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BY BREANNE MASSEYTimes Staff

After seven months of hard work, the crowing moment finally came Friday night.

Addison Oberg was named Miss Trail 2012 while Ashley Horrill was selected Trail’s Princess in front of a big crowd at the Charles Bailey Theatre.

It was a night filled with honours for Oberg who was also named Miss Congeniality (an award her sister, Melanie Oberg, won in 2010), and pre-sented with the talent award for an art exhibition slideshow as well as the award for being the “most dedicated.”

It was all a bit overwhelming for 16-year-old J.L. Crowe student.

“It’s such an honour,” said Oberg. “I didn’t think I was going to get it. I’m so proud of how far all the girls have come, it was very touching and I was trying so hard not to tear up but I did in the end.”

Horrill, also a 16-year-old Crowe stu-dent, admitted it still hadn’t sunk in.

“It feels like I’m still in a dream. I couldn’t believe it, I reacted and

then I kind of paused and didn’t know what was going to happen next. But then Megan (McIntyre, 2011 princess) was crying, and that’s when I knew it was real.”

Friday’s Trail Ambassador program showcased several unique talents and highlighted each candidate’s hard work, dedication and passion for their com-munity—along with several new skills.

“We learned a lot,” said Horrill “It’s so worthwhile.”

During the seven-month training per-iod, the candidates learned about public speaking, the history of the area and how to speak to municipal delegates.

But the girls prized their newly found confidence and budding friendships above all else.

“We’re all winners,” said Horrill. “I will remember this experience forever. I’ve made lifelong friends, I know that I can come back to Trail whenever they’re

in town and reminisce about our mem-ories of being in Miss Trail.”

The audience was filled with tears of joy, a sense of pride as well as a long line of supportive friends and family from within the community.

Michelle Epp, the program coordin-ator, admitted there were some concerns that with 11 candidates the evening might be a long one. But she credited pageant coordinator Bev Benson for her amazing work.

She added the pageant drew rave reviews from those in attendance.

Some of the highlights included a group of candidates who won other awards like Miss Italo Canadese, Melissa Tracanelli – the Speech Award; Miss Trail Rotary Katy Fowler and Miss Hall Printing Caitlin Crockett – the Blossoms: Trail Communities in Bloom Award; Miss Colombo Lodge Serena Ross – the Conscientious Award; and Miss Trail Firefighters IAFF Local 941 Kelsa Quakenbush – the Perseverance Award.

Oberg crowned Miss Trail 2012

Sun shines on Silver City Days

BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff

Perfect weather drew record crowds creating a silver lining on the once stormy horizon of Silver City Days as the city’s biggest festival shone on the weekend.

An estimated 40,000 people squeezed into downtown Trail for the 49th annual festival — which ended Sunday evening — with nearly 8,000 jamming the midway and the vendor court on Saturday after the parade.

People came from across the West Kootenay, and made a homecoming sojourn from coastal climes and Alberta to take in the festival festiv-ities.

It was a sensory delight, a riot of smells, sounds, sights and tastes for all ages, weaving a weekend of merriment and frivolity in a way only a fair could do.

The cheerful character of the celebration con-tradicted the fact the venerable festival was in jeopardy of being cancelled late last month after its funding formula was tampered with by Trail city council.

Instead, Silver City Days rippled throughout the week with various events — including the Trail/Warfield Citizen of the Year on Tuesday, the opening of the midway on Wednesday, the food vendors sizzling it up on Thursday, and the Miss Trail Pageant beautifully seasoning the festival on Friday — building up to the weekend and its big-gest day on Saturday.

And Saturday did not disappoint. A colourful parade winding through the downtown began the day, giving way to the adrenaline-infused Cliffhanger, Spinner and the Zipper on the mid-way, culminating with a stunning fireworks dis-play at night that drew applause and hoots of appreciation from the crowd scattered through-out the Columbia River valley.

The ripple effect continued Sunday as a record 300 runners hit the pavement in the Fun Run in the morning, and Gyro Park was filled with fam-ilies for Family Fun Day in the afternoon.

It was a weekend to remember, said Ian McLeod, the president of Silver City Days’ organ-izing committee, for many of the people who attended the five-day extravaganza.

“It was busy pretty much all the way through,” he said.

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charges a fee of $1 for the purchase of both residen-tial garbage bags and clear yard waste bags.

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BY KARL YUGrand Forks Gazette

Interior Health Authority (IHA) officials will finally hold a meeting in Grand Forks to discuss local resi-dents’ health care concerns at Boundary Hospital.

Christine Thompson, chair of the local Concerned Citizens for Community Health Care group, said she received confirmation that IHA officials, including IHA CEO Dr. Robert Halpenny and Board Chair Norman Embree, will be in Grand Forks at Boundary Hospital

on May 23 at 4 p.m. at the hospital’s board room.

Thompson also said there would only be 30 min-utes allotted for the meeting and Karl Hardt, a communi-cations officer for Interior Health, said that the meet-ing with residents is only one of many that IHA exec-utives would be attending that day.

“The length of the meet-ing was determined based on the fact that the CEO and board chair have several stakeholder meetings while in Grand Forks,” Hardt

explained in an email.Hardt also said that due

to regulations and safety, there will only be a limited number of people that can attend.

“Recognizing the meet-ing room can hold up to a specific number of people (approximately 50 people based on local govern-ment regulations) we’ve suggested to Christine Thompson that she co-ordinate the attendance to ensure the number of people attending does not exceed capacity,” continued

Hardt.“We all have a respon-

sibility to ensure that hospi-tal operations are not nega-tively impacted.”

There are a number of health care-related con-cerns for locals, including senior care and Broadacres Care Facility, just to name a few.

Thompson originally approached IHA about a meeting as city council-lor, at last September’s Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) con-ference.

BY ARNE PETRYSHENRossland News

The Rossland Skatepark Association (RSA) is mov-ing ahead with the design of the city’s skatepark.

The association had some big news recently, with the decision on who would design the park.

Robin Strachan, a RSA director, said they had just gone through a request for proposal process.

“We went out to indus-try and skate park design professionals and we got some good replies back,” Strachan said.

“We’ve selected the com-pany Spectrum Skateparks. Jim Barnum, with the company, is designing the park.”

In consultation with Barnum, the RSA was doing an assessment Monday of the grounds below the skatepark site, on the Emcon lot.

Barnum, who’s Vancouver company spe-cializes in skateparks exclu-sively, was in Rossland a few weeks ago for an initial site visit and to meet with the rest of the board to review what Rossland is looking for in a park.

Back in November 2011, the RSA held the first of design meetings open to public input.

“We asked anybody to fill out a survey about dif-ferent aspects of the park,” Strachan said. “What do Rosslanders want to see in the skatepark itself as for features, physical objects or the feel and look of the park?”

He said they want to address any issues of sound barriers for local residents and other concerns.

“We got a great amount of results back for that. We were able to summarize the survey using raw data,” he said.

“From that they format-ted it into what we call design intent. So it tries to summarize what we’re looking for: Approximately 1,500 sq. ft. (140 square metres) on the south east-ern corner of the Emcon lot.”

He said it’s clear from the results that Rossland is looking for a “flawy” park, which fits in with the moun-tain culture, biking and other aspects of the area.

“When you look at some of the other skateparks around the area, wheth-er it’s Castlegar, the one planned for Nelson or Trail… We want to try to be something that’s a little bit different,” he explained.

“They’re a little bit more street orientated, so we’re definitely going with more flow and that’s going to fit in well with the bikers as well.”

Strachan said that the RSA has been in consul-tation with the mining museum as well, as the site used to be a train site. They hope to infuse some of that cultural heritage into the theme of the park.

“Just recently the mining museum emailed us some pictures of what this site used to look like to draw on some inspiration,” he said. “So we’re looking at that as to how to build that into the park.”

The RSA hopes to have the design wrapped up in June, and will be having a public meeting prior to that, either later this month or early June, to present the designs.

At that meeting they will see what people think of the design and will likely have some 3D models and other things.

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Skatepark plans rolling along

The La Cafamore String Quartet pre-sents a program of rich and powerful music for strings and piano tonight at the Trail United Church at 7:30 p.m. not on Saturday as reported in Thursday’s Grapevine. Tickets $15.

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FROM PAGE 1All of the vendors

reported a huge increase in traffic and sales compared to previous years, with the overall festival being a “70 per cent improvement,” McLeod added.

The Sidewalk Café stepped back into Silver City Days at a good clip, after a four-year absence, as hundreds of people poured through the doors of the Cominco Arena for trad-itional Italian fare.

Hosted by the Trail Smoke Eaters, the all-day event was very well attended and concluded with a dance, said team president Tom Gawryletz.

“And we got off to a good start for next year,” he said.

McLeod is already think-ing about next year, with the 50th anniversary plan-ning underway and the vendors signed on. He said by the end of the month they will be knocking on Trail city council’s door ask-ing for support and funding for the celebration.

He encouraged people to write council to tell them how much they liked the festival and help build a case for additional funding to do up the anniversary right, said McLeod.

“We’re going to go right into (the 50th), we’re not taking any breaks,” he said. “We’d like to put on a big show for the people of Trail.”

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the World Wildlife Fund are teaming up to recruit volunteers to help clean up debris that’s heading to B.C.’s shores from last year’s tsunami in Japan.

Everything from bottles, plastics, fishing para-phernalia and appliances is expected to wash up on North America’s coastline.

The aquarium’s Jill Dwyer is in charge of a registry of volunteers needed to collect the junk, and she said people can sign up for the cleanup registry at www.shorelinecleanup.ca.

“We don’t really know when the majority of the debris is going to start hitting our shorelines, where it’s going to hit or how much,” Dwyer said Friday.

“What we’re doing is just getting a list of volun-teers who would be willing to help when needed and then we’ll connect them with the site co-ordinator or the local people on the ground who would actually be organizing the cleanup.”

Dwyer said ocean debris could be harmful to wildlife if it contains chemicals or if animals ingest items or become entangled in them.

BY JEFF NAGELBlack Press

The province is promising $122 million for seismic upgrades at 14 high priority schools, while nearly 140 other schools also deemed highly vulnerable in a major earthquake will wait in line behind them.

Schools slated for upgrades include South Delta Secondary in Delta, Aberdeen Elementary in Abbotsford, Alpha Secondary in Burnaby, Banting Middle School in Coquitlam, Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver, C.E. Barry Intermediate in Hope and École des Pionniers in Port Coquitlam. Three other schools in Vancouver and three more on Vancouver Island were also identified.

The projects were picked from most-recent district capital plans and represent top-ranked projects based on an updated assessment of seismic safety risk, according to the province.

But they represent less than 10 per cent of the 152 high-priority schools now identified on a revised list for upgrades under the School Seismic Mitigation Program.

The estimated cost of repairs to all high-priority schools is pegged at $1.3 billion.

Some old schools slated for upgrades were built more than a half century ago when seismic

risks weren’t well understood.“This is the next step in our

ongoing and comprehensive pro-gram to make B.C. schools safe in the event of a major earthquake,” Education Minister George Abbott said.

He said the aim is to get all 152 high-risk schools retrofitted or replaced over the next five to 10 years.

A technical team led by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. have been working to refine risk assessments and response strategies at UBC’s Earthquake Engineering Research Facility.

“Since the onset of the Seismic Mitigation Program in 2005, we have learned more about the nature of earthquakes, how struc-tures behave during these kinds of events, and how to predict their behaviour,” facility director Carlos Ventura said.

The province is exploring options to provide more money for non-structural safety improve-ment at medium- and low-ranked schools starting in 2013.

B.C. has spent $790 million on school seismic upgrades over the past decade.

So far, work is either begin-ning, underway or complete on 137 seismic upgrade projects across the province.

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BY ANDREA KLASSENKamloops This Week

The president of the Mining Association of Canada is urging Kamloops to embrace mining and become the industry’s “major hub” in Western Canada.

Pierre Gratton was in the Tournament Capital on May 10 to kick off B.C. Mining Week.

“You’ll become the hub that others turn to,” Gratton told the crowd at an industry luncheon.

“You could really decide to capitalize on that.”

Gratton, who previously served as the head of B.C.’s mining association, told KTW embracing local projects, includ-ing New Afton and the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine, would be a “no-brainer” to him.

“There’s no shame in min-ing,” he said.

“It’s a vital and essential eco-nomic activity. It’s well paid, it’s safe. It’s the safest heavy indus-try in the province.

“They’re good jobs, they’re high tech jobs.”

Gratton, who was set to tour the Ajax site later that day, said the proposed mine would benefit the city through taxes, and attract more talent to Kamloops.

“The opportunity is for Kamloops to really be a top-notch centre in Western Canada for that kind of talent and exper-tise,” he said. “I think it could be amazing for Thompson Rivers University as it grows.

“ I think there’s tremendous

potential for this region and this community.”

He also rebuffed a criticism of the mine that’s been put forward by city councillors Tina Lange and Donovan Cavers, both of whom oppose the project.

They have said an open pit mine so close to the city would clash with Kamloops’ image as a sporting and recreational des-tination, and a university city.

“It’s actually one of the most highly educated sectors of the Canadian economy,” he said.

Gratton said he thinks Ajax’s proponents will be able to find ways to mitigate dust and noise issues at the site, and also said he’s not sure people will notice it as much as they may expect to.

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THE CANADIAN PRESSST. BRIEUX, Sask.

- Transportation Safety Board inves-tigators are on their way to the scene of Saturday’s mid-air collision in northern Saskatchewan that killed five people.

A Piper PA-28 and a Lake Buccaneer amphibious plane somehow came into contact with each other near St. Brieux, north-east of Saskatoon.

Pieces of two small planes involved lie scattered over more than a kilometre.

One of the planes is submerged in a small body of water, while other parts are littered on grassy fields and amongst trees.

Police say the Piper was on its way from Calgary to the airstrip in St. Brieux with two men and a young male, while the amphibious plane was flying from Regina to La Ronge, Sask. with a man and a woman on board.

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ates farm equip-ment manufacturer Bourgault Industries which is based in St. Brieux, says the Piper was on its way to the company’s facilities.

“They were custom-ers on their way to pick up parts,” Bourgault said.

Bourgault said his bother, com-pany president Gerry Bourgault, was a pilot himself and assisted as police searched the area on Saturday.

Police have not released the names of any of the people who were killed. They say there were no surviv-ors.

Chris Krepski, a spokesman for the Transportation Safety Board, says it’s early in the investigation and details about what led the two planes to collide aren’t yet avail-able. Investigators were due at the scene Sunday.

RCMP Cpl. Rob King says remains of some of the victims were still at the scene on

Sunday, he said. Police have been securing the scene until TSB inves-tigators arrive. It’s a difficult job, King says, because the wreckage is scattered over such a large area.

King says RCMP went to the scene Saturday when they got a report that a piece of a wing had been found in a field. At that point, it wasn’t known that two planes were involved.

“Naturally, they fig-ured if there’s a wing, there’s got to be more. And while they were looking around, they received information that a second plane may have been in the area and may be down as well,” King said, explaining that he believed the informa-tion about the second plane came from air traffic controllers in Regina.

“Through some more ground search-ing they were able to locate the second crash site as well.”

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man and three women in their early 20s were charged Saturday with committing a terror-ism-related prank fol-lowing smoke-bomb attacks that crippled the Montreal subway system earlier in the week.

The suspects, F r a n c o i s - V i v i e r Gagnon, Genevieve Vaillancourt, Vanessa L’Ecuyer and Roxanne Belisle, turned them-selves in to authorities Friday.

They appeared in Montreal court via video conference on Saturday to face char-ges of hoax regarding terrorist activity, which means they were accused of inciting fear of terrorism - not com-mitting a terrorist act.

The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

“The Crown must prove these were actions that would cause fear from the public... that terrorist

activities were commit-ted,” Robert La Haye, a well-known Quebec criminal lawyer, said in an interview.

“It doesn’t mean that they are being charged with committing ter-rorist activities.”

They were also charged with con-spiracy and mischief of over $5,000, while Gagnon was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon for a knife.

Smoke bombs were set off at several metro stops at the height of rush hour Thursday morning, forcing the entire subway system to shut down and caus-ing a major headache for commuters.

A merchants’ asso-ciation and a conserva-tive economic think-tank have estimated the

incident cost Montreal several million dollars in lost productivity.

The suspects were detained for the week-end and are scheduled to appear in court again on Monday.

Meanwhile, a rad-ical student group, which has been highly critical of the student federations leading the fight against the tuition-fee increases, called for a rally in front of the Montreal courthouse during their appearance.

“It is only through the continuity, expan-sion and intensifica-tion of the movement that we can aspire to a fairer society,” the group, called Force etudiante critique, or Critical Students Forces, said in a post on its website.

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OPINION

Bin Laden never did send intended material

It was revealed by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Military Academy in

the United States at the beginning of May that I am on a very short list of jour-nalists (eight in Western countries, and seven others in India, Pakistan and Arab countries) to whom Osama bin Laden wanted to send “special media material” on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. To what do I owe this honour?

I can’t vouch for the authenticity of the letters that the American forces seized when they raided bin Laden’s house in north-ern Pakistan a year ago, but according to the CTC’s translation the plan was to send these carefully selected and named journalists a site address and password “at the right time” so that we could download his “special material”.

That never happened, because bin Laden was killed before the anni-versary rolled round, but it does raise an interest-ing question. None of the people he named (me, Bob

Fisk of the “Independent” in Britain, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in the United States, and independent journalist Eric Margolis in Canada, for example) has actually writ-ten in favour of al-Qaeda and its goals – so what did he think he would gain by sending us the stuff?

The answer, I suspect, is that he had been reduced to grasping at straws. He had been on the run for ten years, and trapped in that rather bare house in Abbottabad (now bulldozed) for six. He had no real-time communi-cation with anybody in the rest of the world, because if he used telephones, the internet, indeed anything electronic except the TV and Playstation, it would almost certainly lead the Americans to his lair within weeks.

In other words, Osama bin Laden no longer had much relevance in the world, and he had a lot of time on his hands. But he certainly went on reading his clippings. Terrorists always read their clippings.

I’m using the word “ter-rorist” here not in its pejora-tive sense, but its profes-

sional one. When somebody seeks to achieve political goals by using violence, and is not operating under the protection of a sovereign state, we call him a terror-ist. And since the amount of violence a terrorist can bring to bear, as a non-state actor, is usually quite limit-ed, he depends on its psych-ological impact more than its sheer destructiveness.

The point of terrorism isn’t just to frighten people, but to stampede them (or rather their governments) into some ill-considered action that will actually benefit the terrorists’ strat-egy. In the post-colonial context, the violence is usu-ally meant to make the tar-get government behave very

badly, “cracking down” in ways that will drive people – maybe its own citizens, maybe a different group entirely – into the arms of the revolutionaries.

In the case of al-Qaeda, the goal of 9/11 was to terrorize and enrage the American people, but not so that they would overthrow their own government. They obviously weren’t going to do that.

However, their outrage would probably make the US government send mas-sive military forces into the Arab world to “stamp out” the terrorism. That, in turn, would outrage the Arabs – who were the real object of bin Laden’s revolutionary ambitions.

Well, it worked, in the sense that the West has not been so unpopular in the Arab world since the time of the Crusades. But the revo-lutions, when they finally started happening in Arab countries in 2010, rejected the leadership of jihadis like bin Laden and sought dem-ocracy instead. He probably died a deeply disappointed man.

As a professional revolu-

tionary, however, he would have retained his interest in the strategies and meth-ods of terrorism down to the end. Since there was not much informed analysis of those issues available in the Arabic-language media, he would have followed it in the English-language media instead.

As did all his colleagues, probably – I always assumed that al-Qaeda’s leader-ship was getting at least a precis of the article every time I wrote about their strategy and tactics. But for bin Laden, locked up in his house in Abbottabad, it could easily have become an obsession. I think it did, because the one thing that I and the other journalists named in his letter have in common is that we all dealt in analysis, not mere invec-tive.

Oh, and I’m pretty sure I know where he was seeing my stuff. “Dawn”, the lead-ing paper in Pakistan, has run this column for the last thirty years.

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What would this celebra-tion look like; how many peo-ple might attend; what about traffic; what time should we gather?

Our most important deci-sion was naming Terry Martin as our final medal bearer.

If Rick Hansen wasn’t com-ing, who would show up? Two representatives from each group pondered the questions and with help from the British Columbia coordinators, Max Voykin and Justan Steele, a successful relay and celebra-tion all came together on April 24-25. Once again The Home of Champions rose to the occa-sion displaying posters, cheer-ing on medal bearers, enter-taining with dance and song and lots of enthusiasm.

This tour brought back a wonderful memory of the Rick Hansen story and his legacy.

For students who were not old enough to have been a part of the story 25 years ago, thanks to the Rick Hansen inspirational speakers they now carry the ember within them knowing they too can make a difference.

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An editorial from the Red Deer Advocate

A well-intended promotion-al scheme for the Winnipeg Jets at Manitoba’s government liquor outlets has apparently been serving up flat beer to customers.

The provincial government popped the cork on a good idea this year by awarding some lucky customers free tickets to watch the long-await-ed return of the Jets to National Hockey League action.

The tickets are used for promo-tional purposes, “in other words, for our custom-ers,” Roman Zubach, acting president of the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission, recently told a legislative com-mittee.

At least that was the plan until it was discovered that the tickets were being snagged by senior liquor board staff and the government’s cabinet min-ister’s office - to mention just a few of the freeloaders.

While the matter seems triv-ial, it once again raises ques-tions about why high-placed authorities in any government in Canada are allowed perks at the taxpayers’ expense.

Governments waste hor-rendous amounts of money

on things such as “fact-find-ing missions” overseas - fly-ing first-class and staying at upscale hotels while dining on high-priced meals.

This sends a bad message to taxpayers, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet in tough economic times.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, under Manitoba’s freedom of information law,

blew the whistle on the Winnipeg Jets scam.

D e s p i t e Zubach’s assur-ances that M a n i t o b a ’ s liquor agency has been giv-ing away NHL tickets to cus-tomers, the truth was alto-

gether different. It was found that the $250,000 the agency spends a year to advertise at the Jets games in return for the tickets, and those seats being are warmed by high-paid officials.

As part of the advertising deal with the Jets, the liquor commission receives 10 sea-son tickets - 440 tickets over the course of the season.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation discovered that 188 tickets went to the cor-poration’s head office staff, another 62 went to execu-tives, and 66 went to board members.

Another 108 tickets were given to store managers, four were given to the office of Jim Rondeau, the cabinet minis-ter responsible for the liquor commission, eight went to something called the MLCC social club, and four tickets were given to charities.

While some of the tickets to store managers may have been handed out to custom-ers, the government has no records to prove it.

“I think it would be better for these tickets to be made available to the public rather than politicians and senior staff receiving them,” said Colin Craig, Manitoba direc-tor of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

Craig further questions why the liquor agency needs to advertise since it holds a near-monopoly on booze sales in Manitoba.

Since this embarrassing disclosure, Manitoba’s NDP government has promised to look into the matter and implement a policy - but noth-ing has transpired to date.

The liquor commission has been questioned about the tickets since March 21.

Canadians should never accept mismanagement of government, nor of govern-ment agencies.

And greed and entitlement should never be allowed to dictate the behaviour of public officials.

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When you turn on your tap and clean, safe water comes out, do you ever wonder how it got there or what happens when it goes down the drain? Or why you should care?

“It is often said that the ability to provide clean drinking wa-ter and treat sewage is the greatest con-tribution to public health our world has seen,” says Daisy Foster, CEO of BC Water & Waste Asso-ciation. “Yet, in our part of the world, we take for granted that we can simply turn on the tap and clean water gushes out. We forget that we use that same treated water to hose down our driveways and water our lawns. We flush our toilets and away it goes along with whatever we put down there.”

She adds, “We make the effort to turn out lights to conserve energy, yet we don’t make the connection between energy and water use. Many of us are unaware of the energy that is used to treat and distribute water.”

During Drinking Water Week, May 13 – 19, 2012, BC Water & Waste Association

asks you to “Get to know your H2O.” Think about the impact of your everyday ac-tions and how a few simple changes really can make a difference.

Have you thought about how much water you can

save by limiting your shower time to five minutes, or by turning off the tap while brushing your teeth? How about by reducing lawn water-ing or raising the level of your lawn

mower blade to cut down on evaporation?

Did you know that what we put down our sink or toilet can have a serious impact on fish and the aquatic environment? Detergents, medications, and many other household products end up at wastewater treatment plants where special process-es are required to minimize the impact on the receiving waters. Fats, oils and grease that we put down our drains can often cause blockages in sewer lines resulting in costly repairs. During Drinking Water Week, take the time to find out about safer disposal

methods in your area. We invite you to get in-

volved and learn more about your water. Start by tak-ing the Community Water Challenge and pledge to be water wise. By incorporat-ing practical actions into our daily routines, we can make a difference.

Visit www.drinkingwater-week.org to find out about Drinking Water Week events in your area, and to down-load activities and education-al resources provided by BC Water & Waste Association.

We need to value our drinking water

Here in BC we often take our tap water for granted, but it is a finite resource that we should value and protect.

DRINKING WATER WEEK

Be Water Wise: Limit your shower time to 5 minutes

per day. Install a low-flow fixture or appliance.

Look for the WaterSense label on retail shelves across BC.

Return unused or expired medications to the pharmacy for proper disposal.

Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth, shaving and doing dishes.

Dispose of household wastes such as cleaners, paints and grease responsibly, instead of putting them down your sink or toilet.

Did You Know? 26% of British Columbians have no idea

where the water that flows from their tap comes from.*

The average Canadian uses 329 litres of water per day. However, the average Cana-dian thinks they only use 132 litres per day.*

We use up to 50% more water in the summertime when people are watering their lawns and gardens.**

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The sun was shining on Silver City Days Fun Run on Sunday at Gyro Park with a record number of participants in the field to mark this year’s event on Mother’s Day.

Close to 300 Fun-Run entrants, including an abundance of families, young runners and moms and dads pushing baby carriages, lined up to walk, run, pedal or push the 5 or 10-kilometre distances along the Columbia River.

“It was the best one yet,” said organizer Dan Horan. “What was surprising this year was that there were more 10-K runners.”

About 200 pre-registered for the run making them eligible for the $200 gift certificate to Gericks Cycle and Sport and about 100 more lined up to register the morning of the race, said Horan.

A healthy boost from the corporate world led by Teck’s Health and Wellness also contributes to its success, with the Teck family entering about 80 participants,.

“It’s important for organizations to come as teams and get their employees motivated, and I think it’s so important to come to these commun-ity events to promote healthy workplaces,” said Health and Wellness coordinator Megan Olsen.

School District 20, Celgar, Hall’s Printing, and

J. L. Crowe all added to the numbers but more importantly the enthusiasm.

Being Mothers Day, it was only fitting that a first-time runner and mom, Sam Grebe, raced to victory in the women’s 5-km. race. Grebe’s two bike-riding daughters accompanied and cheered her on, as the course wound through Sunningdale, along the Columbia, and back to the finish at Gyro.

“This is the first race I’ve ever done, so not too bad,” said Grebe after the race. “I’ve never raced before. It’s their fault,” she said pointing to her kids.

It was a great inaugural race for the Trail resident, which she hopes will inspire her kids. Asked if she’s starting a mother’s day tradition, she replied, “You never know, I might – maybe get my kids into it. Then they’ll have something to work off of - 21:45 guys.”

In the men’s 5-k, Mike Zahn repeated, with a winning time of 8 minutes 46 seconds.

“It feels good, I was actually hoping for better,” said Zahn. “I would have pushed a little harder at the beginning – it felt like a better race but I actually did worse.”

Zahn won the event last year, running about 30 seconds faster, in what is his only race of the year.

In the 10-K run, veteran runners Dallas Cain of Rossland and Fruitvale’s Heather Johnson cruised to victory in the men’s and women’s respectively.

“It feels great,” said Johnson of her victory. “I love this race. I’ve done it a few times now and it’s a beautiful course and we got a beautiful day for it.”

Johnson is getting used to winning as she also claimed the BMO Okanagan Marathon title in Kelowna in October.

The 2011 men’s 10-k winner Ryan Cain of Cranbrook couldn’t make the run this year so his brother Dallas gladly took the title from him.

“We always race each other, this year we decid-ed to give each other a break,” said Dallas.

The 33-year old outdistanced the field in what is a positive opening to the season, as he gears up for another Penticton Iron Man Triathlon and his goal of breaking the nine-hour barrier.

“It’s always great to do it at home,” says Cain. “Another year older and still keeping the young guys off my heels, so every year I can do that, I’m happy.”

Full results were unavailable at press time.

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Fun Run great finish for festival

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Eaters announced the hiring of Randy Buffie as director of scouting and assistant general manager Thursday.

Buffie joins the Smoke Eaters from the Prince George Spruce Kings where he served as a B.C. regional scout. He is also a for-mer part-owner of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs and during his time in Port Alberni held a var-iety of roles including president and general manager.

“I’m pleased to have Randy as part of the Smoke Eaters organiz-ation,” said head coach and general manager Bill Birks.

“He brings plenty of recruiting experience and is very familiar with what it takes to build a winning fran-chise in the BCHL.”

“My emphasis has always been on work-ing as a group, and doing whatever it takes to help the team,” Buffie said. “I’m excited to be a part of the Smoke Eaters and their prep-arations for the 2012-13 BCHL season.”

The Smokies have also hired Brent Demerais and Bill Spring as B.C.-based scouts.

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might be only one person who is a more passionate supporter of Canada at the IIHF World Hockey Championship than John Tavares.

His mom, Barb.The tournament has turned

into an annual event for the family, with John currently star-ring on the ice for a third straight year and his parents back among the entourage of Canadian friends and family offering sup-port. It’s an event none of them would miss - at least as long as John’s New York Islanders aren’t part of the NHL playoffs.

“Any time there’s anything for Hockey Canada you’re certain to see my face,” Barb Tavares said Sunday before the group gath-ered for a Mother’s Day brunch.

She is the epitome of a com-mitted hockey mom.

In fact, John Tavares isn’t sure he ever would have scaled the heights he has in hockey without her support. When he was a young phenom just begin-ning to chase his NHL dream, it was almost always Barb who shuffled him from rink to rink while his father, Joe, was busy running the family business.

“My dad didn’t take me to hockey growing up very much,” said Tavares. “He was always working and working late. My mom’s the one that dealt with a lot of things - getting me to the rink and getting me on the ice and dealing with parents some-

times and giving me the best opportunity to do something I love to do.

“I think what my mom was really good at, she really under-stood how badly I loved to play and wanted to play and realized when to push me.”

That drive has carried him a long way.

The No. 1 pick in the 2009 NHL draft, Tavares has quickly become a go-to player for the Islanders - leading them in scor-ing each of his three NHL seasons - and a major force for Canada in international competitions. He’s piled up an impressive 16 goals in 20 career world champion-ship games and is centring the team’s top scoring unit here with Jordan Eberle and Jeff Skinner.

Amazingly, at just 21 years old, Tavares is already tied for fifth in goals all-time at this event by a Canadian. Next up on the career list with 18 goals is Steve Yzerman, who will almost certainly be keeping a close eye on Tavares leading up to his selection of Team Canada for the 2014 Olympics.

Kevin Lowe - a member of Yzerman’s management team for the Sochi Games and Canada’s general manager here - has been awfully impressed with what he’s seen so far.

“It’s amazing how much dif-ferent he looks now than he did two years ago,” said Lowe. “He looks like a man now.”

Time has passed quickly for the Tavares family.

Barb vividly remembers John being selected first overall in the Ontario Hockey League draft by Oshawa at the tender age of 14 and thinking that a four-year junior career would drag on a long time. In September, her son will be starting his fourth NHL season.

Back in the OHL days, she was a constant at games - often making trips around the prov-ince each weekend with daugh-ters Laura and Barbara in tow.

With both daughters now attending university, she and Joe spend a fair amount of time on the road watching the Islanders play.

John thinks his mother has learned to internalize her “inten-sity” while watching games, but he knows there’s always a fire burning inside.

“She wants to see us succeed and see me succeed because she knows how much I love the game and how hard I work at it,” he said. “They’ve put in a lot of time and effort with me. I think they’re really proud and just try-ing to enjoy it all.”

The pride is evident - just as it as among the other seven mothers who made the trip to Helsinki to watch their sons play at the world championship.

Barb broke into a wide smile when asked how it feels to see John wear the Maple Leaf.

“It’s like a dream come true,” she said. “I mean that’s the ultim-ate - to represent your country, there’s nothing above that.”

IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Italy’s Patrick Iannone of Fruitvale, left, chases Sweden’s Daniel Alfredsson during the Group S Icehockey IIHF World Championships match between Italy and Sweden at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday. The Italians lost the match 4-0.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLONDON - Manchester City came out on top

on the most dramatic final day in Premier League history, scoring twice in injury time to win its first English league title in 44 years.

City knew that victory over Queens Park Rangers on Sunday would clinch the title but was on the verge of handing the trophy to Manchester United

when it trailed 2-1 with 90 minutes played.United players thought they had retained the

title with a 1-0 win at Sunderland that ended at almost the same moment that City substitute Edin Dzeko equalized in the second minute of injury time.

The title was still headed to Old Trafford at that point but the lead in the standings changed hands again two minutes later - for a fourth and final time in a single day - when Sergio Aguero sealed a 3-2 win that meant City finished above defending champion United on goal difference.

“To win it like this is incredible,” City manager Roberto Mancini said. “I have never seen a final (day) like this.”

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LEISURE

Dear Annie: I am a college senior, gradu-ating in May. I am cur-rently undertaking two internships, and one of them will include a job offer when a position opens up. But I don’t know if I should take it.

I have always had a passionate desire to live in Europe. Since childhood, I have never wanted anything so much. Last year, I stud-ied abroad in England, and it only made me more determined to go back.

The internship job is terrific. I’d love the position, and it’s also possible that there will be an opportunity to go to Europe as part of the program now and then. Or, I could chase my dreams and move to Ireland after gradu-ation. I have found a one-year work-abroad program for recent graduates there.

My parents think going to Ireland would be a mistake. They are worried that I won’t

find a job or a place to live. Their disap-proval makes my deci-sion so much harder, but, Annie, if I don’t go now, I might miss the only opportunity I will ever have to do it.

People always post-pone their dreams for the sake of practical-ity and then realize too late that they never had the courage to live the life they imagined. Please help me decide whether to follow my head or my heart. -- Head in the Clouds

Dear Head: A job is important, and the one you are looking at is a good one. But this year is likely to be the best (if not only) opportunity you will

have to spend a year in a foreign country. It’s also possible that the internship position will not “open up” for another six months or more. We think you should go to Ireland. But we also suggest discussing it with your current employer and asking whether the available position will still be around when you return. If they can be accommodating, it would satisfy your “dream” as well as your parents’.

Dear Annie: My brother has always been a selfish, self-centered person, but since our mother died, he has gotten much worse. He constantly insults his siblings, has stolen property from our mother’s home and has ostracized himself from everyone (includ-ing lifetime buddies) with the exception of his wife and kids.

Events that hap-pened to me he now claims happened to him. One of the items

he stole was a sports trophy that I won as a teenager. He will not return it, and he tells everyone that he won it. He displays it in his china cabinet.

Is he grieving? Bipolar? We have almost given up on him but would like your advice. -- Unhappy Siblings

Dear Siblings: We don’t know what is wrong with your broth-er. If he truly believes the things he claims, it indicates mental ill-ness. The death of a parent can send a borderline personal-ity off the edge. Can you speak to his wife? Has she noticed that her husband’s behav-ior is more extreme or unusual than before? If so, please urge her to get help for him.

Dear Annie: The let-ter from “Missing Mom in Maryland” brought back some amusing memories.

Our mom passed away in January. She was 88 years young.

She left us a letter stat-ing what she wanted everyone to have. She left me a quilt that my great -grandmother had hand-stitched, even though she had already given it to my nephew as a wedding gift five years ago. She

left her bedroom set to my younger sister, but my older sister already had it. Mom put name tags on pieces of furni-ture. Some pieces had three names on them, and other tags had fall-en off.

We all had a good

laugh about it. Thank goodness we all inher-ited her sense of humor. -- L

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn.

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future with others, you’ll get helpful feedback. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Others notice you more than usual now because the Sun is high in your chart. And because this lighting is flattering to you, you’ll be offered increased responsi-bilities. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Grab every opportunity to travel or explore more of the world. If you can’t do this, then be a tourist in your own city. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Plan how to reduce your debt. This is an excellent time to give thought to debt, taxes, shared property, inheritances and insurance matters. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) It’s important to get more rest now; the Sun is as far away from your sign as it gets all year, and the Sun is your source of energy. Plan for

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Financial ManagerQualifications:

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1252 Bay Avenue, TRAIL (250) 368-5222

Trail $137,500Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

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Warfield $259,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Trail $65,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Trail $215,000Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

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Trail $229,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Warfield $227,000 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Montrose $249,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Fruitvale $274,500Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Trail $214,000Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

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Rossland $295,000Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYREGIONAL DISTRICT

OF KOOTENAY BOUNDARY

Trail Administration Office

Financial Officer(Temporary Full Time - 18 Weeks)

The Finance Department of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is seeking a qualified individual to fill a temporary full time position. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Financial Officer is responsible for providing varied and complex financial support services to the finance department. The successful applicant will perform a variety of general and specific duties at an intermediate skill level for accounting, customer service and clerical functions within the District office in Trail, BC. These duties include: preparation, processing and compliance reporting of payrolls, accounts payable and receivable, utility billing, cash receipting, and general ledger transactions.

The qualified candidate will be a secondary school graduate and will have a diploma in Business Administration or a related field and/or the completion to the mid-level of an accounting accreditation program. Knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting procedures including payroll, budgeting and auditing principals; integrated computerized financial systems and the knowledge and understanding of computerized spreadsheets including Microsoft Office. Five years of related experience, preferably with local government.

The Financial Officer must have the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and to deal courteously, tactfully and diplomatically with other employees, the public and elected officials.

35 hour workweek, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Compensation and employment benefits for the position are subject to the local C.U.P.E collective agreement. Current wage rate is $30.29 per hour. A complete job description may be found on the RDKB website www.rdkb.com

Qualified applicants are invited to submit a letter of application and resume, in confidence by 10:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2012 to:

Gerry Gardner, Director of Finance,Regional District of Kootenay Boundary843 Rossland Avenue, Trail, B.C. V1R 4S8or Fax: (250)368-3990 or, ggardner@rdkb.com.

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oors, freshly painted!$189,000

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LOCATION! FruitvaleCheck this one out! Large 2 storey family home on over 4 acres close to town. Large rooms throughout. Priced well below replacement value!$519,000

FAMILY SIZE FruitvaleGreat 2 bdrm half duplex in Fruitvale with a full walk out basement and a single carport.$189,500

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Park SidingThis 2.59 acre site has 2 small cabins that are rented - a place to build your new home when the time is right. Call on this one today!$179,900

ACREAGE FruitvaleA fantastic custom home on a large landscaped lot. The attention to detail and quality make this home one of the nest. Call on this one today!$499,000

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$15,000

Shavers BenchLovingly cared for family home in a great location of Shavers Bench. Four bedrooms, rec room, underground sprinklers, single garage, must see.$174,900

NEW LISTING FruitvaleFive bedroom house on one acre in Fruitvale. New paint and ooring throughout. Good suite potential and parking. On village water!$209,900

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$359,000

NEW LISTING

Waneta VillageBrand new half duplex. Top quality construction.$329,000

includes HST

ONE LEFT! TrailSolid 2 bdrm home only steps away from Gyro Park. Open living room, kitchen and dining room on main oor. Great potential!$129,900

GREAT

LOCATION FruitvaleWell kept 4 bedroom mobile home with an addition. Updated ooring, freshly painted, includes fridge & stove. Close to school. playground & walking distance to town.$29,900

SalmoAttention to detail. Beautiful 2 storey executive home with large park like yard. Truly one of the nicest homes in Salmo.$389,000

SalmoSpacious double wide modular home on a double lot. Newer ooring, roof & furnace, freshly painted. Quick possession. Perfect for 1st time buyers. Three bdrms, 2 baths.$129,000

GlenmerryFully updated, ve bedroom, two bath family home, just steps to the school and park.

$309,000

SOLDTrailIf you are looking for a beautiful home with an amazingview, this is it!

$389,000

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KINDTrailThis large, updated home has 5 large bdrms, 2 baths, a spacious kitchen, plus main oor laundry.

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Rent Located by the Columbia River in Glenmerry

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Drywall

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Misc ServicesMOVING / Junk Removal 250-231-8529

PLUMBING REPAIRS, Sewer backups, Camera inspection 24hr Emergency Service. 250-231-8529

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Apt/Condo for Rent

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Painting & Decorating

Garth McKinnon

Journeyman Painter

364-1218

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Misc. for Sale24th ANNUAL ANTIQUES &

COLLECTIBLES SALEsponsored by the Vernon Col-lectors Club at Vernon Curling

Rink on Fri. May 25th from 3pm-8pm & Sat. May 26th from 10am-4pm. Approx.

125 tables.$3 admission is good for both days.

PASSAP E8000/Brother 965 Knitting machines. Antique bedroom suite.Phaff 5thread serger, single Temper Pedic adjustable bed 250.367.9353

SCREENED TOP Soil, $30. per yard. 250-367-9308

Sun Mountain 3 wheel Speed E Golf Cart. 24 Volt motor. Was $600, asking $300. 250.368.9231

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Real Estate

Houses For SaleWANTED TO BUY- ASAP-Trail, 2or3 bd house with in-law/basement suite or poten-tial for suite. 250-231-5686

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Apt/Condo for RentWARFIELD 2bd condo totally renovated 250-362-7716

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Cars - Domestic2000 CHEVROLET Malibu, 160,000km. $2,000. OBO. 250-368-3646

Recreational/Sale2008 Jayco Eagle SuperLite 32’ 5th-wheel, like new, 1 su-per slide, queen bed, free standing table/chairs, ducted ac/heat, heated tanks. ext Warr.$24,900.1(250)275-1258

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RosslandRoute 406 15 papers Cooke Ave & Kootenay AveRoute 414 18 papers Thompson Ave, Victoria AveRoute 416 10 papers 3rd Ave, 6th Ave, Elmore St, Paul SRoute 420 17 papers 1st, 3rd Kootenay Ave, Leroi AveRoute 421 9 papers Davis & Spokane StRoute 424 9 papers Ironcolt Ave, Mcleod Ave, Plewman WayRoute 434 7 papers 2nd Ave, 3rd Ave, Turner Ave

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WarfieldRoute 195 17 papersBlake Court, Shelley St, Whit-man Way

MontroseRoute 341 24 papers 8th Ave, 9th Ave,10th Ave

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Terry Alton ext 48Cell: 250-231-1101terryalton@shaw.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Christine Albo ext 39Cell: 250-512-7653christine.albo@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

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Darlene Abenante ext 23Cell: 250.231.0527darlene@hometeam.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

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1550 Victoria Avenue, Rossland $399,500

WOW!! - This beautifully renovated bright and sunny 4 bdrm/ 3 bath contemporary family home features new stucco, new mudroom entry with heated tile floors, gorgeous new bath, large bedrooms, spacious open plan living areas and

amazing views.Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

2740 Tamarack Avenue, Rossland

$339,000The right price. The right location. 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home in

Pinewood. Call now for your personal viewing..

2050 Green Road, Fruitvale$489,000

Beautiful 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath home on 4.9 acres! Home features deluxe kitchen, covered deck, patio, gazebo, pasture

and fencing, separate shop, and double attached garage. Call your REALTOR®

today.

NEW LISTING

Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162

3955 Red Mountain Road, Rossland $330,000

Dropped from $439,900! View 1.4 acres with subdivision potential. This home has

great views from every window, large open living and dining rooms, 2 bdrms on main and 1 down. You will love the huge deck in summer and the cozy wood stove

in winter.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

385 – 8th Avenue, Montrose$339,000

This custom-built home is located on one of the most beautiful lots in the area. The

yard offers almost 360 degree view of Montrose and incredible privacy. Home offers vaulted ceilings, 2-3 bdrms, huge windows, and 2 fireplaces. Huge work-

shop, double carport, 2 private patios and 1 sundeck. This one has it all.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

2611 Maple Crescent, Rossland$459,000

Timeless! This warm and gracious home features mahogany living room, inlaid

oak flooring, wood fireplace, renovated kitchen, incredible views, large sundeck,

private yard and so much more!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264 Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

660 Dickens Street, Warfield$225,000

Cute 3 bdrm with many upgrades including kitchen, windows and electrical. Deck off the kitchen/dining area, large 2 car garage with attached workshop area. Call your REALTOR(R) to view this great

family home.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

730 Binns Street, Trail $149,900

There’s character everywhere! Updated electrical, hardwood floors, large living/

dining rooms, huge country kitchen, private yard, plenty of parking.......the list

goes on. This one is a must see! Call Art (250) 368-8818

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 19 11am - 1pm

Violin Lake Road, Trail $195,000

10 Acres of Raw Land - Build your dream ranch within city limits - Bring your offer.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

1621 Cooke Avenue, Rossland$369,000

4 level split 6 bdrm solid home on 90x100 lot. New roof, new deck, huge double car garage / workshop. Lots of space here!

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

Call Terry 250-231-1101

1345 Columbia Ave, Trail $154,900

1533 – 4th Avenue, Trail $154,900

1045 Lower China Creek Rd, Genelle $345,000

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Now on the market and waiting for your dream

home design! Beautiful spacious building lots in a

fantastic family subdivision. You’ll feel you’re on top of the world on your fully

serviced view lot close to town and all amenities! Each lot is unique and

great ideas for possible home plans are available in an information package upon request. Reputable builder available as well! Don’t wait! Get the best selection!First Lot Sold will Qualify for

$10,000 cash back(upon closing, from the proceeds of the sale)

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