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Everyday there are small ways to affect big change in the world around us.

What it takes is forward thinking and a little resolve to make walking, carpooling or busing to work a mainstay, says NDP MP Richard Cannings.

“Walk more, bike more and drive less, “Cannings empha-sized. “I know this can be a challenge in small cities and more rural areas, but we have to move away from using our cars for everything,” he added. “Often it just takes a bit of plan-ning ahead and getting into

that habit.”Friday is “A Day for Our

Common Future,” in the city following Trail council’s proc-lamation which gives a nod to sustainable development – and also marks the last day of the UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris.

“Sustainable development meets our needs today without compromising the ability of our grandchildren and their grand-children to enjoy a lifestyle similar to ours,” said Cannings. “It means using our renewable natural resources wisely and making a transition away from non-renewable resources.”

The climate change behe-moth takes the world stage once a year – but action can, and is, happening every day on a personal, municipal and provincial level.

He points out a resourceful project in the East Kootenay and a growing trend in Trail as healthy approaches that bal-ance needs of society and na-ture while furthering goals for sustainable development.

“One of the boldest initia-tives I’ve heard of lately is the SunMine solar energy project built in the City of Kimberley with support from Teck and

Selkirk Family Medicine is set to close its doors this Friday after two decades of serving the community.

It was merely three months ago that about 1,500 patients received a letter in the mail regretfully inform-ing of the closure. To many this note had to be read again to confirm this news and then fear of the unknown set in.

Enter the Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice (Divisions), which rep-resents all the doctors across the 14 commu-nities in the Kootenay Boundary region. Divisions supported the clinic during this time of transition and much can be said about the collaboration between the medical communi-ty that ensued, accord-ing to clinical lead Julius Halaschek-Wiener.

“It’s a week until closure, and I think it’s fair to say that most if not all patients who need ongoing care have been referred to a new clinic or to a new family doctor,” he explained.

Almost 1,200 patients needing ongoing care – complex or chronic disease patients, infants, the elder-ly and frail and those in residential care – have successfully found a new medical home at this time. But there are still about 400 people who were unreachable or either not interested or undecided on the referral.

“The clinic is still open until Friday, so if somebody feels that they have fallen through the cracks or that they have not received a call, there is still time to contact the clinic,” said Halaschek-Wiener.

Finding a home for the majority of orphaned patients was accomplished by existing clinics opening up space

for outgoing patients in their home communities. Some clinics brought on more administrative support to manage the handover of large patient numbers and their health records, and some rearranged schedules and practice hours to make it work.

“The clinics and GPs in Castlegar, Rossland, the Beaver Valley and Salmo all came forward to say, ‘We’ll do what we can,’” he said. “They were able to do a lot and were willing to

look at their patient panels and see how many they could take and what rearrange-ments they could do at the clinic to make that happen.”

In Trail, the IH Nurse Practitioner from Selkirk, Chelsea Van Vliet, is moving to Dr. Blair Stanley’s team at Waneta Primary Care with a full practice of all her current patients. A

new doctor, Dr. Katie O’Connor, has been successfully recruited to the area and has already welcomed many of Selkirk’s patients. Now, working with the Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice, Dr. O’Connor is in-viting patients still looking for a doc-tor to call the A GP for Me Hotline for a referral at 1-844-352-5664.

In the interim, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital’s emergency de-partment is dedicated to handling any stray cases. The ER is preparing to institute a fast-track area, sepa-rate from emergency, that will handle non-urgent cases like prescription re-newals. A triage nurse will determine what kind of care stream a patient will enter at the outset, be it putting someone in the cue for emergency at-tention or moving them onto the fast track avenue.

“What is really uncertain is wheth-er those 400 patients are still in the

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work by Trail to promote food produc-tion downtown.”

While the former exemplifies what can be done with millions of dollars and innovation, making Canada’s highest city the ideal spot to harvest solar energy; the latter shows how a small group of volun-teers with a lot of heart and little money can also effect big change.

“If we all grew our own vegetables in our back yard and preserved them for winter use,” says Cannings. “We could reduce energy costs and eat healthier as well. (So besides taking the bus or walk-ing to work Dec. 11), you can check out a seed catalogue to plan for your vegetable garden next year.”

As the conference closes this week, Cannings says he’s cautiously optimis-tic the Liberal government will deliver global action in the “fight against climate change.”

“I am greatly heartened by the new climate policies coming out of Alberta,” he continued.

“And hope that other provinces and the federal government will follow that lead.

And I am proud that British Columbia led the way years ago with our carbon tax.”

A Day for our Common Future was developed by the Vancouver Island and Coast Conservation Society marking a Dec. 11 global turning point 28 years ago – that’s when, in 1987, the United Nations received the first global sus-tainable development report from the World Commission on Environment and Development.

That report opens to the General Assembly, citing concern about the ac-celerating deterioration of the human environment and natural resources and the consequences of that deterioration for economic and social development.

Further, the documents states sus-tainable development should become a central guiding principle of the United Nations, governments, and private sec-tors, while meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Cannings has long advocated for B.C.’s outdoors, including service on the prov-ince’s Environmental Appeal Board, co-chair of the Committee on the Status of

Endangered Wildlife in Canada, and sat as director on the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Bird Studies Canada.

He says after Canada backed out of the Kyoto Accord agreement, any temporary reductions in carbon dioxide emission in the country have come as a result of the economic downturn in 2008 and actions of the Ontario government to close coal-fired power plants.

“Other countries, especially those in Europe, have made real progress,” he said. “In this regard we have a lot of catching up to do.”

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty whereby countries agree to reduce greenhouse gases, based on the premise global warming exists and is caused by carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) emis-sions. There are currently 192 parties in the Protocol, and 84 signatories following Canada’s withdrawal in 2011.

“I’m very hopeful, Canada voted for change on Oct. 19, and I am sure the Liberal government knows that they must deliver on that change,” Cannings said. “Especially on criti-cal issues like climate change. And the NDP will be the progressive opposi-tion to hold them to those promises.”

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For 15 years the lobby of Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital has been home to Marisa Jimenez’s annual Poplar Ridge Christmas Raffle. This year, her fundraiser is the biggest yet, with well over $10,000 of charitable donations made to the cause that gives all proceeds to residents of Poplar Ridge. Jimenez points out there are so many prizes, she doesn’t have room to display them all. Tickets are available ($2 each or three for $5) in the hospital lobby Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. The raffle closes Dec. 17 at 3 p.m.

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Krista Kalmikoff has been found guilty of two counts of robbery (at the Nelson and District Credit Union and the Kootenay Currency Exchange), two counts of possessing stolen property valued at more than $5000 (the money from the credit union robbery and phar-maceuticals stolen from two pharmacies in Castlegar), and failing to stop when being pursued by the police.

The jury found her not guilty of one charge of knowingly having a restricted firearm in a vehicle.

Kalmikoff was charged with being an accomplice to Andrew Stevenson who was convicted of a number of robberies in the West Kootenay in the spring of 2014, for which he is currently serving a ten year sentence.

After a trial that lasted nearly three weeks, the jury in BC Supreme Court in Nelson deliberated Friday afternoon and evening until 10 p.m. and all day Saturday, delivering its verdict at about 8:30 p.m.

Interviewed after the verdict, Crown prosecutor Sunday Patola said, “It was about what she knew and when she knew it. This case was about what she

said in her statements to the police and then in court — that is what it rested on.... The jury seemed to take it seri-ously and I respect their decision in this case.”

Kalmikoff will be back in court on Jan. 4, when a date for sentencing will be set. Justice Mark McEwan ordered a pre-sentence report and a psychiatric report to be prepared in the meantime.

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area or healthy and really only needing care, occasionally,” Halaschek-Wiener added. “It’s dif-ficult to say what the demand will be for these remaining patients.”

After 41 years of service, Dr. Trudi Toews was in the process of retiring but had to close her practice promptly due to medical reasons.

The news caught the community off guard and quickly communication began between team players.

“All partners came together because no single group had the answer,” said Halaschek-Wiener. “We established a really robust communication strategy, and robust referral process that was streamlined and everybody agreed on it.”

Divisions originally met with Interior Health, all general practitioners and community leaders in the fall to discuss creative ways of expanding patient lists at existing facilities, encouraging part-time physicians to make the leap to full-time work and the need of working through the patient list with priority given to the vulnerable and more complex files.

The roundtable discussion always circled back to a new team-based primary care approach.

Recruitment continues to play out behind the scenes where the future of primary care in Trail is also tied closely to this discussion. Halaschek-Wiener points to a new delivery model in this realm established in the Northern Health Authority.

The “population-based model” piloted in the north is based on the complexity of the patient population that a clinic cares for and with that model the GP can delegate care to other provid-ers.

“Why it will be beneficial for Trail is that a

large number of young physicians would be nat-urally drawn to this environment because they’ve trained in a more team-based approach in their medical training,” explained Halaschek-Wiener.

While this needs to be discussed with the Ministry of Health, it is an exciting possibility for the area and one he said that needs to be inves-tigated with clinics now operating at maximum capacity.

There is only a few more days for patients to visit their clinic before Selkirk wraps up business.

While a free patient record summary is shared with a patient’s new clinic, Selkirk has been in the process of sending its medical records to Docudavit Solutions for the storage and manage-ment of all patient medical records.

Individual patients will fork out $80 while a family of four is expected to pay $160 and $50 for each additional member (plus taxes and ship-ping) only when a receiving doctor decides he or she needs a complete medical record.

The original record can only legally be passed between Docudavit and a clinic, Halaschek-Wiener explained, and, unfortunately, the bill falls onto the patient.

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The School District 20 board received a response from the prov-ince regarding its request for four new school buses, but only received funding for one.

The province will supply $134,935 for a new bus, but it “could not fund all [the district’s] requests for school buses this fiscal year.”

“The bus that is going to be re-placed is a bus that we are having some mechanical issues with and is showing some rust,” said Natalie Verigin, secretary-treasurer.

“The three that the ministry has not chosen to replace this year have met the kilometres or the age re-quirement, but we have not noted there was anything physically wrong with them.”

In the past the ministry would consider replacing buses that have been driven over a certain number of kilometres or that were of a cer-tain age. Verigin said they hadn’t heard from the ministry why there is less funding this year, but sus-pects it’s because they’ve increased the routine capital.

“If you recall, the routine capital expenditures were originally set to be about $20 million in the prov-ince, and they ended up issuing $35

million in projects, so my thoughts are that they’ve just held back some money from the buses,” she said.

Mark Wilson, board trustee rep-resenting Trail, raised safety con-cerns and proposed sending a letter voicing this concern.

“If the government had sort of set criteria as to when they were going to replace buses … it must have met some criteria when they talked to mechanics,” he said. “Now for them to just say it’s a money saving issue, is it putting us in any harm? And if so, we have to have it noted that we’re not happy with it.”

Greg Luterbach, superintendent of schools, cautioned the board against citing safety as a concern.

“I’m not sure I would recom-mend to the board mentioning safety. The buses that are on the roads today, they are safe, so you know, I don’t want to cause panic out there that the buses aren’t safe,” he said. “But probably the fact that they’re being used longer does put pressure … on our mechanics.”

Verigin noted the three buses that will not be replaced are work-ing fine, and can be put on the list to be replaced next year when the province anticipates “a larger program that will address a greater number of requests.”

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� e River Timothy Sidley Memorial Scholarship is currently funded to � nance a University of British Columbia, Okanagan (UBC-O) student to attend the Fall program at Bam� eld Marine Sciences Centre (BMSC), in perpetuity. � anks to River’s travel savings, and all the friends and family, especially his grandma, Lorna Aziz, who donated to the fund, we were able to award the � rst scholarship this fall. Our long term goal is to extend it to the four other universities who support BMSC.

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at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. Rina was born on November 3rd, 1935 in Zerman, Mogliano Veneto, Italy. At the age of 23, Rina le� her family in Italy and made the long journey to Trail, BC to marry her � ancé, the love of her life, Pietro De Pieri. � ey settled in Fruitvale and raised their four children in the small home beside the post o� ce. A� er 25 years of marriage, Pietro sadly passed away and Rina was le� to raise her children. In 1990, she moved to Glen-merry to be closer to her son Vanni. He convinced her to purchase her home with the swimming pool, which became a place where family and friends made countless beautiful memories. She became known as, “Nonna” to many of the friends who visited her home. Vanni later tragically passed away in 1993, and Rina’s heart was broken. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Family was everything to Rina. She took great pleasure in caring for, cooking and baking for family and friends, as well as all who entered her home and swam at her pool. She was a proud member of the Italo Canadese as well as the Catholic Women’s League. She had an unwavering faith in God and spent countless hours praying for her family and friends. Despite the family tragedies she experienced, she was a pillar of strength and the anchor of her family. � e most important thing she gave to them was the gi� of faith. Le� to mourn are her children: Valli (Fred) Lorenzi, Andrew (Sandra) De Pieri and Nella (Tom) Mitchell. As well as her ten grandchildren: Melissa (Andrew) Borsato, Gina Lorenzi, Stefano, Vanni, Antonia, Marco and So� a De Pieri, Julia, Alicia and Isabella Mitchell; sister-in-law: Britta De Pieri; brothers in Italy: Rino and Pietro Marton, along with numerous other cousins, nieces, nephews and extended family in Canada and Italy. She will also be extremely missed by the family dogs, especially her best friend, Kinah. Rina was predeceased by her husband, Pietro; son, Vanni and baby daughter Jo Ann; Parents, Luigi and Maria; sisters, Fedora, Elisa and Ofelia; brother, Orfemio; brother-in-Law, Girolamo; and sisters-in-law, Nora and Odilla.As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation (Greatest Need) at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online at www.kbrhhealthfoun-dation.caA Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 10:30 am at Holy Trinity Cath-olic Parish with Father Bart van Roijen, Celebrant. Entombment at the Trail Mausoleum to follow. Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.You are invited to leave a personal message of condo-lence at the family’s online register at www.myalterna-tives.caCiao Nonna, ti vogliamo tanto bene. Rest in Paradiso with Jesus until we see you again.

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Roy Ewingwas born in Slocan in 1931 and passed away with family by his side on December 6, 2015 in Trail, BC.He is predeceased by his mother and dad (Toots

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(Fen) Smit, � ve grandchildren and one great -grandchild.Roy worked in the heating and air conditioning business for 54 years in Trail. He enjoyed gol� ng, � shing and curling throughout his retirement years.� ere will not be a funeral service, but as an expression of sympathy your donations to the KBRH Health Foundation (1200 Hospital Bench Rd, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1) in Roy’s memory would be greatly appreciated.

Roy Ewingwas born in Slocan in 1931 and passed away with family by his side

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The Le Roi Community Foundation awarded $13,000 in grants this fall to qualified donees in the Greater Trail area. In total, LCF disbursed more than $29,000 in grants and scholarships in 2015. From the left; Louise McEwan - Chair, LCF; Kathryn Foley-Trail and District Public Library for Junior Book Club; Fran Larsen - FAIR - Kootenay Boundary Dental Access program; Bridget Kivell - Webster PAC - Intermediate Playground Improvement project; Rachel Jansen - Warfield Village Enhancement Society - Bridging the Technology Gap intergenerational project; Laura Laratta - Grants Committee Chair, LCF. Not pictured: Special Olympics BC - Trail - Curling program; CBAL (Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy) - Parent Night Out Workshop; D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) - keepin’ it REAL drug prevention pro-gram.

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The school district is amid talks with the Russian community in Castlegar to find a solu-tion to dwindling lan-guage program num-bers.

The Russian lan-guage program stretches back to the 60s and has played a valuable role in the city where there is a large Doukhobor com-munity. But enrolment dictates classes offered and, as a result, this is a concern for School District 20.

Only six children registered for kinder-garten Russian immer-sion this school year, and SD20 suggests that attrition is of concern at the high school level with a total of 16 grades 10, 11 and 12 students enrolled in Russian Language classes this year.

“Currently there are lower numbers, and we have gone to split class-es to build numbers up,” explained Darrel Ganzert, chair of the Board of Education.

The Russian com-munity has met with board members to hash out their concerns. Discussion around how to sustain the program is going forward with assistant superintend of schools Bill Ford set to discuss issues such as low enrollment num-bers at the next meet-ing.

“We’re trying to work jointly to address a long-standing pro-gram,” said Ford.

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The Beaver Valley Lions Club presents a cheque for $1,500 to the Fruitvale Community Chest. The Lions have been supporting the Community Chest for over 20 years. These funds will be a great help towards the Community Chest Christmas Hamper program; The Fruitvale Community Chest provides Christmas Hampers to those in need for the entire Beaver Valley. From the left: Paul Terness (Lions), Doug Hall (Community Chest), John Nakken (Lions) and Helen Underwood (Lions).

BEAVER VALLEY LIONS SUPPORT FRUITVALE COMMUNITY CHEST

The bidding in this col-umn depends on part-nership style and agree-ment. When one opens

a major, and partner replies a forcing No Trump, a rebid of Two No Trump can have one of two meanings.

If a partnership will open One No Trump with a bal-anced 15-17 points containing a five-card major, then a rebid of Two No Trump shows 18-19 HCP’s. However, if a partnership rarely opens One No Trump with a five-card major, a rebid of 2NT shows 15-17. I prefer the former, but still recommend the latter to my readership.

The bidding: North has a bal-anced 16 HCP’s and a five-card major, so he opens One Spade. South does not have an opening hand so he responds with a forc-

ing One No Trump.North rebids Two No Trump

showing a balanced 15 to 17 points. South counts his Tens as

a half, comes to ten HCP’s and bids 3NT. Tens in four-card suits accompanied by another honour and intermediates are certainly useful cards and can be counted as half a high card point. South has an easy de-cision with ten points

and a difficult decision with eight or nine.

The Play: West leads the Heart Two showing a four-card suit. Declarer wins the Heart lead with the Ace. So why did I not recom-mend ducking the first Heart? It is in case the Heart five is needed as an exit card so the opponents have to break open the Club suit.

South then puts the Diamond Jack on the table which goes

to West’s Ace. The Heart return is won with the King. Because the Diamond Queen is onside, declarer will not need his Club King and will not use the Heart to end play West.

Declarer plays a Spade to take the Diamond finesse again. The last Spade is played, and all the Spades in Dummy are cashed. The Diamond finesse is taken once more, and declarer gets five Spades, two Hearts and three Diamonds for +430.

Rebidding on two no-trump

WARREN WATSON

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They’re the forgotten cous-ins of political donors, a beast that’s neither corpo-rate nor union: trade as-

sociations.If you have a shingle to hang,

there’s one out there for you, even for the shingle maker.

There are associations for brew-ers, vinters, distillers, and beverage licensees, for the owners of golf courses, apartment buildings, shop-ping centres and the operators of wharfs and convenience stores.

Many are known to donate gen-erously to political parties, partic-ularly when they want to curry favour.

In the U.S. it’s called ‘dark money,’ a way to spend big bucks on politics and remain relatively anonymous.

It doesn’t have the same bad rap in B.C. yet, but it’s problematic.

In tracking the donations of 116 associations over the last 10 years, 106 have donated more than $4.1 million to the B.C. Liberal party, with $2.6 million of that coming from just 10.

Fifty-eight of the associations donated $715,986 to the B.C. NDP. Nine of the 10 most generous with the Liberals found $282,725 for the NDP.

Coming in tops for both par-ties was the New Car Dealers Association of B.C. which, since 2005, has given $1.08 million to the

Liberals and $82,790 to the NDP.

The Cement Association of Canada has do-nated $142,920 to the Liberals, with $105,500 of that do-nated in 2012 and 2013, just as the B.C. government was conducting a review of the carbon tax.

Canada’s National Brewers Association has donated $125,191 to the Liberals, $44,596 of it between 2013 and 2014.

The B.C. Wine Institute gave the bulk of their donations ($14,068 of $15,523) in the same two year period as well.

You might almost think a review into liquor policies was underway.

The Big 10 – the most generous of the generous – are interesting not just for the size of their donations, but the fluctuations from one year to the next.

Drop the year where they gave the most and that outlier year jumps off the page with more than a handful of them.

Coast Forest Products Association gave an average of $3,698 annually to the B.C. Liberal party between 2005 and 2014, except for 2009, when they gave $53,500.

The Construction Labour Relations Association gave an average of $8,735 to the Liberals, except for 2009, when they gave $53,238.

The B.C. Road Builders and Heavy C o n s t r u c t i o n Association gave an average of $3,148, except for 2009, when they donated

$112,610, including a cheque for $110,000.

Must have been some bake sale.In 2010, the association’s presi-

dent told the Globe and Mail that it restricts political spending to elec-tion years and planned to donate the same amount in 2013.

Not even close. In 2013, they do-nated $2,550 and reported spending less than $500 during the election.

These aren’t the types of groups that raise money through car wash-es.

Annual membership fees in the New Car Dealers Association range from $550 to $2,750.

Takes a lot of membership dues – over and above an association’s operating expenses – to be able to donate $1.16 million to political parties as the New Car Dealers did.

When you go from donating $1,775 in one year to $112,610 the

next – as the Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association did from 2008 to 2009 – it raises obvious questions over where the extra money came from: a healthy bank balance or a one time mem-bership appeal?

It’s not a groundless fear, the Election Act speaks to this very issue.

Under existing rules a third-par-ty sponsor must report all contri-butions of money “beginning six months before an election is called and ending at the close of voting.”

Therein lies the problem: unless an association spends money dur-ing an election – and registers with Elections B.C. – there’s no require-ment for an association to report the donors behind any political do-nations it may make or account for its pre-election spending.

Since it never advertised during the 2013 election, whoever kicked in for Jim Shepard’s reported $1 million ad blitz – under the guise of Concerned Citizens for B.C. – will forever remain a mystery.

It’s not chump change being tossed into party coffers.

In 2006, the Big 10 donated $64,313 to the Liberals, three years later they gave $503,202 and, in 2013, they forked out $501,263.

That’s a lot of top-up cash.Dermod Travis is the executive

director of IntegrityBC.

Does B.C. politics have a ‘dark money’ problem?

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I find myself writing again to ask if anyone else in Trail is disturbed by council’s decisions.

Back to back front page news articles “Trail council approves bridge lighting project,” (Trail Times, Dec. 2) and “Riverfront Center size shrunk to fit budget” (Trail Times, Dec. 3) leaves me frustrated.

The private initiative of light-ing the bridge is now being pushed through with our tax dol-lars. Miraculously they have the funding and determination for this to happen even though few have donated to this and the cost

has increased $135,000.The bridge desperately needs

painting. Will this be done before the 96 bulbs will go up? Who will enjoy this spectacle except those driving through and out of our town at nighttime.

Are our tax dollars not bet-ter spent on the library museum project that patrons would use daily?

The people involved in this ongoing project must be so dis-appointed now that council has determined that plans need to be reduced and cuts have to be made.

We continue to wait on the skateboard park project and funding for this. The carrot was dangled with talks of grants, but we haven’t heard from recreation on this request.

The light up campaign was introduced two years ago. How many years have the library board and skateboard park proj-ects been waiting?

Fluff should not be Trail’s pri-ority. Patience is a virtue, but at some point one might feel like jumping off that lit up bridge.

Debbie WallaceTrail

Bridge lighting getting priority over library

Thank you Mr. Watson for the real information (“The exon-eration of carbon dioxide” Trail Times Dec. 4).

Too much gross misinforma-tion is causing more damage to the climate if there really is. When there are 151 countries sending 151 leaders in 151 large jumbo jets with 700 others to Paris to hammer out how to use less fossil fuel, I suppose they all walked home to put feet to their conference.

Climate control (taught in el-ementary school 60 years ago) is by solar flares and sunspots. We have no control of that. Has

that somehow changed because somebody has decided so? If pol-iticians figure they are above that then they have a problem way beyond themselves. (They think they are God or something?) We also learned that there was a catastrophic global warming to cause the ice age to recede to north and south. I don’t recall that people or fossil fuel had any power over that.

This CO2 (carbon dioxide) which we were also taught had the greening and growing of plants. If this is diminished as the world leaders want, we will have the biggest global famine

ever. No food for people, cattle, wildlife.

There seems to be people out there in the guise of environmen-tal protection that are destroying it not protecting it. It also seems a lot of people follow stupid and expect us to fall in line with these lies.

Fossil fuel is now the new gold standard. The fall and crashes in our world economy is direct-ly related to the OPEC market. Let’s wake up and see what Mr. Watson has said is the truth or we are going to self-destruct.

Vic Friesen,Trail

Letter hits the mark on climate change

Tom Fletcher’s “Inconvenient truths” (Trail Times, Dec. 1) column was highly selective in its choice of so-called climate “alarmist” examples.

Yes, contrarian examples exist, and can be used to make a point. For example, some glaciers are growing (around seven per cent, compared to more than 70 per cent that are shrinking).

One who would sympathize with some of Fletcher’s com-ments is the famous indepen-dent scientist James Lovelock, annoyed with some “environ-mentalists who emotionalize the arguments.”

But Lovelock, the father of the Gaia Theory, directs his focus not to these people but more importantly to the climate sci-entists, the results of their work,

and the stark options facing civi-lization.

In his latest book, A Rough Ride to the Future, Lovelock notes that the fact that there has not been as much warming to date as most models were pre-dicting has contributed to the denier perspective.

He sees early computer mod-els as simulating the atmosphere well, whereas only now are mod-els simulating the interaction be-tween the oceans and the atmo-sphere, something much more complex to model.

It is clear that there has been significant warming linked to burning fossil fuels. Increasing parts per million of CO2 and other warming gases is docu-mented, as is ocean acidification.

The built-up inertia in the

Earth system, given these data, may be a tipping point from which it could be too late to take meaningful action. The nature of this issue means we cannot be 100 per cent certain, however the Precautionary Principle would urge action on 80 per cent con-fidence when the realization of a risk would be catastrophic.

Editorials that denigrate vocal activists and selectively choose data lower the quality of dis-cussion, contribute to polarized discussion, and raise doubt as to whether any action is needed; just what climate change denial interests want.

Black Press, given that it touts itself as the largest independent news chain, can do better.

Kevin TylerKamloops

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Anthony Williams of the Greater Trail Bantam Tier 2 Smoke Eaters chases down a Tri City opponent in a 4-2 win Friday to start the GTMHA Bantam Rep tournament. The Bantam Rep Smokies went undefeated in the round robin but lost to Bow Valley 5-2 in the semifinal.

BY TIMES STAFFThe Greater Trail Tier 2 Bantam Smoke

Eaters came up short of the final as they fell 5-2 to the Bow Valley Timber Wolves in the semifinal of the Greater Trail Minor Hockey Association’s Bantam Rep Tournament on Sunday at the Cominco Arena.

The Bantam Tier 2 Smoke Eaters went undefeated through the round robin, starting off with a strong 4-2 win over Tri City Americans Friday, and fol-lowed that up with a victory over the Castlegar Bantam Rebels by the same score Saturday morning.

The GTMHA Bantams then skated to a 4-3 victory over Bow Valley from Calgary Saturday afternoon but couldn’t duplicate the feat in Sunday’s semifinal when the number-1 seeded Smoke Eaters played the number-4 seed Timber Wolves. Trail fell behind early in the semifinal match and couldn’t solve the Bow Valley goalie in the second half of the game despite a significant edge in shots and puck pos-session.

It was a tournament of parity as only Trail went undefeated through the round robin. The eventual champion, Salmon Arm Silvertips, had lost to the Timber Wolves 2-1 in the round robin, but beat Castlegar 5-2 and Tri City 7-3, to win their pool. The Tips then defeated Spokane 10-5 in the other semi on their way to the championship game.

In the title match, the Silvertips led 4-1 in the third when Bow Valley, in despera-tion, pulled their goalie with six minutes to play. But the strategy backfired as Salmon Arm scored three empty-netters to take the title in a 7-1 drubbing of Bow Valley.

Trail Bantam Reps come up short Beauchamp squeezes out win

BY TIMES CORRESPONDENTAnother good week of curling in the

Kootenay Savings Super League at the Trail Curling Club last week saw two close games and two runaways.

Team Beauchamp faced Team Heather Nichols in a game that ended in a nail biter. After Nichols took one in the first, Skip Russ made two delicate come around taps in the second and fourth ends, then stole the fifth to have an early 6-2 lead.

Skip Heather drew to the pot in the sixth for one, then stole a single in the seventh. The teams traded singles in the eighth and ninth, leaving Beauchamp in good shape, up two coming home with the hammer. But the last end was a muddled mess, and by the time Skip Russ came to throw his last rock, Nichols were laying three buried. With the help of his front end sweepers, Beauchamp was able to navigate through a tight port to lay second shot, eliminating two of Team Nichols rocks, and escaping with a 7-6 win.

After struggling last week, Skip Ken Fines had his team curling lights out against a rusty team Albo, stealing the first four ends and a 6-0 lead. Skip Darrin found his draw weight in the fifth, hitting the four-foot twice for a three ender, but that was as close as he could get, with Fines taking one in the sixth, then stealing the seventh and eighth for a 10-3 victory.

Team Myron Nichol played a great match against Corvus Construction, ex-cept for one end that was the difference in the game.

Nichol forced Corvus skip Horning to take one in the first, then blanked the second, before disaster struck. Facing five Corvus stones with his last rock in the third, Nichol slid slightly too far, giving Corvus a steal of three, and a 4-0 lead.

Myron made a great raise take-out for two in the seventh to get within three, but the teams traded singles in the eighth and ninth, before Corvus ran Nichol out of rocks in the 10th for a 7-4 win, that was closer than the score indicated.

Team Bill van Yzerloo and Team Justin Umpherville both struggled with the tricky ice early, as Skip Bill missed a split for two in the first, giving Umpherville a steal, then Team Umpherville struggled with line calls, leading to van Yzerloo steals in the third, fourth, and fifth and a 6-1 lead. Skip Justin made a delicate tap for two in the sixth, then stole the sev-enth, before van Yzerloo came back with a game ending three in the eighth, for a 9-4 win.

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Wilderness Watch program hunting for volunteersThe West Kootenay Outdoorsmen held

its zone meeting on Sunday at the Local 480 Hall in Trail, highlighted by a special guest to help raise awareness and interest in conserv-ing local habitat and wildlife.

Jim Helsdon, the B.C. Wildlife Federation’s (BCWF) provincial coordinator for Wilderness Watch, spoke to close to 30 mem-bers and guests in promoting the program and encouraging recruitment of local out-door enthusiasts in becoming conscientious stewards of the environment.

“Anything the public can do to help out wildlife and the habitat is great,” said TWA president Terry Hanik. “There’s poaching, polluting, and garbage dumping, and the more people that get involved looking after the areas as they’re going out for a ride, hike,

or whatever, is going to help in future years.”Wilderness Watch encourages the pub-

lic to “Observe, Record, and Report” any suspected illegal activity, while Wilderness Watch volunteers regularly patrol areas used for hunting, fishing, hiking, quadding, and other outdoor pursuits to flush out violators.

Conservation Officer (C.O.) Toby Sprado was also on hand in support of Helsdon and Wilderness Watch, encouraging the public’s support while emphasizing that those par-ticipating in reporting an infraction avoid confrontation at all times and contact the RCMP or a C.O. to follow up.

“Any little bit of information of what is happening out there is a plus in helping out the C.O.s, and everybody that uses the areas,” said Hanik. Still, the Trail Wildlife Association president reminds volunteers that they have no power to confront or ap-

prehend suspected violators, but rather sug-gests they take down a licence plate number and a description of the vehicle or person(s) involved, or a photo if possible.

Wilderness Watch was first formed back in the 70s by the BCWF with a mandate for direct and supervised involvement by con-cerned individuals in the protection of the natural environment.

All Wilderness Watch volunteers are members of the BCWF with proscribed du-ties to ensure continued access for the pur-suit of hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor activities, particularly on private lands. Demonstrate to the community at large a personal commitment to the natural environment and the need for individual citizens to become involved in protecting our natural resources, and serve notice to govern-

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ments that the public is prepared to take posi-tive and direct action to protect Crown Lands from abuse and to re-tain them in the public domain.

“The Wilderness Watch Program works collaboratively with Conservation Officers to protect BC’s envi-ronment and natural resources and is a great example of shared stew-ardship,” said Lance Sundquist, Acting Chief Conservation Officer. “Members of the pro-gram provide valuable assistance to C.O.s by acting as additional eyes and ears to observe and report violations of natural resource regula-tions.

“We greatly appreci-ate the support provid-ed by the members of the Wilderness Watch program.”

Since the Liberals took power in 2001 they have eliminated one in three conserva-tion officers responsible for enforcing hunting and fishing regulations,

compliance with envi-ronmental protection laws, wildlife protection rules and ensuring pub-lic safety where human and wildlife conflicts arise.

There are two Conservation Officers in Nelson and three in Castlegar to cover the vast West Kootenay Region on a full-time, year-round basis, a tall order for local COs like Sprado and Ben Beetlestone.

“We’re short,” said Hanik. “The govern-ment, I don’t know why they don’t want to hire more … But if we can keep it in order and watch out what hap-pens, and report some of the illegal happen-ings, maybe we can help and stop what’s happen-ing right now.”

The B.C. government budgets almost twice as much in advertising for programs such as its jobs plan, $138.5 mil-lion from 2012-16, as it does for conservation officers at $66.8 million.

To participate in a Wilderness Watch pro-

gram contact Terry Hanik at 364-1838 or Wilderness Watch Provincial Coordinator, Jim Helsdon at 604-533-7922.

Also to report viola-tors residents can call the Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) hot-line at 1-877-952-7277.-


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BCHLAll Times PacificInterior Division

G W L T OL PtPenticton 31 28 2 1 0 57SalmArm 29 18 8 2 1 39WKelowna 31 17 12 0 2 36Vernon 33 14 17 0 2 30Trail 30 13 17 0 0 26Merritt 32 10 20 0 2 22 Island Division G W L T OL PtNanaimo 32 21 10 0 1 43

Cowichan 31 16 11 1 3 36Powell R 29 17 11 0 1 35Victoria 33 12 17 0 4 28Alberni 30 11 16 2 1 25

Mainland Division G W L T OL PtChilliwack 29 19 6 1 3 42Wenachee 31 18 9 2 2 40Langley 30 18 12 0 0 36Coquitlam 31 12 14 1 4 29P. G. 32 8 22 0 2 18Surrey 30 5 25 0 0 10

Tuesday’s results N/AAlberni Valley at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s gamesWenatchee at Coquitlam, 7

p.m.

Salmon Arm at Vernon, 7 p.m.Thursday’s games

Chilliwack at Prince George, 7 p.m.Friday’s games

West Kelowna at Alberni 7 p.m.Wenatchee at Cowichan 7 p.m.

Merritt at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.Chilliwack at Prince George,

7 p.m.Penticton at Salmon Arm, 7

p.m.Coquitlam at Surrey, 7 p.m.

Trail at Powell River, 7:15 p.m.

NFLThursday’s Game

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Cincinnati 37, Cleveland 3Denver 17, San Diego 3

Kansas City 34, Oakland 20Carolina 41, New Orleans 38Philadelphia 35, New England

28Pittsburgh 45, Indianapolis 10

Monday’s GameDallas 19, Washington 16

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Dear Annie: What should one do if family and friends come from out of state to visit, and when they leave, you see that some of your items are missing? I’m not talking about money and jewelry. I’m talk-ing about good feather pillows and objects of art that are treasured.

When I asked the suspected per-petrators about the items, they all denied taking them. So I give up. Is there any way to get them back, or to prevent such things from being taken the next time? -- A Mom and Grandmother

Dear Mom: Feather pillows? Perhaps you need to check the size of their luggage. Let’s start by giv-ing them the benefit of the doubt. Is it possible that you moved these items elsewhere and forgot? It hap-pens more often than we care to admit. And if it happens every single time you have any overnight guest, you may want to speak to your doctor. The problem may be coming from your end.

Friends who steal should not

be invited back to stay overnight. Instead, recommend a nearby hotel and offer to meet them for dinner. You can do the same with rela-tives if you choose. We know that children and grandchildren often fall into a different cat-egory. Those who are already under suspi-cion should know that you plan to check their rooms for missing items before they leave because things get misplaced and you’d hate to ac-cuse them of anything. Those who contemplate stealing will hopefully be warned and not repeat their misdeeds. You also should lock up any items of particular value. But if someone continues to steal, consider that it could be a mental health issue and suggest they get professional help.

Dear Annie: I’m writing about the letter from “Concerned Aunt,” whose nephew has herpes. I want

to tell him it’s not his fault.I am 42 and developed herpes

in my late 20s. I was also unaware of my partner’s status until in-fected. Initially, I was disturbed, saddened and upset. But I learned of others in the same situation who encour-aged me and shared their stories of coping. I can report that there is hope. I date and have

successful relationships. In each case, I share my status before any intimate contact and inform them of the safety measures we must engage in. Each one has been OK with it. I have few breakouts, and I adhere to safety measures.

I still get saddened at times, but I keep the faith. I also use my sta-tus to share discreetly with young people, family and close friends about safe sex concerns including “dental dams,” of which I was never told and find most people are un-

aware. Surprisingly, I could donate blood a year after infection, which somehow comforted me.

Herpes is a very manageable situation, and you are not alone. You can have a full life, and you will find people to care about and love you. I find that being honest and

upfront is extremely important. -- Nicole from NYC

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Patricia Ann RandallDec 9, 1947 - Nov 23, 2001

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The LeRoi Community Foundation supports projects that promote health and well being. A grant helped establish a gardening program at the Kiro Wellness Center to encourage seniors to participate in a healthy and social activity. Since 2008, LCF has distributed over $168,000 in grants. To

make a donation, please contact Louise McEwan 250-364-1781.

COMMUNITY MAKES YOU.YOU MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY.

The foundation of my community starts with you and me . . .

communityfoundations.caleroifoundation.com

WHAT YOU SEE ...Al Sukkau photo

Al Sukkau spotted these two bald eagles perched on a tree near Rock Island last week. If you have a photo you would like to share with our read-ers email it [email protected].

Harvesting a Christmas tree on crown land

SUBMIT TEDVICTORIA - British Columbians

interested in cutting their own Christmas tree should obtain their permit online or contact their local district or FrontCounter BC office.

Local district offices can provide details about specific cutting require-ments and approved harvest areas.

Free use permits are provided for personal use only - selling a tree cut under a Christmas tree permit or cutting in an unauthorized area is illegal.

The ministry’s Christmas Tree website at: https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/mof/xmastrees.htm provides links to online Christmas tree per-mits, FrontCounter BC and district office contact information, and the

B.C. Christmas Tree Council’s web-site containing a list of tree farms and “U-Cuts” around the province.

When cutting a Christmas tree, keep the following tips in mind:

* Leave home prepared. Bring ropes, gloves, tools, tire chains, a first aid kit, a mobile phone and warm clothing.

* Make sure you have found the tree you will use before cutting to avoid wasting forest resources. Some permits specify only one tree can be cut.

* Choose a tree that can be cut near the base and is easy to transport. Wasted tree remains left in the forest form a summer fire hazard.

* Clean up and remove all debris associated with your activity.

trail daily times, december 09, 2015

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