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Area B considers user pay for Trail facilities BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

Linda Worley questions the fairness of paying almost $140,000 annually to Trail when only a handful of Area B residents actually use the city’s recreational facilities. The regional director has a big decision to make on behalf of her 1,410 constituents before the current five-year agreement, which has property owners paying about $73 annually, ends in December. Combined with public insight from a previous community meeting, the regional director says feedback shows the majority of residents want to go with the reimbursement plan. Her observation follows an online survey on the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary website that was made public in July and closed Aug. 7. Three questions were asked – should Area B enter into a new agreement; based on user statistics, should the dollar amount remain status quo or decreased; or should the Trail Resident Program (TRP) be scrapped entirely in favour of a reimbursement model or userpay system. She was disappointed with only fifteen SHERI REGNIER PHOTO respondents, but said the Swimming lessons at the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre are a popular activity covered replies echo conversations under the Trail Resident Program (TRP). Pulling out of the TRP would have Area B resi- and telephone calls Worley dents paying double the fees to access recreation in TALC, the Trail Memorial Centre,and has already had with her the Willi Krause Fieldhouse as well as various ball parks and soccer fields. constituents.

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Buying an old village church and turning it into a mom-and-pop shop hasn’t been the peaceful venture Tina and Roger Larose hoped for. “We’ve owned a house in Warfield for eight years now,” Tina said, addressing a roomful of Warfield residents Tuesday evening. “We just love it here and want to retire here. We want to be part of the community, have our business contained in the church, and

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“The survey results were evenly split between reimbursement, user pay and a rec deal with Trail,” she added. “But for far less than the previous amount being paid.” Based on only 12 per cent of Area B residents accessing the TRP, Worley says the public was very clear that paying $702,000 toward the program since 2011 is considered “outrageous.” “Most voiced that they would rather user pay or go to reimbursement, rather than have the balance of taxpayers in Lower Columbia/Old Glory (Area B) have to pay for them using the facilities,” she explained, noting Trail provided the TRP numbers. “Having said that, I still feel it’s important to have that conversation with Trail to see if there is an appetite for a much lesser contribution.” Worley pointed out that the electoral area has many of its own recreational halls and parks to maintain as well as development of a trails system throughout the unincorporated communities of Genelle, Rivervale, Oasis, Casino, Blackjack, South Belt, Sheep Creek and Paterson. “What we tax for in Area B’s parks and trails doesn’t just cover the recreation program with Trail,” she said. “That covers all the parks, trails and halls in

make it nice to fit in with everything else that is here.” The couple plans to develop the former St. Joseph’s Church into a retail site. First, they need to have the Lytton Street property, which has been vacant 15 years, rezoned into General Commercial (C2). That means going through a process of amending the village’s bylaw – which included the public hearing prior to council’s decision on the change.

Too much traffic, no parking, and fear of the future was the general consensus among 30 residents who addressed Warfield council Tuesday night, voicing reasons why the politicians should refuse the Larose’s request. “These are nice people and it seems like a nice business,” said one Forrest Drive resident. “That’s today. You, Mr Mayor, and members of your council have to think not just about today but the future,” he added. See VILLAGE, Page 2

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Area B. So I have to be very conscious of the taxpayer dollars when only 12 per cent are using Trail recreational facilities.” Area B Parks and Trails absorbs about 10 per cent of annual property taxes, and based on the average home assessed at $175,000, property owners pay $73 annually for the City of Trail rec agreement. “I do think it’s important that I meet with (the city) to see what we can do,” Worley added. “I feel that a much lesser amount would be a more fiscally responsible use of the taxpayer monies.” TRP expenses have been in the spotlight for a number of years, and became a hot topic in 2014 following Beaver Valley (BV) recreation’s decision to not renew an agreement with Trail. Montrose, Fruitvale and Area A collectively paid about $1 million towards the TRP over five years. Aside from the program’s cost, talks between the parties stalled because of the unknown impact of Trail’s proposed boundary expansion on the area’s tax base. After recent negotiations, BV recreation and Trail announced that a one-year agreement was reached July 31, with the three municipalities contributing $125,000 for the term. See BEAVER, Page 3

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Maddy Fraser, Marci Brooks, Shayna Carmichael, Rachel Rosse and Lexie Browell were busy Wednesday selling cool drinks, fruit and vegetables by donation next to Montrose’s post office. The up-and-coming philanthropists were raising funds to subsidize the purchase of a wheelchair for Shayna and Rachel’s uncle, Dave Proban, who was paralyzed in a cycling accident near Victoria about a month ago.

“Strikes me that just about everyone in this room might think it’s a good idea today, but we fear the skunk down the road.” At times, the open discussion veered to already existing businesses in the community, rather than focusing on the issue at hand. “I’ve been dealing with a C2 business behind my house for about 15 years now,” said another Forrest Drive homeowner. “The Village of Warfield hasn’t held them accountable to the bylaws,” he continued. “If we zone this commercially we open ourselves up to what other commercial properties in the village look like. If we open it up and there is no bylaw enforcement then we are opening ourselves up to that disaster possibly moving further out.” Mayor Ted Pahl pointed out that if the bylaw is amended, conditions exist on the property. For example, all com-

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A public hearing was held over a couple’s bid to purchase St. Joseph’s Church and convert the property into a retail space. mercial activity is restricted to the alley side of the building – meaning no signage or access to the future retail site would be permitted on Forrest Drive. He clarified that all commercial activity would be conducted on the portion of the property facing the alley, and all inventories would be stored inside the building during non-business hours. “This is not going to be a

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junk store,” reiterated Roger Larose. “It will be a liquidation store with the majority of stuff on the newer side. Junk will not be scattered everywhere, it will be clean and a nice place to walk into.” Tina echoed her husband’s description of the business, which she said will include a woman’s boutique, select antiques, home decor and other specialty items. “This represents our family,” she said. “It has been our goal for 10 years, so you will see flowers and a trimmed lawn, but no junk.” Other comments suggested an increase in vehicles on Forrest Drive could put neighbourhood children in harms way and more cars in the lot’s back alley would further congest traffic and parking. “I am opposed to more traffic and particularly the parking,” said another resident. “Lytton Street is a main artery to parts of Warfield and very heavy with traffic and lots (of traffic) from the gas station,”

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he added. “And parking is premium at all times.” Realtor Ron Allibone was on hand to support the Larose’s bid for a rezoning. “We’ve been trying hard to work on this deal for a long time and have something done with the church,” said Allibone. “If you could go in now you would see how bad the vacancy of the building is hurting the building.” Any construction at the site would require permits, building inspectors, and plans include paving the property for designated parking, he explained. “An empty building is not a healthy building,” Allibone continued. “Change is hard for everybody, but we’ve got a very nice couple here than want a chance to open a good business.” Pahl brought the meeting to a close shortly after, saying council would review the public feedback and deliver a decision during the first meeting in September.

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Motorcyclist dead after hitting cow Submitted On Monday at approximately 10:40 p.m. the Grand Forks RCMP and the West Kootenay Traffic Services attended a crash on Highway 3 and Eholt Road, involving a domestic

cow and a motorcycle. A motorcycle was in the fast lane, east bound passing a slower moving vehicle when he struck the cow on the roadway. The motorcycle driver, a 58 year old man from Cranbrook was

pronounced deceased at the Grand Forks hospital. Speed, and alcohol are not factors in this crash. An investigation is continuing in relationship to domestic animals on the roadway.

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Lisa and Jason Milne bring their popcorn to the Trail Market on the Esplanade.

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See what’s poppin’ at the market By Sheri Regnier Times STAFF

One of the best features of Trail Market on the Esplanade is the enticing aroma of street fare. This year there's a new mouth-watering scent wafting through Jubilee Park – fresh popcorn drenched in real butter, served with a whole bunch of serviettes on the side. But it's the story behind the buttery treat that's the reel attention-grabber. Old movie reels and metal letters for an old marquee are just a few of the hidden treasures Lisa and Jason Milne discovered after buying the Royal Theatre six years ago. There was one diamond in the rough, in particular, that really popped out from the shadows. “One of the things we came across after we took possession was this old Cretors Popcorn Machine,” said Lisa. “In a way it was sad to find something so crucial to a movie theatre, just left all dusty and broken in the

crawl space.” The pair hauled the vintage machine into the light and gave it a good once-over. The broken kettle, lack of doors, dings and scratches had the Milnes skeptical the classic popper could be refurbished. Realizing a new model would run about $8,000 but unable to warrant the stiff price to ship it off for repair, the relic was once again placed in storage. “We didn't really have the right reason to justify the expense as our counter space couldn't even accommodate two working popcorn machines,” said Milne. When the City of Trail began Trail Market on the Esplanade three years ago, the Milnes knew this was the place to restore the popper to its place of glory. “When the market idea was hatched, Jason and I knew it was time to send it off to be refurbished,” explained Lisa. They'd met with reps from Cretors during movie theatre conferences and trade shows over the years and talked about

fixing up the popper. “They said they could do it, but wouldn't know exactly what needed to be fixed until it was shipped to them,” she added. So off went the machine to Cretors in Chicago last summer, and after eight months the popper was up and running. After adding their unique branding and having a cart custom built, the Milne's have been rolling out their popcorn at local events. “It's been great at the market and popcorn sales have been steady,” Lisa added. “People have been excited to see us there and we often hear, 'Oh, this is movie popcorn – it's the best!'” They'll be at Trail Market on the Esplanade Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., and Lisa suggests shoppers pop by to try a tub. “Of course we only use real butter and popcorn is popped fresh,” she said. “As for the other secret ingredients that makes our popcorn so sought after, you'll have to buy a tub and see!”

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Music • Thursday, Gyro Park 7 p.m. Music in the Park presents The Foggy Goggle Boys. Locals Gord LePage, Ian Johnston and Brian Taylor on guitar; Jonathan Provencal on drums and mandolin; and Dale Green on bass. Blue-grass inspired. Summer series sponsored by Kootenay Savings Credit Union. Toonie donation suggested, remember to bring a lawn chair. Upcoming • Aug. 20, Gyro Park 7 p.m. Music in the Park presents Blue Crush, fronted by Jason Thomas, a trio of pop musicians. To submit email newsroom@ trailtimes.ca. • Trail Market on the Esplanade goes Aug 28 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Plenty of vendors, good eats and more. Also runs Sept. 11, Sept. 15, and Oct. 9.

Beaver Valley Rec just reached one-year deal From page 1 “We did have a very successful reimbursement program in place but it was still difficult for some folks to put the money out front,” Ali Grieve, Area A director told the Trail Times that day. “This will make things much simpler for our residents and for all staff.”

Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk agreed. “In Montrose it’ll be great for us. This will take away barriers,” he said, adding recreation should be accessible to everyone. “It will make Trail facilities accessible for our seniors and our young families. And hopefully we can build on this for more col-

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Emilie Gordon of Trail, passed away on August 7, 2015 at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born on September 1, 1933 in Trail.

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Emilie is survived by her children; Chris, Glenn, Eric and Rose (Chris), as well as her grandchildren; Samantha and April. Friends are invited to celebrate Emilie’s life on Friday, August 14, 2015 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm at her residence at 1356 Second Avenue, Trail. Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Emilie’s name may be made to a charity of your choice.

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Amelia Profili passed away peacefully on Monday, August 10, 2015 at age 93 in Castlegar, BC. She was most recently a resident of Talarico Place. Amelia was born October 10, 1921 in San Quirino, Italy. Her family immigrated to Canada when she was just four years old. She married Eugene Profili in Trail on January 5, 1942 during the war, staying with her in-laws until Gene went into the army and while he was stationed at the coast. She was a wonderful cook and credited her mother-in-law with teaching her everything she knew about cooking. They raised their seven children in Rossland and Grand Forks. Amelia was a loving mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother and she always looked forward to the large ‘Profili gatherings’. Her grandchildren have many fond memories of summer holidays spent in Grand Forks with plenty of picnics, fishing, swimming and wonderful meals. Amelia enjoyed the outdoors and huckleberry picking and creek fishing were two of her favourite activities. She loved to tell everyone about the big fish she caught in Eholt Creek. In later years, she enjoyed playing crib and bingo with her friends at the seniors’ center. Amelia is survived by her seven children; Gene (Anna), Ken (Susan), Linda (Bruce), Anita, Rick (Shannon), Bev (Huw deceased), and Gary (Amanda), 17 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Eugene in 1989. A Funeral Service will take place at 10:30 am on Saturday, August 15th at St. Rita’s Catholic Church, 513 7th Avenue, Castlegar, BC with Father David John, Celebrant. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangments. Interment will take place in Grand Forks at a later date. Memorial donation gifts may be made to the charity of your choice. The family would like to thank Dr. Keith Merritt for his compassionate care and resident visits as well as the nursing staff at Talarico Place, especially the recreation staff Amber and Kelly who treated mom as family. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

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Bruce Carriere of the Lone Wolves along with Tracy Goldthorpe and Ian McLeod of the West Kootenay Road Runners present $1,085 to Betty Anne Marino of KidSport Greater Trail. On May 23, the clubs held a Memorial Ride for Conrad Wostradowski and Joe Matteucci who recently passed away.

Marilyn Steacy June 8, 1939 – Aug 8, 2015 Marilyn Steacy, of Balfour, BC, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2015, at her home, with her family by her side. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, on June 8, 1939, Marilyn grew up in a farmhouse near Pense. Education was important to Marilyn. Her lifelong support of the U of S Huskies was the result of her degree in Home Economics and her husband, Ted, whom Marilyn met at the University of Saskatchewan. After teaching in Regina, California and BC, Marilyn returned to the U of S for a Masters in Education Psychology. This led to twelve years of counseling at Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon. After retirement, Marilyn went back to school again to complete a program in Theological Education from the University of the South. Marilyn raised three children with Edward (Ted) Steacy in Rossland, Pine Point, Kimberley, Calgary, Sydney AU, and Saskatoon. She is survived by her husband, Ted; her daughters, Jill (David Ames), Leanne (Kevin DeBiasio) and son Michael (Dorothy Wong) and nine grandchildren. She took great pride in the home she built with Ted on their property in Balfour, BC, and invited many people to share it with them through their years of retirement. Marilyn was a gatherer of friends and family. She kept them all connected by phone calls and invitations for coffee and muffins at their beautiful lake house. We laughed, loved, walked, swam, skied, hiked, talked and prayed together. She provided an example of generosity, a keen interest in others, and shown what true grace looks like in the face of adversity. A life-long Anglican, Marilyn was devoted to the Saint Michaels and All Angels Anglican Church in Balfour. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Ladies Guild would be appreciated. A Celebration of Life for Marilyn will be held at the Covenant Church in Balfour, BC, on Saturday, August 15, 2015, at 11:00 am. A reception will follow. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service. Online condolence may be expressed at www. thompsonfs.ca

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Gas prices remain high despite oil’s dive U.S. refineries, low loonie add to pump pain Jeff Nagel Black Press

Gas prices remain stubbornly high in B.C. despite the slide in crude oil prices, and motorists are feeling gouged. Gasoline is down only slightly from $1.40 a litre a year ago, while crude has plunged more than 50 per cent from around $98 a barrel to less than $44 in early August. But petroleum industry analysts say it all boils down to supply and demand. Crude oil accounts for less than half of the end cost of a litre of gasoline, with government taxes and refining charges the other big factors. “I wish there was a simple explanation,” said Jason Parent of the Kent Marketing Group. “There isn’t much of a relationship on a day-to-day basis between crude oil and retail gasoline.” Expecting gas to move in lockstep with crude oil is somewhat akin to expecting house prices to follow lumber prices, without recognizing scarce land or an influx of buyers might have an influence.

Parent said crude and gas prices can go in different directions for different reasons, and gas prices in B.C. can diverge from what other Canadians pay.

Most of the difference between B.C. prices and the rest of the country is explained by the higher 17-cent-a-litre TransLink tax in Metro Vancouver as well as B.C.’s carbon tax. Motorists are paying just over $1 in Alberta, a few cents more in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and $1.10 to $1.20 in most of Eastern Canada. But even after taxes are factored out, Vancouver prices are 5 to 15 cents a litre higher than most other cities across Canada. The reason, Parent said, is that Vancouver-

area prices follow those along the U.S. west coast, where the wholesale gas supply has been constricted by refinery problems in California, driving prices up. “Wholesale prices have been high there relative to the rest of the U.S. for a month now,” Parent said. Some gasoline comes to B.C. through the Kinder Morgan pipeline, but the rest comes from Washington State or other U.S. refineries. If prices were sharply higher in Vancouver than cities to the south, Parent said, gas would flow back to the U.S. – resulting in shortages here – or wouldn’t be shipped north in the first place. Another “huge” factor behind why Canadians in general aren’t yet seeing much relief at the pumps is the drop in the loonie over the past year. Crude and wholesale gas are priced in U.S. dollars, so Canadians are paying with a devalued currency that simply doesn’t go as far as it did a year ago. So who is profiting from the persistently high pump prices? “Right now, refiners are the big

Stealthy snake on the loose in Vancouver conservation area By Gemma Karstens-Smith THE CANADIAN PRESS

BURNABY, B.C. - A python spotted in a Metro Vancouver conservation area is a long way from its native African home. City of Burnaby staff saw the snake curled up on a road on Burnaby Mountain near Simon Fraser University around noon on Monday, said Dave Ellenwood, the city’s director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural. Not knowing whether the unusual brown and black reptile was native to the area, workers snapped a picture and took it to a local group that rescues wild animals, which determined the snake is definitely not from B.C. In fact, the snake - which was less than a metre long - is a ball python, a nonvenomous constrictor. “What we generally do is we try and consult people who know more than we do about these sort of things,” Ellenwood explained. “And that’s when they got the information that it was an exotic pet. They speculate that somebody probably

dumped it in the park.” Staff returned to the park to capture the snake, but it had slithered into the bushes and couldn’t be found.

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It’s rare that the Burnaby staff see such pets in parks, but it has happened before, Ellenwood says. “Irresponsible people will think it’s a good idea to take an exotic pet and dump it off in an open space, a green space, thinking it would be better off for it.” Abandoned pets are an ongoing problem for animal welfare organizations, b ut exotic pets such as snakes come with their own issues, says Yolanda Brooks, spokeswoman for the Wildlife Rescue Association.

“They obviously get too big for a person or they live for a long time and then they just send them to the habitat that they think will be good for them,” she said. “Just chucking it out and hoping it will fend for itself is not good for the native species, it’s not good for your pet.” People should think carefully about owning exotic pets such as pythons because they take a lot of specialized care, Brooks added. “While owning a dog or a cat is a big commitment, having an exotic pet is an even bigger commitment.” The python likely won’t survive very long on Burnaby Mountain because of the cold weather, terrain and predators, Brooks said. However she said the snake could also present problems for some native animals while it’s around. Ellenwood said staff from both the Burnaby SPCA and the city continued to look for the python Tuesday, and warned park users to keep an eye out for the stealthy reptile.

City seeks Transportation Agency clout in railway battle issue an order overruling CPR’s removal of the Arbutus Corridor from a list of lines due to be mothballed. Vancouver also wants the agency to order the railway to make an offer to sell the 11-kilometre corridor at its 2004 net salvage value, which is the after-tax value of the land, minus clean-up costs. Vancouver and CPR have

been arguing over the future of the land since trains stopped running on the tracks 15 years ago. Mayor Gregor Robertson has accused the railway of bullying, alleging the company rejected the city’s fair market offer to buy the land before tearing up community gardens planted beside the rails, and it’s now proceed-

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winners,” Parent said. They’re running close to capacity, demand is up because of lower gas prices and therefore refiners can charge more than usual. If crude oil prices get even cheaper – potentially as sanctions against Iran end and more oil pours onto the world market – there’s no guarantee gas prices will follow because of the refining constraints in North America.

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The search for other intelligent life in the galaxy ‘looks good’

ne by one, the empty boxes in the Drake Equation are being filled in with actual numbers, and it’s looking good. So good that Yuri Milner is spending $100 million of his own money over the next ten years to fund the search for non-human civilisations orbiting other stars. But it’s a pity that the Philae lander from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission didn’t have more time to look for life on Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Yuri Milner is a Silicon Valley billionaire who was working on a PhD in theoretical physics at the Russian Academy of Sciences before he moved to the United States and got rich. His money will buy thousands of hours of radio-telescope time each year to look for radio transmissions from other star systems. This represents at least a tenfold increase in the amount of work being done on finding intelligent life elsewhere in the galaxy, and Yuri Milner is no fool. Why does he think

it’s worth spending this money now? Probably because the Drake Equation is finally coming into its own. It has seven terms, and American astronomer Frank Drake could not give a value to any of them when he first wrote it in 1961. It was just a formula that would let us estimate the number of civilisations in the Milky Way galaxy when the relevant data eventually became available. To fill in the first three terms, we needed to know how many stars there are in the galaxy, how many of them have planets, and how many of those planets are in the “habitable zone” where liquid water can exist. Other questions remain, however. How many “habitable” planets will actually have life on them? On how many of those planets will an intelligent species appear? How many of those intelligent species will build civilisations that use electromagnetic communications? And how long, on average, would those high-

tech civilisations last? We don’t yet know the answers to any of those

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questions, but we do know that organic compounds are common even in interstellar space, and that they are continuously raining on our own planet. So the standard assumption is that they somehow combined on Earth to form the first single-celled creatures, and evolution did the rest. But if it were easy for those organic compounds to combine into complex microbes and viruses, then you would expect it to have happened here a number of times. There would be several or many unrelated genetic lineages on Earth

– and there aren’t. All life here has a common ancestor. So it must be very rare for life to develop spontaneously. If it actually happened here, it would mean that we are a miracle, and pretty much alone in the galaxy. But maybe the miracle happened on another of those 144 billion planets, billions of years ago, and life been spreading through the galaxy ever since – not as alien beings on starships, but as microbes and viruses on meteorites and comets. This is the “panspermia” hypothesis, first proposed by astronomers Sir Fred Hoyle and Dr Chandra Wickramasinghe in 1974. Dissatisfied with the notion that Earth was unique, they suggested that not only organic compounds but actual microbes and viruses could travel through interstellar space, dormant but still viable in the liquid water that they suspected was present in the interior of many comets. It sounds weird, but it is just as plausible as the rival hypothesis of an independent origin of life on Earth.

Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko was the firstever opportunity to see if this hypothesis holds water (so to speak). The Philae lander did detect sixteen different organic molecules as it bounced along the comet’s surface, but it ended up in the shadows without power to pursue its investigations further. Pity, but there’ll be another comet along in a while. And if it turns out that Hoyle and Wickramasinghe were right, then most of those 144 billion planets will have life on them. The history of evolution on earth tends always to greater complexity, so a fair proportion of them would have intelligent life on them. How many of them have high-tech civilisations on them at the moment, of course, depends on how long the average technological civilisation survives. Our own hi-tech civilisation has survived, so far, for about one centur`y. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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B.C. residents ‘forced’ to accept smart meters Who would choose the inconvenience and hardships of life without conventional electrical power? An increasing number of people are feeling forced to make this very difficult decision. When the only options given by Fortis is a radio on or radio off smart meter, which both have associated adverse health effects, the choice between damaging or a little less damaging is hardly a choice. Highlighted in various media outlets, Fortis claims they have made “… ongoing attempts” and that “[people who have had their power cut] are customers we have been working with.” However, if that were true, a reasonable alternative such as the option to continue having electricity measured with an analog meter, which has no health, fire or privacy risks, should have been a choice. Instead, Fortis wielded its power of corporate monopoly over the welfare of its customers and hired Exponent Inc., whose past clients include tobacco, asbestos and PCB’s, to represent

them at the BC Utilities Commission hearings. That Fortis chose Exponent, a ‘product defense’ company with a reputation of ‘skewing science’ is indicative of the substantial evidence of harm that needed to be countered and quashed. So why did the Utilities Commission turn a blind eye to the testimony of independent research scientists and medical experts? Ultimately it is all about money in which all levels of government may also stand to gain from potential future revenue streams. According to Myles Keogh, Director of Grants and Research at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, “The data is going to be worth a lot more than the commodity that is being consumed to generate the data.” When Fortis says “we want to be clear that we have met all of our legal and regulatory requirements,” this means that their smart meter emissions fall within Health Canada Safety Code 6 guidelines. The inadequacy of Safety Code 6 to protect Canadians

from wireless radiation is well recognized within the scientific and medical communities as indicated by these headlines: -Canadian Medical Association Journal reports Health Canada’s Wireless Limits are “A Disaster to Public Health” -Cell Phones and WiFi are a “Serious Public Health Issue,” according to Canadian Parliamentary Report 2015 -Pediatric Autism Specialist Calls For Smart Meter Moratorium -Public Health Physician Warns of Smart Meter Dangers, Stresses Need For Analog Option -“The Evidence is Irrefutable” Smart Meters Correlate with Adverse Health Effects - The American Academy of Environmental Medicine -Scientists ‘can’t all be quacks,’ as RDOS calls for moratorium on Smart Meters Why would our government ignore obvious health risks of wireless technology in general and wireless smart meters in particular? The revenue from

wireless broadband sales is lucrative. For example: “Federal government raises $5.3 billion from telecom firms that bid on licenses,” up from $4.3 billion raised in 2008. It is easy to see why they ignore the cost of smart meters as recognized in a recent US Supreme Court decision that concluded that “A cost-benefit analysis (of smart meters) should include health, safety, and privacy issues” and concluded that “any disadvantage could be termed a cost . . . including, for instance, harms that regulation might do to human health or the environment”. We are just one B.C. family of an increasing number of B.C. residents who are currently experiencing the duress of feeling forced to accept a smart meter or bear the hardship of having their electricity cut off. We appeal to Fortis and our governments and agencies to restore their credibility and the public trust by offering the reasonable safe choice of an analog meter option. Marilyn Limbert Fruitvale

Ontario is right to push ahead with pension reform An editorial from the Toronto Star It’s bad enough that the Conservative government has rebuffed every call from the provinces to bolster Canadians’ retirement security by expanding the Canada Pension Plan. It’s much worse that it is actively trying to torpedo attempts by Ontario to set up its own pension plan to fill the widening gap in what many need for a decent retirement.

Ottawa doesn’t have to approve of Ontario’s efforts to strengthen retirement security for middle-income workers. It may even find the Wynne government’s plans objectionable. But to go out of its way to strangle the nascent Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) in its cradle is a calculated slap in the face to the province. No wonder the two govern-

ments have dropped the gloves in the opening days of the federal election campaign, with Wynne openly calling for the defeat of the Conservatives. And no wonder the premier is pressing ahead by announcing more details of how she plans to phase in the ORPP, starting in January 2017. It’s far from certain that the new plan will ever see the light of day, or even be needed if the Harper Conservatives are turfed from office on Oct. 19.

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Karate masters from across B.C. gathered at the Kohan Gardens and Nikkei Internment Memorial in New Denver on Saturday to honour Sensei Masami Tsuruoka, the father of karate in Canada, and a former prisoner at the Japanese internment camp in Rosebery in the Slocan Valley.

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Sensei Scott Hutcheson of Beaver Valley Chito Ryu Karate joined MP Alex Atamanenko and senseis from across B.C. at Kohan Gardens and Nikkei Internment Memorial in New Denver on Saturday to honour the founder of the National Karate Association of Canada, Sensei Masami Tsuruoka, in a special memorial ceremony. Sensei Tsuruoka was the seminal figure in the birth and evolution of karate in Canada. Born in Cumberland, B.C., his Japanese heritage would also make him a victim of one of Canada’s worst assaults on its citizens in its 148year history. During World War II, Tsuruoka and his family had all their possessions seized by the federal government and were moved to Tashimi and then to the Rosebery internment camp near New Denver. In all, some 27,000 JapaneseCanadians had their property appropriated, then were detained for years in camps without charge or trial, while others were deported to Japan. The internment began in 1942 and, in some areas, lasted until 1949, four years after the war ended. “As Canadian citizens we have to say never again,” said Atamanenko at the ceremony. “A group of people because of their race or beliefs have all their possessions taken away, and get sent somewhere to survive, never

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Sensei Scott Hutchinson (far right) organized the memorial ceremony paying tribute to Sensei Tsuruoka. again.” left B.C. for Japan and at age 17 Tsuruoka wanted to make one he began the study of Chito-ryu last visit to New Denver on the karate under Dr. Tsuyoshi Chitose. shores of Slocan Lake and the He received his first degree black place of his family’s internment, belt at age 20 and after continuing but died in October of last year. his study and receiving his third Thanks to a grant from degree black belt, moved back to Columbia Basin Trust, Canada in 1956. Hutchinson, in honour of Sensei When Tsuruoka began studyTsuruoka, planned the memorial ing with Chitose, karate was at the and karate clinic, with an invite point where two eras crossed: the to local dignitaries, Senseis Gord old ways of Okinawa and the new Kirschner (head of Tsuruoko ways of post-war Japan. Tsuruoka Ryu) and Rick Penner (KBC’s was one of the first students of the Referee Executive Director), and group that was to reshape modern karate practitioners to attend and karate. pay their respects and gratitude. Sensei Tsuruoka went on to “It was a privilege to fulfill his establish the National Karate dying wish,” said Hutcheson. “I Association of Canada (Karate felt it was an obligation to do it, Canada), serving as its first presiand I’m sure his family and student. He opened the first kardents will greatly appreciate the ate school at the University of gesture.” Toronto in 1962, and initiated In 1945, after the end of World the first karate competition in War II, Tsuruoka and his father Canada, the Canadian Open Karate

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Championship, in the same year. In 1973 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Pan-American Karate Union elected Tsuruoka first vice-president, and he was awarded Order of Ontario in 1999. His contribution to martial arts in Canada is unparalleled, but he also influenced a number of American practitioners. Tsuruoka was the referee in Chuck Norris’ World Championship match in 1969, and Bruce Lee wrote Tsuruoka to ask advice about North American culture and teaching before achieving legendary status on the big screen. In the still garden of Kohan with the waters of Slocan Lake and the Valhalla Mountains looming in the background, Penner couldn’t help but observe, “Historic and moving in such a serene place.” Atamanenko, a fourth Dan black belt in Shotokan karate, paid homage to Sensei Tsuruoka’s legacy, and thanks to those in attendance, it’s one that continues to thrive today. “He forgave Canada for what it did to him and his family and he came back and accomplished all this,” said Atamanenko. “A lot of us wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him and we have to recognize that. He was an innovator and he survived.” In 1986 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney offered an apology and compensation of $25,000 to those Japanese-Canadians dispossessed and imprisoned during the War.

If you love the outdoors, cycling, and would like to help those in need, it’s time to register for the 10th annual Pedal Along a Rail Trail (P.A.R.T 10) which travels on the Columbia and Western Railway on Saturday. The 64 km route takes mountain bikers along the old Canadian Pacific rail line from the Paulson Detour Road to the Celgar mill parking lot near Castlegar. It is an incredibly scenic four-to-five hour ride with trestles, tunnels, and spectacular views from high above Arrow Lake. The McCormick Creek trestle. Greg Nesteroff photo Pastor Jim Reimer, of Kootenay Christian Fellowship said ride is “absolutely phenomenal,” praising the scenery, as well as the historical memorial to Doukhobor leader Peter (Lordly) Verigin who was among nine people killed when the train he was riding mysteriously blew up in 1924. There are four tunnels — the largest of which is curved and at nearly one kilometre long leaves people in complete darkness. “It’s worth it just for that,” said Reimer. “Just to see the engineering. They started digging the tunnel on either side and managed to meet in the middle.” Reimer has participated in the ride several times and emphasizes that it’s a ride, not a race. “We want to people to enjoy the ride,” he said. The first seven kilometres is a gentle uphill with a friendly 2.5 per cent grade and after that, it’s all downhill. Riders are treated to a healthy meal at the end. The annual fundraiser averages $10,000 each year, which goes to Our Daily Bread in Nelson. For more info call 1-888-761-3301.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. Lions’ defence isn’t used to getting criticized. After years of dominant performances, the Lions’s defensive unit has faltered in 2015. It occupied the CFL’s basement in passing and rushing yards allowed heading into their tilt with the surging Edmonton Eskimos last week. The stats sheet doesn’t read much better now, but one half of football showed that the Lions can still get it done. Down 23-10 at the break, B.C. held Edmonton off the scoreboard over the final 30 minutes in what would turn out to be a 26-23 victory. It was a result that improved the Lions to 3-3 on the season and at least temporarily halted the questions about their inability to stop opponents through the air and on the ground. “We heard about how bad our defence was,” Lions linebacker Solomon Elimimian said this week. “Guys know what’s going

on. It was a personal challenge. It was a challenge to us to prove the critics wrong.” The Eskimos, who came in having won four straight, managed just 139 yards of offence in the second half against a team that had given up nearly 425 yards per game coming in. Adam Bighill, who leads the CFL with 46 tackles, said a Lions’ defence that has a number of younger players trying to find their footing in the league finally stepped up after weeks of frustration and near misses. “It wasn’t so much the adjustments as it was playing sound, fundamental football,” said the linebacker. “Everyone had to do their job. You turn on the tape and you watch it, everybody was taking turns making plays, as they should. That was really the difference. Moving forward that’s what we need to do.” Lions quarterback Travis Lulay said it was nice to see the defence step up and

give the team a chance, especially when defensive back Ryan Phillips said. “That’s B.C.’s offence was struggling to get first the style of football and the style of defence downs for long stretches of the second half I’m used to playing here. We wanted to against Edmonton before a late surge to make sure we matched their intensity.” get the win. B.C. travels to Hamilton on Saturday “Criticism is part of the game and those to take on the Tiger-Cats (4-2), a club that guys heard some things,” said Lulay. “To has scored 31, 34 and 38 points during its their credit they just kept playing, slug- current three-game winning streak and is ging hard. If we were to ask them what undefeated at Tim Hortons Field since it they did differently between the first half opened last season. and the second half, it wasn’t magic, it The Lions know two quarters won’t wasn’t a bunch of different calls, it was just necessarily change the course of a season, purely focus and execution. but the steps taken in the comeback vic“Those guys buckled down and found a tory over Edmonton that stopped a twoway to get it done.” game slide were encouraging. There was also plenty of talk about the Eskimos’ No. 1-ranked Evergreen Sports and Physical Therapy defence, which came into Vancouver is pleased to announce the addition of having surrendered just one touchAndrew van der Ham RMT down over its last three games. The to the staff. Andrew will be starting on July 31st. Lions said they used as motivation. Andrew has been working in the Okanogan as a “They’re doing something that massage therapist and kinesiologist. basically I’m used to doing,” B.C.

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Brady suspension looms large in opening match THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Will the New England Patriots’ preseason opener be a coming-out party for Jimmy Garoppolo or a thumb in the eye to Roger Goodell and the NFL’s Deflategate investigation? That’s what football fans will see when the Patriots play the Green Bay Packers tonight in their exhibition opener. With a four-game suspension looming over quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick will have to decide which is more important: Getting his backup prepared for a possible stint as the starter, or showing his support for the suspended Super Bowl MVP. No surprise: Belichick hasn’t said anything about his plans. So when the

teams take the field, the Packers and the rest of the NFL will learn for the first time how the defending champions plan to handle the potential absence of their star. “I don’t know who we’re going to see,” Packers linebacker Clay Matthews said. “You prepare as if their best players are going to play whether it’s the preseason or not. ... We’ll see what decision they go in with. But we’re preparing for all of their starters and hopefully put in a good showing.” Brady was suspended four regularseason games because the NFL said he was “at least generally aware” of a scheme to provide improperly inflated footballs for the AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. He

appealed all the way to federal court, and that’s where he was on Wednesday when his teammates were at Gillette Stadium before their final walkthrough.

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That alone might give Belichick reason to keep Brady out of the game; he’s missed the preseason opener four times since taking over as starter, including last year, and he’s skipped at least one exhibition game in six of the past seven seasons. The suspension does not affect Brady’s ability

to participate in training camp or play in the exhibition games, but resting him would give Belichick a chance to get Garoppolo some snaps with the first team. The second-year second-stringer played in six games as a rookie last season, most of it in garbage time, completing 19 of 27 passes with one touchdown and no interceptions after he was drafted in the second round out of Eastern Illinois. The Patriots also signed former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Ryan Lindley this week after Matt Flynn couldn’t pass his physical. Lindley, a sixthround pick from San Diego State, played in nine games over two seasons with the Cardinals, completing 50.8 per cent of his passes and throwing

two touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also started last year’s 27-16 playoff loss to Carolina, completing 16 of 28 passes for 82 yards with one TD and two interceptions. “It’s another arm,” Belichick said. The Packers are more settled at quarterback, with Aaron Rodgers - like Brady, a two-time NFL MVP needing only as many snaps as necessary to get him ready for the season. Secondstringer Scott Tolzien is followed on the depth chart by Brett Hundley and Matt Blanchard. “We want to see the guys run the huddle and manage the team,” general manager Ted Thompson said. “I think that’s a huge part of playing that position, is managing the chaos.”

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By Times Staff Kimberley native Jared du Toit failed to make the cut at the 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur Golf Championship. Heavy rain poured down in the Toronto area Monday, leading to the suspension of firstround action at both Lambton Golf and Country Club and Weston Golf and Country Club before du Toit was able to tee up. The former Selkirk Secondary School student and recent transfer to Arizona State University finally hit the links at Lambton Tuesday morning, rolling to an opening-round 72 to sit 1-over par after 18 holes. However, a bogie on the 18th

hole in du Toit’s second round on the Weston course would drop him to a 4-over par 76, and 5-over total to leave him one shot beyond the cut line. Du Toit carded a 37 on the front nine, but bogeyed three of the first five holes on the back nine to put him behind the veritable eight ball. A birdie on 16 would lift him back into cut contention, until the bogey on the final hole sunk his chances. Billy Kennedy from Alpharetta, Gerogia leads all competitors at -10 after shooting a 3-under 69 on Wednesday, followed by Australian Ben Eccles at 9-under. The top B.C. shooter, Stuart Macdonald, fired the low round of the day

at -5 to put him in a tie for fifth place at 4-under par. Du Toit won his way into the 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur Golf Championship by claiming the title at the 2015 B.C. Men’s Amateur Championship in Oliver earlier this summer. The winner of the 2015 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship receives exemption into the 2015 USGA Men’s Amateur Championship (Aug. 17 to 23 in Olympia Fields, Ill.) as well as the 2016 RBC Canadian Open. The Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship is more than a century old, having been first contested in 1895 at the Ottawa Golf Club.

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Johnson over bunker error THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - The bunker is gone, and Dustin Johnson has moved on. But in returning to Whistling Straits for the PGA Championship, Johnson faced questions one more time about his infamous error in the sand on the final hole that cost him a spot in a playoff in the 2010 championship. For the most part, Johnson has shrugged off the queries and memories. He delivered a couple humorous zingers Wednesday, and said he only thinks about the mistake when asked. “I mean, so, I don’t know how many times that is,” he told reporters. A smiling Johnson added: “This year I don’t have to worry about it because - there’s a grandstand there. Thank you PGA. I appreciate that.” And yes, he does know the rules now about the countless bunkers at the links-style course. “I haven’t looked at them but I don’t need to. After what happened, I’m pretty sure I know what’s going on,” he said, drawing more laughs. This was serious business five years ago. Zach Johnson, who had a neighbouring locker, recalled this week consoling his upset colleague afterward. Dustin Johnson had been assessed a two-shot penalty on the final hole

after grounding his 4-iron in the sand to the right of the fairway, not aware he was in a bunker. He had a one-shot lead when he teed off from the 18th hole. Johnson missed a 7-foot par putt to slip into a playoff with Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson- until he learned he had let his club touch the sand during his pre-shot routine. The two added shots dropped him to fifth. Kaymer beat Watson in the playoff for the Wanamaker Trophy that year, though in a way, it’s a footnote to the drama that surrounded Johnson. “Well first of all I need to say it’s a little sad that every time ... we talk about the PGA Championship here it’s like that Dustin threw it away,” Kaymer said. “Of course, if (he) would have made the putts on 18 and if he would have not gotten the penalty stroke, he would have won the tournament.” The confusion over the bunker was understandable. Johnson has recounted how he saw fans standing there, with a Gatorade bottle and beer can in the bunker. But at Whistling Straits all sandy areas are considered bunkers, even if they’re outside or near the ropes. The PGA said it has posted notices this year, just like it did in 2010, along with notifying players before they arrived at the course.

Games 2015 Parapan Am Medal

Standings TORONTO - Medal standings at the 2015 Parapan Am Games (ranked by total gold medals won): Nation G S B Total Brazil 63 41 46 150 Canada 28 35 31 94 United States 25 30 27 82 Mexico 23 23 24 70 Colombia 17 24 17 58 Argentina 12 15 16 43 Cuba 10 10 8 28 Venezuela 6 9 11 26 Chile 3 2 4 9 Jamaica 1 2 0 3 Ecuador 1 0 3 4 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 Costa Rica 0 0 2 2 Nicaragua 0 0 2 2 Puerto Rico 0 0 2 2 Dom Republic 0 0 1 1

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Pre-season games Thursday, Aug. 13 New Orleans at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Green Bay at New England, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Tennessee at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 10 p.m.

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Saturday, Aug. 15 Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 Detroit at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

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East Division W L Pct GB New York 61 50 0.55 Toronto 62 52 0.544 .5 Baltimore 57 55 0.509 4.5 Tampa Bay 57 56 0.504 5 Boston 50 63 0.442 12 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 68 44 0.607 Minnesota 56 56 0.5 12 Detroit 54 59 .478 14.5 Chicago 53 58 0.477 14.5 Cleveland 52 59 0.468 15.5 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 61 53 0.535 Los Angeles 59 53 0.527 1 Texas 55 56 0.495 4.5 Seattle 53 61 0.465 8 Oakland 51 63 0.447 10 Today’s Games Oakland (S.Gray 12-4) at Toronto (Buehrle 12-5), 12:37 p.m. Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-4) at Minnesota (E.Santana 2-3), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 11-2) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-8), 7 pm L.A. Angels (Richards 11-9) at Kansas City (Guthrie 8-7), 8:10 p.m. Friday’s Games

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Oakland at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Seattle at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minn, 8:10 p.m. Detroit at Houston, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at KC, 8:10 p.m.

Batting R H Fielder Tex 55 139 Kipnis Cle 66 132 NCruz Sea 63 140 Hosmer KC 67 131 LCain KC 73 121 Brantley Cle 48 124 Bogaerts Bos 52 130 JIglesias Det 34 105 Trout LAA 78 122 Altuve Hou 59 130

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Home Runs: N.Cruz, Seattle, 34; Trout, Los Angeles, 33; CDavis, Baltimore, 31; Donaldson, Toronto, 31; Runs Batted In: CDavis, Baltimore, 83; Donaldson, Toronto, 83; National League East Division W L Pct GB New York 61 52 0.54 Washington 58 54 0.518 2.5 Atlanta 51 62 0.451 10 Miami 45 68 0.398 16 Philadelphia 45 69 0.395 16.5 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 72 40 0.643 Pittsburgh 65 45 0.591 6 Chicago 63 48 0.568 8.5 Cincinnati 49 62 0.441 22.5 Milwaukee 48 66 0.421 25 West Division

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 63 50 0.558 San Fran 60 52 0.536 2.5 Arizona 56 56 0.5 6.5 San Diego 54 60 0.474 9.5 Colorado 47 64 0.423 15 Today’s Games Colorado (E.Butler 3-9) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-6), 12:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Cravy 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 7-8), 2:20 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 7-6) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-6), 7:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Sampson 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-8), 10:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 6-5) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-8), 10:15 p.m. Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Miami at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Washington at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. BATTING R H Goldschmidt,Ari 72 133 Harper, WAS 77 120 Posey, S-F 57 127 Parra, MIL 53 106 Gordon, MIA 50 136 LeMahieu, Col 62 127 Pollock, ARI 76 131 Escobar, WAS 51 121 Panik, S-F 56 116 Duffy, S-F 48 111

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The School Works program benefited Mike and Lorraine Giesler, owners of Kootenay River Kampground near Castlegar, and student Dayna Ready.

Program provides wage subsidies for apprenticeships SUBMITTED Businesses and organizations around the Basin can once again get support to hire students through Columbia Basin Trust’s School Works program. The program provides a wage subsidy of $8/hour to encourage employers to provide part-time employment to full-time high school and postsecondary students for a portion or all of the school year. It also helps ensure students gain work experience in the region. Small businesses, non-profit and First Nations organizations and public bodies in the Basin may apply. Co-op and practicum student positions are also eligible. South Slocan’s Drop Designs is one of the organizations that has participated. “The program allowed us to complete a large number of projects that we don’t have resources for,” said owner Myla Jillings. “It is a very large benefit for our company.” Kootenay River Kampground, near Castlegar, was also able to take advan-

tage of the program throughout the school year. “It enabled us to extend our hours and have a park attendant on duty to greet guests and provide tourists with directions and information,” said owner Mike Giesler.

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Revealing new Buck 65 Actress drops a spoiler book probes career, divorce ‘Orange is the New Black’

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TORONTO - In April, Rich Terfry authored a revealing Facebook post that prompted a range of reactions: concern, curiosity and anger. But he just felt relief. He wrote then that he had “destroyed every important relationship in (his) life by cheating and lying,” including his marriage. The CBC radio host and artist otherwise known as Buck 65 went on for four apologetic, self-loathing paragraphs, pleading for help and insisting he wasn’t the person his fans thought he was. He went on to delete the post, but he insists now that the confession wasn’t some impulsive, dark-night-of-the-soul mistake. “Definitely not a great moment that I was in when I wrote it, but it wasn’t completely the product of the heat of the moment - ‘cause I thought about it,” he said in Toronto this week. “I have this thing that I’m ashamed of, and it just kind of keeps getting in the way. And it’s heavy, and I’m ... tired of

carrying it around. “So I just put it out there,” he added. “‘I blew it. My marriage was my fault. I cheated on my wife, and I feel terrible about it. And I need help with this, and I just really want to be a better person.’ “The response was overwhelmingly positive. Not to say that there weren’t some negative consequences to it as well - that was hard for a few people to hear, I think.” Why air his failings so publicly, then? Well, he explains, he didn’t want to give himself the option of lying about his past later. “It was kind of bonkers,” he said, smiling slyly. “I can admit it.” He actually considers the Facebook post and last year’s album “Neverlove” to be companion pieces - and with his new semi-memoir, “Wicked and Weird: The Amazing Tales of Buck 65,” he has closed the trilogy. Out this week, the work of “autofiction” blurs reality with Terfry’s rich imagination, embellishing tales of his tumultuous upbringing in rural Nova Scotia,

his flirtation with a professional baseball career, and his Radiohead-assisted ascent as an alt-hip-hop eccentric. He figures the book contains roughly a 60:40 ratio of real-toimagined material. While shocking anecdotes about Terfry’s being jailed in Russia or hugged by a nude Pamela Anderson after the 2006 Junos might defy belief, he says everything in the book contains a kernel of truth. (Of Anderson, he smiles: “I’m guessing she would remember the night like I remember it.”) His mother is a far less frivolous subject. He writes that she was abusive, that she taught him to loathe himself and that “she hated (him) until the day she died.” Since his mother’s death in 1999, Terfry has only publicly probed their relationship on the song “Ice” from 2001’s “Man Overboard.” Even privately, he hadn’t necessarily dug this deeply. “The figure of my mom has always loomed large in my life,” he said. “This was the first time I really explored the whole thing. I just felt compelled to sort through all my stuff.”

NEW YORK - Laura Prepon’s giving away the cliffhanger from the third season finale of “Orange is the New Black” - or is she? Spoiler alert: Prepon’s character Alex Vause is returning to the Netflix series next season. But beyond that, well, fans will just need to hop on board the streaming train when the fourth season hits in 2016. “We can’t really say too much,” a

said Tuesday at a New York screening of the season finale. “She’s dealing with a lot this year.” The drug-dealing Litchfield Penitentiary inmate and complicated lover of the show’s lead character Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling), is last seen facing down a drug business associate in the third season’s finale. It’s unknown whether Vause will make it out alive or if she is going to portray herself in the show’s many flashbacks.

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Johnny Depp to perform shows with Alice Cooper, Joe Perry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Johnny Depp is set to perform live with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry as the musical group Hollywood Vampires. The band on Wednesday announced shows scheduled for Sept. 16 and 17 at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. Tickets go on sale Friday. The trio is based off Cooper’s 1970s drinking club, the Hollywood Vampires, which included John Lennon, Harry Nilsson and Micky Dolenz.

The group will release a self-titled album Sept. 11 that includes collaborations with Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Joe Walsh, Slash, Brian Johnson and others. Depp plays guitar throughout the album and sings background on some of the tracks. Proceeds from the album will benefit MusiCares, which provides financial and personal assistance to musicians. Hollywood Vampires also will perform at Brazil’s Rock in Rio on Sept. 24.

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Bob (Harold Robert) Hammond of Kimberley/Cranbrook passed away in his 100th year on Friday, July 31. Born in St. Anne de Bellevue, QC on April 22, 1916 to Harold and Georgina, he was the second of 4 children. His early years in Ottawa were filled with sports, clubs, and many outdoor adventures – summers spent biking, swimming, paddling and sailing his canoe and winters spent downhill and X-country skiing and skating. From an early age he had a passionate desire to learn about, put together, and then become competent in an endless array of interests including Boy Scouts of Canada, where he earned every skill badge they had from knot tying, to starting a fire without matches, to knitting. After high school, he was off to Queens University and subsequently graduated with honours and a degree in mining engineering. During this time, he continued competitive downhill and X-country skiing and added to his already notable medal collection. He was appointed captain of the basketball team though he could never figure out why and would laughingly say, “I really wasn’t very good!” After graduating in 1942, his adventurous spirit lead him to the far north in the Yukon where he worked and co-ordinated crews of prospectors in remote locations including both the mighty Nahanni and Pelly River Valleys. Many of his lively and animated renditions were recounted from this incredible chapter in his life – some hilarious and some riveting like his mid-winter crash landing in an old bush plane way back in the wilds, with no form of communication, finally walking out after many harrowing days. One of his best stories was of spending part of a bitterly cold winter in Yellowknife (instead of in his remote prospecting camp’s walled tent), where it seems evening visits to the hospital for cocoa became a regular occurrence----hmmm! Appears a very pretty young nurse from Saskatchewan had the right recipe and after a fun and eventful courtship, Elsie Anna Biensch and he were married in Wetaskiwin, AB on September 26, 1946. Soon after, they moved to Kimberley where kids Rick & Sally were born. In 1952, the north beckoned again and Tulsequah, BC, a remote Cominco mining settlement about 90km NE of Juneau, Alaska, became home. Five years later, the family returned to Kimberley for many happy and fun years filled with outdoor activities especially skiing, camping and fishing. With his 3 hunting buddies, many mountains and “secret” valleys were climbed and scoured in search of the elusive Rocky Mountain bighorn ram. At Cominco, he became immersed in developing a new alternate to dynamite for blasting – ammonium nitrate. For 5 years, there were many long days, skipped lunches, and late evenings developing the prills for different detonation speeds. Success finally came so blasters could blow a specific area with a much safer and more predictable outcome at a fraction of the cost of dynamite. In the early ‘60’s he was also instrumental in developing an underground circular cone shaped raise borer which was up to 10 times faster and much safer. During this time he researched and implemented major improvements to underground ventilation. He travelled a lot sharing developmental information with counterparts in the US and Scandinavia. Soon after, he got a new label - Superintendent of Research & Technical Development for the Mines Division of Cominco and he’d say as he laughed, “Big title, lots of work, little pay”. In the late 1960’s, as empty nesters, Bob and Elsie spent over 20 years in the West Kootenays of BC between Riondel and Tadanac (Trail) where they had many active retirement years mountaineering, camping, tending their fruit trees, and gardening in the summers as well as both alpine and X-country skiing in the mild winters. Bob was community-minded and volunteered on Boards of ski clubs and wildlife organizations. Some of his fondest memories were of The Old Guys, his X-country ski buddies. Known as “Hi-Ball Bob”, he and “Ol Trapper” Griffiths, “Sniff the Roses” Willey Dorey, “Never Wait” McKay, “The Red Bearded Guy” McKerracher, and “The Convert” Forrest, built a whole series of wonderful trails and cabins in the Nancy Greene Lake area near Rossland. His love of downhill skiing in powder snow with blue skies overhead endured and at the ripe age of 69, he skied just over 1 million vertical feet in one season.

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His surviving family remembering him are son Rick & his wife Daphne in Kimberley, grandsons Dana in Whitehorse and Benson in Calgary, daughter Sally & her husband Randy in the Slocan Valley, granddaughter Karen and great grandson Dylan in Ottawa. Should you wish, a donation to the Kootenay Wildlife Heritage Fund, PO Box 100, Kimberley, BC, V1A 2Y5 would be welcomed. Please add: “In memory of Bob Hammond”.

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Bob and Elsie moved back to Kimberley in 1990 where Rick, his wife Daphne, and their sons Dana and Benson relocated soon after. Daughter Sally was fairly close by in the Slocan Valley during the summers. Bob’s two grandsons were now one of his main focuses, sharing many outdoor experiences and stories with them. Bob was an engaging, enthusiastic and sometimes theatrical story teller, quick to laugh and joke, with an impressive and colourful vocabulary. He lived life to the fullest. He cherished Elsie (his wife of 68 years, deceased 2014) and loved his family. At 99, after his heart had beat over 3 billion times, it finally wore out. He often said, “Gee I’ve been fortunate. I’ve had a wonderful life”.

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$309,000

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217 Balsam Rd, Ross Spur

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