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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
CBAL connects seniors with technology Group pitching Seniors with iPads program at Trail market BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Trail Market on the Esplanade welcomes shoppers to enjoy the riverside atmosphere and forget about their plugged-in lifestyles for a few hours every other Friday during the summer months. And this week, a first time vendor will be talking to market-goers about the Apple, but not the kind with a core in the centre. The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) will be at the market this Friday to spread the word about a new program launching this fall called Seniors with iPads. Now that CBAL has its own space at 1160 Cedar Ave., the organization is ready to create one-on-one and group learning opportunities with scheduled times for older adults who might be struggling with their computer, iPads and cell phones. “Ultimately, what we want is to make things more accessible for people in the community and we know that sometimes that is through technology,” said Sonia Tavares, the Trail organization’s community literacy coordinator. “Especially our older adults because their kids are buying them something like an iPad because it’s easier to travel with,” she explained. “We can take away the fear of using it and hopefully we can facilitate a group that will support one another.” Before the classes begin, CBAL is looking for tech- savvy volunteers, input about the best time to run the class and whether drop-in or set classes would garner the most interest. A three-question survey will be handed out to adult passersby during the Trail market, said Tavares, because CBAL would also like to get See DROP-IN, Page 2
More planters hit by vandals
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Officials from the Interior Health Authority (IHA) made rounds throughout the West Kootenay region this week, including a stop over in Trail Wednesday morning to met with the area’s mayors. (Back row, left to right) IHA Executive Medical Director, Acute Service for the East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary Dr. Malcolm Ogborn, Dr. Robert Halpenny (IHA’s CEO), Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk, and Jane Cusden, Acute Health Services Director at KBRH. (Front row left to right) IHA Board Chair Norman Embree, Fruitvale Mayor Patricia Cecchini, Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs and Warfield Mayor Bert Crockett.
Interior Health leaders visit KBRH BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Interior Health officials are making rounds at local hospitals and health centres this week for a face-to-face with the people who keep the $1.2 billion operation up and running. “We try to visit every site in Interior Health once a year,” Dr. Robert Halpenny told the Trail Times Wednesday morning.
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
He, she or they are at it again. The local soup kitchen on Rossland Avenue is the latest location that has been hit by a garden thief. Sometime late Tuesday evening someone dug into one of the community vegetable planters outside of Kate’s Kitchen, the Salvation
The Interior Health Authority (IHA) is often the largest employer in smaller communities, he said. “It’s important for us to spend time and help people understand that I understand, we are a rural health authority,” continued Halpenny. “And one of the important things we do is a tour, because we’ve got so many facilities that when we look at capital issues it helps to see what we’re talking about.”
Army’s site that serves daily meals to those in need, and disappeared into the night along with a couple of tomato plants. The Gulch locale, which also houses the organization’s food bank, was hit a few weeks ago when cucumber plants were stolen. People are welcome to the tomato, said the Salvation Army’s acting supervisor, but please don’t
Halpenny was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the health authority in January 2010, and since that time the Kelowna-based doctor has noted challenges specific to rural health care facilities. “The biggest one is human resources or recruitment and retention of all medical staff, not just the doctors,” he explained. See TELEHEALTH Page 3
take the plant. When Mary Anne Leschiutta arrived at Kate’s Kitchen early Wednesday morning with full expectation of chopping vegetables for the day’s soup pot, she didn’t foresee having to pick up broken tomato stakes and sweeping up piles of dirt that were scattered across the entire front of the building.
“It was done after I left work,” she said. “And we’re trying to keep the planters well watered and cared for in this hot weather so this really is too bad.” Green peppers, green beans and green tomatoes are just beginning to mature in the site’s planters, but use for the vegetables See OTHER, Page 3
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