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Trail likes country music, comedy and chil-dren programming, according to feedback from a survey in circulation that looks at the future of the Charles Bailey Theatre.

Theatre front-house manager Nadine Tremblay is in the midst of collecting informa-tion from Greater Trail residents, patrons, busi-ness owners and the general public before mov-ing forward with a business plan for the 764-seat facility in Trail.

The plan will recommend how the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) can effi-ciently run its theatre, with an ultimate goal of increasing the number of acts and patrons.

“The theatre is totally fine, in principle it's a business that's up and running,” said Tremblay. “But even just going to Nelson, a community really close by, they use their theatre six days a week almost all year so right there I think, 'Why aren't we doing that? Why are we only open four times a month?'

Though the survey was just released Thursday, Tremblay said over 100 have been filled out.

The questionnaire that collects information from recipients as well as ideas, can be found online at the Trail and District Arts Council website (www.trail-arts.com) or at the theatre box office (Monday through Friday from noon-4 p.m.).

Volunteers are also handing the survey out, with initial efforts done at Ferraro Foods this past weekend and another round at Waneta Plaza this Saturday. This is in addition to a com-munity consultation scheduled for the end of the month.

Tremblay, an artist herself, has also toured theatres across the province to learn what other places are doing to attract customers and per-formers. Beyond making a theatre aesthetically pleasing and a place that inspires artists, she has already collected a number of her own ideas for the facility that she calls “under utilized.”

The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre has a separate entity within the theatre that acts like an in-house promoter, seeking out shows that would suit the community, she said.

“They choose the artist, they hire that artist and they take the big risk at the end of the day,” she added, noting that the Charles Bailey doesn't necessarily have its own promoter.

It works with promoters — the Trail Society of the Performing Arts being its most consistent customer.

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

In a somewhat unexpected move the Beaver Valley Citizen of the Year committee threw out the rule book and instead of selecting a single dedi-cated citizen to honour they chose a whole group of them.

The many people involved in the Beaver Valley Blooming Society were a perfect selection for the 2013 award.

“If you look at the Fruitvale area, you can see the beautification that has happened over the years,” said Grace Terness, Beaver Valley Citizen of the Year committee member.

“And we really wanted to recog-nize the people responsible for the

change.”The award will be presented to the

group on Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Beaver Valley Curling Club.

The dedicated core group of vol-unteers, some six to 10 Fruitvale residents, meet every Tuesday from mid-May to the end of July, each con-tributing around two hours per week throughout the spring and summer.

Of course, this doesn’t include the occasional Sunday or time spent fund-raising to help pay for the improve-ments they bring to the community.

The group has been working together since 2005 to enhance the area and raise community participa-tion.

“I’m proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish,” said committee member Lindsay Partridge. “I think it’s raised the level of awareness of the whole community, there are a lot of people who care more now.”

Initially the group was primarily focussed on cleaning up the down-town core of Fruitvale and improving the tidiness and attractiveness of the area.

But this quickly moved on to more project-oriented work and in 2006 and 2007, the group began developing the downtown gardens and started the Hanging Basket Donation program.

In 2008 and 2009 the group spear-headed a mural project for the side of the Liberty Foods building, began developing more permanent gardens in the downtown core, tree planting, and had a community bulletin board installed.

Since then the group has continued developing the downtown gardens, installing irrigation systems, concrete planters, enhancing and improving signage around the community, and developing a Heritage Walk.

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BEAVER VALLEY CITIZENS OF THE YEAR

Group saluted for beautifying the Valley

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A group of residents has been recognized as Beaver Valley’s 2013 Citizens of the Year. From the left; Janice Partridge, Sharon Ewings, Sera Wilcox, Rhonda van Tent, Corrine Grayson, and Holly Gordon are some of the members of the Beaver Valley Blooming Society. The group has been working for years to enhance the beauty of the Fruitvale area.

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Glenmerry principal Patrick Audet is backing the neighbourhood’s drive for improved traffic safety around the elementary school. The school has rounded up its own crosswalk identifiers at the corner of Carnation and Woodland (in front of the school), where only two white parallel lines exist on the road.

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Glenmerry parents and residents have made some distance on traffic safety improvements for a commun-ity that centres around an elementary school.

The Neighbourhood Residents Association has discussed concerns in its own backyard and has crafted a report that was just passed along to the city for review.

Traffic safety was the top item, with specific mention of excessive speeding along Carnation and Highway drives, lack of signage for crosswalks and visi-bility around the school and inconsis-tent speed limits, which has lead to disorganized congestion during school hours. This all together equals a recipe for disaster, according to Glenmerry principal Patrick Audet.

“We've got kids trying to use the crosswalks, buses trying to turn and parents trying to park and pick up their kids all at the same time,” he pointed out at the poorly identified crosswalk at the corner of Carnation and Woodland.

The area is heavily congested at about 2:15 p.m. when about 80 per cent

of students load four buses while par-ents pull in to pick up their children.

“Parents are sort of competing for parking spots near the school so they don't have to walk that far but what it means is that people in the commun-ity are having their driveways blocked and there is so much parking on the corner of Carnation and Woodland that buses have trouble making it around the corner and the corner involves two crosswalks,” he added.

Glenmerry's Parent Advisory Council previously purchased florescent green crossing flag men and recently started putting out pylons in front of nearby homes to ensure parents don't block driveways during pick up and drop off. But their efforts are not enough and a push for proper signage is a commun-ity effort.

“Student safety is a huge thing for us,” said Lisa Stewart, Glenmerry PAC chair. “We always are looking to iden-tify issues around school safety and have those discussions with the prin-cipal in how we can make things safer for the kids.”

The residents association is drum-ming the same beat, documenting traf-

fic safety concerns in its report.“Glenmerry has commercial activ-

ity down at one end of the commun-ity, we draw a lot of workers from the suburbs that come into work in our neighbourhood every day and they all happily want to get out of here and scoot home,” explained Ingrid Enns, Glenmerry's association community chair.

While the report remains for city eyes before being released to the public, Enns highlighted a request for addi-tional stop signs to curb speeding.

“If you're on a long, straight street people will just boogie along,” she explained. “But if they know they have to come to a stop sign, they'll deceler-ate.”

The group, which is sanctioned by the city and reports to Trail Community in Bloom, has only been active for two months.

The association has many sister groups throughout Trail neighbour-hoods that also receive help from the city to put out a community newsletter as well as a one-time contribution for a beautification project and potential in-kind services and supplies.

Glenmerry parents push for better traffic safety

FROM PAGE 1The group attributes its continued

growth and success to having fun and making friends but they are reluctant to take too much of the credit for themselves.

“The regional district kicks in, the Lions, Rotary, and Nipkow’s Greenhouse supplies the plants and does up the plant-ers,” explained committee member Sharon Ewings. “And the Village of Fruitvale is really cooperative as well, we share a sum-mer student with them.”

Committee member, Holly Gordon summed it up the benefits to the town and the citizens.

“With projects like this, it’s not just the gardens that bloom,” she said. “It’s the whole community that blooms. The people too.”

Follwoing the award presentation at the curling club on Friday, there will be a reception capped off with the May Days fireworks at dusk.

“We would love to see all past recipients come out and lend their support to the new nominee for 2013,” said Terness.

Group effort leads to success

FROM PAGE 1The theatre is owned by the regional district

and managed by Mark Daines, regional district director of facilities and recreation.

“Not a lot of theatres are run by politicians,” she said. “They’re often city owned or the regional district owns the building but they’re usually run by a separate society of artistic personnel.”

The way tickets are processed could also be updated to reach a wider audience, she added.

“We have a really primitive system and it works well,” she said. “The Trail Arts Council are the ones who run the box office and they do a really good job but it’s small and I think a ticketing system would be a huge improvement to the theatre (automated with online sales).”

Among areas for improvement, Tremblay said even marketing what the building already has to offer could attract new business. She sees a real value in the Muriel Griffiths room, which aside from piano recitals is rarely used.

“Sometimes people don’t want to rent the Charles Bailey because it’s a 700-seat venue and that’s daunting,” she said.

“But why not put on workshops, smaller shows and more intimate performances in the Muriel Griffiths room, which fits 80-100 people.”

The survey is described as a chance for resi-dents to “complain” while the upcoming com-munity consultation from 7-9 p.m. on May 30 in the Muriel Griffiths room is an opportunity to take part in a “future-focuses session.”

After the survey is closed June 16, Tremblay will compile the findings. Recommendations will be crafted for the business plan that is set for completion by September.

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T H E C A M P B E L L R I V E R M I R R O RA Campbell River man is recovering from

facial surgery after his boat collided with a humpback whale in the waters off Sayward May 15.

Ray Boyd still faces expensive dental work after a humpback whale breached in front of his 22-foot Grady White power boat and sent the operator flying.

“Bang! I felt the collision and I went flying through the air,” Boyd told CTV.

He then struck some part of the boat and was briefly knocked unconscious. When he came to, his vessel was barrelling down the strait, luckily, in a straight line. This allowed him to regain control of the boat and return to shore safely.

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politicians are demanding more resources be invested in the environment.

The Regional District of the North Okanagan is writing

the provincial govern-ment to insist that more conservation officers be hired.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - A “very

upset” Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to settle down a scandal-rattled Conservative caucus Tuesday with talk of accountability and Senate reform, but shed no new light on the $90,000 trans-action that cost him his chief of staff.

Conservative MPs and senators heading into Tuesday’s caucus meeting had hoped Harper would provide more facts behind the growing scandal that forced his right-hand man, Nigel Wright, to resign over the week-end.

But if Harper’s speech - opened up on this occasion to the media, a rarity - was any indication, they didn’t get much.

“I don’t think any of you are going to be very surprised to hear that I am not happy,” Harper said in his first public comments since revelations last week that Wright wrote a personal cheque worth $90,000 to embattled Sen. Mike Duffy.

“I’m very upset about the conduct we have witnessed, the conduct of some par-liamentarians and the conduct of my own office.”

Harper didn’t go into detail, how-ever, about just how involved he or his office was in help-ing Duffy repay living expenses he shouldn’t have claimed in the first place.

Nor did he go any farther behind closed doors; sources told The Canadian Press that while MPs pressed for more details dur-ing the meeting on his office’s role in bailing out Duffy, they didn’t get any.

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The prime min-ister’s office said last week that Wright was not expecting to be repaid by Duffy, but suggested there was an agreement in place between the two men.

“The only stipula-tion on the money to Duffy - sent to him through his lawyer - was that an equal amount be sent to the Receiver General from Duffy on the same day to cover the impugned claims,” Harper spokesman Andrew MacDougall said in an email.

CTV reported on Monday that a formal agreement was writ-ten up governing the terms of the payment but Baird repeatedly fended off a barrage of

questions Tuesday in the Commons by say-ing there was no writ-ten deal.

“Our understanding is that there is no such agreement,” he said.

Benjamin Perrin, the lawyer reportedly used by the Prime Minister’s Office to draft the arrangement, also issued his own denial.

“I was not consulted on, and did not partici-pate in, Nigel Wright’s decision to write a personal cheque to reimburse Sen. Duffy’s expenses,” Perrin said in a statement.

“I have never com-municated with the prime minister on this matter.”

Meanwhile, ques-tions still linger as to whether the trans-action between Duffy and Wright came with a commitment that the Senate committee investigating Duffy’s claims would go easy on him.

Some observers have painted the crisis as the most serious test the Conservatives have faced since win-ning their majority in 2011, but Harper framed the issue more as a minor distraction.

“We have an active and important agenda on the issues that mat-ter to hardworking Canadian families and there is much work to be done,” he said.

“When distractions arise, as they inevit-ably will, we will deal with them firmly.”

Harper’s speech was greeted with an ova-tion and his caucus

broke out into chants at the end, drown-ing out reporters who tried to ask the prime minister questions.

Harper needs to be a lot clearer with Canadians, the oppos-ition said, using up a third of Tuesday’s question period to grill the government.

“They think we’re fools,” said Francoise Boivin of the NDP. “They’re trying to make us believe that (Harper) knew noth-ing.”

Complained New Democrat Nathan Cullen: “These guys will not be account-able.”

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has found an infestation of apple pro-liferation phytoplasma in an orchard near Kentville.

The agency, which did not identify the orchard, says the pest is found throughout Europe and is considered one of the most critical diseases of apple trees.

The affected trees are of the Pacific Gala variety that were imported to Canada from the U.S. in 2008.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - Toronto’s embattled mayor

had nothing to say on Tuesday about allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine, while Ontario’s premier weighed in for the first time on the scandal that has rocked the provincial cap-ital.

Many had hoped Rob Ford would address the latest contro-versy to plague his tenure when he returned to city hall after the long weekend, but the mayor left mid-afternoon without making a public statement on the alleged video.

Meanwhile, at Queen’s Park, Premier Kathleen Wynne expressed concern over the ongoing firestorm surrounding the mayor.

After initially dismissing the matter as a municipal concern, she went on to say any issue that interferes with government effectiveness must be resolved swiftly.

“It’s concerning to me if there are issues, whether they’re personal issues, that get in the way of a government, a municipal government, being able to work in the best interest of the city,” she said when pressed on the matter.

“So I think whatever those issues are, they need to be dealt with as quickly as possible so that the council and the leader-ship of the council can get on with dealing with the business of governing the city.”

Both the Toronto Star and the U.S.-based website Gawker.com reported on Thursday that staff had separately viewed cellphone footage which they said appears to show Ford smoking crack.

Ford has remained silent about the allegations after issuing a brief comment on Friday slamming the Toronto Star report as a smear job and calling it “ridicu-lous.”

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OPINION

Data from National Household Survey worthlessThere is much talk

today of ‘big data’. As our world goes digital, compan-

ies, governments, not-for-profits, and organizations of all sorts obtain vast quantities of data about, well, virtually everything.

But is the data any good? So far, the talk has been about quantity, but not quality. That may be because there is so little quality to speak of.

Take, for example, the first data releases from the National Household Survey (NHS) of Statistics Canada. Released earlier this month, the quality of the results has come under criticism because the voluntary NHS survey replaced the compulsory long-form census ques-tionnaire. In effect, this replaced a random sample with a non-random sam-ple. Non-random samples have their place, but mak-ing conclusions about the population isn’t one of them.

As a result, no conclu-sions about the Canadian population can be drawn

from the NHS. Since mak-ing these types of conclu-sions is the whole point of a census, the NHS data is worthless. (This is also true for any survey where participation is voluntary, including citizen, custom-er and employee satisfac-tion surveys.)

This is why, in resigning as the head of Statistics Canada, Munir Sheikh wrote in an open letter to the Prime Minister:

“I want to take this opportunity to comment on a technical statistical issue which has become the subject of media dis-cussion . . . the question of whether a voluntary survey can become a sub-stitute for a mandatory census . . . It cannot.”

Later, Statistics Canada’s high-profile chief economic analyst, Phil Cross, also resigned, citing the same con-cerns. Cross is currently research co-ordinator with the MacDonald-Laurier Institute.

That’s two people resigning over a matter of principle. Refusing to

compromise scientific integrity for personal or political gain, are admir-able actions. Arguably, a level of integrity is all too rare in the Canadian public service and now, totally absent at Statistics Canada.

The NHS replaces sound scientific sampling and data collection with meaningless motherhood pronouncements. Saying: “The Agency is aware of the risks and associated adverse effects on data quality and is currently adapting its data collec-tion and other procedures to mitigate the impact of these risks.” is not science;

it’s spin. No amount of public relations nonsense from the Communications Office of Statistics Canada can produce a reliable sta-tistical inference from a discretionary sample.

Nor can mailing more surveys. Statistics Canada’s claim that; “To promote data accuracy, this voluntary survey will be sent to a larger cross-section of households than the old long-form census,” is not evidence of risk mitigation but of statistical incompetence. Sample size doesn’t com-pensate for sampling bias. Quantity can’t replace quality.

Statistics Canada’s mitigation strategy is nothing more than piling it higher and deeper in the hopes nobody will notice that it’s all the same BS.

The news releases accompanying the initial release of the NHS results encourage this confu-sion between quantity and quality. For example, Statistics Canada claimed a high quality of results for the NHS at a national

level, but cautioned that the numbers were less reliable for smaller popu-lation centres because of low response rates. This is the reason given for withholding the results of one quarter of Canadian municipalities.

But the truth is, the results at a national level are no more reliable than results for any one of the over 1,000 muni-cipalities that had their results withheld. This is because reliability cannot be measured when the sample isn’t random and voluntary surveys aren’t, by definition, random (as Sheikh makes clear). In publishing results for larger population areas then, Statistics Canada is claiming reliability where none exists and perpe-trating what amounts to a scientific fraud on the Canadian public.

Troy Media columnist Robert Gerst is a Partner in Charge of Operational Excellence and Research & Statistical Methods at Converge Consulting Group Inc.

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Shinzo Abe, now six months into his second try at being prime min-ister of Japan, is a puz-

zling man. In his first, spectacu-larly unsuccess-ful go in 2006-07, he was a crude nationalist and an economic ignor-amus who rarely had control of his own dysfunc-tional cabinet. By the time he quit, after only a year in office, his popularity rating was below 30 percent and his health was breaking down.

Last December his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a landslide victory in the elec-tions for the lower house of the Diet (parliament), and as party leader he became prime minister again – but what a difference six years makes. He’s still a radical nationalist who on occasion comes close to denying Japan’s guilt for the aggressive wars of 1931-45, but in economics he is now Action Man. His approval rating is cur-rently over 70 percent.

In only six months Abe has broken most of the rules that defined Japan’s budgetary and monetary policy for the past twenty years, and he has prom-ised to break all the old rules about restrictive trade policies as well. (Together, his new poli-cies are known as “Abenomics”) He has launched a make-or-break race for growth that only the boldest gambler would risk. Who is this guy, and what hap-pened to change him so much?

A resident foreign academic with long experience of Japan once told me that there were only around 400 people who really counted in Japan: they would all fit into one big room. Most of them would be there because their fathers or grand-fathers had also been there, and Shinzo Abe would certainly be one of them.

Abe’s grandfather, Nobosuke Kishi, was a member of General

Tojo’s war cabinet in 1941-45, a co-founder of the LDP in 1955, and prime minister in 1957-60. But heredity does not guaran-

tee competence, and on his first outing in power Shinzo Abe was an embarrass-ment to the LDP. He has obviously acquired some braver and per-haps wiser advis-ers since then, most notably Yoshihide Suga, now chief cabinet secretary.

Abe put several ultra-right-wing ministers in the cabinet, and it is Suga’s job to keep them from giving voice to their revisionist views on history. “Our Cabinet will adopt a uni-fied perception of history,” he told them. “Make no slip of the tongue because it would immediately cost you your post.” He also polices Abe’s own tongue: no more remarks like “It is not the business of the government to decide how to define the last world war” or “comfort women were prosti-tutes.”

Abe doesn’t mind, because he has bigger fish to fry this time round. He has launched a high-risk strategy to break Japan out of twenty years of economic stagnation by cut-ting taxes, raising government spending, and flooding the economy with cash. One of his first acts was to put his own man in as head of the Bank of Japan, and order him to break the deflationary spiral by adopting a target of two per cent annual inflation.

He has also promised to smash the protectionism that has hampered the Japanese economy for so long, although this will require him to take on the powerful agriculture and small-business lobbies. He has even promised to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an American-led effort to liberalise trade in the region, in order to guarantee that the

structural reforms will con-tinue.

Structural reforms will have to wait until Abe also has a majority in the upper house of the Diet, which he confidently expects to win in the July elec-tions, but already his strategy is showing results. Economic growth in the first three months of this year equates to about 3.6 percent annually, more than four times higher than the long-term average of the past two decades, and the Japanese stock market is up 80 percent since January.

The strategy is high-risk because Japanese government debt is already the highest in the developed world: 240 percent of Gross Domestic Product. If the surge in growth does not last, the government’s income from taxes will not rise (it is no higher now than it was in 1991) and in a few years the debt will soar to an unsustain-able level. The country will essentially go bankrupt.

Of course, the surge may persist; creating a perception of vigorous growth is half the battle. But why take such a risk? Probably because Abe is keenly aware that Japan had the world’s second-biggest economy when he was prime minister the first time, and now it’s only the third-biggest. The country that overtook it was China.

For a thousand years China was the dominant power in eastern Asia. Japan wrested that role from it in the late 19th century, but now it’s going back to its natural home – and Abe would do almost anything to prevent that. That’s why he takes such a hard line on the dispute between the two countries over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. But much more importantly, he must get the Japanese economy growing again, or the country will end up far behind China.

To avoid that, he will take any risk.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist and published in 45 countries.

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Charlie was born in Nelson, on June 1, 1931 to parents Mary and Oscar Chris-tensen. He married Rosemary Porter on August 21, 1954 and they raised two children. Charlie worked for the BC Tele-phone Company for 35 years as an install-er. He was a member of the Eagles Lodge in Trail as well as the Sons of Norway. He was an avid golfer and a member of the Castlegar Golf Club for many years. Charlie also enjoyed curling, � shing, and spending time at the family cabin on Kootenay Lake in the summer and spending winters in Arizona.

He was predeceased by his brother Chester and nephew Bruce.

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Ray Manzarek, a founding mem-ber of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison’s gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock’s most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

Manzarek died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, said publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald. She said the musician’s manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died after being stricken with bile duct cancer.

The Doors’ original lineup, which also included drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger, was only together for a few years and they only made six studio albums. But the band has retained a large and obsessive following dec-ades after Morrison’s death, in 1971. The Doors have sold more than 100 million records and songs such as “Light My Fire” and “Riders On the Storm” are still “classic” rock favourites. For Doors admirers, the band symbolized the darker side of the L.A. lifestyle, what happened to the city after the sun went down and the Beach Boys fans headed home.

The Doors’ vibe “has more to do

with Charles Bukowski than it does with Farrah Fawcett,” said John Doe of punk band X, a friend of Manzarek’s for more than 30 years, referring to the poet and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ star, respectively. “It has more to do with Raymond Chandler and Nathaniel West, and ‘Sunset Boulevard’ the movie, than it does with ‘Beach Blanket Bingo,’ right? ... It’s a real dark place out in LA.”

Next to Morrison, Manzarek was the most distinctive-looking band member, his glasses and wavy blond hair making him resemble a young English professor more than a rock star, a contrast to Morrison’s Dionysian glamour - his sensuous mouth and long, dark hair. Musically, Manzarek’s spidery organ on “Light My Fire” is one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in rock history.

But he seemed up to finding the right touch for a wide range of songs - the sleepy, lounge-style keyboards on “Riders On the Storm”; the liquid strains for “The Crystal Ship”; the barrelhouse romps on “Roadhouse Blues.” The Doors always considered themselves “more” than a rock band and Manzarek, Densmore and Krieger often managed a flowing rapport that blended rock, blues

and jazz behind Morrison’s self-con-sciously poetic lyrics.

“There was no keyboard play-er on the planet more appropriate to support Jim Morrison’s words,” Densmore said in a statement. “Ray, I felt totally in sync with you music-ally. It was like we were of one mind, holding down the foundation for Robby and Jim to float on top of. I will miss my musical brother.”

The Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Born and raised in Chicago, Manzarek studied piano as a child and briefly considered a career in basketball. After graduating from DePaul University, he headed west to study film at UCLA. A few months after graduation, he and Morrison met in 1965 on Venice Beach in California. As Manzarek would often recall, Morrison read him some lyrics - Let’s swim to the moon/Let’s climb through the tide/Penetrate the evening that the/City sleeps to hide“ - that became the start of ”Moonlight Drive.“

“I’d never heard lyrics to a rock song like that before,” Manzarek told Billboard in 1967. “We talked a while before we decided to get a group together and make a million dollars.”

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B y T i m e s s T a f fJunior golfers battled the elements

and each other over a busy weekend of play at the Redstone and Birchbank golf courses.

The two weekend events were part of the regular junior circuit but the events also doubled as the qualifier for the B.C. Junior championships.

Capping it off was a B.C. Golf Association development camp which proved to be a big success thanks to the help of Team B.C. coach Matt Palsenbarg and Champion Lakes Golf Club head professional Kevin Nesbitt.

Despite all the expert advice, the golf-ers had to contend with Mother Nature on Saturday at the Redstone course in Rossland.

The cold, rainy conditions took its toll on the players and only Birchbank’s Tyler McKay managed to break 80.

His total of 79 was the best round of the day and three strokes better than Granite Pointe’s Carson Arcuri, who carded an 82.

Birchbank’s Brennan Moroney won the 17-18-year-old division, Arcuri’s round put him atop the 15-16-year-old group and Kaden Lane of Christina Lake was tops in the 14-and-under division.

The weather cleared up on Sunday for the next stop at the Birchbank course but the overall winner stayed the same as McKay fired an even-par 72.

Moroney, who finished four shots behind at 76, repeated as the top player in the 17-18 division.

Rock Creek’s David Launier shaved four strokes off his Saturday score to card an 84 and capture the 15-16 division while Lane repeated in the 14-under group.

Four players were selected to repre-sent the zone at the B.C. junior men’s championship, which begins July 2 in Revelstoke.

Scores over the two weekend events were used to determine the team.

McKay’s tournament-best rounds on Saturday and Sunday easily quali-fied him for the provincials. Rounding out the team are Moroney, with his rounds of 86 and 76, Launier, who carded rounds of 88 and 84, and Isaac Janzen of Creston, who needed a playoff to secure his berth after posting rounds of 89 and 86.

Many of the young golfers will be back at the Birchbank course when the B.C. Single-A high school champion-ships tee off on May 27. The three-day event is open to secondary schools with a maximum enrolment of 160 male and female students in grades 11 and 12.

It will mark the first time since May 2011 that a high school golf champion-ship will be held. The championships were cancelled last year in the face of the teachers’ job action and subsequent withdrawal from extra-curricular activ-ities.

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Creston’s Isaac Janzen added a splash of colour to contrast the dark and dreary weather junior golfers faced Saturday at its tour stop at Rossland’s Redstone Resort.

B y T i m e s s T a f fCurl BC announced its award winners for the

2012-13 curling season and there was a distinct Kootenay flavour.

Topping the list was Karen Lepine and her Langley foursome.

Lepine, who won the B.C. Senior ladies curling championship in Trail in February, was named the female adult Athlete of the Year.

She not only won the B.C. senior title and the B.C. masters title but continued curling after breaking her arm at the senior nationals in P.E.I. Despite the injury she represented B.C. At the masters nationals in Ontario.

Her masters curling team, which included three members of the B.C. senior championship rink, was named the Master Curler Team of the Year.

Kootenay curlers were also recognized with a variety of awards.

Nelson’s Kelli May received the Elsie McKenzie Award for supporting youth and junior curling programs for the last decade.

Creston’s Vernon Ronmark received the Pat Kennedy Award for long-time volunteerism in and around the Creston area.

Donna Butler of the Cranbrook Curling Club received the Janette Robbins Award presented to the sport’s builders. A respected official and tire-less volunteer, Butler is credited with doing every-thing from helping maintain the ice, the teaching the game to youngsters to officiating events.

Andrew Bilesky of New Westminster, who skipped his rink to the B.C. men’s title, was named the male adult Athlete of the Year.

The junior curler awards went to Megan and Sarah Daniels, sisters out of the Delta Curling Club while Corey Chester of Victoria and Kyle Habkirk of Coquitlam shared the junior men’s award.

The Langley Curling Club was named Club of the Year.

Kootenay connection to curling kudos

T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SGolf’s governing

bodies approved a rule Tuesday that outlaws

the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, a move opposed by two

major golf organiza-tions that contend long putters are not hurting the game.

The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association said Rule 14-1b will take effect

in 2016.“We recognize this

has been a divisive issue, but after thor-ough consideration, we remain convinced that this is the right decision for golf,” R&A

chief executive Peter Dawson said.

The new rule does not ban the long put-ters, only the way they commonly are used. Golfers no longer will be able to anchor the club against their bod-ies to create the effect of a hinge. Masters champion Adam Scott used a long putter he pressed against his chest. British Open champion Ernie Els and U.S. Open cham-pion Webb Simpson used a belly putter, as did Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship.

“We strongly believe that this rule is for the betterment of the game,” USGA President Glen Nager said. “Rule 14-1b protects one of the important challen-ges in the game - the free swing of the entire club.”

The announcement followed six months of contentious debate, and it might not be over.

The next step is for the PGA Tour to fol-low the new rule or decide to establish its own condition of com-petition that would allow players to anchor the long putters. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said in February the USGA and R&A would be “making a mistake” to adopt the rule, though he also has stressed the importance of golf playing under one set of rules.

“I think it’s really important that the PGA Tour - and all the professional tours - continue to follow one set of rules,” USGA executive director Mike Davis said. “We have gotten very posi-tive feedback from the tours around the world saying that they like one set of rules, they like the R&A and USGA governing those. So if there was some type of schism, we don’t think that would be good for golf.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GBNew York 28 16 .636 -Boston 27 18 .600 1 1/2Baltimore 23 21 .523 5Tampa Bay 23 21 .523 5Toronto 18 26 .409 10 Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 26 17 .605 -Detroit 23 19 .548 2 1/2Kansas City 20 21 .488 5Chicago 20 23 .465 6Minnesota 18 23 .439 7 West Division W L Pct GBTexas 29 16 .644 -Oakland 24 22 .522 5 1/2Seattle 20 25 .444 9Los Angeles 17 27 .386 111/2Houston 13 32 .289 16

Wednesday’s GamesOakland at Texas, 2:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:37

p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05

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Leaders AB H Pct.MiCabrera Det 173 67 .387Loney TB 135 47 .348AGordon KC 175 60 .343Pedroia Bos 176 60 .341Mauer Min 159 53 .333Longoria TB 169 56 .331Altuve Hou 165 54 .327JhPeralta Det 150 48 .320Machado Bal 191 61 .319Donaldson Oak 166 53 .319Home Runs: Cano, New York, 13; CDavis, Baltimore, 13; Encarnacion, Toronto, 12; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 12; MiCabrera, Detroit, 11; NCruz, Texas, 11; ADunn, Chicago, 11.Runs Batted In: MiCabrera, Detroit, 47; CDavis, Baltimore, 41; Fielder, Detroit, 37; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 37; Napoli, Boston, 35; Encarnacion, Toronto, 34; NCruz, Texas, 33.Pitching: MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-0; Darvish, Texas, 7-1; Masterson, Cleveland, 7-2; Buchholz, Boston, 6-0; Lester, Boston, 6-1; Kuroda, New York, 6-2; Scherzer, Detroit, 5-0.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 26 18 .591 -Washington 23 22 .511 3 1/2Philadelphia 21 24 .467 5 1/2New York 17 25 .405 8Miami 13 32 .289 131/2 Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 28 16 .636 -Cincinnati 27 18 .600 1 1/2Pittsburgh 26 18 0.591 2Chicago 18 25 0.419 9 1/2Milwaukee 17 26 0.395 101/2 West Division W L Pct GBArizona 26 19 .578 -San Fran 25 20 .556 1Colorado 24 21 .533 2San Diego 21 23 .477 4 1/2Los Angeles 18 25 0.419 7

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7:05 p.m.Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

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CASTLEGAR, 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. 250-368-5908ROSSLAND, 2BD., covered carport, clean & quiet, N/S, N/P. 250-362-9473Sunningdale:2bdrm corner unit,TV cable & heat included & free use of washer and dry-er. $750/mo. 250-368-3055TRAIL, 2bd. Close to town, bus stop, park, new blinds, paint. $600. 250-364-1129TRAIL, Rossland Ave. 1bdrm w/d f/s, n/s n/p. $550/mo. Avail. immed. 250-368-1361TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312WANETA MANOR 2bdrm., NS,NP, Senior oriented, un-derground parking 250-368-8423WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1&2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888W.TRAIL, 2bd., tiny yard, suitable for small dog, close Downtown.$695.250-368-6075

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

TRAIL, 2BD. F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $750./mo. 250-512-9601

TRAIL, 3BDRM., newly up-graded, very clean, references required. 250-368-9558

W.TRAIL, 4BDRM., 1Bth. Old-er home, Large yard. $950./mo. 250-368-6076

Offi ce/RetailDOWNTOWN TRAIL, small offi ce $250./mo. up to 1000ft. available. 250-368-6076

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Jack McConnachie250-368-5222

Fred Behrens250-368-1268

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Rhonda van Tent250-231-7575

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1252 Bay Avenue, Trail (250) 368-52221993 Columbia Ave, Rossland (250) 362-5200

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LISTING & SELLINGReal Estate is what we do!Call one of our Team for a no-charge Consultation.

Fruitvale $409,000Come and enjoy nature! Panabode Home on

10 acres with total privacy. Flat yard with Timber Framed Deck. 2 Wells – Great water. New double Shop with 10ft doors. Backs on to Crown Land

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Trail $123,500Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# 2214582Rossland $650,000Marie Claude 250-512-1153

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Montrose $345,000Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# 2389903Fruitvale $289,000

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Trail $169,900Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Rossland $199,000Marie Claude 250-512-1153



MLS# 2389093Trail $99,500

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MLS# 2389239Fruitvale $225,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Fruitvale $389,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# 2218695Rossland $345,000Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# 2211391Rossland $399,000

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MLS# 2216903Trail $449,900


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1894 Mountain Street, Fruitvale $69,000

Serviced and ready to go, this 66x105 generous lot is among new

houses and has gorgeous views. Bring your plans and break ground this Spring!

MLS# K213996.Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

956 Black Bear Drive, Rossland $318,900

4 bdrm home on 1.6 acres. Nicelylandscaped yard, large workshop/garage. Bright sun room with a gasfi replace and a large deck, second

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

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

2314 Thompson Avenue, Rossland

$229,0003 bdrm 2 bath family home featuring

fi replace, hardwood fl oors and hot tub. Nice patio area and fl ower gardens.

Come check it out!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

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4 Redstone Drive, Rossland $389,000

Latest design! Spacious 4 bedroom 2.5 bath home with double garage, great views of the Redstone Golf Course.

Ready to move in September!Call Richard (250) 368-7897

3892 Dogwood Drive, Trail $319,000

Renovated Glenmerry home with 3 bdrms and 3 baths. Features bamboo

fl oors, new windows and doors, new heat pump and furnace... and the list goes on. Outside has covered parking and storage

shed. Come see for yourself! Call Terry 250-231-1101

956 Spokane Street, Trail

$167,888PSSST! HAVE YOU HEARD? Downtown Trail is heating up! Invest in this 1250 sf building with established retail on main

and spacious residential suite up. Call for revenue details and be part of the buzz!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

8412 Theatre Road, Trail

$449,000Newer 4 bdrm home on 0.87 acre

private lot. This home offers private entrance, open fl oor plan, beautiful

kitchen and gorgeous gas fi replace with antique mantle. Also included is a large

(22x28) insulated shop. Call now!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1951 – 2nd Avenue, Trail $149,900

This character home is truly a “Diamond in the Rough”. Located on a fantastic, large lot it features hardwood fl oors, wood-burning

fi replace, and large dining room. Priced well below assessed value.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1922 Meadowlark Drive, Fruitvale

$297,900This lovely family home is located

minutes from downtown Fruitvale. It has many updates including a new kitchen.

Call today to view.Call Jodi 250-231-2331

2023 Hepburn Drive, Fruitvale $239,900

Come and view this great little home with a fantastic 0.5 acre lot and large double

garage.Call Jodi 250-231-2331

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Commercial Lease

Old Waneta Road

5,000 sq. ft. shop with 18 ft ceiling, in fl oor heating, offi ce space, lunch

room, washroom and shower. Large truck doors at each end.

Excellent condition and very clean. Good highway exposure and access.

C7 zoning allows a wide scope of uses.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 25th from 11am-1pm

1004 Regan Crescent, Trail

$227,9003 bdrm home in

Sunningdale. Vinyl siding, ac- u/g

sprinklers, 24 x 20 shop with ventilation. Mechanical upgrades - call your REALTOR®

for a viewing.Call Mark

(250) 231-5591

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 fl oors, fi replace, large dining area, patio and double garage.Call Ron and Darlene for a personal viewing of this fi ne character home.

1701 – 3rd Avenue, Trail$99,000

Secure building on a corner lot in a prominent location.

Great building, great price!Ron 368-1162 Darlene 231-0527

We Sell Great Homes!

NEW LISTING

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

OPEN HOUSESunday May 26 10am-12pm

100 Birch Avenue, Fruitvale $249,000

1599 Columbia Avenue, Trail $195,000

350 McAnally Street, Trail $79,000

100 Birch Avenue, Fruitvale SOLD

1599 Columbia Avenue, Trail SOLD

350 McAnally Street, Trail SOLD

Jodi Beamish ext 51Cell: [email protected]

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