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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 This week’s bridge tips
Vol. 117, Issue 180
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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF
ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALM SALMO
THE KEYS TO THE CITY
MONTROSE
Water well drilling complete BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff
Water, water everywhere and not an “unboiled” drop to drink. 2012 has been all about water as the Village of Montrose has struggled with a costly water main break, and the monumental task of drilling a new well and creating a chlorination facility to begin lifting the boil water advisory in the community. R o b b i n ’ s Engineering has just finished drilling the new water well for the village, Mayor Joe Danchuk confirmed last week. The village is a couple of weeks behind on the project, he said, but the tender for the construction of the pump house will be going out this week. “That is progressing well and we’re hoping for around April for it to be completed,” he said. “They will be working through the winter.” The footings for the chlorination facility should be in by late fall and work is expected to continue through to spring. More than one year ago the Village of Montrose issued a boil water advisory because test results indicated low levels of total coliforms— a commonly used bacterial indicator of
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TIMOTHY SCHAFER PHOTO
Dwarfed by the largest bank of uncut keys between Vancouver and Calgary, Parslow Lock and Safe owner Randy Smith brings his 16 years of experience to bear on a new key cut for a customer. Based on Rossland Avenue, Smith took over the business one year ago from his father in law, Vern Parslow, and it continues to be one of the busiest businesses in the Greater Trail region.
New contests highlight annual United Way Day Saturday at Gyro Park BY BREANNE MASSEY Times Staff
The fourth annual United Way Day in the Park returns to Gyro Park this weekend. Between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday families can expect to enjoy children’s activities, live music and food in the park beside the Columbia River. This year the event is bringing something new, something old, something borrowed, but strangely, nothing that’s blue.
“There will be free games for the children like races, face-painting and fishpond,” said Trail-based executive director Naomi McKimmie of the United Way. For the first time ever the United Way Day (UWD) is orchestrating two day-long contests. The Green Thumb contest is open to anybody of any age, and it’s a competition for aspiring gardeners. It has two streams: the first is searching for Trail’s largest sunflower; and the second is looking for fresh-cut garden flower combinations, in any way gardeners can imagine.
“We want people to bring down their arrangements so that everyone can enjoy them,” said McKimmie. “And they can register online or on the day of the event.” The Lego contest is an activity for children between the ages of five and 12 years old. Participants are divided into two groups based on age (grouped between children aged five to eight, and nine to 12) and will be instructed to build a community out of Lego. “The children are to construct an item that goes along with our theme for this year, which is building strong
communities. So it would be a park setting or a neighborhood setting, or a downtown community setting— like a city setting,” she said. “They are allowed to get ideas from their parents, but mom and dad are not allowed to help them (build) it.” Parent signatures are required to enter the children’s contest. Both contests require participants to be in the park by 8:30 a.m., and completed before judging at 11:30 a.m. Based on the success of previous UWD events, the organization is bringing back the Toonie
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