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Fatal crashes down, impaired driving up on local roads GREG NESTEROFF Rossland News

Local traffic police saw one encouraging trend in 2015, but lots of others that have them concerned.

In a roundup of annual statistics, RCMP Sgt. John Ferguson of West 250 Kootenay Traffic Services 250 REPORT WITNESS IT AT said there were four fatal crashes BREAKING 365 362 NEWS? on local2183 roads last year, down 6397 from 11 in 2014, “however four NEWS HOTLINE 250 REPORT 250 REPORT TNESS is still too many.”

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charges increased by 35 per cent and roadside suspensions related to alcohol increased 100 per cent. Charges of driving while impaired by drugs increased 10 per cent.

“This is an alarming increase,” Ferguson said. “We cannot stress enough the devastation an impaired charge or an immediate roadside prohibition can have on the driver, family or victims of a crash.”

On Boxing Day alone, a single officer pulled over four suspected drunk drivers in the Fruitvale area, which Ferguson called “un-

believable.” Another four drivers were taken off the road on New Year’s Eve. There was also a 25 per cent increase in drug seizures and 100 per cent increase in drug trafficking charges related to people travelling on local highways.

Seatbelt and cell phone-related infractions decreased, although Ferguson said distracted driving remains one of the main causes of crashes.

Charges related to speeding more than 40 km/h over the posted limit increased by 50 per cent.

“Slow down and drive to the road conditions, not the posted speed limit,” Ferguson advised.

Ferguson said neither enforcement nor manpower changed with his unit between 2014 and 2015 — in fact it was down slightly due to one officer who was off injured.

He theorized, though, that some increases had to do with people becoming used to stricter roadside prohibition penalties that came into effect a few years ago. Initially, he said, people were more vigilant, but “now they’re back to not thinking about it.”

Ferguson said no one part of West Kootenay/Boundary has a lock on questionable driving.

“If it was just Nelson, going to Playmor Junction, we could easily target that, but it’s the entire Kootenays, not just one specific place,” he said.

“Our patrol’s mandate is to make Kootenay Boundary roads the safest in BC and we will continue to strive to do this through enforcement and education. We need the public as well to understand that adverse actions on the roads can and will affect themselves and others.”

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2015 was a busy year for Rossland, with the city planning a lot of new infrastructure projects to be undertaken in 2016, but also making some more immediate changes, like reducing the speed limit or changing the name of Esling Park.

Rossland News caught up with Mayor Kathy Moore to get her thoughts on 2015 and her hopes for the new year.

Rossland News: Of everything that happened in Rossland last year, what were you the most excited about?

Mayor Kathy Moore: Very happy about getting some of our past issues sorted out. I feel that council has set the city on a more sustainable path in regards to employment contracts.

We need to really pay attention to how we spend taxpayers’ money and

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make sure we are paying a fair salary, comparable to what is paid in other communities our size. I believe we are moving in the right direction.

RN: What 2016 projects or initiatives are you most excited about?

KM: To continue on the labour theme, a key priority for 2016 is to hire key senior managers: a CFO/ CO and a manager of finance. Looking forward to finding some qualified candidates that can work with council for the benefit of the community, and as mentioned, at a cost we can afford. I’m looking forward to establishing a stable management team, hopefully one that will be in place for years to come but will bring new ideas and broad experience.

We have some big infrastructure projects coming up; Washington St. is the most important. I am really excited about getting the water and sewer lines replaced. They are well beyond their useful life.

It will be great to make the Washington St. corridor more attractive and pedestrian friendly with sidewalks, bike lanes and landscaping. We hear so many comments about the benefits of the improvements made to Columbia, it’s time to upgrade Washington too.

Making the improvements to our fabulous Miners’ Hall is very exciting too. Looking forward to having more community space once the

upper floor is renovated.

We still need to line up more funds to make this project a reality.

Museum, Phase 1 is also a big deal this year.

Lots of work has been done on this project.

RN: The new year always means new resolutions, but as many have said recently, they can often get broken. Were there any big hopes you had for the City of Rossland in 2015 that didn’t pan out?

KM: Only real disappointment was that we were unable to get an agreement on recreation with Trail.

Both councils worked really hard but in the end, Rossland just could not afford what Trail was requesting. Recreation is important but we have to focus on the core municipal responsibilities: roads, sewer, water.

Rossland already spends a lot of money providing recreational opportunities for our residents but it just isn’t possible to provide everything that everyone wants. It’s just not affordable.

RN: What are your hopes for Rossland in 2016? As mayor, do you have any new year’s resolutions?

KM: 1. Live up to the vision statement council developed: “To be a more sustainable, smart, fun and livable small city.”

2. My resolutions are tied to council priorities: a. We want to make sure our financial house

is in order; ensure that we are making smart spending decisions for the benefit of the community. E.g. improve the reporting and tracking of all infrastructure projects so council and the public have confidence; b. Make sure we have a stable competent management team in place; ensure that we continue to provide excellent customer service; c. We want to further develop and implement a robust asset management plan so that we are spending taxpayer money wisely; d. Continue to reduce inflow and infiltration so we can reduce wastewater treatment costs — it’s all based on volumetric flow data now; e. Get our water and sewer rates set properly to more accurately reflect true costs; f. Continue to communicate regularly and be responsive to the public; g. Move the Midtown transition lands, Emcon lot, forward. This council needs to focus on it.

That will be a multi-year process.

3. I started with the vision, so I’ll end with the mission statement as my last new year’s resolution.

I want us to continually work towards implementing our mission statement: “To provide cost efficient and effective municipal services to residents, visitors and businesses in a collaborative and cooperative fashion to ensure a well managed, well governed, viable community.”

Slopes for Hope gears up for fourth run VALERIE ROSSI Rossland News

The fight against cancer is reaching new heights with the fourth annual Slopes for Hope challenge.

The Canadian Cancer Society is inviting snowboarders, alpine and Nordic skiers to take part in the Red Mountain Resort and Black Jack Ski Club event Feb. 21. In the

meantime, residents are encouraged to sign up individually or as a team and start raising funds for the skiathlon that has participants attempting to ski or board the vertical distance of Mount Everest, 29, 029 feet, in one day.

Alpine skiers can achieve this, for instance, with about 21 runs on Red Mountain or 13 runs

on Motherlode. The Everest trek, for Nordic skiers, is a 10-kilometre challenge at Black Jack via Gibbards Trail and Aqueduct-Roger’s Route.

Last year’s event raised just over $19,000 and this year’s goal has lifted the bar to $25,000.

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BC Jobs Grant available to help fund employee training BETSY KLINE Rossland News

WorkBC has announced that funding is available for employers who want to further their employee’s training. The Canada-BC Job Grant (CJG) is open to businesses that fall within the BC Jobs Plan priority sectors. The sectors included are agrifoods, Aboriginal Peoples and First Nations, construction, forestry, manufacturing, mining and energy, natural gas, small business, technology and green economy, tourism and transportation.

Local employment counsellor Tamara Childs said, “Employers need to know about this so that they can take full advantage of this grant money so they can help their employees or future employees get fully trained up.” Many of the eligible sectors are well represented in our area. “Small business owners, because they are working on the tightest budget, might benefit the most; but anyone involved in these sectors can benefit,” said Childs.

The targeted funding of up to $3 million is for eligible employers and organizations in these sectors to train new and current employees for available jobs. According to the WorkBC website, “The goal of the CJG is to increase participation of British Columbians in the labour force and help them to develop the skills necessary to find and keep a job.”

WorkBC outlines the objectives of the program as: “To encourage greater employer involvement in training to ensure that skills are better aligned to job opportunities; and to make it as easy as possible for all residents of British Columbia to get the help they need to develop the skills necessary to quickly find and maintain employment.”

The grant has a two fold purpose. “They want it to be training that will benefit the company, to help them to be more competitive in our twenty first century, but also to help upgrade the skills of the employees,” explained Kootenay Workforce Development coor-

dinator Carol Currie.

The criteria is based around helping the employees get a better job. This could be anything from getting the job, increasing hours or increasing responsibility to preventing loss of the job due to lack of training.

“It can even be for what they are calling essential skills,” said Currie, “Basics like reading, writing, numeracy, computer skills, using documents. If that is going to make that person better in their job, that is something that meets the criteria.”

Currie explained that the type of training covered is vast. It goes beyond the basics above to almost anything that a specific company could need. Training can be obtained through existing programs that colleges and training centres offer, or be customized to specific needs. It can cover training for an individual or for the entire staff. One example Currie gave was that of a company that is getting some sort of new machinery, they could apply for funding that would would be needed to train staff on that new machinery.

Locally, Selkirk College has many programs in place that would fit into the requirements of the CJG. If a business is interested in finding out what Selkirk offers, they can contact Gregg Neelin at 250-365-1256.

Community Futures Central Kootenay also offers business skills training. Classes on bookkeeping, marketing, social media, website design, and more are available. They also provide customized training for groups. For more information contact Janeen Mather 250-352-1933 ext. 100.

Kootenay Workforce Development coordinator Carol Currie is also available to help businesses understand the grant and how it might benefit their company. She can be reached at 250-304-9225.

The CJG opened up for applications on Jan. 4. All training must start on or before March 31, 2016.

The maximum amount that will be provided to an individual employer is $250,000. The maximum grant allowable per individual participant is $10,000.

More information and applications can be found at www.workbc.ca.

BC makes quitting smoking a little easier BETSY KLINE Rossland News

Changes to the BC Smoking Cessation Program have made quitting smoking a little easier.

The expanded program now covers more products and has made access to the program easier.

To be eligible, you must be a resident of BC with active Medical Service Plan coverage and be a smoker or chewer of tobacco.

Patients no longer have to call and obtain a registration number from HealthLinkBC, they can now access to the program directly through their local pharmacy.

“Quitting smoking is the most important life change that people can make to reduce the risk of a wide variety of diseases,” said Josh McPherson, a pharmacist with Shoppers Simply Pharmacy

in Castlegar. “If anyone is contemplating quitting smoking, I strongly urge them to visit their local pharmacist and get started,” added McPherson.

The program covers 100 per cent of the cost of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products or contributes towards the cost of specific smoking cessation prescription drugs.

The new list of NRT products covered includes gums, lozenges, patches and inhalers. A person can receive a single continuous course of treatment (up to 12 weeks or 84 days in a row) with NRTs each calendar year.

To access the NRT portion of the program you can simply visit your local pharmacy. The pharmacist will talk to you about health issues and other risks to make sure the program is right for you and then

you and the pharmacist must sign a declaration form.

Coverage for the prescription cessation drug portion of the program is done through PharmaCare. To access this part of the program you must make sure you are registered with Fair PharmaCare and visit your doctor in order to obtain a prescription.

Additional support for those wishing to stop smoking can be found at Quitnow.ca. The resource provides one-on-one support and valuable resources in multiple languages to help you plan your strategy before you get your smoking cessation aids. It also offers a medication guide, stories from other British Columbians who have quit and videos on how to use nicotine patches and gum to get the right amount of nicotine and avoid withdrawal symptoms.

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Doctors go above and beyond On a Sunday afternoon in mid-November, I was required to have an emergency medical procedure which first involved a visit to the Emergency department at the Nelson Hospital and after diagnosis I was transferred by ambulance to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. In Trail (the next morning) an appendectomy was performed and after a short stay, I was released and am happy to say I quickly returned to good health. But to say I am grateful for the medical treatment I received would be an understatement. I simply cannot find adequate words to properly thank all the medical staff involved and it remains a mystery to me how they can perform to such a high and caring level when obviously the facilities are overburdened to the max and chronically understaffed even at baseline staffing levels.

In particular I want to commend the receptionist who was on duty in Nelson Emergency, the triage nurse who directed my treatment, Doctors McBride and Sparrow who attended me and provided diagnosis, the nursing staff on duty who cared for me and organized the ambulance that transported me to Trail, the ambulance attendants who made the trip almost pleasurable and who also expedited my admittance to the Trail hospital so seamlessly and the duty nurse on the surgery ward who organized my admittance to a ward in spite of the fact surgery was still happening at 10 p.m. It was amazing to me that all these folks, under such pressure, could continually respond with such caring and sincerity.

It gets even more amazing. At about 2 a.m., I was visited in my room by the surgeon, Dr. Schumacher and the anesthesiologist whose name I have unfortunately misfiled, apologizing to me that my surgery was re-scheduled for 7 a.m., as they had been in the operating room for over 10 hours as another procedure had taken longer than scheduled. Obviously I was stable but would that be OK with me? They wanted to get a few hours rest before going back into surgery.

Can you imagine? I was totally overwhelmed by the thoughtfulness and caring that these two doctors, after an unusually hectic day in surgery would come to my room to explain to me my new schedule. Sure enough, at 7 a.m. I was whisked down to surgery, had my procedure by these same doctors, waking up a couple of hours later in a very busy recovery room.

As all this had occurred on a Sunday and Monday, I had had no opportunity to see my family doctor, Dr. Hii. (Incidentally, he is the greatest family doctor one could wish for.) But who walks in the door of my room after recovery? Yes, in walks Dr. Hii who conducts a post op checkup and organizes a follow-up appointment. Unbelievable! Where else in the world would one find medical professionals like all of the above? We are so lucky to have such dedicated people in our system in the Kootenays and as previously mentioned I don’t know enough words to adequately express my thanks and appreciation, except thank you all so very, very much.

Terry Gainer Nelson

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Fletcher Quince’s grand experiment CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

Fletcher Quince moved to Rossland six years ago and has since been making his mark, stepping in to keep the Rossland Art Gallery open following the departure of the non-profit Rouge Society, and then starting the Rossland Social Club in the Old Fire Hall.

Now he’s hard at work bringing together professionals to build the Kootenay Kapacitor on the third floor of the Bank of Montreal building.

All of these ventures fit into Quince’s grand experiment of “identifying, evaluating, and prototyping complex social systems” with the goal of strengthening the city’s social fabric, expanding its creative economy and encouraging collaboration and innovation through a novel social enterprise Quince has named the Community Energy Exchange (CEX).

In a recent presentation to council, Quince explained that Rossland’s population of approximately 3500 people “offers a mappable social landscape, and an ideal area for modelling and developing novel social programs.”

So far there are six pieces to CEX. The first three, under the umbrella of Flecha Industria are the Rossland Art Gallery, which acts as a creative marketplace, the Kootenay Kapacitor, which provides a way to expand access to knowledge resources, and the Rossland Social Club, which provides much needed social space.

The other three are run through C3-Pro, which also acts as a holding company for the Old Fire Hall.

Basin Crowdsource is essentially a regional version of Kickstarter for anyone in the community to raise money and get help with initiatives. Linklocal.ca, which has been transferred to the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation (LCIC), allows independent professionals in the Lower Columbia region to register and share their skills with potential clients in the region. Finally, the Basin Business Association, currently under development, will be a meta-network that includes chambers of commerce, downtown business associations and other business groups.

C3-Pro is the seventh registered community contribution corporation in BC. According to the Ministry of Finance’s website, a community contribution company

(3C) is a company that “has a legal obligation to conduct business for social purposes and not purely for private gain.”

With C3-Pro, “60 per cent of any profits generated by the social enterprise are directed toward a defined social purpose.

Through the unique feature of asset lock associated with this corporate type, the value of its infrastructure” also falls within that 60 per cent.

“What you have is 60 per cent ownership to a community enterprise, whereby 40 per cent can be owned by the investors that helped establish that, but if you went to sell it … then you can actually leverage that 60 per cent to still acquire it,” explains Quince.

“So it would actually provide a mechanism through which to buy out investors who didn’t want to see the vision through, rather than having somebody who wanted to flip a property and take a profit out of it.”

In the case of the Old Fire Hall, the revenue generated through the hall will eventually be used so that C3-Pro can buy the space from the Kootenay Savings Credit Union.

C3-Pro currently has a four-year operational agreement with Kootenay Savings to rent the hall, with the hope of collecting a downpayment in that time.

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Council supports food security action plan Rossland City Council brief: January 11 CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

RDKB agreement Council agreed to approve a funding contribution agreement from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. The agreement is principally between the district and the City of Trail regarding the new Trail bridge, but since Rossland is listed in the agreement as a “participant” in the initiative, Rossland council also needed to approve the contents.

Council’s main concern was that the City of Rossland wouldn’t end up paying for any maintenance of the bridge that didn’t directly relate to the sewer pipes, but that is being covered in a separate operations and maintenance agreement.

Revenue Anticipation

Bylaw Council approved the first, second and third reading of a Revenue Anticipation Bylaw, which is a standard bylaw that allows council to borrow funds so it can cover expenditures until annual property taxes are collected. The bylaw is required as part of the City of Rossland’s agreement with the Nelson & District Credit Union to fulfill the requirements of an overdraft clause, but the city has not actually had any reason to borrow under the bylaw since 1999.

Snow skating at Winter Carnival The Rossland Winter Carnival Committee made a request to extend the closure of Spokane St. between First and Second Ave. until 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31 to accommodate a new event, Christine Esovoloff Sales Associate

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downhill snow skating. Council approved the request.

Community Food Action Initiative Councillor Andrew Zwicker asked council to approve a request from the Sustainability Commission. The commission is working on a food security action plan with a budget of $90,000 and has been invited to apply for a multiyear Community Food Action Initiative (CFAI) grant from Interior Health, following a letter of intent the commission submitted. Zwicker asked that council approve in principal the allocation of $20,000 from the city toward the budget, for the purposes of applying for the CFAI grant. The first $5,000 of that is from the Sustainability Commission’s budget, while

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the other $15,000 would have to come from elsewhere in the city’s overall budget; however, it’s possible that the commission will be able to find other grants and funding sources before the project actually moves forward.

Council approved the request.

Road closures on Washington St. Mayor Kathy Moore wanted to notify the public that there will be temporary road closures beginning Monday, Jan. 18.

The Washington St. entrances to Fourth Ave., Sixth Ave. and Turner Ave. will all be closed on a trial basis so the city can see how it impacts residents.

Permanent closures of the three spots have been proposed as part of the Washington St. renovation. The closures will be in effect until Friday, Mar. 4.

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fees.

“The trail fees are waived and as part of the club’s support of the Black Jack skier development program, they’re just asking people to make donations if they wish,” explained volunteer Tammy McLean.

“There’s no obligation to make donations, but we’re very grateful that people are.”

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Black Jack Ski Club held a Tour de Soup event on Saturday afternoon.

Cross country skiers were invited to come out and ski for free for the day, and could stop at each of Black Jack’s three cabins for a cup of soup.

Skiers were encouraged to make a donation in lieu of paying for trail

Left: Skiing was by donation during Black Jack’s Tour de Soup on Saturday and skiers could stop at the three Black Jack cabins to try soups from different restaurants. Pictured here: George Edney, Tammy McLean and Sabien Edney.

Right: Sammy King and Sam King. volunteer coaches, racing travel costs for kids who compete, and for the paid senior coach position.

All of the soup was contributed by local restaurants, and there were six soups in all, two at each cabin: Trail Head Cabin: to-

mato chicken sausage soup from Gabriella’s Restaurant and mushroom barley soup from Alpine Grind Torresan’s Cabin: tomato vegetable soup from Clancey’s Restaurant and chicken cream corn soup from Ying’s Café

Gibbard’s Cabin: vegetarian black bean soup from the Flying Steamshovel and butternut squash soup from the Garage The day saw hundreds of people turn out for cross country skiing and soup.

Fletcher Quince’s grand experiment

CONTINUED FROM A4 Quince is very grateful to Kootenay Savings for their support of this unique social project.

The space is being run as a four-phase program: the first phase is identifying the potential operations to take place in the hall and the second will be to begin covering the baseline costs of the space.

So far Chef Premier has rented out the kitchen, Danielle Hachey has taken on event planning and Seven Summits Coffee Roaster will be moving into the space pending approval of a building

permit by the City of Rossland and approval of the Old Fire Hall strata. Quince also hopes to revive Rossland Radio and have them set up in the space.

“Through the rental of space to a series of small businesses and the community’s utilization of the space, the operating costs and eventual downpayment will be acquired through a publicly visible record associated with the operation of the facility,” says Quince.

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One of Quince’s other goals is to create a Lower Columbia Region Innovation Zone, a project that he hopes to submit as a dissertation toward his PhD. The innovation zone would expand beyond Rossland, creating a legislative framework to allow for complex innovation, like that Quince is trying to build through CEX.

Once the legislative framwork is in place, it will be easy for other communities to build off the model Quince has built. As it is, the model is already on the way to being franchised.

“Dustin East will be stepping in as a director [of C3-Pro] as of the start of 2016,” says Quince, “and in doing so will enable the franchising of the C3 model as well as some of the other components, like the social club, the Kootenay Kapacitor and Kootenay Brockerage elemetns to Kaslo.”

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About half of all cancers can be prevented, according to the Canadian Cancer Society, by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“Skiing and snowboarding are great ways to stay active during the winter months,” McCarthy adds. “It is a great way to get our cancer prevention message out to the community, raise funds to support our mission and have fun.”

Money raised will

help the Canadian Cancer Society fund cancer research, cancer prevention initiatives and support services such as the wig bank at the Trail office and affordable lodging near treatment centres in Kelowna and Vancouver.

All participants who raise $100 or more will receive a half price lift ticket at Red or free day pass at Black Jack. An après celebration will draw the day to a close with entertainment and prizes like the coveted “Golden Boot Trophy” given to the team that achieves the most vertical feet and raises top funds.

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“With this amazing snow we’ve been having this year it’s not going to be a hard thing to ask of people,” added McCarthy. “With all of this fresh powder we’ve been getting, I think it’s a great tie-in for people to get out there and ski and be a part of something that’s important.”

The same event will be held at other ski hills this winter, with Whitewater holding its fundraiser on March 5, in which the Nelson Nordic Ski Club is running an Everest trek option for the first time.

Local participants can register online at slopesforhope.ca by selecting “Red Mountain” and start gathering financial backing for their efforts. Registration has also opened up for Trail’s first Daffodil

Dash, which is replacing the Relay for Life event that had 15 successful years in Trail.

“As they say, all good things must come to an end, and with that sentiment in mind the society decided to launch a new event,” explained McCarthy.

The Daffodil Dash is scheduled for April 24 at Gyro Park.

The dash coincides with the annual April Daffodil Campaign, where the society sells fresh cut daffodils and puts out yellow daffodil pins throughout the community.

To sign up for the dash, visit cancer.ca/daffodildash. To volunteer at Slopes for Hope or the Daffodil Dash, contact McCarthy at 250-3640403 or via email at amccarthy@bc.cancer.ca.

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Sports Black Jack skier Julien Locke (right) captured bronze in the freestyle sprint at the U.S. Ski Championships in Houghton, Mich. on Monday.

Locke wins bronze at U.S. championships JIM BAILEY Rossland News

Black Jack skier Julien Locke mounted the podium at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships Monday in Houghton, Michigan.

The 22-year-old Nelson native captured a bronze medal in the Men’s Open 1.5-kilometre freestyle sprint, and was first among U23 skiers with a time of three minutes, 18.38 seconds.

“It was a good race Monday, I skied well, and had good skis, and finished out pretty well,” Locke told the Trail Times from Houghton on Wednesday.

Locke attended the event to prepare for the Canadian World Junior/ U23 Trials in Thunder Bay, Ont. next week, and going against the best skiers in the United States seemed like a good warm up.

“I didn’t have the greatest start to the season in December,” said Locke. “We had issues with skis and my form wasn’t super good, so it was definitely nice to come here and have a good result.”

The veteran Black Jack skier finished just behind Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess who skied neck and neck with Reese Hanneman from the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Centre.

“I started moving up through the climbs, and then there’s some twisty sections, and just carried my speed well, and put in a good burst right at the beginning of the finishing straight, then moved up into third and just kind of held that position.”

Hanneman pulled away from Blackhorse-von Jess in the final metres to finish in a time of 3:15.14 to win gold.

“It was a good day for me and I know I am in really great sprint form right now,” said Hanneman in a release. “As soon as I won the qualifier I knew I had to use my power and save it until the right point on the course and go for the win and I came away with the win.”

The road to the final for Locke wasn’t easy. In the quarter final, Locke lined up with fellow Canadian skiers Evan Palmer-Charrette and Michael Somppi

of Thunder Bay in what turned out to be a scorching fast heat where Locke finished fourth out of six skiers but still managed to advance to the semifinals.

“It was super fast,” said Locke. “There were three Canadians so we all knew each other and knew it was going to be tight to go through, so we pushed the pace on purpose, and we had somebody on course to give us splits.”

The top two finishers from each of the five heats advance to the semis, and then the two best times also move on as the “lucky loser.” Locke’s heat was so fast that the Black Jack skier’s 3:15:52 eclipsed the time of all the other heat’s winners, so he and Somppi, in third place, advanced to the semifinals.

“We made a tactical decision to push the pace to get all of us through, and in the end it worked out.”

Locke then made it to the final after finishing third in semifinal heats, coming just 0.14 seconds back of Fredrik Schwencke of Northern Michigan University, who won the semifinal heat but would finish behind Locke in the final. The other Canadian to qualify for the final, Palmer-Charrette, came sixth.

The U.S. Cross Country Ski championship continues until Saturday, with the freestyle distance and classic sprints remaining. Locke will miss the 30-km freestyle race Thursday to save up for the classic sprints on Saturday.

“It’s a classic race, and the classic is my strength so I’d definitely like to be on the podium again,” said Locke.

Following the U.S. Championship, the Haywood Nor-Am World Junior-U23 Trials go in Thunder Bay at the Lappe Nordic Ski Centre from Jan. 14-19.

“We have a skate sprint down there on Thursday, then a 15-k classic, and a 30-k pursuit, but the sprint is my strength so I’ll be playing my cards in the sprint.”

Last year, Black Jack skier Colin Ferrie advanced to the FIS World Junior and U23 championships in Turkey, and Locke would like nothing more than to take his turn this year, and qualify for the U23 Worlds in Romania, Feb. 23-28.

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Rossland’s second annual Fatbike Fest CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

The second annual Fatbike Fest will take place during Winter Carnival weekend from Friday, Jan. 29 to Sunday, Jan. 31.

The popularity of fatbiking has increased in Rossland since last year’s festival, according to Tyler Merringer, owner of Revolution Cycle.

The first fatbike appeared in Rossland five years ago, and since then Merringer says the number of fatbike owners has more or less doubled every year.

Fatbikes have the advantage of performing well on challenging terrain, such as sand or snow, giving Rosslanders a chance to get out cycling in the winter.

“It gives them an alternative when the skiing conditions get challenging and then for your hardcore cyclists, it gives them the opportunity to continue to ride through the winter,” says Ian Craib, festival organizer.

This year’s festival will be a chance to see just how many fatbike owners there are in Rossland.

Friday will be a demo day out at Red Mountain Resort from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. where current and would-be fatbike owners can test out the latest models available from Revolution Cycle, Gerick Cycle and some distributors who will be attending.

Then from 6 to 9 p.m., fatbike riders are invited to participate in the Winter Carnival parade.

“After the demo, we’re going to encourage all the people that want [to], to bring their bikes down to the parade like we did last year,” says Craib.

Last year over 20 riders participated. Following the parade, there will also be a night bike ride.

The Fatduro kicks off Saturday at 11 a.m. Last year saw just under 40 riders participate in the threestage race; however, the event is not intended for new riders.

“That event, I wouldn’t suggest

it for beginner cyclists, but more for experienced cyclists or people that have ridden those trails where it’s going to be on Red,” says Craib.

Sunday’s event is more open to inexperienced cyclists. The Fatbike Cross Country Race, new this year, starts at 10 a.m. at Redstone Resort. “[Redstone Resort is] going to be providing some grooming on the perimeter of the golf course and then there’s going to be roughly around 20 to 30 km,” explains Craib.

The course will be set up for different distances for riders of different levels.

Those who wish to register for the Fatduro can contact Tyler Merrring at tyler@revolutionarycycles.ca and those who wish to register for the Fatbike Cross Country Race can contact Gerick Cycle at gerickcycletrail@shaw.ca.

The festival is also still looking for volunteers and anyone who would like to help out can contact Ian Craib at ian@oakbaybikes.com.

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ROSSLAND CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 at 6 p.m.

AVALANCHE AWARENESS DAY Saturday, Jan. 16, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hosted by Rossland & District Search and Rescue. At Red Mountain Resort, meet outside base lodge. Free event includes hands-on transceiver, probe, and other clinics, competitions for kids, and prizes. Dress for the weather. Bring your avvy gear if you have it. If access

to the chair is required, lift tickets must be purchased.

WEST KOOTENAY OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP Meets Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 at 2 p.m., Kiro Wellness Center, Trail. Topic: prolapsed stoma. For info, call 250-3689827 or 250-365-6276.

CASTLEGAR NORDIC SKI CLUB ANNUAL FUN TROLL LOPPET The 55th annual Fun Troll Loppet

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MUSEUM SATURDAY CRAFTERNOONS Stop in anytime Saturdays between 1 to 3 p.m. for Crafternoons in the Discovery Zone! Crafts and activities for kids of all ages. Free with adult admission. Parents can feel free to look around the museum while we craft with the kids. The Museum is openall winter Wednesdays to Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate available to keep you warm! Contact: 250-362-7722 or info@rosslandmuseum.ca.

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. Come hang out and get creative!

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTS Mondays, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Girls and boys ages 5 to 7 years.

Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118 to join.

SLURPS AND BURPS FEEDING GROUP Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family Obstetrics Clinic, Fourth 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!

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEY Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Join this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Please enter on Second Ave. This is fun, no contact, no pressure hockey! Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

MUSIC NIGHT Tuesdays, 6:20 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. 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.

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Cross Country Ski Marathon will be held on Sunday, Jan. 24, starting at 10 a.m. at the Paulson Ski Trails Viking Centre at Mud Lake. This is a participation event, not a race, but your time will be available for your information.

All participants will receive a participation award. Juice and snacks will be available at the finish. To register or for more information visit the Castlegar Nordic Ski Club website.

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, chillspace, girls only! Free.

YAN AFTER SCHOOL DROP-IN Monday to Thursday, 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Come in and chill, get homework help, build a resume or do a job search, or just hang with you friends. Free.

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

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PICKLEBALL Wednesdays, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. @ RSS. Indoor pickleball.

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.

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.

ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY Lego Club: First and third Thursday of the month, 3-4 p.m.

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

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

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Joe Hill Coffee House On Sunday, Jan. 17, Joe Hill Coffee House continues its eighth season with a move to the Rossland Legion, 2081 Washington St. They will be there on the third Sunday of every month until summer. It’s an excellent venue, and part of Rossland’s history.

They will continue the trademark Joe Hill format — friendly atmosphere, nice seating, coffee, tea and goodies, and children are welcome (no bar). It’s still only $3, kids and students are free.

January 17 show features: • Dawn Graham • Michael Gifford • Stevo • Bert Kniss • Peter Reed • Marti Daniel • Peter Pii Doors open at 6 p.m., the show starts at 7 p.m.. Be sure to come in time to pick out your treats.

Joe Hill Coffee House is Rossland’s community venue for performers young and old, new and experienced. It’s completely run by volunteers. If you would like to come and perform (no audition required), contact Les at retrac01@telus.net, 250-362-5677.

Kootenay Cup success JIM BAILEY Rossland News

Black Jack skiers competed at the Teck Kootenay Cup in Kimberley on the weekend with great results.

In Saturday’s race Abbey McLean captured first place in Bantam Girls 3.2 km classic, while Johann Taylor-Gregg and Radek Krampl took first and second in the Bantam Boys race.

Jasmine Drolet and Evan Taylor each won bronze in the Midget Girls and Boys Classic respectively, while Remi Drolet cruised to victory in the Juvenile Boys 5.3-km Classic. Michaela McLean and Sage Robine claimed first and second in the Junior Girls 6.5-km Classic, Chiaki Yamamoto was first in Junior Women’s 19.5 km race, and Daniel Merlo won the Junior Men’s.

In Open Mens 19.5km Classic Colin Ferrie,

David Palmer, and Scott Fraser skied to the top three positions.

On Sunday, Marek Krampl finished second in Peewee Boys 1.2 km.

Freestyle ski, while Radek Krampl captured first in the Bantam Boys 1.6 km free-technique mass start and Taylor-Greg came third. Abbey McLean won her second gold, taking the Bantam Girls race, and Remi Drolet also doubled up with a win in the 4.9 km freestyle. Robine and Michaela McLean came second and third in the Junior Girls 4.9-km free ski, and Yamamoto again claimed top spot in the Junior Women’s 9.8-km race.

Daniel Merlo stood atop the podium in the 14.7 km mass start, while Ferrie, Palmer, and Fraser again went one, two, three in the Open Men’s 14.7km race.

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elson a reçu la visite d’une famille de Québec, les Meyer-Tremblay, constituée de deux gentils parents, Marie-Claire et Olivier et de trois petites filles de 9, 7 et 4 ans, Manille, Elfée et Azarine. Ils se sont arrêtés dans les Kootenays pour une durée de quatre mois, durant leur périple de 10 mois autour du monde.

Voici un extrait de leur blogue…

Nous étions sur la plage, par un bel après-midi de septembre, à profiter des dernières journées chaudes de cet été qui s’étirait. Les filles étaient en train de faire une réplique du château du Neuschwanstein lorsqu’un homme est passé à côté de nous et, nous entendant parler français, il s’est exclamé: « Coudonc, ya-tu des anglophones dans cette ville? » Nous venions nous aussi de voir trois autres groupes de francophones sur la plage et depuis notre arrivée, nous étions chaque jour surpris de croiser d’autres Québécois un peu partout où nous allions. Le boulanger québécois, la prof de yoga québécoise, la gardienne de refuge québécoise, la caissière québécoise, les profs québécois, la cueilleuse de pommes québécoise, nous sommes partout!

Il y a d’ailleurs une association francophone que nous avons découverte lors d’une de nos nombreuses promenades exploratoires de la ville. […] L’AFKO est venue mettre un peu de remous dans le long fleuve tranquille qu’était notre vie sociale. C’est toujours avec joie que nous nous rendons à leurs activités. […] Les filles sont toujours très contentes de manger de la poutine.

C’est drôle d’ailleurs, car Manille n’a jamais aimé particulièrement la poutine au Québec, mais ici c’est comme si dans ces frites détrempées de sauce brune motonneuse et mêlées de fromage râpé fondu (et non, il n’est pas en grain), elle retrouve tout le goût de sa vie d’antan, à Québec. C’est quand même épatant tout le réconfort que peut procurer notre mets national.

Et c’est parfois étonnant de voir que la poutine est pancanadienne. Nous l’avons croisée un peu partout lors de notre traversée du pays. Et un jour que nous étions en visite à Kaslo, un petit village à une heure d’ici, Elfée a dit :

« j’aurais vraiment aimé manger une poutine ». Quelles étaient les chances de pouvoir exaucer son souhait, dans ce petit bled perdu des Kootenays? Eh bien, imaginez-vous qu’il y a là-bas un casse-croûte « Chez Serge », tenu par un Québécois et il sert de la poutine, avec du vrai fromage en grains! Les filles (et le père) se sont délectées!

Pour les parents, les activités de l’AFKO sont des occasions de rencontrer des gens intéressants et de partager nos impressions sur les Nelsonites. Au fil de ces discussions, un certain consensus se dégage d’ailleurs sur les différences que nous avons observées. Tout d’abord, il y a le fait que le travail n’occupe pas la même place dans les vies des gens qu’au Québec. Ici, le travail est secondaire, ils ne se définissent pas d’abord par leur activité professionnelle, mais plutôt par leurs loisirs ou leurs intérêts.

On a aussi remarqué que les gens semblent moins matérialistes, beaucoup plus décontractés et la recherche de la performance à tout prix ne semble pas être passée par ici. Les familles où les deux parents travaillent à temps plein semblent plutôt rares et même souvent les deux parents travaillent à temps partiel. Évidemment ça a une incidence sur les revenus. Le revenu familial moyen à Nelson est environ 15 000$ de moins que celui du reste de la province (il était de 51 717$ en 2006, comparativement à 67 675$- pour vous donner une idée à Québec il est de 65 153$ alors que le coût de la vie est moins cher). On comprend mieux pourquoi les boîtes de free stuff sont aussi nombreuses […], les magasins de choses usagées foisonnent ici et les adeptes de la

simplicité volontaire semblent aussi nombreux. Les gens font également énormément de bénévolat et c’est vraiment beau de voir comment les parents s’impliquent dans l’école, mais dans plein d’autres causes également. […] Pour ce qui est de la ville, nous apprécions vraiment son ambiance décontractée et son caractère écolo-bohémo-progressiste. Nelson remplit ses promesses, elle est cette petite ville charmante et dynamique que nous espérions. […] On s’habitue également aux nombreuses côtes et escaliers de la ville, même s’il y a des jours où ça nous tente franchement moins.

Surtout quand c’est la troisième fois qu’on les monte et que péniblement rendus en haut, Manille réalise qu’elle a échappé son chandail en chemin et qu’il faut tout redescendre et remonter (car évidemment il était tombé au tout début du chemin). Il faut aussi parfois user de ruse pour motiver Azarine qui certains jours, n’a vraiment pas envie de monter les escaliers. Mais elle est bonne et nous qui nous inquiétions de son entraînement en prévision du Népal, on se rend compte qu’elle finit par s’entraîner quotidiennement. Car mine de rien, elle marche généralement entre 3 et 5 kilomètres par jour, du haut de ses petites jambes. Le balcon des Annapurnas n’a qu’à bien se tenir…

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Lynda Darlene Ellis (Wade)

born October 24, 1944, passed away peacefully at Rosewood Village in Trail, BC, on January 7, 2016 after a long battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

She is predeceased by her father, Archibald Wade, and first husband, Donald Terry Johnson.

She is greatly missed by her husband of fortyone years, Mick Ellis, mother, Eva Wade, two sisters, Pam Newton (Mike) and Donna Hubner, daughters Jennifer Ellis (Troy), Jackie Ellis (Alastair), and four grandchildren, Bohdi, Will, Duncan, and Zoe, as well as many in-laws, nieces, and nephews.

Born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Lynda grew up in Trail, won the Governor General’s Award for the top student at J.L. Crowe, and married Terry Johnson, who she met in high school, when she was twenty-one. She became a teacher and taught in Kerrisdale and Maple Grove in Vancouver, and later in many places in the greater Trail area, including Laura J. Morrish in Trail, and MacLean School in Rossland. She met and married Mick Ellis when she was thirty and moved to Rossland. Lynda loved to crosscountry ski, walk, listen to music, and travel.

She was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, teacher, and friend and will be missed by all.

Lynda wants to send special thanks to Judy and Bob Kerby, Jill Watson, Jackie Drysdale, Trish Harrison, Ann Symington, Dr. Bazley, and the people at Rosewood for their support for the last three years. The family is so grateful to these people and to the staff at Rosewood for taking such loving care of Lynda, especially for the last few weeks of her life.

As an expression of sympathy, donations in memory of Lynda may be made to the Greater Trail Hospice Society, Suite 7, Kiro Wellness Centre, 1500 Columbia Ave., Trail, BC, V1R 1J9.

A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, January 15th at 1:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church in Rossland with Reverend Michael Hare officiating. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with the arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at: www.myalternatives.ca We miss you. You are forever in our hearts.

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Rossland doctor cycles Africa to help Kenyan children

CHELSEA NOVAK Rossland News

A retired Rossland doctor is cycling across Africa to raise money for kids in Kenya to continue their education.

Dr. Brenda Trenholme has lived and worked in Rossland for 32 years and is taking on the Tour d’Afrique — a 90-day ride covering 12,076 km from Cairo, Egypt to Cape Town, South Africa — to raise money for the Kenya Education Endowment Fund (KEEF).

KEEF is a Vancouver-based charity “that supports very poor but academically gifted high school students in Kenya,” as secondary education there is not free.

Trenholme and her family have a longstanding affiliation with the charity.

Her parents started supporting Kenyan students through a different program, and asked Trenholme and her late husband if they would be interested in supporting the students as well.

“We sort of took them on and helped them through university, and then we heard about KEEF so we started donating to that as a family — like individuals in our family were donating — and then my sister just became involved in helping and going over to Kenya and helping to choose the students,” she says.

Trenholme’s sister is currently in Kenya interviewing students for the coming school year, which starts in February. Trenholme’s brother-in-law is now chair of the KEEF board and he and his wife travel to Kenya annually, at their own expense, to interview hundreds of students competing for a limited number of spots.

Rory Belter (right) from Revolution Cycle shows Dr. Brenda Trenholme (left) how to change a tire tube on her bike.

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“They interview I think 400 kids and … last year they had 94 spaces,” says Trenholme. “[It’s] $600 a year per child, and that gives them enough money for school, lodging, eating, medical supplies, books, everything.”

Kids referred to the program are students who show academic promise, but who are living in poverty.

Trenholme says it’s hard for her sister knowing that KEEF can only provide funding for some of them.

RSS students were busy fundraising in December Four classes at RSS used the RSS Winter Gala (a night in which all classes display some kind of learning to the community be it art or other projects) as a platform to sell self-made work. These classes all decided to donate their earnings to The West Kootenay Friend’s of Refugees. Nicola Kuhn’s 7/8/9 class and Bryar Wood’s LFI Grade 8/9 class fundraised through art the students created that represented the immigrant/ refugee experience. These two classes raised over $200. Erin Ewankiw’s Grade 2 class made ornaments and raised over $200. Erin Thomas’ Grade 4/5 class made cookies and ornaments and raised over $300. In total the classes raised $728. Pictured are the four classes. Grade 2 students Odessa Kuznecov and Hyde Percey presented a cheque to West Kootenay Friends of Refugees representative Jana O’Brien.

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“This one student, she said he has no parents, his grandmother has like a dozen orphans that she helps raise and they all have a little plot of land that they try to grow food on, and I mean they’re literally just destitute,” says Trenholme.

“Since he’s started school he’s been the top student and he can’t afford to go on.”

KEEF not only needs to be able to fund new students, but continuing students as well.

So to help raise money and awareness for KEEF, 61-year-old Trenholme is taking part in TDA Global Cycling’s Tour d’Afrique beginning on Friday.

Trenholme retired in November and wanted to do something to give back. She’s also been cycle touring for six or seven years, and wanted to take on something more adventurous.

“On my last trip, which was in September/ October I went with three friends and the two guys were worried that I was going to — once I retired — just take off and go to dangerous places by myself, because I had been talking about doing that,” she says. “So in late November, this one friend sent me a link and said, ‘Look at this. This is tailor-made for you and it’s safer than going by yourself,’ and I was a little nervous about taking off by myself, but I wanted to explore more remote places.”

Trenholme would like to do the Silk Route tour — 12,280 km over 117 days of riding from Beijing, China to Istanbul, Turkey — but had a scheduling conflict this summer, so instead she’s been rushing to prepare for the trip this month.

While TDA Global Cycling takes care of many of the logistics, such as route, security and food, Trenholme needs to make sure she

can secure visas for seven of the ten countries the tour goes through.

“Three of them are quite stringent, like Sudan, Ethiopia and Malawi, and I’ve got my Malawi one,” she says.

She’ll have to spend some of her non-cycling days in embassies, securing additional visas.

She also has to figure out how to get all of her gear, including camping supplies — since only the first and last night will be spent in hotels — and lots of extra parts for her bike, to Cairo. Once there, the tour company will pack her gear into a van, but there’s still Malaria and security detours to worry about.

“There’s huge security risks in Africa and at times they’ve had to fly the whole group over a whole country,” says Trenholme.

Should this happen, cyclists must pay for their own airfare.

Despite the risks, Trenholme is excited to experience the terrain and see the wildlife.

She’s been preparing for the physical demand of the trip by cycling on a wind trainer and spent part of last Thursday at Revolution Cycle learning how to do small repairs to her bike.

“I can do some fairly basic mechanics, but they expect us to be able to adjust our breaks and our gears, and I’ve never really had much of an issue, but mostly I’ve been riding on roads and it hasn’t been tough on the bike, whereas this … it’s pretty rough terrain,” she says. “It’ll be a challenge; it’ll be fun.”

To donate to KEEF or to sponsor a student, send cheques to 904-2135 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver, BC, V7V 1A5 or visit kenyaneducation.org, and write “Brenda’s Ride” in the memo or comment field.