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Salmo’s Sue Buerge was aboard Rocky during a Trec competition under the watchful eye of judge Jocelyn Templemann at the Trail Horsemen Grounds on Sunday. With its origins in France, Trec is based on a program used to train guides and horses for trail and back country riding. The three key elements of Trec are control of pace, where horse and rider must navigate a timed course will maintaining a consistent pace; obstacle course, where horse and rider must successfully complete a series of obstacle tests; and orienteering, where horse and rider must follow a course using a map and compass.

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BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff

You would expect a roller coaster ride during Silver City Days, but not leading up to it.

Last week Trail city council restored the annual festival’s allotment of municipal money, approv-ing a $35,000 operating budget including money for the fireworks and the parade, as well as an extra $1,000 for “cost overruns.”

For weeks leading up to the meeting coun-cil had decreed funding for the popular annu-al event, now entering its 49th year beginning Tuesday, would be cut by one third to $22,500.

The reduction forced the Trail Festival Society (TFS), which organizes the fair, to trim the fire-works display and the parade off the event’s list in order to work within the reduced budget.

But during committee reports last Monday night during the regular council meeting, coun-cillor Sean Mackinlay — the city’s liaison on the TFS board — said the society’s full funding had been restored.

“As of this evening, I am happy to announce the city is more than willing to go ahead and fund the parade for the costs that are required for it,” he told council. “This is believed to be the best use of funds within the city for having such a large civic event.”

It was Mackinlay that ignited a spark of uncer-tainty over the fate of the Silver City Days last month when he relayed a council directive to TFS to withhold one third of the society’s funding until they could see documentation over how the money was spent for the fireworks display.

Mackinlay provided council with the first rec-ommendation last month to fund only $22,500, with documentation to follow, and council approved. Once council received the documenta-tion from the fire department, another motion was approved for the total cost of the festival.

Councillor Robert Cacchioni said the move was necessary to keep tabs on how the money was spent. The city hands out over $210,000 in grants to city groups and events each year, but requires every organization to account for the money they receive.

“(We) were trying to get an actual handle on expenditures in comparison to what was reported,” Cacchioni said. “Basically council is one hundred per cent behind this, there is no doubt about it. It was just a question of how it was funded, and in what kind of stages it was funded, that’s all.”

Heading in to a society meeting April 18, TFS president Ian McLeod said Silver City Days was close to being cancelled as a result of council withholding funds, with a lot of the Silver City directors ready to throw in their papers and quit.

See VOLUNTEERS, Page 2

SILVER CITY DAYS

Festival’s funds restored

SCHOOL DISTRICT 20

BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff

With little fanfare the new school district budget official-ly passed late last week into legislation.

The $41.9-million budget bylaw was adopted with no discussion — nor with anyone in attendance from the pub-lic — by the School District No. 20 (Kootenay Columbia) board of trustees at Trail Middle School in a brief meet-ing Friday evening.

It was a balanced budget, as mandated by the province, but it came at the expense of district staff, with expecta-tion nearly 14 people from the district’s teaching and support staff will be cut.

However, that terminal prophecy could alter when the school year begins this September, said board chair Darrel Ganzert on Sunday. What passed into law Friday night might not necessarily transpire when the chalk hits

the board in the fall.Instead, what was deliv-

ered in the budget was acknowledgement the school district will work within the reduced means the Ministry of Education has allotted it, but it is not what will automatic-ally happen, said Ganzert.

“The actual amount of money that you gain or lose by the decisions you’ve made is quite variable in a budget,” he said. “Only the future will tell how this works. All this

budget does is signal to the public our intentions, if truth be told.”

Meaning there will be some adjustment, some fine-tuning. A budget is the dir-ection the district’s secretary treasurer will pursue until the board decrees the course must be changed. That adjust-ment takes place on a monthly basis during the school year as issues — such as the teachers’ sick day cost overrun — arise.

See CUTS, Page 3

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FROM PAGE 1At the time,

Mackinlay had person-ally stepped up and agreed to provide the money to cover the specific parade costs when the cuts were announced by TFS.

On April 24 in a spe-cial meeting in council chambers, the elected officials agreed to pay up to $10,000 for the fireworks display,

keeping the nearly 50-year-old tradition alive, after reviewing documentation per-taining to the expendi-tures.

On Monday night Mackinlay told council that at the April 18 TFS meeting there were some “concerns” with the budget.

“However, we’ve mitigated those with some information that

has been made avail-able from the Silver City Days committee, specifically and also with the fire depart-ment in regards to the fireworks and the parade,” he said.

McLeod was not overly impressed with the series of setbacks that have disheartened his core group of volun-teers — some serving since the festival was first created in 1963.

“All I know is we are already starting for the 50th (anniversary), and we’re going to push through and see what reception we get from council,” he said. “If we keep having that many problems for that one, maybe … it won’t go next year.”

He refuted the sug-gestion council did not have the infor-mation necessary to make their decision

early on and avoid the rollercoaster. The information requested was in council before the budget was pre-pared in January, said MacLeod.

The TFS made a fur-ther request to council on Monday night for the use of city-owned facilities and for road closures for the event.

City council approved the soci-ety for the use of the Memorial Centre gym-nasium on Thursday for a seniors’ dance, the Cominco Arena on Saturday for Kiddies Capers and a Trail Smoke Eaters’ dance and beer gardens, the curling rink for the annual bocce tourna-ment, and Gyro Park on Sunday for Family Days.

The equipment required from the city for the events will be

staging, bleachers, sound systems, power supplies, tables and chairs.

Although the soci-ety requested a waiver of all fees associated with the use of the facilities and equip-ment, costs associated with the events — esti-mated at $12,850 — will be charged to the budget allocation the city gives TFS.

The society asked for the use of the Esplanade from Eldorado to Bay, the 1000 block of Spokane Street from the Esplanade to Bay, as well as the 900 block of Spokane Street from Bay to Cedar.

The request was granted, with two parking stalls being left in use fronting Ye Olde Flower Shoppe on Spokane Street to deal with Mother’s Day floral requests.

Volunteers disheartened by setbacks

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A City of Trail employee gets a sign of support from a parked van as he hoses down the parking lot Sunday in preparation for the arrival of the midway rides for Silver City Days this week.

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The new addition to the Kootenay Lake Hospital has been delayed yet again after deficiencies have been found in the flooring.

Initially anticipated for completion in November of last year, this most recent delay is expected to push the opening day into the fall.

Ingrid Hampf, acute area director for the Interior Health Authority (IHA) said that some of the issues with the flooring became appar-ent months ago.

“In January we were starting to notice that there

were a few deficiencies in the floor… it’s now become apparent that the little issues are actually signifi-cant issues with the flooring and hence we are going to have the contractor remove and replace it,” said Hampf.

As the flooring issues became more pronounced Hampf said that experts were brought it to test the moisture content in the con-crete.

The effected area is in the hallway of the diagnos-tic imaging area as well as in the emergency depart-ment.

While the project has already been delayed six

months, Hampf said that the IHA is focusing on using contingencies built into their budget to fund the ongoing construction of the project.

“Our primary issue is using our contingencies to ensure that we complete the project in a timely fash-ion, and then work with the contractor to resolve any of those concerns,” she said.

“We do understand it’s a bit disappointing to the community, the staff, the foundation, our donors… but we want to make sure that when we take posses-sion and move in that we have a quality product.”

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Rosslanders woke up to several inches of spring snow last Wednesday but it was nearly melted away by the time Anne McNabb enjoyed an Americano coffee — with a snow-capped topping — at the Alpine Grind with her husband Trent at noon.

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FROM PAGE 1 Ganzert also dismissed

the idea of putting the onus back on the provincial gov-ernment to find answers to the $1.55-million budget shortfall, similar to what Cowichan’s School District No. 79 did in passing an unbalanced budget, $3.8 million more than its rev-enues, recently.

An unbalanced budget was not considered in SD20 since many trustees felt the facilities question — clos-ing schools in Castlegar and Rossland — could provide a budgetary answer in the next two years, Ganzert said.

“Until that is done, it would be irresponsible to approach the government for more money because the first thing they would say is, ‘Cut a school,’” he said. “Now, do you want them to do that or for us to do it with public input? For us, we aren’t there yet.”

The new budget means there could be 14 full time job losses throughout the region — including two teacher-librarians, almost eight teachers, three non-enrolling teacher staff, and one custodian. The job cuts were deemed necessary for the coming year to deal with a $1.55 million operat-ing shortfall in the district — and rising internal costs for sick leave that are now $400,000 over budget — covering a three per cent drop in funding from the Ministry of Education.

Cutting the teacher pos-itions meant the district would save $1.17 million in 2012/13, the largest chunk out of the $1.58 million in total cuts made. With cus-todial staff possibly being cut from 12-month to 11-month employees, the district expecting to save $113,841.

There will also be a dis-trict-wide rise in student-to-teacher ratio — from 24-1 to 25-1 — that could impact the electives offered at the high school level.

A motion was also passed at the meeting to consider possible reconfiguration or closure of Castlegar area schools, as well as Rossland schools, with a decision to

be made by Dec. 31, 2012 and implementation in September 2013.

This was the first year there has not been a budget review commit-tee and its effects were felt Friday night, said Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union (KCTU) president Andy Davidoff.

There have been 10 committee meetings on the budget to create the budget that was passed Friday night, but those meetings, unlike previous years, did not include regular rep-resentation from the KCTU, CUPE and the district parents advisory council (DPAC).

“So all the board is hear-ing is in camera. They are all closed meetings, so all they are hearing is senior man-agement and the adminis-trator’s perspective.”

The KCTU, CUPE and DPAC were invited to com-ment “a couple of times.”

Prior to this year there were several meetings that both unions and the par-ent’s council were involved in, with all the proposed cuts and line items being discussed.

“Then the board mem-bers hear all of these per-spectives. The process is flawed, communication-wise,” he said.

Davidoff raised the ques-tion of the structure change in the board first meeting of the term prior to Christmas.

Although the board has acknowledged they will examine the situation for next year, Davidoff said he will be meeting with the CUPE president and DPAC to come up with a model of their own and present it to the board in June.

Cuts help reach target

The jobs the school district is predicting will be cut might not be, after the full extent of the new Learning Improvement Fund is realized.

The fund is a bright light is shining at the end of the tunnel when the new school year kicks in this fall, said Ganzert.

Six months ago the fund did not exist, but what it now brings to the table for the school district is it puts around $400,000 into the hands of the teachers and administrators to decide what it best for their schools.

Never before has this happened, said Ganzert, a teacher-librarian himself for 35 years.

“There is significant hope on the future for teachers in the most critical areas they are worried about and that is class composition,” he said.

Composition — or placing kids in classes depending on their abilities — would be supported by early inter-vention, shoring up schools in the areas they need but-tressing in, developing a new strategy for dealing with social disorders (like attention deficit disorder), and new strategies for moving away from labeling kids and more towards treatment.

These situations would be dealt with at the lower grades, said Ganzert.

“So when they get to the high school your compos-ition problems … are largely diminished,” he said.

Once the school year was underway, teachers and principals would sit down and determine where their “hot spots” were, where the dollars would be needed. They would apply to the district for the money after a decision was made.

The recommendations would then go to the super-intendent of schools, as well as the union president, and ultimately the final decision would come from the board of trustees.

The fund would then be used for hiring teachers, professional development, extra support in the class-room and some teaching assistant support.

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holes that could swal-low a small car, narrow, windy, unlit stretches have all led to Westside Road being deemed the worst road in B.C.

And Coldstream’s pot hole and crum-bling pavement riddled Cosens Bay Road took the sixth spot.

Those are results from BCAA’s Worst Roads Campaign – as voted by B.C. resi-dents.

After 12 years of fighting to see improve-ments on Westside Road, Jim Edgson (Central Okanagan West electoral area dir-ector) was beaming to see the stretch move from 18th in last year’s survey to first for 2012.

“This road is in dire need of improve-ment,” said Edgson, prior to meeting with co-members of the Rural Westside Road Improvement Committee Friday to

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“Quit patching the patches and start renewing it.”

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THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER - One

of three brothers linked to Vancouver’s violent gang world has been sentenced to 12 years in a drug conspiracy case, with a judge con-cluding he has little hope for rehabilitation because of his notori-

ous family.Jarrod Bacon’s sen-

tencing on Friday is the latest blow to the Bacon brothers and the Red Scorpions, the gang they’ve been linked to. One brother, Jonathan, was gunned down last year, and another, Jamie, is in jail await-

ing trial in a gruesome multiple murder case.

But one observer says the Bacon broth-ers’ diminishing influ-ence will likely do little to curb the violence associated with B.C.’s drug trade, which in the past week has seen one gangster killed in a daylight shooting in Vancouver and another murdered in Mexico.

Bacon, 29, was convicted earlier this year along with his former girlfriend’s father, Wayne Scott, of conspiring to import cocaine into Canada from Mexico. Scott will be sentenced at a later date.

The conspiracy itself was imaginary. It was manufactured in a reverse-sting oper-ation in which a police agent promised to sell Bacon 100 kilograms of cocaine for $3 million.

Bacon’s lawyer argued the fact that the drugs didn’t actually exist should be con-sidered a mitigating factor in sentencing, but Judge Austin Cullen

of B.C. Supreme Court disagreed.

“To a great extent, the gravity of the offence of conspiracy lies in the willingness of people to combine together,” Cullen said as he sentenced Bacon.

“I do not think it could be said that the impossibility of achieving the offence necessarily detracts or reduces the gravity of the conspiracy.”

Bacon testified at his trial that he lied about having access to $3 mil-lion to buy the cocaine and never intended to go through with the deal.

Police have publicly linked Bacon and his two brothers to the Red Scorpions gang.

Red Scorpions leader Jonathan Bacon was killed in a brazen daylight shooting in Kelowna last year.

Jamie Bacon was charged with murder in connection with the deaths of six people, including two innocent bystanders, who were found shot in Surrey in October 2007.

Gangster sentenced to 12 years

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Que. - Quebec Premier Jean Charest says his government did all it could to end the prov-ince’s student strike as soon as possible.

But he says the government’s open-ness wasn’t initially reciprocated by the university students protesting a proposed tuition hike.

“We did the best we can,” Charest said on Sunday, following a party convention. “But throughout the whole piece, when it lasts this long, it takes two to tango.

“We can’t sit down with people if they don’t want to sit down with us.”

Quebec’s 81-day student strike could finally be nearing an end, after government and student negoti-ators hammered out a tentative deal on Saturday.

The propos-al includes what amounts to an overall freeze on what stu-dents pay for the next six months, with the tuition hikes offset by slashing other fees. After that, the govern-ment could still pro-ceed with its revised plan to increase tuition by $254 annually for seven straight years, but the students hope savings can be found to limit that increase.

Student unions are expected to vote on the proposal this week.

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THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - Elections

Canada says it was told by Conservative staff-ers that local campaign workers in Guelph, Ont., openly discussed making misleading telephone calls during the last election.

Newly filed court documents say Conservatives told chief investigator Allan Mathews that Guelph Tory staffer Michael Sona talked about American-style politics and making mislead-ing or harassing calls to non-supporters.

Sona was the com-munications director for Guelph Conservative candidate Marty Burke. He has denied being behind the calls.

B u t t w o Conservatives told Mathews that Sona spoke about misleading calls. Matthew McBain worked in the party’s central war room in Ottawa. He says Sona, who he did not know, left him voice mails during the campaign.

“McBain subse-quently contacted Sona. Sona spoke to McBain about a cam-paign of disinforma-tion such as making a misleading poll moving phone call,” the court document says.

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THE CANADIAN PRESSWINNIPEG - The last

Canadian penny ever to be made shuddered down a chute and into a small glass bowl at the Royal Canadian Mint on Friday - mark-ing the end of the line for the one-cent coin.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who got to push a few buttons on the giant machine that pressed the final penny, joked that the copper-coloured coin was falling out of favour even when he was a child.

“I can remember ... my mother catching me throwing a penny

in the garbage because I couldn’t buy anything with it,” Flaherty said.

Flaherty announced in his March budget that the penny would be phased out. Each coin costs the mint 1.6 cents to produce, and Flaherty estimates Ottawa will save $11 million a year.

Even though the coins will no longer be made, they’ll have to be accepted in trans-actions because they will remain legal ten-der.

Credit and debit transactions will still go down to a penny’s value. But for cash pur-

chases, in the coming months, retailers will start to round up or down the tax-included price of items to the nearest five cents.

Consumers paying cash for an item total-ling $1.01 or $1.02 - tax included - will only be charged $1.00. Something coming in at $1.03 or $1.04 will have the price rounded up to $1.05.

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OPINION

Green power proving to be an expensive failure

A recent study, con-ducted by respected energy economist Gerry Angevine for

the Fraser Institute, found that Ontario residents will pay an average of $285 million more for electricity each year for the next 20 years as a result of subsidies to renewable energy com-panies.

By the end of 2013, Ontario household power rates will, with exception of PEI, be the highest in North America and will continue to accelerate while most other jurisdictions see rates level off. Even more alarming for the province’s economic competitiveness, businesses and industrial customers will be hit by almost $12 bil-lion in additional costs over the same period.

Such is the legacy of the provincial government’s 2009 decision to establish “feed-in” rates ranging from 80.2 to 44.5 cents per kilowatt-hour (Kwh) for solar power and 13.5 cents/Kwh for wind power. These solar feed-in rates aver-age 11 times the 5.6 cents/Kwh paid for nuclear and 18 times the 3.5 cents/Kwh for hydro generated power.

The wind power rates are more than twice as high as nuclear and four times those of hydro.

Besides the enormous direct cost of these huge subsidies, there’s also a big hidden cost for expen-sive fossil-fueled standby facilities because the wind doesn’t always blow and the Ontario sun certainly doesn’t always shine.

Faced with rising con-sumer reaction the provin-cial government recently announced modest feed-in rate reductions, but those do nothing to change the results of the Fraser study, since thousands of contracts already approved have been guaranteed these higher rates for the next 20 years.

Premier McGuinty has predicted that the subsidies will propel Ontario to world leading position in green power technology, creating thousands of jobs. Sadly, the Fraser study shows quite the opposite as the prov-ince’s already beleaguered manufacturing heartland sees a former electricity cost advantage transformed into a competitive millstone.

Ontario isn’t the only place where grand green

power dreams have turned into a nightmare. Several European countries began doling out subsidies near-ly a decade ago. Germany has given away $130 bil-lion, mostly to solar power companies. Yet solar power makes up a minuscule 0.3 per cent of German power supply, while doing virtu-ally nothing towards the ori-ginal objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Last February, Germany’s Minister of Economics and Technology announced a pullback from green power subsidies stating that the cost was “a threat to the economy”. Spain also poured cash into solar and wind power subsidies with little to show for it except a $25 billion increase in this

financially crippled nation’s debt. Meanwhile, British consumers have grown increasingly outraged over paying some $700 million a year in wind farm subsidies that produce less than 0.5 per cent of power demand.

In the United States, green power companies have received more than US$4 billion to build wind farms as part of the Obama administration’s massive job stimulus program. A recent Wall Street Journal investi-gation found that the pro-jects created a total of 7,200 temporary construction jobs at cost of US$600, 000 per job, and 300 permanent jobs at a whopping US$14 million per job.

The Administration also awarded grants and loan guarantees to solar power companies with pretty rickety business plans. Last September, California based Solyndra LLC sought bankruptcy protection after receiving US$535 million in federal loan guarantees to build a new solar panel factory. And, earlier this month, Solar Trust filed for bankruptcy after failing to meet the terms a US $2.1 billion federal loan guaran-

tee to build what was to be the world’s largest solar power generation plant.

It’s not only power con-sumers and taxpayers who have been hit by the green power mania.

In a February 24 article headlined “Perfect storm hits green energy stocks”; the Globe and Mail reported that 10 wind and solar equipment makers in China, India, Europe and the U.S. have seen the price of their shares collapse by 86 to 98 per cent since 2008; as a combination of ineffectual environmental benefit, escalating power costs and debilitating government deficits drive a precipitous drop in the outlook for green power subsidies.

The lessons of the green power debacle are clear: for governments, forcing consumers and taxpayers to subsidize any business almost always leads to eco-nomic damage and political unpopularity; for investors, companies living on gov-ernment subsidies will die when they stop.

Gwyn Morgan is a Canadian business leader and director of two global corporations.

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The 2011-2012 school year has been anything but normal and as we head into its last few months, I have been asked to share the perspectives of members of the BC Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association. These illustrations, while not representa-tive of all schools, are examples of the real challenges that many schools, students and parents have faced this year.

Schools are typically vibrant communities, with a lot of positive interactions both in classrooms and out of them. School culture has been significantly eroded this year by the continuing dispute between the BC Public School Employers’ Association (the body which negotiates on behalf of school boards with teachers in British Columbia) and the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). The routine and critically impor-tant communications between teachers and principals and vice-principals about stu-dent progress have not occurred in the normal fashion. As a conse-quence many students have not had their

important academic issues addressed in a timely fashion or at all.

This year has seen the cancellation of some Christmas and winter holiday performances and routine student recognition assemblies. Some meetings about students who are hav-ing difficulties have not taken place. Meetings with teachers to dis-cuss the direction of school initiatives and goals have not taken place. Parents did not receive first term report cards about their child’s progress. While some parents were able to get information about their child, many did not receive this infor-mation. Indeed, some parents reported that they made electronic contact with teachers but received no help-ful response. Students have informed us that they have missed out on numerous scholar-ship opportunities as many of these applica-tions require leadership activities to be consid-ered.

Surprisingly all of this disruption has not generated as much pub-lic response as those of us in the system would have expected. Still, principals and vice-

principals often hear from parents that they are concerned about vocalizing these issues.

We have now moved into a new phase of this dispute. In many districts, the school day consists of student instruction from bell to bell but little else. If we, as adults, reflect on our student experiences, we know that instruc-tion and formal learn-ing opportunities are only part of the value of school.

The interactions with teachers and oth-ers, through clubs, sports, fine arts activi-ties, drama perfor-mances, field trips and special school activities make our schools spe-cial and create unique, memorable and invalu-able experiences for students. These enrich-ing and positive oppor-tunities will not be a part of the public edu-cation experience for many of our students.

Principals and vice-principals have had many conversations about a new normal that is being estab-lished in our schools and they have con-sistently expressed a belief that this is not a positive direction. If schools lose the energy, character and culture that have been their hallmark, our students will leave their public education years less well-rounded, less pre-pared for their working lives and less likely to champion public edu-cation when they are adults.

Principals and vice-principals do not have the answers to resolve

the issues facing our schools, but we believe it is important to share the reality as we see it on a daily basis. Our concern, as this school year moves to a close, is that nothing will be dif-ferent in September and students will be forced to endure another year of disengagement from the system.

There is no sign that a resolution is at hand. If this dispute contin-ues for another year, the negative effects will be long-term and pro-found.

Principals and vice-principals have worked hard this year to ensure that as many as possible of the normal school processes occur, and they will continue to do so. However, the sys-tem works much more effectively to serve the needs of students and families when all part-ners are able to work together to provide that support.

This latest phase in our schools will not allow principals and vice-principals to pick up the many pieces of school life that will be lost and in the end it will be the students and families of the public system who will miss out.

A respectful and workable solution must be found soon to protect the long-term viabil-ity of public education and to continue to give students the opportuni-ties they need to thrive now and achieve in the future.

Jameel Aziz,President, BC

Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association

In defence of public education

I would like to remind the shopping pub-lic to very carefully check the return/refund policy of stores before buying.

All major stores in Trail are not equal-ly happy to accept returns, as I discovered recently in a most unpleasant episode with a manager of a Canadian wide store who would sooner throw himself in the Columbia than approve the refund.

Gwen NicolRossland

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After all these years of being the lone holdout among the Atlantic provinces, the HST will finally be permeating the Island landscape.

Provincial Treasurer Wes Sheridan announced in his recent budget the plan to imple-ment the Harmonized Sales Tax in April of 2013. Since then, the provincial government has been singing the praises of the com-bined tax as though it was the second coming.

Our new tax will be 14 per cent. As Sheridan bragged in the legislature, this is the second lowest in the Maritime provinc-

es. Well, there are only three Maritime provinces, so being the second lowest is not much to boast about. We can also claim to have the second highest - it would also be correct and equal-ly as pointless.

Bottom line is, it’s going to cost consumers a lot more for some items while the savings on things that have both taxes now, is minimal. But worry not, says Sheridan, for he has promised to keep the HST from home heat-ing oil and children’s clothing.

With heating oil being such a significant expense for most Islanders, the break on the extra tax is welcome news. But we’ll still be paying an extra nine per

cent on electricity.The HST from children’s

clothing and footwear will only benefit parents of small chil-dren.

There are not many 11- or 12-year-olds who are not already wearing adult-sized clothing and footwear. And in 2013, adults will be paying that extra nine per cent on their own clothes and shoes too.

Despite the treasurer’s selling this new tax as being good for the ordinary citizen, it’s benefits are sure to be more noticeable on the bottom line of the pro-vincial government coffers than the bottom lines of chequing accounts in Island households.

P.E.I. set to jump on HST bandwagon

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BOUTHILLIER, CLARENCE ELLIS — Clarence was born on November 27, 1928 in Trail, BC, the eldest son of George and Dorothy Bouthillier.

Clarence passed away peacefully on May 2, 2012 at Colum-bia View Lodge after a lengthy, hard-fought battle with cancer. He was raised and schooled in Trail.

Clarence worked as an equipment operator for Cominco for 24 years, and during that time, he operated an electrical busi-ness. He went back to school, attending UBC, obtaining a mining instructor cer-tifi cate. Clarence then taught at the Rossland Mining School for the Ministry of Education. He was in partnership in B&N Drilling and Blasting Ltd. After the mining school closed and before retir-ing, Clarence gained employment with the Ministry of Labour as an apprentice-ship counsellor.

He had many interests in his life which included his hobby farm on Col-umbia Gardens Road in Fruitvale. There he raised a variety of farm animals; he had a special fondness for dogs, which he owned many. Other hobbies in-cluded fi shing, hunting, curling, cross-country skiing and hiking. He could be found many a day in his fi shing boat on Kootenay Lake with his best friend and good buddy Jack Hewlett or on the Ar-row Lake with his brother Allan.

Clarence is survived by his children; Louise Bryden, Lorraine (Murray) Bart-lett, Colleen (Tim) Mason, Don (Lynda) Bouthillier, Gary (Serita) Bouthillier, his brother Allan (Alex) Bouthillier, grandchildren; Corinne Wallace, Kevin Bryden, Scott Bartlett, Lisa Holz, Donny Bouthillier, Garret Bouthillier, Moriah Bouthillier, ten great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Clarence was predeceased by his wife Margaret, his parents, his infant brother Alan, his sister Dorothy and his son-in-law, Tom Bryden.

Clarence will be sadly missed by his family and friends. The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff of Rosewood Village and Columbia View Lodge for the excellent care given to Clarence during his stay. The family would also like to express a special thanks to all the staff for the kindness shown during a very diffi cult time.

As an expression of sympathy, dona-tions may be made in Clarence’s name to Columbia View Lodge at 2920 Labur-num Drive, Trail, BC V1R 4N2 or to a charity of your choice.

At Clarence’s request, there will not be a service and cremation will take place. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been en-trusted with arrangements.

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Trail’s Anne Hebert received her 2012 BC Community Achievement Award from The Hon. Steven L. Point, OBC, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and Hon. Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development last month in Victoria. The fol-lowing is the citation read at Hebert’s presentation. “It is her smiling face, her loving spirit, her compassion and patience that make Anne Hebert stand out as one of the most dedicated volunteers in Trail. For 18 years, since her retirement from Cominco at age 65, Anne has volunteered every week at Kate’s Kitchen, a lunch program of Trail’s Salvation Army. They can always count on her to be there ... to make the soup and sandwiches, to interact with the clients, to train new volunteers. She is a regular, too, at the care home, Poplar Ridge Pavilion, assisting with birthday cele-brations. She makes others feel good, her happy attitude is contagious. Anne continues to do all of this at the young age of 85.”The British Columbia Achievement Foundation is an independent organization established and endowed by the Province of B.C. to celebrate excellence in the arts, humanities, enterprise and community service.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNASHVILLE - George

Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Hee Haw,” has died. He was 83.

A press release from M a r s h a l l - D o n n e l l y -Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsay died early Sunday mor-ning after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements were still being made.

Lindsey was the beanie-wearing Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1964 to 1968 and its successor, “Mayberry RFD,” from 1968 to 1971. He played the same jovial character - a service station attend-ant - on the variety show “Hee Haw” from 1971

until it went out of pro-duction in 1993.

“America has grown up with me,” Lindsey said in an Associated Press interview in 1985. “Goober is every man; everyone finds some-thing to like about ol’ Goober.”

He joined “The Andy Griffith Show” in 1964 when Jim Nabors, por-traying Gomer Pyle, left the program. Goober Pyle, who had been mentioned on the show as Gomer’s cousin, thus replaced him.

“At that time, we were the best acting ensemble on TV. The scripts were terrific. Andy is the best script constructionist I’ve ever been involved with.”

In a statement

released through the funeral home, Griffith said, “George Lindsey was my friend. I had great respect for his tal-ent and his human spirit. In recent years, we spoke often by telephone. Our last conversation was a few days ago ... I am happy to say that as we found ourselves in our eighties, we were not afraid to say, ‘I love you.’ That was the last thing George and I had to say to each other. ‘I love you.”’

Although he was best known as Goober, Lindsey had other roles during a long TV career. Earlier, he often was a “heavy” and once shot Matt Dillon on the Western series “Gunsmoke.”

His other TV cred-its included roles on “M*A*S*H,” ”The Wonderful World of Disney,“ ”CHIPs,“ ”The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour,“ ”The Real McCoys,“ ”Rifleman,“ ”The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,“ ”Twilight Zone“ and ”Love American Style.“

Reflecting on his career, he said in 1985: “There’s a residual effect of knowing I’ve made America laugh. I’m not the only one, but I’ve contributed something.”

He had movie roles, too, appearing in “Cannonball Run II” and “Take This Job and Shove It.” His voice was used in animated Walt Disney features includ-ing “The Aristocats,”

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The Trail Martial Arts club brought home the hardware after an incredible performance at the Western Canadian Tae Kwon-Do championships in Kelowna last week.

The local club sent 24 Tae Kwon-Do practitioners to compete in the tourna-ment and won a total of 22 medals.

Trail Martial Arts’ head instructor Jason Ayles attributes the performance to a number of helping hands.

“The schools success comes from my senior students (higher ranked students) and my staff always going above and beyond helping out the junior students,” said Ayles. “Just like anything, you can’t climb a high mountain alone. I am very privileged and blessed to have such great students and staff.”

But Ayles, who started the club about three years ago, also received kudos for his own great work with Trail martial arts.

Tae Kwon-Do International Canada

named Ayles instructor of the year. “It was at first very surprising to hear

my name but I was honoured and very excited to receive this prestigious award,” said Ayles.

The Trail resident received the award from Tae Kwon-Do pioneer Grand Master C.K. Choi, ninth-degree blackbelt, and Master Dan Zaleski, eighth-degree black-belt.

The 28-year-old Ayles is a second-degree black belt who still competes. Last year Ayles finished in the top 10 at a tournament in Texas and competed for Team Canada at the Tae Kwon-Do World Championship in England in 2010.

Tae kwon-do techniques are based on centuries old knowledge that combines exercise, skill, self-discipline and con-centration that develops ones ability to defend oneself as much as it helps reduce stress and incorporate a high ethical stan-dard.

The Canadian Championships will be held in Kelowna next year a couple months before the World Championships

in London England. The successful competitors will have a

sponsored place on team Canada. Tournament results: Mattias Hoffman

picked up three gold medals in Patterns, Sparring and high jumping front kick, while Mary Ann MacLean won gold in Patterns and Sparring. Gold also went to Mike Ganzert in High Jumping Front Kick, Owen Waite in Patterns, James French for Patterns and Sam Miller in Sparring. Emma Maclean also took gold in Patterns and a bronze in sparring while Justin Kulik won silver in Patterns and bronze in Sparring. Cameron Cosbey grabbed silver in Sparring, Ben Boyes won two bronze in Patterns and Sparring, Amos Lawrason a silver in Patterns, Paul MacLean won bronze in Sparring, Kelly Waite took sil-ver in Patterns and bronze in Sparring, John MacLean won bronze in Patterns, and Keaton Dixon-Reusz nabbed a bronze in Sparring.

Trail Martial Arts club has grown to about 100 students with classes five days a week at its location on Bay Avenue.

BY BOB HALLThe Nelson Star

Jim Hiller took home Western Hockey League’s Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy for coach of the year at a banquet in Calgary last week.

The former Nelson resi-dent and Nelson Minor Hockey graduate guided

the Tri City Americans to first place in the Western Conference during the regu-lar season. Last week the Americans were upset in the league’s semi-finals by the Portland Winterhawks.

Hiller grew up in Nelson

where he played minor hock-ey until he was in midget. He moved on in 1987 to play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League with the Melville Millionaires.

From there he went to play college hockey with Northern

Michigan University where he won an NCAA championship in 1991. During the cham-pionship season Hiller lead the Wildcats in scoring with 86 points while playing on a Kootenay line that included Dallas Drake (Rossland) and

Scott Beattie (Kimberley). Nelson’s Morey Gare was also one of the assistant coaches on that team.

Hiller was drafted in the 10th round of the 1989 NHL draft by the L.A. Kings.

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Thunderbirds stun Vees

THE SASKATOON STARPHOENIXHUMBOLDT, Sask. — The Soo Thunderbirds

shocked the top-ranked Penticton Vees with a 2-1 victory to open up the 2012 RBC Cup national championship tournament Saturday afternoon.

James Delayer netted the game-winner, on a power play, at 11:26 of the third period to give Soo the upset.

“If we think we’re going to be able to sleep-walk through this tournament, we just got a major wake-up call,” said Penticton head coach Fred Harbinson, whose British Columbia Hockey League and Doyle Cup champions came in as the No. 1 rated junior A hockey team in Canada.“We have to make sure we’re playing a full 60 minutes and follow the game plan from the drop of the puck.”

Soo goaltender John Kleinhans, who was under siege through the entire game, proved to be the difference-maker with 44 saves as the Vees outshot the T-Birds 45-15. He was named his team’s player of the game.

“It feels great,” said Kleinhans, a five-foot-eight, 165-pound native of Sterling Heights, Mich.

“We knew we came in as the underdog. We knew we were playing the best team com-ing in. We knew they are a great team with a number of D-1 (NCAA) commitments and a few NHL draft picks, so we knew we just had to come out hard.

“We knew we just had to play our game and that’s what we did. We ended up getting the ‘W’.”

Jake Wright had the other goal for the Thunderbirds, who led 1-0 after the opening period.

Joey Benik knotted the score at 1-1 late in the second period for the Vees, who resume action Sunday against the host Humboldt Broncos. Benik’s shot, from behind the net, banked off the right skate of Kleinhans. It was the only blemish of an otherwise stellar game.

Penticton, which enjoyed a 42-game win streak in the regular season, came into the 10-day tournament as the favourite.

“I didn’t think we played very well in the first period,” said Harbinson. “We clearly tried to win the game in 40 minutes.

“You’re playing for a national champion-ship, so you’re going against a very good team. You can’t afford to do that.”

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FROM PAGE 9 He eventually played 63 NHL games with the

Kings, Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers, but it was in Europe where he found most of his professional success. Hiller played six seasons in Germany and Italy in the late-1990s, winning an Italian Championship with HC Milano in 2002.

He was the assistant coach for Tri City for two seasons before moving onto a head coach role with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs of the BCHL in 2005-06 where he earned coach of the year hon-ours.

In 2006 Hiller returned to major junior with the Chilliwack Bruins where he coached for three seasons.

In the 2009-10 season Hiller returned to Tri City as the head coach. In his first season he guided the Americans to the WHL championship where they lost in five games to the Calgary Hitmen.

Hiller was up against the Regina Pats’ Pat Conacher for coach of the year honours.

SOCCER

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTRIESTE, Italy -

Juventus won its 28th Serie A title and first in nine years after beat-ing Cagliari 2-0 to stay unbeaten.

Second-place AC Milan lost 4-2 to Inter Milan in the next-to-

last round of the season on Sunday.

It is Juventus’ first league championship since 2003, after its two titles since then were revoked because of match-fixing.

The team is four points clear of Milan.

Juventus is back

NHL

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES - Dustin Brown scored two goals,

Jonathan Quick made 23 saves, and the eighth-seeded Los Angeles Kings finished an improbable four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 3-1 victory Sunday, advancing to the conference finals for just the second time in club history.

Rookie Jordan Nolan scored an early goal for the Kings, the first team in recent NHL history to eliminate their conference’s top two seeds in the same post-season.

After steamrolling top-seeded Vancouver and second-seeded St. Louis with eight wins in nine games, the Kings will face the winner of Phoenix’s series with Nashville in the Western Conference finals.

Los Angeles won despite its weakest effort of the post-season, clinging to its 2-1 first-period lead through 40 scoreless minutes dominated by St. Louis. The Kings didn’t adapt well to an unusually early start time, yet Quick made a handful of stel-lar saves before Brown scored his sixth goal of a stellar post-season into an empty net with 25.8 seconds left.

L. A. Kings sweep

LEISURE

Dear Annie: I have a never-ending situa-tion with my husband, whom I love very much. We have two preteen daughters he insists on taking across the bor-der to Mexico to visit his family. With the recent drug wars and violence there, I am beside myself in allow-ing this to happen. The arguments have been so heated that we’ve actu-ally talked to lawyers. Neither one of us wants to end up in divorce court, but we are both firm in our positions.

He takes the kids to visit about once a week, and I’m strongly against it. My lawyer said that since we live in a border town, he didn’t think a court would prevent my husband from tak-ing the kids to Mexico. I’m not so sure. I hate to say it, but if it keeps my girls safe, I’m will-ing to leave him if that means he won’t be able to transport them out of the country to Mexico. Any advice? -- Texas

Dear Texas: The U.S.

recently issued travel warnings for Mexico. Your husband undoubt-edly feels there is no undue risk in visiting his family, but he is not accepting the reality of the situation there. Go online and get some up-to-date statistics about the increase in vio-lence, and see whether you can convince him to be more careful with his daughters’ lives. Is there any possibility that the in-laws could meet your husband in Texas? Would they be willing to arrange a visit in a safer area of Mexico (there are sev-eral)? Keep in mind that a divorce would not necessarily prevent your husband from tak-

ing the children across the border, so we urge you to find a way to work this out.

Dear Annie: I am getting married in October. Everything was going smoothly until my fiance men-tioned that his mom wanted her cousin’s daughter, “Michelle,” to be a bridesmaid. I have never met Michelle, she doesn’t speak English, and I would feel uncom-fortable having her play such an important role. My fiance said it would be a nice thing to do, especially since Michelle has cancer, but he left the decision to me.

I decided against it, but was adamant that she attend the wedding as a guest. My fiance’s family, however, felt it was an attack on them. His mom said she wouldn’t feel wel-come at our wedding and refuses to attend if Michelle isn’t a brides-maid. Then my fiance’s sister (who is a brides-maid) said she wasn’t

going to attend, either. I was heartbroken

and confused, and my fiance is trapped in the middle. I now feel Michelle has to be a bridesmaid in order to keep the peace. Was I selfish to deny her in the first place? My fiance’s mom says no matter what I do, she will never look at me the same way. -- Bride-to-Be

Dear Bride: Let’s get a couple of things straight. Yes, the bride selects her bridesmaids, and the future in-laws should not be pressur-ing and threatening you. However, this par-ticular choice means a great deal to them, and it is wise for a bride to periodically please her future in-laws. Including Michelle from the start would have been a minor incon-venience to you while gaining lots of brownie points with your fiance and his family. Now you appear to be heart-less. If you stick to your guns, you’ll end up with

nothing. So suck it up, apologize profusely, and say you didn’t real-ize how important it was to include Michelle and you’d be proud and happy to do so.

Dear Annie: I agree with “Friend of a Young Cancer Victim” that

it’s better to donate to charity or medical research than spend the money on flowers at a funeral. However, when I have done this, more often than not, I am inundated with end-less requests for further donations. This makes

me not want to donate at all. -- Another Fan

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to annies-mailbox@comcast.net,

TODAY’S CROSSWORD

SOLUTION FOR YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

Sudoku is a number-plac-ing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each col-umn and each 3x3 box contains the same num-ber only once. The diffi-culty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

TODAY’S PUZZLES

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

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Husband is not being realistic about danger

LEISURE

For Tuesday, May 8, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is an excellent day to sit down with friends and partners to make long-range travel plans. It’s also a good day to discuss future plans for higher education, pub-lishing, the media, medicine and the law. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Use today’s energy to clear up red-tape details about insurance matters, inheritances, taxes, debt and shared property. You’ll find it easy to pay attention to detail. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is an excellent day to sit down with others to hash out issues that might concern either party. People are in a receptive frame of mind, and they want practical results. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You can accomplish a lot at work today. Choose rou-

tine work that you might normally avoid, because you have excellent concentration today. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) It’s a good day for partners to discuss the care of chil-dren. It’s also a good day to discuss future vacations and the details they might entail. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Sit down with family mem-bers to plan repairs or dis-cuss future options for family members. People are patient and willing to look at many approaches to things. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Choose any work that requires attention to detail today, because you have the endurance, the concentra-tion and the willingness to do routine work. Just get it out of the way! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You’re willing to work hard for your money today,

because thrift and frugality are high on your list. If shop-ping, you will buy only items that are practical and long-lasting. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) It’s easy to accept obli-gations and duties today, because you see the benefits of doing so. You also have a desire to keep things prac-tical and orderly. (Physical comforts are low on your list.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Today’s a wonderful day for research of any kind! Roll up your sleeves and begin, because you will find what you’re looking for. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Discussions with someone older, wiser or more experi-enced can benefit you today. Make sure you don’t do all the talking. Listen to what others have to say.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) It’s easy to impress bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs today because you appear conscientious and hardwork-ing. They see you as an asset to any project. YOU BORN TODAY You are courageous and gutsy! You’re direct and outspoken, and never hesitate to express your ideas. You use both mod-ern and traditional methods to achieve your aims. In par-

ticular, you are strongly con-nected to your surroundings. This year, something you’ve been involved with for about nine years will diminish or end in order to make room for something new to enter your world. Birthdate of: Thomas Pynchon, novelist; Sonny Liston, boxer; Janet McTeer, actress. (c) 2012 King Features

TUNDRA

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM

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ANIMAL CRACKERS

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Trail $215,000Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

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Trail $65,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Trail $229,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Beaver Falls $349,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Rossland $359,900 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Fruitvale $335,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Fruitvale $274,900Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Fruitvale $274,500Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Trail $218,000

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Friday May 11 12 - 2pm1662 9 Mile Road

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Rossland $668,590Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Trail $185,000Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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City of Trail – Parks & Recrea on DepartmentSUMMER STUDENT EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITIESThe City of Trail’s Parks & Recrea on Department is seeking dynamic and enthusias c individuals to plan, promote, supervise and evaluate the summer children’s camp programs.

Detailed informa on about this employment opportunity is available on the City’s website at www.trail.ca/employment.php or by request to Lisa Manaigre at (250) 364-0844.

Applica ons will be received un l Monday, May 14, 2012.

The City of Trail thanks all applicants for their interest and will only reply to those selected for an interview.

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FruitvaleRoute 359 10 papers Columbia Gardens Rd, Forsythia DrRoute 370 18 papers 2nd St, Hillcrest Ave, Mountain StRoute 375 8 papers Green Rd & Lodden RdRoute 381 11 papers Coughlin RdRoute 382 13 papers Debruin Rd & Staats RdWarfieldRoute 195 17 papersBlake Court, Shelley St, Whitman WayBlueberryRoute 308 6 papers 100 St to 104 StMontroseRoute 341 24 papers 8th Ave, 9th Ave,10th Ave CastlegarRoute 311 6 papers 9th Ave & Southridge DrRoute 312 15 papers 10th & 9th AveRoute 314 12 papers 4th, 5th, & 6th AveRoute 321 10 papers Columbia & Hunter’s PlaceSalmoRoute 451 10 papers 8th St, 9th St

RosslandRoute 406 15 papers Cooke Ave & Kootenay AveRoute 414 18 papers Thompson Ave, Victoria AveRoute 416 10 papers 3rd Ave, 6th Ave, Elmore St, Paul SRoute 420 17 papers 1st, 3rd Kootenay Ave, Leroi AveRoute 421 9 papers Davis & Spokane StRoute 424 9 papers Ironcolt Ave, Mcleod Ave, Plewman WayRoute 434 7 papers 2nd Ave, 3rd Ave, Turner AveGenelleRoute 303 16 papers 12th Ave, Grandview PlMontroseRoute 345 9 papers 5th St, 8th, 9th AveRoute 348 21 papers 12th Ave, Christie RdWest TrailRoute 131 14 papers Bay Ave, Riverside AveRoute 132 14 papers Daniel St, Wilmes LaneRoute 140 11 papers Daniel St, Topping St

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BirthsANDREA & DARYL DUFAULT of Coquitlam, are pleased to announce the arrival of their daughter, Alexis Mikayla Ryan born April 2nd, 2012, weighing 7lbs. 6 oz., a sister for Abby and Izzie. Proud Grandparents are Len & Linda Geiger of Fruit-vale and Theresa Dufault of Merritt.

In Memoriam

In loving memory of Dustin Robert

BrownWhen we

asunder partIt gives us

inward painBut we shall be joined in heart,

And hope tomeet again.

Love Mom & Dad

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ColumbiaHeightsBeautifully reno’d & decorated home. 3 bdrms, new electrical, plumbing, windows, doors, back yard & so much more. A must to see.$169,000

MOVE

RIGHT INRedstoneSuper lot in a very desirable location at Redstone Golf Course. Beautiful site line. Build your dream home!$107,000

PRICE SLASHED FruitvaleBeautiful 3.29 acre parcel within the village of Fruitvale with great subdivision potential.$189,000

ACREAGE Sunningdale School16,946 sq.ft. building on .53 acres.Fantastic potential for seniors housing, day care, learning centre, church, academy or private school. Being sold “as is, where is”.$249,900

East TrailSuper home in a super location. Walk to everything! Newer siding, roof,

ooring, furnace and A/C. Call today.$169,000

WALK TO

EVERYTHING TrailNice 3 bedroom home on a large corner lot. Flat yard, fully fenced. Great for kids & pets. Must see!$169,900

GREAT LOT TrailThis home is like new and features new windows, ooring, doors, bathrooms, the list goes on! Small guest suite as well. You will be impressed.$173,900

MUST SELL! Park SidingOwn your own piece of privacy. Small 3 bdrm home on 1 acre, located 10 minutes outside of Fruitvale.$159,000

ONE ACRE

AnnableBeautifully renovated & decorated 3+ bedroom home, Creekside in Annable.

$209,900

MINT GlenmerryA good, solid family one on one of Trail’s nest locations. Full basement features rec. room, 3rd bdrm and 2nd bath. Great carport, sun deck & separate workshop.$229,000

NEW LISTING MontroseA solid well built 3 bedroom home on a single 75’ x 100’ lot in Montrose. Bright and cheery throughout.$209,000

CHARACTER

HOMEEmerald RidgeThis 3,000 sq.ft. custom built home is very impressive and sits on a 1/2 acre with incredible views!

VIEW

$589,500

GenelleBeautifully updated 2,600 sq.ft. home on .61 of an acre!

$319,000

PRIVATE FruitvaleGreat, well maintained home. There is room for all your toys, with parking on both sides.$207,000

FruitvaleThis home is more than ready with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, newer roof and windows. Move in and relax.$273,900

FruitvaleWow, what a house! There is over 4,000 sq ft with 3 decks, 3 gas

replaces, main oor laundry, mud room... and the list goes on.

$529,000

Beaver FallsNeat, clean, freshly painted, laminate

oors, covered deck. This 2 bedroom mobile home is in nice condition. Perfect for

rst time buyers.$39,500

GenelleThis recently updated double wide has newer kitchen, newer bath, laminate oors, wood stove, central air. 3 bedrooms, good condition. A must to view.$65,000

FruitvaleWhy pay rent when you can own this double wide modular on its own lot for less. Spacious 3 bedrooms, covered deck and single car garage.

$155,000

LAND Salmo 2.05 acres .............................$59,000Salmo 30x120 (2 lots left) ..................$22,000Montrose .36 acres .........................$99,000Montrose 70x120 ...........................$79,900Rossland 90x100 ............................$69,000

East TrailGreat little package with not 1, but 2 helpers! Take a look today!

$152,000

MORTGAGE

HELPEREast TrailNothing left to be done but move into this 4 bed, 2 bath home updated throughout. New A/C, furnace, plumbing, wiring, fenced yard, u/g sprinklers$239,900

MOVE IN

READYEast TrailAwesome yard, offstreet parking, perfect home for the retiree or someone needing wheelchair accessibility$118,000

GREAT

INVESTMENT

FruitvaleGreat starter! This 3 bedroom townhouse features a large fenced yard, hardwood and laminate oors, and is located across from the elementary school.$129,900

NEW LISTING GlenmerryAbsolutely spotless, well loved home! This house features updated wiring, oversize carport, storage sheds and huge fenced yard!$228,000

NEW LISTING Downtown TrailCommercial building currently rented on main oor with over 5000 sq ft undeveloped area upstairs. Great potential here!!179,900

POTENTIAL FruitvaleA fantastic custom made home on a large, landscaped lot. The attention to detail and quality make this home one of the nest.$499,000

NEW LISTING

$369,900

HUGE SHOP FruitvaleThis 4 bed, 3 bath home is like new and has a detached 24x24’ shop!!

Lois & Peter Grif n are pleased to

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Merchandise for Sale

AuctionsBC LIVESTOCK is holding a ranch equipment auction Sat-urday May 12th 11A.M. @ The Johnson’s on Duck Range Rd. Pritchard. Equipment is show-room quality. Tractors, haying equipment, tools, tack, lots of good antiques. View Website at www.bclivestock.bc.ca F.M.I Call 250-573-3939

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Apt/Condo for RentSUNNINGDALE, 1bdrm. bachelor or bachelorette. TV cable included, free use of washer and dryer. Private en-trance. NS. NP. $500./mo. 250-368-3055SUNNINGDALE, large 2bdrm. 1bth. Cable, heat & a/c includ-ed. Free use of washer & dry-er. No smoking, No pets. Avail. Jun.1st. 250-368-3055WANETA MANOR 2bd $610, 3bd $760 NS,NP, Senior oriented, underground parking 250-368-8423

Homes for Rent4BD House in BeaverFalls. $950 Ref.Req. 250.367.6564 Avail June 1 N/S

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CastlegarRoute 311 6 papers 9th Ave & Southridge DrRoute 312 15 papers 10th & 9th AveRoute 314 12 papers 4th, 5th, & 6th AveRoute 321 10 papers Columbia & Hunter’s Place

MontroseRoute 345 9 papers 5th St, 8th, 9th AveRoute 348 21 papers 12th Ave, Christie Rd

RosslandRoute 406 15 papers Cooke Ave & Kootenay AveRoute 414 18 papers Thompson Ave, Victoria AveRoute 416 10 papers 3rd Ave, 6th Ave, Elmore St, Paul SRoute 420 17 papers 1st, 3rd Kootenay Ave, Leroi AveRoute 421 9 papers Davis & Spokane StRoute 424 9 papers Ironcolt Ave, Mcleod Ave, Plewman WayRoute 434 7 papers 2nd Ave, 3rd Ave, Turner Ave

West TrailRoute 131 14 papers Bay Ave, Riverside AveRoute 132 14 papers Daniel St, Wilmes LaneRoute 140 11 papers Daniel St, Topping St

BlueberryRoute 308 6 papers 100 St to 104 St

SalmoRoute 451 10 papers 8th St, 9th St

GenelleRoute 303 16 papers 12th Ave, Grandview Pl

WarfieldRoute 195 17 papersBlake Court, Shelley St, Whit-man Way

MontroseRoute 341 24 papers 8th Ave, 9th Ave,10th Ave

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London Gold Spot ..................................1644.5Silver .............................................................30.385

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2410-4th Avenue, Rossland $189,900

Guest house zoning!! This 2 bedroom home features a beautiful new kitchen, hardwood floors and an open floor plan.

Situated close to schools on a sunny 40x105 lot (lot lines in process of being

reconfigured). Great starter home or income property.

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

913 Earl Street, Rossland $499,000

Dream Rossland home & property. This home has it all. Open floor plan, big

windows, vaulted ceilings and in-floor heating. Built in 2000, is a separate 13x31 exquisite studio. This bright, beautiful building is heated with gas fireplace, and 3 pce bath. Call now!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

2184 Highway 3B, Fruitvale $239,000

3 bdrm home on 1.27 acres with main floor laundry, new furnace, new gutters and newer roof. There is a great shed/

shop and lots of beautiful deck/patio space. Nothing to do here but move!

Great package. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1177 Marianna Crescent, Trail $275,000

This gracious home features large living/dining room with gleaming hardwood floors and gas fireplace, main floor

laundry, 3 bdrms on main and 1 down, central air conditioning and underground sprinkling. Quick possession possible.

Call now. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

1015 Regan Crescent, Trail $235,000

Immaculate 3 bdrm, 2 bath home in Sunningdale. This home has been

tastefully updated and features an open floor plan with large windows and updated kitchen. The lot is fenced and features a

double carport. Call now! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

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2621 Monte Christo Street, Rossland

$254,800A must see! Completely renovated

interior with brand new kitchen boasting Cherry wood cabinets and new counter tops. Re-finished hardwood floors, high

efficiency furnace, and much more! Call now!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

730 Binns Street, Trail

$149,900There’s character everywhere! Updated electrical, hardwood floors, large living/

dining rooms, huge country kitchen, private yard, plenty of parking.......the list

goes on. This one is a must see! Call Art (250) 368-8818

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244 – 2nd Avenue, Rivervale $239,900

Large 3 bdrm, 2 bath home with updated flooring, paint, trim, gas fireplace, covered deck with hot tub, underground sprinklers - fenced level yard - double carport and more - Call your REALTOR® now for a

viewing. CASH BACK OFFER TO BUYERCall Mark (250) 231-5591

36 Moller Road, Fruitvale $369,000

Elegant family-oriented home loaded with features. Gorgeous kitchen, heated tile

floors, open floor plan, wood stove, loads of storage and a new roof. This one is not going to last. Call for your personal

viewing today. Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

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1475 Lookout Street, Trail $139,900

Squeaky clean Heritage Home has hardwood floors, 3 bedrooms,

a gas stove, covered porch, new deck and a detached garage!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

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3621 Rosewood Drive, Trail $249,000

Gardener’s delight! This 4 bdrm, 2 bath family home, features gas fireplace, new

windows, updated bath, new front entrance, new flooring, new H20 tank and freshly

painted. All this close to schools, parks and all amenities.

1265 – 3rd Avenue, Trail $189,000

Quaint 4 bdrm, 2 bath home with oak floors, coved ceilings and finished basement. Well

maintained and move in ready.

NEW LISTING

Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162

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TRAIL –The vol-unteer opportunity of a lifetime is about to come open, as the l o n g e s t - s t a n d i n g humanitarian organiz-ation in the world puts out the call for Branch Executive Committee (BEC) members.

The Trail branch of St John Ambulance (SJA) serves the entire Kootenay region, from Sparwood to Grand Forks; Nakusp to the U.S. border, provid-ing a three-pronged service approach that includes their First Aid Brigade, Therapy Dog Program, and the pro-vision of internation-ally-acclaimed first aid training and supplies.

“We’re looking for energetic, enthusiastic people to help guide

an ambitious mandate for growth,” said BEC chair Ralph DiSabato, who added you needn’t have a background in first aid – just the desire to make a differ-ence. “We want to see at least one person in every Kootenay house-hold trained in SJA’s life-saving techniques. We want to see our Brigade at every com-munity event. We want to see our therapy dogs in every care facility in the region.

“We want to make this one of the safest, healthiest places in the area.”

The BEC roles include chair, vice-chair, treasurer, secre-tary, and brigade super-intendent, although as many as four more

people (for a total of nine members) may be elected to serve, allowing volunteers to focus on their individ-ual areas of interest.

Members of the BEC do everything from grant applications and fundraising to appear-

ances at community festivals, event plan-ning and more.

“Our Brigade pro-vides free first-aid coverage for commun-ity events that might not otherwise be able to take place – like the Terry Fox Run, Silver

City Days and the Kootenay Festival, just to name a few,” Rempel said.

Interested par-ties are encouraged to contact Hoggan at 250-364-2067 or Kyra.Hoggan@bc.sja.ca for more information.

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Brigade volunteers provided a demonstration at Waneta Plaza in Trail.

St. John Ambulance seeking volunteers