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There’s no ice in the arena yet but you wouldn’t have known it from all the excitement at the Boundary Expo Recreation Complex in Midway last Friday as an enthusiastic crowd came out for the grand opening of the new dressing rooms. Eighty per cent of the funding for the project came from a $400,000 grant from the Ministry of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development’s

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Community Recreation Program with another $100,000 from the village. The project included upgraded arena lighting and construction of approximately 268 square metres (2,880 square feet) of additional floor space on the east side of the arena that houses four new dressing rooms. Arena users have already enjoyed a season of improved lighting as that work was done prior to the 2012-2013 schedule. The new lighting eliminates the shadowing effect and makes it easier for skaters to see the ice surface. The lighting up-

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grade is also expected to provide the village with a 40-per-cent reduction in lighting energy consumption. Previously the arena had four small dressing rooms which made it difficult to accommodate more than two teams at a time, especially with co-ed players. With the expansion, the village will be able to increase usage of the facility by hosting more hockey and figure skating events. Continued on page 13

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Thursday, Sept. 12: Greenwood Public Library hosts Dave Perrin, author of Adventure with a Country Vet series, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14: Benefit Greenwood Lion’s Park for Tammi Wilson from 4 to 10 p.m. Live music, beer garden, BBQ and auction. Admission by donation. Saturday – Sunday, Sept. 14-15: Rock Creek and Boundary Fall Fair. Thursday, Sept.19: Deadwood Junction hosts music with Bernice and Co. from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26: Climate Change Resilience Forum at Christina Lake Living Arts Centre from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Hosted by RDKB. Information online at kettleriver.ca

REGULAR EVENTS: Mondays: Country Kids Play School registration – ages 3 & 4. 8:30-11:30 at Rock Creek Medical Clinic. For more information call Sara Eek at 350-446-2202. Mondays: Midway Art Club meets from 2 - 4 p.m. Info: 250-449-2673. Mondays: Pokino at the Greenwood Seniors Centre, starts at 1 p.m. Mondays: Legion drop in crib at the Greenwood Legion 7 PM start. $3 for the evening. Monday - Saturday: Drop-in social at the Greenwood Seniors’ Centre, 9-11 a.m. First & Third Monday: Midway Village Council meeting; 6:30 p.m. with a delegation or 7 p.m. if none. First & Third Monday: The Bridge Drop-in Centre in Midway is open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. First Monday: Greenwood Seniors Centre meeting at 2 p.m. Info: 250-445-2290. Second Monday: The Bridge Drop-in Centre sorting day 10-2 p.m. All helpers are appreciated. Second & Fourth Monday: Greenwood City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Third Monday: Bridesville Women’s Institute meets at 11 am. Info: 446-2210 or 446-2121. Third Monday: Frolicking Fancies – the Greenwood Red Hat Ladies Group meet monthly in Greenwood. Informa-

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tion Francine 250-445-6734; or Shirley 250-445-9908. Third Monday: Discover Rock Creek Society meets in the WBES library at 6:30. Last Monday: Kettle River Recreation Commission meets at the Little Red School House at 7 p.m. Info Bill Watson 250-446-2325 or Sherry Dalziel 250-446-2997. Tuesdays: AA Meetings at McArthur Centre in Greenwood at 8:00 pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Kettle River Art Club meets from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. In McArthur Centre. First Tuesday: Elks #493 monthly meeting at the Slavonic Hall in Grand Forks at 7pm. Info: 250-442-2856 or 250-442-4276. Third Tuesday: Kettle Valley Wildlife Association meets at the range in Rock Creek at 7 pm. Wednesdays: Greenwood & District Business Assoc. meeting. Anglican Church at 7 pm. Wednesdays: Belly Dancing at Bridesville Hall from 6:30 – 8 p.m. No experience necessary. Free. Info: 250-4462942. Wednesdays: Midway Crib Tournament – Bored Room Bistro 607 Eighth Avenue, Midway at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Senior’s Bingo at 1 p.m. at the Greenwood Senior’s Drop-in Centre. $1 admission. First Wednesday: West Boundary Senior Housing Society meeting at 1 pm in Parkview Manor Midway. Second Wednesday: Boundary Citizen’s Patrol meets at Midway Senior’s Centre from 7 - 8 pm. Info: Wayne 250-449-2191, Paul 250-445-2111, or Wolfgang 250446-2455. Second Wednesday: Greenwood Board of Trade meets at 7 p.m. upstairs at City Hall. Third Wednesday: Rock Creek Women’s Institute meet for a potluck lunch at 11:45. Info: 250-446-2454 or 250-446 -2608. Third Wednesday: Main River Women’s Institute meets in Westbridge at 10 a.m. Info: 250-446-2616. Third Wednesday: Rock Creek & Boundary Fair Assoc. meets at 7 pm at the pavilion from March through November. Info: 250-446-2465.

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Quote of the Week: Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own. ~ Doug Larson Joke of the Week: A truck driver stopped at a roadside diner for lunch and ordered a cheeseburger, coffee and a slice of apple pie. As he was about to eat, three bikers walked in. One grabbed the trucker’s cheeseburger and took a huge bite from it. The second one drank the trucker’s coffee, and the third wolfed down his apple pie. The truck driver didn’t say a word as he paid the waitress and left. As the waitress walked up, one of the motorcyclists growled, “He ain’t much of a man, is he?” “He’s not much of a driver, either,” the waitress replied. “He just backed his 18-wheeler over three motorcycles.”

Thursdays: Kettle River Art Club meets from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays: Pirana Poker Tour BC Tournament – Bored Room Bistro 607 Eighth Avenue, Midway at 6:30 p.m. First Thursday: Rock Creek Medical Society meets at 7 p.m. in the boardroom of the clinic. First & Third Thursday: Food bank at the Evangel Chapel at 11 a.m. Donations welcome. Info 250-445-2125. Fourth Thursday: Movie nights at Midway Community Hall; 7 p.m. Bring your own travel cup. $2 includes movie, drink, popcorn. Second & Fourth Thursday: Kettle River Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. in the Medical Clinic boardroom at Rock Creek. Fridays: Bingo at Greenwood Community Hall. Doors open 5 p.m., early bird 7 p.m. Progressive jackpot. Fridays: Coffee at Midway Seniors Centre from 9:30 11. Fridays: Greenwood Legion 8-ball Tournament at 7 p.m. $2 per person - $1 to Legion & $1 to the pot, winner take all. Fridays: Overeaters Anonymous 11 a.m. - 12 noon at St. Jude’s Church in Greenwood. Fridays: Greenwood Legion Darts Night at 7 p.m. $3 drop in fee. First & Third Friday: Karaoke at the Royal Canadian Legion in Greenwood. 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Saturdays: Lion’s Club Meat Draw, at Prospector Pub in Rock Creek. Starts at 3 p.m. Saturdays: Greenwood Royal Canadian Legion Canteen open 1-6 pm. Meat draw 3:30 p.m. Saturdays: Christina Lake Indoor Public Market 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Christina Lake Village. Info: 1-866-460-9447. Saturdays: Rock Creek Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. First Sunday: Royal Canadian Legion Br. #155 meets at 2 p.m. Greenwood Public Library: Open Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat. Opens at noon. Greenwood Seniors Centre Thrift Store: Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.

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Equipment atop the Providence Dam at Marshall Lake working to decommission the dam with the result that the lake will now return to its natural level.

Work on dam under way

Decommissioning of the Providence Dam at Marshall Lake began last week. According to Tara White, Senior Fisheries Biologist for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations the work began on Thursday, Sept. 9 and is expected to end on the 15th. According to the government, Providence Dam no longer meets provincial or Canadian dam safety standards and has outlived it’s original purpose to supply water to the Phoenix Mine and that a dam failure has the potential to impact the entire community of Greenwood. So to ensure the public’s safety,

the dam is being decommissioned. The plan calls for a 46-metre opening at the top of the 30-metre high dam with sloping sides down to a four-metre spillway at the base (the dam is currently 110 metres long). This is the minimum amount of removal that will meet dam safety regulations and allow the Ministry of Environment Fisheries Section to be clear of their responsibility for maintenance and liability. Providence Dam has been designated a high consequence dam, with potential for loss of life, substantial economic, social, environment or cultural loss if the dam were to fail.

White confirmed that the lake had to be drawn down about three meters because it had partially recharged from the level if was dropped to last fall when the level was pumped down to the natural level it was at before the dam when in. Work being done this year includes an access road to the cabin on the Gottselig land and possibly some fencing. White said in her email that a ramp was recently constructed to improve lake access for fishing, that a dock is scheduled to be installed by 2014 and that the lake will continue to be stocked annually with rainbow trout.

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On Saturday, Aug. 31, Midway MIDWAY RCMP were called to a residence at 1639 Highway 33 in Rock Creek for a report of dangerous driving, hit and run, and uttering threats. According to Midway RCMP Corporal Kevin Christensen, while at the property police located a stolen white cube van, a stolen flat deck trailer, and a stolen excavator from Kelowna. This investigation is still ongoing. *** On Saturday, Sept. 7, RCMP were alerted to a stolen vehi-

cle swerving all over the road as it traveled west on Highway 3 between Greenwood and Midway. When RCMP stopped the vehicle the driver was found to be very intoxicated, police reported. The vehicle was confirmed stolen out of Medicine Hat, Alberta. The driver was also prohibited from driving anywhere in Canada. The 54-year-old male driver faces numerous charges and will make his first court appearance in Grand Forks on Sept. 15.

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*** Midway RCMP are asking the public for help in locating Joseph Kirschner and Matthew Straume. According to Christensen, both men have outstanding arrest warrants. Kirschner is wanted for failure to appear in court on charges of unlawfully at large and causing a pursuit. Straume is wanted on numerous warrants for breaching his probation. RCMP ask that anyone with any information to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222 -TIPS (8277) or Midway RCMP at 250-449-2244.

Physio coming to local clinic

An Osoyoos physiotherapist will begin offering services in the West Boundary next week. Grant Storzuk, owner of the Osoyoos and South Okanagan Physiotherapy and Active Living Clinic, has announced he will be offering services at the Rock Creek Medical Clinic on Tuesdays, starting on Sept. 10 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Negotiations are in progress with the Village of Midway for rental of office space in the basement of the clinic.

“The staff at Osoyoos and South Okanagan Physiotherapy looks forward to extending its services into the Rock Creek and Midway areas, serving its current Rock Creek customers a little closer to home and growing with the community,” said Storzuk. “Combining manual muscle and joint mobility, with myofascial release, acupuncture, education on selfmanagement and growth, and positive motivation; the goal is to guide the body to its greatest

function and potential.” Osoyoos and South Okanagan Physiotherapy has been in business for over 30 years, though Storzuk took over just 20 months ago. They can be contacted at their main office in Osoyoos at 250-495-2225 to book an appointment. Rock Creek Community Medical Society President Terry Keough says those interested can also visit www.rockcreekmedical.ca and email the receptionist to arrange a referral.

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‘Dog fighting’ continues Some say there was never a fight in the first place

The fighting continues—including one side claiming there was never a fight in the first place. John Coburn came before Midway council at their Sept. 3, 2013 meeting to contest an order declaring three of his family’s dogs as dangerous following an incident on June 11, 2013 along the river walking trails. Four dogs—all off leash— (three belonging to the Coburns and the fourth owned by an unnamed individual) met on the trail and as a result of the encounter a complaint was filed with the village by that unnamed owner. The village subsequently declared the Coburn animals to be dangerous dogs as defined by Midway’s Animal Control Bylaw #438. “Charged based on one person’s complaint, tried in absentia, found guilty without representation, and penalty imposed without possibility of appeal,” protested Coburn. Under the bylaw dangerous animals must be on a leash and muzzled and under the immediate control of a competent person while in a public place. The bylaw also sets the annual license fee at $1,000 for dangerous dogs ‘as defined by the bylaw’. However Coburn argues that the behavior of the Coburn dogs did not meet the test of that definition. “Had Teresa (Coburn’s daughter and owner of two of the dogs) or I had the opportunity to say our piece we would say there is no indication of a fight or conflict happening,” said Coburn. Coburn questions if the village has a written procedure on how to handle complaints and challenges the way this incident has been handled. “Bylaws enforced this way leave the village open to being the stick for one neighbor to beat on another for personal reasons.” He insists there is no justification for punitive action based on the complaint

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of one person with no investigation by a competent authority. By his own account the Coburns have sent at least five letters (one by registered mail) to the village since mid-June. Administrator Penny Feist later revealed some frustration with the number of letters in the file. “I don’t know what to say because every time I responded to your complaints you had sent another letter,” Feist told Coburn. “I am not saying it is not an important issue but there are some important issues that are going on in the village right now.” “You can make this go away by rescinding the punitive action as it relates to dangerous dogs identified in the complaint,” Coburn said. He also suggested: Adoption of a procedure for handling complaints that ensures all parties are heard and the rules applied fairly. Where a legitimate concern for public safety is a factor use of interim order regarding dangerous dog classifications, which could be removed on satisfactory resolution. Place signage at all entrances to trails reinforcing the on-leash rule. Conflict resolution and bylaw enforcement courses for village staff. Establish an enclosed off-leash park. Councillor Dick Dunsdon told Coburn that based on what others in the village have told him, he believes the Coburn dogs scare people. “I am not saying vicious, I am not saying anything else but from my perspective that’s my concern.” When the issue came up for debate later in the meeting council decided to

HUGS S and G U L S

refer the file to the next meeting to give themselves the opportunity to review the bylaw and all of the correspondence. **** Kamloops businessman Karl Dreiger was scheduled to discuss his retail development ideas for Hwy. 3 near the museum but sent an email saying he wouldn’t be available that date. *** After a request by Councillor Gary Schierbeck at the last meeting staff reported that council had, in fact, passed a motion last year directing the works crew to put up the Welcome to Midway sign across Hwy. 3 from Florence Street. *** Following up on a question raised at the Aug. 19 meeting by Councillor Darrin Metcalfe about getting quotes for work on the arena compressors Administrator Penny Feist reported that the public works foreman has been organizing quotes for the work. *** Reacting to complaints of dust along two unpaved blocks of Haynes Street (from 4th to 5th Avenue) council has directed staff to prepare a report listing options to the village to solve the problem. Feist told council the road is legally classified as open. “It is just an undeveloped portion of Haynes,” she said. *** Midway resident Lorna Sargent, who claims over 50 years of experience in breeding and training dogs, offered comment regarding the Animal Control Bylaw and the labeling of dogs as vicious or dangerous. “Dangerous dogs yes, but vicious should never be allowed in the terminology unless you have someone from the SPCA, a vet or dog trainer that is trained to document why you are using that word vicious,” she said.

Hugs: To the unknown individual(s) who went around Midway on Monday anonymously distributing corn and fresh vegetables to porches in the community. Hugs: To staff and management of Deadwood Junction for their support for the Cops for Kids Ride each year. Hugs: To the many volunteers who came out last weekend to help get the fairgrounds ready. Hugs also to those who will be out this weekend helping to make the fair a safe, pleasant and fun event. Slugs: To the deer that jumped out in front of my car last week. Most inconvenient for all parties.

If you have a hug or a slug, we’d like to hear it. We will print the anonymous submissions for all to see. Be honest, but all we ask is that you keep it tasteful. Editor’s discretion will always be exercised. Simply email bctimesnews@shaw.ca with your short quips, compliments or complaints; or you may drop them off at 318 South Copper Street in Greenwood.

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With the two-day pre-fair work bee behind him Ed Lautard decided it was time to get a little rest before next weekend’s 68th annual Rock Creek and Boundary District Fair.

Rest before the storm With the two-day pre-fair work bee finished, volunteers are taking a deserved rest before this weekend’s 68th annual Rock Creek and Boundary District Fair. According to Norma Tilgner the work bees were successful. While the rain kept the turnout low (around 50 volunteers) on Saturday, the following day saw between 125 and 130 people come out to help. Both the Boundary C and the Borderlines 4-H clubs were out in force – meaning youth, leaders and parents. The Boundary Central Senior Secondary Class of 2014 had 20 workers on site and the Rock Creek ladies fastball team sent 15 more. “It was a great turnout at the fair work bee over the two days,” said Tilgner. “Many new faces came out to support the fair. There was a huge crowd, whole families too.” *** The Boundary Guiding Unit would like to invite folks to look for their booth at the fall fair

this year. The group is fundraising for their once-in-alifetime experience in Central Mexico next July when they will be joining Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from all over the world at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts World Centre. Three Pathfinders from Midway and two from Grand Forks are planning to go. While there they will work on a service project for the Mexican people, functioning as a team, overcoming language barriers, discovering other cultures, making International friends and learning about the Mexican history and traditions. Each girl has to raise $2,500 for her transport and accommodation. A large selection of handmade crafts and gifts are for sale: throw pillows, bags, cards for all occasions, and other items. Find the girls at Rock Creek Fall Fair or call Elaine 250-449-2309 or Sue 250-445-8855 for details. Fall cookies will be available Oct. 1.

Bistro sells 5,000 pizzas To some small degree, life changed for the better for Rock Creek’s Adam Bartelings at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4. That’s when he called Bored Room Bistro for a pizza delivery to Granton Motors. When his pizza arrived he was told it was a magical pizza because, not only were the pizza and delivery free, as the customer who bought the 5,000th pizza he’d also won a free pizza a week for a month and his picture will go on the Bistro’s wall of fame. “He was surprised to say the least,” said Tom Lesher who, along with his wife RJ, run the Midway-based business. “Thank you to each and every one of our customers in the Boundary Region and beyond who in nine and a half months have helped create a community business we all can be proud of. We are looking forward to our next milestone 7,500 pizzas sold.”   The Bistro also announced that on Aug. 1, Stephanie Harpur won the Customer Appreciation Games Basket – a basket full of family fun games and treats for many enjoyable nights for her family.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION BUILDING PERMITS

Electoral Areas ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ including Big White and Municipalities of Greenwood and Midway Property Owners and Contractors are reminded that a building permit is required prior to the construction of: • New buildings • Moving a building • Accessory buildings • Locating a manufactured home (carport, garage or storage shed) • Demolition of any building • Additions • Installing a sign • Renovations to an existing building • Alterations to a plumbing system

(Above) Tom Lesher (left) presents Adam Bartelings with the good news that, as the person who ordered the 5,000th pizza from the Bored Room Bistro oven , he’d won a free pizza a week for a month. (Left) Stephanie Harpur (centre) is presented with the Customer Appreciation Games Basket by Tom and RJ Lesher, owners of Board Room Bistro. PHOTOS: TOM AND RJ LESHER

Building permit applications are reviewed to ensure that the construction meets the fire, health, structural and safety requirements of the B.C. Building Code and Building & Zoning Bylaws. Building Permit applications may be obtained at the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Grand Forks office or at www.rdkb.com. For further information or inquiries, please contact: Building Inspection Department Regional District of Kootenay Boundary 2140 Central Avenue, Box 1965, Grand Forks, B.C. V0H 1H0 Telephone: 250-442-2708 Fax: 250-442-2688 Toll-free: 1-877-520-7352 Or visit the RDKB website at: www.rdkb.com

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Empower police ICBC and the police last week launched a monthlong campaign against distracted driving. Distracted driving is the third leading cause of fatal car crashes in B.C., with an average of 91 deaths per year due to distractions such as using a personal electronic device behind the wheel. After speed and impaired driving, distracted driving is the third leading cause of highway fatalities. We know these things – yet we still see drivers using their phone on a daily basis. The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure says you are four times more likely to crash when talking on a handheld phone behind the wheel, and 23 times more likely to get in a crash if you text while driving. ICBC has identified distracted driving as a common cause of rear-end crashes and injuries and says there is no safe following distance when your mind is not on the road. B.C.’s mobile device law prohibits a driver from using a hand-held electronic communication device. That includes hand-held cellphones, PDAs and other electronic hand-held devices such as music players, GPS Navigation Systems, etc. Drivers are also banned from sending or receiving text messages or electronic email on any type of electronic device. Any violations of the law will cost drivers a $167 fine and then the point system will ensure you continue to pay with higher insurance premiums. The easiest solution though might be to impose a mandatory minimum sentence in cases of distracted driving. Empower police officers to place the phone on the ground beside your car and stomp on it. If you think loss of phone privileges too great an inconvenience try looking at it from the perspective of a mother or father who lost their child because of a distracted driver.

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Don’t leave any bills behind, please Did you ever observe that as soon as you buy a new car Each week I deliver the newspapers to stores and post you immediately start noticing more of the same model offices across the West Boundary. I was lost in thought last on the road than you’d ever seen before? week as I walked back to my car after delivering to the It must be linked to our desire to belong and fit in - Midway post office. maybe we are just looking for validation. There were two cars parked there—but when I’d parked You can test this instinct with any new car buyer. Just there had been only mine. Both cars were white and ask any friend or acquaintance that has recently bought a looked so much alike I hardly noticed the woman who new ride if they like it or not. The answer you’ll was getting into the closest car as I walked hear most often is a wholehearted endorsement past. A LITTLE of the product. I was just pulling out my keys when she PERSPECTIVE Maybe we need to convince ourselves that started yelling an apology to me—it seems we made a wise choice when we bought this she had gotten in my car by mistake. particular gas-guzzler. But once you’ve signed As soon as she sat down things started to the loan papers you might just as well be happy. go weird on her. What were the two RubberCars these days are often designed to look so maid totes doing in the back seat? much alike for purposes of aerodynamics and Other strange things had been put into her fuel economy. An engineer inputs the type of car too—she didn’t recall that trash container Pat car she is trying to build—four-door mid-size on the floor and where did this briefcase and KELLY sedan for example—and when the computer book come from? spits out a picture of the car the results are preShe shot right out of the car and started ordained. apologizing profusely as she reached back in A Ford is going to look like a Nissan, which is going to pick up her mail from the passenger seat. to look like everything else with a similar price point and I told her it was okay, but I did insist that she make sure package combination. One of the challenges is developing she’d gotten all her mail—especially the bills. a brand name that will stand out—when the mathematics *** dictates that every car looks the same. The fall fair this weekend promises to be a great There’s even some nifty looking economy car on the time. A few of the terrific acts that will be on the dais road now that looks so much like a VW Beetle as it’s com- this year are Sinatra tribute artist Rick Valiant who is ing toward you that Special K and I have agreed to swear booked for Saturday, an all-ages dance and concert on off playing the ‘punch-buggy - no return’ game because of Saturday night with Tim Hus providing the music, and misunderstandings and hurt feelings. Fred Penner will make Sunday special for kids, young But it’s not enough they look alike when they are whiz- and old. zing by on the highway—they even look alike standing Check out the full schedule on the back page. still.

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