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City will look closely at group funding ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor
Rossland city council will be taking a hard look at how previous councils have funded community groups when budget discussions take off in the Your Horoscope For the Week fewO’Connor weeks.inside withnext Michael Th is was during Monthe West Kootenay noted Advertiser day’s meeting when the Rossland Sustainability Commis-
sion budget request of $30,000. “Council is faced with many things as far as upcoming budget deliberations go, it’s nothing about the Sustainability Commission or the work they have done,” Coun. Jill Spearn said. “But I know we have had to at least think about some of the costs to the city of all of the service groups.” Spearn said the decisions on the groups should wait until they can look at the whole pic-
ture. She added that city staff feels it could do the commissions administrators duties. “I do recognize that we are going to have to tighten our belts so to speak on some things,” she said. “I know that there are some other things that we need to put some money towards in terms of sustainability.” Coun. Jody Blomme liked the spirit of trying to find ef-
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ficiencies in the money being spent. The problem she had was that the city would stop paying for someone’s job. She also didn’t like that they were singling out the Sustainability Commission, and attempting to make decisions in isolation. “There are other community groups, there are other efficiencies, perhaps, that we could see if we looked at the whole picture,” Blomme said. “Would
rather take a look at everything all at once instead of looking at this one thing in isolation.” Coun. Kathy Moore agreed with the previous councillor’s comments, but was concerned that taking on the administrative responsibilities may lead to increases in staff salaries, that could negate any savings of the in-house administrative work. She also worried that the commission’s work may slow See City on P. 3
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• InternatIonal women’s day, march 8 • natIonal youth scIence festIval month • sprIng equInox, march 20 • world water day, march 22 • natIonal nutrItIon month
coming events
cIty councIl: Next regular meeting is Monday March 25 at 7 p.m.
rossland golden cIty quIlt guIld meets every Monday. The guild meets at the Se-
nior Centre on Rossland Avenue from 7-9 p.m.
rossland sacred hearts club CWL is hosting an 80th Anniversary Spring Tea
on March 16, at the Parish Hall. The event is from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost is $4. There will be a bake table. Everyone is welcome.
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sprIng flIng 2013 at the RockCut Neighbourhood Pub on March 13 from 5 p.m.
For $20 you will receive an RC cheeseburger, fries or salad and beer, plus an evening of funfilled entertainment. Bring your toonies for the famous “Toonie Auction” & “Peel & Pay.” Get your group together to play Name That Tune. Seating is limited. Tickets available at 362-9649.All proceeds are in support of the Canadian Cancer Society Support Services.
rossland retIrees curlIng club invites men and women interested in curling on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., to call Bill at 362-9462 or Jim at 364-1051. Beginners are welcomed!
Joe hIll coffeehouse Joe Hill Coffee House takes place the third Sunday of each
month starting in September. It carries a great Rossland tradition into a new season. The music starts at 7 p.m. in the Rossland Miners’ Hall, in a relaxing cafe setting with coffee, tea and good things to eat. Don’t miss the opening event of another season of fun! Les Carter, 250-362-5677, retrac01@telus.net.
open mIc nIght at the Flying Steamshovel every Wednesday at 9 p.m.
west Kootenay mInor lacrosse 2013 registration is now open. Forms can be picked
up/dropped off at Gerricks Cycle in Trail. Free Clinic taking place at Stanley Humphreys Secondary March 23-24 for new and returning players. Contact Tina at WKMLA@hotmail.com for info. Practices will be starting the week of April 15..
rossland radIo co-op: Open house every Monday from 3-7 p.m. followed by station
meeting at 7 p.m. More info: radio@rosslandradio.com.
traIl maple leaf band Monday evening practices 7 - 9 p.m. in the McIntyre Room at the Cominco Memorial Centre. Brass and woodwind players welcomed. For more info, contact Andrea McKay, 362-7604. rossland sKateparK commIttee 6-8 pm, first Tuesday each month at the Rossland
Library. Come be part of the process.
scoutIng For boys and girls, now at the Rossland Scout Hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7) Tuesdays. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) Scouts (ages 11-14) Contact Tom Leask 362-7118. Accepting applications for Scout Leaders. columbIa dIstrIct gIrl guIdes Columbia District Girl Guides has units from Ross-
land to Salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted.
ycdc youth nIghts Free drop-in, 1504 Cedar Ave, Trail. Call 364-3322 or contact
coordinator@columbiaycdc.ca. Art Night: Tue. 7pm; Movie Night: Wed. 6-8pm.
royal canadIan legIon br. # 14 rossland General Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on
the third Wed. of every month. All members of Branch #14 are asked to attend.
rotary club of rossland: Weekly meetings at the Rock Cut Pub, Mon., 6-8pm. All
welcome! Contact John Sullivan, 362-5278.
genealogy West Kootenay Family Historians, 7pm, first Monday each month, Sept to
extended lIft hours All lifts at Red Resort operate an extra half hour, until 3:30 p.m.,
June, SHSS, Castlegar. Annual fee $10. Contact Jean, 365-8100, or Grace, 364-1426.
school dIstrIct 20 meetIng The next school board meeting is April 15 at 7 p.m. at
Nancy Greene Summit are ready for the snow season. If you would like to help cut firewood, make interesting repairs, or just learn where the huts are, get some exercise, and help put the “party” in work party, contact Les Carter at 250-362-5677, retrac01@telus. net.
until the end of the season on April 1.
the Trail Middle school.
scenestudIo: Acting for All! Rossland’s new acting school is open and offers ongo-
ing programming. Professionally trained in Theatre and Film and TV, working actors, G. Michael and Alicia Gray, teach these exciting and educational classes. 2010 Washington (in the historic BMO Building) MikeAlicia@SCENEstudio.ca (250)521-1559 www.facebook.com/SceneStudio.ca
golden cIty lIons: The Lions meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each
month at 6 p.m. at the Rossland Legion. Contact W. Profili at 362-7671
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The Rossland Legion hosted the fourth annual Arnie Sherwood Memorial Funspiel on March 10. The one day curling bonspiel is designed to attract curlers that enjoy the thrill of the game, there are still prizes and trophies to be won though. Particpants come from as far away as Nelson. Pictured in the first photo are: Stan Donaldson, Blaise Enright, Paul Devlin and Legion President Doug Halladay Submitted photo
Accommodation revenue up in Rossland Revenue from accommodation sources hit an all time high in Rossland during 2012. Tourism Rossland announced that last year’s total accommodation revenue in Rossland, based
on the Additional Hotel Room Tax, was $2,947,101 up from $1,914,703 in 2006 when they first began to track it. That represents a 54 per cent increase over seven years. Additionally, the 2012 numbers were more than $255,000 higher than the next closest year, which was in 2008.
Deanne Steven, executive director of Tourism Rossland, said that things are looking good for this year as well. “With excellent snow conditions, great events, conferences and a growing awareness in Rossland as a destination, Rossland is expecting an equally strong 2013,” Steven
noted. Tourism Rossland is Rossland’s destination marketing organization. Its mission is to work in a fair and unbiased manner to increase Rossland’s year-round tourism economy within the context of the community’s vision and values.
continued from P. 1 down, as city staff have many other things to take care of. “It’s a very viable commission, they do a lot of good work,” Moore said. “It could wither and die if it wasn’t the time to do it.” Moore asked for staff to report back on how much time city employees would have to allocate to that kind of work. Coun. Kathy Wallace agreed that there was no sense of urgency in the matter. Council voted against the motion and sent it to budget discussions. Next up, was the Gold Fever Follies rental fees, which are waived on an annual basis by the city. The Follies operate in the Miners’ Hall during July and August. Staff recommended renewing the free rental agreement.
“I think the Follies are a wonderful part of the community and I support them,” Wallace said. Moore asked for clarification on whether council was putting the Follies on notice for paying rent next year. “I think what we should do when we get to budget discussions is probably do something like that to all groups,” Mayor Greg Granstrom said. The city pays $11,000, according to Moore, for custodial work on the Miners’ Hall, but during the two months the Follies are there, they take care of most of the work, so the custodial bills drop for the summer. The city does do a routine check of the building, so the custodial bill doesn’t completely disappear in those months. Spearn said she would play
the devil’s advocate again, saying that while the Follies do provide a community asset, the numbers aren’t extraordinary. Spearn worried that there are some groups that have been around for so long that they are just accepted as something the city should pay for. She said that like other community groups, the Follies should bear the budget scrutiny. Blomme at first suggested that council put forward a motion to make the Follies pay rent this year, but Moore noted that there is not much time for them to apply for grants or budget for this year’s show. “I’m fine with it being free for this year, and then having a discussion about it for next year,” Moore said. The motion was carried. Moore asked staff for an up-
date on the implementation of a 2009 report on the Miners’ Hall. Rossland Council for Arts and Culture requested that council approve the sculpture bear play. Spearn was in favour. “Originally when they came forward with that design I went, ‘Why bears?’” she said. “We have bears everywhere, we’re just going to confuse people, but I really learned to appreciate public art.” Spearn said that she has noticed that communities with public art cause people to mingle, walk around and shop. Wallace liked the design. “Part of it is the playfulness, part of it is the relationship between the parent and child, which I think is a great thing to put right in front of the library,” Wallace said. The motion was carried with all in favour.
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The Canadian Coast Guard is currently reviewing all the aids to navigation on the Columbia River. The review will cover all buoys and beacons managed by the Canadian Coast Guard between the Hugh Keenleyside Dam near Castlegar south to Waneta near the United States border in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. The objective of the review is to analyze the existing aids to navigation to identify their usefulness to boaters and to make recommendations on any shortfalls, redundancies and unnecessary aids on the river. The participation of Columbia River users would be greatly appreciated and will help to ensure that any adjustments made to these aids to navigation will reflect the requirements of today’s users.
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Callie is a ten year old long haired tortoiseshell. She was brought to the shelter because her owner developed allergies to cats. Callie has soft fur, which matt’s easily, so she will need to be groomed daily. When you look at Callie, you will see she has a marbled colored eye. This does not need medical treatment and does not affect her way of life. Callie is a quiet girl and would love a warm spot to lie in. Callie enjoys being brushed and some wet food now and then. The perfect home for Callie would be a quiet retirement home. A home without dogs would suit Callie best but another cat friend would be just fine. If you have a loving retirement home for this sweet girl, please come down to the Trail SPCA today to meet her.
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Until March 24, the Rossland Art Gallery is hosting the Metal Art Show and More. The exhibit highlights many of the projects that metalwork artist and teacher Kevin Kratz has put his effort into. Kratz, who operated Ridgeline Metal Works, has honed his skills for the past 30 years, and shares the exhibit with metalworking partner James Karthein. Other artistic friends, Yvvone Vanens Munro, Eric MacLellan and Simon Mitchel, join them in the exhibition. Kratz emplained that the move to show the works in Rossland was a natural one. “My friend James and I have a line of products that we sell in the B.C. Interior and so we thought if we had a show here in Rossland, we could show more of our stuff,” Kratz said. Kratz said this show is a sort of culmination in the teaching position and his 30 years of experience. Ridgeline Metal Works was awarded the Castlegar Sculpture Walk last year, with a Blue Heron sculpture. That drove them to want to expand and want to
Kevin Kratz stands beside one of his creations, a blue heron, which he said he’s put hundreds of hours into. the exhibit, the Metal Art show and More is on at the rossland Art Gallery until March 24.
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show something in Rossland. “I’d started a study for the Blue Heron for the big show, and I did one for this show and that was kind of the driving force, to have another heron here in town and trees and stuff,” he said. “We’re just trying to show our work.” Kratz is also an instructor and has had the opportunity to teach the some of his fellow artists. Kratz and Karthein both work out of Krestova.
committee, presented the findings of the committee to council on Monday. Rossland News Editor Morton said the initiative The Lower Columbia is looking to purchase afCommunity Develop- fordable rental units in ment Team is hoping to Rossland, as well as in set up more attainable other areas in the Lower housing in the region un- Columbia region. The der its attainable housing committee will be lookcommittee and wanted ing for a grant in aid of to find out Rossland’s around $4,500 from the thoughts on the subject. city once properties in Janet Morton, chair Rossland are purchased. 2.815x3 Arne Petryshen
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“Housing, (and feeding into B.C. housing some federal government money as well) as come out with an affordable housing initiative,” she said. “Basically, what that is providing is capital funding to organizations to increase the number of rental units that are affordable to households in the bottom 40 per cent of household earnings.”
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tion that not everyone wants to shell out for the more elaborate pieces. So they started making the tools as more of a production line of items, to supplement the artistic side of things. The exhibit includes full size Rocky Mountain Maple saplings, a heron and many other works of art. It runs until March 24, from Wednesday to Sunday. 11-6 p.m. each day.
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“Most weekends we can be found out in our sheds, hammering away at our steel,” he said. “It has to be 2,000 degrees before you can hit it. It’s all old fashioned hand cranked hammers and anvils and stuff. We’re trying to revive an ancient tradition and make something beautiful on the way.” They also make tools for the home, such as fireplace sets. This came with the realisa-
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Spring Brochure now available Recreation, Education, Community - Rossland Rec Department The arena closes on Friday. The last opportunities to go Public Skating are Wednesday, March 13 from 6:30-7:45 p.m. and Friday March 15 from 5-6:30 p.m. For more information about admission prices and skate rentals, please log on to the city’s website, at www.rossland. ca. The information can be found under the City Hall, Arena page. There’s some ice available this week to rent, if you’d like to enjoy one last hockey game or celebrate a special event. Give the recreation department a call if you’d like more information. The recreation department and art instructor Shelley Painter are running Spring Break Art Camps to help keep the kids busy and having fun over the spring break! Classes are held in the arena lounge from 2:304:30 p.m. and each day has a different art theme to look forward to. Some themes include; shadow puppets, block printing, stop action movies, beading and painting. The dates are March 18-22 (five day week) and March 25-28, (four day week). Children ages 6-12 years can register for one day, several days
or a full week. Spaces are limited and the instructor will require advance notice to ensure there are enough materials for each day. If you’re looking for more activities for the kids during spring break, Red Mountain has three day Ski and Snowboard Camps for every level. Check their website, at www.redresort.com The Rossland Pool doesn’t open for several months, but we’re already looking for qualified, certified staff for the 2013 season. The outdoor pool opens at the beginning of June and closes at the end of August. The Rossland pool offers a full range of aquatic education – including School Board Lessons, Aqua Tot, Red Cross Swim Lessons, the Bronze courses and Swim Club. Applications will be received by individuals who possess their NLS and WSI. If you are currently working on obtaining your WSI and will have it by June 2013, please forward your resume indicating where you’re taking the course and when you’ll be completed. Resumes should be forwarded to the recreation department as soon as possible. This Sunday, March 17 from 1-4
p.m. Rossland Real Food is hosting the annual Seedy Sunday. Annual flower and vegetable seeds, plus local seeds grown in the Kootenays will be available for sale! The Seedy Sunday sale takes place at RSS with the local Interact Club providing yummy treats for sale. Everyone is welcome and if you have your own seeds to swap or sell, this is the place to be. The Spring Brochure has gone to print and will be available in the mailboxes, by the third week of March. If you would like to view it online, please log onto www.rossland.ca, City Hall, Rossland Recreation, Program Guide. The online version of the brochure will be available by Thursday, March 14. Registration for programs begins Monday, March 18. There are lots of great new programs coming up! If you need your boating certificate, Mike Fairweather is teaching the Boating Basics course – the Canadian Coast Guard accredited boating proficiency course. The all-day course is being held in the arena lounge on Saturday, April 13. For little tykes,
there’s Preschool TBall and Tumbalina with Pam Shirley and Creative Movements with Kootenay Danceworks. For children ages 5-10 years, there’s Little Kids Rugby, REC Gymnastics, Bike Maintenance, Tennis, Mountain Biking Courses and Pottery. For youth, check out the Violin/ Fiddle course, the Babysitters Course and some more advanced Mountain Biking courses. Gabby Jangula with Out of Bounds Fitness is going to be teaching some courses through the rec department. On Wednesdays and Fridays, starting April 3, Gabby is offering an Early Spin &
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Public Input Meeting Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs Project applicants for Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs are presenting their proposals to the public on the following dates: Village of Warfield – Warfield Council Chambers Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Beaver Valley – Montrose Hall Wednesday, April 10, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. City of Trail – Council Chambers Monday, April 15, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. City of Rossland – Council Chambers Monday, April 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Area B – Genelle Hall Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Deadline for all applications is Friday, March 22, 2013, 4:00 p.m. For further information contact Sharon Toupin at 1-250-368-9148.
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Animal bylaw will make downtown dog friendly
On March 25, council will likely adopt the amended Animal Control Bylaw. That means that soon dog owners will be able to happily walk their dogs downtown, something that is currently prohibited, though often ignored. The bylaw also gives bylaw enforcers the ability to write tickets for tying dogs up downtown, something that can also be seen at almost any time around Ferraro Foods and other locations on Columbia. Council passed the bylaw up to the adoption phase during Monday’s meeting, which was a recommendation of an earlier council committee on the matter. There were still some councillors that did not agree with the bylaw change. Coun. Jill Spearn was still not comfortable with allowing dogs downtown. She noted that there are people who are still uncomfortable with dogs, and Rossland has over 100 kms of trail just outside the city. Mayor Greg Granstrom, who missed the committee meeting where the recommendation went forward, said he’d be the first to repeal the amendments if it turns out badly. The other councillors seemed not as concerned. The current bylaw is not working at keeping the dogs out of downtown, and also could be seen as unwelcoming to visitors of Rossland who own dogs. The new one will hopefully alleviate some of the tension that surrounds the topic and allow for responsible dog owners to walk through town without getting funny looks and angry stares, that is, as long as they clean up after their dog. We want to hear from you.
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BC Views: Ethnic strategy nothing new TOM FLETchER Black Press
The B.C. legislature session ends this week. It can’t come quickly enough for Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals. This is also the week we see the rest of the fallout from “ethnic-gate,” as the latest controversy over partisan activity by political staff has been clumsily labelled. A disgruntled former B.C. Liberal caucus staffer handed the NDP opposition an internal memo setting out a strategy for ethnic “outreach” that strayed into forbidden territory, suggesting that ethnic-friendly government events could be staged and participants’ names collected and turned over to the party. “This secret plan clearly demonstrates the Liberals are deliberately folding government resources and staff into their party’s campaign machinery, despite rules that forbid this,” thundered NDP house leader John Horgan. “We’ve seen this before, with the Liberals’ efforts to run a secret committee to subvert the public process around Burnaby Hospital, and in the attack website created by caucus staff and launched by the Liberal party.” Casual observers might see this as a disturbing new development in misuse of public resources. It’s disturbing, all right, but it’s hardly new. The “attack website” Horgan refers to is a case in point. While a website
targeting NDP leader Adrian Dix was being cooked up in the B.C. Liberal bunker, a similar effort was being developed in NDP research down the hall. This partisan message detailed all the worthwhile things that could be done with the government’s $15 million advertising budget singing the praises of the government’s “jobs plan.” But this one carried the logo of the NDP caucus, so it was within the rules. The average person, seeing two groups of staff on the public payroll, each slagging the other, might not detect much of a difference. The biggest headline from the leaked memo was its reference to generating “quick wins” for the election campaign by staging apologies for historic racial injustices. It mentioned how former premier Gordon Campbell delivered a solemn apology in 2008 for the decision to turn away a ship carrying Sikh refugees from Vancouver harbour – shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. What does a modern provincial premier accomplish by apologizing for a federal immigration decision made in 1915? Why would another premier now feel the need to apologize for a federal “head tax” imposed on Chinese immigrants from 1885 to 1923? The answer is obvious. Again, don’t expect much to change with an NDP government.
Asked last week if he would stage an apology for the head tax, Dix delivered a well-rehearsed history lesson that made it clear he is anxious to do so. Welcome to politics in an urbanized, globalized media culture. It’s more important to put on a show than to do the right thing. Hospitals are announced three times before they’re built, then announced again when they are staffed. Politics is a lucrative career. Former B.C. Liberal MLA Lorne Mayencourt is one of the additional “outreach” staff hand-picked by Clark. The B.C. Liberals retort that the NDP caucus has a similar staffer named Gabriel Yiu, who has taken three leaves of absence to run for MLA, and is in practical terms a professional NDP candidate. Yiu is running for a fourth time in Vancouver-Fraserview, having been defeated in 2009 by former West Vancouver police chief Kash Heed. That campaign was notorious for anonymous Chinese-language pamphlets claiming the NDP favours legalizing drugs and imposing a “death tax” on inheritance. This latest scandal might produce meaningful reform. But the misuse of public money to further the interests of political parties is deeply entrenched. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. Email him at tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Collectibles were dusted and polished for appraisal at the “Antiques from the Attic-What’s it Worth?” show at the Warfield Hall on March 2. The event was a partnering of the Rossland Historical Museum and Archives and the Trail Historical Society. More than 40 avid antiquers not only received an estimated value for their family heirlooms, but in some cases, a funny anecdote and advice on use, by Peter Blundell. Blundell, an advisory expert
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under the appraiser’s light. “Use it, enjoy it and have fun with it,” he said. “And you can impress your neighbours by having one heck of a tea party with it, ” advised Blundell. “Peter is encouraging everyone to use their silver tea sets and make the most of them was fun,” said Sarah Benson, event organizer from the Trail Historical Society. ‘I can just imagine how many “grown up” tea parties will be taking place soon.” Benson said that if there is enough interest, the historical society would again partner with the Rossland Historical Museum to make the show a recurring event in the community.
George Ferguson George passed away peacefully March 9 2013. A memorial service will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 14, Rossland, 2pm Friday, March 15 2013. A full obituary will follow.
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Some of Rossland’s young cross-country skiers had great results at the Midget Championships on March 2 and 3. The championships, held in Revelstoke, are for youth between the ages of 9-12, and this year 181 kids spent an fun-filled weekend of racing at the Mt. Macpherson XC Ski Trails. The West Kootenay skiers who finished in the top spots were Remi Drolet of Rossland, who took second, and Kolibri Drobish, sixth, in their individual Classic races on Saturday. Sunday, Remi Drolet again placed second in the skating sprint competition for his age group. Skiers were recognized not only for their speed, but also their technique. Oliver McDougall-Eisele, Nelson Nordic, won the Best Skate Technique award on Sunday during his sprints races.
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Rossland Secondary School’s Blended Learning program is seeing its first and possibly last graduating class this year, as the top three grades will be bussed down to Trail. Karen Lavender, the principal of RSS, said that the faculty and teachers have learned a lot in the last seven months of the program. “We’ve done some surveys with parents, kids and staff, and we’ve had some feedback. Moving into second semester at the beginning of February allowed us to make some changes and make it more functional for everybody,” Lavender said. “It seems that has made the difference for a lot of kids in terms of them being able to get their head wrapped around how things are working.” There has been some resistance to the changes brought on by Blended Learning, but Lavender noted that senior students got their provincial results this week which point to the new style, at the very minimum, meeting provincial expectations. “That’s good news for us and for our kids,” she said. “It shows that what we’ve done is certainly not hurting their education.” In four out of the five exams, students in the Blended Learning program did better on than the district, public school and provincial averages. Between Grades 10, 11 and 12, students write five provincial exams. She said it shows that at worst the program is maintaining the learning experience, but believes students are learning at a deeper level. Starting in October, not long after the program had started, school districts from various locations around B.C. started taking interest.
Rossland Secondary School has been having an informative and sucessful year as a Blended Learning institution. The program may close as grades 10 to 12 are moved to Trail. Arne Petryshen photo Rossland Secondary School has hosted numerous district representatives and staff have been invited to present as well. “They are mostly coming from districts with fairly small high schools,” Lavender said. “They are dealing with lots of things.” The districts are trying to answer questions around how to offer a variety of programs in the smaller school settings. Already this year, districts from Merritt, Enderby, Lake Cowichan, Golden and recently Boundary, have come to get a feel of the unique program in Rossland. Next month, Sooke is scheduled to come. On the other side of it, Rossland Secondary administrators have been invited to Pemberton’s school district, which Lavender said has a similar institution to RSS. North Vancouver also invited them to come and talk. “We also went out and spoke to all the principals and vice-principals that were on a retreat in Kamloops,” she said. “I’ve done telephone interviews with Tumbler Ridge, Valemont Secondary.” She has also had in-
quiries from Hope and Clearwater to come visit later this year. Lavender also noted that there has been a rush of some districts to get a look at the program prior to it being packaged up by the district. “Sooke is coming in April, Grand Forks and Boundary came basically the day after they heard we were going to K-9, and I’ve had some other phone calls subsequent to the announcement of K-9, because they want to come and see what we’re doing before we’re not here anymore,” she said. “There is still lots of interest regardless of the fact that it won’t be happening in Rossland next year.” The feedback has also been positive, Lavender noted, with almost every group writing a letter to either the board or to herself, with positive things to say about the program. “I’ve had a lot of follow-up feedback, with more questions,” she said, adding that for many school districts looking to move from their current model, Rossland’s program offers a chance to look at a concrete program, one that is actually working.
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For the past 16 years, students in the West Kootenay have put their bridge building skills to the test. With a kit made up of popsicles sticks and glue and instructions, the builders put together a bridge made to spec. “You have to build a bridge made out of popsicle sticks that spans a certain length,” Elise Paré, who has worked on the event for the past few years, said. It’s an event that the Association of Professional Engineer and Geoscientists of B.C. (APEGBC) sponsors every year in conduction with the West Kootenay Science Fair. On April 13, at Stanley Humphreys Secondary in Castlegar, builders will drop off their bridges between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at the load testing station. Builders build the strongest bridge they can using only the kit. It is then tested by qualified engineers for strength and load-bearing capabilities. Paré explained that the bridge span has to be 500 mm, the maximum height is 300 mm and the bridge deck needs to be at least 40 mm, big enough to get a Hot Wheels car through it. There are four age categories for the testing.
The youngest group is eight and under, the next is 9-12, then 1318 and then there is an unlimited category which includes adults, organizers, teachers and anyone else who doesn’t fit in the other categories. There are some great prizes for the age categories. There are cash prizes of $50, $40, $30 for first, second and third place in each age category. Then there are participation prizes as well, which include an iPad, a digital microscope, a telescope, a robotics kit and some other high-end science prizes. “If you participate and get your bridge broken, then you get entered in to that draw,” Paré said. The kits can be picked up at a number of locations and builders have from now until the competition to put their structure together. “We recommend that you give it at least four, five days for the glue to dry and strengthen,” Paré said. “Typically we say that if you have it done by the 9th you’re pretty good to go for the 13th, ideally you’d have it built April 6. It’s not something you want to do the night before, because you’ll have wet glue and it won’t have any strength.” Paré has been involved for the past three competitions locally, and before that worked on a similar contest in Golden for four years. As another part of National En-
gineering Month, APEGBC also puts on classroom presentations. The presentation is on structures and fits well with the popsicle bridge contest. Paré said it was put together in her time in Golden, and deals with the parts of a bridge, such as what’s a span and what’s an arch. It also talks about what materials bridges can be made of, how strong they are and what shapes they can be made into. “When we were looking for more outreach in the West Kootenay, I offered this presentation up to volunteer engineers,” she said. “KAST (Kootenay Academy for Science and Technology) partnered with us to link their contacts within regional schools with their contacts within APEGBC.” The class fits in perfectly with a grade six curriculum. “If there are other shools that haven’t been contacted, or teachers that are interested in having the presentation, they can either contact myself, or Erin Handy at KAST,” Paré said. Contact Paré at elise.Paré@focus.ca and Erin Handy at 250-4835052. Kits can be picked up at these locations: Nelson SNC-Lavalin, #3 - 520 Lake Street. Castlegar Empac Engineering, 1402 Columbia Ave. Trail SNC-Lavalin, 1319 Bay Ave. Rossland KAST, 108 - 2196 Le Roi Ave.
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June to September.” She said that kids that don’t continue to read and do educational types of activities during that summer period fall back in reading comprehension and don’t do as well the following school year. There’s also a homeschooling program which brings together homeschooled children in the community. The library does quite a few adult programs as well. These, Albright explained, are not so much reading programs. The National Film Board movie nights feature documentaries. “So you’re learning about issues there in a different format that maybe people traditionally think we provide,” she said.
The library also partnering with Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy to offer computer classes to seniors starting next month and Albright hopes they can get into more computer programs as they acquire more computers. The library also offers a exam monitoring service free of charge. So far, it’s been mostly courses through the College of the Rockies. Albright also wanted the community to know that the board room is a space for people to use, with a new flat screen to host things like Ted Talks and other items of interest. “We’re fostering the love of reading, which opens worlds to people that they might not usually have,” she said.
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The Rossland Public Library offers many programs that centre around non-formal learning. Katie Albright, the library director, said that the library also facilitates events with other groups throughout the community. Things like sponsoring the upcoming Joel Salatin farming workshop next week. “The library hasn’t done anything like that in the past, but I think if community members are coming together about things that they want to learn about, why wouldn’t they help to make that happen?” Albright said. The library has also been adding new programs this year, such as tapping into children’s impulse to play with the Lego Club. They have also been buying more graphic novels, since research has shown that some kids who don’t read novels, will read comics and graphic novels. Albright talked about some of the other programs the library offers. “We have very early literacy programs with our Mother Goose program through our story time, until kids start school,” she said. “With the Summer Reading Club we play an important role as a bridge from
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Historically RSS provincial exam results (the school averages) are higher than district, all public and provincial exam results. In the January 2013 exam period, the first major exam sitting since RSS has been using the Blended Learning Model, the students have maintained their historical results. In four out of the five exams, RSS students did better than district averages. In three of the five RSS students did better than all public schools in B.C. and all provincial averages ( included private schools). Given the challenges and massive changes that students and staff underwent in the first semester, this is very exciting for us as we now know that our students are not only learning in a 21st century model where personalizing learning and inquiry project-based learning is paramount, but that they are able to maintain the high scores on standardized tests that matter for their graduation program. Still, misconceptions about Blended Learning exist. Blended Learning is often confused with
Computer Assisted Learning, Virtual Learning, and Distance Education. The purpose of the technologies used are confused with the philosophy of personalized, projectbased learning that uses technology as a vehicle to provide elements of course management (Gradebooks etc). In Blended Learning, students combine the use of technology with face-to-face instruction that
Rather than being the “sage on the stage”, teachers act more as facilitators of Blended Learning, guiding students in the discovery of new knowledge and skills, and providing students with the support and framework for them to construct that knowledge through “doing” as opposed to the more rote memorization that takes place in a traditional lecture-based model. The switch to Blended Learning is a transition for students who have been schooled in the traditional model. Ultimately, it provides a great deal of choice, as the use of technology enables a more flexible timetable and the ability to take additional courses. Blended Learning is very effective in preparing students for the college and university experience, where their ability to work independently and use technology effectively are key indicators of success. Digital Fluency, as highlighted in the 2012 Global Information Technology Report from the World Economic Forum (www3. weforum.org/docs/Global_IT_Report_2012.pdf), is part of a skillset that students will need to succeed in our increasingly connected world.
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Get ready for the U19 film fest Staff Writer Staff Writer
Young filmmakers had better get their cameras rolling, because the U19 Film Festival is coming up quick. The festival invites filmmakers under the age of 19 from the area to submit their creations by April 15. Then, on April 27, the films will be screened at the film festival from 6-9 p.m. The festival is put on through a partnership between the Rossland Council of Arts and Culture and the Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST).
There are seven film categories to enter films in and prizes up to $200. The categories are Drama, Documentary, Comedy, Snow Sports, Sports Adventure, People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice. The only rules are that films be submitted using a form found on the KAST website, films have to be less than 10 minutes and films must be made by someone 19 years old or younger, from the West Kootenay. Films are free to enter though, so if you meet the requirements, you can enter as many as you like, but they have to be submitted via DVD.
This is the festival’s second year as a stand-alone, it started as a component of the Rossland Mountain Film Festival, but has evolved into its own event. KAST provides the young filmmakers with workshops in the fall to give them the tools to create and edit the films, then they do the REEL youth Film Festival in November as a means to inspire. For more information on how to submit your film contact Rachael Roussin at 362-5452 or by email at rosslandarts@gmail.com. Alternatively, go to www.kast. com for more information on how to enter.
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The board of education is in the middle of hammering out next year’s budget. This year, as part of the budget development process, Superintendent Greg Luterbach noted the board is including an online survey for members of the public, parents and staff to share
their thoughts regarding the budget. Deadline for completing the survey is April 5. On the website you can review background information regarding the budget, complete an online survey and follow the process over the next seven weeks. In April, Luterbach said, the board will share its list of potential reductions and revenue generation
ideas under consideration. Then, on April 22, at Trail Middle School the proposed balanced budget will be presented by the superintendent for the board’s consideration. “It is our intent to have a balanced budget passed by the Board on Friday May 3,” Luterbach wrote. To fill out the survey go to www. sd20.bc.ca/budget-2013-2014. html.
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Positive atmosphere at Rossland’s French school
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L’École des Sept-Sommets is the only French school from here to Nelson. All the students are very active and ready to learn new things. At l’École des Sept-Sommets we have a positive atmosphere. There is almost no intimidation. We are such a small school. With only 41 students we are a great big family. That way all the students know each other and have their own work to do. The students here are very lucky. They all have their own ipad or laptop and we also have WIFI. Some people think it’s a distraction but for us it’s just another way to learn. Also there was a study that said that bilingual students do better in school than students that only know one language. Still with all those incredible things we still have a couple of adjustments to make.To start, we have three classes, one kitchen/ teacher’s room, two bathrooms, a
gym, an office and a library/space for kids with special needs. Our gym is divided in two, half for us and half for Rossland Rec. Plus there is lead in our water which is not acceptable for a school. But we already have some solutions. You can run the water for a minute or you can bring your own water bottle. As you can see l’École des SeptSommets is a really good school to be in. Still like all the other schools we still have little things to improve. --L’École des Sept-Sommets est la seule école francophone d’ici à Nelson. Tous les élèves sont très actifs et prêts à apprendre des nouvelles choses. À l’École des Sept-Sommets on a une atmosphère positive. Il n’y presque pas d’intimidation. Comme on est une petite école, avec seulement 41 élèves, on est toute une grande famille. Comme ça tous les élèves se connaissent et on leur propre petite tâche à faire. Les élèves ici sont très chanceux. Ils ont tous leur propre Ipad ou or-
dinateur et on a du Wifi. Des personnes disent que c’est un distraction mais pour nous c’est une autre façon d’apprendre. Il y avait une étude qui a dit que les élèves bilingues ont des meilleurs résultats à l’école que les élèves avec seulement une langue. Même avec toutes ces choses incroyables on a quelques ajustements à faire. Tout d’abord on n’a que trois classes, une cuisine/sale de professeurs,deux salles de bain, un gymnase, un bureau et une bibliothèque/espace pour les enfants avec des besoins spéciaux. Notre gymnase est divisé en deux: une moitié est pour nos classes d’éducation physique et une moitié est pour Rossland Rec. De plus, il y a du plomb dans l’eau qui n’est pas acceptable pour une école. Mais on a déjà des solutions pour ça. Tu peux faire couler l’eau pour une minute ou apporter ta propre bouteille d’eau. Comme tu peux voir l’École des sept-Sommets est une très bonne école. Mais comme toutes les écoles on a des petites choses à améliorer.
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