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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Over 60 years of volunteer work Tom McEwan named Warfield-Trail Citizen of the Year for 2013 BY ART HARRISON Times Staff
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Sometimes things happen for a reason and if Tom McEwan had made some different choices after serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War, the Greater Trail area would have been much poorer for it. Now, in recognition of his extensive volunteerism for the community, the 90 year-old has been named the Trail-Warfield Citizen of the Year for 2013, When McEwan completed his degree in chemical engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1951 he had offers in other parts of Canada but he and his wife Edie, who passed away in 2008, chose to come to Trail instead. “I had offers in Ontario in chemical engineering, that’s where the chemical guys were. But neither of our fathers were well at that time and we wanted to stay closer to Vancouver, where they were,” McEwan said. “Within a month or so of being here we had a lot of friends and we really loved it. It was a nice, family-oriented community and we decided to stay.” And stay they did. McEwan went on to work for
Cominco Ltd. for 35 years, retiring in 1986. With his beloved wife, he raised six sons who went on to become a B.C. Supreme Court Justice, two successful lawyers, an economic development officer, an associate deputy minister with the provincial government, and the former Chief Executive Officer of Sobeys Canada. At the same time of pursuing his own career and raising children, McEwan also threw himself into helping to build and support the community he had grown to love, volunteering in health care, sports, education, elder and youth care, and religion. Over the years McEwan served as a member of the Spiritual Care Committee of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH), the Trail Regional Hospital Board, the original building committee and member of the board of directors of Alpha House, the St. Michael’s Catholic School’s original building committee and board of directors, a member of the Board of Advisors and the Board of Governors of Notre Dame University in Nelson, a member of Toastmasters, president of the West Trail Little League, the United Way, the Trail Athletic Association, an assistant Scout Master, and the Trail-Warfield Stingrays swim club executive. See CELEBRATION Page 3
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Still an active community volunteer at 90, long-term Greater Trail resident, Tom McEwan says he was motivated to give back to the community over the years just because he liked being here and just felt he should contribute.
BLOOMING CREATIVE
Local artists give back to new arts scholarship BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
An annual spring gathering of local creators and crafters will support a new regional artist fund for the first time. Blooming Creative, set for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Riverbelle in Trail, will donate 10 per cent of its proceeds to the Kootenay Arts Scholarship Fund. Goods up for grabs includes everything from green cleaning prod-
ucts, locally created bamboo clothing, healthy herbs and spice blends, cookware, handmade soaps, bags, children’s items and more. “We enjoy putting the markets together and feel that any opportunity to give back to a local group and support local entrepreneurs is a great reason to gather us all together,” said Rachel Jansen, who along with Erin Fance coordinates the event. “As a group of creative types, we have looked for something
creative to give back to and this fund has just been created by Steps Dance Company so it fits.” The scholarship was created by Steps Dance Company as a means of giving back to the community by helping others pursue their passion for the arts. The 26-person dance troupe kickstarted fundraising last Thursday with a charity show called “We Love to Dance” at the Capital Theatre in Nelson. Led by Steps Dance Centre
owner and artistic director Rhonda Michallik, the company is the longest running youth (nine to 17 years old) dance troupe in the Kootenays and performs all disciplines of dance from tap, jazz, ballet, theatre styles, hip hop, body percussion and modern. “We’re such a sports town that we just feel like there needs to be more support for the arts,” said Michallik. See FIFTH, Page 2
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