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Thursday, April 11, 2013 Rossland News
Arts and culture
Upcoming ... This week and beyond in Rossland
• BLACK JACK AGM The Black Jack annual general meeting takes place Saturday April 13 at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, 2414 Columbia Ave., at 5:30 p.m. Potluck dinner starts at 6 p.m. Cost is $2, but kids are free. Draws, guest speakers, nominations and elections. Please bring an appetizer, salad, casserole or dessert to share. Coffee, tea and juice provided. All proceeds to the Skier Development Program. • WEST KOOTENAY OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP Monday, April 15, 2013 at 2 p.m. Kiro Wellness Center, Trail. Guest speaker: Diana Howard, Fitness instructor. Come out and meet our new ET nurse. For info, call 250-368-9827 or 250-365-6276. • TEA fOR ART Art Show and Spring Tea at the Seniors Hall in Rossland. Located on First Ave. 1-4 p.m., April 20. By donation. • CiTY COUNCiL Next regular meeting is Monday April 22 at 7 p.m. • KOOTENAY dANCEWORKS Students from Kootenay Danceworks will be performing at their year-end show, An Evening of Gratitude, at the Charles Bailey Theatre on Saturday, May 25 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are now on sale. • PARENT-iNfANT MOThER GOOSE (APRiL 6 - JUNE 15) Join in Saturday mornings (11 a.m.- 12 p.m.) at the Rossland Library for an hour of rhymes, stories, and songs. The program welcomes children aged six to 18 months of age and their parents. Other ages may be considered. Please contact Lynn Amann by e-mail (children@rossland.bclibrary.ca) for more details or to register.
Ongoing ...
Rossland Golden City Quilt guild meets every Monday. The guild meets at the Senior Centre on Rossland Avenue from 7-9 p.m.
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 welcome.
Joe hill coffeehouse Joe Hill Coffee House takes place the third Sunday of each month. 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, 250-3625677, retrac01@telus.net. Open Mic Night at the Flying Steamshovel every Wednesday at 9 p.m.
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Dinner in the Dark at The Garage this Friday is a fundraiser for the Kootenay Project Adventure for the Visually Impaired (KPA-VI). Organized by Kolby Zanier, left (a member of KPA-VI), the dinner is nearly sold out, said her mom, Aileen, right. TimoThy Schafer
West Kootenay Minor lacrosse 2013 registration is now open. Forms can be picked up/dropped off at Gerricks Cycle in Trail. Contact Tina at WKMLA@hotmail.com for info. Practices will be starting April 15. School District 20 meeting The next school board meeting is April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Trail Middle school. SCENESTUDIO: Acting for All! Rossland’s new acting school is open and offers ongoing 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 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 p.m., 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.
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Blind faith dinner looks to raise money, awareness for good cause
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Highway Drive, Trail B.C.
Rossland News
To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly. And on Friday night people who come to dinner at The Garage restaurant will be placing their faith in their host and following blindly as they sit down to Dinner in the Dark, a unique opportunity to experience dining without the use of sight. For the cost of a ticket ($50 in advance) people are blindfolded when they arrive at The Garage on Columbia Avenue, and stay that way until the end of 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
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On Tap Dinner in the Dark, Friday, April 12. 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 (KPA-VI) at www.facebook.com/kootenayprojectadvent ure?ref=hl.
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 students to develop ECC skills through the participation of experiential learning opportunities that take place beyond the classroom.
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Waneta Plaza, Trail B.C.