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TIMOTHY SCHAFER PHOTO
Wayne Kissick charges the net on a sunny October morning at the Trail and District Aquatic Centre’s courts and keeps the ball in play during a hard fought pickleball game with his wife, Jan, against Jim, Linda and David Aldridge.
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BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
Operation Christmas Child has kicked off its shoebox cam-paign in the Greater Trail region for the coming season.
Now in its ninth year of oper-ation, the annual campaign encourages local people to col-lect gifts and items—assembled in a shoebox—for children in third world countries around the globe.
The young people who receive these shoeboxes have experienced the worst of sad-ness, drought, disease, famine, and civil war and have no access to the simple luxuries these shoe-boxes provide, said Greater Trail collection centre coordinator, Dwayne McDonnell.
“For many of these children
this is the only gift they will ever receive their entire life,” he said.
The program is simple: Using a suggestion list, people get the chance to brighten a child’s Christmas by collecting any items a child would like—toys, balls, school supplies—and place them in a shoe box to be shipped over-seas.
Each shoebox gift is given to children regardless of gender, race, religion or age. When cul-turally appropriate, copies of a book entitled “The Greatest Gift
of All,” which has been translat-ed into 130 different languages, are offered to children after the shoebox has already been dis-tributed.
“What I really like about Operation Christmas Child is that it is the only organization I know of where you get to pick out something special for a child on the other side of the world and have it delivered to them personally,” said McDonnell.
Locally, the shoeboxes are collected until the week of Nov. 19–25.
There are two collection cen-tres—Liberty Foods in Fruitvale and the Trail Alliance Church—with a big drop-off night at the Alliance Church on Friday, Nov. 23
Last year Greater Trail con-
tributed just over 800 shoeboxes, with the goal this year to reach 1,000.
Operation Christmas Child is a branch of Samaritan’s Purse and was started in 1990 by Dave Cooke, a Welshman who felt moved to deliver gifts to Romanian orphans after seeing their living circumstances on television.
To date, Operation Christmas Child has collected and distribut-ed over 94 million shoebox gifts worldwide.
Local boxes are available at Trail Alliance Church, the Trail Presbyterian Church and the Liberty Foods in Fruitvale.
You can visit the website at: http://www.samaritanspurse.ca/operation-christmas-child/ for more information.
Operation Christmas Child spreads joy around the world
TIMOTHY SCHAFER PHOTO
The boxes are waiting to be filled for Operation Christmas Child in the Greater Trail region this year, says collection centre coordinator Dwayne McDonnell.
“For many of these children this is the
only gift they will ever receive their entire life”
DWAYNE MCDONNELL
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
Teachers in School District 20 could soon be telling their students to take a hike.
A ground breaking program only offered in the Lower Mainland has chosen Trail as the first feather as it looks to spread its wings over the province.
On Monday night SD20 director of student support services Kim Williams said the city—and Trail Middle School—were selected by the LIFT Philanthropy Partners, a legacy of the 2010 Winter Games, to host the Take a Hike program.
The Take A Hike program is an alternative education program that engages at-risk youth through a unique combination of adventure-based learning, therapy, academics and commun-ity involvement.
The announcement was over one year in the making, said Williams, and Trail was selected out of a pool of applicants from across the province.
“To have an opportunity to bring this exper-tise in, with the financial backing, and 12 years of expertise, it is great news,” she told the SD20 board of trustees on Monday night.
For the last year the district had been laying the groundwork for the establishment of the pro-gram, piloting adventure-based learning activities last spring in the school, acquiring equipment,
See FOUNDATION, Page 4
Trail school chosen for
new program
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ROSSLAND – Rossland’s new down-town will be officially opened on Oct. 27 with a celebration including a ribbon-cutting cere-mony, live entertain-ment, kids’ activities, food and shopping.
“I’m looking forward to celebrating with our
community and offi-cially opening our side-walks, paved roads, bump-outs and all the improvements we’ve been anticipating,” says Rossland Mayor, Greg Granstrom. “With the project nearly complete, I hope that people will be encour-aged to spend more time downtown and enjoy connecting with each other.”
“Rossland is one
of our province’s prettiest cities, and these improvements will make the city’s downtown even more inviting,” said Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mary Polak.
“The Government of B.C. is proud to invest in projects like this that help improve community infrastruc-ture for families and make travel safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.”
Celebration events will take place from 12pm – 4pm, with a rib-bon-cutting ceremony held at approximately 2pm on Columbia Avenue and a com-munity photo that will
follow shortly after in Harry Lefevre Square. All community mem-bers are encouraged to join in this unique photo that will become a part of Rossland’s history.
Other activities will include: Kidzone with bouncy caterpillar and pumpkin decor-ating on Washington Street; Live music in Harry Lefevre Square; Community cake on Washington Street after ribbon-cutting; EZ Rock on location; RSS BBQ in Harry Lefevre Square; Participate in the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture community canvas
“It’s great to see the completion of this
project for our busi-ness community,” says Rossland Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Renee Clark. “Rossland businesses are open and want people to know it’s time to rediscover our shops, restaurants and activities, and experi-ence all that our new downtown has to offer.”
The Columbia/W a s h i n g t o n Construction Project has been under-way since May of this year. As a result of the Ministry of Transportation and I n f r a s t r u c t u r e ’ s $1.75-million commit-ment to resurfacing Columbia Avenue, the City of Rossland was able to replace the aging infrastructure along Washington Street and Columbia Avenue as part of the project. This was a great opportunity to enhance the down-town and make it a functional, economic and social space for everyone.
For more informa-tion, please visit the Chamber of Commerce website: http://ross-land.com/home
Rossland downtown set to celebrate re-openingCeremony and
various activities on Oct. 27
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The Rossland downtown makeover is just about complete and will be officially unveiled at a giant celebration set for Oct. 27.
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No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks.
Call it a new way of learning for the province’s students, but blended learning is the way edu-cation will be delivered in the province—and it is being piloted right here in School District 20.
As one of the most watched stories in the provincial educa-tional world, blended learning for the 130 grade 10-12 students of Rossland Secondary School (RSS) is giving people a sneak peek at what the future of education will be like in the province.
This is the first year of the pro-gram, and already they have prin-cipals from school districts six, eight, 19, 44, 51 emailing them on a daily basis asking questions about the innovative approach to delivering education.
They have principals and vice principals from two districts attending the community meet-ings they held before the program began in September, trustees from other districts have been in to observe the program first hand in the building, and RSS staff have been invited to present at the school superintendent’s con-ference in November.
RSS principal Karen Lavender said the blended learning program combines face-to-face classroom methods with computer-mediated activities, creating a more inte-grated approach for both instruct-ors and learners.
“What we are doing is for-ward thinking and it is what B.C. Education should be moving toward,” she said.
“And that’s where education is going in B.C.,” said School District 20 board of trustees chair, Darrel Ganzert.
And where that is going is sim-ple, said RSS vice principal Mike Vanness. Students have choice at RSS, as well as voice and are able to learn at their own pace.
Learning outcomes are constant but everything else is variable.
“Working outside a traditional timetable allows teachers and stu-dents to work together in resource areas and in the community,” said the RSS website on blended learn-ing.
In blended learning, students learn the skills to create long and short term goals, organize their schedules to meet their learn-ing needs, reach out beyond the school walls into the community, collaborate with peers, teachers, parents and community members, and take on leadership roles.
The educational model aligns with the goals of the province’s BC Education Plan and is based on current research in the field of education, said Lavender.
On a typical school day stu-
dents find out where they need to go, what they do, with an online Google calendar. The students can also find out where a teacher will be throughout the day to get help on their work.
Using a platform called Moodle, a free, open-source PHP web application for producing mod-ular internet-based courses sup-porting social media in the holistic science of education.
“This isn’t online learning, it is a place to put the course,” said Vanness. “Some of the assign-ments might be on there, but it is more of a guide.”
Students log on for goals and outcomes, how to meet their learn-ing goals, and check for assign-ments, most of which they can do together with other classmates.
There are times when a whole class is called together, but there are other times when it makes more sense for them to just be working in a research lab—with students able to access their teach-ers at any time.
Course offerings remain the same as in the past, with sched-
uled seminars rotating through resource areas. Seminars don’t mean one person talking to a group of people, said Vanness, like in a traditional classroom for-mat.
“All it means is there will be a group of people together doing something,” he said, like in a lab setting.
The teachers are still working out the bugs in the program, said Lavender, and they meet each week to discuss the progress. She said it will be an ongoing process, since the program has not been used anywhere else in the prov-ince, to date.
Lavender said the program has had a rocky start, with some critics and seven students have moved out of RSS as a result of the move to blended learning.
But the drop in enrolment is the same as last year, she noted, before blended learning became mandatory. However, they have had two students move into the program to take advantage of the new structure.
See TIME, Page 4
New way of learning piloted by Rossland SecondaryBlended learning
allows students to work at their own pace
“...that’s where education is going
in B.C..”
DARREL GANZERT
TIMOTHY SCHAFER PHOTO
Martech’s Colby Retzlaff puts down one of 33 metal halide lights taken out of the Trail and District Aquatic Centre, as the company replaces them with energy efficient fluorescent lights. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning upgrade is still ongoing.
LIGHT LIFT
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
An interim order handed down by the B.C. Labour Board on Thursday opened the door for FortisBC employ-ees serving a 72-hour strike notice Tuesday.
Strike notice has been served by 81 Trail people at FortisBC as employees of Cope 378 union.
Citing an attack on their benefits, the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, local 378 (COPE 378) announced its members at FortisBC Inc. (Electric) would act on the Labour Board’s interim order and potentially strike this morning.
With more than one union involved in the Labour Board review to declare the workers an essential service, COPE 378 workers slipped through the loop-hole.
The other union, the IBEW, had a more complicated situation, said Jarrah Hodge, COPE 378 communica-tions representative.
The order permits the union and FortisBC to continue with their respective courses of action.
“We can take job action as long as it doesn’t interfere with IBEW work,” she said. “We can’t picket them out but we can take job action.”
Although the notice has been handed down, negotiations between
the company and the union resumed Thursday. Handing down the strike notice is instrumental in the process and showed the union was serious, said Hodge.
“We are ready to exercise this if the employer doesn’t act on these attacks on benefits,” she said, noting what form the action might take was unknown at this point.
The union members—which includes eight members in South Slocan, 48 in Kelowna, two in Penticton, and six in Oliver—voted 88 per cent in favour of a strike after the company’s last offer in late August was rejected.
The union has been without a contract since January, 2011. COPE 378’s members perform inside work at FortisBC Inc. (Electric) including office administration, IT, design, plan-ning, project coordination and analy-sis.
FortisBC has proposed “flex” bene-fit plans for employees and retirees require multiple types of services in a short period of time.
The proposed retiree plan has half the lifetime maximum of the current plan and eliminates coverage for MSP, vision care, emergency medical ser-vices, basic life insurance, and para-medical services like chiropractor or physiotherapy.
Union serves FortisBC with strike notice
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Time needed to make program workFROM PAGE 3
“We’re fighting habits we have been teaching in schools for nine, 10 or 11 years,” she said. “The biggest thing we are fighting right now is kids say-ing, ‘Why can’t you just tell me what to do?’”
On Sept. 24 Lavender told the SD20 board of trustees the fledgling
program needed the board’s support.
“So when you hear the negative comments on the street … you will be informed and be able to respond to ques-tions in a way that will help support what we are doing,” she said.
She also asked the board to give them time in Rossland to make
the program work, pointing to the ongoing facilities revie—and its December deadline—as casting a huge cloud on the program.
“We haven’t had a chance to really give it time, to get in there and give teachers a chance to really make this work. It is going to take time to make this
work,” Lavender said.Some would say the
program is risky, said Lavender, but the only risk is taking the leap in attempting the pro-gram.
“We are not risking education for our kids, we are not risking any-thing in terms of what kids are going to come out of this with,” she
said. “They are getting
nothing less this year than what they have been getting in the past few years.
“In fact, I believe they are starting off with more. Whenever it means better learn-ing for our children, that is truly a worth-while endeavour.”
FROM PAGE 1and assembling the proper staff to deliver the curriculum.
This year, when the district hired staff for the school, they did it with the idea in mind they were going to offer
components of the pro-gram at Trail Middle School (TMS). With approval, the Take a Hike program now adds an adventure special-ist and a full-time paid therapist (by the Take a Hike Foundation) to the staff and the 15 Grade 10-12 students enrolled at TMS in the program.
The money will come from two places: The Take a Hike Foundation itself, as well as the LIFT Philanthropy Partners. Over the next three years, LIFT will provide professional services, management expertise and other in-kind contributions to
further develop Take a Hike’s operations.
The program is offered to youth with few remaining options and enables them to positively change their lives. Established in 2000, the ultimate goals of Take a Hike are to minimize barriers to learning, address per-sonal issues, and help students achieve a greater level of social and academic success.
“Over the past 12 years, Take a Hike has helped at-risk youth in Vancouver change their lives, complete high school and develop employ-ment skills,” said Sonja
Jensen, president, Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation, in a press release.
Members of the Take A Hike Foundation will
be in SD20 in October and will meet with the board Oct. 24. The full program will likely be ready for implementa-tion at TMS in January.
Foundation helps cover costs of course
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff
The guiding vision for Area B is about to be cracked open.
An open house and public hearing is slated for Tuesday, Oct. 23 (6 p.m.) in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) boardroom on Area B’s Official Community Plan (OCP).
As the policy framework and implementation strategy designed to enhance the quality of life for Area B, several objectives and policies in the OCP have been updated and revised based on com-munity input.
“Individual property owners may want to see if any new or revised policies apply to their land,” said RDKB director of corporate administration, Elaine Kumar, in a press release.
Area B director Linda Worley will be presiding over the hearing. Members of the OCP steering committee and RDKB staff will be on hand.
The revised OCP will replace the current plan that was adopted in 2001. The OCP contains objectives and policies to guide future develop-ment for Area B, which includes the unincorpor-ated rural land between Nancy Greene Provincial Park and the Canada-U.S. border, as well as the Sheep Creek Valley and the Columbia River.
Those in attendance will be given the oppor-tunity to speak. Alternatively, written submissions can be submitted to the RDKB office until 4 p.m. on the day of the hearing, or at the hearing. All verbal and written submissions will become part of the public record.
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THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - The latest
omnibus budget bill from the Harper gov-ernment makes chan-ges to everything from the Indian Act and the Canadian Labour Code to the Canada Shipping Act.
The bill kills off independent tribunals that examined things such as hazardous materials in the work-place and set the rates for employment insur-ance premiums, while making workers pay taxes on their employ-ers’ contributions to group health and acci-dent insurance plans.
It also sharply reduces project approv-als required under the Navigable Waters Protection Act, sets time limits on worker complaints under the Canada Labour Code and makes additional changes to an Environmental Assessment Act that was essentially rewrit-ten by the Conservative
government last spring.It lays out a whole
new act for the build-ing of a new bridge from Windsor, Ont., to Detroit, while exempting the project from “a number of fed-eral laws under which permits, approvals or authorizations would normally be required.”
The bill - the second of two massive imple-mentation acts based on the March federal budget - contains no surprises, said Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who angrily accused the opposition of being too lazy to read last spring’s federal spend-ing blueprint.
“What’s in the bill today is in the budget,” Flaherty snapped in the House of Commons.
“If you haven’t read the budget, I say to my honourable friends on the other side, I don’t know what you did all summer.... Do your work. Do your job.”
Critics suggest the devil is always in the
details - and at 457 pages, the omnibus legislation includes a lot of them.
“Frankly, I think it’s a little dishonest on the part of Mr. Flaherty to say that there are no surprises in the budget bill,” said Bob Rae, the interim Liberal leader.
In fact, a cursory search of the March 2012 budget document reveals that Flahery is wrong - not everything in the legislation tabled Thursday was flagged in the spring spending blueprint.
For instance, on EI rates, the budget stated that: “Over the next few years, the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board (CEIFB) will con-tinue to set the rate, but the government will limit rate increases to no more than five cents each year until the EI Operating Account is balanced.”
On Thursday, the board was disbanded while the Conservatives
set up what they’re calling an “interim ... regime” for setting EI rates.
The budget also made no mention of changes to the defin-ition of a native fishery included in the omnibus bill, while the Navigable Waters Protection Act is entirely absent from the March budget.
That didn’t stop the prime minister from claiming every meas-ure in the omnibus bill - including those made public for the first time Thursday - has the pub-lic’s seal of approval.
“I don’t know what specific objec-tions (opposition crit-ics) have to them,
but I know they’ve been well received by the Canadian public and they are import-ant to continue the superior performance of the Canadian econ-omy,” Harper told the Commons.
The navigable waters changes drew the sharp-est reaction Thursday. Critics, including aboriginal groups and environmental i s ts , were appalled.
The new act, rechris-tened the Navigation Protection Act, limits its scope to just 97 lakes and 62 rivers. There are almost 32,000 lakes in Canada larger than three square kilo-metres.
Lots of changes included in latest omnibus bill
THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER - The company that wants to
build the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline through pristine British Columbian wilderness is challenging provincial government officials to stop the trash talk and come see company oper-ations for themselves.
Janet Holder, executive vice-president of Western access for Enbridge (TSX:ENB), issued a news release Thursday in response to yet another broadside from the government outlining what it sees as the unacceptable answers Enbridge is giv-ing to questions during environmental hearings into the project in Prince George this week.
Environment Minister Terry Lake has taken Enbridge to task for a lack of detail in its spill response plan, among other issues.
“The answers that we are getting in Prince George show that Enbridge/Northern Gateway has not yet done the work to prove that this pipe-line will be safe,” Lake said in the news release.
“The company is not giving us much reason to have confidence that they can deliver on their promises.”
The release was issued as hearings on Northern Gateway wrapped up in Prince George.
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OPINION
Can we have a word over the use of words?Editor’s Note: The story
Lorne Eckersley is referring to also ran in the Trail Times on Oct. 4 titled “Creston car-jacking ends with shooting in Cranbrook.” The Times also received a few phone calls regarding the use of profan-ities in the story.
In light of the comments generated by the story I wrote, I think read-ers deserve to know
about the thought processes I went through before using a quotation containing vul-garities. Rest assured, this column does not contain such graphic language.
In 1980 it was a regu-lar practice on Monday and Thursday afternoons for Advance staff to repair to the Legion after the newspaper was ready for press. We’d have a beer and discuss any number of topics and even-tually someone would arrive with a hot-off-the-press copy of our semi-weekly paper. On one of those Thursdays, the owner-publisher was looking through the pages when he came across a book review (written by a local bookstore owner) in our 12-page TV guide and enter-tainment section, which I was responsible for produ-cing. The review included a photo of the book cover. The book, written by retired Canadian military officer Richard Rohmer, was about, I think, the oil industry. It was called Balls!
My boss, seething in anger, ran back to the Advance, ordered all cop-ies of that section be put into the dumpster, found something to replace the offending review and photo and ordered the section to be reprinted. Surprisingly, he didn’t chastise my judg-ment in using a review of a book whose title he thought readers would find offen-sive. He simply took it upon himself to censor the issue. I thought the decision was childish and disrespectful of our readers. We agreed to disagree on that subject and moved on. He eventually left the newspaper business and I have remained in it, in one capacity or another, for more than three decades.
Now, to the offending article. On a Wednesday morning (Oct. 3), after our own newspaper had already been printed, and prior to its Thursday release, I heard reports of a police shooting of a crime suspect, and of a related car-jacking. Initial reports had the shooting taking place in Yahk. I read through news sites on the Internet and listened to CBC Radio. On Facebook, I was surprised to see a post by Alan Armstrong that he was the car-jacking victim and had spent the night in the hospital. Because the story was too late for our print edition, I decided to wait until later in the morning to
call him. A few minutes later Armstrong called me.
I had known Alan Armstrong since the first week I arrived in the Creston Valley in June of 1979. One of my duties was to report on sports and Armstrong, learning that my wife was still in Calgary with our only vehicle, arranged to drive me, or have someone else do so, to Rek City fastball games in Canyon Park. In the 33 years since, I have come to know him as a thoughtful, caring person, of the sort that one can always call in a time of need. I could easily picture him pulling over his vehicle on Highway 3 near Goatfell in response to what he thought was a couple in need.
Armstrong relayed his experience to me as I took notes as quickly as I could. At the end of our conversa-tion my heart was pounding at the thought of a friend having his life threatened by an apparently desperate criminal. I immediately set
to work writing the story, wanting to give our readers an appreciation for what it must have been like for a man to have been a Good Samaritan in one moment and have his life threatened in the next.
I wrote the story, put it on our web site and sent it to some of our sister papers. Almost immediate-ly, I received a call from an editor saying, “Wow, that is an intense story! Good job.”
To be honest, my initial thought was to change the story for our print edi-tion—Internet news tends to be more graphic, I think. Later, as I experimented with rewrites of the story, I found that to paraphrase the threats that Armstrong received while he had what he believed to be a gun pointed at his head dras-tically changed the sense of terror he had felt at the time. The newspaper style guide we use does not allow for the placement of aster-isks to mitigate the in-your-face use of vulgar language. And I could not, as one reader suggested, “change the quote.” My only choice was to use the words as I had been told by Armstrong, or omit the quotation and paraphrase his description of that moment.
Yes, I did realize that those vulgar words would be offensive to some read-ers. They were offensive to
Armstrong, too, in the con-text that they were intended to force his exit from what he describes as “the nicest vehicle I have ever owned” and said almost simultan-eously with his being pep-per-sprayed in the face.
I felt that, in the con-text of the story, the use of graphic language was my best option.
Fortunately, choices of this nature do not present themselves often. I have used such language only one other time in my career (not counting the “Balls!” incident, which seems pretty tame today), mainly because I have rarely found such words necessary to tell a story. I love using language and I have a good vocabu-lary. I can tell a story in a way that doesn’t offend.
Will I make a similar choice in the future? I can’t honestly say—a serious reporter approaches every story with an open mind, not adhering to a specific formula. If I face a similar choice in the future, will I take into consideration the response I have received from readers? Of course. As a newspaper publisher, reporter and opinion colum-nist, I do that every day, knowing that it is unrealistic to think I can please every-one, myself included.
Lorne Eckersley is the pub-lisher of the Creston Valley Advance
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I don’t like poverty - and not just because it is horrible for any person to experi-ence. Where poverty rates
are high, crime and imprison-ment rates tend to be higher, health outcomes for everyone are lower, and addictions and mental illnesses are more com-mon. Poverty is bad for every-one, not just those who experi-ence it directly.
I also dislike poverty reduc-tion plans. The entire premise of “reduction” is w r o n g - h e a d e d . Reduction assumes that it is accept-able to reduce the impacts of poverty without address-ing the core rea-sons it exists. If we really address the core issues, then poverty would be eliminated.
“Reducing” rather than “elim-inating” poverty suggests that it is enough to address one subset of the poor, or a tiny symptom of poverty’s impact, while ignoring others.
Picking only the lowest-hang-ing fruit to help for short-term political expediency is ethically unconscionable because it over-looks many others deserving help and avoids the core causes of poverty.
In my experience, meetings on poverty reduction typically include lengthy kudos for the well-to-do, funders, and politi-cians, often to the exclusion of addressing the issue itself and with little involvement of those actually living in poverty.
Leaving people who live in poverty out of key decision-mak-ing bodies proposing solutions invites failure.
It would be refreshing to see a poverty reduction initiative that includes equally those who
live in poverty alongside those with the power to help.
The poverty industry can also be a barrier to its own stated goal of eliminating poverty. Recommendations in poverty reduction reports read like a wish list of funding proposals with little connection to address-ing core issues.
For example, one report started their recommendations list noting a need for “reduced
complexity” yet then suggests an “expanded array of supports.”
Let’s be hon-est: if poverty were eliminat-ed, many orga-nizations and services would not be needed, and others would be need-ed less. When NGOs become
businesses chasing funds to sus-tain themselves, and when gov-ernments, funders, and donors dangle carrots to play follow the leader, this moves everyone toward the fad of the day rather than to seriously address the problem.
Studies are clear: the savings from eliminating poverty would be enormous, reducing costs associated with health care, addictions, policing, and so on. It will take political will and dar-ing to actualize those savings.
But initiatives to eliminate poverty cannot simply be a forum for the poverty industry to ask the public for more funds.
When the Sheldon Chumir Foundation interviewed people living in poverty they told us they would do much better if they just had a bit more money
This incredibly simple idea is backed by research: with greater funds, people living in poverty can afford their groceries, rent
and security deposits, transpor-tation to work, and their lives are considerably less stressful. As a result, they use less health care, are less reliant on addictive substances, require fewer social services, are more motivated to achieve greater education, and have more resources and better drive to seek better jobs.
These benefits can be deliv-ered without needing extra social workers, food banks, or charitable programs.
Senators Hugh Segal and Art Eggleton make this point and suggest various options such as a basic income through a nega-tive income tax that would give money directly to people who need it.
This is exactly what people living in poverty who we inter-viewed requested, but “commu-nity leaders” too often ignore this idea.
It takes courageous leader-ship to include and listen to those less fortunate than our-selves, or to enact strategies that go against our ideologies and personal or political interests when we discover our initial ideas were wrong.
I remain a cynic when it comes to poverty reduction ini-tiatives. They should not simply appeal to a few donors, funders, or politicians when this is not what those in poverty really need.
We can do much better. Demanding much higher stan-dards on addressing poverty and inequality within our midst is the right thing to do.
Seriously addressing poverty won’t happen until we make it clear that poverty is ethically unacceptable and display a bold willingness to lead differently to actually eliminate it.
Kelly Ernst is senior program director with the Calgary-based Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership.
Poverty strategies are often wrong-headed
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The hottest rumour sweep-ing through Ottawa these days has a lot of Liberals abuzz with excitement - except maybe for Justin Trudeau.
After Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty abruptly resigned from his Queen’s Park perch on Oct. 15th, Parliament Hill’s infamous rumour mill began chugging into overdrive that he would take a shot at the federal Liberal leadership.
Like him or not, McGuinty’s entrance into the Liberal lead-ership race would inject some heavyweight rivalry to the per-ceived front-runner, Trudeau. After the party was reduced to 34 seats - third behind the Tories and NDP - in the 2011 federal election, it is imperative the Grits field the best candidate the next time the writ drops.
Who that may be is still to
be determined, and won’t be finalized until Liberals vote at their convention in April, but a coronation for Trudeau would not bode well for the party. Yes, the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau has the charis-ma, good looks and pedigree to attract voters in a national elec-tion but his experience, or lack thereof, has raised questions from pundits and from within the party itself.
A race - a true horse race - will bring out better ideas, bet-ter arguments, better leadership qualities than if the keys are just handed to Trudeau. The fact is, in the last decade, the Liberals have elected two leaders with hardly a fight.
In 2003, Paul Martin virtu-ally stamped out any threat to his leadership aspirations and steamrolled to the post to suc-ceed Jean Chretien as prime minister. A Liberal minority
and a lost election later, and we know how well that went.
After the debacle that was Stephane Dion, it was all but formality for Michael Ignatieff to become leader. The author, scholar, lecturer and writer was virtually appointed saviour of the party in 2009 - not unlike Trudeau now - when he was endorsed as leader after all other candidates for the post stepped down.
He went on to captain the Liberals’ worst showing ever in 2011.
Of course, McGuinty will have to deal with his own prob-lems and scandals that he left to others to clean up in Ontario, but he is a likeable person, and if he chooses to run, the Liberals may actually become relevant again. After all, as Las Vegas betting houses can attest to, heavyweight bouts draw a lot of interest
McGuinty could inject life into Liberal race
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FILIPPELLI, GUISEPPE LO-RENZO (FLIP) — , passed away peacefully on August 1, 2012 in Vancouver at the age of 89.
Flip grew up in the Gultch. As a youth, Flip d e l i v e r e d the paper, worked at the movie theatre, and served as an altar boy. He g r a d u a t e d from the Un i ve r s i t y of Alberta in 1946.
While in Trail, he volun-teered with the Red Cross, Little League, and cub scouts. He at-tended the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in his year as Jaycees National President.
Flip moved to Montreal with his wife Lillian and children in 1961 then to Vancouver in 1970.
Flip became president of his children’s swim clubs in Pointe Claire, Quebec, and Vancouver. He offi ciated at swim meets and trained offi cials. He was an administrator at provincial, na-tional and international levels, serving on the FINA Technical Committee for several years. He offi ciated at the Summer Olym-pics from Los Angeles, 1984, to Sydney, 2000. He has a spot in the BC Sports Hall of Fame at BC Place in Vancouver.
Flip retired from Cominco in 1986 after forty-two years of service in the Trail, Montreal and Vancouver offi ces.
In his later years, he enjoyed collecting and collating metre stamps in the company of his partner June.
Flip loved keeping in touch with his high school classmates. They started organizing re-unions in 1981.
Otherwise known as Law-rence Joseph, Flip has his name inscribed on the Home of Cham-pions Monument in Trail: (L.J. (Flip) Filippelli). He was astute, loving and humorous right up to his death.
A funeral service was held at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Vancouver on August 13th.
Donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.
***CLEMENTS (NEE KIDD),
JEAN INGLIS — Jean Kidd was born in Shaunavon, SK on May 31, 1920 to William and Helen (Stewart) Kidd. She died in Trail, BC on October 13, 2012 at the age of 92.
Jean’s family moved to Wey-burn and subsequently settled in Regina. There she met Zeke (Robert) Clements, her future husband, at the skating rink. They married in 1943 and moved to Trail in 1946 where they raised their family of three. In 1985, Zeke and Jean moved to Castlegar to enjoy retirement. Since June of this year, she had resided at Mountain Side Vil-lage in Fruitvale.
An accomplished oil, pastel and watercolour artist, Jean was a member of the Trail Art Club for many years. She played the cello in the Regina Sym-phony Orchestra and would serenade Zeke every morning on the piano. As well, Jean sang in the A Cappella Choir in Trail. Along with being a wonderful seamstress, she enjoyed swim-ming, skating, golfi ng, knitting, gardening and was passionate about federal politics to the end. She was the household handy-man as well. All creatures big and small gave her great enjoyment, especially her cats. Jean would diligently pack and unpack all the camping gear every w e e k e n d and on holi-days so that her family could enjoy the many happy times spent at C h r i s t i n a Lake.
She is survived by Zeke - her hus-band of 69 years – as well as her children, Linda Murdoch, Barb (Ron) Holm, Rob (Sharon) Clements and grandchildren Moira, Jim, Bill and Gord Tod, Craig and Alison Holm, Tadd and Tim Clements. She also enjoyed nine great-grandchil-dren, all of whom were fortun-ate enough to meet her. Jean is predeceased by her siblings, Mary, Helen, and Bud and is survived by Elizabeth Kitson of Regina.
Feisty to the end, she was a steadfast guide in our lives. We are grateful for having her crea-tivity, passion and love in the family for such a long time.
The family appreciates the care and kindnesses offered by the team at Mountain Side Vil-lage (a great place to live), Dr. E. McCoid and the caring staff at the hospital in Trail.
By Jean’s request, there will be no service. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cre-mation Services has been en-
trusted with arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.ca.
For those who wish, dona-tions may be made in her mem-ory to the Trail SPCA, 7700 Hwy 3B, Trail, BC V1R 4A7.
***CREEGAN, FRANCIS
(FRANK) JOSEPH — In the caring em-brace of his family, Francis (Frank) Jo-seph Creegan p e a c e f u l l y passed away at Castleview Care Centre in Castlegar, B.C., on Octo-ber 10, 2012. His funeral will be offi ciated by Father David at St. Rita’s Cath-olic Church on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 10:30 am.
Frank, born in North Battle-ford on February 2, 1922, was the eldest child of Marjorie and Joseph Creegan. He had four siblings, Mary, Katherine (Kit), John, and youngest brother, Pat-rick.
After working as a journey-man millwright in Ontario, Frank settled in Trail, drawn by local employment opportun-ities and favourable climate. After working at Cominco for a period, he moved to Castlegar and began a trucking business, Creegan’s Motor Freight, and travelled throughout the United States and Canada. He loved his connection with the local Renata community best, hauling the fruit of that area for distribu-tion throughout BC.
Left to mourn his passing are his brother Patrick (Isa-belle), Frank’s fi ve children, Dan (Kathy) Creegan, Lorraine (Bob) Collis, Colleen (Art) Powell, Anthony (Marg) Creegan and Laura (George) Stea. Grand-children, Trevor (Andrea) Cree-gan, Teresa (Martin) Zmavc, Michael (Kendra) Collis, Travis (Karli) Creegan, and Leigh Cree-gan also grieve the passing of their grandfather. Throughout his life, Frank celebrated several great-grandchildren, and many cherished nieces and nephews.
Frank’s family expresses their appreciation to Dr. Merrit, Kay Shay, the caring staff of Castle-view Care Centre, and all those who called or stopped in with food trays to express their sym-pathies. We value your support.
Dan, Lorraine, Colleen, An-thony and Laura.
OBITUARIES
Reverend Peter Speight, who taught science and math at JL Crowe for more than 20 years, died peacefully in Tsawwassen on October 16, 2012 at the age of 92. Peter left the classroom for the pulpit in his late 50s, going on to serve the Anglican Church for many years in the Kootenays, Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. His beloved Dilys died just three months ago after more than 66 years of marriage. Peter will be missed by his son Duncan and his wife Betty of Tofino, his daughter Vanessa and her partner Johnny of Edmonton, her son Andrew and his wife Dolores of Penticton and his sister-in-law June Williams of White Rock. He is also survived by his grandchildren Matthew, Elizabeth, Julia, Eric, Emily and Jessica. A simple memorial service is being held on Friday, October 19 at Valley View Memorial Gardens in Surrey.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLUXEMBOURG -
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg doesn’t get a lot of turns in the spotlight.
It’s an independ-ent country tinier than Rhode Island, the smallest U.S. state, and it would fit inside Germany, its neighbour to the east, 138 times with room to spare. It won no medals at the 2012 London Olympics - in fact it hasn’t won a medal at the summer Games since 1952.
But this week is Luxembourg’s turn to shine. Prince Guillaume, the heir to the throne - the grand duke-to-be - will marry Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy. It will be a two-day affair, includ-ing fireworks, concerts, a gala dinner at the grand ducal palace, and two marriages between the betrothed - a civil wedding Friday after-noon and a religious ceremony Saturday morning.
A glittering array of European roy-alty has been invited. The guest list for the
religious ceremony includes kings, queens, princes and princesses from European coun-tries including, among others, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Lichtenstein, Denmark, the Netherlands, Romania and Britain, which is sending Prince Edward, Queen
Elizabeth’s youngest child, and his wife, Sophie.
Non-European roy-alty will be attending, as well, from Morocco, Japan and Jordan and elsewhere.
With all those royals coming to Luxembourg, can international atten-tion be far behind?
“It’s good for Luxembourg,” said Nadine Chenet, a 46-year-old street cleaner who was pick-ing up cigarette butts with pincers in front of the grand ducal pal-ace. “Many people will come now.”
Besides, she just plain likes the royal family, she said: They give a good impression of the country.
That’s a senti-ment common in Luxembourg. To all appearances, the bride and groom are a love-ly couple. He is 30, with dark hair and an immaculate beard. She is 28, blonde and smil-ing. In public appear-ances, including at the London Olympics, they have appeared besotted with each other.
According to biog-raphies distributed by the royal court, each has an array of interests befitting those who are to the manner born.
LUXEMBROUG
Big royal wedding for tiny country
(AP PHOTO/SCANPIX/CLAUDIO BRESCIANI/POOL, FILE)
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, right, and Countess Stephanie de Lannoy, of Belgium will marry during a two-day affair, including fire-works, concerts, a gala dinner at the grand ducal palace.
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“The Hunger Games” series will have to wait more than a year for the second instalment to hit theatres, but expect to see plenty of Katniss Everdeen look-a-likes surfacing within the coming weeks.
The bow-and-arrow-toting heroine is one of this year’s hottest Halloween costume ideas, along with a ros-ter of contemporary pop culture characters and classic favourites.
Value Village store manager Christine Riddell said Katniss is the “Hunger Games” standout for Halloween, with the character’s leather jacket, boots, satchel and signature braid among the key elements in assembling the look.
Rhonda King, retail director for Glow Parties in Halifax,
stocked Katniss-style wigs and said the store was almost sold out of large bow and arrow sets.
“Whether they’re using it for ‘The Hunger Games’ (costumes) or not, I’m not 100 per cent sure; but it was a very large weapon, and it’s done very well,” King said.
Riddell said story-book characters and big-screen superheroes are also top costume contenders this year, including peren-nial favourites such as Spider-Man and Batman and characters from new films such as “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “The Avengers.”
“What’s really inter-esting in the superhero costumes is that it’s also translating into teens and adults, so it’s not just for kids,” she said from Ottawa.
In Value Village’s third annual Halloween Shopping Survey of 1,000 adults, 40 per cent of costume-wear-ers said they would draw inspiration from the year’s blockbuster flicks, compared to 25 per cent in 2011. While boys may be keen to step into the shoes of superheroes like Thor or Iron Man, the thrift retailer said fairytale and princess costumes are still tops for girls.
The small screen is also a source of cos-tume inspiration, with 31 per cent of adults in the Value Village poll naming zombies from the AMC hit “The Walking Dead” as the best TV-inspired cos-tume.
“What’s really neat about zombies is you can be zombie any-thing,” Riddell said.
“What we found a lot this year, as well as
last year, was the zom-bie bride and groom, the zombie cheerlead-er, the zombie doctor,
the zombie police offi-cer. You can really take it anywhere.
“We do have new
costumes that are zom-bie-ized, and we also have pretty much any-thing on our sales floor
that you can take and add red paint to and dirt to make it look like a zombie costume.”
‘The Hunger Games’ leads the way for this year’s Halloween inspiration
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Look at Me!I heard an interview on CBC with someone concerned about becoming an ‘idol’. Making the work all about her, the message and it’s reception dependent upon her, success or failure revolving around how well she did. No room for God, no sense of the transcendent. I appreciate her honesty, her analysis and her efforts to become less taken up with how others see her, more grounded in her state of grace and being. Living life in a place of blessing with her Creator. I wish I was there more often, myself.
We live in a culture that seems bent on encouraging people to run themselves up flagpoles or through incredible escapades to gain attention. Evel Knievel and the Jackass casts come to mind. But even ordinary folk find ways to strut their stuff in front of the neighbours.
Once in a while when I’m driving or walking around downtown Trail, trying to see if traffic is coming at me before I cross the street or turn onto it, my view is blocked by another vehicle. Often it’s a crew cab short box 4X4 set on a lift kit.
“Look at me.”
My immediate response is one of intense frustration. The same response I have when driving down a narrow residential street and coming up on two vehicles parked across from one another, turning a two way street into a one way yield. It irks me. I’d like to find the people responsible and somehow tune them in to the realization that it’s not all about them.
“Look at me.”
On occasion, however, just as I’m ramping up into a full fit of self-righteous indignation, I’ll remember an insight from a friend in The Pas.
“I was in a supermarket line-up,” she said, “when another till opened and the cashier called the next person in line over. That was me. But another woman wheeled a full cart into my place. I was furious. I was sick of being treated like that. I’m a small woman, I look meek and somehow people think it’s ok to treat me as if I don’t matter. Well I wasn’t going to take that anymore. I’m a person just like any other and it was time I started letting them know. I thought I’d start with her.”
But just as my friend began moving, she felt a curious sense of peace come over her.
“It was incredible, so powerful. I felt warmth and care flood through me. I felt like I was being spoken to, being told that I was all I needed to be. That I have a place in the heart of the Creator and that I am as fully important to my Creator as any other being. I felt beloved. And then I could look at the woman ahead of me and see her anxiety, her ragged edges, her frustration. And I found I had all the time and peace I needed.”
“Look at that.”
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK - For the first time in its history,
the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise.
The percentage of Protestant adults in the U.S. has reached a low of 48 per cent, the first time that Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has reported with certainty that the number has fallen below 50 per cent. The drop has long been anticipated and comes at a time when no Protestants are on the U.S. Supreme Court and the Republicans have their first presidential ticket with no Protestant nominees.
Among the reasons for the change a spike in the number of American adults who say they have no religion. The Pew study, released Tuesday, found that about 20 per cent of Americans say they have no religious affiliation, an increase from 15 per cent in the last five years.
Scholars have long debated whether people who say they no longer belong to a religious group should be considered secular. While the category as defined by Pew researchers includes atheists, it also encompasses majorities of people who say they believe in God, and a notable minority who pray daily or consider themselves “spiritual” but not “religious.” Still, Pew found overall that most of the unaffiliated aren’t act-ively seeking another religious home, indicating that their ties with organized religion are perma-nently broken.
Growth among those with no religion has been a major preoccupation of American faith leaders who worry that the United States, a highly religious country, would go the way of Western Europe, where church attendance has plummeted.
The trend also has political implications. American voters who describe themselves as having no religion vote overwhelmingly for Democrats.
Pew found Americans with no religion sup-port abortion rights and gay marriage at a much higher-rate than the U.S. public at large.
These “nones” are an increasing segment of voters who are registered as Democrats or lean toward the party, growing from 17 per cent to 24 per cent over the last five years. The religiously unaffiliated are becoming as important a con-stituency to Democrats as evangelicals are to Republicans, Pew said.
The Pew analysis, conducted with PBS’ “Religion & Ethics Newsweekly,” is based on several surveys, including a poll of nearly 3,000 adults conducted June 28-July 9, 2012. The finding on the Protestant majority is based on responses from a group of more than 17,000 people and has a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 percentage points, Pew researchers said.
Researchers have been struggling for decades to find a definitive reason for the steady rise in those with no religion.
The spread of secularism in Western Europe was often viewed as a byproduct of growing wealth in the region. Yet among industrialized nations, the United States stood out for its deep religiosity in the face of increasing wealth.
Now, religion scholars say the decreased reli-giosity in the United States could reflect a change in how Americans describe their religious lives. In 2007, 60 per cent of people who said they seldom or never attend religious services still identified themselves as part of a particular reli-gious tradition. In 2012, that statistic fell to 50 per cent, according to the Pew report.
“Part of what’s going on here is that the stigma associated with not being part of any religious community has declined,” said John Green, a specialist in religion and politics at the University of Akron, who advised Pew on the survey.
“In some parts of the country, there is still a stigma. But overall, it’s not the way it used to be.”
U.S. no longer has Protestant majority
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In the heat of mid-summer, sprink-lers come on with regularity around
the neighbourhoods. Most everyone is con-cerned and diligent about ensuring their lawns and gardens are hydrated.
However, this par-ticular concern seems to evaporate (along with the water) as the weather cools, leaving plants to fend for them-selves as they prepare for a Kootenay winter. Without the necessary moisture, their roots turn toward the surface looking for water and become vulnerable to killing frosts (especially when there is no snow cover).
How can we help our garden treasures avoid winter kill? The solution is simple: keep perennials, shrubs and
trees watered deeply for as long as possible during the fall season. A deep water every four days gives just enough time for the surface to dry while the lower ground remains damp, forcing the roots to go down for mois-ture. I usually water my plants every other day through July. Then come mid-August, I stretch it to every three days; in September it’s every four and by mid October, I’m down to
once a week. Another tip: if shrubs or trees are planted in the lawn, ensure there is a two-foot circle cut out of the turf around the trunk of the plant. Grass is greedy and will rob anything around it of water.
I may sound like a broken record (or CD) on the subject of fall watering but it’s so important to the health of a garden. We’ve had minimal rainfall in August and September and as I’ve driven around the community it’s been quite apparent that some plants are suffering due to a lack of water. Their foli-age has turned colour early and leaves have dropped long before they should.
Besides keeping your garden watered, it’s a good idea to do
a final clean-up in the garden by raking up leaves, weeding and cutting back foliage of herbaceous peren-nials. This will remove hiding places for pests to overwinter. There are always exceptions though and I suggest leaving ornamental grasses as is until spring. If cut back in the fall, the wet snow sits on the cut foliage and rots the roots. Finally, mound the base of roses with peat moss once the ground freezes.
It seems the norm nowadays that time passes way too quickly. Such is the case with the 2012 garden sea-son. We had a late start because of all the spring rain but the sun no sooner came out than its hidden again amongst the grey
clouds rolling in.Ah well! It was a
great year. My new garden gave me great joy as did so many others I visited. And the city baskets and beds put on a spectacu-lar show! Congrats to Trail’s Communities-in-Bloom, especially Bill Garnett, for being one of five cities in the world nominated for best flower beds. What an accomplishment!
Before I go, I’d like to thank my garden partner, Betty Drover, for her contributions to our column and all those who share their passion for plants with me when we meet. Gardening has been such a positive connec-tion to this loving com-munity, for which I’m most grateful.
Have a healthy and safe winter…..
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BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports Editor
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks downsized slightly this week, but also shored up its back end with a couple veteran additions.
The Hawks sent defence-man Jayce P o l m a n - T u i n , 18, forward Luke Jones, 18, and goalie, Dominic Stadnyk, 19, to the Grand Forks Border Bruins for the ever-popular, future considerations, and pur-chased the rights of goal-tender Travis Beekhuizen from Columbia Valley.
“It’s unfortunate because it was a num-bers game,” said Hawks assistant coach Jeremy Cominotto. “We needed to start getting the team settled in and lower our numbers a bit so guys were playing and not sit-ting in the stands.”
Stadnyk started just two games for the Hawks and will get an opportun-ity to play more in Grand Forks rather than back up proven veteran Zach Perehudoff in B.V.
Beekhuizen is also a known commodity as he was on the Hawks roster at the start of last season, but was moved when goalie Mike Vlanich returned to the team.
“We’re happy to have Beeks back in the fold here,” said Cominotto. “It was unfortunate circum-stances for him last year, he’s a great kid and that’s one of the reasons we had to bring him back.”
The Hawks also had to make room on its ros-ter for the return of vet-eran defenceman Derek Lashuk last week who will add depth and character to an already impressive
defensive core. “We did have to make
a little bit of room get-ting Derek back,” said
Cominotto. “But getting Derek back is huge, I mean you can’t turn a guy like Derek away with his skill level and his cal-iber of playing, he just increases our depth 10-fold.”
The Nitehawks will face their for-mer mates Friday night at the Nest, and are looking
to exact some vengeance after the Bruins spoiled their home-opener with a 3-2 OT win. While the Bruins have only the one win, they have improved markedly since last season and are no longer an auto-matic two points.
The North Okanagan Knights will storm the Beaver Valley Arena on Saturday, in what is sure to be one of the Nitehawks greatest tests early in the season.
The Knights lead the Doug Birks Division with an 8-2-0-1 record and are led by Tanner Burns up front who is fifth in scor-ing with eight goals and eight assists and Morgan Johnston who scored a hat trick in a 6-1 win over Sicamous Saturday. North Okanagan is also back-stopped by Dustin Nikkel who sports a 2.21 GGA and a .942 save percent-age.
“North Oks got a great team, they’re the top team in the league or close to it,” says Cominotto, add-ing that the Nitehawks will have to improve on a 2-1 loss to Kamloops on Saturday if they expect to compete with the Knights.
“This weekend we set the same challenge, to make sure we are the hardest working team on the ice.”
BY TIMES STAFFThe Trail Smoke
Eaters embark on a three-game road trip this weekend, looking to pick up vital points against Island and Mainland Division teams.
“We head down Thursday, play Victoria Friday, Jimmy in Cowichan Saturday, and in Surrey Sunday afternoon, so it’s not an easy road trip, but hopefully we can get some goals, the moist air might help us I don’t know.” said Smoke Eater coach Bill Birks.
The Smokies visit a Victoria Grizzlies team on Friday that is com-ing off a dramatic 3-2 double-overtime win against the league-leading Penticton Vees last week and followed that up with another 4-3 OT win against high scoring Alberni Valley Sunday.
Led by the Fitzgerald triplets, who have accounted for half Victoria’s goals this season, 16 of 32, the Grizzlies lead the Island Division with an 8-4-0-1 record.
The defence is anchored by Cornell commit Nolan DeJong and import R.J. Jones (West Point) and the tandem of Brady Rouleau and Michael Stilidais are stingy in net with .929 and .912 save percentages respectively.
The Smokies then travel to Cowichan Valley to take on for-mer Smokie coach Jim Ingram and the Capitals.
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J. L. CROWE SOCCER
BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports Editor
Trail organizers are roll-ing out the red carpet for the Canadian Sledge Hockey team that is set to begin its final selection camp in the Silver City Sunday.
“The team is very excited to be coming to Trail and area, because they know that they’re going to be treated like royalty,” says Trail City councilor and organizer Eleanor Gattafoni-Robinson.
Despite a busy practice schedule, the host committee has a full slate of extra-curricu-lar activities planned for the 20 players, including a day hike, a Smoke Eaters game, an intro-duction to bocce at the Gulch Bocce Facility, and a very spe-cial cooking lesson with Ferraro Foods’ Gordon McMartin as the head chef.
“They’re going to be mak-ing spaghetti and meatballs at the Cominco Arena kitchen and then in the McIntyre Room they will be eating the fruits of their labour. They’re excited about that, so when they go home, wherever they’re from, they’ll know how to cook spaghetti - Trail style,” she said.
The team visited prior to
the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and the players left as much an impression on the city and its residents as the visit did on them.
“We were up there before the 2010 games, and we had a great time so I can’t wait to get back, to be honest with you,” said team captain Greg Westlake. “I remember being in the Colombo Lodge in Trail and I made a promise that we were going to win the gold medal, and we didn’t come through on that in Vancouver, so I’m still playing, and a lot of the same guys are still around, so we’ll do a lot better in Russia.”
With the support of nation-al team players, coach Mike Mondin of Trail and man-ager Adam Crockatt, Hockey Canada chose the Silver City as the location for the camp that
starts Sunday at the Cominco Arena at 10:15 a.m.
“We’re wanting the public to come and see them . . . people don’t realize how elite these athletes are,” added Gattafoni-Robinson. “They’ve overcome a huge obstacle in life and they’re just fantastic guys, they’re real-ly, really great people, and yes they are something to look up to.”
The players will be giving a sledge hockey demonstra-tion at the Oct. 26 Trail Smoke Eater vs Victoria Grizzly game in addition to helping out with 50/50 draws and interacting with the fans.
Westlake looks forward to the camp and has a message for Greater Trail residents.
“Don’t be shy, everybody on the team is really open about talking about what happened to them . . . I tell everybody at the camps to come talk to the players, there’s definitely a lot to be learned and every guy on the team will be very open and accommodating,” says Westlake.
The public can also dine with Team Canada at the Colombo Lodge on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25. Call 364-1968 or 362-5825 for tickets.
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FROM PAGE 13After a good 2011-12 playoff-making sea-
son, Cowichan is off to a rough start with just two wins in its first 11 games. Former Smoke Eater Kyle Horseman, 18, joined the Caps last week along with goalie Connor LaCouvee as the Caps search for a reliable backstop to starter Derek Dun.
Sunday, the Smokies stop by the South Surrey Arena for a tilt against the Eagles who are mired in last place in the tight mainland division, but sport a respectable 5-5-0-1 record. The Eagles are one of the younger teams in the league with 12 rookies on its roster, and should be relatively fresh after a Saturday night off. The Smokies return to Cominco Arena Oct. 26 with a rematch against Victoria.
There is so much to be posi-tive about in the hard-won
amalgamation of great-er Trail’s minor hockey programs that it is hard to praise the efforts of those who made it pos-sible too highly.
But, beside the facts that opportunities to play will increase at all levels and the use of all the involved rinks will mean more ice time for those exercising those opportunities, perhaps my biggest response is relief at the sight of intercommunity co-operation inching for-ward in an area that
has seen too little of it in recent decades.
Back in the day, when such co-oper-ation was seen as essential to our com-mon good, there was no rivalry to speak of between the com-munities of the Beaver Valley and the rest of the area.
In fact, when Trail was the undoubted dominant force in minor hockey in B.C., a part of the reason was the inclusion of Beaver Valley kids in Trail Minor Hockey.
There was no Beaver Valley Arena - not that there being one now
is anything but a posi-tive for the area - so kids from there played as part of the Cominco Arena horde.
During the first couple of decades of the Minor Hockey Week celebrations invented here, Beaver Valley kids played on basically Greater Trail teams and contributed to the excellence that propelled rep teams from here to almost countless provincial titles (AAA, Open or whatever, titles.), and a couple of interprovin-cial ones, as well.
Rossland had its
own minor sports, but even then the rivalry between what is now, “them,” and, “us,” on so many too many issues was pretty much relegated to hockey (and lacrosse) and curling rinks and ball fields.
Some years Rossland had out-standing hockey teams that pushed
Trail harder than any other competition in the province.
Many years the cru-cial pickups that helped the junior Smoke Eaters win B.C. titles were seconded from the junior Warriors after close battles between the two clubs for West Kootenay bragging rights.
Things have changed, of course. Trail minor hockey hasn’t even competed at the province’s top level for quite a while. Demographics are the major reason, but the inclination of parents
to want their kids to at a lesser level of compe-tition to inrease their chance of winning has played a part, as well.
An offshoot of that attitude - some parents wanting an easier ride into rep play for their kids than will be avail-able when the compe-tition comes from the entire area - was the main final stumbling block for the long-needed change we see this season.
But, tough com-petitiion makes better play, and players. So, too, is co-operation usually better than con-frontation, especially when it comes to com-munities.
This amalgama-tion will take us a tiny distance back towards the time when almost everybody in the area looked out for the com-mon good rather than just the good of their own neighbourhood.
It is a progressive step for the area.
DAVE THOMPSON
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THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO - NHL
commissioner Gary Bettman says he’s “thoroughly dis-appointed” with the union’s response to the league’s latest col-lective agreement pro-posal.
Bettman says
the NHL Players’ Association tabled three counter-propos-als today.
The league’s offer - which calls for a full 82-game season -would see revenues split 50-50 between owners and players.
Bettman says the 50-50 proposal was the “best that we could do,” but said the two sides are still far apart.
“None of the three variations of player share that they gave us even began to approach 50-50, either at all or for some long period of time,” Bettman said.
“It’s clear we’re not
speaking the same lan-guage.”
He says he is still hopeful the league can have a full season, but time is running out to make that happen.
“I am concerned based on the proposal that was made today that things are not pro-gressing,” he said. “To the contrary, I view the proposal made by the Players’ Association in many ways a step back-ward.”
Bettman says no new talks are immedi-ately scheduled.
The players have been locked out since Sept. 15.
NHL
Two sides still far apartPlayers counter with unpleasing
proposal
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Retail Makeover Workshop Prestige Lakeside Resort Keys to Retail Success and Best Practices
In this workshop Barbara Crowhurst,North Americas #1 Retail Business Coach will go back to the basics.
Teaching the Strategies that Drive Retail Sales.
Eff ective Marketing: At the core of this basic strategy is bringing new customers into your store and increasing the number of times existing customers come in to your store.
Key points Barbara covers: defi ning your market place, what is your potential customer base, knowing who your competition is, using technology eff ectively, social media, website, your customer data base, today’s traditional advertising and how best to maximize eff ective, using a POS system, creating a promotional calendar and the best marketing practices for retail success in today’s economy .
Updated Store Design and Product Placement: At the core of this strategy: Barbara covers what makes good retail store design and why placing products in her retail grid system keeps customers in your store longer and buying more.
Strong in Store Sales Focus: At the core of this strategy: Barbara covers your role in the performance of your store, your sales staff commitment to your business, increasing the average sale, what an add on sales program is, why it’s important to you and how it eff ects your yearly sales targets.
October 29th Prestige Lakeside Resort 1pm-4pmTickets available through the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce$40 per person plus HST250 352 [email protected]
This event is sponsored by the Nelson and Area Economic Development Partnership
If you only go to one sessionthis year to upgrade your retail knowledge this is the one!
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A“Insurance Replacement Cost Value” is very diff erent from your “Assessed Value”. Your assessed value is based on the current market value including land, depreciation of your home
and current market conditions.Th e Insurance Replacement Cost Value is an estimation of
cost to replace your home taking into account new materials without depreciation, the cost of labor and building code update requirements. Th e calculation will also include an allowance for debris removal. In the case of a total or partial loss, the damaged debris must be removed before any rebuilding can occur. It is very important that your home be insured to its accurate replacement value. Your broker typically will ask to re-evaluate the replacement value of your home every 3 years or sooner if you have made any improvements or renovations to the home. A full review will be done confi rming the square footage of your home including any attached deck areas and garage/carports, the type of construction ie: frame, log and the type of fi nishing noting any custom features. Insurance to value is crucial as it allows the homeowner to have an adequate amount of coverage to rebuild or repair their home in the event of a total or partial loss situation. Th is also allows the insurance companies to collect premium associated with the risk involved and maintain an adequate reserve to pay claims. As brokers, our commitment to our customers is to help protect your most valuable asset... your home.
Q What is the diff erence between insurance value and AssessedValue of my home?
Halloween Free Skate on Oct. 27, 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Trail Memorial Centre. Come in costume, win prizes and enjoy pizza available for purchase by the slice. This event is sponsored by the Trail Kiwanis Club.
Ladies Group Gym Training is a new program that will expand your fitness routine and teach you in a group setting new ideas for your workouts. Get familiar with the gym equipment and feel confi-dent with the exercises you will be given for each muscle group. Get the results you are looking for and take advantage of these small group training sessions.
Each week covers a different topic so you can join for individual sessions that interest you. Classes run Monday’s from 6 to 7 p.m. until Nov. 12. at the Trail Aquatic Centre gym. All classes are taught by Elite Certified Personal Trainer, Diana Howard. Call to pre-register.
Seniors Group Gym Training is much like the Ladies group. These classes are held on Wednesday’s from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Trail Aquatic Centre gym.
Our next Seniors Get Fit work-shop will be on Friday, Nov. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Trail
Aquatic Centre gym. This two hour session with Elite
Certified Personal Trainer, Diana Howard, will lead you towards your fitness goals.
You will be introduced to the fit-ness centre, learning about physic-al fitness, safe lifting techniques, avoiding injury and goal setting. Proper weight room etiquette will be discussed, and you will be put on a training program that is easy to follow.
Pre-Sports Mania is a new pro-gram for ages 4 to 6 years. This program will be a blast as your child learns new activities and sports in a fun group setting.
Each day will consist of different activities with the focus on introdu-cing the concept of sports.
There will be skill building and games such as soccer dribble relay, balloon volleyball, hoop toss and ring toss, hockey shoot out, mini badminton, and so much more.
Your child will proactive follow-ing rules and directions, playing on a team sport, and incorporating physical fitness while having fun. These classes start Oct. 23 to Nov. 27, Tuesday’s from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. at the Trail Memorial Centre gym.
Call the Aquatic Centre for more info or to register at 364-0888.
TRAIL RECREATION
Seniors group gets fit
Mixed Martial ArtsCAGED RAGE 6
The Element in Castlegar Saturday, Oct. 20
Final Card Fight Pro fights10 Jordan Knippelberg Pride Gym vs Danny Davis, Las Vegas9 Clay Davidson, BDB Calgary vs Tony King, Portland8 C.J. Bagg, Pride Gym vs Tim Jensen, Kelowna
Amateur Fights7 TBD vs Tyler Spencer, Calgary6 Ray Palmer, Pride Gym vs Shaun Dillon, Chilliwack 5 Stephen Mailey, Pride vs Adam Kaup, Lethbridge4 Ian Odland, Lethbridge vs Sukh Gill, Calgary3 Brandon Wolinski, Chilliwack vs Aaron Barr, Calgary2 James Wallace, Pride vs Justin Lich, Castlegar1 Sandy Bagg, Pride vs Cornelius Krahn, Lethbridge
SCOREBOARD
THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO - Long before Jonathan Toews struck
gold with Team Canada or hoisted the Stanley Cup, the task of helping to clean and organize his hockey gear fell largely to his parents.
Bryan Toews fashioned a hockey tree from an old wooden coat rack, drilling in holes and sliding dowels through to hang the wide range of equip-ment that outfitted Jonathan, currently captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, and younger son David, who plays in the East Coast Hockey League.
His mother, Andree Gilbert, diligently washed the hockey gear for both sons by hand with deter-gent - but jerseys from championship victories destined to be framed were off-limits from laun-dering.
The hockey mom admits there’s one part of the task that never got easier.
“You just can’t get used to that smell!” Gilbert said with a laugh during a recent interview.
Bryan Toews recalled taking precautionary measures to try and help combat the odour.
“I remember taking the Febreze bottle and squirting it in their bag or putting the fabric soft-ener ... in the bag just to absorb the smell.”
NHL players are currently on the sidelines due to the ongoing lockout. But across Canada, countless youngsters will soon be - or are already - lacing up their skates to take to the ice. And ensur-ing their equipment stays clean is key.
Certain types of bacteria such as anaerobes - which don’t require oxygen to survive - don’t smell very good, noted Dr. Michael Gardam, infectious disease specialist at the University Health Network in Toronto.
“They live in the moist crevices of the equip-ment, and over a while, it starts to stink because those are just the bacteria growing,” he said.
Where trouble really arises with sports teams is when equipment is being thrown onto the floor or items are being jumbled in with someone else’s, Gardam said.
“Now, you’ve got pieces of equipment touch-ing each other or touching the bench or touching the floor, or people handling your equipment, and then you can start sharing bacteria between people.
“Professional sports teams are very aware of that,” he added. “They are pretty cautious about cleaning their equipment and making sure that where they’re hanging out has been reasonably cleaned and that sort of thing because there have been outbreaks.”
San Jose Sharks captain Joe Thornton and retired player Mikael Renberg are among past and current NHL stars who’ve been sidelined by staph infections.
Gardam said over the last decade, there have been strains of the drug-resistant MRSA bacteria that have been passed from person-to-person, with the original reports happening with sports teams. Community-acquired MRSA can lead to illness or cause large boils to emerge on the skin, he added.
Early detection and diagnosis of MRSA can help limit the spread of the infection, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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The Quadski is a one-person motor boat that also drives on land. The vehicle is being billed as the first commercially avail-able, high-speed amphibious vehicle. It’s set to go on sale in the U.S. by the end of this year for around $40,000 (US).
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With its all-terrain tires and four-cylinder, BMW-supplied engine, the Quadski
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LEISURE
Dear Annie: Your column is the first page I turn to in the news-paper. I now have a problem and hope you can help.
My boyfriend, “John,” and I have been together for five years. We have a won-derful relationship. He loves my three young children, and they adore him. John also has a grown daugh-ter, “Sarah,” whom he raised as a single father. Sarah is now 27 and has two young children from two different fath-ers. Her kids are slightly younger than mine.
Sarah is resentful and jealous of the relation-ship John has with my children. The only time John hears from her is when she needs help, and we have given it, emotionally and finan-cially. We even took her in for a few months and cared for the children. Her relationships are always in turmoil.
Every time Sarah contacts John, she upsets him. I listen to
him vent and try to stay out of their relationship. But it hurts me to see him in pain over and over. Sarah recently mentioned that she was diagnosed with bipolar disease, but we have no idea what type of treatment (if any) she is receiving.
What is the best way to handle Sarah? How do I keep my boy-friend from being hurt every time she calls? -- Concerned Girlfriend
Dear Concerned: You cannot prevent John from being hurt by his daughter’s words or actions. Allowing him to vent gives him a release valve for his pain, which is probably the most helpful thing
you can do right now. Sarah needs to grow up, and that takes long-er for some people than for others.
You also can reassure John that he’s a great guy, and that Sarah is simply having a hard time adjusting to his current situation. Her behavior is a way of seeking his undivid-ed attention. You could suggest he encourage Sarah to talk to her doc-tor about medication and therapy. Beyond that, try to make your presence in his life an oasis of peace.
Dear Annie: My boyfriend of two years assured me that my new smart-phone plan would allow me to use all of the same services I get at home while I am traveling. So on a recent trip, I used it as I normally would.
Upon returning home, I was faced with a bill for more than $200. He admits he misread the phone’s website information, but feels no obligation
to pay even half of my bill. I think it would be the honorable thing to do, especially since he makes three times what I do. What do you think? -- Disappointed
Dear Disappointed: Yes, it would be honor-able for him to offer to pay a portion of your bill since you used it on his advice, and you can ask him. It doesn’t speak well for his character that he would hang you out to dry. But it’s your phone. You are ultim-ately responsible for understanding the costs involved. Consider it an expensive lesson in learning to double-check the facts.
Dear Annie: Your advice to “In the Middle” was dead on. Her husband will never nag or shame their daughter into losing weight. I speak from experience. My late father (an underweight picky eater) nagged, harangued and shamed me about my weight for most of my life. Not only did it reinforce my
feelings of worthless-ness, but it also made me angry and motiv-ated me to eat in secret for comfort.
“Middle’s” daugh-ter has to control her own life, regardless of whether Dad agrees with her choices or not.
I wonder why Dad has so much trouble hav-ing an overweight child. Is he really con-cerned for her, or is he embarrassed by her? Or maybe he is sim-ply prejudiced against overweight women, like many people.
I’m now 53 and still overweight. I’m trying to eat more healthfully, but it’s a tremendous struggle to ignore a life-time of negativity from Dad. The less Mom supports him or argues with him the better. -- Been There, Done That
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Allow boyfriend to vent to relieve pain
LEISURE
For Saturday Oct. 20, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Be aware that certain details about your personal life probably will be made public today, especially in the eyes of bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs. People notice you! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Do something different today. Change your routine. It will please you to learn something new or be stimu-lated by fresh, unusual expe-riences. Shake it up a little! GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You feel quite intensely about everything today -- money, love, friendships, as well as anything to do with inheritances and shared property. (And you definitely will defend your turf!) CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Because the Moon is oppo-site your sign today, you will have to compromise with
others. This is no big deal. Just be gracious and accom-modating. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Focus on getting better organized today. It will please you to do something to make you feel more effi-cient and effective in every-thing you do. “Let’s clean up this place!” VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) It’s a playful day for Virgos! See sports events, catch a movie, take a long lunch, enjoy playful activities with children or just hang out with your pals. Indulge your-self today! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You’ll enjoy extra time at home alone today if you can swing it. You need some privacy to contemplate your navel, as childhood memo-ries will bubble to the surface of your mind.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a busy day, filled with appointments, errands, conversations with siblings and relatives, plus increased demands for reading and writing. But you can do it. (Pop some vitamins.) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Keep track of your cash flow and banking scene today. Find out how much money you have and how much
money you owe. Information is power. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might be a bit more emotional today than usual because the Moon is in your sign. But you’re also a bit luckier! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Work alone or behind the scenes today. You have the feeling that you need to be private in order to restore
yourself. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) All group activities will go well today. Accept all invita-tions. Small coffeeklatches, classes or large conferences will be stimulating for you. Share your hopes and dreams for the future with others in order to get their feedback. YOU BORN TODAY You have a logical, analytical mind, and are aware of every-thing that is going on around
you. Some of you are quite secretive. You have excellent money savvy and are sure of yourself once you have made up your mind. You like fashion and have taste. (You always look good.) Get ready for one of the most power-ful years of your life. Dream big! Birthdate of: Danny Boyle, director; John Krasinski, actor; Julie Payette, astro-naut.
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ARE CURRENTLY TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR
VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERSIf you are interested in serving your Community by becoming a
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Regional Fire Rescue, Administration Office, #201-843 Rossland Ave,
Trail, BC 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Applicants must live within the response community, be 19 years old and possess a valid driver’s license. Applications are to include a driver’s abstract and criminal record check. Criminal Record checks
will be returned and all information will be kept confidential.
Please return completed applications, NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012 TO REGIONAL FIRE RESCUE, Co. 4 (Trail) of
Fire Administration Office at the above address
Co. 1 (Rossland), Co. 2 (Warfield), Co. 3 (Genelle), Co. 4 (Trail), Co. 5 (Montrose)
and Co. 6 (Fruitvale) Fire Departments
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Coming EventsCOLUMBIA Youth Community Development Centre AGM 6:30 p.m. Saturday October the 20th, 2012.
TRAIL FOE Auxiliary #2838MeetingMonday, Oct.22nd., 7:30pm
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An Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANrequired at Jenner Chevrolet in Victoria BC. Rare opportu-nity for a top performing, quality & customer focused team player. Email: [email protected] CAFE in Warfi eld looking for a full time cook. Bring resume to the res-taurant.
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For Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your positive frame of mind is what will create success for you now. If you think like a winner, you are a winner! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Never forget that you are the financial wizard of the zodiac. That’s why you can make really good use of an influence that exists for the next year to boost your income. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Keep in mind that the next 12 months is one of the most fortunate times for you since 2001. Expect good fortune and favorable circumstances. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Recognize your need to explore religious and spiritu-al questions, because it does exist for you now. You’re doing a lot of serious think-ing about life. (“What’s it all about, Alfie?”)
LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Enjoy your increasing popu-larity for at least a year. People are seeking you out, which is a compliment. Accept their invitations. Just say “Yes!” VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You have marvelous oppor-tunities to boost your good name among your peers in the coming year. Don’t take this for granted -- use it to your advantage. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) In the next year, plan on traveling more than you ever have before. Similarly, pub-lishing opportunities, along with opportunities to explore higher education, exist for you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Keep your pockets open, because others will be gen-erous to you in the com-ing year. Some of you will receive inheritances. Others will indirectly benefit through an increase in your partner’s income.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Close partnerships are going to be mutually warm and friendly for you in the coming year. This is also an excellent time to begin new partnerships. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Be on the lookout for ways to improve your job, because they do exist in the next 12 months. In this same way, you can improve your health! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your sign has a fabulous year to look forward to, because it’s full of fun-filled vacations, sports events and romance. Some of you will expand your family as well. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Home, family and real-estate situations will be extremely beneficial for you in the coming year. Even your family relationships will be warm and loving. Lucky you! YOU BORN TODAY You’re so inspirational; others are attracted to you. You’re clev-
er, bright and intellectual. You have great verbal skills and love to banter with oth-ers. Often rebellious in your youth, you later become a role model for others. You love to entertain! This year, some-thing you’ve been involved with for about nine years will diminish or end in order to make room for something new. Birthdate of: Carrie Fisher, actress/writer; Ursula K. Le Guin; Whitey Ford, New York Yankees pitcher.
For Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) In the next month, you will focus on inheritances, shared property, insurance matters, taxes and debt. Romantic relationships also will be pas-sionately intense! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) For the next four weeks, you need more sleep because the Sun will be opposite your sign. This also makes you focus on partnerships and close friendships. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Because you’re motivated in the next month to get better organized, act on this urge! Give yourself the right tools to do a great job -- shelving, cleaning supplies, paint, file folders, whatever.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Try to get away on vacation in the next six weeks. During this window of time, you want to play and have fun. You also want the freedom to just be yourself. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Home, family and domes-tic matters will demand your attention in the next month. Time spent with a parent probably will be significant. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) The pace of your days will accelerate in the next six weeks, so just accept it. This is not the time to stay at home. Get out and hustle! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your focus on money, earn-ings and personal possessions will increase in the next six weeks. Basically, you want to make sure that your wealth and possessions make your life easier. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Ta-da! Today the Sun enters your sign for the next month, boosting your energy and recharging your batteries for the rest of the year. It also will attract people and favorable situations to you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Work behind the scenes in the next month, because you’re planning so many things. You’ve got a lot on
your plate, and you need to prioritize what you want. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) It’s a popular month ahead! Accept all invitations. Many of you will join clubs and groups in the next six weeks. It’s a great time to schmooze. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) At this time of year, the Sun is slowly moving across the top of your chart, acting like a spotlight on you. Bosses will take notice of you, because this light is flattering. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Try to get away at some point in the next six weeks, because you want to expand your horizons. Travel if you can, or learn something new. YOU BORN TODAY You are highly entertaining, magnetic and persuasively charming! People flock to you! Ironically, you easily admire others. You are very emotional, and your private life is definitely wit-ness to this. (Many of you have a fascinating, active love life.) You are socially smooth but rebellious. This year, an exciting new cycle begins. Open any door! Birthdate of: Sarah Bernhardt, actress; Catherine Deneuve, actress; Deepak Chopra, physician/writer. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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For Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a lovely day to relate to others, especially partners and close friends, because you feel so sympa-thetic. Enjoy mutual good times with everyone. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) If you can help a co-work-er (or customer) today, you certainly will. Feelings of empathy help you eas-ily identify with whatever
problems others are facing. (This is admirable.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your creative juices are flowing today! This is an excellent day for artists and anyone involved in artistic activities, sports and play-ful times with children. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You won’t hesitate to lend a sympathetic ear to family members today. If you can offer assistance or help,
you will. Alternatively, you might seek understanding from someone else. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Don’t be worried if you spend a lot of time day-dreaming and woolgather-ing today. It’s just what it is. We all need days like this from time to time. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Be careful with your money and financial deci-sions today, because some-
thing might look better than it really is. It’s as if you have your rose-colored glasses on. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Your inner idealism is aroused today. You might view relationships in very romantic terms. (This could, however, make you give in easily to the demands of others.) SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You’re definitely will-ing to put the wants and needs of others before your own today, because you feel sympathetic and ide-alistic. While this is a noble impulse, don’t be a martyr. (There is such a thing as idiot compassion.) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’ll find it reward-ing to join efforts with oth-
ers, especially in charitable work, to help someone in need. Your goals and objec-tives are very humanitarian and altruistic. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Relations with author-ity types will be gentle and easygoing today. You might admire someone for his or her generous impulses or concern for others, and vice versa. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Because your apprecia-tion of beauty is height-ened today, give yourself a chance to enjoy beautiful surroundings. Visit muse-ums, art galleries, parks and architectural build-ings. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Think of ways to use the resources of others to
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BY SALLY MACDONALDCranbrook TownsmanJust four of 19 cari-
bou transplanted into the Purcell Mountains west of Cranbrook are still alive, less than one year after the trans-plant.
Since the animals were brought to the area from northern B.C. last March to boost a dwindling herd, most have been killed by cou-gars or wolves, accord-ing to Steve Gordon, project manager of the Purcells South Mountain Caribou Herd Augmentation.
“This is an unfortu-nate result. We are quite disappointed,” said Gordon. “Obviously this isn’t the success we had hoped for, but we are learning a lot from this that will inform how we proceed on other transplants and management of other herds in southern B.C.”
The endangered animals were brought from Dease Lake in northern B.C. in March in an attempt by the provincial government to revive a dwindling herd in the backcountry between the East and West Kootenay.
There are less than 1,700 mountain cari-bou in existence. The Purcells South herd had around 14 animals before the transplant.
To boost the local herd, 20 mountain cari-bou (17 females, three males) were taken from a healthy herd on the Tahltan First Nation, fitted with GPS radio collars then brought down to the Kootenays in specially designed
animal trailers. One female caribou died en route.
U n f o r t u n a t e l y , the transplanted ani-mals could not be dropped in the same draw as the resident herd because of poor weather conditions. Perhaps as a result, the transplanted caribou began to explore the area, with some head-ing out of their alpine habitat above 1,400 metres or 4,500 feet to the valley bottom around Cranbrook and Creston.
“When they are wandering, they are at high risk. One of the things we are look-ing at to improve the chances of success of future transplants is: how can we reduce that wandering?” said Steve Gordon.
Some made it as far as the United States. Four of the 15 caribou that have died were in the U.S.: three in Montana and one in Washington.
“These are remark-able animals. They have made some exten-
sive movements,” said Gordon.
The other caribou have remained in B.C., though some have swum across Kootenay Lake, while others wan-dered into the Rocky Mountains. According to Gordon, five cari-bou have been killed by cougars and three by wolves.
“One important thing to note is that with only one excep-tion, which is the most recent mortality, all of the predation mor-talities have occurred when the caribou have wandered into low ele-vation areas,” he said.
Three of the trans-planted caribou died in accidents: one fell through ice into a stream and couldn’t get out; one fell off a cliff; and one broke its leg and was subsequently preyed upon by a cou-gar.
Four died of unknown causes, and their bodies have been sent to the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to determine cause of
death.March’s caribou
transfer was to be the first in a two-part reloca-tion project, a last ditch attempt to save the endangered herd in the Kootenays. The efforts are mandated under the federal Species At Risk Act. Gordon said the cost of capture, transport, release and incidental costs of the March relocation was $134,000. That amount doesn’t include the GPS collars, which can be reused, and research.
The transplant isn’t the only effort the team has undergone to save the endangered Purcells South herd, Gordon added.
“Transplants are always risky. It’s cer-tainly not the desired way to manage cari-bou,” he said. “It’s only one of the management tools and a lot of the other management tools have been used
in this area, including very significant habitat protection and man-agement of human activities in that area. There has been a lot of cooperation from the forest industry and snowmobile clubs and associations that we want to acknowledge. This is a critical inter-vention. It’s not some-thing we embark on without serious reflec-tion.”
Gordon said it has not yet been deter-mined whether another transplant will take place.
“It’s safe to say we certainly wouldn’t be proceeding exactly as we did on this one. We would be applying what we have learnt through this transplant.
“As unfortunate as these results are, we are learning a lot from it. It is hopefully going to benefit mountain cari-bou in the long run.”
Only four caribou left from transplant
COURTESY GOVERNMENT OF BC
Early days of the experiment: Sedated mountain caribou are settled in the snow by wildlife biolo-gists in March, 2012, upon the caribous’ arrival in the East Kootenay.
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BY CRAIG LINDSAYCastlegar News
The Ministry of Transportation has begun work on a project to install a protected tee interection at the cor-ner of Highway 22 and Minto Road by Trowelex and the Brick.
The project is being under taken by Copcan Contracting and began last week at a cost of approximately $1.9 mil-
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geted to be completed this fall,” said project manager Rob Kalabis. “No major delays are expected, however, there will be some minor delays during construction.”
Castlegar city councillor and owner of Trowelex Kevin Chernoff says the improvements are des-
perately needed.“They’re calling it
the Minto Road safety upgrade,” he said.
“What they’re doing in installing some dedi-cated left hand turn lanes to give that added measure of safety.
“We’ve had an increasing number of accidents at the inter-section at Minto Road and Columbia Avenue (Highway 22).”
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BRENT LAFACE PHOTO
Brent Laface spot-ted this bear having a snooze among the branches near his Trail home on Monday. If you have a photo you would like to share with our readers email it to [email protected]