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Thursday, March 28: Workshop – “Procedures for Running an Effective Meeting” 6:30 pm at Rock Creek Pavilion. Saturday, March 30: Kettle River Rec Easter egg hunt 11 a.m. Hot dogs and refreshments served after the egg hunt. Saturday, March 30: Westbridge Easter Party at 10 a.m. Fun, crafts, prizes, Easter Egg hunt, pancake breakfast provided. Info Shelly 250-446-2434 Saturday, March 30: Kettle River Lion’s Easter dinner starts at 5 p.m. at the Rock Creek Fall Fair Pavilion. No tickets needed and children are welcome. Month of March: Kettle River Woodcraft customer appreciation, 15% off all clothing, any purchase will enter you for a $50 gift certificate. Friday, April 5: Opening day at Kettle Valley Golf Course. Saturday, April 6: Fall Fair Bylaw revision meeting at Pavilion 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. For more info contact Ilana Fraser 250-446-2676. Thursday, April 11: Boundary Minor Hockey AGM & Awards Banquet. Pot luck at the Midway Community Hall. Doors at 5:30, dinner at 6. Saturday, April 13: 19th annual Cattle Baron’s Ball. 5:30 doors, 6 p.m. roast beef smorgasbord. Advance tickets only - 19 and over. Info Greg 250-446-2189 or Erica 250-446-2203. Saturday, April 20: 10-4 p.m. Riverside Art Show at Rock Creek Pavilion. Kids sculpting and painting, meet local artists, art for sale or just browse. Everyone welcome. Through April 30: Volunteer Tax Preparation Clinic. Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 p.m. @ Selkirk College Room 1 and Wednesdays 1-3 p.m. @ 174 Market Avenue, Room 1. REGULAR EVENTS: Mondays: Rock Creek Guiding Unit from 3:30 to 5. Info Linda Sheppard 250-445-6718. Mondays: Midway Art Club meets from 2 - 4 p.m. Info: 250-449-2673. Mondays: Pokino at the Greenwood Seniors Centre, starts at 1 p.m. Mondays: Legion drop in crib at the Greenwood Legion 7 PM start. $3 for the evening. Mondays: Community Learning Place from 10 to noon, twice a month for help with basic computer use, iPhone, Math, Writing, or Reading. For a complete schedule, drop by the library or visit greenwood.bclibrary.ca Monday - Saturday: Drop-in social at the Greenwood Seniors Centre, Mon/ Wed/Fri - 9-11 a.m., Tues/Thurs/Sat - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays: Through April 11: Dr. John McDougall’s total health solution for the 21st Century. Rock Creek Medical Centre, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Monday, April 1 – “Eating In and Out of the House”. Thursday, April 4 – “Keeping Healthy Blood Vessels”. Info 250-446-2522 or 250-446-2517. Monday & Thursdays: Free Yoga Classes, 6 – 7:30 pm at Greenwood Elementary. Must register with Selkirk College. For more info call Diane 250-445-6364 Mondays and Thursdays – March 18 to April 11: Dr. John McDougall’s

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total health solution for the 21st Century. Rock Creek Medical Centre, 10:30 a.m. to noon. March 25 – “Planning Successful Meals”; March 28 – “Effortless Weight Loss”. Info 250-446-2522 or 250-446-2517. First & Third Monday: Midway Village Council meeting; 6:30 p.m. with a delegation or 7 p.m. if none. First & Third Monday: The Bridge Drop-in Centre in Midway is open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. First Monday: Greenwood Seniors Centre meeting at 2 p.m. Info: 250445-2290. Second Monday: The Bridge Drop-in Centre sorting day 10-2 p.m. All helpers are appreciated. Second & Fourth Monday: Greenwood City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Third Monday: Bridesville Women’s Institute meets at 11 am. Info: 4462210 or 446-2121. Third Monday: Frolicking Fancies – the Greenwood Red Hat Ladies Group meet monthly in Greenwood. Information Francine 250-445-6734; or Shirley 250-445-9908. Third Monday: Discover Rock Creek Society meets in the WBES library at 6:30. Last Monday: Kettle River Recreation Commission meets at the Little Red School House at 7 p.m. Info Bill Watson 250-446-2325 or Sherry Dalziel 250-446-2997. Tuesdays: AA Meetings at McArthur Centre in Greenwood at 8:00 pm. Tuesdays - Feb 26 - Apr 30: Bible Study – The Last Seven Sayings of Jesus from 7-8 p.m. at the Rock Creek Medical Centre. Tuesdays & Thursdays: Taekwondo 6-7 p.m. West Boundary Elementary Gym. $55 for uniform; lessons are free. Instructor Bo Macfarlane. Tuesdays and Thursdays: Kettle River Art Club meets from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. In McArthur Centre. First Tuesday: Elks #493 monthly meeting at the Slavonic Hall in Grand Forks at 7pm. Info: 250-442-2856 or 250-442-4276. Second Tuesday: Greenwood Board of Trade meets at 7 p.m. upstairs at City Hall. Third Tuesday: Kettle Valley Wildlife Association meets at the range in Rock Creek at 7 pm. Wednesdays: Boundary Guiding Unit Midway. Info Elaine Fromme 4492309 or Sue Fielding 250-445-9955 Wednesdays: Greenwood & District Business Assoc. meeting. Anglican Church at 7 pm. Wednesdays: Drop in Bingo at Greenwood Seniors Centre, starts 5:30 pm. Wednesdays: Belly Dancing at Bridesville Hall from 6:30 – 8 p.m. No experience necessary. Free. Info: 250-446-2942. Wednesdays: Midway Crib Tournament – Bored Room Bistro 607 Eighth Avenue, Midway at 6:30 p.m. First Wednesday: West Boundary Senior Housing Society meeting at 1 pm in Parkview Manor Midway. Second Wednesday: Boundary Citizen’s Patrol meets at Midway Senior’s

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Centre from 7 - 8 pm. Info: Wayne 250-449-2191, Paul 250-445-2111, or Wolfgang 250-446-2455. Third Wednesday: Rock Creek Women’s Institute meet for a potluck lunch at 11:45. Info: 250-446-2454 or 250-446 -2608. Third Wednesday: Main River Women’s Institute meets in Westbridge at 10 a.m. Info: 250-446-2616. Third Wednesday: Rock Creek & Boundary Fair Assoc. meets at 7 pm at the pavilion from March through November. Info: 250-446-2465. Thursdays: Singing Kettles choir group meets for practice - 4 p.m. at St Mary’s Church in Kettle Valley Thursdays: Kettle River Art Club Thursdays: The Riverside Artists meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kettle Wildlife Hall. First Thursday: Rock Creek Medical Society meets at 7 p.m. in the boardroom of the clinic. First & Third Thursday: Food bank at the Evangel Chapel at 11 a.m. Donations welcome. Info 250-445-2125. Second & Fourth Thursday: Kettle River Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. in the Medical Clinic boardroom at Rock Creek. Thursdays: Pirana Poker Tour BC Tournament – Bored Room Bistro 607 Eighth Avenue, Midway at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays: Midway Summer Reading Club at the library. 10–11:15 a.m. – Age 4 to 10. Fridays: Bingo at Greenwood Community Hall. Doors open 5 p.m., early bird 7 p.m. Progressive jackpot. Fridays: Coffee at Midway Seniors Centre from 9:30 - 11. Fridays: Greenwood Legion 8-ball Tournament at 7 p.m. $2 per person $1 to Legion & $1 to the pot, winner take all. Fridays: Overeaters Anonymous 11 a.m. - 12 noon at St. Jude’s Church in Greenwood. Fridays: Greenwood Legion Darts Night at 7 pm $3 drop in fee. Third Friday: Movie nights at Midway Community Hall; 7 p.m. Bring your own travel cup. $2 includes movie, drink and a popcorn. Saturdays: Lion’s Club Meat Draw, at Prospector Pub in Rock Creek. Starts at 3 p.m. Saturdays: Greenwood Royal Canadian Legion Canteen open 1-6 pm. Meat draw 3:30 p.m. Saturdays: Christina Lake Indoor Public Market 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Christina Lake Village. Info: 1-866-460-9447. Saturdays: Rock Creek Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. First Saturday of every month: Pancake breakfast at the Greenwood Legion from 8 - 11 am. First Sunday: Royal Canadian Legion Br. #155 meets at 2 p.m. Greenwood Public Library: Open Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat. Opens at noon. Greenwood Seniors Centre Thrift Store: Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.

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Fair decides theme

At their March meeting the Rock Creek and Boundary Fair Association made several decisions about the coming year’s activities. They settled on the theme for the fair, “Powered By Volunteers” winning out over several other suggestions. An annual budget of $151,904.18 was adopted. The membership heard that the board has given approval to Jamie Haynes of Heritage Mills to use the Eek Cabin and area for a display on grain growing in the Boundary. Heritage Mills is a Rock Creek company producing and marketing federally inspected, labtested whole grain flour. They are working with local farmers to rebuild the local trade. Haynes is asking the community for help in locating photographs of bygone days of threshing and combining in the Boundary. Contact him at 250-446-2446. Director Ron Palmer reported that a grant application with Western Economic Diversification (WED) initiated by the previous board had been approved, but was turned down by the current board because it is too costly to pursue this year. The $90,000 project would have replaced the grandstand bleachers; however, because the fair

would have had to come up with 50 per cent of the costs, they decided to instead ask WED if they would consider a smaller grant for a $30,000 project to do roof repair work. Palmer also reported that after the February general membership meeting, Area E Director Bill Baird had approached the board to offer his services in facilitating a meeting between the board and Buckin’ Hens to try to get the rodeo back on the schedule for Rock Creek this year. Palmer said the board consented to Baird’s proposal but had heard nothing back from him. “We are assuming that meeting will not be going ahead,” said Palmer. Treasurer Lisa Sims reported that the board’s financial review committee had met and reviewed the additional financial information that they had requested from various sources. “We are preparing a report, which will include our findings and our recommendations. This report will be presented to the board at their next meeting and I believe in April they will be able to bring that recommendation to the membership.” In presenting the 2013 budget on behalf of the budget and planning committee, Terry Keough recommended that a committee should be struck to deal with sponsorships and that the board consider putting 10 per cent of their annual revenue into a reserve account. “Once you’ve got four years of that then you’ve got one full year [of operating] in the bank,” Keough explained. “After that you continue to put aside the 10 per cent but put it back into facilities.” Ilana Fraser proposed a special meeting to discuss bylaw revisions. It is scheduled for Saturday, April 6 at 10 a.m. It was reported that Vicki Gee has taken on the duties of chasing down leads on grants. Ron Palmer’s company, Osoyoos Mountain Estates Inc., has donated a generator set to the fair. It will be used for the venders and is expected to save the fair money. Currently FortisBC sets the electrical rate for the fair based on their highest rate of consumption – which occurs only two days a year during the fair. So cutting costs on that weekend should save money overall. A special meeting will be held on ThursJamie and Maureen Haynes are seeking old photos of day, March 28 on how to conduct a meetgrain threshing and combining for a fall fair display ing. Ministry of Agriculture agrologist they are putting together. Carl Withler will facilitate the meeting.

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Dog owners concerned Regional district proposes new animal control bylaw

The regional district’s proposed new animal control bylaw has sparked a lot of concern among local dog owners. The Kootenay Boundary Pet Dog Association held a meeting last Tuesday, March 12 that packed the Seniors’ Centre in Grand Forks City Park, to discuss the bylaw which would cover Greenwood, all of Grand Forks (city and Area D) and Christina Lake. The bylaw passed three readings last month. The group has prepared an alternative to Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) Animal Control Bylaw 1511, also stating that they welcome suggestions to their proposition.

Of most concern to many of those at the meeting was the proposed limit of only three dogs per property. This part of the proposed bylaw would not apply to Christina Lake dog owners as Area C Director Grace McGregor has opted to keep the current five-dog limit there. Some are concerned that the limit on the number of dogs in the new bylaw would not allow for small breeding operations or boarding kennels. There are also concerns that the bylaw is discriminatory against specific breeds because it defines a vicious dog as: • Any dog that has attacked or bitten, attempted to attack or bite, or chase any person or animal or wildlife; or, • A pit bull terrier, American pit bull terrier, pit bull Staffordshire, bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier or any dog of mixed breeding which includes any of the aforementioned breeds. Richard Smith, RDKB Animal Control Officer, also spoke at the meeting. Ken Smith, owner of JK Kennels in Area D near Eholt, has been in business seven years. He admits that his kennel is considered an illegal business because his property is not zoned for a kennel. He said that no property in Area D is designated for boarding kennels unless the owner

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goes through a costly zoning amendment process; something that is difficult for him to do because he is living on a reduced pension. “The mistake I made was to put a sign up,” Smith told the Times in a telephone interview. He said that shortly thereafter (in 2010), he was contacted by RDKB and told he was running an illegal business. “So I took the sign down and very quietly carried on running the illegal business.” He said that without his kennel and another in Grand Forks, pet owners would have nowhere local to board their dogs. “If there is no need for boarding kennels, why have I got 21 dogs this week?” asked Smith. He said he’d asked the regional district what he had to do to become legal, but had decided not to pursue that option because the $1,000 fee could be lost if the zoning amendment were turned down. “It only needs one member to say no,” said Smith. “Takes me a long time to make a thousand bucks. So I didn’t go for that.” Kathy Novokshonoff is another Area D resident concerned about the threedog limit. She is a purebred dog fancier who shows dogs and offers dog training. She does not board dogs but she and her husband have six dogs on their 17 hectare property. In June Novokshonoff will be bringing the Canine Good Neighbour Evaluators to the Boundary for the third year. She echoes Smith’s concern that without the availability of kennel facilities, pet owners will be left with less than desirable alternatives. She suggests the animal control bylaw focus on what dogs and cats do to irritate people, and what you can do to stop them. Greenwood resident Walt Harris is also concerned about the grandfathering clause in the proposed bylaw. He insists his neighbour already has too many dogs and feels that grandfathering it will simply make a noisy situation a legal noisy situation. Bylaw 1511 was scheduled for final adoption tonight, March 28, but following the meeting few felt that the bylaw would be adopted without further consideration.

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IHA response does not please

Council was less than MIDWAY pleased with a response they received from Interior Health Authority President and CEO Dr. Robert Halpenny to a letter they had sent to IHA on Feb. 5 with concerns about the backlog of appointments at the lab clinic in Midway. “It is understandable that such a backlog is cause for concern particularly in light of the fiscal and human resource challenges that we face today and in the future,” said Halpenny. “I am asking our regional director, IH lab services and his staff to work with you and our partners in Acute and Community Services, as well as local physicians to search for innovative ways and means to offer appropriate and adequate services to your community.” Council decided to contact local physicians to see if they have heard from IHA on the matter. “We need to stay on top of it because I think that we should be pushing some buttons to make these guys perform,” said Councillor Gary Schierbeck. Councillor Marguerite Rotvold said she would be attending a meeting in Kelowna on April 3 where Halpenny would be in

attendance. “I am going to ask Dr. Halpenny about lab services in rural areas, because New Denver gets lab services five days a week and New Denver is smaller than we are,” she noted. *** RCMP Staff Sergeant Jim Harrison and Corporal Kevin Christiansen visited Midway council last week to present them with the Annual Report to Mayors, Councils and Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. This was the same report given to Greenwood council a week earlier. But with a different audience there were a few new points touched upon and questions raised. He told council that the detachment is planning to do more school liaison work in both elementary and high schools. “In the Boundary we don’t have a big youth crime problem,” he said, adding that he sees school liaison work as good preventative work. “We can focus on the up-and-coming generation, to let them know that we are there and that we have an awful lot of respect for them in our community. “Quite frankly most of the youth in

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our community that I have met are really great young citizens and I think all of our communities are very lucky with the young people that we do have.” Harrison offered Midway council the assistance of local RCMP in enforcing bylaws of a peace and order nature. “Even though it doesn’t fit our mandate it does fit in my mind our responsibility to the community to keep peace and good order in the community. Municipal bylaws are a part of that package and quite frankly they give my members a tool on their belt to deal with the situation.” Harrison said his 2013 plan calls for more participation in emergency planning as well. “That’s kind of where we are going in 2013. Those are the priorities that we’ve set for the detachment. The other things that we will be doing are crime reduction initiatives.We will be still targeting on prolific offenders.” Rotvold questioned the lack of specific statistics in the report on drug related offences. *** Administrator Penny Feist reported that there were no responses to the advertisements for someone willing to take on the job of animal control officer in the village.

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The Greenwood Board of Trade (BOT) held colour, doing all the photographs and restructurtheir annual general meeting on Tuesday, March ing the wording,” stated Deib. “He put hours into it.” 12. Wayne Deib was elected Joining Deib on the BOT expresident for the coming year. ecutive this year are Ray Harri“As far as the future of the son – vice-president, Dave Evans Board of Trade, which is over – past-president, Jim Nathorst – 100 years old, we are planning director at large, Sherry Stewart to carry on with some sound – secretary, and Colleen Fraser ideas to enhance the commu– treasurer. nity of Greenwood,” said Deib. “The first thing that we plan The mission statement of the BOT reads: “The object of to do is to fund and arrange the Greenwood BOT shall be installation of historic signage to promote and improve trade, on anywhere up to 20 historic commerce and the economic, buildings, which will provide civic and social welfare of the tourists with information and district. Any reputable person, give tourists reasons to stop directly or indirectly engaged here.” or interested in trade, comDeib said that there will merce or the economic and sobe a parade this year and the cial welfare of the district, shall Greenwood Board of Trade WAYNE DEIB be eligible for membership in will be involved with it. Another initiative the BOT is looking at this the board.” year is one headed up by the Greenwood MuThe group meets on the second Tuesday of seum: a printing of the walking tour pamphlet. each month at 7 p.m. upstairs at City Hall. Deib said the museum is considering printing it in colour and the BOT is contemplating cooperating with the museum on the cost of the printing. “I want to thank Al Donnelly for all the effort he did to redoing the walking tour pamphlet in

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Release report Carbon offsets: B.C.’s looniest green scheme yet? That interesting question was asked in a Globe and Mail headline last week. Midway Councillor Dick Dunsdon, who has raised the same query a few times at the council table, brought a clipping of the article to share with the rest of council. The province’s carbon trading system is supposed to lead us to a greener future by having us accept responsibility for our carbon sins. You add up how many tonnes of carbon you produce and then purchase an equivalent amount of carbon offsets. Critics say that schools, hospitals, local governments and other public entities are forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on carbon credits, while private businesses sell their credits for cash. Midway, Greenwood and the regional district have all agreed that this year they will purchase carbon offsets from the Kootenay-based Darkwoods Conservation Project. Midway council was told in February by Community Energy Association consultant Patricia Dehnel that Darkwoods was still awaiting a report by Auditor General John Doyle. Speaker Bill Barisoff received the report last Friday, March 22 but is holding up its release, citing possible procedural errors in how it was distributed. It’s a given that we must take action on climate change – and carbon trading is where we’ve been led. But the carbon credit system is new and it involves huge sums of money. According to Doyle various international bodies have been scrutinizing carbon offsets and forest carbon sinks like the Darkwoods project in B.C. “The auditor general of B.C. isn’t a voice in the wilderness on this issue,” he said. Now would be a good time to release the report so we can make sure this new carbon economy is soundly based – or if it is just a “loonie scheme”? Release the report.

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Time to find a community solution? In his annual report to mayors and councils RCMP Staff that IHA has a budget to secure facilities in the larger cenSargent Jim Harrison wrote, “The lack of easily accessible tres like Kelowna, Trail or Kamloops – so why do they not services for addictions, substance abuse and mental health pay for facilities they use in rural communities? treatment remains a concern in our communities. In many Unfortunately things fell through. It seems the facilities cases we see people dealt with in the Criminal Justice Sys- lack adequate hand washing stations and bathroom facilitem that would be better served in the Health system. We ties to meet current regulations and IHA says it is broke. will work with and support agencies working toward bringSo council was unable to meet the request for space by ing better services to our area.” Boundary Mental Health and Addiction SerThis comment comes from the police – the vices; and once again, Harrison’s concern is A LITTLE first line of contact for many who are struggling PERSPECTIVE endorsed. with addiction or mental health issues. What poAll for the cost of a sink! Surely a grant from Healthy Communities or some such could be lice officers do often looks a lot like what a social found to put in a bathroom so services might worker does – only they wear a flack jacket. But what is this lack of “easily accessible serbe available to those reaching out for help. vices”? Yes, IHA is passing the problem to local For one thing, Kelowna’s Crossroads Treatcommunities. But it doesn’t appear they are going to do anything differently. Maybe it’s ment Centre is closing. In January the board of Pat directors announced that with a debt of $1.3 miltime to find a community solution? KELLY *** lion and another $300,000 owed in grants, they have run out of options. This might quell a rumour going about the In order to remain open, the facility required Boundary. Might not? $132 a bed a day, for 38 beds. Interior Health provided $92 But spokesmen for the Ministry of Environment told the a bed. The facility provides 42-day treatment programs for Times this morning that Johnstone Creek is not for sale and men and women suffering from drug and alcohol addiction, BC Parks is unaware of any information that would imply it as well as a detox program. is being sold. The closure of Crossroads, which has been serving the Sources say that Johnstone Creek is a Class A Provincial needs of the southern interior for 37 years, backs up Har- Park which is created by the BC Legislature under the Park Act. Any change in the status of the park would require a rison’s statement about services being unavailable. But some services can be provided closer to home. Back decision by the Legislature. in December Boundary Mental Health and Addiciton Ser*** vices wrote a letter to Midway council requesting use of ofWhen the itch hits you have to scratch it and Special K is fice space in the basement of the medical clinic to provide really itching to get going on the yard. comprehensive services for folks with mental health and I think she’s planning double duty this weekend - what substance use issues. with the long weekend and no Monday night council meetCouncil – with the best interests of the village taxpayer ing she’ll probably get away with it too. top of mind, as it should be, directed staff to contact IHA Don’t tell her – but I’m looking forward to working outto see if they were interested in renting the basement of the side in the fresh air too. medical clinic for all their health services. Their logic was Bring it on!

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