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A Canadian rocker and motiva-tional speaker is holding a fundraising concert next week for the family of a Cranbrook guitarist.

On October 28 of 2014,Jacen “J.D.” Ekstrom — guitarist for Bif Naked and formerly with the alternative rock band Neurosonic — while in Calgary was rushed to the Foothills Hospital due to an aortic dissection — a condi-tion where the main artery (and larg-est) in the human body tears.

Ekstrom underwent 12 hours of surgery with a 10 per cent chance of survival. He passed away on the after-noon of November 7. He was 42.

Ekstrom was held in the highest regard among Cranbrook musicians,

and by Bif Naked (Beth Torbert), whose band Ekstrom joined after he met her in 2009.

Recently, Bif told the metal rock website BraveWords that she will be playing a special tribute show to Ek-strom on Thursday, January 15,at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary, Al-berta. She will perform an acoustic set and share an evening to honour Ek-strom, hoping to raise funds for his wife and children.

The concert “Bif and Friends for JD” will take place Thursday, Jan. 15, at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary. Tickets are $30 plus service charges, and all proceeds go to the “Love For JD” fund. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Rocker holding benefit concert for family of late Cranbrook guitarist

COURTESY KAREN CLARK

Cranbrook Health Car Auxiliary President Bonnie Close and Gift Shop Convenor Eldene Smedstad presented a gift to the parents of Aisa Bodzenius, the last baby born in 2014 at the Cranbrook Regional Hospital. Proud parents are Leah and Ian Bodzenius, who reside in Wardner.

COURTESY BRAVEWORDS.COM

Jacen “J.D.” Ekstrom of Cranbrook, pictured with Bif Naked.

Bif Naked and Friends For JD, Jan. 15 in Calgary

See CONCERT, Page 3

ARNE PETRYSHENCouncil approved borrowing up to $700,000

for the replacement of the Motor Control Center at the City’s Spray Irrigation Field at Monday night’s city council meeting. The deadline for re-ceiving residents’ responses against borrowing was Dec. 10, 2014.

City staff noted that it didn’t receive sufficient response forms and so council could proceed with adoption of the Motor ControI Center Re-placement-Spray Irrigation Facility Loan Authori-zation Bylaw No. 3812, 2014.

Debt servicing will commence in 2016 and will be funded by a sewer parcel tax increase of $0.50 which will be included in the 2016 Five Year Fi-nancial Plan. The city estimated the impact of this rate increase on a taxpayer with a 15.25 meter lot as an annual charge of $8.

The new council was eager look further into the borrowing.

Council approves

Motor Control Center

borrowing

See MOTOR CONTROL, Page 3

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SunriSe rotary Film SerieS

Check out what is coming up for the dark days of January:

Tickets for WHIP-LASH, screening Janu-ary 8th, 7 pm at the Co-lumbia Theatre are sell-ing quickly. Don’t be disappointed! Tickets are on sale at Lotus Books, $10 ea. Thank you to CIAO Tours for sponsoring our first film of 2015!

LOVE IS STRANGE, sponsored by snapd is screening January 22nd , 7 pm at the Columbia Theatre. Tickets are on sale already at Lotus Books, $10 or $12 at the door if tickets are still available.

After nearly four de-cades together, Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremo-ny in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job soon after, the couple must sell their apartment and - victims of the relentless New York City real estate market - temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. While George moves in with two cops (Chey-enne Jackson and Manny Perez) who live down stairs, Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew (Darren Bur-rows), his wife (Marisa Tomei), and their tem-peramental teenage son (Charlie Tahan), with whom Ben shares a bed-room. While struggling with the pain of separa-tion, Ben and George are further challenged by the intergenerational tensions and capricious family dynamics of their new living arrange-ments.

(c) Sony ClassicsYou can find the trailer at http://www.rottentoma-toes.com/m/love_is_strange_2014/The festi-val is scheduled for March 5th at the Key Theatre with an opening Reception and 6th and 7th at the Columbia Theatre.

We have secured a great line-up of films for this year’s festival.

Sat. January 3

BanFF Film FeStBanff Mountain Film

Festival World Tour, Sat-urday, Jan 3, 2015 - 7:30 p.m., Key City Theatre -

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While everyone was enjoying the holidays these Highland Dance students are busy practicing with their hula hoops for a performance at the upcoming Robbie Burns Night.

Tuesday, Jan 27 at 7:30 pm. Admission by dona-tion to the Kimberley Arts Centre.

Fri. January 30SnoWeD in

ComeDy tourPresented by Picker’s

Hut Cider. January 30 at 8:30 pm Key City The-atre. Tickets: $35 and $25 for Students & Se-niors.

FeB 10Key City ConCertle Vent Du norD

February 10 at 7:30 pm at Key City Theatre. Tickets $35/ $30 KCT Members

marCh 1 at Key City theatreiriSh roVerSMarch 1 at 7:30 pm.

Tickets $45/ $40 for KCT Members. Throughout the years, these interna-tional ambassadors of Irish music have main-tained their timeless ability to deliver a rol-licking, rousing perfor-mance of good cheer - one that will soon have you singing and clap-ping along. Their songs have become anthems of revelry and joy among generation after genera-tion of fans.

monDay marCh 2Big Sugar

Acoustical Sounds of Big Sugar. An acoustic take by the legendary Canadian band. March 2 at 7:30 pm. Tickets $40/ $35 KCT Members

Movies, plays, concerts offer a mid-winter medley

Cathy Conroy performs at Home Grown.

Tickets $27. Sponsored by Wildsight.

WeD. January 14traVelogue

“Luxury Barging in Southern France”, a trav-elogue presented by Jeff and Linda Williams will be held on Wednesday, January 14,2015 at the College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre at 7PM. Admission by donation - all proceeds will be sent to the Stephen Lewis Foundation by GoGo Grannies.”

Sat. January 17loCalS CoFFee

houSe7:30 pm sharp. This

show is sold out, so be sure to get tickets early for the next show.

Line-Up: Mismatched Socks

(Justin, Grace & Rachel Cleland), Gord Blake, Jeanette Robertson & Bill Heibein, Mount Baker Bocal Jazz Band, Parkland School Band, Tim Ross

Sun. January 18gell it uP at

Centre 64 Creston artist Win

Dinn will get you hooked, whether you’re a mixed media artist, quilter, fabric artists, or just love to play with co-lour. For material list and more information call the Kimberley Arts

Council or kimberley-arts.com

Sat. January 17home groWnHome Grown Music

Society presents the Cof-fee House at Centre 64 on Saturday, Jan 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets $8 at Snow-drift Cafe & Centre 64.

Jan. 6 to 31artageouS Centre 64

In memory of Lou Wanak, this open exhibit features entries from re-gional artists that reflect ‘Lou Lou’s’ outrageous design sensibilities.

Local artists Lena McGuaig and Rhonda Haws will be exhibiting their creations starting February 3rd.

next at Centre 64 gallery

“TANGLED UP IN BLUE”: Lena’s oil paint-ings and sculptures of bronze and clay are an expression of herself as a woman, a mother , a lover, a teacher, and a seeker. “LATE BLOOM-ER”: Rhonda comes from a line of talented women who make art but don’t think they are artists. It took her 30 years to realize she was next in line. This exhibi-tion will be running until February 28th. Another local artist will be fol-lowing Lena’s and Rhon-da’s exhibition. “SEDNA”

by Irene Rutherford tells the transformative story of Sedna, the ocean god-dess. This multimedia show will be running from March 3rd—28th.January 21 to 24

Waiting For goDot

Key City Theatre presents “Waiting for Godot” a play by Samuel Beckett. Directed by Paul Kershaw. Featuring Barry Coulter, Barry Borgstrom, Mark Casey, David Prinn. January 21-24, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20 Call 250-426-7006 or buy online at www.keycitytheatre.com.

“GODOT cannot be compared to any other theater work, because its purpose is so different. Two dilapidated bums fill their days as pain-lessly as they can. They wait for Godot, a per-sonage who will explain their interminable insig-nificance, or put an end to it. They are resource-ful, with quarrels and their dependence on each other, as children are. They pass the time ‘which would have passed anyway.’ A brutal man of means comes by, leading a weakling slave who does his bidding like a mechanical doll. Later on he comes back, blind, and his slave is mute, but the relation-ship is unchanged. Every day a child comes

from the unknown Godot, and evasively puts the big arrival off until tomorrow…It is a tragic view. Yet, in per-formance, most of it is brilliant, bitter come-dy…It is a portrait of the dogged resilience of a man’s spirit in the face of little hope.”

Sat. January 24roBBie BurnS

nightThe Kimberley Pipe

Band and many other highland dancers from the Hali Duncan and Liela Cooper School’s of Highland Dance will be performing on January 24 at Robbie Burns Night. This year, the eve-ning will be held at the Heritage Inn in Cran-brook ...door open 5:30 with dinner at 6, enter-tainment to follow. This event is a fundraiser for the Kimberley Cran-brook Highland Dance Association. Tickets are available at Lotus Books and Kimberley Bakery until January 17th. Come get yer haggis on! Come out and Support your Local Highland Dancer!

tueS. January 27

haVe CameraHave Camera Will

Travel.... a travelogue se-ries. Come join Keith Corbould - “Canal Ad-ventures in Italy & France” at Centre 64 on

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Cranbrook’s popular folk-rock upstarts The Good Ol’ Goats spring back into action this coming Friday, January 9 — showtime: 10 p.m.) at the Legendary Byng Roadhouse in downtown Cranbrook. From left: Nolan Ackert (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Joelle Winkel (vocals, percussion), Julian Bueckert (drums), Clayton Parsons (vocals, guitar, dobro), Danica Martin (vocals, piano, trum-pet), unidentified guest coyote (rabbit control), and Theo Moore (vocals, bass).

Back in November, 2014, Bif Naked recalled for the Townsman her experiences with Ekstrom.

“JD joined the band when I was still finishing my final rounds of can-cer treatment,” Bif said. “I was still a sick girl, but I didn’t know that. JD did know, and right from the start he was very kind and protective and helping. Once I realized what an as-tounding musician he really was, he just continually blew me away.

“He became my security blanket. I never had to worry onstage when JD was riffing away or shredding out a screaming solo. He became my mentor, and he basically was the bandleader! He always wrote the set lists for every show, he always tran-scribed the music for our band-mates. His professional demeanour never faltered, ever. Always such a pro. I’m trying to envision what it’ll be like to play music with him gone.

“But it was more than mere musi-

For The TownSmanBusiness License Re-

newal Notices for 2015 will be mailed via Cana-da Post during the month of January. Fees are $150 per year; how-ever a $25 reduction will be credited if payment is received prior to March 2, 2015.

The Business License Bylaw requires that owner/operators advise the License Inspector of any changes to the name, mailing address or location of the busi-

ness and to also advise if the business is closed and no longer operat-ing.

A Business License is required for any opera-tion of business within the boundaries of the City of Cranbrook, and can be obtained by ap-plication available on the City website — www.cranbrook.ca and clicking on ‘eForms’.

For further informa-tion or questions, please contact Bylaw Services at 250-489-0263.

Business license renewals to hit mailboxes January

Concert to benefit family of JD Ekstrom

cal connection. JD was a good friend to me. One of the last wonderful memories of him was when he and his wife Jenn and their daughter shared dinner with me at my apart-ment in Vancouver. Such a good visit. Laughter and joy. I feel lucky to have known him for as long as I did.”

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Bif Naked (Beth Torbert) and Jacen “J.D.” Ekstrom

Coun. Tom Shypitka asked if there were re-serves the city could draw from instead of borrowing.

CAO Wayne Staudt said sometimes they ac-cess the reserves, and sometimes they have to borrow.

“We do have re-serves. We did look at our reserves and didn’t think they were appro-priate at this time, but we do have some re-serves” Staudt said. “We would review that and discuss it with council whether we should ac-cess reserves or borrow it, and in this case we felt that borrowing was appropriate.”

Coun. Danielle Car-dozo noted that council had met with MP David Wilks. Wilks told them that there is an infra-structure fund and this sort of a project may qualify for it.

“What would be the risks of waiting for something like that?” Cardozo asked.

Staudt said the risk is that the application is open until Feb. 18 and then they have to wait to see if they get approved to do the project.

“We did look at that option, and we said, ‘no, we better borrow’ be-cause we don’t have a window to defer the ac-tual replacement of this equipment,” Staudt said.

Coun. Norma Blis-sett asked whether it was possible to go ahead with the borrowing and MCC replacement, but then also apply for the funding from Ottawa.

Staudt said it is an option, and staff would be bringing the matter

to council likely at the next meeting. He said there will also be other projects that the city will also put up as options for funds like that one.

“I think you might agree with staff that some of the opportuni-ties are better use of that grant opportunity, be-cause they are much larger capital projects that we would be pursu-ing grants for,” Staudt said.

Eric Sharpe, director of engineering for the city, explained that the MCC is an automatic system, but the control itself is manual.

“It controls the irriga-tion pumps themselves and a number of other electrical items within the facility, including feeding electricity to the UV disinfection,” Sharpe said. “The issue is it is one of the first things built out there

The repair is needed because of a small fire that happened last year. He said it was a series of cascading events, be-ginning with a breaker tripping. It didn’t burn, but filled the facility full of smoke. They were able to get an electrician in and get it back up and functioning.

“There were three pumps running and it asked for the fourth pump to come on and that was too much for it,” he said. There are six pumps on the MCC.

“It’s one of those things that we were able to get it back up and running, but really pushed it forward that this is something that is going to have to be re-placed,” Sharpe said.

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poration, community investment is not just something nice to do, it is part of the culture of its vision and mandate. For RBC and the RBC Foundation, that invest-ment has included health care right here in the East Kootenay.

The Cranbrook and Creston branches of RBC are both support-ers of the East Kootenay Foundation for Health (EKFH) and its mission. For the past several years the RBC has par-ticipated fully in the foundation’s annual holiday giving program the Starlite Campaign. RBC has often provided support funding for many items for health care that are not the usual pieces of medical equipment but rather support for the behind

the scenes area of care such as operating rooms, surgical depart-ments and diagnostic imaging needs. There are also times when their charitable giving can do a miracle with some of the most basic of needs such as a fleet of wheelchairs in 2013.

“RBC is committed to helping improve the quality of life for indi-viduals, families and communities; we are proud to be long-time supporters of the Hospi-tal Foundation and hon-oured to work with other community mem-bers to support hospital staff and their vital work,” Maureen Fox-worthy, RBC Branch Manager Cranbrook.

This year with 3 stars to brighten the roofline at the East Kootenay Re-gional Hospital, RBC branches and the RBC

Foundation are gifting $15,000 to EKFH. The gift will join with others to build the $1 million needed to support equipment for the in-tensive care unit.

“It is very powerful when organizations such as RBC continue to support our fundraising efforts,” said Donna Grainger, EKFH Execu-tive Director. “The abil-ity to build and bring the best in technology to the new ICU will offer the best care possible in the only intensive care unit in the East Kootenay.”

The generosity of do-nors continues to light up stars whether it is for community facilities or the regional hospital. A gift can help light a path for others and strength-en health care in the community. To make a donation please visit-www.ekh.ca.

RBC donation of $15,000 willprovide support for Intensive Care

Left to right: Wes Rogers (1st Vice Chair) and Donna Grainger of EKFH accept an exceptional Starlite gift from RBC’s Amanda Lees and Maureen Foxworthy (Cranbrook Branch Manager).

trevor CrawleyTownsman Staff

With the success of the farmers market in both the summer and fall, there are plans afoot to create an indoor mar-ket on every other Satur-day of the month start-ing at the end of January.

“People really love the market, we’ve had such great response to the winter markets that we host in late Novem-ber so the feedback, the response from both the vendors and our market patrons, has been we’d love to see more mar-kets, we’d love to have markets available on a year-round basis,” said Erna Jensen, manager for Cranbrook Farmers Market.

“We’ve looked for lo-cations that might be suitable and we are going to give this one a try, using the Ktunaxa gym. We think it’s a nice

Winter markets increasing to twice a month

Barry Coulter file photo

The Cranbrook Winter Markets have proven to be immensely popular

central, downtown loca-tion, it’s got parking available and should give us a good space to be able to create a really nice atmosphere for an indoor market to take place.

The first one will kick off on Saturday, Jan. 24,

running from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the old Tembec gym which is now part of the Ktunaxa Nation Council office. It will run every two weeks from there on in.

“We put out the call to vendors yesterday…but happy to report that

the response in one day has been really great with lots of our farmers and food producers that we’re really excited about,” said Jensen.

“We love our artisans as well, but we know that food is often what draws people out to the

market, so very excited about that.

“We’ll be working hard to pull it all togeth-er so that we can offer folks the opportunity to shop locally at the Cran-brook Farmers Market indoor market.”

While it is the middle

of winter, there are still fresh produce options that will be available, added Jensen.

“Obviously, the cli-mate that we live in, you’re not going to have the variety that we have at a summer market, but some of the vendors that

have responded to date, we will have organic beef available, we’ll have farm-fresh eggs avail-able, we’ll have fresh baked sourdough bread available.

“Carrots, some of the root veggies, apple cider, that kind of thing.”

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OpiniOn/EvEnts

Jeff Conners

We all know that smoking is bad for you. Tobacco kills more people than alcohol and all other illegal

drugs combined. Given it’s prominence as a major killer and the fact that 70 per cent of smokers say they want to quit smoking in the next six months, why is it that so many people struggle to stay smoke free?

Well, in many ways the healthy choice isn’t always an easy choice. Unlike other addictive drugs, tobacco can be easily accessed at every corner store and it is used openly in many outdoor public spaces.

Often people who are trying to quit using an addictive drug find that exercise (such as a brisk walk) and participating in activities with friends can help dramatically. However, some smokers find that these tasks are more challenging than they initially thought.

Triggers and temptation can be every-where and that makes it harder to quit. Plot-ting out a walking path might mean trying to avoid passing by stores that sell tobacco or public places where smoking is permitted. Even going to the local hockey game or visit-ing a hospital or community clinic might mean having to walk through a wall of smoke to get into the building.

Smoking is everywhere and that can be very challenging for people who are trying to

quit. Treating tobacco like other addictive drugs can reduce the number of people dying from its use. Research has shown that smoke free environments and bylaws help smokers quit. They also send a clear message that we take addiction seriously.

Our communities can play an important role in helping smokers quit and live healthier and longer lives by adopting smoke free by-

laws and promoting smoke free environ-ments for residents. To learn more about smoke free environments visit: www.interior-health.ca/sites/Partners/TobaccoResources/Documents/Smoke%20Free%20Bylaws%20Factsheet.pdf

Jeff Conners is a tobacco reduction coordinator with Interior Health.

Triggers, temptations are everywhere

Letters to the editor

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CRANBROOK TOWNSMAN & KIMBERLEY BULLETIN COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Drop off : 822 Cranbrook St. N. • Drop off : 335 Spokane StreetE-mail: production@dailybulletin.ca • Fax: 250-427-5336

ONGOING Dance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway.Volunteers are needed to assist staff with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center. Come play!! Weekly or monthly for 2 hours. Diana 250427-0716 Funtastic Singers Drop-In Singing group; free to attend-just for fun! No experience necessary! CDAC Offi ce&Gallery 135 10th Ave S, Tuesdays; 6.45-8.15pm 250-426-4223 / cdac@shaw.ca / www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.comSupport literacy and special projects at the Kimberley Public Library-visit the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore-an ongoing fundraiser- on Main Street Marysville, Wed-Sat 10:30-3:30. Operated totally by volunteers.ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868.Volunteers always needed for the Marysville Thrift shop! Please contact Marilyn @ 427-4153 or Jean @ 427-7072.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.Cranbrook Community Tennis Assoc. welcome all citizens to play or learn to play. Call Neil 250-489-8107, Cathy 250-464-1903.East Kootenay Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (EKWEE) meet the fi rst Monday of every month at the Heritage Inn, Dining Room Annex, 7:00PM. Join us for of the menu dinner 5:30-7:00. Pay your own tab. Networking, share accomplishments, education. Bev Campbell 778-481-4883Mark 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! Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of Wal- Mart. This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items. (250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.caMasonic 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.orgThe 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.

UPCOMING2015 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, January 7th, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Royal Lepage East Kootenay Realty.“Luxury Barging in Southern France”, a travelogue presented by Jeff and Linda Williams; Wednesday, Jan. 14, College of the Rockies Lecture Theatre at 7PM. Admission by donation - all proceeds will be sent to the Stephen Lewis Foundation by GoGo Grannies.”January 14: Kimberley Garden Club meets in Selkirk Library. January program is Selecting Educational Programs for 2015”, by the members, for the members. New members welcome. For more info: Nola 250-427-1948.January 15 - Legacy Builders Chili Meal, for those aged 50 and over. Theme: Cabin Fever. 11:00 a.m. Abunant Life Assembly, 501-11 Ave. S., Cranbrook. FREE. Just let us know you are coming. Info: 250-426-2866.Adult or Senior? Want to learn or improve your computer skills? CBAL Cranbrook off ers a 6 week introductory computer course starting Jan 16th. Pre-registration a must. Call Katherine 250-417-2896, space is limited.Home Grown Music Society presents the Coff ee House at Centre 64 on Saturday, Jan 17 at 8:00 pm. Tickets at Snowdrift Cafe & Centre 64.Know someone who is a literacy champion in Cranbrook or Area C? Nominate them as Cranbrook’s 2014 Literacy Champion. Nominations close January 16th and the winner announced January 27th at the Family Literacy Day celebrations. For more info call Katherine 250-417-2896 or khough@cbal.org or on Facebook: Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy CranbrookThe Kootenay Railway Pensioners Association Social Luncheon at 13:30 pm, Tuesday Jan. 20, 2015 at Arthur’s Sports Bar & Grill (Day’s Inn) 600 Cranbrook St.N, Cranbrook BC. All Railway Retiree’s and Spouses are welcome. RSVP by Jan.16. Info: Secretary Frances Allen at 250-426-2720, Myrtle 250-426-2378, Jean 250-426-8338.

transfer station kudosAs we look down the road of a new year

ahead and make our plans, I’d like to pass along a bouquet to the girls who run our Cranbrook transfer station. Governments large and small, who spend our hard earned tax dollars, and are now planning their bud-gets for the year ahead, could all take a lesson here on attitude and efficiency.

I make a weekly visit to our waste facility to deposit our family household waste, and sometimes old appliances, tires, batteries, and cardboard, glass, etc. for recycling, and

am always greeted with a friendly smile, as the staff there check the contents of each ve-hicle. Yes, apparently you can be available to quickly interview each and every customer in a friendly professional manner and give clear instructions or collect fees, hour after hour and day after day.

The efficiency of sorting scrap wood, metals, tires, cardboard, appliances, grass clippings, Christmas trees, etc, mostly free of charge all makes me wonder why I some-times still encountering these same items dumped by idiots in our beautiful backcoun-try. Guess it’s sort of like the way I feel about

government waste. Ignorant and unneces-sary.

I don’t believe there is another business or government office in Cranbrook that han-dles the customer traffic that this facility does on a daily basis, seven days a week, and with what seems to me, very few staff.

So, keep up the good work here, and I hope you’ll share your knowledge with any Government Ministry that may drop by your work place to see what I’m talking about.

Ken C. MillerCranbrook

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GreG nesteroffNelson Star

The man accused of holding up several local financial institu-tions has been sentenced to five months in jail for an escape at-tempt last fall.

Judge Don Sperry sentenced Andrew Stevenson, 34, today in Nelson Provincial Court. The jail term was a month longer than what Crown counsel and defence jointly sought. Stevenson, who admitted to the crime, still faces trial on another 20 charges relat-ed to the robberies.

On September 15, while dep-uty sheriff Dave Zarikoff was es-corting Stevenson into the Nel-son courthouse for an appear-ance, he threw off his crutches — which he was using after suf-fering a hip injury while being arrested the previous April — and ran several blocks before being tackled.

In handing down his sen-tence, Sperry told Stevenson:

“You’ve been well represented by [defence lawyer Ken] Wyllie and fairly treated by [Crown prose-cutor Sunday] Patola. The thing that troubles me most is the question of whether you were exaggerating the extent of your injuries so as not to be shackled and manacled.”

Sperry said the sentence had to denounce Stevenson’s conduct and send a message to other pris-oners that “consequences are certain and very real if you try to escape from the sheriffs. You put the sheriff at risk. He had to chase you. You put yourself at risk and the general public.”

Before sentencing, Patola outlined the circumstances of Stevenson’s escape attempt. Around 9 a.m., Zarikoff was holding open a side door at the courthouse so that Stevenson could enter.

Instead, he ran up the stairs to Vernon Street, across the street to Touchstones Nelson, then up

Ward Street as Zarikoff pursued him, yelling for him to stop. Ste-venson ducked into Herridge Lane and was nearly hit by a small car as he headed down Jo-sephine Street toward Vernon.

Zarikoff then collared him with “minimal force,” pinning him to the ground on his chest. Stevenson obeyed an order to put his hands behind him. A second deputy sheriff arrived as he was handcuffed. “I just want-ed to see my kids,” Stevenson said.

Wyllie said Stevenson “suffers from a debilitating condition” which the escape attempt only made worse. He also said Steven-son acknowledged “this was an impulsive and foolish thing to do … Poorly planned and badly ex-ecuted.”

Patola, who called the act a “desperate situation,” said Zarikoff had no reason to believe Stevenson was an escape risk.

She couldn’t find any applica-

ble case law, and initially wasn’t sure how much time the offence should merit — the maximum is two years in prison. But Sperry remembered an incident at the Rossland courthouse in 1978, where a man escaped out the bathroom window and was at large for a year before he was caught. He was then sentenced to nine months.

Stevenson appeared in court today via video link from jail in Kamloops, still using his crutch-es. He was also ordered to pay a $100 victim surcharge within 60 days.

Stevenson is charged in the robberies of the Nelson and Dis-trict Credit Union, Kootenay Savings in Castlegar, Johnny’s Groceries in Robson, and Koote-nay Currency Exchange in Nel-son, in which a shot was fired. He and co-accused Krista Kal-mikoff have preliminary inqui-ries scheduled for January 28 and 29.

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Few could have predicted 2015 would see B.C. and Ontario competing to lead the pack on economic growth.

The Ontario-B.C. horserace reflects stalling economies — due to oil price declines — in formerly booming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland.

The Business Council of B.C. forecasts provincial GDP will grow 2.6 per cent this year, up from 2014 growth of roughly 2.3 per cent.

Its forecast corroborates an identical one last month from the Conference Board of Canada.

Recent oil price de-clines, and the accompa-nying decline in the dollar, will boost Ontario’s manufacturing sector and also constitute a net benefit for B.C., which produces little crude. Tourism will get a boost, and consumers and companies will spend less on gas and heating oil.

But cheaper crude is expected to neg-atively impact B.C.’s fledgling LNG in-dustry.

Any early hope of development activ-ity related to one, or even two, LNG proj-ects by the end of 2015 have receded.

In a late-December analysis, the busi-ness council predicted that “the more meaningful economic lift that will come from LNG construction will not material-ize until 2016.”

Last autumn, in a brief submitted during provincial prebudget hearings, the council warned an anticipated hike in U.S. interest rates “could cause Cana-

dian market interest rates to jump, with negative implications for housing activi-ty and auto sales.”

That is an understatement with re-spect to B.C., where many carry monster mortgages, and residents have among the highest consumer debt loads in Can-ada.

On the positive side, three per cent-plus growth in the U.S. and America’s still-recov-ering housing market stand to benefit B.C., with southbound exports expected to increase and rising American demand for lumber and building materials.

That should help counter slower trade with China.

Globally, lower commodity prices could harm B.C.’s mining sector.

At the same time, job growth is finally picking up in B.C. But the 1.2-per-cent rate of growth forecast for 2015 will still be below historic levels.

“While the pace of job creation is still modest ... we believe B.C. will rank in the top tier of provinces in job creation in the coming year.”

One particular challenge on this front is a dearth of private-sector investment.

A recent Fraser Institute study re-vealed per-capita private-sector invest-ment in B.C. totals just $4,677, compared to $15,500 in Alberta and $11,000 in each of Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador.

The province is grappling with several

longstanding challenges related to pri-vate-sector investment and development that the Christy Clark government has not addressed because of financial con-straint; B.C.’s government is projecting a budgetary surplus of $444 million for this fiscal year, up from an earlier forecast of $184 million.

Among those challenges: an uncom-petitive sales tax system for businesses which, unlike their counterparts in HST provinces, must pay PST on business in-puts.

Business also complains about the carbon tax, and its lopsided share of the property tax burden.

Then, of course, there is the compli-cated matter of obtaining aboriginal consent for resource projects.

Kinder Morgan, hoping to start con-struction of its Trans Mountain Pipeline late this year, probably will find itself delaying plans. Enbridge already has an-nounced a delay as it continues seeking First Nations consent for its Northern Gateway pipeline.

The business council had expected some large projects to start contributing to growth in 2014-2015. And while sever-al, in the office and retail sector, have done so, “our earlier optimism about the pace and extent of project development needs to be scaled back.

“Large resource, infrastructure and industrial projects ... have proven diffi-cult to advance in B.C.”

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The Kootenay Ice have announced de-fenceman Tanner Lish-chynsky (1995) will re-main with the team through the end of the 2014-15 WHL cam-paign.

The team made the announcement via Twitter prior to Satur-day’s game against the Edmonton Oil Kings.

“He definitely made a positive impression on the coaching staff and myself,” said Kootenay Ice general manager Jeff Chynoweth Monday af-ternoon. “We looked at it and thought, he’s won a Royal Bank Cup with Yorkton. This is some-thing we should seri-ously look at.”

Lishchynsky was called up by the Ice as an affiliate player (AP) Dec. 27 after starting the season with the Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). As an AP, Lishchynsky was limited to playing five games with the Ice. With the removal of his AP tag, Lishchynsky is here to stay.

The 20-year-old na-tive of Saskatoon regis-tered five goals and 18 points in 29 games this season with the Bomb-ers, and also brings big-

game experience having won the Canalta Cup (SJHL championship) and RBC Cup (Canadi-an Jr. A championship) with the Yorkton Terri-ers in 2013-14.

On top of his exten-sive Junior-A track re-cord, Lishchynsky -- who turned 20 on Mon-day -- brings 78 games of prior WHL experi-ence, all with the Prince George Cougars (2012-14). In parts of two sea-sons with the Cougars, the 6-foot-1 defence-man tallied three goals and five points.

Since joining the Ice, the 185-pound rear-guard has chalked up two assists in five games.

With Lishchynsky in the fold, the Ice are car-rying seven healthy de-fencemen, including Rinat Valiev, who will return from Team Rus-sia and the 2015 IIHF World Junior Champi-onship in time to suit up Friday when the Red Deer Rebels visit Cran-brook. Dylan Overdyk, who missed 15 games due to a concussion suf-fered Nov. 21 against Le-thbridge, returned to action Friday, Jan. 2 in Red Deer.

The lone blue-liner out of action is Tanner Faith. The Minnesota Wild prospect, who only suited up in 10 games last season due to an

upper-body injury, has likely seen his 2014-15 WHL campaign come to an end after sustaining an upper-body injury Dec. 6 in Spokane. Faith has only suited up in 19 games for the Ice so far this season.

With Faith out of commission, Lishchyn-sky is one of three active 1995-born defencemen on the Kootenay Ice ros-ter.

“He’s been a very consistent player for us,” said Kootenay Ice head coach Ryan McGill of Lishchynsky. “It helps those young guys that shouldn’t be playing as much as they are. Hope-fully he can continue with his strong play.”

Even including Faith, Lishchynsky still rep-resents the oldest blue-liner on the club. Bryan Allbee, Troy Mur-ray and Dylan Overdyk are all 17 years old, while Cale Fleury, 16, represents the youngest of the crew.

Lishchynsky was originally selected by the Vancouver Giants in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft (10th round, 211th overall).

Next action for the Kootenay Ice (21-18-0-1) comes Friday, Jan. 9, when they welcome the Red Deer Rebels (21-14-3-2) to Western Finan-cial Place.

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Kootenay Ice general manager Jeff Chynoweth isn’t about to join a growing group of sellers around the WHL as the league trade deadline approaches.

“From our end, noth-ing has changed. We want to add another de-fenceman,” Chynoweth said Monday. “We’re ex-ploring all options and we have been since be-fore Christmas.

“We’ve made some offers on some high-pro-file guys.”

The Ice have already added defenceman Tanner Lishchynsky to the fold (see story at right) but with Tanner Faith done for the sea-son, Chynoweth is still looking to bolster the back end after being un-able to do so prior to the holiday roster freeze.

“Unfortunately, it looks like Tanner Faith is out for the rest of the year,” Chynoweth said. “He’s going to require shoulder surgery.

“The poor guy has had no luck.”

After playing in only 10 games because of shoulder issues during the 2013-14 campaign, Faith has been limited to 19 games this season and will now undergo season-ending shoulder surgery.

While Chynoweth casts his line in hopes of landing something worth feasting on, there has been no shortage of high-profile names moved about the league, as the WHL landscape continues to shift with the trade deadline inch-ing closer.

The Prince Albert Raiders have already moved a pair of high-pro-file players, with de-fenceman Josh Mor-rissey (7G-21A-28pts) being dealt to the Kelow-na Rockets in December and recently-returned forward Leon Draisaitl

(2-7-9 with NHL Ed-monton) being officially shipped to the Rockets Tuesday morning.

While the Rockets have loaded up in the WHL’s Western Confer-ence, the Eastern Con-ference-leading Bran-don Wheat Kings have done well to keep pace.

Monday, Wheat Kings general manager Kelly McCrimmon filled his remaining overage slot by acquiring de-fenceman Reid Gow (6-56-62, 2013-14) from the Spokane Chiefs in ex-change for a conditional fifth-round bantam draft pick in 2015.

Friday, the crafty Mc-Crimmon landed Cal-gary Flames first-round draft pick Morgan Klim-chuk (15-18-33) from the Regina Pats, ship-ping 17-year-old Jesse Gabrielle (13-12-25) the other way.

While those deals see the WHL’s strongholds fortify their armaments, three of Chynoweth’s Central Division rivals addressed needs within their rosters this past week as well.

The division-leading Medicine Hat Tigers added depth, up front and on the blue line, ac-quiring 19-year-old de-fenceman Kyle Bur-roughs (5-17-22) and 19-year-old forward Dryden Hunt (14-33-47) from the Pats. In ex-change, Regina received 17-year-old defenceman Connor Hobbs -- who requested a trade from the Tigers -- and a pair of bantam draft picks.

The second-place Red Deer Rebels coun-tered the Tigers by get-ting in on the fire sale in Regina. After the Tab-bies picked up Bur-roughs and Hunt, Reb-els head coach/general manager Brent Sutter acquired forward Con-nor Gay (20-24-44) and three bantam draft picks in exchange for 15-year-old prospect Jake Leschyshyn, who was Red Deer’s sixth-overall selection in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft.

Even the Calgary Hit-men and Lethbridge Hurricanes were active Tuesday afternoon.

The Hitmen acquired help between the pipes from the Portland Win-

terhawks, trading for goaltender Brendan Burke (7-8-0-3, 3.63 GAA) in exchange for backup netminder Evan Johnson (5-3-1-1, 2.84 GAA) and a fourth-round bantam draft pick.

In Lethbridge, the Hurricanes shipped for-ward Taylor Cooper (12-16-28) to the Regina Pats in exchange for 17-year-old defence-man Brady Reagan.

That left only the Ice and Edmonton Oil Kings as inactives at the on-going Central Divi-sion trade show.

“I worry about the Kootenay Ice and what we have to do down-stairs to get the best line-up we can,” Chynoweth said, acknowledging that trade activity around the division doesn’t impact his approach. “We have the best record in the WHL since Nov. 1. We think when we get every-body back and remain healthy, we can beat any team in the Western Hockey League.”

The Ice are 18-5-0-1 since Nov. 1 and only the first-place Kelowna Rockets -- having played two more games than the Ice -- rival that mark, having gone 18-5-3-0 over that same stretch.

Without captain Sam Reinhart and defence-man Rinat Valiev, who both attended the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship, the Ice have only lost one regu-lation game (Jan. 3 at Ed-monton) since Dec. 12.

If there’s anything that will prevent Chynoweth from going out and making a big splash, it’s the lack of having a 2015 first-round bantam draft pick at his disposal paired with the impending turnover he will see with his roster once the sea-son comes to a close.

“The problem is we don’t have a lot of bullets in the gun,” Chynoweth said.

The Ice GM previous-ly dealt Kootenay’s 2015 first-round pick to the Kamloops Blazers in the deal that brought star forward Tim Bozon to Cranbrook Oct. 22, 2013. The upside is Bozon re-mains on the roster as an overage import, produc-ing at an efficient clip

with 13 goals and 32 points through 25 games this season.

The team’s fifth-round pick in 2015 was also included in the Bozon deal, while Chynoweth sent his 2016 third-round selection to the Kelowna Rockets in exchange for former 20-goal scorer Zach Franko Jan. 8, 2014.

When you factor in that Chynoweth stands to lose Reinhart to the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres next season, while key 20-year-olds Bozon, Levi Cable and Austin Vetterl will age out fol-lowing the campaign, it makes for difficult deci-sion-making.

Do you call in the cavalry to backup the existing troops? Or do you toe the line knowing you’re going to need to replenish your stocks before next season?

“You’ve got to be cog-nizant of that because you’re going to take a step back next year,” Chynoweth said. “You’ve got to be careful with what you can and can’t do. We’re cognizant of that as we head into the deadline this week.”

The WHL trade deadline rolls around at 12 p.m. (MT) this Satur-day, Jan. 10.

The Kootenay Ice host the Red Deer Rebels (21-14-3-2, 47 points) Friday and Saskatoon Blades (9-28-2-1, 21 points) Saturday at West-ern Financial Place.

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I have put up with her comments for many years, but that one upset me, espe-cially since she said it while we were eating. Afterward, I wrote her a note stating that I am a widow and those lunches are my big-gest meals of the day. She has a husband and, of course, fixes their largest meal in the evening. She no longer speaks to me. Was I wrong, or was she? -- Sister-in-Law

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It is with deepest sorrow that the family of Albert John Holmes announces his sudden passing on Saturday, January 3rd, 2015 in Cranbrook with his family by his side at 82 years of age.

Albert is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Deanie Holmes; children

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Albert was predeceased by his parents Liz and Louie Holmes, daughter Pat Pighin, granddaughter Amy Jensen and grandson Lane Holmes.

A celebration of Albert’s life will be held on Thursday, January 8th, 2015 at 1:00 pm at the Cranbrook Alliance Church. He will be interred in the Fort Steele Cemetery followed by a reception at the Heritage Inn Hotel and Convention Centre.

In lieu of flowers, those wishing to make a memorial donation in honour of Albert may do so to the: East Kootenay Regional Hospital, 13 – 24th Avenue North, Cranbrook, British Columbia, V1C 3H9 or to: Stars Foundation, 1441 - Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8M7 or: Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon, Okanagan/Kootenays Area Office, #4, 1551 - Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 9M9.

Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service.

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It is with deepest sorrow that the family of Albert John Holmes announces his sudden passing on Saturday, January 3rd, 2015 in Cranbrook with his family by his side at 82 years of age.

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WASHINGTON - The White House on Tues-day threatened to veto the first piece of legisla-tion introduced in the Republican-controlled Senate, a bill approving the much-delayed Can-ada-US Keystone XL oil pipeline, in what was ex-pected to be the first of many confrontations over energy and envi-ronmental policy.

Hours after support-ers of the bipartisan bill, which is sponsored by all 54 Senate Republi-cans and six Democrats, announced its introduc-tion, the White House said for the first time that President Barack Obama would veto it.

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It’s “premature to evaluate the project be-fore something as basic as the route of the pipe-line has been deter-mined,” he said.

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The bill is identical to one that failed to pass the Senate by a single vote in November, when Democrats were in con-trol and Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana pushed for a vote to save her Senate seat. She lost to Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy, who sponsored the successful House bill approving the pipeline.

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Last year, Alberta’s economy grew by 3.9 per

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National Bank chief economist Stefane Mari-on said it will take some time for Ontario’s manu-facturing sector to be able to capitalize on lower production costs brought on by cheaper oil.

That’s because much of the excess capacity Ontario once had in its factories was gutted during the financial cri-sis and subsequent re-cession and it will take time to rebuild, Marion said.

“We do have the abil-ity to offset the oil price in terms of the energy price decrease but it will

take time,” Marion said. “That doesn’t happen overnight. We don’t have the same amount of spare capacity that we had in previous oil shocks.”

However, Marion predicted the pain won’t be long-lasting. He said oil prices could return to US$60 barrel in the first half of the year, and US$70 barrel in the sec-ond half.

Oil prices have been falling since June, slip-ping 55 per cent amid a glut of global supply. On Tuesday, the February crude contract in New York dropped below the US$50 a barrel mark to US$49.14.

CIBC chief econo-mist Avery Shenfeld said if oil prices begin to re-cover in the second half of the year, he expects the Bank of Canada to

raise its key interest rate by one quarter of a point.

However, if oil re-mains low and Canada’s economy is at risk of growing at a rate below two per cent, Avery doesn’t anticipate any interest rate increases from the central bank until 2016.

The bank’s has held its trend-setting interest rate at one per cent for more than four years.

Scotiabank chief economist Warren Jestin says Canadian manufac-turers and exporters are likely to see a boost in demand thanks to growth in the U.S. and a lower Canadian loonie.

But he said the in-creased demand for Ca-nadian goods isn’t trans-lating to an increased investment in the manu-facturing sector.

Ontario, B.C. to grow faster than Alberta in 2015

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WASHINGTON - Earth has a few more near-twin planets out-side our solar system, tantalizing possibilities in the search for extra-terrestrial life.

Astronomers an-nounced Tuesday that depending on defini-tions, they have con-firmed three or four more planets that are about the same size as Earth and are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold “Goldilocks Zone” for liquid water to form.

These planets are likely to be rocky like Earth, and not gas giants or ice worlds. They get about the same heat from their star as we get from the sun, according to the latest results from NASA’s planet hunting Kepler telescope.

But don’t book your flights yet. They may be close to Earth in size and likely temperature in the gargantuan scale of the universe, but they aren’t quite close enough for comfort.

Consider two of the new planets, the nearest to Earth discovered to date. If they have atmo-spheres similar to Earth’s - a big if - one would be a toasty 140 some degrees and the other would hover around zero, said study lead author Guill-ermo Torres, an astrono-mer at the Har-vard-Smithsonian Cen-

NASA spots more planets out of solar system that may be like Earth

Right size, Right tempeRatuRe

C anadian PreSSEDMONTON - Alberta plans to declare

its first spring snow goose hunt this year in an attempt to help deal with a species that has grown so numerous that it is destroy-ing its own habitat.

“They’ve been overabundant for the last 15 years,” Duncan MacDonnell of Al-berta Environment says. “They’re causing damage to their home range in the Arctic.”

Over the last 20 years improved farming methods have resulted in better food sup-ply along the big, white birds’ migration routes, says a report on Environment Can-ada’s website.

Snow geese tend to nest in large colo-nies of thousands of individuals, which can overgraze the delicate Arctic tundra they scour for grasses and sedges.

“Grazing and grubbing by geese not only permanently removes vegetation, but also changes soil salinity, nitrogen dynam-ics and moisture levels,” says Environment Canada. “The result is the alteration or

elimination of the plant communities, which in all likelihood will not be restored.”

Suitable nesting grounds are limited and some areas used by the geese are like-ly to take decades to recover.

Jurisdictions across Canada and in the United States have been moving to in-crease hunting of the birds in an effort to reduce their numbers. Saskatchewan and Manitoba already have spring hunts; On-tario and Quebec have also tried to in-

crease the harvest.The current snow goose population is

about 1 million birds - roughly twice the number scientists believe nesting grounds can support over the long term.

Alberta, which already has a fall hunt, plans to add a lengthy spring season from March 15 to June 15. It is to include both snow geese and the very similar Ross’s geese.

MacDonnell said the actual length of the hunt will depend on how quickly the winter snow melts and how long the birds stay in Alberta before migrating north.

“Nobody knows when those birds are going to be flying through. They’ll move as the snow line goes further north. They could be here for a while or they could be here for a cup of coffee.”

Details on licensing for the hunt are still being worked out, MacDonnell said.

Hunters will be allowed to shoot up to 50 birds a day, with no limit on how many they can have in their possession.

Alberta to declare first spring snow goose hunt

more planets have been confirmed in the goldilocks zone

ter for Astrophysics.Life conceivably

could evolve and adapt to those temperatures, he said.

Oh, and they aren’t actually within com-muting distance of Earth. Those two are 500 and 1,100 light years away; a light year is 5.9 trillion miles.

What’s important, said SETI Institute as-tronomer Douglas Cald-well, a study co-author who presented the find-ings at the American As-tronomical Society meeting in Seattle, is that astronomers are a bit closer to finding twins of Earth and an-swering the age-old question: Are we alone?

“These planets do exist; we didn’t know that before,” Torres said in a phone interview

from Cambridge, Mas-sachusetts. “What we’re really looking for is signs of life eventually. We’re not there yet. It will take many years but this is the first step.”

Torres’ team con-firmed earlier discover-ies and added new ones, bringing the total known number of planets that are no bigger than twice Earth’s size and in the habitable temperature zone to eight or nine. But that’s only from a short search of a small part of our galaxy, so Torres believes that Earth-like planets are common throughout the cosmos, though he cannot prove it yet.

Torres likes to in-clude one planet that would bump the new findings from three to four, but Caldwell said

that planet may or may not be habitable.

It doesn’t matter much. “We do not need to talk about the one or two exoplanets that could be like Earth, we are finding so many,” said Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell Uni-versity’s Pale Blue Dot Institute. She wasn’t part of the study.

Torres and Caldwell highlighted the two new planets that are closest in size to Earth. The closest, called Kepler 438-b, is only 12 per cent larger than Earth and gets about 40 per cent more energy from its star than we do from the sun, so it would proba-bly be warmer, Torres said. It tightly circles a small cooler red star with its year lasting only 35 Earth days and the

sun in its sky would be red, not yellow.

It may hot, but “there are bacteria on Earth that live very comfort-ably in those tempera-tures, no problem,” Tor-res said.

The other, Kepler 442-b, is about 34 per cent bigger than Earth but gets only two-thirds of the energy from its sun as we do, Torres said.

NASA also an-nounced that its plan-et-hunter telescope con-firmed its 1,000th planet outside the solar system, most quite unlike Earth and not in the habitable zone. Added to those discovered by other tele-scopes, astronomers have now discovered more than 1,800 planets that are outside the solar system.

B.C. students’ space project delayed by

Oct. rocket crash delayed again

Canadian PreSSKAMLOOPS, B.C. - A science project dreamed

up by a group of students in central British Co-lumbia that exploded on a rocket launching pad almost two months ago is on hold again.

An unmanned SpaceX rocket was supposed to blast off before sunrise Tuesday but the count-down was halted with just one minute remain-ing.

Officials said the problem was with motors needed for second-stage rocket thrust steering. If controllers had not aborted the launch, comput-ers would have done so closer to flight time, NASA launch commentator George Diller said.

The soonest SpaceX can try again to send the rocket to the International Space Station is Fri-day.

Four boys from McGowan Park Elementary School in Kamloops, B.C., had won a contest to have their experiment join 17 other student proj-ects from across North American on a trip to the orbiting station.

But the amateur experiments - along with a payload of supplies destined for the space station - were destroyed on Oct. 28 when a NASA-con-tracted rocket exploded in a spectacular fireball in eastern Virginia.

If and when the Kamloops students’ experi-ment gets to the station, it will examine how the zero-gravity environment of space affects the growth of crystals.

The students prepared silicon tubes contain-ing solutions that, when mixed, cause crystals to form. On the space station, astronauts would re-move small clips keeping the solutions apart. When the tubes returned, the students would analyze the crystals and compare them to crys-tals grown on Earth.

The projects are part of the Student Space-flight Experiments Program, which is run by the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education.

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