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The City of Rossland has found a new interim chief administrative officer in Mike Maturo, who previously worked for the city as the senior planner. Maturo will begin his new job April 27.

In a news release, the city said the search and hiring process after previous acting administrator Tracey Butler resigned was long and arduous but they wanted to make sure the person who fill the role would perform

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“After reviewing dozens of resumes and interviewing five finalists, city council selected Mr. Maturo to fill this critical position while the current chief administrative/chief financial officer is on extended leave,” the statement said.

“We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Maturo as interim CAO,” Mayor Kathy Moore said. “With his extensive municipal experience and understanding of the city, Mr. Maturo is able to immediately step into the CAO role and have a positive impact that will help move

the city forward.”

From 2007 to 2013, Maturo was Rossland’s manager of planning and development services. However, the city eliminated his position.

“There was an effort to contain costs,” Moore said.

“We had two planners at the time and we didn’t have much development going on in the town, so the decision by the council of the day was to let Mr. Maturo go and promote the planning assistant to the planner position.”

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This past weekend, Thoughtexchange held an open house to celebrate their move into a beautiful new office just off the main drag in Rossland. All the normal food, drink and talk was found at the new location — Suite E, 1990 Columbia Ave. — but with a little Thoughtexchange twist.

“For those of you new to Thoughtexchange, we do something pretty cool,” explained cofounder and president Dave MacLeod, “which is to figure out what a group of people cares about. So for our grand opening we thought it would be cool to do a group insight game.”

The activity played out exactly how an event hosted by Thoughtexchange would have.

The crowd — made up of over 30 people — was handed a sheet of paper each and asked to fill out their idea, then shuffle about and

speak with another person and discuss their thoughts. Papers were then shuffled and participants voted on whether the topic was important to them. This process repeated itself and the end results display what a group generally thinks about a subject.

So far, this process has been put to great use by Mayor Kathy Moore alongside city council and staff.

Last fall, the community was invited to a Thoughtexchange event so the city could begin to mend broken relationships and figure out what’s going well, where improvements can be made and what might be missing, with a goal to uncover the community’s shared sense of values and priorities.

Moore described the results as “overwhelming.” Over 300 people contributed nearly 1,000 unique ideas during the consultation.

The results of this event and how they shaped the coming

budget were revealed earlier this month, during another Thoughtexchange session. More public input was collected at the Miners Hall that evening and the results will continue to power council’s decisions.

Moore was on hand at the open house to cut the ribbon and give her thoughts on what the company has done for Rossland so far.

“Before we have the cutting, I just want to say, that the City of Rossland is just thrilled to have a company like Thoughtexchange here amongst us. It’s a new era and we’re hoping to engage with Thoughtexchange much more and really make Rossland thrive.”

Moore and council were voted in on a strong community mandate of change and reform. The politicians of Rossland have said they are firmly committed to this idea, and are using Thoughtexchange as one medium to reach the public.

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However during his time with the city, he made significant contributions to the community, including facilitating the adoption of the strategic sustainability plan, re-writing the official community plan, drafting the tax revitalization bylaw and modernizing the zoning bylaw.

Maturo also led the downtown revitalization design process, managed the community wildfire protection plan, drafted the 2011 municipal infrastructure and facilities improvement plan, and was the city’s representative for the regional liquid waste management plan. He further led the initiative to establish the city’s active transportation plan and successfully obtained a number of grants.

Maturo’s previous experience includes working for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Kosovo, where he was the Municipal Infrastructure Program Manager for four years and responsible for five international development programs.

Prior to Kosovo, Maturo was a field officer with USAID in Bosnia where he worked on reconstruction projects with 15 municipalities and coordinated early recovery efforts with both international and local stakeholders.

Maturo holds a master’s degree in urban and regional planning, as well as a bachelor of science degree in economics. He has managed both office staff and contractors, and has over 17 years of experience working in small-to-medium sized municipalities.

Last year he briefly served as interim director of development services and engineering in Nelson, but resigned before his contract ended.

“Mr. Maturo brings a wealth of practical, organizational and managerial knowledge to the position,” Moore said.

“Rossland has major infrastructure challenges ahead and Mr. Maturo’s previous experience, knowledge of our community, our infrastructure situation and the issues raised by the Auditor General for Local Government make him an excellent choice for

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Mike Maturo is Rossland’s new interim chief administrative officer. interim CAO. City council is delighted to welcome him into this new role.”

As for Butler, she is now Castlegar’s director of corporate services. She began work April 7, replacing the retiring Carolyn Rempel.

“I’m really fortunate that I had such a great education by working in Rossland for 20 years and it’s really nice to be able to bring that over here and to help out,” Butler said.

She said council has been very helpful and supportive in welcoming her to her new role and she looks forward to many years in Castlegar.

Butler filled in for the last year as acting chief administrator in Rossland while Cecille Arnott was on sick leave.

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However, her recent resignation led to criticism from former councillor and mayoral candidate Jill Spearn, who said the city paid a high price to lose a valuable employee.

Spearn said Butler was entitled to work for two more years under her contract, but residents were left to pay out nearly $200,000.

Moore countered that Butler’s contract, and the contract of the public works director Darrin Albo were in dire need of change.

Council agreed as part of their attempts to reorganize city hall.

Butler’s payout, Moore said, was in recognition of her many years of service.

Albo is on leave while city council looks at ways to lessen his workload and change his contract.

Rusty gets to stay in Rossland!

The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture says Rusty the horse is going to become a permanent resident of Columbia Ave. A fundraising campaign launched this month raised the additional $3,000 the arts council needed to finalize the purchase of the metal horse sculpture — in under a week.

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“Rosslanders clearly appreciate works of art and sculpture in our downtown core and wanted to give Rusty a permanent home there alongside Olaus, the Bears, and the Ravens.”

The arts council thanks all those who contributed generously to the fundraising campaign, with special thanks to major donors Jeff and Esther

Clark. The arts council made special mention of the very generous gift of Betty Anne and Jock Mackay.

Their donation honours the memory of their son Ian Scott Mackay, a resident of Rossland, who died in a tragic accident bombing a forest fire in the East Kootenay in 2003.

Late-arriving contributions to the Rusty project along with any further donations from the

community will be held in the arts council’s account for future projects related to sculpture in Rossland.

The arts council is now in the process of planning to relocate Rusty to a new location on the corner of Queen St. and Columbia Ave. where he can continue to attract the attention of visitors and win the hearts of Rosslanders for many years to come.

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Earth Day Wednesday was Earth day. Did you do your part on this single day of environmental awareness?

Just one day is set aside for remembering that our planet is precious and our current way of life is not sustainable forever. Does this day of action make a difference in the big picture?

According to a recent article in the Globe and Mail, more carbon emissions are being poured into the atmosphere than ever before and Environment Canada says without new action the country will be well behind their pledge to reduce green house gas emissions by 17 per cent by 2020.

Almost no progress has been made to lower levels since 2005.

Those stats do sound dreary, even in light of all the extra recycling and tree planting that occurs on Earth Day around Canada and the world, but maybe that is missing the point of the day.

Earth Day should be more about educating children and the youth of today so they can make better decisions and be much more environmentally concious than those that came before them. That they might take a different path than the footsteps they now follow in.

Participate in Earth Day not only to make yourself feel good about the recycling you did or the walk to work, but to set an example. Just maybe setting that example will come off on yourself as well. The next time you step into your high powered diesel truck, you might just think it’s a nicer day to walk to work.

The mark Earth Day leaves behind should be one of more fresh foods, bike rides to the local market and enjoying a packed bus once in a while.

To many it may seem hoaky and irrelevant now, but it is just one day, and you never know what a difference you can make.

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council comment Rossland, like most municipalities across the country, is facing a vast, expensive and critical-toget-right problem.

At its most simple explanation, our critical systems Adrew Zwicker are breaking faster than we’ve repaired or replaced them and the cost to catch up is often more than can be reasonably collected.

What if you could build infrastructure that had an ability to either repair and regenerate itself, or even pay for a portion of itself over time?

Sure, we could simply continue to replace the pipes and roads as they break, and we will. Yes the new pipes will last much longer, but ultimately they will fail again, need to be replaced and we’re back in the same boat only with a little more time to save. A new way of looking at tackling the age-old, and ever-expanding problem of infrastructure debt and how to pay for it is becoming critical.

I’ve started collectively calling that solution “Renewable infrastructure.” There

are many folks out there coming at the problem from many angles and it’s now crossing that threshold into everyday adoption.

You’ve got folks in Dartmouth, NS uncovering and rebuilding a downtown river that was put into a pipe in the 70’s saving the cost of maintaining and replacing the pipe, not to mention the downtown revitalization and environmental enhancement. Daylighting more portions of Trail Creek is part of Rossland’s sustainability plan.

You have the folks in Portland installing significant multi-megawatt hydro turbines in their water mains, helping to pay much of the cost of replacing the line down the road. Rossland has recently included an in-waterline hydro turbine generating system in the Washington Street rebuild project in our grant application. While not a massive sum of money, it would be significant over the life of the pipe in helping to pay for its own replacement.

Locally we have the Rossland Society for Environmental Action reclaiming the north end of Jubilee Park into a natural wetland. A $20,000 grant plus hard work, sweat and innovative thinking will hope-

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fully help do what a century of manmade infrastructure has struggled to do well: slowing down water runoff and easing loads on existing infrastructure while enhancing and beautifying the area in the process.

You’ve likely seen the solar roads video that made the social media rounds. Roads made from solar panels that put energy back into the grid using a portion to melt snow reducing plowing expense and generating revenue? That type of thinking is exactly what renewable infrastructure is all about. The City of Rossland is actively using renewable options wherever possible as we play infrastructure catch-up.

Besides, no one ever sat back and admired the invisible piped river running through their neighbourhood. Coming this fall in Jubilee Park, we’ll have a beautiful new form of infrastructure where you’ll be able to do just that. Sit, enjoy, and ponder the possibilities of more to come.

To learn more about how we’re planning to pay for it all, come to Rossland’s financial plan meeting on Monday, April 27 at 6 p.m.

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City officials head to government conference CHRIS STEDILE Rossland News

Now that grant applications are officially in for the city, Mayor Kathy Moore is heading off to Nakusp to lobby for the city and soak up a little knowledge.

The city has applied for Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) grant funding for a full rehabilitation of Washington Street, marked as a top priority. The application included the basic necessities of sewer, water, sidewalks and paving but also some innovative ideas like mini-power generators inside the pipes and a cistern to capture and reuse storm water for downtown irrigation.

Furthermore, the city applied for funding for the similar Spokane Street project as well as additional much needed infrastructure uprgrades.

With these applications in, Moore takes leave for Nakusp and the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Government (AKBLG) general meeting and convention.

The AKBLG is the local government association that represents the municipalities and electoral areas of the southeastern portion of British Columbia. The meeting is held April 22-24.

Moore explained, “All of the local governments in our re-

gion, from the East and West Kootenays, we get together once a year and one of the main purposes of this is for all the municipalities to consider resolutions that we want to put up to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) where all the municipalites come together.”

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As a first-time mayor, I’m looking to spend a lot of time with the other mayors. There’s lots to learn from your peers.

to meet in September but at the AKBLG meeting the group will be putting together ideas and resolutions for things that they want to see go forward in their own home municipalites. These proposals then go to a vote between those in attendance.

“If you get the endorsement of your area association,” Moore continued, “it then goes on up to the larger association and then those resolutions that are endorsed go on to the provincial government.”

“It’s the best way for municipalities to be heard by the provincial government.”

In addition to the idea exchange, in attendance will be various key speakers and different workshops.

“I’m really excited,” the Rossland mayor admitted, “Nakusp has a waste water treatment plant that uses some innovative technology.”

Moore said this is interesting to her because Rossland and the surrounding area will need to upgrade their own sewage treatment plant in the future, “so it’s nice to get ideas of what other municipalities have done.”

In an attempt to conserve funds, Moore said council had to cut funding for trips and so not all council members could go. Travelling with Moore this time is Andy Morel.

This opportunity is not only a great opportunity for Rossland but Morel and Moore themselves.

“For me, as a first-time mayor, I’m looking to spend a lot of time with the other mayors.

There’s lots to learn from your peers.”

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Nancy Yes Does it Cymbalisty make a Every day should be Earth difference? Day but we forget.

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It’s easy to say it’s Earth Day one day, then go back to normal life and forget right after.

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Greg Dickson and Mr. BC himself, Mark Forsythe, spent this past weekend making their rounds throught the Kootenays, introducing residents to their newest book, From the West Coast to the Western Front: British Columbians and the Great War. Forsythe retired last year after a 30-year career with the CBC. After 12 years with CBC Radio, Forsythe became host of the provincie-wide noon show BC Almanac and earned widespread popularity and respect.

Dickson was a longtime, valued employee at CBC as well. His career was spent as a journalist and producer at CBC Radio for over 20 years.

Dickson also taught journalism at the BC Institute of Technology.

Now the two are enjoy-

ing retirement and touring the province promoting this new look into BC’s heritage and the war.

Forsythe said: “We have done some talks in Nanaimo at the university where this letters- and-images project is based. Also at the Vancouver Historical Society and White Rock library.

This is our little Kootenay tour. Hopefully we can do more traveling in the province. It’s great getting out in the communities.”

This book, published last September, is all about BC’s contributions to the First World War. No province participated more greatly in this war than BC, which sent 55,570 of the 611,000 soldiers who fought from Canada. Of these soldiers, 6,225 died in battle — a substantial number for a province that then barely had 400,000 people.

To gain more insight and personability, Forsythe

and Dickson used many excerpts of pieces sent in to Forsythe’s show.

Forsythe said working on BC Almanac, “allowed me to dabble in this with Greg and opened up a whole different world of books and storytelling.”

Dickson added: “I had left the CBC and was working in government. I did some of the narrative and Mark handled all of the listener contributions and wrote narrative too. He had the great sources from all of the CBC listeners and the transcribing. [This book] was quite a project.”

A major driving force for this book was the 100th anniversary of the war in 2014.

Both authors have personal family history in the war and after working together for some time, Dickson said, “We were on the trail to find out more and we thought a lot of British Columbians may be think-

Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickson signed many books after their presentation struck a chord with the audience at the Castlegar library last weekend.

Photo by Betsy Kline ing ‘How does my family fit into World War I?’ That really got us going and we sat down for tea in March 2013, and thought ‘Well, we better get going with less than a year and a half to write this thing,’ and so it went.”

The presentation filled the Rossland museum and Castlegar library.

Dickson explained Canadians and British Columbians in general were good at being soldiers because they already had experience with horses, wood cutting, building roads and railways, etc.

“We were innovators, but we weren’t great at following orders, unfortunately. The Brits wanted us to follow orders.”

Forsythe said First Nations at the time signed up in droves to fight for Canada, something that may not have been expected, given past circumstances.

“Aliens” or foreigners were not treated kindly once the war started.

“Once war broke out,

by September 1914 we had set up internment camps at Nanaimo and a major one at Vernon which is now the playing field for a school there,” Dickson said.

“Whole families were put there, and many were

not released until 1922,” years after the war ended.

Of course, a great source of Rossland pride and heritage, the mines, served a major purpose in the war effort by funding many activites and keeping the troops equipped.

The Doukhobors cause quite a stir as well during the war.

“These people entered the country withthe understanding that they would not have to fight,” Dickson said. “They were pacifists and that was an agreement that the Canadian government honoured.”

However, there was a lot of resentment towards them from non-Doukobor farmers whose children had no such exemption and were off fighting the war.

To try to stem some of those feelings, Doukhobor leader Peter (Lordly) Verigin donated a carload of jam to Canadian soldiers convalescing in hospitals.

They also donated money.

With strokes of both great horror and valiant triumph, Dickson and Forsythe’s book paints an epic tale of BC’s war efforts. Anyone interested in hearing about the war of 100 years ago and our province’s role in it, need simply pick up this book.

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The VIMFF arrives in Rossland Chris Stedile Rossland News

The Vancouver Internationl Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) made it’s debut in Rossland last weekend, offering real, rugged films showcasing the life and times of mountain hobby enthusiasts.

Two full nights of clashing seasonal films at the Miner’s Hall went off without a hitch, according to organizer Sean Ennis.

The first night, April 17, presented summer films, while the following evening displayed a series of winter productions.

“I’ve always enjoyed mountain films and going to mountain film festivals so it’s nice to bring that kind of event to the community,” Ennis said. “Especially with such a responsive community as Rossland.”

When it comes to these types of films, Rosslanders are usually hooked.

The feature film for Friday night was Sufferfest 2: Desert Alpine.

Two ambitious climbers, Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright set out to with the goal to traverse 45 of the American Southwest’s most iconic Desert Towers, via their most difficult routes.

“I love watching films like this,” said one attendee, “It’s much more than what you’d ever get at a theatre.

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The VIMFF was a success. Both nights saw over 30 people attending.

Photo by Chris Stedile adventure. Something that people in Rossland can easily connect with, what with the mountains in our backyard.”

The winter films showcased the following night saw a smaller attendance but still enough to fill a good amount of seats. The previous night saw close to 45 people while maybe 30 made it out the following afternoon.

One of the films that made a particular impact was AfterGlow; a short film featuring powder enthusiasts racing down the hill, their clothes alight with a glowstick-esque shimmer.

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The feature film of Saturday evening was The Little Things, a snowboarding and environmental activism movie.

Door prizes were awarded at each event, donated by the folks at Powderhound.

Ennis is from Winlaw originally but has lived in Rossland for several years now and still finds the town of Rossland to be an extremely welcoming place when trying to organize events.

“Every place and business was just so responsive,” he said, “even putting up posters, every business you walk into is incredibly supportive.”

Ennis said the event went really well and he believes the films were all well received.

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NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: Monday, April 27, 6 pm. Also taking place is the formal budget meeting with city staff and council.

HISTORICAL TALK Friday, April 24, 6:30 pm @ Rossland Museum. Topic: The two Dewdneys NDCU 64TH AGM Tuesday, April 28, 7 pm @ Prestige Lakeside Resort, Nelson. To ensure members from Rossland can participate FREE bus service will be available. 5:30 pm pick up at the Rossland branch. To reserve your seat, call 250-362-7393.

GARDENING WORKSHOP Sunday, May 3, 10 – 11 am @ the Rossland Community Garden Learn what grows best in Rossland, when to plant and how to extend the season. Hosted by Rossland REAL Food and presented by Rachael Roussin. No registration necessary. Cost: $2 YOUTH VARIETY SHOW Thursday, May 7 @ RSS. $5 adults. $3 students.

U-19 FILM FESTIVAL Saturday, May 2 @ the Miners Hall.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Show starts at 6 p.m.. Admission is $5 at the door.

ROSSLAND MOUNTAIN MARKET Thursday, May 14, 3-6 pm. The Garden Festival and first outdoor market of the season.

COMMUNITY GARDEN SPRING WORK PARTIES Sundays: May 3 & 24 (9 am–noon) Thursdays: May 7 & 28 (5 pm–7 pm) Come and get your fingers in the soil and learn about gardening at these casual community garden parties.Spring tasks include weeding, tidying and garden planning. Info about the Community Garden can be found at Rossland REAL Food’s website: www.rosslandfood.com.

Garden contact: Kathleen Hill (250231-9502).

FREE CHAINSAW COURSE FOR VOLUNTEERS Saturday, May 30 Close to Rossland (location details TBA) Free basic chainsaw safety course for Rossland Range Recreation site volunteers.

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ART DROP IN NIGHT Mondays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ our new space next door to RHC Insurance down town. There will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists.

We will have guest artists present to lend support.

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COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP Sunday, May 3, 11 a.m. @ at the Lions camp grounds.

AUTHOR NIKKI TATE Tuesday, April 28, 1:30 pm @ RSS. Hosted by the Rossland Public Library.

THE CHURCH OF DIRT Mondays, 5:30 p.m. @ the Centennial Trail-head parking lot.

Trailbuilding begins May 4.

Come out and get dirty, meet great folks young and old, and add to our fantastic trail system. Reminders, updates, and location changes will be posted on Bhubble before each build night. No experience needed.

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SKATE JAM Saturday May 2, 10 a.m to 4 p.m. @ the Rossland Curling Rink. Admission is free. Donate what you would like.

ROSSLAND MAKERLAB Thursdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning Mentors are on hand to help with 3D modeling, printing or for other technology project. For youth 12 yrs and up. This program is free.

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEY Tuesdays 9:45 to 11 p.m.

Sundays 9:15 to 10:30 p.m.

Join this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

PICKLEBALL Indoor Pickleball at RSS Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT Tuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. @ Flying Steamshovel. Bring your gear and come out and jam with other musicians. Hosted by Tim Bourchier.

TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Library. Let Sage and Sally know what you want to do at Teen Night. Come out and have fun!

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTS Mondays 3 to 4 p.m.

Girls and boys ages 5 to 7 years.

Please contact Deanna Leask at 250362-7118 to join.

Visitors should contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465.

Thursday 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY The library has lots of great programs and events: Homeschoolers Happy Hour: 1st and 3rd Friday 1-2 p.m.

Lego Club: 1st and 3rd Thursday 3 to 4 p.m.

Books and Babies: Fridays at 11 a.m. Songs and story time for little ones 0 to 30 months.

Page Turners Book Club: 2nd Thursday of each month from 3 to 4 p.m. for kids 8-11 years old.

Book Club for adults: Last Wednesday of each month.

Movies and Munchies: 4th Thursday of each month from 3 to 4 p.m. For kids 6-12 years.

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For Rossland Rec volunteers A free basic chainsaw course is being offerered to anyone who is a Rossland Range Society (RRS) volunteer. Completing this one-day course qualifies you to be insured when you run a chainsaw on recreation site projects, including cutting firewood for the cabins. It’s free if you agree to become an official RRS chainsaw volunteer. Normally, the cost of the course is $180.

The course doesn’t lead to official certification as that term is used in the forest industry, but students will get a note that says they have completed the course and know basic chainsaw skills, which is all that is needed for our insurance policy. The Selkirk College outdoor education students all take this course, which is useful when we use them as volunteers, as we will be doing on April 27 and 28.

Thank you to everyone for all your creative ideas, participation and teamwork. All comments, suggestions and ideas are appreciated. Please feel free to contact a board member any time.

To register for the free course, contact Les Carter, RRS shelters coordinator at les@rosslandrange. org, or 250-362-5677. Space is limited.

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LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSION Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall. To share ideas, expertise and knowledge, critiques, and open opportunities for experienced and want to be writers.

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Columbia Basin Broadband plans feasibility study Broadband may be coming to Rossland sooner than expected CHRIS STEDILE Rossland News

A high-speed fibre optic network may soon be coming to Rossland thanks to help from the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Basin Trust.

Columbia Basin Broadband’s goal is to bring better high-speed connectivity to the Basin. To do so, it continues to improve and expand its regional network. Until now, communities have had to develop their own local networks, which would then be connected to Columbia Basin Broadband.

While a handful of communities have had the capacity to complete this work, others have run into issues, from lack of funding to lack of technical expertise.

“This project in Rossland is an example of how Columbia Basin Broadband is evolving in response to the needs of communities,” said Neil Muth, Columbia Basin Trust president and CEO. “Columbia Basin Broadband plans to develop, fund and own the local network in Rossland. We’ll use this learning opportunity to decide whether this is a viable option for us to undertake in other basin communities.”

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because it has a dedicated task force of citizens and municipal government that has been working with Columbia Basin Broadband for over two years to bring broadband into the community and exploring a project that would entail connecting business

Columbia Basin Broadband plans to develop, fund and own the local network in Rossland.

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and municipal facilities.

“We are delighted that Columbia Basin Broadband is prepared to take on this project in Rossland,” said Mayor Kathy Moore.

“Like other smaller communities, Rossland has struggled to contribute to building this infrastructure; however, we know the value it

can bring to driving economic development by attracting new residents and businesses, and allowing existing businesses to do more with new and faster internet services.”

Moore added, “At this point Columbia Basin Broadband is going to be doing a feasibility study of what makes sense. Originally the plan was to have broadband go through the downtown and up to the water treatment plant. A big loop through the city.”

Initially the focus will be on delivering the broadband to businesses. Residential services may follow later down the road.

Columbia Basin Broadband would build and own the fibre optic network infrastructure and then invite internet service providers to operate on the network. Over the next few months, the company will complete key projects.

“This is groundbreaking really,” Moore said, “because it was going to be a thing the city picked up ourselves. The installation costs were going to be around $185,000.

This way, they will install, own and operate, and the city will just be a customer.”

She said this is perfect because the city does not have the capacity nor expertise to run a broadband network such as this one.

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2. Do your research. In most things, knowledge is power, and knowing what to expect, in advance, can keep expectations in check. Investigate options, budgets and timelines, and arrange financing in advance.

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Lastly, the key to a successful renovation includes patience.

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Bill was born in Kenora, ON, on November 24, 1928 to parents Thomas and Pearl Dixon, and was a younger brother to Maurice. He graduated from high school in Winnipeg, and pursued four degrees at the universities of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Calgary. He was awarded B.A. B.S.W. B.F.A., and M. Div. Bill had a long and interesting life, with a career that intertwined United Church Ministry, Psychiatric Social Work, and his abiding passion, the arts. Bill was an amazingly prolific visual artist and writer, and also a singer and actor. He was involved with many little theatre productions in various locales, including" A Christmas Carol ", (in which he played Scrooge) in Nanaimo, BC. Bill has left to those closest to him, wife Sharon Carry, sons Jonathan Dixon and Peter Kintoff, brother Maurice, neice and nephew Linda and Darryl Kendricks, and friends, precious memories and a marvellous collection of his paintings capturing the spirit of Western Canada, his love of God, and his reverence for life.

There was a gathering to honour Bill at his gallery on April 10, 2015.

The family will convene at a later date to honour Bill at one of his cherished places on Vancouver Island.

After the closure of the Artworx gallery, some of Bill's paintings will be available to view and purchase at the Rossland Art Gallery, in the old Bank of Montreal building at the corner of Washington and Columbia Avenues.

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Earth Day celebrated On Saturday, Rossland celebrated Earth Day with events happening all over town.Under blue skies and a big hot sun, people roamed the streets of Rossland peeking their heads into people’s chicken coops during the annual backyard chicken crawl before venturing over to the Earth Day fair in Harry Lefevre Square.

Fun was the word of the day, with music from locals Pete Reed, Joe Newton and friends, kids activities, and great information from local organizations. Kids could plant sunflowers and radishes, try to clean up an “o i l

spill,” ride the Fortis bike, or even chow down on solarbaked smores!

There was an update from Friends of the Rossland Range on the Rossland Range Recreation site, the Youth Action Network (YAN) were out promoting the blue dot campaign (www. bluedot.ca) and making buttons and an RSS class presented their Earth Day projects.

Locals Gill Eames and Darrel Fry discussed natural garden supplements while stirring their cauldrons of compost tea.

The Sustainability Commission were out showcasing their work with the Monashee Institute and the Carshare Coop, the Kootenay Columbia Trail Society were getting people excited about biking, and the West Kootenay EcoSociety gained some more supporters for their Jumbo Wild and climate action campaigns!

Meanwhile, the Miner’s Hall was once again a bustling centre of activity, with vendors showcasing their goods from near and far.

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Rossland’s coffee shops also had a bit of fun on Earth Day. The West Kootenay EcoSociety put them up to a challenge — not to give out paper cups for all of Earth Day! The Alpine Grind, Cafe Books, and Clanseys all participated, giving customers a discount for bringing their own travel mug with them. Those who desperately needed to consume their beverages in paper were asked to make a donation to the West Kootenay EcoSociety to make up for it.

Earth Day is all about looking at your impacts on the planet, celebrating the environment, and recognizing community initiatives. And this weekend, Rosslanders certainly celebrated with our local community heroes drawing our attention to our impacts and celebrating our successes. Thank you to all those who came out to participate.

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