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JANUARY 18, 2013
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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
SkatePark group planning indoor event
HAVING A SPLASH
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
TIMOTHY SCHAFER PHOTO
Trail and District Aquatic Centre lifeguard Vicki Gladue teaches Dean Sutherland, 4, how to kick his legs in the Salamander/Sunfish preschool learn-to-swim class Thursday afternoon at the centre. Spaces are still open in some of the learn-to-swim classes and people can register their children at 364-0888.
SILVER CITY DAYS
City doles out cash for silver anniversary BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER Times Staff
“ ...we plan on giving the best we can for the dollars we have ...”
The 50th anniversary splash for the city’s largest festival may not be as large as it could have been, says the president of the society tasked with pulling it off. IAN MCLEOD Ian McLeod said the Trail Festival Society (TFS) received we are being told about, we plan less than the requested amount for on doing the best we can for the the silver anniversary in the Silver community, and we plan on giving City for Silver City Days. the best we can for the dollars we The city will be giving the com- have,” he said. mittee $60,000, which is $12,000 But the amount approved by short of the group’s request, said council Monday night is nearly McLeod, and that means the festi- double what the society received val’s activities will be cut back. last year, said councillor Sean MP ad 1_2_J5a_Layout 12-06-07 8:04 AM Page 1 the city’s liaison on the “Right now, with1 the funding Mackinlay,
board. “As we’ve seen in previous years, they have always asked for more than we have given them. This isn’t anything out of context for them,” he said. All in-kind services the festival had previously requested will also be given again, Mackinlay noted, including street closures and the use of city facilities, adding in around $20,000 to the amount already being given. The society will be given around $15,000 in “seed money” to get the planning nailed down for the May festival, and trim the actual plan for the anniversary show, said
McLeod. Although he alluded to some problems with the current working relationship with the city, McLeod was confident the society would be able to compensate for the lower amount and still stage a memorable show. Mackinlay said the society did provide more information on what they required funding for this year. “And we hope for more as these events come through,” he said. “We need to see contracts in place” to see that people are coming to do what they are signed to do. See FIREWORKS, Page 3
All hands will be on deck when the Trail SkatePark committee hosts an indoor skate demo on Feb. 9. The skateboard jam will be held inside the Liquidation World building on Spokane Street in downtown Trail. The event is part of the Kootenay Skate winter series, which invites skateboarders to gather in various venues within the local communities, and have fun, showcase talent, and encourage new boarders to try the sport. “The series is about getting people active and getting people engaged,” said Ty Smith, organizer of Kootenay Skate. “We want people who don’t know about skateboarding to come down and have a look.” The indoor skate demo will include “features”, said Trail SkatePark committee member Patrick Audet. “Boarders are invited to come out and use some of the ramps and jumps that will be set up that day,” Audet said. There will be raffles and prizes, and hopefully T-shirts available with the new logo, he added. There is a mandatory safety requirement, and all boarders are reminded that a helmet must be worn during the event. The pipe dream of having a skate park in Trail was first envisioned by a handful of Trail teens in 2007. Only a few of those kids, now adults, remain in the See LOGO, Page 2
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