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Meeting of mayors aims to tackle common concerns Elected leaders will meet in Penticton to discuss cost downloading BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff

If there is one thing that can draw together municipal politicians of various ilk it is their dissatisfaction with upper levels of government. Next week a contingent of Greater Trail politicians will be heading to Penticton to beat the downloading drum and strategize on how to stem its flow from the province as 86 B.C. mayors congregate for three-day caucus from May 16 to 18. Mayors from Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Montrose and across B.C. will look to form a common front on issues that are threatening their ability to deliver core services, mainly downloading services and an inequitable sharing of costs. It is around revenue sharing that the conversation will likely flow, said Bogs. The rising costs of senior government downloading that has been taking place in the last few years, and continues to take place, is hamstringing local government, he said. “We are so dependent on prop-

erty taxation now and are expected to do more and more and more with the eight per cent of the taxes collected. It is just impossible to carry out the kind of mandate we need to with the downloading that is taking place,” he said. Cities, towns and regional districts are responsible for transportation, police and fire services, water, sewage and garbage, recreation and culture, land-use planning, public health and animal control. But those local governments receive only eight per cent of the total public tax revenues, while the province receives 42 per cent and the federal government gets 50 per cent of taxes, according to a press release issued by the mayors. As well, local governments own nearly two thirds of Canada’s core public infrastructure — and are tasked with the cost of maintaining it — yet do not receive a fair share of the monies needed to fulfill the mandate. Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom wondered how the system could be restructured to more fairly share the financial burdens between the levels of government.

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Paterson family back on the road BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff

The waters have receded and access has been restored for the marooned family in Paterson. After spending one week with all property access roads cut off by rising floodwaters from Sophia Creek, eight kilometres south of Rossland, Rob Wagner and his girlfriend, Crystal Maehder, and his son Marek, 8, are back in civilization. For eight days Wagner and his family hadn’t been able to leave their property, nor could he get to work, his truck stranded in a yard surrounded by several feet of water

with no access points to the highway. In order to keep appointments, they have had to slog up the mountain behind the house and through the forest, hike across a slope, and then cross the fast-flowing, waterfilled ditch and hope to hitch a ride into town. But as the floodwater subsided last weekend the area’s maintenance contractor, Emcon Services Inc., was able to restore one of the two property accesses to Highway 22 that had been completely washed away when the creek jumped its banks Feb. 26.

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Flowers say it all and Fern Wilson’s work bench has it all at Ye Olde Flower Shoppe on Spokane Street as she arranges bouquets and baskets in the preparation for Mother’s Day this Sunday. There is still room for more flower orders, says Wilson, and flowers are standing by.

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TRAIL â&#x20AC;&#x201C;A new singing contest is searching the Kootenays for the person who would be crowned the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kootenays Best Singer.â&#x20AC;? The contest, which stops in Trail next week for auditions, will wrap up on June 23 in Cranbrook with the winner receiving a $5000 value prize package. Ten singers have already been selected and are waiting as local contests have already been held for the 2012 season in Grand Forks, Nelson, Creston, Kimberley and Cranbrook. There are only two local contests remaining to bring in the remaining four singers before the finals in Cranbrook. May is the month for Trail and Rossland to find their respective best two singers Contest dates are May 23 in Rossland at the Minerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Union Hall, and May 31 in Trail at the

Charles Bailey Theatre. The contests are open to all ages of singers! The oldest singer to date to sing in a local contest was 91 years old, while the youngest was 8! Audtitions for Trail will be held on May 15 from 4-8 pm at the J.L. Crowe school auditorium. For Rossland, the first 30 singers who pre register, will be entered in the contest, and will have up to three minutes to showcase their talents to the out of town judges! Contestants from outside Trail and Rossland are also encouraged to enter! Castlegar contestants are encouraged to enter the Rossland contest. Contest producer and creator, Vern Gorham invites all potential singers to pre-register online at www.kootenasbestsinger.com or email him at kootenaysbestsinger@telus.net. or phone him at 250-428-0305.

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A made-in-the-Kootenay opera will be coming to Trail this Saturday. KHAOS, that premiered to sold out houses and rave reviews last month in Nelson, will touch down at the Charles Bailey Theatre (7:30 p.m.) as part of its world premiere tour for one performance only. Close to 2,000 people saw the initial run of this newly commissioned opera at Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Capitol Theatre in early March. In a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Globe and Mailâ&#x20AC;? article following the Nelson run, City Opera Vancouver artistic director, Dr. Charles Barber, said â&#x20AC;&#x153; people who attend this show will be astonished at the production values and the vocal values.â&#x20AC;? Scored for seven soloists, chorus, orchestra and a solo dancer, KHAOS is a re-imagining of the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone set in a contemporary world of climate change and looming global catastrophe. The work is performed entirely in English. The Nelson Community Opera production features the operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s composer, Don Macdonald, as musical director and its librettist, Nicola Harwood as the stage director and stars soprano, Allison Girvan as Persephone, Trail mezzo soprano, Audrey Bissett as Demeter, tenor, Roger Ley as Hades and baritone, Kevin Armstrong as Cerberus. Tickets are on sale at the Charles Bailey Theatre ticket office for $25 (adults)

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Core social services becoming a local responsibility FROM PAGE 1 “One of the reasons that the cities are bearing so much of the load is because of downloading,” he noted. “And smaller municipalities have issues that … are even more focused because of the size of the municipality, but the themes of the problems are common everywhere.” Problems such as water. With the Village of Montrose now grappling with a water restriction due to a water main valve breakage late last week, Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk said he would be looking for a small town budget answer to a big city problem. “I was hoping to talk to other mayors and see what other kind of funding there is out there for our water issue,” he said. “We don’t have a lot of money to throw at this.” The inaugural caucus is also being viewed as an endaround run on the larger, annual gathering of B.C. politicians: the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention. Bogs questioned the need for the caucus — that arose out of the last UBCM meeting — and wondered if the nature of the UBCM will be forced to change. “I have been a proponent for a long time that our UBCM is just working too closely with the provincial government and is not really representing us in a forceful way on some of the major issues,” he said. He applauded the mayors’ caucus move, and said if it leads to re-organization within the UBCM he would support the move. In a press release issued by the caucus, it was noted that as other levels of government reduce services, more of the core social services are now falling to local governments to provide because there is no ability to download to another level of government. However, the proportion of public revenues available to local governments has not changed significantly over the years, despite the increasing mandate and subsequent related costs. So, in B.C.’s largest stand-alone gathering of mayors ever, the need for a new deal to create a streamlined partnership model between local, provincial and federal governments will be formulated.

ROSSLAND

Avenue upgrades begin BY ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News

The City of Rossland has awarded the contract for the Columbia Avenue infrastructure project to Copcan Contracting Ltd. Copcan workers were already at work Friday in downtown Rossland, marking and surveying roadways and cutting sidewalks. At Monday’s meeting, the mayor announced that they had done away with the issue that has been the most contentious - the parallel parking. While there was no discussion on the subject, the mayor did make a quick statement for those in the gallery: “By council resolution, we have asked staff to remove parallel parking and make it angle parking, as it is now,” Granstrom said.

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Kootenay Gallery Executive Director Val Field welcomes student artists, their art teachers, families and friends to the opening of the annual Young Visions Exhibition. This is an exhibition of work by students from Grades 8-12 from Rossland Secondary, J.L. Crowe Secondary in Trail and Stanley Humphries Secondary in Castlegar. The exhibition will run until the end of May. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10-5 p.m. and admission is by donation.

Public meeting reviews business move BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff

A growing business looking to move into a property formerly occupied by a church will have its day in the public realm next week. A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, 6 p.m. in city council chambers to give opportunity to garner the necessary public comment as the owners of Get Focus Personal Training

in order to grow the business. The building on Third Avenue is not presently zoned appropriately for the intended use, having originally been developed for church purposes. It is currently zoned institutional. Because the fitness facility would be operated on a for-profit basis, a commercial zone designation would be required. A city staff report noted

the change should not significantly impact the neighbouring properties sicne the church and a private school have operated there for many years. “Further, there is sufficient off-street parking available onsite to meet the requirements for the proposed use,” the report read. Twelve off-street stalls would be required for the re-zoning that can be provided on the property.

MOT investigating cause of extreme flow FROM PAGE 1 However, another heavy rain event the next day resulted in the accesses once again being washed out. As before, the accesses were reestablished as soon as possible for a second time. “Now I’m free to come and go. I’m back out there handing out quotes for the vinyl decking,” Wagner said. “It was tough … but there’s not much you can do about it. Water is a very powerful force.” The increase in flow on Sophia Creek was a result of a heavy rain event in the area, said Darrell Gunn, district operations manager for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The rain caused an expedited snowmelt resulting in increased creek flow, he said. “The increased flow also caused a

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Studio look to move into the old Family Worship Centre. The owners — Raquel and John Petrunia — are proposing to purchase the property at 1700 Third Avenue, previously occupied by the church, in order to re-locate their business and personal residence. Currently, Get Focus operates from rented premises on Cedar Ave., a location proving to be too small

large amount of bed load to be deposited at the culvert, affecting its capacity,” said Gunn. Although an excavator began working right away to remove the deposited matter — that included rocks, soil, gravel and wood — from the intake of the culvert, even with the culvert capacity almost fully restored the increased flow was still too great. That resulted in water running down the side of the highway and washing out multiple private accesses, including Wagner’s. Due to the high flow the maintenance contractor was not able to immediately restore all of the accesses. Gunn said both ministry and maintenance contractor staff worked to discuss the situation with the isolated homeowners, with the most affected residents given

contact numbers for the maintenance contractor, and isolated residents were contacted by Emergency Management BC. Gunn said work continues investigating up stream to see if any changes caused the extreme flow. “A hydrologic study is planned for the drainage basin to determine if a larger culvert is needed at the highway,” he said. And that is something Wagner would like to see happen. “Hopefully they put in a larger culvert and, if not, we’ll be talking again next year,” he said. The maintenance contractor continues to check the creek and the eroded highway shoulders to make the necessary repairs.

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Prison term handed out in road rage death THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A B.C. resident has been handed a five and a half year prison sentence for running a truck off a Langley road and then driving back to mow down a 21-yearold passenger standing nearby. Brent Parent also received a 12-year driving ban after being found guilty of criminal negligence causing death, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. The Crown was seeking an eight-year prison term and 15-year driving ban for the March 2008 incident that resulted in the death of Silas Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, who was in a truck with two friends, heading to the airport for a vacation. The Crown has said Parent became angry after he was passed by Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brienâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truck and ran the other pickup off the road before returning to the scene and killing Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, who was standing by the side of the road. Parent claimed he sped away because the men from the other truck tried to charge his vehicle and he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien had been hit and killed. The judge said Parentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of events defied common sense and that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d failed to call police.

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Ferry review to add cash, cut services BY TOM FLETCHER Black Press

VICTORIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The B.C. government is giving BC Ferries an extra $79.5 million over the next four years, and look for another $45 million in operational savings to bring rate increases down to the rate of inflation over that time. Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom said the inflation goal will not be met immediately, even with most of the extra money up front. The governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s price cap of 4.15

per cent increases for all routes remains in place for this year, and B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee will set increases for the next three years after consultation with coastal communities. BC Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan said the corporation expects to cut at least 100 sailings on its major Vancouver Island routes, with lowridership sailings late in the evening the most likely target. Corrigan said he is confident service reductions can save $30 mil-

lion over the next four years, and another $15 million in efficiencies can be found within the corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $750 million budget. Premier Christy Clark said the legislative changes and extra subsidy are designed to meet her commitment to keep fare increases under control, despite declining ridership that is also being seen in Washington state ferries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are just not spending the kind of money traveling that they used to,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Board confirms LPNs moving to nurses union THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - The B.C. Nurses Union has won the latest battle in a bitter war to represent the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licensed practical nurses. The Labour Relations Board confirms a majority of B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimated 6,000 LPNs have signed cards with the BCNU. That clears the way for a future mail-in ballot to decide which union should represent LPNs, who provide pre- and post-operative personal care, change dressings, monitor vital signs and medical equipment and perform other nursing duties. Incoming BCNU vice-president Christine Sorenson says the union is thrilled with the labour board ruling to allow nurses to choose their labour affiliation. But the Hospital Employees Union notes the BCNU has previously opposed recognition of LPNs as nurses and spokesman Mike Old vows a fight to retain members currently represented by the HEU or BC Government and Service Employees Union.

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VANCOUVER - B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public school employers say the ban by B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachers on extra-curricular activities is actually an illegal strike in disguise and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s calling on the Labour Relations Board to order teachers to stop withdrawing their services. At the same time, the B.C. Teachers Federation is asking a judge to set aside the appointment of Charles Jago, the mediator named by the provincial government in the teachers dispute. The fight over extra-curricular activities began last month when members of the federation voted to withdraw from voluntary work such as team sports, arts programs and graduation ceremonies to protest legislation that ended their strike action and put the mediator in place. The union says teachers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be forced to do voluntary work, but the B.C. Public School Employers Association said the action violates the back-to-work legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not extra-curricular. There are about 20 items that the BCTF have identified of work that was done prior to the strike, that they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do during the strike that they are directing not be done now,â&#x20AC;? said Hugh Finlayson, the CEO of the Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s far more than what was framed traditionally as extra-curricular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything from completion of reports, meeting with administrators, doing school-based planning for next year, completing student progress reports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So to suggest that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an extra-curricular matter, ie., the basketball team or those types of things that we all generally say are extra curricular, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not it at all,â&#x20AC;? he said. But union president Susan Lambert insists the job action applies to voluntary service and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be considered an illegal strike.

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Women hold the purse strings THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - A new survey suggests that women control the family purse strings no matter who the breadwinner is. The Bank of Montreal says in a new report in advance of Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day that women are the chief financial officers of their households. The bank study concludes that in 82 per cent of Canadian households, women are either the primary decision-maker or have equal respon-

sibility for financial decisions. And women now control approximately one-third of all wealth in North America, a number that appears to be increasing annually. Still, the study says women remain on average less confident than men about finances. They also tend to be less prepared for retirement due to a variety of factors, including lower earnings, intermittent work histories and longer life spans.

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Small farms fading away THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - New census numbers from Statistics Canada show the number of Canadian farms is continuing to shrink. The 2011 census of agriculture shows the number of farms in the country has dropped by about 23,000, or 10.3 per cent, since 2006.

The agency says farmers are consolidating their operations, leading to a nearly seven per cent spike in the size of the average farm. The data also suggests Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farmers are re-evaluating the types of crops they produce. The farming industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main crops used to

be evenly split between beef and grain, but the latest numbers showed a drop in the number of beef farmers. Oilseed and grain farms now account for 30 per cent of all farms, compared with 26.9 per cent in 2006, while beef farms fell to 18.2 per cent from 26.3 per cent.

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Peanut heist stops senior at border THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY A Calgary senior has been refused permission to cross the U.S. border because of a shoplifting charge dating back decades. Rose Gordon, 80, is now looking at spending $600 for a federal pardon, all over a bag of peanuts. Gordon and her daughter Lolly have been taking trips to the U.S. for years. But before a recent bus tour to Idaho, Gordon was called by U.S. Customs who informed her that since she had a criminal record, she would not be allowed to cross the

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More childcare spaces THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA Saskatchewan is announcing where it will spend cash to create 500 new childcare spaces in 15 communities across the province. The government has earmarked $6 million for the program, which aims to provide more quality childcare for families. Funding for the daycare spaces was included in the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recently released spring budget.

border. Gordon says she vaguely remembers a shoplifting incident when she was young involving a bag of peanuts, but she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe she poses a threat to U.S. security. Gordon received a letter in advance notifying her of the decision to deny her entry. Bus tours have to submit passenger lists beforehand so American customs officials can carry out crim-

inal record checks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may be mistaken identity, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know,â&#x20AC;? says Gordon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean, if it happened to me, how many others?â&#x20AC;? This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the first time a seemingly minor charge has held up someone at the border. One Edmonton woman was recently stopped by Canadian Customs agents, who reminded her of an outstanding warrant for a snow shoveling violation.

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Silver City Days bring out the sights of summer

t is a pleasure to see our community coming fully awake with the onset of some warmer weather, and just in time for Silver City Days. Sitting on the patio of the café across from the greenhouse one morning this week, I spotted the first sundress of the season. All legs and shoulders, the young woman wearing it looked splendid in her splash of yellow fabric. I didn’t follow her with anything more than my eyes, given that I am Canadian bred, well past such sport anyway, and my wife was sitting beside me. But, she did make me wonder why so many women these days, including said spouse, spend so much of their time dressed in black. The usual reasons are: a) black is slimming b) it goes with everything c) dark colours need less laundering d) you’re always ready for a funeral. The vision in yellow wasn’t without her stylistic mysteries. Why would anyone doff a light-coloured

dress and sling-backs to wade the through the muck at a greenhouse? She set me in mind of young Latin women in four-inch stilettos as they hobble along cobblestone streets on their way to the market. But, impracticality aside, I give Miss Sundress full marks for floating above the sea of gym strip that washes through the streets of this town. Also providing entertainment that morning was a bold but not very skilled bandit who attempted to make off with a few trees from the greenhouse. He did manage to drive away with a fruit tree, leaving two lilacs behind as staff shouted at him to stop. But he won’t be sitting under his apple tree with anyone other than his probation officer as multiple witnesses were able to note the licence number of his battered truck. The theft reminded me of a bank heist in Fruitvale many years ago. The local robber got away with a paper sack full of money, but was readily identifiable by branch staff in the cozy

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village. A manhunt ensued. After hiding in the hills and hollows outside of the village for a few days, the cold and hungry suspect turned himself in. Ah, crime in the Kootenays. *** City council made the right decision this week in restoring funding to the Trail Festival Society for Silver City Days. While council should review its grants and ensure funds are properly accounted for and effectively spent, the month before a major event that has been running for five decades seems like an odd time for such an undertak-

ing. Still, it is good to see attempts at fresh thinking from council, such as the discussion of whether some of the funding for the festival should be redirected to expand other downtown events. These include several seasonal events started or now run by the Chamber of Commerce. This fits with council’s downtown revitalization campaign and, presumably the soon-to-be-released consultants’ report on the future of the core area. If council ever finishes reviewing the document and releases it to the public that would be an opportune time for a discussion of what Silver City Days should look like going forward. As for parsing receipts and allocating funds, that should be done before serious planning for next year’s festival begins. *** It is exciting to read that the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society is looking at looping its successful Seven Summits Trail. The Rossland Range trail pro-

vides a great outing for the more energetic among us and is one of the few new offerings for visitors that the area has come up with in recent years. As the group pointed out in a recent presentation to Rossland council, the growing network of trails that it has developed or assisted with is an extremely costeffect recreation project given an annual budget of only $100,000. This compares favourably with the millions of dollars spent on arena and swimming pools, which are all nice facilities but costly. The trails society is a great example of what a volunteer-driven initiative supported by local governments can do to increase the quality of life and, in the case of the Seven Summits Trail, promote our area. Now, if only they could come up with a few more dollars to dig out that rock on the old Wagon Road that sent me over my handlebars last summer. Raymond Masleck is longtime reporter at the Times who now works at surviving his active retirement.

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Joining forces not good for all

f you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen to believe her party have led the way in that globalism, the World pushing for austerity, which is Bank, the International all well and fine when the poliMonetary Fund and cies affect only the country they Monsanto are the answers to govern. But Greeks have every the needs of people and their right to resent the imposition countries (not of policies driven by countries and a country that 70 their people), years ago invaded you might be their shores. wondering at In pre-Euro the surprise and days, the Greeks angst in the last might not have had week when votthe most vibrant ers in France and economy, but it was LORNE Greece tossed theirs. In their hisout their governtory, Greeks have ments. Chalk it been enormously up to a refreshinfluential in the This is the Life ing display of arts, education, phisanity, I say. losophy, economy and almost Now, let me make it clear every aspect of organized life that I am not saying that the new one can cite. And then, sudleaders will suddenly reverse denly, they were being told by the fortunes of their respective their leaders that they were stucountries. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m too cynical about pid and that they had to kowparty politics to believe that. But tow to their influential neighfrom my point of view it is cause bours to the north. What did to celebrate that there might be Greek leaders do so they could just the slightest glimpse that be accepted into the European in those countries people are Community and be allowed beginning to reject the endless to dump their Drachmas and interference that the European embrace the Euro? They lied, community has foisted upon telling Germany and the other them. powerhouses that they had This wrapping together of an adopted the expected economarray of dramatically different ic measures and achieved the economies and cultures was not, required goals. It was nonsense repeat not, designed to benefit and the other countries knew individuals. it. Welcome to the club, Greece It was a top-driven scheme was told. supported by global corporaIn no time at all, internationtions who wanted freer and al banks swooped in. Here was easier movement of assets in a country whose people had traEurope, to impose values to cre- ditionally had a cash economy. ate a generic entity and to have They saved for purchases and ways to punish countries that made them when they had sufdidnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t toe the line. In our travels ficient funds. in Italy, we were told time and Suddenly, cheap loans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; time again that the most obvi- available because Greece was ous change brought about by now backed by the more powerthe switch to the Euro was that ful economies in Europe and the prices rose dramatically. Not belief that there is strength in wages, not social benefits, not numbers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were on offer. Why hope. Prices. save for months and years when Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardly surprising that a you can borrow at low interest country like Greece has had dif- rates and enjoy youy new home ficulty falling into lockstep with or car or consumer goods today? Germany. Angela Merkel and Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the new way, the people

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were told, and they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to look far north to see it was true. So they borrowed. Then the Greek government fell for the same line. It started to expand services â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not a good thing when your culture means looking after your family. Greece doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have oil and gas reserves or a great manufacturing sector or great tracts of land to support industrialized agriculture or multitudes of natural resources, so entering into the borrowing frenzy wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a great idea. After all, the easiest way for a government to ease the burden of debt is grow its way out of it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same with individuals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; debt doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem like a big deal if your income rises steadily. The European plan to move to a single currency (ask a Brit if the United Kingdom will eventually move to the Euro and you can almost anticipate the answer: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not bloody likelyâ&#x20AC;?) was as certain to have problems in difficulties as it was to be popular in boom times. Planning for good times is easy, but now Europeans are learning, the hard way, that there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a simple way out of bad times. Shrinking governments and cutting taxes has become such a mantra from the political right, which has learned if you say the same words over and over that eventually people begin to believe they must be true, that it is easy to fall into line and adopt the austerity approach. The problem is that dramatically cutting spending in slow economies has precious little record of success. By defeating governments who have been putting more effort into doing what the big bosses want than they have in listening to their citizens, the people of Greece and France have sent a message that should be heard beyond their borders. I wonder what the chances are that it will be heard? Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

Toriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; legislation cramming An editorial from the Halifax Chronicle Herald Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cram your food, we teach our kids. Cut it up, chew it well. Be careful not to choke. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad choke-avoidance for democracy, too, when governments stuff too much down Parliamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throat at once and deny MPs enough time to properly chew and swallow. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the Harper government has done by cramming more than 60 pieces of unrelated legislation into one 450-page budget bill, C-38, and then limiting debate to 28 1/2 hours. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an unreasonable way to deal with a banquet of major changes. These include raising the qualifying age for Old Age Security from 65 to 67, replacing the Environmental Assessment

Act, rewriting the Fisheries Act, giving cabinet new powers to overturn National Energy Board decisions and to decide who gets Employment Insurance benefits, implementing a border security deal with the United States, to name just a few complex items on the platter. So we have to agree with New Democrat House Leader Nathan Cullen who wants C-38 cut up into five digestible pieces of legislation. Yes, the bill should be split into at least five easier pieces. And they should be properly reviewed by the appropriate specialist House committees instead of all being dumped on the finance committee and given the bumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rush. The government has made

one concession in agreeing to let a finance sub-committee hold limited hearings on the environmental assessment changes. But this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only matter that deserves a bill of its own. What about the higher OAS qualifying age, to cite just one example? This will eventually impact millions of Canadians, yet the government hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t produced a shred of evidence to show itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary to make OAS sustainable. The governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pat response that splitting the bill will delay job creation is rhetorical laziness. What jobs are created by the OAS changes? In any case, the more important the bill, the more important to get it right. This one clearly needs to be cut up and chewed properly.

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PEOPLE Time Magazine cover of breastfeeding sparks wide ranging debate THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The jury’s out on whether it’s breastfeeding at its best or parenting at its worst. Either way, it’s an image that has tongues wagging. A controversial Time Magazine cover photo is going viral and people across the globe, Canadians

included, are voicing their opinions. The image features Jamie Lynne Grumet, a slim, blonde 26-year-old Los Angeles mother of two, breastfeeding her younger son Aram, who turns four next month. Aram stands on a chair to reach

his mother’s chest and casts a sidelong glance at the camera as he feeds. The accompanying headline for a story on attachment parenting asks readers in bright red letters if they are “mom enough.” Many took to the Internet to criticize the photograph, saying

its widespread publication would hurt Aram when he grows older. “Kid’s too old,” Tammy King wrote on Canadian Family magazine’s Facebook page. “That is too extreme,” added Lisa Matthews. Toronto-based blogger Dee Brun wasted no time ripping into Grumet for subjecting her son to

PBS special probes life of late-night king BY BILL BRIOUX THE CANADIAN PRESS

For 30 years, Johnny Carson ruled as the undisputed leader in late night television. At his peak, he had four times the audience of what many of today’s late night talk show hosts draw on a given night. Yet, 50 years after he began hosting “The Tonight Show” and 20 years since he vanished into retirement, little is known about one of the most watched personalities ever on television. “Carson is the great American sphinx,” says Bill Zehme, nearing completion on a long-awaited biography. “He was on view like a monument, daily, nightly, there he was, Carson, right there before us. And what did we really know?” Well, as announcer Ed McMahon would say: “Heeeere’s Johnny.” Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jones attempts to put Carson the man and legend into perspective in his compelling and surprisingly moving American Masters special “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night” (Monday night at 9 p.m. ET on most PBS affiliates; check local listings). The two hour documentary explores Carson’s early days learning magic tricks in rural Nebraska right up until his death from emphysema at 79 in 2005. In between are interviews from 45 colleagues, family members and performers, including current late night hosts David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon as well as comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Drew Carey and Garry Shandling. Carson bandleader Doc Severinsen shares some of the most penetrating insights. Only one of Carson’s four wives, and none of his children, appear on camera. Along the way there is insight into Carson’s difficult relationships with women, beginning with his hard-to-please mother Ruth. Jones also puts into perspective the enormous impact Carson had on North American audiences in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. As Letterman, the TV host who worshipped Carson and hoped to be his “Tonight” successor says: Carson and McMahon were role models for a generation. “If you couldn’t figure out how to be an adult male in this country in those years, by watching those two guys,” says Letterman in the special, “you were hopeless.” Yet, by the end of his remarkable run, Carson was being challenged by upstart late night rival Arsenio Hall and for the first time seemed a bit like your father’s talk show host. The point is made that timing was always one of Carson’s greatest gifts, including knowing when to quit. Still, an entire generation has come of age that knows nothing of the Great Carnac, Aunt Blabby, or any Carson’s signature bits. Doc and Ed might as well be a reality show. My son, 19, only knows Carson as a reference on “The Simpsons.” Yet Carson’s comedy style and influence is still being felt. Al Jean, “The Simpsons” longest-serving showrunner, got his showbiz start on Carson’s “Tonight.” Jean was fresh out of Harvard when he spent one-and-a-half years in the “Tonight Show” writers room. Instead of the army of writers they have now on shows like Letterman and O’Brien, Carson’s staff usually only numbered about five. Jean says he never really worked on the monologue, just on those “Might Carson Arts Players” sketches. “In some ways it was a one-of-a-kind thrill - like meeting JFK or something,” he says. There have always been reports that Carson was hard to read, a bit stand-offish. Carey says guests were asked after the

unavoidable teasing in the future. “The real story here lies with that 3 year old boy who will have to re-live this picture OVER and OVER for the rest of his life,” the mother of four blogged. “SHAME ON MOM... for creating something her son will NEVER be able to escape from.”

Hockey, motherhood a juggling act for Wickenheiser BY DONNA SPENCER THE CANADIAN PRESS

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For 30 years, Johnny Carson ruled as the undisputed leader in late night television. At his peak, he had four times the audience of all of today’s late night talk show hosts combined. Carson, with his personalized coffee cup in front of him, watches clips from earlier shows during the last taping of The Tonight Show. show to wait behind a velvet rope. When Carson would leave for the day, he would pass by the roped off area, shake hands, grant a last minute “thanks” and be off. Jean gives a similar view, suggesting he only met Carson three or four times over his tenure on the show. “He was very polite but he was a very private guy,” says Jean. “I would meet other writers who worked for him in different eras and it was always the same story. There was a barrier there where you never really knew what the real him was like. People never even knew how he voted, for example. He was pretty good at not letting on.” Where he was most giving and generous was right on the air. A wink and an “OK” sign from Carson was enough to make a career. Carey, Letterman, Roseanne, Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld and Gary Shandling all talk about their first “Tonight Show” gigs as if they were a religious experience. Canadians such as Howie Mandel, Jim Carrey and especially impressionist Rich Little owe Carson for their careers. For the record, after his 1977 debut, Leno got waved over to the desk, shook Carson’s hand and also got The Wink. His career was made.

Hayley Wickenheiser say motherhood saves her from “the disease of me.” Hockey could consume her life. There was a time when it did. The captain of the Canadian women’s hockey team says her 12-year-old son Noah is the breeze that parts the fog she sometimes finds herself in. “When you are an athlete, it’s the ‘disease of me’ because you are so concerned about everything about yourself - your performance, what you eat, how much you’re sleeping,” Wickenheiser said Thursday. “It’s always about yourself. Then you have a child and then it suddenly is not always about you. “I think I’m actually a more patient person since I’ve become a mother. I’ve become more empathetic overall. I’ve learned to really enjoy my time at the rink and love what I do, but when I leave I really can leave it behind now better than I ever could.” Canada’s all-time scoring leader adopted Noah, the son of her boyfriend at the time, when he was an infant. Wickenheiser and Tomas Pacina recently ended their relationship, but share custody of Noah. “It’s working out really well,” Wickenheiser says. “Tomas is really involved with Noah’s life. We manage together to make it all work, balance the schedules and responsibilities. It’s great he’s got both of us there to keep things going for him. “It’s not ideal, but you know what? I think we’ve got a pretty good situation.” Like any working mother, the 33-year-old from Shaunavon, Sask., sometimes has to choose between work and family. When the Canadian team went to Finland for a tournament last fall, Wickenheiser decided she needed to be home in Calgary when Noah started Grade 6. “I’d felt I’d never turned down Hockey Canada in my 18 years of playing and never missed an event,” she explains. “Going into Grade 6, it seemed like it was a really important moment that I really didn’t want to miss even though it was one day or just a few days.” One of the enduring images from the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City is Wickenheiser holding Noah as a toddler in her arms after an emotional gold-medal win over the U.S. He’s joined his mom on the ice for several on-ice celebrations and the most recent was last month’s world championship in Burlington, Vt. After losing the gold-medal game to the Americans at three straight world championships, the Canadian women reclaimed the title with a 4-3 victory in overtime.

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Cops promise long weekend crackdown BY ANNALEE GRANT Cranbrook Townsman

Lake Koocanusa campers, be warned; the Elk Valley RCMP are cracking down on rowdy behaviour this year. The Elk Valley detachment has announced they will be out in full force over the

upcoming May Long weekend from May 18 to 21. “Over the last several years, the number of campers visiting the lands surrounding Lake Koocanusa in Southeast British Columbia have increased dramatically,” said Cpl. Don Erichsen of the

Elk Valley RCMP in a recent release. “Police and law enforcement personnel have struggled to keep up with the area’s increased popularity, and local residents have become increasingly concerned with the instances of risky behaviour in their backyard.”

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Parks Canada cuts hit home BY ALEX COOPER Revelstoke Times Review

The resource conservation department for Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks will be the hardest hit by a recent round of layoffs that will see 14 staff have their jobs eliminated or hours reduced. Out of the 14 affected jobs, six have been surplussed – government speak for eliminated – and eight others will see their hours reduced by varying degrees. Out of the six layoffs, five people left voluntarily. As a result, hours and days of operations in the Parks will be reduced, with facilities such as campsites, the Giant Cedars Boardwalk and the Rogers Pass Centre set to open for shorter periods of the year.

The cuts are across most parts of the parks’ operations; highway operations, the avalanche program and visitor safety will remain as they are but resource conservation is the hardest hit, with four out of eight positions eliminated, longtime Parks employee Alan Polster said. The cuts were made public April 30, when wide-spread layoffs were announced across the public sector. Parks Canada was one of the hardest hit, with 605 employees given layoff notices and more than 1,000 seeing their hours reduced, according to Kevin King, a regional vicepresident of the Union of National Employees and Public Service Alliance of Canada. The Revelstoke Parks Canada office is

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responsible for running Mt. Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks and the Rogers Pass Historic Site. The changes in staffing will mean many sites will be closed during the fall and spring and hours of operations will be reduced at most sites. Karen Tierney, the superintendent of Mt. Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks, said the impacts were not significant, but include the following: - The Meadows in

the Sky Parkway will continue to open as the snow recedes up the mountain, but it will now close at Thanksgiving – three weeks earlier than usual. - There will be no more winter operations in Mt. Revelstoke National Park. That means no more track setting and the ski chalet will be closed. - There will no impact to highway operations, the avalanche program and visitor safety operations.

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Did You Know? Within the Catholic Church, the Sacrament of ConďŹ rmation is when the church recognizes successful candidates as adults. A similar recognition occurs within the Jewish faith. Bar Mitzvah for boys and Bat Mitzvah for girls is when boys and girls in the Jewish community become responsible for their actions. Prior to that, the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents assume responsibility for their actions. When young children assume this responsibility, they become a Bat Mitzvah (boys) or a Bar Mitzvah (girls). Once boys and girls reach this status, they can ofďŹ cially lead prayer and other religious services, both within their families and within their communities. Similar to young Catholics, who spend years preparing to receive the Sacrament of ConďŹ rmation, Jewish boys and girls spend years preparing for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, including attending Hebrew School and performing charity or community service -- requirements that are very similar to those young Catholics must fulďŹ ll.

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asked the students, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Read the next two pages, and underline the ideas that you think are important.â&#x20AC;? Most of the information was familiar from previous lessons, and I was curious to know if they had mastered the concepts. Each student then selected one statement to read aloud, which we briefly discussed. I was satisfied with the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; knowledge and understanding. They were on track with the religious education portion of their preparation for Confirmation. One student, though, underlined a statement that had nothing to do with doctrines. The student read aloud, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The steady stream of difficult choices can be very conLOUISE fusing. This confusion can lead you to question how God is involved in your life Everyday Theology or whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involved at all.â&#x20AC;? The studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice demonstrated something deeper than the mastery of concepts. He was probing the depths of his relationship with God. The child, who readily accepts the faith of his parents, is giving way to the young man, who will have to make his own personal act of faith. In the past, many people were simply carried along on the stream of the prevailing religious practices of their culture. When I was the same age as the students in my class, everyone went to church. It was you did on Sundays. Religious practice was part of the culture. Public school classes began with a Bible reading and the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prayer. Banquets opened with grace. Civic meetings began with prayers. There was no such thing as Sunday shopping. The culture was friendly towards religious belief; religious practice, even if it was merely a habit, was the norm. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture is obviously much different. Sunday no longer holds a special place in the week. For many, attending church ranks low, if at all, on the to-do list. Secular culture neither fosters the practice of religion, nor helps the individual sustain the spark of belief. The individual has to make a decision about faith and practice, without support from the culture. This decision confronts everyone, not only the students in a religious education class. Even when we do decide that God is involved in our life, the culture frequently tests our commitment to that relationship. An objective for my lesson that day was to evaluate the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mastery of concepts; did they know the catechism? I was pleased that they did, but even more delighted with the probing heart of that one student. While knowing the teachings of your religious tradition is important, and helpful when faced with moral dilemmas, entering into a personal relationship with God, and participating in a community of believers is critical for sustaining a life of faith. This is particularly important in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world, where religious belief is often regarded with suspicion and hostility, and cultural practices are no longer conducive to the practice of religion, which helps to keep faith alive. The studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s question is one worth asking of our self from time to time. What place, if any, does God have in my life?

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Award winning guitarist to perform at festival BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Creston Valley Advance

Three years ago, Wendell Ferguson kicked off the Creston Valley Blossom Festival with a musical tour de force that had the audience stomping its feet, howling with laughter and calling for more. On May 18, he makes a return engagement and he said he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to get back to play for an appreciative audience and enjoy the hospitality that left him with such a good impression that he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t coming alone this time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had such a great time there last time,â&#x20AC;? he said from Ontario. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wonderfully warm and receptive audience and I had fun seeing the sights Creston has to offer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I met some really nice people that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kept in touch with. This time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m bringing my wife along as she loves the mountains and has heard me rave about Creston. I tell her it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be some Blah Festival, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the Blossom Festival.â&#x20AC;? Ferguson is in huge demand as a guitarist and is a masterful solo and group performer as well. He was named the Canadian Country Music Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (CCMA) guitar player of the year a ridiculous six consecutive years (1995-2000). After his seventh guitar award, the CCMA

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GARDENING

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Patty Siddall focused on keeping trees to the outside and an abundance of shrubs as she creates her own backyard oasis.

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Home is where the heart is.” This famous saying befits the completion of my new gardens. Well, maybe ‘completion’ is too strong a description, as gardeners usually agree their garden is really never complete and is always a “work in progress”. Even though there might be lots of changes ahead, I discovered over this past week my new garden already occupies a big part of my heart. It was a test of spirit to leave the family homestead but I now feel like I’m home again; I have my puppies and many of the plants I love with me. It was a lot of heavy work but worth every blister, ache and pain. Transplanting fairly mature shrubs to the new home presented a test of physical endurance. Everything was well ensconced on Olivia Crescent and difficult to lift; then the sandy soil fell away and left exposed root systems. The race was on to get them all back into the soil at their new home as quickly as possible. I can’t emphasize enough the importance of keeping transplants watered regularly and deeply through the first season. The silver lining in the last several weeks of dark clouds was mother-nature’s steady supply of rain, keeping roots hydrated while they re-establish. On the rare dry day, I hand watered. I’ve squeezed as many trees, shrubs and perennials as possible into the front and back yard beds. The creative test was to craft some kind of symmetry and balance. This can usually be achieved by using drifts (three or more) of the same plant, repeating certain plants through the garden or repeating colours to take the eye from one side to the other. I didn’t have room for more than one of a specimen (each which I absolutely had to have with me), so I tried to balance with colour. Lots of colour brings me lots of joy but the amount used is a creative preference – from the colourful display

like mine to a serene, monochromatic (white) garden. In traditional garden design, trees should be kept to the outer edges. The old apple tree up near the patio and back porch is a bit out of place but will provide pink and white apple blossoms in midMay and much needed shade come summer.

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SIDDALL Ground Rules in Gardening The magnificent Tulip Magnolia (magnolia soulanginia) bursts forth the end of April and acts as a beautiful, strong anchor in the back garden; zone 5; full sun; 18 ft. tall x 18ft wide. My beautiful Golden Full Moon maple (acer shirasawanum aureum) is now the anchor for the front shade garden; zone 5; part shade; 16-20 ft. tall and wide. I was also able to bring the Kwanzan Cherry tree (prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan), whose job it will be to provide spectacular pink blossoms after the magnolia finishes as well as cover the back of the neighbour’s garage; zone 5; full sun; 15-20 ft tall and wide. Over the coming weeks, I’ll let you know about shrubs and perennials that made the grade. Next time, though, I’d like to talk about annuals/bedding plants. The May long-weekend is just around the corner and it’s time to plant our containers, window boxes and hanging baskets. Bill Garnett (Columbia Valley Greenhouse) has kindly shared his experience and extensive knowledge on great sun and shade performers. I’ll pass along some of his favourites. Meanwhile, keep your grow on the go! Patty Siddall operates a local garden business and shares this space with business partner Betty Drover every other Friday. Contact: 250364-1005

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Ian Lockey (left) of Rossland and friend and fellow national para-snowboarding team member Tyler Mosher can now look ahead to the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

A Paralympic possibility BY JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor

The Olympic dream came one step closer to reality for Rossland para-snowboarder Ian Lockey. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced last week that para-snowboarding will be included in the Alpine Skiing program at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. “It’s very exciting,” says Lockey, a standing paraplegic boarder who has been competing since 2006. The IPC flip-flopped on a 2011 ruling that denied the sport’s application for inclusion into the 2014 Games. “It’s incredible,” said national para-snowboard coach Candice Drouin. “We were told last year that it wasn’t going to be included . . . We were very disappointed, but we moved forward and continued developing the sport with an eye to 2018.” But the 2018 Paralympic Games was a long climb for the 39-year-old Lockey, so Friday’s announcement has the coach and para-snowboarder suitably satisfied. “I don’t know why (they changed policy) and I don’t really care, once we’re in, I don’t ask,” said Drouin. “I’m really excited, especially for athletes like Ian Lockey and Tyler Mosher that probably wouldn’t continue on in the competitive side of snowboarding until 2018.” After suffering a spinal cord injury almost 10 years ago in a snowboarding accident, doctors told Lockey, a New Zealand native, that recovery was not an option. “I was told I would never snowboard, never ride a bike, walk or do anything like that again,” said Lockey. But the freshly minted Canadian citizen soon discovered that, although limited, he could walk and so he began trying other activities. “I could ride a bike a little bit, but I couldn’t surf or skateboard so I didn’t want to try snowboarding, but then one day I decided I just had to go, and found I could still do it (snowboard),” he said. With a few modifications to his board, Lockey was back in action and has been skiing with the Canadian para-snowboard team since its formation in 2008. After taking bronze at a World Cup event in 2010, and a silver medal at the Canadian Championships, a shoulder injury at the 2011 X-Games in Aspen, Col. forced Lockey to take the rest of the year off. On his return last month, he placed fifth in his first World Cup race in over a year. Continued good health and strong finishes in

upcoming competitions should ensure Lockey’s spot on the team. “Ian loves snowboarding,” said Drouin. “He puts his body into potential danger because he just loves to go snowboarding and to him it’s worth it. I think the combination of experience and a real love for the sport is a really good combination for someone to be successful.” With the inclusion of his sport in the Sochi Games, the 39-year-old has renewed enthusiasm for the sport and is committed to giving it his best shot. “I have to train hard, and prove that I am training – it is all performance based, so from now on if I don’t perform I won’t get to go, but if I do perform it’s all good.” Originally called Adaptive Snowboard, the sport is practiced worldwide and runs a track similar to snowboard-cross with competitors racing solo. Called a slingshot event, the boarders are judged on time and are handicapped based on their disability. The first World Cup event took place in Whistler in 2008 and since has grown and expanded to become a popular sport. However, the para-boarders are at a bit of a disadvantage. The organizers have only two years to prepare and seek out funding when most of the grants and stipends have already been allocated. It will take a lot to make it happen, but local communities like Rossland will hopefully help out and support their Paralympic athletes, said Drouin. After overcoming such incredible obstacles, athletes like Lockey and sit-skier Kimberley Joines could use the support. “I was at a point where I’ve put my body on the line a lot of times for Canada and sometimes I’ve come off second best,” said Lockey. “I was at a point where I was near retirement, now I have the drive to go again.”

Over 53,000 ran in this year’s Bloomsday Run in Spokane Sunday, and among the runners close to 100 pavement pounders from Greater Trail joined in the 12-kilometer race. Local runner Ami Titsworth of Warfield made the trek to Spokane and placed a very respectable 19th out of 550 runners in her age group. “This is only my second Bloomsday, but I am such a huge fan of this event already,” said Titsworth. “Plus, it feels like the entire city of Spokane is cheering for every one of those 50,000 participants. It is just a really great experience for all. And the energy of that is just plain addicting.” It was the 36th running of the annual event, which counts as one of the largest road races in the world. Olympic marathoner Don Kardong organized the original Bloomsday Run on May 1, 1977 and it has continued to grow. Bill Rogers of Boston Marathon fame championed the race, making it part of the Professional Road Running Organization circuit of major U.S. running events that attract the world’s elite athletes. Kelly Geisheimer of Rossland was the top Greater Trail runner finishing in 49 minutes 44 seconds, placing second to national team runner Marilyn

Arsenault among 500 B.C. runners, and 57th out of almost 29,000 female competitors. Groups and families like those from the area, make the trek to Bloomsday a yearly tradition. The event is extremely family friendly, and accommodates all fitness levels from the elite Kenyan and Ethiopian runners, to the elderly and families pushing strollers, says Titsworth. “The level of organization and volunteerism is astounding.” Allan Kiprono of Kenya and Ethiopian Mamita Daska won the men’s and women’s first place prize of $7,000 finishing in 34:29 and 38:26 respectively. The course is a challenging roller coaster of hills, highlighted by the infamous “Doomsday Hill” ranked top 10 by Runners World Magazine. “There is even a person in a giant Vulture costume that dances around at the crest of the hill threatening to pick off runners who run out of steam on the dreaded climb,” she added. Lots of local colour, like the city’s sports mascots and live music adding to the celebratory atmosphere, keep “Bloomies” entertained on their way to the finish line on the Munroe St. bridge. “Everyone who has made it across that line and collected the coveted Bloomsday finisher shirt, deserves a pat on the back.”

RBC CUP

Penticton advances HUMBOLDT, Sask. – Trail’s Travis St. Denis was named player of the game for the Penticton Vees in what was a must-win game at the 2012 RBC Cup in Humboldt, Sask. Wednesday. Logan Johnston scored the winner nine minutes into the third period as the Vees wrapped up a semifinal berth at the RBC Cup with a 3-1 win over the Portage Terriers on Wednesday night. With one day of preliminary round play remaining, the Vees will finish either second or third, depending on the outcome of Thursday’s final round robin games, while the Terriers can be a part of the playoff party with a win in their Thursday finale against the host Humboldt Broncos. Curtis Loik and Mike Reilly had the other goals for Penticton (2-2), which scored three times in 9:56 in the third period to erase a 1-0 deficit after 40 minutes.

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Heat bow to Marlies THE CANADIAN PRESS ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Despite coming up short of the ultimate goal, the Abbotsford Heatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be looked upon as a failure. The Heat were eliminated from the post-season by Toronto in five games on Wednesday when Mike Zigomanis scored in overtime of 3-2 Marlies win. Abbotsford was up 2-0 at one point in the game, but the Marlies rallied to close out the Western Conference final. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To end the way it did, it kind of stings for everybody in the room,â&#x20AC;? said Heat defenceman J.P. Testwuide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But you know what, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behind us and we just have to learn from it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a defeat, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a failure.â&#x20AC;? Abbotsford won 11 straight games, including playoffs, before dropping four straight to Toronto. The Heat were ranked as high as second in the overall AHL standings at one point this season and as low as 11th in the Western Conference, but the goal was always to win the championship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say we fell short (of our goal),â&#x20AC;? said Heat head coach Troy Ward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to the Calder Cup finals but I thought we had a good push, especially at the end of the year. But we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to where we set out to where we wanted to be.â&#x20AC;?

The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playoff shortcomings could be pinned on special teams. The Heatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s penalty killing was among the best in the AHL most of the year but allowed two goals on five chances in Game 5, including the winner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a very good penalty kill for the whole series,â&#x20AC;? said Testwuide, who was playing for Abbotsford on loan from the Chicago Wolves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could look at it like it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good tonight, but I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the way it turns out. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get their chances, and they just ended up burying them now instead of earlier.â&#x20AC;? Meanwhile, their power play was even more lacking, 0-for-24 during the series, including 0-for-3 Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got opportunities and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bury them but they did,â&#x20AC;? said Heat captain Clay Wilson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was kind of the story of the series.â&#x20AC;? The club struggled with a few things this season that gave the Calgary Flamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; affiliate headaches throughout the year. Regardless, the Heat have a seven more seasons left on their deal with the city-owned Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre, so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re clearly not going anywhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found a home,â&#x20AC;? said Ward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think people know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here.â&#x20AC;?

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Vees surge in third FROM PAGE 13 The Vees are one step closer to becoming the first team since the 1999 Vernon Vipers to win the National Junior A Championship after an 0-2 start. Down by a goal entering the third, Loik pulled Penticton even just 1:53 into the final frame, poking the puck through Portage goaltender Shea Cooper. Johnston gave the Vees the lead seven minutes later, corralling a loose puck and beating a sprawling Cooper, and Reilly capped the scoring on

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ery good news about the Beaver Valley/ Rossland-Trail minor hockey merger. There has been much wailing and DAVE gnashing of teeth on the issue, and there will be more along the way, but Sports â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Things the ability this will give communities to optimize the use of what are expensive arena facilities, and area wide co-operation on behalf of young players, is worth the debate. That is, or course, assuming that parents in the RTMHA will still approve of the move once the reality sets in that some of their kids wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it onto all-star (rep) rosters once the extra players from B.V. enter the competition equation. What is guaranteed if the merger happens is that everybody in the mix will have access to four facilities for play and practice, which should vastly improve the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to schedule ice time to the benefit of all concerned. There will be more travel involved for almost everybody involved, but driving distances are not large and the benefits may be. Guaranteed as well, one hopes, will be the opportunity for kids in the valley to play at all levels of minor hockey, something that has been iffy as registration numbers have dwindled. If the new combined numbers necessitate a move up for local rep teams it may be more difficult for one of them to bring home a provincial championship banner. My attitude to that is, So what? Championships should be hard to earn and an improvement in the level of competition should improve the caliber of play - the competitiveness - of the players, and coaches, involved. Shaking it all out will require goodwill and serious effort, it may not even happen in time for the 2012 minor hockey season. But, it is a very positive regional step forward in a region often beset with fractious issues that, at times, wear on that goodwill. â&#x20AC;˘Travis St. Dennis and the Penticton Vees have rebounded from a rough start with two wins at the Royal Bank Cup Junior A Canadian Hockey Championship, not that you might know that from perusing national media, and will have a shot in the playoff round on the weekend. You can watch for free on something called fasthockey.com, via the RBC facebook page, Saturday and the final will air on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on TSN. Enjoy Silver City Days. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what all that volunteer work is for.

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The Silver City Days Fun Run gets set at the starting line at Gyro Park at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Register at Gericks Cycle and Sport or go online at trailtrackclub.ca to sign up.

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Hop on board for off-road biking Trail Rec offers crime fighting and fitness training for all ages For biking enthusiasts, Trail Rec has two programs coming up with instructor Natasha Lockey from Bettygohard. The Ladies Off-Road Biking Clinic rides Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Learn the fundamentals of mountain biking and gain confidence riding off-road trails. The clinic includes 1.5 hours of skills building in a controlled environment, and then a fun, easy trail ride where you can apply your new skills. A gourmet barbecue lunch will be provided at the end of the trail. This is too much fun to miss, so register now and get on your bike. The Ladies Cross Country Ride Series. This four-week series will work on braking, gearing, steering, line selection and body position. You will be led on local trails, and address any specific skills you would like to work on. This is a beginner’s course that will increase your biking confidence, fitness and overall endurance. Each session is followed by an après to give you the chance to celebrate your achievements. May 28 to June 18, Monday’s from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Get a kick out of Trail Rec’s Women’s Soccer Program. Work on your skills with our instructor, Tammy Gallamore, while getting some exercise. Learn skill building and drills, and then a fun scrimmage at the end of each practice. All skills and levels are welcome. The session runs May 20 to June 10, Sunday’s from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at Pople Park. Come out to a free Crime Prevention program offered by RCMP Officer Gordon Sims. The upcoming session is on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Trail Memorial

Centre. The topic of discussion will be on personal safety, stay safe at home and in the community as well as tips on staying safe during a crime. This session is free, but pre-registration is required to ensure participation and avoid cancellation. Core Strengthening with personal trainer Diana Howard begins May 15 to June 26, Tuesday’s from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Trail Memorial Centre Fitness Studio. Beginner and advanced welcome, with a routine that can accommodate all fitness levels. Learn exercises on the floor, with the stability ball, free weights, weighted balls, and bands. Boot Camp with Diana Howard starts May 17 to June 28. Get your heart pumping with a variety of exercises using equipment that will increase intensity and give you the result you’re looking for. All levels are welcome. Classes run Thursday’s from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Trail Memorial Center Fitness Studio. Our 30-Minute Circuit classes for adults and seniors is growing in popularity. Come and check out the classes every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8:30 to 9 a.m. at the Trail Memorial Centre Fitness Studio. These classes offer safe and effective exercises in a circuit style format, and beginners to intermediates are welcome. Learn in a group how to use free weights, bands and balls, and how to get an effective workout using various stations of exercises. The next Seniors Get Fit workshop will be on Thursday, May 24 from 10:30 to noon at the Trail Aquatic Centre. A personal trainer will lead you towards your fitness goals, how to use the fitness centre, learn about physical fitness, safe lifting techniques, avoiding injury, and goal setting. Proper weight room etiquette will also be discussed. Pre-register early to avoid cancellation, call Trail Parks and Recreation at 368-6484, or the Aquatic Centre at 364-0888.

Zumba Gold, instructed by April Haws, is a fitness program designed to take exciting Latin and international dance rhythms created in the original Zumba Program and bring them to the active older adult, the beginner participant, and the other special populations that may need modifications for success. The program creates a party-like atmosphere and it’s great for the mind, body and soul. This session will be on Tuesdays from 8:108:55 am with a 15 minute tea time to follow. May 29 - July 10 at the Fruitvale Hall, at the Montrose Hall for July. Cost is $45.50 seniors or $9 drop in and $50 others or $10 drop in. Zumba - A 5 punch pass can be purchased from the instructor for $50, a 10 punch pass for $85, a 20 punch pass for $140 or drop in for $11. When you buy a 10 or 20 punch card – receive one class free. Monday at the Fruitvale Hall from 9:30-10:30 am and 7–8 pm, Tuesday at the Fruitvale Hall from 9:30–10:30 am, and Thursday at the Montrose Hall from 7–8 p.m. If you would like to see what Zumba Gold is all about first, please attend our free open-house class on May 22 at the Fruitvale Hall from 8:10 8:55am.

Boat Pro Course with Mike Fairweather will be offered on May 19 from 9 a.m – 5 p.m. at the Montrose Hall. Cost is $60 for first family member with a manual and $40 for second family member without a manual. Cost covers the exam and exam fee. If exam is successful, you will receive your Pleasure Craft Operator’s Card. All operators are required to carry this card to legally operate powered water craft. Photo ID is required. Chito-Ryu Karate, instructed by Sensei Scott Hutcheson, is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-7p.m. for youth and 7-8 p.m. for adult classes, running until June 13 at the Fruitvale Elementary School Gymnasium. Cost is $48 per month for youth and $75 per month for adult. A $30 association fee for youth and $50 for adult per year. The instructor is a registered certified Black Belt with NCCP coaching and a member of KarateBC. Bootcamp begins on Sunday, so please register by Friday in order to secure your spot. Learn to Run begins next Wednesday, so please register by Tuesday to ensure we have enough people to run the class. To register for any of the above programs, please call Kelly at 367-9319.

Kootenay Lake Levels May 10, 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: 1746.33 ft 7 day forecast: Up 12 inches. 2011 peak:1751.71 ft. 2010 peak:1748.68 ft.

Nelson:

Present level: 1744.57 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 12 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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Explain transgendered uncle delicately Dear Annie: We have two children and a 13-year-old grandson. Two years ago, our 48-year-old unmarried son very reluctantly told us that he has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder and considers himself to be female. This came as a complete surprise, but we decided to support her wholeheartedly, and we find her to be much happier than before. Here is the problem: Our other son and his wife don’t want their teenage son to know because they are afraid it will have a negative effect on his development. This makes family gatherings impossible, as the boy’s uncle now dresses and lives as a woman. We love both of our children and our grandson, but we are getting older and don’t know how long this impasse will last. How do we best explain transsexualism to a boy that age, and should we? -- The Parents

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Dear Parents: Children are amazingly adaptable, and a typical boy of 13 who watches TV and sees movies likely already has a grasp on gender identity issues. Having a relative who is transsexual is not going to make him change his gender. But we agree that these things should be explained sensitively, and the parents must be the ones to make that decision. Please contact PFLAG (pflag.org), which has a transgender network and can help you. Dear Annie: My best friend, “Donna,” has been happily married for 34 years. She and her husband eloped when she was 21, and they

now have two grown sons and a 16-year-old daughter. Donna has mentioned more than once that she regrets not having had a wedding. So, when she announced that she was having a commitment ceremony for her 35th anniversary and asked me to participate, I was thrilled. However, what she is planning is far different from what I had imagined. She plans to wear a long white dress with a full train and a waist-length veil, and she has invited 100 guests. She wants me to be her matron of honor. I feel that this is something much more appropriate for a young first-time bride, not a 57-year-old adult who looks her age. I fear she is making a ridiculous spectacle of herself -and, yes, of me, too. How do I tell her this? Or am I just being an old wet hen myself? -- Renee Dear Renee: As the matron of honor, you should offer to help

Donna pick out her wedding dress. This will give you the opportunity to show your enthusiasm for something more appropriate. However, this is the wedding Donna dreamed of, and now she can afford it. If she is determined to go the whole nine yards (of material), we hope you will be a good sport. That’s what best friends do for each other. Dear Annie: As the representative of more than 10,000 florists, wholesalers and flower growers, the Society of American Florists would like to respond to “Friend of a Young Cancer Victim,” who asked readers to list a charity or medical organization in lieu of flowers in death notices. While donations to charitable organizations are a worthwhile cause, flowers also can be a great source of comfort to those grieving the loss of a loved one. They express sympathy in a heartfelt way, honor the deceased’s

life and add warmth to the memorial service. Research from Harvard and Rutgers shows that flowers increase feelings of compassion and happiness, and people feel less depressed, anxious and agitated in their presence.

Instead of requesting “in lieu of flowers,” we hope the family will consider simply stating, “The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to Such-AndSuch” or “Memorial contributions can be made to Such-And-

Such.” This provides a suggestion, without dictating to family and friends what they should do. -- Jenny Scala, Director of Consumer Marketing, Staff Liaison of Professional Floral Communicators -International

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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday. SOLUTION FOR YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

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YOUR HOROSCOPE By Francis Drake For Saturday, May 12, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The next few months will be wonderful for those of you who write, teach, act, sell or drive for a living. Everything in your life will flow more smoothly. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Many of you will be shopping for art, antiques and beautiful things in the next few months. Fortunately, you’re going to have the money to do it. (Yes!) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Fair Venus is going to be in your sign until June. (Normally, it’s in your sign for three weeks.) This is an unusual blessing that will not occur again for 105 years. Enjoy! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Solitude in beautiful surroundings will appeal to you this summer. You feel a need to get away from everything

and relax to calm your mind. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your desire to schmooze with others and be active with groups is very strong now. Get used to it, because it’s going to stay until September! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Many of you will be asked to make an artistic contribution where you work or where you live. Someone wants your input on design, layout, furniture arrangement, gardens or the appearance of something. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Travel for pleasure will appeal to you now and all summer long. Some of you also might strike up a cozy relationship with someone from a different culture. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Gifts, goodies and favors from others continue to come your way all summer.

Remember to pass along this good fortune, because what goes around comes around. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Relations with partners and close friends are going to be unusually good this summer. Just accept this blessing and start smiling. Lucky you! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Whatever happens in your work this summer, you will get praise and possibly a

raise. Everyone is impressed with you now. (You worked for this.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) What a wonderful summer ahead for your sign! Love affairs, romance, sports events, vacations and playful activities with children are all on the menu! Yay me! PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Make plans to redecorate where you live this summer

or entertain more at home. Family relationships will deepen, and you will feel truly happy and cozy where you live. YOU BORN TODAY You’re talented, outspoken and mischievous. You love to tease and will invariably pierce sacred cows and debunk myths. You tell it like it is. Even if you do not seek this out, you often are thrust into a leadership role. Others cooperate with you because

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to Esther, Pam, Ricki, Maria and Bill for your help in my retirement celebration on April 26, 2012. As well, thanks to all who attended. You helped to make a very special evening for me. As well, thank you to my co-workers at Kiro Wellness Center for the efforts to help make my last day of work memorable.

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ELP/TESOL INSTRUCTORS Short-term and relief positions at our Castlegar Campus In one of two positions (one for a relief instructor and one for a short-term/on-call instructor), you will join the International Education Department to teach in their English Language Program (ELP) and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Advanced Diploma program. In ELP, instruction will include beginner to advanced levels of grammar, reading, writing and communication. TESOL instruction will include theory, curriculum development and classroom practice. A passionate and dedicated educator, you have a Master’s degree in TESOL, Linguistics or a related field and at least 3 years’ experience teaching English as a second language. For the short-term/ on-call instructor position, you have TESL Canada Standard 3 (Permanent) certification. For the relief instructor position, you have TESL Canada Professional 2 certification. Closing date: 4 pm, May 18, 2012.

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Call for Board of Director(s) 2 – Positions One Year Term Community Futures of Greater Trail is a dynamic, volunteer board-driven organization looking for individuals to assist in fulﬁlling its mission: Be a catalyst for sustainable development in the Greater Trail region by assisting entrepreneurs and supporting community economic development initiatives to enhance the region’s economic prosperity, social well-being, and environmental integrity. Community Futures of Greater Trail is looking to increase its Board of Directors to 13 members. Those interested in this position should be regionally-minded with experience in one or more of the following areas: commercial lending, accounting, business management, community economic development, signiﬁcant entrepreneurial experience. Previous volunteer experience and/or board participation is considered an asset. In order to ensure equitable regional representation, we are looking for one (1) interested individual residing in the City of Trail, as well as one (1) resident of the Beaver Valley. Successful candidates will have community and client values consistent with those of the current Board of Directors, committees, and staff. Appointment(s) to the Board of Directors will take place at the Annual General Meeting to be held in August 2012. Individuals are encouraged to submit a resume, and/or personal biography, and cover letter to the attention of Craig Adams, General Manager: craig@communityfutures.com.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KOOTENAY BOUNDARY Trail Administration Ofﬁce

Financial Ofﬁcer (Temporary Full Time - 18 Weeks) The Finance Department of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is seeking a qualified individual to fill a temporary full time position. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Financial Officer is responsible for providing varied and complex financial support services to the finance department. The successful applicant will perform a variety of general and specific duties at an intermediate skill level for accounting, customer service and clerical functions within the District office in Trail, BC. These duties include: preparation, processing and compliance reporting of payrolls, accounts payable and receivable, utility billing, cash receipting, and general ledger transactions. The qualified candidate will be a secondary school graduate and will have a diploma in Business Administration or a related field and/or the completion to the mid-level of an accounting accreditation program. Knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting procedures including payroll, budgeting and auditing principals; integrated computerized financial systems and the knowledge and understanding of computerized spreadsheets including Microsoft Office. Five years of related experience, preferably with local government. The Financial Officer must have the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and to deal courteously, tactfully and diplomatically with other employees, the public and elected officials.

Closing date for the application process is June 15, 2012.

35 hour workweek, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Compensation and employment benefits for the position are subject to the local C.U.P.E collective agreement. Current wage rate is $30.29 per hour. A complete job description may be found on the RDKB website www.rdkb.com

Community Futures’ services and programs are made possible with the assistance of the Government of Canada via Western Economic Diversiﬁcation Canada.

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Gerry Gardner, Director of Finance, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary 843 Rossland Avenue, Trail, B.C. V1R 4S8 or Fax: (250)368-3990 or, ggardner@rdkb.com.

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Route 406 15 papers Cooke Ave & Kootenay Ave Route 414 18 papers Thompson Ave,Victoria Ave Route 416 10 papers 3rd Ave, 6th Ave, Elmore St, Paul S Route 420 17 papers 1st, 3rd Kootenay Ave, Leroi Ave Route 421 9 papers Davis & Spokane St Route 424 9 papers WarďŹ eld Ironcolt Ave, Mcleod Ave, Route 195 17 papers Plewman Way Blake Court, Shelley St, Whitman Route 434 7 papers Way 2nd Ave, 3rd Ave, Turner Ave

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Castlegar Route 311 6 papers 9th Ave & Southridge Dr Route 312 15 papers 10th & 9th Ave Route 314 12 papers 4th, 5th, & 6th Ave Route 321 10 papers Columbia & Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Place

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International Forest Products Ltd. is looking for ticketed electricians, millwrights and a mobile mechanic to join our lumber manufacturing facility in Castlegar, BC. The skilled individuals must be self motivated, able to work on their own, and in a team environment. Preference will be given to those Journeyman with Level 3 First Aid ticket. Applicants must be ďŹ&#x201A;exible with shift scheduling and trade lines. Interfor offers a competitive wage and beneďŹ ts package as outlined in the USW Southern Interior Master Agreement. Interested candidates are invited to submit resumes by April 26, 2012 to Interforâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front ofďŹ ce in Castlegar. Candidates can also submit their resume by mail, fax, or email to : PO Box 3728, Castlegar BC, V1N 3W4 Fax #: 1-604-422-3252 Email: taumi.mccreight@interfor.com We thank all applicants in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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CLASSIFIEDS Merchandise for Sale

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale 1991 Knight Car Dolly $1,000 OBO. Perfect for towing mid to small vehicles. Recently rewired, repacked bearings, 2 sets of straps, 13” & 15”. It’s ugly but works great & tows wonderfully. Located in Nelson. Call 250-354-7471. HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper? PASSAP E8000/Brother 965 Knitting machines. Antique bedroom suite.Phaff 5thread serger, single Temper Pedic adjustable bed 250.367.9353 SCREENED TOP Soil, $30. per yard. 250-367-9308 Sun Mountain 3 wheel Speed E Golf Cart. 24 Volt motor. Was $600, asking $300. 250.368.9231

Misc. Wanted Local Coin Collector buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic, Gold & Silver Coins. Call Chad 250-499-0251 PAYING CASH for old furniture, antiques, collectables and articles of value. Please phone Pat Hogan 250-3689190, 250-352-6822

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W.TRAIL, 2bd. F/S, W/D, D/W, off-street parking 2V. ns.np. $800. 250-368-6818

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BV MANOR, Fruitvale, unassisted living, senior couple 1bd. $403./mo.; senior single bachelor suite $349./mo. N/S, N/P. Includes utilities &cable TV. 250-367-7612, 250-3677046. SUNNINGDALE, 1bdrm. bachelor or bachelorette. TV cable included, free use of washer and dryer. Private entrance. NS. NP. $500./mo. 250-368-3055 SUNNINGDALE, large 2bdrm. 1bth. Cable, heat & a/c included. Free use of washer & dryer. No smoking, No pets. Avail. Jun.1st. 250-368-3055 TRAIL- clean 2 bed, river views ($650) avail now, 250-231-1242

WANETA MANOR 2bd $610, 3bd $760 NS,NP, Senior oriented, underground parking 250-368-8423 WARFIELD 2bd condo totally renovated 250-362-7716

Duplex / 4 Plex TRAIL, 2-3bdrm. 1bth. N/S, N/P. W/D. $800./mo. +util. References. 250-231-0920

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$264,500

Starting out or slowing down, this home in mint shape inside & out. Private rear park setting. Don’t delay on this one!

$429,500

A stunning executive quality home in a quiet setting with a beautiful back yard. This 3 bedroom home is only 6 years old and is a “must see.”

Beautifully renovated & decorated 3+ bedroom home, Creekside in Annable. Two new bathrooms, A/C, large shed with power. Ready to move in.

$209,900

Fruitvale

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$319,000

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A great family home with double garage, 3 baths and a totally redecorated interior. Call on this one today!

Only 4 years old and in a beautiful location, close to rinks, parks and school. Plus an 800 sq ft. shop! Quick possession available

$285,000

Glenmerry

Fruitvale

Spacious 4 bedroom family home. Close to school, large room sizes, 4 level split with covered patio area and fenced yard. Solid home perfect for growing family.

Quick possession possible. Three bedroom, 2 bath 1½ storey home on a large lot with a fenced back yard. Move in ready.

This 4 bed, 3 bath home is like new and has a detached 24x24’ shop!!

$269,000

$259,900

Beautifully updated 2,600 sq.ft. home on .61 of an acre!

Trail This one will wow you! Completely open plan living, kitchen built for a chef, covered patio, fenced yard, 3 beds, 3 baths!

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$79,900

WarÀeld New plumbing, wiring, furnace, roof ,siding, wrap around deck, fenced yard, new kitchen, hardwood Áoors, heated tile. You can’t afford not to look!

Wayne DeWitt ext 25 Mario Berno ext 27

$189,000

Rossland Brand new 2010 manufactured home. Two beds, 2 baths, master with walk-in closet. Huge kitchen with lots of cupboard space. Cheaper than rent!

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A good, solid starter or retirement home on a view lot overlooking the river. Home is in excellent condition and offers very good value.

Emerald Ridge

This 3,000 sq.ft. custom built home is very impressive and sits on a 1/2 acre with incredible views!

$589,500 A CH

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$144,900

WarÀeld

$249,900

Great house, great location, great price! Awesome family home, 3 beds, 2 baths, fenced yard, lots of character

Meticulously cared for home featuring hardwood Áoors, updated kitchen, 4 beds, 2 baths, outside oasis with fenced yard! Just perfect!

Montrose

$314,900

Five bdrms, 3 bath home with beautiful new kitchen, spa like main bath located on 2.79 acres overlooking the Montrose valley.

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1836 4th Street Fruitvale

1929 Cole Street Fruitvale

This great home is on 4.5 acres within walking distance to town or school.

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$529,000

Hidden Gem! Spotless 4 bed, 2 bath home on no thru street. Detached 2 car garage, off street parking, central vac, new furnace, updated wiring!

Bright & open 3 bdrm home in lower WarÀeld. Big rec room & games room, tons of storage. Triple garage plus RV parking.

$319,000

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Fruitvale

$239,900

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Saturday, May 12 3:00 - 4:30 695 Dickens Warﬁeld $235,000

Saturday, May 12 1:00 - 2:30 1091 Highway 3B Beaver Falls $229,900

Saturday, May 12 1:30 - 3:30 1792 Daniel Street Trail $218,000

Friday May 11 12 - 2pm 1662 9 Mile Road Fruitvale $339,000

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Rossland $304,900

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SUNDAY/MONDAY HOROSCOPE By Francis Drake For Sunday, May 13, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a moneymaking day for you. Trust your ideas for this. However, some will spend lots of money today and love it! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a powerful day for you because the Sun is lined up with lucky Jupiter in your sign. Expect people and favorable situations to come your way. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel content with yourself today. This is the kind of day where you can schmooze with others or simply enjoy your own company. You call the shots. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) All group activities will be fun today. Get out and schmooze, and enjoy the company of others. (Someone might encourage you to expand your goals.) LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your reputation looks solid.

People in your circle respect you now because you look like a winner. (It’s time to demand the advantage.) VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a great day to travel. Any adventure in which you can learn something new or meet people from other lands or different cultures will appeal to you. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You can benefit from the wealth of others at this time. People will either give you things or let you use something they own. (Just say, “Thank you.”) SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Relations with partners and close friends are warm and upbeat today. Make plans to hook up with others, or go someplace with a favorite friend. (You’ll have fun.) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Everything to do with your job, your health and your approach to today’s tasks will go extremely well today. You’re happy to do what

you’re doing; furthermore, your efforts will be rewarded. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a fun-loving, lucky day for you! Enjoy vacations, little getaways, sports events, romance and playful activities with children. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Family relations are enjoyable today. This is the perfect day to entertain at home. Invite the gang over, because everyone will have a great time. (This is also an excellent day for real-estate deals.) PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Because you’re in such a positive frame of mind today, you’ll enjoy whatever happens. (That’s because everything begins in the mind.) You’re a role model for the power of positive thinking! YOU BORN TODAY You’re playful, easygoing and natural. You have a wonderful, satirical sense of humor and are often an influence on others. You like to be active. Many of you study a particular craft. Family is important

to you, and in this area, you are always supportive. In the year ahead, a change might occur that will be perhaps as significant as something that took place around 2003. Birthdate of: Stephen Colbert, actor/satirist; Bea Arthur, TV actress; Stevie Wonder, singer/musician. For Monday, May 14, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a powerful day to begin your week. Look for ways to improve your earnings, and also look for ways to repair or maintain something you own. (You can do it.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Today you’re concerned with some deep, important (and possibly secret) issues. In a lighter vein, you just might be attracted to reading mysteries. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your powers of concentration are excellent today; plus, you will instinctively go for the jugular. (Ouch.) This means if you’re researching or looking for answers, you’ll find them! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might meet someone today who has a powerful effect upon your mind. (Possibly, you are the person who has a powerful effect upon someone else.) Communication will be pro-

found. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Don’t be too pushy or obsessed about your ideas when talking to bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs today. Step back, and allow a little breathing room in the conversation. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your powers of concentration are strong today. This is why you’ll be able to study profound subjects or explore deep ideas about politics, religion or philosophy. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You want to get to the bottom of something today. You want the truth about certain issues about shared property, insurance matters and inheritances. Don’t worry; you’ll find it. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Discussions with others are not casual today. You likely will want to explore psychology, astrology or something related to hidden knowledge. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Because you see better ways of doing things at work, it might behoove you to speak up. You obviously see ways to introduce reforms (and you’re probably right). CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Romance can be particularly obsessive today. If you have your eye on someone, you

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NELSON

#200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

101 Kootenay St. North (250) 426-8927

Chahko Mika Mall (250) 352-7258

A24 www.trailtimes.ca

Friday, May 11, 2012 Trail Daily Times

$10,000 cashback for first time buyers

365,000

Energy efficient design 4 bed 3 bath & 2 car garage

land + house + net HST

Richard Daoust 250.368.7987 Robert Felsch 250.368.1966 richard.daoust@century21.ca

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2410-4th Avenue, Rossland

$189,900

Guest house zoning!! This 2 bedroom home features a beautiful new kitchen, hardwood floors and an open floor plan. Situated close to schools on a sunny 40x105 lot (lot lines in process of being reconfigured). Great starter home or income property. Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

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1015 Regan Crescent, Trail

$235,000

ICE NEW PR

913 Earl Street, Rossland

3621 Rosewood Drive, Trail Gardenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delight! This 4 bdrm, 2 bath 1265 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3rd Avenue, Trail family home, features gas fireplace, new $189,000 windows, updated bath, new front entrance, new flooring, new H20 tank and freshly Quaint 4 bdrm, 2 bath home with oak floors, painted. All this close to schools, parks and coved ceilings and finished basement. Well all amenities. maintained and move in ready. Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162

2621 Monte Christo Street, Rossland

$254,800

Immaculate 3 bdrm, 2 bath home in Sunningdale. This home has been tastefully updated and features an open floor plan with large windows and updated kitchen. The lot is fenced and features a double carport. Call now!

A must see! Completely renovated interior with brand new kitchen boasting Cherry wood cabinets and new counter tops. Re-finished hardwood floors, high efficiency furnace, and much more! Call now!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

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2184 Highway 3B, Fruitvale

$499,000

$249,000

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$239,000

1177 Marianna Crescent, Trail

$275,000

Dream Rossland home & property. This home has it all. Open floor plan, big windows, vaulted ceilings and in-floor heating. Built in 2000, is a separate 13x31 exquisite studio. This bright, beautiful building is heated with gas fireplace, and 3 pce bath. Call now!

3 bdrm home on 1.27 acres with main floor laundry, new furnace, new gutters and newer roof. There is a great shed/ shop and lots of beautiful deck/patio space. Nothing to do here but move! Great package.

This gracious home features large living/ dining room with gleaming hardwood floors and gas fireplace, main floor laundry, 3 bdrms on main and 1 down, central air conditioning and underground sprinkling. Quick possession possible. Call now.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

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730 Binns Street, Trail

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36 Moller Road, Fruitvale

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character everywhere! Updated electrical, hardwood floors, large living/ dining rooms, huge country kitchen, private yard, plenty of parking.......the list goes on. This one is a must see!

Large 3 bdrm, 2 bath home with updated flooring, paint, trim, gas fireplace, covered deck with hot tub, underground sprinklers - fenced level yard - double carport and more - Call your REALTORÂŽ now for a viewing. CASH BACK OFFER TO BUYER

Elegant family-oriented home loaded with features. Gorgeous kitchen, heated tile floors, open floor plan, wood stove, loads of storage and a new roof. This one is not going to last. Call for your personal viewing today.

Squeaky clean Heritage Home has hardwood floors, 3 bedrooms, a gas stove, covered porch, new deck and a detached garage!

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

Call Terry 250-231-1101

$239,900

$149,900

Call Art (250) 368-8818

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO! Deanne Lockhart ext 41

$369,000

Ron Allibone

Christine Albo

Terry Alton

Cell: 250-512-7653

ext 39

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

Mark Wilson

Art Forrest

ext 30

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

$139,900

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

Cell: 250-231-0153

deannelockhart@shaw.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

1475 Lookout Street, Trail

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