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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
CBT grants target youth and sports
City closes book on library move to old Fields building
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BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Over $300,000 handed out BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The news is good if you are an athlete, youngster, music lover or community landscaper. Last Thursday, the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary greenlighted funding allocations from five jurisdictions, totalling over $300,000 from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) Community Initiatives Program. The City of Trail had over $100,000 to divvy up between various community associations and non-profits. Topping the list is the Greater Trail Pickleball Community, which received $10,000 to convert tennis courts to pickleball courts. Although pickleball appears to be very similar to tennis, it is more accessible to a wider range of players, particularly, children and seniors. On the ice, the Trail Smoke Eaters and the Beaver Valley Nitehawks can continue the quest to excel in its respective leagues, with grants of $10,000 and $4,180 respectively. Youth in Greater Trail will benefit from the $10,000 that is earmarked for the Columbia Youth Development Centre; which will be applied to the future urban all-wheel skatepark. The after-school band program which is held in the Trail Alliance Church every Tuesday received $10,000 to continue to engage kids and adult beginners in musical endeavours. In a few months, residents may note a flurry of activity at the intersection of Laburnum Drive and Highway 3B, as the Kiwanis Club of Trail was allocated $15,000 to break ground on its beautification project, a historical analemmatic(horizontal) sundial. The plan includes a solar light to illuminate the sundial at night and an inner base of paving stones surrounded by turn, to highlight the See COMMUNITIES, Page 3
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Erik Myers of Hil Tech Contracting cuts through the bricks at the Home of Champions Monument in downtown Trail on Tuesday. The bricks are being removed to install a new bench located at the monument. The monument will return to its pedestal for a grand unveiling on the evening of May 9 leading into the Silver City Days celebration.
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Relocating the library to the south end of town is a no-go. Earlier this year, the Trail and District Public Library board put forth a proposal to council to relocate its operations into the vacant Fields building on Spokane Street in downtown Trail. “I received an email from council in early April saying, 'No,'” said Barbara Gibson, library chair. “But I didn't want to say anything until I had the chance to meet with them and say, please reconsider.” Gibson explained that because council's decision to decline “The the proposal citizens was made in a of Trail closed meeting, she wanted to deserve to address them know who in person and is voting lay out reasons why the proin support posal should be of their reconsidered. “I wanted a library and chance to perwho isn’t.” sonally put the proposal in BARBARA GIBSON front of them again and ask for them to stand up and be counted. “The citizens of Trail deserve to know who is voting in support of their library and who isn’t.” Her dogged determination did not pay off, because council only agreed to defer decision to reconsider their position after a strategic planning session on Thursday. “But that is a closed meeting as well, and those discussions will not be made public either.” So far, the city has spent $40,000 on a consultant (hired by the board) for a complete assessment of the current library space and access; a 12-question survey to gain public opinion; and relocation options. Once the reports were complete, See SURVEY, Page 3
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