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New deal serves up recreation without receipts, complaints Positive response from B.V. residents says Trail rec director BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
Disbanding a reimbursement program and signing a recreation deal has proven popular among Beaver Valley residents who continue to dive into shared facilities in Trail. Though there are no statistical reports to go off of one month into the new service agreement, Trisha Davidson of Trail Parks and Recreation said that simplifying the process has been well received. “What I can tell you is the Beaver Valley residents that I have personally spoken with are very happy to be able to use the facilities and to see their administrative processes much easier to deal with,” Davidson noted. “I can also say that the building is very busy – private lessons have had a huge uptake for the month of October and most swimming lessons are full until December.”
The one-year deal sees Beaver Valley contribute $125,000 for the term which will allow their residents to use Trail Parks and Recreation facilities and participate in its services and programs at the Trail resident fee under the Trail Resident Program (TRP). “Beaver Valley will consider a longer term agreement when the proposed boundary expansion has been concluded, as this could impact our ability to pay for this and other services as well,” explained Area A director Ali Grieve. Beaver Valley Recreation withdrew from City of Trail recreation at the end of 2013 to launch its own payment system, following a reimbursement model. “In the beginning there were calls of concerns,” recalled Mark Daines, manager of facilities and recreation at the regional district. “But after about the first month, once it started to roll out and people saw how well we were dealing with it, my phone stopped ringing.” See NEW, Page 2
SILVER CITY DAYS
City hires new midway amusements contractor BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
It's out with the old and in with the new as Trail council makes way for a revitalized Silver City Days. Shooting Star Amusements, a Vancouver-based carnival is heading to Trail in May, bringing new rides for young children and thrill-seeking rides like the Zipper and Kamikaze,
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for the older ones. For decades West Coast Amusements traveled to downtown Trail for the five-day carnival, but the new family-owned company is more fitting with the city's vision, says Coun. Sandy Santori. “They brought a lot to the table with our focus being primarily on families,” he See COMPANY, Page 3
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The City of Trail hosted its ground breaking ceremony for the pipeline/pedestrian bridge Wednesday afternoon in Rotary Park. (From the left) Grace McGregor, board chair of Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, Trail Mayor Mike Martin, Warfield Coun. Diane Langman, Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore, Nedim Alca from Buckland & Taylor, and Senior Project Manager Ronan Deane from Graham Infrastructure LP.
Ceremony signals start of bridge project BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
“It's really a bridge across our community.” Those promising words came from Trail Mayor Mike Martin during Wednesday's pipe/pedestrian bridge ground breaking ceremony. “And for those of you that have history of the Lower Columbia region, you know what I am talking about. It's really going to be something that is a landmark representing what we can accomplish by working together.” The city hosted the event in Rotary Park with local officials and regional partners on hand, as well as the bridge designer and constructor. “We could not have done this without the commitment and resolve of our partners...when we had some very dark days in August and September,” he added. “Quite honestly we all thought we had lost it and would be back at the drawing board after four years getting to this point.” Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore agreed, saying trust, collaboration and cooperation were essential in bringing the regional project to fruition.
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“Many times I didn’t think we'd be standing here, at least not this year,”she said. “It's because we worked together as a group and because we trusted each other and relied on each other's word that we are here today.” Moore reminded the crowd of about 50, that she, Martin and Warfield Mayor Ted Pahl are three new mayors. “We are setting the tone for the region because we believe collaborating and trusting each other will benefit us far more than some of the past animosity where you put your own community first and forget the rest,” she added. “We are trying to break that pattern because we know working together will do far more for our region..if all of our areas bind together...because being one voice, we will be far more successful.” Coun. Diane Langman stood in for Pahl, acknowledging regional partnerships. “We all spoke of wanting to foster regional collaboration when we were elected,” she said. “And this is a shining example of what it can look like when we all work together.”
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