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The red wave that swept across the country Monday night didn’t flow into the newly formed South Okanagan-West Kootenay (SOWK) riding.

This area remained orange for a fourth straight federal election as the Liberals took hold of most of Canada.

NDP Richard Cannings was declared the winner after garnering 24,823 votes after almost 74 per cent of electors cast a ballot. By 9:45 p.m.

Cannings had arrived to the celebration at his Penticton headquarters.

“I pledge to not only take your concerns to Ottawa, but also to seek out your ideas on how we can make this a better place to live,” Cannings told the crowd. “Together we can build a better country and a Canada we can be proud of once again.”

By the time all votes were tallied Conservative Marshall Neufeld gained enough to move into second with 19,894, Liberal Connie Denesiuk slipped into third with 18,727 votes, followed by Samantha Troy from the Green party, 2,851 and independent Brian Gray, 432.

By the time BC voting stations closed at 7 p.m. the Liberals already

had a near majority government. By 7:15 p.m., the east to west sweep had Justin Trudeau named the next Prime Minister with a majority government, which at that point, was projected at 172 seats and counting.

The trend ended in the South Okanagan-West Kootenay as Cannings took an early lead and maintained about 600 votes over Liberal Connie Denesiuk. Behind her by about 600 votes was Conservative Marshall Neufeld, with Samantha Troy from the Green party and independent Brian Gray trailing.

During the course of the night, the NDP lead widened, and after 150

polls, Cannings pulled ahead by over 1,200 votes. Notably at the half way point, Denesiuk already had 6,700 more votes than the Liberals received in the 2011 election.

“We’re thrilled to see that Canada’s back on the right track,” Liberal candidate Connie Denesiuk told Dan Walton of the Penticton Western News.

“He’s the only leader that offered real change, now. The Conservatives said the status quo is good enough and the NDP said they’ll balance the books and then maybe fulfill their promises later. People want change and they want it now. And that’s what Justin Trudeau offered.”

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Students at Rossland Summit School got the chance to cast a ballot in the Student Vote on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

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Students at Rossland Summit School had an opportunity to cast their votes on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

While they’re too young to vote in the actual election, students from grade three and up had the opportunity to cast a ballot in the Student Vote, which is put on by CIVIX, a non-partisan charity that works to build skills and habits of citizenship among young Canadians, in partnership with Elections Canada.

Nicola Kuhn, a social studies and humanities teacher at RSS, got information about Student Vote at studentvote.ca and organized the school’s first mock election.

“They send you everything from lesson plans to the actual ballot boxes, and voting screens ... and then they send you the ballots with all the local candidates on them,” she explained. “So you can go into as many lessons as you want.”

Chloe Fike, a student at RSS, said she and her classmates have been learning about the election since the beginning of the school year.

“We learned all the party platforms, and the leaders, and we went to classrooms and talked about it with other teachers, so we had to make presentations on it,” she said.

Student votes took place any-

where from Oct. 13 to 16.

“And then our counters are sworn to secrecy because according to the Elections Canada Act, we can’t release our results until after the elections results are officially released,” said Kuhn. “We send them in to Elections Canada and they tally all the votes across Canada, and then they do a comparison, and in 2011 they were pretty close.”

In the 2011 election 166 Conservative candidates were elected to office and the party held 39.6 per cent of the popular vote. In the 2011 student vote, 130 Conservative candidates were “elected in” and the party received 30.97 per cent of the popular vote.

One of the biggest discrepancies was in the per cent of the popular vote that went to the Green party. While the party only received 3.9 per cent of the popular vote in the actual election, students gave them 17.29 per cent.

This year, the student vote once against closely matched the actual election results.

Students also elected a Liberal majority government, but with far more seats. Students voted to give the Liberals 227 seats as compared to the 184 the Liberals actually got, and gave them 37.60 per cent of the popular vote versus 39.5 per cent.

Again there was a large discrepancy in the per cent of the popular vote accorded to the Green party:

12.04 per cent from students and 0.3 per cent in the actual election.

Asked what was most important to her this election, Fike said, “I thought it was really important when they talked about the Keystone Pipeline, because I don’t really like it too much, and the raising minimum wage.”

The payoff of the Student Vote is that kids educate their parents about voting.

“Some of my students, their parents don’t vote,” said Kuhn, “and so a few of them said ‘If you come home and give me some information, I will vote,’ and so the whole idea is to increase voter turnout.”

Some of the students will also be of age four years from now, and will have the chance to vote in an actual election. Learning more about party platforms, leaders and elections now will help prepare them.

“It’s not really intimidating if they know how the process works,” said Kuhn.

Students also got a chance to see how easy voting is when Kuhn cast her ballot at the advanced polls.

“They watched me go through the process and vote,” she said.

“They saw how easy it was and they asked me who I was voting for, and I said I couldn’t say until after the election because I don’t want to sway them in any direction.”

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Elections

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By the time Green candidate Samantha Troy’s postpartisan party started on Monday night — right after the polls closed — the election had already been called.

Hardly half an hour into the party, news networks announced a Liberal majority, party-goers tuning into the news on the radio and their phones.

A small group had gathered at the Old Fire Hall — now the Rossland Social Club — for libations, politics and pretzels. The decor for the evening was highly romantic: bouquets of baby’s breath sprouting out of vases around the hall, fairy lights strung across the ceiling, tea lights on every table. All leftovers from a wedding during the weekend, a very green way to decorate.

Talk shifted from Troy’s campaign and her last minute entry into the race, to gleeful farewell’s to Harper to Trudeau’s connection to the area. His father used to bring the kids skiing here. His brother used to live here, and died in Kokanee Lake, swept in by an avalanche.

Hours after the radio announced a Liberal majority, news casters called Richard Cannings, NDP Candidate, for the South Okanagan-West Kootenay seat.

Troy was happy for him, but resolved to wait a little bit longer before calling to congratulate him, until his office had been properly notified.

“I think [Richard Cannings] will do an outstanding job, and I’m just so grateful for everyone participating, and all the voters that came out and did their part by participating. I’ll be interested to see what the actual numbers are on that as far as turnout goes,” said Troy.

She was also excited to see Canada’s future take shape.

“It’s such an exciting evening. I want to say welcome back Canada. I think I’m very excited about our change in government and I have quite a bit of hope and confidence for the next four years,” said Troy.

The Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) held its annual conference in Vancouver from Sept. 21-25, and Rossland was represented by Mayor Kathy Moore, Councillor Andrew Zwicker and Councillor Andy Morel.

Rossland News caught up with the trio to find out how things went at the conference and what they got out of attending.

RN: What was your biggest takeaway from the conference?

Mayor Kathy Moore: The importance of working together with other municipalities—like the Highway 3 Mayors’ Coalition and the Resort Municipality Initiative mayors. We get so much more attention and interest from the provincial government when we present a united voice on an issue.

Councillor Andrew Zwicker: There was an enormous number of high value take aways. It would be an unfair challenge to distill it down to just one. In that vein I would suggest the biggest takeaway could be summed up best in saying that there is an incredible number of talented, committed and hardworking, mayors, councillors and area directors in our province all working tremendously hard at making the communities we all call home a better place.

While there are some common issues, primarily the ever-present and growing need for infrastructure renewal, replacement and new forward thinking progressive means of doing so, there is also an incredibly diverse range of issues affecting all communities across BC. Coming out of the week and having the opportunity to converse with many representatives from many communities, as well as listening to and chatting with a host of subject experts during and after the forums was that compared to most, Rossland is at or near the top of the pack on most issues. In terms

of public engagement, which many communities struggle with, Rossland is by far leading the way. On items such as self-supporting, fully-costed water and sewer Rossland is one of but a very few communities ready to implement this now. All in all, it was gratifying to see how far ahead of the general pack Rossland is on most issues, as well as very educational and interesting to hear how the other challenges communities in BC are facing and how they are approaching and solving them.

Councillor Andy Morel: The collective energy and influence available in BC municipal politicians. The fact that there were so many MPs, provincial ministers, the Premier, opposition leaders and MPs, employee unions involved in the conference as attendees or just rubbing shoulders with municipal leaders reinforces for me, the importance of the collective voices of all BC communities—big and small.

RN: What was the biggest success?

KM: Establishing rapport with ministers and ministerial staff members. I think it’s really important to be able to make those face to face contacts. It will help when Rossland needs help, assistance or advice with various issues. It was great to put a face to some of the provincial government people I’d been speaking with already.

AZ: There were several major collective successes for the union as a whole. One in which I had the pleasure of speaking directly to the conference on was the recommendation to the province to enact an environmental bill of rights. As I relayed in my speech to the crowd this is not simply an environmental issue, nor an economic issue, nor a public rights issue, it is an everything issue. If we cannot provide our citizens with clean water, air and food then nothing else we do as councils matters much at all.

Conference delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of

the motion.

AM: R & D (Rob and Duplicate), a new acronym for finding solutions was coined in one of the workshops I attended. Rubbing shoulders with many other small community politicians afforded the opportunity to talk about common issues and solutions.

Attending a number of informative workshops on a variety of topics from Building and Protecting Green Communities to learning about the new regulations coming in the fall under the auspices of the Offroad Vehicle Act! We are not alone!

RN: What was the biggest disappointment?

KM: As a councillor I was able to attend lots of workshops and sessions. As a mayor there are lots of other meetings that conflict with the program. Those meetings are all really good too but I really love the learning and sharing that goes on in the workshops.

AZ: The weeklong event that is UBCM is a non-stop action packed gauntlet to run from 6 a.m. to midnight everyday for five days straight.

There is a massive volume of interesting and talented people to network with, a series of excellent and informative sessions, a truly enormous trade show of suppliers that are all valuable to the City and to other folks around Rossland we can pass information and contacts on to. There is also the heart of the conference in going through 160 plus motions which is essentially an enormous two day council meeting with 1800 council members to speak to, amend, and vote on the motions. If there was anything disappointing about the event it is simply that there is not enough time to do it all, so you must effectively pick and choose your schedule and sprint from meeting to meeting. It was however a fascinating and highly valuable event that I highly look forward to attending again.

AM: As a still new councillor/first time UBCM at-

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tendee, I can say that I had no substantial disappointments.

It was very full days from 7 a.m. until late evening. By the end, I felt “peopled out” and appreciated the need for a rest weekend once home, but overall I was very pleased with the opportunity to represent Rossland at this provincial conference.

RN: Who was the most interesting person you met and what did you learn from them?

KM: I can’t name just one. I really enjoyed getting to know a lot of the other mayors. We all share similar challenges regardless of the size of our community.

AZ: I had the pleasure of pre-arranging a one-on-one meeting with the BC Green party including their leader Adam Olsen, MLA Dr. Andrew Weaver and party chair Bob Lorriman. We first got together along with fellow councillor Andy Morel and friend Ange Qualizza (Fernie councillor) to talk about the issue affecting Rossland and how that matched up with the Green party’s platform and plans and how we can work together on setting party strategy. The following day I was invited to grab a beer with BC NDP leader John Horgan where we again discussed Rossland’s wins, opportunities and challenges and how that fits in with the provincial NDP’s strategy. I have kept in touch with both groups post UBCM and look forward to maintaining critical relationships in Victoria to help move Rossland’s needs forward.

AM: Met a lot of interesting folks, including a meeting where fellow councillor Andrew Zwicker and I had a sit down with climate scientist, mathematician, author, MLA and deputy Green party leader, Andrew Weaver. I believe the most interesting conversations were at sit down lunch tables with fellow councillors and mayors discussing our common issues and potential solutions. Connections are of the most value in these conferences.

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Rossland’s first public school teacher

In August, 1895, Rossland had almost 100 school-aged children and as families flooded into the booming mining camp that number was increasing every day. There were lots of children, but no public school and no RON SHEARER teachers. The provision rshearer@mail.ubc.ca of schools and teachers was the responsibility of the provincial government, but there was no allowance in the budget for a school for Rossland. However, the minister scraped together funding for one teacher if the community provided a school building “at no cost to the government.” This was the context in which David Dalton Birks appeared in Rossland.

Like his father and brother, Birks trained as a Methodist minister, serving part of his probationary period in Nelson and the Slocan. Intending to be a foreign missionary, he took the provincial examinations to be certified as a school teacher, receiving very high marks. What he needed then was teaching experience.

In 1895 the Methodists decided to establish a church in Rossland and the neophyte

Birks was assigned the task. He arrived in Rossland on July 8 and by August 25 had a rough church building enclosed, far from finished and unheated, but usable. It was on the edge of the rough-and-tumble Sourdough Alley. Although the location was not popular with parents because it was accessible only “by devious back-ways and unsavoury alleys,” the unfinished church would become Rossland’s first public elementary school.

Who would be the teacher? Birks was available, but there was a technical problem.

By law a “clergyman of any denomination” was prohibited from being a teacher in the “strictly secular” public school system. In early September, 1895, Birks wired the superintendent of education asking if a minister who resigned his parish could serve as a teacher and the superintendent gave the ambiguous reply that a minister “who resigned his profession” could serve. Birks then resigned as Methodist pastor, but he did not resign his “profession.” He continued to be an ordained Methodist minister, though unemployed. With the school year almost a month old, the desperate school board chose a favourable interpretation of the superintendent’s telegram and appointed Birks as Rossland’s first teacher and principal at $60 per month.

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It was a demanding post. The students were at all levels, from beginning to advanced, and the school was equipped with rough benches and desks. Although many school-age children did not attend, enrolment continued to explode; from 58 in early October, to 78 a week later and 98 and rising

by December. The government then funded a second teacher, for whom a room had to be found “at no cost to the government.” The school trustees devoted much time and energy to raising funds to pay the rent. Finally, the government agreed to build a new school on a lot donated by the townsite company on Kootenay Avenue near Earl Street — but it had only two rooms. The day it opened it was overcrowded, with insufficient desks for all of the students. More classrooms and teachers had to be found, scattered about town.

Birks seems to have been an effective principal and teacher, but he wanted more of what the mining camp had to offer. He lost his idealism, abandoned his ambition to become a missionary and, while still a teacher, became the secretary of two mining companies and the president of a third. After half a year at the Kootenay Avenue school, he resigned to pursue his mining interests.

None of his mining ventures proved profitable, so he set up shop as a mining broker. As

such, he was one of the founding members of a stock exchange in Rossland, but also one of the vigorous dissenters who forced the exchange to close after little more than month in operation. His brokerage was not successful. He then tried to sell lots in a new townsite near the lower Arrow Lake and managed mines in the Lardeau. When all else failed, he operated a bakery. He was discouraged, perhaps desperate.

In 1898 Birks married Jessie Clute, a divorced woman who had a son in the mining brokerage business in Spokane. David and Jessie moved to Spokane where David taught school for two years to make ends meet. He then joined the Clutes in lead and copper mining ventures near Metaline Falls, none of which succeeded. He then prospected, without results. Jessie died in 1923. In 1942 David, a tired, lonely man, was found dead in an isolated cabin where he had been caretaker of an estate.

Birks’ disjointed career was unusual but not unique. It illustrates the seductive and mesmerizing effects of gold mining in Rossland’s boom years — but also the slim chances of achieving success despite the untold riches produced by a few mines.

It is a sad story of the undoing of a talented man.

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Partnership with Interior Health Council voted to approve a partnership with Interior Health following on a request from Kerri Wall, community health facilitator, who presented to council at the last regular meeting on Sept. 28.

Councillor Andrew Zwicker suggested that council should also reach out to other organizations in Rossland that could benefit from the partnership with Interior Health.

“We should probably reach out and sort of

pass this contact on to the other people that are relevant like schools, the library,” he said.

Guest House Zoning Council did a first and second read through of a rezoning bylaw for 2075 Thompson Ave. to rezone the property so it can be used as a guest house.

The rezoning bylaw prompted council to ask staff to explore other ways to regulate guest houses.

Properties that are zoned for temporary accommodation risk standing empty for long periods of time, which can be bad for neighChristine Esovoloff Sales Associate

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bourhoods. That’s part of the reason why the city currently considers the density of guest houses in an area before approving any more zoning.

There are also concerns around parking.

So far there are 15 guest houses in Rossland: four in Lower Rossland, 10 in Upper Rossland, and one in Happy Valley.

Council wants to ensure that guest houses don’t become a problem for the city.

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program. Council had asked staff to apply for a grant for the program, but staff said that after looking over the application they determined they wouldn’t have enough time to apply by the Oct. 9 deadline.

However, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) has applied for the exchange of 25 wood stoves, and staff recommended that pending acceptance of the RDKB’s application, the city should inform the public of the RDKB’s wood stove exchange program and inform the program coordinator that the City of Rossland will supply a top-up

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grant of $100 per wood stove. Council directed staff to call the RDKB and discuss the matter.

McLellan to act as alternate council representative Mayor Kathy Moore tabled a motion to have Councillor Lloyd McLellan act as her alternate as the council representative to the RDKB and to take on all nine of her committee appointments.

McLellan was absent from the meeting, but Moore confirmed that he’d agreed to take on the extra work and council approved the motion.

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Trinda Bowman, owner of Curiosity Clothing and Gifts, talks with Terry Van Horn, economic development officer with the LCIC, and Mayor Kathy Moore.

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The message Rossland business owners sent to LCIC and Rossland council representatives during Tuesday’s Business Walk was that Rossland needs to attract more skilled labour, and more tourists.

Representatives from the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Rossland city council, Trail & District Chamber of Commerce, and the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation (LCIC) visited Rossland businesses to hear their concerns and to learn what if anything can be done to help their businesses thrive in the Lowe Columbia region.

“The goal is to celebrate Small Business Week this week and to get out into the community to meet businesses, to let them know that we’re here, that there’s services available to help support them, get them to meet their new city council and the other economic development practitioners in our region who are there to support and help them,” said Terry Van Horn, economic development officer with the LCIC. The Rossland Business Walk was the second walk in the region, the first having taken place in Trail on Monday.

So far businesses have brought up the need for skilled labour.

“Having quality skilled labour employees has been coming up quite regularly throughout both the communities,” said Van Horn.

But businesses weren’t just interested in attracting employees. They’re hoping that a solid marketing campaign for the region can help attract more people to live, work and play throughout the year.

“There certainly were some consistent comments,” said Councillor Andy Morel. “Bringing more people into the community so that the business community can prosper on a 12 month basis, so not just the winter season which has been the highlight of the community for decades.”

Representatives went out in teams of two, each one speaking to different businesses, so it’s significant that many of them reported similar comments.

“Most of them were focused on getting more customers, especially during the summer months,” said Larry Olsen, regional economic development manager with the ministry. “Winter is really good,

Wendy Morrison (left), Basin business advisor, and Councillor Aaron Cosbey (right) talked to Becky Gilhula, owner of Sweet Dreams Heritage Inn and Cakery, on Tuesday’s business walk. Wendy Morrison (left), Basin business advisor, and Councillor Aaron Cosbey (right) talked to Roseanne Chobanuk, owner of Legacy Gift Room and Brew Shop, on Tuesday’s business walk.

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but summer is a struggle, and there was a lot of suggestions for how to improve that.”

“They hoped that we would attract more people to the region of course, marketing always comes up in everything we do,” said Van Horn, “because of course we are a bit more remote that the average urban community, so being rural and tucked in the corner on the province, marketing comes up always.”

Businesses also shared what they considered to be pros in Rossland: the main street revitalization project, Tourism Rossland, and the new broadband being installed.

There was also a Business Walk in Fruitvale on Wednesday. Once all the data has been compiled, the LCIC will begin by creating a summary for each community.

“But our ultimate goal is to create a regional report,” said Van Horn.

The LCIC will report back to city councils and businesses that participated to share its findings.

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A Rossland family is cycling the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.

Dean Corkill, Jacqueline Neale and their twin daughters, Loren and Morgan Corkill started out from Banff, Alta. on Aug. 1 and reached Cuba, New Mexico by Wednesday, Oct. 13, having travelled more than 2073 miles.

The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route is the longest off-pavement route in the world, covering 2,774 miles, or over 4,464 kilometres, from Alberta to New Mexico following the spine of the Rocky Mountains. It has over 200,000 feet of elevation gain.

The family decided to undertake the epic ride after Morgan found a guidebook called Cycling the Great Divide by Michael McCoy in the REI Store in Spokane, Wash.

“We’ve done some cycle touring in the past, but not this extensive,” said Dean.

“This book caught Morgan’s eye and I guess planted the seed.”

The family’s previous trips include an approximately 400 km trip around Vancouver Island following the Trans Canada Trail, and a 575 km trip from Midway to Hope, also following the Trans Canada Trail. But this is by far the longest cycling trip they’ve undertaken.

Each of them is towing a beast of burden (BOB), a lightweight trailer, that carries their camping supplies. They camp for about three or four days at a time when they’re in between cities, and sometimes camp in town. There are times though when they look forward to staying in a hotel.

The route has take them through all possible weather conditions: rain, snow, wind, and extreme heat.

“Just in the last week we crossed Indiana Pass, which is the high point of this route, and it’s about 11,910 feet.... When we just got on the backside of that, it was raining that night and we had to camp just alongside the trail, and then the rain turned into snow,” said Dean. “So we went to bed all wet and woke up wet and had a day of cy-

Clockwise: Dean Corkill, Jacqueline Neale, and their twin daughter from Rossland are cycling the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route is the longest off-pavement route in the world, covering 4464 kilometres from Alberta to New Mexico following the spine of the Rocky Mountains. Dean Corkill next to his bike and BOB trailer. Jacqueline Neale on her bike with her BOB trailer in tow.

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On the other hand, the family began a three-day journey across the desert after leaving Cuba on Thursday, Oct. 14 with temperatures over 30ºC. “We have to pack all our water for the next two [or] three days,” said Dean.

Different parts of the route have presented different challenges. So far the challenge in New Mexico has been the thorns. The family has had at least 14 flat tires so far, six in one 24-hour period.

Loren and Morgan are 12 years old and the youngest bikers the family have seen on the route.

The twins attend Rossland Summit School and look forward to returning to school and telling their classmates about

their trip across the Great Divide.

Asked what her favourite part of the trip was so far, Loren said, “The downhill.”

The family has received lots of support along the route from other cyclists and kind strangers.

“We stopped in, for example, at a restaurant ... for a taco lunch, and the owner came down to talk to use and learned what we were doing, and he gave us some free cake, avocados, and his cell phone number in case we had any troubles,” said Dean.

“That’s just one example of maybe a dozen examples where people have been really supportive.”

The route ends in Antelope Wells, NM and the family hopes to arrive there on Monday, Oct. 26.

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Cross country skiers dry run The Kimberley Nordic Club and Kimberley Cross Country Skiers hosted another successful dry land training camp this last weekend in Kimberley.

A total of 27 young and eager athletes took part in what has become an annual fall camp. This three-day event which was staged at the Kimberley Nordic Club lodge featured tonnes of fun, with the athletes participating in team-building exercises, sports nutrition sessions and stretching.

Special presentations by the local sports nutritionist, Ali Wilson, and Kinesiologist, Hali Duncan, were a great asset to the camp experience.

Exercise was obviously a big focus of this camp. Riding on the ‘Rails 2 Trails,’ running on the ‘Magic Line’ trail and on the ‘Around the Mountain’ trail were some of the highlights, as well as having the younger kids learn all

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Athletes came from Rossland, Invermere and Golden, and had a blast; vowing to come back again next year.

Thanks to the generous support from Teck Resources Limited and Cross Country BC, this camp continues to grow in numbers and popularity every year.

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NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: Monday, Oct. 26, 6 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 9, 6 p.m.

Suitable for all ages. Everyone is welcome and anyone needing a ride call 250-362-5767.

ROSSLAND UNITED CHURH HOSTS TURKEY BUFFET Saturday, Oct. 24, 5-7 p.m. @ Rossland United Church. Turkey dinner with all the trimmings plus great desserts. Everyone welcome - bring the whole family.

WEST KOOTENAY FRIENDS OF REFUGEES Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. @ St. Andrews United Church Annex.

WKFoR will be speaking on their work: WHO we are WHAT we do WHY we do it HOW we do it Refreshments will be served.

WORKSHOP ON SLEEP PROBLEMS Sunday Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m. in the Seniors’ Hall (Basement of the Trail Selkirk Building.)

HOME SCHOOL HISTORY TOUR Wednesday October 28, 10-11:30 a.m.

Learn about everyday life of children in early Rossland. Our guide will lead you on a journey back in time to when Rossland first became a city. $5 per child. Call to book your spot: 250-3627722.

p.m. @ the Rossland Museum.

Explore science, create crafts, and play games. The museum has tonnes of resources for kids interested in geology, science, history, and more. Bring a snack, and enjoy two hours of supervised fun.

Ages 5-12. Drop in $5. School bus stops at the museum.

ART DROP IN NIGHT Mondays, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. There will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists.

GIRL TALK FOR GIRLS 14-18 Wednesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. 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! FREE

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LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSION Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall.

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Library Bingo: 2nd Thursday of the month. Pick up card at the library.

Movies and Munchies: 3rd Thursday of the month, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Books and Babies: Fridays until Dec. 18, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Stories, songs and fun for those 0-30 months and their grown-ups. For more info call 250-362-7611.

MAKERLAB FOR YOUTH 12-18 Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. 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.

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As Halloween approaches, images of scary, blood-sucking bats become common place. Since the goal of the Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP) is to promote bat conservation, this is the perfect time of year to counter these bat myths and do something to help bats.

“The conservation of bats in BC has always been important since over half the species in this province are considered at risk” says Juliet Craig, coordinating biologist for the KCBP. “However, since the introduction of White Nose Syndrome, a disease that is devastating bat populations where it has spread, bat conservation is more important than ever.”

White Nose Syndrome (WNS) is a disease caused by an introduced fungus that was first detected in a cave in New York in 2006. Since it was discovered, it has spread to 26 states and five provinces in North America, decimating bat populations along the way. An estimated six million bats have died from this disease so far and the number continues to climb.

“Luckily White Nose Syndrome is not yet in BC,” continues Craig, “But we are preparing for its arrival by raising awareness about bats, working with landowners who have bats in buildings, enhancing bat habitat, and monitoring populations.”

Building bat-houses is one way to encourage healthy bat populations. With the decline of large trees and undisturbed rock features, some bat species have adapted to using human-made structures, such as bat-houses. These small boxes have several crevices inside that provide a safe, dry habitat where bats can roost during summer months.

“Bat-houses are particularly important for maternity colonies where groups of female bats roost together to have their pup during the summer,” states Craig. “A well-designed bat-house installed in a good location can provide a home for hundreds of bats.”

Funded by the Columbia Basin Trust, Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund, Habitat Stewardship Program, and the Public Conservation Assistance Fund, the KCBP provides educational programs on bats, conducts site visits to landowners with bats in buildings, and offers a program called “Building Homes for Bats” where they reimburse the cost of materials to residents who build and install two bat-houses on their property.

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Museum holds art auction gala Chelsea Novak Rossland News

Last Thursday night the Rossland Museum held a gala to showcase the pieces in its art auction.

All of the art up for auction was on display at the Rossland Gallery, and some of the artists were even on hand to chat about their pieces.

Craig Broadhurst donated a sofa table that he designed and hand-crafted.

“It’s made with primarily fir on the top and the legs, and the wood arches are pine, and then the stainless steel brackets for a little extra support,” said Broadhurst.

He’s made furniture for ten years, mostly for himself, but also for some clients. Broadhurst donated the table to the museum so he could contribute something to Rossland.

“I’ve done that in the past (donated furniture)....

I made a set of ... tables to support Habitat for Humanity in Thunder Bay, because I used to volunteer for them,” he said. “I do what I can in ways that I like to do it.”

Louise Drescher donated a painting to the auction.

“It’s a view looking west on Leroi Ave. In 1910 or 1911, and I found the photograph in the archives over at the museum, and I thought it would nice to structure a painting based on the photo,” she said.

Drescher tried to match the colours in the painting to what it might have looked like historically.

She also included a train since there were several train tracks in the photo.

Drescher donated the painting because she wanted to support the museum.

“I was very happy to donate a painting to the museum fundraiser because I want to support the efforts of all the volunteers in this town who make it possible for us to have a museum,” she said. “Our

Five-piece brings Love to Rossland Chelsea Novak Rossland News

Louise Drescher donated a painting based on a historical photo she found at the museum. Guests at the museum’s art auction mingled among the pieces on display.

Photos by Chelsea Novak heritage is important to honour and our community is strong when we work together to create an identity.”

Lois Allen, flutist, provided the musical entertainment for the evening.

The money raised through the auction will go to the Museum Renewal Project, and the museum is only $10,000 short of its goal for Phase I. Libby Martin, president of the museum association, thanked all the artists for donating their work to the auction.

The pieces will be on display and open for bidding at the Rossland Nelson & District Credit Union, and bidding will be open until 5 p.m. on Nov. 30.

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The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra will play the fourth show in the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture’s performance series on Nov. 14 at the Miners’ Hall.

The band is on the second part of their album release tour for Love, which is their fifth album and was released on Aug. 16. The album was recorded on Quadra Island during the winter of 2013-2014.

The band formed in 2006 and has always been a five-piece.

“On this tour we’re touring with sort of like three of our original personal and two newer guys,” says Kurt Loewen, guitarist and vocalist.

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“It’s a lot of introspective songs.... The album’s called Love but almost ironically. It’s sincere I guess in it’s way, but it’s an album that has a lot of lyrical content about ends of relationships, ends of friendships.”

The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra has played in Rossland twice before, once at the Old Fire Hall and once at the Flying Steamshovel, but that was a while ago.

“Wow man, that was probably more than four years ago,” says Loewen.

“I’m really, really glad that it’s worked out for us to come play again.”

Loewen is also hopeful that the band will have vinyl copies of their album by the time they reach Rossland, and hopes residents will come check it out.

“We’re really excited to play in Rossland for the first time in a lot of years,” he says.

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“We play a lot of venues, like all different kinds,” says Loewen. “Be it like a literal crowd-surfing type, 45-minute festival show, and all the people are like 25 years old, to a sit-down 300-person venue where the average demographic is like 60 and ... they like the dancing stuff and they enjoy it, but it’s like an opportunity to also play the quiet stuff and not crowd surf.”

Loewen says the new album is quite a departure from the band’s previous releases.

“There’s a lot more drum kit, a lot more electric guitar, a lot more keyboard stuff, and a lot more ambient type instrumental stuff, which has really been fun to perform and play, but it’s way different, it’s not so dancey,” he says.

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Arthur Cleveland Cowland “Cleve” 99, of Rossland BC passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 14, 2015.

He was born in Neepawa Manitoba on June 24, 1916 to the late Arthur John and Olive Cowland (Reece).

Cleve worked as an Operator for Teck Cominco for many years from where he eventually retired.

Cleve spent his youth growing up in Melville, Saskatchewan and playing hockey was his passion. He came to Rossland in 1935 to play hockey for the Trail Smoke Eaters.

Cleve served in the R.C.A.F. during WWII. When he returned from the war he was given an offer to play for the Montreal Canadians Hockey Club in 1945 but chose to stay in Rossland and marry the love of his life Thelma Cowland (Kozamaki). He remained married to Thelma until her passing in 2003.

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Cleve is survived by his granddaughter Tamara; great granddaughter Tiana; and son-in-law Phillip.

He was predeceased by his wife, Thelma and daughter Cheryl.

A service will be held at the Rossland United Church on October 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Relatives and friends are welcome at the service.

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Community At their most recent birthday parties, Maya (age 11) and Sofia (age 9) Maturo decided to request donations to the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees (WKFoR) instead of presents. Their friends participated with enthusiasm and generosity. After counting carefully, the girls were pleased to present WKFoR member Jan Micklethwaite with $96.25.

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The West Kootenay Friends of Refugees (WKFoR) have successfully sponsored two refugee families since their formation in 2011.

People in Trail and Rossland have donated money and goods to make the transition for these people more comfortable and the families are very grateful for the support.

As a registered group, the WKFoR is now receiving lengthy lists of Syrian families who have been approved for resettlement in Canada. It is heartbreaking to read about children needing medical attention and older people who are alone and vulnerable. At this time, it seems as though the families being listed are those who are in the greatest need. Because we

have recently sponsored an Eritrean family, the West Kootenay Friends will need to start another fundraising drive so we can raise the money needed to provide care and housing for people who have left everything behind and have nothing. Our goal at this time is $15,000.

In this situation it is particularly impressive that young people like the Maturo sisters, the students of the Seven Summits Learning Centre and the Interact Club at J.L. Crowe are showing the way by taking on their own initiatives. As nine-year-old Sofia Maturo put it, “ Some of my friends have had birthday parties where we donated to the S.P.C.A. I think animals are important but people are im-

portant too. That’s why I decided to help the refugees.” Her mother, Kate Mahoney, confirmed that her daughters came up with the idea on their own.

As the season of giving approaches, please consider making a donation to the WKFoR by sending a cheque to Box 1597 Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0. Donations can also be made on our website through Paypal or at the Nelson and District Credit Union in Rossland. Tax receipts will be provided.

If you have ideas for fundraising possibilities or would like to join the group and get actively involved, please contact Jan at 250-362-5289 or Christine at 250362-9916.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Rossland’s 21st century reads Chelsea Novak Rossland News

Once again it’s time for Rossland Reads and this year’s theme is award-winning Canadian novels of the 21st century.

Based on Canada Reads, Rossland Reads pits four debaters against one another, each defending their own book.

Lise Levesque will be defending The Birth House by Ami McKay, Penny Johnson will be defending Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden, Maddie Snelgrove will be defending This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, and Jane Therriault will be defending

The Cellist of Sarajevo

by Steven Galloway.

The four debaters will defend their books in a debate led by Jennifer Ellis, who’s moderating for the third year in a row.

“She’s got a pretty good system down,” said Beverley Rintoul, director of the Rossland Public Library. “She asks questions that surprise the debaters, and I always think that’s a good thing.”

The first debate will be held on Thursday, Nov. 5 at New Editions Café & Books, and before the night is over one of the four books will be eliminated, but the defender of the eliminated book will still return the next week to participate

in the debate.

The other two debates will be on Nov. 12 and 19.

Audience members will have the chance to vote for the book they think should win, and can ask debaters questions while the votes are being counted.

Debaters also get to vote and get two votes each.

For those who miss a debate, this year there will be a podcast to help them catch up.

“I went and recorded an intro podcast with Aerin Guy of SpaceRace the week before last,” says Rintoul. “That one will be going up hopefully this week. They’ll be on our website. And all the debaters and our

moderator are going in beforehand to sort of do introducing themselves, and then that’ll be another podcast.”

Podcasts of all three debates will also be posted to the library website.

As for audience participation during the debate, Rintoul says so far there’s been no heckling. In fact so far the proceedings have been very Canadian. “[The debaters] were all pretty polite. They would say something mean about somebody else’s book and then apologize,” she says.

Two copies of each book are available at the library and New Editions Café & Books has the books for sale.

Aries, you can’t seem to focus your attention on one thing this week. However, wandering thoughts may put you in touch with some better ideas.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

Taurus, you may like to tackle projects on your own, but sometimes letting someone else pitch in can provide a fresh perspective and a new way of doing things.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21

It’s time to get serious about your job-seeking efforts, Gemini. Start putting out feelers and see what is available. Also, fine-tune your résumé to get noticed.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, while success brings you many things, it can feel lonely at the top. Make some time to reconnect and hang out with friends this week.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, listen more than you speak in the coming days. You can learn so much more by remaining quiet and taking it all in, and others will appreciate your attentiveness.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, after an exciting event, life may seem a little mundane for a while. Happiness is what you make of it. Try a new hobby or make some new friends.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

Expand your social circles and you may meet some influential new people, Libra.

This can only help your reputation and open up new doors to various opportunities.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, take control of a situation that comes to light this week. No one else seems capable of taking the reins but you.

Chances are you will be an excellent leader.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, you may be unable to keep everything organized this week. Don’t fret, as you need not be in complete control at every moment.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, you may be inspired to do something creative but don’t know where to begin. Pisces may be a good source of inspiration. You can work on a project together.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, make the necessary changes in your life to put primary goals back on target. These may be career or fitness goals or even plans to increase family time.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, this week may start off a little differently than most, but by midweek you will find your groove.

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