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City takes top marks on fiscal responsibility TIMOTHY SCHAFER Rossland News

The notion of Rossland as a high rolling, spendthrift municipal government has been dispelled by a recent report released by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

In the BC Municipal Spending Watch 2013, Rossland was in the top 10 per cent of fiscally responsible communities in the province, ranking 133 out of 153 (the higher the number being a better ranking) communities.

The city was able to best their 125th ranking from last year and kept their municipal spending in line with population and inflation growth in the past decade— dropping it by one per cent— earning the Golden City an honourable mention from the CFIB. The designation did not surprise Mayor Greg Granstrom, since council has been impressing zero per cent increases—and in some cases decreases—on all municipal departments, cutting almost $300,000 in senior employee salaries in the last few years.

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Teck Rossland Mountain Film Festival announces program, events AERIN GUY for the Rossland News

Your Horoscope For the Week with Michael O’Connor With less inside than one week until the the West lights Kootenaygo Advertiser down and the curtain

goes up, the Teck Rossland Mountain Film Festival program is

confirmed and promises a variety of local and international films beginning Wednesday, Nov. 13.

This annual celebration of film and mountain culture in Rossland offers a slew of events for festivalgoers, including five days of pre-

mieres, family programming and live music. The Festival kicks off on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Red Room Lounge in the Prestige Mountain Resort with Left For Dead: The Legend of Wild Bill.

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Arts and culture UPCOMING your rossland events Calendar

Snow Dance • The Spirit of Red Society’s Snow Dance takes place on Saturday, Nov. 9.

The Spirit of Red Society has organized the fun event for a few years to appease the snow god, Ullr, therefore ensuring a good ski season.

The society has managed to secure the award winning band Shred Kelly for the Snow Dance on Saturday, Nov. 9 (8 p.m.) at the Miners’ Union Hall.

“As Ullr will be watching it is imperative we have a full house,” said Roly Worsfold.

Tickets are $20 and are available at The Grind or Mountain Town Properties.

Tuesday, Nov. 12 • AGM The Rossland Winter Carnival committee is holding its AGM on Nov. 12 at 2665 Columbia St. at 6:30 p.m. The public and any one interested in bringing forth new events, volunteering or general enquiries is invited to attend. For more information contact Richard Reid at 250-362-5687.

Nov. 13-17 • FILM FEST Rossland Mountain Film Fest, Nov. 13-17. “The Biggest Little Film Fest in Canada” AKA: The Rossland Mountain Film Festival is a four-day event that takes place in Canada’s Alpine City. Last year’s Festival showed over 30 hours of film from extreme sport to documentary and was attended by approximately 1100 people. Check out their website at; www.rosslandfilmfest. com for more information.

Sunday, Nov. 17 • Joe Hill Coffee House would like to enlarge its team of performers to ensure being able to continue our tradition of great shows.

If you are not on their contact list, and would like to perform, give them a shout. The next Joe Hill Coffee House is on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Rossland Miners’ Union Hall. Please contact Les Carter, 250-362-5677, retrac01@telus.net.

Tuesday, Dec. 3 • AGM As required by society rules, this is notice of the Friends of the the Rossland Range annual general meeting to be held on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Miners’ Union Hall. You must have been a member of FORRS for 30 days before the meeting in order to vote or run for office. This is a key meeting for FORRS, so make sure you are included.

Cubs registration • 2nd Rossland Scouting returns for another year, ongoing registration accepted. All meetings take place at 2nd Rossland Scout Hall, next to Jubilee Field. Beaver Scouts 5-7 year olds, Mondays 3-4 p.m.; Cub Scouts 8-10 year olds, Thursdays, 4:30-6 p.m.; Scouts 11-14 year olds, Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m.; all programs are open to boys and girls. Youth are welcome to come check it out with no obligation. For more information contact Tom Leask, group commissioner at 362-7118 td.leask@telus.net.

Ski Registration • CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Bunnies and Jack Rabbits.

This is a cross country ski program for children ages four-12 years. The objective of the program is for children to learn basic cross-country ski skills - both classic and skating. The program is designed to help children develop confidence and to provide children with an opportunity to ski and socialize with their ski-friends.

Register at www.skiblackjack.ca.

• RED MOUNTAIN RACERS Red Mountain racers and Nancy Green Ski League are gearing up for fall training and winter registration. So you think you can ski? Skier Development programs available for all ages starting at five years and up. Contact Phil Patterson at 250-362-9132 or at www.redmountainracers.com.

Ongoing 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.

Rossland Golden City Quilt Guild • The guild meets every Monday. The guild meets at the Senior Centre on Rossland Avenue from 7-9 p.m.

Rossland Retirees Curling Club • The curling club invites men and women interested in curling on Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m., to call Bill at 362-9462 or Jim at 364-1051.

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Send photos, stories, event listings, upcoming activities and regular group meetings to editor@rosslandnews.com or submit your listing on our website www.rosslandnews.com

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Thursdays events include two films at the Flying Steamshovel. Not Bad will show at 9 p.m. followed by local filmmaker Andre Nutini’s The Lost.

The Teck Mountain Gala and Silent Art Auction takes place on Friday, Nov. 15, with the musical stylings of Brad Mackay. Proceeds from this year’s art auction will go to the Rossland Food Bank.

Friday’s showcase films at the Flying Steamshovel kick off at 7 p.m., followed by a live performance at 10:30 p.m. from local favourites John Lee’s Hooker.

Saturday, Nov. 16 programming includes the return of the popular REEL Youth Film Festival from noon-2:30 p.m., followed by the family matinee at 3 p.m.

The family matinee features Not Bad followed by Crossing the Ice, the

Silent auction Teck Mountain Gala and Silent Art Auction on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Prestige Mountain Resort.

Proceeds from this year’s silent art auction will go to the Rossland Food Bank.

winner of the People’s Choice Award at the 2012 Banff Film Festival—both events at Miner’s Union Hall.

On Saturday, festival goers can also take in lunch and mountain

films at the Flying Steamshovel at 1 p.m.

Saturday’s Nelson and District Credit Union Mountain Film Party kicks off at 7 p.m., with lively entertainment provided by the Funk Hunters. Tickets are $25.

Films will run all day Sunday, Nov. 17 at the Flying Steamshovel.

Sunday’s feature film, Gold Fever, will run at 3 p.m. at the Prestige Mountain Resort. The film will be followed by a speaker forum. Gold Fever is the winner of the Rigoberta Menchu Grand Prix at the 2013 Montreal First People’s Festival.

To purchase tickets and access the full list of this year’s films, including trailers, visit rosslandmountainfilmfestival.com. Tickets are also available at RossVegas Board Shop and Cafe Books West in Rossland.

New film features aspects of Rossland, Red Way of Life premiere Red Mountain Lodge • Thursday, Nov. 7, two shows, 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

Teton Gravity Research filmed with Red Mountain for the new film, Way of Life, and so its only appropriate that they brought the tour to Rossland for a blowout evening of ski porn, cold beers and winter stoke.

Shot on location in 2013, Teton Gravity Research’s takes you on a journey to the mountains and inside the minds of today’s top athletes.

With imagery created with GSS, Red Cinema and the Sony Action Cam, the film explores the origins of skiing in Austria, the search for original lines in Alaska, and the U.S. Freeskiing Team’s quest for Olympic gold.

The adventure also leads athletes to the rugged terrain of Jackson Hole and the Tetons, as well as the backcountry of Rossland and other

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parts of B.C. This journey takes them across the globe as they form a brotherhood that needs no language, said the film’s producer and TGR’s supervising producer, Greg Epstein.

“After all, a smile on a powder day needs no translation,” he said in a press release.

The crew arrived in Rossland Feb. 16 and stayed until March 3 and then went up north to Nelson and Kaslo for two weeks.

According to the webisode information, the crew went from the “powder caked slopes of Red Mountain, to the steep lines of Stellar Heli Skiing and the endless

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pillow lines at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing. Living in the mountains in this region of British Columbia truly defines a Way of Life.”

Way of Life premiered in mid September in Jackson Hole. The film tour has hit most major ski areas, cities and towns in the U.S. and Canada.

A three-minute webisode on Rossland (at www.tetongravity. com, season five, episode eight) and Red Mountain is on the Internet.

If you’re 19 or older, be sure to stick around for the official afterparty at Rafters featuring The Strumbellas.

Tickets are on sale at tickets. tetongravity.com or pick up at Powderhound Sports or Rossvegas Boardshop.

Cost is $10 in advance, $15 at the door. After-party ticket is $10 in advance, or $15 at the door, with a $20 combo ticket (movie and afterparty). editor@rosslandnews.com

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war, murder and graves

Mika: finding her voice

It took almost a year and a half to raise $13,000 to come to the intensive program at Sonrise and the sense of accomplishment hit me when we got in the car in Québec to drive to Sheffield (outside NY): We made it.

Thank you to all who have helped to make this dream come true for us. Mika’s supporters were generous and instrumental at getting us this absolutely amazing training. Thank you.

The setting for our program was ideal. We were allocated a cozy house where trainers came to us: Mika received 10 hours of one-onone per day in her playroom while we learned new strategies, unfolded negative beliefs about ourselves and observed Mika with a different set of eyes.

We came home with hundreds of new ideas for play, new strategies and a renewed sense of purpose in our program.

You may be wanting to read about tangible changes from the program? For more you can read it on: http://findingmikasvoice.weebly. com/volunteer-with-us.html.

—Genevieve Fortin, Mika’s mom

Treaty workshop upcoming

All individuals and community groups throughout the Columbia Basin should get involved in the public consultation process on the Columbia River Treaty (CRT), says Alex Atamanenko, MP for B.C. Southern Interior.

Over the past two years, the provincial Columbia River Treaty review team has heard from residents and stakeholders on the future of the treaty, which is set for renewal in 2014.

The review team is seeking public input on its public consultation report and its draft recommendation and principles. Copies of the documents, along with information on providing additional input, can be found at http:// blog.gov.bc.ca/columbiarivertreaty/ files/2012/07/Columbia-River-Treaty-DraftBC-Recommendation.pdf.

The committee will be holding a public workshop on at the Sandman Inn in Castlegar on Thursday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon.

If you are unable to attend a workshop, an online feedback form can be found at www.cbt. org/lgcommittee, or written comments can be sent to: CRT local governments’ committee, Box 2019, Revelstoke BC V0E 2S0.

Input must be received by Nov. 15.

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The Rossland HIstorical Museum may be closed for the season, but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been things happening there. The museum partnered with the Rossland Heritage Commission to present the third and final installment of its historical lecture series, “War, Murder and Graves: Stories and Legends of the West Kootenays” with a tour of the old Columbia Cemetery lead by tour guide, Jackie Drysdale. “This was held on a Sunday afternoon, with beautiful weather and a great turn out,” said Museum manager Joyce Austin. Look for this being offered again some time in the future, as there was a lot of interest.

Nov. 11 ceremonies set to go STaff Rossland News

The moment of silence know as Remembrance Day returns to Rossland this Monday.

It is the day to recall all of the men and women who have died serving the country while in the armed forces, to honour their sacrifice, and to look forward to more peaceful times.

Remembrance Day is observed to recall the end of the First World War on Nov. 11, 1918.

The Service of Remembrance in Rossland is at 11 a.m. at the cenotaph outside of the Rossland Library on Columbia Avenue and will include the

sounding of the Last Post, followed by the period of silence—at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, marking the time when the armistice became effective—broken by the sounding of The Rouse and finished by a recitation of the Ode of Remembrance.

The service also includes wreaths laid to honour the fallen, a blessing, and the national anthem.

• Church service at the Legion, 10 a.m.

• March to the cenotaph, 10:45 a.m.

• Cenotaph service, 11 a.m.: includes Last Post; moment of silence; laying of wreaths • March back to Legion, 11:40 a.m.

• Noon onwards: Legion ladies serving hot stew. Entertainment all afternoon, including the Harmaniacs, the Trail Pipe Band, Katie Shaw dancers and the Golden City Fiddlers

IN BRIEF Flu clinic correction The rash of whooping cough cases in Rossland this year should bring people out to the first flu clinic in Rossland on Friday, Nov. 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Miners’ Union Hall—differenet from the Wednesday clinic reported last week.

There were a total of 19 whooping cough cases diagnosed from mid-June to midAugust (10 in Rossland), which is a bump up from the typical one or two cases expected for the same time of year.

MLA six-month expenses, salaries released by province TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

If you have decided a minimum wage job isn’t in your future and you would instead prefer a six-figure salary, consider provincial politics.

As part of the B.C. Legislative Assembly’s ongoing reporting of MLA expenses, information concerning the salaries of individual MLAs, including cabinet ministers, was posted (http:// www.leg.bc.ca/mla/remuneration/index.htm) and all 85 politicians are over the $100,000 mark.

Effective April 1, 2009, the annual basic compensation each MLA receives is $101,859—established under the Members’ Remuneration and Pensions Act (MRPA).

In October 2013, additional information on members’ remuneration had been posted to fulfill a commitment made by the all-party Legislative Assembly Management Committee to public disclosure, revealing the amounts paid in the period April 1, 2013 to Sept. 30, 2013.

And, although the Kootenay and Boundary MLAs aren’t breaking the bank, they have, understandably, racked up some big travel allowances.

Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy had racked up $14,575 for the six-month period for travel costs.

The NDP Opposition critic for Seniors and Seniors’ Health, the Columbia River Treaty and Columbia Power

had a $6,593 capital city living allowance, with a six-month base compensation of $51,069.

The Boundary Similkameen’s Linda Larson Liberal earned a base of $39,069 so far, with a total compensation of $43,799, along with $12,644 in travel costs.

The Liberal Party member is the Parliamentary secretary to the minister of Health for Seniors, and a member of the Cabinet Committee on Secure Tomorrow. She is also a member of the Select Standing Committees on Health and Legislative Initiatives.

Nelson-Creston NDP MLA Michelle Mungall earned a base six-month compensation of $51,069 in serving as Opposition critic for Social Development. She was also

paid $26,231 for her travel costs and capital city living allowance.

Kootenay East’s Bill Bennett (Liberal) received a base compensation of $51,069 with an extra $20,427 in executive salary as the minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Core Review. He also chairs the Cabinet Working Group on Core Review. He is a member of the Priorities and Planning Committee, the Environment and Land Use Committee, and the Cabinet Working Group on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

Bennett received a capital city living allowance of $7,189, incurred travel costs of $20,321 and an allowance as chair of the committee for $6,865.

follow the money Since the Members’ Remuneration and Pensions Act came into force in 2007, an MLA’s basic compensation, additional salary and pension plan have been publicly accessible on the Legislative Assembly website.

The Act stipulates that basic compensation be adjusted April 1 of each year by the percentage increase of the BC Consumer Price Index.

Legislative amendments adopted since 2010 have frozen basic compensation with respect to fiscal years.

An MLA who holds a ministerial or parliamentary office receives an additional salary that corresponds to a percentage of the basic compensation. A minister receives 50 per cent of basic compensation, or $50,929.50.

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It was a movement by the people and for the people.

When West Kootenay downhill ski aficionados put their hearts on their sleeves last fall it turned red and white as the combined appeal of Rossland’s Red Mountain Resort and Nelson’s Whitewater Ski Resort won the 2012 Powder magazine Ski Town Throwdown.

Spurred on by the online efforts of such organizations as Tourism Rossland and Kootenay Lake Tourism (Nelson), the campaign contest conducted through Facebook garnered enough votes to win out over the top 32 ski destinations in North America.

Last week the effort of the two tourism offices was recognized with the award for the best marketing campaign of the year by the Kootenay Rockies Tourism industry awards in Rossland at the Prestige Mountain Resort.

There were a lot of people working “behind the scenes” on a strategy to keep the campaign in the public’s eye, said Tourism Rossland executive director Deanne Steven.

“We had volunteers within our own organization as well as within our community that worked on this,” she said. “Everyone pulled together.”

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live in a town like this, she said, and that came through in the voting.

The messages during the campaign were funny and creative, and did not rely on any corporate sponsorship at all, said Steven.

“We really tried to keep it funky and it represented our communities well,” she said.

The award comes while the two tourism areas are again locked into the same online competition, albeit separated to compete in this year’s Throwdown.

However, Whitewater has been knocked out of the first round by Revelstoke, while Rossland beat out Kimberley to advance to face Fernie.

That one day of voting was to have taken place on Tuesday, Nov. 5 but results were unavailable as of press time.

Only 20 votes separated Nelson and Revelstoke when voting closed at 11 p.m. on Thursday night. The final tally was 1,527 to 1,507.

Last year the Red-and-White duo shredded the competition from Bozeman, Mont. with 11,426 votes to 10,572 to win Powder magazine’s Ski Town Throwdown in 2012.

The Rossland-Nelson entry beat out Sugarloaf, Maine, Whitefish, Mont. and Creste Butte, Mont to reach the final against a trio of hills in Bozeman, Mont.

Two city PACs receive funding from province, but only one exists TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

No one thought to tell the province the city only has one school left.

In its recent gaming grant announcement, the ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development handed both the non existent MacLean Elementary School parent advisory council $4,820 and the Rossland Secondary School PAC $5,900, a total of $10,720.

Whether that total or only a portion will go to the new unnamed kindergarten-to-Grade 9 school (Rossland School) parent advisory council was unclear from the province.

Overall, almost $70,000 was handed out to eight Rossland groups as the prov-

ince doled out its annual gaming grants.

The biggest winner was the Red Mountain Racers, taking home $20,000 in the annual granting program.

Parent advisory committees (PACs) that support extracurricular school activities, including sports, arts, educational camps and class trips shared locally in the money—and around $12 million provincewide.

The funds will help schools make purchases for items such as sports equipment and musical instruments that provide additional opportunities for students to learn and benefit from their school years.

Gaming grant applicants must be the PAC or DPAC for

a school that delivers the K-12 curriculum, and there must be at least two parents willing to be accountable for the funds.

Applicants can contact Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch at 250 387-5311 for advice about applications.

The province distributes $135 million in community gaming grants to benefit over 5,000 local organizations.

• Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club Society, $10,000 • L’ Association Des Parents De L’Ecole des Sept-Sommets, $840 • MacLean Elementary School PAC, $4,820 • Red Mountain Racers Society, $20,000 • Rossland Council for Arts and Culture, $10,000 • Rossland Figure Skating Club, $7,525 • Rossland Gold Fever Follies Society, $10,000 • Rossland Senior Secondary P.A.C., $5,900

IN BRIEF Delving into Rossland crime It’s been another quiet year in Rossland, according to RCMP crime statistics released for the first half of 2013.

Theft, mischief and possession of stolen property have increased in 2013—up from 13 to 16 offences—but drug offences have dropped to four from five.

Attempted break and enter, theft of motor vehicles and sex assaults fell to zero—down from one, two and two respectively—while assaults stayed the same at three offences.

Break and enter offences rose from three to four. There were no murder or robbery offences recorded in either year.

There were seven total reported vehicular property damages from accidents in the first half of 2013, the same amount as in 2012.

RCMP staff sergeant Rob Hawton of the Trail and District detachment—which also serves Rossland—said earlier this year that, anecdotally, Rossland was “pretty nice.”

“I’ve been around the province, I’ve been doing this for over 30 years, and with numbers like these you are looking at a pretty good area,” he said.

There is no RCMP station in the city anymore. Police do patrol the community, and answer calls for service.

Hawton felt the police presence in the city has increased in the last year after the institution of 24/7 policing. He said police are able to come up to the city at night and patrol.

Through the Trail Crime Reduction Unit, police have identified some repeat perpetrators and, subsequently, have taken a more “proactive” approach, he said.

“Very few people commit a vast majority of the crimes,” Hawton said. “So we are trying to target them right off the bat beforehand.”

Career portal opens up Selkirk College is filled with students possessing the talents and skills needed in today’s workforce. A new college online service now makes it easier for employers to connect with this deep pool of future employees.

The Co-Op Education & Employment Services (CEES) branch of Selkirk College launched the Career Portal earlier this year to help students and recent graduates search for jobs and employers find the skilled individuals they are seeking.

It took two years to implement the portal that can be found on the Selkirk College website (selkirk.ca). The portal was launched as a pilot project with Selkirk co-op education students in February, 2013. Now fully operational and open to all students, so far 343 jobs have been posted and more than 450 people have viewed jobs posted in the last 30 days.

The portal is one way Selkirk College is furthering its Strategic Vision in preparing students for work and providing a skilled workforce as an integral component for the sustainability of the communities it serves.

When students visit the site, the portal connects them to job postings and allows them to directly upload their resume and cover letter to employers. With a personalized student number, the portal helps keep track of the jobs applied for and interviews secured.

Employers who use the portal are provided access to the site where they can directly upload job postings.

The launch of the portal is part of a five-year plan to enhance employment services and support for Selkirk students and graduates.

Selkirk’s entry into this service helps connect students and employers, making a significant contribution to the regional economy.

The Career Portal can be launched at: www. selkirk.ca/cees

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Time narrows for WKFoR on housing search submitted Rossland News

West Kootenay Friends of Refugees has been working towards sponsoring several refugee families for the last two years.

After a couple of set backs a very exciting opportunity opened up this week: A new family in need of sponsorship has already been approved by Canadian Immigration, and will arrive in Rossland soon.

Kathy Moore, WKFoR chair, was contacted Monday morning by the coordinator for the government’s Refugee Resettlement Program about this family to sponsor.

“Our group just got the opportunity to help this young Burmese family— mom, dad, two-year-old son,” said Moore. “The catch is, they will be ready to come to Canada within the next four to six week.”

Due to the intricacies of

the Canadian immigration system, the Rossland group has to make a decision on sponsoring them this week, said Moore.

“Our priority is getting them housing, and we need the public’s help,” she said.

But the challenge is the shortage of rental housing in Rossland at this time.

And here is the dilemma, said Moore: The Refugee Resettlement office needs a commitment this week.

“We are nervous about committing to sponsoring the family without at least a backup place lined up for them to stay while we seek permanent housing,” she said.

“We really need an angel to step forward and offer a solution.”

WKFoR needs a home for the refugee family, even if it’s just temporary housing until a permanent alternative is found. If they can line something up this week, the group will con-

tinue to seek something more permanent before, or shortly after, the family arrives.

When asked what they were looking for, Moore was open to all possibilities.

“It could be anything; a small house, a condo, an apartment, a secondary suite, a place that the owners aren’t coming back to until later in the season, even a kitchenette at one of the hotels. We are open to all suggestions.”

Members of the Rossland group will be spending time with the family daily as they settle in so the property will be well looked after, Moore noted.

The West Kootenay Friends of Refugees group will pay rent and cover all the utilities and the family’s other expenses.

They’ve been fundraising for two years in anticipation of bringing several families to town.

In addition, the federal

government offers to contribute payment equal to social assistance for the first six months. The WKFoR group has committed to supporting them for 12 months.

The family fled religious persecution in Burma based on their Christian beliefs. The parents have some basic English skills and have worked in restaurants, hair salons and schools in Burma.

Their son is two years old. They are currently living as refugees in Malaysia where Burmese are not welcome to seek permanent asylum.

Burma was on the list of five countries identified by the Canadian government in 2013 as having refugees most in need and best able to resettle in Canada.

If anyone in the community can offer any suggestions for housing or to volunteer please contact Kathy Moore km@2cats. net or call 250-362-3319.

Bear ‘season’ comes off without a hitch in Rossland timothy schafer Rossland News

The former Bear Aware program, now Wildsafe BC, is working.

It is working so well in places like Rossland that bear encounters, and problem bears, with humans have greatly diminished.

Within the last bear “season,” there have been no problem bears destroyed in the Golden City , reported Sharon Wieder, Wildsafe BC coordinator for the city. There have been two destroyed in Trail this year.

She wasn’t sure what the exact reason for the drop in calls could be attributed to, perhaps it had to do with more people “out and about recreating,” the activity keeping bears away.

And an abundant berry crop.

Saskatoon, huckleberry and other

berries have been so plentiful they have kept bears busy in the woods and out of the city, where they would look for fruit trees.

“And, since bears don’t like conflict, they will avoid it (coming into the city) as much as they can,” she told council.

However, deer, coyotes and cougars are a growing problem in the city and across the province, said Wieder, just as people have started to receive the message about bearproofing their homes and yards.

The messaging on the other three species has just begin, she noted, but with funding set to run out this year on the three-year contract the program has with the city, Wieder felt it was a good time to make a pitch at a committee of the whole meeting in late October.

The program requires some funding from the community, around $2,500 per year.

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Bear facts WildSafeBC is a program that is designed to reduce human-wildlife conflicts throughout BC. Their motto of “keeping wildlife wild - and communities safe” underscores our belief that if people can keep wildlife living in the wild they can, in turn, make communities safer for people and at the same time keep wildlife from coming to harm.

WildSafeBC was developed by the BC Conservation Foundation and is a direct descendant of the immensely popular and very successful Bear Aware program that has run since 1999.

It was learned from that program that if communities can be educated as to how to live responsibly with wildlife it can drastically reduce the conflicts and can reduce the number of bears that have to be destroyed because of this conflict.

Over the life of the program the annual number of bears being destroyed dropped from approximately 1,000 a year to about 500 a year, with no bears destroyed in Rossland this year.

IN BRIEF Rossland Pool society dissolved The city has dissolved the Rossland Pool Society.

Operation of one of the oldest civic outdoor pools in the province has been officially handed over to the city, which owns the pool.

City council voted on Oct. 15 to dissolve the society that has operated the pool for much of its existence.

In 2011 the remaining member of the Rossland Swimming Pool Society asked the city to take over the operation of the swimming pool. Membership to the society had reached an “all-time low and volunteer burn out was imminent.”

The city has now run the pool for two summers (2012 &2013) and has a good understanding of the financial and operational demands of the facility.

“I think it’s time we took it over officially,” said councilor Tim Thatcher. “It’s our asset so we may as well run it.”

However, the facility is aging and is struggling to keep up with changing provincial safety legislation, according to a city staff report.

The city has been notified by Interior Health that chlorine storage and the mechanical room do not meet current provincial requirements and should be rebuilt.

And, despite steady usage, the pool continues to operate at a financial loss and the facility is in need of capital upgrades.

“These concerns should be addressed during budget and social planning discussions in the near future,” said Darrin Albo, manager of public works.

The pool had reached a critical level of depreciation and experienced staff are often needed to trouble shoot maintenance and safety issues. Volunteers should not be expected to be responsible for a city facility that is nearing the end of its life cycle, read the city staff report.

The pool will be operated in the same manner as other city recreational facilities.

Teck fined for discharging infraction Teck Trail Operations will pay a penalty of $210,000 under the Fisheries Act and the Environmental Management Act in relation to discharging more pH effluent into the Columbia River than its permitted to do back in 2011, according to a news release.

Most of this money, all but a $10,000 fine, will be split evenly between the provincial Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation and the federal Environmental Damages Fund to support habitat conservation within Columbia River watersheds.

The penalty is due to an incident that occurred on March 5, 2011, when approximately 100 to 300 litres of high pH solution was discharged into a drain at the mining giant’s Warfield operation and subsequently drained into the Columbia River, resulting in a permit exceedance. The high pH solution used to condition the boiler water was accidentally deposited to a drain that discharged into the river before it could be treated.

When the incident occurred, the pH for the measured period went up to 9.1 when the facility is obligated to stay within 6.2-8.5 under direction of the Ministry of Environment.

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n Remembrance Day it is appropriate to recall the deeds of generations past, especially those who served in World War II, the deadliest war the world has ever seen.

It was the most widespread war in the world’s history, with more than 100 million people, from more than 30 different countries, serving in military units.

And it had the greatest civilian death toll, up to 85 million people in its seven-year stretch.

The average age of the approximately 100,000 Canadians remaining from those who served in the Second World War is 89.

The average age of the nearly 600,000 surviving veterans of the nation’s armed forces is 56.

In a poll done for a group that helps Canadian veterans, Commissionaires, it was found that more than 80 per cent of Canadians think primarily of First and Second World War veterans on Remembrance Day. But on Nov. 11 people need to pay tribute to the commitment and sacrifice of all who joined the military, and still join, to shoulder the task of standing on guard for thee.

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Keeping the province GE-free a good thing From the Hill

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was pleased to see the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) pass a motion to make B.C. a GE free area in respect to all plant and animal species.

This is an important statement, especially in light of the pending commercial release of GE (Roundup Ready) alfalfa and the trademark GE Arctic Apple.

Our B.C. municipalities have been quite progressive on this important issue. In 1999 the UBCM resolved to petition the prime minister of Canada, the premier of British Columbia, and their respective ministers’ of Agriculture to take immediate and decisive action to halt the growing monopolization of our food production industry and the introduction of “terminator seed” which could spread plant sterility among all seeding plants, potentially creating a

global catastrophe.

The UBCM urged the government of Canada and of B.C. to act immediately to prevent any Canadian corporation from patenting, and thus controlling and monopolizing, any seed stock of any variety in Canada and elsewhere in the world.

Resolutions in 2006 and 2009 saw the UBCM request that the federal government label GE organisms. A 2012 motion was passed to ask that the B.C. government legislate the prohibition of importing, exporting and the domestic production of fruit and plant material containing GE dna constructs and to declare B.C. as a GE -free province in respect to all tree fruit products.

Some may question why UBCM delegates would pass this type of resolution at their convention. Part of this is in response to the fact that 14 B.C. communities have now passed individual resolutions declaring themselves a GE-free zone including our communities of Nelson, Rossland, Kaslo and New Denver.

Furthermore 10 official community plans of regional districts have come out

against GE crops.

Currently, there are only four GE crops grown in Canada: corn, soya, canola and sugar beet. Approval has been given by the federal government for GE alfalfa.

Alfalfa is used as pasture and hay for animal feed as well as for nitrogen fixation in the soil and is also manufactured into pellets for export. It is a vital crop in organic farming.

Forage Genetics International is waiting to begin selling GE alfalfa seeds in Canada pending approval of a so-called “co-existence plan.”

The U.S. government deregulated GE alfalfa in 2011 and the USDA is finding its adventitious presence in a growing number of sites they have tested, making it clear that co-existence is nothing more than an absurd industry talking point.

Any release of GE alfalfa in Canada can only be viewed as a wilful attack on non-gmo and organic farmers. In 2009 Canadian farmers were hit hard when flax shipments were rejected by EU markets due to its contamination with GE flax.

There is a strong economic

argument against allowing GE alfalfa or the non-browning GE arctic apple into B.C.—once crops are contaminated by GE traits, both conventional and organic farmers lose money. It is that simple.

GE-free B.C. and Greenpeace Vancouver are sponsoring a fall and winter tour to spread awareness, educate, and share concerns about genetically engineered foods. The speaker’s tour, Genetically Engineered Foods and Human Health, will feature Dr. Thiery Vrain, retired Ag Canada genetic engineer and Dr. Shiv Chopra, ex-scientist for Health Canada and tireless defender of the world’s food supply.

We are fortunate that the tour is coming to Osoyoos, Nov. 26, 7 p.m. at the Watermark Beach Hotel, to Grand Forks on Dec. 5, 7 p.m. at the Seniors Centre (City Park) and to Kaslo on Dec. 14, 6 p.m. at St. Andrews Heritage Hall.

I hope that constituents will be able to attend one of these important events.

Alex Atamanenko is the member of Parliament for the B.C. Southern Interior.

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Maybe they 25 De Paolis by 10:30 a.m. it’s that there was so years hence.followed The two minutes of silence 10:30 a.m. result muchAround other news was a plan that 11 a.m.and (with the the parade — isatvisionary, going on then,begins or siren as sounding with the Colour maybe it’s that I’veParty, serves a solid guideat The RCMP honour just missed it, butguard, I tothe cityarmouries). policy. the pipe band, veter- Lament, Reveille (by am astounded that Mike spearheaded ans and cadets in tow De Paolis), the Act of this event has passed the expansion of the — its journey towards Remembrance and the without any further in-town system of the official the cenotaph, with a laying trail remarks from council through the approval brief stop at the “salut- wreaths leads up to the oring the press. the Rossland Active of In Flanders base� on Cedar ofreciting (Editor’s note:the Oct. Plan. the Fields. In closing, Street where may- Transportation 17ors Rossland News had a Every time youand hit the Benediction the of Trail, Warfield story about Maturo’s Louie Joe trail or the singing of God Save and Montrose will be release).

Centre Star trail, or the Queen preclude standing. therest march off.five 10:45 Mike dida.m. a lot of the of the 1 p.m. of in-town parade arrives kilometres goodThe things for this People will gather at the cenotaph town.

I had a chance at trails, think of Mike. around$100,000 1 p.m. of at the the a.m., withbythe Almost to10:40 see some of that Royal Canadian Legion ceremony beginning dint of my work with budget for that work Branch 11thaton around the city’s 10:45 a.m. came fromNo. grants Sustainability he brought in.

Commission and He introduced Canadian Cancer Societykey I T I SH COLUMBIA AND YUKONto the other efforts IB Rwas amendments involved with. For city’s zoning bylaws by density making a those Remember don’t knowsomeone him, tospecial increase donation to the Canadian Cancer Society, for over six years and affordability inBC and Yukon in memory or in honour.

Mike managed the Rossland housing: Please let us know the name ofsecondary the person planning department, allowing you wish to remember, name and address comprised of the suites throughout of the next of kin, we will send a card building inspector and andtown; reducing front/ advising them of your gift.

Also sendfrom us your a half-time planning rear set-backs name and address to receive a tax receipt. assistant. seven metres to four I first saw him in and allowing To donate on-line:metres, www.cancer.ca action soon after he easier development on Greater Trail Unit/ Rossland unit c/o Canadian Cancer Society 908 Rossland Ave Trail BC V1R 3N6

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Mike was also the • Fruitvale Columbia The new Avenue zoning for point person for the The day Wildfire begins at an afternoon of enter- Community bylaw that he brought 10:30 a.m. with the tainment and stories. to council in 2011, Protection Plan—the marching of the honColour Party afterLeading a year of public the city our whereby guard from the up to plan information meetings, got some $400,000 in Remembrance Day Royal Canadian Legion limited sprawl by money to to the Cenotaph. the Legion hosted provincial encouraging higher areas sur-folThethe ceremony Colour Parties at vari- brush in-town density andthe rounding to lows at Rossland 10:45 a.m. ous places around preserving town’s reduce fuelprelude and the to with the city to raisethe awareness, peripheral green belt. damage the the of minute of to silence and to allow those who risk He played from forest fires. delivered by pastor might not bea huge able to town Kentwas Maddigan, attend Nov. 11 This role in thethe Columbia in part anfollowed byofthe recital of ceremony a project. chance Ifto offshoot Washington another the poem In Flanders pay like homage. you the look of project in which he Fields, singing of God a as battlefield a was the On street it is heavily Save the Queen regiment would use involved—the now—irrigated CBTand closing remarks by their colours as a rallymaples, LED lighting, Communities current Mayor Libby ing point, with their planted bump-outs, Adapting to Climate Nelson. colours slowly Change bike racks,being benches, Initiative, on • Rossland marched between solcool paving—you can which I worked with In Rossland there diers’ ranks to enable thank for thetheir him will closely. be a service held them Mike to identify major hourscolours. he spent served as an at Mike the Royal Canadian regiments’ sitting in thethe Miners’ guide and Legion hall at 10 a.m., Today, Colour essential Union at designthe partner of followedwith by those a cereParty Hall provides charettes, andprotocols the us working build a mony at thetocenotaph ceremonial work did to incorskatepark the to oldthe at 11 a.m.innext at all he Legion functions, porate that input and library.lot. He Theshared activRemembrance and Emcon his ideas intoDay the final encouraged ourthe ity shifts back to Decoration servi- and Legionofhall 11:30 ces, and represents a vision design. this at jewel in a.m.heart after the cerebranch various How at about theother new the of town as mony. parades.beside the parking transformed from a Thrift Store and wasted asphalt storbehind the Post Office, age yard into a civic or the expanded park- plaza. ing behind the Credit And of course he Union? Again thank did the day-to-day Mike for those ideas. grunt work of reviewTrail And while you’re City at it, ofing building applicathank him for getting tions, dealing with SURPLUS EQUIPMENT SALE theThe grants and shepdevelopers, writing City of Trail is oering for sale surplus equipment. herding the process of reports to council, Information about the sale including a listing installing electric vehihelping ensure respect of equipment available and details on how to cle view charging stations and submit for theaOCP council the equipment bid isin available by under the Thrift Store, etc. The “Public Noticesâ€? on decisions, the City’s home page at www.trail.ca or atan the reception deskdepartment at City Hall making Rossland planning the hours and 4:30100 pm.building EVduring charging oasisof 8:00 am did over along the bids number permits last year Sealed will be received up until 2:00 pmby on Friday, November 18, 2011. three highway. my calculations— ! !

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“If you build it, they will come” could certainly be the motto for the Seven Summits Centre for Learning, with 31 learners currently registered (more expected to enroll as the ski season starts) and a newly designed space that can facilitate up to 50 learners.

On Friday night, the centre opened its doors to the community—allowing people to see for themselves what has been built from the ashes of School Board 20’s decision to move Grade 10-12 students down to Trail.

“After fighting to keep K-12 in Rossland for so long, it is nice to be focused on something positive,” said Mary Amatea, treasurer of the Visions for Small Schools Society (VSS) which runs Seven Summits.

Jonny Coleshill, lead mentor for the centre, described the process of getting ready for the start of the learning year as an amazing experience.

“It has been a huge effort on everybody’s part, and we are all really realizing how amazing and worthwhile it’s all has been, now that we can see it in action.”

Coleshill acknowledged the tireless efforts of VSS, Seven Summits staff, the Ski Academy, the learners and their families who have been willing to try something new.

As for the mentors, they have been busy helping learners design a detailed learning plan that covers 10 different learning areas and encourages them to follow their passion.

“To make sure they know how to learn the things they want to, while also meeting provincial learning outcomes.”

Outside the core courses provided online through Self Design High, the Seven Summits education platform, subjects such as music, tennis and pottery have been offered to learners thanks to the support of community members and groups like the Rossland Pottery Guild.

Many more such opportunities are in the works, according to Coleshill, including a street artist’s unit with Stephanie Gauvin, a photography skills workshop where learners will be taking a more casual and candid version of school pictures, a foods class, a unit on designing a recipe book, building a desktop PC and having the learners construct a composter for the centre’s backyard.

The community has also stepped up to provide opportunities like CAT skiing, ava-

lanche awareness education, and even volunteer math tutoring, added Amatea who is also grateful for all the support the centre has received—for everything from education to bathrooms.

“Andy Holmes, who owns the building where Seven Summits Centre for Learning is housed, has even put money toward the renovation.”

Right now, registration at Seven Summits requires an annual $1,000 facility charge with assistance available based on need.

“We don’t want anyone to be turned away based on money,” said Amatea who further explains that funding for academy students is higher to cover the cost of coaching and other training expenses.

VSS is currently in the process of registering Seven Summits for charity status so they can accrue donations and apply for grants to cover administration and operational costs.

“It’s been a challenge just to keep the building clean,” said Christine de Marco, VSS board member and former public school teacher. “We can’t really expect the kids to clean up so we’ve just hired a maintenance person to come in once per week.”

“We’ve been tackling each issue as it comes up,” said VSS board member Robin Hethey, “but it’s amazing how much of an administrative component there is… finding a way to hire an administrator will be our next big challenge.”

Right now, Seven Summits has a vice principal based in Nelson, a principal based in Vancouver, and a VSS board who has volunteered countless hours to deal with the non-educational components of the centre.

According to Hethey, Ann Quarterman (VSS vice president) has been putting in three hours per day on administration. They also have a parent volunteer working two hours each morning and a volunteer noon hour supervisor.

Many of the VSS board members, including Hethey who has a daughter in French Immersion at RSS and a daughter in Grade 10 at Crowe, are committed to the centre for reasons beyond the needs of themselves and their families.

“It’s about giving the kids in the community a choice,” said Hethey who goes on to talk about the advantage of small schools, the benefit of attracting international students, the flexibility provided to learners (two academy students are currently training in Europe while continuing to complete course work and send in assignments regularly) and the importance of keeping local

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kids in Rossland.

For VSS, it’s not just about having the students here, it’s about having them involved.

“We want to talk to the thrift store about getting our learners involved there,” said Hethey who is constantly brainstorming new partnerships that are mutually beneficial to the learners and the community, such as having seniors come into the centre to talk about Rossland history.

Established partnerships include the Rossland School where several learners will be attending drama, band, and potentially woods classes next semester. The Grade 8s also participated in the recent Fright Night production and learners have been invited to attend the seasonal dances at RS. “Eight of our youth are volunteering at the Rossland School as recess supervisors,” added Coleshill. These learners will be taking an Action Schools BC Leaderships training course that will arm them with a series of indoor and outdoor activities so they can facilitate groups of Grade 1-3 students.

“Our approach is learner centered and learner focused,” explained Coleshill. “We have the same goals: to learn and be part of Rossland.”

From the open house, Seven Summits hope to inspire Rosslanders to continue being actively involved in the Centre. There is still need for volunteers that can provide work experience, food safe education, sports training, travel stories, writing workshops, technology information, community planning, art instruction…

To find out more ways to help, check the link: http://sevensummitslearning.com/ support-7s/ As the saying goes, “Noah’s Ark was built by volunteers; the Titanic was built by professionals.”

Above: Ribbon cutting by Mark Impey (chair of the Red Mountain Academy), Shelley Ackerman (president of VSS), and Jonny Coleshill (lead mentor, Seven Summits).

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Below: Delaney Bowman, Grade 8 learner.

Bottom: Robin Hethey (VSS board member), Christine de Marco (VSS board member), Aerin Guy (Neighbourhood of Learning coordinator), and Shelley Ackerman (VSS board president) in the kitchen built by volunteers.

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WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers may be cancelled at any time without notice. Dealer order or transfer may be required as inventory may vary by dealer. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. 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Dealer may sell for less. Offers vary by model and not all combinations will apply. ***Estimated fuel consumption ratings for 2014 Focus 2.0L I4 5-speed manual transmission: [7.8L/100km (36MPG) City, 5.5L/100km (51MPG) Hwy] / 2014 Escape FWD 2.5L I4 6-speed automatic transmission: [9.5L/100km (30MPG) City, 6.3L/100km (45MPG) Hwy] / 2013 F-150 4X4 5.0L V8 6-speed automatic transmission: [15.0L/100km (19MPG) City, 10.6L/100km (27MPG) Hwy]. Fuel consumption ratings based on Transport Canada approved test methods. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on road conditions, vehicle loading, vehicle equipment, vehicle condition, and driving habits. †††Receive a winter safety package which includes: four (4) winter tires, four (4) steel wheels and four (4) tire pressure monitoring sensors when you purchase or lease any new 2013/2014 Ford Focus (excluding S and Focus Electric), Escape, Fusion, Edge (excluding Sport), Explorer, or Fiesta (excluding S) on or before December 2, 2013. 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Self-driving cars could be the future of travel navigated cars are safer than manually operated automobiles.

But will the public embrace such vehicles? Autonomous cars are already being operated in California, Nevada, Florida and certain areas within the United Kingdom. At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Toyota and Audi unveiled their prototypes to sell to regular car buyers, while Ford and Mercedes-Benz are working on their own self-driving technology.

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The goal of self-driving car manufacturers is to reduce congestion and accidents and keep traffic flowing more smoothly. Automakers will continue to conduct research to see how well self-driving cars and the people inside them work together.

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Recreation, Education, Community Rossland Rec Department Youth Action Network Rossland has a new youth coordinator who’s putting together some awesome fun for the community’s kids.

Mike Kent is working at creating opportunities around a parkour club, art workshops, dances, movie nights and more. Check out the Facebook page and “like” it to receive updates and information. If you have a teen in the house, let them know about all the opportunities to participate and help create an amazing Youth Network. Log into Facebook and search for Rossland Youth Action Network. To email Mike directly to discuss programming opportunities, ideas, sponsorship or to inquire about committees, contact yancoordinator@gmail.com.

Hockey, Hockey, Hockey Preschool hockey has started and is running on Tuesdays from 3-3:45 p.m. at the arena.

This program introduces first time hockey players to the fundamentals of hockey. The coach will lead the children and parents through various drills and activities in a fun learning environment.

Children should have some experience skating and be comfortable on the ice. If parents are assisting their child on the ice, they must have competent skating ability. Children must wear a CSA approved hockey helmet with full face mask, elbow pads, knee pads, hockey gloves and witner sports clothing. Parents must wear a CSA approved helmet.

The program runs from Oct. 29 to Dec. 17 on Tuesdays, from 3-3:45 p.m.

• Adults can enjoy co-ed drop-in recreation hockey on Tuesday nights from 9:45-11 p.m. and Sundays from 9:1510:30 p.m. This is a fun opportunity to play hockey with players of varying abilities, including beginners. Drop in is $10 or you can purchase a 10X pass from the REC Department, for $80. If you’re a goalie, you can play for free.

On Thursdays from 1:45 -3:15 p.m. you can play drop in hockey during the day, for $10 drop in or $180 for the season.

Skate Patrol Position The Recreation Department is advertising for a skate patrol person in the Rossland Arena.

The position requires that candidates be a minimum of 16 years of age, have strong skating skills, excellent customer service skills and basic first aid knowledge.

This position would ideally suit a senior high school student who is interested in working four to six hours a week. For more information, log onto our website, at www.

rossland.ca for a detailed description. Applications are to be submitted to the Recreation Department, at recreation@rossland.ca by Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m.

Gymnastics Instructor Certification Course There’s lots of work available in the Kootenays for certified gymnastics instructors. If you have an older teenager in the house who’s a natural athlete, consider the NCCP Gymnastics Foundations Intro Certification course, coming up in Trail.

The weekend course is being offered in Trail, on Saturday, Nov. 23 and Sunday, Nov. 24 from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Catherine Dubinsky at 604333-3493 or cdubinsky@ gymbc.org . You can also check out Gym BC’s website, at www.gymbc.org French for adults Rossland Recreation and Selkirk College are working closely to bring some new programming to our community.

Although we’re still working on the details, French for adults will be offered as a fourweek course, running from Monday, Nov. 18 to Monday, Dec. 9 from 6-7:15 p.m. This will be a great opportunity for the parents of the new French Immersion class and also from the French School. Registration details and location will be available soon.

Munchkins get dirty If you have a young artist in the house and you’re looking for some art classes, Sarah Zanussi is offering a new Munchkins Get Dirty Pottery Class in November. The class is for children aged five to six years old on Wednesdays from 3:15-4:15 p.m. in the Miners’ Union Hall Pottery Studio. The dates are Nov. 13, 20, 27 and Dec. 18.

Stretch and strength The Stretch and Strength Aerobics classes are on a break right now and start up again on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

The course will focus on strengthening principles to give the participants a wellbalanced full body workout.

This fun, basic level class is for building and maintaining strength and is designed for folks who are working with low level one-to-four pound hand weights.

Sessions include a 10-minute warm up, 40 minutes of strength conditioning and a 10-minute cool down stretch.

The Tuesday classes are from 9-10 a.m. and the Thursday classes are from 9:15-10:15 a.m. at the Miners’ Union Hall.

Seniors Hall activities The Rossland Seniors Hall has lots of great activities run-

ning through the week. On Mondays at 1:30 p.m. the Rossland Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith Harasin at 250-362-5477 for more information. On Monday evenings, the Rossland Quilters Guild gets together at 7 p.m. Contact Deyanne Davies at 250-3627727 for more information.

On Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. the Rossland Golden City Old Time Fiddlers practice and play. The public are welcome to sit in and listen to the old time fiddlers play their music. Visitors should contact Richie Mann before going to the Hall. Contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465. On Thursdays between 9:30-11 a.m. join the seniors for stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

Folk dancing Folk Dancing at the Miners’ Union Hall has started up for the season. Dave Cornelius leads the evening of English country dance for the first half of the evening and then some contra dancing for the second half. The evening closes out with a waltz.

Instruction for all dances is provided. You can sign up for the whole series at Rossland Recreation or come as a drop in. The dates for folk dancing are Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, March 13, April 3, May 1 and May 29.

Mediocre skiers wanted Volunteering with Black Jack Ski Club skier development is a great way to participate in the club community and get involved in delivering these awesome programs.

Throughout B.C. the beginner levels of crosscountry skiing are taught by volunteer coaches. Please note that coaches do not need to be expert skiers. The 4-5 age group (Bunnies) learns through playing and getting familiar with moving on the equipment.

Parents, this course will open the door to have you actively participate with your child in the sport of cross country skiing. The next introductory workshop is Nov. 17 and the community coaching workshop is here in Rossland on Nov. 23-24.

For more Information contact Karen Reader, Blackjack program coordinator (Jackrabbits) for more information, at blackjackskier@gmail. com or phone 250-362-7036.

Hit the books Check out the Rossland Library’s website for a complete listing of the programs they’re running. From Storytime for toddlers to Teen Movie night, the Library has some excellent opportunities to connect with others.

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Cezary Ksiazek, right, speaks to city council near the end of the committee of the whole meeting Monday night.

Council drafts Cooke wish list TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

A wish list for the Cooke Avenue development has been drawn up, based on the concerns and recommendations of the neighbourhood.

On Monday night a committee of the whole meeting was held to air concerns that arose out of a public meeting in September and discuss the broad strokes of the proposed 20-unit development for the former Cooke Avenue school site.

Council spent over 90 minutes—including around 15 minutes for public comment, and another 10 minutes for the developer Cezary Ksiazek—discussing five major points.

Density, grade/height, traffic/access, design and economics were dealt with, as well as some of the more philosophic issues surrounding a development in a city that has few new structures going up.

Council talked on many of the points the neighbours were concerned about, and the five people who gathered—down from the over 50 who showed up a few weeks ago the last public meeting—noted that.

Several council members did not like the density of the development, and felt it should be lowered, from 20 units to 16. The Official Community Plan directs council to consider higher density developments anywhere in Rossland on a project by project basis.

However, councillor Kathy Wallace felt the units were not affordable.

“I don’t think the community is getting (housing stock) diversity out of this development,” she said.

The recommendation that would come to council later this month would include a bonus density incentive that would allow four additional units, each under 50 square metres, to be added in that would not affect the agreed upon density.

Council also passed a recommendation that city staff work with the developer to create a lot grading plan and work with the natural grade of the land.

A city staff recommendation asked to ensure that building height was measured from existing grade, not from fill, and retain the bylaw’s 12-metre height.

“This can be done by specifically stating that in the bylaw,” said city planner Stacey Lightbourne. “The applicant is agreeable to this.”

With traffic and access points (driveways) also a community concern, the developer— through discussion with city staff—agreed to ensure there were only two accesses on Cooke Avenue by changing the bylaw to include this restriction.

“This will allay some traffic impact concerns. The developer is agreeable to this

restriction,” Lightbourne stated in her report to council.

The design of the development will likely open up a larger question of design principles, seeing as the city has no bylaw regulating design. Councillor Kathy Moore said the Cooke development was the opportune time to establish some guidelines for the city.

“This is a very important issue for the community,” she said. “The site is particularly important because it is one of the biggest development areas in the city. I’d really like to see us do something, in a limited way, that puts some design guidelines out there.”

Council agreed to proceed with more specific design guidelines for multifamily developments within the City of Rossland and discuss what it would be during the budget discussions.

“It is possible that the guidelines may be adopted by council prior to the submission of a building permit for this site,” said Lightbourne.

The developer had previously agreed to planting 12 trees on the Cliff Street right-ofway and improving the area following installation of a water main and providing snow storage right of ways along Monita, Cooke and Thompson avenues at the time of development. This will be included in a development agreement.

Staff and the developer have also discussed lane way land swap opportunities to allow for more creative development of the site, read a city staff report. The developer is open to this option so staff will continue to explore this possibility.

For economics, council drafted a recommendation to review the Good Neighbour bylaw to manage the hours of work allowed and dust mitigation. However, in doing so the changes would have to apply to all developers and contractors in the city, said deputy chief administrative officer Tracey Butler.

Councilor Jill Spearn previously noted that council’s wish list would only be suggestions to the developer, since he ultimately owns the land, and was proposing a development within the bounds of the Official Community Plan with regards to density, height, traffic and other considerations.

The city must change zoning of the property for developer Ksiazek on the former school site to allow it to go from P1, public institutional to CD 6, mixed residential.

If council does not pass a rezoning for the site—a denial of the proposal—it would mean the developer must wait another six months before re-applying. After council reviews the recommendations at their next public meeting the development application will again come before the public in another hearing, before the final vote. editor@rosslandnews.com

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“This has been the way of council for (six years),” he said. “We have been looking for efficiencies at the operations level every year since then.”

Conversely, the city has been able to maintain service levels at the same 2008 mark as well, Granstrom noted, even though it has decreased its spending.

The report measures how much the city spends, in relation to the rate of inflation and its population growth.

With a 2011 operating spending per capita at $1,361—one of the lowest in the West Kootenay— the rumour of how unaffordable Rossland is has been challenged by report.

Granstrom said the city has held the line on its budget for three years with no increases, and weathered the storm of the Columbia Washington report.

“And the numbers clearly show we came in on budget on that project,” he said.

So why does it seem like taxes rising in the city? Granstrom said it was the product of increasing requisitions by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, which the city is required to collect.

Other West Kootenay communities didn’t fare so well in the report. Trail dropped even lower in the rankings, from 65th to 61st, even though it did not increase municipal spending.

Warfield ranked 119th, Montrose 124th, Castlegar 117, Grand Forks 133rd and Nelson was 30th.

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New buses bound for school district Staff Rossland News

Students will be riding in style in one of the two new school buses coming to School District 20 (Kootenay Columbia), but not until next year.

The province has bequeathed the local district with $218,954 in cash to purchase two new school buses as part of its annual fleet renewal program, but the new buses won’t be delivered until next spring.

The Kootenay Columbia School District will purchase two new buses that can transport more than 80 students each.

Using the province’s standard offer pricing model—

through the Association of School Transportation Services of B.C.—the school district will be able to take advantage of low pricing and save up to 15 per cent each year in cost, as well as significant administrative and staff time.

The school district will also save money in maintenance costs as the new vehicles will replace aging ones, said Boundary-Similkameen Liberal MLA Linda Larson.

“These new school buses will save the school districts … money that can be invested back into the classroom,” she said in a press release.

The nearby Boundary School District was given $416,974 for three new buses, Kootenay Lake (SD 8) was handed

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$437,908 for four new buses and the Okanagan Similkameen School District was also given cash for one bus, worth $109,477.

“I am so pleased to see these districts receiving new school buses that will keep students in our communities safe during their trip to and from school,” Larson said.

In order to qualify for replacement, a bus needs to be on a regular route to school, and have met or exceeded the following criteria regarding age and mileage: 80 plus passenger buses—15 years or 400,000 kilometres.

All told, the provincial government is providing $11 million to 31 school districts to purchase 96 buses.

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In November, look out for the Museum’s table at the Christmas Craft Fair on Nov.16 at the Prestige Mountain Resort, where they will have historical books, heritage card sets, puzzles, and other items for sale, including the DVD Rossland’s Ski Story: Mining and Moguls. Winter opening hours are planned; stay tuned for details.

Painters retreat to Rossland Gallery Staff Rossland News

For a second year five Kootenay painters—Jenny Baillie, Brigitte Desbois, Louise Drescher, Stephanie Gauvin, and Mirja Vahala—will be kicking off the Christmas season with their December art exhibition at the Rossland Gallery.

The Painters’ Retreat ‘Paintings from Mount Assiniboine’ art exhibition and sale runs from Dec. 1-15 in the gallery, with an opening reception on Friday, Nov. 29, 6-9 p.m.

The artwork featured evolved from a seven-day saga in the Rocky Mountains this past summer, where the artists immersed themselves to capture onto canvas the grandeur of Mount Assiniboine.

“It was an epic painting experience,” said Louise Drescher. “An eight-hour hike to our rustic cabin on the first day, followed by six days of trekking our art gear to various view points within this park of lakes, bears, spired cliffs

and verticle mountains.’

“We were all mesmerized by the sight of the legendary 12,000-foothigh Mt. Assiniboine reflecting into Lake Magog,” said Mirja Vahala.

Jenny Baillie agreed: A perfect mountain to paint.

“We even enjoyed a tug-of-war with a huge marmot determined to drag away my pack while I painted,” said Brigitte Desbois.

“Our painter’s group has definitely evolved to another level since our first plein air trip to Mount Carlyle,” said Rosslandbased artist Stephanie Gauvin, who spearheaded the group.

“We believe we can continue to show, through our paintings, the majesty of Canadian landscape. It is our intention to paint as a plein air group again in 2014.”

Please visit the artist’s websites to learn more about each artist. http://www.brigittedesbois. com; http://www.jennybaillieartworks.com; http://www.artiststephaniegauvin.com; http:// www.mirjavahala.com.

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All potential applicants are encouraged to review the various backgrounds on the fwcp.ca website and submit an applications form if they have projects that may help fish and wildlife populations impacted by the construction of BC Hydro dams in the region.

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25x26 $4,879. 30x32 $6,695.

32x40 $8,374. 35x38 $9,540.

40x50 $12,900. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. Or visit us online at: www.pioneersteel.ca

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Manager, Social Initiatives This is a temporary, full-time position to cover a one-year term. The position can be located in any of CBT’s four offices.

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Community

On November 11th we thank surviving veterans and we remember the soldiers who lost their lives defending our country.

Katrine would like to send her support to all of our veterans and their families for their part in preserving all that we now have.

Katrine Conroy, MLA Kootenay West 1-888-755-0556 Katrine.conroy.mla@leg.bc.ca

www.katrineconroy.ca

The return of Fright Night Submitted photos On Oct. 28 the Rossland Historical Museum collaborated with Rossland School’s drama department, “The Nearly Players,” to bring back “Fright Night at the Museum.”

This was not for the very young … it was scary but really well presented.

Museum manager Joyce Austin remarked, “The kids were really fun to work with, and they were very respectful of the museum—I think all the people who attended it had a really good time.”

Mauve Friday is Coming.

Black Friday will never be the same.

Mauve Friday is Coming.

Black Friday will never be the same.

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