kimberley chronicle issue #25!

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Kimberley ChronicleFREE

Volume 25 Monday March 4, 2013 [email protected]

Your Biweekly Source for Kimberleys Past, Present & Future

Welcome to the 25th Issue o Kimberley Chronicle! We are very excited to be printing our rst iss

with a guest writer: Doug Johnson. Doug has so many ond memories o places like McDougall Hthat you can look orward to reading more rom him in uture issues. While we enjoy researching lohistory, its way better when we can let the people that were there tell the stories. I any o our othreaders have stories that should be told, let us know, wed love to help you tell them.Feel ree to check out our digital archives which are readily available through our Facebook Page aGoogle. Send your questions or comments to [email protected] or 427-5430.

Life in Te Mining CampTe wonder o it! Te magic o it all.Strange words maybe or a miningcamp sponsored rec hall in a miningcamp; but it was magic damnit. And Igrew up in its shadow - right across 7thAvenue rom the urnace room o thatmagnicent building. It was a complexreally rec hall, clay tennis courts, lawnbowling greens (still operating), tennisclub house and band stand, gasoline

station (Esso), huge parking lot ando course the recently deceased swim-ming pool. And at one time, a largewading pool or younger children andheir parents (and the amily dog too

until the lie guard at the big pool no-iced and put an end to the transgres-

sion). And certainly we cant orget thecommercial trac to and ro aroundhe canteen or convenience store inhe Hall itsel. All o this set in a roll-

ng expanse o manicured lawns, maplerees, larch trees, sidewalks, and bor-

dered by natural stone walls. It wascontained in a huge area between 7thand 4th Avenues, Rossland Boulevardand Giegerich Road. It was like a citywithin a city. And it was a huge part omy lie.n the winter, the tennis courts were

ooded, and hockey games and skatingnever ended morning until night.

McDougall Hall, the grounds and pool in 1935. Photo coutesy o KimberleyHeritage Museum and Columbia Basin Institute o Regional History. High

quality prints available at www.basinintitute.org.


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I remember one winter when I was playing hockey with about 20 other when an avalanche o snow and ice descended rom the third roo oHall down to the second roo and then out onto the ice.What a hullabaloo when that snow and ice came down o the roo and cered the rink! Its a wonder nobody was killed. It seemed to come dorom a thousand eet up. We were in the middle o a game. Tere wracket. Somebody yelled look out and next thing you know down it caI was only 6 years old and it sure seemed like an avalanche to me!Summer time was just as exciting on those old tennis courts. I remem

waking up one morning and looking out our living room window to seecourts completely ull o people and activity. I asked my Dad whats goon? and he said something about Dominions Day. I was so young Inot understand what he was saying. I remember going over there with soo my riends and what excitement! Tere were ood booths, and gameslike the midway at todays airs. Meanwhile, on the other side o the parklot, the Ktunaxa were camped in the bush. Tey had come in the nightore with their horses and wagons. Te next day they went over to LinPark with their horses and, or ten precious cents; you could ride ontheir horses around the 200 meter cinder track. My buddy, Robert Pratt I, could only come up with a dime between the two o us. No problem. Ktunaxa let us double up on one horse! I remember the Ktunaxa, the adand there were even children there our age as being very kind, nice peand I remember they lifed us up onto the horse and they showed Rohow to hang onto the reins and away we went. How exciting! I had nbeen on a horse beore. We were only about 6 years old, i that. Whilewere riding around the track, we could watch a sofball game in the inand the mining company were running a drilling competition in the coo Lindsay Park. Tey had brought down two huge boulders on a EuLowboy, dumped them o, set up a compressor and teams o drillers copeted all day! Huge noise!!! Tose boulders sat there or years ull o h

and the neighbourhood children climbed on them or hours. At the enthe day, all the children in the neighbourhood (there was lots) were exhaed, ull o hot dogs, cotton candy, pop and Kool-Aid, and very appreciao this guy Dominion who hosted this birthday party!I think back now there were lots o reasons why lie was so exciting inmining camp, namely, at that time in Kimberley, there was no televisTe only television sets we knew o were in the Eatons and Simpson Scatalogues. We made our own entertainment and our parents made thand I also think back and have discussed it later with people o my ents generation and Barb aplin told me that adults at that time had cothrough the Great Depression and then WWII and were exceedingly gr

ul to still be alive, to have work, ood on the table, a roo over their heand to raise a amily in peace. Tat was lie in the mining camp, and it good. Ill tell you more, in a uture issue. Doug Johnson


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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.

Tickets Now On Sale at Sprout!Friday March 8th - Spoken Words at Centre 64:An intimate ev

ning with Wordsmiths and Story Ninjas. Show is from 8-10pm.

Saturday March 9th - Dirtbag Gala at McKim: Photos, icks, pe

formances and the usual mayhem. Doors open at 7, showtime 7:3

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A Kootenay Freeheel Festiva

March 16-17 at KAR

From a ramble to a scramble A

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ne ne way to spend a day o

the mountain. Kimberley Alpin

Resort is the host for a full day

competitions, and a day of tele

mark clinics and gear demos

Saturdays Events:

The Northstar Ramble

the Sushi Scramble

Old Dogs, New Tricks

Beauty Contest

Open to all disciplines

(tele, AT & splitboards)

Lets Go Movie Showing in th

Stemwinder

Sundays Events:

Telelmark Clinics

Freeheel Market

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Puzzles & rivia

1) 2) 3)

4) 5) 6)

7) What year did Dominion Day change to Canada Day?

8) According to 2006 Statcan Census, how does Kimberleyrank in the list o the most populous communities?

Make sure to vote online (ace-book) or your avourite entryin the Community Show aferSaturday Nights Dirtbag Gala.One o the prizes is probably the

coolest pair o skis ever made(Tanks to DeCosse Customs).Rumour has it there there is avideo clip o two toddlers slid-ing down a pile o gravel, werecommend voting or that clip!

wo aerials meet on a roof - fall in love - get married. Te cer-emony was rubbish - but the reception was brilliant.


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Upcoming EventsWednesday March 6: Free public swim, 5-6pm, sponsored byH&R Block.Friday March 8: Dirtbag Spoken Words at Centre 64,8-10pm.Saturday March 9: KNPS Guided Snowshoe Hike: Dips &Doodles Snowshoe. Meet at the Swan Ave. entrance at 9am

or a 2-3 hour hike.Saturday March 9: Kimberley Volunteer Ski Patrol DirtbagPoker Run, $10 or one hand, $15 or two, registration besidethe quad. Awesome prizes and ater party at the Elks Club.Saturday March 9: Dirtbag Gala at McKim, doors open at 7,show starts at 7:30pm.Saturday & Sunday March 9-10: Live Music at the Stem-winder eaturing 60 Hertz, 3-6pm.Friday March 15: Te Kimberley Happiness Project Presents

Laughology, Centre 64 at 7:30pm.Saturday & Sunday March 9-10: Te Choice Presents TeScott Greasy Rail Jam. Clinics, competitions & awards orall ages.Saturday March 16: Kootenay Freeheel Festival, a ull day ocompetitions, clinics and gear demos at KAR or those withlegs o thunder.

Puzzle & rivia Answers1) Foreign policy. 5) O sides.2) Back to the uture. 6) Party line.3) Covered wagon. 7) 1982

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