Tuesday May 22, 2012



QUESTION OF THE WEEK

  • The federal government has announced cuts to environmental reviews. Is this..
  • a) a necessary side effect of budget cutting
  • 43%
  • b) going to cost more in the long run
  • 57%





Scoops and Scrapes answers

1. The Iron Plant stack came down in 1987. The building cam down in 1988. Arrow Demolition was the company, and the master blaster was the one and only 81 year old Red Foster. The stack was 200 feet high.

2. In August 1958, National Geographic, "Life begins at 100 in B.C." On August 15, 1969 Fortune Magazine carried a fall color picture of a barman high on a ladder in the Sullivan Mine (New Technologies are transforming an ancient primal industry). It was October 13, 2003 when Time Magazine had " When Tourism Isn't Enough. The front page was titled Slow Death.

3. The top ski instructor would be world known Heli Schaller. They came form all over - Seattle, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Spokane to see the 24 year old.

4. The Bull River Trout Hatchery opened in June of 1966.

5. The Kimberley Pollution Control Centre opened July 12, 1969. It cost $280,000. And to think that even today Victoria's raw sewage goes directly into the Pacific.

6. One golfer, Ed Guille died on January 22, 1973 at 96. He played five days a week though his 95th year. He learned to drive and play golf at 50. The other was Alistair Drysdale. He died March 23, 2011 in his 94th year. He played up until 2010, when he was 93.

7. The new tennis courts opened on Rotary Drive June 16, 1978.

8. The Man with A Camera was the one and only Charlie Trail Wormington. He died in 1994, aged 77. He worked for Cominco from 1934 to 1947.

9. The music teacher was known as Mr. Music Man, one Ralph Yarwood. He passed June 19, 1984. He led the troops or Rotary Band to Expo 67. His best 'third' was Wayne Seke McBain. He still has the piece of brass under glass at home today.

10. The telegraph office was on the corner of Wallinger and Ross. It went to Cranbrook April 1, 1968.


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