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Warfield Days brings out the community Page 2
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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Users share ideas for Charles Bailey
Motorcycle accident sends two to hospital
RESCUE REHEARSAL
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Fee frustration evident at meeting BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
Greater Trail’s creative community is even willing to use reverse psychology if it means more people will support the Charles Bailey Theatre. “Don’t come here, it sucks. There’s nothing creative going on,” laughed Nadine Tremblay, theatre front-house manager. Tremblay is reviewing feedback from a community consultation held Thursday night, where about 20 people were asked to dream big on the future of the 764-seat facility. Conversation swayed to a little “ridiculous” at times, with over-the-top suggestions like the use of reverse psychology to attract new patrons and the construction of a roof-top patio to keep them coming. But bright marketing ideas like focusing on partnerships with local businesses or encouraging kids to bring their parents out for a show to gain free entry were noted. This is just one of the ways Tremblay is collecting feedback from residents for a business plan that will recommend how the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) can efficiently run its theatre. Participants in the community consultation split up into groups and discussed potential programming and events (a storytelling festival, children’s programming and inter-disciplinary shows to name a few), and ways to maximize the venue and get more patrons in seats. Twenty-seven-year-old Carolyn Ferraro came out to add her voice to the discussion. With a diploma in makeup design for film and television and another in acting for film and television, the Trail native is looking to find her place in the local arts community, a foundation to a strong economy as she sees it. See COSTS, Page 3
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The Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Department held a rescue practice session on the Victoria St. Bridge in Trail on Sunday. Every few months firefighters go through exercises to keep them sharp and ready for when the situation arises.
Two Trail residents are in hospital with serious injuries following an accident between a pick up truck and a motorcycle on Saturday. Salmo RCMP responded to the crash on Highway 3/6, five kilometres east of Salmo, at approximately 2 p.m. According to the preliminary police report, a pickup driving northbound on Belmont Road failed to yield the right of way to the motorcycle, which was headed westbound on the highway. Two occupants on the motorcycle, a 22-year old Trail woman and a 69-year old Trail man, were thrown from the bike on impact and both suffered serious injuries. The highway was closed for almost three hours during the investigation and to allow the helicopter to land on the highway for immediate medical transport. The male rider was flown by BC Air Ambulance (helicopter) to Kelowna and later to a hospital in Vancouver; the female rider was driven by ambulance to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. “No names are being released right now,” Sgt. Darryl Little told the Trail Times on Monday. “And as far as we know, their conditions remain unchanged. We haven’t yet been updated.” No charges have been laid and the cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Trail pioneer among many to be saluted by city Civic reception set for Wednesday at Cominco Gym BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
She was the first woman to do the spread eagle on figure skates in Trail and later get the first hole in
one at the Castlegar Golf Course, but it wasn't just athleticism that Sheila Seymour thrived at. Now 94 years old, the Trail resident has had a lifetime of accomplishments – from joining the air force during the second World War, raising a family, and having a strong
voice for local seniors. But as she counts the days until the Trail Civic Reception, when she will rub shoulders with some of Trail's early movers and shakers, Seymour shrugs her shoulders when she talks of her own achievements during her exciting life that continues
to develop well into her golden years. “The feeling of getting together with old friends” keeps her attending the annual tea, held this Wednesday at the Trail Memorial Centre's gymnasium. Seymour was born and raised in Robson and was
the second youngest of five children belonging to Gordon and Elizabeth Brown. When her father passed in 1925, her family eventually settled in East Trail, where she lived until she joined the air force in 1943. See LIFE, Page 10
SHEILA SEYMOUR
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