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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Group secures funding for affordable housing BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
A group that has been dedicated to filling housing holes in the Greater Trail market is starting to look at vacant buildings and For Sale signs with a keen eye. The Lower Columbia Community Development Team's attainable housing committee has secured nearly $1 million in funding to purchase nine units in Greater Trail distributed among Trail, Fruitvale and probably Rossland, according to attainable housing committee chair Jan Morton. “It's thrilling, absolutely thrilling,” she said Thursday. “To go from study to action is marvellous. “We're very excited.” After an extensive needs assessment and a closer look at specific households and housing needs, the committee's push turned into action when its second application was accepted by the Affordable Rental Housing initiative, a partnership between the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) and BC Housing. See DATA, Page 3
BEAVER FALLS
Water advisory issued BY TIMES STAFF Another water advisory has been issued for the Beaver Falls Waterworks District. As a precautionary measure, a “Water Quality Advisory” is being issued to inform the users of the Beaver Falls Waterworks District of a change in water quality due to total coliform counts. The risk is considered low; however, customers with compromised immune systems, the young and the elderly may choose to take extra precautions when drinking, washing fruits and vegetables, making beverages or ice, or when brushing teeth. Boil water rapidly for at least one minute or use an alternative, safe source of water. The district issued a water advisory in late August that was rescinded a week later. The district is also issuing a chlorination advisory, which began Sept. 20, until further notice. For more information contact Beaver Falls Waterworks District at 250-367-0255.
ART HARRISON PHOTO
Eveyone was lending a hand during the Trail Air Cadets Gliding Day on Saturday. Local cadets take on the job of stabilizing the glider’s wings on takeoff while one of the visiting cadet pilots supervises and gives running hand signals to the tow plane pilot in charge of safely hauling the glider to altitude. See more photos on Page 2.
Cadets soar on Gliding Day BY ART HARRISON Times Staff
Each Remembrance Day in November it is a common sight to see the local air cadets on parade in their crisp uniforms, following the terse marching orders shouted by their commanding officers. One might wonder why they join such an organization, why join an extension of the Canadian Forces when they are so young? A visit to the Trail Regional Airport this past weekend would provide the answer to that question in a second. They can fly. Saturday saw the Trail Air Cadets, 531 Squadron hold its fall Gliding Day, a twice yearly opportunity for the local cadets to actually experience flight in two Cadet Air Operations gliders that have been towed over the mountains from the regional base in Oliver for the occasion. “Our goal is to give every single cadet one or two flights per year,” said Officer Cadet, Simon Bambey. “We give them the introduction and hope that they pursue flying in the Air
Cadet Program.” Bambey said that every year about 80 advanced cadets take the training and try to qualify for a licence with the cadet program, 40 seeking glider licensing, and 40 for the powered flight, at cadet camps in the province. “We cycle each one through to make sure every cadet gets to do a bit of flying,” he explained. “They get taken up to about 2000 feet and have about a 12-to-15-minute flight. Licensed pilots fly for the takeoff and landing but the cadet gets to do a bit of flying.” Cadet pilots and their commanders from around the region go on twice-yearly tours to the various cadet squadrons teaching the younger kids the exhilarating experience of soaring in a glider with nothing but the sound of the wind over the wings to distract them. The white and blue, wide-winged gliders are towed up to altitude by a specially modified, high horse-power single engine plane and then released to ride the winds. See CADETS, Page 2
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