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Local 480 president retiringB Y S H E R I R E G N I E R

Times StaffAfter four terms of fight-

ing for labour rights, Doug Jones, the longest serving Steelworkers Local 480 presi-dent, is calling it a day.

April 30 is the official day of retirement for Jones, a local man whose career start-ed at Cominco shortly after the smelter’s long and tumul-tuous strike in 1974.

“I actually started work at Cominco in ‘71, but quit for various reasons and worked elsewhere in different parts of B.C.,” said Jones.

“I came back at the end of ‘73 just when the workers were getting ready to prepare for the ‘74 strike.”

It was during that strike that Jones got his first taste of union affairs, when he was asked to organize workers from Quadra, a local chain-saw manufacturer, to join the Steelworkers Union.

Jones said he was fortun-ate to learn the ropes from one of the best mediators in the province.

“The staff rep in Trail dur-ing that strike, was Vince Ready, who is now quite a famous arbitrator,” Jones explained.

Although the merge into the Steelworkers was unsuccessful, Jones remained active in the union after the strike, when he began to work for Cominco once

again.This time, he stayed for

28 years, employed as a fire-fighter in Teck’s fire depart-ment.

“Back in 1969, the ori-ginal fire department came

to Teck from the municipal-ity of Tadanac,” said Jones. “So we had a different pay system than everyone else at Cominco.

“Whenever the company wanted to change our pay scale, I was one of the work-ers, always down at the union hall, as a shop steward or a safety rep.”

Jones said that in 2001, the last time a pay change was proposed, he was down at the union hall when someone suggested that he run for a position.

“So, I actually ran for president in 2003 and was elected into the position,” he said.

Although Jones recalled the high points of his career as being really good outcomes

of arbitration for the mem-bership; they were counter balanced by some low points as well.

“The low point was the strike of 2005.”

Jones said that it was a time when the workers were just ready to take the com-pany on; but the company didn’t like the union and the union didn’t like the com-pany.

“In retrospect, I didn’t have as much experience as I should have had,” he said.

“Let me just say that the union didn’t get off on such a great foot with the company back then.

“The company wasn’t very forgiving in those days, and there weren’t good feelings on either side.”

Jones said that in a bat-tle for pension and pension benefits, the union and mem-bership managed to weather the storm.

“We were out for a long time, but in the end, we knew what we did, and that we had really accomplished some-thing important.”

The last agreement that Jones and his local 480 team arbitrated, began negotia-tions in April 2012.

By mid-June, members of locals 480 and 9705 United Steelworkers, put final sig-natures on a collective agree-ment that carried an 18 per cent increase over five years of the contract, a 12 per cent boost in pension, and a $10,000 signing bonus.

“We managed to accom-plish some really good things for our membership in that arbitration, definitely a high point,” said Jones.

Even with the significant positive outcomes that Jones and his team negotiated in the last two contracts, he said that what he is really proud of, is the day-to-day issues that his team resolves at the union hall.

“When you are in a pos-ition like I was, it isn’t about looking for glory or accol-ades,” he said.

See DEMEDEIROS, Page 3

What happens under the Steelworkers constitution when the president retires, or the position becomes vacant, is that the existing vice president automatically assumes that position for the remaining term.

Jones has served one year of his fourth term, and now Armindo deMedeiros, current vice president, will become president after Jones’ official day of retirement on April 30. If, when the term ends in 2015, deMedeiros decides to run for president, an election will ensue.

“There are big campaigns that go on during an elec-tion for president,” said Jones. “It is a huge event.”

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B Y A R T H A R R I S O N Times Staff

Kootenay West MLA, Katrine Conroy is as surprised as anyone that none of the other political parties in the province have put forward any candidates to challenge her for her seat.

The official start to the May provincial election begins Tuesday as does the official nomination period.

“It’s kind of odd, so far there’s nobody” said Conroy Wednesday after-noon from Prince George, where she had been attending meetings in her role as senior’s critic for the NDP. “There is supposedly one fel-low who is potential-ly interested but he’s not ready to declare yet.”

The Trail Times learned Thursday that 29-year-old Joseph Hughes, of Nakusp, he has filed the necessary papers with Elections BC and is awaiting confirmation as an independent candidate for MLA next week.

At this point in the run up to the elec-tion one other NDP candidate, opposition Health Critic Mike Farnworth, MLA for Port Coquitlam also has no declared candidates to oppose him.

Even without any officially declared chal-lengers, Conroy has been actively working to prepare for the May 14 provincial election.

She said that her campaign’s fundraising has been done, the election signs have been made, her team leaders and volunteers have all been drafted and prepared, and her cam-paign office officially opens in Castlegar this Saturday.

“We’re ready. I’m not taking this for grant-ed,” said Conroy. “I feel I have to earn the right to represent this constituency and I don’t take that lightly.

“This is a whole different ball game com-pared to the last election, but it would be

See INDEPENDENT, Page 3

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After a series of setbacks. the Victoria Street Corridor project remains a priority for council and its down-town revitalization vision.

At the Monday night meeting, Coun. Rick Georgetti pre-sented the govern-ance and operations c o m m i t t e e ( G O C ) report, which con-firmed that council has approved $1.1 mil-lion in its 2013 Capital Budget to proceed with the work.

Several weeks ago, city staff partook in a conference call with the project’s design firm, MMM Group, to discuss the status of the project.

If everything

comes together and is approved by the Ministry of Transportation (MOT), the project is sched-uled to proceed later this year, said Georgetti.

At this time, it is hoped that the project will be tendered in May, with construction to commence later in June, he explained.

The city’s work will need to be completed before the ministry paving begins, which is scheduled to start in early September.

The project is aligned with the down-town plan and will take advantage of the pav-ing work that is to be completed by the MOT later this year, said Georgetti.

The realm of the

city’s work on the Gateway project will involve extensive infra-

structure improve-ments along Victoria Street.

Included in the upgrades, are: new curbs and drainage; sidewalk resurfacing and realignment; bump outs; improved pedestrian crossings; and centre medians delineated for future planting.

The report states that the design ele-ments will have a traffic calming effect which will slow traf-fic through the city

and also improve traf-fic and pedestrian safety.

The City Financial Plan bylaw will be advanced to the first three readings at the next council meeting on April 22.

In February 2011, the city’s Downtown Opportunities & Action Committee (DOAC) held a plan-ning exercise as a step in its program to develop the downtown core.

The most important

initiative identified at that time, was a need to quickly develop a physical concept of the revitalization plan.

As part of the pub-lic realm assessment, the DOAC noted that Victoria Street between Tamarac Avenue and the Victoria Street Bridge had the poten-tial to establish a strong civic identity for the city, and specif-ically downtown.

As an alternative to Highway 3 and Victoria Street performing solely as a vehicle-oriented corridor, a plan was developed to create a gateway cor-ridor supplemented with various features to attract the eye and capture a driver’s attention.

Last July, in a

GOC meeting, city council moved and approved to bump the cash available for the entrance way into the city’s downtown at Bay Avenue, to $300,000.

Shortly after, the venture was curtailed when it was learned that the province’s MOT could not work within the timelines for the city’s proposed Gateway design and complete the repaving that was planned for the following month.

MOT planned to repave Highway 3B (Victoria Street) in the Trail and Warfield area.

The city had hoped to dovetail elements of the Trail Downtown Plan into the paving project and create an entranceway, or gate-way, into the city.

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The Association des Francophones des Kootenays Ouest (AFKO) is holding its annual spring celebration Sugar Shack, Sunday at the Salmo Ski Hill.

“We'll have the traditional food; crepes, ham, baked beans, all with lots of maple syrup.” said AFKO representative, Karine Bégin.

“And of course we'll be making our famous maple taffy on the snow.”

Bégin explained that the recent warmer weather wouldn't affect the taffy making.

“We have a special table that is used and we can bring down snow from the ski hill to make it,” she said.

“In Quebec some people even keep frozen snow and make it in the summer.”

The event is the local Quebecois community's participation in the Quebec Sucre de Cabane, or sug-aring off festival, celebrating the maple syrup harvest throughout eastern Canada and Quebec.

Bégin said that for the first time this year's festival will include a log sawing competi-tion and door prizes, as well as DJ's playing traditional Quebecois music and a pre-election appear-ance by Nelson Creston MLA, Michelle Mungall.

“This is completely open to the public, you don't have to speak French to come out and have fun,” said Bégin.

“We've advertised around the West Kootenay and we usually get around 200 people. Maybe this year we'll get more.

“It should be lots of fun. People from Quebec love to sing and dance and eat,” she added.

Bégin advised people to come early because the food is served on a first come, first serve, cash only basis with the doors opening at noon.

Francophone group hosting Sugar Shack

B y C H r i s s t e d i l eTimes Staff

As budgets were discussed dur-ing a closed school board meeting Monday night in Blueberry, sev-eral concerned parents gathered to show their support for Fruitvale Elementary School's (FES) vice principal Brian Baldwin.

Over the last few years vice principal positions at elementary schools have been removed as a cost-saving measure and while no official verdict has been reached, FES's Baldwin may be next on that list.

What some parents are worried may happen is Baldwin will leave FES altogether but Darrel Ganzert, board chair for School District 20 says that isn't the case.

“It would be a really rare set of circumstances that would not allow (Baldwin) to remain in (FES).”

Efforts to contact district super-

intendent Greg Luterbach were unsuccessful and FES principal Brian Stefani wouldn't comment on any potential changes.

Ganzert said FES was, in the past, the largest elementary school by far but that is no longer the case and that it is now only slightly big-ger than other schools.

Given the current situation he said, in respect to the budget it no longer makes sense to keep that many administrative positions around.

“That's the saddest part about the budget cuts. We really should be putting vice principals in all the elementary schools but realistical-ly, we just can't afford to do that,” Ganzert added.

The school district will be hold-ing its regular meeting on Monday and teh budget meeting will be held April 22, both at Trail Middle School.

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Some concerned parents and students showed their support for keeping a vice principal at Fruitvale Elementary School during the School District 20 meeting in Blueberry on Monday.

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The traditional process of making maple taffy is part of the celebration this Sunday at the Salmo Ski Hill.

FROM PAGE 1good to have someone to run against because I want to be able to talk about our party platform and what we want to do for the province and our constituency.”

Conroy acknowledged that the amount of planning and organization needed to launch an election campaign is considerable but isn’t will-ing to rest on her laurels.

“I’m not counting anyone out yet,” she said. “They have until April 26 to nominate someone.”

If Hughes’ run at the MLA’s seat for Kootenay West does become official he will be facing somewhat long odds.

There are currently four sitting Independent members

of the legislature; John van Dongen, former Liberal MLA in Abbotsford South, John Slater, former Liberal MLA for Boundary Similkameen, Bob Simpson former NDP MLA in Cariboo North, and Vicki Huntington of Delta South. Of those four only Huntington was elected as an independent narrowly beat-ing out her opponent, for-mer Liberal Attorney General Wally Opal, by 32 votes.

“I’m assuming the Liberals will come up with somebody, but I understand it could be daunting for someone to come in this late in the game.” said Conroy.

“I guess we’ll have to wait and see.”

Voter registration is open until April 23.

Independent throws hat in ring

FROM PAGE 1“Everyone down at the

union plays a big role in what happens, and it is about get-ting the job done and looking after all the workers.

“My job was to support everyone at the union in their jobs, and I was really fortun-ate to have a good group.”

Jones was elected for three terms and retained the chair by proclamation in 2012.

After 10 years of working side by side with Jones, cur-rent vice president Armindo deMedeiros, will official-ly assume the position of President of the Steelworkers Local 480 on May 1.

“During Doug’s terms here, we accomplished many good things for the member-ship,” said deMedeiros. “And a lot of it will go down as part of Local 480 history.”

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The B.C. NDP is proposing to collect an extra $550 million a year in new tax revenues from large businesses, high-income earners and financial institutions in their first year of an NDP government.

By the third year, another $100 million would be raised from extra carbon tax on the oil and gas industry, NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston announced at a news con-ference in Vancouver Thursday.

The B.C. Liberals’ still-unpassed February budget proposed to raise the corporate income tax rate to 11 per cent. The NDP would increase it to 12 per cent on Oct. 1, which Ralston said would raise an extra $200 million a year. The small busi-ness income rate would be left at 2.5 per cent, applied to firms with annual revenue up to $500,000.

Another $150 million is expected to come from a capital tax on finan-cial institutions. Ralston revealed a rate of three per cent for banks and one per cent for larger credit unions. Credit unions with hold-ings of less than $20 million would be exempted, and Ralston said only three credit unions in B.C. are big

enough to pay the tax.The personal income tax rate

on earnings above $150,000 a year would go from 14.7 per cent to 19 per cent under an NDP gov-ernment. The B.C. Liberal budget promised to raise it to 16.8 per cent for two years only.

Ralston said the NDP plan would add $1,100 to the tax bill of some-one making taxable income of $200,000 a year, and he considers the increase to be a permanent measure.

The NDP carbon tax expansion is to be phased in on “venting” emis-sions from oil and gas production, raising an estimated $35 million starting next year and tripling over the following two years. Ralston said the NDP will not extend the carbon tax to chemical process emissions on cement plants, alum-inum smelters and other industries that emit carbon dioxide beyond their use of fossil fuel.

All the new revenues would be spent on programs, including reinstating non-repayable grants for post-secondary students. NDP social development critic Carole James said details of the spending plans will be revealed next week. B y m a r T h a W i c k e T T

Salmon Arm ObserverThe 2013 Sturgis North

Motorcycle Jamboree and Music Festival proposed near Chase has screeched to a stop.

Sgt. Gary Heebner of Chase RCMP told Chase council Tuesday that the event has been cancelled.

He said it’s unknown if the jamboree will be located at the same site in 2014, and it’s rumoured organizers might be looking at a venue in Merritt.

Heebner told the media that police were informed Friday

by the Neskonlith Indian Band that Sturgis North was being cancelled.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District also received word from Chase RCMP that the event has been cancelled.

Cpl. Mark Skotnicki sent an email Tuesday to the CSRD, noting that the organizers have cancelled the event and so restrictions on police officers taking leave during the event could be rescinded.

Matt Noble, chief adminis-trative officer for the City of Merritt, said that the city has

received no official overture from Sturgis North.

Brad Handel, owner of Techlectric, one of the busi-nesses owed money from the 2011 motorcycle rally in Salmon Arm and area, said he sees the cancellation as posi-tive.

“We were never going to get our money back anyway, so the reality is, at least they’re going to stop creating more debt.”

In 2012, the Motoplex Speedway and Event Park in Spallumcheen hosted the event.

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cash from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.

The B.C. branch of the Consumers’ Association of Canada has released a report

criticizing successive Liberal administra-tions for treating the public auto insurer as a cash cow.

Association presi-dent Bruce Cran says drivers have been overcharged for basic and optional vehicle insurance over the last decade, and the Liberals drained $677 million from ICBC profits in just the last 36-months.

Cran estimates the transfer of profits will balloon to $1.2 bil-lion by 2015, while premiums have stayed high and payments to injury victims have not been boosted in 25 years.

The association has issued a report con-taining 15 recommen-dations it believes will fix the problem.

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North Okanagan-Shuswap School District trustees slashed programs and staff positions Tuesday to address a $1.8 million shortfall for the coming school year.

“It’s always difficult when you are having to cut money,”

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Principal and vice-principal time will be reduced, the family life teaching position will lose hours and there will be staff reductions as a result of dropping enrolment.

All supply budgets will be trimmed.

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Sporting pink shirts to mark the anti-bullying International Day of Pink, students, politicians and police officers gathered at Eston Composite school on Wednesday to launch the bylaw.

As the first in Saskatchewan to introduce an anti-bullying bylaw, the small town hopes to set an example for the rest of the province.

The bylaw defines bullying as “repeated or habitual harassment” ranging from name calling to theft to physical and emotional abuse.

Police can investigate a reported incident and choose to issue a warning or fine.

First time offenders face a $250 fine while repeat offenders may owe as much as $1,000 for each offence. Failure to pay the fine could result in up to six months in jail.

Bullies are not the only ones who could be punished. Anyone who cheers on or encourages bullying could also be slapped with penalties.

“Obviously not every incident is going to be proven or investigated successfully but at least it’s ground to start somewhere,” said Eston economic development officer Johnathan Meyer.

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OTTAWA - This is the weekend Canadian pol-itics begins gearing up for the next election.

In Ottawa, the Liberals will select a new - and likely very different - leader. In Montreal, the Opposition New Democrats will use their policy convention to retool the party’s message and policies to better suit a government in waiting.

And the Conservatives will begin cranking up their famously effective defensive machine to keep both at bay.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is billing his party’s event as a critical moment.

“I’m confident that whether it’s on renewing the terminology in the (party) constitution or giving ourselves exactly the vision and deter-mination we need to carry this through in the next election, it’s going to be a great weekend for us,” Mulcair told The Canadian Press.

Stacked up against Sunday’s Liberal leader-ship results-fest, with presumptive front-runner Justin Trudeau the centre of attention, the con-stitutions, resolutions and workshops of an NDP convention might seem dry. Both parties insist the timing was pure coincidence.

But history has shown that policy conven-tions can be game changers for parties with brand troubles - even propelling some to future victory. Tony Blair’s New Labour in the UK, or even Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, both had crucial, moderating policy conventions before winning elections.

Anne McGrath, former chief of staff to late NDP leader Jack Layton, said all social demo-cratic parties come to a point where they need to modernize and consider how they’re perceived by the public.

“It’s not going to be just about what resolu-tions get adopted, it’s going to be about how we actually conduct debates, and what the con-sciousness is of the people that are there about the importance of presenting the party as a replacement for this government,” said McGrath, now managing director of Ensight Canada.

The NDP rank and file will vote on a change that’s been haunting conventions since 2009 - modernizing the preamble of the party’s con-stitution.

A panel of party wise men and women came up with a more moderate statement that drops numerous references to “socialism” and “social-ist,” as well as the document’s anti-free market language.

Leader Tom Mulcair has been disdainful of the old turns of phrase, many of them with roots in the Canadian Co-operative Federation (CCF) of yore.

“We’ll continue to fight for labour rights, but we’re also going to start making sure that we also put on the table a vision for how to have a sustained economy where were not taking every-thing for our generation and leaving nothing but debt for future generations.”

The NDP’s discussion mirrors to some extent

the debate Britain’s Labour Party had at a con-vention in 1994, with new leader Tony Blair leading the charge for the party to abandon a constitutional clause that committed to “social ownership.”

The discussion in the Labour party had pre-ceded Blair - his predecessor John Smith had already started laying the groundwork. Similarly, Layton’s slow, delicate efforts to move his party more towards the centre predated Mulcair’s leadership.

Longtime NDP observer David McGrane, a political science professor at the University of Saskatchewan, said he’ll be looking for some of the same trends inside the NDP as with Blair’s New Labour party - a moment where the party membership accepts the need to become moder-ate.

“There has been a culture change within the NDP itself, and it’s matured in a lot of ways ... if the vast majority of delegates are onside with this, that shows a sort of culture change,” McGrane said.

“They’re accepting a modernization, but also a professionalization of the party, the idea that the party needs to have a good marketing skills, and they start with putting together a good preamble - one’s that quite wishy-washy, actually.”

As for the Conservatives, they’ll be watching both the Liberal and NDP processes closely - and taking notes on perceived weaknesses.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty issued a state-ment this week condemning some of the policy proposals the NDP has put forward for discussion this weekend.

Weekend of change in politicsLiberals select new leader, NDP

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Even though the money is not all in place, Edmonton city council gave approval Wednesday to a deal that would see a new downtown arena built for the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers.

Councillors voted 10-3 in favour of the master agreement with Oilers owner Darryl Katz. The pact would see the Oilers stay in the city for the next 35 years.

Councillors also voted by a smaller margin in favour of leveraging $45 million from the Municipal S u s t a i n a b i l i t y Initiative - a provin-cial fund that provides grant money for infra-structure - to make up for part of a $100 mil-lion shortfall in fund-ing for the project.

However, the city said it will only borrow the money if the prov-ince confirms it will provide the remaining $55 million. All par-ties would have until Sept. 1 to finalize the funding arrangement or the deal could still fall apart.

“Council took a courageous step for-ward today,” said Mayor Stephen Mandel. “We’ve also made it clear that we will not move forward until we have the bal-ance of the funds need-ed from the province.”

Premier Alison Redford was in Washington and could not immediately be reached for comment but has said repeatedly in recent months that there will be no direct provincial funding for the arena project.

The total cost of the project including a community rink, gar-den and transit link is now estimated at $604 million - $408 million of that is for the arena itself.

Katz has commit-ted to paying $143 mil-lion. In addition to the money from the prov-ince, the city is plan-ning to apply for $14 million in grants from the federal and provin-cial governments for the community rink.

Coun. Tony Caterina expressed concerns that using MSI funding for the arena would mean

other infrastructure projects would suffer.

“There is a tradeoff here,” Caterina said.

Coun. Kim Krushell said there were other funding options to address the remain-ing $55 million if the city does move for-ward with borrow-ing $45 million from MSI funding, however those options were not discussed in public.

City manager Simon Farbrother said that the Katz Group had been asked a day after the provincial budget was released whether they could put up the missing $100 million, and the reply was no.

John Karvellas with the Katz Group said “it remains a very complex deal” but he believes everything can be approved and signed by the end of the month.

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Quotes can be a key to shape thinkingI like Facebook. I also

find it annoying. But I don’t open my account looking for wisdom, so

chances are it will escape me if I come across it.

A friend’s post almost did pass me by recently, but once it hit home I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

First, the context. Only minutes earlier I had been listening to CBC Radio on my way home from work when a news item started my stomach churning. An American state, North Dakota I think, was about to pass a law outlawing abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detectable. Before most woman real-ize they are pregnant, in other words.

But it isn’t abortion that is really on my mind right now. For the rec-ord, I am in favour of a women’s right to choose. Period.

Superimposed on a photograph on that Facebook post were 11 words that I think should be considered in every argument, discus-sion and debate we have about issues that involve public interest. The photo

was a simple portrait of a stereotypical Jewish man — wire-rimmed glasses, untrimmed beard and black hat. On the photo were the words that haven’t left me since I first saw them.

“Can’t eat pork. Doesn’t try to make it illegal for everyone.”

That’s the message. “Doesn’t try to make it illegal for everyone.”

Let’s face it. Most div-isive issues that face us today are coming at us as a result of the need for others to validate their own beliefs by imposing them on others. Forgive me if I go back to the abortion issue, but it’s a good example.

The vast majority of people, for or against abortion, aren’t person-ally affected by whether they take place or not. I personally know only a small number of women whom I know to have had abortions.

My life was not affected in even the slightest way by their decision. And it wouldn’t have been affect-ed even in the slightest way had they chosen not to have abortions. My

opinion of them as people wasn’t affected either.

And yet, if I am to believe the zealots on both sides of the issue, I am a bad person if I happen not to agree with them. Neither side leaves room for middle ground, so great is their need to have their beliefs validated. No abortions. Unfettered access to abortions.

And then along comes the photo of the Jewish man. “Can’t eat pork. Doesn’t try to make it illegal for everyone.”

I have long been fascin-ated by the Jewish faith, one that teaches believers that they are “the chosen people.”

Okay, so maybe that belief can be dismissed as

arrogance. But isn’t there something even a little comforting to know that there are people among us who are so confident in their beliefs that they don’t go door-to-door in their neighbourhoods, or into countries halfway around the world, to con-vert others?

As I understand it, people not born into the faith can convert to Judaism, so it isn’t par-ticularly exclusive. But conversion won’t be the result of other believers trying to save their own souls.

“To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them...”

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’ ”

“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can

do for your country.”“We shall go on to the

end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

As a child in the ’60s, I grew up admiring Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy.

I remember seeing Martin Luther King’s speech on the news.

In school, we actual-ly learned the plays of William Shakespeare.

The above quotes, among others, helped shaped my thinking and how I viewed the world.

I’d like to leave my grandchildren with another quote to add to my favourites. “Can’t eat pork. Doesn’t try to make it illegal for everyone.”

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Events in the last year or more have convinced me to make a few comments about how large corporations are slowly but surely taking over our country’s important tele-communication choices.

Are you concerned at all about our services and the costs related to cell phones and internet use?

According to Openmedia.org: “Canadians pay some of the highest cell phone fees and are forced into some of the worst contracts in the indus-trialized world.”

Could it be because the three Big Cell Phone compan-

ies control almost 95 per cent of the country’s market?

To make matters even worse, Big Telecom Rogers has a plan to block our access to the few more affordable services that do exist by finding ways to obtain the limited wireless assets that smaller independents need. As these large companies gain more and more control we can be rest assured that choices will go down and prices will go up.

If this is what we want, we simply have to continue doing what we do now…nothing.

We must change, however. We must fight for cell phone and Internet affordability. If

you have Internet access, visit: Openmedia.org/newspaper.

This site provides a letter-writing tool which gives us a powerful way to speak out and wake up our local MPs. You can help. Speak out against price-gouging and the lack of choice for telecommunication services in Canada.

If you are concerned, you can learn more at www.DemandChoice.ca. As well, read OpenMedia’s study about Canada’s dysfunctional cell phone market at www.open-media.ca/UpgradeCanada.

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Corporations dictating communication access

Access to information is a basic foundation of democracy. Canada’s Charter of Rights and

Freedoms also gives us “free-dom of thought, belief, opin-ion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of com-munication.”

We must pro-tect these rights. As we alter the chemical, physic-al and biological properties of the biosphere, we face an increas-ingly uncertain future, and the best information we have to guide us comes from science. That scientists – and even librarians – are speaking out against what appear to be increasing efforts to suppress information shows we have cause for concern. The situation has become so alarm-ing that Canada’s Information Commissioner is investigating seven government departments in response to a complaint that they’re “muzzling” scientists.

The submission from the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre and Democracy Watch alleges that “the federal government is preventing the media and the Canadian public from speaking to government scientists for news stories – especially when the scientists’ research or point of view runs counter to current Government policies on mat-ters such as environmental pro-tection, oil sands development, and climate change” and that this “impoverishes the public debate on issues of significant national concern.”

The complaint and inves-tigation follow numerous similar charges from scien-tists and organizations such as the Canadian Science Writers’ Association and the World Federation of Science Journalists, and publications such as the science journal

Nature. Hundreds of scientists marched on Parliament Hill last July to mark “the death of evidence”.

The list of actions prompt-ing these grievances is long. It includes shutting the world-renowned Experimental Lakes

Area, axing the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, e l i m i n a t i n g funding for the Canadian Foundation for Climate and A t m o s p h e r i c Sciences and pro-hibiting federal scientists from

speaking about research on subjects ranging from ozone to climate change to salmon.

All of this has been taking place as the federal govern-ment guts environmental laws and cuts funding for environ-mental departments through its omnibus budget bills. It has justified those massive environmental policy changes in part by saying the review process was slow and ineffi-cient, but research by scientists at the University of Toronto, published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, “found no evidence that regulatory review in Canada was inefficient, even when regulators had an ongoing load of over 600 pro-jects for review at any given time.”

The government appears determined to challenge any information, person or organ-ization that could stand in the way of its plans for rapid oil sands expansion and transport and sale of raw resources as quickly as possible to any coun-try with money.

The results have been astounding. An Environment Canada document leaked to the Climate Action Network states, “Media coverage of climate change science, our most high-

profile issue, has been reduced by over 80 per cent.”

In the environmental move-ment, we’ve become accus-tomed to attacks and attempts by government and its prox-ies to silence us. We’ve been called everything from “rad-icals” to “un-Canadian” to “money-launderers”. Federal Treasury Board President Tony Clement even blamed the David Suzuki Foundation and me for opposition to the pro-posed TransCanada west-to-east pipeline, a project we have yet to say a word about! Some of the ongoing media slurs have been even sillier. Are they that threatened by credible scien-tific research that might stand in the way of their current liquidation policies?

Canada is a large country with the longest coastline in the world, and is particularly sensitive to climate fluctua-tions, especially in economic sectors like agriculture, fish-eries, forestry and tourism. We aspire to be an “energy super-power”. Surely, understanding the effects of climate change should be at the top of our agenda.

In a truly open and demo-cratic society, ideas, policies and legislation are exposed to scrutiny, debate and criticism. Information is shared freely. Governments support research that makes the country strong-er by ensuring its policies are in the best interests of the people. A government that val-ues its citizens more than its industrial backers does not fear information and opposition.

Countries where govern-ments hold a tight rein on information, shut down or stifle research that runs counter to their priorities, and demonize and attack opponents are never good places to live. We have to make sure Canada doesn’t become one.

Dr. David Suzuki is a scien-tist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

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***BAGSHAW, JACK DOUGLAS

— April 1, 1954 – April 9, 2013It is with great sadness that we

announce the passing of our beloved hus-band, dad, son, brother and grandpa who passed away at the Koote-nay Boundary Regional Hos-pital, Tuesday April 9, 2013 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Born in Kimberley, BC on April 1, 1954, Doug grew up in War� eld, BC. At the age of 28 Doug met his wife Lori at the Trail Curling Club, which turned into 28 wonderful years of marriage. Doug’s proudest accomplishment was his family. Nothing made him happier than the day he became a grandpa. He loved his family and they share countless happy memories together. Doug worked at Cominco as a machinist for 36 years where he enjoyed work-ing with his good friends. Doug had a passion for the outdoors. Besides being an accomplished golfer, curler and � sherman, Doug enjoyed hunting, hiking and camping. He was also a Boy Scout leader for many years.

Predeceased by his mother Paula, infant brother Michael and his mother-in-law Barbara; Doug is survived by his loving wife Lori, daughters Lindsey (Murray) and Kirstie and grandchildren Mackenzie and Brady. Doug is also survived by his father Doug Sr., sisters Diane Mitchell (Haley) and Donna Bagshaw. Doug will be greatly missed by his large circle of friends, family and his extended family; the Workmans.

The family would like to send special thanks to Dr. Eric Dalla Lana, Dr. Scotland and the team of wonderful nurses and doc-tors at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital for their excep-tional care. They also greatly ap-preciate all the love and support of family and friends throughout this long journey.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 11:00 am at the Gateway Christian Life Centre, 8320 Hwy. 3B, Trail, BC with Pastor Shane McIntyre, Celebrant. Bill Clark

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As an expression of sympa-thy, donations may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Region-al Hospital Health Foundation (Oncology Unit) at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC V1R 4M1 or on-line at www.kbrhhealthfounda-tion.ca.

You are invited to leave a per-sonal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca.

***BRADLEY, BRENT — passed

away peacefully on April 8, 2013 with his family by his side. Brent was born in Trail, BC August 12, 1958 to Jeannette and Ernie Bradley.

Brent was predeceased by his father in 2004, his mother in 2011, and his brother-in-law Elmer Olson in 2011.

He is sur-vived by his brother Morley Ballard (Geor-gina), sister Am-ber Olson, and extended family Darren and Fran-cine Ballard and Cindy Marceau.

He is also survived by his be-loved grandnieces and friends Deanie Ballard, Dara Woytos (Spencer), Jessica Marceau and grandnephews Gavin Ballard and little Damian. Brent had many friends and acquaintances during his life and will be missed by all, especially Dixon his roommate, and pet cat.

Brent was an avid sports fan. He spent many hours watching any and all sports activities on the tube.

Brent was seriously injured in a diving mishap in 1977, which rendered him a quadriplegic. This did not stop him from being out-going and as independent as he could be, for the most part he dis-played his inherent good humour. In spite of all that he had been through, he still had faith in the promise that is found in the Bible at Isaiah 35:5-6.

The family would like to thank all the home support workers and friend Blair Coombs who made it possible for him to stay at home. Also we thank all the workers in ICU who took such loving care of Brent during his stay in hospital.

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Three weeks have passed since Trail resident turned big city fashion designer, Evan Clayton unveiled his 'Fall of Joan' collection at Vancouver Fashion Week (VFW), and much has happened since then.

Immediately following the show, Clayton was swarmed by members of the press, all trying to get to the newcomer that just wowed the crowd.

“One of my friends came up to me in the press room after the show and said that I was in a total daze. Which is okay, but not when you're being interviewed,” Clayton said in an e-mail reply.

“I mean, all the press response I've received has been really positive, so I guess people overlooked my lacka-daisy.”

Clayton adds he did see his first negative review the other day. But he “loved it.”

He said it offered construct-ive criticism and underneath it all, still complimented his clothing, which in the end can't really be argued with.

Aside from the vast media coverage Clayton garnered

from the show, he has also net-ted a few professional oppor-tunities.

“A couple of pieces of mine were just pulled for an upcom-ing music video for Canadian rapper Matt Brevner,” Clayton said.

Additionally, Clayton has done a couple photo shoots for magazine submissions and will be working on a 'look-book' in the near future for buyer submissions.

“The entire design depart-

ment at lululemon saw the video of the show and loved it, so hopefully there's some design employment opportun-ity there,” he added.

Although Clayton gave an extraordinary performance at VFW he does have two things he would have liked to do a little different.

“I would have added more blood,” he said, as it would have helped emphasize his theme; the life and death of Joan of Arc.

“And I would try to be a bit more elegant in my final bow. I didn't know if I should wave or bow, so I sort of half started to do both, and then half realized that it was stupid, and the half gave up. Overall it was just a mess.”

Clayton is currently work-ing on a brand new collection, and without wanting to spoil anything he says it will most likely be smaller and more intricate with some left field fabric choices.

“The only thing that wor-ries me about this kind of attention is the follow-up to the hype. I can't stop now and my work has to be consistently better each time it hits the runway.”

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Tax Credit was intro-duced April 2012 for B.C. residents. This is a refundable tax credit of up to $1,000 available to seniors, or to those who have a senior living in their home, to make the home more elderly friendly. It’s very detailed so check out the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website.

The new Family Caregiver Tax Credit kicks in for 2012. This is an addition-al $2,000 non-refundable tax credit for a caregiver that increases a quali-fied claim for a disabled or infirm dependant. Fortunately software packages appear to prompt the user if it applies, but if unsure, research the specific details.

Sticking with medical, the Medical Expense Credit for adult depend-ants had its $10,000 annual limit removed last year. Also, an owner of a Registered Disability Savings Plan who has a life expectancy of five years or less may now withdraw more from the plan annually.

For the kids, the Children’s Art

Credit continues for 2012. This tax credit is equivalent to the Children’s Fitness Credit introduced a few years back. Eligible programs are very inclusive – artistic, cultural, recrea-tional organized activities but not

school based pro-grams.

Note, both this credit and the fit-ness credit can be claimed for each qualifying child. It’s a 15 per cent credit on up to $500 of fees, so it’s a maximum $75 n o n - r e f u n d a b l e tax credit for each child under the age of 16 (may turn 16

in 2012).The expansion of the Tuition and

Education Tax Credit continues in effect. Fees paid to an educational institution, professional associa-tion or government ministry for a required examination to obtain pro-fessional status recognized by prov-incial or federal statute or neces-sary for licensing or certification in order to practice a profession or trade in Canada are acceptable tuition expense.

For those who take courses offered in foreign countries, the consecutive week full-time enrolment rule has been lowered from 13 to 3 weeks.

And the sharing of funds from Registered Education Savings Plans between siblings is more flexible with no tax implications and repayment of federal education grants.

On-call firefighters have two options for tax relief. There is a choice between the original $1,000 income exemption and the new 15 per cent credit on $3,000 of expenses that equals a $450 non-fundable tax credit. It appears fire departments tend to deduct the $1,000 from the firefighter’s income reported on the T4.

To be fair to the payroll people, for the $450 credit to be the better option the firefighter has to have been paid very little and yet have worked at least 200 hours. If the expense tax credit is the preferred choice, the $3,000 of expenses is assumed so the full $450 credit applies.

Lastly, the 2012 mileage rate set by CRA for travel claims for things like medical services and moving within B.C. has been lowered from $0.52/km to $0.495/km – I guess the cost of gas has been decreasing? I hadn’t noticed that. Good news, meal allowances remain at $17/meal with a $51/day maximum.

Ron Clarke has his MBA and is a business owner in Trail, providing accounting and tax services. Email him at [email protected]. To read previous Tax Tips & Pits col-umns visit www.JBSbiz.net.

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One of the first pieces I wrote for this space focused on self talk. The kind of conversation I might have with

myself when seeing someone standing or sitting on the street, looking worn down and asking for a contribution

from my pocket to his or her hat. Self talk says a great deal about world-view. I can wonder

how that person got into that situation and why they tolerate being in it, or wonder why our community has ‘begging for help’ on its list of acceptable responses to

poverty. Action stems from self talk. I can toss a coin in the hat

as a gesture towards rebuilding that wrecked being, and walk away with my moral responsibility discharged, or offer what I can in the moment while resolving to change our communities response to poverty in the

future.Similarly, if I hear a statement from a “Christian”

organization invoking Jesus Christ as justification for closing the gates against some folk because of sexual orientation, or gender, or some other rationale, how I react says a great deal about my own acceptance of

Christ.If my self talk, at those times, is filled with disgust,

dislike and dire-imprecations on those who bar the door in the name of Jesus, then I am not all that removed

from the statements I abhor. I have harboured those thoughts against people. In

so doing, I have helped perpetuate a system based on creating scape-goats and denying access to some so that ‘we’ can be rid of those whose apostate status

contaminates the ground we occupy.It is a self-perpetuating system. Those who are ‘in’ and those who are ‘out’ may vary: some may bar the door based on gender; some may use orientation; others may choose orthodoxy; still others – race; another cannot abide the ill; the addicted; the economically

disadvantaged. The results are the same. ‘We’ are in, and ‘they’ are out.

Jesus never shut anyone out. That’s the radicality of the movement that sprang up in his name. No one is ‘out’,

everyone is ‘in’. We are all in God and God is in all. “Anything else,” my friend Ken explained to me today,

“is dualism. There is no dualism in Christ.”So, in harbouring ill will and judgmental attitudes about those who harbour ill will and judge others, I perpetuate

a system of ‘ins’ and ‘outs’. Keeping alive a thought pattern and social construct that Jesus specifically and

constantly taught and lived in example against.We are told he expressed anger and exasperation with

those who shut others out, and expected him to do the same. We are told he overturned the tables of an

exclusive faith and blew open the doors to love so that anyone might enter in. Even exclusive, reactionary, disgusted, disliking, and dire people. People like me. Thank God for that. Thank God for him. And thank

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A dark and lonely abyss separates sorrow and joy. This was evident to me as I sat in the church waiting for the funeral to begin.

The church was beautifully decorated for Easter; its symbolism proclaimed the joy of the resurrection. Just a few days earlier, this same church spoke of sorrow; it was bare except for a black cross with a heap of stones at its base.

Through symbol-ism and liturgical celebrations, those of us who worshipped at churches like this one during Easter, entered into the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. Holy Thursday threw us into confusion. On Good Friday, we entered the dark tomb of death. We were silent on Holy Saturday. On Easter Sunday, we rejoiced in the light of the resurrection. In the space of a few days, we had moved from mourning to dancing.

Three days after Easter, on a brilliant spring morning, we were back in church struggling with the realities of life and death. We had come to mourn. The joy of Easter and the glory of spring were out of synch with the immediacy of human suffering.

At times like this, it is difficult to reconcile joy with sorrow. While we desperately want to know “why bad things happen to good people”, no answers soothe the confused heart heavy with grief. Still, I found myself pondering the relationship between the Easter liturgies and our real life experience of death and resurrection.

When we lose a beloved one, our heart quite literally aches within us, as if it is entombed in our body. Outwardly, we go through the motions of living, while inwardly we are numb to the fullness of life. We have become the dead among the living.

At times like this, the only way out of suffering is to pass through the terrible and lonely dark-ness of this very personal crucifixion; to live the Easter story according to the timeline of our own heart and in our own way.

At times like this, sorrow and joy seem con-tradictory. While it seems impossible that our mourning will ever turn to dancing, sorrow and joy may not be as irreconcilable as we think. Love motivates them both.

The same love that plunges us into darkness, coaxes us back into the light. The relationship that we shared with the beloved one reawakens our sense of joy; no darkness can extinguish the reality of this love that reaches out to us from beyond the tomb.

Through the prism of our tears, we emerge, profoundly changed, into the light of our own resurrection.

Yes, there is an abyss, a terrible Holy Saturday, between the Good Fridays and Easter Sundays of our lives, between our time of mourning and dancing. Onto the black cross of the abyss, imagine the image of a man, his head inclined towards the earth.

This is the face of Love that accompanies us out of the tomb, into the land of the living where the glories of spring await us.

Louise McEwan is a freelance religion writer with degrees in English and Theology. She has a background in education and faith formation. Her blog is www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot.com. Contact her at [email protected].

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I'm always envious when I visit a gar-den that features a beautiful, ramb-

ling clematis. I've had no success in any of my gardens growing this lovely flowering vine. I gave up on clematis a few years ago but I need something to cover the unsightly chicken wire attached to the fence that keeps my puppies secure, so I will give this most popular vine another go and to ensure better success, have reviewed instructions on how/where to plant and prune.

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ieties) bloom on old wood and should only be pruned immediate-ly after flowering, no later than the end of July.

Most of the clematis we grow in our zone are part of Group B which flower in early summer on the pre-vious seasons growth and then again later in the season on vines from the current sea-sons growth. The flowers are usually

scattered up and down the entire height of the vine.

With these, we should wait until the new growth starts to appear in April, remove all dead or weak stems and shorten the rest by about 10 inches to where there is a strong pair of leaf buds.

Group C clematis flowers mostly on new growth, so they most likely begin to bloom in late spring or early summer. If you don't cut the old stems back for a year, the major-ity of new foliage and flowers will be at the top.

If we're not sure what category your clematis belongs to, we're told to look for remnants of last sea-son's blooms - if they are on the youngest, thinnest stems, the vine flowers on new growth (Group C); if they appear on thick, woody stems, it blooms on old wood (Group A).

Regardless of what the type though, every new clematis should be

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B y J i m B a i l e yTimes Sports EditorA Fruitvale woman

is on her mark and ready to run in what is undoubtedly the signature event in the world of marathon.

Heather Johnson will compete in the 117th Boston Marathon on Monday, after qualifying by winning the BMO Kelowna International marathon in October, 2011.

The 26.2-mile Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world’s most pres-tigious road-racing events.

“I’m a little bit petrified, but excited at the same time,” said Johnson. “It’ll be a big day, a big event and hopefully a lot of fun.”

Over 26,000 elite runners qualified for last year’s Boston Marathon with Kenyan runners sweeping the top three spots in both the men’s and the ladies’.

Johnson who trains with the High Altitude Triathlon Club (HATC) in Trail is making her first run at the big race, in fact it will be just her third mara-thon ever. More accus-tomed to running half marathons Johnson surprised herself at the Okanagan International by not only meeting the qualifying time of three hours and 35 minutes in just her second full marathon, but also topped the podium.

“It’s kind of like in the triathlon world, qualifying for Ironman Hawaii – Kona - it’s the kind of thing where if you qualify it’s real-ly tough to say no,” explained Johnson. “It’s so big.”

Beantown is a long way from the Kootenays, yet run-ning in a pack of thousands against the world’s best mara-thoners does not seem to faze the 34-year-old relative newcomer.

“They are really well organized, so they have three different waves to start people and inside each of those waves they have nine different corrals, where you have to get herded in and take your spot.”

While Johnson works out with the HATC all year, since Christmas she has been training with conviction for the marathon.

“That’s when I real-ly started ramping up the volume and doing some hard workouts,” said Johnson. “Lucky enough, this year (the weather) was pretty cooperative . . . almost every weekend I was out running anywhere from 20 to 35-K and then during the week doing also sorts of hill repeats, tempo runs, and speed work and all of that good stuff.”

While Johnson has participated in ultra marathon long-dis-tance races, Olympic

and long-course tri-athlons, she says the marathon is a very dif-ferent race.

“My Ironman friends tell me going out and trying to race a marathon for a fast time is tougher; but the Ironman mara-thon it’s just kind of survival, you just try to get through it, it’s already been such a long day.”

The weather in April can be unpredictable in Boston. The race in 2012 was marked by extreme heat up to 86F which took its toll on the runners, how-ever, this year’s con-test is forecasted for a comfortable 55-60F.

Johnson and hus-band Chris Kent will make the trip, enjoy-ing the sites and sounds while taking in the race and a Red Sox game.

B y T i m e s s T a f fFollowing some great results at the nationals

in Whistler at the end of March, Black Jack nor-dic skier Julien Locke finished off the season on a high note at the U.S. SuperTour finals in Tahoe, Calif. earlier this week.

Racing against the best in North America, Locke finished as the top junior in the 3.3-kilo-metre skate known as the Prologue. Black Jack’s David Palmer, coming off a pair of first-place finishes at the nationals last month, finished fifth in junior mens Prologue, seventh in the 15-k, and sixth overall, while Whitehorse skier Knute Johnsguard placed second in the Open Mens sprint.

“It was an interesting race,” said Locke. “Prologues are short and hard, and a lot of people who did fairly well (including myself) felt that they had bad races.”

The 3.3-k sprint course is unique to the Super Tour, and Locke like most skiers is more accus-tomed to the 1.6-km sprint distance.

“3.3 km is a lot different than anything else we do,” Locke added. “I never actually felt that I was going at my top speed, but I was able to keep the pace going in the final kilometre, which is where a lot of people blowup. The rain was fun. I like racing and training when I’m soaking wet, so it was all good.”

The Super Tour is a season-long series of races that take place across America. The leaders of the SuperTour earn FIS World Cup start rights while the finals are a mini-tour of four races that cap off the 2012-2013 SuperTour series.

The times from all four races are combined, with sprint and climbing preems similar to stage racing in cycling, to determine the yellow bib (overall winner), the green bib (best sprinter), white bib (best Jr, U19), and the polka-dot bib

(best climber.) Black Jack Notes:Black Jack will also hold its Annual General

Meeting Saturday at the Sacred Heart parish hall in Rossland with a Mexican theme.

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Buccini’s memory honouredB y J i m B a i l e y

Times Sports Editor The man will never be forgot-

ten, but the legacy of longtime gymnastic coach and mentor Chris Buccini will be assured next week with a celebration-of-life ceremony and dedication at the Greater Trail Community Centre (GTCC).

The Regional District and Trail Gymnastic Club (TGC) will honour Buccini’s memory Saturday, Apr. 20 by dedicating the GTCC’s gym in his name.

It’s only fitting that the facil-ity be named the “Chris Buccini Memorial Gymnasium” in rec-ognition of his many hours spent there coaching, raising funds for equipment, and years of devotion and commitment to young athletes.

“Chris pretty much was

Trail gymnastics,” said Nicola Marynowski, TGC coach and colleague of Buccini’s for the past eight years. “He took over as head coach in the early 80s so he was here for over 30-plus years as head coach. It’s a long and inspiring legacy.”

Indeed the longtime Trail resident would have been in his 31st year as head coach of the club.

Buccini worked tirelessly to promote the TGC, watching it grow and develop over the years, and producing a num-ber of regional and provincial champions. But it was his way of connecting with the young athletes that made him special.

He has coached over 3,000 young gymnasts, first at the Tadanac Hall and since 1990 at the Greater Trail Community

Centre.The Trail club has been tum-

bling for 51 years and is one of the longest running gymnastics clubs in B.C.

In 2009 Buccini was awarded the Gymnastics B.C. Member of Distinction Award and in 2010, the B.C. Sports Hero award from Sports B.C.

“Everyone who knew Chris is invited to come to share stories and memories,” said Marynowski. “He is greatly missed by all the kids, parents, and coaches, not to mention his own family and the larger gymnastic’s family as well.”

The dedication ceremony will go in the gym at 1 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 20 and there will be an open house from 1-4 p.m. in the senior’s centre at the GTCC, 1501 Cedar Avenue.

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5-k Results Name M/F TimeJack Konkin, M, 20:01Amy Shields, F, 24:01Frank Kacsinko, M, 25:14Kerry Turner, F, 26:01Kelly McLean, F, 26:09Daniel Merlo, M, 28:04Glen Byle, M, 29:52Jacob Verhelst, M, 32:19Jen Daya, F, 34:53Maya Amantea, F, 34:54Carolyn Amantea, F, 35:09Linda Merlo, F, 35:27

10-k Results Name, M/F, TimeG. Cocksedge, M, 35:06Mike Konkin, M, 41:07Heather Johnson, F, 41:14Jed Tremblay, M, 42:25W. Luppens, M, 43:59Rick Miller, M, 36:14Gord McLeod, M, 46:46Cheryl Mueller, F, 49:07Michael Tao, M, 51:38Louiza Bell, F, 52:52A. Gibbenhuck, F, 54:13D. Matthews, M, 1:03:0

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SECOND ROUNDConference Semifinals

(Best-of-7)EASTERN CONFERENCE

Edmonton (1) vs. Medicine Hat (7)

(Edmonton wins series 4-0)Wednesday’s result

Edmonton 4 Medicine Hat 2Tuesday’s result

Edmonton 9 Medicine Hat 2Calgary (3) vs. Red Deer (4)

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Calgary 3 Red Deer 2 (OT)Thursday’s game

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GOYANG, South Korea – Canada’s National Sledge Team coached by Trail’s Mike Mondin has arrived in South Korea, where it will take part in the 2013 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship from April 13-20.

Canada won the bronze medal at last year’s tourna-ment in Hamar, Norway, and last won IPC gold at the 2008 world championship in Marlborough, Mass.

The team opens the world championship on Saturday against Italy, and will also face Korea and Russia in Group B preliminary round action. The Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden and the United States comprise Group A. The semifinals are set for Thursday, April 18, with the bronze medal and gold medal games scheduled for Saturday, April 20.

Canada has played 11 games in the 2012-13 season, posting an 8-3 record. Canada won a silver medal at the 2012 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Calgary, Alta., before facing Norway and the United States in three-game series in January and February, respect-ively.

In six appearances at the IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship, Canada has won two gold medals (2000, 2008) and three bronze medals (1996, 2009, 2012), finishing fourth in 2004.

Of course the s i t u a t i o n isn’t perfect, it never is,

but baseball is, (more or less) in bloom.

Tryouts and prac-tices have begun locally, in spite of the autumnal weather turn, and games will be played.

Not that you could garner that from web-sites attached to local baseball, other than the Trail American Legion (Jays) site, which tells us they won’t have any home games for another seven weeks.

B.C. junior hockey sites, including team sites, have been down a lot lately, dealing,

so they say, with security issues.

So, as local teams that are not from Castlegar are done for the season, one turns to the sea-son just beginning, wondering about teams, practices, games and what-not. And one finds almost nada.

I suppose the Orioles, being, “sen-ior,” and all that, could be forgiven for not using cyberspace to update its small core of fans - and per-haps garner a little attention for their futures in spaces such as this - being an, “older,” crowd and all.

But at the minor

level, where half the participants, ages up to 19, could probably build a pretty good website during their half innings on the bench during games, it seems amazing nobody uses those skills to allow those of us who might be interested in the goings-on in minor ball to keep track of it.

Maybe there is an App for that, but I and many others do not use smart phones and tablets (I have a tab-let, but haven’t been able to figure out how to use it) so need to access information on the basic interweb.

Lots of informa-tion on previous sea-

sons, 2013, not so much.

I know plans are in place for the year, I read about some of them in the Times, but it would be nice, just in case I wanted to, you know, go to a game or volun-teer or something, if the information was available in a semi-permanent, easily accessible place - you know, like a website.

• It may already be time to panic for Blue Jays fans.

The season has just begun, but their vaunted new starting rotation is proving anything but domin-ant. As I write this, they are being pum-meled once again and are on their third relief pitcher.

Toronto is only second on my list of MLB teams for which to cheer, but I had been hoping for enough of a turn-around in their for-tunes - because of the fortune invested in a turnaround - that the Blue Jays would be a

team with a poten-tial for post season drama. Instead they are in their worst early season run in 35 years.

I hoped, anyway, that the, “This Year,” dream would last beyond April.

We basically get to watch just Toronto and Seattle, the teams to which MLB has assigned local fandom, on a regular basis.

Seattle is still, “ r e b u i l d i n g , ” although they are currently doing bet-ter than Toronto.

The Blue Jays were my hope that I might get to see some competitive pennant-chasing drama.

One must still hope, of course. It is still really early. Games played at this time of the sea-son count as much as games later in the year, however, and the Blue Jays are digging quite a hole out of which to climb.

- Oh, well. Go Quinnipiac.

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Boat Pro Course with Mike Fairweather will be offered on Apr. 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Montrose Hall. Cost is $60 for first family member with a manual and $40 for second family member with-out a manual. Photo ID is required. Manuals are available at the Beaver Valley Arena.

Kids soccer with Andrea Derksen, will be offered Wednesdays, Apr. 24 –May 29 from 3-3:30 p.m. (ages 3-4) and 3:30 - 4 p.m. (ages 5-6) at Haines Park. Cost is $20. This

program will introduce your child to soccer through fun games and easy to learn drills.

Kids Garage Sale is on Saturday, Apr. 27 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Montrose Hall. Book your table ($10) by Apr. 19.

Spring cleaning is just around the corner and you may find your kids have outgrown their quality used clothes, toys, books and furniture.

To pre-register for the above programs, please call Kelly at 367-9319.

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Boat Pro: the course of action THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO - Only a handful of curlers have accomplished as much as Russ Howard did over his long career.

Even fewer can say they helped revolutionize the game.

Howard, who will be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame this October, said one of his favourite memories was creat-ing the so-called Moncton Rule - the forerunner to the Free Guard Zone - which helped create more offence in curling.

“It has really changed the sport,” Howard said Thursday from his hometown of Moncton. “Now that I’m a TV guy, you can see the (ratings) and the numbers are growing big-time because the sport is so much more exciting, partly because of that rule.”

The rule, implemented in the early 1990s, forced teams to deal with the rocks in play rather than rely on the option of consistently clearing them out. It also created more scoring, comeback oppor-tunities and excitement.

Howard won national and world titles in 1987 and 1993 and added an Olympic gold medal with skip Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2006.

Howard was named in the Hall’s athlete category Thursday along with former NHL star Joe Sakic, cyclist Alison Sydor, Paralympian Andre Viger and the 1992 Olympic

champion women’s coxless four rowing team of Kirsten Barnes, Brenda Taylor, Jessica Monroe-Gonin, Kay Worthington and Jennifer Walinga.

“I knew I had done pretty well in my career as a curler but you don’t parallel it with other ath-letes in other sports, especially the big-time sports like hockey and football, baseball, stuff like that,” Howard said. “So it’s pretty cool.”

Former Canadian Amateur Hockey Association presi-dent Murray Costello and sport development architect Dr. Jean-Guy Ouellet will be inducted as builders. The official induction ceremony will be held Oct. 16.

Howard is the 14th curler to be named to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and the first since the Sandra Schmirler team (Schmirler, Jan Betker, Joan McCusker and Marcia Gudereit) was inducted in 2000.

Sakic, who had 1,641 career regular-season points over 20 seasons in the NHL, won league championships with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 and 2001. He also won titles at the Winter Olympics, world hockey cham-pionship, World Cup of Hockey, world junior championships and Memorial Cup.

Sydor won Olympic silver at the 1996 Atlanta Games and won world titles in 1994, ‘95 and ‘96. She was a three-time medallist at the Pan

American Games and earned 17 career World Cup mountain bike victories.

Viger, who died in 2006, was one of best wheelchair racers of all-time. He won 10 medals over five appearances at the Paralympic Games and held world records at several distances.

The coxless four team that won Olympic gold at the Barcelona Games in 1992 is considered one of Canada’s best-ever rowing crews. Walinga was forced to withdraw just a day before the competition but Worthington stepped in and helped the crew win a gold medal.

Costello, an International Ice Hockey Federation vice-president, has helped Canada become a powerhouse in the sport of hock-ey. He has spearheaded numerous development and skills programs that continue to be used today.

“It’s always nice to be recog-nized in your own sport but to be recognized across all sports through Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame is very special indeed,” Costello said. “Especially when you consider the people you’re being inducted with, the accom-plishments they have in other sports.

“It puts you in a very select group, one that you’d never thought you’d be a part of. That too makes it very special.”

Howard, Sakic lead 2013 class canadian sports hall of fame

THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON -

Even though the money is not all in place, Edmonton city council gave approval Wednesday to a deal that would see a new downtown arena built for the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers.

Councillors voted 10-3 in favour of the master agreement with Oilers owner Darryl Katz. The pact would see the Oilers stay in the city for the next 35 years.

Councillors also voted by a smaller margin in favour of leveraging $45 million from the Municipal S u s t a i n a b i l i t y Initiative - a provin-cial fund that provides grant money for infra-structure - to make up for part of a $100 mil-lion shortfall in fund-ing for the project.

However, the city said it will only borrow the money if the prov-ince confirms it will provide the remaining $55 million. All par-ties would have until Sept. 1 to finalize the funding arrangement or the deal could still

fall apart.“Council took a

courageous step for-ward today,” said Mayor Stephen Mandel. “We’ve also made it clear that we will not move forward until we have the balance of the funds needed from the

province.”Premier Alison

Redford was in Washington and could not immediately be reached for comment but has said repeatedly in recent months that there will be no direct provincial funding for

the arena project.The total cost of

the project including a community rink, gar-den and transit link is now estimated at $604 million - $408 million of that is for the arena itself.

Katz has commit-

ted to paying $143 million.

In addition to the money from the prov-ince, the city is plan-ning to apply for $14 million in grants from the federal and provin-cial governments for the community rink.

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KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Kale Kessy scored twice, including the winner, as the Kamloops Blazers edged visiting Kelowna Rockets 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday in Western Hockey League playoff action.

The 20-year-old scored his league-leading 11th goal of the playoffs 2:44 into extra time while Kelowna’s Madison Bowey was in the box serving a two-minute minor for flipping the puck over the glass.

The Blazers head to the Western Conference final after sweeping the Rockets 4-0 in the second-round matchup.

Marek Hrbas and Matt Needham also scored for Kamloops, which hasn’t been to a conference final since the 1998-99 season, while Brendan Ranford had three assists.

JC Lipon set up two goals for the Blazers and leads the play-off scoring race with five goals and 21 points in 10 contests. Ranford’s three points give him five goals and 19 points in 10 games, which is good for a tie for second in WHL post-season scoring with Portland’s Ty Rattie. Kamloops will face Rattie and the Winterhawks in the West final starting Apr. 19 in Portland.

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Dear Annie: My sis-ter, “Suzie,” has always been a bit of a flower child, and my parents think it’s funny. Suzie dropped out of high school to pursue her “career” in something -- art, music, dance, yoga, whatever. I usu-ally gave her a place to stay when she got evicted and didn’t want our parents to know, which was pretty often.

Suzie and her hus-band (I’m not sure whether they’re legally married) have been bet-ter since my nephews were born. What con-cerns me is that she won’t take the kids to the doctor when they get sick. She just gives them some herbal rem-edy and sends them to bed. The boys aren’t very clean, often have the sniffles and are almost always in cloth-ing that’s the wrong size. Suzie is home-schooling the boys, even though neither she nor her husband graduated high school. My oldest nephew is 7

and cannot read, count to 10 or say his ABCs.

Suzie insists that the children be fed only vegan and organ-ic products. When the boys stay with us, which is fairly often lately, we feed them healthy balanced meals that they wolf down like they’re starving. The oldest boy told me they usually eat oat-meal with some peanut butter in it. I believe both boys are anemic.

The family has, on occasion, lived in their car. Suzie recently said they are going to “live on the road” for a while and the boys will adjust. I think my nephews are being neglected. She’s leaving the boys

with me for two weeks this summer, and I’m tempted to have Child Protective Services evaluate them. My wife agrees. My parents don’t. I’m scared Suzie will bolt with the kids if she gets wind of my suspicions. She’s done it before.

I want the best for my nephews. How do I go about it? -- W.C.

Dear W.C.: Don’t wait until summer. Call Child Protective Services anonym-ously, and ask them to investigate the home environment now. (You need not inform your parents.) CPS may determine that the kids are in a lov-ing, healthy-enough environment, in which case, please stop try-ing to wrest control from Suzie, and con-centrate instead on making your home a safe, stable place for your nephews. And if CPS determines that the kids need to be removed from Suzie’s care, we hope you will

offer to take them.Dear Annie: My wife

and I recently went out for dinner with her parents, who are healthy active seniors. Upon being seated, they spent the entire evening commenting on others. Engaging them in conversation was impossible.

Every time we’ve gone out with her par-ents, they have com-plained afterward: The restaurant was too noisy, crowded, hot, cold, drafty, dark, the portions were too small, cold, spicy, the service was slow, the seating was uncomfort-able, etc. I don’t know why they bother dining out when they never seem to enjoy it.

I find their behavior rude and insulting and have told my wife not to expect my attend-ance at any future restaurant meals. She thinks I am being unreasonable, that that is just “who they are.” I realize they are not going to change, but

after nearly 20 years of this, I say count me out. Any suggestions? -- At My Wits’ End

Dear Wits’ End: These are your wife’s parents. Please be more tolerant, although you don’t need to pun-ish yourself. For your wife’s sake, be willing

to endure their “com-pany” a few times a year. You can decline the rest of the time.

Dear Annie: Bravo to “Frustrated Viewer in Canada” for com-plaining about the TV networks playing music over the dia-logue and the actors

who mumble and talk with their backs to the camera.

Producers might be interested to know that a lot of us have gone back to reading books instead of watching the programs we used to enjoy. -- Nancy

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For Saturday, April 13, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Don’t worry if you feel con-fused or foggy today, because it’s simply par for the course. However, this same influence could boost your imagination in a lovely way. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is not an ideal day for important financial deci-sions. Be careful shopping, because you might be tempted to spend too much on elegant luxury. (Also, someone might deceive you about money.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Today the Moon is in your sign; however, it’s at odds with fuzzy Neptune. This increases your escapist tendencies and tends to block clear communi-cation. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might feel vaguely out of sorts today and not know why. Don’t worry about it, because this is just a brief influence that makes you have second

thoughts about everything. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) A friend, especially a female acquaintance, might cause you to feel confused about shared property or something related to your debt. Don’t be so quick to believe everything you hear. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Be extra-clear in all your communication with author-ity figures today, especially female authority figures like Mom. It’s all too easy to get your wires crossed. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Double-check all travel plans today. Don’t bite if you hear shocking news regarding poli-tics or religion, because some-one could be stringing you along. Some people are not truthful today. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Double-check details regard-ing shared property, inheri-tances, taxes and anything that is jointly held. You might

deceive yourself today, or oth-ers might deceive you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Agree to nothing impor-tant in discussions with part-ners and close friends today, because it’s easy to misinter-pret things. You might not even know what you’re really endorsing. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Be very clear in communica-tions with co-workers today,

because people might misin-terpret what you mean, or vice versa. Don’t fall for a sob story. (Keep your wits about you.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) If you are disappointed in a romantic relationship today, it might be because your expec-tations were unrealistic. Then again, your expectations might not even have been expressed. (Other people cannot read your mind.)

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Salmo$229,500

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Beaver Falls$179,900

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Rivervale$429,900

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Glenmerry$319,000

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East Trail$169,900

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City of TrailSTUDENT EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITIESThe City of Trail is looking for mo vated, self starters to ll four summer student posi ons.

Applica on forms, including a full ob descrip on, and details on how to apply can be obtained at the

reater Trail Community Skills Centre, 123 1290 splanade, Trail, BC or on their electronic ob board

www.communityskillscentre.com.Closing date is Monday, April 29th at 00 p.m.The City of Trail thanks all applicants for their interest and will only reply to those selected for an interview.

www.trail.ca

The Applied Research and Technology (ART) group is seeking a dynamic individual for the role of Technician Trainee to join our world-class team of engineers, scientists and technologists at our technology centre in Trail, British Columbia. The Technician Trainee assists on research projects which work is performed in the Applied Research & Technology laboratory, with occasional project support at operating plants at Teck’s Trail Operation and at Teck properties within Canada and abroad. This position reports to the Section Leader, Mineralogy.Qualifications:• Graduation from a recognized Institute of

Technology or equivalent is required. Programs in Geology, Environmental, Metallurgy or Chemical Sciences are preferred.

• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude and the ability to communicate effectively are necessary for this position. The applicant must be familiar with the use of computer spreadsheets and able to produce basic technical reports.

• Good interpersonal, verbal and written skills are required to effectively liaise with engineering, operating and technical personnel.

• The ability to work effectively in a team environment is necessary

Responsibilities:• Prepare test samples• Performs simple analyses• Provides technical data for reporting purposes• Assembles equipment

Teck Metals Ltd. is committed to employment equity and all qualified individuals are encouraged to forward their resume directly to our career website: www.teck.com/careers (Applied Research and Technology Centre), before April 17, 2013.

TECHNICIAN TRAINEE

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ST. ANDREW’S Anglican Church, Trail, BC, is seeking a skilled musician to fi ll the posi-tion of church organist. Please contact [email protected]

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DEEP LAKE, WASHINGTON Waterfront Home • 60ft of beach front • 4 bedrooms, 2 baths • dock • large veranda • boat • furnished

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FRUITVALE, 14yr.old updated 1/2 duplex, 2030sq.ft. fi nished. 2-3bd, 2 full bths, high eff fur-nace, new hot H20 tank, gas FP, 2 full kitchens, low heat costs. Pics can be emailed. $225,000.obo. 250-367-0062

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For Sunday, April 14, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You feel fantastic and happy today! Use these good vibes to spread joy with everyone you meet. This is a particularly good day for writers and people who sell or promote for a living. Live it up! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You might have fabulous moneymaking ideas today;

however, you also might spend really big. (It could go either way.) One thing is certain: You feel rich and generous. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel healthy and happy today, but you are also very concerned for the welfare of others. If you can do anything to help those who are less fortunate, you will.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You have a warm feel-ing in your tummy today, because life is good. Of course, there’s always something wrong, because that’s reality. But today, you feel content. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) All group activities will be upbeat today, particu-larly with female friends. You feel happy because

your future goals look like they are doable, and this is encouraging! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You can make a great impression on bosses, par-ents, teachers and VIPs today. Someone might learn something about your personal life that paints you in a very good light. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Travel plans look exciting! You’re very keen to expand your world today. Others, however, will explore opportunities in publish-ing, the media, medicine and the law. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Gifts, favors from oth-ers and little treasures can come your way today. Don’t hesitate to accept them.

Just say, “Thank you.” (You deserve this.) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Relations with partners and close friends are partic-ularly warm and mutually generous today. You also might enjoy the company of someone from another culture or country. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Work-related travel is likely today. Others will get a raise or praise, because this is a positive day with respect to your job. Glory hallelujah! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Enjoy fun-filled activities today. Watch or participate in sports. Grab a movie or go to the theater. Enjoy playful times with children. New romance with some-

one older and richer also might blossom. Ole! PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is an excellent day for real-estate oppor-tunities. It’s also a lovely time to entertain at home because you feel generous and everyone is in a good mood. Share the wealth! YOU BORN TODAY At times, you can be obsessed with excellence. You go to great lengths to do what-ever you want to do in the way you want to do it. Personally, you are persua-sive and powerful; yet you value tradition and history. Your year ahead will be fun-loving and social with improved relationships. Birthdate of: Gina McKee, actress; Robert Carlyle, actor; Rob McElhenney, actor/writer/producer.

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For Monday, April 15, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) In the next few weeks, little treasures will tempt you as you buy things for yourself and loved ones. Fortunately, some of you will be making more money as well. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Fair Venus enters your sign today to stay for the next few weeks, making you extra charming and diplomatic! The month ahead will also be an excellent time to shop for wardrobe items. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Solitude in beautiful sur-roundings will please you in the month ahead. (This is a popular time for you, but even you need to catch your breath.) CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Friendships will be warm in the coming month. One rea-son is you will find it easy to express your affection for oth-ers, which, of course, makes others feel even warmer toward you.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Some of you might be attracted to someone older, richer or worldlier in the next several weeks. You also might be asked to give your creative input about something. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Travel for pleasure will delight you in the coming month. Go anywhere you can. Others can promote pub-lishing opportunities or find chances to shine at school. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Romance will be sweet and passionate in the coming month. In addition, many of you will be on the receiving end of the generosity of oth-ers. Yay! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) In the next month, rela-tionships with others will be smoother and friendlier. This is an excellent time to patch up quarrels and mend broken fences. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’ll enjoy good relation-

ships with co-workers in the month ahead because people are willing to help you. In fact, you might make financial gains or make your workplace more attractive. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Romance, vacations, parties, sports events and fun times with children will please you in the coming month. Accept all invitations to party. It’s time for fun! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Opportunities to make where you live look more attractive exist in the coming month. Entertain at home, because family relations will be warm and loving. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) In the month ahead, you’ll be surprised by how much beauty is in your daily sur-roundings. Similarly, you might be surprised by how much love there is as well. YOU BORN TODAY You’re intelligent, organized and interested in everything. You’re a great planner and organizer, and you love to

jump into new areas and take over (but only for the beginning stages). You need a changing landscape that allows you to constantly grow and improvise. Make time in your coming year to study or learn something valuable; you will be glad you did. Birthdate of: Emma Thompson, actress; Seth Rogen, actor; Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance genius.

For Tuesday, April 16, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your home routine will be interrupted today. Small appliances might break down, or minor breakages could occur. Be patient if domestic arguments break out, espe-cially with females. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You feel emotionally impul-sive today, which is why this is an accident-prone day for you. Your emotional distrac-tion could make something go wrong. Nevertheless, you can do some practical plan-ning. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Keep an eye on your money today, because you might find money or lose it. You also might lose something you own or have it stolen. Stay alert! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Difficulties with author-

ity figures might arise today because of power struggles. Be careful. Don’t throw your weight around. Instead, make plans for future social events or sports activities. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Because you feel restless, this could be an accident-prone day for you. If you try to research or work behind the scenes, you will accomplish a lot. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Minor upsets might occur with others in group situa-tions, especially females. Don’t be pushy. Go with the flow. Discussions about future plans could be solid. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) While making long-range plans for your career, par-ticularly practical plans, you might have a dispute with a partner or close friend. Just let it blow over. Focus on your future. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Travel plans might be changed or canceled today. Ditto for anything having to do with higher education. Avoid disputes about religion, politics and racial issues. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Stay in touch with your bank account, because some-thing unusual might occur. (You might bounce a check.) Stay on top of things; a little

research will help things from getting worse. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You have to compromise with others because the Moon is opposite your sign. Talk to someone older to get his or her advice. Be patient with family. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your work routine will be interrupted today because computer crashes, power out-ages and staff shortages are likely. However, discussions with bosses and experienced employees are beneficial. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You might be overcharged for a social event or some-thing related to vacations, hotels and sports. Keep your eyes open. An older relative can benefit you in the care of children. YOU BORN TODAY You have a great sense of humor and are obliging with oth-ers. You enjoy a good laugh. You’re loyal to friends and family; nevertheless, you have to follow your fantasies and dreams. Other people might dismiss your dreams, but you shouldn’t. They’re real. Good news. Your year ahead might be one of the most powerful years of your life. (Dream big!) Birthdate of: Charlie Chaplin, actor/director; Dusty Springfield, singer; Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus.

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Charming “heritage-style” home. This 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath home features oak

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fl ooring! Call now!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

608 Cottonwood Avenue, Salmo $145,900

Super clean 2 bdrm rancher on a large, treed, level lot features upgraded

laminate fl ooring, doors, windows and has a detached workshop!Call Terry 250-231-1101

1151 Marianna Crescent, Trail $242,000

3 bdrm home in Sunningdale! Features large living room, country kitchen, huge family/room, and workshop. Single car garage and enough room for a couple more vehicles on the paved driveway.

Make certain to have this home on your viewing list.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

2026 St. Paul Street, Rossland $129,000

Tons of space and fantastic southern views in this 3 bdrm fi xer upper.

Hardwood fl oors and wide baseboards. Centrally located close to downtown

Rossland and both schools. With some elbow grease and creative ideas you can

make this a great place to call home.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

956 Black Bear Drive, Rossland $318,900

4 bdrm home on 1.6 acres. Nicely landscaped yard, large workshop/ garage. Bright sun room with a gas fi replace and a large deck, second

kitchen, rec room and wood stove in the basement, double carport and plenty of

parking for all your toys!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

340 Grandview Place, Genelle $879,000

Live the dream! This gorgeous custom-built home features stunning views and quality workmanship. Gourmet kitchen, 3 bdrms with master suite, gas fi replace

and an open fl oor-plan with oodles of windows. You have to see it to believe it!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

#3 Redstone Drive, Rossland $389,000

Brand new – almost fi nished spacious 4 bdrm home with double garage. Close to walking, biking, x-country skiing and 18-hole golf course. There’s still time to

pick your colours!Call Richard (250) 368-7897

214 Binns Street, Trail $139,900

Perfect starter home featuring 2 bdrms on the main, gleaming hardwood fl oors,

newer kitchen, upgraded mechanics, u/g sprinkler system and a private back deck. Downstairs you will fi nd laundry,

more storage, a 2nd bathroom (3pc) and 2 more fi nished bdrms.

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

948 Glover Road, Trail $102,000

Remember when you said: “I should have invested in Trail when...”? This up/

down duplex (2 & 1 bdrm suites) with good tenants waits for you. Solid, close to town and good parking options. Very low

vacancy rate. Invest in Trail today!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOUSESaturday April 13 11am-1pm

1824 Wilmes Lane, Trail

$184,000Very Special

Package - New Older Home - this 3 bdrm/2 bthrm.

home has had a total update - nothing to do but enjoy - new wiring-plumbing-

windows-paint-roof - tastefully decorated

with all kinds of charm - super

views - call for an appointment to view.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

NEW LISTING Ron & Darlene Your Local Home Team

1594 Green Road, Fruitvale $249,000

You won’t fi nd a better deal than this! Four beautiful acres with 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom solidly built home. Timber and clearings, great exposure, central

location.Call Ron or Darlene today.

347 Railway Lane, Trail$118,500

Don’t miss having a look at this home. There is a lot of house here. Mechanical

upgrades are done, super low maintenance and centrally located.

Call Ron or Darlene today.

Ron 368-1162 Darlene 231-0527

We Sell Great Homes!

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOUSESaturday April 13 12-2pm

Jodi Beamish250-231-2331

Call now for a

Free Home Evaluation

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The Trail Ambassador candidates delivered a three-minute speech on a topic of their choice Tuesday night at the Trail Alliance Church. In addition to family and friends, three judges were present, as the presentation counts for 20 per cent of the final mark at the Trail Ambassador Pageant to be held May 10 during Silver City Days. Two of these young women will be crowned as Trail’s next royalty team, and will travel throughout BC promoting Trail. Top row l-r: Miss Trail, Addison Oberg; Trail Princess, Ashley Horrill; Rebecca Nesmith (Miss Colombo Lodge). Middle row l-r: Kristyn Goulding (Miss Trail Firefighters); Erin Buckley, (Miss Knights of Pythias). Bottom row l-r: Elizabeth Cragg (Miss Hall Printing); Emily Dawson (Miss Royal Canadian Legion); Cheyanne Friess (Miss Italo Canadese); Rebecca King (Miss Kiwanis).

AmbAssAdor CAndidAtes speAk

N e l s o N s t a rWestern Pacific Marine says it’s con-

fident the MV Balfour will be available to fill in on the Kootenay Lake ferry run when the Osprey 2000 is out of service for its five-year Transport Canada inspection this month.

The Balfour, which holds 28 vehicles compared to the Osprey’s 80 and typically only runs in the summer, is presently undergoing improvements.

Starting May 1, the Osprey will be out of service for 12 days during its semi-annual refit and the Balfour is again expected to fill in.

Kootenay Lake ferry service changes

Trail Daily Times, April 12, 2013

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