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City presents Sustainable Community Builder Award
The City of Cranbrook May 22 presented the Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary with the 2012 Sustainable Community Builder Award. Above photo: Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski (centre) with members of City Council and Chris Ayling, Cranbrook Connected Chair (back centre) present … > Read More
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Horoscope for the week beginning May 24
By Michael O’Connor Tip of the Week This Full Moon on May 25 is a special one indeed. Not only it is the fruition of the Solar Eclipse New Moon seed of May 9, it too is an eclipse. Eclipses … > Read More
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Tee Off for Kootenay Kids Golf Gala
Get your eagle eyes honed because there is an upcoming charity golf tournament with a wealth of hole-in-one-prizes. The Kootenay Child Development Centre is presenting a summer golf extravaganza at St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino called the Tee Off … > Read More
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BC Coroners Service warns of high-water dangers
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Tee Off for Kootenay Kids Golf Gala
Get your eagle eyes honed because there is an upcoming charity golf tournament with a wealth of hole-in-one-prizes. The Kootenay Child Development Centre is presenting a summer golf extravaganza at St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino called the Tee Off … > Read More
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New pharmacy open in Marysville
A new pharmacy opened for business in Marysville on May 17. Gray’s Compounding Pharmacy Remedy’s RX, The Local Drug Store, owned by Michelle and Andrew Gray, is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in downtown Marysville. … > Read More
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KST begins season by hosting chamber mingler
Kimberley Summer Theatre hosted the latest Kimberley and District Chamber of Commerce Business Cards and Beverages mingler May 16 at the Chateau Kimberley. Long-time Summer Theatre volunteer extraordinaire Shirley Ross addressed about 30 chamber members and asked the community to … > Read More
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Obituary for Gary Whiting
Obituary for Gary Whiting Gary Whiting 1953 – 2013 Gary passed away at his home in Cranbrook on Thursday, May 23, 2013 with his family at his side after a brief battle with Cancer. Left to mourn his passing are … > Read More
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Cranbrook Sign Bylaw
A head is worth more than $29Posted: July 19, 2012
Seventeen years ago I wrote one my first articles for the media. Since then I have written hundreds of articles, stories and press releases on police related issues.
The inspiration for my first article was a photo I’d taken of my very young daughter trying to put on my bike helmet. Well, I am still on that soap box. I ride thousands of kilometers on a bicycle every year. I along with fellow riders never go without a helmet. But there seems to be a number of persons who rarely if ever wear a helmet. Is there something they know that we don’t? Or visa versa?
I do know that if I fall and hit my head it’s going to hurt. If I fall hard enough the results could be far worse. So that brings me up to force. In my high school physics days I learned that force equals height x gravity. Gravity is 32 feet/sec. So if I read this right the taller you are the harder you hit. So why do parents force kids to wear helmets but don’t themselves? They, who presumably are taller, are going to hit significantly harder. Do the math. Maybe we should go back to something much simpler; a $29 fine for not wearing your helmet. I would hope that your head is worth a lot more than $29.
By Cpl. Chris Newel,
Kimberley RCMP
