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The third of the city’s three schools will also bear the name Summit, after the school district board voted Monday night.

At the end of a three-month process to narrow the field of names for the former Rossland Secondary School—now a kindergarten to Grade 9 institution—the board chose Rossland Summit School out of a final list of three names.

It now joins the Seven Summits Centre for Learning, the city’s independent school, and L’École des Sept-Sommets (Seven Summits School), the French school, as the sister schools of the summit.

Although it will keep its initials of “RSS,” there was enough support for the name for the motion for Rossland Summit School to pass.

Some trustees felt there would be confusion in branding the K-12 school with summit, considering there were two existing schools with the name.

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The second Rattlecat Cup is on at Red Mountain Resort this weekend, bringing the west’s best boarder-cross racers to dig their claws into their turns for ultra-acceleration and for bragging rights until next year in banked slalom action on Rossland’s snowy slopes. See story Page 6.

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Kootenay lit. competition

The judges of the Kootenay Literary Competition (KLC) have chosen the winners of this year’s competition from among entries from across the east and west Kootenays.

Writers submitted work in the fiction, non-fiction and poetry categories, and cash prizes will be awarded for the best work, plus publication in the KLC Anthology.

The winners will be notified on March 7, and receive their prizes at the Literary Gala celebration on Friday, March 14, 6:30 p.m. at the Prestige Hotel in Nelson.

REDroc modern jive for beginners Check out the Tuesday beginner dance class at the Miners’ Union Hall. Discover modern jive, a creative, stylish and constantly evolving style of dance that doesn’t require tricky footwork or a partner. Loved by people of all ages, abilities and musical tastes. Every Tuesday night at the Miners’ Union Hall at 7 p.m.

Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students.

St. Patrick’s Day tea Rossland Sacred Heart Church is hosting it’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Tea on Saturday, March 15 from 1-3 p.m. in the Church Gathering Space.

Gravity (the movie) The winner of seven Academy Awards, the movie Gravity is being shown at the Miners’ Union Hall on Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale at Café Books for $3 or available at the door for $5.

Folk Dancing this week Join Dave Cornelius and the gang for an evening of fun, exercise, dance and laughter at the Miners’ Union Hall on Thursday, March 13 at 7 p.m. Drop-in fee is $8. For more information, check out www.2cats.net.

In partnership with the Rossland Council for Arts & Culture, there are lots of amazing film courses for youth coming up.

• Ski/snowboard film and the importance of storyline Saturday, March 15 7:30-9 p.m. at the Miners’ Union Hall Join internationally renowned ski photographer Mark Shapiro for an evening of watching new ski/snowboard films shot by film wizard Guido Perrini, followed by a discussion of the merits of a solid story and some great camera work.

• Film Special Effects Saturday, April 5, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Miners’ Union Hall Get your film in tip top shape for entry into the U10 Film Festival. Give it the edge it needs by learning special effects.

West Kootenay ostomy support group Meeting on Monday, March 17 at 2 p.m., Kiro Wellness Center, Trail. Guest speaker: Leo Salsman, Financial Advisor. For info, call 250-368-9827 or 250-365-6276.

Mountain Bike Academy Program Seven Summits Centre for Learning is working on a Mountain Bike Academy program for local youth. The program will start in April and run until June.

Program details include; trail building, bike maintenance, instruction and coaching and a trip or two out of town to check out the trails and Bike Parks in B.C. More information will be available soon.

Spring break art classes The Rec Department is running art classes throughout spring break, from 3-5 p.m. at the Arena Lounge. Instructor Shelley Painter will have lots of amazing programs–each day is a different focus. For more information, you can view the complete schedule of activities, on the city’s website, at www.rossland.ca, City Hall, main page.

The Rossland Youth Action Network • Parkour, the “Art of Movement” Mondays and Thursdays, 7 p.m. at the RSS Auditorium, and has already started.

Involvement in Parkour requires consistent, disciplined training with an emphasis on functional strength, physical conditioning, balance, creativity, fluidity, control, precision, spatial awareness and looking beyond the traditional use of objects.

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“To me, I think it might be a disadvantage to us because they might see the other summit school, rather than the public school,” said Trail trustee Lorraine Manning. “You may lose students if people are searching on the website.”

But calling the school summit was the simplest choice, said Castlegar trustee Jen Carter.

“Some of the fiscal, the financial things that are involved in the name change may not be necessary if we go with the RSS initials and I think that it’s important that we choose something that’s going to make the transition as easy as possible,” she said.

It was Rossland trustee Gordon Smith who gave insight into the choice of the name, noting that the name reflected the mountain nature of the Golden City.

“Rossland Public School, in my opinion, was submitted quite a bit because it’s the obvious choice,” he said. “But I think the community was trying to generate something that would do a little bit more than just an obvious name . . . we’re trying to capture the imagination of the residents and build some positive spirit back into that school after the reconfiguration changes.”

Rossland school principal Karen Lavender had told the School District 20 board of trustees on Feb. 24 the school’s name should represent the community, reflect that the school was a public school, be familiar, realistic, connected and easy to say. The other two choices were Rossland Summit Public School and Rossland Public School.

The former Rossland Secondary School— which now houses kindergarten to Grade 9 students—was in need of a new moniker after School District 20 chose to severe the senior grades from the facility and ship the students to Trail last year.

When the committee of eight was formed in October the call went out to the public for some ideas on what to call the school. Several hundred submissions were collected through ballot boxes at the library, the credit union and other places downtown, as well as online.

— with files from Val Rossi, Trail Times

Public meeting set

Businesses form coalition to halt recycling plans TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

A coalition of business stakeholder groups representing several major sectors of the British Columbia economy announced the launch of a massive province-wide advertising campaign in 130 provincial newspapers to protest regulatory changes involving the recycling of printed-paper and packaging (PPP).

The campaign calls on British Columbians to contact Premier Christy Clark and ask her to rethink a plan, which turns over B.C.’s Blue Box recycling programs to an Ontario-based group governed by large multinational corporations.

“For months British Columbia business owners have tried unsuccessfully to convince Minister of Environment Mary Polak to rethink the flawed plan her ministry put forth,” says Mike Klassen, B.C. director of provincial affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).

“Now business groups representing significant parts of B.C.’s economy have come together to ask the premier to step in to prevent this new red tape that will kill jobs and cause many businesses to fail.”

Newspapers Canada and a group of eight business associations representing

tens of thousands of B.C. small businesses and their employees in the agriculture, newspaper publishing, landscaping, printing and custom manufacturing, retail, wholesale, food, and waste collection sectors are launching a first series of ads to inform the public about B.C.’s new recycling plan.

“We are not disputing that the ultimate goal of the government to maximize recycling of paper and packaging to reduce materials going into the waste stream,” said Marilynn Knoch, executive director, B.C. Printing and Imaging Association.

“B.C. businesses are already working to make our province get even more clean and green, so let’s start talking to people from B.C. about how to achieve this.

“First we must delay the May 19 start of the legislation, and then get businesses back to the table to share their ideas with the government.”

The program set out by Multi Materials BC (MMBC) will annex most municipal and regional district curbside/discarded material collection and will cause great harm to the economy: in job losses, business failures and increased costs for B.C. households.

The Ministry of Environment-endorsed program creates a monopoly to control much of B.C.’s waste recycling industry.

Joe Hill: 57 sHows in a row

The state of the city’s next financial union will be revealed in a public meeting on April 2, city council decreed Monday.

The meeting will crack the books on the draft 2014-2018 Financial Plan, which includes a 6.7 per cent property tax increase for city residents in 2014.

However, the meeting will be a chance for the public to give feedback and comment on the direction the city is going, as well as where they are spending their money.

Those comments will be taken under advisement when the final budget is sent to the provincial government later in April. No time or location for the public meeting (likely in council chambers in City Hall) have been confirmed.

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Joe Hill Coffee House, Rossland’s showcase for talent from throughout the Kootenays, presents its 57th show in a row on Sunday, March 16.

It just gets better and better.

Our performers for the March 16 show are: • Cole Noonan: Great voice, unique guitar, cool new songs • Ray Bouliane: The maestro, with an awesome array of fine sounds • Max Hawk: Sweet music, sweet lyrics • JP Sykes: The man, the guitar, lots of rhythm • Maverick Blue: our local recording guy, taking an evening out • Green Avenue (mostly): Chris Leslie, award-winning fiddler newly arrived from the Maritimes, backed by Jason Thomas and Paul Dasti. Great Canadian country.

It’s a great place for family and friends with soft seats, round tables, tea, coffee, and goodies.

All for $3—kids and students free. Best deal for many a kilometre.

Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. sharp in the Miners’ Union Hall.

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Joines Continued from Page 1

The silver-place finish would be the second Paralympic medal of Joines’ 12-year career. She also won bronze in super-G at the Turin 2006 Paralympic Winter Games.

“This feels pretty good,” Joines said after posting a two-run combined time of two minutes, 15.16 seconds.

“It’s a little bittersweet, as some really strong competitors were not racing today for various reasons, but I’m still proud.”

The women’s sitting category featured an action-filled second run, as each racer spent time in first position in the leaderbox before being bumped by the next athlete to navigate the challenging course that was made even tougher by a huge dump of fresh, wet snowfall.

Joines posted the fastest secondrun time of the day, but was edged out of the gold medal position by Germany’s Anna-Lena Forster (2:14.35), who was slightly faster in the first run.

“That race was super tough. Those were actually the toughest conditions I think I’ve ever faced,” said Joines, who is a two-time world champion and has won more than 20 International Paralympic Committee World Cups in her career.

“I’ve never had such bumps like that to negotiate, so I guess I handled it well enough.

“I definitely had to keep my focus and not get hung up on the mistakes I made.

“It was nice to get this one out of the way, and to get the jitters out. It allows me the freedom to relax and focus on the giant slalom.”

To see a video of Joines first run: h t t p : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=kRVmPlYIMwg — with files from Canada News Wire

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Red Mtn. Racers finish strong in zone finals staff Rossland News

Three medals were mined by Red Mountain Racers at the Nancy Greene Ski League zone finals in Salmo two weeks ago.

Chase Eagleton brought home a bronze in the slalom race and a gold in the giant slalom while Isabella Vockeroth-Fisher brought home bronze in giant slalom. In the team events the Red Mountain Racers captured silver.

There were 160 athletes on hand for the finals.

The Nancy Greene athletes have a spring break ski camp coming up March 20-22 which will wrap up their season.

U12 provincials Last weekend the first U12 Interzone Provincial Championships were held at Big White. Athletes from all over the province gathered to compete in both slalom and giant slalom events.

The Red Mountain Racers had four athletes competing in this race series: Sage Stefani, Hanna Schulze, Heiko Ihns and Kristof Panke.

Giant slalom: • Sage Stefani - 1st and 4th • Hanna Schulze - 13th

and 17th • Heiko Ihns - 4th • Kristof Panke - 5th Slalom: • Sage Stefani - 9th and 10th • Hanna Schulze - 14th and 18th • Heiko Ihns - 3rd and 6th • Kristof Panke - 4th and 8th This week The Racers FIS Team is currently in the U.S. competing in races at the Mission Ridge, racing in slalom, giant slalom and super G races. As well, the entire group of U14 athletes are away at Sun Peaks competing in the U14 provincial championships which start Friday, March 14.

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• An information meeting for parents regarding the LFI program will be held at Rossland Secondary School on Thursday, March 13th, at 7:00 pm, and at Twin Rivers Elementary School on Tuesday, April 1st, at 7:00 pm.

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he ball is now in the people’s court.

City council is releasing its grip on the draft financial plan for the city and opening the document up for public comment on April 2.

Public consultations are one way of obtaining the opinion of the people of Rossland.

Consultations are frequently initiated by a municipal government when updating existing tax policies or drafting new initiatives.

In addition to consulting on specific policy areas, the city organizes annual pre-budget consultations which taxpayers’ are invited to attend to provide input to council in preparation for the municipal budget.

The annual budget is the key policy document of the city. It announces new spending, anticipated revenues and provides a municipal economic forecast. The budget is a major vehicle for carrying out the priorities of the city.

The city’s staff is responsible for coordinating the annual budgetary process, which is integrated, collaborative, and consultative— and something elected politicians in the city have been retooling for several months.

In doing so city staff has pulled budgets from all departments so council could review and analyze budgetary requests. This information was then used to inform council’s draft budgetary decisions.

Now that document awaits public comment, the most valued part of the process.

Prepare to attend and give your opinion.

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Arrival of spring a hallowed event for Canadians Second Opinion JIM HOlTZ

Spring may finally be here. If there is one thing that unites Canadians, it is the coming of spring. We welcome its arrival like few other nations on earth.

Oh, sure other nations are as far north, but few have the vast expanse of land that stretches into the arctic and welcomes the polar vortex with such open arms.

Canada invites the descent of frigid air for six months of the year, glories in its chilling embrace, gives thanks for the formation of ice on ponds

and lakes, outdoor rinks and the Rideau Canal and then sends the Arctic air mass south to confound and terrify our neighbours in the United States.

Down there, they reel in horror at the numbing blast.

Their pipes crack, their tires spin, they cringe inside their homes praying for a return of gentle breezes from the Gulf of Mexico. Canadians on the other hand simply put on their toques.

That isn’t to say that we want winter for 12 months of the year.

No, six is plenty. For just as we enjoy the cold, we love the arrival of spring.

Of course, most places do not usher in that season with blooming crocuses like they

do in Victoria. No, in most Canadian cities, spring’s arrival is announced when the temperature bumps up into the high single digits: seven, eight, nine, and when it hits 10, well, break out the margaritas because a celebration is in order!

In reality, the celebration is much lower keyed as befits Canadians. Parkas are replaced by jackets. Toques are removed. High school students begin to wear short sleeved shirts and shorts to show that...well, they’re high school students.

A handful of people begin to wear sunglasses.

Hard core urban athletes take the ski rack off the Subaru and begin to ride their bicycles, and the occa-

sional convertible appears with its top down, though the windows are all rolled up and the driver is wearing a wool sweater.

Retailers proclaim spring’s arrival by bringing out their seed racks, and the little packages are whisked away by aging gardeners who hurry home to insert the seeds in long rows of plastic trays that, in the controlled environment of a home built greenhouse, will sprout in a few weeks, promising another bumper crop of vegetables.

What a great time of year.

It’s enough to make Canadians smile even if we hadn’t won both gold medal hockey games.

Jim Holtz is a Boundarybased writer.

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Pair of Rossland Paralympians land in Sochi TimoThy Schafer Rossland News

Rossland’s two Paralympic hopefuls have landed in Sochi, Russia as the next world winter games begins.

Ian Lockey and Kimberley Joines are set to compete in the Paralympic Winter Games in snowboardcross and alpine sit skiing, respectively. Lockey was already up in the mountains near Sochi, acclimatizing for his coming race.

“The people of Russia are some of the most happy,

friendly people I have ever interacted with,” he said.

“But I’m going out proudly to represent and show the world how Canada rocks.”

Lockey competes in parasnowboard men’s snowboardcross on Friday, March 14 at 10 a.m., which is 10 p.m.

Thursday, March 13 in Canada. He said the runs look good, as does the competition.

“They are working long hours to make our course ready,” he said. “We have an alternate practice course that we are practicing on.

Everyone is going fast and

looking very smart and patriotic in their country’s uniforms.”

He was not too concerned heading into the Games, since he has been competing with the best in the world for a few years.

“I’m not super nervous as I’ve done the prep work,” he said. “No need to worry. If I can’t do it now, it’s a bit late to learn it.”

People can follow Ian Lockey’s progress and get updates at www.ianlockey. com and www.ipc.org.

Joines has also been in Sochi for some time, practic-

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ing for well over a week on the Sochi slopes. She competes in para-alpine skiing, women’s sitting, on Friday, March 14 and again on Sunday, March 16.

The best bet for following her for daily updates is on Twitter (@9LivesJoines), and she is also doing video blogs through IPC and Samsung, which are available on the IPC site and through YouTube by searching “Kimberly Joines (or Kimberley Joines) Samsung.”

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Slopes bring hopes this Sunday at Red Mtn. STaff Rossland News

The Canadian Cancer Society is teaming up with Rosslanders and Red Mountain Resort to present the second annual Slopes for Hope.

Slopes for Hope is an “Everest-Style” skia-thon in which participants attempt to ski

the vertical height of Mount Everest in one day at Red Mountain Resort.

Participants can sign up as individuals or in teams and split the distance between team members to achieve their goal of skiing 29,092 feet in one day. There will be fun activities and entertainment at the base and on the moun-

tain and amazing prizes to be won.

Slopes for Hope will be taking place at Red Mountain Resort on Sunday, March 16 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

“This is a great event, and a wonderful way for the ski community to get involved in the fight against cancer,” said Alannah Freise and Eddy Learmont, vol-

unteer event chairs.

Visit slopesforhope. ca to register and support Slopes for Hope Red Mountain.

For more information or to register go to slopesforhope.ca or contact Allison McCarthy, Annual Giving Coordinator with the Canadian Cancer Society at 250364-0403/amccarthy@ bc.cancer.ca.

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The ‘Cat came back, it couldn’t stay away.

The second Rattlecat Cup is on at Red Mountain Resort this weekend, bringing the west’s best boarder-cross racers to dig their claws into their turns for ultra-acceleration and for bragging rights until next year in banked slalom action on Rossland’s snowy slopes.

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turns are set on snow banks.

The Rattlecat Cup started after the local ‘Rattlecat Shred Posse’ got together and decided to create an annual banked slalom to bring riders and friends together to celebrate snowboarding, said co-organizer Candy Reynolds.

“We were inspired by other banked slaloms like the Neil Edgeworth Memorial banked slalom and the Legendary Baker banked slalom and decided to host our own rendition at Red Resort.”

Snowboarders of all ages and abilities are welcome to register. At the end of the race, the fastest man and the fastest woman also get their name on the Rattlecat Cup, and win a catboarding day with Big Red Cats.

There are also lots of draw prizes for all registered riders from snowboard industry companies, including snowboards and gear. Last year the Rattlecat drew 105 riders to its inaugural race, and it’s looking even better this year, said Reynolds.

The banked slalom is going to be held at the bottom half of Red. Riders get one timed run each day and the best time of the weekend wins the category.

The ladies’ categories are 18 and under and 19 and over. The guys’ categories are 14 and under, 15 to 18, and 19 and over. Racers can register online at www.redresort. com/general-news/rattlecatcup-2014/ to guarantee entry, or register in person at Red in the conference centre on Friday from 5-8 p.m.

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One third of the gold medals brought back from the B.C. Winter Games in Mission for the Kootenay Zone team were won by one young Rosslander.

Remi Drolet was a double gold winner, taking home two medals in two days at the

letes to the B.C. Games held at Hemlock Valley Ski Area in the Fraser Valley.

Unfortunately, due to poor weather conditions, the boys were only able to run one of the three scheduled events while the girls were lucky to get in all three, said Christine Andison, president of the Red Mountain Racers Society.

In giant slalom, Kaysa Panke took home a silver medal with a time of 45.7, and then a bronze in slalom (1:15.79).

Samantha Gaul finished 17th in giant slalom (48.83) and did not finish in slalom.

In ski cross event Gaul’s team brought home silver while Kaysa’s team came in fifth.

“Gavin Patterson skied well in the slalom event with a top 20 placing,” said Andison.

Patterson placed 19th in slalom (1:18.46), while Mattias Hofman finished 37th in slalom (1:38.04). Patterson, Orion Humpherys and Logan Merringer were unable to compete in the giant slalom and skicross events due to weather conditions creating unsafe racing conditions.

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Competing in the individual start crosscountry races in Whistler, Rossland’s Drolet won the midget boys individual sprint on Friday (01:00:70), and followed that with another triumph in the individual start (time not available).

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There will be a 15 minute intermission with light refreshments served. Winners in all categories will be announced and each first place winner will read briefly from their nominated work.

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Michaela McLean finished seventh in individual sprint in the juvenile girls event (1:15.7), but came up just short of the medals in individual start with a fourth-place finish (0:19:27.4).

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Cracking Canada’s small car conundrum

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GENEVA, Switzerland - Small cars are huge here in Europe, if not in size certainly in numbers.

Everywhere you turn; it seems there is either a Ford Fiesta or an Opel Astra (the General Motors subsidiary) about to cross your path. If it is not those examples, there are any number of other similar sized economy cars from the likes of Citroen, VW, and Peugeot buzzing by.

Micro cars such as the tiny Smart, with which we are familiar, and even smaller vehicles zip into roadside parking spots where previously only a motorcycle would park.

My two-prong mission at the Geneva Motor Show was to view small cars we might see sometime soon and others we never will see but wish we could! Then ponder whether small cars will ever catch on here in the way they have in Europe.

There was something familiar about the first car I encountered in the giant Palexpo show buildings. Ah yes, a European version of the trusty Honda Civic – Canada’s hottest seller in that market segment. I am sure Honda Canada would sell more if they resembled the very hot Type R concept, which is destined to be a racer. Yes, the new North American Civic is sportier than the last generation but the Euro versions always seem that bit sharper in design.

Next up was the Mazda Hazumi hatchback, expected successor to the current Mazda2 and likely to adopt the same numeric moniker. The concept vehicle has an all-new 1.5-litre SKYACTIV-D diesel engine.

Citroen no longer sells in North America though periodically we hear rumours of a return by the French manufacturer and its home rivals, Peugeot and Renault. Their lines are so different to the often indistinguishable small cars we get.

Some of the French creations are positively funky and I found myself gawping at such an example in the new Citroen C4 Cactus. It’s designed to challenge the likes of the Ford Focus and the VW Golf. It uses lightweight materials extensively, including an aluminum hood, which means it sips gas. The rubberized pads along the side would be perfect for people who regularly have close encounters with garage doorframes!

General Motors looks to penetrate the difficult younger buyer marked with its Opel/Vauxhall Adam. It’s dressed up in interesting colours but it’s what is under the hood that makes it really interesting. It has a variety of bigger engines as options but its smallest engine is a new 1.0-litre, three-cylinder gas engine, mated to a six-speed manual transmission, with the pulling power of 1.6-litre power plant. Fuel consumption is expected to be a miserly 4.5 L/100 km (combined city highway). It may show up here in some form but right now GM has more than its fair share of small cars.

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Finally, I cast a close eye over the Audi S1, which is a hot sportback version of the popular A1.

It comes with a 228hp 2.0-litre turbocharged gas engine capable of hitting 100 km/h in less than six seconds. I will reveal it will sell for more than $40,000 in the UK. It’s fast, it’s a premium offering and I’ll eat my hat if it shows up here.

All of the above have great fuel economy going for them and most are competitively priced. The common keys to their success likely come down to two key factors. Impressive fuel consumption numbers matter because fuel in Europe is substantially more expensive than here. And Europe is crawling with folks going about their daily duties on often far less land and road space.

While there is a greater acceptance of smaller vehicles in our cities, people outside urban areas have more ground to cover and so are tempted by larger vehicles, especially as a first family vehicle.

And the truth is that the advances in fuel saving technology means there’s not a massive difference between the econo-cars and small family sedans. And perhaps a bigger factor is for “an extra $20 a month, madam, you could have the roominess and utility of this car.” A line heard in most dealerships, most days. And the sales people are not wrong. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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So I scrounged the dealer lots in my neighbourhood. I found the perfect car at a small dealership not far from my house.

Gray with four doors. Everything was still intact, but it was priced low. The dealer gave me the car’s history right away. It had been in three accidents over its lifetime. Nothing too major, but damage was done and repaired.

I couldn’t spot the repairs. So, I happily bought it and registered it.

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Rossland REC Spring Brochure The Spring Brochure is almost done and will be available by the third week of March. Look for it online at www.rossland.ca, Recreation Program Guide and in hard copy at the Public Library, the Credit Union and City Hall.

Rossland Arena – available ice The last day of operations at the Rossland Arena is on Friday, March 14. If you’d like to rent ice this week, give us a call right away.

Public skating schedule, to March 14 The last public skating of the season is this Wednesday, March 12 from 6:30-7:45 p.m. For more information about admission prices, skate rentals and more, please log onto the city’s website, at www.rossland.ca, then arena page.

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Wrap up and year end celebration The Hip Hop and Dance classes are holding their wrap up dance party on Friday, March 14 at the Miners Hall from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and support the young dancers.

Rossland Seniors Hall The Rossland Seniors Hall has lots of great activities running through the week.

On Mondays at 1:30 p.m. the Rossland Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith Harasin at 250-362-5477 for more information.

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On Monday evenings, the Rossland Quilters Guild gets together at 7 p.m. Contact Deyanne Davies at 250-362-7727 for more information.

On Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. the Rossland Golden City Old Time Fiddlers practice and play. The public are welcome to sit in and listen to the old time fiddlers play their music. Contact Richie at 250-362-9465.

Seedy Sunday – March 23 Last week’s column had some incorrect information about the Seedy Sunday. Please note: March 23 at the Miners’ Union Hall.

Rossland’s annual flower and vegetable seed sale event with local seeds grown right here in the Kootenays.

Save the date: Sunday, March 23 at the Miners’ Union Hall. The seed swap is from 1-4 p.m. and then a talk by Dan Jason from Salt Spring Seeds on “saving seeds as if our lives depended on it.”

After supper, a movie on urban farming Growing Cities will be shown.

Rossland Public Library Check out the library’s website for a complete listing of the programs they’re running. Lego Club, Teen Night, Storytime, French Club, Movies and Munchies, NFB Film Club and Book Club are some of the great programs running at the library.

Tango classes in Rossland Beginning today a new class of beginner Argentine tango classes starts. The seven-week series will work with foundations of tango— which is all about walking in connection with your partner and finding ease and flow in that connection. Contact Heather, at 2hvgrant@gmail. com or 250-505-0109 for more information, class fee and location.

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Village of Warfield – Warfield Council Chambers Thursday, March 27, 2014 – 5:30 p.m.

Beaver Valley – Montrose Hall Thursday, April 3, 2014- 5:30 p.m.

City of Trail – Trail Council Chambers Monday, April 7, 2014 – 4:00 p.m.

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Dans les grands marécages du pays, les oiseaux bâtissaient hâtivement leur nid, Au rythme des croassements des grenouilles, se dissimulant discrètement parmi les quenouilles.

L’étourneau à épaulettes rouges et sa compagne, de leur chant rauque et perçant, dès l’aube, éveillaient tout habitant de la verte campagne, leur annonçant le beau temps et les nuits chaudes.

Vive le doux temps !

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Il s’installe lentement dans l’hémisphère boréal.

L’astre du jour, tel un gros fanal, illumine la Terre et réchauffe la lande.

La faune se renouvelle mignonne et tendre.

Bientôt, mère Natur e dans son manteau vert, proclamera la vie par tout l’univers.

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Vers la plage joyeusement on s’élance.

On plonge et on s’éclabousse.

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On se fait brunir la peau et quand les rayons deviennent trop chaud, On retourne à l’eau.

Quant aux villégiateurs, ils ne connaissent pas l’heure.

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Les vacances sont une occasion unique De refaire ses forces mentales et physiques, de s’éloigner du quotidien et d’éviter les vas et viens. À la fin d’une journée sans tracas, on se retire sous les draps Demain, une autre journée va naître, ainsi, recommencera la fête.

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Mais, dans le firmament brillera la lune.

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Les fleurs, les arbres et les arbrissons, ont tous désormais, de vilains frissons.

Madame nature a sorti son grand pinceau.

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L’Élan et le cerf au bord des étangs appellent les femelles en beuglant.

Le temps du rut est arrivé, c’est le temps de s'accoupler.

Le lièvre dans son pelage brun a peur de l’ennemi à jeun.

Il se cache sous les sapins, car la neige est venue ce matin.

Les oiseaux migrateurs se sont envolés, vers des régions plus tempérées.

L’ours et la marmotte vont bientôt hiberner.

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Employment

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LICENSED PLUMBER/ GAS FITTER

is looking for the perfect hairsylist to join our fantastic team. Full-time or part-time position available. Contact Danni or Nancy @ 352-7775 or drop in, 601 Lake St, Nelson

EXPERIENCED PARTS person required for a progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wages, full benefits and RRSP bonuses working 5 day work week, plus moving allowances. Our 26,000ft2 store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmonton, Alberta. See our community online at www.Lac LaBicheRegion.com. Send resume to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Or by email to: hr@sapphireinc.net.

Dental Receptionist Must be outgoing, highly organized, self motivated, detail oriented. Dental experience & computer knowledge ideal. Send resume to 201-402 Baker St. Nelson, V1L 4H8 or email drkuiperdental@telus.net

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Antiques, collectibles, furniture, dolls, toys, Christmas decorations.

Mar 15th 9am - 1pm Mar 16th 1pm - 4pm Mar 22nd 9am - 1pm 405 Hampton Gray Place, Nelson (in the subdivision at the top of Davies St)

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TRADES APPRENTICESHIP CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Teck Metals Ltd. is currently seeking Apprentices to join our operation’s maintenance team in the following trades: Journeypersons (Proof of certification required): • Millwright Journeyperson • Bricklayer Journeyperson • Industrial Instrument Mechanic Journeyperson Apprentices: • Millwright Apprentices • Bricklayer Apprentices • Industrial Instrument Mechanic Apprentices.Qualifications: • Completion of Grade 12 and an applicable Entry Level Trades Training (ELTT) program • Proof of WHMIS certification • Currently indentured as an apprentice at any level will also be considered • Related industrial maintenance experience • Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems considered an asset

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Teck Metals Ltd. is committed to employment equity and offers competitive compensation and an attractive benefits package including relocation assistance. Qualified individuals are encouraged to submit their cover letter, and resume on www.teck.com/careers (Please select Trail Operation, BC as the location or Zinc as the business unit.)

Applicants will be required to participate in an assessment process designed to measure fitness, aptitudes and personal attributes.

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply directly online to: www.teck.com/careers, at the Trail Operations location.

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MARCH 13TH

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46 “Perhaps”

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While you’re not looking, this is what’s happening to BC’s world renowned recycling program.

Well, lookie here.

One minute you have a perfectly good Blue Box recycling program. The next, something new and rather questionable is being put in its place. And they thought they’d get away with it right under your nose, without telling you or asking your opinion.

That’s definitely not democracy in action.

The BC Government, elected by us to represent our best interests, has decided to offload the costs of recycling to big multi-national corporations. To implement this new plan, they’ve set up an association that doesn’t really seem to hold the environment, local jobs, or the municipalities that run the Blue Box program, close to its heart.

Perhaps that’s why some of our local elected officials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board.

That’s gotta tell you something.

Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.

What’s going on here?

Email Christy Clark at premier@gov.bc.ca or call 250-387-1715. For more info, visit RethinkItBC.ca. #RethinkItBC. This Message is brought to you by: