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DAWNA ‘HARP PIXIE’ MCLENNIAN Thursday, July 3 Dawna ‘HarpPixie’ McLennan LIVE @ the Market The only spot to find outdoor LIVE music EVERY week ALL summer! Thursdays, downtown, 3-6 p.m.

ROSSLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS REDSTONE SUMMER CLASSIC Friday July 11 @ Redstone Resort, Rossland BC 1st Annual Chamber Members Classic. 18 hole shotgun. $79 cash or cheque at the Rossland Chamber of Commerce 250-362-5666.

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GOLD FEVER FOLLIES June 29 to August 24 @ The Miners Union Hall Showtimes: 3:00 and 7:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday.

ROSSLAND MOUNTAIN MARKET Thursdays June 5 to October 2, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Downtown between NDCU and Ross Vegas. Your weekly dose of fresh, local food....and plenty of arts and culture! Live music every week.

TEXAS HOLD’EM Sundays Jun 1 to Jul 27, 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. @ The Flying Stea.m.shovel Hosted by Tim van den Nieuwenhof. Sign up on the events board at the Flying Shovel.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE Saturdays May 24 to Oct 18, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. @ Jubilee Field (RSS school) in Rossland. Tuesdays 5 p.m. @ Trail Middle School fields Ultimate is a team frisbee game. Beginners welcome! Pick up games are FREE! OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Join us every Tuesday and strut your stuff up on stage!

With a new host every two weeks its gearing up to be a season of fantastic new talent and great music. Sign up sheet located in the foyer of The Flying Steamshovel.

TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Library BABY STORYTIME Fridays 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. @ the Rossland Public Library Stories and songs for 0-3 year olds with their grown-ups. Finishes June 27.

JIVE FOR BEGINNERS Tuesdays 7 p.m. @ the Miners’ Hall Every Tuesday night at the Miners’ Hall at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students.

LADIES INTERMEDIATE MOUNTAIN BIKE PROGRESSION SESSIONS Wednesdays Jun 18 to Jul 9, 2014 5:30 to 8:00 pm Looking to build your confidence and skills on your mountain bike? Get out with BettyGoHard and KMBC and ride with us this summer! We will show you our favourite trails, help you conquer those features that have been slowing you down and get out and have fun!! Includes a skills session, shuttled rides, coaching, basic maintenance and more. Sign up today only 8 spaces available! Sign up at www.kootenaymountainbiking.com.

CHURCH of DIRT Mondays May 12 to Sep 29, 5:30 p.m.

Come out and get dirty, meet great folks young and old, and add to our fantastic trail system. No experience needed - just a passion for our local trails. Contact Scott at scotfor@gmail.com for more information.

ROSSLAND SENIORS Monday 1:30 p.m. Seniors Art Club meets, contact Edith at 250-362-4477.

Monday 7:00 p.m. Rossland Quilters Guild meets, contact Dayanne at 250-362-7727.

Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Rossland Old Time Fiddlers play. Visitors should contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465. Thursday 9:30 - 11 a.m. Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

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Report cards on the way Sheri Regnier Black Press

Parents of school-aged children and recent Grade 12 graduates in School District 20 will receive their child’s report card in the next few weeks, confirmed the district superintendent Friday.

But the information will be basic, and only include an attendance record, grade promotion statement, or in some cases, a “standing granted” notation.

The B.C. public teachers dispute had school districts scrambling to issue year end report cards after a full scale withdrawal of teaching services on June 17.

Although methods of delivery vary depending on each school district, locally, simplified report cards will be issued to K-7 students the first week of July.

By July 11, an attendance record, Semester One final marks, and available Semester Two grades will be issued for Grade 8-9 students.

“Due to the ongoing labour dispute, we are unable to report in the usual manner,” said Greg Luterbach, SD 20’s superintendent in a June 27 email to parents.

“Your child has been given ‘standing granted’ or SG for all courses in which final marks have not been provided,” he explained.

Since Grade 8 and 9 marks are not used for scholarship purposes or post-secondary entry, he noted there is no negative impact by the use of the standing granted mark.

“The SG designates that the students will be advanced in those courses to the next grade level,” Luterbach said, adding that parents should contact the school if advancement to the next grade level in a specific course was “not appropriate.”

The school district will email or mail report cards for Grades 10 to 12 by July 11, including students of J.L. Crowe Secondary, Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre (Trail campus and online learning centre) and Stanley Humphries Secondary.

“Again, due to the ongoing labour dispute we are unable to report in the usual manner,” said Luterbach.

The Labour Relations Board determined final marks for these grades are an essential service and teachers are required to provide the information for reporting to parents and post-secondary.

“This report card therefore provides attendance information and school based final marks only,” Luterbach added.

Those final grades will be released to the Ministry of Education, combined with provincial exam results, and made available for students’ graduating transcripts.

“Ensuring that all graduation credits are documented, available for students transcripts, and accessible by post-secondary institutions if requested,” Luterbach said.

In a deal to end the strike, the province’s offer of a $1,200 signing bonus to members of the BC. Teachers’ Federation expired Monday.

Class size, wages and support staff numbers are the key issues in the dispute.

B.C.’s labour board ruled last week that teachers must hold summer classes for students in Grades 10 to 12 who failed courses during the year and can’t retake them in the next school year.

The board had asked school districts to submit a list of courses and the number of educators needed to teach them to the teachers’ union earlier this week.

Forest practices board Board to audit forestry operations at ski resort near rossland

The Forest Practices Board will examine the forest practices of the Red Mountain Ski Resort, licence L49318, the week of July 7, 2014.

Red Mountain, which began as a community-operated ski facility, is currently owned

by RMR Acquisition Corporation. The resort is expanding its ski capacity by clearing new runs and installing new lifts.

Auditors will examine all land-clearing and road-building activities associated with the licence, looking in particular at operational planning harvesting, roads and protection practices under the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act. The licence falls within the Red Mountain Controlled Recreation Area and is about 500 hectares in size. Given the small area, auditors expect to spend only a day or two in the field.

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Once the audit work is completed, a report will be prepared, and any party that may be adversely affected by the audit findings will have a chance to respond. The board’s final report and recommendations then will be released to the public and government.

The Forest Practices Board is B.C.’s independent watchdog for sound forest and range practices, reporting its findings and recommendations directly to the public and government.

The board audits forest and range practices on public land, as well as appropriateness of government enforcement.

More information can be obtained by contacting: Helen Davies, Communications Forest Practices Board. Phone: 250-213-4708 / 1-800 -994-5899

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RED Mountain Resort to expand terrain for 2014-15 season with new cat skiing access on Mt. Kirkup

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NEW CAT SKIING ACCESS ON MOUNT KIRKUP RED Mountain Resort will expand its inbounds ski experience for the 2014-2015 season with the addition of nearly 200 acres on Mt. Kirkup. This new cat skiing operation will act as a shuttle from Grey Mountain to the peak of Mt. Kirkup with seats sold on a first come, first served basis for only $10 a run with the purchase of a lift ticket or season pass.

“Backcountry cat skiing is typically around $500 a day,” says RED’s GM, Don Thompson. “We will be giving RED guests a taste of that deep powder experience for the price of a beer

at some other resorts.

Cheers!”

This cat shuttle will access nearly 200 acres of gladed tree skiing, inclusive of an additional three newly cut runs on the south side of Mt Kirkup. The terrain expansion has 1,600 feet of vertical drop, previously only accessible by hiking and ski touring. This area will be considered in-bounds terrain and be swept by the RED Mountain Ski Patrol.

Rest assured, some of the patrollers will have icicles in their beards and big smiles on their faces.

Mt Kirkup is located just north of Grey Mountain, home to

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the massive 1,000-acre lift-serviced expansion for 2013. Terrain accessed by our snowcat will be a powder lover’s paradise, with intermediate to advanced runs delivering riders back to the new Grey Mountain Chair. Mt. Kirkup’s elevation is 6,772 feet, making it the second highest peak of the four that make up RED Mountain’s primary patrolled terrain: Red, Granite, Grey and now Kirkup.

“We are thrilled to offer this amazing new ski experience” says CEO Howard Katkov.

“The Kirkup expansion will offer our guests a world class

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adventure, providing more unspoiled terrain for passionate skiers and snowboarders, including families.”

This is yet another significant expansion of RED Mountain Resort, adding 195 acres of new terrain which grows our inbounds and uphill serviced terrain to 2,957 acres (1196 hectares). Our expansion in 2013 was described as “staggering” by USA Today.

The new cat-serviced terrain helps solidify RED’s reputation as one of the finest and least crowded resorts in North America.

The legendary Powder Magazine rated RED in the Top Ten

for acreage of powder per person, and that was before this second significant terrain expansion.

RED now is ranked #7 in Canada in total terrain and in the Top 20 of all resorts in North America.

RED has been on a major roll lately, receiving the World Snow Award for the most improved North American snow resort and best global upcoming resort in 2013.

The Telegraph in London named RED “Canada’s hottest ski resort” and this year The New York Times chose RED as the lead story in its Travel section for the ski season.

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PERMISSIVE AND REVITALIZATION TAX EXEMPTION

The City of Rossland is accepting applications for 2015 Permissive Tax Exemption and the 2015 Revitalization Tax Exemption program.

In order to qualify for permissive tax exempt status, all of the following criteria must be met: • Must be a registered charity or non-profit society • Is the registered owner of the property or a tenant under a lease requiring taxes be paid directly to the City of Rossland • Must qualify for an exemption under the provisions of the Community Charter (Part 7, Division 7, Section 224) The revitalization tax exemption program (Bylaw #2488) is meant to encourage investment and revitalization of certain properties in order to stimulate the Rossland economic climate. In order to qualify for revitalization tax exemption, the following criteria must be met: • Applies to Class 4 (industrial), Class 5 (light industrial), Class 6 (business) and Class 8 (recreation & non-profit) properties only • Minimum increase in taxable assessed value due to investment in revitalization of $10,000.

Further information and the application forms are available on www.rossland.ca or at City Hall, 1899 Columbia Avenue, Rossland. The deadline for application submissions for both programs is July 31, 2014.

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Editorial LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I enjoyed reading the “Raising the Flag” article in the June 26 issue of the Rossland News.

Hiking to the top of Mt. Roberts on July 1 has become a Rossland tradition for many and is just another example of what makes our community unique.

I thought I would remind your readers of the origins of the metal flag pole atop Mt. Roberts - a more permanent and dependable structure to fly the Canadian flag from than the various wooden flag poles of the past.

The metal flag pole, its installation and the brass commemorative plaque was Cominco’s gift to the City on Rossland’s 100th anniverary in 1997.

The project was completely organized

by Cominco and included flying in Rod Newton by helicopter to do the rock bolting to anchor the pole. It was such a special Centennial project and has provided a legacy to our community.

I was a member of the Centennial Committee in 1997 and the liaison with Cominco for this project and the article brought back good memories.

For those who won’t see the plaque atop Mt. Roberts, perhaps you will find this information of interest.

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SD 20 board hears passionate pleas

BY LIZ BEYAN Black Press

A large turnout at the final School District 20 board meeting forced the board to answer some tough questions and change the venue to accommodate the vocal crowd.

Over 25 SD20 teachers and parents were on hand Monday at the Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre in Trail, hoping to have their questions answered and thoughts heard.

One of the main points of contention at the meeting was the board’s lack of an appearance of support for striking teachers.

At the meeting, Andy Davidoff, president of the Kootenay-Columbia Teachers’ Union, wanted to know why it took so long for the board and senior management of the district to show outward support for the teachers currently engaged in legal job action.

“We appreciate [the letter] on the board’s agenda,” he said, addressing the board.

“What we cannot appreciate is that it took unbelievable pressure on this board by the public, the teachers, and everyone else for the board to even look at writing a letter. We honestly believe this is an afterthought that this board has taken this long to do this. We appreciate that you have finally arrived at a place where the letter is important, but not saying that we didn’t have the

time to write a letter is a little frustrating for us to hear.”

The details of the letter, drafted in the moments before the meeting commenced, will address the concerns the SD20 school board has with a lack of bargaining, what the trustees sitting on the board would need from the provincial government – namely more funding – and asks the different groups involved to restart face-to-face bargaining, appoint a mediator for future talks and keep the bargaining out of the media.

Teacher Teaching On Call, Sasha Lesonen wanted to know when the letter was going to be sent out and expressed a need for more open communication between the board and the teachers in the district.

“I would hope that moving forward that this board would send their letter in a timely manner and make an effort to come to the schools and find out what is happening,” she said during the question and answer period of the evening meeting. “I know the summer has just started, but I want to see more communication happen and open communication be a key in this issue. Since this is the last meeting before the summer happens and you aren’t meeting again until September, when is that letter going to go out?”

Darrell Ganzert, chair trustee of the board, assured the

crowd of concerned teachers, a final draft of the letter would be sent to the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation, the Minister of Education and the British Columbia Teachers College by the end of this week.

Many in the crowd were wondering why the board and upper management made the decision to take away the teachers’ keys to all school buildings at the start of the job action and, as Davidoff pointed out, was the only school board he knew of that had chosen to take that action calling the move, “highly demoralizing, unprecedented and disrespectful.”

The question was directed to Greg Luterbach, superintendent of schools, to answer.

“This was a decision made by me,” he said. “[The keys were taken] due to the uncertainty of the length of the strike.

The last time [there was a strike], it was three days. There was a start date and a legislated end date. There was no debate on how long it was going to go for. This time, it is open ended.

We have no CUPE support staff members cleaning buildings or to respond to issues in an emergency. We needed to minimize access to the buildings.”

It seemed Davidoff was not satisfied with the answer he received.

“Some of our members have been a part of this school board for over 40 years,” he responded. “Nobody can ever remember getting

their keys taken away over past job actions, long term medical leaves or for any reason whatsoever except when someone retires or leaves the district.

So, I won’t ask again.

I will comment. This was incredibly demoralizing and incredibly disrespectful.”

Ten per cent pay cuts were also on the minds of teachers attending the board meeting and Cindy Fry, a teacher in SD20, says the cuts were hurtful.

“You are my employer and that is a relationship I take very seriously,” she said to the panel of trustees. “I just completed my 30th year of teaching in this district. I have held up my part of that relationship and to have my pay cut by 10 per cent by you? I started work on the 15th of August this year. I worked for 50 hours before students even arrived. That’s typical. I didn’t hear a word from any of you to protest what was done to me with my pay cut. It was very very hurtful.”

As a way of explanation, Luterbach says the cuts were done to make sure there were no issues in the future with having to dial back pay that would have already been paid out.

“We looked at the situation and we were careful not to overpay people and have to claw back,” he said. “At that time, it was the reality.

Choices were made.

People were not working either on rotating strikes and then on an

anticipated full withdrawal of service, we paid people accordingly to what they had worked as of that day.”

J.L. Crowe teacher Terry Jones wanted to know what the board was going to do about their lack of funding and buildings that were falling apart.

“Look at [J.L. Crowe],” he said. “It is a brand new school, only five years old and our lawns are ridiculous. Stuff is breaking

When kids enter a school that is well maintained, their academic standards increase.

down. These are just examples of underfunding. What has this board done over the last three years about underfunding? Why are we fighting the fight? We elect you to represent us and to represent students and I am not seeing it.

I am not seeing it from you guys. None of you visited us on the picket line. It’s disheartening and disrespectful. What have you done and what can you do? I don’t mind fighting the fight

for our students but I do wonder why we are the only ones who are.”

After applause form the crowd for Jones’ comments died down, Ganzert responded.

“It is inaccurate to portray the board as doing nothing,” he said. “The board has continually written to the ministry asking for increased funding for education. We have sent motions to our AGM on that basis. Eighty to 90 per cent of the motions at the AGM are on increased funding. It may not be what you wished for but it is not correct to say that we have done nothing.”

Ganzert agreed with Jones about the state of schools in the district and says the current condition of the buildings comes from decisions on funding cuts they can’t avoid.

“You are absolutely right,” he said. “When kids enter a school that is well maintained, their academic standards increase.

“We have made a conscious decision that when we are faced with cuts, to make those cuts as far away from the classroom as possible and sadly, that is our buildings. It is a reality that we face.”

The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation began its strike on June 17 with teachers picketing until what would have been the last day of classes on June 27. The future of talks is unclear and it is unknown whether there will be school in September.

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What is Cystic Fibrosis?

What is Cystic Fibrosis?

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common fatal genetic disease affecting Canadian children and young adults.

There is no cure.

Cystic fibrosis causes various effects on the body, but mainly affects the digestive system and lungs. The degree of cystic fibrosis involvement differs from person to person. However, the persistence and ongoing infection in the lungs, with destruction of lungs and loss of lung function, eventually causes death in the majority of people who have cystic fibrosis.

Typical complications caused by cystic fibrosis are difficulty in digesting fats and proteins; vitamin deficiencies due to loss of pancreatic enzymes; and progressive loss of lung function.

It is estimated that one in every 3,600 children born in Canada has cystic fibrosis. Almost 4,000 Canadian children, adolescents, and adults with cystic fibrosis attend specialized CF clinics.

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tion about disease management, please visit Living with Cystic Fibrosis.

Causes of Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that occurs when a child inherits two abnormal genes, one from each parent. Approximately, one in 25 Canadians carry an abnormal version of the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis.

Carriers do not have cystic fibrosis, nor do they exhibit any of the symptoms of the disease.

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Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis is a multi-system disorder that produces a variety of symptoms including: • Persistent cough with productive thick mucous • Wheezing and shortness of breath • Frequent chest infections, which may include pneumonia • Bowel disturbances, such as intestinal obstruction or frequent, oily stools • Weight loss or failure to gain weight despite possible increased appetite • Salty tasting sweat • Infertility (men) and decreased fertility (women) Diagnosing Cystic Fibrosis If a doctor sus-

pects a patient has cystic fibrosis, a ‘sweat test’ may be administered. This simple and painless test measures the amount of salt content present in sweat.

If the test comes back positive, it means the sweat content collected contains more salt than usual and validates a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.

In addition, a test for the presence of enzymes in the intestine can be performed.

Genetic testing, prenatal and newborn screening are other methods of determining the presence of cystic fibrosis. These are relatively simple, noninvasive tests.

For more information, please visit Canada’s national website at www.cysticfibrosis.ca

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The Summer Reading Club is a province wide event that takes place weekly, giving youth an opportunity to improve upon their reading skills and so much more over the summer.

“Lots of kids come in and their reading does improve...they make new friends and it’s a place to go in the summer to have fun,” said Sage Sidle, one of the two local youth who will be running this summer’s sessions.

Sessions begin on July 2 and run until the end of the summer.

Registration is free and once the form has been filled out sessions are drop-in.

Last year the Summer Reading Club was very successful with 120 registered youth.

“I think with kids being in different schools it was good for them to have somewhere to hangout,” said Beverley Rintoul, director of Rossland Public Library who is hopeful for another good turn-out this summer.

“We have some voracious child readers in this community,” said Rintoul.

This year the schedule runs from Tuesday to Friday.

Teen Nights are on Tuesdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The six to eight year old session is on Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and the nine to twelve year old session runs from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Top; Local girls, Sally Steeves and Sage Sidle (from left to right), will be running the Rossland Public Library’s Summer Reading Club. Right; The reading duo set up a booth for children’s entertainment and registration last Thursday afternoon.

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cals can visit members of the Summer Reading Club at the Rossland Mountain Market from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Friday is saved for the pre-schoolers, aged zero to five years old, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

The two girls, Sage Sidle who just finished her third year of fine arts at UBC, and Sally Steeves who just finished her first year of engineering at the University of Calgary, will be running the sessions.

This will be the second year that Sidle has worked for the Rossland Public Library and Steeves’ third.

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“It’s always nice to have people come back,” said Rintoul.

Both girls are looking forward to working with the local youth again.

“The interaction with kids and watching them get excited about things,” is one of the many things Steeves takes away from this experience.

In previous years, youth have used this time to do projects, make crafts, watch movies, read, and play with the wii.

Every child will receive a reading record booklet to document every time they read for fifteen minutes for a total of 49 times.

This works out to about 15 minutes a day during the summer.

Prize opportunities have been switched up this year as well.

There will be a draw at the end of each session for anyone who has completed a page in their booklet as well as a medal at the end of the summer for anyone who has completed their entire booklet.

Anyone interested can sign up at the library or at the Rossland Mountain Market on Thursdays.

For more information call, 250-3627611 or email, info@ rossland.bclibrary.ca.

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A group of 21 bikers stayed overnight in Rossland last Wednesday before heading off to Creston early Thursday morning.

The bike tour is called GearUp4CF (cystic fibrosis) and riders have the option of a one day, two day or nine day bike tour.

The tour begins in Crescent Beach, where all riders make their way to Chiliwack. Two and nine day cyclists continue on from Chiliwack to Manning Park. From Manning Park all the way through to Banff the nine day riders trek on.

“Our goal is of course to raise money, but more importantly it’s to bring awareness because it is an inherited disease,” said Tracy Lee who has volunteered for this event for five years.

“For Gear Up it’s sort of serving two purposes, fundraising which goes back to research but also making sure people know...what the disease is about,” said Lee. About 70-75 per cent of all donations from this event will go back to research and programs.

This year the goal was $300,000 and that has already been exceeded.

The CF bike tour has been happening annually for the past nine years and is becoming very successful.

On opening day this year, 105 people showed up to cycle.

Forty-three cyclists carried on until day two and 21 are continuing on to Banff.

The nine day tour stretches across 1,200km and the cyclists are averaging 140km per day with their longest leg being day three from Manning Park to Osoyoos for a total of 186km.

The shortest leg of the tour was day five from Grand Forks to Rossland for a total of 96km.

“Everywhere we go everybody is always curious...people telling us about family friends or people they know with CF, it’s actually quite a small community...and this is a disease that affects more people than we realize,” said Lee. People looking to get involved are able to donate online on the Gear Up 4 CF website.

The Kin Club of Canada, an all-Canadian service organization that sponsors events and community service projects, hosts dinners for CF if people want to get involved that way.

“There are also local CF chapters across the province if you want more information on what to get involved with volunteering,” said Lee. “We can’t do it without the volunteers they place themselves so they can refill your water bottles; they feed you. The towns are so far apart that you couldn’t actually make some of these rides without their support, it’s a really good network,” said Emily Trant a nine day

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rider with a family history of CF. Trant grew up in Vancouver but has been living in London, England and travelled back for the ride.

The organizing committee begins planning this bike tour in January and that’s usually when riders start training as well.

The riders are very committed explained Lee. “It’s not just the nine days, it is every weekend going out and training,” said Lee. People of all sorts of ages and abilities participated in this year’s Gear Up tour.

John Fettes celebrated his 73rd birthday in Rossland last Thursday becoming the oldest rider to ever take part in the nine day tour.

He did triathlons for 25 years but now sticks to social riding and touring.

His daughter helped motivate him for the ride but CF is his inspiration.

“The more I am around all these people and hear their stories... it’s really quite amazing,” said Fettes.

The youngest rider is Mike Hamilton at 26 years of age.

He is also one of the three riders on the

tour who has CF. Hamilton is cycling with his original set of lungs.

George Keulen also has CF and is cycling after having a double lung transplant.

Paul Underhill, who some people may recognize from Dragon’s Den for his protein drink Rumble, is also participating in the nine day tour after his double lung transplant.

His drink, Rumble, was the title sponsor for the Gear Up event last year.

Being a person with CF, Underhill wanted to create a drink full of nutrients that was healthier and tasted better than all the other protein drinks in the store.

The creation of his drink helped motivate him to move forward.

When it comes to this group of people there are so many stories to be told.

Janet Brine is on tour supporting her husband, Bill Markvoort who has been on the tour twice.

After their daughter’s lung transplant in 2007, Markvoort cycled in 2008.

Unfortunately their daughter passed away from complications of

CF in 2010, but they continue to support CF efforts.

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Summer at the rossland pool Danielle clarke Rossland News

Heading in to July it’s about time for some fun in the sun.

This summer the Rossland pool is offering three different themed camps.

Science camp is from July 7 to 11, Spies and Detectives camp is from July 28 to August 1 and Minute to Win it Relay camp is from August 18 to 22.

Camps include a full lesson set, dress up days, games, crafts and snacks.

The pool offered a toonie swim on Canada Day this past Sunday, but will be offering another toonie swim on August 4 for BC Day from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

There will be pool games and fun for everyone.

On Tuesday, July 13 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. there will be a youth pool party for teens to participate in pool games and win prizes.

Preschool and Red Cross swim lessons are also being offered over the summer.

Preschoolers swim lessons are July 14 to 25 or August 4 to 15.

Swim lesson sets are either July 14-24 or 11-21.

Aqua tot is also available as part of the ‘my parent and me’ program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 3 to August 28.

Sarah Patershuk is the acting Rossland Pool Manager and is

Lifeguards, Lauren Ewings, Sarah Patershuk, Lochlan Dorman and Christine Cook (from left to right) posed for a photo after lessons last Thursday at the Rossland pool.

enjoying getting to know people in the community. One of her goals is to organize and offer Aqua Fit classes at the Rossland pool this sum-

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