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Thursday, March 24 • 2011 Vol. 6 • Issue 12

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Spring Fest ‘Smorgasbord’A veritable ‘buffet’ of activities at Red Mountain’s Spring Fest over the weekend left area skiers and snowboarders with more than

they could eat. The slopestyle event, seen here, saw a particularly high level of competition this year, according to organizers.Please see the story and more photos on page 16.

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Members of the Sustainability Commission (SC) are coming into the warm season with a spring in their step, advancing two major proposals — one on Rossland’s local trail system and the other to create a community energy plan.

Lea Th uot, manager of the SC, said there are plans afoot to part-

ner with Tourism Rossland and KCTS (Kootenay Columbia Trail Society) to do an economic impact study on the use of our area’s trail system.

“We’re looking for funding,” Th uot said, noting a few possi-bilities. Th e SC has applied for summer student grants and is in contact with the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). Most promising, however, is a potential partnership

with Tourism BC.“Th ey’re doing a study this

summer on the economic impact specifi cally of mountain bike trail use in B.C., and they’re looking for communities to take part in the study. We hope that Rossland will be chosen to work with them.”

Th e SC don’t have all their eggs in one basket. “Even if [Tourism BC] doesn’t come through, we’d still like to do it anyway.”

Th e SC is also moving forwardwith an initiative funded by theCBT to gather “baseline data” fora community energy plan, one ofthe key actions called for by Ross-land’s Strategic Sustainability Planto direct the town towards a betterfuture, as defi ned by the desires ofRosslanders.

Plans for trails and energy on tap for springANDREW BENNETTRossland News

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“We should have such an [energy] plan,” Th uot said, “and we want to create one, but we want input from the community.”

“Th ere are two piec-es to the proposal,” she explained. “One is to gather informa-tion on how best to support residents in energy conservation — what would help them move towards reducing their energy loads?”

“Secondly, once we get that information from them, we want to implement a strategy

to help them achieve their goals. What would best help? For example, if they want

education, we’ll help with that. Incentives? We’ll work on that.”

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David Livingstone of Rossland-based Empire New Media teamed up with Shaine Hainsworth of Strawman Design out of Nelson to take home the $1,000 champion’s prize at the “24hr WebDev Showdown” that began last Friday and went through most of Saturday at the Hume Hotel in Nelson, hosted by Tech Village.

Teams of two to fi ve of the most tal-ented web designers in the region fueled up on coff ee and competed to develop a website in 24 hours or less for a deserv-ing local emerging company or non-profi t organization.

“Tech Village is all about collabora-tion and bringing together the copious talent in the new media world we’ve got residing right here in the West Koote-nay,” said Andrew Zwicker, Tech Village board member and MC for the night.

Livingstone and Hainsworth put to-gether a content management system (CMS) for Winterbees, a new West Kootenay company that has developed breathable jackets for beehives to help bees survive the winter.

Livingstone said they joined the com-petition “for the sheer pleasure of devel-oping,” but also for the challenge of the time limit.

“It was also a rare opportunity to get in touch with other local designers,” he continued, “to network and learn from one another.”

He added that he was pleased to have a chance to give back to the community. “We really appreciated the opportunity to help a local start-up.”

Second place and $500 were earned by the Nelson Tech Club for developing a site for Gaia Janitorial Services, a new

local company dedicated to LEED certi-fi ed cleaning practices.

Team leader Brad Pommen was proud that their team didn’t use any templates. “In the spirit of the competition we liter-ally built the site from the ground up and coded it all by hand.”

Sean Melvin, owner of Gaia Janito-rial Services, liked the site so much he doubled the team’s winnings out of his own pocket.

Th ird place and $250 were awarded to I9 Design for creating an online gal-lery for Terraconta, the business of artist Anju Virginie Baysse.

Event organizers were already looking forward to next year as exuberant net-working sessions went late into Saturday

evening.Kelvin Saldern of the Kootenay As-

sociation for Science and Technology(KAST) said “the competitors all did afantastic job creating these beautiful sitesin just 24 hours and the recipients wereall excited and pleased with the results.Th e strength, creativity and skill in thelocal new-media sector is really impres-sive.”

Zwicker added: “To see the interac-tion and connections being made bothduring the competition as well as duringthe aft er-party was excellent. Th at is whatTech Village, at its core, is all about.”

Th e showdown was sponsored byKAST, Invest Kootenay, Tech Village,and Columbia Basin Trust.

ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter

Andrew Zwicker (left), a board member of Tech Village and the master of cer-emonies for the 24-hour WebDev competition, awards the $1,000 cheque towinners Shane Hainsworth (centre) and David Livingstone (right).

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April Verch, the fi ddler for whom styleknows no boundary, will give a workshopon Canadian fi ddle music at the Miners’ Hallon April 16 from 1 to 3 p.m., preceding herband’s performance that evening at the samevenue.

Hosted by the Rossland Council for Artsand Culture, Verch’s class will provide anoverview of our nation’s styles from CapeBreton, to Metis and French Canadian, tothe Ottawa Valley and out to the West.

Tunes will be taught by ear with a focus onbow patterns and ornaments to match eachregion’s style and to fi t with the variety ofdances such as jigs, reels, two-steps, polkas,waltzes, and aires.

Organizer Nadine Tremblay asks that par-ticipants register in advance at 231-7943 [email protected]. Th e cost is $25.

Th e April Verch Band will play at 7:30p.m. Tickets are $25 at the door or $20 inadvance from Out of the Cellar (2067 Co-lumbia Ave.) or the Charles Bailey Th eatreat 1-866-368-9669.

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In response to the calam-ity in Japan, Rosslander Da-vid McCarthy has teamed up with Byron Whitlaw of Are-aOne Events to co-organize a non-profi t Japan Disaster Relief Fundraiser at the Min-ers’ Hall on Th ursday, March 31, with all proceeds directed to Red Cross relief eff orts.

Highly acclaimed musi-cian Shane Philip will head-line as a unique one-man-band on didgeridoo, guitar, and drums with bare-footed vocals. Ranging from cool and fl owing to fi ery and up-beat, his earthy tones have earned glowing reviews across the country.

A local act, Th e Baked Goods, will open the stage, and a silent auction from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. will include donations from local artists and stores.

With more than 9,000 known dead and some 12,000 people still missing, Japan faces a long road to re-covery. Hundreds of power-ful aft ershocks took their toll on March 11 aft er one of the largest earthquakes ever re-corded, followed by a dead-ly tsunami that swallowed homes, and swept away cars, boats, and people.

“Japan now needs our help more than ever,” McCarthy said, adding that they chose to support the Red Cross be-cause it is a powerful symbol

of neutrality, impartiality, humanity and hope.

Th e Red Cross is work-ing to supply many relief items to aff ected Japanese

populations, such as fam-ily blankets, sleeping mats, hygiene items, and medical supplies and equipment. Th e Red Cross is also deploying emergency personnel.

For those unable to attend the show, donations to the Red Cross eff ort can be made at www.redcross.ca, your bank or at Drift Izakaya.

Tickets, $25, are on sale now at Rossvegas Boardshop, Drift Izakaya, and Clancey’s Coff ee.

For more about Shane Philip, visit www.shaneph-ilip.com

Artists or stores interested in donating items to the si-lent auction should email McCarthy at drift [email protected].

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A look into the po-tential of a three-way marriage between Trail, Rossland and Warfi eld has been re-jected by the Silver City.

“Trail’s No. 1 choice remains a Greater Trail municipal study,” said Dieter Bogs at a council meeting last week.

“In the meantime, since there are so many other irons in the fi re, we will look at an opportunity with Warfi eld. It’s the

easiest of all the stud-ies, that’s why we’re doing it at this time.”

Rossland was hop-ing to be included in the study between its sister communities, and sent out a request for the second time since last summer.

Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom be-lieves it’s about time the three communi-ties provided some information to their citizens, hoping some answers would pro-vide some closure to the topic he’s heard about for the past 50 years.

“It would show what the key issues are and where the benefi ts would lie — that’s the reason for it,” he said.

“Let’s discuss the is-sues, get the numbers out in the open and synergies out in the open and let residents decide if they want to continue with this.”

With a recent step toward some closure on a regional sewer deal, Granstrom said he was hopeful Trail would open up the door.

But a majority of Trail’s concerns per-

sist, explained Trail city administrator David Perehudoff , pointing to a pending regional recreation agreement.

“Th e way Ross-land has dealt with these matters serves to demonstrate how their involvement may only serve to negatively impact any sort of discussion with Warfi eld that could actually lead to restructuring,” he wrote in a report to council.

Granstrom later responded: “It’s a shame if that’s the perception of Mr. Perehudoff . We’re al-ways ready to fi nd inventive solutions to perceived problems. I think Rossland’s been more than open and willing to cooperate in these matters.”

Trail is also con-cerned with a poten-

tial property tax shift , Perehudoff said.

“Th ere is a sig-nifi cant gap between residential taxes in Trail versus Rossland. It’s a major diffi culty to facilitate an amal-gamation without a signifi cant property tax shift .”

Granstrom said: “Th at’s what Mr. Pere-hudoff thinks, but it goes back to the age-old discussion: Is it or is it not [a major dif-fi culty]? Why can’t we just study it and see if it is or it isn’t?”

Nevertheless, Trail is hopeful that a small study between the city and neighbour-ing village could lead to a broader study on amalgamation, but understands this information will not be gleaned by simply lumping its study to-gether with the one planned for the Bea-ver Valley.

“It would be ef-fectively impossible to look at each piece separately, it’s not a puzzle,” said Perehu-doff .

Trail and Warfi eld await proposals from three consultants be-fore making a selec-tion and getting the study underway.

—with fi les fromAndrew Bennett

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Coming EventsTRAIL GYMNASTICS CLUB Spring Sessions begin week of March 28. Register for preschool, co-ed, and boys classes only. Contact 364-5688. 1501 Cedar Ave, Selkirk College, Trail.THE GATHERING Mar 22 to 25. 3rd annual, at Red Mtn Resort. Collection of some of the best photographers from around the region and beyond. Tickets at Red.TUPPERWARE AUCTION Mar 25, 6:30-8:30pm, 2215 Washington. Bring old tupperware for trade. Contact Ona Stanton, 362-0081, [email protected] SLUSH CUP Mar 26, 8am to 3pm, at Red Mtn Resort. Ceremonial spring event: Water + Slush + Costumes = Crazy good times.EARTH HOUR Mar 26, 8:30pm. Pledge it to Fortis and power down for an hour.LEGION DANCE Mar 26, 9pm, music by Th e Best Of, at the Rossland branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. For members and guests.BORSCHT LUNCHEON Mar 26, 1-4pm, Eagles’ upper hall. Benefi t for Corbin Lew who is suff ering from a brain tumor. $6 for borscht, bun, dessert, and coff ee or tea. Call Nor-een: 362-9070. Quart of borscht and a loaf for $10. Preorder from Terry: 362-9562.SUSTAINABILITY CONVERSATION SERIES Next: Mar 26, 3:30pm, Café Books West. Free.DAFFODIL DAYS Mar 31 and Apr 1, 10am-5pm, Ferraro Foods, to support the Rossland Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. Contact Mary Hatlevik, 362-9452, to order.POSTURAL ALIGNMENT WORKSHOP Apr 2, 9am to noon, KP Hall, Trail. $30, register with Kerry Turner: [email protected]. Visit www.kerryyoga.com.SPRING SUPPER Apr 2, 5-7pm, St. Andrew’s United Church, $35/family, adults $15, age 6-12 $10, under 6 free.DUMMY DOWNHILL AND FINAL DAY AT RED Apr 3, 9am to 3pm, Red Mtn Resort.ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY AGM Apr 4, 7pm, meeting room. Everyone welcome.GREEN DRINKS Next: Apr 5, 7pm, Rockcut Pub, free admission. Topic: Global overpopu-lation. A group walk to the event begins at 6:30 at the Centennial Trailhead.FOLK DANCING - ENGLISH & CONTRA Next: Friday, Apr 8, 7-9:30pm, Miners’ Hall, New-comers welcome! $5 drop-in. Contact Dave Cornelius, 362-3319. INDOOR GARDENING TOURS Next: Apr 9, 6:30-8pm. $5. Hanne Smith: 362-7767.APRIL VERCH FIDDLE WORKSHOP Apr 16, 1-3pm, Miners’ Hall. Bring $25, a fi ddle, a tape-recorder, and intermediate skills. Register with Nadine: 231-7943.GNARLIE’S ANGELS VS BABES OF BRUTALITY Apr 16, Arena, Roller Derby action!SCOTIABANK MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WALK Apr 17, Trail. 20th annual fundraiser. For infor-mation, call 1-866-352-3997 or register at www.mswalks.ca.JOE HILL COFFEEHOUSE Next: Apr 17, 7-9:30pm, $3 for adults, free for students. To volun-teer or perform, contact Michael Giff ord at 362-7170 or giff [email protected] GUITAR DUETS Apr 19, 7:30pm, Rouge Gallery. Alan Rinehart and Clive Tit-muss play 16th C. Spanish to Fandango. $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 362-9609.FLOW YOGA All about Hatha with Norma Mahri every Mon/Wed, 5:30-7pm, École des

Septs Sommets (1st Ave. & Monte Cristo.) Call Rossland Recreation at 362-2327.YOGA WITH KERRY Après-ski Yoga (fl ow): Tues/Th urs. 6:30-8pm. Yoga for Peace (re-storative): Sun. 10-11:30am. At Better Life Fitness. Visit www.kerryyoga.com.MORE YOGA Intro class, Mon. 5:30-7pm at Better Life Fitness. Spin & Hatha class,Th urs. 9-10:30am below Subway. Contact Lydia: 362-5083, [email protected] HOP CLASSES For all ages. Contact Megs: 362-3381, [email protected] CLASSES Tues., Miner’s Hall, with Shauna: [email protected]! Mon/Wed 9:30-10:30am. Tues. 6-7pm, Miner’s Hall, dance with Amber: [email protected], 362-7447, www.zumbakootenay.com. $55 for 10, fi rst time free.INTERMEDIATE PILATES WITH JACKIE Mon 7:30-8:30pm, Fri 6:30-7:30am, at Better LifeFitness. www.betterlifefi tness.net. Drop-in $12 or 10 for $95.OUT OF BOUNDS FITNESS Indoor cycling, Drill Fit, Pilates, strength training, cardio,core, and more. 1995 Columbia, above the Subway. www.outofb oundsfi tness.com.SATURDAY MORNING GROUP TRAIL RUNS Meet 8am at Mountain Life (BMO building)and carpool to adventure. Free drop-in, all levels, year-round.WEDNESDAY GROUP SKATE SKI 6:30pm, with Gerald, meet at Black Jack trailhead. Free.LESSONS AT LOOLU’S LOST SHEEP Sock Class begins Mar. 29, Knit Class on Apr. 2,Cabled Wrap Class on Apr. 6, Sweater Class on May 1. $2 drop-in. 362-5383.KINDERCARE AT RED 8:30-4 daily, 18 mo. to 5 yrs, ski lessons for 3-5 yrs. Punch pass,$250/10 half days. Contact Jenny: 362-7384, ext. 237, [email protected] GOOSE Rhymes, songs, fi nger plays and stories, 10:30-11:30am, Th ursdays atMacLean StrongStart Center. Free, drop-in, for caregivers and young children.HARMONY CHOIR All levels, new members welcome! Sept. 8 to April, Wed. at 7:30pm,J.L. Crowe Music Room, Trail. Contact Tammy, 368-8399.KOOTENAY DANCE WORKS Ages 3 to adult. Ballet, African, modern and more. ContactRenée Salsiccioli at 368-8601 or [email protected] AT THE LIBRARY Fridays at the Rossland Library: Tots (ages 3-5) 10:15-10:45 am and Books for Babies (under 3) 11:00-11:30 am. Drop-in. A parent orguardian must remain in the program room for the duration.PUNK ROCK BINGO 9pm to last call, every Wednesday. Join Rosie and Katie at the Fly-ing Steamshovel. $3/one card, $5/three cards. Proceeds to local families in need. ROSSLAND RADIO CO-OP Join, volunteer, host a show. Meet the 2nd Wed each month,7pm at the radio headquarters, Rotary Health Building, 1807 Columbia Ave.ROSSLAND SKATEPARK COMMITTEE 6-8 pm, fi rst Tuesday each month at the RosslandLibrary. Come be part of the process. COLUMBIA DISTRICT GIRL GUIDES Columbia District Girl Guides has units from Ross-land to Salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted.SCOUTING For boys and girls, now at the Rossland Scout Hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7)Wed. 6-7pm. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) Th u. 4-5:30pm. Contact Shanna Tanabe: 362-0063.YCDC YOUTH NIGHTS Free drop-in, 1504 Cedar Ave, Trail. Call 364-3322 or [email protected]. Art Night: Tue. 7pm; Movie Night: Wed. 6-8pm.CURLING AT THE ARENA Rossland Retirees Mixed, Mon./Th u., 9:30am. Beginners wel-come. Call Bill, 362-9462, or Jim, 364-1051. Also Ladies Curling, Mon., 7pm. BINGO AND FILMS Bingo Th urs., fi lms Tues., both at 1:30pm, Rossland Seniors’ Hall.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BR. # 14 ROSSLAND General Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. onthe third Wed. of every month. All members of Branch #14 are asked to attend.ROTARY CLUB OF ROSSLAND: Weekly meetings at the Rock Cut Pub, Mon., 6-8pm. Allwelcome! Contact John Sullivan, 362-5278.DRIFT IZAKAYA Wednesday karaoke, Friday live music with Graham Tracey. 9pm GE

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and off , knitting, purling, increas-ing and decreasing. Th is class is on Saturday April 2 and 9 from 10:30-12:30 p.m.

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Th e BC Seniors Games are coming to the West Kootenays, August 16-20, 2011 and are being hosted in Castle-gar, Nelson and Trail. Th e 55-plus BC Seniors Games promotes active participation in fi tness and wellness in sport, recreation and education for BC Seniors. Th is annual four-day celebration attracts about 3,500 se-niors participating in up to 26 events. Th e Kootenays are classifi ed as Zone 6 within the province, and the goal is to encourage as many seniors as possible to participate in the event of their choice and to continue their interest in the months and years to come. Th e Zone 6 executive and sport co-ordinators hold monthly or-ganizational meetings to help seniors stay informed throughout the year and to enjoy some social events. For more information about the games, or to inquire about registering as an athlete, please contact Barb Roberts, zone 6 director, at [email protected] or 250-362-9489. For more info: www.bcseniorsgames.org.


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Looking at the mass of steel banisters and concrete below the kicker in the backyard of the United Church, one marvels at the kids’ plan to hop over the church sign onto a petite snow ramp to gravel and asphalt.

One may question their sanity, particularly since the majority of us lack the nerve and refi ned skills that give these young athletes the confi dence to consider such stunts.

Fundamentally, we respect our town’s dare-devils even as we believe in measured risks to reduce the potential for damaged property or worse.

Th e snowboarder made a choice, a choice that may have led to a victory of gymnastic pro-portions, but actually ended in boards smashed six feet down to concrete in a gnarly crash.

Th ankfully his bones were preserved.Some will fi nd reasons to criticize stunts that

could kill, maim, or otherwise stunt the athlete, and some will cry foul and “private property” under banners of liability.

Here, such opinions are unhelpful.In a world cynical about young people’s in-

tegrity, the young man deserves congratulation. He knew the right thing to do.

He displayed all the traits of a noble and excellent anarchist — not a so-called anarchist who willfully destroys property in a black-scarved tantrum, but one who, despite human folly, creates the kind of world that doesn’t need policing.

Th e story points to the beauty of a small community and the benefi ts of interconnected-ness and accountability.

Th e youngster picked himself up, immediate-ly accepted a man’s responsibility to account for the consequences of his actions, and promised to replace the sign.

His success will be a mark of honour and bring credit to his generation.


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At the School District 20 Com-munity Focus Group meeting held at RSS on March 3, attendees were put into groups, and were asked to answer three questions relating to the facili-ties report scenario 17B that they put forward.

Here is the scenario:

SD20 Suggested Facilities Plan

Based on the commonalities found during the scoring and analysis of op-tions (from Planning for the Future: Facilities Report 2010–2015), and on the board’s desire to consider the entire district, the suggested district facilities plan would move the district toward the following school and dis-trict confi gurations by 2015, or earlier as capacity usage and costing allows.

• Confi gure MacLean Elementary as K – 7• Maintain J.L. Crowe Secondary as 8 – 12• Close Rossland Secondary School• Move Late French Immersion to Robson Community School• Confi gure Twin Rivers Elemen tary as K – 7• Close and repurpose Castlegar Primary• Move Online Learning to Castlegar Primary• Move Blueberry Creek Commu- nity School services and programs to Castlegar Primary• Move District Resource Centre to Castlegar Primary• Move Itinerant staff to Stanley Humphries Secondary School

• Close Blueberry Creek Comm- nity School and Online Learning• Dispose of, lease, or rent on an operating and capital cost recovery basis Online Learning, Rossland Secondary School and Blueberry Creek Community School• Move the School Board offi ces to top fl oor of Trail Middle School• Lease and sell when possible the current School Board offi ces• Consolidate Operations to Waneta if, and only when, a partner can be found in Castlegar, Blueberry or Genelle for the Castlegar bus yard and wash bays

And here are the questions the board wanted the groups to answer, in relation to the suggested facilities plan above:

Focus Group Discussion& Response Questions

1.(i)Which parts, if any, of the sug-gested plan on page 12 make sense to you and are acceptable options for consideration?

(ii) Please provide a rationale and preferred timelines for your answer(s) to question 1(i).

(iii) Are there any additional con-cerns, considerations, or conditions that, if addressed, would increase your acceptance?

2.(i)Please provide your alternative(s) for those parts of the

suggested plan on page 12 that are not acceptable to you, and include a rationale and suggested timelines.

(ii)Which options or alternatives do you think would work best for YOUR community? Why? Suggested timeline?

3. Which is more important to you, facilities or educational learning pro-grams? Please provide a rationale.

4. Please share the three most important things that you believe the board needs to consider when making its decisions regarding the facilities plan.

At the meeting, the consensus was that only a couple of the parts of the above plan were acceptable, and that we couldn’t make decisions on what’s best for other communities.

Rosslanders were very united and clear in their desire — turn RSS into a K-12 school and MacLean into a Neighbourhoods of Learning/com-munity centre, so that we can have long-term K-12 educational stability in our community.

Th e board has stated that they will also accept individual submissions of answers to the questions, which are due by the end of March.

You can download a Word docu-ment with the questions on it, that you can fi ll in and email to [email protected] or if you prefer, email me at [email protected] and I’ll send it to you.

Alternatively, you can fi ll out the same questions on the sheets handed out at the meeting and either drop it off at the school board offi ce in down-town Trail, or fax it to 250-364-2470.

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Th e applause was loud and heartfelt for the music and dance performances at the popular Joe Hill Cof-feehouse on Sunday night.

Th e Golden City Fiddlers opened row-dily with seven fi ddles, three guitars, a man-dolin, banjo, tin whis-tle, and a piano play-ing foot stomping folk tunes.

Clay Gouin’s artful fi nger-picking guitar was backed up by Art Abrahams on bass.

Cydney Stread-wick and Jill Amantea of Kootenay Dance-Works and the RSS Dance Academy per-formed beautifully, Streadwick dancing ‘La Crowe’ with music by Bell Orchestre and Amantea dancing ‘Th e Storyteller’ to music composed by the Me-dieval Baebes.

Singer-songwriter Jen Jellet was another highlight. Visiting from Kaslo, she got un-derstanding laughter to her original, ‘All you want to do is watch the news,’ an ode to her partner’s odious com-pulsion to glue himself to media coverage of the world’s wars and disasters.

Local favourites Ja-net and Terry Marshall played an Irish lineup to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. Aft er some quick instruction, everyone joined in a lively cho-rus that chronicled the trials of living in Northern Ireland with a Protestant father and a Catholic mother.

Local folkie Marti Daniel sang richly with deft fi ngerwork

on his guitar, while Dan Charron crooned to his guitar and a per-cussive guitar back-up by Pierre.

Salmo local Kyla Hanna left silence be-hind her in a stunning solo act with clear, true vocals. Hanna invited musicians to come vis-it the new community studio that she and others have recently opened in Salmo.

Th e RSS Drama Club were in London, living on the spoils of many evenings sell-ing treats and refresh-ments, so Rossland’s Radio Co-op fi lled in with a spread of delec-table treats. Th e co-op’s Alissa Arnason — also the vivacious Dande-

lion of Dandelion and the Ditchweeds was pleased radio volun-teers pulled together for the last minute fundraiser so soon af-ter their big game show event last weekend.

Arnason was joined by ditchweeds Jordan Barca on banjo, Buzz Reed on mandolin, and Andrew Bennett on fi ddle to end the coff eehouse with a set that moved from jigs

to heartsongs to blue-grass old timey.

Organizer MichaelGiff ord put out anopen invitation to thecommunity to takepart in staging the cof-feehouse.

Th ose interested areinvited to a potluck todiscuss the future di-rection it could take— contact Giff ord fordetails at 362-7170 orwrite giff [email protected].

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Th e sweet sounds of two elegant violins and a reso-nant bass penetrated con-cert-goers with their emo-tion on Saturday night at the Rouge Gallery, the sixth in the gallery’s music series, an evening of indulgence that paired the trio’s mellifl uous tones with world-class wine and chocolate.

Organizer Nicola Ever-ton introduced Th e Selkirk Camerata as a group of Koo-tenay musicians who joined together “with a common love of classical music in mind.”

Accomplished violinists Wendy Herbison and Vic Neufeld played poignant melodies and harmonies in an enchanting discourse with the low tones of Alex Nichol on the bass. At-tempting to convey the grace of the bass, Nichol described his instrument as “a hip-popotamus in a tutu doing ballet.”

Th e trio played a selection of works by a number of famous Baroque compos-ers including Corelli, Haydn, Handel, Viv-aldi, and Bach, pref-acing each piece with its historical context. Th e group felt strong-ly that this centuries

old music is still relevant and alive today.

Nichol noted that the Ba-roque period — which ex-tended from around 1600 to the mid-1700s — made a lasting contribution to mu-sic in terms of both quality and quantity, setting new standards for composition and arrangements, and re-

sulting in a great prolifera-tion of new works.

Th e night wasn’t all music. Nichol, as it turns out, has long experience as a vint-ner and founded the Nichol Vineyard in the Okanagan, now operated by a new owner. Luckily for those in attendance, Nichol brought the vineyard’s award-win-

ning Syrah to sample.Before the intermission,

Trish Dyer, the famous chocolatier and owner of Th e Mountain Nugget, gave some pointers on tasting chocolate when paired with wine. She off ered guests a taste of 70-per-cent single-origin chocolate from the Caribbean island of Guanaja to accompany the Syrah.

Th ere was nothing left but to sigh and settle in for the second half of musical bliss.

Th e next Rouge Gallery concert will feature Music From Old Spain, solos and duets from the 16th century performed on period gui-tars by masters Alan Rine-hart and Clive Titmuss. Call the gallery at 362-9609 to reserve tickets, $12 in ad-vance, $15 at the door, for the show at 7:30 p.m. on April 19.

A trio from the Selkirk Camerata performs at the Rouge Gallery on March 19. Left to right: Wendy Herbison, Vic Neufeld, and Alex Nichol.

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Can you believe it? Th e Slush Cup has arrived, and the Dummy Downhill is not far behind.

Th is year’s 15-by-40-foot slush pool was under construction at press time, getting framed in by snow brought in from Snow Sports to the natural depres-sion beside the Red Chair.

“We’ve got a little bigger of a kicker

this year,” said Red’s Mika Hakkola. Th e 120-yard ramp will launch skiers into the pool before spectators seated in the natu-ral amphitheater outside rentals, or look-ing down from the day lodge deck.

Th e event begins at 11 a.m. and runs to 1 p.m. on March 27.

Registration is at the base of Red and prizes will be awarded in a variety of

categories, including biggest splash, best costume, and person who gets across.

Th ere’s more fun in sight. Saturday’s mogul mania (skier’s right of the T-bar slopes) will bring out the best in Erik Ka-lacis, Red’s general manager and a formi-dable mogulist.

“It’s like bringing out the old vinyl records,” Hakkola explained, relishing

the retro freestyle event. As for Kalacis’sprowess, Hakkola paused, “I thought hisold gig was ski ballet or something?”

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As the snow melts, it’s time to sow seeds again and Ralph Behrens, a medical doctor who originally trained as a profes-sional agronomist, is here to help, hosting the third Rossland REAL Food Sustainable Living Conversation at Café Books on March 26 at 3:30 p.m.

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in February, Scotty Miller — perhaps best known for his me-dicinal and delicious honey gar-lic sauce — passed on some of his experiences in farming and no-electricity homesteading to 20 keen gardeners and home improvers.

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On March 14, a group of young snow-boarders were shred-ding United Church pow from the alley down to First Avenue when one of their number accidentally demolished the con-gregation’s big sign.

Th e young man marched straight down the hill to city hall to inform them of the mishap and to off er to make amends.

“He was very upset and apologetic,” Lori Karn said.

“He wants to pay for the sign and replace it. We were all impressed by his honesty and his willingness to step up to the plate and take responsibility.”

“We thought this was very good of him,” said Patricia Piper of the United Church.

“Th ey certainly could have picked up their boards and left with-out saying anything.”

Th e snowboarder spoke with people in the recreation depart-ment and also to Dar-ren Albo in public works who directed him to Joan Hanson of

the United Church.Hanson passed the

message to Stan Bow-cock who, with his wife, originally paid for the sign to the church and had it manufactured.

Bowcock is uncer-tain how much the cost will be as the designer is on holiday for March

break, put a quote will soon be ready.

At that point, the United Church will send the bill to the young man.

“We hope he comes through,” Piper said, “and I really think he will.”


St. Andrew’s United Church, pictured last fall, before the white sign was damaged by a snowboarder apparently attempting to jump it.

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Snowboarder admits guilt, agrees to pay for damaged church sign


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It’s the end of the season and many of us are head-ing off for our summer jobs, spring vacations or new adventures. I fi nd at this time of the year I am always amazed at how fast the season fl ies by.

One day I am saying hi to old friends in Ferraro Foods, the next I am saying goodbyes. Some will come back and others won’t. Such are the hazards of living in a town like Rossland.

In the past few years, Ian and I have headed off to the U.S. Snowboard Association nationals, however due to Ian’s recent injury while competing at the X Games we are staying put this spring and I am reminiscing over last year’s trip. It was one of the best trips I have ever had; my girlfriend and I headed down to Moab, Utah in her Westfalia Camper for some biking.

I spent my days riding with old friends and mak-ing new ones, enjoying ev-ery moment of girl energy on and off the trails. Moab is a beautiful place to bike, hike and be outside.

It was three weeks of bik-ing, with a couple of days of snowboarding in the middle to mix it up — all my favorite things in one trip. It was a great way to kick start my biking season.

I learned that’s what I need. It puts me in shape, and gets my head in the game as well as my body. And it gets me so amped I have to go every day for the rest of summer!

Now that

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George Grey went out on top.

Th e Rossland cross-country skier closed out his career with the national racing pro-gram in winning style on Saturday by captur-ing the 50-kilometre men’s race at the Ca-nadian championships in Canmore.

Th e victory marked the third gold medal for the Black Jack Ski Club grad during the week-long national

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ning three gold medals in each of the distance races at the Canadian Championships in Canmore is a pretty awesome ending to a career,” Grey told re-porters.

Th e 31-year-old Grey has skied with the national team for 10 years, competed in two Olympic Games, and attended fi ve world championships. He teamed up with Alex Harvey to win a World Cup medal in

2009On Saturday, he still

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“(Th is) is the end ofan amazing chapter inmy life, and the start ofan exciting new begin-ning.”

GUY BERTRANDTrail Times Sports Editor

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Spring Fest, a marathon of activities up at Red from blues cruises to slopestyle tricks has kept everyone on their toes, even as participa-tion in some events suff ered because of such good snow.

"Th e season's been fantastic," said Red's Mika Hakkola. "Th e snow's shown up. Th e question now is, are we actually going to get spring skiing?"

"I think there's too much powder up on the mountain," Hakkola laughed, referring to the low turnout at Fat Tire slalom and the Cliff Dive race. "If it's powder and cold, people are skiing."

Some events had no trouble, however. Eighty people joined in the Poker Run. "It went off this year," Hakkola said. "Th at's a great and growing even Chantal [Lajoie] has done a great job with that."

Th e terrain park has been swarming with acrobatic stars who took two days on the giant air bag to cushion their huge airs, and a slope-style event to close Spring Fest on March 20 to stomp their new tricks on snow.

"Th e weather really played ball, sunny in the morning and soft in the aft ernoon," said terrain park manager Jordan Barca about Sunday's slopestyle. With over 50 competi-tors, Barca said this was the terrain park's most successful event of the season, "with a good mix of local talent and visitors from all corners of the West Koots."

"Th e calibre of riding far superceeded any-thing we have seen in a park comp until now," Barca said. "Th anks to everyone for coming out and throwing down."

Th e freeskiing competition on March 18 saw about 30 participants.

"It's a way for people to jump into freesk-ing in a fun and mildly competitive environ-ment," Hakkola said. "Th is is a friendly venue for those who have an interest in it and want to give it a try."

Although the Fat Tire Slalom was cancelled due to too few registrants, hard-cores Pete Kimtoff , Rory Belter, and Matt Titheridge took it upon themselves to carry their bikes up and race them down all the same.

"We'd like to try it again next year," Hakkola said.

With regards to the Cliff Dive, a long-run-ning event that saw fewer registrations this year, Hakkola said we may be seeing "a new contingent of skiers coming out," or suggest-ed, "perhaps too many events are going on. It's like a buff et — everything looks good when it's on your plate, but then you can't fi t it all down!"

Hakkola also noted that business has been good for the hill this year, with increased skier visits, and on-slope accommodations have "seen some increased use."

Looking back on the season, Hakkola thought the "crowning jewel was the Cana-dian Open [Freeski comps]" but was also re-ally pleased by new events such as the NorAm Ski Cross, or even the recreational Ski Cross Open that attracted 80 contenders, "people from young'ns to the master's category."

Looking forward, he was shocked. "Just over a week left , it's hard to believe."

Spring Fest off ers up quite a ‘buff et’ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter

Robson Fletcher photo

Rossland cross-country ski-ing hero George Grey was in the thick of the action at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Oslo on March 2, but this time with a video camera in hand rather than skis on his feet, cap-turing history as Canadians De-von Kershaw and Alex Harvey snag their historic gold in an in-credible race from behind in the Men’s Team Sprint Classic.

Th e thrilling race stunned the tens of thousands gathered in the stadium. Kershaw was in third place when he handed off to Harvey for the sixth and fi nal 1.5km leg. Harvey held his own and then, in the fi nal seconds, blasted up to fi rst in what Black Jack Ski Club president Wannes Luppens described as a “beastly fi nish.”

“It went dead quiet,” Ker-shaw told the Vancouver Sun in an interview that evening. “We shocked the world. Th e Norwe-gians have over 100 world cham-pionship gold medals and we just got our fi rst one.”

Th e win over Norway in sec-ond and Russia in third is espe-cially sweet for the pair who took fourth place in the same event at the Olympics.

George Grey’s footage is cer-tain to put a smile on your face, complete with his exclamations — and expletives — and the ju-bilant celebration of Canada’s team. It’s posted on YouTube as “Harvey Kershaw Gold from Team Perspective.”

Norwegian television cover-age of the gripping event is avail-able from VM Homenkollen’s YouTube channel as “Canadian Sensation.”


Video shows historic win through Grey eyes

TOP AND TOP RIGHT: Participants in the slopestyle competition do their best to impress the judges. BOTTOM: The three people who did register for the Fat Tire slalom (which was ultimately cancelled due to a lack of participation) took a spin down the slopes on their bikes anyway.

Lawrence Wright / www.blow-up.ca

march 24 2011 rossland news

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