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West Kootenay Traffic Services has concluded mechanical malfunc-tion and driver error contributed to the cause of the fatal truck accident at the bottom of the Rossland hill on May 3.

The Commercial B Train truck was fully loaded with cement blocks when it lost control at the intersec-tion of Highway 3B and Tennyson Ave. and careened off the road into an empty field killing the driver and injuring a Village of Warfield employee who was working nearby.

The BC Coroners Service, which is also investigating the accident, has not released its final report or the name of the deceased driver.

“This driver was a little unfamil-iar with the area,” Corporal John Ferguson told the Trail Times on Wednesday.

“What we think happened is that one of the brakes on his rear trailer was not working properly. This, combined with the driver trying to downshift and mistakenly putting the gear into neutral, caused the truck to gain momentum.”

Ferguson explained that this theory can never really be proven, but by mistakenly shifting gear, and overheating the brakes, the truck became “like a rolling ball that could not be stopped.”

“We will never know why he didn’t use the runaway lanes, but it is speculated that he thought he

could get the truck back into con-trol by shifting gears.”

The 50-year-old Ontario truck driver had been employed with Sutco Contracting, a Salmo-based trucking company, for two weeks.

The day of the accident, the truck was headed to Korpack Cement Products in Annable to deliver cement cinder blocks before head-ing to the Salmo yard.

“Most truckers will go through Castlegar and then head back up the hill,” said Ferguson. “You may see a lot of full trucks going up the hill, but most heading down are empty.”

Warfield Mayor Bert Crockett said that the village met with the Ministry of Transportation and Highways last Friday to exchange information and discuss the need for an arrestor bed or bypass on the hill.

“We will try to pursue this and push it but we really need to wait until we have all the information,” said Crockett. “We don’t want to make any knee-jerk reactions, so until the coroner releases a final report, we don’t want to make deci-sions based on emotion.”

Glen Wakefield, Director of Human Resources at Sutco, said that although there are preferential routes to drive, ultimately the deci-sion is up to the driver.

Wakefield said that the driver came to the company with 13 years of verified driving experience and passed all criteria required for employment.

“It was horrific and there is not one person in our building who does not mourn for our driver.”

B Y J I M B A I L E Y Times Sports Editor

The Trail Smoke Eaters held its annual general meeting at the Trail Memorial Centre Tuesday, and the news from the board went from bad to worse for Smokies supporters.

Team president Tom Gawryletz

announced the Smoke Eater organization lost over $60,000 last season.

That’s almost $25,000 more than the previous year, and over $80,000 difference than in 2011, the last year the team made the playoffs and a profit.

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Smokies take financial hit

Fatal truck accident investigation points to malfunction and error

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The district election office was a hub of activity on Wednesday. The staff was busy preparing for the final vote count which includes absentee ballots. Don Vinish, Kootenay West electoral district officer, said that the final count takes much longer to process than the initial count, but will be completed by the end of May.

Voter turnout continues to slideB Y S H E R I R E G N I E R

Times StaffNo matter how you spin it,

only half of B.C.’s eligible vot-ers turned up at the polls to help decide who governs the province for the next four years.

Across B.C., 3.15 million people were eligible to vote, but only 1.62 million voters cast a ballot. That means a 51.4 per cent voter turnout, down from 52 per cent in the 2009 election, resulted in a majority Liberal government.

The turnout in the Kootenay West riding was slightly better at 53 per cent, meaning 16,837 ballots were cast from 31,290 eligible voters.

“The turnout was similar to the last election, but less than

we thought,” said Don Vinish, Kootenay West district electoral officer.

He said that with the increase in advertising, he thought there would be more interest.

“You couldn’t go anywhere without seeing it, and yet it didn’t result in more people voting,” he said. “Which is real-ly sad.”

Staff at the BC Elections office in East Trail began sort-ing through mountains of post election papers and booklets on Wednesday.

“People across the world will literally die to vote, and yet people here are so apathetic that they don’t even come out,” said Vinish.

Katrine Conroy, NDP candi-

date, received 10,606 votes or 62.99 per cent of the popular vote. B.C. Liberal Party candi-date Jim Postnikoff was second with 3,592 votes, or 21.33 per cent of the support.

In third place, was independ-ent Joseph Hughes, with 2,239 or 13.3 per cent of the popu-lar vote followed by another independent, Glen Byle, with 400 votes and 2.38 per cent of the support.

Hughes told the Arrow Lakes News when he did get an oppor-tunity to meet his constituency, he was surprised by the apathy.

“It’s unfortunate. People say ‘I don’t vote, I want the world to change but I don’t vote.

“(Apathy) didn’t bother me before, but now it does.”

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If nothing triggers a need for a pre-review, the tax return is assessed by CRA, with minor adjustments possibly, and the Notice of Assessment forwarded to the tax payer. If a refund is due, there will be a note stating the direct deposit or a cheque will be enclosed. If taxes are due, a slip for payment will be attached. If you have already paid that amount, you can likely ignore the request for payment.

The Notice of Assessment is an important document and should be retained for future reference. It explains

any adjustments to the return as it was filed. It also indi-cates such things as RRSP limits, amounts outstand-ing on Home Buyers or Life Long Learning Programs, avail-able room in your TFSA, avail-able carry-for-wards of deduc-tions such as donations, edu-cation amounts, and business losses. All in all, a valuable document to kick-start tax preparation next tax season. Don’t lose it.

Also included with the Notice of Assessment may be statement requesting install-ment payments. To explain briefly, if you had income in the current tax year that was not subject to withhold-ing taxes and as a result you now owe $3,000 or more in taxes as assessed in April, CRA politely tells you with this statement that you have to remit taxes quarterly throughout the upcoming year instead of assessing and paying next April. Simply

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back to normal in terms of income and taxes withheld. If this is the case, the instal-ment requirement may not be applicable and a call to CRA to explain the situation is likely in order.

If for whatever reason you don’t remit the quarterly installments and you should have, penalties and interest will be charged effective the due date of each installment. If you do remit the instal-ments and it is more than is necessary, CRA will refund the difference in April and likely will reduce the install-ment amounts for the follow-

ing year. Finally, CRA may conduct

a review or audit after your return is assessed, for seven prior years as a matter of fact. This is a topic all on its own. Suffice it to say for the purpose of this discussion, you should respond promptly and cooperatively to any such request from CRA.

If you have prepared your own taxes, a visit with a tax consultant after you’ve had your first chat with CRA may be worthwhile. And to be honest, this is when your earlier decision to have had your taxes prepared profes-sionally could shine, assum-ing they have your back. To this point, if you do have your taxes done by a profes-sional, it’s fair to ask what their policy is regarding the handling of CRA requests, including fees for such sup-port.

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• Sunday, Rossland Miners Hall, doors open at 6:30 p.m. for Joe Hill Coffee House. Entertainment includes: Gut Bucket Giff; Dawn Graham and Monique; Kootenay Dance Works; The Harmaniaks; Frequent Flyers; The Voltures, Tim Bourchier, Janet Bourchier, Nancy Stanton. Admission $3, kids and students free. More info, call Les Carter 362-5677.

• Wednesday, Charles Bailey Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Kevin Armstrong, a versatile and unorth-odox performer with an inter-national career, will be bringing his hit one-man show, “Opera for

Heathens” to the Muriel Griffiths room. Tickets $12, available at the door.

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Kootenay Skateboard Series will kick off in Kaslo.This summer

marks the fourth year that the event has been running provid-ing opportunities for skaters to mix and like minded people to share in the Kootenay Skateboard Culture.

• May 23, Kiro Wellness Centre at

1 p.m. for the West Kootenay Ostomy Support Group will meet. Guest: Rob Elliott, Hollister repre-sentative. For further info, please call 368-9827 or 365-6276. Last meeting until September

Upcoming• Saturday, May 25, 6:30 p.m.,

Kootenay DanceWorks presents An Evening of Gratitude. Annual showcase of Talent. Tickets $12..

• May 31, Warfield Hall from 1-3 p.m. for the Community Tea.

• June 1, Warfield Days from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pancake break-fast 7-11 a.m. Village Square Park from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Crafts, bouncy castle, relay races, food vendors, music. and more. Steak dinner 5-6:30 p.m. $10.

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Canada Post is looking to open a private retail post office at the intersection of Market Avenue and Fourth Street, one block from its corporate office.

“What we are trying to do is expand the ser-vice to our customers. Our corporate offices are only open basically business hours, not evening or weekends, so this gives us an opportunity for customers to go and pick up parcels and do postal business when they are doing their other business at night or on the weekend,” said John Caines, Canada Post’s national media relations spokesman.

Grand Forks’ Canadian Union Postal Workers (CUPW) thinks this is the Crown corporation’s way of slowly pushing them out of businesses.

“It isn’t a good thing at all. We can’t see any good coming from opening up another post office, looking distance from the one we have right now,” said Jessica McDonald, president of Grand Forks’ CUPW (746).

“The only reason we can see behind that is it’s another step in the corporation ultimately wanting to privatize.”

t h e c a S t l e g a r N e w SMembership rates

for Salmo and District Recreation’s Fitness Centre will increase on July 1, the Regional District of Central Kootenay announced.

“After we met with the Salmo and Area G Recreation Commission and crunched the num-bers, we realized there is no way to sustain services unless we increase Salmo’s membership rates. This increase is essen-tial to keep the Fitness Centre operational and it is not a decision that was taken light-ly,” said Joe Chirico, General Manager of Community Services.

Salmo has benefit-ted from the lowest fitness membership fees in the RDCK, partly due to a budget surplus accumulated early in the fitness centre’s existence when the bulk of ser-vices were delivered by volunteers. Now that the surplus is gone, rate increases will help to cover staffing

and operational costs.Chirico says low-

income families within Salmo and Area G can apply for the Leisure Access Program, which reduces mem-bership costs by 50 per cent.

“We want to make sure everyone in the Salmo area has an opportunity to access recreational facilities.”

The RDCK employs a recreation program-mer, two part-time employees, one on-call employee, as well as instructors and volunteers who oper-ate the fitness centre, instruct group fitness and other recreation programs in Salmo.

The complex includes a fitness centre, gym, multi-purpose room, youth centre and a music recording studio.

As of July 1, a one-month adult member-ship at the complex will increase from $28 to $50, while a one-year membership will go from $185 to $335 and drop-in rates remain the same at $6.

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Even if the general voting public didn’t turn out in droves, the students did.

Almost 100,000 students from 690 schools cast a ballot in a mock election for the offi-cial candidates, in their respective riding, on Monday, as part of Student Vote BC.

“Our students at Glenmerry School once again followed the trend and elected BC NDP incumbent Katrine Conroy,” said Patrick Audet, principal.

“We had about 180 kids vote.“And the NDP (Conroy) won quite substan-

tially,” he said.And, as in 2005 and 2009, the students in

British Columbia selected an NDP Majority government.

Across B.C., Student Vote reigned in 54 seats for the NDP, Liberals 20, Green Party at eight, and Independents, four.

The BC Conservatives received no seats in the Student Vote.

In all, the NDP received 38.5 per cent of the vote, Liberals 28.1 per cent, Green Party, 17.3, Conservatives 8.6, and Others 3.7 per cent.

In the Kootenay West District, both ele-mentary and high school grades participated, including students from J.L. Crowe Secondary, and elementary schools in Rossland, Fruitvale, Salmo and Glenmerry.

Throughout the year, Social Studies teach-ers have been discussing the electoral process in class.

A voting “compass” document was used in some lessons, to guide, or point the students to which political party best reflected the student’s values after a series of questions were presented and answered in class.

In-class learning was combined with family dialogue and media literacy to culminate in an authentic in-school vote.

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Contracts and let-ters of intent to sign up for the service will be sent out in the next few weeks to prospect-ive business owners as the grassroots inter-est in the project is firmed up and a busi-ness case is built for the expenditure.

City council approved the move

during their regu-lar council meeting Monday night, setting the stage for bringing broadband Internet to the city.

There has been a lot of positive feed-back and interest on the project, said coun-cillor Jody Blomme, but nothing down on paper.

“One of the biggest risks to the initiative would be lack of adop-tion after all of this infrastructure is put in,” she said.


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Pollsters and voters may still be shocked about a Liberal party victory, but Premier Christy Clark says

she wasn’t surprised her party defied early predictions about an NDP win in British Columbia.

“The polls do not tell us how people are

going to vote,” she said Wednesday. “It’s like me asking you what you’re going to have for dinner a month now.”

“People make their

own choices and it’s a private, personal choice,” Clark said.

Public opinion polls had the Liberals trailing the New Democrats by as much as 20 points before the campaign started, with

many Liberal insiders ready for a change in government after 12 years of Liberal rule.

Clark said she sensed a change in momentum for her party after the tele-vised leaders’ debate

two weeks before the election as voters honed in on her eco-nomic message.

She said NDP Leader Adrian Dix’s flip-flop on Kinger Morgan was also a fac-tor because he seemed to be saying No to eco-nomic development.

“I did know that people were concerned about the economy, and the people of British Columbia made their voice heard.”

Clark said that with 25 returning MLAs and 25 new ones, the Liberals can start working on their economic plans with renewal and more vigour than when she stepped in for her pre-decessor.

“It’s easier when you’re leading your own team,” she said. “It was a tough few

years for lots of those folks. I came in after there had been a whole lot of turmoil in the party and it was real-ly difficult for lots of people.”

Clark said that while the Liberals have won their fourth straight election, the party has also lost some experi-enced MLAs, includ-ing Ida Chong from Victoria and Margaret MacDiarmid from Vancouver.

Clark not surprised by Liberal win despite pollsters’ predictions

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Premier Christy Clark said she will wait until election results are finalized and she has met with her 49 MLAs before deciding where to seek a seat to replace the one she lost Tuesday.

NDP challenger David Eby defeated Clark by more than 700 votes in V a n c o u v e r- P o i n t Grey, knocking on doors while Clark traveled the province on the leader’s tour.

At a news con-ference Wednesday, Clark shrugged off the loss, saying the seat was closely con-tested when Gordon Campbell held it and also had little time to campaign there.

Results don’t become official until May 27, and there could still be chan-ges in current legisla-ture: 50 B.C. Liberals, 33 NDP MLAs, B.C. Green Andrew Weaver and Delta South independent Vicki Huntington.

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to drink alcohol at the spa or hairdresser, have a beer in a restaurant without ordering a meal, and possibly imbibe around the clock during special events.

The changes, contained in a bill introduced in the legislature Wednesday, are part of an overhaul of the province’s liquor laws, many of which date back to the 1950s.

The aim is to reduce the red tape for business owners while allowing consumers more options, said Gaming Minister Dave Chomiak.

“They’ll have more entertainment, more flex-ibility,” Chomiak said.

Most of the changes are aimed at making things simpler for bar and restaurant owners. Ratios of food-to-drink sales will no longer be enforced in restaurants. Live entertainment venues will no longer have to be able to house at least 200 people to be licenced, and they’ll be able to use DJs instead of live musicians if they want.

The array of licence categories will be reduced to three from 12, brew pubs will have an easier time getting licenced, and establishments will no longer have to file separate applications for liquor and gambling licences.

For customers, the changes mean no longer having to find a lounge or bar for a quick drink - a restaurant will be able to serve booze without a full meal.

It could also mean longer hours for special events.

“We’re going to have flexibility in the regula-tions so that it’s possible that if the Grey Cup’s here, that we’ll have, who knows, 20-hour opening or 24-hour opening in some location,” Chomiak said.

The Manitoba Restaurant and Foodservices Association welcomed the changes as a way to keep customers happy.

“The legislation had just become so crippling because it was just so antiquated,” said Scott Jocelyn, the association’s executive director.

Despite the modernization, many rules that govern how booze is consumed are not being changed. Minimum prices and a requirement to have at least three people share a large pitcher of beer will remain in place. The province’s ban on all-you-can-drink events, except for private events such as open-bar wedding receptions, will also stay as is.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCALGARY - Oil pipelines to the West

Coast may have a better chance of being built with the Liberals hanging on to power in British Columbia than had the New Democrats won Tuesday’s election.

But a better chance is still likely a slim one.

The Liberals have taken a somewhat softer line on the Northern Gateway and Trans Mountain expansion proposals than the NDP, but that doesn’t amount to a “green light” for either project, said Warren Mabee, director of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen’s University.

“It’s not as though it’s just a slam dunk. It’s not as though this means that it’s a done deal, everybody can sit back and relax,” he said.

The New Democrats under Adrian Dix came out against Northern Gateway and Trans Mountain, full stop.

But Premier Christy Clark - whose Liberals won a majority government despite polls that predicted an NDP vic-tory - has laid out five conditions under which her government would allow oil pipelines to be built.

Firstly, the projects have to make it through the regulatory review process. The second and third conditions have to do with spill prevention and response - on land and on water.

The fourth pertains to First Nations consultation. And the fifth, arguably most contentious, one has to do with B.C. reaping some of the economic benefits of the pipeline.

On the final condition, Clark has argued the economic boost B.C. would get from the pipelines themselves does not equate to the environmental risks the province would take on.

In the months since a “frosty” - in Clark’s words - meeting in Calgary to discuss the matter with Alberta Premier Alison Redford last fall, the question over whether Alberta ought fork over some of the oil revenues to B.C. remains unresolved.

The B.C. government has 17 days to submit its final arguments to the regulatory panel weighing Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENB) $6-billion Northern Gateway proposal, which would ship 550,000 barrels of oilsands crude to the northern port of Kitimat, B.C.

Kinder Morgan plans to file a regula-tory application later this year for its plan to nearly triple the capacity of the existing Trans Mountain pipeline form Alberta to the B.C. Lower Mainland.

“I would be surprised at this point if the B.C. Liberals decided in favour of Enbridge, given everything they’ve said, given all the evidence that was presented during the hearings and given the staunch opposition of First Nations and local governments,” said Eric Swanson, campaign director at the Dogwood Initiative, an anti-pipeline group.

Even if Clark’s conditions are satis-fied and her government does throw her support behind pipelines, there are other obstacles standing in the way.

Many First Nations groups along the route remain staunchly opposed, as do many B.C. municipal governments.

“It’s never been only the provin-cial government making the decision. They’ve always been an important actor,” Swanson said.

“We’re hopeful still that today’s gov-ernment of British Columbia will stand up for our rivers and our coast.”

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snowbirds may soon be able to spend an extra two months nesting in their favourite sun-shine state each year.

U.S. legisla-tion winding its way through Congress would allow Canadians aged 55 and older to spend up to 240 days - about eight months - in the country without a visa, 58 days longer than the current 182-day annual limit.

The provision is not yet law, but it has the backing of power-ful New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who was recently one of the leading voices to speak out against a rejected proposal to impose a border cross-ing fee on Canadians.

In a New York Times article pub-lished over the week-end, a spokesman for Schumer is quoted as supporting the Canadian proposal, along with relaxing visa requirements on nationals from several other countries.

“Each of these pro-visions makes indi-vidual sense on the merits,” the spokes-

man is quoted as say-ing.

“They each solve inequities in the exist-ing immigration law.”

The Canadian Snowbird Association says it has been push-ing for the change for years. A previous bill

died in committee, but association researcher Evan Rachkovsky said he believes the latest proposal stands a good chance of passage.

The Senate version of the bill could be voted on this sum-mer.

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OPINION

Clark’s win confounds the ‘experts’The pollsters, pun-

dits and the self-styled rebels of the B.C. Liberal

Party were struggling for answers as their conven-tional wisdom went out the window on election night.

In came the B.C. Liberals and Christy Clark for a fourth term, with a 50-seat majority that is stronger than the one they took into the 2013 election.

“Welcome to the club,” Alberta Premier Alison Redford wrote on Twitter on election night, refer-ring to Redford’s own win in the face of a wall of polls and pontificators saying she was done.

Here’s the next thing to ignore from the media experts who rub shoul-ders with those pollsters and political strategists. It’s all about the nega-tive ads, they will say, and NDP leader Adrian Dix’s big mistake was to run a “positive” campaign.

Rubbish.

Was their long fight against the harmonized sales tax a positive cam-paign?

Is piling on sham environmental reviews for the express purpose of killing industrial projects a positive idea?

“Clearly our message didn’t get out the way we wanted it to get out,” Dix said after watching one of the biggest comebacks in Canadian political history.

That’s rubbish too. He got his message out just fine, serving it up in bite-sized pieces in a classic front-runner’s campaign that cynically put off the most difficult choices.

He was going to expand government, and restrict industrial development to appease urban voters.

Dix’s most dramatic policy shift contrib-uted to his undoing. Mid-campaign, in a deci-sion that surprised even his platform co-chairs, Dix turned against the proposal to twin the TransMountain oil pipe-

line that winds across B.C. from Alberta to Burnaby.

Well, not the pipeline itself, but the prospect of more oil tankers in and out of Vancouver harbour.

At least now, more people will understand that Vancouver has been an oil port for nearly a century, and that Canada’s future includes energy development.

More people should also appreciate that environ-mental assessment is not a political game.

Andrew Weaver made history as B.C.’s first Green

Party MLA. He came out swinging against Clark’s economic holy grail, development of liquefied natural gas exports from the North Coast.

Weaver calls LNG a “pipe dream” that will never materialize. It will be interesting to watch him as he is proved wrong on that, and then as he grapples with gas as a transition fuel that can be used to develop clean energy infrastructure.

B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins ran a distant third in his Langley constituency, and his goal of a breakthrough didn’t materialize any-where.

His idea of scrapping the carbon tax on fossil fuels didn’t impress many people, despite his focus on rural and northern B.C.

Clark should heed the NDP on at least one thing. Dix promised to move B.C. election dates to the fall, starting in 2017.

The idea of giving his

anticipated government an extra six months to govern the province was uncontroversial when Dix proposed it in his party’s election platform, so Clark will probably proceed with it.

Another NDP idea Clark should adopt is get-ting the corporate and union money out of elec-tion campaigns. She likely won’t, because her party’s financial advantage is too great, but the time has come for this important reform.

The B.C. Liberals’ much-discussed “bal-anced” budget will now be put to the test over the next few months.

The legislature must be convened by September to debate that budget.

This should be the last vote based on an untested budget, and the first of many scheduled fall legis-lature sessions.

Tom Fletcher is legis-lative reporter and col-umnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Both the Society and the Trail Library Board have worked long and hard to develop plans for new facilities over the years. We have cooperated with each other to promote the concept of a joint Museum and Library and to emphasize the benefits this partnership can provide to the community. We are pleased to have finally been afforded an opportunity to pursue this goal.

The current Trail Museum location in the Trail Memorial Centre is inadequate to show-case the social and cultural history of our community. The City Archives, located in City Hall, needs upgrading. Our most cherished asset, the Sports Hall of Memories, suf-fers from limitations posed by its location and exhibit design.

A new heritage facility, com-bining all three components, will allow the Society to pre-

serve and protect our collec-tions in an environmentally safe manner and to engage our residents and visitors alike in a special appreciation of our community’s history.

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A new museum will pri-marily focus on Trail’s rich sports heritage, expanding and complementing the exhibits in the Sports Hall of Memories. In addition, we are proposing engaging exhibits that will describe the history of amateur hockey in the West Kootenay/Boundary region prior to WW I, as well as the history of the Western International Hockey League.

We feel this special exhibit area will be a significant visitor attraction and contribute to the revitalization of our downtown area. We are confident, with the public’s support, that we can create a unique heritage facility that can be enjoyed by all.

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contain modern and entertain-ing exhibits celebrating our community’s unique history. We will partner with other groups in our community to ensure their story and their impact on the community is showcased and understood.

With funding from the City of Trail and the Columbia Basin Trust, we are conducting an assessment of the feasibility of creating a new heritage facility in the downtown area using the vision we have adopted. This study, to be completed by the fall, will define how a new museum and archives can be achieved, and how it can complement a new library facil-ity for mutual benefit.

We look forward to involving the residents of Trail in decid-ing what a new heritage facility should look like and how it can be a benefit to our commun-ity. We want it to be YOUR museum, one of which YOU can be proud. Together we can do it. We hope you will support us in this initiative.

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Exclusive stories, for media types, are a wonderful thing. You get to put a note on your story saying that you were the first to find it, the first to do the legwork, the first to con-nect the dots. To the general public, it might mean far less - just members of the media blowing their own horn or try-ing to catch your attention and drag you in.

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There’s been plenty of talk recently about a billion-dollar Canadian news story: the federal auditor general’s discovery that the Stephen Harper government is unable to account for $3 billion in anti-terrorism spending. The money may have been spent fighting terrorism; it may have been spent on other govern-ment activities.

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But there’s another billion-dollar story that you might not have heard anything about. The Toronto Star launched an exclusive story on May 8 that’s in the same range.

Looking back at a decade of federal government records, the Star has found that the federal government has spent $2.4 billion on “management consulting” contracts - but in 90 per cent of the contracts, is refusing to say what the money was actually spent on.

Government officials have said they can’t talk about the spending, because doing so would disclose “third-party proprietary information.”

Companies who received the contracts, when contacted by the Star, either said that they would not talk about what the contracts were for, or, even more disturbingly, were con-tractually bound not to talk about the services provided.

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The federal government’s view? They’re saying little and what they are saying doesn’t answer many questions - espe-cially because their own guide-lines suggest that the contracts should be explained.

Treasury Board President Tony Clement issued a state-ment saying, “The government has a responsibility to use tax-payers’ dollars as efficiently as possible. Some government contracts are with private-sector companies to deliver or improve services without maintaining an expensive gov-ernment bureaucracy.”

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this hockey club can’t continue this way,” said Gawryletz. “We don’t have a golden goose to pay the bills all the time . . . If we can’t get it from the community and we can’t get it from our corporate sponsors, there is going to be some hard deci-sions made in a year or two if this continues.”

According to the Smoke Eaters’ Statement of Revenue and Expenditure, despite a much bet-ter effort on the ice in 2012-13, the Smokies were still down at the box office by about $5,000, and almost $60,000 from two years previous. Yet, the worst hit came from season-ticket sales that dropped more than $15,000 from last sea-son, while corporate sponsorships were down $13,000, and over $40,000 from two years ago, as well as a $16,000 shortfall in fundraising.

Part of the fundraising loss can be attributed to the Smokies can-celling last season’s golf fundraiser, however, the team has put it back on the docket, with plans to resur-rect it this year for July 5-6.

Expenditures were basically the same as the previous year, but after last year’s almost $36,000 loss, the team made $25,000 less this year, plunging the team further into the red.

It’s no secret that to turn a profit, the Smoke Eaters must make the playoffs and despite a valiant effort down the stretch, the team came up just short of a playoff berth in the end.

“There’s no ifs, ands, or buts; people only come to the rink when you win, you can say whatever you want about being a loser, the only losers that fill the rink are Maple Leaf fans,” said Gawryletz.

The news got worse as the team announced it was also losing one of its biggest supporters and con-tributors to the board in Scott McKinnon, as well as play-by-play announcer and marketing director Chris Wahl.

Wahl is pursuing an opportunity with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, where he will broadcast all 58 games on the radio, said Gawryletz, adding that the board hasn’t yet

had the opportunity to consider a replacement.

McKinnon meanwhile was the billet coordinator and did every-thing from fundraising to selling programs and 50/50 tickets. His seven years on the board came to an end Tuesday when he decided due to health and family priorities it was time to step down.

“Sometimes it’s good to have renewal,” said McKinnon. “I’ve been on the board seven years, and nine years doing 50/50. It is chal-lenging, but I enjoyed it, and I learned a lot about running a hockey team . . . I am going to miss it.”

Despite the loss of two vital cogs in the Smokie wheel and sobering finan-cial news, coach Bill Birks remained posi-tive about the team’s

25-point improvement from the previous year, and the addition of Barry Zanier and Craig Clare as full -time assistant coaches.

While Zanier has been involved with the team for 11 years, Clare - the Greater Trail Bantam Rep head coach for the past four years - is the first former Trail Junior Smoke Eater player to coach the team.

“I’m just looking forward to the opportunity, and just getting to know some of the guys,” said Clare. “Some I’ve coached already in Bantam, and looking forward to see-ing them develop. I’ll just bring in a new set of eyes and ideas, see how it goes, and hopefully it translates into wins.”

The Smoke Eaters have reason for optimism with 16 players from last year’s team eligible to return, although Birks is still looking to make improvements at certain pos-itions.

“I like the group we had last year, they were a pretty good group of kids, they battled hard but when we don’t make the playoffs we have to make a couple tweaks, and minor adjustments, but we’ve got a pretty good group of core kids coming back, but a few holes to fill.”

The BCHL will also add two more games to the regular season, with an additional home game for the Smokies.

The Smoke Eaters season starts Sept. 6 with the BCHL opening sea-son Showdown in Chilliwack.

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Trail Tiger second baseman Kyle Soukeroff can’t quite get to this ball in Trail senior baseball action Tuesday, as the Trail Tigers were declawed by the Trail Indians in their first loss of the season. Many of the Trail players will suit up for the Trail AM Ford Orioles this weekend as they host the Kamloops Sun Devils at Bulter Park in a three-game set Saturday and Sunday.

Trail Orioles host Sun Devils

By Jim BaileyTimes Sports EditorThe Trail AM Ford

Orioles kick off the Pacific International League season with a three-game set against the Kamloops Sun Devils this weekend.

The Orioles will play their third season in the PIL, a league that includes such U.S. powerhouses as last year’s cham-pion Seattle Studs, Northwest Honkers, and Everett Merchants, not to mention for-midable B.C. foes like the Langley Blaze, Burnaby Collegiate Bulldogs, Kelowna Jays, and the Sun Devils.

Despite its 2-12 record last season, Trail competed well, and this summer the Orioles will host an unprecedented 20 games at Butler Park.

Trail has many play-ers returning from last

season, and player/manager Jim Maniago is tentatively optimis-tic going into the sea-son.

“We have gained a few guys and lost a few guys, but hope to be as good if not better than last year,” said Maniago.

“We should have a bit more depth but will have some guys that are new to this level of ball so we’ll see how it goes. The teams we play in the PIL are all college level guys or ex-pros so it’s a big jump from American Legion ball.”

The Orioles will reap the benefits of a defunct Jays team, adding Dallas Calvin to a rotation that already includes capable hurl-ers Scott Rhynold, Darren Kissock, Kyle Paulson, and Kellen Jones.

The youthful addi-tions of outfielder Scott Davidson and first baseman Brady Glover, also from last years Jays team,

can’t hurt a line up as experienced as the Orioles.

“We’ve picked up a few guys from the Jays which will give our pitching staff some depth and have Joey Underwood back. Last summer he played in Lethbridge and went to school in Indiana this past year, we expect him to be a big addition.”

Maniago says the team will be a bit short early in the season, without the talents of Connor and Kellen Jones, and a couple players that have not returned from school, but is confident of the team’s ability to com-pete. The Orioles are looking solid on the mound and defensive-ly, but like last season, offence is a question mark.

“It’ll come down to hitting and wheth-er the we can score enough runs,”

Maniago added. “That always seems to be our Achilles heal.”

The O’s first chal-lenge will come against a very good Kamloops team that was run-ner up at last year’s provincials, and a team that recently added Trail’s Pat Brown and Cam Strachan, whose Thompson River University WolfPack just bowed out of the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Conference championship tourna-ment last weekend.

“They have lost a few key guys but always have good pitching to keep them in games and have some locals playing for them ( Brown and Strachan). It will be a good way to start the season.”

On Saturday the O’s and Sun Devils will play a double-header at Butler Park with games going at 4 and 6 p.m. Game time Sunday is 11 a.m.

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SCOREBOARDHockeyMemorial Cup

Saskatoon, Sask.Friday

London vs. Saskatoon, 8 p.m.Saturday

Portland vs. Halifax, 7 p.m.Sunday

Saskatoon vs. Halifax, 7 p.m.Monday

Portland vs. London, 8 p.m.Tuesday

Halifax vs. London, 8 p.m.Wednesday

Saskatoon vs. Portland, 8 p.m.End of preliminary round

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Tiebreaker (if necessary), 8 p.m.

Friday, May 24Semifinal

Second place vs. Third place, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 25No Games Scheduled.

Sunday, May 26Championship

First place vs. Semifinal win-ner, 7 p.m.

Participating TeamsQMJHL Champion - Halifax

MooseheadsOHL Champion - London

KnightsWHL Champion - Portland

WinterhawksHost - Saskatoon Blades

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RBC CupTuesday’s resultsMinnesota 5 Truro 3

Summerside 3 Brooks 1Monday’s result

Surrey 5 Summerside 4 (OT)Wednesday’s game

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Brooks vs. Surrey, 2 p.m.Truro vs. Summerside, 6:30

p.m.End of preliminary round

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Second place vs. Third place, 1 or 5 p.m.

Sunday’s gameChampionship

Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.Participating Teams

West 2 - Brooks (Alta.) Bandits (AJHL champion)

Central - Minnesota Wilderness (Dudley-Hewitt

Champion)Host - Summerside Western

CapitalsWest 1 - Surrey (B.C.) Eagles (Western Canada Champion)East - Truro (N.S.) Bearcats

(Fred Page Champion)

NHL PlayoffsScoring Leaders

GP G A PTD. Krejci, Bos 7 5 8 13E. Malkin, Pit 7 3 10 13J. Iginla, Pit 7 2 8 10S. Crosby, Pit 6 3 6 9D. Brassard, NY 7 2 7 9M. Lucic, Bos 7 2 7 9P. Dupuis, Pit 7 6 2 8J. Pavelski, SJ 5 4 4 8L. Couture, SJ 5 3 5 8Zetterberg, Det 7 3 5 8Z. Chara, Bos 7 1 7 8 -7 tied with 7 pts. CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)Tuesday’s Games

Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1, Pittsburgh leads series 1-0Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0,

Los Angeles leads series 1-0Wednesday

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.score unavailable

Today Rangers at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at L.A., 10 p.m.Friday

Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Saturday

Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.L.A. at San Jose, 9 p.m.

SundayRangers at Boston, 3 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Ottawa,7:30 p.m.Monday

Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday

Boston at Rangers, 7:30 p.m.L.A. at San Jose, 10 p.m.

WednesdayPittsburgh at Ottawa.

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Here’s your chance to have your personal grad message printed in the

Trail Times along with the annual grad photos you can purchase a personalized

message that will run as part of the grad feature on an additional page.

Publication date is June 13

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SUBMITTED PHOTO

The West Kootenay U14 (above) and U19 girls softball teams travelled to Summerland this past Mother’s Day weekend to play in a 24 team, two division showdown against the best teams in southern B.C. The West Kootenay U14 and U19 teams both went 5-0 before coming to tight finishes in the finals. U14 lost 9-7 and U19 lost 11-10, both taking home silver medals.

WEST KOOTENAY GIRLS SOFTBALL

“Little Newbies” Beginner Mountain Bike co-ed clinic for ages six to nine with

Natasha Lockey from Bettygohard goes May 26 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Build confi-

dence as you practice new mountain biking skills.

“ N e w b i e s ” Mountain Bike Co-Ed Clinic for ages 10 to 15 years is ideal for riders who have basic bike handling skills. This session runs June 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 1p.m. Location to be announced.

Bike Rodeo for ages 5 to 14 at the Trail Memorial Centre on June 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. RCMP Officer Gordon Sims will be setting up a skill test-ing course where you can learn bike safety in a fun and challen-ging set up. This event

is free, but must pre-register to ensure par-ticipation.

Adult Beginners Mountain Bike Clinic will be held on June 1 from 2 to 5:30 p.m., location to be announced. This co-ed clinic is ideal for those interested in learning off-road riding tech-niques.

Afternoon Hike and Yoga. Hike to the top of one of our spectacu-lar local trails, and then follow a 30-min. yoga class. June 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

To register call Trail Parks and Recreation at 368-6484, or 364-0888.

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Leisure

Dear Annie: I have an 8-month-old puppy, and I take her to a local dog park so she can run off leash and play with the other dogs, which she loves. In the three months I have been taking her, “Phoebe” has never been attacked or fought with another dog. That was until last night, when Phoebe approached another dog that was on a leash and that dog attacked her. My puppy whimpered and howled while being bitten on her neck and back. I tried to get her away, but the other dog was so vicious.

The owner of the other dog just stood there making no effort to pull his dog away, nor did he apologize. I finally extracted Phoebe from the other dog’s mouth. As I was walking away, the owner said he doesn’t know why his dog doesn’t like other dogs. I was too shaken to reply. Besides, I felt sorry for the vicious

dog, wondering what could have happened to make him like that.

Luckily, Phoebe was not severely injured. I did my best to soothe her, but it took several minutes to calm her down. Before I left the park, I warned other owners about the dog that attacked mine.

Why would some-one bring a dog that hates other dogs to a dog park? There is a gentleman who arranged for the park to exist and is the “leader.” Should I tell him what happened? I don’t want to get the park shut down, which is why I didn’t call the police. What do I do? -- Phoebe’s Human Mom

Dear Mom: If the park has a “leader,” then he is the person to notify. This owner seems ignorant of dog behavior and may have been trying to “social-ize” his dog by bring-ing the animal to a pet-friendly park. But it sounds as if that dog needs training. It would be a kindness for someone to point that out to him and make a referral before an ani-mal is seriously hurt.

Dear Annie: As an alcoholic in recovery, it was interesting to me to observe the self-right-eousness in my family about my addiction as they went through their heart surgeries stemming from their addictions to chocolate cake, bacon and cherry pies. They are just as addicted to food as I am to alcohol.

They say it’s “differ-ent,” but how is it more legitimate to grab a doughnut when under stress than to pour myself a cocktail? In spite of their heart sur-

geries and the struggle of carrying 300 pounds on a body designed for 150, they some-how see slamming down a cherry cobbler as acceptable, but my having a beer is a sin.

Moderation in all aspects of our lives might not be a bad idea. -- No Hypocrite in Paducah, Ky.

Dear Paducah: Addictions, regard-less of type, involve the inability to control one’s appetite, whether it be for food, drugs, liquor, gambling, what-ever. Unlike most other addictions, however, one cannot give up food altogether. So while we agree that there is hyp-ocrisy, and of course moderation is best, there is in fact a dif-ference between food, which is necessary for life, and alcohol, which is not. Imagine how much harder it would be to control your addiction if you were told that you absolutely must have three shots a day, but not a fourth.

Or a beer. Or a replace-ment from the well-stocked pantry. Not an excuse, mind you. Just an observation.

Dear Annie: I agree with “Retired Teacher” about high school guidance counselors. She is right on the money.

Guidance counsel-ors are not in schools to assist students with personal problems. That isn’t even in their job description. Their primary function is to advise students about the courses they need to graduate. After that, a multitude of assess-

ment responsibilities fill their time. While many may wish they could counsel to the emotional well-being of their students, they simply don’t have the time. -- K.

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For Friday, May 17, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is wonderful, social day. Accept all invitations. Enjoy sports events, the theater, movies, parties and playful times with children. Romance will flourish! (Lucky you.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Entertain at home today. Enjoy family gatherings. This is also an excellent day for real-estate deals. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Enthusiasm is a conta-gious thing, and this is why people want to be with you today. Your eagerness for life will magically magnetize others to you. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re full of moneymak-ing ideas. “There’s money in them thar hills!” Don’t hesitate to act on your ideas; however, use caution, because something might look better than it actually is.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Today the Moon is in your sign dancing with lucky Jupiter. This means you will enjoy good times with oth-ers and, at the same time, be concerned for the welfare of others. A truly feel-good day. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Solitude in beautiful sur-roundings will please you today. Explore meditation, yoga and other calming techniques. Just relax and do your own thing for great-er inner peace. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) All group endeavors - classes, meetings and con-ferences - will be success-ful today because you truly enjoy the company of oth-ers. Seek out ways to benefit society. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You will make an excel-lent impression on bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs today. They see you as posi-

tive, successful and full of big ideas. (It’s true, isn’t it?) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Travel plans look exciting! Ditto for plans for further education and dealing with publishing and the media. This is also a good day to deal with medical and legal matters. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Gifts, goodies and favors from others will come your

way today. Keep your pock-ets open! This is an excellent day to discuss how to share inheritances and jointly held property. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Relations with partners and close friends will be smooth and easygoing today because people are kind and considerate to each other. There’s also an element of hope and optimism every-where.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You can accomplish a lot at work today because others will help you. Work-related travel is also likely. Enjoy your day and be ready to explore opportunities with other countries and people from different backgrounds. YOU BORN TODAY You are passionate and intense. No question. You’re direct about how you approach life, which is why if you want

something - you go after it. (You can be blunt and outspoken, if you choose.) You hate to ask for help because you are proud. An exciting year ahead awaits you because you are about to enter a fresh, new nine-year cycle. Open any door! Birthdate of: Dennis Hopper, actor; Enya, singer; Sendhil Ramamurthy, actor. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)

The School District is seeking applications from qualified persons in the following area:

Competition #13-C-18:

“Education Assistant-Deaf Blind Intervenor” (Regular)

Job Details:The candidate would primarily be working with a student who has a dual sensory loss and must be: • fluent or have communicative level in American

Sign Language and proficient in co-signing and tactile signing

• hold a certificate or demonstrated proficiency in Braille

Qualifications:For a list of qualifications see postings section on our School District website @ www.sd20.bc.ca for more details.

Rate of Pay: $23.51 per hour

Closing date of accepting applications is 12:00 NOON on Friday, May 24, 2013.

Send applications including all relevant previous employment references to Mrs. Marcy VanKoughnett, Director of Human Resources, School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Suite 120, 1290 Esplanade Trail, BC V1R 4T2 (Fax: (250) 364-2470). Applications may also be sent by e-mail to [email protected].

Join us:

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This is a full-time position, based out of our Castlegar office. View details at www.cbt.org/careers or request from Debra Stewart at 1.800.505.8998.

Résumés accepted via email to [email protected] by noon PT,

Help Wanted

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Coming EventsHighland Dancer’s Year End Performance & Strawberry So-cial.Sun. May 26, 2-4pm. Tick-ets $5/ea. For tickets &info email: [email protected]

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Columbia Press Council. The Press Council serves as a forum for unsatis e rea er com laints a ainst

member ne s a ers. Com laints must be le ithin a a time limit.

or information lease o to the Press Council website at

www.bc resscouncil.or or tele hone toll free

1-888-687-2213.

U R G E N T: Fairmont River-side (Northwynd) Timeshare Owners. Call 250-368-9671. Let’s talk about ‘Renovation Project Fee’ as a group!!CONCERNED

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PersonalsFOR INFORMATION,

education, accommodation and support

for battered womenand their children

call WINS Transition House 250-364-1543

Lost & FoundFOUND: Cell phone @ Gyro Park on Thursday, May 9th. Claim @ Trail Times offi ce.

Employment

Business Opportunities

OFFERING AN opportunity and looking for joint renters in an Artisan setting. Commit-ment to a 1-year contract. 250-443-4138

Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Construc-tion Company is hiring dozer, excavator, and labourer/rock truck operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction (780)723-5051.JANITORS WANTED. Resi-dential/ Commercial/ Lawn Care. Vehicle required. Send resume [email protected] Attention: Glenn

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Help WantedCANADA Prenatal Nutrition Program Coordinator. Apply to: Kootenay Family Place, Box 3144, Castlegar, B.C. V1N 3H4. Program Descrip-tion at www.kootenayfamily-place.org. Deadline May 21, 2013.

CHALET CHEVROLETBuick GMC in South Kimber-ley is looking for a Service Manager. Chalet Chevrolet recently completed an ex-pansion and renovation to the new GM North American wide image standards, and is the recipient of “Best of Business” platinum awards for vehicle service 2010, 2011 and 2012.The successful applicant will be highly customer focused.Full benefi ts package, incen-tives and bonus structure.

Contact dealer, Jim, at 250-427-4895 or email chaletgm @shawlink.ca

General Maintenance Posi-tion required for large industri-al recycling plant. Millwright certifi cation would be an asset. Should be experienced in pumps, conveyors and hy-draulic equipment. Reply to: Box 560, C/O Trail Times, 1163 Cedar Ave., Trail, BC. V1R 4B8.

Houses For Sale

Employment

Help WantedJANITORIAL SERVICES re-quired for offi ces in Trail and Castlegar. Please submit re-sumes to 1432 Bay Avenue, Trail, BC. V1R 4B1 by May 17, 2013. Only candidates select-ed for interviews will be con-tacted.

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Help WantedNOW HIRING: Columbia Val-ley Greenhouses. Fax Re-sumes to 250-364-2369 or email [email protected]

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City of TrailEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYUTILITY DISTRIBUTION OPERATOR

PERMANENT ULL TIME

Operator. eta e or a o a o t t e p o e t

opportunity is available on the City’s website at www.trail.ca/employment.php or by request to Chris McIsaac at (250) 364-0842.

pplica ons will be receive un l ri ay May 24 20 3.The City of Trail thanks all applicants for their interest and will only reply to those selected for an interview.

Employment OpportunityWe require a CAR WASHER, DETAILER, LOT ATTENDENT to work in a fast paced

environment. Must be able to drive a standard.Please send or email resume with

complete prior job history, references and current driver’s license abstract to:

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[email protected]

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TomorrowCirculation Department250-364-1413 Ext. 206For more Information

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To Register, please call Nella at 250.364.5770

Traffic Control/Flagging: May 17 & 18

OFA Level I: May 21

Excel 2010 – Expert: May 21 to Jun 6

GeoCaching for Families (Trail): May 23

OFA Level III: May 27 - June 7

Red Cross Babysitter Certificate: date TBA

CORE Hunter Training: June 1 & 2

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Upcoming Courses:

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

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ContractorsHANSON DECKINGWest Kootenay Agent forDuradek 250-352-1814

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Siddall Drover Garden Business

Light Pruning • WeedingGarden Clean-Up

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Fruit & VegetablesGRAND FORKS FARMS

The Apple Guy is returning to Castlegar! Come see us at the Castlegar Farmer’s Market every Saturday.

Season starts Saturday, May 18th. Grand Forks radishes, green onions salad greens, rhubarb;

Delicious Creston asparagus; fresh Okanagan tomatoes cucumbers and peppers;

Okanagan Fuji apples $5.00/10lbs; Okanagan

Spartan, Gala, Ambrosia and Pink Lady apples.

New product arriving weekly.We are also at the

Cottonwoods Market Nelson, every Saturday starting May 18th, and

continue with our Wednesday Market in

Nelson at 402 Baker Street beside the Full Circle Cafe.

Garage SalesE.TRAIL, 1650 McLean St. (Eagles Hall) Fri, May 17, 2-7pm. Sat. May 18, 9am-1pmMulti-Family. Tools, antiques, clothing, toys, yard stuff, furni-ture

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.SPECIAL

44’ x 40’ Container Shopw/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!40’ Containers under $2500!

Call Toll Free AlsoJD 544 & 644 wheel loaders

JD 892D LC ExcavatorPh. 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB

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Misc. for Sale

ORIGINAL ART collected over 60 years. By appointment only250-368-6908

Misc. WantedTrue Coin Collector Looking to Purchase Collections, Accu- mulations, Olympic Gold and Silver coins, Bills + Not melting down, Serious Collector. Call: Coin Couple 1-250-499-0251

Real Estate

Homes WantedWANTED IN ROSSLAND:

HOUSE or CONDO To Rent or Buy for earliestJune 15th or July 1st. Can accommodate date for the right place & arrangement.

Reasonable pricing for Sale. Can commit to Long term lease of 1 yr, minimum 3

bedroom with yard & garden space. Upper Rossland or Red Mtn. Resort area pre-ferred. We are a family with behaved outdoor dog & cat.

Professional couple with steady income and children. Please call 250-362-7681

evenings & weekends. 250-231-2174 daytime. Monika

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822CASTLEGAR, 1Bdrm. ground level, f/s, $600./mo.util.incl., avail. immed. 604-512-4178Ermalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. $750./mo. 250-368-5908Glenmerry 3bdrm. F/S $850/mo. Heat included. 250-368-5908

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Apt/Condo for RentROSSLAND, 2BD., covered carport, clean & quiet, N/S, N/P. 250-362-9473

Sunningdale:2bdrm corner unit,TV cable & heat included & free use of washer and dry-er. $750/mo. 250-368-3055

TRAIL, Rossland Ave. 1bdrm w/d f/s, n/s n/p. $550/mo. Avail. immed. 250-368-1361

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

WANETA MANOR 2bdrm., NS,NP, Senior oriented, un-derground parking 250-368-8423

WARFIELD, 1BD. F/S. Coin laundry, storage. Secure bldg. N/S, N/P. $625. util.incl. 604-459-8327

WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1&2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888

Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 2bd. house & 2bd. apt. available. 250-362-3316

Shared Accommodation

FURNISHED room in W. Trail hse. Incl util, wifi , laundry. N/S, N/P. $475/mo. Refs. 250-608-4425.

TownhousesEdgewater Townhouse in Glenmerry, 3bd, 1.5Bth.,f/s, $850./mo. 250-368-5908

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B y S a m V a n S c h i eNelson Star

Cranbrook youth band The Good Ol’ Goats were the big winners in this year’s Kootenay Music Awards.

The six-piece bluegrass band, whose mem-bers range in age from 16- to 17-years old, was named Artist of The Year, as well as Best Roots and Blues artist. Too young to legally enter Spiritbar in Nelson, where the awards were handed out Friday night, one of the band mem-bers’ dad accepted the trophies on their behalf.

Kootenay Music Award nominees were short-listed by a panel of five music industry pros, then the public had a chance to vote daily online for their favourites. The awards went to the art-ists who collected the most votes.

More young talent was highlighted in the Best New Artist category, with 18-year-old Selkirk College music student Dylann Heidi taking the title.

Other winners included Fernie’s Shred Kelly in the Song of the Year and Best Live Act cat-egories. Nelson’s Brian Rosen won Album of The Year for his 2012 release Choose Your Choice.

Nelson’s Thus Far won Best Rock/Punk/Metal; Castlegar’s Motes and Oats received Best Country/Folk; Nelson’s Yan Zombie took home Best Electronic Producer; and Nelson’s Rafferty Funksmith was named Best DJ.

The Kootenay Music Awards is an annual event, now in its second year. Proceeds from the event support a foundation that gives scholar-ships to musicians.

The Kootenay Music Awards are presented by Nelson Brewing Company and Black Press.

Kootenay Music awards

Cranbrook band tops the charts

Raymond masleck photo

Dr. Bruce Fawcett (from the left) and President Lana Rodlie present a cheque for $10,000 from the Rotary Club of Trail's Erickson Trust to Jennifer Sirges and Rev. Neil Elliot of St. Andrew's Anglican Church. The dona-tion is to assist with the installation of a wheelchair and handicapped lift for the church's base-ment hall, which has undergone extensive renovation and will now be fully access-ible for commun-ity as well as church events.

rotary donation helps accessibility

B y c a r o l y n G r a n tKimberley Bulletin

When discussion first began around the need to rehab the concrete flume in Mark Creek, a group of white water enthusi-asts approached Kimberley City Council with the idea of inserting a white water course into the flume.

They said it would be a

great downtown feature, drawing tourists for compe-titions.

Council was receptive to the idea, but said the group would have to source their own funding, as the City’s primary focus in the project was health and safety.

The first phase of the flume, downstream of Highway 95A, is complete

and no white water features were added. However, the kayak group had always felt that phase 2 or 3 would be a more appropriate place for the feature.

That didn’t stop them from getting out the kayaks this past Wednesday and see-ing what kind of fun could be had in the first phase of the project.

Turns out quite a bit, says paddler Alex Buterman.

“There wasn’t any men-tionable feature for us to report, however it is a step in the right direction,” he said.

He says the paddlers still hope that funds can be found for a hydrologist to build safe, accessible and playable features to “maximize the fun in the flume”.

KiMberley

Paddlers want to add fun to flume project

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650 - 9th Avenue, Montrose $319,000

NEW BUILD! 4 bdrm 2 bath home! Fully fenced yard, shop, shed, rebuilt from

foundation up! Perfect opportunity to own a new home without having to pay GST!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

20 Hillside Drive, Trail$202,000

Open concept, 2 bdrms, of� ce, a/c, u/g sprinklers, garage AND carport, workshop

& rec room! Upgrades: kitchen, bath, windows and brand new stainless steel

appliances! This is quite a package!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

Lot 2, Highway 3B, Ross Spur $250,000

Fantastic opportunity- 29 subdividable acres for your dream home, hobby farm or to hold as an investment. Treed with

large level building sites and plenty of privacy. Electricity and telephone available at property line. Call your

REALTOR® today to view this opportunity.Call Art (250) 368-8818

NEW PRICENEW LISTING

840 Forrest Drive, War� eld $295,000

5 beds, 2 1/2 This wonderfully maintained home is sure to please with its great War� eld location and beautiful

fenced yard with a deck. Features a large two car car-port and daylight basement.

Call now before it’s gone.Call Jodi 250-231-2331

WARFIELD

FAMILY HOME

Rossland$179,000

Here is your opportunity to own a popular and very successful cafe located right

in the heart of downtown Rossland. The owner just completed a full interior reno-vation last year. Call your REALTOR(R) for

more information. Call Richard (250) 368-7897

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FOR SALE!

2034 – 8th Avenue, Trail $109,000

Great starter, couple, single or retiree home. Features include, 2 bdrms, 1 bath,

covered parking, covered deck with view, central air conditioning, upgraded furnace, laminate � oors, open concept

� oor plan, and fenced yard. Good value here! Don’t wait call your REALTOR® now!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

12 Monashee Place, Rossland $359,000

Gorgeous townhome tucked away amongst the trees. This 3 bedroom,

2 bath home boasts hardwood � oors, lots of light, a spacious kitchen and all

located on one level.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

2069 - 6th Avenue, Trail $164,500

Great 2 bdrm home located on a fully fenced 50x100 � at lot with an insulated

double garage. New � ooring, tons of light, large patio area with lots of privacy. Full basement with cold storage, dining room with built in window bench. Plenty of fruit trees and a veggie garden complete this

package.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW PRICE

208 Ritchie Avenue, Tadanac$549,000

This amazing 4 bedroom home offers a designer kitchen with custom cabinetry

and bright windows, the bathrooms are updated, and the living room has a

gorgeous � replace and hardwood � oors. The yard is beautiful with gardens, patio,

sun deck and river views! Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

1638 Cedar Avenue, Trail$179,000

Owned by the same family since 1948, this character home is close to town and features large rooms, custom � replace,

gorgeous views and much more. Extensive wiring and plumbing upgrades.

Call today for your personal viewing.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

#101-1800 Kirkup Avenue, Rossland

$149,000Don’t waste time on mundane tasks such as yard care, shoveling and maintenance.

This building has had many upgrades and this unit has been beautifully

renovated with an open, modern kitchen, upgraded bathroom, tile, carpets, and

fresh paint. Just move in and play! Call your REALTOR® now to view.Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1569 – 3rd Avenue, Trail $179,000

3bdrm, 1 bath home on fully fenced lot. Home features newer windows, newer roof, new hot water tank and updated

electrical. The radiant heat is perfect for anyone suffering from allergies.

Call now.Call Terry 250-231-1101

Ron & Darlene Your Local Home Team

39 Hazelwood Drive, Trail$249,000

Great Sunningdale location. Great family home. Great price. 3

bedroom 2 bathroom home. Exceptionally well built. Oak � oors, � replace, large dining area, patio and double garage.Call Ron and Darlene for a personal viewing of this � ne character home.

347 Railway Lane, Trail$109,000

This home offers 4 bdrms - 2 baths and full loft area for extra living space/studio/playroom, air conditioning, new � ooring

in kitchen/bathroom the list goes on. Excellent value for this move in ready

home.

Ron 368-1162 Darlene 231-0527

We Sell Great Homes!

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 18th • 11am - 1pm

2310 McBride

Street, Trail$367,900Super Family

Home located in Miral Heights - 5

bdrm/3 bthrm home with great � oor plan - many extra features to this home. Call for your viewing.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail 250.368.8818

www.kootenayhomes.comwww.century21.ca

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WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

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