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TREVOR CRAWLEYWith temperatures soaring

across the province, the B.C. gov-ernment has announced a Level 3 drought rating in various regions and have also taken the addition step of suspended angling in streams and rivers throughout the South Okanagan.

Effective on July 15, through to Sept. 15, all streams and rivers in the Similkameen drainage as well as the Kettle and West Kettle Riv-ers, and all tributary streams in these areas will be closed to an-

gling. Lake fishing is not affected by the order.

The angling restrictions have been put in place to protect fish stocks at a time when they are vulnerable due to low flows and high water temperatures.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations did not provide a fisheries biolo-gist for an interview.

According to Lance Page, the manager of the Kootenay Trout Hatchery, high water tempera-tures aren’t good for fish health.

“Higher temperatures put fish under stress and the higher tem-peratures would create a higher mortality on catch and release,” he said.

In the context of the East Koo-tenay, there is currently a Level 2 drought rating, meaning that the region is classified as dry. Wheth-er that means angling restrictions will be put in place remains to be seen, according to a ministry spokesperson.

Drought levels causing angling restrictions in some regions

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Higher temperatures could create a higher mortality of fish upon catch and release.

New City policy pulls plug on proclamations

C AROLYN GR ANTThe Kimberley Fire

Department was called to assist Forestry on Monday evening at the scene of a fire in Wycliffe. The fire was on the west side of Highway 95A.

Assistant Fire Chief Rick Prasad says that the cause is under investiga-tion but the likely cause is lightning striking a power pole.

“The wind blew the line down after it burned for a while. Hydro had to kill power to deactivate the line.”

The power was out in Kimberley for about 45 minutes on Monday eve-ning.

Fire near Wycliffe quickly

contained

A R N E P E T RYS H E NThe City of Cran-

brook will soon be doing away with proc-lamations.

At the Monday

meeting, council gave city staff the go ahead to prepare a Proclama-tion Policy in which the city does not make any official proclamations.

Proclamations are ceremonial documents signed by the mayor to create public aware-ness and recognition of different causes.Under

the policy, requests for proclamations will also no longer be placed on regular council agen-das.

Coun. Danielle Car-

dozo noted that elimi-nating proclamations could negatively affect certain organizations.

“A lot of non-profit organizations some-

times rely on these kind of proclamations as a means of support, whether it is for grants or such,” Cardozo said. “Are we going to be

willing, then, in lieu of those proclamations, to write letters of support for those organiza-tions?”

CAO Wayne Staudt said that if the request-er is asking for a letter of support, then that could come as council correspondence and be dealt with that way.

Cardozo suggested something in the policy could be written to di-rect organizations looking for proclama-tions to instead request a letter of support.

“I would hate to turn organizations away if that is what they are looking for — that sup-port,” Cardozo said.

Mayor Lee Pratt laid out the case for elimi-nating proclamations.

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SubmiT TedTuesday, June 16,

was a busy day for vol-unteers working on im-provements to our Community Forest, which was this year’s re-cipient of the annual local Community Proj-ect Initiative sponsored by the East Kootenay Ministries.

The Forest has be-come a major destina-tion for recreational en-

joyment in our East Koo-tenay area.

Working in partner-ship with the Cranbrook Community Forest, three projects were planned, designated and completed.

Two of the Cran-brook Community For-est Society directors joined three volunteers — Chris from Highways, Lori from Mines and Pierre from Water

Branch for a weed pull in the Four Lakes area, which resulted in 45 ki-lograms of invasive weeds (mainly Dalma-tion Toadflax) being col-lected for disposal, set-ting back the spread of the weeds, and helping to provide more space for native species to thrive.

Tara Szkorupa let a trail signage group who installed ten new cedar trail signs within the Southern part of forest. These new signs replace some of the original signs which are fading with age.

The two major park-ing lots on Baker Street South received a top grading of new gravel, filling in potholes and levelling the areas. Trails

leading from the parking lots were also improved by sheer manual labour of many wheelbarrow loads spread by hand! At the end of the day a small tractor was uti-lized to help spread the last of the significant loads of gravel for a very successful end result!

A special thanks to Darin Welch with the Ministry of Transporta-tion and Infrastructure, who initiated and coor-dinated this project. Our appreciation also goes to Jack, Brent, Erin, Susie, and Jeff and ev-eryone else who partici-pated and gave of their time and efforts!

From the Cranbrook Community Forest

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BC Public Service Day in the Cranbrook Community Forest

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A weed pull in the Cranbrook Community Forest resulted in 45 kilograms of invasive weeds (mainly Dalmation Toadflax) being collected for disposal.

The two major parking lots on Baker Street South received a top grading of new gravel, filling in potholes and levelling the areas.

S u b m i T T e dThe Cranbrook 4-H Multi Club

would like to thank Farm Credit of Canada for their $500 grant from the 4-H Club Fund that has allowed our club to explore more avenues of 4-H.

Our club is not only comprised of animal projects such as lamb, beef and swine but also includes: foods, small engines and clover-buds. 4-H has come a long way from the farm to include those who may live in a more urban setting.

Our Foods Club run by Tanya Molle has explored preserves, bak-ing breads and calzones. This group is working towards a group dinner where they will learn the cooking and the serving aspects of food preparation. The grant has allowed the club to purchase the ingredients needed to make these wonderful

creations.Cloverbuds is for children aged

6-8, which explores all of the proj-ects that are available in 4-H. This year they focused on sewing and outdoor living. All members re-ceived a sewing kit, made a pin cushion and made tents, thanks to the sponsorship of the FCC. This program allows the kids to see which aspect they wish to be involved in once they reach the age of 9.

The Small Engine group restored a farm tractor. The tractor was do-nated to the club, in a non-working order and was then re-built. This brought huge satisfaction and fasci-nation to many of the members, as most of the members had never re-stored an engine before. This group’s leader is Jody Murdoch. The FCC grant allowed the group to pur-chase parts to restore the engine.

Cranbrook 4-H Multi Club thanks FCC

Submitted

Foods Club members are pictured making bread in a bag with instruction from Tanya Molle. Pictured: Madison Adams, Colby Holt, Taylor Holt, Tanya Molle, Emily Murdoch, Olivia Murdoch, Julia Adams, Liam Murdoch, Mikayla Adams.

C anadian PreSSB.C. teachers have filed leave to

appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada in an ongoing battle with the province over bargaining rights.

The B.C. Teachers Federation is asking the top court to reconsider a B.C. Court of Appeal decision that ruled in the government’s favour in April.

The appeal court found the gov-ernment did not violate teachers’ charter rights when it imposed legis-lation in 2012 that removed their ability to bargain class size and com-

position.Four of the five appeal judges

said teachers were given a meaning-ful negotiation process through con-sultations and collective bargaining leading up to the legislation.

Union president Jim Iker vowed to seek a Supreme Court appeal im-mediately after the ruling was an-nounced, and the organization filed the application in late June.

The province has yet to respond to the application and the Supreme Court will decide at a later date whether to hear the appeal.

B.C. teachers’ union seeks Supreme Court appeal in

dispute with province

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Arne PetryshenCranbrook RCMP responded

to 200 calls for service for the week of Monday, July 6 to Sun-day, July 12. Staff Sgt. Dave Dub-nyk provided the details of the report.

July 612:29 a.m. A suspicious per-

son was reported on the 2200 block of 12th Street North.

8:15 a.m. Police received a report of a vehicle hitting a deer. The deer had to be euthanized.

11:33 a.m. A found necklace was brought in to the detach-ment.

12:51 p.m. A large internal fraud was reported at a local business.

1:20 p.m. A black Ford Escort with BC plates was reported for erratic driving and failure to maintain its lane.

1:51 p.m. Report of tele-phone fraud. The complainant reported that someone alleging to be the Canada Revenue Agency had called asking for banking information.

1:53 p.m. Report of an aban-doned automobile. Police check to make sure the vehicle is not stolen, or related to any other criminal activity. Police will at-tempt to contact the registered owner. If that fails, then they look into disposal options.

2:26 p.m. Report of a theft from a residence on the 500 block of 17th Avenue North.

3:27 p.m. An erratically driv-en Black Jeep Grand Cherokee was reported. The vehicle was reported speeding up and slow-ing down on the 600 block of Cranbrook Street North.

3:38 p.m. Police received a report of threats and a breach of court ordered conditions.

4:29 p.m. Report of fraud —  the complainant reported three cheques stolen, filled out and cashed.

5:57 p.m. A single vehicle ac-cident was reported on Mission Road, no injuries.

9:57 p.m. BC Ambulance re-quested assistance with a hos-tile patient.

10:19 p.m. Police responded to a call from a local hotel to re-move an unwanted intoxicated guest.

10:23 p.m. A caller reported a breach of court ordered condi-tions.

10:54 p.m. A large group of intoxicated individuals was re-ported causing a disturbance in an apartment parking lot in the 700 block of 21st Avenue North.

July 72:09 a.m. A disturbance was

reported in the 2000 block of 2nd Street North. The caller said a family member was under the influence of alcohol and was causing a disturbance.

8:01 a.m. A single vehicle ac-cident occurred. No injuries were reported.

8:38 a.m. A caller reported tools stolen from a work truck.

10:09 a.m. Report of threats. 10:50 a.m. Credit card fraud

was reported. 11:20 a.m. A concerned citi-

zen reported that an individual was lighting a campfire at a local provincial park.

11:30 a.m. A cell phone was found and tuned into the de-tachment.

1:03 p.m. Report of harass-ment.

3:10 p.m. A caller reported that three individuals were in a business—one was distracting the clerk while the others stole things.

3:50 p.m. Debit card fraud was reported.

4:33 p.m. Report of a suspi-cious vehicle with two individu-als passed out in it. Police locat-ed the vehicle and determined that the licence plate and vali-dation on the vehicle were sto-len. The two individuals in the vehicle were arrested and lodged in cells until they were sober. They were released on a Promise to Appear. One subject was from Nelson, the other from Beaver Falls.

4:44 p.m. A longboard was reported stolen from a local board shop. The board is black on top and orange on the side.

6:06 p.m. A suspicious vehi-cle was reported on the Jimsmith Lake Road.

6:44 p.m. A disturbance was reported on 18th Street North. The caller said it was due to an intoxicated family member who was out of control and smash-ing pictures.

7:27 p.m. Report of a vehicle taken without owner’s consent.

8:39 p.m. Report of a theft of a dog from the 800 block of 31st Avenue South.

9:25 p.m. Vandalism was re-ported at a local elementary school.

9:50 p.m. An intoxicated in-dividual was spotted at a local grocery store parking lot. Police located a highly intoxicated fe-male, who was arrested and lodged until sober.

July 812:02 a.m. Report of a do-

mestic dispute. 8:59 a.m. An erratic driver in

a silver four door sedan from Alberta was reported. The vehi-cle was speeding and passing on double solid lines.

11:43 a.m. Police were asked to do a wellbeing check, and after speaking to the individual found there was not a problem.

12:03 p.m. Columbia Valley RCMP requested assistance in delivering a violation ticket.

12:07 p.m. Kimberley RCMP requested assistance in obtain-ing a DNA sample from a sub-ject living in Cranbrook.

12:17 p.m. A hit and run oc-curred in a local grocery store.

2:49 p.m. An erratic driver was reported in a grey Ford Tau-rus. The driver was cutting in and out of traffic.

4:29 p.m. Trail RCMP re-quested Cranbrook police in-terview a local individual sus-pected of theft.

6:42 p.m. A possible suicidal

male was reported. Police spoke to the individual, who was ap-prehended and brought to the hospital for further mental health assessment.

8:56 p.m. Two individuals were reported stealing air con-ditioners from a local depart-ment store.

9:52 p.m. A male was report-ed passed out on a section of the Rails to Trails path. Police locat-ed the individual and found the male to be intoxicated. The in-dividual threatened police and was arrested and found in pos-session of marijuana. The male was lodged until sober and was released on Promise to Appear and court ordered conditions for one found of uttering threats.

July 9 2:19 a.m. Report of a individ-

ual fallen down. Police attended and found the man was being helped by two sober friends, who would take him home and take care of him.

7:36 a.m. Police were asked to keep the peace while an ex-employee picked up belong-ings at a local business.

10:40 a.m. A white tractor trailer with an Alberta plate was reported. The vehicle forced the complainant off the road while it merged onto the highway.

10:51 a.m. A white SUV was reported for erratic driving. The driver was passing on blind cor-ners and speeding.

12:42 p.m. Report of an as-sault.

1:59 p.m. Report of an at-tempted fraud to obtain pre-scription drugs at a local phar-macy.

5:54 p.m. A caller from a local residence asked for police to remove an unwanted guest.

11:08 p.m. Report of a large fire in the backyard of a local residence on the 2100 block of 30th Avenue South.

July 10 12:35 a.m. A disturbance was

reported on the 100 block of 15th Avenue South.

5:05 a.m. Report of a man down in the 700 block of 15th Avenue South. Police attended and found that the man was not intoxicated, but suffered from a physical ailment.

9:39 a.m. Nelson detach-ment requested police obtain a DNA sample from a local indi-vidual.

10:17 a.m. Nails and staples were found on a road, reported as an apparent act of vandalism.

1:45 p.m. Report of a kayaker in distress on the St. Mary River. Police and BC Ambulance at-tended. Paramedics were un-able to resuscitate the individu-al.

2:45 p.m. A caller reported seeing a male around 24 carry-ing a bag that the caller suspect-ed contained a firearm. Police did an extensive search and could not locate anyone that matched that description.

8:12 p.m. A caller reported a continuing problem of drivers

speeding on the 2000 block of 38th Avenue.

10:18 p.m. Vandalism at a residence on King Street was reported.

11:52 p.m. Report of an as-sault.

July 116:30 a.m. A disturbance was

reported on the 500 block of 5th Street South.

9:44 a.m. Police looked into an abandoned 911 call. There was a problem with the callers phone and it was a false call.

10:39 a.m. A suspicious vehi-cle was seen in Kokanee Cres-cent North.

10:54 a.m. Report of vandal-ism to a bus.

11:45 a.m. Report of a neigh-bourhood dispute on the 400 block of 12th Avenue South.

12:11 p.m. An intoxicated male was reported passed out on the 1600 block of 17th Ave-nue South.

1:02 p.m. Report of two cows near the airport access road. The caller worried they could be a hazard.

4:17 p.m. Report of a possi-ble suicidal female. Police and ambulance attended. The fe-male was transported to hospi-tal for further assessment.

8:50 p.m. An abandoned 911 call turned out to be a domestic dispute. Police determined an assault had occurred. An indi-vidual was arrested and re-leased on a Promise to Appear and court ordered conditions.

9:39 p.m. An officer issued a 90 day immediate roadside pro-hibition and 30 day impound.

9:55 p.m. A intoxicated indi-vidual was seen sleeping on the steps of a local business. Police attended and arrested him for public intoxication and he was held in a cell until sober.

9:57 p.m. A Jeep Grand Cher-okee was reported to be driving erratically.

July 1212:21 a.m. An officer located

an intoxicated male stumbling and falling on a parked vehicle. The male was lodged in a cell until sober.

3:50 a.m. A possible im-paired driver was reported. Po-lice located the vehicle and after a roadside screening issued a 90 day immediate roadside prohi-bition and 30 day impound.

5:47 a.m. An officer stopped a vehicle and issued a 24 hour suspension.

10:45 a.m. Theft from a ga-rage was reported.

2:58 p.m. Report of assault. 3:29 p.m. Report of vandal-

ism to a vehicle in the 200 block of 8th Avenue South.

5:37 p.m. Report of a domes-tic dispute.

6:37 p.m. Police checked on an abandoned 911 call. The call was false.

7:35 p.m. Calgary city police requested assistance in an in-vestigation.

8:56 p.m. Report of threats.

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ONGOINGMasonic 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.Seniors Autobiographical Writing for those aged 60 or wiser at the Kimberley Library. No writing experience necessary. It’s free. Tuesdays 10:00 - Noon. Register: Kim Roberts CBAL Coordinator 250-427-4468 or kroberts@cbal.orgAttention Vendors!!! Set up your table at Marysville Daze June 6th outside at Central Park. Everyone welcome – the more the merrier!!Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-426-4223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com Hey Kimberley! We need you as Big Brothers and Big Sisters. One hr a week. YOU can make a diff erence in a Child’s life that will last a life time. Info: 250-499-3111.Aged10-14? Got the writing bug? CBAL hosts the Youth Writing Group at the Cranbrook Public Library. The 2nd & 4th Wed of each month, 4-5:30pm Free! Call Lori 250-464-1864 or khough@cbal.orgCranbrook Community Tennis Association welcomes all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.Bibles 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.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! Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30. 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.CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Donna at 250-426-7136.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.Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.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 3137The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.Cranbrook Community Tennis Association welcomes all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) non profi t weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizen’s Centre, (downstairs) 125 17th Ave S, Cranbrook. Drop in, have fun while losing weight gradually. This Chapter has won an annual B.C. Provincial Award for “Best Avg Weight Loss Per Member”. Info: Marie 250 417 2642

UPCOMINGKimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, July 15, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Apps & Diehl Law Offi ce. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.Women’s Conference: “EN’KOUN(T)ER” July 17-18 2015, Friday 7pm Saturday 9:30, 1pm and 7pm. House of Hope Cranbrook 629 St NW. Speakers: Dee-Anne Crozier, Chris Samson, Kathleen Astaforoff . Registration at www.ihopecranbrook.ca. Contact; 250-421-3784.Julyfest Junior Tennis Tourney July 17 & 18 - Age categories - Singles & Doubles. To register or for more info call: 250-432-5692Old Marysville Schoolhouse will be open during Julyfest; Saturday, July 18th from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Everyone WelcomeHike for Young families; Sunday, July 19, 10:00 am. Leader - Sherrin Perrouault - 250-427-2694. Get the kids into the Nature Park for a fun time around Eimer’s Lake. Children must be accompanied by a parent. Meet at the Higgins St. entrance to the Nature Park.Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, July 29, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Grubstake Pizza. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

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INVITATION TO TENDERIce Arena Floor Cover

The City of Cranbrook is inviting Tenders for the supply of an Ice Arena Floor Cover.

Tender documents will be available from City Hall at 40 – 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook, BC.

The documents are also available on BC Bid and on the City’s website under “Business – City Tenders”.

Sealed Tenders labeled with Tenderer’s name, project name and Owner’s name must be submitted by 2:30 pm, local time, Wednesday, July 29, 2015 to:

Attention: Financial Services ManagerCity of Cranbrook40 – 10th Avenue SouthCranbrook, BCV1C 2M8

Late submissions will be rejected.

The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders submitted.

INVITATION TO TENDERMunicipal Works Half-ton Pickup Truck

The City of Cranbrook is inviting Tenders for the supply of a Municipal Works Half-ton Pickup Truck.

Tender documents will be available from City Hall at 40 – 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook, BC.

The documents are also available on BC Bid and on the City’s website under “Business – City Tenders”.

Sealed Tenders labeled with Tenderer’s name, project name and Owner’s name must be submitted by 2:30 pm, local time, Thursday, July 23, 2015 to:

Attention: Financial Services ManagerCity of Cranbrook40 – 10th Avenue SouthCranbrook, BCV1C 2M8

Late submissions will be rejected.

The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders submitted.

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“It would be inappropriate for the ministry to speculate on if/when drought conditions would warrant angling restrictions in the East Koote-nay region,” said Greig Bethel, a pub-lic affairs officer with the ministry.

Currently, there are no angling re-strictions in place due to drought con-ditions in the East Kootenay.

Bethel said government biologists are monitoring roughly 60 other key angling streams throughout the prov-ince and that additional closures

could be possible, depending on what drought conditions are.

“Ministry staff are closely monitor-ing river levels and ecosystems and may upgrade the drought level if the weather continues to have a negative effect on stream flows and water sup-ply,” Bethel said.

In addition to angling restrictions in the Okanagan, the government has also placed an angling closure on Van-couver Island and the Gulf Islands on July 3.

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High temperatures put fish under stress

Jordan Turner from the Southeast Fire Centre says there were two initial attack crews, two helicopters and a water tender on the scene, as well as the Kimberley Fire Department and the RCMP for traffic control as it was so close to the highway.

“The fire’s size was estimated at .6 hectares and it was quickly con-tained,” Turner said, adding that the fact that it rained at the time helped a great deal.

“It’s now on patrol, we’re just mak-ing sure it’s out,” he said.

Prasad says it’s not entirely normal that the city fire department would respond to a potential forest fire out-side of city limits but resources are stretched right now.

“We are part of the resource pool in the province. If Forestry are short re-sources, they can call for assistance.

“We spent a couple of hours there, then had to come back because there were signs of problems in Kimberley.”

Those problems turned out to be smoke reported in the Nature Park but Prasad says no fire was found.

Fire quickly contained

Photo courtesy sonya Larson

Hydro and Southeast Fire Centre crews on the scene of a fire in Wycliffe on Monday evening.

“What is happening is we are getting so many of these re-quests, they’re not really asking for support, they’re just asking for a proclamation,” Pratt said. “Basically, I think the feeling is beginning to be that there are so many of them, they don’t really mean anything. They’re not put in the paper to advertise any-thing.”

Pratt addressed Coun. Car-dozo’s question saying if it is for a grant it would be different than just a simple proclama-tion.

One of the other options for a policy was to give the Mayor’s Office approval of proclama-tion, but Pratt said that could be

seen as unfair if one is granted and another is not.

“My belief is that the procla-mations, over the years and es-pecially the last little while, it seems there are so many of them and some of them are to-tally irrelevant to the city and the operation of the city,” Pratt said. “I’d just as soon that we set the policy up.”

City staff noted that between June 2014 to June 2015, council approved 38 proclamations from organizations — some local, some provincial and some national.

At the June 22 council meet-ing, council directed city staff to prepare a police regarding proc-

lamations. Based on the munic-ipalities that the city looked at, the majority have policies in place.

Locally, both Kimberley and Elkford have an official policy not to issue proclamations. Ver-non, Abbotsford, Salmon Arm and 100 Mile House also do not issue proclamations.

Kelowna does issue procla-mations to local charities and non-profit organizations, with consideration given to provin-cial and national organizations if the cause is of local interest.

Fort St. John and Dawson Creek will consider requests that come from a local repre-sentative of the organization making the request.

City changes proclamation policyContinued from page 1

C ARoLYn GR Ant“Things are going really well,”

said JulyFest coordinator Jason Toner, who stopped by the Bulle-tin office Monday in between 1,001 last minute jobs in advance of the JulyFest weekend.

“Sales are going well, we have over 200 bocce teams registered. We’re looking forward to a great weekend.”

Action begins Friday at 4 p.m. with the first games of the Cana-dian Bocce Championships.

On the stage at the Rotary Drive bocce pits on Friday night will be the Jamie Neve, Good Ol’ Goats, Junk Drawer and Sketch.

The live music continues Sat-urday as soon as the parade ends, with In Pursuit, Party on High Street, Amy Thiessen, the

Bison Brothers, Elk Hunt and Crooked Line playing until 8 p.m. at which time the Civic Cen-tre will open.

Beginning at 9 p.m. in the arena are the Honeymans, fol-lowed by The Wild at 10:30 and One Bad Son at 11:30.

Tickets for the Saturday night dance party are $40 and can be purchased at kimberleyjulyfest.com

There will be lots of activities for kids at Rotary Park right next to the bocce pits. There will be a bouncy castle and slide, PT the Clown will be there to entertain as well. A tennis tournament will be playing at Rotary Park and soccer games played throughout the city.

And don’t forget before the

parade, the Kimberley Rotary Club will be at the bocce site bright and early Saturday morn-ing for a pancake breakfast. Breakfast begins at 8 a.m. and goes to 10:45.

As for the big parade, Toner says everything should be ready to roll by 10 a.m. Saturday morn-ing, so bring your lawn chairs. You can also bring a donation of non-perishable food as the Kim-berley Food Bank will be collect-ing donations along the parade route.

Sunday, bocce and soccer continue as well as the Sullivan Challenge Skateboard race.

The full schedule for the July-Fest weekend is available at kim-berleyjulyfest.com and updates on the JulyFest FaceBook page.

Kimberley primed for JulyFest

Wednesday, JULy 15, 2015 Page 5

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CAROLYN GRANTentertainment@

dailytownsman.com

Cranbrook Library

The display for the month of July is useful items crafted from recy-cled materials by Barba-ra Haigh.

CDaC Presents: abstraCts anD eCCentriCs art

exhibitionThis July, the Cran-

brook and District Arts Council is very excited to present the Abstracts and Eccentrics Art Exhi-bition. This show mainly features artworks from Cranbrook and Area art-ists that have not shown work in the Cranbrook Gallery before. Pieces with bright colours and bold subject matter will decorate the Gallery from Tuesday July 7 to Friday July 31. For more information contact Marisa Phillips – CDAC Administrator at: 250-426-4223 or email: cdac@shaw.ca

kimberLey heritage museum

Kimberley Heritage Museum extended sum-mer hours, starting June 30 until August 29, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tues. to Sat. Check out our feature exhibit,”Kimberley’s Fashionable Past” as well as the Sullivan Mine exhibit and many other exhibits showcasing the history of Kimberley & its people. Info. contact kdhs@shawbiz.ca 250-427-7510.the CDaC exPanDeD

summer kiDs Program

CDAC is Happy to announce that we will be putting on an ex-panded Kids Summer Art Program Series di-rected at kids aged 6-13 Years, beginning on Monday July 13. The conclusion of the Pro-gram will be on Saturday August 29 in Rotary Park at the Art in the Park Cel-ebration. This Program is eligible for the $500 Arts Child Tax Credit. The Series Schedule is as follows: Week 1: Mon-day July 13 – Friday July 17 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Kids will explore Clay and Paper Mache’; Week 2: Monday July 27 – Friday July 31 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Painting, Drawing and Visual Art Mediums ; Week 3:Monday August 10 – Friday August 14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – A Fash-ion and Costume De-

signing Camp for Kids ; Week 4: Monday August 24 – Friday August 28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – A The-atre Camp. For more information contact Marisa Phillips – CDAC Administrator at: 250-426-4223 or cdac@shaw.ca

summer sounDsThe popular concert

series Summer Sounds 2015, brought to you by the Fisher Peak Per-forming Arts Society, continues Wednesdays and Saturdays through July, at Rotary Park in Cranbrook. Upcoming are:

• Wednesday, July 15: Lonesome Jim, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Saturday, July 18: Jean Paul DeRoover, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Wednesday, July 22: The Quimbys, 6 to 8 p.m.

• Saturday, July 25: Ed King and Family, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Wednesday, July 29: Mismatched Socks with Sagegrass, 6 to 10 p.m.

Farmers market season is oPen

baynes Lake Farmers’ market

The hours for the outdoor market will be from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will be held every Saturday throughout the summer up to Labour Day weekend.

kimberLey anD Cranbrook

marketsWith growing season

hitting its stride, both the Kimberley and Cranbrook Farmer’s Markets kick off their market seasons this

week. Shoppers looking for a taste of ‘locally made, baked and grown’ have the choice of at-tending the Thursday evening markets in Kim-berley from 5-7:30 p.m. on Howard Street, oper-ated by Wildsight Kim-berley/Cranbrook, and the Cranbrook markets on Saturday mornings from 9 am – 1 p.m. on 10th avenue S. , run by the Cranbrook Farmer’s Market Society. More information about our local area markets is available at www.kim-berleyfarmersmarket.ca and www.cranbrook-farmersmarket.com

in the gaLLery at Centre 64

July 7 - August 1, “Creston Medley” by the Creston Art Club. Com-ing up next is the Arts on the Edge 2015 Adjudi-cated Art Show. In the Gallery August 4 - Au-gust 29

FriDay, JuLy 17the abstraCts

anD eCCentriCs reCePtion

The reception for Ab-stracts and Eccentrics Art Exhibition will be held on Friday July 17 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the CDAC Gallery. A ‘meet and greet’ with the artists and refreshments. The Art Gallery is locat-ed at: Room #104, 135 10th Avenue South, Cranbrook.

JuLy 17, 18, 19JuLyFest

Hard to believe it’s JulyFest time already, but the big weekend in upon us. A full schedule of entertaining events

The sounds of summer in Kimberley/Cranbrook

are planned as always. Live music in the bocce pits all weekend, a great dance party Saturday night at the Civic Centre featuring The Wild! and One Bad Son, the thrill-ing Sullivan Challenge skateboard race on Sun-day, the parade, kids’ ac-tivities, Western Cana-da’s biggest soccer tour-nament and more.

sat. JuLy 19PanCake

breakFastRotary will be serving

breakfast from 8 am to 10:45 a.m. from our Ro-tary Trailer at the July-Fest site. Trailer will the be converted into the ticket venue for all beer and cooler customers open at 11 a.m. All reve-nue going to Splash Park.

Sat. July 19Peak to Platzl toursThe tours will be

leaving the Downtown Station hourly from 10 until 3. Train Ride/ Chairlift - Adult - $20, Child – $10, Family (Maximum 2 adults and dependent children under 18 yrs) - $50. Must be a at least 4 years old to ride the chair. Train Ride Only - Adult - $15, Children - $10, Children under 3 years old - free. Family - (Maximum 2 adults and dependent children under 18 yrs) - $30.

marysviLLe sChooL

Old Marysville Schoolhouse will be open during Julyfest. On Saturday, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

thursDay, JuLy 23

kimberLey Community banD

The Kimberley Com-munity Band will be pre-senting the second of its Summer Platzl Concerts on Thursday July 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the band-stand. Come and enjoy a variety of toe tapping favourites. Donations accepted towards our music scholarship.

kimberLey arts CounCiL Centre 64theatre CamP 2015

Come and join the fun this summer during Centre 64’s creative the-atre camp! July 20 - 24 | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | ages 7-15. Fee: $145 per person. If you are interested and/or would like to have more information, con-tact us at 250-427-4919 or email kimberleyarts@gmail.com.Fashion CamP 2015

Come and create your own fashionable outfits and accessories from repurposed cloth-ing! August 10 - 14 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Ages 10-14 Fee: $159 per person plus $10-$15 for materi-als. If you are interested and/or would like to have more information, contact us at 250-427-4919 or email kimber-leyarts@gmail.com

JuLy 24, 25Christmas in JuLy

Friday, July 24, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cran-brook United Church. Antiques, collectibles, silent auction. Gift ideas. Turkey dinner (Saturday only) 12:30 to 2 while supplies last. Everyone welcome. #2 12 Ave S.

2504-426-2022.sat. august 1

First saturDayDark Fire Cloud and

the Lightening Band. Swamp Music, other-wise known as Zydeco, is the Creole music of Louisiana and is coming to Kimberley on August First Saturday. Dark Fire Cloud and the Lighten-ing Band will have on your feet with a non-stop electrifying perfor-mance of Zydeco Reg-gae, R&B, Bluesy Rock Steady and Soca. This is an FREE All Ages Family Concert on the outdoor stage at Centre 64 . Event will start at 5:30 pm with local music and a li-censed BBQ. Dark Fire Cloud and the Lighten-ing Band will play at 7:30 p.m. Bring your own chairs, blankets and dress for the weather.

sat. august 1Dusty DownhiLL

Not your regular 10 K, the Dusty Downhill is an exhilarating hiking or running downhill expe-rience starting at the top of Northstar Mountain and finishing 10K and 650 metres lower in the heart of downtown, at Centre 64. Not enough of a challenge? The 14K Upside Downhill starts at the base of the ski hill: run to the top then fol-low the Dusty Downhill route to the finish. In-cluded in the entry fee is a shuttle bus ride from the Kimberley Visitor Centre to the base of the ski hill, a ride up the Northstar Quad chair, a 10Km hike or run to Centre 64 plus a burger

or brat and drink at the finish. Full details and registration can be found at http://dusty-downhill.ca $25 and $30.

artist’s retreat register beFore

JuLy 31Join acclaimed BC

artist Joseph Cross (PSA) for four days of person-alized coaching in land-scape painting at scenic Bull River Guest Ranch. September 15-18. This all-inclusive retreat in-cludes lodging, all gour-met meals, instruction, guided hikes, indoor and outdoor painting lo-cations, and evening programs. Explore your creative process amid the Fall colours of the beautiful Bull River area under the guidance of Joseph Cross. Sponsored by the Kimberley Arts Council. Enrol by July 31 to assure your spot. For more information: www.paintersretreat.ca or call the Kimberley Arts Council at 250-427-4919

thurs, august 6kimberLey

Community banDThe Kimberley Com-

munity Band will be pre-senting the third and final Summer Platzl Concert on Thursday August 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the bandstand. Come and enjoy a variety of toe tapping favourites. Do-nations accepted to-wards our music schol-arship.

sePtember 19sPeeD watCh goLF

tournamentThe organizers of the

Kimberley RCMP/Speed Watch Golf Tournament are pleased to announce that this years event is planned for September 19, 2015. As usual we will be having a 1 p.m. shotgun start with lots of prizes for all those in at-tendance. We look for-ward to seeing everyone there so please watch for further announcements.

sunDay, sePt. 27Dean broDy anD

PauL branDtCanadian country

music stars Dean Brody and Paul Brandt will play Western Financial Place – Cranbrook, BC, Doors: 6 p.m. Show: 7 p.m. Tickets also avail-able at Western Finan-cial Place Box Office. Tickets (incl. GST) $35.00, $49.50, $69.50 (Plus FMF & Service charges) Reserved seat-ing / all ages.

The Dusty Downhill is coming up August 1. Jean Paul DeRoover performs at Summer Sounds 2015 Saturday, July 18, at Rotary Park in Cranbrook

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Since its reintroduction on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol in 1961 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, the Confederate flag has been the source of controversy with a reg-ularity approaching that of a Madonna comeback album. Sadly, it was recently been thrust into the news once more be-cause some kid who loved it went crazy and committed an atrocity. A racially charged atrocity. Yes. Again.

Proponents of the flag fiercely insist it is not a racist symbol of slavery but a banner illustriously heralding their culture, heritage and inde-pendence. The same way a skull and cross-bones is a symbol of rebirth. And the swas-tika is just an emblem of Caucasian pride.

Anything can represent anything if one is familiar with the code. A red bandana sticking out of a back pocket invokes a cer-tain meaning, yet when tied around the neck of a yellow lab is decidedly less pruri-ent. It’s all context. Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni. That doesn’t mean restaurants will start serving feathers and cheese as a side dish to barbecue dinners anytime soon.

But it is disingenuous to the extreme to suggest that when the rebel flag is worn or brandished in the first state to secede from the Union, that it isn’t meant as a wink-wink, nudge-nudge, knowing and shared racist commentary with no need to be

verbalized. The ultimate dog whistle in the key of Dixie.

Besides, it’s not really THE Confederate flag; just a Confederate flag. It’s not even one of three official flags used during the war. The original Stars and

Bars looked too much like the Star Span-gled Banner and confused troops on both sides. The 2nd flag had much too much white and was often mistaken for a flag of surrender. And the third was like the 2nd, only with a big red stripe at the end. And then the war was over. Except it wasn’t. And in some places still isn’t.

The recent resurgence of General Lee’s Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virgin-ia gives proof that though the War of Northern Aggression has been over for 150 years, the flame of bigotry remains alive. Why? Because old times there are not for-gotten. The South never quit fighting; they

just took an intermission. The pause that refreshes.

And their protestations of innocence might be a tad more believable if the states that insist on flying the flag over state-spon-sored Confederate monuments weren’t the same ones that defied integration way past the bitter end, using everything at their disposal including police batons, dogs and fire hoses.

“It’s about states’ rights.” Yeah, especial-ly those rights that include owning your labor force. They may call it macaroni, but it’s really white supremacy. In Dixieland, I’ll take my stand and live and die in Dixie. And Republicans wonder why they can’t attract black voters.

Come on, you guys. It’s the sixth year of the 2nd decade of the 21st century. Pull your Confederate flags off of government lands. Let folks fly or paint or tattoo them on their own property, which as you may or may not have noticed, no longer in-cludes people. As George W. Bush famous-ly said, “the past is over.” Look away. Look away. Look away Dixieland.

Will Durst is a comic and columnist based in California

The ultimate dog whistle in Dixie

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Former Ice forward Sylvester signs in AustriaTaylor rocc a

Longtime Kootenay Ice forward Dustin Syl-vester will continue his professional hockey ca-reer in Austria after sign-ing a one-year contract with the Dornbirner EC Bull Dogs on Monday.

Sylvester, a 26-year-old native of Kelowna, suited up in 308 WHL games with the Koote-nay Ice between 2004-05 and 2009-10.

The 5-foot-7, 176-pound pivot posted 111

goals and 252 points over his WHL career.

Since gradu-ating from the WHL, Sylvester has suited up in the American League (AHL) as well as in Eu-rope.

S y l v e s t e r spent the past two seasons in Austria (Erste Bank Eishockey Liga) with the Vienna Capitals, tallying 28 goals and 23 assists for 51

points in 98 games.Prior to his time in

Austria, Sylves-ter played 126 games with the AHL Abbotsford Heat, registering 26 goals and 31 assists for 57 points.

Sylvester was originally draft-

ed by the Kootenay Ice with the 33rd pick in the second round of the 2004 WHL Bantam Draft.

During the 2009-10 season, he was named to the WHL’s Eastern Conference Second All-Star team.

The Dornbirner EC Bull Dogs missed the post-season after finish-ing 10th in the 12-team Austrian league last sea-son.

The Bull Dogs play out of Dornbirn, Austria, a city of approximately 47,000 people located near Austria’s western border.

du Toit shares lead at B.C. AmateurAfter finalizing move to Arizona State, Kimberley native fires 68 to claim share of lead at Fairview Mountain Golf Club in Oliver

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Kimberley’s Jared du Toit, pictured during the 2014 season, carded an open-ing-round 68 to put himself in contention at the 113th B.C. Amateur Golf Championship at Fairview Mountain Golf Club in Oliver on Tuesday.

Taylor rocc aSports Editor

This week is turning into a pretty momen-tous time for Kimber-ley’s Jared du Toit.

Prior to first-round action at the 113th B.C. Amateur Golf Champi-onship, it was revealed du Toit had been grant-ed his release from the golf program with the University of Idaho Van-dals in order to sign with the Arizona State Uni-versity (ASU) Sun Devils and renowned coach Tim Mickelson, brother of PGA Tour star Phil Mickelson.

If that news wasn’t exciting enough for the former Selkirk Second-ary School student, he carded an open-ing-round score of 68 (four-under par) at Fair-view Mountain Golf Club in Oliver to launch his name to the top of the leaderboard at the 113th B.C. Amateur Golf Championship.

“ASU has always been a dream school of mine,” du Toit said over the phone from Oliver on Tuesday.

“The whole [Mickel-son] family…in the blood there, they’ve got a lot of golf experience. If I can take advantage of all the opportunities down there -- they’ve got so much golf knowledge down there -- hopefully I can better my game and take it to the next level.”

The Sun Devils men’s golf program has a long and successful history, with 20 NCAA confer-ence championships to its name, along with six NCAA regional champi-onships and two NCAA

Division I Champion-ships.

Notable alumni of the program include Phil Mickelson, Paul Casey, Bob Gilder and Billy Mayfair.

Head coach Tim Mickelson was named the Pac-12 Conference Men’s Golf Coach of the Year in 2015, his fourth year with ASU.

In addition to its deep list of alumni, ASU boasts a deep active ros-ter, including the world’s top-ranked men’s ama-teur golfer, Jon Rahm-Rodriguez.

“The team is pretty deep,” du Toit said. “Qualifying for that team won’t be an easy guarantee. There’s going to be competition left, right and centre.

“It’s going to be excit-ing. When I do load up for that first event, there’s going to be a lot of excitement.”

du Toit is ranked 162nd in the world men’s amateur golf rankings as of this week. Within Canada, the Kimberley native is ranked fourth on the men’s amateur list.

He spent two sea-sons with the Vandals and though he’s excited to join the Sun Devils’ program, leaving the University of Idaho wasn’t an easy decision.

“I’ve got a lot of good friends on and off the golf team,” du Toit said. “It’s definitely going to be tough not going down there in September. But when one door shuts, another one opens.”

In celebration of his transfer to one of the NCAA’s most prestigious

golf programs, du Toit walked through an open door at Fairview Moun-tain Golf Club on Tues-day afternoon, firing a first-round score of 68.

“A lot of ups and downs today,” du Toit said. “It was a pretty big struggle on the front nine and then on the back nine things started coming around. I’ll take that into tomorrow.”

The freshly-minted Sun Devil dropped back-to-back eagles on the 11th and 12th holes en route to a sparkling six-under 30 on the back nine at Fairview Moun-tain.

On the 540-yard, par-five No. 11, du Toit hit a long iron to the green with his second shot be-fore draining the putt for an all-too-easy eagle.

On the 365-yard, par-four No. 12, the feat wasn’t quite as simple.

“They had the tees up, but I still needed driver to get there,” du Toit said. “I hit the nicest shot I’ve hit in a while -- this high, soft-landing driver -- I hit it to eight feet and was fortunate enough to make that putt.”

The back-to-back ea-gles jump-started du Toit, who had opened his round with a two-over 38 on the front nine, including a nasty dou-ble-bogey on the 544-yard, par-five fifth hole.

From there, du Toit rounded out his day with back-to-back bird-ies on 16 and 17, which helped vault him to the top of the leaderboard as of print deadline on Tuesday afternoon.

At the end of the day,

du Toit came into the clubhouse with two ea-gles, three birdies, 11 pars, one bogey and one double.

“They’ve got it set up pretty easy, I think,” du Toit said. “They had the tees up today and a lot of the pins were pretty open. The scoring aver-age…will be pretty low.

“Later on in the week, you’ll definitely see some low numbers…When the wind gets up it plays tougher, but there wasn’t much wind today.

“If you keep the blood off the card, you’ll defi-nitely have your chances to make birdies and if you’re lucky, make some eagles. Play pretty smart and I think you can eat this place up.”

With a number of competitors still on the course as of print dead-line Tuesday, du Toit found himself sharing a tie for the lead with Ian Kim of Vancouver’s Ha-zelmere Country Club.

Second-round action gets underway Wednes-day at 8:30 a.m. (Moun-tain), with du Toit slated to tee off at 2:50 p.m. (Mountain).

du Toit isn’t the only East Kootenay local in competition at the 113th B.C. Amateur Golf Championship.

His younger brother, Russell, carded a four-over par 76 to sit tied for 37th.

Hailing from the Creston Golf Club, Kar-son O’Keefe fired an even-par 72 and is tied for 12th on opening day.

Scott Merriam, of the Cranbrook Golf Club, scored a first-round 78 (six-over) and remains

tied for 48th after 18 holes.

Bryan Smithson, the only other representa-tive from the Creston Golf Club, came into the clubhouse at eight-over (80) and tied for 61st.

Justin Sawley, of the Kimberley Golf Club, registered a 10-over 86 and sits tied for 67th.

Jacob Bowes, of Trickle Creek Golf Re-sort, pencilled in an 11-over 87 and is tied for

72nd heading into day two.

All scores and rank-ings are as of print dead-line Tuesday. Approxi-mately half the field was still on the course as of 5 p.m. (Mountain).

c aNaDIaN PrESS

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Canada’s rowers earned their third gold medal on Tuesday, winning in men’s quadru-ple sculls at the Pan American Games.

Matthew Buie of Duntroon, Ont., Julien Bahain of Sherbrooke, Que., Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C., and Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont. led the entire race and won with a time of five min-utes 42.22 seconds.

Cuba won silver in 5:44.39 and Ar-gentina won bronze in 5:47.14.

Canada now has a total of five golds and two bronze medals in rowing.

Earlier, Liz Fenje and Katherine Sauks were victorious in the women’s

lightweight double sculls at Royal Henley Island.

Fenje, from Victoria and Sauks, from Owen Sound, Ont., won with a time of six minutes 57.23 seconds.

Cuba took silver in 7:00.36 and the United States won bronze in 7:03.86.

Also, Carling Zeeman of Cam-bridge, Ont. won gold in the women’s single sculls.

Zeeman was more than seven sec-onds ahead of the competition with a winning time of seven minutes 30.86 seconds.

Katherine McFetridge of the Unit-ed States took silver in 7:38.21 and Soraya Jadue of Chile won bronze in 7:43.34.

Canadian rowers haul gold at Pan am games

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might be overwhelmed by everything you see as you en-counter power play after power play. Whether to get involved in one of these control games will be your decision. What you do could surprise others. Tonight: A new beginning is possible once you rid yourself of frustration. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You will try to explain where you are coming from, but some-one else might decide to throw his or her issues into the mix as well. This person seems to want the spotlight on him or her right now. Try not to get involved in a power play. Tonight: Catch up on a pal’s wild day. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You have a lot to say, and you want others to hear what you’re saying on an authentic level. A loved one could become very controlling over a financial is-sue. Step back and let this situa-tion play out. You might opt for a new beginning. Tonight: Curb a tendency to be rebellious.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Others listen to what you have to say. You are open-minded and full of ideas. A partner could be very demanding, angry and sometimes even controlling. You are likely to get into a tiff with this person. Tonight: Avoid a difficult situation, and you will be much happier. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might want to get away from the wild interactions happening around you. Your temper could flare up suddenly and catch you and others off guard. Sort through any angry feelings that keep bubbling up, and process them before shar-ing. Tonight: Get some distance from others. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Emphasize what is going on with a group of friends. Main-tain a caring position, especially with a dear friend. A power play is likely to occur around a loved one. Know that you cannot in-terfere or protect this person, despite your desire to help. To-night: Join your friends. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Understand what is happen-ing with a family member. You might experience some pressure from someone who is in charge. Your responsibilities demand attention, and there is no way around it. Expect a tan-trum from a loved one. Tonight: Home is where the heart is. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your beliefs could trigger quite a response. You might need to use other words to communi-cate what you are feeling. Ex-press your thoughts in a mean-ingful way. A friend could shock you with his or her actions. Tonight: The fun begins when you decide it does. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) One-on-one relating will help make your path easier through-out the day. You might have dif-ficulty believing that, though, as you feel someone has his or her eye on a situation that’s near and dear to you. You would be well-advised to back off. To-night: Use self-discipline. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You might feel unusually or-nery, and could unintentionally

take it out on others. A little restraint would make your life substantially easier during the next few days. A loved one will want to have a new beginning or say goodbye to a problem. Tonight: Be cool. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You might want to stay home or dive right into work. The ob-jective remains the same: Avoid the myriad personalities in your life who could be reacting to the New Moon. High energy and uproar will surround you on some level. Tonight: Get away from the raving crowds. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might enjoy some of the ups and downs of your day. Tap into your ingenuity when something falls apart or when a friend seems to change his or her attitude toward you. Keep an open mind, and don’t take comments so seriously. Tonight: Be with your favorite person. BORN TODAY Author Arianna Huffington (1950), former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (1951), painter Rembrandt (1606)

Dear Annie: The real estate agent who sold me my home nine years ago periodically phones my house, asking whether I plan on selling, and offering his assistance. We have a courteous, professional relationship. I never had a problem with him or his company. Recently, I was a guest at a large customer appreciation event sponsored by this real estate company. I sat quietly by myself. One of the company’s main employees ridiculed me loudly, making a spectacle of me, pointing me out to others, making fun of my looks and my hair. I am a neat, clean, conservative senior citizen. She even walked past me and laughed loudly in my face. I had never met this woman before. I was so horrified that I said nothing and left. I do plan on selling my home. However, after my horrific treatment at the “customer appreciation” event, I will not be using that real estate company. If my former real estate agent asks me why I have listed my home with another company, what should I tell him? No number of promotional events will ever bring back a customer who has been so terribly mistreated by an employee. -- Ridiculed in Rapid City Dear Ridiculed: We cannot imagine any company allowing an employee to behave like this in front of potential clients. Was she drunk? Are you certain she worked there? Did others notice? Please don’t wait until the real estate agent contacts you. Call him or his company and report this incident. Explain exactly what happened and give as many details as possible. They need to know that this woman is out of control and is costing them business. Dear Annie: A few months ago, my niece announced her wedding date for next summer. She selected the wedding dress and the venue and put down deposits. The couple recently decided they cannot live apart and had a small civil ceremony with only their parents present. They have announced that they will still have the full wedding next year for the rest of their family and friends. While we have not seen any invitations yet (it’s early), we are not sure how to handle a gift for a wedding that is a year after the actual ceremony. I would prefer to send the couple a gift now to help them start their married life together, but I wouldn’t then send a second gift in a year. I’m also not sure I will attend the second wedding, since it’s so long after the fact. It seems inappropriate. Tell me, Annie, is this how weddings are done these days? -- Confused Family Member Dear Confused: No. Most weddings are still done in a more traditional fashion, although, we admit, there seem to be many more variations these days. Nonetheless, if invited, you are obligated only for one wedding gift, whether you send it now or later. (Either is fine.) And please don’t judge the couple so harshly by not attending the second wedding. Think of it instead as a big party to celebrate their marital bliss and enjoy yourself. 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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Dale Honeyman 1924 - 2015

Mom was reunited with her soul mate Harold Honeyman on January 15, 2015, at 90 years of age. She proudly served with the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division from 1943 to 1946, and was a long term member and supporter of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch

67 in Kimberley and then in Cranbrook at Branch 24. Mom loved to help out where she could and was most comfortable doing so from behind the scenes. She passed on her passion for good food and cooking to her family and she was known for her nurturing spirit in the garden and the support she freely gave to her children, their families and those who spent time with her.

Mom will be lovingly remembered by her sons Ray, Gordon (Cynthia), Collin (Laura) and Keith (Sally); as well as by her grandchildren Michael, Brian, Lindsay, Rachelle, Carly and Matthew; her two great granddaughters Jocelyn and Frankie Dale and numerous nieces and nephews. Mom was predeceased by her husband Harold and her son Arthur.

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Real Estate

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Trucks & Vans

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Legal Notices

NOTICE OF SMALL CLAIMS ACTION

TO: The Defendant, MARK R. GRAY

COREMARC PROPERTIES LTD. has filed a Notice of Claim No. 25637, in the Cranbrook Registry, Provincial Court of British Columbia, asking for the amount owed in defaulted rent in regards to your rental agreement.

Your whereabouts being unknown, the Small Claims Court ordered service upon you by this advertisement. If you wish to defend or coun-terclaim, the steps you must take are set out on a Reply Form. A copy of the Notice of Claim and Reply will be mailed to you upon a request addressed to the Registrar, Provincial Court, 102 - 11th Avenue South, Cranbrook, British Columbia, V1C 2P3.

If you do not file a Reply in the said Registry within 30 days of the date of publica-tion of this advertisement, then you will not be entitled to further notice and the Claimant may proceed and the relief claimed may be given in your absence.

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Mature stay at home mom of twin boys has room to care

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Sonny and Chris have been rebuilding

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We also have some

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AssociAted PressCAPE CANAVERAL,

Fla. - Pluto’s tiny, icy world is getting major attention for its first visit by a spacecraft, NASA’s New Horizons, the last stop on a planetary tour of the solar system a half-century in the mak-ing.

The moment of clos-est approach for the New Horizons space-

craft came around 7:49 a.m. EDT Tuesday, cul-minating an epic jour-ney from planet Earth that spanned more than 3 billion miles and 9 1/2 years.

Based on everything NASA knows, New Hori-zons was pretty much straight on course for the historic encounter, sweeping within 7,700 miles of Pluto at 31,000

mph. It actually hap-pened 72 seconds earli-er and about 40 miles closer than anticipated.

Tuesday’s flyby - with the closest approach being the approximate distance between Seat-tle and Sydney, or New York and Mumbai - is expected to open up new ground on the last unexplored planetary territory of our solar sys-

tem.The unprecedented

encounter was the last stop on NASA’s grand tour of the planets over the past half-century. New Horizons arrived at the small icy world after an epic journey that began 9 1/2 years ago, back when Pluto was still considered a full-fledged planet. Here’s a rundown on Pluto, a 20th-century discovery about to become the 21st-century darling of astronomers:

DISCOVERYPluto is the only

planet (OK, now former planet) in our solar sys-tem discovered by an

American. Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh spot-ted the dot in 1930. The name Pluto came from a British schoolgirl, Vene-tia Burney, then 11, based on the mythologi-cal god of the under-world.

Tombaugh died at age 90 in 1997, nine years before New Hori-zons took flight. A bit of his ashes is on board.

Both of Tombaugh’s two children, now in their 70s, were at the New Horizons mission operations centre for Tuesday’s celebration.

FIVE MOONSBig moon Charon

was discovered in 1978,

followed by little moons Nix and Hydra in 2005, Kerberos in 2011 and Styx in 2012. The Hubble Space Telescope re-vealed all four baby moons. Astronomers stuck to underworld un-dertones when it came to the names.

New Horizons will hunt for more moons, but at this point, they would have to be pretty elusive. The Pluto em-pire, complete with six bodies, at least for now, is like its own mini solar system.

FORGET SUNGLASSESPluto is so far from

the sun - between 2.8 billion and 4.6 billion

miles - that twilight reigns. At high noon on Pluto, it looks as though it would be dawn or dusk on Earth.

It takes 248 years for Pluto to orbit the sun. Thus, it’s only made it about one-third of the way around the sun since its discovery in 1930. Every so often, Neptune’s orbit exceeds Pluto’s, putting Neptune slightly farther out.

FIRST A PLANET, THEN IT’S NOT

Pluto is the only planet to get kicked out of the solar system club.

Just seven months after New Horizons rocketed away from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 2006, the Internation-al Astronomical Union declassified Pluto as the ninth planet for techni-cal reasons. Instead, it became a dwarf planet.

The decision left the solar system with eight full-fledged planets, with Mercury replacing Pluto as the smallest.

New Horizons scien-tists, as well as NASA’s leaders, are hoping the new pictures will restore Pluto’s planet status.

THE TWILIGHT ZONEPluto is the biggest

object in the icy Kuiper Belt, also known as the third zone after the inner rocky planets and outer gaseous giants.

The Kuiper Belt is full of comets and other small frosty objects. It’s named after the late Dutch-American as-tronomer Gerard Kui-per, who proposed a bevy of small bodies be-yond Neptune back in the 1950s. The New Horizons team hopes to go after a smaller Kuiper Belt object following the Pluto flyby, provided a mission extension is ap-proved.

Spotlight shining on Pluto at cold outskirts of solar system

New Horizons has obtained impressive new images of Pluto and its large moon Charon that highlight their compositional diversity. The images, whose colours are exaggerated, were taken July 13 at 3:38 am ET, a day before the spacecraft’s historic flyby. (NASA)