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An idea that has been 15 years in the making for the city’s downhill ski racers could finally come to fruition. The Red Mountain Racers Society is close to realizing the goal of an athlete’s training facility at Red Mountain, but first they must gain approval from city council to obtain water from Star Gulch reservoir for snow making purposes. • See SNOW MAKING, Page 7

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The City of Rossland is suing its Rivervale home, former building inspector. $228,500 On Monday, Feb. 3 the city filed a notice of civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court against Jason George Ward. Ward was the city’s former chief building inspector. ONE PERCENT REALTY In the fall of 2011, the city discovered that while Ward was 368-1817 | 362-9094 nancykaiser.ca employed by the city as chief nnckaiser@gmail.com building inspector, he was also Yourinvolved Horoscope Forwith the Weeka business called withADA Michael O’Connor insidewhich had been Co. Inc. Horoscope the doing West Kootenay Advertiser construction work for the For the Week city. with Michael O’Connor The city investigated and con-

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firmed that $181,662.70 had been paid to ADA Co. Inc. in relation to work done on the Rossland Arena. It is alleged that the value of the work done was worth substantially less than the amount paid to ADA Co. Inc., and in this lawsuit the city is seeking to recover the difference between the value of the work and what had been paid. As this matter is now before the courts, the city will not provide any further comment. An Attorney General for Local Government audit of Rossland’s past management practices—the report is pending—was requested by the city after its tendering, contracting and project reporting

practices were brought to light by the Ward incident. The AGLG will wade into the tangle created when Ward’s own company was able to bill the city $185,000 for arena renovations, unbeknownst to council. In the audit the provincial office is expected to make recommendations to council on the best means to provide adequate oversight of contract services and project management and to reduce the possibility of fraud in the future. The province has contracted with KPMG and Grant Thornton to assist in the conduct of the performance audits.

Dredging up the past STAFF Rossland News

The Rossland Historical Museum is embarking on a new project to record the human history of longtime Rosslanders. Called Old Timer Interviews project, museum directors Roly Worsfold and Lydia Jakovac are now busy tracking down senior Rossland community members to interview and record their stories and memories of living in the Golden City.

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get your goggles on The Beer Goggles Craft Beer Festival at Red Mountain Resort goes Saturday, March 1. There will be more than 50 different beers for the tasting event. Pricing is only $24 per person which gives you a fourounce taster beer mug and three, four-ounce sampler tokens. Additional sampler tokens are $1 apiece. Door prizes of ski gear will also be available for festival attendees. Beer Goggles kicks off with a brewer reception on Friday, Feb. 28. After the beer sampling and mingling festivities during the day come to an end on March 1, the Skullcandy Music Series presents The Thermals at Rafters Lounge, an indie rock band (on the Sub Pop label) from Portland, OR starting at 10 p.m. The Brewers Cup Race goes down on Sunday, March 2. Check out http://www.redresort.com/beergoggles/. REDroc modern jive for beginners Check out the Tuesday beginner dance class at the Miners’ Union Hall. Discover modern jive, a creative, stylish and constantly evolving style of dance that doesn’t require tricky footwork or a partner. Loved by people of all ages, abilities and musical tastes. Every Tuesday night at the Miners’ Union Hall at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students. The Rossland Youth Action Network • Parkour, the “Art of Movement” Mondays and Thursdays, 7 p.m. at the RSS Auditorium, and has already started. Involvement in Parkour requires consistent, disciplined training with an emphasis on functional strength, physical conditioning, balance, creativity, fluidity, control, precision, spatial awareness and looking beyond the traditional use of objects.

In partnership with the Rossland Council for Arts & Culture, there are lots of amazing film courses for youth coming up. • Ski/snowboard film and the importance of storyline Saturday, March 15 7:30-9 p.m. at the Miners’ Union Hall Join internationally renowned ski photographer Mark Shapiro for an evening of watching new ski/snowboard films shot by film wizard Guido Perrini, followed by a discussion of the merits of a solid story and some great camera work. • Film Special Effects Saturday, April 5, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Miners’ Union Hall Get your film in tip top shape for entry into the U10 Film Festival. Give it the edge it needs by learning special effects. Selkirk College language classes Spanish for Travellers Level 1 – If you know little or no Spanish but would like to learn, this is a great place to start. The Instructor will teach you the basics with an emphasis on conversation. Course runs Mondays and Wednesdays, Feb. 24 to March 10 from 7:30-8:30 p.m., at RSS in room 308. French Level Two takes you to the next step in your French language studies, building on Level 1 with more sounds, sentences and dialogues. Course starts Feb. 24 and runs until March 10 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:15-7:15 p.m. at RSS in room 308.

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Deadline for casting for Rossland-based Electro-Social Club’s next performance is March 1.

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If you like to be the centre of attention and enjoy electronic dance music then Electro-Social Club (ESC) invites you to apply as an actor for an interactive, visual, EDM experience that will blow your mind. ESC is what you get when an electronic music producer and a musical theatre nerd collaborate. Sounds like a joke, but it is in fact the product of a seriously fun live DJ act where the audience becomes part of the performance. ESC is an Iron Mountain Theatre production, the

same people who brought you Ski Bum: The Musical, Mennonite Mafia and Company Jump. In ESC, 11 actors are cast in every city on the tour, each playing the various stereotypical nightclub freaks you know so well: the pick-up artist, the dance fluffer, the bouncer, the connaisseur and the forever raver, to name a few. Actors short, one-totwo-minute talking scenes are filmed live in the nightclub and projected onto the screen on stage. And if you’re feeling ambitious and want to take on more of the spotlight, some improv and choreography are option-

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To further explain how it works: You apply on our website, we chat with you about the role and, if chosen we send you a password protected link with script, music and all the details letting you know how it’s going to work. Then you show up at rehearsal the day of the show with all your lines memorized, you work with our director and videographer, we perform the show that night, we pay you your honorarium and everyone’s stoked because it was so fun. Deadline for casting is March 1. No minors please. The music is written by

Sonicanimation and Night Bandit and is a variety of electro-dance tracks including breakbeat, trap, hip hop, 1980’s pop, opera and more. ESC and the creative team are playing Miners’ Union Hall on Friday, March 21 and invite you to be part of the fun. To find out more about the commitment, the show, the characters in it, or to apply for a role, visit www.electrosocialclub. com/cast. The Electro-Social Club project is made possible thanks to The Columbia Basin Trust, Teck Ltd., Nelson and District Credit Union and Iron Mountain Theatre.

Bring your imagination to life with creative writing course STAFF Rossland News

Aspiring writers have an opportunity to learn how to create stories, poems, and personal essays others will want to read with a creative writing course being offered by Selkirk College. Rossland novelist, poet and performance artist Almeda

Glenn Miller has been teaching writing for more than 15 years. Teaming up with Selkirk’s Studies in Writing Program, Miller will be teaching Creative Writing 100 at the Trail Campus starting on Thursday, Feb. 20 and running for 14 weeks. “If you have a story you want to write, a poem floating in your mind or a political treatise you’ve

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been bugging your pals about for years, this class will help you find the courage to get it done,” says Miller. Her methods are described as unconventional, but her results are always interesting. Former students rave about what the veteran writer has done for their skills and passion to pursue the craft. “The writing course at Selkirk

College rescued me,” says graduate Roz Nay. “I joined it when I was awash with new motherhood and from it I rediscovered my love of writing, going on to complete a first novel as a direct result of the teaching.” Through Selkirk’s transfer agreements with other post-secondary schools, Creative Writing 100 also provides a head-start for

those looking to further pursue a degree at other institutions in this fully credited course. The Creative Writing 100 course begins on Thursday, Feb. 20 and runs for 14 weeks. The class takes place at the Trail Campus from 6-9 p.m. on Thursdays. To register contact Rachel Walker at 250-365-1233 or email at rwalker@selkirk.ca.

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IN BRIEF Transit tops 224 per day There may be no such thing as a free lunch in Rossland but there sure is a free bus. In the month of January the city’s free transit shuttle from downtown to Red Mountain Resort transported 6,932 people for an average of 224 people per day. “It has been way more successful than we ever anticipated,” said Tourism Rossland executive director Deanne Steven, who set up and operates the service. A daily shuttle service from Rossland to Red Mountain Resort and back began in earnest Dec. 14 and will continue until the end of the ski season. The free shuttle bus runs every 45 minutes (with a one-hour break in the afternoon) looping between downtown Rossland and the Red Mountain neighbourhood every day all winter. The shuttle runs from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The shuttle runs every day that Red Mountain is operating for the winter of 2013/14 with a finishing date no later than April 6. The bus makes loops through downtown and back to the Red Mountain area on a fixed schedule of almost continuous loops, including the Prestige Mountain Resort, Flying Steamshovel/Idgies, Alpine Grind, Seven Summits/Casa Alpina, Rock Cut Pub and Red Mountain. Full details of the shuttle can be found here: http://www.tourismrossland.com/ winter-free-ride-ski-bus including a downloadable schedule. Survey Tourism Rossland has created an online survey to gather data on the success of the project and have hired someone to do intercept surveys on the bus. You can let them know how it has worked for you: http:// fluidsurveys.com/surveys/ tourismrossland/shuttle-bus-survey/.

Food activist speaks out Celebrated food activist Jon Steinman, creator of the radio program Deconstructing Dinner, is guest speaker for the West Kootenay Naturalists meeting on Monday, Feb. 24 at the Genelle Hall. Deconstructing Dinner explored local and global food systems, involving topics such as wheat, tomato and pork production. The program presented healthy and ethical alternatives to harmful food practices. Steinman, who has worked in the restaurant business across Canada and in France, is passionate in his defense of our right to food security. The author of regular food columns for a number of Canadian publications, he was a finalist for a Jack Webster Award in broadcasting. Steinman lives in Nelson where he is involved in the community-owned Kootenay Country Store, the largest of its kind in Canada. The public is welcome to attend the 7 p.m. free presentation as well as the potluck dinner at 5:30 p.m. Diners are asked to bring your own plate, cup and cutlery. A question period and discussion will follow. For more information, contact 250-362-7424.

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On Saturday, Feb. 22, Rossland animal lovers can join animal lovers across Canada for National Cupcake Day. This event is the first of its kind, featuring a concerted, combined effort from SPCA branches and humane societies from coastto-coast in raising funds for abused and neglected animals. Animal protection agencies, such as the SPCA, receive very little funding from government, and rely heavily on private donations. These groups provide shelter, food and vetting for abandoned or abused animals, as well as putting cruelty investigators on the streets. Groups and individuals are encouraged to bake and sell cupcakes and pupcakes (treats with dog-friendly ingredients), and pass along their donations to a local animal welfare group. Tails Pet Supplies and Services in Rossland is hoping to raise $500 for the Trail Branch of the SPCA,

with several bakers already committed to offering forth their delicious wares. Starting at noon on Saturday, the public is invited into the store (2-2044 Washington Ave.) to purchase goodies for themselves and for their best four-legged buddy. When asked about her motivation to participate, Amanda Hamilton, owner of Tails, responded, “Cupcakes and dogs … how could I not get involved?” If you’d like to join forces under the Tails banner, more bakers are always welcome, with Amanda providing some prize incentives for participants. Gift certificates of $25 will be awarded under four categories: Best decorated cupcake, best decorated pupcake, cupcake most resembling a dog or cat and, to encourage eco-friendly creations, best-tasting vegan cupcake. Tails is still hoping to recruit a few more volunteers on the day of the bake sale as well. If interested, send a note to tailsinfo@mac.com. If you aren’t a whiz in the kitchen, this may be a great opportunity to stock up on dessert.

Kootenay Contraption contest winners STaFF Rossland News

If the 2013 K o o t e n a y Contraption Contest is any indication, the contest winners and tomorrow’s innovation leaders will have lots of creative ideas to draw on to power a bright future. K A S T- G L O W S (Growing, Learning Opportunities with Science) recently wrapped up the 2013 K o o t e n a y Contraption Contest which posed the following challenge to Kootenay Boundary students: “Imagine the year is 2050. Wind and solar energy are plentiful, but how will we store that energy to make it more useful?”

Kids aged six to 13 in Grades 1 to 8 submitted descriptive illustrations with their solutions. Judges from School District 20, FortisBC and KAST reviewed the many creative submissions, and are pleased to announce the winners: Quinlan, a Grade 3 student from Kinnaird Elementary in Castlegar, was the grand prize winner of a brand new IPad Air for his innovation. Quinlan’s solution captures the sun’s energy through solar panels and transfers it in a special bioluminescent jelly. That jelly runs through a specially designed strainer which extracts the energy from the jelly.

It is then fed through a pipe to dispense its energy as needed. Winners at each grade level were also selected and won a pizza party for their whole class: • Grade 1/2: Keshet of W.E. Graham Community School in Slocan— energized clothes • Grade 3: Alexandra from Twin Rivers Elementary in Castlegar—thermal water conveyor • Grade 4: Everett from Twin Rivers Elementary in Castlegar—retro milk truck battery charging and delivery system • Grade 5: Ciaran from Kinnaird Elementary in Castlegar—magnetic rock solar cart.

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t first flush, in a region where there does seem to be more than enough snow, the notion of putting in infrastructure for the purpose of making snow seems a little outlandish. But the Red Mountain Racers Society ongoing proposal for making snow at Red Mountain isn’t just about making snow. It’s about creating a whole new culture in Rossland, one that expands beyond the municipality’s borders. Like the free shuttle bus service from downtown Rossland to Red Mountain, the proposal by the society to pull water from the city’s alternate reservoir, Star Gulch, to make snow could be another vital cog for the city’s economy. In addition to the snow making infrastructure, the society would create an athlete’s training facility that will bring people from all over the world to ski and train during what is considered the shoulder season—a down time—in the Rossland economy. It would be an economic boost, and it would put through up to 5,000 people in the fall in the city’s accommodation providers, restaurants and shops. Hopefully the city will see fit to approve the proposal.

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n April 1, medical marijuana growing licences expire across the country, and only licensed commercial growers will be able to legally fill a prescription for pot. Ottawa is moving to clean up the mess it created by issuing medical licences all over the country. Since then, municipalities have complained that small-scale medical licences have been greatly exceeded, with many used as fronts for a criminal drug trade that has made B.C. infamous around the world. How big is the problem? There are about 38,000 Canadians licensed to carry marijuana for medical purposes, and half of them live in B.C. Their permission to grow their own or buy it from designated small-scale growers is withdrawn in a couple of months. Here’s a look at the community level. Police in the Fraser Valley suburb of Maple Ridge estimate that it alone has 500 properties licensed to grow pot. No, Maple Ridge is not a world hotspot for glaucoma or arthritis. It is historically known for its secluded properties and as a base for B.C.’s prison system and the province’s Hells Angels. Police have only an estimate because

Ottawa’s bungled medical pot scheme conceals the location of licensed growers from provincial and local governments. RCMP Insp. Dave Fleugel told Maple Ridge council last week that his detachment will first target medical growers they know are linked to organized crime. But it’s difficult to determine which are legal and which are not. “This has the potential to cripple the courts,” Fleugel said. “Something is going to have to take a back seat if we are going to go after all of them.” The police and fire department have proposed an amnesty or grace period, allowing people to disclose their location and have it properly dismantled without penalty, to help deal with the volume. This mess was created by Ottawa in response to a court ruling that forced them to make medical pot available. The Harper government remains trapped in a failed war-on-drugs mentality that prevents any innovation or even common sense. Then there is the circus in Vancouver, where self-styled princes of pot exploit the confusion of the medical marijuana law to run an Amsterdam-style retail trade. Cannabis Culture, the pot and propaganda empire built by Marc Emery before he was jailed in the U.S., rants about the government’s “war on patients,” amid garish ads for “pot by

post” and exotic weed varieties. “By Health Canada’s own estimate, the cost will increase from $5 per gram to $8.80 per gram – going up by nearly 400 per cent,” its website warns. Apparently smoking lots of weed really is bad for your math skills. Dana Larsen, who spearheaded the ill-conceived and failed decriminalization petition last year, heads up the serious-looking “Medical Cannabis Dispensary.” It has done so well at its location in the drug bazaar of East Hastings Street that it’s got a branch office on Vancouver’s west side. Its official-looking forms have a long list of conditions where only a confirmation of diagnosis is required. In addition to genuine conditions such as side effects of chemotherapy, it includes anxiety, psoriasis, spinal cord injury and even “substance addictions/withdrawal.” And did you know you can get a vet’s note to buy medical pot for your pet? Larsen has boasted about the exotic offerings of his stores, including “watermelon hash oil” at $150 for 2.5 grams. Wow man, that’s like 400 million per cent higher! Fittingly, this farce goes back underground on April Fool’s Day. Medical users can only order shipments from an approved commercial producer. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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By requesting the inquiry and sharing the results, council will provide full disclosure to the citizens of Rossland and will be able adopt recommendations and best practices to improve governance in the future, said the AGLG’s office in a letter to council. Individual audit reports for the City of Rossland can now be found on the city’s website at http://www. rossland.ca/auditor-general-localgovernments-aglg-audit-information.

If you know of someone they should talk to, or if you are someone they should interview, please contact staff at the Rossland Historical Museum (250-362-7722) and they will help make arrangements. These stories are what help make history come alive and resonate with people today. History is literally “his story “(or “her story”) and they want to preserve it for future generations.

Heritage Week Heritage Week is coming up Feb. 17-23 and the Rossland Historical Museum is teaming up with the Trail Historical Society for a special presentation on the Columbia River Steamboats, on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. Jamie Forbes and Sarah Benson of the Trail Historical Society will be here to present, and refreshments will be served. Joyce Austin, manager of the Rossland Historical Museum, reminds us that, “we share our history with Trail, and the Columbia River Steamboats are an important part of that history.”

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If you know of someone the Museum should talk to, or if you are someone they should interview, please contact staff at the Rossland Historical Museum (250-362-7722) and they will help make arrangements.

Worth? Rossland will have renowned appraiser Peter Blundell returning from Vernon. Prebooking is required, please call Sarah at (250) 364-0829. The cost is $35 for 15 minutes and/or three items. Spectator tickets available for $5. This will take place March 28-29 at the Trail United Church on Pine Avenue. Times for Friday are 12-5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The Museum would like to thank Teck Metals, the Nelson and District Credit Union (Rossland Branch) and also the Columbia Basin Trust for their sponsorship of this

event. Expanded hours The Rossland Historical Museum has recently expanded its opening hours to 12-6 p.m., Wednesday to Saturday. As always, special arrangements for large groups and school groups can easily be arranged with advance notice. The museum is currently offering its Ski Interpretive Program, Mining and Moguls: Rossland’s Ski Story to school groups and large groups of 10 or more. Please contact the museum to make arrangements.

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Wine, disco and a good cause. Those are the three aspects of the Rossland Rotary Club’s 25th annual Wine Tasting Festival event this Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Prestige Mountain Resort and the Miners’ Union Hall. The evening starts at the Prestige Mountain Resort where people will enjoy regional wines and beer, appetizers by Gabriella’s, a silent auction and door prizes. The night shifts to the Miner’s Union Hall later on as the infamous DJ Mike Cole will take people back in time to dance to the music of the disco era. Dress to the era of dance and colour is encouraged. “Just imagine the hall full of dancers in shimmering polyester and hair of disco days,” said Louis Dionne, Rossland Rotary member and chair of the event committee. Dionne was very enthusiastic about this year’s change in the annual event with the addition of the dance. “We listened to attendees from past

years who said they wanted something to do after the tasting event, and we wanted something special for the 25th anniversary of the wine event, so our always creative and enthusiastic member Jon Marion came up with the idea of the disco dance,” said Dionne. “What’s not to like about a disco dance?” Poplar Grove winemaker Stefan Arnason will be bringing four of the winery’s award-winning wines to the festival, including 2011 Reserve Chardonnay and 2009 Merlot. The 2009 merlot has full aromas of raspberry, blueberry and cocoa. Ripe smooth tannins and balanced acidity underscore flavours of dark cherries, cigars and Okanagan sage. Tickets are available now for the wine festival and dance at $70 per person, or purchase tickets now for the wine festival only $60 per person. Tickets are available at Powderhound in Rossland or from any Rossland Rotary Club member. Contact Louis Dionne for more information at dionnelouis@hotmail. com or 250-362-3303.

A long time coming Councilor Kathy Moore first brought the Ward matter to light in city council in late 2012 and a municipal auditor looked into the matter, coming back with a letter saying it wasn’t handled as it should have been, but “there was no material financial impact and did not impact the audit.” Moore’s letter to the municipal auditor and the response at the time were not made public until a Freedom of Information request was made several weeks later. “There were a lot of questions about what happened and council was just not that interested at the time,” said Moore last year. “There have been some things the city is doing, which are not public at this point. So it’s not a dead issue.” In spring of 2013 council passed a motion to ask the AGLG to look at several different aspects of city operations. Council voted in favour of asking the AGLG to look at: powers council has delegated to the chief administrative officer; adequacy of policies for tendering, contracting, project management and reporting; adequacy of accountability and management of arena project; and a review of hiring and contracts for senior staff. However, the auditor has only agreed to look at the adequacy of city policies for tendering, contracting, project management and reporting. “In my opinion, there were areas we needed help with, so I brought it to council’s attention and they agreed,” said Moore. “Would they have agreed had the public not got involved? I don’t think so. There was plenty of time for council to take action and they didn’t.” Further afield On Jan. 3 Mayor Greg Granstrom held a public meeting to air concerns over the arena renovations and the city inspector’s behaviour. Over 80 people packed the senior’s centre to hear what had happened with the $1.2-million project—which included a new roof—and what the city was going to do about it. Although council said in the meeting the matter would be looked into it, no report has been issued to date. In the interim, council resolved to direct staff to hire a qualified inspector to review the work contracted to ADA Co. Inc. for the Rossland Arena in 2010 and 2011. Council also directed staff to ensure “that the structural component of the work performed on the Rossland Curling Arena is inspected.” editor@rosslandnews.com

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Job Posting – Project Coordinator for Rossland’s “Hub of Learning” The Innovative Education Task Force is seeking a qualified individual to be our Project Coordinator and administrator for the ‘Rossland Hub of Learning’ start-up enterprise. The Hub of Learning is an initiative aimed at making Rossland a globally recognized destination for learning. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for overall project planning, coordination, and marketing support for a pilot series of learning experiences scheduled for the summer and fall of 2014. This position will also include administrative functions. Post Profile: Reports to: Chair of the Innovative Education Task Force. Type: Paid part-time contract position. March 15 – October 31, 2014 (provisional). Hours: Flexible. Approximately 8 – 16 per week. Some evenings and weekends. Pay: Competitive wage. Sliding scale depending on experience. Location: Work from home. Phone and office support provided. Deadline for applications: Friday, March 01, 5:00pm. For more detailed view of the project and expectations, go to www.visionstoaction.ca. Email your cover letter, highlighting your relevant skills and your expected hourly wage, along with your CV, plus 2 or more references with contact information to: Terry Miller, Chair, Rossland Sustainability Commission, timiller@telus.net. Request for Proposals: Marketing Planning & Website Development The Innovative Education Task Force is seeking the services of an experienced marketing service provider to promote our Hub of Learning pilot project. Services required are the development of a marketing plan as well as the development of a website. The marketing plan should outline practical strategies across a variety of mediums. The website may require registration and pay-wall capabilities, as well as strong strategies for search engine optimization and website analytics. Send your proposal to: Terry Miller, Chair, Rossland Sustainability Commission, timiller@telus.net.

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Flame is a 7 year old neutered male with long orange and white fur. He came to the Trail Regional BCSPCA on January 24, 2014 after his owner developed health issues. He is a very sweet cat, but is nervous, so would do best in a home where things will be calm and consistent around him. Once he feels safe, he loves affection. His coat will require regular brushing to keep him free of matting. If you are looking for a quiet mature cat, please come and meet Flame. You can also contact the shelter at 250-368-5910 or trail@spca.bc.ca.

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The Ski Interpretive Program at the Rossland Museum is drawing in crowds, including young people, to its new winter exhibit. On Thursday last week the Rossland School Grade 4 class participated in the children’s version of the new program Mining and Moguls: Rossland’s Ski Story. The kids also took part in the writing exchange the museum has going on with the Royal B.C. Museum called Provincial Wonder. “It was great to have a group of interested and engaged kids. They were a real pleasure to have,” said Michele Skuce, museum assistant for the Rossland Historical Museum and Archives Association. Kids from the museum in Rossland will be sending letters or stories about snow to the kids at the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria and the children in Victoria will be sending letters here to

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Above: Volunteer (and Museum president) Libby Martin and Museum manager Joyce Austin greet the students in the front entrance. Below: Museum docents (volunteer teachers) as well as the Grade 4 teacher, Jill Spearn, worked with the students on their letters.

Rossland about the ocean (which will also be displayed at the Rossland Museum). There are about five writing stations set up in the museum, said Skuce, and all of the

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The additional snow would ensure early season training, and allow the city to consistently host major races. And there is a huge demand for pre-season alpine training facilities across North America, said Christine Andison, president of the society. “Red Mountain Racer athletes currently travel to the United States, Europe, B.C. and Alberta to find early season training venues,” she said. “These venues are crowded and costly and, in many cases, the terrain is inferior to that of Red Mountain’s slopes.” In order to be competitive and to grow the Red Mountain Academies and the Red Mountain Racers program there needs to be access to snow earlier and locally, said Andison. And to have a successful training facility you must have snowmaking to have the venue ready for athletes in mid November (or earlier, weather permitting). “The athletes training facility at Red Mountain will provide a training venue for local racers and academy students without additional travel expenses and it will guarantee training space for local ath-

water world Over the past 14 months the Red Mountain Racers have been working with Techno Alpine to update the 2005 engineering study to reflect advances in snowmaking technology, to review additional water supply options, to complete training facility design and to update the cost estimate. The review of water supply and demand, both present and future, has determined that there is available raw water capacity in the existing Rossland reservoirs. ISL Engineering has indicated that, “withdraw of raw water from the Star Gulch reservoir for snow making purposes may be considered based on the following conditions: • Snow making infrastructure be built with capabilities for complete shutdown if Star Gulch reservoir water levels drop below an acceptable elevation; • A design review of snow making infrastructure be conducted by city staff prior to approving the construction of proposed works; and • As development progresses, future water demands should be monitored to confirm that actual demands on the system continue to meet the city initiatives for water supply.”

letes,” Andison said. Opening the mountain for early training is a natural fit for Rossland, she said. With an existing internationally-recognized race venue with fully homologated race courses, the city possesses a strong race culture, and the athlete’s training facility would take advantage of existing attributes including lifts, lodge, academy and slopes. The request made to council was to enter into a water use agreement between the city and the society for the purposes of establishing an athlete’s training facility at Red Mountain. The request has a significant history. In October of 2012 the Red Mountain Racers came before council requesting a letter of support to move forward with review and analysis of water supply options, including one of the city’s two existing reservoirs. Council voted unanimously in favour of a motion to draft a letter of support for the training centre. The society will then seek to raise approximately $2.1 million to fund the development of the training facility. The new training facility will bring approximately 5,000 athletes to Rossland in the month of November, as well as several thousand more in late spring for post season training. The training facility is expected to attract teams from all over North America and Europe to come to the region for early season training, said Andison, including local and regional Paralympic athletes. “This would translate into direct economic benefits for our region’s accommodation, restaurant and business sectors during what is otherwise known as the shoulder season,” she said. The project will not only support existing businesses but will assist in the development of new business opportunities. This is a critical component in the creation of a sustainable economy for both Rossland and the region.” The society seeks to complete the installation of snowmaking infrastructure by Oct. 1, 2014. The new facility would be open by Nov. 20, 2014. A reply is expected from the city within the next month. editor@rosslandnews.com

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details The athletes training facility would utilize the Back Trail, Face and T-bar slopes of Red Mountain, the areas traditionally used by the racers for training and race hosting. The $2.1 million would go toward installing snowmaking on Red Mountain and purchasing the necessary equipment to operate 10 training lanes and a terrain park. Other improvements to be funded include a multi-purpose building which will provide coaches and athletes a space for meeting and for video analysis, as well as a race and events office. The proposed snowmaking system would be fully automated and would have sensors which would turn the system off if at any time the reservoir levels went below the elevation predetermined by the city’s engineers. The slopes could accommodate between 100 to 200 athletes per day.

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In honour of International Women’s Day (Saturday March 8th), Women Creating Change is asking you about women in the Lower Columbia Region (Rossland, Warfield, Trail, Fruitvale, Montrose, Area A, and Area B). Simply answer the questions below, and mail to or drop it off at the Skills Centre or Trail FAIR. You can also access an online version at: www.communityskillscentre.com. All completed questionnaires submitted by March 3rd will be eligible to win the gift card. The answers to the survey will be published on Thursday, March 6th/Friday, March 7th. Please make sure to include your contact information: NAME: __________________________________________ PHONE or EMAIL:________________________________ IN THE LOWER COLUMBIA REGION: A Living Wage is the amount for a family of 2 adults and 2 children (age 4&7) that must be earned to meet common household needs in a specific area or city. In the Lower Columbia Region, with each parent working 35 hours per week, each parent must earn $18.15/hr to meet these needs. 1. What percentage of the above family’s monthly income is dedicated to childcare? o a. 20%

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2. How much does this family pay in food each month (based on the Dieticians of Canada’s Healthy Food Basket)? o a. $926 o b. $755 o c. $832 o d. $467 3. What is the average cost of a 3-bedroom rental, including utilities, in the Lower Columbia Region? o a. $1048

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4.What specific issues do you think prevent women in our community from earning a Living Wage? ____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 5. What does a “Family Friendly Workplace” mean to you? ____________________ ___________ _______________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

The Skills Centre is located at 123-1290 Esplanade, Trail, V1R 4T2 The Trail FAIR Centre is located at 2079 Columbia Avenue, Trail, V1R 1K7 Visit www.womencreatingchange.org for more information about the Women Creating Change project.

Brochure covers the months of April, May and June with many Rossland Pool details included. Spring break will run March 17-28. If you are interested in running a spring break camp let us know as soon as possible so we can work out details and start advertising right away. We are always happy to add information regarding community groups and resources in the Community Events and Info pages. Public skating schedule, Feb. 17-23 Public skating this week is on Sunday, Feb. 23 from 6-7:30 p.m. For more information about admission prices, skate rentals and more, please log onto the city’s website, at www. rossland.ca, then arena page. Adult co-ed recreation hockey Adult co-ed recreation hockey is at the Rossland Arena on Tuesday nights from 9:45-11 p.m. and on Sunday nights from 9:15-10:30 p.m. Join a great group of people for fun, co-ed hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience is necessary. A waiver must be signed prior to getting on the ice. Drop-in is $10 and 10x passes are available from the REC Department.

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Co-Ed kids rec hockey Thursday, Feb. 20 is the last day for Anna Hogarth’s co-ed kids rec hockey program. Please remember to bring back the jerseys. Rossland Seniors Hall The Rossland Seniors Hall has lots of great activities running through the week. On Mondays at 1:30 p.m. the Rossland Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith Harasin at 250-362-5477 for more information. On Monday evenings, the Rossland Quilters Guild gets together at 7 p.m. Contact Deyanne Davies at 250-362-7727 for more information. On Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. the Rossland Golden City Old Time Fiddlers practice and play. The public are welcome to sit in and listen to the old time fiddlers play their music. Visitors should contact Richie Mann before going to the Hall. Contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465. Public Library Check out the library’s website for a complete listing of the programs they’re running: Lego Club, Teen Night, Storytime, French Club, Movies & Munchies, NFB Film Club and Book Club. Continues on Page 2.

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The North Face presents B4BC’s Shred The Love Breast Cancer Benefit and Red Mountain Resort hosts “ReTreat Yourself” for cancer survivors on Saturday, March 8. The event is an inclusive ski-and-ride day where Red Mountain Resort will donate 50 per cent of its day ticket revenue to help raise funds for several of B4BC’s initiatives, including scholarships through the Survivorship Fund to ReTreat Yourself, a yoga, ski and snowboard retreat for women who have been affected by breast cancer. Activities at Red on Shred The Love Day will include ski and snowboard demonstrations as well as breast cancer screening information booths. Top skiers and snowboarders, including Megan Pischke, Kendra Starr and Kasha Rigby, will be in attendance. Red Mountain Resort is hosting the “ReTreat Yourself,” a private event for 10 breast cancer survivors, from March 7-10.

Rattlecat Cup returns

Mark Saturday, March 15 on your calendar as the Rattlecat Cup banked slalom snowboard race returns to Rossland. The second annual Rattlecat Cup will bring top boarder-cross racers back to Red Mountain Resort for the second year for what is expected to be a lively and fun banked slalom action. See the west’s best boarders lean into their turns for ultra-acceleration and for bragging rights until next year.

Rossland takes top spot The Trail Men’s Basketball League wrapped up its regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 11 with Rossland holding off a late charge from Mota Automotive, to take a 64-59 victory and top spot in the league. Mota led at the half, 34-32, but an undermanned Rossland team turned it on in the second half to go on a 20-10 run and secure first place in the TMBL. The playoffs started this week at the Rossland School gym with second seed Mota taking on Northport and first-seed Rossland playing Rock Island. Playoff results were unavailable as of press time. 2.8” x 4”

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Rossland $ 59,900

Marie Claude

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2 bedroom e Condo nn Su ingdal

Rossland 214,500

2395154

2 Bedroom t Corner Uni

Marie Claude

MLS#

2392303

Trail 125,000

Marie Claude

MLS#

2393499

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Musical Instruments Clearance of select items till Saturday, March 1st Bay Avenue Music 1364 Bay Ave, Trail 250-368-8878

Rossland 124,900

Real Estate

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Marie Claude

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Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for Sale 2 single adjustable beds w/massage $400 each like new 250 227-9529

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2393618

Marie Claude

Warfield 129,000

Nathan

Mobile Homes & Parks

Rentals

MLS#

2393621

Nathan

MLS#

2391999

Rhonda

New Price

Trail 109,900 MLS#

2214582

New Price

Huge Yard

2005 SRI Double Wide MODULAR HOME 24x44 in Triangle Gardens. 45 years and up. Vaulted ceiling, open plan, bay window, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, pantry, low maintenance, gas heat, air conditioning, 5 appl’s, UGS, landscaped, covered deck & carport, other features, must see. 250-442-8676

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Rossland $ 69,900

Houses For Sale

Pets

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Transportation

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Pets & Livestock

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Services

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Rentals

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Merchandise for Sale

rosslandnews.com A11 A11 www.rosslandnews.com Real Estate Real Estate

Genelle 319,900 MLS#

2393958

Rhonda

Warfield $ 65,000

MLS#

2394133

New Price

Cars - Domestic 2001 Subaru Impreza, 4dr hatch back, 2.2Lt., auto, 4 wheel dr, brand new ice & snow tires, 230,000km, $4,100/obo. 250-442-0122 or 250-493-1807. 2002 Oldsmobile Alero, 4cy, 5sp manual, 2 dr coop, 107,000 original km, runs and looks like new. Car is in Grand Forks. Driven daily. $3,499. 250-442-0122 / 250-493-1807.

Fruitvale 214,000

Rhonda

MLS#

Fruitvale 139,900

2392778

Rhonda

MLS#

Warfield 194,900

2393772

Rhonda

MLS#

2393875

Executive

Cars - Sports & Imports 1992 Golf Volks Wagon, 4 dr hatch back, 5 sp, new tires, new exhaust, runs excellent. $999./obo. 250-442-0122 or 250-493-1807.

Montrose 495,000

Rhonda

MLS#

2393112

Rob

Renata 249,000 MLS#

2215536

Rhonda

Trucks & Vans

Trail 49,900

MLS#

2394479

New Price

1987 Dodge Dakota, reg cab, long box, auto, V6, one owner, 169,000km, very clean, canopy, 2 wheel drive, $1,800/obo. 250-442-0122 or 250-4931807. Grand Forks

Trail 72,000

Rob

MLS#

2214664

Rob

Trail 135,000 MLS#

2393731

Rob

Warfield $ 49,900

MLS#

2392110

New Price

Fruitvale 164,900

Rob

MLS#

Rossland 399,000

2393806

Rob

MLS#

2392110

Rob

Renata 235,500 MLS#

2215924

Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153

Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

Thursday, February 20, 2014 Rossland News

A12 www.rosslandnews.com

PINKSHIRTDAY.CA Wednesday, February 26/14

Putting a stop to bullying on Pink Shirt Day… Kerry Vital / Black Press Names such as Amanda Todd and Rehtaeh Parsons are sadly well-known to many Canadians. Both teens committed suicide after years of bullying at the hands of classmates. On Feb. 26, Canadians will recognize Pink Shirt Day, a day devoted to preventing bullying and helping children and teens who are being victimized. For some people, bullying hits

very close to home. Tad Milmine, now an RCMP constable, is one of them. As a child, Milmine was bullied relentlessly by classmates and locked in the basement by his stepmother every day for 12 years. His father, an alcoholic, never tried to help him, even when Milmine’s stepmother verbally abused him. “I always held out hope that one day an adult

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Pink Shirt Day was started in Nova would see that I was in the baseScotia by two teenage boys who, ment and perhaps ‘rescue’ or ‘save’ after seeing another male student me,” he says. “No one ever came.” bullied for wearing a pink shirt, At 17, Milmine ran away from decided to gather their friends and home and cut all ties with his father all wear pink to school. CKNW AM and stepmother. Still, he struggled 980 was inspired by their action, with being extremely introverted and since 2007 has raised over and emotional. While he had $650,000 for anti-bullying prodreamed of being a police officer grams in B.C. through the sale of for much of his life, he didn’t feel their pink shirts. You can purchase confident enough to act on that Tad Milmine your own shirt at London Drugs or dream. At 33, he finally felt able online. This year’s campaign is beto take that step and do what he ing presented by Coast Capital Savings, with loved after encouragement from an officer he Black Press as a media partner. met while playing baseball. For more information about Pink Shirt Day, “I never acted on my dream because I truly bevisit www.pinkshirtday.ca. Milmine’s website lieved it was just a dream,” he says. “I thought can be found at www.bullyingendshere.ca. that dreams weren’t meant to be achieved.” Milmine was moved by the 2011 suicide of Ontario teen Jamie Hubley, who killed himself after years of bullying for being gay and a figure skater, to start Bullying Ends Here, a website that tells Hubley’s story as well as his own. Milmine has travelled all over Canada and the U.S. speaking to students and encouraging them to contact him if they need help. In the presentations, he shares his own story The website and smartphone app Ask.fm is a socialand that of Hubley, and tells the students that networking site where people can ask other users he understands what it’s like to be an outcast, and that he too is gay, just like Hubley. He questions. It’s extremely popular with pre-teens and shares this information to point out teens, but recently it has become well-known for that he is no different than the people facilitating cyber-bullying instead. It has been referlistening to him in the audience. enced in several suicide cases around the world as “I never let my sexuality stand in part of the bullying the victim experienced that led the way of living out a dream,” to their suicide. Milmine says. “I never let the negativity while growing up The biggest issue with Ask.fm is that questions can stand in my way.” be submitted anonymously, and content is not moniMilmine’s presentations tored, so abuse of the service can be rampant with no are done on his own time repercussions to the user. Even if someone is blocked, and with his own money. that person can still view profiles and see other inter“I always wanted to actions, and privacy settings cannot be increased as ‘help’ people and today I am lucky they can on Facebook and Twitter. According to RCMP enough to be in Const. Tad Milmine, the Latvia-based website also that position,” sends daily spam with messages suggesting users says Milmine. kill themselves and calling them ugly, among others, “Youth need to with no name attached. know that nobody can Parents are urged to monitor all social media achelp them if they don’t speak up. You have to share, have to ask for help. counts and talk to their children about their online Give us a chance to help.” activities in an effort to prevent cyberbullying, and Sixty-four per cent of Canadian children have remember that the terms of service of Facebook, been bullied at school at some point, accordTwitter and Ask.fm require users to be at least 13. ing to the Pink Shirt Day campaign, and 40 per cent of Canadian employees are re bullied at the workplace on a weekly basis. “Pink Shirt Day gets people talkJoin the cause and ing,” Milmine says. “People are talking about it leading up to buy a pink shirt at it, and on the day itself. You’re pinkshirtday.ca going to talk about why you’re or at London Drugs wearing a pink shirt that day, and youth are reminded of the resources ces es available to them.”

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Bullying Stops Here. A proud supporter of Pink Shirt Day and anti bullying

Proud Supporter of Pink Shirt Day.

Katrine Conroy, MLA

Phone: 250-362-7677 2015 3rd Ave. Rossland, BC jeffcollision@telus.net

Kootenay West • 250-304-2783 katrine.conroy.mla@leg.bc.ca www.katrineconroy.ca

8130 Old Waneta Road, Trail • 250-364-1311