kimberley chronicle issue #21

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Kimberley ChronicleFREE

Volume 21 Monday January 7, 2013 [email protected]

Your Biweekly Source for Kimberleys Past, Present & Future

Myrtle Mountain Moguls

Skiiers at Myrtle Mountain in the 1930s. Photo courtesy oColumbia Basin Institute o Regional History. Prints availabl

www.basinintitute.org

Welcome everyone to the rst issue o Kim-berley Chronicle in 2013! We apologize ianyone missed out on any upcoming eventsdue to us taking a ew weeks of over theholdidays. In this issue we have the storyo the Myrtle Mountain Ski Hill in what isnow the Kimberley Nature Park. We hope

you enjoy it. I you would like to check outour back issues they are available online; youcan access them rom our Facebook page.Our resolution or 2013 is to have a properwebsite up and running. As or now i youwould like to contact us you can email usat [email protected], like ourFacebook page or call us at 427-5430.

People have been skiing in Kimberley or 110years now. Evah McGowan was a teacher inKimberley in 1903 and used to take her stu-dents out on the slopes during recess. Wecan only assume that these were the rst ski-iers on the run which is now appropriatelycalled Schoolhouse. Evah thought that herand her sisters were pretty hot to trot on theslopes until the Norwegians came to town.

By 1910 mine manager Gus Jostad was ski-ing the 6km rom the top o the

top o the mine into town. TeKimberley Ski Club was ormedin 1931 and a small cabin wasbuilt on the NorthStar Hill in1934. By 1936 they needed alarger cabin and was built at thebase o Myrtle Moutain.

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Te new lodge was a beautiul log cabin with a large stone place and a generator to run some electric lights. Te ski rwas even lit at times or night skiing. Since there was no lskiiers had to earn their turns and hike to the top. Even thouthere was no lit; on weekends hundreds o people would the 4km rom town over to the hill to get a ew runs in. Twere some great times had by all; some serious skills were d

veloped and plenty o cofee and hot chocolate was drank in tancy lodge. Ten Hitler had to go and ruin everything. Maskiiers that were just getting to be in their prime were shippof overseas to ght the Nazis. By the time they got back skiihad become so popular that the Kimbelrey Ski Club was ougrowing Myrtle Mountain and moved back to the North SHill. So next time your strolling through the Nature Park (phaps at the KNPS guided snowshoe hike on Saturday Janua12) and you get to Mytle Junction, try to spot where the lod

used to be. Te run is a bit grown in but still noticeable anda reminder o Kimberleys skiing heritage.

JOKES

Tree snowboarders are riding in the backseat o a car. Who is dring?Te sheri!

How do you tell a ski instructor rom a pizza?

A pizza can eed a amily o our!

How many ski instructors does it take to change a light bulb?wo, one to change the bulb and one to say Nice turn, nice turn!

wo Skiers were on their way out to the slopes. One said, Where did yget your new skis?Te second skier replied, Well, I was skiing along yesterday minding mown business when a beautiul woman came up on these skis. She uclipped them rom her bindings and threw them to the ground, took all her clothes and said, ake what you want.

Te second skier nodded approvingly, Good choice; the clothes probawouldnt have ft.


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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 of at Curves or at 960 Rotary.

rivia & Puzzles

1) Which county in Norway has a style o skiing named aterit?

2) How long were downhill skis in the 1860s?

3) In early alpine ski racing, what was a geschmozzle start?

4) 5) 6)

7) 8) 9)

The City Wants to KnowWhat YOU Think!

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Complete the survey atwww.kimberleysurvey.comor go rant at Matt & Andy at

Story & Co. in the Platzl.

While we at Kimberley Chronicle would preer to look at the pastrather than predict the uture, we believe that one thing will haveto happen in the near uture. Something needs to replace KIO-

TAC. Love them or hate them, accordions helped put a post-mineKimberley on the map. We encourage everyone to read our is-sue #10 (available online via our acebook page - we also havea ew coee stained copies in our fles) to learn how Bill Baergand company helped start KIOTAC. We also encourage anyonewanting to start another estival or event to go have a chat withBill over some homebrews; we will supply the homebrew and giveyour event ree advertising or as long as it is wanted.

We would like to wish Trevor athe gaing at Kootenay Cycla speedy recovery from this seback in their business. We ar

glad that nobody was hurt.

We are still accepting submissions until January 12Fan judged best in show wins $1000.

Send us your short flms, slide shows and photos.

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Upcoming EventsTuesday January 8: Trough Youthul Eyes Gallery Exhibitopens at Centre 64. uesday to Saturday rom 1-5pm.Saturday January 12: Kimberley Nature Park Society Guid-ed Snowshoe Hike to the top o Myrtle Mountain. Meet atthe Swan Ave entrance at 10am or a 3-4 hour hike. Bringsnacks a warm beverage and your snowshoes.Saturday January 12: Live musinc at the Stemwinder eatur-

ing Te Pursuits rom 3-6pm.Tuesday January 15: Dynamiters vs Columbia Valley Rock-ets. 7pm at the Civic Centre.Saturday January 19: Homegrown Cofee House at Centre64, 8pm.Saturday January 19: Live musinc at the Stemwinder eatur-ing Te Peaks rom 3-6pm.

rivia Answers1) elemark, Norway. 6) Bettter sae than sorry2) From 10 to 25 eet long and were called snowshoes.3) All the racers lined up at the top o the hill and started at the sametime, fnding their own line down the hill. 7) Backing up.4) One way to fnd out. 8) Coee break.5) Dont wait too long. 9) Quarterback.

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