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MAY 1, 2012 Vol. 117, Issue 84
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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF
ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALM SALMO
CBT cash helps wide range of groups BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff
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Jace and Zoe DePellegrin proudly display their certificates they earned following Saturday’s bike safety course in Trail.
Young cyclists learn the rules of the road BY BREANNE MASSEY Times Staff
The growing trend of riding bikes for exercise or transportation has shifted back to local children. And with the riding season in full swing, RCMP Crime Prevention Officer Gordon Sims offered children and youth a course on bike safety on Saturday in Trail. He has been working with a number of partners to teach students in primary schools how to ride bicycles safely. “We present road sense
New DriveBC webcams for the West Kootenay
and safety tips to all of the elementary schools kids and we’ve been doing that for the last three weeks.” While Sims visited students at school, he taught them how to read signs, use their arms to signal what their next move was going to be for drivers and, of course, look both ways. “There’s various signs and maneuvers that they have to learn,” said Sims. “It emphasizes safety tips for the upcoming season.” So far, the initiative has been successful and he’s
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff
Five new highway web cameras will be added this year to the West Kootenay arsenal as DriveBC takes a little more of the guesswork out of highway travel in the region. The Ministry of Transportation
encouraging parents to help their children practice now that the course is over. Wendy DePellegrin took her daughter Zoe and son Jace to the event after Sims told her about the practicality of the lesson: both theory and hands-on practice. “The majority of (students) have the theory down,” he said, “it’s just a matter of getting them practicing so they can use it.” DePellegrin had seen the program before, and thought it was a great idea for her
kids. Zoe and Jace successfully passed the rigid obstacle course, and proved they could look both ways while signaling correctly. The DePellegrin children were nervous about riding through the obstacle course, but felt confident after they completed the assigned tasks and received certificates of completion for a day of hard work. “We did some of it in school,” said Jace. “But, I like this better because you don’t have to listen to the teacher.”
and Infrastructure announced it will be adding the new cameras to the DriveBC network giving motorists more opportunities to check real-time traffic, road and weather conditions as they plan their trips. For Greater Trail drivers, the Bombi Pass will now be online,
The circle won’t be unbroken at the Trail Curling Club. Last week, the club received $15,000 from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) through the community initiative program to complete a kitchen renovation and make the facility fully operational by installing a fire suppression system. Hanging upon a decision by Trail city council, the club was desperate for the funds, said TCC past president Sandra Stajduhar. “We never would have been able to raise that much extra,” she said. One reason is, without the fire suppression system, the club would not have been legally able to operate the kitchen at events and bonspiels, thus nullifying the principal source of revenue that is put back into the club. With the B.C. Senior Bonspiel coming in February, 2013 — and numerous other in-house bonspiels for its over 200 members — the club had high hopes council would see the merit of the project. A week ago council fielded requests from 45 groups vying for a total of $102,132 in CBT money earmarked for Trail, with $285,269 in total requests coming from community groups and non-profit organizations for the 2012/13 year. The CBT Community Initiatives Program funds activities the city deems important and supports projects that might not otherwise have been undertaken. The villages of Fruitvale, Montrose and Warfield all received $30,000 for the current year — including some previous years’ unallocated amounts — with Area A and Area B also being handed $30,000. Rossland received $44,770, with $1,490 in unallocated money, and the Beaver Valley picked up $90,000, with $2,249.86 from previous years added in.
joining the other high passes in the region — the Kootenay Pass and Paulson Summit — on the website. As well, Highway 3A at Devito Road in Trail will also receive a webcam. Installations are scheduled to begin this spring, and it is anticipated all will be in operation before
See MANY, Page 3 winter. People will be also able to check traffic and weather conditions at the ferry terminals at Balfour (Highway 3A) and Galena Bay (Highway 23). A camera will be added to Highway 3A at Nelson.
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