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Interior Health and ANKORS are responding to an increasing overdose trend with education and outreach.

There has been a gradual climb in opioid-drug (pain reliever) related overdose deaths over the last 24 months across the province, according to BC Coroner statistics, which has jump-started a province-wide conversation.

The Interior region is no exception. Fatal overdoses from illicit drugs leapt to 60 last year from 20 in 2008. Preliminary data for 2016 already reports 15 overdose deaths related to illicit drug use, and that’s significant, says Dr. Trevor Corneil, chief medical officer for Interior Health.

The spike is primarily found in big centres like Kamloops or Kelowna, he adds, but the region’s smaller communities are feeling the impact as well.

Statistically, Trail and Nelson see anywhere from one-to-five overdose fatalities a year, but because the communities stay under five, and sometimes see none at all, they are not charted in the BC Coroner’s annual report.

“We certainly would like to get ahead of the problem, and we do that by educating the public and also providing resources through contracted agencies and harm reduction such as needle exchanges and take-home Naloxone kits, as well as access to treatment through detox and other modalities,” he said. “It’s important that communities know that a trend that occurs across a province, a region, a trend that doesn’t seem to be hitting any particular group - age, gender or otherwise - be interpreted as applicable to everybody.”

Overdoses are reported among frequent users as well as those who use for recreational purposes.

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Photos of smiling students and instructors from many years past were displayed on dining hall tables in the Greater Trail Community Centre mid-week as retired Kootenay Columbia teachers gathered for a banquet lunch. The group meets four times a year. During the events, they study old school district photos that were plucked from storage in Castlegar, to identify who is in each picture, most dating back decades. Janice Androsoff (right) a former MacLean Elementary School teacher sits as president of the retired teachers association and Fran Deadmarsh a 30-year teacher retired for 13 years, were quick to identify a few of the subjects in photos that include group shots of staff and student athletic clubs.

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Removing the independence of our most vulnerable citizens should have the whole community outraged, says Sheila Adcock.

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Residents with a keen interest in the new pipeline/pedestrian bridge can watch the build from the comfort of their home since the city’s time-lapse camera is now live.

The camera snaps a picture every 30 minutes, collecting images of the construction until its completion in December of this year.

The super-wide angle lens, set up about 800 feet downstream from the site, captures the project from afar, but the picture is magnified with a zoom-in tool located on the top left corner of the page.

There are several ways to access the camera. From a desktop, there is a direct link “Live Cam” from the city’s homepage to the camera site. Or, from a mobile device, access www.trail.ca and type “time lapse” in the “Search for” for field. The link is also posted on the city’s Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Andrea Jolly, Trail’s communications and events coordinator, said documenting and sharing a build of this magnitude was fitting since the support of the community and the region was instrumental in bringing the project to reality.

“The live camera is an opportunity for anyone to view the project,” she said. “It also creates a sense of excitement as construction progresses.

“When we shared the camera link on Facebook, we received thousands of views and many shares,” she added. “We can see there is a lot of interest in the project.”

The images will be archived for the city’s record but also as a means of later compiling a time-lapse video that will show the construction from beginning to end in just a few short minutes.

Once completed, the video will be posted to the city’s YouTube page for viewing pleasure for years to come.

“Time-lapse videos for large construction projects are quite fascinating, and we’d like this video to be part of our opening ceremony of the bridge,” explained Jolly.

“We are still working through a few glitches, so we ask for everyone’s patience,” she added.

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Interested citizens can track the progress of the pipe-pedestrian bridge online through the City of Trail’s website. A camera is designed to take a photo every 30 minutes and provide a time-lapse for viewers. Visit the “Live Cam” on the city’s homepage.

Police continue to investigate death of Fruitvale man on Kootenay Lake NELSON STAR STAFF Four and a half months after a boating crash killed a Fruitvale man on Kootenay Lake, RCMP have not decided whether to recommend any charges.

“It is still under investigation,” said Creston Staff Sgt. Darryl Hammond, in whose detachment area the crash occurred.

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quite a long time to go through. A lot of exhibits need to be processed.”

David Larry Dale Jamieson, 30, died after a boat struck the base of a steep rock face near Riondel on Oct. 11.

Police released few details at the time, except to say that he was one of four people on board and died at the scene while the other three were taken to hospital.

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Online petition gathering steam

CONTINUED FROM A1 employment,” Adcock emphasized.

“If they lose the bus pass or transportation subsidy then they will lose their independence, depending on others to drive them around,” she added. “We are also then concerned with their safety as the individuals on PWD are very vulnerable and having to take chances with asking for others for rides opens up all kinds of issues around community safety.”

Adcock joined Inclusion BC’s growing wave of opposition by getting word out about a change.org online petition to Premier Christy Clark and Minister Michelle Stilwell, titled, “Raise the rates, leave our bus pass alone.”

The petition has garnered 12,400 signatures to date.

BC disability benefit rates of $906 per month are among the lowest in the country, Inclusion BC states on the petition. The amount has increased only by $120 since 2001.

The government’s stance is the $77 monthly increase provides fairness in the system and more choice for approximately 100,000 people currently on disability assistance.

The new even rates mean everyone on disability will receive $983 per month, instead of how the system is set up now, which has clients with no transportation costs receiving $906, those with bus passes $958, and others with special transportation subsidies, $972.

The negative implications are already surfacing on the population CDS supports, Adcock counters.

“They are very upset and confused as to how this will affect them and the process they will have to follow,” she added. “Keep in mind, to qualify for PWD services, you have to prove it.”

First, the person must prove he, or she, has a severe medical, physical, learning, or mental health diagnosis, that will last beyond two years.

And, applicants must prove the condition affects their ability to complete daily living activities.

“This population is now expected to not only deal with these issues on a daily basis,” Adcock said. “But also a government that is taking away what little independence and self respect they may have left.”

Without an annual bus pass or special transport funding, grocery shopping will be affected and getting to physician appointments, work or community events will become a challenge or opportunities missed, she reiterated.

“They will need to depend on others to drive them and if they don’t have family or friends able to take on that role, then they will not get their needs met,” she said. “Living on $906 per month is hard enough…so an increase is definitely warranted but not if it is clawed back to provide independence to this very vulnerable population.”

To read the petition visit inclusionbc.org. and click on the “Sign the petition” link.

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VICTORIA ST. BRIDGE EASTBOUND LANE CLOSURE The traffic lanes and pedestrian walkway on the eastbound (downstream) side of the Victoria Street Bridge will be closed from Monday, February 15th to Monday, February 29th. The closure will accommodate crews from Power Tech Electrical Ltd. who will be installing LED lights as part of the Victoria Street Bridge Lighting Project. The westbound (upstream) side of the bridge will be open for single-lane two-way traffic and pedestrians.

During this time, crews and traffic control personnel will be onsite Monday-Friday, 7am - 5pm. Motorists traveling across the bridge outside these hours are asked to take caution and obey the posted construction signage.

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Karen McDonnell (right),vice-chair of the Trail and District Public Library, presented Lisa Vanness, Teacher-Librarian at Webster Elementary School, with a child-friendly non-fiction book in recognition of the contribution both the PAC and the Village of Warfield made towards the Ordinary Lives; Extraordinary Times exhibit showing at the Memorial Centre. The exhibit, showing on the Red Floor, runs until the end of March.

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Thursday, March 3, 2016 Trail Times

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Naloxone kits allow timely response to drug overdoses

CONTINUED FROM A1 as OxyContin or heroin, which have become more mainstream.

“There was at one point in British Columbia a clear geography where we would see overdose deaths and that was in the ’90s in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver,” he explained. “But illicit markets and specifically opioids within the market are now a common place everywhere, including some of the newer more potent

opioids such as hydromorphone or fentanyl, so it has opened the door, so to speak, to substance users, those with addictions but also recreational users as well.”

Interior Health has followed the increasing overdose trend for some years but the rise in the past 24 months has been steadfast.

Dr. Corneil said the surge could partly be attributed to the introduction of fentanyl into the illicit market, much like cheap manu-

factured heroin made its wave in Vancouver in 1993, or when crack cocaine became freely available in 1998.

“We think this (overdose trend) may be related to fentanyl, but we are not able to link the two,” he added.

“But it is important everyone knows that two-thirds of deaths are due to other drug cocktails, so to speak, in particular, those cocktails that contain opiates,” he added.

Fentanyl is a potent, synthetic drug that is

commonly used in preprocedures as a pain reliever. The opioid is approximately 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine and roughly 40 to 50 times more potent than pharmaceutical grade (100 per cent pure) heroin.

The drug was first synthesized in 1960 and has grown in popularity as time has passed. As of 2012, fentanyl was the most widely used synthetic opioid in clinical practice, with several new delivery methods in-

OBITUARIES & FUNERAL NOTICES Michael Yakimchuk

Lorraine Redding (Tough) Our Mom, Lorraine Redding (Tough) who was in her 92nd year, passed away peacefully the evening of February 24, 2016 at Silver Kettle Village, Grand Forks, B.C. She was born in Kirkfield, Ont. on February 22, 1924 and later moved west with her family to settle on a farm near Drumheller, Alberta. Mom went on to attend the Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing in Calgary, where she trained to become an RN. She worked as a surgery nurse until being offered a position at the Grand Forks Hospital in 1947. It was here that she met and fell in love with our Dad, Clare Redding. They married in 1949. After a short time in the Central Interior, they settled in Trail, B.C. to raise their two children.

In their retirement, they returned to Grand Forks and enjoyed many years of golfing, lawn bowling, motor homing, and spending time with their children and grandchildren. Their greatest joy was wintering with their many friends in the Palm Spring area.

Mom was predeceased by Dad in the summer of 2010. She is survived by her sister, Melva (Ross) Pennoyer of Calgary, and their family. She will be sorely missed by her son Gordon (Marci) Redding and their children, Allison (Darcy) and Marlese (Wes) and her daughter Diane (Timm) Williams and their children, Chase and Kayla.

Mom would always make us smile when she sat on the floor playing with her great grandchildren, Ava, Sophia, Devin and Juniper.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to The Auxiliary to the Boundary Hospital, Box 1074, Grand Forks, B.C., V0H 1H2. Mom was a member of and volunteered with the Hospital Auxiliary for many years.

At her request, we will have a Celebration of Life for Mom’s friends and relatives at the Omega Restaurant, Grand Forks, B.C. on April 16, 2016 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Dec 7, 1919 - Feb 28, 2016 The family of Michael Yakimchuk regrets to announce his passing on February 28, 2016 at 96 years of age. He passed suddenly after a short stay in Rosewood Village.

He leaves to mourn wife of 67 years, Emily, daughter Audrey Dye (Willie) of Williams Lake, grandson Kelly(Yolanda) Dye of Sun Peaks, and their two daughters Olivia and Ava, grandson Jeffrey, (Andrea) Dye of Manila, Philippines and Vancouver, his sister Sandra Fedoruk of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and many nieces and nephews in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Michael was predeceased by four brothers and his son David Yakimchuk.

Michael was born near Carpenter, Saskatchewan, and spent his childhood years on the family farm. He joined the army and served overseas during WWII, in England, Belgium and Holland. He returned from the war to Saskatoon for a short while. He moved to Trail in 1947, on recommendation from a friend, and found employment with the CM & S Company.

Michael worked for Cominco until retirement in 1979. He and Emily were married on January 30, 1949. They spent many years at their home on Turner Street in Annabel, raising their family and enjoying lifelong friendships with their neighbors in that community. Michael was a lifetime member of the Knights of Pythias and was proud to have served a term as BC Grand Chancellor. He liked to spend time at the “cabin” on Kootenay Lake fishing or just enjoying the scenery and solitude.

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Since 2015, Canada has seen widespread fentanyl overdoses, which have been fatal among a vast group of users from teens experimenting for the first time to frequent users.

Alex Sherstobitoff, Rise Up community engagement coordinator for Nelson’s ANKORS, said fentanyl is here, and there is a 30 per cent increase in overdose death when fentanyl is taken.

“When we talk about fentanyl it’s a mixed bag,” he said, referring to the form created and distributed by organized crime.

“They don’t have a scientist working on perfecting this drug, it’s just some schmo who’s working for an organized crime that’s mixing this drug, and it’s rudimentary,” he explained. “It’s not mixed properly so sometimes you can get a pill and there’s very little to nothing, and sometimes you can get a pill, and it’s extremely potent and can kill somebody who’s been using drugs for years.”

While fentanyl is making headlines, Sherstobitoff doesn’t discount other opioids like heroin, which has made a come back in the West Kootenay.

There is no concrete reason for the recent popularity, he adds, but one theory could be tied to a cut back on prescription opioids

and the need to fill that gap.

ANKORS best defense remains the Naloxone kit. The Take Home Naloxone program trains participants to recognize and respond to an overdose situation through reversal.

In such an event, the Narcan solution injected restores breathing within two to five minutes of administration and offers a life line while waiting for help to arrive.

The kits are available at ANKORS, a non-profit society that serves the vulnerable living with and at the greatest risk of acquiring HIV, AIDS and or HCV, due to substance use, mental illness, sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity. But the kits can also be picked up by at-risk patients through the Trail and Castlegar emergency departments, after a short training session is delivered by a professional.

Sherstobitoff said ANKORS alone has completed about 300 training sessions for overdose prevention, given out approximately 110 Naloxone kits and has received feedback on 18 reversals executed.

Though ANKORS relies mostly on anecdotal evidence, he acknowledges a growing overdose trend in the region and is working toward making connections with other

agencies that serve the most vulnerable populations. He stands behind continued dialogue on all facets of drug addiction from prevention to education, treatment, corrections, enforcement, and harm reduction.

Part of this conversation should stem to non-fatal overdoses, adds Dr. Corneil.

Though these are difficult to track because they don’t always occur in hospital, he said there will be a focus on documenting and collecting this data. Within the next six months, Interior Health will be implementing enhanced surveillance in its emergency rooms.

“We are looking at how predictive those flags are and our overall risk score of overdose deaths over time,” he said. “It will be an interesting endeavor that every health authority is undertaking to try and get a better handle on prevention.

“But when we see trends like this over years and then increasingly over months, we don’t need to do surveillance per se to know something is happening, and we need to get the information out there.”

Interior Health’s mental health and substance use services can be reached by phone in Trail at 250-364-6262 or in Nelson at 250505-7248. ANKORS in Nelson can be reached at 1-800-421-2437.

Combining Salmo schools top reconfiguration option

NELSON STAR Salmo elementary school would close and Salmo secondary would be reconfigured as a K-12 in the topranked option presented at a public meeting Tuesday.

The Kootenay Lake school district presented seven possibilities to the 35 or so people who turned out. Four involved closing Salmo elementary, including the top three.

The second-ranked alternative would see Salmo secondary become a K-9 and Grades 10 to 12 bussed to L.V. Rogers in Nelson. However, secretary-treasurer Kim Morris said that option “isn’t highly supported” by the community.

Morris added there does seem to be support for combining the elementary and secondary schools provided space can added to the latter, which is the third option.

“If we were to get a new build or an addition is there a partner like a daycare society, library, or [government] ministry that is also looking for a new build that could partner with us? New builds are excellent opportunities for partnerships as usually more than one organization in a community is looking for capital for new or updated space.”

The fourth option would see Salmo elementary become a K-5 and Salmo secondary a 6-12. The fifth option would make the elementary school a K-4 and the secondary school a 5-12.

(Presently Salmo elementary has K-6 and Salmo secondary Grades 7 to 12.)

The sixth option would turn Salmo secondary into a K-7, with Grades 8 to 12 bussed to L.V. Rogers. The last option involves creating a trades and apprenticeship program at Salmo secondary to build enrolment.

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Nelson hospital laundry to be privatized GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star

Interior Health will push ahead with contracting out laundry services at Kootenay Lake Hospital and several other larger centres, but continue to do the job in-house at some smaller facilities.

The health authority announced Tuesday that it has reached a 20-year agreement with Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service Inc. to provide the majority of linen and laundry services through a centralized Kelowna facility, supported by regional distribution centres.

“A clear case exists to proceed with outsourcing laundry services at our major facilities,” board chair Erwin Malzer said in a news release. “With an anticipated savings of about $35 million over the life of the contract we will be able to increase our investment in facilities and equipment to support direct patient care, including necessary upgrades and expansions of our emergency departments and operating rooms.”

Hospitals in Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon, and Kamloops are affected in addition to Nelson. A total of 93 full-time equivalent positions will be lost, including 17 in Nelson. However, smaller laundries in Ashcroft, Lillooet, Golden, Princeton, 100 Mile House, and Williams Lake were spared the axe and will continue to be operated by Interior Health.

Ecotex is expected to take over laundry services by the summer of 2017. The company is headquartered in Seattle but has an Abbotsford office, and has provided laun-

dry services for Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services, and Providence Health Care, as well as clients in Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

It is expected to build a new facility in Kelowna and hire about 90 people.

“We just lost the most efficient laundry in B.C. so the IHA can build a private facility in Kelowna and have our sheets necessary for surgeries trucked back and forth over the Paulson Pass” MLA MICHELLE MUNGALL

Interior Health insisted the move will have little impact on the carbon footprint of its laundry service, explaining that increased freight will be largely offset by a consolidated, more energy-efficient centralized facility.

Malzer acknowledged that employees, who have campaigned to save their jobs — including at a rally Monday in Nelson — will be disappointed with the decision.

“While there will be job displacement within our sites, we believe the commitment

by Ecotex to build a facility in the southern interior and hire residents from our region will offset some of the impact felt.

We will also work with the Hospital Employees’ Union to support laundry employees as

they consider options for the future, whether that is through accessing vacancies or retraining.”

The HEU, which represents the laundry workers, called the news “deeply disappointing.”

“Over the past year, there’s been a groundswell of public concern about the economic impact privatizing hospital laundry will have on Interior communities,” HEU secretarybusiness manager Jennifer Whiteside said in a news release.

“Privatizing a public, inhouse hospital service that IHA admits is running efficiently doesn’t make sense. Not for the patients and surgical teams who rely on timely, sterile linens. Not for the people who do this vital work. And not for the communities that will be impacted by job loss.”

In November, Simon Fraser University economist Marvin Shaffer concluded Interior Health failed to establish a valid business case for privatizing hospital laundry services, following his review of IHA internal documents obtained through freedom of information requests.

“It’s astounding to us that the IHA has demonstrated such disregard for the quality of service our members work so hard to provide, and the economic well-being of the communities in which they work,” Whiteside said.

Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall said she was surprised by the decision given the backlash to the proposal since it was announced. Over 12,000 people signed a petition tabled in the legislature last

year and Nelson city council was one of several municipalities who passed motions protesting the move.

“We just lost the most efficient laundry in BC so the IHA can build a private facility in Kelowna and have our sheets necessary for surgeries trucked back and forth over the Paulson Pass,” Mungall said. “I am so disappointed.

It’s not a good outcome for the community, not good for the people, and not good for our health care system.”

While some Okanagan laundry employees might find work at the new facility, she doubted they would earn the same wages.

Mungall also said although the new facility isn’t expected to be operating until after the next provincial election, the 20-year contract will have to be honoured by the government of the day. “I don’t see a way around this. If other people do, I’m all ears.”

Although a decision was initially expected in December, it was deferred for a few months after new Interior Health CEO Chris Mazurkewich ordered a review.

Donna Lommer, Interior Health’s chief financial officer, said in an interview that there wasn’t a strong business case for privatizing laundry at the smaller facilities due to the small volumes and additional freight involved.

Interior Health spends about $10 million a year to operate laundry services and believes about $10.5 million is needed over the next several years to replace equipment such as washing machines.

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“We’re very excited,” says organizer Karen Bennett. “She’s someone we’ve looked at for three years. It just felt like this is the right year.”

Trudeau will offer a personal perspective on mental health. Since announcing in 2006 that she suffers from bipolar disorder, she has advocated for ending the social stigma of mental illness and published a memoir, Changing My Mind. She is an honourary patron of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

“It’s something more and more people are willing to discuss,” Bennett said. “So it seems like good timing for

that topic. She’s led a pretty interesting and remarkable life.”

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How low can they go in U.S. politics?

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s it really politics or is it a reality show?

That’s the question I keep asking myself every time I watch news of the U.S. Republican nomination campaign.

It was bad enough during our own federal election. There was security standing guard to keep people out while the prime minister spoke. There was fear mongering on everything from kids smoking weed to women in hiqabs taking over our country. There was bickering over debates and refusals to participate.

There was everything we didn’t want in a democratic election. But somehow we survived.

I’m not so sure about south of the border.

Watching from afar often skewers the view but somehow there’s no denying the juvenile and inflammatory demeanour of candidates vying to hold the highest office in the land.

There was a time when the old saying was “Anyone can grow up to be the president.”

Now “growing up” isn’t even a pre-requisite.

In fact, the quickest way to get voters’ attention isn’t to come up with some groundbreaking policy that everyone can support. Instead it’s to come up with the best sound bite insult that demeans your opponent, a segment of the population and, if you’re a real good politician, the media all in one fell swoop.

Setting the tone, of course, is the presumptive front-runner Donald

Trump. of people. Debates First of all for all that allow both sides of Trump’s rhetoto present a fair arguric, and there’s lots, ment are over. Those he has some valid types of discussions points. allow voters to make Companies that informed decisions move out of the on the direction of country and closed their country. plants in the U.S. However, now it’s should face steep who can shout the GUY taxes when they try loudest. Who can to turn around and make the type of comsell the products ment everyone will be Times in Trail back to U.S. contalking about tomorsumers. Illegal immigration is an row. issue and needs to be addressed.

The media has definitely played The U.S. doesn’t need to intervene a supporting role in all this. I think in every corner of the world until its it’s simply because, at first, they own citizens are taken care of. couldn’t believe what they were Those points are valid for any hearing. But the public ate it up and politician to make. And that’s what the media kept feeding it to them has generated most of his grassroots and the cycle began to grow exposupport. nentially.

However, Trump doesn’t deliver Now, not a day goes by without it with a style that any of us rec- some kind of bizarre or insulting ognize as civil. Instead, like an an- comment from a candidate. And noying salesman, he has to go over if there isn’t one, then the media the top. replays one from a few days before.

And while going over the top That steady diet has allowed to with ideas on how to fix things isn’t the U.S. voters to simply absorb it necessarily a bad thing, his over- without batting an eye. I liken it to the-top vitriol when it comes to his the violence in TV shows followed opponents is what is really grabbing by the newscast that shows a mass the headlines. shooting. As far as most people are That not only hurts him (and concerned there’s not much differI believe it will eventually) but it ence. also damages the whole process of So when you turn from the drama democracy. and insults in a reality show to the Gone are the days of civil discus- Republican race, there isn’t much sion on issues. Going toe-to-toe on difference expect the participants points that matter to the daily lives in the reality show are younger and

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better looking.

Perhaps Americans have been desensitized to the point that it doesn’t matter anymore. Perhaps calling someone a loser or a jerk or a liar is pretty much the standard now.

You’ll have as much success trying to be the voice of reason at a Jerry Springer Show as you would at a Republican debate.

But I have to ask myself, “When did this all go off the rails?”

Was it done slowly by the dirty tricks during Richard Nixon’s term?

The double-speak from Bill Clinton during his affairs while in office?

Maybe it was the strategy to plant stories during the George Bush campaign to discredit opponents.

Or was it Sarah Palin’s over-the-top babble in the last election cycle?

Or is it all of the above?

The slow erosion of civil discourse among politicians has been sliding into the mud for years. And Canada has not been immune. Not by a long shot.

So my big concern is when does the current U.S. style become part of the campaign strategy in Canada?

You might be quick to say “Never.”

But then again when you have a character from the TV show “The Apprentice” nearing the top job in the U.S. and a character from the TV show “Dragon’s Den” eyeing a similar run in Canada, it could be sooner than you think.

Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times

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Investing in LNG is a lot of hot air That the Conference Board of Canada came out with a new report outlining the impacts associated with 30 million tonnes per annum [30mmtpa] LNG in British Columbia. [$6.9 billion in spending and 65,000 jobs annually nationally].

I would like to highlight that this is currently a totally unrealistic scenario! Assuming the average production of a single LNG Terminal is 5mmtpa, the 30mmtpa means 6 new terminals! However …

• The Pembina Institute has recently stated that without implementing the Climate Leadership Team’s [created by the BC government] recommendations, any significant LNG development makes the province’s legal GHG reduction targets unachievable.

• Clean Energy Canada recently concluded renewable power will quite possibly become cheaper than the LNG sales prices needed to justify the cost of LNG investments. This is

a significant investment risk— before including carbon pollution costs.

• Several countries have LNG terminals that have just come on line or will be soon. There will be a global glut of LNG and low prices will follow.

• Demand for LNG is decreasing in countries like Japan which is re investing in safer nuclear.

To me, investing heavily in LNG is nonsense.

Mike Geisler Bonnington, B.C.

Canadian Conservatives need to regain their focus

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t’s been four months since First up must be recognizthe Conservative Party was ing what Canadians mean by tossed from office. How limited government. Saying many old wounds can there “government should not” is as be left to lick, tempting as that simplistic as saying “governindulgence is for partisans on the ment should” if nothing else right and left? follows. It requires more than The reality is, Canadians raw arithmetic about mere size chose to end the mandate of of government. It requires qualStephen Harper’s itative as well government for as quantitative “There must be a variety of reabalancing. courage to oust sons. They threw What govideological out the bums ernment does, it shibboleths and they knew for should do well, the fresh-faced so sufficient replace them with a young man they resources must well-rounded agendidn’t. They felt be dedicated da that captures the sudden disgust to those tasks. imagination of the at Conservative Efficiency? Yes. desperation tacCanadian electorate” But staff nose tics late in the counts are not campaign. They an absolute likely reacted, too, against 10 good. Fewer bureaucrats in years of hard-nosed “govern- critical departments can actualment can’t” messaging from the ly do far more harm than good. very government that ran up When conservatives make valid large deficits proving, in fact, arguments about limiting govthat government could. ernment’s role, they must idenThe “this is what we aren’t tify institutions that can fill the going to do for you” approach need. They must craft policies remains viable for only so long. to ensure necessary institutions At some point, politics de- are properly equipped to serve mands a coherent vision of a the public good. better life and better future for It’s also time to get past fecitizens. tishizing gross domestic prodIf conservatives hope to re- uct economics. An economy is gain a Conservative govern- more than GDP just as a job ment, we observe from our is more than a paycheque. An neutral corner, frank conver- inherent moral compass within sation is required about how our economic system shows the movement will renew itself. clearly that some dollars are There must be courage to oust spent more prudently than othideological shibboleths and re- ers. Legalizing drugs and prosplace them with a well-rounded titution, and counting their exagenda that captures the imagi- change as GDP, might make the nation of the Canadian elector- economy look healthier. It can ate. also tear apart our social fabric.

Conservatives must distinguish between strong arguments for a market economy and the transformation of Canada into a market society.

Across the spectrum of the right, it is time to stop leaving compassion and caring to the left. Rethinking charity, ensuring effective capacity for social institutions, and finding authentically caring ways in which fewer rely on the state are all high-priority policy areas.

Bootstraps long ago went the way of buggy whips and bustles – so should the phrase “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” as a pseudo-prescription for Canadians in need.

If there is anywhere that arrogant individualist phrase needs to be overcome by conservatives, it is with regard to the environment. Conservation, of course, has the same root as conservatism. By the very nature of its commitment to stewardship, a conservative movement must advocate for careful tending of the elemental world.

Conservatives should be as appalled by rapacious waste of earth, water, air and resources as failures of government thrift.

These are, obviously, but a few of the conversations that need to begin. There is time for them to play out by the next election. There is, though, not a moment to lose in acrimony or longing.

Michael Van Pelt is the president and Ray Pennings is the executive vice-president of Cardus, a Canadian think tank engaged in renewal of North American social architecture.

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weak two bid. The suit is a two-loser suit no matter what and the hand is very short in the majors.

This is a perfect weak two bid with little defense.

South bids Three Hearts. Is this a further preempt? No, absolutely not. One does not pre-empt a pre-empt and one certainly does not cooperate with a pre-empting opponent.

South is showing a very strong suit and a hand that has around four losers. It is stronger than bidding Two Hearts.

West ups the ante and bids Four Diamonds. He probably should have four-card support, but he has three-card support and a void. Furthermore, his three Kings look very useful.

North asks for keycards and East raise his own pre-empt in an attempt to disrupt Blackwood.

Yes, North and South will use D0P1, but Five Diamonds still takes away the Queen-ask.

Furthermore, his hand is very offensively oriented and he suspects partner is short in Hearts.

South doubles for the first step which is zero or three keycards.

He passes for the second step, one or four keycards and he bids Five Hearts for the third step, two keycards without the Queen. Finally, he bids Five Spades for the fourth and last step, two keycards with the Queen of trump. Here the first step is fitting.

In an uncontested auction, North and South should be able to get to Seven Hearts, but in this contested auction they settle for a small slam.

West has too much possible defense to save (to make a sacrifice) at the seven level.

The play: Declarer wins the opening Diamond lead, cashes the Club Ace and ruffs a Club. He cashes the Spade Ace because when East cannot overruff the dummy, he will discard his only Spade. Declarer then ruffs a Diamond and ruffs another Club. He ruffs the last diamond and then ruffs the last Club with the Ace. He ruffs a Spade back to his hand and draws trump. He makes Seven for +1460.

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The CBCT is a selfguided tour showcasing local arts, culture and heritage offered at no charge to the general public. “Arts” includes visual, written, performing, media and inter-arts.

Participating as a venue allows you to really connect with locals, develop a wider audience, educate the public about what you do, market your activities, and attract visitors to your community.

The CBCT allows visitors to meet the participants “behind the scenes” and allows them to visit artists’ studios that may not regularly be open to the public, purchase works directly from the artists, visit art galleries, museums and cultural centres to view special interpretive displays, archives, demonstrations or performances. It is also a chance for them to meet the people behind the scenes that are such a vital part of our local culture.

Full colour tour directories will be available free of charge to the public as a guide to visit your location.

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where the team will compete in the Hawke’s Bay Cup from Rossland native Thea Culley Apr. 2-10.

The eight-team tournawas honoured last week with the Top Goal Scorer award for ment features five of the top the Women’s National Field women’s field hockey teams Hockey team at Field Hockey in the world: Australia (World No.3), New Zealand Canada’s awards (No.4), China (No.5), event in Vancouver.

Korea (No.9), and The veteran Culley Japan (No.10). India generated ample of(No.13), Ireland fence from her for(No.15), and Canada ward position scoring (No.19) round out the eight goals on the seaeight. son, was co-captain “Besides us and for the National Team Ireland, all the other and a leader both on teams competing and off the field. The there are going to the Rossland Secondary THEA 2016 Olympics so it CULLEY School graduate has should be a really fanplayed more matches, tastic experience play145 Caps, than any other member, and, in 2015, she led Team ing such high caliber teams all Canada to a bronze medal at in succession.”

Prior to the Hawke’s Bay the Pan Am Games in Toronto, its first since 1999, and a berth tournament, the Canadian in the World League Semifinal women will play two test matches against the New in Valencia, Spain.

“I was pretty shocked to Zealand Blacksticks women win the award which is really Mar. 27-28.

Brienne Stairs was named funny because it is the only award that can be worked out MVP of the women’s team, ahead of time,” Culley said in while David Carter took MVP honours for the men, and an email to the Times.

The 30-year-old was named Stephanie Norlander claimed to Team Canada again this Junior Player of the Year award year, and will begin the season as well as sharing top goal with a trip to New Zealand scorer with Culley.

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Border Bruins bounce Rebels Face Nitehawks in division final JIM BAILEY

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The Grand Forks Border Bruins pulled off a substantial upset in the first round of the KIJHL playoffs, ousting the second-seeded Castlegar Rebels in six games in the Neil Murdoch division semifinal.

After splitting the first four games, the Bruins defeated the Rebels in Castlegar, 3-1, in Game 5, and returned home to clinch the series with a 6-1 drubbing on Tuesday.

The game was tied 1-1

through two periods on goals from Bruins forward Austin Dean and Rebels’ Jesse Reeds, but Grand Forks erupted for five goals in the final frame to put an exclamation point in what had been a close series prior to Game 6.

Bryson Yee netted the winner less than five minutes into the third, converting a set up from Garret Brisbois and Tyler Fyfe, and just 48 seconds later Shayne Pluto added an insurance marker to make it 3-1 Grand Forks.

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Saints capture regular season title JIM BAILEY Trail Times

The Selkirk College Saints hockey team put a lock on the regular season title on the weekend with a pair of wins on the road in BC Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) action.

The Saints marched to victory with a convincing 5-0 victory over Simon Fraser University on Friday, before mounting an impressive come-frombehind 6-3 win over the Trinity Western University Spartans on Saturday.

The Saints went into the weekend games trailing SFU by one point, but the two victories put Selkirk up by three points with one game to play as they clinch home ice for the Mar. 11 playoff start and begin their quest for an unprecedented fourth consecutive BCIHL championship.

“When we started the regular season, first place was the ultimate goal be-

cause playing before the tremendous support we receive in Castlegar is huge benefit in the playoffs,” Saints head coach Brent Heaven told Selkirk communications rep Bob Hall.

“The boys came into this weekend determined to return home with a pair of wins. The entire team played great in both games and the two wins were well deserved.”

In Friday’s match, after a scoreless first frame, the Saints erupted for three goals in the second period to take a commanding lead into the third. Trail native Ryan Edwards finished a pretty passing play with Jamie Vlanich to score what proved to be the winning goal at 18:01, then former Trail Smoke Eater Dallas Calvin tallied his 18th of the season midway through the period, before Tanner Lenting made it 3-0 on an Edwards assist.

James Prigione earned the shut out, stopping

22 shots, while Steve Pantazopoulos and Troy Maclise netted the final two markers into an empty net as SFU struggled to find momentum.

Calvin was named the games first star, with Edwards and Pantazopoulos taking second and third star honours.

“Simon Fraser has been playing some great hockey this season and they are a very good team,” says Heaven. “We’ve had our struggles in their arena, so to see the team play that well against a top-notch team was very rewarding.”

On Saturday, the Saints found themselves down 3-1 heading, but a spirited come back lifted the team to the 6-3 victory over TWU. Tylor Branzsen scored twice for the Saints including the winning goal 1:09 into the third period to give the Saints a 4-3 lead. Edwards and Calvin each had two assists on the night, while Dane Feeney,

Pantazopoulos, Derek Georgopoulos, and Alex Milligan netted the other goals for the Saints.

Selkirk outshot the Spartans 43-22 with Brett Huber collecting the win in net, and Branzsen earning the game’s first star.

“Fighting adversity and staying composed when you are behind is vital when it comes to playoffs,” says Heaven. “That was a great comeback and what makes it even more encouraging is that every player contributed in an important way to ensure it happened. It was a great way to clinch first overall.”

The Saints wrap up the regular season on Saturday night against the Eastern Washington University Eagles at the Castlegar Rec Complex at 7 p.m.

Playoffs start on Mar. 11 when Selkirk will host the University of Victoria Vikings, with the best-ofthree series starting Friday at 7 p.m.

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No. 1 Quinnipiac hoists Cleary Cup

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Trail junior curlers Eban Sirges (left) and Connor Baziw (right) along with teammates Quinn Helgeson and nine year old Stephanie Blades made up one of a dozen teams that competed in the Trail Curling Club’s Junior Invitational Bonspiel last week. The event had plenty of support from local fans who turned out to watch, and organizers even convinced parents to pick up a broom and play against the two Intermediate teams.

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G W L OT Pts GF Washington 62 46 12 4 96 205 Florida 63 36 19 8 80 174 N.Y. Rangers 63 37 20 6 80 180 Tampa Bay 63 37 22 4 78 175 Boston 64 35 23 6 76 197 N.Y. Islanders 61 34 20 7 75 174 Detroit 63 32 20 11 75 161 Pittsburgh 62 32 22 8 72 167 Philadelphia 62 29 22 11 69 157 Carolina 65 29 26 10 68 158 New Jersey 64 30 27 7 67 140 Ottawa 64 30 27 7 67 188 Montreal 63 30 28 5 65 173 Columbus 64 26 30 8 60 167 Buffalo 64 25 31 8 58 148 Toronto 61 21 30 10 52 147

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G W L OT Pts GF Chicago 64 39 20 5 83 180 Los Angeles 62 37 21 4 78 165 Dallas 65 38 20 7 83 209

GA 153 143 189

Anaheim 61 34 19 8 76 153 144 St. Louis 66 37 20 9 83 166 162 San Jose 62 34 22 6 74 188 167 Nashville 64 32 21 11 75 172 161 Minnesota 64 29 25 10 68 170 162 Colorado 65 32 29 4 68 175 187 Vancouver 62 24 26 12 60 150 178 Arizona 63 27 30 6 60 168 198 Winnipeg 62 26 32 4 56 161 186 Calgary 63 26 33 4 56 170 197 Edmonton 65 24 34 7 55 158 194

Thursday’s Games Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Nashville, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Florida at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Montreal at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.

BY TIMES STAFF The Quinnipiac Bobcats, the Number 1 team in the USA Today/ USA Hockey Magazine Poll for the ninth consecutive week, clinched the ECAC title on the weekend with a pair of Ivy League victories over Brown and Yale.

The Bobcats won their second straight Cleary Cup that goes to the regular season conference champion, and found themselves as the unanimous top pick in the nation after garnering all 34 firstplace votes.

Quinnipiac rolled to a pair of 4-1 wins defeating Brown on Friday to clinch the Cup before defeating No. 7 Yale on Saturday to finish with 27 wins, two losses, and seven ties on the season.

Trail natives and former Smoke Eaters Travis St. Denis, Scott Davidson, and Craig Martin all play for the Bobcats as they start

net for the Bruins stopping 29 shots, while the Rebels Logan Sawka made 19 saves in the losing cause.

The Border Bruins now take on a rested Beaver Valley Nitehawks team that swept the Nelson Leafs in four games.

The Hawks won the season series against Grand Forks 4-3, but the Bruins have given the Hawks problems this season winning three in a row in November, all by 3-2 scores.

Nitehawks coach Terry Jones said he would have liked to seen the Bruins-Rebels series go seven games, but has no preference when it came to his opponent for the Neil Murdoch division

their run to the NCAA championship Frozen Four.

St. Denis, as senior in his fourth year at Quinnipiac, finished second in team scoring with 18 goals and 20 assists behind Sam Anas with 43 points.

Davidson picked up a goal and an assist in

his final two games to record five goals and 11 points in 33 games this season, while Martin added two assists in 13 games in his freshman campaign.

The Bobcats will have this weekend off with a bye for the first round of the ECAC Hockey Championship

To u r n a m e n t .

Quinnipiac will host a best-of-three quarterfinals series on Mar. 11-13 at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center.

The Bobcats are also ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Poll as well as the PairWise Rankings.

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G A Pts Patrick Kane, Chi 36 49 85 Jamie Benn, Dal 32 39 71 Tyler Seguin, Dal 32 36 68 Erik Karlsson, Ott 11 57 68 Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash 20 45 65 Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy 24 39 63 Joe Pavelski, SJ 29 32 61 Sidney Crosby, Pgh 25 35 60 Joe Thornton, SJ 15 45 60 Alex Ovechkin, Wash 40 18 58 Nicklas Backstrom, Wash 17 41 58 Artemi Panarin, Chi 22 35 57 Blake Wheeler, Wpg 18 39 57 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 30 25 55 Patrice Bergeron, Bos 24 30 54 Daniel Sedin, Vcr 24 30 54 Brent Burns, SJ 21 33 54 Taylor Hall, Edm 20 34 54 Claude Giroux, Pha 17 37 54 Anze Kopitar, LA 18 35 53 John Klingberg, Dal 10 43 53 Steven Stamkos, TB 28 23 51 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 24 27 51 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 9 42 51

Murdoch Division final hits the ice CONTINUED FROM A10 plete surprise, as a rejuvenated Grand Forks team had beaten Castlegar in 2-of-3 of their matches in the last month of the season.

After Garret Brisbois put the Bruins up 4-1 at 11:49, Castlegar lost their cool as Matthew Lambert instigated a fight with Ryland Smaha-Muir to give the Border Bruins a man advantage, and Logan Casavant would make them pay, scoring a power-play marker for the Bruins to put the game out of reach. Dean netted his fourth of the playoffs and second of the night into the empty net for the 6-1 victory.

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“We know that they (Grand Forks) are a tough team, very competitive, and having to play them, it’s going to be tough,” said Jones.

In the Eddie Mountain division, the Kimberley Dynamiters defeated the Fernie Ghostriders four games to one, and will face the Creston Valley Thundercats who swept the Columbia Valley Rockies, 4-0.

The Nitehawks open their series Friday night at the Hawks Nest against Grand Forks with the puck drop at 7:30 p.m. and Game 2 going Saturday at the same time and same place.

I would love to express a heartfelt

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to my hometown friends and family who have generously donated to support the Special Olympics team that I coach to attend 2016 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in Cornerbrook, NL. We leave Sunday, Feb 28th and we are ready to take home the GOLD. I am very grateful to the community that I grew up in, for believing and supporting me. As one of our defensive athlete, David Johnston expresses “The best part is getting to meet new people, make new friends.

To be like the pros basically and just to show that we can do things that other people can do too.”

Andrew Del Bucchia Kyle Borsato Laura Price Robert Grayson Clair Convery Stewart’s Collison and Detailing Danny Ferraro Jozanne Sbitney Rob and Ang Barker Jarrod Stanton Jillian Aschenbrenner Dave Colquhoun James Ferraro Lenora and Steve Barker

Brad Buskey Cam and Kerri Ferguson Monique Widing Lynn Bursaw Jeremy Quiriconi Heather Mason Jim Philipzyk Mike Connors Warren and Tracey Baxter Ashlee and Roger Maio Ricky and Marnie Schreiner Marla Smith Mark Schreiner

Thank you!

Coach Schreiner

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REGIONAL TRAIL GUIDES GATHER FOR WORLD THINKING DAY BANQUET

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On the evening of Feb. 24, the Trail Guides held a World Thinking Day banquet for all of the Trail Guiding units (Sparks, Brownies, Guides, and Pathfinders).There was a total of 57 girls and 10 leaders in attendance. World Thinking Day marks the birthdays of Lord and Lady Baden Powell who founded Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The goal of the day is to ask members to think about their fellow Guide sisters and brothers around the world with a theme in mind. This year’s theme was “Connect,” which the local guides did by hosting a joint banquet for all the units in the region.

Guides and Scouts around the world have been celebrating World Thinking Day since 1926, and the local Guiding unit was happy to be able to carry on the celebration within their community.

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New cable ferries to built in Nakusp NELSON STAR STAFF

New cable ferries for West Kootenay will be built in Nakusp, the BC government has announced.

Waterbridge Steel has been awarded a $27.9-million contract to design and build four new cable ferries for Harrop, Glade, Arrow Park, as well as Adams Lake.

The existing vessels have reached the end of their working life, the Ministry of Transportation said.

Waterbridge also built the new MV Columbia in Nakusp, which now plies between Galena Bay and Shelter Bay on Upper Arrow Lake. Harbour Cruises Ltd. of Vancouver was the other company shortlisted to bid on the project.

“Everyone at Waterbridge Steel and its sister companies are very excited by this new project,” said Waterbridge Group president and CEO John Harding. “These new cable ferries are important for everyone who relies on our inland ferry service. It’s also particularly good news for employees in our operations division, who will soon have new ferries to operate.”

The new ferries that will serve Glade, Harrop and Arrow Park, will be larger and able to carry more vehicles than the existing ferries, with capacity increased to handle commercial vehicles at full highway loads.

The new Glade ferry will be able to

hold nine vehicles, compared to the present eight, while the new Harrop ferry will be able to hold 24, compared to the present 18.

The current Harrop ferry, built in 1949, operates on demand 24 hours a day while the Glade ferry, built in 1948, takes a break between 2:20 and 5 a.m. The Arrow Park ferry, 22 km south of Nakusp, can carry 24 vehicles. It operates on demand from 5 a.m. to 9:20 p.m. with a break between 12:15 and 2:15 p.m.

Each of the three ferry crossings takes about five minutes.

In addition, while the ferries are docked during off-peak hours, power will be supplied by on-board batteries.

This will reduce noise at the terminal, and lower the vessels’ greenhouse gas emissions.It’s expected the first of the new vessels will be delivered in early 2017, with all new vessels scheduled to be in service by the end of 2019.

The project will generate employment for approximately 30 people over four years, with the majority of work taking place in Nakusp.

“The contract is exciting news for our community,” Nakusp mayor Karen Hamling said in a news-release. “Four new cable ferries will be built right here in Nakusp, and our local shops and services will benefit from the good-paying jobs created by this project.”

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but she wouldn’t let me near her for on each other’s grievances. two weeks. Others were allowed to It will do you no good to keep be there, but not her own mother. pounding at this. Back off. You She won’t let me talk to her about also can stop loaning them money her current pregnancy. if you choose. You don’t owe it I want to be a part of their to them and it obviously doesn’t lives, but we can’t get past this influence their level of affection. silence. I have offered to pay for Enjoy the time you do get to spend counseling, but they refuse. I have with the grandchildren, and fill asked, begged and your hours with other pleaded for one-on-one activities that bring you time, to no avail. What pleasure. Counseling hurts the most is that for yourself may help I don’t even know why you accept this, and we they are angry with me. hope your daughters Any advice would be so will come to appreciate gratefully appreciated. you again soon.

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Dear Annie: I am a very loving mother of two adult daughters.

“Jane” has a child with her ex and another with her current husband.

“Cindy” is married with one child and one on the way.

At first, things with Jane were great. We helped them furnish their house with all new appliances, and also helped financially when they asked. Three years ago, we had a falling out and now Jane doesn’t call, text, email, nothing.

When we see each other in public, she is civil, but otherwise, treats me as if as if I were dead. We are not allowed to see our grandchildren, although our ex-son-in-law allows us to see the one grandchild when he has visitation.

Cindy, who also receives financial help when she asks, lets me see my grandchild only once a month for four hours. She sometimes allows me to Skype, but no more than once a week, if I’m lucky. When she had a miscarriage a few years ago, I tried my very best to console her,

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Thursday, March 3, 2016 Trail Times

AUTO

Revisiting the popular ‘Check Engine’ light dilema

S

ometimes I feel like I have beat this subject to death but the subject comes up again

and again. That little orange light! We auto mechanics all have customers that continue to drive with that light on.

Some have resorted to a piece of black tape.

Maybe others have resorted to a bulbectomy (removed the bulb).

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That little orange light, the one that is a picture of an engine, or the words check engine, or the Greek symbol for lambda. That is the one I am talking about.

When that light stays on or turns on when you are driving there is a problem with the way your vehicle is running.

It is no longer running optimally. It needs to be fixed!

If the light is not flashing while driving and your vehicle seems to be performing okay you do not have to stop driving the vehicle or bring it directly to your mechanic but it is time to set up an appointment. That light may be the only clue that something is up but it is a clue. Your vehicle may still start and run flawlessly in your opinion and the problem may be trivial. Unfortunately the same light that is signally a trivial problem is also used to signal a more serious problem. How do you know when a problem

has changed fractions of from trivial to a percentage serious?

You point. don’t.

One exThat light can ample. In the turn on for virearly nineties tually hundreds most port of reasons. Once RON fuel injected you have devehicles (one cided to ignore fuel injecMechanically it, how do you tor for each Speaking know when cylinder) inone trivial reason has jected fuel once per enturned into one trivial gine revolution. All the reason and one serious injectors were opened malfunction? See what at the same time. For I mean? all intents and purposes Some might say these vehicles ran perlight on or off the ve- fectly. The late nineties hicle runs the same. ushered in sequential Yes, that might be true. port fuel injection. Now Unfortunately or for- each injector would be tunately modern day turned on just before computerized electron- the cylinder it feeds was ic control systems can about to suck in the air run your car relatively and fuel it needed. At smoothly when all is light loads this method not well. saved some fuel and Auto manufactur- reduced emissions and ers seek to meet fuel produced more power. economy targets, per- Implementation of seformance targets, and quential fuel injection emission targets with required a few more as inexpensive control sensors and some softsystems as possible. The ware work. The mangains each year are at ufacturers felt it was the level of single per- worthwhile. centage points or even One of the key sen-

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sors to sequential fuel injection on most vehicles is a camshaft position sensor. It is used combined with a crankshaft position sensor to exactly determine which cylinder is sucking in air and when.

The fuel from the injector for that cylinder can be injected right when it is needed.

When that camshaft position sensor fails your engine won’t quit running. It likely will not skip a beat. Instead of sequential injection your engine will switch to batch firing (all injectors open at the same time). Efficiency will go down, emissions will go up. A malfunction code will set in the engine computer system. The check engine light will be signaled to turn on.

The light is already on for some more trivial problem. Now you have two problems without even knowing it. The second one is wasting some of your money.

Wouldn’t you like to know?