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It was a happy ending Monday night for the family of a missing Warfield woman.

After being unable to locate her earlier the same afternoon, Holly Ridenour's family reported the 59-year-old missing, but as it turned out, the situation was all about crossed lines of communica-tion.

“She had gone out hiking with a friend and there had been some miscommunication as to what was going on and where she was,” said Cpl. Mike Wilson of the Trail RCMP. “(She was missing) for just a few hours. It was a very good outcome – she was absolutely fine.”

Before Ridenour was located, police say there was a huge out-pouring of community assistance, trying to locate the missing woman.

“We had the Rossland Search and Rescue Team, all volunteers, come out and deployed, which is hugely helpful,” said Cpl. Wilson. “We got such a great response. People were all trying to come in and help. It is a really good area for that kind of stuff.”

Cpl. Wilson says he saw simi-

lar community outreach when a 10-year-old boy went missing in Castlegar on Nov. 19. He was found just a few hours later by members of the community who had kept their eyes peeled and noticed him on a bus looking lost.

“This is a great area to be work-ing in because people are really good for helping out,” he said. “It really makes a huge difference. There is always such a huge com-munity response.”

When a loved one goes miss-ing or their safety is in question, Cpl. Wilson encourages phone calls to the police for help, but has a few tips where police involvement could be avoided.

“If you are going on a trip or going out to do things, we always recommend telling someone where you are and what you are doing,” he said.

With the backcountry ski and snowmobile season about to start, the need for proper communica-tion prior to heading out is vital. Especially when search and rescue volunteers take great risks in try-ing to locate someone in the back-country in the event of a mishap.

“Even leaving a note or mak-ing a call – any of those things go miles to help people out,” said Cpl. Wilson. “It is all about people's families and know what their loved ones are safe. It is just to help reduce people's concerns.”

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It's hard to define a communi-ty that's over a century old, given how quickly things can change in the world.

However, there's an artifact in the Silver City that does just that.

Called the Chain of Office, the gold plated link to the past, has been secured at city hall in the office of the Trail mayor for almost five decades.

The patina on the insignia of

office reflects the 46 years the symbol has been part of the may-oral swearing in ceremony in the City of Trail.

Six medallions stamped with impressions of the smelter and refinery, the Waneta Dam, hock-ey players, forestry, the ferry across the Columbia River pre-bridge days, forestry, and the people of Trail are anchored by the city's seal imprinted with the words,'Gold Must Be Tried In Fire.'

The phrase suggests the pious history of the Trail community, because in the Bible, the saying refers to faith being tested by suffering.

According to an Oct. 16, 1968 edition of the Trail Times, the Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) spent six years planning the chain's design, and during a council meeting that evening, presented the golden collar to then mayor, Buddy DeVito.

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on the gold chain rep-resent the resources of the community and the surrounding area, said Jaycee’s Jim DeLong during the evening’s presenta-tion.

Accepting the chain, Mayor DeVito expressed the coun-cil’s appreciation and added, “This does not belong to me, but to this council and the citizens of the city.”

During the Monday night induction of Trail’s 23rd mayor, Mike Martin, (not including those sworn in more than once) the Chain of Office was

arranged on a table beside former mayor Dieter Bog’s proclama-tion to the city.

Notably, Bogs was a member of the Trail Jaycees the year the chain officially made it to the city’s mayoral office.

In a telephone interview last week, Bogs recalled the orga-nization that included men between the ages of 18 and 40, as one of up-and-comers in the community who dedi-cated time to the city by organizing many events.

The group itself, originally called the Trail Junior Board of Trade, was founded by Mr. John Lattie in 1937 with 50 char-tered members. Over time, members planned everything from ‘welcome home Trail Smoke Eaters’ party in 1938 to war effort, salvage stamp and a variety show in 1940, handling public-ity for Trail’s Golden Jubilee in 1950, blood donor clinics in the ‘60s and Christmas light-up celebrations and teenage safe driv-ing programs in later years.

Jaycees presented chainMike Martin became Trail’s 23rd mayor

Above; Councillor Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson signs the Oath of Office. Below, retired councillor Gord DeRosa was presented with a gift for his 27 years of service to the city. Left; Judge Ron Sperry addressed the large crowd at the Riverbelle.

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The 97th inaugural meeting of Trail city council was standing room only in the Riverbelle Monday evening as approximately 150 people gathered to see the newly elected politicians officially sworn in. Reverend Meredith Robertson deliv-ered the invocation before Honorable Judge Sperry administered the Oaths of Office. Mayor-elect Mike Martin was up first, followed by councillors-elect Robert Cacchioni, Carol Dobie, Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson, Kevin Jolly, Lisa Pasin and Sandy Santori. Acknowledgement was given to retiring Mayor Dieter Bogs, for-mer councillors and community volunteers. The event closed with Mayor Martin's inaug-ural address that focused on economic develop-ment, improving relations with surrounding communities, commitment for a skatepark and a transparent, ‘open for business’ city hall.

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The very cold November in Greater Trail doesn't mean the rest of winter is going to be one big brrrr.

According to local weatherman Jesse Ellis, an El Niño phenomenon will most likely bring warmer than normal temperatures for the remainder of the season.

“In terms of a long term forecast for the winter, we are in a weak El Niño year,” he explained. “The general idea is for near or slightly above average temperatures and freezing levels a little higher than usual.”

There's about a 60 per cent chance that the warm phase will bring milder than average temperatures, he continued, which means on the flip side there's still room for snow and frigid days ahead.

“It's a large scale global pattern that nudg-es us one way or the other,” Ellis noted. “But here in the Kootenays, other short term sys-tems have the most impact on us.”

Such as the series of Pacific systems, expected to move into the area by Thursday, bringing flurries and up to five centimetres of snow by Saturday.

“That's the way things are playing out,” he said. “We could see snow levels rising above the valley floor by Sunday and with that, tem-peratures gradually turning milder.”

Snow is expected to turn to rain by Monday, he added.

Looking back over the month of November, Arctic air masses twice blew into the Greater Trail area, bringing a freeze that once settled into the valley, broke four daily record lows.

Overall, the temperature average was about one degree less than normal for the 11th month of the year. New record lows include -10.7 C on Nov. 12, -10.4 C Nov 16, -10 C Nov. 17 and -8.4 C on Nov. 18.

The coldest day was -11 C on the night of the Nov 30.

“The temperature peaked near 10 degrees on the 28th in advance of a cold front that blew through town in the afternoon,” said Ellis. “That was followed closely by a second Arctic outbreak that maintained cold temper-atures to the end of the month.”

A total of 58 millimetres (mm) of rain fell during the first week of November, and by Nov. 30 about 38 mm of snow was recorded, which is on course with the average precipita-tion for the month.

As ski season at Red Mountain Resort inches toward opening day on Dec. 13, the hill's snow report shows 27 cm of snowfall in the last seven days, adding to a total snowfall of 117 cm since Oct. 1 and a current alpine snow depth of 60 cm.

Those numbers are down slightly from last year, when a Dec. 4 report outlined a total snowfall of almost 132 cm and an alpine depth of 92 cm.

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Former Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy is a kidney transplant recipient and he wants to share his story, and more, with the region.

On Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m., Conroy and the Kidney Foundation of Canada will be hosting a Community Conversation at the Trail Aquatic Centre to serve as a forum for residents. The meeting will allow people to share their experiences with kidney disease, ideas on how to boost the province's organ donor list and listen to some guest speakers and experts.

Conroy received his kid-ney from a domino proce-dure where his wife, Katrine, donated a kidney to a strang-er so he could received one in kind from a different donor. By sharing his personal expe-riences with kidney disease, he hopes to encourage others to share as well.

“A lot of people are reluc-tant to talk about their per-

sonal struggles, but it lets the public know there are people out there in need of trans-plants,” he said in a press release. “It allows people who have had transplants to sup-port each other. It is valuable to those waiting for a trans-plant to know they are not alone.”

The meeting has the goal of increasing awareness for the organ donor list and to encourage registration in local residents.

“Every community in B.C. shares a similar story of needing more kidneys than there are available for trans-plant,” commented Karen Philip, executive director of B.C. branch of the founda-tion.

“The research shows that 95 per cent of British Columbians support the idea of donating a kidney to some-one in need, but only 19 per cent are actually registered on B.C.'s organ donor regis-try. We want to change this story and invite the public to join the conversation.”

Conroy also wants to see more names on the organ donor list.

“Please get out there and sign up to donate your organs

– you never know what could happen,” he said.

The hosted conversation is just one step in the pro-cess the Kidney Foundation of Canada is taking to reach their goal of increasing kidney transplant rates by 50 per cent over the next five years. Currently, there

are 900 people in the West Kootenay Region suffering from chronic kidney disease and 30 people in need of a kidney transplant.

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Although it may seem a tourist manager for such a beautiful and popular destination as Christina Lake might be somewhat superfluous, Hooge said he will be plenty busy in his new role.

Hooge said Christina Lake is working on ways to improve tourism and attract even more people to the Lake both as visitors and as potential residents.

“We’ve been developing our online service now quite extensively and doing our website on why you should come to the Lake,” he said.

“We’ve got Winterfest coming (in January) and the great Homecoming event. They always say (Winterfest) is bigger and better than ever but that’s totally true. They’ve added some more things.”

Hooge has been hired to a half-time, year-to-year con-tract. He will work out of the Welcome Centre as well as his home depending on what is needed.

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

in his efforts to force the House of Commons to debate the issue of assisted suicide, Manitoba Conservative MP Stephen Fletcher has gone down the hall for some help.

Two senators - one a Conservative, the other a Liberal - are taking over Fletcher’s bid to make physician-assisted death legal under Canadian law, introducing a bill on the subject in the upper chamber.

It’s an opportun-ity to spark a national debate on the conten-tious question - and also a chance for the Senate to burnish its tarnished reputation, Fletcher told a news conference Tuesday.

“This is an oppor-tunity in fact for the Senate to shine, to demonstrate why the Senate is there,” said Fletcher, who became a quadriplegic after a car accident in 1996.

“They are deal-ing with an issue that

obviously most elect-ed representatives do not want to deal with. Moreover, I think the mere fact that it’s now going to be debated in Parliament will increase public aware-ness, people will have this discussion with their families around the dinner table, which will prevent a lot of heartache in the future for those families.”

Conservative Sen. Nancy Ruth is intro-ducing the bill with the support of Liberal-appointed senator Larry Campbell. Both say they believe their parties will help move it forward.

“If you know Sen. Nancy Ruth and myself, we don’t fight on hills we don’t think we can take,” Campbell said.

Ruth said her aim

to have it passed through the Senate by spring and then hand-ed over to the House of Commons.

It’s possible that the Supreme Court, which is currently studying the constitutionality of the existing ban on assisted suicide, will have weighed in on the issue by then.

But there is only so far the court will be able to go, said Dr. James Downar, who is on the advisory board for the advocacy group Dying with Dignity.

“Ultimately the Supreme Court can only strike down a bad law,” Downar said.

“It cannot write a good law, it cannot create the safeguards needed, it can’t create the oversight needed and it cannot provide the funding required

to improve end of life care for all Canadians.”

The government’s reluctance to wrestle with the thorny ques-tion of assisted suicide, meanwhile, has been well documented.

“It is our govern-ment’s position that the Criminal Code provisions prohibiting assisted suicide and euthanasia are in place to protect all persons, including those who are most vulnerable in our society,” Justice Minister Peter MacKay said when the Supreme Court announced it would hear the appeal.

An online poll con-ducted for the group in August ahead of the Supreme Court hearing found a sig-nificant majority of respondents in favour of allowing a doctor to help end a person’s life, in certain circum-stances.

The bill being put forward in the Senate would impose strict guidelines on those circumstances and how a request for assistance would be approved.

Among other things, it would impose a 14-day wait-ing period between a

request being made and a doctor carrying it out.

“This bill is fun-damentally about choice,” Ruth said.

“It doesn’t coerce anybody - not a phys-ician, not a patient, not a family member, nobody. It is simply to provide a choice, another choice for Canadians, in how they choose to end their lives.”

The national associ-ation for Canadian doc-tors recently backed down from its long-standing opposition to against assisted death.

In August, the Canadian Medical Association changed its official policy to say it supports the idea of physicians - within the bounds of existing laws - following their conscience when asked to provide aid in dying.

Ruth said she wants to see the CMA take that discussion even further.

“The CMA is mov-ing and this is exciting so the Senate is a good place for them to talk,” she said.

“And senators are close enough to death to want to do this,” she added, to laughter.

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VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark and her ministers are fending off calls to increase spending on pressing social prior-ities as the financial picture brightens for the B.C. government.

With the bills tallied for the first half of the fiscal year, the province is forecasting a surplus of $444 million by next spring, about twice as much as was projected in last February’s budget.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the improvement was helped by a strength-ening U.S. economy, despite commodity slumps that have produced declining lum-ber and coal revenues.

Both de Jong and Clark said their high-est priority is to repay about $5 billion in debt accumulated during a string of deficits before the budget was balanced in 2013.

“Like any family that’s been through tough times, the first thing you need to do when you get back to finding a job and mak-ing an income again, is to pay off your credit cards,” Clark said in an interview.

“We’re going to pay off these credit cards that got charged up after 2008 pretty heav-ily.”

NDP children and family critic Carole James said the government has achieved surpluses with the help of increases to med-ical premiums, ferry fares, BC Hydro rate increases and other charges, and it’s time to put some back to the people who need it.

Her party has been pressing for removal of a clawback of child support payments from social assistance and disability recipi-ents, an estimated annual cost of $17 mil-lion.

“It’s not simply people who are the recipients of child maintenance dollars, but in fact all British Columbians see how unfair it is that that money is clawed back from children,” James said.

Another priority is to increase post-sec-ondary education funds, which are looking at one of a series of budget cuts next year despite the government’s high-profile jobs plan, James said.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond, mean-while, turned away calls from retiring B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

After a series of increases brought the B.C. minimum up to $10.25 by 2012, Bond said the issue is being monitored, along with factors like youth unemployment and inflation.

“You’re certainly not going to see us move to $15 an hour in the short term,” she said.

Surplus to pay off debt: Clark

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of Famer Gordie Howe has suffered his third stroke since late October and was hospitalized early this week, his daughter said Tuesday.

Cathy Purnell said her father suffered a “significant stroke” on Monday. Howe was stable and “a little bit alert” Tuesday morning, and doctors at a Lubbock hospital where he taken were scheduled to do additional tests, she said.

“He’s a fighter,” Purnell said. “The man is tough. He has this will to keep going, all things con-sidered.”

Purnell said therapists who have been tending to Howe arrived at her house Monday morning and discovered him nonresponsive in bed.

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Bobby Keys, a saxo-phonist and lifelong rock ‘n’ roller who played on record-ings by Buddy Holly and John Lennon and performed one of the all-time blowout solos on the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar,” has died at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 70 years old.

Michael Webb, who played keyboard with Keys, said Keys died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. Keys had been on tour with the Stones earlier this year.

“The Rolling Stones are devastated by the loss of their very dear friend and legend-ary saxophone player, Bobby Keys,” the band said in a statement. “Bobby made a unique

musical contribu-tion to the band since the 1960s. He will be greatly missed.”

Known for his heavy jowls and raw, raucous style, the Lubbock, Texas, native was born on the same day as Keith Richards - Dec. 18, 1943 - and the Stones guitarist would often cite Keys as a soul mate and favour-ite musician. Besides “Brown Sugar,” Keys also played memor-able solos on such Stones favourites as the 7-minute jam “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” and the country-styled “Sweet Virginia.”

Other career high-lights included John Lennon’s chart-top-ping “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” and albums by Richards, George

Harrison, Barbra Streisand and Eric Clapton.

“I have lost the lar-gest pal in the world, and I can’t express the sense of sadness I feel, although Bobby would tell me to cheer up,” Richards said.

Keys’ career dated back to the 1950s, when as a teenager he played with fellow Lubbock native Holly and The Crickets. He met the Stones in the mid-’60s while they were on the same bill at a state fair in San Antonio, Texas, and was distraught that the British rockers had recorded a cover of Holly’s “Not Fade Away.”

“I said, ‘Hey, that was Buddy’s song,”’ Keys recalled in Richards’ memoir “Life,” published in

2010. “Who are these pasty-faced, funny-talking, skinny-legged guys to come over here and cash in on Buddy’s song?”

But once Keys lis-tened more closely, he decided the Stones were playing “actual rock and roll,” an opin-ion the Stones more than shared about Keys. He first recorded with them in the late 1960s and toured and recorded with them off and on over the fol-lowing decades, his

work featured on three of the group’s most acclaimed albums: “Let It Bleed,” ”Sticky Fingers“ and ”Exile on Main Street.“

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OPINION

Taking a closer look at election spending

For the last six weeks, deep in the B.C. legislature, eight MLAs have

been toiling away at try-ing to set spending limits for municipal parties and their candidates in 2018, as well as third parties.

It’s been an oddly quiet discussion, given that their recommendations might restore a modicum of faith in local democracy. Might.

B.C. is somewhat unique in Canada in hav-ing parties and independ-ent candidates running at the local level in some cit-ies. Most provinces survive without that extra layer of political parties.

Quebec has them and Montreal may very well be the best city in Canada for campaign spending com-parisons with Vancouver.

And boy is there a dif-ference.

In the Montreal elec-tion in 2013, a municipal party running a full slate of candidates for that city’s 103 council and borough positions had a spending limit of $1.65 million or $1.50 per voter.

If all things were equal between the two cities,

Vision Vancouver would have already ended their campaign with a surplus of $600,000 and the NPA a surplus of $450,000, based on their respective donor reports release a week before the vote.

But they aren’t. Vancouver has less than half the number of eligible voters (484,000 to 1.1 mil-lion) and a full slate of can-didates in Vancouver is 27.

If Montreal’s limit of $1.50 per elector was adjusted to the num-ber of eligible voters in Vancouver, the limit would drop to $725,466. And that’s before adjusting for the difference in the num-ber of elected positions between the two cities.

The committee is also considering spending lim-its for third parties, from environmental associa-tions to unions to cham-bers of commerce to ad hoc groups formed solely to support one or more candidates.

In B.C., the spending limit for a third party in a provincial election is $3,200 per riding.

For the riding of Stitkine, home to the most

courted voters in B.C. ear-lier this year – the resi-dents of Kitimat – that limit works out to 15 cents per voter.

In last April’s plebiscite on the Northern Gateway Pipeline in Kitimat, Douglas Channel Watch spent $14,363 on ads, sup-plies and other campaign expenses or $3.37 for each of the city’s 4,259 eligible voters. Safe bet Enbridge spent more.

But it shows – as does the Montreal-Vancouver comparison – that there’s a lot of room to set lim-its that are low enough so they have meaning, because this process isn’t just about getting gobs of cash out of elections, it’s about getting good people

to step forward as candi-dates as well. Money must not be the barrier.

But in its bizarre rush to have recommendations ready in two weeks, the eight MLAs won’t have the benefit of Adriane Carr’s financial disclosure report for last month’s election in Vancouver. Ms. Carr topped the polls for coun-cil.

Nor will they have the benefit of the reports for parties in Surrey or Burnaby that might have provided some balance to those that will be filed by Vision Vancouver and the NPA.

It seems the committee can’t wait three months.

The rush is peculiar given that it has taken the government four years to get to this point and it’ll be another four years before limits can take effect.

The big problem with dragging your feet? Events can over take you. New issues have emerged that the legislature should address or old issues that could be revisited.

Should cities in B.C. be divided into wards? Charlottetown and Halifax

has them. St. John’s and St. John too. Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Brandon, Regina, and Calgary as well. Only B.C. doesn’t.

Only two provinces allow you to run for local office in a community where you don’t reside: Manitoba and British Columbia. In the November election, one candidate ran for mayor of 13 communities in the Capital Regional District. It’s permissible under the act, but should it be?

Only three provinces hold elections on the week-end: Nova Scotia, Quebec and British Columbia. All have some of the low-est voter turnouts in the country.

Most provinces restrict and set donation lim-its at the local level. B.C. doesn’t.

Sometimes standing out from the crowd is a good thing, but when you’re the odd man out on so many critical issues to the most fundamental laws of a democracy that’s not such a good thing.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

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be added to one’s bid-ding arsenal, necessary only when one is just concerned with the quality of the trump suit. The grand slam force was reviewed last week, and this week the small slam force will be discussed.

The bidding: South opens One Spade and North bids Jacoby Two Notrump showing a strong four-card major raise of opening points or more. It does not have to be 13 points, it just has to be a hand that would be opened in first or second seat.

Two No Trump, in this sequence, asks the opener to bid a second

five-card suit at the four-level first, then shortness at the three level, then game with a minimum or lousy opener, then Three No Trump (never to play with a nine-card major fit) with mild slam interest and then, finally, three of the major with serious

slam interest.As mentioned in the

past, when one does not have the King, Queen or Jack oppos-ite partner’s shortness, one may get to slam on 27 high card points.

North, with his good 13 and a void is sure that Seven is not there and bids Five of the major asking part-ner to bid Six with two of the top three hon-ours in the Spade suit and pass with one or less. South complies and plays Six Spades.

The Lead: A Heart lead is out because leading a suit in which the opponents have shortness will never

result in a plethora of tricks, but may develop a discard for the declarer.

King from King-Queen is a mildly risky lead against game but is perfect against slam when the setting trick may be the Queen. As was the case last week, the person on lead does not know the

opponents have a club void.

The play: Declarer ruffs the opening lead, draws trump and cash-es the top diamonds and loses a diamond trick. He has plenty of winning cards and ruffs to get his 12 tricks that he needs.

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On Nov. 19 some 9,000 British uni-versity stu-

dents marched through London, demanding “free” post-secondary education. They claim that Britain’s current fee structure saddles students with moun-tains of debt and that the high fees are also inequitable, posing a significant barrier of entry to poor students.

While not protesting for it as vocally, many student groups in Canada are demanding the same policy.

Should higher education be “free,” as the students were demanding? First, let’s dispense with the idea that there is anything free in public life; what they are demanding is that the state pay for their whole tuition – university facilities,

administration, and professors have to be compensated after all. That, in turn, means higher taxes, more public debt, or cuts to other services.

The proponents have some arguments worth considering. The primary argument they make is econom-ic: university educa-tion has become neces-sary to secure (or have a chance of securing)

a middle-class income.In Canada it is

undeniable that uni-versity education costs a lot of money. A four-year degree including residence, course, and administration fees can be as much as $80,000. That is a significant amount of debt to start out with in life. But if one will, as the argu-ment goes, earn more over a lifetime than someone who did not attend post-secondary, surely that invest-ment must be worth it even if it requires debt financing.

Why should the state finance the entirety of someone’s self-improvement? It seems reasonable to ask people who will benefit from their learning to pay some portion of the cost.

That’s one way to think about the issue. Another is to ask why university degrees have become so neces-sary. My grandmother worked a demand-ing job in the billing department of a major utility for many years, one which required strong numeracy and good reading and writ-ing abilities. She did all this well with an eighth grade education – not uncommon in women of her generation. She was also an avid reader and helped me with my homework through

elementary and high school. Her job today would require a new hire to have a four-year degree from a post-secondary insti-tution.

The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) estimates that 75 per cent of new jobs will require some amount of post-sec-ondary education, but why? Certainly engin-eering, medicine, law, dentistry, medicine, and academia require education past high school, but why would a university educated public relations con-sultant or human resources administra-tor be superior to a high-school educated one?

The answer, I believe, is not that the jobs of today have become more challen-ging (if anything, com-puters today are orders of magnitude easier to work with than the obtuse machines which my grandmother used) but that education at the elementary and high school level has become less rigorous. Employers look at a university degree not as a proof of exception-al talent and qualifica-tion, or of the posses-sion of greater skills, but simply as a sign that an applicant can read, write, and think analytically.

It has become the equivalent of what a high school diploma used to be.

Anyone who has taught first-year undergraduates as a teaching assistant, like I have, has evidence of this. Getting together with my fellow grad students to swap stor-

ies, we all struggled with disbelief that so many students could be so unready for uni-versity after 12 years of compulsory school-ing. And these were apparently the best and brightest of their high school classes.

Our instruction of these students was often not about helping them grasp the materi-al but about improving their writing skills to the point they could express themselves well enough to pass the course.

To many we were providing remedial education for $11,000 a year, giving them the training they should have received in high school.

If employers could be more confident that a high school diploma was an actual mark of accomplishment and academic ability, rath-er than a rubber stamp after 12 years of state-sponsored babysitting, they would not ask for so much extra qualifi-cation.

Unfortunately, we seem to be stuck in a vicious circle. High school standards have weakened so diplomas count for less. Employers then demand higher quali-fications which creates an increased pressure for students to attend post-secondary edu-cation. High schools then inflate grades to create more “univer-sity ready” applicants on paper. This results in employers asking for more and more qualifications. Will entry-level positions soon require Masters Degrees?

The cost isn’t just high for the students:

the state pays a sig-nificant portion of the fees for each student as well as the upkeep of facilities and the sal-aries of teaching staff. Those costs are already borne by taxpayers. Improving the exist-ing high school sys-tem (which by law has to educate everyone) would yield greater benefits to society at lower costs for every-one.

Proponents of free education will at this point change the sub-ject to all the other benefits that post-sec-ondary education gives – it enriches lives, makes people deep-er and more critical thinkers, and is neces-sary to support our democracy. After many years of post-secondary education I can reply only with the follow-ing: you can lead a stu-dent to knowledge but you can’t make them think.

Some people come to love learning for itself and are enriched by their years in uni-versity; most others are only detoured from life by unnecessary and expensive course work from which they will derive no lasting bene-fit.

What is needed is more rigorous and thorough high school education, perhaps with earlier streaming of students into les-sons that cater to their talents, rather than the assumption that everyone should have a post-secondary degree.

Michael Flood is a marketing writer and communications consultant. He holds an MA in Philosophy from the University of Alberta.

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SubmittedIt was a light week in the

Kootenay Savings Super League, as the Myron Nichol rink, fresh off their impressive win of the Nelson Merchants Cash Spiel, was unable to ice a team against the Deane Horning rink.

Castlegar Hyundai, with Rob Norbert skipping, took on the Ken Fines rink. After Fines started with a deuce, Norbert made a nice double take-out in the second to lay

three. In the third, Fines, with Hyundai laying two guarded, had an opportunity to draw for one, but chose to throw a double take-out through a tight port for a chance at five. He achingly racked on the guard, giving Hyundai a steal of two. Team Hyundai then stole again in the fourth for an early 6-2 lead.

Fines and Norbert traded deuces over the next four ends, but Fines figured it wasn’t his night, shaking

hands on a 10-6 Castlegar Hyundai win.

Team Ferguson had a great battle with Justin Umpherville and his Junior Mens rink. Team Ferguson went into steal mode right from the first end, leaving Umpherville runbacks or dif-ficult draws to try and score.

Skip Umpherville couldn’t quite get to that shot stone, as Ferguson stole one in the first five ends for a 5-0 lead. The Juniors got on the board

with a single in the sixth, and closed the gap with a steal of their own in the seventh, but the Ferguson rink just keeps rolling along this year, taking a three spot in the eighth for an 8-2 victory.

Team Ferguson starts the second half alone in first with a three-point lead over Team Horning.

Great curling continues again this Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Trail Curling Club, spectators are welcome.

b y J i m b a i l e y Times Sports EditorThe Greater

Trail Minor Hockey Association (GTMHA) Bantam Tier 2 Smoke Eaters will host its annual hock-ey tourna-ment this weekend at the Cominco, Beaver Valley, and Rossland Arenas.

The GTMHA Bantam Reps, coached by Darrel and Mike Boisvert, will take to the ice against teams from Spokane, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Campbell River, Nelson, Penticton, and Salmon Arm.

“The Bantam Rep Team is doing very well this year,” said tourna-ment director Shannon Morris. “The team is facing their fare share of injuries, but still managed to make it to the finals in the Salmon Arm Tournament last month even though only having 12 skaters and were down to 10 for the final.”

The Bantam Smokies are also young with just six returning players from last year’s squad filling out the roster; including Tommy McConnachie (F), Bradley Ross (F), Owen Titus (F), Conner Seib (D), Jonathan Ballarin (D) and Joshua Ballarin (goalie).

Despite their youth, and having to fight through a rash of injur-ies, the team currently sits in second place in the Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association (OMAHA) with four wins, two losses and four ties. Salmon Arm leads the division with a 5-2-2 record, with one of its losses and ties coming against Trail earlier this month.

The Tier 2 Bantams

are hoping to be at full strength again in time for the home tourna-ment with the prob-able return of Titus, Jonathan Ballarin, and Reilly McKinnon.

“We are hoping to make it into the final of our tourna-ment and avenge our loss to Salmon

Arm in the final of their home tournament,” said Morris. “However, the teams for our tour-nament are very strong so whichever teams play the best on that weekend will make it to the finals.”

Last season the GTMHA Tier 2 Bantams just missed the prov-incial playoffs going 2-1-1 with its only loss against the eventual Provincial Champions Penticton, and their tie coming against North Shore, the provincial runner-up.

“The coaches and team are working towards an excellent showing at provincials with a goal of making it into the top four at provincials this year,” added Morris.

For this weekend’s tournament, the teams are split into two pools with the GTMHA Tier 2 Bantams play-ing against Kelowna, Spokane, and West Kelowna in Pool A, while Pool B consists of Campbell River, Nelson, Penticton, and Salmon Arm.

The GTMHA Bantams will open the tournament on Friday at 2:15 against West Kelowna at the Cominco Arena, with the tournament wrap-ping up on Sunday with the final’s faceoff at 11:45 a.m. at the Cominco Arena.

See Scoreboard for schedule.

by timeS StaffIn a pair of nail-biters, the Selkirk

College Saints hockey team eked out two overtime wins over the University of Victoria Vikings on the weekend to rise from fourth to second place in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL).

The Saints skated to a dramatic 5-4 shootout win on Saturday followed by an equally riveting 3-2 overtime victory over the Vikes on Sunday, and, as a result, Selkirk College forward Alex Milligan was named the BCIHL’s Player of the Week on Monday for his role in the two victories.

On Saturday, the 21-year-old rookie winger kick started the Selkirk come-back. Down 4-1 in the second period, Milligan assisted on a second period marker by Stefan Gonzales before scor-ing himself at 2:20 to draw Selkirk within

a goal.Former Trail Smoke Eater Darnell

Dyck tied the game with 3:03 remaining in the third but overtime solved nothing. After the first three shooters were sty-mied by both goalies, Milligan took cen-tre stage once again and fired home the shootout winner past Vikes netminder Scott Legault, while Saints goalie James Prigione stopped all four UVic shooters, in addition to 31 saves in regulation.

On Sunday, defenceman Lucas Hildebrand picked a good time to score his first of the season when he finished a nice play from Ryan Edwards and Mason Spear and beat goalie Nick Babich at 2:06 of the overtime period to give the Saints the 3-2 victory.

The Vikes got on the board first just as a Selkirk penalty expired. Dylan Hykawy

would gather the puck at the blueline and wire it top corner on Steven Glass with 2:13 to play in the middle frame. However, the Saints’ Jackson Garrett replied before the period was out on a nice set up from Trail native Logan Proulx and Fruitvale’s Arie Postmus to make it 1-1 heading into the third.

Hykawy would give Uvic the lead at 13:27 of the third, but the speedy Milligan made a crucial play, setting up Dyck for a game-tying goal with just 50 seconds remaining in regulation, setting up Hilderbrand’s OT winner.

Trinity Western leads the pack with 18 points, lying three points ahead of both the Saints and the Vikes.

Selkirk Saints will travel to Alberta this weekend for exhibition games against the University of Lethbridge.

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Selkirk Saints forward Jackson Garrett missed a great opportunity on this Darnell Dyck, 10, set up, however, Garrett would score before the period was out and Dyck would tie it to set up Selkirks’ second win over the UVic Vikes in extra time on Sunday.

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Friday’s GamesTrail vs West Kelowna 2:15 p.m.

at Cominco ArenaNelson vs Salmon Arm 4:30 p.m. at Cominco

Spokane vs Kelowna 6 p.m. at B.V. ArenaCampbell River vs Penticton 8:15 p.m.

at B.V. ArenaSaturday Games

Spokane vs Trail 9:30 a.m. at Cominco ArenaKelowna at West Kelowna,10 a.m. at B.V.

Arena.Salmon Arm vs Creston, 11:45 a.m. at Cominco Penticton vs Nelson 12:15 p.m. at B.V. Arena

Trail vs Kelowna 2 p.m. at Cominco Nelson at Campbell River 4:15 p.m. at ComincoW. Kelowna vs Spokane 4:15 p.m. at B.V. Arena

Salmon Arm vs Penticton 6:30 p.m. at B.V. Arena

Sunday Games1st in Pool A vs 2nd Pool B 7:15 a.m. Cominco

1st in B vs 2nd in A 8 a.m. at B.V. Arena3rd in B vs 3rd in A 9:30 a.m. at Cominco

Final match 11:45 a.m. at Cominco Arena. File:

BCHLAll Times PacificInterior Division

GP W L T OL GF GA PtPenticton 28 23 4 0 1 117 53 47Vernon 26 16 7 1 2 90 68 35W.Kelowna 27 14 8 0 5 101 99 33Merritt 27 14 12 0 1 91 95 29Trail 25 12 12 0 1 90 88 25Salmon Arm 27 9 11 2 5 88 93 25

Island Division GP W L T OL GF GA PtNanaimo 28 20 8 0 0 119 80 40Powell River 26 13 7 0 6 92 89 32Alberni Valley 26 14 9 1 2 102 84 31Victoria 26 11 10 0 5 86 100 27Cowichan 27 7 19 0 1 71 114 15

Mainland Division GP W L T OL GF GA PtChilliwack 26 17 8 0 1 95 81 35Prince George 29 16 11 0 2 97 97 34Langley 27 13 10 1 3 81 83 30Coquitlam 29 10 14 1 4 105 118 25Surrey 26 3 20 0 3 58 141 9

Wednesday’s gamesNanaimo at Alberni Valley, 4 p.m.

Trail at Penticton, 4 p.m.Langley at Chilliwack, 4 p.m.Surrey at Coquitlam, 4 p.m.

Friday, December 5Salmon Arm at West Kelowna, 4 p.m.Chilliwack at Prince George, 4 p.m.

Penticton at Vernon, 4 p.m.Victoria at Cowichan Valley, 4 p.m.

Merritt at Nanaimo, 4 p.m.Powell River at Surrey, 4:11 p.m.

Saturday, December 6Powell River at Penticton, 6 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.Chilliwack at Prince George, 7 p.m.

West Kelowna at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.Merritt at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Langley at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.Vernon at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 7Langley at Cowichan Valley, 2 p.m.

Merritt at Coquitlam, 2 p.m.Powell River at Trail, 3 p.m.

National Hockey League

All Times ESTEASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GATampa Bay 25 17 6 2 36 91 67Pittsburgh 23 16 5 2 34 81 55Montreal 26 17 7 2 36 69 66N.Y. Islanders 24 17 7 0 34 77 65Detroit 24 14 5 5 33 74 61N.Y. Rangers 24 11 9 4 26 71 70Boston 25 14 10 1 29 63 61Toronto 23 12 8 3 27 76 69Florida 22 9 7 6 24 46 55Washington 23 10 9 4 24 65 65Ottawa 23 10 9 4 24 61 63New Jersey 24 9 11 4 22 58 71

Philadelphia 23 8 12 3 19 61 74Buffalo 24 8 14 2 18 43 76Carolina 23 7 13 3 17 54 68Columbus 24 7 15 2 16 54 84

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 26 15 6 5 35 71 68Nashville 23 16 5 2 34 64 46St. Louis 24 16 6 2 34 66 51Vancouver 24 16 7 1 33 75 66Calgary 25 15 8 2 32 78 64Chicago 24 15 8 1 31 74 48Los Angeles 24 12 7 5 29 65 57Winnipeg 25 12 9 4 28 52 56Minnesota 23 13 9 1 27 65 55San Jose 25 11 10 4 26 68 70Dallas 24 9 10 5 23 70 84Arizona 25 10 12 3 23 62 76Colorado 25 9 11 5 23 67 79Edmonton 25 6 15 4 16 56 87

FootballNational Football League Standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 9 3 0 .750 378 253Miami 7 5 0 .583 301 232Buffalo 7 5 0 .583 264 217N.Y. Jets 2 10 0 .167 190 319

South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 8 4 0 .667 382 283Houston 6 6 0 .500 287 247Tennessee 2 10 0 .167 213 338Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 186 329

North W L T Pct PF PACincinnati 8 3 1 .708 260 247Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 328 242Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 320 298Cleveland 7 5 0 .583 252 245

West W L T Pct PF PADenver 9 3 0 .750 361 276San Diego 8 4 0 .667 279 249Kansas City 7 5 0 .583 277 224Oakland 1 11 0 .083 176 337

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 9 3 0 .750 375 285Dallas 8 4 0 .667 302 273N.Y. Giants 3 9 0 .250 257 319Washington 3 9 0 .250 244 322

South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 5 7 0 .417 291 299New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 323 318Carolina 3 8 1 .292 228 331Tampa Bay 2 10 0 .167 220 314

North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 9 3 0 .750 380 267Detroit 8 4 0 .667 231 207Chicago 5 7 0 .417 253 337Minnesota 5 7 0 .417 233 257

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 9 3 0 .750 258 224Seattle 8 4 0 .667 298 221San Francisco 7 5 0 .583 231 244St. Louis 5 7 0 .417 261 285

Thursday, Dec. 4Dallas at Chicago, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 7N.Y. Giants at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m.Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Kansas City at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.Seattle at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.

New England at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.Monday, Dec. 8

Atlanta at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - Daniel Alfredsson

will take part in pre-game warm-ups with the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night, the day he announces his retirement from the NHL.

The Senators confirmed on Twitter that Alfredsson will skate with the team prior to their game against the New York Islanders at Canadian Tire Centre.

Alfredsson will announce his retirement during the day Thursday.

The Senators sought and received special permis-

sion from the NHL to allow Alfredsson, a player who’s not under contract, to take part in warm-ups, a league spokesman said.

“I think if he was out in warm-ups and I was playing with him, I’d probably try to convince him to stick around,” former Senators teammate and current Dallas Stars centre Jason Spezza said in Toronto. “I don’t know how that’s going to go. I’ll definitely be watching, for sure, from afar.”

Alfredsson will also take part in a ceremonial faceoff before the game.

Back problems kept the longtime Senators captain from continuing his playing career, something he would have done with the Detroit Red Wings.

The 41-year-old winger spent 17 seasons with Ottawa before signing a one-year deal to join the Red Wings for the 2013-14 season.

Alfredsson had 1,157 points during his career, led the Senators to an appearance in the 2007 Stanley Cup final and won an Olympic gold medal with Sweden.

He was the captain in Ottawa from 1999 until 2013.

Alfredsson to announce retirement

LAKE LOUISE - The Canadian men speed team wrapped the Lake Louise Alpine Ski World Cup on Sunday with very promising results at the Super-G race. 

Alpine Canada

Alpin veteran, Manuel Osborne-Paradis of North Vancouver, BC, was named the Top Canadian with a seventh place fin-ish with a time of 1:32.53, 0.51 seconds of a second behind first

place Kjetil Jansrud of Norway finishing in 1:32.02. Osborne-Paradis was satisfied with his top 10 finish, however sees this as a motivator to continue to push towards the podium.

“I feel comfort-able on my skis and I am confident,” said Osborne-Paradis “and I am taking a lot of risks.”

Jan Hudec of Calgary also claimed a top 10 finish, finishing ninth (1:32.62).

“I skied well, look-ing for speed all the way down the hill,” stated Hudec. “I am pleased with my per-formance, you always want to be on the podium but today was a good result.”

It was an excellent start to the Super-G season for Dustin Cook of Ottawa who secured a strong 13th (1:32.85) finish.

“I have been train-ing faster and faster throughout the off-season,” Cook said “with my main focus being to transition that speed to race day. Today it happened”

Morgan Pridy of Vancouver finished 17th in 1:33.10.

Pridy, who had an excellent perform-ance at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, showed con-fidence in his results today.

“This was a need-ed finish, it provides a stronger confidence in my racing. I can’t wait for Beaver Creek, (Colorado) next week” Pridy said. 

Alpine skiing

Canucks finish four in top 10

Leisure

Dear Annie: I am a 23-year-old man. I served in the army and deployed to Afghanistan. I was medically discharged for PTSD about two years ago.

I’m currently going to school to be a fire-fighter, but I’m afraid I’ve picked this field not because it interests me, but because I can-not go back into the military.

I’m working in an office now, and I hate my job. Before this, I worked at a department store and as a machin-ist. But, Annie, I can’t see myself anywhere but with the military. What should I do? -- Lost Soldier

Dear Lost: Those who have been in the military some-times have difficulty accepting a job that is less exciting or chal-lenging. The intensity of the military experi-ence and the bonding with one’s fellow sol-diers can make every-thing else pale in com-

parison. For some, it takes a great deal of time to readjust. Check out military.com for other job opportun-ities for veterans, and also Career One Stop (careeronestop.org) at 1-877-348-0502. Military OneSource offers suggestions and website links for transi-tioning military mem-bers that might also be helpful for you (mil-itaryonesource.mil/transition).

Dear Annie: I have been a widower for almost three years. For the past six months, I’ve been seeing a nice lady for a friendly relationship. She also lost her spouse several years ago.

My lady friend and I have dined out a few times, and she has questioned why I still wear my wedding ring. Annie, my wife was my only love. We were together more than 60 years. I will never love anyone like that again.

Is it right for me to wear my wedding ring? Or if I am see-ing someone, should I put it away? My friend says she is uncomfort-able when I have it on. I care about this woman, so please tell me what I should do. -- Widower Out East

Dear Widower: You actually have two issues: How long should you wear your wedding ring once you have begun dating again, and is a casual girlfriend of six months entitled to tell you to remove it?

Wearing your wed-ding ring gives the impression that you are still connected to your first wife and not ready to move on. Nonetheless, wear-

ing it is your decision, not your girlfriend’s. Widows often remove a wedding band and wear it on their other hand or have it refash-ioned into a necklace or other piece of jewel-ry, allowing them to continue wearing it in a less prominent loca-tion. You might con-sider this when you are ready.

Dear Annie: I’d like to address this to “Unhappy Mother of a Son”: You are not alone. I haven’t seen my son since Mother’s Day, when I got my annual 30-minute visit. Yet every week, my son goes to din-ner with his wife’s par-ents. Last month, they went on a family vaca-tion with his in-laws. On Thanksgiving, my daughter-in-law didn’t even take her coat off or sit down when they came by.

I am totally exclud-ed from my son’s life except for a few text messages that he sends when I suspect his wife

isn’t around. I am not a nasty per-

son. I am quite nice to my daughter-in-law. I buy her lovely pre-sents for her birthday and Christmas and make special cakes for her birthday. I text her and send her messa-ges on Facebook, but

she never responds. She tells my son that my messages never get through, but we both know that can’t pos-sibly be true. Everyone else gets my messages.

Not every moth-er-in-law is a mon-ster, and not every daughter-in-law is a

daughter. -- Another Unhappy Mother of a Son

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to annies-mailbox@comcast.net.

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Soldiers may take time to readjust to everyday life

Leisure

For Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Surprise opportunities to travel somewhere might fall in your lap today. Similarly, unexpected opportunities to take a course, go back to school or get further educa-tion also will materialize. If you’re interested, act fast! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Unexpected gifts from others will come your way today. This window of opportunity is brief, so be quick to say yes! GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Friends and partners will surprise you in some way today. Alternatively, you might meet someone who is a real character today. Anything can happen! CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your work routine will be interrupted today but hopefully, pleasantly so. Expect the introduction of

high-tech new equipment. Meanwhile, staff shortages and canceled meetings are likely. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Accept spontaneous invi-tations to party or see mov-ies, the theater or sports events. You won’t have very long time to think about this, just say yes. Parents should be vigilant about their kids to avoid accident-prone situations. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Something unexpect-ed will happen at home or within your family dynam-ic today. Someone might knock on your door and sur-prise you. Admittedly, small appliances might break down. Grrr. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You’re full of bright, clev-er ideas today, which is good because you can impress others. Expect to meet new faces in new places. This is an exciting day!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Although you are full of moneymaking ideas today, be safe and guard your pos-sessions and cash. You might find money; you might lose money. Be cautious. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is an exciting day for you, because you will make new discoveries for yourself and the world around you. Don’t sit around and relax;

use your restless energy! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Secret discoveries might amaze you. Or you might learn behind-the-scenes news that catches you off guard. “Whaaat?” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your interaction with groups and meetings sud-denly might change today. A meeting might be cancelled. You also might be elected to

unexpected position. Could be anything. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Authority figures will do something to catch you off guard today, but it might be good news! Who knows? Parents, bosses and VIPs are full of surprises, which means you have to stay light on your feet. YOU BORN TODAY You are courageous, feisty and aggres-sive. You accept any challenge,

because you like to overcome the odds; plus it’s important to feel you are in control of your world. This is the year you have been waiting for. It’s a time of expansion and great activity. A major change might take place, perhaps as significant as what occurred around 2005. It’s time to try your wings! Birthdate of: Kevin Sussman, actor; Jeff Bridges, actor; Gemma Jones, actress.

Your horoscopeBy Francis Drake

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1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000All Pro Realty Ltd.

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Contact Our RealtorsWayne DeWitt........ ext 25

cell: 250-368-1617Mario Berno ........... ext 27

cell: 250.368.1027Tom Gawryletz ...... ext 26

cell: 250.368.1436Thea Stayanovich .. ext 28

cell: 250.231.1661

Fred Behrens ......... ext 31cell: 250.368.1268

Keith DeWitt .......... ext 30cell: 250.231.8187

Denise Marchi ....... ext 21cell: 250.368.1112

Joy DeMelo ............ ext 29cell: 250.368.1960

Trail$149,900

MLS#2401498

2 HOUSES

FOR THE

PRICE OF 1

Glenmerry$339,000

MLS#2398405

MNIT

Warfi eld$226,900

MLS#2400061

Fruitvale$99,500

MLS#2398668

Montrose$170,000

MLS#2400676

NEW PRICE

East Trail$79,900

MLS#2401506

FENCED YARD

Sunningdale$249,999

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REDUCED

Rossland$112,500

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OPEN PLAN

CONDO

Waneta$184,500

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NEW LISTING

Trail$198,000

MLS#2401224

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Trail$149,900

MLS#2397175

DOUBLE LOT

Rivervale$137,900

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PROPERTY

Fruitvale$439,000

MLS#2400265

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Trail$54,999

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REDUCED

East Trail$169,500

MLS#2401481

CHARMING

Fruitvale$299,000

MLS#2398796

1.63 ACRES

East Trail$119,000

MLS#2399958

NEW PRICE

East Trail$154,900

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BEST BUY

Sunningdale$249,900

MLS#2401213

GREAT

LOCATION

Waneta Village$100,000

MLS#2394307

Frutvale$249,900

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NO STAIRS

Emerald Ridge$475,000

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JUST LISTED

Fruitvale$194,900

MLS#2401256

GREAT VALUE

TrailShavers Bench

$187,500

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RANCHER

Annable$165,000

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Oasis$139,500

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Waneta$369,900

MLS#2399031

LIKE NEW

Trail$150,000

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GREAT VIEW

Warfi eld$154,900

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East Trail$152,000

MLS#2400271

FANTASTIC

LOCATION

SOLD

Shavers Bench$120,000

MLS#2400037

REDUCED

A 0.53 acre riverfront lot

only steps from shopping. 181 feet of

river frontage. Call today!

Robson$139,900

MLS#2399291

WATERFRONT

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InformationCHALLENGER AUTO

DETAILINGGift Certifi cates: 250-368-9100

PersonalsALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

250-368-5651

FOR INFORMATION,education, accommodation

and supportfor battered womenand their children

call WINS Transition House 250-364-1543

Lost & FoundFOUND: Case of CDs @ 3rd Ave. & McQuarry St., Trail. Please call 250-368-8115

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Announcements

Lost & FoundLOST: set of keys, Trail area. Please call 250-368-3697

Employment

Help Wanted

Cook WantedCook & kitchen help required.

Apply in person with resume to

Benedict’s Steakhouse Scho eld i hway rail

250-368-3360

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Employment

Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators. Meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-780-723-5051.

LOOKING FOR student living in Shavers Bench to do snow shovelling. 250-364-1465

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TRAIL TIMESExcellent ExerciseFun for All Ages

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Employment

Medical/DentalKWAKIUTL

BAND COUNCILseeking full-time

Community Health Nurse in Port Hardy. Email:

health-director@kwakiutl.bc.cafor job description

or to apply by Dec. 14th, or fax (250) 949-6066.

Services

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

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Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all

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40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

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1st Trail Real Estate

1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM

Trail $98,000Nathan 250.231.9484

Rossland $299,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153

House & Acreage

Fruitvale $129,900Nathan 250.231.9484

New Price

Warfield $189,900Rhonda 250.231.7575

Trail $138,500Nathan 250.231.9484

Fruitvale $149,000Rhonda 250.231.7575

Fruitvale $219,000Rhonda 250.231.7575

Rossland $279,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153

New Listing

Fruitvale $399,000Rob 250.231.4420

10 Acres

Rossland $49,900Marie-Claude 250.512.1153

Build Your

Dream Home!

$20,000 Reduction

Nathan Kotyk

250-231-9484

Rhonda van Tent

250-231-7575

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250-231-4420

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250-512-1153

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Fruitvale $219,500Rob 250.231.4420

Bring Offers

Sun. Dec. 7 12 - 1:30pm77 Walnut Ave

Fruitvale $319,000Rob 250.231.4420

OPEN HOUSE

GLACIER HONDA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

GLACIER HONDA IS LOOKING FOR A FULL TIME BOOKKEEPER TO JOIN THEIR TEAM

Job opening: January 2015Responsibilities include performing all accounting functions for the dealership:- Cash Control, Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, GST, PST and other source deduction remittances.- Preparing monthly financial statements.- Vehicle Deal posting.- Group Plan Administration.- Preparing Year End documents.

Job requirements:- Prior experience in accounting. - Knowledge of automotive accounting systems, PBS and Quickbooks preferred.- Knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Salary is negotiable based on experience. Benefits package offered. Please send resume and cover letter to:

glacierhonda@telus.net Attn: Ron Cutler or drop off at 1602 Columbia Ave Castlegar BC V1N 1H9

“It’s YOUR move. You want it handled with care”

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1201 Columbia Avenue, Trail$169,500

Location, Location, Location! This home is located close to hospital, shopping, schools

and Gyro Park.

120 Mountain Side Dr, Fruitvale$299,900

The perfect place to enjoy your golden years. Over 2400sq ft of

carefree living in Mountain Side Life Lease Villas.

1032 Airport Rd, Salmo $179,500

SOLD

2363 Caughlin Rd, Fruitvale$481,234

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Real Estate

Acreage for SaleFRUITVALE, 75ACRES. Near Champion Lake Golf Course. $240,000. 250-367-0274

Rentals

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Rentals

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Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.

Glenmerry 1bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $600./mo. 250-368-5908

Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. N/S. $750./mo. 250-368-5908

PARKSIDE APARTMENTS. Large 1bdrm., insuite laundry, AC, secure quiet building. Call Richard 250-368-7897

SUNNINGDALE, spacious, bright 1bd, perfect for couple/ senior, n/p,n/s. 778-515-1512 250-368-5695

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TRAIL, Bachelor suite. Friend-ly, quiet secure bldg. Heat incl. N/P, N/S. 250-368-5287

W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. in 4-plex., enclosed parking. $580./mo. 250-551-1106

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Rentals

Homes for RentTRAIL, 4 b/r home, 1 reno’d bathrm, central A/C, f/s/w/d, ns,np, full bsmt, rv carport, nr Aquatic Ctr, 1534 4th Ave. $1200. + util. 250-364-3978

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Rentals

TownhousesGLENMERRY, Clean 3bd townhouse, covered parking, F/S, D/W, central air. NS. No Pets. $900./mo. Available now. Ref. req. 250-367-9607

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S.H.A.R.E. NELSON: Quality used furniture, beds, household goods. SUPPORTING HUMANITY AND RESPONSIBLE ECOLOGY. WASHER & DRYER: Washer 2yrs old, dryer is older, $300/pr. 7-21” MASTERCRAFT SNOWBLOWER: Runs great, $60; kitchen table, 6-chairs, $95; fridge, $25; dresser, $30. AMANA FRIDGE: White, 21.6cu.ft., bottom freezer, excellent condition, $500. CHESTERFIELD & CHAIR SET, $100; 26” Sanyo TV, $50. All good condition. CORNER ENTERTAINMENT TOWER: All wood, light oak, 6’5½”hx37½”w, $750 obo. ETHAN ALLEN PETITE ARMOIRE, $1000; Pier 1 solid wood end table, $75. GOOD STUFF! GOOD PRICES! Queen bed, sofa bed & chair, beanbag chair, two 3x5 mirrors & much more.MAYTAG WASHER, $225; electric stove, $175; 20” RCA colour TV, $100; older microwave, $50. OVER-THE-RANGE MICROWAVE: Excellent condition, $75; dishwasher, manuals, we upgraded, free. SKLAR-PEPPLER SOFA & SWIVEL ROCKER: Good condition, $250/pr.

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CUBAN CIGARS: Vegas Robaina Clasicos. Relax in style. NIKON CAMERA & LENS: Digital D200 camera w/auto-focus lens, 28-70mm, 1 WINTER TIRE: P225/75R15, like new $50; 3 Ford 15” car rims, $30; Craftsman 7” Skill saw, like new, $45; 2 pair rawhide snowshoes, $100/ea. .14’x24’ PREFAB GARAGE: Reduced price of $5000. View at Stanley Humphries Secondary School, Castlegar. 20’ CONTAINER: In Ootischenia, $2200 obo. 250-37 OLD HARDY BOYS BOOKS, $25; 4 English Hunting scenes, $30; replica broadsword and samurai sword, $30 ea; 3 South Pacic style masks, $45/all. BAMBOO: Bamboo sheets, blankets, duvet covers, towels, socks, bathrobes, etc. Mother Natures, downtown Castlegar, BIKE SHOCKS, seat posts, seats, SPDs, Sierra Designs tent (was $500), sell $150; printer, $40; PH meter, $20; Kuny carpenter suspenders, new, $10; 14” LCD TV with wallmount, $40; 50gal waterbarrels, $20ea. COIL TOP ELECTRIC RANGE: Older light almond colour, good condition and working order, $50. CUSTOM DRAPERY & BLINDS: Your fabric or mine, sewing and alterations. Curtains by Marg, DS LITE: w/assorted games, headphones, case, charger, $60; Gamecube w/assorted games & accessories, $40. 2FISCHER SKIS: 170cm, Rossignol bindings & poles, used 6 times, $200; used vinyl soft, approx. 120+linear.ft., $50; Edelbrock 750 carb, as new, $200. FUTON: Steel frame, double spring mattress, perfect condition, paid over $500, asking $200. 250-362-2269.

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PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.

493-3800(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

ANDRES WIRELESSCherry Lane Mall

(250) 493-4566

KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

860-2600(250)

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

CASTLEGAR200-1965 Columbia Ave.

365-6455(250)

NELSONChahko Mika Mall

352-7258(250)

CRANBROOK101 Kootenay St. North

426-8927(250)

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KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

860-2600(250)

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

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KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

860-2600(250)

PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.

493-3800(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

ANDRES CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue

(250) 860-1975

KELOWNA CAR AUDIO1881 Harvey Avenue

(250) 860-1975

KAMLOOPS CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str

(250) 314-9944

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.

493-3800(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

WilliamsLake KELOWNA

2153 Springfield Road860-2600(250)

KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.

563-4447(250)

WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.

398-8522(250)

L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.

395-4015(250)

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KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

ANDRES WIRELESSAberdeen Mall(250) 377-8880

ANDRES WIRELESS215 - 450 Lansdowne Mall

(250) 377-8007

ANDRES CAR AUDIO154 Victoria Str

(250) 314-9944

ANDRES BUSINESS300 St. Paul Str.

(250) 377-3773

PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.

563-4447(250)

KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.

398-8522(250)

L 100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.

395-4015(250)

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KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

PRINCE GEORGE2591A Vance Rd.

563-4447(250)

100 MILE OUSE916 Alpine Ave.

395-4015(250)

H WILLIAMS AKE299 Oliver Str.

398-8522(250)

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VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

ANDRES WIRELESSVilliage Green Mall

(250) 542-1496

KELOWNA2153 Springfield Road

860-2600(250)

WEST KELOWNA#200 - 2180 Elk Rd.

707-2600(250)

KAMLOOPS745 Notre Dame Drive

851-8700(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

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Terry Alton250-231-1101terryalton@shaw.ca

Mark Wilson250-231-5591mark.wilson@century21.ca

Tonnie Stewart250-365-9665tonniestewart@shaw.ca

Jodi Beamish250-231-2331jodi.beamish@century21.ca

Mary Martin250-231-0264mary.martin@century21.ca

Richard Daoust250-368-7897richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea250-521-0525mamantea@telus.net

Bill Craig250-231-2710bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart250-231-0153deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest250-368-8818c21art@telus.net

Christine Albo250-512-7653christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss250-231-4522dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan PowellChristina Lake250-442-6413powelldanielk@gmail.com

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818

www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME.

NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

3346 Laurel Crescent, Trail$192,800

This townhouse is in the prime location, with greenspace and river behind it. Private, fenced back-yard with large patio. There are 3 bdrms and 1.5 baths.

Open fl oor plan with newer patio doors. Central air-conditioning, u/g sprinkling and carport. Call your REALTOR® today.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTING

710 Redstone Drive, Rossland $425,000

Brand new spacious home a few steps from walking and x-country trails and Redstone golf course. This 4 bdrm, 3 bath home features 2 car garage with ample storage area, rec room spacious

living area. Call your REALTOR® for more information or a personal tour.

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

83 Perdue Street, Trail$159,000

This immaculate gem offers 3 bdrms, 2 full baths, beautifully decorated with modern spacious kitchen and

bathrooms, wood fl oors, high ceilings, large living room and updated windows

and doors. Move right in and enjoyCall Deanne (250) 231-0153

439 Rossland Avenue, Trail$68,000

Small and compact this home offers the perfect place for a single or couple at

a very affordable price. Many upgrades include a newer kitchen, upgraded

bathroom, some wiring and plumbing, air conditioning and more! Call now

before it’s gone!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

#203 880 Wordsworth Avenue, Warfi eld

$88,9002 bedroom low maintenance condo

beautifully updated and ready to move in. Lovely laminate fl oors, renovated bathroom, new modern kitchen. Exercise facility, and newer laundry on main fl oor of complex.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1463 Bay Ave, Downtown TrailFor Lease

Updated and very clean space in downtown core. Security system, air

conditioned, and great access to bring in large items. In an area of long standing

businesses with good foot traffi c.Call Art (250) 368-8818

640 Shelley Street, Warfi eld$214,000

Well maintained 3 bdrm family home with lots of upgrades! Bright sun room,

amazing views, new fl ooring, paint, trim, railing, electrical and windows. Call your

realtor today to view!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

628 Forrest Drive, Warfi eld$229,000

The work has been done. Upgrades include extensive electrical and

plumbing, and roofi ng. The kitchen is gorgeous. There are 3 bdrm on main and 1 down and the location is terrifi c. Call your REALTOR® for your appt to

view, you will be glad you did. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1823 Kootenay Ave, Rossland $180,000

Here’s your chance to get into the Real Estate market. Affordable home situated

on a large 60x100 lot with fruit trees and garden. 2 bdrms and a full walk-out basement. Plenty of parking for all the

toys. Bright and sunny Call Christine (250) 512-7653

55 Hazelwood Drive, Trail$185,000

Sunningdale market for excellent price. Very clean, great fenced yard,

detached garage, 3 bdrm 1 bath. Quick possession available.Call Terry 250-231-1101

31 Hillside Drive, Trail$169,000

3 bdrm 1 bath Rancher with detached garage backs onto green space.

Add your own personal touches to make this yours.

Call Terry 250-231-1101

82 Walnut Avenue, Fruitvale

$237,500Very solid 3 plus

bdrms/2 bthrm home in a Great location - heat pump - central

vacuum - great private street close

to schools, shopping and village center

- many renovations have been done

- kitchen-bathroom-fl ooring - great fl at

fenced lots - Call your REALTOR® today.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

GREAT

FAMILY HOME

430 Wellington Avenue, Warfi eld$199,000

ON the water! This beautiful property is on Trail Creek. Owner built and

owned, this home is warm and cozy. 3 bdrms, gleaming hardwood fl oors, and curved doorways. Basement has large workshop area. There is good parking

with carport and garage. Call or text for your personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTING

Liz Bevan Photo

A group of kids get wet during their swimming lessons, practi-cing their kick-ing and making a splash at the Trail Aquatic Centre on Monday even-ing.

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