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The first real taste of spring could come as early as next week when the mercury rises as high as 20 C, according to local forecaster Ron Lakeman.

But with the change in sea-sons comes a change in warnings from the Southeast Fire Centre in Castlegar concerning outdoor burn-ing activities.

Warm temperatures and rapid snow melt uncovers dried grass from last year, which is highly flam-mable material that can easily spark a wildfire.

“What happens in early spring is that it takes a couple of weeks to go from brown grass to green,” Lakeman said. “During this transi-tion the material is very flammable and will sustain a fire.”

Local firefighters saw that first hand on Tuesday on Station Road.

The property owner was clear-ing brush and burning a very small fire, when unexpected wind spread flames to a low lying grass area near the mountainside.

A “freak” gust of wind blew up in the valley, according to Terry Martin, Kootenay Boundary fire chief.

“The homeowner was doing nothing wrong,” he added.

“It’s just that time of year, no different than any other year, but everything is dry and the surface fuel burns fast.”

Weather conditions can change quickly and wind can carry embers

to combustible materials, so the fire chief reminds residents to ensure adequate water and tools are on hand to control fires and prevent flames from escaping.

To date, regional fire rescue has been called out twice by home-owners to extinguish burning grass.

The first incident was in Genelle two weeks ago.

Residential properties in Area A and Area B are governed by the centre’s open burning policies, which allow small fires of twigs, grass, leaves and other combustible materials.

The City of Trail and Village of Fruitvale have a ban on all burning; while the Village of Warfield does not require permits for open burn-ing from Nov. 1 to April 30.

Homeowners may be eager to get a jump on spring cleanup thanks to a warm welcome into spring.

April escorted the region’s win-ter out like a lamb, with the first few days of the month ushering in warmer than usual temperatures accompanied by sunny skies.

Although some cloud cover and a chance of showers is expected by tonight (Thursday), the weekend could shape up with very warm temperatures expected for Sunday.

“There is optimism with a big ridge of high pressure on the way,” said Lakeman. “With sunny, mild weather and temperatures into the upper teens and higher.”

The mild weather follows a win-ter that was nothing out of the norm.

Arctic outbreaks froze Greater Trail with record cold temperatures during the first few months of the year, but the rest of the season was unremarkable.

“Compared to what you saw on the news coming from anywhere east of the Rockies where the weather was cold and eventful,” said Lakeman. “West of the Rockies we were spoiled to a certain degree this winter.”

Although March roared in with one last snowstorm over the first three days and the coldest day, -10 C recorded on March 2, the rest of the month brought mostly rain and average daily temperatures.

Spring sparks new weather warning

Firefighters respond to grass fire on Station Road

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Sunningdale resident, Lois Palmer, took advantage of the sunshine Wednesday morning to clean up some of her flower beds and give her crocuses a little more space to grow.

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“What happens in early spring is that it takes a couple of weeks to go from brown grass to

green. During this transition the material is very flammable and

will sustain a fire.”

RON LAKEMAN

B Y A R T H A R R I S O NTimes Staff

Some of the changes pro-posed by Canada Post, both those underway and those being considered, are raising red flags for B.C. Southern Interior MP, Alex Atamanenko, and Ed Evans, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Local 842.

Atamanenko recently wrote a letter to Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport and the minis-ter responsible for Canada Post, (Trail Times Letter to the

Editor, March 28,) outlining his concerns with the open-ing of a franchise postal outlet in Osoyoos directly across the street from an existing post office.

In the letter he also raises concerns about a similar “high traffic dealership outlet” pro-posed for Rossland that would also see 1.5 full-time positions eliminated at the existing post office installation in the Golden City.

“I think they’re on the road to privatization, that we’ll see

them close our post offices and turn them into private outlets,” said Atamanenko.

“My fear is that what I’ve seen in Osoyoos will continue,” he added.

However, Canada Post has a somewhat different perspec-tive on the process and says that any changes to service in Rossland are only in the inves-tigative phase at this point.

“We have a whole process which begins with union noti-fication.

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The Trail Library hosted its Science Fair this week for local students. With 15 entries, the displays included everything from computer breakdowns to milk swirls to gauging speed. Laurie Ingersol and Keri Stephens, from Webster School, were the judges of the event. Top prize in the 9-to-11-year-old category went to Caleb Friesen (above) for her presentation on potential computer dangers. Alexander Stone and Evan Connolly were second and third respectively. In the 7-8 age group, Hannah Freeman took first followed by Ezra Clarke and Jill O’Hearn-Stone. The 5-6 group saw Lucas Clarke earn top spot followed by Connor Robertson and Taya Barsch.

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Mungall was ask-ing why the Liberal government has com-mitted $1 million to a town with no residents, instead of investing in the healthcare and education priorities of Kootenay commun-ities.

“The government found $1 million for this fake municipal-ity without a single resident, said Mungall referring to Jumbo Glacier Resort munici-pality. She then listed Kootenay priorities she has raised in the Legislature that the Liberals have ignored.

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said that they could not afford $1 million to help victims of the Johnson’s Landing mudslide with a buyout program similar to the one offered to North Vancouver residents in 2005. They also said that they have no money to run the CT scanner at Kootenay Lake Hospital 24/7 or literacy programs in the region or for Trafalgar School and Selkirk College.”

Mungall’s concerns about the Liberals’ priorities were echoed by fellow MLA Norm Macdonald, repre-senting Columbia River- Revelstoke.

Jumbo municipal-ity will get $200,000 a year in provincial fund-ing from 2014 through 2018, for a total of $1 million during the five years.

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• Tonight Colombo Lodge 7 p.m. for a night with popular horticulturist Jim Hole for a presen-tation, Gardening Myths. This funny and informa-tive speaker will delight all gardeners. Jim and his brothers run Holes Greenhouses in St. Albert AB (just outside of Edmonton). His mother, Lois Hole, wrote many books on gardening roses. Refreshments served. Admission by donation for a local food bank. Call 364.5770 to reserve.

• Friday, St Micheal’s Elementary School under the covered entrance area, between 8-10 a.m. The Grade 6 class is having a bottle drive. Please donate bottles and cans that are secured in a garbage bag.

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• Sunday, the Trail Seventh Day Adventist Church on Columbia Ave., 4:30 p.m., invites the community for Sunday Dinner with the Doctor. Renowned Creston physician Sid Kettner will talk about heart disease, life style medicine, and his book, “Are We Killing Ourselves.” Free vegetarian dinner. For info call Val 368.3384.

• The Trail Bottle Depot is collecting bottle donations to help purchase a wheelchair access-ible van for Leanne, a local youth afflicted with Cerebral Palsy. For info or bottle pick up call Tammy Cox at 368.6975.

Film• Saturday, the Royal Theatre at 9:55 a.m. for

the Met Opera production La Boheme. Grans to Grans will have a bake sale table in the lobby selling goodies and treats, with proceeds going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to support African grandmothers raising orphaned grandchildren due to HIV/AIDS.

Gallery• VISAC Gallery showing new exhibition,

“Pottery: Follow the Process.” Open Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. By donation.

Upcoming• April 10, Rossland Miners’ Hall, Lorne Elliott,

a Canadian humorist, storyteller, musician and playwright will perform. Tickets $20 advance in Rossland at Out of the Cellar, or in Trail at the Charles Bailey box office. $25 at the door. Part of the Rossland Council of Arts and Culture 2013/2014 Performance Series.

• April 12, Trail Legion Branch #11 from 1-3 p.m. for a spring tea. Bake table, craft table and meat pies. Everyone welcome.

• April 15 to May 6, Gericks Sports in Trail at 5 p.m. for Mural Heights spring mountain bik-ing, and coaching tips with Cindy Devine, former world champion. Beginner/intermediate level bik-ers. Ride 60-90 mins.

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FROM PAGE 1“It’s a process of consul-

tation with the union and they have the opportunity to respond.” Anick Losier, spokesperson for Canada Post, told the Trail Times from Ottawa.

“We have to do a busi-ness assessment, look at the transactions that take place. Sometimes it’s about the hours of service, we need to see if the existing service is meeting the public’s needs. If necessary we can add to our network through a franchise. It can be an extra conven-

ience.”Nevertheless, Atamanenko

is alarmed at what he sees as a reduction of service at existing postal outlets, with a cut in hours at the Trail post office and the elimination of Saturday service at a number of smaller, rural outlets in the area, and the potential for elimination of reasonably high wage union positions.

“I met with the executive directors of four chambers of commerce and there is some concern in the business com-munity,” he said. “If we pull out a dozen or even half a

dozen high paying jobs it’s a hit on a small community.”

The local CUPW president echoes many of Atamanenko’s concerns and sees the pro-posed changes as possibly leading to even darker future for postal service in Canada.

“It’s like they’re dismant-ling public post offices in small cities,” Evans said. “It seems like Canada Post just takes little steps at a time so the public doesn’t object until it’s too late.

“And the service you get at a sub-post office is not even close. You get one person

working in the back of a drug store for minimum wage.”

In spite of the corpora-tion’s reassurances, Evans still has concerns about the future of the postal service.

“This infrastructure that we have in place serves the small towns and rural areas,” he said.

“They take this apart and we’ll never be able to afford to re-build it.

“People have to make a stand. It belongs to them; this is their company, not the Conservative government’s, not any corporation.”

Loss of jobs impacts small communities

B y A r t H A r r i s o nTimes Staff

With temperatures rising and skies beginning to clear, the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce is beginning to turn its attention towards summer activities in the valley.

The first Friday in June will see the return of the Chamber spon-sored, Trail market on the Esplanade, which saw considerable activity over the warmer months last year. “It starts Friday, June 6, and will run every second Friday after that until the end of October,” said Norm Casler, Chamber executive director. “We’ve got some plans, some new vendors and we’ve got a goal of bringing in more live

entertainment. We’ll judge as we go.”Casler said that there wasn’t real-

ly much that they were considering changing too dramatically because of the success of the market last year.

“We averaged over 50 vendors per market last year and had 125 different vendors in total over the summer,” Casler said. “It’s a great place to meet with people, buy lunch and walk around. We had good vendors last year that seemed to have products that people wanted, it’s really been successful.”

Last year’s markets drew over 5,000 visitors to peruse the variety of fresh produce, clothing, jewelry, crafts, pot-tery, food and beverages available along the Esplanade with a number of vendors

and visitors saying that it was one of the best markets in the area.

Casler says he wants to continue to urge the downtown business commun-ity to embrace the summer market and get involved to whatever extent possible.

“Have sidewalk sales, open a booth if they can. I realize that many don’t have a lot of staff and can’t close up shop to move to the market but there’s room for opportunity for everyone,” he said. “A promotion is a promotion. Commerce is about money moving around and many of the vendors are primarily from around here. If they make money they’re going to spend money. This has become a highlight for visitors, a showcase for the community. It’s good for everybody.”

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VICTORIA – Former B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger is leading a public discussion this spring about converting volume-based logging licences to area-based tenures, a proposal the B.C. government backed away from before last spring’s election.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced the consul-tation this week and released a discussion paper for comment on a new website, engage.gov.bc.ca/foresttenures that will collect com-ments until May 30.

About 60 per cent of the logging on Crown land in B.C. is through volume-based for-est licences, which give com-panies permission to cut a specified volume in the licence area.

Thomson said the proposed change to area-based licences is to encourage companies to

make longer-term investment in planting and silviculture to increase future productivity on Crown land.

Area-based licences give the holder exclusive access, instead of competing with

other logging com-panies, each licensed to take a set volume of wood from the same forest.

Thomson said the proposal is to help deal with the widespread damage left behind by the mountain pine beetle infestation that is causing a decline in timber supply for decades to come.

NDP forests crit-ic Norm Macdonald said the experience with existing area-based tenures, called tree farm licences, is that they have not improved forest stewardship.

About 15 per cent of B.C. lumber production is from tree farm licences, and the ministry can’t show evidence that they are better managed,

he said.Many of the existing tree

farm licences are on the B.C. coast, where log exports have increased.

Macdonald said B.C.’s big forest companies have lobbied Premier Christy Clark for the change, which effectively pri-vatizes large tracts of Crown forest, and now the forests ministry is being directed to implement the change.

Snetsinger said he worked with volume-based and area-based licences as B.C.’s chief forester, where he was respon-sible for setting annual allow-able cut from 2004 to 2012.

They have their supporters and detractors, and Snetsinger said he will hear from them all.

The consultation tour will have stops in Nanaimo, Kamloops, Prince George, Quesnel, Burns Lake, Williams Lake, Smithers, Dawson Creek, Cranbrook and Vancouver. Details will be posted on the consultation website when they are finalized.

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British Columbia pulp and paper mill employee heading to work one morning seven years ago had her life tragically altered when police in the local detachment were issued an urgent command.

“Bait car activation - let’s go!”In the ensuing moments,

four RCMP officers dashed to their cruisers and mounted pur-suit. Just 158 metres from the Campbell River, B.C., police sta-tion, one car struck the vehicle being driven by 27-year-old Erika Watkins.

A judge awarded the woman almost $1 million for the colli-sion that he said caused her life-changing and potentially perma-nent injuries.

“In short, Ms. Watkins’ life is profoundly different than it was before the accident,” said B.C. Supreme Court Justice Murray Blok in his decision, posted online on Tuesday.

The judgement found Watkins suffered a traumatic brain injury when her car was T-boned as she

turned left at the same time the officer tried to pass her vehicle in the March 2007 accident.

RCMP Const. David Dormuth admitted in court to speeding as much as 30 kilometres per hour over the limit as he rushed to where it was believed a bait vehicle was being stolen.

Blok ruled Dormuth made an “unnecessarily aggressive” move when he tried to overtake the woman’s car. The officer could have chosen a “much safer” option, especially because other police were responding to the incident, he said.

“Dormuth chose the option that created the very risk that materialized: a high-speed col-lision as he attempted to pass the Watkins’ vehicle by going in the oncoming lane of traffic,” the judge said.

Watkins’ injury has resulted in headaches, mood changes, anx-iety, driving fears, memory diffi-culty, poor concentration, fatigue, problems with balance, irritability and noise intolerance, the judge-ment states.

B y K A T h e r I N e m o r T I m e rVernon Morning Star

In the past 14 years, the Vernon School Board has been forced to reduce its operating budget by more than $15 million, and that trend is con-tinuing.

Each spring local school boards across the province are required to submit a balanced budget to the Ministry of Education.

“School District 22 Board of Education does not have local taxation authority to offset cost pressures,” said board chairman Bill Turanski. “Some past reductions have been justified due to declining enrolment in the district but many new financial commitments that have been agreed to by the Ministry of Education are not sufficiently funded, such as the CUPE Collective Agreement.”

In the past three years the board has had to cut its expenses by $5,035,920 to balance the budgets. This year it’s $2,214,920; last year it was $1,061,000 and the previous year cuts totalled $1,760,000. The cost reductions over this per-iod have included the reduction of 33 teacher positions, two administrator positions and two support staff positions along with a reduction of $300,000 in school and district supply budgets.

For the 2014-2015 school year the district

needs to cut its expenses by another $1,500,000 to balance the district’s budget even though enrolment is projected to increase. With no additional funding provided by the ministry, increased costs include $440,000 for the cost of the CUPE agreement; $91,000 increased muni-cipal pension costs; $25,000 increased WCB costs; $135,000 increased BC Hydro rates; and $232,000 increased benefit costs for CUPE and teachers.

“Meeting these unfunded increases will affect programs and services available to students,” said Turanski. “The board values the excellent work our teachers, administrators and support staff are providing to students given fewer resources available.”

Vernon Teachers’ Association president Heather Malcolm said it’s discouraging news for teachers, as even those with experience don’t have job security.

“It’s frustrating — last year the layoff line was quite high up and if you’ve been in a district for let’s say 10 years and your job is not secure from year to year, it’s very discouraging,” she said. “And it’s very hard for our young teachers; it would be good for it to be funded properly, for teachers to be secure in their jobs.”

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MORRIS, GARY WAYNE – Gary passed away on February 23, 2014 in Salmon Arm, B.C. He is survived by his wife Susan Baumgartner, his son Stephen James Morris of Vancouver, his brother James Thomas Morris of Kaslo, B.C. (Shirley), nephew James Morris (Australia), nieces Emily Morris (Australia), and Megan Morris (Ottawa).

Born to James (Jimmy) and Isabel Morris on October 7, 1941 in Trail, B.C. Gary graduated as Class Valedictorian in 1959 from J. Lloyd Crowe Senior High School. Gary completed his education at UBC in 1966 with a BASc in Civil Engineering which he applied to a professional career spanning over 40 years in the engineering, construction management, and com-missioning aspects of major capital project work in 11 countries.

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SUBMITTEDTRAIL – A free meal and a

discussion with a doctor will be served up this weekend at the Trail Adventist Church.

“Dinner with the Doctor” will feature Sid Kettner, MD, a family physician who has practiced for over 30 years in Creston.

Evidence from medical research over the past 25 plus years continues to show that how we live, determines to a great extent, how we will die.

No longer do we have epi-demics of infectious diseases, but rather epidemics relating to stress, overeating and under-exercising. We dig our graves with our dinner forks.

The top killers in Canada no longer are TB, pneumonia or diphtheria. They are heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. And these chronic con-ditions are largely self-induced.

That’s the bad news—we are committing slow suicide by our unhealthy choices. In fact, over 75 per cent of western diseases are now “lifestyle relat-ed” according the US Surgeon General’s report.

Now the good news—we can

do something about it. We can turn the tide. We now know that, not only can we halt the progress of these killer dis-eases, but some can actually be reversed. But this is not by chance. It is by choice. We need to eat less, eat smarter, move more and control our stress.

Throughout Dr. Kettner’s career his passion has been to challenge audiences in Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and numerous cities across Canada, to be informed and to become involved in their own health. He has been the Canadian medical director of the Coronary Health Improvement Project since it was launched 25 years ago.

It has now spread to four continents and over 55,000 have graduated from the 18-session course. Material similar to that program will be presented free of charge, and a complimentary nutritious vegetarian meal will be served prior to each lecture.

“Dinner with the Doctor” will be held at the Trail Adventist Church, 1471 Columbia Avenue on Sunday and April 20 at 4:30 p.m.

Please call Val at 250-368 3384 to reserve a spot.

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Trail Hospital Auxiliary members were on hand to donate an additional $2,200 to fund the Garden Project at the entrance of KBRH. Karen Hadley, past president (far right) and Allana Ferro, president (second from right) present the cheque to Lisa Pasin, KBRH Health Foundation Director of Development. The Trail Hospital Auxiliary is looking to recruit new volunteers. Please call Allana Ferro @ 250-368-8391 if interested.

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Feds using cyber-bullying fear to invade privacyIt takes a pretty special

issue to unite our two organizations in com-mon cause. But our

government is working to push a privacy-gutting bill through Parliament, using very cynical means: exploiting our grief over the loss of two teenage victims of online harass-ment.

It’s called the Cyber Bullying Bill, but it’s real-ly an attempt to legalize unprecedented govern-ment access to our online activity.

The tragic deaths of Rehtaeh Parsons and Amanda Todd must not be ignored, but a major inva-sion of our online privacy is not the answer.

When the original bill was introduced it was called the “Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act,” made famous for its vigorous defence by then-public safety minister Vic Toews, who told us that standing against this attack on pri-vacy was “standing with the child pornographers.”

Canadians responded

with outrage and caused the government to make a rare, hasty retreat and drop the bill. But now they’re back.

The “Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act” was debated in Parliament last week and is by and large the same bill.

Only the “old fear” they used to sell this before – child pornography – has been swapped for cyber bullying.

The need to protect teens from online threats is something we all agree on.

The problem is that only four of the bill’s 70 pages actually have anything to do with cyber bullying, while the remainder is designed to systematic-ally dismantle our privacy rights. It effectively will allow the state to snoop on nearly everything we do online.

While the bill does away with the previous incarnation’s warrant-less search provisions, it now includes new indirect measures to stealthily pry

open Canadians’ comput-ers to the eyes of govern-ment authorities. Its key provisions take away the right of citizens to sue Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Rogers or Bell if they give up informa-tion about our online activities to government agencies that ask for it. And with it, we lose a vital safeguard protecting our rights: the threat of legal action.

But it doesn’t stop there. It will make it eas-ier for government agen-cies to track our move-ments whenever we step out of the house – using our own phones or even using external tracking

devices. Government agen-

cies will also have easier access to our metadata by requiring only a “reason-able suspicion” standard before seeking the author-ity to conduct searches. This falls well below the normal requirement of “reasonable and probable grounds.”

All this despite the Supreme Court’s recent warning that “it is dif-ficult to imagine a more intrusive invasion of pri-vacy than the search of a personal or home com-puter.” This law could serve to make ISPs part of Canada’s security estab-lishment: they’d be obli-gated to spy on their cus-tomers.

The onus ought to be on government to jus-tify the necessity of a law before it treads on our liberty by invading our privacy.

The vast majority of this bill just doesn’t meet that standard. It’s an unwarranted intrusion on our freedom. And if the government is going

to try to pass these kinds of laws, they should at least be straight up with Canadians about what the bill’s really all about. (Hint: It’s not cyber bully-ing.)

Together we are call-ing on the government to throw out the bill’s privacy gutting measures and re-introduce only the parts concerning cyber bullying.

We are joined in this effort by a slew of organizations, academics and legal experts in the Protect Our Privacy coali-tion. Seventy thousand people from across the country have also signed onto an Avaaz petition echoing this call.

This bill is a terrible threat to the basic privacy rights of all Canadians. We call on all Canadians to join us in opposing it.

Chris Schafer is exec-utive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation. Jeremy Waiser is a campaign director with Avaaz, the online advocacy organ-ization.

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A few months back, I received a notification which advised me that I had to declare whether

Buckerfield’s was a ‘producer’ of printed paper or packaging material. If so, we would have to implement an ‘approved stew-ardship plan’ to deal with the material. Otherwise we would have to join another ‘steward-ship plan’ and pay fees to that plan holder. I thought it was a scam. But I looked into it fur-ther and determined that there was indeed regulatory provi-sions in effect which stated this very thing and according to the regulations, Buckerfield’s is now a ‘producer’ of printed paper and packaging material, with the best example being our Buckerfield’s feed bags.

I then discussed the alternatives with a Ministry of Environment official and came to realize that we had no choice but to join the only approved stewardship plan in the Province, MMBC. We signed the MMBC contract. But we also read it. And it stated that MMBC had to file audited finan-cial statements on its web site. I recently went to the web site and there are no audited finan-cial statements.

Now, several months later, I have discovered the following:

• MMBC is a corporation under the Societies Act com-prised of three Directors, two of which live in Ontario. None of the Directors have public sector credentials. All of the Directors represent large corporate inter-ests.

• MMBC is not accountable to any government agency, appointed official, elected offi-cial or any other government body other than the Registrar of Companies under the Societies Act

• MMBC is not governed by the Province’s Financial Administration Act which sets out the rules for the adminis-tration of all public monies.

• None of the monies col-lected by MMBC, including the fees Buckerfield’s is supposed to pay go to the Public Accounts of the Province or any other government organization.

• MMBC is not subject to oversight by the Auditor General of BC

• Under MMBC’s ‘steward-ship plan’ as approved by the Provincial government, MMBC has the authority to charge companies like Buckerfield’s unlimited fees based on what-ever MMBC spends, regardless of what the actual costs are to recycle our feed bags and regardless of the fact that we already pay municipal taxes in

all eight of our locations. • MMBC has the authority

to come into any municipality in the Province and offer finan-cial incentives to the locally elected government to do what MMBC wants in the area of waste collection and recycling; if the locally elected govern-ment refuses, MMBC has the authority to do what it wants anyway.

• The municipal govern-ments of the province do not know the background of MMBC and don’t yet realize the fees that MMBC is charging to Buckerfield’s and all the other companies amounts to double taxation

• The municipal govern-ments are going to have to give up that tax base they have for waste collection and recycling because the shift to ‘producers’ paying directly for waste col-lection and recycling elimin-ates the need and justification for ‘consumers’ i.e. property tax payers to pay for these services through the municipalities.

• The Provincial govern-ment did not consult with the municipal governments or the public but companies like Buckerfield’s are pointing it out because until it is resolved, we are being taxed twice for the same service and residential taxpayers (including me) are being taxed for something that someone else is actually paying for.

• Taxpayers and municipal governments were not con-sulted as to whether they really want to shift the financing and control of municipal waste and recycling services out of the municipal jurisdiction, that is , the jurisdiction of democratic-ally elected municipal officials into the hands of a corporation under the Societies Act that is accountable to no one and is outside the jurisdiction of the Provincial Auditor General

Taxpayers and voters are unaware that the fees being charged by MMBC are so oner-ous that they will cause news-paper closures and job losses of 300-500 in the newspaper industry in British Columbia, even though recycled newsprint is actually very valuable.

In finding all this out, I lament the fact that none of this was introduced into the legislature for proper debate because it means that instead of spending my days managing the sale of chicks and garden sup-plies at Buckerfield’s, I have to spend my time trying to revive democratic processes in British Columbia, retroactively. I find it appalling.

My position as of the time

of this writing is this, we ain’t paying a dime to MMBC and neither should anyone else, not until:

• The provincial government reconciles what it is doing with the municipal governments and municipal taxpayers so that tax-payers don’t have to pay twice.

• The provincial government takes back the legislation which calls us ‘producers’ and ‘blames us’ for the choices made by manufacturers and indeed con-sumers that are completely out-side of our control.

• Any monies charged under the auspices of the Recyling Regulation are included in the Public Accounts of the Province and subject to the provisions of the Financial Administration Act and the Auditor General Act.

• Whatever is going to be done is introduced into the Legislative Assembly in the form of a Bill so that the proper public debate can occur.

• Insofar as MMBC has not filed its audited financial state-ments since inception, and the period of time not reported spans more than two years, and insofar as MMBC is actually a taxing and funding agency, there be an independent pub-lic enquiry into the financial operations, sources and uses of funds, contractual procedures and expenditures of MMBC.

No, Buckerfield’s is not pay-ing a dime until this cash and power grab is unraveled and revealed for what it is.

One final word, 96% of all printed paper and packaging material is already being picked up or deposited into munici-pally financed facilities. Despite what MMBC is saying, at least 53% of that is already being recycled and it is very likely that that number was seriously understated to give the govern-ment a reason for its MMBC cash and power grab. In real-ity, there is no basis for set-ting up a recycling dictatorship and charging punitive fees to companies like Buckerfield’s at all. Recycling is a booming business with rapidly increas-ing prices of marketable com-modities. Could that be why the Board of MMBC is all big business and outside the juris-diction of the Auditor General? We don’t have to change a thing to see recycling take off in BC, in the hands of our elected municipal officials. We need to send the MMBC regime to the recycle bin.

Kelvin McCulloch is the CEO of Buckerfield’s, a chain of home and garden, animal feed and farm stores in southern B.C. and Vancouver Island.

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The Beaver Valley Nitehawks weathered a late tempest by the Kamloops Storm, tying the KIJHL best-of-seven championship series at two games apiece with a 5-3 victory at the Hawks Nest in Beaver Valley on Tuesday.

Game 4 was a very differ-ent match for the Nitehawks than the previous one, as the team played sound defensive hockey and dominated the Storm offensively.

After giving up four goals on seven power-play tries in the Game 3 loss, the Hawks shutdown the vaunted Storm power play that went 0-for-5 on the night.

“I thought yesterday we kind of got away from our game,” said assistant coach Kevin Limbert. “Give credit to them, they played well and they played hard, and they took it to us physically, but there was large stretches of the game there where we just weren’t committed to win-ning the battle.”

The Hawks’ Dallas Calvin would score the eventual winner on a highlight-reel goal at 10:39 of the third period to give B.V. a 4-1 lead. Calvin broke in on a 2-on-1 with Braden Fuller, feath-ered a deft pass to Fuller who drew the defenceman over then saucered it back to Calvin, who undressed Liam MacLeod in the Storm net with a slick deke.

I thought we had a much better effort up and down the lineup, we had some outstanding performances tonight and we’re looking forward to carrying that momentum into Thursday’s game,” he added.

The Hawks opened the scoring in the first period on a power play when Dan Holland snuck it through the pads of MacLeod on a quick dish from Archie McKinnon.

The Storm would find the equalizer at 2:19 of the first when Addison Banzian beat Hawks goalie Brett Clark. However, 27 seconds later Ryan Edwards would put the Hawks up for good, when he took a Riley Brandt pass and backhanded it over the glove of the Storm goalie to make it 2-1.

Both goalies put on a clinic in the second period as MacLeod and Clark sty-mied opposition shooters, each stopping 14 shots and making several point-blank saves to keep the game a one-goal margin heading into the third.

“I think we just got to get on him (MacLeod) early and make his life difficult, get some rebounds, some traf-fic, and really make his life uncomfortable, because he does play well when he’s play-ing confident,” said Limbert.

Holland would find a way to beat MacLeod early in the third period. The Boston native won a battle for the

puck in the Storm’s end, wheeled out from behind the net, faked a pass, turned and wired it off the crossbar to give the Hawks a 3-1 lead.

“The puck got loose, I opened up looking for a pass, the goalie read the pass, he dropped down, so I decided to put it upstairs and it snuck by him,” said Holland.

The 20-year-old forward was a force on the evening, his speed, play-making abil-ity, and fierce determination creating open ice and numer-ous scoring opportunities for the Hawks. Holland netted his ninth and 10th goals of the playoffs putting him in seventh spot in playoff scor-ing with 10-11-21.

“He’s been fantastic,” said Limbert. “He’s been an abso-lute warrior for us and it was an unbelievable perform-ance.”

Yet, it was far from over. After the Nitehawks went up 4-1 on Calvin’s goal, the Storm would mount a come-back. Mitch Friesen would score on a rebound off the back-boards to make it 4-2 at 6:24 of the third. Two minutes later, the former Kamloops Blazer would find the net again, drawing the Storm within one after bang-ing in a loose puck on a goal-mouth scramble.

“It’s kind of human nature to sit back like that and play more of a contained mode but it usually doesn’t work out as we saw,” said Limbert.

“They have some big bodies up front, and they’ll make you pay if you give them time and space.”

Calvin would eventually ice it with an empty net-ter with 21 seconds to play. Despite the close call, the Hawks defence played tight, disciplined hockey, particu-larly in the third, limiting the Storm to just six shots on net in the period.

Credit has to go to a skilled but often unheralded mix of veterans in McKinnon, Fraser Stang, and Walker Sidoni, and rookie players Sheldon Hubbard, Jeremy Lucchini and Lyle Frank for maintaining their composure and thwarting the big and fast Storm forwards through-out the match.

“Tonight we came out with a little more focus and more committed to our game plan, we got pucks deep, and everybody was working hard,” said Stang. “They got a lot of speed up front . . . they may be a step quicker but you just have to play your angles right, and in our little rink it doesn’t matter too much.”

Beaver Valley outshot Kamloops 40-28 in the game, and went 1-for-6 on the power play.

Game 5 will go in Kamloops on Thursday on the big ice at McArthur Arena. The Storm and Hawks return to the B.V. Arena on Friday for Game 6 at 7:30 p.m.

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Kamloops Storm goalie Liam MacLeod robs Beaver Valley Nitehawks forward Riley Brandt on this attempt, but the Hawks would find the twine on their way to a 5-3 Game 4 victory over the Storm in the KIJHL championship series on Tuesday at the Hawks’ Nest.

Hawks outlast Storm, even series

S u B m i t t e dRed Mountain Racer Soleil Patterson will

join 17 other talented up-and-coming athletes from across the country selected to represent Canada at the 22nd annual Whistler Cup from April 4-6 in Whistler. More than 400 athletes from around the world will vie for the coveted Nations’ Cup title – one Canada successfully reclaimed at last year’s event.

The Whistler Cup, pre-sented by Rio Tinto Alcan, is one of the most presti-gious events in the world for aspiring World Cup racers aged 12-15, who will put it all on the line in super-G, slalom and giant slalom over three days of racing in Whistler.

Nine men and nine women from Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia will fly the flag for Team Canada, and will strive to defend the Nations’ Cup title earned by Team Canada at last year’s event in a fierce battle against Team Norway, which placed second. The Canadians will compete against athletes from 25 different countries.

“This is really the highlight of the year, and a chance to showcase what the best young ath-letes in the country are doing,” said Rob Boyd in a release. Boyd of Whistler Mountain Ski Club, is a former Canadian Alpine Ski Team athlete and World Cup winner who is head coach for the Canadian Whistler Cup team.

“There are definitely some athletes on the team who have performed very well this season. It will be the first time for them to work togeth-er as a nation under the same umbrella like this, which is the neat thing about the Whistler Cup.

Patterson qualified for the Whistler Cup by cleaning up at the Teck Alpine U16 Provincial championships in Prince George in February.The 15-year-old Rossland native won the overall provincial title after claiming three gold and a silver medal at the event.

Patterson had injured herself in a competi-tion in Fernie six weeks earlier and hadn’t raced since. She was cleared to race after passing concussion protocol tests only a week prior to the provincials.

She will join Team Canada in Whistler for a preparation camp prior to the start of racing, which will help determine the composition of the final teams; the 18 Canadian athletes will be divided into men’s and women’s Team Canada 1, 2 and 3.

“I look forward to seeing how we can get the athletes representing Canada to peak and be at the highest level they can be during the competition,” Boyd said. “Our goal is to claim the Whistler (Nations’) Cup. In doing so, we of course will be aiming for podium finishes. When the athletes are skiing their best, anything is possible…I think we’ve got a pretty darn good chance.”

Patterson will be joined by Laura Swaffield and Finn Iles of Whistler as the only other skiers from B.C. to be named to the team.

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and two assists and Adam Rockwood added four helpers as the Coquitlam Express doubled up the Victoria Grizzlies 6-3 to get their first win of the BCHL round-robin semifinal.

Corey Mackin chipped in with a goal and two assists and Bo Pieper scored twice for Coquitlam who move into second place in the three-team round robin.

Cole Pickup opened the scor-ing for Victoria 2:55 into the game but Rosenthal answered with a power-play goal from Rockwood and Mackin to even things up heading into the break.

Leo Fitzgerald scored on the power play early in the second, assisted by his brothers Gerry and Myles, but Rosenthal responded with his second of the game, again from Rockwood and Mackin, to tie it at two after two.

Coquitlam dominated the third period as Pieper scored two straight and Corey Mackin and Zach Hodder added insurance markers to put the Express up by four before Gerry Fitzgerald added a late one for the Grizzlies who are left in third place with zero points from their first two semifinal games.

Express goalie Gordie Defiel was solid in net as his team was outshot 23-12 after two and 33-25 in total.

Vernon leads the series with a 2-0 record while the Express sit at 1-1.

Coquitlam and Victoria meet again tonight in Victoria in a must-win game for the Grizzlies.

In the event of a Coquitlam win, the Grizzlies would be eliminated. If the Grizzlies win they will play Vernon on Saturday and the Express will meet Vernon on Monday.

The top two teams will play in a best-of-seven BCHL final series starting Apr. 11.

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The Fly Fishing Symposium at the Castlegar Rec Complex on the weekend showcased some of the best local fly-tyers, guides, and suppliers. Clockwise from top: Daughter and dad Serena and Phil Milburn of Fruitvale share the same vice, a love of fly-tying, as young would-be fly fishers check out the nymphs and other aquatic life in the sample pool, while Hermann Fischer of Kamloops shares a few secrets, and Teck’s Rollie Hill gets creative on the vice, tying up an articulated stonefly nymph.

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Dear Annie: I’m 18 years old. I work two jobs to save money for college next year, one during the week and the other at a coffee shop on the weekends. Last week, my boss from the coffee shop sent an email to all employees saying that we are now required to take a daily picture of ourselves on a work camera. At the end of the month, the owners (a husband and wife) will judge who is the best dressed and give the winner a $100 gift certificate.

Annie, all of the workers at this shop are high school and college-age females. This makes us uncom-fortable, but we are afraid of losing our jobs. There already are video cameras that send black-and-white images directly to the boss’s office. My par-ents said that they’d be supportive of what-ever I decide. I really like and need this job. Yesterday, I dressed

very well, but didn’t take a picture. Five minutes ago, I received an email reminding me that the pictures are mandatory. What do I do? -- Confused Employee

Dear Confused: We suspect your employers think this is an incen-tive for you and your co-workers to dress better. While the pho-tographs don’t seem discriminatory, they do appear to be an unreasonable require-ment for employment. Your best bet is to get together with the other employees and talk to your bosses. Let them know that you are uncomfortable with this new demand

and ask whether they can find another way of getting the pre-ferred results (like an enforced dress code).

Dear Annie: I am a 51-year-old mar-ried man living in New Jersey. My retired parents live in Pennsylvania, and my older sister lives not far from them.

Last November, my wife and I bought a new house 10 minutes from our old one. My par-ents wanted to see our new home. They rely on my sister to drive them long distances, so she sent an email with the details about when and how long. She also asked, “Is there any-thing we can bring?” I responded that she could bring four of our family’s favorite sand-wiches for lunch. The next night, she sent me a nasty email ask-ing how I could expect them to bring lunch. She said it is the host’s job to provide some-thing to eat.

Annie, I’ve gone

to their houses many times and have always brought these sand-wiches because I know everybody likes them. (I’ve never accepted payment.) After receiv-ing that nasty email from my sister, I told her she is no longer welcome here. Now my parents say I am the bad guy and should have bit the bullet and provided lunch on my own. Was I wrong? -- Offended Brother

Dear Brother: While the host should provide refreshments, this is family, and such things can be treated infor-mally. The fact that you’ve brought sand-wiches is generous, but that was your choice, not theirs. And your sister should not have asked about bringing something if she was not willing to comply. Her email was rude and incendiary, and your response shoved the argument into the stratosphere. You should each apologize. We suggest you swal-

low your pride and take the first step before this estrangement becomes permanent and all of you lose out.

Dear Annie: I wholeheartedly agree with “Mom” about the PG-13 movies for chil-dren. How sad that we, the American public,

allow this to continue and even make it profit-able. Television is even worse. We all allow the lowest common denominator to set our values and standards. I realize that someday my grandchildren will be dealing with their children being exposed

to much more filth. I grew up in the ‘50s

and wish I could bot-tle the innocence my friends and I enjoyed and give it to my grandchildren. Instead, parents today seem to be rushing their chil-dren toward adulthood. -- Baton Rouge, La.

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For Friday, April 4, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is an excellent day for those in sales, market-ing, teaching, acting or those who write and edit, because your verbal skills are strong today. Your words are like gold! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Respect your moneymak-ing ideas today because they might be worth con-sideration. Talk to people behind the scenes to get further information about something that interests you. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Today the Moon is in your sign, dancing with the Sun and Mars. This makes you feel energetic, experimental and bold. You’re ready for anything! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’ll enjoy working alone or behind the scenes today, especially if you

can support someone in a position of authority. You can be Batman’s quiet butler at home. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Conversations with a female friend will go well today. You are curious to learn more information about something and just talk. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Personal details about your private life might be made public today, espe-cially regarding inheri-tances, shared property or anything that you share with someone else. This also could involve bank-ing. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Do something differ-ent today, because you are hungry for adventure. Explore a new part of the city or town where you live. You might be surprised at what an eye-opener this can be.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Discussions about shared property, inheritances and red-tape details will go well today, because people are ready to cooperate. This could help you in practical ways at work. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Be prepared to go more than halfway when dealing with others today, because the Moon is opposite your

sign. In two weeks, the Moon will be in your sign and oth-ers will have to do the same for you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) A female employee or co-worker might figure promi-nently in your day today. Perhaps this person will help you or give you advice. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a playful day. Take a long lunch if you can. Meet

friends later in the day to trade lies and laugh it up. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You will enjoy cocooning at home today if you have the chance. This is also a good day to explore real-estate deals or talk to family members, espe-cially female relatives. YOU BORN TODAY You have the courage and the abil-ity to overcome odds when they are against you. You are innovative, poetic, lively and

ambitious. You are both stub-born and patient. This year you have opportunities for future growth. It’s a good time to clear away past debts and plan for the future. You will be popular and all your relationships will improve. Birthdate of: Craig T. Nelson, actor; Marguerite Duras, writer; Roberto Luongo, hockey player. (c) 2014 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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1st Trail Real Estate

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NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS

PROPOSED COLUMBIA RIVER UTILITIES/PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

LOAN AUTHORIZATION BYLAW NO. 2775, 2014

Trail City Council intends to borrow $4,916,000 over a term of 25 years in order to construct, as a joint venture with the RDKB, a pipe/pedestrian bridge crossing the Columbia River. The purpose of the bylaw is to authorize the financing of the City’s share of the project.

Council may adopt the bylaw unless, by Friday, May 9, 2014, at least 10% of the electors in the City of Trail, to which this alternative approval process applies, indicate that Council must obtain the assent of the electors before proceeding. Elector responses must be given in the form established by Council, available at Trail City Hall. Only electors of the City of Trail are entitled to sign the response forms.

The signed elector response forms must be submitted to the Corporate Administrator at Trail City Hall, 1394 Pine Avenue, by the established deadline of 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 9, 2014. At least 573 elector responses are required to prevent Trail City Council from proceeding without the assent of the electors.

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TRAIL, 2bdrm. Close to: town, bus stop, park, partially fur-nished. 250-364-1129TRAIL, 3BD. Bright, clean, spacious, in quiet bldg. W/D. S.exposure w/deck, off-street parking. N/S. $795. 250-229-4600.sombrio86@hotmail.comTRAIL, Rossland Ave. 1bdrm w/d f/s, n/s n/p. $550/mo. Avail. Immed. 250-368-1361

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Apt/Condo for RentTRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312

UPPER WARFIELD, 2bd. apt. $700./mo. +utilities. Available May 1st. 250-231-3538WANETA MANOR 1bdrm. $510./mo. N/S, N/P, senior oriented, underground park-ing. 250-368-8423W.TRAIL, 1bdrm., fenced yard $595., 1block to Downtown Trail. 250-368-6076W.TRAIL, 1bdrm. plus, semi-enclosed balcony. 1Blk. Down-town. $595./mo. 250-368-6076

Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 2bdrm., $800/mo. +utilities, NS, covered parking.250-364-0825E.TRAIL, 3bd, 2bth, renovat-ed, yard, storage. $1100. Avail.May 1st. 250-512-1153

Transportation

Auto Financing

Cars - Domestic1969 CHEVELLE Post, 10yr. old restoration. Original Trail car. $28,000. 250-449-2675

2005 FORD Silver Mustang Convertible, one owner, never winter driven, excellent condi-tion, has 4L, V6 manual trans-mission. 61,000kms. Asking $10,900. 250-364-2752

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Brand New Carrier Routes are coming available in Trail!

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WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: 250-231-5591mark.wilson@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

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for a FREE market

evaluation today!Call Art

(250) 368-8818

340 Grandview Place, Genelle

$879,000Live the dream! This gorgeous custom-built home features stunning views and

quality workmanship. Gourmet kitchen, 3 bdrms with master suite, gas fireplace and an open floor-plan with oodles of windows.

You have to see it to believe it! Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

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302 Ritchie Avenue, Tadanac $399,000

This graceful and spacious home offers beautiful “heritage” characteristics

including hardwood fl oors, French doors, charming den, and large rooms. Master bedroom offers huge en suite with jetted tub and lots of closet space. Open and bright kitchen with large, sunny eating

area and patio doors to deck.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1887 Spokane Street, Rossland $184,000

This home has had many upgrades including new fl ooring, windows,

bathroom, paint and front porch. Newer gas furnace and roof. Lots of privacy

on this, .13 acre lot with plenty of trees surrounding it and a large wood deck.

Call your REALTOR® today.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1880A Kootenay Avenue,Rossland

$399,900This is a unique fully furnished

turn-ofthe-century home, featuring 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. This home has been renovated and restored with style and taste adding to its original

character. Call Christine (250) 512-7653v

#18 3969 Broadwater Road, Robson

$94,900Good value in a desirable location. Open concept with 2 bdrms and 2 bath. Bright

kitchen, workshop, deck.Call Terry A. (250) 231-1101

NEW PRICE

1268 Pine Avenue, Trail $170,000

This property is located in a busy section of downtown Trail on Pine Avenue,

directly across the street from Ferarro foods. The property consists of a 50x100 foot vehicle parking area. Adjacent to a 2

storey 50x100 building.Call Richard (250) 368-7897

82 Walnut Avenue, Fruitvale $234,500

3+ bdrm 2.5 bath in a family oriented Fruitvale neighbourhood. Fully fi nished basement, fenced, fl at yard, upgraded

kitchen, lots of room for the whole gang. Fantastic value here!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

439 Rossland Avenue, Trail $69,900

Small and compact this home offers the perfect place for a single or couple at

a very affordable price. Many upgrades include a newer kitchen, upgraded

bathroom, some wiring and plumbing, air conditioning and more! Call now before

it’s gone!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

2083 Valleyview Drive, Trail $174,900

Super family home - 4+ bedroom/1.5 bathrooms. This air conditioned home has been lovingly cared for by the same family for the past 62 years. Very clean and has had

some updates which would make this an excellent home for the family.

QUICK POSSESSION

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

613 Forrest Drive, Warfi eld$205,000

This 3 bdrm, 2 bath home features hardwood fl oors, updated kitchen, and

numerous upgrades, including windows, roof, furnace, hot water tank, and

electrical. All you have to do is move in and enjoy.

Call Jodi 250-231-2331

232 Simonds Street, Warfi eld $155,000

No neighbours on both sides! This 2 bdrm, 1 bath house features large

covered deck, enclosed porch and bright above grade basement. Call today!

Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

597 Binns Street, Trail $199,000

Hidden Treasure! Lovely updated home with in-law suite on the lower fl oor. 2 kitchens, 2 living rooms, 4 bdrms, 2 baths, 2 furnaces, 2 car garage, and

much more... Don’t wait call now before it’s gone!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

310 Sylvia Crescent, Trail $219,000

Tranquility awaits! You will love the open feel of this 3 bdrm , 1.5 bath home with

beautiful new gourmet kitchen, refi nished hardwood fl oors, and tons of upgrades.

Call today!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

2000 Lookout Street,Trail

$225,000If you are looking for privacy, incredible views and a rural lifestyle, yet close to

town, this is it! 14 private acres overlooking Columbia River. Home offers 3-4 bdrms, open fl oor plan, chicken coop and nice

garden areas. Very low taxes - after grant sells pay $350/yr!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTINGOPEN HOUSESaturday April 5th 12pm-2pm

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Nursing students host annual Beans and Rice DinnerSubmitted

TRAIL — The Selkirk College Nursing Program’s annual Beans and Rice extravaganza returns to Trail on Friday evening.

This delicious, trad-itional Guatemalan din-ner starts at 6 p.m. on Friday and takes place at the Trail United Church in support of third-year Selkirk College nursing students who will be par-ticipating in a practice experience to Guatemala

in the spring. Nine nursing students

will travel to Guatemala in May, 2014 for three weeks as part of an International Practice Experience.

The students have been invited to share with and learn from five differ-ent grassroots organiza-tions whose community work promoting health as a basic human right has brought about significant positive social change.

“This experience is one of the benefits that helps

set the Selkirk College program apart,” says Mary Ann Morris, Selkirk College nursing instruct-or.

“It provides students the opportunity to learn from and work closely with people at the grass-roots level who are leaders in health promotion.”

This event is a major fundraising effort to send the group south this com-ing spring.

Along with the deli-cious dinner, there will

also be a silent auction, live music, and an inspir-ing presentation from last year’s student group about their experiences.

“Together we can bring about health for all” says Morris.

“We look forward to seeing the community turn out for this wonder-ful event.”

Cost is $10 at the door. Children are welcome.

For more information, email beansandricedin-ner@gmail.com.

Submitted photo

Selkirk College nursing students will be hosting their annual Rice and Beans Dinner Friday night at the Trail United Church.