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A special general meeting was held at the office of the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce last Friday, and in less than 10 minutes, three new directors were welcomed on board.

The agenda was set for the “business at hand” and was to address the nomination process for new directors, which closed on Dec. 10.

Although the meeting deal-ing with the election was brief, the post-meeting tête-à-tête with some of the 35 attendees lasted

over an hour.There were many lingering

questions and comments regard-ing the swift and controversial termination of executive director Maggie Stayanovich, and mem-bers wanted to address the topic.

“I am surprised that so many people are making assumptions only knowing half the story,” said Lisa Gregorini, director of the chamber. “But we have to respect the privacy laws.”

According to Gregorini, the reasons for Stayanovich’s ter-mination will never be made public. She added the chamber

has been consulting its lawyers throughout the ordeal, to deter-mine what, if anything, it would reveal.

“More information begs more questions, and we are keeping it quiet to respect privacy,” she said.

Calls to Stayanovich were not returned as of press time.

Pastor Shayne McIntyre, from the Gateway Christian Life Centre, resigned as a chamber director on Nov. 28, and only learned of Stayanovich’s dismiss-al the following Monday (Dec. 3).

“I got back involved with the

chamber because of Maggie, it was through her encouragement as a director, that I returned,” said the pastor.

“My position of resignation is clear,” he explained. “They didn’t follow procedure, and if you are not following a process, you cannot address the issues at hand properly, and they become slanted.

“The following Monday, I found out they went ahead and dismissed her, before she was even given an opportunity to speak.”

McIntyre’s resignation

revolves around the fact that not all board members were present at the meeting to vote and those absent were not privy to any information that was discussed during the in-camera sessions.

In-camera is a closed board meeting that covers information not recorded in the minutes or divulged to the public.

McIntyre added nei-ther Stayanovich nor Thea Stayanovich, her daughter and fellow board member, were allowed in the room during the in-camera meeting.

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Chamber meeting yields more questions than answers

B Y T I M O T H Y S C H A F E RTimes Staff

The room went silent when the public question period opened.

Mayor Dieter Bogs had initiat-ed public time at Monday night’s city council meeting and asked a full council chambers gallery of 23 people if anyone wished to speak to council on a matter of concern.

After repeated calls and no speak-ers one woman finally stood up and opened a flood gate for debate on an issue that had rubbed several Trail residents the wrong way in fall, and now could potentially pit neighbours against each other.

She pointed to council’s recent move to place a $500 fine—initiated only on receipt of a valid neighbour complaint—on non compliance for improper storage of a recreation-al vehicle, improper placement of a swimming pool or a temporary vehicle shelter.

The city’s previous zoning bylaw prohibited storing those items on front driveways and lawns, as well as exterior side yards of corner lots. But there was no penalty in place for violating the rules.

“I don’t understand why we are being criticized for what we choose to do or store on our property,” the woman asked council.

The fine would not be levied unless a neighbour consented to generate a compliance complaint, said city corporate administrator

Michelle McIsaac.She noted that, in fall, as part

of the city’s annual search for unlicensed vehicles parked on city streets, 62 letters went out for improper storage of recreational vehicles, which was reduced to seven after the property owners complied. Only one fine was handed out after a neighbour complained.

“I know (complaints driven) is what we are going to, but it’s not perfect by any means because people don’t want to get into any trouble with their neighbours,” said Bogs.

After the woman spoke, nine other people rose to voice their displeasure with the way the city was handling the issue. The people spoke and council listened. But it did not sink in.

After a lengthy debate, council approved setting the fine amount at $500 for the bylaw infraction, despite a motion made at third reading by councillor Kevin Jolly to rescind the amendment and con-sider reducing the fine.

The rule on parking RVs in front yards had been in place since 2002. Parking them on the street for more than 24 hours is prohibited as well.

Under amendments to the city’s municipal ticketing information bylaw, violators will now be subject to $500 fines which are enforceable in Provincial Court.

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John Crockett, job coach for the West Kootenay youth and adult wood shop, crafts a custom ordered shadow box out of reclaimed wood. See story on Page 2.

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John Crockett loves to craft things from wood, and he brings his passion to a gar-age in East Trail every week to teach skills to those who struggle in the community.

“ W o o d w o r k i n g has been a hobby of mine for years,” said Crockett. “But work-ing with the kids, is an added bonus.”

After being retired for 12 years, Crockett began working for the Career Development Services (CDS), by tin-kering with appliances in need of repair, a service offered to the

community by the CDS.

A year later, he jumped at the offer to be a job coach for the CDS, in its youth and adult wood shop pro-gram.

“I’ve been out of school over 50 years now,” said Crockett.

“But when stu-dents with various challenges come here to learn, I teach them what I can.”

The project is col-laboration between the CDS and a sup-port network from the Columbia Youth Development Centre, called Freedom Quest.

“There have been

a lot of great stories around individuals in the wood shop and wood store front,” said Sheila Adcock, coordinator for the CDS.

“They have made friends, feel a sense of belonging and accom-plishment, which enhances their mental health.”

There are various items made in wood shop, which are then sold in the Hand Made By shop on Bay Avenue in downtown Trail.

Common items built are step stools; step up chairs, wood drying racks, and cus-tom orders, such as an oval tea cart that Crockett is currently working on.

The wood shop pro-ject does not require a budget for the wood, as pallets and bits and pieces that are usually discarded in the land-fill, supply the shop with plenty of build-ing medium.

“All the wood is scrounged, wherever I can get it from,” said Crockett.

“I have a 10’ X 20’ shack out back that is

full right now.”The wood shop used

to close for the sum-mers, but Crockett has kept it open year round.

“If I need a day off here or there, I just let them know, otherwise we are open for busi-

ness.”The program is

attended by five to seven students on Thursday and Friday afternoons.

To order a hand-made product from the wood shop, con-tact CDS at 364-1104.

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Top photo: The East Trail shop shows the abun-dance of scrap wood collected to make projects. Above photo: Nikki Brown carefully crafts decor-ative wood boxes, which are sold at the Hand Made By store on Bay Avenue.

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you are entitled to know what you did wrong,” he said.

Pastor McIntyre said at the end of the day there is a lot to be said and a lot of questions to be answered.

In a Nov. 30 letter to chamber members, it was revealed that the chamber’s board of direc-tors voted unanimously on Nov. 26 to release its executive director, Maggie Stayanovich.

“This has not been handled well at all, to the detriment of our city,” said McIntyre.

On Friday, Patty Leclerc-Zanet of Coldwell Banker, Brad Rush of Rush Entertainment and Jen Shelest of Axis Massage Therapy let their names stand for nomination to the board, and all were all elected by acclamation. There were six vacancies available.

“At the annual meeting in March, we will look to increase that number to a maximum of 12,” said Gregorini.

And for now, that is all the information the chamber will be divulging.

Three new directors added

T h e G r a n d F o r k s G a z e T T eTwo men were arrested and have been formal-

ly charged following a robbery at a Greenwood motel early Monday morning, where a female employee was tied up.

Charanjeet Singh Khosa, 26, and Ravinder Singh Mettla, 28, from Calgary, Alta. have been charged with forcible confinement, uttering threats, assault, break-and-enter, robbery and extortion relating to the incident.

According to RCMP, the Midway detachment received a call of a robbery and forcible confine-ment at 1:37 a.m.

After arriving at the scene, investigators spoke to a female employee of the Greenwood motel. The suspects had tied her up during a robbery but otherwise, she was not physically harmed.

Other Boundary area detachments were noti-fied and at 2 a.m., Grand Forks RCMP stopped a grey Nissan Pathfinder on Highway 3 – the two males were arrested.

The investigation is continuing with mem-bers from Midway and Grand Forks, Kootenay Boundary General Investigation Section and Forensic Identification Services involved.

“You can imagine on something like that, there’s an awful lot of work to be done to get it to the point where we get charge approval and the bail hearing done, which we’re pretty much working on right now; getting everything together for a report to Crown counsel,” Grand Forks RCMP’s Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison explained to the Grand Forks Gazette.

Both have been remanded into custody until this Thursday when they will once again be heard by the Judicial Justice of the Peace to determine their further detention.

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The heavy snow that dumped down on Greater Trail Monday morning was an afternoon task for removal by many residents, including Lorna Richardson, left, and her neighbour Gary Hoglund. Hoglund had just cleared the snow pushed into his drive-way by a City of Trail snowplow when he decided to pop over and help Richardson shovel the wet snow out of her driveway. They shouldn’t put the shovels away just yet. Environment Canada is predicting up to10cm of snow by tonight.

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The infrastructure in Greater Trail is getting all charged up.

The province has invested in the first electric vehicle charging station for Trail, approving funding for pur-chase and installation of a Level 2 (240-volt) charging station at FortisBC Inc.

As well, the City of Rossland will be installing four stations under the same program.

The exact cost and loca-tion of the station in Trail was not available.

In all there are 145 new stations being installed by 41 different organizations. Approval is for 75 per cent of the cost of purchasing and installing charging stations, up to $4,000 per station.

The funding is part of the $2.7-million Community Charging Infrastructure

(CCI) Fund announced in April by Environment Minister Terry Lake.

Combined with the charging-station funding previously announced, this brings the total number of CCI Fund-supported char-ging stations in the province to 418.

The first municipal elec-tric vehicle claim belongs to Montrose, however. The village has an electric truck that plugs into a normal 110-volt receptacle.

However, the village had to install an exhaust system for it because the charging system emits off-gases of sulphur dioxide.

The new charging sta-tions are part of a planning grant process in which 12 local and regional govern-ments were awarded funding to allow them to prioritize and plan for charging-sta-tion deployments in their

respective jurisdictions.Other stations will be

distributed throughout the province in commun-ities like Kamloops, Prince George, Houston, Fernie and Richmond. More than 60 per cent of the char-ging stations in this round are being installed by busi-nesses.

The locations of up to an additional 152 charging sta-tions will be made available later this month—bringing the total number of stations being installed under the CCI Fund to 570.

B.C. businesses, non-profit groups and local gov-ernments are investing in another 145 electric-vehicle charging stations through-out the province.

The purpose of the CCI fund is to support a net-work of charging stations province-wide. All stations must be installed by March

31, 2013.The CEVforBC™program

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Caroling Midnight Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Trail) 7:30pm St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale) 9:00pm St. Anthony’s Church (Trail)

Tuesday, December 25Christmas Day Mass 9:00am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 10:00am Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Trail) 11:00am St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale) 1:30pm Sacred Heart Parish (Salmo)

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Sunday, December 30 MassThe Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph 8:30am St. Anthony’s Church (Trail) 9:00am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 10:00am Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Trail) 11:00am St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale)

Tuesday, January 1New Year’s Day Mass 9:00am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 10:00am Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Trail) 11:00am St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale) 1:30pm Sacred Heart Parish (Salmo)

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The Board is considering potential school closure and/or reconfiguration potentially impacting Rossland Secondary School, MacLean Elementary School and J. Lloyd Crowe Secondary School. The public forum will provide information and allow members of the public to provide input to the Board about the potentially effected Rossland and greater Trail area schools.

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B.C. government has banned oil and gas exploration in an area of northern B.C. that was the scene of anti-development protests by First Nations mem-bers seven years ago.

The province announced a deal Tuesday with Shell Canada and the Tahltan Central Council under which Shell will withdraw its plans to explore for natural gas in a region

known as the Klappan at the confluence of the Stikine, Nass and Skeena Rivers.

In 2005, some members of the Tahltan were arrested during protests against exploration in the area, which the First Nation calls the Sacred Headwaters.

In addition to giving up its petroleum ten-ures, Shell will build a new water recycling project to support its gas developments in northeastern B.C., which will be funded by $20 million in roy-alty credits from the B.C. government.

Tahltan Central

Council President Annita McPhee said the Klappan is one of the most sacred and important areas for her people and she acknowledged Shell for its decision to give up its development plans.

“I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I am and how hon-oured I am on behalf of the Tahltan Nation,” said McPhee, reached in Terrace, B.C. “It’s a huge honour for our nation to have this beautiful area pro-tected.”

F o r e s t E t h i c s spokeswoman Karen Tam Wu said world-wide and local pres-sure by First Nations and environmental groups prompted Shell to take its plans elsewhere.

“It creates and win for the company and a win for the govern-ment and it gets the company out of the headwaters,” Tam Wu said.

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The chair of the Greater Victoria school board has spoken out against more cuts to B.C.’s education budget.

In a Dec. 17 let-

ter Peg Orcherton asked Education Minister Don McRae to reconsider his Dec. 3 request for all school boards in the province to slash 1.5 per cent savings from their cur-rent budget in order to reach a collective agreement with K-12 support staff under the co-operative gains mandate. The addi-tional 1.5 per cent equates to $507,000.

Orcherton said the plan would negatively impact the delivery of education programs for students.

“Minister McRae, let me assure you that if there were savings to be had, we would be using them to sup-port student learn-ing in classrooms,” Orcherton wrote. … I know the staff and the School District and let me assure you

that every person con-tributes to the service levels to our public. Nobody who works in the Greater Victoria School District is superfluous to our needs.”

Minister McRae acknowledged finding the savings would be difficult in some cases and expects to see plans varied at boards across the province. To assist in the process, district superintend-ents and secretary-treasurers will be in touch with boards this week. The ministry hopes to see the sav-ings plans completed by mid-January.

School trust-ee Deborah Nohr expressed outrage at the request to what she described as the government’s reckless economic policies and in an email to mem-bers of the media, called the plan a delib-erate, systematic and willful underfunding of public education.

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A fisherman returns a lobster trap to the waters of Halifax harbour on Sunday. Record landings com-bined with the economic downturn in Europe and the United States have made the lobster season, which opened in southwestern Nova Scotia late last month, particularly difficult. Prices are hovering around $3 per pound, down from $4.50 per pound in 2009.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - An

amateur web sleuth provided the key to identifying an American navy vet-eran with a degree in linguistics as a mystery woman who turned up at a shel-ter in Toronto with apparent amnesia, knowing only that her first name was Linda.

I n v e s t i g a t o r s announced Tuesday that she is Linda Hegg, 56, who has schizophrenia and may have suffered a traumatic event that triggered her memory loss.

It’s still not known exactly when Hegg left her assisted liv-ing facility in Newark, Del., why she boarded a bus to Canada, how she crossed the bor-der at Fort Erie with an expired U.S. pass-port, or what she did in the days before she arrived at the shelter.

Hegg herself doesn’t have those answers, as her memories have not returned, said Toronto police Det. Roger Caracciolo. She had to ask the staff from her facility where she had been after she was sent back home last week.

Though she still doesn’t remember her family or her life, she was happy to be told her name and that police had found her mother in Indianapolis.

A web sleuth called Caracciolo on Nov. 7 to direct him to a missing woman from the United States who looked like Toronto’s “Linda.” She had been reported missing just days earlier after nei-ther her family nor her case worker had seen her in a while.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SMONTREAL - There have been arrests in

the case of a massive maple syrup heist, police announced Tuesday as they celebrated a break in their months-long multi-jurisdictional search for the stolen sticky stuff.

Three people have been detained in connec-tion with the theft of a large quantity of the national condiment from a warehouse in Quebec.

About 2.7 million kilos of maple syrup, worth up to $18 million, was reported missing after a routine inventory check last summer. Or, if your preferred unit of measurement is pancakes, the amount would have provided a one-tablespoon topping for a whopping 183 million flapjacks.

Police say they have now recovered most of the missing syrup. They have also seized vehicles suspected of being used in the trafficking oper-ation and equipment like scales and electronic lifts.

Those arrested are expected to face charges in a Trois-Rivieres courtroom of theft, conspiracy, fraud and trafficking in stolen goods Tuesday.

There are arrest warrants out for five other people.

“This investigation is not over,” Claude Denis of the Quebec provincial police said.

“It’s ongoing, and other arrests could follow.”Officers from the RCMP, the Canada Border

Services Agency and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assisted the Quebec prov-incial police in the investigation - which featured interviews with 300 people in the maple syrup industry in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and the northern U.S.

The alleged crime occurred at one of the

several warehouses containing Quebec’s maple syrup stockpile, which is generally about 21 mil-lion kilos worth roughly $120 million.

The theft was discovered during a routine inventory check at the warehouse belonging to the Quebec Federation of Maple Syrup Producers in St-Louis-de-Blandford, Que.

Most of the breakfast bootie has been recovered.

“Two-thirds of stolen syrup was recovered,” Denis said.

Even though Quebec claims to produce four-fifths of the world’s maple syrup, the missing barrels did not actually affect world prices, one industry insider says.

The missing amount comprised barely one-10th of the province’s strategic reserve.

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Arrests made in massive maple syrup heist T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA, Ont. - Canada Post delivered a

single-day record of one million parcels across Canada last Thursday, underlining moves by the federal Crown corporation to take advantage of a growing trend.

The single-day record represented an 11 per cent increase over the previous year’s busiest day, Canada Post said.

And with seven days left before Christmas Day, Canada Post expects to deliver an additional 4.4 million parcels by the evening of Dec. 24.

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - The opposition parties and head

of the Assembly of First Nations are calling on the prime minister to end the hunger strike by a prominent aboriginal leader, before it’s too late.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has written to Stephen Harper, suggesting that he and the Governor General meet with aboriginal leaders to end the protest.

Chief Theresa Spence of the remote Attawapiskat First Nation in Northern Ontario stopped eating a week ago, vowing to die unless the government started showing more respect for aboriginal treaties.

Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan had proposed a meeting with her last week to discuss issues affecting Attawapiskat, but there was no response to the offer.

The Liberals and the Assembly of First Nations have also issued letters to Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston, calling for an urgent meeting to discuss Spence’s demands.

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OPINION

When will there be too many ‘acceptable losses’?In the wake of the

Newtown shootings, it’s time to finally admit a terrible truth:

There may be no number of murdered children that will convince Americans to regulate guns.

The concept of “accept-able loss” applies here. An acceptable loss is a sacrifice that is deemed an accept-able cost of doing business.

In the military con-text, there is a percent-age of troops or airplanes or battleships that are expected to be lost in battle and the unit is still con-sidered fit for active duty. If there are 1,000 soldiers in a battalion, how many is a general willing to sacrifice to take a strategic hill? If it’s 10 per cent, 100 sol-diers is the acceptable loss for that action.

There are 74 million children in the United States. How many children have to die at the hands of murderous psychopaths or mentally ill gunmen before Americans finally get ser-ious about gun control and agree on an understanding of the Second Amendment that makes sense in a mod-ern society? Clearly, the slain innocent up to now are acceptable losses.

If they weren’t then, logically, the 12 students killed at the Columbine High School in 1999 would

have swayed American public opinion in favour of more gun control. Or the seven that were killed at a Christian college in Oakland earlier this year. Or any of the children who were killed or wounded during the American 31 school shootings of the past 20 years.

Instead, American pub-lic opinion has run in exactly the opposite direc-tion, according to the Pew Research Center, which has been surveying attitudes toward guns and regula-tion since the early 90s.

In 1993, Pew found that 54 per cent of Americans wanted controls placed on gun ownership, while 34 per cent thought pro-tecting gun owners’ rights were paramount. Nineteen years later and those num-bers have changed signifi-cantly, with 47 per cent supporting gun rights and 46 per cent in favour of gun control.

“Recent mass shoot-ings have had little impact on the public’s attitudes toward gun control. That was the case after the Colorado theater shoot-ings; similarly, views of gun control changed little after the Jan. 2011 shoot-ing in Tucson Arizona, which killed six people and seriously wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,”

the report states.So what changed over

two decades? In a word, Republicans.

Democrat support for gun control remained more or less constant. But respondents identify-ing with the GOP changed their views radically.

In the first survey only 25 per cent of Republicans said gun rights were more important than gun con-trol. By July 2012, after the tragic shooting deaths of 12 people and the wound-ing of 58 others during a screening of the Dark Knight Rises movie, that percentage had risen to 71.

The obvious finger to be pointed is at the Tea Party and other right-wing fringe groups that have hijacked the GOP and pushed the party further out to the margins. We all remember TV news foot-age of Tea Party members showing up to public pro-

tests against Obamacare with assault weapons slung across their backs. And we all know about the National Rifle Association and its pernicious influence on the Republican party and its elected members in Congress and state legis-latures.

But Republicans aren’t the only political grouping whose views on gun con-trol have changed over the course of the Pew surveys. Independents now support the rights of gun owners to the tune of 55 per cent.

And let’s not forget the Obama effect. Gun owner-ship has risen dramatically since his first election in 2008, as has general sup-port in the United States for gun rights. More evi-dence of right-wing para-noia about the first black president in American history? Then how do we explain the sudden increase in black support for gun ownership and gun rights? Or the same trend among women, another group his-torically supportive of gun control?

If the Pew research is any indication, the Newtown slayings won’t change American’s opinion about gun control a whit. None of the previous tra-gedies has, why should this one?

Obama was quick to

offer heartfelt words to the families of the slain children, but he said little about gun control.

As New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg tweeted yesterday, “Today President Obama rightly sent his condolences to families. But the country needs him to send a bill to Congress”.

No kidding.But that isn’t likely to

happen. Obama steered clear of gun control in his first term and doesn’t appear any more keen to tackle it in his second. Anguished citizens walking the streets of American in candlelight vigils are noth-ing compared to the lobby-ing might of the NRA.

The best prediction is a repetition of every mass shooting since Columbine: a few days or weeks of mourning, plenty of angst on the cable news shows, and then business as usual. American public opinion is just too supportive of gun owners, not gun control.

What other conclusion can a reasonable person come to but that the 20 murdered children of the Newtown shootings are just more “acceptable loss-es?” There is simply no evi-dence to the contrary.

Markham Hislop is Editor in Chief of Beacon News.

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the snow it is a veritable winter wonderland.

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The advice always came with the best intentions, but it appears - at least for a genera-tion or so - mom and dad had it all wrong.

Stay in school. Get your university degree. Don’t get your hands dirty. Use your brain, not your back. Become a professional.

Apparently, lots of kids did exactly what their par-ents urged them to do. Now there are plenty of people with degrees driving cabs and work-ing at Walmart.

But plumbers, electricians, mechanics and pipefitters, well, they’ve got it made in the shade.

Their services are in high demand and the trades that once were viewed as less desir-able now command big bucks, with plenty of job opportun-ities available from St. John to Sooke.

The so-called skills short-age is a made-in-Canada prob-lem, due in part to an under-standable parental desire for children to have a better life

than they did. But even more so, it represents a colossal fail-ure on the part of government to come up with an effective plan to head off a problem that many have seen coming for decades.

This week Citizenship, I m m i g r a t i o n a n d Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney came up with at least a temporary solution - a program that will see as many as 3,000 trades people admitted to Canada starting in January to fill jobs in the skilled trades, providing they have a job offer or a certificate of qualification, a basic under-standing of the language, two years work experience in the trade and can meet certain professional standards.

Say what you want about importing foreign labour, the government’s plan to bring in skilled workers to bail out des-perate employers will at least provide a temporary solution, whether they’re coal miners in Tumbler Ridge, plumbers in Prince George or a tandoori chef in Kamloops.

But temporary is all the

federal fix should be.Foreign workers must not

be viewed by big business as a source of cheap labour or way to get around rules and regula-tions designed to ensure the safety of employees.

And if they’re used, hiring decisions must be defended and justified by employers who should have to demon-strate that the decision to look outside our borders was truly necessary rather than simply expedient.

And rather than making it more difficult for Canadians to collect Employment Insurance benefits by forcing them to move away from home for a poorly paying job, the federal government should be offering low-cost education loans or access to free skills upgrades so Canadians can fill empty jobs and provide for their fam-ilies.

There’s no doubt Canada needs an infusion of for-eign tradesmen, but there’s no question that we have the homegrown talent to do the job - if adequate training is available and affordable.

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The 10-week-old German shepherd visited kids at a rehabilitation centre in Regina on Tuesday as part of the K9 Cops for Kids Christmas campaign.

“We’re trying to give them the feel-ing of being back at home. Animals, especially puppies, just bring smiles on people’s faces,” said RCMP Cpl. Sean Cleary.

“It’s just a little bit of home in the hospital environment.”

Each child also gets a stuffed dog

that looks like Elf. Cleary said the toy is something for the kids to cuddle with and hold when “they’re having a bit of a tougher time.”

“The reaction from the kids has been amazing, from absolute joy, elate-ment,” he said.

“It’s just been really nice. And not only the kids, but also the parents because ... for them, being in hospital over Christmas, they’re tired, they’re stressed out ... as any parent would be. So it’s a little of a relief for them, too, not only to see their kids happy, but ... it’s a little bit of a break for them as well.”

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tion centre with her eight-year-old Logan.

Logan has athetoid cerebral palsy and has to go to the centre every couple of weeks for therapy.

Elf sat on Logan’s lap and licked at the little boy’s face. Logan smiled, said “Hi Elf” and petted the dog’s fur.

Cleary, who has two young children of his own, said he started the program because he wanted to help other kids.

Saskatchewan is believed to be the first province to offer the program, but Cleary hopes it’s not the last.

“I’m just really hoping that not only will it be an annual event, but it will expand across the country.”

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SNEW YORK - The late American crooner

Andy Williams, famous for easy-listening hits such as “Moon River” and “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” from his beloved Christmas TV specials, had a passion for Navajo blankets. He assembled a museum-quality collection that’s slated to be auctioned for more than $1 million next year.

The bold, colorful wool blankets decorated his home and office and also the Moon River Theater in Branson, Mo., where they hung “alongside large photographs of Mr. Williams with other musical legends of the 20th cen-tury like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand,” said David Roche, Sotheby’s consultant on American Indian art.

The sale is scheduled for late May.Williams began acquiring the blankets in

the 1950s, when only a handful of people were collecting them.

The top lot is a rare Navajo Man’s Wearing Blanket, woven in a “chief’s first phase design” characterized by the addition of fine red stripes. Only about 50 are known to exist.

Its pre-sale estimate is $200,000 to $300,000.

“The red cloth was a very rare commod-ity and the effort to produce this yarn was painstaking,” said Roche, Sotheby’s consultant on American Indian art who knew Williams personally.

The collection numbers about 80 blankets, most woven from handspun wool.

“The early blankets are woven in limited palettes of natural brown and ivory, indigo blue and crimson red,” said Roche. After 1870, there was an explosion of colour because dyes from the East Coast became available through trade to the Navajo, he said.

Williams’ blankets were featured at the St. Louis Art Museum in 1997-1998 in an exhibition titled “Navajo Weavings from the Collection of Andy Williams.”

He died in September at age 84.The baritone was known for his wholesome,

middle-America appeal and easy-listening hits including the theme to the Oscar-winning tearjerker “Love Story.”

He outlasted many of the decade’s rock stars and fellow crooners such as Sinatra and Perry Como. He remained on the charts into the 1970s and continued to perform into his 80s.

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B.C. woman who’s a big fan of the hit TV show The Big Bang Theory got a real bang of her own when a doll she made of one of the show’s characters appeared on TV.

Jackie Laing of Dawson Creek made a crochet doll of Jim Parsons in his character as Sheldon Cooper, the oddball

star of the sitcom about four nerdy friends in California.

“The Big Bang Theory is my favourite show and he’s my favourite character,” she said. “(I like) his quirkiness - just his character.”

Laing sent Parsons the doll, which is decked out in the Flash T-shirt and jeans that Parsons frequently wears on the show.

She was excited just to get

an e-mail picture from Parsons showing him holding the doll, but then Parsons took the doll along with him when he appeared as a guest on Conan O’Brien’s talk show Dec. 5.

“I think it’s the cutest thing in the world,” Parsons told O’Brien, mentioning Jackie’s name.

“I was in shock,” Laing said. “I was really excited.” She was

so overcome she cried when she first saw the doll on tele-vision.

People who she didn’t know have seen the doll and asked her if she would make some copies they could buy.

But Laing said she’s too busy with other projects and instead has posted the design online for anyone wishing to create their own Sheldon doll.

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After Hill made it 3-1, the Tire’s Shane Drake converted a pass from defenceman Cam Ferguson to again make it a one-goal game.

But Hill would net his second of the night to ice it just before the end of the second.

Re/Max has won back-to-back games against the Tire and are currently five points ahead in league standings, but OK Tire, who sit in second place, has two games in hand.

The AllStars mean-while held off a late surge from Firebird to preserve a 6-4 win and lift them to within a game of the Tire.

Mark Hutchinson fired home the win-ner on the powerplay a minute into the second period to give the Allstars a com-manding 5-1 lead.

The Allstars built up a 4-0 lead before Firebird’s Travis Drake netted their first goal

in the waning seconds of the opening frame. The Stars then went up 6-1 before late goals by Nathan Stanton, Gord Aiken, and Drake made it respectable.

TCHL action con-tinues Thursday night when Arlington takes on Firebird at 7:15 p.m. and the Allstars face off against OK Tire at 8:30 p.m. at the Cominco Arena.

See Scoreboard, Page 10.

B Y T I M E S S T A F FWith the deluge of new snow,

the Red Mountain Racers can’t wait to jump out of the starting gate and begin their downhill ski season.

The Nancy Greene Ski League (NGSL) is offering a three day mini-camp over the Christmas holidays, Dec. 27-29, for children participat-ing in the program in the New Year.

“There is still time to register for NGSL,” says head coach Phil Patterson. “The NGSL mini camp is an invite-a-friend event. It’s a great opportunity to see what NGSL is all about and, for those on the fence, an opportunity to give it a try before signing up.”

Registered Nancy Greene ath-letes are welcomed, and encour-aged to bring a friend to this low-pressure, high-fun camp.

Meanwhile, volunteers with Red Mountain Racers took time out of their busy schedules to do some brushing on the T-Bar line while others worked at renovating the timing shacks and storage con-tainer.

“We aren’t finished,” says Yuro Ihns, the newly minted president of RMR. “But we have certainly made some valuable progress.”

The improvements were made possible thanks to Junior Hamm Carpentry, Home Hardware in Trail, and Al Walker of Monashee Electric.

Red Mountain Racer alumni

have also been carving out new and exciting paths. Sasha Zaitsoff was selected to the National Team for the second straight year and just placed fourth at a NorAm event at Panorama where he was only 0.07 seconds off the podium.

FIS racers Kali Butler and Stephen Fry will be training at Panorama again this year, and had the opportunity to train on the World Cup course at Lake Louise last week. Both were selected to forerun the Ladies event. Check out Stephen’s runs on the video page of the Red Mountain Racer’s website.

All Red Mountain Racers, including Nancy Greene skiers are required to wear hard-eared hel-mets for training as well as racing.

Butch Boutry’s Ski Shop has an excellent selection of hard-eared helmets in all price ranges and all sizes, and Powderhound also has a selection of hard-eared helmets for youth as well.

It is shaping up to be an exciting year at Red Mountain Resort and for Red Mountain Racers.

Organizers encourage residents to check out the RMR website for events, races, and opportunities to volunteer to help make this a suc-cessful season. For information or to register, please go to redmoun-tainracers.com., or email [email protected].

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The J. L. Crowe Hawks junior girls basketball team hosted a tournament on the weekend. Crowe managed to beat the Rossland Royals in the fifth place finals, but all teams took a backseat to Mount Baker who cruised to the tournament title with a convincing win over Selkirk Secondary from Kimberley in the final.

B Y T I M E S C O N T R I B U T O RIn the battle of

the sexes, the Maglio Men’s team squared off against Maglio Ladies’ in Kootenay Savings Super League action last week.

The teams were in a close 5-4 match until the seventh end, when the men buried their rocks behind guards and came away with a steal of three.

It forced the Maglio Ladies into some high-risk shot calling that failed. Another steal of three carried the men to an 11-4 win.

Team Ferguson and

Team Schmidt kept the fans riveted with a back and forth game that wasn’t decided until last rock.

After forcing Schmidt to take one in the eighth, Ferguson had what looked like a comfortable 7-5 lead going into the ninth with hammer, but skip Lemoel got caught on a straight stretch of ice with his last rock, giving Schmidt a steal of two and a tie game coming home.

Facing two rocks behind cover, Lemoel made a delicate come around tap in the four

foot to count one, for an exciting 8-7 win.

Team Fines had the early advantage over 5N Plus, forcing them to blank the first, then stealing a single in the second, before skip Deane Horning made one of his patented double take-outs for two in the third.

The teams traded singles over the next three ends before Horning broke the game open with another double take-out, this time for three and an 8-3 win for the league leaders.

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Team GP W L T PtsRe/Max 19 12 6 1 25OK Tire 17 8 5 4 20Allstar 16 8 7 1 17Arlington 18 7 10 1 15Firebird 18 3 12 3 7

Top 10 ScoringPlayer Team G A PtG. Proulx ReMax 28 14 42S.Venturini Tire 18 18 36S. Drake Tire 13 23 36G. Gaudet Re/Max 6 20 26JRobinson Arling 9 15 24J.Maniago Allstar 16 7 23C.Clare Fbird 13 9 22D. Hill ReMax 7 14 21HKingfisher Arling 6 15 21P. Barclay ReMax 12 5 17

Goalies GP W L GAAR.Dickson 16 7 54 3.38C. McIsaac 14 10 48 3.43Kooznetsoff 15 3 62 4.13E.Volpatti 16 7 71 4.44T. Wiley 15 7 71 4.73

NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pcty-New Eng 10 4 0 .714N.Y. Jets 6 8 0 .429Miami 6 8 0 .429Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 South W L T Pcty-Houston 12 2 0 .857

Indianapolis 9 5 0 .643Tennessee 5 9 0 .357Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 North W L T Pctx-Baltimore 9 5 0 .643Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571Pittsburgh 7 7 0 .500Cleveland 5 9 0 .357 West W L T Pcty-Denver 11 3 0 .786San Diego 5 9 0 .357Oakland 4 10 0 .286Kansas City 2 12 0 .143

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T PctWashington 8 6 0 .571Dallas 8 6 0 .571N.Y. Giants 8 6 0 .571Philadelphia 4 10 0 .286 South W L T Pcty-Atlanta 12 2 0 .857New Orleans 6 8 0 .429Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429Carolina 5 9 0 .357 North W L T Pcty-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714Minnesota 8 6 0 .571Chicago 8 6 0 .571Detroit 4 10 0 .286 West W L T Pctx-San Fran 10 3 1 .750Seattle 9 5 0 .643St. Louis 6 7 1 .464Arizona 5 9 0 .357

ResultsThursday’s Game

Cincinnati 34, Philadelphia 13

Sunday’s GamesGreen Bay 21, Chicago 13

New Orleans 41, Tamp Bay 0Minnesota 36, St. Louis 22Houston 29, Indianapolis 17

Atlanta 34, N.Y. Giants 0Washington 38, Cleveland 21

Miami 24, Jacksonville 3Denver 34, Baltimore 17Carolina 31, San Diego 7

Arizona 38, Detroit 10Seattle 50, Buffalo 17

Oakland 15, Kansas City 0Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 24, OT

San Francisco 41, New England 34

Monday’s GameTennessee 14, N.Y. Jets 10

WEEK 16Saturday, Dec. 22

Atlanta at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 23

Tennessee at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Indiannapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Houston, 1 p.m.Oakland at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m.Cinci at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.New England at Jacksville,

1 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia,

1 p.m.St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 1

p.m.San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Cleve at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Chicago at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 4:25

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Albo also come down to the last rock. Nichol seized a 7-3 lead in the seventh but interim skip Troy Albo wouldn’t roll over, counting two in the eighth, and forcing Nichol to one in the ninth. Albo scored two more in the final end but fell agonizingly close for a narrow 8-7 Nichol win.

This Thursday is the last game in 2012, before the league starts up again on Jan. 3.

Nichol hangs onT H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S

PHILADELPHIA - There’s two weeks left in the NFL season and the NFC East is up for grabs among three teams.

Sound familiar?It was the same

situation last year with the New York Giants, Dallas and Philadelphia fight-ing it out. Now, RGIII and the Washington Redskins are in the mix while the Eagles try to play spoiler.

That scenario worked out nicely for the Giants in 2011. They won two straight do-or-die regular-sea-son games, three more in the conference play-offs and then beat New England for the second time in five years in the Super Bowl.

Can they do it again?

“These are the cir-cumstances you want to be in,” two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning said. “You

want to be fighting to make it in the playoffs and that’s just football and you understand it’s tough to make the playoffs. You’ve got to work. You’ve got to win games. You’ve got to win important games and this is a chance.”

The Giants, Redskins and Cowboys each are 8-6 and con-trol their playoff fate. Win and they’re in - either as the division champion or a wild card. The Redskins clinch the East if they

win out because they hold tiebreaker advan-tages.

“Every game we go into now we believe we can win and that has to be your mindset,” coach Mike Shanahan said. “When you win close games, you expect it.”

The Cowboys’ div-ision hopes came down to the final game at New York last year. The Giants won 31-14. Dallas could be in the same position this sea-son, playing for first place in Week 17. Only

difference is the game is at Washington.

“I think our football team has developed that mental tough-ness that no mat-ter what’s going on during the game, as bad as it may look or whatever, we get to that fourth quarter, we have a shot to win the game,” quarter-back Tony Romo said after an overtime win against Pittsburgh. “We believe that we can do that. We have had a lot of comeback wins this year.”

Big games ahead for NFC East teams

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Dear Annie: Back in May, our son and his wife invited us to a concert at the end of December to celebrate my husband’s mile-stone birthday. They said it would be their treat, and we all agreed it would be a fun even-ing.

Over the next few months, we got togeth-er often, and no men-tion was made of the concert. Yesterday, I sent a text saying we were excited about the concert and asked what time we should leave. Our son responded with a text saying they weren’t going and that we should have checked with them sooner.

Regardless of the reason -- whether ill-ness, money, work schedule or what-ever -- shouldn’t the people who extended the invitation let the guests know there is a change of plans? We are so disappointed and -- Confused About Cancellation

Dear Confused: Your son and his wife should not have issued the invitation unless they meant it and certainly should have notified you well in advance if the plans had changed. However, it’s also pos-sible they simply for-got about it until it was too late to get the tickets, in which case, mentioning how excit-ed you were about the upcoming concert in, say, August might have averted this family drama.

One should be dip-lomatic but not so reticent to speak that these things become an issue. Good com-munication, especially between parents and

children, can resolve or prevent a great many problems.

Dear Annie: I read your column every day and love it, so I’d like your opinion on some-thing.

My little brother and his wife are expecting their first child in April. They have decid-ed to have a “reveal party” to let everyone know the sex of the baby. This means the doctor will write down the gender of the baby and put it in a sealed envelope. Then some-one takes the envelope to a party supply store where they pack a box with balloons filled with the appropriate color -- pink or blue. At the party, the expect-ant parents open the box, and the balloons fly out letting everyone know the sex of the baby.

To me, this seems like something the expectant parents would like to share with each other, with-out an audience. I am

a gay male and prob-ably will never have children, so this really doesn’t impact my life. But I am curious about what you think. -- Greensboro, N.C.

Dear Greensboro: While some parents prefer to get this news privately, in today’s Facebook age, many want to share it with friends and family as soon as possible. So a party makes sense to them. Yes, some people will interpret this as one more act of narcissism, but most expectant parents are so thrilled to share this news that we think the motives are actually sweet.

Of course, if the parents have a gender preference, it’s best to get the news in pri-vate, since guests don’t want to see one of the hosts burst into tears of disappointment. Otherwise, we think these events are a mat-ter of personal choice. Go and enjoy yourself.

Dear Annie: I can

relate to “Fran in Frisco,” who moved halfway across the country to live near her husband’s family. They had promised to do things with the grandchildren and spend lots of time with them. But when Fran

and her husband final-ly moved there, the grandparents ignored them.

I had the same experience with my in-laws after moving 1,200 miles from my family. Fran, do your-self a favor and move

back to your home-town while there’s still time for your parents to enjoy their grand-children. We never got that chance, and now it’s too late. -- Still Homesick

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KASLO, BRIGHT 3BDR 1.5 BATH: F/s, w/d hookups, close to hospital/school, covered deck, internet/cable included, $850/mo. LARGE 1 BDR UPPER DUPLEX, HERITAGE APARTMENT, NELSON: Near downtown, ns, w/d, hardwood oors, clawfoot tub, covered deck, full sunlight, $900/mo.+utilities, available now, references required.LOVELY NELSON APARTMENTS AVAILABLE! Some rent controlled, including water & hydro, references required. NELSON, 3BDR, 2BATH HOME: Airy, close to all amenities, absolutely ns/np, reference required, $1250/mo. +utilities.ROBSON 3BDR HOUSE: Very clean, big yard, near school, church, bus stop, f/s, ns/np, refer-ences, $1150/mo. 250-365-2920(msg).ROSEMONT BACHELOR SUITE: Available Feb. 1, ns/np, $650/mo., includes utilities, cable & internet. SLOCAN MOTEL APARTMENTS, $500-$750, fully-furnished, large kitchen units, manager onsite. SMALL 2 BDR HOME, DOWNTOWN CASTLE-GAR: Ns/np, w/d, f/s, $825/mo. +utilities, SOUTH CASTLEGAR: Furnished 1bdr +ofce home, available immediately, $800/mo. +utilities. THRUMS: 3 bdr apartment, $850/mo. +utilities.

Homes For RentUPPER KASLO, COZY 1 BDR CABIN: Furnished, beautiful view, ns/np, responsible single adult, reference.S. CASTLEGAR 2BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Newly renovated, ns, pets on approval, laundry, references, $725/mo. utilities +internet included. 1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, OOTISCHENIA: Quiet single, No pets or smoking, w/d, $600/mo. including utilities, D.D.-$300. 1 BDR APT: Balfour, fully-furnished/equipped, lake & mtn view, sun deck, ns/np, $695/mo. inclusive. 1 BDR SUITE, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Ns/np, references required, $625/mo. utilities included. 1BDR APARTMENT, DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Heat/hydro included, ns, references, $675/mo. 1BDR BASEMENT SUITE, CASTLEGAR: Private entrance, backyard, available Feb. 1, shared laundry, ns/np, references. 2 BDR BASEMENT SUITE: Very large & clean, gorgeous lake view, 15 mins from Castlegar, ns/np, $750/mo. includes electric. Travis, 2 BDR MOBILE HOME, 6-MILE, NELSON: Available immediately, ns/np, references, $950/mo., includes utilities. 2-3 BDR DUPLEX, SALMO: Available immediately, np, f/s, w/d hookups, $700/mo. +utilities.

2BDR APARTMENT, CASTLEGAR: Bright, spacious, f/s, laundry, close to amenities, nsnp, $725/mo. +utilities. 2BDR HOUSE ON 5 ACRES: 5 minutes south of Kaslo. Looking for responsible, cleatenant(s), $650/mo. +utilities. 250-354-16983 BDR HOUSE, NELSON: Newly refurbisheperfect for family, close to schools, $1500/mo. Contact Colleen or Nick, 250-229-2333 or 250-229-4771.3 BDR MAIN FLOOR HOUSE, CASTLEGARNice, updated, 5 appliances, double garage$950/mo. +utilities. 250-365-5896.3BDR HOUSE, NEWLY RENOVATED: Withlarge yard, Slocan City, available Jan. 1, $90mo. +utilities. 250-365-7574.3BDR MOBILE: In Sunny Bridgeview CrescOotischenia, close to all amenities/college, $750/mo. +utilities. 250-365-3733.3BDR, 2BATH, ROSSLAND: Spacious Heritage home, hardwood oors, large privayard, available Feb. 1. 250-368-1066.AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY: Newly renovatefully furnished 1 bdr, 1 bath basement suite,centrally located in Castlegar, close to storeshops and bus routes, 1 car parking availabcable and internet included, ns/np, $750/moincluding utilities. 250-365-6772.BALFOUR WATERFRONT: 1 bdr apartmentall utilities included, laundry, Jan. 1, semi-furnished $625/mo. 604-315-5632/604926-7362 [email protected], SUNNY, QUIET BACHELOR SUITE: In family home, private entrance, newly renovated, ns/np, $595 utilities includ250-365-1465.CASTLEGAR 1BDR PLUS DEN: Available immediately, on bus route, w/d, garage, separate entrance, ns/np, $700/mo., utilitiesincluded. 250-229-5703.COZY TRAILER: In quiet nature setting, 15 minutes west of Nelson, in friendly commun$390/mo. includes heat & electric. Sorry, nodogs. 250-359-8280.DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR: Renovated 3bapartment, laundry, ns/np, quiet couple/famiavailable immediately, $1150/mo., utilities included. Rent negotiable. 250-365-4914 (leave msg).FRUITVALE, 2BDR: Remodeled, w/d, $595/mo. 250-367-9676.GLADE 2BDR HOUSE PLUS WORKSHOPNewly renovated, on riverfront acreage, $1150/mo. +utilities. 778-962-0044, [email protected] 1 BDR SUITE: 5 minutes from Nels$1000/mo. utilities included (+extras). 250-84767. Available Feb.1.LARGE 4BDR HOUSE ON ACREAGE, SLOCAN VALLEY: Bright, hardwood oors, woodstove, large kitchen, garden, private/qu$990/mo. 250-355-0035.LOWER KASLO: Nice, clean 1bdr suite in heritage four-plex, close to beach, 2 decks,

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Customer Service Representative (CSR) – 1 position Description: Reporting to the Customer Service Group Team Leader, the CSR is the Company’s primary customer contact responsible for providing order maintenance and status updates to PI’s customers in addition to responding to customer inquiries regarding price, availability and quality subjects . This position provides key interface activity between the Com-pany’s customers and the various internal PI departments in order to ensure customer satisfaction. Position Qualifications and Experience: The ideal candidate should possess the following qualifications and experience:• Demonstrate very good organization, communication and interpersonal skills. Strong advocate and capable of accurately communicating the “voice of the customer” • Previous experience in a fast paced work environment • Ability to multi-task • Experience with dealing effectively with customer complaints and demand requirements • Excellent skills in using Microsoft Office particularly Outlook, Excel and Word• Prior customer service experience would be an asset Minimum 1 year post secondary education - preferably in the field of sales/business• Passion for achieving results • Office hours required 6:00am to 2:30pm to accommodate East Coast based customers

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Apt/Condo for RentErmalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922

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For many the holiday season means a time to enjoy good

company and good food. As we spread the joy of the season we need to be extra care-ful to not spread food-borne illness causing bacteria.

These simple food safety tips will help you prepare a safe and tasty holiday meal:

Store and thaw safely: Keep fresh turkey refrigerated no longer than three days before cooking. There are three ways to thaw frozen turkey in its wrapper:

Under cold run-ning water (one hour per pound)

In a clean sink full of cold water, changing the water every couple of hours

In the fridge (five hours per pound)

Thawing poultry at room temperature is not recommended because it allows harmful bacteria to grow.

Keep other items, especially those with meat, seafood, dairy, eggs or other moist, protein-rich foods chilled until served.

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Clean carefully: Wash your hands, utensils and work surfaces well before prep work begins. Once the preparation work is done, clean surfaces in hot soapy water, rinse, then sanitize.

Sanitizing can be done with a diluted bleach solution (30 ml of bleach per gal-lon of water) that is allowed to sit for two minutes. Wash your hands well after cleaning the cutting board and before and after working with any new menu items.

*****Avoid cross con-

tamination: Store raw meat away from food that is ready-to-eat, including fruit and vegetables (and be sure to wash these thoroughly before serving). Turkeys should be wrapped well and stored on the lowest shelf of your fridge or in the

meat keeper to keep blood and juices from contaminating other food.

Ensure only clean utensils and cutting boards are used. Use a separate cutting board to prepare raw meat. Wash hands after handling any raw foods and mini-mize hand contact during final prepara-tion steps.

*****Cook well: For

turkey, set the oven at no lower than 350 °F (177 °C) and cook for about 20 minutes per pound. Use a good meat thermometer to measure the turkey’s internal temperature and ensure it’s safe to eat.

All parts of the bird including stuff-ing should be at least 165°F (74oC) when removed from the oven. Health Canada recommends an internal temperature of 185°F (85 °C) at

the thickest part of the meat as additional assurance. Check the temperature in sev-eral places to be sure. Cooked food should be kept at 140 °F (60 °C) while waiting to serve.

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food immediately after returning from the store and soon after dinner is com-plete. Perishable food should be placed in the refrigerator within two hours of being removed from the oven. Refrigerate at 40°F (4°C) or in a freezer at 0°F (-18 °C). Health Canada recommends refriger-ating leftovers for no more then two to three days.

Put them in the freezer in order to keep them longer.

Kevin Touchet is the Manager of E n v i r o n m e n t a l Health with Interior Health

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Teck Trail Operations communications manager, Carol Vanelli Worosz (right), presents Lisa Pasin, director of development KBRH Health Foundation with $5,000 in support of Light-Up the Hospitals. Teck Trail Operations has donated $30,000 to the Digital Mammography campaign to date.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - Can

there be too much of a good thing when you are talking about little kids and cow’s milk? A new study suggests there can.

The work, by scien-tists in Toronto, says that children between the ages of two and five should be drinking half a litre or approxi-mately two eight-ounce cups of milk a day.

Less than that and kids may not be get-ting enough vitamin D, the study suggests. But more than that, and the stores of iron in their blood - which are essential for a developing brain - may start to slip below acceptable levels.

The study was

led by Dr. Jonathon Maguire, a pediatri-cian and researcher at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. It is pub-lished in this week’s issue of the journal Pediatrics.

“Cow’s milk is a very important staple in our western diet for children. I don’t want to underestimate the importance of cow’s milk,” Maguire said in an interview about the study. “Our question was really: Well, how much?”

It’s a query pediatri-cians face all the time, Maguire said. And they haven’t had a good answer to give because expert groups are div-ided on the issue.

The researchers found that about 500 millilitres of milk a

day for most children was the right amount to have adequate levels of vitamin D and iron.

There was an exception: during winter, children with dark skin didn’t hit the vitamin D target with 500 ml daily. The study suggests in win-ter children with dark skin may need a vita-min D supplement as well as the milk.

Kids only need 500ml of milk daily


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HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO ONE AND ALL

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.ca

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Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season

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From the left; Kelsa Quackenbush and Rachel Demeo, sold tickets to win a gingerbread house at the Silver City Nites children’s’ event last Saturday. Proceeds went to the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund.

T h e G r a n d F o r k s G a z e T T eThe Honourable Nancy Greene Raine deliv-

ered three cases of Greenwood Gold bottled water from Greenwood to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s residence, which was received by Harper’s wife Laureen.

“The City of Greenwood, produces great qual-ity drinking water from wells tapping into a pristine aquifer 35 metres under the city,” said Raine.

Last February, the water from Greenwood was declared the Best Tasting Municipal Water in the World.

Prime Minister gets a taste of Greenwood water

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