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B.C. Liquor Store employees in Trail (from the left) Loren Koerber, Judy McLachlan, Sharon Thompson and Kim Nordquist, along with Kaz the strike dog, were among the over 27,000 members of the B.C. Government Employees Union that staged a one-day walkout on Wednesday. The liquor store employees also had a table set up for supporters to sign petitions stopping the privatization of distribution centres and preventing Sunday openings. See story on Page 4.

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BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff

The Columbia River Treaty renegotiation is being “preempted” by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, says an attorney who just released a major document on climate change and the Columbia River.

Rachael Paschal Osborn of the Center for Environmental Law and Policy in Spokane, Wash., said a newly released final plan from the bureau to expand federally-subsidized irrigation in eastern Washington will needlessly cost Americans more money and threatens to destroy salmon runs—and nullify the benefits of the ongoing Canada-U.S. treaty negotiations.

As a critic of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington Department of Ecology, Osborn said their “never ending programs to try and get more water” out of the Columbia River were misguided.

She was speaking after the bureau released its final environmental paper on the Columbia River late last month, with nothing contained in the report on the effect of climate change on the potential for increased demands.

“It has become apparent that they are doing this as pre-positioning, getting projects underway and getting commitments of water before some-body in the U.S. government shuts them down and says it is really not appropriate for the U.S. to be making more commitments of water out of the river until the bigger issues of the treaty are resolved,” she said.

She said the bureau was taking advantage of the fact there has not been full public recognition of the problem of climate change, and instead are just trying to grab water right now. In 2014 it will be tougher to justify taking more water out of the river.

Osborn and the Center for Environmental Law and Policy, as well as the Sierra Club’s Columbia River Future Project, believe the bureau should stop with their plan until they have sufficiently evaluated the implications of making another major commitment of water.

“It’s not clear there would be wisdom in taking anymore water out of the river,” she said.

See CANADIANS, Page 3

MONTROSE

BY BREANNE MASSEYTimes Staff

A month-long pro-ject to drill a new well in Montrose has been delayed.

The contracted drillers did not show up to break ground on the project this week, Village of Montrose deputy clerk Amy Gurnett told council in their regular coun-cil meeting Tuesday.

When asked for an explanation about the crew’s absence, Gurnett said she had “no idea” why. Instead, the village received an email from Robbin’s Engineering Wednesday afternoon indicating the crew would arrive on site this morning.

“They’re from the Okanagan, so hopefully they show up,” Gurnett said. “Everything is going to be set back by a day or two now.”

Initially the pro-ject was slated to run between Sept. 4-22.

More than one year ago the Village of Montrose issued a boil water advisory because test results indicated low levels of total coliforms—a commonly used bac-terial indicator of sanitary quality of foods and water—a verdict that sentenced residents with water that did not meet the BC Drinking Water

See CRASH, Page 3

Well drilling delayed

again

River treaty renegotiation ‘preempted’

by U.S. bureau, warns lawyer

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A book that sounds like a case of Tom and Jerry.

Salmo-based auth-or, Kathryn Bourdon, recently published “The Hundred Dollar Special: the Antics of a Rescue Cat” and expects to release it for the first time this weekend at Golden City Days.

The picture-book is geared for children between the ages of three and eight years-old. It’s a tale of train-ing an island-bred feline to become a farm cat, and details a series of inadvertent adven-tures.

“This cat couldn’t get rid of the mice in our farm home and she basically was quite a nuisance at first, we didn’t know how to handle her,” Bourdon explained.

“And that’s what it says in the book, she does a lot of things that made us really wonder if she was ever going to be a mouser.”

The story is built from personal experi-ences with the cat, ran-

ging from destroying fine china to getting trapped in a vent.

But the initial hur-dles of “mousing” are overcome with patience and love from Bourdon

and her granddaughter Elise.

“My son is a publish-er and he usually pub-lishes different types of books, but he offered to do this for me because

his daughter is in the book,” she admits, while recounting the three-year endeavour.

“It took three years because there was only one illustrator,” she said.

“I interviewed a number of artists who painted for me, and they were all excellent, but the one I chose was certainly on the same wave length.

“And her pictures certainly illustrate that well.”

She noted that Robson-based illustra-tor, Sandra Donohue, had a flare for comedy and shared her vision. Concluding that the subtleties of the images used in the book will be appreciated by adults.

Bourden is a retired primary school teach-er from MacLean Elementary School in Rossland and Fruitvale Elementary.

She will be making a literary splash with a number of events and chalks up her success to years of reading stor-ies with students in her classroom.

To order a book

phone Bourdon at 250-357-9369 or e-mail kathryn.bourdon@gmail.com.

The book is available in the Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar and will appear in select stores around the area shortly. She will also be available at the events list-ed below:

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Salmo author Kathryn Bourdon (above) and Rossland illustrator Sandra Donohue put their talents to work on a new children’s book that will be released this weekend during Rossland’s Golden City Days.

BY BREANNE MASSEYTimes Staff

Most of us fall asleep dreaming about our next big break, but only a handful of people walk into the spotlight.

But perform-ers from the Royal Ballet in London, the

Metropolitan Opera and Nederlands dans Theater will be spicing up the Royal Theatre this fall, and bring the world’s best to Trail.

With the help of two commercial satellites on the roof and a book-ing agency, the Royal

Theatre has access to exclusive and world class content from all over the globe.

“There’s only a handful of theatres that do it across the coun-try, probably about 100, and the majority of theatres are large Cineplex’s and big chains,” said Lisa Milne owner of the Royal Theatre. “(There’s) not a lot of independent theatres like us.”

And after several years of airing cultur-al snacks locally, like the Bolshoi Theatre in Russia and the Metropolitan Opera, for the community, the theatre is diversifying by adding two new acts this season: the Royal Ballet out of London and the Nederlands

dans Theater, a con-temporary group that combines ballet and modern dancing.

There are 28 pro-ductions scheduled this season and Tuesday night’s opening was a success, she said.

“Last night was a hit,” Milne exclaimed Wednesday morning. “It was very full and people couldn’t believe the deal. Every Tuesday will be this awesome, I’m sure.”

The unique atmos-phere of the theatre lures people from across the West Kootenay. Only a handful of the-atres across the country have access to stream-ing live performances and there are some advantages to watch-ing the performances.

“During intermission at the (other) theatres, people get up and buy a glass of wine and min-gle,” Milne explained. “But in our theatre, it shows the camera crew going behind the scenes and doing one-on-one interviews live with the cast or the stage-hands, so it’s a lot more personal than actually being there because you get a lot more information.”

The season starts on tonight with a live theatre performance from the London-based National Theatre Live.

For more informa-tion about the Royal Theatre, visit 1597 Bay Ave. downtown, call 250-231-5672, or go online at www.royal-theatretrail.com.

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• The Royal Theatre has another scintillating line up of

Metropolitan Opera, National Theatre Live and the Bolshoi and Royal Ballet performances on the marquee this season.

Music• Join the Trail

and District Harmony Choir. Celebrating over 25 years of music, the choir is tuning up for the 2012-13 season, bringing together residents of Castlegar, Warfield, Rossland, Trail, Montrose, Fruitvale, and Salmo to sing and perform a wide range of music. Directed by Audrey Bisset and accompanied by Maureen Lewis, the choir will meet each

Wednesday until April, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Trail`s J. L. Crowe Secondary School in the Music Room. For info phone 512-8021.

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Other • The Trail Market goes on

the Esplanade this Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. If interested in selling your wares please call 368-3144.

• Come out and celebrate 40 years of Golden City Days with so many events in store for the entire family during the tradition-al weekend festival that you won’t be able to see them all. Look for schedules of events at Rossland businesses and plan to be in town for Rossland’s Golden City Days, Friday to Sunday.

• Sea Cadets meet every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the 44th Trail Armory in Shaver’s

Bench, 1990-7th ave. Contact Richard Chanig at 364-6244 for more info.

Upcoming• The 32nd annual Trail Terry

Fox Run hits the starting line Sept. 16 at Gyro Park. A non-competitive, participation event honouring Terry Fox and keeping alive his dream to replace cancer patients fear and pain with hope by encouraging cancer research in Canada. Registration is available from 9 a.m. to noon. The annu-al tug-of-war at 9:30 am. Mass start at 10 a.m. Refreshments are provided and a Kiwanis pan-cake breakfast is available for a $4 donation.

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FROM PAGE 1 Protection Regulation.

By Aug. 23 the design phase of the chlorination and pump-house facility project was com-ing to a close, but one week before on Aug. 15 a Ford 600 drilling rig from Penticton, scheduled to begin work in Montrose, toppled on its side on the curve at Highway 3B and Tennyson Avenue in Warfield.

In 2011 the Village of

Montrose spent roughly $17,000 on water tests to prepare for the new well and a chlorina-tion facility in the area. Features of the new well and chlorina-tion facility include a flow meter and state of the art communica-tions.

The new facility means a $1.3 million reduction in infra-structure costs that would have otherwise been borne by Montrose village taxpayers—

thanks to a $1.3-million Gas Tax Fund grant—and cleaner water that eliminates health risks and the boil water advisory, and a sustainable water supply.

A “Water Condition Normal Notice” will be issued when the drinking water official is satis-fied the drinking water qual-ity meets the standard for total coliforms. For more informa-tion, contact the Village Office at (250) 367-7234.

Crash caused first delay in drilling

FROM PAGE 1However, the Columbia

River Treaty—signed in 1961 and ratified in 1964—essential-ly kept its hands off of domestic water supply, and that includes consumptive residential uses plus irrigation, said BC Hydro’s manager of system operation, Kelvin Ketchum.

The treaty effectively lets either country do with its water what it needs to do if its for domestic or irrigation, he explained.

Under the treaty there are prescribed rules for how much water can be released from Canadian reservoirs into the U.S., but the U.S. can then choose to use that water for fish, for power generation or for irrigation, whatever they choose, Ketchum noted.

“There is nothing in the treaty that is stopping the U.S. from doing more irrigation, but I think they have their own issues, fish versus irrigation that they have to deal with,” he said.

The U.S. is still obligated to make payments—the Canadian entitlement to downstream

benefits—based on optimal power use no matter what they do with the water.

Osborn found people much more cognizant of the environmental situation in Canada. When she attended a Columbia River Treaty meeting in Castlegar in June she found “there were a lot of people talk-ing about the treaty at a much higher level than what we get in the United States.”

Osborn just published Climate Change and the Columbia River Treaty (http://digital.law.washington.edu/), and noted the terms of the treaty were changing as they related to flood control. The U.S. will no longer be able to dictate to Canada how to oper-ate reservoirs, she said.

Instead, the U.S. will only be able to ask for Canada’s assist-ance with flood water storage. But before it can do so, the U.S. must make effective use of its current reservoirs, she said, an idea drawn directly out of the treaty’s protocols.

“What that means is the U.S. is going to have to be digging deeper into its own reservoirs in

order to make room for spring floods, and to be able to con-trol flood water,” she began. “Because they will be digging deeper, draining their reser-voirs more deeply in the spring months, this increases the chan-ces that they will be unable to refill completely every year.”

With climate change already occurring and affecting flows in the river, it is anticipated there will be bigger flood flows in the spring, but there will be a big problem in the summer with less water, exacerbating low flows in the river just at the time when it is needed for agri-cultural and municipal uses, and in-stream for fisheries.

“So climate change will aggravate the low flow problem in the summer,” she said. “You combine this with potentially not being able to refill reservoirs and we can anticipate there is going to be a big conflict in the future between out of stream and in stream uses.”

Therefore it was unwise to be making a further commit-ment to more water out of the river to expand agricultural production, Osborn added.

Canadians more aware of treaty, says lawyer

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Ocean debris believed to be from Japan is posed for a photograph on Long Beach in Tofino. Officials in British Columbia are welcoming news that the Japanese government may help pay for the disposal of tsunami debris washing up on Canadian and U.S. shores.

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Officials in British Columbia are welcom-ing Japan’s offer to pay for the disposal of tsu-nami debris washing up on the west coast of North America - but some say the cost of the clean-up is the least of the province’s worries.

The bigger issue is how the “island of debris” currently drift-ing in the Pacific Ocean will be dealt with if it reaches the B.C. coast, said John Disney, the economic development officer for the Haida Gwaii community of Old Massett.

Through satellite images, Disney esti-mates the amount of materials that may arrive from the mas-sive debris field is roughly the size of B.C., Alberta and half of Saskatchewan put together.

“If it does hit - because it might just

sit out there for years - but if it does hit, I don’t know what you do about it,” he said in an interview Tuesday.

“There’s no land-fill on earth that’s big enough to take it, so what are you going to do with it, where are you going to put it?”

Disney said he is also concerned that items in the debris field could contain toxic or radio-active elements.

As much as five mil-lion tonnes of debris were swept into the ocean when a mas-sive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in March 2011, caus-ing not only death and destruction, but a meltdown of one of the country’s nuclear oper-ations.

The Japanese environment ministry estimates that ocean currents will likely bring large amounts of deb-ris to the Pacific coast starting in October.

Some 40,000 tonnes of debris is projected to come within 10 kilo-metres of the North American shore by next February.

The Vancouver Aquarium has recruited about 2,000 volunteers to help clean up more of the debris that is expected to reach the shores of B.C., southeast Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.

The aquarium already conducts shore-line clean-ups across the country each year with the World Wildlife Fund. Dolf DeJong with the aquarium’s conservation and edu-cation program says those clean-ups cost about half a million dollars annually.

“We’re already seeing an increase in the type of (tsunami) material coming in,” he said.

“If we need to access remote sites, and we need to get people in and get material out . . . there’s going to be some increased costs associated with that.”

Many anecdotal sur-veys of the debris field have been done, but more information is needed before a clean-up plan and its costs can be determined.

Japan offers help with tsunami debris

THE CANADIAN PRESSVICTORIA - Long-time B.C.

cabinet minister Mike de Jong has been given the finance port-folio in a front-bench overhaul aimed at putting a new team in place for next year’s provincial election.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark has also given promotions to Mary Polak, who now takes on transportation, and Margaret MacDiarmid, a family doctor and former head of the B.C. Medical Association who becomes the minister of health.

Don MacRae was elevated from agriculture minister to education.

Rich Coleman is now Clark’s deputy premier and retains his job in energy and mines after declaring Tuesday he would stay to fight in the next elec-

tion.“This is the renewal of

the B.C. cabinet,” Clark said Wednesday. “With this team, our government will con-tinue to deliver for British Columbians.”

Both Bill Bennett and Moira Stilwell will return to cabinet after absences since Clark took over as Liberal leader. Bennett becomes minister of commun-ity, sport and cultural develop-ment while Stilwell takes over the Ministry of Social Development.

Stephanie Cadieux takes on the tough job of overseeing the Ministry of Children and Family Development, and Shirley Bond retains her job as minister of Justice and Attorney General.

Terry Lake in environment and Steve Thomson in forests

retain their positions. Pat Bell stays as jobs minister, but also becomes minister of labour.

Clark said her cabinet will continue to ensure the province gets maximum benefits from its energy resources and will continue to make trade inroads in Asia. She also promised her government will continue to make life more affordable for families.

“We will balance our budget next year,” she promised.

A surprise addition to the cabinet is Ralph Sultan, 79, who was elected in 2001 and has never held a cabinet pos-ition. Sultan is now the minister of state for seniors, prompting a cheer when he stood to accept his post.

“Yeah Ralphie,” Bond called out.

Clark unveils new cabinet

BY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press

Provincial gov-ernment employees staged their largest one-day strike so far Wednesday to press for a bigger wage increase, with two thirds of the workforce off the job at ministry offices, liquor stores and ICBC offices prov-ince-wide.

Both the govern-ment and the B.C. Government and Services Employees’ Union remained unwilling to budge from their positions after negotiations broke down over wage increases this spring. The union executive is meeting next week to consider further strike

action this fall.Two earlier one-day

strikes targeted liquor warehouses and then selected resource min-istry offices in the B.C. Interior. Government negotiators offered raises of two and 1.5 per cent for the next two years, then with-drew the offer after the union staged the first strike.

BCGEU chief nego-tiator David Vipond said Wednesday the wage offer has been tabled and withdrawn three times since talks began early this year, a tactic he called “peek-a-boo bargaining.”

And after three years without a wage increase, he said the union is sticking to its

demand for 3.5 per cent in the first year and a cost-of-living raise of about 2.5 per cent in year two.

“They want us to reduce our real income over this contract, and we’ve already taken a five-per-cent hit,” Vipond said in an interview.

“So to try and chisel us again with a skinny deal doesn’t make sense to us. We want to at least keep up with inflation and gain a little of what we have lost.”

Premier Christy Clark unveiled her new cabinet lineup in Victoria Wednesday as BCGEU pickets circled government offices downtown. Both Clark

and Mike de Jong, the new finance minis-ter, said they have no intention of increasing the burden on taxpay-ers to provide bigger raises to provincial workers.

“The government’s position on this hasn’t changed,” Clark said. “I am not going back to taxpayers for more money in order to give government workers a raise.

“We are in very tough economic times and we have to bal-ance our budget.”

The government estimates that the wage offer adds up to $1,700 more over two years for a BCGEU employee making $48,000 a year.

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Quebec elected premier Pauline Marois speaks to the media during a news conference following her victory Wednesday, in Montreal.

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P r e m i e r - d e s i g n a t e Pauline Marois says she will do her best to push ahead the more contentious parts of her campaign platform despite her minority-government status.

Marois, whose Parti Quebecois won 54 of the province’s 125 ridings on Tuesday, conceded the diffi-culty of the task ahead given that the Liberals have 50 members and Francois Legault’s Coalition party has 19.

In an indication of her political lim-itations, Marois never once referred to an independence referen-dum during her post-election news confer-ence and no reporter bothered asking about one.

She said she will try to make progress on the more divisive parts of her platform - those dealing with language, culture and federal-provincial relations - but will need to seek consensus from the other parties.

“I hoped for a major-ity but the people of Quebec decided other-wise,” Marois told a news conference Wednesday.

“The time for bipar-tisanship is back and we must learn to work within this context and reality.”

That doesn’t mean she will abandon her agenda.

Marois promised to cancel planned tuition hikes by cabinet decree, then ask the legislature to rescind the Charest Liberals’ controversial anti-protest law Bill 78.

She will attempt to introduce a language law - a “new Bill 101” - to stop a perceived decline in French around the Montreal and Gatineau areas, which she said remains “at the heart of our con-cerns.” But she added that she will need to consult with other par-

ties to see what meas-ures they might sup-port.

It will be the same on federal-provincial issues.

In the campaign, the PQ had adopted tough talk and vowed to pick fights with Ottawa in seeking a transfer of power in numerous areas, like Employment Insurance. It explained that the long-term plan was to use any federal refusal as an argument for independence.

Marois says she still plans to push the Harper Tories on mul-tiple fronts. But her battles will be carefully chosen, she said.

She said she will pore through past state-ments in the national assembly and find other party positions on fed-eral issues that might resemble her own.

She said the feder-alist outgoing premier, Jean Charest, had made 15 requests to Ottawa on things ranging from the gun registry to criminal penalties to securities regulation.

She noted that Charest had even mused about extending lan-guage laws to federally regulated companies during the campaign, before backtracking.

Marois also noted that the Coalition party’s Francois Legault had also urged a tough-er federal stance on the environment.

These preoccupa-tions will become the PQ government’s pre-occupations, she said.

“We can ... make demands that are sup-ported unanimously by the national assembly,” she said. ”Many, many proposals which I will be implementing are accepted by the other parties.“

She also cited other elements of her plat-form like adding day-care spaces, help for the elderly, the econ-omy and keeping head offices in Quebec.

Marois, who will announce her cabinet within two weeks, also confirmed she had a ”cordial” conversation with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday morning.

Earlier, the PMO said in a statement that Harper spoke with Marois about the importance for their two governments to work together.

Harper said it is important to foster sta-bility, economic growth and job creation.

“The prime minis-ter added that in the interest of both Quebec and Canada, he plans to join forces with the Quebec government to implement measures

aimed at growing the Quebec economy, with each remaining within its respective jurisdic-tional boundaries,” the statement said.

Marois’ minority status performance could severely limit her ability to pursue independence.

In fact, the PQ is in virgin territory. The last four times it won a provincial election - 1976, 1981, 1994 and 1998 - it did so by get-ting a majority.

As a result, it has never needed to seek the support of other parties to table a ref-erendum question, an inaugural speech or any other confidence measure.

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EDMONTON - A Canadian economist says there’s no proof the game-changing economic boost expected from the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline would hammer central Canada’s manufacturing sector.

Robert Mansell told a federal panel in Edmonton that the so-called Dutch disease phenomenon has not been proven and, even if it has, hasn’t shown to have long-term effects.

Mansell was testifying on behalf of Calgary-based Enbridge (TSX:ENB), which is seek-ing federal approval to build a pipeline from Alberta to the west coast to ship oilsands oil to Asia.

Critics, like federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, say the boom could lead to Dutch disease in the vital manufacturing centres of central Canada.

Dutch disease is an economic theory that suggests a strong resource sector hikes up the price of the dollar, boosts inflation and there-fore makes manufactured goods less appealing to foreign buyers.

Mansell, in a report to the panel, says if Dutch disease was happening in Canada, oil prices would be rising to match the fact the dollar is now on par with the U.S. greenback.

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ONTARIO

West Nile cases climbTHE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO - Ontario remains the hot zone for West Nile virus activity in Canada this summer, with a case count that climbed 41 per cent over the past week.

Public Health Ontario, the province’s public health agency, says in its weekly West Nile report that there have been 116 confirmed and probable cases in the province.

Manitoba has the next most cases, with 20, Quebec has recorded 19 and Saskatchewan and Alberta have had three cases apiece.

There have been no West Nile-related deaths in Canada this season.

Meanwhile, cases continue to mount in the United States, which is having its worst West Nile virus year to date on record.

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OPINION

U.S. foreign policy: The election barely mattersThere was never

going to be a big debate on US for-eign policy at

the Democratic National Convention. It will be what-ever Barack Obama say it should be, and besides, the delegates in Charlotte weren’t interested.

It’s the economy, stupid, and two months before the election nobody wants to get sidetracked into discuss-ing a peripheral issue like American foreign policy. The only people who really care about that at the moment are foreigners and the US military – and even they are not following the election with bated breath, because few of them believe that a change of president could fundamentally change the way the US relates to the rest of the world.

Although the Republicans do their best to paint Obama as a wild-eyed radical who is dismantling America’s defences, he has actually been painfully orthodox in his foreign policy.

He loves Israel to bits, he did not shut down the Afghan war (or Guantanamo),

he uses drones to kill US enemies (and sometimes, anybody else who is near-by), and he tamely signs off on a $700 billion defence budget.

How can Mitt Romney top that? He could say he loves Israel even more. In fact, he does say that, prom-ising to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. But that is purely gesture politics, since almost no other countries do, and in practice Obama gives Israel almost every-thing it wants already.

He could pledge to spend even more on “defence” than Obama, but the United States is already pouring 4.7 percent of its Gross Domestic Product down that rathole. Obama has planned cuts over the next several years that would bring it down to about 4 percent – and Romney has promised not to let it fall below 4 percent. Not a huge difference there.

The Republican candi-date faces a constraint none of his recent predecessors had: a party that really cares about the deficit. In the past three decades, it has been Republican pres-

idents who ran up the bills – Ronald Reagan never bal-anced a budget, and the Bush-Cheney team declared that “deficits don’t mat-ter” – while the subsequent Democratic administrations tried to curb out-of-control spending.

Romney doesn’t have that option: the Tea Party wing of his party actually means what it says about both taxes and deficits. So what’s left for him? Well, he could promise to kill even more of America’s enemies than Obama, but he can’t get around the fact that it’s Obama who nailed Osama bin Laden, and Obama who is playing fast and loose with international law by

using drones to carry out remote-control assassina-tions of hostile foreigners.

So Romney says very little about foreign policy because there is little he can say. The closest he has come to specific policy changes was an “action plan” he laid out during the Republican primaries last year, to be accomplished within a hun-dred days of taking office. It was an entirely credible promise, because none of it really involves a policy change at all.

He promised to “re-assure traditional allies that America will fulfill its global commitments.” A couple of phone calls, and that’s done.

He declared that he would move more military forces to the Gulf “to send a message to Iran,” but he didn’t threaten to attack Iran, or endorse an Israeli attack on Iran. And he can always move them back again if he gets bored.

He said he would appoint a Middle East czar to oversee US support for the evolving Arab transitions. That’s one more government job, but

Romney has even less idea than Obama about where he wants those transitions to end up. Besides, the United States has almost no lever-age on this issue.

He will review the Obama administration’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan. Not necessar-ily change it; just review it.

He will also review Obama’s global mis-sile defence strategy. He might like to change that – Republicans have loved the concept ever since Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” dreams – but he hasn’t got the kind of money he would need for a more ambitious policy.

It’s not surprising that the rest of the world doesn’t care much about the US election. Most foreigners, on both the right and the left, are more comfortable with Obama than Romney, but US foreign policy will stay the same whoever wins. They might not like all of it, but they’re used to it.

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The Parti Quebecois victory isn’t good news for Canada, but neither is it a calamity. We’ve been here before, no fewer than five times since the PQ shook up Canadian politics with its first government in 1976.

Despite her win PQ Leader Pauline Marois was held to a minority, on a short leash, leaving her in a poor posi-tion to pick fights with Ottawa over provincial powers, much less spearhead a drive to break up the country.

In many ways it is a hollow victory.

Even Marois acknowledged during the campaign that a minority result would tie her hands. She lacks support for a referendum, and for her other odious policies.

From the start of this dis-mal election it’s been clear that Quebecers wanted change after three successive Liberal governments under Jean Charest, a staunch federalist. No Quebec government since the Quiet Revolution has won a fourth consecutive mandate, and this one had grown com-placent, sloppy and corrup-tion-tainted.

Tuesday night Charest and his party paid the price, though the Liberals managed to salvage official opposition status, staving off the rout many had feared.

Despite a spirited surge by Francois Legault’s “national-ist” Coalition Avenir Quebec, Quebecers stuck with the alternative they knew.

They opted for the PQ,

secure in the knowledge that they can always vote against sovereignty at a later date.

While this outcome will create problems for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government with its thin Quebec caucus of just five MPs, federalists can take satisfaction in know-ing that Marois, Quebec’s first female premier, will be forced to play a very weak hand.

She may aspire to “put Quebec back on the road to sovereignty,” but the majority of voters don’t share her zeal.

They didn’t vote PQ. The combined Liberal and CAQ vote easily beat out the sov-ereigntists. And fully 7 in 10 Quebecers don’t want a refer-endum.

These aren’t the “winning conditions” for a secession bid after the failures of 1980 and 1995. Indeed Marois may be hard-pressed to hang on to power.

If she does, Marois may yet try to wring new powers from Ottawa in areas such as employment insurance, cul-ture, language, and immigra-tion.

The PQ will torque any rebuff into an argument that Confederation doesn’t work. And the party may still try to draw up a Quebec “con-stitution” with a phony citi-zenship, and to reignite old language and identity wars. As Legault said, sovereigntists “live in an imaginary world, a parallel world.”

But the opposition Liberals and CAQ, who have more seats combined than the PQ, will serve as a healthy check

on folly.So will both Harper and

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty who have wisely drawn principled lines in the sand. Harper has made it clear that he’s willing to work with the PQ in areas of “common interest,” which he narrowly defines as “job creation, eco-nomic growth and long-term prosperity.”

McGuinty in turn says Ontario, too, will “find a way to build on common ground.”

The message from Canada’s political and financial centres is that this generation of politi-cians is no more inclined than their predecessors to fritter away the country’s cohesive-ness to placate separatists.

It’s a message, moreover, that deserves to be amplified by Parliament as a whole.

While Harper will be the lightning-rod for any PQ attempt to demonize Ottawa, he shouldn’t have to bear the whole burden of speaking for Quebec’s federalist majority, and for federalism itself.

New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair, whose party holds 58 of Quebec’s 75 federal seats, has a key role to play.

So does interim Liberal Bob Rae’s Quebec caucus of eight.

What Harper should aim for, as the Star pointed out last week, is a cross-party entente to call the PQ on its bogus claims that Quebecers would be better off on their own, and to voice a principled Non to PQ demands that would weaken the federation.

Given the election result, Ottawa is well-placed to coun-ter the PQ’s propaganda.

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years into his career as a record-ing artist and a week away from release of an extraordinary new CD, Bob Dylan spent his Tuesday evening where he seems to feel most comfortable - on a stage.

In this case, he marked the grand reopening of a refurbished theatre in a gritty village 35 miles northeast of New York City.

At 71, the renowned songwriter is a road warrior. Tuesday was his 50th gig out of 87 scheduled this year, a schedule that has seen him play a brewery in Missoula, Mont.; a baseball field in Fort Wayne, Ind.; and an amphitheatre built

on the site of the first Woodstock concert in Bethel, N.Y.

In the past 20 years, Dylan has played more than 2,000 concerts, said Bill Pagel of the Boblinks web-site, who meticulously logs every song he performs.

Next week, Dylan releases “Tempest,” a wide-ranging disc filled with the lyrical dexterity he’s famous for that’s getting such an advanced buzz that the Los Angeles Times website published a lengthy blog post on just one of its songs.

He has yet to try out any of the “Tempest” songs before a live audience, and Tuesday at Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre was no

exception.His concert was the high-wire act

his devoted fans are used to. It isn’t a well-rehearsed set of the same greatest hits every night. Instead, Dylan veers between train wreck and transcendent, sometimes even within the same song. He took one legendary song, “Tangled Up in Blue,” and twisted it into a nearly unrecognizable rocker. The strong 1990s era “Things Have Changed” was speeded up from a shuffle to nearly twice its tempo.

The well-known “Highway 61 Revisited” was turned into a boog-ie-woogie led by Dylan’s piano playing and refreshed by changes to its melody.

With popular music’s most impressive catalogue at his finger-tips, he’ll pull out an obscure song like “Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle Dum” and leave you wondering why he bothered.

Yet the lovely ballad “Shooting Star” and relatively recent “High Water (For Charley Patton)” from 2001 were highlights played back-to-back, with Dylan taking a micro-phone and prowling the stage like a Las Vegas showman.

Dylan’s voice is a haggard growl by now, and he sometimes barks his lyrics in ways that seem inten-tionally designed to avoid sing-a-longs. He used an echo effect on “Ballad of a Thin Man” that

sent his voice whipping around the arena. Yet on a chestnut like “Visions of Johanna,” Dylan can sound surprisingly sweet.

It was a high-wattage reopen-ing for the Capitol Theatre, which opened as a movie venue in 1926 but turned to rock ‘n’ roll in the late 1960s and hosted the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd and Janis Joplin. It closed in 1976 and, except for a brief revival in the early 1990s, has been largely quiet except for bar mitzvahs and corporate parties.

Promoters behind New York City’s Wetlands Club came in to refurbish the theatre and present an ambitious schedule of pop music for the rest of 2012.

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First lady Michelle Obama waves after addressing the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday.

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Michelle Obama got rave reviews for the custom-made Tracy Reese pink and cop-per dress she wore while giv-ing a tribute to her husband at the Democratic National Convention.

The sleeveless dress showed off Obama’s famously toned arms and the length modestly skirted her knees.

The president’s wife paired the dress with pink pumps from J. Crew and her finger-nails were painted a trendy blue-grey.

Reese described the dress as a “silk jacquard in an abstract baroque wallpaper pattern” with a bodice in hot pink woven with rust and copper. It’s not the first time Obama chose a design by Reese, an African American designer who is showing a new collec-tion Sunday during New York Fashion Week.

In an email, Reese said the first lady “looked incredible and spoke beautifully; I am so honoured that she chose to wear one of my designs for such a memorable occasion.”

Obama’s fans gushed over

the outfit on social media, with one admirer, Diane McEachern, getting into a friendly argument with a Facebook friend over who was going to “get the dress” when Obama gives it to Goodwill. “I’m getting Michelle’s dress!” declared McEachern, who lives in Bethel, Alaska, popula-tion 5,000, where, she added, “no stores sell dresses.”

To show how McEachern would look in the dress, her Facebook friend went so far as to doctor a photo of Obama in the dress and put McEachern’s head on it.

Commentators also praised her look. “

You may not be a fan of her politics,” Kate Hogan wrote on People magazine’s website, “but it’s likely that if you watched the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, you were a fan of Michelle Obama’s elegant ensemble.”

Last week Ann Romney, wife of the Republican presi-dential nominee Mitt Romney, wore a bold red Oscar de la Renta outfit when she gave her speech in tribute to her husband.

First Lady’s fashion sense gets rave reviews

Dylan reopens iconic venue with new CD on the horizon

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK - Hip-hop royalty including LL

Cool J and Sean (Diddy) Combs packed a stand-ing-room-only funeral chapel Wednesday to pay their respects to music-industry mogul Chris Lighty.

Mourners at the Manhattan funeral home also included Missy Elliott, Q-Tip, Russell Simmons, Busta Rymes, 50 Cent and Grandmaster Flash.

The 44-year-old Lighty was found dead in his Bronx apartment last week with a gunshot wound to the head. The medical examiner ruled it a suicide.

“Whatever the pressure was that made him take his life had to be tremendous pressure,” Grandmaster Flash said outside the chapel. “I just wish that Chris would have reached out and said, ‘Flash, I need some help, man.’ ... He didn’t reach out. It’s really sad.”

Mourners filed past the flower-bedecked cof-fin where Lighty was laid out in a dark suit. A slideshow depicting his life appeared on a screen. By the time the service started, the chapel had become as crowded as a hot nightspot, with security guards only letting people in if someone else left.

Lighty had been a part of the hip-hop scene for decades, working with pioneers like LL Cool J before starting his own management company, Violator.

He was raised by his mother in the Bronx as one of six children. He ran with a group called The Violators, the inspiration for the name of his management company, according to the com-pany website.

He was a player in the hip-hop game since he was a child disc jockey. He rose through the ranks at Rush Management - Simmons’ first company - before eventually founding Violator Management in the late 1990s.

He made it his mission not so much to make musical superstars but rather to create multi-faceted entertainers who could be marketed in an array of ways: a sneaker deal here, a soft drink partnership there, a movie role down the road.

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the Internet-obsessed homeowners who can’t pry themselves away from Twitter for even a minute, there’s now a Wi-Fi refrigerator with a screen on it.

Samsung is the first to the market in Canada with home appliances that connect to Wi-Fi and, in the case of its refrigerators, there are a number of built-in apps to use.

LG says it expects to release a line of “smart” washers and dryers in Canada sometime this year.

Samsung’s wire-lessly connected wash-ing machine and dryer allow users to start or pause the machines remotely, or check the status of the cycle via a smartphone or tablet app. The pair sells for about $3,000.

“You might say, ‘Well, who really wants to do that?”’ says Warner Doell, Samsung’s vice-president of home appliance sales and marketing.

“It’s kind of a cool feature. You don’t have to go running upstairs or wait for that tone or the beep you get from the machine. You can simply see where it’s at in the cycle now. Now you’re able to plan other things that you want to do.”

Far more advanced is Samsung’s Wi-Fi con-nected fridge, with its

20-centimetre touch screen that works like a tablet. It has a manu-facturer’s suggested retail price of $3,900.

There’s an app connected to Google Calendar to keep track of family appointments and events, an app for leaving onscreen notes to others, and a grocery manager that lets you build a digital inven-tory of food and drinks as you put them into the fridge. It also keeps track of expiry dates to prevent you from for-getting about the soon-to-spoil cheese hidden away.

An Epicurious app has access to count-less recipes, and you can check the weather, read news from The Associated Press, or access Twitter right on the fridge.

When not in use, the screen can also act as a

digital picture frame to display family photos.

“The extensive use of screens in our life-style is really at the forefront of all of this,” says Doell in explaining the new product line.

“One of the key things that we find is that, particularly for early adopters, screens are proliferating throughout the home and we find that the early adopter is look-ing for more avenues to manage their life.”

There’s no special warranty covering the electronics on the new appliances, but Doell insists consumers needn’t worry about the screens turning into a costly repair issue.

“Samsung has a lot of experience in screens, from televisions to smartphones, and because of our reliabil-ity and how we build

our user interfaces we feel very confident in the performance of the product and really feel that consumers should not have to worry that there’ll be any issues or failures related to that.”

The fridge’s screen works relatively well but isn’t as responsive as you’d hope. It’s com-mon to push a but-ton without getting a response and some fea-tures take a while to load.

And, of course, the Internet connectivity isn’t a feature that’s just thrown in as a free bonus - expect to pay a few hundred dollars extra for that function-ality. That money might be better spent on buy-ing a cheap tablet like Google’s Nexus 7 or Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook to keep in the kitchen.

Appliances for the tech-obsessed homeowner

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Association Journal says it’s time to do away with the Criminal Code’s so-called spanking law.

A strongly worded editorial in the journal Tuesday calls for the repeal of Section 43 of the Criminal Code, which gives parents and teachers a legal defence when they physically discipline children.

“It is time for Canada to remove this anachronistic excuse for poor parenting from the statute book,” editor-in-chief John Fletcher wrote in a signed editorial.

The editorial will likely reignite debate on a controversial topic that has inflamed opinion for decades.

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Criminal Code provision by a 6-3 margin in a landmark 2004 ruling.

The high court ruled that the provision did not infringe a child’s right to security of the person under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and does not constitute cruel and

unusual punishment.Several private members’ bills

to ban corporal punishment have failed in the House of Commons and Senate, most recently in 2008.

In the editorial, Fletcher argues that parents need to be educated on how to discipline their children.

He said the Criminal Code needs to be amended because it tells par-ents that physical punishment is an acceptable way to discipline chil-dren.

“Although it is not necessary to make spanking a crime to encourage alternative approaches to parenting, Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada sends the wrong message, stating, ‘... a parent is justified in using force by way of correction ... if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circum-stances’.”

The editorial said that police already have discretion to decide when an assault is trivial, but argued that “any bias” should be aimed at vulnerable children.

Time to ditch spanking law says CMAJ

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The West Kootenay will be well repre-sented in Auckland, N.Z. on Oct. 22 when Eva Gifford and Barb Shields of Rossland, and Denise Uhrynuk of Nelson represent Canada at the International Triathlon Union’s World Championships.

Unlike the Ironman, the ITU World Triathlon Series is an innovative series that allows athletes to compete head-to-head according to level, age group, and specialty, ranging from the world’s elite to recreation-al racers, that includes team competition and even a kids event.

All three women qualified for Team Canada by racing at the 2011 Pushor Mitchell Apple Triathlon in Kelowna, and will now compete alongside the world’s best in their age groups.

They embody the diverse cross-section of participating athletes with Gifford, a 20-year-old student taking a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology at the University of Victoria, hoping to earn her elite racing card within the next season.

Shields runs her own counselling and personal training businesses in Trail, and Uhrynuk is a physiotherapist at Kootenay Lake Hospital and 23-year veteran of the sport of triathlon.

Not one of them went to the Apple Triathlon intending to qualify for the World Championships, although they all knew beforehand that it was a possibility.

“I knew when entering the (Kelowna Apple) triathlon that it was a qualifier for New Zealand,” says Uhrynuk, who will be competing in the 45-49 Olympic distance event. “I didn’t do it specifically to qualify, but thought that if I did, I would consider it. I had done the Apple a few times and my kids had done the Kids of Steel many times. I was completely shocked when I came in fourth in my age group. My family and friends convinced me to sign up. I have been psyched for it ever since.”

The athletes have also endured their share of injuries leading up to the October event. For Gifford they came at the start of her triathlon career, which kicked off at the Wasa Lake Triathlon in 2010.

“I loved running, and the fact that I was getting some overuse injuries from straight running, it seemed like a good idea to throw in some cross-training to help mix things up a bit. Luckily, I fell in love with cycling… and now - two years later - I can truthfully say that I love swimming too.”

Gifford is coached by Noa Deutsch in Victoria who has given her the motto “think long term” and is viewing her current layoff as the opportunity to improve herself and her level of performance.

Shields’ first attempt at triathlon was at age 52 in 2009. Having struggled with her weight most of her life she made a change when she turned 50 and commit-ted to getting fit. After a couple years at the gym she heard a radio advertisement for the Christina Lake triathlon.

“They gave the distances as 750-metre swim (about 30 lengths of the pool), 20-km bike ride, and a 5-km run and this little thought came into my head - ‘I can do that.’ I had ten weeks to train,” said Sheilds.

Sheilds completed the race and a week later signed up for a race in Kelowna in August looking to improve her time.

“I had a great race, and actually qualified for the world championships then but didn’t

meet all the other qualifications,” added Shields.

For Uhrynuk, it was a love interest who sparked her passion for the sport of triathlon back in Victoria in 1989.

“My boyfriend (now husband) was doing them and got me interested,” said Uhrynuk. “I had always been a runner, loved to swim and did a lot of cycling so putting them together seemed to make sense. My first triathlon was the Sri Chinmoy in Victoria. A warm lake swim, scenic bike and great trail run around Elk Lake. One race and I was hooked.”

Still nursing a foot injury, Gifford is abstaining from competition for the sum-mer to ensure she is in good condition going into the race in Auckland, while both Shields and Uhrynuk have had great results racing this summer already.

Both finished third in their age groups at the Apple triathlon in Kelowna last month, where they had earned their way to New Zealand the previous year.

As a community, to witness and be inspired by these everyday people taking on a challenge on the level of a World Championship event is an opportunity to be valued.

“We think we can figure out what wereally want from the sidelines but we can’t.We have to get in the game – whatever thatmight be – and then things start to happen.I would want people to hear this story andbe inspired to go for something they mightbe holding back on,” says sprint distancecompetitor Shields.

A sentiment echoed by Gifford, who willcompete in the Olympic distance race.

“I think that the Trail/Rossland area willsee that you can do anything you put yourmind to. Triathlon is a sport that anyonecan do - you don’t have to be an Ironman tobe a triathlete. The High Altitude TriathlonClub is a great resource for anyone lookingfor training around the area.”

It is bound to be a thrilling and emotionaltrip for these women, and the communitycan keep track of how the event unfolds onthe website auckland.triathlon.org whereresults and live video is available.

“I’ll be the one on the beach wiggling intomy wet suit with tears running down myface because I am doing something I neverdreamed possible,” said Shields.

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From left: Denise Uhrynuk of Nelson will join Barb Shields and Eva Gifford (below right) of Rossland in preparing for the International Triathlon Union’s world cham-pionship in Aukland, N.Z. next month.

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BY TIMES STAFFThe Beaver Valley Nitehawks

dropped the puck on its Kootenay International Junior Hockey League exhibition season as it visited the Nelson Civic Centre to take on the Leafs Tuesday.

Both squads iced a heavy con-tingent of rookie players and when the final whistle sounded, the Nitehawks edged the Leafs 5-4.

The Hawks play the Castlegar Rebels on Friday at the Beaver Valley Arena with puck drop at

7 p.m., before a return trip to Castlegar on Saturday. The Hawks then host the Selkirk College Saints on Sunday at 6 p.m. before head-ing to Creston on Tuesday for their final exhibition game.

Opening season is just over a week away for the Hawks as they look to defend their KIJHL title.

The team opens the season against Grand Forks Border Bruins Sept. 14. The score of the Hawks - Leafs game Wednesday night was unavailable at press time.

Exhibition season underwayKIJHL

ROLLER DERBY

Angels, Babes vie for golden bootBY TIMES STAFF

On Sunday the raucous rematch of the undefeated Rossland Gnarlies Angels will take on their arch-rivals the Salmo Babes of Brutality at the Rossland Arena in the third annual Mountain Mayhem West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League final.

The Babes won the first

Golden Boot, the symbol of WKWRDL dominance, by beat-ing the Angels, but the Angels got revenge last year snatching victory from defeat in a heated and controversial final jam.

The Angels coach Cousin Vegas forced the jam when he called timeout in the final minute of the match.

An untimely penalty to the Babes premier jammer Bobbi Barbarich opened the door for the Angels as they swooped

down and scored 19 points to the Babes three, to come back and win the game 181-174.

This year’s rubber match should be a hotly contested and highly entertaining bout between the league’s strongest teams.

The doors open at 4 p.m. at the Rossland arena, with first whistle at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

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American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBBaltimore 76 59 .563 -New York 76 59 .563 -Tampa Bay 75 61 .551 1 1/2Boston 63 74 .460 14Toronto 60 75 .444 16

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 74 62 .544 -Detroit 72 63 .533 1 1/2Kansas City 61 74 .452 12 1/2Cleveland 58 78 .426 16Minnesota 56 81 .409 18 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 80 55 .593 -Oakland 76 59 .563 4Los Angels 73 63 .537 7 1/2Seattle 66 71 .482 15

Today’s Games

N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4) at Baltimore (Hammel 8-6), 7:05

p.m.Texas (Feldman 6-11) at Kansas City (Hochevar 7-13), 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05

p.m.Texas at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Cleveland at Minnesota, 8:10

p.m.Kansas City at Chicago White

Sox, 8:10 p.m.Detroit at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBWashing 83 52 .615 -Atlanta 76 60 .559 7 1/2Phila 66 71 .482 18New York 65 72 .474 19Miami 60 76 .441 23 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBCincinnati 83 55 .601 -St. Louis 74 63 .540 8 1/2Pittsburgh 71 64 .526 10 1/2Milwaukee 66 69 .489 15 1/2Chicago 51 84 .378 30 1/2Houston 42 94 .309 40

West Division W L Pct GBSan Fran 77 59 .566 -Los Angeles 73 64 .533 4 1/2Arizona 67 70 .489 10 1/2San Diego 63 74 .460 14 1/2Colorado 56 78 .418 20

Today’s GamesColorado (Chacin 2-4) at Atlanta

(T.Hudson 13-5), 12:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Estrada 2-5) at

Miami (Jo.Johnson 7-11), 12:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Germano 2-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 9-8),

7:05 p.m.Friday’s Games

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Colorado at Phila, 7:05 p.m.Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m.Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Fran, 10:15

p.m.

Wild Card RaceAMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct WCGBBaltimore 76 59 .563 -New York 76 59 .563 -Oakland 76 59 .563 -Tampa Bay 75 61 .551 1 1/2LA Angels 73 63 .537 3 1/2Detroit 72 63 .533 4

NATIONAL LEAGUEAtlanta 76 60 .559 -St. Louis 74 63 .540 -Los Angeles 73 64 .533 1Pittsburgh 71 64 .526 2

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Can’t miss picks for U.S.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - Davis Love III faced a tough decision when he filled out his Ryder Cup team with four picks, no different from the previous 11 U.S. captains.

What helped is that he couldn’t go wrong.

Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk were locks all along, and Dustin Johnson became impossible to ignore when his game rounded into shape over the past two weeks. Brandt Snedeker was the final choice over Hunter Mahan, but really, it could have gone much deeper.

“He was in a no-lose situa-tion,” said Paul Azinger, the 2008 captain who was behind the changes of picking four play-ers instead of two.

“He could have picked Hunter, Bo Van Pelt or Nick Watney and not gotten slaughtered. He maybe could have picked Rickie Fowler and not gotten slaugh-tered. Really, has it ever been the case when you could look at 18 names and all 18 names would have been OK?”

The focus Tuesday from Times Square was on the four guys added to the American team. Not to be forgotten are the eight guys who previously earned a spot on the team. This

might be the most talented U.S. team since 1999 at Brookline, where the Americans staged the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup history.

“I think we are extremely deep this time, I think deeper than we have ever been,” Love said.

The eight players who quali-fied have combined for 12 wins on the PGA Tour, including two majors (Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson), a World Golf Championship (Keegan Bradley) and The Players Championship (Matt Kuchar).

Even so, the strength is best measured by who won’t be at Medinah.

The Americans are finally starting to look like the European team, which has won six of the past eight times in the Ryder Cup.

What made the Europeans look so strong in Wales two years ago was not so much the guys who made the team, but those who got left out - Sergio Garcia, Paul Casey, Justin Rose.

Check out that U.S. team from 2010. It had four players who hadn’t won a tournament all year, and three of them were captain’s picks because Corey Pavin didn’t have many options from which to choose (except for Tiger Woods because, well, he’s

Tiger Woods).Now consider the players

Love left behind.Mahan has won twice this

year, including the Match Play Championship when he built a 4-up lead through 10 holes and beat Rory McIlroy, Europe’s best player. Mahan was leading the Ryder Cup standings after the Masters and still couldn’t make the team. Part of that speaks to Mahan’s form, another part to the quality of the U.S. team.

Fowler finally got his first PGA Tour win - in a playoff over McIlroy (and D.A. Points) at Quail Hollow - and didn’t come close to making the team. Nick Watney won The Barclays, one of the strongest fields of the year.

“Davis had an enviable and difficult time,” said Curtis Strange, another former captain. “He had a lot of good players. Can’t go wrong there.”

Then again, Love’s picks were never going to determine the outcome in the Sept. 28-30 matches. That’s never the case.

His advice to Love would be to not put a captain’s pick any-where around No. 8 through No. 11 in the Sunday lineup unless “you believe in your heart” he can handle it.

Based on this year’s team, that shouldn’t be a problem.

NFL

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NEW YORK - The Dallas Cowboys are the first American sports fran-chise worth more than $2 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

The NFL’s most valuable team for the sixth consecutive year, the Cowboys saw their overall worth increase 14 per cent to $2.1 billion. That’s about $1 billion higher than the average NFL team value, $1.11 billion, up 7 per cent.

Only Manchester United of the English Premier League, at $2.24 billion, is more valuable than the Cowboys, according to Forbes’ surveys. And Man U’s owners, the Glazer family, also own the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are $1.033 bil-lion, 18th in the NFL.

New TV contracts, the collective bargaining agreement signed last year that will last a decade, and high-er premium seating revenue contrib-uted to the increases. Every fran-chise except the Cincinnati Bengals

increased in value; the Bengals stayed the same at $871 million, which ranks 26th overall.

With new stadiums in the works for the Vikings and 49ers, their val-ues skyrocketed. Minnesota had a 22 per cent increase to $975 million, while San Francisco moved up 19 per cent to $1.175 billion.

Jimmy Haslam III bought the Cleveland Browns this summer for $1 billion, $13 million more than the value Forbes placed on the team, which ranks 21st.

Shahid Khan purchased the Jacksonville Jaguars for $770 mil-lion in January. Forbes values them at exactly that - the least valuable franchise in the league, $10 million less than the St. Louis Rams.

Rounding out the top five are New England ($1.635 billion), Washington ($1.6 billion), the New York Giants ($1.468 billion) and Houston ($1.305 billion).

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Environmental assessments for three projects in Kootenay National Park and one on Lake Windermere have been axed under Bill C-38, the fed-eral budget bill introduced earlier this year that effectively repealed the existing Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.

“Under the former Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, numerous small, routine pro-jects that posed little or no risk to the environment were sub-ject to formal federal environ-mental assessment,” Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency senior communications advisor Isabelle Perrault said in an email.

“The new Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) focus-es reviews on those project proposals that have a greater potential for significant adverse environmental effects in areas of federal jurisdiction.”

Under the new legislation, the removal or repair of the Windermere Lake rock groyne at the north end of Windermere Lake, will no longer require an environmental assessment. Projects in Kootenay National Park that no longer require assessments are the Kootenay River bank stabilization on Highway 93 South, tunnel and retaining wall rehabilitation in Sinclair Canyon, and Radium Hot Springs lodge demolition and site remediation.

It had been determined that an environmental assess-ment for the Lake Windermere project was required because Public Works and Government Services Canada was the pro-ponent and considered provid-ing financial assistance.

Each of the four projects in Kootenay National Park required an environmental assessment because the projects’ proponent was Parks Canada.

The four projects number among the nearly 500 that no longer require environ-mental assessments under the new Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 that came into force on July 6, replacing the former Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.

“The vast majority of these smaller projects were expected to have little or no adverse effects on the environment,” Perrault said.

This view, however, is contra-dicted by the Lake Windermere Management Plan, which iden-tifies the section of the channel

where the Windermere Lake rock groyne is located as an environmentally sensitive area, and suggests that any proposed changes to the groyne, or weir as it’s also referred to, undergo an environmental assessment first, given the potential impact on and fish aquatic macro-phytes, beaches, shoreline con-dition, flood hazards and other areas.

The plan’s recommendation to study the environmental and hydrological impacts is based on the assumption that there could be some of those impacts, said Lake

Windermere Ambassadors Program Co-ordinator Kirsten Harma, noting the management plan includes recommendations for the lake developed through community consultation and inter-agency discussions.

“There could be impacts but we don’t know what they are,” Harma said.

“A key part of the Ambassadors’ mandate is to help maintain an ecologically healthy Lake Windermere. We hope that anyone proposing changes in or around the lake take the necessary steps to avoid negative ecological impact.”

“A key part of the Ambassadors’ mandate is to help maintain an ecologically healthy Lake Windermere,” she said. “We hope that anyone pro-posing changes in or around the lake take the necessary steps to avoid negative ecological impact.”

Whether or not the projects will be going ahead minus the assessments will be up to the projects’ proponents, Perrault told the Echo last Friday.

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Federal bill impacts valleyThree projects in Kootenay National Park and

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CRESTON BUSINESS IS BUZZING

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Dear Annie: My wife and I have been mar-ried for 18 years, and we have three children. I always thought we got along great. Over the past few years, we have not been as intimate as we once were, and I attributed it to busy schedules, children, etc. However, recently I discovered that my wife has been having Internet chats with a particular gentleman, and these chats get rather steamy.

Annie, I cannot even get my wife to hug me without resist-ance, but yet she can talk to a stranger like this. She doesn’t know that I have seen these conversations. Is the handwriting on the wall? Should I prepare myself for her to leave? -- Confused in Virginia

Dear Confused: Some women (and men) enjoy flirting online with anonym-ous strangers. It’s playacting and fantasy, and they don’t believe these relationships will

threaten their mar-riages. But even if your wife is not looking for real-life excitement, you should not ignore this. Please don’t jump to conclusions. A cru-cial part of marriage is good communication.

Tell your wife you saw her chats with this man. Don’t be accusa-tory or angry. Simply say that you love her and this makes you sad and worried. Ask her what’s going on. She also needs to stop contacting this man in order to regain your trust. If she refuses, hedges or indicates that there are problems in your marriage, ask her to go with you for counseling.

Dear Annie: My nephew and his bride planned a small wed-ding ceremony with only the parents and siblings present. They made no secret of their plans. They also invited the rest of their family and friends to a big celebration a few weeks after.

Imagine their sur-prise when a cousin and her daughter showed up at the ceremony uninvited. This was not a spur-of-the-moment thing. It involved time off of work and getting on a plane. She left right after, saying she had other plans.

How can the bride and groom get over the trauma of an uninvited guest? She ruined the wedding. What does one say to a wedding crasher who feels no shame, but wants to keep it a secret from other family mem-bers? -- She Ruined the Wedding

Dear She: Please try not to be so over-wrought. This cousin’s

behavior was extreme-ly rude, but unless she got drunk, knocked over the bride and jumped into all the photos, she did not ruin the wedding. If it was that important for the ceremony to be private (after broad-casting all the details), the couple could have hired someone to stand at the door and turn away uninvited guests. This cousin’s behavior was ill-mannered, but she simply watched the ceremony and left. Unless the bridal couple wishes this to cause lasting harm, it can be forgiven.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Married to an Octopus,” whose husband can’t keep his hands off of her. I am in my mid 50s and dat-ing and can give a dif-ferent point of view. I envy her.

I am attractive, well educated and kind, and I keep myself in good shape and enjoy socializing. But to my surprise, the men I am

meeting have very lit-tle interest in romance. Where have all the lov-ing men gone?

For the past four months, I have been dating a man whom I would almost pay to be romantic. He never initiates intimacy and,

from what he says, con-siders it a chore. Wow, really? I would be flat-tered to have a little groping and sexy talk. I am starting to feel like his sister. -- Enjoy What You’ve Got

Dear Enjoy: Too much or too little of

anything can be a prob-lem. If the majority of the men you meet have no interest in intimacy, you might ask yourself whether something that’s attracting you to them is also part of the problem.

TODAY’S CROSSWORD

SOLUTION FOR YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

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

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LEISURE

For Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Be careful not to overdo things at work today or that you don’t take on more than you can handle. Similarly, you might have health-relat-ed ideas that are a bit too ambitious. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You love the good life -- good food, good drink and luxuries, especially antiques. Although today is a great day to party, don’t do anything you will regret later. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’ll enjoy family gath-erings at home today, but something might be a bit excessive. Be aware of this if you to suspect this is starting to happen. (Because it prob-ably will.) CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your enthusiasm for some-thing makes you extremely optimistic today. Many prob-

ably will endorse your ideas, because enthusiasm is always contagious. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Be careful that you don’t go overboard, financially speak-ing. You might pay too much for something, charge too much or ask too much. Pull in your reins a little. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a happy-go-lucky day for you. Enjoy the com-pany of others, especially in group situations. People will follow you as if you were the Pied Piper. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Something might be spiritu-ally rewarding for you today. You feel in touch with your inner world and at peace with who you are. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Meetings, classes, small get-togethers or large conferenc-es will be successful ventures for you today. Share your big

ideas with others, because people might endorse them. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Your ability to think big will impress authority figures or people in charge. You look like a winner, and people are always attracted to success. Well done! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Travel plans are exciting! You feel enthusiastic about your chances to broaden your

education and, for some, a chance to explore opportu-nities in publishing and the media. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) If sharing something with others today, be sensible. Don’t give away the farm. Think about your needs down the road in the future or the needs of those who depend on you.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Relations with partners and close friends will be unusual-ly upbeat and friendly today. Enjoy these good times, and accept any generosity that is extended to you. (It’s the right thing to do.) YOU BORN TODAY You are quite ambitious. You need to have goals, which you then pursue with dedication. You don’t let obstacles deter you. It might be said that you have

a one-track mind about going after what you want. Many of you master specific techni-cal skills. You know how to provide leadership for fam-ily and friends. In the year ahead, an important choice will arise; choose wisely. Birthdate of: Evan Rachel Wood, actress; Michael Emerson, actor; Devon Sawa, actor. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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FruitvaleStunning home and acreage in a beautiful location on Columbia Gardens Road. 10 Acres of horse property with a gorgeous 4 bedroom house and large shop.$599,000

SUPER

PROPERTY Columbia HeightsProbably the best house for the money in our marketplace. Great condition inside & out. Call today!$169,900

NEW LISTING

$165,000

OPEN HOUSESaturday, September 8 | noon - 2:00pm

772 Shakespeare, War eld

Trail3,000 sq.ft. family home located on 49.38 acres with amazing river views.$575,000

RIVER

FRONTRoss SpurA fantastic rural setting for this large family home on 2.5 acres, Excellent condition throughout. Call on this one today!$389,500

ACREAGE

$129,900

Fruitvale3 bedroom updated half duplex close to the elementary school. Great starter or investment.$110,000

CHEAPER

THAN RENT

$265,500Shavers BenchCustom designed home! Open plan living, kitchen built for a chef complete with S/S appliances, covered patio, corner lot. None compare!

SalmoGreat home in a great location with room for everyone on over 3,500 sq.ft. of living space!$240,000

NEW LISTING

SalmoRecently painted, new ooring & large yard backing onto Erie Creek makes this the perfect place to call home. In-law suite down.$238,900

HOME ‘SUITE’

HOME

OPEN HOUSE Saturday,

Sept 812-2pm

1346 BrewsterShavers Bench

$199,000

Employment

Trades, Technical

• DRILLERS • BLASTERS• POWDERMEN

• CONCRETE LABOURERS

VK MASON Local Union Underground Contractor is seeking experienced labor for remote camp job near Kitimat. Looking to hire immediately!

Please contact AshleyHalden at 778-724-2500

or ashley.halden@vkmason.ca

VolunteersARE YOU looking for a mean-ingful volunteership? If so, please call the Crisis Line for more info. 250-364-0274 or email: crisisline@trailfair.ca

The British Columbia Press Council

is seeking three persons to serve as public directors on its 11-member Board of Di-rectors. Public Directors serve two-year terms and are eligible to serve four terms. A nominal per diem is paid for meetings. Candi-dates should have a record of community involvement and an interest in print and online media issues. Appli-cations together with names of two references and tele-phone numbers should be submitted by Sept. 30, 2012, to:

The B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby, Nanaimo, B.C.,

V9R 2R2. See www.bcpresscouncil.org

for information about the Press Council.

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Pets & Livestock

PetsChorkies, Chihuahua Yorkie cross, 1st shot, dewormed, $400. (250)426-8560 (250)421-0384COCKER SPANIEL puppies $500 incl. shots & vet check. 250.368.1960

Merchandise for Sale

Building SuppliesOLD Crawford Bay School Demoli-tion Sale: -Fluorescent Lights -Ply-wood -Solid Plywood Cabinets -Ceiling Tile -Glulam Beams (assort-ed sizes) -Insulation -2x8 and 2x10 wood beams - Harwood Flooring - Various Fixtures - Solid Wood Doors -Benches ( wood and steele) - Rubber Mats (assorted sizes) -Several othe items for recycle Call Jim @(778)836-5955 or email dan@allwestdemo.com

Garage SalesFRUITVALE, 1947 Eastview Street, Saturday, Sept.8, 9-2. No Early Birds.

Misc. for Sale1 SET of snow tires-90%. on factory 2010 Ford Escape 17” rims, $700. 1 set of 16” rims off Equinox 2006, $200. 250-364-8666Chesterfi eld & Love Seat. Good condition. 250.368.3969

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for Sale2 European Competition Air Rifl es. 1 - 22Col. European Take Down Air Rifl e. 250.231.5732.

WINTER TIRES FOR SALE2 Winguard on steel rims 3/4 tread 205-65 R15 94T

$100 for the pair • Crib mattress (great condition) $20 • Old TV’S $20 each

(working just fi ne)Call 250-362-7681 after 5pm

or 250-231-2174

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Silver Coins etc.Available now: 250-863-3082

Musical InstrumentsMUSIC TEACHERS wanted for guitar, voice, piano, etc. Must be creative and inspiring. Ph.778-476-5917. Visit Maeve Lily School of Music on Face-book. Lesson inquiries wel-come.

Real Estate

Houses For Sale

Real Estate

Acreage for SaleFRUITVALE, 1acre; power, water, government cert. perk test. $120,000. 250-368-5711

For Sale By OwnerBY OWNER $162,000 2 BD/1BA Beautiful Bungalow, Grand Forks. Enjoy a wonder-ful yard with a Mountain View, great neighborhood. View on ComFree listing is at: http://comfree.com/333850

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1st Trail Real Estatewww.coldwellbankertrail.com

1252 Bay Avenue, TRAIL (250) 368-5222

OPEN HOUSES

Sat, Sept 8, 2012 11-1pm 845 Burns Avenue Warfield $269,900

MLS# K215313 Host: Fred

Sat, Sept 8, 2012 1-3pm 620 Dickens Street Warfield $159,900

MLS# K215569 Host: Fred

Sat, Sept 8, 2012 11-1pm 806 Wordsworth Ave Warfield $249,900

MLS# K214923 Host: Patty

Trail $129,900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K214582

Trail $479,000Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

MLS# EXCLUSIVE

Montrose $359,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K214955

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

MLS# K213040

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

MLS# K213216

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

MLS# K205510

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

MLS# K214846

Trail $219,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K211181

Fruitvale $104,000Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K215358

New Listing

Trail $119,500Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K214922

Make

An Offer

Trail $105,000Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K204267

2+ Bedroom

Trail $226,000Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K206097

2 Suites

Warfield $120,000Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K214253

Vendor

Motivated

Trail $152,500Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K214156

Beautiful

Sunningdale

Trail $169,000Gerry McCasky 250-231-0900

MLS# K215394

A Must See!

Trail $139,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K214881

PRICED

TO SELL

Rossland $359,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K211391

Rossland

Beauty

Trail $259,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K215314

Exquisite

Interior Finish

Real Estate

Houses For Sale

HOUSEFOR SALE

3563 Highway Drive, Trail

4 BR, 1.5 bath, fireplace, rec room, U/G sprinklers, pond. Immaculate in &

out with lovely landscape and only steps to

Glenmerry School.

Drive by and take a look.

Private sale by appointment only.$302,900250.368.6682250.231.1243

ROSSLAND BRAND new, 4bdrm. European heating, very energy effi cient. $150. per sq. ft. 250-368-7972 or rosslandbuilder.com

Mobile Homes & Parks

RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Af-fordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Kere-meos, BC. Ask us about our Free Rent option! Please cal 250-462-7055.www.copperridge.ca

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentFrancesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.Ermalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentFRUITVALE, D/T, reno’d 1bd. NP. Ref.req. $525./mo. Avail. Sep10. call/ text 604-788-8509

GLENMERRY 1bd apt., F/S., heat included. $550. Avail. Oct.1st. 250-368-5908

ROSSLAND 2bd, furnished, W/D, F/S, N/P, N/S, clean, quiet. 250.362.9473

ROSSLAND, bach. apt. Gold-en City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250-362-3385, 250-362-5030.

TRAIL, 1bdrm., 1 block Down-town, large fenced yard, suitable for dog. $595. 250-368-6076

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

WARFIELD, 1BD. F/S. Coin laundry, storage. Secure bldg. $625. util.incl. 250-367-2154

W.TRAIL, 2bdrm., tiny yard, close Downtown. $750. 250-368-6075

Homes for RentANNABLE, 2bd. full bsmt., carport, nice yard, f/s, w/d, n/s, n/p. $750./mo. Available Sept.15th. 250-365-5003

BEAUTIFUL NEWER HOUSE FOR RENT IN THE

SLOCAN LAKE AREA.AVAILABLE OCT 1st

• 4 Bedroom-2 Bath on 2 Acres• Red Mtn. Road above SILVERTON w/ Valhalla views + quiet privacy• N/S , Open to keeping animals• 10 min. drive to Slocan

Lake and Village amenities

• Storage, treehouses, good access all year round

• Minimum 1 Yr Lease• W/D Hookups, F/S plus

Earth -Woodstove• $1250 negotiable with

proper care of house, land + gardens• References Required• Secure Income Essential• Serious Inquiries Only

Call: 250-362-7681 or Mobile 250-231-2174

Email:monikas_2010@

hotmail.com

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Homes for RentSUNNINGDALE. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large kitchen w 6 appls, full basement and inground pool. N/S, N/P, references reqd. Available Oct 1st. 780-238-2854

W. TRAIL 2 bdr Hardwood 9 ft ceilings New windows Full basement W/D/DW Clean & comfortable. Flat lot & carport. NS-NP. References. $850. 250-231-4832. Oct. 1W.TRAIL, 2BDRM., livingroom, hardwood fl oors, updat-ed kitchen, basement, covered porch. $800./mo. + utilities. N/S, N/P. References re-quired. 604-649-9365

Suites, LowerCASTLEGAR, Ground level studio suite for rent, bright &

spacious with separate entrance F/S, , W/D, utilities & wifi incl, $750/mth, Avail immediately 250-304-5289

TownhousesEdgewater Townhouse in Glenmerry, 3bd, 1.5Bth.,f/s, $850.Avail.Oct1.250-368-5908

GLENMERRY TOWNHOUSE 3Bd., new fl oor, windows, paint&roof.$900.604-552-8806

Want to RentGARAGE IN the Trail area from mid Oct. until April. 250-231-2565

Transportation

Auto Financing

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Cars - Domestic1997 Concorde. Phone 250.368.3969.

Motorcycles2007 K1200 GT BGW Motor-cycle. Mint cond. 27,000km. Many extras. 250.231.5732

2007 V Star 650cc motorcycle 20,000km wind screen, saddle bags, lumbar support $5,500 Grand Forks 250-444-7171

Recreational/SaleFor Sale - 1998, 27’ Sports-master Trailer. Sleeps up to 8 People. Twin Bunks, Pull-out

Couch, Table Folds Down and Queen Pillow-top Mattress in Front Bedroom. Air Condition-

er, 3 Burner Stove, Oven, Large Bathroom with Tub, 2 x

30lb Propane Tanks. Very Clean and in Excellent Condi-tion! Asking $9,700. Located in

Nakusp. Please call 250-265-9990 or email: tzanier@hotmail.ca

for more info.

**WANTED**Looking for small short box truck camper or camperette in good shape. Phone 250-693-8883, leave message.

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Transportation

Recreational/SaleFor Sale - 1998, 27’ Sports-master Trailer. Sleeps up to 8 People. Twin Bunks, Pull-out

Couch, Table Folds Down and Queen Pillow-top Mattress in Front Bedroom. Air Condition-

er, 3 Burner Stove, Oven, Large Bathroom with Tub, 2 x

30lb Propane Tanks. Very Clean and in Excellent Condi-tion! Asking $9,700. Located in

Nakusp. Please call 250-265-9990 or email: tzanier@hotmail.ca

for more info.

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Deanne Lockhart ext 41Cell: 250-231-0153deannelockhart@shaw.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: 250-231-5591mark.wilson@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

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Mary Martin ext 28Cell: 250-231-0264mary.martin@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

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Ron Allibone ext 45Cell: 250-368-1162ron@hometeam.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Terry Alton ext 48Cell: 250-231-1101terryalton@shaw.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Christine Albo ext 39Cell: 250-512-7653christine.albo@century21.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

Art Forrest ext 42c21art@telus.netwww.kootenayhomes.com

Darlene Abenante ext 23Cell: 250.231.0527darlene@hometeam.cawww.kootenayhomes.com

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME.

NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

1638 Cedar Avenue, Trail $189,500

TRAIL TREASURE... This amazing 3 bdrm character home is privately

situated, yet a short walk to town. Great oak flooring, main floor laundry, large dining and living room with custom

fireplace. The views are gorgeous. Low maintenance yard and covered parking.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

Violin Lake Road, Trail $195,000

10 Acres of Raw Land - Build your dream ranch within city limits - Bring your offer.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

1200 2nd Ave & 1352 Taylor St.Trail

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

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

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

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

36 Moller Road, Fruitvale $349,000

WOW! 3+bdrm 2 bath open concept, stainless steel appliances, granite

counter-tops, heated floors, hot tub, covered patio, sun deck, new roof, fire pit, double carport, u/g sprinklers on.38 acres

- it’s all here!Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

NEW PRICE

202 Kootenay Avenue, Tadanac $319,000

This family home has a terrific floor plan with large living and dining rooms,

sun-room, large kitchen, master bdrm with ensuite on main and 3 bdrms and den up.

The plumbing and electrical have been updated. Don’t miss viewing this terrific

propertyCall Mary M (250) 231-0264

129 – 12th Avenue, Genelle $155,000

Recently remodelled bath, laminate floor, wood-burning fireplace, deck, fruit trees, single car garage, room for all the toys!

Priced well under assessed value! Plenty of elbow room here and only minutes

away from Trail or Castlegar. Call Terry 250-231-1101

309 – 12th Avenue, Genelle $299,000

Immaculate Rancher with over 2500 sq. ft. of space on the main floor! Tastefully

renovated offering 3 bdrms, hobby room, office, huge living room, large master with en-suite, above ground pool and hot tub,

carport, and RV parking on 0.95 flat acres. This is a fantastic package!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

2438 Thompson Avenue, Rossland

$239,0004 bdrm home freshly painted inside

and out, new flooring, lots of windows, hardwood floors, central vac, a/c, original claw foot tub, newer electrical panel and plumbing. Quick possession available!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW LISTING

3245 Lilac Crescent, Trail$209,900

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

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

to run and play together with a mature garden area.

Call Art (250) 368-8818

OPEN HOUSESaturday Sept 8 11am-1pm

OPEN HOUSESaturday Sept 8 12-2pm

1506 Park Street, Rossland $389,000

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

2480 St. Paul Street, Rossland $269,000

SOLD

2480 S S

SOLD 148 Haig Street, Warfield $219,000

4 bdrm/2 bath property on 0.46 acre lot. Top and bottom are currently rented. This

property includes - 200 amp service - newer windows, upgraded plumbing - single garage

- newer roof. Call now!

260 – 8th Avenue, Montrose $119,000

Million dollar views! This home has been completely gutted to the studs and ready for your ideas. Home may be restored or taken

down to build a new beautiful home. Ideal for modular. “Vendor Motivated”.

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

WHEELS

Just finished my “week at the lake” portion of my sum-mer vacation. Spent a good chunk of it driving a boat.

As I have mentioned before, I like to drive. Ask me about my next career in heavy machinery operation.

Anyone need a zero experi-ence grader operator who thinks he will be good?

What about if I have my own grader?

Driving a boat seems fairly simple. You get a license good for a 25 metre yacht without even one bit of practical experi-ence.

You have to stay on the inter-net for three hours to write the test. I guess they figure navigat-ing the internet is equivalent to piloting a ship.

Christina Lake is a pretty harmless waterway for boating

but there are quite a few boating skills required.

Different water sports require dif-ferent driving tech-niques and there seem to be a lot more back seat drivers in boating. Water ski-ing, wakeboard-ing, tubing, and now wakesurfing all require special driving techniques. None require a great deal of skill.

Ever try to dock a boat? A lot of skill, some luck! Not easy!

Everyone wants to drive the boat on the open water but when it is time to dock people start jumping out of the driv-ers seat. Especially if your boat is new. The first boat scratch

comes way soon-er than the first car scratch and nobody wants that on their resume.

My first and only Caribbean cruise pointed out to me that park-ing boats is a spe-cial skill. When coming into port the captain of the ship passes off the controls to a pilot that specializes in docking ships in a

particular port. Boat technology seems to lag

automobile technology. Some cars now lay claim to

parking themselves I have seen it on TV but not in real life. Will boats ever park themselves? Floating is a lot different than

rolling. There is no brake pedal on a boat.

My boat is not near the engin-eering feat that my car is. In fact it seems sort of just cobbled together. A lot more than I expected.

I maintain and fix cars for a living. My boat presents a new challenge.

As mechanics we criticize engineers that design cars. Why can’t they make the parts we have to replace accessible? Let me tell you boat engineers are worse. Spark plugs, fuel fil-ters, drive belts. None of them simple to change.

Automobiles have become infected with electronics and computer control systems. Boats are now on the same track.

I had to buy a special marine scan tool to diagnose my boat. I could not stand the idea of not

being able to figure out a prob-lem when the check engine light comes on.

Of course boats have their own communication protocols, and just like the vehicles of the past there is not one standard plug in.

Luckily my boat has a fairly common connector and com-munication protocol.

As luck would have it one of my fellow boaters had a check engine light on. I got to use my new scan tool out at the dock. Successful diagnosis and repair.

Ship pilot …. nah. Boat mechanic … maybe.

Trail’s Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive technician and graduate of mechanical engin-eering from UBC. He will write every other Thursday. E-mail: nutechauto@telus.net

RON RON NUTINI NUTINI

Mechanically Speaking

Have you ever tried parking a boat?