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The launch of a new Columbia Basin Trust grant program is the silver lining in an otherwise disappointing year of still no skate park in Trail, says Scott Daniels.

After being denied federal funds to build the outdoor venue as a “legacy” project, Daniels has renewed hope that local dollars will finally get the all wheel park constructed.

“It is unfortunate and it was tough news for our committee,” says Daniels, referring to the Canada 150 infrastructure grant program that collapsed following the federal election.

Daniels, chair of the Society for the Friends of the Trail Sk8 Park, says that was just another bump in the road.

He maintains the new trust program could be the best opportunity to date because project costs can be covered up to 70 per cent.

“The Canada 150 grant would have covered only 50 per cent of the project costs compared to the amount provided by the new CBT granting opportunity,” he explained, noting both grants max out at $500,000. “This is great news for the Friends of the Trail Skate Park, the City of Trail, and taxpayers.”

Daniels is hopeful that the grant ceiling could alleviate the society’s $275,000 fundraising commitment. To date, the group has raised almost $70,000.

One possible scenario could have the city contributing $142,000 scenario, the society $68,000, and the balance potentially from CBT, he explained.

“This is much less than the $290,000 the city was on the hook for if the Canada 150 grant application was successful,” Daniels noted. “In the end, the final numbers will be left to the good judgment of those we elected to spend wisely our tax dollars,” he added. “I’m confident that with the generosity of our many sponsors, good decisions at city hall, and CONTINUED ON A4

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Trail mayor first VIP to present to library’s After School Club VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times

Inquiring minds wanted to know whether they could keep pigs, chickens and kangaroos in their Trail yard when the mayor turned up to the library to talk about his role in the community.

Trail Mayor Mike Martin was the first VIP in Your Community to present recently to a boisterous group of five to 12-year-olds in the After School Club at the Trail and District Public Library.

Questions moved from what animals could be domesticated in the city and just how many to bigger slides and a zip line at Gyro Park.

“All I can say is maybe one day we can look at that slide, but right now we’ve got our hands full,” said Martin, who received a round of applause when he informed the group that council is still pressing forward with a skateboard park.

“That sign has been there for a billion years,” said an outspoken girl, who was quick to question just when the city was going to get this longoverdue project going. Martin explained that council just approved relocating the project to Gyro Park’s boat launch and abandoning its former plan of a new development on Rossland Avenue in the Gulch.

“Gyro Park is a family park, and we believe that’s where the skateboard park should be,” he said. “Columbia Basin Trust is offering an opportunity to gain some significant funding, and we’re counting on that $400,000 to move this forward.”

The mayor made his way through a series of questions crafted on hand-made Valentine’s and then took some other inquiries in rapid fire.

The young citizens were interested in when the new library/ museum will open, what a mayor really does in office and what he likes to do when he’s not acting on the city’s behalf.

“Right now what I like to do is be mayor, honestly,

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Trail Mayor Mike Martin was the first VIP in Your Community to present to the After School Club at the Trail and District Public Library. The kids, five to 12-years-old, crafted questions on handmade Valentine’s that ranged from animal control to recreation and city operations. because it takes up so much of my time,” he said, noting his supportive wife and wellrounded council.

Martin was overjoyed with the opportunity to engage with some children in the community and left with a new appreciation for what programs are offered to the young learners out of the Trail library.

“I really applaud the group that’s actually putting this together,” he said. “What a wonderful opportunity for the children to share very many aspects of our community.”

VIPs in Your Community is one of the creative ideas introduced by children’s programmer Darcee O’Hearn.

The program invites very important people into the library to talk about their jobs on a local and sometimes global level Tuesdays from 3-4:30

p.m. until the end of May. Martin was the first to connect with the group of kids, who sit tight for a well-rounded list of guest speakers to come. This week, members of the Trail and Greater District Detachment brought a police dog in and next week the kids will be getting a visit from local firefighters. Other contributors to the program include (Coun.) Kevin Jolly of Kootenay Savings Credit Union, Gina Ironmonger of Trail Community in Bloom and Sue Benedict of Trail and Castlegar Child Care Resource and Referral Program.

O’Hearn is overwhelmed by the response she’s receiving

from the community.

“The idea behind this program is you get to know what’s in your community and then that way you can learn how to network and pull from your community to then go global,” she said.

O’Hearn is introducing larger concepts to the group in preparation for a global project in September when she hopes to take advantage of a maker space in the new facility. The kids, with parents participation graciously accepted, will be crafting goods to sell at Christmas craft fairs then and the money raised will go toward the purchase of a well in a developing country.

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Trail Regional Airport proving a reliable option VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times

The Trail Regional Airport (TRA) continues to be a reliable option for passengers if Pacific Coastal’s record of landing and take off is any indication.

The airport’s annual success rate is 88.5 per cent for morning flights and just over 90 per cent in the afternoon, for a combined total of approximately 89 per cent, according to an annual average just released by Don Goulard, Trail Regional Airport manager.

Pacific Coastal Airlines operates twice daily with direct flights to Vancouver out of TRA, accommodating over 20,000 passengers each year to Vancouver and their connecting destinations on a 1900 (19-seater) aircraft or SAAB (30-seater).

Part of TRA’s rate “We are serviced success can be attribby an airline that uted to Global makes every Positioning System (GPS) conceivable instrument apeffort to get proaches, a satpassengers in ellite-based naviand out of the gational system developed to imarea.” prove all-weather DON GOULARD aircraft access.

To improve on the landing success rate the airport worked with JetPro Consultants and Nav Canada to further reduce the approach minimum descent altitude by an additional 1,000 feet, as low as 4,000 feet above sea level, which is the lowest in the area. The change has resulted in the weather playing less of a critical role and, therefore, increased the chances of completed arrivals and departures.

Pacific Coastal’s commitment to try every option it can to land its passengers in their destination also contributes to the airport’s reliability, added Goulard.

“We are serviced by an airline that makes every conceivable effort to get passengers in and out of the area,” he said. “Pacific Coastal Airlines will first try to land in Trail, and if the weather isn’t cooperating here then they’ll try to land in Castlegar, and if they still can’t

No fix for Castlegar airport, experts say BILL ME TC ALFE Nelson Star

Even with the most cutting edge technology available, the chances of improving the cancellation rate at the West Kootenay Regional Airport in Castlegar are next to zero, according to Nav Canada, the company that runs navigational systems in all Canadian airports.

In 2014, Nav Canada commissioned a study of navigational issues in Castlegar from Jeppesen, a subsidiary of Boeing, based in Colorado.

Jeppesen specializes in navigational information and operations management. The company was asked to analyze what it would take to improve the current annual six-year average landing success rate of 86.5 per cent (see chart at bottom).

The Star recently interviewed Jim Ferrier and Ron Singer of Nav Canada about the study and its conclusions.

Also, Ferrier and Jeppesen’s Jeff Bruce wrote a three-page summary of the Jeppeson report for use by the Star.

Improving landings at any airport involves the installation of RNP (required navigation procedure) into planes serving the airport. It is not a question of upgrading the airport itself. The planes have to be equipped with it.

The problem faced by the Castlegar airport is a combination of frequent low cloud cover and difficult terrain surrounding the airport.

RNP is a computerized landing system using satellite

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The company that oversees Canada’s air navigation systems says improving the success rate of landings at the airport will be close to impossible. technology and GPS to automatically find the shortest and safest route into an airport. It is relatively new technology and not all airlines use it.

The point of using RNP in Castlegar would be to lower the minimum cloud ceiling under which a plane may land. That threshold is set by Transport Canada and in Castlegar it is 3,000 feet (914 m). The hope in Castlegar has been to reduce that ceiling by half.

Take-off But for taking off, the threshold is higher, about 3200 feet (975 m), depending on the type of aircraft, according to Ferrier. Without that level of visibility, a plane will be unwilling to land in Castlegar because it might not be able to take off again.

Ferrier says using RNP

would not improve that requirement for take-off, with current technology. Therefore improving the success rate of landings in Castlegar is not possible.

“With such a weather requirement to accommodate departures, even if low minima existed for arrivals, air operators are unlikely to dispatch an aircraft to a destination from which it cannot depart in inclement weather,” he said.

Landing As for landings, even if the take-off problem did not exist, Ferrier said RNP would not work at Castlegar without deviating from certain safety procedures, and it is unlikely that Transport Canada would certify those procedures.

“The deviations that would

be required in Castlegar have never been tried before, so there is no proof of their safety,” Ferrier said. “And Transport Canada tends to be conservative when it comes to providing exemptions.”

The Jeppesen report as summarized by Ferrier and Bruce sets out some alternative scenarios — examples of what would be involved in relaxing certain rules to make landing with RNP work in Castlegar.

Here is the first and the simplest: There is a specified distance from the runway at which the pilot must be aligned and be able to see it. To land in Castlegar with RNP, this distance would have to be reduced. So Transport Canada would have to be asked to approve a shorter distance. But allowing that deviation creCONTINUED ON A5

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Dogs, drones help detect invasive species JEFF NAGEL Black Press

Dogs, drones and DNA testing are emerging as new tools to detect invasive species and keep them from becoming entrenched in B.C. The new tactics were described by experts Tuesday at a conference of the Invasive Species Council of B.C. in Richmond.

Trained sniffer dogs have proven much more effective than human teams, particularly at night, in detecting tiny invasive zebra mussels that can cling to boats and then infest new lakes, according to Cindy Sawchuk, who heads Alberta’s Conservation K9 program that helps inspect water craft arriving in that province from the east and south.

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Mussel-detecting dog Hilo sniffs a boat trailer at an inspection station in Alberta.

Most of the 11 mussel-infested boats intercepted last summer entering Alberta from other jurisdictions were ultimately destined for B.C. lakes.

Sawchuk’s superiors had dismissed her proposal for dogs as useful only for public relations, so she designed a trial in 2014 to test

Nina “Jean” Buchanan (nee McAfee) Jean was born July 5, 1928 in Prince Rupert BC where she grew up, and passed away on January 29, 2016 in Trail, BC. She is survived by her brother George McAfee, nephew Ian, niece Leslie (Cooper) and great nephew Garrett.

After attending UBC, Jean moved to Rossland and taught at Rossland Secondary School and Webster Elementary School. Jean loved being a teacher for her entire career that spanned over 40 years. Her students and colleagues brought joy, laughter and inspiration to her. Jean loved her life in Rossland and her cabin at Christina Lake. The neighbours and friends in both communities were a significant part of Jean’s life and as she aged their kindness and support meant so much to her. Jean loved sports, young people and animals, especially cats– all of these were predominant in her life.

Special thanks to the hospital staff, Dr. Scully, home care and especially to her neighbours and friends who loved Jean through their care and compassion.

Cremation has taken place. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with the arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence by visiting the family’s register at www.myalternatives.ca As an expression of sympathy, donations made in Jean’s memory to the Diabetes Association of BC www.diabetes.ca or to the Trail and District SPCA www.spca.bc.ca/branches/trail/ would be greatly appreciated.

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“The dogs were 100 per cent accurate in detecting the musselfouled boats and our humans came in at 75 per cent,” Sawchuk told delegates. “The dogs were also much quicker at detecting it. They averaged 2.3 minutes.

And that included their play time for their re-

ward.”

Speedier inspections also mean less resistance from boat owners, some of whom had told Sawchuk they’d taken to entering the province in the dead of night to avoid inconvenience.

The three highly trained dogs – Hilo, Seuss and Diesel – cost $25,000 each but Sawchuk says they’re cheap compared to an estimated $75 million a year Alberta estimates it would spend clearing clogged pipes, canals and water intakes if the mussels arrive.

Delegates also heard from Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist Davon Callander who is using DNA testing of water samples in the B.C. Interior to quickly determine if a given lake has a particular invasive fish species.

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Drones are being used near Creston to aerially map infestations of yellow flag iris, an invasive plant, in hard-to-reach wetland locations.

Catherine Tarasoff, a researcher with Thompson Rivers University, hopes the rapidly evolving technology will soon allow scientists to program drones to fly autonomously at high speed, scanning large areas and stopping only to alert their operators when a suspect patch of vegetation matches target images.

But Gail Wallin, executive director of the Invasive Species Council of B.C., says the best prevention rests in better choices by people, whose decisions in the past ushered in many of the species now disrupting ecosystems in B.C. Problematic invasive critters in the Lower Mainland include redeared slider turtles and American bullfrogs, as well as European fire ants, whose hostile attacks can render backyards almost unusable.

The fire ants are thought to have often been spread when soil from construction sites was trucked from one place to another in the Lower Mainland.

Feral pigs are running amok in some parts of southwestern B.C., but are a more significant problem in the Interior.

B.C.’s costs of dealing with invasive plants alone is estimated to hit $139 million a year by 2020.

SD20 equips facilities with defibrillators VALERIE ROSSI Trail Times

Outfitting all of the schools in the district with a defibrillator is coming to fruition with a final top up from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

School District 20 (SD20) is receiving five Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) donated from the foundation, which means between community donations and $10,000 of unallocated funds from the board of trustees, Kootenay-Columbia can complete its campaign of equipping 12 school sites and three additional office and shop sites with the life-saving devices.

The Board of Education sought out help from the community in December 2014, a year after trustees explored the possibility of acquiring the equipment for its schools and training staff to operate.

J. L. Crowe Secondary School was the only location that already had a device, which resulted in the board’s push for 14 AEDs that run for approximately $1,350 each. Some of the bill was picked up by community groups and organizations after 25 requests were sent out and donations were received.

“We actually lost a staff member at Twin Rivers Elementary a few years back,” explains board chair Teri Ferworn. “I believe that if there had been an AED on site, it perhaps could have saved his life, but they weren’t able to get him going on CPR alone. Statistics show that they do save lives and anybody can use one.”

An AED is a portable electronic device that first assesses the heart of a person in cardiac arrest and if an irregular rhythm is detected, the machine instructs the handler to press a button and deliver a shock(s) to the victim’s heart until it reestablishes an effective rhythm. If an irregularity is not detected, then defibrillation is not recommended by the device and CPR is continued until medical help arrives. With simple audio and visual commands, AEDs are designed to be easy to use but should still be handled by a person who is trained to use the device after administrating CPR. The board is committed to covering the ongoing maintenance and training costs related to the deployment of AEDs, which should be installed in SD20 facilities come June.

Canada 150 grant turned down

CONTINUED FROM A1 hard work by the grant writer in the City of Trail’s Parks and Recreation Department, we will see success this time.”

CBT announced the new $9 million grant program two weeks ago.

Recreation Infrastructure Grants are offering $3 million per year over the next three years to help groups and organizations throughout the Basin, with construction of new recreation projects or upgrades to existing infrastructure.

The funds are earmarked for improvements to structures and spaces like back country trail networks, swimming pools, ice rinks, curling arenas, sports fields and parks.

Groups can receive up to 70 per cent of project costs to a maximum

of $500,000. CBT maintains investing in recreation encourages residents to live active and healthy lifestyles, as well as supports tourism in the region.

The first intake is open now until March 14. A second granting cycle is slated for the summer.

Trail submitted an application to the Canada 150 program requesting $375,000 to build the park near the boat launch at Gyro Park.

The city was informed via an email from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) in early January that in fact, the request was turned down.

According to the Jan. 6 WD correspondence, funds from the federal program have been fully allocated but wrote the application would be kept on file for future opportunities.

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CONTINUED FROM A3 land there, then they can even try Cranbrook, or they’ll head back to Vancouver.”

The airline that operates scheduled, charter and cargo services to destinations in British Columbia also has a bus located at the TRA should an aircraft revert its landing to a neighbouring airport and its passengers need transportation back to Trail.

Reliability may not be an area that needs improving, according to the numbers. Instead, the City of Trail, which owns and operates the rural airport out in Waneta, continues with ongoing infrastructure and operational improvements while pursuing commercial, industrial and residential development opportunities in hopes of improving the level of service and ridership.

The city is currently looking at the possibility of a small air terminal building, which is a contingent part of grant funding sought for a runway upgrade. At the same time, Trail hopes to tap into some terminal funding from the Ministry of Transportation earmarked for rural airports.

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Lab to expand innovation in region Columbia Basin Trust commits up to $850,000 to MIDAS initiative TRAIL –Local entrepreneurs, students, academics and makers will be able to work with innovative materials, test out original products and get help bringing unique ideas and products to market at a new laboratory in Trail.

Known as MIDAS, the laboratory will help create new business opportunities, expand the skill sets of people who live here and increase regional competitiveness. It is being financed in part by up to $850,000 over four years from Columbia Basin Trust.

MIDAS stands for Metallurgical Industrial Development Acceleration and Studies, and is being spearheaded by the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST).

There are two main parts to the laboratory.

The first is a fab lab, or “digital fabrication laboratory,” intended for rapid prototyping and training in additive

manufacturing, which is a method of building 3-D objects by adding layer upon layer of material, such as plastic, metal or concrete.

Users will be able to quickly create a model of an item—for example, a mechanical part or a snowboard—using 3-D computer-aided design and a 3-D printer. There will also be areas focused on electronics, laser cutting, molding, casting, metalwork and woodwork.

Companies and researchers can also explore commercial uses for metallurgical and chemical materials at MIDAS. KAST and partners will provide research-and-development and businessdevelopment services via the research organization Mitacs and the BC Venture Acceleration Program; if a new product developed in the lab has commercial potential, these services can help it reach the market successfully.

“In our region, with our metals expertise, MIDAS will enable us to use materials in new and novel ways that will provide us with a com-

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At the MIDAS lab, engineering and business students from the University of British Columbia Okanagan learn and improve the art of crystal pulling with Don Freschi, Chief Executive Officer of Fenix Advanced Materials. petitive advantage,” said done.” ment. The potential for Amber Hayes, MIDAS “This collaborative meaningful economic Project Director. “It will project will bring all sorts impact is exciting.” also provide businesses of people together—busiThe MIDAS lab is with the opportunity to ness people, students currently under conget prototypes made lo- and researchers—to in- struction, with specialcally—they have to be crease expertise and in- ized equipment training made elsewhere now. novation in our region,” opportunities available.

And it will allow us to said Johnny Strilaeff, MIDAS will welcome train local people on how Columbia Basin Trust the public in September to use this equipment, Vice-President and Chief 2016. which will be a high-de- Operating Officer. “We To follow the developmand skill as new tech- have so much local talent ment of the lab and learn nologies change the way and so many resources, more about the technolmanufacturing is being and with MIDAS we’ll ogies, like the MIDAS also have the physi- Facebook page at facecal space and equip- book.com/midasfablab.

No immediate plans to add Castlegar: Westjet CONTINUED FROM A3 ates a potential safety problem, because it would shorten the time and distance needed to do a missed approach — that’s when a pilot changes their mind at the last minute and starts climbing again — creating a potential safety problem.

To deal with that problem you would have to start the approach while in a turn, and that wouldn’t comply with regulations, Ferrier said.

The other examples in the report summary involve more exemptions that create a domino effect of new problems, and all of which Ferrier says are highly unlikely to be approved by Transport Canada because they have never been tried before and there is no proof that they work.

“Under the current criteria at the current time without multiple exemptions you cannot improve on what is there now,” Ferrier said, adding that to get those safety-related exemptions approved would be next to impossible.

Ferrier referred to what is known as the Swiss cheese model of accident causation, in which the more holes you put in a block of Swiss cheese (or in any system) the greater the likelihood the holes will align.

“That is what all of us in the industry are trying to prevent,” he said.

Presented with this information by the Star, two prominent local people in the ongoing airport discussion are still optimistic.

Jim Gouk, a former four-term local MP and air traffic controller, told the Star that with a properly equipped aircraft the required ceiling for landing could be

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reduced to 1,500 feet (457 m). He is now a consultant in air transportation issues and is a former board member of Nav Canada.

because of the downturn in the Alberta economy.

Air Canada and WestJet

Regional economics and landing stats

Castlegar city manager John Malcolm told the Star his understanding of the situation is that RNP could work if there were planes that were compatible with it.

He said RNP cannot be installed in the Dash 8 aircraft Air Canada currently uses as the fleet would have to be upgraded and pilots trained, all at considerable expense to the airline.

“My understanding,” said Malcolm, “is that Air Canada and its contractor, Jazz, have their business plan based on continued use of Dash 8, which has had its life expectancy extended by 10 years.”

Air Canada wasn’t willing to speak with the Star for this article.

That leads to the question of whether other airlines might want to start flying into Castlegar. WestJet already uses RNP in much of its fleet. The Star asked WestJet by email if rumours that it plans to come to Castlegar are true.

“Unfortunately the rumours are not true at the moment,” read the response.

“WestJet has no immediate plans to come to Castlegar. However as we take delivery of additional aircraft it affords us the opportunity to add new destinations and routes. Communities that are not part of our route map are always under consideration.”

Since that email, WestJet has cut 88 flights between Alberta and six BC cities

It has long been assumed the unreliability of the airport poses an economic cost to the region, but that impact has never been studied or quantified.

However, Malcolm says a related study is underway.

“The City of Castlegar has commissioned a study to analyze potential air passenger growth in the West Kootenay regional airshed,” he wrote in email to the Star. “The city will be using it for attracting new airlines or increased participation by the current airline if supported by the study’s findings. It will not be completed until next month.”

Landing success rates for Castlegar for each month of 2015 are shown in the sidebar. Statistics for the past six years show that: • The full-year averages for each year from 2010 to 2015 are all in the range of 85 per cent, except 2014 where the success rate was 94.3 per cent.

• In December from 2010 to 2015, the success rates ranged from 56 per cent in 2014 to 85 per cent in 2011.

• In January, the success rates ranged from 39 per cent in 2010 to 73 per cent in 2012.

• Success rates for each month from May to September were often 100 per cent and the lowest was 90 per cent in June of 2012.

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City has plenty in store for 2016

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elcome to Trail City Council’s first Community Comment of 2016.

We’d like to take this opportunity to update you on some of the exciting projects and events that are happening throughout the year.

We are happy to report the Pipeline/Pedestrian project is on track for the scheduled completion date and budget. Members of City Council and staff meet regularly with our Project Manager from TRUE Consulting and our contractors to ensure the project is progressing smoothly. All piling work is now complete and soil anchoring has begun on the east side of the river.

We’d like to thank all residents, especially those who live near the construction zone, for their continued patience; we understand this phase of construction can be noisy at times and can even cause ground vibration. We’re also one step closer to naming the bridge as a committee has been selected to choose the top 10 name submissions. Council will soon decide how to choose the winning name.

We are pleased to announce that Power Tech Electrical Ltd. has been awarded the Victoria Street Bridge Lighting Project contract. Not only was Power Tech the lowest bidder, we are thrilled their bid fit within the project’s budget. Through meetings with the Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure and EMCON, we have secured a work plan and re-

main hopeful that Home of Champions we will be lighting induction ceremony up the bridge at the and the crowning of 2016 Silver City our new Ambassadors Days celebration. will also take place durWe received 21 ing the multi-day event. proposals for the Please visit www.silverL i b r a r y / Mu s e u m citydays.com or join our CITY OF (Riverfront Centre) Facebook page at “Trail architect contract Silver City Days” for (exterior and inteall the information. We rior design). The Community Comment welcome everyone from Project Manager near and far to join our from MMM Group and the build- Homecoming Celebration. ing committee are reviewing these Council has started the budproposals and will bring their pre- get reviews for 2016. The proviferred option to Council for approv- sional operating budget was preal. We are committed to providing pared using a guideline to limit the a modern library and museum that overall property tax levy increase can serve the needs of our commu- to less than 2.5 per cent. Council nity for years to come. has now completed the reviews of Trail Silver City Days, a most spending areas and will soon Homecoming Celebration, is sched- be reviewing revenues and capital uled for May 4 to 8 and we are very or reserve funding requirements. excited to announce that the com- Council will review the capital budmittee is bringing back the Saturday get in February as part of finalizSidewalk Café. From Noon - 5pm, ing the approved projects for 2016, enjoy an entrée while watching local which will be based on available entertainers and the famous Grape funding.

Stomp competition.

The City’s current commitments During the festival, you can enjoy to major projects will restrict capital your favourite activities such as the funding available for other projects, parade, the Spaghetatta, street food so some tough choices will be made. and Family Day while also taking Once these elements are complete, part in some of our new events. Council will then consider City Shooting Star Amusements (mid- property tax rates and how to alway), the Kids Zone, the Westcoast locate revenue requirements across Lumberjack Show, the Esplanade the various rate classes.

Market and the 3x3 hockey tournaThere has been an overall decline ment will all be making their debut. in residential assessments; however, The Trail Pipe Band’s Spring Fling, business assessments have stayed the Citizen of the Year Award, the constant or increased slightly. This

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will be considered when the final tax rates are established so there is no imbalance created between residential and business municipal taxation.

Council remains committed to ensuring that the City’s business property tax rates are competitive and are viewed positively by investors or businesses looking to make improvements.

We recently introduced a new online billing payment system that allows users to sign up for online billing and pay utility bills and property taxes online. If anyone would like help with this process, we have created How-to-Videos and have set up free How-to Classes with the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL). The next class is Feb. 15 at City Hall. Call CBAL at 250-368-6770 for more information.

If you you’d like to ask Council a question, provide a comment or get more information on a project or initiative, please visit our website at www.trail.ca or call us at City Hall at 250-364-1262.

Submitted by Mayor Mike Martin and Trail City Council Community Comment is an opportunity for elected officials from our local municipalities to update citizens in the region on the events, plans and progress in their respective communities. Every Friday, the Trail Times will present, on a rotating basis, a submission from councils, school trustees or regional district directors.

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LETTERS & OPINION

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Cleanup is the cost of doing business

Thank you Teck for your ongoing efforts to mitigate the Edsel you inherited and built on.

How you accomplish this task without throwing in the towel is beyond me.

When I was a kid we drove through a cloud of blue smog, but that was not unusual. And smog, not steam, would drop into downtown but that was the cost of having an economic engine that supported Trail and Kimberley. And if you go to the Bank of Montreal, you’ll see an old picture of filthy workers in line for their banking.

So standards have changed since then and continue to change. Or have they?

In Alberta, oilsands work camps are routinely bulldozed down with all the conveyors, sheets of stainless steel, wires, pipes and furniture and any other piece of equipment instead of recycling. Why doesn’t the illustrious Globe and Mail comment on that, instead of Trail?

I believe because we are consistently screwing up in Trail and the oilsands is a boring topic and in a downturn.

So thank you, Teck, for the

many corporate donations you make here. You are trying a bit, and we understand refining is a process that deals with heavy metal pollution.

So fight on, my dear corporate giant, but send some more cash here where you do your business.

Every dog owner knows the costs of Fido’s elimination is a plastic bag, and bending over.

Please send cash here where you crap the most, the Vancouver crowd won’t mind. It’s the price of doing business, right?

Don Birkenes, Trail

National discussion on pipelines needed

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ipelines are a hot topic But, despite gutting enviin Ottawa and across the ronmental laws and drastically country these days. Last changing the environmental Wednesday the Liberals assessment process to faoutlined their plans for a revised vour the pipeline industry, the environmental assessment pro- Conservatives were unable to get cess for pipelines, any of these projand on Thursday ects to the building the Conservatives phase. put forward a In large part, motion asking the they failed because House to support of those changes to the Energy East the process—many pipeline.

Canadians feel the MP RICHARD Here is the present process overall picture: lacks credibility. the oil industry This led to the wants to expand Liberal’s announceFrom the Hill oil sands producment about a new tion in Alberta, but to do so they interim assessment process for need to expand pipeline capac- projects under review, namely ity to tidewater to access Asian the Trans Mountain expansion markets. and Energy East.

We already have bitumen and The new process adds four other petroleum products flow- months to the evaluation period ing to Vancouver through Kinder and allows more consultation Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipe- with First Nations, but leaves line and many pipelines going to many of the flaws in the National markets in the United States, so Energy Board (NEB) assessthe industry does have the capac- ment system unchanged—there ity to export our oil—it’s a ques- is nothing to address questions tion of increasing that capacity that companies refuse to answer, and reaching more markets. nothing to restore cross-examiThe Conservative govern- nation of evidence. ment tried for 10 years to get All this is on top of the fact four major pipeline projects that the Conservatives appointed going—Northern Gateway, Trans several new members to the NEB Mountain, Keystone XL, and in the dying days of their governEnergy East. ment, including an active pipe-

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line consultant.

Adding to the lack of government credibility on pipeline safety was a recent report from the Commissioner on the Environment and Sustainable Development, which looked at how well the NEB tracks compliance with the conditions it sets, and unfortunately found that compliance was tracked for only half of the pipeline projects examined.

We all know that the Canadian oil industry is in trouble with the fall of oil prices to around $30 per barrel.

The loss of jobs in Alberta and across the country is hurting the Canadian economy. It will be many months or years before Canadian petroleum companies are profitable again, whether pipelines are approved tomorrow or not.

We should take this opportunity to create a robust, open and fair assessment process that Canadians can trust, and then promote safe, sensible projects that include a component of refining raw bitumen or crude oil so that we can get the best price for these non-renewable resources, and leave a legacy that will benefit not only ourselves but our grandchildren as well.

Richard Cannings is the MP for South Okanagan West Kootenay.

Liberals top Tories in fundraising

THE C ANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Money, it seems, follows power.

The Liberal party is the new king of the federal fundraising hill, surpassing the Conservatives who’ve been the undisputed champions for more than a decade.

The literal reversal of for-

tune, disclosed in fourth-quarter financial reports filed with Elections Canada, reflects the reversal of the two parties’ political fortunes in the Oct. 19 election.

The Liberals scored an upset majority victory, reducing the Conservatives to official Opposition status.

The financial reports show the

Liberals raked in $6.5 million during the last three months of 2015, from almost 56,000 donors.

The Conservatives pulled in $5.3 million from 42,750 donors.

The NDP, which finished a disappointing third in the election, pulled in $2.8 million from almost 63,000 donors.

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Cuebidding the standard way

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his is an example from my Jacoby Two No Trump workshop of standard cuebidding to find slam.

The bidding: South opens One Spade and North shows an opening hand with four-card support. South has a second five-card suit, but it is not good enough to bid Four Diamonds. KQJxx is good enough not KQxxx. Instead, he shows his singleton or void in Hearts.

Like a splinter, it cannot be a singleton Ace, King or Queen because partner will incorrectly discredit any King or Queen he has in the suit.

Because North has Axxx (or xxxx) opposite partner’s singleton, slam makes on 27 HCP’s which he knows they have. He bids 3 showing slam interest and asking partner to cuebid WARREN his first round controls.

South has none and bids Four Spades.

Play Bridge North then bids his first round Club control, and South can now show second round control in Diamonds. That is what North needs to hear so he bids Six Spades.

North could not use keycard Blackwood because of his worthless Diamond doubleton. One does not ask for Aces when one needs to know which Ace not the number of Aces.

When playing standard cuebidding, not the Italian style, a cuebidding sequence is started once a suit has been determined and a game force is on.

New suits are cuebids showing controls. One can no longer find secondary fits once Jacoby 2NT has been used and South did not bid a suit at the four-level.

When a player bids a side suit at his first chance to bid that suit, he shows first- round control (Ace or void) and denies first round control in any suit he skipped.

When a player bids a side suit at his second

chance to bid that suit or when partner has already shown first round control, he is showing secondround control (King or singleton). He denies second-round control in any suit he skipped.

The Play: West leads a trump. South draws trump, loses the Diamond Ace, ruffs a Diamond and pitches a Diamond on a Club to make his slam for +980.

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From left: Trail gymnasts Olivya Teasdale, Emmie Ihas, Jasmine Wyatt, and Ellery Shields performed brilliantly at the Kimberly Snowflake Mini-meet along with a dozen other competitors from the Trail Gymnastics Club.

Great results for Trail gymnasts

TIMES STAFF Trail Gymnasts had a strong showing in Kimberley last weekend at the Snowflake Mini-Meet.

The Trail Gymnastics Club sent 16 gymnasts to the Bavarian City for its first competition of the season, and all the gymnasts had strong performances, said coach Nicola Marynowski.

“The coaches were very pleased with everyone’s effort and it was a great meet to kick off the season.”

Jendaya Shields won third all

around in the competitive Junior Olympics (JO) 6 class, and in the High School level 2 category Teslyn Buehler, Paulina Seib and Charlotte Gibson all took home gold all around, while Emmie Ihas and Ellery Shields captured gold all around in the JO3 and JO2 categories, respectively.

Competing in the Interclub category were Madison McKenzie, Gryffin Jamin, Maddox Holliday, and Raya Delaire, while Olivya Teasdale contended in the

Performance Plus category. Ellery Shields competed in JO 2, Emmie Ihas JO 3, Jasmine Wyatt JO 3, and Jendaya Shields JO 6. Anna Anhel, Teslyn Buehler, Kathryn Daines, Nicole Smith, Paulina Seib, Molly Jamin, and Charlotte Gibson all competed in the High School Category.

The next meet is the Glacier Gymnastics Judges Cup in Nelson on Feb.13th. For more information, visit the website at www.trailgymnastics.ca.

MENS RETIREE CURLING

Hall clinches third session

BY TIMES CONTRIBUTOR The Tom Hall rink continues to roll in Trail Retiree Men’s Curling, wrapping up top spot in the third session this week.

Team Kevin Oliver started with a deuce in the first end against team Tom Hall. The Hall foursome kept the pressure on the front end of Oliver and came away with a string of singles. Kevin’s last shot was a long angled raise double takeout for the tie, but it was not to be. Make the final 6–3 for Hall. And with the win the Hall foursome seals first place for the third session, with two

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games left.

Team Alvin Caron faced the Harvey Handley foursome, and dominated on the score sheet. Each end Harvey was left facing opposition rocks littering the rings. Harvey scored two in the third to make it close, but that was all he could muster. Make the final 11–2 for Caron.

The turning point for Clare Coleman’s foursome should have been the steal of two in the sixth end against team Ernie Brown. That put Coleman ahead by two with two ends to go. Ernie could only manage a single in seven. Up by one, with

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hammer Coleman managed to give up a single and tied the game 6-6.

In a lopsided game it was team Pat Burke that put away team Forest Drinnan, 14 – 3 What more can you say than, “Impressive win Pat.” Team Serge Pasquali came out of the gate flying, with a four in the first against team Primo Secco. Trailing nine to one after five, Primo made an angle raise takeout for three in the sixth. A steal of one in the seventh gave hope to the Secco side, but team Pasquali ran them out of rocks in the eighth. Make the final 9–5 for Pasquali.w

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CONTINUED FROM A1 in there. About three weeks ago, I got a call from this guy in Edmonton from the Brewhouse we were at. His name was Tom, and he says, ‘You are in the final drawing for the tickets to the Superbowl.’”

Al’s ticket was one of 50 the Brewhouse drew as finalists for the trip to San Francisco. But to win the trip, the retired Atco Wood Products worker was required to be at the pub for the NFL Conference championship games on Jan. 29, where they would submitted photo make the final draw.

“I told them, ‘I’m in Fruitvale’s Al Plamondon (right) and son B.C. is it okay if my son Matt pose with the golden football that goes?’ and they said, ‘Oh won the duo a front-row seat at the yeah, sure no problem.’” Super Bowl on Sunday in a contest at the Matt attended the Canadian Brewhouse in Edmonton last event, while Al was curl- week. ing in the mixed bonspiel at the Beaver Valley Curling Club while receiving updates from Matt on his cell phone from the Brewhouse.

“He was keeping in touch with me and he goes,’We’re down to five, I can’t believe it we’re down to five!”

Five finalists were drawn and herded onto the stage, where they unwrapped a small football with only one, the Grand Prize, containing the golden football.

“He phones me back, I don’t know a half-hour later, and he’s just screaming, he can’t even talk. ‘We’re going to the Super Bowl dad!

We’re going to the Super Bowl!’”

Al sat incredulous at the other end of the call, while his son, upon regaining his composure, was interviewed by TSN. “No way this is happening,” said Al. “A once in a lifetime trip, it’s the 50th anniversary, all-expenses-paid by Labatts. It’s so cool.”

The lucky winners fly out of Edmonton today, and stay at the Marriot-San Francisco for three days with all meals, and hotel transfers included, as well as tickets to Bud Lite weekend events, access to a social room, a variety of activities leading up to Sunday’s game, tickets to the tailgate party, and two seats at the game plus a bounty of swag.

Winning the trip was certainly thrilling, says Matt, but when asked, what he looks forward to most, he replied: “Sharing a lifetime experience with my father.”

The online ticket marketplace, StubHub, calculates Super Bowl 50 tickets selling at an average of $5,134 US per seat, up from an average of $4,222 one year ago, with luxury suites going for over $356,000.

The Grand Prize is estimated to be worth about $25,000, and the experience of going to the Super Bowl with your dad: priceless.

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SPORTS SUPER BOWL 50

Can Peyton carry Denver over Cam Newton’s Panthers?

Broncos in familiar underdog role THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO - It’s the perfect scenario, a Hollywoodtype script: Peyton Manning emulates John Elway and rides off into the sunset with the Lombardi Trophy in his grip.

Will it really happen?

For Manning to take the Denver Broncos to their first NFL title since the team’s current general manager, Elway, did in 1999 before retiring, seems the sentimental choice across the nation.

Like Elway, Manning has had a taste of losing in the big game, going 1-2, including a lopsided loss to Seattle two years ago. Elway dropped his first three Super Bowls, then won his final two.

“I am very grateful

for the opportunity,” the 39-year-old Manning said. “I keep probably repeating myself but I’m honoured to be a part of it, and the other three that I played in, I was honoured to be a part of those as well.”

Should this be Manning’s final game, he will leave as the most accomplished regularseason quarterback, owning five league MVP awards. He’s had a difficult past few seasons, sidelined for 2011 entirely because

of neck surgeries, then struggling in last year’s playoffs and missing six games in 2015 with a foot injury.

But he also earned that fifth MVP in 2013 before falling to Seattle.

Receiver Demaryius Thomas can envision the proper ending to this drama for Denver.

“It’s amazing to play for Peyton,” Thomas says. “He’s one of the best to have ever done it, a future Hall of Famer, and he has done so much for me.

A fond farewell to Leo Soligo

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he obits coached a lot of page has hockey, includb e e n ing guiding pretty Trail junior and full lately. We prejuvenile teams baby boomers are to at least four used to seeing provincial chamfamiliar names pionships - while there, but there is was articling and DAVE still that feeling b u i l d i n g w h at of loss, especially became his named when the relationaccounting firm ships go back to and was a stalwart Sports ‘n’ Things almost the beginon the Shoe Shop ning of rememSunday Morning brance.

League dynasties.

Leo Soligo was one of those Mostly, local people will rememnames. Soligos, like my family, ber him as a friend, someone who were among the original Mickey was part in their lives for most of Mouse residents and I was aware his. Someone, too, who, with his of who he was, as a neighbour life partner, raised a family capaand example and then as a friend, ble of success. Though he was a for almost all of my life. middling curler at best, two of Leo lived a life of accomplish- his children became world class ment, and not just on the per- at that sport. sonal side. As far as I can remem- Leo had a good life, was a good ber/discern, he was the first area guy, and gave back. He will be native to receive an American missed. collegiate hockey scholarship, • Also being missed, and not which he parlayed into a suc- least by the Smoke Eaters, will cessful business life, right back at be another former Warfieldite, home. Such was his attachment ( Wa r f i e l d i a n ? ) D o r e e n to his roots he lived in Mickey Guillaume, who participated as Mouse, a block from the home a fan of the club for as long as of his upbringing, for a lot of his she was able, and that was a good adult life, too. long time. A caring, helpful perAlong the way, he played and son, she, too, will be missed by

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many here.

She and Leo are just a small part of a generation of community creators we are losing. Be sure to cherish those that are left, while we can.

• Meanwhile, the Nitehawks and Smoke Eaters have games tonight, and you should pick one and go watch.

Beaver Valley takes on Kimberley in what valley fans are hoping will be a conference finals preview. The Dynamiters are one of only two KIJHL teams with more standings points than the Nitehawks, and have the stingiest defence in the league. The Nitehawks have scored the most goals and are in the middle of the pack defensively. Can’t help but be an interesting matchup, especially so for the coaches involved.

The Smoke Eaters, in dire straights in the playoff race but still mathematically eligible, will try and solve the West Kelowna Warriors, aka the Monsters of the Mid-Okanagan, in back-to-back games at Cominco Arena, trying to keep faint post-season hopes alive.

The Warriors have had their way with Trail this year, but the Smokies are a feisty group, so, those games, too, should be interesting.

I’m excited about it, and hopefully we can get this win, and if he decides to retire then he can go out with a bang.”

Standing in their way, though, is simply the best team in football.

This is the third straight season the top seeds have won conference titles. The Panthers are 17-1, have the league’s most prolific offence behind AllPro quarterback Cam Newton, and a big-play defence. That D might not match the stats of the Broncos (14-4), who ranked first overall, but it’s just as impactful.

“I sound like a broken record, but yet for a dream to play out as it has through the ups and downs, it just means the world for us to get what you prepare for,” says Newton, finishing off his fifth and, by far, best pro season.

“For us, the ultimate goal for this sport is to win a Super Bowl. You

win national championships in college and ... you try to get drafted to a team that’s going to put you in the right position to win a Super Bowl.”

“For a dream to play out as it has, through ups and downs, it just means the world for us. . .”

CAM NEWTON

That’s where the Panthers have arrived.

Carolina is a 5 1/2 point favourite to become only the third team to go 18-1 and win the Super Bowl.

Both defences will have their moments Sunday. Denver’s is just too good to be dominated for very long, producing a dynamic pass rush led by Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware, and with superb coverage backs. Carolina’s Luke Kuechly, Josh

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Norman, Thomas Davis (if he can go after needing surgery on a broken right arm) and Kawann Short are game changers.

Carolina is far more likely to find balance on its offence; Jonathan Stewart is the best running back on either roster, and Newton’s power and breakaway ability toting the ball are unmatched for the quarterback position.

One area the Panthers are superior, perhaps vastly so, is on the offensive line. So the Broncos’ relentless pursuit of the quarterback doesn’t figure to be as fruitful as it was against New England’s Tom Brady in the AFC championship game.

It all adds up to Cam and Company spoiling another Super Bowl for the Broncos, leaving Manning to ponder if he wants to leave football after losing his final game.

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Trail & District Churches

Feasting and fasting in Lent

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together every evening to rejoice. It is a time when the whole community feels more spiritual, more united, it is a time to look forward to.

We could learn from that, even without the religious content, fasting could be helpful. Fasting is a good thing in our culture of excess. A little fasting from food or alcohol would do good to most of us. A little fasting from TV or screen time, a little fasting from buying more stuff. And if we used that extra time with friends or family or volunteering, or used the money to help those in real need, our world would be a better place – and we would have something to celebrate.

Or how about spending 10 minutes a day just sitting and being quiet - who knows where that might take you?? The things we think of a fasting might become a feast – time to revel THE SALVATION in and enjoy. They ARMY might even become Sunday Services a habit.

10:30 am 2030-2nd Avenue,Trail Happy Lent 250-368-3515 E-mail: sarmytrl@shaw.ca Rev Neil Everyone Welcome

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Rev. Neil Elliot St. Andrews Anglican Church

The Christian calendar comes to Lent on Wednesday. Lent is the season when we fast, giving up and/or taking up something so that we might get closer to God through the season. In Lent we remember the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, with nothing to eat or drink – a truly miraculous feat of endurance and survival.

We don’t like fasting, and we are not used to it. Even having to go without breakfast so we can get our annual bloodwork done is a challenge. Add to that the popular perception that we should spend 40 days making ourselves miserable with all that fasting and Lent does not look like a very happy time.

In Islam, their equivalent, Ramadan, is a time to be celebrated. They fast from food and liquid all day, and then get

THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Communities in Faith Pastoral Charge Trail United Church 1300 Pine Avenue, Trail Worship at 11am St. Andrew’s United Church 2110 1st Ave, Rossland Worship at 9am Beaver Valley United Church 1917 Columbia Gardens Rd, Fruitvale Worship at 11am Salmo United Church 304 Main St, Salmo Worship at 9am

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Trail Seventh Day Adventist Church

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1471 Columbia Avenue Pastor Leo Macaraig 250-687-1777

Sunday worship service 10:30am

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United Church hosts Lenten luncheon series TRAIL –Communities in Faith Pastoral Charge – the United Churches in Rossland, Trail, Beaver Valley and Salmo welcome the public to attend our Lenten Luncheon Series. The series, which begins on Feb. 11, is now in its seventh year.

This year our presenters will speak on “God’s Love / God’s Judgement”.

Rev. Gavin Robertson; Presbyterian Church – February 11 Fr. Bart vanRoijen; Catholic Church – February 18 Pastor Shaun Romano; Gateway Christian Life Center – February 25 Andrew Freeman; Warfield Community Church – March 3 Canon Neil Elliot; Anglican Church – March 10 Rev. Michael Hare; United Church – March 17 This series would not be possible without the commitment from the local clergy and the ongoing participation and support from the public.

Please join in the conversation at the Trail United Church each Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your thoughts, questions and your bag lunch.

Refreshments will be provided.

Vatican disputes pope film claim THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is disputing a U.S. film studio’s claim that the pope is making his movie debut, saying no scenes were shot for the venture and that the pope isn’t an actor.

Los Angeles-based AMBI Pictures headlined its press release: “Film Will Mark First Ever Big Screen Participation Role for the Leader of the Worldwide Catholic Church.”

Monsignor Dario Vigano, the head of the Vatican’s communications operation, acknowledged that he couldn’t exclude that the filmmakers got hold of some clips of the pope. But in comments broadcast on Vatican Radio on Tuesday, Vigano disputed the press release claiming that Francis would “play himself ” in the film “Beyond the Sun.” He said: “The pope is not an actor.”

AMBI described the film as “a family adventure story where children from different cultures emulate the apostles while searching for Jesus in the world around them.”

The company said “Beyond the Sun” initiated with Francis asking the filmmakers to make a movie for children that communicates Jesus’s message. The press release was accompanied by photos of the pope with the filmmakers.

The Vatican works hard to control the pope’s image, enforcing tough copyright restrictions on all visual media, and Vigano’s reaction to the announcement was a clear sign that the Vatican didn’t appreciate the hype. But Francis has been known to go his own way on several occasions, allowing friends to shoot video of him to convey messages to private gatherings: He delivered such a message to the Argentine Jewish community and to a gathering of American Pentecostals.

Vigano’s comment that he couldn’t exclude that the filmmakers had some footage of the pope suggested that they might have secured some video of him in the privacy of his hotel reception rooms.

The organizers said all profits from the film will go to two Argentina-based charities that help atrisk children and young adults.

A spokesman for AMBI declined to comment.

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about it will only confirm her opin- sense of smell has diminished.) ion that you are jealous. And she First of all, she should use panty won’t change anything. liners made for this She might, in fact, enjoy problem and change your negative reaction. So them when necessary. don’t give her the satisfacChange any clothing Marcy Sugar tion. that may get wet, and & Kathy Mitchell Your mother-in-law thoroughly rinse and may have made an emodry them before puttional investment in the ex and isn’t ting in the hamper. Dispose of the ready to move on and accept that pads in a closable plastic bag and her son chose differently. Instead when it’s full, place the bag in the of silently fuming, try to win her outdoor garbage container. over. Admire some of the decor (it I no longer have the odor in will make her less attached to it as a my house or on my person. I was knife to twist). Tell her how lovely also embarrassed, but thankful my her home is and that the ex did a daughter told me. -- Anonymous good job. Ask Mom to help you out Dear Anonymous: We heard the next time you are shopping for a from hundreds of incontinent readnew lamp or arranging pictures on ers and those who love them. Here’s your walls. You can catch more flies a sample: with honey than vinegar.

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Dear Annie: My mother-in-law has a decor that was personalized for her by my husband’s long-term ex-girlfriend. Every time I go to her house, it’s the first thing I see and it really bothers me. The problem is, I don’t feel I can say anything to her because after all, it’s her house and the decorating was a gift. It’s not like I can tell her, “Hey, get rid of it.”

The second problem is that my mother-in-law already feels that I’m a “jealous wife” due to our past conversations (which turned into arguments) when she told me about all of the things she caught her son doing with the ex and what a “cute girl” she was. It made me angry, and I said so.

Any suggestions about the house decor? -- Bothered Wife Dear Bothered: Yes. Control your reaction and leave it alone.

You are right that this is not your house and you have no decisionmaking control over what’s inside.

Until Mom wants to redecorate, which can be pricey, speaking up

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Trail Mayor Mike Martin surrounded by an audience from the After School Club during his visit to the library

Library offers a variety of youth programs

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CONTINUED FROM A2 Before launching VIP in Your Community, O’Hearn introduced Passport to the World, which gave kids a taste of different cultures through presentations that highlighted traditional food, clothing and stories from

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around the world. By the end, the kids were taking the lead and presenting their country.

“There is literacy in so many forms,” said O’Hearn, who stands behind creative programming that teaches skills from research to power point presentations and the confidence needed

to be community leaders of the future.

“It’s only been with the new director (Kathryn Foley) that I’ve been able to express myself and all of my ideas, and she doesn’t stop me,” said O’Hearn.

“There are no boundaries as long as my ideas are reasonable.”

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