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Latest heat wave renews wildfire concerns

BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

There have been 112 wild fires in the Southeast Fire Zone so far this year, and nearly one-fifth of those were from last week's thunderstorm.

“The conditions are right for naturally occurring fires,” said Fanny Bernard, forest information officer in the Southeast Fire Zone.

“Since last Thursday, we have had 31 new starts and 23 of those were from last week's lightning storm.”

Bernard says that not all of the lightningstarted fires ignited directly after the storm, but reignited after the rain dried up.

“Even in the area that received precipitation, some of the lightning strikes had ignited fuels which are temporarily abated by rainfall, she said.

“With the hot and dry weather we have had, they become active again.”

There are initial attack crews currently working to extinguish all of the burns, none of which are any threat to surrounding communities or buildings and Bernard says the fire centre is keeping an eye out for more burns in the future, especially with some storms predicted for the end of the week.

“So far, we have lightning and then hot weather,” she said.

“There is potential for thunderstorms at the end of this week and over the weekend and then hot and dry weather next week.”

Last week's lightning-ignited fire near Casino, five kilometres from Trail, has been extinguished, says Bernard, and it never posed a threat.

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City to review impact of four-way stop, may add more

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

Those bright yellow blocks at the city’s busiest intersection could soon be a permanent marker in downtown Trail.

The four-way stop controlled intersection at Bay and Farwell initially appears to be successful, explained Trail’s engineering technician John Howes, adding that the city is scheduled to begin an operations review of the trial period next month.

The effectiveness of the concrete blocks is part of a review that also includes a study of collision history at the site, and detailed traffic counts during peak hours on weekdays and weekends.

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Nikki McGinn arranged the new Made By Hand signage in the window of the Community Inclusion Centre last week, after she and a handful of community volunteers and CDS workers packed up the wood shop’s merchandise and moved it to the new Bay Ave., location. The retail store will be open in early August with a variety of hand crafted items ranging from potato bins, planter boxes and decorative shelves, to door stops, ornamental figurines and whirly gigs.

Project helps people overcome barriers Trail’s Community Inclusion Centre broadens services and opportunities

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

An inclusive community is free from discrimination and values everyone’s right to contribute.

Community inclusion for persons who face challenges in finding stable work and housing is the nexus behind a diverse project currently underway in downtown Trail.

The Community Inclusion Centre (CIC), located at 1458 Bay Avenue, will provide a hub for those dealing with barriers such as chronic poverty, mental health and homelessness, by housing various services and resources all under

one roof.

The vision to create a stronger and more encompassing community grew at the Career Development Services (CDS) current location, further south on Bay Ave., along with the number clients, now at 200, and its 50 support staff workers.

CDS, under the umbrella of Trail Association for Community Living (TACL) developed the idea of an inclusive centre to focus on providing greater community access of resources to help those individuals further participate in all aspects of social, cultural and economic life in Greater Trail.

“The project has been in the works for quite some time due to the constant expanding need for the services of CDS,” explained Nikki McGinn, a support worker and social work student,

participating in the CIC project for her final practicum. “The community access project provides a year round facility for those with barriers,” she said. “To learn skills they need to live with dignity as part of the community.”

The project is designed in three stages, the first being relocation of CDS’s popular Made By Hand retail shop into the new inclusive site.

The wood shop’s products are built in East Trail by the West Kootenay Youth and Adult Work Shop, then dropped off at Made by Hand to be painted or enhanced by a dedicated core of volunteers before the final piece is sold in the retail space.

“The wood store has not been positioned well for the retail market,” said McGinn.

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Made famous in movies like Mad Max and James Bond, the gyrocopter, or ‘flying motorcycle’, is still an unusual sight today. So when Kit and Sue Harrison flew in and out of Trail airport recently in their ‘Blue Angel’ gyrocopter, the viewing area was host to a number of people wanting to get their first look.

The Harrisons, visiting family in Rossland, landed their German Cavalon Auto Gyrocopter at Trail Regional Airport on their return flight from Nanaimo, to Brandon, MB. They had joined about 80 planes flying with the sixth annual Century Flight Club of Canada annual crosscountry tour a week earlier— as the little gyrocopter that could.

“We wanted to learn how to fly in the mountains and increase our travel awareness of other airports,” said Kit Harrison. “We think it’s been very successful.”

Kit, who flies, and Sue, who navigates, have logged nearly 200 flying hours in their gyro, nicknamed Blue Angel, in just over a year. The gyrocopter license is said to be the rarest in Canada, with records showing less than 30

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“It takes 45 hours of ground school, flight instruction and solo time—the same as any other private license,” said Kit, who got his license in 2012.

“Sue is navigator. It’s very important to have a nav, and it’s great to have both people

participating,” said Kit. “We use all the navigation tools —paper maps, iPads and GPS.” It was their goal for over a year to tackle the Rocky Mountains and long flights.

The highest they flew on the trip was 6,500 feet and the lowest about 200 feet above

sea level.

“Everything you do is about being safe,” said Kit. “It’s an acquired skill, but when you’re acquiring it, you are all alone.”

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New location opens next month FROM PAGE 1 “We would like to expand the product range to include other hand made items produced by other CDS and TACL clients as well as other participating agencies that have expressed interest in the future facilities that will be developed.”

McGinn and company have been busy painting and scrubbing the new location so Made by Hand can reopen in the next few weeks and the second stage of development, a group and individual learning centre, can begin.

The setting will be apartment-like and equipped with kitchen, laundry and wheel chair accessible amenities, noted McGinn, adding that the facility will be available for CDS workers and other agencies to bring individuals or groups to meet for work on life and peer relation skills.

“These ‘soft’ skills are often the difference between being able to obtain and or maintain stable employment in the community.”

During the second stage of the CIC project, a pottery studio will be established in the site’s basement by CDS in partnership with a local potter who is also an outreach worker.

The studio is meant to provide somatic sensory therapeutic service for all age groups, in particular those living with affects of autism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and attachment disorders.

“This aspect of the extension of services is an incubation of a small business by potter Mary-Ann Kelly,” explained McGinn. “Her goal is to establish an internet market for potted products.”

The business would then support the creation of a small packing and shipping social enterprise that would employ CDS clients while they learn skills and gain experi-

ence, she added.

The final stage of CIC development is the Client and Professional Development Centre (CPDC).

Two offices will house outreach workers and other social service workers from CDS and other agencies to access a comfortable private space to meet with clients.

“It will also be equipped with state-of-the art client and professional training/boardroom to enable access to teleconferencing technology as well as a ‘Smart Board” (interactive projection screen for video and power point applications).”

CDS’s current offices will remain in use, but building up the Community Inclusion Centre is an ambitious endeavour and costly, with funding usually a 50/50 arrangement between the agency and other contributors.

During the next phase of development a refrigerator and electric stove is needed, said McGinn, and donations from businesses and individuals are welcome and appreciated.

“Every dollar that comes from the local community means greater services to local clients directly or indirectly,” she continued. “Which contributes to a more inclusive, more productive and safer community for all Trail residents.”

Additionally, the success of “Getting to Home,” a CDS and Skills Centre program that houses the homeless, has reduced the number of individuals requiring temporary shelter during the winter months.

Because shelter use is very low, two or three per month for short periods of time, CIC plans include relocating the La Nina Extreme Weather Shelter from the basement of the Trail United Church to it Bay Avenue centre.

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The efficacy of the large concrete barriers at the busiest intersection in downtown Trail will be part of the city’s review of the four-way stop trial at Bay Avenue and Farwell Street.

Blocks add protection for pedestrians FROM PAGE 1 “An additional conflict analysis study will be performed,” said Howes. “This study will be a relative measure of intersection violations and pedestrian/vehicle conflicts between the four-way stop and the signalized intersection.”

Howes maintains that the frequency of collisions at the

intersection is low, and the placement of the concrete blocks acts as physical shield between drivers and pedestrians, improving safety for those travelling through the downtown location on foot.

He said the blocks reduce the length of the crossing by allowing pedestrians to take a couple extra

Public asked to be vigilant reporting fires

FROM PAGE 1 Bernard wants to remind the public to remain vigilant when it comes to reporting potential wildfires to the right authorities.

“The public reports onethird of the wildfires we go to,” she said. “Report any suspected fire, even if you think that someone else may have seen it and already called it in. Call it in anyways.”

To keep the number of human-caused wildfires at a minimum, Bernard has a few tips for the public, especially

“The public reports one-third of the wildfires we go to.”

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during the upcoming long weekend.

“The classic cigarette butt out the car windows, or even just putting them on the ground, has been known to start fires,” she said “Driving vehicles like ATVs over tall grass or any dry fuels, mechanical brushing,

and chainsaw use can create sparks that can hit fuels.

Machinery hitting rocks, like excavators, can create sparks as well.”

When it comes to campfires, the same old rules apply.

“If you are lighting a campfire, remove any flammable fuels from the surrounding area, never leave your campfire unattended, have at least eight litres of water nearby and always have a hand tool, such as a shovel, but ideally both,” said Bernard. “Make sure your campfire is com-

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As of press time, there was no campfire ban in place, but Bernard encourages the public to visit www.bcwildfire.ca for to-the-minute updates on the status of bans. Currently, there are bans on fireworks, sky lanterns and burning barrels.

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steps into the crosswalk, and for some, the blocks add an extra feeling of protection before stepping out into the traffic zone.

“The large blocks are there to reduce the likelihood of a driver cutting a corner,” explained Howes.

“Or sneaking by a vehicle, and increasing the risk of an accident and potential injury.”

Which means, if the city opts to keep the intersection fourway controlled, the canary coloured barriers could be here to stay as a safety feature.

“We made some minor adjustments to better allow the buses to get in tight to the curb for safer pedestrian loading,” he continued. “The large blocks also allow for the mounting of signage and adjustable placement of the blocks.”

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“Control of this intersection could also be modified pending the results of the Bay and Farwell evaluation, ” Howes explained.

Conversion of internal traffic signals downtown to four-way stops can reduce congestion on the internal streets, although there is the risk of increased exposure to pedestrian collision due to drivers failing to comply with stop signs, and an increase of rear-end and rightangle type collisions.

“However, four-way stops do give the feeling of a more traffic calmed environment and can potentially reduce congestion,” he added.

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Legion closing after 88 years

By Peter Rusland

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Cowichan’s Legion closes at month’s end after 88 years serving valley veterans and their community.

President Bruce MacDonald confirmed a recent News Leader Pictorial story explaining Branch 53 would shut Thursday due to membership drops, tough economic times, and other reasons.

“We have month-to-month rental and we’ve paid for July,” MacDonald sighed sadly of his branch in Duncan’s Canada Building.

“We’re not the only Legion closing,” he said, citing B.C.’s new liquor laws and a paucity of parking contributing to the cash-strapped branch’s end.

Cowichan Legion’s array of artifacts are bound for Nanaimo’s military museum, and the Cowichan Valley Museum.

More trades training will mean more jobs: minister Apprenticeships also important says trades council THE CANADIAN PRESS BURNABY, B.C. - There’ll be 272 new seats in trades programs at the B.C. Institute of Technology this September, and the provincial government says they’ll help equip students to work in the proposed liquefied natural gas industry.

Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk said Monday the Burnaby, B.C.-based institution will receive a total of $1.35 million to pay for the new positions and some minor equipment, and there’ll be similar announcements in the coming weeks across the province as the government rolls out its Skills for Jobs Blueprint.

Away from the fanfare, though, Tom Sigurdson of the B.C. and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council said the provincial government needs to ensure that students are able to find apprenticeships outside the classroom.

“A bum in a seat does not mean a thing unless there are hands on the tools,” he said hours after the announcement.

He said students need apprenticeships to succeed, and municipal, provincial and federal governments must ensure those students can get hands-on experience on publicly funded building projects.

The provincial government has announced repeatedly that there’ll be as many as one-million jobs openings in B.C. by 2022.

Shirley Bond, minister of job tourism and skills training, said there’s the potential for as many as 100,000 jobs from five liquefiednatural-gas projects alone, as well as jobs in mining and forestry. She said there’ll also be job openings due to retirements.

“I think the most important statistic of all is that no matter what happens with liquefied natural gas, mines, any of those major projects, two thirds of us will be leaving the workforce, and so we need to be actually training people regularly to ensure that we have the replacement workers we need, as we have an aging demographic,” said Bond.

Virk said the funding will cover trades that are aligned with the top 12 liquefied-natural-gas jobs expected to open across the province in the coming years.

The trades are identified in a government news release as heavy-duty equipment mechanics, iron workers, electricians, crane operators, welders and steam-and-pipefitters.

Virk said the provincial government will try to train as many British Columbians for the jobs as it can before looking across Canada or even internationally for workers.

The provincial government announced $6.6 million for trades seats this past April as part of its Skills for Jobs Blueprint.

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Province adjusts rules on minimum drink prices

By Jeff Nagel Black Press

The province has adjusted its new minimum prices for alcohol in the wake of criticism over the rollout of new rules allowing “happy hour” discounts.

A new category for draft beer creates a minimum charge of $12 for a 60-ounce pitcher – down from $15 previously announced – or $0.20 per ounce for large volumes over 50 ounces instead of $0.25, which still applies to smaller glasses and pints.

“Upon reviewing B.C.’s minimum prices, we realized they weren’t on par with consumers’ expectations and we took action to find a fair compromise that still upholds B.C.’s high standards for health and safety,” said MLA John Yap, who heads the province’s liquor policy reforms.

The new regulations let bars and restaurants charge lower prices for selective times or occasions, but forced some low-price establishments to raise prices to match the new minimums.

That will still be the case for pints in some locales – bars that had charged less than $5 must raise their prices to that minimum for 20 ounces.

The province has also increased the minimum price for spirits from $2 to $3 per ounce.

Addictions experts had called for higher minimum pricing to reduce health and safety risks to drinkers.

Alliance of Beverage Licensees executive director Jeff Guignard supported the spirit price increase in the interests of public safety, noting a patron previously could have bought five single-ounce shots for $10.

But he said the lower minimum beer pitcher price of $12 against a minimum 20-ounce pint price of $5 may encourage over-drinking and intoxication.

“You’re more likely to start sharing pitchers than you are to buy individual pints,” he said.

Provincial regulations limit a single serving of beer to 24 ounces, so pitchers can’t be ordered by a lone patron. But Guignard noted it’s harder for a server to track how much patrons are drinking when they’re ordering beer by pitchers instead of glasses.

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Pilot walks away from crash

By Richard Rolke Vernon Morning Star

Residents and emergency crews were scrambling after a plane went down in the hills west of Okanagan Lake.

At about 6:45 p.m.

Monday, the RCMP received a report of a float plane crashing in the Six Mile Creek area off Westside

Road.

“Residents in the area heard the crash and started looking before crews even got there,” said Gord Molendyk, RCMP spokesperson.

Besides the RCMP, the response team also included the Okanagan Indian Band Fire Department, the B.C. Ambulance

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Pub owners say cheaper beer jugs will make it more difficult to detect over-serving.

“You don’t know if a particular person has had one pint or had the entire pitcher.”

The new minimums mean little for bars and restaurants that charge higher prices already.

Guignard senses a “rural-urban divide” in which many Interior bars charging lower prices than the new minimum will have to raise prices, while that won’t generally be the case in much of the Lower Mainland, outside of parts of Vancouver.

He said the industry now hopes for stability and certainty.

“This is now the third time they’ve changed minimum pricing,” Guignard said. “It’s all a bit confusing and annoying.”

Lower prices can be selectively offered for “ladies night” specials or “team night” for players in uniform. Minimum prices do not apply to catered events, or special occasion licences.

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Service, the Wildfire Management Branch and Vernon Search and Rescue members.

Accessing the area off Six Mile Creek Road was extremely challenging.

“It’s pretty ugly — heavily forested and steep,” said Leigh Pearson, with Vernon Search and Rescue.

The plane was located just before 8 p.m.

“The individual (pilot) was very fortunate because the plane came down in a wooded area,” said Molendyk.

“He was able to walk away from the scene and was taken to hospital for treatment.”

Non-life threatening injuries were

sustained and he has been released from hospital.

The plane’s wings and tail were ripped off during impact.

“It’s hanging up in the trees,” said Pearson, adding that the pilot was able to get out of the downed aircraft on his own.

“He’s pretty lucky.

He should be buying lottery tickets.”

The pilot is 52-years-old and from Campbell River.

It’s believed he was attempting to land on Okanagan Lake, after flying in from northern Alberta, when the engine stopped.

The Transportation Safety Board will not attend the scene but is in contact with the RCMP and the pilot.

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Hungry cat a lifesaver Fake passengers booked on flights so former premier could fly alone: report Nova Scotia

THE CANADIAN PRESS NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. - Brian Young gave his cat Berkeley a hearty scratch on the back and a few extra cans of tuna after the hungry feline awakened him just before a fire raced through his home, leaving little time to get his family out.

Young, a former Nova Scotia politician who lives with his wife and two adult sons in North Sydney, said the cat woke him up Monday at about 5 a.m., mewing to be fed and let outside.

Young said he fed the eightyear-old tabby some of the tuna he keeps in the fridge for him, let him out and returned to bed where he drifted off to sleep before waking up to a whooshing sound of flames and the crackling of burning floorboards about an hour or so later.

He said he went downstairs to find flames and smoke rolling off the kitchen ceiling and rushed his wife and son out of the house while calling 911 as the fast-moving fire destroyed part of the home.

“I got to the bottom of the stairs and looked and there was a wall of flame and I screamed, ‘Oh

my God,”’ Young said from the hotel where he and his family are staying.

“But we all got out safely and the cat is safe.”

Berkeley, a stray who appeared at their home as a scrawny kitten eight years ago, took off after the fire but has since returned and is being cared for by a neighbour.

Young, who served in the Progressive Conservative governments of former premiers John Buchanan and Donald Cameron, credits the cat with getting him up, preventing him from falling back into a deep sleep after that.

He said a couple of people at the local mall had heard the story and their first question was, “Did you find your cat?”

Young said the hefty brown cat, known for its six toes on each paw, was a little miffed by the whole ordeal.

“He showed up and he was really put out because his house had been burned and his regular haunts were gone,” he said with a laugh.

“We got him staying with a neighbour and they’re feeding him tuna as well, so he’s happy with that.”

THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - CBC News is reporting that Alberta’s auditor general found “false passengers” were booked on some government flights so that then-premier Alison Redford could fly alone.

The network said the auditor found Redford’s staff blocked others from flying by booking seats in advance and then removing passenger names before printing the flight manifest.

Merwan Saher’s findings are in an internal report to the government obtained by CBC News, the network said.

It reported that Saher also concluded that Redford derived a personal benefit by taking her daughter on dozens of government flights and used a government plane for trips where there were commercial options.

Redford resigned as premier on March 23 ahead of a caucus revolt due in large part to her lavish spending.

A call for comment to Redford’s constituency office Tuesday by The Canadian Press was not immediately returned.

The auditor’s report says Redford and her former chief of staff denied any knowledge of the altered passenger lists, CBC News reported.

Redford told the auditor general she did not request the government planes, but the report notes that, in every case, the request came from the premier’s office, the network said.

“We were told by 1/8 the premier’s 3/8 office staff and multiple staff from the Department of Treasury Board and Finance that for certain

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Retirees angry with city’s pension approach THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA - There were shouts of anger from the public gallery when Regina city councillors received but didn’t deal with a report on the city’s troubled civic pension plan.

More than a hundred former and current city employees attended Monday’s council meeting, hoping to put pressure on the city to do something about their plan’s massive deficit.

The chairman of

Regina’s Civic Pension Plan Committee made a presentation to council, but Kirby Benning wasn’t able to address the negotiation process because it wasn’t part of the agenda.

Mayor Michael Fougere says there’s a time and a place for more in-depth discussions, but retired firefighter Larry Richter says it’s shameful council didn’t even acknowledge who was in the gallery.

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flights the remaining seats available on the plane were blocked to restrict access to premier Redford on the aircraft,” CBC News reported Saher’s report as saying.

“The implications of this practice were that other government employees or elected officials would not have been able to travel on those aircraft.”

It was Redford who, before she resigned, asked the auditor general to review the government’s flight program.

Opposition parties were already calling last spring for the province to scrap its fleet of four turboprop planes. Premier Dave Hancock has said the planes are sometimes the best and only way for government officials to get into remote communities.

Flight records show Redford took her daughter, Sarah, on 50 flights on government aircraft, including for two weekends in Jasper.

The records simply list “meetings with government officials.”

Shortly before her resignation, Redford admitted to flying her daughter and her daughter’s friend around on a handful of flights and paid back the equivalent airfares. She also admitted taking a government plane to a family funeral in Vancouver and bringing a plane in to fly her back from a Palm Springs vacation.

She also paid back $45,000 spent on travel to and from South Africa for Nelson Mandela’s funeral in December. Redford and her aide flew to Ottawa, where the premier joined the prime minister’s entourage. Her aide, however, took a commercial flight to South Africa.

He and Redford returned to Alberta on another commercial flight so she could attend the swearing-in of her new cabinet.

CBC News said the auditor’s review found she could have returned on the prime minister’s plane in time for the swearing-in.

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WHERE AND WHEN TO VOTE Trail Memorial Centre 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Advance polls – Wednesdays August 13 and August 20 General voting – Saturday, August 23 Mail ballot – contact the City of Trail WHO CAN VOTE? If you are a “Resident Elector” which means if you are on the municipal lit of voters, you’re eligible.

For property owners contact the City of Trail or visit its website.

QUESTION ON BALLOT:

Are you in favour of the City of Trail enacting Bylaw No. 2775 authorizing construction and borrowing of $4,916,000 so that the sewer pipe bridge proposed by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary can also include a pedestrian walkway, water main line and fibre optic conduit?”

Bridge referendum too important to reject

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arely do citizens get a chance at direct input into a decision in their municipality. We elect officials to sort through the bylaws, look after day-today operations and in general take care of our city.

But in August, at advance polls on Aug. 13 and Aug. 20 as well as in the general voting day on Aug, 23, the citizens of Trail will have their say on the future look of the city.

Their votes will determine whether the City of Trail will take the next step forward in building a walking bridge over the Columbia River.

The Trail Times has been in the Silver City in one form or another for over a century and chronicled major moments, from the building of the Trail Memorial Centre in the ‘40s to the Trail and District Aquatic Center in the ‘90s just to name a couple.

And from reporting on those accomplishments

and the impact on the community, it’s important that the paper of record in the Home of Champions speaks out on another major project – the construction of the walking bridge.

As a Trail business, which has spawned a livelihood for countless employees, taking this step forward in the future of our city is vital.

Anyone who has called Trail their home knows the benefits a new crossing would provide.

There’s, of course, the tangible assets.

It would provide another access to downtown businesses from East Trail and allow walking access to facilities like Butler Park and the aquatic centre.

It wouldn’t impact taxpayers if the city taps in to the Gas Tax Fund to help with the cost.

It would be cost efficient, when combined with the RDKB’s commitment to the new sewer

line.

It would add another tourist caveat with a long suspension bridge allowing visitors to walk across the largest river in the Pacific Northwest.

It would provide an alternate crossing for emergencies.

It would add a perfect path for citizens and visitors to peruse the great accomplishments created by the Trail Outdoor Market and the Esplanade’s horticultural highlights.

It would replace the Old Bridge, which has served the city very well for over a century but engineers have deemed in precarious shape.

Those are the tangible benefits but again as a Trail business filled with employees who care for this city, a new river crossing will mean much more.

For our employees who have raised families in this city, it will be another opportunity for growth and advancement.

It will be a structure we can be proud of and share with our children and grandchildren.

It will bring another sense of pride to our city, when so many prefer to point to empty buildings.

It will be part of a revitalization of the downtown core that has been on going for the last couple of years.

It will be yet another reason for citizens to get out and enjoy all the beauty the city and surrounding geography has to offer.

It will encourage a healthy, active lifestyle to many of the most valuable citizens – our seniors It will create something for the next generation to call its own.

There are always plenty of excuses not to vote – too busy, don’t care, no impact.

But not this time.

This time each and every voter in Trail has a vested interest in this referendum.

The people who signed the petition calling for the referendum asked for it and it’s up to the entire community to now step up and have their voices heard.

Over the last 119 years the Trail Times has tried to present community issues to the citizens of Trail in an unbiased and open manner.

However, this issue is too important to sit on the fence or remain unbiased.

This issue will impact each and every one of us in one way or the other.

So each citizen must realize it’s his or her duty to vote.

The Trail Times is not just a building or a newspaper. It’s a workplace filled with people who care about this city.

And as a group we believe the right step into the future of the Home of Champions is by supporting the referendum.

With that we say, “Yes” to the proposed pedestrian bridge.

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Wake up call to climate change deniers

It was approximately four years ago that 19 leading luminaries of the Trail community got together to denounce an article by Gwynne Dyer concerning climate change.

Now hearing and seeing the many reports of forest fires in B.C. and floods on the prairies not to mention what has happened in Australia with fire and typhoons in the Philippines as well as in the States, I am wondering now, if it is so bloody important to hang onto the

traditional jobs and lifestyle that Trail has embraced for so long.

Secondary manufacturing was denied the citizens of this area for the assumed benefit of the existing main industries, for so long that half of those people are now working the Wal Mart, while the downtown continues to decay, and the city continues to demonstrate their incompetence in preventing a flood on the side of a mountain of all stupid places!

At this juncture I would be

contact the today for more information

interested to see if the same 19 self interested naysayers of climate change would like to repeat their article they wrote in response to Gwynne Dyer, to this paper, in the so called name of science a few short years prior.

Or perhaps the best plan might be to repeat their statement at four-year intervals as a check against the fallacy of climate change as we move forward?

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Canada must not falter in face of aggression: Harper THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the western world can’t soften its tough stand toward Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, even at the expense of the economy.

In an unusual move, Harper has written an editorial on the situation in Ukraine that was published in Saturday’s Globe and Mail.

He writes that although militants in eastern Ukraine are referred to as ‘pro-Russian separatists,’ there is no doubt they are “an extension of the ”Russian state.“ Harper accuses Russia of “aggressive militarism” that he says is a threat to not only Ukraine, but Europe and the values that bind Western nations.

Some Canadian companies, notably aircraft maker Bombardier, have expressed

concern about doing business in Russia in the face of increasing Canadian sanctions on Russian individuals and entities.

Harper says Canada’s national interests must come first.

“The steps Canada has taken have not been made without careful consideration of their potential impact on Canadian business interests abroad and at home,” Harper writes.

“We will not allow business interests alone to dictate our foreign policy.”

Bombardier said Friday that Canadian sanctions could affect the timeline of the company’s plans to set up a plant in Russia to build regional jets in a project estimated to be worth $3.4 billion.

Harper’s editorial also raised the shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines plane

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this month, killing nearly 300 people including a Canadian.

He pointed the finger at militants in the Ukraine and said whether accidental or not the blood of the victims is on their hands.

Canada sent an RCMP officer to the Netherlands on Sunday to determine how Canada can assist Dutch authorities in their investigation of the Malaysian air disaster - they’re taking the lead because many of those aboard were from the Netherlands.

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson offered the support on Saturday when he spoke with his Dutch counterpart, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.

A statement from Nicholson’s office said Canada will take part in a meeting this week hosted by Dutch officials regarding the next steps for victim identification and the investigation.

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OBITUARIES PETERS, AYSIA LARISSA – Please join us to celebrate the life of Aysia Larissa Peters on Friday August 1st at 11am at Thompson Funeral Home in Nelson, BC. Reception to follow at Rosemont Elementary School in Nelson, BC. There will also be a gathering at Mike Walsh’s residence 410 3rd Street in Montrose at 3pm.

Aysia left us suddenly on Sunday, July 20, 2014.

Aysia Larissa leaves behind many family and friends that will miss her greatly, especially Chas, Des, Colten, Gareth, Pandora and her parents, Flo Peters and Mike Walsh.

In lieu of flowers we ask that you make donations to BWSS - Battered Women’s Support Services. *** GROOM (NEE PETTERSON), MARGRET JUDITH – Passed away July 27, 2014, in Trail, B.C. Born to Otto and Alina Petterson in Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba, September 22, 1920.

As a very young woman she moved to Winnipeg to learn business skills. During World War II she worked for a company manufacturing aeronautical parts; she travelled around North America representing them. In 1945 she moved to Vancouver, B.C. and worked in the Leeder family business, honing her financial and administrative skills. In 1962 she married Ronald George Groom and moved to Trail.

Margret joined Emmanuel Baptist Church and was actively involved as Sunday School teacher, Deaconess, and Church treasurer. Since the closure of the Baptist Church she has been attending First Presbyterian.

She loved gardening and baking but family was her pride and joy. She was predeceased by her beloved Ron (2005) and step-daughter Judith (1984), and by 3 sisters and 4 brothers. She will be lovingly remembered by her children Beryl (Harold) Jones, Andrew (Cindy) Groom, and James Groom, her son-in-law Louie (Carol) DeRosa, 8 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, her sister Singhild Howanyk of Ohio, and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Service will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 1139 Pine Ave, Trail, on Friday, August 1, at 10:30 AM. A reception will follow. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation at 4 - 1551 Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9M9 or online at www.heartandstroke. bc.ca would be welcome.

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PEOPLE

Flying into Trail airport provided ‘a challenge’ FROM PAGE 2 “This tour was all about increasing your safety in aviation, enjoying the fruits of safe flying and being part of a group who share the same interests.”

“Flying into Trail is a challenge. It’s surrounded by ridges, more of a challenge to fly out of than into for us because we need to climb,” said Kit, who took his family on short flights around Trail,

up to Rossland, over Waneta Dam and along the Columbia and Pend D’Oreille rivers during the visit.

Don Goulard, Trail Regional Airport Manager, was on hand to greet them and provide details during landings and take offs.

“The airport is keeping detailed records of all aircraft types, and this gyrocopter landing has got be the first of its kind since we began keeping records,” said

Goulard.

Both Kit and Sue enjoy lower scenic flying to the faster, higher altitude experience.

“Building our confidence and getting rid of intimidations was important,” said Sue. “For me, the mountains were most interesting,” said Sue, who hasn’t been in the region in the summer months for many years.

“The tranquility of flying along a valley and all the natural beauty

Anna Betnaza

Born in a time when women were seen as a weaker, softer farm hand, Anna Betnaza embraced challenge, choosing a life’s path of learning and enlightenment.

Her family left the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in Poland arriving in Quebec City on the SS Montrose on October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed.

She died on a stormy, gray, mid-summer morning after a fall in her beloved garden -- her foot was caught in a tomato cage -- unleashing a cascade of complicating events. She was 87.

Her entire life, she was decades ahead of the times.

Her formal education ended in the eighth grade. She walked barefoot from the family’s Alberta Peace River country homestead to a one-room schoolhouse until she was 12. She left home at 18 and turned a job in a hospital kitchen into a career as a Licensed Practical Nurse, graduating with honours in 1948. In her 20s she became an investor, creating a nest egg she would later leverage into the family home and a school trip to Europe which changed her daughter’s life.

In the early 1950s, she found her true passion, a lifelong interest in natural food, nutrition and health. Undeterred by strenuous duties as a mother, family CFO, guidance counselor, housekeeper, cook, medic, gardener and chauffeur, she became a Master Herbalist, graduating from the Dominion Herbal College in 1984.

She explored her principles of health, food and eating -- not just a food plan without processed foods, but a food plan that everyone can afford -- by publishing Eat Anna’s Way in 1992. The book is as relevant now as 20 years ago. Kate O’Neil of the Fort St. John, BC Northerner said “the mind boggles at how absolutely nutritious our diet could be if we only ate half what she suggests.”

She has written two other currently unpublished books, her memoir, Waltzing the Tango and a guide to natural

healing, Anna’s Remedies.

Her manuscripts highlight another achievement, her high degree of computer literacy. In writing her books she progressed from a manual typewriter to the latest Apple operating system.

She delighted in the world the Internet opened for her.

Late in life she developed an interest in reincarnation and practiced meditation.

She was not afraid to die. Eleven days after her fall, she “went through the Gate” as she called it, without fear, dying peacefully. Her eyes opened wide seconds before her last breath as if to say: “This is amazing.”

In the two decades since the death of her husband, Anna cultivated an extended family of neighbors. They watched over her discreetly, setting their clocks, counting lunar cycles and passing seasons by her garden, particularly her rose garden. She was most proud of her 112 rose bushes.

In the last days of her life, a new family emerged, the nurses, care aides and doctors on the medical and surgical floors at Trail Hospital delivered exemplary care that was respectful, attentive, even tender.

Anna’s daughter, and three sons, who gave her six grandchildren, were left with the gift of her single greatest quality -- grit to carry on.

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was incredible. That was the difference with everyone else on the tour, we were taking the time to enjoy the ride.”

“Once we learned how to do something new, we were saying ‘Wow we can do that,” said Sue. Some airports they landed at had no staff, and then Kit spoke to other pilots in the region to find out what was going on.

“There are great smaller airports in the region. Basically they are a gas station for us,” said Sue. “Some gave us an airport car to go into town to get food and access to their club houses. They are quite open to the safety and comfort of fellow flyers.”

En route they landed in Swift Current, Lethbridge, Cranbrook, Castlegar, Oliver, Hope, Nanaimo, Qualicum, Victoria International,

N.W.T. writer wins national prize

THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Patti-Kay Hamilton of Fort Smith, N.W.T., has won this year’s Englishlanguage CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize.

The Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., native, who grew up in grew up in Pembroke and Toronto, took the $6,000 grand prize honour on Monday for “The Hunter and the Swan.”

Now retired, Hamilton has worked as a radio journalist on CBC North and has been published in Up Here Magazine and Coming Home.

Jury members Carolyn Abraham, Denise Chong and David Macfarlane chose her winning story from over 1,800 entries.

“Written with economy and a subtle pulse of drama, ‘The Hunter and the Swan’ vividly captures the raw beauty of the north,” the jury said in a statement.

“Its mood is meditative and its narrative taut, and yet, without ever losing its direction, its richness of information supports the writer’s command of subject and confident authority.”

As part of the prize, Hamilton’s story will also be published in the August edition of Air Canada’s enRoute magazine.

She will also receive a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre.

The four runners-up for the prize - Jennifer Clark, Brandee Eubank, Sarah Habben and Patricia Webb - will receive $1,000 apiece.

This year’s French grand prize winner is Joanne Morency of Marie, Que., for her story “Tes lunettes sans ton regard.”

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Chilliwack, Grand Forks and Trail.

The flight plan home included plans to stop in Creston, Swift Current and maybe one stop in between, depending on weather.

They have been keeping a careful eye on the wind, weather and warnings – such as smoke from fires.

“We wanted to experience the procedures at an international airport,” said Kit, referring to their flight into and out of Victoria. “As it happened, Victoria was the least busy of all the airports we landed in. You have three air traffic people guiding you in.”

“After this, we’ve flown from the middle to the other side of the country in a gyro,” said Sue. “This gives us the confidence to see more beautiful countryside.

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Experts offer four tips for a low-stress vacation

THE CANADIAN PRESS Need a vacation to recover from that vacation? You’re not alone, say experts from the University of Ottawa.

Typical vacations do not decrease longterm work-related stress levels, according to Jane O’Reilly, a human resources professor. In other words, an employee goes away, stress goes down. He comes back, stress goes up.

What’s more, if vacation experiences are “resourceconsuming”, they can leave someone even feeling more drained than before, said another human resources professor, Laurent Lapierre.

Experts say that with a little planning, though, these pitfalls can be avoided. Here are four ways to get more rest, have more fun, and avoid wasting that precious summer reprieve.

1) When people experience work-

related stress during a vacation, it can be because they are “output-oriented” individuals, according to management professor Michael Miles.

“They worry about getting this done and getting that done,” he said.

Some people just need to recognize that this need to be productive is an aspect of their personality, he said.

“The one thing that I found for myself - I fall into that category - is that I make goals for my vacation itself.

So for example, one of my goals for this vacation is to clean out my garage, which sounds really crazy, but it’s really relaxing. It’s enjoyable because it’s a goal and I can check it off and feel like I’ve achieved something.”

2) O’Reilly suggests two time-management strategies, to reduce stress before and after a vacation, in her own list of helpful tips.

Before leaving, she suggests making a list of all the things that need to be done, and resisting the temptation to leave things for after the break.

O’Reilly’s second strategy is to “be mentally and logistically prepared for your workload upon your return. Organize your tasks based upon what is most important to get done.”

This approach, of doing the big chunks first and working through details later, is a habit of successful and productive people in general, said Miles.

3) While there are vacations that consume resources like time and energy, there are also “resourceproviding” ones, said Lapierre. Colloquially, these are laid-back vacations that help people “recharge their batteries.”

He suggests dedicating time off to doing things that promote relaxation - such as massages, yoga,

using a sauna, going swimming - or cultivating a talent, hobby or passion.

And, if a person must reflect on work while they’re away, Lapierre suggests focusing on the positive aspects of work rather than ruminat-

ing on the negative.

4) Don’t count on the benefits of a single, restful vacation to carry through the entire calendar year, said Lapierre.

“There’s actually some pretty impressive, compelling research that shows

that time that you spend away from work, that’s evenings and weekends, really has to be used wisely.”

Miles recommends people give themselves time and space for mini-vacations on a daily basis. He said he encourages people

to take 20-minute walks during their lunch breaks.

On a scale both large and small, he says, “paradoxically, when you pull yourself away from work, when you come back to work, you’re more productive.”

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Trail’s electors vote for the Columbia River Utilities/Pedestrian Bridge borrowing bylaw on Saturday, August 23rd - 8am-8pm Trail Memorial Centre – McIntyre Room Advance Voting – Wednesday, August 13th & 20th (same location & times) Mail Ballot Voting – For those unable to attend a voting place to cast their ballot due to a physical disability or illness or for those who expect to be away from Trail on voting days. Call 250-364-0800 for more info.

The City’s portion of the bridge project (pedestrian walkway, secondary water line & other utility lines) will: Increase walkability & cycling routes • Attract visitors with a signature structure • Not increase City property taxes • Be one of the longest pedestrian suspension bridges at 1000ft • Accommodate a 4-Track Emergency Vehicle if necessary

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Tips for gardeners going on vacation THE ASSOCIATED PRESS We pamper our gardens all year, but then desert them to go on vacation during what’s often the hottest, driest time of the year.

A little planning can soften the blow.

Ideally, a neighbour or fellow gardener could handle watering and other tasks while you’re away. But if that’s not possible, here are some easy ways to keep your plants and flowers alive while you sip Mai Tais on the beach.

WATERING SYSTEMS From old-fashioned to high-tech, there are a lot of ways to keep your lawn and/or garden properly hydrated while you’re away.

First, check the forecast. If rain is likely during your vacation, you may not need to do a thing, although gardens typically need 1 to 2 inches of moisture a week to stay healthy, says Matt Armstead, creator of the gardening app Sprout it.

“No matter what, make sure you water your garden very deeply right before you leave,” he says. “Soak it thoroughly several times in the days leading up to your departure.”

If rain’s not likely, or you’re going to be gone for more than a few days, a timed sprinkler or drip irrigation system is a better solution.

Make your own by poking a few (tiny) holes in a milk jug and setting it in the garden near the base of your plants. Holly Jo Anderson, a 48-yearold gardener in Plymouth, Minnesota, goes even more low-tech, poking holes in a gallon-size plastic baggie filled with water and hanging it over her flower pots.

Soaker hoses are another good option, and available at any home improvement store.

FENCING If you don’t already have some type of fencing in place, an electric or more traditional wooden fencing system might be something to consider to keep pests at bay.

Self-supporting, mesh enclosures called pestcontrol pop-ups are also available for smaller areas.

If you’d rather go the natural route, spray a mixture of garlic and egg substitute on your plants to help repel deer and other creatures, says Elizabeth Dodson, founder of the home-maintenance and organization software HomeZada.

Bar soap, broken into chunks and hung from strings or in old nylons on trees near prime deer feeding areas, also works.

WEEDING/HARVESTING The week before you leave, give your garden a thorough “cleaning” to get rid of as many weeds as possible so they won’t be competing for water.

Cut back any dead or diseased leaves on fruit and vegetable plants, and pick anything that’s near harvestable to keep the plants growing and producing more while you’re gone.

“Green beans, zucchini and cucumbers are tasty even if they’re small, and they can turn into inedible monsters if left on the vine too long,” says Armstead. “Even herbs like basil and rosemary will be happier if you harvest a few sprigs, especially if they’re giving any sign of flowering or going to seed.”

PROTECTION Finally, spreading a fresh layer of mulch or compost over the soil in your garden is a good way to deter weeds and conserve water, while improving your soil, says Julie Moir Messervy, a landscape architect and author based in Saxtons River, Vermont.

Clustering containers in shaded areas is also a good way to keep moisture from evaporating, and prevent flowers and plants from withering in direct sun. Hanging baskets should be watered thoroughly and taken to a shady spot.

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The Beaver Valley Arena received some timely upgrades fit for a Western Canadian championship team.

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks will be skating on even better ice at the B.V. Arena this coming season thanks to the addition of a new Zamboni and a dehumidifier.

“We have a reputation, thanks to my operators here, of having some of the best ice in the West Kootenay, and that’s coming from players and coaches, so that says a lot about the product and keeping up with that you need to have the right equipment,” said Mark Daines, Manager of Facilities and Recreation at the Regional District.

The $115,000 ice resurfacer boasts a larger snow capacity, tighter turning radius, and a compact Chevy four-cylinder engine to ensure greater performance during heavy ice shaving and easier maintenance access.

It is expected to last about 10 years before a replacement Zamboni is sought.

“5,000 hours is kind of the cap on it, and that’s when you have to think about trading it in,” said Daines.

“That’s when we start to see a lot of repairs on it when we hit the 5,000 mark. You want to avoid break down, and if you have break down you have to shut down your ice and everything else.”

B.V. Arena’s former Zamboni was decommissioned after about 10 years, and was sold to an Edmonton equipment broker who will likely re-build and sell it. But the staff at the B.V. Arena takes exceptional care of the new equipment, ensuring it’s in perfect running condition over its relatively brief tenure.

“We take good care of them,” said veteran refrigeration operator JIM BAILEY PHOTO Randy Grayson. “If you The Beaver Valley Arena received some major equipment upgrades as (from left) RDKB facilities manager Mark Daines, operdon’t take care of your ators Randy Colbachini, Tad Graves, Sara Grayson, and Randy Grayson get familiar with their new Zamboni.

Zam, you don’t have ice, and what are we The facilities man- there,” said Daines. Paramount, Calif. and the ice. dehumidifier that was selling here, we’re sell- ager would like to see “It’s a clean slate and has evolved into built“What they’ve done installed on the roof ing ice, so you’ve got to a local company outfit it’s up for grabs, if any to-order machines that is take recommenda- last week, and a roof have that.” the machine with one sponsor or corporate range in price from tions from operators over the wheel-chair The new addition to complete decal pack- business wants to put $10,000 to $200,000. and actually included access ramp. the B.V. Arena is cur- age for the 10-year life one big decal on it, The eponym- them in the newer The new Zamboni rently running in its of the Zamboni, rather we’re open to offers.” ous Zamboni is now models to make them will be making the iconic blue, but Daines than a myriad of sponThe original ice the go-to ice cleaner more user-friendly,” rounds when the ice says he is hoping a sors’ logos. groomer was invented in North America, an said Daines. goes in on Aug. 26 for sponsor will step up “We’d like to have by Frank Zamboni indication of its popuThe Arena also the Nitehawks training and dress it up. one major sponsor on 65 years ago in larity and efficiency on received a new camp.

South Van captures provincial Little League title

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The B.C. Little League championship was decided Monday evening with heavy favourite South Vancouver continuing its perfect record with an 8-0 drubbing over White Rock in the championship match.

Joseph Sinclair went the distance for South Van, pitching six innings of two-hit ball, with no walks and 11 strike outs for the shut out.

“South Van reminds me of the 2012 Hastings team that went to the (Little League) World Series,” said Trail All Stars coach D. J. Ashman.

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“It’s not even close, they just have one of those teams that’s a special team,” said Ashman. “I’m very happy for South Van’s coach, he’s been coaching Little League since 1999. This guy Brian Perry has got to be in his 60s, and just a great guy. If I was going to have anybody win that tournament, I wanted it to be him other than us.”

Trail had its best start at the tournament with a huge victory over White Rock in the opener 11-5.

“That’s one of Trail’s and my personal high points was beating them,” said Ashman. “It was a

very successful tournament. It’s the best we’ve ever done since I’ve been coachng.”

Yet, with the big victory under their belt the team came out flat the next day, and dropped its match to Beacon Hill, 12-2.

They bounced back with wins over North Langley and Forrest Hills before heading into a pivotal match versus Little Mountain.

“When we got to 3-1 we were happy as coaches, but all of us looked at each other and said we’re not guaranteed to get in, where every year I’ve gone to the provincials, three wins has got you in.”

For Trail, the rain-delay against Little Mountain was the turning point. The team rallied in the third inning to score three

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runs, to make it 4-3 with the tying run on third and Lucas Miracle at the plate; but at that moment, the skies opened and delayed the game until the next day.

Little Mountain came back with their ace, who was ineligible to play the previous day, and despite a late Trail rally, the Mountain would prevail in a close 7-5 match.

After losing to South Vancouver in its final game of the round robin, the All Stars needed to have Forrest Hills defeat Beacon Hill in order to advance to the playoffs.

“It was 12-10 with the bases loaded and they came within one swing of sending us to the semifinals.”

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In spite of the disappointment of not making the playoffs, it was a great season for the 11-12 year-old All Stars and Ashman credits co-coaches Mike Boisvert and Jason Startup for much of the success.

“I just want to thank my coaching staff, the kids, and all the parents for their hard work during the season. It’s a team effort and the two coaches I count on and trust 100 per cent,” added Ashman. “Every day we sat down reviewed the previous game and went over what we were going to do in the next game, it’s the best strategizing we’ve ever done.

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A healthy mix of youth and experience propelled the Trail Pirates to victory as they won the Trail Youth XBL Senior Baseball championship last week with a decisive 10-1 victory over the leagueleading Tigers. Ella Matteucci pitched four innings for the win as the team went undefeated through the playoffs to claim the coveted title.

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Canada, 1-2 in mountain bike THE CANADIAN PRESS GLASGOW - When Catharine Pendrel bumped into Canadian cycling teammate Raphael Gagne at the Commonwealth Games, Gagne made a point of thanking her.

It seems not only is Pendrel one of the world’s best mountain bikers, but one of the most generous as well.

The 33-year-old from Kamloops led Canada to a 1-2 finish in cross-country mountain biking at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, taking the lead from the opening lap and never looking back.

Pendrel absolutely crushed the field to cross in one hour 39 minutes 29 seconds, a minute and 10 seconds ahead of silver medallist Emily Batty of Brooklin, Ont. Australia’s Rebecca Henderson was third.

Max Plaxton of Victoria was fourth in the men’s race.

“Everyone who’s watched me race knows I just like to go hard from the start. . . When you get some space between you and other riders, you just go for it,” Pendrel said. “It feels amazing to win the gold for Canada.”

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The reigning world champion decided this year to decline Sport Canada’s funding - the $1,500 a month she would normally receive as part of the athlete carding system. The money was split into three development cards of $500 apiece. Gagne told Pendrel he thought he was one of the three recipients.

“That was really cool to feel like I was helping one of those guys,” Pendrel said.

“I felt that it could make a bigger impact in one of the up-and-coming rider’s life,” she added, pointing out that she is a semipro athlete - she rides for Luna Pro Team. “I just knew just how big it was to receive that carding the first time, not just financially but emotionally, to know that you’ve reached that level where your country wants to invest in you. And that’s really special.

“I wanted another athlete to have that experience.”

Gagne finished seventh in the men’s race Tuesday, and praised Pendrel for her gesture.

“Catharine did that so that’s really generous from her,” he said. “That opens up other spots for younger athletes like me so obviously that’s super cool from her.”

The last time many Canadians saw Pendrel was at the 2012 London Olympics where she went in as a favourite but faded to ninth, tearfully apologizing to fans back home.

The two-time world champion said the disappointment of that performance stung for some time.

“But what it comes down to: I didn’t have a good day. There’s so much more to look forward to and opportunities to do well for Canada,” she added - particularly, next summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

“I got so much positive feedback that I realized, even a bad day for me can still be inspiring, and I’ll just keep inspiring people to ride their bike and to reach for big goals, and not be afraid to risk failing to be incredible.”

By Times Staff Fruitvale’s Chris Kissock suited up Tuesday night for the American Association’s 2014 All-Star Game.

Six Winnipeg Goldeyes, including Kissock, were named to the North team earlier this month. Position players Luis Alen, Casey Haerther, Tyler Kuhn, Ryan Pineda and Donnie Webb will join Kissock in the all-star game, which went Tuesday night in Shaw Park in downtown Winnipeg.

“Having six of our own players in the game only added to the excitement surrounding the 2014 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries All-Star Game and Celebrations,” Goldeyes general manager Andrew Collier said on the Goldeyes website. “All six players are very deserving of the honour and I am sure our fans will enjoy watching them play in the game in our home park.”

Kissock, 29, is the lone Goldeyes pitcher selected to the North team’s pitching staff. He’s made 33 appearances out of the bullpen this season, going 0-3 with a 3.30 ERA and 12 saves.

Alen, 29, has been named the starting catcher for the North team.

In his sixth season with the team, he’s hitting .297 this season with three home runs and 34 RBI. Haerther, 26, has been named the starting first baseman for North team. He leads the American Association with a .389 batting average and has twice been named the league’s player of the week. He also has eight home runs and 45 RBI this season.

Kuhn, 27, has been named the starting shortshop for the North team. He’s tied for second in the American Association with a .354 batting average. He also has four home runs and 36 RBI this season.

Pineda, 25, has been selected as the utility player for the North team. He’s hitting .300 with two home runs and 24 RBI this season.

Unfortunately, he will not be able to participate in the game due to a broken hand injury he suffered last week.

Webb, 28, has been selected as a starting outfielder for North team.

He’s batting .288 with nine home runs and 37 RBI this season. He’s also tied for first in the American Association with 28 stolen bases.

The Goldeyes join the Wichita Wingnuts with six players selected to the game, which is the most of any team.

The North team will be comprised of players from the Goldeyes, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, Gary SouthShore RailCats, St. Paul Saints, Sioux City Explorers and Sioux Falls Canaries, and Quebec Capitales and Trois-Rivieres Aigles of the Can-Am League. The South team will be comprised of players from the Lincoln Saltdogs, Kansas City T-Bones, Wichita Wingnuts, Grand Prairie AirHogs, Amarillo Sox and Laredo Lemurs, and New Jersey Jackals and Rockland Boulders of the Can-Am League.

The Goldeyes lead the North Division with a 43-25 record.

See Scoreboard below.

Scoreboard Baseball American Association

Central Division

W L Pct. GB Gary 39 29 .574 Lincoln 34 32 .515 4 Kansas 33 35 .485 6 Sioux City 28 41 .406 11.5 North Division

W L Pct. GB Winnipeg 43 25 .632 St. Paul 40 28 .588 3 Fargo-MH 33 35 .485 10 Sioux Falls 24 45 .348 19.5 South Division

W L Pct. GB Wichita 46 22 0.676 Laredo 36 30 0.545 9 Grand Pr. 29 37 0.439 16 Amarillo 21 45 0.318 24 Tuesday’s Games American Ass. All Star Game N/A Wednesday’s Games Fargo-Moorhead at Sioux City, 8:05 p.m.

Grand Prairie at Lincoln, 8:05 p.m.

Winnipeg at Sioux Falls, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Gary, 8:10 p.m.

Amarillo at Laredo, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Winnipeg at Sioux Falls, 8:05 p.m.

Fargo-Moorhead at Sioux City, 8:05 p.m.

Grand Prairie at Lincoln, 8:05 p.m.

Wichita at St. Paul, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Gary, 8:10 p.m.

Amarillo at Laredo, 8:30 p.m.

Major League Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB Baltimore 58 46 .558 Toronto 57 50 .533 2.5 New York 54 51 .514 4.5 Tampa 52 54 .491 7 Boston 48 58 .453 11 Central Division

W L Pct GB Detroit 57 45 .559 Kansas 53 51 .51 5 Cleveland 52 53 .495 6.5 Chicago 51 55 .481 8 Minnesota 47 57 .452 11 West Division

W L Pct GB Oakland 65 40 .619 L.A. 63 41 .606 1.5 Seattle 54 51 .514 11 Houston 43 63 .406 22.5 Texas 42 64 .396 23.5 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB Wash 57 46 .553 -

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W L Pct GB Milwaukee 59 48 .551 St. Louis 56 48 .538 1.5 Pittsburgh 56 49 .533 2 Cincinnati 52 53 .495 6 Chicago 43 61 .413 14.5 West Division

W L Pct GB Dodgers 59 47 .557 San Fran 57 49 .538 2 San Diego 46 59 .438 12.5 Arizona 46 60 .434 13 Colorado 43 62 .41 15.5 AMERICAN LEAGUE Today’s Games Milwaukee at Tampa Bay (Price 11-7), 12:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Angels at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit 7:08 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 10-7) at Boston (Lester 10-7), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Texas 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m.

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Arizona at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Washington at Miami 12:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Francisco 3:45 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Dodgers 10:10 p.m.

St. Louis at San Diego 10:10 p.m.

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Is it wrong for me to like both of these boys? If Noah says he likes me, what do I do?

Please help. -- Omaha, Neb. Dear Omaha: Please don’t think you have to choose between these two boys right now. They probably both enjoy your company, although Liam seems interested in playing the field a bit more. That’s OK. Don’t be pressured to make any kind of decision.

It’s perfectly fine to like both of them, at least until one of them expresses an interest and the feeling is mutual.

Dear Annie: For the

but we both know that would be bad for the kids. We talked about counseling, but she wouldn’t go, so I went by myself. The counselor wasn’t too helpful, saying suck it up or leave.

I guess I’m angry.

It’s no use talking to her about it anymore.

So why am I writing?

I want someone to change my wife. But I know she’s the only one who can do that, and she doesn’t have much interest. Men like me lead lives of quiet desperation. -- In Pain Dear Pain: Please understand that your counselor was right. In situations where the other person is unwilling to make changes, your choice is to stay or to go. But although you decided to stay, you didn’t truly deal with the emotional fallout and became increasingly resentful, lonely and bitter. Additional counseling may help you let go of some of that and

be more at peace. Our condolences.

Dear Annie: My question for “Just Saying” is: Why all the anger? I have been a chef for 32 years and often have cooked food for those on a special diet.

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I understand that she can be tired, ill or angry or just not feel like it. But that’s all the time. She says I take it too personally when she turns me down. Yet when she insists she likes sex and wants me to initiate, I get slapped and turned away as soon as I approach her.

How can I not take that personally? I finally realized I am better off accepting that we aren’t going to have sex, and I no longer get frustrated.

I send flowers, take her out to dinner, make her coffee in the morning, make her lunch for work, clean up after dinner and make breakfast on weekends.

I’m in good shape. Her interest declined when our children were young. She told me if I don’t like it, I can leave,

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Dear Annie: I am 13 and an avid reader of your column. I have been working at a summer program, and I ride a school bus there and back. Two young men ride the same bus.

I have a crush on one of them (I’ll call him “Liam”), but I happen to know he likes another girl. The other guy (I’ll call him “Noah”) seems to like me. I had a crush on Noah last year, but I’m not sure I still have those same feelings. Noah sometimes sits next to me on the bus and talks to me.

Here’s the problem: One day, it seems they both like me, and then another day, Liam seems interested in that other girl, and I am laughing and giggling with Noah. I am hopelessly confused about these mixed signals. I told two of my girlfriends about this situation, and they concluded that both of these boys like me, but Liam likes the other

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, July 31, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Love at first sight might happen for some of you today. Others will have moments of artistic, creative genius. Parents should be vigilant about their children, however: Know where they are at all times.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Spontaneous parties and get-togethers might occur at home today. Or perhaps you will buy something beautiful for a family member or where you live.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a favorable time for writing and teaching, because you’re full of creative thoughts and ideas. It’s as if a light bulb has gone off in your brain.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is an excellent day for business and commerce.

Look for ways to make more

money or improve your profits. Dealing with foreign countries could pay off.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You feel full of excitement and energy today! You have that feeling that you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop. Impulsive actions will lead you down new paths.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)

You might feel restless today because there’s a sense of high-voltage in the air. Some of you will have a secret flirtation or start a clandestine love affair.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You might meet someone who is beautiful, exciting and different today. This person could knock your socks off. For others, a casual friendship could heat up into something romantic.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Some encouraging news makes you suddenly impatient to achieve something.

Perhaps you realize something is doable or within your reach. How exciting!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Surprise opportunities to travel somewhere might drop in your lap today.

Similarly, unexpected chances to get further training or education suddenly might materialize.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Keep your pockets open,

because gifts, goodies and favors from others can come your way today. You also might have a sudden opportunity to take out a loan or mortgage. Act quickly, because this window of opportunity is brief.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) A casual relationship suddenly might become committed today. Something unexpected will happen in your dealings with part-

ners and close friends. Stay tuned.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) A chance to discuss important agreements might arise today. Relations with superiors and co-workers are looking much better! New technology could be introduced to your workspace.

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Birthdate of: Geraldine Chaplin, actress; J.K. Rowling, author; Kevin Martin, curling champion.

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2397469

Rhonda

Warfield $OLD

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2389662

Rhonda

5.1 Acres

NO CHARGE! Some restrictions apply.

Trail 194,900

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2399317

Triplex

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Fruitvale 139,900

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Renata 235,500 MLS#

Trail 134,000

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2215924

Rob

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2397114

10 Acres

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(250)368-8551

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Fruitvale 399,000

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2396677

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TRAIL, 3bdrm. f/s, w/d, basement, fenced yard, quiet neighbourhood. 250-364-1129

NOTICE OF DISPOSAL Name of the Tenant: Jerry Weston Davis, deceased.

In the Matter of Part 6 of the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation B.C. Reg. 481/2003 Description of the property to be disposed of: Manufactured Home # 034506, 1975 Bendix Model # Leader Address of the Manufactured Home Site: 102, 12th Avenue, Genelle, British Columbia V0G 1G0 Name and Address of the Landlord: Crockett’s Alamo Mobile Home Park Ltd., 102, 12th Avenue, Genelle, British Columbia V0G 1G0

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.

PARKSIDE APARTMENTS. Large 1bdrm., insuite laundry, AC, secure quiet building. Call Richard 250-368-7897 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

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WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1&2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888 W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $575./mo.

250-551-1106

Homes for Rent 3 BEDROOM house for rent, available Sept. 1st, located at 462 Rossland Ave. in Trail. $765./mo. plus utilities. Phone 250-368-1237 E.TRAIL, 2bdrm., full basment, F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $850./mo. 250-365-9306, 250365-5003 TRAIL, 2BD., N/S, N/P. Available immediately. 250367-7558 TRAIL, 2bdrm., full basement, garage, nice view. F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $850. 250-365-5003

1995 2300 Classic Malibu Sunbridge $20,500 includes trailer. Full load. Immaculate.

830hrs. For details & photos call: (1)250.826.4332 or e-mail: randymartin@shaw.ca

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Wed. July 30 3 - 5pm 1859 Columbia Gdns Rd, Fruitvale $209,000

MLS#2398328

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Shavers Bench $179,900

MLS#2397734

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Montrose $249,500 W NE

MLS#2399619

Rivervale $154,000

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MLS#2399579

Salmo $229,000

MLS#2394615

T KA OORS L LL E WI OFF

MLS#2399532

Rossland $279,000

Emerald Ridge $100,000 T EA N GR ATIO C LO

MLS#2398081

MLS#2395777

East Trail $169,900 E LU VA AT E GR

MLS#2398193

MLS#2398012

Trail $189,000 NT LLE ITY CE N EX ORTU P OP

Glenmerry $195,000

MLS#2394155

Salmo $88,900

MLS#2396431

Montrose $189,000

MLS#2397286

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Fruitvale $379,900

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Fruitvale $299,900

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MLS#2399121

East Trail $129,900

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Fruitvale $209,000

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Glenmerry $254,900 W NE

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Glenmerry $189,900

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Salmo $269,900

MLS#2397444

Fruitvale $149,000

East Trail $159,000 W NE

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Trail $159,000

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Thurs. July 31 3 - 5pm 470 10th Avenue, Montrose $199,000

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MLS#2394633

Glenmerry $189,900

G TIN LIS

MLS#2399695

Trail $135,000

Contact Our Realtors

MLS#2396992

Fruitvale $128,000

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

Trail Times Wednesday, July 30, 2014

KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

VERNON

200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 542-3000

PENTICTON

ANDRES CAR AUDIO WEST KELOWNA 1881 Harvey Avenue (250) 860-1975

ANDRES WIRELESS

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101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd. (250) 493-3800

VERNON

WEST KELOWNA

KAMLOOPS

101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd. 200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 493-3800 (250) 542-3000

#200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

Villiage Green Mall (250) 542-1496

PENTICTON

ANDRES WIRELESS Cherry Lane Mall (250) 493-4566

KELOWNA

#200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

WEST KELOWNA #200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

745 Notre Dame Drive (250) 851-8700

VERNON

200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 542-3000

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CASTLEGAR

Aberdeen Mall (250) 377-8880

CRANBROOK

215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall (250) 377-8007

200-1965 Columbia Ave. 101 Kootenay St. North (250) 365-6455 (250) 426-8927

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NELSON

Chahko Mika Mall (250) 352-7258

300 St. Paul Str. (250) 377-3773

KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

154 Victoria Str (250) 314-9944

WEST KELOWNA #200 - 2180 Elk Rd. (250) 707-2600

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Trail Times

EArly on the range

Liz Bevan photo

Under the morning sun and in the cooler air, Ray and Dawn St. Jean, Trail locals, lined up some shots with their pitching wedges and drivers at the Birchbank Golf Course driving range on Tuesday.

The Local Experts™ ER N OFF BRING A SSESSION O QUICK P

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

2083 Valleyview Drive, Trail

STING NEW LI

Genelle Gems

250-231-5591

$174,900

Super family home - 4+ bedroom/1.5 bathrooms. This air conditioned home has been lovingly cared for by the same family for the past 62 years.

Very clean and has had some updates which would make this an excellent home for the family.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

ICE NEW PR

SOLD

mark.wilson@century21.ca

Terry Alton 1845 3rd Street, Fruitvale

$219,000

250-231-1101

910 Tamarack Cres, Genelle

$370,000

408 14th Avenue, Genelle

SELLER MOTIVATED! This large 3 bed/3 bath home is the perfect project. Get in now and finish the renovations to your taste. Most of the electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall and windows have been done. Come check it out!

4 bdrm 3 bath, A/C, U/G sprinklers, gorgeous landscaping, double garage, shop, huge rec room, spacious master with 4 pc ensuite, gas f/p. Roof in 2006, level entrance, main floor laundry. Wow. This is a fabulous home!

River views, hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, new roof, new furnace, central air, and a 2 car garage. The list goes on.

Come check it out!

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

Call Terry 250-231-1101

Call Terry 250-231-1101

$439,000

Located close to all schools, shopping, night life, library, medical and dental offices, this Castlegar home has many upgrades. Large, flat double lot, garage, new windows, A/C, this is a great home!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

Tonnie Stewart

250-365-9665

tonniestewart@shaw.ca

250-231-2331

303 McAnnaly Street, Trail 3 Bdrm / 2 bath. Updated mechanical, insulation, interior walls, roof and flooring. Newer appliances and laundry on the main.

$195,000

terryalton@shaw.ca

Jodi Beamish jodi.beamish@century21.ca

$121,500

305 - 7th Avenue, Castlegar

Mark Wilson

Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

Mary Martin

250-231-0264 83 Perdue Street, Trail

$169,000

mary.martin@century21.ca 310 Sylvia Crescent, Trail

$219,000

This immaculate gem offers 3 bdrms, 2 full baths, beautifully decorated with modern spacious kitchen and bathrooms, wood floors, high ceilings, large living room and updated windows and doors. Move right in and enjoy

Tranquility awaits! You will love the open feel of this 3 bdrm , 1.5 bath home with beautiful new gourmet kitchen, refinished hardwood floors, and tons of upgrades. Call today!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

Richard Daoust

250-368-7897

richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea

250-521-0525

STING NEW LI

mamantea@telus.net

Bill Craig

250-231-2710

bill.craig@century21.ca 1504 4th Avenue, Trail

745 Dickens Street, Warfield

Spacious 2 bdrm home with large kitchen and living-room. The yard is fenced, single car garage with workshop area. Lots of comforts with central air-conditioning and u/g sprinklers. Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Beautifully upgraded. You will love the kitchen, lots of storage, stainless steel appliances, and wood flooring. The charming dining room has french doors to large deck. Living room and dining rooms also have wood flooring.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

$149,000

$199,500

Deanne Lockhart

2459 2nd Ave, Rossland

$329,000

250-231-0153

Nicely renovated 3bdrm home with walkout basement, large landscaped lot, 13x41 garage, huge private deck, and 2 fireplaces.

Tons of storage and a workshop area complete this package.

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest

250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net

Christine Albo 250-512-7653

441 Whitman Way, Warfield

$575,000

239 Simonds Street, Warfield

$110,000

Erie - Ross Spur Road, Fruitvale

Cute as a button with updated wiring, plumbing and new flooring. Covered carport, shed, sun deck and fenced yard. Check it out, you will be pleasantly surprised!

6.5 acres. Good building sites. Southern exposure. Drilled Well. Treed. Great price. Call today to view.

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

Call Art (250) 368-8818

$117,000

For additional information and photos on all of our listings, please visit

www.kootenayhomes.com

Gorgeous custom built home with high quality finishings, fantastic kitchen, open floor plan and beautifully landscaped yard. Great parking with huge garage and workshop area. An excellent family home with room for everyone. Come see it today!

christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell

Christina Lake 250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com