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Mayor questions value of ‘hurtful’ report Municipal auditor highlights several mistakes made with the Rossland Arena roof repairs BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
What was set out to be an unbiased look at projects carried out by the City of Rossland has resulted in a “hurtful” report, according to the community’s mayor. Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom's phone has been ringing steady since the first part of a performance audit on Rossland's capital procurement projects from 2010-2012 has been made public. But he said the calls are coming from other municipalities that question the value of the newly formed office of the Auditor General for Local Government, carried out by B.C.'s municipal auditor Basia Ruta. “We all need help but we don't need to get poked in the eye when we ask for it,” he said. “I think this information could have been presented in a more constructive manner.” He's referring to the scathing report that concludes city staff did not adequately protect the interests of its taxpayers, backing up this claim mostly by noting the city did not get value for its money on the Rossland Arena roof repairs. This is not new information for Rossland, which is in the midst of suing its former building inspector in hopes of recovering unaccountable funds from that project. In the fall of 2011, the city discovered that then employed Jason George Ward was not only the city's chief building inspector but he was also involved with a business called ADA Co. Inc., which had been doing See CITY, Page 3
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This year’s event organizer, motor cycle enthusiast, Vic Friesen, is looking forward to Sunday’s Fun Run as an opportunity to take his new 2014 Harley for a 280 km ride this weekend.
Saddle up for Syd’s Fun Run BY ART HARRISON Times Staff
For years local motorcyclists held the annual Syd’s Fun Run tour, started in 1980 by local Harley Davidson dealer Syd Bates, to raise money for muscular dystrophy. Initially, the small group of riders would go out on Good Friday and ride down through the U.S., picking up fellow riders along the way. Bates left the area in 1993 and the event languished and died off only to revived in 2009 by local business owner and one of the original
group of riders, Les Schultz. The re-invigorated fundraiser maintained the original date and route but after running into spring snowfalls and experiencing ever-increasing delays at the Canada/US border the group changed tactics last year. “We had gotten to the place where we had two groups, one riding down through the States and another that stayed in Canada riding through Kaslo,” said this year’s Fun Run organizer, Vic Friesen. See ROUTE, Page 5
Year later, memories of tragic accident linger Warfield truck crash in May 2013 claimed one life Fred Behrens
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Whenever Jordan Wren catches a whiff of burning brakes driving home from work, his stomach All Pro Realty Ltd. churns as he is brought back to the 1st Time Home Buyer scene of aPage tragic MP_adO3_Layout 1 13-10-04 6:20 AM 1 accident that hapSpecialist pened one year ago. 250.368.5000 ex.31 It was MP_adO3_Layout 1 13-10-04 6:20 AM May Page3, 1 2013 that a trans-
port truck, loaded with cement blocks, burned its brakes driving down the Rossland hill and careened off the road into a field at the intersection leading into Warfield. Blue skies were the backdrop as Wren, girlfriend Ashley and her two young sons buckled up in their Warfield driveway and headed up the hill. The family was planning a quick stop in Rossland before hitting the highway to Chilliwack for a friend’s
wedding. Within seconds of turning left on Tennyson Ave. into the highway’s left hand lane and directed towards the Alpine City, Wren was stunned when a passing vehicle warned him to get his truck out of the way. “Then not five seconds later I see this semi squealing around the corner like it’s being pushed by the trailer,” he described. “My heart sank.” Reflexes kicked in and Wren
veered right onto the shoulder of the highway and in the blink of an eye, the semi truck that was hauling a large trailer of cement blocks zipped by, missing his vehicle by about 10 feet. Shaken and still in their vehicle, Wren and his family watched in horror as the semi rolled at the bottom of the hill, splaying heavy cement bricks and parts of the truck’s cab in all directions. See HIGHWAY, Page 3
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