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The meter is now running for people looking to stop the advance of smart meters into the con-fines of the West Kootenay.

FortisBC filed an application with the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) July 26 for the installation of around 115,000 meters in the West Kootenay and the Okanagan, thrusting the appli-cation review process—and the hot potato topic of smart meters—into the public sphere.

That means time is of the essence for people to convince the BCUC powers that be to rule against the application and the project mandated by the provincial govern-ment’s Clean Energy Act. The deadline for public input has not yet been set.

Once the FortisBC application is approved by the BCUC, people will not be able to choose whether they have a smart meter installed or not. On July 25 BC Hydro told the City of Fernie council that residents would not be given the option to opt out of hav-ing a smart meter

installed.Instead, Cliff Paluck, co-chair of the Kootenay

chapter of Citizens for Safe Technology (CST), said people need to rally right now and make their voice heard in the review process.

The CST is now applying for intervener status—a participant who intends to fully partici-pate in the review process—to have someone get up and speak before the commission.

“We need to intervene and we need to makeSee OVER, Page 3

Opponents have small window of opportunity to protest

HOW IT WORKSAccording to the FortisBC website, advanced meters look similar to existing digital elec-tricity meters, but provide more information.Smart meters digitally measure electricity usage, sending the data periodically (four to six times a day) through a two-way connection to FortisBC. The information collected from advanced meters is similar to the information collected today from meter readers, however, advanced metering allows for more frequent updates of the information.The hourly metering data is available to customers on a secure website where they can monitor electricity consump-tion.The actual switching of meters for FortisBC electricity custom-ers would involve a service outage to allow FortisBC crews to remove the old meter and replace it with the advanced meter.

Source: FortisBCBY GUY BERTRAND

Times StaffThe new metal theft law

in B.C. is proving tougher on paper products than on thieves of precious metals.

The law, passed last week, is aimed at stemming the flow of transactions involving high-value metals.

The province wants to remove the anonymity

involved in the sale of metal by requiring scrap metal deal-ers and recyclers to request valid identification.

However, instead of cut-ting crime, Columbia Recycle owner Brad Fyfe said it has only created more paper work.

“We have to fill out two sets of forms and send one copy to the RCMP every night,”

explained Fyfe. “If it doesn’t get done we get fined.”

He added the new law also prevents dealers from paying anything worth over $50 in cash. Cheques must be issued for any item above that amount.

Columbia Recycle has been hit by metal thefts in the past, including losing several tools a few months ago. However,

no charges have been laid, said Fyfe.

As for the new law, he doesn’t see it stopping the rash of metal theft around the province as commodity prices remain high.

“It won’t (stop it),” said Fyfe. “Because the thefts are after the fact. They have to stop it before it happens.”

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BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff

Public transit usage in the Kootenay Boundary has dropped, prompting a recent attempt at bolstering the ser-vice with added routes and stronger regional ties.

BC Transit revealed Monday that the Kootenay Boundary Transit System’s ridership was down 4.8 per cent in the last year, according to figures pulled from their annual report.

The drop corresponded to a School District 20 (Kootenay Columbia) re-structuring of routes and expansion of cover-age, said Meribeth Burton, BC Transit’s corporate spokes-person.

“So there was overlapping of transit services between us and the school district because we used to provide trips for students,” she said.

In 2011-2012 Kootenay Boundary Transit had a total of 286,190 rider trips, over 13,000 less than in 2010-2011 when there were 300,551 rider trips.

As a result, BC Transit plan-ners worked with Trail and other local governments last winter to find some efficiency in the delivery of the transit system.

In March service improve-ments in the region were implemented, including

extending the hours of early evening runs, more trips dur-ing the workday along the cor-ridor, and introducing Friday late night runs on the most populated routes.

Since March ridership has risen, on average, two per cent each month in the Kootenay Boundary.

The next task will be to further structure the region-al transit system to entice a new group of riders into regu-lar usage of the service, said Burton.

“We need to look at how we make it so (transit) is really efficient and attractive for the broadest group as possible so our numbers aren’t depend-ent on one ridership base like students,” she said.

Some of those answers lie within the regional transit committee—struck earlier this year between the major play-

ers in West Kootenay transit delivery—with regional fare structures and better connec-tivity.

The regional committee was intended to bring integra-tion to nine separate operat-ing systems, including the one serving Greater Trail.

By September the com-mittee will develop a single schedule system and regional fare structure, creating a uni-fied regional system whereby a person who boards a bus in Trail could travel through Castlegar to Nelson having only paid once.

The regional committee will help unite service between Nelson, Trail, Castlegar, Kaslo, Nakusp and the Slocan Valley

In contrast to the Kootenay Boundary Transit System’s woes is the success enjoyed by its neighbour, Castlegar Transit. The service saw a 61

per cent rise in ridership, the highest gain in the province.

However, expanding the service from one to six routes within the city helped pad up the numbers, said Burton, since there was only a cor-responding revenue rise of 20 per cent.

“It changed the way they do boarding, the way the whole system worked,” she said. “But even a revenue jump of 20 per cent is phenomenal.”

Funding for the Kootenay Boundary Transit System is cost shared between the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and BC Transit.

Decisions about fares, routes and service levels are made by the regional district based on information and planning from BC Transit.

The transit systems are operated by Trail Transit Services Inc.

Companies need to take some responsibilityFROM PAGE 1

He added the law would simply push thieves across the border to sell their bounty

Columbia Recycle has taken steps to be more dili-gent when it comes to lock-ing up materials after hours and increasing security, explained Fyfe.

However, he pointed to

companies like BC Hydro and FortisBC that need take some responsibility for securing its material, which is often eas-ily accessible for thieves.

The B.C. Metal Dealers and Recyclers Act is the first provincial legislation of its kind in Canada, said the Ministry of Justice.

In a ministry release, it stated that over $10 million

in copper wire theft alone hit Telus in 2011. Other met-als favoured by thieves are aluminum, bronze, brass, lead, nickel, zinc and mag-nesium.

The regulation also cov-ers specific metal objects like metal traffic control lights, signals and signs, sewer grates, manhole covers and metal grave markers.

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With over $1 million at stake, there is naturally some appre-hension about the upcoming outdoor swimming park/lazy river project at Twin Rivers Park now that the area has been under water for a couple of weeks.

“The distinguishing part is that it has now been identified,” said Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff. “This is a high, high water level. It makes it easier for us to design because now it puts into play this is where the high water level would be in an extreme year.”

Of course, the million-dollar question, or $1.3 million to be exact, is whether this summer’s absurd weather is an anomaly or

an indication of things to come.“The question is: ‘is this a 50

year event or a 20 year event or a ten year event?’,” said Chernoff. “This is something we need to look at. So when we come in to design we’ll really look at this and see how we need to design the whole facility.”

Chernoff says there is no plan to move the project.

“There’s a plan. The plan’s still in place and it’s still work-able,” he said. “When it comes to the engineers and they’ll have a look at it and the level of the river - they may change it. We’re hoping it’ll stand with the berm being built and really keeping the water out of that area. It’s workable at this stage. But it may change once the engineers

have a look at it because now we’ll received extreme levels of water at Millennium as everyone is well aware.”

In some ways, the high river levels and flooding at Twin Rivers Park is a positive, as it allows the City to plan for extreme weather and river conditions.

“When you look at it, ‘does it have the ability to happen again?’ Yes it does,” he said. “If you know what the level is now, you have to be prepared to do this on an ongoing basis. It’s really about protection for our project. It’s one and a half million dollars. To look at it and have it not be workable? No. We now have identified the level of water and that will come into the design of the project.”

FROM PAGE 1our case heard, and we need to make it loud,” Paluck said. “It is our one kick at the cat.”

The application could affect homes throughout Greater Trail, the West Kootenay and the Okanagan, except for Nelson, Grand Forks and Penticton where they have their own utilities.

Although the review process timeline has not been set, BCUC’s director of policy, planning and cus-tomer relations, Alison Richter, said the standard review proced-ure will involve a local public w o r k s h o p — a n information ques-tion-and-answer session.

“Then we do written hearings or oral public hearings. It all depends really on what the util-ity proposes and what the interven-ers propose,” she said.

I n t e r v e n e r s could be private companies or individuals that register with the BCUC applica-tion process to be heard.

More than 50 communities throughout the province have passed resolutions requesting either an opt out option or a moratorium on the smart meters, including the Village of Montrose and the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB).

In May, Montrose village council carried a motion supporting a mora-torium on the installation of smart meters in the community, while the RDKB backed a Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) motion that called for a moratorium on smart meters until more research was shown.

Area A Director Ali Grieve brought the resolution to the board of directors meeting, and recently completed a mini survey on smart meters, with a fairly close split for and against their usage.

“Some people are still express-ing some serious concerns about

health issues,” she said. “People are still split and I would like to see some better information come out to people to address what their specific health concerns are.”

The advanced meters communi-cate directly with FortisBC and pro-vide electricity consumption infor-mation directly to customers.

The energy the meters emit has caused concern amongst many people who want the installation

of the meters stopped.

“There is still a lot of concern and fear, and perhaps it is unjustified, but then let’s have a meeting and talk about it,” Grieve said.

S h o u l d FortisBC receive a positive decision on its $48-mil-lion advanced metering infra-structure (AMI) project, the util-ity would pro-ceed to upgrade its electrical grid by exchanging close to 115,000 manually read meters in 2014 and end with advanced meters by the end of 2015, incorpor-ating the sup-porting hardware and software.

A l t h o u g h FortisBC corpor-

ate communications advisor Neal Pobran would not comment on if people could block installation of the meters, he noted FortisBC cus-tomers had some say on where the meters could be located on their property.

“What we’re doing is we are working with customers to move their meters to different spots on their property,” he said. “If they want to they can put it somewhere else, like on a garage, if they want to move it.”

To date, 1.5 million of the pro-posed 1.87 million smart meters have been installed across the prov-ince.

People can always send com-ments to the BCUC, and their com-ments will be considered as part of the review process.

Over 50 communities support moratorium

BECOMING INVOLVED

To register as an active or non-active intervenor, write to the Commission Secretary (http://www.bcuc.com/RegisterIndex.aspx) and provide the following information:

• Your name • Mailing address • Telephone number • Email address (if applic-

able) • Name of organization you

are representing • Include a description of the

scope and nature of your inter-est in the application.

An active intervernor is a par-ticipant who intends to fully par-ticipate in the review process. Active intervenors will receive copies of the application, all correspondence and filed docu-mentation.

A non-active intervenor is a participant who does not intend to fully participate in the review process, but wishes to receive all filed documentation with the option of making a submission in regard to any issues that may arise.

BY JONATHAN ARENSONFernie Free Press

BC Hydro’s new smart meters may help local the RCMP in bust-ing marijuana grow operations.

BC Hydro recently began installation of 10,000 smart meters across the Elk Valley. Along with the new smart meters, BC Hydro created two new investigator positions in Cranbrook, said Sgt. Dave Dubnyk with the Elk Valley RCMP. Their

primary objective is to detect and investigate hydro theft.

“Often hydro theft and marijuana grow operations go hand in hand. When appropri-ate we will work with those investigators.”

At the July 16 Sparwood council meeting, Dubnyk pre-sented the Elk Valley RCMP’s first quarterly report.

Dubnyk said there has been three mari-juana grow operation

busts in the Elk Valley in this fiscal year, which runs from April 2012 to March 2013.

“Every year we do a consultation with all our mayors and coun-cils to see what every-body’s main concerns are for policing prior-ities,” said Dubnyk. “Inevitability in every town drug and alcohol abuse is always high on the list.”

One of the Elk Valley RCMP’s initiatives is to try and concentrate

more on the detection and eradication of mari-juana grow operations. Dubnyk said they have set a benchmark goal of six busts in the year, but they will not stop at that.

“We have more of a concentrated effort on getting out and getting the information from people on the street and then once we have the information, mak-ing sure we act on it in a timely manner,” said Dubnyk.

Meters can help RCMP bust grow-opsFERNIE

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In the end, wheth-er or not the science behind the non-brown-ing Arctic apples is good may have less to do with its acceptance by government regulatory bodies and the market-place than the public’s perceptions about bit-ing into a genetically modified food.

Okanagan Specialty Fruit founder and president Neal Carter, a Summerland apple and cherry grower,

spent years developing a process using gene silencing to turn off the enzyme in apples that causes them to turn brown after being cut. He’s currently seeking regulatory approval in both the U.S. and Canada to start market-ing the non-browning varieties of Golden and Granny apples under the Arctic label.

The apples, which may be the first GMO food directly marketed to consumers, has pro-pelled Carter into the international spotlight as the controversy over the apples is discussed by media outlets of every description.

“We always knew it would be somewhat controversial. But did we know it was going to get this much media attention? I don’t know that we really expected that,” said Carter. “In the last couple of years as it (the marketabil-ity of the apples) has come closer, we did know that mainstream press was going to be interested. Then with

social media, and all the people with news websites, there is a lot of opportunity for a lot of stuff to get written.”

Though he is con-cerned about the challenge of working against what he calls “a proliferation of pseudo science,” Carter is tak-ing the cliché “any press is good press” to heart.

“There is some good, some bad, some in the middle, but it is all educating the world about what we are up to, so that is good,” said Carter. “At the end of the day, an Arctic apple is just an apple. It’s an apple that has all the same proteins as apples, it has all the nutritional composition of apples, it’s just an

apple. People sure like to make it seem that it is a lot more than that.

“It is very polarized; there are people that are against and have drawn that line in the sand, and no matter how much educating we do, we are never going to convince them.”

Many people, even inside the fruit indus-try, Carter said, ques-tion the need for a non-browning apple. The B.C. Fruit Growers Association and the U.S. Apple Association have both spoken out against the apples, though their concern is not about the science, but rather that a gen-etically modified apple would harm public per-ception of all apples as a healthy fruit.

However, Carter thinks that he is win-ning the battle for pub-lic perception, citing the benefits for the grower, the fruit packer, retail-er and consumer of an apple that doesn’t turn brown when bruised, bitten or cut.

“If anything, we think that things are going better than we expected on that front,” said Carter.

“We have an awful lot of people interested in this product. A lot of very big companies and major players in the food services busi-ness.”

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BY MONIQUE TAMMINGALangley Times

It may be the largest heist of wine in B.C. history and it happened at a south Langley bou-tique winery.

Sometime in the evening of July 19, thieves broke the lock on the gate of Blackwood Lane Vineyards and Winery and took 10 tonnes of wine.

In all, more than 5,200 bottles of hand-crafted wine from the small but high-end win-ery were taken, making it a more than $200,000 loss for the owners.

While insurance may cover the finan-cial loss, money can’t replace their product, with the grapes grown in the Okanagan and then put in French barrels and bottled

in unique Blackwood label bottles. Most of Blackwood Lane wine is sold at high-end res-taurants and some VQA stores.

“To take that much wine is shocking,” said Carlos Lee, owner of Blackwood Lane Winery.

The break-in occurred sometime between 6 p.m. when Lee locked up the prem-ises, and 11 a.m. when he returned to work the next day.

That’s when he found the lock on the gate had been cut.

The culprits stole three pallets of 2007 Alliance, one pallet each of cabernet sauvi-gnon and rose, and one pallet and 16 cases of 2006 Alliance.

The Alliance bor-deaux is their signature wine and sells at around $60 per bottle. The theft didn’t decimate their stock of Alliance. But a small run of their

cabernet sauvignon was completed wiped out.

“It was very targeted. They seemed to have a lot of knowledge of our location and even the location of the security cameras,” said Lee.

The pallets were left behind so that means the thieves had to take out each box of wine and load them onto a truck.

Lee said for that amount to leave the vineyard they would have to have a specialty truck.

Lee is offering a $25,000 reward that leads to the arrest of the perpetrators. He’s hopeful for the return of his wine.

“They are going to have a hard time finding a buyer. We are making it difficult for them to move our wine,” said Lee.

He said a restaurant wouldn’t buy it without checking with them first.

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KELOWNAReporter off the hook for buying pot

THE KELOWNA CAPITAL NEWSCastanet reporter Kelly Hayes is

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tive piece on an alleged Kelowna drug dealer, it appeared as though the longtime reporter may come under the heavy scrutiny of the law, but police issued a statement Monday saying all the concern swirling through the media was for naught.

“After consultation with Crown Counsel, it has been determined that no charges will be recom-mended against the local media reporter who purchased marijuana as part of an investigative report,”

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he had no legal authority to possess a controlled substance, regardless of his intentions, and that future actions may result in criminal char-ges.”

Hayes allegedly bought an eighth of pot from a woman living in a City of Kelowna owned home to prove the claims of her down-stairs neighbour, who had reached her wit’s end when police and the rental tenancy board failed to act on her concerns.

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The May gross domestic product fig-ure released Tuesday left April’s 0.3 per cent expansion as the only solid month for the economy so far this year.

Economists had expected a more robust showing of 0.2 per cent, and some even as high as 0.3 per cent, given previous indicators that suggested retail sales, manufacturing

and wholesale trade would all contribute to growth.

Retail sales did per-form strongly, rising 0.7 per cent after a slightly larger decline in April, while wholesale trade edged up 0.1 per cent, the sixth consecutive advance.

But manufacturing fell by 0.5 per cent, mainly as a result of lower production of machinery, computer and electronic products and primary metals. Construction was also down, by 0.2 per cent, a further sign of the slow-down in the residential housing market.

Economists have been downgrading expectations for the

economy all year, mostly due to continu-ing and deepening debt problems in Europe and anemic growth in the United States, and now say still further disappointments may be in store.

“Perhaps this is as well as we can expect to do when growth in our major trading part-ners is either lacklustre as it is in the U.S., or non-existent as it is in Europe,” said Avery Shenfeld, chief econo-mist with CIBC World Markets.

Global weakness helped explain part of the contraction in the export-dependent fac-tory sector, but there were also signs of trouble in the domestic economy.

“The signs are that the housing sector is los-ing altitude,” said Bank of Montreal economist Doug Porter, noting the decline in residential construction and the 4.8 per cent drop-off in real estate agents and brokers activity.

Scotiabank’s Derek Holt said based on what is known so far, the April-June period could come in as low as 1.4 per cent annual-ized, which would not

even match the Bank of Canada’s recently downwardly revised 1.8 target.

That would make it the third consecutive quarter of sub-two-per-cent growth in Canada, dating back to the last three months of 2011.

In another release from Statistics Canada, industrial product prices slumped 0.3 per cent in June, including a 4.0 per cent drop in raw materials, a further indicator of flagging global demand.

Such results don’t give much “credibility” to the central bank’s interest rate tightening bias, Holt added. Some economists believe bank governor Mark Carney’s more likely next move will be to cut interest rates even further in order to buck up the domestic sectors of the economy, rather than raise them and risk further weakening the recovery.

It is also a poor plat-form for future job cre-ation. “A 1.5-2.0 per cent range for growth isn’t terrible, all things considered, but it’s a pace that is consistent with no progress in bringing the unemploy-ment rate down.”

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CEO of the Canadian Wheat Board says his agency is facing the end of its monopoly on western wheat and barley sales with con-fidence.

“There are many reasons for confidence as the CWB forges ahead into this new era,” Ian White said Tuesday on the last day of the board’s decades-long control over prai-rie wheat exports.

“We will add value to farmers. We have streamlined our oper-ations. We have nego-tiated new business arrangements that will help us succeed. We are

ready to face this new marketing era.”

White also announced at a Winnipeg news con-ference that another major grain handler - Louis Dreyfus Canada - has agreed to handle deliveries to the board. That means the board now has 130 locations across the West where farmers with contracts can deliver their grain.

“With this new agreement, the CWB remains well on track to serve farmers into the future as their expert grain marketing partner,” he said.

“Our network of grain marketing deliv-ery points will continue

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“Farmers are sign-ing up now,” he said. “There’s been quite a reasonable sign-up to the CWB and we expect a very substantial sign-up.”

Board experts are predicting very high prices for wheat and other grains this year due to major droughts in other producing areas such as the U.S. As well, crop condi-

tions throughout the Canadian West are good.

The federal govern-ment passed a law late last year to allow west-ern farmers to sell their grain to whomever they choose.

That change kicks in Wednesday with the new crop year.

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was to be in Saskatoon on Tuesday to talk about what the government says is marketing free-dom for the western Canadian grain indus-try.

Wheat and barley farmers in Western

Canada have had to sell their grain through the board since the 1940s.

The change has the support of many farm groups, which say pro-ducers can often get better prices on the open market.

But supporters of the monopoly say the open market will leave farmers at the mercy of railways and big, inter-national grain com-panies. They argue the monopoly prevented producers from com-peting against each other for sales.

The move has also led to several court battles.

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OPINION

Saving the Gateway pipeline is still possibleThe fundamental

logic of building t r a n s p o r t a t i o n infrastructure to

allow Canada’s resource exports to reach the centre of global economic growth is incontrovertible.

At current oil prices, oil exported to Asia through the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline would bring in annual revenues of some $15 billion to producers and governments. And it would add billions more by remov-ing the captive market dis-count on oil exports to the U.S.. With these economic underpinnings, it’s hard to see how any nation would give up such a key economic driver, provided that the risks are acceptable.

On environmental risk, the facts should be in Gateway’s favour. Already designed to be one of the world’s safest pipelines, Enbridge just pledged an additional half a billion dol-lars to beef up pipe thick-nesses and add more auto-matic leak detection shut-downs.

The only alternative for accessing Asian oil markets is expansion of Kinder-Morgan’s Trans-Mountain pipeline system to Burnaby. For many years now, tank-

ers have carried Alberta crude from the Burnaby terminal through frenetic Vancouver Harbour, under the Lion’s gate bridge, past the fleets of ships anchored in English Bay and into Haro Strait’s busy shipping lanes. This has been done without incident and, by compari-son, the tanker risks of the Gateway project are clearly lower. Latest technology double-hulled ships, the safest on the ocean, would move down the consider-ably less busy Channel from Kitimat accompanied by massive tugs.

That Gateway is the lowest risk alternative hasn’t been much help in the public discourse. Environmental groups have succeeded in planting fear and doubt in the minds of British Columbians. But why hasn’t Enbridge been able to counter their rhetoric with the facts?

My years in the resource business taught me how difficult it can be for “big business” to be heard over the doom-laden exaggera-tions of environmental zeal-ots. And for the powerful international environmental groups, stopping Gateway (and TransCanada’s Keystone XL), is part of a

larger strategy to stymie fur-ther oil sands development.

Given that gaining public confidence requires a cred-ible track record, the spate of recent pipeline leaks in Alberta and a damning regulatory report on spills from Enbridge’s aging pipe-line in Michigan couldn’t have come at a worse time. Ironically, all that Enbridge would get from Gateway is a modest regulated return, while producers receive enormous upside if the pipeline is built and down-side if it isn’t. Yet they have done little or nothing to help beleaguered Enbridge reverse plummeting B.C. public opinion.

In contrast to the oil pipe-line, there’s wide support among British Columbians for proposed pipelines carry-ing natural gas to Kitimat

for shipment to Asia on LNG (liquefied natural gas) tank-ers. Two big reasons are that natural gas brings no risk of spills, and that field development investments and royalty revenue will flow to B.C. Last week, B.C. Premier Christy Clark stated the other big reason, pub-lic perception that Gateway poses “a very large risk . . . and a very small . . . benefit to our province “. This was followed by a set of condi-tions for her government’s support that include a big-ger share of fiscal and eco-nomic benefits

To some, this condition raises fundamental ques-tions about how a nation can succeed if one prov-ince has to compensate another for allowing prod-ucts to cross borders. But it’s important not to turn B.C.’s stance into some gigantic existential crisis of Canadian Federalism. Alberta Premier Allison Redford has inter-preted the condition as a demand for a share of prov-incial royalties. But that isn’t what the condition states.

And what are oil sands producers doing to find a solution? An idea to build a world sale refinery in Kitimat initiated by a constructive B.C. business leader has

been shunned, and there’s been no other creative ways of rebalancing project bene-fits coming out of Calgary office towers.

The reality is that the pipeline industry’s self-inflicted wounds, along with complete failure by the Alberta government and oil sands producers to under-stand the realpolitik of B.C., have made Premier Clark’s stance politically inevitable. And those who criticize Clark for her stance would be wise to take heed of the alternative, made clear last week by NDP leader Adrian Dix, “We remain serene and determined to reject this pipeline”.

It’s been almost 150 years since redoubtable German politician Otto Von Bismark stated “Politics is the art of the possible”, and the continuing travails of the Northern Gateway pro-posal demonstrate his ver-acity. Saving Gateway is still possible, if the Alberta gov-ernment and the oil sands industry get a lot more constructive and creative at practicing that timeless political art.

Gwyn Morgan is a Canadian business leader and director of two global corporations.

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I would like to commend Guy Bertrand for his July 26th edito-rial on the Northern Gateway pipeline (“Clark needs to walk the talk in pipeline position,” Trail Times, July 26). It touched on many points that need to be addressed.

I would like to add to it but unfortunately I am not a jour-nalist so I will do the best I can.

It has been many months of silence and finally our leader Ms Clark takes a stand on the pipeline.

I would be willing to bet if the election polls were dif-ferent she wouldn’t have said a word.

It looks like she has a fight on her hands to get re-elected so now Northern Gateway is front and centre on Christy’s agenda.

Ms. Redford from Alberta thinks what is great for Alberta will be just fine for B.C. Judging from the media coverage of the Premiers’ conference so does the rest of Canada.

One comment that the media did pick up on was from Quebec

Premier Jean Charest stating that the federal government owes the provinces $36 billion in medical transfer payments. Some of you may remember the last premier’s conference (in B.C.) federal finance minister Jim Flaherty stated he would be cutting medical transfer pay-ments in 2015 or 16 to much protest.

Only one Premier agreed with him, you guessed it, Ms. Redford from Alberta and yet she expects to just bulldoze a pipeline through our province for just about free.

According to CTV news the tax revenue over 30 years from that pipeline would be $81 bil-lion dollars. B.C. would get $6.7 billion, Alberta $32 billion and Ottawa $36 billion.

Sounds like a great deal for everybody else but B.C. We get the mess and the spills in B.C. and everyone else gets the financial rewards.

What some of you know already is that Chinese oil company CNOOC with much

encouragement from Ottawa has bid $15.1 billion for Nexen Inc. an Alberta oil company. If this purchase goes through, this will bring the Chinese invest-ment in the oil sands to $29 billion.

There is just one small prob-lem with all this, right now they can’t get the oil out of Alberta. Any oil coming out of Alberta right now is going to US refiner-ies and not Chinese refineries.

Hence the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Mr. Harper knows all this. He will bully BC into the pipeline, don’t think for a min-ute he will let a BC premier embarrass him in front of the Chinese.

So whoever the next premier of B.C. is be it Adrian Dix or Ms. Clark, they have a war on their hands.

At minimum we deserve fair share, it is up to our leaders to do what they are elected to do.

Look after the best interests of ALL British Columbians.

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There is no sporting event in the world that brings ath-letes and fans together like the Olympics.

This is truly where the best athletes in the world gather and endeavour to shine.

This is when the lonely hours spent in the gym, on the track or in the water finally pay off. For the select few this is when they get their highest recognition for their dedication and their sac-rifices.

This is when new Olympic dreams start to take shape, when young girls and boys see the pride on the faces of the athletes who are in London representing their country, and when older

athletes reaffirm why they are still training so hard.

The reality is only a few ath-letes will make it onto the world stage that is the Olympics, but who are we to discourage those who aspire to get there from trying?

The parents and the coaches need to be there to share the journey with them, but the Olympic dream needs to belong to the athletes.

Parents would do their chil-dren a huge favour by prying them away from their video games and computer screens and moving them outdoors to enjoy fresh air and physical exer-cise.

Without that little nudge, children won’t even begin to

realize their physical potential.Besides being good for their

own physical health, getting more kids on the playground will mean more competition for those looking to finish first, and that will force athletes to work harder to achieve their goals.

Where athletes end up on the sports ladder will be determined by the encouragement they receive along the way and by their own dedication and stub-bornness.

Some children will rise to be the best in their community in a particular sport while others will be among the best in their province or country, and some will make it to the Olympics.

But first they need to get themselves outdoors.

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Stan was born January 2, 2011, and on July 24, 2012 in the loving arms of his parents Debbie and Brad, Stan moved his smile to another des-tination.

Stan always had a smile and a giggle for his gran Janice and gramps Tom McLean, Trail, BC, grandma Diane Skegg, Hethersett, England, grandad Rob and grand-ma Sue Skegg ,Wymondham, England, great-gramma Audrey McLean, Trail, BC and great-gran-dad Geoff Portman, Trail, BC.

Stan’s smile will be forever re-membered by auntie Erin, uncle Li Shi and cousin Penny Lynn Shu Li of Dalian, China, his Canadian great uncles, great aunts and cousins, Pat and Larry Chernen-koff, Castlegar, BC, Colin, Susi, Keenan and Baylee McLean, Trail, BC, Kim, Tanis, Mitchell and Spen-cer McLean, Montrose, BC, Larry Brandt, Trail, BC, Shawn, Liz, Ril-ey, Tessie Brandt, Trail, BC, Shayne Brandt, Trail, BC, Cyril Portman, Vancouver, BC, his English uncles and aunts Susie and Rob Childer-house, Wymondham, England, Ri-chard Skegg, Hethersett, England, Sarah Wright, London, England, Simon and Michaela Wright, Nur-emberg, Germany.

Although Stan’s presence among us was short, his smile and dancing eyes will live forever in the hearts of those that were priv-ileged to meet him.

Stan would light up a room with his smile and warm your heart with his curiosity and per-sonality.

Stan could make strangers in a cafe smile and when he would throw his food on the fl oor, he would look at you, smile, and all was good.

That was the Stan Smile, it made things good. His life is an inspiration to us all. His fi ght, his playfulness, his joyfulness, his love, his being, is what Stan was all about.

Stan made the world a bet-ter place by teaching us to enjoy every second of everyday, no mat-ter what the hardship.

A Stan Smile made everything right.

Stan and a Smile, forever re-membered and loved.

A celebration of Stan will be held, August 3, 2012 at 10:30 AM in Wymondham, England.

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***JACOBSON, HELGE RONALD

(RON) — June 1, 1932 to June 25, 2012.

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***GRIEVE, WAYNE THOMAS —

Born June 16, 1946 in Rossland, BC and passed April 19, 2012 in Edson, AB.

Survived by his partner Linda Hine, three children, four step-children, seven grandchildren, fi ve brothers and one sister.

A celebration of Wayne’s life will be held on Saturday, August 4 at 2:00pm at 1315 Earl St, Ross-land, BC.

***MANSON, INA MAE — passed

away at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital on July 30, 2012. She was born in Rossland, BC on February 13, 1937.

Ina loved and enjoyed her en-tire family especially her grand-children and great-grandson. She loved her summers camping at Whatshan Lake and her second home in Deer Park.

She is survived by her children; Chris, Bill (Evelyn), and Kathy (Ryan); her grandchildren Lauren (Eric), Axel (Steff), and Matthew; her great-grandson Gunner, her brother John (Edith), and many nieces and nephews. Ina was pre-deceased by her husband Arthur in 2010, her two sisters, June and April and her parents Axel and Christina Eriksson.

A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 4:00pm at St. David’s Anglican Church, Castlegar with the Rev-erend John Ruder, Celebrant. In-terment is to follow at Mountain View Cemetery, Rossland, BC at a later date. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Crema-tion Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.

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wants you to know that he’s tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincar-nated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about.

Also, he’s got a new name: Snoop Lion.

The artist said at a news con-ference Monday in New York that he was “born again” during a visit to Jamaica in February and is ready to make music that his “kids and grandparents can listen to.”

The former gangster rapper is releasing a reggae album called “Reincarnated” in the fall. He said that in Jamaica, he connect-ed with Bob Marley’s spirit and is now “Bob Marley reincarnated.”

Bob Marley’s son Rohan attended the conference and gave Snoop his blessing.

“I feel like I’ve always been Rastafarian,” Snoop said of the spiritual Jamaican movement. While there, he said, he visited a temple, was renamed Snoop Lion and was also given the Ethiopian name Berhane, meaning “light of the world.”

Snoop didn’t explain why he was switching from “Dogg” to “Lion,” but it’s likely a reference to the Lion of Judah, a religious symbol popular in Rastafarian and Ethiopian culture.

Later, he played five songs for a small crowd, including one called “No Guns Allowed.” It fea-tures his daughter and includes

the lyrics, “No guns allowed in here tonight, we’re going to have a free for all, no fights.”

“It’s so tragic that people are doing stupid things with guns,” he said.

Snoop, best known for hits like “Gin and Juice” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” is an avid sup-porter of marijuana rights and has been banned from entering Norway for two years after trying to enter the country with a small amount last month.

He said that in Jamaica, where he stayed for 35 days, he grew closer to his wife, who saw his transition. He added that he’s excited to perform music that his family and children can listen to.

“As a 40-year-old man ... I’ve

got to give them something,” he said. “That’s what you do when you’re wise.”

Snoop Dogg said he’s not com-pletely retiring from hip-hop but is “tired” of the genre because it is no longer challenging.

“Reggae was calling ... it’s a breath of fresh air,” he said. “Rap isn’t challenging; it’s not appeal-ing.”

The album will be followed with a documentary of the same name. It features Snoop making music and will include some per-sonal elements of his life, a produ-cer of the film said. It will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

“It feels like I’m 19 or 20 years old again,” he said.

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NEW YORK - British roy-alty has made its mark atop Vanity Fair’s International Best Dressed List, with Kate Middleton and her brother-in-law, Prince Harry, both making this year’s stylish slate.

The Duchess of Cambridge’s decision to decline the servi-ces of a dresser and mix high-end couturiers like Alexander McQueen with her own brows-ing the racks of Topshop, earned her a spot on the 73-year-old list.

The list also includes plenty of athletes during this Olympic year. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady makes his debut appearance, as does New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz.

Jay-Z was named to the list for the first time, along with fellow musician Alicia Keys. Actress Diane Kruger and Richard E. Grant made their second appearances. Actor Colin Firth and his wife, Livia, made it to the Best-Dressed Couples category.

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BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports Editor

The Trail Stingray swimmers have yet to hit their peak, but they’ve certainly climbed to the top of Kootenay ‘A’ swim competition this summer, and hope to reach the summit at the regional meet in Colville this weekend.

The team won virtually every swim meet it entered including last weekend’s Kimberley Seahorse event, with every swimmer turning out personal best times despite enduring its most difficult training regi-men just prior to the meet.

“A lot of them did really well last weekend, which is great because they just came off challenge week as well, which is really intense training and then to go best times the weekend right after that, they were really proud of that,” said Rays coach Samme Beatson.

The annual challenge week occurs approximately two weeks before regionals, and is an intense week of hiking, biking, workouts, swims, and a fun but fatiguing mini-boot-camp/obstacle-course race at Champion Lakes to top it off.

“We do some really intense training and a lot of team building activities to get us ready for regionals and provin-cials,” said Beatson. “We train them really hard, and then

they get a taper into regionals and provincials so they can do their best at those meets.”

The Rays coach began the year with a purpose, to improve each Stingray’s stroke.

“I was focusing a lot on technique this year, and I really think the goals I’ve set for the team have been met, tech-nique-wise, so I’m really happy with that.”

The formula Beatson and assistant coach Cody Flegel have incorporated since the start of the season has paid off. Improved technique has translated into faster times, and higher finishes. The results speak for themselves - swim-mers achieved multiple personal bests this summer, set numerous meet records, picked up a myriad of medals, and collectively captured the team aggregate trophy in five major swim meets.

The teams’ greatest challenge lies before them. The all-important regional meet qualifies athletes for the BCSSA provincial championship. A top-three finish, or meeting the provincial qualifying time in this week’s meet will send a swimmer to the provincials in Nanaimo Aug. 18-22.

Beatson anticipates 10 or more swimmers from the Rays will qualify for the provincial team, but is more than happy with the progress of those who won’t make it - as long as they improved their stroke, enjoyed themselves, and of course swam their personal best.

“I’m very happy with this program this year, everybody has improved a lot over the couple months we had,” said Beatson. “As for regionals, I’m hoping for best times for everybody, and at this point I think that’s a very attainable goal.”

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Left: Trail Stingrays’ coach Samme Beatson puts the swimmers through their laps at the Warfield pool Tuesday as they prepare for the upcoming regional swim meet in Colville this weekend.

BY TIMES STAFFThe Trail AAA Jays went down swinging

on the weekend as they finished off a diffi-cult summer dropping their final two games of the season at the North Idaho American Legion district tournament at McEuen Field in Coeur d’Alene on the weekend.

The fourth-seeded Jays met top-seed Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen in the opening match Friday and the loggers didn’t waste anytime in pounding a young Jays team 16-2, in seven innings.

The Prairie Cardinals out of Post Falls came back to beat Lewis-Clark Twins 8-6 in 11 innings, so the Jays next faced the Twins in a loser-goes-home match.

The inexperienced Jays have struggled on defence all year, and it would plague them again, as Lewis-Clark prevailed by a score of 14-4.

If anything, the Jays will look forward to next year. Coaches Nick and Chris Combo fielded one of the youngest Jays teams in recent history with not one 19-year-old on the team. Their youth and inexperience may have hurt them this year, but it surely bodes

well for the future.The Lumbermen played the Prairie

Cardinals in the final and after taking a 6-1 lead would hold on for a 7-5 victory. The top two seeds automatically qualify for the State championship, but this year, because Lewiston is hosting it, all three will compete, with only Trail on the outside looking in.

NIAL notes: The tournament marks the last Legion games to be played at McEuen Field. The veteran diamond has been home to the Lumbermen since 1967 and is set for demolish.

“Farewell to McEuen Field,” P.A. announ-cer Jim Benson said following the game. “She’s been a wonderful home.”

Coeur d’Alene is slated to move to a new home at Ramsey Park near the Kroc Center for the start of next season.

“It was a little tough today,” Coeur d’Alene coach Lloyd Duman told the CdA Press.

“When you think of all the people that were walking around talking about the memories they have, it was tough. To not have any more is going to be a really tough thing.”

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Jays grounded for seasonMore top results for Stingrays

BY TIMES STAFFThe Trail Stingrays left the competition

in its wake at the Kimberley Seahorse swim meet last weekend adding another team victory to an already impressive number.

The Rays have won every major meet this swim season, save Castlegar where they placed second, but order was restored when the Stingrays’ piled up 1,317.5 points eclipsing Castlegar by 63.5 points.

Stingrays head coach Samme Beatson was particularly impressed by Aby Elwood, who managed best times in every event.

Dylan Kormendy’s amazing weekend saw the Div.1 swimmer break five records in all events except the 50 freestyle.

Martin Gonzalez broke the record in boys Div. 5 50 butterfly, while the formid-able Jennifer Chung broke records in Div. 5 girls 50 butterfly and 100 freestyle, a good sign as they prepare to qualify for the provincials in this coming weekend’s regional meet in Colville.

Chung says she has been training hard and is confident going into the regional meet.

The swimmers are able to track their progress and measure their results and

ranking against other swimmers in the province through the BC Summer Swimming Association website.

“You can check all of the province, and go in your division and compare times,” said Chung.

The Div. 5 swimmer is among the top 10 in the province and being able to com-pare times to her competitors is help-ful and gives her the motivation to work harder, she says.

In Div. 1 Maddy Fraser and Dylan Kormendy pulled a double header each winning the girls and boys category respectively, while in Div. 2, Ian Markus took top honours and Reid Dunham was runner up.

In Div. 3, Eden Kormendy and Josh Ballarin each won the aggregate gold, and Diego Greenwood placed second.

In Div 4, Sharman Thomas placed third, while Maddie Green was runner up to Chung in Div. 5 girls, and Gonzalez placed first in the boys.

In Div 6, Cassidy Martin placed second and Eric Gonzalez was golden for the boys Div. 6.

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BOSTON RED SOX - Traded RHP Matt Albers and OF Scott Podsednik to Arizona for LHP Craig Breslow. Traded 1B/OF Lars Anderson to Cleveland for RHP Steven Wright.KANSAS CITY ROYALS - Traded RHP Jonathan Broxton to Cincinnati for LHP Donnie Joseph and RHP J.C. Sulbaran.NEW YORK YANKEES - Traded RHP Chad Qualls to Pittsburgh for INF Casey McGehee.TEXAS RANGERS - Designated C Yorvit Torrealba for assignment.TORONTO BLUE JAYS - Recalled OF Moises Sierra from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned LHP Evan

Crawford and RHP Joel Carreno to Las Vegas.

National LeagueCHICAGO CUBS - Traded C Geovany Soto and cash to Texas for RHP Jake Brigham and a play-er to be named or cash. Traded RHP Ryan Dempster to Texas for INF Christian Vilanueva and RHP Kyle Hendricks.CINCINNATI REDS - Recalled RHP Todd Redmond from Louisville (IL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS - Designated LHP Michael Antonini for assignment.MIAMI MARLINS - Traded RHP Edward Mujica to St. Louis for INF Zack Cox. Traded INF Gaby Sanchez and XXP Kyle Kaminska to Pittsburgh OF Gorkys Hernandez and a 2013 competi-

tive balance lottery draft pick.MILWAUKEE BREWERS - Assigned 2B Edwin Maysonet to Nashville (PCL) and OF Brock Kjeldgaard to Brevard County (FSL) outright.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES - Traded OF Shane Victorino to the Dodgers for RHP Josh Lindblom, RHP Ethan Martin and player to be named or cash. Traded OF Hunter Pence and cash con-siderations to San Francisco for OF Nate Schierholtz, C Tommy Joseph and RHP Seth Rosin.PITTSBURGH PIRATES - Recalled RHP Daniel McCutchen from Indianapolis (IL). Designated OF Drew Sutton for assignment.WASHINGTON NATIONALS - Reinstated OF Chad Tracy for the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Corey Brown to Syracuse (IL).

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THE CANADIAN PRESSLONDON - It’s been a multi-

medal day for Canada at the London Olympics.

Antoine Valois-Fortier won a bronze in men’s judo less than 30 minutes after the diving team of Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito captured a bronze in the 10-metre synchronized event.

About an hour later, weight-lifter Christine Girard captured bronze in the women’s 63-kilo-gram class.

Canada now has four total medals, all bronze.

Valois-Fortier, a 22-year-old from Quebec City, defeated American Travis Stevens 1-0 in the bronze medal bout of the men’s 81-kilogram judo event.

Filion, from Laval, Que., and Benfeito, from Montreal, finished third with a combined score of 337.62 for their bronze.

China continued to dominate the competition, with Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao winning the gold.

Paola Espinosa Sanchez and Alejandra Orozco Loza of Mexico took the silver.

Girard, who grew up in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., and lives in White Rock, B.C., completed the hat trick an hour later to become the first Canadian woman to ever win a weightlifting medal at a Games.

She finished third with a total weight of 236 kilograms.

Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan won gold, while Svetlana Tsarukaeva of Russia captured silver.

The medals come two days after Emilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel gave Canada its first medal of the Games with a third-place finish in the women’s three-metre synchro.

On the soccer pitch, Canada’s women’s team booked a berth in the quarter-finals thanks to a 2-2 tie with Sweden.

Melissa Tancredi scored her third and fourth goals of the tour-nament as the seventh-ranked Canadians finished the prelimin-ary round with a 1-1-1- record.

In the water, three sets of Canadian rowers were in action Tuesday morning, but only one made the semifinal round.

Victoria’s Lindsay Jennerich and Patricia Obee rebounded from a poor heat to finish second in their lightweight women’s double sculls repechage and advance to Thursday’s semis.

Jennerich and Obee (seven minutes 15.37 seconds) were second to the U.S. (7:13.82) in their repechage. Cuba also moved on with a third-place finish.

“Obviously we wanted to go out and win the rep, but what

we have to take home with us is recognizing that as we are moving through the regatta we are improving immensely,” said Jennerich. “We just have to take that and gain confidence in that so that we can put it to use in the semi, which is going to be an extremely tough race.

“There’s probably eight crews in this event that can be on that podium and probably six that can win it. It’s not like there is an obvious top three - we’ll have to race that semi like it’s a final.”

The two men’s crews compet-ing Tuesday will have to watch from the sidelines.

Douglas Vandor of Dewittville, Que., and Morgan Jarvis of Clearwater Bay, Ont., faded after a fast start in the lightweight men’s double sculls. They finished fourth, with Greece and Hungary placing one-two to advance to the semifinals.

Michael Braithwaite of Duncan, B.C., and Kevin Kowalyk of Winnipeg finished sixth in their men’s doubles scull semifinal and failed to advance to the final.

It was a similar fate for Quebec tennis player Aleksandra Wozniak. The Blainville native was elimin-ated from women’s singles play after dropping a 6-1, 6-3 decision to Venus Williams.

The veteran American broke Wozniak in the first game and used her trademark power game to her advantage throughout the match.

“We had some really fast, powerful exchanges but she was on top of her game,” Wozniak said. “I think grass really suits her.”

Canada’s lone remaining sin-gles player was also in action.

Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., was on serve early in the third set of his second-round match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France when rain delayed play.

In men’s doubles, Toronto’s Daniel Nestor and Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil were scheduled to play the third-seeded Serbian duo of Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic later in the day.

Canada adds to medal count

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSCHICAGO - The Texas Rangers won the Ryan

Dempster sweepstakes, acquiring the Chicago Cubs ace for two minor leaguers moments before Tuesday’s trade deadline.

The AL West leaders fortified their rotation for the stretch run, sending infielder Christian Villanueva and pitcher Kyle Hendricks to Chicago.

Dempster, who had power to block deals, had refused to approve a trade to Atlanta last week. The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees also tried to land the 35-year-old righty.

Dempster was 5-5 with a 2.25 ERA in 16 games for the Cubs and can become a free agent after the season. He was one of several players Chicago traded in a 24-hour span it sent pitcher Paul Maholm and outfielder Reed Johnson to Atlanta and catcher Geovany Soto to Texas.

Teams had until 4 p.m. EDT to complete trades without waivers. From now until the end of the season, clubs have a chance to claim players before they are dealt.

With a strong season that included a 33-inning scoreless streak, Dempster was one of the most attractive pitchers on the market.

(AP PHOTO/JAE C. HONG)

Canada’s Meaghan Benfeito, front, and Roseline Filion dive for bronze during the Women’s Synchronized 10 Meter Platform Diving final at the Aquatics Centre at Olympic Park Tuesday.

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Dempster a Ranger

LEISURE

Dear Annie: My parents and siblings often complain that they can’t lose weight. However, they douse their food in salt and sauces, drink alcohol before bed, and have no qualms about pull-ing out the potato chips or chocolate candy. I used to be like them, but I’ve lost a great deal of weight and feel fantastic.

When my family complains about their weight, I suggest that they accompany me on my walks or eat the same foods I eat, but they decline. They tease me when I meas-ure out portion sizes or choose healthier options for my meals. They congratulate me when they notice my continuing weight loss, but then they urge me to “slow down.” What does this mean? Are they jealous of my suc-cess?

Annie, I can’t stand to watch them put unhealthy things into their mouths any-

more. What do I do? -- Healthier and Happier

Dear Healthier: Nothing. You have discovered that losing weight is important for your health, but you didn’t do it because someone told you to. Your relatives must be self-motivated. The most you can do is set a good example by mod-eling the type of behav-ior that will help them. When they are ready, they will take the next step. It’s possible they are jealous, or they may be genuinely con-cerned that you have some type of eating dis-order. But if your diet is healthy and well-bal-anced, you should con-tinue to focus on your

own good habits and do your best not to lec-ture them on theirs. If eating around them is too difficult, take your meals elsewhere.

Dear Annie: Throughout my life, whenever I’ve been in a mixed group of men and women, the men frequently talk over the women or interrupt them before they are finished. Now that we are over 60, the prob-lem is worse, as many of our male friends are hard of hearing. Do you have any sugges-tions about how to get a word in edgewise or finish a sentence tact-fully? -- Pat

Dear Pat: We hate to say it, but some men are simply dismissive of women’s conversation. If you are close friends, you should mention it, asking them to be more considerate and reminding them when they forget. Otherwise, there’s not much you can do other than talk over them, ignore them or direct your conver-

sation to a more amen-able listener.

Dear Annie: Your response to “At a Loss,” the grandmother who was afraid of losing her grandson, missed the point. You said to check grandparents rights in her state, but that her best bet is to get back into her daughter-in-law’s good graces. I think that is unrealistic.

As a trial lawyer and grandfather, I would have advised her to call a family lawyer. They also should be advised to document every-thing they have done, and continue to do, for their grandchild, as well as every occa-sion on which they are denied visitation. They need to understand that the grandson has the right to see loving grandparents, as well.

One consultation with the lawyer would suffice to tell them what their rights are. -- Louisville, Ky.

Dear Louisville: True, but not so simple.

In fact, recently, courts in several states have ruled that statutes pro-viding for grandpar-ent visitation violate either federal or local state constitutions. Plus, there are multiple requirements that must be met before visitation

is granted, and if the parents are still mar-ried and neither wants the grandparents to see the child, visitation is tremendously difficult.

We appreciate your encouragement for “At a Loss” to seek legal redress, and we hope

it helps. But we still believe her best chance is to reconcile with her daughter-in-law.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn.

TODAY’S CROSSWORD

SOLUTION FOR YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

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

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Marcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell

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LEISURE

For Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Glory hallelujah! What a lovely day to recoup from yesterday’s Full Moon ten-sion. Accept all invitations to party. Enjoy movies, sports, playful times with children and all fun occasions. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Explore real-estate oppor-tunities today. This also is a great day to entertain at home, so invite the gang over. Discussions with parents and authority figures in your fam-ily will be encouraging. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Positive thinking can lead to a positive life, and today is surely evidence of that. It’s a busy day but full of optimism and energy! Enjoy relations with siblings. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Trust your moneymaking ideas.

Don’t be afraid to think big. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You feel confident, exu-berant and optimistic today. Relations with others, espe-cially in group situations, will not only be successful, they will benefit you. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Any work behind the scenes will pay off today. Ironically, whatever you do privately or on your own will favorably boost your public reputation. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Discuss your hopes and dreams for the future with others, because their feed-back will help you. This is a good day for meetings of all kinds -- classes, casual get-togethers and conferences. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Big ideas about how you might change your life direc-tion could occur to you today. In part, this might be because people in authority

are encouraging. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Travel anywhere will be exciting. You’re very enthu-siastic about exploring new options, especially those related to higher education, publishing, medicine and the law. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Keep your pockets open, because gifts, goodies and favors from others can come

your way today. This is an excellent day to discuss how to share something, especial-ly inheritances or jointly held property. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Relations with the general public, as well as with part-ners and close friends, will be wonderful and upbeat today. People are in a good mood and are hopeful about some-thing.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Because you feel vigor-ous, healthy and ready for anything, you easily will take advantage of opportunities that come your way at work today. Work-related travel is likely. Group meetings will be positive and successful. YOU BORN TODAY No mat-ter how you appear outward-ly, you always look confident. In fact, you put your unique, personal stamp on everything

you do. Although adaptable, you also can be entrenched in your views. (And admit it, you enjoy being unconven-tional!) Essentially, you’re a closet idealist. In the year ahead, something you’ve been involved with for nine years will diminish or end to make room for something new. Birthdate of: Peter O’Toole, actor; Wes Craven, director; Mary-Louise Parker, actress. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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East TrailLocation, location, location. 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath on prime corner lot.$259,000

WanetaA stunning executive quality home in a quiet setting with a beautiful back yard. This 3 bedroom home is only 6 years old and is a “must see.”$429,500

BEAUTIFUL

YARD

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

FULLY

FINISHED

MontroseA solid, well built 3 bedroom home on a single 75x100’ at lot. Bright & cheery throughout.

$209,000

CHARACTER

HOME

MontroseOwners want it sold & will look at any reasonable offer. Great location, large family home, perfect for 1st time buyers!$219,900

FruitvaleWhy pay rent when you can own this for less? Spacious 3 bdrm double wide modular in nice condition on its own lot in Fruitvale. Single car garage, covered deck, quick possession.$149,000

War eldNicely updated at a great price! 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

Only $215,900!

Emerald RidgeFully serviced 1/2 acre lot with stunning river views!

$128,500

LOTShavers BenchGreat family home on a choice corner lot in Shavers Bench. Lots of upgrades inside & out. Call today!$212,000

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOUSE Friday, August 3Starts at 10:30

2039 Caughlin RdFruitvale

Check out this great 4 bdrm with over 4,000 sq.ft.

and on 4.5 acres$497,000

OPEN HOUSE Saturday, August 4

11am - 1pm1929 Cole St.

FruitvaleCute, well

maintained home on a great corner lot.$207,000

OPEN HOUSE Friday, August 33:30 - 5:30pm

1626 Green Gables Rd.Trail

Great 4 bdrm home in a nice, private area & only a minutes walk to shopping$259,900

$289,000

NEW LISTING

GlenmerryVery well built & cared for 3 bdrm family home close to elementary school. Features HW oors,

wood burning FP, UG sprinklers, central vac, just to name a few. Over 1,500 sq.ft. on the main oor!

SalmoGorgeous

at, treed parcel of land close to downtown Salmo.

SOLD

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FRUITVALE, Garage/MovingSale 2039 Caughlin Road,Thurs.3pm-8pm, Fri. 10am-8pm,Sat. 8am-12pm

Misc. for SaleSPECIALIZED MOUNTAIN Bike, hydraulic brakes. Only road once. Paid $950., Asking $400. 250-231-6851

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Apt/Condos for SaleROSSLAND Bright sunny,2bd, condo. Sth facing with view. $120,000 250.362.7282

Houses For SaleCHARMING 3 bedroom 1 bathhome in Convienent downtown Trail location, Bring your ideas and make this house your home! MLS #K213619, Call Lynnette @ Century 21 Moun-tainview Realty Today 1-877-304-7952

Mobile Homes & Parks

1975 GLENDALE mobilehome for sale. $10,000. OBO. Must be moved. 250-368-7210

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentTRAIL, Parkside Apartments. Large 1 bdrm, senior oriented, a/c, in-suite laundry, security, close to Safeway & bus stop. Call Richard 250-368-7897

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

Homes for Rent3 Bdrm top 2 fl rs house. $925/mo includes utils W. Trail 250-231-1201

3 bedroom, 2 bath home for rent in great upper Rossland location. W/D F/S NS NP Long term rental only. Min. 1 year. Great home for small family. Close to schools. Rent plus utilities. 250-229-4622 sno-whost@telus.net

E.TRAIL 2397 Columbia. 2bd, F/S, W/D, built in 52”HDTV, carport, relaxing front porch w/river view. N/S, N/P, Refer-ences required. Seeking longterm, clean, quiet tenant. $950. Sept 1 250.231.5686

Small 1 bdrm cabin w/beauti-ful lake view, recent reno, new kitchen, windows etc... great

for non smoking, mature single or couple with no pets.

$850/mo heat, power & water included. Ph 250-551-3336

TownhousesUPPER ROSSLAND, 2bdrm.newly renovated, f/s, w/d, n/s, n/p, parking, furn. 362-2267

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1252 Bay Avenue, TRAIL (250) 368-5222

Trail $139,000 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K214582

Trail $149,900 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K214159

Trail $169,000 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K205620

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

MLS# K211761

Trail $219,900 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K211181

Trail $218,900 Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K206391

Trail $105,900 Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K204267

Move-in

condition

Trail $339,500 Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K210233

New Price

Warfield $149,000 Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K214253

A Must See

Trail $164,000 Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K214156

A Super Buy

Montrose $495,000 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K205504

Rossland $297,000 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K214846

New Listing

Fruitvale $409,000 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K213040

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

MLS# K213216

Trail $123,500 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K214620

New

Listing

Fruitvale $330,000 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K205510

Trail $449,900 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K212192

New Price

Beaver Falls $329,900 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K210797

New Price

OPEN HOUSES

Wed, Aug 1, 3:00 - 5:00pm 930 12th Avenue

Montrose $395,000

MLS# K213202 host: Jack

Thurs, Aug 2, 5:00 - 7:00pm 1771 1st Street

Fruitvale $267,000

MLS# K212336host: Rhonda

Fri, Aug 3, 12:00 - 2:00pm 8392 Theatre Road

Trail $265,000

MLS# K212989host: Patty

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Trucks & VansPRICED FOR FAST SALE1992 Ford F-150 4x4 short box, 5sp, c/w canopy, $1500. 1981 Honda CB900 $750. 250.231.9165

Boats2008 Seadoo GTI130

1 owner, 3 person water craft. low hours. Dealer maintained & serviced. Cover, bumpers,

trailer incl. Pkg new was $12,083 + tax, fi rst $6,000

takes!! 250-551-3336

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FRIENDS THIS SUMMER!!Your Cabin on the Lake

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• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc

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• Fold down table for a queen sized bed

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

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

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NEW LISTING

329 Wilson Road, Fruitvale $189,900

Excellent opportunity to own 10 acres with a 3 bdrm 2 bath house and 16x32 shop. House

needs work but you can’t go wrong at this price! Act fast!

Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

NEW LISTING

1672 Stang Road, Fruitvale $349,000

4 bdrm home on 2.6 acres with open floor plan, hardwood floors, formal dining room, and a sunroom! A pool, sauna and firebox makes for great outdoor entertaining! All this plus 1500 sq. ft. of shop and garage!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

NEW LISTING

675 Shakespeare Street, Warfield

$174,000Beautifully maintained upper Warfield home

with a sunny dining area addition. One bedroom on the main floor, two upstairs and

another in the basement that could easily be a rec room. Nice yard with a patio for

summer dining. Garage & a large workshop below.

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

1175 & 1185 Green Ave, Trail $279,000

2 houses! Both are in beautiful condition and completely finished inside and out.

Plenty of parking too. These would be great revenue properties or combination home and

mortgage helper.Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162

#7–2205 Rockland Avenue, Trail $235,000

Adult oriented 1/2 duplex, corner unit, beautifully landscaped. This duplex features open floor plan , 9’ ceilings,

main floor laundry, well maintained, low maintenance fees include yard and snow

maintenance. Call now!

1200 2nd Ave & 1352 Taylor St.Trail

$189,000Opportunity is knocking! Not only do you

buy a cute and cozy 2 bdrm home, but at this amazing price you also purchase a separate approx 250 sq. ft. building. This building is

perfect for a home based business, a studio, a shop or whatever needs you may have.

Call now!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

898 Schofield Highway, Warfield$131,700

Great location to live in and rent out suite or use as a rental property. The single family home has a full suite in lower level. The

upper floor is clean and ready to move in or rent out. Updated flooring and paint, great

covered parking. This is a great opportunity, move in and have a lot of your mortgage

paid for you.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

565 Rossland Avenue, Trail $155,000

Charming “heritage-style” home. This 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath home features oak in-laid floors, wood-burning fireplace and tons of charm. Upgrades include numerous

windows, electrical and roofing. A terrific home at a great price.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1912 Hummingbird Dr, Fruitvale $399,500

Built in 2008 this 4 bdrm, 3 bath home boasts vaulted ceilings, fireplace and

loads of sunlight. Enjoy the bright spacious walkout basement with covered

deck, large family room/hobby room, and access to the double garage. All this situated on a quiet street on a very large

flat lot.Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1745 Kitchener Ave, Rossland$259,000

Great 4 bdrm family home on 0.24 acres. Large walk out basement with a bright rec

room and wood stove. The living room boasts awesome mountain views and a gas fireplace. Lots of parking for all the

toys. Call your REALTOR(R) today to view this home!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

3245 Lilac Crescent, Trail$209,900

Located on one of Trail’s most beautiful blocks, this home offers 3 bdrms, huge

living room, hardwood floors, and a family/recreation room downstairs. Property offers a back yard with plenty of room for the children

to run and play together with a mature garden area.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

628 Turner Street, Warfield $114,900

Features include upgraded wiring & electrical-newer furnace-paint-flooring-light fixtures-windows-fenced backyard with new deck-large covered porch all on a quiet dead end street. Basement

is ready for your ideas. Priced right and waiting for new owners.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

REGIONAL

BY AARON ORLANDORevelstoke Times Review

BC Hydro has opened the Mica Dam spillway for the first time since 1997, sending up to 1,133 cubic meters of water per second down the three-pronged spillway, culminating in a vio-lent and beautiful explosion of water at the dam base.

The water drops 150 metres as it races along the 585-metre spillway – the highest drop of any BC Hydro dam.

BC Hydro spokesperson Jennifer Walker-Larsen explained the planned, 24-hour water release on July 26–27 was a test of the dam spillway, “in anticipation of possible releases that may be needed to pass rec-ord high reservoir inflows this year.”

Although the 1,133-cubic-meter (40,000-cubic-feet) per second rate created a roaring tor-

rent of water that dwarfs heavy construction vehicles parked

nearby, Walker-Larsen said it was only a fraction of the dam’s

maximum. The Mica Dam spillway was

constructed to handle 3,171 cubic meters (112,000 cubic feet) per second.

The spilling follows very high water inflows into the Columbia River system in B.C.’s Southern Interior this season.

The Mica Dam holds back the Kinbasket Reservoir, which is forecast to receive more inflow than any other year on record in 40 years since the dam was com-peted in 1973.

BC Hydro experts expect the Kinbasket Reservoir to get 20.3 cubic kilometres of inflow from February to September this year – nearly five cubic kilometres more than normal.

The Mica Dam is located about 135 kilometres north of Revelstoke along Highway 23 North. It is currently undergoing extensive upgrades.

For video of the spill visit revelstoketimesreview.com

REVELSTOKE

BC Hydro tests Mica Dam spillway for potential record inflows

JENNIFER WALKER-LARSEN/BC HYDRO

The Mica Dam spillway opened for the first time since 1997 to deal with record inflow into the Kinbasket Reservoir this season.