Contact the Times: Phone: 250-368-8551 Fax: 250-368-8550 Newsroom: 250-364-1242 Canada Post, Contract number 42068012 Softball game signals start for Smokies Page 10 S I N C E 1 8 9 5 PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO Follow us online WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 2014 Vol. 119, Issue 133 $ 1 05 INCLUDING G.S.T. To view ALL of our listings, visit us online at greatertrailrealestate.com Thea Mario 250.231.1661 250.368.1027 RE/MAX All Pro Realty Ltd. 4 Nelson Ave Fruitvale $128,000 315 Martin St Trail $85,000 188 Esling St Trail $135,000 BEST BUY NEW PRICE FIXER UPPER We Get Results! BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff In a few months Hans Markus will be out of a job. But more than a regular paycheque, the Trail man says he’ll miss the people he’s been driving to and fro throughout the city for the last 11 years. Summer months are quiet, but during the rest of the year, he can pick up 20 to 25 calls during his 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. shift, with most of the requests coming from Trail’s senior citizens. Markus is one of two Champion Cab drivers still taxiing for the Trail company that has gradually cut back hours of operation in the last few years. The cab service along with its sister company, Castlegar Taxi, is up for sale. If there are no takers, then Oct. 12 marks the last day that taxis will be available in Greater Trail and Castlegar. “I’d say 90 per cent of my fares are elderly ladies,” said the 65-year old driver. “If nobody wants a cab company in Trail, then I just won’t drive cab. But I’ve enjoyed it and I’ll really miss all the people.” John Foglia, owner of JF Auto Centre, took over the Trail company 15 years ago, but now he wants to move on and maybe even retire. “I’ve run it for quite awhile and it’s beyond my time,” he said. “I tried to help the area by taking the company over. I’m not looking for a whole pile of money, just for some- one to make me an offer.” There’s no doubt that los- ing the taxi service will impact a lot of lives in Greater Trail, because health care facilities, Teck Trail Operations and BC Transit all rely upon the com- pany to transport patients, residents, and employees to distal destinations. Columbia View Lodge has a person who regularly uses the cab service, says the facil- ity’s Bridges Coordinator, Sandy Garrett. “She has doctor appoint- ments twice a week,” explained Garrett. “She has no family that lives in town to transport her, and doesn’t know how she’ll get to her appointments if there is no cab.” Last year, BC Transit pro- vided 279 taxi supplements to its passengers who couldn’t be accommodated by the company’s handyDART ser- vice. See TAXI, Page 3 BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff Public school students still don't know when they are heading back to the classroom, but some students have their backpacks packed and are getting to ready to learn. St. Michael's Catholic School in Trail is starting its school year as usual, on Sept. 2 and principal Julia Mason says she has gotten a few phone calls from parents over the summer, some asking about registration. “I think that (parents) are just worried about the unknown,” she said about the ongoing labour dispute between public school teachers and the provincial government. “Lots of the phone calls that we have been getting started at the end of the school year and I think that people have always thought of our school and just want a change. Some of it is, I believe, (about the strike).” St. Michael's is clas- sified, by the Ministry of Education, as a Group 1 Independent School. Teachers don't have contracts with the govern- ment, but rather with the school itself. “We are not affiliated with any union,” said Mason. “Our staff signs contracts every year.” Because of the school's classification, the school does not strictly rely on the provin- cial government for funding, but rather, looks towards tuition fees, donations, fundraising, parish subsidies and bequests. According to St. Michael's website, the gov- ernment funds 50 per cent of the “per pupil operating cost of the local school district” and there is no funding for “capital expenditures.” The Seven Summits Centre for Learning, an alternative school in Rossland, is also heading back to the classroom next week and Operations Manager Ann Quarterman says all is business as usual at the centre. “We've been working all throughout the summer and the mentors, which is what we call our teachers, are planning and setting up courses,” she said. “We will have a full day on Sept. 2.” See REGISTRATION, Page 3 TEACHERS BACK ON THE PICKET LINE Back to school as usual for some students St. Michael’s Catholic school in Trail and Rossland’s alternative school set to start classes on Sept. 2 “We’re not affiliated with any union. Our staff signs contracts every year.” JULIA MASON SHERI REGNIER PHOTO Consensus by Glenmerry Elementary School picketing teachers Tuesday morning is that they’re feeling demoralized and not hopeful that a resolution to the ongoing strike is near. From the left; Grade 2 teacher Louise Sidley; Kathy Koshey, Kindergarten; Angela Curlew and Melissa Borsato, teachers on call. Trail’s taxi service set to close if no buyer Cab company to cease operations in Trail and Castlegar if no sale by Oct. 12
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In a few months Hans Markus will be out of a job.
But more than a regular paycheque, the Trail man says he’ll miss the people he’s been driving to and fro throughout the city for the last 11 years.
Summer months are quiet, but during the rest of the year, he can pick up 20 to 25 calls during his 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. shift, with most of the requests coming from
Trail’s senior citizens.Markus is one of two
Champion Cab drivers still taxiing for the Trail company that has gradually cut back hours of operation in the last few years.
The cab service along with its sister company, Castlegar Taxi, is up for sale.
If there are no takers, then Oct. 12 marks the last day that taxis will be available in Greater Trail and Castlegar.
“I’d say 90 per cent of my fares are elderly ladies,” said the 65-year old driver. “If nobody wants a cab company in Trail, then I just won’t drive cab. But I’ve enjoyed it and I’ll really miss all the
people.”John Foglia, owner of JF
Auto Centre, took over the Trail company 15 years ago, but now he wants to move on and maybe even retire.
“I’ve run it for quite awhile and it’s beyond my time,” he said. “I tried to help the area by taking the company over. I’m not looking for a whole pile of money, just for some-one to make me an offer.”
There’s no doubt that los-ing the taxi service will impact a lot of lives in Greater Trail, because health care facilities, Teck Trail Operations and BC Transit all rely upon the com-pany to transport patients, residents, and employees to
distal destinations.Columbia View Lodge has
a person who regularly uses the cab service, says the facil-ity’s Bridges Coordinator, Sandy Garrett.
“She has doctor appoint-ments twice a week,” explained Garrett. “She has no family that lives in town to transport her, and doesn’t know how she’ll get to her appointments if there is no cab.”
Last year, BC Transit pro-vided 279 taxi supplements to its passengers who couldn’t be accommodated by the company’s handyDART ser-vice.
See TAXI, Page 3
B Y L I Z B E V A NTimes Staff
Public school students still don't know when they are heading back to the classroom, but some students have their backpacks packed and are getting to ready to learn.
St. Michael's Catholic School in Trail is starting its school year as usual, on Sept. 2 and principal Julia Mason says she has gotten a few phone calls from parents over the summer, some asking about registration.
“I think that (parents) are just worried about the unknown,” she said about the ongoing labour dispute between public school teachers and the provincial government.
“Lots of the phone calls that we have been getting started at the end of the school year and I think that people have always thought of our school and just want a change. Some of it is, I believe, (about the strike).”
St. Michael's is clas-sified, by the Ministry
of Education, as a Group 1 Independent School. Teachers don't have contracts with the govern-ment, but rather with the school itself.
“We are not affiliated with any union,” said Mason.
“Our staff signs contracts every year.”Because of the school's classification, the
school does not strictly rely on the provin-cial government for funding, but rather, looks towards tuition fees, donations, fundraising, parish subsidies and bequests.
According to St. Michael's website, the gov-ernment funds 50 per cent of the “per pupil operating cost of the local school district” and there is no funding for “capital expenditures.”
The Seven Summits Centre for Learning, an alternative school in Rossland, is also heading back to the classroom next week and Operations Manager Ann Quarterman says all is business as usual at the centre.
“We've been working all throughout the summer and the mentors, which is what we call our teachers, are planning and setting up courses,” she said.
“We will have a full day on Sept. 2.”See REGISTRATION, Page 3
TEACHERS BACK ON THE PICKET LINEBack to school as usual for
some studentsSt. Michael’s Catholic school in Trail
and Rossland’s alternative school set to start classes on Sept. 2
“We’re not affiliated with any union. Our
staff signs contracts
every year.”
JULIA MASONSHERI REGNIER PHOTO
Consensus by Glenmerry Elementary School picketing teachers Tuesday morning is that they’re feeling demoralized and not hopeful that a resolution to the ongoing strike is near. From the left; Grade 2 teacher Louise Sidley; Kathy Koshey, Kindergarten; Angela Curlew and Melissa Borsato, teachers on call.
Trail’s taxi service set to close if no buyerCab company to
cease operations in Trail and Castlegar if
no sale by Oct. 12
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A minisplinter is a jump shift showing four-card support and a singleton or
void in the suit bid with eight to ten high card points. This bid is more useful than a reverse Bergen raise because part-ner can dis-count a King, Queen or Jack opposite the s h o r t n e s s . Minisplinters are game tries while full splinters, a double jump shift, tend to be slam tries.
The bidding: South, with 12 high card points and a five-card spade suit, opens
one spade. North jumps to three dia-
monds, a minisplinter. South has no wasted values in dia-
monds so he bids game.
The Lead: A small trump is the best passive lead.
The Ten of Hearts is the best active lead but because declarer likely has no dia-mond hon-ours, a heart
lead may go into declar-er’s strength. The King of Diamonds is the safest lead but because it is dummy’s singleton, it will not develop a trick. Normally, one is
reluctant to lead a suit in which declarer or dummy is known to have a single-ton because it has no future for defensive tricks and it may set up a discard for the declarer.
The top of an interior sequence is usually a No Trump opening lead or a lead later on in the play, but the declarer may think the Ten is a singleton or the highest card and not take an opening round finesse.
The play: Declarer wins the Ace of Hearts and draws trump. He finesses clubs first to the Nine then to the Jack making two club tricks. If the heart was not the opening lead, declarer would pitch a heart on the 13th club.
Results: Declarer loses
a heart, a diamond and a club making his contract for +420. With a trump opening lead, declarer makes +450.
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Jamie Fochuk and Soahc Estate Wines of Fruitvale won a bronze medal for their 2013 biodynamic Riesling, but this is only the beginning.
The winery took home the bronze medal win at the 2014 National Wine Awards of Canada in its first full year of production, but Fochuk, Soahc general manager, doesn't let it get to his head.
“It is great to win an award in our very first year, for sure” said Fochuk, adding that wine tasting is subjective. “It is not something that I put a lot of stock into.
“There are other wines on the list that people think shouldn't be there and other wines that aren't on that list, that should totally be there.”
According to Fochuk, Soahc wines have a more European flavour to them, and that is where their product will be heading next.
“I think from now on, we will be doing international competitions,” he said. “We will probably enter ones in France or England. There are North American styles of wine and there are European styles.
“Ours is more of European style because we aren't making it with tons of oak and things like that.”
Soahc Estate Wines is still new to the wine industry and Fochuk entered their biodynamic Riesling in the contest to see where it sits with its first final prod-uct, especially after a rough growing season in 2013.
“I wanted to put it in to see how we would do and the bronze is even a bit cooler for use because it wasn't a great
year,” he said. “There was tons of rain in the fall, so I actually picked the grapes about 10 days early because I wanted to get them off the vine. We made the wine in the Okanagan and we got in there before everyone else did and we didn't have to worry about sour rot.”
Sour rot starts with a kind of fungus that can infect grapes, beginning the fermentation process early. The grapes start to smell like vinegar and make a not-so-good tasting wine.
With the bronze medal behind them, Soahc Estate Wines is already looking towards the future of the winery and final products.
“We should have a little bit of pinot this year,” said Fochuk. “It will be next year that the pinot comes in. In 2015, we will have a fair amount.”
The vineyard is also growing Gamay grapes, used mostly in beaujolais wines.
For more information on Soahc Estate Wines, visit www.soahc.com.
Local vineyard wins national medal
Liz Bevan Photo
Jamie Fochuk hedges some grapes at his winery, Soach Estate Wines, in Fruitvale. Fochuk and his vineyard won a bronze medal in the 2014 National Wine Awards of Canada for its Riesling. It is the first year the winery has produced a final product as grapes can take up to four years to reach maturity.
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FROM PAGE 1Unlike the Catholic
school, Seven Summits hires its mentors through a third party, the SelfDesign Learning Company.
“We partner with Se l fDes ign,” sa id Quarterman. “They are edu-cation providers and they do all the contracts with the mentors on a yearly basis.”
While SelfDesign is fund-
ed by the B.C. government, its mentors are not part of the teachers union and are unaffected by the current strike.
Registration for Seven Summits has been full for the fall since the end of the 2013/2014 school year Quarterman says she thinks that is why the centre hasn’t received any extra phone calls from parents looking to
sign their kids up. “We have been full all
summer, and I think that people know that,” she said, adding that a few spots have become available, despite full registration since June.
“We do have a few spots that have opened up because our international spots didn’t fill up. Now we have three spots left.”
Public school teach-
ers with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation have been on strike and locked out since mid-June and it is unknown if teachers will be back in the classroom for a September start.
Teachers have returned to the picket lines this week, the week before school is supposed to start, in hopes of pressuring the government into talks to end the strike.
FROM PAGE 1“The taxi supplement is
a cost effective way to meet demands,” said Meribeth Burton, BC Transit’s spokes-person. “Especially with your hilly terrain, sometimes a taxi is more effective in the snow than the handyDART shuttles.”
She said the operation-al impacts are going to be quite significant and BC Transit and its partners will look at possibly re-allocating handyDART hours, or find-ing another service provider.
“This is a significant development so we’re keen to talk with our part-ners about how to move forward.”
Over time, the taxi ser-vice has cut back its 24/7 service by 50 per cent due to a decline in ridership and a lack of sufficient rate increases, explained Foglia.
“When I bought Trail Taxi out in 2000, they were about to go down,” he recalled. “But it’s been frustrating and with no support from the government, this is a hard business to survive.”
Foglia said a complaint he quite often hears is that people can’t get a cab when they need it.
The cab company receives its highest call volume in a short span of time each day, but doesn’t have enough cars or drivers to meet the demand due to cut backs.
“Those calls help the driv-er to break even with gas and so on,” he explained. “But people want the cab right away, don’t want to wait, and don’t understand why there isn’t another car available.”
On the darker side of the
cab business is the problem with some of the night time fares, which is a time of day that Foglia’s drivers aren’t keen to work.
“That’s the worst time for our drivers because they have to pick up someone they don’t want to.”
Even with a new provin-cial regulation that green-lights cab companies to
charge a $75 clean up fee to passengers who upchuck in the taxi, Foglia remains cynical.
“This new $75 charge is a laugh.
“Bars usually kick out people out when they’ve spent all their money on beer. I ask, ‘Have you ever known someone who’s drunk and willing to give
you $75?” asked Foglia.There’s not a fixed sell-
ing price for the two taxi businesses, and Foglia said he’s willing to consider any “reasonable offer.”
“I tried to help the area by taking the companies over, but I need to move on. But I think the taxis going down is another nail in the coffin for the area.”
Taxi effective substitute for BC Transit
Sheri regnier photo
Hans Markus arrived at Ferraro Foods in downtown Trail Tuesday morning and within minutes had an unbooked fare requesting a ride home. Markus has been driving taxis for Champion Cabs for over a decade and said his most frequent passengers are senior women who need rides to doctor appointments or the grocery store.
B y W i l l J o h n s o nNelson Star
Canada Post is looking for ways to streamline its service in the face of looming financial diffi-culties, and is currently considering suspending Saturday service at the Salmo post office.
“Last year we delivered one billion fewer let-ters than 2006. We’re a Crown corporation. Our mandate is to operate sustainably and without being a burden on taxpayers,” said Eugene Knapik, manager of media relations at Canada Post.
Knapik said Canada Post has been looking at its network for ways to “protect service and find efficiencies.” Recently it announced plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs as it phases out urban home mail delivery over the next five years.
Knapik said Saturdays receive low traffic in Salmo, and it was identified as a potential way to save money. He said they’re also considering extending hours during the week to make up for the lost time.
Knapik wasn’t aware of any community feed-back until he was contacted by a reporter earlier this week.
“There was some concern that people com-mute, they live there and work elsewhere. The concern was that it would be difficult to get to the post office during its open hours,” he said.
“The thing is, we know there’s not a lot of people using it on Saturdays. But we appreciate that feedback and any other feedback as we’re making our decision.”
The decision will be made in the coming months.
“We’ll have a much better idea by mid-fall,” he said.
Knapik said Salmo residents who would be unhappy to see the post office lose service on Saturdays can contact Canada Post customer service or send a letter to their local post office.
“We’re trying to make decisions that in the long run will protect service to smaller com-munities. If we can run with a few less hours and run more efficiently, we can keep the post office going in a lot of communities.”
Alex Atamanenko, MP of BC Southern Interior, in an August 21 letter addressed to Lisa Raitt, the federal minister responsible, spoke out against the potential closure.
“To my knowledge, no public consultation by Canada Post has been done to gather commun-ity feedback on the proposed change in hours,” he said.
Atamanenko attached a letter from the Village of Salmo and emails from several mem-bers of the community, which outlined their concerns.
Atamanenko said closing the post office on Saturdays will be a “hardship for the commun-ity”.
Canada Post has already eliminated Saturday service at several other local post offices, includ-ing Balfour, Crescent Valley, and Slocan Park.
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Kootenay-Columbia School District No. 20
School Opening Information 2014/2015
Tuesday, September 2, 2014Kootenay-ColumbiaSchool District #Superintendent’s MessageWe are planning that all schools will be open at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 2nd for the registration of students new to the district and for any local Kindergarten and Grade One pupils not previously registered. Should the existing strike action by teachers require a delayed start to the school year then please check out the school district website for any and all updates regarding school start-up.
Assuming teachers are not on strike, students will report for instruction on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at times noted below. September 2nd will be a shortened day for students. Shortening the day will allow students an opportunity to become acquainted with their school, while at the same time enabling teachers to finalize their preparations for Wednesday, September 3rd, the first full day of instruction. Kindergarten students will have gradual entry over the first week and a half so please contact your school for those times.
To our existing students and families welcome back! To our new students and families, whether you are just starting kindergarten or moved here over the summer, a special warm welcome to your new school and district.
School Opening: September 2, 2014 Regular start times Regular School Times with dismissal as follows: Beginning September 3, 2014Fruitvale Elementary 8:20 am to 10:50 am 8:20 am to 2:20 pmGlenmerry Elementary 8:15 am to 10:45 am 8:15 am to 2:15 pmJL Crowe Secondary 8:38 am to 11:08 am 8:38 am to 2:38 pmKinnaird Elementary 8:20 am to 10:50 am 8:20 am to 2:20 pmRobson Community 8:25 am to 10:55 am 8:25 am to 2:15 pmRossland Summit 8:25 am to 10:55 am 8:25 am to 2:30 pmStanley Humphries Secondary 8:38 am to 11:08 am 8:38 am to 2:53 pmTwin Rivers Elementary 8:25 am to 10:55 am (TR) 8:25 am to 2:10 pm (TR)(& Castlegar Primary Campus) 8:20 am to 10:50 am (CP) 8:20 am to 2:05 pm (CP)Webster Elementary 8:15 am to 10:45 am 8:15 am to 2:15 pmKootenay Columbia Learning Centre campuses Please contact program directly for start-up procedures (Alternative Programs)
Home Schooled StudentsAs per the School Act and Regulations, parents/guardians who choose to school their children at home are advised that they MUST register their children by September 30th with a public school in the school district, a distance education school or an independent school in the province.
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ICBC is asking regulators to approve a 5.2 per cent increase in basic auto insur-ance rates.
The public auto insurer said the rate hike would cost the average cus-tomer an extra $40 per year if approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission.
The rate hike is to take effect Nov. 1 on an interim basis while the BCUC reviews the application.
A previously approved 5.2 per cent rate hike that took effect in 2013-14 means drivers will soon be paying 10.4 per cent more than they did in 2012 for basic coverage.
ICBC blamed the latest increase on a continued rise in injury claims costs paid to crash victims for pain and suffering, future care and lost wages.
Bodily injury claims hit $1.9 billion in 2013, up $73 mil-lion from 2012 and by more than $500 mil-lion from five years earlier. Legal and medical costs are also
up.Drivers’ rapidly
growing use of cell-phones and other personal electronic devices behind the wheel is one of the factors ICBC cited for the rise in injury claims.
Distracted driving is the second lead-ing cause of fatal car crashes in B.C. – killing 88 people a year – and is the leading cause of rear-end crashes that often cause injur-ies, spokesman Adam Grossman said.
A new campaign against distracted driving is to roll out in September.
Grossman was unable to provide details justifying why basic rates should be 10.4 per cent higher than 2012 when the injury claim cost increase from 2012 to 2013 was only four per cent.
The full rate hike application is to be filed Friday.
C o n s u m e r s Association of Canada president Bruce Cran said it continues a pattern of steeper increases in basic rates on which ICBC has a monopoly but more restraint on optional coverage rates where it must compete.
He also took aim at the provincial gov-ernment’s continued raiding of ICBC cof-fers for general rev-enue.
The province has budgeted to pull $200 million from ICBC this year, $155 mil-lion next year and $125 million in 2016, down from $237 mil-lion in 2013 and $576 million in 2010.
Cran said he doesn’t “give a damn” about ICBC and gov-ernment claims the yearly dividends to the province come only from the option-al side and don’t affect basic rates.
“We see it as one corporation,” he said. “As long as they’re stealing our money by the million by trans-ferring it into govern-ment revenues, no matter which division they claim it from, we are being gouged as a public.”
Cran called it a stealth tax on people who drive vehicles that is “absolutely dis-graceful.”
ICBC seeking approval for rate increaseDistracted
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T H e C a N a D I a N P R e S SVICTORIA - The head of Canada’s police
chiefs says there have been talks over the past year with a number of members of govern-ment about letting police hand out tickets to people caught with small amounts of mari-juana.
Last year members of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolu-tion in favour of the option.
Association president, Vancouver Chief Const. Jim Chu, says there have been ongoing discussions for the past year but the decision in the hands of government.
At the same time, asked about Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s support for decrimin-alizing marijuana, Chu says police still want the option of criminal charges.
More than 400 delegates are in Victoria this week for the association’s annual meeting.
Marijuana ticketing option in hands of feds: police chiefs
T H e C a N a D I a N P R e S SKAMLOOPS, B.C. -
The number of cougars destroyed by conserva-tion officers in B.C. in the 2013-2014 fiscal year jumped dramatic-ally compared with a year earlier.
The province’s Conservation Officer Service has released figures that indicate the agency destroyed 117 cougars between April 1 of 2013 and March 31 of this year.
That’s a 50 per cent increase over the 78 cougars that were put down by they service in 2012-2013.
Much of the increase appears concentrated in the late spring and early summer of 2013, when 56 cougars were destroyed between April 1 and July 31, compared with just 18 in the same quarter a year earlier.
That trend appears to have decreased somewhat this year, with 29 cougars destroyed between April 1 and July 31 of 2014.
Kamloops conserva-tion officer Kevin Van Damme says there have been more conflicts between humans and cougars as populations of the big cats climb across the province.
He speculates it may be due to recent for-est fires that brought down trees, creating more open spaces and grasslands.
That, in turn, could have led to an increase in deer and moose and a corresponding jump in the number of pred-ators.
The Conservation Service says there were 3,120 cougar sight-ings in 2013-2014, up roughly 10 per cent in one year.
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Number of cougars destroyed rises
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SHIGH RIVER, Alta. - The town of High
River in southern Alberta is extending tax relief to people who were still displaced from their homes or businesses this year as a result of 2013’s devastating flood.
The relief was first offered in January to those whose p roper t i e s were severe-ly damaged and couldn’t be occupied for longer than 90 days after the flood hit.
It includes residential, non-residential, municipal and education taxes.
Flooding destroyed several homes and submerged many High River neighbour-hoods under metres of water.
A number of businesses in the downtown core have still not reopened.
Residents can apply for the tax relief until next March.
“We are very pleased to be able to con-tinue to offer this program to the commun-ity,” Tom Maier, High River’s chief financial officer, said Tuesday.
“Property owners were deeply affected by the 2013 flood and this will provide some essential financial relief to help them rebuild.”
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SKINDERSLEY, Sask. - A Saskatoon man
who pleaded guilty to unlawful hunting has been fined $5,600.
Donald Scheuerman was convicted of unlawfully possessing wildlife, hunting on posted land without permission and wast-ing game.
The Environment Ministry says he has also been banned from hunting in the prov-ince for five years.
The charges were laid under the Saskatchewan Wildlife Act and after a pri-vate citizen complained.
Conservation officers determined that Scheuerman had illegally shot a white-tailed deer on private land south of Kindersley, cut a portion of the skull and antlers off and left the rest to waste.
A search of his home uncovered other untagged antlers.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - A man
who entered Justin Trudeau’s Ottawa home earlier this month made a drunk-en mistake and won’t be charged, police said Tuesday.
The Ottawa Police Service said they are satisfied that the intoxicated 19-year-old wandered into the wrong house uninten-tionally, believing he was at a friend’s home.
“He had no idea who the residents were,” said Staff Sgt. Kal Ghadban.
“This was not a tar-geted home.
“He didn’t realize it and we believe he did not know whose house it was until Friday.”
Ghadban played down the fact that the young man left a note near a collection of knives, saying that - for a fleeting moment - the man considered stealing the cutlery along with an electron-ic device that police refused to identify.
“There was a momentary thought process that before he left he would actual-ly take some items with him, which was very short-lived,” said Ghadban.
“He immediately decided against that.”
Police said nothing was removed from the house.
As for the note and a suggestion con-tained in it that the family should lock their doors at night, police said while it appeared on the sur-face to be threatening, it was instead an act of remorse from the man over entering the house.
Trudeau was out of town when the inci-dent happened, but his wife and children were asleep upstairs.
Police said an indi-
vidual came forward on Friday after they released video footage of a suspect.
They said the man has been cautioned and the case is closed.
The intruder, who has not been identified, wrote to the Trudeau family to apologize, although it was unclear whether the family had received his note.
“During the inter-view (on Friday) he did
ask for an opportunity to write a letter of apol-ogy,” said Ghadban.
“I don’t know whether that has made its way from the inves-tigators to the resi-dents or not ... but he did write an apology letter.”
The incident raised questions about whether Trudeau and his family need a security detail, as the prime minister has.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SThe federal government is rejecting
renewed calls for a public inquiry into missing and murdered aborig-inal women in advance of a meeting Wednesday between premiers and native leaders, one of whom says the prime minister is isolated in his position.
The premiers and aboriginal leaders endorsed the idea of an inquiry when they met last year, but there is growing momentum behind such a proposal, said Ghislain Picard, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
“The difference between last year and this year is that there is more and more support,” Picard said in an interview ahead of the meeting in Charlottetown.
“What we have today is that the fed-eral government is standing alone.”
Native leaders say the need for an inquiry has been highlighted by the death earlier this month of a 15-year-old aboriginal girl whose body was found wrapped in a bag that was dumped in
the Red River in Winnipeg.Tina Fontaine had been in the city for
less than a month when she ran away from foster care. Police are treating the case as a homicide.
“In light of recent events ... it’s clear that this issue cannot be overshadowed by other pressing issues,” Picard said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said last week that cases like Fontaine’s should not be viewed as a “sociologic-al phenomenon” but rather a serious crime to be investigated by police.
The federal government says it is taking steps to deal with the problem of violence against aboriginal women, such as setting up a national DNA mis-sing person’s index and introducing tougher sentences for murder, sexual assault and kidnapping.
“We don’t need yet another study on top of the some 40 studies that have already been done,” a spokeswoman for Justice Minister Peter MacKay said in a statement.
“We need police to catch her killer and ensure the perpetrator or perpetra-tors are punished and face the full force of the law.”
Several premiers including Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne, Manitoba’s Greg Selinger and Brad Wall of Saskatchewan have spoken out in recent days calling on the federal government to change its mind.
Wynne said Harper’s comments were “outrageous,” suggesting the prime minister is ignoring the systemic problems behind the violence faced by aboriginal women.
Wall said the provinces remain united with aboriginal leaders.
“Saskatchewan, on a percentage basis, has a high First Nations and Metis population ... so we’d like to see it the subject of an inquiry,” he said in an interview. “There’s a societal element that we do need to look at and the prov-inces and the federal government bear responsibility in that regard.”
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OPINION
Canadians ambivalent about healthcare systemI had cataract surgery
last year – a terrify-ing prospect for a visual person. I love
art and ocean views, and I was nervous about any-one working on my eyes. I delayed surgery a couple of times but finally com-mitted.
As it turned out, my surgery went fine. In fact, I loved that I could see colours vividly again. Our health system made that happen. And the care I received was expert and efficient.
Most Canadians report similarly positive encoun-ters with the healthcare system. A total of 71 per cent of Canadians respond-ing to a survey in 2012 rated their family’s care over the previous five years as either good or very good. But when the survey asked the same people to rate the state of the healthcare sys-tem in general, only 55.5 per cent said it was either good or very good.
Those numbers don’t line up: if the majority of Canadians are having good personal experiences with the health system, why are most people also saying the system works poorly?
It seems there is a
disconnect between Canadians’ personal views and their idea of how well the health system works for society at large.
What we read in the papers probably has a lot to do with this. Two recent analyses of media coverage over several years, one by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) and the other by research-ers Stuart Soroka at the University of Michigan, Antonia Maioni at McGill University and Pierre Martin at the University of Montreal, found that when specific health issues, such as wait times and doctor shortages, received height-ened attention in print and on the airwaves, Canadians rated the issues as more important. When the coverage of subjects was more negative in a given year, respondents graded those areas of the system more negatively.
Policy experts often describe healthcare as a problem with incompatible solutions. We try to deliver care quickly, cheaply to everyone, everywhere and at the highest quality pos-sible. As we assess each of these measures and make
constant adjustments to the policy balance, new difficulties arise.
What we don’t always take time to note is that, by and large, Canada’s healthcare system is a suc-cess.
The costs of the Canadian system are about the same as other coun-tries with a similar GDP – and much less than the cost in the U.S. ($4,602 versus $8,745 per capita). Life expectancy in Canada is also similar to other major European countries (and much higher than that of Americans – 81.5 years versus 78.7). The big picture numbers tell a suc-cess story.
But there’s more to a quality interaction with the health system than
just statistics; there’s also the human touch. My own recent surgery illustrates another winning aspect of the system that is best illustrated through the experiences of two other patients in the surgery wing that day.
The hospital told me in advance that all patients needed someone sched-uled to pick them up after surgery, in my case my husband. On the day of my surgery, I sat in a waiting room with several other patients as nurses doled out pre-surgery eye drops.
The woman next to me did not speak English and there was an obvious problem: it seemed no one had been scheduled to pick her up after surgery. They found someone who could communicate with her in her language in a limited way, and explained that they could not operate without someone to help her home. After about 45 minutes, the hospital staff located a family friend and into surgery she went.
Another man that day received special care after the surgery staff discov-ered that he had planned to walk back to his assisted living facility alone. The
nurses told the man they couldn’t let him walk home, and suggested he take a taxi instead. But he couldn’t afford a taxi. Don’t worry, they said, we can arrange for a taxi to take you back and you won’t have to pay.
It’s critical that the quality of medical care in Canada is top notch, but it’s equally import-ant that care be delivered in ways that are sensitive to individual, family and cultural needs – delivered with a human touch. I was impressed that the nurses were taking particular care to make sure that the sys-tem worked for everyone.
I’m thankful to our health system for see-ing clearly now. I hope as we move forward on the perpetual path to reform healthcare in this country – shortening wait times, improving access, enhan-cing quality – that we keep in mind it’s pretty good to begin with.
Noralou Roos is a professor in the depart-ment of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and the dir-ector and co-founder of EvidenceNetwork.ca.
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On behalf of the Steelworkers, Local 480 and its executive, as President of the Local I would like to thank and give kudos to Trail Chamber of Commerce, City of Trail and all the vol-unteers that organized Trail’s first outdoor evening market on August 20.
Judging by the exceptional turnout and support from the citizens of the Greater Trail
and surrounding area, I would have to say that this event was very successful and would def-initely support and be involved in other night markets going forth.
Local 480 Charities depend on sales of hamburgers and hot dogs at these markets to fund-raise for some of their charities, especially the Gordy Steep Sick Children Fund, which supports
and assists the area’s sick chil-dren seeking medical treatment out of town.
A big thank you to all that supported our fundraising and to Norm Casler for oversee-ing and making sure everything and everyone’s needs were met on August 20. Let’s do it again!
Ammindo DeMedeirosLocal USW Local 480,
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Kudos for evening market
The world operates through mediocrity. It functions by patchwork, by clumping together, by stopgap solu-tions. It does not care about excellence. It doesn’t care that things are done well, only that they are done. In the business world, excellence costs money.
Excellence requires effort that most do not attain. So you don’t see much of it around. You only see the average, the commonplace, the ordinary. Excellence, instead of being encouraged, is in fact sup-pressed. Nobody wants to be reminded of how average and ordinary they are, so anyone exhibiting excellence is at best ignored, at worst pushed out of the way, gotten rid of, attacked. You end up with a mediocre
world order that propagates itself.
Agreed, we celebrate excel-lence, in certain areas. Who won first prize, a trophy, a badge. But the truth is there are consequences to living with excellence, consequenc-es that most cannot tolerate. The ‘Excellents’ of the world find it difficult to live with the ‘Ordinary’, and vice versa. It’s either dumb down or try to show them the way to excel-lence. But that can become intolerable after a while, for both parties. The answer: get rid of the Excellent in your midst, so you won’t be continually reminded of your inadequacies. In business, that usually means promotion, a win-win situation. However, what you end up with
are a few Excellents at the top but many Ordinarys at the bot-tom. From the business point of view, that adds up to a world of ordinary.
I’m sure everyone would like to be excellent at whatever they do, but the truth is most people don’t even try, for reasons I’ve mentioned above. They don’t want to stand out and become a target. So they subscribe to mediocrity, they go along to get along. It’s sad, really. The world would be a much more interest-ing place if people didn’t try so hard to get along but pursued their own path to excellence.
Not to mention, with so few of us around, it’s hard to find good bridge partners.
D.A. KingWarfield
This is how the world works
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Two military
watchdogs are opening a joint investigation into how ill and injured soldiers are treated dur-ing their transition to civilian life.
Veterans ombudsman Guy Parent and Canadian Forces ombudsman Gary Walbourne say they will join forces to look at a system that has been the subject of thousands of
complaints, both formal and informal.
Walbourne says over half of the 1,500 complaints his office received last year relate to end-of-career issues, including transition.
The two will focus their investigation on the duplication that exists between National Defence and Veterans Affairs.
Many soldiers, wounded in Afghanistan and too ill to
continue serving, have found upon release that the veter-ans bureaucracy requires them to validate their condition through a separate process that sometimes requires months to complete.
In some instances, they have been denied benefits for injur-ies that cost them their careers and Walbourne says this is one of the inequities that will be covered in the investigation.
Watchdogs take aim at bureaucracy
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BLOUDOFF, GEORGE NICK – It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dear father George Bloudoff, a long-time resident of Salmo. George passed away at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital on Au-gust 23, 2014.
He was born on Febru-ary 29, 1924 in Crescent Valley, BC. In 1937 he moved to Kamsack, Sas-katchewan with his family where he worked as a farm-er. In 1948 he moved back to BC where he resided in Brilliant and met Mary in 1951. They were married in 1952. After they married they moved to Salmo where he resid-ed until his death. He worked for all the local mines in the area and � nally retired in 1983 at Cominco.
George loved to garden, hook rugs, play solitaire and do his puzzles. He also loved it when the topic of politics came up in a con-versation, he could go on for hours and hours on the subject. Not a day went by where you wouldn’t see him watching the Parliament legislature channel or the news. He was also a member of the Canadian Doukhobor Society.
He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years, Mary, his parents Nick and Nellie Bloudoff, sisters Tina Allen, Pauline Apels and Minnie Gray.
George is survived by his two daughters Violet (Garry) of Osoyoos and Marlene of Nelson, 3 grandchildren; Jason, Russell and Kelly, 4 great-grandchildren; Colden, Cohen, Sandra and Destiny, nieces and nephews and his best little furry friend Maggie, whom he adored.
Sincere thanks to the doctors, nurses and staff who made his last days comfortable. The compassionate care that they provided was outstanding and very much appreciated. Thank you to all the care givers who made our father’s life in his own home happy for his remaining years and also to Cathy Bush for her wonderful work, support and kindness that she gave to him.
A graveside service will be held at Boulder Creek Cemetery on Monday, September 1st, 2014 at 1:00pm. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been en-trusted with the arrangements.
“Dad, you will be sadly missed by many and in our hearts forever.”
***MILLER, LAWRENCE
– of Fruitvale passed away suddenly and peacefully on August 20, 2014 at the age of 80.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 46 years, Shirley (Underwood), his son Ryan, sisters Edna Bancescu, Elsie Healey, and Gwen Fowler, and by many extended relatives. He was predeceased by his son Adrian in 2011.
Lawrence was born in Hercules, Alberta in 1934 and grew up in Fruitvale. He graduated from business school at UBC in 1958, and worked brie� y in Calgary before returning to Fruitvale where he operated his own ac-
counting business for many years. He valued his many clients and friends, and his family thanks them for their years of loyalty and friendship. He will be sorely missed.
At the family’s request, there will be no service. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Fu-neral and Cremation Services™ has been en-trusted with arrangements.
As an expression of sympathy, donations in Lawrence’s memory can be made to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation at 938 West 28th Avenue Vancouver BC V5Z 4H4 or on-line at www.bcchf.ca
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***LUNN, DAVID (DAVE) JOSEPH – died
peacefully on Saturday Au-gust 24th at his home in Sidney BC.
He leaves Elaine, his wife of 62 years, his sons David (Linda), Brian (Nora), Gary (Alexis), Ralph (Vanessa) and his daughter Margaret. Dave was the proud grand-father of sixteen grandchil-dren and one great grand-daughter.
Dave was born to Ruth Harrow Lunn and Leslie Herbert Lunn in Montreal Quebec. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to the Kootenays and settled in Nelson.
Upon his graduation from St Joseph’s Acad-emy, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy. Dave was deployed on the North At-lantic run escorting convoy ships.
Following his service in the military, he at-tended UBC where he received his law degree.
After university, he settled once again in the Kootenays and articled in Nelson. At that pivotal time, Dave met Elaine: the love of his life. He married her in 1953.
Dave opened a law practice in Trail and resided there for � fteen years. Dave was proud to be a lawyer. In 1965, he was appointed as an administrative judge for the East Kooten-ays. He and his family moved to Cranbrook and and established a summer home at Moyie where they made wonderful friends and lived happily for 35 years.
Dave’s career as an administrative judge took him to every corner of the Kootenays until he was 71 years of age. In 1991 Dave and Elaine retired in Sidney BC. They loved their time time there and had opportunities to travel extensively to many parts of the world.
Dave had a passion for the outdoors.Dave worked until he was 71 years old.Dave was never sick, he never a broke a
bone, and he never missed a day of work.Dave had a wonderful life.In lieu of � owers, donations in Dave’s
memory can be made to Palliative Care or the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Funeral services will be held at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church on Fri-day, August 29th at 11:00 AM. 7742, West Saanich Road, Saanichiton BC.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Marcel Masse, a long-
time Quebec politician who served in the cabinet of Brian Mulroney, has died at the age of 78.
Masse was elected to the Quebec national assembly in 1966 and 1970 as a member of the Union Nationale and served as a provincial cabinet minister.
He was elected to the Commons in the 1984 election that brought Mulroney’s Conservatives to power.
He resigned from cabinet in 1993 and did not run in the federal election that year.
Mulroney, who saw Masse recently, remembered him as a family man and gentleman who ran a num-ber of senior departments, includ-ing Communications, Energy and Defence.
“He was very reserved in many ways, soft-spoken in private although he was a great speaker at political meetings,” Mulroney told The Canadian Press. “He’d make his case and if he didn’t win, he would leave with his head up high and a smile on his face and move on to something else.”
In particular, Mulroney said Masse adored his time as communications
minister and dealing with Canadian cultural initiatives.
“He was a big supporter of Canadian culture, Canadian broadcasting,” Mulroney said in a telephone interview from Toronto. “He worked very hard to secure a cultural exemption with me on the free-trade negotiations with the United States.”
Mulroney said Masse was a quick study and could learn a great deal about a portfolio in a brief period of time. That trait allowed him to hold diverse posts.
“I think he was a delight to work with,” Mulroney said. “He was undemanding, he was not a prima donna in anyway around the cabinet table. He worked well with his cabinet colleagues.”
After leaving federal politics Masse held various non-cabinet positions in the Parti Quebecois governments of Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper tweeted his condolences to friends and family.
“He was devoted to serving his fellow citizens,” Harper said in his tweet.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SEDMONTON - Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio has nominated Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do the ice bucket challenge.
DiCaprio was in northern Alberta visit-ing the oilsands to do research for an environ-mental documentary.
The Oscar-nominated star of “The Wolf of Wall Street” posted a video on his Facebook page of him doing the ice buck-et challenge with two First Nations chiefs.
Afterward, he called out Harper to do the same. Harper’s press secretary says the prime minister had been already challenged by others last week to either dump a bucket of ice water over his head or make a donation, and he’s made a donation to the ALS Association.
The association raises money for Lou Gehrig’s
disease research and assistance.
“The Prime Minister was challenged by others last week and posted the following message on Twitter: @pmharper: Thanks everyone for the #IceBucketChallenge nominations. Laureen & I will be making a donation to support the @ALSassociation,” Carl Vallee said in an email to The Canadian Press.
“Obviously, the dona-tion has been made since (to ALS Canada).”
DiCaprio has a long history of involvement with the environment. He sits on the boards of several international conservation organ-izations and started an environmental charity foundation in 1998.
“Hello from Lake Athabasca, we’re here learning about the Canadian tar sands. We took a moment to join the #IceBucketChallenge
movement in support of the ALS Association. My friends Chief Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenges Dave Collyer, president of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Chief Courtoreille of the Mikisew Cree First Nation challenges Mark Little of Suncor Canada and The Sierra Club President Michael Brune challenges Shell CEO Ben van Beurden,” says the post on DiCaprio’s site.
“And me? In addition to a donation from my foundation, I challenge Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.”
Since the ALS Association began track-ing the campaign’s prog-ress on July 29, it has raised more than $53.3 million from 1.1 million new donors in one of the most viral philanthropic social media campaigns in history.
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LEONARDO DICAPRIO
Actor issues ALS bucket challenge to prime minister
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVICTORIA - Roofs are one of the
most important features of a house, and one of the most expensive, which is why homeowners look to prolong the life of their roof with mainten-ance. But some maintenance may actually damage it.
Tom Williams, president of Aerial Roofing in Victoria, says some minor care and cleanup of a roof is import-ant, but caution is required to avoid removing the granules that protect shingles on asphalt roofs.
“Homeowners will go up and sweep their roof,” says Williams. “But they could be sweeping the granules off the asphalt and when it is exposed to the weather it breaks down faster.”
Removing debris and cleaning gutters can maintain the integrity of a home’s roof. Williams says get-ting rid of pine needles and leaves in roof valleys, the intersecting points between two different planes of the roof, keeps water flowing into the gutters.
“Properties with big trees can generate a lot of debris,” he says. “The roof can get caught up with that. Debris can create dams that will cause water to move left and right instead of free flowing, which can cause leaks.”
Homeowners should also be aware
of moss buildup around protrusions from their roof like chimneys, sky-lights and plumbing.
“Homeowners should remove the moss around those protrusions so the water can flow down into the gutter and off the roof instead of backtracking, and getting in those holes,” says Williams.
“But you have to watch with moss removal because it can destroy your roof. Power washing and sweeping removes the granules and exposes the asphalt.”
Dallas Huber, president of Dynamic Roofing in Regina, agrees maintenance ensures homeowners get the most life out of their roof.
Huber says depending on the kind and quality of the shingles most roofs installed in the last 20 years have a lifespan of 20 to 50 years, but older roofs, such as those con-structed of cedar shingles common in the 1970s and ‘80s, may have a lifespan of between 15 and 20 years.
Late summer weather in the Prairies can mean hail, which can cause serious damage to a roof because it removes the granules from the asphalt.
“Weather is the biggest thing that can damage a roof, along with improper ventilation. If you don’t have enough vents to cool it you’re basically baking it from the inside
and out.”According to Huber, homes erect-
ed in and before the ‘80s may not be built to the current code, which has standards regarding how many vents are required to adequately cool a roof.
“Adding sufficient vents and making sure there are proper vents can prolong the life of a roof,” says Huber. “Proper ventilation includes making sure the soffit area under the roof is not blocked. Vented soffits and ventilation is a big key to adding life to your roof.”
Homeowners who are in the mar-ket for a new roof may be over-whelmed with the selection of roof-ing professionals, but Williams says there are some basic things they should ask before hiring a roofer.
“People should do their due dili-gence when shopping for a roofer,” he says.
“Looking into their standings with the Better Business Bureau along with their liability insurance is an important step.
“Homeowners also shouldn’t feel embarrassed to ask for customer references, and not just from their favourite customer. References can help answer questions about what the company was like to deal with and what kind of service they pro-vided.”
Clean gutters to help roof’s longevity but sweeping not always recommended
Carrying a torCh for roofing
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It was a torcher on top of City Bakery when Matt Prime from Cleland Roofing & Repair put flames to the store’s new roof-ing Monday afternoon in downtown Trail. Torch-on roofing is similar to asphalt but heat-adhered to layers of fibreglass, and can be applied in a few hours.
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SUBMITTEDThe 91st Blaylock Ladies
Club Championship teed off at Birchbank Golf Course last weekend.
Defending champion, Terry Van Horn, added excitement to the tourna-ment by acing the par 3, 13th hole and finishing with a birdie on the par 5 18th hole on the first day, which
was played from the red tees. Her score of 80 gave her
a 6-stroke lead over fellow-competitors Maureen Elliott and Susan Kim who both came in with an 86.
The second day, played from the white tees, proved to be more challenging, however, Van Horn’s 93 was good enough to maintain the lead and earn her the
Blaylock Bowl as club cham-pion two years in a row.
Her two-day total of 173 was 2 strokes ahead of run-ner-up and low-gross winner Maureen Elliott who shot an 89 on the second day for a total of 175.
Winner of the Elsie Buchanan trophy for overall low net for the two days was Anita Cameron, with a low
net of 138. Elliott also won the Francis Lauriente Rose Bowl for the least putts (60) over the two days. Elliott beat out fellow-competitors Barb Secco and Ann Skinner in a putt-off.
Judy Davidson and Janis Bower, family representa-tives of the Blaylock and Buchanan families, traveled to Trail to join the 27 ladies
who played in the tourna-ment to present the Blaylock Bowl and Elsie Buchanan trophy. Sponsor AM Ford’s Kelly Zaytsoff, presented low-gross and low-net win-ners their prize of a hybrid club. Low gross winners in the flights were: flight 1-Sophia Park, 180; flight 2-Dana Haas, 201; flight 3-Colleen DeRosa, 211.
Charity softball game kicks off hockey season
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BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports EditorThe Trail Smoke
Eaters will swing into their season in a fun if not unlikely fashion as they get set to take on the Greater Trail RCMP and Firefighters on Sept. 3, however, the game won’t be on Cominco ice but on the Butler ball dia-mond.
Following the Smoke Eaters camp this weekend, the team will host a Charity Softball Game at Butler Park against Trail’s finest with the proceeds of the game going to the newly organized Smoke Eater Booster Club, the Special Olympics and the KBRH Foundation critical care campaign, the chosen charities of the RCMP and Trail Firefighters.
“I’ve seen it at the professional level and it’s usually a pretty fun event,” said Smokies coach and GM Nick Deschenes. “You raise money for a good cause and it helps people identify with their players a little bit more. There are really so many positives to it . . . and we’re hoping it will become an annual event.”
The Smoke Eater Booster Club was resurrected earlier this summer with the
specific purpose of helping the players with nutrition and fit-ness, and the softball game is one of it’s first fundraising initiatives.
“The reality is, is that there are some things that our play-ers financially, with our team being a city-owned team, we just don’t have endless supplies of money,” said club member Scott Calvin.
“We wanted to find a way that we could raise some money to get the players some things that the team otherwise wouldn’t be able to get for them – work-out gear and
pre- and post-game nutrition. Our whole purpose this year is to ‘Fuel the Smokies’,”
The booster club is a separate entity from the team, but both work cooperatively towards the same goal – of improving the players and increasing their role in the com-munity.
“We are the most senior hockey outfit in town, and if we do the right job in devel-oping young men and being active commun-ity members, it’s going to trickle down and it’s going to benefit from top to bottom,” said Deschenes. “So I think
if people see the value in that, it will help not only the Smoke Eaters but a lot of community involvement and sup-port.”
The Smoke Eaters executive also pitched in, donating tickets so that all kids who attend the char-ity softball game will receive free admis-sion to the Smokies’
“Home Opener” ver-sus the Penticton Vees Sept. 26. In addition, all adults that make a $20 donation at the game will also receive a free ticket to the home opener against the Vees.
“The Smoke Eaters are donating all the tickets to us, and that’s a huge thing,” said Calvin. “We’re really hopeful we get lots of people out. Tom (Gawryletz) and the executive work tirelessly, and there’s only four of them. If it wasn’t for them there would be no team here.”
The Firefighters
and RCMP will field a team of 16 players to compete against a full Smokies squad, and while it has been a while since the par-ticipants have actual-ly took a swing at a softball, they are more than ready to bring it on.
“I don’t even know what the rules are going to be . . . but we’re always game for something,” quipped RCMP constable Kerry Szkica.
The softball game is a good opportunity for residents to meet the Smoke Eaters as well as the RCMP and Firefighters who serve
and protect our com-munity.
The players will be greeting fans at the gate, interacting with the crowd, and selling 50-50 tickets through-out the game. There will also be an area for kids to play whiffle ball with the players, and full food service at the concession
“We want them to be very involved in this,” said Calvin. “This is going to be kids on the field and everybody that’s not on the field is going to be doing something interactive with the people that are there.”
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The Trail Smoke Eaters have thrown down the challenge to the Trail RCMP and Firefighters to have fun and raise funds in a charity softball game at Butler Park on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The community is invited to come out and cheer on their favourite Smoke Eater, RCMP, or firefighter in the inaugural chal-lenge, including from left: RCMP’s Kerry Szkica, Trail Smoke Eaters Jake Lucchini, Craig Martin, Dallas Calvin, Scott Davidson, and Jeremy Lucchini, Trail firefighter Dave Como and Deputy Fire Chief Dan Derby.
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Pictured left to right: Kelly Zaytsoff of AM Ford presents Janis Bower, Anita Cameron, TerryVan Horn, Judy Davidson and Maureen Elliott with their respective awards at the 91st Blaylock Ladies cham-pionship at the Birchbank Golf Course on the weekend. See Page 10 for results.
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CALGARY, Alta. – The Canadian Junior Hockey League, in partnership with Hockey Canada, announced today that Trent Cassan, head coach and general manager of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Yorkton Terriers, will be the head coach of Canada West at the 2014 World Junior A Challenge, scheduled for Dec. 14-20 in Kindersley, Sask.
Cassan will be joined by former Trail Smoke Eater Tim Fragle as assistant head coach. Fragle is currently head coach and general manager of the Sherwood Park Crusaders, in the Alberta Junior Hockey League and played two sea-sons with the Smokies from
1997-99. Luke Pierce, head coach
and general manager of the Merritt Centennials and Jason Williamson, head coach and general manager, Vernon Vipers, were also named assist-ants.
“I am honoured and excited to be able to work with many of the top CJHL players from all over Western Canada,” said Cassan. “The World Junior A Challenge is a first-class event with premier players from all over the world. My experience at the 2013 event in Yarmouth, N.S., was a positive one, and I look forward to working with the staff and representing Canada West in Kindersley in December.”
Just like the summer Camp Cawabunga, Trail Parks and Rec will be offering weekly September Camps starting on Tuesday.
There will be fun games, adventures, crafts, projects and activities that will keep your child busy all day. This camp is for ages 6 to 12 year olds, and will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Gyro Park (drop off starting at 8:30 a.m.). The first week runs Sept. 2 to 5 and the cost is $90 for the full week, $72 for the second child, or $35 per day.
The second week will run Sept. 8 to 12, with registrations for that week starting on Tuesday. The costs for the second week are $112 for the full week and $90 for the second child. Extra weekly September Camps may be available. For more information call Trail Parks and Recreation at 368-6484, or the Aquatic Centre at 364-0888.
Check out our new Fall/Winter Leisure Guide which is now available online at www.trail.ca, or come by the Aquatic Centre to pick up a copy. It will be mailed to all Trail residents.
Check out some of our new programs such as Yoga classes, Belly Dance and Tabata Fitness Classes. Check out the exciting hiking and bik-ing excursions planned. Call 364-0888 to register early for your favourite classes.
T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCALGARY - Growing up
in Trinidad and Tobago, Stephen Ames never dreamed of one day being inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.
Now a Canadian citizen and one of the country’s most successful golfers, Ames was welcomed as the 74th induc-tee into Canada’s golf shrine during a private ceremony Tuesday at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club.
“As a proud Canadian, I am truly humbled by this great honour,” said Ames, who became a citizen in 2003 in his adopted home-town of Calgary. “It kind of adds to the fact of how much Canadians have embraced me - obviously becoming a Canadian citizen and now getting into the Hall of Fame. It’s an added bonus.”
Ames has 11 profession-al tournament wins to his credit, including four on the PGA Tour, the most mem-orable of which was a six-stroke victory at the 2006 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
“It has been a long jour-
ney, a lot of hours, a lot of miles, a lot of back pains, a lot of learning and a lot of fun,” said the 50-year-old Champions Tour rookie, who’s one of the marquee names scheduled to compete at the Shaw Charity Classic from Friday to Sunday at Canyon Meadows. “It’s hit-ting home a little bit now for me. It’s the highlight of my career right now, an added trophy to the career that I’ve had, which is wonderful.”
Tournament director Sean Van Kesteren is excited to see how Ames will fare once the action gets under way on Friday.
“I think he’s motivated,” Van Kesteren said. “He’s still obviously a great player. To be inducted into the Hall of Fame, there’s not too many folks that get that honour. Hopefully this will fire him up for the week and he’ll represent Calgary and all the fans that are here to support him.”
Having helped to bring the Shaw Charity Classic to Calgary for its inaugural event last year, Ames is now looking forward to hearing
his name announced when he tees it up for the first time on Friday in the second instalment of the Champions Tour event.
“It’s going to be emo-tional,” said Ames, whose 15-year-old son Ryan will caddy for him. “I can feel it now coming on. It’s going to be fun for me. On top of that, I’ve got my youngest caddy-ing for me as well. That’s going to be even better in that respect that he’s going to get to enjoy that with me, so I’m looking forward to it very much.”
Seeing as how the tourna-ment is being hosted in his own backyard, Ames might have a bit of an advantage over his competitors.
“That was the goal was to sleep in my own bed and drive to work, which is nice, rather than have to jump on a plane and fly 15 hours to get there and find a hotel,” he said.
If he hopes to contend for top spot, Ames will have to fend off the likes of defending champion Rocco Mediate and Charles Schwab Cup points leader Bernhard
Langer.“Rocco, Bernhard, every-
body’s here, which is good,” said Ames, who has played in just one Champions Tour event, finishing tied for 15th at the Senior PGA Championship on May 25. “This tour, a lot of people think is not as competitive. But I’ll tell you what, it is competitive. Those guys are still very hungry and every-body still has pretty much the same game they’ve had.”
With eight of the top 10 money winners this season on the Champions Tour in attendance, it won’t be an easy task for Ames to finish atop the leaderboard.
“The field’s a little strong-er this year and we had a great field last year,” Van Kesteren said.
“Bernhard is going to be one that everyone is going to have to chase down. I saw him here (Monday) night on the green, doing his meas-urements. He’s already done his homework. He obviously wants to win again. I think Rocco will be there as well and I know he’s excited to defend his championship.”
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FROM PAGE 10To take that further, the Smoke Eaters also
plan to enhance their profile within the com-munity and work closer with the City of Trail.
“We’re looking to make our players available for really anything in the community, whether it’s moving furniture or shovelling snow,” said Deschenes.
“We just want to be out there and give back to the people that I think make all this possible.”
Game time is 5:30 p.m. at Butler Park on Wednesday, admission by donation. To volunteer or join the booster club call Bob Davidson or contact the Trail Smoke Eaters at 368-5000.
See Thursday’s Trail Times for more on the Smoke Eater’s fall camp.
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The dry kilns at the Springer Creek Forest Products site in Slocan have been demolished.
T h e N e l s o N s T a rA set of dry kilns, the last
major buildings on the site of the Slocan sawmill, have been demolished. Removal of the Springer Creek Forest Products mill has been underway since last fall.
Peter Brisco, CEO of par-
ent company Brisco Wood Preservers, said the demolition contract runs to the end of October.
“The buildings are done, but there’s quite a bit of material on site.”
Brisco added no decision has been made on the property’s
future, which will first require environmental testing before proceeding.
“We’re a ways out,” he explained.
“We’re still working on decommissioning the site.”
The mill occupied the vil-lage’s waterfront for 50 years.
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What happened when the bear cross the road? A five-vehicle car crash.
No one was injured but two cars caught fire following a five-vehicle collision that started when a driv-er braked sharply to avoid a bear that was ambling across the Trans-Canada Highway Saturday evening.
The incident hap-pened 17 kilometres west of Revelstoke.
Sgt. Kim Hall of the Revelstoke RCMP said the crash was trig-gered when a driver hit the brakes to avoid the bear. That triggered a chain reaction where five vehicles were rear ended.
The first three cars were able to drive away from the scene, but the last two vehicles burst into flames.
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B y C r a i g l i N d s a yGrand Forks GazetteIt looks like the
City of Grand Forks will have a referen-dum question on the November election bal-lot; however, it won’t be about water meters. Instead it will be ask-ing people whether they support a local deer cull.
A deer cull, which is a method of thin-ning the herd by trapping and killing deer, has been done in other nearby com-munities to mixed effect. Councillor Gary Smith, who chairs the local deer committee, said the referendum question is non-bind-ing and will merely be used for information for council.
“We essentially want to ask a question of the people whether or not they are in support of a cull as a management option,” said Smith.
Smith said the deer committee has done a preliminary look into costs for a deer cull. They’ve also spoken
to local First Nations bands to see if there is “an appetite for them to essentially harvest deer because they’re a people who use all the parts. But no hard costs have been settled on.”
Smith said he hopes the deer tracking pro-gram the committee is looking at will help determine deer pat-terns.
“It will hopefully help us determine if the animals are actual-ly moving out of the Boundary area or sticking around here. That’ll help us nail down how many ani-mals there are in town and what the resident population really is.”
The deer tracking program is a $10,000 program which has yet to receive final council approval.
“The Ministry (of Environment) has offered to give us assistance with an in-kind contribution of expertise and effort,” he said. “They have the expertise to be able
to tranquilize the ani-mals and tag them and set up the software so we can get the data points.”
Smith said they plan to track nine deer including one buck and two does in each of three different herds over two years.
“An important thing to figure out is buck movement,” he said. “Bucks are intrin-sically shy. We want to know if they are com-ing in from the hills or are resident bucks; aqnd then to track the movement of the does and figure out specific times.”
The deer tracking program is expected to start in the fall.
Smith mentioned that East Kootenay cit-ies such as Cranbrook, Kimberley and Invermere have run deer culls.
“What our commit-tee is going to look at is holding a confer-ence with the chairs of those committees and share information and share experiences.”
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But as we find our-selves aging and occa-sionally needing help from them, no help is forthcoming. Why? What makes adult chil-dren tune out the needs of aging parents? We feel hurt by their lack of caring. -- Confused Mom and Dad
Dear Mom and Dad: Have you asked your children for specific help? Sometimes par-ents expect the chil-dren to know what they need, but the kids can be oblivious,
assuming their parents are as competent and capable as they always have been. Also, some parents expect grown children with fam-ily obligations of their own to do chores that would consume every weekend, when the parents are perfectly able to hire someone to do these jobs. Kids resent this.
Otherwise, please be direct. Say, “We are finding it difficult to change the light bulbs in our house because we are unsteady on the stepladder. Could you come by one day this week and take care of that for us? We’d truly appreciate it.” Most kids will step up when
asked.Dear Annie: My
77-year-old grand-mother is an incred-ibly caring and lov-ing woman, and she expresses this through cooking. Granny cooks large meals every day, and if you’re around, there’s no chance to escape without eating at least one plateful.
Dropping hints or saying you just ate, are on a diet or aren’t hungry doesn’t work. She says, “Eat it while it’s hot!” or “It’s not that filling,” and sud-denly two more scoops of potato salad have appeared on your dish.
I feel trapped. I don’t want to hurt her feel-ings, because I know she does it out of love and because when she was growing up there wasn’t always food in the house. But it’s no good gorging until I feel sick. It feels like she’s trying to feed me to death. Help! -- Stuffed in Pennsylvania
Dear Stuffed: You are right that Granny
shows love through food, and it also gives her pleasure to see you gorge. But no matter how much food Granny puts on your plate, you are not obligated to fin-ish it. Practice saying “no” sweetly but more convincingly. Spend some time taking one bite and pushing food around on your plate, and then sit back and say, “I’m stuffed! I can’t eat one more thing.” She’ll insist. You’ll repeat. She’ll cajole. You’ll repeat. She’ll act hurt. You’ll repeat. Ask whether you could take the food home (where you can do with it whatever you like). Tell her you love her. Ask her to talk to you about her day. But under no circumstances do you have to eat everything she puts in front of you.
Dear Annie: This is for “Mother in Iowa,” whose daughter falsely accused her of physi-cal abuse. What a child interprets as physical abuse may be different from what Mom rec-
ognizes. My mother thought
it was OK to pull down my panties and spank me with a paddle in front of my father. I am sure neither she nor my father considered that physical or sexual abuse, but I do. She also bit my finger so
hard one time that the teeth marks lasted for days.
While I bear the scars, I do not think of her as an abuser, because I am sure she felt her behavior was sanctioned by the Bible and by society. “Mother in Iowa” may think
what she did was nor-mal, while her daugh-ter may view it differ-ently. -- Mostly Over It in Vermont
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn.
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1st Trail Real Estate
1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM
Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484
Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575
Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222
Rob Burrus 250-231-4420
Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153
Sat,Aug. 30 STARTS AT 12NOON2246 7th AveTrail $98,000
Nathan MLS# 2400280
OPEN HOUSE
Trail $194,900
Rhonda MLS# 2399317
Rossland $294,000
Nathan MLS# 2397764
Fruitvale$194,000
Rhonda MLS# 2392778
Fruitvale $139,900
Rob MLS# 2393806
Renata $235,500
Rob MLS# 2215924
Trail $134,000
Rob MLS# 2397114
Fruitvale $399,000
Rob MLS# 2397558
Fruitvale $229,500
Rob MLS# 2396677
5.1 Acres
10 Acres
Warfield$189,900
Rhonda MLS# 2393875
Montrose$158,900
Rob MLS# 2397280
Warfield$144,900
Nathan MLS# 2395554
Triplex
NEW LISTING
New Price!
Updated Double Lot
Fruitvale$299,000
Rhonda MLS# 2399752
Trail$169,000
Rhonda MLS# 2397878
Fruitvale$149,000
Rhonda MLS# 2400173
Rossland $299,900
Marie-Claude MLS# 2395423
Rossland $199,900
Marie-Claude MLS# 2395984
Rossland $998,000
Marie-Claude MLS# 2398348
Rossland $59,900
Marie-Claude MLS# 2395154
New Price! 292.5 acres
Sub dividable
NEW LISTING
3.7 Acres
Rossland $69,000
Marie-Claude MLS# 2216910
Rossland $299,900
Marie-Claude MLS# 2400256
1 Bdrm FurnishedView Lot
Merchandise for Sale
Misc. for SaleKenmore Elite front load washer/dryer (excellent shape) $500. White granite kitchen sink with faucet/spray $125. Call 250-367-7603
Property has a nice private backyard with a garden
area for the green thumb. Super neighbours in an
area of both young fam-ilies and retirees. Nearby park, wonderful walking trails, and just steps from
public transit. Newly refinished wood flooring
in all three bedrooms and the living room. Gas furnace for cost effective
winter heating and an oversized carport for the car. Laundry downstairs in partial basement. Low maintenance metal roof and vinyl siding both in
good condition.$195,000
250-498-7585 cell250-498-3519 res
FOR SALE- singlewide Mfg. home by river in Whispering Pines MHP. 70’x14’ with addi-tion-15’x10’, giving 1200+ sq.ft. total area. 3bdrms, 2baths, open interior design, workshop, garden with stor-age/tool shed. Double car parking, sidewalks, decorative rock-work features. Asking $99,900- in serene Genelle neighbourhood. Call 250-512-8087 or 250-512-9087 to view.
Open HousesHome for Sale-Sunningdale. Move-in ready 1549sqft. incl. bsmt. 2bdrm/1bath/gas heat /central AC/insulated. New fl ooring & paint. Kitchen updat-ed-new stainless fridge, stove, DW. Bathroom updated-new white fi xtures. Updated win-dows/ new window coverings. 60’x107’ lot with fenced, se-cure, private yard/garden area/two sheds, one plumbed with gas/electricity. Large car-port, workshop, covered patio. Yard access through large gate. Roof redone 8yrs. 735sqft. basement-half fi n-ished with washer, dryer, laun-dry tub, recently serviced fur-nace and gas hot water tank. Plenty of storage. Priced to sell at $189,900. Open to of-fers. Call 250-364-1940. See photos Kijiji Ad ID 1011459826
Apt/Condo for RentTRAIL, 2BDRM. Glenmerry. Newly reno’d, perfect for sen-ior, no stairs. N/P. Utilities in-cluded. 250-368-1312.
TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312
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3 Bdrm.Avail Now
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W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $575./mo. 250-551-1106
Duplex / 4 Plex1000sqf 2bdrm/2bath duplex for rent in Montrose. Close to bus stop, dble-pane windows, heat-pump, D/W, NP/NS. $850/month. Ph 604-374-0121
Mobile Homes & Pads
14 WIDE 2bd. trailer w/addi-tions on 1acre. Avail. Sept.15. $800. plus utilities. References required. 250-693-2107
Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 2bdrm., full base-ment, F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $850./mo. 250-365-9306, 250-365-5003
W.TRAIL, 1 or could be 2 bdrm. $575./mo. Phil 250-551-0267
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2001 Toyota Highlander, AWD; V6, original owner; well maintained, good condition, good summer tires, 4 studded winter tires on rims used only 1 season , Block Heater, Roof rack, A/C, 305,000 mostly hwy km’s, no accidents. $5400 obo. 250-489-3146 Cranbrook
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Fruitvale$149,000
MLS#2393279
PRICE
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Fruitvale$459,000
MLS#2218280
AMAZING
Waneta Village$110,000
MLS#2394307
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BUILDING LOTS
East Trail$129,000
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NEW LISTING
Glenmerry$227,000
MLS#2394858
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Emerald Ridge$100,000
MLS#2394155
2 LOTS
Trail$99,000
MLS#2399178
GOOD INCOME
Trail$145,000
MLS#2398012
GREAT VALUE
East Trail$169,500
MLS#2400244
CHARMING
Glenmerry$254,900
MLS#2398745
PRICE
SLASHED
East Trail$129,900
MLS#2399121
FRESHLY
PAINTED
Montrose$219,000
MLS#2400223
NEW LISTING
Oasis$159,000
MLS#
CHARMING
NEW LISTING
Fruitvale$379,900
MLS#2397463
FAMILY HOME
ON 1.89 ACRES
Trail$160,000
MLS#2399060
CHARMING
Trail$149,500
MLS#2400049
6 BEDROOMS
Salmo$269,900 incl. GST
MLS#2397445
NEW! NEW!
NEW!
East Tail$128,000
MLS#2398323
FABULOUS
LOCATION
East Trail$179,900
MLS#2389454
SUPER
LOCATION
Ross Spur$329,900
MLS#2397444
16 ACRES
East Trail$257,000
MLS#2398569
GOOD FAMILY
HOME
Glenmerry$184,900
MLS#2397444
BEST
LOCATION
Beaver Falls$309,000
MLS#2399792
2 HOMES
ON 5 ACRES
East Trail$167,300
MLS#2399556
CHARACTER
HOME
Salmo$199,500
MLS#2398692
GOOD VALUE
Trail$89,000
MLS#2399761
NEW PRICE
Warfi eld$165,000
MLS#2400263
NEW LISTING
Fruitvale$299,900
MLS#2397286
IMMACULATE
CONDITION
Trail$135,000
MLS#2399695
NEW ROOF,
DECK & BATH
Glenmerry$245,000
MLS#2398820
IMMEDIATE
POSSESSION
Annable$179,000
MLS#2399818
OPEN PLAN
Redstone$789,800
MLS#2393760
NEW PRICE
West Trail$129,900
MLS#2399453
GREAT
LOCATION
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PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.
493-3800(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSCherry Lane Mall
(250) 493-4566
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
CASTLEGAR200-1965 Columbia Ave.
365-6455(250)
NELSONChahko Mika Mall
352-7258(250)
CRANBROOK101 Kootenay St. North
426-8927(250)
TELUS KIOSK
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
100 MileHouse
KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road
860-2600(250)
PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.
493-3800(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
ANDRES CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue
(250) 860-1975
KELOWNA CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue
(250) 860-1975
KAMLOOPS CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str
(250) 314-9944
WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.
707-2600(250)
PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.
493-3800(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WilliamsLake KELOWNA
2153 Springfield Road860-2600(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
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KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
ANDRES WIRELESSAberdeen Mall(250) 377-8880
ANDRES WIRELESS215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall
(250) 377-8007
ANDRES CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str
(250) 314-9944
ANDRES BUSINESS300 St. Paul Str.
(250) 377-3773
PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.
563-4447(250)
KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive
851-8700(250)
VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.
542-3000(250)
WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.
398-8522(250)
L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.
395-4015(250)
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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)
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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™
WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME.
NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!
239 Simonds Street, Warfi eld$110,000
Cute as a button with updated wiring, plumbing and new fl ooring. Covered carport, shed, sun deck and fenced
yard. Check it out, you will be pleasantly surprised!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
31 Hillside Drive, Trail$169,000
Looking for one-level living? 3 bed home with large kitchen and original hardwood
fl oors. Single car garage & room to park an RV, a covered patio for summer barbeques and a tiered back yard with
mature landscaping. Call Terry 250-231-1101
1845 3rd Street, Fruitvale$219,000
SELLER MOTIVATED! This large 3 bed/3 bath home is the perfect project. Get in now and fi nish the renovations to your taste. Most of the electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall and windows have
been done. Come check it out!Call Richard (250) 368-7897
NEW PRICE
2200 Highway 3B, Fruitvale
$259,0004 bdrm Fruitvale home
on 4 acres!Call Terry 250-231-1101
3249 Lilac Crescent, Trail$265,000
This house is “perfect”. Updates abound with 200 amp. electrical, updated
plumbing, torch-on roofi ng, beautiful kitchen and very large covered deck.
Great private yard. This home is waiting for you, just pack up your bags and
move on in.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW PRICE
NEW LISTING
2017 Valleyview Drive, Trail$149,000
This house has is all... great location with a fabulous view of the river. 4
beds/2 baths and plenty of room for the whole family. Have your REALTOR(R) call
today for an appointment to view. Call Jodi (250) 231-2331
4206 Ross Spur Road, Ross Spur$1,200,000
PRIVATE RETREAT! This spectacular home is located 25 acres of healthy treed property with Beaver Creek running through. The home has over 4200 square feet of fi nished space, with high ceilings, hardwood fl oors, deluxe kitchen
and views galore! You have to see it to believe it!
956 Spokane Street, Trail
$133,900Excellent investment opportunity!
Call for revenue details! Do not miss out!
Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
2040 McBride Street, Trail$115,500
This Shaver’s Bench home has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. The price is right.
Call today! Call Jodi (250) 231-2331
NEW LISTING
269 Railway Lane, Trail $147,900
Great solid family home - 4 plus bdrms - 1.5 baths - 2 kitchens - located close to downtown Trail -
modern décor with updates - Call your REALTOR® for your viewing.
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
212 Haig Street, Warfi eld$209,000
Immaculate 3 bdrm home with workshop and garage. Bright and
sparkling clean. You will enjoy the indoor space as well the private back yard and
peaceful setting. Call your realtor for your personal viewing.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW PRICE
NEW LISTING
1665 Maida Road, Christina Lake $94,900
Excellent retreat -fantastic fl at comer lot - ideal building site or place to locate your trailer or fi fth wheel- water -septic
- power are all done!Call Mark (250) 231-5591
NEW PRICE
1645 Victoria Avenue, Rossland$289,900
3 bdrm, 3 bath family home large 27x28 covered deck. Fireplace, walk-
out basement with huge rec-room, workshop, covered parking and new
roof. Garage and tons of storage complete this package.
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
1463 Bay Ave, Downtown TrailFor Lease
Updated and very clean space in downtown core. Security system, air
conditioned, and great access to bring in large items. In an area of long standing
businesses with good foot traffi c.Call Art (250) 368-8818
966 Upper China Creek Road, Genelle
$269,000This 4 bed/1 bath home offers privacy and 2 acres! Many upgrades! (wiring,
plumbing, heating, roof, fencing, landscaping). Call your REALTOR®
now to view.Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
1604 Wilmes Lane, Trail$129,000
This 3 bdrm 2 bath home offers great outdoor living with a lovely deck out front and a large covered deck at the
back. Both bathrooms have been recently renovated, among other
upgrades. At this price it will go quick!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
NEW PRICE
NEW PRICE
Guy Bertrand photo
A crop of yellow daisies near the Family Monument in downtown Trail was soaking up the late August sun-shine on Tuesday morning.
