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one story. But that's what happened on Friday April 22, 1938, when the city welcomed home 14 “dashing gentlemen of the steel blades,” who won the Allan Cup. At noon that day, over 7,000 people gathered at the train station and lined city streets to give a rousing old cheer, says the writer, “that used to shake the very rafters of the Trail Rink when the

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Home of Champions moniker born from 1938 Allan Cup win

As the Trail Times continues to celebrate 120 years of reporting local news, we’ve donned white gloves and browsed through historical newspapers, looking to highlight some of the City of Trail’s landmark events.

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A crew from Best Canadian Lighting and Signs in Vernon was assembling a new information kiosk at the corner of Victoria St. and Cedar Ave., in downtown Trail on Tuesday morning. The kiosk will feature maps, event listings and city projects. See story on Page 3.

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Not all Trail councillors agree that another survey is warranted before making a skate park decision.

“I say if this existing council doesn't want to build it then I think they should tell the citizens that they don't intend to do it, period,” said Coun. Robert Cacchioni, following the Monday night meeting.

“Make a decision and take the heat if you don't do it.”

The four-term Trail official was referring to council's decision, made during the afternoon governance meeting, to proceed with a $14,000 “All Wheel Park” community survey.

The vote was split 5-2 in favour, with Cacchioni and Coun. Carol Dobie opposing the motion.

“We are going to spend on yet another study,” he continued.

“We've already dealt with it four or five times and my position prior to this was to build the park in stages. We've been told we can't, but I don’t believe that to be true. I would have put in a certain amount of money this year and a certain amount of money next year then built the whole park.”

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this year and the Riverfront Centre next year, then by 2017, another election cycle will be nearing.

“It's already been 10 years,” Cacchioni added. “I don't support this, and I'd be ready to make a decision.”

The city's first statistical survey adds to past skate park endeavours that include geotechnical surveys dating back 13 years, a site selection survey and local business survey in 2010, two public workshops in 2011, and inclusion of a skate park in last year's $80,000 Trail Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

According to a March strategic priority session, Trail council's intent is to gain more insight into the project, such as what residents are willing to pay for the park, location and other issues associated with development of an all-wheel park, explained David Perehudoff, Trail chief administrative officer.

“And how people envision the park, to make sure that if council does fund the project either next year, or in subsequent years, that we are actually building a park that meets the needs of the community,” he said.

“And people are comfortable with it in terms of any associated property taxes that may come with that.”

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boys were only a home town hockey team, determinedly on their way to national hockey fame.”

When the local boys set

off for the Allan Cup on the Prairie, devout followers gathered around the radio to follow their fortunes.

“Men working on shift at night, drove their cars equipped with radios into the plants, beside the humming wheels of industry to follow closely the triumphant march of the Smelter City puckmen throughout the West,” wrote the Times.

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LOCAL What you see ...

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Photos by Brent Laface (bat); Colleen Fairbairn (peacock); Maureen Dilling (beaver)

Trail Times readers have been capturing photos of West Kootenay wildlife coming out of their winter slumber now that spring is in full bloom.

Below; Brent Laface snapped this photo last month of a bat seeking a little peace and quiet in Trail prior to its nightly flight. Bottom left; Colleen Fairbairn saw this strutting peacock in her Montrose backyard on Sunday. Top left; Maureen Dilling found a hungry beaver chewing away on some branches on the Columbia River near Rivervale on the weekend. If you have a recent photo you would like to share with our readers email it to editor@trailtimes.ca

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Balancing action over a weak three The bidding: West has a thinking about. seven-loser hand and is down North has a scattered 13 500 if doubled at the threepoints and refrains from a level. The opponents can get disastrous Three Spade call. +620 for a vulnerable game East has a special bid reserved so Three Clubs is a good prein case North does not pass. warren empt.

North passes and East also West puts out the stop sign passes in tempo so South has and then bids Three Clubs. no unauthorized information.

Play Bridge He counts to ten silently and South balances with a Threethen puts the stop card away.

Heart bid because he has the Until the stop card is removed, all the right shape and about ten points. North players must appear in thought. How devalues the Club Queen and passes. fast someone bids should not convey The Play: East leads his stiff spade. information to the other players. When Whenever a player pre-empts and does the stop card is removed, North can not lead his own suit, he is showing a immediately make the bid he had been singleton. East wins the Spade Queen and exits a small club. West wins the King and returns a club to East’s Ace. Contract Bridge Now East cashes the Spade Ace and April 30 tries to give West a ruff, but declarer N/S ruffs with the Eight and West cannot 1. Judie Jarrett and Rob over-ruff.

Troubridge However, because of the ruff, declarer 2. Ian Franklin and Lloyd Girardo only gets two pitches on the Spades and 3. Jean Paolone and Heather must lose a diamond. If the defense Webb did not take their club tricks, declarer 4. Al and Andrew Martin would lose two Spades and a Diamond E/W making Four Hearts. With the correct 1. Jean Fischer and Juris defense, Three Hearts is down one for Harlamovs -100.

2. Liz and Terry Huxter With a different 13 points, North 3. Carmela Livolsi and Jack could have raised the balancing bid to Hamann game. Such an appropriate hand would 4. Dottie and Brian Kuffner have no points in the opponent’s suit and more points in Aces and Kings and

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not Queens and Jacks. If he had the Ace and King of Spades, the Ace of Hearts and the King of Diamonds, North would have raised the Three Heart bid to game.

This shows how bidding is not simply a matter of just counting points, but it is also a matter of point evaluation.

Final Pre-empt Note: Andersen and Zenkel in their book, “Pre-empts from A to Z,” state that the accuracy of opponent’s bidding varies inversely as the square of the level of the pre-empt.

Therefore, one always must pre-empt to the highest level as it is safe to do so which means that pre-empts should be ultimately based on the loser-count and not just the suit length.

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Over a dozen bear sightings in Greater Trail in last two weeks

By Liz Bevan Times Staff

Bears are out and about this time of year, with 15 sightings in the Greater Trail Area in just the past two weeks.

Sharon Wieder with WildSafeBC says the number of black bears reported included five sightings near Gyro Park, two in Sunningdale and more spread from Rossland to Montrose, isn't unusual for this time of year. In fact, she expected to see more.

“I haven't heard of a lot of sightings this year, and I am kind of surprised with the snow melting so early,” she said. “I expected to hear more, but less is a good sign. That means the bears are finding a lot of natural food, which must have sprouted earlier this year, which even with garbage around, is what they prefer to eat.”

Bird feeders and household garbage are the number one attractants for bears in residential areas, so take down the feeder and lock up your trash.

“It is always about the garbage,” she said. “Keep it locked up or keep it inside. It is really all you can do.

If a bear has gotten food in a neighbourhood before, they will come back. They have amazing memories and they learn pretty quickly. Also, bird feeders. The calories in seeds are huge compared to their natural food. One kilogram of sunflower

seeds is nearly 6,000 calories.”

With the nice weather upon us and a long weekend on the horizon, Weider has a few tips for people who are planning on going camping this summer, especially in light of a recent incident.

Just this past weekend, a man camping near MacKenzie, just north of Prince George, was killed by a large male black bear while sleeping outdoors at his campsite.

“It is getting to be that time of year with the long weekend coming up and people ready to go camping.

The big thing, again is keeping food safe,” she said.

“I always recommend keeping food in airtight bags, especially if you are tent camping, and don't keep any food in tents. Not even your clothes that you were wearing around the campfire. Those smells will make bears curious. They are generally not looking to eat people.

This is really rare.”

It is not only bears that populate the wild areas around Trail. Wieder herself saw a coyote, along with a bear, during a recent bike ride.

“There have been cougar sightings and coyote sightings,” she said.

“I was riding my bike around Waneta Dam just last week and within a mile I saw a coyote on one side of the road, and a bear on the other. You just have to keep going.

If you stop and look, they can come investigate.”

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Information kiosk unveiled downtown

By Liz Bevan Times Staff

The City of Trail is opening up the community to visitors with a new information kiosk at Cedar Avenue and Victoria Street.

The kiosk has interchangeable panels that will highlight community events and city projects, says Andrea Jolly, communications and event coordinator for the city, providing information to both locals and tourists.

“The kiosk is located on a pedestrian route and will create a welcoming environment,” she said. “(It) is a great opportunity to showcase city information, projects and events.

“The large panels are visually

pleasing and the kiosk itself is designed to match the minor gateway features already installed at Pine Cedar and Bay Avenues.”

Some of the panels will be seasonal, getting switched out to remain current and relevant, while other panels, like the City of Trail map, will remain on the kiosk more permanently.

The money for the project was approved by Trail council back in January as part of the city's General Capital Plan for 2015. It cost $49,500 for the kiosk itself, plus another $900 for the six interchangeable panels at the site.

The work began late Monday afternoon and was completed this week.

More illegal dumping in Sunningdale

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

Word from Larry Abenante, Trail's public works manager, is that another area above Sunningdale is being used as an illegal dumping ground.

Last month, the Trail Times highlighted the disgraceful condition of wild lands in the upper bench, following the masses of household garbage being steathily dumped at various sites.

On several occasions the city was able to extrapolate information from the debris, leading to names of the alleged perpetrators.

“When confronting the people there is always a reason that it was not them,”

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said Abenante. “One we always seem to get is that they hired someone to do this cleanup and they assume that it is going to the landfill.”

In late April, Trail public works installed a security camera at an undisclosed dump site in hopes of catching vehicles heading in to unload refuse.

While the digital eye didn't catch the latest dump, Abenante said the camera will be moved to other areas as part of the city's ongoing efforts to curb the illegal action.

He maintains the best way to combat the issue is education and community pride respect for the city, its citizens and our environment.

"Eventually this garbage and debris makes its way into catch basins and then into the Columbia River," he said.

"What we need is more eyes watching."

The city owns the road that leads to the Sunningdale water tower and controls the gate,which is locked from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. each day.

The undeveloped lands surrounding the water tower are popular terrain for hikers and bikers, and lead to the Trans Canada Trail connection between the city and Castlegar.

The properties are owned

by Teck and the regional district as well as individual landowners.

Survey will include calls to cell phones FROM PAGE 1 statistical information through random telephone surveys of 250 to 350 Trail residents.

“My concern is that we’ll end up having a situation where (survey respondents) want to move it to a different location or they don’t want it at all. Who knows what the survey will show,” questioned Cacchioni.

“On the other hand, if you are not targeting particular groups like youth, I don’t know how statistically accurate the survey will be. I’d sooner council make a vote and say this is the situation.”

Prior to the market research survey, the company will purchase a cell phone directory list because a lot of people have gone from land lines to cell phones, explained Perehudoff.

“We’ll have a comprehensive data base of all the phones within Trail proper,” he said.

“It will be a pure random selection of telephone numbers, so chances are you are going to get a broad cross section of your population. The randomness associated with the selec-

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tion of numbers will guarantee a comprehensive approach and you won’t be necessarily trying to identify specific group through doing that. It’s a total random survey that would represent the community on a statistically valid basis.”

Coun. Sandy Santori, governance chair, questioned if council was prepared to make decisions based on the survey’s information, such as the preferred location moving to Gyro Park, and not the current Rossland Avenue designation.

“We will have to have the fortitude to say, it’s going to be at Gyro Park, if that’s what people think, and we have all our ducks in a row,” he said.

“But, is council prepared to make that decision?”

Perehudoff said, keeping with council’s direction, that is the intention of the survey.

“My understanding of our discussions through strategic planning is to make sure the city constructs a park that meets the needs of the community in every way, shape and form.”

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Margaret Jean Snuggs

Smoke Eaters make city proud

FROM PAGE 1 The Trail Daily Times writer noted the citizens of Trail and sporting fans throughout the Dominion were proud of the Smoke Eaters, not just for their long list of hockey victories, but also for their gentlemanly conduct and sportsmanlike conduct both on and off the ice.

“Yes, Trail is certainly very proud of her hockey boys. Hail, the Smoke Eaters!” was certainly the feeling of the day.

To view footage of the 1938 celebra-

tions, visit historicsmokeeaters.ca and click on the “Second Period” link.

Other stories of the day were relegated to Page 2. Those headlines include, “What it takes to be a young man’s darling,” which was penned by Ruth Millett, and opens with “Young men – that is, twenty two or so, want girls to be beautiful, sophisticated and reasonably intelligent.”

Another focuses on an earthquake in Western Asia that claimed 800 lives, and interestingly, the “Grey Owl” controversy is described in detail.

The story which is about an English man by the name of Archibald Belaney, who became famous as an author and lecturer, and “apostle of the wilderness” after he took on a First Nations identity when he immigrated to Canada in the early 1900s.

Following his April 13, 1938 death, the truth about his identity became known and a focus of media exposés, including the Trail Daily Times. In 1999, English actor Pierce Brosnan took on the role in the movie “Grey Owl.”

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Four wildfires reported over the weekend; all human-caused

BY CAROLYN GRANT Kimberley Bulletin

The weather has been warm and relatively dry and many East Kootenay residents are packing up the RV’s and beginning the camping season early. And one of the busiest camping weekends of the year comes this weekend with the May long weekend.

That means one and all should be thinking about campfire safety.

Jordan Turner, information officer with the Southeast Fire Centre says that things are busier than at this time last year, likely because of the earlier snow melt.

“We are seeing more fires currently,” he said. “So far, there

have been 25 — all human caused. Last year was busy and had 12 at this period in the season. It’s due to the early snow melt, there’s lots of dead, dry grass which can catch quickly and cause fires to spread.”

Over the past weekend there were four fires, again all human caused, Turner says.

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“Two of the fires were northeast of Cranbrook and the result of unsafe campfire use,” he said.

“We need to remind people to be extra careful and make sure your campfire is completely out.”

There were two fires in the Elkford/ Sparwood area, one a result of poorly planned burning on a rural property and the

other caused by a spark during target shooting.

“A little thing can lead to a wildfire,” Turner said. “It’s been quite hot and dry and this week there are some storm systems forecast that could bring lightning caused fires.

“Our crews will be busy enough with those without having to respond to humancaused fires.”

January 5, 1922 – May 6, 2015 The family of Margaret Jean Snuggs wish to announce her passing on May 6, 2015. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother.

Jean is survived by her husband Arthur Snuggs, her children; Sharon Lacey, Kelly Waage, John (Kathleen) Snuggs and Elaine (Rick) Thompson and her daughterin-law Louise Snuggs (Bill). She is also survived by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her son James, her son-in-law Gary, her sisters Dorothy and Eleanor and her brothers; Fred, Charles, Arthur and George.

Mom grew up in Manitoba and came west to BC and married our dad in 1944. They lived in Rossland, retired to Christina Lake and Grand Forks. The last few years they resided at Mountain Side Village in Fruitvale. We will all miss her smiling face and twinkling blue eyes.

The Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 1:00 pm at St. Andrew’s United Church in Rossland with Reverend Michael Hare officiating. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in Jean’s name may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society at c/o 908 Rossland Avenue, Trail, BC, V1R 3N6.

You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www. myalternatives.ca

Sean Thomas Rochford

passed away suddenly at home on May 9, 2015. Sean was born on August 12, 1970 in Trail, BC. Sean was an avid fisherman, and enjoyed quadding and the outdoors. He loved his family; especially his children.

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He is survived by his loving wife of 20 years; Elissa, his children; Billy, Mikayla and Patrick, his brother Patrick, his parents Patrick and Melody, his nephew Kyler (who will miss his Uncle Bear), numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, his great-uncle Bill King, his parents-in-law Bryan and Betty Campbell and his sister-in-law Cherie Campbell.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in Sean’s name may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation (Critical Care Campaign) at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online to www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca A Celebration of Sean’s life will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Birch Bank picnic grounds.

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n 2008, the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH ) experienced a deadly outbreak of C. difficile infections. It was an outbreak waiting to happen.

All the warning signs were there. Little attention was paid to them or little cash available to address them.

To get a sense of what happened and how, one needs to go back to 2003, when the rate of C. difficile infections at the NRGH jumped. Staff came up with an eight-point plan to address the infection and rates dropped.

But no one knew much about it. The results of the review, the actions taken and what to do next were never shared across VIHA. Something else happened in 2003: cleaning responsibilities at the NRGH were privatized and contracted out. It was going to play a role in the outbreak.

VIHA’s own assessment – undertaken by its environment team in 2005 – “identified several major risk areas that urgently needed to be addressed, including infection control.”

Also of note from 2005: the day after the B.C. election, ministry officials warned health authorities: “not to put sensitive information in writing” to prevent the NDP and others from accessing that infor-

mation via legislation.

VIHA media advisor Suzanne Germain passed the edict on in an email to key staff: “use the phone a lot more than we have been. If you don’t want it on the front page of (The Times Colonist), don’t put it in an E mail...”

Ironically enough, Germain’s email was leaked to Sean Holman’s Public Eye Online.

Secrecy had gained some favour at VIHA. In a February 2006 report, staff at the Capital Regional District wrote: “Experience suggests that VIHA is not transparent and open to the public or key stakeholders.”

There were two more upticks in C. difficile infections at the NRGH, in 2005 and 2006, but not enough to cause much pause among officials.

An automated system for cleaning bedpans was installed, but they didn’t work particularly well.

Each cycle took 13 minutes, during which time they couldn’t be left unattended since the same bedpan had to be returned to the same patient. The nursing staff hadn’t been consulted on the purchase.

Then it was the B.C. auditor general’s turn in his 2007 report, “Infection Control: Essential for a Healthy British Columbia.

His conclusion? “VIHA

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has no comprehensive, integrated infection control program yet in place.

While the health authority has recognized the need to determine its status in infection prevention, surveillance and control, it has much to do.”

The report also noted that “Because many of the facilities in (VIHA) are older, there are not adequate hand washing sinks in appropriate places.” That too was going to play a role in the outbreak.

It was a retired nurse – Jeannie Whitfield – who sounded the alarm next.

Whitfield – a carrier of the MRSA superbug and who had been a recent patient at the NRGH – went public in January 2008 with her concerns over infection control practices.

Lesley Moss, executive director of patient safety at VIHA, brushed off Whitfield’s concerns, “I apologize that she feels the

staff don’t take it seriously but my experience is the staff take it very seriously.”

Within months, a major outbreak of C. difficile struck the NRGH. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported 64 cases of C. difficile infections and five deaths between June and August 2008.

But the Centre for Disease Control had a second mission at the NRGH: identify the key factors that led to the outbreak.

Among their findings: the NRGH is an older facility that wasn’t well constructed to prevent infection, it operated over capacity on a continuous basis, and there was only one handwashing sink on each floor.

And remember that 2003 contracting out of cleaning services? In its report, the Centre noted that “there was a shortage of cleaning staff and those that were available hadn’t been adequately trained in cleaning procedures for a healthcare facility.”

In 2009, the Nanaimo Daily News reported that VIHA delayed the release of the report, so as to “temper” the impact it would have on the public.

Spokeswoman Suzanne Germain told the Daily News that there was no attempt to control the mes-

sage and that the health authority had every intention to release it.

Despite VIHA’s 2005 assessment that had identified infection control as a major risk facing the authority and the B.C. auditor general’s 2007 conclusion that VIHA had “no comprehensive, integrated infection control program yet in place,” VIHA’s CEO Howard Waldner didn’t refer to either in his 2009 summer update to staff.

Instead he focused on the fact that VIHA had asked its Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Richard Stanwick to make recommendations on “how VIHA could improve systems and processes around responding to in-hospital outbreaks throughout the health authority.”

The NRGH had 15 more cases of C. difficile infection in late 2009 and fortynine more from March to August 2010. Three deaths were attributed to the outbreaks.

All this gleaned from the documents – internal and public – that exist.

But Suzanne Germain’s 2005 email raises a thornier question: what “sensitive information” was never put down in writing on the instructions of B.C.’s health ministry?

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

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This time of year will see an increase of cyclists on the road. Both adults and children have to become more vigilant when riding their bikes. Here are some safety tips to follow.

– Obey all traffic rules of the road and use correct signal signs. Cyclists have the same responsibilities under the Motor Vehicle Act as do drivers of vehicles.

– Always wear a properly fitting and fastened helmet. It is the law and can prevent you being severely injured in a mishap.

– Always keep to the right and in single file, travelling in the same direction as the traffic.

– Don’t carry passengers. There should only be one person on a bike.

– Be visible and be seen. Wear bright clothing and have the cycle equipped with lights, reflectors and a warning device or bell.

– Ensure your cycle is well maintained and has good brakes.

– Keep at least one hand on the handle bars to ensure proper control.

– Avoid heavy traffic and beware of hazards such as parked vehicles whose door may open suddenly. Roadway hazards such as pot holes, vehicles entering the roadway from side streets or turning or entering the roadway from a driveway.

– Beware of Pedestrians who have the right of way.

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Council continues to fumble all-wheel park issue I was prompted to write a Letter to Editor and City Council in February when the Bridge Lighting Project was underway asking for donations.

The promoters were concerned about “donors of the project” waiting to see the results.

This made me think about the longtime donors for the all wheel park and how a generation has gone by already.

Scott Daniels comments last week on the loss of funding from Columbia Basin Trust makes me wonder what we are saying about these athletes and the sport.

Today’s news release encourages me to say something.

City Council wants to do a survey about the all wheel park to the cost of $16,000.

Where was the survey for lighting the bridge and the new walkway bridge?

I have noticed the skate-

board parks throughout the Kootenays and Okanagan and find it interesting that they are located in natural parklike surroundings, with washroom facilities nearby, and visible to the public.

What are we saying to these athletes when the space allotted to them is beside a sanidump, a diesel fuming truck stop and across from a pub?

I have had many discussions on this subject with people who feel Gyro Park is still the best option. It has one of the most used walkways and would be publicly monitored. It encourages all ages to enhance their health.

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I think this $16,000 should be spent on an all wheel park.

I encourage people who want this park to let City Hall know by e-mail or letter. If you need volunteers to open letters, please call me.

I await the day that EZ Rock and Trail Times announce the grand opening of the skateboard/ all wheel park AND the Trail Residents Program has been scrapped and ALL are welcome.

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Happy to join effort to help SPCA Kudos to Zachary and Keegan for raising $140 for the SPCA (Lemonade stand raises funds for SPCA, Trail Times, May 5). I also appreciated the informative article on the fate and future of our local branch.

I would be happy to join the Haytons and others in the community who are into fund raising for this much needed new facility.

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Ottawa should respect rule of law in Khadr case

An editorial from the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

An Alberta judge did Thursday what lawyers for Canadian Omar Khadr were seeking for 13 years: She let him go free.

Appeal Court Justice Myra Bielby rejected the Harper government’s last-minute attempt to keep Mr. Khadr, who was 15 when he was taken prisoner by U.S. troops as an enemy combatant in Afghanistan, behind bars. Ottawa argued his release would harm Canadian-U.S. relations.

He is out on bail with strict conditions pending the outcome of his U.S. appeal of his conviction for war crimes. He must live with lawyer Dennis Edney in Edmonton, wear a monitor and contact family under strict conditions.

The legal community, in particular, was critical of Ottawa’s opposition, saying that government lawyers had the chance but failed to bring forward any evidence during his bail hearing in late April.

U.S. officials have denied his release will damage relations between the two countries and Mr. Khadr, by all reports, has been a model prisoner.

If the Harper government didn’t welcome Mr. Khadr’s release, his supporters did.

“We left a Canadian child in Guantanamo Bay to suffer torture (and) we in Canada participated in this torture. So today’s a wonderful day for justice,” said Mr. Edney, who has been one of Mr. Khadr’s lawyers, largely uncompensated, since 2003.

Mr. Khadr pleaded guilty in 2010 before a U.S. military commission at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a charge of murdering Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer with a grenade in 2002. Ottawa argues that because he is a convicted terrorist, he should be kept behind bars.

He is appealing his conviction for war crimes in the U.S. The Harper government’s opposition to Mr. Khadr’s release in an election year is political, at least in part.

Many Canadians, including this newspaper, have been critical of the government for failing to have Mr. Khadr, regarded under international law as a child when he was captured, returned to Canada for incarceration.

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The case has developed into a complicated legal saga that has cost Canadian taxpayers more than $500,000. Even though Ottawa has lost every legal battle to date, it persists in trying to keep Mr. Khadr behind bars.

What government, in an election year, wants the public to hear how a Canadian teenager was tortured and kept in solitary in the West’s most notorious prison when it could have helped to bring him home?

In a short media interview, Mr. Khadr apologized for the pain he had caused and thanked the Canadian public for its support “and giving me a chance.”

“I’ll prove to (Canadians) that I am a good person,” he told reporters.

In 2010 we wrote in an editorial, “It is too late to salvage justice from this case, but a little mercy would be timely.”

Those words still hold true.

Mr. Khadr has paid the price for his conviction and, pending his appeal, should be allowed to rebuild his life and move on from his troubled and controversial past.

It’s time for the Harper government to acknowledge that.

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The J. L. Crowe Hawks battled the Stanley Humphries Secondary School from Castlegar last week and despite an outcome in favour of SHSS it was an entertaining and physical match up.

Two ‘local’ players selected in Bantam draft

By Jim Bailey

Times Sports Editor

A pair of players with Trail ties went one right after another in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft on Thursday.

Donovan Buskey of Vancouver and Ethan Martini of Trail were the 53rd and 54th picks respectively, selected in the third round of the Bantam Draft last week.

The WHL Bantam Draft is held annually by the WHL to provide an orderly transfer of players to WHL Club Protected Player Lists (PPL).

Once a player is selected by a WHL Club, he can only participate in tryout camps and other team activities for that Club.

Martini a 14-year-old Castlegar native, was selected by the Swift Current Broncos.

While Martini’s family now lives in Trail, Ethan turned scouts’ heads while playing for the Edge Sports Academy in Calgary this season.

The Academy is a private school for Grades 5-12, whose focus is to develop and educate young athletes, in particular hockey players with the goal of getting them to the NCAA or Junior ranks, and ultimately the NHL. Edge Academy alumni include Tyler Myers of the Buffalo Sabres and Joe Colborne of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Martini, a 165 pound, sixfoot-four defenceman, netted a goal and three assists in 27 games with Edge, while racking up 75 minutes in penalties.

A Scouting News report on the top 250 prospects had this to say about Martini: “We

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think WHL teams would be crazy out of their mind to let Martini slip past the number 100 slot on draft day.

“At the start of the season Ethan could barely move, and now at the end, he’s proven to be one of the best project defenders available in the WHL bantam draft. And the good news? This prospect is now just starting to find his stride, and without question we believe by the time he is 19 years old teams will be looking back through old reports and wondering why they passed up a legit top-six defender with a natural mean streak and the work ethic to match.”

Ethan comes by his hockey skills honestly, following in the footsteps of his father Darcy Martini who was drafted in the eighth round, 162nd overall in the 1989 NHL draft by the Edmonton Oilers. He played four years at Michigan Tech, before going onto a pro career in the AHL,

IHL, ECHL, and eventually Europe. Martini played two games for the Edmonton Oilers in 1993-94 season.

Buskey, son of Fruitvale native Brad Buskey, went to the Spokane Chiefs in the third round of the WHL Bantam draft. The 15-yearold is a six-foot-two, 200 pound goalie who lives in Vancouver and played for the North Shore Winter Club Bantam A1 team last season.

Regarding Buskey, the scouting report from the Sporting News read, “The WHL is all about development, and turning raw projects into top caliber NHL draft selections. With that said, we believe somewhere in the first four rounds of the draft a team will take interest in standout 1999 prospect Buskey, and pull the draft day

trigger so to speak.

“Donovan is a big and athletic kid and takes up a lot of the net, and we think he’ll really emerge under the tutelage of world class goalie instructors, and, of course, the added benefit of facing top end shooters day in and day out.”

Ty Smith was the first player selected in the draft by the Spokane Chiefs. The Delta Hockey Academy player is a Lloydminster, Alta. native, and a talented blueliner, who enrolled in the Academy for his Grade 9 year and promptly led the DHA Bantam Prep team to an outstanding season.

He scored nine goals and 19 assists in 16 regular season games, adding three goals and four assists in four playoff games.

Beaver Valley May Days is just around the corner and that means Canada’s game will take to the Fruitvale Elementary multi-purpose courts for the 3-on-3 Street Hockey Challenge.

Derek Chartres has been organizing the event for the last three years, and with one of the best turn outs at last year’s event, he urges teams to get their registration in as soon as possible before it maxes out.

“That was our best year so far, I think we had 10 or 11 teams, so it turned out really well,” said Chartres.

With the courts and the one-day-tournament only able to accomodate about 12 teams, time is of the necessity for teams and individuals to register.

The competition allows up to five players per team, and individuals wanting to participate can also sign up.

“If we get enough individuals we’ll just throw them on the same team,” said Chartres.

The 3-on-3 challenge has two divisions, youth from age 9-15 and adults are age 16 and over. The games have two 10-minute halves, with a round robin and playoff format. Goalie gear is mandatory and helmets for age 18 and under are also mandatory.

If space is available, teams and individuals can register up to the day of the event, but Chartres urges participants to sign up early in order to complete the schedule.

“Every year at this time of year I start to worry a little bit, then all of a sudden I get team after team,” Chartres added.

The price of registration is $10 per person or $50 per team. The excitement starts early Saturday, May 23 and goes all day with lots of draws and prizes.

In addition to the 3-on-3 Hockey Challenge, Beaver Valley May Days will see lots of action at the ball park with the annual slo-pitch tournament at Haines Park and the B.V. Little League Baseball Tournament at McInnes Park starting Friday and going until Sunday.

In addition, the Family Fun 5 or 10 kilometre Run-Walk goes at 8 p.m. Friday night, followed by the Antenna Trail hike Saturday morning at 8 a.m. in Montrose. For more info, or to register go to beavervalleymaydays.com. To register for the 3-on-3 Hockey Challenge call 231-2037 or email gowrie7@yahoo.com. Also, go to Beaver Valley May Days Facebook page to register.

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Pan Am warm-up for Canada VANCOUVER- Rossland’s Thea Culley and the Canadian Women’s Field Hockey Team is set to host Ireland’s Women’s National Team in a four-game test series in Toronto from May 23-27.

The test series allows the host Canadians to test out the field hockey venue for the 2015 Pan American Games. Two new pitches at the University of Toronto will serve as the host field hockey venue during the Pan Am Games, which will be held from July 10th-26th in Toronto.

Canada (ranked no. 20 in the world) and Ireland (no. 14) have become familiar foes over the last

year of competition, most recently having met in the FIH World League Round 2 final match, where Ireland eked out a shootout win to take the tournament title.

With it’s top two finish, however, Canada moves onto the FIH World League Semi-Finals in Valencia, Spain (June 10th-21st) where the top three finishers are guaranteed a spot in the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Canada also has a second shot at securing Olympic qualification at the Pan Am Games, where the tournament winner earns a spot in Rio. The Canadian women will arrive

in Toronto on Sunday, May 17th and will train daily at the University of Toronto from Monday, May 18th until the first match on May 23rd.

As the site is in its final overlay stages, fans wishing to attend the matches must submit their names to a list for access to the field. The form can be found at: http://www. fieldhockey.ca/en/wnttoronto. The field will have standing room only.

Schedules, news, and results of the 2015 Women’s National Team series against Ireland can be found on the Field Hockey Canada website. Tickets to the 2015 Pan Am Games can be purchased at http:// www.toronto2015.org/tickets.

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the NHL season, the Belarusians have spent more time playing as a cohesive unit. Add in the fact that Canada has been ousted in the quarter-final of the last two tournaments, and you have the recipe for a potential upset.

“Guys understand that the intensity is going to shift now,” Canadian forward Jason Spezza said.

“It’s always hard to knock a team out. Belarus is a structured team.

They’ve played together during the season so they’re going to pose different problems for us than anything we’ve seen.”

Canada will have a rested Sidney Crosby in the lineup against Belarus.

The team captain didn’t play Tuesday as Canada had already wrappped up top spot in Group A. “Sid has played a lot of hockey this year,” McLellan said. “We think he’ll be better suited come Thursday with the rest.”

Against Austria, Matt Duchene and Spezza each had two goals and two assists. Eight different Canadians scored while firing 46 shots at Austrian netminder Bernhard Starkbaum, while goaltender Mike Smith turned aside 14 shots for Canada.

It’s the first time the Canadians have amassed a perfect record heading into the elimination round since 2008, when they earned a silver medal.

THE CANADIAN PRESS PRAGUE, Czech Republic Canada may have rolled through the preliminary round at the world hockey championship, but there are plenty of reasons for caution as a quarter-final against Belarus looms.

Belarus clinched fourth place in Group B with a 3-2 win over Norway on Tuesday, setting up a playoff matchup Thursday with Canada. The Canadians finished first in Group A, capping their perfect run through the preliminary round with a 10-1 rout of Austria.

But the Belarusians are hardly pushovers. They won four times in regulation in the preliminary round, including a convincing 5-2 victory over the United States, and two of their three losses came in overtime.

“We know we’re going to be challenged by a very good Belarusian team,” coach Todd McLellan said.

“They have one line that’s very dynamic, that can score goals.

They’re a hard team to play against.

We’ve been able to watch some games and scout them a little bit.”

That dynamic line is led by Alexei Kalyuzhny, who put up five goals and five assists in seven games and has proven himself to be one of the most dangerous forwards at the tournament.

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Sponsor Dan Ashman hands the Men’s B winners Barry Zanier and Pat Zanier their hardware while Ed Baggio and George Baggio captured the C division title. The event was supplemented by three all-mayor and counselor teams, as well as five Special Olympic squads, who helped attract the most spectators ever in the 11 year history of the annual Classic.

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Florida Dear Chomping: It is customary for people to eat popcorn and other snacks during a movie. But it is also incumbent on those in attendance not to be an annoyance to the people around them. Crunchy stuff should be chewed quietly.

No one needs to swish ice around in the cup. Your best bet would have been to find an usher and ask for help locating another seat, but these days, ushers are hard to come by. You also could have complained to the manager after the movie, which would not have changed the annoyance, but may have garnered you a comped ticket.

We know there are folks who believe they are entitled to behave however they

you can imagine, a wonderful philharmonic orchestra, choral groups and other musical venues, as well as numerous opportunities for volunteering. I am a guardian ad litem working with teens in group homes, and I love it. I found the calling I didn’t know I had. We thrive on helping others here. The

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wish, giving no thought to anyone else. Those are the same people who would be the first to complain were they on the receiving end of such rudeness. In public places, one has an obligation to be considerate. It is selfish to do otherwise.

Dear Annie: I am writing about “M.W.,” the retired teacher who didn’t want to go to Florida. I do not believe there was a writing campaign from The Villages. We don’t need to organize. We Villagers are 102,000 strong and still growing.

When my husband retired 22 years ago, he wanted to move to Florida, and that was the last place I wanted to be. It was hot, unfamiliar and far from family. I had no interest in fishing, golf or crafts. I was ready to leave my husband there and see him only in the winter.

Well, we finally happened upon The Villages and fell in love. There are all price ranges available, and my addicted golfing friends tell me the golfing is amazing.

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Dear Annie: Last week, my husband and I were able to secure tickets to a movie that had been sold out for several weeks. We looked forward to a nice evening until the lady with the popcorn and icy drink sat next to me. As soon as the movie started, she began to chomp and crunch on the popcorn, rattle the paper bag and jiggle the soda, over and over. I tried moving away as much as possible, but it didn’t help. Because the theater was so dark, I couldn’t tell whether there were other seats available. I was stuck.

Very quietly, I asked her whether she was going to be finished eating soon, because the racket was very annoying. She said she likes to eat popcorn at the movies. Afterward, my husband told me I was rude and that eating during a movie should be allowed.

I didn’t expect to be “right,” but am I wrong to expect courtesy from those around me? Why can’t people enjoy their treats without disturbing everyone else? What do you say, Annie? -- Chomping in

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Patience.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Some kind of financial transaction that you wish to achieve will meet with obstruction today. Someone or something will be uncooperative. Be prepared for this.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your efforts to talk to partners and close friends will meet with obstacles today. Someone older might oppose you or be critical.

Just bide your time and be patient.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Someone behind the scenes is working against

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LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Group activities or anything related to sports and your interaction with children could be problematic today. You might face increased responsibilities that you were not prepared for.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Don’t be aggressive with authority figures today (parents, bosses, teachers, VIPs and the police), because your efforts will be blocked.

This is a poor day to try to push anything through. Just wait.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Travel plans might be changed, canceled or thwarted in some way. Similarly, activities with publishing, the media, medicine and the law will encounter some difficulties.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) If you are in negotiations about inheritances or shared property, don’t be pushy today. You will be lucky to just hold your own.

Obstacles are everywhere.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Someone older or more experienced might make things difficult for you today. Increased responsibilities cannot be ignored.

Do what you can.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) No matter how hard you try to achieve something at work today, something behind the scenes will block you. Just accept this, and live to fight another day.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Someone older or more experienced might be critical of you today. There’s nothing you can do about

this, so sit quiet. Things will be different this weekend.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Be patient with family members, because dissension and conflict are likely today. Decide to be part of the solution and not part of the problem; this is your choice.

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Misc for Rent STORAGE &VEHICLE Space Available in Trail. Secure, inside building. 250-368-8736

Homes for Rent E.TRAIL, 2-3bdrm. w/carport, on bus route. N/S, Ref. $850./mo. + util. 250-608-4425 GLENMERRY, 4BDRM., on school. 250-368-1671 W.TRAIL, 3BDRM. (Garage) N/S, N/P, F/S, W/D. $800./mo. + utilities. 250-364-1838

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Legal Notices In the matter of the Estate of ROLF BERNECE WEBB, AKA ROLF WEBB, AKA ROLF BERNICE WEBB, deceased, (the “Estate”) and 412 Main Street, Salmo, British Columbia, PID: 009-028-196, and 512 Cottonwood Avenue, Salmo, British Columbia, PID: 012-874-302 and 012-874-311 (the “Lands”) Invitations are being accepted for written bids for the purchase of one or both of the Lands “as is where is”. Offers must be without conditions and for completion of the sale by no later than June 30, 2015. Bids are to be submitted to Joni D. Metherell, the Administrator of the Estate, at 301-1665 Ellis Street, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 2B3 (facsimile 250-762-5219), by no later than May 15, 2015.

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