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Sometimes things happen for a reason and if Tom McEwan had made some different choices after serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War, the Greater Trail area would have been much poorer for it. Now, in recognition of his extensive volunteerism for the community, the 90 year-old has been named the Trail-Warfield Citizen of the Year for 2013, When McEwan completed his degree in chemical engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1951 he had offers in other parts of Canada but he and his wife Edie, who passed away in 2008, chose to come to Trail instead. “I had offers in Ontario in chemical engineering, that’s where the chemical guys were. But neither of our fathers were well at that time and we wanted to stay closer to Vancouver, where they were,” McEwan said. “Within a month or so of being here we had a lot of friends and we really loved it. It was a nice, family-oriented community and we decided to stay.” And stay they did. McEwan went on to work for

Cominco Ltd. for 35 years, retiring in 1986. With his beloved wife, he raised six sons who went on to become a B.C. Supreme Court Justice, two successful lawyers, an economic development officer, an associate deputy minister with the provincial government, and the former Chief Executive Officer of Sobeys Canada. At the same time of pursuing his own career and raising children, McEwan also threw himself into helping to build and support the community he had grown to love, volunteering in health care, sports, education, elder and youth care, and religion. Over the years McEwan served as a member of the Spiritual Care Committee of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH), the Trail Regional Hospital Board, the original building committee and member of the board of directors of Alpha House, the St. Michael’s Catholic School’s original building committee and board of directors, a member of the Board of Advisors and the Board of Governors of Notre Dame University in Nelson, a member of Toastmasters, president of the West Trail Little League, the United Way, the Trail Athletic Association, an assistant Scout Master, and the Trail-Warfield Stingrays swim club executive. See CELEBRATION Page 3

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Still an active community volunteer at 90, long-term Greater Trail resident, Tom McEwan says he was motivated to give back to the community over the years just because he liked being here and just felt he should contribute.

BLOOMING CREATIVE

Local artists give back to new arts scholarship BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff

An annual spring gathering of local creators and crafters will support a new regional artist fund for the first time. Blooming Creative, set for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Riverbelle in Trail, will donate 10 per cent of its proceeds to the Kootenay Arts Scholarship Fund. Goods up for grabs includes everything from green cleaning prod-

ucts, locally created bamboo clothing, healthy herbs and spice blends, cookware, handmade soaps, bags, children’s items and more. “We enjoy putting the markets together and feel that any opportunity to give back to a local group and support local entrepreneurs is a great reason to gather us all together,” said Rachel Jansen, who along with Erin Fance coordinates the event. “As a group of creative types, we have looked for something

creative to give back to and this fund has just been created by Steps Dance Company so it fits.” The scholarship was created by Steps Dance Company as a means of giving back to the community by helping others pursue their passion for the arts. The 26-person dance troupe kickstarted fundraising last Thursday with a charity show called “We Love to Dance” at the Capital Theatre in Nelson. Led by Steps Dance Centre

owner and artistic director Rhonda Michallik, the company is the longest running youth (nine to 17 years old) dance troupe in the Kootenays and performs all disciplines of dance from tap, jazz, ballet, theatre styles, hip hop, body percussion and modern. “We’re such a sports town that we just feel like there needs to be more support for the arts,” said Michallik. See FIFTH, Page 2

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The Trail Historical Society has kindly shared stories and photos of Greater Trail’s history. The 2014 World Hockey Championship begins on May 9th in Minsk, Belarus. Another year has come to reflect on the success of Trail hockey players on the World stage, not all wearing the Trail Smoke Eaters sweater. One such player is Bill Dimock, silver medal winner at the 1949 World Hockey Championship as a member of the Sudbury Wolves. Bill was born in Trail in 1923 and is the son of Dick Dimock, coach and GM of the

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Trail Smoke Eaters in the late 1920s. So how did Bill get from Trail to Sudbury and world hockey glory? Bill enrolled in the University of Alberta in 1942, earning a degree in chemical engineering. In 1947, he obtained a job in Montreal and moved east. There he played senior hockey in Verdun, Quebec. The Sudbury Wolves were to represent Canada in the 1949 World Hockey Championship and invited Bill to try out for the team. He was selected, quit his job and left for Europe three days before Christmas. The team

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played a gruelling exhibition schedule before travelling to Stockholm, Sweden for the World tournament, playing most games in outdoor rinks, including the World Championships. Ten teams participated in the tournament. In their first game Canada beat Denmark 47-0, still remembered as the most lopsided game in hockey history. The Wolves finished the tournament with a 2-1-1 record and claimed the silver medal. Czechoslovakia won the gold and the US won the bronze. Bill currently resides in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Keep your eyes on this year’s tournament. Trail native Trevor Johnson is playing for the Italian National Team in Group A against hockey’s superpowers. Trevor is preserving a long standing Trail tradition

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Trail resident, Bill Dimock in his Sudbury Wolves jersey in 1949. of competing for world hockey glory. We hope he is as successful as Bill Dimock was. Pick up a copy of the Trail Journal

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Fifth-annual spring event From page 1 “I am a mom to one of the Though the cause is quickly present company dancers and gaining attention, Michallik said hope to see this scholarship fund the company’s initial intention succeed and grow to help support was to simply put any access funds the growth and development of raised throughout local Kootenay artthe year toward supists of all genres,” “It’s something porting a local cause. said Jansen. “Finding that I think is “I think that in the your creative spirit future if it becomes going to blow up and being supported successful and we see the process is a even bigger than in how it really affects wonderful thing.” we anticipated.” the arts in our comThis Saturday munity, they may feel marks the fifthRhonda michallik that it’s something annual Blooming they want to pursue Creative event, the a little bit stronger,” she said. “It’s spring version of the popular winsomething that I think is going ter Mistletoe Market. Both craft to blow up even bigger than we fairs choose one non-profit organanticipated so that’s cool.” ization to support, helping out The scholarship – which will various organizations in the past go to a local artist, musician or like the KBRH Health Foundation, dancer, in support of the pursuit Sanctuary, the Stroke Recovery of their passion – is planned to Association of BC’s Trail branch, be presented to the applicant at Special Olympics, La Nina Extreme the dance studio’s year-end show Weather Shelter, the Gordie Steep on June 1 at the Charles Bailey Memorial Sick Children’s Fund, Theatre. The recipient will have Kootenay Animal Assistance an opportunity to display how the Program, Greater Trail Hospice funds helped them on their path Society and the BC Professional next April at a benefit show. Fire Fighting Burn Fund.

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All the recent inter-community conflict between local municipal politicians surrounding community recreation agreements can potentially leave citizens of the area feeling somewhat left out of the loop while elected officials squabble. To try to alleviate some of these feelings, the Trail mayor and council will be on hand Saturday at Waneta Plaza to answer questions and address concerns for any passers-by who may be curious. “We get quite a few people here and there asking questions,” said Mayor Dieter Bogs. “We just thought we’d get together a booth at the mall and try to answer some of them.” Bogs and company will be on hand Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., taking questions from citizens

from around the area on recreation or whatever municipal subject they may want information about. “I hope people from all around the Greater Trail come and ask questions, not just the City of Trail,” Bogs said. “I just thought this would be better than another media release or editorial. I’ll make myself available and we’ll have some handouts.” Bogs hopes he’ll be able to field questions on a range of topics, everything from the proposed library and museum, the new pedestrian/pipeline bridge across the Columbia River, or ongoing revitalization work in the downtown core. “I just wanted to interact with people rather than the media for a change,” he said from Cranbrook, where he is attending the B.C. Mayors’ Caucus this week. “I thought it was a bit more friendly option to personalize it a bit.”

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Celebration kicks off Silver City Days From page 1 “I just liked being here and felt I should give back. Edie was the same way – family and community oriented,” McEwan said. “I believe that part of the reason we’re here is to be concerned with others and do what we can to help. “When we do that we honour the source of life, whether you call it God or Buddha or whatever you like.” Tom has relinquished some of his responsibilities but still actively serves on the Board

of Directors of the Generation to Generation Society-Sanctuary, Trail Hospice Society, the KBRH Foundation, the Interior Health Medical Ethics Committee, a grief support group which he founded and facilitated, the Royal Canadian Legion, and the Knights of Columbus. McEwan will receive the Citizen of the Year award May 6 at a public ceremony at the St. Michael’s gym at 7 p.m. in what is generally considered to be the kick-off for the annual Silver City Days celebration.

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The Nelson Star Every year a normally pastoral 500acre farm near Salmo transforms into a city of nearly 10,000 people. And while the vast majority are there to dance and enjoy the world-class music the Shambhala Music Festival has become famous for, you can only imagine how many staff it takes to pull off the event. “We’re basically creating a temporary city,” says Anna Bundschuh, who’s been with the festival since its inception. “Quite miraculously, we go from a staff of just over a dozen year-round employees to 2,500. For four days every August, we actually create one of the biggest cities in the West Kootenays.” Many of what’s called “the Shambhala Crew” come from the

local population in and around Nelson. In the past they’ve included professionals, contractors, students and retirees. If you’ve wanted to check out the festival, but aren’t ready to dive in as a guest, working or volunteering at Shambhala is an incredible opportunity to participate in what has become one of the most well-respected and professionally run musical festivals in North America. “I volunteered as a Shambhassador for Shambhala a few years ago and am volunteering again this year with another girlfriend who will also turn 60 this year,” said Karin Bagn, a Nelsonbased attorney. “You may or may not like the music, but come and find out. Talk to young people, talk to old people. Meet and

mingle and dance with people from all around the world.” On May 2 and 3 from noon to 3 p.m. outside the Old World Bakery on Nelson’s Baker Street, Shambhala staff will be hosting a job fair in conjunction with the Bridge Radio Station, accepting applications for both paid and volunteer positions: everything from food and beverage to security, retail, environment, parking, medical care, and business admin. Basically, if you can think of the job, they’ve probably got it. “We guarantee it will be one of the most fascinating work experiences of your life,” said Nicole Seaboyer of the Shambhala human resources team. This year’s Shambhala Music Festival goes August 6 to 11.

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FORT NELSON, B.C. - The mayor of Fort Nelson, B.C., has issued a public apology to provincial bureaucrats and gas industry officials expelled from a First Nations summit on liquefied natural gas, saying there is too much at stake for his community to keep silent. Last week, the Fort Nelson First Nation asked both parties to leave its LNG summit over the province’s decision to change environment assessment rules for gas plants. In an open letter, Bill Streeper, mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, which includes Fort Nelson, said he understands the frustration of the aboriginal community but calls the expulsion a “knee-jerk” reaction.

“This town is 100 per cent depending on the LNG and the gas industry for its existence,” Streeper said in a telephone interview Thursday. “We have no forest industry here. It has been shut down for over four years now. We don’t see any revitalization in the forest industry for the next four or five years. We’re a oneindustry town. “If LNG fails, this town will fail.” Fort Nelson Chief Sharleen Gail asked the government and industry representatives to leave the summit after learning that the province had quietly revised environmental assessment rules to exempt so-called “sweet” gas from automatic environmental assessment. Gail said her community, at the heart of a potential natural gas boom, was deeply

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insulted. “At a time when B.C. has said it wants to reset the relationship with First Nations as part of the LNG strategy, the province has acted in bad faith,” she said in a statement. Gail was not available for comment Thursday. Environment Minister Mary Polak quickly reversed the decision after the Fort Nelson incident, saying government would consult with First Nations. The broader community is very supportive of the natural gas industry, Streeper said.

He also said he’s met with many First Nations communities who are fully supportive of LNG and he’s concerned that one incident could divide support. In the letter released Wednesday, Streeper called the expulsion “discriminatory exploitation” and apologized to those “booted” from the room. He said the region welcomes the sustainable economic opportunity offered by shale gas extraction, which he says will benefit the entire region, including the Fort Nelson First Nation.

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Ottawa proposes new target-benefit plan By Linda Nguyen

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TORONTO - The best way to secure retirement for more Canadians is with a third option for pension plans, and not the way Ontario is approaching the problem by expanding the Canada Pension Plan, says Kevin Sorenson, minister of state for finance, on Thursday. The federal government wants to create a target-benefit plan, or shared-risk plan, as an alternative to defined-benefit plans, generally favoured by workers, and defined-

contribution plans, which are favoured by employers. It’s billing the new framework as a “sustainable and flexible” option, which will only be available for Crown corporations and federallyregulated workers in the transportation, banking and telecommunications sectors. “We need to have a third option,” said Sorenson following the announcement during a speech at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto. “We are not picking and choosing for Canadians. We want

the defined-benefit plan there as a choice, we want the definedcontribution plan to be an option and we want the target-benefit plan to be an option.” Ottawa calls the voluntary plan as an “innovative approach” that will allow employers and employees to create targets, and adjust benefits and contributions to their needs in times of surplus or deficit, like the recent financial crisis that put many definedbenefit plans in jeopardy due to investment shortfalls. The proposed

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OTTAWA - Expensive house calls by plumbers can be nerve-racking for homeowners, but this plumbing job in Canada’s high Arctic is one for the record books. Broken water pumps at CFS Alert triggered an 11,000-kilometre house call this winter by an elite squad of navy divers from Halifax. The 10-day job in the frozen, permanent darkness of an Arctic winter required arduous drilling through ice more than a metre thick, and then a robot

submarine to survey the damage. In the end, the crack diver-plumber team was able to replace one broken pump, but not a second backup pump, the repair of which will have to wait for warmer temperatures in the summer. CFS Alert, near the North Pole, draws its drinking water from nearby Upper Dumbell Lake to a water-treatment plant serving the station’s 75 soldiers and workers. The military facility has three water pumps, including two backups, and was left vulnerable when both backups

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o what does a Conservative party senator from Ontario, the Toronto Blue Jays, an Ontario public sector union and a part-owner of the Calgary Flames all have in common? If their chequebook is any indication, they have a keen interest in B.C. politics. Ontario Senator Nancy Ruth donated $5,000 to the B.C. Green party in 2013, the Blue Jays passed the mitt round the dugout to scrape up $300 for the B.C. Liberal party, CUPE Ontario gave $500 to the B.C. NDP and Allan Markin, part-owner of the Calgary Flames, gave $100,000 to the B.C. Liberals. Who knew folk outside B.C. cared so much? All of this is gleaned from that annual rite of spring: the financial filings of B.C.’s political parties. Each April, B.C.’s registered political parties file their annual reports, offering a glimpse at how the parties are funded and how they spend that money. Most donors to B.C.’s main political parties can be lumped into a few broad categories.

There’s the ‘boy that’s not a shock’ donor group, donations such as the B.C. Federation of Labour’s $110,401 to the B.C. NDP or the BCGEU ‘s $421,802. Although, it may shock a few that the BCTF didn’t give to the NDP in 2013. It’s a long-standing practice of the BCTF not to donate to political parties of any stripe. There’s the ‘what ever were they thinking when they signed that cheque’ donor. Like the $10,000 donation that Torontobased Postmedia, owner of the Vancouver Sun and Province, made to the Liberals. Then there’s the ‘we’ve got money to burn’ donor crowd. West Fraser Mills gave $99,495 to the Liberals and $500 to the NDP. West Fraser was one of two forestry companies recently caught cutting healthy timber meant for future harvests when they were supposed to be harvesting dead and dying pine. The company could have faced a hefty fine, but after assuring the minister in the strongest of all possible terms that it would never

ever happen again, scout’s honour, they walked away with a slap on the wrist, as did the other company involved – Jimmy Pattison’s Canfor.

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TRAVIS IntegrityBC Calgary-based Burnco Rock Products donated $34,000 to the Liberals, bringing their eight year running total to $219,700. Presumably with a sharp eye on the polls – and after years of giving exclusively to the Liberals – they finally found some moola for the NDP. But talk about cutting it close. With just a week to spare before voting day, Burnco cut two cheques to the NDP totalling $12,500. Burnco has big plans for a large scale gravel mine at

McNab Creek at the northern end of Howe Sound. If it gets the green light, it’ll crush and process gravel 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. And even though it’s hard at work trying to meet the 209 conditions of the Joint Review Panel, Northern Gateway Pipelines still found time to cut seven cheques totalling $23,050 to the Liberals. The New Car Dealers Association of B.C. gave $180,000 to the Liberals, bringing their nine year benevolence to $1,061,527. Coincidentally, the only major tax change that survived the transition from the HST to the PST was the 12 per cent sales tax on vehicles sold privately, as in not from a dealer’s lot. RCI Capital gave $6,000 to the Liberals. That’s the company that once had a subsidiary that Premier Christy Clark was once chair of but according to her never once worked for and was never paid for not doing any of that work. The Great Canadian Gaming Corporation gave $24,080 to the NDP, but not so much as a poker chip to the Liberals. That may be the result

of the Liberals choosing not to accept money from gambling companies – at least directly. However, owners are a different matter. Prince George resident John S. Major gave $60,000 to the Liberals last year, bringing his six year total to $269,390. That’s a lot of chips. Major owns the Treasure Cove Casino. Who knew that professional sports teams were political junkies as well? In addition to the Blue Jays, the Vancouver Giants gave the B.C. Liberals $300, the Vancouver Whitecaps gave $2,500 and the BC Lions forked out $13,150. No doubt about who they were cheering for. And who was the fairest – or most generous – leader of them all in 2013? John Cummins hands down. He gave the B.C. Conservatives $8,260. Adrian Dix gave the NDP $1,775 and Jane Sterk gave the B.C. Greens $645. Christy Clark? Well her name doesn’t actually appear on the list of donors who gave the Liberals more than $250 in 2013. Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC. www.integritybc.ca

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oor old Tony Blair is condemned to spend the rest of his life trying to justify his decision to help George Bush invade Iraq. He was at it again recently, insisting that the threat of Islamist extremism is the great problem of the 21st century. Western countries, he said, must put aside their differences with Russia and China in order to “cooperate” in the fight against radical Islam. President Barack Obama, however, is tending to his real priority in world affairs: deciding whether the US-China relationship will be one of cooperation or conflict. Not that that is the stated purpose of his current Asian tour. Officially he is discussing a freetrade deal, the TransPacific Partnership, with three countries that have already joined the negotiations (Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines) and one that probably soon will (South Korea). It’s a very big deal. The twelve countries on the Pacific Rim that are currently in the negotiation – Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru and Chile on the eastern side, Japan, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand on the western side –

account for nearly 60% of global GDP and over a quarter of world trade. But there is an elephant in the room (or rather, not in the room): China.

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China is the second-largest economy in the world and trades extensively with almost every member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – but it is not part of the negotiations, or at least not yet. If it is kept out permanently, many consequences will follow. Keeping China out of this planned freetrade area, the biggest in the world, is economically attractive to the current members, and especially to the United States and Japan: the TPP would give US and Japanese companies preferential access to Asia’s markets. But the real motive driving the deal is strategic: they are all worried about what happens when China’s military strength matches its economic power. The Chinese regime insists that it has no

expansionist ambitions, but it has alienated most of its neighbours by pushing hard on its extensive claims to islands in the East China Sea (the dispute with Japan over the Senkaku/Diayoyu Islands) and to seabed rights in the South China Sea (where it has disputes with Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines). They all want to nail down US support, including military backing, if those disputes flare into open conflict. That is not to say that a great-power military confrontation in Asia is imminent, let alone that China is really expansionist. What drives the process, as usual, is more likely to be the threat that each side sees in the power of the other. Asked in a recent BBC interview about President Obama’s decision to shift US naval forces from an equal division between Atlantic and Pacific to a 60:40 ratio in favour of the Pacific, retired Major-General Xu Guangyu, former vice-president of the People’s Liberation Army Defense Institute, replied: “How would (the Americans) like it if we took 60 percent of our forces and sailed up and down in front of their doorstep?” Former US Assistant Secretary of State Philip J. Crowley was

expressing essentially the same sentiment when, commenting on Obama’s trip, he said that “Many traditional allies...value a strong US presence in the region to balance against an assertive China.” In other words, it doesn’t take evil intentions to produce a tragedy. In any case, it’s not likely to happen soon. The point for the moment is that the strategic balance in Asia is what the US cares about most, not the Middle East or even Russia. The United States still drops drones on the heads of various bearded fanatics in the greater Middle East, but they are just a nuisance, not a real strategic threat. Washington has just sent 600 American troops (600!) to reassure allies in eastern NATO countries that are worried about Russian intentions, but it doesn’t really anticipate a new Cold War with Moscow, nor would it feel really threatened if that happened. Russia is not the old Soviet Union, and the US defence budget is ten times Russia’s. The real strategic game is now in the Asia-Pacific region. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - It took a collapse in her home office resulting from exhaustion and lack of sleep for Arianna Huffington to truly wake up. As she worked relentlessly to build her rapidly expanding media company, that fall on a spring morning in 2007 left Huffington with a broken cheekbone, an eye injury and a renewed resolve to reexamine her life. Yet long before the incident, Huffington acknowledged there were other key moments that should have put her “sleepdeprived, burnt outfuelled existence into perspective.” The loss of her first child that was stillborn. A breast cancer scare. Her divorce. In her new book “Thrive” (Harmony Books), Huffington proposes what she describes a “Third Metric” for redefining success, one that extends beyond the pursuit of money and power. The co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group touts

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the importance of self-care, citing wellbeing, wisdom, wonder and giving among the pillars of the Third Metric. Huffington dedicated “Thrive” to her late mother, Elli, whom she saw as a true embodiment of the Third Metric, reinforced with anecdotes of the spirited matriarch woven throughout the book. “My mother was somebody who always lived life with an open heart, making connections with people, not multi-tasking, all of the things that dominate our lives now were things that she realized were not going to lead to a life of meaning and purpose,” Huffington said in an interview in Toronto. “Unfortunately, our minds often want to take us in the past, judging what we’ve done often, this voice that we all have in our heads that I call the obnoxious roommate living in our head that puts us down, judges us constantly, questions our dreams, or our mind wants to take us in the future worrying, being anxious

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about what’s going to happen.” In addition to touting the benefits of meditation, the selfdescribed “sleep evangelist” recognized the importance of getting sufficient shut-eye after her collapse and started to read about the scientific value of sleep. “It’s really a miracle drug. It affects our health and well-being, our mental clarity, our capacity for joy,” said Huffington, who over time has gone from getting four to five hours of sleep a night to between seven and eight. At the end of each section of “Thrive” she offers tips on small steps readers can take immediately to start charting a course to wellness. Among them: aiming to get 30 more minutes of sleep a night. She has also established her own winddown routine which encompasses turning off all her devices - which includes an iPhone and four BlackBerrys - and placing them outside of the bedroom. “We have to recognize that we are addicted to our smartphones and the impact that that has on being able to connect deeply with the people we love.” During her most recent Christmas vacation spent with her ex-husband Michael and daughters Christina and Isabella, Huffington had a week of a digital detox. “It was wonderful to have a meal without Instagramming it, to watch a sunset without Instagramming it, and to have conversations with my children when they would say something funny I wouldn’t feel the temptation to tweet it. “And I just felt so recharged when I got back.”

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Good friends and kindergarten classmates, Noah Thirsk and Owen McCarthy, wanted to share their birthday celebration with their classmate Cadance Brace. The boys’ moms planned for a toonie party in lieu of presents in which they decided to donate some of their birthday money to the Hope for Cadance fund. Classmates and friends of Cadance were very generous with their toonies, knowing that some would be donated to bring some joy to their fellow kindergarten friend. Noah and Owen will be sending a cheque to Cadance and her family for $170 and are requesting that sweet little Cadance buys herself something special to brighten her day. Cadance Brace is a five-year-old Trail girl who is battling Lekuemia at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. Donations can be made to the Hope for Cadance Trust Fund at Kootenay Savings or online at (www.gofundme.com/hope4cadance). For more information visit the Hope for Cadance Facebook page.

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After two terms on Rossland City Councillor, Kathy Wallace has resigned. She admits that being City Councillor is a challenging position and has chosen to resign due to a personal decisions that will take her out of the province. Since she is going to a remote area with neither telephone nor Internet access for an extended period of time, a leave of absence did not seem reasonable. In the future she hopes to see diversity on the council so that every voice in the community will be represented. She explains that the compensation is too low to attract

people to these challenging positions. Young families often cannot afford to have one parent staying at home and that volunteer positions cannot be afforded. “The next election is for four terms instead of three, it will be interesting to see who

puts their name up for that,” says Wallace. “It is a constant balancing act to please as many different groups in the community as possible.” When asked about her favourite successful project during her time on council she says that it was the

infrastructure project on Columbia Avenue. She explains that it doesn’t just make the town centre look more appealing but the most significant improvements lay underground. “It was a crucial upgrade on the infrastructure,” she added.

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Farmers to plant more soybeans this year: StatsCan and barley have dropped, so it’s natural producers would plant less of those crops. But the market for soybeans has been fairly strong and farmers have been getting good prices. “People are gravitating towards the crops that give them the best potential returns,” Chorney said Thursday. The survey says land planted with soybeans could reach another record in 2014, which would mark the sixth consecutive year of historic highs. Canadian farmers reported that they expect to seed 5.3 million acres - an increase of 16.5 per cent from 2013. The biggest drop from last year is expected with barley. Seeding is

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - A Statistics Canada survey of seeding intentions for the upcoming growing season shows soybeans continue to be the crop of choice for many producers. It also says farmers are cutting back on how much wheat, corn for grain and barley they plant. The survey between March 24 and March 31 asked 11,500 farmers what grain, oilseeds and specialty crops they plan to sow this season. Doug Chorney, president of Keystone Agriculture Producers in Manitoba, isn’t surprised at the results. He says prices for wheat, corn

expected to decline 10.9 per cent to 6.3 million acres. Spring planting could be

“People are gravitating towards the crops that give them the best potential returns.” Doug chorney

Fight between US city, hot sauce maker delayed to shut me down?” Tran said to the fivemember council. Mayor Mark Breceda, who brought a half-empty bottle of Sriracha sauce to the meeting, said the city doesn’t want to shut the factory down. “It was never this council’s goal,” Breceda said. “No one

In Saskatchewan, farmers in some parts of the province are facing wet conditions. Leonard Blocka, who grows wheat, barley, canola and oats on his farm outside Prince Albert, said he usually gets into his fields at the beginning of May. “But I think this year, with what is predicted, we may be pushed back.”

delayed in several areas. The Statistics Canada report points out that many regions of the country had a longer winter than anticipated. Manitoba experienced a particularly harsh cold season.

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wants you here more, Mr. Tran and Huy Fong Foods, than the City Council.” Breceda said he was confident the city could reach a settlement with Tran before the council’s next meeting on May 7, the Pasadena Star-News reported. Tran called the decision disappointing and

has opened his factory doors to lawmakers. Privately held Huy Fong Foods was founded and is still owned by Vietnamese immigrant David Tran. He began making the fiery sauce, named for a city in Thailand, in a bucket at his home in 1980 and saw his business take off from there.

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continues here. Under the hood, Nissan stays with the trusty 3.5-litre six-cylinder powerplant matched to a continuously variable transmission. Expect to see the Murano in the showrooms at the tail end of the year.

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car! It too features a panoramic roof stretching almost from the windshield to the rear window. A production model version is expected later in the year, which suggests the L.A. show might benefit from that timetable. Any new Toyota Camry is an instant hit, especially in North America where it’s been the best selling car for 12 years. Despite that, the Japanese manufacturer launched an all-new 2015 model, just three years after introducing a redesign. It incorporates design touches now

appearing in sibling models, including a deeper grille that more resembles an upmarket Lexus. Interior materials are upgraded and a large central display matches the design trend of its competitors. Two trims are added; a sporty XSE with some luxury touches and a Hybrid SE. Toyota sticks with its 2.5-litre, four-cylinder, and 3.5-litre, six-cylinder engines plus its Hybrid Synergy Drive. Hyundai would like to put a serious dent in the Toyota Camry success story with its own mid-size sedan – the redesigned Sonata. It’s likely the introduction of a sharp looking Sonata in 2011 helped prompt Toyota into taking a serious look

at upping the ante in the Camry. Other competitors have also risen to the challenge. Now the seventh-generation, newly styled, sharper looking 2015 Sonata raises the bar again with improved ride and handling plus advanced driver assistance and safety equipment. Unlike the Camry, the Sonata stays with purely four-cylinder engines. Standard is a 2.4-litre power plant and a turbocharged 2.0L four is an option. The one domestic manufacturer that did show up with something more exciting than the rest was Jeep, which introduced the compact Renegade. It is the iconic brand’s first foray into the

small SUV segment. Its funky looks and fuel efficiency should make it an urban dweller hit but it also boasts best-inclass off-road capability, which may just bring in buyers from the growing outdoor adventure seekers. Two engine choices: a 2.4-litre Tigershark engine with MultiAir2 paired to the segment’s first nine-speed automatic transmission, or a 1.4-litre MultiAir Turbo engine with six-speed manual transmission. Prices for all of the above closer to launch when pencils have been sharpened and each figure out how they can undercut competitors! keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

Confessions of a Curber I surprised my family with a trip to Hawaii. They didn’t have a clue how I paid for it. But they thought I was the best dad in the world. While we were away, I bought a car on eBay. It had over 350,000 km on it. No one will want to buy this piece of junk, I thought. Unless. I could just lower the mileage on it a little bit. And it won’t hurt anybody, right? One problem – I had no idea how to change an odometer*. But as it turns out, it’s much easier than I’d expected. With an odometer tool, I changed the reading to 164,500 km. Still a lot, but less than half the real clicks. My ad: “Minivan – old but in great condition! Only 164,500kms - it sat in my garage for the last 5 years. Must sell. If you’re looking for an older, but reliable and safe vehicle, call my cell and we’ll negotiate.” Looking back, I realized I’d knocked almost 200,000 km off the vehicle. But I shined it up and put some newer used tires on it so they wouldn’t give away its true condition. Will this get me in trouble? I wondered. I wasn’t doing anything wrong, really – this just gives me a chance to make some more money on the vehicle. I got a phone call from a young single mom who could only afford an older vehicle. We decided to meet at her son’s school. As I was showing her the car, I noticed the carpet, the door handles and the pedals kind of gave away its true condition. Hopefully she’s too naïve to notice, I thought.

Forty minutes later, our exchange was complete. I probably made an extra $2,000 because of the odometer! If I’d only done this to all the other cars I sold! Suddenly, my mind began processing the implications. That minivan was pretty much at the end of its life. That young mom is expecting the vehicle to last her for a few more years. At best, I see it lasting one more. Parts will start failing, calling for expensive repairs. I’m certain she doesn’t have the money for that. All I’m hoping is that it doesn’t break down on the highway. Maybe there was a reason I never did it before. Maybe, just maybe, I had a conscience up until now.

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Trail Times partners with chamber on new official community guide Area B).” The 2014 guide The chamber is offers editorial content enticing not only that covers what to see visitors but also locals and do, the history, to “Explore Your Trail” local trails to hit up this year with a new and an events calendar. official community It also provides a guide available now. comprehensive list of The glossy maga- accommodation and zine, a partnership food and beverage between the Trail & facilities packaged in District Chamber of a colourful spread of Commerce and Trail pictures that depict Times, is a great the beauty of the area. resource for both “We wanted to get locals and tourists. In everything into one addition to its local guide this year, rathdistribution, the guide er than handing out is being distributed to a handful of different visitor centres within brochures every time B.C. and elsewhere a visitor or local came in the Kootenays, in,” said Casler, who Okanagan and north- added what better way ern United States. to get the job done Chamber execu- than to join forces tive director Norm with a company that Casler is pleased that knows how to print the guide is making its and move product. rounds locally. Black Press, which “I think for every- publishes the Trail one who lives around Times, produces over here it will be a good 150 newspapers in reminder of just how Alberta, Washington, amazing our com- Ohio and Hawaii, with munity is,” he said. the majority published “We have found that in British Columbia. so many of us locals Chuck Bennett, tend to take things for Group Publisher for granted and we seem Black Press in the to forget about all the Kootenays, said workgreat things about ing together with the Greater Trail (Trail, chamber was a great Warfield, Rossland, fit for both organizaMontrose, Fruitvale, tions. (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX electoral Area A and “Working with BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff

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Beaver Valley businesses celebrated Beaver Valley Nitehawks Day on Thursday recognizing the teams unprecedented success this season that culminated in the Western Canada Keystone Cup last week. Clockwise from top left: Karson McNinch brings a tray of muffins for the morning coffee crew at Valley Bakery and Coffee House, while Nitehawk season ticket holder Christine Bartsoff gets full service from Petro Canada’s Mary Fussell. Fruitvale Pub’s Angie Zoobkoff and diehard fan Dennis Young enjoy a cool one in the Hawks Nest, and Western Financial group’s Carolyn Hamilton, Amy Veysey and Ashley Jmaeff all donned a jersey for the big day, as did Magaw Motors’ Jason DeRosa who helps out Matt Magaw with an oil change. The Village also celebrated the Nitehawks season with a tribute at the Fruitvale Memorial Hall last night.

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Little League set to ‘Play Ball’ By Times Staff If the weather cooperates, Trail Little League will start swinging for the fences this Saturday at Andy Bilesky Park. After a big push earlier in the year, where the League sent out letters to the schools in an effort to recruit more players, established a higher profile in the community, and embarked on a social

media blitz, enrolment grew this year by about 20 per cent. Little League Major division will increase to two teams from one last season, while the Minor division will see three teams take to the diamond, up from two. Trail Minor Baseball also signed up four Rookie League teams and 22 Blast Ball kids to make it one of the best enrolment, 105 kids, in

recent years. The day will start with a Minor division game going at 10 a.m. followed by a Major division game going at noon, that will see longtime volunteers Barb and Neil Craig throwing out the first pitch before the match. Minor league teams will conclude the day with a game at 2 p.m. all at Andy Bilesky Park on Saturday.

Culley leads Team Canada

By Times Staff Rossland’s Thea Culley will once again lead Field Hockey Canada’s Women’s National Team into competition in 2014 and into 2015. Culley and 15 other athletes were considered ready for international competition and will look to help Canada succeed at major tournaments this year. “The National Team has been refined and refocused ahead of our preparation for two key benchmark events in 2014: the Commonwealth Games in July and the World League series in September,” says Canadian Women’s National Team head coach Ian Rutledge. “The squad is large enough to continue to build depth and maintain healthy competition

for positions, while at the same time allowing us the much needed time to drill down into our team and individual performances.” While players on the National Team squad will make up the majority of rosters for future competition, members of the Senior and Junior Development squads also will be considered based on their progress in training and competition, and for development opportunities. A refined roster has also been named for a series of test matches to be played in the United Kingdom versus the England and Wales National Teams from Apr. 27 to May 7. The roster for the team to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland in July will be named in June.

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Trail man races to great finish at Boston Marathon By Jim Bailey

Times Sports Editor

Trail runner Mike Hendriks joined close to 40,000 other participants in one of the world’s biggest events on Sunday, as he legged out a personal best time in the Boston Marathon. Hendriks completed the 26.2-mile marathon in a time of two hours, 53 minutes and 43 seconds, a personal best for the 31-year-old Fortis worker. “I wouldn’t have traded it for anything especially this year,” said Hendriks. “It was always my plan to qualify for 2014 . . . but then the bombings happened and it really doubled my resolve to get out there and do it.” Bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon, in which Fruitvale runner Heather Johnson competed, killed three people and injured close to 300. While Hendriks was mindful of a poten-

tial threat, he was not too concerned about running in 2014. “I wasn’t worried,” said Hendriks. “I mean you always wonder what could happen . . . but I think the city was out in full force, and they were keen to show that this isn’t going to keep them down or the whole sport of running really. It was great, the energy was just incredible.” Hendriks ran his first marathon just two years ago in Vancouver where he just missed qualifying for Boston. However, a year of training later, he qualified for Boston after completing the 2013 BMO Vancouver Marathon last May in 3:01, four minutes to spare for the 3:05 qualifying time. He finished the race in 17th place out of close to 500 runners in his category. But the Fortis worker didn’t start out like most competitive runners, spending years training

plan that I just kind of got off the web that I thought it was going to be a good one, and I’ve used that two, three years in a row, and it’s served me well.” To run in Boston was a unique opportunity for the Trail native, and while the support and atmosphere was electric as millions lined the route that started in Hopkinton, New England, and ended near John Hancock Tower jim bailey photo in Copley Square in Boston, the Trail’s Mike Hendriks was able to sheer volume of runners and cross another one off his bucket spectators was overwhelming. list after running in the Boston “It was great, I think saying Marathon on Sunday. there were a million people along the course would be probably in track or long-distance run- conservative,” said Hendriks. ning, or building stamina with “There’s probably a lot of people triathlon groups like Greater that draw energy off that kind Trail’s High Altitude Triathlon of crowd, but living in Trail, and Club. having my quiet, serene environHendriks mapped out his own ment, I actually found it a little plan. bit distracting.” “I have a 16-week training Running a marathon any-

where is not a walk in the park, and hitting the proverbial wall is inevitable says Hendriks. “Thirty kilometres is kind of the mark when people hit the wall. But I went over the 30-K mark, and went ‘Okay, I’m not doing too bad here.’” Hendriks finished in the top five per cent of participants, an incredible accomplishment considering his relatively brief running history. It was an unforgettable experience for the Trail native, and while he will continue running marathons, with his soon to be son or daughter on the way, a return to Boston will have to wait. “I would like to do it again sometime, but for now I’m happy to go back to my small events like Creston, and Vancouver is always a fun one to knock off in a weekend.”

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Sports Breaking boards, breaking chains

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Hawks, Blues in tense playoff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS - One more game, and the Chicago Blackhawks will have linchpin defenceman Brent Seabrook back in the lineup. The St. Louis Blues aren’t certain when captain David Backes, the player on the receiving end of the head-jarring hit that landed Seabrook a three-game suspension, will be ready. Coach Ken Hitchcock said from a selfish standpoint it would be unfair if Seabrook returned before Backes to a white-knuckle first-round playoff series tied at two games apiece heading into Game 5 Friday night. Backes was not among a handful on the ice for an optional practice Thursday and Hitchcock was tight-lipped about his status. “He’s not skating today so read what you want from that,” Hitchcock said. “He’s not around, he’s not skating, so we’ll see tomorrow. “Hopefully, he’s able to get back before Seabrook or by Seabrook’s time, so it doesn’t turn into a little bit of an advantage for Chicago.” The Blackhawks have won two straight, mounting their bid for a repeat Stanley Cup. They took the day off for travel, confident they can beat the Blues on the road. “I think the odds are in our favour right now,” forward Andrew Shaw said. “The last two games have been huge for us. We had a good push, the push we needed.” Fruitvale native Barrett Jackman and the rest of the Blues still have home-ice advantage in a series that couldn’t be closer. Three games were decided in overtime and Game 3 was a one-goal affair before the Blackhawks added an emptynetter. “Nobody’s panicking,” Blues defenceman Jay Bouwmeester said. “We’re not in a bad spot.” Both teams have gotten solid goaltending and shown an ability to push back when the opponent appears to have momentum. The Blues came from behind late to win twice, capitalizing on Seabrook’s major and game misconduct in Game 2 and the Blackhawks rebounded after squandering a 2-0 lead in Game 4. Hitchcock and Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville, two of the most experienced hands in the NHL, seem to be enjoying themselves while matching wits. “It’s fun to be a part of it and it’s fun to be coaching it because every shift matters and every line change matters,” Hitchcock said. “I think when you don’t like the way things are going, you don’t mind mixing it up a little bit,” Quenneville said. “This series has been so close, so tight, last night may have been the first time we really tweaked the lines a little bit more.” The St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks series resumes tonight at St. Louis’ Scottrade Centre at 7 p.m.

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Close to 25 Heart and Soul Tae Kwon Do martial artists put on a demonstration of board breaking at the Waneta Mall last week, in a fundraising effort to help stop modernday slavery and to help victims of oppression.

Keeping Junior B age appropriate

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here is a certain wow factor in the results produced by the Keystone Cup champion Beaver Valley Nitehawks, the first edition of that always excellent team to take the Western Canadian-plus junior B crown. This year’s team is arguably not the most talent-laden group to carry the Nitehawks’ colours, nor is it the most experienced, and it is among the youngest of the squads that have gone into the playoffs with a chance of success. But, somehow, once they got past the Nelson Leafs, this team crushed everyone in its path to add a banner not seen before to the collection in the Hawks’ nest. Crushed, as in taking six straight convincing wins and outscoring its five opponents, 32-5, at the Keystone event. Along the way Beaver Valley dominated the second best team, host Abbotsford (which lost only to the Nitehawks), 13-3. It’s a major, remarkable, singular achievement for a team that has achieved much over the years, and I hope a lot of you got out to the valley to celebrate their feats yesterday. • As a side note, junior B leagues need to get much,

much better at should really running web be encouraged sites, especially to move on to schedules and a less hockeygame reports. centric, more C’mon Man, career-oriented, reporting on the life focus. highlight event It wasn’t DAVE of the season was and isn’t, the awful. old days, when Just one of the so-called, many things “Hockey Bums,” Sports ‘n’ Things every penalty denied big time at the Keystone opportunity Cup, including misconducts by a six-team NHL peopled and coincident minors, some- with tyrannical owners using how counted in the box score tyrannical rules, were itineras a power play. Beaver Valley’s ant workers who eventually extra man attack wasn’t great, made permanent some of the but it was far better than the employment and business 11 per cent efficiency it was options they were afforded in credited with in Abbotsford trade for their hockey talents. (closer to 20 per cent, in fact). Then, and now, it is about • This season’s playoff allowing, even forcing young results should, in a perfect men who are very, very, world, re-ignite the debate unlikely to make a life out the KIJHL had 25 years ago of playing hockey to move about the age limits in junior towards some endeavour that B hockey. At that time most of will make them a life. the local teams made an effort Even a junior B schedule to make the junior B segment can make it very difficult for a U-20 endeavour, both to a young man to give much return it closer to the juvenile focus to scholastic, trade or (U-19) level it was intended to other life opportunities, and replace from minor hockey filling rosters with players and to emphasize the point entering their third decade that 21 year olds still playing at the third tier of (noncollege) hockey

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limits playing opportunities for the younger players to experience the higher competition they require to improve and assess their potential - for which the junior B segment was instituted. Back in that day, the idea was torpedoed by the mainland/island groups, with help from one rebel East Kootenay owner (who now has a KIJHL division named after him but then had strong 19 year-old group prepared to return for another season). This year’s Cyclone Taylor and Keystone results, which show a young team dominating teams icing seven and eight 20-plus players, maybe, by now, proves the point. When 21 year-olds cannot compete with mainly 18 and 19 year-olds at the junior B level, they should see the writing on the wall about their futures. If they cannot read it, the adults who operate the system need to give them guidance, and a little push in an appropriate direction. It is supposed to be about the kids, at least for the most part. I guess we will see about that.

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Superman I find it interesting to see the resurgence of the comic super heroes. They quickly don their special suits, displaying their super powers and save humanity from evil villains. Deep down, we all want to know there’s someone there to keep us safe. The remarkable thing is that God has already sent us a Superman, His Son, in a suit of human flesh. Death and gloom hung over us, but Jesus broke through with supernatural resurrection life and power making it possible for us to overcome the evil one. We don’t have to look for the batman light, or the cape crusader; anyone who looks in faith to Christ, can experience his overcoming resurrection power. Wherever life finds you this Easter, the one and only true Superman, Jesus-Christ, is there for you. Pastor Bryan Henry Fruitvale Christian Fellowship

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hen equality and religious rights butt heads, as in the controversy over the proposed law school at Trinity Western University, Canadians need thoughtful analysis and informed debate, not knee jerk reactions. The recent decision of the Law Society of BC to approve the proposed Faculty of Law at TWU provides a principled approach to a thorny problem. Although the proposed law school at the privately funded Christian university has received approval from the BC Ministry of Advanced Education, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, and various provincial and territorial law societies, there remains considerable opposition to it. At issue is a clause in TWU’s “Community Covenant Agreement” that reads, “Further, according to the Bible, sexual intimacy is reserved for marriage between one man and one woman…” The Community Covenant Agreement at TWU is a roadmap for personal and community conduct. It is rooted in the faith of the community and based on the university’s belief that the Bible is “the divinely inspired, authoritative guide for personal and community life”. There can be no doubt that the traditional view of marriage and sexuality expressed in the Community Covenant is a sincerely held religious belief, and in keeping with its beliefs, the university requires a level of sexual restraint from all its members, regardless of sexual orientation. Nevertheless, the implications of the clause discriminate against the enrollment of LGBT persons, and have called into question the university’s ability to properly train individuals, who, as lawyers, must swear an oath to uphold the rights and freedoms of

all people. Because of this clause, the proposed Faculty of Law at TWU raises complex questions about religious freedom, freedom of association and equality.

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Everyday Theology As the deliberations of the Law Society of BC make clear, there are no easy answers when the rights of two disparate groups conflict. Because rights and freedoms are not absolute, it is sometimes necessary to balance them against each other. In the balancing act, there are no clear winners, as the Law Society debate illustrates; TWU did not come out smelling like a rose even though the Benchers voted in its favour. Whether we agree or disagree with the decision to approve a faith-based law school at an institution that covenants with its students to uphold a traditional view of sexuality, the process of respectful and informed debate can help us more comprehensively grasp nuanced issues, and can lead us to a more compassionate understanding of those whose beliefs, lifestyles, and identities differ from our own. We cannot “live and let live” only when the manner of living falls into line with our worldview. To do so runs the risk of swapping one form of intolerance for another. Trail resident Louise McEwan is a freelance religion writer with degrees in English and Theology. She has a background in education and faith formation. Her blog is www. faithcolouredglasses. blogspot.com.

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I used to be so close, and it’s sad to see our friendship wither. I don’t want to lose her as a friend, but I also don’t want to appear desperate. Any advice for me? -- Chicago Student Dear Student: Ellie’s distancing may have nothing to do with the collection for her family. It is not unusual for high school friendships to change. Try talking to her. Say that you miss the closeness you once had, and ask how to warm things up again. But understand that Ellie may simply feel that a different crowd is more to her liking at this point in time. And if that is the

ment, and our sibling relationship has suffered. Many of your readers will someday be the caregiver of an elderly parent. Please remind them to have “the conversation” with their family before they make my mistake. I am seeing a therapist to help me work through my resentment, but I have a long way to go. -- Just Venting Dear Venting: Our condolences on this entire situation. You are right that these arrangements should be hashed out in advance, knowing that some children are unwilling or unable to be caregivers. We hope readers in this situation will check out eldercare.gov or the Family Caregiver Alliance (caregiver. org) for information on respite care. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Disappointed Dad,” whose children accused him of being cheap.

Your older readers might remember that cans of scouring powders used to come with six little holes on the lid that you punched out yourself. My mother only punched out three. Later, the same brand came out with the holes already

opened, with a little plastic adhesive circle covering them. Mom would carefully tear off only half of the circle. Years later, I was teasing her about this, and she gave me a level look and said, “I put you through college, didn’t I?” She had me

there! -- A Graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net.

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Dear Annie: I am a high school student. Last year, “Ellie” invited me to her 16th birthday party, and after that, we became inseparable best friends. She was wonderful and supportive. Lately, we have grown more and more distant. A few weeks ago, Ellie’s family had a crisis, and we took up a collection to help. I didn’t want Ellie to feel like a charity case and wanted her to see that the collection was due to compassion. She seemed thankful, but now she spends time with other friends and rarely with me. She says she is too busy to hang out and won’t answer most of my texts. But I see her Facebook posts, and she tags other friends. The funny thing is, when I tell her about things I’ve done with others, she becomes jealous. How do I bring old Ellie back? I have other friends, but she and

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Saturday, April 26, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You have an inventive, imaginative mind today when it comes to ideas about raising money. This could be about making money on the side or perhaps getting a different job. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You feel sympathetic toward others today. You even might feel zoned into their headspace, almost as if you can read their minds. (This is interesting.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Mysterious subjects interest you today, especially UFOs, ghosts or paranormal activities. You might not believe in this, but you’re a bit intrigued. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Someone might need to cry on your shoulder today, or perhaps you want to confide in someone else. Either way,

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private, confidential conversations will take place between you and someone else. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Someone in a position of authority might inspire you today. You might wish that you could be like him or her. Be careful, because you probably have Vaseline on your lens. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Your appreciation of beauty is heightened today, which is why you will enjoy museums, art galleries, parks and beautiful buildings. Give yourself a chance to do this. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Discussions about shared property or the values of others are not solid today. It is as if conversations are more about wishful thinking than about solid facts. Caution! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Today, people are in touch with their fantasies, which is why you might want to share

your dreams with someone close to you. Or perhaps someone will confide in you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You will be sympathetic and tenderhearted to a coworker or someone related to your job who needs to discuss his or her troubles. Sometimes all someone needs is a sympathetic ear. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a wonderfully cre-

ative day for those of you involved in artistic projects. It’s also a romantic day, but in an unrealistic, idealistic way. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Make a list of all the things you wish you could do to improve where you live. You start from perfection, then just scale back until you get to what is doable. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Don’t be worried if you

spend a lot of time daydreaming and woolgathering today. It’s just that kind of day. Plus, you have a fantastic imagination! YOU BORN TODAY The world needs more people like you. You are inventive and creative, especially with establishing new systems and ways of doing things. On top of that, you have a strong desire to serve. Although you are independent, you also can work well with others.

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February 15, 1945 - April 21, 2013 The moment that you died My heart was torn in two, One side filled with heartache, The other died with you. I often lie awake at night, When the world is fast asleep, And take a walk down memory lane, With tears upon my cheeks. Remembering you is easy, I do it every day, But missing you is heartache That never goes away. I hold you tightly within my heart And there you will remain Until the joyous day arrives, That we will meet again. Love always Your Twin & Rob

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Antonio and Maria De Laurentiis celebrated 60 years of marriage on March 1st, 2014. A wonderful reception was held at the Trail Colombo Lodge with close friends and family on April 17th, 2014. Thank you everyone for all the lovely cards & gifts.

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wishes to say thank you to the many people who have helped us through this heartbreaking time. To Andrew Borsato and the Fruitvale first responders, ambulance attendants, 911 operator and Constable Greebe - thank you for your compassion and understanding. Thank you to Jordan and Gwen at Alternatives who helped us with arrangements. Thank you to Alisa at the City of Trail for all her help. We would like to thank Dr. Blair Stanley and the staff at Waneta Primary Care Clinic who looked after Jerry for so many years. To everyone who sent cards, baking, meat trays, fruit trays, flowers, phone calls, emails, gifts and who came to visit - thank you for your support and generosity. Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated Jerry’s life with us and a huge thank you to the KSCU ladies who looked after the luncheon. A special thank you to Jeff DeRosa for the beautiful banner made in Jerry’s honour. We couldn’t have gotten through it without all of you. We are so grateful for all your kind words and prayers. As we move forward with our lives and begin the difficult journey ahead, we are thankful for the continued support, love and understanding from our close friends and many relatives. The greatest laugh on Earth has moved to the heavens, but we will carry it in our hearts forever. Sincerely, Kendra, Meagan Slubowski & family, Jennifer Irons & family, Amy Conci & family and Bert & Isabella Wiens

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School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) MANAGER OF ACCOUNTING We are looking for a keen, positive, motivated accountant who wants to work in a high paced, challenging environment. The Manager of Accounting supervises and provides expertise to accounting and payroll support staff; ensures appropriate controls; performs reconciliations and variance analysis; assists in the preparation of budget and financial statements; helps with audits; and other key functions. The Manager of Accounting is our lead on our integrated software system systems. The Manager of Accounting also ensures timely and accurate coordination of and submissions of Ministry of Education student data and a variety of other regulatory reports. Excellent interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills are key to your success as you support the district’s operations. Your background includes related leadership and accounting experience and education in the field of accounting. You’ve earned a second level of a recognized accounting program (CGA/CMA/CA/CPA), and/or a diploma in accounting or business administration. You are extremely comfortable using enterprise class software and have experience supporting others in the use of software. Ideally you have experience with running payroll. Finally, you are resilient and committed to working collaboratively with integrity and character in support of the public education system. The position will start as soon as the right candidate is available. Applications should include a resume with details of your education and work experience, copies of official transcripts of qualifications and a list of references from a variety of sources. For the full posting see the Careers section on www.sd20.bc.ca. If you have questions or wish to submit an application please contact: Natalie Verigin, Secretary-Treasurer Attention #14-E-02 School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) 2001 Third Avenue, Trail, BC V1R 1R6 Telephone: (250) 368-2223 natalieverigin@sd20.bc.ca Deadline for applications is Monday, May 12th, 2014 at 4:00 pm.

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RECEPTIONIST/ LEGAL Assistant at Trail & Castlegar Office. Opportunity for someone who enjoys and excels in dealing with the public. Proficient computer skills in Word and Outlook. Willing to learn new skills, able to work with a team and take on many concurrent tasks with minimal supervision. Please submit resume to Thompson, LeRose & Brown, 302 - 1199 Cedar Avenue, Trail, BC, V1R 4B8, Attention: Bruce LeRose, Q.C.

Guillevin International Co. is seeking an ambitious/customer focused individual with a minimum Grade 12 education and preferably 1-2 yrs experience in a similar Inside Sales Role. Preference will be given to candidates that have some electrical products experience. Responsibilities will include: customer service in person and over the telephone by processing orders, providing price and delivery information, co-coordinating project requirements, and answering various product inquiries. You should be highly motivated, a strong team player with demonstrated learning abilities. We offer an attractive benefits program, which includes profit sharing. Please forward your resume to: Peter Youngblut Guillevin International Co. 609-13th Street Castlegar BC V1N 2K6 pyoungblut@guillevin.com www.guillevin.com We thank all candidates, but only those short-listed will be contacted.

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Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014 AIR CONDITIONER, Danby floor model, 9,000BTU $100.; Samsung DVD-videotape player $25. 250-368-9189 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper? SCREENED TOP Soil, $30. per yard. Delivery available. 250-367-9308 SNAP-ON Scope & timing light & most adapters; 10-10 Coates tire machine (not suitable for aluminum wheels); Van-Norman combination brake lathe & adapters. Make me an offer I can’t refuse, must get rid of it. Retired, no longer working. Bill 1-250-3572688

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Fishing, hiking, hunting, quadding, snowmobiling or just relaxation. Great access within 3 hours of the lower mainland, 40 km from Princeton and steps to Osprey Lake. 2 years new this 3 bedroom, 2 bath open concept chalet has it all & more. Includes a guest cabin with a bedroom, living/sitting area, kitchen & bathroom. New detached garage for storing the toys. Call Adrienne (Royal Lepage Parkside Realty) at 250-809-6322 for a private viewing.

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TRAIL, 2bdrm. Close to: town, bus stop, park, partially furnished. 250-364-1129

3 BEDROOM house for rent, available May 1st, located at 462 Rossland Ave. in Trail. $765./mo. plus utilities. Phone 250-368-1237 E.TRAIL, 3bd, 2bth, renovated, yard, storage. $1000. Available now. 250-512-1153 W.TRAIL, 1 or could be 2 bdrm. $525./mo. Phil 250-5510267

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TRAIL: 1 bdrm suite close to downtown Shared washer and dryer $575 utilities inc. Ken: 250-442-2632 ken.dodds@yahoo.ca Grand Forks Realty Ltd.

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Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822

For Sale 2 bdrm house, carport, workshop, on 1.8 acres of usable, open land. Phone 250-365-4864.

Ermalinda Apartments, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922 Francesco Estates, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761. FRUITVALE, Downstairs apartment, clean. N/S. $650./mo. includes utilities. 250-367-6119 FRUITVALE, D/T, 1bd. ns/np, Ref.req. $525./mo +util. Avail. Apr26.Call/text: 604-788-8509 Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. $750./mo. 250368-5908 GLENVIEW APTS. Large, Quiet 1 & 2 bdrm. apts. available. 250-368-8391

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Reporting to the President & CEO, the Vice President, Capital Projects will have leadership responsibility for the implementation and delivery of hydroelectric power projects and will oversee the design-build construction of these projects as the Owner’s Representative. Responsibilities include providing expert input into the negotiation, analysis and completion of design-build contracts, applications, licenses and other approval requirements for new power projects and overseeing the construction of these projects. The successful candidate will have a University Degree, with a Professional Engineering Designation and at least 10+ years of progressive experience in directing and managing design and construction of major power projects, preferably in the field of hydropower generation and distribution. Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team are encouraged to visit the Careers section of our website at www.columbiapower.org for the detailed job description. Closing date for this position is May 2, 2014. Please refer to Job #1405 when submitting your application.

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1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200

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Fri, Apr 25 4-6PM 3350 Dahlia $ Trail 229,000 Rhonda MLS# 2396517

Sat, Apr 26 10AM-1PM 807 Helgren $ Salmo 294,000 Rhonda MLS# 2396380

Sat, April 26 11AM - 12:30PM 2735 Hwy 3B Rossland $349,900 Marie Claude MLS# 2395423

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Sat, April 26 12:30 - 2PM 402-1510 Nickelplate $ Rossland 124,900 Marie Claude MLS# 2391999

Sat, Apr 26 12-2PM 755 Shakespeare St $ Warfield 149,000 Nathan MLS# 2395554

Sat, Apr 26 2PM 670 Shakespeare St $ Warfield 129,000 Nathan MLS# 2395554

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Recreational/Sale 2010 Y-SERIES Palomino tent trailer, sleeps 8, used 12 times, fridge/ heater, inside & out stove, awning, front tongue storage. Mint cond. $7,000. Darryl @ 250-368-8260 Eves.

Sport Utility Vehicle 2005 Chevy Trail Blazer LT, 6 cyl, 275hp, 4x4, AWD, auto trans, trailer pkg rating 5000lbs. Tires & battery new last year, fully loaded w/extras, one owner (senior) 72000km. $12,200. 250-442-6008.

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Friday, April 25, 2014 Trail Times

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The Corporation of the Village of Warfield

PUBLIC NOTICE

2014 to 2018 Financial Plan The Community Charter requires that a municipality must undertake a process of public consultation regarding the proposed financial plan before it is adopted. Warfield Village Council will consider submissions and questions from the public regarding the 2014-2018 Financial Plan at the April 28th Regular Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Warfield Council Chambers.

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Parcel Tax Assessment Roll The Parcel Tax Assessment Roll for the Year 2014 is available for inspection at the Salmo Village Office at 423 Davies Avenue from Monday to Friday during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A person who owns a property included on the Parcel Tax Assessment Roll may request that the Roll be amended on one or more of the following grounds:

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a) there is an omission respecting a name or address on the Parcel Tax Roll; b) there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a property; c) an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed. A request that the Parcel Tax Assessment Roll be amended must be made in writing to the Village of Salmo by 4:30 p.m. on May 7th, 2014. The Parcel Tax Review Panel will meet at the Salmo Village Office on May 13th, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. to hear all complaints and revise and correct the Parcel Tax Assessment Roll for the Year 2014.

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www.allprorealty.ca All Pro Realty Ltd. 1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000 www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc

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MLS#2390853

Sat. April 26 • 11am - 1pm 3441 Aster Drive, Glenmerry $270,000

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Emerald Ridge $100,000

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Warfield $219,500 00 3,0 HED ER IS OV T. FIN .F SQ

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Waneta $459,000

Montrose $69,000 W NE

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Trail $122,500

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Fruitvale $189,900

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Glenmerry $279,000

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Fruitvale $259,900

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Warfield $279,000

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Glenmerry $299,000 D CE DU N REAGAI

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Columbia Heights $154,900 W NE

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Salmo $215,000

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Sat. April 26 • 2 - 3:30pm 1972 Caughlin Rd, Fruitvale $379,000 S OM RO ED B 4

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Sunningdale $169,900 W NE

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Fruitvale $459,000

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Rossland $289,000

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Glenmerry $229,000

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Waneta Village $120,000

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Balfour Resort & Marina $135,000 N EO US RES HO.6 AC 1

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Sat. April 26 • 1 - 3pm Sat. April 26 • 1:30 - 3:30pm 3987 Woodland Dr, Glenmerry 3161 Iris Cres, Glenmerry $289,000 $199,900 T E EA M GRLY HO I M FA

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Montrose $229,500

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Sat. April 26 • 1 - 3pm 917 7th Ave, Montrose $308,000

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Sat. April 26 • 11am - 1pm Sat. April 26 • 11:30am - 1pm 3421 Laburnum Dr, Glenmerry 516 Baker Avenue, Salmo $195,000 $279,900 LY MI D FA NTE A W

Trail $349,000

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Fruitvale $459,000 T OD EA O GROURH B IGH NE

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Waneta $239,000

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Montrose $179,900

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Rossland $224,900

Wayne DeWitt........... ext 25 cell: 250-368-1617 Mario Berno ..............ext 27 cell: 250.368.1027 Tom Gawryletz .........ext 26 cell: 250.368.1436 Dawn Rosin...............ext 24 cell: 250.231.1765 Thea Stayanovich.....ext 28 cell: 250.231.1661

Fred Behrens ............ext 31 cell: 250.368.1268 Keith DeWitt .............ext 30 cell: 250.231.8187 Denise Marchi ..........ext 21 cell: 250.368.1112 Joy DeMelo ...............ext 29 cell: 250.368.1960

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Selkirk College Forest Technology Program students took a road trip to the west coast of Vancouver Island earlier this month to hike and explore ecosystems outside the West Kootenay.

Selkirk College students gain valuable experience

CASTLEGAR – Selkirk College Forest Technology Program students deepened their understanding of British Columbia’s diverse terrain with a trip to the west coast of Vancouver Island earlier this month. The annual field trip included 16 second-year students who spent a week hiking and exploring ecosystems outside the West Kootenay terrain, where the program is based.

“The coast and the interior are really different in terms of forest practices, forest operations and the ecology,” says Selkirk College Forest Technology Instructor Jesper Nielsen. “BC is such a huge province and once these students are registered technologists they could end up practicing anywhere so going from the interior to the coast can be like going to a different country.”

Nielsen and fellow instructor Carol Andrews polled students at the Castlegar-based program to see where they wanted to spend the important week. The consensus was to head west. “They had shown an interest in seeing big trees because those old growth trees on the coast are not something you see the equivalent of in the interior,” says Nielsen. “Those

sites and ecosystems were important so we planned part of the trip on the West Coast Trail.” Students and instructors hiked 20 km of the West Coast Trail one day. They also did other hikes near Tofino, viewed an Island Timberlands operation, reviewed a First Nations tenure, and visited a shake and shingle mill in Surrey on the way back home.” The trip was largely

funded by the students’ own hard work. Students were tasked with cutting and selling a logging truck load of firewood donated by Interfor’s Nakusp operation. They also performed a variety of fieldwork for the Nakusp and Area Community Forest. With the second year students in the two-year program now prepared to graduate and head off in all different directions, Nielsen

says the trip is likely to be a highlight of the school year. “In some ways we wish we could do it earlier in the year, but logistically it’s not feasible to do that,” says Nielsen. “But after the trip everybody is a lot closer. You get to know a lot more about people when you go on a road trip. It’s actually a very small industry once you are part of it so these kinds of bonds will be lasting.”

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Friday, April 25, 2014 Trail Times

Spring? Art Harrison photo

A drop in the temperature overnight resulted in a rare late April snowfall in Rossland Thursday, which set back some golfers’ schedules at Redstone Resort. Rest assured, the white stuff should disappear quickly and the duffers should be able to get back to their game in short order.

The Local Experts™

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147,900

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269,000

605 Dickens Street

214,500

115 Pine Avenue

$

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Warfield

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459,000

Fruitvale

359,000

350 10th Avenue

185,000

$

Fruitvale

Host: Terry

2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Host: Mark

Montrose

Host: Ron

3:30pm - 4:30pm

368 Austad Lane, Trail

613 Forrest Drive

205,000

$

Warfield

Host: Jodi

12:30pm - 1:30pm

910 Tamarack Crescent 2083 Valleyview Drive $

370,000

Genelle

Host: Tonnie

12:30pm - 1:30pm

255 10 Avenue th

174,900

229,500

$

Trail

$

12:30pm - 1:30pm

339,000

$

Montrose Host: Darlene

Host: Mark

$139,000

1891 Cole Street Fruitvale

Host: Ron

11:00am - 12:00pm

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1740 Thompson Ave

1760 LeRoi Avenue

ROSSLAND 9480 Station Road

599,000

$

Trail

Host: Richard

12:30pm - 1:30pm

1428 Columbia Avenue

212,500

$

Trail

Host: Darlene

298 LeRose Street $

Trail

124,900

Host: Bill

12:30pm - 1:30pm

340 15th Avenue $

235,000

Genelle

Host: Ron

3401 Highway Drive

199,000

$

Trail

2:00pm - 3:00pm

628 Turner Street

115,000

$

Warfield

Host: Dave

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Cell: 250-512-7653

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289,000

ext 42 c21art@telus.net www.kootenayhomes.com

186,000

$

Host: Terry

Rossland

2:00pm - 3:00pm

360 2nd Avenue

389,000

11:00am - 12:00pm

710 Redstone Drive

425,000

$

Rivervale

Host: Terry

Jodi Beamish

Cell: 250-231-2331

Cell: 250-231-0264

Rossland Host: Richard

ext 51

ext 28

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Cell: 250-231-1101

$

Rossland

ext 48

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Host: Dave

12:30pm - 1:30pm

1866 LeRoi Avenue

$

jodi.beamish@century21.ca www.kootenayhomes.com

Mary Martin

Host: Bill

189,000

$

Rossland

Bill Craig

Cell: 250-231-2710

Host: Dave

ext 49

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Mark Wilson

Cell: 250-231-5591

ext 30

This home boasts wood fireplace, 3 bdrms, kitchen with eating area, large 18x18 deck and tiered yard. Off street parking, a new fence, 35x145 yard and quick possession complete this package. Call Christine (250) 512-7653

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Cell: 250-368-7897

ext 24

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ext 52

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