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Meter meeting draws small crowd BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Mary Gay isn’t giving up her cause to stop wireless smart meters even though public interest seems to be powering down. The Montrose councillor has been a staunch opponent to FortisBC’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project, especially since the company announced in August that AMI will move forward following a lengthy approval process. Gay, a member of the West Kootenay Coalition to Stop Smart Meters, was an organizer for an educational meeting held in the Trail Memorial Centre Thursday night. Anticipating a large turnout, the venue was changed to Trail from the Montrose a few weeks ago, but according to Gay, less than 50 people showed up. “It was disappointing that more people didn’t show up,” she said. “But we did get people from Fruitvale to Grand Forks and there were definitely some new faces in the crowd.” Although the Coalition invited Blair Weston from FortisBC to attend on behalf of the company, the Powersense See NO, Page 3
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A large crowd of over 1,000 people gathered in downtown Trail on Monday for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony. For more photos see Page 2 and Page 10.
Sombre ceremony lifted by vintage flypast BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
It looked as though all of Trail turned up Monday for the Remembrance Day ceremony, when two minutes of silence was followed by a roaring plane overhead. The crowd of nearly 1,000 people bowing in sombre at the Trail Cenotaph lifted their heads up to the sky when a single-engine aircraft cut through the sky.
The plane has been spotted over the years in Trail but the pilot remained a mystery to the Trail Legion, until this year when a source managed to find out that Brent Lee of Oasis is the man behind the classic military plane (Navion L17A). “That was my own contribution,” he said from his home. “Nobody asked me to do it, I just did it on my own.” It was certainly a nice touch
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to the ceremony that also touted song, prayer and the reading of the honour roll by May Batch and her grandson Sgt. Shane Batch. It was the first time Miss Trail Cheyanne Friess has participated in the ceremony and she said she felt moved after reading “In Flanders Fields” with help from Trail Princess Emily Dawson. “The emotion you get from everything is really impactful,” she
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said. “It really changed my views on it, and it just made me think, ‘Wow they did that for us,’ that's just amazing.” Dawson was sharing a moment of reflection, too, as she is now the same age her grandfather was when he signed up to serve his country. The personal connections keep people rooted to the importance of remembering and giving thanks, See CEREMONY, Page 3
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