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Council covers hot topics BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Whether it was park land or pigeons, the room was abuzz with discussion at the Monday night council meeting in Trail. A handful of members from the Glenmerry Citizens Group attended council to question the number of residents whose signatures were declared invalid on its petition which opposed park disposal bylaw 2750. On April 2, Joanne Crossman presented city hall with 905 signatures on a petition to oppose the bylaw which would allow disposal of park land property on Rosewood Drive in Glenmerry. Even though only 598 signatures were required to defeat the bylaw, Crossman questioned why only 798 signatures were deemed valid. “If people are passionate about this bylaw and took the time to listen to us and sign,” she said. “How do they get their voice and their vote to you.” Michelle McIsaac, corporate administrator, explained that the city used a voters list from Elections B.C., dated Jan. 13. “I can let you know that the petition was successful in achieving the number of signatures required,” said McIsaac. “So it’s not to say that this is a matter of being discounted, but anecdotally I can let you know that many of the signatures that were not counted weren’t from our area.” Crossman countered that the disqualification of so many signatures had many residents upset. “Especially new voters and those who are new to the community,” she said. “We had to tell them that we don’t know if your signature is going to count even though you are passionate enough to sign.” Later in the meeting, the park land disposal bylaw was officially abandoned due to the cost associated with taking the issue to referendum; See COUNCIL, Page 3
A pill for pigeons? BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Forget about a pigeon cull. How about a pigeon pill? The City of Trail is now researching methods of birth control for the birds. “It seems incredible to me that we are spending this much time on pigeons,” said Coun. Robert Cacchioni. “But I want to mention that council is looking at this problem. See PILL, Page 3
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Seniors’ program continues to flourish BY CHRIS STEDILE
“There have always been many programs for seniors but before this we had no tools to show them what was out there.”
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Since its implementation last year, the Beaver Valley's Age-friendly Program (AFP) has been engaging seniors in numerous activities and social events with great success. Last week the Ministry of Health awarded the program Age-friendly B.C. Recognition, which included an award poster and $1,000 grant to be put towards a legacy project or celebration. The program first started gaining traction when, in 2009 through 2010, the Village of Fruitvale received its first grant to begin revising the Official Community Plan (OCP) and carry out
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OCP consultations and focus sessions with seniors. “We wanted to ensure the aging demographics were involved in community planning,” said Lila Cresswell, Chief Administrator for the village. After gathering sufficient information
the next step was to facilitate a seniors program and hire a coordinator. A second grant was approved in March 2012, and the village was able to hire Vickie Fitzpatrick the following month. “There have always been many programs for seniors but before this we had no tools to show them what was out there,” Fitzpatrick said. “It's all about social inclusion and healthy activities for seniors,” explained Cresswell, who is heavily involved with the program as well. Activities such as bowling, yoga, balance classes and ceramics, are only a few of the ways seniors in the Beaver Valley See LUNCHEONS, Page 3
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Council debates bird feeding fines
FROM PAGE 1 which is costly when not held in conjunction with a general election. “If land development remains a priority then it can be discussed at the upcoming strategic planning meeting and it can be revisited then,” said McIsaac. Mayor Dieter Bogs conceded that the bylaw has certainly been an ongoing issue in the community and that he would make it an item of discussion at the next strategic planning session to discuss council’s position on the issue. “While we’ve improved our communications within the city over the last year and a half in terms of what we push out; I don’t know if we are doing the best job in terms of how we gather information and bring it back in,” said Coun. Kevin Jolly. “I’m not sure what that process will look like going forward, but we have to have a better two-way dialogue so we don’t find ourselves in a position like this again, in the not too distant future.” A few feathers were ruffled before council moved on to vote and adopt two bylaw amendments which are aimed to oust pigeons from the Silver City’s limits. The first, animal control bylaw amendment 2752, prohibits the feeding of the pesky critters on both private and public lands. The second amendment, which attaches a $100 ticket to residents caught feeding the birds, sprouted a discussion on the efficacy of such a fine. Coun. Sean MacKinlay said that “catching someone dropping a piece of bread,” will be as difficult to enforce as a similar bylaw regarding a fine for not picking up after one’s dog. Incidentally, the later bylaw has resulted in zero tickets being dispensed. “Dropping bread on the ground doesn’t compare to someone deliberately feeding pigeons on an ongoing basis,” countered Coun. Jolly. “That has an outcome of destroying entire roofs and droppings all over our bridges.” Coun. Derosa agreed that there are too many pigeons in Trail, but he doesn’t agree with the methods being used to reduce their numbers. “I don’t agree and I’ll never agree to fine somebody for feeding birds.”
Pill approved in U.S. FROM PAGE 1 “And in actual fact, we are looking at finding a feed that we can give to these particular birds that will render them sterile. In effect, a birth control pill.” Cacchioni said that when studying the actual cost and the escalation in the pigeon population, the idea may give the most bang for the buck. “In fact, if we can find this particular product, it would be a very simple solution,” explained Cacchioni. “No birds would be killed, they could have all the fun they want, and within a few years, we wouldn’t have any more issues.” David Perehudoff, chief administrative officer, said that there definitely is such a product approved for use within the U.S. “We are determining whether or not we have license to use it within B.C. and Canada,” he said. “So it would obviously be the solution that is preferred here. Our staff is researching it right now, because it is the most humane alternative.”
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Luncheons prove a popular attraction FROM PAGE 1 are getting active and involved in the community. Luncheons are held each month at the Beaver Valley manor as a social event where the seniors are served healthy, delicious meals, and after, they can take home the recipes and make them themselves. The luncheons are clear evidence that the AFP program is succeeding, with the most recent one drawing in around 140 attendees. At the end of these luncheons the seniors fill out a survey where they say what they want to be done within the program. And this is where the meat of
the program originates. “Nothing that they’ve asked for have we said we can’t do this. If they want it we will try to do it,” Fitzpatrick remarked. Along with activities, the AFP offers various other services to seniors that would otherwise be difficult for them to attain. “Transportation is a major issue for seniors in this area,” Fitzpatrick said. To help combat this problem the AFP has established a volunteer driver program where members of the community, after meeting certain criteria, will chauffeur elderly citizens from point A to point B and back again if needed.
Another tool AFP has constructed to make seniors lives a little easier is the “Handy Person List.” Cresswell explained this as a list of highly recommended businesses that have the time and expertise to assist seniors very quickly. This list is important to seniors because with many local businesses having expanded so much they are often too busy to help immediately. The major success of the AFP can partially be attributed to the backing it has received by Fruitvale’s council and Mayor Patricia Cecchini, who are all very involved with securing funding and volunteering.
“I’ve learned so much from these events. I just hate to miss them,” Cecchini said. “It’s important to remember, even though our appearance changes our spirit doesn’t. “And we pride ourselves on community spirit in Fruitvale.” The AFP has been such a success that the village has decided to fund it via the parks and recreation program. The next luncheon will be held April 16. For more information on the program and its services or if you are interested in volunteering, contact Fitzpatrick at vickief@telus.net.
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the three-course meal. It’s a fundraiser for the Kootenay Project Adventure for the Visually Impaired (KPA-VI), said The Garage owner Julie Eyres, and to help her friend, Kolby Zanier, who is a member of the KPA-VI. “This is so people can experience what it is like to be blind,” said Eyres about the dinner. The dinner is fully organized by Grade 11 student Rossland student Zanier, who recently lost all of her vision. KPA-VI is a unique program that brings together
Kootenay students who are blind or visually impaired to participate in recreational adventures as a way of developing skills from the expanded core curriculum for the visually impaired. The expanded core curriculum is intended to teach students who are blind or visually impaired skills needed to take part in school and community life. The program is run by the East and West Kootenay teachers of the visually impaired. Kootenay Project Adventure invites stu-
dents to develop ECC skills through the participation of experiential learning opportunities that take place beyond the classroom. Tickets for Dinner in the Dark are $50 each. Seating is limited. Contact Kolby Zanier at Kolbyz@hotmail.ca or Sofeya Devji at sdevji@sd8.bc.ca for more information or tickets. Check out the facebook page for more information on Kootenay Project Adventure for the Visually Impaired at https://www. facebook.com/kootenaypro jectadventure?ref=hl.
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enues, said district secretary-treasurer Greg Frank. That’s due to inflation in the cost of benefits, supplies and services and utilities. A significant hike of $1.5 million is for the teachers’ pension plan, resulting from an actuarial review that happens every three years, said Frank. The review looks at how much retired teachers are drawing on the fund and determines how much more teachers and employers have to pay to keep it financially feasible. Burnaby is also in the midst of a dip in enrolment, and a corresponding reduction in provincial per-student funding. The projection for 2013-2014 is for a drop of 340 students resulting in a loss in revenue of $2.2 million. Frank said several years of lower enrol-
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Leaders to debate on TV, radio B.C. party leaders will take part in at least two debates, one on TV and one on radio, in the run-up to the May 14 provincial election. CKNW radio is hosting a leaders’ debate at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 26. Invited to take part are B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark, NDP leader Adrian Dix, Green Party leader Jane Sterk and B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins. A one-hour television debate is set for the following Monday, April 29 at 7 p.m. on Global TV, also featuring the four major party leaders. Clark said Tuesday she is challenging Dix to a one-on-one televised debate proposed for May 6. Dix said it would be “disrespectful” to voters and other party leaders to exclude them.
Poll says 20 per cent undecided The NDP has a 17-point lead on the B.C. Liberals among decided voters, but one in five people are still undecided, according to a poll released this week by Insights West. The NDP had support of 45 per cent of decided voters, compared to 28 per cent for the B.C. Liberals. The Green Party was supported by 15 per cent, with 10 per cent backing the B.C. Conservatives. Insights West president Steve Mossop said the poll shows 25 per cent of undecided voters are leaning towards the B.C. Liberals, with 20 per cent leaning NDP. The NDP’s biggest lead was in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island. In other parts of B.C., the combined decided and leaning vote was closer, with 37 per cent for the NDP and 33 per cent for the B.C. Liberals. The poll contacted 855 adult B.C. residents in the last week of March.
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People Annette Funicello
Mouseketeer moved on to big screen stardom
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-asa-button Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon on a string of ‘60s fun-inthe-sun movies with names like “Beach Blanket Bingo” and “Bikini Beach,” died Monday. She was 70. She died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, California, of complications from multiple sclerosis, the Walt Disney Co. said. Funicello stunned fans and friends in 1992 with the announcement about her ailment. Yet she was
cheerful and upbeat, grappling with the disease with a courage that contrasted with her lightweight teen image of old. “She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney’s brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent,” said Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO. Avalon said Monday that Funicello never realized how beloved she was. “She would say, ‘Really?”’ he told The Associated Press. “She was so bashful about it. She was an amazing girl.” He added: “She
really had a tough existence. It’s like losing a family member. I’m devastated, but I’m not surprised.” The pretty, darkhaired Funicello was just 13 when she gained fame on Walt Disney’s television kiddie “club,” an amalgam of stories, songs and dance routines that ran from 1955 to 1959. Cast after Disney saw her at a dance recital, she appeared in mouse ears, a pleated skirt and a turtleneck sweater emblazoned with her first name. She soon became the most popular Mouseketeer in the cast, receiving 8,000 fan letters a month, 10 times more than any
of the 23 other young performers. When “The Mickey Mouse Club” ended, Annette (as she was often billed) was the only club member to remain under contract to the studio. She also became a recording star, singing on 15 albums and hit singles such as “Tall Paul” and “Pineapple Princess.” Outgrowing the kid roles by the early ‘60s, Annette teamed with Avalon in a series of movies for AmericanInternational, the first film company to exploit the burgeoning teen market. The filmmakers weren’t aiming for art, and they didn’t achieve it. As Halliwell’s Film
Guide says of “Beach Party”: “Quite tolerable in itself, it started an excruciating trend.” But the films had songs, cameos by older stars and a few laughs and, as a bonus to latter-day viewers, a look back at a more innocent time. The beach films featured ample youthful skin. But not Funicello’s. She remembered in 1987: “Mr. Disney said to me one day, ‘Annette, I have a favour to ask of you. I know all the girls are wearing bikinis, but you have an image to uphold. I would appreciate it if you would wear a one-piece suit.’ I did, and I never regretted it.”
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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our father, grandfather, uncle and dear friend. Bud passed away peacefully March 7 at home in Procter with family and friends at his side. Bud was born to the late Lindsay and Florence Green December 6, 1929 in Avonlea Saskatchewan. Bud left Saskatchewan and arrived in Trail in 1948 to live with his brother’s Lindsay and Percy. He met and married Helen Ciarelli in 1951. Bud joined the Municipality of Tadanac Fire Department in 1948 prior to the department being taken over by CM&S (Cominco) from which he retired as a Captain in 1985. Bud retired in Procter where he volunteered his time and backhoe to the Procter water board in the summers. Each fall he took pleasure in planning and ‘managing’ the various hunting camps; followed by the 21 enjoyable winters in Arizona with Helen. Bud is predeceased by his wife Helen, son Robert, his parents Lindsay and Florence, brothers Lindsay and Percy and sisters Mable and Helen. Bud is lovingly remembered by his son Don (Leora), daughter Shirley (Les), grandchildren Rhian (Chris), Taryn (Scott), Daniel (Sarah) and Kyle (Elizabeth) as well as nieces and nephews and a host of very good friends from Proctor, the ‘hunting camps’, Kettle Falls WA, and from his time with Helen in Arizona. The family would like to thank the many doctors and the nursing staff of Kootenay Lake Regional Hospital, the BC Interior Cancer Clinic and Nelson Home Care for the care and compassion shown to Bud. A celebration of Bud’s life will take place in the summer. In lieu of flowers, donations in Bud’s memory may be made to the Julie McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre, Rm. 2521 – 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary AB, T3L 0A6.
Stage illusionist dazzled audiences
THE CANADIAN PRESS LAS VEGAS - Peter Reveen, a popular stage illusionist and hypnotist who toured extensively in Canada, died Monday. He was 77. Reveen died at his home in Las Vegas of complications from diabetes and dementia, said his daughter-in-law Cathy Reveen. “He was a classic performer,” she said in an interview from her home in Kelowna. “The grandeur of the old shows are something his memory retained and he would emulate.” After immigrating to Canada from Australia in 1961, he began his career knocking on the doors of businesses in small towns in British Columbia, offering free tickets to shop owners if they put up his poster in their windows, she said. As a youth he was a stage magician, but he later studied hypnosis and developed a show that emphasized audience engagement. He performed in front of packed theatres and campus audiences around the world. But Cathy Reveen said he was particularly fond of entertaining audiences in small communities in Atlantic Canada, where he made his final tour in 2008. While he hypnotized audience members, he was careful not to
make fun of participants in his stage show, she added. “Family was very important to him,” she said. “It was very important to him that he had a clean show and that he was able to present it to multiple generations.” After shows, he would sign autographs and talk with audience members, often staying until midnight to talk to fans, she said. He was attentive to the details of each performance, often sequestering himself for practices that lasted for hours, she added. “Every detail of every show and performance was well thought out and justified in his mind.” She said Reveen didn’t use the word hypnosis in his performances, as he felt it suggested someone who is sedated. “His shows were nothing of the sort,” she said. “They were more aware and more creative.” He studied the history of magic and wrote books on hypnosis, including one called, “The Superconscious World.” He worked as a manager to Las Vegas illusionist Lance Burton in the latter stages of his career before retiring. Reveen is survived by four sons and his wife, Coral. His son, Tyrone, performs magic in Canada.
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argaret Thatcher was the woman who began the shift to the right that has affected almost all the countries of the West in the past three decades. She died in London on Monday, 34 years after she became Britain’s first female prime minister and 23 years after she was driven from office, at the age of 87. But it is an open question whether even the crash of 2008 and the ensuing prolonged recession have finally ended the long reign of her ideas in Western politics. “This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated,” wrote some minion in the personnel department of British chemical giant ICI, rejecting young Margaret Roberts’s application for a job as research chemist in 1948. She was fresh out of Oxford University, 23 years old, brimming with self-confidence, and absolutely full of opinions. She probably frightened the job interviewer half to death. But she landed a job with a plastics company in Colchester in 1949. She joined the Conservative Party and stood for parliament in the 1950 election (she was the young-
est candidate ever), and married businessman Denis Thatcher in 1951. Margaret Thatcher, as she then became, finally made it into parliament in the 1959 election. She entered the cabinet of Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath in 1970 as the “statutory female” (as he gallantly put it). But she had the last laugh in 1975, replacing Heath as party leader after the Conservatives lost the 1974 election. She took a very hard line from the start, both in domestic and in foreign politics. Her open hostility to the Soviet Union led a Soviet newspaper in 1976 to dub her the “Iron Lady”, a title in which she reveled. Her real impact, however, was in British domestic politics, where she broke the welfare-state consensus that had dominated all the major parties for the previous thirty years. “It is our duty to look after ourselves,” she said, and the political orthodoxy trembled before her onslaught. An American diplomat in London, in a confidential assessment of the new Conservative leader in 1975, captured the essence of Thatcher’s revolutionary
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politics. She was, he wrote, the “genuine voice of a beleaguered bourgeoisie, anxious about its eroding economic power and determined to arrest society’s seemingly inexorable trend towards collectivism.” That was what carried her into office in the 1979 election, and as prime minister she acted on her convictions. After she had fought and won the Falklands War against long odds in 1982 her popularity was unassailable, and she used it to break the power of the trade unions and privatise state-owned industries. More than that, she made free-market ideology for all intents and purposes the state religion. So it remained for thirty years, long after her harsh and confrontational style
had lost her the support even of her own party. She was ousted as Conservative Party leader and prime minister by her own colleagues in 1990, but the Labour governments of 1997-2010 were also in thrall to her ideas. Their influence abroad, particularly in the United States, was equally great. Yet her greatest contribution to politics, and the foundation of the right’s political success over recent decades, was not ideological but tactical. She was the first politician to grasp the fact that with the decline of the old working class, it had become possible to win elections on a platform that simply ignored the wishes and needs of the poor. There weren’t as many of them as there used to be, and the poorest among them usually failed to vote at all. This insight was key to the success of President Ronald Reagan in the United States in the 1980s, and to the triumph of conservative parties in many European countries in the same period. It continues to be a major factor in the calculations of parties both on the right and on the left down to the present day:
you cannot count on the poor to win an election for you. Margaret Thatcher was made a baroness after she relinquished her seat in the House of Commons in 1992, and continued to sit in the House of Lords until ill health forced her to withdraw from public life entirely in 2002. In her last years she suffered from dementia, and she finally succumbed to a stroke on Monday. Her influence lives on, at least for the moment, but it may not last much longer. The powerful middle class on which she founded her political strategy has been hollowed out by the very success of the free-market policies she promoted. Once you allow for the effects of inflation, average middle class income in the United States, for example, has not grown at all in the past three decades. The time may be coming when gaining the votes of the poor, including the growing numbers of the “new poor”, will once again be essential to win elections. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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nergy is on every- focus primarily on re-election one’s minds these if they are to see their agendas days. Prime Minister come to fruition. That means Stephen Harper is they must respond to immedidetermined to make Canada ate economic demands while an energy superpower, fuelled leaving longer-term problems mostly by Alberta’s oil sands. like climate change and water Meanwhile, Alberta issues on the back burner. Premier Alison Redford, elect- Surely the enduring conseed to lead a province with a quences of today’s actions or strong economy, now finds inactions must be a priority. energy price fluctuations are We’ll be living with the ramireducing provincial revenues. fications of the current crop Saskatchewan is of politicians’ booming from decisions and oil, gas and uranactions long ium revenues, after they’ve and B.C. Premier been relegatChristy Clark ed to history. plans to vastly Crisis is expand exploitaa powerful tion of liquemotivator, as fied natural gas, we saw during DAVID which requires the economic huge amounts crash of 2008. of energy and In a matTroy Media involves the ter of weeks, highly contenU.S. President tious practice of fracking. George W. Bush and his sucWhile Quebec Premier cessor, Barack Obama, comPauline Marois maintains a mitted hundreds of billions moratorium on fracking, of dollars to bail out banks New Brunswick Premier and automobile companies – David Alward claims it’s an without imposing any condienergy opportunity for his tions that might get them to province. Former Ontario change their ways. Premier Dalton McGuinty’s I was astounded at the speed progressive Green Energy and scale of these actions, Act is under serious attack, compared to the ineffectual and Harper eagerly embraces snail’s pace on ecological exploration for oil as Arctic issues that threaten the sursea ice and tundra melt from vival of our species and our the warming climate. way of life and society. While the federal governThe science has been in ment demonizes environ- for more than two decades: mentalists as “radicals” bent Human use of fossil fuels creon derailing exploitation plans ating unprecedented levels of for the oil sands and other greenhouse gases is altering natural resources, opposition the chemistry of the atmosis rising against pipelines to phere, leading to climate transport Alberta’s diluted and weather effects that will bitumen to the B.C. coast via be chaotic and devastating. Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Continued increases in emisor to Texas refineries via the sions will only exacerbate Keystone XL. Much of the oil what is already an out-of-conwould be exported to countries trol atmospheric transformalike China, where the extreme tion of the biosphere – our negative effects of fossil fuel only home. pollution are increasing daily. We claim brainpower Politicians who want to makes us superior to the rest make significant change must of life on this planet. But what
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use is intelligence if we don’t use it to respond to threats and opportunities? After all, foresight was a great human attribute that brought us to a position of dominance on the planet. We used our knowledge and experiences to look ahead and recognize potential dangers and favourable circumstances so we could take some control over our destiny by acting to avoid hazards and exploit possibilities. This is Canada’s moment. We are confronting a crisis with the economy and energy. No economy can grow forever; it is simply impossible on a finite planet. Shouldn’t we ask what an economy is for? How much is enough? What are the limits? How do we build a sustainable economy? We have learned from painful experience in single-resource communities that relying primarily on one major component of the economy – logging, fishing, mining – makes for dangerous boom-and-bust cycles. Nations that export fossil fuel too often become over reliant on that sector. That destabilizes the economy (as we’re seeing in Alberta), distorts priorities (leading to the so-called “Dutch disease” where other parts of the economy are neglected or ignored) and undermines democracy by holding government hostage (as we saw in the enormous lobbying power of industry in the last U.S. presidential election). The future of energy in Canada will determine the fate of our society. It must be widely discussed, nationally as well as provincially, beyond the boundaries of politics and economics. This is about the type of country we will leave to our children and grandchildren. Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
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By Times Staff Red Mountain Racer Jane Andison was crowned BC U14 Girls champion in Vernon last week. Andison raced to second and third place finishes in two separate Giant Slalom races at Silver Star resort and followed that up with a first and fourth place in the slalom races, enough points to clinch the BC U14 overall championship. Andison also showed that she could ski with the world’s best at the Whistler Cup with a fourth place in the Don Weixl photo Kinder Kombi this past Red Mountain Racer Jane Andison cuts over a gate in the slalom run at the weekend. B.C. U14 downhill championship earlier this month where Andison claimed “It’s doesn’t feel the provincial title. different than other races,” says Andison, Whistler Cups. Sophia Rodyakin 49th sweet for a determined 14 in a release. “I Altadill skis with the in Slalom. team skiing in front of wasn’t really nervous. Red Mountain Racers Meanwhile, four a home crowd. The difference is that, through Red Mountain podium finishes on “I’m really excited,” here [at Whistler], Academy. He finished the final day of com- said Nigel Cooper, there are 120 girls, fifth in Saturday’s U14 petition earned Team Alpine Canada’s manwhen there are usually Slalom in Whistler, Canada the coveted ager of athlete developnot that many. I just after finishing sixth U16 Whistler Cup title ment. do what I’m supposed at the provincials the on Sunday. “I think the to do and hope for the weekend earlier. The Canadian team Japanese, the Italians, best.” RMR’s Soleil – comprised of three and the Norwegians Andison dominated Patterson skiing for U16 boys and three U16 represent a good part U14 events this season, Team BC also shone on girls – was crowned of some of the best topping it off with the the slopes. While she the top overall team skiing nations in the B.C. title and a good didn’t crack the top with 267 points at the world. Overall the field showing in Whistler. ten, Patterson showed three-day event in through to the top 10 Andison’s mom, her vast potential, ski- Whistler, one of the is pretty strong, so Christine went fur- ing with confidence largest international I think that our top ther, “What I think is while racing girls who junior ski races for the three girls and boys cool about this event is are sometimes two world’s best up-and- on Team Canada really that Jane could come years older. coming young racers. strutted their stuff.” to me and say, ‘mom, Patterson’s top Norway finished Amelia Smart, 15, I made some new ski- result at the Whistler second with 178 points, of Invermere, was preing friends’ and these Cup was 17th in the and Japan placed third sented with the Nancy friends happen to be slalom and 19th in the with 127. Greene Award, which from Japan. It really Super-G. Canada won the is given to the top creates a sense of comOther strong per- Whistler Cup, pre- overall Canadian girl munity and common formances came from sented by Rio Tinto who accumulated the understanding for Liene Groeger 21st in Alcan, four out of five most points over three these young kids.” GS, Gavin Patterson years prior to 2012 days, while the Dave Daniel Larriau 25th in Slalom, Isaac but lost the title to Murray Award for the Altadill from Spain Lunn 36th in Slalom, Switzerland last year, top Canadian boy went also had top 10 finishes Kaysa Panke, 34th so reclaiming top hon- to Jack Crawford, 15, at both the B.C. and Kinder Kombi, and ours was particularly of Toronto.
By Times Staff Greater Trail bowlers rose to the top of the provincial five-pin ranks in separate tournaments last week. At the B.C. Five-pin provincial open championship in Nanaimo, Warield’s Darren Rich and his Kootenay-Okanagan Zone-5 team rolled their way to victory with a decisive 7-1 victory over Zone 3. The team made up of Rich, Stu Ryan, Matt Eisenhauer, Dave Gourley, Mike Eider and Larry Richet advance to the nationals in St. John’s, Nfld. from May 30 to June 2. At the Youth Doubles provincial finals at the Grandview Lanes in Vancouver, Trail’s Glenmerry Bowl doubles’ team comprised of Devon Fulton and Joshua Mack won the senior division with a commanding win over Vernon’s Lincoln Lanes duo. The event is a doubles beat-your-
U16 B.C. Cup
Kootenay team just misses medal Bantam Wildcats stand out by Times staff The Kootenays were well-represented at the 2013 Female U16 Cup held in Duncan last week. Six teams were selected from the various zone camps held across B.C. at the beginning of January. Two teams were chosen from the Lower Mainland (Green and Blue) and one team each from the North, Kootenay, Okanagan and Vancouver Island zones. Fruitvale’s Kendra Waterstreet, and Rossland’s Madelain Vokeroth Fisher joined New Denver’s McRory Reese, Emilie teBulte of Castlegar, Emma Wheeldon and Merissa Dawson of Nelson, and Catalina Hartland of Kaslo as the West Kootenay Bantam Wildcats representatives on the 20-player roster. “The U-16 was awesome,” said Bantam
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average tournament. The team that advances is the one that bowls the most pins over a previously established league average, referred to as a high-low doubles tournament. The Trail tandem pitched a combined score of 1,640 for the win, 164 pins over their 1,476 average, while Vernon managed a plus-120 score. In the Junior division, Beaver Valley Lanes’ duo of Jenica Bouliane and Tyler Dier captured silver, two pins short of the gold-medal winners from Copperhill Lanes in Princeton. In four games, the B.V. Lanes duo bowled an incredible 287 pins over their average to Princeton’s 289. In the Bantam division Jordan Bakken and Tyson Nelson of Beaver Valley Lanes just missed a podium finish, coming fourth with plus121, two points shy of Princeton’s plus-123.
Wildcats team manager Lori Dawson in a text message. “Our Kootenay girls did really well.” The Kootenay team lost their opening match against eventual champions the North, who scored an empty netter to make it 3-1. They dropped their next game to Vancouver Island 6-0, before bouncing back against the Okanagan. In what Dawson
describes as a “thrilling” match, the Kootenay team was outshot, but goaltender Hartland braved the onslaught, keeping the team in the game. “Catalina Hartland was outstanding in net the past weekend,” said Dawson. “She turned some heads thats for sure. She was the talk in the stands amongst coaches, and scouts.” See PLAYERS, Page 12
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McIlroy to make run at Masters THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA, Ga. - Three months into the season, Rory McIlroy feels as if it’s already been a long year. The splashy announcement of his Nike deal, and the commercial with Tiger Woods that raised hopes of a big rivalry. The missed cut in Abu Dhabi. The first-round exit from the Match Play Championship. Quitting halfway through the second round of the Honda Classic. The loss of his No. 1 ranking. And now, McIlroy is ready to get started. “I’ve always said the main golf season is from the start of April to the end of August, so that’s when I want to play my best golf,” McIlroy said Tuesday. It all starts with the Masters. McIlroy can’t simply dismiss the last three months and the endless questions about the state of his game and his new equipment. He at least brings some measure of form to the first major championship of the year. Desperate to find his game, he added the Texas Open at the last minute and in turned out “almost perfectly.” The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland didn’t think about his swing, only his score. He challenged in the final round and wound up the runner-up. Whether he’s ready for Augusta National won’t be known until Thursday. But at least he knows it’s there. “I’ve went through these patches before where I haven’t played so well and the game feels quite far away, and then something clicks and then all of a sudden, it’s back again,” McIlroy said. “I probably should have learned more from
it from last summer when I was going through those struggles. ... When I don’t play my best, it’s when I get into bad habits in my golf swing. Whenever my golf swing is where I want it to be, that’s when I produce results. “And that’s what I’ve seen has started to happen over the past few weeks.” The problem has been the swing, not the clubs he was swinging. Even so, McIlroy conceded the adjustment took some time. Woods took nearly five years before working all the Nike clubs into his bag. McIlroy did it all at once, and when he played poorly the first two months of the year, it only added to the scrutiny. “The way I was hitting the ball at the start of the year, I needed a short game just to get myself around the golf course,” McIlroy said. “Off the tee has been a big improvement. There was a little bit of an adjustment period getting the driver that really suited me. And once I got that, you gain confidence whenever you play rounds and you see yourself hitting good drives, hitting it in the fairway and setting yourself up with iron shots into the greens.” McIlroy has plenty at stake this year. He already has two legs of the career Grand Slam, having set the scoring record at the U.S. Open when he won at Congressional in 2011, and then lapping the field at Kiawah Island last summer to win the PGA Championship. A win this year would put him exclusive company. Dating to 1960, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Tiger
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FROM PAGE 11 After Merissa Dawson scored, the Kootenay side tied the game in the last six seconds with a goal from Tyler Carver and assisted by Lindsay Weech and Dawson. Team Kootenay pulled the goalie in the final seconds on a power play to try to end it, but the game went to a shoot out. Lindsay Weech, Tyler Carver and Kennedy Sterzer each scored in the shoot out to clinch the win for Kootenay. A victory in their next game against the Lower Mainland Green team would have seen them playing for first or second, but they lost a heart breaker in yet another
shoot out. The Kootenays dropped their final game against the Lower Mainland Blue team 5-1 to finish fourth in the event. The North team defeated the Lower Mainland Green squad 2-1 in the final to take top spot. BC Hockey’s Female High Performance Program was established to identify and train athletes and team personnel for possible participation at provincial, national and international events. The objective is to enhance the overall performance of B.C. athletes, coaches and officials in high level sporting events.
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lied from another 12-point deficit to beat Michigan 82-76 in the NCAA championship game Monday night. “This team is one of the most together, toughest and hardnosed teams,” the coach said. “Being down never bothers us. They just come back.” More like relentless to the very end. They’re not stopping now, either. The players intend to hold Pitino to a promise he made: If they won a national title, he’d get a tattoo. Better leave a lot of space, coach, if you want to make this a tribute to the team. “I have a couple of ideas,” said Hancock, who became the first sub in tournament history to be designated as most outstanding player. “He doesn’t know what he’s getting into.” “Our biggest motivation,” Peyton Siva added, “was to get coach a tattoo.” That’s about the
only thing that didn’t exactly turn out in Petino’s favour. Earlier Monday, he was introduced as a member of the latest Hall of Fame class. On Saturday, his horse won the Santa Anita Derby to set up a run for the roses. And last week his son got the coaching job at Minnesota. The Cardinals (355) lived up to their billing as the top overall seed in the tournament, though they sure had to work for it. Louisville trailed Wichita State by a dozen in the second half before rallying for a 72-68 victory. This time, they fell behind by 12 in the first half, then unleashed a stunning spurt led by Hancock that wiped out the entire deficit. “I had the 13 toughest guys I’ve ever coached,” Pitino said. “I’m just amazed they could accomplish everything we put out there.”
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of me with a handshake and a bill. But when I ask Dennis to treat his family with the same enthusiasm, he calls me a selfish nag. Yes, I resent all the people he helps, because they get the side of my husband that belongs to me. I’m told to take care of myself because he’s too busy helping others and inflating his ego. I get whatever is leftover. I love Dennis, but I’m starting to feel that he only gave me his adoration and helpfulness because he was trying to win my heart. How do I deal with this? -- Wife of the Plumber with Leaky Pipes at Home Dear Wife: Some
experience, are the last person I would recommend a student speak to about family or emotional issues. This may sound harsh, but they are not compassionate and caring individuals. Perhaps they are in elementary and middle schools, but not in high schools. Their time is taken up with increasing state requirements for graduation and dealing with failing students who need course recovery classes. Their general attitude is that they have no time for anything else. -- Retired Teacher Dear Teacher: We know that high school guidance counselors are primarily there to help students navigate their future academic lives. But we are certain most would take issue with your comment that they are not compassionate and caring. Perhaps that was the case in your school, but there are many students whose lives have been changed by kind
and concerned guidance counselors who understand that a student’s personal life can interfere with his or her academic success. Dear Annie: Please tell “Still Healing” that it is imperative she inform her stepbrother’s wife about the pain-
ful sexual abuse she suffered at his hands. My granddaughters have been through hell because their father sexually abused them. It might have been averted if his half-sister had reported the earlier sexual abuse and rape. When she learn-
ed what he had done to his daughters, she finally came forward, but it was too late. Thankfully, he is in prison now, and the girls are getting counseling, but they will suffer for many years. -- Sad Grandmother
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people put on a good show for others, but at home, they let down the facade. We recommend counseling, preferably with Dennis, but without him if necessary. We also suggest you stop relying on your husband to provide your social life. Instead of sitting “miserable and forgotten,” develop your conversational skills. Get involved in some local activities that interest you so you are less dependent on Dennis’s availability. You need to take better care of yourself. Dear Annie: I am a retired schoolteacher and would like to request that you stop recommending that high school students see their guidance counselors for any problems other than recommended course requirements for graduation. While it may be widely thought that they are there for guidance on many personal issues, most of them, in my
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Dear Annie: I have been married to “Dennis” for eight years. Early on, Dennis couldn’t do enough for me. Now, if my car won’t start, he yells at me and says to call a tow truck. If I ask him to spend time with me, he always has other things to do. On the rare occasion when we attend a social event together, he abandons me so he can “work the room” and have a great time with everyone else. We arrive together and leave together, and the rest of the time, I sit alone, miserable and forgotten. Dennis will go above and beyond for others. It doesn’t matter if it’s the middle of the night, raining, snowing, spending money we don’t have, missing meals, birthdays, holidays and our daughter’s school programs. If it’s a chance to make himself look good, he’s there with a smile and compassion. I get the repairman to take care
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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, April 11, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Today your focus is on money and cash flow. At some point, you might feel discouraged and flat broke. Don’t worry; this feeling is fleeting. (Whew!) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The Moon is in your sign today, making you a bit more emotional than usual. Don’t take this criticism seriously, especially from older people. (It could be sour grapes.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Don’t listen to feelings of inadequacy that you might experience today. We all feel this way from time to time. It’s part of life, even though it doesn’t help anything. “Begone!” CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Someone older might rain on your parade today. Well, it’s always easy for older and more experienced people to
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be critical, isn’t it? Just ignore this. (Sheesh!) LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might be discouraged in discussions with authority figures today because they aren’t receptive to your suggestions. “Talk to the hand!” (It was ever thus.) VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Travel plans or something that has to do with publishing, the media and higher education might disappoint you today. People who think they know better might create obstacles. (Grrr.) LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You might not be happy with how things are shared today. Or you might feel overly burdened by debt. Fortunately, this discouraging feeling is very brief. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Be prepared to compromise with others today, even though you might not feel like doing so. Don’t take it
personally if relations with friends and partners are critical or stiff. This will last only a few hours. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Someone might be critical of your work today, which is always a bummer. Don’t respond. Just let it go, because this is brief. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Children might feel like an extra burden today. (It goes
with the territory.) Just do what is expected of you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Relations with authority figures in the family might be discouraging today. Someone could be critical of you. Don’t take this personally; this feeling will be so brief that it’s not worth making a big deal. Phfft! PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) It’s easy to fall into nega-
tive thinking or worry mode today. Fortunately, this is a brief dark cloud on your horizon. Gone in a few hours. Just let it pass. YOU BORN TODAY You can be happy leading or following, as long as you feel you are useful. You are genuinely interested in what others have to say, which is why you are diplomatic. Many of you can mediate difficulties between others. You’re a nurturer with strong family values. You give
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Randy R Bisaro 1955 - 1997 You are gone from our lives but not from our hearts. Lovingly remembered and deeply missed.
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Cars - Domestic 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM, Loaded, 180,000kms, dark metallic green, c/w winters on rims. Excellent car, no problems, ready to go. Must sell. $3,900. obo. 250-231-4034 Mustang Convertible 2010, Black w/cream interior, pristine condition, retiree owned, 21086/km, vinaudit available, asking $24,600. 250-442-5810
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Voting open to select the Kootenay’s best artists BY BLACK PRESS Voting is now open for the second annual Kootenay Music Awards. Five music industry judges sifted through hundreds of nominated songs to come up with this year’s shortlist. Now it’s up to the public to choose the winners. KMA president Chad Hansen was thrilled to see the musical diversity in the Artist of the Year category. “We’ve got an opera, two big folkstomp bands, an elec-
tronic producer and a singer-songwriter going head-to-head,” he said. “It just goes to show the range of talent we have in the region. Whatever type of music you like, you can find somebody here doing it really well.” Shortlisted artists come from all corners SUBMITTED PHOTOS of the Kootenays. The Two of the nominees for 2013 Artist of the Year Good Ol’ Goats from are Shred Kelly (above) and The Good Ol’ Goats Cranbrook show up in (right). the “Best Roots and Blues” and “Artist of Valley’s Immune 2 There’s a huge the Year” categories, Cobras is hoping for r e p r e s e n t a t i o n Golden’s WakCutt is “Best New Artist” and from Nelson arton the list for “Best “Best Punk/Rock/ ists. KHAOS, the DJ” and the Slocan Metal.” opera written by Don
Macdonald, is nominated in three categories. Tofu Stravinsky and James Lamb are both up for “Album of
2013 Kootenay Music Awards nominees Best Producer Yan Zombie Vs. (Produced by Evade Beatz) Philth Kids Ryan Wells Science of Defiance Best DJ Cass Rhapsody Breakfluid WakCutt Sweet Pickle Rafferty Funksmith Best New Artist Shyness of Strangers – “Hot Bodies” Moontricks – “Swamp Bubbles” Immune 2 Cobras – “Momma Drank” Dylan McPherson – “The Rope” Kindred Heart – “We Daughters” Best Live Act KHAOS Tofu Stravinsky
Shred Kelly Clinton Swanson and friends Savage Blade Best Roots and Blues Broken Down Suitcase – “The Liar” Brian Rosen – “Wild Rivers” LINT – “Elevator Chase” The Good Ol’ Goats – “Not The Same” Hoodlums – “Moving out of Cell Range Baby?” Best Country Folk James Lamb – “River in Bed” Shred Kelly – “New Black” Motes & Oats – “Saskatchewan” Rhoniel – “Make Believe” Laela Heidt – “Love Blind” Best Rock Punk Metal Thus Far – “Burning to the Ground” Savage Blade – “Wasteland” Immune 2 Cobras – “Momma Drank”
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The Grand Forks Gazette The BC NDP has selected a candidate in the Boundary-Similkameen to run in the upcoming provincial election. Sam Hancheroff was selected over Brian Taylor (mayor of Grand Forks) and Rhonda Bruce at a BC NDP Boundary-Similkameen Constituency Association candidate nomination convention on Saturday in Oliver. He is said to be a strong advocate for education, health and seniors’ care, agriculture and environmental awareness. The position became vacant when previous candidate Marji Basso stepped down in January. Hancheroff joins Linda Larson (BC Liberals) and Mischa Popoff (BC Conservatives) as candidates in the Boundary-Similkameen riding,
Charlotte Miller photo
On a wet, dreary Friday morning, Charlotte Miller captured this welcome sight for anyone entering the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail. If you have a photo you wish to share with our readers email it to editor@ trailtimes.ca
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