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With the 2014 municipal elections exactly a year from today, the region's mayors have begun contemplating a bid at re-election.

Locally, there is one confirmed “yes” and five definite “maybes” to the question, “Will you run again?”

After a decade on Trail council and almost 17 years as mayor, Dieter Bogs is seriously considering calling it a day.

“I am considering retiring,” said the mayor from his city hall office Wednesday. “But it is early to say,” he continued. “I've worked hard all

these years so the most important thing is that the city is left in good hands.”

Bogs has held the position steady since a 2001 byelection, twice by electoral votes and twice by acclamation.

Through the ups and downs of civic service, his focus to improve the Silver City image has not wavered.

“After the 2001 election, we wanted to change the image of Trail and I think we have,” explained Bogs.

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city Trail used to be,” he continued.

“That is what I am particularly proud of.”

When Nov. 15, 2014 rolls around, Greg Granstrom, will have served two full terms as Mayor of Rossland, and one year acting mayor. For now, the decision to seek re-election in the Golden City is not certain, but will lie in the hands of his family.

“When the time gets closer I will sit down with the family and have a discussion,” he said. “Without support from them this would be a really hard job to continue.”

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From shelter to home

Career Development Services helps people make transition into suitable housing

BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff

The warmer weather has resulted in a slow start for Trail's homeless shelter but last year's good work could also be why numbers are low.

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Taking over the management side of the shelter this year was a natural progression for CDS, the organization that helps individuals with barriers, as it already ran a Getting to Home initiative with the help of the Greater Trail Community Skills Centre.

With one-time-only federal Homelessness Partnership Strategy (HPS) funding, the two organizations were successful in helping 60 adults and 16 dependent children secure housing last year, many of which used the shelter while in transition.

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stroll through downtown Trail and a sign in a window has Dominga Pereverzoff donning an apron and a smile instead of putting up her feet and retiring.

worked at a downtown eatery.

“When I was told the price, I said “I’ll take it,”” she chuckled.

“Just like that.”

The Cafe has been open for a month, but will officially launch with a grand opening Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

That d a y, Pereverzoff is offering a tasting menu and invites customers to sample Manila-style sweet rice and speciality foods including noodles and egg rolls.

“It has been busy and I am really enjoying my customers,” she said.

“Everyone is welcome to drop by to meet me and enjoy a little treat.”

The Cafe’s daily menu includes homestyle breakfasts, lunches and takeout, Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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The Trail resident is the chef-owner of Dominga’s Cafe, now open in the former Coffee Coop locale on Eldorado Street.

“I was planning to retire,” said Pereverzoff, a familiar face to local diners.

“But when I walked by and saw the ‘For Sale’ sign, I said to my friend Joe, “let’s give her a call.””

Pereverzoff was a server at Raves Restaurant and Lounge in the Waneta Plaza until the business folded a few years ago and most recently,

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Dominga Pereverzoff is new owner of Dominga’s Cafe (the former Coffee Coop) on Eldorado Street in downtown Trail. She and friend Joe were chopping veggies for the soup du jour Tuesday, and getting ready for Saturday’s grand opening.

Patty Palmer put her heart into running the Coffee Coop for 27 years, enjoying chats with long-standing customers who dropped in daily for a cup of joe.

After suffering a heart attack in August,

Palmer is home recovering.

For the first time in years, she is allowing people to wait on her, but only for a short while.

“My family wouldn’t let me go back to work,” she said. “Which is why I shut the door.

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Since April 1, 1987 Palmer headed out the door at 6 a.m. to make the trek from her Genelle home into downtown Trail to put on a pot of coffee and welcome a regular crowd of customers Monday through Friday.

“I do miss it,” she said. “It’s a big thing when something you have done 12 hours a day for so long suddenly ends. But I am getting better so now I have to find some new hobbies.”

For Palmer’s husband Dave, having his wife home full-time is a welcome change.

“All those years she was busy with the business and raising two boys,” he said. “I like

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In a flying the coop send-off, Dave invites customers and friends to join the family for an open house retirement party in the

Genelle Community Hall on Nov. 23, starting at 3:30 p.m.

“There are a lot of people who would like to visit Patty,” said Dave. “I invite them to pop in and wish her well.”

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Patty Palmer’s (left) days of serving coffee at the Coffee Coop are over and now it’s up to friends like Val Cirotto (right) to return the favour.

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Mayor’s role Support growing but more needed requires commitment

FROM PAGE 1 The recent decision to increase mayoral electoral terms to four years (from the current three-year term) at the province’s annual meeting of the mayors in Vancouver, has Bert Crockett contemplating whether to throw his hat into the political ring for a fifth time.

“That is a lot of years and a heck of a commitment,” explained Crockett, who ran unopposed in the last election. “In rural communities “I have learned this is more of a volunteer job,” he so much and adding, “it’s started a lot of said, not like in the big projects that I cities where being mayor is a guaranwould like to tee of a well paid see through.” job for four years.

In our area, four Patricia Cecchini years may have a person think twice about running.”

For a person working full or part-time, the mayoral position would be tough to balance, said Crockett.

“There are many meetings each month with various committees on top of regular council, so the bottom line is time commitment.”

Since the 2011 civic election, Beaver Valley communities have made great strides in terms of infrastructure improvements and community programs, which has both mayors considering a second term.

“My intention is to run again next year,” confirmed Fruitvale Mayor Patricia Cecchini. “I have learned so much and started a lot of projects that I would like to see through.”

Cecchini is serving her first term in the position, after winning the 2011 election over one other candidate.

“The sustainability of our town is a great thing and something we are going to focus on in the future,” she added.

Joe Danchuk is completing his first term as Montrose mayor, and continues to appreciate the position he holds on village council.

“It’s early to say but I’ve really enjoyed being part of the advances the village has made such as our new water system with chlorination,” he said.

“We are trying to move the village ahead and infrastructure upgrades will continue to be a priority for us in the next few years.”

Looking further east to Salmo, a year of village controversies has Ann Henderson, three-term mayor, uncertain if she will seek re-election.

“This has been a busy year,” said Henderson, who ran unopposed in 2011.

“With everything that has happened, I am not sure if I will run again.”

FROM PAGE 1 The Getting to Home pilot project offered funding to pay off any outstanding bills these individuals were carrying, but also helped pay for up to $200 of start-up groceries. The project employed support workers who helped secure housing by working with landlords to ensure their needs were met.

A simplified project still exists now but relies on funding from the community. The reduction in finances to support individuals means moving away from two half-time support workers sharing 40 hours a week to an individual clocking four to six hours per week.

“With the initial contract, the Getting to Home funding, we kind of figured we’d support up to 28 people within the timeline that we had,” she said.

“But we ended up with (nearly) 80 so I mean the numbers were a lot higher than we anticipated.”

The CDS never shied away from helping clients, even if it meant Adcock doing extra work off the side of her desk.

F i f t y - y e a r- o l d Wayne Kamemtzky moved back to Trail from Vernon at the end of April. Adcock managed to line up an apartment for him, where he could keep his cat, too.

“I pay a little bit more rent because it’s better that way so you don’t get caught in the crack houses ... nobody wants to live there,” he said Thursday.

The former drug user left his life in Trail when he was diagnosed with cancer and had to move closer to a larger centre to access health care. He has now fought the disease and is sober.

Upon return, CDS not only filled his cup-

boards with food but offered him his old job back as office cleaner for $100 a month. The extra cash tops up his disability cheque and as a result his life is worry free.

“Put it this way, Sheila does a lot more work here than mental health does,” he said.

“That’s pretty sad, if you think about it.

“I wish somehow we could have a surprise party for a thank you to Sheila.”

Work around homelessness has been a real eye-opener for Adcock.

When she sat down with those who had no place to go, she learned that it was often just a little financial assistance or administrative help that got them out of a rut and into a home.

“We have people that would come in and say, ‘You know, I’m homeless again. I’ve rented six places in the past year,’” she explained.

“It wasn’t due to their own behaviours but their inability to manage their own life — get the rent paid and pay utilities.”

She found that with a little assistance, the obstacles were removed and these once-struggling individuals were settling nicely into a permanent home.

“It (the pilot project) was a wake up call for what does the face of homelessness in Trail look like ...”

Sheila Adcock

CDS works with owners of rental properties both to improve the availability of safe housing and to assist landlords concerned about renting to vulnerable tenants.

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with nothing because there is nowhere to store their belongings in the meantime.

“It (the pilot project) was a wake up call for what does the face of homelessness in Trail look like and what do those individuals have to deal with,” she said.

Though support is growing in the community from an emergency shelter to the Getting to Home initiative, Adcock said there is still room for a change in attitude.

“I actually had one guy say to me, ‘Don’t build such a good program because those people will just move here,’ but these people are already here and they’re your cousin, your mother, your sister,” she said. “It’s not those people, we’re trying to say that they are people.

“This is our community and we need to support them.”

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has had to roll up its sleeves and clean spaces that were left unkept by their clients (due to unforeseen circumstances). But the work is well worth it, said Adcock, if it means keeping a good relationship with local landlords now willing to offer housing to those struggling so long as the organization acts as a facilitator.

In Trail, the homeless are not the ones sleeping in gutters or doorways. Their stories are not as apparent as what you’ll find in East Vancouver, said Adcock.

They’re the people who’ve been evicted and are couch surfing and in the meantime find themselves in vulnerable and dangerous situations. They’re the ones with nowhere to go when their landlord gives them the boot because they can’t pay their bills, the ones that leave their home

there are still people like Adcock looking for funding opportunities to expand on these services in Trail. Her hope is that one day the city will have a large facility to house not only the shelter but its support workers, a service centre that would provide all outreach information available in Trail in a community setting that would offer a welcoming hub and place to call home.

The La Nina Extreme Weather Emergency Shelter is open in United Church on Pine Avenue until the end of March during the hours of 9 p.m. until 8 a.m.

But now that BC Housing has granted the Trail shelter half its previously ($50,000 last year) secured funding, the two employees that man the warm quarters will lock it up if no one shows up by 1 a.m.

The West Kootenay Brain Injury Association clubhouse offers up a warm shower to shelter users and Kate’s Kitchen provides a free meal at its facility in the Gulch as well as soup on site for those hungry latenight arrivers.

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Ministry ignored recommendations on improving seniors’ care: report THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER British Columbia’s Health Ministry has ignored most of the recommendations in a report on seniors’ care in the province, says a think tank calling for government action for an aging population.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said Thursday the govern-

ment has failed to act on 140 of the 176 recommendations made by ombudswoman Kim Carter in her February 2012 report, the most comprehensive one her office has ever produced.

Carter investigated home support, assisted living and residential care services in B.C. after public complaints to her office, prompt-

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“The Ministry of Health has not fulfilled its responsibility to set appropriate standards of care and service levels to ensure seniors’s needs are met no matter where they live in the province.”

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ing an investigation in 2008 and the release of the first part of her report the following year.

Most of the recommendations in the report that came out a year and a half ago call on the Health Ministry to take a leadership role in providing direction to health authorities and work with them to ensure consistent standards for seniors’ care.

However, Marcy Cohen of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, said in her followup report that the ministry’s lack of leadership is appalling, especially when it comes to inadequate public reporting on service levels.

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“The Ministry of Health has not fulfilled its responsibility to set appropriate standards of care and service levels to ensure seniors’ needs are met no matter where they live in the province,” she said in a statement.

Cohen said an important bright spot is the creation of a new seniors’ advocate position, although that person would face a system plagued by gaps.

The ministry does not yet know when the advocate will be hired, however. Among her recommendations, Carter called on the government to track key home and community care data and report it publicly in an annual home and community care report.

She also said seniors should be protected through consistent reporting of abuse and neglect and that people who complain about services in good faith should get protection from any adverse consequences.

During her investigation, Carter found the Health Ministry had failed to ensure that seniors and their families had access to adequate assistance and support to navigate the complex home and community care system.

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She also said the government had not analyzed whether the home support program was meeting its goal of assisting seniors to live in their own homes for as long as possible.

“It is ineffective and inadequate for the Ministry of Health to rely on responding to complaints and serious incident reports as its main form of oversight for assisted living,” she said.

Carter said the Health Ministry’s decision to maintain two separate legislative frameworks for residential care have resulted in unfair differences in the care and services seniors receive and the fees they pay.

On Thursday, the Health Ministry responded to a request for information on proposed improvements to seniors’ care by providing an April 2013 letter that deputy minister Graham Whitmarsh sent to the Office of the Ombudsperson. That was after the office asked for an update on the government’s plan for seniors’ care.

In the letter, Whitmarsh said the government is aiming to make several improvements, including providing ways for complaints to be heard and dealt with in a timely way and for seniors and their families to get information on how to access services.

However, the Health Ministry was not able to provide any timelines on Thursday for when any of its proposed improvements would be implemented.

Kelowna

City’s $14 million renovations fail to allow for Christmas light fastening

THE CANADIAN PRESS KELOWNA, B.C. - It’s not beginning to look a lot like Christmas on one main street through Kelowna, but merchants and the Downtown Kelowna Association insist a lack of lights and seasonal decorations won’t dim this year’s celebrations.

A $14-million renovation project is underway along Bernard Avenue but city officials have now determined that none of Kelowna’s estimated 45,000 Christmas lights and decorations can be fastened to the new lamp posts.

City officials hadn’t planned to decorate this year because of the construction, but with the latest phase of the work completed one month early and traffic flowing again on the busy street, the decorating dilemma was identified.

In addition, no money was included in this year’s city budget to pay for new Christmas lights and decorations, but the Downtown Kelowna Association isn’t letting the tinsel tension distract from its plans for a festive season.

Instead, it’s hoping shopkeepers and landlords will do more to decorate their premises this year.

Lights are already being strung along other city streets through Kelowna’s downtown core and the association says a lack of glitter on Bernard Avenue won’t impede the annual Christmas light-up celebration set for Dec. 7, complete with the lighting of Kelowna’s Christmas tree in nearby Kerry Park.

Mission

City gears up for Games

The Mission City Record A torch lighting Saturday will mark 100 days until the start of the B.C. Winter Games, which are coming to Mission from Feb. 20-23.

“It’s going to be a hoot - a real community event to showcase some of our local talent,” said Bronwen Sutherland, Games chair of entertainment, in a release.

The “festival-style” event will commence with entertainment and free food at noon on Saturday at the Leisure Centre, before heading indoors to the north arena for the official torch-lighting.

Participants from across the province will compete in 18 sports. Events will be mainly in Mission, but also in Hemlock, Whistler, the Township of Langley, and Abbotsford.

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Plane lands on highway THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. ANDREWS, Man. - A single-pilot aircraft with engine trouble has landed safely on Donald Road in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews.

Selkirk RCMP were on the scene Wednesday afternoon but said there were no injuries.

The pilot, a 50-year-old man who was the plane’s only occupant, was able to land the Cessna 182 without incident about just over a kilometre east of Highway 8.

The Transportation Safety Board was notified by e-mail of the incident.

Spokesman Peter Hildebrand said they’re thankful when such a situation ends up with a good outcome.

He said sometimes pilots have to make such decisions.

“Is the aircraft able to make it to the nearest airport or is it better to land on a road?” said Hildebrand. “If the road is empty of traffic, sometimes it is the best option rather than try to stretch it to an airport and then come up short.”

Hildebrand said his office will follow up on Thursday with the aircraft’s owner and maintenance organization for details of the problem.

No further investigation would be necessary since there was no collision or accident involved in the landing.

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Elk perish in icy water

THE CANADIAN PRESS BANFF, Alta. - Despite valiant rescue efforts, nine elk have died after falling through some ice in Banff National Park.

The animals were trying to cross the Bow River on the weekend when seven fell into the frigid water.

Parks Canada wildlife officers tried to save them, but it was too slippery and the elk were too tired from their ordeal.

Some of the officers went into the icy water, but it was no use.

One calf that made it onto shore later died of exposure. Two other dead elk were found frozen into the ice on Vermilion Lakes, west of town.

Parks Canada doesn’t know why so many animals tried to cross the ice-covered river.

“The elk didn’t have enough strength to stand up on the ice, so myself and another individual were reaching down into the water right up to our armpits and trying to grab a leg,” said Blair Fyten, a Parks Canada conservation specialist.

The carcasses were hauled to a remote area so they won’t attract predators to the Banff town site.

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Top court hears final plea on Senate reform THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Don’t make it impossible to change Canada’s scandal-plagued Senate.

That was the underlying message to Supreme Court justices Thursday as they wrapped up a historic hearing that will decide how - or if - the muchmaligned upper house can be reformed or abolished.

In the final word at the three-day hearing, the federal government urged the justices to accept its argument that modest reforms - to allow for nonbinding elections and term limits for senators - can be implemented easily by Ottawa alone, without any input from the provinces.

“This is not a narrow-minded, literal approach (to the Constitution), as has been repeatedly said (by provinces)

in these proceedings,” federal counsel Robert Frater insisted.

“It is a comprehensive approach that should permit meaningful action on reform to the Senate instead of another 135 more years of talk.”

His argument got partial support earlier Thursday from one of two lawyers appointed by the court to provide independent advice on the matter.

John Hunter said the federal government alone should be able to create a process to allow consultative elections for senators, provided that the results are not binding and the prime minister remains free to appoint whomever he or she chooses.

He argued that this would simply amount to another form of consultation for the prime minister, who can already consult whomever he or she pleases

about Senate appointments.

“The reality is that those who would oppose this would really say the prime minister can get sources of guidance from any source he or she wishes. He can talk to his friends, political party activists, he can read petitions, he can use a ouija board,” Hunter said.

The other lawyer appointed by the court, Daniel Jutras, disagreed. He joined the vast majority of provinces in arguing that creation of a Senate election process would require a constitutional amendment supported by at least seven provinces with 50 per cent of the population.

The top court could take six months to a year to mull over the arguments made by the federal government, all 10 provinces, two territories and several other interveners.

Police bust child porn ring based in Toronto THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - At least 386 children have been rescued from sexual exploitation and hundreds of suspects arrested in a sweeping child pornography investigation that began with a Toronto man, police revealed Thursday.

“It’s a first for the magnitude of the victims saved,” said Insp Joanna BeavenDesjardins, of the force’s Sex Crimes Unit. “The amount of arrests internationally, also a first.”

At least 348 people were arrested around the world as part of Project Spade, including 50 in Ontario and 58 from other parts of Canada.

School teachers,

doctors, nurses, pastors and foster parents are among those facing charges in the wideranging operation that can be traced back to a business operating out of Toronto’s west end, police said.

“Its success has been extraordinary,” Beaven-Desjardins said of the investigation which spanned more than 50 countries.

“When we work together regardless of the borders that divide us, we can successfully track down those who not only prey on our most vulnerable but also those who profit from it.”

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The probe revealed a far-reaching web of child pornography which involved some of the most shocking abuse investigators had seen.

Police allege Brian Way, 42, had been running an “exploitation movie, production and distribution company” called Azov Films since 2005, and had made more than $4 million from the business.

Through his company, the man would allegedly contract

people to create child porn videos involving kids, largely boys, between the ages of five and 12. Many of those videos were allegedly shot in Ukraine and Romania in apartments, dingy saunas and backyards.

Police allege the videos were then distributed from Toronto - through the mail and the Internet - to customers around the world. Toronto authorities moved in to arrest Way in May 2011 and then, along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, spent months

re-creating a customer database.

That information was shared with the RCMP and Interpol, which led to arrests of customers around the world and to the apprehension of those who allegedly created the videos.

Police say the sheer amount of images and videos seized in their investigation - 45 terabytes worth - was staggering.

“This is equivalent to a stack of paper as tall as 1,500 CN Towers,” said BeavenDesjardins.

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Are you tired of the technological rat race?

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t was the great Victor Hugo who once wrote, “One resists the invasion of armies; one does not the resist the invasion of ideas,” a phrase commonly mistranslated into English as “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”

I’ve often found this expression somewhat problematic since it is essentially like saying “there’s no one more likely to win a race than the guy who was going to win it,” but leaving that particular peeve aside for the moment, I would like to take this opportunity to bring you, Dear Reader, a “so old its new again” revolutionary idea whose time has truly come.

Let me first start with the typical preamble of rhetorical questions.

Have you ever been driving your car, conversing with your friend in the passenger seat, when suddenly you realize that he is not responding to what

you’re saying but rather, is engaged in a conversation with someone else on his cell phone? Aren’t you sick to death of the blizzard of narcissism that is modern social media?

Does it make zero sense to you that people want to showcase public pictures of what kind of Thai food they’re eating on instagram?

Have you learned anything from Twitter other than the fact that celebrities spend inordinate amounts of time in airports?

Don’t you miss the days when people called this thing # “the pound key” or “the number sign” instead of a “hash-tag?” Do you want to brain someone every time you hear the word blogosphere? If you answered yes to any of these questions, I may have a new lifestyle for you.

It’s called 1993 Amish, a spiritual discipline that’s sure to catch on like wildfire. In case it isn’t

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HARRISON Troy Media

immediately evident from the name, the tenets of this faith are quite simple: adherents may not use any form of technology created more recently than 20 years ago.

Forget about DVD’s and Blu-ray disks with their easily scratched surfaces, you’ll be enjoying hours of fun fast-forwarding and rewinding between your favourite scenes in your VHS copy of Last Action Hero.

Tired of the tedium of dealing with Apple’s socalled geniuses every time your iPod goes wonky? No

problem if you go back to a classic walk-man. Not much can happen to a cassette that a well-placed piece of scotch tape can’t fix. While 21st century heathens are bemoaning their inability to hear the complete Katy Perry collection they illegally downloaded from the Internet, you’ll be rocking out to the cassette copy of GNR’s, “Use Your Illusions II” that you recorded off the radio like a damned honest human being.

Sure, your cell phone will be so big you’ll probably have to carry it around in its own a briefcase but at least there will be no chance you’ll accidently photograph and text nude photos of yourself to your boss.

By now you might be wondering if you have the will power to destroy every movie you own that was produced after 1993.

This might seem difficult at first but remember the first three Indiana Jones films were made before

the 90s; Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was made in 2008. And, if you raise your children in the faith, they’ll get to enjoy the original Star Wars Trilogy without ever having to know about Jar-Jar, podracing or Greedo Shooting First.

So what are you waiting for? Throw some oranges in the Juicer, slip on some Hammer-Pants and baptize yourself with a bottle of Clear Pepsi Cola.

It’s time to return to a simpler age when Justin Bieber was still just an unholy twinkle in his father’s eye and nut-jobs were forced to disseminate their opinions by handing out pamphlets on the street corners rather that blasting them out into the Internet - it’s time to become 1993 Amish!

Born in England but raised in Canada, Ross Harrison is a Torontobased professional writer with an interest in history, pop-culture and politics.

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FortisBC responds to comments With FortisBC’s labour dispute continuing despite our efforts toward a resolution, we believe it is important to provide your readers with information regarding recent comments in the Trail Times from Scott Ross, (Who is greedy in FortisBC lockout? Trail Times, Nov. 12) a FortisBC employee represented by IBEW 213.

Recently the union membership voted down a second tentative agreement. The deal was signed and recommended to the membership for ratification by the bargaining committee and by Rod Russell.

We are disappointed with the choice to continue job action and had wanted to see our employees return to work.

Clearly the membership and the bargaining committee have different perspectives that will need to be worked through.

These employees make a good wage. On average, compensation including benefits is $127,000 per year. This most recent tentative agreement saw a further increase to wages; no changes to benefits and the removal of a productiv-

ity enhancement from a prior settlement recommendation from a union selected mediator regarding travelling to and from job sites.

Prior to our two most recent negotiations, FortisBC and the union agreed to an agenda that included a four-day work week and staffing of our system control centre. Both items would reduce costs and enhance productivity for customers while seeing additional wage premiums and value for employees.

Since 2001, some employees represented by IBEW 213 have been working a four-day work week which requires agreement between the company and the employees. In bargaining both parties agreed to a change that would be part of a new collective agreement and would be in accordance with BC Labour Law. Now, employees who are requested by FortisBC to work this shift would receive a premium of an additional five per cent for all hours worked on the schedule, and an annual shift schedule will be posted giving families time to plan ahead.

Employees in FortisBC’s

System Control Centre have traditionally been designated as essential by the Labour Relations Board and have been required to work during a labour disruption. This norm was challenged by the IBEW both in essential services negotiation and in their threat to walk out of the control room leaving it without personnel. In recent negotiations, FortisBC and the union agreed on a solution that would designate these roles as essential to avoid offsetting wage increases with future training costs for management employees to fulfill this task. The avoidance of these costs directly benefits IBEW employees and FortisBC’s customers.

Throughout these negotiations we have tried to reach an agreement that meets the needs of our employees and customers. We have bargained in good faith. And we remain committed to reaching a new collective agreement.

Joyce Wagenaar Director, FortisBC communications Kelowna

Ignoring the early warnings

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We’ve been telling the destructive as all but the very rest of the world we don’t worst storms that you would want what’s happening see in a world that was, say, 2 C to us to happen to every- warmer. The difference is that one else,” said in a warmer world, Lucille L. Sering, you will see a lot the vice chair of more of these extreme the Philippines’ events.

C l i m a t e But consider this.

Commission,, The Philippines is the as the country most-exposed large struggled to cope country in the world GWYNNE with the afterto tropical cyclones. math of Typhoon Their tracks most Haiyan. “This is often take them across World Affairs your early warnnorthern Luzon or the ing system...we will all eventu- eastern Visayas, and about six ally be victims of this phenom- to nine of them make landfall enon.” each year. They do a lot of damA full week after the typhoon age, but by and large Filipinos roared through the eastern have learned to ride them out.

Visayas, the number of people However, you cannot just ride killed is still unknown. Ten out something as big as Haiyan. thousand dead is the number What did most of the killbeing used in the media, but the ing in Samar and Leyte last area around Tacloban city alone week was not the high winds may have lost that many. Many (although they stripped off other parts of Samar and Leyte almost every roof in the affected islands are still inaccessible to areas). It was the “storm surge” both media and aid workers. that submerged coastal regions But the question that people to the height of a two-story will be asking elsewhere is: will building. we really all become victims of Shelters are not much good this and similar phenomena? against that sort of thing unless Is this truly an early warning of (as in Bangladesh) you start storms so big and strong that building them on elevated platthey will change the way we forms. Even then, you may live? The answer, of course, is decide that you want to move maybe. elsewhere if your city is going As scientists always hasten to be inundated and destroyed to explain, you can never attrib- every ten years or so. The east ute a particular weather event coast of Luzon is very sparsely to climate change with com- populated for precisely this reaplete confidence. Normal varia- son, and this may be the future tions in the weather include that awaits the eastern Visayas occasional extreme events as as well if storms of this scale

DYER

become more frequent.

The very worst typhoon that hit the Philippines since detailed records began in the 19th century was Thelma, which killed about 5,100 people in 1991. But of the next worst nine, all of which killed over a thousand people, six have happened in the past decade: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2013.

So Haiyan may really be an early warning of what is to come, not just for the Philippines but for China and Japan, Burma and Bangladesh, the Windward Islands and Florida – indeed, for any coastal area that is within a 1,000 km of the usual tracks of tropical storms. And at some point, people will decide that it’s just not worth living in such constant danger. They will become, for want of a better word, “climate refugees”.

In some areas, it will be frequent mega-storms that drive them out. In other areas it will be drought and desertification, or heat so great that it kills the crops that people depend on.

There are going to be a lot of refugees, and not many places that are willing to let them in.

Lucille Sering is right: this is an early warning of how the warming will unfold, and what the impacts on human societies will be. But we are getting lots of early warnings, and so far we are managing to ignore them all.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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OBITUARIES JORGENSEN, MARILYN JUNE — passed away suddenly at the Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, AB on Thursday, October 31, 2013 at the age of 76. She lived the majority of her life a resident of Warfield, BC; the past few years she lived in Calgary. Born June 25, 1937 in Trail, British Columbia.

Marilyn is survived by daughter Donna, son Larry (Debbie), granddaughter Staci (Garth) Johnson; brother Donald Lawley, niece Cheryl, nephew Greg and their families; and numerous cousins.

Marilyn was predeceased by her parents, Bill and Helen Lawley and sister-in-law (Shirley).

Marilyn was a member of the Trail United Church Woman’s League and she volunteered at the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen. She loved needlepoint, travelling, antique shopping, attending any theatre production, and her dogs. Marilyn was a loving and devoted mother/grandmother, a true friend with an amazing sense of humour, a kind soul, and will always be remembered by those of us who knew her and loved her.

There will no funeral or memorial as per Marilyn’s request.

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his son Kevin and parents David and Gertrude Purdy.

There was a memorial for family and close friends in Cranbrook, B.C. on November 8, 2013. Internment will take place at a later date in Fruitvale, B.C. Condolences may be left for the family at www.markmemorial.com *** MURRAY, ROY IAN — With sad hearts, the family of Roy Ian Murray, of Trail, wishes to announce his passing at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 after a long battle with diabetes and kidney disease.

Roy was born in Penticton, BC. on August 27, 1937. He was raised in Creston, and moved to Trail in the early 60s. Roy worked at various jobs in Trail, found employment with the City of Trail Works Yard for 3 years, and eventually moved over to the Trail Fire Dept. in 1967, which ultimately became the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Fire Department. He worked there for 26 years, before retiring in May, 1993.

He is predeceased by his parents Marion & Harry and his brother George. Left to mourn after 50 wonderful years of marriage is his loving wife Edith. He also leaves behind sons Allen (Teresa), Ron, Kevin, and grandchildren Ryan, Kayla, Carson & Brooke.

Roy loved the outdoors and did a lot of hunting, fishing & camping with his friends Roger Heasman, Jack Wallington & co-workers from the Fire Department. For 32 years, Roy along with his family enjoyed spending the summers at Skands Campground at Christina Lake. He enjoyed cheering on the Trail Smokeaters Hockey team, win or lose. He was a faithful 649 ticket player, always looking to win the big one.

At Roy’s request, there will be no funeral service. A social gathering will take place at the Trail Legion Hall on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in Roy’s name may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation (Renal Unit) at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online at www. kbrhhealthfoundation.ca You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

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Penticton councillor makes bid for Tory nomination in new riding

BY ART HARRISON Times Staff

It’s a little under two years away but one Penticton city councillor has already thrown her hat into the ring for the upcoming 2015 federal election in the new riding of Okanagan South-Kootenay West.

Helena Konanz, who has been involved with municipal politics in the Okanagan since being elected in 2011, announced Wednesday that she will be seeking the nomination to represent the Conservative Party in the next election cycle.

Although the Conservative Party only held its founding meeting for the new riding less than a month ago, Konanz said that it was prudent to get her campaign rolling as soon as possible.

“The time and place for the nomination meeting hasn’t been decided yet,” said Konanz.“But things are going quickly. I expect that the nominations could be held as soon as January and then it’ll be two years of getting to know the people and the issues in this vast riding.”

After graduating from UCLA with a political science degree, Konanz toured as a professional tennis player. After retiring from professional sports, Konanz worked in retail management in the U.S. until moving to the Okanagan 20 years ago with her husband and entering the small business sector.

Admittedly, not very familiar with the West Kootenay, Konanz believes her people skills and energy will allow her to successfully represent the widely varying economic areas and communities of the Southern Interior of B.C.

“I think it will take someone with a diverse background to represent the people of this riding,” she said. “We have to find the ties that bridge the entire area and I think economic development, something that I focussed on as a municipal representative, is something we all have in common throughout the area. I’ve also been working on skills and trades training, which I also think is something we have in common.”

The new riding of South OkanaganKootenay West encompasses the entire Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, as well as Castlegar, New Denver, Silverton, Slocan, and Nakusp and stretches into parts of the Regional District of OkanaganSimilkameen including Penticton, Oliver, and Osoyoos.

The Southern Interior has been re-districted numerous times in the past, at times being branded Kootenay West-Revelstoke, Kooetnay-Boundary-Okanagan, and British Columbia Southern Interior.

The region has been an NDP stronghold for much of its history, other than the period from 1993 to 2006 when Jim Gouk held the MP’s seat for the Reform Party, the Canadian Reform Alliance Party, and then the Conservatives, but Konanz says she can swing the new riding to the political right again in the next election.

“It’s going to take somebody with a lot of energy and the time to spend with people,” Konanz said. “I’m going to have to listen to all the things people in this area are concerned about and look for the similarities. I’ll be out there to get feedback from the people.”

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Selkirk students hold craft day with seniors

By Steven Hall

Special to the Times

A group of five Selkirk College students held a special event at the Poplar Ridge facility last week.

Loni Ethier, Dez Franco, Steven Hall, Seema Nath, and Toni Hall of Selkirk’s Social Service Worker program, with the aid of staff, were at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital facility on Nov. 7 to help residents create Christmas decorations to be used during the holiday season.

The students also provide some baked treats to create a truly enjoyable time for everyone involved.

The students called on local residents to donate supplies for the event and had a great response from the communities in the West Kootenay.

Mainly all the supplies used were collected by donation.

During the event a local resident, Bert Kniss and his harmonica student Tyler Dalton, came to the facility and played harmonica.

Some residents who were unable to join the craft making were able to sit and enjoy a mix of oldies and classic Christmas songs along with those who were creating their decorations.

The Selkirk Students would also like to stress the importance of getting out in the community to help those in need. There is a large population in our communities that can use the support from those who are able to get out

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Residents at Poplar Ridge were treated to a Christmas craft day

by Selkirk College students. Left; Toni Hall helping a resident.

Bottom photo; Bert Kniss and Tyler Dalton playing harmonica with Morgan Dalton singing.

there and help show our community that we care.

A good opportunity in Trail is the West Kootenay Boundary

Regional Crisis Line.

The line has a long standing in the community through Trail FAIR Society and is looking for new volunteers. If anyone is interested the can email crisisline@trailfair.ca or call their office at 250.364.0274 for the application.

This is a great opportunity for those wishing to be involved with the local community and help support those in their time of need The students couldn’t have made the event possible without the help of residents and staff of Poplar Ridge, Margot Wright, the Recreation Coordinator for Poplar

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Ridge, and Bert Kniss for volunteering his time to play music for the residents.

Without their support and guidance during the event it would not have been such a huge success.

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Since the Village boasts many leisure opportunities, residents don’t have to worry about braving the harsh winter weather in search of relaxation and fun. Just outside of their front door they will find many amenities such as a games room, library, and spa, as well as many lounge areas which are certain to be filled with friendly

faces and familiar smiles. There are also special recreational and social activities such as live entertainment, exercise programs and excursions to local attractions, which are all covered in the affordable monthly rent. Also included in the rent are the delicious meals which are prepared by the onsite chef in the warm central dining room where residents can enjoy meal next to a cozy fireplace where friends and family are always welcome to join.

Mountain Side Village also understands just how much pets are a part of the family. Residents are encouraged to share their apartments with their companions in the totally pet friendly building.

With all of these wonderful features the Village relieves worries not only for residents but also for family members. “I had the best winter last year because I live three hours away and didn’t have to worry about my mom being alone.” said Linda Frew, whose mother is a resident at the Golden Life location in Kimberley.

“I have total peace of mind knowing there is staff on site 24 hours a day, that she has company for dinner every night, and she is being well cared for.

But most of all I have peace of mind knowing she is very happy.”

No longer should seniors have to worry about shoveling the walkway or what they’ll do should a maintenance emergency befall them. Cold weather is no reason that seniors shouldn’t be free to enjoy the many activities, freedoms, and quality of life.

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Established in 1902, Cadillac is one of the oldest luxury brands, and continues to be General Motor’s flagship in terms of refinement and technology.

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The CTS model is a lighter car, made of high tensile steel. It is stiffer, safer, handles better, and above all, is more efficient.

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Cadillac in the rear-view mirror of the European premium brands 2014 Cadillac CTS One auto trend that shows little sign of waning is the move towards more luxury or premium cars by manufacturers and consumers alike.

As baby boomers age, they have earned the nicer things in life, and the offspring of baby boomers are getting used to the finer things in life, so more automakers are moving upscale.

The Europeans do luxury and performance better than most and the Japanese luxury brands have been putting in their time to becoming a real force.

But long before the Japanese, there have always been the American luxury brands, with many firsts in features and technology. Established in 1902, Cadillac is one of the oldest, along with Mercedes-Benz, and continues to be General Motor’s flagship in terms of refinement and technology.

Looks The smaller Cadillac ATS was released a year ago and went on to win the North American Car of the Year award. General Motors has taken that platform and elongated it to produce the lightest mid-sized car in its class. It’s a full 173kg lighter than the benchmark BMW 5-Series it competes against, and 34kg lighter than the outgoing car. A lighter car, made of

Drive With a lighter car high tensile steel, is stiffer, comes a better performsafer, handles better ing car, but the heart of and above all is more any luxury performance efficient. What Cadillac car is a solid engine. On didn’t change was the this front, Cadillac offers edgy design language three options and all they have become known three have more power for. The LED accent lights The longer and than the closest comare especially attractive lower stance of the CTS petitors. The first is the at night and run vertical makes it look athletic, same 2.0L turbocharged compared to most cars’ engine used by the ATS. horizontal approach. The yet elegant.

With 272hp it is well longer and lower stance Zack Spencer above the 240hp offered of the CTS makes it look in the BMW 528i. The athletic, yet elegant. The carryover engine is the direct injection one weak area is the back. It lacks the 3.6L V6 with 321hp, again more than same visual punch as the impressive the 300hp in the 535i. The top of range front grille and headlamps. motor, for now, is the Vsport model Inside The new CTS is lighter than with a twin turbocharged version of the BMW but it is a bit smaller inside. the 3.6L engine, putting out 420hp. You It’s not as wide and the back seat is a guessed it, more power than the 400hp bit shorter. Front seat passengers are found in the V8 550i. The Vsport is only treated to plenty of room and a view sold as a rear wheel drive car (RWD) onto the dash is impressive. The centre where all the others are available with console has a touch-screen system all wheel drive (AWD). The catch is that called CUE, which has rich colours and AWD models come with an 8-speed striking graphics. The heat, volume and automatic transmission, but the AWD a few other controls are all touch-senversions are fitted with a 6-speed unit. sitive, meaning they have no dials The steering offers good feedback or switches. The problem is it shows to the driver and the suspension is fingerprints and dust against the shiny smooth, yet lively, and has a nearly black plastic. perfect 50/50 weight distribution.

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Truck tires tread lightly in the snow

By Ian Harwood

The temperature is starting to drop, the leaves are clogging up the streets and snow is beginning to fall in parts in parts of B.C. Driving in the winter season brings challenges no matter which part of the province you call home. My remarks are aimed chiefly at truck owners but the message is common for all: driver and vehicles must be equally prepared.

In winter, braking and stopping vehicles of all kinds is perhaps where

most of us get into trouble. The tires play a critical role in stopping the vehicle, and so they need even more care and attention than in the other seasons.

Most SUVs have a passenger car tire classification with M+S stamped on the sidewall, for Mud and Snow and are considered all- season tires. If it is not, your vehicle must be fitted with tires suitable for any type of climate, even the most severe ones.

In winter the pressure of the tire must also be controlled more fre-

quently. This is because a reduction of the outside temperature causes a contraction of the air inside the tire, accelerating the normal and gradual pressure loss process by a value around 1-2 PSI for each 5° C decrease in temperature.

Contrary to popular opinion, a lower inflation pressure than normal does not improve tire traction on snow.

It makes them much more prone to damage. Always remember that in any season and with any temperature, insufficient pressure is always the main cause of tire damage.

Use brakes carefully. Brake early.

Brake correctly.

Verdict The price of the CTS ranges from about $51,000 for the base model to $66,000 for the top premium trim level. The Vsport, high performance model is priced at almost $75,000. The Cadillac CTS is not an inexpensive car, but it offers many features like standard heated and vented leather seats, Bose stereo and push button start even on the base model. Compared to some of the other mid-sized luxury sedans it is less expensive, plus it is a worthy car for any driving enthusiast.

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It takes more time and distance to stop in icy conditions. Watch for slippery bridge decks, even when the rest of the pavement is in good condition.

Bridge decks will ice up sooner than the pavement.

Do not use the cruise control in winter conditions. Even roads that appear clear can have sudden slippery spots and the short touch of your brakes to deactivate the cruise control feature can cause you to lose control of your vehicle.

Don’t get overconfident in your 4x4 vehicle. Remember that your fourwheel drive vehicle may help you get going quicker than other vehicles but

it won’t help you stop any faster. Besides, many 4x4 vehicles are heavier than passenger vehicles and actually may take longer to stop. And don’t bank on your 4x4’s traction. Your 4x4 can lose traction as quickly as a twowheel drive vehicle.

If your vehicle is equipped with antilock brakes, do not pump them in attempting to stop. The right way is to steer into the skid while applying the brake pedal evenly.

Look farther ahead in traffic than you normally do. Actions by cars and trucks will alert you quicker to problems and give you a split second extra time to react safely.

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The sound-blasting creations feature music-themed builds including a DJ Booth Soul, an “Amped” Soul, the museum-like Music Memorabilia Soul, a Soul inspired by The Voice, which Kia has sponsored for four seasons, and a Soul highlighting the brand’s partnership with the Vans Warped Tour.

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‘Tis the season

Couple learns not all bears in hibernation yet

By Tamara Hynd Fernie Free Press

A husband and wife were sitting in their living room of their home on Vanlerberg Road

south east of Fernie.

They were watching television on Monday evening about 6 pm when they heard a big bang that sounded like

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a bomb went off in the lower level of their house. The couple then observed a black bear coming up the stairs from the lower level of their home.

The husband told his wife to grab their two dogs and lock herself in the bedroom.

When the bear saw the people, it ran back down the stairs to the lower level.

The husband realized his firearm was in the basement where the bear was. He left the house to find a neighbour to help and the Conservation Officer Service was called.

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bear had left the house through the same 3 by 4 foot broken window it had entered.

Upon investigation, the prints in the snow showed that a dog was chasing the bear when it smashed through the window.

“The bear was in full flight when it hit the double pane glass window. There was jagged glass every where throughout the room,” said Caravetta.

“A human would have suffered cuts going through that same window.”

No blood was found in the snow and the bear had left the area.

“We don’t see this bear as a pub-

lic safety threat as it was not aggressive,” said Caravetta. “It was obvious the bear was being chased by a dog.

In 25 years, I have never seen a bear run full flight through a window.”

The bear’s tracks also indicated it was a young bear.

“Most black bears are hibernated.

However, there are always exceptions. Due to poor fat reserves, some bears are still looking for additional food sources.”

COS asks people to continue to take care with pet food, garbage and fruit trees as not every bear is hibernated yet.

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By Jim Sinclair Castlegar News

A local resident has had a financial penalty imposed as a result of shooting a bear with a bow and arrow.

The shot, which did

not kill the animal, was aimed at a foraging animal on the evening of Monday, November 4. The Conservation Officer service subsequently destroyed the bear.

“It’s certainly not an action we condone,” Conservation Officer Ben Beetlestone told the Castlegar News.

Although he was not present at the time the arrow was let go, it was

decided an infraction citation was called for.

“It’s hard to speak to what someone’s perception is of a situation,” he explained. “I don’t feel that it was a life or death situation.”

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Kate Bilenki, daughter of Dick and Natasha Bilenki of Fruitvale, married Alexi Manolis, son of Dino and Florence Manolis of White Rock, on Aug. 3, 2013 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Vancouver. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii and reside in Vancouver.

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Brittani Harding and Ross Simnor were married June 22, 2013 in a lovely outdoor ceremony at Port Cunnington Resort in Ontario. Brittani is the daughter of Mary-Lou and Brad Harding of Fruitvale and Ross is the son of Becky and Bob Simnor of Campbell River B.C. The couple live and work in Toronto, Ont.

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Natalie Harding and Michael Haynes were married Sept. 7, 2013 in a beautiful outdoor ceremony at the Haynes family property in Patterson, B.C. Natalie is the daughter of Mary-Lou and Brad Harding of Fruitvale and Michael is the son of Carol and Chris Haynes of Patterson. The couple reside in Warfield and work in Trail.

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Smoke Eaters look to make most of home games Face off against Clippers, Silverbacks this weekend

By Jim Bailey

Times Sports Editor

The Trail Smoke Eaters get a reprieve from the road for the next two weeks and will try to gain some ground in the standings as they host Interior division rivals in three of their next four matches at home.

The Smoke Eaters play the Nanaimo Clippers tonight, and battle the Salmon Arm SilverBacks in three of its next five games, in addition to a hosting the Vernon Vipers next Friday, in what must be considered crucial matches if the Smokies are to claw their way back into playoff contention.

Tonight, the return matchup spells the final game between the Clippers and Smokies on the season.

Nanaimo is coming off a 3-2 victory over Penticton Vees Saturday, and will look to duplicate a 5-0 shutout of the Smokies in Nanaimo on Oct. 27.

Jayson Argue earned the shutout over Trail with a 29-save performance and has carried much of the load for the Clips, with a 2.69 goals-against average and a sparkling .920 save percentage in 19 starts.

Rookie Sheldon Rempal is the hottest Clipper as he leads the team in scoring with eight goals and 15 assists in 23 games, including nine points in his last five matches.

Nanaimo holds down third spot in a tight Island division with a 12-9-0-1 record, trailing Victoria by one point and six back of the league-leading Powell River Kings.

The Smokies are coming off a pair of losses last weekend, a 5-2 loss to Prince George Friday, and, gave up a 2-0 lead in a 3-2 setback to Salmon Arm the next night. Trail will look for better results against the ‘Backs at the Cominco Arena this weekend.

“The response wasn’t there on Friday, but the group responded well on Saturday,” said Smokies coach Nick Deschenes.

The Gorillas are prolific up front and solid on the back end, particularly with University of New Hampshire commit and six-footfive goaltender Adam Clark (2.93 GAA, .911 save percentage) between the pipes.

Salmon Arm currently sits just two points back of top spot in the

Interior division, trailing both the Vees and West Kelowna, each with 29 points.

With three players in the top 20 in scoring, the surprising SilverBacks have the most potent offence in the BCHL with 83 goals. Led by leagueleading scorer Landon Smith with 16 goals and 34 points, Alex Gillies 17-9-26, and Evan Anderson 12-1224, the Smoke Eaters will have to be at their best defensively, and find a way to beat Clark if they are to be successful.

“They (Salmon Arm) have got a good team and I thought we played them well for the most part (Saturday),” added Deschenes.

“There was just a couple let downs that again as we move forward, just identifying that every play has an impact on the game. Everything has a purpose and if we all execute and do our jobs we’ll have good results.”

It will also be the first game for the Smoke Eaters since sending defenceman Curtis Toneff to the Merritt Centennials for Dylan Bowen, and Brendon Lamont to the Penticton Vees. Look for the newly acquired Bowen to be in the Smokies lineup this weekend, while Centennials coach Luke Pierce is salivating over Toneff’s arrival.

“We felt that we needed to add a different element to our defense core and believe that Curtis is the right type of player for our group,” Pierce said on the Cent’s website.

“He adds more experience and a certain level of physicality and grit.

He has had a productive season so far offensively and can contribute when needed in that capacity.”

The Smokies have been suffering from illness and injury of late, so the time at home will hopefully revitalize an ailing team both on and off the ice.

Adam Todd and Tyson Witala remain sidelined with injury, and Valik Chichkin will miss tonight’s game due to a suspension.

The puck drops at the Cominco Arena at 7:30 p.m. versus the Clippers tonight, and the SilverBacks on Saturday.

Smoke Signals: The Smoke Eaters will also be undertaking the BCHL Five-Hole Food Challenge on Saturday, and invite fans to make a donation or bring a non-perishable food item to the Cominco Arena with all proceeds going to support the Salvation Army food bank.

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Nitehawks battle Posse in weekend tilt

By Times Staff The Beaver Valley Nitehawks are on the road this weekend for a single matchup against the Okanagan division’s Princeton Posse on Saturday.

The Posse are currently mired in last place in their division with a 7-11-0-1 record, but are coming off an inspiring 6-5 victory over the Nelson Leafs last week.

With the Posse’s help the Nitehawks were finally able to pick up some ground on a suddenly struggling Leafs’ team.

Nelson lost its first game of the season in regulation on Sunday to Creston, 9-3, after succumbing to both the Spokane Braves, 4-3, and the Posse in overtime the previous two nights.

The Hawks were

impressive in a 4-1 victory over the Eddie Mountain division’s Fernie Ghostriders (9-9-0-1) Saturday, and even more so in a 4-0 shutout of a surging Spokane squad.

Hawks goaltenders Brett Clark and Grayson Sharpe were stellar between the pipes, as Clark turned aside 36 of 37 shots Saturday, and Sharpe all 26 fired his way in

Major Midget Ice hit road to slay Giants

By Times Staff The Kootenay Major Midget Ice are off to Burnaby for a tough twin-bill against the Vancouver Northwest Giants this weekend.

The Giants sit in second place in the 11-team B.C. Major Midget League with a record of 10-3-1, while an improving Ice squad is in 10th with a 3-9-2 record, but has gone an impressive 2-1-1 in their last four games.

Last week in Nelson the Ice

split a pair of games with the Fraser Valley Phantoms, taking the first match 7-3 Saturday before losing a close 4-3 decision on Sunday.

In Sunday’s match the Ice found themselves down 4-2 in the third period, when Ross Armour scored with 6:07 to play to cut the lead to one, but the Ice could not find the equalizer. Justin Podgorenko and Coy Prevost had the other West Kootenay goals.

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the shutout against Spokane.

The Leafs lead the league despite collecting just 2-of-6 points on the weekend with 34 points, while B.V. remains in second spot in the Neil Murdoch division with 28.

B.V. returns to the Hawks Nest on Nov. 22 for a game against the Columbia Valley Rockies.

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Sam Weber scored what proved to be the winner, finishing a pass from Prevost to make the score 4-1 just 15 seconds into the second period. It was the third straight assist for Prevost on the night, while Weber would also pick up a helper on Trail native Jacob Yuris’ goal at 15:28 of the third. Trevor Van Steinburg scored twice for the ice while Montrose’s Spencer McLean, Fruitvale’s Ryan Neil, and Nelson’s Podgorenko each added a goal and an assist.

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Sports

The disappearing realm of good role models DAVE

Thompson Sports ‘n’ Things

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t is getting harder and harder to find people, particularly in sports, but also in political high spots, that one could recommend as role models. If people are paid for what they do, it seems, there are no rules concerning their behaviour.

More and more the once, “merciless glare,” of media is

quite merciful in its impact. Sure, Lance Armstrong has gone from icon to sort of nobody important, but he lives pretty well on the proceeds of his drug-fueled racing highs and you hear very little of him now, only months after the concrete revelations of his sleaziness came out.

Druggies in other sports, particularly baseball, get wristslapped just before they get big free agent deals, and you will have to go a long way to convince me that nobody in pro hockey ever used performance enhancing drugs, even though news of discovered infractions on that front is very, very, rare.

Part of that is that the NFL is so over the top that miscreants in other leagues get passes.

Not a week goes by without some current or recently former football hero is arrested, or convicted of some act of illegality or criminality.

Drugs, money scams, murders, rapes, sexual abuses and harassments, assaults - all are part of the everyday culture of the world’s most profitable sporting enterprise.

Even the nearly sainted Walter, “Sweetness” Payton, generally a paragon on the field and well loved by fans from around the world, turned out to be a less-than exemplary

family person and a drug abuser - and he was long considered the best of them.

The NFL is different.

One has to be at least a little stupid to volunteer to participate in such a painful endeavour - regardless of the monetary rewards - that almost guarantees a brief and painful postcareer life. Perhaps we should just expect less of football players, and stop buying the products they endorse.

But other sports, and politics, and as we have seen of late, big business, produce few in the way of well publicized exemplary humans, you know, the kind of people you should want your kids to emulate.

Trail retiree men’s curling

Rakuson secures playoff spot

By Times Contributor for the win. to zero lead. It proved too big a In Trail Men’s Retirees The Clare Coleman Team lead for the Primo Secco team Curling action Team Brett scored in only three ends ver- to overcome as they fell 10 – 4 Rakuson wrapped up first place sus the Tom Hall foursome. against team Hadley. in the opening session with one However it took a steal of one in One bad end proved the game left to play. the eighth end by the Hall team undoing of team Jim Stewart.

With a win over team Wayne to tie the game at 6–6.

A steal of four in the sixth Wyton, team Rakuson won its The Harvey Hadley four- end for Serge Pasquali’s team eighth game of the season to go some, lead by a strong game by broke open tight game. Team with just one loss to secure a the front end, dominated the Pasquali rode that end to an place in the four-team playoff at first four ends and held a nine 8–2 win. the end of the curling season.

The top teams in th each of the four sessions vie for the coveted Bill Heichert Memorial trophy in a playoff and final to determine the overall champion.

In a well played game team Dan Horan needed a point in the last end to hold off the Coke Koyanagi foursome.

Both teams managed the big curl on $ the quick ice, but the Horan team eked out a 6–5 win.

In a high scoring back and forth Cocktails: 6:00pm • Dinner: 7:00pm game that both teams repeatedly tried to give at the Cominco Gym away, team Murray Walsh outscored team Forest Drinnan 11–9

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There are still people worth emulating in the world, and they are probably closer than you think.

Want a role model for your kids, be one.

That means modulate your behaviour so as not to be a, “hockey parent,” or a grump of any kind. If you can’t do that, find a neighbour who can and encourage your kids to be like them.

The world needs civility, and kindness, and engagement from its residents. Turn away from the Rob Ford extravaganza, the weaseling of parliament and maybe the ultra-violent games and movies that are all around, and take yourself and your family in a better direction.

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religion

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Holy Trinity Council CWL

Trail & District Churches

Silence Is Golden

The value of silence in our noisy and busy world is easy to overlook, and even though many of us would like a quieter environment, it can be almost impossible to find a truly quiet place in much of the modern world. Cars, trucks and motorcycles with loud mufflers are some of the worst offenders when it comes to disrupting what little serenity we have. Loud music and boisterous parties are perennial disturbers of the peace as well. Since loud and inconsiderate people are not likely to be convinced of the errors of their ways, holy men and women have always known the importance of sequestering themselves, going into caves or sojourning in the wilderness. Some religious orders even take vows of silence. Finding quiet time each and every day pays big dividends to our spiritual and emotional health, and probably our physical health as well. We should consider also whether our lifestyle is contributing to a quieter world or if we are one of those vexatious disturbers of the peace.

– Christopher Simon

The SalvaTion army

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2030-2nd Avenue,Trail 250-368-3515

Mass Times Saturday Evening 7:00pm

E-mail: sarmytrl@shaw.ca Everyone Welcome

Sunday Morning 8:30am and 10:30am Confessions by Appointment Pastor: Rev. Jim McHugh holytrinitytrail@shaw.ca www.holytrinityparish.vpweb.ca

Two Sunday Worship Services 9:00am & 10:45am

Trail Seventh Day Adventist Church

Prayer First begins at 10:10am.

Chinese Church

1471 Columbia Avenue Pastor Leo Macaraig 250-687-1777

Sunday, Nov 17th at 10:45am

Saturday Service Sabbath School 9:30-10:45am Church 11:00-12:00 Vegetarian potluck - Everyone Welcome -

3365 Laburnum Drive, Trail 250-368-9516 trail_alliance@shaw.ca www.trailalliancechurch.com

St. Andrew’s Anglican Church 1347 Pine Avenue, Trail

250-368-5581

Sunday, November 17 8 am BCP Communion 10am Family Eucharist (with kid’s program) (Martha Fish preaching and presiding) 6:30pm Spirituality for Beginners - no meeting this week th

Contact Canon Neil Elliot

The UniTed ChUrCh of Canada

Communities in Faith Pastoral Charge Trail United Church 1300 Pine Avenue, Trail Worship at 11am St. Andrew’s United Church 2110 1st Ave, Rossland Worship 9am Beaver Valley United Church 1917 Columbia Gardens Rd, Fruitvale Worship at 11am

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Reports from general meeting Submitted The Nov. 4 General Meeting began with a memorial service for deceased CWL members, arranged by Ruth Guercio and Maria Burkholder and assisted by Brother Sylvester. Following the memorial service Brother Sylvester spoke to the members describing his faith journey which included pictures being circulated.

Committee Reports: Organization: Marjorie Nutini reported that November is recruitment month. After Masses on Nov. 16/17 a table will be set up with CWL information; Members were reminded to personally invite women to join the CWL; Membership dues are $30 cheques to Holy Trinity CWL; Catch the Fire Training August 23 Kelowna, workshops: August 24 Kelowna, September 7 Sparwood, September 21 Nelson, October 19, Penticton.

Christian Family Life: Bunny Dallas; A table will be set up after Masses on Nov. 16/17 for parishioners to buy a membership in Right to Life.

Community Life: Bunny Dallas, Development and Peace, please sign action card; Dates noted: Nov. 17 Bullying awareness; Nov. 25 International day of Violence against Women, Dec. 10 National day of Prayer for Human Rights, Dec.12 The National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples; Archbishop Most Rev. Martin William Currie of St. John’s and Grand Falls, Nfld., is asking support for Project Marty showing support for women in Ghana.

Education and Health Mary Billingsley members were encouraged to attend the Catholicism video workshops featuring Father Barron. The 10 sessions will be held in January or February.

Contact Elizabeth Stephens if interested.

Communication: Elizabeth Cytra, Pornography Hurts is replacing CASE (Citizens against Sexual exploitation); There are 2 post cards in Fall League magazine, please read and mail to your MP and Minister of Justice; Passages were read about Violence against women and pornography.

Resolutions and Legislations: Connie Makse; Updated info on Bill 52 The legislation on “end of life care”. An email was sent to Justice Minister MacKay urging him to prepare a challenge to this bill if it goes to third reading. His email address is mcu@ustice.gc.ca The mailing address is Peter MacKay, 284 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0H8; Resolutions: 2013.02 Employment Insurance Benefits for Cancer Patients and their Caregivers. Serious need to increase these benefits, contact Connie for more information. She encouraged all to send letters to support this resolution to Minister of Health, Rona Ambrose; Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty and to local MP Alex Atamanenko; Resolution 2005.01 Christmas postage stamps: This year the stamps depict St. Anne with her grandson (the Christ child) please ask for them at the post office.

Parish Activities: Linda Zol and Lorna Perri; Church Tea was a success of the tea; Linda will check with St. Michael’s for a date for next year; Advent Dinner, date of December 3 location to be confirmed; CWL will cater Warfield Village luncheon Sunday, Dec.8.

Business arising/Ongoing Business; Annual reports due by December 15; Funeral Committee Grace made a plea for funeral reception leaders, if you can help contact Grace, New Business; Meetings will be changed when they conflict with the local performance series.

Next executive meeting: November 26 at 7:00 pm; Next general meeting is on Dec. 3, info to follow.

The meeting concluded with the League Prayer.

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Leisure

Wife’s hoarding is getting progressively worse Mailbox

Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

react? I cannot live like this. -- Drowning in Junk Dear Drowning: Your wife is a hoarder.

It’s possible this was kicked into high gear by the stress of her children leaving the nest, but if it is getting progressively worse, she needs to seek treatment. However, unless she agrees to it beforehand, we don’t recommend you toss things out while she is away. Instead, call your doctor and ask for a referral to a mental health specialist.

You also can contact the International OCD Foundation (ocfoundation.org) for more information.

more than I dislike your dog. I never let my children misbehave at someone’s house, and I expect your dogs to behave equally well.

I used to have dogs, but I would never dream of taking them to someone else’s home unless specifically invited to do so.

-- Anonymous Dear Anonymous: Some folks consider their animal companions to be their “children” and expect others to treat them accordingly. But this is an unwarranted assumption. It is important to first ask whether it is OK to bring a pet, and if the answer is “no,” respond graciously and make other arrangements.

Dear Annie: You recently published a letter from “A Lucky and Appreciative Married Man” and suggested that any reader who wanted to give the impression that they wrote it do so. My husband circled the col-

umn and left it out for me to see with a handwritten note saying he didn’t write it but “should have.” It made me stop to appreciate that he really means it when he frequently tells me how lucky he is.

We’ve been together

for “only” 25 years, and it has been more than wonderful. The trials and tribulations have been nothing compared to the good times and memories. I hope the next 25 years don’t go by as fast.

It takes two to make a relationship work.

As the wife of another lucky man, I am fortunate to have such a great partner in this life. -- Staatsburg, N.Y. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar.

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Dear Annie: For some reason, it has become common for people to bring their dogs when visiting, even if the visit is for as little as an hour. Some people won’t come if they cannot bring the dog. Please print my list of what not to do when visiting with your dog: 1. Do not allow your dog to jump on my furniture.

2. If your dog does his business outside, clean up his mess.

3. Do not let your dog eat off of my china or snatch food from the table.

4. Do not expect me to put my cats outside because they do not get along with your dog.

5. If your dog is outside, do not let him scratch at my door or windows.

6. Just because I permit you to bring your dog, do not assume it is because I really like the animal.

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Dear Annie: My wife and I have been married for 30 years. When our oldest son left for college, my wife began using his bedroom for storage. It gradually filled with clothes, papers and things my wife bought from TV shopping shows. Soon, there was barely a path to the bed. It happened again when our second child left. Now both bedrooms are jammed so full that you can barely open the doors.

Our attic is overflowing, and we rent two storage spaces.

My wife is now stacking stuff in our bedroom. I cannot get her to sort through things. She says she will do it “when the weather is better” or “when I have time,” but she never does.

I fear my wife has some form of OCD. I am considering tossing stuff myself the next time she takes a trip to visit one of our children. If I throw away the junk, how will she

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Discussions about financial matters might be difficult today. The challenge is you might feel others are critical of your decisions or how you handle your money. (Your worst fears are confirmed.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The Moon in your sign today is opposite stern Saturn, which tends to put a damper on things. This is why discussions with others are cool and detached. It’s an Eyore kind of day.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)

You might feel some gloomy tension building up before tomorrow’s Full Moon. This could make you feel self-critical. Don’t give in to this, because it will pass quickly.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Someone older, especially

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in a group, might be critical of you today. Don’t ask for advice. Keep your head down and your powder dry.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Relations with authority figures are stiff today. You might feel someone disapproves of you. Don’t worry, because a lot of people feel this way today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Travel plans or plans about higher education, medicine, the law and publishing are discouraging today. Your big ideas won’t get off the ground. Actually, wait a few days, and things will change.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a poor day to ask for your share of anything or to decide how to divide something. People are not cooperative. In fact, some of them are downright sullen.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Relations with partners and close friends are strained

today; in part, this is due to the buildup of tension before tomorrow’s Full Moon. Just tiptoe and keep things light.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Things are a bit difficult at work today, especially if you have to deal with supervisors and bosses. It’s best to give them a wide berth. (People are in a critical mood.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Be patient with children

and young people today.

Remind yourself that you were a kid once, too. But the longer you live, the better you were.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Avoid important family discussions today, because they won’t go well. People are uptight before tomorrow’s Full Moon. Just keep to yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)

Negative feelings are rampant today, and it’s easy to feel depressed. Courage.

After the Full Moon peaks tomorrow, your problems will diminish or even disappear.

YOU BORN TODAY You’re an excellent director/ producer/manager because you get hold of a situation and make it work. Although rebellious in your youth, in

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your maturity, you handle responsibility. Nevertheless, you remain individualistic and have a unique way of doing things. You have an inner backbone covered with a layer of charm. This year is a fun-loving, social year where all your relationships will improve.

Birthdate of: Miguel Sandoval, actor; Diana Krall, singer; Dean McDermott, actor.

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Braeden and Megan MacDonald, of Victoria, BC are pleased to announce the birth of their baby girl, Fiona Helena, born November 10, 2013, weighing 8 lbs. 9 oz.

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Come Celebrate Janet Bublitz’s 85th Birthday!

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from 1:00 - 3:00 pm.

It’s been five long years since you were taken away.

Life is not the same for us.

We miss you more each day.

You are forever in our hearts.

No gifts, please… just best wishes.

In Gratitude Enrico Redivo of Annable, would like to thank everyone who supported and paid homage to his wife,

Elena

who left this world on October 23, 2013.

In particular, Rico would like to thank: Dr. Wilson and the nurses at Trail Regional Hospital, Bill Clark and his team at Alternatives Funeral Services, father Jim McHugh, the Sorelle Colombo and ItaloCanadese, the ladies who prepared the Reception, and the many friends who attended the Service, made donations to the Canadian Diabetes Foundation, and sent flowers, cards and personal messages of condolence online. *Always in our Hearts*

Hans von Diebitsch, husband of

Lore von Diebitsch

and family would like to express their appreciation to Dr. Michael Van Vleet, Dr. Peachall and Dr. Holden for their gentle, compassionate care of Mutter (Omi) in her time of need.

We would also like to express our heartfelt gratitude towards the nurses and staff from the ICU unit of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail for their efforts in not only making Mutter (Omi) as comfortable as possible in her final hours but also for their caring support of her husband and family. To the paramedics who assisted, a sincere thank you, your service is invaluable.

We will be forever grateful to all for their kindness, support and compassionate care that Mutter (Omi) and family received at such a difficult time.

Loved and missed always: Uncle Elmer & Auntie Bev; Takaia, Jeremiah, Molly, Kullen, Ivy & River; Erik; Stephanie, Danny and Silas, Chelsey & Jacob.

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Interfor Castlegar Division Job Opportunities

International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is a leading global supplier, with one of the most diverse lines of lumber products in the world. The company has operations across North America and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com Castlegar is nestled in a spectacular natural setting between the magni¿cent peaks of the Selkirk and Monashee mountain ranges at the conÀuence of the mighty Columbia and Kootenay Rivers in British Columbia.

Interfor – Castlegar Division is currently recruiting for the following hourly positions: % Production Worker % Millwright % Ticketed “B� Welders % Planer Technician

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Collision Estimator - Assistant Manager Kalawsky Collision Centre has an immediate opening for an experienced Estimator/Assistant Manager.

Duties include inspecting the physical damage of vehicles and fostering excellent customer relations by providing timely, accurate estimates for repair work in a professional and courteous manner. Must be proďŹ cient in documenting the necessary repair work using ICBC’s estimating program or similar software.

Organization skills, the ability to multi-task, and the willingness to take on greater responsibility in leading our team and operations are desirable.

The ideal candidate will have at least two years of experience in a respected collision repair facility and excellent customer service skills. Management experience is a plus. Position offers competitive wages and full beneďŹ ts.

Please apply by submitting your cover letter and resume to: Don McTeer, Manager Kalawsky Collision Centre 2308 6th Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 3LR Fax: (250) 365-1043 Email: collision@kalawsky.com

Full time day and evening shifts (no students) Must provide own reliable vehicle and cell phone Also willing to do light cleaning and customer service Hourly wages plus gas allowance and gratuities Apply with references at Panago Pizza #103-1199 Bay Ave, Trail Not between 4pm-7pm GENERAL LABOURERS

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Trades, Technical Automotive Journeyman Mechanic required in Kamloops Mon-Fri Send resume to service@valleyviewauto motive.com (250) 372-7333 FRONTLINE is seeking certified electricians and millwrights with industrial experience for work in BC/Alberta.

FEC offers competitive wages and benefits package.

Forward resumes to: frontlinehuman resources@gmail.com.

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Excellent wages and beneÂżt package as applicable in the United Steelworkers Local 1-405. All successful applicants will be screened.

To express interest in this opportunity, please apply on line at www.interfor. com/careers or email taumi.mccreight@interfor.com by Nov 28, 2013.

We thank all applicants in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

careers at cbt:

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.

View details at www.cbt.org/careers or request them from Debra Stewart at 1.800.505.8998.

ResumĂŠs accepted via email to hr@cbt.org by noon PT, /PWFNCFS XXX DCU PSH t

Household Services

A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning.

Complete Furnace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-5650355 (Free estimates)

Snowclearing GEE GEE’S Residential Snow 250-231-3247

Removal

Pets & Livestock

Feed & Hay

ALFALFA, alfalfa mix (small square bales) in Lister. Call Jay or Trish at 250-428-9755

% Commitment to a safe workplace % Team players with strong interpersonal skills % Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-pace production environment % Previous experience in the Wood Products industry would be an asset

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HAY FOR SALE small square $160/ton 250-428-4316

Merchandise for Sale

Food Products BUTCHER SHOP

BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.65/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $4.00/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

SPECIAL Trades are welcome.

40’ Containers under $2500!

Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?

Moved to condo, must sell large teak dining room set, 6 chairs, hutch, side board. $400. 250-362-9520 New Electric Fence Never set up :( Mark #7 Parmak Charger, T-posts, wire, etc. $350.00 Please call 250-231-7378 New Mstcraft 21pce Glueguns/case $20.; New in box Makita 3x24� Blt Sander 7.8amps $125.; Magnus elect organ, $75. 250-368-9755 PLACER GOLD Claim, Sheep Creek, Salmo. Must sell health reasons. $1,500. or make offer. Phone 250-367-6459 for more information.

SIMMONS double bed set, like new $250.; Treadmill $75.; new ceiling fan/lights $50.

250-367-7603

Misc. Wanted

Local Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 250-499-0251

Musical Instruments Musical Instruments, Lessons Books & Accessories P.A. lighting sales & rentals BAY AVENUE MUSIC, TRAIL 250-368-8878

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Houses For Sale HUGE DISCOUNTS on Canadian SRI homes. Order before interest rates jump! Immediate delivery or order now and lock in your savings. Call Don or Jesse at 1-866-766-2214.

Show homes & factory tours only at Lake Country Modular, 515 Beaver Lake Road, Kelowna. www.LCMhomes.com

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HIHUAHUA n. 29, family raised, 1st shots, females

CANINE: Now at 1611-5th Ave, Trail. Dana, TOBY’S DOGGY DO! Supports Rescue dogs.

Discounts on rst grooming of adopted dogs.

YORKIE CHIHUAHUA: Mom is 90% Yorkie & ARLES SPANIEL: father is purebred 5lb Yorkie, ready Jan 12, $500. ed with kids, cats & WOLF, MALAMUTE & AKBASH CROSS males $500, female, PUPPIES: 6 males and 2 females, good working and family dogs. Best suited for large yards and a ZU PUPPIES: Nonlot of time outdoors. females $475, males BICHON PUPPY: Snowball cutie, non-shed, /1st shots). . hypo-allergenic, male, rst shots, vet checked, g female grey tabby, CKC registered, micro chipped, ready now, $650. ots. She is looking for 2 BEAUTIFUL 6MO OLD BEARDED DRAGONS: o other cats. Call the All accessories, $350.

4 BLACK LAB/SHEPHERD PUPPIES: OR AGILITY, TRICKS, Females, 7 weeks, black/white, ready to go es, private sessions, now, adorable, $50. ange behaviour.

ALL PLAY PET CARE & ADVENTURES, NEW HOURS: Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm RT: 2 acre fenced neighbourhood CANINE PSYCHOLOGY CENTER: Dog 5 dogs at a time. Lots of boarding, consulting, personal & group training, ookings call Monique, daycare, workshops.

UPPIES: Cute, healthy, DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSES offered by Linda home, $475.

Murray’s Simply Paws-itive: Puppy Smart, Basic, Intermediate. Wareld, Jan. 27, Castlegar, Jan. ROSS: Ready Jan 19, 29 and Nelson, Jan. 30. Teach your canine companion gently and fairly. Learn to motivate S: Champion your pet with positive reinforcement. s, smart, loyal, lovable, DOGS INN - CAT & DOG BOARDING: Cageless kennels, in-home environment, 2 acre playpen, of your home, in 10yrs experience boarding animals, now boarding d), references. Susan, only 5 dogs, book early.

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

Francesco Estates, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.

TRAIL, 2 Bedroom condo, $700 a month includes electricity/heat, elevator, F/S, laundry room, parking, NS NP. 250-364-3978 TRAIL Reno’d, heritage style 1 & 2 Bdrm & apartments in quiet well kept building. Close to downtown, on site laundry Non smoking. $575 for 2 bdrm & $495 for 1 bdrm Heat & Hot Water included 250-226-6886 or 250-858-2263

Homes for Rent 2 bdrm house for rent on Lerose St. Trail. Pets ok with deposit. $650 plus utilities. References required. Call Dave 250-362-7021.

CRAWFORD Bay House Rental, 3.5 bdrm, dbl garage, new appliances, $1200 + utilities (rent negot. for upkeep) 250365-1005 Mobile Home in Thrums 3 Bdrms, with Deck, addition & appliances, $725/mth 250-304-9273, 250-359-7178 SHAVERS BENCH, 4 beds, 5 appl, shop, ns, no pets, fully fenced. DD $500. $1000 + util.

Nov.1.Call Beth 250-368-8596 TRAIL, 1bd. furn. w/extra storage room, new appls. clean, $550./mo. 250-368-9558 TRAIL, 2BD. + sunroom. Near Safeway. $795./mo. 250-3686076 TRAIL, 4bdrm, 2bath, close to Glenmerry school, $1200/mo. plus utilities. 250-368-3142.

WARFIELD, 3BD. 250-512-1814

$925.mo.

Shared Accommodation TRAIL, 1 Bdrm $395/month, near shopping & bus, seeking quiet person 250-368-6075

Suites, Lower CASTLEGAR SOUTH 1 bdrm basement suite fully furnished & equipped includes util. cable, internet, private ent close to bus stops, $750/mth Available Dec 1st, 250-3655164

Houses For Sale

RESIDENT SERVICE TECHNICIAN Inland Kenworth Parker Pacific Cranbrook BC has an opening for a RESIDENT EQUIPMENT FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOR THE WEST KOOTENAY AREA A fully stocked Service Truck is provided with this position.

Technician must have ability to work unsupervised and is responsible for submitting work hours.

Competitive wage and benefit package offered.

Fax or e-mail resume to Russ Grainger Fax: 250-426-6122 Email: rgrainger@inland-group.com

USW Local 9705

Houses For Sale

All Pro Realty Ltd. 1148 Bay Ave, Trail

250.368.5000

www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc www.allprorealty.ca

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Off Road Vehicles 2012 Toyota FJ Cruiser, white, 4X4, 22760 km, automatic, rear view camera, warranty, excellent condition, $19,900, guva@netscape.com

Trucks & Vans 1996 Mazda B4000 V6, manual, long box, with canopy/roof rack, 2 sets of tires/rims, lots of work done with receipts, runs excellent, no rust, $4000 OBO,250-365-4935

United Steelworkers, Local 9705 seeking qualified applicant to provide Office Administration duties including; Correspondence, Bookkeeping, Travel Arrangements, etc.

Applicant must be independent with strong communication and interpersonal skills. Required to work with highly confidential and time sensitive materials.

This position is Permanent Part-time, 25hr/wk.

Requirements: Completion of a two-year Office Administration course or equivalent with a strong aptitude for bookkeeping and accounting.

Salary: as per CUPE Local 2087 Collective Agreement. Excellent salary and benefits.

Please send resume an covering letter to: Attn: President USW Local 9705 #2 – 910 Portland Street Trail, BC, V1R 3X7 or by email: usw9705@gmail.com Posting closes December 2, 2013 Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted.

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WANTED PAPER CARRIERS

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Route 302 8 papers 12th & 15th Ave Route 303 15 papers 12th Ave, 2nd St, Grandview Route 304 13 papers 12th & 14th Ave Route 307 21 papers 16th & 17th Ave, Smith Cres, Tamara Cres

Route 195 12 papers Blake Crt,Whitman Way Route 202 14 papers Forrest Dr, Laurier Dr Route 208 12 papers Calder Rd, Schofield Hwy

Route 365 23 papers Laurier Ave, Main St Route 366 18 papers Beaver St, Maple Ave Route 375 12 papers Green Rd & Lodden Rd Route 378 22 papers Martin St, Old Salmo Rd Route 379 18 papers Cole St, Nelson Ave Route 380 23 papers Galloway Rd, Mill Rd Route 381 7 papers Coughlin Rd Route 382 7 papers Debruin Rd & Staats Rd Route 384 19 papers Cedar Ave, Kootenay

Montrose

Route 211 27 papers Hazelwood Dr, Oliva Cres, Viola Cres Route 218 10 papers Glen Dr, Hermia Cres Route 219 15 papers Hazelwood Dr

Route 342 8 papers 3rd St & 7th Ave Route 348 19 papers 12th Ave, Christie Rd Route 343 25 papers 8th, 9th & 10th Ave Route 340 28 papers 7th, 8th, & 10th St Route 346 27 papers 8th, 9th & 10th Ave

West Trail

Rivervale

Sunningdale

Route 142 22 papers Railway Lane, Rossland Ave Route 149 7 papers Binns St, McAnally St, Kitchener Ave

Route 300 35 papers 1st, 2nd, 3rd Ave

Rossland - ROUTES IN ALL AREAS West Kootenay Advertiser ALL AREAS ONE DAY A WEEK -

Townhouses NICE 3-bdr twnhse, Glenmerry, 850$/m, util. extra, recent renos, serious tenants only, shannon.miko@gmail.com

Houses For Sale

MLS#2393877

Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822 Ermalinda Apartments, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922

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Sat, Nov 16 • 11am - 1pm Sat, Nov 16 • 1:30 - 3:30pm 955 Chaucer Street, Warfield 3441 Aster Drive, Glenmerry $299,900 $270,000

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Fruitvale $229,000

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Annable $175,900

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Salmo $215,000

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Trail $125,000

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MLS#2216675

Trail $328,000

MLS#2391800

Shavers Bench $134,500

MLS#2391581

Sunningdale $249,500 00 3,0 ED ER ISH OV T. FIN F SQ.

MLS#2389702

East Trail $259,500

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Emerald Ridge $259,000 E BIL MO T N MI

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Fruitvale $485,000 OT TL EA GR

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Fruitvale $295,000 X PLE DU 2 1/

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Trail $125,000

MLS#2393823

Genelle $68,000 T EA N GR ATIO C LO

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MLS#2389454

Glenmerry $239,000

Sunningdale $179,000

East Trail $189,900

Wayne DeWitt ext 25 Mario Berno ext 27 Dawn Rosin ext 24

Tom Gawryletz ext 26 Keith DeWitt ext 30

Thea Stayanovich ext 28 Joy DeMelo ext 29 Denise Marchi ext 21

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Saturday, 16 @5:30pm 1-3pm Fri. Sept. 6 •Nov Starts 635 Shakespeare 670 Shakespeare St. Warfield $194,900 Warfi eld $149,900

MLS# 2392333

Sat. Sept. 7 - starts @ 12noon 1399 Hwy 3b, Beaver Falls MLS# 2393010 $299,500 Rossland $249,000

This large home located Fruitvale and Montrose is Great value here!

Wellbetween kept 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom a great buy. 4 Large bedrooms and a 5th perfectly sized for home on a large level lot with beautiful oak hardwood a nursery or office. This 3200 sq.ft. home has all the space throughout upstairs. of southshop facing you and yourthe family need. Lots The detached andwindows storage keep this provide home bright and cheerful.

Loadsyour of potential buildings even more space to pursue hobbies develop the downstairs. on thisto one acre property.

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Host: Host:Rhonda Rhonda MLS# MLS#2389662 2392778

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Fri. Sept. 6 MLS# • 3 - 5pm 2393923 1784 3rd St, Trail $199,000 Trail $179,900 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

Fri. Sept. 6 • 4pm - 5:30pm MLS# 2391600 980 Byron Ave, Trail $42,000 WarfiKotyk eld 250-231-9484 $244,000 Nathan

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Rossland $189,900 Warfield $138,500

Trail $209,900 Rossland $339,900

Trail $349,000 $135,000

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Trail $175,000 Trail $349,000

Trail $189,900 Montrose $495,000

Trail $50,000 Rossland $189,900

TrailFalls $159,000 Beaver $299,500

Warfi $54,900 Traileld$109,900

Robson $275,000 Trail $149,000

$327,000 Rossland $399,000

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A streak of success against cancer

Cranbrook

Concerns raised over lack of family doctors

By Sally MacDonald Cranbrook Townsman

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Aria Art of Hair and its clients participated in the Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser, “Streaking for Cancer.” A cheque for over $1,200 was presented to Allison McCarthy, (second from right) the annual giving coordinator for the Canadian Cancer Society’s B.C. and Yukon Division.

Kaslo

ER hours reduction announced

By Kirsten Hildebrand Nelson Star

Kaslo learned the date their emergency department hours will be reduced at Tuesday night’s village council meeting.

IH vice president for Community Integrated Health Services attended the meeting along side Dr. Jeremy Etherington, vice president of Medicine and Quality. Their message to council — hour reduction will begin January 6, 2014 with the ER at Victorian Community Health Centre open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We firmly believe consistent, daytime hours of service will help us resolve our ongoing physician recruitment challenges. Once we have a stable pool of physicians in place we can build the foundation for a strong robust primary care centre with ready access to physicians, diagnostic testing and public health nursing services,” said Neuner before council.

This change addresses the uncertainty the community has been facing over the past year in terms of frequent ER closures. It has been closed 38 times between Jan. 1 and Nov. 1, 2013. Of

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those times, 27 were due to the lack of physician coverage with closure periods varying from overnight to several days at a time.

Maggie Winters is part of the Kaslo and Area Health Care Working Group and she attended Tuesday’s village council meeting while about 200 people from the community gathered outside for a candle light vigil acknowledging the loss of their ER services.

Winters said few were surprised at the announcement made by IH. “We pretty much knew exactly what they were coming here to say,” she said. “We’ve known it was coming. We’ve been trying to stave it off but to no avail.

“Now, I think we just need to regroup, figure out how to move forward and how we work with them to ensure the safety of our residents.”

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Local elected officials are worried about people in the community who aren’t able to find a family doctor.

The Kootenay East Regional Hospital District board of directors met with a representative of Interior Health Authority earlier this month to talk about what is being done to recruit family doctors to East Kootenay communities.

During her presentation to the board on Nov. 1 Dr. Peggy Yakimov began by going over physician vacancies around the region.

Cranbrook is short two family doctors, while two more vacancies have recently be filled. However, there is an upcoming vacancy in general surgery, and the regional hospital is short one anesthetist, despite a $100,000 incentive.

There is one vacancy for a family doctor in Kimberley. In Fernie, there is a shortage of a general surgeon. Creston is short two family doctors.

Dr. Yakimov explained the various incentives offered by the B.C. Medical Association and the Ministry of Health, including increased fees, an annual flat lump sum, locum support so physicians can take time

off, continuing medical education support and relocation expenses.

But, Dr. Yakimov said, enticing a doctor to move to a rural community is not usually about money.

“Those incentives – they are fun, but that’s not what gets them here.

It’s not dollars and that has been very clearly shown,” she said.

“The most important factors for recruiting to rural (areas) are that there is a job for their spouse, that there are good schools and recreation activities for the kids.”

Some communities with a physician shortage, such as Nelson, are turning to a walk-in clinic as a solution so that people who are not able to get a family doctor can still receive medical attention without having to go to the hospital.

John Kettle, chair of the hospital district board, encouraged elected officials representing every community in the East Kootenay to look into walk-in clinics.

“We’re talking about the welfare of people who can’t get a doctor and who need one. So I would urge anyone here who has an opportunity to look at options in your community that you do so expeditiously. These people are not being served, and we are not serving them well if we sit back and watch this happen.”

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