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October 12, 2012 edition of the Trail Daily TimesTRANSCRIPT
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S I N C E 1 8 9 5FRIDAYOCTOBER 12, 2012
Vol. 117, Issue 196
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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
Even though people are disheartened about the pros-pect of the entire NHL season being cancelled, they can still look forward to another sea-son.
Influenza (flu) season is approaching and Greater Trail will be host to four training camps (flu clinics) beginning Oct. 14 before the games begin in earnest this fall.
The flu vaccine is free for many people including people over 65, children up to five years old, aboriginal people, health care providers and pregnant women.
According to Interior Health, the flu is a highly con-tagious infection and can be very serious, especially for those with heart, lung and other health problems.
In years when influenza is
widespread in B.C., hundreds of people may die from influ-enza or its complications, such as pneumonia, said Dr. Rob Parker, IHA medical health officer, in a press release.
“The two most important ways to protect yourself from getting the flu are to wash your hands frequently and get your flu shot,” he said. “Flu vaccinations are a proven, safe and effective way to reduce your chances of getting the
flu. The flu shot also lessens the severity of symptoms for those who do get the flu.”
Dr. Parker also noted that the flu shot cannot give people the flu. The vaccine used in B.C. contains dead influenza viruses that cannot cause infection.
The flu shot is anywhere from 60 to 90 per cent effect-ive in preventing influenza, he added, and if people don’t get it they can’t spread it.
People not eligible for the free flu vaccine through the publicly-funded program should contact their phys-ician, local pharmacy, walk-in clinic, travel clinic or private provider to arrange one.
Many physician offices and pharmacies—such as the pharmacy in Ferraro Foods—also provide vaccines free to those who are eligible.
For more information about influenza, contact your local public health office (look under Interior Health in the blue pages of your phone book) or visit our website at www.interiorhealth.ca.
Information is also avail-able on the Immunize BC website at www.immunizebc.ca, or on HealthLink BC at www.healthlinkbc.ca. You can also call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 to speak to a health-care professional.
TIMOTHY SCHAFER PHOTO
Sarah Dufresne, right, takes one for the team on Wednesday as she gets an influenza vaccine needle from pharmacy manager Lee Boyer in Ferraro Foods. Right now the pharmacy is offering flu shots on a walk-in basis, Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Greater Trail clinics• Kiro Wellness Centre, 1500 Columbia Ave., Trail,
Oct. 14, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Drop in.• Fruitvale Hall (1968 Main St.), 367-9186, Oct. 23,
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Drop in.• Kiro Wellness Centre, 1500 Columbia Ave., Trail,
Oct. 28, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Drop in.• Kiro Wellness Centre, 1500 Columbia Ave., Trail,
Dec. 12, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Children’s second immuniza-tions by appointment.
Flu clinics signal start of season
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
Trail’s topography was the top topic of a reso-lution at the recent Union of B.C. Municipalities meeting in Victoria.
Being situated on the steep valley sides of the Columbia River, some Silver City neighbourhood streets and avenues find themselves as slippery slopes when winter hits.
As a result, the city’s burly buses are unable to make it up the grades, negating transit service to the residents in older areas—like West Trail—on heavy snow days and stranding some residents.
Late last month, Trail council advanced a resolution—provincial development of a rural transportation strategy—towards solving that situation that received unanimous support at the convention of all municipal governments in B.C.
But Mayor Dieter Bogs said the resolution had Trail’s unique topography of steep streets at its heart.
“Buses here find it difficult to run up (to West Trail) during certain times in the winter,” he said, adding that a few days a week are being missed in the heart of winter. “We need a more comprehensive strategy for rural B.C. and rural transportation.”
If there can’t be buses running during those times, Bogs added, maybe they need to initiate a taxi service for that short of a time frame. The province could work with the local taxi service and coordinate transportation at same rate as if people took a bus, he explained.
See UBCM, Page 3
BY BREANNE MASSEYTimes Staff
Chloe Sirges took a step into the dark and then a few great people turned on the lights.
More than one year ago 12-year-old Sirges left the familiarity of primary school at Webster Elementary in Warfield and began Grade 7 at Twin Rivers Elementary in Castlegar.
But it wasn’t the unfamiliarity of a new school that challenged Sirges, it was how her education and social life was changed.
Sirges began the long journey north to Castlegar to enroll in a French immersion school, something that isn’t offered in her
See MEETING, Page 3
Bus routes can be a slippery slope
Resolution gets unanimous support at UBCM
District meeting will discuss French immersion’s future
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Colombo calling on local winemakers for competitionBY BREANNE MASSEY
Times StaffTest your taste
buds.
The Cristoforo Colombo Lodge is host-ing a Columbus Day Banquet and Wine
Competition for ama-teur vintners to strut their stuff.
The competition began many years ago when the Italico Club of Trail put a ser-ies of long-standing viticulture traditions to the test. But now the Colombo Lodge is taking on the menu with the same flavour and a couple of saucy
tweaks.“It’s one of the best
wine events in the Kootenays,” organizer Pat Zinio explained. “I was thinking about this the other day and the Okanagan might have all the wineries, but the Kootenays have the best winemakers.”
The only rule, Zinio added, is that the wine being entered has to be
made during 2011 from grapes or grape juice. In addition, each entry is only allowed to sub-mit one bottle of each red and white wine. There is a $3 entry fee collected per bottle.
Participants in the competition portion of the night are encour-aged to drop off a sample bottle at the Colombo Lodge Games Room between 9 a.m. and noon on Oct. 20.
Vickie Fitzpatrick and Alita Parissotto will be judging the competition. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places in both red and white wines during the ban-quet.
But that’s not the only part of the even-ing the community can look forward to.
The sounds of clas-sic and contemporary
music will flood the room for couples who wish to dance to tracks by Castlegar-based per-formers Terry Alton and Tonnie Stewart (TNT). The duo knows over 100 songs span-ning over six decades of experience, includ-ing headlining on sev-eral cruises.
“Tonnie covers everything from Patsy
Cline to Cher and even some modern stuff like Katy Perry,” Alton said.
“We’ll probably start the night off with some classical music and then start doing the contemporary stuff as the night progresses.”
The night is expected to kick off with cock-tails at 6 p.m. and a five course Italian meal will follow at 7 p.m.
Zinio hinted there might even be a mid-night snack.
Tickets for each couple are $84 each. Anybody is welcome to attend the Columbus Day Banquet and Wine Competition.
Contact Tony Morelli at 250-368-9736, Pat Zanier at 250-362-5825 or Zinio at 250-364-9927 for more information or to buy tickets.
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The Zanier family passing down the art of wine making.
“I was thinking about this the other day and the Okanagan
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ies but the Kootenays
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FROM PAGE 1hometown of Trail—and she is only one of two students in the program’s enrolment of 60 from Trail.
“The time and organization is a bit of a pain,” she said.
“It would be hard (to commute) for someone with par-ents who both work full time.”
Sirges might not have to make the long commute to school with her mother for long.
Later this month when School District 20 (Kootenay Columbia) begins the process of gathering response on starting a similar program in the southern end of the district in Greater Trail.
The first meeting—Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Webster School library—will be the first of four infor-mation meetings to gather response on the possible expan-sion of the late French
immersion program.And judging from
Sirges’ response from the first year at a French immersion school, it is a decision she won’t regret.
She said she could go on forever about why other kids should attend French immer-sion, but to sum it up (and she wrote this 20 times in a row in her agenda): LFI ROCKS.
“I love the teach-ers, the program is great; it’s not just
about learning French out of a book, you actually use it,” she said.
French is great to learn because Canada is bilingual and learn-ing French gives you a leg-up when you apply for a job over other applicants, Sirges added.
SD20 director of instruction Bill Ford said the district needs the feedback from the four meetings to gauge interest in set-
ting up the program somewhere in Greater Trail.
“I’m hoping that work will be done either by Christmas or first thing in the new year,” he said on the prospect of a new program in the area.
The evenings include parent infor-mation sessions, a question and answer period, and a teach-er, parent and kid panel discussion from people who are already part of a French immersion program in the dis-trict.
Through the ses-sions, Ford said par-ents will learn the benefits for students, what French immer-sion would mean for a young person, what the board of educa-tion needs to see to make it happen, as well as what the next steps would be.
Subsequent meet-ings would be held in Fruitvale (Oct. 23, 7 p.m., in the elementary school library), Rossland (Oct. 30, 7 p.m., MacLean Elementary School library) and in Trail (Nov. 6, 7 p.m., Glenmerry Elementary School library).
If you are unable to attend, but are interested in learn-ing more or in shar-ing your thoughts, contact Bill Ford at [email protected] or 250-368-2230.
Meeting will gauge support
BREANNE MASSEY PHOTO
Choloe Sirges loves her French immersion pro-gram in Castlegar. The school district wants to find out if more people in the Greater Trail area would like this program in local schools.
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FROM PAGE 1“It’s time, particularly in areas
where big buses shouldn’t be running or can’t, that we need smaller buses and coordinate a more comprehensive transpor-tation strategy,” Bogs said.
No one spoke against the resolution and it passed unani-mously.
The UBCM will now request that the province develop a transportation strategy to critic-
ally assess and determine solu-tions towards the sustainability of passenger directed vehicle operations including both pub-lic transit and taxis in rural com-munities.
The resolution will go through the UBCM resolutions committee, taking it to the provincial government level for consideration as legislation or policy.
UBCM member municipal-
ities submitted a total of 203 resolutions before the June 30 deadline. In 2012, members’ resolutions reflected local gov-ernment contexts and concerns, and responded to initiatives and legislation.
Local governments also expressed frustration due to limited revenue sources, as they cope with funding and program cuts by the provincial and fed-eral governments.
“I love the teachers, the
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French out of a book, you
actually use it.”
CHLOE SIRGES
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BY WANDA CHOWBurnaby NewsLeaderA Burnaby family is
out tens of thousands of dollars after ICBC denied it coverage for a totalled sports car because it misrepre-sented who would be the car’s principal oper-ator.
Yu Jung Lau and Victa Wei Lau sued ICBC for coverage but lost in a recent B.C. Supreme Court judg-ment.
Justice Frits Verhoeven said in his reasons for judgment that he concluded “with considerable reluc-tance” that the princi-pal operator was mis-represented because the decision “was made in order to save a rela-tively modest amount of insurance premium, and almost certainly without any real appre-ciation that forfeiture of the insurance could result, with dire finan-
cial consequences.“The result is harsh
for the plaintiffs.”Not only is the
family on the hook for the cost of the car, but ICBC determined Victa Lau, then 22, to be solely at fault in his accident with another vehicle, and the claims by the occupants of that vehicle remain unresolved.
Yu Jung Lau is an autobody repairman who immigrated from China 31 years ago. His wife operates a conven-ience store in Burnaby where the family lives above the business. They have three sons, with Victa being the eldest.
In 2009, the family already owned four vehicles, a 2005 Lexus RX330, a 2000 Toyota Corolla, a Volvo 850 and a Ford van. Only the Lexus and Toyota were insured at the time because they couldn’t
afford to insure them all.
Yu Jung Lau testified he saw a newspaper ad for a 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STI and after Victa checked it out, the parents agreed to support the purchase, paying a total of $7,000 in partial and down payments for the car, with their son agree-ing to make the $657 monthly payments.
They purchased six months of insurance coverage, and the fath-er was named principal operator which, consid-ering Victa was licenced as a novice driver at the time, would have saved them $380 on the pre-mium.
Victa made three payments on the sports car, which cost $41,287, before it was totalled in a crash in Burnaby just over two months later on Dec. 28, 2009.
While Yu Jung Lau testified he drove the Subaru the most, Victa said in his written state-ment to ICBC that he
was the principal oper-ator. Victa said the same thing to the ICBC adjuster handling the file both on the tele-phone and in person when they met.
“On the other hand, in his examination for discovery, Victa Lau testified he only drove the Subaru to church on Sundays, and on special occasions, or to run errands for his mother in connection with the store.”
And while the father said he was the one that wanted the car, his testimony about the reasons were “uncon-vincing,” particularly as he had trouble recalling much detail about it.
The Subaru “was an expensive, high per-formance vehicle, with 300 horsepower, a very prominent spoiler on the trunk and a large air intake scoop on the hood,” Verhoeven said. “This is the kind of car that would certainly appeal to a young man.”
Yu Jung Lau’s ration-ale for his son making the car payments also did not make sense, the judge said.
“Victa could con-tribute to the family finances or pay room and board without his father buying an expen-sive high performance car that the family did not need.”
And Victa was the one that took delivery of the car when it was bought because his father was too busy.
“Victa Lau’s Facebook postings reveal that he dem-onstrated great pride in the car among his friends,” the judge said. “All of this is consist-ent with the car being obtained primarily for his use.”
Verhoeven found Yu Jung Lau knowingly misrepresented who the intended princi-pal operator was and therefore forfeited his insurance coverage. He dismissed the Lau family’s case.
ICBC denies coverage for totalled sports carBURNABY
BY MONIQUE TAMMINGALangley Times
For the first time in B.C., a gambling addict is suing the casinos she frequented, including Langley’s Cascades Casino, and the provincial government, for failing to stop her from gam-bling her life away.
In 2010, Joyce Ross, 56, filed suit against the B.C. Lottery Corporation (BCLC) and Langley Cascades Casino and Fraser Downs gaming cen-tre in Cloverdale for letting her continue to gam-ble even after she put herself on the government’s “self-exclusion program.”
She is now pleading her civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster.
She told CBC News that in 2007, she signed herself up for the program in the hopes casino staff would not allow her to gamble. She told the media when she filed the claim that she was totally out of control and spent every dime she had, as well as her family and friends’ money, to gamble.
The self-exclusion program was created by the BCLC and is meant to prevent compulsive gam-blers from entering casinos. The gaming centre is supposed to have a record of the gamblers’ face and by using state-of-the-art surveillance systems to catch addicts as they come in the door.
Ross is claiming the program failed complete-ly, as she continued to gamble until 2010 when she hit rock bottom and got help.
THE CANADIAN PRESSVICTORIA - Nurse practitioners are being
given expanded roles in B.C. hospitals that will allow them to admit and discharge patients.
The job of nurse practitioner is normally con-fined to diagnosing, prescribing and ordering diagnostic tests to treat common medical condi-tions.
And while most NP’s have the education need-ed to do admissions work, they didn’t have the legislative authority.
Health Minister Margaret MacDairmid says the government has now brought in regulations to close that gap.
The minister says the changes will help ease congestion and reduce workloads in hospitals, especially in rural areas that have with fewer physicians.
B.C. is now the second province in Canada, behind Ontario, to give NP’s admitting and dis-
Gambling addict sues
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HACKETT, MARY ASSUNTA “ECHARA” — It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Echara Hackett on Friday, October 5th, 2012 at Columbia View Lodge at the age of 94 years.
She is survived by her loving family: two daughters and one son, Betty-Lou Jorgensen of Salmo, Shiela Hackett of Grand Forks, and Ray-mond (Pam) Hackett of Castlegar; ten grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren with two more on the way; one sister Fedis Prissinotti of Powell River, B.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews in Canada and Italy. She is further survived by her very special Care Aide and friend, Meghan Leface and family.
A very special thanks is extended to Mark Andretta and his wife Beverley, who so lovingly cared for Echara following her death. Echara was predeceased by: her parents Ottavio and Armenia Brandolini; her loving husband Leonard; her sister Alice Scott; her brother Frank; and her son-in-law John Jorgensen. Echara immigrated to Canada with her family in 1919 at the age of 2 years. Her family moved to Powell River, B.C., later to New Westminster, B.C., and fi nally to Trail, B.C. which was home since 1933. This is where Echara met and married Leonard Hackett in 1938 and raised their three children. Echara worked at the Star Bakery, then went on to People’s Jewellers, and fi nally, retired from Sears.
Her family would like to extend a special thank you to the caring staff at Columbia View Lodge which Echara called home for the past 23 years and to others who helped with her care over the years. She will be greatly missed. Cremation will precede a Celebration Of Life Service which will be held on Monday, October 15th, 2012 at Columbia View Lodge at 10.30 a.m. Pas-tor Ken Siemens will be offi ciating. Inurnment will fol-low in the family plot at the Trail Cemetery.
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***CUMMING, G. LOUISE — “Farewell.
Life has been a marvellous journey. I am now free from my body that has served me some 95 years.”
Born November 20, 1916 in Peach-land, B.C. at the home of her grand-parents and passed away in Victoria B.C. on August 8, 2012.
Her tribute was held August 17, exactly 79 years to the day from when she met her future husband at a dance in Penticton. At the time of her marriage to Alex Cumming in 1935 she moved to the West Kooten-ays where they raised their family in Castlegar and Trail. After the death of her hus-band in 1968 Lou moved to Victoria. She is survived by her daughter Rita of Drumheller, son Jim and his wife Maureen of Victoria and her sister Mary Haker of Keremeos as well as numerous nieces and nephews. When in Castlegar she was actively involved with the United Church where she taught Sunday School, was a choir member and was active with the United Church Women.
After moving back to Trail in 1962 she was employed at the Hudson’s BayCompany.Her fondest memories were of the log home Jim and Mabel Cumming built in Syringa Creek in 1910 and later purchased by Alex and Lou. It was a special place where she and her family spent many happy summers.
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THE CANADIAN PRESSA new survey shows
Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto parked among the top five cities in North America when it comes to traffic delays.
Vancouver is second only to Los Angeles in the 26 cities tal-lied in a traffic-congestion survey from GPS firm TomTom covering the second quarter of this year.
The research, using data drawn from the company’s subscribers, shows drivers in Vancouver have their overall commute delayed an extra 33 per cent during con-gestion compared to when traffic flows smoothly.
Montreal took fourth place in the survey, while Toronto came in fifth, Ottawa 12th and Calgary 16th.
But the survey shows drivers in the top three Canadian cit-ies are hit the hardest by traffic during evening gridlock, which
takes more than two-thirds long-er compared to when traffic is light.
Meanwhile, Edmonton came in 25th of the 26 cities tallied, with traffic bumping commute times by only one-tenth.
And the Alberta city showed the biggest drop in congestion delays compared to the previous quarter - a seven per cent drop - according to the research.
The report also found that congestion in Vancouver was worst during peak morning and evening traffic periods on Thursdays, adding an extra 37 minutes in delay per hour.
It says drivers in the city who have a 30-minute commute will spend an extra 87 hours a year stuck in traffic.
San Francisco came in third for congestion, while Washington, Seattle, New York, Chicago and Miami filled out the top 10.
Canada’s three biggest cities among worse for traffic delays
THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - The Alberta plant
at the centre of an E. coli scare and massive beef recall is being allowed to resume limited oper-ations.
But the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says no prod-ucts will leave the XL Foods meat packer in Brooks until the agency is satisfied it is safe to do so.
“Beginning today XL Foods will be permitted to resume limited in-house cutting and further processing under strict enhanced oversight,” Harpreet Kochhar, executive director for the agency’s western operations, said Thursday.
“This will allow the CFIA to review in a controlled manner the company’s improvements made to all previously addressed deficiencies.”
The plant was shut down Sept. 27 during an ever-expanding recall of its beef products across Canada and more than 20 other countries. It hasn’t been allowed to ship meat to its biggest market, the United States, for four weeks. The restrictions have led to lower cattle prices and a backlog of thousands of slaughter-ready animals in feedlots and ranches.
Kochhar said the plant has been cleaned and sanitized, and issues around condensation, drainage and ice buildup have also been addressed.
Workers will begin process-ing, under the scrutiny of more
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The carcasses have been tested for E. coli and are 99 per cent free of the bacteria, Kochhar said.
The main focus will be on more stringent E. coli control measures that have been imposed since a strain of the bacteria made 12 people sick in four provinces. There will be more tests of meat samples and increased monitor-ing of sanitation and hygiene.
“Meat from these carcasses will remain under CFIA deten-tion,” he said. “Products will not be allowed to leave the premises until the CFIA has confirmed in writing to the minister of agricul-ture and agri-food that the plant controls are effectively and con-sistently managing E. coli risks.
“The CFIA will immediately suspend operations if inspectors note any concerns with the facil-ity’s food safety controls.”
The XL Foods plant is the second-largest meat packer in the country behind Cargill, and slaughters and processes more than one-third of Canada’s beef.
Richard Arsenault, director of meat programs at the agency, said the lessons learned at XL Foods will eventually be applied to other meat plants.
“Our goal here is that this will not be something that we will have happen in the next three months, six months, or ever again,” Arsenault said.
Limited operations approved for beef plant
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OPINION
Ta Ta – we’re off on a laughing tour of Canada
Waiting for the Sunday Cinema fea-ture to start
at the Royal Theatre, I was letting my mind wander. The interval before a movie is one of those pleasant pauses when, if they don’t drag on, you can clear your head while anticipating the pleasure to come.
I was summoned back to reality by an “entertain-ment” blurb, a distraction that, along with adverts, seem to be coming at you everywhere you go these days. If you aren’t ensconced in your own digital world, then someone wants to drag you into his or hers.
The entertainment clip featured some pop singer I had never heard of talk-ing about his latest record-ing, which is hilariously called “Cicada.” While the performer thinks the name evokes pleasant memories of summer, for most of us the insect’s high-pitched hum is something they pre-fer to avoid – in memory or in the flesh.
Time Magazine once included the bug’s call on a list of Top 10 Most Annoying Sounds, along
with nails on a chalkboard and the screech of the vuvuzela, the plastic horn that South African soccer fans blew incessantly dur-ing the last World Cup.
As the next blather piece came on the screen my mind wandered off to other inappropriate or funny names. A field day can be had, of course, with government and other com-mittee inspired monikers. Service Canada springs to mind as a classic oxymoron, especially in the wake of extensive personnel cuts in recent years.
Then I started thinking about some of my favor-ite place names in Canada, starting with Dildo in Newfoundland. You would think a province that has been the butt of all those unfortunate “Newfie” jokes for so long would outlaw such place names, but I guess there is no over-coming local taste.
And who are we to make fun of other places when the heart of the Lower Columbia is dubbed Trail. Warfield and Trail residents wish they had a nickel for all the times they have had to struggle to explain to some-
one at the other end of the telephone line that “Trail” is a town not a street.
But at least the early burghers of the Silver City did not have a high-priced branding expert advising them when they set out to shorten the name of Trail Creek Landing. If they had, we would be living in TCL, Tracreelia or some other even more blandly and forgettably named burg. (When you arrive in Dildo, you figure you are at the least going to feel the earth move.)
Fruitvale is a lovely sounding name, but its ori-gins are a bit of a laugher. The flim flam men flogging lots at the turn of the last century pitched it as fruit-
growers paradise, much to the chagrin of the settlers who arrived to discover the exposure and climate ruled it out as a candidate for the new Garden of Eden.
Salmo was originally known as Salmon Siding, having taken its name from the adjacent river before the names of both the watercourse and the com-munity were inexplicably shortened.
If it hadn’t, they could have out Kimberleyed Kimberley’s Bavarian kitsch. Think of all the attention-grabbing possibilities the original name could have been put to, including sal-mon siding (not the colour, the fish) on every building in the commercial core.
But Salmo was forever fixed in my mind by a Globe and Mail reporter. He was on some prime ministerial candidate’s tour bus when it passed through the West Kootenay, back in the days when our riding was still in play.
Concluding that, if he hadn’t reached the end of the Earth he was close, his dispatch described Salmo as being situated “halfway between Yahk and Ymir.”
Well, we like our little piece of heaven even if it didn’t make much of an impression on him. As for heavenly places, my favour-ite B.C. place name is Ta Ta Creek. I can’t pass by the East Kootenay whistle stop without feeling a pinch of whimsy – appropriate for travels in the Rocky Mountain Trench – and singing that most playful of Hank William’s tunes Jambalaya (“Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh.”)
Across Canada, the place names I love include Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, south of Calgary. The World Heritage Site is rare in that the place is even more inter-esting than the great name.
Then there is Climax, which confuses me because I always thought the only thing that normally-unflap-pable Saskatchewan resi-dents get excited about is their beloved Roughriders.
St-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in La Belle Province, Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia . . . What’s in a name? Sometimes a crazy notion or just a good laugh.
Raymond Masleck is a retired Trail Times reporter.
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Feeding our energy appe-tite is top of mind for many people these days. Some argue we should
get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term ener-gy needs so we can live the lives to which we’ve become accus-tomed.
Many others question those priorities. Do we gain comfort and happiness by driving inefficient automobiles, buying and scrapping and then buying more stuff that we must work harder to pay for, and sell-ing resources to enrich the fossil fuel industry and to allow other countries to follow our unsus-tainable path?
Some governments and industry favour the short-term view. But it’s a “false economy” – it will cost us more in the long run. What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to func-tion, no amount of money will save us.
While rushing to exploit our valuable and diminishing fossil fuels, Canada’s government is simultaneously “streamlining” environmental regulations and review processes, cutting scien-tific staff and departments and limiting public debate on proj-ects that could irreparably dam-
age our rich natural heritage. Some provinces are attempting to water down hard-won envi-ronmental laws, like endangered species legislation, that act as a critical hedge against environ-mental degradation.
The federal government is also neglecting its legal obligations to protect species at risk. Ecojustice, on behalf of five conser-vation groups includ-ing the David Suzuki Foundation, recently launched a lawsuit to challenge the gov-ernment’s multi-year delays in producing recovery strategies
for species that would be affect-ed by the proposed Northern Gateway project.
If we don’t slow down and try to look at ways out of the mess, energy issues will contin-ue to increase, like the Hydra of Greek mythology. With pipe-lines, the main issue is rapid oil sands expansion. But other massive energy projects are also coming down the pipe – from huge dams, like the Site C in northern B.C., to proposed drill-ing for oil and gas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Arctic. To what end?
Not only are fossil fuel com-panies making record profits, they’re being subsidized by Canadian taxpayers to the tune of $1.4 billion a year. Instead of giving them money, shouldn’t we be compelling them to put at least a small portion of their enormous profits into reduc-ing the massive greenhouse gas emissions they cause?
A large part of the problem is that we are increasing our fossil-fuelled ambitions at breakneck
speed in the absence of a nation-al energy strategy. No one seems to know where we’re going, but the end of the road is looming, and it might lead to a steep drop. We’re already harming precious ecosystems and are ready to put even more at risk without having an idea of the often irreplace-able value they represent. With climate change and its impacts, along with deforestation, pol-lution and increasing urbaniza-tion, we’re condemning millions of people to lives of poor health, desperation and even death.
Still, we’ve also created much that is good. We have political systems that encourage public debate and access to informa-tion. There are politicians and industry leaders who have joined countless citizens, First Nations, and environmental, labour and social-justice organizations to question current policies and actions.
What Canada really needs in the short term is a nation-al energy strategy – one that goes beyond fracking and oil sands and pipelines to take into account these many other fac-tors, including wiser use of fos-sil fuels. It must help us make the transition from our waste-ful addiction to polluting and ever-diminishing fossil fuels to conservation and renewable energy.
Globally, we need to shift from the outdated 20th-century notion of measuring progress with gross domestic product to a development paradigm that takes into account well-being and happiness, and that accounts for nature’s valuable services.
Dr. David Suzuki is a scien-tist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
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An editorial from the St. John’s Telegram
Organized seal culls are bad - unless they’re in Europe.
Seals don’t threaten fish stocks - unless they’re European seals.
It appears what most fisher-men on this side of the Atlantic have known all along is now being taken seriously by politi-cians on the other side.
And the sheer hypocrisy of seal culls in northern Europe stinks worse than last week’s fish guts festering on a beach.
Canadian Sealers Association president Frank Pinhorn certain-ly thinks so.
“It’s two-faced,” he told CBC news on Oct. 9. “Individuals making decisions that are not thought out, and it doesn’t dem-onstrate any ... common sense.”
He’s referring to the 2009 European Union ban on seal products, a ban Canada is chal-lenging through the World Trade Organization.
As it turns out, Scotland already culls some seals to pro-tect its farmed salmon opera-tions. Seals are also culled in Finland and Sweden.
Last month, the European Parliament approved a motion to investigate the effect on fish populations of “natural preda-tors such as sea lions, seals and cormorants,” with an eye to pos-sibly expanding culls.
So, where does the mighty International Fund for Animal Welfare stand on this?
It’s hard to tell. They’ll respond to media questions, but their website is still obsessed with Canadian seals.
Check their seal news sec-tion. The top two items by Sheryl Fink are about Zak and Mika, two young harp seal pups at the Aquarium des Iles de la Madeleine in Quebec.
An international petition led to a stay of execution for the cuddly twosome. When the aquarium closes, they will be
released into Canadian waters rather than slaughtered.
Well, the IFAW certainly has its priorities straight.
In fact, the IFAW has suc-ceeded in hopelessly muddying the waters when it comes to seals. It has played on people’s emotions and spread false and misleading information around the globe.
To get an idea how poorly people understand the issue, you need only look at the Toronto Sun’s headline for the European cull story: “Canada opposes EU seal cull.”
Um, not quite. Read that story again.
Canadian officials have mere-ly highlighted the hypocrisy of European parliamentarians pon-dering the exact same activity they condemned Canada for in word and deed only three years ago.
That’s what happens when common sense is usurped by emotion and propaganda.
Flip flop on seal cull doesn’t add up
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BY NICOLE TRIGGInvermere Valley Echo
A butchered first-year fawn discovered on the out-skirts of the Wilder subdiv-ision on Tuesday morning has local conservation offi-cers suspecting that poach-ers are responsible.
“The way it was butch-ered, obviously these people knew what they were doing with knives,” conservation officer Greg Kruger told The Valley Echo.
A nearby resident notified the Invermere Conservation Officer Service on Tuesday
morning after his dog dis-covered the carcass. The resident told Kruger he sus-pected poaching because he had heard a single gunshot the night before sometime around 10:30 p.m., but didn’t think it was worth calling in at the time.
“It was likely a small calibre gun, not that loud,” Kruger said, “but it’s hard to say, the gully would sup-press a lot of sound.”
Though he tried to find a bullet hole, he couldn’t, but saw that parts of the rib cage had been cut out.
“When it was butchered, it appears that the bullet hole was cut out to cover (it up),” Kruger said.
The fawn was a mule deer, the most common kind seen in and around the dis-trict, with very little meat because it was so young.
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This does not detract from continuing to love the person who has gone and it does not diminish the memories. It is important to pro-vide the opportunity for family and friends to meet and mourn the loss.
Funerals and recep-tions are the usual way to do this initially. These
events are not for the deceased. They provide consolation for every-one. Unfortunately, though, it is often the case that friends, and sometimes members of the family, withdraw because they do not know how to speak to the griever about the loss. They want that person to return to the kind of person they knew before the loss, not realizing that their life has changed for-ever.
It is also com-mon for those not as closely associated with the deceased to ‘move on’ after the funeral much more quickly than those who suffer the loss most acutely. The grieving person may have to struggle on alone. A common
misunderstanding is that grief will resolve or lessen in a few months. However, the grieving person may experience sadness, anxiety, leth-argy or even anger for months running into years.
One way to gain assistance is to become a member of a Grief Support Group whose members have all experienced a severe loss. Each one is griev-ing and has consider-able understanding of the pain others are experiencing. For many it is very helpful to share with others who are suffering. It
is comforting to know that there are people who are a little further along in the journey to healing and that you will get there too.
The Greater Trail Hospice Society pro-vides a Grief Support group. It is not highly structured, has a sim-ple set of ground rules including, most import-antly, confidentiality, and meets .twice a
month on Wednesday afternoons. The meet-ings are drop in. Participants are free to come to meetings that fit their schedule. It is a place to share, to reflect, or to sit quietly if you want. It is a place to receive support, but also a place to give sup-port when you thought you had nothing left to give. Some people join months after their
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I want to follow Meridyth’s excellent Thanksgiving message from last week, with a very particular Harvest Thanksgiving thought. Why? Because there were two items about harvest which caught my attention, items which maybe weren’t appropriate in the rush of warm fuzzyness which Thanksgiving generates, but which belong as part of the season.Food waste was in the news last week as a report suggested that Canadians average 183 Kg (!) per person per year of waste. The total annual cost is $28 billion!!! In the USA, and maybe here, “Rotting food is the largest single component of landfills”. That is not just obscene because of the waste, it is obscene because of the other set of facts, that 1 in 7 people in our world are hungry. Canada’s government has a poor international reputation for addressing
international and domestic food needs. 900,000 Canadians do not have regular meals.Now, as we harvest our gardens with thankful hearts, is the time for us to address our food waste and to consider the hungry in our midst and in our world. Make sure that your harvest is used - one of our local food banks will always take it. Waste less food by buying better; by using leftovers and by composting (Google “food waste”). Address world hunger by donating to charity : World Vision and Feed the Children are among the many reputable charities assessed by moneysense.ca. What has this got to do with faith? Try James’ hard hitting words (James 3v15)“Faith without works is dead”Neil Elliot St Andrew’s Anglican Church
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I think about food quite a lot. Food has always been a big part of my life, and many of my fondest memories are inseparable from large family gatherings around the table. We
marked every holiday and significant event in life with some type of celebration that involved generous amounts of delicious foods. Growing up, I never wondered at the cost of food, or questioned the ability of my parents to pro-vide. Three squares a day, and then some, were a given.
Today, I continue the tradition of cele-brating in style with specially prepared foods and fine wines. Monday morning, as I ran off the extra calories from the Thanksgiving feast, I muttered a quick prayer of gratitude for the abundance that daily graces our table. Like the majority of Canadians, we always have food on our table, and the means to purchase it. Even as my own family enjoys abundance, we are conscious that many people in our communities, across the country, and around the world are unable to meet their basic food needs.
Canadians are among the world’s most well fed people. We are so well fed that we waste a staggering $27 billion of food annually. Despite this plenty, an estimated 850,000 Canadians are hungry. In May of this year, the plight of hungry Canadians made international headlines when Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, criticized Canada for its lack of a national food security strat-egy. While the Canadian government refuted De Schutter, proclaiming that federal and prov-incial governments are improving the lives of Canadians, it seems clear to me that Canada has a problem with hunger.
I doubt that very few communities in the coun-try do not have at least one food bank. Trail has three, and demand for food is increasing. Local food bank volunteers report that more families with children are requesting food. While some of their clients are employed, usually at entry-level or minimum wage jobs, earnings are not keeping pace with the rising cost of food.
The 2011 report from Food Banks Canada confirms these anecdotal observations of local volunteers. Across the country, Canadian food banks collectively reported 93,000 first time users each month. Thirty-eight percent of people using food banks are children and youth; 18% of those accessing food banks have some form of employment income.
Organizations like Food Banks Canada can help us understand the various causes of hun-ger. Two causes of hunger are low income and a lack of affordable housing. De Schutter was unequivocal in his criticism of Canada’s failure to address these problems; Canada is a rich coun-try that has failed to “adapt the levels of social assistance benefits and its minimum wage to the rising costs of basic necessities, including food and housing.”
A feast of rich foods and fine wines is the stuff of dreams for many Canadians. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has designated October 16 World Food Day. It is a day to remind us that food is a basic human right, not a luxury for those with good jobs living in nice houses. It is time to open our eyes to the hungry in our communities, and to make our own pledge to alleviate hunger through charit-able giving and social action.
Trail resident Louise McEwan has a background in education and catechesis, and degrees in English and Theology. She writes every other week. She blogs at www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot.com. Contact her at [email protected].
Dreaming of rich foods and fine wines
LOUISE LOUISE MCEWAN MCEWAN
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Educators trained by the Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP) are gearing up
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very shy, clean crea-tures” says Juliet Craig, Coordinating Biologist for the KCBP. “They are extremely benefi-cial in eating nocturnal flying insects includ-ing mosquitoes, and cycling nutrients from wetlands to upland for-ests”.
Craig trained a group of talented, keen educators last spring so they would have the tools and information to provide school pro-grams on bats during Halloween.
In partnership with Wild Voices for Kids, the educators will be offering free school programs to teach chil-dren about the amazing worlds of bats includ-ing their unique fea-tures, their role in eco-systems, and our local bat species. Students will get a virtual tour of bats from around the world, eavesdrop on their echolocation calls, and explore cur-rent issues in bat con-servation.
“Of the sixteen spe-cies of bats in B.C.,
half of them are con-sidered vulnerable or threatened and an additional species, the little brown myotis, has recently been assessed for federal Endangered status” says Craig. “Bats need all the help they can get including more positive press, and school programs can help do that.”
The Kootenay Community Bat Project, which began in 2004, has just wrapped up another year of identi-fying local bat species, providing educational programs and work-shops, and assisting landowners with bat issues. Funded by the Columbia Basin Trust,
the KCBP has provided over 400 visits to local residents, and identi-fied over 300 roost sites for seven bat species.
In addition, with funding from the Public Conservation Assistance Fund, the KCBP is paying for bat-house materials for residents who would like to build a bat-house this winter.
To find out more about the Kootenay Community Bat Project, visit www.k o o t e n a y b a t s . c o m or contact 250-352-2260. Teachers can book a school program through Wild Voices for Kids at cbeen.org/wvfk/teachers/.
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BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports Editor
He may not be a household name yet, but Greg Westlake is one of the most prolific scorers ever to hit the ice in international hockey, and local fans will have the great privilege of watching him in action as the Team Canada Sledge Hockey Team touches down in Trail next week.
Westlake and 20 players from the Canadian Sledge Hockey Team will join head coach, Mike Mondin of Trail, for its final selec-tion camp at the Trail Memorial Centre October 21-27.
Westlake joined the National Sledge Team in 2005 and was named the captain of the team two seasons ago “for all the rea-sons that would define a captain,” explained Mondin.
“He is confident in his abilities, always well prepared to compete in all situations and is a leader on and off the ice. Greg always sets the pace and is determined to be successful. He is the fiercest of competitors that only rubs off on those around him . . . I know his teammates know he has their back for any reason.”
In last year’s World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Calgary, the Oakville native set a record by scoring nine goals and nine assists in five games to lead Canada to the gold medal over Norway.
Among his many accom-plishments, Westlake has helped Canada win four World
Challenges, in addition to a gold medal at the 2006 Paralympic Games in Torino, Italy, gold at the 2008 Sledge Hockey World Championship, and bronze med-als at the 2009 and 2012 World Championships.
But as the saying goes, “you haven’t seen nothin’ yet.” At age 26, Westlake is arguably just reaching his peak.
Born in North Vancouver, but raised in Ontario, Westlake was
born with his feet turned back-wards and had to have them amputated at just 18 months old. He grew up playing stand up hockey with prostheses and started sledge hockey with the Mississauga Cruisers at age 15, quickly graduating to the national team at 18.
“It’s one of those things where because I came from a stand-up hockey background that helps a lot,” said Westlake from Toronto. “Sledge hockey is hockey, it’s the exact same sport, it’s the exact same rules, so I wasn’t exactly learning a new game, I was just developing a different skill set, so it wasn’t the hardest transition ever for me.”
It took Westlake a few years to gain the confidence and become completely comfortable on the ice with the national team, but veteran line mates Brad Bowden and Billy Bridges certainly helped in his development. The trio has been a force in international sledge hockey for many years, and the magic they create on the ice beguiles the opposition.
“So many young hockey play-ers play a very individual game. I think it’s so important to talk to your linemates and just real-
ly know what they’re thinking in their head and what they’re expecting from you, and you can really develop that chemistry.”
Sledge hockey is an intense and competitive game that has grown in the past few years at home and internationally. Since falling under the auspices of Hockey Canada, and the exposure generated by the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games, more and more cities and countries are developing programs, even mak-ing the game accessible for able-bodied players.
Countries like Japan, South Korea, and the Czech Republic are emerging sledge hockey nations, recently knocking off power-houses like Canada, the U.S. and Norway.
“We can’t go to a tourna-ment and rely on anything,” said Westlake. “It’s hard to make the semifinal, it’s even harder to win that game and just to get to the final is an accomplishment - then you still got to win that one. It’s difficult, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Despite the growing parity, the unique rivalry between Team Canada and our southern neigh-bour is as fierce as ever. Generated
from sheer geographical specifi-city and the numerous ‘friendlies’ played to prepare for internation-al competition, Westlake is no fan of the U.S., especially since it knocked Canada out of the gold medal game in each of the last two World Championships.
“I don’t have anything against anyone personally, but a good old-school quote from a fighter in the NHL is, ‘I try to hate every-body equally.’ It’s nothing per-sonal, it’s just that we train so hard and we train for so long to get to a Paralympics or a World Championship and every guy on every other team, they’re in between you and your goals and your dreams, and everything you worked for, so it’s really hard to have a friendly relationship with someone who stands directly in the way of everything.”
Like all the players on Team Canada’s sledge hockey team, Westlake has faced adversity and overcome it his whole life, but since joining the team, his goals of “just playing hockey and trav-eling” have changed, while his admiration of his teammates and the sport has grown substantially.
“Since then (2005), I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many amazing people whether it’s a cancer survivor or somebody who came back from serving our coun-try in Afghanistan and lost a leg there (Dominic Larocque). Just the opportunity to meet all these amazing people I never would have met, I think it’s really helped me to mature and grow as a per-son. It’s taken me from a kid who just wanted to play hockey, to someone who is really proud to be on the team and do work in the community and really be an ambassador for the game and for Hockey Canada,” said Westlake.
He looks forward to visiting Trail again, and invites everyone to come to the practices at the Cominco Arena, meet the play-ers, and enjoy the sport. It’s what makes the team special, he says, and why everywhere they go they try to promote the sport of sledge hockey and share their unique stories.
A dinner with the Canadian Sledge Hockey Team is planned for Oct. 27 at the Colombo Lodge, at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Tickets $25. Call 364-1968 or 362-5825 for tickets.
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Team Canada sledge hockey captain Greg Westlake controls the puck in a recent World Championship match against Japan. Westlake and the rest of Team Canada will be in Trail Oct. 21-27 for its final selec-tion camp.
OVERVIEWSledge hockey is the Paralympic version of Ice hockey and, since its debut on the Paralympic
program at the 1994 Lillehammer Paralympic Winter Games, it is quickly becoming one of the biggest attractions for spectators at the Paralympic Winter Games. It is fast-paced, highly physical, and played by male athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body.
COMPETITORSLike hockey, each team has six players on the ice, including the goaltender. Teams are com-prised of a maximum of 15 male players per team, including two goaltenders. To be eligible to compete at the Paralympics, athletes must have a disability of permanent nature in the
lower part of the body that precludes their participation in standing hockey.RULES
Athletes are strapped into a metal frame that rests on two regular-sized ice-skate blades. The sledge is raised high enough to allow the puck to pass underneath. Athletes use two 75 cm
long hockey sticks, with spikes on one end and blades on the other. The spike is used to pro-pel the sledge across the ice, and the slightly curved blade is used to handle the puck.
The goaltender may have an additional pick at the base end of his stick and may use an additional stick with a blade or a trapper globe with teeth.
CLASSIFICATION/ ELIGIBILITYTo participate in IPC competitions and sanctioned events (i.e. Paralympic Winter Games),
athletes must have an impairment of permanent nature in the lower part of the body of such a degree that it is obvious and easily recognizable and makes ordinary skating – and con-
sequently ice hockey playing impossible.Examples include amputation (leg, foot), paresis (loss of 10 muscle points in both legs), joint
immobility, cerebral palsy and leg shortening of at least 7 cm.
SLEDGE HOCKEY FACTS
Team Canada returns to Silver City
SPORTSSCOREBOARD
NFLThursday
Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 8:20 p.m.
SundayOakland at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Detroit at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Miami, 1 p.m.Dallas at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.New England at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at San Fran, 4:25 p.m.Minnesota at Washington, 4:25
p.m.Green Bay at Houston, 8:20 p.m.
Monday,Denver at San Diego 8:30 p.m.
Byes: Carolina, Chicago, Jacksonville, New Orleans
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Good to see that the Smoke Eaters have drawn a couple of nice home crowds, not so
good that they have lost more than they have won.
I have yet to see them play in this 2012/13 season (hoping to make Sunday’s game my first of the year), but the results themselves, the result of a large infusion of players paired with some talented returnees with a year of BCHL experience under their belts, are encouraging for a fan who witnessed the annus horribilis that was 2011/12. All fans, I expect.
Meanwhile, in that other world we have been inhabiting for the past three weeks, there has not been a single mention of ice hockey. NFL football, that other football, major league baseball, cricket, tennis, that other hockey, cycling, motorsports and golf have all had airtime, but not a minute of hockey news has surfaced on any channel while we have been sailing to the tropics and back - so it seems there has been no movement on the NHL front.
That should be good news for junior hockey, the Smokies and their Sunday foes from Merritt in particular, as fans get to see the entertainment value in their own back yards and perhaps desire more of it.
Here’s hoping there is actually a lot of that going around, for the Smokies, all local hockey fans and the businesses that benefit from having a BCHL franchise in this area.
• Our trip has been unique for us, not least because internet access (at the least expensive level $25/hour) is much too pricey to expend on much browsing of Canadian news sites. So if anything noteworthy has happened back home ($204 internet-fee dollars later) while we have baked and broiled and seen and learned in alien environments, we haven’t become aware of it - so are hoping to return to things that are pretty much as we left them.
Just a couple of days away from that now (as I write this). The trip wasn’t to be missed, but home is home.
DAVE THOMPSON
Sports ‘n’ Things
There’s no place like home
CANADIAN PRESSTrail native Steve
McCarthy is back in B.C. after a successful bid to crack the Abbotsford Heat lineup.
McCarthy, a veteran of 302 NHL games, played with Flames’
new coach Bob Hartley last year for Zurich and earned a contract after a solid camp in Abbotsford.
“It’s my NHL starting Friday,” McCarthy said. “That’s how I approach it and the great thing is everybody in that room and the coaches approach it the same way.”
The 23rd overall draft pick of the Chicago Blackhawks in 1999 has previous experience in the AHL including a good stint with the Norfolk Admirals when he was their nominee for ‘Man of the Year’ for 2001-02. The defence-man scored seven goals and 21 assists that year, but was beat out for the
honour by former Trail Smoke Eater Travis Roche of the Houston Aeros.
The Heat also announced the release of goaltenders Alex Evin and Grant Rollheiser.
Rollheiser, a former Trail Smoke Eater goal-ie, was drafted 158th overall in the sixth round by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2008 and graduated from Boston University in April.
Alex Evin, a 2012 Colgate University graduate, is a Castlegar native and former Rebels goaltender who finished his long BCHL career with the Penticton Vees.
Ben Walter, who was second on the team in scoring last season with 59 points, says the NHL lockout could lead to a better chance to get noticed by the Flames’ coaching staff.
However, even the rookies are feeling extra pressure with otherwise NHL-bound players competing for jobs in the AHL.
“It made me want to bear down and take it very seriously,” said Max Reinhart, a star with the Western Hockey League’s Kootenay Ice last sea-son.
“Obviously there’s no camp in Calgary, where everyone wants to be, but this is a pretty good league and it’s not exactly a cakewalk to step onto this team and make it.”
HOCKEY
McCarthy signs with HeatGraduating
goalies released
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BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports EditorTrail Martial artists
kick up their collect-ive heels Saturday as the club hosts its Trail Tae Kwon-Do cham-pionship at the Trail Memorial Centre.
Close to 100 com-petitors from across western Canada will compete this weekend, including about 30 from the Trail Martial Arts club.
Competitors from age six to 76 face off in three different disci-plines: sparring, pat-
terns, and flying side-kicks.
“I think we’re going to do really well, we’re well practiced and well prepared, but time will tell,” said head martial arts instructor Jason Ayles.
Last year was the club’s first tournament and it was a great suc-cess, with most of the local competitors tak-ing home medals.
“It went really well, surprisingly smoothly for a first tournament, so this year should be even easier,” said Ayles.
“When you have a good team, it makes a big dif-fence that’s for sure.”
Tae kwon-do is a relatively new art, emerging from Korea in the late 1950s as an attempt to unify dif-ferent forms of martial arts like Karate and Tang su do.
Tae kwon-do tech-niques are based on centuries old know-ledge that, for adults, combines exercise, skill, self-discipline and concentration that develops ones ability to defend oneself as much
as it helps reduce stress and incorporate a high ethical standard.
The all-day tourna-ment starts at 8 a.m with the young martial arts aficionados going until about noon, and adults and black belts from then until 5 or 6
p.m. Trail Martial Arts
has grown to about 100 students and offers a variety of classes five days a week at its loca-tion on Bay Avenue.
Visit trailmartialarts.com for more informa-tion.
Trail Martial Arts hosts tournament
The Ladies Recreational Hockey program laces them up on Monday. Instructor Mark Heslop will focus on learning skills through game playing. Oct. 15 to Dec. 10, every Monday from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. at the Cominco Arena. Pre-registration is required.
Run, Jump, Throw is an intro to track and field taught by coach Dan Horan. Learn the proper skills of run-ning, jumping and throwing and the technical skill progressions for track and field events. This is a co-ed program for ages 7 to 10 years. The first session starts Oct. 16 to Dec. 4, Tuesday’s from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. at the Fieldhouse.
Ladies Group Gym Training is a new program designed to expand your fitness routine and teach new workout ideas. Get familiar with the gym equipment and feel confident learn-ing exercises for each muscle group. Get the results you are looking for and take advan-tage of these small group-training ses-sions. Oct. 15 to Nov. 12, Monday’s from 6 to 7 p.m. All classes are taught by Elite Certified Personal Trainer, Diana Howard. Call to pre-register.
Beginner Salsa Dance Workshoptakes the floor Sunday from noon to 4:00 p.m. at the Trail Memorial Centre Fitness Studio. Taught by experi-enced instructors, Amber Hayes and Ory Jimenez, the classes cover several basic steps and turns that can be enjoyed with any salsa song. A part-ner is encouraged.
Mom’s Time Outis for ages one to five and starts Oct. 15 - Nov. 7, Monday and Wednesday from 9:30
to 11a.m. at the Trail Aquatic Centre. Your child is supervised while mom/dad enjoys the aquatic and fitness centre. The fee includes entry into the facility for one parent/guardian.
Youth Film Making Workshopis for ages 13 to 18, and will run on Tuesday and Wednesday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Trail Aquatic Centre. Join professional film-mak-ers from Nelson-based Watershed Productions for an introduction to digital film-making.
TRAIL REC
Ladies hockey hits the ice
LEISURE
Dear Annie: I am 29 and have been a teacher in a small town for seven years. During this time, I have had two serious rela-tionships, but neither worked out.
Recently, my mother has been on me about moving so I can find someone to marry and have kids. I understand that she doesn’t want me to be alone, but, Annie, I have wonder-ful friends here. Some are as close as family.
Right now, I am OK with being single, but I know that I have a ten-dency to resist change. My mother thinks I will be alone for the rest of my life and regret it. I told her I would consider moving, but I really don’t want to leave this place. I love my friends, my job and my students.
What should I do? My mother is so upset that it makes me stressed. -- All Talked Out
Dear Talked Out: How important is it to
you (not your mother) to be married? Not everyone needs a life partner to lead a happy, fulfilling life. Raising children is an entire-ly separate issue and could involve adoption or fostering. And many teachers consider their students the only “chil-dren” they need.
It is difficult to meet prospective mar-riage partners in areas where the dating pool is small. Even online matchmaking might require relocating. If you can be happy with-out marriage, tell your mother the subject is closed. But if you are simply too frightened to get out of your com-fort zone, please work
on it, with counsel-ing if necessary. You shouldn’t have major regrets down the road.
Dear Annie: I am 37 and have a rich life with wonderful friendships and a great career. But I am deeply hurt that my sister has never expressed an interest in being a part of my life.
She takes things too seriously, often holds grudges over minor criticisms, and assumes the role of victim when anything hurts her feel-ings, which is often. She married a solid guy, but he’s the type who sees the glass as half-empty.
I am returning to my hometown after living abroad for a year, and I wrote about seeing them. My brother-in-law responded (my sis-ter rarely does), but his interest seemed half-hearted, and he made all kinds of excuses about stress from work and not really being able to do much but rest on the weekends.
My sister has never once visited me in all the cities I’ve lived in. She rarely inquires about my life. I am fun loving and happy. It hurts that she con-tinually rejects me, and I wonder why I care about a relationship that is so one-sided.
I have talked to her about it, and she always says she’ll be in closer contact, but it never happens. Do I need to let this rela-tionship go? -- Wish I Had a Sister
Dear Wish: Your sister is oversensitive and finds it difficult to be closer, but she is not toxic, and we don’t believe she is trying to hurt you. She could actually be jealous of the life you are leading. She seems incapable of the warmth you want, but you apparently have many friends who fill that need. You don’t have to cut her off. All you need to do is adjust your expecta-tions. Please accept your sister’s limitations
and reconnect in small doses.
Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Angry and Embarrassed.” As a mother of three small children, going out to dinner gives me a break from cooking. I try to teach my chil-
dren manners and tell them that making a mess is not OK, but this lady’s grandchild is 16 months old and cannot understand that yet.
When my kids make a mess at a restau-rant, my husband and I apologize and then
leave a more generous tip for the server. But I do not feel that these parents were rude in not cleaning up a few noodles that landed on the floor. -- Done That
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Not everyone needs marriage to be happy
LEISURE
For Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your partner or spouse might change jobs in the next few years. This could force you to stand on your own two feet. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) In the next few years, part-nerships will be challenged. Those that endure will make adjustments, whereas some relationships will end. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Prepare yourself, because you’re entering two-to-three-year period of hard work. At times, you might feel over-whelmed, but you will get a lot done. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Many of you will have increased responsibilities with children in the next few years. All of you will ask yourselves, “What do I really want to be when I grow up?”
LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You feel a strong urge now to secure your home base. During the next few years, many of you will make major repairs or a residential move in order to do this. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Many of you will have a job change or make a residential move in the next few years, even if you don’t think this is likely. (Chances are high that this will happen.) LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) At this stage in your life, you’re giving serious thought to your values. You want to know what matters. You don’t want to be 90 years old and thinking, “I blew it.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) In the next few years, you’ll enter a new sandbox, because you are going to reinvent yourself in the next seven years. It’s going to be a whole new ballgame.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) It is totally appropriate to go through closets and cup-boards, getting rid of what you no longer need. In next few years, you’ll downsize, letting go of places, people and possessions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) At this stage in your life, you have to balance what you give to others with what you give to yourself. You must
maintain your own integrity. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Aquarians are finally com-ing into a time of harvest. In the next few years, you see what works and what doesn’t. Expect promotions and kudos. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a time of prepa-ration. It will behoove you to take courses or do what-ever you can to improve your
career or enhance your life in the next few years. YOU BORN TODAY You are bold about going after what you want because you take your career seri-ously. You’re a keen critic and like to expose the sacred cows in society. You delight in puncturing naive beliefs.) Many of you develop a par-ticular technique that you use. You’re not casual; you’re intense. Your year ahead is the beginning of a new nine-
year cycle. Open any door! Birthdate of: Lenny Bruce, comedian; Margaret Thatcher, politician; Sacha Baron Cohen, actor/come-dian. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
TUNDRA
MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM
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ANIMAL CRACKERS
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YOUR HOROSCOPEBy Francis Drake
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CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Reporting to the Director, Finance, the Manager, Procurement & Contracts assesses all existing service contracts and procurement methods and will recommend changes for implementation, including contracting strategies such as master agreements. This position leads the preparation, development and administration of all service and procurement contracts as well as provides support to the contract managers overseeing the work under the service contracts, and will also lead periodic contract management training sessions for staff. The Manager, Procurement & Contracts will be responsible for creating competitive bid documentation and developing related agreements for various program operations and support services. Also responsible for developing policies and procedures for all procurement activities and facilitates the development and issuance of all service contracts. The ideal candidate will have a Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) designation or equivalent with preferably an university degree in a relevant field and a minimum 7 – 10 years of progressively responsible contracting experience in the construction industry. A good knowledge of contract law, analysis, practices, procedures and drafting of legal documents is expected. Demonstrated negotiation skills and ability to effectively apply analytical tools, concepts and methods is also a requirement. Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team and living in the beautiful Kootenays are encouraged to visit the Careers section of our website at www.columbiapower.org. This position will remain open until filled. This position will be located at Columbia Power’s main office in Castlegar, BC.
Manager, Procurement & Contracts
EMCON SERVICES INC., Road and Bridge Maintenance Contractor in the Castlegar, Rossland, Trail and Fruitvale Areas are looking for professional drivers for part time employment for the upcoming winter season. Qualifi cations for these positions are:• BC driver’s license (minimum Class 3/Air)• Proven on highway trucking experience• Experience driving tandem axle vehicles and experience
on a variety of transmissions including 13 speed.
Qualifi ed applicants are invited to submit application along with a photocopy of driver’s license, a driver’s abstract and references to substantiate driving experience to:
Emcon Services Inc.6150 2nd Street
Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H4Or Fax (250) 442-2677
Seasonal Truck Drivers Needed
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Castlegar & District Community Services Society. Responsible for overall program management, staff accountability, community development and growth of the Society. Full time position with a competitive salary and benefi ts package. See www.cdcss.ca/em-ployment for details.
We require a TECHNICIAN to work in a fast paced, expanding shop.
Please send or email resume with completework history and references to:
Carlos DeFrias at Champion Chevrolet [email protected] 250-368-9134
or Marc Cabana at Champion Chevrolet [email protected]
2880 Highway Drive, Trail BC V1R 2T3
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An opportunity as a Body Shop Manager is now available. We are looking for an experienced individual to lead our team. We provide: Salary plus bonus Full benefits
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City of Trail - Job Pos ngLIFEGUARD/INSTRUCTOR (Casual)
The City of Trail is seeking a mo vated individual to ll the casual posi on of Lifeguard/Instructor at the Trail Aqua c & Leisure Centre.
Detailed informa on about this employment opportunity is available on the City’s website at www.trail.ca/employment.php or by request to Trisha Davison at (250) 364-0852.
Applica ons will be received un l Thursday, October 18, 2012.
The City of Trail thanks all applicants for their interest and will only reply to those selected for an interview.
Call Today! 250-364-1413 ext 206
FruitvaleRoute 368 26 papers Caughlin Rd, Davis Ave & Hepburn DrRoute 369 22 papers Birch Ave, Johnson Rd, Redwood DrRoute 375 8 papers Green Rd & Lodden RdRoute 378 28 papers Columbia Gardens Rd, Martin St, Mollar Rd, Old Salmo Rd, Trest DrRoute 382 13 papers Debruin Rd & Staats Rd
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BirthsRYAN AND LISA LUDWAR, of Trail, are pleased to an-nounce the birth of their son, Bailey James, on October 9, 2012, weighing 9 lbs., a broth-er for Nya. Proud grandpar-ents are Marsha & Gary Lud-war and Lynn & Elaine Wheeler.
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THERAPEUTIC TOUCH. Pro-motes healing, pain reduction, relaxation. 30min - $25. Eileen Pedersen 250.364.2488
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Misc ServicesMOVING / Junk Removal 250-231-8529PLUMBING REPAIRS, Sewer backups, Video Camera in-spection. 24hr Emergency Service. 250-231-8529TRY OUR New Italian Pizza 2 For 1. 24/7 Ordering, Free Delivery, BP HOT FOODS DELI 250-512-9449
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Food Products
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Garage SalesE.TRAIL, 1744 Noran Street, Sat. & Sun., Oct. 13 & 14, 10am-3pm. No Early Birds.Glenmerry Estate Sale. Sat. Oct. 13. 9am - 2pm. No early birds please. 3955 Woodland Dr. TrailMONTROSE, 710 9th Ave. (@corner of 6th Street). Sat., Oct.13, 8am-2pm. Dressers, ski equipment, vintage items.MOVING Sale: 2184 Highway 3B Fruitvale, Sat. Oct. 13, 8-2.Trail. Birchwood Drive multi family garage sale. Saturday, Oct. 13. 9am - 1pm.
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Misc. for Sale2 GUINEA pigs, cage, food wood chips; 2 captain beds, 1 dresser, 1 twin mattress, hock-ey skates &gear.250-368-3113COMMODE (BEDSIDE) $25 Wheelchair $50, Hospital BedHusky Snowblower $1,400 Firm, 3 yrs old, hardly used, 27” electric start w/light. (250)365-6491.HALLOWEEN WIGS, make-up, decorations. Crafting sup-plies, Christmas lights. Gadgets & More, downtown Trail. 250-364-0404HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?Panasonic 27 in TV, digital satellite receiver 305, & dish, exc cond; Raven PR2417 24 pin printer; 350 new plastic 4 L juice jugs; honey. Mike McLennan. 250-442-2933.PRIDE MOBILITY ‘Go Go’ Scooter with charger, basket. $200. OBO. 250-368-8356, 250-921-4310
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Acreage for Sale20 Acres In South Castlegar &
4 Acres in OotischeniaCall 250-365-5663
Houses For SaleFOR Sale. Four bedroom home with mortgage helper suite in Salmo. Many up-grades. Asking $189,000. Ph 250-352-5269
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Apt/Condo for Rent2 bedroom condo for rent in Upper Warfi eld. Bright, reno-vated corner unit. $700. N/S. 1-587-215-5593Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822Ermalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.ROSSLAND 2bd, furnished or unfurnished, w/d,f/s, N/P, N/S, clean, quiet. 250.362.9473Salmo: Apt 3 bdr W/D, F/S, N/S, N/P, new high effi cient very economical heat pump. ref req. Looking for mature quiet tenant. $550/m + hydro avail Nov 1st 250 357-9753
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Apt/Condo for RentTRAIL, spacious 2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312
TRAIL, upper Warfi eld, clean, tidy 2 bedroom condo, free parking, elevator, coin laundry, $750. includes utilities, available now. 250-364-3978WANETA MANOR 2bd $610, NS,NP, Senior oriented, un-derground parking 250-368-8423WARFIELD 2bd condo totally renovated 250-362-7716WARFIELD, large 2Bd. Quiet, secure, storage, coin laundry. $675. 250-367-2154
Duplex / 4 PlexMONTROSE, 1000sq.ft. 2bdrm., 2bth. duplex for rent. Close to bus stop, double pane windows, heat pump, dishwasher. $850. per month. 250-521-1002
Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 2bdrm., near Aquat-ic Centre. $700./mo. Referenc-es. 250-362-7374E.TRAIL, 3bdrm., full base-ment, 2-car garage, f/s, n/s, n/p. $1,000/mo. 250-365-5003ROSSLAND 3bdrm, 2 1/2bth, close to schools. 250-362-9005SMALL 3BDRM. house, good location, level entry, parking, fenced yard. 250-368-1312THIS rental property shows very well. 3 Bedroom 1 bath home, Green Ave, Trail. Im-maculately appointed with all amenities. Private back yard all tree’d in, Veranda with great view of city. Detached 1 car garage. $925 month. Avail Nov 01. 250-231-8499TRAIL 4-bdrm. D/W, W/D,A/C, private river view. $850/mo. Avail. immed Non-smokers only please. 250-231-4546
TownhousesGLENMERRY TOWNHOUSE 3Bd., new fl oor, windows, paint&roof.$900.604-552-8806
Want to RentCouple in 30’s seeks rental in Trail or surrounding area. Must be dog/kid (both well behaved) friendly & near public transit. up to $1000/m for 2 bdrm plus yard. Willing to help with main-tenance on property. Solid ref avai. Sasha @ 250 505-2302 or Dan @ 250 777-3309
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Take notice that Trail City Council intends to adopt a bylaw that will allow permissive tax exemptions for 2013 as follows:
Pursuant to Part 7, Division 7, Section 224(2)(a) of the Community Charter: 760 Eldorado Street Lots 11 – 13, Except Parcel A, Block 26, DL 230,
Plan 465A, K.D.
Pursuant to Part 7, Division 7, Section 224(2)(g) of the Community Charter: 3375 Laburnum Drive The West Half of Lot 8, Plan 1921, DL 4598,
K.D.
The properties subject to this bylaw would have generated $4,240 in tax revenues based on the 2012 assessed values and tax rates. The amounts should be similar for 2013 and the following 2 tax years.
Michelle McIsaac Corporate Administrator
City of Trail
NOTICE OF PERMISSIVE
TAX EXEMPTIONS
1st Trail Real Estate
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Sat, Oct 13, 2012 12pm - 2pm 29 N. Kootenay,
Fruitvale $274,900
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Rossland $689,000Tamer Vockeroth 250-368-7477
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Trail $29,900Tamer Vockeroth 250-368-7477
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Trail $123,500Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
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Rossland $259,000Tamer Vockeroth 250-368-7477
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Montrose $345,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
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Fruitvale $330,000Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575
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Fruitvale $409,000 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
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For Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a lovely day to schmooze with others. Get out and enjoy time with partners and close friends. You need to socialize, and you need to express your thoughts to others. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Team effort at work will be productive today. But not only that, everyone will enjoy participating in
whatever you do. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is the perfect day to attend sports events, grab a movie or enjoy playful activities with children. Accept invitations to par-ties and get-togethers. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’ll be pleased if you have a gathering at home today. It could be for fun, or it could be to share infor-mation. This is also a good
day to check out real-estate opportunities. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Today favors those of you who sell, market, teach, act or write for a living. All communication is upbeat. Enjoy interactions with neighbors and siblings as well. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Trust your moneymaking
ideas. Ka-ching! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Domestic peace and hap-piness are important for you today. It’s a good day for business, but it’s also a good day to relax and enjoy the company of others. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) It’s easy to have a warm feeling in your tummy today, which is why you have good feelings toward others as well. If you have a chance to do a small kind-ness for someone, you will. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Relations with females will be particularly positive today, especially in group situations. Someone might help you define your future goals.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Certain aspects of your private life probably will be a bit public today, especial-ly in the eyes of authority figures. Be aware of this if you think you have some-thing to hide. (Don’t we all?) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Try to do something different today, because you need stimulation. Go someplace you’ve never been before. Talk to people from different backgrounds and other countries. Learn something new. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You need to know where you stand financially, espe-cially in relation to others. What do you owe? What do you own? What do you share? What are your
responsibilities to others? YOU BORN TODAY You like to be in a controlled environment, which is why you keep your life on an even keel. You do things in moderation with quiet composure. (But you like to be in charge, especially at home and in your family.) Because of these qualities, you lend stability to those around you. Your year ahead will focus on part-nerships and close friend-ships. Enjoy! Birthdate of: Stacy Keibler, actress/retired wrestler; Katherine Mansfield, writer; Justin Hayward, musician. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
SUNDAY HOROSCOPE
By Francis Drake
USE OF CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPONS
Conducted energy weapons (TASERs) have been used by law enforcement agencies in British Columbia over the past decade. An all-party parliamentary committee is reviewing the implementation of recommendations made in the 2009 Braidwood Commission report Restoring Public Confidence: Restricting the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons.
The Committee’s examination will review the implementation of the Braidwood recommendations regarding the use of conducted energy weapons and the training of law enforcement officers with respect to use of these weapons. In addition, the Committee has a mandate to review new scientific research into the medical risks associated with these devices.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE USE OF CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPONS AND TO AUDIT SELECTED POLICE COMPLAINTS
Chair: Murray Coell, MLA (Saanich North and the Islands)Deputy Chair: Kathy Corrigan, MLA (Burnaby-Deer Lake)
PROVIDE YOUR INPUTBritish Columbians are invited to send a submission or to participate in a public hearing on Monday, October 22 in Victoria or Tuesday, October 23 in Vancouver. The deadline for written submissions is Friday, November 2, 2012.
For more information on the work of the Committee, visit our website at: www.leg.bc.ca/cewor contact: Parliamentary Committees Office, Room 224,
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC V8V 1X4; tel: 250.356.2933, or toll-free in BC: 1.877.428.8337; fax: 250.356.8172; e-mail: [email protected]
Susan Sourial, Committee Clerk
For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.
Queen’s Bay: Present level: 1741.95 ft. 7 day forecast: Holding. 2012 peak:1753.78 ft. 2011 peak:1751.71 ft.
Nelson: Present level: 1741.95 ft. 7 day forecast: Holding.
Levels can change unexpectedly due to weather or other conditions. For more information or to sign-up for unusual lake levels notifications by phone or email, visit www.fortisbc.com or call 1-866-436-7847.
Kootenay Lake LevelsOctober 11, 2012
BY GREG NESTEROFFThe Nelson Star
N e l s o n - C r e s t o n MLA Michelle Mungall is headed for Ukraine next week as part of a Canadian team that will observe the fair-ness of that country’s parliamentary election.
“I’m really excited,” Mungall told the Star. “The concept of democ-racy is a huge passion of mine and being able to contribute to increas-ing democratic fairness around the world is a wonderful opportun-ity.”
Mungall will be part of a 430-strong dele-gation led by federal multiculturalism minis-ter Jason Kenney mon-itoring the October 28 vote.
Eighty-seven parties are seeking seats in the parliament, known as the Verkhovna Rada. Presently the Party of Regions, led by prime minister Mykola Azarov, holds the lar-gest number of seats — 195 of 450.
The election will use a combination of proportional represen-tation and first-past-the-post, with each sys-tem to account for 50 per cent of the seats. (Something similar but not identical was used in 1998 and 2002 elec-tions.)
Mungall has been an international elec-tion observer before, in Zambia in 2006. Following that experi-ence, she added her name the registry of Canadem, the civilian reserve that oversees such delegations.
She was invited to
apply for the Ukraine mission and learned this month that she had been chosen from among over 2,000 applications.
She will be away for about two weeks, first attending training ses-sions in Ottawa before heading to Ukraine ahead of the election.
Mungall says observers are there to report whether the election result reflects the democratic will of voters, but not to inter-fere or intervene.
“It’s really import-ant to be neutral and focus on how the elec-tion itself is being con-ducted,” she says. “We go in without any bias towards any candidate or party and look at ‘Is this process being conducted freely and fairly?’”
However, concerns have already sur-faced from long-term observers around vote-buying and pressure tactics. The former Soviet republic has a chequered electoral history, with allega-tions of corruption.
The 2004 presiden-tial election between Viktor Yanukovych and Victor Yuschenko in particular resulted in the political crisis known as the Orange Revolution after Yuschenko’s support-ers and international observers claimed the vote was rigged. A supreme court decision voided results from a run-off ballot and ordered a new vote, which Yuschenko won.
Mungall said she’s not sure exactly where
she’ll be assigned, but expects it will be to one or several polling sta-tions. In Zambia, she was stationed at the country’s largest poll, in a university.
“It was neat because people there did not take their right to vote for granted at all,” she says. “They lined up for three hours before the polls opened.”
Mungall isn’t sure if any of her fellow MLAs will join her in Ukraine — Mike Farnworth was asked to apply but may not be able to go.
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MLA to observe election in Ukraine
For Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The New Moon today is the only New Moon opposite your sign all year. That makes this the best day to examine how you are doing in your relationships with others. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Each New Moon is a chance to make resolutions. Today’s New Moon can help you fig-ure out how to improve your job as well as how to improve your health. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Are you happy with the balance of work and play in your life? This is a good day to think about whether or not you’ve achieved this balance to your satisfaction. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) What can you do to improve your relationships with family members? Furthermore, what can you do to improve where you live? LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Think about your style of
communicating to others. Do people really hear you? Do you hear them? Be as clear in your communication as you possibly can be. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) What is your attitude toward money? Your attitude toward anything can affect how it manifests in your life. If you think money is the root of all evil, you won’t hold on to it. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) The only New Moon in your sign all year is taking place today. That makes this the perfect day to look in the mirror to see how you can improve your image. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Give some thought today to your hidden, subconscious desires. When we ignore these impulses, they can make us do crazy things! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) To a great extent, your friends are a reflection of who you are. Do you hang out with quality people?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Think about your life direc-tion in general today. Are you headed where you want to go? Where do you want to be five years from now? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Is there further education or training that will enhance your job? Can you travel somewhere to enrich your life? Today’s New Moon is the best day of the year for you to think about this. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Today’s New Moon urges you to think about the arrangements you have with others regarding shared prop-erty, shared debt and shared possessions. Are you happy with these arrangements? YOU BORN TODAY You have a marvelous sense of humor and a droll wit. You’re very knowledgeable and well-informed about the society around you. You have a mag-netism that attracts others to you. Frequently, people want to know your opinions about
things. Many of you are quite outrageous simply because you enjoy being so. In your year ahead, a major choice might arise. Choose wisely. Birthdate of: Emeril Lagasse, chef; P.G. Wodehouse, novel-ist; Penny Marshall, actress/director.
For Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a lovely, fun-filled day at work. Expect the sup-port of others. You might want to do something to make your workplace more attractive. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re throwing caution to the wind today because you want to have a good time. (No doubt, many of you will go overboard spending money to do so.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Many of you will indulge in something quite wonderful for home and family today. You might bring home beau-tiful furniture or gifts for loved ones. (Someone will be happy.) CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’ll enjoy talking to oth-ers today, especially siblings and relatives, because you’re in an upbeat, friendly mood. You’re in the zone! LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Business and commerce are favored today. The only
downside is you might go overboard or something could look better than it is. Nevertheless, things do look good. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You feel friendly and socially charming today because fair Venus is in your sign getting a boost from lucky Jupiter. Enjoy schmoozing, but don’t try to be all things to all peo-ple. (It’s impossible.) LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You feel very pleased with yourself today. (This is good.) This is also a good day for behind-the-scenes deals or working quietly on some-thing. You might do a good turn for someone else. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Relations with others, espe-cially in group situations, will be particularly positive today. You easily will convince oth-ers to go along with what you want. Join forces with some-one to get the best results. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Relations with authority fig-ures are good today; in fact, you might develop a crush on your boss. Some of you will be asked to give your creative input on something -- design, layout, colors, whatever. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Grab any chance to travel today, because you’ll love it. This is also an excellent day for publishing, higher educa-
tion, the law, the media and medicine. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) People are good to you today. Keep your pockets open and accept whatever comes your way. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Relations with partners and close friends are warm and pleasant today. Get out and schmooze; you will enjoy the company of others, and vice versa. YOU BORN TODAY You are observant and often make pronouncements about soci-ety around you. You are a lovely combination of earthy commonsense and playful imagination. You are genuine and authentic, and you always walk your talk. Privately, you often are eccentric. Justice and fairness are important to you. Work hard to build or construct something this year, because your rewards soon will follow. Birthdate of: Oscar Wilde, playwright/poet; Caterina Scorsone, actress; John and Edward “Jedward” Grimes, singers. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
MONDAY/TUESDAYHOROSCOPE
By Francis Drake
SATURDAY’S CROSSWORD
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2485 LeRoi Avenue, Rossland $179,000
Fantastic Location!! This sunny 2 bedroom home sits on a great 60 x 100 corner lot with great views. Over 1200
sq.ft. on the main floor. Lots of windows, great garden potential and covered
parking. Call Mary A (250) 521-0525
1345 Spokane Street, Rossland $559,000
This amazing heritage family home also operates as popular B&B. Features
include amazing kitchen, office/eating area with wood stove, decor and
bathroom upgrades. It is located close to town, the ski hill and trails and offers
beautiful views. The B&B clientele is growing and has excellent reviews.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
202 Kootenay Avenue, Tadanac $319,000
This family home has a terrific floor plan with large living and dining rooms,
sun-room, large kitchen, master bdrm with ensuite on main and 3 bdrms and den up.
The plumbing and electrical have been updated. Don’t miss viewing this
terrific property.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
1745 Kitchener Ave, Rossland$259,000
4 bdrm family home on 0.24 of an acre. Large walk out basement with bright rec room and wood stove. The living room
boasts awesome mountain views and gas fireplace. Lots of parking for all the toys
Call your REALTOR® today!Call Christine (250) 512-7653
1638 Cedar Avenue, Trail $189,500
TRAIL TREASURE... This amazing 3 bdrm character home is privately
situated, yet a short walk to town. Great oak flooring, main floor laundry, large dining and living room with custom
fireplace. The views are gorgeous. Low maintenance yard and covered parking.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
1625 Balsam Street, Trail $239,000
Immaculate Glenmerry townhome with modern floor plan, large master bedroom with walk-in closet and full en-suite bath,
family room, patio, balcony, fireplace, heat pump, vaulted ceilings, and much more! Don’t wait! At this price it will sell quickly.
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
3245 Lilac Crescent, Trail$209,900
Located on one of Trail’s most beautiful blocks, this home offers 3 bdrms, huge
living room, hardwood floors, and a family/recreation room downstairs. Property offers a back yard with plenty of room for the children
to run and play together with a mature garden area.
Call Art (250) 368-8818
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SOLD1175 & 1185 Green Ave, Trail
$279,000“Investors Alert.” 2 rebuilt homes on 2 titles
close to town. Live in one and rent one. Mint condition inside and out come and see
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.Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162
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Granby garbage upsets
residentsWHAT YOU SEE ...
BY CASSANDRA CHINGrand Forks GazetteGarbage left along the
shoreline of the Granby River has left nearby Grand Forks residents upset by the mess.
“It’s coming to the end of the season now so the partiers have slowed
down somewhat,” said resident Kathy O’Toole.
“It’s our third sum-mer here and it’s getting progressively worse.
O’Toole noted that there are more people walking their dogs on the trail now and there are some who don’t pick
up after their dogs.“It’s not everyone,
but there are also some people leave cans behind or smash their bottles,” she noted.
Wayne Kopan, the city’s environmental and building construction services manager, noted
that there isn’t a bylaw in place for littering.
“The City of Grand Forks does have garbage collection bylaws, but to the best of my know-ledge we do not have a bylaw that specifically addresses littering,” he said.