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Airport budget increase slashed despite extra scheduled flights

BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff

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Fruitvale Mayor Patricia Cecchini, village administrator Lila Cresswell, BV Manor director Bev Piccolo and Montrose resident Mary Gay are after an energy upgrade for the Beaver Valley Manor Society in Fruitvale.

Communities battle in lights-out competition The participant with the highest pledges in the FortisBC Earth Hour Challenge will receive bragging rights and $5,000

BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff

A global challenge that has households and businesses turning off lights for one hour to raise awareness on climate change could result in some much needed cash for one non-profit organization in the region.

Residents who pledge to switch off during Earth Hour from 8:30-9:30 p.m. March 31 will add to their community’s chance to win the FortisBC Earth Hour Challenge.

The community with the highest votes will receive bragging rights and $5,000 worth of energy-efficient upgrades for a non-profit of its choice.

Locally that includes Trail’s Family and Individual Resource (FAIR) Centre Society, the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (Miners’ Hall), the Beaver Valley Manor Society, the Salmo Public Library, Castlegar’s Habitat for Humanity and Nelson Cares Society.

“We are currently wasting money on utility costs and wasting valuable energy resources,” said Gail Lavery, FAIR executive director. “We have the ability to apply for grants to supplement projects, including energy-upgrading projects, but at this point do not have the money available for the in-house contribution that funders generally require.”

FAIR is looking to update its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in its main three-story building, built in 1979. Located in the former School District 20 building in East Trail, this facility houses

all of FAIR’s programs except for its pregnancy outreach and parenting programs, transition, second-stage housing and regional crises line.

Fruitvale and Montrose have joined forces in hopes of gaining a financial boost for a lighting upgrade for Beaver Valley Manor, which has been an affordable housing option for seniors living in the valley for about 40 years.

“Our rent is so low and we’re a non-profit so there isn’t a lot of funding to do a lot of upgrading,” explained Bev Piccolo, who is a director on the manor’s board.

Piccolo has had a soft spot for the home for a good portion of her life, as her parents were among those who started up the facility.

“I was there when they did the ribbon cutting,” she smiled. “When I retired I wanted to do something and I thought about it for a while and decided this was the place

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As of Thursday afternoon Salmo was in the lead with about 20 per cent of the vote out of the 17 participating communities.

Kay Hohn, chair of the Salmo Public Library board, said the money would help the village either update its lighting or replace doors and windows at the aging facility.

The challenge fits in nicely with Salmo’s push to expand and renovate the entire facility, a capital campaign started last spring for the library’s 50 years of service.

The library has already raised $30,000 for its $50,000 goal through fundraising initiatives and local contributions.

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Increased flight service to the Trail Airport may attract more riders but the regional district is now taking the conservative route when it comes to budgeting for airport improvements this year.

The East End Services Committee has decided to phase in a hefty increase to its $90,000 airport budget, cutting an initial 140 per cent hike ($126,000) in half ($64,000) this week after re-examining goals which include implementing a full-time employee as well as paving a stopway beside the runway.

It was decided at Wednesday’s meeting that the potential for a staffer won’t play out until the fall – saving about $40,000 in an anticipated salary – and that ridership will likely stay or climb from last year’s approximate 18,000 customers, rather than the 16,000 originally included in its draft budget (a savings of approximately $14,000).

Trail councillor Robert Cacchioni said he was the only member on the committee who voted against adjusting the draft budget, which will be finalized at the end of the month.

“I’m excited about the fact that the service is increasing,” he said, adding that he doesn’t need a study to tell him the airport’s impact to the economic condition of the area. “We’re hopefully going to hit 30,000 passengers a year.”

Service upgrades for the volunteer-run airport were already a hot topic at the round table prior to Pacific Coastal announcing its schedule improvements Wednesday.

The Richmond-based airline will run an evening trip to and from Vancouver Sunday through Friday and add an additional Saturday flight starting April 10, which coincides with the sixyear anniversary of operation at the local facility.

The new spring/summer schedule will offer the latest departure time (just after 6 p.m.

Sunday-Friday) in the region.

“I think it’s great, all of the airport attendees are very happy with the news,” said airport volunteer Don Nutini.

“I think that our biggest concern is that we have to do something there to be able to handle that increase in traffic and not necessarily for Pacific Coastal, we have an increase in traffic even now with the medivacs that are coming in and out of there,” he said.

Nutini is one of the five volunteers who help run the airport and while it is a passion for these hard working retirees, he feels a paid position is needed in the future.

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Taking a look back TRAIL – This is the first of a monthly feature the Trail Historical Society will publish related to the history of the City of Trail.

Today, we would like to introduce you to our latest publication, “Trail Journal of Local History, Volume 4�. The Journal is a 52 page booklet with a variety of articles by local historians that highlights our community’s interesting past. The Journal contains several articles of five to seven pages as well as many of one or two pages. It is a leisurely

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Other articles include the brief stop of actor Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) in Trail in 1912, the history of United Dairies, an engaging interview with Spuds Pagnan, longtime owner of Lauriente’s Clothing, and a biography of Ted Dewdney, one time Manager of the Bank of Montreal in Rossland.

Pick up your copy today and support our Society. Price of the Journal is a paltry $10 and may be purchased, along with the other Society’s publications, from our office in Trail City Hall, on our website www.trailhistory.com and at Crockett Books in Waneta Plaza.

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LOCAL Avalanche victims identified

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THE CANADIAN PRESS NELSON, B.C. - A woman from Salt Lake City, Utah, and a man from London, England, have been identified as the two victims of a large avalanche that toppled a group of heli-skiers in British Columbia.

The two were part of a guided group of skiers on the slopes of the Bonnington Mountain Range.

The heli-ski operator had several other employees guiding groups on nearby slopes when they saw the slide roll over the group

Wednesday morning.

Dead are 32-year-old Katie Aring of Salt Lake City and 31-year-old Ryan Keene of London.

RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says the group had just finished a run and was preparing to be picked up by a helicopter when snow let loose from the ridge above the group.

Police say the guide ordered everyone to run, but the snow buried four in the group, and while the two victims were pulled out within minutes they couldn’t be revived.

NELSON

Council pondering downtown dog bylaw

BY MEGAN COLE Nelson Star

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Ferry replacement project explained

BY CLAIRE PARADIS Arrow Lakes News

Just under 60 people filled seats in the Nakusp Arena Auditorium for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOT) presentation about the Upper Arrow Lake Ferry replacement project.

Not bad for what seemed to be a special but hurried public presentation for Nakusp residents. Although there were no newspaper announcements, flyers were put up around town and in mailboxes, and people came out to hear what MOT had to say as well as ask questions they wanted answered.

Participants were greeted with a ring of posters around the cluster of chairs set up for the session Each picture or set of figures pointed to how a new sin-

gle ferry would replace both Galena and Shelter Bay ferries and still be able to provide sufficient service to the area.

Ministry representative Renee Mounteney was quick to tell people studying a computer graphic of a ferry on one of the displays was just an idea of what the real ferry might look like, maybe, not an actual representation of the new ferry.

Beaton Arm Crossing Association’s (BACA) Earl Frerichs and Gene Nagy were there for the presentation. This MOT presentation was unique to Nakusp, with no others planned for nearby communities. When asked if there would be a presentation in Revelstoke, Renee Mounteney replied that there hadn’t been enough interest to warrant

one.

The reason MOT gives for replacing the ferries in the next couple of years is that they are 43 years old, and reaching the end of their service period. Like an old car, Mounteney said, it’s getting harder and harder to find replacement parts. Also like an old car, it is costing more and more to keep the ferries up to day in terms of Transport Canada requirements. Not only that, but the current ferries have weight restrictions that limit the number of passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles that the vessels can carry in one load.

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At the moment, MOT is seeking proposals from contractors to build the ferry, Mounteney told the crowd, and will be looking to have certain requirements met.

These requirements have been developed by studying current industry models, she said, and MOT is looking for a vessel to be built that would have the capacity to carry 80 passenger vehicles, travel up to 11 knots, carry 250 passengers, not have the weight restrictions of the current ferries, and that would be able to accommodate industry and economic growth in the area.

The new vessel is slated to be ready in 2014, she added, and the contractor will also be required to give a presentation to the community as well.

The future of Nelson’s controversial dog bylaw is still in limbo.

The Nelson Business Association made a presentation to council at Monday’s committee of the whole meeting after several months of meetings around issues they feel are important to the downtown core.

The three topics presented by Margaret Stacey on behalf of the association were sandwich boards, the amenity areas and the dog bylaw.

“I think they came up with lots of good ideas for several different issues in the downtown core,” said mayor John Dooley. “We’ll have to see what the outcome is with council.”

Stacey proposed council look at allowing leashed dogs on Baker Street on a six month trial period.

The association would like to see the trial in place by tourist season.

Stacey said the no-dog bylaw has become a problem for many downtown merchants who have found tourists don’t wish to travel to Nelson because of the bylaw.

Councillor Robin Cherbo voiced his concerns about amending the bylaw, saying dogs have been banned at Kokanee Glacier Park because too many were off leash.

“There are dog owners that don’t listen,” said Cherbo.

Stacey suggested the climate around dogs in Nelson has changed and that the sensitivity to it has also changed.

“I’m not 100 per cent convinced that we’ve talked to the people who travel that don’t have dogs or want dogs on Baker Street,” said Dooley. “How do they feel about being tourists in the downtown core if there are dogs there. It’s happened before and, yes times have changed, but have they changed enough.”

FOR THE RECORD Thursday’s story, “Pacific Coastal Beefs Up Service To Trail, erroneously reported that a new additional flight will depart from the Trail Airport Sunday through Friday just after 8 p.m. In fact, the flight to the Vancouver Airport will leave at about 6 p.m.

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PROVINCIAL

Government spending spree signals by-elections

BY TOM FLETCHER Black Press

By-elections called Thursday in Chilliwack-Hope and Port Moody-Coquitlam follow a blitz of community recreation grants in the regions.

Chilliwack MLA John Les handed out $1.8 million in projects in his vacant neighbouring constituency in recent days.

They include $250,000 for a field in Chilliwack, $37,575 to upgrade Hope Community Recreation Park, $400,000 for a rec centre in Harrison Hot Springs, $750,000 for a gym expansion in Agassiz, $336,800 to upgrade the pool in Boston Bar, and $114,567 to expand a wetland trail in Popkum.

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain MLA Doug Horne has been

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Chilliwack MLA John Les, parliamentary secretary to Premier Christy Clark, has been busy announcing recreation funds in the neighbouring constituency vacated by Barry Penner.

busy in his vacant neighbouring seat. On Monday he handed out $681,332 to expand a lacrosse box and other facilities in Port Moody and $104,848 for an outdoor fitness and recreation park in Anmore. Asked about the timing, Les said his flurry of announcements was simply because a $30 million community education program announced last fall by Premier Christy Clark is ready to go. “Just because there’s a byelection on the horizon doesn’t mean that [communities in the riding] are cut off from funding,� Les said.

A total of 93 projects were approved for funding, which called for local governments to submit applications and put up matching funds.

Teens survive two cold nights in woods THE CANADIAN PRESS CAYCUSE - Five teenagers have survived two cold, snowy nights on a remote logging road on Vancouver Island after their truck ran out of gas, leaving them with no cellphone service and without any emergency supplies.

RCMP say two women and three men, aged 17 to 19,

set off Monday in a four-wheel drive truck down the road that was covered in deep snow, but ran out of fuel near Lake Cowichan.

Cpl. Warren Potter says there was no cellphone service in the area, preventing the teens from calling for help, so they spent the first night inside the truck without any emergency supplies

such as candles, blankets or warm clothing.

On Tuesday, one of the teens hiked to the community of Caycuse, about 14 kilometres away, and called his father for help, but they could not reach the others because of weather and road conditions.

Potter says the RCMP were called

Tuesday evening but they, too, couldn’t get to the teens, instead enlisting the help of a local snowmobiling club.

He says the snowmobilers headed into the area Wednesday, when they found the four teens, including two young women who attempted to hike out and suffered hypothermia.

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Jean Bowerman has a place to live thanks to a generous offer from people she had never met. Bowerman and her husband lost their home in last week’s wind storm because they didn’t have insurance.

Couple back on their feet thanks to generosity of strangers Campbell River Mirror

An older couple’s nightmare has a happy ending because of the kindness of strangers.

Last week Jean and Wayne Bowerman were left homeless after an old Douglas Fir crashed through the RV they were living in at Shelter Bay Resort.

Four days later, the couple received an offer that changed their lives.

John and Heather Olney came across the Bowerman’s story in the local newspaper and that same day,

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Heather Olney reached out to Jean Bowerman and offered her the couple’s 26-foot long Travelaire trailer.

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The Olneys even drove the trailer from their home near Miracle Beach to the Bowerman’s new RV Park.

Not only that, Bowerman said the Olneys filled the trailer with bedding, dishes, cutlery, a toaster, a kettle and other cooking utensils. “I feel like I’ve won the lottery,� Bowerman said. “That’s a big thing to give a stranger. I’m overwhelmed. Wayne’s freaking out. It’s been a crazy, crazy week.�

Since the powerful wind storm, Bowerman said she hasn’t slept, worrying that other trees could come down, and reliving the accident.

Similar acts of kindness have been coming in from strangers and friends all week, Bowerman said. “Some people offered us money, a couple of people have offered us trailers and places to stay until we could get set up,�

Bowerman said. “It’s been unreal.�

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NATIONAL MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION

NDP convention marks major shift THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Thousands of striking students march down the streets of Montreal as they demonstrate against tuition hikes Thursday.

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Liquor okay but no hip hop music THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - The new operators of a suburban Montreal bar promise to showcase the big hair of 1980s tribute bands, stacks of jumbo chicken wings and, perhaps, even a mechanical bull.

But to ensure the watering hole could add the critical component of booze to that list they had to promise to do away with one thing: live hip-hop and rap performances.

Quebec’s liquorcontrol board told the incoming managers of Le Pionnier, or The Pioneer, to outlaw the two music genres if they wanted any hope of acquiring a licence to serve booze.

An anti-racism group says the move smacks of discrimination against black people and a Facebook page is calling for a boycott of

the bar.

But the venue’s coowner, who took over the bar last fall, said she

had no choice but to agree because the joint needs to serve suds to survive.

OTTAWA - For every New Democrat banging a thunderstick on the convention floor in Toronto this weekend, there will be 30 more banging on their keyboards at home.

The system by which NDP members will chose their new leader marks a major change for political conventions, political experts say, with mixed results for both the process and the party.

The majority of NDP members are expected to cast a ballot in advance online polls, which close Friday. For those ballots, members ranked their choices for leader.

The rest will vote in real time in rounds of balloting, either at the convention in Toronto or online from wherever they are.

Of the party’s 128,000 members, only about 4,000 will be at the convention. Most will be watching - and voting - from afar. “It will be quite different, particularly given that people will be watching from a distance so they will be very interested in the statements by the leadership candidate and they’ll be making their judgment independent from what is happening 5)& ,005&/":n4 05& &/":n4 0/-:

at the convention and the buzz that’s created there,� said Professor Kathy Brock of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. At political conventions of yesteryear, votes were held on site. As candidates dropped off the ballot, they’d throw their support behind someone else, creating schools of delegates swimming across convention floors behind the newly chosen one.

But with thousands watching the convention online, sites such as Twitter and Facebook could end up as fertile fishing grounds for what votes remain after the preferential ballots are counted. “The campaign that is equipped to contact their supporters to make sure that they participate in the second ballot, and to get messages out to the supporters of other candidates looking for their support, through social media or some other online way will certainly be at an advantage,� said William Cross, a political science professor at Carleton University in Ottawa.

All seven candidates for leader have a social media component to their campaigns.

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be losing a bit of that boundary of public and privacy which is great from an observer’s point of view,�

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At Paul Dewar’s campaign office, workers keep an eye on social media for mentions of possible votes going their way and then pick up the phone to call the person if they can, said Dewar’s campaign spokesperson Joe Cressy.

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Accountability key to sustaining health care

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e’ve heard it from many quarters now: the fiscal sustainability of Canada’s health care system is under threat as health expenditures are increasing faster than government revenues.

Rising health care budgets are largely attributable to increased utilization of medical technologies, drugs and health human resources, as recent studies attest (although population increase and aging also have some, smaller effect). Also driving costs is an increasing burden of chronic disease, which includes conditions such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, cancer, mental health conditions, muscle and joint disease, and others.

The solution lies in nothing less than a transformation of our primary health care system in Canada. We need to provide comprehensive, integrated, community-based services which will improve population health, reduce inequities, reduce health care expenditures and contribute to the sustainability of our publiclyfunded health system.

One essential step toward this transformation would be a coordinated Pan-Canadian effort to develop indicators and databases that will sup-

port accountability provides in health care and poor serdrive the required vice for changes. p e o p l e The truth is, today with we already know chronic how to reduce the conditions, burden of chronic particularly disease. when there JOHN Chronic disare several eases are to a very co-existing Troy Media large extent caused illnesses. by the conditions As a result, under which we grow, the current primary care live, learn, play, work and system is characterized by engage with each other and poor access and prolonged our communities. waits for patients, a lack of These include our food, attachment to a provider, physical activity, use of time-limited consultations alcohol, drugs and tobacco, and repeated, unnecessary employment and working clinic visits. It has become conditions, income, early inefficient and wasteful of development, education, resources and hence is conhousing and the environ- tributing to public and proment. fessional dissatisfaction and While many of these fac- rising health expenditures. tors lie within social, polThere are a few fundaitical and economic realms mental changes that could outside of the health care significantly improve qualsystem, there is still much ity of care and reduce health the health care system can care costs. do to prevent and manage Primary health care chronic disease and reduce organizations should serve its impact on the health of a geographically-defined the population and health population and provide care expenditures. comprehensive services The health care system that include health prowas designed long ago to motion, health protection, attend to a high prevalence prevention and clinical care of acute, infectious disease through integrated interrather than our current pat- professional teams. tern where chronic condiThese teams should tions prevail. include public health proThe old business model fessionals, community care

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and social agencies as well as family physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and many others.

This may be best achieved through development of facilitated networks, and with aligned financial incentives that may include a blended payment model.

Electronic data systems, such as electronic health records (EHR) and population data systems and quality improvement programs could also improve health efficiencies.

Finally, we need a governance structure that allows the people being served to have a voice in health quality improvements, and for providers to be accountable to those being served.

It should also promote a culture that is focussed on positive relationships between and among providers, patients and the community.

But how can such a massive transformation be achieved?

The federal government has announced that for the 2014 Health Accord, the Canada Health Transfer will continue ($30B per year) with an ‘escalator’ of 6 per cent until 2017 (somewhat reduced after that).

However, like the health agreements of governments past, there has been

no mention of direct measures for accountability by the provinces to the federal government.

With no accountability in place, how can we be sure our opportunity for health system transformation won’t be missed?

The federal government has offered a possible solution: the development of ‘common metrics.’

Such indicators, when supported by appropriate data, would enable tracking progress on the fundamental changes needed to transform our health system, and allow jurisdictions to make comparisons of system change related to service, and outcomes related to improved health and reduced inequities.

‘What gets measured gets done,’ in other words. But this will require resources and cooperation among the provinces.

Developing ‘metrics’ may not sound ‘sexy’ but could be what improves accountability, performance and sustainability in Canada’s publicly funded health care system.

John Millar is an expert advisor to EvidenceNetwork. ca, a comprehensive and non-partisan online resource designed to help journalists covering health policy issues in Canada.

Trail Daily Times Friday, March 23, 2012

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LETTERS & OPINION

Rossland should listen to parking concerns This petition was presented to council on March 5.

This is not a vocal minority of naysayers.

These are citizens of all ages from all walks of life that are getting frustrated and angry because their voices are not being heard.

If the very influential group that is pushing for the complete proposed Columbia revitalization project actually talked to the

general population they would know how strong feelings are on this issue.

Granted a few people that signed the petition do not want any change at all, just like the few people that want all the changes.

There is more than just those two options.

Why must it all be one way or the other, cannot a compromise be made? Build the bump out bulbs, they

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were being cut due to lack of funding. Although the administration also claims that this will not affect the courses still offered, I know that I would not have attended Selkirk if I had not been able to complete two years of study, and I have spoken to many first-year students who feel the same. These cuts will cost Selkirk revenue and students that it cannot afford to lose.

The budget may make them necessary, but the programs lost should not be those at the heart of Selkirk’s mission and success.

On behalf of everyone who benefits from the continued success of Selkirk College, I am standing up and asking the government to value it as much as I do. If you value an available post-secondary education for students of all ages and walks of life, respect for enthusiastic

will make the street safer and pedestrian friendly. Beautify our already generous sidewalk space and leave the angle parking.

Please build the parking lots behind the credit union and beside the thrift shop, we need all the parking spaces we can get these days as it is getting difficult to find a space at any time of the day.

Patricia Fleischer Rossland

teachers and many benefits for the entire Kootenay region, I ask that you stand up with me and help to ensure that Selkirk College is here in the years to come to continue giving back to all of us. Sign the petition at www.change.org/petitions/ minister-of-advanced-education-reject-proposed-coursesuspensions-address-fundingneeds-of-rural-colleges, join the Save Our Selkirk Facebook group and come out to support us as we address the board of governors at their meeting on Tuesday March 27, 4:30 p.m. in the Pit at the Castlegar Campus (with dinner afterwards generously provided by the Selkirk College Students’ Union) as we ask them to repeal the cuts and work with us to secure Selkirk’s future.

Arielle Roberts Castlegar

Living on borrowed time An editorial from the St. John’s Telegram It’s a little message that, as far as Canadian consumers are concerned, their eyes might be bigger than their stomachs. Or, more to the point, their dreams may be larger than their financial realities can bear.

It’s only baby steps, but Canada’s Superintendent of Financial Institutions is in the midst of developing new rules to make it harder for financial institutions to give mortgages to the overextended among us - and there are a fair number of people who, if interest rates rise even marginally, are going to find themselves in that group.

The rule changes are not tremendously onerous: they require banks to be more rigorous about homebuyers and their monthly finances, taking into account things like home heating bills and other costs - and how those costs would affect a customer’s monthly budget before agreeing to mortgages.

It means collecting more

detailed information about borrowers and their ability to pay before lending them money.

The rules also mean banks would have to be more vigilant about the actual value of the properties they plan to let people mortgage. It’s a bunch of little nudges to try and tighten up credit for people who can’t grasp that they are playing too close to the edge of the cliff.

If the people won’t move away from the edge of the cliff, you can always try to move the cliff away from the people.

What it all means, of course, is something that most people know in their gut anyway - and that’s the fact that cheap credit is an oft-irresistible siren.

Why settle for what you have, when you can borrow and have more?

Canadians have been warned time and again that our personal debt loads are becoming unsustainable.

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borrowing, and individual debt has continued to balloon.

A fair proportion of Canadians seem unable or unwilling to look at their debt, consider a two per cent increase in interest rates, and do the basic math about what that increase would do to their monthly payments.

There’s a message in the new rules, and the message is that consumers don’t seem to be able to avoid the guilty pleasure of overreaching their means. Since they can’t say no, government agencies are looking at ways to say no for them.

Why not just let the careless grasshoppers among us stagger over the edge into fiscal calamity?

Perhaps because, as we’ve seen south of the border, bursting fiscal bubbles are not just a hazard to those who are reaching their personal tipping points - it can be a hazard to the Canadian economy as a whole, as well as to those who borrow frugally and live well within the confines of their incomes.

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The truth is, the ever-shrinking budget has finally resulted in the loss of services. On March 5 the Selkirk College administration announced that all of the second-year science courses (including math and economics), the entire Engineering and Philosophy programs and the second years of the three two-year arts degrees offered at the Kootenay School of the Arts

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Over a short time span of two and-a-half days, 616 citizens of Rossland signed a petition urging the mayor, council, city planner and ISL Engineering to retain the angle parking on the north side of Columbia between the post office and the old Bank of Montreal building.

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PEOPLE OBITUARIES HODGE, JEAN — of Trail, passed away quietly on March 19, 2012 at Columbia View Lodge in Trail, BC at the age of 86 years. She was born on April 20, 1925 in Stettler, Alberta, but grew up in Calgary.

While working in Vancouver, she met and married her husband, Hal. A short time later they moved to Trail and made it their home.

Jean was predeceased by her husband in 1977. Jean is survived by her three brothers Bob, Jerry, and Ken Gray. She will be greatly missed by her daughters; Lori Beetstra and Rona (Rob) Robinson, her grandchildren; Steve (Randi), Graham, Megan, and Kyle, and great-grandsons; Tate and Neely.

She will be fondly remembered as a caring and generous person who enjoyed spending time with friends and family. Her family would like to thank the staff of Home Support and Columbia View Lodge for their kindness.

A private family memorial will be held a later date. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ is entrusted with the arrangements. *** BAYMAN, JUNE, (NEE JEROS) — died March 16, 2012 surrounded by family in Kelowna, BC at age 74.

Survived by husband Gerry, one daughter, one son, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, mother Rita Ross, sister Lorraine (Peter) Fitzgerald of Trail, BC, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by her father John Jeros and stepfather Reg Ross.

A memorial service will be held March 27, 2012 at 1pm, Trinity Baptist Church, Kelowna, BC. Memorial donations may be made to BC Cancer Foundation, Kelowna Centre, 399 Royal Ave., Kelowna, BC, VIY 5L3 or Ph: 1-888-5637773.

Kelowna Springfield Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements. If you wish, condolences to go to: contact@springfieldfuneralhome.com

Youth volunteers work hard to overcome age discrimination THE CANADIAN PRESS Last summer Kelly Lovell decided to create her own charitable initiative. The Waterloo, Ont., native had been an active volunteer for three years and wanted to run a major fundraiser before she headed to university in the fall.

After founding “Dollars for Dreams” - which would raise money for Save the Children without any backing from other organizations - Lovell planned a gourmet bake sale at a local mall. All went smoothly until she took some regulatory forms to mall management in person.

“I started to get some problems because they realized how young I was,” says Lovell, who was 19 at the time.

“People don’t expect youth to have the abilities to do things like this, to be in the workforce, to be successful or organize events, and that’s huge discrimination right there.”

As the latest national figures show youth engagement in volunteering surging ahead, Lovell’s experience underscores the age discrimination many young Canadians are trying to overcome.

In her case, after repeatedly showing that she had met all regulatory requirements, Lovell said she got a call from the mall a day before her event and was told her sale couldn’t go ahead. She then had to call

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Alberta’s Youth Volunteer executive director Leslie Oliver (left) and volunteer Andree Patenaude in Calgary. the corporation which ran the mall and get them to override local management’s decision.

“They just don’t trust you.

They always think you’re up to something or that you don’t have enough experience,” she says.

Such barriers are exactly what Volunteer Canada is trying to help youth break down.

A report from the organization - which identifies itself as the national voice for volunteerism in Canada - found that youth are generally seen as being in need of services instead of being perceived as a group with skills that can contribute to volunteer initiatives.

It also found a feeling among youth that their opinions and insights aren’t valued, respected or taken into account.

Meanwhile, the latest fig-

ures from Statistics Canada’s Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating released Wednesday show that today’s youth are far from disengaged.

In fact, it found Canadians aged 15 to 24 volunteered more than any other age group in 2010 at a rate of 58 per cent.

That beats the overall national rate of 47 per cent.

Despite the high rates of engagement, however, youth volunteers didn’t put in as many hours as older Canadians.

“Young people are very engaged, but they contribute the fewest number of hours.

We really need to make sure that they’re getting what they want out of a volunteer opportunity,” says Ruth MacKenzie, president and

CEO of Volunteer Canada.

“We found that they feel discriminated against when they’re looking for volunteer opportunities, there was assumptions made that they don’t have the skills.”

In trying to sustain youth volunteer efforts, Volunteer Canada recently worked with Manulife Canada to develop a suite of online tools which help tap into youth potential. They include a self-assessment tool that helps youth identify skills and interests they can apply to volunteering. A tip sheet on how organizations can become more youth-friendly will soon be online as well.

“Young people are highly committed and more techsavvy than other generations,” said MacKenzie. “There’s a real opportunity here to take them seriously and offer them real responsibility in volunteer roles.”

Malika Ladha knows the value of volunteering and continually advocates for youth to be taken more seriously in their efforts to help their communities.

“The major thing is not to have a position where youth are tokenized or patronized,” says the 20-year-old, who is the chair of Alberta’s YouthVOLUNTEER! Society, which helps implement youthbased initiatives.

“It’s important to really provide them with that meaningful stuff.”

Family bound for two-year African adventure

BY STEVEN JESSEL Invermere Valley Echo

The Falk family always thought that someday they’d like to go overseas to do volunteer work, but they didn’t always think it would be quite so soon.

“We’ve always kind of had this idea in our mind that someday we would probably go and do something international,” Joy Falk said.

“But maybe it would be when our kids were done high school.”

However, that all changed when the Falks heard from a family friend that there was a need for volunteers in the city of Niamey in the African country of Niger.

Upon looking at the information about what kinds of volunteers were needed, the Falks found a position for both Joy, who is a

kindergarten teacher, and Stacey, who works with construction. The Falks ended up getting into contact with an organization called Teach Beyond, and before you know it, the Falks had committed to a two-year stay volunteering in Niger.

“The people that know us well, they haven’t been surprised,” Joy said. “They have been very supportive, and we’ve had a lot of comments about what a great fit it is for our family.”

The Falks and their two daughters, Brianna, 12, and Rebekah, 9 will be working for and attending the Sahel Academy in Niger’s capital, a city of roughly 1.3 million people. Joy will be teaching kindergarten while Stacey will serve as a construction supervisor, and

their daughters will be attending the academy as students.

“When we first told [our daughters] they got really excited about it,” Joy said. “There is a lot of apprehension for all of us, leaving your friends and all that is familiar behind... but we’re all excited and we’re looking forward to the adventure it will be for us as a family, and how it will broaden our perspectives and strengthen us.”

There will be a lot of things for the family to get used to, not the least of which will be the weather.

With temperatures ranging into the high 40s in a congested city like Niamey, health concerns are a very real risk.

“It is a very busy city, and it’s a culture where relationships are

very important,” Joy said. “It’s about the people, and we have to accept the cultural differences and not see one as right, or wrong, or bad, but that they are different and that they have their own strengths.”

There is also a significant language barrier to overcome, as the predominant language in Niger is French. Joy says this is one area where their daughters have a leg up, thanks to their learning French in school. The family has also made contact with several members of the staff of the Sahel Academy, one of whom will be taking the family under their wing while they get situated and get adjusted to the language.

School begins at the academy August 8, and the family would

obviously like to be there for the first day of school, which means leaving in mid July. However, since their positions are voluntary, this leaving date is also contingent on the Falks raising the funds.

The family plans on having a garage sale or possibly a bake sale, but in the meantime donations can be made either though their website or by contacting the family directly.

“We want to make a difference in the lives of others,” Joy said.

“We want to have a different experience, and to even have a life filled with gratitude, to help us realize what we have here and how blessed we are.”

For more information or how to donate, visit the Falks’ website at falks.ca.

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Scouts celebrate Lord Baden Powell’s birthday TRAIL – On Feb. 23, youth, leaders and family joined together to celebrate Scout Week in honour of Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the largest youth movement in the world.

The evening started with a welcome to all Scouting members and to special guests representing the local Municipalities of Trail, Montrose, Fruitvale and the United Way of Trail and District.

Following this all stood to sing O’ Canada which was then followed by the Candle Ceremony to reaffirm the promises for all sections. This was done by leader and youth representing each section, they in turn read a saying and lit the appropriate candle and then had all members of their section stand and say their promise.

After dinner and a beautiful cake, the Honors and Awards part of the night took place The following is a list of awards and their recipients: Beaver Leaders Award- for great leadership team—1st Beaver Valley Colony Cub Leaders Award- for great leadership team— 2nd Rossland Pack Kiwanis Shield- Troop Proficiency-- 6th Trail Troop Jake Staats Troop Camp Award - 6th Trail Troop Eager Beaver Award- outstanding adult helper Sheila MacKay Special Events Award - Linda Anderson & Heather Hamer Newton Sherwood Appreciation Award –Leader Jennifer Ellis 2nd Rossland Lindsay Cross Memorial Top Cub Award Julia Halbert 1st Beaver Valley John Shannon Memorial Top Scout Award Colton Ashby 1st Beaver Valley Brian Card Memorial Venturers - 6th Trail Company Scouts Canada In Appreciation Award United Way of Trail And District for their on going support of Scouting in the Greater Trail

Canucks love a bargain THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Clearly, Canadians love a good deal.

According to a report by Dallasbased marketing firm Epsilon, Canadians are more plugged into the so-called group deal or deal of the day website trend than Americans, and are willing to live with a flood of promotional emails in exchange for cut-rate deals.

About 53 per cent of surveyed Canadians said they were familiar with at least one group deal website - such as the Chicago-based originator Groupon.

About 42 per cent of the Canadians familiar with group buy sites said they signed up to receive daily offers via email, compared to 34 per cent of U.S. respondents.

Area The two youth awards were well deserved by both Julia Halbert and Colton Ashby, both these members have shown not only their dedication to the Scouting principals, but also their willingness to help others when needed.

Over the past year both have come forward in their own ways to help other members in the organization and to their community. It is a pleasure to work with them both and when given a task they have always done it with good spirits. Julia has shown her people skills with in the Group and especially at summer camp when other campers were feeling down.

Colton was always ready to help with what ever project was to be worked on and in getting supplies ready for meetings and events. He has been eager to help and to always want to learn.

The different representatives were given a chance to speak, all bringing greetings from their Councils and talking about what Scouting has done in the Communities and Mayor Boggs spoke of his roles in Scouting in years past.

The final ticket on the agenda was the investiture of the newly formed “107th Baden Powell Guild-Friends Of Camp Tweedsmuir” All members present were called up and in one joint ceremony, with all holding onto the Canadian flag, and Trail Mayor Dieter Bogg as a past member of Scouting accepting their promise, the group repeated their promise in front of all present.

The Guild is for past and present members of Scouting and Guiding along with family and friends. Their purpose is to support the leaders and groups of the area by helping at events, passing on skills and knowledge from their years in the movement and to help with the day to day support of Camp Tweedsmuir.

If any past members would like to find out information about joining the Guild, please contact Heather at 250-367-7453. We are always looking for more members.

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The annual awards ceremony recognized the efforts of Julia Habert (left) and Colton Ashby (above).

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Friday, March 23, 2012 Trail Daily Times

RELIGION

TRAIL & DISTRICT CHURCHES

Jesus Clears the Temple At: http://www.inheritthemirth.com/estore/images/clears-thetemple.jpg you’ll ďŹ nd the image our kids gave me a few years ago. It occupies a central place in my ofďŹ ce. The kids do not attend church; describe themselves as generally agnostic; have caused me to wonder about my hypocrisy as only teenagers could; and have generally shown a distrust of the church and its teachings that is typical of our society today.

And yet. And yet. They gave me this image.

Jesus clears the temple.

My call into ministry is grounded in the part of Jesus’ ministry I have most upheld: ministry amongst the marginalized; founded in the manger; born into poverty; issuing from rural communities of farmers and ďŹ shers. Responding to power by ďŹ rmly reminding all that we are created by the same God, living in the same world, bound under the same covenants.

All creation, all creatures. Calling for re-cognition of our interdependence; to live in relationships of loving care and mutual support, relationships covenanted with God at creations dawn.

My images of Jesus - of his ministry. Love mixed in with whips and table tossings.

Jesus clears the temple.

There has always been a covenant. When we take upon ourselves a hubris that belies our position in creation, we are reminded. We are reminded in the failure of the salmon, the collapse of the cod, the silting of the waterways, the deserted sands blowing over empty cities. In the hollow bellies of our children, in the cries of the wounded. In the plastic whirlpools overtaking the oceans, we are reminded. The children know that, they don’t need to be reminded, it is a fact and a concern

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of their existence, a future that is now, a covenant made with them and broken before their birth.

And yet. And yet. They gave me this image.

Jesus clears the temple.

In this day, the children see churches as empty buildings ďŹ lled with forgotten rituals. In this day, whether we sing of old crosses made rugged, or praise the holy name of God with arms upheld and calls to ‘Lord Jesus’ fresh upon our lips, the children ďŹ nd no nurture in our pews. In this day, whether we say we are respectful of diversity and love in all its forms, or harshly judge the actions of another, the children see no sanctuary within our gates.

And yet. And yet. They gave me this image.

Jesus clears the temple.

Jesus entered into the most holy of holy places. Turning the tables, he put the strong into relationship with the weak.

Reminding his people of the covenant, he called the world into memory too. Jesus made room where systems and services had plugged it up and closed it off. Jesus cleared the temple.

The children have given me this image: Jesus doing what he has always done best. Clearing the Temple. Making room for covenant to ourish once again.

Jesus has cleared the temple.

Where will he take us now?

And why is he smiling?

Keith Simmonds diaconal minister Communities in Faith Pastoral Charge

Trail Seventh Day Adventist Church 1471 Columbia Avenue Contact John L’Ecluse 250-368-8742 Pastor Douglas Pond 250-364-0117

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New archbishop brings new attitude to Montreal diocese THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - As Montreal’s populist archbishop calls it a career, his cerebral successor enters at a time of dwindling numbers at the pews and a shortage of priests.

Archbishop Christian Lepine was named to the post this week by Pope Benedict XVI and says he’s ready to be open and listen, and to be proactive and spread the gospel to families and youth where they live.

Lepine, 60, takes over from Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, who held the post for 22 years at Canada’s second-largest Catholic diocese before announcing his intention to retire last year after he turned 75, the mandatory age of retirement according to church rules.

Lepine treaded carefully in his first media appearance, saying he’s humbled to have been chosen for the job. “It’s a great task, but it’s not something I can do alone,� Lepine said Wednesday. “With God, with prayer, and with other bishops, with priests, with other laypeople, we can do it.�

Turcotte’s resignation was accepted on Tuesday, at the same time as Lepine’s promotion.

Lepine was ordained in 1983, was a pastor at various Montreal-area churches and spent two years at the Vatican. He was named auxiliary bishop last year.

Lepine said his goal is to reach out and unite people. He explained that on controversial issues, his approach will be based on respect for the person and focus on dialogue and listening rather than on confrontation. “We live in a society where there is often opposition, contradiction and it makes it difficult for people to come together and discover as human beings, we share the same values,� Lepine said. “I think the church has a role to learn to bring people together.�

Asked about the place of the church in a secular society, Lepine said he hopes the church has “the freedom to speak and give its message.� He said the separation of church and state is “good� in the sense that it accepts freedom of religion.

Turcotte said he is glad to let Lepine, a Montrealer, take over the job in a community he knows well. He says Lepine brings an infusion of youth despite his 60 years.

The outgoing archbishop says he had plenty of advice for his successor.

Turcotte noted that he’s a bit of a joker; he’s known for his affable disposition and media savvy, such as using hockey examples to illustrate points about religion. But his successor is apparently a more intellectual, serious individual.

The elder cardinal says that difference in character is welcome. “He doesn’t have the same personality as me and that’s a good thing,� said Turcotte, noting that he was also different than his predecessors. “I am myself and he’s going to be himself. He’s more calm than I am. I like to make jokes and he’ll have to learn to make jokes,� Turcotte said with a laugh.

In addition to his personal disposition, Turcotte is also known for having taken a public stand against abortion, famously returning his Order of Canada after pro-choice activist Henry Morgentaler was named to the order in 2008.

A Quiet Revolution-era priest, Turcotte remembers a time when the Catholic faith was a way of life in Quebec. Today, with church attendance paltry and this society staunchly secular, the priestly vocation requires a lot more faith. “It’s important to have a church that convinces people - it’s the most difficult thing to do. We have to get away from the past and live with the future,� Turcotte said. “I’m not a prophet, I don’t have a crystal ball. But I have faith, and I’m sure that things are going to change.�

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Basil, Nettles and some Again, this has to do with adrenal of the calming herbs such as Lemon recovery. The adrenal glands are balm, chamomile, hops and skullcap. responsible to handle stressors 9. Also consider using support for throughout the day and react to them the production of serotonin that helps properly. Due to many people’s life- initiate sleep. One of the best ways to styles, I find the adrenal glands are do this is to get sunshine or be outoften compromised and/or imbal- doors for at least 30 minutes per day, anced. preferably during your lunch hour.

3. One of the most important The sunshine hits the back of the retcauses of sleep disturbances is vari- ina that helps convert raw materials ous components in what we drink. to serotonin.

• The one I most commonly see 10. Low night time blood sugar is coffee and black/green tea or promotes waking. Therefore, ensure Yerba Mate/Honeybush/Chinese or adequate protein in meals, especially Rooibos teas. These are all acidic, supper. which leach Calcium and Magnesium 11. Regular exercise improves from the bones and can contribute sleep and helps the adrenals handle to acid reflux/heartburn, but, are stressors more effectively without also stimulants, no matter when you over-reacting, therefore, include 40 drink them. minutes in a daily routine and being • Alcohol can also affect sleep. outside would be the best.

Again, it puts a load on the liver to 12. Restless legs is a common detoxify and because the liver is most cause of insomnia and is sometimes active at night, you will wake if the a folic acid deficiency. This can be liver is weak or over-loaded. an issue in those not absorbing their 4. Other compounds that can foods properly and/or have a cafaffect sleep are thyroid preparations, feine sensitivity. oral contraceptives-birth contol pills, 13. A simple and effective short steroids (including inhalers), beta- term solution is Magnesium glycinblocker medications for the heart, so, ate. This is a highly concentrated if you are on any of these medications and absorbable form of Magnesium and sleep seems to be an issue, you to help settle the system down. may need to talk to your practitioner 14. Sleep apnea can also disturb and possibly switch medications. sleep, not only the person with the 5. Food can also affect sleep. apnea, but, their partners. One of the Sugar and chocolate are stimulants most common causes is being overfor the adrenal, so, again, try to use weight. Also, sinus and nasal congesthese once in awhile. tion can often cause improper oxy6. Always be aware that any fast gen supply, so, doing a nasal wash on foods or refined/processed foods that a regular basis will help. have a myriad of chemicals also makes Dr. Brenda Gill is a naturopath the liver work hard to de-toxify, so in Rossland. For an appointment call limit these as much as possible. Also 250-362-5035.

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The RCMP Staff Sergeant appeared at the last week’s Creston town council meeting to ask for its policing pri-

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Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen in a scene from “The Hunger Games,� which opened today at Trail’s Royal Theatre.

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Guitarist will attend Hall induction with former band THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Legendary guitarist Slash confirms he will be in attendance next month when Guns N’ Roses is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - along with at least some of his former bandmates - but has mixed feelings about it.

He feels honoured but also a bit turned off given that the hall has overlooked so many other great rock bands. “It’s sort of a bittersweet thing too because there’s so many artists that aren’t inducted, that came way before Guns did, that really actually almost deserve more to be in there and they’re not in there, the guitarist said in an interview Wednesday, listing off Canadian band Rush, Deep Purple, Cheap Trick and Kiss as examples. “So it’s really hard to sort of feel victorious ... that to me just doesn’t seem right.�

Slash wouldn’t say much about the prospect of Guns N’ Roses reuniting to perform for the hall induction. He quit the band in 1996 and drummer Matt Sorum and bassist Duff McKagan left a year later. But frontman Axl Rose continued to tour under the band’s name and used the Guns N’ Roses moniker for his long-delayed album “Chinese Democracy,� even though no other

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Guitarist Slash Poses for a photograph in Toronto on Wednesday. original members were involved. “It’s on (April) 14th and I don’t know anything about the details of it,� Slash said about the hall ceremony. “I’ll be there and whoever else is going to be there - I’m pretty sure Duff will be there -

we’ll just sort of take it as it comes.�

The other musical acts being inducted into the hall this year in the performer category are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, Laura Nyro, the Small Faces/Faces, Beastie Boys, the Crickets, the Famous Flames, the Midnighters, the Comets, the Blue Caps and the Miracles.

Slash’s second solo album, “Apocalyptic Love,� is due out on May 22. He’s kicking off a tour on Friday in Toronto.

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Hollywood.com box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian said “The Hunger Games� could approach the $130 million to $140 million level achieved by two of the “Twilight� flicks. “The Hunger Games� may have an edge, too. Female fans drive “Twilight,� while “The Hunger Games� has strong interest from both sexes. “Given that this is the first installment, there’s no precedent for what this movie could do. We don’t have a track record for ‘The Hunger Games,�’ Dergarabedian said. “This is one of those movies that because of that appeal to virtually every kind of audience, it could exceed even our strongest expectations this weekend. But we just don’t know.

Everybody’s speculating.�

A debut of $140 million would put “The Hunger Games� into the top-five on the all-time charts for domestic opening weekends.

At No. 1 is last year’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2� ($169.2 million), followed by 2008’s “The Dark Knight� ($158.4 million); 2007’s “Spider-Man 3� ($151.1 million); 2009’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon� ($142.8 million); and last fall’s “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1� ($138.1 million).

Based on the first of three bestsellers by Suzanne Collins, “The Hunger Games� stars Jennifer Lawrence as a teenager hurled into a televised fight to the death among other youths in post-apocalyptic North America.

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Early tracking pegged “The Hunger Games� at only about half that much.

But box-office forecasters have been continually revising their predictions upward based on audience awareness and advance ticket sales.

Opening Friday, “The Hunger Games� has a strong shot at shattering the record March debut of $116.1 million domestically for 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland.�

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oes the pain of grief, that there or walking into a room and deep sadness and knife- expecting to see them. When naviedge longing that pierces gating that first year the anniversary the heart ever stop? dates are raw reminders of the loss.

What we would like to hear is the The next several years are a time answer, “Yes, just a little longer and of adjustment to living alone, doing you will stop hurting.� However, things without that trusted friend to really understand the experience and helper, or changing life direcand feelings, and where those will tion. Throughout that time the sense take us, it helps to view of missing the person grief from a different never really goes away. angle.

It becomes less conIn contemporary stant and less focused society, grief is misin thinking, but returns takenly viewed as an when one is reminded ‘event’. A loved one of them by a smell, a passes and it is expected similar voice, a picture. that family and friends It is a journey that lasts GAIL will grieve and miss the a lifetime. person for a time.

Grief does change Some cultures have over time. Eventually Hospice - support, funerals or ‘wakes’ as care, companionship the dark and heavy feela commemoration of ings that threaten to the life lost, and others overwhelm move into have rituals or events that mark the background of living. the passing: like 6 week memorials Anniversary dates and activities or mourning garments worn for a turn into something more positive specified time. and become a time of remembering If a person affected by loss is what that person liked and what not back to functioning daily, or they did. Memories of good times, continues to be thrown out off bal- shared experiences and accomplishance by their grief beyond several ments come to mind more frequentmonths, they are told they need to ly. There is still a sense of loss, but it “buck up�, “it’s time to move on�, “to is mixed with a sense of gratefulness get out and live again�. For many, for having had some time with the especially when a child or partner person and having shared a part of has died, that is hard to do. life with them.

Grief takes time. Grief is better Grief arises out of the memory of seen as a journey rather than an a person who has left our life. We incident. When someone is gone would not want to lose that memfrom life, they will be missed but ory. never forgotten. In the immediate Perhaps the important transiaftermath of death, and for the first tional step along the path of grief is year, the pain felt is deeply intense when we begin to spend more enerand emotional. gy keeping the person’s legacy alive It might be related to regret of and moving forward. This point of things undone, guilt, longing for time will differ for every person who dreams that now won’t be realized, experiences loss. Grief is a very perfear of being alone, or anger at being sonal journey. left behind.

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KIJHL

Hawks look to finish off Fernie

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AM Ford’s D. J. Ashman (left) and Pride Gym’s Glen Kalesniko promise some furious action in the Cominco Arena Apr. 14, as AM Ford Fight Night “Demolition” gets set to kick off. Below: Pride Gym’s Jordan Knippellberg works out with Brad Causey as they prepare for their respective fights, and will be featured in two of four main events on a 15-fight card.

Four main events set for fight night

BY JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor

Spring is in the air, the fighters are in the gym, the posters are up, and tickets are on sale. It’s that time of year again when Trail’s best mixed-martialarts and muay-thai fighters hit the ring for this year’s exciting edition of AM Ford’s Fight Night.

The bell rings for Ford fight night’s “Demolition” Apr. 14 at the Cominco Arena with another intense card on tap.

Organizers are planning 15 tilts in total, with four main events and three titles up for grabs highlighting this year’s fights.

“It’s the first time we’ve put three titles on the line, so it’s going to be awesome, we’ve got some really good fights,” said organizer and Pride Gym trainer Glen Kalesniko.

Brad Causey, 9 and 1, goes toe-to-toe with Jesse Ronson, Stefan Fricta fights Jason Gorney, number-three ranked world amateur fighter Morgan River Jones of Trail takes on undefeated Texan, Jade Dehaas and the always exciting Jordan Knippelberg moves up a weight class to fight veteran Brandon McArthur.

Knippelberg moves up from lightweight and will fight in the welterweight class for the first time in his 12-fight career.

“I put on about 20 pounds, so I’m a lot heavier and a lot stronger,” said Knippelbert. “155 was

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His opponent is a veteran of 23 fights, and has fought the likes of Causey, Jesse Bongfeldt and Cody McKenzie.

“He’s pretty tough . . . but I feel pretty confident in my hands and we’ll see what happens. You never really know until you get in there but I’m really, really excited. It’s going to be a good test for 170, a good fight for my 170 debut,” added Knippelberg.

Causey is coming off a successful Cage Rage 5 outing, as is Jones, who remains undefeated at 5 and 0 and moved up in the World Amateur Rankings from fourth to third spot.

“It’s going to be a great fight card, our top four will be awesome fights, some real high level with River being where she’s ranked and her opponent is highly ranked too,” said Kalesniko.

“And of course Brad, it’s going to be awesome, and with the three titles, it should make it a lot more interesting.”

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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks have a chance to end their series against the Fernie Ghostriders and win another banner by taking the KIJHL Kootenay Conference tonight.

The Hawks shut out the Ghostriders 2-0 in Fernie Wednesday.

Backed by solid goaltending from Mike Vlanich, the Nitehawks were outshot for the second game in a row.

Zach Perehudoff was named first star in Tuesday’s game for stopping 34 of 36 and Vlanich would get firststar honours for his 29-save performance on Wednesday while the Hawks fired 24 shots at the Fernie net.

Rife with offensive talent, It’s uncharacteristic for the Nitehawks to be on the short end of the shot

department, but a good sign that their defence and goaltending can also win them games.

Chris Johnson broke a scoreless tie through two periods to put the Hawks up 1-0, 71 seconds into the third.

Johnson converted a nice set up from Mason Spear and Jake Lucchini to notch the winner. Spear added an empty netter with 43 seconds remaining to deliver the dagger.

In the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference, Sicamous Eagles prolonged the series with a 3-1 win over Kelowna Wednesday. The Chiefs from Kelowna hold a 3-1 series lead as the series heads back to Kelowna tonight.

The Hawks play Fernie tonight in Game 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Valley Arena.

SNOWBOARD CROSS

Twins race in World Juniors

BY JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor

Warfield’s Tommy and Mitch Pitman are only two of three snowboard-cross racers chosen to compete for Canada in the World Junior Championships in Sierra Nevada Spain this weekend.

It is their third trip to the worlds and Tommy is coming off a goldmedal finish at a B.C. provincial series race at Big White last week and earlier this month the twins had the opportunity to compete in World Cup races at Stoneham, Que. and Blue Mountain, Ont. Racing on the world stage has been a great experience for the Kootenay

Boarders, but one that comes with its share of challenges.

“There is a little more pressure in these competitions and you always want to perform well,” offered Mitch in an email.

“Competing in these higher level races is exciting riding with the best.

Dropping into a big coarse gets very intense at times.”

After skiing for Team B.C. last season, Mitch and Tommy Pitman were invited to train with the National Development Team, a staging area for junior racers to make the jump to the National Team.

The two join Indrik Trahan on the junior team and will race Sunday.

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

Richards, Reid back on podium

BY TIMES STAFF Black Jack skiers ripped up the course at the National Championships in the Mont Sainte-Anne this week.

Former Black Jack skier Geoffrey Richards finished first in the Interval start-free technique and sixth in the 10-kilometre classic

technique.

Black Jack’s David Palmer also had two good showings, coming fifth in the classic technique and ninth in the free-technique while Shawn Degroot came ninth in junior 10-kilometre classic.

Peter Locke was 21st in the 10-k and Julien Locke 24th.

Meanwhile Rebecca Reid continues her fine finishes, coming second in the free technique, 11th in the 5-k classic, while Jillian Reynolds of Rossland crossed the line in fifth in the free and eighth in the 5-k classic.

Suzanne Fraser also competed, coming 15th in the 5-k classic.

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SPORTS

Hawks have hope

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t least in the ner between Beaver Kootenay Valley and Fernie will Conference, be strongly favoured KIJHL playto advance to the offs are proceeding as provincial championexpected. ship round.

The top two teams All the more reain their respectson tonight’s valley ive Murdoch and tilt is important. A DAVE Mountain divisions win for the Nitehawks are currently competwill allow at least as ing for the conference much rest for Beaver Sports ‘n’ Things championship and Valley players as the the league’s runaway Okanagan winner will first place squad is ahead of the over- get, and reduce the risk of injury all fifth-place team, 3-1. high-stress playoff hockey presents.

Beaver Valley fans would be wise, I am sure the Nitehawks are aware however, not to be too comfort- of all this, but, given their lethargy in able about the Nitehawks inevitable the early half of game seven against advance. the Rebels, it wouldn’t hurt for a big Beaver Valley is in the same pos- supportive crowd to be on hand to ition they occupied in the last series, remind them. with Castlegar. Up two games and On the BCHL front - some going home with a chance to clinch. seem surprised that the Merritt Memory serves to remind us all that Centennials, of all teams, swept their that series went very, very deep into playoff round against the Prince game seven before the Nitehawks, George Spruce Kings. coming back from a two-goal deficit, The Kings are big and strong, have edged the Rebels for the division the league’s top scorer and three of crown. the top 14. The Kings put an end It isn’t as if nobody expected to the Penticton Vees epic winning Fernie to be a tough opponent. The streak on the season’s last weekend.

Ghostriders swept their first round Merritt’s top scorer, their only one series, then held off a very strong in the top 20 in the BCHL, sat just Kimberley club in seven games, just above Prince George’s fourth place the way Beaver Valley advanced past point getter.

Castlegar.

But, it’s a team game. Merritt is It behooves Nitehawks fans to better organized and balanced, perbring, en masse, a strongly positive haps a little faster, and with their vibe into the Hawks’ Nest tonight. playoff sweep has handled the With the other semi-final also Spruce Kings seven straight times. having the potential to end tonight, The surprise in the BCHL is that a series-closing Beaver Valley vic- Penticton, a legendary regular seatory tonight could be very helpful, son powerhouse, has its hands full even instrumental, in the Nitehawks with the fourth place Chilliwack getting where they want, and are Chiefs, who have actually outscored expected, to go - to a league title and Penticton, 7-6, in winning two of the beyond. last three games in that series, which On the other side of the playoff is tied, 2-2. split, nothing is as expected. The During the regular season, fourth seeds from both the Doug Penticton’s top nine scorers all proBirks (Okanagan) and Shuswap duced more stats than Chilliwacks divisions, neither of which would leading point getter and the Chiefs have finished above fourth on the were the last BCHL team to secure a Kootenay side of the KIJHL, are cur- playoff spot rently fighting for the chance to play I still expect the Vees to face the the Nitehawks/Ghostriders winner. Centennials in the interior finals, but It seems likely, therefore, the win- it is not a given, never was.

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BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF B.C.

Saddle up at horsemen’s clinic

BY JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor

Local horse-riding enthusiasts have a great opportunity Saturday to take their passion to a new level.

The West Kootenay Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen of British Columbia (BCHBC) is offering a full-day symposium on a range of topics related to horses and wilderness and backcountry riding.

“One of our mandates is to educate our members and all horse people on the back country and the safety aspect, the actual use of the horses in the back country,” said the West Kootenay Chapter’s Rick Fillmore.

The four clinics will educate participants about different bit styles and how they affect a

horse’s movement, discovering the benefits of barefoot hoof care, identifying wild edibles, and how to physically and mentally prepare a horse for the experience of back country riding.

Each horse has its own temperament and understanding its needs and tendencies is a vital part of riding.

“They are all different,” says Fillmore. “They’re just like people, (they) all have different temperaments.”

The symposium is open to all, and starts at 9 a.m. at the Warfield Hall.

“It’s basically for anybody who wants to learn about horsemanship and how your horse works.”

For more information contact Laurie by email at laurie.merlo@gmail.ca or Rick at 367-9834.

ROLLER DERBY

Kannabelles ready to roll Players prepare for new season

BY TIMES STAFF West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League (WKWRDL) mania is back on the track, as the West Kootenay Kannibelles roll into a new season with their first foray south of the border.

The Kannibelles are heading to Spokane, Wash. to face the similarly dubbed Spokannibals at the Roller Valley Skate Center, Saturday.

Both the Kannabelles and Spokannibals are coming off excellent opening seasons and are hungry for more.

The Kannabelles crew is

an all-star team made up of the best of the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League.

After only one season, the elite team is already rated ninth in the nation by Canadian Roller Derby Rankings and get set to embark on their second season of high-caliber competition.

The traveling team has six games scheduled for the new year with their first home game going Apr. 21 when the Raggedy Rollers from the Okanagan Shuswap visit the Rossland Arena.

The WKWRDL meanwhile gets set to roll in April with six teams and 22 games scheduled for this campaign. The first

WKWRDL tilts hit the oval April 13 at the Rossland Arena, when Salmo’s Babes of Brutality take on Nelson’s Lumber Jackies and the Dam City Rollers of Nelson battle Rossland’s Gnarlies Angels. The Bad News Betties and Valley Vendettas from Slocan round out the teams.

The league is also hosting the Best of the West: Klash in the Kootenays, which is the annual western regional tournament in June in Nelson.

All-female, flat track, roller derby is the fastest growing sport in the world.

The West Kootenay Kannabelles hit the track in Spokane at 7 p.m.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Bowlers host regionals

BY TIMES STAFF The Glenmerry Lanes will be rolling at full capacity this weekend as Special Olympians bowl in their regional qualifier.

Five-pin bowlers from Trail, Rossland, Warfield and Fruitvale will welcome teams from across the Kootenays in a two-day tournament to see who

advances to the provincials in the summer of 2013.

“The competition is competitive but also fun,” said organizer Sheila Hawton. “This is why there is a banquet and dance combined with the tournament.”

In all, 15 teams and over 70 bowlers will compete in the qualifier.

“This is the most teams we have had at a Regional bowling tournament,” says Hawton.

The qualifier consists of two sessions each day as the bowlers hit the lanes on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m. and noon.

The public is welcome to attend.

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BUSINESS

Kootenay region’s economic forecast for 2012 ucts, growth in logging employment is forecast at 5 per cent to 6 per cent per year through 2013. Given that the provincial government is in deficit reduction mode, little job growth is expected in other forestry industries.

The Kootenay region is expected to see similar trends.

Given our outlook for coal mining, logging and forestry, employment in primary resource industries in the Kootenay region is forecast to inch up 2 per cent in 2012 and 1 per cent in 2013 following a 3 per cent decline in 2010. Teck’s smelting and refining operations in Trail employed approximately 1,500 people in 2010 and we estimate that that increased by 1 per cent in 2011. Production, sales, revenue and profits were all up materially in 2011 and Teck is currently proposing to expand smelting capacity for electronic waste recycling.

Employment growth is forecast to continue at less than 1 per cent per year through 2013.

Sawn lumber production in B.C.’s southern interior is forecast to rise 8 per cent per year through 2013 following a 16 per cent increase in 2011. That is driven largely by rising exports of softwood lumber to the U.S. due to rising housing starts there. Softwood lumber exports to China are also rising rapidly. Sawmills in the Kootenay region are expected to see similar production gains. Some growth in regional pulp production and employment is expected through 2013 as exports to China

increase.

Given our outlook for lumber and pulp production and Teck’s refinery operations, employment in manufacturing in the Kootenay region is forecast to grow by 9 per cent in 2012 and 6 per cent in 2013, following a 15 per cent decline in 2011.

Retirement income accounts for a substantial and growing proportion of personal income in the Kootenay region. All of the region’s population growth so far this century has been among persons aged 56 and over. This age group will continue to grow, rising 2.5 per cent per year through 2013, down from 3.2 per cent per year pre-recession.

Employment in health care and social services is forecast to trend up at 1 per cent per year through 2013.

Total CPP and OAS income is forecast to rise by 5 per cent to 6 per cent annually.

The only problem with aggregate retirement income is investment income. Bond yields and deposit interest rates are at historic lows and real percapita wealth has been dampened by lower equity values since the last recession.

The average level of employment in the Kootenay region in 2011 increased 3.9 per cent from 2010, following a decline of 10 per cent from 2008 through 2010.

Last year’s growth was led by miscellaneous services, accommodation-food services, construction, health care and transportation services. Job gains in

these industries more than offset declines in retail trade and manufacturing. Given the outlook for regional employment in primary resources and accommodation-food services and overall provincial employment, total employment growth in the region is forecast at 0.8 per cent per year through 2013.

The labour force is also forecast to grow at 0.8 per cent annually through 2013. The region’s unemployment rate will thus average 8.1 per cent through

2013, down slightly from 8.2 per cent in 2011.

Overall population growth is forecast at near zero through 2013, up from an estimated 0.5 per cent decline last year.

Given our outlook for population growth and the labour market, the Kootenay region’s resale housing market is predicted to remain fairly stable through 2013. Unit sales are forecast to decline 2 per cent this year before leveling off in 2013, following a 6

per cent drop in 2011.

The median sale price is forecast to inch up 2 per cent this year and 1 per cent next year, following a very slight decline last year. The new housing market is predicted to follow similar trends. Residential building permits (dwelling units) in the region are forecast to decline 7 per cent this year before rising 5 per cent in 2013 following a 28 per cent drop in 2011.

The total estimated capital cost of major projects under con-

struction in the region averaged $3.5 billion in 2011, up 70 per cent year-over-year. Threequarters of these projects are residential buildings, most mixed with commercial components such as retail, hotel or resort. The remaining major projects under construction are power infrastructure. We predict the capital cost of major construction projects will decline though 2013 as residential and recreational projects are increasingly slowed to reduce inventory.

Kootenay Lake Levels March 22, 2012 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

Queen’s Bay:

Present level: 1740.06 ft 7 day forecast: Down 12 to 13 inches.

2011 peak:1751.71 ft. 2010 peak:1748.68 ft.

Nelson:

Present level: 1739.61 ft.

7 day forecast: Down 12 to 13 inches.

Levels can change unexpectedly due to weather or other conditions. For more information or to sign-up for unusual lake levels notifications by phone or email, visit www.fortisbc.com or call 1-866-436-7847.

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BY TROY MEDIA This region is forecast to see above average employment growth through 2013, with notable gains in manufacturing, primary resources and tourism.

Subdued net in-migration will lead to little population growth, while the resale housing market remains fairly stable.

Public sector non-residential building will decline, while private sector non-residential building will rise.

Trail is home to one of the largest integrated lead-zinc smelterrefineries in the world, while coal mining, lumber production and recreational-retirement housing are notable drivers of regional income. The region’s industry concentrations are in primary resources, construction and accommodation-food services.

The region’s educational, professionaltechnical, health-social and accommodationfood service industries have shrunk over time relative to the rest of B.C. and Canada.

Employment in coal mines in the Kootenay region grew by an average of 4 per cent annually from 2004 through 2010 and is estimated to have increased 5 per cent in 2011, following an 8 per cent increase in 2010. Although west coast metallurgical coal price is down from its 2008 peak, it remains very high by historical norms, reflecting rapidly rising Asian demand. Consensus forecasts suggest prices will remain near the current level through 2013. Proposed major projects in the region include two new and one expanded coal mine. We predict coal shipments from the region will remain elevated and direct employment in coal mines is forecast to rise 3 per cent in 2012 and 2 per cent in 2013, following a 5 per cent increase in 2010.

Employment in logging in B.C. grew 15 per cent over the last two years following a 59 per cent plunge in the five years preceding that. Given our outlook for rising production and exports of manufactured forest prod-

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Please let us know the name of the person you wish to remember, name and address of the next of kin, and we will send a card advising them of your gift. Also send us your name and address to receive a tax receipt.

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LEISURE

Friend’s possessiveness hinders son’s development Dear Annie: I have been best friends with “Lisa” for more than 25 years. We are both single mothers.

Her 16-year-old son, “Dean,” is friends with my 17-year-old son, “Jon.” I have begun to notice that Lisa is overly attached to Dean. When we go somewhere after work, she says she can’t stay because Dean wants her home. He’ll call or text that it’s time for her to leave, and she happily complies. She asks Dean for permission before going anywhere on weekends.

Jon has been accepted to a few outof-state universities, and I am excited about him living on his own.

Lisa, however, says she is going wherever Dean goes, and right now, he wants to join the army. She found a master’s program for the military that she can finish by the time he graduates, and she can then live wherever

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he’s stationed -- for his entire military career.

When I jokingly said his future wife would love that, she replied, “Who says he’s getting married?”

I know it’s not my business, but I remember when one of Lisa’s boyfriends broke up with her. I witnessed breakdowns, depression and stalking. I would not like to see her go through that again. Is it my place to say anything? If so, what? -- Worried Friend Dear Worried: Lisa is an extreme helicopter parent, and it’s terribly unhealthy for the child. And Dean knows he controls the rela-

tionship. We know it’s not Lisa’s intention to stunt Dean’s development out of selfishness and possessiveness.

It’s OK to talk to her about a child’s need to become independent and how parents should not deprive the child of this progress toward maturity. But the two of them are rather enmeshed right now, and there’s not much you can do. We hope Lisa finds the perspective to realize the emotional damage she could do to their relationship.

Dear Annie: I cannot believe the gall of some of the retired people in my area. Some whitehaired old guy actually tried to muscle his way in front of me in the grocery checkout line today. My items were already on the belt, and the people in front of me were paying when I looked up and this old white-haired guy behind me says, “I’m just going to go in front of you” -- not “May I?”

or “Would you mind?”

Just because you are retired or old does not give you the right to do whatever you want.

I was on my lunch break. My time is just as important as yours, and you probably have more of it than I do.

You should be offering to let the working people of the world go in front of you. After all, we support your butt by paying Social Security taxes -- something that probably won’t exist when I retire. -Hermitage, Penn.

Dear Hermitage: Feel better now? Retired people have already worked hard and paid their share of taxes, so let’s not get into that argument. And we hear the same complaints about stay-at-home moms and people with flexible work schedules, but those folks might also have restrictions on their time.

Here’s our best suggestion: No one should be rude to others or expect to jump the line.

Those who can manage, please try to go at less busy times to banks, post offices and other places that are only open during business hours. The rest of you, please be tolerant.

Dear Annie: “Steve in Ohio” says his wife

wants to name their son after his “Aunt Jordan.”

I am a 96-year-old male who was saddled with a gender-neutral name. I detested it and found it embarrassing to introduce myself to new people.

When I went away

to school, I adopted a masculine middle name, and as an adult, I finally made the middle name legal.

Please don’t give kids screwball names. They are the ones who pay for it in the future. -Empathy for Jordan

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LEISURE

YOUR HOROSCOPE

By Francis Drake For Saturday, March 24, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You feel rebellious today, and because of this, anything could happen. You’re certainly not going to let anybody boss you around!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A vague, uneasy feeling might make you feel unsettled today. This could be due to surprising news that comes out of the blue or secrets that are suddenly revealed.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Any kind of group meeting will be full of surprises today. You might meet someone unusual, or someone you already know might do something that’s quite bizarre!

(Who knew?)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Bosses, parents, teachers and authority figures might say or do something that surprises you today. Don’t quit

your day job. (You might be tempted to do this.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Sudden opportunities to travel might drop in your lap today. Alternatively, travel plans suddenly might be canceled. Something that has to do with publishing, education or the law will be unexpected.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) News about how something is to be divided could shock you today. This could be good; it could be bad.

Keep in touch with your bank account and anything to do with shared property.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Partners and friends are possibly defiant today. They definitely will do something that catches you off guard.

Be mindful of your own kneejerk reactions to this.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your work routine will

be interrupted today by computer crashes, power outages, fire drills, canceled meetings and staff shortages. Just cope as best you can.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is an accident-prone day for your children, so parents should be extra vigilant.

Romance will hold a few surprises as well. (Oh dear.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Unexpected company might

drop by today. Meanwhile, small appliances could break down and minor breakages could occur. You’ll probably run out of something in the kitchen today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is an accident-prone day for your sign, so slow down and take it easy. Be mindful of everything you say and do. Be careful that others don’t misinterpret what you say, as well. (This

is likely.)

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Keep your eyes open because you might find money or you could lose money today.

Anything having to do with your finances and your possessions is a crapshoot. Stay vigilant.

YOU BORN TODAY You are affectionate and modest.

You are also almost childlike in your approach to life because you are so spontane-

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ous, direct and very open.

You believe in loyalty. You like to keep things simple by avoiding negativity and complications. Partnerships matter to you. In your year ahead, a major change might take place, perhaps something as significant as what occurred around 2003.

Birthdate of: Jim Parsons, actor; Alyson Hannigan, actress; Megyn Price, actress.

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Qualifications required: Journeyman certification. Have a strong awareness and attitude towards workplace health and safety. Able to meet the physical demands of a Heavy Equipment Technician. Working knowledge of computers.

Experience in the Forestry and construction Industry.

Woodland Equipment Inc offers excellent wage compensation, extended health benefits. On-going industry training and year round employment.

We are one of the largest Hyundai dealers in Canada and believe our continued growth is a result of our highly skilled and engaged employees who deliver excellence in the Workplace. Come join our team in sunny and warm Vernon, where you will be appreciated, love our climate and enjoy all our outdoor activities.

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Send resume and cover letter to: Nu-Tech Auto Repairs Ltd. 2045 Columbia Ave Trail BC V1R 1K7

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Cards of Thanks

Joan’s Rae’s 90th, which was held at the Legion Hall on March 18, 2012, was a huge success thanks to the many that came which included 6 relatives from “Bonnie Scotland”.

Many, many thanks to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 11. The set up, decorations and catering were superb and certainly contributed greatly for this successful event.

We would also like to thank the following for their contribution in making this event so successful.

1. Glenda Riley - for the many things she did.

2. Kathy Brown - for her fabulous tinkling of the ivories, etc, etc.

3. Ferraro Foods - the Àower bouquets were lovely and the cake was delicious.

4. To those that came to the “do”.

5. To those that I didn’t mention - sorry about that, but you are in our thoughts and that’s what counts.

We love you all and “God Bless” Bill Rae & family members

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ApplicaƟons will be received unƟl Thursday, April 5, 2012.

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QualiÀed applicants should apply in person to Michelle Bedford, circulation manager, Trail Daily Times; by March 27, 2012.

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The Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice is a local innovation in health care, and part of a province-wide initiative designed to strengthen primary health care in B.C. Operating as a non-profit society, the Division aims to increase primary health care capacity and improve patient and population health outcomes by developing and implementing programs and services that will positively impact family physicians, nurse practitioners and their patients.

Executive Director The Division is seeking an Executive Director to coordinate and supervise management of the Division’s primary health care projects and to build strong relationships with Division members and between the Division, the health authority and the Ministry of Health. As well, the Executive Director will be the lead staff person for the organization, providing overall organizational development, management and leadership of the Division in support of the Board’s mission, vision, guiding principles and strategic directions. For a complete job description and posting, please visit: www.charityvillage.com/cvnet/viewlisting.aspx?id=249368

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TAKE NOTICE the City of Trail intends to dispose of the following described property: Lot 5, Plan 1910, DL 1073, K.D. - 815 Bell Place The property contains a single family dwelling. The lot is 49 Ō. x 32 Ō. in size.

A public viewing of the property is scheduled for Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.

The City will accept oīers for the purchase of the subject property up to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Trail City Hall, 1394 Pine Avenue, Trail, BC V1R 4E6 under the following terms and condiƟons: • The minimum bid shall be no less than $10,000.00.

• The purchaser shall be responsible for all legal fees associated with the purchase.

• The property is being oīered on an as-is, where-is basis.

• The City does not warranty the condiƟon of the property or buildings thereon.

• A cerƟĮed cheque in the amount of 10% of oīer being tendered must accompany the oīer. This amount will be credited to the oīer if accepted or returned to those whose oīer was not accepted. The security will be forfeited if the successful purchaser does not complete the sale transacƟon within 30 days of the date the oīer is accepted by City Council.

A public opening of the oīers will immediately follow the closing Ɵme of 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Trail City Hall.

Michelle McIsaac Corporate Administrator

Notice is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above deceased are hereby required to send particulars thereof to the Executor named hereunder at 1115 3rd St, Castlegar, British Columbia, V1N 2A1, on or before May 1, 2012, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto having regard only to the claims of which the Executor then has notice. The Executor will not be liable for any claim of which he has no notice at the time of distribution.

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISPOSE OF CITY PROPERTY

RE: Rudolph Weishaupt, deceased formerly of PO Box 1713 RR#1 219 Staats Rd, Fruitvale, British Columbia V0G 1L0

Beautiful, Clean and Well Maintained Well maintained 2 & 3 bedrooms townhouse 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Apartments for for rent or purchase Rent Located by the Columbia located in Shaver’s River in Glenmerry Bench Adult and Seniors oriented, No pets and no No Pets and No Smoking smoking Reasonable Rents, Reasonable prices Come and have a look Phone 364-1822 Phone 250-368-6761 or 364-0931. or 250-364-1922

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Friday, March 23, 2012 Trail Daily Times

CLASSIFIEDS

SUNDAY/MONDAY HOROSCOPE

By Francis Drake For Sunday, March 25, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Think up new ways of earning money, because this is possible today. Or you might see new uses for something you already own. (You’re very resourceful today.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Take a realistic look in the mirror, and ask yourself how you can improve your image.

After all, you never get a second chance to make a first impression, right?

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) If you dig deep today, you certainly will find secrets. At the very least, you will find answers that you’re looking for. Take advantage of this influence!

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Frank, honest discussions with others, especially in group situations, can improve everything. It’s time to put your cards on the table.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might see a better

way of relating to someone in authority today. However, someone also might come on very strong to you! (It’s hard to see which way the wind will blow today.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You’re very eager to study something and learn more today. You have a strong desire to improve yourself through knowledge, travel or more exposure to the world.

(Excellent!)

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Fundraising or the ability to use something that somebody else owns can benefit you today. Think of how you can see new uses for other people’s resources.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) A frank discussion with partners and close friends can somehow improve these relationships today. The secret is you have to be willing to be honest and revealing. (And you’re very private.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Look around you at work

today, because you certainly can introduce improvements.

Others are willing to listen to your bright ideas, if you have any.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Romance is very powerful today. Meanwhile, parents might see a better approach to how they will raise their children. (These things are possible today.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a good day to clean up garbage areas, dark spaces or anything related to plumbing and bathrooms. Just roll up your sleeves and get busy.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You’re unusually convincing today! A planetary configuration is helping you convince others to listen too. Why not use this to your advantage?

For starters, ask for what you want.

YOU BORN TODAY You are goal-oriented and aware of what you want to achieve in life. (And you go after it!) Another reason you’re successful is that you have

boundless energy. You are very capable of looking after yourself; however, you value your friendships. In fact, you are very loyal, and, of course, expect loyalty in return! A lovely, social year that blesses relationships awaits you.

Birthdate of: Elton John, singer; Kate DiCamillo, author; Marcia Cross, actress.

For Monday, March 26, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Start this week off with the awareness that you can improve your earnings this year. No question. Think of ways you can do this.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) With lucky moneybags Jupiter still in your sign, you are blessed! This is a fortunate year for you, so make the most of it. (Good things easily come your way.)

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This year is unusually spiritual for you. Perhaps you will have experiences or meet teachers who inspire you. (Or perhaps you are coming to these new ideas all on your own.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Work with others this year, because people can benefit you.

Form working units or partnerships. Join clubs, groups and organizations.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is one of the best years

in more than a decade for you to make a good name for yourself. This year (and next), many Leos will put their name up in lights.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Grab every chance to travel and explore educational opportunities. Publishing, the law, medicine and the media are areas where you can make great headway.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a wonderful year to benefit from others, and this includes banks. Ask for mortgages, loans or assistance, because you just might get it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Partnerships and close friendships are beautifully blessed this year. Count your lucky stars. This is a wonderful year to get married.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Continue to look for ways to improve your job or to get a better job, because they certainly exist for you this year.

You can improve your health as well. Lucky you!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Romance, love affairs, travel for pleasure, vacations and anything having to do with the arts will bring you great joy this year. Romance could blossom with someone from another country or a different culture.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Look for real-estate opportu-

SATURDAY’S CROSSWORD

nities to share. You can improve your home life, your home and certainly your family relationships.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a good year for you, because it’s easy for you to think positively! This is important, because you tend to materialize what you believe will actually happen. (This means your aptitude for visualization is powerful!)

YOU BORN TODAY You are straightforward, simple and spontaneous. You have the direct honesty of a child.

You like to work at your own pace, and often withdraw to do whatever involves you because you’re happy in your own solitude. You’re careful when choosing your friends. You’re also reliable and responsible.

You will love your year ahead because you have an opportunity to discover or learn something important.

Birthdate of: Martin Short, actor/comedian; Keira Knightley, actress; Robert Frost, poet. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Friday, March 23, 2012 Trail Daily Times

REGIONAL WHAT YOU SEE ...

JUMBO DECISION

Ski industry reaction mixed

BY CAROLYN GRANT Kimberley Bulletin

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Fruitvaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bev Harmston is finding thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still plenty of powder on the slopes of Red Mountain. If you have a photo you would like to share with our readers email it to editor@trailtimes.ca.

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province, this area in particular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It depends how unique the new offering is,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glacier based, year round skiing is unique, but there is a huge amount of capital required to build out. It will depend on the extent it happens. I guess itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the build it and they will come thing, but it remains to be proven. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have so much to offer now, from Whistler to Red Mountain to Silver Star to Sun Peaks to Revelstoke and Kicking Horse, which were both just built out in the last ten years, Panorama, Kimberley, Fernie - there are so many existing amazing ski experiences. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more difficult to argue that one more resort makes the province a significantly better ski destination.â&#x20AC;?

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Reaction to Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jumbo announcement has been mixed - entities such as the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce applaud it, while groups like the environmental organization Wildsight deplore it - but what about the ski industry itself?

David Lynn, president and CEO of the Canada West Ski Areas Association, says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a mixed feeling in the industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think everyone can empathize with the developer and how long the process has dragged on,â&#x20AC;? Lynn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making a decision one way or the other was the right thing to do. On principle, the industry supports a free market. But our concern is with excess cap-

acity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In terms of destination resorts, resorts that attract tourists themselves, which have accommodation on mountain, there are 13 in the province of British Columbia.

There is significant excess capacity and I think some people at these resorts would question increasing that capacity.â&#x20AC;?

Lynn says Canada West encourages free enterprise and encourages people who dream of creating new resorts, especially if they are new and unique products like year round glacier skiing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But from a capacity point of view, there is certainly no shortage.â&#x20AC;?

Lynn says time will tell if the more is better philosophy holds true - if a Jumbo resort could attract skiers new to the

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