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With flu season just around the corner, it's time for Canadians to roll up their sleeves for an annual influenza shot.
Local pharmacies will soon be stocked with this year's vac-cine which offers protection against two influenza A viruses (H1N1) and one influenza B virus, known as H3N2.
Another immunization option is flu shot clinics, with one slated for the Trail Memorial Centre on Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. or Nov. 30 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Kiro Wellness Centre.
The good news, says Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi, is there's a fairly good match between the vaccine compon-ent and the observed viral out-breaks seen within B.C. this season.
“So we expect the effective-ness of the vaccine to be higher this year than it was last year,” added Dr. Golmohammadi, Medical Health Officer for Interior Health.
The challenge with the influenza virus is that it
changes over time, so each year, international profession-als from the World Health Organization can only predict which bug to include in the annual vaccine.
Whether it's hit or miss this season, sometime down the line, the flu shot can still make a difference between a few sick days at home versus a res-piratory infection that requires longer recovery.
“The way the vaccine works is by generating a brisk immune response in the body,” explained Dr. Golmohammadi. “And immune system memory keeps that in mind so if the same virus comes up again, then our immune system is already aware of that, prepared for it, and quickly fights it off.”
The flu shot is free for those at risk of complications from influenza and those in contact with people at risk.
“The message is to make sure to immunize, protect yourself and protect your loved ones,” said Dr. Golmohammadi. “And those people who are vul-nerable to influenza disease and may die from this abso-lutely preventable disease.”
See INFLUENZA, Page 3
VALERIE ROSSI PHOTO
Shauntelle and Lane Harding of Harding Heights Ranch are gearing up for this weekend’s Fall Bonanza, Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The community event invites farmers and small, local businesses to set up shop at the ranch to sell their goods, mingle and network. The Oasis property will also be offering farm tours and a petting zoo.
B Y V A L E R I E R O S S ITimes Staff
A taste of Trail will be served up this Saturday in fall form when Harding Heights Ranch kicks off its first ever Fall Bonanza.
The public is invited to check out local food and fare from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the celebra-tion that will highlight farming and local, small business, according to event organizer Shauntelle Harding.
“It's a beautiful time of year, and it's a time of
thanks and giving, so I thought it would be a nice thing to do for the community and to do for local businesses,” she said. “We want to give back a little bit because we've been totally blessed with the com-munity support at Harding Heights Ranch.”
The ranch will form the backdrop to a farmer's market with local farmers and small businesses putting their product on display for purchase. Seasonal produce like squash, pumpkins and apples will be up for grabs from Earthy Organics,
See LOCAL, Page 2
Fall Bonanza highlights local farming, small business
Flu shot season just around the corner
B Y S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff
Whether there's rain, snow or a clear night in Trail, usually two people seek cover from winter elements in La Nina Extreme Weather Emergency Shelter.
Often, it's two middle-aged males needing a warm place to rest in the temporary local shelter that opens Nov 1. and shuts down by March 31.
Those statistics are on average, according to Career Development Services (CDS), the Trail organization that mans the six-bed shelter from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. seven nights per week.
The service, funded through BC Housing, is ready to open for a fifth season – but this year the shelter will move from the Trail United Church to a new location.
See SHELTER, Page 12
Winter shelter set to open Nov. 1 in new location
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a longtime Trail resident passed away
peacefully on October 13, 2015 at Poplar Ridge with
his family by his side. He was born in Trail, January 14, 1922, the eldest of three brothers.
As a young man he played baseball, hockey and tennis which he excelled at. He continued play-ing hockey into his university years when injury forced him to retire.
He attended school in Trail, finishing grade thirteen. In September of 1941 he attended the University of Alberta. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science in 1945 and in 1948 earned his medical degree with First Class Standing. From 1948 to 1950 he did his residency in in-ternal medicine at the Royal Alexander Hospital in Edmonton Alberta. It was there he met Sylvia and they were married in 1950. They relocated to Trail and Barss began his career as a doctor with the C.S.Williams Clinic working in Trail, Rossland, and Castlegar. In 1952 he did a one year externship in the United States returning after to the University of Alberta for another year of residency with pathology and internal med-icine. In 1955 until 1988 he worked as an in-ternist at the C.S.Williams Clinic. In addition, on a part time basis he practised occupational medicine at Cominco (now Teck).
Extra medical activities included:• Board of Directors B.C. Medical Association • Board of Directors Northwest Occupational
Medical Association• St. John’s Ambulance Association - Professional
Industrial First Aid Instructor at Cominco• Chief of Staff of Trail Regional Hospital• B.C. Arthritis Society Trail - medical advisor • Chairman C.S.Williams Clinic Board• Founding member of the Board of Directors
for Columbia View Lodge • Kootenay Regional Advisory Committee
Member for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
• U.B.C. Faculty of Medicine Clinical Instructor for Occupational and Environmental Health
• Member Trail Lead Task Force for ten years
Barss was a member of numerous medical as-sociations and received Lifetime Honorary Privi-leges at the Trail Regional Hospital in February 2000 as well as receiving honorary membership to the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons that same year.
He was a member of Rotary from 1955 till retirement in 1988 and attained perfect atten-dance for thirty-three years. He was on the Rossland Trail golf club executive in the 1960s. Later in his life he enjoyed skiing, golfing, and cross-country skiing.
Barss and Sylvia travelled after his retirement but also enjoyed their home with their neighbour-hood friends. They were a close knit group and many wonderful times were spent together. They also enjoyed many summers at their Chris-tina Lake retreat.
Barss took a great interest in his children and grandchildren. He was always cutting clippings that he thought may be of some help to any one of them.
Barss was predeceased by his parents, his in-laws, his wife Sylvia, his son Rick, and his brother Ken (Gill) Dimock. He was predeceased by his sisters-in-law and their spouses Edith (Friel) Sommerfeld and Lorna (Reg) Quarton, and his brothers-in-law George Bodard and Donald Mahaffey, and his two nephews Raymond
Sommerfeld and Stuart Bodard. He was also predeceased by close family friends Bob and Jean Shepherd.
He is survived by his children, Lynn (Fred) Romano, Gloria (Grant) Byington, Ron (Sandy) Dimock and his daughter-in-law Shauna Dimock; his grandchildren that he was so proud of, Adam (Kim) Romano, Leah Romano, Laura (Jay) Halifax, Sean Dimock, Erin (Mike) James, Troy Dimock, Garit Byington, Brad Dimock and Robyn Dimock; his great-grandchildren, Hannah Romano, Jayci and Bennet Halifax, and Kate James. He is also survived by his brother Bill (Jessie) Dimock and his sisters-in-law Doris Bodard and Gloria Mahaffey and many nieces and nephews.
Barss was a loving husband, father, brother, grandpa and great-grandpa. He was a dedicated doctor who enjoyed what he did. He was a very caring individual and truly believed in the Rotary motto “Service above Self ”. We will all miss him greatly but he has left us with life-long gifts that we will always cherish. Rest in Peace Dad - We Love You.
Barss was a resident of Poplar Ridge these last few years and he enjoyed the staff that took excellent care of him. The family would like to thank the staff for making him feel at home.
A Memorial service will be held on Monday, October. 26, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Trail United Church with Reverend Michael Hare presiding. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with arrangements. As an expression of sympathy, donations in Barss’s name to K.B.R.H Poplar Ridge Pavilion at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, B.C. V1R 4M1 or Sanctuary, 1705 Bay Avenue, Trail, B.C. V1 R 4B5 would be appreciated by the family. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence on the family’s online register www.myalternatives.ca
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The list of crafters is growing but includes Kim Jackman with AZ-Tekk Food Services selling jams, jellies, preserves, borscht, natural soaps, lotions, deodorants, and their famous “Bug-Bee-
Gone” lotion sticks; Pam Malekow is fundraising for the horse clubs with borscht and handmade jewelry; Chicks In The Coop is bring-ing handcrafted signs; and Ashbrooke Creations will be selling handmade natural candles and soy soaps.
Gypsy Wagon Wood-Fired Catering and Rustic Crust are just a few local food vendors that will also line the Oasis property, offering hot lunch.
The savoury side will be shared with sweet sensations from Patrick Sims, who’ll be making Beavertails, Kay Bouma with Kreative Cupcake and Donna Grewcock with D&D Home Baking.
There will also be a couple face painters – Lola’s Party Central and One Good Eyed Murphy – on hand, farm tours and a petting zoo of all the ranch’s animals, which includes horses, miniature
donkeys, sheep, chickens, peacocks, and rabbits.
The public is reminded to hit the ATM for this cash-only event. The ranch is charging $5 a person or $20 a family and $20 to vendors setting up a table for the fundrais-ing portion of the event. A good portion of proceeds made from these costs will be shared between the local food banks and Sanctuary, a pre-teen centre.
Local charities to benefit from event
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• Saturday, Trail United Church, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., 13th Annual Tuesday Morning Quilters show and sale. Craft and “what not” table. All proceeds to local charities, admission by dona-tion.
• Saturday, Rossland United Church (with the red roof) 5-7 p.m. Bring the fam-ily out for delicious turkey buffet dinner with all the trimmings and great des-
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• Saturday, G r a v e y a r d Walk begins in downtown Trail and runs until H a l l o w e e n . Spooks and Kootenay ghost legends invade the incrEDI-BLE trail. Fifty grave markers displays, 70 Halloween lamp posts, and Spook Square adorned with life-size charac-ter displays.
• Sunday, Senior's hall in the Greater Trail Community
Centre (base-ment) 1:30 p.m., a workshop on sleep problems. Everyone wel-come, all ages. Anyone needing a ride, call 362.5767 or 367.9791.
• Wednesday, St. Andrew United Church Annex (Rossland), 7 p.m. West Kootenay Friends of Refugees will be speaking on their work, Fugees: The West Kootenay Response.
Film• Tonight, Royal Theatre,
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Music• Saturday, Rossland
Miners Hall, doors open at 7 p.m. for the John Welsh Band.
Gallery• Bill Edmonds: Talking
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B Y V A L E R I E R O S S ITimes Staff
Commercial vehicles don't sit idle in Fruitvale's urban residential zone since the village amended its zoning bylaw to take large commercial vehicles out of this area.
Following complaints from residents, Fruitvale council has modified its bylaw to eliminate safety and noise concerns by rid-ding drivers from parking large work trucks or semis in quiet, tightly knit neigh-bourhoods.
“(Formerly) the zon-ing bylaw allowed for these kinds of trucks to be parked for six hours in a
residential zone,” said Lila Cresswell, Fruitvale's chief administrative officer. “This is to say basically, 'No parking in a residen-tial zone. Park your truck downtown in a commer-cial area and get somebody to pick you up or walk home.'”
The change doesn't mean that a service vehicle can't park outside a house on Maple or Walnut street during the day.
“It's basically because when you park a large com-mercial property in some-body's driveway, either you are going to wake them up in the morning when you start up or you're going to
be blocking sight lines,” Cresswell added. “Part of it is safety and part of it is the nuisance factor.”
Fruitvale's bylaw enforcement is done on a complaint basis, so if the neighbourhood doesn't seem to mind, then coun-cil doesn't consider it an issue.
“We always work toward compliance and 90 per cent of people comply, and the rest just don't know the rules and if they don't comply then of course there is a bylaw ticketing process,” added Cresswell. “We have been very fortu-nate; we haven't had to do ticketing.”
Commercial vehicles banned from some areasFRUITVALE
FROM PAGE 1Many people incorrectly use
the term “flu” to refer to any ill-ness cause by a virus, such as the stomach flu or the common cold.
Influenza is more severe and reduces the body’s ability to fight illnesses and infections, and it can increase a person’s risk for developing serious conditions like viral or bacterial pneumonia, he emphasized.
“Getting a flu shot and wash-ing your hands are the two most effective ways to protect yourself and others from influenza and its complications.”
For more information or to check out the Influenza Clinic Locator, visit the ImmunizeBC website at immunizebc.ca.
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OPINION
Will this vote for change be the one that delivers?They say history
repeats itself. I just never thought it would happen so
fast.Four years ago I wrote a
column on the heels of the Conservative Party’s major-ity win.
Calling it a “win-win” I was predicting that the Tories’ majority would finally be able to get things accomplished in the House of Commons rather than the trend of bickering and snipping and gridlock that was apparent during the previous minority govern-ment.
I was hoping that a Conservative majority would set an agenda that moved Canada forward while at the same time hoping the plethora of NDP rookie MPs emerging out of Quebec would spark a change in discourse on Parliament Hill.
In hindsight, I guess I was off base somewhat on several issues.
The Conservatives did use their majority to push ahead with their agenda, much to the dismay of many over the last four years. It got to the point that omnibus bills, filled with dubious law changes and amendments, were rammed through simply by a majority vote and with
little or no debate.Canadians saw their
own control over the fate of the country eroded from a bully pulpit that led to such memorable moments as; Conservative Peter Van Loan crossing the floor and threatening an opposition MP; the face-palming by NDP MP Paul Dewar after the continued non-answers from Conservative MP Paul Calandra; a total rebuke of our electoral process with the Robocall scandal; and the nefarious goings on in the Prime Minister’s Office over the attempted whitewashing of the Senate scandal.
And in reality that was just the tip of the iceberg that saw, among other things, pit bull Conservative MP Dean del Mastro carted out of court in handcuffs.
It was enough for Canadians to rise up and shout “That’s it” at the top of their voting lungs on Monday and bring the Liberal Party back from the dead with a majority of their own.
It happened so fast and so overwhelmingly that even the most optimistic Liberal supporter had to be shocked.
Despite all the doom and gloom that was pre-dicted by opponents should
a young Justin Trudeau win the election, the sun did come up Tuesday morning. In fact, for the record, it was a beautiful fall day.
To say that’s a symbol of the new mood washing over Canada would be too simplistic.
Our new Prime Minister has a lot of work ahead of him and a lot of hopeful promises to keep.
But much like back on May 2, 2011, there was an air of optimism as citizens were hoping this time they made the right decision. Of course, only time told Canadians how the story would unfold.
So here we are again, after another election, with Canadians expressing hope that this time they got it right.
Perhaps the extra-long campaign gave many voters time to dissect each party’s
platform to make a truly informed decision.
Perhaps the desire for change outweighed sober thought and voters simply were anxious to put their “X” on any candidate other than the Conservative.
But if history has taught us one thing, patience is required for any substantial change.
I see the naysayers in Alberta already dismiss-ing their provincial NDP government after only five months in government.
The party has wisely waited before passing a budget due to the volatility of oil prices and the federal election. Yet that has been perceived as failure by the loudest complainers.
I fear the same could await the Liberals if Trudeau doesn’t hit the ground running with some noticeable change.
A bandwagon can only hold so many people for so long before the complain-ers start jumping off. And that’s my fear – that the chorus of dissenters will let the air out of the hope that citizens voted for.
Hope is a strong motiv-ator – simply look south of the border when Barack Obama was first elected. While he faced incredible opposition in Congress, he did manage to eventually
get some form of univer-sal health care adopted and increased rights for the gay community. Those were generational changes against a series of road-blocks put up by oppon-ents. But it took almost eight years.
It’s proof that change doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process and one, which I believe, the cit-izens have the patience and foresight to wait for.
Many waited years to finally bring an end to Harper’s rule, now they’ll have to wait and see if Trudeau can deliver on the positive message he deliv-ered so well over the course of the election campaign.
That said, I’ve been wrong before. Here’s how I ended my column after the election four years ago.
“New blood, new ideas, a veteran at the helm, it all has the potential to be promising.
“But whether politicians deliver on that promise is always the lasting question following any election, isn’t it?”
Will I be writing the same ending to an election column in another four years? As with most things, only time will tell.
Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times
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BEAVER VALLEY WATER SERVICE PUBLIC MEETING
Regional District of the KootenayBoundary Beaver Valley Water Service
Watershed Assessment and Protection Plan
What is the purpose of the Watershed Assessment and Protection PlanThe purpose of the assessment is to identify and quantify hazards to a drinking water source and take a proactive approach to prioritizing appropriate actions to mitigate the issues.
Who will be at the public hearing?Beaver Valley Water Service economic and environmental stakeholders, Village of Fruitvale, RDKB and the general public
How do I get more information?Please contact:Goran [email protected]
How does the public meeting work?Those in attendance will be given the opportunity to speak. If you are unable to attend the meeting written submissions can be forwarded to the RDKB of� ce in Trail until 4 p.m. on the day of the hearing.
Goran DenkovskiManager of Infrastructure and Sustainability
Monday October 26, 2015at 5:00 p.m.
Village of Fruitvale Council Chambers
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Fruitvale, BC
Regional District of the Kootenay Boundary Beaver Valley Water ServiceWatershed Assessment and Protection Plan
What is the purpose of the Watershed Assessment and Protection Plan
Th e purpose of the assessment is to identify and quantify hazards to a drinking water source and taking a proac-tive approach to prioritizing appropriate actions to mitigate the issues.
Who will be at the public hearing?
Beaver Valley Water Service economic and environmental stakeholders, Village of Fruitvale, RDKB and the general public
Th ose in attendance will be given the opportunity to speak. If you are unable to attend the meeting written sub-missions can be forwarded to the RDKB offi ce in Trail until 4 p.m. on the day of the hearing.
Goran DenkovskiManager of Infrastructure and Sustainability
Village of Fruitvale Council Chambers1947 Beaver Street, Fruitvale, BC
Regional District of the Kootenay Boundary Beaver Valley Water ServiceWatershed Assessment and Protection Plan
What is the purpose of the Watershed Assessment and Protection Plan
Th e purpose of the assessment is to identify and quantify hazards to a drinking water source and taking a proac-tive approach to prioritizing appropriate actions to mitigate the issues.
Who will be at the public hearing?
Beaver Valley Water Service economic and environmental stakeholders, Village of Fruitvale, RDKB and the general public
Th ose in attendance will be given the opportunity to speak. If you are unable to attend the meeting written sub-missions can be forwarded to the RDKB offi ce in Trail until 4 p.m. on the day of the hearing.
Goran DenkovskiManager of Infrastructure and Sustainability
Village of Fruitvale Council Chambers1947 Beaver Street, Fruitvale, BC
Regional District of the Kootenay Boundary Beaver Valley Water ServiceWatershed Assessment and Protection Plan
What is the purpose of the Watershed Assessment and Protection Plan
Th e purpose of the assessment is to identify and quantify hazards to a drinking water source and taking a proac-tive approach to prioritizing appropriate actions to mitigate the issues.
Who will be at the public hearing?
Beaver Valley Water Service economic and environmental stakeholders, Village of Fruitvale, RDKB and the general public
Th ose in attendance will be given the opportunity to speak. If you are unable to attend the meeting written sub-missions can be forwarded to the RDKB offi ce in Trail until 4 p.m. on the day of the hearing.
Goran DenkovskiManager of Infrastructure and Sustainability
Village of Fruitvale Council Chambers1947 Beaver Street, Fruitvale, BC
To paraphrase a prime minister on the night of his unexpected elec-tion victory in 1980,
welcome to the 20-teens.The West woke up yesterday
morning to find that change-hungry voters have handed a solid majority to the Liberals. It includes almost every region of the country, except the four western provinces. A look at the election map illustrates just how stark the contrast is. With the exception of its major cit-ies, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the eastern side of British Columbia are all blue.
This is a new political reality, and one that fun-damentally shifts the way in which western provinces relate to Ottawa.
While the prime minister-elect happens to have the last name of Trudeau, however, there is good reason to hope that the West will not have the same experience it had under Pierre Elliott Trudeau in the 1980s.
So, for conservatives who are wringing their hands over this election outcome, here are a few thoughts that might help talk you off the ledge.
1. Justin Trudeau is not the same guy his father was. Trudeau junior was dis-missed by the incumbent Conservatives as a “just-not-ready” lightweight. Considering how he matured in style and confidence over the 11-week campaign, that criticism now seems gross-ly overstated. Instead, he is sincere and shows a level of humility his father never did. Critically, as well, he seems willing to listen and learn.
2. Trudeau seems to under-stand his government needs the West to buy in. With the
much-reviled National Energy Program in the early 1980s, Trudeau senior showed both gross insensitivity to the aspirations of the West and – worse – a profound dis-regard for the consequences that would ensue from the program. It effectively consti-tuted a wealth redistribution scheme at a time when Alberta was already headed into reces-
sion. The e c o n o m i c d o w n -turn was d e v a s t a t -ing. Justin T r u d e a u knows the legacy his father left and went out of his way to dis-tance him-self from a policy that has many w e s t e r n -
ers bitter to this very day, three-and-a-half decades later. On the eve of the election, Trudeau came to Calgary and declared “Alberta matters”. Cynics will dismiss his com-ment as superficial pander-ing but I sense he means it. Trudeau has delivered a vow and we will wait to see if he delivers.
3. The West isn’t as blue as it looks. Look closer at that sea of blue in western provinces and you will find little islands of red and orange in our cities: Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver (of course) and – extraordinar-ily Calgary, which elected two Liberals for the first time since 1968 – all tilted more left than rural dwellers. Western cities now reflect the social, ethnic and political diversity that comes with massive and ongoing migration from other parts of the country.
This phenomenon also illustrates a rural/urban split not unlike what can be found in Ontario and to a lesser extent Quebec. Toronto went heavily red and its industrial
towns, like Windsor, went orange.
The rural areas, how-ever, went predominantly Conservative, which suggests the West and Ontario may not be so different after all.
4. The West can – and likely will – have significant cabinet representation. Yes, we lost a prime minister from Calgary but there is a rich field of newly-minted Liberals in western cities who are excel-lent candidates for Trudeau’s first cabinet.
The voters’ choice is as profound a course change for this country as the first triumph of a newly consti-tuted Conservative govern-ment under Harper nearly 10 years ago. It signals not just a nation’s appetite for change but also a repudiation of the now much-reviled authoritar-ian rule of a man who had fallen so badly out of favour, even hard core conservatives like Conrad Black dismissed him as a “sadistic Victorian schoolmaster.”
While the legislative agen-da will be dramatically dif-ferent than it was under the Conservatives, westerners should know that Harper’s government fundamentally put the West on the map in a way it had never been before. Besides, as one colleague said today, “The Liberals campaign from the left and govern from the right.”
Trudeau’s efforts to reach out to the West are not motiv-ated out of charity or altru-ism; Central Canada has learned that the West wields a great deal of political clout. Any government that hopes to hang on to the licence to govern can no longer write off this part of the country.
In 1980, Pierre Trudeau couldn’t hide his glee when he declared, “Welcome to the 1980s.” Some welcome. Today, we hope to see a much differ-ent reality under a new gen-eration of Trudeau.
Doug Firby is Editor-in-Chief and National Affairs col-umnist for Troy Media.
This time, the West will see a much different Trudeau
DOUG FIRBY
Troy Media
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saw only six teams in action last week, as the Justin Umpherville rink participated in the Kamloops Crown of Curling, thus giving their sched-uled opposition, Myron Nichol, the week off.
Russ Beauchamp’s mixed team continued to roll, winning three straight with their latest victory over Teams Fines. The game was quite even, with Team Beauchamp holding a slight 4-3 lead after five, and a 5-4 lead after eight, But Russ broke it open with a three spot in the ninth, then ran Fines out of rocks for an 8-4 win.
Team Albo was looking to take advantage of a depleted Heather Nichol Team as Skip Darrin Albo counted a deuce in the third and made a perfect raise take-out in the fifth for three and a 5-4 lead. But with Heather unavailable, intern skip Lori Karn had other ideas,
manufacturing her own three in the eighth, then stole the ninth and 10th for a 10-6 comeback victory.
The last two undefeated teams clashed in an epic game. Team VanYzerloo and Corvus Construction traded deuces, then blanks to start the game. Skip Bill VanYzerloo slid too far on an open draw in the sixth, settling for a single point to keep the game tied 3-3. VanYzerloo took his first lead of the game with another deuce in the eighth, and looked to have Corvus forced to take one in the ninth, but a last rock take-out to lay two over-curled, jamming on Bills second shot while the shooter rolled out, leaving Skip Deane Horning a free draw for three and a 7-5 lead com-ing home. Corvus Construction’s second Kevin Nesbitt and third Brittany Palmer both ran doubles in the 10th, eventually running VanYzerloo out of rocks, to hold on to a 7-5 win, and alone in first place.
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Ty Atkinson, captain of Greater Trail Minor Hockey’s Midget Tier 2 team, breaks for the net as the team hosted their first home games of the season at the Cominco Arena on the weekend. After fall-ing to Penticton on Saturday 3-2, Trail bounced back for a 5-3 victory over Kamloops on Sunday. Trail is on the road this weekend to play Kamloops and Vernon in OMAHA hockey action.
THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY - An unpreced-
ented leap in sweeping technol-ogy threatens to dramatically change the sport of curling.
While they wait for their sport’s governing bodies to catch up and impose new rules, some of the world’s top curl-ing teams say they won’t use broomheads that can actually slow down, and change the dir-ection of a rock in motion.
It’s an awkward position to take for the teams who are sponsored by the very equip-ment manufacturers who pro-duce the controversial brushes.
But Olympic gold medallists Brad Jacobs and Brad Gushue and former world champion Glenn Howard are among 22 domestic and international teams who signed a statement stating they will not sweep with brooms that have “directional fabric.”
“Where do you draw the line?” Jacobs asked. “We’ve decided as a group of players to draw the line right now. It’s about the integrity of the game and the hard work of teams.”
When a new gadget funda-
mentally alters a sport, the pow-ers that be often step in and declare it illegal in competi-tion. Curling’s top teams aren’t waiting for the World Curling Federation or Curling Canada and are policing themselves. They hope other teams follow suit.
The curler throwing the rock aims for the skip’s broom with the knowledge the stone will curl as it approaches the house.
Powerful sweepers can “hold” the stone and delay its curl or “drag” it extra distance into the house, but throwing accuracy and the skip’s line calling are still paramount in the game.
New brushes hitting the mar-ket recently changed all that.
“It’s a type of fabric that allows you to virtually steer the rock,” Howard said. “I use the phrase ‘joystick’. I can now joy-stick right, left, forward, back.
“Up until 18 months ago, it was 80 per cent shooter, 20 per cent sweeping and now in the last year and a half, it’s become 20 per cent shooting and 80 per cent sweeping. It’s just not acceptable.
“The problem is there’s no
rule against it right now. It’s not as if you’re cheating. It just doesn’t seem right.”
Coarse material on the broomheads creates a sand-paper effect on the ice. Jacobs describes it as “flattening” while others have described it as “scoring” or “scratching” the ice.
The bottom line is sweepers use the brush’s impact on the ice to manipulate the rock in ways they never could before. As in any sport, if others are doing it and winning, you will do it too.
“When you see it, there’s no second-guessing that some-thing fairly dramatic or fairly extreme is occurring that in the right hands can cause a rock to curl much more than it would have normally, or to curl much less than it would have normally,” explained Curling Canada’s high-performance dir-ector Gerry Peckham.
“It’s like having a rock with a steering wheel on it and you can pretty much get it to go where you want to or influence it substantially.”
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Beauchamp on a rollSUPER LEAGUE CURLING
Top curlers ban new brooms
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SCOREBOARDBaseball
2015 Postseason Baseball GlanceAll Times EDT
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES(Best-of-7)
(x-if necessary)American League
Kansas City 3, Toronto 2Friday, Oct. 16: Kansas City 5, Toronto 0
Saturday, Oct. 17: Kansas City 6, Toronto 3Monday, Oct. 19: Toronto 11, Kansas City 8Tuesday, Oct. 20: Kansas City 14, Toronto 2
Wednesday: Toronto 7 KC 1 Friday: Toronto at Kansas City, 8:07 p.m.
x-Saturday: Toronto at Kansas City, 8:07 p.m.
National LeagueNew York 3, Chicago 0
Saturday, Oct. 17: New York 4, Chicago 2Sunday, Oct. 18: New York 4, Chicago 1Tuesday, Oct. 20: New York 5, Chicago 2Wednesday, Oct. 21: New York (Matz 4-0)
at Chicago (Hammel 10-7), 8:07 p.m.x-Thursday, Oct. 22: New York at Chicago,
8:07 p.m.x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Chicago at New York,
4:07 p.m.x-Sunday, Oct. 25: Chicago at New York,
8:07 p.m.
WORLD SERIES(Best-of-7)
Tuesday, Oct. 27: at American LeagueWednesday, Oct. 28: at AL
Friday, Oct. 30: at National LeagueSaturday, Oct. 31: at NLx-Sunday, Nov. 1: at NLx-Tuesday, Nov. 3: at AL
x-Wednesday, Nov. 4: at AL
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PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE INVITATIONCENTENNIAL PARK NATURALIZATION PROJECT
Tuesday, November 3, 20153pm-7pm
The City of Trail is pleased to welcome all citi zens to the Centennial Park Naturalizati on Public Open House. The drop-in event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2015 from 3-7pm at the Trail Aquati c and Leisure Centre located at 1875 Columbia Ave. The Open House provides an opportunity for the public to ask questi ons and provide comments on the proposed naturalizati on of Centennial Park.
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FROM PAGE 11Curling equipment
companies have been pushing the envelope on directional fabric. It came to a head this past week at the StuSells Toronto Tankard.
“It’s not something I believed or my team believed until we saw it,” Jacobs said. “It’s quite incredible what has happened here. It’s negating the purpose of having two sweepers on any kind of shot.”
Gushue’s team began using brooms with directional fabric this season “because we had an absolutely
horrible record against teams using this equip-ment last year and we felt we were at a com-petitive disadvantage,” he said.
Teams using the latest version of the broomhead caused the ice to deteriorate in Toronto and ruined subsequent shots, the skip said.
“It’s really become . . . a pissing match between the companies to see who can come out with a sharper broom or one that has more impact. Where do we stop?” Gushue said.
“We need to draw a line in the sand and at least give the equip-ment companies an idea of the ballpark they’re playing in. Right now they have an open canvas. They can make whatever they want.”
There have been several broom tech-nology advances since curlers put down straw and cloth brooms and picked up brush-es 40 years ago, but none this dramatic, Peckham said.
He said Curling Canada, in conjunc-tion with the WCF,
will address the broom issue even if it means calling a moratorium on directional fabric until further study.
“Because the play-ers have taken a pos-ition and made a state-ment, it will be much easier for associations to support the player movements,” Peckham said.
“We will work with the World Curling Federation because there is some urgency here for all of us. There are events beginning to take place now that ultimately lead to a world championship.”
High-tech brooms controversial
Kids Time with Sticks and Pucks will be at the BV Arena on Friday, Nov.13 from 6-6:45 p.m. (before Nitehawk game) and Sundays, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nets and pucks are provided. Helmet is required and cost is toonie drop in.
Line Dance, instructed by April Biscaro, hits the floor on Friday from Oct. 23 – Dec. 11, 10-11 a.m. at the Fruitvale Hall. Cost is $1 drop in.
Monday evening Yoga, instructed by Melanie Mobbs, will start Oct. 26-Nov. 30 from 6:15-7:30 p.m. at the Montrose Hall. Cost is $48 for six class session or $10 drop in.
Home Alone
Course, instructed by Nicole Morrison, will be on Oct. 28 from 3-6 p.m. at the Fruitvale Elementary School Library. Cost is $20.
Tiny Tot Skating Lessons for ages 3-5 years is on Tuesday and Thursday at the BV Arena from 1:40-2:10 p.m. from Nov. 3–26 at a cost of $40 for eight classes. It is designed for children who have little or no skating experience. Please wear a helmet, snow pants, and mittens.
Mom and Baby Bootcamp for babies ages four months to one year incorporates your baby into your work out and includes a mixture of cardio and resistance. This ses-sion is on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:15-10:15 a.m. at the Tae Kwon Do Gym starting Nov. 3–Dec. 10.
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LEISURE
Dear Annie: My wife and I are in our mid-70s and have no children. However, we have had pets, mostly cats, for all of our 50 years together.
About 13 years ago, we bought an 8-week-old female Boston terrier puppy. A few months later a friend called us about a female Boston terrier that he could not keep and offered it to us. We took it on a trial basis, and since it got along well with our dog (and our two cats), we ended up keeping it.
We loved them both like they were our children. They rarely barked, got along great with adult and child visitors and loved being in the car. They were the best pets we ever had. We loved them. Both dogs were under the regular care of a vet. About a month ago, Spunky died in her sleep. It was devastating to lose her. Then, two weeks later, Petunia died. We are truly heartbroken.
I want to get another puppy or young dog as soon as possible. However, the problem is my wife. She misses these dogs as much as
I do, but feels we are too old to get another dog. What do you think we should do? -- Grieving for Our Pets
Dear Grieving: Our condolences on the loss of your beloved ani-mals. Multiple studies have shown that seniors greatly benefit from hav-ing pets to love and care for. But do keep in mind that pup-pies are generally more work than older dogs. Your wife may not feel up to the task. Please discuss it with her and consider the possibility of adopting an older dog. You might also take into account the likeli-hood of your someday moving into a senior facility that does not allow animals. Some seniors handle this by having a friend or relative agree to take the animals when they can no longer care for them.
Dear Annie: Last month, a dear friend died. He lived in another state, but he was buried here. His family had once been a large part of our community, but none of them
has lived in our town for 30 years. His widow spent a great deal of
money on funeral arrangements and meals for the crowd that she expected to attend. I told her that only a few people would remember her husband, but she didn’t listen. In fact, only a handful
showed up for the service, includ-ing the men pressed into service as pallbearers and the women who helped serve the meal afterward. The widow could not believe that cousins, nieces and nephews from out of state did not pay their last respects to her husband. I reminded her that they, too, were in their 80s and would find it difficult to travel.
I feel terribly guilty that I couldn’t do more to curb the wid-ow’s expectations of a grand send-off for her husband and prevent her heartbreak. Maybe this letter will remind others to listen to the people who reside in their former hometowns before they make plans.
Then I will have done something to avert such a disaster in the future. -- An Avid Reader
Dear Reader: There is no reason for you to feel guilty. You did your best to dissuade this woman, but she was in denial. We hope your
warning helps others.Annie’s Mailbox is written by
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your ques-tions to [email protected].
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In memory ofFrank Creegan
Three years have gone since you
passed away.
I’ve wondered what you tried
hard to say,
But the Lord took your
speech away.
Your spirit is with me night
and day.
Lovingly, Rita
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FROM PAGE 1CDS is finishing
renovations in its Community Inclusion Centre (CIC) on Bay
Avenue, and will host the shelter from the facility this year, confirmed Sheila Adcock, CDS’ program
coordinator.She said the shelter
will maintain six beds, however if no one pre-sents by 1 a.m., the
two staff members will lock up for the night, to help stretch the lim-ited funding available.
“It does not make
sense to have two staff sitting at the shelter with no one accessing the services,” Adcock explained. “Once
again, the expectation is that all individuals that present at the shelter will be referred to the Getting to Home
program,” she added. “If they are planning on staying in the com-munity and are truly homeless, in order to work towards securing housing.”
Funding allocations are dependent upon factors such as shel-ter use, staffing, and food costs for an even-ing snack and light breakfast. Those statis-tics must be recorded and submitted to BC Housing every time the service is accessed.
CDS received fund-ing for up to $36,700 last year, with the “up to” dependent upon La Nina’s nightly bill, based on how many people showed up at the shelter.
This season the organization has been approved for almost $50,000, Adcock said, noting a portion of the funds will be used for staffing.
“The increase is due to me negotiating a wage increase for shel-ter workers,” she said. “From minimum wage to $14 per hour as it is more in line with the expectation of skill set in supporting a very vulnerable popula-tion.”
The new location also has CDS paying a small rental fee for use of the space and its laundry, cleaning and kitchen areas.
BC Housing doesn’t cover capital expenses, leaving communities responsible to fund-raise for shelter costs such as renovations, mats, blankets and other incidentals.
The Trail shelter is asking for donations of warm winter coats, gloves, mitts and socks. Anyone wish-ing to contribute is encouraged to drop by the CDS Thrift Store at 1565 Bay Ave.
The demographic using La Nina evolves from the homeless to women seeking shelter from domestic situa-tions, people stranded in town for a number of reasons, or those travelling through the area for medical appointments or court appearances and no transportation home.
The short term goal is to provide secure and appropriate sleep-ing accommodations during extreme weath-er, thereby reducing health and safety risks to all adults (aged 19 or older) and families.
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