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APRIL 16, 2013
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Vol. 118, Issue 59
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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Fruitvale runner safe in Boston
AN OLD FASHIONED SAW-OFF IN SALMO
BY JIM BAILEY
Times Sports Editor
Fruitvale runner Heather Johnson is severely shaken but okay after what was intended to be one of the biggest events of her life was shattered Monday when a series of bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. “Yes. We’re OK,” replied Johnson in her email to the Trail Times. “We were out of the area when it went down. Feeling pretty sick, both from the race and the horrible events.” See BLASTS, Page 12
Local real estate remains a buyer’s market BY ART HARRISON Times Staff
ART HARRISON PHOTO
Sawyers, Matt Lordly (left) and Pierre Boiteau were working hard to win the log sawing competition on Sunday during the Association des Francophones des Kootenays Ouest’s Sugar Shack festivities at the Salmo Ski Hill. See Page 2 for more photos.
FRUITVALE
Village gets tax grant to continue wastewater upgrades BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The Village of Fruitvale can continue its significant upgrades to the community’s Wastewater Treatment Plant thanks to an infusion of almost $500,000 provided through Canada’s Strategic Priorities Gas Tax Fund grant. “This will bring us up to standards for the next considerable while,” said Lila Cresswell, chief administrative officer.
Cresswell said that the Phase 2 plans are in the design stage, and before any work proceeds, an environmental impact study will have to be completed. “If our population continues to grow significantly, then we will have to meet new standards, which are always being issued by the federal and provincial authorities,” she explained. Cresswell said that once the study is complete and an end design is
chosen to best meet the needs of the village, the project will be tendered out in stages. “The engineering and design of the system we choose is highly specialized work,” she said. “Depending on what the end design looks like and how it will be phased in, the work will be contracted out in pieces.” Phase 2 of the upgrades are meant to supplement the recent sewage treatment lagoon upgrade by
improving river outfall and optimizing the treatment system. The project includes: supply and installation of an outfall diffuser; upgrades to the aeration system; construction of a lagoon bypass line with flow measurement; and associated electrical, civil and mechanical work. Early last year, the village received $610,000 from the Gas Tax Fund to complete Phase 1 of the two-phase upgrade. See GAS, Page 3
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SCOUTING ‘KUB KAR’ RALLY Beavers, Cubs & Scouts from our region are participating in their annual ‘Kub Kar Rally’
Canada Post, Contract number 42068012
Beavers race their ‘Kar’ creation • Cubs race their ‘Kub Kars’ Scouts race their semi trucks & trailers
The ‘Kub Kar’ Rally to be held at Waneta Plaza on Saturday, April 20th Registration from 9 - 9:30am | Opening Ceremonies 10am | Races Begin at 10:15am
Free parking • Free kids playroom and ball pit • Late Night Shopping Thurs. & Fri. to 9pm
A recent projection of real estate prices in the province predicts that housing prices in the West Kootenay will be on the rise over the next few years. But two local realtors say it still remains a buyer's market in the Greater Trail region. Central 1 Credit Union, an association of credit unions which includes the Nelson and District Credit Union, released its forecast detailing real estate trends in various parts of the province. See MORE, Page 3
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