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This young rider held on despite a rough ride aboard a determined sheep in Saturday’s Muttin Bustin event, which was part of the Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama. See more on Page 9.

Flood warnings rescinded – for now BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff

Cooler weather has the rising water levels of the West Kootenay abating as the BC River Forecast Centre has ended the high stream flow advisory for the region. The cool weather helped remedy significant snow melt and hot temperatures earlier in the last week, followed by heavy rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday. River levels rose quickly and remained high through Thursday

and into Friday, but when temperatures dropped — with current freezing levels around 1,500 metres — snow melt rates declined. Rivers levels like the Columbia and Kootenay have peaked and tributary waterways that were of concern such as Beaver Creek in Fruitvale are now receding. But that doesn’t mean the worst is over. Heavy snowfall this winter has resulted in the fifth-highest snow pack in the province since the 1950s. As a result, there is still “sig-

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nificant” snow at mid- to highelevations throughout the West Kootenay and Greater Trail region, meaning a seasonal flood risk still remains. “River levels may return to levels of concern if adverse weather conditions occur,” the report warned. A high stream flow advisory means that river levels are rising or expected to rise rapidly, but that no major flooding is expected. Minor flooding in lowlying areas is possible.

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You couldn’t call the MP for B.C. Southern Interior a technophobe. Alex Atamanenko is able to perform his duties as the region’s federal government representative from nearly the width of a continent away using various forms of technology to do so. But with the continuous stream of cuts coming out of Ottawa these days, Atamanenko was fearful of one thing during the first week of the new session of parliament. “It seems like the last couple of weeks every time I check my Blackberry (cell phone) there are more cuts announced,” he said. “The Conservatives are chipping away at everything we’ve taken for granted and worked so hard for.” From cuts to the CBC, federal prisons to Katimavik, it’s discouraging to see what is coming from the government these days, Atamanenko said. “It just seems to be, one by one, everything we have put into place over the last few decades is slowly being dismantled according to this new vision that (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper has,” he said. He pointed to a lack of accountability over such issues as robo-calls as one of the more frustrating aspects of the Conservative majority in the House of Commons. But increasingly he was worried over negotiations on the Canada and European trade agreement, concerned that the behind-closed-doors deal will be sprung upon parliament without adequate questioning and debate. “I am of the same mind on this as the mayor of Trail … what sort of impact will this have on our municipal contracts? Although there is a threshold, what effect will there be on local procurement?” he asked. In this session of the House Atamanenko will be speaking out on genetically modified organisms

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(GMO), hoping to advance the agenda of food sovereignty leading up to the next election. He will be looking to move legislation forward on GMO labeling, as well as either his private members’ bills on the Department of Peace or stopping horse slaughter. Although new NDP leader Thomas Mulcair did not forget his recent leadership rivals to form his new shadow cabinet, he left the MP for B.C. Southern Interior off the list for the second straight year. Atamanenko was not named as the agriculture critic despite having served in that regard for four years since he was first elected MP in 2006. He asked Mulcair to retain Malcolm Allen in the position as critic. “I didn’t think it was right to ask for that back,” Atamanenko said. Instead, Mulcair named B.C. New Democrat Nathan Cullen as the new opposition House Leader, replacing Joe Comartin, who takes on democratic reform. Toronto MP Peggy Nash returns to her role as finance critic and former interim leader Nycole Turmel retains her position as party whip. Mulcair will handle intergovernmental affairs and deputy leader Libby Davies will take on the health portfolio. Manitoba MP Niki Ashton, another former leadership contender, will take on the portfolio for women’s issues and Paul Dewar will handle foreign affairs. Quebec MP Francoise Boivin was promoted as justice critic. Two other New Democrats who withdrew from the leadership race were also named to the shadow cabinet. Robert Chisholm will deal with fisheries and be Mulcair’s deputy to watch over intergovernmental affairs and Romeo Saganash will deal with international development. Mulcair also named three deputy chiefs - Davies, David Christopherson and Megan Leslie. Olivia Chow will be the party’s critic for transport, infrastructure and communities and Jack Harris will oversee the defence file. With files from The Canadian Press

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Ear-piercing sounds of traffic rolled off of sunny Highway 3 Saturday, but the United Steelworkers Local 480 had a message that couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be silenced. The United Steelworkers Local 480 departed from the local 480 Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with members of the Greater Trail communityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for the 28th annual Day of Mourning. The procession marched along Bay Ave behind piper Gordon Titsworth until they arrived at the Family and Memorial

Worker Park near Cominco Arena where they expressed memories for people who lost their lives. The memorial honours colleagues who died from occupational diseases or work-related accidents, but one person was on everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind. Lonnie Plaskoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragic death is an iconic example of an accident nobody couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve imagined in this region. Many of his friends and family members remain devastated about the train derailment that killed him five years ago, and hope to use

public events like this, as a preventative platform. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw him that day. He went down that hill and he never came back,â&#x20AC;? said Gilbert Morrison, Plaskoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former colleague and friend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the worst part of it is, he was blamed for that accident.â&#x20AC;? Morrison and his wife, Rita, expressed concerns for other people who have suffered from work-related accidentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but the memories of Plasko struck a familiar chord with most attendees. Plasko certainly never

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planned to die, nobody plans to die, it was an accident Morrison concluded. Many other people found the ceremony emotional too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that would have been his 25th year of work,â&#x20AC;? said Tracy McLaughlin, Plaskoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stepdaughter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We come every year to remember.â&#x20AC;? The 28th Annual Day of Mourning puts things into perspective for people who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lost somebody from a work-related accident. WorkSafe BC recorded that almost three million days were lost as a

result of injuries or diseases sustained in the workplace. In B.C.,17 workers are permanently disabled on a daily basis. But, the community remembers Plasko as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a kind and caring person who loved his jobâ&#x20AC;? and never made it home. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a statistic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the ceremony went very, very well,â&#x20AC;? said Gord Menelaws, the health and safety chair for the United Steelworkers Local 480. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can tell it means a lot to people because of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turnout.â&#x20AC;?

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LOCAL No automation for Nelway border crossing ... yet BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff

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The Beaver Valley Rotary Park in Fruitvale was closed after Beaver Creek overflowed late last week. Over the weekend the levels have dropped but the park remains closed.

Province providing flood information FROM PAGE 1 The province is providing flood watch information on its DriveBC website so that people can check the status of the roadways before they head out this spring. Several days of warm weather have led to high snowmelt rates and fast moving rivers — such as the Boundary’s kettle and Granby rivers — and streams in parts of the West Kootenay. In fact, saturated hillsides have caused six washouts on provincial roads this past week. People are asked to drive with caution and look for pooling water

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in low-lying areas, near creek and river crossings. They can check current highway conditions through 200 highway webcams on the Drive BC website at drivebc.ca. Residents, recreationalists and visitors to West Kootenay waterways right now are urged to use extreme caution on and near all waterways, according to Emergency Management BC. Floodwaters are fast-rising and fast-moving, typically carrying large pieces of debris and making shorelines unstable. People should stay away from the water’s edge where increased

BY TIMES STAFF A man who has been under surveillance and has an extensive criminal history was apprehended by police on April 20. The Trail Crime Reduction Unit arrested a 24-year-old Trail man for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

flood risks have been identified, and be cautious of children and pets along rivers and creeks. People should take the following precautions: • Avoid small creeks and rivers, as their channels tend to be narrow and can fill up quickly. • Watch for changing conditions, particularly if you live in low-lying areas or near waterways. • Check perimeter drains around your property and ensure they are clear of debris. • Drive carefully and never attempt to drive through floodwater.

The man was searched before his arrest, and three point five grams of powder cocaine packaged in nine separate plastic bags were found. “At the time of his arrest. . . investigators believed he was actively dealing cocaine in Trail,” said Cpl. Darryl Orr of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment of

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Automation won’t be coming to the ports of entry in the Greater Trail region despite earlier claims in a leaked report of its possible presence, according to a Canadian Border Services Agency official. Senior media spokesperson Esme Bailey said automated border clearance (ABC) like the one recently installed in Vancouver International Airport (YVR) as a pilot project is a service that is exclusive to the Lower Mainland. There are no plans right now to expand the program to land ports of entry, which includes Waneta, Nelway and Patterson ports of entry, Bailey said in an email to the Daily Times. “There has been no decision to close or centralize any port of entry along the Canada/U.S. border,” Bailey said. However, in December, 2011, an internal Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) report detailing the next step in streamlining border crossings showed the Nelway port of entry as being identified for remote technology solution, which consists of travelers interviewed by border personnel via video camera. The report also identified the Midway crossing for three potential changes: closure, remote-technology solution or shared facilities. However, Bailey’s comments did not rule out

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examining future closures or remote technology solution. “Discussions with U.S. counterparts include shared services, facilities and technology to improve accessibility across the border,” Bailey said. “The Small Ports working group continues to refine recommendations for each port of entry under consideration. At this time, no plans have been finalized for any port of entry.” Automating certain low-volume ports of entry would allow the agency to find cost efficiencies while continuing to maintain services and border security for Canadians, Bailey added. Travelers would be processed and inspected remotely at land border ports of entry. Until that time, Bailey said the focus at Nelway is on ensuring the shared border with the U.S. is secure while easing the flow of legitimate travel and trade ABC uses self-service kiosk technology to partially automate the processing of eligible travelers (Canadian citizens with a valid Canadian passport and Canadian permanent residents (PR) with a valid PR card) returning to Canada through international airports. The ABC pilot at YVR has quickened the time needed for passenger screening and border processing for eligible passengers and has produced some benefits, including “increased client satisfaction and reduced wait times.”

out to recreate in the backcountry. Since January RCMP have reported five incidents of thefts from vehicles, with the majority of the vehicles targeted driven snowmobilers parked there for the day — and also people that were skiing in to the local cabins for a few days.

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continue to require a minimum number of instructional hours, but school boards will be able to design their own calendars. Abbott said the standard school calendar is a relic of an agrarian society where children did farm work in summer. A two-month summer break can result in setbacks for student learning, especially those who are struggling to keep up, he said. Abbott cited Kanaka Creek elementary school in Maple Ridge, which uses a modified calendar with shorter breaks through the year instead of the standard September-to-June model. That has been popular with students, parents and teachers, and academic results have been encouraging, Abbott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we now have is a pretty strong case that children learn better when they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a long summer break, that a shorter period when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re away from school is better,â&#x20AC;? Abbott said.

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Okanagan College students are reluctantly accepting higher fees. The institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 budget tackles a $2.6 million shortfall, and it includes a two per cent increase in tuition as well as levies for parking and print-

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Harper government slammed for secrecy

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Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird dons a New York Rangers jersey after losing a bet to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday. The Ottawa Senators were defeated by the New York Rangers in the first round of Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Church holds service for crash victims THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Members of an Alberta church will be able grieve together Sunday over the death of one of their pastors and two members of his family. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the first gathering of the Fort McMurray congrega-

tion since Shannon Wheaton died in a horrific highway accident on Friday. Rev. Edwin Rideout of Family Christian Centre says Wheaton, his wife Trena, and their youngest son, Benjamin were among the seven people killed when two pickup trucks

collided head-on. He says Wheatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest son, Timothy, 3, survived with only minor injuries. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been no word on the identities of the other crash victims. The wreck happened on a two-lane stretch of Highway 63 near Wandering River.

There have been several deadly crashes on the busy road linking Fort McMurray and Edmonton. And Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragedy has led to renewed calls for the province to fulfil its promise to twin the remaining two-lane sections of the highway.

TORONTO - Stephen Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Conservative government has won this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Code of Silence Award from the Canadian Association of Journalists. The annual award recognizing Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most secretive government or publicly funded agency was handed out in Toronto Saturday evening. The federal government was named for keeping information out of public hands on files such as the F-35 program, avoiding questions at media events and for restricting both public and media access to contentious information. Association president Hugo Rodrigues said the Harper government was the overwhelming choice of the CAJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 600 members across the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The death grip on information has long frustrated journalists

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Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; group refuses revised offer THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - One of Quebecâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most powerful student groups has shot down Premier Jean Charestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revised offer on tuition fees. The C.L.A.S.S.E. student federation voted this morning against Charestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to stretch the tuition increase over seven years instead of five. Two other major student groups are still debating the offer. Meanwhile, the Quebec Liberals decided to move a party convention next weekend from Montreal to

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The times they are a changing – again

he rehash going on in the mainstream media (MSM) about last week’s Albertan election is extremely boring. It is largely a group rethink by the legions of media bloviators who really got it wrong in the first place. Pollsters missed it too, with all of their currently trendy reliance on algorithms to predict with certainty the voting behaviour of crowds. Even the prescient Andrew Coyne definitively nailed down the Wildrose majority the day before the election, in a “National Post” article that was pulled from the blogosphere at warp speed as soon as the real trend was discerned. Being more of an anthropologist than a mathematician, I am struck by the power of observing individual voters and small groups in some detail. If I just confine my analysis to extended family, friends and workmates, the following was evident starting last weekend: 1. growing anger at the formulaic redneckism and anti-scientism in the Wildrose bench; 2. growing anger at the Ayn Randian ‘Dagny Taggart objectivism’ of Danielle Smith, which tolerated and excused unacceptable statements by Wildrose candi-

dates. It is always a mistake to defend the indefensible; 3. growing awareness that the Wildbunch was actually getting close to the handles of the Alberta economy, which currently functions as Canada’s ATM. Where was the evidence that the 87 Wildrose candidates had the management experience to manage a $40 billion payroll?; 4. growing intolerance of social and fiscal conservatism at the expense of all other values; 5. and perhaps most interestingly, a renewed commitment to the altruistic and embracing Canadian spirit, instead of meanspirited and divisive firewall arguments. Close to home, I also noticed something else: the voters under 30 were growing increasingly tired of the endless rehashing of Lougheed, Klein, Stelmach, Manning, Flanagan, and Harper histories. That was then and this is now. From a university student perspective, who cares anymore about firewall letters, the Calgary School, hating NEP-promoting Liberals, and evangelical approaches to politics, sex and oil? Students right now care about getting good jobs, getting established in their first homes, and building fam-

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ilies and careers. They also care about their friends, and are less loyal to place than to opportunity. In a funny way, Alberta is really more of a present opportunity than a place. Maybe my biggest election takeaway was learning the obvious: that the youth perspective on the election was the future and not the past. I have an overwhelming and pervasive sense that the Wildrose pitch was and is dated, and premised on conceiving Alberta as a family farm, never to be left, sold, mortgaged or subdivided. While Alberta is the national zone of opportunity, it is also a second home to all immigrants. Most of us have moms and dads and competing loyalties somewhere else, and that somewhere else is truly home. Having the pushpull of home and away is similar to the grandparents

who spoke wistfully of the “Old Country.” Many new Albertans live this reality, and are inclined to a natural diplomacy when conducting inter-provincial family relations. Why would you build a firewall to keep mom out? The young cohort of voters is also probably the besteducated generation yet produced by the Canadian public school (I say this with relish), community college and university system. The have grown up with a favourite and friendly TV ‘science uncle,’ David Suzuki, and they have an internet-sized awareness of everything from carbon capture technologies to melting Arctic sea ice. They get climate change. They live in a world characterized by relationships and interrelationships, both personal and technological, and they understand that everything is connected to everything else. This is notably a world where burning lakes of eternal damnation and Caucasian advantage never existed. I also detect that young voters are tired of a politics characterized by polarization and cheap-shot arguments, ever-present Levantine anger, vote suppressing robocallers, and mean-spirited attack ads. My youthful Facebook friends clearly prefer the

values of altruism, diversity, community and reason to individualism and greed. When I look beyond Alberta, I see all of their energy and hope smiling back at me from the new NDP opposition in the House of Commons. Whether or not the reborn Alison Redford Progressive Conservatives really embrace the values of youth will shortly be revealed. To maintain the political licence just granted, they will have to govern from the centre slightly to the left, just as premier Lougheed famously did from 1971 to 1985. But unlike Lougheed, they were elected from the centre, and not the right. In this respect, Redford resembles more her old mentor, the fundamentally decent Joe Clark from High River. Joe had a tough time as a Progressive Conservative prime minister back in 1980; perhaps his progressive values of internationalism, biculturalism and humanism (rather than objectivism) will play better in 2012 in the hands and heart of the new premier. The young voters I know are watching with interest. Troy Media columnist Mike Robinson has lived half of his life in Alberta and half in BC.

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Sudan is certainly not the norm

resident Omar al- citizens. Bashir of Sudan has The main goal should be been having some fun liberation from these insects with language recent- and to get rid of them once ly. He has come up with a new and for all, God willing.” It name for the Sudan People’s will, he implied, be a total Liberation Movement (SPLM), war: “Either we end up in the party that has formed the Juba (South Sudan’s capital) government of South Sudan and take everything, or (they) since it finally got its indepen- end up in Khartoum and take dence from Sudan last July. everything.” “Movement”, in Arabic, is This is nonsense: neither “haraka”, but Bashir has start- side’s army has the logistical ed using the word “hashara” support to advance as far as instead. “Hashara” means the other side’s capital. “insect”, and Sudan’s official But they could certainly kill media have obediently taken a lot of people – about two up the abusive term. Everybody million died in the 22-year remembers that war that ended the Hutu regime in South Sudan’s in Rwanda independence – described the and they seem Tutsi minordetermined to ity as “cockdo it all over roaches” when again. it launched the So what are terrible ethwe to make of nic genocide this folly? Many GWYNNE in 1994, and people will simit’s particuply say “It’s larly troubling Africa. What did because Sudan you expect?” World Affairs and South Others, more Sudan are on sophisticated, the brink of war. will lament that mankind is The oil town of Heglig, on still trapped in an endless the new and disputed border cycle of wars. Almost nobody between the two countries, will say to themselves: “Pity has changed hands twice this about the two Sudans, but month: first South Sudan they are just one of the inevidrove Sudanese troops out, table exceptions to the rule then the Sudanese took it that war is in steep and probaback. South Sudan’s govern- bly irreversible decline everyment insists that it withdrew where.” Yet that is what they voluntarily, but the facilities should say. that supplied half of Sudan’s War between countries is oil have been comprehensive- not the norm in Africa: there ly wrecked. are 52 African countries, and The war, if it comes, would only two pairs have gone to be over the control of the oil war with each other in the reserves along the undefined past twenty years. border, but it would also be an Internal wars are much ethnic conflict. more common, and some, like The majority in Sudan those in Rwanda, Somalia, thinks of itself as Arab, and Congo and Sudan, have taken looks down on the “African” a huge number of lives. ethnic groups of South Sudan. But those wars were killMembers of the Sudanese ing on average more than half elite, conditioned by centuries million people a year in the of Arab slave-trading in Africa, 1980s; now the annual death sometimes even use the word toll from internal conflicts in “abd” (slave) in private when Africa is around 100,000. It’s referring to southerners. not as bad as people think it is, The rhetoric is getting very and it’s getting better. ugly. Bashir recently told a There has been a profound rally in Khartoum: “We say change in attitudes to war not that (the SPLM) has turned just in Africa, but all over the into a disease, a disease for us world. Most people no longer and for the South Sudanese see war as glorious, or even

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useful. They don’t see it as inevitable, either, and their governments have put a lot of effort into building international institutions that make it less likely. No great power has gone to war with any other great power in the past 67 years. That is a huge change for the better, for the great powers are the only countries with the resources to kill on a truly large scale: it would take a century’s worth of Africa’s wars at their worst to match the death toll in six years of the Second World War. This change of attitude has not reached the Sudans, where several generations have lived in a permanent state of war. It is hard to imagine anything more stupid and truculent than the decision of Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, to halt all oil production (although it provided 98 percent of his government’s budget) because Sudan was siphoning off some of the oil. No, wait. That was no more foolish and aggressive than Omar al-Bashir’s unilateral seizure of much of South Sudan’s oil (which crossed Sudan in pipelines to the sea), just because the two sides had not reached an agreement on transit fees. Now both countries are short of oil, strapped for cash – and about to waste their remaining resources on another stupid war. But at least the rest of world is trying hard to stop them. Even South Sudan’s closest friends condemned it for seizing the town of Heglig, and forced it to withdraw. The African Union has sent former South African president Thabo Mbeki and special envoy Haile Menkarios to mediate between the two sides. China, which took most of the oil exports from both countries, has sent its envoy to Africa, Zhong Jianhua, on a similar mission. Who knows? They might even succeed. Miracles happen all the time these days. Gwynne Dyer is a Londonbased independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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OBITUARIES JORDT, FREDERICK PETER — was born on August 26, 1946 and passed away on April 26, 2012 after a 12 year valiant battle with cancer. Fred passed into the loving arms of his saviour. He is survived by his wife May, son Doug (Becky), daughter Paula, his grandchildren Cody, Judah, Samantha and Jake, his great grandchild Aiden and his forever son-in-law Thom Redding. Fred also leaves behind his mother Elvira Jordt and his sisters Marg Webber and Elvy Maurice as well as numerous other family members. No funeral by request. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy donations can be made to the local Salvation Army or the Canadian Cancer Society. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

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Yankee legend won five World Series and starred in Game 7s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Moose Skowron, a five-time World Series champion and one of only two players to hit three home runs in Game 7s, died Friday of congestive heart failure at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. He was 81. Skowron helped the New York Yankees win four titles in the 1950s and 1960s. “There weren’t many better guys than Moose,” said former teammate Yogi Berra, the only other player with three Game 7 homers in the Series. “He was a dear friend and a great team man. A darn good ballplayer, too.” Skowron became a star first baseman with the Yankees and went on to appear in eight All-Star games over six seasons. Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig called him “an integral part of the wonderful Yankee teams of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. He was a wonderful storyteller and an important link to a great era in baseball history.” After Skowron’s playing career he returned to Chicago, where he was born and had worked for the White Sox since 1999 in the team’s community relations department, making appearances. “We all have lost a dear, dear friend today,” White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said. “While Moose may have become a star in New York with the Yankees, he was a Chicagoan through and through.” Skowron was beloved by Yankees fans for his clutch performances in three World Series Game 7s. He hit a seventh-inning grand slam off Roger Craig in a 9-0 win over Brooklyn in 1956, and a three-run homer in the eighth inning of a 6-2 win over Milwaukee in 1958. He also had a leadoff drive in the fifth inning in 1960, when the Yankees overcame a four-run deficit at Pittsburgh to take a 7-4 lead only to lose 10-9.

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PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE

Public’s love affair with newlyweds still strong THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - It’s been a year since they declared their love for each other in the most anticipated wedding of the decade, but 12 months haven’t been enough to quell the public passion for the newest royal couple. Prince William and Kate spent their first year as newlyweds under the sort of global spotlight usually reserved for Hollywood a-listers. Their every appearance has been mobbed with adoring crowds and their slightest remarks analyzed for possible suggestions that they’re preparing to bring a future monarch into the world. Through it all, royal-watchers say the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have managed to carve out a private life while still living up to lofty public expectations. “They’ve played a perfect year,” commentator Rafal Heydel-Mankoo said in a telephone interview. “They’ve covered all the bases. They’ve had an international trip, they’ve had local visits, work with charitable causes. They’ve engaged in their work roles admirably. I think you could

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Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge celebrated their first anniversary on Sunday. really give them a 10 out of 10 when it comes to their performance over the first year.” William and Kate were public darlings for months before their glamorous wedding ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey. The newlyweds’ nine-day, whirlwind tour of Canada, observers say, showed the couple of at their best. Their more informal attitudes set the tone for the trip as they freely mingled with rapturous crowds, participated in Canadian sports such

as street hockey and faced off against one another in a dragonboat race. Kate’s now legendary fashion sense was also on full display as she modeled outfits from homegrown designers and even donned the national colours in honour of Canada Day. “Canada was really the country that made them as a royal couple,” Heydel-Mankoo said. Susan Catto, deputy editor of celebrity magazine Hello Canada, agreed. Canadians were thoroughly charmed by

the new generation of royals, she said, adding reader interest in the couple has been unprecedented. Enthusiasm for Kate who enjoyed a middle-class upbringing before marrying into the monarchy - has resonated most with a country in the process of rediscovering its royal heritage, she said. “There’s a lot of admiration for her grace under pressure and the decorum that she’s shown in the role,” Catto said. “I think Canadians do appreciate the traditions of the royal family, and I think there’s an appreciation for the fact that she has not put a foot wrong.” The fact that William and Kate have managed to carve out a private life, Harris said, has helped to preserve their mystique by making sure they’re not over-exposed in the public eye. That fascination has fuelled the constant speculation about when the couple can expect their first child, a subject on which both have remained tight-lipped. William and Kate have announced they will recognize their first wedding anniversary in a private celebration.

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The Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama lassoed a crowd of about 1,200 and took them on a wild ride at the Trail Memorial Centre on Saturday. In a thrilling spectacle, Trail favourite Chad Besplug couldn’t hold on for a fifth championship, but the eventual showdown between two brothers from Cochrane, Alta. provided an entertaining finale. In the first go round, siblings Steven, 29, and Jody Turner, 30, scored identical 85-point long go’s, Steven on an ornery bull named Alberta Premium and Jody on an equally dyspeptic Joe Smoe. The brothers, with a combined 30 years bull-riding experience, still don the traditional cowboy hat rather than the safer hockey helmet and cage but that doesn’t hinder their performance. With eight riders heading into the final short go, Kyle Lozier of 150-Mile House put up an impressive 84, for a 163.5-point total. The bulls then got the better of finalists Miles Pennington, Tyler Pankewitz and Tanner Girletz, leaving only the Turner brothers left to ride. Steven was out of the chute first, reeling off a gutsy go on Rock on Bye. The bull whirled and bucked ferociously, and Turner came unglued just as the second-hand hit eight seconds, good for an impressive 86 points. Jody was the final rider and needed a very good spin to top his younger brother, but said he was happy regardless who won. “There is no sibling rivalry,” said Turner. “It couldn’t have worked out any better, either he was going to win it or I was, and realistically, he probably maybe should have, but we don’t judge, we just ride them.” The former Canadian champion then had a remarkable ride, going the distance and beating his brother by a mere two points for a combined score of 173. When asked what his strategy was going into the final ride, Turner replied: “The more I think, the more I overthink and screw up, so I just go into it with an empty mind. I’ve been on enough (bulls) now that I shouldn’t have to think what I’m going to do, my body just reacts.” Jody Turner, pocketed over $5,000 in total prize money, while his brother Steven consoled himself with just under $4,500. Lozier finished in third, good for close to $2,400. “There’s a lot of money on the line regardless, whether it’s him or anyone else, you always want to win first,” said Turner. The organizers brought in new stock contractors this year, and the bulls didn’t disappoint. Many were even better than anticipated especially for the young steer riders. “It didn’t go quite as smooth as we wanted,” said Bull-a-Rama organizer Guy Thompson. “They just came off the hill, so they were really fresh . . . but those kids love getting on those Brahma calves.” While many of the 12 young steer riders bit the dust before eight seconds, Yellowead, Alberta’s Chance Barrass had a sensational ride as he went on to take the steer-riding buckle. As for the show itself, it was a seamless production from the entertaining banter of emcees Brett Gardiner and Brent Bevins, to the explosive pyrotechnics, and the exciting bulls and intrepid riders. “We had some of the top cowboys here in Canada, and they just love coming to Trail, and the crowd has always been really appreciative of their rides. I thought it was a good one,” said Thompson. As for Besplug, the Claresholm, Alta. native’s streak of four Bulla-Ramas in a row came to a crashing end, when a bull named Ole’ Faithful threw the rider seconds into the long go. “He came after that and apologized,” said Thompson. “He’s been on a real hot streak, and he said, ‘I guess it was about time I came back down to earth.’”

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Clockwise from top: the bulls won most of the bouts as one of many rider’s bites the dust at Kootenay Chrysler’s Bull-a-Rama Saturday at the Cominco Arena. When the dust settled, it was Chance Barrass who won the young steer-riding buckle and Jody Turner taking the silver spurs among bull riders, much to the delight of Parker and Hunter Weishaupt of Trail. A stunning display of fireworks opened the show setting up Turner’s winning ride (left), while veteran cowboy Jesse Torkelson failed to qualify after one of this year’s new bulls, the X-Factor, shook him free before the required 8 seconds.

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FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Saturday Games Chicago 103, Philadelphia 91, Chicago leads series 1-0 Miami 100, New York 67, Miami leads series 1-0 Orlando 81, Indiana 77, Orlando leads series 1-0 Oklahoma City 99, Dallas 98, Oklahoma City leads series 1-0 Sunday Games San Antonio 106, Utah 91, San Antonio leads series 1-0 L.A. Lakers 103, Denver 88, L.A. Lakers lead series 1-0 x-Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. x-L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 9:30 p.m. (x-results unavailable at press time) Tonight New York at Miami, 7 p.m. Orlando at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

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hatever you think of him, Gary Bettman has successfully reshaped the NHL in the image he prefers. Parity is simply no longer an issue. There are no outstanding teams any more, just bad ones and mediocre ones, which is exactly the point of draft-andsalary-cap regimes. The evidence is clear from this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playoffs. When the Ottawa Senators lost game seven Thursday, that left exactly one team in the second round that has appeared in a Stanley Cup final since the pre-lockout season of 2004. In those eight seasons, 12 teams have reached the final round. Of that 12, only the

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a regular basis without filling their rinks - still alive as the second round of playoffs begins. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about hockey any more. It is about money (often taxpayer money), and a little notoriety, for ownership. The fact the hockey is boring (that took real effort) isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t part of the equation for Bettman and his minions. The officiating is deliberately dumbed down with the aim of allowing rough play to substitute for scintillating skill as a fan draw, and on it drags. Even in a down year for the Smokies, the BCHL provides better entertainment value Yours truly and plenty of his friends have lost almost all interest in the results of play, so it is a good thing this is re-run season and even bad hockey is better viewing than most other things on the tube. If Jason Bay is going to have any luck at all these days, rest assured it will be bad. Over the past two weeks Bay raised his batting average 90 points and hit his first three home runs of the season. So, of course he cracked a rib hustling. Get well quickly, Jason

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Focus on the helpful people, not the unsupportive Dear Annie: Last June, I retired from the company where I had worked for 25 years. This past January, I had an unfortunate accident that resulted in a broken foot and surgery on one ankle. I was in the hospital for four days and in a rehab facility for another month. During my convalescence, I kept in touch with coworkers by e-mail, text and Facebook. I also told my sister where I was and how long I would be there. My husband visited every day, and my 93-year-old father called frequently. I also heard from a sister-inlaw, a niece, two neighbors and three out-ofstate friends. However, you’d think with all the people I know, some of them would have made an effort to contact me. Since returning home, I’ve received exactly one Facebook message asking how I’m doing. What hurts the most is that my sister has neither called nor come

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by. I want to tell my sister how I feel, but my husband says to forget about it. I am still undergoing physical therapy, and my husband, who has his own limitations, has to lift a wheelchair out of the trunk every time he takes me anywhere. He does all of the household errands and grocery shopping, as well as emptying my bedpan. No one offers to help either of us. I am so full of anger and dismay that it is impacting my emotional recovery. What should I do? -- Alone and Not Liking It Dear Alone: We agree that your sister is being unsupportive,

but you are not “alone.” Focus on those who are in touch and helpful -- your husband, your father, your sister-inlaw, niece, neighbors and out-of-state friends. That’s more than many people have. And some folks have no idea that you want help or what you need unless you tell them. Post recovery updates on your Facebook page, and say how much you appreciate any words of encouragement. Call your sister and ask (nicely) whether she could pick up some groceries for you. We hope, when given a specific opportunity to step up to the plate, she will come through. Dear Annie: Does a person always need to confess an affair to their spouse -- especially if it was brief and is now over, and the spouse has no idea it happened? -- Feeling Guilty in Washington Dear Guilty: Do you think your spouse could forgive you? Is there any

chance the spouse could find out down the road? Might you have contracted an STD? (Don’t assume you haven’t. Get checked.) We urge you to talk about this with a counselor who can help you decide the best course of action and work on the issues that propelled you into having an affair to begin with to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Dear Annie: I read with great interest the letter from “Stepmom,” whose husband was irked that she expected his two teenage daughters to help pay for expensive new jackets that they wanted after Christmas. We raised four children on a modest income. There were a lot of requests for us to buy things for them. I often used the same tactic. Not only did it tell me whether they wanted the item enough to pay half, but they also took better care of those things they had a financial investment in.

There were times when my teenage kids did things that left me baffled as to how to punish them. I would send them to their room with instructions to think about what they’d done and what they thought their pun-

ishment should be. They usually selected something much worse than I would have. The beauty in this method? They took the punishment without arguing and felt it was fair. They have grown into wonderful adults, and I am

so proud of them. -- NY Mom Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net

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YOUR HOROSCOPE By Francis Drake For Tuesday, May 1, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a perfect day to think about what you can do to improve your health. Not only that, ask yourself what you can do to get better organized. Make a list. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Taurus parents, teachers and caregivers might see new approaches to dealing with children today. All of you might take a new perspective on romantic relationships or vacation plans. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Act on your urge to make improvements at home, especially to plumbing, bathrooms and laundry areas. You also can reorganize garbage and recycling situations. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re convincing today! This is a strong day for those of you who sell, market, teach, write, edit, promote,

act or drive for a living. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You’re keen to use what you own to your advantage. You want to feel in charge of your possessions and make sure they work for you. You also want to learn how to use your money more wisely. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Today you’re keen to improve your appearance and your relationships with others. Take a realistic look in the mirror and make note of some changes you could start to introduce. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Some serious thinking or research will yield some very good ideas today. Essentially, you can dream up ways to make improvements somewhere in your life. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Don’t hesitate to speak up in group situations today. You want to introduce reforms or

show people how they can do things more efficiently or be more cost-effective. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) In discussions with authority figures, you’ll impress them with your ideas about how to improve something. There’s always a way to build a better mousetrap. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might want to revamp your approach to publish-

ing, travel, the media or something that has to do with medicine and the law. You see a new way of doing something. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Serious discussions with others about shared property, inheritances, wills, debt and taxes will be productive today. People are looking for ways to clean up any mess. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)

Face-to-face discussions with partners and close friends, if handled right, can improve the relationship today. Everyone has an impulse to clean up his or her act. YOU BORN TODAY You’re intelligent and aware of what you want, and you know how to go about getting it. Part of your success is your strong powers of observation. You understand what makes people tick. (You’re skilled

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Beautiful 1/2 acre fully serviced lot with great sun exposure and amazing views!

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This 3 bdrm 3 bath 1/2 duplex features custom kitchen, tiled bathrooms, exotic hardwood flooring and gas fireplace. It also has 2/5/10 year warranty to ensure your peace of mind for years to come. Price includes net HST.

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Scholarship winner Scotty Stephenson is working towards his qualification has a meat cutter with Ferrraro Foods in Rossland. He also completed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ACE ITâ&#x20AC;? millwright machinist program through Selkirk College and School District 20.

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ITâ&#x20AC;? programs. Students can attend the Rossland Secondaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s training program, or directly enter Selkirk Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electrical, mill-right machinist, welding, fabricators, electrical or hairdressing programs, at no cost while receiving Grade 12 graduating course credits. These programs are generously supported through the Industry Training Authority of B.C. and run at no cost to the school district. If your grade 11-12 student is interested in Trades Training call Murray McConnachie district trades coordinator at 250 231-7036 or mmcconnachie@ sd20.bc.ca.

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83 Perdue Street, Trail

3331 Highway Drive, Trail

$329,000

$195,000

This home is situated on a beautiful lot overlooking the park and has been lovingly maintained with many updates including furnace, a/c, deck and roof. There are 3 bdrms on the main and lots of room down with huge rec room. An extra bonus is double carport and newer 20 x 24 shop!

This immaculate 2 bdrm home features spacious living and dining rooms with hardwood under carpet. Windows and shingles have been updated within past 10-12 years. Updated gas furnace and central air. Call your REALTORÂŽ for a personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

$174,800

1739 First Street, Fruitvale

$269,000

Fabulous location! This home has been updated with hardwood flooring and new windows and doors. 3 bdrms, large living room and updated kitchen. Single garage and open parking. Large sundeck overlooking Trail Creek. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss having this home on your viewing list, you will love it.

Fantastic Fruitvale 3 bed/2.5 bath family home on a quiet street offering a private backyard, large deck, spacious rooms, newer wood stove insert, many upgrades including flooring and paint. Great sun exposure and layout as well as double carport. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out on this one!

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2645 Cooke Avenue, Rossland

$649,000

One-of-a-kind, executive home on 0.54 acres with gorgeous guest suite. House boasts 5 bdrms, 3.5 baths, large bright kitchen with stainless steel appliances, formal dining room, study, rec room and master bdrm with ensuite. Spectacular southern views, two large covered decks, and double carport with tons of storage and more!! Call Christine (250) 512-7653

204 MacLure Avenue, Salmo

$284,000

Nicely maintained family home on 0.58 acres. Home features 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, newer gas furnace and new flooring and paint on the main floor. The yard is treed and private, and there is plenty of room for parking. Great move in ready home in a great location. Call Art (250) 368-8818

1210 Highway 3B, Fruitvale

$224,900

7981 Birchwood Drive, Trail $295,000 Have you said these words recently? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking of downsizing...â&#x20AC;? Non-strata 1/2 duplex. Convenience and lifestyle is not a compromise. Your future begins today!

Great package in upper Warfield! 3 bdrm 2 bath, large kitchen, bright living, huge covered deck. Other features include a/c, u/g sprinklers, single carport, new electrical throughout. Packed with value!

Top quality 3 bdrm home overlooking Beaver Valley! Extensive renovations include new roof and gutters, hardy plank siding, thermal windows & doors. The huge covered deck in back is surrounded with glass panels to allow maximum viewing of the valley and mountains beyond! There is also a large workshop in the back yard.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

Call Terry 250-231-1101

795 Dickens Street, Warfield

HST included in price

$169,900

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2490 Cooke Avenue, Rossland

$377,300

Great family home with new windows, new flooring, and a bright, modern kitchen and double carport. Imagine a solid, comfortable, functional home in a great neighbourhood. Call your REALTORÂŽ to view this home. Call Bill (250) 231-2710

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Christine Albo

Terry Alton

Cell: 250-512-7653

ext 39

Mark Wilson

Art Forrest

Cell: 250-231-5591

mark.wilson@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Darlene Abenante ext 23 Cell: 250.231.0527

darlene@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

Ron Allibone

christine.albo@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

ext 30

$324,000

Tucked away on the hillside with 270 degrees of scenic mountain views, this special home has been completely renovated & features a sunny living / dining area and sundecks which take full advantage of the views, spacious master bedroom and a fully self-contained suite.

Tonnie Stewart ext 33 Cell: 250-365-9665 tonniestewart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Cell: 250-231-0153

deannelockhart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

2382A LeRoi Avenue, Rossland

ext 42

c21art@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com

Mary Amantea

ext 26

Cell: 250-521-0525

mamantea@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com

Cell: 250-368-1162

ext 45

ron@hometeam.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Cell: 250-231-1101

ext 48

terryalton@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Mary Martin

Cell: 250-231-0264

ext 28

mary.martin@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Richard Daoust

Cell: 250-368-7897

ext 24

richard.daoust@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com