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Eleven different craft breweries brought samples of their brews along to the 2015 Beer Goggles event recently held at RED Mountain Resort. In the fan favourite competition, our local brewery, the Rossland Beer Company, received gold. Parallel 49 Brewing Company and Fernie Brewing Company took out the silver and bronze medals respectively. “We strive hard at being the craft ski resort, so Beer Goggles Craft Beer Festival � ts well. With the second year in the can, we are happy with the 450-person turnout over the two days of beer tasting. Bigger and better year three coming your way!” said Nicole Briggs, marketing and events manager at Red Mountain Resort. Photo by Ryan Flett

Red Mountain Resort’s early closure took season pass holders and destination visitors by surprise when the chairli� closure was announced Sunday morning, three weeks ahead of the slated end of season date. But in an ironic twist, Mother Nature brought in the

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� e federal New Democrats’ small business critic has intro-duced a bill in the House of Com-mons aimed at providing a tax credit that will help microbrew-eries lower the tax burden and as a result expand their business and export o� ering.

� is bill would amends the In-come Tax Act to provide for a tax credit for Canadian brewers who brewed less than 15,001 hectolitres (HL) of beer and malt liquor in a � scal year.

� e legislation would provide an automatic tax credit for brew-ers producing zero to 5,000 HL annually and a formula-speci� c credit for those producing 5,001 to 15,000 HL. One hectolitre of beer is equivalent to two kegs of beer.

“� ere’s no doubt the popular-ity of microbreweries is on the rise here in Canada. � ey’re creating local jobs and providing world class beers to Canadians from coast to coast,” said Brian Masse, the NDP’s small business critic.

“� is tax credit will allow these entrepreneurs to produce more, hire more and generate more rev-enue that will go right back into helping their small businesses and drive the Canadian economy,.”

“With a focus on unique � a-vour and brewing techniques, Ca-nadians are falling in love with their local microbreweries,” added BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko. “I am very proud

that the NDP is supporting this growing market and our local breweries.”

Microbreweries account for six per cent of the market share in Canada, a number that is estimat-ed to triple in the coming years.

� e bill introduced by Masse last week could take a while to get legs. It’s quite far down on the parliament’s order of precedence, although the NDP is hoping the governing Conservatives will li� the idea behind the bill or put it in a budget.

Private members bills and mo-tions are ideas introduced in par-

liament the public can rally behind to petition or pressure the govern-ment to act upon.

Depending on their levels of production, the Rossland Beer Company and Nelson Brewing Company are two microbreweries that might stand to bene� t from the tax credit.

� e Rossland Beer Company began operating in the summer of 2012 as Trail Brewing and has since moved to Rossland, estab-lishing a shop front in Sourdough Alley nine months ago. � e cra� brewery currently brews around 50 to 60 HL per week or approxi-mately 3,120 HL per annum.

Petri Ratio of Rossland Beer Company said this move would be a step in the right direction.

“It’s super encouraging for the industry. It encourages people to get involved. � e tax credit break would be great,” he said.

Statistics show an estimated ten million Canadians drink beer and an estimated 21.9 million HL are produced annually making it the number one alcoholic beverage in Canada in terms of both produc-tion and consumption.

In 2013, Canada sold over 19 million HL of domestic beer alone — this does not account for im-ported beer. Beer and liquor stores and agencies sold $21.4 billion worth of alcoholic beverages dur-ing the � scal year ending March 31, 2013, up 2.2 per cent from the previous year. Beer remained the alcoholic drink of choice for Ca-nadians, with $9.1 billion in sales.

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Our local craft brewery, Rossland Beer Company, currently brews 50 to 60 hectolitres of beer per week or approximately 3,120 hectolitres per year, which would qualify them for a tax credit if an NDP private member’s bill is adopted. Photo submitted

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Recruiting a doctor to set up a practice in a rural area is an issue the province has been dealing with for a long time, but the University of British Columbia and the Southern Medical Program may have a solu-tion.

In Trail, Kootenay Boundary Re-gional Hospital is the site for the in-tegrated community clerkship where students can get a glimpse of small town medicine before they graduate and become practicing physicians.

When Rossland native and UBC medical student, Nichole Gill, was given the opportunity to study in the Kootenays, she jumped at the chance to come home.

Once her first two years of medical school were done, Gill was required to apply for a third-year clerkship at a hospital in the province. Through the program, studying at the hospital in Trail was an option and she was picked for one of four spots in the 2014-15 program.

“You had to apply to the program and then you rank your preference on where you wanted to go,” she said. “Trail was my first choice, and I was really excited at being able to come back here.”

Having grown up in Rossland, Gill already knew about the long list of features the area has to offer, but had yet to experience medical education near her home community.

“I grew up knowing that I loved the area, especially all of the recreational activities, like skiing and hiking,” she said. “I love the community feel in a smaller town, so for me, coming back here this year, was all about learning what it was like to practice medicine in a small town and get a real look at what it would be like to do that in

the future.”Small-town medical training hasn’t

been around the Kootenays forever. The program at Kootenay Bound-ary Regional Hospital, and five other hospitals across the province, was introduced in 2011, and has had a successful run for the last four years. Gill is an example of the program working the way it was planned.

“I have had such a great experience here that I can definitely see myself coming back here, or somewhere like it,” she said.

Part of what makes the rural medi-cal education program so successful, at least from Gill’s perspective, is the personalized experience she gets on a day-to-day basis.

“There are only four of us, as op-posed to various medical schools that have tons of students in various stages of medical training,” she said.

“Because there are so few of us, we get to have the run of the hospi-tal. We get to do a lot of things that you might not get to do in a bigger hospital, just because they are busier and students aren’t necessarily always at the front of the line for who gets to do a procedure or who gets to go first. It is personalized.”

Dr. Cheryl Hume, program direc-tor at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, says the quality of educa-tion the students receive through the program is second to none.

“There is a lot of one-on-one men-torship with the students,” she said. “They get a lot of direct experience and they get to really know their teachers and their teachers can re-ally help them learn and assess how they are learning.”

Working in a smaller community also provides Gill and the other stu-dents with the environment to get to know the patients she is treating and seeing day-to-day.

“There is a lot of opportunity to work with patients one-on-one,” she said. “That is the integrated part. We are here, interacting and getting to know people. We only have one half-day a week in a classroom environ-ment, and the rest of the week, it is clinical learning time. It is definitely exciting to be out of the classroom.”

Dr. Hume sees the student-patient relationship as a huge plus within the program.

“The most important thing, is that the students gets to see patients over the course of the year,” she said. “They really understand the patient care journey and how care can prog-ress or how health and wellness prog-ress instead of going in and seeing a patient once and trying to learn about a disease that way. There is that continuity.”

With the program, Gill and her fellow third-year students, are in the process of taking different medical specialities for a test-drive in every-thing from surgery to family practice. Soon, she is going to have to pick a specialty to focus on, dictating the rest of her education and future ca-reer.

“We do a few weeks at a time in each specialty, then we rotate through them later in the year,” she said, add-ing that she is going to have a hard time coming up with a future spe-cialty. “I liked aspects of all of my rotations, which is making it very difficult to decide what I am going to do next.”

One of the options Gill has for her fourth year of medical training is to apply for the brand-new UBC rural residency program, launching this summer. The new program provides medical students with the opportuni-ty to continue their studies in a small town setting, and hopes to attract doctors to small town life.

Dr. Hume says the new rural resi-dency program is the next logical step for medical students already learning in a rural environment.

“We are taking students to the next level with this two-year train-ing program we have built on top of what we have already done [with the program],” she said, adding that the program will be taking in its first four students this July. “This is where we get young future physicians exposed to rural medical practice. Especially

if they were already here for a year in the clerkship program, they would be here for two years after that in a rural environment.

“The chances of them returning to a rural environment to practice is much, much better. It will go a long way to fixing our physician recruit-ment concerns. It is all part of the big picture.”

For more information on the clerk-ships or rural residency program, vis-itmdprogram.med.ubc.ca.

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Nichole Gill is one of four third-year medical students studying through the integrated community clerkship at Kootenay Bound-ary Regional Hospital. The Rossland native jumped at the chance to come home to the Kootenays for her third year in medical school and is looking at returning to a rural area to practice medi-cine when she graduates. Photo by Liz Bevan

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What an impact this vibrant little community has made on me! It is with a heavy heart that I say

goodbye and write this � nal piece for the Rossland News. Farewells can be di� cult, especially when you � nd something that aligns to a lifestyle you cherish. While the snow has been lacking, the warm-hearted people certainly have not. It has been a pleasure to share your stories and be in-volved in this community. You certainly welcomed me in Rossland!

I hope the newspaper has given you something to look forward to each week as well as playing an important role in the social development of this wonderful community.

Most of you whom I spoke with quickly picked up that I spoke with a funny ac-cent. I secured a sabbatical from my role in Australia commencing April 2014 and now it is time to return home. And no, I don’t have a background in journalism, (maybe that’s obvious) as many of you o� en asked, although I do have quali� cations in interactive digital media and marketing communications and a passion for giving the community’s stories life in the weekly paper.

You can continue to contact my replace-ment using the [email protected] email address. I am certain the Rossland News management will � nd someone who

is committed to telling the community’s stories and will quickly adapt to the social task of interviewing the wonderful people who are making news in Rossland.

I adore the Kootenay culture — alive and well here in Rossland. Something I learned through my role was Rossland citizens take ownership to ensure things happen. Rather than sitting back and saying ‘they’ should do this or that, you get out there and take action. � is is admirable and a great reminder as to why small communi-ties are so charming.

Deadlines can of-ten be a challenge but thanks to the cooperative com-munity-minded people here, creat-ing content was never an issue. Sometime organizations had � uid plans and print media meant it was impossible to change the message once � ursday’s paper hit the stand.

I have made so many memories here that I will cherish forever.

I will de� nitely be recommending this place to others and hope to return for a short break when Ullr delivers the goods next winter.

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Shirley Bond, minister for jobs, tourism, skills training and minister of labour, last week announced that the government is indexing increases for the minimum hourly wage and liquor server wage to BC’s Con-sumer Price Index (CPI).

To attract workers, who become residents of Rossland, we need to increase minimum wages to remain competitive. This will align Rossland with other areas of Canada and as a result, ensure new residents are not de-motivated by high living costs compared to wages. These low-income earners deserve to be able to support their families as other consumer prices rise.

Yes, the majority of our businesses here in town are small and they will initially feel the pinch when the increase takes effect in September. We also need to remember this wage increase is aligned to CPI. We have to look at this increase’s impact on the broader economy.

Minimum wage increase studies show evidence that increasing the minimum wage has little or no negative effect on employ-ment of minimum wage workers and it also has potential to stimulate the economy. In most cases, the increase will translate to spending on household items and groceries.

With the percentage increase being aligned to CPI it also gives businesses a predictable formula they can work with. It is important to recognize that it is only when the economy is experiencing growth that wages will increase.

Businesses of Rossland should not view this as a negative but understand the impor-tance of this announcement to the people they employ and that they will still have access to some of the best people in the labour pool, as workers are not put off moving here.

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� is bright and hopeful symbol shows people living with cancer that they don’t have to face cancer alone, and that we won’t give up until we have achieved our vision of a world where no Canadian fears cancer.

During April — Da� odil Month — the Canadian Cancer Society asks all Canadians to buy a da� odil pin and wear it to show their support for those living with cancer.

“We celebrate the ‘power of the � ower’ all year round but April is really our time to shine!” says Lynnette Wray, � nancial support program team lead for the Canadian Cancer Society in the southern interior. “When loved ones are diagnosed with cancer, we o� en want to do something to help or honour them. � is April, we want people to know that there is something they can do.”

Rossland residents can support Canadians living with cancer by wearing a pin, buying fresh cut � owers and donating to the door-to-door campaign. Every donation made during the Canadian Cancer Society’s April Da� odil Campaign brings us one step closer to preventing cancer, detecting it earlier, im-proving treatment and helping Canadians live longer, healthier lives.

Last year, the Canadian Cancer Soci-ety was able to fund $45 million dollars in world-class research to � ght all cancers and help more than 85,000 Canadians through its information and support services. � e

society also funds important cancer preven-tion work so fewer Canadians are diagnosed in the � rst place.

“In April we like to focus on the support programs that help people on a cancer jour-ney,” says Wray. “Like our Lodge in Kelowna

where patients can stay during cancer treat-ments to the � nancial support program that helps pay for their travel expenses to get there. We also have a wig bank in our Trail o� ce where people can come and borrow a wig and get the emotional support they need.”

Of the � ve regions in the BC/Yukon di-vision of the Canadian Cancer Society, the southern interior is the largest user of the

� nancial support program. Since September 2010, over 1,500 clients have been approved for a total of over $700,000 in funding.

“Our region is the biggest user of the � -nancial support program for several reasons,” explains Wray. “We’re very geographically dispersed and patients o� en have to travel long distances for cancer treatment in Kelow-na or Vancouver. For example, a patient in Cranbrook might need specialized treatment that they can only get in Vancouver. � at’s 958 km with limited low-cost transportation options and barriers such as mountain passes and winter weather.”

“I’m proud to be a part of the Canadian Cancer Society because I think with the help of our amazing volunteers and generous do-nors we’re making a real di� erence in the lives of people on their cancer journey,” says Wray.

In Rossland, the Canadian Cancer Society kicks o� Da� odil Month by selling fresh cut da� odils at Ferraro Foods on March 26 and 27. � e da� odil pin will be available by dona-tion at various businesses in Rossland and Trail throughout April, including Kootenay Savings Credit Union, Ferraro Foods and BC Liquor stores.

“We’re looking forward to another success-ful da� odil campaign,” says Wray. “I want to thank everybody that buys a pin, or a bunch of da� odils, or donates at the door. � ank you for making a di� erence.”


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For the � rst time in Canada, the Cana-dian Quilters’ Association (Association de la courtepointe) presented a travelling quilt show titled It’s Time for Colour.

� e show displayed 18 master quilters’ work from across Canada at the Rossland Art Gallery this month. Rossland quilter Karen � atcher, who organized the tour stop here, said the show was well received.

“� ere were tons of people going in there [Rossland Art Gallery]. Not only quilters but also artists — even some from Australia. � e show attracted people from lots and lots of cross disciplines as well as people from other art guilds like Nelson and Grand Forks. � e show is not just about quilts but also about nice artists and their work. We have done a lot of good things for the community.”

� atcher’s story is quite unique in that she learned to quilt as a way to cope with a severe head injury she su� ered a� er a car accident. Quilting trained her to think in a more linear fashion and to weave new ways.

“What I do helps me. Quilting gives me goal-setting techniques. It allows me to ex-press myself,” said � atcher.

When � atcher was � rst establishing herself in quilting, she contacted the Jimmy Pattison Group to donate ties. In the � rst month 4,000 silk ties were sent to her from the Vancouver-based organization which employees 64,000 people.

� atcher explains she organized the travel-ling quilt show to be displayed in Rossland by getting together with gallery curator Fletcher Quince and formulating a plan to bring the award winning quilters’ work to the moun-tain kingdom.

“I was invited to join the group of artists

and I donated to the small quilt that was displayed. I asked to bring the show here,” said � atcher.

� e show o� ered a rare opportunity to purchase a quilt made by a master quilter who has won at least one award at the Canadian National Juried Show.

Quilts were for sale at $200 each with proceeds from sales going to bene� t � e Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada (chil-drenswish.ca).

Quilting allows � atcher to host her own workshops and convey the wealth of informa-tion she has learned over the years. Now a teacher of the art, she explains it is no longer your grandma’s type of handicra� .

“My goal is to create beautiful things by working out the technical problems of art quilting, connecting with others with like interests and teach those who would like to learn my personal techniques,” � atcher said.

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Inaugural travelling quilt showIt’s Time for Colour: The touring show displayed 18 master quilters’ work from across Canada at the Rossland Art Gallery this month. Photo by Alicia Wallace

The Tourist Company, from Vancouver, are coming to Rossland on Saturday, March 28. The group came third in last year’s Peak Performance Project. They released their debut album in 2013, followed by two extended plays in 2014. Now they’re back in the studio working on their sophomore album — set to come out later this year. While they are on the road touring they will play at the Flying Steamshovel. Photo submitted


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“Part of the reason we were open so long is because with the thin snowpack you could see the hazards,” he explained. “Now with up to 30 cm on top, it’s more challenging to see. For people skiing Paradise, there’s good skiing on the groomed runs. So as an advisory, ski the groomed runs.”

� e hill will monitor conditions day-to-day and provide updates at redresort.com.

� e jury is still out if more snow or rain is on the way, according to Jesse Ellis from the Castlegar weather o� ce.

“A couple of weak systems are coming our way, which won’t be snow producers for the higher elevations,” he explained. “� e thing to watch is going to be toward the end of this week and into the weekend, a big system gathering steam o� shore.”

He said snow or rain at the higher el-evations is dependent on how quickly the system moves into the region.

“Truth at the moment is it could still go either way. � e latest models are split 50/50,” said Ellis.

A� er an El Niño phenomenon ushered in a mild winter, Red Mountain fared quite well compared to many other BC ski resorts like those in Kimberley and Fernie, which

were forced to reduce operations due to lack of snow.

Destination visitors from Europe and the United States continued to land in Rossland

over the weekend for a ski vacation, says � ompson, as well as local families skiing for the day.

“We’ve been very steady,” said � ompson. “� e lodging company has done well with high occupancy rates, and throughout town. Relative to a lot of other resorts, we’ve done very well.”

While the regional weather o� ce remains at odds if more snow is on the way, � omp-son said the resort is hoping to push its annual year-end bash past the previously slated March 22 date.

“We are � nalizing the dates now,” he said. “If we are able to keep the mountain open we might push it back another week.”

� ere could be one casualty due to early snow melt, and that’s the annual Slush Cup run. � e end-of-season activity is currently scheduled for March 28, however � ompson is uncertain if there will be enough snow to carry the event.

Howard Katkov, president of Red Moun-tain Resort, issued a letter to season pass holders on Sunday, acknowledging the pain-ful winter for pass holders, destination visi-tors and the community as a whole.

In response to a shortened season, the resort has slashed costs to purchase youth early bird, junior early bird and college stu-dent early bird passes.

— With � les from Sheri Regnier, Trail Times

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A public meeting is scheduled for � ursday, March 26 at 6 p.m. at Rossland city hall’s coun-cil chambers to give the public an opportunity to discuss with council the setting of the 2015 water and sewer rates.

� e City of Rossland completed a request for proposal and contracted DFA Infrastructure Inter-national Inc. to complete

a water and sewer rate analysis. Representatives from the company will present on their � ndings and provide opportunity for the public to ask ques-tions and provide com-ments.

Questions can be di-rected to Lois Hunter, acting chief � nancial, of-� cer at 250-362-2322 or by email at [email protected].

ROSSLAND MUSEUM For the winter, admission will be 50 per cent o� !

THURSDAY NIGHT MUSIC JAMMarch 19, 6-9 p.m.@ � e Old Fire-hall. All levels and musical styles are welcome. � ere will be a nominal fee of $5. For more information contact Ron at 778-457-0011 or email: [email protected].

TRADITIONAL TURKEY BUFFET DINNER March 21, 5 to 7 p.m. @ Rossland United Church Annex. With all the trimmings plus home made desserts. Everyone Welcome!

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGMonday, March 23, 6 p.m.

PUBLIC MEETING� ursday, March 26, 6 p.m. @ Ross-land City Hall to discuss with coun-cil the setting of the 2015 water and sewer rates.

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY DAFFODIL DAYSPick up your fresh cut da� odils March 26-27 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ferraro Foods. Questions? Contact Mary at 250-362-9452.

NDCU 64TH AGMTuesday, April 28, 7 p.m. @ Prestige Lakeside Resort, Nelson. To ensure members from Rossland can partici-pate free bus service will be available. 5:30 p.m. pick up at the Rossland branch. To reserve your seat, call 250-362-7393.

EASTER EGG HUNTApril 4, 11 a.m. @ the Rossland Mu-seum. Following the search, come into the museum for some special cra� s and activities! More details to come.

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YOUTH FILM MAKING DROP INWednesdays, March 4 to April 1, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. @ YAN space.Hang out with other youth � lm mak-ers and work on your � lm projects. Get your � lms ready for the U19 � lm festival with the support of other people interested in � lm. Help each other � lm scenes, share knowledge, techniques and equipment. Facilitated by Liam Barnes, former winner and judge of the U19 Film Festival.

ART DROP IN NIGHTMondays, starting March 2, 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ our new space next door to RHC Insurance down town. � ere will be no instruction, just a space to be creative with other youth artists. We will have guest artists present to lend support. Guest artists: March 2 and 9 – painter Stephanie Gauvin; March 16 and 23 – air brush artist Colin Taylor.Other guest artists to be announced!

ROSSLAND MAKERLAB� ursdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning Men-tors are on hand to help with 3D mod-eling, printing or for other technol-ogy project. For youth 12 and up. � is program is free. ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEYTuesdays 9:45 to 11 p.m.Sundays 9:15 to 10:30 p.m.Join this fun, co-ed recreational pro-gram of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

FREE DISC GOLFFridays at 7 to 9 p.m. from January to mid-March at the RSS gym. � e Kootenay Rockies Disc Golf Society are o� ering indoor disc golf. A variety of fun putting games will be played

on a short indoor course. Baskets will be provided, however if you have a practice basket bring it along. Players should bring their own discs but if you don’t have a disc there will be discs available. � ere are no fees.

PICKLEBALLIndoor Pickleball at RSS starts on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

OPEN MIC NIGHTTuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. @ Flying Steamshovel. Bring your gear and come out and jam with other musi-cians. Hosted by Tim Bourchier.

TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland Public Library. 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 p.m. Rossland Quilters Guild meets. Con-tact Dayanne at 250-362-7727.Wednesday 7 p.m. Rossland Old Time Fiddlers play. Visitors should contact Richie or Au-drey at 250-362-9465. � ursday 9:30 to 11 a.m. Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSIONWednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall. To share ideas, expertise and knowledge, cri-tiques, 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.

WRITER’S CLUBEvery Wednesday until April 15, 7:30 to 9 p.m. @ Rossland Seniors Hall. All genres of writers welcome. No membership fee. Learn from pub-lished authors and writers.

ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY � e library has lots of great programs and events:Homeschoolers Happy Hour:1st and 3rd Friday 1-2 p.m.Lego Club:1st and 3rd � ursday 3 to 4 p.m.Books and Babies: Fridays at 11 a.m. Songs and story time for little ones 0 to 30 months. Page Turners Book Club: 2nd � ursday of each month from 3 to 4 p.m. for kids 8-11 years old.Book Club for adults:Last Wednesday of each month. Movies and Munchies: 4th � ursday of each month from 3 to 4 p.m. For kids 6-12 years.

ROSSLAND MONKEY CLUBTuesdays and � ursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. @ RSS Auditorium. Parkour and fre-erunning. Ages 8 and up. $5 drop-in.

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.

ROSSLAND TOONIE XC SERIES AT BLACKJACKCome ski under lights at the Black-Jack Ski Club. XC Skiing events every � ursday night. Events will continue through March or until we run out of snow. Register in the trailhead cabin between 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.March 19: SkateMarch 26: Classic

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The Lower Columbia Community Development Team and the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture are both recipients of major funding from the Columbia Basin Trust.

The Lower Columbia team will re-ceive $600,000 over the next two years, while the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture has been granted $300,000 that will make the renovation and restoration of the Rossland Miners’ Union Hall one step closer to reality.

“We are very grateful for this show of support from the Columbia Basin Trust,” said Renate Fleming, president of the arts council. “With this $300,000 contribution, we now have 70 per cent of the required funds in place for the project.”

For the arts council, which has been dreaming of turning the fourth floor at-tic space of the Miners’ Hall into a func-tional arts and recreation programming space for nearly 20 years, the funding will give the project momentum for a hopeful construction date in 2016.

“The intent of the project is to stabi-lize the condition of the Miners’ Hall, restore the façade to its historic form and create new spaces inside the exist-ing building that will support arts and community activities,” explains Fleming. “When the Western Federation of Min-ers Local 38 built the Hall in 1898, they had plans to develop the attic into usable space. Finally, over 100 years later, we are going to make it happen.”

Currently the fourth floor attic is an undeveloped spaced used predominantly for storage. The plans for the fourth floor development include a green room for performers, storage for the Gold Fever Follies props and costumes, and a mid-sized main room that would be used for art classes and recreation programs.

When the city announced they would be doing much needed upgrades to the roof and siding of the building using Miners’ Hall designated reserve funds, the arts council knew this was the time to embark upon the much dreamed of fourth floor renovation, Fleming said.

In addition to the city’s planned up-grades to the roof and siding and the arts council’s renovations to the fourth floor, the project has expanded to include res-toration to the façade and reconstruction of the entry courtyard.

“Our plans for the attic renovation included reopening the balcony that overlooks Columbia Avenue,” explains Larry Doell from arts council. “While looking at some historical photos, we re-alized that the design of both the balcony and the roof line had been substantially changed from the original.”

The planned façade restoration in-tends to rebuild both the balcony and roofline to more closely resemble the original High Victorian design.

The Lower Columbia team sought input from the community on how to spend over half a million dollars in grant funds they received from the Trust. As a result, the organization drafted the Lower Columbia priorities plan.

“The valuable input from the com-munity has helped us create the plan that will guide the allocation of $600,000 in funding for the Lower Columbia which includes Rossland, Warfield, Trail, Mon-trose, Fruitvale and Areas A and B over the next two years,” said a committee spokesperson.

The top priorities identified in the plan are: economic and tourism devel-opment, local governance, recreation, community services, and arts, culture and heritage. Over the coming months the committee will be meeting with in-terested stakeholders to identify possible partners and projects. The full plan is available online at lccdts.com.

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Above: Rossland Miners Union Hall ca. 2010 (south elevation) (Larry Doell photo) and inset ca. 1900. (Rossland Museum & Archives)

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School District 20 is seek-ing input to help cut over half a million dollars from next year’s budget.

Last week, district superin-tendent Greg Luterbach sent an email out to parents and stake-holders detailing staffing chang-es, extra charges for bussing and shorter custodial hours as some of the many ideas considered for the 2015-2016 school budget.

Luterbach said anyone with ideas or questions about cuts or generating more revenue for the district is invited to an informa-tion night on April 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kootenay Columbia Learn-ing Centre in Trail.

“The intent of the evening is to help the public and our stake-holders understand the current budget position, what changes may be made for the 2015/2016 to balance the budget and provide people with the opportunity to provide feedback to the board,” he explained.

SD20 has also opened up an online survey, which has already garnered 20 responses, to gather input ahead of next month’s pub-lic presentation

As opinions on cuts come in, Luterbach wants people to under-stand why rollbacks are needed — expenses are getting higher, and the budget, while growing, isn’t growing enough.

“We will not be receiving enough money for the next school year to maintain all pro-grams and services,” he said, add-ing that there is funding coming in for staff wage increases, but it won’t cover the difference.

“(Even with extra wage fund-ing) if we kept all services at the same levels as we planned ini-tially for this school year, we will still be $590,000 short.”

Darrel Ganzert, chair of the board, says the trustees are try-ing their best to work with what they have been given, but staffing numbers may still go down.

“It is very distressing for us to be cutting year after year,” he said. “Our concept has always been to cut away from the classroom as

far as we can.“That has left our buildings in

a state that is not good. All other sorts of non-teaching things have suffered.

“As trustees, we understand declining enrolment and that we are going to have to look at losing some teaching staff and support

staff, but it goes beyond that. There is no increased cost for inflation and there hasn’t been, which is like a loss.

“We try to put the best face we can on it, but we are angry.”

One suggestion listed with the intent to generate funds for the district, rather than cut, is to charge an annual fee to use the school bus system — a route other districts across the province have already gone down.

“Given the budget pressure, one possibility is to charge a flat-rate fee (of either $100 or $50 per year) to recoup part of the cost of the transportation system,” said Luterbach. “The board’s cost to transport one student averages out at approximately $750 after wages, fuel and maintenance. While a $50 or $100 fee would

be a major change and would impact families, it no way cov-ers our actual costs. SD35 (Lang-ley) charges $250 for one student, SD62 (Sooke) charges $135 per year for one student, SD75 (Mis-sion) charges $240 for one stu-dent (and so on).”

District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) president, Re-becca McDonnell, says this isn’t the first time bussing and per-sonnel have come up when SD20 budget time rolls around.

“The list has nothing that hasn’t been on there before,” she said. “I think parents have always known that this kind of thing was going to happen. Previous years, there has been a very negative reaction from parents.”

It is too early for McDonnell to comment for all parent advisory councils in the district regarding this year’s round of budget issues, simply because they are still look-ing at all of the options available on the list sent out by Luterbach.

“I can’t give you a DPAC per-spective yet because this informa-tion is still being disseminated among our members and we still need to find out more informa-tion about exactly how all the parents feel,” she said. “We rep-resent our entire district so, our reps are talking to their PACs and they are finding out opinions.”

Before the board’s public bud-get presentation, DPAC, along with the Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union and the Cana-dian Union of Public Employees Local 1285, all stakeholders with the school district, are going to have an opportunity to address the board of trustees and share their thoughts and ideas.

The first public presentation of the budget is on April 15. The second reading of the budget is scheduled for April 27 at 7 p.m. during the board’s regular meet-ing. The final reading, with no opportunity for discussion, will take place on May 1 at the Koo-tenay Columbia Learning Centre. Parents are also invited to share their opinions through McDon-nell at [email protected].

To access the online sur-vey, visitfluidsurveys.com/s/sd20/1516budgetsurvey.

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We will not be receiving enough money for the next school year to maintain all programs and services.

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School District 20 ponders cutsDistrict considers range of options to

trim $590,000 from 2015/16 budget

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Industry: GasIt could do.

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On Saturday, the Rotary Club of Rossland hosted a fundraising event with singer, songwriter, and performer Paul Valdemar Horsdal, commonly known as Valdy. The Canadian folk and country musician played to a full house at the Rossland’s Miners’ Hall. “It’s a happening and healthy town,” Valdy said of Rossland. “It is always an honour to be invited back. When I have a full house like this it’s as good as it gets, enthusiastic people joining in. Oh yeah! I want to come back already.” “His intros to each song were worth the price of admission alone,” said Louis Dionne of Rotary. “He was very quick to adapt to changing circumstances. I’m pretty sure his show changes from day to day. On the way out, the crowd was saying that he could come back next year and that they’d come again.” Photo by Louis Dionne

In honour of International Women’s Day on March 7, Women Creating Change hosted a film screening of Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines at the Rossland Public Library. Rossland artist Jenny Baillie has created a series of works on the Wonder Woman theme. Photo by Women Creating Change

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