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Health care disciplines in sync with hospital procedure made for a smooth transition of patients from second floor to fourth at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) this week.

The move is temporary, but will last for the duration of patient-cen-tric renovations in the region’s only Intensive Care Unit (ICU), in situ since the ’70s

Major upgrades ring in at $1.77 million, and involve three high level infrastructure projects, expected to be completed by mid-October.

Wall repair and window replace-ment may sound rather ordinary, but in fact, increasing natural light via larger glass panes, is a key component to improving patient care.

“Natural light in meeting circa-dian rhythms, decreases delirium and length of stay,” explains Sarah McLeod, referring to physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle.

“We used to sedate patients heav-ily and they would be on ventilators for extended periods of time,”added McLeod, KBRH manager for criti-cal care and HART (high acuity re-sponse team). “Now we have better measures, different medications, and much more sophisticated ventilators.”

Sedation is minimized so weaning from ventilators is much quicker - meaning, patients are wakened much sooner and exposure to natural light helps orientate them to time, place and person.

Another key project focuses on improved infection control. Bedside curtains in the six-bed ICU will be replaced by glass doors, aging fixtures will be upgraded, and a new T-bar ceiling is in the works.

Project Manager Jonathan Jingoe walked the Trail Times through the empty ward this week, pointing out extensive re-design plans which com-pletely shift the model of care by de-centralizing the nursing station and

re-configuring the unit into patient-centric “pods.”

“The whole process of moving was a huge plan that took place between plant services and clinical staff,” he began, noting the original plan was to complete each project in stages, which meant moving patients during each phase.

“It was our clinical lead for the site, Jane Cusden (KBRH acute health services director), who made the de-cision once we had funding in place, that relocating the ICU was the way to go so we could do the renovations properly.”

Jingoe said all six rooms will be demolished and re-built in a mod-

ern ICU design that allows nurses to work outside each room, or “pod,” instead of at a main nursing station.

“Basically, that means most of the nursing will be done at the bedside,” he added.

The bathroom will be re-config-ured, equipment storage will replace the current nursing base, and square-footage will increase when crews con-struct an airborne isolation room in the adjacent space, which was for-merly the renal unit.

“We are a six bed ICU but we will end up with seven physical beds in-cluding the airborne isolation room,” clarified McLeod.

The isolation room will have the

capacity for an ICU patient, but will also benefit less critical patients with suspected (and confirmed) airborne pathogens.

“For example, if there is a medical patient in Nelson, who is suspected to have TB, they would be able to come to us,”she explained. “That patient may not necessarily need ICU care, but the room is a resource.

“We would be able to put them in isolation and care for them, where we are able to keep the staff safe and the patient safe.”

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The Intensive Care Unit has been cleared out and patient care moved to fourth floor as Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital begins extensive upgrades to the wing. The $1.77 million project, which involves redesigning the six-bed unit into a patient-centric model , is slated for completion by the fall. The central nursing base will soon be demolished and replaced with individual work stations outside each new patient “pod.” (Inset) The former renal unit space has been gutted and will be re-built as an airborne isolation room.

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The Trail Historical Society has kindly shared stories of the region’s past.

A pair of bungling burglars who terror-ized residents of the lower Columbia River valley between Nelson, Castlegar and Trail in the fall of 1910 were quickly caught and locked up.

According to the Trail Times of Oct. 22, 1910, the crooks’ first escapade occurred when they gained access to the C.P. Rail building in Trail by prying open a window in the rear.

“At. 2:30 this morning Messrs. Hoffman and Trav. Latham were in the vicinity of the station and heard an explosion. A remark was passed that ‘it sounds like someone cracking a safe,’ and the two gen-tleman went up and looked in the window.

No evidence of anything having oc-curred were noticed and the two went on up town, saying nothing about the incident until after the discovery had been made in the morning.”

According to evidence left at the scene, it looked like the burglars had run off be-fore completing their work. However, the combination on the outer door of the safe was blown off, and an old gunny sack was

used to deaden the sound. They did make away with $25 in cash plus a .38 Smith & Wesson.

A few days later, the safe at the Yale-Columbia Lumber Company at Westley, a small community on the Lower Arrow Lakes, was also blown up. Forty dol-lars was stolen, along with a quantity of clothes and other articles.

On Nov. 5, the Trail Times reported that the busy burglars had been stopped in their tracks.

“Constable Wightman, of Nelson, was sent to investigate, and with the assistance of John Whitehead, a trapper at Westley, the alleged burglars were captured at the point of a gun about four miles up Shields Creek where they had pitched camp.

“The men gave their names as Eugene Martineu and Charles Morrison. Both men were heavily armed and equipped with the paraphernalia of the professional safe cracker.

“The men were taken to Nelson and on Thursday were given a preliminary hear-ing before Magistrate Bullock Webster and were sent up for trial. In addition to the loot which the men secured at Westley

and which was on exhibition in the court, was a .38 Smith & Wesson, bearing the same number as the gun stolen from the C.P.R. Agents office in Trail on the morn-ing of October 22.

“On Morrison and Martineu when they were arrested was found $55.50 in cash. The amount corresponds with the excep-tion of about $2, with the sums stolen from Westley and Trail.

Swift justice was handed down a week later, as reported in the Trail Times of Nov. 12.

“Eugene Martineau and Charles Morrison, the dynamiters, safe-crackers, house-robbers, robbers of shacks and all-around crooks were Wednesday morning sentenced by his honor, Judge Forin to serve two years in the provincial peni-tentiary. The men pleaded guilty to four charges, breaking into the C.P.R. office at Trail, breaking into the Yale-Columbia company’s store at Westley, robbing a shack near Blueberry Creek and robbing a second shack near the Nelson gasworks. They were sentenced to two years on each of these four charges, the terms to run concurrently.”

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The western toad migration near the Village of Nakusp at-tracts tourists every summer to the Toad Festival at Summit Lake, where people fill buck-ets with the toads and carry them safely across Highway 6 to forest habitat.

More than a million brown toads migrate at once, moving en mass from the lake across the highway to forested habi-tat where they live for four or five years before returning to the lake to breed.

The B.C. government spent almost $200,000 to build a toad tunnel underneath the highway, which is used by the toads, but many take the over-land route and risk death on the highway.

“Hundreds of people go out and help them across the road,” said Kootenay West New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy who represents Nakusp residents. “It looks

like a carpet of toads going across the road, especially these little babies trying to get across the road.”

Conroy said the village of about 1,600 people is con-flicted between protecting the jobs associated with Nakusp’s community-run forest com-pany and the possible threats logging poses to the amphib-ians.

“The community forest li-cence is an economic driver in a small community like Nakusp, but it’s also a concern

for the community because the toads are an endangered species,” she said. “They put a large amount of energy into ensuring those little guys get across the road.”

Nakusp organic vegetable grower Janet Spicer said many of her customers are forest companies, but she’s pushing to have the toad migration route protected from logging.

“This is an extremely spe-cial site, holding an extremely fragile animal,” she said. “It is unique in Canada, probably

North America and perhaps the world.”

Wilderness Committee spokeswoman Gwen Barlee said the B.C. government is playing Russian Roulette with the survival of the toads by permitting logging and road building.

Forest Minister Steve Thomson said he’s confident the migration route will be protected.

“In my perspective, the community forest is taking all the steps to deal with the pres-ence of the toad and appro-priate management of their activities,” he said.

Community forest manager Hugh Watt said he can guar-antee Nakusp will hold future toad festivals at Summit Lake.

“I feel we’re being as dili-gent as we can be,” he said.

Watt said the community forest operation contributed $1.2 million to the local econ-omy in 2014.

He said some local resi-dents and environmental groups are using the toad issue to lobby for expansion of provincial park boundaries at Summit Lake.

“It goes beyond the toads,” Watt said.

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The annual Toad Festival at Summit Lake Provincial Park in August is creating adversaries between the logging industry and envi-ronmentalists in Nakusp. Every year, volunteers help tranport the young toadlets across Hwy 6 in an effort to preserve the blue-listed Western toad population.

She’s seen much change in the field but says one thing remains constant - the ICU patients are still as sick.

But care is constantly im-proving as education advanc-es, skills are kept up-to-the-minute and modern critical care equipment replaces the outdated models.

“Our patient care stan-dards are very driven by re-search and aligned with the Kelowna network and with

the province,” she said. “So we know we are providing really good care.

“We have a really en-gaged staff and a really great staff,”added McLeod. “We do the nursing, the physicians, our team of pharmacists, physios, respiratory therapists - everybody works together and we have a great team. I think this infrastructure (ren-ovation) values and reflects the work we do.

“And it’s a real positive

when your work environment is improved - it’s a great thing, it really is.”

The Ministry of Health is contributing almost $1.3 mil-lion through Interior Health for the renovation, including $500,000 for the glass doors, walls and fixture replacement.

The West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District has directed $485,200 toward wall and window re-placement and $190,000 for the isolation room. The

KBRH Foundation is current-ly fundraising the remaining $57,000.

“My feeling, as a non-cli-nician, is that it’s the staff that provide the care, not the building,” Jingoe said. “The building helps, but it’s the staff. And the staff hasn’t changed, they just went to a temporary location like going to a summer cottage - it may be a bit more crowded but the level of care and quality of care remains unchanged.”

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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Marlene Ranson. Marlene was born January

24, 1935 in Trail, BC and passed away February 21, 2016 in Port Coquitlam, BC.

She is survived by her children Debbie (Ken) of Merritt, BC, Gerry (Heather) of Port

Coquitlam, BC, and Wayne of Prince George, BC, grandchildren Carla (Bill), Nicole (Stu),

Carissa, Candice, David (Emily), Katelyn (Rob) and Brandon, and great-grandchildren Taylor, Payton, Sophee, Jaxson, Elizabeth, Avery and

Samuel.She was predeceased by her husband

Lawrence in 1994, her sons, Darrell in 1983 and Brent in 1977.

Her parents Luigi and Alma DeRosa and siblings Mel DeRosa, June Vanness and

Louisa Harris.A grave side service will be held at Mountainview Cemetery in April.

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we have leap year? Or exactly what it means for people born on that day? Here are five fun, if complicated, facts to bring you up to speed on the most unusual day of the year:

Why does leap year exist?Leap year is the reason that seasons

occur at the same time each year. According to the Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies, the Earth takes 365.24 days to make a complete cycle around the sun. Every four years, therefore, the world would be a full day out of synch with the calendar. The society says a person who lived to be 90 would see their birthday drift by three weeks over the course of their lifetime. One extra day added to the end of February every four years prevents this from happening.

How does it work?According to Irv Bromberg at the

University of Toronto, “the Gregorian calendar has a 400-year repeat cycle, in which every year number divisible by four (2016, for example) has a leap day appended to February, except if the year number is divisible by 100, in which case it is a leap year only if the year number is also divisible by 400.” For instance, the year 2000 was a leap year, while 1900 was not. Got that?

Are there any drawbacks of being born on leap day?

The estimated five million people with Feb. 29 birthdays, also known asleapers, once had to face a number of day-to-day administrative hassles, according to the society. Insurance companies, banks and other major organizations often didn’t recognize

leap day as a valid date, forcing people to choose either Feb. 28 or March 1 as their birthday. Evolving technology has made this less of an issue, but some websites still won’t accept Feb. 29. Some leapers also complain that companies offering birthday promo-tions don’t wind up delivering for those born on the extra day.

Have any cultural traditions evolved around leap year?

While the origin of the tradition is unknown, leap day became the day on which women of several different cultures were allowed to propose to men rather than waiting to be asked. Some folklore has it that a man was supposed to compensate a woman if he turned down her offer of marriage. Compensation could include every-thing from silks to kisses. The society insists, though, that this shouldn’t be confused with the similarly themed Sadie Hawkins Day, which takes place on Nov. 15.

Are there any celebrity leapers?According to the society, there

have been a handful of famous leap-ers, some of whom have strong Canadian ties. These include General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, whose defeat during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham looms large in Canadian history. Others include actress Dinah Shore, film director William Wellman - whose movie “Wings” became the first ever best picture Oscar winner - and rapper Ja Rule. Several Canadian hockey players also celebrated Feb. 29 birthdays, including Henri Richard (brother of the legendary Maurice (Rocket) Richard), Cam Ward and Simon Gagne.

Nearly 30 teams with almost 50 competitors designed, built and pro-grammed their robots to compete in the fourth annual RoboGames competition Saturday at Selkirk College’s Mary Hall in Nelson.

The categories in-cluded an obstacle course, which robots maneuvered as quickly and carefully as pos-sible; a line following course, where robots followed the line from end to end with speed and accuracy judged; robot soccer 1-on-1, where competitors vied against an opponent to try to grab the most soccer balls to their side in two minutes.

In the special trick competition, competi-tors programmed their robot to do their evil, or not so evil, bidding by coming up with some-thing cool and crazy — for example, dancing, telling a joke, or fetch-

ing an object. In robot battles, two robots en-tered the open arena to compete as gladiators in the ultimate destruction event. Judges determine the winner based on meaningful hits, over-all match polarity and gamesmanship.

The majority of youth were ages 10 to 16, though some were as young as six. They worked on their robots within their schools, with parents or through community groups throughout a six week period beginning in early January. All told, 28 teams comprised of 48 youth from within the West Kootenay competed in the five different events.

Nelson had the larg-est representation, with 12 teams and 20 youth, followed by Castlegar with seven teams and 12 youth. New Denver and Rossland also contrib-uted teams, as did the Lower Columbia Tech Club based in Trail.

Winners from each event, and winners within specialized cate-gories including design, assembly, programming or creativity, won prizes donated by local busi-nesses, the Nelson Tech club, and sponsors.

The top individual winner was Ben Carter,

followed by runners-up Gavin Deane; top team Lucas Russell and Isiah Kotaras, with runners-up Caradoc Brennain and Dylan Peil, and Justin Ma and Brian Malito. Carter won the obstace course, the team of Lily Kompass, Oliver Ridge, and Pablo Rivas

won the line following, and Sydney and West Furman won the spe-cial trick competition. There was a tie between Carter and Deane tied in the robot battles.

Other awards went to A.J. Roberts (top pro-gramming and top awe-someness), Carter (top

design and assembly), Kyle Craig and Myles Peterson (top creativ-ity), Lucas Russell and Isaiah Kotaras (top problem solving), and Isaiah Brighton (top re-starts and excess time). There was a three-way tie for top robot battle wins between Roberts,

Carter, and the team of Aleks Ratynski and Braydon Heaney.

About three-quarters of the teams used the official kit provided by RoboGames, while the rest built customized robots.

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The Godfather of freeride ski photography will be shar-ing his insight with young Rossland filmmakers next week.

Youth 12-18 years old are invited to participate in a ski film workshop instructed by Mark Shapiro.

Powder Magazine branded Shapiro the Godfather with over 40 years of experience documenting the free-skiing movement.

The workshop will be in two parts, a classroom ses-sion on Thursday, March 3 and on-snow filming on Saturday, March 5. The work-shop, presented by Rossland Council for Arts and Culture (RCAC) in partnership with the Rossland Youth Action Network (YAN), is part of RCAC’s U19 Film Programming.

Shapiro has strong beliefs on what makes a good ski film, storyline is a must and GoPro footage does not do it for him. In the classroom portion of the workshop, par-ticipants will learn the secrets to good ski films and have a chance to view examples.

The on-snow portion of the workshop will take place at Red Mountain Resort. Participants will get the chance to work with fre-eride skiers and learn how to capture the best shots. They will spend some time getting

footage around the mountain and some time shooting in the terrain park. This day is all about movie making. Participants do not have to be amazing skiers, they just have to have the desire to make films.

This is an incredible op-portunity to learn from one of the best in the industry. There are only five spaces available, first come first serve, so sign up quickly! Register at www.u19filmfest.com.

The ski film workshop is the first in a series of work-shops RCAC and YAN will be

presenting in 2016. This year marks the ninth year RCAC has been running youth film programming. Traditionally, the program has included one to two workshops a year fol-lowed by the West Kootenay U19 Film Festival.

“We wanted to try a slight-ly different format this year,” says Tara Kowalchuk, RCAC executive administrator. “We asked the youth in what di-rection they would like to see U19 go, and the response was they wanted more opportuni-ties to learn and develop their skills.” RCAC listened, and this year will be presenting

four film making workshops, followed by a film showcase at the Youth Variety Show on May 5.

The workshops, as re-quested by youth, will be:

• Ski Film Making (Mark Shapiro) — March 3 and 5

• Claymation (Shelley Painter) — April 9

• Special Effects Make-up (Carolyn Ferraro) — April 16 and 17

• Film Directing (Jason Aspell) — April 23

All workshops have limited availability. Pre-registration is required, and can be done at www.u19filmfest.com.

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‘Godfather’ of freeride ski photography hosting workshop in Rossland next week

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The art of capturing epic ski moves on film will be part of a workshop next week in Rossland.


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We just completed the by-election in Montrose and I would like to wel-

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This year is the Village of Montrose’s 60th anniversary and the planning for a great weekend is well underway. The Montrose Council and the recreation com-mission are looking for volunteers to help them out for this spe-cial event! Please contact the vil-lage office if you are interested in volunteering for this anniversary event.

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As the NDP critic for post-secondary educa-tion, I’ve met with a number of groups over

the past weeks and months to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing universities, colleges and tech-nical institutions, as well as with the students who are working hard to better their futures. And the benefits to post-secondary ed-ucation are many. It gives young peo-ple a much greater chance for employ-ment; it is estimat-ed that 80 per cent of all jobs will soon require edu-cation beyond a high school di-ploma. And those jobs are higher paying; university graduates earn an average of $79,000.

The challenges are also daunt-ing. Tuition fees have risen in real terms by 137 per cent over the past 20 years alone. Housing costs have skyrocketed as well. The cost of a post-secondary ed-ucation is now well over $10,000 per year and is often more than double that. For medicine and law programs the cost is often a mind-boggling $75,000 per year.

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less to say, haven’t kept up with those costs, so many students are forced to take out loans. In 2013 almost a half million stu-dents borrowed from the Canada Student Loans Program and oth-ers took out private loans. The

average student debt increased 40 percent be-tween 2000 and 2010, and is now $26,300 for stu-dents graduating with an under-graduate degree. Students know how important higher educa-tion is for their futures, but are

being saddled with crushing debts at the start of their careers.

Much of the cause of this dras-tic increase in tuition fees lies in a significant decrease in gov-ernment funding for universities and colleges, especially on the federal side. In 1995, the federal Liberal government slashed pro-vincial transfers for social pro-grams, including post-secondary education, by $7 billion, one of the deepest cuts in Canadian his-tory.

Accounting for both inflation and enrolment growth, federal funding for post-secondary edu-

cation is still $2.4 billion less than it was in 1993, a 50 per cent drop. Adding to this loss of fed-eral funding is the fact that these transfer payments are no longer tied to agreements for spending on post-secondary education, and provinces often cut back on university and college funding even when the federal transfer payments they receive are in-creasing.

So what should be done? One obvious fix would be to create a transfer of federal funds to provinces that is directly target-ed to post-secondary education, similar to what is done for health care.

This would relieve the need of many universities and colleges to continually raise tuition fees. We could also make changes to the federal student loans and grants so that the burden the students bear is less onerous. We also need to continually work to ensure that young Canadians receive an education that readies them for today’s jobs.

And what is clear is that we must fix this system quickly to ensure that Canada has a well-educated workforce to make our country competitive in the global economy.

Richard Cannings is the MP for South Okanagan-West Kootenay

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From the Hill

An editorial from the Winnipeg Free Press

Canada is just under a month away from seeing the Trudeau government’s first budget -- how it will start making good on elec-tion promises that are estimat-ed to tally something like $10 billion. But this week, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau lifted a corner for a peek on the fiscal blueprint he is projecting a deficit in 2016-17 of $18.4 bil-lion.

That delivers in spades on at least one campaign promise: to run deficits to fuel spending, as a counterweight to the economic pressures facing the country.

The deficit projection blows the $10-billion cap the Liberals promised to hold to when vying for voters’ support last fall.

Part of the reason is the Liberals appear to be hedging their bets. They have shaved $40 billion off their projections for gross domestic product (GDP), in what looks like an abundance of caution. Also, unlike the for-mer Harper government, which built its revenue targets on un-likely, overly optimistic oil prices (to support rosy financial year-ends), the Liberals are using a more realistic estimate of US$40 a barrel.

The cut to GDP projections alone pushes up the 2016-17 def-icit by $6 billion. In other words, if the economists are nearer right than wrong, the year may come in at $12 billion in the red.

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Minister Justin Trudeau a cush-ion. Mr. Trudeau can either look good, ultimately, by beating the projection with a better bottom line or, alternatively, he could use the room to accommodate spending -- much of the Liberals’ estimated $10 billion in cam-paign promises has not been fac-tored into the deficit projection. Canadians will have to wait for the budget, on March 22, for the details on which promises will be funded.

While none of this can be characterized as good -- or “sunny ways,” as the prime min-ister likes to say -- Mr. Trudeau’s job is to ensure the deficit-fund-ing greases the wheels of a slug-gish economy. That is where his promised hike to infrastructure spending comes in.

The prime minister has con-sulted the premiers on their wish lists. Again, the details on how much will flow in which years remains to be seen. But the gen-eral wisdom is -- paid out care-fully to get bigger capital projects with sustained employment off the drawing board -- stimulus spending can stoke the economy in years when the private sector pulls back on employment and investment.

This is the plan Canadians voted for. Voters chose a very different government than that offered by the Harper adminis-tration, in spending priorities, in tone and in governing style. The mounting deficits will help pay for pending changes to the

tax system to help middle-in-come families, critical spending on indigenous affairs and higher transfers to the provinces for in-frastructure works. All big-ticket items.

As precarious as the economy may feel, it is the right time to run deficits, with interest rates on borrowing at bargain prices, national unemployment at seven per cent and spending in the pri-vate sector depressed. Canada’s debt-to-GDP level is an envy in many parts of the world and there’s no immediate threat to its triple-A credit rating.

Yet as Manitobans can attest, deficit-funding can prove ad-dictive. Mr. Trudeau has backed away from his promise to hit a balanced budget again within his first term. Nonetheless, he should be able to tell Canadians if not then, when.

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About 120 Kootenay Zone athletes will join over 1,700 high-performance competitors and coaches from across the province for two days of competi-tion in 17 sports at the 2016 BC Winter Games this weekend in Penticton. And for the first time in many years, Greater Trail will send a karate team to compete at the event.

Five athletes and coaches from the Beaver Valley Chito Ryu Dojo and the Salmo Shotokan Dojo will join the Kootenay Zone team.

“It has been a very long time since the Kootenays has sent anyone to the Games,” said Chito Ryu Sensei Scott Hutcheson. “I’ve already mentioned to the team, we’ve already reached our goals by attending this level of event, now anything that comes is just a cherry on top.”

Competing for the Karate team are Salmo’s Kobi Stephenson, Fruitvale natives Tyson Nelson and Meagan Campsall, with Sensei Hutcheson and Sensei Rob Aylwin coaching the team.

“Kobi is very new to competition and has attended only the Beaver Valley Karate Championships while Tyson has experienced a little higher level of competition attending Taneda Sensei’s Friendship Tournament and Regionals before,” explained Hutcheson. “It is only Meagan who has reached the provincial level before and is actually last year’s BC Provincial Kata Bronze medalist for her division.”

Senseis Hutcheson and Aylwin ramped up their training regimen to prepare the young karate kas for the Games, and go into the tournament confident their athletes will perform well.

“Without a sense of an upcoming match, there is no urgency to train hard, or harder,” explained Hutcheson. “The Games are a great benefit to competitive training.”

For the athletes and coaches, the Games offer a unique opportunity, not only for the high-calibre competition but a chance for young athletes to be part of a major event and, even more important, build enduring friendships and relationships with other athletes and coaches.

“It’s more than a tournament,” added Hutchison. “It’s an event and experience unlike any other they’ll have in sport.”

Athletes and coaches participat-ing from the Greater Trail area in-clude Black Jack skiers Sophie Edney and Jasmine Drolet and coach Fred Bushell, Rossland alpine skiers Kristof Panke, Hanna Shulze, and Sage Stefani, and biathlon coach Michael Heximer. In Diving, coach Ian Sibbald and Shannon Sullivan will accompany athletes Darya Avdeyev, Katrine Jones, Clive Weston, Neko Woollard and Andrew Sibbald, while Salmo’s Haley Olynik will compete in cross-country skiing.

Volunteers in Penticton have been preparing for the past 18 months to host the Games – the fourth time this community has done so. There will be over 1,800 volunteers working to ensure the participants have ex-ceptional competition and a first-rate experience with Opening and Closing Ceremonies, special events, and won-derful hospitality.

“Penticton is where the BC Games began in 1978, and we are so pleased to be back and benefiting from the history of sport and event hosting in this community,” said Kelly Mann, President and CEO of the BC Games Society in a release. “The athletes, coaches, and officials coming to these BC Winter Games are taking their first step towards future national and in-ternational level competitions and the expertise of the volunteers will make a mark on their journey.”

The competition kicks off today, and will conclude Sunday with the Closing Ceremonies at the South Okanagan Events Centre at 1:30 p.m.

Front from left: Tyson Nelson, Meagan Campsall, and Kobi Stephenson will compete along with a dozen other Greater Trail athletes at the BC Winter Games in Penticton this weekend. Back from left: Sensei Hutcheson and Aylwin coach the Karate team.

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Beaver Valley Nitehawks goalie Tallon Kramer stops Nelson Leafs forward Eamonn Miller on this second-period penalty shot, as the Hawks skated to a 4-2 victory over the Leafs on Wednesday.

Hawks nip Buds, lead series 2-0JIM BAILEY

Times Sports Editor

Former Nelson Leaf Nolan Percival scored the winning goal as the Beaver Valley Nitehawks skated to a gritty 4-2 victory over the Leafs on Wednesday at the Hawks Nest, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Neil Murdoch division semifinal playoff.

“I thought we played a really complete game,” said Nitehawks coach and GM Terry Jones. “We got down early and we just didn’t panic. I really like the fact that we didn’t panic and it was a big goal from Terpsma to tie it up, and I thought the second and third period we played really well.”

With the score tied 2-2, Leafs goalie Patrick Ostermann denied both Dylan Heppler and Dylan Ghiradosi on close-in shots, but the rebound bounced out to Percival in the slot, and the Nelson native made no mistake rifling it high over the sprawling goalie for a 3-2 Hawks lead 59 seconds into the second period.

“It feels good,” said Percival. “I mean it’s no different than scor-ing on the other goal now. I have a lot of friends over there, and they love the game as much as I do so we’re going out and doing the same thing, so its good.”

Beaver Valley opened the scor-ing 1:46 into the first period when Michael Pruss parked in front of the net and converted a Jace Weegar setup. However, less than 90 seconds later Leaf ’s forward Eamonn Miller’s shot deflected in the air and past goalie Tallon Kramer to tie it at one.

Like past Hawks-Leafs playoff matches, the first period was in-tense and physical with the Leafs incurring three minor penalties in the frame, but manufactured their best chances while short-handed. With Nelson’s Nicholas Ketola off for holding, Rayce Miller netted a shorthanded marker when his aggressive fore-check stripped the puck from the Hawks defenceman and he walked in alone, wiring a shot over the glove of Kramer to give the Leafs a 2-1 lead midway through the period.

The Hawks struck back be-fore the period was over, as Ryan Terpsma’s blast from the point deflected by Ostermann to tie the game with 5:07 remaining in the first, as the Hawks outshot the Leafs 12-6 in the period.

Less than a minute after Percival put the Hawks ahead, Allan Pruss drew the goalie out of position, circled the net, and

wired a shot from the right dot for the insurance and a 4-2 B.V. lead.

The Leafs had a glorious chance to get back in the match when Miller was awarded a pen-alty shot after being hauled down on a breakaway. The Nelson for-ward went backhand forehand on the deke, but the puck slid harm-lessly off his stick and by the net.

Quick puck movement and solid back-check from the Hawks forwards helped the defence thwart a concerted Leafs attack in the third period; and while Nelson outshot B.V. 14-10 in the final frame, most of those shots were from the perimeter and eas-ily handled by Kramer.

“I thought our team played excellent,” said Hawks forward Blake Sidoni who had a goal and an assist in Game 1 and was a physical force for the Nitehawks on Wednesday. “We were smart with the puck, great dumps, and good defence, and Kramer back in the net was just awesome for us.”

Hawks defenceman Karsten Jang made a great defensive play late in the game, when he slid across and blocked a shot on a Nelson forward looking at a

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yawning cage. The Nitehawks re-

mained calm and re-markably disciplined at times, and avoided the pitfalls of the previous night’s Leaf comeback.

“I thought the key was just the momentum switches last night,” said Jones. “It went back and forth, back and forth and I didn’t think we played well enough de-fensively, stopping and starting, and it seemed like every time we were in our zone we were in trouble. Tonight we had a lot more poise. We were in lanes to block shots, and Tallon was there to make the save when we needed him.”

With two minutes to play, the Leafs pulled their goalie for an extra attacker, when Kramer made his best save of the night. The Hawks’ net-minder wandered be-hind his net to play the puck but was caught by the Nelson forward who stole it, swung out and fired it at the goal from

the side of the net. But Kramer somehow re-covered and dove across the crease to make an incredible stop and keep the lead at two.

“He’s a great goalten-der, he’s been good since he’s been here, and he’s confident in handling the puck which is a nice element as well,” Jones said without a hint of irony. “But both he and Brett (Clark) have been great and we have ro-tated them all year and we’ll continue to do that.”

Beaver Valley outshot the Leafs 40-29 on the night with B.V. going 1-for-6 on the power play and Nelson 0-for-4.

Jang had a great game on the back end and was named the Nitehawks’ game star, while Eamonn Miller was Nelson’s star of the match.

The Nitehawks travel to Nelson for Games 3 and 4 on Friday and Saturday at the Nelson and District Sports Complex with the puck drop at 7 p.m.

In the other Neil Murdoch division match up, the Grand Forks Border Bruins evened their series with the Castlegar Rebels with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday.


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The Partridge rink won the A Event at the Beaver Valley Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel on the weekend with a dominating final performance victory over the Kohlman rink. From left: Don Catalono second, skip Marcus Partridge, lead Lindsay Partridge, and third Peter Staff. Pr e d i c t i n g

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ally a plainly foolish exercise.

To whit below.Nobody thought the

Smoke Eaters would even still be in conten-tion for a playoff spot with a game to play. Nobody expected a double overtime loss to the Vernon Vipers in late January, which seemed just another frustration in a frus-trating month, would/could play a critical part in Trail’s chances for post season play.

But, there it is. If Trail had held on to win that game on Jan. 23, Saturday night’s finale on Trail ice, against those same Vipers, would be a w i n n e r - t a k e s - t h e -playoff spot contest. It still might be, but the Smoke Eaters failing to gain two points that night means we will not know the Smokies’ potential fate until the scores come in from games tonight.

IF the Wenatchee Wild can get a regu-lation time win over the Vipers tonight that will mean the Smoke Eaters, amazingly, can still secure a recently rare post-season spot - which would be a se-rious coup for the re-shuffled coaching staff - with a win Saturday night in Cominco Arena. Any other re-sult in Vernon Friday will end the Smokies’ chances.

Funny old thing, life is. Wenatchee has been seriously better than Vernon in the past couple of months and enter tonight’s game 6-2-1 in February while

the Vipers just bare-ly ended a six-game losing streak with a double overtime win over the BCHL’s bot-tom-feeding Surrey Eagles.

The Wild, how-ever, have just a win and a tie since their chase for the main-land title ended, and already know their first round opponent

and schedule. Their motivation level, how-ever much the coaching staff may want to build momentum for the post-season, is suspect.

The Vipers know what is at stake, so mo-tivation shouldn’t be an issue for them. The Wild are more talented and generally better or-ganized. Vernon, how-ever is a bunch of cor-nered snakes and will be in their own pit.

Etc. Trail’s recent play,

particularly the seri-ously gutsy battle they produced in Tuesday’s win against a talented and apparently quite motivated Salmon Arm team, makes one wish they get the opportu-nity tomorrow to com-pete for something big. No way I am into pre-dicting whether or not that will happen.

If it does, or even if it doesn’t, I am hop-ing to see a big crowd at Cominco Arena Saturday night. The kids on this edition of the Smoke Eaters have battled serious head winds to get this close - we should be proud of their efforts - and half a dozen, at least, of them will be play-ing their last game in Orange and Black.

Then there are the facts that: Smokie games generally pro-vide high quality, excit-ing, entertainment for little money; it is a very good thing to have a Junior A franchise in Trail and that requires money from game days; the giant 50-50, and the regular game day one, will both be on offer; and lots of your friends will be in the building.

So, you should go.

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Friday’s gamesChilliwack at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.Cowichan Valley at Nanaimo,

7 p.m.Wenatchee at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Powell River at Victoria, 7 p.m.Salmon Arm at West Kelowna,

7 p.m.

Penticton at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 27

Vernon at Trail, 7:30 p.m. Powell River at Alberni Valley,

7 p.m.Coquitlam at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.Nanaimo at Cowichan Valley,

7 p.m.Surrey at Prince George, 7

p.m.Penticton at Salmon Arm, 7

p.m.Wenatchee at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 28Powell River at Alberni Valley,

2 p.m.Surrey at Prince George, 3

p.m.Victoria at Chilliwack, 4 p.m.

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The last column showed a case where the pre-empter was two-

suited and bid again when partner was silent. This week, the pre-empter has the same hand and bids again after partner makes a raise of the pre-empt suit. He does this at fa-vourable vulnerability and with the assumption that partner makes a raise with three-card not two cards or fewer.

When one is bidding game, the golden fit is eight cards, however when one is making a sacrifice or competing at the three-level or higher, the golden fit is nine or ten cards.

When one raises part-ner’s pre-empt, one is clearly making a statement that one’s hand is better

for offense not defense. With a doubleton or shorter in the pre-empt suit and a few de-fensive values, one would not further the pre-empt.

The bidding: South pre-empts Three Diamonds and West bids Four Diamonds showing both majors. A direct cuebid at the two-level may show

the top suit and another, but over minor pre-empts, a direct cuebid shows the majors because of the shortage of bidding space.

North raises to Five Diamonds, taking away Blackwood. East bids 5 . South hears his partner say his hand is offensive and with his lack of de-fense, he bids Six Clubs, his second suit. North likes Clubs and makes a seven-level sacrifice.

Opening Lead: Heart

King. West cannot lead a minor and hopes to maybe get a Heart trick in addition to his three minor tricks.

The play: Declarer wins the Heart Ace and plays a trump. The defense tries to grab a Spade trick and declarer ruffs and draws trump. Declarer then plays Diamonds until they are set up.

The defense gets three tricks and +500 instead of 1430.

Partner raises with limited defense

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Chuck Clarkson manager of The Nelson Duplicate Bridge Club presents Warren Watson of Trail with the Stanley Jenkinson Memorial Trophy for the year 2015. Watson won the trophy with a record 3100 rating points. He is a very popular player in the Nelson club and gives half-hour lessons prior to weekly play which many of the players attend and enjoy.

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But now, during Lent, we focus on progressive sancti� cation. Having already been justi� ed and de� nitively sancti� ed by Christ’s atonement on the cross, which we received as a free gift through our faith, whereby we accept him as our Savior, we now need to grow progressively in sancti� cation. And this means that we now need to integrate this gift of justi� cation and salvation into our life, and really put off the “old man” and put on the “new man” (Ephesians 4:22-24). We do this by a life of prayer and fasting in the desert, resisting the ever-present and ever-new temptations and snares of the devil that are all around us, while doing good to others (almsgiving) and preaching the good news of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ to all we can reach.During Lent we also focus on Christ’s suffering and death on the cross for our salvation and justi� cation, for Lent is a preparation for the cel-ebration of Holy Week; but our primary focus is on doing our part now to assimilate Christ’s justi� cation and de� nitive sancti� cation through a process of progressive sancti� cation.Speci� cally, this means focusing on prayer and fasting in the desert, resisting the snares and temptations of the devil, and almsgiving, that is, helping those in need, and especially helping to spread the preaching of the gospel, the “good news” of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ, among those who have not yet heard it.So now during Lent we pray and fast. Contemplative prayer is a particularly important and meaningful part of the Christian life. We need to sit comfortably for half an hour, an hour, or an hour and a half, with our eyes closed, and the lights off, focusing directly on God, preferably in the early morning hours, long before dawn, repeating in our mind and coordinating with our breath a very short, simple prayer, like the Jesus Prayer (“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me sinner”), thanking God for all he has done for us in forgiving all our sins and making us righteous and resplendent before him through the work of his Son on the cross, the results of which are communicated to us through our faith in him. This is how we experience God’s heavenly peace, divine love, and the splendor of his righteousness shining within

us.But to pray contemplatively in an effective and successful way and experience God’s love during this time of prayer, we need to fast in the desert. This means living only for the Lord in all that we do, and elimi-nating worldly recreations from our life that only divide our heart and thereby weaken our ability to experience God’s love and peace and the glory of his righteousness shining within us during our contemplation. That is why the great contemplatives of history were desert dwellers, living a very simple and austere life, far from the pleasures, distractions, noise, temptations, and attractions of the world.So we eat only very basic, healthy, simple, and plain food, renounc-ing delicacies, fancy desserts, and sumptuous dishes, doctored up to enhance their � avor. We do this because we want to � nd all our delight in the Lord; not also in unnecessary worldly pleasures that only divide our heart from a pure, undivided love of God alone with all the love of our heart, with an undivided heart, for the more our heart is divided by worldly pleasures, the less we are able to experience the love of God in our heart. So we live simply, because we want all the love of our heart to go directly to the Lord, and because we want to be sensitized thereby to experience his love in us.This is why we live in the desert, which also means avoiding worldly recreations and pleasures, such as secular movies and pleasure trips. Lent is a special time to focus on all this, that is, on living in a way that is conducive to progressive sancti� cation, which is a way of living in which contemplation can � ourish. We therefore live in the desert, espe-cially during Lent, because we want our total focus to be on the Lord.Especially during Lent, we also increase our efforts to resist the temptations of the devil that are all around us, and of those who make themselves into the snares of the devil to lead us astray from a pure and undivided love of the Lord alone with all the love of our heart, with an undivided heart in our love for him. We do this because we do not want to be obsessed by people or activities or things that give us unnecessary worldly pleasure, for such obsessions defeat our purpose of progressive sancti� cation. We know, furthermore, what the temptations are that obsess us, and so we avoid these so that we can grow in progressive sancti� cation and not impede God’s work in our life.

Finally, we must be active in almsgiving, for the Lord has given us what money we have in order to use it in his service; not sel� shly to squander it for our own pleasures and recreations. We should particularly use it to spread the preaching of the gospel throughout the world and for people in need of the basics of life. Our money is not given to us by God to use for worldly pleasures; but to help those in need and to enable the preaching of the gospel to reach those who have not yet heard it. © Copyright 2007-2009 Rev. Steven Scherrerwww.DailyBiblicalSermons.com

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The international media was recently abuzz with “a feud” between Pope Francis and Donald Trump. Of the media’s making, the attention grabbing headlines made for

some entertainment while at the same time shin-ing a spotlight on Christianity and politics in the United States.

On board the papal plane flying home from his trip to Mexico, report-ers asked Francis about Trump’s plans to deport illegal im-migrants and build a wall along the American-Mexican border. Francis’ reply drew the ire of Trump and his supporters; “A person who thinks only about building walls – wherever they may be – and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the Gospel.” Francis went onto give Trump the benefit of the doubt.

Trump fired back describing himself as a “good Christian”, and calling the Pope’s comments “dis-graceful.” He carried on, rather like a petulant child threatening retribution after his parents have scolded him. When ISIS attacks the Vatican, the Pope will be sorry; the Pope will wish he had listened to Donald Trump and prayed for him to become President. Trump must have forgotten that the Vatican doesn’t need a savior; it already has one.

Unlike in Canada, religion continues to play a significant role in American elections. Trump and other presidential hopefuls are courting the religious vote. To win the Pope’s endorsement would be a coup d’état. Unfortunately for the candi-dates, Francis has no intention of telling American Catholics how to mark their ballots. However, he has no problem talking about socio-political issues that affect the common good and do harm.

This annoys the Trump camp for which walls are more desirable than bridges. It wants a Christianity that advances protectionism and makes no de-mands. It is much less keen on a Gospel that “com-forts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.”

While the Pope’s comment about what it means to be a Christian clearly hit a nerve, it was not sur-prising. Francis has never been easy on Christians, particularly clerics, who pay lip service to the Gospel but fail to walk the talk. And his comment on building walls instead of bridges is in keeping with his consistent and unequivocal support for migrants and refugees.

The Pope is not making up stuff about being Christian to irritate the Trump camp. Francis is reminding all of us that building walls, “wherever they may be”, reinforces unjust economic and so-cial structures. These things imprison millions of people around the globe. Building bridges, on the other hand, helps individuals live with dignity.

While some in the Trump camp want the Pope to shut up and butt out, there is an inherently political element to the Gospel. Despite the con-fident assertion of evangelical Jerry Falwell Jr. (a Trump supporter) that “Jesus never intended to give instruction to political leaders on how to run a country”, the Gospel does challenge the attitudes and policies of “good Christian” leaders.

Religion is not a tool for garnering votes to secure personal power. Nor is faith a matter of convenience, but of discipleship. Sometimes, the demands of discipleship are just plain irritating.

Trail BC resident Louise McEwan is a free-lance writer with degrees in English and Theology. Her blog is www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot.com. Contact her at [email protected]

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LEISURE

Dear Annie: My youngest son, “Ian,” is soon to marry the “love of his life.” I haven’t had much of an opportunity to get to know “Tess,” but my wife has spent time with her and really likes her. Around me, however, Tess seems to be reserved and quiet. I asked Ian about her reti-cence and after some hesitation, he told me that Tess finds me “creepy” and is uncomfortable being around me.

I was flabbergasted. I cannot think of one thing I’m doing to make this woman feel this way. I have never touched her or leered at her. I don’t find her particularly attractive, so I cannot imagine that I’m being lascivious without real-izing it. I don’t make off-color jokes. I dress conservatively. When I speak to her, I look her in the eye, not the chest. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.

I mentioned it to my wife, and she admitted that she overheard Tess and two of her friends laugh-ing about how creepy I am. Her

opinion of Tess has been substan-tially lowered. I asked my other two daughters-in-law whether they thought I was creepy and they were astonished that anyone would think so. They both want to talk to Tess, but I asked them not to. My son said that Tess shared her feelings about me in confidence and he doesn’t want her to know he told me.

Should I wait until after the mar-riage and try to talk to Tess? My other family members say to let it go and that she’ll get to know me better with time, but I’m not so sure. Ian has been dating Tess for nearly three years and she’s had plenty of opportunities to get to know me. Any advice? -- Not a Creepy Guy

Dear Guy: We don’t know why Tess thinks you are creepy. There may be something about you that reminds her of a less-savory char-acter. Or her definition of “creepy” might be different than yours. It is also possible that Tess is setting the

stage for keeping Ian away from his family after the marriage.

You need to discuss this openly and your wife has provided the perfect excuse to do so without compromising your son. With other family members pres-

ent, especially Ian, tell Tess what your wife overheard. Ask her why she thinks you are “creepy” and how the two of you can overcome it in order to have a better relationship. Frankly, we would be wary of any young woman who turns her fu-ture father-in-law into an object of derision with her girlfriends. Tread carefully.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Please Stop,” who is on a fixed income, but feels guilty when she receives constant requests from charities for donations.

Last year, between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, I wrote down every request we received from a charity. Using the smallest amount that I would

have sent, the total for my donations would have come to $7,151. As my wife and cannot afford this amount, we no longer feel guilty about not sending money to anyone. -- C.

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OPEN HOUSE

202 Kootenay Avenue, Tadanac $389,000

Sat, February 27 • 11am to 1pmHosted by Jack McConnachie250.231.5222

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1252 Bay Ave Trail, BC

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Mark Wilson

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Mary Martin

[email protected]

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250-368-7897richard.daoust@

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Mary Amantea

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Bill Craig

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$269,000Beautiful 3 bdrm heritage

home with upgrades.

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2074 Butte Street, Rossland

$340,000Lots of character

in this great family home.

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1490 Tulip Street, Trail$255,000This charming

Glenmerry home is in a great location!

NEW PRICE

903 Scott Street, Warfi eld

$199,0003 bdrm home with friendly layout and

recent updates.

100 Eton Road, Warfi eld

$239,000Well maintained

Warfi eld home located on a quiet cul-de-sac.

490 Austad Lane, Trail$129,000

Columbia Heights Duplex with

lots of parking.

1614-1616 Knight Street, Trail$339,000

Well maintained 4-plex on over an

acre of land.

Community Futures Greater Trail is a dynamic, volunteer board-driven organization looking to increase its Board of Directors. Interested individuals should be regionally-minded with experience in one or more of the following areas: commercial lending, accounting, business management, community economic development, signifi cant entrepreneurial experience. Previous volunteer experience and/or board participation is considered an asset.

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Successful candidates will have community and client values consistent with those of the current Board of Directors, committees, and staff.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a resume, personal biography, and cover letter to the attention of Don Freschi, General Manager: [email protected] or mail to 825 Spokane Street, Trail, BC, V1R 3W4.

Closing date for the application process is March 31, 2016.

Community Futures’ services and programs are made possible with the assistance of the Government of Canada via Western Economic Diversifi cation Canada.

For more detailed information about the organization, please visit www.communityfutures.com.

CALL FOR BOARD OF DIRECTOR(S)

Temporary Full Time Auto Representativein our Trail location

Kootenay InsuranceServices Ltd.

Kootenay Insurance Services Ltd. provides a full

line of insurance products and services in the Kootenays

with locations in Cranbrook, Crawford Bay, Nelson, Trail

and Invermere, BC

ResumesBy March 6, 2016

Lynn DavidsonBranch Manager

Kootenay Insurance Services Ltd.

999 Farwell StreetTrail, BCV1R 3V1

[email protected]

Join a team that values you and recognizes the power you have to create success for yourself and

for Kootenay Insurance Services Ltd (KIS). We offer the stability and resources of a leading, locally-based organization, an employee focused culture that values your individual contribution and encourages work/life

balance, plus a commitment to serving and helping our community.

The ideal candidate will possess a combination of skills, ability, education, experience, and motivation:• Level I Insurance License• Minimum 1 year experience in an insurance

environment with Autoplan Sales experience and some exposure to general lines products and services

• Ability to communicate well in a sales and service environment, both verbally and in writing, and to provide service oriented solutions to clients

• Ability to organize work to meet deadlines within an environment of constantly changing priorities

• Competitive wage, pension and benefit package

Kootenay Insurance Services Ltd. Is owned in equal partnership by East Kootenay Community, Kootenay

Savings, and Nelson & District credit unions

LPN & RNPERMANENT & CASUAL POSITIONS

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Email: [email protected] successful applicants will be contacted.First Aid CPR. Clear Criminal Record and TB Test

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Psoriasis & EczemaChemotherapy/radiation therapy

Wigs & hair systems for men & women

3019 Hwy 3CRESTON, BC

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Garden & LawnSPRING CLEANUP, Pruning, dethatching, aerating, land-scaping. Certifi ed Landscape Horticulturalist. Call Geoff to book 250-231-5692.

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KOOTENAY DUCT CLEANERS

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Toll free 1.844.428.0522FREE Estimates

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Kruger plumbing

heating

1106 Unit ‘A’, Hwy. 3B, Montrose

Class A Gas Fitter, Red Seal Plumber and Steamfitter

250 367 0009

24 Hour Emergency

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Hormone FreeGrass Fed/Grain Finished

Freezer Packages AvailableQuarters/Halves

$4.90/lb Hanging WeightExtra Lean Ground

Beef Available TARZWELL FARMS

250-428-4316 Creston

Garage SalesMOVING SALEFruitvale, 455 Barclay Road. Sat. Feb. 27th, 8am-1pm.

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20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014

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Local Coin Collector BuyingCollections Gold Silver CoinsEstates 1-250-499-0251 Chad

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Houses For SaleTRAIL, 4bdrm., 2bth. renovat-ed home with single garage in Shavers Bench. Private yard great for kids and pets. Price reduced for quick sale to $158,500. Call or text 250-231-7357.

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Rentals

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Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822

Ermalinda Estates, Glenmer-ry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/eleva-tor. N/S, N/P. Ph.250-364-1922

E. Trail. 2 bedroom. F/S, W/D.250.368.3239.

E.TRAIL, nice 2 bdrm 250-368-8897

Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ph. 250-368-6761

Glenmerry, 2bd. apt. Friendly, quiet secure bldg. Heat incl.n/p,n/s.250-368-5287

GLENVIEW APTS. Spacious,quiet 1&2 bdrm. apts. Avail. Mar.1st. 250-368-8391

SUNNINGDALE, spacious, bright, 1bd, perfect for couple/ senior, heat/laundry inc., n/p,n/s. 250-367-9607

TRAIL, 1BDRM. Glenmerry. N/P. Utilities included. 250-368-1312.TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apt. Adult building, perfect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, comfortable. Nicely renovated. Must See. 250-368-1312, 250-364-0352

WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888

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