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� e winter free bus and Spokane to the Kootenays shuttle have expanded their servic-es, making it easier for visitors and residents to get here and around. � e winter free bus, operating between Rossland and Red Moun-tain, has increased the number of stops on the schedule to include lower Rossland and Black Jack. While at the same time, Queen

City Shuttle and Charters (QCSC), who op-erate the service between Spokane, Rossland and Nelson, have increased operations from � ve to seven days a week.

Every day of the week throughout the win-ter visitors will be able to arrive in Rossland. Having a shuttle service is one key strategic ac-tion in the Visions to Action, City of Rossland Strategic Sustainability Plan explains Deanne Steven of Tourism Rossland. “� e availability of a shuttle service is critical to continuing to

attract visitors during the winter months to Rossland,” she said.

� is coming season passengers will be able to get on or o� the free ride bus 14 times a day in lower Rossland and six times every day at Black Jack. � e one-hour driver break is at 12:30 p.m., earlier in the day than last year to provide relief to the peak period between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

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Grade six students of Rossland Summit School learned about where things go when they place them in the trash during a class program titled Be-yond Recycling, facili-tated by Wildsight.

Wildsight offers educational programs for sustainable living to primary school stu-dents. Jess Williams of Wildsight inspired the students to consider the impact of their actions and to make positive environmen-tal changes during the November session.

The program in-troduces students to the topics of waste, ecological footprint, climate change and energy use.

“This is not your ordinary field trip,” said Monica Nissen,

Education Program Manager for Wild-sight. “The kids get to be detectives for a day, to solve the mystery of what happens to our waste once we throw it in the trash.”

Students examined the contents of the local transfer station, landfill and recycling depot. “Even with all the fresh fallen snow, Mrs. Heikkilas’ grade six class could see the amount of waste that is disposed of every day at the Mckelvey landfill in Trail,” said Williams, a Beyond Recycling educator.

The class also vis-ited the Trail Bottle Depot in the Gulch where the tour focused on product steward-ship for items such as electronics, light bulbs, computers and foam food packaging.

“All the students were pumped to hear about being able to recycle styrofoam and ice cream cartons,” said Williams.

Rossland Summit School was one of eleven schools in the Columbia Basin re-gion that have taken part in Wildsight’s Beyond Recycling

program this year. Teachers, parents and kids are giving it top marks. The B.C. Min-istry of Education recognizes the cur-riculum as contribut-ing to science learning outcomes.

For more informa-tion regarding educa-tional science and so-cial studies programs that meet the B.C. curriculum please visit www.wildsight.ca or contact Monica Nissen, Wildsight Education Program Manager via email at [email protected] or phone (250) 352 6346.

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Mrs. Heikkilas’ grade six students of Rossland Summit School visit the McKelvey landfill as part of their Beyond Recycling field trip. Photo by submitted Wildsight

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Reporter Alicia Wallace took to the streets to ask people if they believe Rossland needs a skate park and why or why not.

Do you believe Rossland needs a skate park?

Why or why not: Our youth in Rossland needs more activities.

YesNiva Harrison

Why or why not: We need it and it will pretty up the Emcon lot.

YesDave Diplock

Why or why not: Because more young people will come up here.

YesChloe Fike

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NOTICE OF ITENT TO DIRECT AWARD

SOLID WASTE COLLECTION Issued on: December 8, 2014 Notice is hereby given that the City of Rossland (the “City”) intends to direct award a two year contract to Davies Sales & Service Ltd. (DSS) to provide collection of residential and city solid waste. The annual value of the contract will not exceed $90,000 CAD (exc. GST). The term of the contract will be two years. The City of Rossland has chosen not to proceed with a competitive process for the following reasons:

As the current contractor for these services, DSS is experienced in the collection and disposal of solid waste, and has appropriate equipment and staff available within the City for these services.

The City believes there is no other vendor which could provide the service at the same level for the same price or less.

The success of any objections received to this NOI will depend on a vendor demonstrating that they meet all of the following criteria:

Three or more years’ experience providing solid waste collection and disposal services to a community with a similar or larger population to the City;

Having equipment available to be utilized within the City; and Being capable of meeting the following service levels for the same or a better price:

o Weekly garbage pickup for approx. 120 homes within and around Rossland during all weather conditions;

o Collection of solid waste in a timely manner and to acceptable standard to meet City Bylaws and applicable legislation.

Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection to the attention of Lois Hunter, Acting Chief Financial Officer, by email to [email protected] before December 31, 2014 2:00pm Pacific Time. The City of Rossland will review any and all issues received by this date and provide due consideration.

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SOLID WASTE COLLECTION Issued on: December 8, 2014 Notice is hereby given that the City of Rossland (the “City”) intends to direct award a two year contract to Davies Sales & Service Ltd. (DSS) to provide collection of residential and city solid waste. The annual value of the contract will not exceed $90,000 CAD (exc. GST). The term of the contract will be two years. The City of Rossland has chosen not to proceed with a competitive process for the following reasons:

As the current contractor for these services, DSS is experienced in the collection and disposal of solid waste, and has appropriate equipment and staff available within the City for these services.

The City believes there is no other vendor which could provide the service at the same level for the same price or less.

The success of any objections received to this NOI will depend on a vendor demonstrating that they meet all of the following criteria:

Three or more years’ experience providing solid waste collection and disposal services to a community with a similar or larger population to the City;

Having equipment available to be utilized within the City; and Being capable of meeting the following service levels for the same or a better price:

o Weekly garbage pickup for approx. 120 homes within and around Rossland during all weather conditions;

o Collection of solid waste in a timely manner and to acceptable standard to meet City Bylaws and applicable legislation.

Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection to the attention of Lois Hunter, Acting Chief Financial Officer, by email to [email protected] before December 31, 2014 2:00pm Pacific Time. The City of Rossland will review any and all issues received by this date and provide due consideration.

The local school district can breathe a collective sigh of relief this year after the Ministry of Education con-firmed it will cover costs as-sociated with the new teach-ers’ contract.

For the Kootenay Colum-bia district, that means an additional $617,000 in fund-ing for the 2014-15 school year, intended to cover high-er wages, benefits and other increases included in the new collective agreement.

“The ministry has com-mitted that government is fully funding the settlement,”

confirmed Greg Luterbach, superintendent for School District 20 (SD 20). “This is coming as a grant for this year and how the money will come in subsequent years, is still to be determined.”

Luterbach explained this year’s amount and more will be needed each of the next three years to cover raises in both on-call and permanent teacher salaries and increas-es to their related wage sen-sitive benefit costs, as well as costs related to the changes in the extended health ben-efit plan.

Overall, the province is putting up $93.6 million to fund the teachers’ agree-

ment. The share for each school district is based on provincial reports of teacher staffing, and additional dis-trict data.

According to the SD 20 board chair, his past experi-ence foretells that the gov-ernment might only cover Year One costs, leaving in-dividual districts to pay the extra out of their existing budgets.

“If they refuse to fund in subsequent years it will mean layoffs and increased class sizes,” said Darrel Ganzert. “All districts will hold their breaths until the following year budget to see what the government has in mind.”

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Also new this year on the free ride service is the meth-od for recording passenger move-ments. Last season 19,391 passengers — 14,222 residents and 5,169 visitors — rode the bus. This was a lot of paperwork for the shuttle company who were record-ing this data by hand. This season sees the introduc-tion of an app to count passenger movements. Steven describes that the app will record the number of passen-gers getting on at each stop through-out the day so they can identify the most popular stops and peak periods.

Steven said while the bus is free for

passengers to use, “the service costs sponsors $84,223 to operate.” This is funded partially by a grant from the Resort Municipality Initiative and local business owners in Rossland. This year a donation box has also been set up on the 24-seat passen-ger bus. Riders can also make dona-tions via the Tour-ism Rossland web-site.

Air access into the Kootenays can be unreliable throughout the winter months, placing an in-creased impor-tance on the shut-tle service to and from Spokane to bring visitors to our region. This is the third year Tourism Rossland will work in part-

nership with Nel-son Kootenay Lake Tourism, White Water Resort and Red Mountain Re-sort. “We have doubled the us-age of this bus in the first two years of this project and are delighted to see such a significant improvement in the use of this service,” said Steven.

QCSC has been operating five days per week to Spo-kane for the past 15 years and this year the service will increase to seven days a week. The operator has also dropped the ticket price making a re-turn fare $198 be-tween Rossland and Spokane.

“We are excited to expand the ser-vice and make it successful for fu-

ture years, making it easier to travel here,” said Mirek Hladik, part owner of QCSC. The part-nership between the tourism organi-zations and the ski resorts with QCSC enables QCSC to operate the bus with a guarantee of five paid seats. If QCSC only picks up two passengers the other partners pay for the remain-ing three seats, ensuring QCSC has its minimum of five paid seats. The partners are able to pay for un-used seats through grant funding. This grant has made the service more con-venient for visitors wanting to visit our region and in-creased the over-all skier visits, ex-plained Hladik.

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Everyone is gearing up for the Christmas season, that wonderful time of year focused on giving. There are food drives collecting for the food bank, and campaigns of all kinds to help those in need, including toy drives trying to ensure all children have something waiting for them under the Christmas tree.

This is a great thing, and it is good-heart-ed people that both organize and contribute to them. But the best they can hope for, and it is a good goal, is to alleviate some of the need.

The sad fact is, the issue of child poverty is not going to be solved by a once-a-year campaign.

According to the annual report released by First Call, a coalition of advocacy groups, child poverty is on the rise in B.C. rather than declining. The B.C. Child Poverty Re-port Card says 153,000 children were living below the poverty line in this province in 2012.

Last year, the report said 169,240 children.First Call set out 19 recommendations in

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� e 2015 Rossland Winter Car-nival will once again have the sup-port of the city. At their last regular meeting, Council resolved to pro-vide in-kind support to the value of $9,500 as allocated in the � nancial plan along with a contingency of $5,000. Additionally sta� will dra� a letter to the organizing committee reminding them of a letter sent in 2013, asking the committee to � nd additional volunteers to reduce the cost of snow moving labour.

“At this time, Council would like to bring to the attention of the

Winter Carnival Committee the es-calating costs associated with the City’s participation in the Carnival. � e City suggests to the Commit-tee that they should perhaps con-centrate on � nding more volunteer commitment to build the site of the rail jam event,” reads the 2013 let-ter.

In 2013 the city provided sup-port to the tune of $17,297, an in-crease of 75 per cent from the pre-vious year. � e labour bill had run high due to the lack of snow. � e rail jam was the main culprit for the over spend.

� is year organizers have given their word that they have secured

additional community support to build the rail jam. Rail jam organiz-ers from Powerhound and Rossve-gas have called on Kieren Gaul to provide a cat to assist in the con-struction of the competitive rail jam event.

Winter Carnival organizers pro-vided public input to the Council during the meeting and also ad-vised not to be put o� by the ad-vertising material showing carnival dates as Jan. 29 – Jan. 32 2015. � is has intentionally been done in the spirit of the carnival.

� e next regular meeting will be held at City Hall on Monday, Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome.

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To raise awareness and critically needed funds to fight the crippling disease polio, the Rotary Club of Rossland recently col-lected Pennies for Polio during Rossland’s Rekindle Christmas. Rotary volunteers collected donations in front of Ferraro’s from noon until 4 p.m. Over four hundred Rosslanders including many children emp-tied their pockets and donated their spare change in support of Rotary.

The effort raised over $650 for Rotary International, the volunteer fundraising arm of the Global Polio Eradication Ini-tiative — a public-private partnership that also includes the World Health Organiza-tion (WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), UNICEF, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This donation was tripled thanks to a 2:1 match by the Bill & Melinda Gates Founda-tion, given through a current fundraising partnership with Rotary.

This comes at an important time in the fight to eradicate polio, which would be only the second human disease to be eradicated. Only three countries (Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan) have never stopped transmis-sion of the wild poliovirus.

Overall, remarkable progress has been achieved in the fight against polio. Since 1988, the number of polio cases has been re-duced by 99 per cent from 350,000 a year to about 400 in 2013. In 2014, Southeast Asia was certified polio-free after India eliminat-

ed the disease from its borders, an incred-ible feat for a country once considered the hardest place on earth to stop polio.

However, in 2014, the Director-General of the World Health Organization declared polio to be a public health emergency of in-ternational concern. As such, WHO urges polio-impacted countries to ensure travel-ers leaving their borders are immunized against the disease. This decision puts ad-ditional measures in place to ensure we protect our incredible progress against the disease, and also end the remaining 1 per cent of cases.

Rotary, a humanitarian service organiza-tion with nearly 34,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas, made polio eradication its top priority in 1985. Rotary has since contributed US $1.3 bil-lion, and its members have logged count-less volunteer hours to help immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries.

A highly infectious disease, polio still strikes children mainly under the age of five in parts of Africa and South Asia. Polio can cause paralysis and sometimes death. There is no cure for polio, but for as little as .60 cents worth of oral vaccine, a child can be protected from the disease for life.

For further information, or to donate, visit www.endpolionow.org. To learn more about the Rotary Club of Rossland or sign up to receive periodic emails, visit www.rosslandrotary.org.

Child under the age of � ve being immunized against polio during national immunization cam-paign in Kaduna, Nigeria. Cutout: Two young men af� icted by polio use skateboards to get themselves around Kano, Nigeria. Photos by Jennifer Cowan

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There were a few residents who must have thought they were on Santa’s naughty list when they missed out on tickets to the festive jazz performance now to be held at the Miners’ Hall on Dec. 19.

The Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) is presenting a special evening of entertainment with the Andrew Cullen Trio titled Christmas Plays The Jazz. The event, originally sched-uled for the Old Fire Hall, will now be bringing down the house at the Miners’ Hall so that more of Rossland’s good people can attend. The new venue has created an additional 70 tickets.

“There are a lot of people who want to come to the

event. We (RCAC) looked at doing it over two nights but decided to use the Min-ers’ Hall as it accommodat-ed more people,” said Tara Kowalchuk, the RCAC Pro-gram Administrator.

Cullen is a born and raised Rosslander, mak-ing a return to his home-town and bringing with him world-class musicians for an evening of exquisite enter-tainment. For the past five years Andrew has been busy studying jazz at Vancouver Island University (VIU) and touring across Canada. He is very excited to bring his soulful arranging style and good feelin’ jazz standards to Rossland.

“It doesn’t get much bet-ter than this!” said Bryan Stovell, Department Chair at VIU of the trio’s last per-formance.

Vancouver Island musi-cians Patrick Courtin and James McRae are thrilled to be travelling to Rossland to play this one-off show. Joining them will be local singer extraordinaire Na-dine Tremblay. Together the Andrew Cullen Trio will bring Christmas magic to Rossland.

For those with tick-ets, please take note of the change in venue. The doors at the Miners’ Hall will open at 6:30 p.m. with the show starting at 7 p.m.

If you don’t want to miss out for a second time, tick-ets to the previously sold out performance can be pur-chased in advance at Out of the Cellar on Columbia Avenue in Rossland. Bring your of-age friends and family to enjoy an evening of music and laughter.

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Rossland Skatepark Association receives a cheque for $10,000 from the Rossland Rotary Club. This donation will be matched dollar for dollar by an anonymous donor. In just one week over $26,830 has been raised to build a skate park for Rossland. The designated site for the pro-posed skate park is located at the old Emcon lot on the corner of Spokane and Third Streets. Photo by Alicia Wallace


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DECORATE A TREE AT BLACKJACKDecember 17 to 24. Bring your own Christ-mas Tree decorations to decorate a tree of your own or contribute to decorating the communal tree at the Kiosk.

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEYTuesdays 9:45 - 11 pmSundays 9:15 - 10:30 pmJoin this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary. OPEN MIC NIGHTTuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. Join us every Tuesday and strut your stuff up on stage! With a new host every two weeks its gearing up to be a season of fantastic new talent and great music. Sign up sheet located in the foyer of The Fly-ing Steamshovel.

TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Li-brary. Let Sage and Sally know what you want to do at Teen Night. Come out and have fun!

ROSSLAND SENIORSMonday 1:30 p.m. Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith at 250-362-4477.Monday 7:00 p.m. Rossland Quilters Guild meets. Contact Day-anne at 250-362-7727.Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Rossland Old Time Fiddlers play. Visitors

should contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465. Thursday 9:30 - 11 a.m. Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSIONWednesdays 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall. To share ideas, expertise and knowledge, critiques, and open opportunities for experienced and want to be writers. For more information contact Les Anderson by email [email protected] or phone @ 250-362-5532.

ROSSLAND MAKERLABThursdays to Dec 18, 7:00 to 8:30 pm @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning Men-tors are on hand to help with 3D modeling, printing or for other technology project. For youth 12 yrs and up. This program is FREE.

WRITERS CLUBEvery Wednesday until Apr 15, 2015. 7:30 to 9 pm @ Rossland Seniors Hall. All genres of writers welcome. No membership fee. Learn from published authors and writers.

ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY The Library has lots of great programs and events starting this month:Fridays at 11am the Books and Babies songs and story time happens for little ones 0 to 30 months. Thursday from 3-4 pm there is something going on in the Library for school aged kids. Second Thursday of each month from 3-4 pm the Page Turners program for kids 8-11 years old. Fourth Thursday of each month from 3-4 pm. the Board Games Club for kids

6-12 years.

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTSMondays 3 to 4pmWe are looking for girls and boys ages 5 – 7 yrs to Join our Beaver Scout group. Fun and friendship is the cornerstone of the Beaver Scouts program. Beaver Scouts opens the door for your child to discover the world. It is filled with a little bit of everything – outdoor ac-tivities, games, music and sports. Along the way, Beaver Scouts meet new friends, learn cooperation and teamwork and develop self-confidence. Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118

ANNUAL ADVENT MUSIC Thursday, December 11, 7-8 p.m. @ Rossland Sacred Heart Church There will be music and meditation followed by hot chocolate and cookies. Everyone is welcome. To register, contact: Deanne Steven,Tourism Rossland at [email protected] or 250-231-1247.

“WTF IS STYLE?” A FILM BY TRISTAN MARTINThursday, December 11, 7-8 p.m. @ the Shovel. Doors at 9:30pm. $5 entry at the door.

THE WEST KOOTENAY ECOSOCIETYwill hold a discussion about land use practices and genetically modified foods. Thursday, December 11, 7-8pm @ the Rossland Public Library. Ev-eryone welcome!

ROSSLAND MUSEUM & DISCOVERY CENTRE WIN-TER SEASON OPENING DAY Saturday, December 13, 12-5 pm @ Rossland Mu-seum. Join us for our first day of the winter season! This day, admission will be entirely by donation to support our Museum Gateway renewal project. We are also the local visitor centre, and we have a gift shop, indoor lunch area, community archives, and kids area!

RCAC & YAN CHRISTMAS FUNSunday, December 14, 2 pm @ the Miners Hall Christmas crafts from 2-3:30pm. At 3:30 pm, dou-

ble feature movies: the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas followed by Miracle on 34th Street. Admission is by donation: A non-perishable food item for the Rossland Food Bank or a cash donation for the Rossland Skatepark Association. If you would like to participate in the Ugly Christmas Sweater design please bring a sweater to decorate.

APRES SKI WINTER FARMERS MARKET Decem-ber 13, 2-7 pm @ the Miners Hall.

ROSSLAND RESIDENTS ONLY “OVER 65” CHRIST-MAS DINNER PARTYSunday, December 14, 5 p.m. @ the Lower Legion Hall. Tickets $2 each, purhcase at RHC Insurance.

JOE HILL COFFEE HOUSE Sunday, December 16, 7pm @ the Rossland Min-ers Hall. Only $3 for adults — kids and students are free. For more information call Les Carter at 250-362-5677 or email [email protected].

RSS DRAMA DEPARTMENT PRESENTS:December 17, 7 pm @ RSS AuditoriumSkulduggery at Santa’s Place - a one act playHow the Grinch Stole Christmas - Reader’s Theatre, Gr 4/5 students. Tickets $7 adults, $5 students/se-niors, $20/family 4.

HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYSDecember 17, 7 to 9 pm @ Alternatives Funeral

and Cremation Services, 1298 Pine Ave, Trail. An evening for everyone who has suffered a loss to unite together with grief and hope as we head into the holi-day season. Join us for some words of comfort, a time of remembrance and a wonderful holiday music concert. A donation to the Greater Trail Hospice Society would be greatly appreciated for admission

KIDS LEARN TO CURL PROGRAM • FREEWednesday, December 17, right after school from 2:45-4pm @ the Rossland Curling Rink. Open to kids 8-12 years of age. Sign up for the session starting January 7 and runs until March 11. Drop-ins and new participants are welcome at any time during the program. For more information, contact Sara Mountain, at 362-5184 [email protected].

SNOW LABYRINTHWednesday, December 24, 7-11 pm @ St. Andrew’s United Church, Rossland. Snowfall permitting, a Candlelit Snow Labyrinth will be available to all to walk this beautiful snow path in quiet mediation.

4TH ANNUAL NEW YEARS EVE PARTYWednesday, December 31, 7pm @ the Rossland Curling Rink. This years theme is famous couples or duo. Laser Curling, dancing til 1:30 am. Midnight snack only $20 per pp. For tickets contact Mike Williams at 250-362-5244 or at [email protected].

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Miss Sensibility

Dear Skinny-kid,I am pleased to hear that you are concerned for your brother. Without knowing more information about your brother such as his age, height and weight, I can’t tell you whether you are being too hard on him or not. The problem of childhood obesity is on the rise in Canada. it is estimated that over 30% of Canadian children are overweight or obese. You are correct that being overweight increases the risk for health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, joint problems, and respiratory problems. Children who are overweight usually continue to gain weight in adolescence and adulthood.

Since you are the sister, and not the parent you are limited in what you can do about the situation. Overweight children often suffer from self esteem issues, so make sure you are not contributing to the problem, never tease or joke about his appearance. Let your brother know you love him for who he is and do not give him a hard time about his weight. Encourage him to be active by inviting him to do physical activities with you, take him on walks or bike rides or play a sport together. You can also set a good example by making healthy eating choices yourself. By being a good sister and friend to your brother, you will be able to help him weather the emotional storms that come his way and help lead him into a healthy life style.

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Dear Miss Sensibility,I am a teenage girl and I am really worried about my little brother because he is too fat. I know he gets teased on the playground, but more importantly, I have been reading about juvenile diabetes and other health problems that overweight kids might have. My mom says it's just baby fat and that I'm being too hard.Am I being too hard? What do you think? - Skinny-kid

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Tourism Rossland held an in-augural customer service and net-working event focused on getting businesses ‘remarkable ready’ for serving the region’s customers.

Holly Frederickson, a WorldHost training advisor from Destination BC, spoke to business owners and staff on timeless customer service best practices. Frederickson reiter-ated the importance of providing remarkable customer service in a competitive environment, to con-tinue attracting visitors to the re-gion.

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“It is great to see so many busi-nesses supporting a workshop on cross promotion and collaborative marketing,” said one of the work-shops participants.

The community needs to remem-ber we are all ambassadors for our town. When visitors stop and ask for directions or a recommendation on somewhere to eat, our hospital-ity skills are on display.

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School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) is a looking for an Information Systems – Enterprise Systems Support specialist to join our team. This challenging fulltime district position will provide support for a variety of the district’s enterprise software systems including overseeing the conversion and implementation of a new student information system being used across the province - MyEducationBC (Follett’s Aspen).

Enjoy a very supportive environment, great quality of life and reasonable cost of living in the West Kootenays. You will have an excellent benefit package along with a competitive salary.

RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Implements, through a project management

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2. Provides level one MyEducationBC support to all users in the district

3. Provides software support for a variety of other district wide software implementations

4. Trains users on the functionality of a variety of software systems

5. Creates documentation, work flows, job aids, etc. to help support users in the use of a variety of software systems

6. Creates custom reports using available tools to help support data driven decisions throughout the district

7. Logs and tracks issues; routes issues to appropriate team member

8. Creates and manages user accounts in a variety of systems

9. Installs, configures and troubleshoots current business and education software

10. Performs other related duties

If you are up for the challenge and interested in applying for the position please refer to the Careers section of our website (www.sd20.bc.ca/careers.html) for how to apply. Applications are due by noon on Monday December 15, 2014. It is understood that applicants agree to confidential reference checks of all previous employers. We appreciate your interest but regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Me voilà nouvellement arrivé à Nelson que, comme ils disent, les choses se passent! Je nage sur une vague de positivisme. Je suis pleinement en ouverture dans ce nouvel univers qui m’entoure et qui dans le fond n’était pas si loin de chez moi, le Québec. Ce qui est beau du voyage, c’est qu’on prend le temps de vivre dans le pré-sent…chose que de plus en plus les gens oublient.

Lorsque je profite du moment présent, j’ai tendance à vouloir le garder en mémoire, et d’utiliser les bienfaits d’une caméra (et/ou tout autre appareil électronique) pour immortalisé ce moment. Ce qui n’est pas une mauvaise chose en soi. Nous, les humains, avons ten-dance à prendre des milliards de photos, de les regar-der une fois prise et de les laisser mourir dans notre ordinateur. Nous avons perdu le réflexe d’imprimer nos photos prisent lors d’un voyage à travers le monde ou tout simplement lors d’un souper fort sympathique entre amis et famille. À force d’en prendre autant nous avons oublié l’essence même de la photo. La mémoire! N’est-ce pas agréable que de recevoir une photo papier d’un souvenir oublié que l’on pourra dorénavant admi-rer sur un mur ou dans un album réservé à cet effet.

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Par David BérubéOn ne vit pas ici. On y passe, ou on oublie d’où l’on vient. C’est le danger que représente ce lac glacé, ces citoyens excentriques, cette morphologie qui donne le vertige.

C’est au milieu de l’été que Jules arrive. Il entre dans la ville pour la première fois, en autobus. Il vient de loin. Il est trop fatigué pour remarquer quoi que ce soit dans la ville. Il fait noir, de toute façon. Il entre donc à l’auberge pour eff acer les marques que le trajet a laissées sur sa personne. Tout est calme dans sa tête, il s’endort.

Jules se réveille tôt. Il entreprend la traversée du centre-ville sans même déjeuner, il pense manger en route. Ses vieux sabots aux pieds, il voit tout de suite de quoi il est question. Un sourire de tous les passants, une odeur diff érente à chaque boutique et restaurant, un soleil qui fait rétrécir les paupières, comme s’il voulait protéger de nos yeux la beauté de l’endroit qu’il réchauff e. Jules ne le sait pas encore, mais ce sont ces éléments qui, sournoise-ment, lui feront oublier d’où il est venu. Ceux-ci ont ce pouvoir sur lui parce qu’il ne les connaît pas. Il vient d’une banlieue où il n’a vu que quartiers résidentiels paisibles et industriels bruyants. Rien ne se comparant à ce qui se déroule sous ses yeux. Il se met à réfl échir à ce qui l’a amené ici et il réalise qu’il ne le sait pas. Il les voit, tous ces jeunes au sac à dos trop gros pour être porté confortablement, mais trop petit pour croire que l’on subsiste de son contenu. Ces jeunes qui, comme lui, ne savent probablement ce qu’ils sont venu chercher ici.

Il parle avec certains, planifi e des sorties avec d’autres. Après une semaine, une certaine routine s’est installée. Il a, sans s’en rendre compte, oublié

son ancien quotidien. Lorsqu’il s’en remémore des brides, il a un certain rictus de dégout. Tout est tellement plus excitant ici, maintenant. La réalité de Jules est maintenant une illusion. Celle qui fait croire qu’il n’existe plus rien d’autre, comme fasciné par ce micro monde. Il se sent maintenant chez lui. Il est venu ici pour ne pas rester, mais ça, Jules l’a oublié. Ou du moins, il a oublié d’y penser.

Ce soir, il s’assoit devant son ordinateur pour la première fois depuis son arrivée. Il recherche une autre auberge pour la semaine suivante. Il est alors traversé par l’idée de parler à ses copains de sa ban-lieue natale. C’est à ce moment qu’il est en quelque sorte foudroyé par ce qui était en train de se jouer pour lui. Le lien qui l’unit au passé ressurgit. Au même moment, la sonnerie de Skype bourdonne : sa mère. Il est perdu, il fi xe l’écran, ne sachant plus trop quoi faire. Sans qu’il ne décide quoi que ce soit, il accepte la demande. Ses parents apparaissent comme une vision sur son petit ordinateur. Der-rière eux, la cuisine qu’il a foulée tous les matins à son réveil, la cour derrière les grandes fenêtres avec ces arbres qui dansent. Jules est pris d’un vertige. Le monde existe encore à l’extérieur de sa ville d’accueil, même qu’il tourne encore. Il ne sait pas trop quoi répondre aux questions de ses parents. « Aimes-tu la destination? » est la seule question à laquelle il répond avec aisance « Oui ».

La conversation avec ses parents est courte. Jules avait beaucoup oublié, même de jeter un regard derrière lui, question de ne pas oublier d’où il ve-nait. Étendu dans son lit, dans un dortoir de six, il prend maintenant conscience de l’eff et que la ville a eu sur lui. Ses pensées le ramènent dans sa banlieue paisible. Il repense à ses amis, à sa grand-mère qui ne voulait pas le voir partir. Il se sent bien. Il ne fl otte plus, il est retombé, juste à temps.

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