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“Kindness is one size fits all,” is the motto for this year’s Pink Shirt Day at J.L. Crowe Secondary School. The annual anti-bullying campaign targets schools, work places, homes and the Internet by sending the message that bullying won’t be tolerated on any day. The national event began in 2007 when David Shepherd and Travis Price of Nova Scotia organized a protest at their high school by wearing pink in support of a Grade 9 boy who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. This simple act of kindness led to a movement that is celebrated each year.

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Trail council had a lot on its plate Monday as they ran through a laundry list of to-do’s that heavily focused on family matters, community services and finally, pets.

First up, the panel approved a $40,000 cash grant for the revamped Silver City Day celebrations in May. Keith Smyth, operations

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manager for “A Homecoming Celebration” festival slated May 4 to May 8, presented council members with an itemized budget for approval. By all accounts, the event is shaping up to be chock full of activities that highlight Trail culture, like the grape stomp and spaghetti feast, the return of the Sidewalk Cafe and Miss Trail pageant, Saturday’s firefighters’ parade and of course, an impres-

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Besides the cash grant, which Coun. Sandy Santori expects will be offset by event revenue but may be somewhat dependent upon the weather, council approved use of the city’s facilities and equipment as required.

Another first and only 2016 event will be the official unveiling of the Victoria Street Bridge

lighting project. Council approved a $5,920 plaque concept by the Downtown Opportunities and Action Committee, to recognize those who donated to the downtown Trail enhancement, collectively adding up to almost $181,000. Council agreed an aesthetically pleasing finishing touch was warranted for the high profile project which is currently being CONTINUED ON A2

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Family friendly washrooms a go Council supported a Family Action Network (FAN) initiative by allocating two lobby washrooms at the Trail Aquatic and Leisure Centre as “Easy Peezy” family-friendly as well as the disabled washroom on the Red Floor of the Trail Memorial Centre. Total costs for the improvements, such as signage and change tables, is estimated to near $2,200.

Lack of accessible public washrooms in the downtown has long been raised as a concern, FAN’s Easy Peezy logo directs parents/caregivers of young children to the washrooms designated as family-friendly.

Investigating skate park site Council approved $21,000 for New Line Skateparks Inc. to conduct a site analysis, and develop a skate park concept with budget planning details at the proposed location near the Gyro Park boat launch. The work is a necessary precursor for staff to work towards the July intake for a recreation infrastructure grant through Columbia Basin Trust. New Line has remained in close contact with the municipality and Friends of the Trail Skatepark Society over the years, cost breakdown includes $11,500 for the baseline scope of work and a $6,000 reserve for geotechnical data, if required.

Garbage contract extended Alpine Disposal and Recycling’s refuse collection contract was extended another three years. Based on 3,251 weekly pick ups and 71 litter containers, the term includes an annual two per cent increase, starting at $196,000 in 2016. Council considered the positive relationship between Alpine Disposal and the city over the last seven years, taking into consideration the 2016 garbage rate was established based on a 5.4 per cent garbage collection contract rate.

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Budget for Gyro Park concession passed Council agreed to waive 20 per cent sales commission for Career Development Services’ (CDS) use of the Gyro Park concession. Additionally, the group reconsidered CDS’ earlier request for a $10,000 cash grant increase, but voted to maintain the current $20,000 grant parameter and forego percentage of sales instead, which equates to about $7,000 annually. Council is asking the organization to consider adjusting hours of operation to offset the difference.

Temporary permit for pet crematory denied Trail council denied an application for a temporary commercial use permit for 3230 Highway Drive in Glenmerry, which would allow operation of a pet crematorium at the site. Consideration was given to the building’s close proximity to residential properties as well as strong opposition from the community, including 30 signatories on a counter petition, and opposition letters written to the city.

Victim Assistance not a core service Council unanimously declined to support the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary’s requisition to increase the Greater Trail Victim Assistance Program. Trail pays almost $27,000 for the program’s current fixed requisition of $62,500. The proposed change would increase the city’s portion over $10,000.

The request did not include adequate documentation such as caseloads, open or closed files and service demand.

Coun. Lisa Pasin commented, in a time when public spending and property tax levels are a concern, further increases must be carefully evaluated.

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Robert Cacchioni said the program is not a core service, the city’s budget for protective services currently exceeds $2.1 million and the matter is another example of the province

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Steven Harder (on ladder) of Interior Signs and Painting had crews working on changing out the signs in downtown Trail to show the new location of Trail Optical on Cedar Ave. downloading costs to munici- it is offensive to the community, allowing the remedial palities. action order pursuant to the Community Charter.

West Trail stink a public nuisance Off-street parking fees Accumulated fecal matter waived for new downtown on a Kitchener Street property development had council issuing a Remedial JJKL Properties, owner of Action Requirement, thereby giving the property owner up 1277 Cedar Ave. is renovatto 10 days to remove the feces ing the premises and combinor the work would be carried ing two of the six commercial out and the expense charged units for use as a martial arts to the owner. If unpaid by year instruction centre. The city’s end, the amount would be- zoning bylaw requires 12 offcome part of property taxes in street parking spaces to be provided on the property in arrears.

Over the past year, the Trail connection with the change SPCA and city have monitored of use, however those spaces the property’s condition, in cannot be accommodated on particular a deck, and repeated the property. Moving ahead requests by both entities to re- with the project, the company move the defecated matter was would have to pay $36,000 to the city, a sum of $3,000 per not met with action.

A ticket was issued mid- parking spot in lieu of each of November, and with the re- the off-street parking spaces cent snow melt the deck re- required.

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The SPCA’s repeated attempts entire amount and directed to contact the property owner city staff to investigate potenhave failed. In its current state, tial amendments to the zonthe condition of the deck can ing bylaw for off-street parkbe considered so unclean that ing requirements and fees.

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Two arrested after pot plants seized TIMES STAFF Two West Trail people are facing charges after the RCMP seized almost 600 marijuana plants from a residence.

According to police reports, on Feb. 17, the Trail and Greater District RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on Daniel St. in Trail.

The seized plants were in various stages of growth. Two adults were arrested at the scene and charges of production of marijuana and possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking will be recommended.

Truck stolen from Red Mountain parking lot

TIMES STAFF Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen vehicle.

A red 1985 Toyota pickup, with B.C. license plate KB 2134, was reported stolen from the Red Mountain Resort parking lot on Feb. 11.

Anyone with information on this vehicle is asked to contact the Trail and Greater District Detachment.

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TIMES STAFF The nominating period is now open for anyone interested in joining the Village of Warfield council.

The period, which runs until March 4, allows a citizen to fill out nomination papers for the vacancy created when Councillor Tom Milne resigned from his position in January.

With three years remaining before the next civic election, Warfield is required to fill the seat by acclamation or through a byelection if more than one candidate steps forward.

Should a byelection be required, it would be held April 9 with advance polls on March 30 and April 6. For more information contact Allana Ferro, chief election officer, at 250-368-8202.

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Kathleen Pearson spotted an unusual character running down Aster Drive early Tuesday morning. The turkey was headed toward Glenmerry School for some reason, which is why Pearson dubs the photo,”Boy - is he lost!” adding the birds are usually clustered near the landfill, a far cry from her neighhourhood. If you have a recent photo you would like to share with our readers email it to editor@trailtimes.ca.

Amended SD20 budget for current year adopted BETSY KLINE Castlegar News

School District 20 trustees passed an amended annual budget bylaw for the 2015- 2016 school year.

At its regular meeting on Monday in Castlegar, the board passed a budget of $42,208,388.

The midterm budget is balanced and takes into account changes to items that were budget estimations at the beginning of the year and now have become actual income or expenses.

The revised budget also includes several grants received from the Ministry of Education

and revenue generated by sharing services with other districts.

Revised expenses included increases to principal and vice principal wages, additional educational assistant staffing and capital expenditures on portables for Glenmerry School in Trail.

Some of the expenses were funded out of one time surplus money.

“This one time surplus money that we used for ongoing expenses is what some people call a structural deficit,” explained Natalie Verigin, secretary-treasurer for SD 20.“We have used one time money for ongoing ex-

penses that can’t be sustained with current budget money.”

Two non-instructional days added to school calendar To follow up on directions given by the Minister of Education, two additional noninstructional days to support curriculum implementation have been added to the SD20 school calendar. This will be followed up next year by the addition of one more non-instructional day.

This brings the total on noninstructional days in this year’s calendar to eight. The new dates are April 15 and May 19.

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etty. One word that springs to mind after last week’s B.C. budget.

At best, it’s a lip service budget. Tweak here, tweak there, but devoid of any real purpose.

To be sure, some were tossed a chicken wing.

But you can almost hear the minions in the backroom: “just make sure it doesn’t cost us anything, the rubes will never catch on.”

Make believe money for the most hurting. One minute it’s there, then poof.

After the canned budgetary spin, there’s a host of other insights worth sharing from last week’s fiscal plan.

Since 2010/11 – Premier Christy Clark’s inheritance year – total government revenue is up $7.4 billion or 18.15 per cent, nearly twice the rate of inflation. Average weekly earnings in B.C. are up 11.4 per cent.

In the “other revenue” category – things such as tuition fees and motor vehicle licences – the government has pencilled in $3.4 billion, an increase of $793 million over 2010/11 or $170 more per capita.

Six-years ago, B.C. Hydro coughed up $591 million. In 2016/17, $692 million or $52 more per household.

In 2001, the B.C. Liberal party promised to “stop the expansion of gambling that has increased gambling addiction and put new strains

on families.”

Likely wasn’t a That was back stress-free job in when provincial revCampbell’s final enue from the B.C. year either.

Lottery Corporation The Ministry was $444 million. of Natural Gas This year: $1.2 bilDevelopment is lion. on track to spendIn the white eling $2.58 bilephant department: lion (2013/14 to DERMOD the Transportation 2018/19). Natural I n v e s t m e n t gas royalties are on Corporation (TIC) track to bring in Troy Media continues to bleed $1.65 billion over red ink. TIC operates the same period. the Port Mann bridge and not parProsperity, B.C. is just around ticularly well. the bend.

Its losses have overshot foreOn January 1, MSP premiums casts by 67 per cent and now total rose 4.1 per cent. In the first 9 $442 million. They’re estimated at months of 2015, the average hourly a further $207 million for 2017 and wage in B.C. fell 5.0 per cent.

2018.

Even with the government’s soTIC’s debt stands at $3.4 billion, called premium relief, total MSP more than the government’s origi- premium revenue is set to increase nal $3 billion estimate for the entire $124 million this year to $2.55 bilGateway plan. lion.

Not all departments were left to Back in 2010/11, it brought in scrounge petty cash. $1.79 billion.

In the political spin department, B.C. may have some of Canada’s the Communications and Public lowest tax burdens for high-income Engagement Office’s budget is up earners, not so much for the poor 43.3 per cent over 2010/11 to $37.9 or middle-class. million According to the budget, a single The office’s overall budget isn’t individual earning $80,000 in B.C. the only thing that’s gone up in pays $7,828 in provincial taxes. In the spin cycle. In 2010/11, Gordon Alberta, they would pay $8,106, Campbell’s press secretary made Ontario ($12,354) and Quebec $80,153. Last year, Clark’s took ($19,911). home $108,655, a difference of 35.5 A two-income family of four per cent. earning $30,000 in B.C. pays

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$2,687. In Alberta, it would be $871, Ontario ($2,381) and Quebec ($650).

God help them if they get a $1 raise, because the full MSP hit will kick-in.

Like any government that just increased the budget for its communications’s office, it’s expected they’ll do inter-provincial tax comparisons most favourable to their political spin. Other provinces do the same.

So let’s see how B.C. stacks up in Manitoba’s analysis. A single-parent earning $30,000 would have paid $802 in provincial taxes last year in B.C. In Alberta, they would have received $329 from the government, in Ontario paid $31 and in Quebec they’d get back $2,071.

A two-income family of five earning $75,000 would have paid $4,409 in B.C., Alberta ($460), Ontario ($3,577) and Quebec ($7,161).

At least British Columbians can take comfort in the knowledge that there’s $100 million sitting doing nothing in B.C.’s newfangled Prosperity Fund.

Back in 2013, when the idea was announced, Clark’s advisor – Pamela Martin – tweeted: “what would you do with a trillion dollars? A Once-in-a-generation bonanza (sic).”

Only $999 billion, 900 million more to find out.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

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Biting Apple bruises privacy rights

An editorial from the Toronto Star There are limits to how far the United States and other democracies should go in demanding that Apple and other high tech companies give police the ability to break into their customers’ smartphones, tablets and other devices by getting around encryption technology.

And those limits are being sorely tested in the epic tussle between Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation over a California judge’s order that requires Apple to help the FBI hack into the iPhone of a dead terrorist.

It’s a dangerous precedent without benefit of authorization from the U.S. Congress that could see national security and law enforcement riding roughshod over privacy rights. And it may well spill over into Canada, encouraging police in this country to adopt similar tactics.

As recently as four months ago, President Barack Obama was of the firm -- and principled -- view that Apple and other companies should not be forced to provide the government with wholesale “back door” access to their source code and encryption keys that could leave millions of Americans vulnerable if the software fell into the wrong hands.

But that abruptly changed in the wake of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., that left 14 dead. The White House, feeling

the political heat in an election year, has chosen to put the bite on Apple, bruising civil rights in the process.

To its credit, Apple is fighting back to protect its corporate interests and its customers’ rights. As Apple chief executive Timothy Cook says, “people have a basic right to privacy” that is under attack from “dangerous” government overreach.

After co-operating with the FBI to the extent that it can without compromising customer privacy, Apple is challenging a federal court order requiring it to create new software that would let the FBI break into the iPhone used by Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino shooters, and troll through its contents looking for messages, data and pictures that may shed light on the attackers’ motives and possible accomplices.

The White House now says the FBI has its “full support” in the investigation. This legal wrangle may yet end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

If so, Americans can only hope that the court sides with the tangible privacy rights of millions of iPhone users over the FBI’s desire to go through a dead terrorist’s phone.

What the FBI is asking Apple to do is breach the duty of trust it has in the digital age to keep customer information safe from hackers, criminals and identity thieves.

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Specifically, the court order requires Apple to create new software that would bypass a security feature on the older iPhone5C that causes it to erase its data if 10 incorrect passwords are entered. The FBI wants to generate an unlimited number of passwords until it finds the one that works, then fish through the contents.

“The government has asked us for something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create … a backdoor to the iPhone,” Cook says.

“The government suggests this tool could only be used once, on one phone,” he says. “But that’s simply not true. Once created, the technique could be used over and over again, on any number of devices.”

And there’s “no way to guarantee” that the back door software would remain in the hands of Apple, the FBI or any other innocent actor. It could fall into the hands of hackers, cybercriminals, hostile foreign actors and terrorists, putting millions of customers at risk of identity theft, fraud or worse.

“We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications,” Cook says.

He’s right. A single FBI terror probe is fast becoming the pretext for a chilling, wholesale expansion of the surveillance state.

That should worry us all.

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The Black Jack Ski Team returned from the Haywood NorAm Western Canadian Ski Championship in Prince George with great results including a golden

sweep by Black Jack skier Remi Drolet.

The Rossland native’s versatility was on display at the Otway Nordic Centre as Drolet led the Black Jack ski team, capturing three gold medals in three events on the

weekend.

The 15-year-old dominated in Friday’s 3.75 kilometre free skate taking first place with a time of eight minutes 45.9 seconds to finish over 40 seconds ahead of Ian Oliphant of

Sovereign Lake.

Drolet followed that up with an explosive sprint on Saturday finishing the icy 0.8 km course in a time of 1:51.07 for first place, 6.76 seconds ahead of Konrad Van Varseveld

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Other highlights included a fourth place finish by Jasmine Drolet in the mid-distance free skate, and Michaela McLean came in seventh and Sage Robine eighth in Junior Girls, while Sophie Edney placed 10th in Juvenile Girls In Saturday’s Classic Sprint, Michaela McLean finished seventh in Junior Girls and

Chiaki Yamamoto came eighth in Open Women.

Daniel Merlo was eighth in Junior Men, while in Open Men Colin Ferrie placed fifth, Scott Fraser came eighth and David Palmer 10th.

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The Beaver Valley Skating Club hosted the Kootenay Region Skating Championship, and took home the Barclay Trophy as the event’s top team for the third year in a row. Skaters include Jocelyn Derksen, Jordyn Ferguson, Bree Fitzpatrick, Payton Fowler, Yvonne Gregory, Jennifer Hartmann, Emma Leslie, Jillian Leslie, Isabella Louwe, Sophie Louwe, Annelise Morrison, Jasmine Needham, Elise Obal, Lena Obal, Juliet Partridge, Brenna Paulsen, Claire Sibbald, Breanna Tomilin, Taryn Verhelst, and Eileen Zheng. Missing were Ava David, Serena Deadmarsh, Aiko Kreuzer, and Nathan Kreuzer.

BV Skating Club takes top prize at Regionals JIM BAILEY Times Sports Editor

Close to 100 skaters from the East and West Kootenays hit the ice in Fruitvale last week as the Beaver Valley Skating Club (BVSC) hosted the 2016 Kootenay Region Championships.

“With 96 registered skaters competing from the Kootenays, the event was a huge success,” said event chair Mandy Paulsen.

For the third year in a row, the BVSC took home the Barclay Trophy that goes to the team with the most points, while the Rossland Skating Club captured the award for the Most Sportsmanlike Club.

“They (Rossland Skating Club) had a lot of fun cheering on all the skaters, especially during the elements competition,” said Paulsen. “The pompoms and shakers were even out.”

Local mealists include: Claire Sibbald from BVSC captured gold in Star 5 Freeskate, while in the Sr. Bronze Ladies Freeskate, BVSC’s skaters swept the category with Brenna Paulsen winning gold, Yvonne Gregory silver and Taryn Verhelst bronze. Serena Deadmarsh claimed silver in the Jr. Silver Ladies Freeskate.

In Gold Interpretive Verhelst topped the podium, while in Bronze interpretive, Brenna Paulsen won her second gold, while BVSC’s Jillian

Leslie placed third.

In Star 3 Solo Dance B.V.’s Jasmine Needham placed second, and Isabella Louwe came third.

In Gold Solo Dance Verhelst won gold, and Breanna Tomilin silver. In Sr. Silver Solo Dance, Paulsen claimed another gold, Gregory captured silver and Rossland’s Erin Flood gold, while in the Sr. Bronze Solo Dance Brian Chan of Rossland came first, Leslie of BVSC second and Flood third.

In the Jr. Bronze Solo Dance category Rossland’s Elle Bellendine took home gold, and Bree Fitzpatrick from BVSC claimed silver.

Jillian Leslie took first place in Intro Elements Group 1, with Fitzpatrick coming sec-

ond, and Aiko Kreuzer of BVSC third. In Intro Elements Group 2, Rossland’s Morgan Corkill captured gold, while Chan claimed bronze in Intro Elements Group 3.

Paulsen claimed first place in Elements 2, with Sibbald placing third, and in the Elements 3 category Verhelst won bronze.

“The Beaver Valley Skating Club would like to thank the many local sponsors and volunteers that made the event possible,” said Mandy Paulsen.

“Congratulations to all the skaters who competed over the weekend. The West Kootenays are well represented.”

Qualifying skaters will compete at the Super Series Final in Kelowna March 4-6.

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by one-tenth of a second. Patrick StewartJones claimed third, while Black Jack’s Colin Ferrie placed 10th.

Chiaki Yamamoto came seventh in Open womens 15-k Classic, Jasmine Drolet just missed the podium capturing fourth in Midget Girls and Sage Robine came seventh in Junior Girls classic.

The Black Jack skiers helped BC take back the Western Canadian title from Alberta amassing 8,510 points. Alberta was second with 4,883.

Yukon, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and NWT finished in that order.

TIMES STAFF The Selkirk College Saints gained a point on the Simon Fraser University Clansmen on the weekend, and with one game in hand, the Saints can capture another BC Intercollegiate Hockey League title with wwins in their final two games of the season.

The Saints skated to a 4-3 win over SFU at the Castlegar Rec Centre on Friday, before dropping a 3-2 game in an overtime shoot out on Saturday. The Saints trail the Clan by a single point for top spot in the BCIHL standings, and will face SFU and Trinity Western to close out the season this weekend.

Selkirk College held a 2-1 lead right down to the final 37 seconds when Mathew Berry-Lamontagna beat James Prigione to tie the game and send it to overtime.

However, the extra frames solved nothing and after the Saints’ Dallas Calvin and SFU’s Jono Ceci missed on their opening shots, Selkirk’s Dane Feeney would also be stymied by SFU

goalie Jordan Liem. The clan’s BerryLamontagna then made the Saints pay beating Prigione for the win, as Tylor Branzsen missed on the Saints final attempt.

Selkirk jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals from Arie Postmus, and Branzsen. But Graham Smerek drew the Clan within one on a power play goal with less than two minutes left in the middle frame, before Berry Lamontanga tied it.

Each goalie faced 31 shots on the night and were game stars.

In Friday’s match, the Saints scored four times in the second period, to take a 4-1 lead, then hold in the third for the 4-3 victory.

Alex Milligan, Marcel Fuchs, Branzsen, and Ryan Sookro scored for the Saints, while Michael Sandor, Berry-Lamontagna, and Ceci for the Clan.

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I’ve told him I don’t see Dear Annie: I’d this as very manly behavior. He like to weigh in on the letter from says he feels a need to express his “Wondering in Pennsylvania,” feminine side. I don’t want to lose who asked how to have a surprise him, but I’m not sure how to deal wedding as part of a picnic. with this. Can you help me? -My husband and I had a surThigh High in Confusion prise wedding in the large backDear Confusion: If your boy- yard of a home we had just purfriend derives sexual satisfaction chased. We sent invitations invitfrom wearing women’s stockings, ing everyone to a picnic, claiming he is a cross-dresser, even though that we were recently married. The he may not wear the whole ensem- invitations were artist-drawn, and ble. We are glad he was upfront we specified that the recipients’ about it, but you need to educate presence was all that was required, yourself on the subject, so you which took everyone off the hook can decide how tolerant you can of bringing gifts or food. We hired be. Cross-dressing does not mean a caterer, parking attendants, a that your boyfriend is gay (most cleanup crew and an officiant, and cross-dressers are not) or that he did all of the decorating ourselves. plans to change his sexual identity It was a huge hit, and people

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He started wearing the stockings near the end of his previous marriage. His ex wouldn’t wear them, so he decided to try them himself and ended up liking them a lot. He says they give him a lot of pleasure and make him feel sexy.

He was upfront about it early in our relationship, and I said I didn’t think it would be a problem. He likes wearing them around the house and in public under his pants. He doesn’t want his friends and co-workers to know. He’s not a cross-dresser or anything like that.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Trail Times

JOIN THE MOVEMENT AGAINST BULLYING ON FEBRUARY 24

Recognizing cyberbullying Before social media became so prevalent, instances of bullying were somewhat easy to recognize.

However, with a good majority of children now engaged in digital networking and social media, bullying may not end with the ringing of the school bell, and evidence of bullying may not be so readily apparent.

According to Cyberbullying statistics from the i-SAFE foundation, more than half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyberbullying. More than 80 percent of teens use a mobile phone regularly, making it the most popular form of technology and a common medium for repeated cyberbullying.

Cyberbullying takes place through electronic technology and differs from traditional forms of bullying. Cyberbullying can occur via text messaging, blogging, updates to social media sites and/or phone conversations. What makes cyberbullying more difficult to detect and remedy than traditional bullying is that sometimes this type of bullying is veiled in secrecy.

Those who engage in cyberbullying can create aliases and accounts under false names, allowing them to covertly engage in bullying behavior. As a result, tracking down bullies can be challenging.

Although cyberbullying is on the rise, there are some things that parents and children can do to

help put a stop to such unfortunate instances. * Parents who feel their child is not emotionally ready for the responsibility of a digital device can hold back on purchasing a smartphone or choose one with very limited features. Some schools set strict limits on phone usage at school, and children who go only from school to home and vice versa may not have the need for an “emergency phone” that can open up a window for trouble. * Adolescents and teens should feel comfortable talking with their parents without the fear of reprimand.

Otherwise, they may hide instances of cyberbullying or not know how to broach sensitive topics like bullying. Parents can engage in conversation with their children often and stress that the doors of communication are always open. * Teens should be made aware that cyberbullying is a very real occurrence and is not just other kids “having fun” or “joking.” If behavior is repetitive and hurtful, it should be made public and addressed. * Parents can monitor and limit their children’s personal accounts.

Some smartphone and tablet applications can be mirrored on the main account, enabling par-

ents to see incoming text or video messages. * A laptop or desktop computer should be placed in a shared space so that usage can be monitored.

Parents can restrict tablet or smartphone usage to public areas. * When online, children should be advised not to share personal information. Social media sites may be used by bullies to gather sensitive information about a person that can be used against them at a later time. Children should be urged to keep passwords secret and to never give information such as birthdays, phone numbers and addresses to people who aren’t close friends.

Friend lists should be restricted to only those people students interact with frequently to minimize the chance for bullying or other inappropriate behavior. * Teens who have been bullied can keep evidence of the bullying and may benefit from talking with a counselor.

Cyberbullying is a growing concern for educators and parents and has far-reaching implications. Getting smart about this phenomenon can help staunch new cases of online bullying.

Adults should remain diligent in monitoring what kids are doing online. Bullying can take place through digital devices, such as mobile phones.

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