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Montrose on board with energy and emissions program SHERI REGNIER Trail Times
Now’s the opportune time for towns and small cities to invest in a SCEEP. Montrose joins Rossland, Castlegar and Creston in developing a SCEEP, otherwise known as a Strategic Community Energy and Emissions Plan - which is a living document that identifies viable ways each community can conserve energy while reducing emission of gases like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone. Funded with $8,000 from FortisBC PowerSense and $6,000 through Columbia Basin Trust, the village’s plan was developed following a workshop facilitated by the Community Energy Association in mid-November. Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk and staff, gathered with representatives from Interior Health, Lower Columbia Initiative Corporation, the regional district and the Village of Fruitvale over two days and built an action plan after looking at energy, emissions, and energy expenditures for the community as a whole. “Montrose wants to be a player, like everyone else, to reduce energy and emissions that can move us closer to our target which is carbon neutral,” says Danchuk. “This really helps us, by guiding us, toward those goals.” Overall, the SCEEP is another resource in the village’s Strategic Planning Action adopted by Montrose council that supports increasing energy efficiency and transitioning to more local renewable sources of energy; motivating community members to participate in community and regional decision-making processes; and participation in regional collaborative initiatives. “SCEEP is trying to incorporate communitywide action,” explained Bryan Teasdale, Montrose’s chief administrative officer. “We can’t control whether someone drives or carpools to work, or drives to the post office to get their mail,” he said. “Because we are more a bedroom community to the City of Trail, a lot of our SCEEP is based on transCONTINUED ON A3
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Trail’s Jessica McPhee has already collected 80 purses that have been topped up with goods from the community and are ready to be delivered to women most in need in the community.
Purse campaign spreads holiday cheer to women in need VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times
A Trail care aide has been playing Santa Claus for local women most in need. Jessica McPhee has already collected over 80 bags and stuffed them with essentials like toothbrushes and soap for a purse campaign started by the Hospital Employees’ Union’s women’s committee, which she co-chairs. The idea was borrowed and grew quickly with interest through social media. Many local women cleaned out their closets and donated purses while local businesses followed suit with personal hygiene products. McPhee even received toothbrushes and toothpaste
from area dentists who wanted to help. “It’s been fun,” she said. “It’s been really nice to see the community support.” Her Christmas tree in her Tadanac home is proof of the overwhelming response. A shiny pink purse holds a toothbrush, floss, shampoo, lotion and other toiletries. Other handbags hold much the same, but each is given some extra love and attention with treats like chocolates, a scarf, or lip gloss. The bags will soon be shared among local shelters, including some headed for the WINS Transition House. Willi Coulthard, coordinator of the 10-bed facility in Trail, said those who turn up often come with very little.
“Women living in the transition house are in need of a lot of things that we take for granted,” she said. “Some of them are starting from scratch.” The safe haven celebrates Christmas with a dinner, which “second-stage” residents often attend. WINS doesn’t budget for the holidays but always manages to pull efforts and donations to spread festive cheer. “Very often what the residents get as gifts in the transition house are the only presents that they get,” Coulthard added. “I think it means an awful lot to them.” Anyone interested in donating can reach McPhee via email at lulu_1990@ live.ca
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