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Fundraiser offers glimpse of homelessness
How to beat the heat BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
With the sun blazing down on the baseball diamond during the week-long B.C. Little League Championship, it's a wonder that the players can sit in hot temperatures for a whole day while still keeping cool. For umpire Derek Green, there isn't much that can be done about the heat. With full-body equipment and long pants, Green can heat up quickly. “It's pretty hot, but not much I can do,” he said between innings on a 33 C Tuesday. The umpires aren't the only ones on the field in danger of overheating. Dunbar coach Mike Vrlak tries to keep his players from getting heatstroke by stocking a cooler with a quick fix, along with “tons of water.” “We have a cooler with ice water and some towels in there,” he said. “Every time they come off the field, they throw the towels on their head and their neck.” Glenn Kirkpatrick, head coach for White Rock agreed with Vrlak’s strategy. “[We give them] lots and lots of water and stay in the shade,” he said. “We also have a ton of cold towels.” Spectator Catherine McGhie from Victoria says she avoids the source of the heat, the sun. “I follow the shade,” she said, while sitting under a tent erected over the bleachers at Andy Bilesky Park. “When the sun moves around, I move around.” Another fan from Victoria, Keva Glynn, has the same strategy, but covers up to prevent too much sun exposure. “I cover up with the light coloured clothing,” she said. “I try to stay out of the sun during peak times.” Not only do they avoid the scorching heat of the sun, these two women make sure to stay hydrated. “Of course, I drink lots of water,” said Glynn, adding that she doesn't just drink the water. See ORGANIZERS, Page 3
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
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Brayden DeWitt, 10, makes sure to keep cool in the scorching sun on Tuesday with a misting fan set up around the grounds of Andy Bilesky Park during the Little League provincial championship.
Most people living in the Greater Trail area can afford a roof over their head, a comfy bed and three squares a day. But for one night only, an event is being planned to give the community a glimpse into the life of a homeless person. Coins for Change is an awareness and fundraising campaign slated for Sept. 12 that asks local officials and anyone else in the area to experience homelessness firsthand and spend the night sleeping under the Victoria Street Bridge. Those participating will be asked to build shelters out of boxes, or pitch a tent and sleep outdoors in the makeshift refuge from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m. and all money pledged will support a local homeless-no-more program. The challenge builds on a joint venture between the Skills Centre and Career Development Services (CDS) called Getting to Home, which is an initiative that launched two years ago with a goal to end homelessness in Greater Trail. “The project well surpassed our ideas and what we had set forth to do,” said CDS spokesperson Gail Pighin. “We are coming to the end of our funding pool and hope to raise funds as well as awareness that homelessness isn’t a problem that occurs in larger cities,” she continued. “It is alive and happening right here in Trail and the surrounding areas.” Pighin approached Montrose council July 7 asking for the village’s support in the event, however sleeping outside for 12 hours isn’t the only option she said, because the event is set up in pledge form starting with a $2 per hour contribution. “I think if the councils stand behind us and make a donation or write a letter that they are in See FUNDS, Page 3
Trail Times makes final round of national newspaper contest Readers can vote online for best front pages from past 150 years BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
The Trail Times has made it through the preliminaries and, just like Nancy Greene at the 1968 Olympics in France, it wants a gold-medal finish. But it will need help from readers. The Trail Times submitted the front page of the Feb 15, 1968 edition chronicling Greene’s gold-medal victory in
Grenoble into a nation-wide contest for the best front page stories and made it to the top eight in the sports category. “The History of Canada in the Nation's Front Pages” contest by Newspapers Canada in collaboration with PEI 2014, asked newspapers across the country to submit its best front pages from the past 150 years. The contest coincides with the 150th anniversary of the 1864 Charlottetown Conference, which played a huge role in shaping the country. Eight categories were open for submission: Canadian Politics; Canadian Sports; Canadian Heroes; Canadian Arts/
Culture/Entertainment; Canadian Science & Technology; Canada at War / Canadian Armed Forces; Canadian Communities; and Canada on the International Stage. “With the Trail Times’ 119-year history I knew we would have some worthy submissions,” said Trail Times editor Guy Bertrand. “And sports was an obvious choice for a category “With the help of the Trail Historical Society, which maintains a lot of our back issues, I came up with a couple of entries in the sports category on the Smokies 1961 world championship and Nancy Greene’s iconic victory at the Olympics in 1968.”
Frontpages.ca chose the February 1968 front page, and all other finalists, based on its newsworthiness, depth and detail, and quality of writing, totalling up to a score out of 100. The judges were on the lookout for the front page story's significance to the community, local impact, scope and excellence of content. “The front page with Nancy Greene’s win was great on so many levels,” said Bertrand. “Her victory propelled her into worldwide stardom and she would be named Canada’s female athlete of the 20th Century. See VOTING, Page 2
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