PST registra-tion number on the sales invoice (or similar docu-ment)

• A vendor who has not yet received a PST regis-tration number but who provides an exemption certificate, if the business keeps a copy of the ven-dor’s exemption certifi-cate in their records.

• A wholesaler who pro-vides an exemption certif-icate, if the business keeps a copy of the wholesaler’s exemption certificate in their records.

The regulations to estab-lish the exemption for the new PST are currently be-ing finalized. More infor-mation on the use of ex-emption certificates and the information and docu-ments businesses need to keep when providing ex-emptions will be provided in the near future.

NON-TAXABLE SALES AND SERVICES:When a good or service is not subject to PST, a spe-cific exemption in the leg-islation isn’t needed. Similar to the old PST, the following will not be tax-able under the new PST.

• Sales of real property such as residential hous-ing or commercial real es-tate

• Admissions and mem-berships

• Professional services (other than legal services)

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Community Futures East Kootenay

Countryside Homes

Cranbrook Computer Works

Cranbrook Premier Residence B & B

Cranbrook Professional Fire� ghters Union Local 1253

Cristoforo Colombo Lodge

Dave’s Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Don Johnson Tree Service

Emco Corp.

End of the Road Bed & Breakfast

Exact Tax

Fiorentino Bros. Contracting Ltd.

Funky Stuff Fashion Accessories

Guidance Planning Strategies

High Country Sportswear

High Terraine Helicopters Ltd.

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Isosceles Business Systems Inc.

Jewels on Ninth

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Kootenay Marine

Kootenay Mountain Mechanical Ltd.

Ktunaxa Nation Council

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Overland West Freight Lines

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R.A. Glennon Petroleum

Riemann Painting

Robin’s Ink & Taxes

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Southeast Disposal

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Summit Concrete Finishing

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Taylor Adams Chartered Accountants

The Paw Shop

Tim Horton’s

Top Crop Garden Farm & Pet

Top Hand Supplies Ltd.

Trimline Cranbrook

Ugly Trucks Cranbrook Inc.

Urban Roots

Wesclean Equipment

Wings of Eagles Ministry

THANK you for your investment.

We encourage you to support our Chamber of Commerce

Members

Chamber’s Inaugural MeetingYou are invited to the Cranbrook & District Chamber of Commerce Inau-gural Meeting and Citizen of the Year Award honouring Jason Wheeldon on Saturday, January 26, 2013. Doors open at 6:00p.m. with dinner being served at 7:00p.m. Cost is $35.00 per person and reservations must be con-firmed by January 23rd. The event will take place at the Heritage Inn.

This evening will be divided into two parts, first, the Inaugural meeting for the Chamber of Commerce when the Oath of Office will be administered to President Elect Mike Adams and the 2013 Board of Directors. The second part of the evening will be dedicated to honouring our 2012 Citizen of the Year, Jason Wheeldon.

Call the Chamber office at 250 426 5914 to make your reservation.


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Bill Bennett, M.L.A.(Kootenay East)

Province of British Columbia

Constituency Offi ce:100c Cranbrook Street N.Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 3P9

Phone: 250-417-6022Fax: 250-417-6026

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In 1982, Canada’s Constitution, the supreme law of the nation, was changed to include aboriginal rights and a unique form of aboriginal interest in crown land. Canadian

courts regularly tell the BC government, if treaties are not negotiated, courts will make the decisions. For historical reasons, BC is the only province with almost no treaties.

We are years away from a fi nal Ktunaxa treaty, with no guarantee of ever achieving one. A tentative land package was accepted in late 2012,

consisting of 2% of the Ktunaxa traditional territory (33,458 hectares); no land will be transferred until a fi nal treaty. If land is transferred, most will remain accessible to the public for recreation.

Approximately 22,000 hectares are located in three large rural blocks in the Goat, Flathead, and Madias-Tatley River watersheds. The remaining

parcels are smaller and are distributed throughout the east and west Kootenays. I support the treaty-making process but do not agree with the lack of public disclosure.

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C anadian PressOTTAWA — Attawa-

piskat Chief Theresa Spence says she won’t attend Friday’s meet-ings between First Na-tions leaders and the federal government be-cause Gov. Gen. David Johnston has said he won’t be there.

Spence — who has been engaged in a pro-test since Dec. 11, sub-sisting solely on fish broth and tea in an effort to secure the meeting with Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper — is insisting on the Queen’s representative in Canada being present.

“We have sent a letter to Buckingham Palace, requesting that Queen Elizabeth II send forth her representative, which is the Governor General of Canada,’’ Spence said in a state-ment.

“I will not be attend-

ing Friday’s meeting with the prime minister, as the Governor Gener-al’s attendance is inte-gral when discussing inherent and treaty rights.’’

A spokesperson for Johnston has said he would not attend the sessions on Friday be-cause they are working meetings with govern-ment on policy issues.

Spence says Canada is “not acting in good faith,’’ as evidenced by the federal govern-ment’s release of an audit that shows a lack of documentation for tens of millions of dol-lars in spending by Spence’s northern On-tario reserve.

“This is a time of cri-sis and this government of the day is not taking indigenous peoples concerns seriously,’’ Spence’s spokesman, Danny Metatawabin,

If Governor General won’t be there Friday, neither will I: Attawapiskat chief

Sean KilpatricK/canadian preSS

Chief Theresa Spence on December 6, 2012.

said in the release.Aboriginal frustra-

tion has been manifest-ing across Canada for weeks in the form of the Idle No More protest movement, which seeks to push back against the Conservatives for threatening aboriginal treaty rights as set out in the Constitution.

The protests, ranging from temporary rail

blockades and border closures to shop-ping-mall flash mobs, have drawn inspiration from Spence and her protest, which is playing out on a small island in the Ottawa River, not far from Parliament Hill.

When Harper agreed last week to hold a meet-ing, Spence said she would attend, but insist-ed she wouldn’t decide

whether to end her pro-test until after the meet-ings were concluded.

At a news conference Tuesday, Harper ac-knowledged the chal-lenges facing many First Nations communities, but he said they also represent great oppor-tunities.

“I know that in many aboriginal communities ... the challenges are very great, but the po-tential is very great as well,’’ he said.

“We do have, for the first time in our history, economic development on a large scale occur-ring near where many aboriginal people live. We have a shortage of labour and lots of op-portunity, and we want to make sure that those opportunities are avail-able for aboriginal peo-ple and prosperity is available for them as we move forward.’’

andy BlatChfordCanadian Press

MONTREAL — A commu-nity in Quebec’s Far North wants Ottawa to quickly deploy an icebreaker to free about a dozen killer whales cornered under a vast stretch of sea ice.

Locals in Inukjuak say the mammals have gathered around one hole in the ice — slightly bigger than a pickup truck — amid their desperate bid to get oxygen.

Mayor Peter Inukpuk urged the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Wednesday to send an icebreaker as soon as possible to make additional holes in the ice to help the ani-mals find open water.

“If the icebreaker is not brought up here in attempt to save them, then DFO is full of words and without action,” said Inukpuk.

DFO did not immediately respond to messages left Wednesday by The Canadian Press.

Inukpuk said a hunter from his village first spotted the pod of about a dozen trapped whales Monday at the hole, which is about 30 kilometres from town on the eastern shore of the Hudson Bay. Inukjuak is about 1,500 kilometres north of Montreal.

Dozens of villagers made the one-hour snowmobile ride Monday to see the unusual spectacle.

They snapped photos and shot video footage of the killer whales surfacing in the open-ing — and even thrusting themselves skyward while

Community rallies to help trapped whales

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The first video was posted on Tuesday, January 8 on Facebook by local residents to try to get the attention of authorities.

gasping for air.One woman who made the

journey to the gap in the ice said even a curious polar bear approached the hole amid the commotion. Siasie Kasudluak said it was shot by a local hunt-er for its meat.

The trapped orcas ap-peared to be in distress, but locals were ill-equipped to help out.

Kasudluak said the hole ap-peared to be shrinking in the

C anadian Press

ARVIAT, Nunavut — Four military aircraft have been dispatched to try to rescue two hunters stranded along the west shore of Hudson Bay.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordi-nation Centre at CFB Trenton in Ontario says a man in his 50s and a 16-year-old boy, be-lieved to be his son, are stuck

on the ice about 10 kilometres east of Arviat, Nunavut.

They left the community on a snowmobile Tuesday to go seal hunting, but didn't re-turn.

A rescue official says a C-130 Hercules airplane from CFB Winnipeg has spotted the hunters, who are believed to be in good condition despite

extremely cold weather.Local volunteers haven't

been able to get to them by boat because of the frigid con-ditions.

A C-130 Hercules from Trenton has also left for the area and two helicopters from military bases in Nova Scotia and Alberta are also expected to depart for Arviat.

-30 C temperature.Locals returned to the site

Wednesday to see if they could remove some of the ice from the edge of the hole — or carve a new opening — with chain-saws, chisels and snowmobiles, the mayor said.

But Inukpuk fears such an undertaking so close to the stressed beasts could be dan-gerous.

He said killer whales are not often seen near Inukjuak, but

hunters have returned home with tales over the years of hav-ing their canoes followed by the animals.

Inukpuk believes the sud-den drop in temperature re-cently caught the orcas off guard, leaving them boxed in under the ice.

Another woman who saw the animals up close said the orcas appeared to circle around the opening in an attempt to keep it from freezing over.

Rescue attempts underway for stranded hunters



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AssociAted PressMOSCOW — It was

supposed to be a thrill-ing ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball that is to be one of the symbols of next year’s Winter Olympics; it ended in tragedy for the two Russian men in-side.

The transparent plastic ball — known as a zorb — veered off course and sailed over a rock ledge in the rugged Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia. The ball picked up speed as it flew down the steep slope, rolling and bouncing. One man was killed and the other badly injured.

The man who died, 27-year-old Denis Bura-kov, was with friends at the Dombai ski resort, where they frequently went snowboarding, on

Jan. 3 when he decided to take a ride in a zorb being operated next to a beginners’ slope. His friend Vladimir Shcher-bakov joined him.

An eight-minute video taken on Bura-kov’s phone by one of his friends shows the two men being fitted into harnesses inside the zorb, which consists of two polyurethane balls with a layer of air between them. The zorb is then released to roll down the hill, the two men spinning inside.

But the zorb bounces off of the intended path, and a man waiting for it at the bottom of the hill tries in vain to catch the ball before it pops over a rocky ledge and disap-pears down a gorge below Mount Mus-sa-Achitara.

The person filming

Zorb ball goes off course at Russian ski hill, killing rider

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the video is heard swearing and asking “What’s down there?’’ The answer from some-one off camera: “It’s a catastrophe down there.’’

The Emergencies Ministry said both men were ejected from the zorb as it tumbled and they landed on the snow about 10 metres apart after having rolled about 1.5 kilometres. Still con-scious and able to stand, they were rescued by two skiers, who then pulled both men up to the top of the hill. Bura-kov suffered serious spi-nal injuries and died on the way to the hospital. Shcherbakov suffered a concussion and other injuries and remains hospitalized.

The accident prompted the emergen-cies minister to demand on Wednesday that Rus-sia address its lax en-forcement of safety rules for winter sports, citing a series of accidents over the January holi-days. Vladimir Puchkov said during a televised meeting with officials in charge of rescue ser-vices across the country that they should take extra measures to en-sure safety, in particular at Russia’s ski slopes.

Sergei Loginov, dep-uty director of Z-orb.ru, the largest supplier of zorbs in Russia, said the zorbing run that killed Burakov was in violation of all safety rules. Zorb-ing requires a groomed gentle slope with fences on both sides of the track and a secure spot at the bottom where the ball can be safely brought to rest, he said, but none of this was present at Dombai.

“It’s not even irre-sponsibility. It’s an ex-periment on life,’’ Login-ov said. “It’s all or noth-ing. They either survive or they don’t.’’

The sport of zorbing originated in the 1990s in New Zealand and is now done around the world, most often on grassy slopes. Loginov said there are several zorbing spots on the outskirts of Moscow and dozens more around the country.

Zorbs have been ad-opted as a symbol of the 2014 Winter Olympics, which Russia is holding in Sochi.

“The transparency of zorbs also reflect the open, accessible and in-clusive society that Sochi 2014 Games is helping to build,’’ Dmit-ry Chernyshenko, head

of the organizing com-mittee, said in 2010.

Sochi’s modern ski resorts also are in the Caucasus Mountains. Dombai and other less-developed resorts are located to the east in the North Caucasus re-gion, a patchwork of mainly Muslim repub-lics suffering from pov-erty and unrest stem-ming from an Islamic insurgency.

“Until 2006, hun-dreds of people died every year at the North Caucasus ski resorts,’’ said Kantemir Davydov, an Emergencies Minis-try spokesman in south-ern Russia. “That num-ber has fallen sharply, but still on average 20 to 30 tourists die every year. The causes of the deaths are various, but the root is the same: There is no clear system assuring tourism safety.’’

Eager for any busi-ness that brings in badly needed tourist revenue, local officials are reluc-tant to enforce safety re-quirements, Davydov said.

Federal investigators said they were inspect-ing the Dombai resort and attempting to deter-mine who was responsi-ble for the fatal zorb ride.

AP PHOTO

Denis Burakov and Vladimir Shcherbakov set off down the ski slope before the January 3, 2013 accident.


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CHICAGO — Police investigating the cya-nide death of an Indi-an-born lottery winner in the U.S. questioned his wife for more than four hours and execut-ed a search warrant on their home but have not said whether she is considered a possible suspect in the poison-ing.

Shabana Ansari’s at-torney said Wednesday that the wife was ques-tioned at a Chicago po-lice station in Novem-ber and detectives searched the family’s home. Attorney Steven Kozicki said Ansari maintains she had nothing to do with the July death of her 46-year-old husband, Urooj Khan.

`Ìn any case where a husband dies in that manner, sure they’re going to talk to the spouse,’’ Kozicki said. ``That’s what they’ve done. ... I believe that she had nothing to do with his death. She ve-hemently says that she had nothing to do with his death.’’

Khan died just days before he was to collect $425,000 in lottery win-nings.

Police have not put forward a possible motive for what they now believe was an in-tentional poisoning. Authorities initially ruled the death a result of natural causes, but when a relative came forward with sus-picions, further screen-ing that showed Khan was poisoned with a le-thal dose of cyanide.

They have reclassi-fied the death as a ho-micide and plan to ex-hume the body for more testing.

Ansari spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday at one of the dry cleaning businesses her husband started. She said she cannot be-lieve her husband had enemies, and she has no idea which family member asked authori-ties to take a deeper look into his death. Au-thorities have refused to identify the relative.

Ansari would not talk about the circum-stances of her hus-band’s death, saying it

was too painful to re-call. She said only that he fell ill shortly after they ate dinner togeth-er.

`Ì was shattered. I can’t believe he’s no longer with me,’’ she said tearfully.

She described Khan as a hard-working and generous man who sent money to orphanages in their native India.

`Ì don’t think any-one would have a bad eye for him or that he

had any enemy,’’ she said, adding that she continues to work at the dry cleaning company to honour her husband and protect the busi-nesses he built.

Khan had planned to use his lottery win-nings to pay off mort-gages, expand his busi-ness and make a dona-tion to St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospi-tal. Ansari said her hus-band did not have a will, and the money is now tied up in probate.

She said she can’t re-call anyone unusual or suspicious coming into their lives after the lot-tery win became public.

Ansari, 32, moved to the U.S. from India after marrying Khan 12 years ago.

Both were born in Hyderabad, and their story is a typical immi-grants’ tale of settling in a new land with big dreams and starting a business. They lived with Khan’s 17-year-old daughter from a previ-ous marriage, Jasmeen,

who is a student in the United States.

``Work was his pas-sion,’’ Ansari said of her husband, adding that she plans to stay in the U.S.

She recalled going on the hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, with her hus-band in 2010. One of Islam’s pillars requires every able-bodied Mus-lim to make the journey at least once in their lifetime.

She said her hus-band returned even more set on living a good life, and he stopped buying the oc-casional lottery ticket.

Nonetheless, he couldn’t resist buying one for an instant lot-tery game in June while at a convenience store near his home. It was a $1 million winner.

Khan opted for a lump sum of slightly more than $600,000. After taxes, it amounted to about $425,000, lot-tery spokesman Mike Lang said. The check was issued on July 19, the day before Khan died.

Some other states allow winners to re-main anonymous, but Illinois requires most winning ticket holders to appear for a news conference and related

promotions, partly to prove that the state pays out prizes. Khan’s win didn’t draw much media attention, and Lang noted that press events for $1 million winners are fairly typi-cal.

``We do several news conferences a month for various amounts,’’ he said.

Courtesy IllInoIs lottery

Urooj Khan is pictured in a photo call for the Illinois Lottery after winning $1 million on an instant scratch ticket.

Jason KeyserAssociated Press

CHICAGO — Documents show the widow of an Indian-born lottery winner poisoned with cyanide has battled in court with several of his siblings over control of his estate, in-cluding his lottery winnings.

The court documents shed no light on the circumstances of Khan’s death, but add a layer of drama to the story.

Khan’s brother Imtiaz and sister Meraj Khan won an order from a probate judge in September to freeze the lottery check, assert-ing his widow tried to cash it. They expressed concern in court filings that Khan’s daughter from a previous marriage might not get her share.

The widow, Shabana Ansari, denies re-moving assets from the estate.

The plot thickens

Giant squid captured on video for first time

MalcolM FosterAssociated Press

TOKYO — After years of search-ing, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat deep in the ocean for the first time.

The three-metre invertebrate was filmed from a manned sub-mersible during one of 100 dives in the Pacific last summer in a joint expedition by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Discovery Chan-nel and Japan’s National Museum of Nature and Science.

NHK released photographs of the giant squid this week ahead of Sunday’s show about the encounter. The Discovery Channel will air it on Jan. 27.

The squid, which was inexplica-bly missing its two longest tenta-cles, was spotted in waters east of Chichi Island about 1,000 kilome-tres south of Tokyo, NHK said. The crew followed it to a depth of 900 metres.

Little is known about the crea-ture because its harsh environment makes it difficult for scientists to conduct research. Specimens have washed ashore on beaches but never before have been filmed in their normal habitat deep in the ocean, researchers say.

Japanese zoologist Tsunemi Kubodera, who was on board the submersible at the time of the en-counter, was able to lure the giant squid with a one-metre-long dia-mond squid.

All the lights from the submers-ible were turned off while they wait-ed. At a depth of 640 metres, the giant squid appeared and wrapped its arms around the bait, eating it for over 20 minutes before letting go.

``What we were able to gain from this experience was the moment of the giant squid attacking its prey — we were able record that,’’ said Kubodera, who has been research-ing the giant squid since 2002.

Other scientists involved in the expedition this summer, which logged 400 hours of dives, were American oceanographer and ma-rine biologists Edith Widder and Steve O’Shea from New Zealand.

NHK said a high-definition cam-era was developed for the project that could operate deep in the ocean and used a special wave-length of light invisible to the giant squid’s sensitive eyes.

Kubodera said scientific re-search, technology and the right lure all came together to make the encounter possible, and that this case will shed more light on deep-sea creatures going forward.

After more than a decade of going out to sea in search of the giant squid, he relished the mo-ment he came face-to-face with it.

`Ìt appeared only once, out of 100 dives. So perhaps, after over 10 years of some kind of relationship I’ve built with the giant squids, I feel, perhaps, it was the squid that came to see me.’’

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A giant squid is seen in this still image taken from video captured from a submersible by a Japanese-led team of scientists near Ogasawara islands taken in July 2012, in this handout picture.

WWII soldier’s bag returned after 7 decades

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man who served in France during World War II has been reunited with his Army duffel bag nearly seven de-cades after it went missing.

William Kadar opened a carefully wrapped package Tuesday to find the bag, still stenciled with his name and serial number.

The 92-year-old Kadar tells the

Post-Tribune in Indiana that he last saw the bag in November 1944, a month before he was captured by the Germans.

His granddaughter says a 16-year-old French boy found the bag in his grandfather’s house and tracked Kadar down.

Arleen Haas says her family hopes to speak to the boy through Skype soon.

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It is with great sorrow that the family of Joseph Anton Diotte announces his passing on Saturday, December 22, 2012 in Cranbrook, British Columbia at 63 years of age.

Joe was born on January 1, 1949 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was raised in Nelson, British Columbia where he was first started working at Kootenay Forest

Products. He went on to become a ticketed welder, allowing him to work at many interesting projects throughout Canada and to make many friends along the way. Joe enjoyed hunting and fishing in his spare time.

Joe is survived by his son’s Joe, Aaron and Matthew.

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CLARRICOATES, Kittee Ann

February 26, 1955 - January 1, 2013

The family of Kittee Ann Clarricoates sadly announce her passing on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at the age of 57 years. Kittee was born in North Bay, Ontario on February 26, 1955 and was one of eight children.

Kittee very much enjoyed cooking and baking for her children, grandchildren and her extended family and friends. Huckleberry picking was one of her favorite activities and huckleberry pies and jam were her specialty! Kittee loved camping and the outdoors along with curling, bowling, skiing. She was an accomplished knitter; her family and friends received many treasures made with love.

Kittee was very social - her beautiful smile would light up the room!

Kittee will be forever remembered and missed by her two sons; Chuck (Romina) and Craig (Lana) as well as her grandchildren; Mathew, Terrell and Carter. She also leaves behind her brothers and sisters; Richard, Robin, Kellee, Gillian, Heather, Mollee, Shawn and their families and her good friend Kerry Hughes.

There will be no service for Kittee at this time. If friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank Society, 340 Leaden Hall, Kimberley, BC V1A 2B1 or Cranbrook Food Bank Society, 104 - 8th Ave. S., Cranbrook, BC V1C 2K5. Condolences may be left for the family at www.markmemorial.com.

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Tina Elizabeth Garrett passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013 at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital at the age of 84 years. Tina (tiniest of 10 children) was born on January 30, 1928 in a farming area outside of Young, Saskatchewan, one of 10 children born to Emma and Gust Johnson.

Tina was predeceased by her husband William (Bill Sr.) in February of 2011 and is survived by her children, daughter Sharon who lived with her until her death and one son William Jr. (Billy Jay) and (Robin) of Cranbrook; her grandchildren Christian (Scotty), Samantha, Chelsea (Andre) and Russell (Eva) along with four great grandchildren, April, Bryce, Billy and Cohen , all of Cranbrook and her brother and sister-in-law Norman/Bud (Roberta) of Kaslo, BC, sister-in-law Dorothy of Victoria, BC and brother Bill Johnson of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and many greatly loved nieces and nephews.

Tina will always be remembered for her love of her family, they were her whole world and friends who she talked about often and fondly.

Tina’s working career started in 1964 when she went to work in retail for Karnie’s Ladies Wear in Castlegar until 1968 when the family moved to Cranbrook. She then worked for the old Cranbrook MERC until it closed and then for Woolworths in the new Baker St. Mall until she and her husband and daughter moved to Victoria in 1975. She worked in retail again at Taylor’s Ladies Wear in Victoria. When her husband retired in 1995, they both returned to Cranbrook to be closer to their son’s family and grandchildren.

In accordance with her wishes a celebration of life will be held in late spring of 2013 in Kaslo, BC (date to be determined). Interment will be at the Kaslo Cemetery where her ashes will be placed with her husband’s in the family plot.

The family would like to especially thank the members of the BC Ambulance Team, the nurses, doctors and staff of Cranbrook/East Kootenay Regional Hospital for their kindness, understanding and caring during Tina’s final hours.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.markmemorial.com.

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Fern Denise Phoenix (nee Kjenstad) 1955 - 2013

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Fern Denise Phoenix at the age of 57 years. She passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, January 5, 2013 surrounded by her family, after a brief struggle with cancer.

Fern was born at St. Eugene Hospital in Cranbrook on June 23, 1955. She married her childhood sweetheart, Lane Roberts, in 1974. They had four children and worked together at their business Robert’s Building Supply, until his untimely passing in 1980.

As a young widow, at the age of 24, mom carried her family down a difficult path with strength, courage, determination and a fierce love. It is these qualities that evoked so much love and respect from her family and many friends.

On the day her first grandchild was born, she met her second husband Dale Phoenix. This was fitting as her grandchildren were her new beginning.

Fern was always active, whether she was playing baseball, bowling or golfing. She always had time for her family and friends, however her true passion was her grandchildren. She never missed one game, concert or birthday party. Her only regret was that she did not have more grandchildren. It was a gift to her daughters to be able to provide her with the love and care, that she so deserved, during her illness.

Fern is survived by her husband Dale, daughter Deni (Jeramey), daughter Lindy (Mike) and grandchildren Brooklyn, Jerrod, Wyatt, Kaleb, Laynie and Bryce, brothers Ken (Syd) and Ross, sisters Trudy (Don) and Cleo (Bruce), her step-father Gib, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and their families.

She was predeceased by her first husband Lane, sons Todd and Tyson, her parents Olaf and Jean and sister Carmen.

To our dad and brothers, look after our newest angel. Mom has arrived; resting in peace is highly overrated.

A memorial service for Fern will take place at McPherson Funeral Home in Cranbrook on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:00 am. A private family Interment will take place in Westlawn Cemetery at a later date.

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Whew! Sure glad 2012 is over. What a year of high ups and low downs emotionally, for us all. I’m sure most of you can relate to what I’m saying. The year 2012 was the Year of the Dragon. For us dragons it was a good money year and a good luck year. However, like the dragon, flying high and then soaring low becomes quite a fiasco of good and bad things happening in our lives.

I am starting to re-ceive predictions on a yearly basis from my guides. It all started last year and I made several predictions that came true, so I wanted to see if I was hearing my guides correctly before I started making these

predictions known to the public. I don’t like making inaccurate mis-takes with my readings or predictions.

So the first predic-tion that I received from my guide for 2013 is: “This will be a year of ending or cleaning up emotiona or financial baggage that you have accumulated from your past. This means when you have a problem that seems to be re-occurring from your past then find a solu-tion for the problem if you can’t then seek help and deal with it. This is also a year for new beginning in all areas of a person’s life. So, as the saying goes, out with the old in with the new.

Dear Wendy:I have made some

terrible mistakes in my life and I feel like my karma has paid me back in spades this year. The worst of my problems was that my girlfriend told me my husband was cheating on me. She told me who the woman was and I wouldn’t lis-ten to her. We had an awful fight; I said some pretty mean and hurtful things to her and the friendship ended. I eventually found out that my husband was having an affair with the woman she told me about. I have finally left my husband and moved into a new house. I miss my friend and I don’t know how to approach her to try and tell her how sorry I am for mistrusting her and abusing our friend-ship. I am afraid that she will reject me. Can you tell me if she and I will be friends anytime soon?

Feeling Awful

Dear Feeling Awful:Well, what we truth-

ful, honourable and noble friends have to put up with when we tell our so-called friends the truth. Nine

times out of ten we find out that what we are willing to honour in our friendships we usually end up getting rejected. It’s the way of the world, I suppose.

There is an Old Rus-sian Proverb: “Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed by a lie.” Your friend had a choice and was nervous and afraid when she approached you with the information that she heard and found out was true about your husband. However, she was a true friend and you betrayed her trust and friendship. You could have investigated and seen if the informa-tion was correct that she gave you about your husband, but you didn’t.

What does this tell you about yourself? Well for one thing you are human and you did lash out at your friend because she gave you this hurtful news. This is not abnormal. How-ever, what is abnormal

Better to be slapped with truth than kissed with liesis when you found out it was true why didn’t you phone her up and apologize to her. So what if she would have rejected you or been hurt over what you said and did to her;

that’s your penance for abusing and not trust-ing your friend. It’s called being account-able for your mistakes and owning up when you “screw” up. Then you could have said to her; “What do you need

from me so that we can be friends again; be-cause I miss our friend-ship so much?”

Your learning lesson from this whole situa-tion is to trust yourself first and then you will have the ability to trust others. The beauty of this lesson is when you learn to trust yourself you then know when others are lying to you.

So, my love, forgive yourself for what you said and did to your

friend. Understand you acted towards your friend with hurt and anger for what she told you and fix the situation by being a responsible, accountable adult with this woman. If you want the friendship you will have to earn her trust and respect again. If you don’t want to do this then leave her alone. Learn the les-son, rectify the karma and all will be well.

Wendy

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tronomers around the world will be keeping a close watch as the menacing asteroid Apophis begins a sweep past the Earth later today.

Sky watchers will also be able to go on the Internet to view live images of the asteroid, which research shows could collide with the planet in 2036.

But over the next few days, Apophis, which is just over 300 metres in diameter, will come within only 15 million kilometres of the Earth.

While that’s way be-yond the orbit of the moon and far enough away not to cause any concern, scientists say it will come even closer in 16 years.

Andrew Fazekas, a spokesman for the Royal Astronomical So-

ciety of Canada, says the asteroid will pass about 30,000 kilome-tres above the Earth in 2029.

Fazekas says re-search done on near-Earth asteroids has shown there’s a small chance there could be an impact with Apo-phis when it comes around again in April 2036.

But he adds that fur-ther calculations need to be done because the asteroid’s orbit could be changed slightly by the gravitational pull from the Earth after this year’s visit.

Fazekas says people will be able to go online at slooh.com and view the asteroid live during its fly past.

The images will be provided by a robotic telescope located in the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, begin-ning at 7 p.m. EST.

Asteroid with remote possibility of striking

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66’ of lakefront right on Monroe Lake. This 2 storey home is just steps from the lake and features 3 beds and 3 full baths. Main fl oor is open with large kitchen, dining and living room. Vaulted ceilings allow for stunning lake views. Spacious master with exercise area. Double attached garage. Decking on both levels.

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Set in the quiet community of Wardner is this 1300 Sq.Ft. home on 0.345 of an acre with views of the Steeples and Lake Koocanusa. This home features 3 beds & 1 bath. Updates include: kitchen, bath, paint, most windows & furnace. Garage/shop out back and guest cabin on property as well.

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Over 3500 sq. ft. of living space on 7.76 private acres with beautiful mountain views! This chalet style home has vaulted ceilings in the living room & adjoining dining room. Downstairs is a cozy rec room with wood burning stove & outside basement entry. Fully fenced, many outbuildings & property leads right to Rails to Trails.

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Custom built home on ½ an acre just a short drive to downtown. This home features spacious rooms adorned with oak cabinets and trim. Custom kitchen with loads of cupboard space. Basement is fully developed with large rec room. Double detached garage. Gazebo and garden in back yard.

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