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Red Mountain racer Soleil Patterson is off to the U18 Canadian National Championships.

At a recent FIS event at Kimberley Alpine Resort, Patterson racked up a win in the Super-G, and two second-place wins in both the Super-G and Downhill. Given her recent success, it’s no surprise to learn that she’s feeling

confident leading up to the champion-ships in Collingwood, Ont. from Feb. 23 to 26.

“I’m pretty positive about it. I think it will be successful. I’m one of the top athletes right now,” she said.

Patterson competed at nationals for the first time last year and came in sixth in the Super-G and was most improved skier. This year, she’s hoping to improve on that.

“In the GS’s I’m definitely going for

top three, and the Slaloms is a little bit weaker as my event, so I’m planning on a top five at least,” she said.

Patterson’s success is especially im-pressive given that she’s not able to train on the snow in the off-season, the way some of her competitors can.

“Sometimes I don’t have [as much] training as them, because I can’t get myself to … Chile or New Zealand to train, but I work my hardest to make that up when I do have snow here,”

she said.Patterson is currently raising money

on her GoFundMe page to help pay of for her trip to nationals. She’s hoping to raise $2000 and currently has just over $1300 raised. Those who would like to contribute can do so by visiting www.gofundme.com/f42hymjn.

“I’m very thankful for all my sup-porters in our community and I hope they follow me on live-timing.com,” said Patterson.

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A missing snowboarder was found Sunday morning un-harmed after getting turned around on Grey Mountain at Red Mountain Resort Saturday.

The man from Alberta was located at nearly 2 p.m. in an out of bounds area near Esling Creek.

Search and Rescue (SAR) is taking this opportunity to remind the public to stay in bounds at all times and to be prepared with proper equip-ment and a trip and safety plan.

“This has been a growing trend as of late with skiers mov-ing into out of bound areas,” said Mike Hudson, president of South Columbia SAR.

He adds that the number of incidents could be attributed to the current snow conditions sending skiers and snowboard-ers in search of “good” snow.

“These areas are marked off for good reason, for their dan-gerous locations and avalanche risks,” he said.

“Not only the danger to you as the public but equally as dan-gerous for our certified rescuers. We too have to endure the dan-gers of these areas when others do not heed the warnings.”

Rossland SAR was called out

Saturday around 5 p.m. and quickly got to work, setting up command in the Red Mountain parking lot and searching the mountain on skis and snow-mobiles.

“Unfortunately, the weather moved in with heavy fog and snow, and the search was sus-pended for the night,” explained Hudson.

South Columbia joined the search effort Sunday morning, along with Castlegar and Grand Forks. There was a total of 37 SAR members on the team, some in the field and others handling the management of the search.

“We had searchers all over the mountain and snowmobiles travelling all through the Big Sheep Creek area in case he made it down that far,” Hudson explained.

A helicopter from Dam Helicopters was brought in to assist with the search, but foggy

conditions made it difficult for the chopper to land at the base, so a helipad was built at the top of the mountain. Unfortunately, weather again became an issue, and the pilot could not land on top either and was forced to dis-continue search efforts for safety and visibility reasons.

The SAR team pressed through and finally came across some tracks, which led the team to the snowboarder at nearly 2 p.m. in an out of bounds area near Esling Creek.

“The conditions in this par-ticular area were very danger-ous and due to the heavy fog and heavy snow conditions on Saturday late afternoon he got turned around,” said Hudson. “He was located and found in good condition, no injuries or other medical issues.”

The hungry man was thank-ful to see SAR and was brought safely back to the base Sunday night.

With files from Chelsea NovakFour local governments can move ahead

with long term plans after a funding boost from the federal government.

Almost $275,000 was collectively ear-marked for Rossland, Fruitvale, Warfield and Salmo through the 2016 Strategic Priorities Fund.

Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore says in-vesting the city’s $75,000 grant into asset management is a common sense approach to making key decisions in the future.

“We need to develop a robust asset management policy that will guide us, and hopefully future councils, so we can stay on the road to a sustainable, maintainable municipality,” she explained, mentioning now that the city’s inventory is identified, its service life must be determined.

Rossland’s assessment management in-vestment plan will look at “how to manage all of our assets from our buildings to our pipes to our roads, into the future,” said Stacey Lightbourne, city planner. “So basi-cally putting away money in order to fix them and to try to make decisions on what should be fixed first.”

Lightbourne explained that many grant applications now ask for information on asset management, and that having an asset management plan will be beneficial when applying for some funding.

“We will work with some of our local government friends, like Grand Forks, who is much farther down this path,” said Moore. “Then we need to integrate the information into our annual financial plans.”

She said that’s where the task becomes demanding, because of the city’s many as-sets that must be maintained on a small

residential tax base.“These will be the challenges that council

and the community will need to struggle with in the upcoming months and years,” added Moore.

Similar planning is underway in the Beaver Valley as Fruitvale embarks on an asset management investment plan with its $45,000 grant.

The goal is to outline a 20-year forecast of expenditures required to maintain sustain-able levels of service as well as the condition and risk of the village’s tangible capital assets.

“All residents, businesses, as well as tour-ists that visit our village, rely on functioning infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer pipes, street lighting,” says Fruitvale Mayor Patricia Cecchini.

“This funding support provided by senior governments is deeply appreciated as it as-sists the village in planning for a sustainable future.”

Locally, Warfield received the largest grant, $77,000 to develop an integrated Official Community Plan (OCP).

Overall, the village’s OCP will be updated and include a long-term sustainability plan with goals that describe where the commu-nity wants to be in 25-30 years.

Last summer, Warfield staff and council held a strategic planning session and one of the five points identified was the create an OCP.

“Building a plan of this type requires the contracting of consultants who are experts in the field,” says Warfield Mayor Ted Pahl, noting the federal grant allows the village to develop an OCP at no cost.

“Having this plan in place will enable this government and future governments to make decision that affect our community based on a long term plan.”

Another community, the Village of Salmo, will be comprehensively updating its OCP

with it $75,000 grant.“The project will bring the Village of

Salmo’s antiquated OCP into conformance with the Local Government Act and its cor-responding requirements including land use, active transportation planning, growth management, infrastructure planning, GHG objectives and community energy and emis-sions reduction plans,” said village admin-istrator Diane Kalen-Sukra.

“This vital planning project would not have been possible without this federal gas tax fund contribution and the backing of Salmo’s community groups who wrote let-ters in support of our grant application.”

The grant application was widely sup-ported by community groups, including the Salmo and District Chamber of Commerce, Valley Trails Society, Curling and Rink Association, Celebrations Society, Childcare Society, and Girls Softball Association among others.

The sustainability planning process will take about two years and involve extensive community consultation.

Federal gas tax money is transferred to B.C. annually, totalling $253 million this year.

The funds are administered through a Union of British Columbia Municipalities committee, for a range of projects that im-prove capacity-building, also referred to asset management, as well as upgrades to infrastructure such as roads, bridges, re-gional airports and recreational facilities.

Other notable grants are $4.6 million to the Regional District of Central Kootenay for a pool renewal at the Nelson and District Community Complex; City of Castlegar, $250,000 for asset management and cli-mate change framework; $2.8 million for Cranbrook to rehabilitate Idlewild Park; and $4.5 million to Kimberley for the reconstruc-tion of Gerry Sorensen Way.

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He was located and found in good condition, no injuries or other medical issues.

How many million of dollars to set aside in reserves is a hot topic every year during West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District budget talks.

The reserve fund was estab-lished in 2007 and capped at $3 million, then upped to $10 million four years ago.

Some politicians assert taxing for future projects not yet identi-fied is a slippery slope, while oth-ers favour saving up to cushion the impact of inevitable costs that come with maintaining medical facilities.

And, with a $40 million project being championed for Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail, the hospital board chair says building the reserve now will level the playing field later.

“If you want to keep the region-al hospital in Trail and sustain it for future years the renovations have to be done,” said Marguerite Rotvold.

“If we have a reserve fund we can use that toward the cost of ren-ovation instead of having a major increase in taxes to the taxpayer,”

she explained. “Rather than a spike or drop, I would [prefer] my taxes stay as they are and put into the reserve instead of saying, ‘No, I’ll pay a big increase when the time comes.’”

Though the decision for up-grades in Trail remains in the hands of the province, Rotvold says maintaining a $10 million cap could support moving the sustain-ability project forward in stages.

“The Ministry of Health has not approved the renovation so Interior Health cannot commit to it,” she said. “But if we get informa-tion in phases, and what the costs are, we may be able to say we have reserve funds and ask the ministry to support a Phase 1. Instead of the $40 million [all at once] we can look at the process and do it in stages.”

Aside from the complete over-haul, which includes upgrades to emergency, pharmacy and ambu-latory care, Rotvold pointed out reserves are necessary for other costs that can arise, such as a major equipment malfunction in any of the facilities under the district’s umbrella.

“Money is going to come out

of reserves for that as well,” she said. “And that’s the challenge — looking at the long haul. I know some people don’t like it (building reserves) but I strongly support it.”

The main purpose of the re-gional hospital board is to provide funding for facility equipment and capital projects.

The hospital district typically pays for 40 per cent of the cost of approved capital projects while the remaining 60 per cent is funded by the province or through dona-tions provided by local hospital foundations.

Of the $6.3 million capital plan proposed by IHA in 2016, the hospital district’s share nears $2.6 million.

That includes $1.2 million for intensive care unit upgrades in Trail, and a further $1 million for equipment replacement in Trail and Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson.

“We’ve directed staff to bring the bylaws back to our next meeting on Feb. 24,” Rotvold added. “So the projects will be approved, and we will be discussing the reserve fund, whether to increase it or keep it at the cap.”

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VALENTINE’S CONCERT TO SUPPORT REFUGEES

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On Saturday, Feb. 13, musicians Carolyn Cameron (violin) and Dawna Cavanagh (piano) donated their talents to raise funds for the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees’ sponsorship drive. Their program, entitled Music of Vienna, with selections from Kreisler, Hayden and Mozart, proved popular with the audience. Entrance was by donation and the total raised was $3115.


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Notable but unnoticed: W. M. Newton

A small number of people — particularly Ross Thompson and John (Jack) Kirkup — have

been justly celebrated as Rossland’s historical icons. However, there are other people who made notable con-tributions to the early development of the city who have gone almost unnoticed. Today, I would like to rescue one of them from the histori-cal dustbin.

Born in England about 1839, William Melville Newton had a

twenty-year career in the British War Department and was then involved in establishing the Army and Navy Stores in London. He was an accom-plished, well-regarded “English gen-tleman.” Trusteeship of an English estate with beneficiaries in Victoria, took him there in 1889. Having fallen in love with the country he began a new career in the management of real estate. He was soon attracted to the Kootenays and by 1892 he was managing new townsites at Pilot Bay on Kootenay Lake and Sayward, on the Columbia River near what is now Columbia Gardens. Illness took him to Victoria for medical atten-tion in 1894, but the opportunity to act as agent for Ross Thompson’s new townsite company drew him to Rossland in September of that year. He soon parted company with the townsite company, but he settled into the town as a mining broker.

While at Pilot Bay, Newton was appointed Justice of the Peace for the West Kootenay. When he settled in Rossland, he became the town’s first “judge,” presiding over the town’s justice system. There was no regular police force, but Newton could ap-

point special constables as required. His constables arrested miscreants and he presided at their trials. Most would have involved petty offences such as drunk and disorderly or il-legal gambling, the common pun-ishments for which were fines and banishment from the camp. He could not impose serious penalties, but in cases with potentially long jail sentences or worse he could hold preliminary hearings, with the cases themselves adjudicated by the province’s Supreme Court in Assize Sessions in Nelson. Thus, despite his lack of formal legal education, he conducted preliminary hearings for cases involving the passing of fraudulent cheques, Rossland’s first shooting and an axe fight resulting in death that some historians cite as the reason Kirkup was dispatched to Rossland. He also shared the bench with a justice of the peace from Trail in a claim jumping case that became a cause célèbre in the district. Rossland was known as a relatively orderly mining camp even before Constable Kirkup arrived, in substantial part because of law en-forcement by Newton.

Newton was much more than the justice of the peace in pre-in-corporation Rossland. He was, in effect, the town’s unofficial mayor. When a Ratepayers Association was organized to lobby the government for funds, Newton was its presi-dent. In June, 1895, a School Board was elected to promote education; Newton was one of three members and, as its secretary, he aggressively lobbied the government for money for teachers and a school. When a committee was created to effect the incorporation of the city, Newton was president. A campaign to attract a physician to the camp was directed by Newton. In 1896 a mass meeting of mine owners and others was held to protest the government’s impo-sition of a tax on the value of the output of mines. Newton was called to the chair. Similarly, he chaired an earlier meeting about the loca-tion of the post office. When the provincial government made funds available for the improvement of the camp, Newton shared responsibility for the application of those funds with Napoleon Fitzstubbs, the gold commissioner. When Fitzstubbs sur-

veyed the availability of water for mining and domestic needs, Newton was there to protect the interests of the residents. A townsite laid out at Big Sheep Creek was named Melville after him. After Kirkup had been ap-pointed, but before he had arrived, Newton was made acting mining recorder and later registrar of mar-riages. He was a very active citizen — in some ways the spirit of the camp.

Despite his prominence in the af-fairs of the town, Newton was not a candidate for mayor when the city was incorporated and was not se-lected to be the police magistrate when that municipal office was cre-ated. I don’t know why. He carried on with his brokerage business for a couple of years, but by 1899/1900 his name had disappeared from the Rossland City Directory. Despite his contributions, he left Rossland without fanfare and went to New Zealand, where he had relatives. He died there in 1915 at age 75.

William Melville Newton’s contri-bution to Rossland’s early develop-ment was not earth shattering, but it was important. Sadly, it has been all but forgotten.

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Rossland’s city council voted to move forward with selling off the old Rotary Health Centre at last week’s council meeting.

The city doesn’t currently use the building — though it is home to Rossland’s food bank and Rossland Search and Rescue uses the basement for storage — and as it stands the structure costs thou-sands of dollars in operating fees per year and will cost taxpayers even more in major repairs.

According to Steve Nash, the city’s consulting man-ager of finance, the building currently costs $8,000 to

$10,000 a year to operate and it will cost an additional $30,000 to $40,000 “to bring it up to snuff.”

According to Mike Pistak, who’s been a Rossland Rotary Club member for 50 years, the building was constructed by Rotary before he was even a member, but has always belonged to the city.

“It was used as an immunization clinic and an expectant mothers and baby clinic for a while,” he explained, but the building has not been used for any immunization-related purposes for the past five to six years.

A representative from the Rossland Food Bank declined to comment on city council’s decision.


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City council decided to move forward with selling the Rotary Building at last week’s council meeting.

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M i n i s t e r R i c h C o l e m a n was flab-bergasted at the angry response to his solu-tion to the V i c t o r i a courthouse

“tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C.

Coleman announced two tem-porary shelters with three meals a day and medical supports. One is a former nursing home close to the courthouse squat, conveniently located near panhandling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded services. The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth custody centre, with a dedicated downtown shuttle bus so these “victims” of “homeless-ness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system.

We weren’t consulted, said the indignant spokespeople for those bringing new-looking tents to take advantage of food and other handouts, offered in B.C.’s warm-est climate by the province’s most naïve local government.

But this was just a show for the media by our resident professional protesters, some of whom aren’t really “homeless.”

After the reaction, which Coleman described as “bizarre,” the combined 88 housing opportu-

nities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly housing allow-ance, as the province continues to convert more housing and offer more rent subsidies.

It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s always been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade, largely due to an exodus of eco-nomic migrants from the down-turn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desirable real estate.

I asked him about two other homeless hotspots. In Abbotsford, campers have ignored a city dead-line to take down structures in a three-year-old camp, after tempo-rary shelter and costly provincial supports were brought on. A court-room and street confrontation looms with self-styled “drug war survivors” and their Vancouver legal help.

In Maple Ridge, a tent camp sprang up next to the local Salvation Army shelter, with peo-ple cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in.

Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, said Maple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and hous-ing effort because the province’s $1 million-a-year Salvation Army operation isn’t working.

Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about Abbotsford’s Salvation Army

shelter, and Read is the only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend provincial dollars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompanying street drugs, prostitution and crime.

I asked Coleman about the 10-year-study led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Somers on the housing, out-reach and services in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “housing first” strat-egy, where the province has bought and renovated 30 “single room oc-cupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every pos-sible support, including the buy-out of high-living executives at the Portland Hotel Society.

The study found that the hard-est cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto have tripled in 10 years.

“I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I dis-agree with the assumption I’ve heard already, because I walk the Downtown Eastside,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.”

The question is whether prob-lems are being solved, or just better hidden from view.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Rossland REAL Foods is hold-ing its Seedy Saturday event at the Miners’ Hall on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The seed swap and sale will feature seeds from vendors such as Cherry Meadows from South Slocan, Stellar Seeds from Johnson’s Landing, and Earthy Organics from Fruitvale.

The advantage of picking up seeds at the event, instead of the store, is that the seeds are locally

adapted.“A lot of the seeds that we buy

in the store are grown down in the states where there’s good condi-tions for growing seeds, so they’re not really adapted to our climate and growing season,” explains Sarah Flood, event organizer. “So we’ve got some locally adapted seeds, plus there’s a lot of heirloom seeds. One of the people coming up from Earthly Organics will have pepper seeds, and those are actu-ally from peppers his dad brought from Italy.”

There will also be seeds for

interesting plants not necessarily found in a typical store.

“Like blue tomatoes,” says Flood.

Seed swappers are asked to pack-age their seeds in small envelopes that are clearly labeled with the type of seed and date of collection. Each envelope should have enough seeds to plant a five-foot row, or start three to five individual plants. Details on seed swapping and on Rossland’s Seedy Saturday can be found on the Rossland Real Foods website at www.rosslandfood.com/contact-us/local-seeds.


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• Go plant shopping. Research from NASA suggests adding at least one plant in your home per 100 square feet is e� cient enough to clean air. Fresh foliage also makes a home feel warm and inviting. Watering and misting plants introduces moisture into indoor air, which can make

rooms overcome with dry air from heating systems feel com-fortable. Just be sure to avoid overwatering plants, which can lead to mold growth.

• Swap out throw pillows. Accent pillows on beds and sofas are quick and inexpensive ways to add new bursts of color to rooms. You may be able to make over a room’s entire color scheme with new pillows. Invest in pillows that you can switch with each season so your decor will never look tired or dull.

• Clean existing light fi x-tures. Another way to brighten the mood in a home is to periodically clean light fi xtures to make sure they are working

e� ectively. Spend time dusting them and cleaning o� any accumulated debris. If need be, switch out old lamp shades for newer ones that let more light shine through. If inadequate lighting is a problem no matter how many lamps you have, consult with an electrician about installing more overhead and accent lighting.

• Give rugs and fl oors a deep cleaning. Recirculated air may be full of dust and other microscopic particles that end up blowing throughout your home. Also, it’s easy to track in dirt and other materials on your shoes that become imbed-ded in carpeting. At least once a year, rent or enlist the surfaces

of carpet and upholstery clean-ers to give fl oors a thorough cleaning. You may be surprised at how clean and fresh a home looks and smells once rugs and carpets are deep-cleaned. You also can make a dry carpet cleaner using baking soda, corn starch and desired fresh herbs for fragrance. Sprinkle and then vacuum up a� er a few hours.

• Color-coordinate bookshelves. Group all books with similarly colored covers together for an instant and eye-appealing look.

• Simmer some homemade home deodorizer. In a large pot, boil water and some scented herbs, such as rosemary, citrus rinds, vanilla, or lavender. � e

aroma will wa� through the home, creating a pleasing scent.

• Invest in new window treatments. Lightweight draper-ies or new blinds or shades can transform the look of a room. Be sure to keep curtains and blinds open during the day to maximize the hours of sunlight.

Homeowners can make some simple changes while they’re stuck indoors and reap the benefi ts when the weather warms up again.

CommunityCherry Meadows from South Slocan, Stellar Seeds from Johnson’s Landing, and Earthy Organics from Fruitvale will all have seeds available at Seedy Saturday on Feb. 20.

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Wanted: bobcat and lynx photos

A bobcat/lynx study is currently under way at the University of BC Okanagan, in partner-ship with BC’s Ministry of Environment, and needs your help. They are seeking photos of bobcats and lynx captured by trail cameras, or conventional cameras, from all corners of the province and from all time periods to help determine the current provincial distribution of each species. They think bobcats are moving north-wards and into higher el-evations.

The photos don’t have to be great photography — they just have to show a bobcat or a lynx, or even just a part of one. Photos can be blurry or dark and don’t even have to clearly show which cat species is present. When sending photos, please include both the date and location of each photo. Location should be as specific as

possible: most preferred is UTM or LAT/LONG co-ordinates. If that informa-tion is not available, then please provide the name of the nearest road or land-mark (including distance and direction from road or landmark), or nearest town (including distance and direction from town), or watershed or manage-mentu unit.

Photos will be used for data only (which spe-cies was where when)

and will not influence management decisions regarding hunting/trap-ping bag limits or season dates. Photos will not be published or shared with anyone without permis-sion, and photographers will retain ownership of their photos. The results of this study will be gladly shared with all those who are interested.

Please email photos to T.J. Gooliaff at [email protected].

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Twenty-four skiers par-ticipated in Skied Dating on Saturday.

The second annual event had three times the number of participants as last year, split into two age categories, with an even number of guys and gals in the older group, and a bigger number of guys in the younger group.

Couples rode up the Red chair lift together, and each participant had the chance to ride up with each member of the opposite sex from the same age category.

“All the participants got a sheet of paper where they could write the name of the person they went up the chair with and indicate whether or not they would be interested in seeing them again, just check-ing yes or no,” explained Tara Kowalchuk, event organizer.

Kowalchuk first got the idea to start Skied Dating a number of years ago.

“I thought it was kind of hard sometimes to meet peo-ple in the Kootenays and I just thought that this would be a fun way to meet people who you already had something in common with,” she said.

One third of participants at Saturday’s event found a match, but it’s too soon for Kowalchuk to know if any-thing has come of their ro-mantic chair lift rides.

“It was a lot of fun; everyone involved had a great time, and I would just encourage more women to come out next year, so that we have more even numbers,” said Kowalchuk.


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Readers took home their blind date books from the Rossland Public Library on Saturday. Pictured here: Librarian Margaret Smith poses with some of the available blind dates. Penny Johnson, library volunteer, poses with a coyly wrapped book “looking for skeletons in closets and finding a load of mischief.”

MUSEUM SATURDAY CRAFTERNOONSStop in anytime Saturdays between 1 to 3 p.m. for Crafternoons in the Discovery Zone! Crafts and activities for kids of all ages. Free with adult admission. Parents can feel free to look around the museum while we craft with the kids. The Museum is openall winter Wednesdays to Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate available to keep you warm! Contact: 250-362-7722 or [email protected].

REC VOLLEYBALL AT RSSEvery Thursday night from 7:30

to 9:30 p.m. $2 drop in or $5 for the season. Please use back door to enter. For more details contact Ryan at [email protected] or text 250-921-5644.

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Swing dancing lessons are starting up again at the Legion on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. We’ll teach each other our favourite moves. Bring your favou-rite swing songs on an iPod or USB memory stick. Spread the word!

ART DROP IN NIGHTMondays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. There will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists. Come hang out and get creative!

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTSMondays, 3 to 4 p.m. Girls and boys ages 5 to 7 years. Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118 to join.

SLURPS AND BURPS FEEDING GROUPTuesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family Obstetrics Clinic, Fourth Floor Maternity, KBRH Trail. Share your experiences with your peers in an in-

formative place for breastfeeding and bottle support. Whether you are an expectant mom, brand new mom, or a more seasoned mom, we welcome you!

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEYTuesdays and Thursdays, 9:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Join this fun, co-ed recre-ational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Please enter on Second Ave. This is fun, no contact, no pressure hockey! Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

GROUP OFFERS SUPPORT, INFORMATION FOR TRAIL FAMILIES LIVING WITH DEMENTIAThe second Tuesday of each month, from noon to 2 p.m. The Alzheimer Society runs a monthly dementia caregiver support group in Trail, for residents who want to prepare them-selves with current information that will help improve quality of life with the disease. The group offers the chance to exchange information and friendship with others affected by dementia, ac-cess the most current information, and learn and share practical tips for coping with change. For more information and for specific location details, contact Julie Leffelaar at 1-855-301-6742 or [email protected].

MUSIC NIGHTTuesdays, 6:20 to 8:30 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Drop in

event for ages 12 to 18. How do you like to music? Come to the YAN Space and immerse yourself in anything/everything music. No prior music-ing experience necessary.

AFTER SCHOOL KID’S CLUBWednesdays, Feb. 3 to May 25, 3 to 5 p.m. Drop in for after school fun! Explore science, create crafts, and play games. The museum has tonnes of resources for kids interested in geol-ogy, science, history, and more! Bring a snack, and enjoy two hours of super-vised fun. For ages five to 12. Drop in $8/child for non-members. Buy a punch pass and get one free visit. Can also pre-pay by calling 250-362-7722.

GIRL TALK FOR GIRLS 14-18Wednesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Want some time to just relax, talk, and hang out doing cool things with other girls? We have all kinds of awesome, inclusive, creative activities for you at Girl Talk. No pressure, chillspace, girls only! Free.

YAN AFTER SCHOOL DROP-INMonday to Thursday, 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ YAN Space, 2076 Columbia Ave. Come in and chill, get homework help, build a resume or do a job search, or just hang with you friends. Free.


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TEDXLIVEThursday, Feb. 18, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Rossland Public Library. The library will be live-streaming one day of the TED2016 conference happen-ing in Vancouver. Drop-in between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m, to share good ideas, good food and good conversation.

WINTER SPEAKER SERIES — ROSSLAND SKIING MEMORIES

Thursday, Feb. 18, 6:30 to 8 p.m. As part of our Winter Speaker Series and in line with the BC Heritage Week theme of “Distinctive Destinations,” we will have Al Fisher and Richie Mann (and hopefully a few oth-ers) join is for a panel discussion on memories of skiing in Rossland and on Red Mountain. Entry is by donation. Seating in the Cominco Theatre is limited to 32 people, and while we can stuff a few extra chairs in the back section, please note that we may fill up fast.

GRANDPALSWednesdays, Feb. 24, March 30, April 27, 10 to 11 a.m. In conjunction with Rossland Seniors Centre, the Rossland Museum presents Grandpals. A great opportunity for Rossland’s senior and junior generations to come together and share stories, crafts and games (preschool ages two and a half to five). Four free sessions, but please pre-book by calling 250-362-7722. Seniors interested in taking part are also welcome to get in contact.

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Joe Hill Coffee House invites you to another great show to light up your day on Sunday, February 21. Our per-formers this month are:

• Bert Kniss, George Capaletto (and Dave on bass)

• Stew Ford• Les Carter• Alan Suttie• Keith Robine and

Mike Scully• The Dead Strings• Dave Scanlan

Joe Hill Coffee House is in the Rossland Legion, 2081 Washington Street until the Miners’ Hall renovations are com-pleted. It’s the same tra-ditional family-friendly

format – coffee, tea, goodies, nice tables and chairs, cozy surround-ings, and good sound. (No bar.)

Doors open at 6 p.m., the show starts at 7 p.m. Come early and garner some goodies!

Cost is only $3, and kids and students are free – the best entertainment value for many a kilome-ter.

Joe Hill Coffee House is always looking for new performers – young and old, beginners or pol-ished. Everyone is wel-come; no auditions. It’s where you can relax and perform for the best audi-ence anywhere. For more information contact Les Carter at [email protected], 250-362-5677.


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A new eco-friendly group is starting up in Rossland to take stewardship of our wa-tershed.

Rossland Streamkeepers will hold two info sessions — one on Thursday, Feb. 25, the other on Thursday, March 3, both from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Rossland Public Library — so that Rosslanders can learn more about the group, and share what they know about Rossland’s creeks and streams.

The sessions are being organized by Bill Coedy, who moved to Rossland in fall of 2014. Coedy has over 30 years of experi-ence and training in the area of aquatic science ranging from laboratory manage-ment to regulatory monitoring programs. He holds a MSC in Chemistry, a Diploma in Environmental Toxicology, a Certificate in Project Management and recently received a Field Certificate in Environment Canada’s Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN).

Coedy decided to start Streamkeepers after he got involved with similar organiza-tions in the area.

“I got involved in a group, the Columbia Basin Watershed Network (CBWN), at-tended a few seminars, met some people who have started up little organizations like the Streamkeepers … and found out that they’re good stewards of their water, creeks and lakes. So I didn’t find anybody who had done that in Rossland; it seemed to be kind of missing the area,” he explains.

Coedy is hoping to find volunteers who

know about not only issues and concerns with creeks in the area, but who also know a little of the history surrounding them.

“I’m just hoping I can learn more about the creeks and streams flowing the area, and I’m really interested in the history as well,” he says.

The info sessions will also be an oppor-tunity for volunteers to learn about two initiatives already in the works.

Coedy helped Selkirk College and the CBWN develop an online ArcGIS interac-tive map of the watersheds in the Rossland area in 2015.

“I wrote a proposal to the Columbia Basin Watershed Network and they funded 70

hours of a GIS technician’s time, from Selkirk College, and that person produced a map, sort of under my … guidance,” he explains.

The map has several layers, which rep-resent BioEcological Climate (BEC) Zones, wetlands, CABIN stations, FORR recre-ational huts, hiking and biking trails. Other layers planned for 2016 will contain infor-mation on Sensitive Habitat Information Management (SHIM) sites and attributes, groundwater seepage locations and water quality monitoring data.

A Selkirk College student named Tanya Tran is also working on a separate project for 2016 that will identify management strate-gies of Trail Creek through her proposed investigations of land use inputs and eco-logical conditions of the riparian (area of interface between land and a river or stream) habitat. The results of Tran’s assignment will provide ecosystem data, identify stakehold-ers between Rossland and Trail, and provide future tasks for Rossland Streamkeepers volunteers.

Coedy would also eventually like to see the group do some monitoring of the creeks and streams.

“It’d be great to have an inventory of monitoring equipment, which you know we don’t have anything like that right now, but if we could get some funding to support the purchase of some monitoring equipment, that would be a worthwhile goal,” he says.

Those who cannot make it to either of the information sessions, but would like to complete the volunteer recruitment survey, can contact Bill Coedy at [email protected].


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School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)

The School District is seeking applications from qualified persons for the following positions:Heavy Duty Mechanic (Regular):• Certificate of Qualification in the trade with

inter-provincial endorsement (red seal) or red seal certification in related field with experience in heavy duty mechanics.

• Proven experience and demonstrated skills in the techniques, tools, equipment and safety precautions pertaining to the maintenance of service vans, trucks, grounds keeping equipment, heavy mobile equipment, and buses;

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with possibility of extension• Rate of Pay: $31.45/hr + 13.4% in lieu of benefitsFor full position details including qualifications and how to apply please refer to the Careers with SD20 section of our website at www.sd20.bc.ca. Completed applications should be sent to Mrs. Marcy VanKoughnett, Director of Human Resources, School District #20 (Kootenay-Columbia), 2001 Third Ave, Trail, B. C. V1R 1R6 (Fax: 250-364-2470) by Monday, February 29, 2016 @ 12:00 Noon. Please submit electronic applications to: [email protected]. It is understood that applicants agree to confidential reference checks of all previous employers.

Selkirk College’s School of Industry and Trades Training has an

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Community Futures Greater Trail is a dynamic, volunteer board-driven organization looking to increase its Board of Directors. Interested individuals should be regionally-minded with experience in one or more of the following areas: commercial lending, accounting, business management, community economic development, signifi cant entrepreneurial experience. Previous volunteer experience and/or board participation is considered an asset.

In order to ensure equitable regional representation, we are looking for applications from individuals who work and/or reside in Rossland, Warfi eld, Trail, Montrose, Fruitvale, and RDKB Areas A & B.

Successful candidates will have community and client values consistent with those of the current Board of Directors, committees, and staff.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a resume, personal biography, and cover letter to the attention of Don Freschi, General Manager: [email protected] or mail to 825 Spokane Street, Trail, BC, V1R 3W4.

Closing date for the application process is March 31, 2016.

Community Futures’ services and programs are made possible with the assistance of the Government of Canada via Western Economic Diversifi cation Canada.

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This February, spread some kindness and show your support for Pink Shirt Day. Here are four easy ways you can get in-volved and take a stand against bullying:

• Purchase your “Kindness is One Size Fits All” offi cial Pink Shirt Day T-Shirt at

London Drugs or buy online and wear on February 24.

• Make a donation or start a “giving group” to help support anti-bullying pro-grams.

• Follow CKNW Orphans’ Fund Pink Shirt Day on Facebook, Twitter (@pinkshirtday) or Instagram (@PinkShirtDay) and share and tag your posts with #pinkshirtday.

• Make the internet a positive place and #PinkItForward. On February 24, post a photo of someone special on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter: a friend, teammate, colleague, family member, classmate or even someone you’ve just met. Add a caption describing why that person is awesome, and instruct them to #PinkIt-Forward. Each time spreads the kindness by using #PinkItForward, Coast Capital Savings will donate $1 to Pink Shirt Day.

100% of net proceeds raised from Pink Shirt Day go to anti-bullying programs that sup-port children’s healthy self-esteem, empathy, compassion and kindness.

On February 24, send a message that kindness matters. We’re all unique, and we all have the capacity to put kindness out into the world.

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Rossland News, February 18, 2016