Rossland News Thursday, April 28, 2011
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Debate Polling stations open on May 2 at coverage 7 a.m. in Rossland and Warfield online ANDREW BENNETT
Rossland News Reporter
The federal allcandidates forum in Rossland took place Wednesday evening at the Miners' Hall, after this edition of the Rossland News had already gone to print. For full coverage of the event in advance of Monday’s vote, visit www.rosslandnews.com this week. /Rossland News
Election day is May 2 and polling stations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Rossland Secondary School in Rossland (2190 Jubilee), and at Warfield Community Hall in Warfield (900 Schofield). Voters are each assigned a particular polling station — to find out where to go, use the contact information below. To vote, you must be a Canadian citizen and at least 18 years old. You must also bring ID to the polling station. There are several options. The first is to bring a single piece of government-issued photo identification with your name and ad-
dress, like your driver's licence. The second is to bring two pieces of authorized identification with your name, and one of which shows your address — a health card and a hydro bill, for example. The third option is to take an oath and bring along a verified elector from the same polling division as you — someone who knows you and can vouch for you, like a neighbour or roommate. This person can only vouch for one person. If you have not received a "voter information card" in the mail, are unsure if you are registered to vote, or are unsure which polling station to go to, visit www.elections.ca or call 1-866-546-7619.
Library elects new board members and lays plans to stay relevant in digital age ANDREW BENNETT Rossland News Reporter
Rossland's public library recently held its AGM, elected two new board members to its ranks, and soon the board will choose a new chair to move forward in a year that holds both challenges and opportunities. One new board member is Erik Knudsgaard, a retired Teck employee who has been an active library volunteer helping to shelve books, research materials, and work the check-out. The other is Adam Howse, a relatively new member of the community. "I hope it goes well for the new chair," said Marie-Paule Tremblay, the chair for the past two years. She will step down in May but remain on the board to finish her seventh and eighth years — the B.C. Library Act legislates that library board members may only be elected for up to four consecutive two-year terms. "We have a couple challenges on our
plate," Tremblay said, although detailed not available in Rossland's relatively strategies have yet to be hashed over at small library can be quickly brought in frOM other B.C. libraries. future board meetings. Mayor Greg Granstrom attended the "The challenge is always to keep the AGM in an informal capaclibrary in the eye of the ity, and was thanked by the community, to keep it library board for council's relevant," said Tremblay, “So much in- continued support. who works as the secformation is Nevertheless, another isretary for the École des Sept-Sommets. "So much available online, sue that may surface on the information is available some people horizon — alluded to by Coun. Jill Spearn during online, some people wonwonder what budget discussions earlier der what use libraries are use libraries are this year — is how changes to anymore." RSS and MacLean may im"We have to look beanymore.” pact the library. Some feel it yond the original manis fiscally prudent to consider date of the library being Marie-Paule ways that the public library a building with books to Tremblay can fuse with the two school borrow," she said, noting libraries. "we have two computers "We're not sure how that that patrons can sign in to check email and for any other com- will impact the library," Tremblay said "but it's on the radar and if anything puter needs." As another example, she pointed to comes up regarding amalgamation, we'll interlibrary loans as a way that books consider it more thoroughly then."
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