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Plans are rolling out for a new look and a new name for a wellused local skate park. The former Montrose Skate Park, now called the Beaver Valley Skate Park, is in need of an overhaul now that 13 years have passed since boarders first started taking grinds in the outdoor facility. Falling under the umbrella of the Beaver Valley Recreation Committee (BV Rec), planned betterment is coming together with Montrose, Fruitvale and Area A jointly earmarking the project as a high priority. Functional and sightly updates have been on the regional district’s radar since strong support for upgrading the existing venue was shown in a 2013 recreation survey of Beaver Valley residents. The proposed skate park improvements are one of the priorities for BV Rec’s capital projects in 2016, confirmed Area A Director, Ali Grieve. “We are the only skate park in the Lower Columbia,” she said. “Our plan to upgrade this facility will be a huge benefit to the reCONTINUED ON A2

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J.L. Crowe students and teachers are amping up for the Crowe Variety Show set to hit the Charles Bailey Theatre stage Thursday at 7 p.m. The annual show is an opportunity to connect the youth to their community through an event that showcases talent in all forms. This year’s line up includes dancing, musical performances and skits, including Jimmy Fallon’s “Ew” with Taylor Swift. Above, Leadership instructor Terry Jones plays Natalie (Swift) while Grade 9 student Kathryn Daines reenacts Sara (Jimmy Fallon) and woodwork teacher Gary Ortman becomes step-dad Gary. Tickets are available at the box office for $12 per adult and $10 a student.

Lost services vigil marks decade of mourning VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times

Lost seniors’ services will be mourned Friday when the Society for the Protection and Care of Seniors (SPCS) hosts its annual vigil outside the Trail hospital. The gathering from 1-3 p.m. at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital is more than a memorial for Carol Albo and family, who a decade later mourn the loss of Fanny Albo. Many are familiar with of the Albo story - 91-year-old Fanny Albo was transferred in February 2006 from

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CONTINUED FROM A1 gion.” The current skate park consists of features that have outgrown the sport of skateboarding, Grieve added. “We have plans for new concrete structures that are now in demand.” The project estimate and unofficial budget nears $300,000. That includes all project design, public consultation, construction and installation, explained Bryan Teasdale, Montrose chief administrative officer. “The facility is used by all age groups and genders as a means to provide both physical and social interaction,” he pointed out, reiterating the facility is the only one of its kind in both Greater Trail and the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB). “(Park) equipment is nearing its end of life,” Teasdale said. “The RDKB and village is currently planning to upgrade the facility that includes the installation of new permanent features and structures at the existing location, while improving other current park amenities such as fencing, lighting, access, signage and seating.” BV Rec stepped in to keep the project moving forward after disappointing news that Montrose’s Canada 150 application was denied funding, effectively grounding the village’s plans to re-brand the facility a “legacy” project. Skateboarders from the region and beyond regularly visit the 9th Avenue locale, which is listed and pictured on the Kootenay Rockies Tourism website, on SkateParkTour.ca, even on CoastalBC.com.

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Above, the current state of the Beaver Valley Skate Park and below is the Peachland Skate Park in the Okanagan, which provides a design that the local group envisions for Montrose.

So the three communities are hoping to land some local dollars to fix up the popular spot and revitalize its appeal. That’s where a new Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) granting cycle could come into play and help complete the project for park regulars, new visitors, and in time to mark Montrose’s 60th anniversary celebrations in 2016. The trust recently announced a new program called Recreation Infrastructure

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Grants, which offers $3 million per year over the next three years to help Basin groups and organizations with construction of new recreation projects or upgrades to existing infrastructure. The funds are earmarked for improvements to spaces such as parks, skate parks, back country trail networks, swimming pools, ice rinks, curling arenas, and sports fields. Eligible projects can be funded up to 70 per cent to a

maximum of $500,000. CBT maintains investing in recreation encourages residents to live active, healthy lifestyles and supports tourism in the region. “Together, the three communities of Fruitvale, Montrose and Area A are very committed to seeing this move forward,” Grieve added. “A grant from the Columbia Basin Trust will ensure a long lasting legacy for our youth to enjoy for years to come.”

Camping fee changes in some BC Parks

VICTORIA - Over the past five years, BC Parks has invested approximately $60 million in park facilities. The increases come after years of capital projects aimed at attracting young families, improving accessibility, and providing new opportunities for people to experience and enjoy BC Parks. The changes on March 15 affect approximately half of the provincial parks across B.C. In the Kootenay region, most park fees will remain unchanged

from 2015. Fees among the local parks range from $25 per night at Champion Lakes to $26 per night at Syringa Creek to $32 per night at Kokanee Creek. The majority of affected parks will see only a $1 or $2 per night increase. In some parks, fees will be decreased or eliminated altogether. For example, several camping and backcountry sites in the Kootenay region, such as at Arrow Lakes Provincial Park, will no longer have fees. Select group sites will see a $1 to $2 per party increase.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 IH aims to maintain a 75bed target per 1,000 population of individuals who are 75 years or older, which places Trail above target. “We are well bedded in Trail,” said Bloemink. The picture is much different from the society’s perspective, which still sees many gaps in service for the elderly, who at times require sudden extra care and support. “IHA (Interior Health Authority) has been telling us on paper that statistically our area has way more beds than other areas, but it doesn’t really matter when the bottom line is there are not enough beds,” she said. Since 2002, there was a dramatic loss of residential care beds with the closure of Kiro Manor and Mater Misericordiae. The intent at that time was to close those facilities and introduce enhanced services like home support, supportive housing and assisted living facilities. As a result, Silver City Gardens (supportive housing) and Rosewood Village (subsidized assisted living and complex care) were developed. Unfortunately, concerns remain in Greater Trail for anyone who is making their way through the convoluted system, according to member Margie Crawford. “It’s only when you get into dealing with the situation when you realize the holes and the gaps and it’s all coming at you at a point when you have not the emotional or physical reserves to deal with it because you’re also deal-

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Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital will look much like this 2014 photo on Friday when advocates and seniors gather at the front entrance of the Trail hospital to remind Interior Health they are still pressing for improved seniors’ care. ing with your loved one,” she said. “And so to try and then go through this maze you just feel so financially and emotionally bereft.” SPCS continues to hold the vigil to keep such gaps in services at the forefront, and to ensure IH is aware that this group of seniors will not be silenced or sit idle when it comes to respectful care needed for the aging demographic. The group claims home support is not meeting the full needs of clients, who may require more hours of help than the public system offers and are expected to burden family and friends or acquire out-of-pocket private home care. The worry also rests with those seniors who are being housed at the hospital awaiting placement or being discharged from the hospital and returning home to minimal support since financially that’s all they can secure. A decade later, and SPCS still hears of elderly moved out

of their home community in Greater Trail for temporary residential care placements in New Denver or Grand Forks. Keeping the elderly in their home community needs to be a priority, explained Crawford. “They’re cut off from their support network, they’re cut off from anything that’s familiar,” she said. “When everything is foreign to them, and if they have a degree of dementia, it will exasperate them dropping to another level because they’re taken out of everything that’s familiar.” Though IH has been trying to get individuals into their first choice facility within two to three months, Crawford notes the wait time can be longer, resulting in increased stress on the client and their family. The aging demographic is evident, according to B.C.’s Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s report on Monitoring Seniors’ Services, which marks the beginning

Council votes to put Rotary Health Centre on the market CHELSEA NOVAK

Rossland’s city council voted to move forward with selling off the old Rotary Health Centre at last week’s council meeting. The city doesn’t currently use the building — though it is home to Rossland’s food bank and Rossland Search and Rescue uses the basement for storage — and as it stands the structure costs thousands of dollars in operating fees per year and will cost taxpayers even more in major repairs. According to Steve Nash, the city’s consulting manager of finance,

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of a yearly update on key seniors’ services in the province. The report highlights where seniors’ needs are being met, and where improvements are most needed based on 2014/15 data highlighting key services under the advocate’s legislated mandate. Home support hours decreased in three out of five health authorities, while the number of clients increased in four out of five authorities. The number of residential care beds in the province has increased by 3.5 per cent since 2012; the report notes, but the population over 75 has increased 10 per cent during that time. “We appreciate some small improvements that have been made but we realize there are still serious needs not being met, and we need to keep this in the forefront,” said Carol, who invites the public to join the vigil outside the hospital front entrance.“It’s real, real as far as people still in need.”

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the building currently costs $8,000 to $10,000 a year to operate and it will cost an additional $30,000 to $40,000 “to bring it up to snuff.” According to Mike Pistak, who’s been a Rossland Rotary Club member for 50 years, the building was constructed by Rotary before he was even a member, but has always belonged to the city. “It was used as an immunization clinic and an expectant mothers and baby clinic for a while,” he explained, but the building has not been used for any immunizationrelated purposes for the past five to six years.

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B.C. still drunk on high housing prices

.C. Premier Christy Clark criticized Alberta last week for failing to diversify its economy or manage its books, hoping to convince everyone that her province is doing much better. It’s not — at least from a generational perspective. For Canadians in their 20s, 30s, 40s and their children, B.C. has the worst economy in the country. The 2016 preelection budget delivered last week does little to fix it. The bulk of today’s aging population came of age around 1976. Back then, young people in B.C. earned around $51,000 for fulltime work (inflation adjusted). Today, full-time earnings pay the typical 25-to-34-year-old around $43,000. That’s the largest decline of any province in the nation. Simultaneously, housing prices have exploded here more than anywhere else. In 1976, a young adult could buy a B.C. home for around $217,000 (in today’s dollars). Now homes cost nearly $600,000 on average — even though many are smaller condos with balconies, not houses with yards. This divide between earnings and the cost of housing reveals that the standard of living for younger British Columbians has taken a nosedive. It used to take five years for a typical young Canadian to save a 20 per cent down payment on an

average home. Now it number in the huntakes 12 years across dreds of thousands. the country, 15 years Exempting purin Metro Toronto, chasers from paying 16 years across all of the property transB.C., and 23 years in fer tax on homes up Metro Vancouver. to $750,000 is the Even if we ignore only policy change that average prices that reaches this have been skewed by broad group of resiDR. PAUL the uber-wealthy, just dents. But the re15 per cent of homes sulting savings can’t in Metro Vancouver compare with housTroy Media cost less than half a ing prices up hunmillion dollars and dreds of thousands have three bedrooms — enough of dollars. rooms for a family with two kids. As Alcoholics Anonymous tell This region includes half the prov- us, the first step to solving a probince’s population, residing in cities lem is acknowledging it. It’s time that stretch from Delta to Langley for the B.C. government to conand Maple Ridge. cede that the existence of escalatNo matter how much the pre- ing housing prices is no longer mier and Finance Minister Michael an absolute good. While great for de Jong brag about the province homeowners, especially those with having the best growth rates in decades of equity gains, increases the country and about B.C.’s triple- are bad for their kids and grandA credit status, they are leading children. the worst-performing economy The B.C. budget ignores this. It for younger Canadians when mea- proposes no new annual taxes on sured by the interaction of earnings housing wealth, nor does it offer relative to the cost of living. any real measures to minimize The 2016 budget offers little to speculation. tackle this problem. Yes, it allocates The budget also does not re$355 million over five years to put duce other major costs that young toward housing affordability. While adults face. Child care still costs this money will help up to 2,000 the equivalent of a second annual families, it is not up to the task mortgage payment. Sharing time at of fixing a housing market that is home with a new baby on parental broken for younger citizens, who leave costs the equivalent of a third

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mortgage payment. Transportation, especially from the suburbs in Metro Vancouver, can approximate another mortgage payment. While B.C. isn’t spending substantially more to reduce these costs for younger Canadians, it is increasing spending on medical care … again. Health spending is up by more than half a billion dollars. Now health-care spending on seniors alone adds up to one-third more than spending on all of grade school, or all of post-secondary schooling. This reflects the ongoing age-biased pattern in provincial government spending. When combined with federal and municipal expenditures, governments spend more than $33,000 per retiree compared to less than $12,000 per person under 45. Supporting the aging population is critical, including with their health care and retirement income security. But it is equally critical to fix the economic problems plaguing their children and grandchildren in B.C. Making this province work for every generation must become a top priority for all B.C. political parties heading into the 2017 election. Dr. Paul Kershaw is the founder of Generation Squeeze, and a policy professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health.

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Conservatives’ fixation with NDP led to election defeat

fter an election cam- Byrne’s decision to mention an paign has ended, it is “inside baseball” story in politics interesting to see how that, I’d argue, very few people reporters, columnists, likely know about. strategists and others interpret “Another key factor that led what has unfolded. Unique in- to the Conservatives’ defeat,” she sights, however, wrote, “was that comes from a pothe party needed litical insider who the NDP to do is, for whatever reawell.” According son, willing to talk. to Byrne, “[h] Which brings us aving argued since to Jenni Byrne. 2011 that the NDP The former sewere never our nior Tory strategist main opponent, caught some peoincluding making MICHAEL ple off-guard with the internally unher version of last popular decision year’s federal elecof dismantling our Troy Media tion campaign in an NDP unit that was op-ed that appeared in the Globe tasked with tracking and attackand Mail on Feb. 8. ing that party, I lost the argument She kept to the shadows while to others who felt they were the working for former prime minis- more serious threat.” ter Stephen Harper. So, it was inShe went on to say, “The decitriguing to read her observations sion during the campaign to turn about the Tories’ organizational our guns on the NDP was a misskills, challenges and future pros- take. They were never the party’s pects. enemy. The final straw was when What really stood out was the party went after the NDP

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on the niqab issue. It crushed the NDP in Quebec, but it also removed them as a viable alternative in the rest of the country, something Conservatives needed them to be.” Since I didn’t work in the 2011 or 2015 Tory war rooms, I have no idea if this was Byrne’s position. (I’ll take her word for it.) The discussion about the NDP and tactics, however, is revealing. Although Tories and New Democrats are on different sides of the political spectrum, they have one thing in common: They’re both ideologically driven. In contrast, Liberals are classic fence-sitters. They have ideas and policies, of course, but tend to follow the direction of the prevailing political winds when they implement them. Hence, there has always been some disagreement in right-leaning political circles about how to deal with Canada’s social democratic alternative. Some Tories support the old proverb “the

Shift from oil will take decades An editorial from the Guelph Mercury Two things can be said about the University of Waterloo professors and students clamouring for their school to sell off its investments in fossil fuels. First, the campaign reminds us of the need to fight climate change, which threatens this planet, and to do so by finding alternatives to oil and natural gas. That’s a good thing. Second, these committed and well-meaning individuals unfortunately aren’t anywhere close to revealing a plausible plan for achieving these important goals. Sudden divestment, however morally pure its advocates might consider it, won’t cure what ails Mother Nature. Despite the wishes of the most ardent environmentalists, Canadians need fossil fuels, not just today but for the foreseeable future. Canadians need the economic boost from the oil and natural gas industries to keep their living standard one of the world’s highest. Natural Resources Canada reported in 2010 (admittedly, before the plunge in oil prices) that oil and gas companies accounted for five per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product. In addition, oil and gas activity last year accounted for a third of business spending in the country and a quarter of our exports. Canadians need the billions of dollars in oil and natural gas revenues flowing from the fossil fuel industry to keep their roads repaired, their hospitals running, their schools open -- and, yes, their universities staffed with well-paid professors and filled

with students who benefit from subsidized tuition fees. Even more than this, the advanced, technological society that surrounds us like a protective cocoon depends on fossil fuels. Oil is Canada’s most important energy source by far, meeting 40 per cent of our energy needs. If we’re honest, we’ll admit we rely on petroleum products to get around, whether we own a car, use public transit buses or, as so many of us do, jet to some exciting foreign destination. It will take years for electric cars to provide a viable alternative for the masses and, even then, some of the juice that powers those vehicles may come from a gasfired power plant. We have yet to hear of a fleet of solar-driven jumbo jets. Many of us heat our homes with oil or natural gas. Petroleum products are also used to make plastics, synthetic materials and chemical products. They help pave our roads and roof our homes. They can be found in the telephones and computers you use today as well as in clothing, toilet seats, cameras, dentures, detergents, toothpaste, eyeglasses, heart valves, artificial limbs, shoes, carpets, tires and hearing aids. Oh -- and don’t forget the petroleum products used in the fertilizers that are essential to growing the food you eat, as well as for the farm machines that sow and harvest that food and the trucks that bring it from across Canada and, indeed the Americas. It’s doubtful we could feed the world today without petroleum. All these uses explain why the

advocates of divestment -- and they make up a small portion of the university’s population, with just 63 of UW’s 1,174 full-time faculty and 50 of its approximately 35,000 students -- don’t have the answers we need. They’re focused on supply, not demand. They want to hit, possibly hurt, the fossil fuel companies. But what if they do? Even if they succeed in making life harder for some, there is an oversupply of oil in today’s world. So even if all the oil firms in Alberta shut down their rigs and seal off their wells, there will be lots of others to keep us supplied -and some of them will be South American despots and Middle Eastern tyrants. The way to wean the planet from petroleum is to deal with demand. Pricing carbon, which all Canadian governments are increasingly committed to doing, is one way to achieve this. But we’ll also need alternatives for the myriad ways we use petroleum today -- and that laborious shift will span a generation.

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enemy of my enemy is my friend,” meaning that the Liberals, and not the NDP, should always be the primary focus of a federal election campaign. Other Tories believe all political rivals should be treated as the enemy during an election, period. I’ve always supported the latter concept. Yes, the NDP has never formed the federal government. Until the 2011 federal election, they were seen as a perpetual third party in the House of Commons with a distinct support base. At the same time, the party’s electoral achievements at the provincial level should not be ignored. Provincial success could have eventually translated into federal success, depending how the chips fell on the campaign trail. In fact, had things gone a bit differently last year – including with the controversial niqab debate, which crushed the NDP’s momentum – it’s possible that

Tom Mulcair, and not Justin Trudeau, could have ended up at 24 Sussex Drive. While I certainly don’t hate the NDP, they’re a political opponent and, in effect, an enemy. The Tories shouldn’t treat them with kid gloves, or give them fair warning about impending political attacks against other parties (which has happened in the past). The Conservatives’ decision to dissolve the party’s NDP unit was huge tactical error. It should have been front and centre during last year’s campaign. The one good thing about Byrne’s revelation? Tories will be forced to realize that nice guys always finish last in politics. Take all of your rivals seriously, and don’t play favourites. Unless you’re content with spending time in the political wilderness. Troy Media columnist and political commentator Michael Taube was a speechwriter for former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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ncient Greek drama can’t petitor, wore his whale-size heart on his compete with the emotional sleeve, and didn’t pull many punches roller coaster the Trail Smoke when it came to expressing himself to Eaters have played out the the refs – often to his team’s detriment. past few months. I’d heard his communication skills Well, maybe one. with his players and the Smokies exThe “Iphigenia,” by Euripides ecutive were lacking. But players (or is a tragedy where the Greek King, owners) don’t have to like their coach Agamemnon, is compelled to sacrifice for teams to be successful. In the case of his daughter, Iphigenia, to appease the Scotty Bowman, many hated the wingods so they’d allow the 1,000 ships to ningest coach in NHL history, but they set sail for Troy to fight an epic and always couched their jaded remarks protracted battle. The metaphor being, with an admission of respect. Smokies coach Nick Deschenes had to I’m not saying the Smokies players be sacrificed (fired) so the hockey gods didn’t respect Deschenes, but they defiwould let the Smokies sail into the play- nitely weren’t playing like they did the offs after an epic and prolonged absence. second half of the season. And for that Maybe a stretch, but to happen 30-40 games when the axe came down in, it’s the players who on the Trail Smoke Eater must be held accounthead coach and GM last able. With four games reweek with just five games maining and five points remaining in the season, out, the team will need a and the team still in the Trojan horse to make the mix for a playoff spot, I playoffs, but you never was surprised and a little know. saddened. Deschenes was handSomething sinister hap- JIM ed a difficult task when pened after Christmas that he came over from the stalled a Smokies team Grand Forks Border that was poised if not desBruins and took over Tight Lines tined by the gods for a the reins in November playoff berth. The Smokies lost 14 of 16 2013 in what was essentially his second games in the New Year, and crucial loss- coaching job. Yet, his teams improved es to Surrey (the last place team in the in wins every year, and the Alberta naleague) and Prince George (second last) tive made significant strides, focusing didn’t help, but the devastating setback on high-tech teaching strategies and to Powell River, blowing a three-goal introducing systems that were sophistilead in the final five minutes, was pure cated and successful when applied. agony. And once the losses mounted – it His recruiting skills brought in excitbecame clear, the Smokies were cursed. ing talent like far off prospects Charlie I doubt anyone killed the sacred deer of Zuccarini, Bailey MacBurnie, and Nick Artemis, but for some reason, the team Halloran, and thanks in no small part couldn’t get back on track. to Nick, more than 25 players benefitted The action taken by president Tom from scholarships over those two-andGawryletz and the Smokies executive a-half years. was a message to the fans, to the playHe helped the Trail Smoke Eaters ers, and the coaching staff, that what engage the community, and genuinely was happening had to stop, that going cared about his players, the Silver City, forward without Deschenes, whose con- and its hockey culture and rich sporttract was up at the end of March, was ing tradition. He hoped to guide the better than going forward with him. Smokies into the playoffs and tried his The firing was a necessary evil, born best to make that happen. out of necessity. And to borrow a Greek I like Nick. He always returned my proverb, “Not even the gods fight neces- calls, which had to be hard at times sity.” especially after a lengthy losing streak. Nick wasn’t your typical “player’s And, to me at least, he always had lots coach,” and for some players his expul- to say, sometimes too much when it sion will be a welcome change to the came to editing his comments - but for chilly climate of the Cominco Arena. a sportswriter that is a good problem Deschenes was cerebral, unapologeti- to have. cally tough on those whom he deemed Coaching is a tough business, with underachieving and/or lazy. But he tried little job security; and after over 27 desperately to squeeze as much effort months of talking to the former coach as he could out of a team not exactly almost weekly, I’ll miss him. saturated in talent. He was a fierce comGood luck Nick.

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The Myron Nichol rink got off to a hot start at the Senior BC Curling championships in Richmond winning 2-of-3 and knocking off former champion Craig Lepine 8-6 on Wednesday.

Kootenay zone off to promising start Ursel rink undefeated

BY TIMES STAFF A couple rinks with a distinctive Kootenay flavour jumped out to terrific starts at the BC Senior Curling championship in Richmond. The Kootenay zone’s Myron Nichol rink went 2-1 in the opening three draws, while Kelowna’s Bob Ursel foursome with lead Don Freschi of Trail and Nelson’s Fred Thompson as second, is the only undefeated team, at 3-0, to start the tournament. With Trail’s Richard Faunt throwing lead for Nichol, and Kootenay Savings Super League curlers Garry Beaudry and Bill van Yzerloo curling second and third rocks respectively, the Kootenay team beat Delta’s Al Roemer rink in dramatic fashion in the team’s first game on Tuesday. Tied 3-3 after six, the Roemer rink stole two in the seventh end to take a 5-3 lead, but incredibly Nichol managed to score three in the final end to claim a 6-5 victory.

Nichol then faced Ursel in the Tuesday evening match up, and the Kelowna skip scored three in the first end on his way to a 7-2 win. However, the Kootenay foursome bounced back in Wednesday’s third draw, scoring two in an extra end against the 2013 Senior Mens champion, Langley’s Craig Lepine team, for an 8-6 triumph. Ursel is a three-time BC Mens champion, and added Freschi and Thompson to the mix in his attempt at a first Seniors title. Ursel opened with a stunning 8-3 victory over two-time defending Seniors champion Wes Craig rink, before beating Nichol, and then outlasting the Doug Marshall team from Chilliwack, 4-3. In the Senior Womens tournament, the Marnie Matthews team from Trail/Nelson is 1-2 over the first three draws. In the first match, Matthews lost handily to Team Shantz, the 2014 champion, but turned it around with a 6-3 victory over the Lynne Noble rink. However, in the third draw

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on Wednesday, Matthews lost to the undefeated Marilou Richter team from Penticton 10-4. Matthews team includes Trail’s Rose Beauchamp as third, and Nelson’s Carol Bennett as second and Cathy McLeod, lead. Matthews played the Lisa Deputan rink in the afternoon match Wednesday but the score was unavailable at press time. On Thursday, Matthews will play the Jackie Clement rink from Summerland at 2 p.m. and Terrace’s Lisa Bulleid team at 7 p.m. Nichol’s Kootenay zone team played the Stu Harris rink Wednesday afternoon but scores were unavailable. Nichol opens against Marshall today at 2 p.m. and plays the Craig rink at 7 p.m. The final games of the Page playoffs go on Saturday, with the final scheduled for Sunday at 11 a.m. depending on results. The winners for both the Mens and Womens advance to the Canadian Senior Curling Championship in Digby, Nova Scotia, Mar. 28-Apr. 2.

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BY TIMES STAFF Gericks Sports clung to its playoff hopes in Trail Commercial Hockey League action with a pair of victories last week over Arlington including a dramatic 6-5 win in the final seconds on Sunday. Down 5-3 heading into the third period, Gericks made a spectacular comeback tying the game in the final frame, then winning it when Gord Aiken converted a set up from Craig Clare and David Moorehead and beat Arlington goalie Eric Volpatti with 11 seconds remaining for the victory. The win draws the sportsmen to within three points of the Big A for the fourth and final playoff spot, with just three games remaining in the regular season. Gericks opened the scoring when Moorehead netted his seventh on the season on an Aiken setup. But the Arlington scored four times in the last eight minutes and 30 seconds to take a 4-1 lead, on goals from Al McMartin, Jeremy Robinson, and a pair from league leading scorer Pat Iannone.

Gericks d-man Al Benson got one back in the second period to draw within two, but former Portland Winterhawk Joey Baker scored an unassisted marker with 12:20 to play for his fourth point of the night for a 5-2 edge. Cue the comeback, as Nathan Stanton scored with 6:15 to play in the second period, then made it 5-4 on a gutsy individual effort just 24 seconds into the final frame. Two minutes later, Matt Langille banged in a Travis Drake pass to tie it, setting up the dramatic Aiken winner. Despite the loss the Arlington has the softer schedule heading into the final three games, with two matches against Re/Max and one against the league leading OK Tire, while Gericks will face the Tire twice and Allstar once. Iannone’s two goals gave him 48 on the season and 97 points to equal his output from all of last year, and three off the unprecedented century mark. In Sunday’s other match, OK Tire coasted to a 2-2 tie with Allstar after a 4-4 deadlock versus Re/Max on Friday, to main-

tain a strangle hold on top spot. The Tire’s Troy Palmer popped two goals in a 70 second span to take a 2-0 lead in the first, but a rare goal from Allstar defenceman Brady Glover made it 2-1 and Andrew Jenner tied it at the seven minute mark of the second. Goalies Rocky Dickson of the Tire and Allstar’s Cody Deadmarsh stood tall the rest of the way battling to a 2-2 stalemate. It was the 10th tie for the Allstar this season, by and far the most of any team, but the single point gave them 30 on the season and brought them to within two points of the 13-12-4 Re/Max for second place. The other match on Friday saw Arlington play to a 6-6 tie with Allstar, while Gericks thumped the Big A in a Thursday match 6-1. The TCHL’s next games go on Thursday when Arlington plays Re/Max at 7:15 p.m. and Gericks faces Allstar at 8:30 p.m. Sunday’s games will see Allstar play Re/ Max at 2:15 p.m. and OK Tire take on Gericks at 3:30 p.m.

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Big ends net big wins

BY TIMES CONTRIBUTOR Big ends and bigger wins marked Trail Retiree Mens curling action last week at the Trail Curling Club. Team Alvin Caron had team Harvey Handley on the ropes with a blank in the first, scoring two in the second and a steal of one in the third. But the Handley crew bounced back with a huge five-ender in the fourth that proved to be the knockout punch. Make the final 8–4 Handley. Team Serge Pasquali started well with a single in the first, but the Brett Rakuson side was merciless. Scoring five over the next three ends, team Rakuson never let up, taking four in the fifth.

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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pt GF Washington 55 41 10 4 86 184 Florida 57 33 18 6 72 160 N.Y. Rangers 56 32 18 6 70 163 Boston 57 31 20 6 68 174 Detroit 57 29 19 9 67 146 N.Y. Islanders 55 30 19 6 66 161 New Jersey 58 29 22 7 65 130 Pittsburgh 55 28 19 8 64 142 Tampa Bay 56 30 22 4 64 149 Carolina 57 26 21 10 62 139 Philadelphia 56 25 21 10 60 137 Montreal 57 27 26 4 58 157 Ottawa 58 26 26 6 58 165 Buffalo 58 23 28 7 53 137 Columbus 58 23 28 7 53 149 Toronto 55 20 26 9 49 134

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WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pt GF GA Dallas 58 37 15 6 80 188 156

Team Pasquali could only muster a single in six, so the gloves came off, and it was handshakes all around. In tight game between the Dan Horan and Forrest Drinnan rinks it was five to four Horan, after six ends. The Horan side made it an early afternoon for the Drinnan rink by taking six in the seventh. Make the final 11–4 for Horan. Team Ernie Brown looked like they had something to prove in their game against team Primo Secco. Brown up 3-1 after two ends put the game away with six in the third end, then stole the next two ends. Pushing the rocks back after five ends and the score 12–1 for Brown.

Team Clare Coleman started strong, with a six to one lead on team Pat Burke after four ends. Team Burke closed the gap to six to four after six, but could not catch Coleman and was run out of rocks in the eighth to make the final 7–4, Coleman. Stan Trozzo, the old fox, showed off his strategy and shot making against team Kevin Oliver. With Kevin not able to get the line and weight exactly right, he came out on the losing side of a 7–5 game. In a game that saw great shots from both skips it was team Murray Walsh that ran the Tom Hall foursome out of rocks in the eighth for an 8–5 win.

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BCHL Tuesday’s games West Kelowna 4 Vernon 1. Victoria 3 Cowichan Valley 0 Wednesday’s games West Kelowna 6 Vernon 4 Wenatchee at Chilliwack, 7 p.m. N/A Thursday’s game Langley at Prince George, 7 p.m. Friday’s games Chilliwack at Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Powell River at Nanaimo, 7 p.m. Alberni Valley at Prince George, 7 p.m. Penticton at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m. Cowichan Valley at Surrey, 7 p.m. Vernon at West Kelowna, 7 p.m. Victoria at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Merritt at Trail, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 Powell River at Nanaimo, 6 p.m. Victoria at Penticton, 6 p.m. Vernon at Chilliwack, 7 p.m. Langley at Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Trail at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m. Cowichan Valley at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Alberni Valley at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

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n last week’s column, the preempter bid again because he was two-suited in the minors with Diamonds longer than Clubs. What if Clubs are longer than Diamonds? If he pre-empts in Clubs and later bids Diamonds, partner must choose Clubs one level higher. The solution is that the player pre-empts in Clubs then bids unusual No Trump asking partner to choose between the two, knowing that Clubs are longer. The Bidding: North, afraid the opponents have a major game, pre-empts Three

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three-level pre-empt in CLubs. East passes and so does South. West is now in the balancing seat and needs good shape and an Ace less than what is required in direct seat to balance. He bids Three Spades and East happily raises to Four. North now bids 4NT asking South to pick a minor with the knowledge that Clubs are longer. South picks Diamonds. Sacrifices should always be doubled and East obliges. Opening Lead: It is clear, North and South are likely relying on ruffs to cut down their losses so West leads a trump. Diamond Seven to the Ace and King of Diamonds then the Spade Queen. The Play: Declarer ruffs the Spade and cashes the Club Ace. He goes back to dummy by ruffing a Spade with his second last trump. He loses the Club Queen and ruffs the return of a Spade and cashes his

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on February 15, 2016. He is predeceased by his daughter Collette and also his father Euclid. He is survived by his loving wife Gail, Travis (Danielle), Kevin, granddaughters Kaitlyn and Olivia, Tina (Grant), grandsons Nolan and Ryley, his mother Agnes, siblings; Carol, Anita, Morris, Robert, Howard and Donna as well as many nieces and nephews. Dennis was an avid hunter who enjoyed the outdoors. Dennis was employed by Teck Cominco for 33 years as a steel fabricator, retiring in 2014. His Teck Social Clubs were very important to him as was his time spent developing the Birch Bank picnic grounds. After retirement his organizational skills were a true asset to his Wednesday ‘Coffee Group’ meetings. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 1:00pm at the Fruitvale Memorial Hall. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with the arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence by visiting the family’s register at www.myalternatives.ca The family would like to thank the first responders, Dr. VanVleet and the nursing staff at KBRH for their exceptional care and also Dr. Stanley and his staff for their ongoing and compassionate care. As an expression of sympathy, your donations made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Foundation, specifically to the Oncology Department or to Poplar Ridge Pavillion (at 1200 Hospital Bench Road, Trail, V1R 4M1) in his name would be appreciated.

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Get disgusting husband to see his doctor ANNIE’S MAILBOX

It All Dear Juggling: You have made some excellent points. Grandparents often don’t understand (and can resent) the time kids spend in various activities and with their friends. Kids tend to become increasingly busy the older they get, and although they

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respect for him. Insist he see his may be a life-stage issue. doctor to find out why he cannot When my children were young, I control his bodily funcregularly saw my mothtions, since this change in er, as she provided care his previous behavior could for them when I was indicate a small stroke or at work part time. We Marcy Sugar dementia. (That might get regularly had dinners & Kathy Mitchell his attention.) Tell him you with my in-laws and are ready to walk out the visits with my parents door, because that is an easy way as the kids enjoyed it and I had plenty not to have him in your life. And of time. if you truly mean it, you ought to In the past few years, I’ve gone do it. Otherwise, absent yourself as back to work full time. My chilmuch as possible. Go out to dinner dren are older and are involved with with friends and leave him at home. music, sports, church, scouts and Find a hobby that gets you out of the other activities. I see my family twice house. Take long vacations to see a month and on holidays. I see my the relatives. Book a trip with a tour in-laws roughly the same amount. group. Many couples find a modi- This is not distance or estrangement. cum of contentment living indepen- It’s time management. There are only dent lives when too much closeness so many hours to go around. We still becomes suffocating. make time for family, but it is defiDear Annie: I’m writing about nitely different than when the kids “Crying Mother,” who wondered were little and had no activities. why her once loving daughter-in-law My parents, in-laws and I comnow seems cold and distant. I could municate well most of the time, but be that daughter-in-law. It’s possible with less communication, there may that it’s not a personal issue at all. It be less understanding. -- Juggling

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Dear Annie: After more than 30 years, my husband has turned into one disgusting human being. He retired on disability some time ago, and has slowly gone from a very intelligent man to a human cesspool. He burps loudly and thinks his flatulence is amusing, and he believes that I should just put up with both. After years of trying to be a supportive spouse, this is the thanks I get. It’s not funny to me any longer, but I don’t have the nerve to tell him that I’ve lost all respect for him. I cannot bring friends to the house because of his boorish behavior, which I suspect is just what he wants. I used to admire my husband. Now I wouldn’t care if something happened to him, if you know what I mean. If I had one wish, it would be not to have him in my life any longer. Do you have any suggestions? -- Frat Boy’s Wife Dear Wife: We have a few. If you don’t communicate clearly with your husband, he will not know how you feel. Tell him you have lost all

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Administrative Clerk II The Village of Warfield has an exciting career opportunity for an experienced Administrative Clerk, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer.

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This permanent position is included in the CUPE bargaining unit, Local 2087. Interested individuals are invited to submit their resumes by February 26, 2016 to: Jackie Patridge, Chief Financial Officer, Village of Warfield, 555 Schofield Highway, Trail B.C. V1R 2G7 info@warfield.ca

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I’m a fan of European cars

t is probably not much of a of not using the correct engine secret. I like European cars. oil. Especially the German kind. So you are not just looking Do they build better cars for 5w30 viscosity synthetic. than everybody else? I doubt it. Your BMW may need 5w30 that For me though they build the meets LL01, or LL04 specificabest driving cars. They also gen- tions. Your Mercedes will require erally respect my six-foot-five a special diet of 5w30 that meets inch frame. their own 229.3 or 229.51 If you haven’t drivspecifications. Your VW/ en a German brandAudi may require a 5w40 ed car you should try but any old 5w40 synthetone out. They feel ic will not suffice. VW different. They hold specifications are 502, the road like your 505.01, 504, 507. favorite carving skis. See what I mean? RON They make the Hope Overly complex. Princeton (without Thank goodness they Mechanically semis) just plain fun. all seem to publish availSpeaking If you choose to able service bulletins to own one they do help us find the right oils. have special needs. Not tending Make sure you or your service to these needs will likely cause provider is using one of these you grief. They can be overly bulletins to get you the right oil. complex and illogical. Generally speaking Euros reFirst and foremost Euros, es- quire oils that behave differently pecially the Teutonic ones, re- at higher temperatures. At 150 quire special oil. Special oil does degrees Celsius they are required not just mean the best synthetic to stay thicker than a typical money can buy. They require an American car oil. engine oil that meets the specifiWithout that quality, synthetic cations that each manufacturer or not synthetic, the oil will not developed for the specific engine protect metal parts from scuffand application. ing. Premature wear will occur. The oil specification is likely Viscosity at 150 Celsius is not in the owner’s manual. The own- the only difference. er’s manual will also have a long The Euros pride themselves dissertation on the ramifications in being environmentally friend-

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Crowe Variety Show tonight

ly. As such they generally have maintenance schedules that allow significantly longer oil change intervals. Therefore the oil is designed to survive these longer intervals. Read the fine print though. Severe service use (ie: driving in the Kootenays) like shorts trips, continuous freezing temperatures and/or mountainous driving requires more frequent changes. The salesman that sells you your Euro will go on about the infrequent required services but I can tell you not to fall in that trap. If you want a long service life from your new car stick with a shorter regimen of services. Ask your mechanic that fixes those cars for a living for professional advice. Enough about the oil. Time to move on to the oil filter. Believe it or not your Mercedes likely can use two different oil filters. One type will require more frequent replacement than the other. Make sure you know which one you are getting. Did I mention overly complex? Trail’s Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive technician and graduate of mechanical engineering from UBC. E-mail: nutechauto@ telus.net

Grapevine is a public service pro- more info. vided by the Trail Times and is not a Health guaranteed submission. For full listing • Friday, Kootenay Boundary visit trailtimes.ca. Regional Hospital (outside), 1-3 Music p.m. The Society for the Protection • Thursday, Charles Bailey and Care of Seniors hold its annual Theatre, 7 p.m. for JL Crowe Memorial Vigil for “Services Lost.” Variety Show. J.L. Annual show Other is an opportunity to connect the • Thursday, Trail United Church, youth to their comnoon until 1 p.m. munity through an Communities in Faith event that showcases Pastoral Charge, prestalent in all forms. ent Lenten Luncheon This year’s line up inSeries. Conversation cludes dancing, mu- Events & Happenings in focus “God’s Love sical performances / God’s Judgment.” the Lower Columbia and skits. Tickets are Bring thoughts, quesavailable at the box tions and bag lunch. office, $12 per adult and students, Speakers: Feb. 18, Fr. Bart vanRoi$10. jen, Holy Trinity Parish; Feb. 25, • Saturday, Trail KP Hall, 8-11 Pastor Shaun Romano, Gateway p.m. Dance to the big band sounds Christian Life Centre; March of SwingSationS. All welcome. 3, Andrew Freeman, Warfield Tickets at Trail Coffee & Tea Co. Community Church; March and Mallards Source For Sports in 10, Canon Neil Elliot, Anglican Castlegar. To reserve call 367.6115. Church; March 17, Rev. Michael • Sunday, Rossland Legion, Hare Trail United Church. doors open 6 p.m. for Joe Hill Upcoming Coffee House. Performers begin 7 • Feb. 27, Trail Seniors Centre, p.m. Line up includes Bert Kniss, 2-4 p.m. Dance to music of Reg Stew Ford, Les Carter, Alan Suttie, Bozzer. Admission $2, refreshKeith Robine and Mike Scully, the ments. Entrance on Portland Street. Dead Strings and Dave Scanlan. All welcome. For info call Darlene New performers welcome, no au- McIsaac, 364.0960 or 368.9790. ditions. Contact Les Carter at reTo submit email newsroom@ trac01@telus.net or 362.5677 for trailtimes.ca.

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