Chords rang true at the Rouge Gallery’s Valentine’s Day perform-ance; meanwhile, down the street at City Hall, discord reigned as coun-cil held forth on a $6 million loan (approved), $250,000 on downtown engineering (approved), a parcel tax review panel (that fell on its face last year), and a fi ve year fi nancial plan for our town that squeaked past fi rst reading.

At one point, aft er much gavel banging and repeated warnings for Coun. Laurie Charlton to come to order, Mayor Greg Granstrom ejected Charlton from council and threatened to call the RCMP. Aft er a two-minute recess - the second cool-down of the evening - Charl-ton apologized, Granstrom ac-cepted, and the meeting resumed.

Later, Coun. Jill Spearn advanced a notice of motion to inquire into the cost incurred by following up on Charlton’s “excessive freedom

of information requests.”Not to be outdone, Charlton’s

coup-de-grace was a notice of motion in the fi nal minutes of the public meeting in which he ac-cused CAO Victor Kumar of libel and offi cially recommended that he be fi red.

To begin at the beginning, the Alternative Approval Process (AAP) expired on Feb. 10 with only 19 of the 247 dissenters required to trigger a referendum.

Consequently, council passed

Bylaw No. 2493 at Monday’s meet-ing to authorize borrowing “not exceeding” $6 million to fi nance the potential Columbia-Washington infrastructure upgrades.

Before the vote, Charlton spent two minutes on his well-known opinion that “we still have no clear idea of exactly what work will be done ... We should hold off on fi nal-izing this bylaw until we get a clear description from staff as to what, exactly, is planned.”

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Spearn, “exasperated,” said, “for clarifi cation to the community, [this bylaw] is so that we can engage in an engineering project that, without the engineering design, is absolutely impos-sible for [city staff ] to predict.”

Ten minutes later, as the mayor prepared to put it to a vote, Charlton used two minutes to say, again, that the upgrades may be unnecessary and the costs are unknown without an infra-structure analysis.

Granstrom asked, “Councillor, how do you propose to get that information without doing the engineering?”

Th e bylaw passed 5-2, (Coun. Andy Stradling was also against,) and council moved on to authorizing $250,000 to-wards the engineering and design for the corridor.

For six minutes Charlton returned to the notion that the upgrades were unknown, unnecessary, and undefi ned. Granstrom attempted to intervene on a few occasions, most signifi cantly to say, “You’ve been speaking for quite some time now, if you would get to your point that would be great.”

Charlton replied, “Well, if you would quit interrupting and let me fi nish.”

A couple minutes later, council voted 5-2 to commit the funds.

Th ings got hot when debate moved to the Ophir Reservoir parcel tax roll review panel. Before this parcel tax can be imposed the fi rst time, council must appoint at least three people to a quasi-judicial review panel.

Charlton, Granstrom, and Coun. Kathy Moore were appointed to the panel last year to adjudicate complaints, but they failed to authenticate the tax roll. According to a public memo by CAO Victor Kumar, two of the panel contravened procedure in two ways, fi rst by introducing a late amendment to the agenda - “a [panel] member can-not make a complaint and purport to adjudicate on that issue” - and secondly by attempting to “investigate” an alter-native method of calculating the parcel

tax. It is Kumar’s opinion that “one or two panel members are confusing [the zoning bylaw with the application of tax.]”

Legally, Kumar said, the panel must “apply objective standards,” and “fol-low procedure,” but “the 2010 review panel prejudiced their independence,” confusing their “quasi-judicial func-tion” with their “policy decision making function.”

Granstrom was sure to point out that the formula contested by the panel “has gone to the BC court and was upheld in the Court of Appeal.”

Charlton took strong issue with Kumar’s wording, but fi rst took two minutes to say that there were “errors in the parcel tax roll” that needed cor-rection.

When pressed by Granstrom to highlight these errors, he raised the O’Flanagan’s complaint, the one that has already been through the courts.

“The funding formula has been adjudicated and appealed,” Granstrom repeated. “We, as panel members, are not the Supreme Court of Canada.”

Charlton said the complaint was not about the formula, but about “the number of developable units” - interest-ingly, a number specifi cally defi ned in the formula.

When Charlton turned to an attack on Kumar’s memo, Granstrom asked Charlton to conclude, but to no avail.

“What we have here from the CAO are libellous allegations directed at the review panel,” Charlton said.

“You call those libellous?” Gran-strom asked.

Granstrom allowed Charlton half a minute to claim that there was no substantiation in the memo, at which point Granstrom tried to stop him again. When this failed, Granstrom called for order and banged his gavel continuously as Charlton blitzed on for 40 more seconds, stopping only when Granstrom, in frustration, called a two-minute recess.

Ten minutes later, the question was called and the motion to convene a new

three-person panel of former councilmembers was passed.

Immediately following the vote,Charlton jumped in with commentary.“You’re out of order,” Granstrom said,but Charlton persisted.

“Councillor, if you’re not going toobey the rules of order, I’m going toask you to leave the meeting. I’m deadserious sir.” Charlton relented.

Moore made a motion that, prior tothe panel meeting, that council gatherto discuss the parcel tax issues. Th is ledto further contention until Granstromcalled a vote and refused Charlton’srequest to speak to the motion, a deci-sion that was sustained by the othercouncillors.

Nevertheless, Charlton commentedfreely aft er the vote, this time blamingthe 2010 panel’s failure on the mayor’s“bullying tactics.”

As Charlton held forth, Granstromsaid, “Sir, if you cannot act within therules of this building…”

“You should practice what youpreach,” Charlton retorted.

“Sir, I’m asking you to leave,” Gran-strom concluded. “Th is meeting willnot continue until Mr. Charlton leavesthe meeting. I’ll get the clerk to phonethe RCMP please.”

As Charlton did not move, a recesswas called, and Granstrom suggestedthat an apology was in order.

Th irty seconds of silence later, Charl-ton said, “I’ll apologize to the chairfor my outburst,” to which Granstromimmediately and cheerfully responded,“Th ank you,” and reconvened the meet-ing.

Saving the real fireworks for thefi nal minutes, Charlton put forward anotice of motion that Kumar’s memo“calls into question the integrity andconduct of two members of council”and “contains unsubstantiated allega-tions that constitute libel.” Th erefore,“be it resolved that the employmentcontract of Victor Kumar be terminatedfor cause, eff ective immediately.”

Granstrom took the notice andasked, “Are you done, sir?”

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Another week in Rossland has rolled by with an incredibly high calibre of performances, namely Jake’s Gift at the Miners’ Hall and La Cafamour at the Rouge Gallery, not to mention musical acts all around town, Wizard of Oz get-ting ready at RSS and Ski Bum making its way to Trail for this weekend.

Julia Mackey, despite more than 400 performances of her solo act of Jake’s Gift, had audiences (and herself) in tears both Saturday and Sunday, bril-liantly capturing the personalities and relationships of a precocious child, a wizened grandmother, and a grizzled Canadian veteran returning to Juno beach 60 days aft er D-Day to face a long-buried past.

For the fi rst time since the Rouge Gallery concert series began last fall, Nicola Everton and La Cafamour Quartet’s performance on Valentine’s Day sold out and organizers expressed sadness that their success forced them to turn people away at the door.

Th ose who made it in were privileged to experience a romantic evening ser-enaded by top notch musicians. Ross-land’s Carolyn Cameron played violin alongside her sister, Angela Snyder, who fl ew in for the performance from Vir-ginia. Th ese women grew up together in Saskatoon and have played with several symphonies and orchestras.

Alexis More, originally from Victoria and now living and teaching in Cres-cent Valley, held the mid tones on the viola, while Jeff Faragher played cello. Both More and Faragher play with the Symphony of the Kootenays, where Faragher is the principal cellist.

And of course, Nicola Everton, a veteran of the Vancouver Symphony for twenty years and now a biking, hiking, telemarking, track-and-fi elding Ross-lander, captured our hearts with her smooth and poignent clarinet.

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Lions receive Rotary donationTh e Lions Club was presented with

a cheque for $2300 by the Rossland Rotary on Feb. 9 to cover roughly half the cost of repairs to a roof at the Lions Campground that was damaged by vandals in March of 2009.

“We had a big brick barbeque pit in the gazebo part that they literally destroyed,” said Jim Albo, a charter member of the Lions who has been involved with the group for three decades. “Th ey had to have gone at it with sledgehammers. Absolutely destroyed it.”

“Th ey took the bricks and threw them up on the cedar shake roof. It broke the shakes in some places and others came off ,” he continued.

Th e hooligans also wrecked a cou-ple picnic tables, including one that had just been donated, and every light in the building and the electric power meter was smashed.

Albo is still mystifi ed by the mo-tivation behind the destruction of property.

“To do what they did to the bbq took a hell of a lot of thought on their part - or not a lot.”

“This is not the first time we’ve

had this problem,” he said. “It was just malicious damage for no reason whatsoever.”

“Th e Rotary Club saw the pictures and read the story,” Albo said, “and kindly off ered to assist with the re-pairs with both money and labour. We didn’t even ask them.”

In the meantime, the Lions’ funds and volunteers have installed a new barbeque and replaced the table, “but the roof was the big thing left ,” Albo explained. “We didn’t know how we wanted to replace the roof, so [Ro-tarian John Sullivan and I] kept on talking back and forth.”

In addition to the damaged roof, the tar and gravel roof above the washrooms started to leak.

“We contracted a person to do that and the Rotary kindly off ered to pick up the tab,” Albo said, explaining that the $2300 donation will cover the leaky roof, while the vandalized roof still remains to be fi xed this summer with roughly $5000 in Lions funds.

“It was a very generous off er and we appreciate it,” Albo said. “We’re a small club and any help we can get sure helps.”

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In the Facilities Report released by the school district this fall, three of the top-rated scenarios see RSS closing, and MacLean becoming a K-7 school. Th is is based on the assumption that K-7 will fi t in MacLean Elementary. When you take a closer look at the numbers, it becomes clear that this is not a good solution.

Using SD20’s enrolment projections for 2015-16 (which has MacLean growing every year) if you put K-7 into MacLean you will end up with a capacity of 101.27 per cent based on the Maximum Functional Capacity, or 112.37 per cent based on the Average Functional Capacity. (Maximum and Average Functional Capacity are two numbers the district uses to calculate the number of students that can attend a school, Maximum Functional Capacity meaning the maximum.)

If we move the 6s and 7s over for the 2011-12 school year, the school will immediately be at 90.45 per cent Maximum Capacity or 100.35 per cent Average Capacity. Th is does not include any space for our extremely successful Strong Start program. If MacLean gets more than 44 kindergarten children (it’s full this year), chil-dren will have to be turned away as there won’t be room for an additional class, even if they live in Rossland. Th ere is no long- or short-term room for additional growth.

So if K-7 were fi t into MacLean, Strong Start taken away, and a portable added to fi t all the classes, how would that look? When you work out the square metres per student with K-7 in MacLean, there would be 7.93 square metres per student for 2011-12, reducing to 6.75 sq. m. per student for 2015-16 as the projected enrolment grows. If you include a portable, it works out to 7.03 sq. m. per student for 2015-16.

Th e smallest amount of square metres per student at any of the other schools in SD20 is Twin Rivers at 9.35, which doesn’t include its portable. Th e space per student ranges from 9.35 sq. m. up to 19 sq. m. at Webster. Th e average across the district, without portables, is 11.96 sq. m. per student. Th is number is even higher if you include portables.

Th e MacLean schoolyard is also undersized

for an elementary school, with only 1.1 hectares of land instead of the required 1.6 hectares (which is why MacLean was built to be partially subterranean with a playground on the roof). Th is will be reduced if a portable or portables are added.

Th erefore, if one of those three scenarios were to take place, not only would Rossland lose its high school, but our elementary students would have far less space than any other school in the district.

MacLean already has the second lowest cost per student in the district. Turning it into a K-7 school will make it a veritable bargain to run. RSS, on the other hand, currently has the third highest cost per student. But if you turn RSS into a K-12 school, it brings the cost per student at $8770, which puts it right in the middle of all the SD20 schools.

Th e fourth scenario has RSS closing, Ma-cLean remaining as a K-5 school, grades 6-8 at Trail Middle School, and grades 9-12 and the alternate programs at J.L. Crowe, which would mean sending our kids out of town from grade 6 onwards. Fruitvale Elementary, however, would remain a K-7 school, with their children moving to TMS for grade 8 and on to Crowe for grade 9. Th is scenario would physically fi t better than K-7 at MacLean, but seeing that Rossland has clearly shown that they want to keep K-12 in our community, it is obviously even less accept-able to have grade 6 onwards leave, than grade 8 onwards.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING MEETINGS:Th e Neighbourhoods of Learning commu-

nity meeting will take place Tuesday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the RSS Gym. We plan to have representatives from other K-12 schools at the meeting to help us understand how their schools work and the opportunities and benefi ts of a K-12 school.

Th e school board’s Planning for the Future Focus Group Meeting for Rossland takes place the next night, Wednesday, March 2, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the RSS gym.

Th e meetings are being held two nights in a row, which is a heavy schedule, but it is im-portant that as many Rosslanders as possible attend both of these meetings. Please mark these important dates in your calendar!

Two very important meetingsNeighbourhoods of Learning - Shelley Ackerman

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Th is week is all about love.Under its infl uence, our senses of self and

of the whole coalesce into an instinctive and passionate wisdom, a pearl of dew sweating on a raw fruit, a river rock bathed in the fl ow of unity and the sparkle of diversity.

Th is week, lovers delight in chocolate and champagne between blissful moments slay-ing snowy gnar, sighing under stars and our sun, refl ected in the bright moon; the time is ripe to reconnect with our fundamental good fortune.

A moment’s drabbery: Canadians last year spent approximately 10 per cent of their income on food, down from 11.4 per cent in 2006. Com-pare that to 13 per cent in the US, 39 per cent in China, and 45 per cent in Indonesia. Worldwide, food infl ation is, so to speak, on the rise.

But we remain rich.In fact, Food Freedom Day passed us on

Feb. 12, the date when the average Canadian has earned enough money to pay for a year’s groceries - $7000, on average.

We spend a smaller amount on our Rossland User Fees (taxes) that help keep the town spic and span, and larger amounts towards B.C. and Canada User Fees, but we still have extra money to support each other of our own volition, from sports to benefi ts to works of art.

From the extra energy aff orded by our inex-pensive food, we are also paid dividends in time, time to spend with loved ones, time to recreate, time to consider our elders’ wisdom.

Take Les Anderson. As we glow in our present fortune, we also prepare for the future.

Love: the taste of clean water aft er long, hard work.

We have an exciting new Hip Hop set of classes starting this week! Meegan Wadsworth is a talented and accomplished dancer, having studied with several large dance companies, around the world. Her classes will get you grooving to some hip hop songs and learning lots of fun moves. Th is class is a fun, no pressure way to dance and get fi t. Th e class will include a warm up, isolations, a break down of some popular hip hop moves, a choreographed hip hop routine and cool down stretches at the end. Th e class for kids 6-10 years of age is on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m., start-ing February 15 and running for fi ve weeks until March 15. Th e class for kids 11 years of age and up is also on Tuesdays, from 5:15-6:15 p.m., for fi ve weeks. Th e adults and teen class is on Th ursdays from 6:00-7:00 p.m., start-ing February 17 and running for fi ve weeks, to March 17. All classes will be held in the MacLean Annex, located between St. Paul and Monte Christo, on 1st Ave.

The Spring recreation brochure starts production this week. Th e guide covers the months of April, May and June. If you would like to run a pro-gram, please contact the Recreation Department to discuss opportuni-ties. Community organizations are welcome and encouraged to contact our office with information about your upcoming events and registra-tion dates. All information, including program details, must be in our offi ce by Feb. 18 to make the deadline.

If you have a child who is interested

in participating in a league or club in Trail, like Stingrays or baseball, please check out the city’s website for information on the Financial Assist-ance Policy. Th e policy is called the “Financial Assistance for use of Facili-ties, Pools and Parks Policy” and its purpose is to provide fi nancial assist-ance for use of recreation facilities and complexes in another municipality in the Greater Trail Area. Rossland coun-cil may provide fi nancial assistance to members and volunteers of non-profi t groups and clubs whose purpose is recreation and competitive programs. Applicants must fall into one of three categories - children up to the age of 18 years, physically and/or mentally chal-lenged individuals, or senior citizens over the age of 55 years. Th e policy guidelines and application forms are on the city’s website. If you have any questions about the policy, please do not hesitate to contact our offi ce.

Please note a cancellation for the Saturday, Co-Ed Rec Hockey, at 8:45 p.m. Th e Saturday, Feb. 19 Co-Ed Rec Hockey ice time from 8:45-10:00 p.m. is cancelled due to the Smokettes tour-nament. As well, both public skating sessions are cancelled on Sunday, Feb. 20 due to the tournament.

There are two important com-munity meetings regarding RSS and the future of education in Rossland. Th e fi rst one is the Neighbourhoods of Learning community meeting on Tuesday, March 1 to bring the commu-nity up to date and to discuss the pro-posed K-12 confi guration at RSS. Th e committee has arranged for parents,

teachers and students, with experience in a K-12 environment, to discuss their experiences and to answer any ques-tions. Th ere will be childcare available at the NOL community meeting for families with little ones. For $5.00 per child, the Pathfi nders and Guides will keep the kids busy making craft s, in the cafeteria.

Th e second meeting is the following night, on Wednesday, March 2. Th is is the community meeting being held by the school board, to discuss the Planning for the Future process and the new educational directives from the ministry. Both meetings will be held at RSS.

It’s still winter, but the Rossland Pool opens relatively soon and will need to hire qualifi ed lifeguards and instructors for the 2011 season. Staff need to have a minimum of their NLS, CPR C and WSI 1 & 2. Individuals who have previous experience and who also have their LSI are encour-aged to apply. Please drop off a resume at city hall if you’re interested in ap-plying.

Spring Break is coming up soon! Th e two week break from school falls from Monday March 14 to Friday March 25. We have several gymnastics camps planned for Wednesday March 16 and Th ursday March 17. If your little one hasn’t had a chance to try the gymnastics classes through the Recreation Department, this is a good opportunity to learn some gymnastics and have fun during Spring Break! Spaces are limited – don’t delay if you want to register!

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To honour the memory of the 100 sled dogs slaughtered in Whistler last year and to make sure such a tragedy never occurs again, Amanda Hamilton of Tails Pet Supplies has organized a Walk for Animal Welfare on Feb. 20.

“Th is walk aims to ensure that something positive can come out of [these dogs’] terrible suff ering,” Hamilton said.

She hopes this special dog walk will eff ect positive changes to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and help convince the provincial and federal governments that the BC SPCA requires more funding for their cruelty inves-tigations.

To this end, Hamilton will use the walk to gain signatures on a petition to be sent to MLAs and MPs, and to encourage a letter writing cam-paign in support of the petition.

“Canada has incredibly antiquated cruelty laws that basically make cruelty investigation and prosecution impossible for the animal protection offi cers of the BC SPCA,” Hamilton said.

Hamilton has spent years trying to lobby government on these very issues, “but taking on government always seems like such a daunting task for one person,” she said.

“Most people end up donating money or baking cupcakes.”

“The death of these dogs has started an incredible movement,” she continued. “For once, each individual writing to make their voices heard will create a giant roar where it’s

needed.”For those interested in a more thorough

knowledge of the issues, Hamilton and other volunteers will have supplemental information available.

“We’re going to have some fun too!” Hamilton is quick to add, especially the dogs who will each receive a free Mountain Mutt cookie to thank them for their participation.

For more information, visit www.TailsPets.ca or the Walk for Animal Welfare facebook pages - there is one for both the event in Trail and the event in Rossland. You may also contact Hamilton at 362-5385 or TailsInfo@mac.com.

Th e Walk for Animal Welfare will run from 2 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 20, meeting at the Centennial Trail parking lot, 1800 block on Kirkup Ave.

ANDREW BENNETT

Rossland News Reporter

Th ree Rossland winners will be moving on to the provincial level of the Legion’s national Remembrance Contest aft er zone (regional) judges made their picks in January.

From roughly 140 essays, poems, and colour and black-and-white posters in four age catego-ries submitted by RSS and MacLean students last November, members of Legion’s Branch No. 14 of Rossland chose and awarded the best submissions with $25 for fi rst, $15 for second, and $10 for third place.

Th en, the fi rst place winners from the branch level had their submissions sent to the West Kootenay zone judges.

“I sent in the nine fi rst place entries to the zone, and we got seven cheques back! I think that was great,” said Bobbi Lafonde of the Ross-land branch when she and branch president Doug Halladay came to RSS on Feb. 8 to give out prizes totaling $320.

Among the Juniors (Grades 4-6), Allie Stanley earned fi rst place for her colour poster, Connor Dunham earned second for his essay, and Emma Farley earned third for her black-and-white poster.

In the Intermediate division (Grades 7-9), Rachel Aiken earned both fi rst place for her es-say and second place for her photo, and Maggie Chan earned fi rst place for her colour poster.

Among the Seniors (Grades 10-12), Jessica Britton earned third place for her poem.

In all categories, in addition to the $25 they had already earned at the branch level, fi rst place

zone winners received $60, second place got $40, and third place got $30.

“Th e three [fi rst place winners] at the zone go on to the provincial,” Lafonde explained. “We’re hoping that these three will go on to be fi rst, second, or third at provincial. Th at’s a real boost, I think.”

Provincial winners earn more cash and fi rst place winners move on to the dominion level where awards range from $100 to $500, and a trip for two to Ottawa.

Looking to next year, Lafonde encouraged the students to try again and asked that they be mindful of word limits.

“Th ere was a real good Junior essay that came in, but it was too long,” she said. “To that little boy, do it again! It was really good.”

Rossland’s seven winners was surpassed only by Nakusp, whose children earned 12 awards. Trail earned six, Kaslo got fi ve, Castlegar got three, and Salmo and Slocan each earned one.

ANDREW BENNETT

Rossland News Reporter

Regional Legion Remembrance Contest winners were presented with their awards last week. L to R - Doug Halladay, Jessica Britton, Maggie Chan, Allie Stanley, Rachel Aiken, Connor Dunham, and Bobbi Lafonde. Andrew Bennett photo

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Th e fi rst of Rossland REAL Food’s sustainable conversa-tion series featured Les An-derson’s fascinating tales of his childhood in the remote north of Saskatchewan with no power and a nearly complete reliance on the family garden, foraging, and trading with the local Cree.

Before Anderson was born, his father landed a job as a game warden in northern Saskatch-ewan near Lake Athabasca. Th e pay was minimal but the job was important, carrying mail, messages, and medicine far out on the traplines.

“Back in those days, the dutiful wife followed the hus-band,” Anderson said, so they fl ew in to a new life in a little log house with only the basic staples - such as salt, sugar, fl our, and pork - fl own in twice each year.

“There was no initiation. They just dropped them off in the middle of nowhere, no radios, nothing, and they were gone,” he said.

“I was born in 1940 in this little cabin, no nurses, no doc-tors,” Anderson said. “In those days the kids grew up very quickly. Parents didn’t tell the kids to run out and play. You helped the parents, that’s just the way it was.”

“When I was four years old and my brother was six, we were already out in the garden planting, weeding, picking the stuff . When I was six, we were out shooting squirrels, par-tridges, grouse. By the time I was eight, I knew how to proc-ess food.”

“You had to can everything,” he said, “even if it was 100 de-grees outside, you had to load up the stove with wood and get those boilers going.”

Th e value of resources took on a sharp meaning. “You never wasted salt or sugar. If you had a cake, you didn’t put sugar in it because that was part of fruit for the winter.”

Paraffi n wax was needed for many things, including fresh tomatoes which Anderson said

can be kept fresh if they aren’t washed and are waxed.

Canning jars were like “pre-cious diamonds” and breaking one was punishable by the strap, “just so it was embed-ded in your mind: That was your life.”

By necessity, the family worked hard on a big garden and stored the seeds of plants they grew.

“We learned very young which vegetables you could plant fi rst, which were subject to freezing, and which were better if they were touched by the frost,” he said.

“Th e winters were very long and very cold. By comparison, he said, “around here [in Ross-land], you get long summers. You can grow all the food you need here. In fact, some crops, you could grow two in a year. Th ere’s no reason that anyone should starve to death in this country.”

“My parents learned very quickly how to store food with no electricity or fridges,” he continued. Th ey discovered the value of a deep root cellar the fi rst year when they observed frost reaching depths of eight feet or more. Th ey used sand, grass, and sawdust to insulate their root crops. When temper-atures dipped below -50, hot rocks were brought downstairs to ward off the deep chill.

Anderson said. “It was a process of harsh learning in a harsh environment that we had accepted as not harsh. When your life depends on this stuff , you learn very quickly what works and what doesn’t.”

“Our counters and windows were full of plants,” he recalled. “We’d have them hanging off the ceiling with string, soup cans and everything, that’s what we used.”

Th e roots of tomato trans-plants were treated carefully. Caulifl ower transplants were put out early in holes dug among tall grasses to give shade. Along the same lines (but in later years and hotter climes) Anderson allowed weeds to grow among his beans to keep them cooler.

Other tips kept flying in:

Potatoes were kept dry in theground with deep furrows andstraw in the rows. Peas wereplanted early and beans late.For a spring harvest, they left carrots in the ground all win-ter under a layer of dry grass.Beets can take a frost but mustthaw during the day. And on-ions were kept well away frombeans.

“It’s a learning process, whatvegetables you can grow to-gether,” he said.

Everything was carefullyrationed. “We’d be hungry, andthere’d be a big bag of beans inthe pantry, but we couldn’t eatthem because that had to bestretched out,” he recalled.

If the supply plane was latecoming, “we ate porridge inevery fashion you can thinkof: cakes, cookies, mixed witheggs. Aft er that it was whateverDad could shoot.”

“We’d eat whatever we couldto survive,” he continued, fromwild carrots and all manner ofberries to “squirrels, little birds,anything to add fl avour.”

“‘Oh boy, squirrel soup,’ we’dsay, and there’d be a fi ght overwho got the last bowl. Nowyou could be guaranteed thegovernment would come inand take the kids away if youfed them squirrel soup.”

Worse than a late plane,“some years, because of weath-er, the gardens wouldn’t grow,”Anderson said.

If you depend on your gar-den, but it won’t be suffi cient tocarry you through the winter,what do you do? “You startstoring up meat,” he said. “Andthe people who knew how tostore meat were the natives, sothat’s who we turned to.”

Stay tuned for part two ofthis three part series.

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• POND HOCKEY & F.I.S. SKI RACES• VALENTINE’S DAY, FEB 14• FLAG OF CANADA DAY, FEB 15, & HERITAGE DAY, FEB 17• NATIONAL THINKING DAY, FEB 22• FREEDOM TO READ WEEK, FEB 20-26

Coming EventsINDOOR GARDENING TOURS Next: Feb 17, 6:30-8pm, with Sarah Flood. Seed catalogues and selection, seed starting, garden planning. $5. Contact Hanne Smith: 362-7767.THE WIZARD OF OZ RLOP production, Feb 18 at 7:30 p.m., Feb 19 at 2:30 p.m., RSS. Tick-ets $17, $12 for children 12 and under, available at Pro Hardware and RossVegas.ROSSLAND MUSEUM OPEN - WEEKEND SPECIAL Feb 19 & Feb 20, 1-5pm.SUSTAINABILITY CONVERSATION SERIES Next: Feb 19, 3:30pm, Café Books West. Free. Th is month with host Scotty Miller, garlic grower extraordinaire.SKI BUM: THE MUSICAL In Trail, Feb 19, 7:30pm, Charles Bailey Th eatre. Tickets $17, $14 for seniors/students at box offi ce, 1-866-368-9669. www.ironmountaintheatre.ca.SENIORS HEALTH CONCERNS Feb 20, 1pm. Trail Seniors’ Centre (Selkirk basement). Gen-eral meeting of the SPCS with guiest speaker MLA Katrine Conroy, all welcome.WALK FOR ANIMAL WELFARE Feb 20, 2pm, at 1800 Kirkup. A walk and petition campaign to honour the sled dogs killed in Whistler. A Mountain Mutt cookie for each dog!JOE HILL COFFEEHOUSE Next: Feb 20, 7-9:30pm, $3 for adults, free for students. To volun-teer or perform, contact Michael Giff ord at 362-7170 or giff mus@gmail.com.FIS SKI RACES Feb 24 to 27. International Ski Federation ski races at Red Mtn Resort, hosted by Red Mtn Racers: info@redmountainracers.com.RSS DRAMA BOTTLE DRIVE Feb 26, 10am-2pm, drop at the Garage Restaurant. Funds to-wards student trip to London. For pick-up, contact old_grey_mare_55@hotmail.com.27TH ANNUAL BLACK JACK LOPPET Feb 27, www.skiblackjack.ca for details.BACKCOUNTRY FILM FEST Feb 27, 7pm, Miners’ Hall. Tickets $5 at Butch Boutry’s, un-der-12 free. Proceeds to FORR. Details of fi lms at www.rosslandrange.org.COMMUNITY EDUCATION FORUM Mar 1, 6:30-8:30 pm, RSS gym. Th e Neighbourhoods of Learning committee present their proposal, invite guest speakers, and encourage com-munity feedback. Childcare ($5/child) provided by the Girl Guides and Pathfi nders.SCHOOL DISTRICT 20 PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE CONSULTATIONS 6:30-9:30 pm. March 1 in Castlegar, SHSS gym; March 2 in Rossland, RSS gym. March 3 in Trail, JLCSS gym.NATIVE BEES WORKSHOP Mar 3, 6:30-9pm, RSS library, then wood shop. $10/person or $15/household. Specialist Lynn Westcott presents on native pollinators, then partici-pants make their own nesting blocks to install at home. Visit www.rosslandfood.com.BCSA SNOWBOARD CROSS Mar 4 to 6 at Red Mtn Resort.RBC RIDERS Mar 6, 8am to 3pm at Red Mtn Resort, development program includes snowboard cross and slopestyle. By Canada~Snowboard.FOLK DANCING - ENGLISH & CONTRA Next: Friday, Mar 11, 7-9:30pm, Miners’ Hall, Newcomers welcome! $5 drop-in. Contact Dave Cornelius, 362-3319.NORAM (FIS) SKI CROSS Mar 9 to 12 at Red Mtn Resort.KOKANEE SPRING FEST Mar 12 to 20. Diff erent events every day at Red Mtn Resort.

FLOW YOGA All about Hatha with Norma Mahri every Mon/Wed, 5:30-7pm, École desSepts Sommets (1st Ave. & Monte Cristo.) Call Rossland Recreation at 362-2327.YOGA WITH KERRY Après-ski Yoga (fl ow): Tues/Th urs. 6:30-8pm. Yoga for Peace (re-storative): Sun. 10-11:30am. At Better Life Fitness. Visit www.kerryyoga.com.MORE YOGA Intro class, Mon. 5:30-7pm at Better Life Fitness. Spin & Hatha class,Th urs. 9-10:30am below Subway. Contact Lydia: 362-5083, lydiahamel@gmail.com.HIP HOP CLASSES For all ages. Contact Megs: 362-3381, groovecorp@yahoo.ca.HOOLA-HOOPING CLASSES Tues., Miner’s Hall, with Shauna: davisshauna@yahoo.ca.ZUMBA! Mon/Wed 9:30-10:30am. Tues. 6-7pm, Miner’s Hall, dance with Amber: a_hayes@telus.net, 362-7447, www.zumbakootenay.com. $55 for 10, fi rst time free.INTERMEDIATE PILATES WITH JACKIE Mon 7:30-8:30pm, Fri 6:30-7:30am, at Better LifeFitness. www.betterlifefi tness.net. Drop-in $12 or 10 for $95.OUT OF BOUNDS FITNESS Indoor cycling, Drill Fit, Pilates, strength training, cardio,core, and more. 1995 Columbia, above the Subway. www.outofb oundsfi tness.com.SATURDAY MORNING GROUP TRAIL RUNS Meet 8am at Mountain Life (BMO building)and carpool to adventure. Free drop-in, all levels, year-round.BLACK JACK XC SKI PROGRAMS Contact Tracy Lancup, kids prgrms, 362-2247; Dave Wood,Junior Racers, 521-0223; Nellie Fisher, coaching, 362-5807. Visit www.skiblackjack.ca.WEDNESDAY GROUP SKATE SKI 6:30pm, with Gerald, meet at Black Jack trailhead. Free.KINDERCARE AT RED 8:30-4 daily, 18 mo. to 5 yrs, ski lessons for 3-5 yrs. Punch pass,$250/10 half days. Contact Jenny: 362-7384, ext. 237, kindercare@redresort.com.MOTHER GOOSE Rhymes, songs, fi nger plays and stories, 10:30-11:30am, Th ursdays atMacLean StrongStart Center. Free, drop-in, for caregivers and young children.HARMONY CHOIR All levels, new members welcome! Sept. 8 to April, Wed. at 7:30pm,J.L. Crowe Music Room, Trail. Contact Tammy, 368-8399.KOOTENAY DANCE WORKS Ages 3 to adult. Ballet, African, modern and more. ContactRenée Salsiccioli at 368-8601 or kootenaydanceworks@yahoo.com.STORYTIME AT THE LIBRARY Fridays at the Rossland Library: Tots (ages 3-5) 10:15-10:45 am and Books for Babies (under 3) 11:00-11:30 am. Drop-in. A parent orguardian must remain in the program room for the duration.PUNK ROCK BINGO 9pm to last call, every Wednesday. Join Rosie and Katie at the Fly-ing Steamshovel. $3/one card, $5/three cards. Proceeds to local families in need. ROSSLAND RADIO CO-OP Join, volunteer, host a show. Meet the 2nd Wed each month,7pm at the radio headquarters, Rotary Health Building, 1807 Columbia Ave.ROSSLAND SKATEPARK COMMITTEE 6-8 pm, fi rst Tuesday each month at the RosslandLibrary. Come be part of the process. COLUMBIA DISTRICT GIRL GUIDES Columbia District Girl Guides has units from Ross-land to Salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted.SCOUTING For boys and girls, now at the Rossland Scout Hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7)Wed. 6-7pm. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) Th u. 4-5:30pm. Contact Shanna Tanabe: 362-0063.YCDC YOUTH NIGHTS Free drop-in, 1504 Cedar Ave, Trail. Call 364-3322 or contactcoordinator@columbiaycdc.ca. Art Night: Tue. 7pm; Movie Night: Wed. 6-8pm.CURLING AT THE ARENA Rossland Retirees Mixed, Mon./Th u., 9:30am. Beginners wel-come. Call Bill, 362-9462, or Jim, 364-1051. Also Ladies Curling, Mon., 7pm. BINGO AND FILMS Bingo Th urs., fi lms Tues., both at 1:30pm, Rossland Seniors’ Hall.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BR. # 14 ROSSLAND General Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. onthe third Wed. of every month. All members of Branch #14 are asked to attend.ROTARY CLUB OF ROSSLAND: Weekly meetings at the Rock Cut Pub, Mon., 6-8pm. Allwelcome! Contact John Sullivan, 362-5278.

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Rossland News 11Th ursday, February 17, 2011 rosslandnews.com

NewsAnnual Black Jack Loppet on Feb. 27The 27th Annual

Black Jack Loppet will be held on Feb. 27, with a 10 a.m. start-ing gun for the mass start free technique race, and the day be-fore, on Feb. 26 at 10 a.m., Black Jack will hold the third annual interval start classic technique Kootenay Cup.

“Wait, does that make it a champagne bir thday loppet? ” laughed Wannes Lup-pens, president of the Black Jack Ski Club.

“ These two fun events are for young and old, new and ex-perienced, recreation-al and competitive,” Luppens continued. “If you’ve never tried the Kootenay Cup or the Loppet, why not give it a go this year? Th e more participants, the merrier!”

There is a lot of choice for adults and children, depending on how much of a challenge is desired, and both days include

recreational (5 to 10 km) and competitive distances (10 to 30 km.)

Bib pickup will be at the groomer shed from 9 a.m. on both days, and following the races awards, will be given outside the Black Jack Cabin at the trailhead. Snacks will be also be provided following the race.

Participants are encouraged to pre-register online before the deadline for both races on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. A $10 late entry fee will be charged for same day registration, and no more entries will be accepted aft er 9 a.m. on the day of the race.

For those on a lop-pet mission, check out the 25th Annual Troll Loppet held at the Castlegar Nordic Ski Club on Feb. 19. Go to www.castlegarnordic.ca for more informa-tion.

To register on-l i n e , v i s i t w w w.zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=3414 or con-tact the competition

secretaries, either Andrea McKay (362-7604) or Tammie Gib-son (362-7071.)

Race fees range

from $5 (ages 9 to 11) to $30 for adults in competitive categories of the Loppet.

For more infor-

mation, visit www.skiblackjack.ca or contact Rob Spiller (362-2207), the chief of race.

ANDREW BENNETT

Rossland News Reporter

Th ursday, February 17, 201112 Rossland News rosslandnews.com

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Happy Valentine’s Week! I hope it was a fun day had by all. I thought maybe that Ullr had left me a Valentines pressie on the hill, but alas there was little fresh snow; however always fun turns to be had. Maybe there will be belated presents if the current forecast holds true, fi ngers crossed.

Talking about snow, BettyGoHard has wrapped up what I think was the best snowshoe season yet. We were super lucky with the conditions, the snow fell at all the right times and when it didn’t we found fresh snow off the beaten track. I have discovered that I have an aversion to the groomed or well beaten trails and with snow as well as life I seem to head for the road less travelled. I also tend to prefer looping trails to those going out the same way as they return, which may explain how I ended up in Rossland.

One of my joys when it comes to snowshoeing is the peacefulness of the snow, being out under the stars or even better a snowstorm, quietly making my way through the trees. Th e ability to take my own path and adventure out beyond the conventional trail, knowing that if I lose my way the tracks will lead me back, provided it is not the snowstorm of the year. When introducing others to a sport I so very much enjoy I like to share those trails and give the ladies a true sense of what snowshoes are all about; trails where if you take your snowshoes off you appreciate why they were invented in the fi rst place.

So thank you to all the ladies that joined us this year, I hope you all enjoyed the experience as much as I did. Th ere is something special about sharing the trails with a group of fun ladies out to explore and connect; although there are some days where I suspect it is more about the chocolate shop than it is the walk, but that is ok too! Join us Saturday, Feb. 26 for our last Cross Country Ski adventure at Nancy Greene Summit, we will be exploring the trails then fi nishing at a cabin for lunch and treats. Sign up at www.bettygohard.com.

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T h e R o s s l a n d N e i g h b o u r h o o d s of Learning (NOL) committee will hold a Community Educa-tion Forum on Mar. 1 to present the two scenarios they recent-ly submitted to the School District No. 20 board (SD20), to hear the experiences of guest speakers, and to encourage community feedback on the excit-ing opportunities that could arise from either an NOL centre or K-12 in a single building in our community.

Th e forum address-es several needs in preparation for the renewed School Dis-trict No. 20 (SD20) Planning for the Fu-

ture process that be-gins in March with public consultations in Castlegar (Mar. 1), Rossland (Mar. 2), and Trail (Mar. 3.)

At the communi-ty education forum, the NOL committee will present the two scenarios for “educa-tional confi gurations in Rossland” they out-lined to SD20 in a re-cent proposal.

“ T h e p r o p o s a l outlines a vision for changing educational paradigms across the district,” said the NOL coordinator, Ami Ha-worth. “We hope the proposal will be con-sidered by the board as they move forward with facilities plan-

ning.” One scenario fo-

cuses on the concept of a space within RSS for a Neighbourhood Learning Centre. Th e other scenario consid-ers the feasibility and opportunity associat-ed with off ering K-12 in one school building in Rossland.

“ T he s e s c e nar-ios were developed through extensive community consulta-tions, a community survey, meetings with stakeholders, discus-sions with school dis-trict staff , and shared knowledge from other districts across the province,” Haworth said.

Fo l l o w i n g t h i s

presentation, repre-sentatives of success-ful K-12 schools have been invited by NOL to present some of their experiences. Ha-worth said there will certainly be plenty of opportunity for active discussion around the “exciting opportuni-ties” that could arise from a single building K-12 solution in our community.

T h e f o l l o w i n g evening, SD20 will hold their Planning for the Future Com-munity Focus Group Meeting in the RSS gym at 6:30 p.m.

“Th is meeting will also be very important to attend,” Haworth noted, “to provide the school district with your feedback and ide-as around education in our area.”

The Community Education Forum will be held on Mar. 1 at the RSS gym from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Th e Girl Guides and Pathfi nd-ers will be available to provide child care for $5 per child.

For information, contact Haworth, at rosslandnol@gmail.com or 362-7193.

Important meetings for Rossland

Last September, Angela Price of B&B fame rearranged her woodstack to make room in her carport as the wedding of Nicola Lawrence and Chad Michaud approached. “He’s such a nice guy,” Price said, “from Saskatchewan or something. And I’ve known Nicola since she was tiny, actually since her parents knew each other!” Noticing two colours of wood in her pile, and inspired by a picture of Hesseltine’s art, Price em-barked on the project. “Instead of taking three hours to stack, it took three days,” she laughed, “and now I don’t want to burn it.” Five months later, Price switched the initials “C loves N” for the latest lovers, honour-ing a couple of Australian honeymooners visiting Rossland over Valen-tine’s, Toby and Jules Shingleton.

Th e next in the sustainable conversation series is this Saturday, Feb. 19, at 3:30 p.m. at Café Books.

Th is free event will be hosted by Scotty Miller, a Rosslander who learned to preserve food as a teenager, farmed in Sheep Creek, has lived in earth-sheltered houses, and has lived off the land without power.

His skills range from growing fruit to raising livestock and he also brings a depth of knowledge from his massive library of reference books. Miller is particularly known for his famous Kokateli Garlic Syrup.

Next sustainability series

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Pink Shirt Day

Katrine Supports

February 23, 2011

Bullying is a major problem in our schools, workplaces, homes, and over the internet.On February 23, 2011 we encourage all of you

to wear something pink to symbolize that we as a

society will not tolerate bullying anywhere. We wish

we could take credit for this idea but it comes from

two incredible Nova Scotia high school students.

Here is a snippet of the Globe & Mail article which

inspired us:

“David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage

friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink

in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being

bullied…[They] took a stand against bullying when

they protested against the harassment of a new

Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to all

the boys in their school.

‘I learned that two people can come up with an

idea, run with it, and it can do wonders,’ says Mr.

Price, 17, who organized the pink protest. ‘Finally,

someone stood up for a weaker kid.’

So Mr. Shepherd and some other headed off to a

discount store and bought 50 pink tank tops. They

sent out message to schoolmates that night, and

the next morning they hauled the shirts to school in

a plastic bag.

As they stood in the foyer handing out the shirts, the

bullied boy walked in. His face spoke volumes. ‘It

looked like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders,’

Mr. Price recalled.

The bullies were never heard from again.”

Judy Griffiths Is A Proud Supporter Of

Pink Shirt Day

J.C. (Judy) Griffiths J.C. Griffiths Notary Corporation

P.O. Box 1209, 2011 Columbia Ave., Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0

Email: judy@rosslandnotary.com www.rosslandnotary.com