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The public is invited to share com-ments and feedback on a plan that limits motorized access in the Pend D’Oreille valley.
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources is hosting the dis-cussion that will dial into a newly proposed Access Management Area (AMA) Monday from 7-9 p.m. at the
Charles Bailey Theatre.The meeting is long overdue in a
community full of people who recre-ate the land be it on ATV or horse, says the president of the Trail Wildlife Association (TWA). The 90-year or-ganization pushed the ministry to host a meeting open to the public, fol-lowing some backlash from its mem-bership and the general public who were looking for that opportunity to
voice their concerns.“It’s their responsibility to host this
meeting and get input from the pub-lic,” Terry Hanik said Tuesday. “As a group, there’s been a lot of people upset, well now’s their chance to send in what they think should be done in the Pend D’Oreille.”
The draft plan in the Kootenay Boundary region is part of an update to the spring 2016 edition of the B.C.
Hunting and Trapping Synopsis.The proposed AMA will maintain
access and hunting opportunities on most main roads, but restrict access on secondary roads to reduce impact on wildlife and habitat. The pend-ing change, under the Wildlife Act’s motor vehicle prohibition regulation, is said to reduce the impact of motor-ized vehicle access on wildlife popula-
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Public invited to give feedback on Pend D’Oreille proposal
The atmosphere was extra merry in Poplar Ridge Pavilion Tuesday afternoon as residents decorated the unit’s new Christmas tree with baubles and bows. Eva Dart was one of the first to hang golden ornaments on the tree, which was purchased with proceeds from last year’s Poplar Ridge Christmas Raffle.
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The checks and bal-ances are in place and we have to trust our staff, says Coun. Cindy Cook.
The seasoned Montrose councillor was speaking about a noteworthy increase in purchasing author-ity requested by the vil-lage’s administration.
“We all take turns signing the cheques,” Cook added. “So you are all going to see any money that goes out.”
The policy amend-ment was passed after Bryan Teasdale, chief administrative officer (CAO), clarified that upping staff ’s purchas-ing range is practical, in line with current costs, and can be a money-saver.
“These numbers haven’t been changed for quite some time now,” said Teasdale. “We’ve talked with our auditors about this and they’ve said the (new) numbers are standard, even a little low,” he added.
“I know that we try to get the best value for the number, so this just allows staff to do things a little more effectively,” maintained Teasdale. “We don’t like spending money, but if we can do things faster, it can
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tions, habitats and sen-sitive ecosystems.
“We support the pro-cess of AMAs to protect
the habitat and wildlife but what the minis-try proposed, we don’t agree with,” said Hanik.
TWA held a mem-bership meeting re-
cently where feedback, including the desire “for six point elk returned to limited entry and the doe season cut off,” was collected and sent off to the ministry for consid-eration.
This was following a stakeholder meeting that stirred some con-troversy locally when the general public was not invited and the feel-ing was work was being done behind closed doors.
The Pend d’Oreille valley contains high-value wildlife habitat areas, including conser-vation lands that were acquired to specifically
protect valuable ungu-late winter range and other sensitive habi-tats, according to the ministry. The area also contains a high con-centration of species at risk, including yellow-breasted chat, western racer, rubber boa, west-ern skink and Lewis’ woodpecker.
The ministry con-cludes that a recent increase in off-road vehicle use and illegal trail building has dam-aged the area, compro-mising wildlife habitat areas and promoting the spread of invasive plants throughout the valley.
Members of the pub-lic are invited to attend the public meeting to learn more or provide feedback Monday from 7-9 p.m. at the Charles Bailey Theatre.
Comments will also be accepted on-line on the Angling, Hunting and Trapping Engagement website: http : / /apps .nrs .gov.bc.ca/pub/ahte/
“The more people that attend the meet-ing or send in an email, the (more say we’ll) have there,” said Hanik. “Otherwise, it will just fall to the wayside and the ministry will do what they want to do.”
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Public meeting scheduled for Monday
An assault in Warfield has left a local man wondering where his good deed went wrong.
A utility worker stopped his vehicle on the Warfield hill below Webster School on Dec. 7 around 3 a.m. to help a driver who was parked on the left-hand side of the road with his emer-gency flashers on.
“When the utility worker asked the driver if he was OK, the male driver exited his vehicle and assaulted the utility worker,” Cpl. Darryl Orr of the Trail & Greater District RCMP re-ported.
The suspect is described as a man in his mid-20s to 30s, clean shaven, with an average build, wearing a green or dark hoody or fleece jacket. His vehicle is noted as a grey or dark coloured two-door car.
“I don’t think I can remember specifically any kind of investigation like this where somebody acts in good faith to help somebody out, and they get assaulted,” Orr added Wednesday.
RCMP is also asking the public for any tips on mischief in downtown Trail Dec. 4 when police responded to a complaint and found five parking meters broken and needing repair.
“It’s pretty desperate times” for someone to pillage the meters for some pocket change, said Orr.
“You could probably call every single RCMP detachment in B.C., and they’ll say they’ve had similar problems, but we certainly have had our share in Trail over the last couple years,” he added.
Anyone with any information about these incidents can call the Trail RCMP at 250-364- 2566 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Utility worker assaulted in Warfield, parking meters destroyed in
downtown TrailThe city’s revamp of Silver City
Days is promising to bring back the old favourites with a new flair.
Details of the four-day event, which begins May 4, are now avail-able on the city’s new website silver-citydays.com.
The dedicated site launched this week along with a refreshed logo and new tagline, ‘A Homecoming Celebration.’
The revitalized theme represents a fun, all ages multi-day festival that offers a true Trail cultural experi-ence for the whole family, says Keith Smyth.
“We have added some new activi-ties to the event that we are excited about,” explained Smyth, operations manager for the Silver City Days committee. “The Spokane Street Food Fair, and the Silver City Days Esplanade Market just to name a few,” he added. “We’ve also booked the Cominco Arena for the Saturday Sidewalk Cafe and are busy working on making this a food and entertain-ment-based venue for all to enjoy.”
The new website is part of the Silver City Days makeover, but will be a valuable resource in years to come, Smyth continued.
“The new site is our go-to place for all Silver City Days information, schedules and activities,” explained Smyth. “We want to make all the nec-essary information available for any-one accessing the site, (and) the site
will be our main tool for our market-ing and promotional campaign for the event for years to come.”
Another special event returning after a one-year hiatus, is the Home of Champions Induction Ceremony, slated for Thursday night at dusk.
The Greater Trail Home of Champions Society will honour past and present residents that have excelled in business and sports or greatly contributed to the cultural landscape of our region.
This year the following indi-viduals will be recognized: Graham Kenyon for Environmental Health & Conservation; Don Freschi for Television Production & Business; Ryan Huska for Hockey, the Beaver Valley Nitehawks (2013-2014) for Hockey; Joseph Cecchini for Skeleton Racing; Kimberly Joines for Paralympic Ski Racing; Arron Santesso for Academic & Literacy Achievement; and, Joe Zanussi for Professional Hockey.
Nominations are received on an ongoing basis, but the cut off for the May ceremony will be March 2016.
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In 2016, Trail City Council will meet in regular session as follows:
Monday, January 11 Monday, June 27Monday, January 25 Monday, July 18Tuesday, February 9 Monday, August 15Monday, February 22 Monday, September 12Monday, March 14 Monday, September 26Tuesday, March 29 Tuesday, October 11Monday, April 11 Monday, October 24Monday, April 25 Monday, November 14Monday, May 9 Monday, November 28Tuesday, May 24 Monday, December 19Monday, June 13
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Music• Saturday, Charles Bailey Theatre, 3
p.m. Shrek the Musical Jr. Local young talent in Triple Threat Experience and Steps Dance Centre. Runs again, 7 p.m. Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. Directed and produced by Carolyn Ferraro, Juliana Marko and Nadine Tremblay. For info call the box office, 250.368.9669.
• Saturday, Rossland Miners Hall, 8 p.m. doors open for Ski Bum Snowball. Presented by Rossland Rotary, featuring the Foggy Goggle Boys. Tickets available at Alpine Grind and Powder Hound.
Other• Tuesday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. United Way in downtown Trail
hosts Rossland Firefighter’s Christmas Hamper Fund. Help United Way fill up window with non-perish-ables or unwrapped toy for children up to age 12. Runs until Dec. 17.
• Thursday, United Church Hall, 7 p.m. Friends of the Rossland Range and Ministry of Forests public workshop, help with plan for res-toration of the Old Glory Forest Fire Lookout. Share ideas for restore lookout as a heritage and interpretive site in 2016.
• Saturday, 900 Spokane Street, Trail Indoor Winter Market, noon until 4 p.m. Plenty of vendors, unique gift ideas, or-ganic produce, good eats and more. Runs again Dec. 19.
• Saturday, Trail and District Public Library, noon til 2:30 p.m. Holiday open house. Free community event. Christmas crafts, carols, holiday snacks and cider.
• Sunday, Montrose Community Hall, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Rossland Trail Roller
Girls host Holiday Sale. RTRG is clearing out clos-ets with gently used goods, from children’s clothes/toys to household gems up for grabs. Public invited to pur-chase a table for $20 to sell their wares. For info,contact
Lauren Derksen, 250.921.4059 or [email protected]. Shoppers encouraged to bring a non-perishable item for entrance to help support the local food bank.
• Monday, Trail and District Public Library, noon until 1 p.m. Screening Arthur Christmas in the Red Room. Free admission, snacks.
• Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, 5:30 p.m. for Community Christmas Dinner. Everyone welcome, call 368.6066 to reserve a seat or drop into the church. By donation as you are able. Rides available if needed.
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actually save us money.”Smaller ticket projects or
goods have been delayed be-cause village staff often has a challenge finding local inter-est.
“To get three quotes for something under $5,000 - there’s a lot of people that won’t even respond to our phone calls for projects less than $10,000,” he said. “They are not making money on it or busy doing something else, this just helps us streamline things and make (the process) a little bit faster.”
The policy amendment was passed unanimously, allowing the administrator (CAO) to purchase goods and services under $10,000 without a for-mal bidding project. The pre-vious amount was $5,000.
Additionally, the new policy calls for three bids on purchas-es in the $10,000 to $25,000 range, instead of $5,000 to $10,000; authority to procure
goods and services under $25,000 within the annual budget without prior council approval; and all purchases exceeding $25,000 (up from $10,000) can be submitted to a formal purchasing process prior to council approval.
“The highest amount in the policy is $25,000,” Cook reiter-ated. “And we won’t be build-ing anything new for under $25,000, I can guarantee that.”
Coun. Rory Steep voted down an increase during a 2014 purchase policy review. He reconsidered that decision following discussion during Monday night council, and opted for the go ahead.
“I previously had an issue because (his workplace) still looks for three quotes under $5,000,” explained Steep. “But I see what Bryan is saying and in my position I know the village doesn’t have a lot of money and tries to get the best prices available,” he added. “And I think Cindy is right, we do have to trust the people we
have working for us to fol-low that same line, so I have a hard time arguing against these changes (this year).”
Warfield is another munici-pality ready to look at its pur-chasing policy.
Currently, all village proj-ects are approved by council, says Jackie Patridge, the vil-lage’s chief financial officer/corporate officer, noting a re-view is planned for the new year.
Projects between $15,000 and $50, 000 are put out to invitational tender, meaning at least three local qualified businesses are invited to bid. Those over $50,000 go to pub-lic tender.
Items under $15,000 are ap-proved by council and admin-istered by staff, and do not have to go through a bidding process, Patridge added.
The City of Trail’s purchas-ing policy, approved in 2011, states to encourage competi-tion growth in local economy, quotations can be solicited by
phone (search for competitive process) on individual items up to $5,000.
“These are often day-to-day purchases required to support smooth operation of the city,” explains Bryan Maloney, Trail’s purchasing and mechanical su-perintendent. “These purchas-es are normally made through local vendors when and where possible and are covered by annually issued standing pur-chase orders.”
A minimum of three writ-ten quotations are required on purchases between $5,000 and $10,000; and advertising in the newspaper and on the city’s website is required for service contracts and equipment pur-chases exceeding $10,000.
“Bids keep vendors involved in the process,” Maloney added. “And help to ensure a healthy competition which enables all involved an equal opportunity.”
Up to $25,000 can be ap-proved by the CAO alone, over $25,000 must go to council.
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There is much ado about the bridge lighting proj-ect of late.
While some have stat-ed publicly that the money is better used on other projects or other projects deserve priority, the basic fact remains that the city told the people spearheading the project that if they can raise half the money, the city would supply the other half.
It’s the same offer the city made to the skate park society and often to other groups coming forward with ideas.
I’ve stated before in this space that I believe the bridge lighting is a great project that only adds to the city.
Much like the murals have no immediate benefits, the long-term beautification of empty walls has become a source of pride within the community.
I believe the bridge lighting would serve a similar purpose. It may not pay immediate dividends but in the long run it could be-come another unique feature that the city can boast in everything from postcards to walking tours.
However, there is one caveat – please do it right.
I say that after attending a recent Trail Smoke Eaters game.
There was a time, only a few years ago, that it was a source of pride to tell visi-tors that we have a video screen on our scoreboard.
That always amazed visitors that such a small com-munity could have a beautiful rink and a snazzy scoreboard that showed replays. It was almost big league.
Of course that isn’t how it is now.
There is no display. There are no replays. It’s basically a score clock much like the one Trail gave up when the money from the 2010 Winter Olympics was being doled out.
If you remember the whole idea was to give communities money to help bring people together to enjoy the Olympic experience.
The goal was that a new video scoreboard would allow the people of Trail to gather in the Cominco Arena and enjoy the
opening and clos-ing ceremonies.
That didn’t happen. And even when Canada beat the U.S. in the gold-medal game, the crowd gath-ered in the com-fort of the Royal Theatre to watch it rather than the Cominco Arena.
It quickly went from a source of a pride to a bit of
an embarrassment, as costly re-placement parts were needed, the video display was sporadic and, frankly, the city failed to capital-ize on the benefits the scoreboard offered.
Now it appears it’s just too ex-pensive to do anything about the video quality so it’s been moth-balled for now until a better op-tion comes along.
Anyone with an old TV still sitting in the basement knows all too well that the better option is to just buy a new HDTV.
But that won’t happen when it comes to something as expensive as the scoreboard. That was a
$400,000 gift from the Olympic legacy fund that won’t be coming around again.
So with that in mind, I’m hop-ing the people behind the lighting project think ahead.
I saw pictures of Calgary’s Langevin Bridge with its lights aglow online and imagined how nice the Victoria St. Bridge would look.
The Calgary bridge was able to offer a variety of colours and highlight different occasions from Remembrance Day to Christmas.
One hopes that the goal of Trail’s bridge lighting group is to offer that same variety – from going black and orange for a Smokies game, to an array of colours for Christmas and Silver City Days to somber hues for memorials.
However, in today’s technology what works today is usually obso-lete tomorrow.
I see that in the Cominco Arena clock every time I go there.
I hope the people behind the bridge lighting project see it too and plan accordingly to make it a lasting feature in our home.
Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times
Bridge lighting must be done right to enjoy lasting benefits
GUY BERTRAND
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With the closing of Selkirk Family Medicine and two doc-tors leaving Nelson of late, pres-sure has been put on with over 400 people still without a GP today.
If you require medications
today, only a few options.• Go to Trail Hospital, wait in
emergency until someone serves you
• Walk-In clinic, Nelson• Lastly, if you’re lucky
enough to get on a waiting list
in Castlegar to see a nurse prac-titioner.
What happens if you do not have transportation to these out-of-town places?
David MackayTrail
Few options for those without GP
Why will Canada switch from being a fossil fuel dependent to a fossil fuel independent economy? Will it be escalating fossil fuels costs, the effects of global cli-matic change or an act of terror or war? Or will Canada switch to energy conservation and renew-able energy to save money?
Without a healthy environ-ment, there cannot be a healthy economy. Presently, and largely as a result of fossil fuel consump-tion, the global environment is not healthy.
Since 1988, the majority of atmospheric scientists agree that global climatic change is real and serious.
We have grown hugely depen-dent on fossil fuels.
In Canada, even with the re-cent fall in oil prices, there re-main tens of thousands of good paying jobs in offshore oil, coal mining, tar sands, conventional oil and gas, fracking, liquid natu-ral gas, pipelines and in fossil fuel dependent industries such as the automotive and rail transport sectors. Giving up fossil fuels cold turkey would be profoundly disruptive.
However, not giving up fossil fuels will, as the science predicts, continue to degrade our environ-ment.
In the words of economist Sir Nicholas Stern from 2006, “climate change will eventually
damage economic growth” and “could create risks of major dis-ruption to economic and social activity, later in this century and in the next, on a scale similar to those associated with the great wars and the economic depres-sion of the first half of the 20th century. And it will be difficult or impossible to reverse these changes.”
In Canada, much is needed to shift from fossil fuel dependence. Canada is lagging in public pol-icy, regulations, and economic tools to address global climate change and to arrange our future energy system. We’re the only G7 country without a national energy plan.
Canada has the highest rate of energy consumption per capita of any G7 country. Our per capi-ta consumption is double that of any European country or Japan. In contrast, Canadian, European and Japanese standards of liv-ing are comparable. We can cut painlessly.
It’s time to get off fossil fuels. A 2009 article by Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi in Scientific American described how wind, water and solar tech-nologies can provide 100 percent of the world’s energy more ef-ficiently, more reliably, without energy imports, and eliminate our need for all fossil fuels.
Did you know that that many
forms of renewable energy now cost less than fossil fuel energy? By switching from fossil fuels to energy conservation and renew-able energy, we not only save money, but we lower health care costs, we improve environmental quality, and we reduce depen-dence on foreign energy.
Canada needs a national en-ergy plan to map the transition to a fossil fuel free future that offers more than a carbon tax. It must offer a transition to en-ergy conservation and renewable energy, and it must guarantee clean energy jobs for all workers displaced by the transition.
A commitment to preserve employment is essential as we undergo an enormous, ecologi-cally necessary transition from fossil fuel dependence to energy conservation and renewable en-ergy. If we succeed, we will have a healthy environment that can support a healthy economy.
Sound ambitious? The devel-opment of Alberta’s tar sands is a public-private partnership between The National Oil Sands Task Force, a consortium of oil companies and government agencies. It established a twenty-five-year tar sands development strategy which addresses invest-ment and job creation. There is precedent. There is hope.
Robert MacraeCastlegar
The case for addressing climate change
As Tom Fletcher pointed out (“Inconvenient truths of cli-mate change,” Trail Times Dec. 1), there are many questions on climate change.
I’m not sure that B.C. or Canada is the problem, but the B.C. government is on the right track with the carbon tax, because it is apparent that Canadians need to lead on the environment, and be seen as leading. We need to be able to market our resources and lead in sustainability.
The B.C. carbon tax has pluses and minuses. Some of the carbon tax burden is re-turned to lower income earners – this is a good thing.
The tax, however, does little to reduce CO2 emissions.
If four of the $5 billion col-lected over the past six years had been invested in refores-tation, carbon sinks, the B.C. government could proclaim to the rest of Canada and the world that we are making a real difference.
I think B.C. and Canada are doing a good job on environ-mental issue, but we need to be seen to be doing more.
A B.C. carbon tax that brings in $5 billion to provide $5.7 bil-lion in tax cuts does not appear to me to be making the neces-sary changes in addressing the global environmental concerns.
The perception is that we are doing nothing. This need to change.
Phil HarrisonComox
Carbon tax isn’t reducing emissions
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beautiful
and loving Mother, Nonna, Zia, Sister and Friend, Rina
Emilia (Marton) De Pieri. Rina passed away peacefully on
Saturday, December 5th, 2015 at the age of 80, surrounded by her family
at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. Rina was born on November 3rd, 1935 in Zerman, Mogliano Veneto, Italy. At the age of 23, Rina le� her family in Italy and made the long journey to Trail, BC to marry her � ancé, the love of her life, Pietro De Pieri. � ey settled in Fruitvale and raised their four children in the small home beside the post o� ce. A� er 25 years of marriage, Pietro sadly passed away and Rina was le� to raise her children. In 1990, she moved to Glen-merry to be closer to her son Vanni. He convinced her to purchase her home with the swimming pool, which became a place where family and friends made countless beautiful memories. She became known as, “Nonna” to many of the friends who visited her home. Vanni later tragically passed away in 1993, and Rina’s heart was broken. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Family was everything to Rina. She took great pleasure in caring for, cooking and baking for family and friends, as well as all who entered her home and swam at her pool. She was a proud member of the Italo Canadese as well as the Catholic Women’s League. She had an unwavering faith in God and spent countless hours praying for her family and friends. Despite the family tragedies she experienced, she was a pillar of strength and the anchor of her family. � e most important thing she gave to them was the gi� of faith. Le� to mourn are her children: Valli (Fred) Lorenzi, Andrew (Sandra) De Pieri and Nella (Tom) Mitchell. As well as her ten grandchildren: Melissa (Andrew) Borsato, Gina Lorenzi, Stefano, Vanni, Antonia, Marco and So� a De Pieri, Julia, Alicia and Isabella Mitchell; sister-in-law: Britta De Pieri; brothers in Italy: Rino and Pietro Marton, along with numerous other cousins, nieces, nephews and extended family in Canada and Italy. She will also be extremely missed by the family dogs, especially her best friend, Kinah. Rina was predeceased by her husband, Pietro; son, Vanni and baby daughter Jo Ann; Parents, Luigi and Maria; sisters, Fedora, Elisa and Ofelia; brother, Orfemio; brother-in-Law, Girolamo; and sisters-in-law, Nora and Odilla.As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation (Greatest Need) at 1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R 4M1 or online at www.kbrhhealthfoun-dation.caA Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 10:30 am at Holy Trinity Cath-olic Parish with Father Bart van Roijen, Celebrant. Entombment at the Trail Mausoleum to follow. Bill Clark of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.You are invited to leave a personal message of condo-lence at the family’s online register at www.myalterna-tives.caCiao Nonna, ti vogliamo tanto bene. Rest in Paradiso with Jesus until we see you again.
Rina De Pieri
William passed away peacefully at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital on December 4, 2015 with his family by his side. William leaves behind his dear wife Noreen of 48 years and children; Kerri (Jody) Kidd,
Cheri (Brian) Dupas, Jay (Monica) Kabato� , and grandchildren; Nicolle, Joseph, Nicholas, Samantha and Mackenzy and many nieces and nephews and extended family. William is predeceased by his son Sonny James Phillipo� parents; William and Mawroona Kabato� and brothers; John (Mary) Ziben, Alex Ziben, and John Kabato� , sisters; Tanis Gevatko� , Polly Strelio� , Mary Popo� , brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and many close relatives and friends. William’s family would like to extend a thank you to all family, friends and sta� at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital for the help, love and support they have received during this di� cult time. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at “Carberry’s Chapel”, 1298 Pine Avenue, Trail with a visitation one half hour prior to the service. Burial to follow in Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery. Jordan Wren of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrangements.As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation (1200 Hospital Bench, Trail, BC, V1R4M1 or online at www.kbrhhealthfoundation.ca) or to the USCC (1876 Brilliant Rd. Castlegar BC V1N 4K2) in memory of William. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence on the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca
WilliamKabatoff
of Trail passed away peacefully on December 6, 2015 at Columbia View Lodge surrounded
by her loving family.Ethel was born in St. Paul
on January 8, 1925. � e family moved back to Saskatchewan
where she later met and married her beloved husband Mike. � ey were married 67 years until his passing in 2008. Together they had 9 children, and always had an open door for all. Ethel enjoyed company and everyone enjoyed her home cooking, and always returned for seconds. Ethel loved her family and was deeply loved by them. She could always be heard humming and whistling.Ethel was multi-talented, and enjoyed a variety of hobbies. � ey included playing music, gardening, sewing, camping and writing poetry, many of which were published. She had a quick wit and many were subject to her pranks at work and home. Ethel is survived by her children, Ellen (Derek), Ron (Lek), Pat (Cli� ), Stan, Bruce, Kathy (Bill), Don, Ken (Jan), three sisters, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her son Jack, and husband Mike.
� e family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the sta� at CVL, for the wonderful care given to Ethel over the
last seven years. Donations in Ethel’s memory may be made to
the Urology Campaign at KBRH. A celebration of
life will be held in the spring.
thank you to the sta� at CVL, for the wonderful care given to Ethel over the
last seven years. Donations in Ethel’s memory may be made to
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The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will ar-rive in Castlegar on Monda at 3:30 p.m. to support the Castlegar Community Harvest Food Bank.
The Holiday Train will stop outside the Heritage Society CP Station Museum and at 3:45 p.m. the perfor-mance will commence.
“This magnificent train comes in that’s all lit,” explains Deb
McIntosh from the food bank. “They pull into the yard at the back at the museum there and drop down the stage and the music starts, and it it’s short, but it’s action packed.”
This year the per-formers will be Jim Cuddy, who was given the Order of Canada in November, and his son Devin, as well as Kelly Prescott, Holiday Train veteran and award-win-ning country singer.
Santa will also be on the scene, walking through the crowd and handing out candy for the little ones.
Most important, there will be two tents: one to collect monetary donations for the food bank and the other to collect donations of food, clothing and toys. There will also be kind-ness meters set out.
“Donations are start-ing to come in now and it’s looking not so bad, but the money that we bring right now has to run us from January through to June/July,” says McIntosh. “So we need like $60,000 just to know that we’re sol-vent for a little bit, and that’s just to buy grocer-ies and pay rent at the shelter.”
In addition to non-perishable food the food bank also needs things like toothpaste, dish soap and toilet paper. People can also donate things like socks, mitts and toques.
“We do ask that socks and anything like that are new,” said McIntosh. “We will take gently used gloves and hats, but this is Christmas, it is going in their hamper so we do only accept new toys and we’ll only put new items into their hampers.”
Toys are given to children from age zero to 18.
“Get a gift certifi-cate for Walmart, for Canadian Tire, for JJ’s, something like that if you wanna buy for a teenager,.”
The museum will also be raising funds that afternoon by sell-ing hot dogs and hot chocolate.
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The Special Olympic BC-Trail Roadrunners floor hockey team hosted an ageing but determined Easy Rock-Trail Times media team that got off to a great start but waned in the dying moments to allow the Roadrunners back into the match and a shoot out victory. Right: Roadrunner Jake ‘the Rake’ Miller bat-tles with Chris Kuchar, while goalie Jackson Kuchar awaits the shot.
THE BATTLE FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks moved back atop the Neil Murdoch division standings with an 8-2 drubbing of the Spokane Braves on Tuesday at the Beaver Valley Arena.
Devin Nemes scored what proved to be the winning goal with 6:51 to play in the second period. Nemes made it 3-1 on a set up from Ryan Terpsma and Sam Swanson to give the Hawks their 19th ‘W’ of the sea-son, and vault them into a tie with Castlegar for first place in the divi-sion.
The Nitehawks bombarded the Spokane net with 18 shots in the first period, but couldn’t solve netminder Blake Norman until the second pe-riod when Sam Swanson made his successful return from injury opening the scoring just over five minutes into the period as he took a Tyler Hartman pass and beat Norman for a 1-0 lead.
The Braves Connor McIntosh re-plied just over two minutes later, scor-ing a shorthanded marker on Hawks newest recruit Tallon Kramer to make it 1-1. But Blake Sidoni would net his third goal of the season and 14th point midway through the period, and Nemes would send it into the third with the 3-1 lead.
The Nitehawks then exploded for five goals in the final frame, with Michael Pruss starting it off at 13:51, followed by Braden Fuller’s 11th of the season to make it 5-1. Tyler Ghiradosi made it 6-1 on the power play with 8:21 to play, and netted his second of the game just eight seconds later. Spokane’s Mason Jones tallied
his ninth goal as a Brave to cut the lead to 7-2 less than a minute later, and Jace Weegar would round out the scoring on a power play goal with 4:10 remaining.
The Hawks fired 19 shots at Norman in the third, and 47 in the game, while Kramer made 25 saves in net for B.V.
Swanson’s two-point night earned him player of the game for the Hawks, and Norman for the Braves. Fuller led B.V. with a goal and two assists, while Nelson native Nolan Percival had two helpers on the night.
The win is just a warm up in what will be a crucial month for the Neil Murdoch division standings, as the Hawks play Castlegar twice, Nelson Leafs three times, and Grand Forks and Spokane once, while having it’s only non-division game against the Fernie Ghostriders on Dec. 19 in Fernie.
“I think we can be a lot better in lots of areas,” said Nitehawks coach and GM Terry Jones. “We’ve won a lot of games for a lot of different reasons, and I just think we have to get more consistent that’s for sure.”
The Nitehawks host Nelson at the Hawks Nest on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and are in Castlegar to face the Rebels on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
“With having a weekend off after four games in a relatively short period of time, we hope our preparation for these game would work out. I think we’re just excited about playing and be ready to go.”
Grand Forks Border Bruins moved to .500 with their 14th win of the sea-son in a 4-3 victory over the Leafs on Tuesday in Grand Forks.
Hawks bomb Braves
Re/Max moved into a tie with Allstar for sec-ond place in the Trail Commercial Hockey League on Sunday with a 4-1 victory over Arlington, while the Allstar fell to Gericks 5-2.
Paul Barclay broke a 1-1 tie with 8:35 re-maining in the sec-ond period to tally the winning goal on a nice pass from Dyne Parker to draw the real-
tors even with Allstar in the TCHL standings with 15 points each. The league-leading OK Tire, 8-3-2, was idle on Sunday, but has a three-point cushion on the second place teams.
The Arlington got on the board first when Mike Broyd netted his seventh on the season on a pretty passing play from Joey Baker and Jeremy Robinson. But Jason Vecchio convert-ed a Luke Russell pass
to tie it with a minute to play in the opening frame.
After taking the lead, Barclay netted his team-leading eighth goal and 19th point to make it 3-1 on another Parker setup with 2:08 to play in the third. Derek Simister iced it with 37 seconds left on the clock, and Chris McIsaac was stel-lar in net, picking up the win for Re/Max.
In Sunday’s other
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TIMES STAFFRe/Max climbs standings
TRAIL COMMERCIAL HOCKEYCulley leads Canada’s field hockey team
BY TIMES STAFFRossland native Thea Culley
will once again lead the national field hockey team as Canada’s Women’s National Field Hockey Program named its team and development squad rosters for the upcoming 2016 competition period.
Culley and 11 other athletes named to the Women’s National Team competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto where the Canadian women won bronze this past summer. It was the first medal for the women’s field hockey team at a Pan Am Games since 1999.
The team was brought back together last week in Vancouver
for its year-end camp, where coaches assess and analyze the team’s performance and players’ fitness.
“The girls have actually fin-ished the year fitter than they started and they already started the year fitter than they’ve ever been,” says Women’s National Program director and head coach Ian Rutledge. “Every time we’re back together, the girls are recording great scores.”
With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games out of reach for Canada’s women, the focus has now shift-ed to the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
But the Games are nearly five years away and it would be easy for athletes to lose motivation,
especially after a year that car-ried so much emotion every step of the way. But for Canadian Women’s National Team, evi-denced by what transpired over the last few days in Vancouver, a lack of motivation is not an issue.
“We’ve had personal bests at this camp, the level of hockey in the scrimmages was the best I’ve ever seen at a carding camp,” says veteran forward Culley. “We’ve got the right mentality that’s going to continue to propel us forward.”
Along with Culley, who leads the team with 142 caps (International games played), re-turning veterans include Ontario
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product Kate Gillis, 139, and Danielle Hennig, 103, and Abigail Raye, 139, from Kelowna, who combine for more than 500 senior international matches played for Canada.
Also named to the national team roster is 21 year-old forward Hannah Haughn, who is two matches shy of 100 in her senior career and will be-come the youngest Women’s National Team athlete ever to reach the milestone. Stephanie Norlander, a 19 year-old forward from North Vancouver also makes the jump to the National Team from the Senior Development Squad and is the youngest member of the National Team.
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match Gericks Cycle and Sport got production from five different scorers to down Allstar 5-2.
The sportsmen jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead on goals from Nathan Stanton, Al Berglund, and Craig Clare and made it 5-0 with tallies from Ross McDonell and Eric Hill, before Allstar replied with two late goals from Tristan Read and Derek Steep.
With just their third win, Gericks
moved to within two points of first place Arlington, but it is a positive result for the team which hung in for a close 3-2 loss to first-place OK Tire on Thursday. In last weeks other game Re/Max and Allstar played to a 4-4 tie on the strength of a hat trick from Allstar’s Andrew Jenner.
Tonight the Arlington faces OK Tire at 7:15 p.m., while Re/Max takes on Allstar at 8:30 p.m. at the Cominco Arena. On Sunday OK Tire plays Gericks at 2:15 p.m. and Re/Max and Arlington go at 3:30 p.m.
CONTINUED FROM A7Jenner nets hat trick
Tradition thrives at annual dinner
BY TIMES STAFFThe men that helped build Trail’s rich hockey
legacy and tradition will meet for their annual re-union banquet on Saturday.
All former Trail Senior Smoke Eaters who played in the Western International Hockey League (WIHL) are invited to meet at Cantons Restaurant in Trail at noon on Saturday to swap stories and share memories of the golden era of senior men’s hockey.
The WIHL was an extension of the old West Kootenay League, which had operated in the Kootenays since the early 1920s. The WIHL formed in 1946 and ran until 1988, and included B.C. teams from Trail, Nelson, Rossland, Fernie, and Cranbrook as well as teams from Calgary, Portland, Spokane and Los Angeles that competed at various times throughout the league’s history.
The Smokies greatest success in the WIHL was when they won the 1960 WIHL title and ‘61 World Championship, without winning the ‘60 Allan Cup that season. Rather they attended the champion-ship in place of the Chatham Maroons.
The Smoke Eaters, however, captured the WIHL title and the Allan Cup championship in 1962 by beating the Montreal Olympiques in the final.
The following season was the only year the WIHL did not operate because the Trail Smoke Eaters travelled overseas to play in the ‘63 World Championship, where they placed fourth.
All told, the Trail Smoke Eaters senior men’s team won the WIHL title seven times, it’s most recent Savage Cup victories in 1979 and ‘83.
For more info or to RSVP call Wayne Florko at 368-5645.
Smoke Eater reunion dinner goes at noon Saturday at Cantons
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National Hockey LeagueTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
All Times ESTEASTERN CONFERENCE
GP W L OT PtsMontreal 28 19 6 3 41Washington 26 19 5 2 40N.Y. Rangers 28 18 7 3 39Detroit 28 15 8 5 35N.Y. Islanders 29 16 8 5 37Ottawa 28 15 8 5 35New Jersey 28 14 10 4 32Boston 26 14 9 3 31Pittsburgh 26 14 10 2 30Florida 28 13 11 4 30Tampa Bay 28 13 12 3 29Philadelphia 28 11 11 6 28Buffalo 28 11 14 3 25Toronto 28 10 13 5 25Carolina 28 10 14 4 24Columbus 29 11 16 2 24
WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT PtsDallas 28 21 5 2 44Los Angeles 27 18 8 1 37St. Louis 28 16 8 4 36San Jose 27 14 13 0 28Chicago 28 15 9 4 34Vancouver 29 10 11 8 28Minnesota 26 14 7 5 33Nashville 28 14 9 5 33Winnipeg 28 13 13 2 28Arizona 28 13 14 1 27Anaheim 28 11 12 5 27Colorado 28 12 15 1 25Calgary 27 11 14 2 24Edmonton 28 11 15 2 24
Today’s GamesMontreal at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.Columbus at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Buffalo at Calgary, 9 p.m.Friday’s Games
Detroit at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Winnipeg at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Arizona, 9 p.m. Rangers at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Carolina at Anaheim, 10 p.m.\
NHL Scoring Leaders G A PtsPatrick Kane, Chi 17 26 43Jamie Benn, Dal 19 20 39Tyler Seguin, Dal 15 24 39Erik Karlsson, Ott 6 26 32Daniel Sedin, Vcr 12 19 31M. Cammalleri, NJ 11 19 30John Klingberg, Dal 5 25 30Taylor Hall, Edm 11 17 28Artemi Panarin, Chi 9 19 28V. Tarasenko, StL 16 11 27Mike Hoffman, Ott 15 12 27Henrik Sedin, Vcr 9 18 27Bobby Ryan, Ott 9 18 27Blake Wheeler, Wpg 9 18 27David Krejci, Bos 9 18 27
Football NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast
W L T PctNew England 10 2 0 0.833N.Y. Jets 7 5 0 0.583Buffalo 6 6 0 0.5Miami 5 7 0 0.417
South W L T PctIndianapolis 6 6 0 0.5Houston 6 6 0 0.5Jacksonville 4 8 0 0.333Tennessee 3 9 0 0.25
North W L T PctCincinnati 10 2 0 0.833Pittsburgh 7 5 0 0.583Baltimore 4 8 0 0.333Cleveland 2 10 0 0.167
West W L T Pct
Denver 10 2 0 0.833Kansas City 7 5 0 0.583Oakland 5 7 0 0.417San Diego 3 9 0 0.25
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast
W L T PctWashington 5 7 0 0.417Philadelphia 5 7 0 0.417N.Y. Giants 5 7 0 0.417Dallas 4 8 0 0.333
South W L T Pctx-Carolina 12 0 0 1Tampa Bay 6 6 0 0.5Atlanta 6 6 0 0.5New Orleans 4 8 0 0.333
North W L T PctGreen Bay 8 4 0 0.667Minnesota 8 4 0 0.667Chicago 5 7 0 0.417Detroit 4 8 0 0.333
West W L T PctArizona 10 2 0 0.833Seattle 7 5 0 0.583St. Louis 4 8 0 0.333San Francisco 4 8 0 0.333x-clinched division
x-clinched division
Thursday, Dec. 10Minnesota at Arizona, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 13Detroit at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Washington at Chicago, 1 p.m.Buffalo at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Cleveland, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1
p.m.Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Dallas at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.New England at Houston, 8:30
p.m.Monday, Dec. 14
N.Y. Giants at Miami, 8:30 p.m.Veterans lead national team
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Dear Annie: My 35-year-old son, “Edgar,” has been diagnosed with major depression and is receiving disability. He currently lives in an apartment on my parents’ property.
Since Edgar is currently vehicle-less, I’ve been helping him with gro-cery shopping, etc. Last week, after a bout of extreme allergy symp-toms, his depression escalated, and he texted me, saying, “I don’t care about anything anymore. My life is worthless.” He claimed he had no food left, but refused to let me bring over groceries. He said he didn’t care if he wasted away, although he promised not to kill himself.
Over the weekend, I texted him, but there was no response. By Monday, I was frantic. I reached out to his physician, leaving a message with the assistant, emphatically stat-ing that my son promised he would not harm himself. He just didn’t want to eat. I told the assistant that it was crucial that I speak with the doctor before an intervention. Well, this inept nitwit conveyed the wrong
information to the doctor, resulting in a call from the police inquir-ing about a welfare check. And instead of talking to me, the doctor phoned my parents.
Then Edgar called, ranting that I have totally messed up his life because I told his doctor he was suicidal. I phoned the doctor, who apologized profusely for the confusion her as-sistant had caused and assured me that she would call my son and straighten things out. I waited an-other day and then sent Edgar a text, wanting to open communications. He replied, “Forget it, the damage is already done. I can’t go back to that doctor.” He said he was going to move far away where no one could find him. What do I do? -- Drama
Dear Drama: You need to give Edgar some breathing room. Although he may actually be grate-ful that you care, this much attention to his mental health might be over-whelming him. Send a calm text,
saying you love him, you’re sorry you upset him, and that you hope he
will get back in touch soon. We know you are worried, but there is only so much you can do without his co-operation. Meanwhile, please contact the
National Alliance on Mental Illness at 1-800-950-NAMI (nami.org).
Dear Annie: I had to respond to “Torn,” whose husband was desper-ate to stop his daughter from marry-ing outside their religion.
Two of my four children mar-ried someone of another faith. Their partners are perfect for them, and they love each other very much. I can only hope my other two chil-dren find people who love and cher-ish them as much.
Religion isn’t everything. It’s only part of who a person is. If they want to have a relationship with their daughter, they will have to be more open-minded. -- Happy Mother-in-Law
Dear Happy: We agree. But we also understand that many parents react to this as though the child is rejecting not only their parents’ faith, but also the parents them-selves, and it is painful for them. It takes time for some parents to ac-cept that people of all religions (or
lack thereof) can be part of a loving family. We hope both “Torn” and her husband will do their best to remain close to their daughter.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.
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LIGHT UP THE HOSPITALS! PLEDGE DAY
The Beaver Valley Lions donated $10,000 to the KBRH Health Foundation to assist multiple departments across KBRH with their priority needs, including those that ensure patient care and comfort. Lisa Pasin, Director of Development KBRH Health Foundation, accepts this donation.
The RBC Foundation represented by Zarchi Shein, Nelson branch manager (center), donated $20,000 to support the regional Urology Campaign at the KBRH Health Foundation. Arleen Gallo and Debbie Martin, Foundation Board directors were on hand to accept this won-derful contribution which will improve regional healthcare.
Wayne Kelly of EZ Rock pre-sented $3,000 in support of the Urology Campaign to Joanne McQuary, KBRH Health Foundation Board director. The Foundation wishes to extend their thanks to EZ Rock for their advertis-ing support on Pledge Day and for your commitment to improving healthcare for all residents across the Kootenay Boundary.
The Rossland Health Care Auxiliary, represented by vice president Lindsey Premier and president Joan Hanson, donated $30,000 to the general equipment fund, which will purchase priority equipment for the Urology Campaign and across all departments at KBRH, Columbia View Lodge and Poplar Ridge Pavilion. Arleen Gallo and Mike Conci, KBRH Health Foundation Board directors, accept this generous donation (left to right).