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The young LaFonds, a.k.a the Squeeze Team, claimed victory in this year’s Golden City Days Outhouse races.

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It was pandemonium on the track as this year’s three participating teams careened their outhouses down Sour Dough Alley. The Rossland Firefighters barely made it through their

second heat without their outhouse appearing to collapse.

This year the LaFond family was the team to beat at the Outhouse Races, and they were taken down — by the LaFond family.

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tion to take them on, and the younger LaFonds, who raced as the Squeeze Team, rose to the occasion, triumphing and earning the first place toilet-seat trophy.

Asked if they had a message for the older LaFonds, the younger team said, “Keep it young, but you can’t keep up.”

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their kind of storm and work our way into the game, and settle in, and we scored with [five] minutes left in the game.”

Missing out on gold means Team Canada won’t make it to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, as the team also wasn’t in the seven top-ranked teams at the 2014-15 International Hockey Federation Hockey World League championship semi-finals.

But Culley is still happy that her team could bring home a medal for Canada.

Now the question for her is whether or not she’ll stay in the game long enough to have another shot at the Olympics, or retire and start a family with her partner.

“Lots of athletes do retire ... after Olympic qualifications, and so I’m just trying to decide what that looks like for me,” said Culley. “I’m getting to a point in my life too where there are other things that I want to experience. I played on this team for a decade, all of my 20s, and so it’s kind of like, ‘Ok, well what do I want to pursue next?’”

For now, Culley said she will continue training with Team Canada.

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Rossland-born athlete Thea Culley was in Toronto this summer for the 2015 Pan Am Games where she and the rest of Team Canada won the bronze medal in field hockey.

Culley started playing the sport while she was going to Rossland Secondary School. Now she lives in Vancouver where she finished a bachelor’s degree in human kinetics at UBC, and works full-time for Karate B.C. and Judo B.C. in sports administration.

This year’s Pan Am Games was the fourth major multi-sporting event Culley has attended.

“This is my second Pan Ams, and I’ve been to two Common Wealth Games as well, so not my first multi-sport experience,” said Culley, “but it was definitely different from all the other ones because we were in Canada, at home.”

Culley had been looking forward to walking into the Pan Am Games on the home team since the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

“I can remember walking in four years ago in Guadalajara,” she said, “and hearing Mexico come in and ... we knew Toronto was hosting at that point so I was imagining what it would be like to do that in Toronto.”

Culley wasn’t disappointed, though she wishes the experience hadn’t gone by so fast.

“I wish that I could go back and slow down the whole thing, because it just felt like it was going so fast,” said Culley. “We were in the tunnel waiting and you can hear people getting excited because they know you’re coming, and then you go in and you can feel the energy, and it’s almost electrical: the energy of people and the excitement.”

Playing in Canada also meant that Culley had many family and friends in the audience, including some old friends from Rossland.

“One of my old teammates from Rossland—she was the goalie while we were here in Rossland in high school—she showed up for a game, and I had no idea [she was coming], and got to visit with her after the game,” she said.

Team Canada’s bronze win came after losing to the U.S. 3-0 in the semi-finals.

Despite the loss, Culley is proud of how her team performed.

“It was one of those games where we actually came out and played the best hockey that I’ve seen us play to date,” said Culley. “Everything that you would want, we were doing, and the U.S., I think they’re ranked fifth in the world right now ... we’re ranked twentieth, so it’s kind of a David and Goliath situation.”

After the semi-final loss, Team Canada went on to win the bronze match against Chile, 1-0.

“It was definitely a battle,” said Culley. “They played well, as they always do. They always show up to play. I think they probably came out stronger than we did—I think we were battling the pressure of playing at home—but we were able to withstand

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Jamie Olsen Chad Brandt (left) competed at the INBF Central Natural championships in Winnipeg where he placed first in Men’s Masters and the Men’s Middleweight division, and won his World Natural Bodybuilding Federation Pro Card. Pictured left: Chad Brandt, middleweight winner. Right: Aaron Chigol, lightweight winner. Middle: Dino Camire, heavyweight winner.

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Taking a break was just what Rossland native Chad Brandt needed to raise his natural bodybuilding profile to the next level. But just because he didn’t compete for a whole year doesn’t mean he was idle — far from it.

Brandt took all of 2014 off from competition and spent time training and practicing his craft, bringing up his physique and symmetry, and improving his posing technique.

“I’m not the biggest guy and I’m also a taller bodybuilder at six-foot-one, and I’m competing against guys that are in their low 20s,” said Brandt from his home in Lethbridge. “So if I can get my posing down and look very aesthetically pleasing, and learn angles, there’s certain angles that I can use to look bigger than the guy beside me, so I really practiced my craft during that time and it paid off.”

The 41-year-old trainer and nutritionist returned from his sabbatical to compete in the International Natural Bodybuilding Federation (INBF) 2015 Natural Nationals championship in Calgary in May where he captured second place in the Masters division behind former pro hockey player turned bodybuilder Warren Babe.

“I wasn’t ready yet,” said Brandt “It was like a warmup show, because I hadn’t been on the stage for almost two years so I needed to get some nerves out, because it is nervewracking up there.”

A month later, Brandt returned to the stage to compete at the INBF Central Natural championships in Winnipeg.

A typical INBF event includes a demanding series of mandatory poses where competitors are judged on symmetry, muscularity and conditioning. After prejudging, competitors also perform a dynamic bodybuilding routine for up to 90 seconds with music and props to display their overall physique, conditioning, individuality, and creativity, before moving onto finals judging.

“I was peaking extremely well, I was feeling fantastic, and when I got there everything just seemed to flow, it was easy.”

Brandt claimed first place in the Men’s Masters

and the Men’s Middleweight division. He then went toe-to-toe against the top bodybuilders in the Lightweight and Heavyweight division to compete for the overall title.

“I was up against a heavyweight and he was very big, but I was able to out-pose him, and I’m more symmetrical, everything matches on me, and he was just blocky,” explained Brandt. “They usually choose big guys, even over the posers, and that’s sad about the sport that big guys always win, but this time I was able to pull it out.”

The Master’s champion would triumph and also win his World Natural Bodybuilding Federation Pro Card which enables him to compete in professional bodybuilding competitions anywhere in the world, a remarkable accomplishment for the Rossland Secondary School graduate.

“I even thought about retiring, I mean no bodybuilder ever gets that in one night, three firsts in a night, plus turning pro,” said Brandt. “I am still blown away and very grateful.”

Brandt’s next challenge is to compete at the Pro/ Am INBF Canada Western Natural and WNBF Pro Intercontinental Championships in Edmonton on Oct. 24.

“I’ll get this one (Edmonton) done and over with and then I’ll go back into an improvement season, and then I’ve always wanted to compete in Boston at the World Championship of the WNBF so we’ll see what happens.”

The proud Greater Trail product has spent years striving to achieve his goals through dedication and hard work and he now, through his Action Conditioning gym, helps others do the same. But there is one goal, with a tie to Greater Trail, that still eludes him.

“I am a huge believer in making goals and manifesting my dreams,” added Brandt. “As a teen I always said I wanted to be on Trail’s ‘Home of Champions Monument.’ As an adult and going into my bodybuilding journey I remembered this as a teen and made this a goal to work as hard as I can to get on this Monument.”

Brandt lives in Lethbridge with his wife Katrina, and the couple are expecting their first child in October.

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Editorial Retail, real estate keep B.C. in black TOM FLETCHER Black Press

The B.C. government is on track for a surplus of $277 million for the fiscal year ending next spring, despite a costly forest fire season and a continued decline in revenues from natural gas and other resource revenues.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong released results from the first quarter of the year Tuesday, showing the surplus down $7 million from the budget forecasts made in February. It showed revenues higher than expected from income taxes and property transfer tax, as well as continued rapid growth in retail sales and sales tax revenues.

Government spending is now forecast to be $381 million more than the budget, with costs of this year’s forest fire season above $300 million. That’s more than last year, but still below the total for 2009 and B.C.’s worst fire year, 2003.

With similar surpluses expected for the next two years, de Jong said the government has room for some “modest” spending increases on programs.

But the main emphasis remains paying down operating debt left from the deficit years that followed the financial crisis of 2008.

De Jong said the current trend would see operating debt paid off by 2019-20, for the first time since the 1970s. Capital debt for major construction continues to grow, but not as quickly as the size of the economy.

The B.C. economy continues to add employment, but less than one half of one per cent per year. NDP finance critic Carole James said manufacturing and forestry are struggling while the B.C. Liberal government maintains its focus on natural gas exports.

“We’re almost at the four-year mark for the premier’s jobs plan, and here we are, continuing to see less than half of the number they predicted in terms of job growth,” James said.

The opposition has focused on the government’s reduced spending on post-secondary education, and charging adults $550 per credit for high school courses they take after graduation, in order to qualify for further studies.

“Now’s the time that we should be providing support for people who want to retrain, who want to go back to school, who want to look for for those job opportunities,” James said.

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Public hearing There was a public hearing to discuss the rezoning of the lots at 2025 and 2035 First Avenue from commercial to multiple family residential zoning, but no one sent in any letters or showed up to speak.

During the regular council meeting council read the bylaw to change the zoning for a third time, but has not yet adopted the bylaw.

Money for museum and visitors centre Council voted to release $45,000 to the museum and visitors centre in 2016 for its renovation project. The money will come from a $75,000 reserve for the visitors centre and will make up for the current gap in funding for phase one of the museum’s renewal project.

Washington St. re-design Council voted to hold a design charrette on September 23 so that the public has a chance to ask questions and make comments on the re-design of Washington St. The new design features Rossland’s first dedicated bike lane and is meant to discourage drivers from using the street as a bypass to the highway.

Pioneer Park renamed Council voted to rename Pioneer Park to Esling Park following a request from the Heritage Commission.

Water and sewer rates Council was meant to get through the first, second and third readings of two bylaws to change the city’s water and sewer rates, effective Oct. 1, but it turned out they didn’t have the bylaws yet, and they needed clarification on the new rates.

Ultimately they voted to have staff come back with the bylaws and clarification on a chart showing the rate changes.

Council to consider public input at a special meeting Rossland, Warfield and Trail are partners in the regional sewer service. The old bridge is in poor condition and the sewer pipe needs to be moved. Trail’s new pedestrian bridge will be suitable to carry the pipe.

We need to increase our borrowing to pay for Rossland’s share of the project from an estimated $1m to an estimated $1.8m (actual costs may be lower, but will not be higher).

Your current parcel tax is $60 per year. Under the recently terminated agreement your parcel tax would have been $97. By borrowing $1.8m over 25 years, your tax will be $117 per year.

In 2014 the three municipalities made a deal: The bridge was estimated to cost $9.8m. The regional partners would contribute $4.2m and Trail would pay the difference to build the pedestrian bridge. Unfortunately all bids came in much higher; ranging from $12m to over $24m for just the construction portion. The lowest bid cost, with everything included was over $15m. When Trail rejected the tenders, the original contract with the three partners Trail, Rossland and Warfield terminated.

Trail has negotiated with the lowest bidder to reduce the total to $14.5m.

The three partners, recognizing the importance of the project, are working together to reach an agreement: The partners will pay $7.2m (63 per cent from Trail, 25 per cent from Rossland and 12

per cent from Warfield) Trail will take all the risk and pay the $7.3m balance.

Thus Trail will pay $12m, Rossland $1.8m and Warfield $800k.

Other options considered: a standalone pipe-bridge; total costs could be in excess of $10m. Drilling under the Columbia River was not seriously considered; possibly less expensive if successful but risky with our rocky terrain. Hanging a pipe on the Victoria St bridge; likely least expensive. A conceptual Class D and a Class C estimate were $3.5m and $6.5m. (Class D =+/- 50 per cent).

We could consider building our own sewage treatment plant. This option has been examined and rejected several times: We don’t own suitable land; operations and maintenance costs; endangered species in the proposed area; Ministry of Environment is unlikely to issue a second outlet for releasing sewage into the Columbia (even green technology requires a backup effluent system). This option is not at the feasibility stage. Much time and money would be required and we’d be without partners to defray costs.

All of these options would require significantly more engineering and permitting to determine true costs. None of these options are tender ready. Until bids are received the true costs are only speculative.

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project is very good. It started out $2m less than the next bid and then reduced significantly. The contractor was unwilling to hold this price any longer. Trail awarded the contract on Sept 11.

If we retender or redesign to build any of the other options, costs would rise; even just to do the same design, next year. Contractors have all seen the bids and construction costs are likely to increase. Currency exchange is an issue because many of the bridge components are only available in the US. What about grants? Many grants were offered in 2015 because it was an election year. More are likely next year but there is certainly no guarantee we would get one. However, this project would be a good candidate!

Under the circumstances, this appears to be the best deal for Rossland.

We are unlikely to get our pipe across the river for less money. The original deal, formulated on estimates that were incomplete and several years old, did not reflect the realistic costs of getting our sewer line across the river. Once the actual bids were received, the true cost of building the bridge was known and all partners must pay their fair share.

Come to a special meeting Sept. 18, 4-7 p.m. at City Hall to learn more and tell council what you think. Or email to mayor@rossland.ca with your input.

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Golden City Grind: Race for Gold 10km race winners by gender and age group Women, 16-19 First: Soleil Patterson, 1:06:13 Women, 30-39 First: Andrea McCormick, 59:09 Second: Andrea Blair, 1:07:46 Women 40-49 First: Christine Andison, 1:06:26 Women, 50+ First: Catherine Spence, 1:04:49 Men, 11-15 First: Jackson Konkin, 43:51 (best time overall for the 10km) Second: Clemes Unterguggenberger, 53:03 Men, 16-19 First: Daniel Merlo, 49:17 Second: Hugo Dalmalm, 53:00

Men, 20-29 First: Julien Looke, 44:35 Second: Brenden Byes, 1:08:40 Men, 30-39 First: Jon Francis, 47:25 Second: Chauncy Blair, 54:56 Third: Black Mackenzie, 1:18:17 Men, 40-49 First: Keith Kalawsky, 56:19 Second: Mike Lynn, 1:01:19 Third: Phil Pattersen, 1:11:07 Men, 50+ First: Fred Bushell, 56:20 Second: Howard May, 1:09:32

5km race winners by gender and age group Women, under 11 First: Ashley Germaine, 59:47

Men, under 11 First: Jackson Wan, 30:04

Women, 16-19 First: Chiaki Yamamoto, 24:09 Second: Sageg Robine, 27:35

Men, 11-15 First: Sam Finke, 30:13 Second: Max Anhel, 31:10

Women, 20-29 First: Ashley McKenzie, 44:27

Men, 20-29 First: Lee Hanrahan, 23:19 (best time overall for 5km) Second: Andrew Sanders, 30:05

Women, 30-39 First: Rita MacLeod, 29:41 Second: Kerry Lee, 32:50 Third: Ali Loosley, 35:17 Women, 40-49 First: Laara Banner, 29:00 Second: Sandy Anhol, 30:41 Third: Lori Heximer, 43:57 Women, 50+ First: Michelle Baldner, 29:11

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Sunday morning Rosslanders were out at the Centennial trail for this year’s Golden City Grind.

This year saw a couple of changes to the event.

Organizers added a 3km race for kids who weren’t yet ready for the 5km, but who were ready to move up from the 1km race.

The 3km race took runners from the starting line at the gate on Monte Christo down Centennial to Red Mountain Rd. and then back on Moe’s.

Runners who took on the 1km went down Centennial, around the Rossland Water Treatment Plant, and back to the finish line, which was also at the gate on Monte Christo.

The other change was to the 10km race.

Whereas the 10km used to have racers cover some of the same terrain twice, this year runners went up Monte Christo to Kootenay Columbia and over to the Techno Grind, before following Monte Christo back to Centennial and completing the 5km course, which followed Drifter and then Moe’s, looped around Larry’s to come back to the north end of Centennial, and then back down Centennial to the finish line.

“It’s actually bang on 10km now, whereas it used to be short,”

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said Shelley Ackerman, organizer for the event and co-owner of Alpine Grind.

There was a little bit of a mix-up on the trail and some runners ended up going the wrong way on Moe’s, but it wasn’t much of a problem.

“There’s always something,” said Ackerman. “We just make lots of notes and fix it for the following year.”

The event saw a great turnout.

“Last year was our biggest turnout, but this year was much better than the previous few years, so it was a really good turnout,” said Ackerman. “We were worried because there was another race on in Trail yesterday (Storm the Stairs), so we thought that maybe our numbers would be down.”

There were several winners for each race, broken into groups by gender and age.

First place runners received chocolate medals supplied by Mountain Nugget Chocolate, while second and third place runners received cookie medals supplied by Sweet Dreams Cakery.

There were also a number of door prizes, supplied by the Alpine Grind and Gerick Cycle.

Proceeds from the event support the Black Jack Junior Racers, and this year the race raised $750.

Ackerman wanted to thank all the volunteers who made the event possible.

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Projects Underway RED Mountain will be a busy place starting this September with crews and September 10,on 2015 equipment continuing to work the Hotel construction, the second phase of Snow Making to the top of Red Mountain, and the Grey Mountain Chairlift. In addition, road construction is in process between Granite and Grey and on the south side Projects Underway of Mount Kirkup as well as run brushing and clearing, lift maintenance and on mountain construction.

RED Mountain will be a busy place starting this September with crews and equipment

In consultation with Leitner-Poma Lifts, the original manufacturer of the Grey continuing to workhas on authorized the Hotel construction, second of Snow Making to the Mountain Chairlift, RED Mountain modification the of the Grey phase Mountain top of Red Mountain, and the Grey Mountain Chairlift.

In addition, lift towers. The modification will effectively lower the lift profile by reducing overall road construction is tower height. The is expected begin and on September 9 the and south take approximately in work process betweento Granite Grey and on side of Mount Kirkup as well as eight weeks to complete.

Theand lift will be in lift operation for theand upcoming 2015-16 ski run brushing clearing, maintenance on mountain construction. season.

All motorized vehicles must Stay In consultation withOut Leitner-Poma Lifts, the original manufacturer of the Grey Mountain of the Controlled Recreation Area as has authorized modification of the Grey Mountain lift towers.

Chairlift, RED Mountain illustrated and the area is Closed to The modification will effectively lower the lift profile by reducing overall tower height.

Trail will be closed Hunting. Dreadhead The work expected to begin on September 9 and take approximately eight weeks to as well as the T-Bar slope.isPaydirt Trail will remain complete. open with access onlybe in operation for the upcoming 2015-16 ski season.

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UPCOMING

NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: Monday, September 28, 6 p.m.

SMOKETTES SIGN UP NIGHT Thursday, Sept. 17, 7pm, @ the Tunnel Pub meeting room in Warfield. The Rossland Trail Smokettes Recreational Hockey team welcomes adult female players of all abilities to join them for the 2015-16 hockey season. For more info: www.smokettes.com, or email trailsmokettes@gmail.com.

PUBLIC INPUT FOR CITY’S STRATEGIC PLAN September 17, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Miners’ Hall You are invited to a drop in session to learn what city council has accomplished in its first year and to contrib-

SATURDAY NIGHT SOCCER Saturdays 7-9 p.m. until October 31 @ Jubilee Park. All ages welcome!

SLURPS AND BURPS FEEDING GROUP Tuesdays until Nov 3, 11:30 am to 1 pm. Family Obstetrics Clinic, 4th Floor Maternity, KBRH Trail. Share your experiences with your peers in an informative place for breastfeeding and bottle support. Whether you are an expectant mom, brand new mom, or a more seasoned mom, we welcome you!

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

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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PUBLIC INPUT AND SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL Discussion of borrowing for the sewer pipeline bridge September 18, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., City Hall Come learn about the sewer pipe line project on Trail’s new pedestrian bridge. Rossland, Warfield and Trail are partners in the sewer service. We have to get the pipe across the river to the waste water treatment plant. The

current bridge is old. This will impact your sewer parcel tax for 25 years. Under the old deal that terminated your tax would have been $97 per year. It will now be $117 per year. At 7 p.m. there will be a special meeting of council to consider approving borrowing up to $1.8m over 25 years. Information is available on the City’s website. Come learn more. All are welcome!

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

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.

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

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MUSIC NIGHT Tuesdays starting Sept. 29, 6:20 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., YAN Space Drop in event for ages 12 to 18. How do you like to Music? Come to the YAN Space and immerse yourself in anything/everything music. No prior music-ing experience necessary.

Sat Sept 26 and Sun Sept 27 Trail BC 10am-6pm $25 per workshop Register: info@trail-arts.com 250.368.9669

GIRL TALK Wednesday starting Sept. 30, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., YAN Space Want some time to just relax, talk, and hang out doing cool things with other girls? We have all kinds of awesome, inclusive, creative activities for you at Girl Talk. No pressure, chill space, girls only!

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. For more information contact Les Anderson by email lesanderson66@gmail.com or phone @ 250-362-5532.

MAKERLAB Thursdays starting Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., YAN Space Drop in event for ages 12 to 18. Newly renovated and expanded for this year, the Makerlab is a meeting ground for youth who share a keen interest in all aspects of technology. Bring your technology project, whether it is robotics, motion graphics, creating and printing 3D models, or something completely different. You don’t need experience, just an enthusiasm for technology! By donation.

ROSSLAND SENIORS Monday 1:30 p.m.

Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith at 250-362-4477.

Monday 7 p.m.

Rossland Quilters Guild meets.

Contact Dayanne at 250-362-7727.

Wednesday 7 p.m.

Golden City Fiddlers play. Visitors should contact Richie at 250-362-9465.

Thursday 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

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 250-362-7118 to join.

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Joe Hill Coffee House, Rossland’s community venue for performers from far and near, opens its eighth season with another great show: • Michael Gifford: Oldies and goodies.

• Wayne Salut: Unique!

• Les Carter: An eclectic mix from here and there.

• Stew Ford: Solid sounds from The Man! • Colin Lindgren: His Joe Hill debut!

Original songs and great music.

• Joe Newton: Listen to this man!

Lyrics that really work, music from deep inside.

• Marti Daniel: Always the right stuff.

FAMILY CAREGIVER SERIES Sept. 29 and Oct. 13, 1-4 pm @ Selkirk College, Trail campus.

This course covers the most important skills and information for caregivers at all stages. To register, call 250-364-5770.

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ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY The library has lots of great programs and events: Fridays: Read to Me Club for children 0 to 5 years and their grown-up 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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It’s on Sunday, Sept. 20, in the Rossland Miners’ Hall in Rossland. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m.

This year there are only four Joe Hill Coffee House shows – Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15, and Dec. 20. Then the Miners’ Hall will be closed for renovations, possibly for the better part of a year. We intend to bring Joe Hill out of hiding when it’s all over. Watch for it!

For more information about Joe Hill Coffee House, contact Les Carter at retrac01@telus.net or call 250-362-5677.

Farmers appreciation week

BC Farmers Appreciation week is about giving a shout out to those hardworking folks who bring us fresh, healthy and delicious homegrown and raised food all year long. It’s really important for us to support our local farmers so they have the financial capacity to survive. By buying our produce and meat locally, we are directly contributing to the improvement of our regions food security. At this time, Rossland has no farmers producing food, so we are really lucky to have folks travel here to Rossland each week. Farmers Appreciation week is about high-fiving our amazing farmers and saying “thanks!” for all they do.

At the market this week are John from Earthy Organics (Fruitvale); Wendy from Kootenay Natural Meats (Creston); Colleen and Cher from Grand Union Farm (Grand Forks); Sheila from Spencer Hill Orchard (Grand Forks); Joanne from Abbeylane Farm (Creston); Sarah from Stone Meadow Gardens; and Kathleen Hill from Thrive Microgreens (Patterson).

Come on down and show your appreciation for our dedicated food growers!

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Storm the Stairs: A good sweat for a good cause Val Rossi Rossland News

It was a trip or rather a climb up memory lane for about two dozen people who laced up for the United Way Trail and District’s Storm the Stairs event Saturday.

Executive director Naomi McKimmie was floored by the results Monday, as she counted nearly $5,750 raised, double last year’s traditional Day in the Park.

“The event went great,” said McKimmie. “We were very happy with the day’s results. The block party wasn’t as well-attended as we’d hoped, but that’s due to holding it the same weekend as Golden City Days.”

Weaving through West Trail via the iconic covered stairs and running or walking four kilometres in between proved to be difficult but short lived for participants, who were heated up and some even raring to go again.

Funds raised will be invested in local programs and services through the 2015 Campaign Fund. And for many, helping an organization that backs so many in the community was reason enough to sign up.

“I haven’t done the course before, so I was a little worried about the stairs but at least as many stairs you go up, you get to do down,” said Trail’s Jen Dickson.

There were about 1,500 stairs to be precise, but that didn’t slow down Dickson, who was among the first three to arrive back at the Piazza Colombo Park. Mathew Coyne of the Take a Hike program and Mike Kent of the Rossland Youth Action Network

joined her for water and a celebratory banner photo.

“I’ve heard of the iconic stairs while I’ve been here and had yet to actually see them all or let alone run them, so this was a really neat experience for me to be here in Trail for this,” said Coyne, a Vancouver resident visiting Trail for the program’s start of the school year.

The money received from the United Way, he said, covers the costs that fall outside the responsibilities of School District 20 and the Ministry of Education.

“It really is a community partnership and without organizations like the United Way, it’s very difficult for us to support the program,” he explained. “But we’ve received great support from the United Way and many other organizations like Kootenay Savings, Atco Wood Products and a variety of others so we’re extremely grateful and pleased that the community of Trail and the broader community is supporting the Take a Hike program.”

Kent sported a yodel.org T-shirt, boasting the online fundraising platform that United Way used for the event.

“Being local and having worked with Naomi lots on other projects through other hats I wear, I wanted to come out and support what they’re doing and see how it worked for them,” he said.

He was headed up to Golden City Days next to man the Rossland Youth Action Network table at the Fall Fair.

It didn’t take long for the rest of the crowd to trickle into the park. Helen Bobbitt was feeling good but was left wanting more.

The Trail woman does the stairs on her lunch hour and hopes that next time the route will expand further into West Trail.

“You’re geared up when you look at that map because it looks scary but then once you do it, you’re good,” she said.

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Community wetland planting Come out and support your wetland Chelsea Novak Rossland News

On Sunday, Sept. 20 the community will come together to plant new vegetation along the newly constructed wetland ponds in North Jubilee Park.

The planting is part of the North Jubilee Wetland restoration project “to restore the park to its natural wetland environment.”

The dense vegetation planned to go around the three new wetland ponds will provide safe habitat for birds and wildlife, and will act as a buffer between the water and dogs, humans, or stray objects.

School groups will also be helping out with the planting on Friday, Sept.

18.

Anyone interested in helping can drop in for planting between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., and should bring shovels, rubber boots, gloves, and weather appropriate clothing.

The project is supported by the City of Rossland and the Rossland Society for Environmental Action with Columbia Basin Trust providing grant funding. Eva Cameron, a landscape designer and co-coordinator of the wetland project, and Robin Annschild, a wetland restoration specialist, are overseeing the construction.

Steve Cutt (left), community investment rep for Nelson & District Credit Union (NDCU), dropped by the Rossland Youth Action Network’s (YAN) table at the Fall Fair on Saturday to see Mike Kent (right) and get scanned for 3D printing. The NDCU donated $1000 to YAN to fund their workshop on building the 3D scanner, which can be used in conjunction with the 3D printer to print out miniature copies of people and objects.

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Lot 15 Township 28 Kootenay District Plan NES3507 Together with an interest in the common property in proporation to the unit entitlement of the strata lot as shown on Form V PID 027-597-431

15-1000 Telemark Rd Upset Price: $15,980.00

Any person upon being declared the successful bidder must immediately pay by cash or certified cheque a minimum of not less than the upset price. Failure to pay this amount will result in the property promptly being offered for sale again.

The City of Rossland makes no representation express or implied as to the condition or quality of the properties being offered for sale. Prospective purchasers are urged to inspect the properties and make all necessary inquiries to municipal and other government departments, and in the case of strata lots to the strata corporation, to determine the existence of any bylaws, restrictions, charges or other conditions which may affect the value or suitability of the property.

The purchase of a tax sale property is subject to tax under the Property Transfer Tax Act on the fair market value of the property.

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Rossland’s young residents brought their skateboards and skooters to the curling rink on Saturday to raise money for the Rossland Skatepark.

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The Rossland Skatepark Association (RSA) kicked off its new fundraising campaign at the Fall Fair on Saturday with the 6th annual Miner Threat Mini Ramp Skate event.

Rossland kids were welcome to bring their boards and scooters to the curling rink where a number of ramps were setup for them to practice tricks, and entry was by donation.

Funds raised during the new fall campaign will be matched dollar for dollar up to $10,000, and will go toward constructing the new skatepark, which is now slated to be opened sometime in 2016.

The RSA will also be fundraising at Yodel.org, where Rosslanders can log onto the site and create

challenges to raise money for the park.

Previous examples include a young Rosslander unicycling every day in December and the skatepark committee doing a polar swim.

So far the RSA has raised $130,000 of $400,000 needed to complete the park, but board member Heath Clement says that doesn’t include any inkind donations.

“There’s a lot of volunteers and people around the area who’ve volunteered their time or labour or materials,” said Clement. “We’re getting our final drawings tweaked right now to get actual material take-offs, so then we can hopefully start bringing that number of $400,000 down.”

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