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Skate park remains on council’s radar

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fleet of projects, and council has some tough decisions down the road. “The planning session is certainly the time when we will look at all the initiatives and how we can best address them going forward with what we have available to us through the operational funding of the city,” he said. At the fundraising committee's monthly meeting last week, chair Scott Daniels, said the group's discussion centred around the lack of funds Trail council has directed toward the area's youth in the last decade. “And what message they will be sending to youth in their first budget,” he continued. “A skate park has been discussed for several generations of children and while more than 125 skate parks have been constructed in B.C., parents and grandparents continue to drive their children to use skateparks in Castlegar, Nelson, Montrose and now, Ymir.” He maintains that Trail's current council can be armed with the 2013 Trail Parks and Recreation See MORE, Page 3

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

The Trail skate park project won't fall off the beaten path as council moves into a challenging year of budget decisions, says the Trail mayor. “Council remains committed to considering the skate park within the financial capabilities of the city,” noted Mike Martin. “Based on all the initiatives we have sitting in front of us at this time, we will continue to review (the skate park) in the context of our budget deliberations and during our strategic planning session in March.” With so many pricey ventures on the city's books in the coming months, the future skate park will probably remain far off in the horizon for now. While the Trail Skate Park fundraising committee remains chipper that the city's new council will consider the project as a priority, a new bridge and new library will most likely be the primary objectives in the next few years. Martin said the city is facing a

HISTORICAL PULLOUT ON PAGE 4

Bridge opening draws big crowd time to Saturday, May 25, 1912. The Trail News front page and As the Trail Times continues to ensuing four pages, recounted a celebrate 120 years of reporting regal affair from the day previous. local news, we've donned white That date marked the 13th year gloves and browsed Canadians observed N T T D T through historical Queen Victoria's birthnewspapers, looking day, but more importo highlight some of tantly, May 24 was also the City of Trail's landthe official opening of mark events. the Smelter City's new Within the last Trail bridge. 1895 - 2015 three years of Silver “Trail was in gala City headlines, few attire on Friday,” wrote stories and Letters to the Editor W.K. Esling. “The reason for this have been able to outshine the being the opening of the new community's ongoing passion bridge and the observation of over the fate of the Old Trail Empire Day...The huge and handBridge. some steel structure that spans So this month was a given the mighty waterway and weds – let's take the reader back in See CAMPBELL, Page 3 BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

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With the West Kootenay Camera Club marking the 25th anniversary of its annual Photo Show, the Trail Times is highlighting some of last year’s top photographs. The above photo earned Kaslo’s Jim Lawrence first place last year in the Wildlife category. The Photo Show will take place from June 5-13 at the Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar, coinciding with the Castlegar SunFest. For more information, entry forms, contest rules and regulations, please visit the West Kootenay Camera Club website: www. westkootenaycameraclub.com

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e saw the exact same hands but this hand is not one of those. in last week’s column, but The bidding: South opens One Spade the bidding is extremely dif- and North realizes he can use Jacoby ferent. Last week, North first Two No Trump, a convention that must bid Two Diamonds followed by a series be good because it is a popular convenof forcing bids, a choice he made out of tion and he is dying to use it. He bids three possible bids. The other two pos- Two No Trump. sibilities were splintering Partner bids Three Clubs showby making a double jump ing his shortness in clubs. shift into his shortness, North is spurred on by this or bidding Jacoby Two No shortness because he has no wastTrump. ed values in this shortness and Splintering is out. He starts a cuebidding sequence with has the correct trump a Three Diamond bid. Slam tries warren support and the required below game should be automatic shortness, but splinters when one has extra values or no Play Bridge are for hands that have values opposite partner’s shortenough strength for game ness. He has both. and not much more. Jacoby is a betSouth, now cuebids clubs, showing ter bid as it allows more space for first round control. His first club bid was slam exploration. However with Jacoby, not a first-round-control cuebid, but the the opener will be unaware of partner’s second club bid clarifies that he has first shape. round control as well as shortness. It Shape is just as important or better must be a singleton ace or a void. than knowing partner’s strength. The One does not show shortness with strength will become apparent later in a singleton ace, king or queen because the auction. partner will discount a King in the suit There are some hands where Jacoby so it must be a void. A King or Queen Two No Trump is by far the better bid, opposite a singleton honour (AKQ) has

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value because it represents a potential pitch. A King or Queen opposite a singleton Jack or lower has little value. North shows the heart controls and South, the diamond control. South can bid six. Without knowing about the excellent diamond fit, they cannot find the grand like they did last week. Thus Jacoby Two No Trump is the second best bid for this example.

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Beginning Friday afternoon, Rossland will have a taxi based within the town for people needing transport or deliveries. Creston Cab Company (CCC) will have a seven seater taxi in Rossland every Friday afternoon and Saturday. In July 2014 Ken Parker and his business partner purchased the Creston Cab Company (CCC) based out of Creston. In September when Champion Cabs closed, CCC expanded into Castlegar and Trail. The Trail license extends to the Rossland area and up until Friday were only an on call service for Rossland. Now the cabs will be stationed here over the weekend making it quicker and more convenient for people to catch cab from Rossland. The Rossland cab has its own dedicated number – 250 921 7788. A cab can be called anytime 24 hours a day seven days a week and not just for getting from Point A-to-B. CCC will come out and give you a boost if you have a flat battery or

they can make deliveries on your behalf. The company also has all wheel drive vehicles so if Rossland is fortunate enough to receive more snow the winter tire two-wheel drive vehicle can be switched for a four wheel drive as needed. Parker hopes to employ people in Rossland and have a car stationed here full time. The weekend service will act as a trial to determine demand. “We would love to give Rossland a cab service…we are trying to rebuild the service and we are malleable,” said Parker. Parker sought the advice of Mayor Kathy Moore and Deanne Steven of Tourism Rossland before announcing the new dedicated service for Rossland. “It’s time for Rossland they need it,” said Parker of the new service. CCC will be operating the Rossland based vehicle at a loss initially in order to build up visibility and awareness for the service. To begin with a driver will be paid an hourly wage to be in Rossland.

Jumbo court challenge set The Nelson Star The West Kootenay EcoSociety’s legal challenge to the creation of a municipality with no residents will finally be heard two years after the case began. Two days have been set aside in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver starting Monday of next week in which the society will argue the incorporation of Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort municipality was unlawful and unconstitutional. “This is a case about democracy and the rule of law,” EcoSociety lawyer Judah Harrison told the Star.

“We are not challenging the Jumbo project per se. It’s about holding public officials to account.” Harrison said a judicial review differs from a typical court case in that there is no oral evidence. The court’s decision will be based on affidavits provided by both sides and other written submissions setting out legal arguments. The EcoSociety filed its initial petition in February 2013 and completed an amended brief last August. “The complexity of this case delayed it somewhat,” Harrison said. “It’s really novel stuff.”

More fundraising still required FROM PAGE 1 Master Plan, which cost taxpayers $80,000, contains six pages of content in support of making the Trail skate park a priority project. However, the committee still has to raise over $200,000 to meet its portion of the $550,000 proposed project. “The fundraising committee continues to be hopeful regarding their request to council that ‘their’ fundraising portion be reset to a realistic, achievable and ambitious goal of $100,000,” Daniels explained. Grants, corporate and personal commitments for the skate park currently stand at about $63,000. “In light of repeatedly being told that no other park for children in Trail has required such as large threshold for fundraising, the committee remains positive and looks forward to an encouraging outcome during council’s 2015/16 budget deliberations.”

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Trail Times 120th anniversary

Campbell drives first car over bridge FROM PAGE 1 the eastern and western sections of the Columbia River valley, with its large areas of fertile land.” Esling notes that what was most on the minds of celebrants was the large gathering of people from the outlying areas, all of whom were welcomed to the city with pomp, including a procession of horse and carriage and the patriotic music of the Trail band. A splendid arch bearing the words “Welcome to our city,” as well as strings of flags spanned the principle street, he wrote, while nearly all of the stores and buildings were decorated with bunting. “Trail’s latchstring was on the outside, and every visitor was made to feel at home, as there was no skimping of the

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hospitality – it was openhanded and generous.” Further in the story, under the sub-heading “Bridge Will Last For A Long Time,” Mr. Morrison, one of the bridge contractors from Vancouver, is quoted, saying the day was, “a consummation most devoutly wished for,” and “a good index of the civilization of a people was found in their highways and bridges...” Later in the day, the writer notes the region’s MLA “Sunny Jim” Schofield addressed the crowd following his wife’s cutting of the ribbon. “He warmly thanked the visitors for their presence, and said that the Rossland contingent (noted to be more than 600 people) was a particularly large one and that he was not surprised, “as Rossland

and Trail were old and tried friends.” Once Schofield declared the bridge open, and “silken barriers” removed, L.A. Campbell was honoured to drive the first automobile across, because “the auto is owned by him and contained several of his friends.” To view this historical front page, which also marks the first time that a photo accompanied a story, turn to the pullout on Page 4 in today’s Trail Times edition. Empire Day, observed annually on the school day preceding the May 24 holiday for Queen Victoria’s birthday, was the most important patriotic rite for children in Englishspeaking Canada during the half century following its first observance on May 23, 1899.

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Provincial/national B.C. budget

Poor parents can keep child-support, but little else in budget for families THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA - Poor single parents in British Columbia will no longer see their income assistance clawed back because of child-support payments, but Tuesday’s budget otherwise includes few new measures that will directly benefit families in the province. The Liberal government’s almost singular focus on balancing the books only left enough money for relatively minor tax breaks while also requiring another increase in health-care premiums.

Ending the practice of clawing back child-support payments from income-assistance calculations will cost the government $32 million over the next three years. The province estimates about 3,200 families and 5,400 children will be affected. It’s a change the Opposition New Democrats and anti-poverty advocates had been demanding. The budget also includes more than $100 million in additional funding for Community Living B.C. over the next three years, as well as an extra $20 million to address the growth in

disability assistance payments. However, the province still lacks a broad anti-poverty strategy and there are no other measures in the budget to deal with the issue. Last fall, an all-party finance committee made a number of recommendations to address poverty, focusing on social assistance rates and the minimum wage, as well as the child-support clawback that is addressed in the budget. Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the government considered adjusting overall

income-assistance rates but that the province could not afford a significant increase. He said it made more sense to target low-income parents who receive child support. “Is there more that can be done that we’d like to do? Yes,” de Jong said. “We are trying to accommodate those interests within the context of being responsible stewards of taxpayers’ money.” An early childhood tax credit starting April 1 will provide up to $660 a year for each child under six for child care. This is

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Ice-breakers head out on Red River THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG - Spring may seem like a long way away in frigid Manitoba, but ice-breakers are heading out on the Red River in preparation for potential flooding. The Amphibex machines break up about 30 kilometres of ice down the centre of the river before the thaw. That reduces the possibility that big chunks will dam the river and cause a sudden flood. The province bought its first Amphibex machine in 2006 and has expanded the fleet since then. Premier Greg Selinger says the machines concentrate on areas that have a history of ice jams. He says the province’s first flood outlook is to be released next week.

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Sprinklers mandatory in seniors’ homes THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC - The Quebec government is making it mandatory for all existing private seniors’ homes to be equipped with automatic sprinklers following a coroner’s report calling for action. Labour Minister Sam Hamad said Tuesday that the province will grant operators a five-year grace period to retrofit their homes. The move comes in the wake of a coroner’s report into a tragic blaze in L’Isle Verte, Que., that claimed the lives of 32 seniors a little over a year ago. Hamad added that the government will also provide up to $260 million in financial aid to help offset the heavy costs, with the details to come in the upcoming provincial budget. “For our government, seniors have a right to live in a place where they feel safe or where they are safe,” Hamad said. The government will look at all of the recommendations outlined in coroner Cyrille Delage’s report and tackle them one at a time, Hamad added. Delage recommended the installation of sprinklers in all seniors’ homes, old and new, in a report released last week.

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Canada’s parliamentary budget officer was largely stonewalled in his efforts to put a price tag on the combat mission in Iraq, prompting the fiscal watchdog to call for changes to the law that governs his agency. Jean-Denis Frechette’s latest report, released Tuesday, says cost of the current combat mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant likely falls somewhere between $128 million and $166 million. Should the mission be extended to 12 months, as expected, the cost would balloon to anywhere from $242.71 million to $351.27 million, the report says. Frechette was forced to produce a range of dollar figures because the Department of National Defence imposed cabinet secrecy on cost estimates and barred PBO staff from briefings given to defence academics and insiders. Budget office analysts compiled their figures using open-source data from previous missions, such as the Libya bombing campaign, and U.S. figures for ammunition.

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Ottawa’s anti-terrorism cure worse than the price

ere’s a trick question for you: Why do you see young adults stopping friends who’ve been drinking from getting behind the wheel? You might say it’s because they don’t want their friend to get into an accident, hurt somebody or end up in jail. All of those reasons are valid, but they’re not the full answer. The real reason people drink and drive less these days is because society has decided that doing so is a truly bad idea. In other words, doing so amounts to engaging in “abnormal” behaviour. There was a time when drinking and driving was considered naughty, but not out of the norm. And during those days, a lot of people did it. Sociologists will tell you one of the most effective ways to achieve compliance with laws and regulations is to create the belief that adherence to that law -- rather than breaking it – is the normal

thing to do. If everyone expects you to obey a particular rule, then you are much more likely to do so. This is part of the reason why it is so difficult to stop people with radical ideologies from engaging in acts of terrorism. They actually don’t care what the norm is; in their universe, actions the rest of us consider abhorrent are encouraged and rewarded. You can make a law – as Canada has – banning acts of terrorism, but enforcing such a law – there’s the rub. Enforcing laws often depends on broad social acceptance of the law’s legitimacy, but when the law is held in contempt enforcement is next to impossible. For proof, you need to look no further than Prohibition-era smugglers of booze or, in modern times, the failed attempts to suppress the use of marijuana. In both cases, our governments eventually had to admit defeat. This normative theory of behaviour has some

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troubling implications as our federal government clamps down ever tighter on Canadians rights of association and expression in its questionable strategy to frustrate terror attacks. As noble as the motive is, the strategy is flawed and destined to at best be semi-effective. Sure, with the provisions of Bill C-51, the government’s latest amendments to anti-terrorism law, the chances of another attack on Parliament Hill like the one that claimed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo will be reduced. But why in God’s name would we expect radicals to try to mount

the same sort of attack? Preventing the attack that’s already happened is about as effective as stopping you from bringing a large size tube of toothpaste on your carry-on, for fear that it’s actually an explosive device. In other words, not at all. The law is doomed to a troubled future because the terrorists do not agree to obey it. They never will. And the people who accept the law as legitimate aren’t the ones we need to worry about. In the meantime, the foundations of the free society we have grown up in – the society that tolerates anarchists, communists, atheists and just about any other belief system – is ever-so-slowly being eaten away. The changes are that, in such tiny increments, we barely notice that anything has happened at all. Oh, but they have. And they’re about to change much more, according to federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien. Of Bill C-51, he

said: “This act would seemingly allow departments and agencies to share the personal information of all individuals, including ordinary Canadians who may not be suspected of terrorist activities, for the purposed of detecting and identifying new security threats.” Civil libertarians warn the law will criminalize intent, rather than the current law’s focus on action. It will also be easier to detain people without due process, and for security agencies to see you tax records, online communication and travel plans. We all want security. We all dread the possibility of a serious terrorist attack. We agree on that. We don’t want, however, to give up so much of what makes our society special in the process. Bill C-51 needs some very close scrutiny. Doug Firby is Editorin-Chief of Troy Media and National Affairs columnist.

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Make Bull-a-Rama part of Silver City Days I have a suggestion for the continuation of the Kootenay Chrysler Bull-A-Rama next year: merge it with Silver City Days festivities. Think about it, everybody is pretty much downtown during Silver City Days and with nothing to do to fill the Cominco Arena since the demise of the Sidewalk Café two years ago,

Bull-A-Rama is sure to fill the void in a big way. So instead of two separate events that usually are a mere week or two apart, why not work in Bull-A-Rama as a Saturday evening event alongside the parade, midway and fireworks (to take place in between BullA-Rama and the barn dance that usually follows).

Keep in mind that this is just an idea that I had and I hope that Gord McMartin, Guy Thompson and Trail Festival Society president Ian McLeod consider this possibility. By the way, rodeo events are how Silver City Days originally got started. Jesse Stokes, Trail

Harper must lead cultural shift

An editorial from the Winnipeg Free Press The invitee list of Canada’s top politicians is being finalized for the national round table on ending violence against indigenous women and girls, to be held Feb. 27 in Ottawa. All the heads of government are expected to be at the “working meeting.” Except Prime Minister Stephen Harper. That’s too bad because he, more than many, needs to wake up to why indigenous people are being beaten and killed at rates wildly disproportionate to their population. Mr. Harper has still not admitted he was wrong in asserting, last year amid national uproar over the violent death of Winnipeg teenager Tina Fontaine, that this violence was not a sociological problem, but simply a crime. The murder, as yet unsolved, is both. But getting to solutions to the broad problem behind the rate at which indigenous women and girls are going missing or being murdered demands a concerted, sociological response. This is where the politicians come in. The meeting of premiers, territorial leaders, federal ministers and native organization representatives is intended to get those in power talking about what specifically should and will be done. Police do not prevent crime, they investigate crime and charge offenders. The prevalence of violence in Canada,

however, reveals a predatory culture is at work. It’s too easy for abusers, aboriginal and nonaboriginal, to target indigenous women. That culture can be changed only by changing attitudes individually and in communities; raising children to reject violence and to regard it as unacceptable; and by dispelling stereotypes and discrimination and defeating racism. That’s a tall order and it will take substantial investment in resources in schools, in families, in health and social programs, and in public awareness campaigns on the effects of residential schools and of Canada’s historical, racist policies. The economies on reserves and their labour pools must be developed. And this is why Mr. Harper ought to be at the round table. A sweeping national response in aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities requires the prime minister’s lead because provincial governments will only do so much on their own and with their own treasuries if Ottawa is not buying in. The Harper government’s $25-million allotment to new anti-violence programs in aboriginal communities, over the next five years, will just scratch at the surface of the work ahead. For some the round table, organized by the Native Women’s Association of Canada, will be another chance to lobby for a national inquiry into the rate at which indigen-

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ous women and girls experience violence. Mr. Harper has steadfastly refused to agree to an inquiry. Not everyone, in and out of the aboriginal communities, agrees an inquiry is the best route and for justified reasons. National inquiries can do a good job at collecting facts, testimony and the experiences of individuals, but they are expensive, long and have a record of raising hopes for change that are often dashed by the modest results that follow. The sociological causes of Canada’s long history of violence against indigenous people, especially women, have repeatedly been studied and documented and are wellunderstood. What this country needs is action in a strong, unified response. Premiers, ministers, territorial and native leaders must have a plan for bringing the evidence and the stories of the families of the missing and murdered to the forefront so all Canadians see this as a national issue, and recognize their own roles in the solution. It is Mr. Harper’s job to launch the national effort. But to do that, he has to show the government and Parliament are solidly behind it and are prepared to lead. He should help open the round table by acknowledging the sociological roots of violence and committing to the effort it will take to unravel them.

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Patrick Arthur Ward Born in Kelowna - April, 17, 1922 and passed away in Trail, BC on February 16, 2015 at Poplar Ridge Pavilion. Patrick leaves behind his children; Lillian (Charlie) Carroll and Jack Ward his step-children; Norman, Tommy (Yvonne), Dorothy, Ellen (Harold) and Frank; his grandchildren Todd (Shauna), John (Courtney), Joey and Nathan; his great-grandchildren Alexandra and Katelyn. Patrick was predeceased by his wife Winnie and sister Bernice Laarz. Dad, like many other young men of the time, went off to fight in WWII. He fought with the Irish regiment of Canada that followed through to Holland. Upon his return to the Kootenays, Dad spent many years exploring the area and part of that was working an active mine claim his mother shared with him in Slocan Valley. He married the love of his life Winnie in 1947. He worked at Cominco until his retirement at the age of 65 in 1987. A special thank you to all the staff at Poplar Ridge who cared for dad during his years there. A remembrance luncheon will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 11 (2141 Columbia Ave. Trail, BC) on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 11.00 am. Jordan Wren of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca

Mary Theresa “May” Fabbi passed away peacefully on February 14, 2015 in Summerland, BC at the age of 89 years. She is remembered and sadly missed by her four sons: Michael (Jackie) of Junction City ORE, Allan (Ronda) of Kelowna BC, Gordon (Anne) of Coquitlam BC, Mark (Alexandra) of Uxbridge ON, 9 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren, siblings: Leo (Margaret) Glynn of Vancouver BC, and Fred (Irene) Glynn of Kelowna BC. May was sadly predeceased by her husband Gerry in 2001, son Peter and brother Jack. May will always be remembered for her years of service with CWL in Trail and Summerland, both locally and at the provincial level. She was the creator of the library at St. Michael’s School in Trail and volunteered countless hours assisting with clerical work at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Trail. Born and raised in Trail, May moved to Summerland in July 2003 to be close to family. Memorial Mass will be held on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 11:00 AM from Holy Child Catholic Church, 14010 Rosedale Street, Summerland BC with Brother Gerald Craig officiating. Interment will follow at a later date in Mountain View Cemetery in Trail, BC. Memorial Tributes may be made in May’s honour to the Penticton Hospital Foundation. Condolences may be directed to the family through providencefuneralhomes.com (250) 494-7752 Providence

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THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - A judge has thrown out another sexual assault lawsuit against former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong. In a decision released Tuesday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper dismissed a claim filed in 2013 by Grace West. She alleged Furlong sexually assaulted her while he was a teacher at Immaculata Elementary School in Burns Lake in 1969 and 1970. Referencing school records submitted by Furlong’s lawyer, Gropper concluded that West was not a student at the school at the time of the alleged abuse. “On the basis of that evidence and there being no evidence to the contrary, I must find that Ms. West did not attend Immaculata in 1969 to 1970,” Gropper said in a written ruling. “Her claim against Mr. Furlong, alleging that she was abused while a student at Immaculata in that school year, is not sustainable.” “In all the circumstances, I must dismiss Ms. West’s action.” Furlong’s legal team filed an application last month to have West’s claim thrown out. West is one of three people who said they suffered sexual abuse by Furlong. In December, Beverly Abraham dropped her lawsuit, saying she was unable to handle the stress of legal proceedings on top of coping with the recent deaths of three family members.

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Infamous heiress’s dog wins group at Westminster show THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Famed and infamous heiress Patty Hearst was back in the news Monday after a dog she coowns won its group at the Westminster Kennel Club show. A shih tzu called Rocket was picked as the top toy dog at Madison Square Garden. Hearst is the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst and gained great notoriety in 1974 when she was kidnapped by the radical group the Symbionese

Liberation Army. She was seen brandishing a semiautomatic rifle while robbing a California bank, pictured in the group’s poster holding a machine-gun and later spent almost two years in prison. Her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. President Bill Clinton gave her a full pardon. “People move on,” she said, smiling at Rocket. “I guess people somehow imagine you don’t evolve

in your life. I have grown daughters and grand-daughters and other things that normal people have.” She also has appeared in films including “Cry-Baby” and “Serial Mom.” She’s done television roles and charitable work. Hearst has been involved in the dog show world for more than 10 years. She said many are surprised to find out she’s moved on to play with pooches. Listed as Patricia Hearst Shaw, she turns 61 on Friday

and is one of Rocket’s three co-owners. She’s mostly worked with French bulldogs and one of them won an award ribbon earlier in the day. Hearst’s dog will be one of seven in the championship ring Tuesday night when best in show is chosen. That will cause her to do some shifting - she didn’t originally have tickets for the finals. Even though Hearst loves dogs, her two daughters own cats.

THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - A group of sore, exhausted but happy players in the Edmonton region have set a new unofficial record for the world’s longest hockey game. About 40 skaters slugged it out for 250 straight hours through a mix of weather conditions and some injuries at a rink

east of the city to establish the new mark Monday afternoon. Judges from Guinness World Records will review footage of the game before the 10 days of competition can be officially entered in the books. The players, who were backed up by several volunteers, also raised more than

$800,000 for the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Organizer Brent Saik says support throughout the two-team competition was overwhelming. This is the fifth time the event has been held, with the previous record of 246 hours and two minutes set in southern Alberta three years ago.

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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks handed out team hardware at their awards banquet at the Riverbelle on Monday, recognizing the contribution of players and volunteers. Back row from left: Brody Jennings-Most Improved Player, Braydon Horcoff-Bill Volpatti Award of Merit, Taylor Stafford-Most Inspirational, Jacob Boyczuk -Hitman Award, Andrew Miller-Most Popular Player and Top Defenceman, Walker Sidoni - Hitman Award, Lyle Frank - Bill Volpatti Award of Merit, and Reid Anderson - Pat Corrado Award. Front row from left: Mitch Foyle - Top Scorer, Top Forward, and MVP, Spencer McLean - Most Improved, Allan Pruss -Most Dedicated, Tyler Hartman -Most Sportsmanlike, Michael Pruss - Most Dedicated, and Ross Armour - Rookie of the Year. Dan Mason and Sharon Thompson also received the Tom Meakes Award for their hours of volunteer work for the Nitehawks. 20-year-old veterans Horcoff, Stafford, Boyczuk, Miller, and Sidoni were recognized for playing in their final season of junior.

Nitehawks primed for playoffs By Jim Bailey

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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks wrapped up the regular season on the weekend, and celebrated its Neil Murdoch division title with its annual awards banquet on Monday at the Riverbelle. Close to 140 Beaver Valley Nitehawks executive, players, coaches, and supporters gathered for a great Italian meal, and to share memories and swap stories about the Nitehawks’ season and recognize the efforts of its players and volunteers. The Hawks ended the season on a high note with an 8-4 win in Grand Forks Sunday, following a split with Castlegar Rebels on Friday and Saturday. The victory gives the Hawks 35 wins and 75 points on the regular season and their first division title since 2011-12 when they were tops in the KIJHL regular season with 87 points, and went on to capture the KIJHL championship. “I’m pleased with the season, and happy where we are,” said Nitehawks coach Terry Jones. “I am really happy with our overall team work ethic, I am happy with the culture of our team, and with what our potential is heading into the playoffs.” In the final game, Fruitvale’s Mitch Foyle scored twice and added an assist to sneak into the KIJHL’s top 10 in scoring with 33 goals and 59 points, just edging out the Nitehawks Rookie of the Year, Ross Armour, 14-43-57, as the Hawks top scorer. Foyle was also awarded the Hawks’ Top Forward and MVP for the season. The Nitehawks had a slow start to the year, going winless in its first five games before building momentum and improving to the point where they went

undefeated in December and lost just four matches since. “When you start off at 0-4-1, everyone is thinking, ‘What’s going on, what’s happening with this group?’” said Jones. “So to finish first with the season start that we had, I’m really pleased with where it is . . . When you think about the structures we have in place with our team, our breakfast club and how we work as a group, I think it all comes into play.” The Nitehawks open their 2015 playoff run against the Nelson Leafs on Friday, a familiar rival that will be a good test for the Hawks. B.V. won the season series 5-2-1-0, which included a win by default, but their last three games have been decided by just one goal. “They (Nelson) have a very good hockey team - from one-to-four in our division, there’s not a lot separating all those teams. A team gets hot, your goalie gets hot, a power play gets hot, there is lots of different things that can jump into the fray as to what happens. I have a lot of confidence, and you have to trust what you’ve prepared, but everything is so tight, that’s the one thing, every team is good and sometimes one thing or another can lead things astray.” Andrew Miller, voted the team’s Top Defenceman, returned to the line up and scored two goals in his first game back for the Hawks on Friday, a 5-2 victory over the Rebels. The Trail native has been out since suffering an upper body injury in early January. “It’s great to get him (Miller) back, and into some game time. But that is one of the concerns I have is we do have a lot of injuries still, so just when you think you’re healthy, all of a sudden no you’re not.”

A recent spate of injuries have veteran defenceman Walker Sidoni and forwards Sam Swanson and Michael Pruss out of the line up, and Jace Weegar still recovering. Swanson is expected to play but Jones is uncertain of the others. Sidoni, cowinner of the Hitman Award along with Jacob Boyczuk, will be a huge loss on the back end. The Trail native is not only physical but has honed his scoring touch netting 21 points in 21 games this season. Nevertheless, the Nitehawks should have the edge on the Leafs in most facets of the game and have received great performances from APs like Blake Sidoni, Kadrian Klimchuk, and Evan Gorman from the Kootenay Midget Ice. Jones says he is confident in their ability and won’t hesitate to use the young APs. The Leafs meanwhile lost their final regular-season game to Castlegar on Sunday 4-1, but are healthy and anticipate a tough series against their longtime nemesis. “There’s a whole lot of history between the teams,” interim head coach Sean Dooley told the Nelson Star. “We respect them and they respect us, but once the puck drops there is no love lost between the two teams. Believe me, it will be a good hard battle.” B.V. knocked the Leafs out of the playoffs in six games last year, expect the same this year. Castlegar faces third-place Spokane in the other division match up, which also begins Friday in Castlegar. Game 1 of the Beaver Valley and Nelson playoff goes on Friday at the Hawks Nest at 7:30 p.m. See schedule Page 11.

Saints play for home ice

CASTLEGAR – The Selkirk College Saints are now in a position to capture the all-important home ice advantage during the first round of the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) playoffs following a pair of wins over the Eastern Washington University Eagles. With time winding down on the regular season, the two-time defending league champion Saints hurdled over the University of Victoria Vikes with the two wins and now sit in second spot in the league. The Saints defeated the EWU 6-3 at home Friday, then journeyed to Cheney Saturday where they beat the hosts 5-3. The Saints travel to Vancouver Island this coming weekend for a crucial two-game set with the Vikes that will play a key role in determining who finishes the season in the coveted second place position. On Saturday night the teams traded goals during a busy first period, as Brett Mathews put the hosts ahead early before former Nelson Leaf and Trail native Jamie Vlanich scored his second goal in as many games since returning to the lineup after suffering a knee injury. Vlanich won the KIJHL scoring title with the Leafs last season. Wharton restored EWU’s lead on a late period power-play, but former Beaver Valley Nitehawk Ryan Edwards responded less than a minute later to knot the game at 2-2 after 20 minutes. Selkirk captain and Trail native Logan Proulx scored the lone goal of the second period just 50 seconds in, and the visitors held on to their 3-2 lead until the first minute of the third when Mathews notched his second of the night. See SAINTS, Page 11

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Young bowlers advance to B.C.s By Times Staff Greater Trail bowlers had strong performances at the Junior Zones 5-Pin Bowling qualifier at Juniper Lanes in Cranbrook earlier this month. The Glenmerry Bowl girl’s team made up of Nicole Smith, Taylor Servatius, MacLean Keraiff and Eliza Dawson won gold at the zones racking up 2,975 total pins to beat out Cranbrook by almost 300 pins. The Kootenay zone total was the highest score among all six zones in the province. Dawson led the team with 829 pins and a 227.25 average, while Smith bowled the highest single-game score of all competitors with a 252. Meanwhile, Glenmerry Bowl’s Jacob Plett bowled his way into the Senior Boys provincial championship after winning gold at the singles zones with a four-game total of 1,027. It is Plett’s third journey to the provincials, and last year he bowled as a member of the B.C. Youth Team that competed in the Canadian Youth 5-Pin Bowling Challenge in Hamilton, Ont. Beaver Valley Lanes bowler Jordan Bakken also qualified for Bantam Boys winning gold with a 694 total. The Trail Junior Boys team missed qualifying but picked up bronze at the zones, while the Boys Bantam team also came third. The Glenmerry Bowl’s Junior Girls Team will accompany Plett and Bakken to the Provincial 5-Pin Bowling championship in Surrey and Langley Feb. 28.

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Jones edges Homan MOOSE JAW, Sask. The clash of the champions at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts was a back-and-forth affair with clever shotmaking, a few miscues and an exciting finish. Reigning Olympic champion Jennifer Jones of Manitoba took advantage of the hammer in the extra end for an 8-7 victory over twotime defending Scotties champion Rachel Homan on Monday night at Mosaic Place. Jones joined Alberta’s Val Sweeting in first place at 5-0 while Homan fell to 4-1 after eight draws of play. In the extra end, Homan had a stone at the edge of the fourfoot and a guard up top. Jones came through with a draw to the button that was a no-doubt winner as it approached the rings. “It gets the heart racing and the blood going, but that’s what sport is all about,” Jones said. “That’s honestly what I love about the sport is that you can win or lose on any given day. Jones also ended Homan’s 22-game winning streak at this event. Homan’s last loss at the Scotties was to Jones at the 2013 tournament in Kingston, Ont. Homan went on to beat Jones in the final that year and ran the table last year in Montreal. “It’s a new tournament,” Homan said of the streak. “I don’t really count all those other (wins from) random tournaments before this. Every game is going to be tough and we’re playing well so we’ve just got to keep playing like that.” Jones didn’t play at the Scotties last year. She instead represented Canada at the Sochi Games and won the gold medal. The top four teams at the end of round-robin play Friday morning will make the playoffs. Medal games are scheduled for Sunday.

The Knights of Columbus district free-throw champs include from left Alberto Paqualotto, 11, of St. Michael’s, Webster’s Laura Foyle, 12, Colon Voong, 13, St. Michael’s, Kai Birks, 12, from Glenmerry, Conner Nagle, 10, St. Michael’s, and Neme Okonkwo, 10, St. Michael’s. Missing is Arianne Day, 11, from Glenmerry.

PLAYOFF TIME!

Saints finish season on road FROM PAGE 10 Tied 3-3 midway through the frame, Selkirk forward Danny Vlanich was brought down on a shorthanded breakaway. He scored on the ensuing penalty shot to put the Saints ahead, and Tanner Lenting capped the scoring on a power-play minutes later to put the game out of reach. Procyshyn registered three assists in the game and Steven Glass made his first start for Selkirk since Nov. 30 and turned aside 16 shots to record his third straight BCIHL win. It was Eastern that took an early lead on Friday when Paxton Bell opened the scoring less than four minutes

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Matt Martin struck twice before the end of the second, while Edwards and MarcAntoine Guimond capped the scoring in the third. The Saints will head west to Victoria for games on Friday and Saturday against the Vikes. The first round of the playoffs begin on March 6 and the team that finishes second will host the league semi-final.

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Low water levels impact Arrow Lakes marina boats don’t become grounded and damAnyone taking a aged. The marina’s drive by the Columbia space depends on River and up towards water that is quickly the Arrow Lakes running out. should notice the “Our fishing derby’s drastically low water coming up on the 21st levels. and we might have These low levels to cancel it,” Imeson have taken an especialsaid. ly large toll on Scotties Fishers have already Marina, perhaps forsent in donations cing them to cancel for the 10th annual their annual fishing derby and prizes have derby. been purchased, so “We lost revenue, it’s sad to think the we’ve lost business. whole thing may fall People can’t access through, she said. their boats and they’re Finally, the marina getting scared,” said may have to disconmanager Debbie nect its floating gas Imeson. stock which provides “Now they’re pullgas to all the boats on ing those boats and the lake. Without that, don’t want to pay for the marina won’t be of their stalls.” much use. The decline in water The Imesons aren’t Chris Stedile photo levels is due to several only concerned for Scotties Marina is suffering from unusually low water levels in the Columbia River and Arrow Lakes. factors, including the their own marina’s Columbia River Treaty well-being but those the waters, said Lorne water so fast while els are unusual relative levels. dams, which hold back visiting the area on Imeson, who has been coming down,” Lorne to recent operations, “For example, spring runoff and then their own accord. working steady to said. similar or lower levels we have negotiallow set amounts of The biggest con- make sure the boats The Imesons occurred prior to and ated the smoothing water through BC and cern of all is safety for they house are all recently spent hun- including 2003 and of Columbia River into the US. those unfamiliar with attended to. dreds of thousands will remain within BC Treaty water releases “Say someone on renovations to the Hydro’s water licence across February and comes down at night, marina, including a range.” March with the US. BLACK PRODUCTIONS, TDAC & hits the sand bar that’s new dock. Furthermore, BC Additionally, we have SELKIRK COLLEGE OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PRESENT sticking up now. They BC Hydro insists Hydro said they have been [trying] to further could get thrown and the water levels will taken actions to pre- reduce releases from hurt, maybe killed. stay within their guide- vent the water from Arrow Lakes Reservoir They just ran out of lines: “While these lev- falling to even lower in February.” By Chris Stedile Castlegar News

BC Hydro explained they are releasing the allowed water just as they have every other year, but this year there has been less moisture. According to Hydro, as of Feb. 3 the Arrow Lakes Reservoir water level was 424.9 metres. It is expected to reach a minimum level in the range of 421.5 to 423.6 metres by Feb. 28 before starting to slowly fill in March. This is not good news for the marina. “There was no warning,” Imeson said. “I mean we get the same weekly email that everyone around here receives, saying what they have planned from Friday to Friday. But we didn’t get any warning in January, ‘Hey the water’s going to drop 20 feet.’” Imeson said there’s nothing they can do now but make sure

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A business license has been approved that will bring in new service to Golden. S&S Escort Services was approved for a license through the Town of Golden at the council meeting last Tuesday after Town staff sought legal advice regarding the nature of the new business venture. Council went into a closed meeting to discuss the matter, but in the end there was no debate given the fact that the municipality has no grounds to deny the application even if they wanted to. “The bottom line is we cannot refuse to issue the license,” said Jon Wilsgard, CAO for the Town

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of Golden. After consulting with the lawyers after the application was received, the Town received a response from Young Anderson Barristers & Solicitors stating: “Escort agencies and escort services are not illegal businesses under the Criminal Code. While some may have concerns about the morality of such businesses or a general distaste for them, a municipality cannot refuse to issue a business license on those bases.” Prostitution is legal in Canada, and since a Supreme Court of Canada ruling in 2013, prostitution-related activities such as living off the avails of prostitution are also legal. The specifics of the proposed business are not yet known. S&S Escort Services is owned by a Mr. Spratt, who operates the business out of his home in Savana, B.C., making it a “nonresidential business.” The town has issued him the license, however each individual “escort” operating here will also require a business license from the Town of Golden.

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to help those in need. Sadly, our family knows the importance of this from personal experience. -- Lawrence, Kan. Dear Lawrence: So many people are on waiting lists for organs, we hope our readers will consider living organ donation. People may not realize that they can donate one of their two kidneys, or even one of two lobes of their liver. They also can donate part of a lung, the pancreas or the intestines because the remaining portions stay fully functional. And finally, living donors can donate skin, bone, blood, marrow, blood stem cells and umbilical cord blood after childbirth

living with a man who says she is his “partner.” They just had a child. It turns out he is married to another woman, and they have a toddler. My daughter has fallen for the old line that he’ll marry her once his wife divorces him. Women should ask themselves what they get out of hooking up and shacking up. Nothing. If you want the best from a man, don’t settle for a lowclass bum who won’t commit. -- A Wiser Gramma Who Knows Men Dear Gramma: Your opinions have merit, but they are based on the ideas that all men lie to get women to sleep with them, and that women use sex as a lure for marriage. This isn’t necessarily true. Young women can enjoy sex as much as men do and don’t want to hold off until marriage, which nowadays may not happen until a woman is in her 30s, if it happens at all.

But you are absolutely right that if a woman wants a legal commitment, she should not be shacking up with a married man. And vice versa. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Logansport,” who complained about rude

people who talk during a recital. Several years ago, I attended a high school choir concert in which my nephew was performing. Two teenage girls in front of me kept talking. I passed them a note, and they stopped. Afterward, my

nephew said the entire choir wanted to know the contents of my note because they could all hear the girls while they were singing. The note simply read: “How rude of the choir to interrupt your conversation.” -Galesburg, Ill.

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and certain surgical procedures, such as hip or knee replacement. Organ donors are NOT charged, although sometimes there are other costs, such as travel expenses. For more information on organ donation, check out organdonor.gov. For financial assistance, contact livingdonorassistance.org. Dear Annie: When I was growing up, women’s magazines used to give advice on how to avoid being harmed by predatory men. Now they give advice on ways to please a man. There’s an old saying, “Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?” If women want to marry a good man and raise a family, they shouldn’t have sex until after marriage. When my daughter was 16, she asked whether it was OK to sleep with a man if he says he loves you. I said no, he would lose respect for her. She didn’t listen. Now she is

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Dear Annie: Please help me bring awareness and education about organ donation. There are thousands of people waiting for a transplant and hundreds of others awaiting replacement of a previously transplanted organ. Many organ recipients outlive the longevity of their transplant. Please tell your readers that living organ donors offer better longevity than organs from a cadaver donor. Finding donors promptly is also less expensive and much better health-wise. In recent years, a great deal has changed with transplants for both the recipient and living donors; i.e. kidney transplants are now being done laparoscopically, and recuperation for the donor now averages only two weeks. Potential recipients use every resource available, but don’t always find a match. Please ask your readers

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Someone older or more experienced might offer you good advice today. Quite likely, you can use this information to help you achieve future goals. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Discussions with bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs will be practical today. Basically, you might determine if you are heading in the direction you really want to go. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is an excellent day to study or finish paperwork or to write a book. Your powers of concentration are excellent, and you won’t mind doing routine proofing and editing, if necessary. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your thoughts about budgets and spending constraints, as well as reducing

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debt, are right on the money today! Someone with experience and knowledge might give you excellent advice about this. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might play the role of teacher for a partner or close friend today -- or vice versa; someone might act like a teacher for you. Older people will be especially helpful today. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This can be an extremely productive day at work for you, because you are motivated to work hard and you have the energy and endurance to follow through on your plans. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Serious discussions about sports-related issues will go well today. Listen to the advice of older, more experienced people, because they have something to offer. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) An older family relative

will have good input for you today. Discussions about home repairs and how to improve things in a family business (or at home) will be productive. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You are in a detailoriented frame of mind today, which is excellent for doing precision work. You also will be productive with boring, repetitious work, because you know what has

to be done. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) If shopping today, you will want to buy only longlasting, practical items. And you will look for sales and bargains. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Look around you with a critical eye today to see what needs to be changed, improved or corrected in your environment. Your

mind is on serious matters, which is a good thing. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Your ability to research anything is excellent today. You won’t overlook details, plus you have the powers of concentration that you will need. YOU BORN TODAY You are a fearless, competitive and love to break new ground. You work well on your own or in a team.

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2004 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX: 4dr hatchback, 5spd Turbo, winter and all season tires, $13,900 obo.

1995 CHEVROLET BERETTA SS: 2.2L, std, well-maintained, easy on gas, $2500 obo. 1997 CHEV LUMINA CAR: Ps/pb, air, good shape, good on gas, doesn’t burn oil, $1800. 1998 SUNFIRE GTX: 2 dr, auto, extra wheels, maintained, never broke down, 216,000kms, $1850obo. 1999 SUNFIRE: 212,000kms, white, 4 dr, 2 sets of tires w/rims, 5 spd, $2500obo. 2000 TOYOTA ECHO: 2dr, std, no rust, no accidents, runs great, $2650obo. Call Kara-Lee, 250-357-2135. 2002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE: 124,000kms, excellent shape, $3400 obo. 250-921-9154, after 7pm.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Trail Times

REgional Kaslo

Site of demolished fire hall to become community garden

The Nelson Star The lot where Kaslo’s fire hall once stood is expected to be turned into a garden, outdoor reading space, and home to a piece of public art. Village administrator Neil Smith told reporters it followed an online poll with more than 150 responses. Last year the village demolished its 1970s-era fire hall — adjacent to the

historic city hall — after the new fire hall opened next to the arena. “Council discussed over a number of months what to do with that space for the long-term,” Smith said. “There was a range of potential options but no desire to put a new building on it.” Several possibilities were presented on the village’s website, including a tour-

ism kiosk and parking lot. However, the most popular option, favoured by more than half of respondents, was a garden, followed by an outdoor reading area, and a piece of art. Council has decided to combine all three. “It wasn’t a detailed survey but council appeared to like the way those options floated to the top,” Smith said. “The feeling is although it’s

not a very large space, those three ideas should be incorporated into a concept design.” The village is now seeking a designer or landscape architect to come up with a preliminary drawing of what the space might look like. It has budgeted $1,000 for the contract, with more money expected to be allocated later. “We have a great deal of confidence

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The old Kaslo fire hall, seen above, was demolished last year. A garden, outdoor reading space, and piece of public art will take its place. the community has individuals who could more than do the job,” Smith said.

He said the project could get underway this year, but a lot of work on the stabiliza-

tion of city hall needs to be done first, so it may not begin until 2016.

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101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd. 200-3107 - 48th Ave. (250) 493-3800 (250) 542-3000

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KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road (250) 860-2600

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PENTICTON

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KELOWNA

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215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall (250) 377-8007

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Trail Times

local Two Kootenay views from a sunny Sunday

Photos by Jim Bailey (left) and Guy Bertrand (above)

Sunday’s sunshine was a perfect opportunity to explore the great outdoors right in our own backyard. Left; a fly fisherman casts along the shores of the Columbia River near Beaver Creek. Meanwhile, (above) at the top of Grey Mountain, one skier’s view of the iconic Old Glory, the tallest mountain in the Rossland Mountain Range reaching almost 2,400 metres at its peak.

The Local Experts™

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Custom-built, high-end timber frame home at Redstone. Features high ceilings, timber frame accents, huge windows, and amazing views. The kitchen is gorgeous, the decks are amazing and the bathrooms are deluxe! Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing. Call Richard (250) 368-7897

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770 Tennyson Ave., Warfield

$235,000

Warfield Charmer! This 3 bedroom home offers lots of space and main floor laundry. Central air-conditioning and electric fireplace add to comfort. Great parking with paved driveway and double carport. Low maintenance exterior with vinyl siding, steel roof, low maintenance yard. Quick possession possible. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

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Beautifully upgraded. You will love the kitchen, lots of storage, stainless steel appliances, and wood flooring. The charming dining room has french doors to large deck. Living room and dining rooms also have wood flooring. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

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3569 Highway Drive, Trail

$230,000

This home has had many upgrades including furnace, electrical, windows, stainless steel appliances and newer roof. Three bdrms on the main with a partially finished basement. Very close to the school. Call your REALTOR® today for a viewing! Call Christine (250) 512-7653

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Tonnie Stewart

250-365-9665

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Mary Martin 250-231-0264

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Richard Daoust 250-368-7897

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Trail

1872 Daniel Street ......$52,000 Approximate Mortgage Payment $218.60

901 Thackeray St., Warfield

$219,000

Nicely renovated home! Everything has been done in the last few years including roof, furnace, kitchen, bathroom, insulation, appliances and paint. Call today. Call Christine (250) 512-7653

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Trail

1463 Bay Ave, Downtown Trail

For Lease

Updated and very clean space in downtown core. Security system, air conditioned, and great access to bring in large items. In an area of long standing businesses with good foot traffic. Call Art (250) 368-8818t

685 Forrest Dr., Warfield

$159,000

SOLID HOME! 2 bdrm 1 bath cozy Warfield home walking distance to Webster Elementary. Bright living room, upgraded windows, large rec room, ample storage and a workshop. Fenced, level lot, u/g sprinklers and a covered carport! Terry (250) 231-1101

2 bdrm upper floor of house ................................. $800/mo Great rentals available now! If you have a property you would like professionally managed, call to set up an appointment. Terry Alton 250-231-1101 Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665

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Deanne Lockhart 250-231-0153

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Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665

425 3rd Avenue, Rivervale

$287,000

1274 Paquette Drive, Trail Seller motivated! Ultimate executive rancher! Like new 3 bed/3 bath home with open floor plan custom kitchen, fireplace, 3-car garage and much more!! Call your REALTOR® today! The seller says get it SOLD! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

250-231-2710

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$529,000

Bill Craig

28 150 Tamarac Ave ...$69,000 (mobile on pad) Approximate Mortgage Payment $290.06 #

2 bdrm renovated upper suite ................................. $800/mo 3 bdrm renovated house ................................. $750/mo 2 bdrm renovated upper suite ................................. $750/mo

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Fruitvale

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Mary Amantea

250-521-0525

439 Rossland Avenue ..$68,000 Approximate Mortgage Payment $285.86 2164 Daniel Street ......$87,500 Approximate Mortgage Payment $367.83

83 Perdue Street, Trail

$159,000

Immaculate 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home close to all amenities. Located near the bocce pits. Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

For additional information and photos on all of our listings, please visit

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ON THE RIVER! Beautifully updated home with open floor plan allowing you to take full advantage of the fantastic views. You will love the kitchen and wood burning stove. Patio doors to large deck, above ground pool, and hot tub. 1 bdrm on main and 2 down. Ready to move in and enjoy. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Art Forrest

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Christine Albo 250-512-7653

christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss

250-231-4522

dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan Powell Christina Lake 250-442-6413

powelldanielk@gmail.com