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Local organizer seeks canvassers for petition BY ART HARRISON Times Staff
The Sensible B.C. petition campaign to decriminalize marijuana in the province kicks off Monday and the local organizer believes that the Kootenay West riding has a good chance of gathering its share of necessary signatures to change provincial law. “You know our area is a good area for it,” Susan Yurychuk, Kootenay West campaign organizer, said from her home in the Slocan Valley. “My challenge with the Kootenays is that everybody thinks we’re a shoe-in here and they may not come out.” As part of the Elections B.C. initiative process the Sensible B.C. group has 90 days, as of the official start date, for the petition to gather signatures from 10 per cent of the population in each of the province’s 85 electoral districts. Reaching that mark would compel the provincial government to hold a province-wide vote to pass the group’s “Sensible Policing Act” in September of 2014. Although the initiative process only calls for 10 per cent, Yurychuk is pushing for 15 per cent in this area to ensure a safe margin. “We need 4,694 signatures in our district,” Yurychuk said. See REGULATION, Page 3
WEST KOOTENAY TOY RUN
Annual ride faces slight detour in Trail BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
Even Santa Claus has been forced to change his travel plans due to the downtown revitalization project in Trail. The West Kootenay Toy Run Association is gearing up for its 26th annual trek this weekIt’s end where bikers from all over the region ride almost in the name of charity with St. Nick, the weekend... together who trades in his sleigh and reindeer for a Harley and horsepower once a year, leading the way. The ride, which attracts over 500 motorcycles, will follow its usual route from Castlegar, through Nelson, Salmo and Fruitvale before a slight detour in Trail. Rather than parking in front of Ferraro Foods, the riders will pull into the Cominco parking lot to avoid loose gravel and then take the back alley (past Frosty's Liquor Store) to continue through to Rossland, where Golden City Days will be underway. Hwy 22A 250.368.6466 MP_adM3_Layout 1 13-05-03 6:28 AM Page 1 See TOY, Page 3
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Father James McHugh admired the workmanship at Holy Trinity Parish, including the wheelchair access ramp, Wednesday. First mass at the renovated site is Sept. 15. For information visit the church’s website holytrinityparish.vpweb.ca.
Church renovations on schedule Volunteers pitch in to refurbish 76-year-old church BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
As an historic event draws near for the Greater Trail Catholic community, Vicki Bisaro, 90-year church member, took a moment to reflect on the creation of Holy Trinity Parish. “I came to Canada in 1924,” she said. “I have been attending mass since that time and I think having one church brings people closer together.” Bisaro, a spry 96-year old Trail resident, was speaking of the canonical suppression (dissolution) of the city’s two remaining Catholic churches
earlier this year, and the unification of congregations under one roof in the former Our Lady of Perpetual Help in East Trail. The church was renamed Holy Trinity Parish (Trinity defines God as three divine persons) in May, and has been stripped down and renovated for its inaugural mass Sept. 15 at 10:30 a.m. “When there is more than one church, people become so involved with their own parish that they forget there are others who believe in the same things,” said Bisaro. “That separates people instead of bringing them closer together.” Since June, Tom Hart, an engineer by trade and the project’s volunteer manager, has been devoted to renovating
Holy Trinity Parish using his expertise in building design and construction. Hart has been a member of the Catholic community since the early ‘80s and was responsible for the drawings and budget to makeover the 76-year-old church. “We’ve had a few glitches, in particular repairing the return air system under the floor,” said Hart. “We didn’t have any drawings for what was under there so we kind of had to take it one step at a time.” The renovations, which include refinishing the original floors, installing new laminate, and a bright new wall colour, will be completed on schedule confirmed Father Jim McHugh. See IMPROVEMENTS, Page 3
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