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No regional funding for skate park
PRACTICE IN THE PARK
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The answer from the regional district to the city is “No,” money from the airport sale cannot be used to build a skate park in Trail. Following the city’s purchase of the local airstrip from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) earlier this year, council requested Trail’s portion of the sale be allotted to the proposed Silver City skatepark. The RDKB board has been in discussion about how to best utilize the funds, said chair Grace McGregor in a letter to Trail council, adding that sale proceeds must be placed in a capital reserve and used for capital projects that benefit the entire region. Trail’s share of the $1.28 million airport purchase is about 26 per cent or $321,000, Coun. Robert Cacchioni told his fellow members during the June 9 regular meeting. “The proposal right now is to take that money and use it on something that is going to be a region-wide initiative,” he explained. “Whatever we use it on will function for all 13 RDKB members,” Cacchioni said. “The skateboard park doesn’t meet the criteria because it will be specific to one small area.” The regional district is currently reviewing its environmental services plans and considering using the airport funds for an organic waste diversion project that would benefit the entire district or putting the money aside in advance of a phase one closure of the McKelvey Creek landfill. “The board has not identified any specific projects yet, but the two mentioned by Director Cacchioni are clearly in the discussion,” See SETBACKS, Page 3
Gas will still flow after 7-Eleven closes its doors
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Gord Menelaws (right) of the Trail Pipe Band goes through a few drumming routines with piper-in-training Caroline Johnson on a sunny Monday evening at Gyro Park. The Trail Pipe Band will step into the spotlight on Thursday for its annual appearance at Music in the Park.
BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
When 7-Eleven shuts its doors in Trail on Friday, site owner Chevron confirms the gas will still be flowing from the pumps. Adrien Byrne, media contact for Chevron, says the only 24-hour gas station in Trail will remain open to customers. “At the beginning, we may reduce it for a few hours here and there, but it's likely, there will be a person on site 24 hours,” he said. “We are going to keep the fuel operations running, but there may
be a day or two that we are not able to sell fuel, just based on logistics.” Having a full time on-site employee at the station would allow customers to use all methods of payment to pay for gas rather than only using their debit or credit cards to pay directly at the pump after hours. Those that want to grab a bag of chips and a pop after filling up the tank may be out of luck while negotiations between Chevron and potential store operators for the site are ongoing.
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“I can't give a time frame for the convenience store to open, but there is a plan,” said Byrne. “We are looking for another operator to manage the site going forward and we are in negotiations, but they haven't concluded yet and that operator would manage the convenience store and overall site.” Byrne says there is also potential for the new managing operator to purchase the site, but no matter what, there will still be gas to pump. “We might even reach an agreement where they would buy
[the site] off of us or anything in between,” he said. “It's all part of the discussion, but regardless, we will be selling fuel.” Although the Chevron site has a convenience store in its future, Byrne says the timing would depend on condition of the site after 7-Eleven's lease is up at the end of the month, even if they leave earlier than June 30. “When 7-Eleven move out, we would expect that the building would be left pretty empty,” he said. See FATE, Page 3
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