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AMEC steps up for KidSport

BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff

“It’s just nice for us as a group to have our own money to draw from rather than having to go to the school,” said Grade 12 student Alexa Matthes, who has acted as president for the core group of about 10 grades 8-12 students for the past two years.

The team is currently attempting to rid the Trail high school of bottled water by selling stainless steel “Go Green or Go Home” bottles for $6.

To further demonstrate the over-use of water bottles at Crowe, they made a Christmas tree out of about 200 bottles wasted at the facility this winter.

“We’re trying to get people realizing the amount of waste they’re creating and trying to divert that to composting or recycling,” said Matthes.

While SD20 teachers now face the prospect of a net-zero wage negotiation in their next bargaining session with the province, some of their support staff are now living with that reality in a new contract.

The British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) board of directors ratified a twoyear collective agreement for support staff with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in School District 20 (Kootenay Boundary) under their 2010 netzero mandate.

The collective agreement was reached through “collaborative” discussions between the BCPSEA — the accredited bargaining agent for the province’s 60 public boards of education — and union bargaining team representing SD20 K-to-12 support staff in December 2011.

However, it wasn’t until recently the agreement had been ratified at the local level.

In their negotiations, as with the B.C. Teachers Federation, the province had been clear there was no new money to fund wage increases.

Bill 22, which passed Thursday, outlawed any further job action by teachers until Aug. 31 and called for the appointment of a mediator, although wage demands would not be dealt with in the mediation.

VICTORIA - B.C. politicians voted Thursday to put an end to the government’s long running contract dispute with the province’s teachers, which has seen educators scaling back their work for months and culminated in a full-scale walkout last week.

The Liberaldominated legislature voted 43-31 to pass Bill 22, which bans further walkouts, forces teachers to resume their normal teaching duties, imposes a six-month “cooling-off” period, and then sends the contract dispute to mediation.

The controversial back-to-work legislation may put an end to the teachers’ ongoing strike action, but it will only inflame the province’s poor relationship with its teachers, which has seen the government step in to end nearly every set of contract negotiations in the past two decades.

The legislation has been panned by the teachers’ union and other labour groups as an attack on workers’ rights, with the teachers considering withdrawing volunteer work.

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See CUPE, Page 2

See BILL 22, Page 3

BY JIM BAILEY Times Staff

Local businesses and organizations continue to kick in for KidSport as the Trail chapter gets set for the spring sports season.

Last week it was AMEC’s electrical instrumentation division that hooked up with KidSport directors Aaron Burke and Betty Ann Marino, and donated almost $600 as a result of a staff fundraiser.

KidSport was a strong consensus amongst the employees on where to direct funds raised at a company-sponsored barbecue.

“I had some experience with them through the Trail Gymnastics Club because they actually help support some kids for us, so it made sense.” said E and I manager Trevor Markle. “People really stand behind KidSport, it’s such a good thing.”

With the upcoming spring and summer sports season just around the corner, it’s a great time for families to access KidSport funds, as parents get set to register their children for a variety of summer activities.

“It’s such a great cause and we’ve found people more than willing to step up, and we’ve been able to fund so far about 25 kids,” said Marino.

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Crowe students Jourdyne Mason, Alexa Matthes and Kaylee Oorthuis and teacher sponsor Lu Greene (second from the left) tried to send a message to students this winter with a Christmas tree made entirely out of the mass amounts of bottled water wasted.

Go green or go home J.L. Crowe Secondary School students counting on votes to win them much-needed cash in an environmental action contest

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. L. Crowe’s Green Team is counting on community support to win up to $1,000 through an annual environmental action contest for B.C. schools.

Science World’s BC Green Games has schools boasting about their efforts to reduce waste and raise awareness in an online contest that closes at the end of the month.

Crowe is hoping Greater Trail residents will visit their submission and vote in favour of the group’s ongoing efforts to practice environmental stewardship by developing and delivering conservation and sustainable projects.

The funding would be used toward a number of projects on the go that are listed in the group’s online application.

Back-to-work legislation to end teachers dispute passes

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THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Health Canada will be speeding up the review process for drugs to replace medicines that are in short supply because of a production slowdown at Sandoz Canada, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq confirmed Thursday. “What I have committed to ... is to initiate the review of any new applications within 24 hours,� Aglukkaq said by phone from Ottawa. “Normally it would take approximately six months to review any application, we’re looking at cutting that down to a month.�

Ottawa has called on drug makers to find alternative sources from outside Canada to replace drugs in short supply - including anesthetics, painkillers, cancer drugs and antibiotics - because of production cuts at the Sandoz plant in Boucherville, Que. The generic drug maker, which reportedly provides about 90 per cent of injectable medications in Canada, began cutting back production to address concerns by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about quality standards at the plant. A fire March 4 further curbed production.

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Sick pets may feel pain of shortage (CP) Sick pets may soon feel the pain of a national shortage of some drug types that has already affected some of their owners.

Veterinarians across the country say that production cuts from a factory in Quebec are beginning to affect everyday treatment of the animals that come in for care.

Many of the drugs prescribed for animals, especially those used for pain control, are exactly the same as those used in humans.

Most of the drugs in short veterinary supply are painkillers. Others include drugs to control seizures or nausea, or to ease the impact of an anaesthetic on a frightened dog or cat. Alternatives for most - although not all - of the drugs are available. saying it would take a few weeks to begin processing applications - a time frame that hadn’t been sitting well with provinces and territories, whose hospitals, pharmacies and patients have increasingly been feeling the fallout from the drug shortfalls.

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BY SUNNY FREEMAN THE CANADIAN PRESS

An early bout of spring weather helped Canadian home sales pick up in February following two months of declines, defying predictions the market is starting to cool.

The Canadian Real Estate Association said Thursday that home sales rose 1.4 per cent in February, gaining back one third of the month-over month decline in January.

Compared with a year ago, actual home sales rose 8.6 per cent to 36,937 homes sold over CREA’s Multiple Listing Service.

CREA noted the market remained balanced as both home sales and the number of newly listed homes increased 1.9 per cent, reaching their highest level since May 2010.

The increase in supply should help keep the market balanced going forward and home price growth in check.

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That also served to skew the national average home price higher - a replay of which was not expected this year.

A preference in recent months for single family homes, which are typically more expensive than condos, has helped to buoy the national average home price.

The national average price for homes sold in February was $372,763, up two per cent from its reading for the same month last year.

Average home prices in Vancouver are still double the national average at $806,094.

But the Toronto market has now taken over as the country’s driver of growth, with sales up 12.2 per cent and home prices up 10.6 per cent year over year in February to $454,470.

Industry watchers, who are closely monitoring home prices, have suggested Canada’s real estate market, which has been fuelled by low mortgage rates since the recession, will soon cool off but many predict a so-called “soft landing.

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spent a very pleasant afternoon last week, driving in the Duck Lake area in the company of Gord Ogilvie. More about that later but, first, an explanation is in order.

Last month I reported on a presentation made to Creston town council by Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA) chief executive officer Richard Dalon, who was working on the principle that the best defence is a good offence, making sure he got his side of the story to council, which provides some funding to the CVWMA and has always been a strong supporter.

The story? A couple who live on Lower Wynndel Road, Gord and Barb Ogilvie, had been a circulating a petition in response to a number of barricades put in place by the CVWMA. The petitioners argue that the blockages are unnecessary and arbitrarily restrict access that local residents and visitors have always enjoyed in the Duck Lake area.

Dalon’s presentation, which included a map locating each of five blocks

to restrict vehicle traffic, seemed very reasonable.

“Everyone has 24-houra-day access to all areas,” my story quoted him as saying. “Some vehicle access has been restricted, especially to dikes, which are not roads.”

Dikes, Dalon said, are meant to hold back water and not to bear the weight of regular traffic.

Restricting vehicle access, he said, was undertaken to maintain the integrity of the dike system, to reduce opportunities for the illegal dumping of trash and to reduce easy access for marijuana growers.

Opening the dikes for duck hunting season “isn’t fair to everyone”, he said, implying that the Ogilvies had made that request.

After I ran the story, I was contacted by the Ogilvies to see if we would accept a letter to the editor to explain their concerns.

Of course, I said. When I received that letter it became apparent to me that the issue was worthy of further investigation.

I asked to meet with them, then followed up with a request for a bit of

LORNE

ECKERSLEY This is the Life a tour so that I could get a first-hand view of the blockades and where they were located.

I am glad I did, for several reasons, not least of all because I got to know a man who reminds me of the men in the family I married into.

Hard-working farmers don’t tend to make mountains out of molehills and they rarely get into a snit just because something doesn’t go their way. But when they believe there is a wrong they are extremely tenacious in trying to right it.

So there we were, on a mild afternoon, touring around the muddy roads,

checking out the access restrictions. Walks along areas that are now banned to vehicles were revealing, at least to someone who isn’t an engineer or road construction expert.

I didn’t see evidence that vehicles were damaging the dikes, and I shouldn’t have been surprised. They have been open to public use for decades, until recently.

Where I did see erosion, particularly of riverbanks, the cause seemed to have been cattle that are grazing on the land, on a lease agreement between a farmer and the CVWMA. I agree with Ogilvie’s contention that people who dump garbage illegally will do so, whether it is at the roadblocks or somewhere else.

What I saw is that spots where locals are used to putting in canoes and kayaks are now several hundred meters past the blocks, making it unlikely that many of them will do so.

I also took to heart Ogilvie’s comment that he had learned a lot about wildlife, and probably about life in general, on drives around the Duck

Lake loop with his father.

It was an experience he shared with his own daughters, one that is now impossible to enjoy with his grandchildren.

My greatest concern, as I drove away that afternoon, was that there appears to be a widening gap between the CVWMA and area residents, and that a loss of local support is the last thing that the CVWMA needs.

With that in mind, I chatted with a friend who is an avid outdoorsman, intimately familiar with hunting and fishing areas in and outside of the management area. Like Ogilvie, I find him to be a very reasonable person. He echoed my concern.

Next week: As a result of my meeting with Ogilvie, I have received some historical background from the man who I would describe as the Creston Valley’s history laureate.

I’ll try to summarize some of that information and make sense out of the controversy.

Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

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Clooney’s Sudan blitz reaches Oval Office THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - George Clooney’s capital blitz to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in border regions between Sudan and South Sudan arrived at the Oval Office on Thursday, and the actor said he came away from a meeting President Barack Obama encouraged that there is high-level interest in doing more to help a region that soon could suffer mass starvation.

Clooney, whose visit to Washington has drawn outsized press coverage at every turn, said he was optimistic that Obama would press Chinese President Hu Jintao to join international efforts to bring peace to the ravaged region when the two meet later this month on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in South Korea.

“The good news for us is we feel like there’s a commitment at a high level” to address the Sudanese situation, Clooney told reporters after his meeting with the president. He added that he sensed “great interest in working with China.”

Clooney, just back from an eight-day trip to the region, met with Obama for 15 minutes in the Oval Office.

The actor was questioned about why he would hold out hope for co-operation from China on Sudan when Beijing hasn’t been helpful on Syria, protecting the repressive regime there from censure by

George Clooney the U.N. Security Council.

Clooney said energy-hungry China, which receives about six per cent of its oil from Sudan, has an economic incentive to work to bring peace to the region.

Oil-rich South Sudan and Sudan, the keeper of the pipelines, have been at odds over oil and profits. Exports have

stopped, putting pressure on oil prices worldwide.

“Suddenly, this affects their economy,” Clooney said of China. “This is a moment we can appeal to China.”

Clooney said it was imperative for the world to move swiftly to open a humanitarian corridor to those in need.

“When the rainy season starts, it is impossible to get through,” Clooney said.

“There is a very, very great possibility of a lot of people starving in the next few months.”

The A-list celebrity made it clear that his role is to shine a light on the situation, not to solve it.

“I don’t make policy,” Clooney said.

“All I really can do is amplify the situation and help to bring a spotlight to it.”

The large contingent of reporters that gathered to hear the Oscar-winning actor at the White House was evidence that he was succeeding at that.

Clooney acknowledged it is “a very complicated time in the world” with lots of problems competing for attention.

But he said this was a “crucial moment” to bring attention to the plight of those suffering in Sudan.

Clooney was on Capitol Hill to testify about the same issues on Wednesday, and turned up that night at the head table for the Obamas’ state dinner honouring British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Wide range of style influences at Fashion Week THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO - The diversity of homegrown talent isn’t just distinguished by the creations featured on the runway but the widely disparate influences designers channel for their unique looks.

From futuristic fashion to retro revamps, the swinging 60s and modern-day rodeo, on Day 3 of Toronto’s World MasterCard Fashion Week, designers dipped into their vast creative wells and found no shortage of fashionable inspirations.

Here’s some of the designers: Joe Fresh: The affordable apparel brand delved back in the rich catalogue of 60s-era fashion with a fall-winter collection which drew inspiration from styles that defined the decade.

Joe Fresh brought its signature bright hues and rich jewel tones to a vast spectrum of designs including fit-

ted motorcycle jackets, swing coats, elegant skirts, shimmering minis and slender pencil skirts that coloured the collection.

Neoprene V-neck pullovers and draped back colour-blocked dresses were among the more overtly 60-inspired styles, but the line generally evoked a more contemporary feel with its spin on the classics.

Strong patterns defined the collection with colourful abstract patterns featured on menswear-inspired blazers and trousers, and an abundance of boldly graphic houndstooth embellishing shirts, dresses, trousers and heels. There was ample use of fur accenting coat sleeves and trimming jackets.

Melissa Nepton: From slinky separates to cosy coats and chunky knits, Melissa Nepton covered her bases with an expansive collection of contemporary creations for

fall and winter.

The Montreal-based designer took to the runway with her latest collection, dubbed Eolia, which featured stark contrasts in colour, pattern and structure of garments bathed in warm neutrals and creamy pastels.

Nepton’s strengths were in the elaborate embellishments distinguishing her myriad outerwear looks, with voluminous cowl collars, draped sleeves and fanciful ruffles.

VAWK: Sunny Fong brought contrasting but cohesive visions of the modern woman to the runway as his luxury label and debut affordable apparel line shared the stage.

With its “Sci-Fi Samurai” theme, the designer’s main label, VAWK, included a tightly-edited selection of jackets, skirts, dresses and outerwear emblematic of a futuristic urban warrior with ample hints of Japanese style influences.

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Models on for the Triarchy collection.

Springsteen gives history lesson at SXSW (AP) AUSTIN, Texas - They call him The Boss for a reason.

Showing there’s no need for a backing band to bring out his outsized charisma on stage, Bruce Springsteen took a rapt audience on a personal music history journey.

He also gave young rockers insightful advice in an often hilarious tour-de-force keynote speech that was one of the most anticipated events at the South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival this year.

“Good morning, good morning, good morning,” Springsteen said after taking the stage at 12:30 p.m.

“Why are we up so (expletive) early. How important is this speech Springsteen if we’re giving it at noon? Every musician in town is asleep, or they will be by the time I finish this speech.”

The Boss on Thursday takes over Austin.

Besides the speech, he’s putting on an exclusive show later in the evening. He got off to an often riotous start as he name-checked all the musicians that have inspired him over the years from Elvis to James Brown and Woody Guthrie to Johnny Rotten. He marveled at the unfathomable diversity at SXSW and led a sing-a-long of “This Land is Your Land.”

Springsteen is hot with his new album, “Wrecking Ball,” debuting at No. 1 in 14 countries after its release last week and with a world tour scheduled. It’s the first step in his career without the late saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who died last year. Those musicians who managed to wake up and catch the speech got a lesson in how to approach your career and a long list of influences to check out. About 1,000 SXSW attendees filled a ballroom in the Austin Convention Center for the 50-minute speech and NPR carried it live via Internet stream.

Springsteen marveled at the diversity in 21st century pop music, almost rapping a long list of genres that would have boggled the mind of that young boy in New Jersey in the 1960s who had just 10 years of rock ‘n’ roll history to draw his influences from.

“Just add neo- and post- to everything and mention them all again. Oh, yeah,” he said as an afterthought, “and rock ‘n’ roll.”

He talked about first seeing Elvis and his pelvis on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the exquisite agony of Roy Orbison, the way The Beatles, Bob Dylan and The Animals set music free, and the rise of punk rock and soul music as forces of change in the 1970s. He related often hilarious and poignant personal stories about each along the way.

Springsteen also talked about the profound importance of Guthrie and his personal idol Pete Seeger before leading the audience in a sing-along of a rare verse from “This Land is Your Land.”

Though Springsteen talked of their significance both to him and American history, he stayed away from discussing the social concerns that fill his new album.

In closing, he urged all “10,000 bands” in Austin to bring it hard every night. That, he said, is the key to success.

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LIFESTYLES Healthy quick meals with vegetables to get you back into a bathing suit

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know it is really a bit early, but recently I have heard people talk about getting their bodies ready for the beach and the bathing suits. Personally my body is always ready just add suit.

I was thinking some of you don’t enjoy my pasty white hairy chest out in the sun to help blind you just in case

the sun is having an off day.

But what if I could do that Hulk Hogan pectoral muscle move?

Ya you know the one.

And so this leads me to this month’s recipe theme: Healthy quick meals.

Asparagus and tofu in balsamic butter 1 tbsp olive oil

2 cloves garlic sliced 4 tbsp butter 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar 3 tbsp water 1 bunch asparagus trimmed and halved Fresh cracked pepper 4 thick slices firm tofu 1 tbsp fresh thyme To trim the asparagus just snap off the bottoms. They will

Dig in to the new season

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ello again, West Kootenay gardeners.

I’m delighted to be with you for the new gardening season as we usher in another spring, filled with the promise of fresh spring fragrance, beautiful blooms and lots of sunshine.

I don’t often think beyond a couple of weeks, but through the last couple of dreary months I’ve been wishing for March to arrive ... and, at last, here it is.

This spring’s ‘new beginning’ has significant meaning for me as I left the family home and moved into a little house in East Trail over the winter.

I haven’t moved many times in my life so I was very apprehensive.

But trepidation was quickly replaced with optimism and a sense of adventure when I realized my new yard was a blank canvas just waiting to be transformed into a garden the right size for me to enjoy at this stage of life and energy.

Gardening has been a constant source of peace and joy for me through times of transition and will help me move forward again.

Family and friends

PATTY

SIDDALL Ground Rules in Gardening are being dragged along in my excitement of establishing a new landscape and I thought it might be fun to have readers join me as well. It will provide a refresher course for all of us in the basics of Kootenay gardening.

I’ll keep you posted on how I create the new garden, build healthy soil, design colourful, low-maintenance beds, choose the very best mix of interesting plants and then plant them properly in the ‘right spot’ for best results.

Along with tips on top plant picks and best gardening methods, I hope to include pictures that help bring my vision alive.

My front yard is shady and the majority of the back yard quite sunny, which is perfect. It enables me to move a fabulous variety of treasures from

my previous garden.

But, this new space is considerably smaller than the last so I’ll only be able to bring about half of my plants.

The first step will be to measure the space, draw out the garden beds and formulate the tentative design.

The finished product will no doubt end up a bit different, but this will help me organize my thoughts and choose the right mix of trees, shrubs and perennials.

I’m also pleased to have my business partner and good friend, Betty Drover, helping with my project and sharing this column.

Her energy, enthusiasm and love of gardening are always an inspiration.

I’m blessed to have been given the opportunity to put together a new garden again with a bit more knowledge under my belt. Join me again in April.

By then the earth should have warmed enough for me to dig the beds and move plants. My smile brightens as the snow melts.

Patty Siddall operates a local garden business and shares this space with business partner Betty Drover every other Friday.

break where they need to.

Heat oil in frying pan over medium heat.

Add garlic cooking for one minute.

Add butter, balsamic, and water cooking for another minute.

Add asparagus and pepper and cook until tender, about four minutes.

Place asparagus on plates.

Add tofu and thyme for 30 seconds per side until heated through.

Place tofu over the bed of asparagus and baste with remaining sauce. Enjoy!

Eggplant salad 1 eggplant, thinly

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Good Times in Your Mouth sliced Olive oil 1 baby lettuce halved 2/3 cup marinated feta with oil, crumbled 2 tbsp fresh basil torn Fresh cracked pepper

Brush eggplant slices well with oil.

Fry over medium high heat for two to three minutes each side until golden and crisp.

Place lettuce on serving plates and top with eggplant, feta, basil and pepper.

Drizzle some of the flavored oil from the feta over and enjoy.

Blue cheese rocket pasta salad 450 g fresh or dry pasta 2 tbsp butter ½ cup walnuts 2 tbsp cider vinegar 3 tbsp chopped chives 6 oz baby rocket (arugula) leaves

5 oz sliced blue cheese Fresh cracked pepper Cook pasta until al dente. While pasta is cooking.

Heat butter in a small frying pan on medium.

Add walnuts and cook for two minutes or until fragrant. Add vinegar. Drain pasta and toss with chives, rocket, blue cheese, walnut dressing and fresh cracked pepper.

Yum yum yum blue cheese!

Now for some of you readers out there, just relax, I promise to return to my meaty roots next month.

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TRAIL & DISTRICT CHURCHES Do You Love Virtue More Than You Fear Punishment?

An ancient poet has remarked that good men avoid sin from a love of virtue while evil men avoid sin from a fear of punishment.

Psychologists who study moral development tell us that the early stages of moral development are largely about avoiding punishment, but that as children grow older they usually develop an appreciation for virtue and moral principles.

If you do the right thing only because you fear being punished if you don’t, you are at best acting like a child, and at worst, morally depraved. If you do the right thing because you have a sincere love of virtue, then you have achieved a higher stage of moral development.

On the spiritual plane, the difference is between someone who does what is good out of sheer adherence to moral or religious precepts, acting primarily from a fear of hellďŹ re, damnation, or similar punishment, rather than from a love of God and his fellow man. We should cultivate ďŹ rst and foremost a love of God, and secondly a love of our fellow man. The rest will fall naturally into place.

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irtues are a bit like skills. If we want to acquire a skill, we need to practice it. If we want to be virtuous, we need to practice making good choices from an early LOUISE age. Family, religious tradition, education, and the cultural milieu play a role in shaping our moral character.

Everyday Theology Today, technology can powerfully influence character development.

While technology has many profoundly good uses, it also has a dark side. Sexting, webcamming, and the easy access to pornography are part of this dark side. While sexting and webcamming appear to be more popular with girls, pornography is more popular with boys. It has become trendy for elementary school aged boys to view pornography on their smart phones while riding the school bus.

These behaviors are symptomatic of a larger problem. Western culture has gradually become overtly sexualized. A 2011 BBC survey concluded that overt sexualization has become the norm in the television, film, and music industries, in electronic and print media, and in marketing and advertising. We are being bombarded with sexualized marketing, and it is influencing attitudes about sexual behavior and relationships.

A generation is in danger of losing the virtue of chastity.

Chastity is often misunderstood as prudery.

The concept of chastity is much broader than the repression or denial of sexuality. Chastity is the ability to accept our sexuality, and to embody it appropriately in our interactions with others. Chastity enables us to affirm the dignity and worth of others. Chastity supports healthy psychosexual development that makes good relationships possible between people.

Today’s culture frequently treats human sexuality as recreation, entertainment, and a commodity for profit. These societal presentations of sexuality divorce it from its interpersonal context, and insult the dignity of the human person.

Since children have little context for many of the attitudes and images that bombard them, sexting, webcamming, and pornography present a serious risk to their development. These activities, especially if they become habitual, desensitize the person to the goodness of human sexuality, and impair the individual’s ability for future healthy and loving relationships.

We do not need to wring our hands helplessly because pop culture trivializes sex. We can help young people assimilate the virtue of chastity.

We can become moral coaches, not by preaching, but by our example. We model chastity when we treat others respectfully, when we eschew bad language and suggestive jokes, when we avoid sexually explicit media, and when we promote the goodness of the human person through acts of charity and justice.

Parents and those responsible for the nurturing of children can monitor the use of technology. They can ensure television, films, and music are age appropriate. They can use the teachable moments to communicate healthy messages about human sexuality and relationships.

The promotion of the virtue of chastity offers a corrective to today’s overt sexualization. We do not magically become people of virtue. Habits, good and bad, develop with practice. Let’s ensure that our children develop virtuous habits.

Trail resident Louise McEwan is a catechist and former teacher, with degrees in English and Theology. She writes every other Friday. She blogs at www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot.com.

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Matthew 22: 37-40

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Friday, March 16, 2012 Trail Daily Times

PROVINCIAL Sunny skies hide lurking snow danger

Teacher mediator will have tough task

BY TOM FLETCHER Black Press

THE CANADIAN PRESS

REVELSTROKE - Large and destructive avalanches are predicted to come tumbling down British Columbia mountains this weekend, prompting a special warning from the forecasting centre.

Karl Klassen, with the Canadian Avalanche Centre, advised backcountry users on Thusday to be “disciplined” and make conservative terrain choices, although he suggested its best to stay off the slopes altogether.

The warning is the third of its kind in four weeks and comes only days after a string of avalanches killed three people in separate incidents, pushing this season’s fatalities to eight.

A recent bout of stormy weather has dumped fresh snow atop a weak snowpack, and as those blizzards subside and sun emerges Klassen said he fears skiers and snowmobilers may not recognize the danger.

“We just need to let all this new snow settle down for several days,” he said from Revelstoke, B.C. “Exactly when you think it’s going to be the greatest day in the world - nice blue skies and sunny - is when you need to be the most careful.”

The bulletin stands from Friday through Monday. It covers all the Interior B.C. mountains, from Mackenzie and Chetwynd south to the U.S. border, and west of the Alberta border to Pemberton and Hope.

On Sunday, a 33-year-old Calgary man who RCMP described as having years of skiing experience was killed when he was buried in the Ghost Peak area, south of Revelstoke.

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VICTORIA – Education Minister George Abbott says he won’t appoint a mediator in the long-running B.C. Teachers’ Federation dispute until after he returns from an education trade mission to China on March 26.

Abbott said Wednesday his Asian trip was planned long before his ministry developed Bill 22, the legislation designed to force an end to months of teacher work-to-rule action that culminated in a three-day strike last week.

Once Bill 22 is passed in the legislature Thursday, Abbott said he will send letters to the heads of the BCTF and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association inviting them to take part in mediation, before he leaves for China on Saturday.

The legislation requires the BCTF and BCPSEA to bargain “in good faith” with the yet-to-benamed mediator in an effort to reach agreement without adding new costs to the overall B.C. education budget.

Abbott acknowledged that

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Education Minister George Abbott said he won’t appoint a mediator for the teachers’ labour dispute until after March 26. there is no practical way to compel the BCTF to negotiate if they refuse. BCTF president Susan Lambert has rejected the idea of a ministry-appointed mediator as well as the government’s “net zero” financial restriction.

Abbott said because of the long history of disagreement, court challenges over restrictions on class size and special needs support and other unique complications, he will be seeking a mediator with significant education experience.

In earlier interviews, Abbott has mused that a mediator who can “walk on water” would be preferable, and suggested that the skills used by Mahatma Gandhi to unite the disparate religions of India and achieve its independence would be useful in the teacher dispute.

If no settlement is reached by the end of June, a new contract would be imposed that extends from last spring to June 2013, after the next provincial election.

Sex trial ends early after security issue (CP) VERNON There was an unexpected early end to the eighth day of the trial of a former Vernon, B.C., teacher and viceprincipal charged with sexually assaulting a student.

More than 50 people were cleared from the courtroom to allow for a closeddoor meeting between the judge, lawyers and Deborah Ashton after her lawyer mentioned something about a security issue.

Neither the Crown nor Ashton’s lawyer would say anything about the matter after the private 10-minute meeting, and the trial was adjourned until Friday morning.

The Crown still has two or three more witnesses to call in the case.

Email forces cabinet minister Bloy to quit cabinet THE CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA - The only sitting provincial politician who supported B.C. Premier Christy Clark in her bid to lead the Liberal party last year resigned from cabinet Thursday for sharing an email from a reporter.

Soon after, Clark said Harry Bloy, who was minister of state for multiculturalism, had already told her he wouldn’t be running in the May 2013 election, even before Thursday’s cabinet resignation.

Bloy said he had accepted responsibility for passing along an email between a Vancouver Province reporter and the Advanced Education Ministry.

The reporters’ email was inquiring about Peter Chung, who founded the Eminata Group and is a frequent donor to the Liberals. The newspaper reported that the email was sent to Eminata, which operates private colleges and other training institutions.

“It has been my honour to serve in cab-

inet for the last year but I felt it important to accept responsibility for my actions in regard to sharing an email with a third party,” Bloy said in a four-sentence statement.

“It was my decision and I accept that.”

The email in question was sent to the Ministry of Advanced Education, seeking comment about Chung.

The Province newspaper reported the Advanced Education Ministry passed the email along to Bloy, who in turn sent it to Eminata.

The premier said Bloy’s actions were inappropriate, but not criminal. Clark noted he had apologized and taken responsibility for his actions.

Clark said cabinet ministers often share emails between each other, but Bloy should not have sent the Advanced Education Ministry email to the Eminata Group and Chung.

“He shouldn’t have received the document,” she said. “It was inappropriate and

the minister has resigned. There’s no ifs ands or buts about it, it was inappropriate.”

Bloy’s resignation saw the New Democrats calling for a second resignation, pointing to Advanced Education Minister Naomi Yamamoto, who’s ministry received the original email and passed it on to Bloy. Yamamoto said she wasn’t quitting and denied she or her ministry were guilty of wrongdoing in letting Bloy see the email.

Bloy, who represents the suburban Vancouver riding of Burnaby-Lougheed, was elected to the legislature in 2001. He had previously served as social development minister, but was demoted to minister of state during a cabinet shuffle last September.

Bloy was the only member of the Liberal caucus to support Clark in her successful bid for the Liberal leadership last year, which saw her take over from Gordon Campbell as premier.

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IMF backs $36.56B Greek aid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A rare Guam rail chick hatches at the National Zoo in Washington. National Zoo officials say two rare Guam rail chicks have hatched there. The small, flightless birds hatched March 3 and 4. The total population of the birds is now 162. In several weeks, zookeepers will perform routine medical exams and take feather samples to determine the birds’ sexes.

ATHENS - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday approved C28 billion ($36.56 billion) in funding for crisis-hit Greece over the next four years, while Standard and Poor’s warned that the country’s new bonds remained vulnerable to default despite this month’s massive debt writedown.

The IMF’s executive board granted the immediate release of C1.65 billion ($2.15 billion) of these funds as part of the country’s second bailout, a statement said.

Greece will receive a total C172.7 billion in rescue loans from its eurozone partners and the IMF to keep it afloat until 2016, as dizzily high borrowing rates have blocked its ability to raise money on the international bond markets.

Without the bailout, Greece would have been forced into a messy default of a C14.5 billion bond repayment due on March. 20. The new bailout cash was approved after Greece secured a massive debt-reduction deal with banks and other private bond holders, swapping old government bonds for new ones that have better repayment terms.

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FUNDING FOR STUDENTS, NOT FOR WAGE HIKES. The BCTF is demanding a 15 per cent wage hike and other benefits that would cost $2 billion and raise taxes for BC families. Virtually all other public sector unions have settled for no wage increases.

It’s unacceptable that schools are disrupted and that students and their families are inconvenienced over an unreasonable salary demand in difficult economic times. The union is making claims and demands that simply don’t add up.

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The union wants more paid time outside the classroom – sick leave for teachers on call, expanded bereavement and discretionary leave.

The government wants more time for teacher training and to ensure that Pro-D days really are for professional development.

The union says all teaching positions should be selected on the basis of seniority.

The government supports seniority but qualifications must also count so that math teachers teach math, and science teachers teach science.

The union says that teachers who perform poorly in evaluations will be dismissed – ‘one strike and you’re out’.

The government wants to support teacher improvement through a standardized evaluation process.

The union says that government refuses to negotiate.

There has been over a year of negotiations and 78 full bargaining sessions.

The union says that class size limits have been eliminated.

Class size limits will remain in place on all grades across BC.

The union says that BC has 700 fewer special needs teachers.

2100 new teaching assistants have been hired since 2001. And, with a new $165 million Learning Improvement Fund, we will hire more.

It’s time to focus on what matters most in education – BC’s students. That’s why we are focused on per-student funding which is at an all time high, not on wage increases.

We all want to do more to make BC’s education system even better. It’s the driving force behind BC’s Education Plan that teachers, parents and students are helping to shape.

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SPORTS AND RECREATION TRAIL PARKS AND RECREATION

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Get a jump on summer with new programs Refs honoured Swing into spring, sign up for golf camp Spring Break is here and Trail Parks and Rec has some fantastic camps for kids off from school.

Spring Break Camp Chaos is for ages 6 to 12 and will be running for another whole week, from Mar. 19 to 23. We are offering full days of camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (drop off starts at 8:30 a.m.).

The full week is only $105 (second child is $85), and this camp is Non-TRP exempt. Also register for single days and keep the kids engaged with fun games, activities, crafts and projects, swimming at the aquatic centre, and skating at the Trail Memorial Centre.

There will also be free pizza on Friday. Join our awesome camp leaders in our actionpacked camp.

Junior Golf Camp is teeing off next week. CPGA

instructor Kevin Nesbitt’s program consists of multi-level instruction and rewards, support materials, and assistance while developing the junior golfer.

The camp runs from Mar. 21 to 23, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9 a.m. to noon. Cost is $100 per camp; exempt from the nonTRP fee. This camp accepts ages 7 to 15, beginner and intermediates, located at the Willi Krause Fieldhouse, Public Skating goes daily throughout spring break.

Check out the schedule by calling Trail Parks and Recreation.

Bunny Tales and Tots is a fun program for ages 2 to 3, starting Mar. 28 to Apr. 4, Wednesday’s from 1 to 2 p.m. Here you will have fun with the Easter season by creating crafts, playing fun games, singing songs, listening to stories and sparking your imagination. Enjoy this spring program and get ready for Easter.

New sessions of fitness classes will be starting up the week of Mar. 26. Boomer Fit Class is for adults and seniors and all levels of fitness.

Enjoy athletic-type movement including strength exercises and core training.

A good stretch will round out the workout. Classes are with instructor Lynn Kenneway, Mar. 26 to May 16, Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Core Strengthening with Diana Howard starts Mar. 27 to May 8, Tuesday’s from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Learn a core strengthening routine that includes exercises with the stability ball, free weights, floor exercises and stretching. Strengthen your back and core and increase your overall fitness. Modifications will be included for different levels.

Boot Camp with Diana Howard starts Mar. 29 to May 10, Thursday’s from 5 to 6 p.m. Get your heart pumping and burn some calories in these energetic classes.

30-Minute Circuit for adult to seniors is a shorter class that offers maximum benefits. In a circuit format you will move from station to station training with free weights, stability balls, resistance bands, and weighted balls.

Learn floor resistance exercises on the mat and endurance training with a variety of cardio options. This class is excellent for beginners; modifications are explained throughout the entire workout. Classes start Mar. 27 to May 10, Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m.

There are many more programs beginning soon; check out our new Parks and Recreation Leisure Guide for all the upcoming programs and events.

For more information call Trail Parks and Recreation at 368-6484, or the Aquatic Centre at 364-0888.

You can also get information on the website at www. trail.ca.

KIJHL creates competitive balance

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pring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the birdies is?

Oh, wait!

Not even a week until Spring is here, although looking out the window wouldn’t convince many of that.

It will likely be April before even the driving range is open at Birchbank and Redstone is next best thing to snowed in.

The Smoke Eaters season is done, and very soon the Commercial League and curling will also be history for the year.

The Habs and Oilers are done, the Leafs will be in that category soon, the Jets improbable dream may be fading and Calgary is in a dogfight, so few Canadian teams will be around for post-season play and a lot of fans have tuned out.

But, in this area there has been excitement aplenty on the ice. The KIJHL playoffs have been as dramatic as one could want.

Of 12 series to date, half have gone to seven games, two more were decided in game six and only one has been a sweep.

The thing of it is, the KIJHL has no mechanism for promoting what the pros call, “competitive balance,� but have achieved it anyway, for the most part.

The pros, of course, do everything short of penalizing excellence

in order keep the 72 postthat balance season games although there played so far, are still good 33 have been teams and decided by very bad teams one goal, 15 of all over their those in overleagues. time, including The KIJHL the deciding DAVE just lets the contest in the people that only series that run the teams, was swept. run the teams.

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that understand their sport to actually organize it - to Gary Bettman (NHl), Roger Goodell (NFL) and Bud Selig (MLB).

It couldn’t hurt, for sure.

Bantam Hockey provincials are in town, the schedule will be in the Times. Check it out.

For those few of you out there who appreciate big time soccer, I recently discovered, with the help of a like-minded friend, a site with very good streaming of many games from around the world. Try links2football.com.

A minute of work to get past early ads, then very good broadcasts. If you have a socalled smart TV, almost any newer flat screen, you can plug your computer into that with good results.

BCHL - For the first time ever, the British Columbia Hockey League is recognizing officials and has named the Kelly Sutherland Top Referee Award winner and the Brad Lazarowich Top Linesman Award winner.

The inaugural winner of the Kelly Sutherland Award is 10-year BCHL veteran Steve Papp.

The Kelowna resident, who also referees in the Western Hockey League and is a Level 6 official, was selected last season to work in the Doyle Cup and the RBC Cup. “Steve has the utmost respect of the teams and his peers,� said BCHL director of officiating Derek Adams. “For the past few years, Steve has acted as a mentor to our younger officials in the league and has been a big part of helping these officials adjust to Junior A hockey.�

The inaugural winner of the Brad Lazarowich Award is another 10-year BCHL official in Jason Cramer. Known as “JC� to his colleagues, Cramer took the unusual step this season of being both a referee and linesman and had great success at each role. “JC is committed to giving back to help younger officials in BCHL by dedicating his time to instruct and teach at referee schools such as the BC Hockey Summer Officiating Camp in Osoyoos,� noted Adams. “JC was also one of the main organizers for Movember, which is a charitable cause to grow a mustache to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer among officials from across Canada.�

Cramer also works as a linesman in the WHL and referees in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League.

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Two young children lived in a South Slocan home where they seized over 5,000 marijuana plants in a grow operation bust Friday, say RCMP.

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RCMP say two young children lived in a South Slocan home where they seized over 5,000 marijuana plants Friday.

Police say members of the federal border integrity program joined local detachment members in executing a search warrant that turned up 5,207 plants in various stages of growth.

Two men, ages 40 and 44, and a woman, 42, were arrested.

The Ministry of Child and Family Development was notified to care for the two children, who are primaryschool aged sisters. The children were at school when police executed the warrant.

Their parents were among the three suspects, according to Sgt. Dennis Blanch of the integrated border enforcement team.

He says the bust follows a twomonth investigation, and based on the number of plants, is the second largest their unit has made.

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“As police, finding children exposed to the dangers of a marijuana grow-op is particularly disturbing,� Supt. Derek Simmonds, the officer in charge of the border integrity program, added in a news release. “Anytime children are exposed to, or have access to chemicals, unsafe wiring and drugs there is a very real chance that they could be seriously hurt.�

The release also contained a statement from Children and Families Minister Mary McNeil. “Whenever police identify situations where families are being put at risk, such as grow-ops, we work closely together to ensure that any children in the home are safe and protected.�

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