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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO

Towns saving cash from lack of snow

HAZARDOUS CLEANUP

Roads and streets bare after unusually warm and dry February

BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff

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A worker from Grayhawks Industries carefully picks up debris to put in sealed bags as the process of demolishing a home on Riverside Ave. in Trail began this week. The City of Trail purchased the house and needed experts to remove hazardous materials before it will be demolished in a controlled fire by Regional Fire Services next week.

FRUITVALE COUNCIL NOTES

Village backs society’s weeding plan

BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

At Monday's council meeting, Fruitvale councillors made the decision to support the Beaver Valley Blooming Society (BVBS) in its efforts to reduce the amount of weeding the group does around the village.

Holly Gordon of the society presented a request to council asking for a letter of endorsement to accompany the group's grant applications.

“What we want to do is cut down on our work,” she told council, adding that the members of the society are aging and can't do as much manual work on the landscaping.

“Our knees are going and we are

all getting older, but it's (the village’s) property and we need permission to go ahead.”

The BVBS plans to start at the Fruitvale Memorial Hall by digging up the surrounding area and laying down landscape cloth to prevent weeds from growing up through the limestone rock that blankets the area.

The society is applying for a $5,000 grant from the Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs for the project. If their application is successful, the BVBS will also receive a matched grant for another $5,000 from Area A. The only hurdle the society faced was getting permission from council.

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“We need a letter from council in order to proceed,” said Gordon, adding that the group also wants to spray certain areas with fertilizer.

“We also need a waiver for spraying, which we will be doing with an iron chelate spray – Fiesta. It is organic and isn’t considered a herbicide.”

Lila Cresswell, chief administrative officer, mentioned the only thing the village would have to contribute was a few man hours to move the parking barriers at the hall.

Council concluded that it would happily support the BVBS in its grant applications and passed a motion to write a letter and supply a spray waiver.

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Typically there's about 10 centimetres of snow left to clear this time of year. But an unusually sunny and dry February has roads and sidewalks bare and city snow plows tucked away until next winter.

That means a bit of savings in the snow removal budget for the next time the area has a dump of snow.

But it also means spring clean-up costs have crept up sooner than usual.

The short winter has the City of Trail saving about $50,000 from its $560,000 annual budget for winter crews, sanding and snow removal.

While it is difficult to ascertain money saved due to lack of snow, Patrick Gauvreau, Trail's roads and grounds superintendent, says at the end of the day, what does reduce costs is not having to hire flaggers, contractors and seasonal employees for the purpose of snow removal.

He explained that each complete downtown snow removal costs the city about $15,000.

Last season, there were four occasions for the job. This year, workers only needed to be on site twice to clear the downtown core, which adds up to a savings of approximately $30,000.

Additionally, two of the city's seasonal employees were laid off early, which amounts to about $10,000 saved on wages.

But the early snow melt has public works performing other tasks unseasonably early.

“With our crews performing sweeping instead of plowing over the last couple of weeks, this translates to roughly $10,000 per week that is being charged to our sweeping account instead of our snow removal account,” Gauvreau clarified.

“This (lack of snow) doesn't mean the city saves any money since we still have to pay all our employees for 40 hours of work each week,” he added.

Surrounding communities also report a reduction in labour costs related to snow removal, though the savings have been offset by other seasonal duties.

From Warfield's $86,000 annual budget, labour costs were down 10 per cent since the previous season, noted Vince Morelli, the village's chief administrative officer (CAO).

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Making use of competition

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ridge would be much simpler if every time one had points, the opponents stayed quiet. First of all, that is never going to happen, therefore one has to learn to make the best of it. Secondly, one must do the same back to the opponents when one can.

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Competition adds a bid not available when the opponents are passing, the cuebid. The beginner bridge warren player will often bid the opponPlay Bridge ent’s suit to tell his partner he has an opening hand and five cards in opponent’s suit. The advancing player learns to defend when he had length in the opponent’s suit. One would not want to warn the opponents they have a bad break, and one certainly does not want to create the problem of where to play the hand for oneself.

So one bids the opponent’s suit when they are lacking that suit. One of the most common uses of the cuebid is the invitational cuebid. It shows at least three-card support and a limit raise or better. Partner goes to three of the major if he needs more than a limit raise, and partner passes with a bare limit raise.

The bidding: South, with 14 HCP’s, opens One Heart and West makes a vulnerable one-level overcall. He could not have any less for that bid, therefore the lead direction is fine.

North has the same hand as in a previous column on the Law with the same total strength and shape, except

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two honours have been moved to the diamond suit. It was only a simple raise because the Jack of diamonds was a singleton Jack of clubs and the Queen of diamonds was the Queen of the opponent’s suit, spades.

With those changes, a simple raise becomes a limit raise, and North makes a two spade cuebid. East doubles the cuebid, telling partner it is okay to lead the suit.

South is happy to go to game and loses two spades to make Five Hearts.

The hand is fairly straightforward as long as South ruffs two clubs in dummy before drawing a third round of trump if the trump split 3-1. They are in fact 2-2 so the declarer can draw trump and take two diamond finesses.

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Local

Hall rental fees studied

FROM PAGE 1 In other council matters, members were split in half when it came to supporting a nomination for Joseph Cecchini, a skeleton racer from Fruitvale, for the Home of Champions monument in downtown Trail.

Council received a letter from Lisa Pasin, president of the Greater Trail Home of Champions Society (GTHCS), requesting nominations for the monument and mayor Patricia Cecchini, who was absent from the meeting, put forth her son’s name for his work representing Canada and Italy in skeleton – a winter sled racing event.

Coun. James Ellison was against the idea because the athlete wasn’t currently representing Canada in competition.

“I started to look into this and I looked at the 142 people who are already up on the monument,” he told council. “I went through about 60 of them and they all competed on behalf of Canada, not on behalf of Italy. I’ve read his bio.”

Coun. Bert Kniss also disagreed with supporting the nomination, but for a different reason.

“I don’t have a problem with his qualifications at all,” he said. “I am concerned about how this will appear to people if it is Fruitvale’s council endorsing the mayor’s son.

I think it would hold more weight coming from his friends or somebody outside of council nominates him.”

Councillors Steve Morissette and Tabatha Webber disagreed and when a vote was taken, it ended in a 2-2 tie. Cresswell mentioned that it was likely another community group would be putting forth a nomination for Cecchini.

Under the Community Charter and the Local Government Act, a tie vote leads to a negative result, and the motion to support the nomination died.

Next on the agenda, policy

surrounding the rental fees for Fruitvale Memorial Hall was up for discussion.

Cresswell revealed that the hall has a lower cost recovery percentage than Montrose because of the cleaning and maintenance costs the village incurs are higher than the fees it collects.

The village also received a complaint from the local Lions Club about its fee being reduced only 15 per cent while the local Rotary has its rental fees reduced by 81 per cent.

Councillors discussed their options around creating policy that would be equal and allow the village to break even on hall expenses.

Coun. Ellison suggested that fees get increased over a period of time, lowering the impact on clubs that use the facility.

“Let’s say we doubled the (Rotary’s $26 rental fee) this year, and you eventually want to get up to $115 to rent a room,” he said.

“Charging the Rotary Club $60 isn’t outlandish. They can carry that for a couple of years, then maybe another $25 added in a few years, that kind of thing.”

Coun. Webber wants the fee schedule to be fair to all groups using the space, adding that the rental charges the village collects have to be at least enough to cover the cleaning cost.

“The deductions for the social groups need to be the same – fair,” she said, adding that a percentage discount may be the way to go. “But, it should at least cover the cleaning costs of rooms. We shouldn’t be getting taxpayers to pay that.”

It was decided, after a lengthy discussion, to ask Cresswell to put together a breakdown of what it costs the village to run the hall versus what they were charging renters. The breakdown will be presented and discussed at the next Committee of the Whole meeting on March 16 at 6:30 p.m.

RCMP warns against tax scams

By Times Staff It is that dreaded time of year when taxes are filed and officers from the Trail RCMP Crime Prevention Office (CPO) want ratepayers to be on the lookout for tax scams.

Police are warning people in the area to steer clear of emails that look like they are from the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) and especially don't open attachments or click links within the email.

The CRA does not contact taxpayers through email and wouldn't request information they should already have.

“Typically, these messages advise the recipient that they have qualified

for a tax refund and need to click a link to enter their information,” wrote Gordon Sims from the CPO in Trail. “The link takes the person to a bogus website and requires the visitor to enter personal identification.”

Sims also wants those who do their taxes online to be careful and guard against identity theft.

“If you are doing your own taxes online, don't use a public wireless connection,” he wrote. “Even the latest wireless security encryption standards can be risky, so use a wired connection..”

Anyone with questions regarding the CRA should call 1-800-959-8281 to verify the request.

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Public works crews are busy around town Tuesday taking advantage of the unseasonal weather to get a jump on spring cleaning.

February uncommonly warm FROM PAGE 1 He added that the finally tally this year depends on whether the area has a significant snowfall next winter.

Fruitvale reports a $21,000 difference in costs the first two months of this year compared to last; and close to $15,000 less from October to December in 2014 from the previous year.

However, the overall amount is lessened by additional winter duties required to keep roads and walks safe.

“Although plowing charges may be down, the cost of hauling is fairly consistent,” explained CAO Lila Cresswell. “And the costs for sanding and salting are actually up $10,000 over last year with more freeze/ thaw cycles. So the savings is reduced by

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City staff from Rossland was not available to provide information about the city’s snow removal budget.

February was 3 C above mean, which is not a range that is commonly seen for any month of the year, according to local forecaster Jesse Ellis from the Castlegar weather office.

“Typically, it’s hard for the temperature mean to stray that far from normal,” he explained.

“This year was unusual with no snow on the ground in the valleys for this time of year. I had a look over the last 15 years, and this is only the third time since 2000 that we’ve been snow free (in the valley) by the end of February.

Usually we have 10 cm of snow or more.”

The combination of mild temperatures, significant rainfall early in the month, and roughly half the normal amount of snowfall allowed Castlegar to remain snow free on the ground since Feb. 8, he added.

Although the month was warmer than usual, the highest temperature, 12.2 C only neared the record high, 14.3 C, recorded on Feb. 28 four years ago.

While there is no precipitation forecast this week, Ellis said a cool and dry Arctic air mass could dip temperatures into the -10 C range over the next

few days.

Going into the weekend, a mix of sun and clouds is expected with a possible sprinkling of rain, he added.

As spring break nears, the general trend of slightly above seasonal temperatures is predicted to return for the last two weeks of March.

“It’s looking like a change in pattern toward the end of next week,” Ellis noted.

“But things change on a daily basis especially in spring and fall when longer range models tend to fall apart a little quicker than they do in the core of winter and summer.”

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Provincial

Province aims for legal changes to target highway’s left-lane huggers

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

The left-lane-hugging road hog seems to be a species that particularly flourishes

in B.C. It can often be seen trailing a line of vehicles on the highway, or cutting across lanes of traffic on right turns to get to its pre-

ferred habitat.

Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Minister Todd Stone says he’s spent time in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario, and this

inappropriate love of the left lane seems unique to the Left Coast. So he’s looking at legal changes to make it easier to

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enforce the practice of keeping the left lane open for passing.

Stone told reporters the issue came up often in last year’s rural speed limit review.

“One of the key things we heard from British Columbians all around the province was this frustration with left-lane hogs, people who tend to camp out in the left lane and seem to think that the left lane and right lane are there to serve the same purposes,” Stone said.

“They’re not.”

One result of that review is a new road

sign to replace the “slower traffic keep right” and “keep right except to pass” wording used in B.C. “Keep right – let others pass” with a graphic is the new design and it seems to be having some educational effect, Stone said.

Accident studies have shown that frustrated drivers following too closely or passing on the right are risk factors. Premier Christy Clark said the problem should be dealt with, but she added a caution.

“I think we should go a little bit easy

sometimes on the folks who are in the left hand lane going a little bit slow,” Clark said. “I think about my 75-year-old mother driving down the road, and sometimes she’s in the wrong lane, and it might be really frustrating for the people behind her.

But we should try to be respectful and civil about that.”

Stone declined to give specifics about what legislative changes are coming. Police told the ministry last year the existing law isn’t clear and tickets can be overturned.

Penticton

City contemplates nudist beach

By Steve Kidd

Penticton Western News

Local naturists have reason to hope that they will have an official clothing optional beach to sunbathe on this summer.

After debate, Penticton city council voted to direct staff to investigate installing signage to control clothing optional usage of the beach or installing landscaping that would segregate usages, such as a clos-

ing optional area.

All six councillors voted in favour of this option, with Mayor Andrew Jakubeit making it unanimous, albeit reluctantly.

“That’s unanimous, I guess,” said Jakubeit as he counted votes.

Jakubeit had also wanted to include investigating relocating the clothing optional beach. “I do have some reservations. We have two lakes and lots of beach access. I think

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Interim city manager Chuck Loewen said he expects a report will be available at the first regular council meeting in April.

Three Mile Beach has a long history as Penticton’s unofficial beach, but that usage became a subject of controversy last year after a local landowner closed access through his property to a secluded portion of the beach. Naturists began both moving to a more public area of the beach and protesting the closure of the other section of the beach.

A delegation of nearby residents came before council in February 2015 to request council take action to end the clothing optional usage.

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National

Feds quietly canvass provinces for climate change measures ahead of Paris talks Aglukkaq would not agree to an interview on the subject over the last month and her office provided no additional details. Nor is it yet certain the federal government will meet the March 31 deadline set by the Paris conference organizers.

But with the Conservatives under pressure for refusing to regulate the oil and gas sector - the country’s fastestgrowing source of greenhouse gas emissions - federal-provincial co-operation may be Ottawa’s only way to save face on the world stage.

Countries participating in COP21, as December’s UN climate conference is known, have been asked to relay their “intended nationally determined contributions” this month. These will serve as a starting point for negotiations that are supposed to conclude with a successor to the 2009 Copenhagen Accord.

Under the Copenhagen agreement, the Harper government committed Canada to cut greenhouse gas emissions 17 per cent below 2005 levels by

By Bruce Cheadle

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA - Canada’s contribution to a major United Nations climate change conference later this year will be heavily dependent on actions by provincial and territorial governments.

Provincial governments confirm Environment Canada has been collecting greenhouse-gas reduction measures from across the country as the federal government works toward an end-of-March deadline to ante up for the summit in Paris.

“Canada is actively preparing its intended nationally determined contribution,” a spokesman for Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said in a recent email.

“As this is a national contribution, the provinces and territories hold many levers for taking action on emissions, so the minister is seeking feedback from her counterparts on how initiatives in their jurisdictions will factor into Canada’s overall commitment.”

the year 2020 - a national target even Environment Canada has concluded won’t be met.

However, some of Canada’s biggest provinces are meeting or exceeding their own goals for GHG reductions and are increasingly taking matters into their own hands. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard was in France this week where French President Francois Hollande publicly stated he would “ensure that Quebec is not only present, but also that it has the opportunity to make its voice heard,” at the climate conference.

There’s been “a real shift in where the energy is,” ever since B.C., Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec were among a group of subnational governments who met on the sidelines of a climate conference in Lima, Peru, last December, said Glen Murray, Ontario’s minister of environment and climate change.

The premiers will meet next month in Quebec City at the invitation of Couillard to discuss climate change and a national energy strategy.

Manitoba

‘Drunken stupidity:’ attempted-murder charges dropped attempted-murder charges against Michael Shindruk and Kelly-Ross Gratton were dropped, and they instead pleaded guilty to several weapons offences.

The transcript obtained by the Winnipeg Free Press is from a provincial court appearance by the men in Powerview, Man., last year.

“This is outrageous,” Judge Tim Preston said.

“That kind of behaviour is scary and dangerous.”

“I’m just glad I’m alive,” the victim told the Free Press days after the frightful encounter. “I was sitting in that bush thinking I was going to die.”

The man had recently started working at a rock quarry near Bissett while he completed his stud-

THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG - Two Manitoba men say it was “drunken stupidity” that led them to confront a frightened Winnipeg university student in the woods.

A 24-year-old geology major spent several hellish hours in June 2013 thrashing through swamps and forest near Bissett, about 250 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

The student, who does not want to be identified, said he believed he was running for his life.

He was asleep when he awoke to bright lights from a truck shining into his camper.

Two strangers acting bizarrely said they were crystal-meth runners and told him they had a dead prostitute in the back.

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ies. He said his ordeal started when he was awoken just after midnight.

Shindruk, 34, and Gratton, 44, were slurring their speech and their eyes were bloodshot. They said they were on the run from police.

“They were talking all kinds of gibberish.

At one point they told him they had a dead hooker in the back of their truck,” Crown attorney Liz Laite told court during the men’s sentencing hearing.

She said the false admission prompted the victim to run into the woods and led to a “ridiculous” police investigation.

Court heard there was no cellphone reception and the student soon heard gunshots he believed were aimed at him. He described how several bullets whizzed by his head.

“They said they were shooting at a skunk,” Laite said.

The two accused had spent the day drinking and fishing and had only stopped to relieve themselves when they encountered the student in the bush.

He didn’t know any of that and spent hours hiding until he finally flagged down a vehicle on the highway around 5 a.m.

Police quickly iden-

tified the two accused, who were well-known in the area for their drunken antics, and arrested them.

“It was out of character, it was taking a joke too far,” Gratton told court.

Shindruk spent six months in custody before he was granted bail and sentenced to time served. He was fined $3,000 and put on probation for two years.

Gratton spent about a month behind bars and was given two years of probation.

“What happened on this particular night was inexcusable and regrettable,” said defence lawyer Darren Sawchuk.

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These modifications and upgrades will result in more efficient circulation of the City’s water supply and will also increase reservoir (Green Gables) capacity from 65% to 100%. We apologize for any inconvenience and we thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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Vancouver’s campaign spending contagion spreading fast

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he returns are in and some of the 2014 local election campaign spending isn’t pretty.

But first a quick peek at some of the spending by the ‘distant cousins’ that seems to have been lost in the feeding frenzy over those candidate returns.

More than 100 organizations registered with Elections B.C. as thirdparty sponsors. There were the customary civic-minded groups and others with a bit of self-interest at stake.

A few dropped some serious coin.

The Vancouver Elementary School Teachers’ Association spent $67,234, not including its $44,500 in donations of which $17,500 went to Vision Vancouver.

The Bowen Island Improvement Association spent $2,853, West Vancouver Citizens for Good Government spent $8,402 and a Better City Vancouver Association spent $9,424.

Woodfibre LNG spent $18,248 in Squamish or the equivalent of $1.43 for every eligible voter. The limit in the provincial rid-

ing that includes Squamish – West Vancouver-Sea to Sky – is $3,200 or 8.4 cents per voter.

Didn’t work out so well for Woodfibre though.

Patricia Heintzman spent all of $11,842 to win the mayor’s chair, defeating the more LNG-friendly incumbent Rob Kirkham.

Based on its attempt to minimize the scope of its missive after the fact, Kamloops-based Ajax Mining must have ruffled a few feathers with a letter it sent out during the campaign. In a blog post, the company claimed that it had been sent to “a group of Ajax supporters.”

At a cost of $8,605 that was either one very large group or one very long letter.

Didn’t work out so well for the mine either when the results came in.

The Silverado Group of Companies wasn’t exactly ‘hi ho silver’ on the city administration in Courtenay. The company spent $7,810 on ads and it wasn’t on what could be described as a ‘feel good’ message.

And then, of course, there was the spending by

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the municipal parties and candidates themselves.

Vancouver can always be counted on for the shock numbers and it didn’t disappoint. Vision Vancouver spent a record $3.4 million and the NPA $2.1 million.

Looked at from another perspective: Vision Vancouver spent more than twice the legal limit for a municipal party running a full-slate of candidates in Montreal; a city with more than twice the number of voters than Vancouver and more than three times the number of positions up for grabs.

It’s why the B.C. government likes to say this is all a Vancouver problem. But it’s not.

Across the Patullo

Bridge, Surrey First dropped $1.178 million on its campaign. Had Montreal’s limit of $1.50 per voter applied, the cap would have been set at $480,120 and that’s before taking into account the difference in the number of elected positions between the two cities.

With a bit of help from his friends, including the B.C. Liberal party (Richmond East) that donated $375 and the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation that rolled the dice for $6,025, Malcolm Brodie spent $140,990 on his re-election bid in Richmond.

Brodie’s spending works out to about $1.14 per voter.

In Manitoba, his cap would have been set at $53,395 or roughly 43 cents a voter.

Or consider the big spenders vying for the top job in Abbotsford, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Prince George, Saanich, Vernon and Victoria.

All but one of the 15 candidates – Vernon’s new mayor Akbal Mund – exceeded the spending limits in place in Quebec and all but two exceeded the limits in Manitoba.

So much for it being a Vancouver problem.

How the parties spent their moolah also says something about their campaign approach.

Vision Vancouver spent $784,000 on salaries and $173,000 on rent, while the NPA spent $100,000 on salaries and $19,000 on rent.

Vision was the big advertiser of the campaign spending $1.2 million, including $518,555 on radio and TV ads. The NPA spent $786,000 on advertising.

Ironically, for a party obsessed with message control, Vision spent $114,500 on research and polling, compared to the $640,730 spent by the NPA. Something that jumps out when looking at cities that have spending limits in place: voter turnout.

In Richmond it was 32.4 per cent last November, in Winnipeg it was 50.2 per cent.

And in Toronto – at more than 60 per cent – voter turnout in last October’s civic election was higher than the turnout in B.C.’s 2013 general election.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

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PEOPLE Social media campaign reunites Comox grandmother with her family keepsake

By Terry Farrell Comox Record

A Comox lady has her beloved elementary school desk back, thanks to the efforts of the Comox Valley Record Facebook followers.

Dianne Murray came to the Record office on Friday afternoon, heartbroken.

A family keepsake had gone missing.

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Dianne Murray has her beloved elementary school desk back, thanks to a social media campaign.

She was having her apartment painted and an “all-in-one” type of desk (desk and seat used in elementary schools) was put outside, into the apartment hallway. It was mistaken for a donation to the St. Joseph’s General Hospital Cottage Thrift Shop and was taken to the hospital.

By the time Murray could get to the thrift store, the desk had already been sold.

“My children and my grandchildren used that desk, and now my great grandchildren don’t have it to play on,” she told The Record on Friday afternoon. “I don’t know what to do. I feel awful.”

The Record social media team knew exactly what to do.

A picture of Murray,

looking at a picture of the desk, was posted to Facebook Friday night, with an appeal to all Record Facebook friends for shares and likes.

By Monday morning the thread had been shared more than 750 times and had reached an audience of 42,000 people - including one Eileen Tamemoto.

“I was passing by (the thrift store) and saw it sitting there,” said Tamemoto of how she originally came across the desk. “I figured, ‘hey I could do something with that’.

It wasn’t a big deal, not like I needed it.

My son was (harassing me) for bringing it home so I decided I would see how much it was worth. I Googled it and the (Facebook) page came up and I read the story.”

She then called the Record and was given Murray’s phone number. Tamemoto dropped the desk off Tuesday morning.

When Murray found out about how the community took her story to heart, she was momentarily at a loss for words.

“Wow. Just wow,” she said. “That is amazing. It’s nice.

It’s not bad news. It’s something soft and caring and it makes you feel good. It’s nice to know that people realized how much this (desk) means to me and they were willing to help me find it. I’m so glad I got it back.”

“Absolutely amazing,” said Murray’s daughter, Kelly Brimacombe. “It kind of restores your faith.

I got the feeling from people who were sending me messages over the weekend that they really cared. It’s kind of refreshing.”

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here has been a great worry about their safety. It deal in the news over is a duty of a government the past few weeks to address this concern in a about C-51, the govern- responsible manner, and not ment’s news Anti-Terrorism to play on the “fear factor”.

Act. It is another one in a As our Leader Tom Mulcair series of omnibus bills and stated, “The Prime Minister contains 62 pages covering is telling Canadians they everything from expanding need to choose between their the mandate of the Canadian security and their rights – Security Intelligence Service that safety and freedom are (CSIS) to mutually excluallowing police sive.

Instead to seize terrorof putting forist propaganda ward concrete while making it measures to easier to share make Canadians information safer and probetween govtect freedoms ernment departConservatives MP ALEX ments. have put polOn the suritics over prinface, it appears ciple and introfairly clear: we duced a bill that Keeping House are faced with a is dangerously terrorist threat. vague and likely C-51 will make our country a ineffective.” safer place.

In the 1960s and 1970s, The reality, however, is not the RCMP had been engaged that simplistic. I have been in illegal disruptive activities. monitoring what the main- The McDonald Commission stream media have been say- was created and CSIS was ing about this piece of legis- established to collect and analation and have learned that lyze information and produce there is a lot of concern about intelligence about potential the threat to our rights and national security threats to freedoms.

Canada. Now, with C-51, CSIS As Campbell Clark stated will be allowed to engage in in his Globe and Mail Op-ed: this type of activity and do “Two things are clear: First legally what the RCMP had the Conservatives think this been doing illegally. This bill will help them win an elec- should be of great concern to tion, and second, they don’t all Canadians want people to understand it.

Those of us that recall That’s a bad combination for a the War Measures Act of bill that will change things in 1970, remember the sweepsecret, in ways we won’t know ing powers it gave the police. for years.”

Hundreds of innocent people In spite of the fact that the were arrested, interrogated two tragic deaths of Canadian and detained as a result. This service men were not directly must not happen ever again. related to a “terrorist plot” History, as we know, is full against Canada, the govern- of examples of irresponsible ment has justified C-51 using leaders rallying their citizens the threat of a Jihadist inva- by exaggerating threats to sion. If we recall, the indi- their security. As a former viduals who murdered our CSIS officer, Francois Lavigne two soldiers were mentally states, “Some of these tactics deranged fanatics with no con- are taken right out of the nection to any international fascist playbook. Create an terrorist organization. enemy that is hard to idenCanadians have a right to tify. Make it an enemy that is

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Just identify. Generate fear around that enemy. Then, send out the message that the only people who can deal with this enemy are us.”

The Conservatives have defined the “enemy” and are ramming legislation through that is supposedly going to protect us. They have limited debate at Second Reading and are only allowing 3 meetings at Committee to hear witnesses.

To put this in context, after Sept 11, 2001, the Liberal government held 10 Committee sessions and heard from 80 witnesses before passing major anti-terrorism legislation. (I find it hard to understand why the Liberals have given unconditional support to C-51).

I must say that I am proud of my party’s principled stand opposing this bill.

We believe that C-51: Threatens our way of life by asking Canadians to choose between their security and their freedoms; Was not developed in consultation with other parties, all of whom recognize the real threat of terrorism and support effective, concrete measures to keep Canadians safe; Irresponsibly provides CSIS with a sweeping new mandate without equally increasing oversight; Contains definitions that are broad, vague and threaten to lump legitimate dissent together with terrorism; and Does not include the type of concrete, effective measures that have been proven to work, such as working with communities on measures to counter radicalization of youth.

It is my opinion that this ideologically driven piece of legislation is a very real threat to our rights and freedoms.

Alex Atamanenko is the MP for BC Southern Interior

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BY TIMES STAFF The Black Jack laden BC Nordic team topped off its week at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George with a podium finish on Saturday.

Four of the five BC Nordic team members - Colin Ferrie, Julien Locke, David Palmer and Geoffrey Richards - are from the Black Jack ski team and those four skiers would team up on Saturday to win bronze in the final event of the competition, the Team Relay.

The 4X5-kilometre event saw the B.C. Team finish in 49 minutes, 50.1 seconds, just behind Ontario and Quebec teams that took first and second place respectively in the relay in 48:14.90 and 48:58.40.

The finish follows Colin Ferrie’s gold medal performance in the men’s 1.5 km classic sprint on Tuesday, and Rossland’s David Palmer bronze medal win in Thursday’s 15 kilometre free-ski, in which teammate Geoffrey Richards placed fourth.

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Canada Winter Games on Saturday by winning another 12 medals including, two gold, six silver, and four bronze, bringing the

host province’s total medal count to 88.

BC finishes in third place with 22 gold, 33 silver, and 33 bronze, while Quebec topped

the standing with 141 medals, 62 gold, 39 silver and 40 bronze, and Ontario came second with 112 medals, 47-40-25.

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Buchy takes Kootenay zone

BY TIMES STAFF Kimberley’s Tom Buchy rink won the Mixed Kootenay Curling Playdown at the Trail Curling Club on Sunday.

The three-time B.C. Mixed champion held off a determined Tom Shypitka team from Cranbrook to advance to the provincials after a 9-5 win in the final match of the playdown.

Shypitka, a two-time Men’s provincial champion, started the competition hot, beating the Myron Nichol rink from Castlegar 6-4 in the opening draw. Shypitka then faced Buchy’s rink and down 3-2 in

the sixth, Shypitka would draw for one to tie it in the sixth, then steal in seven and eight for the 5-3 victory.

After Buchy dispatched Nichol 5-2, he faced Shypitka in the elimination match.

With a win Saturday night, the Cranbrook foursome comprised of skip Shypitka, third Lynn Lee, second Steve Termette, and lead Tracy Amy, would advance to the provincials, but Buchy jumped out to a 5-1 lead and would cruise to a 6-3 victory in seven ends, forcing the rubber match on Sunday.

In a contest marked by

deliberate and thoughtful play, the game was tied 3-3 in the fourth, but the Buchy rink would count two in the fifth end to go up 5-3. Shypitka would cut the lead to one in the sixth, but the Kimberley rink would score one in the seventh and steal three in the eighth end for the 9-5 victory.

The Buchy foursome, comprised of Lori Buchy third, second Dave Toffolo, and lead Robyn Toffolo, won the Mixed provincial championship in 2006, 2010, and 2012 and will look for its fourth title at the B.C. Mixed Curling championship in Kelowna Mar. 19-22.

It took another overtime thriller, but the Beaver Valley Nitehawks came out on top again, beating the Castlegar Rebels in Game 1 of the Neil Murdoch division final 3-2 on Monday at the Hawks’ Nest.

The Nitehawks threw everything they had at Patrick Zubick, but the Rebel goalie repelled the Hawks attack through much of the third period and first overtime with several superlative saves.

The game looked destined for a second overtime period, until David Nemes jumped off the bench and sped intot he play, just as Kyle Hope gained control of the puck deep in the Rebels zone.

“I just hopped on the ice, and I saw my linemate Hopey do a tight turn, and I was wide open, and called for it and that was that,” said Nemes after the game.

Hope feathered a perfect pass to Nemes, as he stepped over the blue line, and fired it over Zubick’s blocker with 70 seconds remaining in the first OT to give the Hawks the victory.

“We’ve played pretty well all playoffs,” said Hawks assistant coach Jim Ingram. “The first periods have been fairly tough for us, and we played okay this first period but we seem to get better as the games go on.

It’s unfortunate that we’re going to overtime in some of these games where we’re doing a lot of good things and then making a mistake, and again, in the playoffs it seems when those mistakes happen the other team capitalizes. It’s tough but at the same time we sure have a good feel about us.”

Ross Armour got the Hawks on the board on the power play, after Lyle Frank’s point shot somehow squeezed through Zubick and trickled to the ice for Armour to bang in at 13:28 of the first. The Rebels countered four minutes later when Linden Calliou jumped on a loose puck at the side of the net and beat Carson Schamerhorn to tie it.

But Spencer McLean would restore the Hawks lead in the second period, taking a Mitch Foyle cross-crease pass and wiring it high glove side on Zubick at 13:19.

As expected, the game was a physical match that almost boiled over in the middle frame when a centre-ice scrum saw three players from each team sent off for rough-

ing.

The Hawks continued to press outshooting Castlegar 15-7 in the period, but one-too-many passes resulted in missed opportunities and had the crowd shouting “shoot!” with growing gusto through much of the remainder of the game.

“It’s a little frustrating, but having said that, I love the way that we moved the puck,” said Ingram. “It was crisp and clean, and we haven’t done that really well for some time, so to see us moving the puck as well as we did, it was super encouraging.”

Castlegar would draw even in the third when Dawson Haines jumped on a rebound from an Ed Lindsey point shot and stepped around Schamerhorn before firing it into the open net with 12:58 to play.

The Nitehawks pressed hard as time wound down, but Zubick would rob Brayden Horcoff in close, and Hope wired a slapshot off the crossbar with six minutes remaining for the game to remain deadlocked.

The Hawks would get a power play chance late when Nick Headrick was sent off for hooking with 2:10 left in regulation, but Zubick again would steal a sure goal from McLean on the doorstep, and the Rebels would kill the penalty and force OT. Zubick seemed unbeatable in the overtime making highlight reel save after save, until Nemes finally solved the Rebel goalie with the high blocker shot to end the entertaining match up, and give local fans a preview of things to come.

“It’s definitely going to be a battle,” said Nemes. “No games a gimme, and we just have to make sure we bring it every night.”

The Nitehawks outshot the Rebels 58-31, and as good as Zubick was, Schamerhorn also made several key saves throughout the game for the Nitehawks. Both goaltenders were named the game’s stars.

“He (Zubick) made a couple saves that you don’t know how he seen them,” added Ingram. “But you need that kind of goaltending and we’ve gotten that from Schamer as well.”

The Nitehawks welcomed back Walker Sidoni and Michael Pruss to the lineup for Game 1, but were without the services of team captain Taylor Stafford.

The Hawks played Castlegar on Tuesday night, yet the Game 2 score was unavailable at press time. Game 3 goes Thursday in Castlegar with the puck drop at 7 p.m.

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Skeleton athlete Joe Cecchini will slide for Italy in the FIBT World championship in Germany this weekend.

SUBMITTED Fruitvale native Joe Cecchini is set to race alongside the world’s best sliders in the World Skeleton championship in Winterberg, Germany this weekend.

Cecchini captured the 2015 Italian National title at Igls in Austria last month. Racing on the same track where he had a disappointing result in the World Cup just days after he first arrived in Europe, Cecchini posted the fastest times in both runs and now holds the title of Campione Italiano di Skeleton for the second time in his career.

Cecchini noted, it was a very close race with fellow National Teammate, Mattia Gaspari,

who continues to push him to be better every run. He was also thankful to Sci Club Selvino and FISI (Federation Italiana Sport Invernali) for accepting him into the national program.

Cecchini, a past member of the Trail Track and Field Club moved to Calgary in 2007 where he joined the Calgary Police Service and trained with Canada’s skeleton team at Canada Olympic Park.

He was doing shift-work with the police and training with the Canadian skeleton program at the same time, but the situation just didn’t work out for the racer.

“I didn’t feel I was getting the opportunity I was looking for with the Canadian program,” Cecchini said. “Working full-time, in a shiftwork environment, it was hard to marry up the structure the Canadian program wanted.”

The constable took advantage of his dual citizenship and decided to pursue his dreams to compete on the World Cup circuit by joining the Italian team in early 2013.

Being the lone Azzuri racer on the North American circuit means Cecchini trains independently, with very little contact with the squad in Europe.

While he consults with the Italian coaches to plan out the season, Cecchini takes care of the details himself when racing and traveling in North America.

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Cecchini has a strength and conditioning coach he works with in Calgary, but he doesn’t have a technical coach.

“I’ve spent a lot of time sitting on snowbanks in North America and Europe watching sleds,” Cecchini said. “And I’ve developed an idea how to read ice and compete at the best level I can.”

While he’s on the North American circuit, all the money Cecchini pours into competing comes from his own pocket.

Lucky enough, you can’t put a price on dreams.

“I missed out for 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, by one spot, in the world rankings” Cecchini said. “My goal is to be in the Olympics in Korea. I’m doing everything I can to be there (in 2018).”

Cecchini is currently ranked 22nd in the FIBT World Rankings and will represent Italy, along with teammate Gaspari, at the World Championships in Winterberg, Germany on March 5-6.

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Tom Buchy (kneeling) came back to defeat Cranbrook’s Tom Shypitka rink in the final of the Kootenay Curling Playdown Sunday at the Trail Curling Club to advance to the provincials in Kelowna Mar. 19-22. See story Pg. 9.

Harrington’s dance card fills up THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DORAL, Fla. - Padraig Harrington’s game slipped so badly last year that he failed to keep full status on the PGA Tour for the first time. He wrote letters to tournaments asking for a sponsor’s exemption and received one from every tournament but the CIMB Classic in Malaysia.

Some of the tournaments responded within an hour of his request. It was easy to see why, and not just because he’s a three-time major champion.

The Honda Classic was the fifth straight tournament Harrington played, and he wound up winning in a playoff for his first PGA Tour victory

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wishes superseded all “desires of the flesh.” A woman has the right to say “no,” and any man who has been married for 35 years should have the wisdom to turn his attention to matters other than his sexual appetite.

For me, that meant

accepting my wife’s requests in order to avoid harassing her.

My wife is a beautiful woman and the mother of our adult children.

Her attention to the family’s needs and her detail in maintaining a beautiful home are examples of why sex is

no longer a priority in my life. -- Respect for the Woman I Love Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net.

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realize these are “highclass worries,” but do you have any suggestions for resolving this before we start up again next year? -- M.W. Dear M.W.: Your husband wants you with him, which is why he keeps pressuring you. Would you consider going for a month in the middle of those months so your husband would feel less alone? How about investing in a second car so you can do volunteer work in Florida, or perhaps finding a place to play golf that is within walking distance? There are ways to compromise a bit more if you truly wish to make the effort, but meanwhile, tell your husband we said to knock off the full-court press.

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Dear Annie: My husband and I are recently retired teachers who have been able to travel extensively because we budgeted well. I have motion sickness and other health issues that make traveling unpleasant. I want to do less of it, but my husband wants to do more.

My passion for retirement was always to volunteer. Several retired teachers set up a store filled with donations where our students can shop for free.

I help out three afternoons a week. Many of the retired teachers have mobility issues and rely on me to carry donated items. When I travel, the others take turns doing the heavy work, but I know it is a struggle for them.

My husband’s idea of retirement is to spend at least three months as “snowbirds” in Florida.

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake For Thursday, March 5, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Although this Full Moon day will create tension on the job with co-workers, you might impress bosses with work you have been quietly doing. Hope for the best.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)

Difficulties with others might arise today because of the Full Moon.

Nevertheless, you will be clever and resourceful when talking to people from other cultures and different countries.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Today you feel pulled between the demands of home and family versus the demands of career and your job. It’s a classic Full Moon dilemma. (You can’t ignore your career and job at this time.)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is an accident-prone

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day for you because of the energy of the Full Moon; therefore, be careful. Pay attention to everything you say and do.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22)

Today’s Full Moon energy could cause errors and financial negotiations.

These negotiations will include taxes, debt, inheritances and insurance matters. Be careful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Today the only Full Moon in your sign all year is taking place. This is why relations with partners and close friends are a bit challenging. Patience is your best friend.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) The Full Moon today could create stress on your job or when working with co-workers. However, this doesn’t have to happen. It all depends on how people emotionally react to things -- including you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Parents must be patient with children today because of the Full Moon. However, romantic partners also must be patient with each other.

Trust your creative hunches.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Someone in a position of authority, probably a female, will challenge your attention to home and family matters. Nevertheless,

you cannot ignore home and family today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a potentially accident-prone day for you, so be careful. Be mindful and aware of whatever you say and do. Look before you leap.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might see new uses and applications for something you already own.

Possibly, you will see new ways to make money. Who knows?

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Today the only Full Moon directly opposite your sign all year is taking place.

This means you have to be patient with everyone. No biggie. You can do this.

YOU BORN TODAY You are a productive, creative, imaginative person who is extremely secretive and pri-

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vate at the same time. You seem to live your life more intensely than others do.

Go slowly this year. There is something important to learn. The first half of this year will seem slow, but soon your efforts of the past six years will start to show results! Get out into nature this year.

Birthdate of: Eva Mendes, actress; Rex Harrison, actor; Penn Jillette, magician/ author.

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Class 1 (Driver) – West Kootenay Local P&D Van-Kam Freightways Ltd. Group of Companies requires class 1 drivers to work summer relief out of our Castlegar Terminal to provide P&D services for the West Kootenays region of BC. This position will be expected to: • Daily deliver all LTL (less than truckload) freight • Ensure all pickups and deliveries are on time • Provide exceptional customer service • Treat company property with respect Preference will be given to applicants with LTL/P&D experience and knowledge of the West Kootenay region. A $1000 hiring bonus is paid upon completion of probation.

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We thank you for your interest in Van-Kam, however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

Help Wanted COLANDER RESTAURANT is now taking applications for Line Cook. Career training available. Bring resume to 1475 Cedar Avenue, Trail.

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PT COOK & server. Apply in person after 2pm @Lil T’s Cafe, 2905 Hwy Dr., Trail.

Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822

Serendipity Support Services is in need of a RCA, ALW, Retired LPN, PN for casual on-call relief for a busy home support business. Duties include Med, Admin, Transportation, Social, Meal prep; Weekdays & Weekends.

Please call Laurie @ 250-368-1313 or email lbboyes@shaw.ca

E.TRAIL, 1&2bdrm. apts. F/S, W/D. Yard. 250-368-3239

West Kootenay EcoSociety seeks P/T Field Organizer.

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Avail. Apr.1st. 250-368-5908 Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $695./mo.

Avail. Apr.1st. 250-368-5908 ROSSLAND, bach. apt. Golden City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized.

250-3625030, 250-231-9777 TRAIL, 1BDRM. Apt, partially furn. $600./mo. util.incl. N/S 1pet negotiable. 778-456-4565 TRAIL, 1bd. Ross. Ave., w/d/f/s. ns/np. $600./mo. utilities inc. 250-368-1361 WARFIELD, 1bdrm. condo.

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Kootenay Career Development Society Seeks an Executive Director Job Description: Lead – Manage – Innovate

Kootenay Career Development Society is seeking a creative and action-oriented Executive Director whose personal values are aligned with the organization’s mission statement to lead, manage and oversee a medium sized non-profit agency in Nelson & Castlegar, BC. Kootenay Career Development Society is a dynamic, diverse and change-responsive centre of excellence that empowers individuals, employers and communities economically and socially through career development, employment counselling, and human resource planning. The Executive Director reports to the KCDS Board of Directors and is accountable for: operational oversight and strategic planning, grant and proposal writing, human resource management through building effective employee/employer relationships, financial oversight, marketing, networking, communications, developing and maintaining external relationships with clients, key funders and community stakeholders, and supporting community and economic development.

The Executive Director understands the fluidity and complexity of the career development/ labour market sector, has the ability to identify, analyze and evaluate situations and issues of importance to the Society and applies strategic systems theory thinking and innovative change management techniques to guide adaption to internal and external change.

Position Title: Executive Director for Nelson/Castlegar British Columbia

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• Undergraduate degree in career development or related fields – required • Demonstrated success in senior leadership/management position – 3 years or more • Demonstrated current knowledge of the needs of job seekers, employers, the current labour market and local, regional, provincial and federal political systems – required • Demonstrated strength and leadership skills in three or more of the following: change management, client service, staff and board development, strategic planning, career development, proposal/grant writing, community and economic development, fiscal management and project management- required • Master’s Degree in Leadership and/or Management – preferred • Knowledge of and experience in delivering the Employment Program of BC – preferred • Demonstrated knowledge of board governance and experience working with boards- preferred

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• Full-time position – dependent on current and future contracts • Tentative Start Date between April 20, 2015 and May 4, 2015 • Competitive Wage and Benefit Package

How to Apply:

A full job description can be obtained through an email to the Executive Director, Jan Wright at jan.wright@kcds.ca . Please submit your resume and cover letter as a single PDF document to Sue Adam, KCDS Board Chair via email at sue.adam@kcds.ca Closing Date: Friday March 6, 2015 @ 4:00 PM Kootenay Career Development thanks all the applicants for their interest, however only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Position Reports to: The Kootenay Career Development Society Board of Directors

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Rossland Mountain Market wins Farmer’s Market of the Year honour

By Alicia Wallace Rossland News

The Rossland Mountain Market was announced as the winner of the Farmer’s Market of the Year in the small market category (six to 20 vendors) at the second annual BC Farmers’ Market awards.

The awards were held Feb. 21 at the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets (BCAFM) Conference in Cowichan Bay. “It’s wonderful to see such passion and dedication to local food and farmers’ markets,” said Elizabeth Quinn, BCAFM Executive Director. “The gala is a great opportunity to celebrate the growing food sector, acknowledge our achievements and recognize those who are making strides in our local communities. Our winners are creating opportunities, building communities, shifting perceptions and shaping the experience of what it means to attend a farmers’ market in BC,” Quinn added.

The winning markets were selected from the 21 public nominated markets from across B.C.. The judges considered how each farmers’ market added value to their communities and connected producers to consumers through fresh, local foods before announcing Rossland as the winner in the small category, Armstrong Farmers’ Market as the winner of the medium category (with between 21 and 60

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The Rossland Mountain Market was announced as the winner of the Famer’s Market of the Year in the small market category (six to 20 vendors) at the second annual BC Farmers’ Market awards. vendors at each market) and Comox Valley this award is a wonderful recognition...

Farmers’ Market received the award for This is an affirmation that we are heading the large market (with over 61 vendors). in the right direction, it is a super boost to “We are so honoured to receive the motivation for all our volunteers’ effort,” BCAFM 2015 Farmer’s Market Of the she added.

Year Award,” said Miche Warwick of the One of the things that has contributed Rossland Mountain Market Society. “We to the success of the Rossland Mountain are actively striving to be a social celebra- Market Society (RMMS) is providing tion of local food, art and community and access to farm fresh produce through-

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out the winter months and connecting the farmers with local buyers. Warwick explains the “biggest thing was that we tried to improve the community’s access to local farm fresh produce and hand crafted goods year round. It has been noticed by the community that we have added a larger range of fresh produce.”

Farmers can now plan to grow crop throughout the winter knowing they will have a place to sell their yield. It also gives locals good access to food all year.

Rossland is one of only a handful of communities in the Kootenays where fresh produce is available at a market over the winter months.

“Becoming a society was a huge step for us and a successful moment. It has given the market the opportunity to do a lot more in the future,” explains Warwick.

“We introduced our festival series and really have an interactive focus. We ran trivia and giveaways to get the community more involved with the market. Rossland Mountain Market has become more of a space in the past year,” Warwick added.

The public is invited to celebrate the diversity of spring fresh produce and local artisan wares at the next Rossland Mountain Market on March 21 from 2 – 7 p.m. at the Rossland Miners’ Hall on Columbia Ave.

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Mark Wilson

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PRIVATE RETREAT! This spectacular home is located 25 acres of healthy treed property with Beaver Creek running through. The home has over 4200 square feet of finished space, with high ceilings, hardwood floors, deluxe kitchen and views galore!

You have to see it to believe it!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Art Forrest

250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net

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