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Council voted to put off making any decisions on parking until the tender for the Columbia-Washington infrastructure project has been approved.

At Monday’s committee of the whole meeting there was debate over whether they should decide now to get rid of the

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prospect of parallel parking altogether and save themselves the questions about it that will arise when public input begins.

Mayor Greg Granstrom said that it could save them some trouble in the planning phase by designating angled parking to be the design to go with. “We’re saying angled parking is the designated parking along Columbia,� the mayor clarified.

Coun. Kathy Moore immediately questioned why this motion was being put forward prior to the tender coming back. “I thought we had decided we were going to have a very wholesome conversation once the tender is out and comes back and we see all that we’re looking at,� Moore said. “I don’t feel comfortable nuking any part of the design just yet.�

Moore mentioned that there will

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soon be delegations from the public and so council shouldn’t look to preempt what they may have to say.

Coun. Jody Blomme agreed that she’s like to see it as a part of the bigger discussion and not a one-off issue.

Coun. Jill Spearn agreed that it was too early. “I’m not saying I’m necessarily See City defers on P. 3

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Teachers strike comes to Rossland ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor

Rossland’s teachers were out protesting this week as part of the escalated job action, but were expected back in class today, after the three day walk-out.

Thursday of last week, the B.C. Teachers Federation announced the full-scale walkout after nearly 87 per cent of the members who voted chose the option to go to a strike.

This week, the provincial government’s back-to-to-work legislation, Bill 22, will be up for discussion in Victoria.

The president of the local Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union, Andy Davidoff, said the government has crossed the line with Bill 22, which among other things, eliminates teachers’ ability to bargain on class sizes and number of special needs students in each class.

Davidoff gave an example of a metal work class in Castlegar that 30 students, six of which are students with special needs.

Because there aren’t enough support staff to guide the students through projects they have to be taken out of the class and can’t partake in the projects. Davidoff said that under the new bill, they could up both the total number of students and the number of special needs student in the class.

He said the bill takes away any accountability for having classes like that.

On the faculty side, it takes away seniority rights for teachers that are transferred or laid off, he said, and there is no due process in teacher evaluations. “There’s no respect for teachers, public education, report findings, the Charter of Right and Freedoms or the rule of law.

This governments action is irresponsible and reckless,� he said. “What Premier Christy Clark has done is pour gasoline on a fire and is picking a fight with the Teacher’s Union.�

He argued that if the government really backed up what they meant about not inconveniencing students and parents with missing school, they would have sat in parliament all weekend to get the bill passed. “They could have legislated us back by Sunday night,� he said,

Teachers from Rossland’s schools took to the streets Monday, during the ďŹ rst day of the planned three-day walkout.

Arne Petryshen photo adding that the province has decided there is no rush to pass the bill. “Why do you think that’s the case? Because they want to make teachers look bad.�

There was a rally at the cenotaph in Trail, yesterday at 3 p.m.

to voice thoughts and concerns for Bill 22.

Davidoff said the rally would represent everyone from the school district and is jointly sponsored by CUPE and the KCTU.

City defers decision on parallel parking continued from P. 1 opposed to the motion, but I’m opposed to where it stands with what we want to talk about more holistically,� Spearn said. “I’m thinking that maybe we still have room for some compromise with some parallel and some angle.�

Blomme was curious to know why the discussion had come up now.

The mayor said that the biggest objection that council has heard is the parallel parking. “I thought we could allay some of the publics concerns

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Coun. Cary Fisher said that it could bring some certainty around the issue. “I understand the trepidation that other councillors may have regarding the design,� Fisher said, adding that there have been a lot of public meetings about the issue. “I feel like some people on council feel like this is being thrust upon council, but there has been a lot of public input sessions and the main concern that I’ve heard is parallel versus angle.�

Fisher suggested that deleting the parallel parking could help with the main source of community angst about the project.

Spearn said she didn’t disagree with what Fisher was saying, but that even so, they shouldn’t rush in on the issue. “We must be careful that we’re not just listening to the naysayers,� she said. “Because there were people at those public meetings that said: ‘Let’s do the whole design.�

The committee finally agreed to defer the motion until the tender is back before council.

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The Rossland Ladies Curling Club recently held their annual bonspiel, this year donating proceeds from the event to the Canadian Cancer Society. Pictured are Laurie Karn (Bonspiel Coordinator), and Celia GresleyJones (Rossland Ladies Curling Club President), presenting Tara Kowalchuk (Revenue Development Coordinator for the Canadian Cancer Society) with a cheque for $1,000.

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City looks to get rid of DCCs ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor

Development Cost Charges (DCCs) may not be the right fit for Rossland.

That was the message that came out of Monday’s committee of the whole meeting on the subject.

The committee voted to forward a recommendation to get rid of DCCs to an upcoming regular council meeting.

DCCs are upfront charges, by the city, to developers when they subdivide a property to pay for the infrastructure costs.

CAO Victor Kumar explained that when they were first implemented the rate of Rossland growth was higher, now it has slowed and so DCCs no longer are functional for the city.

DCCs look at the potential impact of to the infrastruction in way of new roads, sidewalks and parks.

The reports that came back to council showed that Rossland was not meeting the necessary number of new developments to warrant the that type of charge.

“Based on our construction and all of that, for small communities, this one doesn’t work,” Kumar said, explaining that these projects will not materialize in a reasonable timeframe.

For that reason, he said, DCCs are not reasonable and there are other rules available for a municipality to accomplish the same thing, but more effectively.

Rather than the city charging the fees at the time of development, they could have agreements to tax as the properties are sold.

He said it’s a misnomer that developers pay the charge as it is actually passed down to the home buyer.

Mayor Greg Granstrom said that they are trying to make sure the developer pays for the added costs to infrastructure that the development will cause, rather than general taxes.

Kumar suggested one option is to make developers pay at the time they sell the property so that the developer is not paying up front with the possibility of never selling the property.

Coun. Kathy Wallace said she was in favour of the direc-

Druing a committee of the whole meeting, council members put forward a recommendation to repeal Development Cost Charges in Rossland.

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tion that staff was taking, but she wondered if there were any precedents in B.C. where a DCC bylaw has been repealed and what the consequences to the funds payed in were.

Kumar said there were a lot of precedents and the funds would be kept by the city to be used in another infrastructure project, and not payed back.

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Local author Rosa Jordan is having a book release at Cafe Books West tomorrow for her new novel The Women She Was. The Rossland News had a chance to talk to Jordan about her inspirations and the difficulties of writing abotu contemporary Cuba.

ROSSLAND NEWS: Tell us about your new novel.

How did you come to choose Cuba?

ROSA JORDAN: Fifteen years ago I made a brief visit to Cuba and decided that I’d like to explore the culture more in depth, and that the best way to do that would be on a bike.

That’s the Rossland influence, by the way. With practically everybody in town biking, I didn’t see a problem with me biking, even though my ambition was to bike the entire Cuba coastline -a distance of about 4,500 km.

I soon realized that this would be a lot easier if there was a cycling guide to Cuba, which there wasn’t at that time, so my partner, Derek Choukalos and I, wrote one. Later -just last year, in fact -we collaborated on a guide called Cuba’s Best Beaches.

I continued traveling to Cuba once or twice a year, and became fascinated with a woman named Celia Sanchez. Historians, if they mention her at all, only refer to her as Fidel Castro’s “assistant” for lover during the Revolution.

In fact, it was pretty much the other way around.

He handled military actions. She was responsible for everything else - strategy, organization, logistics, recruitment, community relations, everything. Just about anybody involved in the Revolution -and quite a few of these people are still alive-- will tell you that it could not have succeeded without her. Yet history had passed her by. I couldn’t write the history of Celia Sanchez that deserves to be written. But I could write a novel about a modern Cuban doctor who is deeply influenced by her in some strange and even bizarre ways.

The protagonist is trying to untangle the threads of her life, and also trying to figure out who Celia Sanchez really was. And you might say, who, or what, her country is - how much is it like what she has been told and how much has it not lived up to its revolutionary ideals?

RN: Is the novel based on your experiences there in any way? How did your time there help in writing the novel?

JORDAN: The main character, who lives in Havana, travels extensively from one end of the island to another, from famous beach resorts to the most rugged part of the Sierra Maestra. I have done this too, multiple times, staying with Cuban families in all kinds of settings. Those two things - my travels on and off the beaten path and my familiarity with how the average Cuban lives - made it easy to incorporate those elements into the story.

RN: What is your process for writing? Is it quite a bit different for writing fiction as compared to your nonfiction books? What’s the biggest challenge?

JORDAN: I love words and hear dialog in my head, but I see what I write in images, like a movie. When I’m writing non-fiction, I visualize places I’ve been and people I’ve actually met. Where there’s dialog, I hear their voices, not my own. When I’m writing fiction, I still visualize scenes and describe what I see in my mind’s eye, but the characters in these scenes come out of my imagination. The biggest challenge is translating dialog from Spanish into English without losing the unique voice of each character.

RN: Did you have any influences or inspirations for writing the book from other authors?

JORDAN: Probably more negative influences than positive ones. It annoys me that it’s so difficult to find a good novel about contemporary Cuba, the kind a person headed there for vacation might like to take along

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Thinking About Buying a Fake BC Driver’s Licence?

For less than the price of a traffic ticket, you can find businesses on line that will sell you a “novelty” B.C. driver’s licence that looks a lot like the real thing. Would it make a perfect gift for your favorite prohibited driver or perhaps avoid becoming prohibited if you have too many penalty points right now? Perhaps, but my bet is that you are just asking for more trouble if you try.

It is an offence to simply possess a phony driver’s licence much less attempt to use it. You are in just as much trouble if you possess a real driver’s licence that belongs to another person. You don’t even have to be in a vehicle for this law to apply! Thinking about loaning your licence to someone else? Think again, you will be in trouble too.

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His penalty on conviction for this was a $1,750 fine.

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for both relaxation and to learn something about the culture.

Most Cuban novels published in North America are by usually-bitter Cuban ex-pats, many of whom left Cuba decades ago, know little about modern Cuba, and criticize it mainly for being poorer than we are.

As if a tiny island nation, that is being boycotted by the most powerful nation on earth and getting whacked by devastating hurricanes almost annually, can possibly be as well off as we are, no matter what its politics or economic system!

I was also annoyed that history has so completely overlooked Celia Sanchez, who was a truly remarkable woman, what today we’d call a “game changer.”

Thus I set out to write a novel that was the opposite.

I wanted to present Cuba as it is today, from the perspective of island Cubans; telling a little of Celia Sanchez’ story but in a way that it would be an entertaining read for somebody on vacation in Cuba, or considering vacationing there, or who has just got back and has more questions than answers about the place.

RN: So this is your third book about Cuba. Will you be writing others?

JORDAN: A fourth one, non-fiction but not a travel guide, is scheduled for publication in September. After that, I don’t know. I keep thinking it’s time for my love affair with Cuba to end, but I still feel passionate about the people, the place, and its history, but who knows?

Maybe some writers know what they will write next but I usually don’t.

RN: What made you decide to move to Rossland?

JORDAN: I moved here for the skiing and because Rossland is a real community rather than a resort dominated by transients.

My first season on Red was the winter of 74-75.

Only later did I learn what a great place this is to write.

I had done some freelance articles before then and did some after, but didn’t get around to writing books until 1995.

The openness of local people, the beautiful natural setting, and the easy access to sports needed to balance out the time I spend in front of a computer -all that makes Rossland a fabulous place to write.

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Big Brother could soon be watching

Despite a band of upwards of 117, 000 people signing a petition by openmedia.ca to scrap the Conservative’s Pretecting Children from Internet Predators Act, or Bill C-30, the current majority is still on a course to pass the bill.

Critics call it the online surveillance bill since it allows authorities to access detailed information on online activity without a warrant.

While there are reasons for law authorities to be able to access this information, the ease of which the bill allows is what is making a lot of privacy commissioners and advocates uneasy.

Because the bill takes away the need for a warrant for authorities to peer into your private email or look at your browser history, it takes a lot of the checks and balances that would usually be there away.

The government is now sending out emails which, according to many sources, are not telling the truths behind the bill.

They are also ignoring the large amount of evidence that these types of surveillance opportunities in other countries have been misused in countries like Britain and the States.

While there are those who say that having nothing to hide is a remedy for any actions the government might take, the dismissal of the justice system and dismantling of privacy should be of concern to everyone.

While we may not be living in 1984, the prospect that opposition to the government could land you in trouble is a not something to take lightly in a democracy. There have already been many occurences of this type of scheme towards those using Twitter to voice their opinions. Imagine if that includes email.

We want to hear from you.

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Last week for public skating

If you have a youth in the house who would like to play soccer this spring, don’t delay registering them with Kootenay South Soccer. The closing date for registration is March 16. www.kootenaysouthsoccer.com.

There is a new face in the recreation department while I am away for the next two months. Heather Bartlett is replacing me for the months of March and April while my family and I enjoy an adventure in Central America.

Pam will be in the office three days a week, keeping everything running smoothly with Heather and also running several of the new spring programs.

The Spring Brochure is now online and can be viewed on the city’s website (www.rossland.ca) and also on Facebook. Hard copies of the Spring Brochure were put into post boxes on March 2. The brochure is full of action and activity for all ages as we shift seasons from winter to spring. Heather and Pam are available Monday to Friday at the recreation desk at city hall to take your registrations. Contact them at 362-2327 or recreation@ rossland.ca to arrange for program registrations!

If you’re looking for something for the kids to do over the break, Shelley Painter will be running some March Break Art Classes! Running Monday to Friday, March 12 to March 16 and then again from March 19 to 23, these two hour long classes run from 2 - 4 p.m. Each day will be a different project and some days will explore more than one project, using a specific technique. Participants can come to one class or all the classes – whichever works best for your child’s schedule. Suggested ages are 6 to 12 years, but 3-5 year olds are welcome to come with a parent or babysitter, for the first hour only. For specific information about each day, please log onto www.rossland.ca and look at the Spring Break Art Camp information in the centre of the home page.

The Neighbourhood of Learning (NOL) and Visions for Small Schools (VSS) committees have created a survey regarding the school configurations in Rossland.

The survey can be found at www.surveymonkey.com/s/ RosslandSchools or in hard copy format at city hall. Important decisions are being made in our school district regarding school configurations and they need your input! The Neighborhood of Learning committee needs to know what Rosslanders want. It is critical that you make your views known so that NOL committee knows what to fight for and what perspectives to present to the school district. All views and ideas matter and they want

to hear from a diverse range of people. Make your views known!! Rossland residents completing this survey will be eligible for a $50 draw prize! Please complete this survey by March 19 to be eligible for the draw.

Morning Zumba will be changing to a 7 a.m. start time on Mondays and Thursdays, starting Thursday, February 16. The class will run from 7 - 8 a.m. and help you get an early, healthy start to your day! Classes run in the Miners’ Hall and are $7 drop in for those younger than 55 years of age and $6 drop in for those older than 55. The early morning classes will run until March 8 if there is enough interest to continue the 7 a.m. class. Evening Zumba will continue on Mondays and Thursdays from 6 - 7 p.m. If you would like to be on the instructor’s email list, to receive updates about schedule changes, please email Amber, at a_hayes@telus.net.

This is our last week of Public Skating! Public skating schedule for the week of March 5 - 11 will be: Wednesday, March 7 from 6:30-7:45 p.m. and Friday, March 9 from 5 - 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, March 11, public skating is from 2:30-4 p.m. (with no evening session).

If you currently enjoy a recreation program in one of the school buildings, please note: all recreation programs either end before spring break (March 12-27) or take a break during the two weeks, resuming when school starts again, on March 28. There are no recreation programs when school is not in session.

Rossland Real Food in partnership with the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture are welcoming some of the best local seed growers in the West Kootenays to Rossland’s Annual Seedy Sunday at the Miners’ Hall on Sunday, March 11. There will be a wide variety of vegetable, fruit and flower seeds for sale grown right here in the West Kootenays including heirloom and heritage varieties and organic seed potatoes. Farms that will be selling seed include: Mountain Seed, Seed Basket, Stellar Seeds and Cherry Meadows Farm. Jeremy Lack from Mad Dog Farms in Castlegar will be giving a short presentation on growing potatoes at 4:30 p.m.

Seedy Sunday will be followed by dinner and the full length documentary film “Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?” that gives us a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis. Trailer: http://www. queenofthesun.com/about/trailer. If you’re interested in being a vendor at Seedy Sunday, please contact Sarah Flood at 250-362-7067.

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Joe Hill still needs a hero ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor

The prospect of the end of the Joe Hill Coffeehouse is not good news for Rossland, but it is a very real possibility given that there is still no one to fill the boots of the current organizer Michael Gifford.

Gifford has been the force behind the monthly talent showcases since they began four years ago, but announced his intention to retire from the voluntary gig late least year. Since then, no one has stepped up to take the reins, and with only three more shows planned, in March, April and May, it may be the last of the coffeehouses.

Gifford hopes that there will still be a person or group who will take on the responsibilities of setting the show up.

The retired music teacher said he has enjoyed his time as organizer.

“It’s been fantastic, beyond my wildest dreams,” he said. “I took

it upon myself to do it and got the volunteers to help and the whole idea, the principal of the thing, is to give people a place to perform.”

He said in that respect it worked, with some astonishing talent coming through the doors to play.

The problem he has is that there is always another show on the horizon.

“So I had to draw a line, and that line was that this is my fourth and last year,” he said, adding that he couldn’t be around for the planned June show, so May would be the last show. The coffeehouse takes a break usually for July and August.

“Representatives form the Rossland Radio Co-op met with me and said that they’d take it over,” he said, but added that they later changed their minds due to various reasons.

“So I was back to square one.”

Gifford said he always thought it would run more smoothly with a group of people rather than a single person.

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So he hopes that a group of people will come forward to continue the shows. He said what he does is simply receiving emails, phone calls, printing out the show sequence and organizing volunteers.

“It’s just contacting,” he said.

“You don’t have to be a musician or booking agent or a manager, you don’t have to be good in math, you just have to stay at it.”

This month’s show is on March 18. Here is the line up: Michael Gifford - tropical ukulele; Laela, a 15 yr. old song writer/ singer/guitarist; Kerry Kean songs and poetry; Les Carter - fingerpicking your favorites; Stew & Newt - keyboard & guitar rock/ pop; Motes & Oats - great original songs with harmonies, guitar, ukulele, flute; Janet Marshall’s Irish Party - Janet & friends; The Vaughans - Cranbrook rock family-style!

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The committee will be looking for a variety of local cuisines as well as family favourites.

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Get the best seeds this weekend at the seed swap STAFF WRITER Rossland News

Rossland Real Food and the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture are welcoming some of the best local seed growers in the West Kootenays to Rossland’s annual Seedy Sunday at the Miners’ Hall on Sunday March 11.

“Rossland Real Food is really excited to host this for the second year, because it’s hard sometimes to find local seed that it really good, and people tend to be keen on heritage and heir loom varieties.

There are five different farms coming to the seed swap, which she said will ensure that all of those things will be available.

The seeds will be of the vegetable and fruit variety.

“So nothing too strange,” she said.

“Everything that grows well in the Kootenays. So really good carrot varieties, beans, squash, tomatoes, peppers, herbs such as basil.”

She said people around here are always looking for good spinach, kale and lettuce varieties as well, which will be on hand.

All of the seeds are varieties that are grown

in the West Kootenay, so they do well in this climate.

Roussin said that a lot of times the seeds that you buy from the bigger supermarkets come from big growers that grow seeds in places like the Southern United States, and even Canadian seed growers will a lot of the time grow seeds in more temperate places like the West Coast.

“The advantage of buying the seed from local West Kootenay seed companies is first, they aren’t going to be genetically modified or tampered with and the second is that they are very well conditioned for our climate,” she said.

“So if you buy a spinach seed from here and it says that it will grow in 45 days, it’s going to do that.”

Roussin cautioned however that the event is about growing good food and not advocacy against the big seed growers.

There will be a wide variety of vegetable, fruit and flower seeds for sale grown right here in the West Kootenays including heirloom and heritage varieties and organic seed potatoes.

Seeds that are grown in our region are well adapted to our climate and are more resilient

Reading club back again Submitted

The Rossland Public Library will once again be taking part in the One Book, One Kootenay book club (OBOK).

The region-wide book club celebrates the work of the talented writers living in the Kootenay Boundary.

Readers from across the Kootenay region will read and vote for the book they feel all Kootenay booklovers should read.

Three Kootenay authors share the spotlight for the fourth annual One Book, One Kootenay award. The 2012 nominees are: Yes Sister, No Sister by Jennifer Craig, The Third Crop: A personal and historical journey into the photo albums and shoeboxes of the Slocan Valley 1800s to early 1940s by Rita Moir, and Boundary Country by Tom Wayman.

Jennifer Craig’s semi-autobiographical novel, which made the London Times bestseller list and has sold in excess of 100,000 copies, is a funny, engaging story of a group of trainee nurses in the 1950s in Leeds, England.

It’s rife with long hours, bodily fluids, good-natured camaraderie, and Craig’s trademark Yorkshire humour.

Tom Wayman’s Boundary Country is a tour of this neck of the woods and beyond through a collection of stories that explore boundaries human and geographical to which Wayman brings his gift for insightful observation and wry humour.

A multiple award-winner, Wayman has penned more than 20 books of poetry, essays, and fiction.

Rita Moir’s The Third Crop isn’t just about the Slocan Valley, rich though that valley may be.

Full of photographs and down-toearth prose, we can laugh and cry with these country-dwellers and apply their challenges and triumphs to any rural landscape.

Moir’s previous works of non-fiction have all been shortlisted or have won awards for nonfiction, including BC’s Hubert Evans Award.

One Book, One Kootenay shortlisted books are chosen by a panel of learned librarians.

Now, it’s up to readers; all of the shortlisted books are available in your local library.

Readers are invited to discuss the books, either with friends or on-line.

For more information go to the Kootenay Library Federation website at obok. ca, where you can find out more about the authors and their books, look for literary events near you, and engage in online conversations or post comments.

Ballot boxes will be at Kootenay libraries, including the Beaver Valley, Trail and Rossland Libraries from April 1 to Aug. 10.

Winners will be announced Sept. 8, on International Literacy Day. OBOK is public library supported program initiated by the Kootenay Library Federation.

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Farms that will be selling seed include: Mountain Seeds, Seed Basket, Stellar Seeds and Cherry Meadows Farm.

Jeremy Lack from Mad Dog Farms in Castlegar will be giving a short presentation on growing potatoes at 4:30 p.m.

Seedy Sunday will be followed by dinner and the full length documentary film “Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?” that gives us a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis.

The film takes us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive.

This engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world who together reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.

Sunday, March 11 at the Rossland Miners’ Hall: Seedy Sunday 3-5:30 p.m. (FREE) Kids Crafts 3-5:30 p.m.

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The Rossland Light Opera Players put on a great adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice last Friday at Rossland Secondary. Above, Dawn Graham and Bob Chamut trade quip at the start of the show; Left, the cast takes the stage.

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City has ski museum hopes ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor

The city, the Rossland Museum and Teck Metals Limited have been looking for something to replace the museum’s biggest attraction, the now closed mine tour. The Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Museum may be the thing they’ve been looking for.

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Rossland has put in it’s name for the honour of having the nation’s ski museum. Mayor Greg Granstrom recently sent a letter to the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Museum asking for the city to be considered as a new location for the museum.

After Teck Metals Limited announced that the museum’s main attraction - the mine tour - would not be re-opening, the trio of the museum, city and Teck began working together to find an alternative attraction.

Granstrom explained that the three had been developing plans to significantly upgrade and enhance the museum’s facilities and feel that the hall of fame would be a perfect addition to the city.

“We feel our city is a natural fit for the relocation of the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Museum,” Granstrom said in the letter.He went on to say that the city and board of directors also has extensive experience with the preservation and displaying of valuable artifacts and archives.

Rossland also has an extensive ski history, with Red chair being the first lift in Western Canada and the hill hosting the first World Cup event in North America in 1968. There are also a wealth of ski heroes that have emerged from the city, such as Nancy Greene Raine and Kerrin Lee Gartner.

Rossland was also home to the father of competitive skiing, Olaus Jeldness.

“Red Mountain ski area is most significant in the history of skiing, particularly competitive skiing, in Canada,” Granstrom explained. “We have a host of athletes that have performed admirably on the world stage and a resume that that contains many achievements in the ski industry.”

The city will now await news from the hall of fame board on whether it can put together and present a formal proposal.

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Trio of musicians lined up for RougeMusic’s next show ROUGE MUSIC Submitted

RougeMusic 2011-2012 concert series presents the Clinton Swanson Trio with Clinton Swanson, saxes, Tony Ferraro, drum kit and Colin Spence, hammond organ.

The Clinton Swanson trio brings together three long time musical comrades: Clinton Swanson on saxophones, Colin Spence on Hammond organ and Tony Ferraro on drum kit.

Inspired by the soul jazz of the 1960s and 70s played by organ hero Jimmy Smith and sax legend Stanley Turrentine the trio offers a sound that combines soul, gospel and jazz.

Playing arrangements of classic tunes such as Soul Serenade, The Sermon, Bridge Over Troubled Water along with soul era influenced originals by saxophonist Clinton Swanson.

Collectively the members of this trio have performed locally, nationally and internationally bringing a broad experience of musicality to every collaboration.

The show is Saturday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rouge Gallery (old bank building, Rossland) Tickets are $15 and available at the Rouge Gallery.

For more information, call 362-9609.

The Clinton Swanson Trio features Clinton Swanson on saxes, Tony Ferraro on drums and Colin Spence on Hammond organ. They will play at the Rouge Gallery March 17.

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Purchase financing monthly payment is $423/$215/$604 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $195/$99/$279 with a down payment of $3,200/$2,000/$4,550 or equivalent trade-in. Cost of borrowing is $4,187.36/$2,507.61/$7,031.31 or APR of 4.99%/5.99%/5.99% and total to be repaid is $30,486.36/$15,506.61/$43,480.31. Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $8,000/$5,500/$5,500, customer cash of $750 and freight and air tax of $1,600/$1,500/$1,600, but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate deducted but before customer cash has been deducted. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a first payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. Offers vary by model and not all combinations will apply. † From Feb. 1, 2012 to Apr. 2, 2012, receive $250/$500/$750/ $1,000/$1,500/ $1,750/ $2,000/$3,000/$3,250/ $3,500/ $4,000/ $4,500/$5,000/ $5,500/$6,000/ $6,500/$7,000/ $7,500/$8,000 in Manufacturer Rebates with the purchase or lease of a new 2012 Focus (excluding S)/2012 Flex SE, E-Series/2012 Explorer (excluding Base)/2012 Taurus SE, Escape I4 Manual, Transit Connect (excluding Electric)/2011 Fiesta S, Ranger Super Cab XL and Regular Cab/2012 Mustang Value Leader/ 2012 [Fusion S, F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs], 2011 [Taurus SE, F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 Value Leader] /2012 [Flex (excluding SE)], 2011 [Fusion S]/ 2011 Fiesta (excluding S)/2012 Mustang V6 (excluding Value Leader)/ 2012 [Taurus (excluding SE), Edge (excluding SE), Expedition], 2011 [F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs]/ 2012 Mustang GT/ 2012 [Fusion (excluding S), Escape and Hybrid (excluding I4 Manual)], 2011 [Taurus (excluding SE)]/2012 [Escape V6, F-250 to F-450 gas engine (excluding Chassis Cabs)], 2011 [Fusion (Excluding S), Ranger Super Cab (excluding XL)]/2011 Expedition/2012 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2) non-5.0L/ 2012 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2) 5.0L /2012 [F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew non-5.0L, F-250 to F-450 diesel engine (excluding Chassis Cabs)], 2011 [F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew non-5.0L and 3.7L engines]/2012 [F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew 5.0L], 2011 [F-250 to F-450 Gas engine (excluding Chassis Cabs) - all Raptor, GT500, BOSS302, and Medium Truck models excluded. This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. ††Offer valid from February 1, 2012 to April 15, 2012 (the “Program Period”). Receive CAD$1,000 towards select Ford Custom truck accessories, excluding factory-installed accessories/options (“Accessories”), with the purchase or lease of a new 2011/2012 Ford F-150 (excluding Raptor), Ranger or Super Duty delivered or factory ordered during the Program Period (the “Offer”). Offer is subject to vehicle and Accessory availability. Offer is not redeemable for cash and can only be applied towards eligible Accessories. Any unused portions of the Offer are forfeited. Total Accessories may exceed CAD$1,000. Only one (1) Offer may be applied toward the purchase or lease of an eligible vehicle. Customer’s choosing to forego the Offer will qualify for $750 in customer cash to be applied to the purchase, finance or lease price of an Eligible Vehicle (taxes payable before customer cash is deducted). This Offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. This Offer is not combinable with CPA, GPC, Daily Rental Allowances, the Commercial Upfit Program, or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). Limited time offer. Offer may be cancelled at any time without notice. Some conditions apply. Offer available to residents of Canada only. See Dealer for details. ***Estimated fuel consumption ratings for models shown: 2012 F-150 4X4 5.0L V8: [15.0L/100km (19MPG) City, 10.5L/100km (27MPG) Hwy]/2011 Ranger 4X2 4.0L V6 5-speed Manual transmission: [13.5L/100km (21MPG) City, 9.8L/100km (29MPG) Hwy]. Fuel consumption ratings based on Transport Canada approved test methods. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on road conditions, vehicle loading, vehicle equipment, and driving habits. ‡‡Some mobile phones and some digital media players may not be fully compatible – check www.syncmyride.com for a listing of mobile phones, media players, and features supported. Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle control, accident and injury. Ford recommends that drivers use caution when using mobile phones, even with voice commands. Only use mobile phones and other devices, even with voice commands, not essential to driving when it is safe to do so. SYNC is optional on most new Ford vehicles. †††© 2012 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2012 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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On Tuesday, March 6, the Rossland Cherub Choir, led by Janet Marshall, sang for the residents of Esling Park Lodge. The residents loved the youthful energy and confident voices. The singers meet after school on Tuesdays at St. Andrews United Church to enjoy the fun of music with Janet and Mara Moen.

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Women’s Day

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The name Spruce Gum Gifts represents good memories of Northern Canada and it’s warm people. Spruce

gum has been used in traditional medicine in the past and is still used today by indigenous people for it’s healing properties.

The store carries unique Canadian and Global gift ware, quality con-

signment such as jewelry and photography, traditional elk hide drums made with lobe by Wayne George, fair trade gift ware from around the world, wonderful Yahk soap products, ceramics embellished with

dragonflies and butterflies, Gardener’s Dream Cream from Salt Spring Island, as well as unique pottery made by Rose Hodwitz.

And there is much more! You may find Marion creating new fish scale

artwork to frame. She is happy to share this art form with everyone.

Visit this nature-loving space to find beautiful and unique gifts, and be inspired to follow your own unique dream.

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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day

Women in Business celebrate International Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day across the West Kootenay Submitted

The West Kootenay Women in Business (WKWB) group is a networking opportunity designed just for women.

The group holds a luncheon on the second Thursday of each month in Castlegar where presentations are made by guest speakers and business ideas

around specific topics are discussed.

Previous speakers have discussed business consulting, social media, human resources and more.

Our February luncheon featured Doug Johnstone, chartered accountant of Pinnacle Professional Accounting Corporation.

Johnstone spoke about how to interpret your financial results and provided some guid-

ance on common small business financial issues.

Future luncheon topics include socially responsible investing and applied leadership.

The WKWB group has a vision to grow a strong local network of knowledgeable and talented women from all walks of life.

The group is designed for business owners, managers, employees and women

who dream of running their own business one day.

The group recognizes that a local network is an invaluable asset.

An investment of time to attend a regular networking event will help that asset to grow as business relationships are created and ideas and experiences are shared to mutual advantages.

The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s networking group provides an empower-

ing environment where women can feel comfortable to discuss their business issues and offer solutions to each other.

The group is a non profit organization with no membership fees.

Through the generous donations of our current membership we have begun a bursary fund to assist young local entrepreneurs!

If you are interested in

being on the WKWB mailing list and would like to attend future events, please contact Rebecca at rebecca@kfsinc.ca.

More information on the group is available on the web at womeninbiz.inthekoots.com.

Or search Facebook for â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Kootenay Women in Businessâ&#x20AC;? and Twitter for @WestKootWomen.

Responsible budgeting in an uncertain world.

To prosper in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turbulent global economy, discipline and focus are essential. All around us we see governments paying the price for overspending and uncontrolled debt.

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working to keep BCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy strong in the face of global economic uncertainty. When other economies are looking inward, BC is reaching out to seize opportunities around the world.

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For more details on Budget 2012, visit www.bcbudget.ca or www.bcjobsplan.ca

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Please e-mail resumes to – Gordon@wcpower.com

by Monday, March 19th, 2012 Whitecourt Power thanks all applicants in advance; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

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Is feminism still relevant in 2012?

Are you a feminist? If the truth be told, we shouldn’t even have to ask this question: how can anyone today be against the equality of men and women, which is the very definition of feminism.

These days, it is no longer necessarily a question of committed activism, and especially not one of fanatical militancy. Rather, it is all about favouring equity and harmony between all human beings.

It goes without saying that if women around the world were no longer the victims of injustice, the word “feminism” would become obsolete. Indeed, it would be something to celebrate! This is far from the case, however. That means there are many good reasons to proudly describe yourself as a feminist, starting with the need to safeguard the still-fragile progress made by generations of women — some of them fought tooth and nail for the right to vote in our own country!

Around the world there are still many examples of discrimination against women, notably in access to education, suitable working conditions, freedom of choice in marriage and family planning, and independence from fathers, husbands, and their male authority surrogates.

Even in the West, it is still important to keep feminist ideals alive. All is not yet equalized: think about pay equity or the seemingly invisible obstacles that still prevent many women from occupying executive posts or of the masses of older women living alone and in poverty.

This March 8 is International Women’s Day. Let’s think about our fellow women, both here and around the world. Let’s do our part to keep the feminist movement alive by staying alert and acting promptly against all forms of injustice against women.

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