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Thursday, February 12, 2015 Trail Times
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Don’t Drive Distracted If you need to talk on your cell phone, pull over when it is safe to do so.
REtirement partY raises money for Sick Children’s Fund
Tip: A right-hand turning lane is not a safe place to stop
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Armindo deMedeiros and Kelly Moore of the USW Local 480 present a $1,000 cheque to Carol Schlender, Secretary and Michael Conci, Treasurer of the KBRH Health Foundation (left to right). Funds were donated during Kelly Moore’s retirement party and are dedicated to the Gordy Steep Memorial Sick Children’s Fund. This fund assists families of sick children when they travel to receive medical care.
In Loving Memory of
Patsy Laroche On February 2, 2015, Patsy passed away peacefully with her children by her side after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Patsy was an active Legion member and always enjoyed the simple things in life. Patsy loved good food, making people laugh, gambling and spending time with good friends and family. She will be missed by her children; daughter Charlene (John), son Russell (Christie-Anne) and four grandchildren, Cheryl, Chalise, Tyler and Camryn, brother Dan (Kerry), sister Colleen, and numerous nieces and nephews. Patsy was predeceased by her husband, Gilles and parents, Russell and Mary. A celebration of life will be held at the Trail Legion on April 18th, 2015 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations will be accepted to purchase a memorial bench in Patsy’s memory. The family thanks everyone for their kind words and support.
Giuseppe Mocci With great sadness we announce the peaceful passing of Giuseppe Mocci on February 9th, 2015 at Rosewood Village in Trail, BC. Giuseppe (Joe) will be dearly missed by his sons; George (Sandy) and Claude (Heather), his grandchildren; Cailyn, Julia, Tahlia, and Mila, his brother Francesco, and sister Bonaria, as well as many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Anna, his brother Raimondo, and his sisters Delia and Teresa. Joe was born in Cagliari, Italy, on November 24th, 1929. For 14 years he worked as a Carabinieri (military police) in Sardegna. He then travelled and lived in Australia for 5 years before immigrating to Canada in 1967. He settled with his family in Fruitvale, BC in 1980 and finished his career as a welder at Cominco. Joe will be remembered for his artwork, gardening, and love of soccer. We would like to extend a heartfelt thanks for the exceptional care from the staff at Rosewood Village. Your reassurance and diligence in keeping Joe comfortable and peaceful made it so much easier to say goodbye to our dear father and nonno. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, February, 16th at 11:00 am at Holy Trinity Parish with Father Bart van Roijen, Celebrant. Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Joe’s name may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online at www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca
Canadian kayaker lives nomadic lifestyle in pursuit of Olympic dream ‘Hobbit Van’ built from scratch helps athlete afford training and competition THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Ben Hayward’s home measures about seven square metres and is currently parked in an overflow lot in southern France. Faced with financial challenges that could have derailed his Olympic dream, the kayaker from Edmonton has taken the nomadic lifestyle of the amateur athlete to a whole new level. Hayward lives and travels in a camper van he built from scratch on a flatbed truck, combining his background in architecture with his need to live and train in Europe on the cheap. “Amateur sport in Canada is pretty poorly funded as it is, and then summer sport is even worse,” Hayward said in a phone interview from Australia, where he’s racing this weekend. “I’ve been struggling with budget for the entire time I’ve been involved in the sport and so I knew over the next two years leading up to the Olympics that I’d need to be a full-time athlete, and bringing in an income would be pretty difficult, and so I needed to
find something that would be affordable and pretty much this was the only way.” His “Hobbit Van,” as he fondly refers to it, resembles a hobbit house on four wheels, complete with a round hobbit door. The 25-year-old, who’s Canada’s top whitewater paddler, originally planned to buy a van to live in, but after four days of searching in Wales left him empty-handed, the idea to build his own was hatched over a cold pint in a Cardiff pub. Hayward purchased the nine-year-old army-green truck for $2,200, and he and a friend worked 18 hours a day over the next four days constructing the maple wood exterior. It was just a shell with a bed for the first couple of months before he had the time and money to devote to finishing the interior. The former Carleton architecture student has added a kitchen, and a handcrafted two-piece couch that when pushed together makes a spare bed. Power comes from a wind turbine and solar panels. He was able to purchase appliances thanks to a crowdfunding campaign last summer. The name of every donor is hand-painted within a giant maple leaf on one outer wall.
“I tried to do was make it modern and rustic at the same time,” said Hayward, who recently completed a video on the construction of the interior. “And so it was kind of designed to be a home office or a living room or a dining room, or a spare bed, and have a lot of dual functionality and be really space efficient. The kitchen is amazing. . . the oven I have in there is better than any one I’ve had in any apartments I’ve rented before. “It’s actually a really nice space to live in.” The total cost was $10,000, which is completely paid off, leaving him with just fuel costs and living expenses. Hayward spent four months this past fall living in his hobbit van while he trained in France. The owners of the whitewater facility there permitted him to park it in their overflow lot. “It was great, they were quite happy to come over for tea and coffee,” Hayward said. He never feels claustrophic in his caravan, he said. “I actually really like it a lot. I’ve got a big bed in there, so it doesn’t feel cramped at all,” he said. “I think living in a small space encourages you to be outside a bit more, and so I’ve actually really enjoyed
the lifestyle. It’s a really nice shift, rather than staying in hotel rooms and then you end up on your laptop a little more often than you’d like.” Hayward is coming off the best season of his career, making two World Cup finals, finishing sixth and ninth in men’s K1. He won Canadian national titles in four different disciplines. He has his sights on a strong showing at this summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto, and then a spot on Canada’s Olympic team for Rio. He’s racing the K1 this week at the Australia Open at Penrith’s Whitewater Stadium, the whitewater venue for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Hayward has made the most of his trip Down Under. A couple of weeks ago he travelled to Hobbiton in New Zealand, the movie set for the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and the “Hobbit” films. Besides being a big Hobbit fan, he also got some ideas for his caravan. “It was a lot more detailed than I thought it would be, and it’s massive as well, so it was very cool. . .,” he said. “And I’m also studying architecture so it was cool just to see this kind of architecture typology that has never really existed except in fiction.”
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