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Community Foundation marks Giving Tuesday

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Retired teacher Jessie Jensen was pleased to accept $4800 for the Kimberley Heritage Society from the Kimberley and District Community Foundations Terry Oscarson to assist in a project to warm up the heritage school at Marysville so it can be used more often. The funds will go to new windows. See all the recipients on page 4 and 5.

$18,000 donated to community organizationsC AROLYN GR ANT

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The Kimberley and District Community Foundation held its an-nual wine and cheese reception on Tuesday, December 1 at Centre 64. It was appropriately Giving Tuesday, as the Foundation handed out $18,000 in grants to community organiza-tions.

The grants went to all sorts of projects, from a boardwalk to protect delicate terrain around Eimers Lake to new windows for the heritage schoolhouse in Marys-ville to the Rotary Splash Park to promoting Big Brothers Big Sisters in Kimberley.

Since its inception in 2001, the Kimberley and District Community Foundation has grown its endowment to almost $600,000 and $205,000 has been distributed in

the community.The Foundation does

not spend the endow-ment but donates the interest each year. In that way the funds can grow and be sustainable.

Foundation presi-dent Terry Oscarson also acknowledged the major support the Foundation receives from Kootenay Savings Credit Union, which gave them the seed money for the Community Fund and continues to support it each year with $6,000 in flow-through funding.

In 2015, the Kimber-ley and District Commu-nity Foundation handed out $4000 in Winter Games Legacy Funding to various sports organi-zation in Kimberley, as well as the $15,000 from the Theresa Cundiff Fund and the KSCU Community Fund and $2909 from the Bill Motek Memorial Fund to the Pines Memorial Society to improve life for residents of the Special Care Home.

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Emergency crews were on hand as an Air Canada Jazz flight re-turned to Canadian Rockies International Airport late Tuesday night due to a potential mechanical issue.

Tristen Chernove, airport manager at Ca-

nadian Rockies Inter-national Airport, said the flight returned to the terminal because of an issue with a pro-peller. The plane had been in flight for ap-proximately 30 min-utes when it turned back to the airport.

Emergency crews were waiting as a pre-

caution when the flight landed, he said.

Everything rolled out according to the Emergency Response Plan, which Im really happy about, he said. Flight services fol-lowed their procedure, did their call out to po-lice/fire/ambulance and myself.

Chernove was called in around 11:30 p.m.

Everything went very well from the re-sponse side, he said. And the aircraft land-ed without incident.

Chernove said events like this are fair-ly rare.

The industry has

so many safety mea-sures in place that, when something isnt exactly the way people (crews) want to see it, we see flights make al-ternate arrangements when necessary, he said.

Chernove said the flight was then delayed until Wednesday

morning.The airport recently

conducted its annual Emergency Response Tabletop Exercise. Every year the airport conducts the tabletop exercise, with a full scale emergency exer-cise every few years.

This was a good opportunity to test the

emergency response plan, he said. It was great to see all the emergency response agencies respond and have a bit of a training opportunity without any negative incidents, and were glad to see Air Canada following their procedures to be safe.

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Potential nominees are described as individuals who have made significant contributions to their communities in areas such asbut not limited toarts and culture, sports and recreation, multiculturalism, environment, health care, education, civic duty, business, community volunteerism philanthropy and youth and seniors leadership.

The foundation is encouraging anyone wishing to submit a nomination to include a letter describing the contributions of the nominee, a brief personal history of the nominee and two current letters of support.

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Bob King presents Craig Ferguson of the Kimberley Nature Park Society with $1400 for a boardwalk around Eimers Lake.

The Community Foundations Joanne Kitt pres-ents Bev Middlebrook of Big Brothers Big Sisters with $1000 to promote the program in Kimberley.

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Trevor Evans 49, and William L. McLellan 36, were found dead Tues-day afternoon in Com-incos Sullivan Mine. The men, who were employed as timber-men, failed to check out with the day shift. A search was instituted and their bodies were discovered a few min-utes later in an unused raise. They had appar-ently succumbed due to

lack of oxygen.William Lloyd Mc-

Lellan, aged 36, was born at Nelson in 1920. He is survived by his wife Isobelle and two daughters, aged 6 and 9, also his parents and one brother in Kimber-ley.

Mr. Mclellan began work for Cominco in 1940. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the armed forces overseas, spend-ing several years as a prisoner of war in Ger-many.

Trevor Evans, aged 49, was born at Frank, Alta., in 1907. Before coming to Kimberley to work for Cominco in 1943 he worked several years at Salmo and Sheep Creek. He is sur-vived by his wife and one boy, aged 14, and a girl aged 11.

The sympathy of the entire community is ex-tended to the families.RoYaL BaNK oPeNS IN MuRoYD BLocK

The completion of the new Muroyd Block is fast becoming a reali-ty. Situated on the cor-ner of Wallinger Avenue and Spokane Street, this very modern block adds a distinctively pro-gressive note to the business district of Kimberley. The exterior finish is California sandstone pumice brick.

The opening on Monday morning of the new quarters of the Royal bank of Canada was attended by Mr. J.C. Mayne, supervisor of Alberta and Southeast-ern B.C. branches;

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Kimberleys Natasha Singer has had another good week.

Freshman goaltender Natasha Singer (Kimber-ley, British Columbia/Warner) helped the Yel-lowjackets stretch their unbeaten streak last Tues-day and was named the womens hockey WIAC Athlete of the Week.

As a coaching staff we werent really sure what to expect from our goalten-ders this season, and early in the year she has come in and played extremely well, Yellowjacket head coach Dan Laughlin said. Every game she has played she has put us in a position to win and thats all you can ask for from a goaltender.

Singer has allowed just one goal in three of her four starts this season.

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cepts donations, be-quests and gifts from individuals and corpo-rations to create per-manent endowment funds which support a wide variety of com-munity projects.

The Board of Direc-tors of the Community Foundation are Corinne Gilchrist, Duncan Ma-cLeod, Douglas Kittle, Terry Oscarson, Bob King, Myra Farquhar, Michelle Lemay, De-siree McKay, Kent Goodwin, Mike Flowers

and Joanne Kitt.The foundation is

managed by a volun-teer board of Directors and is a registered char-ity. Annual financial re-ports can be found at the Canada Revenue Agency Charities Branch website.

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A GOOD PLACE TO BE. EYE ON YOUR CITYBrownbag Lunch with Mayor McCormick - On Wednesday, December 9th, and on the second Wednesday of each month, Mayor McCormick will host a brown-bag luncheon at City Hall from noon until 1:30 pm. Bring your own lunch and have a discussion with the Mayor and Chief Administrative O cer.Snow Removal Each winter the Operations Services Department has the responsibility for maintaining in a safe and passable condition approximately 100 km of paved and gravel streets, including lanes, within the City of Kimberley. We endeavour to accomplish this task in the most cost e ective manner possible while still maintaining a high level of service to you, the public.Please remember that snow and ice control is not a substitute for caution and defensive driving practices when operating a vehicle under winter conditions.We wish you a safe and enjoyable winter season and look forward to serving you in the months ahead.Sanding and plowing priorities are based on volumes of tra c and steepness of terrain.City streets are generally categorized into three groups:

Main streets and emergency access routes with hills. Other main streets. Local streets.

The main streets and hills are completed rst. This ensures that tra c can access such facilities as the schools, special care facilities, the central business area, and the ski hill area. Next completed are collector streets, which may not have steep terrain but do have heavy volumes of tra c and include Rotary Drive, Knighton Road, and Jim Ogilvie Way. Residential streets are then attended to. During weekends and statutory holidays, the City generally services only Priority No.1 streets.For more information and a list of frequently asked questions please refer to the Citys website, Snow Removal and FAQs section at http://www.kimberley.ca/services/snow-removal-information-faqs or call the Operations Department at 250.427.9660.

Winter Travelling Tip of the Week - Keep at least four seconds distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. This will allow plenty of room in situations where you may need to brake suddenly on a slippery surface.

Frozen Water Line Prevention - If thewater service line to your homehas ever frozen or you have noticeda reduced water ow in your home during the winter, leave one tap running cold water day and night (stream should be thesize of a pencil). This will help to prevent your lines from freezing. Since frost sinks deeper into the ground when air temperatures rise after a period of extreme cold, you will need to keep the water running 24/7 until mid-April to avoid having the linefreeze.The City encourages residents who have experienced frozen water service lines in the past to be pro-active by ensuring indoor lines are properly insulated, keeping a good snow cover over the ground above the service lines and installing a bleeder line system. For more information please visit http://www.kimberley.ca/services/seasonal-city-operations#Preventing Frozen Water Service Lines.

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For some time now Kimberley residents have observed the empty Fields Building and attached Annex in the Kimberley Platzl with much discussion as to what might help bring it back to life. While there have been many ideas and suggestions over the last few years, it wasnt until last June that things started to change when Denai and Jarret Bell boldly breathed life into the annex when they opened their General Store, Arrow & Axe. This popular local store is steeped in great finds, like growlers, Swedish axes, a variety of local and North American made items, custom A&A apparel and goods all designed with a mountain made lifestyle in mind.

The Bells were joined this Fall with the opening of Talaria Footwear & Adornment as one of their neighbours. It has been a number of years since the Kimberley/Cran-brook has had a dedicated shoe store and owner Celeste Needham saw a need in the area after moving here a few years ago. This new store has a vintage industrial feel and was inspired by the local working history of the area. Talaria carries many quality name brands like ART, Bueno, Miz Mooz and many others that cannot be found locally. The store also includes accessories such as hats, gloves, scarves, bags and coats. In the few short weeks that it has been open the store has been recognized for the quality offered at a spectrum of prices with a unique shopping experience.

As the spectrum of retailers continues to grow in Kimberley it only gets better this weekend when Purcell Outdoors, Kimberleys newest retail shop, opens its doors. Local resident Patti Oakley, will open her doors on the opposite side of Arrow & Axe in the spot of the Fields building that has sparked much discussion. Patti was inspired to open the equipment store as there is nowhere you can find these items in town. She hand picked items such as MSR camp stoves, Outdoor Research Outerwear and KAVU Lifestyle clothing and One Tooth Yoga Apparel to name a few, and is really excited to bring these lines to the community.

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Georgie Award Winning Home BuilderRepresenting the Early Years team, Carol Fairhurst

accepts $2000 for car seat training from Michelle Lemay.

Sue Cleverley from the Kootenay Savings Credit Union presents Chelsea Tierney of the Sparks Youth Centre with $800 for a Youth Resources Project. Kootenay Savings supports the Kimberley Community Foundation yearly.

From Page 4Mr. Don Bruce of

Clagary, Alta., staff of-ficer; and Mr. Pete Irwin, manager of the Cranbrook branch. Marked by the stan-dard neon Royal Bank sign and fronting on Spokane Street, are the specially designed premises of the Kim-berley branch. The four glassed-in tellers enclosures, with counters of walnut ar-borite and black mar-boleum tops, extend across the front.

The interior deco-rating scheme features plastered walls of mid-night blue and ginger tea with a blue tinged white acoustic plas-tered ceiling. The ther-mopane windows are cased in ivory frames, while the entrance is panelled in mahoga-ny. Slim fluorescent fixtures provide the lighting. Commercial rubber floor tile in ecruette and mahoga-ny paisley, covers the floor.

Situated in the rear is the walnut panelled,

glass partitioned man-agers office and the safety deposit vault. This vault features a newly designed wheel operated steel door. For the deposit box holders there is s spe-cial cubicle.

A modern retarded action gateway pro-vides access to the vault. The record stor-age vault, separate washrooms and a rest-lunchroom occu-py the lower floor.

The bank is equipped with a mod-ern hold-up alarm sys-tem and heated by a hot water heating sys-tem. It is 30 feet by 50 feet in size.

Saunders Pharmacy will occupy the former quarters of the bank, facing the post office. Upon completion this new block will provide accommodation to Masons mens Wear and Lytle Agencies.

To the builders and to the occupants, con-gratulations are due for their foresight and faith in the future of Kimberley.

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Just as the U.S. was stunned by the home-land attacks of 9-11 over a decade ago, France was recently visited by a tragic and horrific attack in mid-November at the hands of ISIL in Paris.

The violence and the graphic images on TV broadcasts and the internet of the after-math are a visceral and shocking reminder that extremism can strike in any form any-where across the globe.

Already, nations have begun to rally around France, pledging to take military ac-tion against ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq and talks of a coalition are being reported by world media.

Now, after nearly four years of a civil war in Syria, the situation of refugees has come to the forefront of media coverage, due in large part to another tragic incident where photos of a young boy who had drowned and washed up on a beach in Tur-key sparked global outrage.

World Vision reports that there are 4 mil-lion Syrian refugees, most of whom fled to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Its been called the largest migration of a population since the Second World War.

Many nations have grappled with a re-sponse to the refugee crisis. Some countries have made pledges to bring in thousands while in others, debate roils over the pru-dence of throwing open the doors to simply any refugees.

In monitoring that debate, both at home

and abroad, its been extremely disturbing to see some of the commentary and reaction to the situation.

Syrian refugees never asked for the situa-tion they find themselves in, to be living in a war zone and getting caught in the crossfire between a dictatorial government and an extremist organization bent on killing any-one it deems a threat.

To simply turn our collective backs and ignore the crisis is an inhumane response. As the old saying goesthe only thing nec-

essary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

What the collective global response should be?

Thats a debate that needs to happen and is happening currently in governments across the world, but the one unacceptable response is to ignore the staggering human-

itarian crisis that is unfolding in the region. Pick up the phone and call a government

representativea Member of Parliament or a government minister. Send an email. Send more emails. Tweet about it. Post it on Face-book.

Whatever the global response isCana-das includedthe status quo cannot be al-lowed to stand.

The Liberal government has committed to settle 25,000 refugees by March 2016. Other countries have pledged to take in var-ious numbers as well, both in the U.S. and in the European Union.

The attack in Paris raised the ugly spectre

that extremist groups may be using the refu-gee crisis as a way of infiltrating other coun-tries.

That very well may be true. ISIL operatives may well be trying to slip

through the refugee process, but that doesnt take away from the fact that fractionally, that group is extremely small within the context of a large, legitimate majority who are suffer-ing through the horrors of a war they never wanted.

Is resettling millions of refugees in the EU and North America a viable option? Should humanitarian aid at the source be the prior-ity? Will bombing and airstrikes do anything to shrink ISILs sphere of influence?

All are legitimate questions.Even if the political will isnt there to fling

open the borders and allow thousands upon thousands of refugees, it still makes a world of difference to those that do get the chance to settle in a new country.

Efforts are already underway even in Cranbrook to bring in a refugee family thanks to the work of the Cranbrook Hub for Refugees, a group that includes church orga-nization and other concerned community groups.

The process has already begun with an Expression of Interest application to the fed-eral government, while groups must also raise $15,000 before they will be considered for sponsorship.

Will bringing in one family make a differ-ence in the refugee crisis?

No, but to that family, it will be a world of difference.

Ignoring Syrian refugee crisis is inhumane

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ONGOINGRoyal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30-6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30. Cranbrook Writers 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.comThe 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.BINGO at the Kimberley Elks Mondays, 6:30 start. All welcome.Do you have the desire to stop eating compulsively? Overeaters Anonymous (a 12-Step Program) meets Mondays, from 7-8pm at Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th St. S., downstairs. Contact: cranbrookoa@hotmail.comTOPS (Take O Pounds Sensibly) non pro t weight loss support group meets EVERY Thursday at 5:00 pm, at Sr Citizens 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 2642Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook - serving our community to bene t others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981.Noon every Wednesday, downtown United Church & Centre for Peace, the bells will call you to a time of calm. This is NOT church, rather it is a time to gather in a circle in a welcoming and harmonious space to practice the way of Taize. Wouldnt you cherish a time to stop? to gather when the bells ring? to join with others in silence, in prayer, in meditative song?Cantebelles, an all-female singing group, meets Mondays 7-9pm. Join us and learn how to sing with 2, 3 and 4part harmonies. Contact: Sue Trombley, 250-426-0808 or suetrombley53@gmail.comMasonic Lodges of B.C. and Yukon will supply transportation to cancer patients who have arrived at Kelowna or Vancouver. This free service will be at the destination point. Example: from airport to clinic and clinic to airport on return, also around the destination city. Info may be received from your doctor, Canadian Cancer Society, or by phoning Ron at 250-426-8159.The Way Introductory Orthodox Christianity next 10 weeks, St. Aidan Orthodox Church, 201-7th. Ave., Cranbrook. Thursday evenings until Dec. 24th; 7 pmdrop in to any or all sessions. Contact: Fr. Andrew: 250-420-1582 or frandrewapplegate@gmail.com for info. Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm; Focus Meat Draw at the Elks Club, Kimberley. Proceeds to Emergency Funds and non-pro t organizations. MILITARY AMES is a social/camaraderie/support group that meets the rst and third Tuesdays of the month in the Kimberley Public Library reading room. All veterans are welcome. For more information call Cindy @ 250 919 3137.

UPCOMINGHighlands Winter Market at Highlands Elementary School, 3300 7th Street S, Cranbrook. December 7th, 6-8:30 pm. Lots of great vendors, take home product, ra es, silent auction items and bake table with all proceeds going to Highlands PAC.Kimberley United Church Womens Candlelight Service and Potluck Supper Thursday, Dec 8th at 5:00pm. Bring your own cutlery & plates. For more information or a ride call 250-427-2428.By Dec. 9th: CBAL- Kimberley Community Literacys Annual Book Drive. We need Gently Used Books for the Food Bank Christmas Hampers. Please drop o donated books (for all ages) in the boxes at Overwaitea Store, Mark Creek Market Store, Public Library or the Schools.British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association, Rocky Mountain Branch, will be holding their Christmas luncheon meeting at the Heritage Inn on December 9th, 2015 at 12 noon. Our guest speaker will be the great man from the North Pole Santa Claus! For further information contact Ronald Kerr, 250-432-0002.CRANBROOK UNITED CHURCH invites you to our 10th Annual COOKIE WALK, Saturday, Dec. 12th, 12 pm -2 pm. Price per box provided; regular size $10. New this year is a Large size $15. Join us at 2 12th Avenue South. Doors open at 11:30 am.Annual Minkha Sweater Sale, Saturday December 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Anglican Church Hall, 46-13 Ave S. Cranbrook. All proceeds from the sweaters are going back to the Minkha Women in Bolivia and those of the scarves to refugee project. Info: Anne Beurskens at 250-489-4528.Old Fashioned Christmas Pageant and Carol Sing. If you would like your child to participate in the pageant on Sunday, Dec. 13th, 2015, at 6:30 pm at Marysville Community Church, phone 250-427-7099 or 250-499-1017 ASAP for info and registration.Kimberley Aquatic Centre FREE FAMILY SWIM: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Kootenay Insurance Services & Kootenay Savings Credit Union. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

It Happened this week in CranbrookWeek November 29 December 5

Dave HumpHrey Items compiled from the archived

newspapers held at the Cranbrook History Centre Archives

1903ONE RINGY DINGY Not long ago, a

lady in Cranbrook was delighted by her husband having a telephone placed in her residence. Before that she had been in the habit of going to a neighbors some distance when she wanted to use a telephone. Desir-ing to express her thanks to her husband for his kindness, after the men had departed, who installed the telephone, she hurried over to the neighbors and called him up. And it never occurred to her that she might have saved the trip until she got back home and saw the telephone in her own dining room.

TAKE WARNING Information has been laid before the police regarding some boys who have been removing gates, etc., on Baker Hill. These boys are warned that if there is any further annoyance from them they are liable to a fine. Law-abiding citi-zens of Cranbrook realize that it is time to put down such lawlessness.

CLOSE CALL The handsome resi-dence of M. B. King had a narrow escape from fire last week. When the family arose in the morning there was a strong smell of burning wood, and Mr. King discovered that the timbers near the fire place were ablaze beneath the floor. Quick action put out the flames, but if the fire had reached that stage during the night, nothing could have saved the premises.

BURNS NIGHT The Bobby Burns concert given last Monday night by the Presbyterian choir was a great success. There was Scotch music, Scotch songs, Scotch readings, Scotch talks, and an all-round Scotch good time.

TRAPPED Charles Chapman who has been trapping in the vicinity of White River is reported as having caught forty five marten.

PERRY CREEK ... Messrs. Theis and Jennings were in town yesterday for sup-plies. They are now working on their fourth location in sinking a shaft at Old Town, and have at last struck the right place. They are down 25 feet, and have gotten the surface water under control, and are sinking at the rate of three feet a day. They estimate that they will have to go down 85 or 95 feet to reach bedrock. They have had to contend with a lot of difficulties in this enterprise, but it is such men as Gust Theis and Bob Jennings that force success in this country. There is little doubt but that they will get rich pay dirt in their location and The Her-ald wishes them all kinds of success in their venture. Great work is being done on the Thompson claim. There are three men working and they are averaging $10 a day from the shaft. Perry Creek is bound to wit-ness great scenes of activity the coming season.

1904WIDOW DIFFERENCES A Kaslo

widow has written to the Kootenian indig-nantly denying the report that she was about to remarry. This is printed merely to show the difference between Kaslo widows and their sisters elsewhere. A Nelson widow would have sighed, and admitted that per-haps it was the best thing to do under the circumstances. A Cranbrook widow would have notified the paper that she had several offers under consideration, but had not yet arrived at a decision.

CRANBROOK MERCHANTS Any-one who has visited the stores of Cranbrook

this year cannot help but be impressed with the fact that never before in the history of the town has there been such large stocks of goods, never before such quality, and what is still more important, never before were the prices so low as are being quoted this year. The Herald feels that it can say without laying itself open to the charge of exaggera-tion, that there can be found in the various lines kept by the Cranbrook merchants just as good, just as late, just as artistic, and just as low priced articles in Cranbrook as would be found in any city of ten to fifty thousand in the west. Cranbrook is an up to date town. Her business men are up to date people. That is why Cranbrook grows. That is why her merchants command a trade from such a large territory. That is why this year people in a radius of fifty to seven-ty-five miles around Cranbrook will do their shopping here. They know that they will get value received for every dollar they spend in the town.

MOVE ALONG A few of the men in this community who toil not, neither do they spin, have been given a nice blue paper by Constables Morris and Hoskins. There has been about as nasty a bunch of red light deadbeats hanging around the town for the past two months as could be found anywhere in the west, and the offi-cials are doing a good act when they send them out to battle with booze and the cold world in some other camp.

FOUND BONES OF A MAN ... Last Sun-day the bones of a man were found in a pile of drift wood in the Elk River about eight miles below Elko. Cory Dow went to the place when notified in hopes that he might be able to identify the remains, but the flesh was so far gone that it was impossible. It is supposed however, that the remains were those of the man who attempted to swim the Elk River at Morrissey about a year ago when the river was high and the current was swift.

READING ROOM PLANNED The W. C. T. T. are talking of instituting a reading room in Cranbrook. It would be a grand thing. With no public library, no place for young men to congregate, no resort where good literature and beneficial converse may be indulged in, many a boy gets started on the wrong road, If we had our way every church that was built by public contribu-tions, and that is the way all of them are paid for, would be provided with a comfort-able, roomy basement and that basement would be open six nights in the week for the young and the old to meet in, to read in, to play games in, to talk in, to lay foundations for future education and future industry. Get the habit is everything in this world, and if a young man gets the habit early in life of reading and thinking along intelligent lines, he will reap the benefits in later years, just as if he gets the habit of spending his time in loafing and idle, useless conversa-tion, he will reap the results of a life that is a failure from every standpoint.

A POPULAR HOTEL The Imperial Hotel is doing a better business every month, and this is due to the fact that the proprietors are making every endeavor to please the public. The hotel is nicely fur-nished, and dining room service is one that satisfies the public, and at the bar one can find the best in liquors and cigars. Messrs. Matheson and Small are anxious to meet the demands of the people and are willing to spend energy, money and time to ac-complish this, and perhaps that is one of the big reasons why they are meeting with such success in their business.

A WORTHY UNDERTAKING ... The girls mission band of the Methodist Church

will hold a sale of dolls, and useful and fancy articles for Christmas presents on Thursday December 8th from 4 to 6 oclock at the residence of Mrs. J. A. Harvey. Tea and refreshments also served. Proceeds devoted to the maintenance of an orphan Indian girl in the Kitamaat home.

DRAYING Draying is a Particular Business. We make that our business. Did you ever hear any complaints about our work? We employ the best men we can find to do the work. They are careful and prompt. That is why we please the people. We want your business and if we get it we will keep it, because we will satisfy you. Perry & Fitzger-ald proprietors of the Cranbrook Cartage and Transfer Co. Office opposite C. P. R. PHONE 63

FORT STEELE In future campaigns the Liberals of Steele might follow the prec-edent established by Conservatives in the recent election. The lesson of the election is that Conservatives can seldom win disunit-ed. If the government practically disfran-chised the electors of Kootenay, Conserva-tives should have put their shoulder the wheel and pushed the harder. .A wise counting will never pardon a government that attempts to disfranchise its electors. Conservatives, who desert their party in times when a national policy is at stake, will be remembered by the faithful in the future. During the recent election at Steele, Grits simply stood passive and let their Conser-vative friends push the Liberal wagon along.

LOVERS OF NATURE who enjoy a drive along the country roads should send to The Handley Livery Stables for the accessory outfit. The turnouts supplied by us are handsome, well-appointed and entirely satisfactory. They add much to the pleasure of a trip. There is nothing about horse or vehicle to cause uneasiness to a sensitive person nor anything in the appearance of either to jar those who are particular as to style. PAUL HANDLEY.

THE HOME NEWSPAPER Furnishes a class of news that cannot be found in the best metropolitan daily or weekly pub-lished. It is a weekly record of those events with which you are associated. It tells of the home, the ranch, the individual, the indus-tries that are making fame and fortune for South East Kootenay, the sports of the mountain and the valley. It tells of all that combines to make the mountain homes of British Columbians so attractive, and why people are anxious to return when absent on pleasure or business. The home paper is not only a joy and a source of information to your own home, but it is a weekly letter to relatives in the old home back east. Western news is always of interest to the old folks at home. No young man living in South East Kootenay should fail to send the home paper to those he has left behind. The fa-ther, the mother, the brother or sister, will soon watch for it with anxiety, because it tells the news of the country where the boy is living. The Herald is the home paper of the district. It covers the news field, it pic-tures from week to week the life in the west, it tells of the resources of South East Koote-nay, the richest district in resources in the Dominion. It is a paper that will give plea-sure to you and to the old folks at home. You should subscribe for it now for yourself, and you should send a copy back east. The Sub-scription is only $2.00 a year. You can afford it. You often spend $2.00 foolishly and dont miss it. Try this year spending $4.00 for The Herald, one copy for you, one copy for the good old folks at home. Try it for one year. You will never regret it.

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Kimberleys Bailey Park (above) has committed to the Yale University Bulldogs womens hockey program for the 2018-19 NCAA season.

East Kootenay hockey star commits to YaleKimberleys Bailey Park, 15, is headed to the NCAA in 2018-19 after committing to the ECACs Yale Bulldogs

Rockets beat Ice to spoil stellar showing from HoflinKootenay Ice goaltender Wyatt Hoflin makes 55 saves, but it isnt enough Wednesday night as Kelowna cruises

Taylor rocc aEast Kootenay minor

hockey has produced another star prospect for the NCAAs Yale Bull-dogs.

Kimberleys Bailey Park, 15, has committed to the Ivy League school located in New Haven, Conn., joining Cran-brook native Jenna Spring (2003-04 to 2006-07) as yet another East Kootenay product to suit up for the ECAC Di-vision I program.

Its an indescribable feeling, Park said Wednesday evening of her commitment to the Bulldogs womens hockey program. Im super excited.

I always thought about [playing for] the national program, but I never really thought [about college]. In the last couple years I start-ed thinking about uni-versity.

Parks ascent into a future NCAA star began in April 2015 when she attended a university showcase at the Warner Hockey School, located approximately 70 kilo-metres south east of Le-thbridge, Alta.

After captaining the U-16 Kootenay squad at the 2014 B.C. Winter Games, Park wrapped

her 2014-15 campaign by skating in Warner, which quickly caught the attention of scouts and coaches in attendance.

It was only a matter of time before the de-fender and Selkirk Sec-ondary School student was fielding emails and letters from American colleges in-quiring about her services.

Wishing to explore her op-tions in an ef-fort to deter-mine what program might be the best fit, Park at-tended the Banff Nation-al Camp Showcase in August 2015, which put her talents on display for more scouts and coach-es, bringing more op-tions to the table for the young 15-year-old blue-chipper.

Eventually, the Koo-tenay Nitros star nar-rowed her options down to four schools -- Quin-nipiac University (Ham-den, Conn.), Yale, Har-vard University (Cam-bridge, Mass.) and Syra-cuse University (Syra-cuse, N.Y.).

A week-long family trip to the northeastern United States gave Park the opportunity to find the best fit and Yale was

soon the standout.Their overall focus

is about hockey, Park said. Other schools have other sports as well. At Yale, the top of the list is hockey.

After Yale, Im hop-ing to pursue the nation-al program.

Should Park find her way to Cana-das national womens pro-gram one day, she wont be the first west-ern Canadian product to suit up for an Ivy

League NCAA hockey program before donning a red and white Canadi-an sweater.

E m e r a n c e Maschmeyer of Bruder-heim, Alta., is in her third season with the Harvard University Crimson. The 21-year-old goaltender has suited up for Team Canadas entries in a number of notable inter-national tournaments, including the IIHF World Womens U18 Champi-onships (2012), 4 Na-tions Cup (2014, 2015) and IIHF World Wom-ens Championships.

For now, Park will continue to hone her skills in the East Koote-nay. She currently plays for the Female Midget A

Kootenay Nitros, based out of Kimberley. The Nitros compete in the Rocky Mountain Female Hockey League, which is based out of Alberta.

With an elite stride and the ability to read the play well beyond her years, Park has regis-tered five goals and seven points through seven regular season games in 2015-16, lead-ing her team in scoring.

Im working on get-ting stronger and being the most dominant play-er on the ice every time Im on the ice, Park said.

Though she hasnt yet decided what she wants to study -- and there is plenty of time for the 15-year-old to figure that out -- Park is considering the idea of studying law when she makes her way to Yale.

Born in Nelson, Park first laced up the skates when she was little more than four years old, playing out of the Cas-tlegar Minor Hockey As-sociation.

After moving to the East Kootenay in 2006, she played out of the Cranbrook Minor Hock-ey Association, suiting up with mixed teams through her atom years as well as her first sea-son of pee wee hockey

before moving into fe-male hockey.

As a second-year pee wee player, Park made the early jump into fe-male bantam hockey in 2011-12.

Those hoping to watch Park and her Kootenay Nitros are in luck this weekend, as

the club is hosting its annual home tourna-ment at the Kimberley Civic Centre and Marys-ville Arena.

Our team needs to be focused and ready to go, Park said, looking forward to the home-town tournament this weekend.

Park and the Nitros hit the ice for the first time this weekend when they host Lethbridge Friday afternoon at 1:15 p.m. at the Kimberley Civic Centre.

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See ICE, Page 10

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Its not too often a goaltender finds himself on the receiving end of a standing ovation when hes in enemy territory,

but Kootenay Ice goal-tender Wyatt Hoflin was given some well-earned recognition for his per-formance Wednesday night in Kelowna.

Though he didnt come up with a win, Hoflin was marvellous at Prospera Place, turn-ing aside a whopping 55 shots as he did all he could to give his team a chance in a 4-1 loss to the Kelowna Rockets.

The 20-year-old na-tive of Spruce Grove, Alta., was named the games third star for his outstanding efforts and the 4,562 in attendance showed their apprecia-tion as well, giving the rival netminder a stand-ing ovation as he an-swered his curtain call.

He did exactly what hes supposed to do -- stop pucks and give us a chance to win hockey games, said Luke Pierce, head coach of the Kootenay Ice, over

the phone from Kelow-na Wednesday night. He shouldnt have to stop that many shots and be that heavily leaned on. But Wyatt approaches the game

the same every day. It doesnt matter who youre playing, hes al-ways going to work hard. He loves playing against opponents like [the Rockets] and we needed more of that

[from other guys].He wants that chal-

lenge. Ive got some other guys that I think dont want to be out there because its diffi-cult.

Unfortunately for the Ice, Hoflin was more or less the lone bright spot.

In a matchup pitting the Western Hockey Leagues first-place Rockets (20-6-1-0) against the last-place Ice (6-21-2-0), there was a clear divide as the hosts controlled play for the bulk of the night, out-shooting the visitors by a final margin of 59-19.

Thats a really good hockey team and I think most people probably rise to that challenge and put their best foot out there to try and give

people a run for their money, Pierce said. A lot of our group [Wednesday] looked in-timidated and scared and didnt use that chance to take a run at a real good hockey team.

If the challenge wasnt already great enough for the visitors from Cranbrook, the Rockets were boosted by the return of veteran forward Rourke Chartier (upper body injury), who was back in the

lineup for the first time since Oct. 6.

The 5-foot-11 San Jose Sharks prospect (2014 fifth round, 149th) roared back into the Kelowna lineup, mark-ing his return with fire-works as he ripped home three goals to fuel his clubs offense.

The Saskatoon native opened the scoring 7:04 into the first period, be-fore registering a pow-er-play marker 2:25 into the second period to give his team a com-manding 3-0 lead.

Less than four min-utes later, Chartier com-pleted the hat trick to give the hosts a 4-0 lead before the midpoint of the second period.

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KIJHL Standings WHL Standings

EddIE MountaIn dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF/A SKimberley Dynamiters 27 21 3 0 3 45 +55 W3Creston Valley T. Cats 25 16 7 1 1 34 +35 W1Fernie Ghostriders 26 15 9 0 2 32 +19 W4Col. Valley Rockies 29 15 14 0 0 30 -5 W1Golden Rockets 28 2 23 1 2 7 -89 L2

nEIL MurdocH dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SB. Valley Nitehawks 26 18 5 1 2 39 +35 W1Castlegar Rebels 27 18 8 1 0 37 +34 W4Nelson Leafs 26 13 12 0 1 27 -1 L1G. Forks Border Bruins 28 12 14 0 2 26 -32 L2Spokane Braves 28 4 20 0 4 12 -62 L3

doug BIrKS dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SKamloops Storm 28 19 7 0 2 40 +24 W1100 Mile H. Wranglers 28 16 8 0 4 36 +24 L1Chase Heat 26 15 7 3 1 34 +21 T1Revelstoke Grizzlies 24 10 11 1 2 23 -1 L4Sicamous Eagles 27 5 18 1 3 14 -57 T1

oKanagan dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SOsoyoos Coyotes 25 19 5 0 1 39 +49 W5Summerland Steam 26 17 9 0 0 34 +30 W1Kelowna Chiefs 27 15 10 2 0 32 +12 L1Princeton Posse 26 7 18 0 1 15 -48 W1N. Okanangan Knights 29 5 19 1 4 15 -43 L4

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM1. Cole Keebler FER 24 24 24 48 102. Rainer Glimpel OSO 25 16 25 41 263. Jason Richter KIM 25 20 20 40 2 4. Alec Wilkinson CVT 24 9 30 39 125. Zach Befus FER 24 17 19 36 296. Micheal Cardinal CVR 27 17 19 36 677. Jared Marchi KIM 27 15 21 36 148. Jack Mills SUM 26 17 18 35 509. Eric Buckley KIM 27 11 24 35 5810. Jace Weegar BVN 24 11 21 32 20

Goaltending Leaders (min. four games played)Player Team GAA SP W L T SO 1. Jacob Mullen SUM 1.81 .931 8 3 0 12. Brett Soles OSO 1.87 .939 13 3 0 33. Aidan Doak REV 1.88 .937 6 4 1 04. Matthew Huber SUM 1.88 .925 8 3 0 55. Tavin Grant KAM 1.90 .931 8 3 0 16. Tyson Brouwer KIM 1.99 .929 16 4 0 47. Brock Lefebvre CVT 2.05 .941 14 7 1 28. Billy Gorn BVN 2.06 .920 3 1 1 09. Logan Sawka CGR 2.11 .932 6 3 0 110. Nic Bruyere CHA 2.15 .933 12 4 2 1

*does not include game from Wed., Dec. 2 (NEL at CGR)

cEntraL dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Red Deer Rebels 27 19 8 0 0 38 +32 W3Lethbridge Hurricanes 26 17 9 0 0 34 +27 W4Calgary Hitmen 28 16 10 1 1 34 -1 OTL1Edmonton Oil Kings 28 11 14 3 0 25 -16 W3Medicine Hat Tigers 24 7 14 2 1 17 -20 L4 Kootenay Ice 28 6 20 2 0 14 -49 L4 EaSt dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Prince Albert Raiders 26 16 7 2 1 35 +7 W1Brandon Wheat Kings 25 15 8 0 2 32 +20 W1Moose Jaw Warriors 27 13 9 4 1 31 +5 W1 Regina Pats 25 12 11 2 0 26 -13 L1Saskatoon Blades 25 10 12 3 0 23 -22 L1Swift Current Broncos 26 8 15 3 0 19 -17 L1

B.c. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Kelowna Rockets 26 19 6 1 0 39 +27 L1Victoria Royals 28 18 8 1 1 38 +33 W2Prince George Cougars 25 14 9 1 1 30 +4 W2Kamloops Blazers 24 12 9 3 0 27 +8 W1Vancouver Giants 26 6 16 2 2 16 -33 W1

u.S. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Seattle Thunderbirds 25 16 7 2 0 34 +22 OTL1Spokane Chiefs 27 14 10 2 1 31 -3 L1Everett Silvertips 23 14 7 0 2 30 +18 W3Portland Winterhawks 24 12 12 0 0 24 +8 L2Tri-City Americans 27 10 16 1 0 21 -27 L1

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM 1. Tyson Baillie KEL 26 17 28 45 362. Brayden Point MJW 19 18 25 43 83. Dryden Hunt MJW 27 19 21 40 144. Ivan Nikolishin RDR 27 17 23 40 25. Mathew Barzal SEA 22 7 33 40 266. Jon Martin SCB 24 23 16 39 377. Reid Gardiner PAR 26 17 22 39 178. Brayden Burke LET 26 6 33 39 149. Kailer Yamamoto SPO 27 9 28 37 1210. Radel Fazleev CGY 28 13 22 35 16

Goaltending Leaders (min. 480 min played)Player Team GAA SP W L OT SO 1. Carter Hart EVT 1.61 .939 14 6 2 62. Logan Thompson BWK 2.05 .923 8 1 0 03. Coleman Vollrath VIC 2.20 .920 15 7 1 14. Ty Edmonds PGC 2.26 .932 7 4 1 15. Jayden Sittler LET 2.38 .921 8 5 0 16. Logan Flodell SEA 2.52 .902 10 4 2 07. Jackson Whistle KEL 2.56 .920 14 3 1 18. Ian Scott PAR 2.58 .918 7 2 0 1 9. Rylan Toth RDR 2.61 .911 14 6 0 210. Jordan Papirny BWK 2.81 .890 7 7 2 1*does not include games from Wednesday, Dec. 2

Nitros shuffle roster late TuesdayGM Mike Reid ships Zach Morey to Nelson; adds Brendon Benson from SJHL

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Defenceman Zach Morey (#4) battles for position in front of Kimberley Dynamiters goaltender Mitch Traichevich on Nov. 10.

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Kimberley Dynamit-ers general manager Mike Reid kept busy Tuesday as KIJHL teams were required to pare down rosters to 25 card-ed players by Dec. 1.

First, Reid bolstered his teams top-six with the signing of 19-year-old forward Brendon Benson.

The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Benson -- a na-tive of Lethbridge, Alta. -- joins the Dynamiters following a stint with the Kindersley Klippers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL).

We scouted the Sas-katchewan League very heavily, Reid said. Things just werent re-ally working out for him in Kindersley and so hes decided to join us.

Were already fairly skilled, so hes going to add some more depth to that skill so we dont have to rely on our top-end guys so much. We can spread it around a little bit.

In 16 games with the SJHLs Klippers, the right-handed Benson tallied three goals and seven points.

Benson isnt the only product of the SJHL to join the Dynamiters this season, as forward Gra-ham Dugdale came to the East Kootenay fol-lowing training camp with the Melfort Mus-tangs.

Though not direct from Saskatchewan, re-cent addition Brodie Buhler also spent nine games with the SJHLs Melville Millionaires during the 2014-15 cam-paign and came to the Nitros via the Steinbach Pistons of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League earlier this season.

A former Midget AAA teammate of Dy-namiters defenceman Justin Meier, Benson spent the 2013-14 cam-paign with the Calgary

Canucks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League he registered six goals and 16 points in 42 games.

According to Reid, Benson was coveted by many teams around the KIJHL and it was Meier playing a key role in bringing him to Kim-berley.

With 58 games of Ju-nior A experience under his belt, the ex-pectation is that Benson will step into a regular role in the Nitros top six, adding speed and skill to an already quick and talented group.

To make room for Benson, Reid then shipped 18-year-old de-fenceman Zach Morey to the Nelson Leafs in exchange for a player development fee.

It gives Zach a chance to play some more minutes in a more prominent role, Reid said.

It was purely a num-bers game. We had to get down and we looked at what was the best fit moving forward.

Zach is definitely a top-six defenceman in our league. Theres no doubt about that. Hes a great kid and the guys liked him. There was no issue other than some-one has to go to make room.

Morey, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound native of Calgary, skated in 14 games with the Nitros this season, collecting two assists.

Reid originally ac-quired Morey from the Revelstoke Grizzlies on Sept. 21. The big blue-liner marked the final piece in a deal con-summated June 10 be-tween the Grizzlies and Nitros in which goalten-der Brody Nelson was traded to Revelstoke in exchange for future con-siderations.

According to Reid, the addition of Benson was both to address depth in the short-term

and the long-term, as the Dynamiters have a handful of key forwards out of the lineup due to injury.

Heading into the weekend, forwards Jesse Wallace (shoulder, in-definite) remains out of the lineup as does Marco Campanella (upper body). Rookie Korbyn Chabot has been dealing with a lower-body injury since Nov. 10.

To top it off, captain Jason Richter has been bothered by an up-per-body injury since later October, though his production this weekend might suggest hes feeling closer to 100 per cent.

With Campanella and Wallace, were not really sure how this is going to work out, Reid said. We had to make sure that between now and Jan. 10 that we have ourselves covered.

[Benson] is definite-ly an upgrade for us and regardless of our current situation, we still wouldve made a spot for him.

Benson laced up the skates for his first prac-tice with the Dynamit-ers (21-3-0-3) Tuesday evening and is expected to be in the lineup Fri-day night when Morey and the Leafs (13-12-0-1) visit the Kimberley Civic Centre for a Koote-nay Conference clash.

Puck drop between the Leafs and Nitros is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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NelsoN leaFs at Kimberley dyNamiters

GAME TIME: 7 P.M. (MT) - Kimberley Civic Centre LEAFS vs. DYNAMITERS 13-12-0-1 RECORD 21-3-0-3 Third (Neil Murdoch) DIVISION First (Eddie Mountain) 75 GF 112 76 GA 57 19th (10.3%) PP Third (21.3%) Seventh (85.4%) PK Fourth (87.9%) T. Garcia (9-6-15) TOP SCORER J. Richter (20-20-40) Z. Babin (3.93 GAA) TOP GOALIE T. Brouwer (1.99 GAA) L1 STREAK W3 TBA at CGR (Dec. 2) LAST GAME 6-5 W vs. SPO (Nov. 28) Dec. 5 vs. CVR NEXT GAME Dec. 9 at CVT

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SNOW REMOVAL ON STREET PARKING

During snow events in the winter months, City of Cranbrook crews and contractors will be out busy clearing the streets. Residents are encouraged to avoid parking their vehicles on the street if possible, as the City of Cranbrook will not be responsible for vehicle damage caused by snow removal operations.

ICE FORMING ON LOCAL WATER BODIES; CITY URGES RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY

CHILDREN TO USE CAUTION

The ice is just beginning to form on both lakes at Idlewild Park and Elizabeth Lake, Joseph Creek and other local water bodies.

Thin ice creates many dangers for children who are unaware. Parents are asked to please talk to your children about the dangers and to stay off the ice until it is six inches thick.

This year due to the uctuating water levels at Idlewild, the lake will remain closed to the public for the entire season. Signs will be in place throughout the winter months asking people to please stay off the ice. Public Works will be installing outdoor ice surfaces at Baker Park and also at Pop Price Park this year as soon as the temperatures allow.

Free public skating is also available all winter long at the Kinsmen Arena sponsored by the Kin Club of Cranbrook. There is also Parent/Tot and Senior skating at the Memorial Arena and Non-Instructional Day skates at the Kinsmen Arena. Visit http://western nancialplace.ca/services/public-skating/ for details or contact Leisure Service at 489-0220.

HELP KEEP CITY CLEAR OF ICE & SNOW THIS WINTER

To help keep the public safe and mobile during the winter months, the City is asking residents and businesses to help out by keeping streets and sidewalks clear of snow and ice.

Clearing snow is not just the responsibility of Public Works, which does the best they can with the resources available to keep the community moving during the winter months. Responsibility also lies with each resident and business owner to help clear around their home or business.

Avoiding leaving your vehicle parked on the street during snowfalls wherever possible will also help make clearing the streets easier for City plows. Residents are also asked to please avoid pushing or blowing snow from their sidewalks, driveways and any windrows back into the street, after the City plows have been by.

For more information about how the City clears the streets and why decisions are made the way they are, priority route maps and more, please visit our website at www.cranbrook.ca, and click on Snow Removal Information listed under City of Cranbrook Links on the homepage.

CRANBROOK TRANSIT SYSTEM

When heading to work, out to shop or just to explore the City, why not consider using the Cranbrook Transit System. It is an affordable, reliable and environmentally responsible option for daily travel in the City. For information on schedules, maps, fares and passes, visit City Hall, Leisure Services at Western Financial Place or the Greyhound Bus Depot on Cranbrook Street. Visit our website for more information or call the Cranbrook Transit System Information Line at 250-417-4636.

DEER FEEDING PROHIBITION BYLAW

Under this bylaw, no one is to provide deer with food by intentionally leaving food, food waste or other attractive edible material intended for the sole purposed of feeding deer. For example, leaving out a bale of hay, a bag of apples or other compostable food scraps on a residential lot or property where these items are not consistently being grown or produced for human consumption would be seen as an

infraction to the bylaw. Visit our website and click on Bylaws for

more on all of our City bylaws.

Reminders...Monday December 7, 2015

Regular City Council Meeting @ 6pm**Organizational meeting.

Kootenay Ice Scoring SummaryWedneSday, december 2

Kootenay Ice 1at KeloWna rocKetS 4

First Period 1. KEL - R. Chartier, (4) (G. Ballhorn, N. Merkley), 7:042. KEL - J. Kirkland, (10) (T. Baillie), 19:12Second Period 3. KEL - R. Chartier, (5) (N. Merkley, L. Johansen), 2:25 (PP)4. KEL - R. Chartier, (6) (D. Dube, T. Baillie), 6:035. KTN - M. Patterson, (3) (unassisted), 19:19Third Period - No scoringShots 1 2 3 TKootenay Ice 8 3 8 19 Kelowna Rockets 19 23 17 59Goaltenders Saves Mins SV%KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 55/59 60:00 0.932KEL - Jackson Whistle 18/19 60:00 0.947Power playsKootenay Ice 0/2 (00.0%)Kelowna Rockets 1/4 (25.0%)Three Stars1) C Rourke Chartier, Kelowna Rockets (3G);2) C Nick Merkley, Kelowna Rockets (2A); 3) G Wyatt Hoflin, Kootenay Ice (55 saves)Attendance: 4,562 (Prospera Place)

Scoring StatisticsPlayer GP G A PTS PIM Luke Philp 22 13 16 29 30 Zak Zborosky 18 11 9 20 6Jesse Zaharichuk 19 4 9 13 4Matt Alfaro 29 6 6 12 40Dylan Stewart 28 4 3 7 4Vince Loschiavo 29 3 4 7 16Austin Wellsby 29 3 4 7 4Cale Fleury 18 2 5 7 10Tanner Lishchynsky 21 0 7 7 24Bryan Allbee 28 2 4 6 16Roman Dymacek 29 2 4 6 18Mario Grman 29 0 5 5 26Max Patterson 22 3 1 4 16Dylan Overdyk 28 0 4 4 10Noah Philp 28 0 4 4 12River Beattie 22 2 1 3 17Jason Wenzel 18 2 0 2 6Dallas Hines 22 1 1 2 12Jared Legien 28 1 1 2 21Shane Allan 23 0 2 2 16Troy Murray 27 0 2 2 25Jaedon Descheneau 2 0 1 1 5Wyatt Hoflin 21 0 1 1 2Eli Lieffers (AP) 2 0 0 0 0Connor Barley (AP) 3 0 0 0 0Austin Gray 4 0 0 0 0Goaltending StatisticsPlayer W L OT/SL SO GAA SPWyatt Hoflin 4 15 1 1 3.80 0.897Declan Hobbs 1 5 1 0 4.16 0.885

November GlanceFri., Nov. 6 vs. Medicine Hat Tigers (4-3 OT W)Sat., Nov. 7 at Lethbridge Hurricanes (3-2 L)Fri., Nov. 13 at Calgary Hitmen (6-0 L)Sat., Nov. 14 at Medicine Hat Tigers (6-3 L)Tues., Nov. 17 vs. Everett Silvertips (2-0 L)Fri., Nov. 20 vs. Moose Jaw Warriors (2-1 W)Sat., Nov. 21 vs. Swift Current Broncos (2-1 W)Wed., Nov. 25 vs. Red Deer RebelsThurs., Nov. 26 at Lethbridge HurricanesSat., Nov. 28 vs. Lethbridge Hurricanes

*all games at 7 p.m. Mountain (unless otherwise noted)

Ice fall to Rockets despite heroic HoflinContinued from page 8

As time wound down in the second, it ap-peared as though the Rockets were going to not only keep the Ice off the scoresheet, but off the shot counter as well.

With the final minute ticking off the clock, Ka-mloops native Max Pat-terson cruised down the right wing, firing a long-range shot towards Rockets goaltender

Jackson Whistle.What shouldve been

a harmless shot (and Kootenays first of the middle period), turned into a fortuitous bounce for the visitors as Whis-tle booted the puck into defenceman Cal Foote, leading into a ricochet goal for the rookie Pat-terson. The Ice were on the board trailing 4-1 heading into the third

period.Despite saving their

best hockey for the final 20 minutes of regulation, the Ice didnt get any closer as the Rockets shifted into cruise con-trol the rest of the way.

Our third period might have been our best period, Pierce said. But at that point, I think Kelownas just coasting out. Its hard to find a lot

of good things [in our performance].

The 20-year-old Whistle finished the night with 18 stops for his 15th victory of the season as the Rockets became the first WHL club to reach the 20-win plateau this season.

At the other end, Hoflin faced an absolute barrage of shots in what is becoming a scary trend for the Ice.

Four of the teams previous five games have seen opponents put a minimum of 43 shots on net. In total, the Ice have surrendered 40 or more shots on eight occasions this season.

Youve got to get the puck out of your end, Pierce said. Its the most simple solution. We spend too much time trying to make the fancy play or the cute play.

Were not a style team. When youve been stuck in your end for 10 or 15 seconds then dont be afraid to shoot the puck up out of the zone. Get it off the glass. We

continue to want to carry or make soft passes and teams are pursuing us really hard.

Rockets left wing Jus-tin Kirkland rounded out the scoring for the hosts, providing a back-break-ing goal with 48 seconds remaining in the first pe-riod to give Kelowna a 2-0 advantage.

The season-long, five-game road trip through the B.C. Divi-sion continues Friday evening for the Koote-nay Ice as they visit the Vancouver Giants (7-16-2-2) before carrying on to face the Victoria Roy-als (18-8-1-1) Saturday.

Notes: The Ice saw C Shane Allan (four-game suspension) return to the lineup Wednesday With Allans return, the Ice went without D Bryan Allbee (lower body, day to day), D Tyler King (knee), C Luke Philp (ankle), RW Jaedon Descheneau (shoulder), RW Zak Zborosky (lower body) and RW River Beattie (head)

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Toronto Blue Jays sign 1B Justin Smoak

C AnAdiAn PReSSTORONTO - Justin Smoak signed a one-year deal

with the Toronto Blue Jays worth US$3.9 million on Wednesday, avoiding arbitration.

Smoak, who turns 30 on Saturday, appeared in 132 games for Toronto last season batting .236 with 18 home runs, reaching a career high in RBIs (59).

Smoak, the 11th overall pick of the 2008 draft by Texas is a veteran of six seasons, has a .224 career average with 92 home runs and 223 RBIs for Texas, Seattle and Toronto.

He made $1 million this year. He was claimed by Toronto off waivers from Seattle in October 2014 after hitting .202 with seven homers and 30 RBIs in 80 games with the Mariners that year. The Blue Jays failed to offer him a contract, then re-signed him, getting around the rule that prevents teams from cut-ting a players salary by more than 20 per cent from the previous year. Smoak earned $2,637,500 in 2013.

Mariners add OF Nori aokitim Booth

Associated Press

SEATTLE - Outfielder Nori Aoki and the Seattle Mariners have agreed on a one-year contract pend-ing a physical, according to anonymous sources.

Aoki is coming off an injury-filled 2015 season with the San Francisco Giants that will lead to an extensive medical review by the Mariners.

Aoki was limited to 93 games due to a broken right leg and a severe concussion in the second half of the season. San Francisco, which turned down a $5.5 million option on Aoki last month, said Aoki was healthy and the injuries did not play a role in the de-cision to decline the option.

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Whitecaps Kootenay girls squads strike at Seattle soccer showcase

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The Whitecaps Koo-tenay Academy is back in Canada following a successful sojourn to Seattle, in which three girls teams travelled south of the border for tournament play in Washington State.

The tournament was a huge success, wrote Brett Adams, Whitecaps Kootenay Regional head coach, via email Mon-day. The results were close in most of the games and we came away with some wins. This is the first time that the Kootenay teams have won in America.

The trio of Whitecaps squads, consisting of athletes from Castlegar, Cranbrook, Fernie, In-vermere, Kimberley, Nelson and Trail, com-peted at the 2015 Astro-Turf Collegiate Show-case from Nov. 27 to 29 at the Starfire Soccer Centre.

All three Whitecaps crews played up an age division in Seattle -- the U14 team competed in U15, the U15 club com-peted in U16 and a com-bined U16/17 outfit competed in U17.

The most successful of the three squads was

the U16/17 girls squad as they posted a third-place finish (2-2-0) in the five-team Group D.

Opening the tourna-ment, the U16/17 Whitecaps fell 2-1 to RVS Orange, before re-sponding with a 2-0 blanking of Fusion 98 the following day.

The U16/17 White-caps strung together back-to-back wins with a 4-2 victory over the ISC Gunners in their third tilt of the tourna-ment before dropping their final contest 2-1 to FC Alliance.

The girls played some amazing soccer, Adams wrote. [The 4-2 win over ISC] will be re-membered for a hat trick from Naomi Perkins.

Its fair to say that the standout player from the tournament was Naomi Perkins, who scored five goals in the four matches.

Perkins, a native of Nelson, is hoping to ob-

tain a soccer scholar-ship by the end of this academic year and after her electric perfor-mance in Seattle, Adams has high hopes.

The U15 Whitecaps squad wrapped up tour-nament play with a third-place finish in Group C, while the U15 Whitecaps wound up fourth in the four-team Group B.

The highlight for the U14s came in the teams final game of the week-end -- a 1-0 victory over the HPFC Eagles.

Eva DOdorico regis-tered the lone strike as the Whitecaps pressed the game and controlled the play.

Having never won at this tournament be-fore, to come away with victories and solid per-formances in a fantastic achievement, Adams wrote. [It] shows the progress of what has been happening in the Kootenays.

Boasted as a scouting showcase, the AstroTurf Collegiate Showcase brought in scouts from and representatives from nearly 30 Ameri-can and Canadian uni-versities and colleges, including but not limit-ed to Central Washing-

ton University, Universi-ty of Lethbridge and North Idaho College.

As it stands, there are 340 prospects playing in three Whitecaps devel-

opment centres through the Kootenays -- 130 based out of Nelson, 120 based out of Cranbrook and 90 based out of Cas-tlegar/Trail.

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Sebastian Giovinco has been named MVP of Major League Soccer.

Its the latest and big-gest accolade this season for the 28-year-old Ital-ian international. Giovinco won the Gold-en Boot as the leagues top scorer, was voted top newcomer and named to the league Best XI. He is also a finalist for goal of the year.

In his first season in North America, Giovin-co rewrote the Toronto FC record book while leading the league with 22 goals and 16 assists.

He also helped lead Toronto to the playoffs for the first time

Giovinco beat out Columbus striker Kei Kamara and Sporting Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber in vot-ing by players, league officials and media.

The MVP award is named after retired U.S. star Landon Donovan.

Giovinco is the first player on a Canadian team to win MVP hon-ours. Canadian Dwayne de Rosario won in 2011 when he started the sea-son in Toronto but was traded to the New York Red Bulls before finish-

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Giovinco did not come cheap, with a sala-ry of US$7.1 million. But the Italian was directly involved in two-thirds of Torontos 58 goals this season.

He also led the league in shots (181) and shots on goal (73).

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Feilhaber made $362,200 this season while Kamara earned $536,650.

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The newspaper, cit-ing law enforcement offi-cials, reported at least some arrests took place at the same luxury hotel

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The report said po-lice entered the Baur au Lac hotel at 6 a.m.

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