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The youth participating in Art Night at the Rossland Youth Action Network space have been hard at work. On Monday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. YAN will host a book launch for Comics for Change, a book created by local teens during Art Night. Ellie Knox is working on a paper mâché dragon head to be displayed during Youth Week at an artwalk on Sunday, May 1. Art created by local kids will be displayed at businesses around town and participants in the walk will be provided with a map and ballot.

City announces fire services task force

CHELSEA NOVAKRossland News

After expressing concerns regarding the district’s expenditures on fire services, the City of Rossland has announced it will form a Fire Service and Emergency Services Review Task Force.

The purpose of the new task force is “to review the existing structure, and research other models for fire and emergency services delivered to the City of Rossland,” in order to find a more affordable, but equally effective model.

“They’re going to be researching the way other municipalities provide the service and find if there are savings,” said Mayor Kathy Moore. “I pretty much believe that whatever it is you’re doing, there’s probably a way to do it more efficiently, and not everybody has all the answers, right? So you go and you look, and see what other people are doing and you learn from best practices elsewhere, and that’s what I’m hoping will come from this.”

The task force will include five members of the public with experience in fire or emergency services, as well as one city staff member and Councillor Lloyd McLellan, who is also the city’s representative to the district.

The city last raised concerns when the Regional District of Koontenay Boundary’s (RDKB) East End Services Committee voted to create a firefighter train-ing position in June, adding to what the city already considered to be a high bill.

The RDKB’s 2015 budget allocated $3,253,000, or 17 per cent, of property tax requisitions to Kootenay Regional Fire Rescue, $511,000 of which was to be contributed by Rossland.

Those interested in joining the task force can apply by sending a written statement of interest to City Hall at 1899 Columbia Ave., Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0 or to [email protected].

The task force is expected to present a report to council by July 31, and the mayor hopes there will then be suggestions the city can take to the RDKB.Chelsea Novak photo

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The city wants to remind Rosslanders not to tie up their dogs downtown after a man received minor injuries last Tuesday.

The man, who doesn’t wish to be identified, was walking from the thrift store to the parking lot behind the thrift store, when a dog tied to a post lunged at him and knocked him over.

“He jumps out and

knocks my legs out from underneath me and I fall down the little hill there with my head in a mud puddle and my hearing aid is floating in the pond and my glasses are laying there,” he said.

The man soon report-ed the incident to City Hall, where staff noted that he had a bruised and cut forehead and cuts on his hand, and that he seemed badly shaken by the incident.

Mayor Kathy Moore reminds residents that

dogs should not be left unattended downtown.

“Dogs are allowed downtown on a leash, accompanied by their owner. They are not allowed downtown off-leash and they’re not al-lowed tied up anywhere down in the city core,” says Moore.

Anyone who sees a dog tied up downtown can make a complaint to the city, but the mayor says what the city would really like is for business owners to help out.

“What we’d really like is for business owners to help us with this, to let people know that they’re not supposed to tie their dogs downtown,” says Moore. “It’s a hazard.”

The man who was knocked down says he likes dogs, but the inci-dent was upsetting.

“Dogs are fine, but they shouldn’t be on main street, and what would have happened if that was a little kid? You know, it’s kind of scary,” he said.

As a new terminal building for the Trail Regional Airport inches toward shelf-readiness, provincial funding could help cover future construction costs nearing $2.9 million.

Trail council is just beginning 2016 capital budget talks so the project currently remains up in the air, but $8 million the B.C. Air Access Program announced last week, could help fund a new facil-ity and other airport improvements required after a few bumps in the road last year.

“The proposed new ATB (air-port terminal building) has been through Phase 1, which means we now have design schematics and solid pricing,” confirmed Kevin Jolly, Trail councillor and chair of the airport committee. “A com-plete package has been submitted to council for consideration and a final decision has not been made at this time,” he added.

“The airport is viewed as an economic driver for the region - it will be considered in the context of the other significant capital works projects that council is contem-plating.”

The air access program was an-nounced last March as part of “BC on the Move,” a $1.8 billion plan to repair and grow the province’s net-work of roads, highways, bridges and airports, over 10 years.

A message heard locally and across the province, was that avia-tion is critical to growing the B.C. economy and small airports are the best way to connect communities.

The ministry committed $24 million over three years for public airports, last year $6 million was allocated to fund a dozen projects at ten regional and municipal air-ports.

Plans for a new Trail terminal were in early stages during the first grant cycle, therefore not eligible.

Jolly says the city is exploring application requirements before

the April 8 deadline, and seeking clarification of the program’s ter-minology and how it relates to the type of facility Trail is considering

“Overall, I believe we are mak-ing steady progress at the airport in improving the facility with a view towards expanding that is connected to consumer demand,” he added.

There’s hope the grant program will lift another airport upgrade off the ground.

Trail council recently rejected five proposals for new security and weather cameras after the quotes varied in scope and came in well above budget, ranging from $33,000 to $80,000.

The project remains on the radar because updated weather cameras would allow TRA fore-cast conditions to be viewed in downtown Trail and at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital.

Additionally, a new security system with improved camera resolution is required to keep tabs on the property, especially during off-hours.

The need for the latter surfaced last summer when the city’s new parking machine was broken into during the evening of July 23 - and financial loss snowballed above

$12,000 before the machine was re-installed two months later.

“The credit card-capable park-ing machine was broken into just one week after it was put into ser-vice,” said Jolly.

The receptacle had to be shipped back to the manufacturer for repair, which added to a $7,500 “opportunity cost” over the 72-day period when the city was unable to collect parking lot fees.

The security and weather cam-era upgrades meet the require-ments for “maintaining safe and reliable airport facilities” and should be eligible under the pro-gram, added Jolly.

Through B.C. Air Access grants, the ministry shares costs with pub-lic airports on projects such as lighting and navigational systems, terminal building expansion or up-grades, and runway improvements.

These types of projects allow airports to improve safety, accom-modate larger aircraft, support more frequent flights and enable the continued growth of local and provincial economies. The program also encourages fund-ing partnerships with the federal government, local and regional governments, agencies, and the private sector.

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Provincial program could fund upgrades at Trail airport

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After only one week in use, vandals broke into the parking machine at the Trail airport, causing $4,500 in damage and thousands in lost revenue before the receptacle was ready to dispense tickets two months later.

Local man injured by tied up dogCHELSEA NOVAK

Rossland News

To follow up on direc-tions given by the Minister of Education, two addi-tional non-instructional days to support curricu-lum implementation have been added to the SD20 school calendar with one more added to next year. This brings the total of non-instructional days in this year’s calendar to eight. The new dates are April 15 and May 19. The days were mandated by the education ministry, but the choice of the dates is up to each dis-trict. The board consulted with a committee that included 18 teachers and district staff before select-ing the dates.

Amended budget for current year adoptedTrustees passed an

amended annual budget bylaw for the 2015-2016 school year in the amount of $42,208,388. The mid-term budget is balanced

and takes into account changes to items that were budget estimations at the beginning of the year and now have become actual income or expenses.

The revised budget also includes several grants re-ceived from the Ministry of Education and revenue generated by sharing ser-vices with other districts.

Revised expenses in-cluded increases to prin-cipal and vice principal wages, additional educa-tional assistant staffing and capital expenditures on portables for Glenmerry. Some of these expenses were funded out of one time surplus money and Natalie Verigin, secretary-treasurer for SD 20 warned, “This one time surplus money that we used for ongoing expenses is what some people call a struc-tural deficit. We have used one time money for ongo-ing expenses that can’t be sustained with current budget money.”

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Learning Centre gets funding boost

The committee for children and youth at risk recommended that $6,000 of the CommunityLINK surplus be allocated to Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre in support of resources and equip-ment for the Castlegar site. A relocation of the junior alternate program has meant that the facility being used is lacking some of the resources needed to run the program. The board supported the mo-tion.

Decision to rename Twin Rivers postponed

A decision to rename Twin Rivers Elementary and Castlegar Primary was postponed after much discussion. The board had previously asked that a committee consisting of stakeholders be formed to offer suggestions of a new name that would better reflect the change of con-figuration that has taken the two schools and joined

them into one school with two campuses.

The committee submit-ted a list of choices in order of preference as follows: Twin Rivers Elementary and Castlegar Primary School; Twin Rivers Elementary Columbia Campus and Twin Rivers Elementary Kootenay Campus; Twin Rivers Elementary School and Twin Rivers Elementary School– Castlegar Primary Campus; Twin Rivers Elementary School and Twin Rivers Primary School. The first choice reflects the fact that the committee was not in fa-vour of a name change. The committee also reported that two classes at Twin Rivers were surveyed and an overwhelming majority of students did not want any change to the current names.

Castlegar trustee Mickey Kinakin was in fa-vour of respecting the com-mittee’s recommendation not to rename the school. “We as a board need to be

sensitive to students and their parents as to what they want,” he said.

However, several other trustees including Toni Driutti and Kim Mandoli really wanted to see name suggestions that reflect a directive to join the two schools as one and did not like any of the given sug-gestions. Superintendent Greg Luterbach stated, “The status quo does not reflect that they are one school with two campuses.”

Twin Rivers PAC mem-ber Catherine Zaitsoff at-tended the meeting and spoke to the board during the public input time. She reiterated that students and parents have embraced the change to one school and are not confused by the current names. She also explained that parents need a name that clearly com-municates which building is being talked about when discussing things with their children such as where they will pick them up, where to meet a sibling or where an event will be held.

Rossland property taxes are some of the highest in the region and unless some serious cutbacks are made, they’ll continue to in-crease beyond inflation over the next five years.

That was the message at a com-mittee of the whole meeting held at City Hall last Wednesday to begin discussing the budget for 2016-2020.

Steve Ash, consulting manager of finance, gave a presentation to council in which he addressed the high property taxes Rosslanders already pay and how the city can plan to more forward this year, and over the following four years.

As an example, Ash gave the approximate annual tax on a $250,000 home. Rossland ranked highest when compared with neighbouring cities and other mu-nicipalities of the same population size at $3171. Property tax on the same home was estimated at $2513 in Trail, at $1995 in Castlegar and at $2197 in Golden (pop. ~3700).

Rossland’s commercial property taxes didn’t compare much bet-ter. Tax on a $211,000 business is estimated at $5251 in Rossland, $4567 in Trail, $4566 in Castlegar and $4531 in Golden.

Given that taxes in Rossland are already so much higher than in other municipalities, council may have to consider some deep cuts to future city spending to keep them from climbing even higher and driving away potential and

existing residents and business owners. Some of those cuts may even happen this year.

Ash presented three options for the 2016 budget.

In the first option, there’d be no changes to present city services, $50,000 would be added for the Trail Recreation Program (TRP) subsidy, salaries would increase two per cent, funds would be added to retirement and other reserves, Community Support Grants would increase this year and, and a GIS technician and foreman would be added to the staff. The results would be a tax increase of five per cent or more.

The only differences to the sec-ond option are that there would only be small adjustments ap-plied to reserves and Community Support Grants would be de-creased, rather than increased, allowing the city to keep the tax increase between three and four per cent.

In the third option, there would be no increase to reserves at all and the $50,000 for the TRP subsidy would be offset by a decrease to the Community Service Grants, keeping the tax increase in line with inflation.

The cuts in 0ption two or three would already impact the com-munity, but these are the just the measures needed to keep taxes down for 2016.

In the long run, the city needs to consider the expenses incurred from capital projects that are al-ready planned, as well as capital projects that will arise from its asset management plan.

Ash also presented three differ-

ent options for the next five years.In the first option the com-

pounded tax increase would be 124 per cent from 2016-2020 and would account for the Washington St. upgrade being in service and building reserves for regional sewer.

The section option would re-duce the the compounded tax increase to 114 per cent, but at the expense of cutting recreation by $150,000. Recreation has been thrown up on the chopping block because it accounts for over 20 per cent of the city’s annual expenses.

The third option would reduce the compounded tax increase even further, to 110 per cent, but would require cutting recreation expenses by $300,000 and would require tight control of discretion-ary costs, which include recreation, maintaining trails and supporting the library, museum, Miners’ Hall and other city buildings.

Last Wednesday’s budget meet-ing was only the first step in a lon-ger process; one of the city’s first steps will be to prepare for public consultation. Council directed staff to prepare a Request for Proposal to facilitate public consultation, which was publicly released on Tuesday.

Council also asked staff to make a recommendation on prioritiz-ing business plans for the arena, museum, recreational department and daycare.

At Monday night’s council meet-ing, council also voted to allocate $287,500 to community groups in 2016, though as of yet individual community group applications have not been considered.

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Rossland property taxes high, cuts could be madeCHELSEA NOVAK

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Provincial powers that be are quick to boast about a financial surplus in prosperous BC.

“But on whose back?” asks Katrine Conroy. “They keep say-ing, ‘we are doing so well’ — but who’s doing so well?”

After more than a decade in politics, the Kootenay West MLA has seen industries strug-gle, school districts unable to make ends meet, poverty rise, and an ever growing need for food banks in her riding.

None of these economic and social conditions are acknowl-edged in the government’s 2016 budget, she says, adding of par-ticular concern is the broken promise to make education a number one priority.

“They keep telling school districts they have to cut their low hanging fruit — well there is no more to cut,” Conroy told the Rossland News. “Kids are al-ready struggling and now they’re talking about making cuts to cleaning and buses.”

Being a mother and grand-mother herself, Conroy knows firsthand how quickly a bug can spread in the schoolyard.

She likens cutting essentials like cleaning products to stu-dents bringing their own pen and paper to class.

“I equate this to kids having to bring supplies and computer paper,” Conroy said. “What will it be next, cleaning supplies?

“Every kid will have to bring a mop and Mr. Clean,” she contin-ued, clearly exasperated. “It’s just ridiculous. Local school districts in my constituency are struggling to provide the education they know the students in this area deserve. The government has chosen not to address these im-portant concerns and is allowing the education system to suffer.”

Another budget letdown is the omission of Adult Upgrading Grants (AUG), she explained, referring to the program that helps adults demonstrating fi-nancial need who are enrolled in skills upgrading, education and training courses.

Conroy points out the matter

is of utmost concern, especially when course costs can near $500.

“I challenged the ministry when I gave my speech last night (Wednesday),” Conroy said. “I asked if they were going to be returning AUGs and ensuring people are going to get those grants.

“He (Andrew Wilkinson, Minister of Advanced Education) ignored me or yelled a non-sensical response,” she said. “Obviously they are not, or he would have been proud of that and wanting to share it.”

While she acknowledged a budget increase for the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation as a positive, Conroy questions if funding will trickle into the Trail office and improve service for local service recipients.

“I don’t know if this will actu-ally help the situation with the Trail office only being open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.” she explained. “People get there early to get in line, and then can’t be seen before the office closes — so they have to go all the way back to Castlegar and try again the next day. It’s a concern.”

Another budget increase fun-neled toward the vulnerable may look good on paper — but not so fast, Conroy warns.

She was speaking about a $77 monthly increase for those des-ignated Person with Disabilities (PWD).

That’s only for people who don’t require a bus pass or transportation subsidy, Conroy pointed out. Those that do, will

receive a much smaller amount.“If they buy a monthly bus

pass, they might end up with only $25,” she said. “Or they might get $77. But what’s that going to today,” Conroy added. “When there’s been so little in-vestment in helping PWD in this province for so long.”

Mentioning Inclusion BC, Conroy said PWD rates haven’t been increased since 2001 and people with disabilities continue to lose ground, year after year in their fight for the most basic necessities of life.

Changes to MSP (Medical Services Plan) premiums are another red herring, Conroy maintains.

“They are crowing about MSP, which just went up in January and there will be an-other increase in January 2017,” she said. “After that, you will no longer have to pay for children, which is great.

“However, if you don’t have children at home, your rates will go up. So for over a half million people in the province, the rates are going up.”

The entire medical system requires an update, she con-tinued.

“Even the premier said this is an old fashioned and outdated tax, then did nothing really to change it. Let’s get rid of it and find better and more cost effective ways to deliver health care.”

Next, Conroy weighed in on a local hot topic that she says was negated from the budget.

“There’s nothing about the

environment, natural resources or protecting biodiversity,” she explained. “They’ve brought these divisive policies that pit resident hunters and guide out-fitters against trappers and First Nation rights,” she said.

“They need to throw out those policies that have peo-ple arguing about who can go where, and what should go where,” Conroy added. “I know all these groups care about con-servation in this province and a healthy habitat for animals, so we need to be investing and working together.”

Finally, the Trail Times asked Conroy if the 2016 budget is geared toward next year’s pro-vincial election.

“Darn right it is,” she said, referring to the $100 million Prosperity Fund. “Only 25 per cent of that is going to accumu-late earnings for future genera-tions, 50 per cent will go into debt retirement of government strategic priorities.”

Clarifying that statement, Conroy said to her, that means the government wants to use the money prior to the election.

“There’s two things with this money — 25 per cent of that is for core government priorities in the future, and for me, that means the pre-mier’s private slush fund for photo ops and to buy people off before the next election,” she concluded. “This is not a budget for BC families, this budget rewards the wealthiest of British Columbians at the expense of all other citizens.”


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Dear Editor,I have volunteered at the Rossland Food

Bank for five and a half years and for much of that time have been acutely aware of the Food Bank’s tenuous occupancy of one side of the upper floor of the Rotary Health building. We knew that we operated from that building only at the pleasure of the city. If there wasn’t a need for a food bank in Rossland, we wouldn’t be there! Learning last week through the media that council had voted to sell the building to repay the $100,000 shortfall at the Miners’ Hall was extremely upsetting to all the volunteers. Your reporter’s call to “a representative from Rossland Food Bank” absolutely blindsided that “representative.” She felt she needed time to digest this devastating news and talk to other volunteers, some of which were unavailable. I think she was very surprised and disappointed that city council treated the Food Bank and its volunteers like we were invisible. I know I was. While we are not “tenants” in the true definition of the word, we are and have been occupiers that have vacuumed, shovelled the sidewalks, cleaned the bathroom, conscientiously paid attention to the thermostat. We also felt we were helping by leaving water trickling during severe cold spells to prevent frozen pipes because we knew how cold the building became. We could be called stewards of the building. Yes, the building is costing the city money and has no historic value but the good that comes out of that building is invaluable. In the Feb. 18, 2016 edition of your paper, that same reporter’s closing paragraph to her story was unfair and misleading: “A repre-sentative from the Rossland Food Bank declined to comment on city council’s decision.” Council made the motion and voted to sell the building. End of story — a done deal with not so much as a courtesy call or letter to any one of the volun-teers. What comment did the reporter expect? That we’d say how wonderful it was to support the Miners’ Hall renovations at the expense of food security for some Rosslanders? Or to say it appears that council places more value on an old building used for entertainment and activities that our clients can’t afford? To say theater has more value than helping the vulnerable? The ramifications of council’s decision will have an enormous impact on the Food Bank. Its vol-unteers have some hard decisions and equally hard work ahead of us. The Food Bank operates with seven volunteers. Due to family and life commitments, we haven’t been able to meet to discuss this “news” or envision what our future will look like. The silence from City Hall has been deafening but in spite of that, we are hoping to have a dialogue with the city.

Christine Ling,Rossland BC

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MLA says budget fails Kootenay West ridingSHERI REGNIER

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Finance Minister Mike de Jong presents the 2016-17 budget in the B.C. legislature Tuesday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

During public input, Mike Kent, coordinator of the Rossland Youth Action Network (YAN), encour-aged Rossland city council to sup-port a combined Youth Action Network and Rossland Skatepark Association submission to the Columbia Basin Trust Recreation Infrastructure Grants Program by endorsing the project as the prior-ity recreation project for Rossland for this round of grant applications.

“What this grant gives as an opportunity is for the skatepark guys to do some of the things that would not be prioritized in this initial build part; a lot of that being the landscaping, the berming, as well as relieving some of the pres-sure on the in-kind that is being sought and some of which has been confirmed,” said Kent.

The grant would also make it easier for YAN to refurbish its new building, including putting in a public washroom.

Later on in the meeting council voted to support the application, though Councillor Lloyd McLellan was concerned that YAN being included in the grant could jeop-ardize the chances of it being ap-proved, as he wasn’t sure that the YAN project was as “shovel ready” as the skatepark. Heath Clement spoke on behalf of the Skatepark Association to assure council that

the association didn’t feel YAN would jeopardize the grant and Kent assured council that the YAN building could be completed in 2016.

BC AssessmentRamaish Shah, deputy asses-

sor for BC Assessment Kootenay Columbia Region, gave a pre-sentation to council to address Rossland’s recent assessment in-crease. Overall, Rossland’s valu-ation went up 4.75 per cent this year, with 64 per cent of proper-ties changing somewhere between minus 10 per cent and plus 10 per cent. In particular council was in-terested in why Rossland’s valua-tion had increased, while Trail’s had decreased.

“We look at trends. So if we notice that properties, in general terms, are selling for more than what we have them assessed at — and I’m talking about the totality of sales — we’ll generally increase the values in that area. If we see a trend where the properties are selling for less that our assessed values then we’ll decrease the values in that area,” explained Shah.

The median sales price in

Rossland rose 3.86 per cent from $259,000 in 2014 to $269,000 in 2015, while the median sales price in Trail decreased by 1.08 per cent from $164,733 in 2014 to $162,950 in 2015.

Water and sewer rates raised 4.5 per cent each

Council adopted the bylaws to raise both the water and sewer rates 4.5 per cent, having received no objection from the public.

New guest house approvedCouncil approved a new guest

house at 2075 Thompson Ave.

Volunteers neededThe Rossland Museum and

Discovery Centre needs volun-teers to move things out of archives in preparation for Phase 1 of the renovation.

Show and tellDarrin Albo, manager of public

works, brought in a piece of dam-aged pipe that had been removed from a residence. There must have been a hole in the pipe for quite a while, as the water had worn a groove in the rock.


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Mayor Kathy Moore holds up a piece of punctured pipe and the groove that the escaping water carved in the rock. Chelsea Novak photo

What this grant gives as an opportunity is for the skatepark guys to do some of the things that would not be prioritized in this initial build part; a lot of that being the landscaping, the berming, as well as relieving some of the pressure on the in-kind that is being sought and some of which has been confi rmed.

Youth 12-18 years old are invited to participate in a ski film workshop instructed by Mark Shapiro. The work-shop will be in two parts, a classroom session on Thursday, March 3 and on-snow filming on Saturday, March 5. The workshop, presented by Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) in partnership with the Rossland Youth Action Network (YAN), is part of RCAC’s U19 Film Programming.

Shapiro is hailed by Powder Magazine as the “Godfather” of freeride ski pho-tography. He has been documenting the free-skiing movement since the 1970s.

Shapiro has strong beliefs on what makes a good ski film, storyline is a must and GoPro footage does not do it for him. In the classroom portion of the workshop, participants will learn the secrets to good ski films and have a chance to view examples.

The on-snow portion of the work-shop will take place at Red Mountain Resort. Participants will get the chance to work with freeride skiers and learn how to capture the best shots. They will spend some time getting footage around the mountain and some time shooting in the terrain park. This day is all about movie making. Participants do not have to be amazing skiers, they just have to have the desire to make films.

Cost of the workshop is $50, which includes lunch on Saturday. This is an incredible opportunity to learn from one of the best in the industry. There

are only five spaces available, first come first serve, so sign up quickly! Register at www.u19filmfest.com.

The ski film workshop is the first in a series of workshops RCAC and YAN will be presenting in 2016. This year marks the ninth year RCAC has been running youth film programming. Traditionally, the program has included one to two workshops a year followed by the West Kootenay U19 Film Festival.

“We wanted to try a slightly different format this year,” says Tara Kowalchuk, RCAC executive administrator. “We asked the youth in what direction they would like to see U19 go, and the re-sponse was they wanted more opportu-nities to learn and develop their skills.” RCAC listened, and this year will be presenting four film making workshops, followed by a film showcase at the Youth Variety Show on May 5.

The workshops, as requested by youth, will be:

• Ski Film Making (Mark Shapiro) — March 3 and 5

• Claymation (Shelley Painter) — April 9

• Special Effects Make-up (Carolyn Ferraro) — April 16 and 17

• Film Directing (Jason Aspell) — April 23

All workshops have limited avail-ability. Pre-registration is required, and can be done at www.u19filmfest.com.


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Library hosts TEDxLive eventCHELSEA NOVAK

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The Rossland Public Library live streamed talks from TED2016: Dream in Vancouver on Thursday at its TEDxRosslandPublicLibraryLive event.

The library streamed three two-hour sessions during the day, including the afternoon session, “The Dreams that Define Us.”

Speakers included Kang Lee and Angelica Dass.

Lee is a Canadian develop-mental researcher who studies how and when children learn to lie and who has helped develop a new imaging technology that uses conventional video cameras to show facial blood flow changes that can reveal hidden emotions associated with lying.

Dass is a Brazilian artist and photographer whose experience growing up in a multi-racial fam-ily eventually led to her ongoing photography project, humanæ. She photographs people of vari-ous races and uses an 11x11 pixel sample from their face to find the Pantone that matches their skin tone and then uses it as the back-ground for the photo. The purpose of the project is to record and cata-logue all possible human skin tones (humanae.tumblr.com).

Dass’s emotional talk went over well with Rossland viewers.

“I really liked the speaker. I liked her energy; I liked that sort of global peace feeling she had, [it] was really very cool,” said Mayor Kathy Moore.

“When somebody shares emo-tions, it empowers me to listen and learn more,” said Adrian Barnes.

TED first started in 1984, but the first six TED Talks weren’t posted online until 2001. Since then over 2100 talks have been made available online at TED.com, with the organization celebrating one billion video views in 2012.

People find the videos both in-formative and inspiring.

“It makes me feel hopeful and I get good ideas,” said Barnes.

“Using the spoken word you can

communicate much more quickly than through written media, and so you just have this extraordinary window into someone else’s world, and thinking, and experiences in quite a short time, which is ex-traordinary,” said Gail (who asked her last name not be used).

“They’re always so interesting, and it makes me feel there’s so many people doing such fascinat-ing stuff in the world,” said Moore.

This was the first time the Rossland Library had done a TEDxLive event and library direc-tor Beverley Rintoul had to apply to get access to the live stream. She’s hoping that next year the li-brary can apply to live stream over three days instead of just one.

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Attendees at TEDxRosslandPublicLibraryLive were invited to share their favourite TED talks on a bulletin board after viewing the live stream.

The Kootenay Robusters donated $5,000 to KBRH’s oncology department to purchase a vital signs monitor. This donation is made possible through Robusters calendar sales. Robyn Sofonoff, oncology manager KBRH (back row left), and Mike Conci, KBRH Health Foundation board member (back row right) accept this generous contribution.

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The Black Jack Ski Team returned from the Haywood NorAm Western Canadian Ski Championship in Prince George with great results including a golden sweep by Black Jack skier Remi Drolet.

The Rossland native’s versatility was on display at the Otway Nordic Centre as Drolet led the Black Jack ski team, capturing three gold medals in three events on the weekend.

The 15-year-old dominated in Friday’s 3.75 kilometre free skate taking first place with a time of eight minutes 45.9 seconds to finish over 40 seconds ahead of Ian Oliphant of Sovereign Lake.

Drolet followed that up with an explosive sprint on Saturday finishing the icy 0.8 km

course in a time of 1:51.07 for first place, 6.76 seconds ahead of Konrad Van Varseveld of Larch Hills Nordic, and third place finisher Ian Williams of West Kelowna’s Telemark ski club.

He capped off his great performance with his third gold medal on Sunday, winning the 10-km classic in 28:33.0, beating out Cole Turner of Williams Lake, and Ross Lamon from Strathcona who finished third.

Other highlights included Michaela McLean placing seventh and Sage Robine placing eighth in Junior Girls.

In Saturday’s Classic Sprint, Michaela McLean finished seventh in Junior Girls and Chiaki Yamamoto came eighth in Open Women. Daniel Merlo was eighth in Junior Men, while in Open Men Colin Ferrie placed

fifth, Scott Fraser came eighth and David Palmer 10th.

In Sunday’s 20-k Classic Distance Mass Start David Palmer broke away from the pack with five of Canada’s top skiers but faded in the end to finish fifth. Evan Palmer-Charrette of Thunder Bay won it in a time of 53:11.6, beating out teammate Andy Shields by one-tenth of a second. Patrick Stewart-Jones claimed third, while Black Jack’s Colin Ferrie placed 10th. Chiaki Yamamoto came sev-enth in Open womens 15-k Classic and Sage Robine came seventh in Junior Girls classic.

The Black Jack skiers helped BC take back the Western Canadian title from Alberta amassing 8,510 points. Alberta was second with 4,883. Yukon, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and NWT finished in that order.


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Drolet golden at WesternsJIM BAILEYRossland News

Police are asking for the public’s help in locat-ing a stolen vehicle.

A red 1985 Toyota pickup, with B.C. license plate KB 2134, was re-ported stolen from the Red Mountain Resort parking lot on Feb. 11.

Anyone with infor-mation on this vehicle is asked to contact the Trail and Greater District Detachment.

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Black Jack skiers compete in Winter GamesCHELSEA NOVAK

Rossland News

Two of Black Jack Ski Club’s competitive cross country skiers are competing in the BC Winter Games.

Jasmine Drolet of Rossland and Sophie Edney of Nelson returned from the Haywood NorAm Western Canadians in Prince George on Monday and then were off to Penticton for the games, which began today.

Both athletes were excited about the competition when they spoke to Rossland News on Monday.

“I’m super excited and kind of nervous,” said Edney, age 14.

“Yeah, I’m excited,” agreed Drolet, age 13. “I’m really happy to go.”

They both did well at the Westerns, with Drolet placing fourth in Midget Girls Classic Distance and Midget Girls Mid-distance Skate, and Edney placing tenth in the Juvenile Girls Mid-distance Skate.

Drolet and Edney qualified for the Winter Games at the Kimberley Kootenay Cup earlier this year.

Both girls have been skiing since they were somewhere around three years old, but Edney has been competing since she was seven or eight, while Drolet started compet-ing this year.

Top: Jasmine Drolet from Rossland placed fourth in Midget Girls Classic and fifth in Midget Girls Skate at the Haywood NorAm Western Canadians over the weekend.

Left: Sophie Edney from Nelson placed fifth in the Juvenile Girls Skate over the weekend.

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COMICS FOR CHANGE BOOK LAUNCHMonday, Feb. 29, 7 p.m. at the YAN space. Rossland Youth Action Network is holding a launch party for the Comic for Change book cre-ated by local teens. There will be an

awards ceremony, refreshments and a book sale.

OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUPMonday, March 21, the West Kootenay Ostomy Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. at the Kiro Wellness Center, 1500 Columbia Ave. in Trail. Scheduled guests are Svea Menard and Coleen Welton, ET nurses. For further info, please call 250-368-9827 or 250-365-6276.

MUSEUM SATURDAY CRAFTERNOONSStop in anytime Saturdays between 1 to 3 p.m. for Crafternoons in the Discovery Zone! Crafts and activities for kids of all ages. Free with adult admission. Parents can feel free to look around the museum while we craft with the kids. The Museum is openall winter Wednesdays to Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate available to keep you warm! Contact: 250-362-7722 or [email protected].

REC VOLLEYBALL AT RSSEvery Thursday night from 7:30

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Swing dancing lessons are starting up again at the Legion on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. We’ll teach each other our favourite moves. Bring your favou-rite swing songs on an iPod or USB memory stick. Spread the word!

ART DROP IN NIGHTMondays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. There will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists. Come hang out and get creative!

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTSMondays, 3 to 4 p.m. Girls and boys ages 5 to 7 years. Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118 to join.

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GROUPTuesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family Obstetrics Clinic, Fourth Floor Maternity, KBRH Trail. Share your experiences with your peers in an in-formative place for breastfeeding and bottle support. Whether you are an expectant mom, brand new mom, or a more seasoned mom, we welcome you!

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEYTuesdays and Thursdays, 9:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Join this fun, co-ed recre-ational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Please enter on Second Ave. This is fun, no contact, no pressure hockey! Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

GROUP OFFERS SUPPORT, INFORMATION FOR TRAIL FAMILIES LIVING WITH DEMENTIAThe second Tuesday of each month, from noon to 2 p.m. The Alzheimer Society runs a monthly dementia caregiver support group in Trail, for residents who want to prepare them-selves with current information that will help improve quality of life with the disease. The group offers the chance to exchange information and friendship

with others affected by dementia, ac-cess the most current information, and learn and share practical tips for coping with change. For more information and for specific location details, contact Julie Leffelaar at 1-855-301-6742 or [email protected].

MUSIC NIGHTTuesdays, 6:20 to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Drop in event for ages 12 to 18. How do you like to music? Come to the YAN Space and immerse yourself in anything/everything music. No prior music-ing experience necessary.

AFTER SCHOOL KID’S CLUBWednesdays, Feb. 3 to May 25, 3 to 5 p.m. Drop in for after school fun! Explore science, create crafts, and play games. The museum has tonnes of resources for kids interested in geol-ogy, science, history, and more! Bring a snack, and enjoy two hours of super-vised fun. For ages five to 12. Drop in $8/child for non-members. Buy a punch pass and get one free visit. Can also pre-pay by calling 250-362-7722.

GIRL TALK FOR GIRLS 14-18Wednesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Want some time to just relax, talk, and hang out doing cool things with other girls? We have all kinds of awesome, inclusive, creative activities for you at Girl Talk. No pressure, chillspace, girls only! Free.

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communityFor almost 120 years the Rossland Miners’ Union

Hall has been the heartbeat of our community. It’s here that we’ve gathered to dance, to sing, to marry, to celebrate, and to say goodbye. Now the grand old girl is entering an exciting new phase in her life and the life of our community. And she needs your help!

The Attic Renovation Project — slated to begin this summer — is entering its last stages of fundraising. With $310,000 of $491,000 secured, the Rossland Council for Arts & Culture (RCAC) is pushing hard to secure the last of the funding needed to transform the existing cold and dusty attic space to a warm and inviting gathering spot. The renovation will create a multi-purpose room, meeting lounge, kitchenette, storage, washrooms, as well as a performers green room.

“We were contacted by a community member last month, who offered to contribute $10,000 to the attic renovation if the community would match that amount. Since then, several other donors have added to the pot, and we now have $25,000 available for matching,” explains Renate Fleming, RCAC president.

The Attic Reno Matching Fundraiser launches Feb. 17 and will only run for 30 days.

“Coincidentally, our final donation day is March 17, St Patrick’s Day,” laughs Ann Damude, who is volunteering with the campaign. “So we’re telling folks that for every dollar donated, some generous local leprechauns will match their donation, dollar for dollar, from their $25,000 pot of gold.”

And RCAC, working with the City of Rossland is making it easy for the community to donate. Donations can be made through local on-line fund-raising site YODEL, minershall.yodel.org or you can walk into City Hall or Nelson & District Credit Union and deliver your donation. Any donations over $25 are eligible for a tax receipt.

“This is a great opportunity for community mem-bers to make their contribution really count. Together we can turn $25,000 into $50,000,” states Fleming, “and create new spaces in the Miners’ Hall that will benefit the whole community for another 120 years.”

For more information on the matching campaign, contact Ann at 250-362-5617 or [email protected]. More information on the Miners’ Hall Renovation & Restoration project can be found at rosslandartscoun-cil.com/Miners-Hall.

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Opportunity knocks for women delving into the tradesEncouraging women to enter the trades

isn’t as simple as fitting them with a tool belt.But as the trades discovery program for

women wraps up Feb. 16, program coordinator Julie-Claire Hamilton looks back on a term even more successful than she’d imagined.

“These women have a good attitude and are keen to learn,” says the electrical foundation instructor. “Seeing the passion as they discover and study has been amazing.”

Hamilton has more than a decade of ex-perience as a journeyperson electrician yet she knows the challenge of breaking into the industry as a woman.

“There’s a whole culture coming into the trades. Just putting your hands on a power tool can create intimidation for women.”

At just 18, recent high school graduate Indie Nelson jumped at the chance to take the 14-week program offered by Selkirk College.

“I wanted to see if being a tradesperson was a good fit for me,” she says.

Early in the program Nelson and her class-mates had the opportunity to try an array of hand and power tools.

“Before that, I’d really only handled a ham-mer,” she says. “I think it’s really important to feel comfortable using them.”

Though she determined a career in the trades wasn’t for her, she says the trades discovery program has given her a great deal of self-confidence to take with her into the work force.

“I will feel a lot more comfortable working with men in any industry,” she says.

The trades discovery program for women offered a classroom component at the Greater Trail Community Skills Centre followed by

hands-on experience in the shops at Selkirk’s Silver King campus in Nelson. Funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education, it ran for 14 weeks introducing women to seven dif-ferent trades.

Opening the door for women in trades is all about making them feel confident to enter a field still dominated by men, a field also demanding skilled employees.

For many of these students, having work prospects is a huge motivating factor.

“I think of myself as an academic, in the sciences, but I don’t have a job,” says student Amanda Patt. “This was discovery for me.”

Hooked at the get go, she credits “world-class” instructors and a well thought out pro-gram.

Says classmate Deb Randall, “This is just a great way to discover what the trades are about before taking that great leap.”

She’s looking for a new line of work after spending 16 years overseas in the legal profes-sion. Home in the Kootenays, her profession didn’t translate.

“And I have always been interested in doing it myself and using my hands,” says Randall, 53.

So has Laura Nash, 32. She spent a lot of time in the shop in high school and loved getting her hands dirty. This Selkirk program was a passion rediscovered. The woman recently moved to the Kootenays from Victoria and took the discovery program almost on a whim. The program had her hands on in a greater capacity than she ever expected.

Interested in pursuing further studies in welding and metal fabrication, she is hooked.

“There is something so satisfying about

working with fire, metal melting, sparks. It’s all fun stuff. The bigger the mess, the more I like it,” she says.

Academic skills acquired, the women spent the majority of the latter part of the program hands-on building a doghouse and a metal

tool box along with wiring the electrical shop, for example. Tickets useful for getting jobs in the trades such as confined space, industrial rigging, fall protection and forklift operations were also taught.

The discovery included a valuable two-week job shadow component at Teck, Kalesnikof Lumber, XL Quality Industrial Services Inc., and the ITC Construction Group out of Vancouver which is working on the Nelson Commons project.

This gave students the opportunity to check out many different elements of the trades and gain exposure to a variety of worksites and employers.

“They get to see what those tradespeople do in an industrial, commercial and residential environment. It’s always a lot different than the shop,” program coordinator Hamilton says. “It’s fantastic that these community-minded companies are also encouraging women to get into the trades.”

All the students have high praise for Hamilton as a mentor. They admire her skills and the respect she gets in the industry.

“She just has such a passion for her line of work. It’s contagious,” says Nash.

Two of the 14 women enrolled in the dis-covery program have already entered into a foundation program at Selkirk College, one in carpentry and the other in metal fabrication.

Selkirk College looks forward to offering another trades discovery program for women next school year with support from the Ministry of Advanced Education. If additional fund-ing is available, they hope to offer a similar program for youth.

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Just out of high school, Indie Nelson wanted to see if entering the trades would be a good fit for her. She took part in the 14-week trades discovery program for women and gained valu-able experience and confidence. Submitted photos


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The School District is seeking applications from qualified persons for the following positions:Heavy Duty Mechanic (Regular):• Certificate of Qualification in the trade with

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• Proven experience and demonstrated skills in the techniques, tools, equipment and safety precautions pertaining to the maintenance of service vans, trucks, grounds keeping equipment, heavy mobile equipment, and buses;

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with possibility of extension• Rate of Pay: $31.45/hr + 13.4% in lieu of benefitsFor full position details including qualifications and how to apply please refer to the Careers with SD20 section of our website at www.sd20.bc.ca. Completed applications should be sent to Mrs. Marcy VanKoughnett, Director of Human Resources, School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia), 2001 Third Ave, Trail, B. C. V1R 1R6 (Fax: 250-364-2470) by Monday, February 29, 2016 @ 12:00 Noon. Please submit electronic applications to: [email protected]. It is understood that applicants agree to confidential reference checks of all previous employers.

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Community Futures Greater Trail is a dynamic, volunteer board-driven organization looking to increase its Board of Directors. Interested individuals should be regionally-minded with experience in one or more of the following areas: commercial lending, accounting, business management, community economic development, signifi cant entrepreneurial experience. Previous volunteer experience and/or board participation is considered an asset.

In order to ensure equitable regional representation, we are looking for applications from individuals who work and/or reside in Rossland, Warfi eld, Trail, Montrose, Fruitvale, and RDKB Areas A & B.

Successful candidates will have community and client values consistent with those of the current Board of Directors, committees, and staff.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a resume, personal biography, and cover letter to the attention of Don Freschi, General Manager: [email protected] or mail to 825 Spokane Street, Trail, BC, V1R 3W4.

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Ecosociety and Sutainability Commission screen documentary

Join us on Sunday March 6 at 7 p.m. at the Rossland Miners’ Union Hall for the screening of Patagonia’s Jumbo Wild — a gripping, hour-long documentary film by Sweetgrass Productions that tells the true story of the de-cades-long battle over the future of British Columbia’s iconic Jumbo Valley.

The Jumbo Valley, located deep in the wilds of British Columbia’s Purcell Mountains, has long been revered for its spiritual signifi-cance and beauty. To the Ktunaxa Nation, it is known as Qat’muk, home of the grizzly bear spirit.

Part of a crucial international

wildlife corridor, the Jumbo Valley is one of only two remaining areas in North America where bears can freely roam between Canada and the US. The Ktunaxa First Nation’s Qat’muk Declaration asserts that the Jumbo Valley is of significant spiritual and ecological impor-tance and calls for its permanent protection.

For nearly 25 years, local people — First Nations, skiers, riders, al-pinists and conservationists like BC’s West Kootenay Ecosociety and Wildsight — have fought a proposed large-scale ski resort in Jumbo. Set against a backdrop of incredible backcountry ski and

snowboard footage, Jumbo Wild documents all sides of a divisive issue bringing the passionate local fight to protect the Jumbo Valley to life for the first time.

Jumbo Wild is presented by the West Kootenay Ecosociety and the Rossland Sustainability Commission. Montana Burgess from the WK Ecosociety will introduce the film with a short discussion of the Ecosociety’s ad-vocacy initiatives including Jumbo Wild.

Doors at 6:45 p.m. with the film at 7 p.m. Tickets at the door by donation. Suggested donation $8 for adults.

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Back Row L-R: Coach Cindy Reich, Elle Ballendine, Erin Flood, Adam Heale, Loren Corkill, Morgen Corkill and assistant coach Larissa Verhelst. Front Row L-R: Emma Bruckmeier, Audry Hall, Brian Chan, Ellie Kermode and Kiri Stevens. Not pictured: Everest Williams.

ROSSLAND FIGURE SKATERS SHONE AT REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Don Vinish of the Rossland Lions Club was handing out financial sup-port to groups in Greater Trail. The club donates 100 per cent of the profits it generates to local people and other worthy causes, says Vinish.

Ken Potter of Sanctuary House in Trail.Mia Gardiner of the Trail office of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Richard Reid of the Rossland Winter Carnival Committee.Bob Flegal of the Railroad Modellers of the Rossland-Trail area.

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