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People who don’t have a background in art don’t always understand the components of a unique design, but land art can evoke feelings everybody can enjoy.

Two out-of-town judges will be visiting 65 concealed gardens in Greater Trail over the next two days to select three winners for the 10th annual Trail Garden Contest Tour that takes place on July 28.

After the judges submit their results, the Trail Garden Committee will prepare tour maps of gardens open for pub-lic viewings. The tour maps will be available by donation in Ferraro Foods the weekend before the event.

And this year’s entries will be scrutinized on some strin-gent and aesthetic criteria.

“Understanding the ele-ments of a design is only one aspect of enjoying a garden,” explained Helen Sebelius, a

Slocan Valley-based judge. “Another aspect is the sanc-tuary that a garden can offer people—to relax, meditate, think or read a book. It’s very compelling it a way, it’s like ‘Sit down. Slow down. Relax.’”

As a former art profes-sor, Sebelius couldn’t help but make connections b e t w e e n s c u l p t u r e s and garden-ing.

“My bias is that I taught art for most of my life so cri-tiquing is one of the most challenging jobs that I’ve ever had in my lifetime because you have to remain objective,” she said. “So the objective of looking at something critic-ally plays a huge role in this. I try to put my personal biases on the side, but they certainly inform how I view things.”

Instead, her evaluations are based on understanding

sculptural forms, how plants occupy space, the use of col-ours, textures, lines, balance, unity and repetition.

At a home in Tadanac, she explained why using a water feature to break up a flat yard was a good use of space. She

began describ-ing the sooth-ing sounds of flowing water and the clean lines of s t o n e w o r k surrounding a small pond.

“ T h a t ’ s what I look for mostly—how I feel when I go into that situa-tion,” she said. “Is it a living, breathing arrangement of all of the parts and can I experi-ence relief from the busy, everyday, world. It is a kind of a sanctuary.”

But Carolyn MacKinnon, a Castlegar-based judge, assessed garden design from a slightly more clinical perspec-tive.

“We’re given an adjudica-tion form that covers clean-liness, general arrangement, quality of the materials, var-iety and period of bloom,” stated MacKinnon.

“But things I like to see are good coordination of colours, variety of the structure and some continuity in the garden. It’s very challenging because we want to give everybody merit—these gardens are all beautiful.”

The winners will be award-ed prizes on July 24 at the Colombo Lodge Piazza around 7 p.m. Gardening enthusiasts can attend the event, toast one another and enjoy refresh-ments during the awards cere-mony.

“We’re calling it the Mad Hatter’s Tea and we’re encour-aging people to wear hats,” said Lynne Worosz, a member of the garden committee. “If they do, they get a rose and that’s on the same day as the garden tour. It’s sort of like an open house.”

TRAIL GARDEN CONTEST

Discerning judges grading local gardens

“It’s very challenging because we want to

give everybody merit – these gardens are

beautiful.”

CAROLYN MACKINNON

BREANNE MASSEY PHOTO

Helen Sebelius (left) and Carolyn MacKinnon began evaluating gardens for the Trail Garden Contest in Tadanac this week.

BY BREANNE MASSEYTimes Staff

The realities of spring runoff could jilt cyclists who have a need for speed.

High water levels have dramatically altered the terrain of the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society (KCTS) and the society has asked the commun-ity to practice safety while using the trails this season.

Trails in the area have been significantly alffected by the heavy spring runoff, creating all sorts of new risks for outdoor enthusiasts, said Isaac Saban, president of KCTS.

“I think the big-gest concern is for mountain bikers traveling down at high speed, even if there’s a certain speed that they’re used to traveling at, they may not have been on the trails this year,” explained Saban. “You could come up to a trail very quickly and it will be far rougher or have more debris than there used to be.”

Saban went on to explain that it’s important to learn about the terrain before rushing back into extreme sports this season, at least until the trails have been repaired.

“They’ve all been affected to some degree, but only five or six were really heavily impacted,” he said. “I would hope that by the end of the trail sea-son, we will have most of them rebuilt and back in order, but it could be mid-September by the time we get to all of the trails.”

Water is part of the issue, but it also comes down to crew availability.

The KCTS has a crew of four people who are out working on repairing the trails everyday. In addition, the trails manager, Stewart Spooner, will be spending some time on the ground as well.

“They’ll be out there with hand tools doing their best to repair the tread,” Saban explained. “Hopefully, we can improve some of the drainage issues so that similar problems won’t occur in the future.”

The crew is currently working on the North End of the Seven Summits trail and will repair Crown Point, near the South side of Trail Creek,

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Runoff, erosion and high water

all make for treacherous trails

Society preaches safety on paths

“They’ve all been affected to some degree but only five or six (trails)

were really heavily

impacted.”

ISAAC SABAN

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Rossland Secondary School will be one of the first schools in British Columbia to delve into a new realm of learning called blended learning.

The goal is to provide personalized and inquiry based learning in a blended learning environment, which will offer students a variety of courses, even within a smaller school environment.

Karen Lavender, the school’s new principal said the new approach will only affect grades 10-12 at the school, as administration switches to a 21st Century learning model.

The blended learning structure leaves behind set timetables and gives students a structure of open resource areas and structured seminar times.

Lavender explained that what it will really be doing for the grade 10 to 12 is opening up their learning potential.

“Students will still take specific courses and they will still come out with their course credits,” Lavender said. “They will still be matching all of the learning outcomes required for each of the courses. What looks different is that instead of going to math class at a specific time on a specific day, the kids can pick when they do their math and they can pick when they do their phys-ed and they pick when they do their art.”

Students will have resource areas, a classroom with a teacher and 30 kids in it, she explained.

There will be a math/science resource area that will always have a teacher there.

“It will always be open, the same thing with the English/Socials area,” she said. “The elective areas won’t be open all the time but it will show when it is open.”

Students will manage their time with the help of a facilitating teacher, which will include when they’re going to take what course and how long it’s going to take them to finish the course. They will be able to take courses by semester, as they are currently do, or they can take them over the whole year span.

For example, if a ski academy kid decided that they want to have fewer courses through the ski season they can do that. They could focus their course time between September and the middle of November, and the beginning of April and end of June.

She said the students would still have courses through the ski season, but maybe just one or two.

“They can pace the course as they like, with the help of the facilitator who makes sure that their progress is continually moving forward and they’re not going to end up at the end of the year with a huge pile of work on their plate,” she said.

“Teachers will be resourcing the areas avail-able for one-on-one help. They’ll also be running seminars that kids can sign up for depending on the course. “

Lavender said some of the main benefits are that students will become far more independent learners.

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BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff

A proposal for a regional busi-ness licence could cut $10,000 annu-ally out of the city’s revenue stream, according to City of Trail staff esti-mate.

City corporate administrator Michelle McIsaac told council at a recent meeting that implementing a proposed regional business licence program— stretching from Nelson to Trail and over to Grand Forks—could reduce revenue in Greater Trail’s own regional business licence program.

The program, now administered by the City of Trail, brings about $20,000 into the city’s coffers through the sale of business licences.

“We already receive the great-er share of revenue from regional

licence sales,” she said. “I estimate we could potentially lose that licence revenue each year if that model were to change.”

Mcisaac did not believe the regional model they had in place could sustain an expansion to the reaches of the West Kootenay and the Boundary.

But the model could also provide the city with more income, said city councillor Sean Mackinlay. In areas where the regional licence has been enacted, there has been an increase in sales of those licences, and an increase in fees.

He pointed to a $200,000 increase in revenue at the City of Kelowna after they implemented a regional licence, with $80,000 coming from the city itself.

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Former NHL linesman Bob McLaren of Victoria was in Trail to watch his son, Roland, play for the San Diego Stars earlier this week, and decided to perform a few of his calisthenics and exercises in Gyro Park. At 67 years young, McLaren exhibited the fitness aptitude and prowess of a man half of his age, thanks to an exercise routine he has developed over the years.

FROM PAGE 1and Raven’s Rock, a trail leading from the hospital to Miral Heights, when the water levels decrease. Routine maintenance will also take place throughout the course of the season.

The society maintains 145 kilometres of non-motorized trails around the area from Fruitvale, Montrose, throughout Trail and into Warfield and Rossland.

In the last year there were 120,000 trail usages, with $85,000 in funding from local government, and through member-ship money, donations and other fund rais-ing initiatives they have a budget of nearly $100,000.

The society’s site now includes elevation profiles of the trails, detailed topographic maps in pdf form, uploaded pictures of trail features and a brief set of directions to get to the trail head.

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BY MEGAN COLENelson Star

As repairs and analysis of the HB mine site’s tailings pond begins, Nelson city councillor Donna Macdonald is congratulating regional dis-trict staff and consultants on identifying and deal-ing with the problem quickly.

Macdonald was part of a group of Regional District of Central Kootenay representatives who visited the pond this week.

“It would have been a pretty serious disaster had things gotten worse,” she said following the visit. “We’re lucky the inspection caught it when it did and engineers and crews moved in really rapidly, and the provincial emergency program was there. A lot of attention was focused on it very quickly to prevent what could have been a very unpleasant event if the material had slid further down slope and eventually across the highway and into the river.”

The regional district discovered a sinkhole this week, which was determined to be the cause the slough, and seepage, which occurred last week.

“What they surmise to be the cause of the slide or slough from the dam, which they found on the upper side of the dam after they lowered the water, they discovered this vertical flat pipe and over time water had been seeping in along that pipe. Gradually the seepage built this sinkhole, and when the very heavy rain happened, that was the final straw. Water just surged through that sinkhole and into the dam.”

There is some confusion around whether it is the responsibility of the regional district or of Teck to manage the ponds, and Macdonald said there would likely be lots of questions and answers going forward. Mine tailings are usually produced from the mine in a slurry form, which is a mixture of fine mineral particles and water.

FROM PAGE 2“So there may be some

losses or there may be some gains,” he said. “If it is deter-mined to be a loss that is some thing we won’t go further with.”

It was passed in the meet-ing that city staff would con-tact the B.C. Chamber of Commerce to begin investi-gation as to the feasibility of creating such a program.

The proposed regional licence would cover business people who work in more than one community to earn their living, including Rossland, Trail, Nelson, Castelgar and Grand Forks.

Under the licence, a busi-ness owner would only need to purchase one business

licence in the community of choice, but it would apply to all others.

This move would eliminate the need for business owners, like construction contract-ors, to buy separate licences in each community they may find work in.

It was intended to encour-age business in the region, and allow those people who may operate under the table and only purchase one licence to come above board.

But has there been a dem-onstrated demand from the business community for this kind of service, asked council-lor Kevin Jolly.

“It seemed like in other areas once people realized they could get this, they did

not want to fly under the radar anymore, they wanted to make sure they had a fully licenced and insured busi-ness,” said Mackinlay. “So, creating this opportunity can create the demand.”

Currently, there are only five such regional licences operating in the entire prov-ince. The city study will deter-mine if there is actually a cost benefit analysis that can be made for the move.

Greater Trail has had a regional business licence in place since the mid 1980s, available for a higher price than a single municipal one, for those who wished to oper-ate from Rossland to Fruitvale, and everywhere in between.

Mackinlay was part of a

meeting with the executive directors of the local cham-bers of commerce and the B.C Chamber of Commerce on the topic. Since the five chambers were all within less than one hour from each other, the provincial chamber urged the region’s municipalities to investigate a regional licence.

“I think that, with all of the construction that is going on in the region, and the fact that if you are a specific kind of tradesperson, in order to get that bigger market you need to have the entire population of the region supporting you,” he said.

“We don’t want to be a burden on business. We want to get as much going as we can around here.”

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BY NATALIE NORTHSaanich News

A Victoria man sus-pected of filming him-self careening down the Trans-Canada Highway at speeds reaching 300 kilometres per hour now faces a criminal

charge.Randy George Scott,

25, was charged on Tuesday with a single count of dangerous driving.

Scott is accused of weaving in and out of traffic at high speed on

the stretch of highway from McKenzie Avenue past the Millstream interchange on April 6.

A two-minute video shot from a first-person perspective behind the handle bars of a Yamaha R1 motorcycle was posted to YouTube on April 8, went viral and quickly caught the attention of police.

“The is an egregious example of someone

who is disregarding all norms of traffic safety. You can hardly put words to it,” said Saanich police spokes-person Sgt. Dean Jantzen. “It’s a very scary piece of video. I’ve watched it several times.”

Police identified Scott early on in the investigation as the suspected driver, but at the time, didn’t have

enough evidence to proceed with charges.

Given the initial lack of evidence, Jantzen said, police were only able to issue tickets against the registered owner of the vehicle, Scott’s mother.

Those charges under the Motor Vehicle Act are proceeding independently from the criminal charge laid against Scott, who is a familiar face to police across the region through past contacts, Jantzen noted.

According to court records, Scott has amassed a long list of driving infractions over the past five years. There is currently a warrant out for his arrest.

Three critical wit-nesses provided enough evidence to connect Scott to the video, which led to the criminal charge.

The motorcycle remains property of the Crown after being seized under the Civil Forfeiture Act.

Cops collar YouTube’s speeding bikerBY TOM FLETCHER

Black PressVICTORIA – Veteran B.C. Liberal MLA

Murray Coell has added his name to the list of politicians retiring from the B.C. legislature, as the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation renewed its criticism of the MLA pension plan.

Coell, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands since 1996, announced he will not stand for re-election next spring. Surrey-Tynehead MLA Dave Hayer announced the same decision ear-lier this week, joining Burnaby-Lougheed MLA Harry Bloy, Vancouver-Fraserview MLA Kash Heed and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger in retirement from the B.C. Liberal caucus effective May 2013.

Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation B.C. direc-tor Jordan Bateman used Hayer’s departure as an example of what the CTF calls gold-plated pension payouts available since the MLA plan was reinstated in 2007.

The CTF calculates that Hayer will likely collect $47,600 the year he turns 65, increasing to $62,900 a year by the time he is 80 due to inflation protection.

Coell served several cabinet posts, most recently as labour minister after the 2009 elec-tion. Since pensions are based on an MLA’s highest three earning years, Bateman calcu-lates that Coell’s pension kicks in at $89,000 a year.

The CTF says taxpayers contribute $4 for each dollar paid by politicians. MLAs must serve six years to be eligible. If defeated before then, they get a 15-month severance.

Pensions for retiring MLAs slammed

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Supreme Court of Canada has reined in the application of copyright fees levied on music, video games and printed materials that Canadians use in different ways.

The top court exam-ined five different cases at once that touched on tariffs set by the Copyright Board.

In one of the biggest cases, pitting ministers of education and school boards across the coun-try against a body that collects royalty fees for publishers, the court sided with the educa-tors.

It found that the Copyright Board had incorrectly zeroed in on teachers who photo-copied materials for their students rather than the students who were using them.

The use of the works by students for study does not infringe the Copyright Act.

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“If we don’t have tough regulations in place making sure that our pipelines are very safe, then people are not going to accept pipelines coming through their territor-ies,” said Bill Moore-Kilgannon of Public Interest Alberta.

The left-leaning advocacy group is one of 54 signatories to a letter to be released today that calls on Premier Alison Redford to formally look into pipeline safety.

That number more than triples the 17 names attached to a similar call made in late June.

Environmentalists make up the largest number of names. There are local organ-izations such as the Davey Lake Group to global giants such as Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund.

Landowners rights groups from across Alberta come next.

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United Nurses of Alberta are on board. So are First Nations and public health groups.

“The time for leadership on pipeline safety is now, and the first step must be an independent pipeline safety review,” says the open letter to Redford.

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OPINION

Everything lovelier than trees to the RDKB

Those regional dis-trict staffers and elected directors who fancy them-

selves as environmental stewards are at it again.

Vowing that the McKelvey Creek landfill will live long and prosper, they moved on the top threat to its existence – the trees and shrubs in your yard.

They haven’t banned the refuse created by these public enemies outright, but rather have raised the tipping fees on them. While it costs $20 a ton to deposit contaminated soil at McKelvey Creek, branch-es, twigs and other nefari-ous forms of woody plant growth now face a levy of $50 a ton.

Among other things, this threatens the bi-weekly yard waste pick-up service Warfield provides to its gar-dening citizens, which is pretty much everyone who lives in the village.

Residents received a memo recently informing them that they could no longer simply trim their hedges or rose bushes, bag the clippings and set them out at the curb. Now they can haul this toxic stuff to

the dump themselves or presumably toss it over the nearest bank.

To put these items in with grass clippings runs the risk of the village being dubbed a mixed loader, and charged $95 a ton instead of the $3 a load it had been paying to deposit all man-ner of yard waste.

To get around this, the village’s contractor is now handling only bags of grass clippings, leaves and weeds, while the village crew drives around removing bundles of branches and dropping them at the landfill at a cost of $50 a ton. Villagers are left to chew on the small woody clippings they can’t bundle, or perhaps they can start a cottage industry and fashion them into wreathes or chip them for mulch.

Perhaps the biggest absurdity of the regional dis-trict’s reasonable-in-theory desire to keep the McKelvey site going as long as pos-sible, is what they are still enthusiastically accepting grass clippings.

Any turf expert will tell you these are best left on your lawn to decompose and fertilize the up and coming sprouts. But instead

the garbage experts happily watch as mountains of the stuff are trucked to the land-fill every week from April through October.

I once asked a Regional District of Kootenay Boundary dump guy why there aren’t any user-friend-ly programs to divert this stuff. The RDKB could buy lawn mower mulching blades in bulk, or store cou-pons, and give them away or sell them at a nominal cost. Then they could run a public awareness campaign on the benefits to the environment and your lawn of leaving the clippings in place.

His response was, “we don’t do that sort of thing.” What the RDKB does do is offer seminars on how to create in-home worm

farms using organic kitchen waste.

Hands up those of you likely to run up and down your basement stairs with containers of slop for the greater glory of the landfill. (Hail, Hail McKelvey, the glorious canyon of trash.)

All of this stems from the kind of bureaucratic com-mand-and-control view of the world and nutty eco-nomics reflected in a con-versation I had with another garbage expert a number of years back.

The RDKB was looking at local landfill options and was circulating a report detailing the costs of clos-ing the existing site and cre-ating a new dump in the area. Included in the cost of closing McKelvey was an estimate of decades’ worth of lost tipping fees.

I tried pointing out that if you built a new landfill the fees would be collected at that site.

No, the expert insisted, a full and responsible cost-ing of the options must account for those lost fees. Decision-making proceeded on the basis that if you had two dumps you would sud-denly have twice as much

garbage.McKelvey Creek is a

great facility that should be husbanded to defer the eco-nomic and environmental costs of creating a new land-fill and trucking our refuse further a field.

But trees are not the enemy. When the RDKB renovated its Rossland Avenue headquarters sev-eral years back, a contractor spent months drilling in the parking lot to install a ground thermal heat sys-tem to reduce the building’s “carbon footprint.”

When I inquired as to the magnitude of the extra cost of this undertaking, the response was “we don’t know, it’s part of the overall contract.”

Perhaps the thinking was that, given the analytical prowess displayed in cost-ing dump options, what was the point.

But if the RDKB is ser-ious about doing its bit to combat climate change, it should stop beating up on the trees and shrubs in its citizens’ yards. They are, after all, the biggest carbon sinks out there.

Raymond Masleck is retired Trail Times reporter.

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that the “Islamists” were defeat-ed and the Good Guys won. The real good news was that democracy in the Arab world is still making prog-ress, regardless of whether the voters choose to support secular parties or Islamic ones.

The Libyan election was r e m a r k a b l y peaceful, given the number of heavily armed militias left over from the war to overthrow the Gaddafi dictator-ship that still infest the country. Turnout was about 60 percent, and Mahmoud Jibril, who head-ed the National Transitional Council during last year’s strug-gle against Gaddafi, won a land-slide victory.

The explicitly Islamic parties, the Justice and Development Party (Muslim Brotherhood) and Al-Watan, did far worse than they expected, getting barely 20 percent of the vote in Benghazi, the big city in the east. But they should not have been surprised.

In Tunisia to Libya’s west and Egypt to the east, the Muslim Brotherhood was the mainstay of resistance to the dictatorships for decades, and it paid a ter-rible price for its bravery. It was natural for voters in those coun-tries to reward Islamic parties when the tyrants were finally overthrown. Gaddafi was more ruthless and efficient in crush-ing all opposition in Libya, and the Muslim Brotherhoood had scarcely any local presence.

So Libya gets a “secular” government, while Tunisia and Egypt get “Islamic” governments – but the point is that they all get

democratically elected govern-ments, and stand a reasonable chance of becoming countries that respect human rights and the rule of law. Tunisia, indeed, has already made that transition, and Egypt, with one-third of the

entire population of the Arab world, is still heading in that direction too.

The relevant question is not whether a party is Islamic; it’s whether it is dem-ocratic. The dis-tinguishing fea-ture of the Islamic parties that have emerged in post-

revolutionary Arab countries is that they have almost all cho-sen barely modified versions of the name of Turkey’s ruling Islamic party, the Justice and Development (AK) Party.

The AK party has governed Turkey with remarkable success for the past ten years. The econ-omy has flourished, the army has finally been forced to stop intervening in politics, and you can still buy a beer almost any-where in Istanbul.

AK is a socially conservative party, of course, like Germany’s Christian Democratic Party or the Republican Party (aka the White Christian Party) in the United States. But like those parties, it respects the constitu-tion, civil rights and the voters’ choice. It’s hardly surprising that its leader and Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyib Erdogan, was greeted as a hero when he visited Cairo shortly after the revolution.

There is no good reason to believe that Islamic parties in Arab countries will behave worse than “secular” parties, any more than we would worry if a “secu-lar” party in Germany were about to lose to a “Christian” party. In

fact, the Christian Democratic Party currently leads the coali-tion government in Germany, and civil rights are still safe.

The Western prejudice against Islamic parties (and local prejudice as well) comes from a confusion between Islamic and “Islamist” groups, the latter being the English word for fanatical groups that reject democracy and advocate violent jihad against infidels and “heret-ical” Muslims. This confusion, sad to say, is often deliberately encouraged by Western and local interests that really know better, but want to discredit those who oppose them.

It didn’t work in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood’s party won both the parliamentary and the presidential elections. This did not please the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and its allies from the old regime, and they arranged for the Egyptian Supreme Court (whose mem-bers were all appointed by the old regime) to dismiss the new parliament on a flimsy consti-tutional pretext just two days before the presidential election last month.

Egypt’s newly elected presi-dent, Mohammad Morsi, has refused to accept the army’s decrees, and a delicate game is underway in Cairo in which he is trying to discredit the soldiers and gradually drive them back into their barracks without risk-ing an open confrontation that could trigger an actual military coup. He will probably win in the end, because the army knows that the masses would promptly be back in Tahrir Square if it did try a coup.

And if Egyptians don’t like what their Islamic government does, they can always vote it out again at the next election.

Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

The Arab Spring and some good news

GWYNNE DYER

World Affairs

Editorial from the Kamloops Daily News

No one is ever going to confuse New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg with lib-ertarian darling Ron Paul, though some may wish Bloomberg had the individualistic ide-als of the presidential candidate.

Indeed, many New Yorkers probably wouldn’t mind a little common sense from Paul in the city’s latest brouhaha over soda. That’s right, pop.

There’s no new Occupy movement, demands for crime con-trol, or calls for a crack-down on clueless tour-

ists. It’s much simpler: protesters are rallying for their right to con-sume sugary drinks.

Bloomberg has pro-posed new rules for super-sized drinks in restaurants, movie the-atres, sports arenas, food carts and delis. Anything more than 16 ounces go down the drain.

Well, if Americans know anything, it’s their rights. If they want to kill themselves smoking cigarettes, drinking booze, eating fast food or, as in this case, gulping cola like it’s water, then that’s their right.

Bloomberg even-

tually relented a little when he gave a response to The Million Big Gulp March, saying if New Yorkers wanted to kill themselves with sugar, “I guess you have the right to do it.” But he still wasn’t backing down from his plan.

We all know sugar is white death. We all know pop is nothing but empty calories. And we all know those empty calories are con-tributing to the obesity epidemic in the U.S. But here’s the rub: indi-vidual Americans are more responsible for health-care costs than in most other countries. That alone gives them

the choice to do to their bodies whatever they wish, no matter how harmful it may be - as long as the substance is legal.

That is what America is all about. Personal choice, personal free-doms. As one protester said during the small demonstration this week: “When do we say enough control is enough? It’s a slippery slope. It’s not how our country was founded.”

A statement full of hyperbole? Sure. But no one can be blamed for wariness over giv-ing an inch when politi-cians often see hope of taking a mile.

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JACOBSON, HELGE RONALD (RON) — June 1, 1932 to June 25, 2012

Ron has gone fi shing… it is with deep sadness and loving memory we say farewell to Ron, a proud and lov-ing father, g r a n d f a t h e r and friend!

Ron was born in Cran-brook B.C. on June 1, 1932, the oldest of 4 children. Ron spent the ma-jority of his 80 years in the West Kootenays, roam-ing the hillsides; riding the train to Nelson; helping his neighbours, working and raising a family. Ron was well known for the generosity of his talents and the time it took to get the job done RIGHT! A per-fectionist at heart he kept the bar high for himself in everything he did. The West Kootenays were his home and his community with life-long friendships and memories.

Ron would be most proud of:• His marriage to Joan Delores

Wandler November 20, 1954…it was love at fi rst sight. Ron and Joan were married for 52 years when Joan died June 21, 2006.

• Completing his machinist ap-prenticeship with Cominco, July 1955. Ron was a proud trades-man; his son Terry followed the trade’s path as a journeyman line-man and his grandson Justin as a journeyman electrician.

• His children Terry Ronald Helge and Karen Louise.

• His daughter’s choice in a husband from Alberta. There was not a visit that went by that Darcy didn’t remind Ron of the outstand-ing dowry owed to him.

• His grandchildren Justin, Shaylen, Devon and Dakota. Ron and Joan spent many hours and days with their grandchildren. They were the light of their lives and the pride and joy of their hearts. Much time was spent at Mirror Lake where the grandchil-dren were encompassed in love and summer time fun. Immeasur-able experience, teachings and re-lationships each of them will carry forward through their lives.

• Family immediate and ex-tended.

• Working for Comico and West Kootenay Power and Light Com-pany and retiring after 38 years of service.

• Being of Swedish stock… a stubborn old Swede he was right till the end. Ron had an opportun-ity to travel to Sweden with his brother and his brother’s wife in 2008 where he was able to con-

nect with many of his relatives and see some of the country.

• Being a staunch NDP his entire life, campaigning and sup-porting the party.

Ron did nothing to harm the earth he lived on. He was a great outdoors man, loving the experi-ence of hunting and fi shing and the beauty of the mountains and streams. He was always careful to leave the land as it was prior to his arrival.

Ron was a strong, good man. He was a planner and a thinker and meticulous in the execution of his plan. There was no such thing as can’t, there was always a solu-tion to every problem. He could fi x, repair and build pretty much anything. He had a great mechan-ical mind.

Ron had a great love for sports, spending many hours supporting local minor and senior hockey, as a fan for his children and then his grandchildren. When not at the facility, Ron spent many hours in front of the TV cheering his teams on.

Ron had a second chance at love with Eileen Madelung. Ron and Eileen were in middle school together in Nelson. Eileen remem-bers Ron as a shy handsome young man she had a crush on back in the day. Three years ago Ron and Eileen had the good fortune to cross paths, reconnected by mu-tual friends. Their common com-munity, common memories and common friends made their rela-tionship an easy transition. Eileen lifted the loneliness Ron was liv-ing in and brought a sense of life and purpose back to him. Through Ron’s relationship with Eileen he had the good fortune to develop valued friendships with her son John and her daughter Judy and husband Steve.

Ron died at the Kootenay Lake Hospital on June 25, 2012 with his daughter Karen and his part-ner Eileen by his side and hold-ing his hands. Many of his family and friends visited him in his fi nal days, surrounding him with love.

Ron is survived by his son Terry of Summerland, BC, his daughter Karen Donahue (Darcy) of Fort Macleod AB, his 4 grandchildren Justin, Shaylen, Devon and Da-kota, his 2 brothers Eugene and Garry and his sister Marilyn and their spouses and children, his sis-ter in laws Louise, Sheila, Yvonne, Judy and Debbie and bother in law Gary and their spouses and children. Ron was predeceased by his loving wife Joan Delores Ja-cobson, his father Axel and moth-er Alida.

A Celebration of Ron’s Life will be held on Saturday August 4,

2012 at: The Nelson District Rod & Gun Club, 801 Railway Street, Nelson B.C. V1L 5P7. Time 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Luncheon to fol-low.

Following the Celebration of Life there will be a Graveside Ser-vice for immediate family.

If you have any stories or mem-ories you would like the Celebrant to share at Ron’s Celebration of Life please forward by July 30, 2012 to:

Email: [email protected]

or mail to:Karen DonahueBox 1414Fort Macleod AB T0L 0Z0Funeral arrangements are

under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.

Online condolences may be ex-pressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

***ATKINSON, GORD — All are

invited to a gathering of friends and family to remember Gord At-kinson and the life he shared with us. This will take place at the Ross-land Legion, July 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM.

Due to construction, please use the rear parking lot and entrance.

***ROBISON, LILLIAN PEARL —

July 12, 1919 - June 29, 2012Lillian was born in Fusilier, SK

and was the 9th of 12 children. She lived in Beattie, SK until 1941 when she moved to Trail to help out in her brother’s church and radio station. She met Harry on a blind date and they married in 1947. They were together for 52 happy years until Harry passed away in 1998. She loved her family, her home and her friends. She had a smile for everyone and was always ready for a cup of tea and a visit.

Lillian is survived by her son Brian (Joyce) Robison of Strath-more, AB, daughter Risa (Wally) Kosar of Fruitvale, daughter-in-law Sheila Robison of Red Deer, AB, 7 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. She was pre-de-ceased by her parents, 11 broth-ers and sisters, husband Harry, son Scott, granddaughter Debbie, grandson Dustin and great-grand-son Nicholas.

Cremation has taken place. The family will hold a private service at a later date.

We would like to thank Dr. Libby McCoid, friend Sharon for all her time and caring, Alterna-tives Funeral & Cremation Servi-ces and especially the wonderful staff of CVL Special Care Unit for their understanding, caring and compassion making Mom’s last years comfortable and happy.

OBITUARIES

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLONDON - Mick Jagger may

need to rethink the words he sang more than 45 years ago - “What a drag it is getting old.”

Thursday marks 50 years since Jagger played his first gig with a band called the Rolling Stones, and the group is mark-ing its half-century with no letup in its productivity or rock ‘n ‘ roll style. Jagger himself is still the cool, rich frontman of the world’s most successful rock band.

Now in their late 60s and early 70s, the band members celebrated the anniversary by attending a retrospective photo exhibition at London’s Somerset House - and looking to the future by rehearsing for new gigs.

Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts mingled with celebrities from Mick Hucknall to Tom Stoppard at a launch party for the exhib-ition, which charts the band’s career from their first official photo shoot - young mop tops lined up against a row of red phone boxes - to their monster stadium tours.

The band got together 50 years to the day after the young R&B band played London’s Marquee Club. Taking a name from a song by bluesman Muddy Waters, they were billed as “The

Rollin’ Stones” -the ‘g’ came later.

The lineup for the gig was vocalist Jagger, guitarists Richards and Brian Jones, bassist Dick Taylor, pianist Ian Stewart and Mick Avory on drums. Taylor, Stewart and Avory soon left the lineup; drummer Watts joined in 1963 and guitarist Wood in 1975.

The band had its first hit, a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Come On,” in 1963, and soon became one of the world’s biggest and most influential rock acts, rivaled only by The Beatles.

“Music critic John Aizlewood said the Stones’ contribution to rock ‘n’ roll is “immeasurable.”

“They are a founding father of rock music as we know it,” he said. “Other bands have tried and not pulled off that amount of sexiness, allied to a kind of street-fighting menace.”

Aizlewood said the Rolling Stones have endured where other bands have split because “they are smart enough to put the band ahead of the individ-uals, despite their collective egos.”

He said they are also canny businessmen, and realized early on that “once you get to a cer-tain level, if you maintain your live performance, you can play stadiums forever.”

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Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon, his able bodied teammate Arnaud Chassery (right) and friend Theo Curin (left) celebrate the completion of a 9 mile (14 kilometer) swim in five hours across the Straits of Gibraltar, Thursday in Dalia Morocco. The quadruple amputee, who lost his arms and legs in an electrical accident, has already swum the English Channel as well as between Indonesia and Papua-New Guinea and between Asia and Africa.

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The Creston Heart Project members, Brigitte Langevin and Lorraine Covington, donate heart pillows to the KBRH Health Foundation’s Director of Development, Lisa Pasin. The pillows are designed to ease the pain of breast cancer patients after surgery. These heart pillows, when placed under the arm, reduce pain from surgical incision, protect against bumps, help ease edema, and relieve shoulder ten-sion.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES - Good Samaritans, temper-

ature guns and tougher laws are the newest tools in the campaign to keep animals out of hot cars, where just minutes can mean death.

Heatstroke affects every organ in the body, said Dr. Ben Brainard, an associate professor of critic-al care who helps run the emergency room for the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

As a dog begins to get hot, it will become

anxious, agitated and start pacing, Brainard said, which heats the dog even more. Then the dog will start drooling, maybe frothing at the mouth, vomiting and defecating, the veterinarian said. As the heat starts to affect the dog’s brain, it will stumble, lose its balance and have trouble stand-ing. It will then collapse, and finally lose con-sciousness, Brainard said.

If you are able to reach an overheated dog, use water to cool it off. “If the dog is non-responsive, get it wet and head to the vet,” Brainard said.

Pets and hot cars don’t mix


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THE CANADIAN PRESSJuly 15In 1099, the Muslim citizens of Jerusalem

surrendered their city to the armies of the First Crusade. The Crusaders then proceeded, through misguided religious zeal, to massacre thousands of unarmed men, women and children.

In 1779, Clement Moore, an American Episcopal educator, was born. His fame endures today, not as a theologian, but as the author of a completely mythical poem: “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.”’

In 1882, Thomas Moore founded a corps of the Salvation Army in Toronto, the first in Canada.

---July 16In 622, Prophet Mohammad fled from Mecca,

where he was despised and persecuted, to the northern city of Medina, marking the day of beginning of Hegira, the Islamic calendar. The word “hegira” is Arabic for flight.

In 1054, the Great Schism between the Western and Eastern churches began over rival claims of universal pre-eminence. In 1965, 911 years later, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I met to declare an end to the schism.

---July 17In 1505, future church reformer Martin Luther

entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21.

In 1674, Isaac Watts, an innovative pioneer of modern English hymn writing, was born. Among his many beloved sacred compositions are: “Joy to the World” and “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.”

---July 18In 1536, the English Parliament passed an

act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.

In 1870, the Vatican I Ecumenical Council issued the proclamation Pastor Aeternus, declar-ing the pope’s primacy and infallibility in decid-ing faith and moral matters.

---July 19In 1692, five Massachusetts women were

hanged for witchcraft. Fifteen young girls in the Salem community and as many as 150 citizens in the area were charged with witchcraft during the greater part of this year.

In 1904, construction began on the Liverpool Cathedral in England. The cathedral was com-pleted 20 years later and consecrated on this same date in 1924.

---July 20In 1648, the Westminster Larger Catechism was

adopted by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland at Edinburgh. This and the Shorter Catechism have both been in regular use among Presbyterians, Baptists and Congregationalists ever since.

In 2005, Bill C-38 was given royal assent, mak-ing Canada the fourth country in the world to legally allow same-sex couples to wed.

---July 21In 1773, Pope Clement XIV issued the brief,

Dominus ac redemptor noster, officially dissolv-ing the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). This politically-based suppression afterward left conspicuous gaps in Roman Catholic education and foreign missions.

In 1925, the famous “monkey trial” ended in Dayton, Tennessee. John T. Scopes was found guilty and fined 100 dollars for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. Scopes, who was defended by famed lawyer Clarence Darrow, later had his conviction overturned. The case was portrayed in the film “Inherit the Wind.”

In 1963, Giovanni Battista Montini was elect-ed Pope Paul VI.

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BY TIMES STAFFThe Trail Stingrays continued to leave

its competition in its wake following another successful meet last weekend.

The swimmers headed south of the border for the annual Colville Valley Sharks meet and for the third consecu-tive year the team captured the overall title.

It not only continued a successful string in Colville but kept the Stingrays perfect winning all four “A” meets the team has attended this year.

Swimming in Colville bodes well for the club. The Colville pool will be the site of the regionals Aug. 4 and 5.

Coach Samme Beatson raved about some of the individual performances over the weekend including the efforts of Melissa Pitman, in her first meet of the year, and Maria and Elyse Phelan, in their first ever meet.

Of course many of the accomplished swimmers continued to outdistance their

competition as the Stingrays topped the field with a whopping 3,297 points.

Leading the way was Dylan Kormendy who broke two Div. 1 records. He posted a time of 49.612 seconds in the 50m breaststroke bettering the old record of 50.90.

He was at it again in the 50m back-stroke clocking a time of 44.68, which was almost a second better than the previous best of 45.30.

Needless to say Kormendy went on to win the aggregate gold in his division.

Maddie Green participated in the “Guts and Glory” Challenge swim. The event features 100m of swimming in all four disciplines – butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly.

Green outlasted the competition fin-ishing first with a time of 6:11.

Ian Markus and Reid Dunham took gold and silver respectively in Div. 2.

Josh Ballarin and Diego Greenwood gave the Stingrays another one-two

punch in Div. 3 winning gold and silver respectively.

Eden Kormendy was a silver medal-ist in Div. 3 girls while Tess Markus matched that feat in Div. 4.

Jennifer Chung was golden in Div. 5 while Green and Daniel Merry both took silvers in their respective events.

The Stingrays won double gold in Div. 6 with Cassidy Martin and Eric Gonzalez leading their respective fields. Oleg Liferovich was second.

On June 30 and July 1, Beatson trav-eled to Kelowna with Stingray athletes Jennifer Chung and Sharman Thomas for the Kelowna invitational swim meet.

Both athletes achieved a majority of best times and represented the club with pride. Chung highlighted the weekend by finishing second overall in Div. 5.

The team will have a short trip to Castlegar this weekend for the annual Aquanauts meet.

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The Trail Stingrays are getting used to hoisting trophies. The team won the Colville Meet last weekend marking its fourth straight meet championship this season.

Stingrays’ wave of success continues

BY TIMES STAFFOnly one West Kootenay golfer is

left in the running after Day 3 of the B.C. junior boys golf championship at the Sunshine Coast Golf Club in Roberts Creek.

Jordon Hoodikoff, a Grand Forks native who golfs out of the Christina Lake Golf Club, is the only area golf-er out of the six-player contingent to make it to the third round.

Brenan Moroney, Tyler McKay

and Braden McKay of the Rossland-Trail Country Club as well as Alex Rugg and Garrett Underwood of the Champion Lakes Golf Course failed to make the cut after Wednesday’s second round.

Meanwhile, Hoodikoff took full advantage of his third round shoot-ing a 73, his lowest score of the week.

That total put him in 19th spot at plus-nine heading into today’s final

round.Hoodikoff had an eagle and three

birdies on the front nine but a triple-bogey on the par-4 fifth hole inflated his front-nine score to a one-under par 36. He fired a two-par 37 on the back nine to close with 73.

That still left him 15 strokes behind the leader Kevin Kwon of Pitt Meadows.

Kwon sits at six-under par and three strokes ahead of Victoria’s

Matthew Broughton in second place.

***Tom Kite set a USGA cham-

pionship, nine-hole record with a 28 and finished at 5-under 65 to take the early first-round lead at the U.S. Senior Open in Michigan on Thursday.

His nine holes included five bird-ies and an eagle.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThere was a public outcry when R.A. Dickey

did not start the All-Star game, a journeyman for the Chicago White Sox threw a perfect game and the Pittsburgh Pirates of all teams were in first place as the first half of the baseball season drew to a close.

What’s next, post-season baseball in the nation’s capital? It sure looks that way.

An eventful and unexpected first half that included Dickey knuckling his way to stardom with the Mets, Phil Humber’s out-of-nowhere perfecto for the White Sox and the Yankees muz-zling former slugger Reggie Jackson after some disparaging comments about Alex Rodriguez is only expected to get more intriguing as the season rounds second and heads for third.

The non-waiver trade deadline is looming at the end of the month, and the Baltimore Orioles and White Sox got ahead of the curve by acquir-ing Jim Thome and Kevin Youkilis, respectively, to bolster their offences. Milwaukee’s Zack Greinke, Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels and Arizona’s Justin Upton could be headed elsewhere as the contend-ers and pretenders separate themselves.

“There’s several teams involved in races right now,” said Detroit manager Jim Leyland, whose Tigers joined the Phillies and Red Sox on the list of big-spending underachievers in the first half of the season. “There’s probably going to be a lot of teams that would like to go out and get somebody. But the more teams that want to get something, the tougher it is to get it.”

And there’s even more motivation for deals to be made in the first year of baseball’s expanded post-season. The Fall Classic will be a little wilder this time around. A new format kicks in this year that adds an extra wild card team to each league. That means 10 teams will have a chance to get in and go for it all.

The Orioles, who trail the Yankees by seven games in the AL East, haven’t been to the post-season since 1997, the Pirates haven’t been there since 1992 and the nation’s capital hasn’t hosted a playoff baseball game since 1933, when Mel Ott homered to help the New York Giants beat the Senators for the championship.

That was long before Natitude, long before “that’s a clown question, bro” and certainly way before the All-Star game decided home-field advantage in the World Series. It’s a new day, and if Bryce Harper and the Nationals or Andrew McCutchen and the Pirates somehow Buc the odds and make it to the Series, they’ll be hosting the party after the NL beat the AL 8-0.

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GolfWorld Rankings

1. Luke Donald Eng 9.832. Rory McIlroy NIr 8.683. Lee Westwood Eng 8.114. Tiger Woods USA 7.735. Webb Simpson USA 6.616. Bubba Watson USA 6.197. Jason Dufner USA 5.768. Matt Kuchar USA 5.739. Justin Rose Eng 5.6110. Hunter Mahan USA 5.2911. G McDowell NIr 5.1212. Adam Scott Aus 5.0613. Steve Stricker USA 4.7714. Martin Kaymer Ger 4.7015. Dustin Johnson USA 4.66

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSANAHEIM, Calif. - Teemu

Selanne is returning to the Anaheim Ducks for his 20th NHL season.

The 42-year-old Selanne has agreed to a one-year, $4.5 mil-lion deal, the Ducks announced Thursday.

The Finnish Flash is the 19th-leading scorer in NHL history with 1,406 points in two decades spent largely in Anaheim, his home for parts of 13 seasons. Selanne is 12th

in league history with 663 goals.Selanne has been with the Ducks

for the past seven years, winning the Stanley Cup in 2007. He led Anaheim with 66 points last season while playing in all 82 games.

Although Selanne annually con-templates retirement, his return to the Ducks has been widely expected.

He had a long summer to recover from the season when Anaheim missed the playoffs.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDEFIANCE, Ohio -

Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered card-board box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grand-father’s attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hun-dreds of baseball cards bundled with twine. They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing.

But some of the names were famil-iar: Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Cy Young and Honus Wagner.

Then he put the box on a dresser and went back to digging through the attic.

It wasn’t until two weeks later that he learned that his family had come across what experts say is one of the

biggest, most exciting finds in the history of sports card collecting, a discovery worth per-haps millions.

The cards are from an extremely rare ser-ies issued around 1910. Up to now, the few known to exist were in so-so condition at best, with faded images and worn edges. But the ones from the attic in the town of Defiance are nearly pristine, untouched for more than a century. The colours are vibrant, the borders crisp and white.

“It’s like finding the Mona Lisa in the attic,” Kissner said.

Sports card experts who authenticated the find say they may never again see something this impressive.

“Every future find will ultimately be com-pared to this,” said Joe Orlando, president of Professional Sports Authenticator.

The best of the bunch - 37 cards - are expected to bring a total of $500,000 when they are sold at auc-tion in August during the National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore.

There are about 700 cards in all that could be worth up to $3 mil-lion, experts say. They

include such legends as Christy Mathewson and Connie Mack.

Kissner and his family say the cards belonged to their grand-father, Carl Hench, who died in the 1940s. Hench ran a meat mar-ket in Defiance, and the family suspects he got them as a pro-motional item from a candy company that distributed them with caramels. They think he gave some away and kept others.

“We guess he stuck them in the attic and forgot about them,” Kissner said. “They remained there frozen in time.”

Baseball card found in attic may be worth millions

LEISURE

Dear Annie: My par-ents divorced acrimoni-ously when my siblings and I were young. My brother, “Tim,” was a difficult child and was arrested when he was 11. The local law offi-cials offered the option of handing custody to my father as an option to avoid a sentence to juvenile hall. Once my father had custody, my sister and I had very lit-tle contact with either of them.

My sister and I occa-sionally have tried to reconcile with Tim for our mother’s sake, but we have been unsuc-cessful. Our mother is 70 and now wants to put her legal affairs in order.

After our father’s death, my sister and I were cut out of Dad’s will. After the death of our paternal grand-mother, Tim was found to be the sole heir to her estate. It surprised the other relatives because the change in her will happened only a short time before her death.

My mother’s will and other legal documents show she intends her estate to be divided equally between my sister and myself, with Tim receiving a small token amount. My mother also asks that my brother not be notified of her death until six months have passed and preferably not until the estate is settled. Mom doesn’t want him to show up, loot the house, put on a show of grief for the community and then disappear.

My mother has worked hard, unsup-ported by anyone, to earn every single thing she has, and I want to honor her wishes.

But my sister says Tim should be allowed to attend Mom’s funeral. We haven’t been in contact for four years. I am willing to go along with the funeral part, but refuse to allow him in her house. What do you think? -- Funerals Are for the Living

Dear Funerals: There are legitimate reasons why your mother does not want Tim in her house, and you should honor those wishes. Having him at the funeral is something you should discuss with her. If the possibility of him dis-playing some artificial show of grief won’t bother you or your sis-ter, your mother might reconsider notifying him in a more timely manner. But the final decision actually is the responsibility of those who plan the funeral, because they must live with the consequenc-es.

Dear Annie: I have been in an on-again-off-again relationship

with “Dexter” for two years. I was still married when we got together, but was divorced six months ago. My ex lives in another state. Dex was engaged once before for five years, but called it off.

The problem is, when Dex and I talk about our future, he gets distant, although he has said he sees us getting married down the road. I asked him to move in with me, and he did, but now I’m starting to won-der whether he would rather the relationship continue as it is. Is it wrong for me to want him to man up or move on? -- Confused

Dear Confused: If you want marriage, you’ll have to make it clear to Dex and set a date. If he backs away, you will know where he stands -- and it isn’t beside you in front of a minister.

Dear Annie: “Surprised Husband” has been married for 45 years, and for the

past 10, he’s been upset because friends told him unpleasant things about his wife before he married her, and she refuses to dis-cuss it.

What his wife did before he knew her is none of his business.

Every person in this world makes mistakes. I’d tell him to go out and get a life. Volunteer, go to church, get a part-time job, and put the past behind you. Life is too short.

I have been married for 45 years to my dear

husband. Not once did either of us ques-tion the other’s past. If I were this man’s wife, I would get out of this marriage and find happiness else-where. -- Appalled at His Behavior

TODAY’S CROSSWORD

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

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LEISURE

For Saturday, July 14, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a playful, fun-lov-ing, flirtatious day! This also is a wonderful day for cre-ative projects, arts and crafts, sports and anything to do with writing or working with your hands. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Family discussions will go extremely well today. This also is a very good day to take care of repairs at home or to make things look more beautiful where you live. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You can make money from your words today. Therefore, this is a good day for writers, teachers, actors, editors and anyone in sales and market-ing. It’s also a good day for those of you who drive for a living. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Trust your moneymak-ing ideas today. You’ll have

no trouble persuading others to go along with your plans, because your words are so sweet today. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Relations with partners and close friends are warm and friendly today, in large mea-sure because you’re unusual-ly diplomatic and charming. (Naturally, everyone wants to sit at your table.) VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Research will be enjoy-able and productive today. You might be very pleased to discover something you were looking for. Yay, me! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a wonderful day to schmooze with others, especially in group settings. Small coffee get-togethers, classes or large conferences will be very pleasant experi-ences. Enjoy your day. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Bosses, parents, teachers,

VIPs and the police are sur-prisingly willing to hear what you have to say today. You sound knowledgeable and reasonable (like you know what you’re talking about). SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’ll adore any kind of study or learning today because you want to expand your mind. Romance with someone from another cul-ture might blossom. CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a very good day to discuss how to share some-thing, especially inheritanc-es, insurance disputes or shared property. People are fair-minded and reasonable today. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) A casual partnership could become more committed today. All discussions with others will be particularly friendly and warm. Enjoy

interacting with everyone. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Co-workers are supportive and helpful today. Therefore, you might as well make the best use of this by asking for help or introducing new proj-ects you want to propose. (Make hay while the sun shines.) YOU BORN TODAY You’re so convincing that you’re seductive. People listen to you! Your easy charm makes

others admire you and want to be in your company. You’re a natural storyteller, and you know how to relate to all walks of life. You also understand the power of magic and illusion. Your year ahead might be one of the most powerful years of your life. Dream big! Birthdate of: Angelique Kidjo, singer; Northrop Frye, literary critic; Pema Chodron, author/spiritual teacher.

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NOW HIRING:

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International Forest Products Ltd. is looking for ticketed “B” Welder with Millwriting experience, electricians, and millwrights to join our lumber

manufacturing facility in Castlegar, BC.The skilled individuals must be self motivated, able to work on their own, and in a team environment.

Applicants must be exible with shift scheduling and trade lines. Interfor offers a competitive wage and

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Interested candidates are invited to submit resumes by August 3, 2012 to Interfor’s front of ce in Castlegar. Candidates can also submit their

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Happy 40th Anniversary

Gerry &

Wendy WagnerJuly 15, 1972 ~ July 15, 2012

In MemoriamIn Memory of

WINNIE HAINES

remembered with love always

Jim &Linda & Family

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1148 Bay Ave, Trail250-368-5000

www.allprorealty.caAll Pro Realty Ltd.

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MontrosePerfect for the growing family. Five bedrooms, 2 baths. Located in Montroxe, fenced yard.

$229,000

GlenmerryNicely updated 4 bdrm 3 bath family home. Fully nsihed, covered deck, parklike yard. Neat as a pin. A must to view.

$359,500

SalmoNice 3 bedroom family home with a 1 bdrm in-law suite. Large yard bacing onto Erie Creek. Private.$238,900

HOME SUITE

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MontroseA solid, well built 3 bedroom home on a single

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$209,000

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GlenmerryA great family home on a choice view lot close to the Glenmerry school. Home is in mint condition

inside and out. This home will impress!

$315,000

MINT

FruitvaleA great family home with double garage, 3 baths and a totally redecorated interior. Call on this one today!$319,000

FruitvaleBeautiful 4 bdrm family home with private backyard. Modern, open kitchen, 2 car carport, large deck & much more.$279,900

GREAT

CONDITION FruitvaleOver 7 acres with a well decorated 3 bedroom home. Great for the horse person - fresh paint, new kitchen. Call your realtor today.$339,000

HORSE

READY!Shavers BenchLovingly cared for family home in a great location of Shavers Bench. Four bedrooms, rec room, underground sprinklers, single garage, must see.$169,900

REDUCED Park SidingThis 2.59 acre site has 2 small cabins that are rented - a place to build your new home when the time is right. Call on this one today!$179,900

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AnnableA good, solid home built in 1962 on a corner lot - large deck, great parking and good usable oor plan. You owe yourself a look. Call today!$184,900

GOOD BUY RivervaleThis 4 bdrm, 2 bath home sits on a 1/4 acre site. Super property w/ swimming pool, gorgeous gardens, hot tub. Check this one out! $295,000

SWIMMING

POOLWanetaA great family home on over half an acre. Unbelievable views and privacy! Great parking, huge shop and large, covered deck. Call today!$279,000

GREAT SPOT FruitvaleA terri c 3 bdrm full basement home at a great price on a fantastic lot in a super location. New kitchen, good parking!$234,500

REDUCED

TrailTwo seperate units tastefully updated with newer ooring and paint. Level entry for both. Have your mortgage paid!$209,000

REVENUE!

PROPERTY TrailWant a home with a shop? Great value here. Mechanically updated. No thru street!$179,900

GARAGE! War eldCharacter home with room for everyone. Perfect location for daycare across from elementary school!!$249,900

HUGE YARD War eldWhat a price. Three bed plus den. Two bath home close to War eld centre. Two new baths, new ooring in kitchen, plus hardwood in the living room!$219,000

UPDATED

East TrailLevel entry rancher. Two bed 1 bath close to Gyro park! Off street parking, large yard!

$115,000

NEW PRICE RosslandFour bedroom one level living with un nished basement and attached garage. Close to elementary school!$209,000

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOUSE Saturday, July 14th

1:30 - 3:30pm1626 Green Gable

TrailGreat four bedroom home

on .66 acres and only minutes to shopping.$259,900

OPEN HOUSE Saturday, July 14th11:00am - 1:00pm

2261 McBride TrailOver 2600 sq. ft.

home in Miral Heights.

$299,000

FruitvaleWow what a house. This beautiful home has over 4000 sq. ft., plus an in-law suite.

$449,000

TrailBeautiful 2400 sq. ft. home with the most incredible river views!!

$389,000

RIVER VIEW

Emerald RidgeCustom built 3000 sq. ft. home on 1/2 Acre

EXECUTIVE

$589,500

TrailBest value in Trail! 5 beds, 2 baths, new wiring, plumbing, roof, a/c & more!

SOLID

$119,000

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townhouse for rent located in

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Reasonable pricesPhone 364-1822

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Merchandise for Sale

Garage SalesFRUITVALE 81 Walnut Ave. 8am-12pm Sat. July 14GLENMERRY 1202-1211 Primrose St. Saturday, July 14th 8am-1pmGLENMERRY, 3315 Laurel Cres. Saturday, July 14th, 8am to 4pmGLENMERRY, 3351 Dahlia Cres. Sat. July 14, 8am-noon. 3 Family Sale.GLENMERRY, 3465 Aster Dr. Moving sale. Fri. Jul.13 4-8pm. Sat. Jul.14, 8am-1pm.GLENMERRY, 3683 Rose-wood Dr. Sat. Jul.14, 8-11. Kids & household.ROSSLAND, 2510 Cooke Ave (Pinewood Subdivision) Sat. July 14th, starts 7am.

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Misc. for Sale2002 COLEMAN tent trailer. Excellent condition. $5,500. OBO. 250-368-9721AIR CONDITIONER, Large Window, with Remote Control. $200. 250-368-8034HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

Misc. WantedI Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etcCall Chad 250-863-3082 LocalPAYING CASH for old furni-ture, antiques, collectables and articles of value. Please phone Pat Hogan 250-368-9190, 250-352-6822

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Real Estate

Apt/Condos for SaleProfessional looking for 1 Bedroom apartment in

Rossland.Prefer walking distance to

everything, clean & reasonable rent. For August 1st

Call Arne at250-584-9691

Houses For Sale3 BEDROOM 2 BATHROOM. Beautiful hardwood fl oors, tile, newly fi nished basement, beau-tiful kitchen, large fenced yard, detached workshop, great lo-cation close to Gyro beach. $190,000. Call 250-231-5992GENEROUS SRI INCEN-TIVES & now government grants for fi rst time buyers! SRI Homes and Lake Country are offering unbelievable dis-counts. Lake Country Modular Homes, located next to SRI’s Winfi eld factory, offers custom designs, factory tours, expert advice & service and the best price! Call Don Purdie toll free at 1-866-766-2214. www.LCMhomes.comROSSLAND brand new 4 bed-rooms 2.5 bathrooms 2 car garage hardwood fl oor no car-peting only $150 per s. feet. 250-362-7716 or rossland-builder.com

LotsFRUITVALE, level lot, 40ft. x 140ft., backs on park. $49,000. 250-368-6076

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentE.TRAIL, 2bdrm. apt. F/S, Coin-op laundry available. 250-368-3239

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentGLENMERRY, 2bdrm, n/p, n/s. References. Available Aug.1st. 250-364-2786

ROSSLAND, bach. apt. Gold-en City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250-362-3385, 250-362-5030.

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

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentWANETA MANOR: 3bd, $760 NS, NP, Senior oriented, 250.368.8423

Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 2bd. View of river, near Safeway, $800./mo. 250-231-3172

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Teck Metals Ltd.

Columbia River

Bailey StreetBridge

Communityof Tadanac

1st Trail Real Estatewww.coldwellbankertrail.com

1252 Bay Avenue, TRAIL (250) 368-5222

OPEN HOUSES

Wed & Thurs July 11 & 1212:00-2:00pm

2000 Topping StreetTrail $151,000

MLS# K210143

Sat, July 14 11:00am - 1:00pm 998 Schofield HwyWarfield $149,000

MLS# K214253

Trail $59,900Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K211022

1 Bdrm

Getaway!

Trail $155,000Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K207019

Trail $120,000Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K212933

Fruitvale $264,900Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

MLS# K205398

Fruitvale $269,000Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

MLS# K212336

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

MLS# K205510

Fruitvale $429,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K213040

10 Acres

Christina Lake $1,500,000 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K213216

620ft of

Beach


MLS# K211181


MLS# K214159

Trail $169,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K211761

Beaver Falls $199,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K210392


MLS# K206391

2 Bdrm

2 Bath


MLS# K211176

Newly

Remodeled

Beaver Falls $349,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K210797

Rossland $359,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K211391

Fri & Sat July 13 & 1412:00pm-2:00pm

516 Portia Cresc.Trail $175,000

MLS# K214156

host: Gerry

host: Gerry host: Rob

Thurs July 12 4:00-6:00pm 695 Dickens St.

Warfield $224,900

MLS# K212535host: Fred


MLS# K212989

Rentals

Homes for RentRossland-Furnished Rentals: nightly, weekly, monthly:visit MountainTownProperties.ca or 250-368-7556

TRAIL, new 3bd. 3bth., gar-age, partially furnished, locat-ed behind Mall, all amenities. $1,400. +util. Available Sept.1 to Apr.1 250-368-7644WARFIELD - 3 Bdrm w/den; h/wd fl oors, d/w, newly reno’d; fenced yard; garage. Refs req’d. Call/txt 604 258-8906 or email [email protected], 2BDRM., livingroom, hardwood fl oors, updat-ed kitchen, basement garage, covered porch, no lawns to cut. Ideal for single person or couple. $750./mo. + utilities. N/S, N/P. References re-quired. 604-649-9365

Shared Accommodation

TRAIL share 2bd house near Safeway. River view, gas, F/P in bdrm. $460/mo plus utilities 250.368.6076

Suites, LowerNEW 2 bdrm bright bsmt suite. New appliances incl laundry. 604-828-1978 [email protected]

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Transportation

Cars - Domestic2010 Red Mustang. V6. Stan-dard. Pony Package. 15,000kms. Only driven for 4 months. MUST SELL. $18,900 OBO. 250.231.6851.

Boats

BOATING SEASON IS HERE FINALLY!

WANNA HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY &

FRIENDS THIS SUMMER!!Your Cabin on the Lake

The Kootenay Queen

• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc

• Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet)

• Fold down table for a queen sized bed

• Fold up bunk beds• VHF radio• Hull is sound, galley is

dated.• Low draft• 200 hrs on new engine• A great boat that needs

some TLC$12,000.00 invested, will

take offers starting at $9000

Call 250-362-7681 or email monikas_2010@

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HIHUAHUA n. 29, family raised, 1st shots, females

ARLES SPANIEL: ed with kids, cats & males $500, female,

ZU PUPPIES: Non-females $475, males

/1st shots). .g female grey tabby, ots. She is looking for o other cats. Call the

OR AGILITY, TRICKS, es, private sessions, ange behaviour.

RT: 2 acre fenced neighbourhood 5 dogs at a time. Lots of ookings call Monique, UPPIES: Cute, healthy,

home, $475. ROSS: Ready Jan 19,

S: Champion s, smart, loyal, lovable,

of your home, in d), references. Susan, ROOMING BY DIVINE

CANINE: Now at 1611-5th Ave, Trail. Dana, TOBY’S DOGGY DO! Supports Rescue dogs. Discounts on rst grooming of adopted dogs. YORKIE CHIHUAHUA: Mom is 90% Yorkie & father is purebred 5lb Yorkie, ready Jan 12, $500. WOLF, MALAMUTE & AKBASH CROSS PUPPIES: 6 males and 2 females, good working and family dogs. Best suited for large yards and a lot of time outdoors. BICHON PUPPY: Snowball cutie, non-shed, hypo-allergenic, male, rst shots, vet checked, CKC registered, micro chipped, ready now, $650. 2 BEAUTIFUL 6MO OLD BEARDED DRAGONS: All accessories, $350. 4 BLACK LAB/SHEPHERD PUPPIES: Females, 7 weeks, black/white, ready to go now, adorable, $50. ALL PLAY PET CARE & ADVENTURES, NEW HOURS: Monday-Friday, 8am-6pmCANINE PSYCHOLOGY CENTER: Dog boarding, consulting, personal & group training, daycare, workshops. DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSES offered by Linda Murray’s Simply Paws-itive: Puppy Smart, Basic, Intermediate. War eld, Jan. 27, Castlegar, Jan. 29 and Nelson, Jan. 30. Teach your canine companion gently and fairly. Learn to motivate your pet with positive reinforcement. DOGS INN - CAT & DOG BOARDING: Cageless kennels, in-home environment, 2 acre playpen, 10yrs experience boarding animals, now boarding only 5 dogs, book early.

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For Sunday, July 15, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Look your best at all times, because old flames will pop up out of the woodwork -- you can count on it. (Living well is the best revenge.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Stock the fridge, because relatives soon will be camped on your doorstep (if not already). In the month ahead, you can expect to see relatives and family mem-bers you haven’t seen for a while. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might be able to finish up old business with siblings and neighbors. However, on a day-to-day basis, your effi-ciency is suffering due to misplaced papers and con-fused communication. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The next month is a poor time to start a new business. However, it’s an excellent time to finish up old work related to your earnings.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) People from your past are back in your life again. You also might find things you had previously misplaced, or you might lose new things! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a wonderful time to do research or find answers if you’re digging for solu-tions. It’s easy to go back in time now. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) It’s interesting (or maybe not) running into old friends now. Expect to encounter people from your past in the next few weeks. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Although this is a poor time to pitch a new proj-ect to a boss, this is a good time to get people to agree to something you’ve been working on already. It’s time to play catch-up. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Any kind of research or study -- especially history, the study of the past -- will

go very well now and in the next several weeks. Travel, on the other hand, will suf-fer from delays. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Now and for the next few weeks, it’s an excellent time to tie up loose ends regard-ing inheritances, insurance disputes, taxes, debt and anything to do with shared property. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Ex-partners are back on the scene again. This could be an opportunity for clo-sure, or it could be a real drag. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Your efficiency at work will suffer this month due to confused communication, misplaced paperwork and silly errors. However, it will be easier to finish old work. YOU BORN TODAY You know how to get what you want because you are resourceful and influential. You know how to use mate-rial that you acquire for your own benefit as well as the

benefit of others. It’s impor-tant to appreciate your abil-ity to influence others. In the year ahead, something you’ve been involved with for nine years will dimin-ish or end in order to make room for something new. Birthdate of: Iris Murdoch, author; Tristan Wilds, actor; Rembrandt, master painter. For Monday, July 16, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) With Mars opposite your sign now, it’s easy to be annoyed or irritated by oth-ers, especially partners and close friends. Stay frosty. (These are the people you love.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re certainly willing to work hard this month. In fact, you’re delegating as much as you can in order to get a lot done! Be a role model for others. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re very keen to get away on vacations now, because you’re in a playful mood. If you’re involved in sports, you’ll also be much more competitive than usual. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Renovations at home or major changes probably are taking place now. This means you have to be more patient with family mem-bers, right? (Naturally.)

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Your communication with others will be forceful and direct this month because Mars is lending energy to your speech and writing. Fortunately, this will help you get a lot done! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Although you’re working hard to earn money now, you’re also spending it like it’s going out of style. Unless you have a money tree in your backyard, be careful. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Try to get increased physi-cal exercise or be more active in sports. Mars in your sign gives you lots of energy but it can also build up within you and make you irritable. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Secret love affairs or secret activities of some kind are taking place now. This is no surprise, because you are by nature a secretive sign. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Group activities, especially group sports, will please you now. You feel competitive and eager to show others what you can do. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Your ambition certain-ly is aroused this month. Actually, this is well-timed because, after all, this is your time of harvest. Yippee!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might be surprised at how much you want to travel to “get away from all this.” You feel a need for adventure and new knowl-edge because you want to expand your world. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Disputes about shared property, taxes, debt and anything that is jointly held are likely now. Fortunately, if they relate to your home, you’ll likely be happy with the outcome. YOU BORN TODAY You’re passionate about whatever you do. (You’re not a quit-ter!) You’re also a romantic who is very impulsive. (This is why your life is full of adventure and excitement.) Whenever you discover something wonderful, you want to share it with the world. Fantasy and escape are often big themes in your life. Your year ahead is the beginning of a fresh, new cycle. Open any door! Birthdate of: Barbara Stanwyck, actress; Will Ferrell, actor; AnnaLynne McCord, actress. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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2055 Phoenix Avenue, Rossland$425,000

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hardwood and heated tile floors, gas fireplace, large rec room.

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3721 Woodland Drive, Trail $225,000

This 2-3 bdrm home is very well maintained, has a great, fenced yard with

large covered patio and good parking. Bright kitchen/dining, large living room. Central air and underground sprinkling. Call for an appointment to view, this is a

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

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1325 Columbia Avenue, Trail $167,500

This East Trail charmer offers very large living room, bright spacious kitchen,

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covered patio, raised gardens, mature flower beds, underground sprinklers and

back alley access to garage. This home is special, call your REALTOR® to view.

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1638 Cedar Avenue, Trail $225,000

TRAIL TREASURE... This amazing 3 bdrm character home is privately

situated, yet a short walk to town. Great oak flooring, main floor laundry, large dining and living room with custom

fireplace. The views are gorgeous. Low maintenance yard and covered parking.

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1739 First Street, Fruitvale $269,000

Fantastic Fruitvale 3 bed/2.5 bath family home on a quiet street offering a private backyard, large deck, spacious rooms,

newer wood stove insert, many upgrades including flooring and paint. Great sun exposure and layout as well as double

carport. Don’t miss out on this one! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

660 Dickens Street, Warfield$214,995

Cute 3 bdrm with many upgrades including kitchen, windows and electrical.

Deck off the kitchen/dining area, large 2 car garage with attached

workshop area. Call your REALTOR® to view this great family home.

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730 Binns Street, Trail $149,900

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

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

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

57 Moller Road, Fruitvale $263,500

Super family home located in the friendly community of Fruitvale- 3 bdrms/2 bthrms.

Great floor plan for the whole family, finished on both levels.

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795 Dickens Street, Warfield $153,900

3 bdrm 2 bath solid home. Great neighbourhood, nice price! Underground sprinklers, air conditioning, gas fireplace,

laminate flooring.Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

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129 – 12th Avenue, Genelle $165,000

Recently remodelled bath, laminate floor, wood-burning fireplace, deck, fruit trees, single car garage, room for all the toys!

Priced well under assessed value! Plenty of elbow room here and only minutes

away from Trail or Castlegar. Call Terry 250-231-1101

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1586 Pine Avenue, Trail $149,000

Great value in this 3 bedroom plus den, 2 bath home featuring laminate/ceramic

tile, new windows, furnace with central air, single car garage. Ideal home for starter,

investment or downsizing. Low maintenance yard.

148 Haig Street, Warfield $219,000

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BY JENNA JENSENFernie Free Press

Out on a warm sunny day, Christian Therrien went for a drive to one of his favourite locations near Fernie.

What he found when he was there was stunning.

“Normally when I am here I find mushrooms. I have found a lot of five and 10 pound mushrooms, but when I came upon this one I was shocked. There was lots of laugh-ing and screaming,” says Therrien. What he came upon was a huge 57.4 pound puffball mushroom.

Therrien recalls the last biggest mushroom found in the area was years ago, and weighed just under 25 pounds.

“This is the first time I have ever seen one this big, it is absolutely amazing,” he says. After taking plenty of photos and sharing the sight of this massive mushroom with friends and family Christian says he will return

the mushroom to where he found it, to allow it to let the spores spread.

Christian and his wife Mimi intend on looking into whether this mush-room is a record breaker.

FERNIE

Man finds 50lbs mushroom

JENNA JENSEN PHOTO

Christian Therrien was in shock and awe when he found this 57.4 pound mushroom.

COLOURFUL SETTING

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Workers for Trail Roofing had blue skies above them and the River ReConnect mural below them as they set up their safety barrier for work on the Trail Memorial Centre on Thursday.

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