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City doles out big bucks for Bull-a-Rama Event’s future in jeopardy after $25,000 loss at April event BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The city might boot the bull next year after an annual event had fewer tickets sales and cost Trail about $25,000 to run this year. The Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama saw about a 10 per cent decrease in tickets sales over the 2013 show, and less people attending the Saturday night dance meant a 32 per cent decline in liquor sales during the April 26 event in the Trail Memorial Centre. Overall, the expenses totalling almost $84,000 were on target but additional overhead such as ambulance services and overnight security at the Trail Horseman’s Society Grounds had the organizing committee bucking up an extra $6,800. The 13-year event isn’t officially shelved by the city, but was a topic of discussion at Monday’s governance meeting when council agreed to review the Bull-a-Rama committee’s re-shuffling proposal, however, the decision to again back the event will rest in the hands of Trail’s new council post the Nov. 15 civic election. “The committee is obviously looking at this and recognizes that there were several other functions going on and we did lose some sponsors,” said Coun. Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson on behalf of the event’s committee. “But the remaining ones are still very supportive and we are investigating other avenues so we can go down this path together and bring back a report to council in the next couple of months.” The Bull-a-Rama was already on shaky legs in February when Trail council debated sponsoring the event that, since 2008, has cost the city about $91,000. At that time, city staff recommended that council consider removing the event from the 2015 operating budget, unless an outside promoter or organizer stepped in to take over the financial exposure. “This year’s cost revenue over expenses... doesn’t include our direct staff time and actual cost associated with the city, rental and the like,” noted David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer. The current financial summary in conjunction with the previous resolution, suggests council forward the matter immediately to the committee for commentary about how the event could be reorganized to limit the city’s loss going forward, he added.
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Debra Barembruch, owner at Amore's Ristorante in Trail, poses with her plaque at the top of the set of the covered stairs she sponsored and spends her time volunteering to pick up litter and keep the stairs clean. Barembruch is one of a group of Trail residents who have taken on the task of adopting one of the famous Trail covered staircases. The goal is to promote pride in the community.
Sponsors care for iconic stairs Groups and businesses sign up to maintain covered stairways BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
With over two kilometres of steps spread out over 63 sets of covered stairways in Trail, upkeep is a huge job and community members have stepped up to pitch in make sure an iconic part of the city stays clean and pristine. Communities in Bloom (CiB) has started program where community members can sign up to sponsor a flight of stairs and get cleaning. Dan Haley, local business owner and stair sponsor, says it's all about maintaining pride in the community. “It is important that they are clean, but the most important thing from our
perspective is that we are showing the community that we care and the community is important to us,” he said while hanging plaques recognizing sponsors. “You have to keep it clean to get people to respect (the stairs). Generally, if it is clean when you get there, you are going to keep it clean.” Haley also has a personal connection to the covered stairs throughout the city. He has been running up them for as long as he can remember. “They have always been important to me because in the old days, I would run up those stairs, frontwards, backwards, sideways, all over,” he said, adding that his whole family used and appreciated the stairs. “My father ran up the stairs, my brothers and sister ran up those stairs and I just love the days in my memories going back and I think it is very impor-
tant to keep them clean.” Lana Rodlie, of the CiB committee, says the idea of sponsored stairs came about a few years ago, but it wasn't until CiB judges came to Trail and mentioned the garbage on the stairs that the program got into full swing. “One of our committee members suggested it years ago that maybe we should have a program like this, but it sort of got lost in the shuffle of everything that we do,” she said. “It really got started because (CiB) judges had pointed it out several times. When you come into Trail from Castlegar, down the hill, you look across and you see stairs. If there is any garbage there, it is very visible. There was garbage all over the hillside and one of the judges said that this was one of our problem areas.” See MAINTENANCE, Page 3
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Former Miss Trail eyes ambassador role By Sheri Regnier Times Staff
Time is ticking for the Greater Trail community to vote online in support of a young role model’s journey as one of seven candidates running in the British Columbia Ambassador Program. Former Miss Trail Cheyanne Friess has been out and about for months, attending fundraising events, volunteering, studying B.C. history and practicing her speeches in preparation for the pageant held in Merritt Aug. 15 and 16. She admits to feeling butterflies over the event that will honour three candidates with the title, though Friess is confident when the big day arrives, everything she has learned will fall into place. “I never realized how quickly time flies until now, when I have two speeches to memorize, a knowledge exam to study for and a table display to prepare,” Friess said. “At this point I am coming home and working and doing nothing else because it’ll be worth it.” The community can get behind her by voting daily for the program’s people’s choice award by visiting www.bcambassador.com and selecting “People’s Choice 2014” on the left-hand side. “The most rewarding part of my candidacy is being
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Cheyanne Friess is almost ready to deliver two speeches and impart her knowledge of the province in the B.C. Ambassador Program pageant slated to begin Aug. 15 in Merritt. To support the former Miss Trail as the program’s “People’s Choice 2014,” visit bcambassador.com and click on the people’s choice link. active in the community,” said the 18-year old. “Everyone is really supportive and it’s nice to see that,” she continued. “It has also helped me further develop into a confident person and I am thankful for the experience.” The B.C. program is open to young men or women between 17 and 24 years old who have held an ambassador or royal title in the province. “I am looking forward
to spending a week with my fellow candidates,” said Friess. “It will be nice to connect with them and share stories about our run. But it’ll be nice to perform and make Trail proud.” The program promotes motivation, self esteem and education with money fundraised awarded to candidates through bursaries. Program organizers also
go after post-secondary scholarships at appropriate schools based on a candidate’s studies of interest. Friess attended the Trail council meeting Monday night, and after talking about events she attended over the summer, said her plans include using any financial backing won through the program for a dental assisting course this fall at College of the Rockies in Cranbrook.
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Power outage at Teck leads to increase in smoke By Sheri Regnier Times Staff
A power outage at Teck Trail Operations sounded alarms and increased smoke released from the stacks Monday night. An interruption of power in the lead smelter, just after 9 p.m., resulted in the venting of some in-process gases from the KIVCET furnace and slag fuming furnaces, according to Catherine Adair. “Which was visible both on site and to the community,” continued Adair, Teck’s community relations leader, adding, “furnaces were immediately shutdown and plant personnel worked safely to resolve the issue.”
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No injuries were reported and power was restored by 10:30 p.m. “We are conducting a full investigation into why this power outage occurred in order to prevent it from happening again,” said Adair. Almost three months ago to the day, a power outage in the zinc processing plant at the Trail site raised the sound of alarms and led to an increase in smoke emissions. During that event, sulphur dioxide (SO2) was monitored within the operation and the surrounding community, and although emissions were visible, Teck maintains SO2 concentrations remained within permitted levels.
Maintenance evokes pride FROM PAGE 1 Debra Barembruch, owner at Amore’s Ristorante in Trail, has signed up to help out near her restaurant, and look after a hidden gem in the area – a park snuggled between two flights of the famous covered stairs. “I started looking after the park when I was taking my dog for a walk and came across it,” she said, adding that the park could be used for community events and more. “I couldn’t believe it was just sitting there and it was so unappreciated and unused. It was something nobody was looking after. The city has stopped looking after it and they even stopped mowing the lawns, so I just decided to start looking after it myself.” The clean up of the stairs leading to the hidden park came after, since
Barembruch was walking up them to get to the park to mow grass and pick up litter. “I thought, I might as well [clean up the stairs too] and I’ve been doing it ever since,” she said, mentioning that her motivation was to increase use of the park. “The city can now see that we take pride in it. Families are going through all the time. I’ve had people tell me they used to take their kids there and now they do again every time I clean up.” So far, seven local businesses and groups have signed up to take care of different staircases, and in the case of pizza maker Rustic Crust, a tunnel going under Bailey Street. To sign up, sponsor a set of stairs and put a little elbow grease into keeping Trail clean, call Lana Rodlie at 250-368-9227.
Nelson
Bear destroyed after climbing on dock
The Nelson Star Conservation officers were forced to destroy another bear in Nelson. Early Monday afternoon, the Nelson Police Department received a complaint of a bear swimming across the lake towards the Prestige Lakeside Resort. The bear climbed onto the dock and startled boaters and patrons in the restaurant patio area. According to conservation, this particular juvenile bear had been causing extensive damage on the North Shore and was highly habituated to the area’s human food sources. Conservation staff received several calls over the last two weeks regarding this bear. A conservation officer was called to the scene and the bear was killed as a result of the aforementioned reasons. The public is reminded to clean up all attractants, pick their fruit, cover their barbecues, and ensure that their garbage is secure until pick-up day. Bear sightings should be reported to the Conservation Officer Service at 1-877-952-7277.
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Trail Firefighters Local 941 representatives Lee DePellegrin, president (left), and Rick Morris, secretary/treasurer (right), presented Lisa Pasin, director of development KBRH Health Foundation with $9,500 to support the Critical Care Campaign. Funds were raised through their quad raffle. The Trail Firefighters have donated $16,800 to the KBRH Health Foundation through their fundraising efforts.
Theatre moving forward with three-year plan By Liz Bevan Times Staff
The staff at the Charles Bailey Theatre in Trail has big plans for the coming years. Year One of a three-year plan transferring the responsibilities of the theatre from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary to the Trail and District Arts Council is underway. Nadine Tremblay, the current theatre manager, has been hired as the new marketing and public relations person and is getting the word out that there is a stage and seats ready and waiting for theatre-goers. Part of Tremblay's marketing plan starts off with more programming open to theatregoers and she hopes to inspire more people to visit the theatre for a live show. “We want to do our best to get people back and to keep people coming regularly,” she said. “There are four children's shows coming up. We identified that as something the community wanted.” The children's shows include a theatre presentation, a music show, and a clown comedy act. Along with shows for the kids,
Tremblay is planning some performances that will also appeal to the adult crowd. “We are going to be doing another series called 'Something Completely Different,'” she said. “It is a show series that will develop the community and ease people back into the arts. There hasn't been much of that going on.” These planned performances are just the tip of the iceberg. “Year One is mostly about promoting the theatre,” she said. “[We want to get] bigger acts from around the region promoted and to get more local users. We also want people who are already using the theatre to use it more.” Tremblay says “Something Completely Different,” is hoping to host a burlesque show at the theatre, with a few other potential ideas such as interactive workshops to get the audience involved in performances. Along with promotion of new shows and workshops, Tremblay wants to get more community groups renting the theatre for their own events with lower rent expenses as per the three-year agreement with
the RDKB. “[The cost of renting the theatre] has been drastically reduced,” she said. “The cost to rent the theatre is the same, but every renter is going to be saving about $600 on sound and lighting. Those are the kinds of things the regional district is going to absorb and pay on behalf of renters.” The next step for the theatre is going to be taking on “big capital projects,” said Tremblay. The second year of the threeyear agreement includes physical upgrades to the theatre. “We are going to get some bigger signage [for the front of the theatre], we are going to build a concession and we hope that we will be getting ventilation for the theatre. It gets hot in there in the summer months,” she said, adding that they are planning on making ticketing changes in the future. The number one goal for this three-year plan is to raise attendance at the theatre and Tremblay believes this plan is the way to go. “We are really trying to get bums in seats,” she said.
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Forgotten archives create concern THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - There are 33,000 boxes of important provincial documents abandoned in a warehouse, orphaned by a lack of government interest and funding, says British Columbia’s information and privacy czar. In her new report released Tuesday, Elizabeth Denham said the neglect is severely hampering access to information and the public’s right to know about key decisions of their government. “I was shocked to learn that no government records had been transferred or preserved in the BC Archives for the last 10 years,” Denham said in an interview. She added that the problem will be compounded with the coming tsunami of digital records. “It’s a significant problem for good governance; it’s a significant problem from an access to information perspective.” Government transferred the BC Archives from the province to the Royal British Columbia
Museum in 2003. Unfortunately, no money went with the transfer of responsibility and the museum said it could only afford to maintain the existing archive. It put in place a fee of $454 per box to archive new material - a fee that no ministry was interested in paying. Tens of thousands of boxes later, they’re still not interested, and Denham said valuable, recent government records documenting everything from case files to cabinet records are languishing. “The 33,000 boxes of records stored right now off-site have been designated as permanently valuable records,” she said. “(They) need to be passed on to the next generation, they need to be made accessible for researchers.” Right now, those records are only accessible through a Freedom of Information request - an expensive legal process - when they should be available in the reading room of the provincial archive, upon request, Denham said.
There is also no plan, no legal framework and no technical capacity to archive digital records, which comprise most government communications today. “We are operating on a statute that was passed in 1936 ... that was the year before the photocopier was invented,” Denham said. Andrew Wilkinson, the provincial minister of technology, innovation and citizen’s services, was not immediately available for comment. The report made three recommendations, including that BC Archives be returned to the government fold and money be provided to deal with the backlog and to archive documents going forward. Government should also create a system for archiving digital information and the outdated Document Disposal Act should be revised to address the digital age, it said. Denham said the status quo will have significant financial and historical consequences if the failure is not addressed.
Vancouver
Human error led to TransLink shutdown By Jeff Nagel
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TransLink says an error by an electrician working on the Evergreen Line triggered Monday’s fivehour shutdown of the SkyTrain system and passengers will be offered a free day of transit use on B.C. Day. The technician was installing a new circuit breaker at a power distribution panel for the new
SkyTrain line when he accidentally tripped the main breaker feeding critical systems at SkyTrain’s operations centre. “Two major disruptions in one week is unprecedented, and the two incidents are completely unrelated,” said TransLink chief operating officer Doug Kelsey. “Our trains are reliable 95 per cent of the time, but we know that is little consola-
tion for customers who are delayed for hours when we do have a significant breakdown.” It’s unclear how a free transit day will help passengers who buy a monthly pass, but TransLink said details of the offer will be provided later. Monday’s shutdown was the second in less than a week that led SkyTrain passengers to pry open train doors and walk
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Vernon
Suspicious fire brings total to 22 THE CANADIAN PRESS VERNON, B.C. - The latest suspicious fire in Vernon was an expensive one. Damage from the Monday night fire at the Growers Supply Company in the north Okanagan city has been tallied about $100,000. Firefighters say as many as 1,000 empty apple bins burned, but quick work saved another 9,000 of the big containers. The incident is considered suspicious because the apple bins were stored in a pile at the back of a locked lot and the fire began at the rear of the pile -- also scorching a fence. An exact cause is still under investigation but at the peak of the blaze, flames were leaping 30-metres into the air and officials say an aerial ladder truck was needed to pour water from above, while crews on the ground kept the fire from spreading. Twenty-two suspicious fires have been recorded around Vernon since late May.
Langley
Huge lotto prize remains unclaimed By Monique Tamminga Langley Times
B.C. Lottery Corporation is still ‘waiting with baited breath’ for someone to claim the winning $50 million lottery ticket sold in Langley nearly four months ago, confirmed a BCLC spokesperson. Time is ticketing by without anyone coming forward to claim the large prize that came from matching all seven numbers on the March 14 Lotto Max draw. A person could live on the interest alone, said BCLC. Lotto Max winners have one year from the draw date printed on the ticket to claim their prize. “In the absence of anyone coming forward to claim the massive prize, we continue to hear some incredible theories and rumours about the winner from lottery players,” says Kevin Gass, vice-president of lottery gaming. “The truth is, until the winner comes forward, we don’t know their story or why they
may have waited so long.” “We estimate the winner would have accrued more than $150,000 in interest over the last two months had they already collected their prize.” As for the rumour that a 17-yearold won and hasn’t been able to claim the prize because they are underage, BCLC said that isn’t true. Someone under the age of 19 can purchase lottery tickets. If that person wins, the winnings would be held in trust by an adult and the funds released to them when they are legal age, confirmed BCLC. BCLC can’t reveal the location where the winning ticket was purchased because that is all part of the review process when the winner comes forward, said BCLC. BCLC always announces winners and where the winning ticket was purchased after the winner comes forward. No top lottery prize won in B.C. has ever gone unclaimed.
Prince Rupert
Real estate market hot on LNG promise By Matina Perry The Northern View
The Prince Rupert housing market saw gains in both the number of properties sold and sale price during the first half of 2014, a trend that is expected to continue. The BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) reported that by June’s end 197 properties worth $40.3 million were sold through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in Prince Rupert, up
from153 properties totalling $33.2 million in the first half of 2013. Keith Lambourne, managing broker of Royal LePage Prince Rupert, said residential detached homes costing up to $250,000 have been the fastest sellers of the total 141 homes sold for a total value of $29,116,053 as of June 30. This is up from the first six months of 2013 when 114 single family homes were sold val-
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ued at 22,088,200, up just over 13 per cent. Additionally, the average price has grown, with the median cost of residential detached homes sold being $206,496, compared to $193,756 in the same time period last year. “We’re really busy ... we’ve vastly improved on years gone by,” said Lambourne, adding first-time buyers are driving the market. Lambourne points to proposed liquified natural gas projects for the increases. “We’re in a pre-LNG announcement market. People are buying before the announcement is made because they have faith in the fact that it’s going to happen,” he said, adding if upcoming final investment decisions are positive, prices will heighten even more next year.
“It’s going to be a madhouse.” This has also caused a shift in who has the housing market advantage, with Lambourne saying this is the first in many years that it’s been a seller’s market. “It’s about as vigorous of a sellers market as you can get; Sellers are in charge. There’s multiple offers on several properties at the moment,” he said. “It went from being a buyers market in 2008 to 2010 ... then it eased into a balanced market for a couple of years and now it is without question a seller’s market.” BCNREB president Ken Laursen said the Northwest Region, which consists of Prince Rupert, Terrace and Kitimat, is one of the board’s most active with the average price of homes rising significantly year over year.
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Inuit, Greenpeace team up to protest Arctic seismic testing THE CANADIAN PRESS O T TAWA Greenpeace and the Inuit have joined to protest Arctic seismic testing, warning Ottawa that its plans to gauge oil and gas reserves with highintensity sound waves in Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait pose grave dangers to marine life. Inuit activists are staging a protest Wednesday in Nunavut’s Clyde River, a tiny Baffin Island hamlet just above the Arctic Circle, a week after Greenpeace took their cause to the United Nations. An Inuit environmentalist also took aim at Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq, a Nunavut MP, accusing the Conservative government of “cultural genocide” for its efforts to open up the
Arctic to oil and gas exploration. “We depend on these waters for food and the very existence of Inuit life depend on them,” said Niore Iqalukjuak in an open letter to Aglukkaq in the Nunatsiaq News. “We fear that what the Conservative government is doing is a cultural genocide and will end the Inuit way of life as we know it. ... You are our representative. Speak up on our behalf.” Aglukkaq’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Iqalukjuak’s letter or on the protest being held in Clyde River. Greenpeace, meantime, has thrown its support behind the community. “Proposed seismic testing activities in Baffin Bay will have
severe impacts on marine life and traditional lifestyles of coastal indigenous peoples,” the organization’s Arctic campaigner, Farah Khan, said in a statement Tuesday. “We stand with the community of Clyde River in their efforts to uphold their rights and preserve their traditions.” It was an apparent return of fire to Aglukkaq, who criticized Greenpeace this week by challenging the environmental group’s historical opposition to the seal hunt and alleging it’s merely using the Inuit to advance its own causes. “The reality is that there are lots of environmental groups who say that they speak for and represent Inuit or aborig-
Manitoba
Dine and dasher forgets purse THE CANADIAN PRESS BRANDON, Man. - An Alberta woman who dined and dashed from a pub in Brandon, Man., is going to be paying a much heftier bill and possibly looking for some new friends. She was one of three women who downed $160 worth of liquor and food and ran for it. But she was the only one caught when she returned to retrieve her forgotten purse. Kyla Anne MacMillan of Red Deer, Alta., pleaded guilty Monday to fraudulently obtaining food. Court was told MacMillan and two friends ate wings and nachos and downed 23 shots - six of tequila, 10 B-52s, six Dirty Hookers and one vodka - plus a pitcher of beer. Judge Donovan Dvorak fined her $325 including costs and ordered her to pay the $160 bill. MacMillan claimed she was going to the ATM outside the pub, but the trio took off, with MacMillan being forced to return when she realized she needed her medication, which was in the purse she’d left behind. Defence lawyer Ryan Fawcett told court his client has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and arrived in Brandon two weeks ago, but hasn’t been taking her medication despite having it with her. MacMillan, who is unemployed, had $5.35 on her and her bank account balance was at zero.
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inal people, while at the same time they campaign against traditional ways of life like the seal hunt,” she told the Inuit Circumpolar Council general assembly in the Northwest Territories. Greenpeace and the Inuit indeed make strange bedfellows in their campaign against Arctic seismic testing, a contentious method for surveying oil and gas deposits under the ocean floor that can have extensive effects on marine life, including disrupting migration routes. Greenpeace railed
against the commercial seal hunt in the 1980s, and has since acknowledged their campaign had a detrimental impact on the Inuit. “The consequences of that, though unintended, were farreaching,” Joanna Kerr, executive director of Greenpeace Canada, said in a recent statement. She added that the Inuit “take only what they need, and no more. “They honour the animals, the land and the ocean.” Greenpeace also recently drafted and
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Ontario
Human traffickers deported
THE CANADIAN PRESS HAMILTON, Ont. - Twenty members of a Hungarian human trafficking ring that brought people from eastern Europe with promises of a better life in Canada have been deported, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said Tuesday. He said the victims were forced to work illegally, live in deplorable conditions without adequate food, and were intimidated or attacked repeatedly. “The removal of these foreign criminals convicted of human trafficking demonstrates how our government is keeping Canadians safe,” Blaney said during a news conference in Hamilton, where the gang had operated. The RCMP has previously said the victims were mostly poor Hungarians who were duped into coming to Canada and forced to work for free in a case of “modern-day slavery.” Blaney said 22 members of the DomotorKolompar ring have been convicted of human trafficking charges under the Criminal Code of Canada, and all but two have been deported to Hungary. “Our government will continue to take strong action to address human trafficking in all its forms,” he said. The Canada Border Services Agency, the RCMP Hamilton-Niagara Detachment and local police were all involved in the years-long investigation dubbed Project OPAPA. It was launched in December 2009 after an alleged victim from Hungary complained to an immigration officer. The investigation initially
discovered 16 people with similar stories, with more people coming forward in the following months. Police previously said that once the Hungarian workers arrived in Canada, they were forced to file phoney claims for refugee status and social assistance, with traffickers pocketing the money. The suspects controlled their victims’ activities, including who they spoke with, where they lived and what they ate. Police said the victims typically lived in the basement of the suspects’ home, and were sometimes fed scraps and leftovers, often just once a day. The workers toiled away without pay at construction sites owned by the traffickers and were constantly monitored, police said.
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all it the orange juice syndrome. Bev Oda, former federal minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, knows it well. Her $16 glass of orange juice at the Savoy Hotel in London in 2011 was the tipping point that precipitated her downfall as a cabinet minister and an MP. The political landscape is littered with Bev Oda’s. Politicians felled over lavish spending on entitlements, like former Alberta premier Alison Redford was. Rarely are they felled over such things as a $182 million child welfare management software system that doesn’t work. Which is why the government’s purchase card payments released last week with the public accounts is so illuminating. In the big scheme of things, the charges are an infinitesimal percentage of government spending – $41 million out of more than $43 billion in expenditures – but they offer a glimpse at fiscal approaches between ministries and whether a sense of entitlement may exist in some corners of
government. In his last two years as premier – from 200910 to 2010-11 – Gordon Campbell’s office charged 1,205 transactions to the purchase card totalling $400,384. Last year, Christy Clark’s office charged 1,216 transactions totalling $395,220. And it’s not just the dollar difference between the two premiers that stands out, it’s what many of those charges were for. Under Campbell, flights on Harbour Air and Helijet came in at $23,591 over two years for the premier’s office. Last year, Clark’s office charged $142,071 with the two airlines. And that doesn’t include additional flights with Alaska Air, Air Canada, Pacific Coastal Airlines, Porter Air or WestJet. All in, Clark’s office charged $185,308 in airfares. That’s an average of $3,560 per week. Now there may be some good reasons for some of those flights, but a daily commuter service isn’t one of them. Those float planes and whirlybirds sure are popular though. Last year, more than $2.4 million was charged for flights on
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Harbour Air and Helijet, that’s about $47,000 per week. In defence of the flights, the Finance ministry stated: “Employee travel to and from Victoria is often required in order to deliver the many programs and services British Columbians rely on.” Plausible for some of the flights, not so much for others. It’s tough to imagine that British Columbians were so urgently in need of a program or service from International Trade that it justified the ministry charging $89,000 for flights on Helijet. There were some pretty big differences between the Campbell and Clark governments in other ministries as well. Aboriginal relations and reconciliation
charged $780,783 last year. That’s nearly triple the $266,543 over Campbell’s last two years. And since politicians are masters at re-categorizing expenditures to suit their political agenda, comparing charges between fiscal years for ministries isn’t always an exact science. There’s no purchase card summary for International Trade in 2010 or 2011, but last year the charges hit $1.33 million, including $260,730 with Air Canada, three charges at the Chosun Hotel in Seoul totalling $94,000 and two charges at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beijing totalling $52,000. Over at the Justice department, they found 33 reasons to celebrate something or other at Earls on Hornby. Average tab? $362. Total bill? $11,958. But it’s not all bad. There were some spendthrifts. The Public Service Agency spent $796 with Groupon and various ministries made at least 419 transactions with dollar stores across B.C. totalling $24,179. And while purchase card payments have dropped from $47.35 million in 2010-11 to $41 million last
year, it’s not much cause for celebration when payments to government suppliers rose from $7.17 billion to $8.07 billion in the same period. A government does have to operate and that means spending money. And it’s easy to second guess some expenditures. But the powers that be shouldn’t be too shocked when the public is more curious over a $225 charge by the premier’s office for a passport or $736 for valet parking in Los Angeles by International Trade than they may be over the cost of replacing the George Massey Tunnel. That’s politics. The public gets irate over the small amounts because they can relate to them. But the funny thing is that politicians who get the small things right, generally don’t screw up the bigger ones. Final note: someone really should suggest to the owners of “Out to Lunch Catering” that they may want to consider billing as “OTLC Catering” when they cater government functions. Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.
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Think before posting to Facebook Picture this; it’s a breezy summer morning, the sun is out, the birds are chirping and you’re sitting at the table enjoying a delicious cup of coffee. You still have 10 minutes before having to leave for work and decide to take a quick scroll through Facebook. The page loads and the first status catches your eye, a friend is asking if anyone has heard about the “incident” that happened in town. Weird, you haven’t heard of any incident... Someone else commented on the status saying how tragic it is that only good people die young. You scratch your head and frown, wondering what happened all while mentally agreeing that it truly is tragic. You scroll down and see another status “Has anyone heard about the girl who died this morning?” You click it and the comments say that she
is a young girl, 24 from the next town over. The next comment is correcting the previous “actually she’s only 22, I went to school with her.” Your stomach turns, you know quite a few people that age from that city. You continue to scroll through the page and see, “RIP Jane.” Jane? It couldn’t be YOUR Jane, could it..? You click on your mutual friends with the status owner, and that’s when your world crumbles. Could you imagine learning that something tragic has happened to a loved one from a Facebook status? People should not be posting about these events that come up until names and details have been officially released in the news. Not only are these statuses and comments extremely insensitive and disrespectful to those involved and related, they also cause rumors and gossip.
Which in some cases can be even more distressing, especially if what was said turns out to be untrue. I would like to ask all of my Facebook friends to please take a second and think, “What am I gaining by posting this? How will this affect the people reading it?” Do it out of respect of the family and friends of those involved in the incident. Private message, text, or call each other but keep it off your wall. Soon enough it will all be in the news. What you do with that, after it is made public, is your business. That being said; visit a little longer, hug a little tighter, and remember to say I love you every chance you get. Life is short and you never know what moment with someone will be your last. Danica Philipzyk Fruitvale
Canadians at odds with Harper’s priorities BY DEAN BEEBY
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OTTAWA - Public-opinion research for the federal Finance Department suggests key government policies are out of step with Canadians’ priorities, including the Northern Gateway project. Members of focus groups consulted prior to the February budget had “little enthusiasm” for the proposed bitumen pipeline to the British Columbia coast - even those who said they support the controversial project. And among the 12 groups consulted - from Coquitlam, B.C., to Bridgewater, N.S. - the economy itself was not a top-ofmind concern. Rather, the groups spontaneously raised education, health care, pensions and veterans as their key issues. They also called for more processing and refining of Canada’s oil resources at home, and to do so in a more environmentally safe manner.
“There is little enthusiasm for the (Northern Gateway) project, even among supporters,” says a Jan. 25 report on the findings. “Detractors worry about the environmental consequences in the event of a spill, particularly as a result of a tanker accident off the B.C. coast.” The Harper government has made Northern Gateway a central plank of its energy strategy, and has pilloried environmental groups who oppose it, labelling them “radical.” Asked for comment on the report, a spokesman for the Finance Department said only that the research helps measure the “evolution” of Canadian attitudes. Among the other issues participants raised: - Canada Pension Plan reform: “This came up more often in Ontario, and the sentiment typically focused on the need to ensure this program is adequately funded.” The government has resisted
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calls to improve CPP though has endorsed other pensionrelated reforms. The Ontario government has since promised its own public pension plan. - Veterans: “Concerns expressed whether enough was being done to help individuals with health/mental issues arising from their military service.” The government faced a barrage of veterans’ criticisms over the last year, especially related to military suicides, but says it has improved benefits and care. - Health care and education “continue to come up regularly in the discussions.” The government has said these are areas of exclusive provincial jurisdiction, but has promised stable, predictable block funding. The report also found that lower-income households were less sanguine about the state of the economy than wealthier households, citing few well-paid jobs being generated and saying “the gap between rich and poor is growing.”
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PEOPLE OBITUARIES ROSS, JAMES A. – Thursday, 18 July, 2014 Jim was born in Trail on October 9, 1927 to Stuart and Dorothy Ross. He passed away peacefully in Ladner, B.C. on July 18, 2014. Jim worked at Cominco until his retirement in 1985. Jim and his wife, Lois, moved to White Rock, BC in 1986 where they enjoyed their retirement years together. He enjoyed his world travels and spending time with his friends and family. He was an avid computer enthusiast. He was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Lois, and his son Mark and is survived by his loving children; Bruce (Beth), Corinne (Don) and Beverly. He is also survived by his grandchildren; Jennifer, Allison, Jesse, Erin, Jamie, Lana, and Grant as well as 3 greatgrandchildren (Nash, Sawyer and Harley) Jim was a happy, loving, caring, husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. *** MCLAREN (NEE JONES), ROSEMARY ALICE A light from our family is gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in the home Which never can be filled We have to mourn the loss of one We would’ve loved to keep But God who surely loved her best Has finally made her sleep After a lifetime of her love and joy And music to fill our ears God leaves these wondrous memories To help us through our tears On July 17, 2014 Rosemary Alice McLaren lost her final battle to cancer, with her loving family at her side. She is now at peace. Rosemary was born to Wanda and Russell Jones on July 22, 1937 in Rossland, BC. She was the oldest of 9 children, four sisters and four brothers. Rosemary resided in Elkford, BC with the love of her life, Robert McLaren, who passed away in May 2013. Rosemary had a great sense of humour and a very loving heart. She had a unique gift that drew people to her, and because of this, she was a very much loved “Rosie”. Family, friends, shopping, make-up, and her car were her everything in this world! Rosemary spent a lot of her years camping in Rexford, Montana and made many, many friends along the way. Rosemary is survived by her daughters: Susan (Don) Tait, Lori (Kim) Krish, and Sheri (David) Taylor, her grandchildren Jason (Julie) Tait, Jessica (Jason) Bowen, Jared (Tiffany) Krish, Ryan (Kim) Taylor and Adam (Nicole) Taylor, and her great-grandchildren Lincoln and Levi Bowen and Emi Krish. She is also survived by her siblings, David Jones, Franny Boucher, Joann Mckerraker, Janice Turner, Tom Jones, Bobby Jones Judy McBride and Russell Jones as well as several nieces, nephews, cousins and many special friends. Rosemary was predeceased by her parents Wanda and Russell Jones, two husbands, Mervyn Frame, and Robert McLaren, her nephew Dean Jones, and nieces Sara McBride, and Shonna McKerracher. Funeral services to be held on Thursday July 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church in Elkford. Following the service, Rosemary’s cremains will be placed at the Mountain View Cemetery in Elkford, reunited with her beloved Robert. Messages of condolence to www.cherishedmemoriesfs.com Arrangements entrusted to Cherished Memories Funeral Services Ltd.
Couple keeps lotto win a secret for seven months THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. ALBERT, Alta. - If Bill and Andrea Groner tell you they can keep a secret, you can take them at their word. For seven months, the Edmonton couple hid the fact that they were the winners of the second-largest lottery prize ever awarded in Alberta. On Tuesday, they finally came forward with the news that they held the ticket worth $50 million. “Do you ever play poker?” asked Andrea, 47, at a news conference announcing the win. “You never give up your secrets. “We had to maintain a normal lifestyle until we got all our ducks in a row that we had to take care of in our own lives.” The winning numbers were for the Lotto Max jackpot of Dec. 20. Lottery officials went to the news media in June to say the huge prize hadn’t been claimed and to remind the winners they only had a year to do so. They also urged people to check for any wayward lottery tickets that may have been tucked away. A buzz grew around who the mystery winners could be. In reality, the Groners had been aware of their good fortune since two days after the draw. Andrea realized that she and Bill had won when she stopped at a shopping mall to check the ticket at a self-serve scanner. “I should have had my glasses with me,” she recalled. “I had to get the retail clerk to tell me what was said on the self-scanner. She was more excited than I was. I was in disbelief.” The cautious couple, who said they prefer to keep their family out of the limelight, decided they’d allow themselves one celebratory dinner. They let a few close family members in on the financial tsunami that had just washed over them and then resumed their normal lives. “We carried on with life, day-to-day,” said Andrea. “We’d talk. We’ve got our whole lives to decide what we’re going to do with the win.” While they did that, Edmonton media were asking the question: Who are the mystery winners? “We would be sitting at home, watching the stuff on the TV and we’d say, ‘We’re right here.’ But you guys never picked up on it,” Andrea laughed. Now that the word’s out, friends will be able to make sense of certain comments made over the last few months, Bill said. “A lot of jokes will make sense to them now.” There is, however, one treat that’s on the agenda. “We still have to go on a honeymoon,” said Andrea. “Married 25 years, we haven’t been on a honeymoon yet.”
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BY TIMES STAFF The Trail All Stars continued their excellent play at the B.C. Little League Major championship in North Langley, shutting out the host team 10-0 on Monday. A lead off, solo home run by Austin Cox in the bottom of the second inning was all Trail would need as they upped their record to 2-1 in their quest for the provincial championship. The Trail All Stars plated four runs in the second inning highlighted by Cox’s homer and a bases loaded single by Jordan Sheets to score two and give the All Stars a 4-0 lead. The team would
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Trail Regional Aquatic Excellence swimmer Aby Elwood of Trail won gold in the 200-m butterfly at the B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo on the weekend while teammate Ian Markus (below) claimed silver in the 1,500 free. BY JIM BAILEY
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The Trail Regional Aquatic Excellence (TRAX) swim club lit it up at the B.C. Summer Games pool in Nanaimo on the weekend leading the Zone 1 Kootenay team to its best performance ever at the event. Zone 1 athletes improved on their previous best performance from the last Games in Surrey taking home 23 medals, one gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze; seven more than the 16 medals won in 2012. Leading the way were TRAX swimmers Aby Elwood of Trail, Montrose’s Ian Markus, and Sam Matthew of Nelson. The trio combined for eight medals, one-third of the total Zone 1 medal-haul, with Elwood claiming gold in the 200-metre butterfly, while Markus won silver in the 1,500-metre free, and Matthews captured silver in the 800-free and 200 IM, and bronze in the 400 IM, 200 backstroke, 100 and 200-m. Breaststroke. Elwood’s was the only gold medal won by the Kootenay Zone, and the 13 year old didn’t quite know what to expect
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heading into her first Summer Games. “I was really proud of myself when I got it, considering I really didn’t think about it going in,” said Elwood. “There is so many good athletes out there, that there was just so many things that could happen.” Elwood was seeded third going into the 200-m fly on Friday and after having a mediocre preliminary swim where she clocked a 2:35, she needed to turn it on in the final. It was a three-horse race from start to finish, and despite losing time on the turns, the 13-year-old Elwood would reclaim the lost water in the ensuing 25 metres. “I realized we were close, and I thought it was going to be within a touch, so really anything can happen. We were so close and I just kept saying ‘stay with her’, ‘stay with her’, and I was hoping I would be able to stay with her the whole race.” Elwood made up time and took a slim lead in the final metres of the race, out-touching Campbell River’s Cianna Dunn by four-tenths of a second, and bronze medalist Giselle Steiner
of Vancouver by .56 of a second, finishing in a sizzling 2:29:83 and achieving U16 Western Canadian time standard. Markus too came close to netting gold. After 60 lengths of the Games pool, the 12-year-old swimmer would lose to Zachary Dumas by just four seconds in the 1,500-m. free. However, his time of 18:00:47 would be enough to net him the U13 Canadian Age Group National time standard. See ATHLETE, Page 10
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score two more in the third with back-toback singles from Cox and Reilly McKinnon setting up a sac fly from T. J. Murdoch, and a Mike Zarikoff single to make it 6-0. Trail would close out the game in the fourth inning, when Ali Schroder singled with the bases loaded to score Jesse Ihas. Murdoch would follow Schroder with a single of his own plating Marty Ingram, and Zarikoff would deliver the dagger, ending it with a double to right, to score two and bring the 10-run rule into effect. Amazingly Cox would go the distance on the mound facing
13 batters (one over the minimum) in four innings pitched, giving up just two hits and no walks, while striking out two Langley batters. The Montrose pitcher threw just 30 pitches, 22 of which were strikes. Cox also went 2-for2 at the plate with a walk, an RBI, and three runs scored, while McKinnon and Zarikoff were 2-for-3, with a pair of RBIs each coming from Zarikoff, Murdoch, and Sheets. Trail played Forest Hills Wednesday afternoon but scores were unavailable at press time. They play undefeated South Vancouver on Thursday at 11 a.m.
Honkers win series with AM Ford Orioles
BY TIMES STAFF The Trail AM Ford Orioles hosted the Pacific International League’s Northwest Honkers in a four-game set on the weekend, a good tune up for the B.C. Senior Men’s Baseball championship going at Butler Park Aug. 1-4. The Honkers took 3-of-4 from the Orioles winning the first two games of Saturday’s doubleheader 5-4 and 9-7. Trail bounced back with a 7-5 victory in the first half of a double bill Sunday, but ran out of arms in a 16-1 loss in the final match. In Saturday’s first game, the O’s had the tying run at third in the final inning, but could not complete the two-out rally as the Honkers pitcher struck out the O’s batter to end the match. Joey Underwood wielded a scorching bat going 3-for-4 at the plate, including two solo home runs, while Dallas Calvin was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, and took the loss on the mound giving up three runs over five innings, and yielding seven hits, while striking out five. In the second half of the doubleheader, the Orioles were down 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh, but rallied to tie it when Scotty Davidson belted a double to score Cam Ferguson to bring the O’s within one. Underwood then stepped up and hit a single, scoring Davidson to force extra innings and to break
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the 5-5 tie. However, after a scoreless eighth, the Honkers scored four runs in the top of the ninth to take a 9-5 lead. The Orioles made it close when Underwood went deep again, hitting a two-run bomb to cut the lead to two, but the Honkers pitcher would catch the O’s hitter looking to end the threat. Underwood went 4-for-4 on the night with three RBIs and the dinger, while Calvin had a pair of doubles and two RBIs, going 2-for-4 on the night. In Sunday’s third game the Orioles plated three runs in the fourth inning on their way to a 7-5 win over the Honkers. With the Honkers up 4-3, back-to-back singles from Jim Maniago and Underwood would score David Colquhoun and Joel Graf to put the O’s ahead. Then, following a single from Kyle Mace and a walk to Calvin, Jake Lucchini would deliver what would proved to be the winning run with a base hit. Colquhoun was 1-for-1 with two walks, while Maniago was 2-for-4 for the Orioles. In the final match, the game was a relatively close 5-1 Honkers lead heading into the sixth but the O’s well of arms ran dry as the Seattlebased team belted out an 11-run barrage to win the game 16-1. The Orioles will have their final tune up this weekend when they travel to Cranbrook to take on the Bandits, the Kootenay representative at the B.C. championship.
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runner Mo Farah and diver Tom Daley of England, Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas, and rugby sevens player Samisoni Viriviri of Fiji. Field hockey and rugby will be strong - Australia won the recent men’s World Cup and was second on the women’s side, while Commonwealth countries such as New Zealand virtually rule rugby sevens. The Canadians expect strong opposition again from perennial powerhouse Australia, plus England and Scotland, which likely wouldn’t mind a strong showing ahead of the country’s independence referendum on Sept. 18. “We believe in the reviews we’ve done that we’ll be in and around third place,” Stevenson said. “We anticipate moving back into where we are pushing the Aussies and England better than we did back then.” Canada claimed 76 medals in 2010, including 26 gold, 17 silver and 33 bronze, but Stevenson wouldn’t wager how many times Canadians might climb the podium in Scotland. When asked if 100 medals might be attainable, he said “If things go great, maybe. If things align. But we’re not getting into actual numbers. “(But 100) is a beautiful number.” Canada has topped 100 medals five times: 1994 in Victoria (129), 2002 in Manchester (118), 1986 in Edinburgh (116), 1990 in Auckland, N.Z., (113), and 1978 in Edmonton (109). Veteran shooter Susan Nattrass will carry Canada’s flag into the opening ceremonies. The 63-year-old also boasts the most Commonwealth medals won by any member of this team, with eight (three silver, five bronze). The team’s youngest member is 16-yearold gymnast Isabela Onyshko. The oldest: Paralympic lawn bowler Al Hanet, who is 78. Canada will compete in 16 of the 17 sports, fielding teams in all but netball. And in every sport except judo, which had a conflict with an Olympic qualifying event, Canada is fielding its A team. “Right away, coming out of Delhi, knowing what was going to follow Glasgow with the Pan Am Games in Toronto next year and then the Olympic Games in Rio, it became three Games back-to-back-to-back which became very important,” Stevenson said. “You put three multi-sport Games together in a row, you’re really going to be able to refine so many areas before the show in Rio. There’s a real opportunity.” The smooth organization of Glasgow, and the ability to focus solely on sport, is a welcome relief for Stevenson and the DRIVE A GREAT BARGAIN! rest of the Canadian team. Former Paralympic star Chantal Cars, Pickups, SUVs, 4x4s, Minivans, Petiticlerc, Canada’s chef de mission 15 Passenger Vans, Moving Trucks in Glasgow, said the excitement in the Glasgow village is palpable. “You can really feel that in the vilClean, reliable, late lage at the moment where everything model vehicles ready is going so well, the spirit and the atmosphere is so good, but at the same to hit the road! time highly competitive,” she said. “That’s something that I enjoy (about Short or long term rentals. the Commonwealth Games), the balance of a great experience, but at the Quality vehicles for same time a great experience and great rent and for sale. performances.”
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fun as well as successful meet. “The Cranbrook kids from the meet, I really enjoyed meeting them, and then we got to be really close friends at the end of it,” said Elwood. TRAX swimmers Kira Konkin and Kayla Fraser also competed, helping the girls relay to a fourth and sixth place finish in the 50-m Medley and Free relays, while swimming best times and meeting AA time standards. In boys Triathlon, Trail’s Jackson Konkin went home with three bronze Lizette Tucker RMT and Damian John RMT would like to welcome medals in the long Triathlon, Aquathon, RMT to the office. and Super Sprint, while No waiting list • New patients welcome the Kootenay Zone Therapeutic/Rehabilitation • Treating acute and persistent pain • ICBC claims welcome golf team coached by Champion Lake pro Kevin Nesbitt and Mon-Fri 9:30 - 6pm Salmo golfer Ethan 1-860 El Dorado St Downtown Trail 250.364.1433 Paton won silver. FROM PAGE 9 “When you work hard all season at the little things like touching your toes and are prepared for practices, your hard work pays off and Ian is an example of that,” said coach Eve Fournier. The Kootenay Zone swim team was led by TRAX coaches Bill Park and Fournier, who, based on past performances, have established the TRAX program as one of the tops in B.C. “I really enjoyed this
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year, especially with the new coaches,” said Elwood. “They have a lot of new things to teach us which really helps a lot with everything, just with all the new techniques and stretching too, you can feel the difference when you’re in the water training, and that helps a lot.” The coaches also secured a record number of spots on the Zone 1 team for local swimmers, including five from TRAX and eight from the East Kootenay, making for a
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their feelings. You can find support through PFLAG (pflag.org). Dear Annie: Many years ago, I was disowned by my parents and most of my extended family for marrying against my parents’ wishes. I was allowed back into their lives only because they wanted to see the grandkids. Now, with elder care issues, we are struggling with appropriate boundaries. I’d like to offer some suggestions: Instead of spending every moment yelling at me because I am not there more often, don’t do enough and don’t measure up to your friends’ kids, try saying that you are glad to see
es. Don’t attack me. Be cordial and polite toward my spouse and kids. If you force me to choose between you, I will choose them. You say that you are too old and set in your ways, and I have to love you the way you are. You are the one who wants a closer relationship. I am ready to give up. If you want a different outcome, you are going to have to change, too. -- Your Son Dear Son: You obviously have had a poor relationship with your parents for years. We agree that they sound difficult and demanding, but it will be hard for them to change without calm and consistent responses from you, rewarding their appropriate behavior, leaving when they are manipulative or insulting, and teaching them what you will tolerate. Only you can decide whether it’s worth the effort. Dear Annie: I
read the letter from “Hurting Mama,” whose son texted her “Happy Birthday.” The first time my son sent me a text to wish me a happy birthday, I called him to inform him that if it begins with “Happy” or “Merry,” it is not
a textable moment. I didn’t speak to him in a harsh or mean way, just matter-of-factly. That was two years ago, and I haven’t received a text on important occasions since. This is a bit of a family joke, but everyone now knows when it is
appropriate to text and when it isn’t a wise move. -- A. 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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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Conversations with partners and close friends are jubilant and upbeat today. This could include surprise meetings and get-togethers or unexpected news. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your work routine will be interrupted today but, hopefully, in a pleasant way. Although equipment might break down, more likely, the
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Fruitvale 229,500
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2397558
Rob
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Montrose 159,900
$
2396677
Rob
MLS#
2397280
Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484
Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575
Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153
Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222
Trail Times Wednesday, July 23, 2014
www.trailtimes.ca A15
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Misc. for Sale A- STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’ 53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. SPECIAL Trades are welcome. 40’ Containers under $2500! DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com A- STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’ 53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. SPECIAL Trades are welcome. 40’ Containers under $2500! DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
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Collector Buying Coin Collections, Native Art, Estates, Gold, Silver + 250-499-0251
Sunningdale, Trail
ROSSLAND, 2 new 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom modular homes in Rossland Paradise MHP, from $64,900. includes net GST. Rick 250-254-7997, Kim 250-512-1222.
Real Estate Houses For Sale FRUITVALE, older 3bdrm, Laurel Avenue, incl. extra lot. 210k. 250-367-7436 Montrose Large Family Home. 1 Acre View Property. Main floor totally renovated. Trades considered. $475,000. Call 250-231-0359
Lots 2.5 ACRE LOTS, LUMBY, BC Mabel Estates 5 mins from town, pristine lush views. Designed and ready to build. Wells & power at lot. Starting, $139,000, $50,000 below assessed value. 250-317-2807.
Reasonably priced in a very desirable area. Property has a nice private backyard with a garden area for the green thumb. Super neighbours in an area of both young families and retirees. Nearby park, wonderful walking trails, and just steps from public transit. Newly refinished wood flooring in all three bedrooms and the living room. Gas furnace for cost effective winter heating and an oversized carport for the car. Laundry downstairs in partial basement. Low maintenance metal roof and vinyl siding both in good condition.
Apt/Condo for Rent
250-498-7585 cell 250-498-3519 res
Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822 COME AND live in a beautiful 2 bedroom condo in lovely Warfield. Pets welcome. Free Parking. $720. per month. 250-512-9585 Edgewater Townhouse Glenmerry, 3bd, f/s, $850./mo. Long-term only. 250-368-5908 Ermalinda Apartments, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922 E.TRAIL, 1&2bdrm. apts. F/S, Coin-op laundry available. 250-368-3239 Francesco Estates, Glenmerry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.
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$195,000
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PARKSIDE APARTMENTS. Large 1bdrm., insuite laundry, AC, secure quiet building. Call Richard 250-368-7897
3 bdrm or 2bdrm w/office house in Fairview. Fully fenced yard, 1/2 blk from Safeway. Hardwood floors, new kitchen. Sunroom/dining room. $1,650/mo + damage deposit and utilities. Ref. required. Pets negotiable. Aug. 1st. 250-551-1048. E.TRAIL, Exec.style home, 2bd, 1bth. Gas-BBQ, F/S, D/W, W/D, N/S, N/P. Ref.req. $1000/mo +util. 250-231-6768 TRAIL, 2BD., N/S, N/P. Available immediately. 250367-7558 TRAIL, 3bdrm. f/s, w/d, basement, fenced yard, quiet neighbourhood. 250-364-1129
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Sunningdale 3bdrm apartment for sale or rent, ground floor, no steps, private entrance. Cable & heat incl. Free use of W/D. Available July 1. Walk out to lawn, very private. Call 250-368-3055 TRAIL, 2bd. apt. Friendly, quiet secure bldg. Heat incl. N/P, N/S. 250-368-5287 TRAIL, 2BDRM. Glenmerry. Newly reno’d, perfect for senior, no stairs. N/P. Utilities included. 250-368-1312. TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, perfect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, comfortable. Must See. 250-3681312 WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1&2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888
Shared Accommodation Private entrance. Large bdrm & bath. Small appliances. 5 homemade meals weekly. Shared laundry. $550/month. Call 250-368-5984
W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $575./mo. 250-551-1106
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Cars - Domestic 2004 BMW Z4 conv, auto with trip-tronic transmission. Excellent condition, extended warranty, 2 owners, 70,000kms. $17,500. 250-368-9804.
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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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Wed. July 23 3 - 5pm 3441 Aster Drive, Glenmerry $270,000 OF RS E ACADIS 6 1 AR P
MLS#2395213
Thurs. July 24 3 - 5pm 380 Laurier Drive, Warfield $249,000 LL WE ED RY TAIN E V IN MA
MLS#2396200
Ross Spur $329,000 W NE
MLS#2399060
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Rossland $279,000 TER AC AR E CH HOM
MLS#2394858
MLS#2396466
Shavers Bench $119,500
MLS#2397341
Miral Heights $349,500
MLS#2393279
Fruitvale $149,000
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MLS#2394307
Waneta Village $110,000
MLS#2396761
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MLS#2398796
Fruitvale $299,000
Miral Heights $439,900
MLS#2398305
Warfield $226,900
MLS#2393760
MLS#2397530
Redstone $839,900
Montrose $298,500 W NE
MLS#2399484
Glenmerry $55,000
G TIN LIS
MLS#2399423
Glenmerry $259,000
Contact Our Realtors
UE AL TV A E GR
MLS#2394956
MLS#2399393
Rossland $299,000 D CE DU RE
G TIN LIS W NE
Trail $229,000
G TIN LIS
MLS#2398323
East Trail $128,000
MLS#2396283
Glenmerry $214,000
Salmo $223,000 W NE
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PER N SU ATIO C O L
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MLS#2397006
MLS#2399126
Glenmerry $219,900
MLS#2398692
Salmo $356,000 NT LLE NT CE TME X E ES INV
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MLS#2397502
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Montrose $215,000
Fruitvale
W NE
Montrose $199,800
MLS#2399293
Trail $175,000 E LU VA AT E GR
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Glenmerry $227,000
MLS#2396427
Montrose $199,000
MLS#2399120
MLS#2398874
Salmo $279,900 T EA R GR RTE A T S
SOLD
Montrose $459,000
MLS#2397445
West Trail $129,900 D CE DU RE
Trail $160,000
G TIN LIS
MLS#2399453
MLS#2396314
Glenmerry $165,000
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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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Trail Times
Fine fishing spot
Liz Bevan photo
A fly fisherman casts his line near a sandbar along the Columbia River south of Genelle Monday afternoon.
The Local Experts™
KOOTENAY HOMES INC.
WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!
1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818 www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.ca
Mark Wilson
SOLD
250-231-5591
mark.wilson@century21.ca
Terry Alton
842 Wordsworth Avee, Warfield 710 Redstone Drive, Rossland
$425,000
Brand new spacious home a few steps from walking and x-country trails and Redstone golf course. This 4 bdrm, 3 bath home features 2 car garage with ample storage area, rec room spacious living area. Call your REALTOR® for more information or a personal tour. Call Richard (250) 368-7897
$289,000
SOLD 2704 - 10th Avenue, Castlegar
$279,900
250-231-1101 956 Spokane Street, Trail
$159,900
1894 Mountain Street, Fruitvale
$65,000
Excellent downtown investment property with commercial and residential space. Residential tenant is long term and commercial lease in place. Simply take over the revenue stream!
Prime 66x105 building lot in Fruitvale alongside newer homes. Nearly flat, excellent mountain views, serviced and ready to go. Excellent value here!
Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
613 Forrest Drive, Warfield
$205,000
2 bedroom low maintenance condo beautifully updated and ready to move in. Lovely laminate floors, renovated bathroom, new modern kitchen. Exercise facility, and newer laundry on main floor of complex. Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
terryalton@shaw.ca
Tonnie Stewart
250-365-9665
tonniestewart@shaw.ca
Jodi Beamish 250-231-2331
jodi.beamish@century21.ca
Mary Martin
250-231-0264
302 Ritchie Avenue, Tadanac
mary.martin@century21.ca
115 Pine Avenue, Fruitvale
1604 Wilmes Lane, Trail
A snug little house with newer flooring and paint on main and new carpet and drywall in the basement. Excellent location.
Beautiful 4 bdrm quality constructed home. Finished to perfection including concrete decks, custom kitchen and modern finishing details, hardwood and slate flooring and double garage. You won’t believe the amazing shop! This home is a must see! Call now!
This 3 bdrm 2 bath home offers great outdoor living with a lovely deck out front and a large covered deck at the back. Both bathrooms have been recently renovated, among other upgrades. At this price it will go quick!
This graceful and spacious home offers beautiful “heritage” characteristics including hardwood floors, French doors, charming den, and large rooms. Master bedroom offers huge en suite with jetted tub and lots of closet space. Open and bright kitchen with large, sunny eating area and patio doors to deck.
Spectacularly renovated home overlooking Trail. New wiring, plumbing, heating. Open floor plan with gorgeous kitchen and high ceilings. 3 bdrms/1.5 baths and covered parking.
Call Jodi (250) 231-2331
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
1643 McQuarrie Street, Trail
$109,000
$459,000
$129,000
STING NEW LI
$399,000
QUICK
1354 Mountain Street, Trail
$239,900
Richard Daoust
250-368-7897
richard.daoust@century21.ca
Mary Amantea
250-521-0525
SION
POSSES
mamantea@telus.net
Bill Craig 1211 Primrose Street, Trail $189,000 1880A Kootenay Avenue, Rossland
83 Alpine Road, Christina Lake
3 bdrm, 3 bath family home large 27x28 covered deck. Fireplace, walkout basement with huge rec-room, workshop, covered parking and new roof. Garage and tons of storage complete this package.
This is a unique fully furnished turn-ofthe-century home, featuring 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. This home has been renovated and restored with style and taste adding to its original character.
6.5 acres. Good building sites. Southern exposure. Drilled Well. Treed. Great price. Call today to view.
It’s not often one of these cabins come on the market, become a member of Christina Lake Alpine Resort. This 1 bedroom one original owner cabin is available in a very well run association. Playgrounds, huge beach, safe swimming area and large wharf. Call today!
269 Railway Lane, Trail $147,900
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
Call Christine (250) 512-7653v
Call Art (250) 368-8818
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
1645 Victoria Avenue, Rossland
$289,900
D
REDUCE
$379,000
$117,000
250-231-0153
deannelockhart@shaw.ca
$575,000
Call Richard (250) 368-7897
Art Forrest
250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net
9480 Station Road, Trail Excellent spacious home situated in a park like surrounding with gardens and fruit trees. The shop, barn, fenced dog run with kennel, provide numerous opportunities to get away from the everyday challenges. There is ample space to handle several horses as well. Call today!
bill.craig@century21.ca
Deanne Lockhart
$149,500
Erie - Ross Spur Road, Fruitvale
250-231-2710
For additional information and photos on all of our listings, please visit
www.kootenayhomes.com
Christine Albo 250-512-7653
christine.albo@century21.ca
Dave Thoss
250-231-4522
dave.thoss@century21.ca
Dan Powell
Christina Lake 250-442-6413
powelldanielk@gmail.com