Jack Emberly is a retired special education teacher and award-winning journalist (North Vancouver Citizen Newspaper) and former columnist with the Maple Ridge News (Along the Fraser) who lives in Maple Ridge. He is the author of three books for children and adults dealing with conflict resolution – The King of Anger Mountain, Cars I’ve Known and Loved Before (good cars know how to listen to their drivers), and the King of Anger Mountain, edition 2. Jack has collaborated with Chris Clevette of Iron Horse Media to produce several videos – on YouTube- including Alouette Lake, Fairy Creek As I See It, and Worth Creek. A 7-part podcast – The 100 Years War on Alouette Salmon, features in-depth interviews with local salmon historian, Geoff Clayton, past president of the Alouette River Management Society. Jack is now completing a new book entitled Goodbye Chums and Other Tales from My Schoolhouse Days. It’s about the fascinating world of an elementary school teacher.