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Luca Hair Studio was recently certified a Green Circle Salon, which means no more snippets swept into the garbage, no more wash- ing left over chemicals into the waterways and all foils end up in a recycling bag no matter what colour the alum- inum is stained. Now, all the salon’s byproducts of a great cut and colour plus spa tools like wax, gloves and applicators are sorted into respective bins then shipped to Vancouver for innovative reuse and environment-friendly recyc- ling. “It used to be that we had no choice but to put our hair, foils, colour tubes and other salon specific waste into the landfill,” says studio owner Nancy Armour. “At our salon, we pride ourselves on the beauty we create every day and we want to protect the beauty of the place we live and work.” Two weeks into the green initiative, Luca staff has already diverted up to 95 per cent of its waste from the landfill, says salon manager Stacey Chartres. “The great thing about Green Circle is that on our own, we couldn’t do any of this,” she explained. “We don’t create enough volume to recycle, but as a member of Green Circle we join a collection of salons, and that way we make the biggest impact.” Instead of being destined for the trash bin, all hair that hits the floor is scooped into a cardboard container that once full, is sent to the coast. That’s where the eco- friendly program grows into a human interest story. The clippings end up in the hands of women housed in a low security prison, who repurpose the waste into oil booms (nylon tubes packed with hair) for use in oil spill clean-up. “BC Corrections partnered with us to create a project where the women could be employed in a meaning- ful capacity and where they could make a difference,” explained Green Circle’s Will Simpson. “It’s a pilot project, but the goal is to roll this out across the Canadian corrections sys- tem so that everywhere hair is being cut it can be made into oil booms as well.” Because human hair is porous, it adsorbs oil. That is, instead of bonding with the hair, the oil gathers in layers on the hair surface, allowing for easy recovery and reuse of the oil by squeezing it from the nylon tubes. “The booms can be rung out and reused until they get to the point that they don’t absorb anymore,” explained Chartres. “At that point they send them to power plants to be burned for energy, so in the end, the booms are com- pletely used.” See GREEN, Page 3 Recycling helps salon stay green EARTH DAY SHERI REGNIER PHOTOS Luca Hair Studio is the only West Kootenay salon to be certified “green” under the Green Circle Salon program. All hair and byproducts are repurposed, reused or recy- cled. Above; stylist Krista Marino (left) and manager Stacey Chartres show how colour overages are divert- ed into storage, not rinsed down the drain. Right; styl- ist Rhonda Chandler displays hair clippings that will be made into oil booms, which aid in oil spill clean ups. BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff The weather is warmer, flowers are bloom- ing and soon, tables stacked with homemade goodies will line the Esplanade. Norm Casler, executive director of the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce, says now that dates have been marked down on the calendar, arrangements for the Market on the Esplanade can get going. “We can begin making plans to con- tinue to grow, showcase our beautiful city and Esplanade and bring hundreds of extra people into the downtown core,” he said. The market has been slated for a June 5 start date, and will run every other Friday until Oct. 9. “This year, we have decided to add two evening markets,” he said, adding that they are currently scheduled for July 15 and August 19. “This will become much more of an event with plenty of additional vendors, participants and things to do and see for all ages. We will also be presenting the special Saturday edition of the market in conjunc- tion with the Halloween Spooktacular on Oct. 31.” To go with the vendors selling goods at the market, Casler wants downtown busi- nesses to capitalize on the fun and the extra people passing by their stores. “We continue to encourage the busi- nesses to get involved on market days with specials, sidewalk sales, hand-out flyers and coupons,” he said, adding that the chamber is always open to input. “(Businesses can) set up a satellite store at the market. We have been working with downtown businesses and will continue to work with them throughout the summer to consider any and all opportunities that will ensure the market offers the best possible advantage for them as well.” There are also a couple of extra incentives for business owners and locals to sign up for a table at the Market on the Esplanade, explained Casler. “Chamber members will receive an addi- tional 10 per cent discount (on a table),” he said, adding that vendors who sign up for 10 markets will get one for free. “We feel that there is a fine balance between too may vendors and just the right number of vendors. We averaged close to 50 vendors per market last year. We also strive to make sure we have a good balance of dif- ferent types of vendors.” Market season on the horizon Trail hair studio making a difference every day by filling recycle bins instead of trash cans.
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A downtown Trail salon is on the cutting edge of green every time they put scissors to hair.
Luca Hair Studio was recently certified a Green Circle Salon, which means no more snippets swept into the garbage, no more wash-ing left over chemicals into the waterways and all foils end up in a recycling bag no matter what colour the alum-inum is stained.
Now, all the salon’s byproducts of a great cut and colour plus spa tools like wax, gloves and applicators are sorted into respective bins then shipped to Vancouver for innovative reuse and environment-friendly recyc-ling.
“It used to be that we had no choice but to put our hair, foils, colour tubes and other salon specific waste into the landfill,” says studio owner Nancy Armour.
“At our salon, we pride ourselves on the beauty we create every day and we want to protect the beauty of the place we live and work.”
Two weeks into the green initiative, Luca staff has already diverted up to 95 per cent of its waste from the landfill, says salon manager Stacey Chartres.
“The great thing about Green Circle is that on our own, we couldn’t do any of this,” she explained.
“We don’t create enough volume to recycle, but as a member of Green Circle we join a collection of salons, and that way we make the biggest impact.”
Instead of being destined for the trash bin, all hair that hits the floor is scooped into a cardboard container that
once full, is sent to the coast.That’s where the eco-
friendly program grows into a human interest story.
The clippings end up in the hands of women housed in a low security prison, who repurpose the waste into oil booms (nylon tubes packed with hair) for use in oil spill clean-up.
“BC Corrections partnered
with us to create a project where the women could be employed in a meaning-ful capacity and where they could make a difference,” explained Green Circle’s Will Simpson.
“It’s a pilot project, but the goal is to roll this out across the Canadian corrections sys-tem so that everywhere hair is being cut it can be made into oil booms as well.”
Because human hair is porous, it adsorbs oil. That is, instead of bonding with the hair, the oil gathers in layers on the hair surface, allowing for easy recovery and reuse of the oil by squeezing it from the nylon tubes.
“The booms can be rung out and reused until they get to the point that they don’t absorb anymore,” explained Chartres. “At that point they send them to power plants to be burned for energy, so in the end, the booms are com-pletely used.”
See GREEN, Page 3
Recycling helps salon stay greenEARTH DAY
SHERI REGNIER PHOTOS
Luca Hair Studio is the only West Kootenay salon to be certified “green” under the Green Circle Salon program. All hair and byproducts are repurposed, reused or recy-cled. Above; stylist Krista Marino (left) and manager Stacey Chartres show how colour overages are divert-ed into storage, not rinsed down the drain. Right; styl-ist Rhonda Chandler displays hair clippings that will be made into oil booms, which aid in oil spill clean ups.
B Y L I Z B E V A NTimes Staff
The weather is warmer, flowers are bloom-ing and soon, tables stacked with homemade goodies will line the Esplanade.
Norm Casler, executive director of the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce, says now that dates have been marked down on the calendar, arrangements for the Market on the Esplanade can get going.
“We can begin making plans to con-tinue to grow, showcase our beautiful city and Esplanade and bring hundreds of extra people into the downtown core,” he said.
The market has been slated for a June 5 start date, and will run every other Friday until Oct. 9.
“This year, we have decided to add two evening markets,” he said, adding that they are currently scheduled for July 15 and August 19.
“This will become much more of an event with plenty of additional vendors, participants and things to do and see for all ages. We will also be presenting the special Saturday edition of the market in conjunc-tion with the Halloween Spooktacular on Oct. 31.”
To go with the vendors selling goods at the market, Casler wants downtown busi-nesses to capitalize on the fun and the extra people passing by their stores.
“We continue to encourage the busi-nesses to get involved on market days with specials, sidewalk sales, hand-out flyers and coupons,” he said, adding that the chamber is always open to input.
“(Businesses can) set up a satellite store at the market. We have been working with downtown businesses and will continue to work with them throughout the summer to consider any and all opportunities that will ensure the market offers the best possible advantage for them as well.”
There are also a couple of extra incentives for business owners and locals to sign up for a table at the Market on the Esplanade, explained Casler.
“Chamber members will receive an addi-tional 10 per cent discount (on a table),” he said, adding that vendors who sign up for 10 markets will get one for free.
“We feel that there is a fine balance between too may vendors and just the right number of vendors. We averaged close to 50 vendors per market last year. We also strive to make sure we have a good balance of dif-ferent types of vendors.”
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have the outstanding points.
South has jammed the bidding, but delicate bidding can make them pay a high pen-alty for their pre-empt.
The bidding: South opens an EHAA weak Two Hearts, and West evalu-ates his hand. He has the perfect hand for direct action over any weak two. He has 15 HCP’s, none in the oppon-ent’s suit, and Heart short-ness. Having four-cards in the unbid major is a plus and he has at least three cards in the other two suits.
East hears his partner’s request to take the double out by bidding his longest suit, but he passes converting the takeout double to a pen-alty double because his best suit by far is Hearts.
The Opening lead: When a player passes a takeout
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The Play: East takes the first trick and draws four more rounds of trump. He then switches to a dia-mond and South gets only the Diamond Ace for
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Alternate Bidding: Had South passed, West opens One Diamond and East responds One Heart. West shows his four Spades and East bids Two Clubs as fourth suit forcing (FSF) to game. After FSF, West must show a delayed raise in partner’s suit with three, rebid his Diamond suit with six cards or No Trump with a club stopper.
West bids Two No Trump
because one does not jump to game after FSF to give part-ner more room for explora-tion. There is probably a good reason why partner did not jump to Three No Trump himself and instead used FSF. They eventually get to Three No Trump and make six. If they were in six, a spade lead sets it, however, North will never lead a suit Declarer has bid, and a spade does not get led.
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FROM PAGE 1Aside from hair, Luca now recycles all products made
from aluminum including colour tubes and aerosol cans.
“The cool thing about aluminum, again is that we couldn’t possibly recycle that on our own,” said Chartres. “It goes to a warehouse until there’s enough of it to send to a recycling plant.”
She explained that aluminum doesn’t lose its proper-ties when recycled, which means the metal-based prod-ucts can withstand the process numerous times.
“We just take the plastic cap off the colouring tube and in it goes,” she said. “It’s horrifying that aluminum is going into the landfill because it can be broken down and reused so many times.”
Another waste product of certain colouring tech-niques is used foils. Previous to the Green Circle pro-gram, the salon’s trash was filled with the crumpled metal squares. Within two weeks, Chartres said Luca staff has collected two large bags packed with the used product.
“This was a simple solution. When the ladies come and get their full head foiled – all those foils are pulled off and put in the bag, not the landfill.”
She also displayed a large clear bag half filled with left over colour – waste that was previously washed down the drain.
“They pull out the water which is then recycled and reused,” she said pointing to the bagged chemicals. “Then they neutralize what they can and the left over is burnt for energy.”
Another service Green Circle recently added is the recycle of salon waste.
Wax paper, wooden applicators, gloves and wax can’t be recycled in a traditional way, said Chartres. “So again they are compiling it and eventually burning it for energy.”
Luca Hair Studio is the only salon in the West Kootenay that is part of the green movement.
“We are hoping other salons might say, ‘Hey this sounds good,’” said Chartres. “That’s why we are doing this. It is good for us and we want people to know what we are doing. But more so, I am hoping we inspire other salons because the impact we are having is really huge.”
In 2014, Green Circle Salons diverted almost 390,000 pounds of waste from landfills and waterways, said Simpson.
All it takes is a commitment, and the simple action to place waste into recycling bins rather than garbage bins.
“It’s very straightforward and something we’ve been doing for decades in our homes,” Simpson said.
“We are just trying to bring this specific industry waste into that kind of mentality where the waste is being properly converted because we know it can be.”
At the end of Luca’s first year in the program, the studio will be presented a certificate showing how much waste solid and liquid waste was diverted.
To cover the cost of shipping waste to the coast, Luca is charging a $1 enviro fee on haircuts and $2 on a chemical service.
“We know our clients have a green mindset,” said Armour.
“Now, our clients can look good and feed good too. They can leave knowing they’ve contributed to a posi-tive environmental initiative with their hair and we are taking care of all the waste from their visit. It’s a look good, feel good experience.”
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Montrose residents will most likely be paying an extra 2.5 per cent on their next property tax bill after Monday night's bylaw read-ings.
The updated 2015 Property Tax Rate Bylaw was seen and voted on by council members through the third reading after Chief Administrative Officer, Bryan Teasdale, along with village staff, worked for the last couple of months to keep tax increases low and spending plans on track.
What started as a three per cent increase in prop-erty taxes outlined in an early budget draft, has dropped, generating just over $11,000 more for the village than last year which, as Teasdale says, is not very much
“If you look at it as an extra $11,167 on an annual budget for a municipality to do things, that isn't that much,” he told council at their April 7 meeting. “That covers things like power and extra gas and maybe some CUPE wages.”
In order to drop the pro-posed property tax increase of three per cent, Teasdale says staff did a little bit of financial juggling and applied for grants.
“Some of the things that have happened here include a $1,000 scholarship for me to take a course,” he said. “That was in the expen-diture side of things, and now that goes on the rev-enue side. We transferred some money, moved some things around, cut back on a couple little things like tools and we ended up with a 2.5 per cent increase.”
Also addressed at the meeting was the 2015 draft budget within the 2015-2019 Montrose Financial Plan bylaw.
A five-year financial plan is a highly educated guess, projecting the future spending in the village. The 2015 budget numbers were used for the first year of the plan, with 2016-2019 numbers added to see what the next few years could look like.
“The five-year financial plan is usually for big ticket items,” said Teasdale.
“If there is a big repair or an upgrade that we know we are going to do, but maybe not this year, I can put it in the five-year financial plan and council know what is coming up. It is about what is to come.”
The financial plan bylaw was passed through first,
second and third reading at Monday's meeting, and will be put through final reading for adoption, along with the tax rate bylaw amendment, on May 4.
But first, the village will be hosting a public consultation period, hear-ing questions and concerns from Montrose ratepayers on different budget items and the larger five-year plan.
“It is an open house for anyone in the village,” said Teasdale.
“They can ask any ques-tions about the budget and what is going on this year. The meeting is for the 2015 budget and the five-year financial plan.”
The public consultation starts at 6:30 p.m. in coun-cil chambers, on May 4. The regular council meet-ing will start at 7 p.m.
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Country votes yes or no this week is a moot point to members of the Okanagan Indian Band. Dreams of a rail trail from Kelowna to Coldstream are far in the offing, considering a significant chunk of the land isn’t legit-imately up for grabs, said Band Chief Byron Louis.
Last month the band filed a legal injunction to slow the sale of the corri-dor until the matter of land title is cleared
away. The injunction is expected to be dealt with in court before the sale goes through.
“It’s to, more or less say, ‘wait a minute, let’s put the brakes on this’…There are more issues to be resolved,” Louis said Friday. “Move ahead on the sale of the other portion, but for the 20 kilometres of the historic commonage, we’d like to put that on pause.”
The heart of the issue lies in B.C.’s his-tory with First Nations commonage reserves.
In flyers it has cir-
culated, the band says the Commonage Rail Corridor is a por-tion of the land allot-ted to them by the Joint Indian Reserve Commission in 1877.
Between 1886 and 1893 Canada and B.C. purportedly relin-quished the band’s interest to the lands, but didn’t abide by the rules of the Indian Act when doing so. Therefore, the band claims the rights acquired by CN were limited to the use of the corridor for rail-way purposes only.
“When KPR went
bankrupt and CN decided to abandon the entire rail corri-dor, the Commonage Rail Corridor, like the Duck Lake portion, should have reverted to reserve land,” they say.
If the courts sup-port that claim, it means CN wouldn’t have the right to sell the stretch of land.
Also, Louis said the land is of special sig-nificance to the band.
“We had people who were still using it in the 1950s to 1960s, driving cattle to the south end of Vernon,”
he said. “It’s not like we suddenly stopped using that area, or didn’t have an inter-est. We had aunts, uncles and family who put medicines through there, and there are fishing stations where the rail trail would be. There are a lot of con-nections to it.”
Louis wants to make it clear that the band isn’t at odds with the community—just this plan. “We are doing a lot of great things together, just not this,” he said.
A court date has yet to be set.
OKIB to ‘slow down’ CN corridor purchase deal
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVANCOUVER - The prov-
incial government says it had the full authority to issue environmental approval for the proposed Site C dam, countering assertions from a group of ranchers and farm-ers in the area that the con-sent broke the law.
Representing the province in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday, lawyer David Cowie said it was the clear preroga-tive of the ministers to dis-regard a portion of the rec-ommendations that came out of a provincial-federal joint review panel.
The panel held hearings and spent three years assess-ing environmental concerns around the $8.8-billion hydroelectric project to be built by Crown utility BC Hydro along the Peace River.
“Recommendations are advisory in nature,” said Cowie, who described the
environmental assessment process as a planning tool that focuses on identifying and mitigating a project’s adverse impacts.
“Ultimate decision-mak-ing power lies with the min-isters.”
The Peace Valley Landowner Association is asking the court to quash the government’s decision to approve the dam.
The megaproject would see more than 5,500 hec-tares of land along the Peace River flooded to create an 83-kilometre-long reservoir. The landowner group’s law-yer Maegen Giltrow argued in court on Monday that the environmental assessment process was flawed.
She said the government erred when it opted to ignore a number of recommen-dations coming out of the review panel that related to assessing total costs, alterna-
tive options and the overall need for the project.
She cited Environment Minister Mary Polak’s dis-missal of the recommenda-tions as falling outside the scope of the panel’s mandate.
“A decision cannot be rea-sonable if the decision-maker does not consider the factors the statute requires them to,” she said, referencing a responsibility to review the recommendations as laid out in the Environmental Assessment Act.
Cowie called Giltrow’s argument “very capable and genius,” but said that it unfairly undermines the latitude of a minister’s dis-cretion.
Ministers are entitled to weigh the non-binding find-ings of an advisory body as they see fit and are ultimately accountable to the democrat-ic process, he said.
On Monday, Energy
Minister Bill Bennett waded into the case, reaffirming his government’s commitment to start work on the dam by summer.
Opposition has dogged the long-range energy project over the decades, but that resistance has heightened in the past seven years since the project has been formally in the works.
This legal challenge is the first of seven expected over the coming months against both the provincial and fed-eral governments from vari-ous groups opposed to Site C.
Treaty 8 First Nations are scheduled to appear in court with similar challen-ges against the province on Thursday.
When completed in nine years, Site C is anticipated to produce 1,100 megawatts of power annually, which is enough to power nearly half-a-million homes.
B.C. argues Site C environmental approval process was above board
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVICTORIA - Transportation Minister Todd
Stone says a retaining wall on the Sea-to-Sky Highway near the Horseshoe Bay ferry ter-minal needs repairs, but doesn’t pose safety concerns despite questions by the Opposition about the new highway falling.
Stone says Transportation Ministry engin-eers assure him there are no safety issues along the stretch of road that includes steep cliffs and a railway track just below the high-way that was rebuilt for the 2010 Olympics.
He says measures are being taken to ensure residents who live in the Pasco Road area of the highway will face minimum traf-fic delays while crews make sure a wall above the road is properly reinforced and stable.
NDP transportation critic Claire Trevena is calling for an independent safety audit of all the highway’s retaining walls.
Trevena says she has concerns that con-struction shortcuts may have been taken on the highway because it was only built five years ago and it already requires structural repairs.
British Columbia’s government spent $600 million to widen and straighten large sections of the Sea-to-Sky Highway, known for its deadly vehicle crashes, in time for the 2010 Games.
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slashing its dividend by two-thirds in response to current low commodity prices and the diversified mining company’s out-look.
Teck said the lower payout to its share-holders announced Tuesday, which drops to 15 cents per share from 45 cents starting in June, will ensure that the Vancouver-based company maintains its financial strength and flexibility.
“We continue to experience challenging markets for our products and prices for some of our products have declined signifi-cantly in the last year,” Teck said in a state-ment Tuesday.
“While we believe that the longer term fundamentals for steelmaking coal, copper and zinc are favourable, the weakness in some of these markets may persist for some time.”
Teck also said it’s continuing to invest in the Fort Hills oilsands project, which is on track to produce oil as early as the fourth quarter of 2017. The company sees Fort Hills as a source of future cash flow and a way to further diversify its product mix.
As of April 20, Teck had $1.4 billion of cash and has access to up to US$3.0 billion under a credit agreement that matures in 2019.
“Our ongoing focus on cost management and operational performance, aided by the strong U.S. dollar, is enabling our diversified business to withstand the generally weak commodity price environment, allowing all of our operations to generate positive oper-ating cash flows after our sustaining capital spending,” Teck president and CEO Don Lindsay said in a statement.
The company said it’s in the midst of labour negotiations for the Coal Mountain and Line Creek operations, which expired in 2014, and contracts for its Elkview coal oper-ation and three copper operations expire in the third and fourth quarters.
Teck’s revenue and profit in the first quarter were relatively unchanged from last year but adjusted earnings dropped by 40 per cent to $64 million or 11 cents per share. That’s down from $105 million or 18 cents per share a year earlier and three cents below the average analyst estimate from Thomson Reuters.
Before adjustments, Teck had $68 million or 12 cents per share of net income, com-pared with $69 million or 12 cents last year. Revenue was down $60 million or nearly three per cent to $2.024 billion.
Sales of Teck’s products are in U.S. dollars while a significant part of its expenses are in other currencies, including the Canadian dollar, which has fallen against its American counterpart in the past year.
Teck slashes dividend to
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OTTAWA - Finance Minister Joe Oliver guided his maiden budget voyage into port Tuesday with a precious cargo of tar-geted pre-election measures on board - and just enough lee-way to keep the federal books above water.
The razor-thin $1.4-billion surplus projected this year - the first Conservative surplus in eight years and just the third since Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office riding a $13-bil-lion surplus in 2006 - is entirely depend-ent on a lengthy series of bookkeeping meas-ures, including asset sales, reduced reserve funds and unrealized collective bargaining gains.
“A promise made, a promise kept, Mr. Speaker, this budget is written in black ink,” Oliver told the House of Commons in a budget speech remark-able for its sharp parti-san rhetoric.
The election sub-text was also written all over the 518-page budget document.
Popular pocketbook measures for targeted voting blocks, a dom-inant emphasis on security spending and a play to patriotism are the Conservative elec-tion pennants.
They’ve also left precious little room for campaign spend-ing promises by their opponents.
The template was set months ago, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper pre-empted his gov-ernment’s 2015-16
spending blueprint by announcing a five-year, $27-billion pack-age of family benefit increases and target-ed tax cuts. The first retroactive cheques from that largesse will arrive in family bank accounts this July, with an election call expected by the first week of September.
However, the ship of state almost immedi-ately began leaking revenues after Harper’s Halloween spending binge as global oil prices took a nose-dive, and the resulting 2015-16 budget was late arriving and barely afloat.
Total program expenses this year are budgeted at $263.2 bil-lion, up from $254.6 billion in 2014-15, while revenues are forecast at $290.4 bil-lion in 2015-16, an increase of $11 billion over last year. Public debt charges are pro-jected to fall by a bil-lion dollars to $25.7 billion.
Marginal surpluses are projected for the next five years, topping out at $4.8 billion in
2019-20.“If you want to
come to the most important reason that we’re in a budgetary surplus today it’s that we’ve restrained public expenses,” Oliver said pointing to five years of government auster-ity.
However, to keep afloat in 2015, the Conservatives also threw overboard the usual $3-billion con-tingency reserve, cut-ting the cushion to $1 billion for the next three years at a time when global economic turbulence makes pru-dent assumptions all the more advisable.
They sold off a stake in General Motors - bought to prop up the auto industry in 2009 - for a net gain of $2.1 billion. They’ve booked $900 million in sav-ings from civil service negotiations that have yet to take place, while offloading $1.6 billion in spending on veter-ans benefits into the previous fiscal year - effectively killing the 2014-15 surplus in order to preserve one for this election year.
“There’s a lot of things booked in here that are not based on economic fundamen-tals,” said Randall Bartlett, the sen-ior economist at TD Economics.
“I wouldn’t neces-sarily call it the healthiest balance. Is it on the strength of the economy and the strength of revenues? It’s not.”
What the budget may lack in fiscal depth it more than makes up for in eye-catching policy (including bal-anced budget legisla-tion), even if many of the new spending measures don’t ramp up immediately.
The major pre-elec-tion spending is aimed at families, with other priorities temporarily put on hold.
Starting in 2017, there’s money for major public transit systems that eventu-ally will hit $1 billion annually. Those funds are expected to target Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
There are signifi-cant increases in the military budget, again
starting in 2017, and a slew of security-relat-ed spending including more than $290 mil-lion over five years for the RCMP and Canada’s spy services to enforce the govern-ment’s new anti-terror law.
Seniors will see a package of benefits that include a relaxa-tion of the rules on registered retirement savings redemptions, a near-doubling of the annual Tax Free Savings Account limit to $10,000, and new writeoffs for home retrofits to accommo-date disabilities.
The tax rate for small businesses will gradually drop to nine per cent from 11 per cent over the next four years, there’s a 10-year accelerated capital cost allowance for manu-facturers and new lifetime capital gains exemptions for fisher-men and farmers.
Recently announced improvements to ser-vices for military vet-erans, meanwhile, were booked into the 2014-15 fiscal year just ended.
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OPINION
Earth Day is something to be celebrated year-roundWe celebrate a
lot of special “days” in the world. Some
are steep in tradition or religion like Christmas, Easter, Memorial Day, Remembrance Day or Labour Day. Some are deserving like Rivers Day or Grandparents Day or Family Day.
And some are mere marketing tools like Pie Day, Doughnut Day or Coffee Day and, dare I say, Valentine’s Day.
There appears to be no shortage of special days honouring almost anything whether it’s legitimate or not.
And while there might be some people cynical in celebrating Earth Day today, I’m not one of them.
Of all the new “days” celebrated, Earth Day rec-ognition is only about 45 years old; this one reson-ates with a lot of people, especially in a region that embraces the beauty of nature such as the West Kootenay
There’s no denying we should all be con-cerned about the health of the planet and respect for the environment. Unfortunately not everyone shares those concerns.
Anyone reading the Trail Times in the last month or so will have noticed the stories we’ve published on garbage.
There’s the disgusting mess left behind by people, like above Sunningdale.
And there are people who try to clean up those messes, like in the Pend d’Oreille recently.
Just last night walking through Gyro Park, some-one left a bunch of win-dow blinds by the garbage can. Certainly the blinds were too long to fit in the garbage can, and the per-son responsible obviously didn’t want to make the effort to take them to the dump.
So, sadly, they think they can leave their house-hold garbage in a park for city staff to clean up.
The disregard that people have for the environ-ment is something so alarming that’s it’s down-right depressing.
We all share the world yet some people appear to believe if they take garbage off their little piece of prop-erty it’s suddenly not their problem anymore.
It’s enough to make you think people are growing less concerned about the garbage they toss.
Anyone who grew up through the ‘60s and ‘70s should remember the push to stop littering. It was fair-ly common for people to simply toss that gum wrap-per or Kleenex out the win-dow. Pollution wasn’t so much a dirty word as more of a nuisance that may cause a beach to close or stink up the air. Sooner or later, we thought, it would dissipate and we could go on with life.
But then the aware-ness campaigns began. The powerful commercials that made you stop and think what you were doing to the environment and the last-ing impact.
While companies have standards and regula-tions they must adhere to, there’s no such contract
with society at large. If one jerk thinks it’s okay to toss a beer can in the river, there’s no agency ready to swoop down and levy a huge fine.
Unfortunately life goes on for that person as the can floats down the river only to wash up on a beach until someone who cares enough to do something about such things picks it up.
However, before you jump to the conclusion that Earth Day has as much relevance as Festivus, there is hope.
Last month I had the honour of being invited to Mrs. Samulak’s Grade 3 and 4 class at Fruitvale Elementary School. The purpose of my visit was to talk to the students about the importance and value in Letters to the Editor and the rules and roles they play in the newspaper and community at large.
As we talked about ideas and issues that students wanted to share with the general public through their letters there was cer-tainly a common theme – littering.
I left the classroom totally impressed at how the issue of littering, gar-bage and graffiti hits home
with these young people. These are future taxpayers, community leaders and parents and their major concern was not about the Internet, too much home-work or even bullies. It was about garbage.
Each and every one of them took pride in having a clean schoolyard or front lawn to play in. Each knew the responsibility they had in keeping the world clean.
And the majority expressed dismay that people would willingly toss their trash on the ground instead of putting it in their pocket or looking for a gar-bage can.
Not one student men-tioned Earth Day in their letters but all shared the importance and respon-sibility we have to the environment.
Earth Day is much like Valentine’s Day in one sense. We don’t need one special day to say how much we care for someone that should happen every-day.
And we don’t need one special day to think about the impact we have on the planet. That too should happen everyday.
Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVANCOUVER - On
his average day, ath-lete Ross Rebagliati rises about 4:30 a.m., brews himself a cup of coffee and then stirs in the ingredient he considers most cru-cial: honey infused with cannabis.
“I just wake up feeling great, looking forward to my work-out. And it takes care of any aches and pains from the days before,” he said Tuesday, before adding the medical-grade mari-juana extract doesn’t make him high.
The Olympic med-allist, who now runs his own medical pot company, said he’s convinced that edu-cating citizens about the health benefits of marijuana will make it so mainstream that legalization is inevit-able.
“I’ve been waiting 17 years for this to happen.”
R e b a g l i a t i expressed hopes the budding momentum will be seized by pol-iticians leading up to the October federal election, one day after thousands across the country celebrated cannabis’ biggest day,
known as 4/20.“This election will
make a difference,” he said. “This is an opportunity right now not only for political parties to open their eyes to the necessity of cannabis, not only for the people as a medicine, but now also as a political plat-form.
“It’s become such a hot topic that they just have to address it.”
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sup-ports legalizing marijuana, while NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is in favour of decriminalization and the Conservatives maintain that a full criminal ban con-tinues to be war-ranted.
The Tories spent more than $7 mil-lion on a anti-drug advertising blitz that concluded ear-lier this year, but Health Minister Rona Ambrose denied it was a veiled attack on Trudeau’s stance.
Rebagliati said his company, Green and Hill Industries, which markets under the brand Ross’ Gold, doesn’t support any party, but instead is
on a mission to dispel the myths and reduce stigma of marijuana.
The biggest hurdle, in his view, is the U.S. inclusion of mari-juana as a Schedule 1 drug, which he says is preventing the Food and Drug Administration from granting its approval as a legitimate medi-cine.
The 44-year-old father of two spent Monday, the day devoted to weed, at a booth in down-town Toronto pro-moting his company, which hasn’t obtained licences to sell the drug yet.
“Now that the sci-entific research is out there, it’s time to get that in front of nor-mal Canadians, nor-mal people around the world,” he said.
“So (that way) they can be comfortable with the idea that cannabis is a healthy alternative in many, many cases to phar-maceuticals and for other recreational drugs and alcohol and
tobacco.”He said the wide
mix of people - including families and people wearing suits - who attended 4/20 events in places like Toronto and Vancouver on Monday shows that a broader demographic accepts pot.
He attributes the success of his com-pany so far - which is touting a line of elaborate glass pipes - to the 1998 Winter Olympics when con-troversy ensued after he tested positive for marijuana. The ath-lete was stripped of his gold medal for snowboarding, but
the drug was not offi-cially banned. The decision was ultim-ately overturned.
He claimed his ath-letic performance is enhanced by a com-pound in cannabis called CBD, which doesn’t create the high but instead is an anti-inflammatory that reduces anxiety and pain.
He said the atmos-phere for discussing pot has transformed, nearly two decades after his ordeal with the International Olympic Committee.
“At the time no one would listen to anyone saying how it would be good for an
athlete or it can help children with epi-lepsy,” he said.
“For some reason it’s hard to get people to believe it.”
Ross Rebagliati
Pot must get aired in federal election, says Olympic medallist
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June Samulak’s Grade 3 and 4 class at Fruitvale Elementary School recently completed an assignment where students penned letters to the editor of the Trail Times. Here is a sampling of their efforts.
Skate park would be a great addition I have been living in
Fruitvale for nine years. I think it is very important for the youth of Fruitvale to have a skate park. I have been going to the Castlegar park for the
past couple of years and really enjoy it.
I am getting tired of going all the way over there when I can have fun in my own com-munity.
I would like to ask the Village of Fruitvale to consider build-ing a skate park in the valley for me and all the youth to enjoy.
Jordy StroudFruitvale
Drivers need to watch out for childrenMy problem is the bus stops and cars not
watching out for kids.It all happened when me and my brother got
off the bus and when he looked both ways all of a sudden a car came from the corner and nearly
ran over him.So please look out for kids and not just kids,
everyone else too.Mercedes Moncrief
Montrose
People should be picking up their garbageI am writing this let-
ter because at my house in Fruitvale I’ve noticed that people have been throwing gar-bage on my land and I have to go and pick it up with my mom.
It really makes me frustrat-ed.
So I would appreciate if people would stop throwing garbage on not only my lawn but everybody’s lawn.
So maybe we should hand out fines to the people we catch doing it. That might stop other people from littering.
Cody WertFruitvale
Pollution is a concern for everyoneAn issue that my family and I feel needs to be
a priority is pollution.Not only does pollution smell bad but it is also
harming people, animals and the environment.Animals are dying from eating garbage that
people litter, the air we breathe and water we drink is not as good as it should be and the ice in the Arctic is melting because of global warming.
People need to put their garbage into garbage
cans, drive less and learn more about why pollu-tion is bad.
It makes me feel sad when I think about how pollution is hurting people, animals and our environment.
The Earth is our home and if we ant to keep it that way we need to take care of it.
Braydon YoninFruitvale
I think that you should put a kids’ section in the newspaper like for example Connect the Dots, a maze, a word search and maybe some kid comics.
I think that you do a great job doing the newspaper. I always enjoy reading the newspaper.
Oh, and the signs that were put up around town were awe-
some to put in the newspaper (Anti-bullying Message hits the Road, Trail Times Feb. 25).
Jasmine NeedhamFruitvale
Newspaper should have a kids’ section
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For most people, approaching 60 means it’s time to decompress, relax, and embrace retirement by languishing on Birchbank’s pastoral glade, but for three Greater Trail men the thrill of competition and the simple joy of training and participating in Special Olympic events keep them going.
Neil Emery, Bob Lattanzio, and Gary Bjorgan share almost 180 years between them, but continue to compete in a variety of sports including floor hockey, bocce, and bowling, at the regional, provincial, and national levels.
At age 66, Neil Emery is the elder-statesman of Special Olympics B.C.-Trail (SOBC-Trail) having been involved with the program since 1987. The Trail native has competed in numer-ous regional and provincial
events, and participated in the Canada Special Olympic Games in Edmonton in 1989, and, most recently, after winning gold at the provincials in 2013, Emery and Lattanzio captured silver at the 2014 Canada Special Olympic Games in Vancouver last July in men’s team bocce.
“First I started in floor hockey, now I like bowling and bocce the best,” said Emery. “It gives me a lot more exercise than it does in floor hockey.”
Emery played minor hockey in Trail and his early experience in sport naturally led him to com-pete in floor hockey with the Special Olympics team originally, and, ultimately, to specialize in bocce and bowling.
An avid Trail Smoke Eater fan, Emery plans to continue training this summer as it helps keep him in shape and social, while preparing for the upcoming Silver City Days Bocce Tournament and the South Okanagan Bocce
Tournament in Oliver in June.
Gary Bjorgan, the youngest of the three at age 56, has been tending goal for the SOBC-Trail Roadrunners ringette floor hockey team for about three years now.
“I enjoy it, getting out, and stopping the rings. Besides, I’m the only goalie they got,” laughed the ami-able Bjorgan.
The Roadrunners have developed into a com-petitive team, and had a grueling season this year, playing every week against local groups like the RCMP, Firefighters, KBS, and Teachers, not to mention the Smoke Eaters, B.V. Nitehawks, and Selkirk College Saints.
But the top two high-lights for the team was a trip to Abbotsford for its
annual tournament in January, and to Kamloops for the B.C. Winter Games in February in which Bjorgan backstopped the team to an impressive fourth-place finish.
Lattanzio, at 57, has been part of the SOBC-Trail team for a decade, and is a versatile athlete, compet-ing in floor hockey, bowl-ing, and bocce.
“My favourite is floor hockey,” says Lattanzio who says he enjoys the team aspect of the sport. “I like travelling and meet-ing new people . . . I met people from Kelowna and Vancouver, and it’s good to see them at the different tournaments.”
Lattanzio has been to so many events, he has lost track of the number of competitions, but looks forward to even more in the future.
“I don’t keep count, but I go to quite a few,” he said. “In January we went to Abbotsford, and that was good, and when we were in Kamloops we came fourth,
and just missed the bronze, but we played against some tough competition.”
Most of whom are much younger than the three men, but Lattanzio notes that there are still a few veteran competitors on other teams as well.
“There are some old guys too, but, yes, most are a little younger.”
Still, the veteran tandem of Lattanzio and Emery showed no signs of slow-ing down as they teamed up to win the gold medal at the Wilbert Ackerman Invitational Bowling Tournament at Glenmerry Bowl last week.
Emery, Bjorgan, and Lattanzio will look to con-tinue that kind of success in future events. And while they may have not quite discovered the fountain of youth, they have tapped into a successful way to stay healthy and happy by never losing sight of what’s really important.
“It’s a lot of fun,” says Lattanzio. “I like it – it keeps me young.”
Veteran trio leads the way for Trail Special Olympians
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From left: Veteran Special Olympians Neil Emery, Gary Bjorgan, and Bob Lattanzio continue to compete at a high level as members of SOBC-Trail.
B y J i m B a i l e yTimes Sports Editor
The B.C. Baseball Umpires Association and B.C. Softball are canvassing the area for new men- and women-in-blue by holding a joint umpir-ing clinic on Saturday at the Montrose Hall.
As the spring ball season gets underway, umpires are needed for Little League, XBL, Senior Men’s, American Legion, and ladies fastball.
“The numbers aren’t bad, but they can always be bet-ter,” said Dave Brewer, prov-incial Umpire in Chief. “Our group is getting older, and in a couple of more years the older guys are gone.”
Brewer stressed the importance of recruiting young umpires to take over for retired umpires like Trail’s Brad Elliot who hung up his counter after 49 years of call-ing balls and strikes at Butler and Andy Bilesky Parks.
The clinic will cover both baseball and softball rules, and will certify an umpire for both leagues.
“We ran a clinic like that in Cranbrook, and what it does is, if they’re doing both sports, they can register for both, and at the end of the day they’ll be certified to do both baseball and softball.”
Umpire Bill MacMillan will run the clinic at Montrose, following ones in Castlegar
and Cranbrook earlier this month, and is a familiar figure behind the plate and between the base paths in Trail parks.
“We do enjoy what we do,” said MacMillan, a vet-eran umpire of 25 years. “The trick is to get the young kids through the first couple of years, when they get a little bit of confidence, and then they start enjoying it too. Then it’s not just for the money.”
Admittedly, umpiring can be challenging, but MacMillan suggests common sense and a spirit of tolerance goes a long way when dealing with play-ers and coaches that have lost their cool.
“Just consider the source, and try to maintain the moral high ground, it’s not always possible, but try . . . You have to be a lot more tolerant, some guys aren’t and those guys are the guys that get 20 ejections a year.”
Anyone over the age of 12 can register and make a little extra money over the sum-mer, with six-inning Little League games paying $20 per game, and XBL up to $35 per game.
The clinic runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Montrose Community Hall. For more info call 512-2021 or register online at bcbua.ca for baseball or softball.bc.ca/umpires/528/umpires-clinics for softball.
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Buffeted by a number of Greater Trail players, the L.V. Rogers Bombers high school team from Nelson finished up their tournament at Butler Park on the weekend with a 13-5 win over Mt. Boucherie out of Kelowna to finish the tournament at 3-1. It’s only loss was a 7-6 setback to Cranbrook on Friday.
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NHL PlayoffsAll Times EDTFIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)Monday, April 20
N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh 1, N.Y. Rangers lead series 2-1
Minnesota 3, St. Louis 0, Minnesota leads series 2-1
Anaheim 5, Winnipeg 4, OT, Anaheim leads series 3-0Tuesday, April 21 N/A
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m.Washington at N.Y. Islanders,
7:30 p.m.Nashville at Chicago,
9:30 p.m.Vancouver at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh,
7 p.m.St. Louis at Minnesota, 9:30
p.m.Anaheim at Winnipeg, 9:30
p.m.Thursday, April 23
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m.NY Islanders at Washington,
7 p.m.Chicago at Nashville,
9:30 p.m.Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Friday, April 24x-Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.x-Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10
p.m.Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers,
TBAMinnesota at St. Louis, TBA
WHL PLAYOFFSAll Times Mountain
SECOND ROUND Division Finals (Best-of-7)
Brandon (1) vs. Calgary (1)Friday, Apr. 24
Calgary at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Apr. 25
Calgary at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, Apr. 28
Brandon at Calgary, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Apr. 29
Brandon at Calgary, 7 p.m.Kelowna (1) vs. Portland (2)
Friday, Apr. 24Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.
Saturday, Apr. 25Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.
Tuesday, Apr. 28Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Apr. 29Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m.
Friday, May. 1x-Portland at Kelowna, 8 p.m.
Sunday, May. 3x-Kelowna at Portland, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, May. 5x-Portland at Kelowna, 8 p.m.
x - if necessary.
2015 IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship
in SwitzerlandAll Times Eastern
PRELIMINARY ROUNDGroup A
G W OW OL L Ptx-Russia 4 4 0 0 0 12x-U.S. 4 3 0 0 1 9x-Slovakia 4 1 1 0 2 5x-Sweden 4 1 0 0 3 3r-Germany 4 0 0 1 3 1
Group B
G W OW OL L Ptx-Canada 4 4 0 0 0 12x-Finland 4 3 0 0 1 9x-Czech R. 4 2 0 0 2 6xSwiss 4 0 1 0 3 2r-Latvia 4 0 0 1 3 1
x - clinched playoff berth; r - play in relegation series.
Note: three points for a regula-tion win, two for an overtime/shootout win, one for an over-
time/shootout loss.Monday’s results
At Lucerne, SwitzerlandSlovakia 4 Germany 3 (SO)
At Zug, SwitzerlandSwitzerland 3 Latvia 2 (OT)
Tuesday’s resultsAt Zug, SwitzerlandCanada 3 Finland 2Czech Republic vs.
Switzerland, 1:45 p.m.At Lucerne, Switzerland
U.S. 13 Germany 1Russia 7 Sweden 4
End of Preliminary RoundPLAYOFFS
Thursday’s gamesQuarter-finals
At Lucerne, Switzerland8:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
At Zug, Switzerland10 a.m. and 2 p.m.Saturday, April 25
SemifinalsQuarter-final winners, 9 a.m.
and 1 p.m.Sunday, April 26
At Zug, SwitzerlandBronze Medal Game
Semifinal losers, 9 a.m.Gold Medal Game
Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.
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Redstone’s Madelaine Vockeroth Fisher cleans up a cart after golfers enjoyed an early round at the Redstone Resort on opening day last week. The course teed off on April 15 almost a month earlier than most years.
Redstone gets early startC h r i s s t e d i l eRossland News
Redstone Resort, where every hole is a photograph, opened early this year — nearly two weeks before opening day in previous years. The course is open and ready for use.
Normally most fairways at the Rossland golf resort would be cov-ered in snow this time of year, but what is bad news for the ski hill is good news for golf enthusiasts.
An early season isn’t the only news for Redstone, however. Golf professional Edwin MacDonald will be taking over operations at the pro shop as well as organizing tourna-ments, lessons and much more.
Manager/owner Carry Fisher is excited to get a lot more use out of the event section that was created some time ago.
“We built it two years ago and ran a few events as a sort of trial last year,” he said.
Things went well enough that they decide to make it a permanent addition. Fisher said he is certain it will see a lot of use and people have already been inquiring.
The area features a 30x40 foot tent, kitchen/wash area and pizza oven.
“It’s pretty unique. Especially in the summer. You can have a band set up under the gazebo while people dance or eat or have their retirement party. It’s very private and there’s not really anything like it in the area.”
Further down the road in June, the folks at Redstone will be hosting a men’s open tournament, some-thing that has been missing from the resort for several years.
Topping off the improvements at Redstone this season is a new kitchen staff that will also be provid-ing “something a little different” on Fridays and Saturdays.
t h e A s s O C i A t e d P r e s sKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Major League Baseball
suspended Kansas City Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera five games and fined him and pitcher Yordano Ventura on Tuesday after both targeted Oakland third baseman Brett Lawrie during a testy series over the weekend.
Herrera was tossed in the eighth inning of Sunday’s game after throwing behind Lawrie, the second time he had thrown inside to him.
Ventura was ejected a day earlier when he hit Lawrie with a 99 mph fastball above the left elbow immediately following Josh Reddick’s home run.
Herrera is appealing the suspension, which was due to begin with Tuesday night’s game against Minnesota. He declined to comment on the situation until the appeal is heard.
“I think they’re fair. It could have obviously been a lot worse,” Royals manager Ned Yost said of the penalties. “We just put it behind us and move forward.”
Ventura, who accepted his fine, said he was just “trying to protect my teammates.”
“It’s not what I’m looking for. I’m not doing that on purpose,” he said, using second baseman Christian Colon as a translator. “I’m just trying to make sure I’m sticking up for my team.”
Pitchers disciplined for throwing at former Jay
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Dear Annie: I am a 59-year-old woman. Two years ago, I met this guy, “Jake,” and had feelings for him from a distance. We finally got together one night at a club. We exchanged phone numbers and then talked for about two months.
Jake invited me to his place, and we made love. For the next several months, that was the pattern -- I’d go to his place to make love. We had no dates outside of his apartment, so I backed off.
Jake now texts me often, but I am determined to stay away. But, Annie, I love him. I think about him every day. How do I get over this man? -- Lost in Love
Dear Lost: This isn’t love. It’s a booty call that you’ve romanticized into some-thing more. Jake is using you, and he knows your weak spots. Delete his num-ber from your cellphone and block his calls. You can’t get over him if his texts encour-age you to think about him all the time. Then make it a point to get out more with friends. Join a social organ-ization through your church or community center. Look into organizations that
appeal to your creative inter-ests. And do some volunteer work. It will help you forget your troubles and concen-trate on someone else’s.
Dear Annie: So often I read terrible stories of people abused by an alco-holic parent. I’d like to let your readers know that not all alcoholics are monsters.
My father was a proud, honest man and a hard worker. And an alcoholic. His drinking caused much heartache, and many times we didn’t think he would survive another binge. But he was the kindest, gentlest man you could ever meet. He loved his six kids every day of his life.
Make no mistake, there were countless times he was so drunk he couldn’t stand up or remember our
names. And there were many mornings that we watched him cry because he was so ashamed of himself. He was in and out of AA programs for 30 years and finally achieved sobriety in his late 50s. He remained sober for 32 years. My sweet father passed away a year ago, and there’s not a single day that the entire family doesn’t miss him.
The one important thing I’d like to add is that our mother was a strong woman and smart enough to teach her kids that alcoholism is a disease and not a choice. She stood by him through good times and bad, but she never gave up on him. They cele-brated 60 years of marriage and enjoyed their retire-ment for 20 years before she passed away.
Please let your readers know there are some won-derful people in this world who are alcoholics and not the monsters we often read about. -- A Child with a Different Story
Dear Child: It’s true that not everyone who has a problem with alco-hol or drugs is an abuser of those in the family. But that doesn’t mean the per-
son’s behavior doesn’t have a negative impact on the family, particularly the chil-dren. We are glad your father managed to get sober and enjoy a good life with your mother and leave you with sweet memories of him.
Dear Readers: Today is Administrative Professionals Day. If you have assistants
who make your job easier, please let them know how much they are appreciated.
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For Thursday, April 23, 2015 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Now is the time to act on your moneymaking ideas to get a better job or boost your income. You might make a major purchase today as well. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) In the month ahead, you will feel strong and ener-gized. You will attract peo-ple and favorable situations to you. Lucky you! GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You will choose to work alone or behind the scenes in the coming month. This is just your choice; it does not mean you are lonely. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The next few weeks will be popular! Accept all invita-tions. Join clubs, classes and organizations, because you will work well with others. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) In the next few weeks,
you will be more high-viz than usual. In fact, people will admire and respect you. Milk this for all it’s worth. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Grab every opportunity to get further education and training in the next month. Likewise, grab every oppor-tunity to travel and expand your world! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You’re keen to improve yourself now, which is why you might buy a self-help book or take a course. This also is a good time to focus on taxes, debt and shared property. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Remember to get more sleep in the next few weeks, because the Sun is now as far away from you as it gets all year. Take naps and go to bed earlier. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’ll find it easy to do
a good job at work because you’re keen to get orga-nized. In addition, doing something well will give you a sense of pride and satisfac-tion. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Take a vacation in the next few weeks if you can squeeze this in. Do something so that you feel you have play-time for yourself and your loved ones. Romance can blossom!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Home, family and your personal life are your top priority in the next few weeks. Home renovations and visiting relatives on your doorstep are likely. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Your daily pace will accel-erate in the next few weeks because of busy errands, short trips and conversa-tions with everyone. This
is a good time to study and write. YOU BORN TODAY You work hard and like to be part of something bigger than yourself. You observe the foibles of others. You work hard to build support groups. Good news! This is a year of increase and perhaps one of the most powerful years of your life. The seeds you have planted will now ripen, because it’s a time of fruition. This year is good
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YOUR HOROSCOPEBy Francis Drake
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FINANCE SPECIALISTA employment opportunity exists for a Finance Specialist in our busy fi nance department located in Trail, B.C.. The successful candidate will be responsible for payroll, accounts payable as well as assisting in general accounting functions. A detailed job description can be viewed on our website at www.rdkb.com.
The ideal candidate will possess a diploma in Business Administration, completion of the Payroll Compliance Practitioner Certifi cation as well as fi ve years experience in a similar role.
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Interested candidates should submit a detailed resume and cover letter via email by 4:00 pm, April 27, 2015 to:
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Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
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Reference Number 1504Reporting to the Vice President of Project Develop-ment, and under the general direction of the Direc-tor of Finance, the Senior Business Analyst, has overall responsibility in the commercial, financial and economic investment evaluation of power proj-ect development opportunities. This role involves planning, organizing and executing all financial and commercial strategies for the successful comple-tion of projects.
The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate or graduate degree in a relevant field such as finance economics or engineering and at least 8 years of experience in the energy or infrastructure sector, including a demonstrated ability to build sophisticated and user friendly economic/financial spreadsheet models. An MBA, CA, CFA or similar qualifications would be considered an asset.
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KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
H WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSVilliage Green Mall
(250) 542-1496
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818
www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™
Are you interested in learning about potential residential
development in Trail? We want your feedback!
Visit: www.surveymonkey.com/s/KTVGQC8 and take our 5 minute survey.
We want to hear from YOU!
801 Glen Drive, Trail $199,000
Solid Sunningdale 4 bdrm 2 bath home on large fenced
lot. Quiet family oriented neighbourhood. Good
value here!
Call Terry 250-231-1101
1450 - 5th Avenue, Trail$205,000
Just move in - everything has been done for you! Elegant, tasteful, open concept, and very energy effi cient 3 bdrm, 2 bath home. There is a lot going on in this
package!
Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
NEW LISTING
1210 Primrose Street, Trail$178,000
Enjoy the carefree life in this low maintenance town home. Tastefully
decorated, well maintained, featuring 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, with newer windows, air conditioning, fenced yard and carport. Excellent
value! Call now to view!
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
1477 - 2nd Avenue, Trail$155,000
Top quality updates! This sweet little package is perfect! All the mechanical upgrades have been done to perfection. Newer heat
pump, furnace, wiring, plumbing, windows, roof, fl oors, counter tops, back splash, fence and landscaping.
All you have to do is move in and put any personal touches you’d like.
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
NEW PRICE
1216 Columbia Ave, Trail$199,000
This home is in a great location. Enjoy the low maintenance yard
and large deck. This home has had extensive upgrades including new deluxe kitchen and bathroom and many mechanical upgrades too.
Call today!
Call Richard (250) 368-7897
1577 Pine Avenue, Trail$289,000
Brand new 3 bdrm home and the GST is included! Amazing views, 2 decks and nicely decorated.
Hardi plank siding, a triple carport and asphalt roof. Quick possession
available.
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
NEW LISTING
550 Schofi eld Highway, Warfi eld
$199,000Bright and sunny 3 bdrm family home with new hot water tank,
windows, furnace, carpeting, paint and siding. Call today!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
NEW LISTING
745 Dickens St., Warfi eld$199,500
Beautifully upgraded. You will love the kitchen, lots of storage, stainless steel appliances, and wood fl ooring. The charming
dining room has french doors to large deck. Living room and dining
rooms also have wood fl ooring.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
572 Spokane Street, Trail
$45,000Good rental or starter home with
4 bdrms, country kitchen, rec. room, single carport, and view deck. Plumbing in basement for a
second bathroom. Located an easy fi ve minute walk to town.
Call Art (250) 368-8818
770 Tennyson Ave., Warfi eld$219,000
Warfi eld Charmer! This 3 bedroom home offers lots of space and
main fl oor laundry. Central air-conditioning and electric
fi replace add to comfort. Great parking with paved driveway and double carport. Low maintenance
exterior with vinyl siding, steel roof, low maintenance yard. Quick
possession possible.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW PRICE
1450 Webster Road, Fruitvale $339,000
10 acres of incredible privacy and stunning views. This home is very
spacious, great as a large family home or use the self-contained main in-law
suite separately. Vaulted ceilings, wood stove and large deck. 4 bdrms on upper level and 2 bedrooms down. Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW LISTING
OPEN HOUSESat, April 25 12-2pm 388 Austad Lane
$750/moWe have excellent tenants
waiting for rentals in Glenmerry, Sunningdale
and East Trail.
Call today if you need your property professionally
managed!
Terry Alton 250-231-1101
Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665
RENTALS
1912 Hummingbird
Drive, Fruitvale $349,900
Built in 2008 - this 4 bdrm /3 bath home still feels
brand new. Vaulted ceilings and lots of
sunlight throughout-open fl oor plan with
lovely hardwood fl oors. Double
garage and fenced yard. Move in and
enjoy.
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
SOLD
OPEN HOUSESat, April 25 11am-12:30pm
OPEN HOUSESat, April 25 1-2:30pm
SubmittedA colourful array of locally hand painted
T-shirts bearing powerful messages about the issue of violence against women, were hanging on clotheslines in the Ferraro Foods parking lot in downtown Trail on Tuesday.
Creators of the painted messages include women who have experienced violence, as well as youth, friends, family and community members whose lives have also been deeply affected by this violence.
This Clothesline Project event, organ-ized by the local Violence Against Women in Relationships Inter-Agency Committee, which offers services and support to indi-viduals and families affected by domestic violence.
In addition, the Trail Library is hosting a smaller display of T-shirts and resources for a couple of weeks.
Every year in BC there are over 60,000 physical or sexual assaults against women – almost all of them are committed by men. In Canada a woman is killed by her intimate partner on average of one every six days. Half of all women in Canada have experienced physical or sexual violence since becoming an adult.
For more information on the VAWIR Committee and the Clothesline Project con-tact Ann Godderis at the WINS Transition House 250-364-1543.
Clothesline Project raises awareness of violence against women
