Scoops and Scrapes is contributed to the Daily Bulletin by Kimberley resident Brian Crowe. All material is property of Brian Crowe, Teck and the Kimberley Heritage Museum.

Yet another Kimberley Quiz - Quiz #9. Those days gone by were very special. There was a different atmosphere in and around the old mining town.

1. It was back in what year that the Kimberley Knights Junior Hockey Team failed to ice a team. Junior hockey in Kimberley was about to fade away forever. What happened?

2. There were 150 spectators watching this event back on September 3 of what year. Two teams battled it out at Rotary Park.

3. What year did the Kimberley Trap and Skeet Club open their new digs out on Wycliffe Prairie?

4. In what year did an 18 year old student die at the Kimberley High School? What was her name and what happened?

5. In what year did a lead zinc and silver Mine close down near Wasa? Who owned it?

6. Back in 1925 it was the Ritz Cafe and Hotel. It was run by Lee Look and Wilson Wong. Then it was the Grill and Oasis Room, In July of 1970 it was renovated and opened by who under the name of what? Another business opened 1968 in what city?

7. In what year did the Kimberley Pollution Control Centre below the Kimberley Golf Course open? In what year did the cominco Water Treatment Plan open near the former control centre?

8. On January 4, 1974, what restaurant opened its doors at 400 Wallinger Ave.? Later Mom's Cafe (1976).

9. Remember back in 1974 when a new currency made it to Kimberley? It was worth a dollar. Who was the photographer who worked for the Bulletin at the time? Not Charlie Wormington.

10. When did the Kimberley Community Theatre start?

11. When did the last ore train come out of the Sullivan mine?

Answers

1. The Kimberley Knights Junior B Hockey Club failed to ice a team in the 1990-91 season. At the last minute, the Knights became the Junior Dynamiters and Junior A hockey in Kimberley was born. Now it's the Kimberley Junior B hockey team, 21 years later.

2. Back in 1988, the Kimberley Gopher League softball finals saw the Sullivan Hotel Jets defeat the Kootenay Greens 7-3. 150 fans came out. Awesome.

3. It was August 8, 1962 when big things were happening out on the Wycliffe Prairie. MP Jim Byrne, Cranbrook Mayor George Haddad, Kimberley Mayor Cliff Swan, MLA Leo Nimsick, Mine staff Brian Hamilton Carl Gallicano (Pres.), Fertilizer Plant, Art Howard, St. Mary's Lumber Co. Tommy Moore, Javalat Ammunition, George Voxx, CIL, Biz Coleen, and Ray Armstrong (who had the first shot back in 1938 was on hand).

Cominco had the property procured for Trap and Skeet, the site was chosen, it was half way from Cranbrook and Kimberley. The still shoot as we speak.

4. In 1946, an explosion during a chemistry test, which was conducted by Mr. Muraro, killed Miss Dorothy Ardath Callaghan. It also hurt the teacher Mr. Muraro, Dick Schulli and Art Christensen, who were students.

5. The Giant Soo Mines Ltd. lead and zinc operation at the Estella Mine near Wasa, in southeastern BC closed down because of low metal prices and a difficulty in obtaining smelter accommodation, October of 1967.

6. The Ritz or Grill was reopened in 1969 by Peter, Kurt and Hans. It was known as Europe Dining. Another Europe Dining opened in 1968 at, you guessed it, Blairmore, Alberta. The establishment of today is known as the Gasthaus or Gasthaus Am Platzl. The Oasis Room of 1970 was downstairs. Prior to that the Oasis Room was up in the main room and it had a very complex molded architect ceiling.

7. The Kimberley Pollution Control Center opened July 12, 1969. The Teck/Cominco Water Treatment Plant opened in October of 1970. It's kind of funny how even the City of Victoria hasn't cleaned up its sewer control. Victoria's water treatment level is no treatment.

8. On January 4, 1974, the Bavarian Haus opened.

9. The Thaler was worth a dollar in Kimberley back in 1974 and beyond. The photographer for the Kimberley Bulletin at the time was Mount Everest conqueror Pat Morrow.

10. The Kimberley Community Theatre started March 9, 1949. It was organized in November 1948. Some 500 people showed up, with the new High School Band. The first short pay was If Men Played Cards as Women Do. Bethane was the feature play, with Sheila Byrne, Bonnie Turner, Pauline Mahaffey, George cooper, Bill Lye and Joe Turner.

11. The last train of silver/lead/zinc ore came out of the Sullivan Mine Portal 10 years ago, December 7, 2001 at 10:20 a.m. this past Wednesday, our rock drill was still singing in that place we knew as Sullivan. Our crew is doing some ground work in the famed old mine as we speak.