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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM
Trail earns kudos for landscaping and gardens BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
The City of Trail and Communities in Bloom (CiB) have achieved the goal it set out to accomplish at this year's national CiB conference in Prince Edward Island over the weekend. Dan Rodlie with Trail Communities in Bloom says the number one aim was to keep last year's rating of five out of five blooms. Trail also took home the Scotts Turf Builder Landscape Award, one of seven outstanding achievement awards. “We did maintain our five blooms rating and that was the goal for us as a community,” he said. “(For the landscape award), they look for the overall feel. It is about the white garden, the parks were in that too, including Gyro Park. It is about how well maintained (the parks are) and how accessible they are to people who live and work here. There are a lot of communities (in the competition) across Canada, so it was really tough.” For the special recognition awards, like the landscape award, cities and towns have to submit its name for consideration and the national committee narrows it down to the top three, with one winner. See CASTLEGAR, Page 3
Students return to classrooms BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Greater Trail parents of school-aged children are probably wondering what changes they will see locally now that teachers are back in the classrooms. Late Thursday, the BC Teachers’ Federation voted in favour of a six-year collective agreement with the province that includes a 7.25 per cent salary increase annually until 2019, and the creation of a $400-million education fund that will be used to hire additional teachers. Schools in the Boundary will see change, says the local union president, but School District 20 (SD20) won’t see a huge difference until some time down the road. Prior to the new agreement, School District 51 Boundary (schools from Christina Lake through to Midway and Big White) used learning improvement funds to hire support staff rather than teachers, as a cost saving measure. “There’s going to be a difference now,” explained Andy Davidoff, president of the Kootenay-Columbia Teachers’ Union. See NO, Page 3
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Lisa Frisk is hosting a dress drive in the Glenmerry Hall at 3375 Laburnum Drive Thursday from 5-7 p.m. The gently used gowns, shoes and accessories will be auctioned off for the second annual Cinderella’s Closet event, slated for Oct. 16. Partial proceeds will be donated to the Trail chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society and the J.L. Crowe Secondary 2015 grad class. For information email Lisa_rkoerber@hotmail.com or text 231.5181.
Cinderella’s Closet returns with even more sparkle Thursday night dress drive seeks gowns, heels, accessories for donation or re-sale. BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
High school students might be dreaming about twirling at prom in a glamourous gown, now that classes are back in session. Sure to bring the sparkle and glitz at an affordable price is Cinderella’s Closet – a one-night charity event that showcases gently used gowns, shoes and accessories that are ready to go to the highest bidder. First, the closet is a little empty after last year’s ready-towear affair helped a dozen girls find their perfect prom dress at a fraction of the retail price. Anyone who has a fancy gown, heels and fashionable doodads for donation or re-sale, is asked to drop into the Cinderella’s Closet dress drive Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at the Glenmerry Hall on Laburnum Drive.
Lisa Frisk is hosting the dress drive for a second year, with a wish that word of the event hits not only Grade 12 students and Trail ambassador up-and-comers, but younger girls as well. “I’m really excited to do this again,” said Frisk, an esthetician at Luca Hair Studio in downtown Trail. “It’s something I plan to keep doing, so I would like girls to know about it and have them excited to come back every year.” The alternative dress shopping event gives opportunity to sell a pricey dress and accoutrements that may have hung in the closet after being worn only once or twice. All Frisk asks, is that donated or re-sale gowns and wares be clean and mended before being brought to the hall. Collecting fancy attire and planning the evening’s roster requires teamwork, so once again, Frisk has partnered with Allison McCarthy from the Canadian Cancer Society on Rossland Avenue. Dresses sold last year brought in nearly $600 for the Trail branch and this year, Frisk is hoping the event makes an even bigger splash. See SALE, Page 3
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