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City eyes Gas Tax Fund to help with bridge costs BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
A bump in taxes won’t be how the City of Trail pays for a new Columbia River crossing. Instead, if Trail residents give the city the go-ahead to borrow $4.9 million on the Aug. 23 by a popular vote, millions will be paid off through a federal grant program called the Gas Tax Fund (GTF). “At this time and if the referendum is approved, council’s plan is to use the annual gas tax payment to offset the cost of borrowing,” confirmed David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer. “Thereby eliminating any direct property tax impacts as a result of the project.” The federal government collects about $5 billion per year in taxes on gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel and approximately $1.6 billion per year from GST revenues on gasoline and diesel. These taxes go into general (federal) coffers to fund a range of programs including the GTF. Designed in 2005, federal gas tax revenue provides provinces and territories twice-ayear funding to flow into municipalities to support local infrastructure projects. In 2013, the federal government announced an economic action plan that indexed the GTF at two per cent annually until 2024, beginning with a new provincial Community Works Funds (CWF) agreement effective this year. Since the program’s inception, Trail’s annual gas tax payment has increased from $115,000 to almost $342,000, and under the terms of a new agreement, will net the city $4.4 million in the next 10 years. Most recently, Trail used $2.64 million from the GTF to pay for the construction of the Coleman Street Reservoir and currently retains about $350,000 in the city’s gas tax account. “If the referendum fails, other eligible projects will be considered in the future as part of the city’s capital plan,” Perehudoff noted. For the first nine years, the federal See COMMUNITY, Page 3
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Gigi and Lodi Forte of the Festa Italiana Committee hang a banner in preparation for this weekend's 'Family Day at Piazza Colombo.” The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the piazza on Saturday and will feature live music and entertainment with all the Italian food you can imagine including homemade pizzas, pasta and meatballs and some gelato for those with a sweet tooth.
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“The Italian culture has played a very important role, along with other cultures of course, in the history of Trail and it’s always nice for people to get together and celebrate the culture they were brought up with”
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Festa Italiana is inviting Trail residents to the Piazza Colombo on Saturday to celebrate family and “all things Italian.” Gord Gattafoni of the Festa Italiana group says everyone is welcome and this year, the family day will be celebrating Italian culture, with a few other cultures thrown in the mix. “We are going to have the Kootenay Dance Works, a jazz dance company, a pipe band with some dancers, the Katie Shaw Dancers, and some local ladies Kathy Manna and Neveah White, who is about seven years old and has a voice like a bird,” he said. “This is a multicultural thing going on here.” The annual gathering was rebooted last year after a six-year break starting in 2006 and is running off the success of last year's "Una Giornata Alfresco," or "A Day Outdoors." Gattafoni says he got some great feedback after last year's event and hopes this year will be just as
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successful. “Last year, we had a great time with the Festa and we were very pleased with the turnout and the comments that were made afterwards,” he said. “We decided that it was time to resurrect it on a smaller scale and everyone can have fun with us.” Although the Festa is about Italian culture, organizers say it is important to recognize the cultures that made Trail
what it is today. “The Italian culture has played a very important role, along with other cultures of course, in the history of Trail and it's always nice for people to get together and celebrate the culture they were brought up with,” said Gattafoni. “We welcome everyone in the city to come and participate in our Festa and we just hope the sun is shining and we have a good time.” The entertainment may be multicultural, but the food is going to be straight from the boot-shaped country. Cooking will start on Friday in anticipation of Saturday's event. “There is going to be pasta, meatballs, gelato and Italian baking,” said Gattafoni. “We are going be cooking pizzas on Friday and the meatballs too.” The family day is sponsored by the Festa Italiana Committee with help from Trail Communities in Bloom and starts at 11 a.m. at the Piazza Colombo on Rossland Avenue in Trail. Events will come to a close around 3 p.m.
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Avoid imported dog treats, learn other ways to show affection, says local veterinarian By Sheri Regnier Times Staff
With the recent media blitz surrounding reports of suspected dog deaths related to imported jerky treats, one Trail vet takes a more philosophical approach to feeding domestic pets. “If you boil it right down, treats aren’t required,” said Doctor Brian Gresley-Jones from his East Trail office. Dog food companies use marketing ploys to connect and convince pet owners that if they love their dog, then they’ll feed it unnecessary treats, maintains the long practising vet.
“Buy a good quality dog food and the dog will do just fine. You don’t need to buy treats.” Brian Gresley-Jones
“You can give your pet all the love and affection it needs by means others than feeding a treat. “It’s a whole marketing strategy if you break it right down.” The “natural ingredient” advertising that pet companies use to pander to the dog loving public is another untruth, continued GresleyJones. “They say the dog will love how it tastes,” he noted. “How can they make those claims when that same dog will go out on a trail and eat a dead mouse if it finds one. “The taste and all of that is stroking our heart strings, not the animal’s.” Instead, the veterinarian suggests dog owners purchase fresh knuckle bones from a local grocer, or consider dehydrating chicken or beef at home. “To be on the safe side, until there is a definitive yes or no about imported jerky treats, I would personally avoid them,” said Gresley-
Jones. “And if you do feed treats to your animal, make sure to do your homework and don’t make the treat a primary part of the dog’s diet.” Finally, he does not advocate for allowing animals to run off their leashes and out of the owner’s sight lines. “The other message is that it’s a really nice idea to take your dog out for a walk and let it run off leash,” said GresleyJones. “But the minute he is out of your sight, you don’t know what the dog has done.” Pets can become sick after drinking contaminated water from a puddle or from poking around at a dead animal. “It’s just not safe to let them run free.” He said it’s these variables that are impeding the regulating bodies from clearly identifying a link between purchased dog treats and other factors that could play into the pet’s illness. If a pet owner choses to purchase treats, he maintains that thorough research into the product is required and that pets should never be overfed jerky treats. “With the history of products coming out of China, I would be leery to feed those to a pet,” said Gresley-Jones. “And don’t buy into things like natural smoked pig hooves or bull bones because those are not natural products that any domestic dog would eat.” Pet owners should be aware that all treats are not a substitute for a balanced diet and should be only given to the animal occasionally. “Buy a good quality dog food and the dog will do just fine. You don’t need to buy treats.” According to the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council of Canada, a national non-profit organization representing all facets of the Canadian pet industry, about half of all Canadian households own some kind of pet, and Canadians dropped over $6 billion on them last year. 3592 Highway Dr on Riverbank, Glenmerry 4 Bed 2 Bath Superb Family Home
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Community projects tackled with GTF FROM PAGE 1 funds could only be used for infrastructure improvements to drinking water and wastewater systems, solid waste management, community energy systems, public transit, local roads and capacity building. Over the last several years, Warfield has used the GTF for sanitary sewer upgrades, and Montrose constructed a new chlorination facility with $200,000 from its gas tax reserves. “We have used CWF money for debenture payments before,” said Montrose CAO Kevin Chartres, adding that debts can only be paid with GTF if the project meets the eligibility criteria. “We have used about $6,500
for 2014 expenditures to finalize our road upgrade and maintenance plan,” he explained. “The majority of our 2014 funds, $85,000, are going into a Community Works Fund (Gas Tax) reserve.” In April, the government expanded GTF categories to provide municipalities further flexibility when choosing how to invest the money. Now the list of eligible projects includes upgrades to local and regional airports, infrastructure that reduces or eliminates longterm impacts and risks associated with natural disasters, broadband connectivity, recreational facilities or networks, tourism and amateur sport infrastructure excluding facilities such as arenas.
The Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) administers the gas tax funds under contract with the provincial government, and then each municipality enters into an agreement with the UBCM. Civic year end reports are submitted back to the UBCM for review before the statements are forwarded to the province and finally to the federal government. “Senior levels of government want to ensure these funds are being used in accordance with the intended purpose,” explained Perehudoff. “And providing tangible benefits in terms of projects including specifying if they would not have been possible to accomplish in the absence of receiving these funds.”
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walkout would have on summer school. The province wants remedial summer school to be declared an essential service. “If the government does not come forward with new funding to reach a fair settlement by June 30, teachers will be prepared to extend the strike into summer and picket summer school,” B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker told a news conference Wednesday. “It will be up to school districts to decide whether they cancel summer school or not.” A day earlier, the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, which negotiates on behalf of the government, applied to the B.C. Labour Relations Board to add remedial summer school to an essential services order. Remedial programs are for students who have failed a high school course. The employers’ association also wants year-round schools and education programs in youth jails and health-care facilities declared essential services. Year-round schools, which have been closed along with the rest of the province’s schools since last Monday, have classes scheduled until
“It will be up to the school districts to decide whether they cancel summer school or not.” Jim Iker
the end of July. Iker said the union has yet to make a decision about year-round schools or programming in jails or healthcare facilities. The labour relations board had not yet set a hearing date for the essential services’ application. Iker repeated the union’s position that a mediator should be brought in to help the two sides reach a deal. The union planned to meet with a government-appointed negotiator Wednesday afternoon to make the case for a mediator and discuss how negotiations would proceed. Iker accused the government of “pouring cold water” on the idea of a mediator. “We see it as the only way to bridge the gap between the two sides,” he said. The teachers began their provincewide walkout after several weeks of rotating,
one-day-a-week strikes across the province. Before that, the teachers stopped doing a number of administrative tasks. The employers’ association responded to the rotating strikes by announcing a partial lockout that docked teachers pay by 10 per cent. A full lockout had been scheduled to start Wednesday at high schools and at all schools on Friday. The employer said the lockout would not stretch into the summer, effectively leaving it up to the union to decide whether teachers’ would be in classrooms in July. On Wednesday, high school teachers wore placards that said Locked Out, rather than On Strike, though the distinction was symbolic. The main issues in the dispute have been wages and issues related to teaching conditions, such as class sizes and the number of specialists available for students with disabilities. The government contends that the teachers’ proposal for wages and other benefits would amount to an increase 14.5 per cent. The union, on the other hand, has said its offer is for an eight per cent wage increase,
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and it has argued that the two sides are relatively close on the issue of pay. The province’s current proposal includes a signing bonus of $1,200 if a deal is reached by Monday. The teachers’ union has asked for $5,000 signing bonus. Meanwhile, the province’s Education Ministry said it has spent about a third of its $80,000 communications budget for the strike. Ministry spokesman Scott Sutherland said the money has paid for a Facebook ad and full-cover ad that appeared on a free local daily newspaper in Vancouver. “We certainly don’t expect to spend that amount,” Sutherland said, referring to the $80,000 budget.
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The site of a proposed new ice sheet is known, but now the money is needed. The Greater Vernon Advisory Committee decided Wednesday that a replacement to the Civic Arena ice sheet should be built at the north end of Kal Tire Place. In a November referendum, residents will be asked to borrow up to $13 million for the 400-seat facility. “We’re not a Cadillac. This is a good quality Honda or Toyota,” said Doug Ross, the City of Vernon’s recreation services director. It’s believed twinning Kal Tire Place will generate operational facilities and create a destination for sportsrelated events and other activities. Upgrading 80-yearold Civic Arena was investigated, but consultants suggest it could cost $10.8 million to renovate and operate the facility for more than 10 years, and that figure could jump t $13.9 million if a NHL-sized ice sheet is installed.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - A shortage of skilled workers will be one of Canada’s greatest future economic challenges, Employment Minister Jason Kenney told a skills summit Wednesday. The conference held in Toronto brought together stakeholders to discuss the labour market, employee training and those under-represented in the labour force. It’s necessary that an “informed national discussion” take place about the condition of Canada’s labour market, in order to address future skills gaps, Kenney said. “We can acknowledge that we have inadequate labour market information and we need to do a fundamentally better job of getting granular information by region and industry,” he said. Skills shortages are looming in specific sectors, he added, but it’s not a market-wide issue. The construction, mining and petroleum sectors are examples of industries that will face serious shortages of skilled workers over the next decade, he said. Skills Canada has estimated that one million skilled trade workers will be needed by 2020, Kenney pointed out. “We know we have these huge investments and opportunities, particularly in a huge swath of northern Canada, through the massive multibillion-dollar investments in the extractive industries that will require tens if not hundreds of
thousands of skilled workers who are not currently available,” Kenney said. Stephen Cryne, head of the Canadian Employee Relocation Council, said discussions about skills shortages are often short-sighted. “We’re competing on the global stage for talent. It’s needed to drive our economy forward,” he said, adding that shifting demographics, the globalization of trade and new technologies are worldwide concerns. In 2012, a McKinsey Global Institute report estimated that by 2020, the global economy could see 90 to 95 million more low-skill workers than employers will need, Cryne said. He added that this projection highlights the need to compete for workers on an international level, and increase the mobility of workers within Canada. “How do we get companies to tap into talent across from across Canada? How do we get (workers) to move from areas with pockets of high unemployment?” he said. Kenney noted that skills shortages are propelled by the inability to attract youth into the trades. Countrywide, there are 13 different apprenticeship programs with specific rules and requirements, he said. “Greater harmonization of that regime would make it easier for young apprentices to complete their training and give them the mobility to go where the jobs are,” Kenney said.
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Territory tops in per-capita alcohol consumption THE CANADIAN PRESS WHITEHORSE - Yukon residents are at the top in Canada when it comes to tippling alcohol, according to the latest statistics. The territory has led the per-capita consumption of alcohol survey ever since the figures were gathered starting back in 1950, said Gary Brown of the Yukon Bureau of Statistics. However, Brown said the numbers have to be looked at with caution because of the influence tourists may have on the annual results. Based on the territory’s population, the average Yukoner aged 15 and over spent $1,332 on booze from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013, the bureau said. People in Newfoundland-Labrador were in second place, shelling out $981 during the same period, while those in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut came landed in the third spot, spending $954. The lowest average consumption, at $631, was recorded in New Brunswick. The Canadian average was $734. Of the $1,332 spent by Yukoners, $647 went toward beer, $403 was spent on hard liquor and $282 was dropped on wine, according to the statistics. In response to recent inquiries, The Trail Family and Individual Resource Society (FAIR) wishes to advise that we do not currently have individuals collecting bottles and other refundable items on the Society’s behalf. FAIR very much appreciates and depends upon the financial and in-kind support of the community to assist us in the work we do. Please visit our website (www.trailfair.ca) for information as to how you can get involved.
He added that stakeholders need to de-stigmatize the trades and encourage young workers to enter skilled vocations. The minister cited countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom as places where apprenticeship programs offer youth better employment options, calling the programs “radically better.” He said the Canadian debate over apprenticeship programs has led to a mischaracterization of certain European systems, whereby youth are streamlined into trades from a young age. But he said the programs have now become more “permeable.” In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark, Kenney said, about two-thirds of young high school students at the age of 16 enrol in paid apprenticeship programs and graduate at 19 “unencumbered by debt.” “(They are) graduating with a certificate that is considered to have the same social and economic value as a university degree,” he said. Young Canadians present a paradox, said Kenney. They are among the most educated in the developed world, but have an unemployment rate of 13.4 per cent, nearly double the general unemployment rate. “It’s unacceptable,” he said. The conference comes less than a week after Kenney announced a myriad of changes to the controversial temporary foreign workers program.
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Depression, when many countries imposed barriers to trade and investment, and exported little except comparisons on which country was the most poor. Where a company is headquarters – whether in Montreal, Omaha or Calgary – is largely irrelevant. Shareholders of such companies, after all, only make a buck by fulfilling customer needs and not, in this case, by turning the lights off. As to being “critical”, transmission lines are not alone: forestry, agriculture, oil and gas, railways, automotive and aerospace companies and their products are also critical – to feed Canadians, keep us from freezing in winter, or to fight a war (automotive assembly plants can be converted to produce tanks). But no matter how critical such elements of an economy are, it is hardly an argument to block foreign investment from Americans, Australians and other allies historically friendly to Canada. While there are occasions when foreign ownership restrictions are necessary – preventing Iran and North Korea from buying up uranium, for example – do opponents of the AltaLink deal really fear the
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83-year-old Buffett and his 90-year old partner, Charlie Munger, will one day invade Canada . . . from Omaha? The anti-foreigner, antiforeign investment tack is counter-productive because Canada was built on foreign investment, including the fur trade four centuries ago and the oil patch and automotive sectors last century and newer industries now. Besides, according to Statistics Canada foreign money already has a significant presence in Canada: In mining ($20.8 billion); finance and insurance ($94.5 billion); management of companies and enterprises ($116.2 billion); oil and gas extraction ($107.2 billion); or the mother of all foreign investments: manufacturing ($209.3 billion). And when some Canadians get touchy about foreign investment, they forget that what they
recommend for the foreign goose could cook the Canadian gander. Plenty of Canadian cash is invested outside of Canada (and comes from mutual funds, Canada Pension Plan money, union retirement plans and other Canadian investors). Outside of Canada, Canadians have investments in oil and gas extraction ($49.8 billion); mining ($66.3 billion); manufacturing ($72.7 billion); management of companies and enterprises ($101.5 billion) and finance and insurance ($312.9 billion). In total, Canadians have more investment outside of Canada ($779 billion) than do foreigners here ($686 billion). That, by the way, includes the utility sector, where in 2013, foreign money in Canadian utilities was worth $5.7 billion, compared to the $18.8 billion of Canadian cash invested abroad in other countries’ utilities. This point is critical. Canadians are net exporters of capital, profit from it, and always lose when global trade and investment barriers rise instead of fall. Foreign investment – whether in Canada by “foreigners” or by Canadians elsewhere – provides new capital that
domestic investors either don’t have or won’t provide. Moreover, investor money bulks up existing industries or creates new ones. And investors often bring new expertise to the country in which they operate. (As an example, Canadian bankers could teach Europe and America about not overdoing it on risk). Finally, investment creates jobs. Existing shareholders also profit when outside investors place a higher value on the company than domestic firms do, which explains why some domestic companies complain about foreign investors: without money from abroad, Canadianbased companies (albeit also ones with shareholders from the world over, it should be remembered) could pick up companies on the cheap, to the detriment of existing shareholders. Foreign investment is a win-win-win-win proposition for countries, consumers, the economy and shareholders. The only losers? Companies which dislike competition – or people who think Warren Buffett poses an existential threat to Alberta. Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute.
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Letters & Opinion Letters to the editor
Old Bridge can handle extra weight Thank you Terry Hanik for your rendition on the Old Bridge a week or so ago (Walking bridge a step in the right direction, Trail Times, June 13) However, when the time arrives to remove the sewer line off the Old Bridge there
will be a front end loader – a 2-ton truck – probably a service vehicle and about six workers for a few days from one end of the bridge to another removing the old sewer line. When they are all done and the weight removed, the Old Bridge will still be there stand-
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ing proud and strong. The Old Bridge should be open now to vehicles and people for about another 20 years or until we can afford to build a new bridge. Everybody would be happy. John Carter, Trail
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The Polish-American alli- all the horrors that the US invaance is worthless, even sion inflicted on Iraq in 2003harmful, as it gives Poland 11, Maliki must feel that he a false sense of security. has a right to expect American It’s bullshit.” – Polish Foreign military help when things start Minister Radoslav Sikorski, to fall apart at home. But he secretly taped in early 2014. doesn’t get it. Discuss. Use only one side of Maliki might get US military the paper. help if Washington believed The publication of Radoslav that the survival of his regime Sikorski’s comments in the was a “core national interest” Polish weekly magazine Wprost of the United States, as Obama will not help his bid to become put it in a speech at West Point the European Union’s foreign Military Academy last month, policy chief, but but even then it there are senior would be help in foreign policy officarefully measured cials elsewhere who amounts. Which is might be tempted to say, no American to make similar troops fighting on remarks (though the ground. perhaps not in Well, all right, GWYNNE alcohol-fuelled conObama did send versations in well300 American known restaurants troops back to Iraq World Affairs where they might be last week, but they overheard). And there are those are being sent only to train and in Washington who are saying advise Iraqi troops, not to kill the same thing. and get killed. He might conSome, like former Vice- sider using some drones and President Dick Cheney – “The cruise missiles too, if Maliki policies of the last six years agrees to step aside for somehave left America diminished one less divisive – but it would and weakened. Our enemies only be a token gesture even no longer fear us. Our allies then. no longer trust us” – are so This is because President discredited by their own past Obama knows two very importblunders that they can be eas- ant things. The first is that the ily dismissed. But some of American public simply will not America’s overseas friends and stand for another large US milallies also are quietly dismayed itary intervention in the Middle by President Barack Obama’s East. The other is that neither clear reluctance to send in the Iraq, nor indeed even Ukraine, troops, or at least the drones. is a “core national interest” of Sikorski’s angry remarks the United States. can be explained by the date “Since World War II, some when they were made. It was of our most costly mistakes before the Ukrainian revolu- came not from our restraint, tion succeeded in overthrow- but from our willingness to ing the pro-Russian president, rush into military adventures Viktor Yanukovych, and before without thinking through the the United States responded to consequences,” said Obama Russia’s annexation of Crimea at West Point, and he has no by imposing sanctions on intention of doing the same Russian leaders and sending thing. Does that mean that the reinforcements to NATO coun- United States has become a tries in Eastern Europe. He “worthless ally”? No, but it does would presumably sing a differ- mean that it may not always be ent song now. a “faithful friend”. Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri The distinction is importal-Maliki, however, is undoubt- ant. An alliance like NATO or edly now talking much like the US-Japanese alliance is a Sikorski did last winter. After formal commitment to fight in
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support of another country in certain stated circumstances. However, very few wars that the United States has fought in the past fifty years were of that kind. They were “wars of choice”, fought in places where the United States had no legal obligation to fight. Back when American power seemed irresistible and American wealth inexhaustible, Washington repeatedly sent US troops into wars that had only the sketchiest relationship with any definable American national interest. From Vietnam to Iraq, it literally did not count the cost. But it does now, and only actual allies can count on the United States showing up when it’s needed. How do you get to be an ally of the United States? By being a country whose independence, borders, and/or political orientation are seen by Washington as truly vital American interests. The one exception to this rule is Israel, whose hold on America is more sentimental than strategic, but for everybody else there is a very high threshold. Poland actually crosses that threshold, because Russia, the country that obsesses the Poles, remains a major American security concern as well. Ukraine, on the other hand, lies beyond NATO’s security frontier, and not many NATO members would be willing to fight a war with Russia to save it, so Ukraine is not an ally. And Iraq is definitely not an ally. Despite the general US obsession with the “terrorist threat”, Obama may actually realise how little the outcome of the current turmoil in Iraq really matters to American security, and Iraq’s oil, postfracking, is not even a consideration any more. No core American national interests here. So the U.S. cavalry will not be riding over the hill to the rescue. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles on world affairs are published in 45 countries.
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OBITUARIES HAM, BRUCE JOSEPH – Born June 25, 1929 in Rossland, BC, passed away December 14, 2013 in Victoria, BC. Wonderful husband, father and grandfather; skilled bookbinder; avid sportsman – skiing, hockey, softball, curling, bocce, lacrosse. We would like to invite you to a celebration of the life of Bruce Joseph Ham Friday, July 4, 2014 at 10:30am. Funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Church, Rossland, BC, celebrant Father Joseph Kizhakethottathil. Internment to follow the service at Mountain View Cemetery followed by a reception at the Rossland Legion.
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TRAIL ROYALTY TENDS TO TEDDY BEARS
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Miss Trail Ella Meyer, Miss Congeniality Vivian Huang and Trail Princess Samantha Theobald, hand out balloons at the annual Teddy Bear Picnic at Gyro Park on Wednesday. The three girls made their way around the park greeting and welcoming children and their parents.
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Veteran actor had roles in Western classics
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-onthe-draw bandit in the classic Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” has died. He was 98. The actor’s son, Peter Wallach, confirmed Wednesday that his father passed away Tuesday evening in New York from natural causes. “The best way to honour him is to put on one of his movies,” he said. “Put on ‘Baby Doll’ or ‘Magnificent Seven.’ Those live forever.” Wallach and his wife, Anne Jackson, were a formidable duo on the stage, appearing in several plays dating back to the 1940s. He won a Tony Award for his supporting role in Tennessee Williams’ “The Rose Tattoo” in 1951, was an original member of the Actors Studio, and was still starring in films well into his 90s. Wallach may be best remem-
bered for his role as Tuco in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” In the Sergio Leone spaghetti Western, Clint Eastwood (The Good), Lee Van Cleef (The Bad) and Wallach (The Ugly) attempt to outwit and out shoot each other in pursuit of a trove of gold coins buried in a Civil War cemetery. Wallach played a menacing, yet lovable, outlaw who had committed every crime in the book: “murder, armed robbery ... inciting prostitution, kidnapping, extortion ... rape” as the executioner intoned in one famous scene before Tuco escaped a hanging. The movie - with a haunting score by Ennio Morricone - was the third film in a trilogy that included “Fistful of Dollars” and “For a Few Dollars More,” and influenced a generation of filmmakers. Wallach’s character had several memorable lines, including, “When you have to shoot, shoot, don’t talk,” after being confronted by a rival gunslinger. “Everywhere I go, someone will recognize me from ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’
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Special Olympics Trail is sending a strong group of athletes to compete in the 2014 Canadian Special Olympics Canada Summer Games at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver July 8-12. Trail’s Sherry Altrogge and coach Colin Berdusco will be joining the Team BC’s swimming contingent, while Neil Emery and Bob Lattanzio with coach Alan Prough will compete in Bocce, and Al Cummings from Castlegar with coach Ben Postmus will tee off against Canada’s best Special Olympic golfers at the UBC course. Altrogge led the Kootenay Zone at the Special Olympic B.C. Summer Games last July swimming to five gold medals and a silver and will dedicate these Games to her Aunt Cecil Rupert (nee Boilard) who passed away in April after a four year battle with cancer. Emery and Lattanzio were also golden at the B.C. Games winning in the team Bocce event, while Cummings picked up a silver in golf, just missing the gold by one stroke. For Emery this will be his second national championships having competed in Edmonton in 1989 in floor hockey. “The ‘Team BC - Team Domination’ philosophy has been an added incentive for the host team,” said Special O coach Postmus in an email. “We’re hoping to get a jump on all other provinces with the home-field advantage.” The Trail squad will join 1,700 other athletes from all the provinces as well as the Yukon and NWT, in what is projected to be the largest national games yet. Team B.C. will have close to 280 athletes competing, 70 coaches, and 14 mission staff. Supporting these athletes will be 1,100 volunteers in 11 sports. See LOCAL, Page 10
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Bradley Ross of the Single A Trail Orioles slides safely under the tag on this close play at the plate. The O’s however would drop both games in a double-header on Tuesday at Butler Park by scores of 8-5 and 18-8, yet, they are still in the hunt for a playoff spot after sweeping a pair of games on Sunday in Mount Spokane, 18-2 and 7-6.
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erhaps the most appealing aspect of sport is its ability to bring out the very best in people. Unfortunately, it can also bring out the very worst. With the spotlight firmly fixed on the FIFA World Cup, soccer fans have enjoyed a bit of both. We’ve seen exciting and inspiring play from the upstart Costa Ricans who managed to oust former Cup champions Italy and England from the group of death, to the dramatic Greek victory over the Ivory Coast in extra time on Tuesday that hurled them into the Group of 16. Contrast that to the Suarez biting incident and the English fans who refused to leave the stands after a dour 0-0 draw with Costa Rica, and competition on the whole seems at once inspiring and absurd, an ongoing tension between the ridiculous and the sublime. However, one event manages to transcend the more coarse elements of this sporting paradox, that embraces participation and good sportsmanship over competitiveness and cheap play. It
supports a higher then recruited two ideal and promore similarly gulclaims no winners, lible friends to join and it is one of us. the most challenWell, it took ging events on the longer than I planet – the Tough anticipated to get Mudder. motivated, but by The Mudder is a April I was run20 kilometre milning fairly regujim itary-style obstacle larly, having found course devised by an ideal trail that the British Forces followed a gas line to test mental as from the Salmo Ski Tight Lines well as physical Hill to Erie Lake, strength. Obstacles often play on a scenic if not torturous run of common human fears, such as steeps, runoffs, rivers, and mud fire, water, electricity and heights. that I thought might simulate the I have written about others Whistler terrain. who have done the Mudder, like In the end, it did prove helpful, Fruitvale’s Russell Patterson who because the course on Saturday qualified and participated in the was all up and down, beginning World’s Toughest Mudder, and with a three kilometre run to the Pride Gym’s Corey Colwell who first obstacle, the ‘Arctic Enema,’ has helped more than a few locals which was a C-can full of water complete the event. and ice, and barriers that you had Yet, I never seriously contem- to swim under before emerging a plated taking part until my broth- walking Popsicle. er-in-law, Mitch, on some bleak It didn’t get any better after winter’s day in January, suggested that, more hills, more obstacles we do the Whistler Tough Mudder that ranged from scaling 12-foot on June 21 (this past Saturday). walls, to crawling under razor I surprisingly agreed, and we wire, running more hills,
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ascending the ladder to hell, scurrying through mud and waterfilled tunnels, clamoring over inclined walls, more hills, more obstacles, and still more hills, all with the panorama of the whitecrested mountains looming in the distance. It was beautiful. I started bleeding from my shins and elbows after the razorwire crawl 5-k in, and pulled my groin at about 13-K. Yet, the kilometres ticked away. Helped and encouraged by teammates and strangers alike, we overcame the ensuing obstacles and kept a steady pace, until my teammate’s calves seized up close to the halfway mark. But he didn’t stop, he was slowed, yet, amazingly he kept going, never gave up despite the pain. After 16-k they tried to kill us; as we ran, walked, and eventually almost crawled up an agonizingly steep hill about the height and slope of Red Mountain. But we made it, and we finished as we started, running together just as fast as we could through a hanging forest of electric wires that sent a spear of pain through you with each and every contact,
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Baseball Tournament All games at James Donaldson Park Wednesday Games Lacey Saints vs Northwest Honkers 1 p.m. North Sound Emeralds vs Kamloops Sun Devils 4:30 p.m. West Coast Guns vs Trail Orioles N/A 8 p.m. Thursday Games Langley Blaze vs Lacey 8 a.m.
Burnaby vs Kamloops 11 a.m. Parkland WhiteSox vs Honkers 2 p.m. Opening Ceremonies 7:30 p.m. Seattle Studs vs Everett Merchants 8 p.m. Friday Games Thurston County vs Kamloops 8 a.m. Burnaby Bulldogs vs North Sound 11 a.m. West Coast Guns vs Everett 2 p.m. Seattle vs Trail 5 p.m. Langley vs Parkland 8 p.m.
Greater Trail athletes will compete in the Special Olympic Canada Summer Games in Vancouver July 8-12. From left: Sherry Altrogge and coach Collin Berdusco swimming, Neil Emery and Bob Lattanzio with coach Alan Prough in bocce, and Al Cummings from Castlegar with coach Ben Postmus in golf. See story Pg. 9.
Saturday Games Everett vs Trail 8 a.m. Parkland vs Lacey 11 a.m. Langley vs Honkers 2 p.m. Seattle vs West Coast 5 p.m. Thurston County vs Burnaby 8 p.m. Sunday Games Money Rounds TBD 11 a.m. , 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Monday TBD semifinal 8:30 a.m., TBD semifinal 11:30 a.m. TBD Final 2:30 p.m.
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FROM PAGE 9 The athletes have been training hard with their coaches throughout the winter season in preparation for these games, and have also been to several training camps in Vancouver. The support of local businesses, organizations, and volunteers has made the difference for Greater Trail Special Olympians and their ability to excel on the regional and national stage. “We couldn’t provide the level of support for the athletes if the community didn’t buy in,” said Postmus. “So whether it’s the radio and paper guys come to play floor hockey or the ski hill providing the ski passes, or the golf course guys giving us seasons passes. To put a dollar figure on all that stuff we just couldn’t do it. Without the community support, we just couldn’t do it.”
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Dad decides to bring his girlfriend to a family event? That would devastate me. I think it would be good to have all of the information out in the open before that happens. My daughter has a great deal of disdain for people who cheat on their spouses, and I don’t want to hurt the excellent relationship she now has with her father. The two of them have become very close since we separated, and I’m glad about that. Part of me wants to tell my children now and get it out of the way. I don’t want my daughter to think I’m giving her information in order to “get her on my
know Debbie, but her grandmother used to work for our business. We aren’t sure how to respond. Normally a gift is expected, yet we don’t feel it’s appropriate, being that we have never met her and don’t know her parents, either. Is it appropriate to just send a card? Do we just ignore the invitation? -- Questioning Con-grad-ulations Dear Questioning: Please don’t ignore an invitation to any event where the hostess may be counting heads to ensure sufficient food and drink. But you are not obligated to give a graduation gift to someone so distantly connected. A card of congratulations is perfectly appropriate and more than enough. Dear Annie: I read your column every day and have felt the pain of so many parents whose children are estranged. When my wife and I separated a decade ago, my daughter refused to communicate with
me. Birthday cards and gifts were returned unopened. I finally received a terse reply to an email, saying she does not want anything more to do with me. She will not tell me her reasons. She also won’t tell her mother or brother so
they could pass the information on to me. This has been hurtful, but I have accepted her decision. I honestly believe the children who treat their parents or grandparents this way are the losers. I am now happily remarried to a wonderful woman
and have two great stepdaughters who love me very much. My life is wonderful. -- A Happy Old Man Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.
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with others. Tread carefully. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) It’s hard to feel calm today. In the pit of your stomach you might feel nervous. Just keep your eyes open and be aware of what is happening around you, especially to avoid an accident. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You might meet someone who is bizarre and domineering today. Avoid this person if you can. Or perhaps someone you know will do something that shocks you. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Power struggles with authority figures are likely today. However, they will not do you any good. Run away if you can, because they could get nasty. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is an accident-prone day for your sign. Pay attention to everything you say
and do. Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues when talking to others. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You might be surprised about news regarding inheritances, taxes, debt or something to do with shared property. Stay light on your feet and be ready to act. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Quarrels with partners
and close friends might erupt today because people are easily upset. In addition, bizarre happenings can throw things into chaos. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your work routine will be interrupted today because of computer crashes, equipment breakdowns, canceled meetings or staff shortages. Allow extra time so you have wiggle room to deal with this.
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Parents should be vigilant about their kids today, because this is an accidentprone day for them. It’s also a rocky day for romance. Batten down the hatches and stay calm. YOU BORN TODAY You are determined and focused. You have willpower and determination, which allows you to overcome tough odds or obstacles in your way.
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www.allprorealty.ca All Pro Realty Ltd. 1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000 www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc
OPEN HOUSE
OPEN HOUSE
MLS# 2397445
Fri. June 27 • 11am - 1pm 516 Baker Ave, Salmo $279,900
OPEN HOUSE
MLS# 2396761
Sat. June 28 • 1 - 3pm 425 9th Ave, Montrose $229,000
MLS#2398328
MLS#2397318 & 2397319
MLS#2215964
W NE
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MLS#2398133
W NE
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MLS#2398665
Trail $185,000
E& US HOSHOP
Salmo $328,500 D CE DU RE
MLS#2397581
Fruitvale $289,500 W NE
MLS#2397006
Trail $439,900
G TIN LIS
MLS#2398692
Fruitvale
Fruitvale $209,000
Waneta Village $239,000
MLS#2394155
W NE
W NE
G TIN LIS
SOLD MLS#
Salmo $356,000 W NE
MLS#2398745
Glenmerry $279,000
MLS#2396283
Glenmerry $214,000
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MLS#2398081
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MLS#2397976
RS NE DEIGHT R GADEL
Warfield $100,000
Salmo $88,900
MLS#2215146
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MLS#2398238
MLS#2398569
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Montrose $359,000
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SOLD
Warfield $239,500
East Trail $257,000
Salmo $223,000
MLS#2211947
Fruitvale $330,000 L RA S MIIGHT HE
MLS#2396626
W NE
G TIN LIS
MLS#2398824
Annable $179,500
Shavers Bench $135,000
MLS#2398403
Redstone $839,900 W NE
Sunningdale $290,000
N SO MECRES O 2 H.99 A 4
MLS#2393760
Trail $159,900
MLS#2398114
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Trail $119,900
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MLS#2395213
MLS#2395073
Trail $350,000
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Sat. June 28 • 1:30 - 3:30pm Sat. June 28 • 11am - 1pm 470 10th Ave, Montrose 380 Laurier Dr, Warfield $199,000 $249,000 AN TH ER OKS G BIGIT LO
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OPEN HOUSE
G TIN LIS
MLS#2394025
East Trail ICE PR UCED D RE
MLS#2398657
Fruitvale $256,000
MLS#2395832
Rossland $219,500
Contact Our Realtors
MLS#2395606
Sunningdale $259,000
Wayne DeWitt........... ext 25 cell: 250-368-1617 Mario Berno ..............ext 27 cell: 250.368.1027 Tom Gawryletz .........ext 26 cell: 250.368.1436 Dawn Rosin...............ext 24 cell: 250.231.1765 Thea Stayanovich.....ext 28 cell: 250.231.1661
Fred Behrens ............ext 31 cell: 250.368.1268 Keith DeWitt .............ext 30 cell: 250.231.8187 Denise Marchi ..........ext 21 cell: 250.368.1112 Joy DeMelo ...............ext 29 cell: 250.368.1960
A16 www.trailtimes.ca
Thursday, June 26, 2014 Trail Times
West Kootenay Camera Club on display at VISAC Sheri Regnier photo
The VISAC Gallery is showing 189 photographs from The West Kootenay Camera Club’s 24th annual photo show until July 2. Seasoned Rossland photographer Ross Scott was working on finishing touches before Tuesday night’s opening at the downtown Trail venue. This is the last exhibit before the gallery closes its doors for the summer months. Next up will be a September showcase of Ingrid (Baker) deJong, a well known painter with ties to the West Kootenay area.
The Local Experts™
SOLD 3892 Dogwood Drive, Trail
$299,000
Immaculate and professionally renovated Glenmerry house 3 bdrm/3 bath split-level home with several upgrades. Great layout for entertaining! Ready to move in and enjoy! Call Terry 250-231-1101
KOOTENAY HOMES INC.
1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818 www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.ca
Mark Wilson
SOLD 3401 Highway Drive, Trail
$199,000
Great value 3 bdrm/ 2 bath Glenmerry home! Grand living room natural light. Original hardwood floors, a functional kitchen, a large rec room, and all kinds of closet space. Call Terry 250-231-1101
250-231-5591
mark.wilson@century21.ca
Terry Alton 910 Tamarack Cres, Genelle
$370,000
4 bdrm 3 bath, A/C, U/G sprinklers, gorgeous landscaping, double garage, shop, huge rec room, spacious master with 4 pc ensuite, gas f/p. Roof in 2006, level entrance, main floor laundry. Wow. This is a fabulous home! Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
STING NEW LI
ICE NEW PR
1553 Diamond Street, Trail
83 Perdue Street, Trail
Panoramic views and privacy await with approx. 700 sq. ft. of decks overlooking the Columbia River. Many upgrades including wiring, plumbing, roof, heating and central air, two bathrooms, 3 bdrms, and family room. Call now!!
This immaculate gem offers 3 bdrms, 2 full baths, beautifully decorated with modern spacious kitchen and bathrooms, wood floors, high ceilings, large living room and updated windows and doors. Move right in and enjoy
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
$149,000
WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!
$169,000
1950 1st Avenue, Rossland
$269,000
613 Forrest Drive, Warfield
$205,000
This 3 bdrm, 2 bath home features hardwood floors, updated kitchen, and numerous upgrades, including windows, roof, furnace, hot water tank, and electrical. All you have to do is move in and enjoy. Call Jodi 250-231-2331
1922 Meadowlark Drive, Fruitvale
$265,000
5 bdrms & 2.5 baths. This wonderful family home features many recent upgrades. The large back deck is great for entertaining right off the newly updated kitchen. Call Jodi (250) 231-2331
terryalton@shaw.ca
Tonnie Stewart
250-365-9665
tonniestewart@shaw.ca
Jodi Beamish 250-231-2331
SOLD
jodi.beamish@century21.ca
Mary Martin
250-231-0264
mary.martin@century21.ca
Lot 2 Mann Road, Rossland
$183,000
Erie - Ross Spur Road, Fruitvale
Very well cared for duplex located in the heart of downtown Rossland. Perfect for a family looking for extra revenue to help pay the mortgage or as an investment opportunity.
One of the best building lots available at Red Mountain and priced to sell! Located on the corner of Mann Rd. and Talbot Rd. with spectacular 360 degree views and yet only 3 minutes to downtown Rossland.
6.5 acres. Good building sites. Southern exposure. Drilled Well. Treed. Great price. Call today to view.
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
Call Art (250) 368-8818
CHRISTINA LAKE
TADANAC RIVERVIEW
BRING OFFERS
250-231-1101
$117,000
Richard Daoust
250-368-7897
richard.daoust@century21.ca
Mary Amantea
250-521-0525
mamantea@telus.net
Bill Craig
250-231-2710
bill.craig@century21.ca
9480 Station Road, Trail 1665 Maida Road, Christina Lake
269 Railway Lane, Trail
Excellent retreat -fantastic flat comer lot - ideal building site or place to locate your trailer or fifth wheel- water -septic - power are all done!
Great solid family home - 4 plus bdrms - 1.5 baths - 2 kitchens - located close to downtown Trail - modern décor with updates - Call your REALTOR® for your viewing.
$99,000
$147,900
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
Draw Date this Friday!!
302 Ritchie Avenue, Tadanac
$599,000
Excellent spacious home situated in a park like surrounding with gardens and fruit trees. The shop, barn, fenced dog run with kennel, provide numerous opportunities to get away from the everyday challenges. There is ample space to handle several horses as well. Call today! Call Richard (250) 368-7897
30 Skands Road, Christina Lake
$329,000
Impeccably maintained home on 3/4 acre lot. Open floor plan 3 Bdrm with large covered deck. High quality appliances. Heat pump is only 1 1/2 yrs. old. Attached garage plus 24’ x 32’ detached workshop.
$399,000
This graceful and spacious home offers beautiful “heritage” characteristics including hardwood floors, French doors, charming den, and large rooms. Master bedroom offers huge en suite with jetted tub and lots of closet space. Open and bright kitchen with large, sunny eating area and patio doors to deck.
WARFIELD CHARMERS
BBQ & Patio Heater! Visit facebook.com/kootenay.homes or kootenayhomes.com to enter.
250-231-0153
deannelockhart@shaw.ca
Art Forrest
250-368-8818 c21art@telus.net
Christine Albo
Picture Your Patio We are holding a draw to give away a new
Deanne Lockhart
250-512-7653
christine.albo@century21.ca
930 Schofield Highway, Warfield
745 Dickens Street, Warfield
You have to see this home to appreciate it. New main waterline, new sewer line, upgraded plumbing, upgraded electrical, drywall and insulation upgrades, and much more. Close to all local amenities. Come check it out today.
Beautifully upgraded. You will love the kitchen, lots of storage, stainless steel appliances, and wood flooring. The charming dining room has french doors to large deck. Living room and dining rooms also have wood flooring
$169,900
$199,500
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
Dave Thoss
250-231-4522
dave.thoss@century21.ca
Dan Powell
Christina Lake 250-442-6413
powelldanielk@gmail.com