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City withholds $50K from airport purchase BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

Following a 2014 Transport Canada audit, the City of Trail wound up paying $50,502 under the sale price for the Trail Regional Airport. That's about four per cent off the $1.28 million price tag that came with the city's deal to buy the Highway 22A air strip from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) last year. The final payment, $640,000, was payable to the RDKB last August. The city held back funds after the Process Validation Inspection (PVI) findings, better known as an audit, were released in March and called for a corrective plan to fix compliance infractions. “The city withheld moneys as a result of numerous issues that were discovered as part of the Transport Canada audit,” confirmed David Perehudoff, Trail's chief administrative officer (CAO). “The city did not believe it was reasonable for the city to absorb the costs to correct numerous deficiencies that brought the Operating Certificate into jeopardy,” he explained, adding the buyer expectation was that the airport was fully compliant with mandated regulations. The audit inspection was not a condition of the purchase agreement. “A condition in the agreement noted that the RDKB was in compliance with all licences and permits required to operate an airport,” Perehudoff added. “On receipt of the PVI results, it was very clear the airport was not being operated in compliance with the Operating Certificate issued by Transport Canada, and that remedial work had to be done.” The RDKB board directors reviewed the matter in an April 30 closed meeting, and agreed to a resolution that no action be taken regarding the City of Trail withholding $50,000 in the sale of the airport. “The deal/transaction is complete,” confirmed John MacLean,

CAO for the regional district. “The city withheld funds for what they deemed to be deficiencies (and) the board decided to take no action as to whether the withholdings were proper.” Since the audit, the city has work diligently to address all issues identified, said Perehudoff. “We have been in constant contact with Transport Canada as part of going through the many issues that were brought forward.” Three "moderate" cases and one "major" finding came up in the inspection. Among these, the report concluded the need of renewing an expired offset approach surface agreement; that a recent runway construction project was not done to compliance and that training and daily practices and procedures were not being recorded. Perehudoff confirmed if an action plan hadn't been developed following the PVI, the civic airport was at risk of losing its operating certification. The runway and fence presented significant issues, and while the city held back money to re-mark the runway, the latter was known prior to the sale and not included in the claim. “There is now a fully compliant fence around the airport property for which the city spent in the order of $160,000,” said Perehudoff. Deficiencies in ground staff training, hazard inventory and runway obstacle identification and remediation were additional problems the city addressed. Trail Regional Airport was last inspected in 2008, and since that time Transport Canada's focus has been implementation of Safety Management Systems. The federal body does not conduct inspections every time an airport is sold, but does consider ownership and managerial changes as factors in determining inspection priorities and schedules. Under the regional district's ownership, the airport service, which includes two scheduled commercial flights daily, was volunteerrun.

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Janet Cameron (left) and Joan McKenzie get ready for this weekend's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Strawberry Tea at the Trail United Church. The tea starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday and will raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, a group that supports grandmothers in Sub-Saharan Africa who are raising their grandchildren when the parents have passed away from AIDS. The church will be hosting anyone who wants to come and snack on cake, strawberries and real whipped cream. Tickets are $4 and there will be a collectibles table where items can be purchased by donation.

Warfield Community Day returns BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

After taking a year off and weathering a few name changes, Warfield's Community Day is back this Saturday. Diane Langman, Warfield councillor and member of the recreation committee, says the day has deep roots in the village no matter what it has been called in the past, and after no events last year for what would have been the 75th anniversary, it is time to bring the tradition back to life.

“It has gone through changes over the years from Community Days to Sports Day to Family Day and even while the name changes, it is the one day our community all comes together together to celebrate our spirit,” she said, adding that a call from village residents was the push the village council needed to make it happen. “This an event that people remember participating in during their youth through the years and we feel it is incredibly important to continue this tradition.” See KIDS’, Page 2

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FROM PAGE 1 Dating back to the event’s early form as Warfield Dominion Day, or Warfield Sports Day, kids in the village have been decorating their bikes for a parade and a moment in the spotlight. Langman says the parade, a crowd favourite, will continue and give some of the older residents a chance to see what kids can do to their bikes in the 21st Century. “We have pictures dating back to 1943 of Warfield and the bike parades,” she said. “This year, it’s coming back. We are doing a smaller All Wheel Parade that will run up Forrest Drive and end at the community hall where all the events are happening. We encourage all kids to decorate their bikes, scooters, strollers, etc and come out. Of course, helmets are a must.” The reincarnation of Warfield Community Day will also give the youth in the village the chance to continue on and experience the legacy. “Our whole community feels very strongly about having Warfield Days and letting the kids in the village experience the community spirit that has gone on through the years,” said Langman. “We want to make sure our kids have what we had as kids.”

On the village’s website is an account from longtime resident and Chair of the original Sports Day committee, Art Bickerton, detailing the origins of the community event in 1939. It cost $37.50 to put together, and passing the celebration on to younger generations was important to him, especially with the bike parade. “As chairman of that committee it was my duty to contact every household and to ask for 25 cents from each to defray expenses and for prize money for decorated buggies, tricycles, wagons and bicycles,” he relayed. “Five years after starting my term as chairman of the annual Sports Day, our daughter was born. I remained chairman of Sports Day long enough to very proudly give her 15 cents for best decorated buggy when she was five years old. I was not the judge although I did believe that the judges did a fine job.” It isn’t 1939 anymore, and it definitely costs more than $37.50 to put on a community event, but that hasn’t stopped Warfield Recreation from aiming high. The day starts off with a pancake breakfast at the community hall, grilled up by the staff from the Kootenay Savings Credit Union, bright and early at 8 a.m. and

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Sara and Kaitlyn Parsons, both 9, have their bikes decorated and ready to go for the Warfield Community Day All Wheel Parade. The parade is just one of the many attractions at this Saturday's community event, back after taking a one-year hiatus. Events include a pancake breakfast, family hike, hockey tournament and much more. goes until 11 a.m. The Forrest Drive bike parade starts at 10:30 a.m., led by the RCMP and running from Beaver Bend Park back to the community hall, where, after breakfast is cleaned up, the majority of the activities begin. The Village Square at the hall will play host to carnival games, live entertainment, bouncing castle, bocce and more until 3 p.m. For those that are looking to break a sweat and see some ideal mountain views

with family, there is a hike up to Table Top at 2 p.m. with a signup sheet circulated at breakfast. There is also a four-on-four hockey tournament which requires pre-registration and to close out the jam-packed day, villagers and visitors are invited to chow down at the barbecue steak and hamburger dinner that includes jo-jos, salad and a dessert. Langman says none of these events would be possible without the

help of the volunteers who dedicate their time and resources. “Volunteers are the backbone of this event,” she said. “(The Warfield R e c r e a t i o n Commission) put in a tireless amount of hours to ensure that things run smoothly. They start up at 6:30 a.m. getting sausages and pancakes ready and they don’t finish until well after 8 p.m. that night, stacking the last tables and chairs. They deserve a huge thank you.”

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LeRoi Foundation hands out spring grants By Liz Bevan Times Staff

This year's spring granting cycle has come to a close for Trail's LeRoi Community Foundation, with over $10,000 in grants handed out to seven local organizations. Laura Laratta, the chair of the foundation's granting committee, says when selecting recipients committee members look to see where they can have the most effect. “We have discussions about which projects really speak to us,” she said. “We look to see where we can have the most impact by giving some money, or which projects we feel are really great for this cycle. “We really try to make an effort to make sure that we touch on different areas of interest like (environment, arts and culture, health and wellness

and more).” The grant money comes from a number of endowments from stakeholders and citizens, which is administered by the foundation. Last week, the foundation handed over a check for $10,080 to be spread out amongst the 1st Warfield Beavers, Cubs and Scouts for a Cub Car Track, the Trail and District Public Library for their summer reading program, Wildsight for the Education in the Wild program, the Generation to Generation Society for the Red Roofs Duathlon, the Greater Trail Community Skills Centre for a new mural celebrating women, the Trail Historical Society for its 2016 historical calendar project and Black Jack Ski Club to go towards new equipment. Gerald Klassen,

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The LeRoi Community Foundation handed out its spring grants, (totalling $10,080) to seven different charitable organizations. Representatives are pictured with Dr. Peter Morgenthaler, Treasure, and Laura Laratta, Secretary and Grants chair. treasurer for the Rossland-based cross country ski club, says the $2,000 the group received from the foundation is another

step up the ladder towards paying off a newer Snow Cat machine to keep the ski runs groomed and ready for action.

‘Stairway to Entertainment’ on Sunday Grapevine is a public service provided by or Debbie O'Genski at the health foundation, the Trail Times and is not a guaranteed sub- 364.3424 or by email lisa.pasin@interiorhealth. mission. For full list of events visit trailtimes. ca or debbie.o'genski@interiorhealth.ca. ca. Upcoming Other • June 5 and June 6, Charles Bailey Theatre, • Saturday, Warfield Community Day. 8-11 7 p.m. the J.L. Crowe Players present Grease. a.m. pancake breakfast in Warfield Community Ms. LaFonde's drama class takes to the stage to Hall. 10:30 bike parade down Forrest Drive, perform one of the most successful musicals 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Games, food of all time. vendors, bocce and more in Village • June 5, Ferraro Foods in Square Park. BBQ dinner seatings downtown Trail. Fundraiser for at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. For info call MS research. the office at 368.8202. • June 7, Royal Theatre 11 a.m. • Saturday, Trail United Church, for Royal Ballet performance La 1-3 p.m. Gran to Grans Strawberry Events & Happenings in Fille Mal Gardée. Classic romantic Tea. Proceeds to Stephen Lewis the Lower Columbia comedy, heartfelt tale of young Foundation to support communitylove, and whirl of half-wit suitors based organizations that are turning the tide of and curmudgeonly guardians. Final show of HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. the season. Tickets $24 adult, $12 child, $10 • Saturday, Gyro Park from 4-10 p.m. Relay local dancer rate. for Life. Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser. • June 11, Gyro Park, 7 p.m. Kootenay Live entertainment, silent auction, raffle and Savings Music in the Park begins with perforkid zone. mance by the Trail Pipe Band and the Kate E. • Sunday, Charles Bailey Theatre, 3 p.m. Shaw dancers. for the Steps Dance Centre's Stairway to • June 20, Charles Bailey Theatre, 6:30 p.m. Entertainment. Show features dancers ages Kootenay Danceworks presents Dancing Divas 4-40. Call 368.9669 for info. & Dads. Students demonstrate their skills • Registration open for KBRH Health and talents at the annual year end show. Dads Foundation's Golf Classic July 17 at Birchbank will be joining them this year. For info call golf course. 11 a.m. registration, 1 p.m. shot- 368.9669. gun start, 18 hole shamble format. Dinner and To submit to Grapevine email newsroom@ prizes follow. For more info, contact Lisa Pasin trailtimes.ca

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“(Snow Cats) are very expensive, he said, “Let me put it this way – anything helps. We have good membership at the club, but the memberships don't cost a lot per year. So any kind of grant is great. And the LeRoi Foundation helped us by relieving some of the pressure on us as far as our payment schedule is concerned.

Instead of paying it off in 2018, maybe we can do it 2017.” The club has two machines, but one is on its last legs, so instead of spending $40,000 on a complete overhaul, Black Jack decided to invest in a new machine. Klassen says without the investment, the club wouldn't be able to host large events for

cross country skiers across Canada. “(The current machine) was getting long in the tooth. They are only useful for a certain number of hours,” he explained. “We run these really big world-class races up there and if we have a groomer that breaks down, we are screwed. We have people coming from all over North America. If something happens to these big machines, and we are hosting these races that are really good for our club because we make money, we need a back-up.” Now that the spring granting cycle has come to a close, Laratta says the LeRoi Foundation is hunkering down for the summer, figuring out ways to raise money and continue growing its endowments. Sometime in October, the foundation will be getting ready to start receiving applications for its fall granting cycle. For more information about the foundation, how to apply for grants or to see past recipients, visit www. leroifoundation.com.

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City council moves to disqualify councillor Grand Forks Gazette Members of city council took the first steps to disqualifying councillor Julia Butler at an in-camera meeting Monday. At the regular council meeting Monday night Mayor Frank Konrad read a statement saying, “The City of Grand Forks city council voted in favour of filing an application to the court for the declaration of disqualification against councillor Julia Butler. The petition was filed pursuant to section 111 of the community charter application to court declaration of disqualification pursuant to section 110—restrictions on participation in conflict. “Council moved forward with a petition to protect the best inter-

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ests of the organization and will proceed with the filing of the application to the Supreme Court immediately, ” said the statement. Konrad added that council would not be able to speak further on the matter as it is now filed in court. Council voted 5-2 to accept the statement. Voting for the motion were Councillors Neil Krog, Michael Wirischagin, Chris Hammett and Christine Thompson. Mayor Konrad and Councillor Julia Butler opposed the motion. Earlier Monday, the city released a press release regarding conflict of interest issues involving both Butler and Konrad. That statement was based on an opinion from the city’s legal counsel, Young Anderson.

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Fertich, Francis (Frank) Otto February 29, 1928 October 15, 2014

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Family and friends are invited to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #11, Trail on May 29th, 2015 at 10:00am for a Veterans Memorial Service, followed by the Graveside Service at the graveside of Verne Francis Fertich for the interment of the ashes of Frank and Dorothy Fertich (Fox). Graveside services will commence at 1100 hours in the Mountain View Cemetery. Frank was a WWII veteran, completing 30 operations as a mid-upper turret gunner in a Lancaster Bomber. Frank received many medals from his wartime career, including the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM). The DFM was for having completed numerous operations against the enemy, during an attack by a F.W. 190 he displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty. With a rear gunner mortally wounded, with no thought of danger to himself, Frank shot the enemy from the sky, thus saving himself and other crew members. Returning home from the war, Frank was the Deputy Chief Firefighter of the City of Rossland before rejoining the RCAF in 1952. Throughout his career, he instructed Fire Fighting in Camp Borden, Ontario and was part of the opening of the Bomarc Missile site in LaMacaza, Quebec. Frank and Dorothy were posted to MacDonald, Manitoba; Chatham, New Brunswick and Downsview, Ontario as Fire Chiefs. Frank was on his way back to Penticton in 1972 and landed a job with the Alberta Government as the Fire Chief for the next eight years at the hospital in Ponoka, Alberta. He then retired to Penticton. After the passing of Dorothy, he went to Victoria and lived in the Legion Villa in Langford, BC. A special thanks to his daughter, Cheryl, for attending to Frank’s needs over the last years. Frank was married for 59 years. He is survived by his sons Wayne Francis (Mae Anne) from Grimsby, Ontario; Lawrence Verne (Rita) from Edmonton, Alberta; one daughter, Cheryl Ann, from Victoria, British Columbia; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Frank was predeceased by his parents Mathias and Theresa, previously of Montrose; his brother Joseph (Thelma) and his sister Marion Pudleiner (Sam). Dorothy was predeceased by her parents John and Marie Fox, previously of Rossland; her brothers John (Bud) and Vernon; brother-in-law Jimmy and sister-inlaw Margaret. Her sister Eileen passed in 2014. Dorothy is survived by her brothers Robert (Bill), Douglas (Huguette), Leonard (Annette), Raymond (Tammy); her sisters Loretta, Helen Jean (Fred) and sister-in-law Terri. Donations may be made to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #11, Trail in memory of Frank. Frank will be missed by us all and everyone knowing him. There will be a luncheon reception following the Graveside Service at the Royal Canadian Legion #11, Trail. Veterans, Ladies Auxiliary and Members, please attend.

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The Fraternal Order of Eagles No.2838, Trail Branch, represented by Tom Yuris (left) and Victor Steiner (right) donated $1,000 to the Urology Campaign. Lisa Pasin, Director of Development KBRH Health Foundation accepts this donation. If you are interested in joining the Eagles, please call Tom @ 250.368.9933. The Eagles raise funds through the Arlington Meat Draw on Fridays and every second Saturday. Proceeds are directed to support multiple charities within the Greater Trail Area.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark, called “a snake charmer of the soul” for her gift of capturing searing images of human vulnerability, has died at age 75. She died Monday at a New York hospital after a long battle with a blood illness caused by bone marrow failure, her close friend Kelly Cutrone said. Mark’s subjects ranged from runaway children and heroin addicts to celebrities and world leaders. She also pointed her lens at members of the Ku Klux Klan, a women’s security ward in a mental institution and various celebrities. Over the decades, “what resulted was, in fact, a lamentation: one of the most delicately shaded studies of vulnerability ever set on film,” wrote the late Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes.

Wally was born on December 10, 1944 in Wynyard, Sask. He was a natural athlete excelling in hockey, baseball and golf. He was married in 1966 to Patti and had many wonderful years until her passing in 1989. Wally was a ﬁreman for over 20 years, an occupation he was very proud of. Wally is survived by sons Darcy - (grandchildren - Cassidy (Lennon), Kieran, Abi) and Dusty (grandchildren - Joey, Daniel), 2 brothers, 3 sisters and their families as well as his good friend Carol and family and numerous in-laws. There will be a celebration of life for Wally on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Glenmerry Hall, 3375 Laburnum Drive, Trail with Gwen Ziprick, Celebrant. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Wally’s life. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Wally’s name may be made to the BC Heart & Stroke Foundation at 4 - 1551 Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9M9 or online at www.heartandstroke.bc.ca You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

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of Rossland passed away on May 24, 2015 at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. At Clarisse’s request, a funeral will not be held. Cremation has taken place and interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Rossland will take place at a later date. Letters of condolence may be mailed to Clarisse’s husband Robert Smith at PO Box 522, Rossand, BC, V0G 1Y0. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Clarisse’s name may be made to BC Children’s Hospital at 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1 or online at www.bcchildrens.ca

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A collection of Mark photographs in a book titled “Streetwise” documents the life of Tiny Blackwell, a Seattle prostitute and drug addict Mark met in the 1980s when Tiny was 13. A new book on Blackwell photographed over decades is titled “Tiny: Streetwise Revisited.” The photographer chose Seattle “because it is known as ‘America’s most livable city,”’ she wrote in the preface to her book on the subject. “By choosing America’s ideal city we were making the point: ‘If street kids exist in a city like Seattle then they can be found everywhere in America, and we are therefore facing a major social problem of runaways in this country.”’ Mark’s work appeared in prominent publications including Life, the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. She also published 18 books. “She was a snake charmer of the soul,” said Cutrone, an author and publicist who considered Mark “like my divine mother and mentor.” ”She had the ability and intuition to see inside people, to evoke their soul.“ Mark, a photographer’s photographer, never really switched to digital cameras. “I’m staying with film, and with silver prints, and no Photoshop,” she told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2008. “That’s the way I learned photography: You make your picture in the camera. Now, so much is made in the computer. ... I’m not anti-digital, I just think, for me, film works better.”

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Canada Post and Hamilton continue court fight over large community mailboxes

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Transit-tax deadline nears THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA - Elections BC says its has received and screened nearly 45 per cent of the transit-tax plebiscite packages mailed to Metro Vancouver residents two days before voting closes. Ballots must be in by 8 p.m. Friday, and can be dropped off at nine offices throughout the region. Chief electoral officer Keith Archer says the voting results will be forwarded to the speaker of the legislative assembly in late June. Over 1.56 million ballot packages were mailed to registered voters in Metro Vancouver since mid-March. Metro Vancouver residents have the option of paying a half-per-cent sales tax to fund $7.5 billion in transportation projects that includes more buses, roads, light rapid transit and a new bridge.

THE CANADIAN PRESS HAMILTON - Local governments should have a say in the placement of large community mailboxes even if federal law states they can go on municipal property, a lawyer for a southern Ontario city argued in court Wednesday. Canada Post and the City of Hamilton are locking horns over a local bylaw that requires Canada Post to obtain a $200 permit per site to install the mailboxes on municipal land. The Crown corporation argues the bylaw infringes on federal rules that grant Canada Post final say over the location of mail receptacles. It also says Hamilton officials had the chance to weigh in on where the mailboxes would go but

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Minister in learning mode THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Alberta’s new energy minister says she’s in listening and learning mode as the NDP government prepares to review oil and gas royalties. Marg McCuaig-Boyd says the royalty review is a priority and she’s hoping a panel can be assembled within six months. McCuaig-Boyd says she wants the industry to know she is taking on her new role with no preconceived notions and considers herself a collaborative and pragmatic person. Some in the oilpatch had been hoping to see someone with more experience in the sector or with a higher profile appointed as energy minister.

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he doesn’t expect the federal Conservatives to ever actually go ahead with a voluntary expansion of the Canada Pension Plan. The Tories say they will consult experts about giving people the option to pump more of their earnings into the CPP as way to boost their retirement savings. Mulcair calls the about-face a “lastminute conversion” that’s aimed at shoring up political support,

Mine may not re-open THE CANADIAN PRESS PREISSAC, Que. - The manager of a Quebec gold mine where nine people were trapped for 18 hours says the section where the incident happened may not reopen. Sylvain Lehoux says a survey will need to be done with consultants and engineers to determine whether the area is safe. The miners were rescued Tuesday by a tunnelling machine at the IAMGOLD Corp. facility in northwestern Quebec. They became trapped after a wall moved because of seismic activity in the area. Lehoux notes that in January several miners were also caught in an area not far from the location of Tuesday’s wall collapse.

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the past. “Canada Post isn’t saying the city doesn’t have a role to play,” though it may just be a supporting role, Judge Alan Whitten said. But Hidalgo argued the approval process must be centralized to make sure the mailboxes don’t conflict with existing infrastructure and permits. In the past, the super mailboxes have only been installed in new developments, and the city was involved in choosing the location, she said. Adding the boxes to established neighbourhoods - with their own traffic patterns, street lights and trees - creates “additional levels of intricacy and complications that need to be assessed” in order to protect residents’ interests, she said.

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chose not to engage. The city’s lawyer told a Hamilton court the dispute isn’t about wresting control away from Canada Post, but about ensuring the city has a role to play, which she called “a question of national importance.” The bylaw was put in place to formalize the consultation process and set out specific criteria with which to review the proposed sites, Justyna Hidalgo said. “The city isn’t choosing a location, it’s just confirming the location chosen by Canada Post,” she said. The judge overseeing the case called it a matter of “semantics” and questioned whether it was necessary to create an additional layer of bureaucracy when informal consultations have worked in

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but he doesn’t think it will ever see the light of day, considering they’ve opposed the idea for nearly 10 years. The NDP leader does acknowledge, however, that former finance minister Jim Flaherty had shown some openness to the idea of expanding the

CPP. On Tuesday, Finance Minister Joe Oliver said the government will consult experts and stakeholders to allow voluntary CPP contributions. The New Democrats have long supported mandatory expansion of the CPP to help Canadians.

She admitted, however, that the city hasn’t reviewed the hundreds of locations submitted by Canada Post and thus doesn’t know whether they meet the standards laid out in the bylaw. The sites haven’t been evaluated because Canada Post refused to submit to the permit process, she said. Canada Post is in the process of installing the super mailboxes as it discontinues home mail delivery, a move it says is necessary to its financial survival as more Canadians switch to electronic means of communication. The move has sparked a lawsuit from a union representing postal workers that

wants the Federal Court to declare the cancellation of home delivery unconstitutional. A group of Montreal-area mayors have said they hope to join that action and have accused Canada Post of ignoring their concerns. The Hamilton judge suggested Wednesday that city officials may have enacted the bylaw to oppose the cancellation of home delivery. Their lawyer denied it, saying officials recognize it’s not in their power and simply want to regulate where the boxes can go. The case could have broad implications as similar situations arise in other Canadian municipalities.

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There are solutions to the skate park question

he amount of backlash over the City of Trail’s recent announcement that it will conduct a survey to determine the future of a skate park is not surprising. Groups and citizens have been clamoring for a facility for some time and it even became a topic for discussion during the municipal election forum. Outgoing mayor Dieter Bogs admitted it was the one item he regrets not accomplishing during his time in office. There have been surveys, open houses, detailed plans created and quite a bit of money already invested in to creating a skate park but so far not one shovel has broke ground. Councillor Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson made an excellent point when she mentioned the low turnout from users during promotional days aimed at bringing attention to the need of the facility. Many of the young citizens attending council said they had no idea these events were planned and pointed to a lack of proper notification through chan-

nels more commonly used by the area’s youth. It led to some finger pointing but again no resolution. Meanwhile, communities like Rossland, Nelson, even Ymir went ahead with their own plans spurred on more by community involvement rather than political will. However, the recent tone of letters in the Trail Times suggest the city owes the youth a skate park after putting off a decision for so long. I agree … to an extent. While some may say ballplayers and hockey players never had to fundraise for their facilities, it should be pointed out that an army of parents/volunteers help fundraise for their respective sports. Few parents work harder at getting a playing surface ready for use than baseball parents. Raking, lining, prepping, covering, drying and fixing are all part of the field duties when you sign up your child for baseball. Some parents do it more than others but there are always the diehards at every game, along with the players, doing the work.

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While hockey parents can’t operate the Zamboni, they are always there during tournaments and events selling tickets, garnering prizes for raffles, baking pies, keeping score, coaching and countless other behind the scenes work that often goes unnoticed except by people close to those organizations. Andy Bilesky Park, Butler Park and even the Trail Memorial Centre were all community efforts built through corporate donations, fundraising and, most importantly, a lot of volunteer effort. When I read a story about the Ymir skate park and how it came to fruition on a shoestring budget and

some hard working volunteers, it made me wonder about the local pool of volunteers and the expertise always eager to help when a project is planned. Is that another possible route? Perhaps building something on a less grandiose scale and improving it as time goes on. Montrose did well for years with its wooden skateboard park, albeit the park has seen better days. If nothing else, something temporary would actually allow this generation of kids, that everyone is fighting for, to have some place to skateboard while the decision-making grinds its way through the system. No need to wait for that elusive grant money. The $16,000 spent on a survey would probably be enough to buy lumber. Then it would be up to the skate park group to round up the volunteers to hammer it together. Of course that might be a little too optimistic. Perhaps another avenue might be to simply look at the latest recreation agreement between Trail and Warfield. Two communities

that are closely linked finally came to an agreement on an issue that impacts us all. Recently Warfield even discussed supporting a pump track for BMX riders. So why can’t both communities share in the idea of a skate park? Why has the onus fallen on Trail taxpayers to foot the bill for a park that should be welcoming to all? Haley Park would be a great location. It’s well lit and already has washrooms and fencing. It’s a park that is already used by young families and what a great addition it would make. I’ve played a lot of ball games at Haley and I know there are a lot of kids with not much to do while Mom or Dad are busy playing ball or soccer. Warfield has a strong core of young people that would embrace the facility, and well within walking distance for so many families. There is an answer to the skate park question out there. The challenge is to seek it and move forward. Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times

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Letters & Opinion

The obsession with muzzling scientists

An editorial from the Halifax Chronicle-Herald It’s easy to make fun of the Harper government’s obsession with tightly controlling the message when, for example, Ottawa prevents a government scientist from talking to the media in a timely way about research on a 13,000-year-old flood in northern Canada. The spin doctors look foolishly obsessive and paranoid. Snickers ensue. Why should the Conservatives care what a federal scientist says about a prehistoric flood? But it’s no laughing matter when government scientists, through their union, feel they must seek clauses in a new collective agreement to protect themselves from being coerced to alter data and to prohibit policy-makers from knowingly misrepresenting their work. It’s disturbing when those same scientists feel only a legal contract will protect their right to speak openly — with reasonable exceptions — about their work, to publish their findings without political interference and to collaborate with scientists in other countries. Yet that’s where we are this week.

Officials with the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, the union representing about 15,000 scientists and engineers, say those members have made clear their top priority is enshrining scientific integrity language into a new collective agreement. Scientific research findings aren’t raw material to be stifled or spun according to the needs of the Tories’ never-ending reelection campaign. Furthermore, taxpayers — who, after all, funded the scientists’ work — have a right to know what their tax dollars produced, whether or not those findings are politically convenient for the government of the day. The Harper government’s muzzling of federal scientists has concerned the international scientific world. Last fall, in open letter signed by more than 800 scientists from 32 countries, Ottawa was urged to end “burdensome restrictions on scientific communication and collaboration faced by Canadian government scientists.” Steven Campana, a former Department of Fisheries and

Oceans scientist, retired early over his disgust with the toxic work environment created by the federal Conservative government, he told Herald staff reporter Mary Ellen MacIntyre earlier this week. “People are leaving because they are unhappy with the work environment, and maybe there will be a change in government and maybe there won’t, but even if the government changes, I fear the damage has been done,” said Mr. Campana, who worked at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography for more than 30 years. Mr. Campana, who now works in Iceland, said that under the Harper government, bureaucrats’ rigid control of information was constant, even when there was no obvious link to government policy. Government spokesmen repeat the same bland assurances that scientists are readily available to share their research with the public, but repetition doesn’t make it so. Their union, meanwhile, says a new survey found that nine out of 10 government scientists say they feel they are not allowed to speak freely about their work.

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These are discouraging examples of how Trail fails to value / empower / support its youth. What message do our young people take with them into adulthood? As a parent of two adolescents – neither of whom rides a skateboard -- I am angry that the Skate Park has not yet broken ground. Rightly or not, I get the message that young people have less value to this City than downtown signage and airport expansion. Do I want to see a pedestrian bridge? A new library? A revitalized downtown? Absolutely! But only after the efforts and needs of local youth are given the priority, and results, they deserve. So enough with the delays, surveys, studies, and consultations. Let’s build the Skate Park, already! The stakes are too high not to: We risk losing our youth – not because they don’t have a Skate Park, but because the community doesn’t show our kids they’re worth it. Jennifer Sirges Trail

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es beyond the few visible youths on the Skate Park committee: hundreds of Trail teenagers are getting the message that the requests, efforts and contributions of their peers are repeatedly being bumped to the bottom of the list. Disempowered youths become disengaged adults – is this what we want? No, but it’s where we’re going. Extensive research shows that teens thrive when they are valued, empowered, and supported in their communities. What happens in Trail? · A park is designed “skateboard-proof.” · Stray soccer balls are seen as a nuisance problem. · A youth task force is set unprecedented goals, and then loses grant money when adults delay. · At a free Youth Action Summit (Oct 2014, Nelson), Trail had no youth representation. · Trail’s spring newsletter makes no reference to a Skate Park (benefit: 100’s), but half a page for the Ambassador Program (benefit: 3).

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Just in case the dice don’t roll in my favour and I miss a voice in the survey, here’s one more opinion about the current Skate Park situation: 1. The Skate Park is a good idea. Build it, already! 2. The Skate Park survey is a bad idea. It only reinforces the impression of poor faith and foot-dragging, even for those (like me) who try to give Council the benefit of the doubt. There is an impressive determination among local youth that has persevered despite having cold water poured endlessly on their efforts. Supporters have presented the case for a Skate Park repeatedly, responsibly, respectfully, and resourcefully. Early advocates who began this campaign as teenagers are now in their twenties, and still there is no Skate Park. The latest survey stinks of being an excuse by our elected officials to see if this project can be pushed off the agenda yet again. The City of Trail is effectively disenfranchising young people in this town. The impact reach-

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which point the cougar climbed back down and continued to attack the dog. “The cougar came down the tree and got on top of the dog at which time one of the [residents] grabbed a large stick and started hitting the cougar with the stick, allowing the dog to escape.” This was unfortunately not an isolated incident. Two days later, a resident in Sparwood encountered the same cougar attacking his dog underneath his mobile home. “He crawled underneath his mobile home

on his hands and knees and struck the cougar several times with a hammer,” noted Gilewicz, adding that the dog was able to escape with minor injuries. Following the incident, the resident called over his neighbour and they again located the cougar underneath the Sparwood resident’s mobile home. “Because of what had happened they shot the cougar,” Gilewicz said. “They were right in doing what they had done and defending their dog.” The Conservation

Officer said that because the cougar gave off a strong scent of skunk in both incidents, he was confident that it was the same animal. Conservation Officers highlighted the condition of the cougar, noting that the young male appeared malnourished. “This cougar wasn’t healthy,” Conservation Officer Trish Burley said. “It was a younger cat that was emaciated and pretty skinny.” She added that although these types of attacks are extremely rare, it is essential to exercise precaution

when outdoors. “For cougar safety, it’s always good for people to be aware of their surroundings, have their dogs on leash, make lots of noise. “When you do come across a cougar, it’s best not to run, it’s recommended to back up slowly, get out of the area and give it its space,” she highlighted. Gilewicz reiterated Burley’s warnings, stating, “We live in an area surrounded by wildlife and at times it does encroach. We should be aware of our pets and property.”

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at 30 metres, meaning most of the people living or working in the 500 metre radius that Clapperton says is the danger area, were not notified or asked to provide input. Council voted to wait until the end of the public response before they decided to proved “concurrence” or “nonconcurrence” to Industry Canada.

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the decision that concluded that building a large ski resort in a sacred area known as Qat’muk would not interfere with Ktunaxa spiritual beliefs and practices. The Ktunaxa Nation Council says otherwise, according to chair Kathryn Teneese. “The basis of it is we do not feel that the court and the province correctly assessed the impact of the development on Ktunaxa spirituality,” said Teneese. “...I’ll give the benefit of the doubt— probably because they didn’t understand what we were bringing forward that it was not given, in our opinion, full consideration in the decision—first of all to move forward in the development, secondly in our application for judicial review. “Now, we’re hoping that the court now will agree with us and we can proceed with a judicial review of the decision.” The Ktunaxa have lived in the region for centuries and have a deep spiritual connection to the animal world and, in particular, to the grizzly bear. Qat’muk, the Ktunaxa descriptor for the Jumbo massif, is considered a special place where the Grizzly Bear Spirit was born, goes to heal itself, and returns to the spirit world. According to Ktunaxa beliefs, the Grizzly Bear Spirit is an important source of guidance, strength, protection and spirituality. “Basically, it’s just our intent of reminding folks that we’re still involved and the issue hasn’t fallen off our radar and we want to hopefully find resolution and the only way that we have accessible to us at this present time is through the courts,” said Teneese. “We are going to be bringing forward some arguments that we feel are compelling, but it’s up to the court to make that decision.” It will likely be a couple months for a decision to come back on the appeal.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “Grow up.” That’s what I tell some of my plants. Upright plants, bathed in air, are less apt to get fungal diseases, and those bearing fruits - tomatoes, for example - are less likely to have their fruits attacked by slugs and turtles. And of course, flowers that stand tall stare boldly from the garden. Delphiniums, lilies and larkspurs grow upright all by themselves, but can be buffeted down by wind or rain unless staked. Not so a vine of tomato or trumpet honeysuckle, either of which is just as happy to crawl over the ground as to climb a stake. Avoid root damage when putting a stake in the ground. When an established perennial plant awakens for the season and its new growth needs staking, push or pound the stake into the ground a few inches away from the crown of the plant. With annual plants, pound or push the stake into the ground before or when you set out your plants (before the roots have spread). Sink the stake sufficiently deep in the ground to perform its job. A 2-by-2-inch wooden stake for a tomato will eventually topple unless its base

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Last week’s spell of sunny days helped bring everything into an early bloom. Above; Anna King shared her photo of a Aquilegia, commonly called a Columbine, enjoying the sun in her flower bed. Below; Beth Truant shared this photo of a hoya plant in rare bloom. If you have a recent photo you would like to share email it to editor@trailtimes.ca.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS For those wondering how to conserve water and lower water bills, here are simple ways to slash home water use: REPLACE YOUR GRASS LAWN WITH DROUGHTTOLERANT PLANTS AND MATERIALS Landscaping and turf watering generally account for a hefty 60 per cent to 80 per cent of home water use, according to Arthur and Ward, so one way to conserve water is to literally rip out your lawn. As an incentive, water districts across many states have been offering conservation rebates to residents who remove their lawn grass and replace it with drought-tolerant native plants, mulch, bark, gravel and dripirrigation systems, which target plants at their roots. M O N I T O R SPRINKLERS AND DON’T WATER DURING THE DAY If you do keep your lawn, monitor auto-

matic sprinklers closely to check for leaks or runoff, and make sure they’re not on when it rains or during the day. Water is more likely to evaporate when the sun is at full strength. Watering by hand is best, Ward added. “You should water either when the sun goes down or before it comes up,” said Arthur. “It really makes a big difference.” CHECK FOR TOILET LEAKS While most toilets these days are lowflow and use 1.6 gallons of water per flush, according to Ward, a toilet leak can waste about 200 gallons of water a day. A DAY. These leaks are huge and silent. One way to identify a leak, Ward said, is to do a dye test. Drop a food-colour tablet from a plumbing or other store into the toilet tank. Wait 10 to 15 minutes without flushing, and then look in the toilet bowl. If there’s colour in it, that means there’s a leak from the tank into

the bowl, and you need to replace the tank’s rubber flapper that lets water through. Rubber flappers can warp or erode over time.

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A full compliment of young golfers showed up for free golf lessons at the Birchbank Golf Course earlier this month. Throughout May and June, Birchbank offers free lessons on Mondays at 4 p.m. for new golfers ages six-to -16, culminating with a Drive, Pitch, and Putt competition to wind up the program on June 20.

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Rising attendance helps mitigate bottom line By Jim Bailey

Times Sports Editor

The Trail Smoke Eaters Hockey Club Society held their annual general meeting on Tuesday at the Trail Memorial Centre, and despite another financial loss of over $70,000, the news wasn’t all bad. “We made a lot of steps last year hockey wise, financially there was some improvement but one big headache was our bus, and it cost us $35,000 and when push comes to shove it’s money out the window,” said Smoke Eater president Tom Gawryletz. When the team bus broke down on the road in midJanuary, it proved one of the biggest setbacks of the year for the Smoke Eaters. Not only was it out of commission for six weeks, to fix and hire an alternative mode of transportation cost an estimated $35,000, a considerable and unexpected expense. In addition, revenue that may have been generated through bus rental was also lost taking a $10,000 hit, from the $31,200 raised last season. “Not much you can do about it. Take that $35,000 off the bottom line, sure you lost money but it doesn’t look half as bad.” On the up-side, the Smoke Eaters’ attendance figures shot up averaging 915 fans per game, an improvement on

the 823 averaged in 2014. In addition, the Smoke Eaters 2015 annual revenue climbed by more than $26,000 as the team grossed over $452,000. “It was good to see the increases at the rink, attendance wise,” he said. “We attribute that to some of the work the booster club did, and Steve (Robinson) had a lot of young kids from minor hockey in the rink.” While the on-ice product failed to make the playoffs for the fourth straight year, the team was much improved and with four local players and 10 commits, the Smoke Eaters played entertaining hockey. The quality on the ice was reflected in a modest increase in gate receipts, $54,587, up $4,200 from 2014, and game night sales at the concessions, beer garden, special events, and Smokies merchandise jumped almost $23,000 from last season to $145,468. This year’s fundraising efforts proved crucial as the Smoke Eaters Steak and Prawn banquet, the 50/50 progressive and 50/50 game night draws added over $33,000 to the coffers. Season ticket sales remained relatively unchanged at just over $39,000, while hockey camps garnered an extra $5,000 this year, neting $22,493 as opposed to $17,539 in ‘14. Gawryletz attributed much of the increase revenue to the

countless free tickets given away to help attract more fans, particularly young ones, but it’s likely not a strategy that will continue. “We gave out thousands and thousands of tickets to schools and season’s ticket holders to distribute to their friends, and they all came to the rink, and when the rink’s full everybody spends money.” In the final game of the season, close to 1,400 fans attended, and while gamenight sales were one of the highest of the season, only 60 fans paid at the gate. “If I was to say to you that we were going to open the doors every game and let everybody in free, I’d be all for it if you can guarantee me that kind of money, but we all know that won’t happen.” As for expenses, Salaries dropped over $16,000 from a high of $109,000 in 2014, and equipment costs were down about $8,000, yet nearly everything else, travel, administration, billeting, player costs, and ice rentals all had marginal increases. In the end, expenses came to $526,772, resulting in a $73,851 loss. “The key for us, Steve (Robinson) and I and Rick (Basso) and anyone that joins the board, we have to figure out how to raise more money, not cut more money,” said Gawryletz. “Our expenses have pretty much stayed the same

for the last five or six years, right around that $500,000 dollar mark. The cost of fuel, meals, transportation, hotels - everything is going up gradually and we’re doing the best we can to keep it in line.” Looking forward, Gawryletz and the executive intend to find more ways to help generate income, with the realization that a winning team and a playoff run would go a long way to buoy the bottom line. “We have to find a way to generate $50-60,000 more per year, that’s what it comes down to, whether it’s people in the seats, fundraisers, it doesn’t matter what it is that’s the number we need, we can’t continue on operating with these kinds of deficits every year or we won’t be around much longer. It’s going to be our job to try to find that money.” In other business, Jack Beard will step down from the executive after years of service, while Ken Siddall will step up to take his place. The remaining executive consists of Gawryletz, Robinson, and Rick Basso. Laurel Calhoun will return as the team’s athletic therapist, and, as reported earlier, Ryan Donald has been hired as assistant coach, while the coaching staff of Nick Deschenes and assistants Barry Zanier and Craig Clair will also return.

The Smoke Eaters AGM also provided insight into the up-and-coming on-ice product as the coaching staff prepares for the Smokies Spring Training Camp in Whistler this weekend. Trail will look to improve on a year that began filled with promise, but crucial injuries and an extended mid-season slump ended the Smoke Eaters hopes at a playoff run. Still, the team was successful off the ice graduating a number of players to play college hockey including Greater Trail products Scott Davidson, Craig Martin, Jake Lucchini, and Dallas Calvin. “Looking at the past year we had 10 NCAA committed players come through our program, which as Trail and its history and as a small market team that angle is very beneficial to parents, it’s what players play for, so to have that this past season is definitely a positive,” head coach Nick Deschenes. However, Deschenes predicts there will be less than half that number of committed players in the line up to start the season, and believes that may be beneficial to creating a new dynamic. “We’re not going to have as many scholarships, I’m guessing three to five scholarships to start the year, which will lend itself to a lot of players who are on that cusp are really going to be hungry and will push for those opportunities.” While only five other BCHL teams scored more goals than Trail, 208, last season, the Smoke Eaters had the second worst goals against, 249, in the league. Deschenes would like to see that disparity of a high-octane offence and a not-soeffective defence and goaltending become more balanced. “It’s really going to be a different team, it’s not going to be the Dallas Calvins, or Jake Lucchinis or any of those offensive threats, but overall it’s going to be a balanced attack,” said Deschenes. “It’s going to be a different look. It’s going to be balanced, gritty, physical, and hungry team. We’re going to be tough to play against, and be better defensively and in goal.” Approximately 100 players have signed up for the camp, with many talented Lower Mainland prospects ready to hit the ice. Many of the players attending have been identified as future prospects and on the coach’s radar for upcoming years. “It’s hard to evaluate a kid over four days, but if you see him over the course of a year, that says a lot,” said Deschenes. “I can see him have a great game, but I’m wondering if that’s all the time, we’re you better than last month . . . We committed a kid last camp because we saw that progression.” Deschenes is also looking forward to consulting with new assistant coach Ryan Donald who will join the coaching staff in Whistler this weekend. The Smoke Eater Booster Club will also be back to help with fundraising and nutrition and maintain the excellent community relations developed by last year’s club.

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FIFA executives indicted in U.S. corruption probe THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ZURICH - Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA’s awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested Wednesday pending extradition to the U.S. in a separate probe of “rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted” corruption. FIFA, meanwhile, said Friday’s presidential election would go ahead as planned with Sepp Blatter going for a fifth term. Blatter was not named in either investigation. FIFA also ruled out a revote of the World Cups won by Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022. The Swiss prosecutors’ office said in a statement they seized “electronic data and documents” at FIFA’s headquarters on Wednesday as part of their probe. And Swiss police said they will question 10 FIFA executive committee members who took part in the World Cup votes in

December 2010. The Swiss investigation against “persons unknown on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money laundering” again throws into the doubt the integrity of the voting. “FIFA is fully cooperating with the investigation and is supporting the collection of evidence in this regard,” FIFA said in a statement. The Swiss announcement came only hours after 14 people were indicted in the U.S. for corruption. Seven of them were arrested and detained by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities after a raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that two current FIFA vice-presidents were among those arrested and indicted, Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands and Eugenio Figueredo of Uruguay. The others are Eduardo Li of Costa Rica, Julio Rocha of Nicaragua,

Costas Takkas of Britain, Rafael Esquivel of Venezuela and Jose Maria Marin of Brazil. All seven are connected with the regional confederations of North and South America and face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. “The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,” Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said in the statement. “It spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.” Nine of the 14 that were indicted by the Justice Department are soccer officials, while four are sports marketing executives and another works in broadcasting. Jack Warner, a former FIFA vice-president from Trinidad and Tobago, was among those indicted. The Swiss prosecu-

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Scandal won’t tarnish Cup THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The ongoing FIFA corruption scandal won’t tarnish the Women’s World Cup, say the Canadian Soccer Association and Canada’s sports minister. Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA’s awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups Wednesday. That came only hours after seven soccer officials were arrested pending extradition to the U.S. in a separate probe of corruption linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for soccer tournaments. News of the criminal investigation on both sides of the Atlantic comes 10 days before the Women’s World Cup kicks off. The 24-team tournament runs though July 5 in Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton. The CSA, which doubles as the World Cup’s national organizer, said in a statement that it was “extremely disappointed by today’s developments and welcome and support all efforts to eliminate this type of behaviour in the sport.” The association said it was “committed to protecting the integrity of the game and upholding the values of transparency and inclusiveness on which our country prides itself.” “As the host nation for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015, the Canadian Soccer Association is confident that the current situation will not impact the competition,” it added.

The CSA said it would make no further comment. TSN, which has the broadcast rights for the women’s tournament, said it is closely monitoring the investigation. “We remain firmly focused on celebrating the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 - putting a national spotlight on both the tournament and the incredible group of players on the Canadian women’s national team,” the network said in a statement. CBC had the broadcast rights for the last major FIFA event, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. “While CBC no longer has the rights to any FIFA properties, none of our past negotiations with them involved any of the individuals who have been charged,” CBC said in a statement. Federal Sports Minister Bal Gosal, meanwhile, said he’s confident that Canadian soccer authorities won’t be pulled into the criminal investigations into FIFA executives and that the World Cup will be a success. Gosal called the allegations terrible, but an internal matter for FIFA’s executive. He said Canada is a world leader in transparency in sport, pointing to the headquarters of the World AntiDoping Association in Montreal. “I’m very satisfied that Canada is very up front,” he said. “We’re looking forward to hosting the World Cup.”

tors’ office said the U.S. probe was separate from its investigation but that authorities were working together. The votes to award the World Cups to Russia and Qatar have been surrounded in controversy and accusations of corruption. Qatar, a tiny Gulf nation with little soccer tradition, was criticized from the start for its extreme summer heat. FIFA has since been forced to move the tournament to November-December instead of the usual June-July time slot. FIFA also hired U.S. attorney Michael Garcia to investigate the 2018 and 2022 bid process. His findings were never fully released and both Russia and Qatar were confirmed as hosts. Garcia’s full report was turned over to Swiss authorities in November, prompting Wednesday’s raid on

FIFA headquarters. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who is also a FIFA executive committee member, told The Associated Press “we’ve got nothing to hide.” “We’re prepared to show everything,” Mutko said in a telephone interview. “We’ve always acted within the law.” Qatari soccer officials declined to comment. The U.S. case involves bribes “totalling more than $100 million” linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for soccer tournaments in the United States and Latin America, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said. The Justice Department said the corruption is linked to World Cup qualifying matches and the Copa America - South America’s continental championship.

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Canadian Major Junior Championship ROUND ROBIN G W L Pts x-Oshawa 3 3 0 6 Quebec 2 1 1 2 Kelowna 3 1 2 2 Rimouski 2 0 2 0 x-clinched final berth Wednesday’s result Quebec (host) vs. Rimouski (QMJHL) End of Round Robin Tuesday’s result Oshawa (OHL) 2 Kelowna (WHL) 1 PLAYOFFS Thursday’s game Tiebreaker (if required) Third vs. Fourth Places, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s game Semifinal Second vs. Third Places, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s game Championship Semifinal Winner vs. Oshawa (OHL), 7 p.m. NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

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Dozens of soccer officials are in Switzerland for the FIFA congress and presidential election, where Blatter is widely expected to win re-election at the helm of the governing body of world soccer. Blatter had been scheduled to attend a meeting of the Confederation of African Football in a different downtown Zurich hotel, but he cancelled his appearance. He later cancelled his plans to attend a meeting of the South American confederation. Blatter’s only opponent in Friday’s presidential election, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, seized on the situation to push his candidacy. “We cannot continue with the crisis in FIFA, a crisis that has been ongoing and is not just relevant to the events of today,” Prince Ali said in a statement. “FIFA needs leadership that governs, guides and protects our national associations. ... Leadership that restores confidence in the hundreds of millions of football fans around the world.” The arrests were made at the lakeside Baur au Lac Hotel in downtown Zurich, long favoured as a place for senior FIFA officials to stay. It was the stage for intense lobbying for

votes ahead of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting decisions. In Florida, a small group of agents from the FBI and IRS executed search warrants at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach. Neither agency offered comment on the investigation. The North American regional body, known as CONCACAF, reported itself to U.S. tax authorities in 2012. Then based in New York, the organization had not paid taxes over several years when its president was Warner and secretary general was Chuck Blazer of the United States. Warner left soccer in 2011 to avoid FIFA sanctions in a bribery scandal during that year’s presidential election. Blazer left in 2013 and has pleaded guilty to charges, the Justice Department said in Wednesday’s statement. Warner’s successor as CONCACAF leader and FIFA vice-president is Webb, who was staying at the Baur au Lac this week. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice said in its statement that U.S. authorities suspect the arrested officials of having received or paid bribes totalling millions of dollars and that the crimes were agreed to and prepared in the U.S., and payments carried out via U.S. banks.

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Respect dying father’s wishes to make decisions Mailbox

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brothers that he is prepared to die and wants to spend his last days with his daughter and his grandchildren. Plus, a nursing home won’t treat him if he refuses treatment, and it isn’t likely to help him in any event. He suffered terrible brain damage when he stopped breathing. But, Annie, his brothers are making my life terribly stressful. I have tried to explain to them that they can’t make him fight this battle, and sadly, they cannot fight it for him. I feel so overwhelmed. I am thinking of forcing Dad to go to a nursing home so his brothers will know he had every chance. But if he dies there (and he probably would), I will hate myself for not letting him

under his coaching. We later found out he had been chewing gum and it got stuck in his windpipe, and that’s what killed him. It was one of the saddest days in the school’s history. True story. I can’t say it more strongly: No gum chewing during sports. -Still Sad

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live his remaining days the way he wants. I don’t want to regret this decision forever. What do I do? -- Your Happiness or His? Dear Happiness: As long as your father is capable of making this decision, please respect him enough to allow it. His brothers feel helpless, and that is why they are badgering you to put him in a nursing home. We urge you to have Dad’s doctors and someone from hospice speak to your uncles directly and explain the situation so they will understand more clearly what is at stake. Our condolences. Dear Annie: May I add to the comments on chewing gum during exercise class and sports activities? When I was a senior, in 1959, I attended a high school faculty-senior basketball game in front of the entire student body. Our wrestling coach ran up the court and suddenly stopped and dropped to his knees. Everyone, including the other coaches, thought he was having a heart attack. He lay there and died. I wrestled for four years

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down, or minor breakages could occur. Something will interrupt your home routine. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a mildly accidentprone day for you, so pay attention to everything you say and do. Think before you speak and act. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your finances are unpredictable today. This means you might find money, or you might lose money. To be safe, guard your possessions against loss or theft. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Today the Moon is in your sign, at odds with unpredictable Uranus. This can make you obsessed with something unusual. For sure, you will feel restless and possibly irritable. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You feel restless today. This could be due to feeling excited about something, or

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New turbocharged engines are a marvel

he turbocharged Theoretically a turboengine has become charged engine can be more commonplace. You fuel efficient than an equivapretty much cannot lently powerful naturally aspirbuy a diesel engined ated engine. vehicle without a That last stateturbocharger. Now ment requires many vehicle modsome explanation. els feature a turboAn engine charged gasoline requires oxygen engine as their perand fuel to create formance leader. an explosion to It was not long make power. The ago that Ferrari size of an engine ron and BMW stated determines how that they would not much oxygen and use turbocharged fuel it can breath Mechanically engines in their in and explode. vehicles. Never say A naturally Speaking never. BMW has aspirated engine gone head over heals with tur- can theoretically only breath bos (they do not sell a vehicle in as much oxygen as atmoswithout a turbo other than the pheric pressure (100 kpa) will all electric i3) and now Ferrari force into it. A turbocharged has a turbocharged sports car; engine uses the waste heat and the 488 GTB. momentum of the expelled So why all the fuss? exhaust to spin a small turbine Turbocharging has been connected to a compressor around since the beginning wheel in your engine’s intake of the internal combustion passageway. engine. As with almost all The compressor will raise technology someone thought the pressure of the air being of the idea a long time ago but fed to your engine. 150 to 200 implementing the technology kpa is common. More air in was not practical. There were the engine means more oxybarriers. Materials were not gen. Add the correct amount available. Parts could not be of fuel and a smaller turbo made to the required toler- engine can produce the same ances. power as a larger naturally

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aspirated engine. Now, when you don’t need the extra power and you take your foot off the floor, your 2.0 litre 4 cylinder turbo can sip less fuel than your 4.0 litre V6. The turbo engines of the seventies and eighties were less than successful at winning over buyers. They had some teething problems. Firstly their power delivery was less than linear. Have you heard the term turbo lag? If you were cruising along and wanted to pass another vehicle it would always take too much time for the turbo to start spinning fast enough to build pressure. When the power did develop it would come in a rush. It was hard to drive smoothly. Early turbo engines had more mechanical failures. The turbocharger by design is subject to a very harsh environment. It runs red hot and spins up to 100 000 revolutions per minute. It must be lubricated and cooled. Early turbocharged vehicles required a more disciplined owner. Engine oil was the turbos lubricant as well as the coolant. Letting the turbo spin down after spirited driving was mandatory. This would allow the turbo to cool and then

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when shut down it would not spin too long without oil pressure. A turbocharged engine in many cases required more frequent oil changes and better quality oils. The 21st century turbocharged engine is a marvel. Power delivery is smooth and more linear than naturally aspirated engines. Turbo failures are way less common. The turbo assembly is now cooled by engine coolant and engine oil. Advances in design and materials have made turbo ownership a pleasure. The jury is still out on fuel mileage though. Many turbo owners do not get that extra fuel mileage they think they should. (You have to keep your foot out of the go pedal). It is hard to resist blowing by those naturally aspirated dawdlers on the way up the Kootenay Pass. At 1500 metres a normally aspirated engine is down to breathing 80 kpa while a turbo engine will still be breathing full boost pressure. Trail’s Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive technician and graduate of mechanical engineering from UBC. E-mail: nutechauto@telus.net

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THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The latest in a series of proposed Canadian class-action suits over potentially deadly airbags was launched last week, this one over those installed in Chrysler vehicles. The lawsuits claim Japan-based Takata Corp. and its U.S. subsidiary negligently designed and manufactured “life-threatening and dangerous” bag inflators that were installed in millions of vehicles. In the latest statement of claim filed with Ontario Superior Court, the plaintiff alleges more than 36-million vehicles worldwide containing Takata-made airbags have been recalled. The suit alleges the company knew about the problem for more than a decade but failed to provide timely warnings. Chrysler Canada, which reported a voluntary recall of more than 258,000 vehicles in January, refused a request for comment. The faulty design stems from a decision by Takata executives in 1999 to come up with a cheaper propellant for use in their airbags. The company began using ammonium nitrate despite knowing it to be a “risky compound,” according to the claim. Takata’s CEO has acknowledged the problem and apologized, according to the filing. Previous suits targeted other large vehicle makers such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan, BMW and Ford.

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local ARt work donated to KBRH children’s ward Sheri Regnier photo

Some illustrations are just too striking to keep tucked away as a keepsake, says former Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs and his partner Flo Woodhouse. Instead, Bogs had seven pages from a holiday gift professionally framed before donating the works to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital's paediatric unit. The story behind the vibrant animation of Disney characters, now hanging in the fourth floor corridor, began a number of years ago. For 20-plus years Trail and its twin city Tsukui, Japan, hosted numerous international exchanges that fostered friendships and introduced east-to-west culture to all who participated. During that time, Bogs met a school principal named Keizoh Mogie, and the two struck up a friendship that remains steadfast today. Each Christmas, Mogie sends his Silver City friend a Japanese print calendar from the Asian city, which has expanded into a metropolis now called Sagamihara. Usually, the spectacular images within are flowers and other natural themes. This year, however, the calendar contained colourful and detailed images of Disney's most popular characters. Bogs and Woodhouse decided they would make the perfect gift for patients and visitors to the local children's ward. The pair gathered four of their grandchildren last week for a look-see of the art donation.

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