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Kimberley ChronicleFREE

Volume 12 August 13, 2012 kimberleychronicle@gma

Your Biweekly Source for Kimberleys Past, Present & Future

Boo: Kicking Horses resident grizzly. Photo Courtesy of Golden Tourism

Kimberleys ough SurvivorsWhen it comes to bears andbear attacks, everyone seems tohave an opinion. Very ew peo-ple on the other hand, have eltthe touch o a wild Ursus(bear),even ewer have elt the dreadedUsrus arctos horribilus (grizzlybear). A ew years ago at leastthree o these especially toughpeople called Kimberley home.Just over ve years ago Je Rayhailing rom Morrisson Suband Tea Bailey rom ChapmanCamp had such an encounter.Tey were both working nearthe White River in betweenWhiteswan Provincial Park andHeight o the Rockies ProvicialPark doing road and cutblocklayout or embec. While as-sessing a stream and and anadjoining Wildlie ree PatchTea was the rst to see thebear. Continued on Page 2

Welcome to our twelth edition o Kimberley Chronicle! We hope everyone is enjoying our beauti

ul August weather. In this issue we have a story o survival and toughness. Just to be clear we arenot trying to scare or even educate people about bears. Tere is plenty o that inormation availablrom other sources. We would like to ocus on the story o the people involved and celebrate the athat they are still around to tell their awesome stories. As someone who works in the bush everydaI take solace in the act that Ive met three people in Kimberley that have survived a grizzly attack.We would like to remind people however, to be cautious as berry picking season is now upon us. Aper usual we love hearing rom our readers. I anyone has comments, a current event they would liprinted, or a local business or service they would like advertised please eel ree to contact us at kimberleychronicle@gmail.com or at 427-5430.

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contd. As she was slowly backing away eeling or her bearsprshe was yelling to Je BEAR. When Je came chargithrough the bush yelling at the bear the bear tunred to Je acharged. Je managed to get under a allen log beore exchaning blows with the bear. Te bear walked away with gougeyes and caulk boot marks on its ace towards Tea who wready with her can o bearspray. Te bearspray was eecti

However Je had severe lacerations on right his leg and bbarks on his arms which made getting out o the bush extremly difcult. Tea ran back to their vehicle and let Je with thal used can o bearspray. Tea ound help and they were abto get Je out o the bush and back to the road. Ater that texact chain o events are somewhat conusing, however the important thing is that eventually a helicopter arrived to take Jto a hospital.Je has since moved to Victoria where he is a carpenter a

Tea has moved to Cranbrook, needless to say the event wlie altering or both o them.wenty years beore Je and Teas incident, long time Kimberley resident Bob Plant had a similar run in with a grizzBobs story will be told in a uture issue o Kimberley Chronias he is not only a grizzly attack survivor but also a local pioneo a popular winter pasttime.

Te great hump behind a grizzlys head is solid muscle, enabling it to overtu

50-kg rocks with its front paws, or kill an elk with a single blow.

During its winter sleep the grizzly loses about 1 kg of bodyweight each daySome grizzlies emerge f rom their sleep 50% lighter.

Despite their great size, grizzlies are nimble enough to catch squirrels andmice.

Originating in China, the ancestors of the modern grizzly crossed landbridges from Asia to North America some 40,000 years ago.

Grizzlies often enter their winter dens just ahead of a snowstorm, so that thsnow covers up their fresh tracks and seals them in for their long winter slee

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Te Kimberley Branch o the Order o the Eastern Star is collectingpostage stamps, Campbell Soup Labels and Pop Can abs or variouscharities. Tese items can be dropped o at Curves or at 960 Rotary.

Free Yoga Classes!(donations for a refugee family will be accepted)

Hot Yoga is coming to Kimberley! Until the studio is up and

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rivia1) Where did the term grizzly come rom in relation to thebear species?

2) Who would win in a race? A grizzly bear or Usain Bolt?

3) What is a grizzlies average heart rate during hibernation?

4) What was the real Smokey Bears original name?

5) What was one o the rst instances o bear and humaninterations?

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Pre-Tox Drop-In B-BallThursday 5:30 pm at couron Stemwinder (up at ski

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Upcoming EventsMonday August 13: Hot Yoga at Blarchmont Park, 9:30-10:45am, Free however donations to a local reugee amilywould be greatly appreciated.Wednesday August 15: Wild West Wednesdays at FortSteele.Wednesday August 15: Hot Yoga at Blarchmont Park, 6:30-7:30 pm.Wednesday August 15: Free Family Swim, 6-7pm.Monday August 20: Hot Yoga at Blarchmont Park, 9:30-10:45am.Wednesday August 22: Hot Yoga at Barchmont Park, 6:30-7:30pm.Tursday August 23: Kimberley Nature Park Society PleinAir Walk. Meet at 6pm at the Riverside Campground, bringsketching or painting materials.Saturday August 25: Saturday Night on the own at FortSteele.

rivia Answers1) Te name comes rom its usual coloration which is a griz-zled gray color o its ur although the color is variable includ-

ing whitish, blackish and brownish.2) A grizzly bear. Bears can reach speeds o 48 km/hr, Us-ains maximum speed reached is only 43km/hr and his averagespeed over 100m is 37km/hr.3) Teir herat rate can drop rom an average o 40 beats perminute to as low as 8 beats per minute during hibernation.4) Hotoot eddy; he was a balck bear that was rescued rom awildre in New Mexico in 1950.5) Tere are caves in France that have paintings rom 32,000years ago indicating that humans competed with cave bearsor cave space.