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good argument can be made that the last Rossland Secondary School (RSS) graduating class is one of the best ever in the school’s 61-year history, based on the merit of two of its 41 graduates of 2013. Annie Cameron and Samanta Fleming epitomize the all around attributes of a student the school has been famous for producing, excelling in all facets of academics, sports, student government and in the community. The two will earn Grade 12 graduation their Grade 12 ceremonies RSS audiDogwood with dis- torium (5 p.m.), tinction this Friday Cameron and Fleming when RSS sends off its looked back on their Class of 2013, but they lives at RSS, and never thought they reflected on being the would also earn the last class at the school, distinction of being which will close its the last of their kind: doors as a high school an RSS graduate. this June. With the eve of • See GRADUATES, Page 4
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Samanta Fleming, left, and Annie Cameron are part of the last group of Grade 12 graduates of Rossland Secondary School. The 41 members of the Class of 2013 have their graduation ceremony this Friday.
The question of MacLean
Former elementary school goes up for sale by school board in a public meeting on Tuesday TIMOTHY SCHAFER Rossland News
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The building that shredded a City of Rossland negotiation process with the school district will be front and centre when a public town hall meeting is convened in the city on
Tuesday. The board of trustees for School District 20 has begun the formal process of deciding what to do with the MacLean Elementary School, the Annex building and its lands. On Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m. the district will host a consultation
session in the MacLean gymnasium, with the board prepared to receive input from Rosslanders in a public meeting, including an opportunity for people to respond to the four options being considered, or to suggest an alternative use.
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Arts and culture UPCOMING Pool opens for your rossland events Calendar Friday, June 7 • TRAIL MARKET The City of Trail and the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce are re-launching the Trail Market on the Esplanade on June 7 until Oct. 11, every two weeks on Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For booking enquiries contact the Chamber at 3683144. Wednesday, June 12 • WEsT KOOTEnAy FRIEnDs OF REFugEEs is hosting another fundraiser. This time its Burgers and Beer at the shovel. They’ll have music, silent auction, 50/50, door prizes, good company and whatever else they come up with between now and then. At the Flying steamshovel from 6-9 p.m. Cost: $20, which gets you a shovel burger and a pint of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer (sorry, substitutions will be an extra charge). Tickets must be purchased in advance by June 10 from a WKFoR volunteer. no tickets at the door. Friday, June 14 • CAnADIAn BuRLEsquE and Cabaret legend sasha Van Bon Bon is coming to Rossland on June 14 in the Rossland Art gallery. Doors open at 7:45 p.m. and tickets are $15 in advance at RossVegas. The burlesque extravaganza will be accompanied by musical guests and feature debut performances by local talent, “The Cute Knees.” Friday, June 19 • ThE Rss PAC will be sponsoring an Rss community barbeque on Friday, June 14. RSS kids, first burger and pop free. Everyone else, $2 for a burger and 50 cents for a pop. Volunteers needed to help cook for the BBq (Andrea at andrea.mckay@telus.net). Saturday, June 29 • gOLD FEVER FOLLIEs For 25 years the Rossland gold Fever Follies has been going strong with original stories from Rossland’s rich gold mining history. While artistic license is often in play, many of the characters are based on real people from Rossland’s past. This live musical theatre show, held in the restored 1898 Miners hall, only runs for two months. Performances take place from June 29 to Aug. 24. showings are at 3 pm and 7:30 pm, Tuesday through saturday. This year’s new show is called A job well done, a brand new comedy by Kate Eldridge with music by harris Anderson. Ongoing • ThE ROssLAnD MusEuM is now open daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed Monday and Tuesday. Open daily July and August 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. including holidays. Admission is adults $10; children 6-13 $3; students 14+ $5; seniors 60+ $8; children under six free.
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Rec Department Time for a dip The Rossland Pool is open and the water is warm. Check out the schedule for lap swim, lessons, camps and other programs online at www. rossland.ca (City Hall, recreation department, program guide). The Summer Brochure can also be picked up in hard copy at the Rossland Library, the Recreation Department and around town. If you’re not able to access the Internet and you can’t get out to pick up a hard copy, please contact our office and we’ll mail you one. Yoga in the outdoors Are you looking for an outdoor Yoga class? Instructor Cynthia Anonuevo, RYT, is introducing an outdoor beginner Vinyasa Flow Yoga class at the Rossglen Park in lower Rossland starting this week. The weekly class will run on Wednesdays, from 5:306:30 p.m. until July 31. Classes will combine flowing progressions from one pose to another, as well as sustained postures with attention to basic alignment and therapeutic principles. These drop-in classes are by donation with all proceeds being donated to the Rossland Food Bank. Please contact Rossland Recreation, at 362-2327 for more information. The Rossland Recreation Report continues on page 5.
Scout registration
There will be early registration for all those who want to participate with Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in the fall. The early registration fee is $155 (the fee will be $175 in the fall). The call is also out for volunteers to be leaders. There is no fee to become a leader. The place: 2nd Rossland Scout Hall ( near the back of Jubilee Field). The time: Monday, June 10 between 5:30-7 p.m.
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Grade 10 student Sally Turnbull is danced in the ballet category at the Performing Arts BC Provincial Festival in Chilliwack last week (May 2630) after being selected by an adjudicator at the Kamloops festival. “I’m a little nervous, but mostly excited to be here,” said Turnbull, from her hotel in Chilliwack. Turnbull performed two ballet solos but also attended workshops in ballet and modern while in Chilliwack. There will be one more opportunity to see Turnbull and the other Kootenay Danceworks dancers performing locally this year, on Wednesday, June 12 at the solo show at RSS at 6 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door. This show will feature only solos, duets and trios. — Michele Skuce
ONGOING your rossland events listings ROssLAnD gOLDEn CITy quILT guILD meets every Monday. The guild meets at the senior Centre on Rossland Avenue from 7-9 p.m. ROssLAnD RETIREEs curling club invites men and women interested in curling on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., to call Bill at 362-9462 or Jim at 364-1051. JOE hILL COFFEE hOusE takes place the third sunday of each month. It carries a great Rossland tradition into a new season. The music starts at 7 p.m. in the Rossland Miners’ Hall, in a relaxing cafe setting with coffee, tea and good things to eat. Les Carter, 250-3625677, retrac01@telus.net. Open Mic night at Flying steamshovel every Wednesday at 9 p.m. WEsT KOOTEnAy MInOR LACROssE 2013 registration is now open. Forms can be picked
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Claudia is an official pre-teen, still reeling from her parents’ divorce. Her father is getting re-married, she has a science fair project coming due and she is in the physical and emotional throes of puberty is the theme of a one act play to be held Saturday, June 8 (7:30-8:40 p.m.) in the Miners’ Union Hall. Finding ref- What: uge in the I, Claudia basement of Where: her school, Miners’ Union Hall Claudia dis- When: saturday, June 8 covers the 7:30 p.m. pain at the Tickets: centre of her $12 in advance, at b r i m m i n g door child’s heart. Some important adults in Claudia’s life; her grandfather, her father’s new girlfriend, and the school custodian, help shed light on her situation. Portrayed by a single actor (Lynn van Deursen) the four characters are brought to life with the help of four distinctive masks beautifully hand crafted by Robin Wiltse. This charming one act play blends the humorous and the painful aspects of life’s struggles with authentic language expertly written by Ms. Thomson and delightfully portrayed by Ms. van Deursen. I, Claudia was the winner of the 2001 Dora Mavor Moore Award for best new play. Tickets are $12 for the PG-13 play in advance or at the door. Contact vanfam@telus.net or 3532522 for tickets.
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up/dropped off at gerricks Cycle in Trail. Contact Tina at WKMLA@ hotmail.com for info. sCEnEsTuDIO: Acting for All! Rossland’s new acting school is open and offers ongoing programming. Professionally trained in Theatre and Film and TV, working actors, g. Michael and Alicia gray, teach these exciting and educational classes. 2010 Washington (in the historic BMO Building) MikeAlicia@sCEnEstudio. ca (250)-521-1559 www.facebook. com/scenestudio.ca sCOuTIng For boys and girls, now at the Rossland scout hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7) Tuesdays. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) scouts (ages 11-14) Contact Tom Leask 362-7118. Accepting applications for scout Leaders. gOLDEn CITy LIOns The Lions meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 6 p.m. at the Legion. Contact 362-7671.
ROssLAnD RADIO CO-OP Open house every Monday from 3-7 p.m. followed by station meeting at 7 p.m. More info: radio@rosslandradio.com. TRAIL MAPLE LEAF BAnD Monday evening practices 7-9 p.m. in the McIntyre Room at the Cominco Memorial Centre. Brass and woodwind players welcomed. For more info, contact Andrea McKay, 362-7604. ROssLAnD sKATEPARK COMMITTEE 6-8 p.m., first Tuesday each month at the Rossland Library. Come be part of the process. COLuMBIA DIsTRICT gIRL guIDEs has units from Rossland to salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted. yCDC yOuTh nights Free drop-in, 1504 Cedar Ave, Trail. Call 364-3322 or contact coordinator@columbiaycdc. ca. Art night: Tue. 7 p.m.; Movie night: Wed. 6-8 p.m..
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Back to the future
The history of Rossland Secondary School is rife with success, and one man who has has seen all sides of it spoke recently about the school, its past and its present
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he city’s high school has come full circle. When the Rossland Secondary School (RSS) was officially opened in June, 1951, it was built to accommodate an increasing student enrolment and to allow the former high school on Cook Avenue to be converted to an elementary school. Now, 61 years later, the high school program is being closed and moved to Trail to make way for an elementary one coming over from MacLean Elementary School. The school’s motto, which in Latin is T e m p o r i b u s Construimus Futuris, or “build for the future,” will see a future of kindergarten to Grade 9 students, while the three most senior grades move to J.L. Crowe down the hill. It’s a sad time of reflection, said Joe Ranallo, a former student, administrator and parent of RSS, because of the long and storied history of the facility and its students. RSS was built at the same time as Trail’s J.L. Crowe Secondary School, but was operated as its own individual school district at the time of its inception, separate from Trail. Ranallo had arrived in the Golden City from Italy four years after the school was built with his mother Carmela Camozzi, graduating from RSS in 1961. He left for the University of Victoria soon after, returning in 1968 to teach at J.L. Crowe for 18 years. He moved over into school district administration in 1986 and teacher education, and was back at RSS in 1990/91 for a brief stint as the school’s vice principal.
Now 72, Renallo has seen all sides of RSS, and Crowe, both from a student and teacher perspective, but also as a parent when his two children, Michael and Laura, attended RSS in the 1980s. Like Trail, RSS has graduated its share of students that have served both the community and the world generously, said Ranallo, but, unlike Trail, because of its smaller size, RSS provided students with an intimate social environment for learning that was unique to the area. “For many of its students, the school was an extension of the home,” said Ranallo of RSS. “And for some students, that sense of closeness and belonging was critical.” That aspect was lost when School District 20 voted to close the high school program in Rossland and move it to Trail. Ranallo said the biggest loss was not the three grades in the city, but choice. “No matter where they live—in Fruitvale, Trail or Rossland—the senior secondary students of the area could choose the school they wanted and needed to
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The disposition of the school could take a long time, or it could be done quickly depending on who makes an offer to the school district for the building, said SD20 board chair Darrell Ganzert. If another school district, which is the the Francophone school L’École des SeptSommets (School District 93) in Rossland, makes an offer, SD20 does not need ministerial approval to sell the building to them. Any other group, outside of a school district, would need ministerial approval. The last time SD20 put a school up for
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Former RSS student, administrator and parent Joe Ranallo spoke about the school, its history and what the decision to close the high school’s doors will mean to the community.
RSS Wall of fame
• Thea Culley, Canadian national field hockey team • Frances Pettitt, three-time Canadian Muay Thai kickboxing champion; 2005 North American Muay Thai champion • Geoffrey Richards, Canadian national cross country ski team developmental squad • Kerrin Lee-Gartner, 1994 Winter Olympics gold medallist in women’s downhill • Dallas Drake, NHL’s Detroit Red Wings and Winnipeg Jets • Joe Zanussi, NHL’s Boston Bruins • Jamie Rizutto, 1997 Canadian extreme wakeboard champion • Nancy Greene-Raine, 1968 Winter Olympics gold medallist in women’s downhill • Rebecca Reid, Canadian junior national cross country ski team • George Grey, Canadian national cross country ski team, 2010 Winter Olympics • Lindsey Roberts, 1995 Canadian women’s downhill champion • Rhonda DeLong, Canadian women’s cross country ski champion, 1992-93
attend,” he said. “This choice was probably the most valuable asset the district had to offer, and they eliminated that choice.” Throughout its 61 years as a high school, RSS achieved some fame regionally and nationally for its academic, artistic as well as athletic achievements, largely due to its small size and the community’s commitment to education. It spread so far that in 2003 that the national publication
Maclean’s magazine voted RSS as one of the top three overall schools in Canada. Ranallo said that accolade was attributed more to the community than the school itself. “A lot of homes really promote education in Rossland,” Ranallo said. “The school can only do so much.” Although both SD20 schools were equally good, he pointed to the year of his tenure in 1990/91 as school administra-
sale, Trail’s Sunningdale School, the decision sat on the minister’s desk for threeand-a-half years before approval was given to sell it. “You just don’t know long ministerial approval will take,” Ganzert said. Ganzert confirmed there has been interest expressed by the Francophone school district, but that was as far as it has gone, with nothing formal. “After we have the public consultation and the board makes a decision about attempting to find a buyer, they will become more serious,” he said. The school district will be presenting to
tor in Rossland, when RSS had more students win provincial scholarships than the much larger J.L. Crowe as an example that the RSS students “were not being shortchanged.” The Sport Academy Program at RSS was started in 2005 and included alpine skiing, free skiing, snowboarding and classical dance. Before and after the program was created, RSS student athletes won several provincial titles in skiing, snowboarding and field hockey.
The list of notable athletes from the school is impressive. According to its wall of fame outside the gymnasium, 13 athletes from RSS have gone on to national and international fame, including three Olympic medal winners. The RSS band program competed in and won several competitions, including the prestigious Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Over the years RSS hosted students from all over the world t h ro u g h the International Program, with dozens of students from Korea, Germany, Japan and other countries. Ranallo retired eight years ago from teaching and school administration but he understood the financial pressures now facing trustees and current administrators. He criticized the decision to close RSS and
the public a series of four options that have pros and cons associated with them, and then they will ask the people to put dots on paper to indicate where they it ought to go. The board will then use that information to make its decision. “So, whatever comes of that meeting (on Tuesday) is not the decision, it will just be part of the process,” Ganzert said. After the consultation the board may choose to dispose of the building and its site by passing three readings of a bylaw. At the same time the discussion of the MacLean school building and site goes on the board will also consult around the
said the School District 20 board of trustees “succumbed to political and economic pressures. “They are thinking of how to improve Crowe, not what is best for the students of the entire area, not just Rossland,” he said. “Instead of continuing to nurture the fortunate situation they found when they came into office, a number of trustees have taken advantage of their voting majority to devastate one community without a guarantee that there will be much improvement to the other.” They have also put the lives of a number of students at a potential risk. He pointed to the safety of the road the school bus will now travel up and down to Trail as precarious. “The accident that happened four weeks ago could very well have been a school bus,” he said, alluding to the death of a semitruck driver who overturned his vehicle on Rossland Hill on May 3. “If a truck can lose control, so can a bus.” The board should have accepted what was an obvious situation that was fair to the entire district and kept two distinct high schools in the Greater Trail region, said Ranallo. “Its responsibility should have been to find the best way to fund the status quo with the limited resources it has,” he said. “The well intended, but misguided, trustees should have sought a win/win resolution rather than one that is convenient, but unjustified.” editor@rosslandnews.com
potential disposal of the MacLean Annex building and site. The City of Rossland tripped itself up in the proposal for a deal with the school district to keep grades 10-12 in Rossland by including the potential sale of MacLean to the municipal government. Councillor Jill Spearn could not speak for council or the Neighbourhoods of Learning committee on the prospect of a negotiation for the building, “But I look forward to hearing their presentation and we will be discussing this after the fact,” she said. editor@rosslandnews.com
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There was some illustriousness in being the last class to graduate from the high school, said Cameron, but it was bittersweet and contained a certain amount of pressure to do the school justice in its final chapter before the final bell tolls. “There are so many people in the community who have come to every single grad ceremony because it is the RSS grad ceremonies, not because they know someone,” she said. “So, yeah, we need to get it right as the last class (for them).” “I never really thought it would be us because they were talking about it for so long,” Fleming added. “It just seems so weird that we are the last ones. It’s always been this big hype for everyone, but now we are put in the spotlight as the last grads.” Cameron was sad to see the public high school come to an end in Rossland, not just from an academic standpoint, but from an extra curricular one as well. There were so many decades of sporting excellence in Rossland, so many provincial titles, and so many of coaches that put a lot of time and energy into the school to make it what it was, she noted, but now will be lost. “I don’t want to be the last person to wear my basketball jersey,” Cameron said. “In a lot of ways sports gave RSS and the city its identity. Rossland teams were known across the province.” Cameron and Fleming have been in the spotlight throughout their school careers in Rossland with their academic work—both excelling in nearly all subjects—but in sports and other activities as well. As members of the school’s senior basketball team—which made a trip to the provincial dance in March where the team finished 10th—student council and the Interact Club (a school community service club), Fleming and Cameron are examples of the type of people the small school produced. Cameron also started on the senior girl’s soccer team—that recently hosted the single A provincial championships— while Fleming was instrumental in securing funds through a Columbia Basin Trust grant for school improvements, including chairs and couches for a lounge area in the school library. The two have left a legacy at
GRAD DAY ITINERARY Graduation activities on Friday: • 3-3:30 p.m. graduation parade, weather permitting. • 3:30-4 p.m. group picture in front of RSS in formal dress • 5-7 p.m. grad ceremonies in gymnasium • 7-8:30 p.m. grad banquet in auditorium • 8:30-9 p.m. grand march in gymnasium • 9:30-11 p.m. prom
the school, one that will be lost when they graduate this Friday. Fleming said the school was like a second home with its smaller, more intimate setting. Students felt a lot more comfortable with who they could speak to and she felt it made her a better person. “And all the teachers, because there are only so many kids, they know you quite well and they can relate to you and understand where you are coming from,” she said. “It just made for a real nice environment to work in.” Some of the teachers Cameron had known most of her life. “You grow up with them, too. Some of the teachers have been here so long you’ve had them your whole high school career ... and some of the teachers were even soccer coaches for me when I was seven,” she said. Because of the small size of the school, Cameron found she did not only get to know the people in her grade, but also people in other grades. That served her well when she went overseas on a student exchange last year, and changed grades when she arrived back in Canada. “So when I came back I already had friends,” she said. A lot of teachers say the 2013 class was not afraid to show each other what they thought or felt, said Fleming, and noted that they all got along so well, a hallmark of most RSS classes. Cameron and Fleming will be leaving the city to pursue the next chapter of their lives, with Cameron heading to McGill University in Montreal next fall to study biomedical and life science, with an eye towards possibly medicine. Fleming will take the next year off of school and travel and see more of the world, and has already booked a ticket (June 24) to Europe to backpack around, moving on to Asia, then coming back to work a little and then more travel. She
wants to pursue a degree in design, either architecture or on the film side of things, but she is “kind of undecided as well.” Wherever their paths take them, Cameron and Fleming will be appropriately skilled to handle whatever is thrown at them, after being the first Grade 12 class in the province to graduate from the blended learning program. Although the program had its ups and downs—and was a bit of a shock to get used to— both were grateful for the experience. Cameron was able to take all of the classes she wanted, including art, which wouldn’t have been possible under a regular schedule in such a small school. “But you really had to teach yourself or learn to use resources,” she said, noting she acquired skills in self discipline and the pursuit of knowledge through blended learning. “It just put more responsibility on you to get your work done and to learn, as opposed to having a teacher monitor your work,” Cameron said. “You had to be the one to ask the questions and then look for the answers.” It also taught good time management skills, said Fleming, because there was no one making you go to class workshops and do the work. “In that way it really prepared a lot of us for what we are going to be going into because we are not going to a bell system anymore to tell us what to do, where to go,” she said. Because they didn’t have regular classes each day, it allowed them to organize school activities. “So it kind of made it easier to carry through with events and anything you wanted to do that wasn’t school work,” Fleming said. Cameron, Fleming and the other 39 graduates will now be leaving behind a school that was not just an institute of learning, but a place that was an extension of their lives, allowing them to be who they were, or find out who they were. “It will be sad to say goodbye to RSS and know I am not coming back here in September,” said Cameron. Fleming agreed. “I’m really sad to leave my friends. I know we will hopefully stay in touch, but I just feel my grad class was really close. There are also so very few of us, but we all got along really well, which makes it harder, too, to leave,” she said. And harder to leave behind 61 years of history, the annals of a community and its people, when the last chapter of Rossland Secondary School is written on Friday. editor@rosslandnews.com
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Royals fall short in provincial bid TimoThy Schafer Rossland News
The story book finish to the final chapter of Rossland Secondary School sports did not follow the script as the senior girls soccer team placed fourth at the provincial single A finals on the weekend. With all of the makings for a last hurrah worthy of a silver screen tale—the RSS Royals hosting the provincial soccer finals in its last year and final days as a high school—the senior girls team fell short of its goal of gold and placed fourth out of the 16 best small school teams in B.C. The club dropped a 5-3 decision on Saturday afternoon in the consolation final against Victoria’s GlenLyon Norfolk, finishing just out of the medals in fourth for the second year in a row. And considering the RSS athletic program is now dissolved
when the high school program is closed this week, the young Royals—who would have returned three quarters of its players for next year—will not have any chance for redemption. The club went undefeated in its round robin threegame stint leading up to the provincial playoff on Friday, and had acquitted itself admirably in outscoring its opposition 9-4, said Royals coach Rick McKinnon. Their play continued through to the playoff round and the final match, but couldn’t match the offensive output of their opponents, nor shut them down, in two straight games, coming up short 5-3 in both games. “We just dominated the play against Southridge and GlenLyon but just couldn’t finish it off at the end,” McKinnon said. “They did their best and I still think
tournAment results Kimberley 1 vs West Point Grey beat Kimberley 2-1 to finish fifth, while Kelowna Christian defeated Pemberton 1-0 to capture seventh place. Nakusp beat St. Ann’s 3-2 in a shootout to capture ninth place, while a shootout was also necessary between North Island (Port McNeill) and Kaslo, with NISS coming out on top 4-3. A third shootout was needed between Osoyoos and the Bulkley Valley (Smithers) with the Okanagan club winning 2-1 for 13th place. In a battle of the lakes for 15th place, Burns Lake beat Fraser Lake 3-1. In the commissioner’s 16 awards handed out to each team for dedication, sportsmanship and leadership throughout the years, the Royals’ Jaala Derochie and Kaela Zimmer took home the designation. The Golden Boot for most tournament goals went to Southridge’s Jillian Brockman who scored 12 goals in five games, including three versus the Royals in the playoff matchup. The Royals tandem of Kaela Zimmer (seven goals) and Kaycee McKinnon (six goals) accounted for the bulk of the Royals scoring.
IN BRIEF Corelates cancelled
Corelates at the Miners Hall on Tuesday and Thursday mornings has ended due to low registration numbers, although the instructor may be offering the program in her Studio, Out of Bounds Fitness, on Columbia Ave, below Subway.
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Royals game results Consolation final GlenLyon 5 - Rossland 3 No scorers available. First place playoff Southridge 5 - Rossland 3 Scorers: Kaela Zimmer (2), Kaycee McKinnon Player of the game: Annie Cameron Round robin Rossland 4 - Pemberton 3 (in a shootout) Scorers: Kaycee McKinnon, Kaela Zimmer (2) Player of the game: Jaala Derochie Rossland 3 - Fraser Lake 0 Scorers: Kaela Zimmer, Jill Armour, Kaycee McKinnon Player of the game: Kaycee McKinnon Rossland 2 - St. Ann’s 1 Scorers: Kaycee McKinnon, Jeanine McKay Player of the game: Kaela Zimmer
we should have come away with a medal.” GlenLyon raced out to quick 2-0 lead in the early stages of the consolation final, with the Royals pulling close with a goal before the half. In the second half the Vancouver Island crew extended their lead to 4-1 before the Royals offence surged the club back into contention with two goals. However, a late GlenLyon goal put the game out of reach for the host team. Despite giving up 10 goals in two games, the Royals defence was strong, said McKinnon, with their opponents not getting close enough to shoot or penetrate the Royals defence. Instead, the teams lofted in shots from further out to get their goals. It was a slim margin of defeat on the final season, said McKinnon. The Royals proved they were capable of playing with the stronger clubs in the single A grouping, McKinnon said, even though the RSS season is only two months long, while
Okanagan and Lower Mainland clubs play 10 months of the year. Now that the dust has settled, McKinnon was saddened by the loss of the Royals athletic program, an entity he has put over 20 years into, and 30 years into coaching overall. He was not sure if the senior girl’s soccer program would continue with his young core when they moved to J.L Crowe Secondary School in Trail for next year (the team folded in mid season). McKinnon will be moving to Crowe to teach for the next year, but was undecided if he would continue coaching. “Hopefully these girls will stick with it next year, because they are a good group and they listen well,” he said. Southridge fell to Kelowna’s Immaculata 2-1 in overtime in the final game to give the top ranked team the provincial title. Immaculata beat GlenLyon 3-1 in the playoff round to advance to the final. editor@rosslandnews.com
The city is asking for people’s patience and understanding when the fields are closed. Although closures are annoying, it does ensure the fields stay in good playing condition for the rest of the season.
Go hard or go home
Betty Go Hard is running a one day, “Next Level Accelerator” (Lvl 2-3) Ladies Mountain Biking Clinic on Sunday, June 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This course is designed to help people progress to a more advanced set of mountain biking skills. The course works through body positioning, slow and high speed cornering, downhill switchbacks, wheel lifts, natural and man-made structures and obstacles and overall trail flow techniques. The course includes shuttle, coaching, skill practice, prizes and video analysis. — Rossland Recreation Department
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t seemed like the fight would go on for years and Rossland would continue to repel the school district Huns from the border and the high school would remain, ever on the endangered species list. When the battle was lost to keep public high school grades in the city over three months ago, no one knew exactly what was really lost, and how deep the impact of the cut would be. A depth of that cut will be felt this Friday when the last graduating class of Rossland Secondary School accepts its graduation certificates. In Rossland the graduation ceremony has always been a community-wide event, with representation from the broad spectrum of the city taking part, not just the grads themselves and their families. RSS graduation was a chance to celebrate life in the Mountain Kingdom, a corner of the world that many who live here find unique and invigorating. On Friday Rosslanders can celebrate one last time, and savour the flavour of success from a little school that could, and did, for 61 years.
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Four fires fan flames of fear
Compiled by the Rossland Historical Museum from the pages of the Rossland Miner
rossland Historical Museum MAUREEN PETER
100 Years Ago, May 1913 Looks Like Work of Firebugs Four fires here within a few hours – the Ottawa Hotel, Miner office, Lincoln Terrace and other places ablaze. The Lincoln Terrace conflagration at one time threatened to become general – fire brigade and citizens do excellent work in suppressing the flames. There were four fires on Saturday and Sunday morning, and fortunately the fire department was able to cope with them successfully without much financial loss. So many fires, occurring within a short period, naturally lead to the belief that some of them were of incendiary origin, and there is a firebug in the city. Mining in Rossland Camp Rossland! What wonderful memories of stirring and exciting incidents does the name conjure up in the way of big mining deals, strikes, large and small, booming share markets, slumps in the prices that were profound, coupled with steady and per-
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Rossland’s ‘Golden City Band,’ circa 1938.
sistent production which, by the beginning of the present year, reached the enormous total of $55,577,452. The mining camp passes through three stages. The first to appear on the scene is the hopeful prospector, who pegs the ground, secures a few specimens from the outcroppings and hurries in search of capital to purchase the ground staked so that he may handle the proceeds of sale, spend it and go elsewhere is search of other locations. The property then falls usually into the hands of the promoter, who either forms a company and oper-
ates it, or of those who seek the big capitalists and sell it outright to them, and they form syndicates and operate it. The third period is the producing stage, in which actualities are reached, the valueless sifted from the valuable, the chaff from the wheat. Rossland has passed through the three stages, and now goes on steadily producing gold, silver and copper at $2,705,000 a year. 75 Years Ago, May 1938 Finance Drive for Rink Opens With one objective in view, a new rink and sports
centre for the city, the Finance Committee for the rink plan a city-wide campaign for funds to take place in the next two weeks. Already $1,000 has been subscribed to the rink fund in the monthly instalment plan of a minimum of $1 per month for a period of at least one year. No actual estimate of the cost of the new rink has been submitted by the building committee, but it is expected that at least $25,000 will have to be raised. Hospital Auxiliary Formed At a meeting in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, a Women’s Auxiliary to the Hospital was formed and officers elected. Sister Lelia explained the very great need for a body of this sort which would embrace members from all denominations. She added that although this was a Sisters’ Hospital it was doing community service and needed the support of the community. Rossland City Band Wins Blaylock Cup for Second Year at Musical Festival Civic musicians lauded by Prairie Adjudicator as finest brass band she has heard over Western Canadian Network. Note: Museum is open for the season on May 18. Come for a visit.
Speaking out on passing of Henry Morgentaler
To the Editor: It seemed ironic on the day Canada’s most notorious abortionist, Henry Morgentaler, passed away, a lead news story was of a baby being rescued from a sewer pipe. It is also ironic that Morgentaler once said, “We don’t abort babies, we want to abort fetuses before they become babies… Around 24 weeks I have ethical problems
doing that.” But babies have survived as young as 21 weeks. Ironically, again, it was thanks to Morgentaler’s actions that the Supreme Court of Canada struck down existing abortion laws in 1988 and made Canada with no restrictions whatsoever, permitting babies even beyond 24 weeks to be aborted. But, despite his quote, he never
renounced his position in public, and in Canada since the infamous 1988 decision there have been upwards of 100,000 abortions every year. Morgentaler took his message to an unprepared generation and successfully deceived them by separating humanity from the pre-born child. But it has been over a quarter of a century since he was victori-
ous. Fetal development now seen with our own eyes through scientific advances, has resulted in Canada’s current public policy being completely out of line with public opinion. Polls show that Canadians want some restrictions on when babies can be aborted. A few weeks ago, Marches for Life were held in many Canadian cities and among those gathered
were women who came to speak about the harms they experienced from abortions. Morgentaler championed “choice” but the word should be completed by the thought of what the choice involves: the heart beating at 18 days is ignored by a million dollar business and that heart beat should not be lost in the debate. Carol Albo, Rossland
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Energy Diet calculations off the mark To the Editor: Re: Rosslanders look to further reduce energy use in new ‘Diet.’ Regarding your opening sentence, “Rossland held the notorious tag as the fattest energy town in B.C. last year,” where on Earth does this myth originate? If this originates from the Energy Diet folks, they should do their homework before making such statements. Using the energy consumption numbers in the B.C. government’s Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI), energy usage in gigajoules per capita per year can be calculated and compared with other communities to show that this statement is so far from the truth that I used the term “myth.” Rossland’s per capita energy use (132 GJ/capita/year) is certainly higher than towns and cities on the coast such as Vancouver (83), Victoria (103), Richmond (101) and Abbotsford (107). However, it is far less than towns in northern B.C. such as Fort St. John (196), Smithers (216), Dawson Creek (216) and McBride (230). It should be obvious from these numbers that if energy
use is to be compared with other B.C. communities then the data has to be adjusted to address differences in climate, specifically temperatures. The term used by energy professionals is “normalising.” Looking closer to home in the Kootenays and comparing Rossland with similar communities and climates, Rossland (132) does a lot better than many such as Creston (145), Trail (155), Cranbrook (158), Revelstoke (159), Kimberley (160), Fruitvale (172), Nakusp (199), and Fernie (204). We are slightly behind Nelson (127) and Castlegar (130), but not by much. By using climate data, it is possible to compare communities around the province with vastly different climates on an “apples versus apples” basis by “normalising” using heating degree days. Comparing the per capita energy use for residential buildings in 23 communities all over the province for which government data is readily available, from Osoyoos to Fort St John and Victoria to Cranbrook, it turns out that Rossland ranks in 10th position for least energy usage per capita, which is nothing to be
ashamed of. Nevertheless, we should all try and do better to reduce our energy usage even further. However, I feel that this should be done because people want to and because it is important, and not just to access “free money” through government grants (i.e., taxpayers money). Can a $1.6 million expenditure to achieve a reduction of 340 tonnes CO2 per year, which is only 1.41 per cent of Rossland’s total CO2 emissions, be considered a success? It depends on the criteria used to define success. I would call it a success if the Energy Diet was aimed at helping low-income families to reduce the energy used in their homes, and hence reduce their energy bills, but how many of the 22 per cent participation in Rossland fell into this category and needed government grants, a subsidy from other taxpayers? The Fortis survey asked people to indicate their income levels. The results have not been made public but I would like to bet that very few participants fell into the low-income bracket. Ken Holmes, Rossland
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A Royal welcome
The last senior girls soccer team at Rossland Secondary School takes to the field in hosting the provincial, single A championships last week Timothy Schafer photos
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Right: Jeanine McKay stretches out; Below: Kaycee McKinnon (right) fights for the ball; Left: Jessica Semenoff (right) fends off a Fraser Lake attack.
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Below: Coach Rick McKinnon gives some instructions to the Royals at the half; Bottom: Jill Armour kicks high in the crease.
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Below: Royals take cover under a tent when rain came in.
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Above: A crease play did not result in a goal against Fraser lake on Friday; Left: a ball is advanced towards the goal; Right: the ball goes up into the air and confounds two players who were preparing to battle for it.
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question of the week This week marks the final Grade 12 graduating class coming out of Rossland’s Secondary School. After 61 years the city’s residents will no longer have the chance to celebrate the emergence of its young people from the public school system in the city and see them off into the next chapter of their lives. The high school was not only a place of learning and a vehicle for sports, but it was a gathering place for the community, with many events—school related and not—being hosted within its walls. So we ask for your opinion ...
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In preparation for attending school at the kindergarten to Grade 9 school site in September, 2013, the following transitioning opportunities have been scheduled to help students get better acquainted with their new school setting. The former Rossland Secondary School building will begin playing host to 10 grades in the fall, with six of them coming from the former MacLean Elementary School. Friday, June 14 at 2 p.m. – Grade 5 students (parents welcome) will go over for Grade 6 orientation. Monday, June 17 at 11:45 -2:15 p.m. – All of MacLean (K-5) students and staff will spend the afternoon getting acquainted with the new school. Please note lunch will be provided for students on this day. Wednesday, June 19 at 3-4:30 p.m. – Open House for all Rossland K-5 parents to go and get acquainted with the new school. Renovations to prepare the site for the new students will take place over the summer. Due to the transition being made to the Rossland K-9 school site, the last day of school for all students will be Tuesday, June 25. School will dismiss at the regular time of 2:40 p.m. on that day.
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pass, but all are documented and will be taken care of later in the season. Spooner said the society prioritizes the most popular trails and weekly trail crew reports are posted on the KCTS website to provide details of progress. “We have removed a large number of fallen trees across the Dewdney and Dewdney Backside trails for a clear passage, however, both trails were very wet
and rough from the recent rainfall,” he said. This weekend is volunteer trails day. The plan for June 8 is to construct an upper extension to Redhead trail, which will incorporate a roller-coaster section. “But you’ll have to be there to find out out more,” Spooner said. The volunteer day begins on Saturday at 9 a.m., meeting in the Centennial Trailhead Parking Lot. From there work crews will
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A delegation of the Spirit of Red Mountain carried the city’s colours to Surnadal Kommune, Norway late last month and twinned with that city in an official ceremony. (Above) At the festival after the parade in Surnadal. Left to right, back row: Knut Havgen, Liz Nesbitt, Raymond Gaudard, Mons Otnes (mayor of Surnadal), Lily Husby, Greg Granstom, Craig Broadhurst, Marlene Strief, Brenda Gill, Roly Worsfold, Keiron Gray. Front row: Svein Saeter and Nadine Granstrom. (Right) Liz Nesbitt and Craig Broadhurst at the Riekovic airport on their way home after a week in Norway and then in Iceland.
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