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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Ringing in the season of giving Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign starts today
Airport plans taking flight
BY SHERI REGNIER
BY LIZ BEVAN
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The tinkling of bells sounds off the holiday season today at 11 a.m. with the launch of the Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle Campaign at Ferraro Foods. Volunteers will be ringing in donations for the annual drive that aims to raise money and awareness for the continued need for social service programs and resources for vulnerable individuals and families. Bruce Taylor is one of 139 locals signed up to bring cheer this year. He's been donning his woolies and bringing upbeat Christmas music, courtesy of his wife Susan, to the kettles outside Shoppers Drug Mart and Walmart for 15 years. For the retired police officer, the campaign literally hits close to home. “I was just a young boy in Drumheller, Alberta,” recalled Taylor, saying the year was 1949 or 1950. “Our house was the last to go in a row of 11 homes that were burnt down in the middle of a very cold winter.” The fire was probably caused by a coal stove, he surmises, because the main fuel in those days was coal. The story doesn't end there, because just as community members were getting ready to save the Taylor house, the fire department's pumper truck pulled in. Because it was so cold outside, 30 or 40 below, when the fire truck backed up and inadvertently ran over the hose, the line cracked and water ran all over the ground and the family home was lost. “My mother told me that the Salvation Army was the first ones to come and help,” said Taylor. “They put us up in a hotel and SHERI REGNIER PHOTO brought food and clothing which they never Major Wilf Harbin from the Trail Salvation Army readied the kettles at the East Trail church charged for.” Wednesday morning. The annual Christmas Kettle Campaign begins today and runs until Taylor remembers his mother's stories Dec. 24 at locations throughout Greater Trail. of how the church helped during the war years, and he discovered throughout his help out the police and response teams with “Our number one priority with the donadecades on the force the dedication of hot drinks and food. So I thought this was tions is our Christmas hamper program,” church volunteers. my way of giving something back to society said Harbin. “But we wouldn't able to do it “I joined the RCMP in 1970 and spent and this is a good organization to help.” without our volunteers.” all my time in different places in B.C.,” he Last year, the church received $31,500 Considered Canada's largest and most explained. in donations from the Greater Trail com- recognizable charitable event, the kettle “The Salvation Army was almost always munity, and this year Major Wilf Harbin is drive keeps all dollars in the community the first on scene to provide assistance to hoping to top the funds a little more, with a where the dollars are raised. people, victims of different crimes and to goal of $32,000. See OVER, Page 3 THE DIESEL
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Trail Regional Airport users will have an idea of what a new airport terminal will look like and cost early in 2015. Don Goulard, airport manager, says he has been working closely with the chosen architecture firm to iron out the details on what is needed for a new terminal building. “The decision was made back in September to go with the Office of McFarlane Biggar (OMB) and MMM Group, a big airport division consulting firm,” he said, adding that the two companies were in town last week to survey the area. “It was an intense 24 hours. They wanted to learn everything about the whole area as quickly as possible.” Goulard gave the architecture firm a Feb. 1 deadline to have a concept plan and budget ready for him to present to Trail City Council. “We (the consultants and Goulard) drove around, we looked at things and we talked about the requirements for the terminal building and everything outlined in the Request For Proposal (RFP) for what we should have in the terminal building. “We were up late and back at it early in the morning.” The two companies were hired for the project after Goulard put together an RFP last spring and around two dozen architects surveyed the site in the summer. The airport isn't going to break ground on a new terminal any time in the next few months, but the project is continuing forward with input from affected groups. See GROUPS, Page 3
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