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Events to incorporate Trail’s iconic covered stairs BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

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As a resident of West Trail and active triathlon participant, Carol Currie is very familiar with the fitness challenge presented by the city's covered staircases. She and members from the local triathlon club have partnered with the Rotary Club Waneta Trail Sunrise to highlight the features in a unique competition this fall.

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N T T while Reverend H.R. signed and the war D T Ragg gave a patriotic was still on. address as the town “It has been bubbled with exciteproved to be a ment over news from hoax and a misrepRossland that the resentation by the 1895 - 2015 Huns surrendered. United Press that The trouble, as sent it out,” wrote noted the next day in the Trail editor W.B. Wilcox under the News Friday, Nov. 8, 1918 edi- headline, 'War Not Over, But tion, was that it was all rumour Trail Celebrated.' “Though – armistice terms hadn't been there is every belief that Y IL

As the Trail Times continues to celebrate 120 years of reporting local news, we've donned white gloves and browsed through historical newspapers, looking to highlight some of the City of Trail's landmark events.

at the park. “The stairs are going to add a unique and challenging factor, and the cycling route we are using is already popular because it's so beautiful out there,” Currie added. Sounds like a challenge, even for the locals who train to run

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over to bicycles. Then the 40km road cycling begins through East Trail, up to Highway 3 and along the Columbia River to Columbia Gardens road. The cyclists will pedal back to Gyro to culminate the duathlon in a four-kilometre run towards Sunningdale before doubling back to the finish line

lete who's twice qualified for the Ironman Hawaii. “I was interested and started speaking with a fellow cyclist who is part of Rotary so it just all came together.” Runners will head up to West Trail through a route of stairways, race past historic rock walls, then run back to Gyro for a change-

Whether it's stepping or storming, one thing is for sure – the iconic West Trail staircases will take centre stage in two new fundraisers for local charity this fall. One is a race for fun, the other a competitive run-ride-run, and both are slated for the second weekend of September. On Sept. 12, Storm the Stairs, hosted by the United Way of Trail and District, is a race open to individuals, teams or families, regardless of fitness level. While showcasing the city’s unique staircases and rock walls along the route, the one-day race launches the organization’s annual campaign. On Sept. 13, the Red Roofs Duathlon, co-hosted by the Rotary Club Waneta Trail Sunrise and the High Altitude Triathlon Club will launch a unique, possibly annual, competition starting with a seven-kilometre run at Gyro Park. Trail council recently endorsed the Red Roofs Duathlon upon the condition that the city is secured against legal responsibility and harmless from any claims that might arise as a result of participation. The idea for the competition began a year ago when the Downtown Business Group approached Carol Currie, a West Trail resident and athlete, about incorporating the staircases into a race that would introduce athletes from across the province and beyond to Trail. “The person said, 'Wouldn't it be great to have a run using the stairs,” said Currie, an ath-

distances. Currie, the duathlon organizer, has been training with the High Altitude Triathlon Club since 2008. From Rossland through Trail and out to Fruitvale, she and a group of about 20 athletes train See LOCAL, Page 2 the Germans will surrender almost any time,” he clarified. Notably, the weekly paper's next edition on Nov. 15 headlined “Great War ended Monday morning,” which included a front page synopsis of terms Germany accepted to end the battle. Armistice Day, today known as Remembrance Day, is still See HOTELS, Page 3

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John Gibson and Anne Burlaw were dressed in their St. Paddy's Day finest Tuesday afternoon, but neither is green when dancing to the golden oldies. The duo were part of a large gathering in downtown Trail's Seniors' Centre. “You're never to old to have fun,” says the Trail Senior Citizen's Branch #47, which includes an annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon and dance.

Local charities to benefit

FROM PAGE 1 for long distance endurance triathlons, which until now, require travel far outside the Greater Trail community. The event is in the early planning stages, however volunteers and sponsorships are needed to make the duathlon a first class race. “The downtown business association is very eager to help but we can always use more,” Currie said. “We’ll need people to help with organizing aid stations, the post race lunch, and help with the registration papers. There’s lots of things to do before hand and the day of the event.” For information and to volunteer contact Currie at 231.1671 or email redroofsdu@gmail.com. While the first year start up costs may factor into the fundraiser, any surplus will be donated to the Sanctuary Pre-Teen Centre and the Greater Trail Hospice Society. That’s where the Rotary comes into play, says John Lake. “We are starting from zero and may have to extend monies for service, equipment and things like that,” explained club president Lake, adding that the group is pursuing grant money to help cover costs. “The fundraising will be primarily from the athletes’ registration fees, and we are hoping for 120 entrants, which will make the event self funding.”

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The Rotary’s goal is to raise $2,000 as minimum for Sanctuary and the hospice society, he added. The partners are currently building a website to get word out about the race, which is a duathlon because there isn’t a local body of water large enough to support an aquatic leg. “We are hoping to be sanctioned by the Triathlon BC website,” Lake said. “If we are, the race will be on their calendar which is Canada and US-wide. So there’s a huge opportunity there to encompass a lot of athletes.” For information, Lake can be reached at 368.7494. Meanwhile the Storm the Stairs event will bring attention to the annual United Way campaign. “Money raised here stays here,”says Jodi LeSergent, the group’s president. “Proceeds will be going to the 2015 campaign fund to be invested in local programs and services that help hundreds of people every year in our communities.” The foot race begins at the Colombo Piazza in the Gulch and directs participants up to West Trail via staircases on Pine Ave., Spokane Street and Lookout Street. The city’s part in the races is mainly to provide the staircase venue and public works will be sprucing up the aging staircases prior to an overall inspection before run dates.

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Testing confirms Glenmerry meningitis cases unrelated By Times Staff Interior Health (IH) officials have confirmed that two cases of meningitis at Glenmerry Elementary are unrelated. “Further testing has revealed the current meningitis case is a different bacteria from the case in January,” said Karl Hardt, Interior Health communications officer. “Interior Health can confirm that there are no public health implications and no increased risk for other students and staff or the community.” The two cases of meningitis in the school were reported to the public last Friday when a letter went home to parents assuring them there is no danger to the rest of the school population. Meningitis is an infection that affects the lining of the brain and the spinal cord, causing neck pain, lethargy, confusion and nausea. Dr. Rob Parker, a medical health officer with IH, says the best way to keep the disease at bay is to maintain a thorough hand-washing routine and to make sure all vaccinations are up-to-date.

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Council hears concerns over modular homes By Liz Bevan Times Staff

Strong public opposition to a variance application filled the room at Monday night's regular council meeting in Montrose. The crux of the issue was an application for a variance permit to Lot 26 in Viewmont Subdivision, a neighbourhood in Montrose. Current residents of the area were strongly against the application which requested council permission to place a modular home on the lot. Mark Thatcher, a resident of Viewmont, spoke at the meeting and said the modular home plan violated the building scheme restrictions placed on the neighbourhood by original developer Dick Dar of Fruitvale. “When I first moved to the subdivision, I was told this would be a high-end subdivision and that there would be a schedule of restrictions and everyone had to follow them,” he said, adding that a real estate agent had told him a modular home in the neighbourhood would lower his property value. After doing some digging on his own, Thatcher shared with the crowd of about 20 people that he had discovered the building scheme restrictions had been removed without consultation from four of the empty lots in the subdivision, including Lot 26. As it turns out, there is a clause in the agreement that gives the original landowner and developer, Dar, the right to remove the restrictions, which he did. Montrose's Official Community Plan (OCP) and zoning bylaws also prohibits the placement of modular homes in village limits. The community plan states that, “To preserve the character and aesthetics of existing residential neighbourhoods,

new single-wide manufactured homes generally will not be permitted in Montrose. Council will, however, consider the siting of double-wide modular homes when it can be demonstrated that the appearance and design of the building will be compatible with surrounding convention.”

“When I first moved to the subdivision, I was told this would be a high-end subdivision and there would be a schedule of restrictions and everyone had to follow them.” Mark Thatcher

In another part of the plan, it says that the guidelines were put in place, “to ensure that multiple unit housing is developed in a manner that is compatible with the existing scale and character of the community.” Peter Bayley, another resident of Viewmont, argued that even though the modular home wasn't a single-wide structure, it still wouldn't fit in with the aesthetics of the neighbourhood. “We went online and took a look at what this building might look like, and in no way, shape, or form does it conform with what is there already,” he said. “If you take a look at my house and take a look up the street, all around, there is no way that it conforms. We are submitting a letter and we strongly oppose this.” Another part of Dar's application detailed a request to offset the home by six-and-a-half feet in the lot, something that has previously been denied by council when Bayley's family went to build their

home in Viewmont. To respond to concerns about the modular home and its appearance, Wayne Postnikoff appeared on behalf of Eagle Home Sales in Castlegar – the company that would be selling the proposed structure. “I think a lot of people have a misconception as to what modular or manufactured homes are,” he said. “All of our homes that are modularly built, they have to follow the B.C. building code. We don't sell trailers. We sell homes that have the same specs as any home built here in the Kootenays. The only difference is that we are bringing them in from a factory already 90 per cent finished. “ Postnikoff's reassurances didn't alleviate Viewmont residents' concerns. The question was posed to council about whether they should approve the variance. Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk pointed out that council has allowed modular homes in the village before, but those decisions had received little to no opposition. Coun. Rory Steep didn't see an issue with the modular home itself, but didn't agree with the six-and-ahalf foot variance included in the permit application. Coun. Mary Gay mentioned that she had gone to see the houses and they weren't as bad as people might think. “I thought I would go to Castlegar and take a look and see what the homes look like and they are beautiful,” she said. “I want to encourage everyone here to go out and take a look at the houses. What you see in a picture and what you see in real life is different.” Gay still voted 'Yes' when Coun. Cindy Cook put forth a motion to deny the application for a permit variance. The motion passed by a vote of 4-1.

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FROM PAGE 1 observed in Canada, parts of Europe and Australia on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. That is why Trail Times staff chose to focus on another Trail News headline from the era almost one century ago, for March’s 120th anniversary feature. Time seems to have buried the story of another horseman who rode into town that year, carrying an invisible scourge that killed more people worldwide than all the wars put together. Sometimes called the “greatest medical holocaust in history,” the Spanish Flu hit Trail hard back in 1918, sullying victory celebrations throughout town. “The feeling being that the old town would fairly bubble over were it not for the number of deaths that have occurred here in the last week from the epidemic,” Wilcox notes in his Nov. 8 front page story. Men and women nurses were being called for one column right of the headline, declaring, “Many homes have not been attended, safety first means help your neighbour, and ‘as soon as you read this phone, T.A. Robley, 143.’” Robley was said to be a ‘Godsend’ alongside his stenographer, Miss Gray, both whom remained on duty 15 to 20 hours

daily to take some of the routine work off the shoulders of Trail doctors Thom and Nay. Notably, on Page 3 of the same newspaper, Robley advertises his insurance services against every known disease, including the Spanish Influenza, that cost ‘only $1.00 a month.’ Under the “Hundreds of ‘Fluenza Cases in Trail,” feature, the writer notes a doctor and nurses from Spokane were in Trail to help, but volunteers were still needed. The cases multiplied so rapidly, that the News couldn’t give each death the attention deserved, and “in many instances, whole families were for the time without attention.” The Trail News reported 15 deaths, identifying the majority of critical cases from the Gulch, and two-thirds of the deaths among “foreigners.” Hotels in the Gulch, listed as the Montana and the Aldridge, were converted into auxiliary hospitals. Returning soldiers manned the makeshift centres around the clock until they too, became afflicted with the disease. The Trail News explained an emphatic appeal was sent out ‘yesterday’ for volunteer help of any kind, printed in English and Italian, that was hoped to be “effective in its aim.”

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Supreme Court of Canada to decide right to pot cookies edibles for a cannabis buyers’ club. Medical pot patients have twice convinced lower courts in B.C. that it’s unconstitutional for them to be denied their medicine in different forms if they cannot or do not wish to smoke it. The B.C. Court of Appeal split 2-1 on the issue last August, agreeing federal regulations should simply state “marijuana” instead of “dried marijuana” but said actual changes to legislation should come from Parliament. Health Canada has so far refused to authorize alternative medical marijuana products. “Other means that

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Canada’s high court will weigh the constitutional rights of medical marijuana users for the first time on Friday. At stake in the case before the Supreme Court of Canada is whether approved legal cannabis users can be restricted to just using dried marijuana – the only authorized product under the new system of regulated producers – and denied access to oil extracts and other options, such as pot brownies and cookies. It flows from the 2009 drug trafficking arrest of Owen Smith, a Victoria man who baked pot into various

don’t involve smoking are less problematic for health,” said Abbotsford lawyer John Conroy, calling the restriction inconsistent with the medical marijuana regulation’s goal of protecting health. He said alternative forms are more effective for some people. “Sick people trying to enhance their quality of life should not be criminalized for their choice of medicine,” said lawyer Kirk Tousaw, who represents Smith. He will argue the current law limiting authorized users to dried marijuana restricts the choice of treatment for serious illnesses and therefore

violates the charter right to life, liberty and security of the person. Tousaw will urge the top court to simply exempt medical marijuana possession from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Medical pot could then still be regulated by other means by Ottawa, he said, but its users would be shielded from criminal prosecution. “You can keep your outdated, ineffective prohibition on recreational marijuana consumers and producers. But let’s take sick people off the front lines of this ridiculous war on this plant.” Police and federal authorities object

because, unlike a bag of dried bud, it’s difficult to readily determine if personal possession limits are exceeded with products or extracts like brownies, cookies, oils and topical creams. Tousaw insists it’s a red herring and other jurisdictions have dealt with that issue. “To our immediate south in Washington, you can access all of these products, medically or recreationally, without fear of criminal sanction.” The one-day Supreme Court hearing on March 20 is just one legal front in in a war between pot advocates and the federal government over how

Income splitting to drain workers from labour force, particularly women: PBO for the lower-earning partner in some households to stop working. Since men are the primary breadwinners in 80 per cent of Canadian households, the budget office expects women to make up the majority of those who withdraw from the workforce. Last fall, Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced the multibilliondollar measure, a key pledge in the Conservatives’ 2011 election platform. It was announced in time for this spring’s

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The Harper government’s controversial incomesplitting tax plan will encourage some workers - particularly women - to leave or stay out of the labour force, the parliamentary budget office said Tuesday. In a new report, the federal budget watchdog said the government’s so-called “Family Tax Cut” will lead to a small drain on the workforce: the equivalent of 7,000 net full-time jobs. The plan, it said, provides incentive

tax season. The measure allows eligible taxpayers to transfer up to $50,000 of income to his or her spouse in a lower tax bracket in order to collect a non-refundable tax credit of up to $2,000 per year. The plan, which the budget office said would cut public revenues by $2.2 billion in 2015, has come under fire from opponents. Critics have called it an unfair policy that provides no relief for 85 per cent of all households, while giving more benefits to

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Post-secondary education still the ticket to better jobs

t is almost one year since the B.C. government unveiled details of its plan to re-engineer the post-secondary education (PSE) and training system. The Liberal government’s “Skills for Jobs Blueprint” will see additional funding directed to expand capacity to educate/train people in highdemand occupations – and fewer dollars available for programs in other parts of the system. An important factor behind the revamp is a belief among policy-makers that the “supply” of and “demand” for skills are out of alignment in the contemporary labour market. While there are differing views on the B.C. government’s blueprint, the worry over skills mismatches is legitimate. One sign of this is a pattern of “overqualification” among PSE graduates, including those with university degrees. A 2014 Statistics Canada study shines a light on the issue. Based on an examination of the 2011 National Household Survey, supplemented with data drawn from the 1991 and 2006 censuses, the study reports the following results:

• Among university graduates aged 25 to 34 in 2011, 18 per cent toiled in jobs requiring a high school education or less, and approximately 40 per cent were employed in occupations that demand a college-credential or less. These proportions are little changed from the early 1990s, which suggests the incidence of overqualification among university graduates has not increased – notwithstanding a common perception to the contrary. However, there are far more university graduates in Canada today, in absolute numbers and also as a share of the 25 to 34 age cohort, so a similar incidence of overqualification translates into a growing pool of workers whose education levels don’t accord well with their current employment. • In 2011, immigrants aged 25 to 34 with university degrees earned outside of Canada or the United States were far more likely to be over-qualified in their jobs than either Canadian-born individuals possessing degrees or immigrants with Canadian/ U.S. university credentials. Over-qualification is

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noticeably less common among the Canadian-born. It turns out that immigration is a big part of the broader story of over-qualified workers. • For university graduates aged 25 to 34, there are marked differences in over-qualification by field of study. Those with degrees in the humanities and arts fare worst, while graduates who studied engineering, education, architecture, business, and health-related fields are less likely to be classified as over-qualified. In the case of mathematics, computer and information sciences programs, over-qualification among graduates is low among men but somewhat higher in the case of women.

• I m p o r t a n t l y, among all university graduates over-qualification decreases with age. This reflects the fact that after completing university, it often takes a few years for young adults to find employment that is related to their skills and field of study. • People holding masters and doctoral degrees were less likely to be over-qualified in their jobs than those who did not proceed beyond the bachelor’s degree level. In summary, a few key messages emerge from the Statistics Canada study. First, over-qualification among young adults with university degrees is quite common. As of 2011, close to one-fifth of all university graduates in Canada aged 25 to 34 were working in jobs requiring only a high school diploma, according to Statistics Canada’s system for grouping occupations by skill levels and educational attainment. Second, immigrants are especially at risk of finding themselves over-qualified. In 2011 more than one third of immigrant men under age 35 with nonNorth American university

degrees, and 43 per cent of women, were working in jobs demanding only a high school diploma, compared to 15 per cent for Canadian-born men and women in the same age cohort who had also completed degrees. Third, Canada’s labour market is dynamic. Regardless of where they start in the job market, many university graduates eventually migrate to positions and types of work that are more closely linked to their post-secondary education. And most people with masters, doctoral and professional degrees are employed in occupations that seem to match their areas of study. Finally, taking a longerterm perspective, there is strong evidence that a postsecondary credential, particularly from a Canadian or U.S. institution, remains a good investment. For most young adults, completing a PSE program is still the ticket to better jobs and higher incomes over the course of a working career. Jock Finlayson is Executive Vice President of the Business Council of British Columbia.

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defence spending, for example, more than doubled in the five years between Hitler’s rise to power and the decision to go to war with Hitler. They knew they might have to fight him in the end, but they used the time before they were ready to fight to see if he could be appeased by giving him back some of the territory Germany had lost after the First World War. If it had worked, it would have been a lot cheaper than fighting a second world war. In the end it didn’t work, and so Britain and France went to war. But it is extremely unlikely that the NATO powers are in a similar situation now. For one thing, they never really disarmed after the end of the Cold War, so they don’t have to re-arm now even if Putin does turn out to have big plans. If Putin really is planning on world conquest – or at least on recreating the old Soviet Union – then he has left it very late. Hitler started grabbing territory within a couple of years of coming to power. Apart from a little war with Georgia (which Georgia started), Putin has waited 15 years to make his first move. If he does have a plan, it’s a very slow-moving one. Besides, his strategists will be warning him that Russia could not hold up its end of a new Cold War for very long. Russia has only half the population of the old Soviet Union, and it is now a largely deindustrialised petro-state with a GDP comparable to Italy’s. He is probably just blundering around, trying desperately to save face after his humiliation in last year’s Ukrainian revolution. Unfortunately, what goes on inside the Kremlin is so obscure that nobody can be sure of his ultimate intentions. That leaves a nice large space for the hawks in the West to play in, and they are taking full advantage of it. But Putin probably just had a bad case of ‘flu. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

f he just had the “flu,” why regime like Putin’s is the difdidn’t they say that he just ficulty in reading its motives had the flu? We’d all have and intentions. Even demosent him get-well cards, cratic governments like that and that would have been the of the United States can be end of it. reckless and unpredictable – The lengthy and mysteri- consider President George W. ous absence of Vladimir Putin Bush’s decisions after 9/11 – ended on Monday, when the but American policy is a mirRussian president emerged in acle of transparency compared St. Petersburg to greet the vis- to the decision-making process iting president of Kyrgyzstan, in Moscow. The difference is Almazbek Atambayev. The only stark, and it has serious effects explanation he in the real world. offered for his At the moment, 11-day disappearfor example, there ance from public is a major debate view was that “It underway in would be boring Washington (and without gossip.” in other NATO capThe rumour itals as well) about mill certainly whether Putin GWYNNE went into overmust now be seen drive during as an “expansionhis absence. He ist” leader who had suffered a has to be stopped World Affairs stroke. He was in before he goes any Switzerland for the birth of his farther. The debate strongly child with his alleged girlfriend, resembles the one about Soviet gymnast Alina Kabayeva. He’d intentions after the Second had a face-lift, or maybe just World War, which ended in another botox job. There had a Western decision that the been a palace coup, perhaps Soviet Union was an expanconnected in some way to the sionist power that had to be murder of opposition leader “contained”. Boris Nemtsov last month. The debate back then drew All mere speculation, heavily on analogies with the whose only useful function rise of Hitler in the 1930s and was to hold the ads apart. The the failure of the policy of Kremlin remains, as it was in “appeasement” – and the deciCommunist and Tsarist times, a sion to surround the Soviet place of perpetual intrigue, and Union with alliances and milKremlinology is as imprecise itary bases, right or wrong, a science as ever. There are led to an extremely dangerous clearly rival factions struggling 40-year Cold War. to influence Putin’s decisions, Hitler has been dead for 70 but nobody can clearly say what years and the world is now they want or even who belongs a very different place, but to which one. here comes the same old Why, for example, was Putin’s debate again. If you argue in first action after his resurrec- Washington today that Putin’s tion an order to put the Russian actions in Ukraine are not the navy on full combat readiness in first step in his plan for world the Arctic, of all places? That’s a conquest, but just a clumsy long way from Ukraine, which over-reaction to the overthrow is the focus of the current con- of pro-Russian former presifrontation between Russia and dent Viktor Yanukovych by the the Western powers. Is Putin rebels in Kiev a year ago, you opening up a new front, or just can be sure that various people demonstrating his resolve? And will accuse you of being an if so, who is the demonstration appeaser. aimed at? NATO? Some faction They don’t even underin the Kremlin? Both? stand what the “appeasement” The problem with an opaque policy actually involved. British

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PEOPLE Don “Smokey” McLeod of Port Coquitlam, passed away on March 11, 2015, He is survived by his 2 daughters, Dana(Brian) Makay, grandsons, Brad and Brendan, Kelly, Granddaughter Keagan, his 3 sisters Peggy, Joyce(Jack), Jackie(Ron), his best friend Sharlene and many nieces and nephews. Don was born in Trail where he played hockey and baseball growing up. He left Trail at the age of 16 to play hockey for the Edmonton Oil Kings and this started his path to playing in the NHL, WHA, and for Team Canada in 1974. He retired from hockey in 1978 and then went to work for Hershey Canada until he retired in 2003. Dad’s greatest joy were his grandchildren. He loved to watch them play sports and could often be heard talking about their achievements in hockey, baseball, and softball. There will be no funeral service as per Dad’s request. A celebration of life will take place at a later date in Port Coquitlam.

Huw Russell George age 55, passed away peacefully at home on March 14, 2015 (π day) Huw is survived by his wife of 32 years, Bev, daughters Dr. Ashley George (Sheldon) of Redmond Washington and Hannah of Nelson B.C. Sister Lynne of Fort St. James and brother David of Trail B.C, nieces Jamie and Maggie and nephew Ben. Father Mike George and partner Eileen Townsend of Nakusp. He also has many in-laws and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his Mother, Mimi. Huw was born on December 20th 1959 in Winnipeg Manitoba. He grew up in the East Kootenays and Nakusp and attended the University of Victoria where he received a BSc in Chemistry in the Co-op program. He worked at a number of mining and industrial plants and settled at Teck in 1982 where he worked in a number of positions but found his home in Analytical Services. Huw was a great family man and a loving father. He married Bev Profili in 1982 and they spent a year backpacking around the world. They had 2 girls together and continued to haul them off on family adventures to foreign lands for many years. Huw was deeply involved in the community, including Union work (USWA 9705) and various social causes for the majority of his life. He was very proud of his Welsh heritage. He was very active and enjoyed all outdoor sports including slow pitch, curling, hockey, soccer, skiing, hiking, cycling but the love of his life was golf. Huw kept track of all courses played, scores and handicap. The highlight of his golfing days was playing the Kapalua Course on Maui in 2010. His family and friends will always remember him as a kind, compassionate person who tried to always be fair and make everyone feel that they mattered. No service will be held by request. A celebration of life will be held later this summer. If you wish to attend please send your request to habgeorge@shaw. ca. The family would like to thank Dr. T Cheng of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary for her expertise, Dr. Norm Lea in Nakusp for care over the past summer and Dr. Keith Merritt for his years of compassionate care and home visits. Also to the Home Care Nurses who were patient, kind and always available. In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Huw’s name to Castlegar Friends of Parks and Trails: P.O Box 3212 Castlegar B.C. V1N 3H5

Sommelier swirls way to national title THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Elyse Lambert of Maison Boulud at Montreal’s Ritz Carlton has won the Canada’s Best Sommelier award. Steven Robinson of Ottawa’s Atelier Restaurant came second in the recent competition, held by the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers and Wine Country Ontario. In third place was Carl Villeneuve Lepage of Toque! in Montreal. Contestants completed an exam that included components of service, theory and tasting and then performed in front of their peers and members of the public at Montecito restaurant in Toronto. Judges were master sommelier John Szabo, principal critic of WineAlign; master sommelier Geoff Kruth, CEO for the Guild of Sommeliers; and Ricardo Grellet, founder and vice-president of the National Association of Sommeliers of Chile. Magdalena Kaiser of Wine Country Ontario was a guest judge. Lambert will represent Canada at the Association Sommellerie Internationale World’s Best Sommelier competition in Mendoza, Argentina, in 2016. A previous win disqualifies her from the Pan-American Sommelier Alliance competition slated for April 20-25 in Chile, leaving an opening for Robinson and Villeneuve Lepage to go. Previous national champion Veronique Rivest went on to win second place at the 2013 World’s Best Sommelier competition, which takes place every three years. Online: http://www.sommelierscanada.com http://www.sommellerie-internationale.com

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Bieber is the butt of the joke, apologizes at Comedy Central roast for recent behaviour THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CULVER CITY, Calif. Justin Bieber really wants you to like him again. After being the butt of the joke for hours during the taping of his Comedy Central roast, the 21-year-old Canadian singer gave a contrition speech. “I turned a lot of people off over the past few years, but I know I can still turn out good music and turn everything all around,” said Bieber, whose music has been overshadowed by his offstage antics, which include reckless driving, public urination and throwing eggs at a

neighbour’s home. “I’ve lost some of my best qualities. For that, I am sorry,” he said. “I’m looking forward to being someone who you guys can all look at and be proud of.” It was a sweet ending to a night of sharp barbs aimed as much at Bieber as the rest of the roasters. Hosted by Kevin Hart, the “Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber,” taped Saturday at Sony Studios, also features Snoop Dogg, Shaquille O’Neal, Martha Stewart and Ludacris. It’s set to premiere March 30. “This is like suicide.

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Borscht a staple no matter how you spell it By Craig Lindsay Grand Forks Gazette

Grand Forks is known for many things, chief among them its sunshine and borscht. In fact, legend has it that was exactly what the sign welcoming visitors to our area said back in the 1990s. Now, of course, it urges you to ‘settle down.’ Borscht is one of the main staples of the Doukhobor diet and is available at pretty much every restaurant in town for eating in or taking out. A few months back, filmmaker Nik Green, formerly of Grand Forks, made several promotional videos for the city. One of the videos that ended up catching the most attention was a short one about the proper spelling of borscht/ borshch. While the more popular spelling is borscht, there are other spellings. The USCC (Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ) urges the spelling borshch. A letter in the Gazette from local Russian teacher Rob Stevenson urged people to use the proper USCC spelling of borshch. For a while, there was plenty of discussion in town between different sides on what the correct spelling should be. Wikipedia lists many different spellDOLBY 7.1 SURROUND SOUND

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Pots of borscht simmering on the stove at the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ Centre in Grand Forks. ings of borscht including borshch, borsch, borstch, borsh and more. Borscht is popular in many Eastern and Central European cuisines including Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. As much as there are different spellings, there are also many different types of borscht. According to a local lore, in the 1990s writer William Rezinskin transliterated many Doukhobor words into English. He said that the way borscht was spelled in English was not close to the actual way it was pronounced in the origin-

al language. Rezinskin said that in order for Doukhobors to be true to their heritage, they should spell it borshch. Dawsha Hunt of the tourism centre at gallery 2 said that they get many requests during the year for visitors asking where to get good borscht in Grand Forks. “We prepared a list of the top 10 most frequently asked questions by visitors and where can I get a good bowl of borscht is near the top,” said Hunt. “It’s really one of the main things that people stop in for in Grand Forks. They know our culture;

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The final day of the round robin at the Midget Tier 2 provincials Tuesday proved pivotal for North Delta as they defeated the Kelowna Midget Rockets 5-3. After bowing 6-3 to Saanich in their opening match, North Delta showed steady improvement, beating Williams Lake 6-4 before roasting the previously undefeated Rockets 5-3 Tuesday morning at the Cominco Arena. “That’s huge,” said North Delta coach Chad McGuire. “For our guys, that was a must win. We lost our first one, then got the win yesterday, today was a must win, and now tonight is a must win, so it’s just one step closer.” North Delta played Greater Trail in the late game Tuesday night, and a win or tie would move them into the playoffs with a 3-1 record, but a Trail victory would put the Smoke Eaters into Wednesday’s playoff round as second-seed after tying the Saanich Braves on Monday night 1-1. A loss to Kelowna would have likely quashed any North Delta hopes at advancing but the team was stellar defensively in the opening 40 min-

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New Westminster’s goalie Dominic Von Shoenberg gets some help from Cooper Birks in thwarting Smithers forward Shawn Cote as the they went on to quell the Smithers Storm 6-2 on Tuesday. utes, taking a 2-0 lead into a wild third period that saw six goals scored. “They (Kelowna) are a good hockey team all the way through, they have a big roster too, lots of bodies, lots of legs,” said McGuire. “So consistently throughout the game, they are going to keep coming at you. We just kind of found the holes where we did, we got some guys that can go, and we told our guys when you get the opportunity you have to take it, and capitalize on the opportunities.” Kevin Allen did just that, netting the win-

ning goal at 8:11 of the third period on a setup from Erik Olson to make it 4-1 North Delta. The effort displayed a much improved Delta team from Sunday when it fell to Saanich 6-3. “It’s a different rink here,” said McGuire. “So we came out a bit flat (against Saanich), didn’t really know what was going on, chased pucks around, so they got up on us, and then we just couldn’t get back into the game.” Sheldon Kumar opened the scoring midway through the first, and Sean Olson

would give Delta a 2-0 lead at 6:26 of the second period. The Rocket’s Wyatt Head would cut the lead to one just over two minutes into the third period, but Jacob Apostoliuk, Allen, and Adrian Kumar would score three goals over a three-minute span to give North Delta a 5-1 lead. Kelowna would notch a power-play goal at 3:49 and draw within two 24 seconds later, but that was as close as they would get. In the other early game Tuesday, the Williams Lake Timberwolves sent Saanich packing in a

surprising 3-2 victory. At 1-1-1, Saanich was still in the playoff hunt, and with a Trail win or North Delta tie Tuesday night, would have left them tied for second, but the T-wolves took care of that scenario with their first victory of the tournament. Down 2-1 heading into the third, Williams Lake forward Daine Dubois scored on a power-play to tie it at 2, and after the Braves’ were handed a slashing penalty, the Timberwolves would make them pay as Cody Swan sniped the winner at 7:56. See MIDGET, Page 11

The Greater Trail Bantam Tier 2 Smoke Eaters remained undefeated and secured a playoff spot in the Bantam Tier 2 provincials in Cranbrook on Monday with a 7-5 victory over Vancouver. Ethan Chang led the team with two goals and three assists, as the Bantam Smokies jumped out to a 5-1 second-period lead, then fended off a concerted coastal attack in the third. Vancouver came out strong and scored two goals early to make it 5-3, but Trail’s Brad Ross tallied their sixth goal to extend the lead. Vancouver’s Cameron Luk would score two more to make it agonizingly close, but Trail goalie Josh Ballarin shut the door and Ross notched his second into an open net to seal the win for the Smoke Eaters. Trail played a winless Prince George team in its final game of the round robin on Tuesday afternoon but the score was unavailable at press time. Regardless, Trail has locked up first place by virtue of its 6-5 win over Campbell River Sunday and defeat of Vancouver Monday. The two teams, Campbell River and Vancouver, played Tuesday night to determine the second seed in the playoff round today. In the other pool, a crucial 5-3 victory for Cranbrook over an undefeated and heavily favoured North Shore Winter Club (NSWC) on Monday kept the host team in the running for a playoff spot, along with Vanderhoof and West Kelowna. The top two seeds from each pool advance with first place in Pool A playing second place in Pool B and vice versa. After going 1-1 on Sunday, the Female Bantam Wildcats had their playoff hopes seriously compromised by the Richmond Ravens in a 4-0 loss Monday in Castlegar. Surrey and South Island remain undefeated in the round robin with the final games going today. Castlegar played South Island on Tuesday (score was unavailable) and play Kelowna at 1 p.m. today. The Wildcats have a mathematical chance at the playoffs but would need South Island and Richmond to lose its remaining games to make it into Wednesday’s final.

Selkirk College Saints celebrate third BCIHL title

By Times Staff After scoring all three goals in a 3-1 victory in Game 1 of the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League final Friday, Selkirk College forward Ryan Edwards would net the winner on Saturday to propel the Saints to their third straight title with a 4-2 win over Simon Fraser University at the Castlegar Rec Complex. “It’s a really satisfying feeling to see the guys finish the season this way after all the work they put in,” Selkirk head coach Alex Evin told Selkirk media rep Bob Hall. “We played a really committed, disciplined style tonight and all through playoffs and we were rewarded for that. We kept shifts short, we were smart with the puck and we didn’t give up anything easy on the defensive side.” Former Trail Smoke Eater Darnell Dyck intercepted a failed clearing attempt and hit Edwards at the side of the net for a tap in to put the Saints up 3-1 with 3:12 left in the period. It was the former Beaver Valley Nitehawk’s sixth playoff goal in four games to lead all BCIHL shooters.

“It was an unlucky play by their player and the puck hopped off his stick,” says Dyck, who was the Saints top scorer during the regular season and added four more points during playoffs. “I had a lot of space and I was thinking shot, but I saw Eddy and moved it over to him. He’s a great player and he scored so many big goals for us, so I knew he was going to finish it off.” Thomas Hardy opened the scoring on a fine individual effort on the power play, taking a pass from Jamie Vlanich and making a move to the slot then backhanding it by SFU goalie Jordan Liem. But SFU’s Jared Eng would draw the Clan even four minutes into the middle frame, before Trail native Vlanich put the Saints up 2-1 on a nice pass from Lucas Hildebrand. After Edwards made it 3-1, the Saints would stifle the SFU attack in the third with the Saints Ryan Procyshin scoring into an empty net, before SFU made it 4-2 with just 20 seconds left on the clock. Selkirk College outshot the Clan 28-23, as Saints goalie James Prigone won his

fourth consecutive playoff game. Vlanich was the games’ first star, while Prigone and Hardy garnered second and third star honours. Selkirk beat UVic in two straight games last weekend, while SFU dispatched the heavily favoured number-one seed Trinity Western University to set up the BCIHL final. The Saints appeared far from championship contention early in the season, as injuries and a spotty road record held the team close to the bottom of the league standings. But the squad finished off the fall semester on a high when they won their first-ever game against CIS competition at the University of Lethbridge and went on to earn home-ice advantage in the playoffs with a strong second half. “We had a group that came together when it mattered most and really rose to the occasion,” says Evin. “Tonight we got great games from Jamie Vlanich and Ryan Procyshyn, and Ryan Edwards showed why he was our MVP over the last three months. “James Prigione was rock solid and

very consistent, which you need that when you’re playing close games in the playoffs.” The championship win was the third in as many years for a core of key players that included team captain and former Smoke Eater Logan Proulx as well as forwards Hardy and Mason Spear and blueliner Hildebrand. It also marked the second title in as many tries for forward Dyck, defencemen Stefan Gonzales, Tanner Lenting, Procyshyn, Stefan Virtanen and Arie Postmus, plus goaltender Prigione. Tonight’s win marked the final time that many in that group will suit up in a Saints uniform. They couldn’t have asked for a better send-off. “I want to thank Selkirk College, (athletics director) Kim Verigin and the coaches who gave me the opportunity to have two tremendous seasons here,” says Dyck, who plans on joining the RCMP once the school year concludes. “I got to play with some amazing players and win two championships with great teammates. It was an unbelievable experience.” With files from Selkirk College.

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CBC Sports exec new commisioner THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Jeffrey Orridge was named commissioner of the Canadian Football League on Tuesday. The longtime executive most recently served as the executive director of CBC Sports. He succeeds Mark Cohon, who stepped down in January after an eight-year run as league commissioner. “Jeffrey will be a tremendous leader for our league at an exciting time for its future,” said CFL Board of Governors chairman Jim Lawson. “He has every skill set our board was looking for and he clearly understands what our league means to this country and what our fans and partners mean to this league.” Orridge, a Harvard

Law School graduate, will officially assume his new duties April 29. “I believe we are living in an age of seemingly limitless possibilities and the opportunities ahead for the Canadian Football League are second to none,” he said. Orridge, who also handled management duties for the CBC’s Olympics coverage, has overseen rights acquisitions, partnership management, revenue initiatives and program execution involving marquee sports properties and digital opportunities. He successfully helped secure the media rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games, the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Games, and the 2018 and 2020 Olympics for the network.

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National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division G W L OT Pt Montreal 70 43 20 7 93 Tampa Bay 71 43 21 7 93 Detroit 68 38 19 11 87 Boston 69 36 23 10 82 Ottawa 68 33 24 11 77 Florida 69 31 24 14 76 Toronto 71 27 38 6 60 Buffalo 69 19 43 7 45 Metropolitan Division G W L OT Pt Rangers 68 44 17 7 95 Islanders 71 43 24 4 90 Pittsburgh 69 39 20 10 88 Washington 71 38 23 10 86 Philadephia 71 29 27 15 73 New Jersey 69 29 29 11 69 Columbus 69 30 35 4 64 Carolina 68 26 34 8 60 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division G W L OT Pt St. Louis 69 44 20 5 93 Nashville 71 43 21 7 93 Chicago 68 41 21 6 88 Minnesota 69 38 24 7 83 Winnipeg 69 34 23 12 80

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FROM PAGE 10 The top two teams in Pool B faced each other for first and second seed in the Tuesday afternoon tilt, with New Westminster scoring four times in the opening period to cruise to a 6-2 victory. New Westminster went 3-0 to take top spot in Pool B, while Smithers finished with a 2-1 record. In Monday’s late games New Westminister pummeled Castlegar 9-1, while Saanich and the Smoke Eaters skated to a 1-1 draw. After a scoreless first period, Ryan Neil put the Smoke Eaters up 1-0 early in the

second period, but Braves forward Elliot MacIssac drew Saanich even with five minutes remaining in the middle frame. With a win over North Delta, Greater Trail would advance and play number-one seed New Westminster in the semifinal at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. However, a North Delta victory would make them top seed and Delta would face Smithers at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The final of the Midget Tier 2 provincials goes tonight at 8 p.m. at the Cominco Arena.

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his best major. Here North passes the takeout double converting it to penalty, and East retreats to diamonds. A Five Diamond sacrifice would be only down 500 which is good in comparison with the 680 that North and South can get in hearts. However, they do not get the opportunity to play there doubled. South bids Three Hearts and North raises him to game. North has shown a fair

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where I’m planted,” getting involved in the community and the school, but I’m dying on the vine. I’ve had enough. I want to move to a more vibrant area, a better climate, and a place where I have more employment options. Oliver, however, has no interest in relocating. I want to be out of here within five years, when our youngest child finishes high school. But Oliver is a homebody and doesn’t like change. We can’t afford a second home or an annual winter vacation. If Oliver won’t go, I’m considering leaving on my own. I’ve put in my time, and he’s had

tional abuse in both my family and my ex-husband’s family. Domestic abuse has also been found in the homes of my children and grandchildren. I am presently doing all I can to protect the great-grandchildren. My ex-husband is planning a trip to see the family, and I have warned all the parents not to leave their children alone with him and explained why. He may be 80, but he is still capable of offending. As loving grandparents, we must do all we can to protect the children. The healing is long-term. -- BC Canada Dear Canada: Your family seems to have had some major issues with abuse that have persisted through the generations. We are glad all of you have had counseling. You also are wise to protect the great-grandchildren from your ex-husband, even though such information is often

difficult to convey and believe. Dear Annie: Your answer to “Brokenhearted in Florida” was much too nice. I don’t know what her circumstances were when she gave up her son, but to give up a child at age 4 is pretty

harsh. Telling him he should have contacted her sooner is just an excuse to avoid contact and is so cruel that I can’t wrap my head around it. It can take years to track down birth parents. “Brokenhearted” sounds like a cold

woman without empathy. Maybe she deserves to feel a small bit of what her son has been feeling all these years. -- Stunned in Pittsburgh Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar.

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Century-old Fort Steele water wheel gets new support By Arne Petryshen Cranbrook Townsman

As you drive past Fort Steele Heritage Town, it’s hard not to marvel at the more than a century old engineering feat that is the water wheel. It stands above the Kootenay River and tells of a bygone era of gold fever and the Wild West. Thanks to a newly built support, which was installed last week, it will be around

for years to come. The retrofit of the waterwheel has been in the works for a number of years. Brad Froggatt, manager of Heritage Services at Fort Steele, said the retrofit was badly needed. “We noticed that — since the original structure supporting the wheel was put in in 1965 and it had never been replaced — we had to do an inspection on it,”

Froggatt said. “We realized that it was weak and we also noticed that the wheel itself had been listing to one side and rubbing against the frame.” Froggatt said that since the support wasn’t original to the structure, they decided to replace the structure and preserve the wheel, which is the original. The whole wheel was moved to the

current site in 1965 — that’s also when the bottom structure was built to hold the wheel. The wheel itself was built in 1899 and decommissioned around 1934. It was originally used in gold mining up Perry Creek. It was an overshot mine and at the time the wheel was used to supply power to two pumps that were used in mining in the

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The life of the more than 100-year-old water wheel at Fort Steele Heritage Town has been extended with the installation of a new support. Kootenay River. “You’ll notice if you come out here and look under the wheel itself and if you go down on the ground, you’ll see there are a couple more other pieces of equipment around it,” he said. “Those are the rest of the gears and rest of the structures that would’ve been used to power the pumps.” He said the wheel is the only remaining water wheel of its type that still exists in the area. “When they found it, it had been sitting in Perry Creek for a long time, so they decided to rescue it,” he said. “It does fall within our interpretive scope in that the whole area was known for gold mining.” The repairs used new wood, so they will be evident for the next few years — until the wood has been weathered. “It will look the same in the long term,” Froggatt said. “We had lots of debates about this wheel, because after all it’s not from Fort Steele. However, being that it’s perched there above

the Kootenay River, visible as you come down the mountain on Highway 3/95, it’s become an iconic symbol for Fort Steele.” Froggatt said he hopes that they can get some lighting on the wheel so it will be visible at nighttime from the highway. “When you look at it closely, it’s quite an engineering marvel. It’s this huge wooden wheel, with all these scoops on the outside for moving water,” he said. “It’s also braced with long metal rods and supports. It’s really amazing that it’s lasted as long as it has. We don’t find many wooden structures that big anymore.” Froggatt said the process of building the support structure took quite a while. “It took a few months, because the wood had to be milled locally, and it’s hard to find trees that big,” he said. “Everything was measured and pre-cut and brought onsite.” It was all laid out so that it could be assembled immediately once the work

started. They worked with local timber framer Dan Higgs and his partner, as well as students from the College of the Rockies timber framing course. On Wednesday, the crews were at the site with two cranes. They lifted the wheel and suspended it while they tore down the old structure and put up the new one. “Luckily the concrete bases and the middle brackets that hold it together were all still stable and they were in good condition,” Froggatt said. They started at 8 a.m. and late Wednesday night it was assembled together with only minor tweaks left to complete. The same crew is working on a new support for the water tower. The funding came through the Province of B.C. heritage branch. “Even though the society runs the park, it is done through a partnership with he province,” he said. “The province technically owns the site.” The project cost around $75,000.

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