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Predators taking their toll on local deer population increased in numbers in the West Kootenay. The balance of nature has been Black bears, coyotes, cougars tipped in favour of Wile E. Coyote and now wolves are the culprits, he as predators are gaining the upper noted. hand in the region, according to local “Our mule deer populations are at outsdoorsmen. extremely low levels and the predaAn annual Trail Wildlife tors (especially cougars) are one of Association survey of the populations the causes,” he said. “Last year huntof deer in the region has revealed ers complained of seeing more wolf some startling numbers. and cougar tracks than deer tracks.” Unofficially, deer populations Wolf sightings are becoming comin the Fort Shepherd region have mon, Fillmore pointed out, as they declined by 80 per cent since 1969, have been seen in the Salmo-Creston when the annuarea, at Nelway, in “Last year hunters al count showed the Pend d’Oreille around 500 animals Valley, the Cascade complained of seeing on average—and summits and in more wolf and over 600 at its highthe Arrow Lakes cougar tracks than est—wintering in District. the region. In fact, a wolf has deer tracks.” But with around been spotted at the RICK FILMORE 100 deer settling top of the Montrose into the lush forcutoff, Hanik est southeast of the city last winter, added. there is some concern the cause of Fillmore felt the network of power the decline is related in recent years lines, logging roads and pipeline to a rise in predators. right-of-ways criss-crossing B.C. conCougars and wolves are pushing tributed to a corridor that allowed into the area, adding their numbers predators to be very mobile in their to the plethora of coyotes plaguing pursuit of prey. the backcountry in some areas, said And it explained how so many Terry Hanik, president of the Trail predators have made it into the Wildife Association (TWA). Greater Trail region. Those corridors As a result, dropping deer popula- have led the predators into more tions have become the association’s settled areas where the deer have main concern, he said. been thriving for years. “We, as hunters and members of Hanik said an explosion of deer Trail Wildlife Association, have got a few years ago in settled regions to do something on our part to relieve of the West Kootenay meant predathe pressure on deer,” he said. tors would eventually follow as their Last year was the worst season for numbers dwindled in the upper hunting for everybody, Hanik point- reaches of the backcountry. ed out. There were a lot of hunters And predator populations have that went out in fall when the season stayed while prey populations dwinopened and never saw a deer. dled. “Either the deer are getting pushed “As ungulate populations—whiteback far into the bush or what, we tail deer, mule deer, elk—decrease just don’t know, but they are just not the predators will probably move here,” he explained. on,” Fillmore stated. The former president of the TWA But Hanik said until they do someconcurred. Rick Fillmore said it was thing needs to be done now before his belief and that of many other the balance is upset beyond repair. See FEDERATION, Page 3 outdoors people that predators have
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Rebecca Leeworth’s “art shack,” in Montrose will be displaying her work during this weekend’s Columbia Basin Culture Tour
Culture tour offers up slice of Kootenay art BY BREANNE MASSEY Times Staff
Kootenay culture will lend its flavour to artisan exhibitions throughout the region this weekend. The Columbia Basin Culture Tour (CBCT), a project of the Columbia Kootenay Alliance, will be hosting artisan exhibitions throughout the West Kootenay starting Saturday. The CBCT is a grass-roots arts tour with creative individuals exhibiting their artwork and hosting a series of demonstrations. Nearly 70 artists have been busily preparing their studios for tours and demonstrations this season, including several artists from Greater Trail. “This is my second year participating,” said Montrose artist Rebecca Leeworth. “I think the tour is a really good thing to have because it makes people aware that we actually do have artists in the community, and it allows them to come and see
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means that sometimes the colours I use can be really dull and sometimes I’m more vibrant, but I still keep going.” Most of the time she can be found perched on a stool in a tiny wooden shed in front of her house, she calls it “the art shack.” Inside of the shack, square canvases are suspended from the ceiling with fishing line and some are stacked up in tiny nooks and crannies. The shack is as quirky as the artist. “I have so many paintings that our house is filling up too,” she said, gesturing at the work around her. But the space is organized in her way. It’s accessible and if you ask the right questions, Leeworth is more than happy to explain the work. She uses art as an escape from the daily impacts of being ill, and explained how her moods often dictate how she works, but it doesn’t get her down.
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Selfguided tours on weekend FROM PAGE 1 “There are also a couple of really great artists this year,� said Rachael Roussin, a member of the Rossland arts council. “Tricia Rasku is absolutely amazing, not only does she weave all of the products she makes—she also dyes the wool. “She makes everything by hand, Roussin added. Rasku, based in Rossland, will be exhibiting a series of handmade soaps and crafts during the culture tour. Other highlights include paintings from Stephanie Gauvin in Rossland and pottery from Trail artist Fran Moll. Guests may browse artisan studios and galleries or watch demonstrations. The self-guided tour takes place on Saturday and Sunday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. For more information about the line-up and tour map, visit cbculturetour.com.
Rossland teen pays prize forward BY BREANNE MASSEY Times Staff
It’s better to give than to receive. A Rossland teen gave a little bit of Canadian hospitality to Burmese refugees when she won a local fundraiser. When Nemaiah Shaw, 19, won the West Kootenay Friends of Refugee (WKFR) recently—a quilt from its raffle fundraiser— the teenager swiftly decided to pay it forward. Shaw’s mother has been working with the local NGO to raise $20,000 to aid two Burmese families through the immigration process. Nemaiah was tickled pink by the idea of offering hospitality to the community’s newest residents by donating the quilt to them upon arrival. “I’m really excited for the families to come here and I’m glad that I can give them a gift when they get here,� Shaw gushed. “They’re from Burma originally, but right now they’re in a refugee camp in Malaysia so they’ve had a tough go of it.� She hopes the quilt will offer the family of four a warm hug during their first Canadian winter. The refugees are expected to arrive as early as November.
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“We’ve been fundraising for about a year now and our goal is $20,000,� explained Rachael Roussin, spokesperson for the WKFR. “We’ve raised close to $10,000 so we’re almost halfway to our goal and we’re planning a couple of events this fall.� According to the East Kootenay Friends of Burma (EKFB), a constituent of the WKFR, $20,000 is
enough to help eight Burmese immigrants relocate. In addition the mechanical department at AMEC donated over $1,800 to support this initiative. “It helps them with rent, clothing, food, utility bills, recreation—basically anything for the cost of living,� Roussin said. “But we’re still trying to get creative to raise the remaining $10,000.� But Shaw’s goals for
Second access for hospital hits dead end BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff
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Nemaiah Shaw won a quilt from the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees in Rossland’s Pioneer Park on Tuesday morning. She plans to give the quilt back to the community by donation.
international development don’t end there. She’s currently packing her bags to attend Rossland Secondary School’s Interact club for a volunteer project in Honduras. “Interact is like a junior rotary and we have it at our school for youth,� she explained. “We do an international project every other year and community projects during the years in between. I’ve been a part of it for about three years.� Previously Shaw completed a one-year study abroad program in Mexico during Grade 11, so she graduated one year later than some of her peers. But she expects the upcoming trip will be an even bigger eye-opener. The Interact club will be working in an aids clinic, working with children and building a house. “The trip that I’m going on in about four days will probably have an impact,� she said. “The other traveling that I’ve done hasn’t been volunteer-work so I think that this (trip) will be really cool and it probably will change me, but I’m not sure how yet.� For more information visit www.friendsofrefugees.ca.
Regional support for a second access point for the regional hospital has fizzled at the regional district level. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) board of directors voted against any direct support for the construction of a second access to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. All the RDKB will do is support the City of Trail in its future pursuit of grant funding, said the city’s regional district representative,
Robert Cacchioni. “I was particularly disappointed with that decision,� he said. “I had hoped the regional district would have taken a stronger position on that second access but they didn’t and that is the way it is.� The board chose not refer it to the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Board, it chose not to pay for it across the whole region, and it chose not to refer it to the East End Services Committee, said Cacchioni. “In terms of regional think-
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ing ‌ that is something that a regional hospital needs to be supported with,â€? he said. “It’s a regional service and it should be shared in terms of regional cost apportionment since it is important to everybody.â€? Now the City of Trail will be speaking to the Minister of Health in September on securing a grant for the second access project. There had been some concern about the way grants are given out and the way the provincial government was distributing money, said Cacchioni.
“That would seem to be one way they could improve the situation in the Kootenay,� he said. “We haven’t really received a great deal in terms of grant money.� In mid-April the RDKB board of directors made a call for letters of support from all municipalities and electoral areas to see if the second access project had any appeal, either regionally or just locally. Trail was the first municipality to sign back on to the proposed $2-million project.
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Cacchioni said if the entire region had elected to contribute to the undertaking, it would have cost Trail $34,583 (23.5 per cent) over the 20-year lifespan of the borrowing, but $64,943 (44.13 per cent) per year if only the seven East End communities—including Rossland, Warfield, Montrose, Fruitvale, and electoral areas A and B—signed on. The second road is meant to relieve traffic and offer an alternative route, should the main access ever be closed due to an emergency. The most recent proposed route sends traffic from Goepel Street to Fourth Avenue and up a bank of land toward the current ambulance station. A former proposed route access was from McBride Street.
Federation lobbying for predator control FROM PAGE 1 As an association the provincial BC Wildlife Federation is lobbying for some control of predators, said Hanik. But what happens once predator management is advocated is resistance develops that blocks the management process. In the East Kootenay they have shut five regions down for mule deer hunting, hoping to stop their decline in those areas. In the West Kootenay, Hanik said, they don’t want to shut anything down—but they need to. “But by the time they get more hunters into the picture, there aren’t going to be anymore animals for them,” he said. “Opening up everything is no good. They’ll kill off all of the animals. “They are all over and we have to do something to take the pressure off of the deer and the animals around them.” B.C. Conservation officers would not return phone calls.
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The adept work of Eric Volpatti with a backhoe on Hazelwood Drive is making short work of the water line replacement job the city undertook this week. Along with John MacGillivray, left (in backhoe), and Ryan Dean (not shown), the three are replacing a main water line with new four-inch pipe on one section of block. The job should be completed early next week.
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No dough ends fight against mosquito BY SALLY MACDONALD Kimberley Bulletin
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Police search for missing teen THE NELSON STAR Police across Canada are asking for help locating a 14-year-old girl from Nelson who has been missing since “voluntarily” leaving Trail on July 30. The family of Morgan Durocher has issued a picture and along with police are asking for any help from the public locating the youth. “We are trying to find her to establish her well being,” said Trail RCMP Sgt. Rob Hawton. “If anybody knows where she is, they should contact any police department. It would be much appreciated. Durocher is described as 5’4” and 115 pounds with a slim build. She has a small nose stud, braces and shoulder length brown hair. Family members say if she is
spotted she may run if approached and ask that the local police department be advised immediately. The Nelson Police Department can be reached at 250-354-3919. Trail RCMP can be reached at 250364-2566.
come to end after an “unusual and challenging” season. Although it’s barely August, the contractor who applies larvicide on behalf of the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) has exceeded the budget of $112,000 trying to keep a handle on the insects during a record bad year. “Last year, we described the mosquito season as a perfect storm as we had high snow loads, a cool and wet spring, and sustained high flood waters,” said RDEK communications officer Loree Duczek. “This year, conditions are even worse.” The contractor, Kendra Lewis of Morrow Bioscience, struggled to keep up with treating areas
of mosquito larvae in Skookumchuck, Wasa, and Ta Ta Creek, and by the middle of June had already exceeded the 2012 budget for larvicide expected to last until August. In May and June, 2012, Morrow Bioscience used 12,340 kilograms of larvicide to treat 2,056 hectares. From May to August, 2011 - over four months instead of two - Morrow used 12,644 kilograms of larvicide to treat 2,461 hectares. “What makes this year more unusual and challenging is that it comes on the heels of a record bad year in 2011,” said Duczek. Normally, ‘bad’ years are separated by better years where less larvicide is needed than the RDEK budgets for. “This pattern allows
us to stockpile larvicide for exceptional years. Last year, we exceeded the forecasted budget, but were able to use reserve funds to continue with treatments. “This year, there were no reserve funds built up and we were not able to carry over any larvicide from 2011,” said Duczek. When the larvicide ran out in the middle of June, the RDEK had to make the call: increase the budget, or call it a day? “As a result of all of these factors, the RDEK has had to make the difficult decision to suspend treatments for the remainder of the season. This decision was not made lightly,” said Duczek. “To continue with larviciding in a summer experiencing sig-
nificant local flooding would result in a dramatic increase in annual parcel taxes and was not deemed appropriate. Even by suspending this year’s treatments in June, parcel taxes for the service will increase in 2013 and beyond so that recovery of program costs can be achieved.” But Wasa resident Susanne Ashmore said the mosquitoes are not as bad as reported. “Talking to people in the Wasa area, it hasn’t been as bad as I was expecting it to be,” she said. “Bummer’s Flats was a lake. When I saw that, I was preparing for the worst. We have had mosquitoes, but no worse than other years where the flooding wasn’t as extensive.”
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VANCOUVER - If Enbridge (TSX:ENB) and the Alberta government get their way, an additional 500 tankers could be coming in and out of northern B.C. each year, with each departing ship carrying millions of litres of oil destined for foreign markets. As each double-hulled tanker makes it way through the Douglas Channel near Kitimat, a tethered tug boat would help keep the massive ship on course. A marine pilot trained on local waters would make sure the vessel navigates safely through the water. But what if the unexpected happens? What if the giant vessel hits a rock along B.C.’s coast line, and oil begins to seep into the water? Who springs into action first? Who takes on the cleanup, and who is responsible for making sure it is done properly? Despite the controversy around the pipeline and the questions raised by the B.C. government and environmentalists about safety and liability, the nuts-and-bolts process of who does what is relatively clear. Right away, first responders on the tug boats would rush to contain the spill. The tanker company - the polluter that is financially responsible for the mess - must immediately notify the Canadian Coast Guard, or the province’s emergency line. A call would also be made to a federally-certified spill response organization, which would come to handle the crisis. In B.C.’s case, that organization is the Western Canada Marine Response Organization. It dispatches vessels to the spill within hours and contains it using a variety of booms, skimmers, suction pumps and absorbent pads. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard would arrive on the scene to supervise the clean-up. Under Canadian regulations, the spill is supposed to be contained within 10 days. Bruce Turnbull, with the Western Canada Marine Response Organization, said stormy weather conditions could delay response time, which is typically between six to 72 hours. “You think six hours (seems like a lot), but we don’t drive there, we don’t fly there, we have to be on the water and water speed isn’t that great,” he said. Turnbull said resources - including a highspeed response skimmer - and personnel will be moved closer to the Douglas Channel to match the level of perceived risk if the Northern Gateway project gets approved. But history has shown that despite protocol,
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a significant marine spill - such as the one that many environmentals and aboriginal groups say could happen on the West Coast if the controversial $6-billion Northern Gateway project gets approved - often doesn’t go according to the bestlaid plans. Protocol doesn’t take into account human error. Just last week, roughly 190,000 litres of crude spilled from Enbridge’s pipeline in rural Wisconsin, causing the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to demand the oil giant submit a re-start plan before it can reopen the pipeline. And in 2010, millions of litres of oil sand crude poured into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan state, affecting more than 50 kilometres of waterways and wetlands. The Kalamazoo River was only recently opened up again, and the clean-up cost Enbridge $800-million. Since the incident, the oil company has said it has made many changes, including doubling the number of employees to detect pipeline leaks, increasing technical training and improving the company’s safety culture. “The key aspect in terms of avoiding human error would be to start with the philosophy of the company, and that would be no spill is acceptable and we must do all we can to ensure there won’t be a spill,” John Carruthers, president of the Northern Gateway project, said in an interview. The Northern Gateway project, currently before a federal review panel, would carry tar sand oil - crude that contains diluted bitumen from Alberta to northern B.C., where it would be shipped to Asia. Enbridge said late last month it would invest a further $500-million in boosting the safety of the proposed pipeline. Canada’s liability rules means a spiller may not have to spend more than $1.3 billion cleaning up a marine disaster. The rest of the costs could fall to the province and Ottawa. That has helped prompt B.C. Premier Christy Clark to insist Ottawa underwrite more of the financial liability of cleanup and to require B.C. get a bigger share of the profits from the line to compensate for the increased risk the province may take on. Edward Owens, a geologist and shoreline protection consultant with Enbridge, said the project’s spill management plan will be “state-of-the-art.” “There’s no one formula for success. The key is to have everything in place that you can have.”
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This file photo shows trainer Indy Canagaratnam feeding beluga whale Kavna at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver in 2011. The Vancouver Aquarium’s oldest beluga has died at the age of 46. Aquarium staff say Kavna, believed also to be the oldest beluga at all other accredited aquariums in North America, had been behaving differently in recent days.
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The defence for the man accused of sexually abusing his teen stepdaughter and forcing her into the sex trade industry ended last week with the girl’s mother testifying. “I know the truth,” said the mother. After the stepfather was arrested last summer, the mother said she was living with the girl and ordered the girl’s boyfriend to leave
the residence because she was tired of supporting him. The mother said her daughter was drunk and they got into an argument. “When she looked at me and said I’ll make sure (stepfather) is out of our lives for good, I knew,” she said. Testifying in support of the stepfather, all of whose names are being withheld to protect the girl, the mother said she never saw anything inappropriate between
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the two. “There is nothing to forgive him for because I know he hasn’t done anything,” said the mother during crossexamination. The mother painted a picture of a drugfueled lifestyle. She said the stepfather was a binge drug user and both of them dealt drugs while living in Penticton, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls and in Vancouver. “I’m sure I wasn’t the perfect parent, but I always made sure there was food on the table and we had a roof over our head. I wasn’t the perfect parent. I made my mistakes,” said the mother. Crown counsel asked the mother about information from a witness that said they were concerned about bedroom activities the girl had with the stepfather. The mother said she knew nothing was happening and it was common for the girl to fall asleep in the stepfather’s bed and then later move to her own room or bed. Closing arguments from the Crown and defence are scheduled to be heard today in provincial court.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes an announcement regarding benefits for parents with sick children at Shaughnessy Elementary School in Vancouver on Tuesday. Harper announced parents who need to take time off work to care for a child due to critical illness or injury would be able to apply for up to 35 weeks of employment insurance.
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Anglers can’t take fish from river THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Anglers are being told they can’t take fish from one of Alberta’s most popular rivers while the government studies the effects of a major pipeline spill. The catch-and-release restriction is on the Red Deer River where a Plains Midstream pipeline leaked nearly half a million litres of oil in June. Alberta Environment spokesman Dave Ealey says the restriction will last for at least the rest of this year’s
season and may continue into next year. Ealey says the restriction is intended to help scientists determine whether the spill has affected fish populations. He says there are concerns the spill may have left fewer younger fish in the river. The Red Deer is a popular river for both Albertan and foreign anglers, who come to its waters for sport fish such as mountain whitefish and brown trout.
Cops issue 3,500 tickets on long weekend THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - Speeding continues to be a problem on Alberta highways, with police handing out more than 3,500 tickets over the long weekend. Those numbers include 655 speeding tickets issued to motorists on Highway 63 to and from the Fort McMurray area. RCMP says the numbers are
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The power of mockery rattles tyrants
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ow much do tyrants fear mockery? Consider the case of Belarus, often called “the last dictatorship in the heart of Europe,” where President Alexander Lukashenko has just fired his air force and border security chiefs because they did not stop a Swedish light plane from dropping teddy bears into the country. The plane, chartered by a Swedish public relations firm called Studio Total, crossed into Belarusian air space from Lithuania on July 4, and dropped hundreds of teddy bears on little parachutes on the outskirts of the capital, Minsk. The teddies bore labels calling for freedom of speech and respect for human rights, which is only what Lukashenko’s opponents within the country demand (before they are carted off to jail). Lukashenko, who has won every “election” in Belarus since 1994, was furious. ““Why didn’t the commanders intercept that flight?” he raged last week. “Who did they sympathize with?” In reality, his commanders weren’t paying much attention to air defences because nobody is going to bomb Belarus,
but he couldn’t accept that explanation. His power rests on people believing he is too strong to resist, and the teddy bears said the opposite, very loudly. Meanwhile, some hundreds of kilometres (miles) to the east, a trial opened last week in Moscow. Three young women, Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Yekaterina Samutsevich – Masha, Nadia and Katya to their friends – face a charge of hooliganism that could send them to jail for seven years for singing a song in church. Their real offence is that it was an anti-Putin song. Masha, Nadia and Katya belong to a punk rock band called Pussy Riot. It’s a loose collective of around 10 young Moscow women, feminists in a very macho country, who dress up in brightly coloured clothes and balaclavas (ski masks) and use music and performance art to criticize the repression and conformity they see around them. They are funny, brave, and sometimes offensive. They are not criminals. In an action that one band member later called an “ethical mistake”, five of them entered the Cathedral
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DYER World Affairs of Christ the Redeemer in Moscow last March, stepped onto the altar, and delivered a cheeky, shrieky song begging the Virgin Mary to free Russia from Putin. A companion videotaped them, and the performance lasted exactly 51 seconds before the security guards intervened and the police were called. The cops came and took down three of the band members’ names (the other two escaped), but they made no arrests, did not confiscate the videotape, and did not open a case against anybody. Only nine people had seen the performance, and most of them were guards. It just wasn’t worth pursuing – until the video appeared on YouTube two weeks later and went viral. This all happened during
the election campaign that saw Vladimir Putin return as Russia’s president after eight previous years in that job and four more as prime minister (to get around the constitutional limit of two terms as president). Pussy Riot chose to make their protest in Moscow’s cathedral in response to Patriarch Kirill’s public statements that it was “un-Christian” to demonstrate and that the Putin era is “a miracle of God.” People accused of nonviolent crimes are hardly ever held in custody in Russia before their trials, but Masha, Nadia and Katya were refused bail and have already been in prison for five months. Nobody has been allowed to visit them, though two of the three have small children. The state-controlled TV channels (i.e. almost all of them) have waged an endless propaganda war against them, portraying them as foreign agents. The trial verges on the ridiculous. On Thursday a lawyer for one of the cathedral guards (who has “suffered deeply” and lost sleep over the incident), described the punk band as “the tip of an iceberg of extremists, trying to break down the thousand-year edifice
of the Russian Orthodox Church by...guiding the flock through trickery and cunning not to God, but to Satan.” And behind it all, of course, was the “world government”: the Satanic West. The girls of Pussy Riot – they deliberately call themselves girls (“devushki” in Russian) to emphasize their innocence and powerlessness – have done more by mockery to unmask the authoritarian nature of the Putin regime than all their more earnest colleagues together. At a greater personal cost than they ever imagined, they have raised political consciousness in Russia and made the regime look both cruel and foolish. Vladimir Putin is no fool. He realizes that things have gone too far, and on a visit to London last week he tried to throw the machine into reverse. “There is nothing good in what (Pussy Riot) did,” he told reporters, but “I don’t think they should be judged too severely.” The court, no doubt, will take this an order. But the damage to the Putin regime is already done. Gwynne Dyer is a Londonbased independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries
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Olympians must play to win An editorial from the Waterloo Region Record Faster, higher, stronger, cheater. It’s easy to say which word doesn’t belong in the Olympic ideal. It’s harder to root it out of the all-too-human Games themselves. Just look at the furor surrounding the expulsion of eight women badminton players from the London competition last week. Their fault? They cheated. Two doubles teams from South Korea, one from Indonesia and another from China deliberately tried to lose matches so they could rig their quarterfinal draw. The world-champion Chinese team, for its part, tried to throw a match so it wouldn’t have to meet another Chinese team until the final. There’s no argument the four teams did what they were accused of doing. The furious spectators who were denied the world-class competition they had paid good money to see were incontrovertible witnesses. Eight of the best badminton players on Earth intentionally missed shot after shot and refused to exert themselves even when a referee implored them to do so. They made a mockery of the tournament. Yet amazingly, many people
defended the disgraced badminton players. Such apologists contend the women’s teams were, in fact, doing their best to win - it’s just that their goal was a medal. Throwing games before the medal round to get a better position later on is legitimate, or so the argument goes, because it is simply another strategy used by athletes. That argument has more holes than a badminton net. If American swimmer Michael Phelps holds back in a qualifying heat to conserve energy for the medal race, that’s acceptable strategy. He still has to compete hard enough to qualify in the heat - and beat out other contenders. Or if a National Hockey League team sits out its best players for a meaningless game at the end of a season in order to rest them for the playoffs, that’s fair, too. The team on the ice can still do its best - and should be expected to do so. What the four women’s badminton teams did was different. They not only refused to play their best. They deliberately tried to lose. But what are the Olympics - or any other world-class sporting event about? Repeat the word, “worldclass.� The Olympics are a play-
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OBITUARIES PICHE, HAROLD JOSEPH — 19462012 Harold Joseph Piche suddenly passed away at his home in Penticton, B.C., on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at the age of 66. He is survived by his wife Jerry; son’s, Aaron (Karen) and Derek (Robin) and three grandchildren, Nolan, Shy-Anne and Cali. Harold was born in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan on January 13, 1946 and was the youngest child of six , born to Melvina and Arsen Piche. He moved to Oliver, B.C. in 1966 and started a Lineman apprenticeship at West Kootenay Power in 1974. He retired from the company after 36 years in various roles. He enjoyed hunting, golf, fastball and hitting home runs in slowpitch. He loved spending time with his family and chasing the grandkids around. He will be remembered as a big man with an even bigger heart, always full of laughs and ready to crack a joke. He will be sadly missed by all of his family and friends. A “Celebration of Life“ will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012 from 1 to 4 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 97, 36217-97th Street, Oliver, B.C. Everyone is welcome. Arrangements entrusted to Graham Funeral Home, 5920 Kootenay Street, Oliver B.C. (250) 498-3833. Your message of condolence, sharing your fond memories of Harold may be sent to: www.grahamfh.com *** DEL BOSCO, RUGGERO — It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to all. Born in 1920 in the Friuli, he emigrated to Trail in 1956 with his wife and children, leaving behind parents, 3 brothers, a sister, many cousins, and his beloved ancestral home at Mason. He retired from Trail Hospital in 1985, and in 2009, when his health began to fail, he moved with his wife to the coast to be near his family. His quiet and unassuming personality accompanied a fundamental commitment to his fellow man. Tireless, industrious, and self-sufficient, he is remembered for his willingness to help anyone in need, his dignity, his discretion and perceptivity, his decency, and his devotion to family. The world was richer for his goodness, his light and surefooted step, and his twinkling blue eyes. Predeceased by everyone but his sister, he is survived by his wife of 69 years, Antonietta (Della Mattia); daughters Luciana (Sergio) and Maria (Andrew); grandchildren Tina, Tony, and Tania (Zanet) and Cara, Rachel, and Alexis (Statz); and great-grandchildren Sophia and Dawson (Gray) A funeral mass will be held on August 8 at the Gardens of Gethsemane in South Surrey.
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MARVIN HAMLISCH
Composer created some of music’s most memorable pieces THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Marvin Hamlisch was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear. “I heard sounds that other children didn’t hear,” he wrote in his autobiography. He turned that skill into writing and arranging compulsively memorable songs that the world was unable to stop humming - from the mournful “The Way We Were” to the jaunty theme from “The Sting.” Prolific and seeming without boundaries, Hamlisch, who died at 68 after a short illness, composed music for film heroes from James Bond and Woody Allen, for powerful singers such as Liza Minnelli and Aretha Franklin, and highkicking dancers of the Tonywinning “A Chorus Line.” To borrow one of his song titles, nobody did it better. “He was a true musical genius, but above all that, he was a beautiful human being. I will truly miss him,” said Barbra Streisand, who first met the composer in 1963 and sang his “The Way We Were” to a Grammy win in 1974. “It was his brilliantly quick mind, his generosity, and delicious
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch at Heinz Hall in downtown Pittsburgh. Hamlisch, a conductor and award-winning composer best known for the torch song “The Way We Were,” died Monday. He was 68. sense of humour that made him a delight to be around.” Hamlisch collapsed and died Monday in Los Angeles after a brief illness, his publicist Ken Sunshine said, citing the family. Other details were not released. The New York-born Hamlisch composed more than 40 film scores, including “Sophie’s Choice,” ”Ordinary People,“ ”The Way We Were“ and ”Take the Money and Run.“ His latest work came for Steven Soderbergh’s ”The Informant!“ Hamlisch became one of the most decorated artists in
history, winning three Oscars, four Emmys, four Grammys, a Tony, a Pulitzer and three Golden Globes. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in his memory on Wednesday at 8 p.m. He arranged many of Minnelli’s albums, including her first two as well as “Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli ‘Live’ at the London Palladium.” “Marvin Hamlisch and I have been best friends since I was 13 years old,” Minnelli said on Tuesday, calling him “one of the funniest people I knew. I will miss his tal-
ent, our laughter and friendship, but mostly I will miss Marvin.” “I have lost my first lifelong best friend, and sadly we have lost a splendid, splendid talent.” Actress-singer Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz who performed with Hamlisch for years, said: “There is some kind of gorgeous music in the heavens tonight.” Hamlisch was perhaps best known for adapting composer Scott Joplin on “The Sting.” In the mid-’70s, it seemed everybody with a piano had the sheet music to “The Entertainer,” the movie’s theme song. To this day, it’s blasted by ice cream trucks. “My heart is broken. He made me feel so special. I love him so much,” said actress and singer Idina Menzel, who often performed with Hamlisch and called him “a second father.” Hamlisch received both a Tony and the Pulitzer for “A Chorus Line” - the second longest-running American show in Broadway history and wrote the music for “The Goodbye Girl” and “Sweet Smell of Success.”
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The ice is in at the Trail Memorial Centre as Champions Hockey School gets set to drop the puck on Sunday. The hockey camp is open to all levels of hockey player starting with young skaters age 5-7, then moving through the various groups - Avalanche ages 8-10, Bruins age 10-12, Canadiens 12-14, to age 15 and up that includes elite midget, junior, and college hockey players. “The camp’s been great,” said camp organizer and instructor Terry Jones. “It’s a week of hard work, but something we really look forward to.” The camp focuses on conditioning and development, with lots of on- and off-ice instruction including video analysis, dry-land training, and fun activities such as floor hockey, flag football, and kickball depending on the age group. “With the younger kids it’s about having fun, to give them a sense of loving the game, and enjoying the game, and teaching some of the fundamentals and some skating. If they want to keep playing the game its all about having fun with it,” added the Beaver Valley Nitehawks coach. With the middle groups, instruction will concentrate on fundamentals, skill improvement in part through video analysis courtesy of Hawk assistant coach Mike Morissette, and team play. “As the kids get older, you start treating it a bit more seriously but you still try to have fun and be competitive . . . The junior prep group is something to watch, like it’s so competitive it’s pretty darn good hockey,” said Jones.
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From left: Terry and Connor Jones, Ella and Paul Matteucci and Kellen Jones are back again to help local hockey players improve their game at the Champions Hockey School starting Sunday. With the elite older group, it is more about getting the players prepared for the upcoming season, combining intense scrimmaging, with off-ice core training before heading to various midget, junior, and university camps. With about 30 skaters in each group, it makes for a long day, starting at 7 a.m. and going until 10 p.m., but the sheer diversity and long hours of instruction necessitate a dedicated core of instructors. As a result, Jones has recruited ample local talent to help teach young players, which include: former Vernon Vipers, RBC Cup champs and Quinnipiac University Bobcats Connor and Kellen Jones, Travis St. Denis of the Penticton Vees - the reigning RBC Cup champions, Boston University’s Sahir Gill, former Smokie and Yale University forward Kevin Limbert along with Hawks coach Paul Matteucci and Ella Matteucci (Clarkson University), and assistance from the Nitehawks coaching staff and players leading the groups. Jones says there are still a few spots open, but the camp is filling up fast. For more information go to www.championshockeyschool.com
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Local teams look ahead to season BY JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor
The Castlegar Rebels are getting a jump start on their rivals in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League play this season. The Rebels are hitting the ice at the Castlegar Complex Aug. 17-19, to avoid colliding with Junior A camps. “We’re hoping to get a good look at some local talent,” Rebels’ head coach Steve Junker told the Castlegar News. “We’re also looking at bringing some other talent in to make a stab at our squad for the upcoming season.” Meanwhile rival Beaver Valley Nitehawks won’t skate until Aug. 27, hoping to have a good idea by then who will be available for the upcoming year. “We’ll go pretty much full bore from there,” said Nitehawks’ coach and GM Terry Jones. Rather than a rookie camp followed by a main camp, the Nitehawks, last year’s KIJHL
champions, will have all players on the ice at the same time. “We want to try to get everybody back. We want to see our veterans leading our younger guys,” said Jones. Divergent philosophies from two teams that were the cream of the crop in the KIJHL last year. The Rebels lost to the Nitehawks in a thrilling seven-game series that decided the Neil Murdoch Division champion. “It’s also a little benefit for the players before they head off for their Junior A camps,” said Junker. “Not only do we get to have a look at them, but they get a little shot in the arm before they head off and make their case at a Junior A camp.” It is too early for either Jones or Junker to say who will be returning to the lineup and who will be moving on, but almost certainly the Nitehawks will be without captain Chris Derochie who committed to Okanagan College, leading
scorer Craig Martin who is off to the Vernon Vipers, Ryan Dickson is gone to Edmonton, and Mike Vlanich to SAIT. Other players like goalie Zach Perehudoff, and forwards Dallas Calvin and Ryan Edwards will undoubtedly try their luck at Junior A camps and likely won’t return. Despite the early camp, the Rebels won’t have a good idea of what the roster will look like until pre-season rolls around in September. “There’s always some late changes, the trickle down effect, waiting on Junior A rosters to be done. But we like to have it done for the most part before school opens up so we can get guys settled in and put in billet homes if they’re from out of town.” With an early Mar. 7 start to the BCHL season this year, the Trail Smoke Eaters and many BCHL teams will host their camps earlier directly following the Rebels camps and preceding the Hawks. The Smoke Eaters will have
a rookie camp Aug. 22-23 while their main camp will run Aug. 24-26. “From a Castlegar Rebels’ fan perspective we’d love to get our guys back, but we realize that we’re hoping they take the next step and play Junior A,” Junker said. “But we’re not going to know that for a while.” Despite not knowing who’s coming back, both the Nitehawks and the Rebels should once again contend for top spot. “I think we’ll be a strong team again. I have no doubt in that,” he added. “You can talk to anyone and there’s three or four guys that can swing your club and determine whether you’re an upper-echelon team or just in the mix. “But I have no doubt we’ll be there in the mix. It’s a matter of whether we can find those few guys that can push us over the top.” With files from the Castlegar News.
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The Blaze catch fire at B.C.s Langley captures first title BY TIMES STAFF The Langley Blaze won its first 2012 B.C. Senior Men’s Baseball championship in Prince George on Monday. The Blaze beat the Nanaimo Coalminers 4-1 in the semifinal match to send them to the final against the Kamloops Sun Devils, who earned the berth after scorching the AM Ford Trail Orioles 16-1on Sunday. Dave Diachuk, manager and coach of the Blaze, told the Prince George Citizen he was proud of his team for fighting through a season riddled with injuries after they wrapped up the weekend tournament at Citizen Field in Prince George
with a 6-1 win over the Sun Devils. “It feels pretty damn great,” said Diachuk. “It’s our third year in existence and we’ve managed to track down a certain number of players and have done a good job in organizing everything.” Since the spring the Blaze have watched seven players go down to injury, including Prince George’s Brooklyn Foster, who suffered a partial tear of his MCL during a Canada Day game in Nanaimo. “We had a fairly decent roster and we managed to fill in the spots and make up for the injuries,” said Diachuk. Blaze first baseman Scott Webster was the tournament MVP after going 7-for-16
at the plate for a .438 batting average, with three homeruns and five RBIs. Corey Parsons picked up the complete game, two-hit win against the Sun Devils, fanning eight. His only mistake came in the fifth inning when he gave up a homerun to Dave Hole. Graig Merritt, Bob Foerster and Tyler Willson all went deep for the Blaze. “We’ve battled the whole way and we had tough games every game we’ve had,” said Diachuk. “We just sucked it up and got it done.” The victory earned the Blaze a trip to the 2013 Canadian Senior Men’s championship in Windsor, Ont.
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SCOREBOARD Olympics Team Results BASKETBALL Women Quarterfinals Australia 75, China 60 United States 91, Canada 48 SOCCER Men Semifinals Mexico 3, Japan 1 HANDBALL Women Quarterfinals Norway 21, Brazil 19 South Korea 24, Russia 23 Spain 25, Croatia 22 HOCKEY Men Pool A Australia 7, Pakistan 0 Argentina 6, South Africa 3 Pool B Netherlands 4, South Korea 2 Belgium 3, India 0 VOLLEYBALL Women Quarterfinals Brazil 3, Russia 2 (24-26, 25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 21-19) Japan 3, China 2 (28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 18-16) WATER POLO Women Semifinal Round United States 11, Australia 9 China 14, Italy 10 Russia 11, Britain 9
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Hamilton 5 3 2 0 6 Montreal 6 3 3 0 6 Toronto 6 3 3 0 6 Winnipeg 6 1 5 0 2 West Division GP W L T Pt B.C. 6 4 2 0 8 Sask 5 3 2 0 6 Edm 5 3 2 0 6 Calgary 5 2 3 0 4 Week Six Byes: Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Saskatchewan Monday’s result B.C. 18 Toronto 9 Friday’s result Montreal 36 Winnipeg 26 Week Seven Byes: B.C., Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg Thursday, Aug. 9 Calgary at Hamilton, 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Baseball American League East Division W L Pct New York 63 45 .583 Baltimore 58 51 .532 Tampa Bay 56 52 .519 Boston 55 55 .500 Toronto 53 55 .491 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 60 48 .556 Detroit 59 50 .541 Cleveland 50 59 .459 Minnesota 48 61 .440 Kansas City 45 63 .417 West Division W L Pct
GB 5 1/2 7 9 10 GB 1 1/2 10 1/2 12 1/2 15 GB
Texas 63 45 .583 Los Angeles 59 51 .536 5 Oakland 58 51 .532 5 1/2 Seattle 51 60 .459 13 1/2 Today’s Games Minn at Cleveland 12:05 p.m. Texas at Boston 1:35 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Detroit 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Baltimore 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay 7:10 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago 8:10 p.m. National League East Division W L Pct GB Washington 66 43 .606 Atlanta 63 46 .578 3 New York 53 56 .486 13 Miami 49 60 .450 17 Philadelphia 49 60 .450 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 66 43 .606 Pittsburgh 62 46 .574 3 1/2 St. Louis 60 49 .550 6 Milwaukee 49 59 .454 16 1/2 Chicago 43 64 .402 22 Houston 36 74 .327 30 1/2 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 59 50 .541 Los Angeles 59 51 .536 1/2 Arizona 55 54 .505 4 San Diego 47 64 .423 13 Colorado 39 68 .364 19 Today’s Games Cincinnati at Mil 2:10 p.m. Chicago at San Diego, 6:35 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia 7:05 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Wash at Houston 8:05 p.m. San Fran at St. Louis 8:15 p.m. Colorado at L.A. 10:10 p.m.
OLYMPIC ROUNDUP
Canada stalls on 10 medals THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON - More disappointment for Canada at the London Games. Simon Whitfield’s bid for a third Olympic medal ended abruptly Tuesday after he was thrown from his bike and forced to withdraw from the triathlon. It came after the 37-year-old put himself in good position with a strong swim. However, shortly after making the transition to his bike, he lost control while going over a speed bump and crashed into a metal barrier. “I hit the speed bump on a funny angle and ended up crowd surfing, which is good for concerts and not so good for sport events,” said Whitfield, who suffered minor injuries. The Victoria resident was Canada’s flag-bearer during the opening ceremony and arrived at the start line with hopes of adding to the gold he won in Sydney and the silver he claimed
in Beijing. Instead, he ended up in the arms of wife Jennie while the leaders continued to make their way around the scenic course through Hyde Park. “That’s not how I pictured the script ending,” said Whitfield. It continued a run of tough results for Canadian athletes since Victoria swimmer Ryan Cochrane won silver in the 1,500 metres on Saturday. Ever since, the country has been stuck on 10 medals - one gold, three silver and six bronze. Edmonton cyclist Tara Whitten, who won bronze in the women’s team pursuit on Saturday, finished a disappointing fourth in women’s six-race omnium on Tuesday. Fourth overall after Monday’s event, the former two-time world champion moved into a tie for third with Australian Annette Edmonson after the three-kilometre individual pursuit.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS Montreal Alouettes running back Brandon Whitaker won his second CFL offensive player of the week award on Tuesday. The Al’s and the Lions dominated the honours in week six. Whitaker posted a season-high 115 yards on 18 carries and 64 yards on six receptions for a 179-yard performance in the Als’ third win of the season over Winnipeg. Whitaker’s teammate Sean Whyte won the CFL’s honour for special teams player of the week. Whyte kicked a perfect four-for-four on field goal attempts, adding three extra points to a total of 18 points for Montreal against the Bombers. Whyte now leads the CFL in kicking points scored with 62. B.C. Lions linebacker Adam Bighill took the defensive player of the week award. One sack, one interception and seven tackles in the Lion’s 18-9 win over the Argos at the Rogers Centre were enough for Bighill to earn his second award of the season. With the win, the Lions top the West Division standings. James Yurichuk took the honour of top Canadian player for week six. Registering five tackles and one interception in the Lion’s victory. Yurichuk intercepted a crucial Ricky Ray pass at 13:16 of the first quarter, to help the Lions set the tone for the remainder of the game.
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But Edmonson won the 10-kilometre scratch race, relegating the 32-year-old Whitten back to fourth. Whitten was unable to make up the deficit in the final time trial. Canada only other medal hope on Tuesday comes in diving, where Alex Despatie of Laval, Que., will take part in the men’s three-metre springboard final. Meanwhile, the syncronized swimming duet of Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon and Elise Marcotte narrowly missed out on the podium finishing fourth with a score of 189.12 points. The Canadian women’s basketball team saw their Olympic tournament come to an end with a 91-48 loss in the quarter-finals to the top-ranked U.S. In triathlon, Kyle Jones of Oakville finished as the top Canadian in 25th while Victoria’s Brent McMahon was 27th.
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A group headed by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley and including pro golfer Phil Mickelson reached agreement Monday to buy the San Diego Padres from John Moores. The purchase price is believed to be around US$800 million. O’Malley is the son of Walter O’Malley, who bought the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 and moved them to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. “An agreement has been confirmed but is not yet finalized. It has to be voted on,” Padres senior vicepresident, public affairs Sarah Farnsworth said after San Diego beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 Monday night. Major League Baseball owners must approve the agreement. They are scheduled to meet later this month. U-T San Diego first reported Monday night that a purchase agreement had been signed. The purchase price apparently includes the $200 million in upfront money the Padres received from Fox Sports San Diego in a $1.2 billion, 30-year TV deal. The agreement
came months after Jeff Moorad’s attempt to buy the team on a layaway plan fell apart. Moores’ deal with Moorad, who began his attempted purchase of the club in 2009, was valued at about $500 million. The price for this sale was inflated thanks to the deal with Fox and the recent sale of the Dodgers for $2 billion. Moores’ divorce forced him to put the team on the market in 2009. Moores had owned 51 per cent of the team while a minority group, once controlled by Moorad and then by local businessman Ron Fowler, owned 49 per cent. Fowler is expected to join the O’Malley group. Fans hope a change in owners can turn around the Padres, who regularly have had one of baseball’s lowest payrolls and have largely struggled since reaching the 1998 World Series. The Padres are 47-64 this season. Moores, the owner since December 1994, slashed the player payroll both in 1999, while the club waited for voter-approved Petco Park to open, and again as he went through his divorce.
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Risks involved, with or without enabling addict Dear Annie: My wife and I have a 23-yearold son who is a heroin addict. “Rob” has been to rehab twice and has relapsed again. We have been attending Nar-Anon meetings for the past eight weeks and find them helpful. Rob seemingly has not hit rock bottom yet. By that, I mean he still has some income due to odd jobs and unemployment benefits. The latter are from a well-paying job that he lost for obvious reasons, and they won’t last much longer. He has a prescription for Suboxone that he gets from a doctor who periodically tests him for drugs. He also sees a psychologist once a month as a part of his treatment. Yet he is still using occasionally. From our Nar-Anon meetings, we are learning that others have it much worse. We also are learning that we are textbook enablers. My wife manages his finances and dispenses
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his Suboxone, and we allow Rob to live with us, making sure he is fed and clothed. Nar-Anon says to cut all ties until he gets clean. But we are afraid that he will go off the deep end, and we would lose him forever. This kind of tough love scares me. As bad as things are, we are afraid to put the hammer down and throw him out. We also have two younger children, and this isn’t doing them any good. What do you think? -- Dad in Wisconsin Dear Dad: It is heartbreaking and terrifying to watch your child descend into drug addiction. There is a
real risk to your son’s life, whether or not you enable him. Many parents have to reach the end of their rope before they are able to toss their child out and live with the consequences. You aren’t there yet. Please continue with Nar-Anon and encourage Rob to remain in therapy and to keep seeing his doctor, and if possible, get him into a halfway house so he is not under your roof Dear Annie: I have a question regarding bridal shower etiquette. My brother recently became engaged to his girlfriend. Would it be appropriate to host a bridal shower for my future sister-in-law? -California Dear California: While it used to be improper for relatives to host a shower (too self-serving), it is now OK to do so, especially if the bride lives far away. And if you can include some of the bride’s friends as hostesses to spread the
responsibility around, that would help. Dear Annie: Your response to “Alone in Minnesota” was right on track: Her husband is a coward and an abuser. Marriage is about respecting each other, and by letting his mother keep her away all these years, he clearly does not respect his wife. When we married, my husband was 27 and I was 20. I knew my mother-inlaw interfered in her daughters’ marriages and wondered what she would do to us. It took four months. She insisted that we purchase Christmas gifts for my husband’s nieces and nephews when we were struggling to pay bills. When I told my husband about this conversation, he immediately got into his car and drove to see Mom. I have no idea what he said to her, but she did not make any attempt to interfere in our
marriage for 20 years. Then my in-laws wanted me to talk to my husband’s sister and convince her to divorce her husband. I refused and again told my husband. He had another “visit” with his parents, and they didn’t speak
to him for six months. We now have spent 42 years together, and every day is more wonderful than the last. -Loved and Respected in Michigan Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy
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YOUR HOROSCOPE By Francis Drake For Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Family relations are very sweet and friendly today. You also enjoy doing any kind of redecorating at home, because it will please you to make things look more beautiful. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Today it’s easy to appreciate just how much love there is in your daily world. In fact, you also might appreciate how much beauty there is around you. How cool is that? GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) If shopping today, beware of spending too much on elegant luxury. Of course, if you’re part of the 1 percent and have the dough to blow, that’s your business. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Today you feel unusually sympathetic. Because of this, your relations with others
will be full of tenderness and understanding. It’s a good day to mend broken fences. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You feel pleased with yourself today. Because this is like approving of yourself, it’s easier for you to approve of others. (This is how it always works.) VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Friendships are sweet and reassuring today. You feel grateful to have someone you can turn to. Just be careful you don’t idealize this friend who is also a frail mortal like you. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You might develop a crush on a boss, authority figure or even a distant celebrity today. This attraction is not grounded in reality, which makes it particularly seductive. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Travel for pleasure totally
appeals to you today. If you have a chance to travel anywhere, grab it. Your appreciation of beauty also is heightened. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Because you have feelings of sympathy for the underdog today, be careful that you don’t give away the farm. Meanwhile, romantic intimacy will be sweet and tender (and memorable).
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) It’s easy to relate to others today. You have a sense of where they are coming from, and vice versa, which makes a mutual understanding easier. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Look for ways to help co-workers if you can today. Someone needs to confide in you, or a person needs your assistance. (This could also
be vice versa.) PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Love at first sight might take place for some of you. It’s very easy to be starry-eyed about someone, because you have Vaseline on your lens today. YOU BORN TODAY You are convincing and a tower of strength to those around you. You are courageous and determined once you have set your goals. You like to be
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A terriÀc 3 bdrm full basement home at a great price on a fantastic lot in a super location. New kitchen, good parking!
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$199,900
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250.364.1005 $359,000
Large family home on an unbelievable piece of land. 1.63 acres, right in town. Great parking, new kitchen. Well worth a look.
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FRANCESCO ESTATES & ERMALINDA APARTMENTS Beautiful, Clean and Well Maintained 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Apartments for Rent Located by the Columbia River in Glenmerry Adult and Seniors oriented, No Pets and No Smoking Reasonable Rents, Come and have a look Phone 250-368-6761 or 250-364-1922
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Rare Ànd! 14.7 acre hobby farm plus large family home, barn and shop. Beautiful property in a unique micro climate.
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This 4 bdrm, 2 bath home sits on a 1/4 acre site. Super property w/ swimming pool, gorgeous gardens, hot tub. Check this one out!
Well maintained Glenmerry home. Lots of upgrades. Carport and garage!
Shavers Bench
$212,000
Great family home on a choice corner lot in Shavers Bench. Lots of upgrades inside & out. Call today!
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As good as it gets! Top quality 1/2 duplex w/ over 3000 sq.ft. of quality Ànishing. Call your realtor today!
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Bright and modern 4 bedroom home is spectacular inside with beautiful kitchen, bathrooms, living room, rec room and so much more.
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Well maintained 2 & 3 bedrooms townhouse for rent located in Shaver’s Bench No pets and no smoking Reasonable prices Phone 364-1822 or 364-0931.
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Main house is a charming character home w/ HW à oors, 4 bdrms, 2 bath & unÀnished bsmt. Second house helps pay the mortgage!
Stunning mountain views from this 15.59 acre estate! 24’ à oor to ceiling stone Àreplace, open style living, wrap around deck. Quad, hike or snowmobile out your back door!
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Lovingly cared for family home in a great location of Shavers Bench. Four bedrooms, rec room, underground sprinklers, single garage, must see.
$389,500 Ross Spur A fantastic rural setting for this large family home on 1.5 acres. Excellent condition throughout. Call on this one today!
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Freshly painted 3 bdrm, 2 bath home with 1 bdrm in-law suite down. Quiet street, backing onto Erie Creek.
Executive home with all the bells & whistles to meet our desires & needs. Double, park-like lot in good neighbourhood. Great family home with lots of room!
This 3.17 acre parcel is located on Hwy 3 with good exposure. C-2 zoning offers many uses. Perfect for an RV park. The possibilities are endless!
This 3 bedroom home is in a great location, plus there is room for all of your toys!
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ROSSLAND Bright sunny, 2bd, condo. Sth facing with view. $120,000 250.362.7282
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Bigger than it looks! Be sure to check out this Miral Heights home!
Wow! What a house! There is over 4,000 sq.ft. plus an in-law suite. All this plus 5 acres!
$499,000
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$159,999
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NASA’s Curiosity beams back first colour picture of Mars THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif. NASA’s Curiosity rover has transmitted its first colour photo and a low-resolution video showing the last 2 1/2 minutes of its dramatic dive through the Martian atmosphere, giving a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world. As thumbnails of the video flashed on a big screen on Monday, scientists and engineers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory let out “oohs” and “aahs.” The recording began with the protective heat shield falling away and ended with dust being kicked up as the rover was lowered by cables inside an ancient crater. It was a sneak preview, since it’ll take some time before fullresolution frames are beamed back. The full video “will just be exquisite,” said Michael Malin, the chief scientist of the instrument. The first colour photo from the crater where Curiosity landed showed a pebbly landscape and the rim of Gale Crater off in the distance. Curiosity snapped the photo on its first day on the surface after touching down Sunday night. The rover took the shot with a camera at the end of its robotic arm. The landscape looked fuzzy because the camera’s removable cover was coated with dust that kicked up during the descent. NASA celebrated the precision landing of a rover on Mars and marveled over the mission’s flurry of photographs grainy, black-and-white images of Martian gravel, a mountain at sunset and, most exciting of all, the spacecraft’s plunge through the red planet’s atmosphere. Curiosity is the heaviest piece of machinery NASA has landed on Mars, and the success gave the space agency confidence that it can unload equipment that astronauts may need in a future manned trip to the red planet. The roving laboratory, the size of a compact car, landed right on target after an eight-month, 352-million-mile (566-millionkilometre) journey. It
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Ken Edgett, Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) principal investigator, Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, describes the first color view of the north wall and rim of Gale Crater where NASA’s rover Curiosity landed Sunday night, during a news briefing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday. The picture displayed was taken by the rover’s camera at the end of its stowed robotic arm and appears fuzzy because of dust on the camera’s cover. parked its six wheels about four miles (6 kilometres) from its ultimate science destination - Mount Sharp, rising from the floor of Gale Crater near the equator. Extraordinary efforts were needed for the landing because the rover weighs one ton, and the thin Martian
atmosphere offers little friction to slow down a spacecraft. Curiosity had to go from 13,000 mph (21,000 kph) to zero in seven minutes, unfurling a parachute, then firing rockets to brake. In a Hollywoodstyle finish, cables delicately lowered it to the ground at 2 mph (3 kph).
At the end of what NASA called “seven minutes of terror,” the vehicle settled into place almost perfectly flat in the crater it was aiming for. “We have ended one phase of the mission much to our enjoyment,” mission manager Mike Watkins said. “But another part
has just begun.” The nuclear-powered Curiosity will dig into the surface to analyze and hunt for some of the molecular building blocks of life, including carbon. It won’t start moving for a couple of weeks, because all the systems on the $2.5 billion rover have to be checked out. Color photos and panoramas will start coming in the next few days. But first NASA had to use tiny cameras designed to spot hazards in front of Curiosity’s wheels. So early images of gravel and shadows abounded. The pictures were fuzzy, but scientists were delighted. The photos show “a new Mars we have never seen before,” Watkins said. “So every one of those pictures is the most beautiful picture I have ever seen.” In one of the photos from the close-to-theground hazard cameras, if you squinted and looked the right way, you could see “a silhouette of Mount Sharp in the setting sun,” said an excited John Grotzinger, chief mission scientist from the California Institute of Technology. A high-resolution camera on the orbiting 7-year-old Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, flying 211 miles (340 kilometres) directly above the plummeting Curiosity,
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Toadfest set for Summit Lake
NELSON – The third annual western toadlet event - Toadfest - will occur at Summit Lake Provincial Park, just southeast of Nakusp, on Aug. 22, between 4 p.m. and 7p.m., and Aug. 23, between 9 a.m. and noon. The free community event, to help a few toadlets safely across the highway, has quickly become one of the highlight summer activities to do for many families in the Kootenay region. The event is coordinated by the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP), with support from B.C. Parks, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO), the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (BCMOT), and Columbia Basin Trust. “The timing of the event is right at the start of the annual toadlet migration so we can’t guarantee numbers, and the emphasis is on education and awareness about
this important western toad breeding area,� said Trevor Oussoren, program manager for the FWCP in the Columbia region. “The event provides an opportunity to talk to biologists, understand the life cycle of the western toad, and learn about other species in the watershed – and of course to have lots of fun in the process, as there will be games and live music as well!� In addition to being able to find toadlets and carry them safely across the highway, there will be other activities to see and do, including live aquatic insects, amphibians, and reptiles on display, information on invasive plants, face painting and a chance to explore a simulated “toad tunnel.� Every year tens of thousands of western toadlets, each not more than the size of a dime, get squashed as they attempt their first migration from the shoreline
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of Summit Lake, across Highway 6, to upland habitat. In 2006 the B.C. Ministry of Environment and BCMOT began to address the situation through the design and installation of directional fencing and culverts (“toad tunnels�) to safely guide the toads underneath the highway. Project partners are currently working to monitor and evaluate their effectiveness. “Summit Lake is one of the key breeding areas for western toads in the Kootenay region, if not the province,� said Arrow Area Supervisor for B.C. Parks, Chris Price. “We need to ensure that it remains that way for generations to come, and a key part in doing so is ensuring that local communities know what we have here.� To ensure the safety of event participants, traffic control, donated by Yellowhead Road and Bridge (YRB), will be in place during the scheduled times, and driv-
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ers can expect very minor delays. “We do not want anyone moving the toadlets outside of the organized event,� added Oussoren. Camping spaces at Summit Lake Provincial Park cannot be reserved. To learn more about
B.C. Parks, visit www.env.gov. bc.ca/bcparks. The event is free and containers for carrying the toadlets across the road will be provided. For more information about the event visit fwcp.ca or call 250-354-6333
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Super location - flat street with carport/ garage - level entry - super views - open floor plan with master on main floor and other bdrms. in basement - with the great interest rates this house deserves a viewing - call your REALTORÂŽ now!
Prime 66x105 building lot in Fruitvale. Gently sloped suitable for a bungalow with walk out basement. Mountain views on all sides. Services are available at lot line. Dream it - then LIVE it!
Large 4 bdrm family home on a quiet street located close to school and town!
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4-level split 4 bdrm 2½ bath home is located in Pinewood. 200sqft deck, new window and door package, double carport with concrete driveway. Pine plank flooring, tile and carpet, gas fireplace, wood stove. Mature cedar trees off both decks, spacious private lot, and easy access to Bike Trails. MLS# K212363
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Looking for complete privacy in Rossland? Want to be a 3 minute walk to Idgie’s and the Steam Shovel? How about your own outdoor climbing wall of natural granite. Oh did I mention all this for $209500. Very hip 2 bedroom home with beautiful gardens, natural landscaping, incredible views and total privacy. MLS#K213813 Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162
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Fabulous location! This home has been updated with hardwood flooring and new windows and doors. 3 bdrms, large living room and updated kitchen. Single garage and open parking. Large sundeck overlooking Trail Creek. Don’t miss having this home on your viewing list, you will love it.
One of the area’s finest! This amazing 4 bdrm home features inlaid oak floors, french doors, wood fireplace and library. Located on large gorgeous lot, overlooking Beaver Bend Park and across the road from Webster School. Homes like this do not come up often, do not miss your opportunity to view.
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This substantially renovated home features brand new kitchen with granite counter tops, wood stove, new windows and wiring, large 10x30 south facing deck and solid wood doors and trim throughout. Situated on a large 0.20 acre lot with southern views. Call now.
Nicely maintained family home on 0.58 acres. Home features 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, newer gas furnace and new flooring and paint on the main floor. The yard is treed and private, and there is plenty of room for parking. Great move in ready home in a great location.
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