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Thursday, May 19 • 2011 Vol. 6 • Issue 20
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Cal Dueck, owner of Rossland-based Northern Reforestation, and a half dozen other Rosslanders witnessed the devastating fi res atSlave Lake, Alta., fi rst hand this week. Dueck and a tree-planting crew had just arrived in the area when they suddenly found themselves
surrounded by the raging wildfi res that engulfed and destroyed much of the city. With the local radio station and town hall destroyed and most other lines of communication cut, the crew didn’t even learn of the evacuation order until they received a cellphone call from Rossland.
Read about their experiences and see more photos of the fi res on pages 8 and 9.Jenny Dueck photo
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Only four public secondary schools — University Hill and Lord Byng in Vancouver, Sentinel in West Vancou-ver, and Okanagan Mission in Kelow-na — ranked higher than RSS in the Fraser Institute's annual ranking of the province's schools, with private schools dominating the top spots.
RSS tied for 30th place in the over-all ranking of 274 secondary schools whose Grade 12 enrollment exceeds 15 students.
Terry McDonnell, principal of RSS, says he doesn't put much stock in the institute's rankings, focusing his at-tention on what he considers the root for RSS success: "We've got great kids, great teachers, and you can really feel the support from the community," he said. "It's a wonderful building to be in. When you've got all that going for you — great people and a great atmosphere — positive things will come from that. Th at's what I support."
"I don't spend a lot of time focus-ing on the institute's report," he con-tinued, noting the commentary in the news about people's agreement (or not) with the study's indicators. "I'm more focused on working with the kids, the community, and the teachers to keep it positive and upbeat in the building."
"It takes a community to raise a kid," he quipped. "Everybody's dedicated to working together and doing the best for the kids."
"Hopefully [the ranking] will miti-gate worries of inadequate education at RSS," said Shelley Ackerman, a par-ent active on the Neighbourhoods of Learning committee.
Ackerman was referring to region-wide concerns over the need to tighten up the teacher-to-student ratio, and the specifi c need at RSS to cut back on
some staff . "People are worried that this is go-
ing to make it impossible to off er all the necessary courses, and that some par-ents will pull their kids and send them to Crowe," Ackerman said. "I personally have faith in RSS's ability to keep doing the excellent job it's always done."
MacLean Elementary has also risen in the rankings, from an average spot of 188th of 751 elementary schools over the last fi ve years, up to 128th of 875 el-ementary schools this year.
Teresa Burdusco, principal of Ma-cLean Elementary, declined to make any public comment regarding the rank-ings that also put Trail's St. Michael's in 117th, James L. Webster in 303rd, and Glenmerry in 410th this year.
Others are more openly dismissive of the results.
David DeRosa, principal of J.L. Crowe — which ranked 87th among second-ary schools, above Stanley Humphries in 194th — said “it’s such a limited and fi nite data source that they’re using."
Th e Fraser Institute's "report card" measures a school’s status by looking at areas like average exam marks, per-centage of exams failed, and graduation rate. Th e Fraser Institute writes that they focus on subjects with "uniform, statewide assessment," but despite the apparent objectivity, there are method-ological problems.
For example, DeRosa explained that "the participation rates in examinations at the Grade 12 level fl uctuate from year to year and even semester to semester, depending if our students are going to post-secondary schooling and post-secondary job training, or directly into the job world."
Th e institute measures improvement by comparing results to a fi ve-year av-erage. By these comparisons, Crowe has dropped 13 places in the standings, while RSS has risen from 44th place.
But again, the tight focus on uni-formly graded subjects leaves out ar-eas like trades training, the fi ne arts, ordevelopment of good citizenship skills.Nor do the rankings consider the qual-ity of fi tness facilities or technologyupgrades, areas where J.L. Crowe espe-cially excels.
As another measure, DeRosa said,“we have one of the highest dailyphysical activity success rates in a highschool. We have more kids doing morefi tness-oriented activity in our schoolthan most provincially.”
"We had the minister of educationhere on Friday and he said our school issecond to none in B.C.," he added.
Andrew Davidoff , president of theKootenay Columbia Teacher's Union,pointed out that the ranking is heav-ily infl uenced by "socio-economic sta-tus," with top-heavy results for privateschools. Rather than a sign of educa-tional excellence, he said, these resultsare more a sign that private schools"don't have to accept every student,and many of those students have entrytests."
Th e district does look at the FraserInstitute results, he said, but to high-light areas of strength and areas thatmay need improvement rather than tocompare schools.
Th e institute denies that the reportonly "distinguishes have schools fromhave-not schools."
Th ey write: "While it is sometimeseasier for schools to successfully teachchildren who enjoy many advantages athome, each year the report cards iden-tify many schools with students thathave very good results even thoughthey serve students whose families donot have a high income level or highlevel of parental education."
— With fi les from Val Rossi
Mixed reaction to strong RSS rankingANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter
Sandy Santori, the execu-tive director of the Lower Columbia Initiative Corpo-ration (LCI) will be at the Prestige on May 26 at 7 p.m. to discuss his work on the region's economic develop-ment, with a focus on Ross-land.
"We wanted to bring San-dy up to speak directly to Rosslanders about what he's trying to do in the region," said Bob Reardon, chair of the economic development task force and a sustainabil-
ity commission board mem-ber who co-organized the event with Renee Clark of the chamber of commerce.
"He'll talk about what he's up to, what he can bring, and what he'd like to involved in. And we want to get him better involved in Rossland issues," Reardon said.
Reardon and Clark hope for a good turnout of busi-ness people, but also "any-one with ideas for economic development in town."
Th e sustainability com-mission, for example, is preparing their "ideas, thoughts, or wishlists for
economic development," to forward to Santori.
Reardon hopes the eve-ning will also help people "to get to know Sandy. He's been around a long time and involved in a lot — the former Trail mayor, former minister in Victoria, a pro-vincial member of parlia-ment."
Th e LCI was formed in 2010, funded by the region's fi ve municipalities and elec-toral areas A and B with the mandate to lead the way in areas that are deemed eco-nomic drivers, supporting new and expanding busi-
nesses.Th e LCI does not yet have
active projects in the Ross-land area, but is involved inseveral Trail initiatives in-cluding work on the airport,work with Teck on fi ndingnew markets for byprod-ucts, and considering thepotential for a museum inTrail.
Clark and Reardon in-vite attendees to bring theirideas and questions.
Coff ee, tea, and snackswill be provided, so pleaseRSVP to Clark at [email protected].
ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter
Santori to talk economic development
Newswww.rosslandnews.com 3Rossland News Thursday, May 19, 2011
As the sun gets higher, the days longer, and the land greener, it’s time for “toma-toes, sunshine, coupons, and music” at the 15th annual Spring Wing Ding, said or-ganizer Renee Clark of the Rossland Chamber of Com-merce.
Clark is stoked as plans shape up for sales at local stores — including the re-lease of the Chamber’s 2011 coupon book at the event — while a variety of vendors ply their wares in the Queen Street market and street per-formers put on a show.
“I’m excited, it’s a lot of fun,” she said about the shop local initiative that aims to promote Rossland’s busi-nesses. “It gets people out and about in our community, supporting our local shops. Downtown businesses will be off ering some killer deals and savings for shoppers, plus there will be an opportunity
to check out the mini-market between the Rossland Credit Union building & Ross Vegas Boardshop.”
It’s the second year the chamber has put out a cou-pon book.
“It did very well last year,” Clark said, “so we’ll have this year’s books on sale if anyone wants to purchase one.”
Nadine Tremblay of the Rossland Council for Arts
and Culture is also on the hunt for “musicians, jugglers, actors, contortionists, poets, belly dancers and beyond.” She laughed, “Don’t worry, it won’t rain, we’re not running a stage this year!”
Th e market itself is open to any and all vendors with food, art, or merchandise for sale. It’s very much a self-organizing event and “spaces for vendors are fi rst come,
fi rst served,” Clark explained, suggesting people should come early to claim better spaces.
Rachael Roussin of Ross-land REAL Food encour-aged any gardeners with ex-tra seedlings to come down this year to sell to folks who haven’t got their seedlings started yet.
“Every year, people show up with seedlings and people come down for them,” Clark said. She asked that people wanting to sell their seedlings let her know in advance so she can plan for space.
Up to date event informa-tion will be posted on the chamber’s site, www.rossland.com/home.
For more details or to sign on as a vendor, contact Clark at 362-5666. Prospective bus-kers should contact Tremblay at 231-7943 or Clark at the chamber.
Spring Wing Ding runs on Rossland’s main drag from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 4.
A 17-year-old Trail resident is being charged with second-degree murder, police announced Tuesday.
Trail RCMP are investigating the homicide of a 26-year-old Trail resi-dent who suff ered fatal injuries before he was brought to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, where he was pro-nounced dead Sunday.
“We’re pleased with the investigation up to this point in the fact that we’ve identifi ed a suspect and have him in custody and are going forward with the
investigation,” said Cpl. Dave Johnson on Tuesday.
“Th ere was a search warrant written and executed on the residence . . . and then obviously our forensic identifi ca-tion unit was there.”
Police remain tight-lipped on what exactly occurred during the fi ght at the Trail home until the full story is shared with Crown counsel and the defence lawyer.
“Once it gets before the courts then we’ll be releasing more details about the investigation, it’s just for the mere fact that he got into court (Monday) and they just adjourned the bail hearing,”
said Johnson.Under the Youth Criminal Justice
Act, the victim’s name is being withheld, as it could shed light on the identity of the youth suspect, who lived nearby.
Pieces of this particular investigation are coming together smoothly, which pushes the case through the courts at a quicker pace, explained Johnson.
“Th ere are other situations, like in the past, when information is just not as readily available and we have to look for it a lot harder and identify the im-mediate information that we need,” he said. “In this case, the investigation has gone really well so far.”
VALERIE ROSSITrail Daily Times Reporter
Trail teenager charged with murder
ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter
Visitors were amazed at the Card Tricks by Steve table dur-ing last year’s Spring Wing Ding. This year’s event is June 4.
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Spring Wing Ding returns June 4
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Th e Rossland Mountain Market is gearing up for a third year running, and market co-ordinator Rachael Roussin was visibly amped: “Th is is where it’s going to be at, the best mar-ket ever!”
Roussin has nailed down a set of ex-cellent vendors, some new and some returning, and the door is wide open for Rosslanders who have something to sell, whether that’s food, art, craft s or clothing. Th e door is also open for buskers at the weekly market — mu-sicians, actors, or anybody with “any-thing to share,” Roussin said.
Th e Rossland Mountain Market is coordinated by Rossland REAL Food to support local entrepreneurs sell-ing their homemade and homegrown goods, but also strive to work with the local business community.
“We welcome their ideas and sug-gestions for the 2011 market season,” Roussin said.
Calling the market a “unique op-portunity for Rosslanders to connect with local growers,” she said this year a couple of “solid veggie vendors” have committed to regular sales, both from within a 100 kilometre radius of Ross-land — Mad Dog organic farm from just outside Castlegar, and Centre Road Farm out of Grand Forks.
“We really wanted to fi nd some lo-cal farmers,” Roussin said. “We want them to profi t and, hopefully having [just] these two, the town of Rossland can support them. It’s a long way to travel.”
Mad Dog organic farm is well-known among the region’s foodies as the farm owned and operated by Nette and Jeremy Lack, the force behind the Kootenay Local Agriculture Society. Th ese diverse organic farmers pro-duce everything from honey to carrots to eggs and are a wealth of informa-tion besides being a wealth of healthy food.
It turns out, however, that this is the fi rst farmers’ market that Mad Dog has done.
“What really appeals to them about the Rossland market is the time,” Rous-
sin said about the Th ursday aft ernoon slot designed to appeal to outdoorsy Rosslanders who tend to be camping, climbing, or canoeing on any given weekend. It also appeals to the pair of farmers who do most of their work in the mornings.
Centre Road Farms is “not organic, but they do a lot of diff erent things,” Roussin said, from berries to a lot of greenhouse produce.
Mobetta farms, the main veggie vendor last year, was unable to return.
“Th ey had a really excellent experi-ence last year, did really well, and said they loved Rossland,” Roussin said, “but they don’t have the produce this year.”
Other vendors will include Roussin herself, selling her clean and crunchy Happy Valley Greens, and Rebecca Gilhula’s cupcakes from the Sweet Dreams Cakery will likely still be sold out every week before the market even opens.
New vendors include a gentleman from Genelle who has been a baker his whole life and will be bringing his fresh Swiss bread to market.
Interested vendors should note that health and safety regulations for “low risk food” have been changed “so it’s actually easier for people to sell low
risk food items legally at farmers’ mar-kets,” Roussin explained.
Before, these items needed a “stampof approval,” but now they don’t. Ameeting with the health inspector hasbeen set for June 15, 5 p.m., at the li-brary, to help people navigate the linebetween low and high risk, and to pre-pare food safely and legally.
“Th is is an excellent opportunityto come talk one-on-one with the in-spector and fi nd out the rules and regsaround selling prepared foods,” Rous-sin said. “Rossland Mountain Marketwants to have a really good relation-ship with the health inspector and thecity of Rossland.”
Prospective merchants should alsonote that Rosslanders receive a cutrate for market space, $5 instead of $8for a four-by-four-foot table, and $10instead of $15 for a tent. Merchantscommitted to the whole season of 14weeks, from June 30 to Sept. 29, canreceive one week free by opting for theannual rate.
Like last year, the market runs from3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. every Th ursday indowntown Rossland. Interested ven-dors should visit www.rosslandfood.com or contact Roussin at 362-5452.
Buskers of all kinds should call 521-2500 to reserve spots.
ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter
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Plenty of vendors are expected to return and organizers are anticipating an in-fl ux of new vendors at the 2011 Rossland Mountain Market.
Mountain Market back for third year
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But full agreement is elusive.Th e participants were split
into six tables, each discussion guided by criteria developed at a previous public meeting in January. Participants had at their fi ngertips both technical information gathered about each site from the city and the RSA, and a report by meeting facilitator Les Carter summariz-ing the experiences of 40 other communities with skateparks — almost all positive, accord-ing to Carter's interviews.
In the end, three tables fa-voured the RossGlen site — the old bike skills park on Th omp-son Avenue — two tables were split, unable to choose between RossGlen and the Emcon site opposite RSS, and one table fa-voured the Emcon site.
Th e meeting was not in-tended "to impose a decision through a vote," Carter ex-plained, but to to "come as close to agreement as possible."
Th e goal was to thought-fully apply the information and critera to come to some sort of "collective wisdom."
"I was really happy about that meeting," said Aaron Cosbey, one of the RSA's directors. "We had a broad swathe of people out, new skaters, old skaters, neighbours, interested citizens.
"And Les Carter did such a good job. It could have been a shouting match but the facilita-tion was excellent and, for the most part, we did come to some sort of decision."
"Th e younger people really, really favoured the Emcon site," Carter said. "Young eyes re-ally lit up," RSA director Robin Strachan confi rmed.
"Th at's something we need to take into account," Cosbey said, "but if you're counting heads and getting a sense of substan-tive consensus, it's leaning to-wards RossGlen."
Th e Emcon site's obvious ad-vantages include its central lo-cation near RSS and downtown, and its good visibility, both fea-tures that Carter's study of 40 B.C. skateparks found to be vi-
tal to the success of a park."We want the kids to feel part
of the community, not shunted off to some undesireable loca-tion," Cosbey said.
Furthermore, a skatepark has the "potential to be the catalyst for redevelopment of the Em-con lot and surrounding area," Carter said.
On balance, however, the Emcon site's proximity to neigh-bouring residents and the need to build "sound buff ering land-scape features" were a deterrent to most people — Carter's study found noise is manageable with a sound buff er of 100 metres distance, or distances as short as 30 metres with proper land-scaping, such as berms.
Th e Emcon site also has po-tential drainage problems, the soil may be con-taminated, and shallow under-ground infra-structure would require elevating the park at in-creased cost.
By contrast, the RossGlen site has good, even ideal topogra-phy not only for drainage, but to build an inter-esting skatepark that's relatively i n e x p e n s i v e , reasonably ac-cessible and visible, and in at-tractive surroundings beside an existing multi-use park. Th e separation from neighbours is reasonable with good natural sound buff ering — trees and hills — and the potential to in-expensively design for more.
"I'm personally quite con-fl icted between the two sites," said Strachan, who wouldn't commit to RossGlen quite yet, but he added, "I can really pic-ture a skateboard park in that location, it really jumps out at me."
Younger participants priori-tized the Emcon site's central location, but although Ross-Glen is further from schools and amenities, Carter pointed out that "central" in many of the communities with success-ful skateparks he interviewed oft en means far greater distanc-es from schools and amenities than those separating RossGlen
and RSS.Other issues with the Ross-
Glen site are that Pinewood res-idents would have to cross the highway, but Cosbey felt there were "no major concerns."
"It's a beautiful spot," he said, "and closer to Lower Rossland skaters than Emcon. For your money, you'll get a much better park down at RossGlen. And the neighbours are pretty keen on the idea. Th e main concern they raised was losing the bike skills park."
Although it may be neces-sary, or even desirable, to relo-cate the existing bike skills park over to Centennial Park, Stra-chan saw a potential strength in
the "cohabitation" of the bike skills and the skateboards.
"It's a skateboard park, but it's not just about skateboards. It's for all sports," he explained.
"We need to get bikers involved in the design, and it will be a place for the youth to hang out."
RSA directors went door-to-door before the meet-ing to let RossGlen neighbours know the site was on the table, but aft er their positive experience with the bike park, neighbours weren't worried about a
skatepark. "Th ey're responsible kids,"
Cosbey said.Th e process has held lessons
for everybody. "Th is is not how it usually happens," Carter said, referring to the active engage-ment of the public in a consen-sus building exercise, although he added, "it happens more of-ten like this in Rossland than other places."
"Ideally we'd have come out with a clear focus on one site," said Strachan, "but that's why we have council, to make those hard decisions."
Carter will present his fi nd-ings to council on May 24, and Cosbey will present the RSA's independent recommendations at the same meeting.
Th e full report and meet-ing package are available at the RSA website (www.skateross-land.com) and will be in coun-cil's May 24 package.
ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter
Skatepark consensus elusivePros and cons of three possible locations discussed
at public forum, report to council on May 24
“It’s a skate-board park,
but it’s not just about skate-
boards. It’s for all sports. We need to get
bikers involved in the design, and it will be a place for the
youth to hang out.”
Robin Strachan
Th e Rossland Pool has an Aqua Fit instructor on staff this summer and we’re excited about bringing Aqua Fit classes back to Rossland! Mark your calendars for the weeks of June 6-9, June 25-28 and July 11-15 from 5-6 p.m.
Th ere are many benefi ts to aquatic workouts — specifi cally, water de-creases the amount of shock which is transmitted through the bones, joint and ligaments. People who have mobility issues also experience the benefi ts of aquatic exercise because buoyancy decreases the eff ect of gravity: body weight is reduced by up to 90 per cent. Special populations including the elderly who may have fragile bones, the arthritic, the dis-abled, the injured athlete, as well as pre-or post natal women will exercise in relative comfort and ease in the water. Th is class incorporates cardio, muscular endurance and stretching in a refreshing and challenging way. A great way to cool down aft er a long, hot day!
Th ere’s a 2 hour Zumbathon event coming up on June 25 at the Com-inco Arena Gymnasium to raise money towards Women’s Health at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. Zumba is a Latin inspired dance fi tness cardio class with easy to follow moves. April Haws will lead this Zumbathon event with Amber Hayes from Rossland and Adele Wasylyk from Nelson participating as special guest instructors.
Who can last the longest in the two-hour Zumbathon event? Busi-nesses and residents can help by
either participating or donating. You can register as a team or an indi-vidual and then approach others to sponsor you to support how long you can last. Th e challenge will be to see who can last the longest and raise the most money doing so.
For more information on the Zum-bathon event or to attend a Zumba class, please visit www.zumba.com or www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca or contact April Haws at [email protected] or Jane Power at [email protected].
If you’re interested in bee keeping or raising chickens, or just want to keep the dogs and bears out of your garden, there’s an electric fence work-shop coming up on May 28 from 2-4 p.m. Th e workshop is $5 per person and is being put on by Rossland REAL Food and Bear Aware. Meet at 1993 Kootenay Ave. at Andrew Bennett’s house to cover the basics and then the group will walk or bike down to Mary and Joe’s garden at 1320 Queen in Lower Rossland, to set up the electric fence around Joe Bye’s bees. For more information, please contact Sharon Wieder, Bear Aware, [email protected], cell number 231-2751.
With summer right around the corner you may want your son or daughter to take their babysitting course. Th e Babysitter Training Course was fi rst released in 1970 and has since trained over 500,000 Ca-nadian youths to become educated, responsible babysitters. Th is eight-hour course consists of eight topics, including; responsibilities, child
development, nutrition, behaviour, emergencies, safety and fi rst aid, ill-ness, physical challenges and special needs issues. Students are required to obtain a passing grade of 75 per cent on the fi nal examination. Th e course is being off ered Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12 from 10-2 p.m. Th e course is for teens and preteens who are turning 12 this year and will be held at the Rossland Pool.
Th e Home Alone course is also being off ered in June — right before school lets out for the Summer. Th is is a great course for kids who may fi nd themselves at home, alone, for short periods of time. Th e course is for children ages 10-13 years and is being off ered on Th ursday, June 16 from 6-8:30 p.m. at RSS.
Jr. Roller Derby is coming to Rossland! Th e Women’s Roller Derby League is experiencing phenom-enal growth in the Kootenays, with another sold out game in Castlegar last weekend. If you have a daughter between the ages of 6 – 18 years who’s interested in becoming a Derby girl, the Fresh Meat Orientation is sched-uled for Sunday, May 29 in the late aft ernoon at the Rossland Arena.
Th e Recreation Department has fi nished the Summer Brochure and we hope to have it in your hands by May 24. If you’d like to view the guide over the weekend, please look for it on our website, www.rossland.ca. If you don’t receive bulk mail in your mailbox, please contact our offi ce and we’ll email you a copy. Give our offi ce a call, at 250-362-2327 or email us at [email protected].
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Yesterday Tourism Rossland hosted the fi rst of two public input sessions where it invited sug-gestions on how to move our city towards some of its goals as an offi cial “resort municipality” in the eyes of the provincial government.
Th is title may seem like a trivial distinction, but it goes beyond mere nomenclature. With this designation, Rossland is eligible for tens of thou-sands of dollars in funding from the province, but the city needs to submit an outline of how it plans to use this money.
Yesterday’s session was meant to brainstorm ideas and during another session on May 31 the goal is to narrow down the list and decide on a single idea to pursue. Deanne Steven of Tourism Rossland said the agency then plans to submit its 2011 strategy to the province prior to the June 15 deadline. One of the main ideas being bandied about, Steven noted, is improving transporta-tion in Rossland — including to and from area airports and between the city and Red Mountain Resort. Th is is certainly a worthwhile project to pursue but we should carefully consider the other ideas that come forward as well.
We should also take this opportunity to think about promoting tourism more broadly in Rossland. Nelson-based columnist Mike Stolte, by sheer coincidence, has written an excellent piece on this particular topic in this week’s issue of the West Kootenay Advertiser (which runs as an insert within the Rossland News.) Stolte’s column outlines the “seven deadly sins” that smaller communities commit when it comes to the tourism industry. Fortunately, in our view at least, Rossland doesn’t tend to commit many of these “sins” but Stolte does provide some excel-lent food for thought on how to improve visitors’ experiences and keep them coming back.
His general point is that tourism is not an isolated endeavour and it works best when its well integrated with other aspects of community. If this is the path to success in the tourism fi eld then Rossland is well on its way, but there is always room for more people to get involved.
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To help girls channel their self-worth, develop healthy relationships, and aspire to set the bar high, Amber Oosthuyzen, a local teen from Trail, is bringing her "Redefi ning Beauty" program to Rossland.
"Th e program is for girls who want to start their journey of fi nding out who they are and what they want in life," said Oosthuyzen.
She was recently one of fi ve B.C. youth to re-ceive a TD Scholarship for Community Leader-ship, a national award given to 20 of 3,400 high school applicants from across Canada who are making a positive impact in their community.
Oosthuyzen secured funding for Redefi ning Beauty and developed its curriculum that focuses
on mental and physical health, moving girls away from obsessions with body and image.
She has also trained trainers to take the self-es-teem program to other interested communities.
"Th ere are a lot of pressures on young girls," she explained. "If you know who you are and have a basis of what you want out of life, then the out-side appearance isn't such a burden, you're not so focused on it. I would love for girls to come out of the events more confi dent about who they are and what they bring to the table, and to value what they have to off er."
Oosthuyzen is an active Air Cadet who has won the citizenship award four years running and, as graduation president at J.L. Crowe, inspired her class to raise money to purchase soccer uniforms for a team in Kenya.
She said it's worth teaching her program, "even
if I can just help one girl realize that they are worth it, that they have so much to give and that they are an asset to the community and the world, and to get them dreaming."
"Oft en girls in this area dream small because they come from a small area," Oosthuyzen sug-gested. "Just because we're from a small area doesn't mean we have to dream and live small. We can dream big and do big things."
Oosthuyzen encourages any young women aged 13 to 18 to come down "for a couple of hours not having to stress about it and just hang out with a bunch of other girls and talk about things."
Th e course runs on May 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Miners' Hall. Th e $20 fee includes a healthy lunch.
Register with Rossland's recreation depart-ment at 362-2327 or [email protected].
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Seven Rosslanders were caught with “fi re on three sides of us” in the Sunday burn that swept through Slave Lake, Alta., said Jenny Dueck.
Jenny is the daughter of Cal Dueck, who owns Rossland-based Northern Reforestation, a tree planting company that was just setting up for its an-nual plant near Slave Lake.
Seventeen people working the early season for North-ern watched from “the com-pound” in the industrial north end of Slave Lake as the infer-no advanced, fanned by heavy winds gusting to 89 km/h, grounding the water bombers. A wall of smoke approached the town from two fi res, one southeast and one southwest, that swept up, around, and between them and the lake to the north, burning homes and businesses and closing high-ways as it burned around to the east side of town.
Because both city hall and the radio station had burned down, the tree planters were unaware that the town was under an evacuation order. Th e fact that the town was burning less than a kilometre away was hidden from them by thick smoke and the brief die-down of fi res in their im-mediate vicinity.
But then the fl ames reared up again.
As the hem pulled in tighter on all sides, Jenny recalled her father saying, “At this point I would leave — if any of the roads were open.”
“Th e fi rst point when I was seriously worried,” Jenny said, was a few minutes later when, about 75 metres away, “the trees on the other side of the highway went up in fl ames.”
“We moved the vehicles away from the compound, against the fences, in case the fuel tanks started exploding,” Jenny recalled.
“I could feel the heat on my face,” Cal said.
Smoke too thick to breathe forced the planters inside but,
Jenny said, “even inside the building we could feel the movement.”
As the fl ames leapt the highway and engulfed a sub-division, the houses didn’t stand a chance. Th e tree plant-ers watched from behind win-dows as the fi re approached a nearby home and, in an in-stant, it exploded.
“Th ere was no waiting, no time to say, oh, it’s licking at that corner now,” Cal said. “It was house, house, holy [exple-tive], fi re!”
“Th e house burned to the ground as the brush burned around it,” Jenny said. “So out of control, no one even at-tempted to fi ght this fi re.”
Th is was when “point num-ber two of concern” occurred to Jenny. “We realized that if the compound did catch fi re, there would be no fi refi ghters coming.”
But the crew stayed put, still unaware of the evacuation or-
der.“All the communication
lines were down except mydad’s cell phone,” Jenny said.“At around 10:30, my mum[Sarah Flood, who was wfatch-ing the news in Rossland,]called us and told us about theevacuation order.”
Cal sent two people downto see police offi cers whowere barricading the high-way to the north. One offi certold them they were supposedto have left hours before anddidn’t want to let them returnto the compound. Th e plant-ers explained that 15 otherstaff were there as well, so twooffi cers returned with them to“make sure we all left ,” Jennysaid.
“We drove past the burningbuildings and were directeddown highway 88 East, andfrom there to Athabasca,” shesaid.
ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter
“The smoke was so thick we didn’t realize the town was burn-ing,” Jenny Dueck said.
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Arriving at 3 a.m., the weary evacuees slept in their vehicles.
Th e next day, the planting staff talked with others who had left it all behind.
“A lot of people said they hadn’t had any warning,” Jen-ny recalled, “and had to leave their homes too quickly to save anything. People weren’t sure if their houses were still there.”
“One lady said she’d worked a night shift on Sat-urday, so was napping in her home when the fi res started burning up her street,” Jenny said. “Her 15-year-old-son woke her up and said, ‘Mom, I think we have to go.’ She looked out her window and all of the houses on the oth-er side of the street were on fi re. She had time to grab her purse and her son, and that was it.”
Although the fi res burned most of the surrounding brush and forest, the planter’s compound is still standing.
“In the industrial part of town there is a lot more space between buildings, and lots of gravel lots, so it would be much harder for the fi re to spread,” Jenny speculated.
Nobody’s sure how long the Northern Reforestation crew will have to wait until they can get back into town and get back to work, but for now most of them are wait-ing at their homes.
“It sounds like the area we were supposed to set up camp and plant in has burned, so it might be a while before the forest service will let us back in there, too.”
When they do go back, Jenny thinks “it’s going to be weird.”
“I have known Slave Lake since I was a pretty young kid, and now a huge part of it is gone — the library, the po-lice station, the homes. I just hope everyone comes back. It’s sort of home away from home.”
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• NATIONAL COMPOSTING AWARENESS WEEK, MAY 1-7• INTERNATIONAL DOULA MONTH• ABORIGINAL AWARENESS WEEK, MAY 22-28• WORLD DAY FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, MAY 25• NATIONAL ACTIVE HEALTHY KIDS DAY, MAY 29
Coming EventsKIDS KUNG FU May 16 to June 29 on Mon. and Wed., 3:30 to 4:30pm at Better Life Fit-ness. Ages 7-12. 14 classes for $70. Contact 362-3348 or [email protected] SENIORS’ GAMES, 55+ Aug 16-20, in the West Kootenays. Visit bcseniorsgames.org or contact Barb at 362-9489.SENIORS GAMES SLO-PITCH All those 55 and older by end of the year are welcome to come out and play. Register by May 15. Fred at 250-362-7624 or [email protected] HISTORICAL MUSEUM Opens for the season, May 21. Visit www.rosslandmu-seum.ca, email [email protected], or phone 362-7722.AIR CADETS - ANNUAL CEREMONIAL REVIEW May 25, 5:30pm, end of training year parade of 35 cadets. 1990 - 7th Ave, Trail. Contact Deb Hossack, 368-3689. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ROSSLAND May 26, 7pm, at the Prestige. Sandy Santori, exec-utive director of the Lower Columbia Initiative, on the region’s economic development. Attendees are invited to bring ideas and questions. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Renee Clark, chamber of commerce, [email protected] DRIVEN - A BIKEUMENTARY May 27, 7pm, Castle Th eatre, Castlegar. Tickets $10, available at Revolution Cycles. LESSONS AT LOOLU’S LOST SHEEP Hat class, May 28. $2 drop-in. Call 362-5383.ANNUAL MUSEUM DAY May 28, 10am-2pm. Lots of activity up at the Rossland Historical Museum: Genealogy, scavenger hunt, fi ddlers, candy, fi sh pond, dogs, burgs, baking and more to celebrate the re-opening of the museum for the summer season.FOR THE BIRDS May 28, 8:30pm, Redroom Lounge (Prestige). From rowdy folk to soulful lullabies, three part harmonies with Aspen Switzer, Genevieve Rainey, and Elaine Ryan.REDEFINING BEAUTY May 28, 10am-2pm, Miners’ Hall. A workshop for young women age 13-18. Amber Oosthyzen helps women fi nd out “who they are and what they want.” $20 includes lunch. Contact Rossland Recreation, 362-2327, [email protected] FOR LIFE May 28, 10am-10pm, Haley Park Track, Trail. Support the Canadian Cancer Society. Visit www.relayforlife.ca. Call Suzanne 362-7422, zan_rfl @telus.net.SILENCE OF THE JAMS ROLLER DERBY DOUBLEHEADER May 28, 6pm doors, 7pm fi rst whis-tle, Nelson & District Community Complex, Nelson. Tickets, $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $2 for kids, available at RossVegas.JUNIOR ROLLER DERBY FRESH MEAT ORIENTATION May 29, 12-2pm, Rossland Arena, girls age 5-18 years invited to attend with a parent of guardian. Skates, helmet, knee and elbow pads, wrist guards, and mouthguards are required, available at RossVegas. Info: Krystal Stevenson at 355-2265 or [email protected] PLANT PROPOAGATION May 30, 8pm, Trail Senior Centre, Presentation by Eva Jo-hansson. All welcome. Free. Contact West Kootenay Naturalists: 365-5647.BIKE TO WORK WEEK May 30 to June 5. Register at www.biketowork.ca/kootenays.GREEN DRINKS - PESTICIDE FREE GROWING June 7, 7pm, Rock Cut Pub. Diana Daghofer and Suzanne Belanger will get the conversation rolling and gardeners in the crowd will
keep it going — an evening of mingling with drinks.STEPHANIE GAUVIN ART SHOW May & June, Rush Coff ee Lounge at the Prestige. Intercon-necting mountain lifestyle with acrylic creativity.ART OF WINE, 8TH ANNUAL June 4, 7-10pm, Colombo Lodge. Wine tasting, art, andfood. Tickets $50 at Bear Country Kitchen. Proceeds to KBRH Pediatric Ward.SAFETY VILLAGE, AGES 9-12 June 11, 10am to noon. Bicycle and fi re safety, bring bike andhelmet. Parental participation required. Pre-register at Aquatic Centre, 364-0888.ROSSLAND MOUNTAIN MARKET Farmer’s market, June 30 to Sept 29, Th ursdays from 3 to6:30pm. For contact and vendor information, visit www.rosslandfood.com. DRAGON BOAT - KOOTENAY ROBUSTERS Tue/Th u evenings, Sat morning, May to Sept,Christina Lake. Carpool from Rossland. Contact Mary Hatlevik, 362-9452. All womenwelcome. Raise awareness of breast cancer, support wellbeing. BARKS & RECREATION DOG TRAINING CLASSES Start anytime: puppies 2-6mo. old, basicobedience, small dog socialization, advanced obedience, tricks and fun. Contact:521-BARK, [email protected], 1396 Cedar Ave.YOGA WITH KERRY Power Flow: Tues/Th urs. 6:30-8pm. Yoga for Peace (restorative):Sun. 10-11:30am. At Better Life Fitness. Visit www.kerryyoga.com.HIP HOP CLASSES For all ages. Contact Megs: 362-3381, [email protected] CLASSES Tues., Miner’s Hall, with Shauna: [email protected]! Mon/Wed 9:30-10:30am. Tues. 6-7pm, Miner’s Hall, dance with Amber: [email protected], 362-7447, www.zumbakootenay.com. $55 for 10, fi rst time free.INTERMEDIATE PILATES WITH JACKIE Mon 7:30-8:30pm, Fri 6:30-7:30am, at Better LifeFitness. www.betterlifefi tness.net. Drop-in $12 or 10 for $95.URBAN DANCE Tuesdays, 5-6pm, $8 drop in or 6/$40, Better Life Fitness - 2086 Washing-ton. No experience required. Contact Nicole at 362-9673. OUT OF BOUNDS FITNESS Indoor cycling, Drill Fit, Pilates, strength training, cardio,core, and more. 1995 Columbia, above the Subway. www.outofb oundsfi tness.com.SATURDAY MORNING GROUP TRAIL RUNS Meet 8am at Mountain Life (BMO building)and carpool to adventure. Free drop-in, all levels, year-round.MOTHER GOOSE Rhymes, songs, fi nger plays and stories, 10:30-11:30am, Th ursdays atMacLean StrongStart Center. Free, drop-in, for caregivers and young children.KOOTENAY DANCE WORKS Ages 3 to adult. Ballet, African, modern and more. ContactRenée Salsiccioli at 368-8601 or [email protected] AT THE LIBRARY Fridays at the Rossland Library: Tots (ages 3-5) 10:15-10:45 am and Books for Babies (under 3) 11:00-11:30 am. Drop-in. A parent orguardian must remain in the program room for the duration.ROSSLAND RADIO CO-OP Join, volunteer, host a show. Meet the 2nd Wed each month,7pm at the radio headquarters, Rotary Health Building, 1807 Columbia Ave.ROSSLAND SKATEPARK COMMITTEE 6-8 pm, fi rst Tuesday each month at the RosslandLibrary. Come be part of the process. COLUMBIA DISTRICT GIRL GUIDES Columbia District Girl Guides has units from Ross-land to Salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted.SCOUTING For boys and girls, now at the Rossland Scout Hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7)Wed. 6-7pm. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) Th u. 4-5:30pm. Contact Shanna Tanabe: 362-0063.YCDC YOUTH NIGHTS Free drop-in, 1504 Cedar Ave, Trail. Call 364-3322 or [email protected]. Art Night: Tue. 7pm; Movie Night: Wed. 6-8pm.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BR. # 14 ROSSLAND General Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. onthe third Wed. of every month. All members of Branch #14 are asked to attend.ROTARY CLUB OF ROSSLAND: Weekly meetings at the Rock Cut Pub, Mon., 6-8pm. All
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ased
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scap
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Cana
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l con
sum
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ed o
n ci
ty/h
wy
labe
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usi
ng T
rans
port
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ada
appr
oved
test
met
hods
and
info
rmat
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avai
labl
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the
time
of p
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ual f
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onsu
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ion
will
var
y ba
sed
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ad c
ondi
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adin
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quip
men
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driv
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habi
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el co
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prov
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st m
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stim
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umpt
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ratin
gs
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rans
mis
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, 7.1L
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on T
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ad co
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veh
icle
load
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and
driv
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habi
ts.
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umpt
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ratin
gs fo
r the
201
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m (2
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city
and
7.4L
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km (3
8 M
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wy.
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Naturalist Eva Johansson has been invited by the West Kootenay Naturalists to give a native gardening presentation and to show a live plant exhibit on May 30 at 8 p.m. at the Trail Senior Centre.
A graduate of the University of Victoria's Restoration of Natural Systems Program, Johansson is a member of the Naturally Grown Herb and Spice Producers Coop-erative and the owner of a native plant nursery in the
Slocan Valley.Johansson's slideshow and digital presentation will
illustrate the important principles behind plant prop-agation and give useful tips on adding plants such as mock orange, saskatoons, or the white blossoms of red-osier dogwood to your garden.
Johansson said she'd like to help gardeners get over inhibitions that might be preventing them from tak-
ing on wild plant propagation, but she'll also highlightplants that ought to be left in the wild due to their spe-cial status or diffi culty to transplant.
Johansson will have several wild plants for the audi-ence to get a good look at, including those mentionedabove.
Th e public is invited free of charge./Rossland News
West Kootenay Naturalists hosting Johansson garden talk
www.rosslandnews.com 13Rossland News Thursday, May 19, 2011
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Procor Limited is the leading Canadian lessor of specialized railcars and services. Procor Rail Services, a division of Procor Limited, operates a network of fixed, mobile and on customer site service centers.We have a job opening for an On-Site Supervisor, at our Trail, British Columbia, location. This location services Teck Cominco. This position will report to the Manager, Operations, On-Site Repair Services.This position will be responsible for the repair requirements of our customers and also to ensure that Procor employees work in a safe and Responsible Care environment.The candidate will be responsible to make business decisions that will ensure the success of the on-site operation. Principal Metrics / Deliverables in this position are as follows:On-Site Repairs with emphasis on:
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Th e Rossland Historical Museum opens its doors again on May 21, and a week later is the annual "Museum Day" on May 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with activities for the kids, food and music, and plenty of archivists and history en-thusiasts to chat with.
Th e society has plans for a scavenger hunt, a fi sh pond, face painting, barbe-cued burgers and dogs, delicious bak-ing, and old time fi ddling to keep the celebration swinging.
Noting the unfortu-nate clash with the Relay for Life in Trail, museum volunteer Libby Martin
said the annual event is for "mu-seum aware-ness," and for "people to come out and see the place."
One point of interest at the event will be an avid ge-nealogical researcher from
the area with a table set up and "a fewtips on how to go about genealogy re-search," Martin said.
Th e society will gauge thelevel of interest the publicexpresses to help them de-cide if they will put togethera genealogy workshop laterin the year.
Joyce Austin, the mu-seum's archivist, will alsobe set up with informationabout the archives, and whatsort of information is avail-able and how to access it.
"A lot of people don'tseem to realize that it's
there," Martin said."Th e extent of the archives is awe-
some."
ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter
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Bessie Wapp and Ben Johnson teamed up for their fi rst ever performance as the “Tek Düet” at the Rouge Gallery on May 15, fl ooring audiences with Johnson’s complex tones and rhythms on oud and Persian santoor comple-menting Wapp’s mastery of the accordion, and her haunting vocals in Yiddish, Ukrainian, and several Balkan languages. Wapp teaches music and theatre in Nelson and Johnson also lives in the Kootenays, but both have travelled widely, Wapp particularly through Eastern Europe, and Johnson through Greece, Turkey, and India, gathering infl uences all the way.
For the fi rst time ever: Tek Düet
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Janet Marshall on celtic harp at Sunday’s Joe Hill coffeehouse.
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Alpine Grind claims ‘best coff ee in town’“Th ere hasn’t been a day that I’ve
regretted buying this business,” said longtime newspaperman John Snel-grove who changed hats and bought the Alpine Grind Coff ee House 17 months ago, “but it can be a struggle sometimes.”
“I enjoy the atmosphere,” he said. “When I hear people talking and laughing, I know I’ve done the right thing.”
Originally set up by Brad Brown and Kim Robinson seven years ago, Snelgrove recalled “a group of friends would come here Monday to Friday aft er dropping the kids at school and we’d sit and chat for an hour before going home.”
When Brown and Robinson con-sidered closing the doors, “Th e idea of not having this place didn’t sit too well,” Snelgrove said. A deal was struck and the new Grind swung open its doors in February 2010.
Th e Alpine Grind Coff ee House and Microbakery is in competition with Sunshine, Clancey’s, Rush, and Café Books, but Snelgrove boldly re-vealed his trade secret:
“We think we have the best coff ee in town. Actually, I’d say I know we have the best coff ee in town!”
He also thinks the Grind’s “mi-crobakery” sets them apart, making bread three times each week and the focaccia for their sandwiches.
Using a big supplier could save money, he speculated, “but the more we do in-house, the better quality we can give our customer, and there’s more control over what we do.”
Quality may be one pillar of his philosophy, but community is an-other. “Sponsorships are importnat. We support events that the commu-nity wants to see happen. If we get spin-off business, that’s great. But fi rst and foremost we want to get be-hind the events.”
“Music’s a priority,” he said. “And if an event for kids needs help, I have no problem giving a fi ve-gallon ca-rafe of hot chocolate, or cookies or muffi ns. It doesn’t cost a lot of mon-ey for what [our community and my business] get in return.”
He’s also proud of his café’s com-fortable atmosphere with bright nat-ural light and local and regional art that changes every month or two.
Above all, Snelgrove credits the Grind’s success to “a really steady local clientelle.” He gets visitors, mostly directed to the café as a “des-tination” by word-of-mouth, but “we don’t get walk-by traffi c.”
Being on the other side of a busy intersection from the rest of down-town, “most foot traffi c stops on the opposite corner and turns down the other way,” he said.
Despite the very real competition between the local cafés, there’s also a strong sense of co-operation, “or consideration,” Snelgrove said. “It makes for happier customers and better business all around.”
Th e cafés will let each other know when hours change: Fluctuating, unpredictable sales aff ect stocking to staffi ng, and poor decisions can lead to unhappy customers or waste.
Th ey also make referrals, which Snelgrove appreciates.
“We also send people to other es-tablishments. We don’t do tradition-al breakfasts, for example, but we’re not afraid to tell somebody where they can get that,” he said.
For now, it seems Rossland can support the coff ee habit — Nelson has four times the population but eight times the coff ee shops.
Fundamentally, Snelgrove de-pends on a cheerful and competent staff . “I’ve always had good staff , staff I could trust to do the right thing,” he said. “When I fi rst bought this place, the fi rst group of staff here had way more experience doing this than I ever did.”
Th at’s because Snelgrove has ac-tually spent most of his career as a newspaper publisher. “I was the cus-tomer for a long time,” he laughed. “I’m not a chef, but I knew what I could do and I knew what I liked. And being in the newspaper busi-ness, I’ve always been a good listen-er. I hear what a lot of customers like and don’t like.”
Snelgrove was born in Montreal to a French-Canadian mother and a Newfoundland father. Th ey left dur-ing the FLQ crisis and “ended up on the east shore of Kootenay Lake.”
He worked the knives on a card-board machine for Domtar, consid-ered a career in turf management, and tree planted, but his photogra-phy hobby led him to journalism.
He met his wife, Shelley Acker-man, at Selkirk college and studied photography, electronic publishing — a brand new art in the early 1980s — and creative writing.
“I’d always been a current events junkie and liked the idea of news-papers,” he said. His career’s many highlights include starting Th e Rossland Summit in 1991, inciden-tally working out of an offi ce in the Alpine Grind building.
His daughter Maddie was born in that time, and Clare’s birth will be forever rembered for falling on a hectic “production day.”
His priorities remain close to home. “We’ve always taken an active part in the community, and we’ve al-ways made time for our kids.”
If he had to choose kids or busi-ness, “I’d shut the doors. It’s not about making someone happy with a great americano that day.”
ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter
John Snelgrove in his natural habitat at the Alpine Grind Coffee House.Andrew Bennett photo