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Kimberley Independent School students had plenty to celebrate on Monday as the ribbon was cut on the new community playground at the school in Chapman Camp. Above, Playground Committee member Andy Christie cuts the ribbon to officially open the playground.

Decisions needed on aging facilitiesReport says Civic

Centre needs $1,814,000 in repair

work, Marysville Arena $981,000

C AROLYN GR ANTBulletin Editor

Kimberley City Council sits for their regular meeting every second Monday most months,

and on off weeks, Council meets in Committee of the Whole sessions. These meet-ings give Council a chance to review staff reports on issues that will be coming to regular meetings for decision.

Council looked over a num-ber of reports at the Monday, December 7 COW meeting, in-cluding a report on the state of three City facilities — the Civic Centre, the Marysville Arena and the Gymnastics building on Warren Avenue.

The report was produced for information purposes as Council and staff enter the budget process, but also fulfills a campaign promise by Mayor Don McCormick to look close-ly at all city-owned facilities and what potential future costs may be to keep them running.

All three of these facilities require major repairs over the next ten years. In fact, those upgrades and repairs on the three buildings add up to $2,875,000 — $1,814,000 for

the Civic Centre and $981,000 for the Marysville Arena.

McCormick said Council had a good discussion on the facilities report.

The Civic Centre was built in 1959 and at the time its pro-jected useful life was 60 years. By that calculation, the build-ing has three years left.

That being said, McCormick says there is no danger of its doors being closed in three years.

See FACILITIES, page 4

Flume is $163,689

over budgetC AROLYN GR ANT

Bulletin Editor

The Mark Creek Flume Rehab project is $163,689 over budget, and that’s not terrible, says Mayor Don McCor-mick.

The cost overruns have nothing to do with the additional funds CopCan is seeking be-cause the project is be-hind schedule. That matter is set to go to ne-gotiations.

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Library dispLayThe display at the

Cranbrook Public Li-brary for the month of December is a beauti-ful array of nativity scenes

CdaC presents: art group 75

exhibitionDuring the month

of December, the Cran-brook and District Arts Council presents the “Art Group 75 Exhibi-tion” in our downtown location on 1013 Baker Street. This show fea-tures various works by the local artist group, which include such mediums as: waterco-lour, acrylic and oil paintings. The Pieces will be displayed in the Gallery from Tuesday December 1st to Thurs-day December 24th. The NEW Gallery is lo-cated at: 1013 Baker Street, Cranbrook. For more information con-tact Marisa Phillips – CDAC Administrator at: 250-426-4223 or email: cdac@shaw.ca

Key City theatre Gallery

affordabLe art exhibit

November 18 to De-cember 15. We are thrilled to once again present Cranbrook’s annual Affordable Art Sale featuring the works of regional art-ists. All pieces are priced under $300 and will be the perfect gift for yourself or a loved one. Shop early for best selection. Gallery hours are 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Fri-day and during perfor-mances.

Centre 64 invitationaL gift

showNovember 27th -

December 24th In this show we will have a beautiful selection of affordable gifts created by local and regional artists. A great oppor-tunity to find the per-fect gift for that special someone on your list.

deCember 91864 heritage

dinner & ConCertroyaL aLexandra

Hall

Join us in the ele-gance of the Royal Alex-andra Hall for an eve-ning of fine dining, en-tertainment, history and music. The dinner will feature a four-course menu highlight-ing recipes and ingredi-ents common to the era. At the centre of the evening is the beautiful 1864 Broadwood & Sons grand piano played by acclaimed musician Michael Kim. Tickets: $70. Call 250-426-7006 buy online www.keycitytheatre.com

fri. deCember 11‘art group 75’ opening reCeption

The Opening Recep-tion for Art Group 75 Show will be held on Friday December 11th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the CDAC Gallery. The Public is Welcome to join us for the Recep-tion. Live Music, Wine and Refreshments will be made available. The NEW Gallery is located at: 1013 Baker Street, Cranbrook. For more information contact Marisa Phillips – CDAC Administrator at: 250-426-4223 or email: cdac@shaw.ca

fri. deCember 11The Kimberley

Community Band is proud to present its an-nual Christmas Pops Concert on Friday De-cember 11 at the Angli-

can Church Hall. The show starts at 7:30pm. Come an enjoy a variety of toe tapping favour-ites. Admission by do-nation.

sat. deCember 12annuaL minKha

sweater saLeCome and see the

beautiful hand knitted sweaters and hand woven scarves during our sale Saturday De-cember 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Anglican Church Hall, 46-13 Ave S. Cranbrook. All pro-ceeds from the sweaters are going back to the Minkha Women in Bo-livia and those of the scarves to refugee proj-ect. Do not miss out on this wonderful occa-sion to find some beau-tiful gifts for Christmas or a treat for yourself. For more information contact Anne Beurskens at 250-489-4528.

deC. 12 and 13gingerbread

housesCDAC Winter Fund-

raising Event: FamilyOn Saturday De-

cember 12th and Sun-day December 13th the Cranbrook and District Arts Council welcomes the public to participate in our two day Family Gingerbread House Making Contest! This event will be on a “first come first served” basis, so sign your fam-ily up as soon as you

can! To sign your family up or for more informa-tion, contact Marisa Phillips – CDAC Ad-ministrator at: 250-426-4223 or email: cdac@shaw.ca The NEW Gal-lery is located at: 1013 Baker Street, Cran-brook.

hoLiday art & Craft fair

Key City theatredeCember 12,

11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Last minute shop-ping is a tradition in Cranbrook. Join us and find just the right gift for everyone on your list. You will find great hostess gifts as well. Be sure to visit the Gallery for the Affordable Art Sale and Artist recep-tion. Refreshments available.

sat. deCember 12Christmas musiC

A Festival of Christ-mas Song and Music presented by Kimberley United Church featur-ing “Venite Adoremus,” a contemporary cantata written by Terry Mach-am, directed by Laurel Ralston and performed by the United Church choir and friends; with additional performanc-es by guest artists. Kim-berley United Church, 10 Boundary Street, Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 pm. Admission by donationsun. deCember 13

December is all about the arts

oLd fashioned Christmas

pageant and CaroL sing

6:30 pm, Refresh-ments afterwards. Marysville Community Church 250-427-7099

wed. deCember 16 CdaC gaLLery

grand openingOn Wednesday De-

cember 16th from 4:00pm to 8:00pm the Cranbrook and District Arts Council welcomes the public to come out to our New Location on 1013 Baker Street to help us Celebrate the completion of our Ren-ovations at the Grand Opening of the New Gallery. We will have live music provided by “KGB and Janine Grieve”, refreshments and tours of the new location. The NEW Gal-lery is located at: 1013 Baker Street, Cran-brook. For more infor-mation contact Marisa Phillips – CDAC Ad-ministrator at: 250-426-4223 or email: cdac@shaw.casun. deCember 27

LoCaL voCaL showCase

Knox Presbyterian Church 700 pm. You’ve heard them sing as youngsters in local fes-tivals, on stage and in choirs! They pursued their dreams and went on to study voice and musical theatre at the

post secondary level. And now they’re home for the Christmas holi-days and excited to per-form for you again. Per-formers are; Darren Adams, Heather Byford, Courteny Green, Clara MacLeod, Caitlin Mc-Caughey, Jocelyn Mol-nar, Danielle Nichol-son, Justin Swanson and Amanda Weather-all. Accompanied by Erica Ortleib (Ross) and Arne Sahlen. Enjoy a full evening of classical and musical theatre performances. Admis-sion is by donation and all proceeds to the East Kootenay Performing Arts Festival. Tickets available at the door.

sat. January 2best of banffBanff Mountain Film

Festival World Tour. Sponsored by Wildsight at Key City Theatre. Sat-urday, January 2 at 7:30 pm. Tickets $30 online or at Key City Theatre box office. New re-served seating.

fisher peaK winter aLe

ConCert seriesKey City theatre

smaLL stageSeries Tickets on

Sale Now!Key City Theatre has

joined with Fisher Peak Performing Artists Soci-ety and Fisher Peak Brewing Company to bring you the Fisher

Peak Winter Ale Con-cert Series. Five Great Performances at one low price! Fine music, Fine Ale & Fine Friends! Featured Artists: Holly & Jon, Amy Thiessen, Red Girl, Small Glories and Brian Brons & His Band of Brothers.

The perfect gift! Buy online at www.keyci-tytheatre.com or call 250-426-7006 Series Ticket $119 or $99 for Key City Theatre and Fisher Peak Perform-ing Artists Society Members.

Jan. 14-16, 21-23Crimes of the

heart Key City theatre

Crimes of the Heart is a “dark comedy” written in 1979 and made its Broadway debut in 1980.  Very funny, and at the same time heart-warming, this play provides a full evening’s entertain-ment.  The Cranbrook production brings a number of new faces to the local theatre scene.  New to our audience, and all delivering fine, insightful, energetic performances.  The production has been in rehearsal since early October and will be ready to hit the stage early in the new-year. Tickets are $20. Tickets are available at the Key City Theatre Box Office 250-426-7006 and On-line at www.keyci-tytheatre.com

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Paul Kershaw’s latest production is the dark comedy Crimes of the Heart. Coming to Key City Theatre in January.

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Carolyn Grant photos

There will be a little bit of everything available when the Selkirk Drama class presents two evenings of comedy on December 11 and 12. You will see some classic Shakespeare with Taming of the Shrew, top, some thrills with Actor’s Nightmare, above left, and some laughs with Midnight Run, above right. Curtain is at 7 p.m. at Centre 64.

From page 1These costs are

“normal stuff ” the Mayor says.

Some of the cost overruns are due to engineering un-knowns, such as about $67,000 for concrete shoring around the area near BJs Restaurant, just downstream from the bridge. There was another $30,000 for ‘heat and hoard-ing’ which essential-ly is a product of pouring concrete in cold weather.

“It amounts the about four per cent of what the budget was,” McCormick said. “I’m not dissat-isfied. That’s within a five per cent contin-gency. On average that’s pretty good.”

However, he says it is still not entirely certain the project will be finished by year’s end.

“We had the most spectacular fall for weather and we are five to six weeks be-hind. You have to wonder why. It’s un-fortunate it wasn’t completed by the end of November.”

Chief Financial Officer Holly Ronn-quist has recom-mended that the shortfall be funded

with $40,000 from the Kimberley Re-serve Fund and the remaining $123,689 be funded from the General Fund Oper-ating Capital Re-serve.

“A review of the 2015 capital projects show an expected savings on complet-ed projects of $108,000, possibly more,” stated her re-port to Council. “The savings on other completed capital projects will be transferred to fund the Mark Creek proj-ect cost overrun. Any difference between the $123,689 re-quired and the com-pleted project sav-ings will result in a reduction of General Fund Operating Cap-ital Reserve funds available for the 2016-2020 capital budget.

A Financial Plan Amendment is not required as this will not result in total 2015 expenditures exceeding budgeted expenditures.”

Council will vote on whether to follow that recommenda-tion at their regular meeting Monday, December 14, 2015.

Flume is $163,689

over budget

Curling Grand Slam decision expected in JanuaryDecision may hinge on

whether Memorial Arena can be utilized as a venue

Tre vor Cr awley

Though nearly a year away, the planning process continues in the ef-forts to bring in a Grand Slam curling event to Cranbrook.

The event, which will feature over 60 international professional curling teams in two separate tiers, will re-quire the use of Western Financial Place and the Memorial Arena.

An official with the Grand Slam of Curling tour will be in Cranbrook in January to gauge the ice plants in both facilities and a final decision will likely be announced at the end of that

month, according to Todd Pellerin, who is the co-chair of the committee working to bring the event to Cran-brook.

“If we’re not the city chosen, be-cause whatever infrastructure is not in place, then they’ll go to another town,” said Pellerin. “It’s ours to lose. We were guaranteed this a while back in a different format, but this is a much bigger format than what we were guaranteed, so if we don’t get this, then we’re probably not going to be in line for at least a couple years for something else.”

The top tier of curlers will get un-derway at Western Financial Place, while the lower tier will use the Me-morial Arena.

See CURLING, page 4 File photo

Olympic gold-medalist Jennifer Jones is one of the curlers expected at the event.

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From Page 1“The Civic Centre is

our go to, core facility for ice surface. It’s not in danger of being closed in three years. It’s a rea-sonably sound building, but it needs a couple of million dollars in work. The question becomes, given the amount of life left, do we throw mil-lions at it?

“Or do we look at re-placement with a new recreation complex?”

A new complex would potentially house two ice surfaces and other rec facilities.

These are discussion Council has to have, Mc-Cormick says.

“We haven’t talked seriously about it yet. The report says it’s time to get serious about what our recreation fa-

cilities will look like in ten years. Chances are the Civic Centre will not be part of that.”

In need of attention in the Civic Centre are the north wall and cat walk at a cost of

$535,000, the slab and boards at a cost of $800,000 and a new roof at $250,000. Along with other items such as dressing room up-grades, it comes to $1,814,000.

Replacement cost of the Civic Centre was es-timated at $7,551,000. That figure is from an appraisal in 2008.

“Nothing is cheap,” McCormick said. “And we have a tendency to

underestimate.”The Marysville Arena

also requires $700,000 in slab and board work, and a new roof at $200,000.

As for the gymnastics club, McCormick says

what will likely happen is the city will bulldoze the building and sell the lot.

“The building is in-adequate for the club. They can’t hold meets there.”

The positive here is that the city is trying to be proactive, McCor-mick says.

“We are trying not to just react, but to put to-gether a strategy for the next five and ten years.”

Aging rec facilities require tough decisions

Carolyn Grant photos

The Civic Centre needs about $1,814,000 for repairs.

The Gymnastics building is inadequate for the needs of the Gymnastic Club.

The Marysville Arena has about 18 years of useful life left but requires over $900,000 in repairs.

submitted photo

Thanks to RCR, Overwaitea, Centex and Gerick Sports for donating prizes for Nordic Club Early Bird Membership Draws held in October. Derm Kennedy, KNC president, stand beside winners Nancy Fraser and Megan Howe. Winners missing from photo include Will Warnock, Katie Burles and Kristin Van DerDriesen.”

From page 3“We’re not going to

have a problem with Western Financial Place, what we’re wor-ried about is the Me-morial Arena, because the Tier 2 level is going to be potentially held in that facility,” Pellerin said.

“Normally this event is held in a twin-rink type of facility but be-cause of the proximity between Western Fi-nancial Place and the Memorial, they’re will-ing to consider that.”

Pellerin is anticipat-ing a huge tourism draw to Cranbrook for the event, which will at-tract spectators, in ad-dition to over 60 curling teams, coaches, sup-port staff and media coverage from Sports-net that will include over 18 broadcast hours.

“As far as we know, we’re on board, the curling club is on board and has agreed to pro-vide the lions share of the guarantee on the tickets and the city on the smaller share,” Pellerin said.

Professional curlers who have competed in the Grand Slam of Curl-ing in the past include heavy hitters such as Kevin Koe, Glenn How-ard, Brad Gushue, Ra-chel Homan, Val Sweet-

ing and Jennifer Jones. Cranbrook City

council had a spirited discussion on hosting the event in 2017 at Monday night’s regular meeting.

Back in May, council had signed an agree-ment with the organiz-ers of the event, which stipulated the event would feature 30 teams—15 men, 15 women—to be hosted at Western Financial Place.

However, now the Grand Slam event is potentially doubling in scope, as another sepa-rate tier of 30 additional teams is being pro-posed by the organiz-ers, which touched off debate about whether the city can handle the scale of such an event.

At the end of the dis-cussion, council voted to give city staff the lee-way to pursue the op-tion of negotiating a curling event with the expanded Tier 2 roster of teams if possible. However, council was emphatic about land-ing some form of the Grand Slam in Cran-brook.

“I think it can be a big economic driver for the city. I’m all about economic drivers mov-ing forward and am definitely supportive of it there,” said Mayor

Lee Pratt. “Also, to see this as a

chance to showcase Cranbrook to the rest of Canada and literally, parts of the world and I know curling seems to be on a big upswing now in popularity, so I would definitely sup-port it.”

Councillor Tom Shypitka, who has curled competitively against the best in the world, including repre-senting B.C. three times at the national men’s championship, was very much in support of landing a Grand Slam event.

“I have no problem with this event at all. I’ve seen these events firsthand,” Shypitka said. “There’s money involved, sponsorship involved just like every-thing else. As Mayor Pratt indicated, this is a huge opportunity for the City of Cranbrook to showcase ourselves and show what we’re all about.

“Just because it’s double the size I don’t think our guarantees have gone up, as far as the City’s concerned. I think the guarantees are still the same as the original deal. Because it’s twice as big, it shouldn’t be scary. It should be more eco-nomically friendly.”

For the Bulletin

The GRINCH is in town!

Recently there has been a rash of damage done to community mailboxes in Cranbrook and outlying areas. In

some instances, mail has been damaged or stolen from individual mail compartments and red letter boxes. In total there have been 5 sepa-rate incidents between November 9 and De-

cember 7, 2015.Rural areas have

been particularly target-ed. Residents are asked to check their mail fre-quently and report any thefts in the event that identity theft occurs.

If anyone has any in-formation on similar in-cidents, they can be re-ported to Cranbrook RCMP at (250) 489-3471 or Crime Stoppers.

Mischief to and theft from Canada Post mailboxes

January decision expected on curling event in Cranbrook

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OpiniOn/EvEnts

SubmittedColumbia Basin children

and communities will continue to receive opportunities to learn about, appreciate and care for the natural world around them, through Colum-bia Basin Trust’s $1-million commitment to two environ-mental education initiatives.

These are the Know Your Watershed program and the Columbia Basin Environmen-tal Education Network.

“These initiatives have proven successful, and we’re pleased we can commit addi-tional funding to help them be-come more sustainable, plan into the future and grow,” said Tim Hicks, Columbia Basin Trust Manager, Water and En-vironment. “Through these ini-tiatives Basin students will con-tinue to have hands on oppor-tunities to increase their un-derstanding of the natural en-vironment, which Basin resi-dents have told us is a priority.”

The Know Your Watershed program will be receiving $540,500 over three years. Working with environmental educators in the Basin, the Trust developed this program in 2010 to help grade eight stu-dents understand where their water comes from, how it is used and where it goes after it is used. The program is deliv-ered to schools by local educa-tors around the Basin working with Wildsight. Learn more at w i l d s i g h t . c a / p r o g r a m /know-your-watershed.

“Wildsight is thrilled to con-tinue working with the Trust to deliver Know Your Watershed,” said Monica Nissen, Manager for Wildsight’s education pro-grams. “We hear from teachers

Over $1 million for environmental education

Letters to the editorKIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK COMMUNITY CALENDARKIMBERLEY AND CRANBROOK What’s Up?

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ONGOINGBibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook - serving our community to benefi t others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981.Noon every Wednesday, downtown United Church & Centre for Peace, the bells will call you to a time of calm. This is NOT church, rather it is a time to gather in a circle in a welcoming and harmonious space to practice the way of Taize. Wouldn’t you cherish a time to stop? to gather when the bells ring? to join with others in silence, in prayer, in meditative song?Cantebelles, an all-female singing group, meets Mondays 7-9pm. Join us and learn how to sing with 2, 3 and 4part harmonies. Contact: Sue Trombley, 250-426-0808 or suetrombley53@gmail.comMasonic Lodges of B.C. and Yukon will supply transportation to cancer patients who have arrived at Kelowna or Vancouver. This free service will be at the destination point. Example: from airport to clinic and clinic to airport on return, also around the destination city. Info may be received from your doctor, Canadian Cancer Society, or by phoning Ron at 250-426-8159.“The Way” Introductory Orthodox Christianity next 10 weeks, St. Aidan Orthodox Church, 201-7th. Ave., Cranbrook. Thursday evenings until Dec. 24th; 7 pm–drop in to any or all sessions. Contact: Fr. Andrew: 250-420-1582 or frandrewapplegate@gmail.com for info. Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm; Focus Meat Draw at the Elks Club, Kimberley. Proceeds to Emergency Funds and non-profi t organizations. MILITARY AMES is a social/camaraderie/support group that meets the fi rst and third Tuesdays of the month in the Kimberley Public Library reading room. All veterans are welcome. For more information call Cindy @ 250 919 3137.Quilters meet in Kimberley on the 2nd Monday at Centennial Hall at 7:00 PM and the 4th Monday for sewing sessions in the United Church Hall at 10 Boundary Street.Hey Kimberley! We need you as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. One hour a week. YOU can make a diff erence in a Child’s life that will last a life time. Info: 250-499-3111.Canadian Cancer Society- if you have spare time and would like to volunteer, interested applicants can call 250-426-8916, drop by our offi ce at #19-9th Avenue S, Cranbrook or go to www.cancervolunteer.ca and register as a volunteer.Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook. Meet & Greet from 6:00-6:30pm, supper 6:30-7:00, meeting 7:00-8:00pm. Contact 250-427-5612 or 250-427-7496. New members welcome – men and ladies! The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.The Cranbrook Quilter’s Guild meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, September - June, 7.15 p.m. at the Cranbrook Senior Citizens Hall, 125-17th Ave South. Interested??? Call Jennifer at 250-426-6045. We’re on Facebook and www.cranbrookquiltersguild.ca.Cranbrook Community Tennis Association welcomes all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.

UPCOMINGBy Dec. 9th: CBAL- Kimberley Community Literacy’s Annual Book Drive. We need “Gently Used Books” for the Food Bank Christmas Hampers. Please drop off donated books (for all ages) in the boxes at Overwaitea Store, Mark Creek Market Store, Public Library or the Schools.British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association, Rocky Mountain Branch, will be holding their Christmas luncheon meeting at the Heritage Inn on December 9th, 2015 at 12 noon. Our guest speaker will be the great man from the North Pole Santa Claus! For further information contact Ronald Kerr, 250-432-0002.CRANBROOK UNITED CHURCH invites you to our 10th Annual COOKIE WALK, Saturday, Dec. 12th, 12 pm -2 pm. Price per box provided; regular size $10. New this year is a Large size $15. Join us at 2 – 12th Avenue South. Doors open at 11:30 am.Due to sickness WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE ANNUAL MINKHA SWEATER SALE on Saturday Dec 12th to be held at Christ Church Anglican 46-13th Ave. S. Cranbrook. We apologize to our loyal customers who were planning to come to this yearly event.Old Fashioned Christmas Pageant and Carol Sing. If you would like your child to participate in the pageant on Sunday, Dec. 13th, 2015, at 6:30 pm at Marysville Community Church, phone 250-427-7099 or 250-499-1017 ASAP for info and registration.Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Kootenay Insurance Services & Kootenay Savings Credit Union. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.FREE FAMILY SWIM Saturday, December 19 from 12-1 pm. Cranbrook Aquatic Centre, sponsored by the KinClub of Cranbrook.Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, Dec. 23, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Simply Kimberley. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Kudos to the Alliance Church

As a collective group of Cranbrook El-ementary Music Teachers, we would like to extend our thanks to the Alliance Church for their support of the Mass Choir Concert held on Wednesday, De-cember 2nd.

Aside from providing their building for this beloved community tradition, they have also supplied parking lot mar-shalling, sound and lighting, and coffee sales that support breakfast programs in Cranbrook schools.

All of these volunteer services have been given with such a welcoming spirit, right from the year that this event out-grew its former home at the College of the Rockies.

We would like to publically acknowl-edge this generous organization for their effort in sustaining this 35-year tradition that is unique to our community and for many marks the beginning of the Christ-mas Season.

With Heartfelt Appreciation,The Cranbrook Elementary

Music Teachers

Carbon Tax isn’t reducing emissionsRe: Inconvenient truths of climate

change (B.C. Views, Dec. 2)As Tom Fletcher pointed out, there are

many questions on climate change.I’m not sure that B.C. or Canada is the

problem, but the B.C. government is on the right track with the carbon tax, be-cause it is apparent that Canadians need to lead on the environment, and be seen as leading. We need to be able to market our resources and lead in sustainability.

The B.C. carbon tax has pluses and minuses. Some of the carbon tax burden is returned to lower income earners – this is a good thing. The tax, however, does little to reduce CO2 emissions. If four of the $5 billion collected over the past  six years had been invested in reforestation, carbon sinks, the B.C. government could proclaim to the rest of Canada and the world that we are making a real differ-ence.

I think B.C. and Canada are doing  a  good job on environmental issue, but we need to seen to be doing more. A B.C. carbon tax that brings in $5 billion to pro-vide $5.7 billion in tax cuts does not ap-

pear to me to be making the necessary changes in addressing the global envi-ronmental concerns.

The perception is that we are doing nothing. This need to change.

Phil HarrisonComox

Merchants of sludgeTom Fletcher’s latest column, a litany

of classic skepticism about what’s going on in the atmosphere, is like a museum display of petroleum industry attitudes.

He evidently has no shame in carrying the torch for continuing with status quo policies around energy sources and emissions. No surprise, because his boss and others are betting there’s still hope for selling sludge to Asia.

I notice in reading the letters from various outposts of Black Press, there are few readers buying this argument. That is encouraging for people who have their ears and eyes open to the realities of the climate situation.

Bill WellsKaslo

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and students across the Co-lumbia Basin how much they love the action-oriented, hands-on learning of the pro-gram. Because it incorporates knowledge from local commu-nity experts, not only does it make a big impact on students, but it also strengthens the community as a whole.”

The Columbia Basin Envi-ronmental Education Network (CBEEN) will be receiving $500,000 over three years. Cre-ated in partnership with the Trust in 2002, CBEEN supports environmental education in the Basin by offering profes-

sional development for educa-tors and providing them access to training, resources, opportu-nities and tools. It also delivers the Wild Voices for Kids pro-gram, which has local experts deliver curriculum-linked pro-grams to schools across the Basin. Learn more at cbeen.org.

“CBEEN is excited to con-tinue to play a key role in en-couraging environmental stewardship and sustainability in the Canadian Columbia Basin by supporting environ-mental education,” said Dun-can Whittick, CBEEN Executive

Director. “There are so many educators from across our re-gion who provide excellent learning opportunities for both classrooms and communities, and we look forward to con-tinuing to work hard to support their efforts.”

The Trust highlights envi-ronmental education and stewardship as one of the five goals in its Environment Strate-gic Plan 2014–2019. To learn more about the education and awareness projects and pro-grams it supports, visit cbt.org/enviroeducation.

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Grade eight students learn about the importance of water through the Know Your Watershed program. Columbia Basin Trust is committing additional funds to the program, as well as to the Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network.

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“I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.”

One time editor.

S ometimes when I am half-conscious in my Barcalounger, these two weird fellows pop up and bobble about on

my TV screen. Before I can move my inert body towards the remote, they’ve gone.

They’re astronomers, I think, professor types, and they go on and on about how exciting the next few nights are going to be, with Neptune lined up with Mars thus creating a triangle with Jupiter. “Whoopee!” I cry. “So what?”

The heavens are almost a total mystery to me. Oh sure, I was taught astro-navigation in my youth but I am eter-nally glad that I never had to use that half-learned skill. On a good, clear night I can often find the Pole Star and thus discover North but I’ve never really wanted to know where north (magnetic or not) might be. All my concentration has been on the loca-tion of my tent, truck or house.

Anyway, I grew up in Britain where the sky is hardly ever clear enough for people to spot the sun, let alone the stars. In fact, I often wonder how ancient Britons worked out how to line up Stonehenge so that the

rising sun shone through certain arches at dawn on the longest and shortest days of the year. I remember recently some un-hinged professor explaining his theories on how my ancient ancestors would tramp for days across country so that they might be at Stonehenge on those exact days. I keep thinking: fancy slogging away for days through mud and cow dung in order to arrive at Stonehenge in the middle of a typically wet, overcast June or December and, inevitably, inventing swearing.

It might have been all right for Egyptians or Az-tecs, with their clear weath-er, to line up things with the stars and invent calendars and thus forecast eclipses and Black Fridays. I think the Brits just bluffed.

And all those names for the planets and galaxies! I’ve never seen the hint of a bear in Ursus Major nor a bull in Taurus. The ancients must have had vivid imaginations or were smoking some-thing. I mean what are Betelgeuse, Aldeba-ran or Mikah? Something they smoked?

For example, one of my friends has dis-covered that, should he imbibe a certain prescribed medicine, he ends up staring at nothing, but I’m positive he doesn’t see sword belts in the sky or archers. But then, he’s pretty ordinary, not like those weirdo astronomers.

I learned recently that the Australian

Aborigines used to believe that the stars were actually departed relatives. That seemed reasonable to me, but I bet they didn’t go around naming each and every one. They were far too busy attempting to spear kangaroos, and you can imagine how difficult that might be.

Way back in the Jurassic Era, I am told, some monstrous dinosaurs, probably Stegosauruses, were goofing off and gazing at the stars when a hopeless romantic among them remarked, “Look at that huge star! It must be one of my ancestors. See! It is getting even bigger.” Then, ‘thwack!’ that famous asteroid hit the earth and wiped them all out.

So I don’t spend time staring at the stars and wondering. If I should listen to those two astronomers on TV and make sense of their ramblings, I might end up out there in the chill of the night staring open-mouthed into the heavens when one extra bright light might actually catch my attention and it just might be another fiery asteroid heading for me, and that would be all she wrote. Thwack! The end of me and half the life-forms on this earth, and dear old na-ture would have to start all over again and maybe invent something a lot cleverer than human beings.

Our fortune might have been written in the stars but the fakey so-called astrologers would never have been able read it the way they claim to do all the time.

Good heavens! The heavens!

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Taylor rocc aA long and difficult

road trip for the Koote-nay Ice finally came to an end Tuesday, but not be-fore one last difficult out-ing was in the books.

Tuesday at the CN Centre in Prince George, the Ice (6-24-2-0) fell by a 7-2 margin to the Cou-gars (18-9-1-1). The loss goes on record as the fifth defeat on a sea-son-long, five-game road trip through the B.C. Division and drags the team’s season-long losing streak to an active eight games.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do and it’s not going to be easy,” said Luke Pierce, head coach of the Ice, over the phone from Prince George. “We’ve got to make sure we really focus in on the little things.

“With where we’re at and the bodies we have, now you’re almost start-ing all over again at zero. We saw some real good progression of our team in mid-October and into November. I thought we were showing some re-ally, really good strides. But we have to remem-ber how we got to that point.

“We’re going to start back at zero again, build ourselves back up and take another run at the mountain.”

The mountain that was the WHL’s B.C. Divi-sion ultimately defeated the Kootenay Ice on this go around, culminating with Tuesday’s loss to the Cougars.

The hosts roared out to a 3-0 lead before the mid-mark of the second period, with Brad Mor-rison, Sam Ruopp and Luke Harrison provid-ing the Cougars’ offense.

The Ice struck a spark of life late in the second period as Zak Zborosky, relatively forgotten in recent weeks, returned to the lineup for the first time in 13 games to score a dazzling goal on a great individual effort with 4:03 to play in the middle period.

“Having Zak Zbo-rosky back in the lineup gives guys like [Matt] Al-faro, Jesse Zaharichuk and those guys even that much more of a boost,” Pierce said.

“Zak helps us on our power play with some

skill there and he’s a threat off the rush -- just like his goal was [Tues-day]. It’s an encouraging sign to have him back in.

“It helps us a lot lon-ger term [getting Zbo-rosky back] but when you lose Dylan Stewart, when you bring Zak back it doesn’t quite give you the full two-line balance you need to play against really good teams.”

Trailing 3-1 following 40 minutes of play, the Ice were in the contest -- an accomplishment worth recognition con-sidering this was a team playing its fifth game in seven nights away from home all while having covered more than 2,000 km of highway.

“It’s tough. I thought we gave ourselves a chance going into the third period,” Pierce said. “You’re only down 3-1, if you get a goal there early you can probably put a lot of pressure on them and make them panic. But we couldn’t make the right plays out of our zone and they made us pay. That’s a really good hockey team.”

The wheels fell off the wagon in the third peri-

od for the Ice, though not until the final 10 minutes of regulation.

After Cougars for-ward Chase Witala reg-istered a power-play marker 3:47 into the third, Ice rookie Noah Philp responded with a man-advantage tally of his own.

The goal, which came at 9:05, finds a place in time as the first of the young Philp’s WHL ca-reer. After the Ice had fallen behind by three goals for the second time, it pulled them within two goals again.

But Witala wasn’t done.

The 20-year-old killed any momentum the Ice might have gained by putting his second of the night past goaltender Declan Hobbs only 35 seconds after Philp made it a two-goal affair.

From there, Morri-son piled on with his second of the contest before Witala complet-ed the hometown hat trick with one minute remaining in regulation.

Hobbs turned aside 32 of 39 shots as his club was once again outshot.

At the other end, Cougars goaltender Ty Edmonds was good on 21 of 23 shots for his 10th win of the campaign.

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Treacherous trek ends for IceKootenay Ice conclude season-long road trip with

loss to Prince George Cougars

Kootenay Ice Scoring SummaryTueSday, december 8

KooTenay Ice 2aT PrInce GeorGe couGarS 7

First Period 1. PGC - B. Morrison, (8) (J. Bethune, A. Boyd), 2:44Second Period 2. PGC - S. Ruopp, (3) (unassisted), 4:343. PGC - L. Harrison (7) (C. McAuley), 8:054. KTN - Z. Zborosky, (12) (unassisted), 15:57Third Period 5. PGC - C. Witala, (15) (T. Olson, J. Harkins), 3:47 (PP)6. KTN - N. Philp, (1) (B. Allbee, T. Murray), 9:05 (PP)7. PGC - C. Witala, (16) (J. Gabrielle, S. Ruopp), 9:408. PGC - B. Morrison, (9) (J. Harkins, J. Carvalho), 17:069. PGC - C. Witala, (17) (S. Collins), 19:00Shots 1 2 3 TKootenay Ice 8 8 7 23 Prince George Cougars 14 13 11 39Goaltenders Saves Mins SV%KTN - Declan Hobbs 32/39 60:00 0.821PGC - Ty Edmonds 21/23 60:00 0.913Power playsKootenay Ice 1/6 (16.7%)Prince George Cougars 1/5 (20.0%)Three Stars1) LW Chase Witala, Prince George Cougars (3G);2) D Sam Ruopp, Prince George Cougars (1G, 1A); 3) RW Luke Harrison, Prince George Cougars (1G)Attendance: 2,350 (CN Centre)

SaTurday, december 5

KooTenay Ice 1aT VIcTorIa royalS 5

First Period 1. KTN - R. Dymacek, (3) (C. Fleury), 1:572. VIC - V. Bobylev, (10) (R. Gagnon, R. Nagy), 3:46Second Period 3. VIC - M. Phillips, (16) (A. Forsberg), 2:374. VIC - D. Hannoun, (15) (A. Forsberg), 15:515. VIC - M. Phillips, (17) (A. Forsberg, R. Gagnon), 19:14Third Period 6. VIC - A. Forsberg, (10) (E. Price, V. Bobylev), 11:53Shots 1 2 3 T

Kootenay Ice 7 10 5 22 Victoria Royals 15 15 13 43

Goaltenders Saves Mins SV%KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 38/43 60:00 0.884VIC - Coleman Vollrath 21/22 60:00 0.955Power playsKootenay Ice 0/1 (00.0%)Victoria Royals 0/3 (00.0%)Three Stars1) LW Alex Forsberg, Victoria Royals (1G, 3A);2) Matthew Phillips, Victoria Royals (2G); 3) D Ryan Gagnon, Victoria Royals (2A)Attendance: 4,593 (Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena)

Scoring StatisticsPlayer GP G A PTS PIM Luke Philp 22 13 16 29 30 Zak Zborosky 18 11 9 20 6Jesse Zaharichuk 21 4 9 13 4Matt Alfaro 31 6 6 12 42Cale Fleury 20 2 6 8 12Dylan Stewart 30 4 3 7 4Roman Dymacek 31 3 4 7 22Vince Loschiavo 31 3 4 7 16Austin Wellsby 31 3 4 7 4Tanner Lishchynsky 23 0 7 7 24Bryan Allbee 30 2 4 6 16Mario Grman 31 0 5 5 35Max Patterson 24 3 1 4 16Dylan Overdyk 29 0 4 4 10Noah Philp 30 0 4 4 14River Beattie 22 2 1 3 17Jason Wenzel 20 2 0 2 8Dallas Hines 23 1 1 2 12Jared Legien 30 1 1 2 21Shane Allan 25 0 2 2 16Troy Murray 29 0 2 2 25Jaedon Descheneau 2 0 1 1 5Wyatt Hoflin 23 0 1 1 2Eli Lieffers (AP) 2 0 0 0 0Connor Barley (AP) 3 0 0 0 0Austin Gray 6 0 0 0 2Goaltending StatisticsPlayer W L OT/SL SO GAA SPWyatt Hoflin 4 16 1 1 3.78 0.898Declan Hobbs 1 6 1 0 4.36 0.881December GlanceTues., Dec. 1 at Kamloops (5-1 L)Wed., Dec. 2 at Kelowna (4-1 L)

Atom ‘B’ Royals crowned champions

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Cranbrook’s Atom ‘B’ Royals are, back row (L to R): Sam Kennedy, Bernie Kennedy, Mike Toth, Brent Grainger; third row (L to R): Logan Messer, Micheal Clark, James Kilfoil, Sam Pelletier, Kya Chisholm, Aiden McKay, Connor Grainger; second row (L to R): Jaxon Chisholm, Talon Uphill, Leo Gauthier, Preston Taylor, Beckham Toth, Davis Young, Grayson Meisner, Danik Reeves; front row (L to R): Brody Taylor and Damien Vyse.

For The Townsman

Cranbrook’s Atom ‘B’ Royals were crowned champions Sun-day afternoon on home ice.

The Royals were brimming with confidence after winning their previous tournament in Pincher Creek, Alta., just the

week before and that mojo car-ried over to the team’s home competition, which welcomed worthy competitors from Alberta, B.C. and the United States.

The Royals faced all adversar-ies with a team-first mentality.

With leadership coming from every player, the Royals were im-

possible to beat. The championship game was

an electric affair as the Royals dispatched Taber in dominant fashion.

After falling behind 2-0 in the first period, the Royals stormed back for a 9-3 victory to claim the tournament title.

Nitros & Thunder Cats set for divisional clashWednesday, december 9

KImberLey dynamITers aT cresTOn VaLLey T-caTs

GAME TIME: 7:30 P.M. (MT) - Johnny Bucyk Arena DYNAMITERS vs. THUNDER CATS 22-3-0-3 RECORD 18-7-1-1 First (Eddie Mountain) DIVISION Second (Eddie Mountain) 116 GF 102 59 GA 60 Fifth (21.1%) PP First (24.6%) Fifth (87.6%) PK First (92.2%) J. Richter (21-20-41) TOP SCORER A. Wilkinson (9-33-42) T. Brouwer (1.99 GAA) TOP GOALIE B. Lefebvre (2.05 GAA) W4 STREAK W3 4-2 W vs. NEL (Dec. 4) LAST GAME 3-0 W vs. GOL (Dec. 5) Dec. 11 vs. CVR NEXT GAME Dec. 12 at KIM

Taylor rocc aOnly two games be-

yond the midpoint of the 52-game KIJHL sea-son and the Kimberley Dynamiters have a firm grasp on first place in the Eddie Mountain Di-vision, along with a bit of breathing room in the chase for the league’s regular season title.

As far as head coach Jerry Bancks is con-cerned, his group still has better hockey in them.

“I want us to start playing a certain way -- there’s probably been four or five games here where we haven’t done it,” Bancks said. “That’s my hope. I think I get a little too caught up in looking at the standings and worrying about first [place]. We’ve got to start playing the right way.

“We didn’t win the league last year. It’s going to be important to start playing the right way. So that’s going to be our focus -- win or lose -- play the right way. That’s what we’ve got to work on.”

While Bancks sug-gests he is going to worry less about the standings, everyone else in the East Kootenay is looking at

Wednesday night’s match up (7:30 p.m.) be-tween the Kimberley Dy-namiters and Creston Valley Thunder Cats knowing exactly what is at stake.

“It’s probably one of the biggest games of the year,” said Dynamiters captain Jason Richter. “We’ve got a huge week ahead of us.

“It’s going to be the biggest weekend of the year.”

The Dynamiters (22-3-0-3) sit on a comfort-able nine-point cushion ahead of the sec-ond-place Thunder Cats (18-7-1-1) in the Eddie Mountain Division, but with nearly half the slate still to be played, gaps can close awfully quick.

A Creston win closes the Thunder Cats to within seven points, while a Nitros victory ex-tends the lead to 11. That isn’t lost on the defend-ing KIJHL champions.

“It’s a huge four-point night,” said Nitros defenceman Justin Meier. “Every night we play them it’s huge.”

The Nitros and Thun-der Cats have split the opening two contests of an eight-game divisional

season series, with both home teams coming out on top each night.

The Dynamiters blanked the Thunder Cats 4-0 at the Kimberley Civic Centre back on Oct. 9, before Creston ex-acted revenge with a 5-2 triumph at the Johnny Bucyk Arena on Nov. 14.

Wednesday’s match up marks the first of three meetings between the two heated rivals during the month of De-cember, with the Thun-der Cats paying a return visit to the Civic Centre this Saturday night.

With six games re-maining between the two clubs this season, the Dynamiters sizeable lead atop the Eddie Mountain Division is not yet safe.

“We’ve been pretty soft lately,” said Nitros forward Keenan Haase. “I think we definitely need to finish our hits, make their ‘D’ men scared and throw their pucks away.

“[We need to] play a more defensive game -- finish hits, chip in, chip out -- and then the of-fence will come.”

As Richter men-tioned, this entire week is a big one for his squad. With three divi-sional games on tap, a lot can change.

After Wednesday’s battle in Creston, the Ni-tros return home to host the Columbia Valley Rockies (16-15-0-0) Fri-day before welcoming the Thunder Cats back to Kimberley Saturday.

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rock and a hard place. You can’t seem to launch a project, which might become a problem. Try to understand what is holding you back. Funds could be part of the issue. A discussion becomes possible later in the day. Tonight: Hang out at a favorite haunt. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’ll feel more together than you have as of late. Decide to take some downtime. You have a tendency to push too hard in or-der to achieve your desired goals of the moment. Lie low and kick back, if possible. Tonight: What seems like a great deal might not be. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Resisting a low-energy cycle might not be as difficult as you think with so much happening around you. Know that someone is observing your potential and your leadership abilities. You’ll like the direction this situation is heading in. Tonight: Finally feeling good! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Use today to go over some past work and make sure that you are heading in your chosen di-

rection. You could encounter a complication or two; hold off on making any major changes. You might want to go over certain details in your mind. Tonight: Catch up on news. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You might decide that taking a stronger stance is an important way to go. However, you could be disappointed with the results you get. Honor a fast change later in the day. Accept an invita-tion, even if it is last minute. To-night: No telling who you could meet when you are out. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Some people can’t seem to get enough quality time with you. However, you might not want to stop whatever you are doing, as you could be having such a good time. If you can handle fitting everything in, you’ll be pleased. Tonight: A last-minute request keeps you busy. BORN TODAY Actor Kirk Douglas (1916), ac-tress Judi Dench (1934), actor Beau Bridges (1941) ***

Dear Annie: My next-door neighbors and their kids (who are adults) always park in front of my house and don’t leave enough space for my car. The family owns four cars, but there is sufficient space in front of their home and in their driveway. We have a narrow driveway (no garage), but my husband parks there because otherwise, I’m blocking him. I asked that if they do plan to park in front of my house, then they at least leave enough room for my car. They rarely do, so I have to knock on their door and ask nicely that they move their vehicle. They either ignore me or say, “I’m leaving in 10 minutes,” expecting me to wait. Last night, when I got home from work, I saw one of their cars smack dab in front of my home. Again, I knocked on the door. They said that they couldn’t move it because it had a flat tire, and that’s where the tow truck dropped it. It wasn’t until I got into my house that I wondered why they had the tow truck put it there to begin with. This time, I said, “I have always been patient, so I’ll make a deal with you. When your car gets fixed, I’d like you to park it in front of someone else’s house for one week. If they don’t tell you to move it, you can park in front of my house and I’ll never tell you to move it again.” He just stood there and smiled. Am I wrong to ask them to always move the car? -- At My Wits’ End Dear Wits: You have tried to be a good neighbor, but they are not cooperating. And you have no guarantee that other neighbors will object to having that car in front of their home, or that the car owners will tell you the truth about it. Your problem is, the street does not belong to you, and you have no control over who takes the spot in front of your house. If the neighbors block your driveway, you are entitled to call the police and have them ticketed or towed, and we recommend doing so. But otherwise, you can only park in another spot or ask your husband to park on the street so you can have the driveway. Sorry. Dear Annie: In your answer to “Know Better,” you mentioned that there are ways to verify someone’s photo online -- as well as those flowery, romantic statements used on online dating sites. Please tell me how to do that. I, too, have met a man on a dating website who seems too good to be true. -- Noreen in Nebraska Dear Noreen: Your best bet is to upload a photo to Google Image search. Some scammers will use pictures of models or other attractive people found online. Google will tell you whether or not that photo has appeared in other places. It is not foolproof, but it can help. (You also can upload those “flowery, romantic statements” to Google or a similar search site to see whether they are from a piece of poetry or other published material.) Also check out romancescam.com for more information on this type of problem. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2015 CREATORS.COM

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LYONS, Gordon George 1931-2015

Gordon passed away peacefully December 2nd 2015 in Kelowna B.C.

Born in Cranbrook B.C., June 25th 1931. He spent his childhood in Duchess Ab., then returned to Cranbrook where he graduated high school and went on to

attended the Royal Conservatory of Music where he obtained his degree in Classical Piano. He then chose to follow in his father’s footsteps and attended Barber College. After graduation he then returned to work with his father for a few years before he took over operations of Lyons Barber shop. During this time he met our mother and they eventually settled in Cranbrook and raised their family. Gordon was larger than life and was an avid outdoors man who loved to fish, snowmobile and spend time with his family at their cabin at North Star Lake. Music continued to play a role throughout his life as he loved to entertain showing off his Honky Tonk style. He was predeceased by his wife of 59 years, Terry and his daughter Charlotte.

Left to honour his memory are brother Robin (Lottie), daughter Yvonne (Ken), son Kim (Marlene), grandchildren Warren (Pauline), Darren (Jennifer), Jennifer (Matt), and six great grandchildren. At Gordon’s request there will be no funeral service. A private memorial will be held at a later date. The family would like to express our gratitude to his many caregivers, some of whom went above and beyond to enhance his quality of life. Also to the staff at Kelowna General Hospital for their kind and compassionate care.

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R i c k H a m p s o nAssociated Press

The death of John Lennon still reverber-ates as a defining mo-ment for a generation and for the music world.

A man who helped define rock and roll, a leader of the peace movement, an icon of the Baby Boom genera-tion, his sudden shoot-ing death at the hands of Mark David Chap-man inspired shock and mourning, and for many marked the end of an era.

Chapman was sen-tenced to 20 years to life in prison and was last denied parole in August 2014.

“I am sorry for caus-ing that type of pain,” Chapman told the pa-role board then. “I am sorry for being such an idiot and choosing the wrong way for glory.” Chapman can try again for parole next year.

At a 2010 hearing, Chapman recalled that he had considered shooting Johnny Car-

son or Elizabeth Taylor instead, and said that he chose Lennon be-cause the ex-Beatle was more accessible, that his century-old apart-ment building by Cen-tral Park “wasn’t quite as cloistered.”

Former Beatle John Lennon, who catapult-ed to stardom with the long-haired British rock group in the 1960s, was shot to death late last night outside his luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, police said.

Authorities said Lennon, 40, was rushed in a police car to Roos-evelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arriv-ing.

Doctors said he suf-fered seven severe wounds in his chest, back and left arm, but they did not know how many bullets had hit him. Dr. Stephen Lynn said, “I am sure he was dead when he was shot.”

Police said the shooting occurred out-

non.Lt. John Schick said

he expected the man, in his mid-20s, to be held through the night.

Lennon’s wife was not hurt.

Chief of Detectives James Sullivan said Lennon and his wife were walking into the enclosed courtyard of the Dakota about 10:50 p.m. when five shots rang out. Lennon stag-gered up a few steps into the building and collapsed, he said.

Police Officer An-

thony Palma, who was one of the first officers to arrive, said officers found Lennon lying face down in the office of the nine-story apart-ment building and car-ried him to a patrol car. Miss Ono was taken to the hospital in another car, he said.

Palma said she be-came hysterical when doctors told her that Lennon was dead. “Tell me it isn’t true,” he quoted her as crying.

Sullivan said the suspect was a 25-year-

old man from Hawaii who had reportedly been hanging around the Dakota for some time.

Jack Douglas, Len-non’s producer, said he and the Lennons had been at a midtown stu-dio called the Record Plant and that Lennon left at 10:30 p.m. Len-non said he was going to get something to eat and go home, Douglas said.

A bystander, Sean Strub, said he was walk-ing south near 72nd Street when he heard four shots. He said he came around the cor-ner to Central Park West and saw Lennon being put into the back of a police car.

Some people say they heard six shots and said John was hit twice,“ Strub said. ”Police said he was hit in the back.“

He said others told him the assailant had been “crouching in the archway of the Dakota. ... Lennon arrived in the company of his wife and the assailant fired.”

At Roosevelt Hospi-tal, Dr. Lynn announced that Lennon was dead shortly after midnight. He said Lennon had been brought in shortly before 11 p.m.

“Extensive resuscita-tion efforts were made and despite transfu-sions and other meth-ods he could not be re-vived,” he said.

“Significant damage was done to the major vessel in the chest,” Dr. Lynn said. “There was massive blood loss and he could not be saved. ... I am sure he was dead when he was shot. ... His house is less than a mile away from the hospital and I don’t think it was possible to rescue him by any means.”

Lennon rocketed to fame in the early 1960s when he and fellow Britons Paul McCart-ney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr intro-duced a sound that changed the course of rock ‘n’ roll.

The seed for the Beatles band dates to 1955 when Lennon met McCartney at a Liver-pool, England, church social. They started performing as a duo called the Quarrymen and were joined three years later by Harrison.

Starr did not come into the band until 1962 - a year before the Beat-les hit the top of the charts in Britain with “Please Please Me.”

John Lennon murdered 35 years ago

side the Dakota, the century-old luxury apartment house where Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, lived. It is across the street from Central Park.

Police said they had a suspect and described him as “a screwball” with no apparent mo-tive for shooting Len-

John Lennon signs an autograph for Mark Chapman, his murderer.

c a n a d i a n p R e s sVANCOUVER -

Mental-health advoca-cy organizations in British Columbia are calling out the province

for falling behind the rest of the country when it comes to treat-ing attention deficit hy-peractivity disorder.

The Canadian

ADHD Resource Alli-ance and Canada’s Centre for ADHD Awareness say the province is failing to offer a full range of treatments for the mental disorder.

They say the short-coming has social and financial impacts for both Canadians and the medical system.

The groups demand the province widen its coverage of long-acting ADHD medications,

which they say are more effective and have fewer side effects than other treatments.

They say B.C. is one of the only provinces to not finance a variety of long-acting medica-tions under Phar-maCare.

ADHD is a common neurobiological disor-der whose symptoms include difficulty pay-ing attention, trouble controlling behaviour and impulsiveness.

Lack of ADHD treatment in B.C. draws criticism from mental-health advocates

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