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Red Mountain Racers hosting provincials STAFF WRITER Rossland News

Red Mountain Racers, along with Red Resort, are hosting the U16 Provincial ChampionthisFor week.

Yourships Horoscope the Week with Michael O’Connor starts inside this today The action theand West Kootenay Advertiser continues throughout the weekend with slalom and giant slalom races on the Face of Red

and Back Trail.

Competing this weekend is Red Mountain’s Soleil Patterson. Patterson is coming off a great performance from the last time she raced at Red, when she swept both days of giant slalom back in February.

Red Mountain Academy students Liene Groeger, from Germany, and Arina Rora are also on the start list.

Rora is representing Red

Mountain Racers and is here training from Romania.

She recently came back from competing in her national championships at home, with a gold in GS and a bronze in Slalom.

The conditions coming up to the race are also lookign favourable.

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race organizer, said “We are going to have some pretty outstanding racing.”

Andison said they are still looking for volunteers.

“This is a great opportunity to help out the community and also to see some very high calibre athletes competing against some very formidable homegrown talent,” she said. “If you have a day to spare starting on Thursday, I really encour-

age you to come out, give us a hand, and enjoy, close up, some great local athletes.”

If you can spare a day or an afternoon starting this Thursday and going to Sunday, contact Andison at andison@shaw. ca or 362-5135.

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• NatioNal youth scieNce festival moNth • spriNg equiNox, march 20 • world water day, march 22 • earth hour, march 23 • NatioNal NutritioN moNth

coming events

city couNcil: Next regular meeting is Monday March 25 at 7 p.m.

rosslaNd goldeN city quilt guild meets every Monday. The guild meets at the Se-

nior Centre on Rossland Avenue from 7-9 p.m.

rosslaNd sacred hearts club CWL is hosting an 80th Anniversary Spring Tea

on March 16, at the Parish Hall. The event is from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost is $4. There will be a bake table. Everyone is welcome.

rosslaNd News caleNdar oNliNe: Upload events that are coming up free online at

www.rosslandnews.com/calendar/

caNadiaN caNcer society fuNdraiser: The cancer society will be selling Daffodils at

Ferraros, March 21.

spca bottle drive Volunteers needed one day only. Trucks to transport bottles to

Trail. Help out in any way you can. Lunch provided. Call Maryann @ 250-362-7302.

Rossland show your support. Curbside pickup or drop off across from Prestige.

rosslaNd retirees curliNg club invites men and women interested in curling on

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., to call Bill at 362-9462 or Jim at 364-1051. Beginners are welcomed!

Joe hill coffeehouse Joe Hill Coffee House takes place the third Sunday of each

month starting in September. It carries a great Rossland tradition into a new season.

The music starts at 7 p.m. in the Rossland Miners’ Hall, in a relaxing cafe setting with coffee, tea and good things to eat. Don’t miss the opening event of another season of fun! Les Carter, 250-362-5677, retrac01@telus.net.

opeN mic Night at the Flying Steamshovel every Wednesday at 9 p.m.

west KooteNay miNor lacrosse 2013 registration is now open. Forms can be picked

meeting at 7 p.m. More info: radio@rosslandradio.com.

trail maple leaf baNd Monday evening practices 7 - 9 p.m. in the McIntyre Room

at the Cominco Memorial Centre. Brass and woodwind players welcomed. For more info, contact Andrea McKay, 362-7604.

rosslaNd sKateparK committee 6-8 pm, first Tuesday each month at the Rossland Library. Come be part of the process. scoutiNg For boys and girls, now at the Rossland Scout Hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7)

Tuesdays. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) Scouts (ages 11-14) Contact Tom Leask 362-7118. Accepting applications for Scout Leaders.

columbia district girl guides Columbia District Girl Guides has units from Ross-

land to Salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted.

ycdc youth Nights Free drop-in, 1504 Cedar Ave, Trail. Call 364-3322 or contact

coordinator@columbiaycdc.ca. Art Night: Tue. 7pm; Movie Night: Wed. 6-8pm.

royal caNadiaN legioN br. # 14 rosslaNd General Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on

up/dropped off at Gerricks Cycle in Trail. Free Clinic taking place at Stanley Humphreys Secondary March 23-24 for new and returning players. Contact Tina at WKMLA@hotmail.com for info. Practices will be starting the week of April 15..

the third Wed. of every month. All members of Branch #14 are asked to attend.

exteNded lift hours All lifts at Red Resort operate an extra half hour, until 3:30 p.m.,

geNealogy West Kootenay Family Historians, 7pm, first Monday each month, Sept to

school district 20 meetiNg The next school board meeting is April 15 at 7 p.m. at

NaNcy greeNe hut crew Once again, it’s time to make sure our favorite huts around

until the end of the season on April 1.

the Trail Middle school.

sceNestudio: Acting for All! Rossland’s new acting school is open and offers ongo-

ing programming. Professionally trained in Theatre and Film and TV, working actors, G. Michael and Alicia Gray, teach these exciting and educational classes. 2010 Washington (in the historic BMO Building) MikeAlicia@SCENEstudio.ca (250)521-1559 www.facebook.com/SceneStudio.ca

goldeN city lioNs: The Lions meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each

month at 6 p.m. at the Rossland Legion. Contact W. Profili at 362-7671

rosslaNd radio co-op: Open house every Monday from 3-7 p.m. followed by station

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rotary club of rosslaNd: Weekly meetings at the Rock Cut Pub, Mon., 6-8pm. All

welcome! Contact John Sullivan, 362-5278.

June, SHSS, Castlegar. Annual fee $10. Contact Jean, 365-8100, or Grace, 364-1426.

Nancy Greene Summit are ready for the snow season. If you would like to help cut firewood, make interesting repairs, or just learn where the huts are, get some exercise, and help put the “party” in work party, contact Les Carter at 250-362-5677, retrac01@telus. net.

trail sea cadets: Ages 12-18 Meets every Tuesday 6pm-9pm at the 44th Trail Armory in Shaver’s Bench. 1990 - 7th Ave Contact Richard Chanig at by calling 250364-6247.

air cadets Meets every Wed. 6pm - 9:15pm at the 44 Trail Armory in Shaver’s Bench

1990-7th Ave. Contact: Michelle Szabo at 231-5000, michellszabo@hotmail.com

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Lately there has been a lot of talk around town and on Bhubble forums about a pair of dogs that have been something of a free-to-roam terror squad on some local cats.

The dogs were were responsible for at least one cat attack.

The owner was issued a $1,000 fine. City staff had sent the owner, Roland Proctor, a letter outlining the steps that he needs to take to reign in the dogs.

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Spencer Beach was burned in a workplace accident 10 years ago. Last week, he spoke about safety at Rossland Secondary School.

Arne Petryshen photo ally funny in the head,” he said.

“Whenever I used that chemical I could taste it on my tongue for hours as it was leaving my blood supply.”

When he got to the job that day, he did as he was taught; opened the windows and turned down the thermostat. He then got to work removing the linoleum. As he did, from time to time both doors would slam shut from the wind pressure.

Every time that happened, he would get up and go and open them.

At 4 p.m., Beach was almost done for the day, there was just a small patch of linoleum to remove by the front entry.

“In order to get at the little bit of linoleum behind the door, I

actually closed the front door,” he said. “When I did that the entrance closed the garage door on me.”

He thought nothing of it, as he just had the small amount of work left to do.

“All of a sudden I heard a loud whistle, then bang, fire came out of nowhere and enveloped my entire body,” he recalled. “The fire was so thick that I couldn’t see through it as the flames danced all around me.”

Instinctively, he grabbed the door handle and pulled, but the pressure difference from the inside to the outside of the house was now too large and it wouldn’t budge. The whistle he heard was all the air being pulled down into as a spark from the

downstairs furnace ignited the chemical fumes in the air.

He collapsed on the floor and relegated himself to die, but the thoughts of his wife and soonto-be born child made him get back up. Twenty seconds had passed in the inferno, and the pressures had begun to equalize, so he could get the garage door open.

He walked a few steps outside then collapsed on the ground.

From that point, it was a long road to get to where he is today.

Beach now presents his story, to make people aware of the dangers that an unsafe decision can make.

For more on Beach go to www.spencerspeaks.com.

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been a bigger fine.

Moore said she would have wanted a letter that council sent out about dangerous dogs to state that the city would be doing inspections and imposing fines in these situations.

“I think that we have to take these situations really, really seriously, especially since we’re losing other aspects of our dog policy,” Moore said, adding that she thought that they shouldn’t have went dog at large charge, as well as the dog attack charge in the incident.

“When you have such incidents you have to throw the book at the

people who are having (dangerous) dogs in the community,” Moore said.

Mayor Greg Granstrom disagreed.

“I think you have to note that there is a process that we have to follow,” Granstrom said.

“I don’t think we can just, all of a sudden, throw the book at somebody. I think there are steps that have to be taken in a procedure and I think that’s what staff have done.”

Granstrom said the issue has been around for awhile, and said staff has a very detailed file and is aware of what it can and cannot do in terms of li-

ability.

Granstrom said the city can’t just go and shoot the dogs after they attack another pet.

“But I think we have to take steps and I think that’s what staff is doing,” he said.

Moore noted a dog attack can be fined for $1,000, even before it is determined to be a dangerous dog, while a dog ‘at large’ can be fined for $100 for each dog.

“That’s another $200 in tickets that could have been issued to those dogs at that time,” Moore said.

“That’s what was already in the existing bylaw. I think we need to be really

serious about these kinds of things.”

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Last week, Spencer Beach spoke to Rossland Secondary School students while he was in the area to do presentations for Teck.

Beach suffered third and fourth degree burns over 90 per cent of his body when he was engulfed in flames. He was given a five per cent chance to live.

His message was that one bad decision can change your life, whether that be not wearing a helmet while on your bike, speeding in your car or skiing beyond your level.

For Beach, that decision was going against his better judgment and working in unsafe conditions.

Beach was working as a floor layer up to the accident. His father and grandfather had taught him to remove linoleum by wearing a good pair of kneepads and a scraper, and spend hours ripping up the floor, which usually took a few days.

His employer at the time had a method which skipped many of the steps and involved pouring a highly flammable chemical onto the floor, which caused the glue holding the linoleum down to reactivate.

“I knew in my gut that morning, I was telling my wife, I don’t think this is the smartest thing to go to work,” he said.

His employer had instructed him to turn down the thermostat, and open all the doors in the house for ventilation. Beach told his employer he wouldn’t do the job in the winter, because he couldn’t open the doors.

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Rossland Secondary School’s senior girls basketball team played what could be the last basketball provincial for the

Pet of the Week

This week’s pet of the week is Buddy. Buddy is a one-year-old bulldog, lab cross. He was surrendered to us because his owner wanted a bigger space for Buddy to flourish in. Buddy has a lot of energy and needs active owners to keep him stimulated.

He is a very smart boy and looks for guidance in his owner.

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tian and Unity Christian from Vancouver.

Coach Rick McKinnon said the team had a great season wining tournaments in Creston, Grand Forks, Kamloops, Trail and the Zone Championships in Rossland.

‘The team posted an impres-

sive record of 28 victories and three losses,” he said.

Most of the team will continue on into the soccer season, which has already begun.

Rossland will be hosting the Single A Provincial Soccer Championships from May 29June 1.

committee’s webpage, even with positive results for taxation, it doesn’t guarantee that council will pass a motion supporting it.

“Let’s make the public gallery in council chambers standing room only so they see how important it is to our community to do everything we can to keep K-12 in Rossland,” Ackerman wrote.

While there is no doubt that councillors agree on the importance of a full-spectrum school in Rossland, as it pertains to the economic viability and sustainability of the future, there are a

lot of burdens on council’s radar as well.

With budget deliberations beginning, the costs of the Columbia-Washington infrastructure project and other expenses will be weighing heavy on council.

NOL volunteers have also been at work for the past few weeks looking into alternatives to the current school system in Rossland, in the event that negotiations with School District 20 and the city fall through.

It’s been almost a month since the district announced that, starting in September, Rossland’s

grade 10-12 students would be bussed to J.L Crowe Secondary School in Trail.

In a past interview, Darrel Ganzert, school board chair, stated that there was still plenty of time for the City of Rossland to offer up a deal to retain the senior grades.

NOL hasn’t been taking any chances, and members have said they are confident in having some sort of system up for grades 10-12 by September.

The meeting Monday begins at 7 p.m. at city hall in Rossland.

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The team participated in the Single A Provincial Championships March 6-9 where they won two games and lost two games.

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On Monday, the Neighbourhood of Learning committee will present the findings of a recent survey that looked to gauge Rossland resident’s willingness to support the grades that wil be moving out from Rossland Secondary School.

Neighbourhood of Learning (NOL) is hoping that residents will back council chambers, because, as Shelley Ackerman noted in a recent posting on the

Refinery proposal gets a positive review toM FLetCher Black Press

The B.C. government has released its own independent report on a proposed heavy oil refinery near Kitimat, which concludes that the project has “economic merit.”

The report, by Californiabased Navigant Consulting Inc., examined the proposed refinery design and also assessed markets for refined fuels in Asia.

“Such a refinery would provide incremental long-term benefits to the region, compared to export of unfinished feedstock,” the report states.

The consultants recommend that B.C. approve a design for the plant that produces a variety of fuels, including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. The report endorses a conventional design for the refinery, proposed by Victoria newspaper publisher David Black last summer.

Black, owner of Black Press Ltd., established a separate company called Kitimat Clean Ltd last year. In early March he announced that he is finalizing details for $25 billion in financing and purchase agreements for the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel that the plant would produce.

According to Black’s plans, the $16 billion refinery would re-

quire another $9 billion in construction, including six product pipelines to Douglas Channel to load ships with refined fuel, and a natural gas pipeline to run a power plant, fire refining equipment and supply hydrogen for a new heavy oil refining process.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman said the Navigant report cost $40,000, and would be done by the province for any proposal of this scale, through the province’s major projects office. If built as planned, the Kitimat refinery would be the biggest private investment in B.C. history.

The Navigant report describes a conventional coking process

that extracts a coal-like byproduct from heavy oil. Black announced March 6 that his team is revising its environmental permit application to use a new process that would convert the coke and increase liquid fuel output.

A conventional refinery of that size would fill 100 rail cars per day with petroleum coke, which is typically sold as fuel for high-temperature metal processing.

A process patented last year

by Calgary-based Expander Energy adapts a technique developed a century ago in Germany to convert coal to synthetic fuels.

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rossland real Food hosted seedy sunday and Interact Bake sale on sunday at rossland secondary school’s library. the event brought in seed growers from all over the Kootenay.

Clockwise from top: nick Fuss and Lindsay snyder sell heirloom seeds from stellar seeds; Patrick Boundry and susan Miller from Cherry Miller Farm; rossland real Food had an assortment of seeds from Mad Dog Farm; Jennie hewitt watches over Mountain seed Co. seeds, which is owned by her friend.

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Rossland’s gardening community had an opportunity this weekend to purchase some heritage and rare variety seeds, as the annual Seedy Sunday seed exchange was back again.

Rossland Real Food puts on the event, inviting local growers to come out and sell their seeds.

It was also an opportunity to support the Rossland Secondary School interacts club, was it was having a bake sale fundraiser as well.

The event itself was held at the RSS library.

This year, local seed vendors included the Seed Basket, Cherry Meadows

Farm, Mountain Seed Co., and Stellar Seeds.

The vendors had a wide variety of flower, vegetable and fruit seeds, including heirloom varieties, many of which do well in the short growing season that comes with being in the mountains.

Seeds that pertain to Rossland’s climate can also have much better yields and Patrick Boundry, from Cherry Meadows Farm, said they had been having success selling seeds.

Boundry’s farm specialies in cherries, and they hope to get into the cherry wine business.

Stellar Seeds operates out of Johnson’s Landing. Lindsay Snyder has worked for Stellar for the past two years. She noted that they carry many rare seeds of heirloom varieies, which are organic as well.

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This weekend’s Earth Hour a chance to sit back

This weekend is a chance to dial down power consumption as many people will be celebrating Earth Hour, a yearly event that encourages people to turn off their lights and appliances for one hour.

While the idea may save some power, there are some added benefits, such as a momentary break from technology, something that is now threatening to overburden us with information.

For many of us living in this new age, computers and cell phones are fixed in front of our eyes for more of the day than anything else.

The constant incoming email, text message and twitter feed becomes an addiction that needs to be fed by the ever increasing technology and information feed.

There comes a time when its time to step back for a moment, turn all of the lcd screens, notification lights and beeping pagers off and just listen to the stillness.

There is also be something to be said about looking out the window at night and seeing nothing but darkness. Even in a city like Rossland, it would be quite a sight. Of course it would only be complete darkness until you looked up at the sky to see the brightly lit night sky twinkling down.

The point is that these days humans are inundated with power at all times, an endless stream of flashing lights and beeping information.

Also, it’s only one hour out of 8,766 in the year.

Earth Hour is celebrated between the hours of 8:30-9:30 p.m. this Saturday.

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BC Views: Ethnic strategy: Part 2 TOM FLETchER Black Press

There was some public business conducted in the final frantic days of the B.C. legislature session last week, but you likely wouldn’t have heard much about it.

Premier Christy Clark’s skimpy governing agenda was overshadowed by the delivery of an internal investigation report into her government’s ethnic outreach program.

A review by four deputy ministers detailed what reporters already knew from a memo and meeting notes leaked to the NDP. The plan started in the premier’s office, led by Clark’s deputy chief of staff, who resigned as soon as it was made public.

A B.C. Liberal Party employee attended the first meeting, expressly intended to organize events to impress immigrant communities, then harvest the goodwill in the form of contact lists for the coming election campaign.

After 10,000 e-mails were collected and 27 interviews conducted, they revealed a few significant details.

Former multiculturalism minister John Yap knew or should have known that the scheme was being kept secret because it was an inappropriate use of government resources. He won’t be back in cabinet, although Clark said he intends to run for re-election in RichmondSteveston.

Yap’s executive assistant resigned when the report came out, admitting he helped cover the tracks of political meddling in the hiring of three outreach contractors with sufficient loyalty to the party.

Clark insists she knew nothing of this plan. She tabled the investigation report, and then announced that the B.C. Liberal Party had written a $70,000 cheque to the government to cover the estimated cost of the inappropriate political work done by non-political staff.

Here’s the part taxpayers may not fully appreciate. There are authorized political staffers all over the legislature, in the premier’s office, the opposition leader’s office and two teams of caucus employees who spend much of their time digging up dirt on the other party. All are paid by you and me.

A line is crossed only when a nonpolitical employee such as a ministry communications director acts on behalf of the party. The main offender in that capacity was one Brian Bonney, whose records suggested he spent half of his time on party work.

He quit in February, before the plan was leaked, and the party paid back half of his salary for the 18 months he was on the public payroll.

NDP outrage over this was blunted by another leaked document.

This one was from a never-released 2010 report by Auditor General John Doyle, which condemned a five-year program of skimming money from

NDP constituency office budgets all over the province and using it for political work.

In a nice bit of symmetry, much of the more than $400,000 was spent to put three-time candidate Gabriel Yiu on the NDP caucus payroll. Yiu’s Vancouver-Fraserview candidate page boasts of his ethnic outreach work, which included tirelessly warning B.C.’s Chinese community about the evils of the harmonized sales tax.

In fact, it was the NDP-Yiu operation that inspired a B.C. Liberal copycat plan.

The NDP quietly stopped the budget skimming after Doyle pointed out the blindingly obvious, which is that constituency funds are to serve constituents and are not to be diverted to political organizing.

It was kept under wraps by the secretive Legislative Assembly Management Committee. This is the B.C. Liberal-NDP co-managed trough of undocumented MLA expenses and other questionable payments that Doyle has only recently dragged into the light.

Both of these schemes have the same stink. Both are intentional abuse of taxpayers’ money for the political gain of the dominant parties. There is no moral high ground for either of them.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. Email him at tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Recreation, Education, Community - Rossland Rec Department The Spring Brochure has gone to print and will be available in the mailboxes, by the third week of March. If you would like to view it online, please log onto www.rossland.ca, City Hall, Rossland Recreation, Program Guide. The online version of the brochure is available now.

Registration for programs began Monday.

The recreation department and art instructor Shelley Painter are running Spring Break Art Camps to help keep the kids busy and having fun over the spring break! Classes are held in the arena lounge from 2:30-4:30 p.m. and each day has a different art theme to look forward to.

Some themes include; shadow puppets, block printing, stop action movies, beading and painting. The dates are March 18-22 (five day week) and March 25-28, (four day week). Children ages 6-12 years can register for the one day option at $18/ day or for several days or a full week at $80/week. Week two is a four day camp at $64/four days or $18/day. Spaces are limited and the instructor will require advance notice to ensure there are enough materials for each day.

Golden Bear Childcare Centre is offering an excellent Spring Break childcare option for children five years and up! Daily dropin cost is $35/day.

Hours of operation are (8 a.m.-5 p.m.)

Monday through Friday. Contact Ketna at Golden Bear for registration: 250362-5856 If you’re looking for more activities

for the kids during spring break, Red Mountain has three day Ski and Snowboard Camps for every level. Check their website, at www.redresort.com or call the resort at 250-362-7384.

The Rossland Pool doesn’t open for several months, but we’re already looking for qualified, certified staff for the 2013 season. The outdoor pool opens at the beginning of June and closes at the end of August. The Rossland pool offers a full range of aquatic education – including School Board Lessons, Aqua Tot, Red Cross Swim Lessons, the Bronze courses and Swim Club. Applications will be received by individuals who possess their NLS and WSI. If you are currently working on obtaining your WSI and will have it by June 2013, please forward your resume indicating where you’re taking the course and when you’ll be completed.

Resumes should be forwarded to the recreation department as soon as possible.

CBAL (Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy) is offering two Computer Workshops in April.

Workshop #1: Learn how to use Facebook: In this hands-on workshop you can set up your own Facebook page, upload photos, and find friends and more! This workshop is located at Rossland Public Library on Wednesday April 17 at 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: Free for seniors! For Workshop #2: Learn all about shopping safely online. In this workshop you will learn safe online practices, get helpful tips, and much more.

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There are lots of great new programs coming up! Check out Indoor Soccer for Ages 5-7 year olds with Jorge Rivas! This is a great opportunity for children 5-7 years old to have fun and learn some new soccer skills and drills while the fields are drying out. Soccer is a great way to become a team player while learning appropriate sporting behavior!

Parent participation is encouraged! There will be a $2 drop-in opportunity for the first two classes for children who want to try out this new program. If there are any parent helpers interested in volunteer coaching with Jorge or would like to coach 8-10 year olds please contact the recreation department for details. There will be an interest list at the recreation department for 8-10 year olds until a coach is confirmed.

Startup date is Tuesday, April 9 - May 21, 2013, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the MacLean Elementary School gymnasium. Cost is $20/seven classes. A Minimum of eight participants is needed to run the class, so register now!

If you need your boating certificate, Mike Fairweather is teaching the Boating Basics course – the Canadian Coast Guard accredited boating proficiency course. The all-day course is being held

in the Arena Lounge on Saturday, April 13.

For little tykes, there’s Preschool TBall and Tumbalina with Pam Shirley and Creative Movements with Kootenay Danceworks.

For children ages 5-10 years, there’s Little Kids Rugby, Rec Gymnastics, Bike Maintenance, Tennis, Mountain Biking Courses and Pottery. For Youth, check out the Violin/ Fiddle course, the Babysitters Course and some more advanced Mountain Biking courses.

Gabby Jangula with Out of Bounds Fitness is going to be teaching some courses through the Rec Department.

On Wednesdays and Fridays, starting

April 3, Gabby is offering an Early Spin & Strength class in her Studio. From May 14 to June 20, Gabby is running a Corelates course in the Miners’ Hall.

This course is an amazing workout using Pilates and core strengthening exercises to tone the entire body. There are also several exciting new Mountain Biking courses, including a Bike Maintenance course for women, offered by Revolution Cycles.

If you’re a crafter, there are several exciting new courses – including a Table runner quilting course, a gorgeous painted Wall Hanging course, a Scrapbooking workshop and a Pottery Lasagna Pan Course.

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Generally your insurance will not cover you for water damage caused by continuous or repeated seepage or leakage of water or steam from within a plumbing, heating, sprinkler or air conditioning system, or domestic appliance, including but not limited to a waterbed, aquarium. Your insurance also will not respond if water damage is caused by flood, surface water, spray, waves, tides, tidal waves, ice or waterborne objects.

The water damage must be caused by the sudden and accidental escape of water from a watermain, the sudden and accidental escape of water or steam from within a plumbing, heating, sprinkler, air conditioning system or domestic appliance, which is located inside your dwelling.

Basement flooding problems can be avoided or prevented by checking your downspouts and eavestroughs. Make sure the downspouts extend away from your house so water does not collect next to the basement walls and windows, it should drain away from your house. Clean debris from eavestroughs regularly. If the land around your home slopes in toward the foundation, you want to build up the ground around your home so that the water drains away from your basement walls. Also examine sidewalks, patios, decks and driveways as these can settle over time and cause water to drain back towards your basement walls. Proper drainage helps to reduce the amount of water seepage into your home through basement windows and cracks in your basement walls.

To get more information about what is covered under your insurance policy contact RHC Insurance Brokers at any one of our 8 locations.

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store and fill them with chocolates, candies, and other small surprises, such as erasers, Easter-themed stickers, whistles, and coins. If you’d like to go one step further, you could include little notes in some of the plastic eggs. The children who find these eggs can claim special surprises by following the instructions in the note. Make the directions as simple or as complicated as you like, depending on the age, of the children and how much time and patience you have to organize it all. You might

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store and fill them with chocolates, candies, and other small surprises, such as erasers, Easter-themed stickers, whistles, and coins. If you’d like to go one step further, you could include little notes in some of the plastic eggs. The children who find these eggs can claim special surprises by following the instructions in the note. Make the directions as simple or as complicated as you like, depending on the age, of the children and how much time and patience you have to organize it all. You might

lead them on a treasure hunt, or require them to mime an animal or sing a song.

Everyone will have fun enjoying these unforgettable moments. Excited children adore rushing to find their share of treats, parents have fun hiding eggs, and of course grandparents love to take photos of all the action. Just remember that it’s always best to organize this hunt for the morning, when everyone has lots of energy — especially Mom and Dad!

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The Gathering this week at Red Staff writer Rossland News

Next week, Red Resort will be hosting the Gathering, a convergence of international adventurers, pro photographers, filmmakers and a cast of vibrant Kootenay characters.

The event runs from March 2531 and is in its first year.

This year, the event offers free on-snow events and clinics for the public at Red Resort.

Events begin on Monday, and continue into the weekend.

Red wanted to highlight events on March 29 and 30, which will include the opening of Rossland Museum and an exhibit in the Rossland Art Gallery earlier in the day.

Friday and Saturday will feature All-Star Film and Photo Nights showcase presentations from the Gathering’s guests.

Both evenings are hosted by the Red Mountain Racers. The events are open to all ages and will be held in the auditorium of Rossland Secondary School.

Mitch Scott, senior correspon-

dent with Powder Magazine and publisher of Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine, will present.

Both nights will feature a talented line up of entertaining presenters.

Full Schedule: Monday: Photography 101 with Mark Shapiro – Reds conference room from 6–9 p.m.

Tuesday: Photo Workshop with Mark Shapiro (for Workshop participants only) will be on all day.

Wednesday: All day Photo Workshop with Mark Shapiro.

March 28: Welcome Party at Rafters from 7 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.

March 29: Skiing and Snowboarding with free public events, Salomon demo day, Gang Ski Tour & Weenie Roast Top of Grey, How to Apply Skins and Tour, Up Hill Selecting the Best Line, How to Dig A Pit and GoPro Clinic 101.

At 7 p.m. Friday there will be the All-Star Film & Photo Night 1 at the RSS auditorium.

At 9:30 p.m. the Big Hair Rocker and Groupie Party with DJ. Costumes Required at Rafters.

March 30: From 8:30–10 a.m.

There will be a pancake breakfast at the daylodge deck.

Salomon demo day continues, as well as seminars on How to Use a Beacon, How to Shoot Like a Pro with an iPhone and Ballet Ski Tips with Rico.

The Rossland Historical Museum and Archives will be open Entry by donation from 3-5 p.m.

From 3-6 p.m. there will be a photo exhibit at the Rossland Art Gallery.

The second All-Star Film & Photo Night at the RSS Auditorium starts at 7 p.m.

After Parties: The Flying Steamshovel presenting The Cropdusters live in concert, while Drift Izakaya featuring Jeff Johnson March 31: Skiing and snowboarding will be on at the hill, whle from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. The Flying Steamshovel will be featuring brunch along Rad Brad’s Warren Miller escapades.

On Sunday, the Slush Cup, where skiers and boarders finish off their seasons by taking a jump into a slushy pool is happening from 2 – 3:30 p.m.

That will be followed by a deck party at Red with live music featuring the Aggrolites plus a guest DJ.

red Mountain racers at the Nancy Greene Ski League at Phoenix Mountain with coaches Bernie Hoffman, back right, Patrick Kinghorn, back left. the racers will be racing this week on red Mountain.

Submitted photo

Skiers prepare for Provincials Continued from P. 1 at Phoenix Mountain, saw U10 athletes get individual results for the first time this season. Chase Eagleton swept the U10 boys while Emelia Hoffman swept the U10 girls. Iman Livingstone and Finlay Kinghorn, also took podium spots in the U10 category.

Sage Stefani finished her racing season with a silver medal in the U12 girls category, achieving a goal she had hoped

for all season.

Organizers said racers had a fun day and medals were handed out to everyone. All three RMR teams, which included athletes from Rossland, Trail, Fruitvale, and Castlegar, achieved gold in the team results.

More information on this week’s races can be found at www.redmountainracers.com. The races start today at the hill.

2ND ANNUAL! IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST THAT LIVES IN AND CALLS THE KOOTENAYS HOME THEN UPLOAD YOUR SONGS TO BE ENTERED INTO THE KOOTENAY MUSIC AWARDS!

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The Kootenay Music Awards are open to any resident of the Kootenays. Please make all submissions mp3 format. From there they will be shortlisted by our panel of judges that includes Christine Hunter from Shambhala, Ryan Martin of The Hume Hotel, Lea Belcourt of Starbelly Jam Music Festival, Jay Hannley Program Director of Kootenay Coop Radio and Paul Hinrichs of the Royal on Baker. Nominations are open to all, you can nominate your self or favourite artists or acts, we want to make sure we have a great representation of the talent that the Kootenays have to offer.

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Okanagan-based folk singer Ari Neufeld performed in Rossland Saturday night. Neufeld played an assortment of stringed instruments and also wore an assortment of hats, ranging from top hat to cowboy hat to a miner’s helmet.

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Penticton-based folk singer Ari Neufeld, played at the Rossland Miners’ Hall on Saturday to an entranced crowd.

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On Saturday, he was without his usual step box, but got by drilling a hole and inserting a microphone into his touring case. He noted that the impromptu solution actually sounded pretty good.

Neufeld related stories to each song, in the way only a true folk singer would, intertwining the tragedy of his father dying with stories of his recent performance in Texas for the likes of Willie Nelson.

Neufeld is now hoping to get a record deal and move to Texas.

The concert was a part of Rossland Council for Arts and Culture’s monthly concerts.

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George Ferguson Ferguson; George (Fergie) a long time resident of Rossland passed away peacefully at KBRH on March 9, 2013. George was born April 1, 1935 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Fergie came to Rossland in 1956 to play hockey with the Rossland Warriors.

In 1961 he joined the Trail Smoke Eaters and went on to win the championship in Europe. He played with the Moose Jaw Canucks and a short stint with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Besides playing hockey he also enjoyed camping and fishing.

George is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Maxine, daughters Heather (Rob) Peebles, Crystal (Tony), sons Richard and Robin, grand-children Cory, Kylee-Ann, Robbie and Sarah, great grand-children Madison and Odin and numerous nephews and nieces.

George was predeceased by his parents and his two brothers Jack and Stewart.

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In George’s name, donations may be made to SPCA, 7700 Hwy 3B, Trail, BC V1R 2L9.

A Memorial Service will be held on Friday March 15, 2013 at 2:00 at the Rossland Legion with Reverend Ken Siemens officiating.

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If you’ve been considering nominating a band or DJ for the Kootenay Music Awards, now is the time to do it.

All artists who live in the Kootenays are eligible to enter a song in one of the 10 award categories that recognize the range of musical talent coming out of the region.

There’s a category for everything from best DJ to best roots and blues band.

More than 70 songs have already been submitted online at kootenaymusicawards.com and KMA president Chad Hansen hopes to see many more roll in before nominations close next Friday (March 29).

“If you’re an artist yourself or even just a fan of a local band, I’d encourage you to go to the website and submit an MP3. Let people hear it, you never know what could happen,” Hansen says.

Fans can check out the music that’s been submitted so far by clicking the “nominate” tab at the top of the page, then going to “view entries.”

Hansen has listened to many of the submissions and is impressed by the variety.

“There’s some really eclectic, interesting music that’s been posted up there,” Hansen says.

After nominations close, the panel of five industry judges will shortlist their favourites for public voting. The judges include mu-

The Automation was named Best New Artist in the 2012 Kootenay Music Awards and has nominated a track for this year’s awards as well. The final day to send your nominations to the KMAs is March 29. sic festival producers Christine ourselves, without a producer, so Hunter from Shambhala and Lea we were really proud to be recogBelcourt from Starbelly Jam; Nel- nized last year.” son live music venue managers The Automation has submitted Ryan Martin from Spiritbar and an early release off their next alPaul Hinrichs from The Royal; and bum for this year’s awards and will Kootenay Co-op Radio program be playing at the awards gala event, manager Jay Hannley. along with last year’s Best Artist “These are great people to get winner Shred Kelly, on May 10 at your music into the ear of,” Hansen Spiritbar in Nelson. says.

To enter a song in the Kootenay So far the nomination page is Music Awards, go to kootenaymudominated by Nelson-based art- sicawards.com. ists. But Hansen is encouraging The Kootenay Music Awards bands for every corner of the Koo- are presented by Nelson Brewing tenays to get their music in. Bands Company and Black Press. Platiwho entered last year are also wel- num sponsors include, Kootenay come to enter again.

Co-op Radio, Vantage Point, NelShane Johnsen, frontman for son and District Credit Union, AM The Automation — winner of Best Ford, Selkirk College.

New Band in last year’s KMAs — Other sponsors are Wapiti Musays he saw a surge in new listens sic Festival, Kootenay Savings on the band’s Soundcloud page Credit Union, Bee Kissed Body during the public voting period.

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