Friday, February 28, 2014 Vol. 8 No. 35 FREE Bringing the mountain to the people The only solely owned and operated newspaper on the Kamloops North Shore Published weekly in Kamloops, B.C. Phone: 250-819-6272 • Fax: 250-376-6272 • E-mail: [email protected]Online: http://issuu.com/jmnews • Follow us on FaceBook UCL 20 Ascension a hit with fans, fighters Fighters were dropping like flies – and that was before Kamloops’ first-ever mixed mar- tial arts (MMA) event got underway. What was originally scheduled to have a full dozen fights on the card – four professional and eight amateur – turned out to have two pro- fessional and 5 amateur fights in UCL 20: As- cension, Unified Combat League’s first MMA event of the year. UCL 20 Ascension was billed as a “battle of the borders” style with the pro fights, pitting B.C. fighters against American, and a few Ca- nadian, challengers. On the amateur portion of the card, local fighters were to take on op- ponents from Chase, Merritt, Vernon, Kelow- na, Penticton, Campbell River and Calgary. Due to injuries, illness, job conflicts and procrastination, a number of bouts didn’t happen, and a few fighters wound up facing different opponents that originally scheduled. The highly touted main event between WSOF lightweight Myles “The Cowboy” Merola and Season 9 Ultimate Fighter alum Richie “Hellboy” Whitson didn’t happen, nor did the originally scheduled co-main event between Kamloops’ own Morgan “Mad Dog” Littlechild and Josh Gow of Spokane. Another much anticipated fight that didn’t happen was the rematch between Kamloops’ Mikel Dupont and Merritt’s Michael Heppner after Heppner didn’t clear his fight day medi- cal check. But despite all the glitches – and there were a few technical ones on fight night – the fans got their money’s worth. The first fight of the night featured Vernon’s Kenny Pope and Penticton’s Mitch Burke (170 lb. class) in a fight that went the full three rounds, which saw Pope declared the winner by unanimous decision in his first cage fight. The second fight of the under card saw Bry- an Janzen of Vernon defeat Kamloops’ Jax- son Stead (155 lb.) by submission via armbar at 1:29 of the second round. In fight three of the night Patrick Ward of Calgary defeated Walter Barrios (135 lb.) of Kamloops by TKO after the referee stopped the fight at 1:56 of the second round. Fight four on the night saw Kamloops’ Derek Apps defeat Darcy Caissie (185 lb.) by submission via armbar at 0:47 of the second round after sending Caissie’s mouthguard fly- ing out of the cage with a hard right hand. The final under card fight of the night saw Chase’s Laine Keyes defeat Merritt’s Devon Brown (145 lb.) by submission via triangle choke with nine seconds remaining in the first round. The co-main event of the night saw Chilli- wack’s Jamie Siraj defeat Jordan Mackin (145 lb.) of Coeur d’Alene, ID, by TKO after the ref stopped the fight at 4:46 of the first round. The main event of the evening pitted Van- couver’s Sabah Fadai against Edmonton’s Andrew Bard (150 lb.), a fight that saw Fadai defeat Bard by knock out at 2:47 of the sec- ond round. UCL 20: Ascension was televised, and will be broadcast on the Fight Network in Canada at a later date. Check your local listings. GROUND GAME. Laine Keyes of Chase (top) controls his opponent, Devon Brown of Merritt. Keyes won the match after catching Brown in a mounted traingle choke at 2:51 of the first round during MMA action at the TCC Saturday night. Judi Dupont photo
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Friday, February 28, 2014Vol. 8 No. 35
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HoroscopesMarch 3 - March 9, 2014
You’ve entered a period of personal review that’ll last ‘til May 20. This’ll involve others in some way as well as perhaps the effect they have upon your life. It’s more about expectations of you. Pressure in this direction may reach a head this week. Get-ting the right foundations in place is the way to move forward.
Any recent health issues may not be as easily resolved as you ex-pected. You need to diligently follow routines involving perhaps exercise or eating plans that have been established ‘til late May. Something you haven’t been fully satisfi ed about with someone else in the past may re-emerge from now to late July to deal with.
Pay attention to what you’ve thought about since mid –Jan. regarding future goals, esp. anything you feel you’ve learnt or learnt about yourself. You may now fi nd you won’t easily man-age & over-abundance of social activity with the demands of daily routine. Both areas require a review to establish balance.
Something is changing around you that started in Nov., involv-ing others, that has gone through stages where you haven’t been certain about their true position. From now to mid-July your focus needs to be on what you can develop on a personal level because there’ll be plenty of opportunity you should take advantage of.
Something seems to open up more in situations involving other people, esp. with a group or friends. There’ll be more interaction with others to early April after feeling isolated in some ways since Nov. Mentally going back over things to late May, may result in putting foundations in place differently to July.
Review any areas in which you’ve overspent & cut back on them now to late May. It’s not been a bad thing but it can’t go on, as it’ll begin to worry you. Someone else may encourage you to behave differently but you need to do what you feel is sensible, even if restrictive in some way.
Whatever new directions you may have felt you were generat-ing since early Dec. will now go through a slow, & at times, backward moving stage, ‘til May 20. Foundations you’ve put in place since Feb. have been useful though probably not the whole solution. Create some pleasurable distractions to early April.
You’ll now go through a sober period of personal review ‘til July 21. Go over all situations you’ve seriously committed yourself to since Oct/12. Also, you need to fi nd quiet time to yourself to be able to refl ect properly. This’ll result in great progress & suc-cess from late July.
Put your ideas forward to any people who are in a position where they need to understand what you’re thinking or wanting to accomplish. It’s as if you need to sell it to them. You can turn them around although they may not reveal to you the degree of success you have had. Past connections to a group of people can occur.
Bear in mind all the things you’ve been weighing up about your-self since early Nov. as well as any pressures you feel you want to break down to become more content with your life. It’s more important you’ve made some decisions that you plan to develop, as there’ll be no quick way to break down obligations.
You’re in a position of expectations with no movement forward since early Nov. ‘til April 6. You’ll get the opportunity to see the most balanced approach you can take towards feeling more content with personal needs or desires.
Something may come to a head that’ll make you realise that what somebody else desires isn’t what you’d presumed. You need time to yourself, to early April, to search for inner peace. Get involved or go back to situations that are creative, entertain-ing or just pleasurable – they’re great in encouraging optimism.
The Kamloops Storm wrapped up regular season play in the KIJHL
with a decisive 4-0 shut-out win over the 100 Mile House Wranglers last
Saturday at the McArthur Island Sports Centre.
Max James had two goals while Bobby Kashuba had a goal and a
helper and Felix Larouche scored one; Brock Balson had three helpers
and Aiden Silzer-Hooker got two assists in the winning effort. Liam
McLeod stopped all 17 shots he faced for the shutout. The Storm out-
shot the Wranglers 60-17 in the win.
It took double overtime for the Sicamous Eagles to take the win over
the Storm in the teams’ fi rst playoff game, Tues. Feb. 25, at the Sports
Centre.
After a scoreless fi rst period, Luke Gordon got the Storm on the score-
board with a power play goal 5:01 into the second frame to take a 1-0
lead after 40. The Eagles tied it up with 3:17 left in regulation to send
the game to OT. Nothing was settled in the fi rst OT period but it was the
Eagles that fi nally got the lucky bounces to take the win 4:05 into the
second OT period to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
The Storm outshot the Eagles 58-25 on the game.
The Storm and Eagles faced off Thurs. Feb. 27, at the Sports Centre.
The game was not over by press time.
In other Birks division action the Chase Heat and 100 Mile House
Wranglers are tied 1-1 after the Wranglers took the fi rst game 504 in OT
Feb. 25 while the Heat came away with a 4-3 win Feb. 26 in Chase. The
series now goes to 100 Mile House for games 3 and 4 on Feb. 28 and
March 1 before returning to Chase March 3 for game 5. If additional
games are required, game 6 will take place in 100 Mile House and game
7 will be back at the Art Holding Arena in Chase.
In Okanagan division action in the Okanagan/Shuswap conference, the
North Okanagan Knights and Summerland Steam are tied 1-1 in their
best-of-seven series after the Steam won the opening game 3-2 and the
Knights defeated the Steam 8-3, while the Osoyoos Coyotes have a 2-0
lead in the series defeating the Kelowna Chiefs 5-2 and 5-0.
In Kootenay conference action, The Spokane Braves and N elson Leafs
are tied 1-1 in the Neil Murdoch division while the Beaver Valley Nite-
hawks lead the Castlegar Rebels 1-0.
In the Eddie Mountain division, the Creston Valley Thunder Cats lead
the Columbia Rockies 2-0 and the Kimberley Dynamiters lead the Fer-
nie Ghostriders 2-0.
Storm take on Eagles in fi rst round of playoffs
BANNER RAISING. Kamloops Storm captain Brock Balson (28), and
alternate captains Daniel Buchanan (7), Josh Rasmussen (20) and Luke
Gordon (8) help raise the division championship banner prior to their fi rst
playoff game. Amanda Makortoff photo
Java Mountain News February 28, 20148
Kamloops is preparing to host
one of the biggest events of the
year! The 2014 Tim Hortons
Brier – Canadian Men’s Curl-
ing Championship takes place
at Interior Savings Centre from
March 1 to 9.
City offi cials expect a large
amount of visitor vehicle and pe-
destrian traffi c in the downtown
area, and with that, are taking
necessary precautions to ensure
safety for visitors and residents
alike. The City will be closing
the curb lane on Lansdowne
Street, directly behind Memorial
Arena, from Feb. 19 to March 11
to permit loading and unloading
of equipment, food and beverag-
es for the Brier Patch festivities
taking place at the arena.
The City appreciates that there
will be a lot of tourist traffi c in
the city centre and wants to en-
sure the experience is a positive
one. Consequently, the City will
also be erecting way-fi nding sig-
nage from Interior Savings Cen-
tre to Memorial Arena to assist
pedestrians in fi nding their way
between the two venues.
Residents are reminded that
as Kamloops plays host to this
international event, there may
be added vehicle and pedestrian
traffi c throughout the city, so be
sure to travel safe, wear bright
and refl ective colours, and obey
all signs and traffi c signals.
Tickets to the event can be pur-
chased at TicketMaster.ca or call
1-877-985-2875.
Police investigate stabbing
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Lansdowne Street lane closure,way-fi nding
signage for Brier
One man is in critical condition after a stabbing last night on the south
shore. Police were called to the 700 block of Douglas Street just af-
ter 7:00 PM. Sergeant Ed Preto says a 20-year old had been reported
stabbed at a party. The man was taken to RIH in critical condition and
has undergone emergency surgery. Two men were taken into custody
and are in police cells this morning. Preto says the Serious Crime unit
is now involved in the case. The victim had apparently been partying
with the two suspects and a number of other people when they got into
a dispute that ultimately led to the stabbing.
Beware of Elephants Crossing in Kamloops...
No, we don’t have any elephants running wild in the city, especially in the snow. However, you may have noticed (or will notice when the snow melts in the spring) some new markings with the completion of recent road construction projects.
Elephant’s Feet crossings are specially identi�ed crosswalks that are shared by both pedestrians and cyclists. They look like regular crosswalks but have distinctive dashed lines (Elephant‘s Feet) on one or both sides of the crosswalk. Cyclists using these crosswalks do not have to dismount. Cyclists can only ride their bikes across designated (marked and signed) Elephant’s Feet crossings. At all other crosswalks, cyclists are required to dismount before crossing.
Elephant’s Feet crosswalks are marked by any one of the following pavement markings:
Look for the new pavement markings and signs at the following locations:
New Tranquille Road Multi-Use Pathway (Now)- Across Royal Avenue- Across Don Street- Across the Riverdale Trailer Court access
New Highland Road Multi-Use Pathway (Spring 2014)- Across Valleyview Drive (east leg of intersection)- Across the Valleyview Arena road
And by a “Shared Crossing” sign:
Watch for more information about cycling-related markings and signage in the spring. For more information, please contact [email protected].
What this means for...
Cyclists Pedestrians- Always yield to pedestrians - Watch for cyclists- Cross only when safe to do so - Cross only when safe to do so- Obey all rules of the road
Motorists- Anticipate and yield to pedestrians and cyclists in the crosswalk
