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On a very drizzly Sunday, November 2, 61 people attended the Kiss-Off Cancer CookOff 2014. After a Halloween candy binge, this event was an opportunity to try out some incredibly healthy, cancer-preventative foods. This year, the $30 entry gave you an

opportunity to try all of the 21 community entry dishes along with mini-meals provided by the celebrity chefs of local restaurants: Alpine Grind, Gabriella’s Restaurant and Ying Café.

Along with the slate of chefs, the Kiss-Off Cancer Cook-Off recruited four celebrity judges to critique not only the taste and presentation of the food,

but to review the lists of ingredients and judge them on their creative use of anti-cancer ingredients. The judges for the evening were Christine Derosa, Foods, Socials and English teacher at JL Crowe; Dawn Manning, owner of Bear Country Kitchen; Patrick Maloney, both a sommelier and co-owner of the newly built Kootenay Smokehouse (lo-

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After a six year break from municipal politics, veteran city councillor Lloyd McLellan is seeking to re-claim his spot at the council table.

McLellan previously served nine years on Rossland council. He was elected in 1996 and again in 1999. In 2002 he ran unsuccessfully for mayor, but then returned as a councillor in 2005. He retired his seat in 2008, expecting he was finished with politics.

But after seeing the changes that have occurred at City Hall since he left, he’d like to get back to the table and help get Rossland back on the right track.

“It’s no use sitting on the sidelines and complaining,” he says. “I’d rather go in there and see if I can get things going back in the right direction.”

Though McLellan is 76 years old, he says he still has lots of energy and feels great, aside from a recent knee replacement that has him walking with a temporary limp.

“I think I still have a lot to contribute,” he says.

“When I left council, I felt we were on the cutting edge. We were the first to have a design review committee and first to get into strategic planning. We had a number of very strong initiatives and a lot of good things were happening.”

Now, McLellan claims council has become more reactive and less accountable. And he’d like to change that.

“One of the first things

Councillor Tim Thatcher is hoping to keep his seat for a second term.

First elected in 2011, Thatcher is quick to admit that he and the current councillor have gotten bogged down by controversy and personnel issues. But he’d like to be part of the group working to fix that.

“In this election we’re going to get a new mayor and at least four new councillors,” the 58-yearold notes. “That’s going to bring a lot of new ideas and fresh thinking — it will be a fresh start.”

Thatcher was born and raised here in Rossland, and now has children and grandchildren living here. He works at Teck and is assistant chief of Rossland Volunteer Fire Department and a ski patroller at Red Mountain.

His main priority on council is keeping taxes down, and was pleased that the city had no tax increase in 2012 and 2013. (However, an increase was required in 2014 to pay for improvements to Columbia Avenue.)

“We need to keep our city affordable for the seniors who have invested a lot of years and a lot of money in our town. We owe it to them to keep Rossland a place they can afford to live,” Thatcher says.

In the coming term, he’d like to direct more

we have to do is review the delegation bylaw, with the strong possibility of rescinding it,” he says. “We also need to look at some of the polities that were repealed by the [Chief Administrative Officer] and look at reintroducing them.”

He firmly believes that council, not the CAO, should be making financial decisions for the city, especially given that there are some major expenses coming down the line, including infrastructure upgrades and new waste management requirements.

“I have an established reputation as a hard worker who always comes prepared to meetings,” McLellan says “I’m decisive and not afraid of being held accountable for the decisions I make.”

In addition to his time in council, McLellan’s community involvement includes terms on the Columbia View Lodge board, Library board and Golden City Manor board. He’s a past-president of Birchbank Golf Course and used to coach minor sports teams.

attention to working with local business owners.

“We need to have a brainstorming session with all the businesses to see what we can do to keep them vibrant and what they would expect to come into town as a new business,” he says, noting he’d be willing to bring forward new policies that would support business growth.

Thatcher hopes that Rosslanders will recognize some of the positive things council has accomplished over the past term — including the Columbia Avenue improvements and supporting Red Mountain’s snowmaking initiative — as well his the characteristics that have made him a good councillor.

“I do my research. I read all the reports and council agendas and visit properties that are requesting variances, so that I can participate in debate and make informed decisions,” he says. “I love Rossland and I always the community’s best interests at heart.”

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Environmental survey Voters have a new opportunity to check out where Rossland municipal candidates stand on their council’s potential to move forward with climate change and sustainability measures.

In most parts of the world now, in every election climate change and a sustainable environment are major concerns for voters. Since it is important to find out about the environmental views of West Kootenay candidates in the November 15 municipal election, concerned West Kootenay citizens got together to survey the candidates on key questions. Rossland candidates have the local version of the survey in their inboxes as we speak and their responses will be posted on a widely circulated website on or before Wednesday November 12.

“Might they show more interest in informing voters than Castlegar candidates did?” wonders Antoinette Halberstadt, a member of the Rossland - Trail - Fruitvale Dogwood Initiative group working on this local survey. When an earlier version of the survey went to candidates in Nelson, Castlegar and the surrounding districts, 100 per cent of Nelson’s candidates and only 33 per cent of Castlegar’s ten candidates responded.

“While we understand

Local citizens Janet McIntyre and Eliot Santo are some of the Dogwood Initiative team members who collaborated with members of a broad range of West Kootenay environmental groups to compose and distribute the Environmental Survey to municipal election candidates. The Dogwood Initiative’s mission is to “bring together everyday British Columbians to reclaim decision-making power over their air, land and water.”

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how busy candidates are at this time, when they choose not to complete the survey it really speaks volumes to where they are at with environmental, community and democratic values. I hope Rossland and Trail candidates all choose to complete it so the voters can see where they stand on these super important issues,” says Halberstadt.

Janet McIntrye expressed her hopes: “It’s a privilege to live in such a vibrant community as Rossland.

The successful municipal election candidates will face a wide array of issues

and I hope they will use their influence during decision-making processes to place green solutions as their top priority.

A Trail youth said, “I’m hoping candidates reveal some real plans and actions for a more sustainable and environmentally responsible region and that these are not empty promises. The health of my generation and those after me are depending on it.”

For further information contact Antoinette Halberstadt by phone: 250-6083454, or email: a1halber@ gmail.com

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I know we are all getting older but lately that’s seemed especially true of my parents. I just don’t know what to do. They’re too good to go into a home but they still need looking after from time to time. My life is hectic enough without having to play “Daddy” to my Mom and Dad. Do you have any advice for how to balance my own work and home life while still looking after my parents? -Parenting Parents

Dear Parenting Parents, The season of life you and your parents have entered into is not an easy season.

It is difficult for them to see their strength and independence slipping away; and difficult for you to balance care giving responsibilities coming from two households. Being able to find the balance among all of life’s demands is the key to maintaining ones sanity. Analyzing your priorities and making sure they are in the right order will help keep things in perspective.

Certain seasons of life require some sacrifice. When the need arises to care for aging parents, it is often the time figure out what is really important. In order to fulfill all of the roles you are needing to fill, you will probably have to give up a few things that steal too much time from your schedule. Just remember, the seasons of life change frequently, and these sacrifices are not forever.

Finding balance in life is not usually accomplished by following a prescribed formula. It is more like the art of the tightrope walker. Demands cause us to lean a little to the left, and then after the crisis is averted; we lean to the right to correct the imbalance. As long as we stay on the wire we survive.

Although caring for parents can be draining and frustrating, it is important to remember just how much they have done for us. They probably changed your diaper more than you will ever have to change theirs. Helping out of a grateful heart instead of out of obligation will help ease the burden of the labour. As the old saying goes, “Love lightens labour.”

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This column does not reflect the opinion The Rossland News.)

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Thursday, November 6, 2014 Rossland News Kootenay group publisher: Chuck Bennett Acting publisher: Karen Bennett Advertising: Lisa Wegner Operations Manager: Jennifer Cowan

OUR VIEW

Election coverage Elections are both a boon and a curse to the newsroom. Whether you are writing for a big city daily or a community newspaper, election coverage is a double-edged sword.

The question that must always be answered is how do you decipher what is legitimate news, community news or campaign propaganda? You also have to ensure you are treating every candidate as equal as possible.

And the candidates, as well as their supporters, don’t make it easy.

As part of the campaign, potential politicians are everywhere. Local meetings and events that may not normally attract a huge crowd, will see attendance double as candidates and their promotional teams mingle, network and push their platforms.

Then there are the passive photo bomb attempts.

Neutral coverage is a difficult task when everyone is either jumping into the photo op or wearing promotional buttons or carrying literature for a particular candidate.

Add to that the letters to the editor which increase in frequency and contain underlying political messages. While not written by the candidates themselves, they are frequently sent by a supporter or campaign manager.

For editors, it becomes a mine field of what should, and more importantly what shouldn’t, run.

The real fear is will actual news events be missed due to an over infatuation with fairness?

The fact is, incumbents have an advantage because, they are already in the public eye.

Council meetings will still get covered because, simply enough, news is still news.

Media will continue to cover newsworthy events, while trying to avoid unnecessary promotion.

We remain neutral, but just as important, we remain news reporters.

Letters Policy The Arrow Lakes News welcomes letters to the editor intended for publication but reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality, accurracy and topicality. Letters should be typically in the range of 300 words in length. Anonmymous letters will not be published. To assist in verification, name, address and daytime telephone must be supplied, but will not be published.

SOLSTICE ON THE SEVEN SUMMITS TAMARA HYND Rossland News

You never know what you’re going to find in the back country. Two weeks ago my husband and I rode the Seven Summits on what seemed like a gift of a warm October day in the sub alpine. The Seven Summits is an epic 35 kilometre mountain trail near Rossland famous with mountain bikers and is hailed as one of the best long distance single track rides by the International Mountain Bicycling Association.

Half way through the ride we heard a group of people before we finally saw them scattered along a ridge. Upon closer inspection, I saw one man with a large

box camera setting up a shot just below the gentle saddle-like ridge line.

When I see a professional photographer setting up a photo with a second photographer toting a camera larger than my head as a sample shooter, I pay attention.

My camera, ironically, had pronounced itself critically ill two days earlier with a lens error so I dropped my bike and grabbed the simple point-andshoot my husband had onside.

As I scrambled up the ridge, the photographer seemed rushed to get the shot.

Rather than disturb him, I simply smiled at him and asked one of his friends who

he was. It was none other than Richard Soltice from Rossland who published a book of black and white photography called The Light of the Gathering Storm in 2011.

I started photographing them.

Some people think they could get the same shot if they were just in the same spot. And they might and they could but they usually don’t.

Why? Because they are not there.

Soltice was, and so was I, but he had an impressive camera that looked like it weighed 40 pounds.

He had hiked up a two and a half hour trail lugging the bulky beast on a fair weather day. His focus was a grey sun bleached

overturned stump with root pad still intact with a veil of scattered clouds against the deep blue sky that comes with higher altitudes.

Another man came over to show me the black and white shot on his camera display. The image was stunning. The sample photo immediately reminded me of Ansel Adams’ photography which I have had on my walls for years. I would later learn that Soltice apparently did study under Adams.

I also read that somewhat of a purist, Solstice doesn’t digitally enhance his photos either.

I watched as Soltice ducked under the thick blanket to check the shot, then come back out to switch the

filter/ negative again.

Everything had an air of haste to it which perplexed me as from my perspective the subject seemed quite solidly rooted.

Then I saw a jet flying from the north west heading directly for the middle of his clouds. Fast. I think I heard a curse word and Soltice speed up but he was too late.

The shot was ruined.

“The jet stream will last longer than the clouds,” he said.

“It’s done.”

The hefty efforts and a great photographic find all to be ruined by a vapour trail. While people debate that planes pollute our atmosphere, in this moment, one jet contaminated a photographers’ vision.

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Rossland reads: debaters face-off Tara Howse Rossland News

After its hiatus in 2013, Rossland Reads is back for 2014. Debaters Aerin Guy, Mark Jeffery, Kate Harrison-Whiteside, and Liz Anderson duke it out to have their chosen book crowned Rossland Reads 2014 Champion. Week one’s debate was held on October 22 at the Rossland Art Gallery.

The night began with a brief introduction of each book — The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho and defended by Guy, Endurance by Alfred Lansing and defended

by Jeffrey, Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen and defended by Harrison-Whiteside, and Riding the Bus with my Sister by Rachel Simon and defended by Anderson — followed by the panelists being put on the spot immediately with a general question. For Jeffery the question was, “What will be your strategy?” His strategy for winning will be quite simple. “Rossland attracts unique people and (Endurance) will appeal to people’s sense of adventure.”

Moderator Jen Ellis kept the conversation flowing, encouraging rebuttals throughout, and came up with some interesting and intriguing questions about

this year’s theme of travel, both literal and metaphorical, noting how none of them are your usual travel memoir. Her introductions of each panelist also revealed some intriguing talents.

Liz Anderson claims the title of “all around recommender of great books”; Mark Jeffery has a book published, in Dutch; Aerin Guy owns a fart gun; and Kate’s passion for boots, rubber and others, inspired the door-prize question (the number of pairs that can be found in her closet is, apparently, 20).

Each panelist was then allowed a maximum of two minutes — with Rossland Public Library Director, Beverly Rintoul, holding the traditional popcorn shaker timer on the sidelines. Aside from Guy, panelists were able to provide a quick, enticing argument of why their book should win.

Harrison-Whiteside appealed to Rosslanders’ choice of living here and embracing life in Rossland.

Jeffery spoke about the themes of learning about life and self when under traumatic or bad circumstances for Endurance. Anderson noted how often she recommends Riding the Bus with my Sister due to its appeal to a broad amount of people. Guy, as noted, was given

Main: Panelists Liz Anderson, Kate Harrison-Whiteside, Aerin Guy, and Mark Jeffrey with their respective books. Cutout: Moderator Jennifer Ellis trying to keep the peace amongst panelists!

the shaker for going over her allotted time but did note how blown away she was by how much the book affected her and called The Alchemist the “patron book of travel.”

It was then time to move into the 10-minute debate rounds where Jen posed the hard-hitting questions to the panelists. Being a civilized group this year, panelists were respectful of each other

QUE? TION We asked, you answered.

Reporter Alicia Wallace took to the streets to ask the public if they would be voting in the upcoming Local Government election and why or why it is/is not important to vote. It is important to note that 4 out of the 10 people surveyed said no but were not willing to have their photograph taken for the newspaper.

Are you voting in the upcoming election:

Carol Hayward

Yes

Why is it important to vote: It gives you a say and a direction you would like things to go.

• • • •

Brittany Sanders

Yes

Why is it important to vote: It is important for everyone to vote and have their voice heard. My aunt was in an election once and lost by one vote, so your vote does count.

Colin Foli

Yes

Why is it important to vote: Imagine if nobody votes! It is important to choose who you think is best.

and minimal one-liners and criticisms were thrown about. In fact, each of the four debate-round questions only brought out the strength of each of the books; no book appeared to be a clear winner or loser.

Kudos to Kate Harrison-Whiteside; she performed well but it was Out of Africa that was voted off by one measly vote. It came down to each of the panelists’

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votes, which are given double weight since they all read each book.

With two weeks left, the contenders for Rossland Reads 2014 will likely be heating things up a bit with talks of alliances that may be in place for week two.

The winner will be crowned on Wednesday, November 12 at the Rossland Art Gallery. The debate begins at 7 p.m..

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On October 30 Rossland Summit School (RSS) primary classes gathered to officially open their brand new primary playground. Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Co-chair Kari Kuznecov along with Myra Rudakewich cut the ribbon to officially open the newly installed play equipment.

The project got off the ground from copious fundraising efforts and a grant submission. The playground earned the Tire Stewardship grant and received 60,000 dollars from School District 20s allocation money after the closing of Maclean’s Elementary School.

Other generous corporations also made contributions to ensure the younger students of RSS had safe and fun equipment to play on.

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About nineteen years ago, “the industry changed from wooden playgrounds to more durable products, and we really caught that wave,” says Mark Bodie co-founder of the British Columbia play equipment company.

The school district’s staff wholly maintains the upkeep of

the playground. RSS principal Karen Lavender welcomes the public to use the play equipment located on the southern end of Jubilee Park in Rossland, specifically designed for children aged five to 12 years.

Lavender says she is “really happy to have a safe, fun and age appropriate playground for the younger students of RSS.”

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On Saturday, 25 October our very own Rossland Beer Company was awarded third place at the esteemed 2014 British Columbia Beer Awards held in Vancouver. Paydirt Pale Ale took out third place in the North American Ales category, a category which received 48 entries.

The Pale Ale named by the local community through a voting contest, was the only brew entered into the competition by the Rossland Beer Company.

With several mouth-watering beverages produced by the beer company, the decision to enter just one beer was determined by the awards judging criteria.

“The awards have strict guidelines, requiring a host of criteria to be met. Paydirt is the only beer we bottle,” said co-owner Petri Raito. Paydirt is a “juicy pale ale dosed with tropical citra and cascade hops. The taste is just as big and bold as the aroma,” continues the smiley brewery operations manager Mr. Raito.

The 2014 BC Beer Awards drew more than 465 entries across 20 categories from

47 breweries and brewpubs throughout the province. “The overall mandate of the BC Beer Awards (BCBA) is to celebrate excellent beer, judging each hand-produced, artisanal beverage on its own merits. Craft brewers across the province are well-known for their innovation and creativity, something that the BCBA organizers are keen to help honour,” says organizers of the awards. Since winning the award, Rossland’s own craft brewery has “received tons of positive feedback and beer enthusiasts just keep calling in,” declares Raito.

Craft beers are filling glasses across the country in a revolution to drink local artesian brews. Craft beer drinkers now make up 15 per cent of the beer market and that figure is growing daily. Fall is the perfect time to slow down and enjoy seasonal ingredients, from freshly harvested crops. Open six days a week co-owners Petri Raito and Ryan Arnaud “want to share this (win) with the people of Rossland,” enthuse the pair. So now is the perfect opportunity to fill your glass and savour the flavour of their amber fluids.

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Rossland’s own craft brewery, Rossland Beer Company received third place for their Paydirt Pale Ale in the North American Ales category at the esteemed 2014 British Columbia Beer Awards.

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over two years, Petri Raito and Ryan Arnaud “are so honoured to be called Rossland Beer Company and want everyone in the town to be proud of their little Brewery.” Hopefully, for your taste buds benefit, they will be producing more award winning beers in the near future.

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Katrine would like to send her support to all of our veterans and their families for their part in preserving all that we now have.

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Interact members, Rotarians, and family members at the Rossland Food Bank with some of the 350 non-perishable items donated for the Halloween for Hunger trick-or-treating drive in Rossland last Friday. (L-R, back row): Fiona Martin, Hannah Kroeker, Maya Winkers, Lucy Beck, Don Vockeroth, Dan Kroeker, Middle Row: Hannah Klemmensen, Maggie Chan, Tara Obma, Front: Isabella Vockeroth-Fisher, Brian Chan.

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New faces to watch for in Rossland ALICIA WALLACE Rossland News

Your local community newspaper has two new team members, so keep your eye out for them around town in Rossland. Christine Esovoloff and Alicia Wallace joined Rossland News last week in an effort to grow the newspaper and continue to bring the community quality weekly print and online publication solutions.

Christine has worked for Black Press Group Ltd, the Rossland News parent company, for over 15 months as Sales Associate for the Castlegar News and is excited to expand her sales role with the Rossland News.

Christine’s background is as a newspaper columnist, sales associate, and mom.

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With a background in marketing and communications, Australian native Alicia Wallace, joins the media group as part-time reporter for Rossland News. Alicia’s local government experience has afforded her the opportunity to work with a diverse range of community members. Alicia arrived in Rossland after hearing how good the skiing can be and how welcoming the local community members are. “What I enjoy most about Rossland is the friendly locals and wealth of experiences offered from mountain biking, hiking and events to skiing,” she said.

“It is excellent to have both vacancies filled so quickly with individuals who are passionate about the media

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4TH ANNUAL SPIRIT OF RED, SNOW DANCE Saturday, November 8, 8 pm @ the Rossland Miners Hall. The music is by well known and extremely danceable “Cod Gone Wild”. Tickets are available at Cafe Books and Out of the Cellar. This is a non-profit event.

Rossland United Church. All are welcome.

ROSSLAND DRAMA STUDENTS BOTTLE DRIVE November 8, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Curbside pickup or drop off at empty lot across from the Prestige.Help send our drama students to London, England this spring break 2015!

BOOKS AND BABIES Friday, November 7 @ 11:00 – 11:30. Stories, songs and fun for those 0-30 months and their grown-ups.

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ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEY Tuesdays 9:45 - 11 pm Sundays 9:15 - 10:30 pm Join this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. Join us every Tuesday and strut your stuff up on stage! With a new host every two weeks its gearing up to be a season of fantastic new talent and great music. Sign up sheet located in the foyer of The Flying Steamshovel.

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FOLK DANCING Starting Thursday, September 4. The dance styles are English Country Dancing and Contra Dancing. Drop in fee is $8 but if you sign up with Rossland Rec. you can purchase a 10 punch pass for $50. No partner required. Newcomers welcome!

TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Library. Let Sage and Sally know what you want to do at Teen Night. Come out and have fun!

ROSSLAND SENIORS Monday 1:30 p.m.

Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith at 250-362-4477.

Monday 7:00 p.m.

Rossland Quilters Guild meets. Contact Dayanne at 250-362-7727.

Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Rossland Old Time Fiddlers play. Visitors should contact Richie or Audrey at 250362-9465.

Thursday 9:30 - 11 a.m.

Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSION Wednesdays 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall. To share ideas, expertise & knowledge, critiques, and open opportunities for experienced and want to be writers. For more information contact Les Anderson by email lesanderson66@gmail.com or phone @ 250-362-5532.

ROSSLAND MAKERLAB Thursdays to Dec 18, 2014 7:00 to 8:30 pm @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning Mentors are on hand to help with 3D modeling, printing or for other technology project. For youth 12 yrs and up. This program is FREE. WRITERS CLUB Every Wednesday until Apr 15, 2015.

7:30 to 9 pm @ Rossland Seniors Hall. All genres of writers welcome. No membership fee. Learn from published authors and writers.

KARATE FOR KIDS Ages 6-14 years.

Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Miners Hall. The class runs from 3:30 to 5 pm.

SUBMISSIONS This page is for community, charity or fundraising events that are free or (nearly so) at the discretion of the editor. Dated events take priority and every effort will be made to ensure the publication of all contributions, as space allows. If you have previously posted an event and want it to run again, provide an up-to-date version with contact details to editor@rosslandnews.com or or give us a call at 250-365-6397. Thank you.

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It was far from a fiery battlefield on the floors of the Rossland Miner’s Hall on Tuesday November 3 when Rossland Rotary Club presented the All Candidates Forum. The Forum was an opportunity for the community to meet their candidates offering a chance for the public to raise their awareness around who each candidate is and what topics candidates consider important for the next four-year term in Council.

There was evidence that some audience members were not impressed with the performance of the outgoing Council, particularly around the issues of conflict of interest and the Arena. However, candidates and the standing room only audience behaved in the spirit of the forum.

The evening kicked off with candidates introducing themselves. They all had an impressive resume of community involvement and connection to Rossland. Absent candidates Aaron Cosbey and Tim Thatcher had their introductory messages read by others. Mr Cosbey’s teenage daughter did her father proud when she confidently took to the floor and demonstrated her public speaking skills, provoking audience members to ponder if she herself

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will be a future candidate.

Some of the key topics during question time related to past dissatisfaction with Council operations. These included the procedure for hiring a Chief Administration Officer, the delegation bylaw, conflict of interest issues, and community transparency.

Candidates were questioned as to how they proposed to improve economics, raise additional revenue beyond taxpayer money, and what they considered to be the priority issues.

With regards to the question on raising revenue, the majority of candidates answered with reviewing current practises to save money, cost and resource sharing with neighbouring cities and installing a fibre-optic highway with the introduction of broadband for Rossland. Andrew Zwicker and Mayoral candidate, Councillor Moore, offered some of the more diverse answers. Mr. Zwicker suggested a solar plant to raise revenue and turning the sewerage treatment plant into a revenue stream as opposed to a cost.

Kathy Moore added, attracting students to the Monashee Institute and increasing tourists as well as new residents to the city.

Many candidates where in favour of sharing resources to in order to facilitate cost reduction. John Greene went out on

a limb and told the audience they should be “thinking amalgamation”. Andrew Zwicker was quick to say he was against an amalgamation having experienced the Halifax, Nova Scotia merger of 216 communities.

Other hot topics included education, improving regional relations, resolving the recreation agreement issue, and the City’s aging infrastructure.

Candidates recognised the need for greater communication with citizens be it through coffee and beer meetings, ski with a Councillor days, and consultation with community groups and newsletters. All agreed to work together but the true test will come once the elected Council sits and priorities need to be put into action. As candidates present at the forum, they had similar ideas theoretically, which should make for a progressive Council.

The Rotary Club’s President, Fred Behrens recommended to all eligible voters to carefully study all issues and candidates before voting. That is why he, along with the Rotary Club, facilitated this forum for the people of Rossland.

“It was an opportunity for Rosslander’s to find out what they need to know to make a decision about who to support in this upcoming election,” Behrens said.

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THIS WEEK On October 4 and 5, the Beaver Valley Karate Championships took place in the Fruitvale Memorial Hall. The Beaver Valley Chito-Ryu and the New Rossland Chito-Ryu Karate Dojo’s members participated in a registered amateur sport tournament to decide who was the best in the valley.

Attending the Shiai (tournament) were some very special guests from across the Kootenays and from the Okanagan.

Sensei Maurice from Castlegar’s Shotokan Karate Dojo, Sensei Roberts from Salmo’s Shotokan Karate Dojo and our honoured guest Sensei Chris Taneda, 7th Dan Chito-Ryu and seven time National Kumite champion.

Thanks to a grant from the Columbia Basin Trust administered by the Regional District of Kootenay Boundry, we had a very successful event.

Success is based on witnessing the progress of those focused enough to practice more intensely on their training to achieve success for a specific event on a limited timeline.

Competing in their first tournaments in the Novice Kata Division from the Beaver Valley Dojo Evrik Bergstrom won

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bronze for 4th place, Rossland’s Cristobal Ruiz won bronze for 3rd place, Cooper Reed won silver and Emily Gardner won the gold medal.

In the Intermediate Kata Division Beaver Valley’s Dawson Stemler won bronze for 4th place , Andrea Buckland won bronze for 3rd place, Tyson Nelson won silver and Meagan Campsall won gold.

In the Weapons Kata Division Andrea Buckland won bronze, Tyson Nelson won silver and Meagan Campsall won her second gold Medal.

In the Team Kata Division Team Buckland with Lil’Jess, Lohan, Andrea winning the bronze medal, Team Rossland Pablo Rivas, Tobi Hillis, and Cristobal Ruiz winning the silver medal and Beaver Valley’s Team Tyson Nelson, Meagan Campsall won the gold medal.

In the Kumite Division all fighting for their first times win-

ning bronze was Lohan Buckland, silver went to Meagan Campsall and gold was Tyson Nelson.

In the Black belt Kata Duel Sensei Roberts and Sensei Scott came to a Hikiwake (Tie).

Winning the Best Male Athlete award with 2 silver and 2 gold medals was Tyson Nelson. The Best Female Athlete with 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal was Meagan Campsall and winning the most coveted of prizes this year, a Playstation4, with unanimous votes by all the Judges was Meagan Campsall from the Beaver Valley Chito-Ryu Dojo.

On Sunday there was a Clinic with Sensei Taneda and five hours of training. Students came from Beaver Valley, Castlegar, Rossland and Salmo.

For more information about The Beaver Valley Chito-Ryu Dojo call Robin or Pam at the Rossland Recreation Centre (250) 362-2327.

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• Continued from page 1 Co-organizing the event were Deb Dovgala and Diana Daghofer, fundraising volunteer for the host organization Prevent Cancer Now. Diana gives full credit to Deb, “the Kiss-Off Cancer Cook-Off is the brainchild of Deb Dovgala.”

Deb elaborates on the idea with her personal story of how her mom was diagnosed with cancer 10 years ago and with her first diagnosis and operation, she made some eating habits and lifestyle changes. This lead Deb to read Anticancer: A New Way of Life, written by David Servan-Schreiber. It was the section on types of food that prevent inflammation and (were) termed anti-cancer ingredients that inspired her to create an event as a way for people to start talking about what we eat.

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movement to eliminate the preventable causes of cancer. A fun event, Diana recognizes how the “chefs go all-out to create new dishes using the anti-cancer ingredients.”

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President of the Royal Canadian Legion, Douglas Halladay, presents Mayor Greg Granstrom with the first poppy in Rossland at a City Hall ceremony held Friday, October 31. Poppies are available by donation from most businesses in Rossland and at City Hall. All funds raised go entirely towards assisting veterans and is public money. Jody-Lynn Cox (left of Mayor) and Beverly Bell (right of Mr. Halladay) accompanied the Royal Canadian Legion’s President. Photo by Alicia Wallace