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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Trail talks bridge, books and boundaries
PREPPING FOR MOTHER’S DAY
City delegation meets with government officials in Victoria BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
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Julia Kiss, florist at Ye Olde Flower Shoppe in downtown Trail has been clipping and arranging with a little extra TLC this week as the store’s busiest occasion of the year, Mother’s Day, comes up on Sunday.
Trying to bridge a gap over the Columbia River at the south end of town had delegates from Trail council travelling to the Parliament Buildings in Victoria last week. Following a meeting with two Ministry of Transport (MOT) officials Thursday, the City of Trail might have another way to fund tearing one crossing down and building another up. “They now view the new (pedestrian) bridge and Old Bridge demolition as one financial package with respect to funding,” explained David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer (CAO). The ministry appeared receptive to provide funding that would go towards the new bridge and in this way available funds could be diverted towards demolition costs of the Old Bridge, he added. The city bought the Old Trail Bridge from the MOT in the ‘60s and maintains the $5 million price tag to tear the 103-year-old landmark down should be a shared cost between the ministry and Trail. Funding barriers come into play however, because borrowing money to remove a structure and not having anything concrete to show for the cost is not a justifiable expenditure for Trail or the MOT, according to Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs. “To spend money and, in this case end up with nothing, does not fit the rules,” said Bogs. “It’s very difficult for a municipality to approve monies of that magnitude for a facility that will disappear,” he explained. “Normally we are in the business of See LIBRARY, Page 3
SILVER CITY DAYS
Festival food features local vendors and businesses from across B.C. BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
Diverse food choices in Trail are about to be in a block radius once Silver City Days plugs in its 35 vendors today. Favourites like the donair shack, mini donuts, and the lemonade trailer are rolling into town for opening day of the Festival Food Mall along
Spokane Street, between Bay and Esplanade avenues. “For awhile there the vendors were mainly just locals but then as groups aged, they were pulling out so we decided to open it up to outside people about 15 years ago,” said Trail Festival Society president Ian McLeod. Preparation started Sunday night with barricading sections
of downtown Trail to make way for the 51st annual celebration. The $38,000 financial backing from the City of Trail ensures the five-day event can get cooking, which wouldn't be possible without the infrastructure put in place. Eight 200 amp panels provide power to the vendors and if that's not enough, the carnival has two
large generators on hand should they need to throw a few cables over to the vending trailers to provide more amperage. About 1,800 feet of hose has been dragged on site to deliver water to each food vendor and to service one wash station. “Every single vendor has to have water and power and health See SILVER, Page 3
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