WEDNESDAY
S I N C E
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
1 8 9 5
Vol. 119, Issue 180
105
$
Rossland recount settles council seat
INCLUDING G.S.T.
Follow us online
Page 3
PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Health foundation’s campaign nears goal
WINTER BASKETS COMING TO LIFE
Fundraising 85 per cent complete BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
LIZ BEVAN PHOTO
Annette Gallatin lends a helping hand with the winter baskets, soon to be seen lining the streets of Trail. Baskets are being put together by volunteers at the Columbia Valley Greenhouses in Waneta. Basket-builders are still looking for more volunteers to give them a hand building around 80 baskets today until 3:30 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m in the third greenhouse on the site. The space and heat needed for the project is donated by Columbia Valley Greenhouses.
‘Stuff the Bus’ aims to fill food bank Fill bus with food donations at Ferraro Foods on Friday BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
How much food can a bus hold? On Friday, Trail Transit Services and Ferraro Foods will find out. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., a transit bus will be parked in front of Ferraro Foods in downtown Trail with the doors open, welcoming non-perishable food, warm clothing and monetary donations for the “Stuff the Bus” fundraiser.
Trevor Stach, general manager at Trail Transit Services, spearheaded the charity event which will be supporting the local Salvation Army in its mission to feed and clothe those in need. “We are going to park a bus in front of Ferraro Foods and literally going to try and stuff it with food,” said Stach. “There are lots of people who have plenty, and thankfully, relatively few who have nothing and we want to do anything we can to level that playing field and include people. This is an event that can be a quick win – putting food in bellies and jackets on backs before the
holiday season. “Anything we can do to make a stronger community is going to benefit everyone in the community, and this is the appropriate time of year, ahead of the Christmas rush when the food bank needs it the most.” Stach brought the idea to Trail after seeing its success in other communities in the province. “There have been different locations that have done this, most prevalently in Victoria, where they have been doing this for 13 years,” he said. See FINANCIAL, Page 3
WE GET RESULTS!
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
Glenmerry
West Trail
West Trail
Call us for YOUR successful sale!
Modern technology at the bedside is as important as good old fashioned bedside manners. As the Critical Care Campaign (CCC) nears its $500,000 goal, the region's sickest patients are already benefitting from the project with new equipment that ups the point-of-care by lessening pain and stress. The ongoing campaign used $60,000 from money raised to purchase a Sonosite Ultrasound, which is a portable machine that can literally see inside a patient right at the bedside. “I have used this a lot in the past couple of days,” explained Dr. Scot Mountain, ICU director at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH). “It gives us instant information without needing to move patients, in an easy and pain free method.” One probe allows the practitioner to see a patient's blood vessels so large intravenous lines, that can be critical for resuscitating patients, are inserted much quicker and more safely than the previous by-feel method. Additionally, the ultrasound allows physicians to examine how organs, from the heart to the lungs and abdomen, are functioning. The immediate diagnostics help the doctor and care team make quick decisions in critical situations. “Just this morning, I used the cardiac probe right at the bedside to look at the patient's heart,” Mountain noted. “The patient is on life support and removing him from ICU is a life threatening experience. Not having to do that because we have equipment at the bedside, makes a huge difference in our quality of care.” After monitoring the patient's heart function, Mountain later used another probe to see inside that same patient's chest wall and abdomen to monitor for collections of fluid. “There's less risk with causing damage if we can see exactly where the fluid is. Images we get from this ultrasound have much better clarity and are more concise, which improves our standard of care.” The new ultrasound has already had a significant impact on the care team's ability to provide the best possible intervention for the facility's sickest patients. See PUBLIC, Page 3
Contact the Times: Phone: FineLine250-368-8551 Technologies 62937 Index 9 Fax:JN250-368-8550 80% 1.5 BWR NU Newsroom: 250-364-1242
W G NETIN S I L
Canada Post, Contract number 42068012
#6 - 1006 Olaus Way
Red Mountain $ 314,900
To view ALL of our listings, visit us online at greatertrailrealestate.com
Thea 250.231.1661
Mario 250.368.1027
RE/MAX All Pro Realty Ltd.