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BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff

With a potential $1.55 million rent forthcoming in the budget-ary hull of the school district, $350,000 more than first pro-jected in mid-January, the board of trustees is beginning the pro-

cess of righting the ship.Today the School District No.

20’s board (Kootenay-Boundary) begins the arduous process of bail-ing out the boat that has been listing in murky financial waters after the Ministry of Education announced it was changing the educational funding formula in early January.

A reduction in funding pro-tection — a guaranteed budget amount from the province — has

meant the district will lose more than $500,000 from their $36 mil-lion budget.

Coupled with a forecast $450,000 shortfall on operations, and now a $350,000 impact from the substitute salary budget — used for covering teacher absences — the board will grapple with how they can solve the riddle in a spe-cial open board meeting tonight at Trail Middle School (6 p.m.).

The board is expected to pass

an amended annual budget bylaw for the current school year of $37,600,000, as well as announ-cing how it will cover the costs and cushion the cuts.

Although the current budget is a done deal, the board isn’t accepting its financial fate lying down.

Two letters will be sent this week to Minister of Education, George Abbott, expressing dis-appointment that SD20 is a dis-

trict tasked “to do more with less,” asking for a reinstatement of its protected funding level.

SD20 chair Darrel Ganzert pointed to school closures — nine in the last 10 years — and a rebuilt budget as measures the board had already instituted to tighten its belt, and felt that was enough.

But under the new funding formula from the province, the district will likely not receive any

See BOARD, Page 3

Budgetary blow takes the wind out of SD20’s sailSpecial open school

board meeting tonight at Trail Middle School

GLIDING AND GRINNING

Teachers will put full-scale walkout

to a vote this weekBY VALERIE ROSSI

Times StaffGreater Trail teachers will be

brought up to speed on the prov-incial battle underway between its union and its employer today before casting a vote on whether they support a full withdrawal of servi-ces Wednesday, according to the president of the Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is threatening a full-scale walkout should the provincial government leave the bargaining table and legis-late an end to an apparently dead-locked labour dispute.

Though a province-wide day of action has some school districts plan-ning lunch-hour and after-school rallies today, it will be a regular day of school for students attending class in Kootenay Columbia.

While the union applied for a mediator to get involved in the year-long contract dispute, and the BC Public School Employers’ Association agreed, B.C. Education Minister George Abbott has since announced that he intends to introduce legisla-tion this week to end the impasse with public school teachers.

“This agreement by our employer to go to mediation appears to be dis-ingenuous because they’ve agreed to a mediator but the political wing who basically is in charge of our employer are saying there is no other

solution other than legislation,” said Davidoff.

“I don’t think the employer intends to allow for proper media-tion of this dispute, that’s my opin-ion.”

A vote has been called in antici-pation of legislation but the union would still need approval to escal-ate its job action from the Labour Relations Board, explained Davidoff, calling the process “fluid” and “con-fusing.”

“The way it’s unfolding, it’s going to be very difficult for teachers to withdraw their services legally,” he said.

Darrel Ganzert, chair of School District 20’s board, said this is a provincial matter that he stays out of.

“The teachers will do what they have to do, the provincial govern-ment will do what it has to do and in the end we’re left to pick up the pieces in a way,” he said.

Regardless, Ganzert said the school board will be discussing the current situation with talks of preparation at its budget meeting tonight.

“The government’s got a real bal-ancing act to do because they were ruled a few years ago that stripping contracts was illegal to do so I doubt that they would head down that path,” he said.

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ates tax timing issues. Like I said, doomsday?

Deadlines come earlier in leap years so don’t mess up. The final day for RRSP con-tributions for 2011 tax pur-poses is February 29 and NOT March 1. Also, T3 trust returns must be filed by March 30, not March 31.

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Follow last year’s return. Or better yet, find the list you created of all those things input on last year’s return and use it as a checklist for this year.

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next year. If you have one, update it as you go along this year.

Step 2 – Create a yellow sheet, as I call it, for important notes and questions. Things to investi-gate or ascertain should be written down. There is too much detail during tax preparation to simply rely on your memory.

Step 3 – Enter all your per-sonal information. Be accur-ate and complete. By the way, some personal changes require you to mail your return. Read the CRA forms or heed the instructions that will likely show up in the diagnostics if you are using software.

Step 4 – Fully open and lay all your slips flat. Check the name and remove slips that aren’t yours. Then set aside information clearly not needed for input. Organize your slips into two piles – incomes and expenses. Then

group like items together such as all T4 income, T5 interest, etc, and all medical expenses, dona-tions, etc.

Step 5 – Begin entering your informa-tion and tick the numbers as they are entered.

When addition is required, use a calculator … and do it twice. Enter what you eas-ily can identify and find on the forms. Surprisingly those items you aren’t sure about or aren’t sure where to enter will become apparent as you move along with the input of familiar items. The same way one should write an exam!

Step 6 – For those items you don’t know where to input, read the slips because maybe they don’t have to be entered. The info on them may also direct you where to enter them. If you still can’t figure it out, Google it. Use the exact name on the slip as your

subject line. If it doesn’t show up on your search engine, add CRA to the term. This proced-ure can be completed on the CRA website as well.

Step 7 – When you think you are done, double check to make sure everything has been answered and input. If using software, check the diagnostics and don’t override queries before fully investi-gating them. Unfortunately some software programs accept overrides and permit internet filing with errors or omissions, only to be rejected by CRA. A hassle and delay likely not desired. If you are using the traditional CRA paper forms, have a trusted person review your work.

And voila, 2011 taxes done … and before doomsday. Hmmm, maybe you should have waited?

Ron Clarke has his MBA and is a business owner in Trail, providing accounting and tax services. Email him at [email protected]. To read pre-vious Tax Tips & Pits columns visit www.JBSbiz.net.

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BY DANIELLE CLARKETimes CorrespondentJ. Lloyd Crowe stu-

dents will rise against their bullies this week, while taking part in the sixth annual Pink Shirt Day.

On Wednesday the entire student body has been invited to dress in pink to help raise awareness.

However, not every-one in Crowe feels affected by bullying whether it be first or second hand.

“Personally I don’t see it, but I don’t think there is a high school without bullying” said Grade 11 student, Jenell Greenwood.

Even so, Pink Shirt Day continues to expand its participants worldwide.

As a fundraiser for anti-bullying 30 stu-dents purchased their own “Bullying Stops Here” t-shirts, which, of course, are also pink.

“We are wearing pink to raise aware-ness [and] to prevent bullying” said Grade 11 student Jennifer Marrandino.

It is an all-day event to promote the ter-mination of bullying,

created only six years ago by two senior male students from Nova Scotia.

The boys organized a protest after witness-ing a fellow Grade 9 student being harassed for wearing a pink polo

shirt to school.Together, they

bought, distributed, and got others to wear pink the next day, ending that Grade 9’s bullying problem.

Because of Pink Shirt Day, bullies get

reminded of this story each year.

With 160,000 people committed on Facebook last year, anyone is welcome to wear their pink and participate this Wednesday.

Crowe students join battle against bullying

DANIELLE CLARKE PHOTO

Six J. Lloyd Crowe students participating in this year’s Pink Shirt Day pose for a photo. From left, back row; Allanah Stajduhar and Jade Allard. Front row; Jenell Greenwood, Autumn Allard, Jennifer Marrandino and Katie Jorgensen.

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FROM PAGE 1of the additional rural and remote or low enrolment factor funding.

“This … will force the board to revisit a number of learn-ing initiatives we have imple-mented in the past few years,” Ganzert said, which will nega-tively impact their achievement initiatives.

He said quality teaching and learning programs — additional teacher staffing to support aca-demic change, personalization and enhancing teacher practice — improved technology and effective intervention for stu-dents who are struggling would disappear.

Funding criteria and an iden-tification process for students with unique needs was a key part of the educational process

in SD20, Ganzert pointed out.“As a board we have made

children with unique needs a budgetary priority through the allocation of significant funds to try and address the needs of these children,” he said.

An internal review looked at staffing costs for the program and found the entire unique needs budget was being spent, in addition to the entire basic grant for the students and addi-tional district funds.

That left no money for oper-ations and building mainten-ance, equipment and supplies, resources and administration.

The board will also be enter-taining budget presentations from CUPE (Local 1285), the Kootenay Columbia Teachers’ Union and the District Parent Advisory Council on March 7

at a committee of the whole budget meeting at Blueberry Community School (6 p.m.).

“We ask that your presenta-tion provide us with some real-istic and sustainable ideas to consider as we begin the very difficult work of balancing the upcoming 2012-2013 budget,” said Ganzert in a letter to the three groups.

The estimated shortfall is due largely to three factors: $225,000 of one-time surplus dollars used to balance the 2011-2012 budget; $540,000 in less operating grant expected from the Ministry of Education due to their formula change in the funding protection supple-mentary grant calculation; and at least $338,000 in anticipated increased labour and benefit costs.

MALL GETTING A FACIAL

GUY BERTRAND PHOTO

Workers from B.F. Roofing Ltd., worked on their throwing accuracy while removing pieces of the old facia along the front of Waneta Plaza last week. Once the removal is complete, the front of the mall will be covered with a metal facia.

FROM PAGE 1“The best that teachers

can expect from the gov-ernment is a no-stripped agreement and a zero per cent increase but I know that isn’t what they’re after.”

Ganzert, who was pre-viously in Davidoff’s role after working as a local teacher for 35 years, said he is personally frustrat-ed by the consistent fight between teachers and the government.

“What it really does, and to me this is the sad part, is it makes teachers who are working extremely hard believe that their work isn’t valued and I think that’s really hurtful.”

BY VALERIE ROSSITimes Staff

Slippery conditions led to two West Kootenay drivers in pick-up trucks crashing head-on Friday on Highway 3B just past Fruitvale.

Both drivers along with two passen-gers were brought by ambulance to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital after the approximate 3 p.m. accident occurred, according to Trail RCMP Cpl. Mike Wilson.

“These are folks who are local to the area and were dealing with winter driving conditions,” said Wilson, adding that a vio-lation ticket was handed out to one driver for failure to maintain in his or her lane.

While details remain sparse, Wilson said no life-threatening injuries were a result of the crash.

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truck crash

FRUITVALE

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frustrated with fight

BY ARNE PETRYSHENRossland News

Is there a way that all clubs in Rossland can use the city’s subsidy for the Trail Aquatic Centre? Coun. Kathy Moore thinks so.

At the moment, there is $20,000 a year put aside to subsidize swim and leisure clubs from Rossland who use the regional facility. It covers some of the differ-ence that Rosslanders pay given that it does not have an agreement with the City of Trail.

Moore thinks the sub-sidy can be expanded to include all clubs from Rossland and increase the amount put into that fund, to $35,000.

“I think we have an opportunity here to meet the needs of our cit-izens without going back through a big long nego-tiation with Trail,” Moore said, adding that Trail and Rossland were far apart on what they considered a fair deal.

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B.C. - Seventy people, the majority of them children, have been taken to hospital fol-lowing a “chlorine incident” at a swim-ming pool in British Columbia’s Interior, says a health official.

The incident took place Sunday morning in Williams Lake and at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex, which houses a pool and hockey arena.

Allison Ruault, health-services admin-istrator at Cariboo Memorial Hospital, said the majority of the 70 have now been treated and released.

She said the patients included 41 children, 23 adults and six people of an unknown age.

“Typically in a day, in a 24 hour period, we would see 50 to 60 people,” she said, not-ing the hospital had to call in extra staff to deal with the influx of patients.

“In that roughly three-hour period we saw more than we would see in a 24 hour period.”

The “chlorine incident” took place at about 8:20 a.m.

Sunday, said Ken MacInnis, a spokesman for the city, which is is located about 550 kilometres north of Vancouver.

He said a hockey game and a swim meet were taking place at the time and the complex was evacuated.

Abbi Taylor, a

17-year-old swim coach, said children who were mostly under the age of 12 were in the pool at the time, warming up for a swim meet.

She said teams from the cities of Quesnel and Prince George were at the pool, too.

“Then just people just said ‘you’ve got to get out”’ she said, not-ing a “wall of people” then began running towards the door.

Meantime, pool staff were trying to solve the problem and

were coughing and life-guards were trying to keep people calm, she said.

Pool patrons, some of them children who were still in their swim-suits, then waited in the ice arena.

“It was pretty scary seeing like eight-year-olds, with oxygen masks on and stuff,” she said. “It was scary.”

Police, ambu-lance and fire officials attended the scene and investigators are now looking into the cause of the incident.

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THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – The ongoing

contact dispute between British Columbia teachers and the provin-cial government is promising to heat up before it cools down, as each side prepare its next move.

Teachers have been on a limited strike since September, and while they can’t legally walk off the job, they’ve been refusing to perform administrative duties like filling out report cards.

On Friday, the BC Teachers’ Federation, which represents 41,000 members, announced it will hold strike votes province-wide, asking educators Tuesday and Wednesday whether they want to escalate lim-ited teach-only action to a full-scale walkout.

The results will be made public on Thursday.

The federation made the announcement just one day after Education Minister George Abbott said he has directed his staff to start preparing legislation to end the dis-pute because both sides are too far apart.

Abbott said Friday the govern-ment has been working on the legis-lation intensively, and he plans to introduce a bill into the house as soon as possible.

Federation president Susan Lambert said the teachers want to keep options open.

“We need to have some idea from our members as what next steps they want to take, and that’s why we’re taking a provincewide vote,” she said.

Lambert said the federation

has already applied to the Labour Relations Board to set the param-eters for a new phase of job action, and the application is to be heard Monday.

Union-based meetings in every B.C. school will also take place Monday at lunch, but regular instruc-tion will occur, she said.

“Today’s pretty busy, I’ve got to tell you,” said Lambert. “Next week might be even busier.’”

Despite the strike vote, the union isn’t ruling out mediation, she said, adding that members will have to examine their options if the govern-ment introduces legislation before the strike vote.

Once the government introduces a bill for first reading in the house, legislation can’t be debated until the next day, or, if the house leader wishes, until two days, said Abbott.

The speed with which the bill moves through the house will depend on how long the government and opposition wish to debate the issue, he said.

Abbott said the government hasn’t ruled out mediation, either, provided that mediation deals with non-monetary issues.

Liberal and NDP governments have both resorted to legislation to end or head off teacher strikes.

In 2001, the Liberals passed essential services legislation and effectively removed teachers’ right to strike.

A year later, the Liberals removed class-size, staffing, and workload provisions from contracts, a move that was struck down as unconstitu-tional by a judge.

Showdown looming between teachers and

provincial government

B.C. residents’ life expectancy remains highest in Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESSVICTORIA – People in B.C.

are living longer and death rates from cancer and some other dis-eases are falling, according to the latest vital statistics report from the provincial government.

The 2010 report found life expectancy in B.C. continues to edge up and remains the highest in Canada at 81.7 years.

The leading cause of death in B.C. is cancer, but the statistics show death rates from the dis-ease are falling, along with those

from heart disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple scler-osis, while mortality rates for chronic diseases like diabetes have crept up.

B.C. mothers delivered 43,667 babies in 2010, with the most popular baby names being Jacob, Liam and Ethan for boys, and Olivia, Ella and Emma for girls.

The number of deaths dur-ing the year was 31,143, down slightly from the previous year, and the oldest person to die was 108.

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versy appears to be broadening, with opposition parties claiming the number of ridings affected by voter-suppression calls in the last federal election is greater than first thought.

New Democrat MP Pat Martin says he is aware of at least 34 ridings that received automated phone calls , although his party lists only 29.

Meanwhile, Liberal Leader Bob Rae said his party is aware of 27 rid-ings, but he expects the number to rise by Monday, when the House of Commons resumes.

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Martin says he has no intention of apologizing.

THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - Single

parents, new immi-grants and those in the skilled trades are among the Canadians least likely to cast a bal-lot, a Statistics Canada survey suggests.

And one researcher says that’s a worrying trend for democracy.

Statistics Canada examined factors asso-ciated with voting in the last federal elec-tion by tacking voting-related questions onto a recent labour force survey. The project was sponsored by Elections Canada to link the labour force survey’s large sample size and demographic data with voting behaviour.

Overall, the May 2 election that returned the Conservatives with a majority government had a turnout rate of 61 per cent.

Queen’s University

political studies profes-sor Elizabeth Goodyear Grant said the find-ings weren’t surprising as the data mirrored trends that research-ers have observed for years. But the depth of information available thanks to the connec-tion with the labour force information helps flesh out those trends, she said.

“They say a lot of things that we’ve already been saying, but in some cases they clarify,” she said.

The survey found low turnout rates espe-cially for people with kids under the age of five, with single par-ents the least likely to cast a ballot.

“One motivation for examining family status is that many non-voters cited a busy schedule as a reason for not vot-ing, particularly among 25-to 34-year-olds

(who are more likely to be in the early stages of parenthood), but also among 35- to 44-year-olds,” said an analysis of the survey results.

The survey also found that immigrants who’ve come to Canada since 2001 were less likely to vote than those who’ve been in the country longer.

Turnout rates among immigrants also depended on the region of their birth.

Immigrants born in West-Central Asia, the Middle East or East Asian countries had lower turnout rates, while people from western or northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand or the U.S. had the highest rates.

P u b l i c - s e c t o r employees were more likely to vote than those in the private sec-tor, but among all the employed, those either

working more than 40 hours a week or less than 30 hours a week were less likely to vote.

Those in skilled trades were less like-ly to vote than those with higher skilled jobs in areas like business, finance, science or edu-cation.

Goodyear Grant said taking the information as a whole, there’s a worrying trend.

“One thing it says to me is the people we consider to be less empowered or more socially marginalized participate less and from many angles that’s a major problem for democracy,” she said.

Survey shows why people don’t vote

Robocalls impacted many ridings, says opposition

FIGHTER JETS

Minister reaffirms purchase plansTHE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Peter MacKay is affirming Canada’s plan to buy a fleet of F-35 stealth fighter jets.

He made the pledge before an audience of hundreds, including many defence industry executives, at a major military conference in Ottawa.

MacKay also said the Harper government won’t pay a penny more than budgeted for the fleet of 65 stealth fight-er jets.

“We have been clear that we will operate within that budget,” he said in a speech to the Conference of Defence

Associations annual meeting. “And we will give our air men and women the best avail-able aircraft, which I believe is the fifth-gen-eration, F-35 Lightning II.”

The comment elicited a smattering of applause. Controversy surrounds the F-35 procurement as the plane’s manufacturer, the U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin, and

the Pentagon move to restructure the program for a third time.

The Harper govern-ment insists it will pay US$75 million for each aircraft, but critics say the true cost could be more than double that.

The price tag has been the subject of furious debate in Parliament, with the government sticking to its original cost esti-mate.

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OPINION

Your duty as a citizen in a democracyGiven that the

world is grad-ually shuffling in the direction

of a post-democratic state, where ‘Twice-President’ Putin, ‘One Party’ President Hu Jintao, raging Libyan warlords, World Bank eco-nomic technocrats, Dear Leader, the ‘one per cent,’ medievally fundamentalist faith leaders, and our very own Canadian versions of the above (you know who you are), desire to move us on from the messy business of democracy, we need to re-state what democracy demands.

“Lest we forget,” as carved on cenotaphs across the country honouring Canada’s war dead, dem-ocracy requires: fulsome debate, serious search for compromise, respect for dif-fering opinions, open par-liamentary committees with generous rules of procedure, a reluctance to use closure and picayune procedures to stifle discussion, represen-tation by population (‘rep-by-pop’) so that each citizen participates equally when votes are cast, respect for free elections where ethical conduct governs process, and an overweening com-mitment to ethics appropri-ate to the conduct of public life in civil society.

How trite to have to state these requirements,

and yet how necessary. Over the past few weeks Canadian civil discourse has been filled with angst about internet privacy, muzzling of government scientists, ‘foreigners’ (especially for-eign NGOs) interfering in our domestic policy, climate change denial, First Nations ridicule, ideological versus evidence-based policy cre-ation, and systematic ’robo-dialing’ with false Elections Canada instructions in swing ridings across the country.

An indication of how this behaviour is affecting citizens can be found on all of the national and big city print media e-mail comment boards. Take a look if you haven’t recently. There is a seething Canadian anger out there, sometimes tinged with delightfully cynical humour. In one of the bet-ter YouTube Hitler memes, “Hitler reacts to online privacy backlash” by dir-ecting his staff to find, “An innocent, a child” to take the blame for Minister Vic Toews, who famously char-acterized those opposed to the internet privacy bill as being on the side of the pedo-philes. Hitler directs that this youth must be “thrown under the bus.” Almost surreally, Postmedia News (February 23, 2012) reports that “The Conservatives appear to be preparing to

blame the calls on a young campaign worker” for the robo-dialing scandal. Talk about art reflecting life.

So, confronted by the above, what is the duty of the citizen? The citizen is the basic human unit of democracy, and independ-ent of their chosen party affiliation, the citizen has the ethical duty to uphold the basic tenets of democ-racy. Collectively, the cit-izenry give their power to the parliament for elected members to exercise, but each parliament only serves for a specified mandate, according to the will of the electorate. Conceptually, the citizens’ gift of power to the parliamentarians does not render them silent in the face of contention or con-tempt.

I think that two of the cit-izens’ highest duties are vot-ing and giving voice to con-cern during a parliament’s

mandate. Giving voice nowadays ranges across the old methods of face-to-face association in the town hall meeting, writing letters to the editor, writing op-eds (pieces of writing that are published ‘opposite the editorials’), writing elected members of parliament, visiting members in their constituency offices, and attending political party functions, to participating in online fora, speaking out on FaceBook and tweeting on Twitter, and posting vid-eos on YouTube.

Perhaps the highest duty a citizen can contemplate is running for elective office. I have done that and lost, and think that the process of organizing and running a campaign was one of the most important acts of my life.

All kinds of people will carp and cavil about politics and politicians, but the only ones who really understand the process are those who have worked on campaigns.

Going door-to-door in your neighbourhood for days on end, and putting yourself on the line for a set of values and pragmatic policies teaches you more about democracy than a busload of academics, jour-nalist pundits and armchair philosophers. At its very essence, democracy is learn-ed by doing.

Ultimately the duty of the citizen is doing dem-ocracy. Getting involved in whatever way possible, with good intentions, a pub-lic spirit and a volunteer ethic are key. Partisan senti-ments are expected. Their full embrace and promo-tion is the lifeblood of the democratic task you choose to fulfill, from simply vot-ing, to constituency work, to speech writing, to door knocking, to becoming a candidate. And if you get elected, your duty is to serve all of the citizens to the best of your ability.

If it were up to me, all elected political service would be subject to a two-term limit. If you haven’t fulfilled a mandate in 10 years, it is unlikely to hap-pen in a third term. It is important to remember that politics isn’t a career; it is a calling – from the citizens to the common good.

In the face of those who would deny us our basic democratic rights, we must be eternally vigilant. Control in the cause of self-interest is the antithesis of democ-racy. The common interest is served best by freedom.

Troy Media columnist Mike Robinson has lived half of his life in Alberta and half in BC. In Calgary he worked for eight years in the oil patch, 14 in academia, and eight years as a cultural CEO.

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And it can range from a morn-ing of skiing to an afternoon of golf to an evening of fishing. Of course we also have organized sports of any type as well. In fact we have been known for putting out some of the finest athletes in the world.

But I have been watching our town and area go through some hardships with the downturn in the economy. I know that there has been a committee that has looked at the revitalization of Trail and the river was to play a big part in it. And that is where I got quite interested.

I am fishing many hours of my life along the banks of the Columbia River. But I noticed that the river goes up and down changing levels everyday – some-

times for spawning fish and also for water control and power.

But I know that we also like to keep Lake Roosevelt at a par-ticular level especially in the summer when the lake is being used at its fullest. I also have seen how they are putting in more generators into the dams to make more power but they don’t seem to have any interest of setting aside money for fish ladders.

It is almost like, “Well one ladder isn’t going to help,” but I am sure that in time every dam will undergo a generator upgrade. But till I was watch-ing the World Fishing Network, and seen the tour guide catching salmon just below the Roosevelt Dam, I got agitated.

Here someone can build a dam that can completely stop our salmon run but still has salmon out their back door

but also demands that we give them water to keep their res-ervoir full. Sometimes even at the expense of our own Syringa being on the lower side.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have the salmon coming through again and bringing tourists and money and people back into our area?

I know that there is a lot more than just this we need to do to help our economy but I feel this is so long overdue.

If the governments (Ministry of Resources, Ministry of Power and Ministry of Fisheries could all get together and make the river viable again and produce a food source that we are so afraid is diminishing.

Power produces money and fishing produces money and a food supply.

Brent LafaceTrail

An editorial from the St. John’s Telegram

It’s interesting fodder for the debate, but it’s destined to be ignored. In fact, it’s fodder that’s destined to be derided and belit-tled, while its authors are no doubt going to be told to go back to their own country and mind their own business.

And you don’t need a crystal ball to see that coming.

Last Wednesday, a group of American lawmakers - includ-ing Eric E. Sterling, who served as counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and helped write U.S. mandatory minimum sentencing laws in that country - wrote to Canadian premiers, senators and the prime minister about the minimum mandatory sentences in the Harper govern-ment’s new tough-on-crime leg-islation.

Speaking to the CBC, Sterling said, “Imposing long jail terms for minor drug offences has been a mistake in the U.S. and won’t work in Canada. ... When you start going down this road of building more prisons and sending people away for long periods of time, and you con-vince yourself that this is going to deter people, you’ve made a colossal mistake.”

In their letter, the lawmakers say, “These policies have bank-

rupted state budgets as limited tax dollars pay to imprison non-violent drug offenders at record rates instead of programs that can actually improve commu-nity safety.”

The arguments are not all that new. Canadian provinces are already worried about the cost of incarcerating whole new groups of inmates, and at least one judge in Ontario has already ruled that she could not impose a minimum mandatory sentence in a particular offence because doing so would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

Such sentences, critics point out, stress punishment rather than rehabilitation, and run the risk of making it even more dif-ficult for ex-offenders to reinte-grate into society.

So, if the same arguments are being made here, why will the concerns put for-ward by the American group, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, probably be sent packing by federal politicians?

Look no further than the federal response to opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline, when federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver lashed out at those who raised concerns about the pipeline’s risks and called them radical, jet-setting, foreign-funded wealthy dilet-

tantes.And worse. Here’s some of

what he wrote: “Unfortunately, there are environmental and other radical groups that would seek to block this opportunity to diversify our trade. ... These groups threaten to hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agen-da.”

Oh, look: now, here come those foreign groups again, try-ing to hijack our parliamentary system to achieve their radical ideological agenda, like having the temerity to suggest that we might look to the south and see just how badly mandatory mini-mum sentences - especially in low-level drug possession cases - have actually worked out.

Yep, federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews puts it just right: “I don’t know if the sta-tistics demonstrate that crime is down. ... I’m focused on dan-ger.”

Forget the idea that we might actually learn from the costly mistakes of others. Let’s wrap ourselves firmly in the flag and stand on our sovereign rights to make the same expensive mistakes all over again for our-selves. And if you don’t agree with that position, well, you must be child pornographers. Or something like that.

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THE CANADIAN PRESSFREDERICTON - Losing

weight is hard enough, but try doing it with the world watching and when you’d rather be dreaming of mice.

Tiny, a very large and lovable grey house cat, has become an international celebrity since he was left in a box outside the Fredericton SPCA on Dec. 30. But no one at the shel-ter was quite prepared for a cat the size of Tiny, or the media attention he has received since.

“We thought someone was bringing in donations, such as computer paper or

newspaper, things that we need, and they set down the box and they left,” said LeeAnn Haggerty, the SPCA’s education co-ordinator. “Then we heard the box meow.

“We opened the box and out popped Tiny’s head, which was small when compared to his large size. ... Lifting Tiny out we real-ized he was a very large cat, probably one of the biggest we’ve seen.”

He weighed 13.7 kilo-grams.

Haggerty said her shock quickly changed to concern for his health. So Tiny was moved to a foster home

and placed on a diet of spe-cial food and exercise.

His efforts to shed weight is aimed at help-ing other animals at the shelter. A Facebook page called Tiny’s Weight Loss Challenge now has close to 1,700 friends and had raised about $1,900 by Friday.

The money will help provide surgeries for ani-mals left at the shelter.

“It’s really important to have a fund such as Tiny’s Weight Loss Challenge to help us give the care,” said Haggerty.

She said Tiny has lost about 2.25 kilograms so

far and has prompted some staff members, including Haggerty, to stick to their own New Year’s resolu-tions to lose weight.

Tiny’s progress is turn-ing into a good news story that has drawn national and international media attention, including CNN and People magazine’s website.

“We know that cats are pretty popular on the Internet but we weren’t expecting this,” Haggerty said.

The goal is for Tiny to slim down to about nine kilograms over the next 12 to 18 months.

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Nancy Garon holds Tiny in Rusagonis, N.B., last Thursday. Tiny, a very large and lovable grey house cat, has become an international celebrity since he was left in a box outside the Fredericton SPCA on Dec. 30.

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ERLAND JOSEPHSON

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Swedish

actor Erland Josephson, who collabor-ated with legendary film director Ingmar Bergman in more than 40 films and plays, has died. He was 88.

The award-winning actor died at a Stockholm hospital on Saturday fol-lowing a long battle against Parkinson’s disease, said Royal Dramatic Theatre

spokeswoman Christina Bjerkander.Josephson was born into a family of

artists and culture workers in Stockholm in 1923 and would become the actor who had the longest-running collabora-tion with Bergman. The two first met when Josephson was just 16 and par-ticipated as an amateur actor in the play “The Merchant of Venice,” directed by Bergman.

Although he never had any formal acting education, Josephson continued to appear in several Bergman stage plays in the 1940s and 50s, and received a minor part in 1946 film “It Rains on Our Love.” In the late 50s he played larger roles in Bergman’s films “The Magician” and “Brink of Life,” but first shot to inter-national stardom with the role of Johan in “Scenes from a Marriage,” in 1973.

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BY MEGAN COLENelson Star

Becoming a nurse was an easy choice for Selkirk College graduate Krysta Hatlen.

“I went into nursing partly because my mom was a nurse and partly because that was always what I wanted to do,” said Hatlen. “I love work-ing with people and having an exciting job that doesn’t involve sitting at a desk all day so nursing was a good fit for me.”

Hatlen was recently given the Rising Star award by the College of Registered Nurses of BC.

“I’m very honoured and it’s really wonderful to find that my colleagues are so supportive of me and they really believe in the work that I’m doing here and overseas with Medecin Sans Frontier,” she said.

After graduating from the Selkirk College-University of Victoria nursing program in 2008, Hatlen began working at the Kootenay Lake Hospital in the maternity ward.

“I was funded to do my specialty training in maternity nursing right out of school by Interior Health and have been lucky to work on the maternity floor at Kootenay Lake Hospital with that training,” she said. “After working for a couple years I did further specialty training in London, UK and got my diploma of tropical nursing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.”

After completing her training in London, Hatlen put her education from both Selkirk College and London to work in the Somali Region of Ethiopia at a refugee camp for Somalis who were fleeing famine during the summer. While many people might turn away from a challenge, it is the chal-lenge of nursing that Hatlen enjoys.

“You never know how a birth is going to turn out so it always keeps me on my toes,” she said. “I love to meet the families I work with during what is usually such a happy time for them and help them navigate through childbirth and the first few days of being parents.”

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Hawks take two from emboldened BravesBY JIM BAILEY

Times Sports EditorIt wasn’t pretty but the

Beaver Valley Nitehawks managed to eke out two wins at home against a gutsy and determined Spokane Braves team over the weekend.

After downing the Braves 6-3 Friday, it took a late third period goal to tie the game in the final seconds before win-ning in overtime Saturday 4-3 in the first round of the KIJHL playoffs.

Two minutes into the overtime period, Nick Perez fed a long pass to Edwards springing the Hawks assist-ant captain on a two on one with Max Flanagan. Edwards feathered a perfect cross-ice pass and Flanagan made no mistake, banging in the game winner past a sprawl-ing Brandon Amatto.

“I just saw the D-man changing and I went hard to the net, and Eddie’s (Edwards) going to make that pass everytime so I got a little bit lucky,” said Flanagan.

The Nitehawks had dif-ficulty mounting an attack over the first two periods but still managed a 2-0 lead thanks to goals by Josh Peters and Nick Perez.

The Braves outshot the Hawks 41-35 and probably deserved better if not for solid goaltending from Mike Vlanich.

The Braves opened the third pressuring the Hawks and finally solved Vlanich

when Matt Thurston shov-eled a behind-the-net pass from Braves leading scorer Uriah Machuga over the Hawk tender. The duo of Thurston and Machuga would strike again at 12:03 to tie the game at two before Guisseppe Dippolito con-verted a pass from Dylan Tappe to put Spokane up 3-2 with over eight minutes remaining.

Spokane threw every-thing they had at Vlanich, missing an open net then for-cing Vlanich to make another great save on a break away. The Hawks’ goalie came

up big time and time again despite too many Braves scoring opportunities.

“It was getting scary,” said Vlanich. “But you just got to put it (the goals) behind you. We’ve been down in those situations before and we’ve come back all the time so you keep battling and hope you get a bounce your way in the end.”

And indeed they did. The Hawks would finally tie the game when Derek Lashuk’s point shot was blocked by a Spokane defenceman and bounced onto the stick of Edwards who rifled it into

the open net with 47 seconds remaining.

“I don’t think they deserved to win,” said Spokane coach Mike Bay. “I think we outworked them . . . I’m just really proud of my guys, at least we know now that we can play with them too.”

The Hawks were with-out forwards Dallas Calvin (charley horse) and Justin Niminiken (foot injury), two players that provide much needed scoring punch and who should be back in the lineup for the next game.

“We weren’t very good for

55 minutes,” said Nitehawks coach Terry Jones. “We just felt that we got outworked, for whatever reason we felt they out-skated us and out-battled us for most of the game. We just didn’t have our competitive level. We’re just lucky our goalie came up big for us - he was our best player.”

Scott Davidson made a welcome return to the line-up, adding an assist in each of the two wins.

The Hawks play two in Spokane Monday and Tuesday before returning home Thursday.

NELSON STARThe Castlegar Rebels jumped into a series

lead with a 5-1 victory over the Nelson Leafs Friday, but the Leafs would strike back as they skated to a tight 2-1 win on Saturday night in game two of their KIJHL first round play-off series at the Castlegar Community Complex.

Linden Horswill open scoring at 1:28 of the second period to give Nelson a 1-0 lead. The Rebels’ Scott Morisseau, coming off a hat trick in Friday’s game, tied the contest at 1-1 with a quick wrist shot at 13:01 of the third period.

Johnathan Petrash got the game winner

for the Leafs with a power play marker at 5:56 of the third period.

The series is now tied at 1-1 apiece with games three and four going Monday and Tuesday in Nelson.

Fernie and Kimberley both lead their respective series 2-0 over Creston and Golden, in the Kootenay Conference while Kamloops and Princeton also hold a 2-0 lead over North Okanagan and Penticton. Meanwhile Sicamous and Revelstoke are tied each winning a game apiece.

Nelson and Castlegar hook up again on Monday and Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Community Complex.

Leafs, Rebels split

JIM BAILEY PHOTO

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks celebrate after Max Flanagan, 28, cashed in on a two-on-one pass from Ryan Edwards to score the winning overtime goal in a 4-3 victory over the Spokane Braves at the Beaver Valley Arena on Saturday.

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Smokies plagued by injury bug

BY TIMES STAFFThe Trail Smoke

Eaters returned from a road-weary three game haul through Penticton, Merritt and Westside on the week-end.

Hampered again by injuries, a deplet-ed Trail team came close to knocking off the Westside Warriors Saturday.

Erik Cooper tied the game at 4-4 early in the third but the Warriors Dustin Cave would net the winner 13 minutes into the third period to make it 5-4.

The Smokies came back from a 3-1 defi-cit to tie the game on goals by Shane Paulsen and Adam Wheeldon. However, the Warriors would go up before the end of the period when Connor Dempsey con-verted a feed from Travis Blanleil.

Both Cooper and Paulsen chipped in with three points each, Cooper being named first star.

Trail also hooked up with the Merritt Centennials Friday and suffered a 7-2 defeat. They fared better against the Penticton Vees on Thursday.

Looking to halt the Vees 34 game winning streak, Trail held the number one rated team in Canada in check for the first two periods, but the Vees broke it open with three third period goals to go on to a 4-2 victory.

Goaltender James D’Andrea put in a solid effort in the loss, block-ing 39 of 43 shots and getting the nod for first star honours.

The Smokies host Merritt on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Cominco Arena.

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

ERZURUM, TURKEY; Former Black Jack skier Geoffrey Richards was the top Canadian at the at the World Junior Championships in Erzurum, Turkey.

In the men’s 20-kilometre skiathlon event Saturday, Richards finished 20th after a strong skating leg (14th fastest of the day).

Russians claimed three of the top four places while other Canadian skiers in the field, Alexis Turgeon and Knute Johnsgaard, finished 31st and 49th respectively.

The race had a 10k clas-sic leg and 10k skating leg. Richards is a mem-ber of the Callaghan Valley Training Centre team based in Whistler.

Richards tops Canadian skiers

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Bay signed with the New York Mets following an All-Star 2009 season in Boston that was also one of the best of his career.

Two years and a $66 million investment later, Mets manage-ment is still waiting to see if he’ll ever display that kind of talent in Queens. After posting 20 or more home runs in six of his first seven major league seasons - including four with 30-plus - concussion, rib and shoulder issues culmin-ated in the Trail native hitting just 18 total homers the past two years for the Mets.

But after a summer of vir-tual training isolation spent hit-ting off a “tee-like contraption” and concentrating on the basics, Bay said Thursday he’s hopeful people will get to see the player he knows he can be.

“I’m trying to approach (the season) like any other one,” he said. “The first year I came in, I was kind of the new guy and then last year, coming off the concussion, I’m just trying to get back to it, and I did it this off-season. Not really trying to work on anything new. But just trying to do what I’ve always done. That’s the way I’m gonna approach it, regardless of what’s happened in the past.”

There’s no question that a lot

could be riding on Bay making a significant improvement with the Mets doing very little in the way personnel tweaking this off-season.

The Mets have about half of their payroll this year promised to Bay, pitcher Johan Santana and third baseman David Wright. So another year of subpar produc-tion could bring about wholesale change. Those aren’t sentiments lost on Bay.

“I think everybody knows we have some work to do - no ques-tion,” Bay said. “I don’t think any-body (in the clubhouse) thinks any differently. ... Are we the No. 1 favourite for the division? Probably not. But I don’t think it’s out of the realm of truth that we can be pretty good.

“It’s gonna take a lot of guys bouncing back and there’s some-thing definitely everybody can do to be better. And we’re gonna

need that.”Aside from the injuries,

another thing that has slowed Bay’s production with the Mets, he said, was tinkering with his batting stance last season.

The leftfielder acknowledges now that when he hit slumps he often fought with himself to revert back to his old mechanics, which in turn only exacerbated the problems.

Still, Mets manager Terry Collins said there weren’t any moments while Bay slumped that he was questioning whether he was the right guy to be start-ing.

“No, I knew he was the best guy. I knew he was the guy to play,” Collins said. “And you handle streaks when somebody on your bench is hot and you think he should be playing. But in the long run, this guy’s num-bers speak for themselves. He’s anxious to get going and he feels good, he likes the club. So I think Jason Bay is gonna be Jason Bay.”

Collins said there were sever-al times that Mets hitting coach Dave Hudgens mentioned that there were too many changes to Bay’s stance and they won’t do the same tweaking this time around. He said he plans to have Bay hit in the No. 5 slot behind David Wright and Ike Davis.

BUS GETS BOOST

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At last week’s game against Salmon Arm, Kootenay Savings Credit Union donated $25,000 to the Trail Smoke Eaters hockey club to help fund their new bus. From left: Andrea Louwe, Jack Beard, Aron Burke, Dario Cescon, Ashley Davidoff, Adam Monteith, and Deb Melnyk.

Bay ready to return to form

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Jason Bay is healthy and ready to hit spring training.

TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS

Host beats B.C. in finalTHE CANADIAN PRESS

RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta’s Heather Nedohin won the Canadian women’s curl-ing championship with a 7-6 win over B.C.’s Kelly Scott on Sunday.

Nedohin, third Beth Iskiw, second Jessica Mair and lead Laine Peters will represent Canada at the world championship next month in Lethbridge, Alta.

The Edmonton team will also return to the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, Ont., wear-ing the Maple Leaf.

Alberta teams were Canada’s representa-tive in women’s curl-ing at the 2006 and 2010 Olympic Games, but Nedohin’s national women’s title was the

province’s first since 1998.

Nedohin was a part of that as she played third for Cathy Borst’s team that triumphed in Regina.

“That surprises the heck out of me,” Nedohin says of Alberta’s drought. “We’ve had the Shannon Kleibrinks and Cheryl Bernards ahead of us.

I’m shocked it’s me, but I’ll take it. I’m so proud of this team. Our composure was out-standing.”

The excitable, ani-mated skip said her team fed off the crowd at the Enmax Centrium.

“How could we not be?” Nedohin said. “On and off the ice, people said ‘keep going. Keep trusting in yourself.”’

Nedohin is the wife

of David Nedohin, whowon four Canadianmen’s championshipsthrowing fourth stoneson Randy Ferbey’steam.

“This is some of thebest curling I’ve seen ata Scotties in a long timeand the whole teamwas absolutely on fire,”David Nedohin said.“They’re completelyfearless, completely.”

Nedohin’s donesome of her best curlingin her home province.She won the Canadianjunior championship in1996 in Edmonton andthe world junior titlethe same year in RedDeer.

Her team opened theTournament of Hearts2-3, but won five oftheir last six to securethe fourth and finalplayoff berth.

LEISURE

Dear Annie: In my 22 years, I have had only two serious boyfriends. After both relationships ended in heartbreak, I decided to give myself a breather from men.

Nine months later, I met Chris. We grew close in a short period of time, but the relation-ship had its flaws. Once, we were arguing, and I said I was leaving. Chris tried to block me from the door and smacked a cup out of my hand. I walked out and didn’t answer any of his calls for the rest of the day. He apologized, and we got back together. That was five months ago, and he’s not done any-thing like it since.

However, Chris con-stantly accuses me of cheating (which I am not), calls me nonstop, texts me all day and repeatedly asks where I am going, why I’m going there and who I’ll be with.

I’m scared that he is starting to become over-ly possessive. I don’t think he would ever

hurt me, but we’re plan-ning to move in together soon, and I fear his pos-sessiveness will not sub-side and I’ll be trapped. I love him and want to be with him, but am I doing the right thing? -- Scared and Confused in Omaha

Dear Omaha: Get. Out. Now. Chris shows all the signs of becom-ing an abuser. He is possessive and control-ling, and it wouldn’t take much for him to become physically vio-lent. He puts you in the position of constantly feeling you must reas-sure him of your fidel-ity. If you move in with him, these things will only get worse. Contact the National Domestic

Violence Hotline (the-hotline.org) for infor-mation and help on safely extricating your-self from this relation-ship.

Dear Annie: I am 68 and have been dating “Ken,” age 71, for three years. We go out to din-ner, movies and sport-ing events regularly. He’s very generous and kind. I know he takes a lot of medication, so I’ve never questioned what appears to be a lack of interest in sex.

Ken’s house is always neat. He told me he has a housekeeper who comes twice a month. She never comes when I’m there, and I had not even thought about her. However, his sister recently informed me that the housekeeper is Ken’s ex-wife.

I don’t want to cause any problems in what appears to be a close-knit family, so how should I handle this unexpected news? -- Just Another Senior Moment

Dear Senior: It’s possible the ex-wife is

only cleaning the bed-room, not using it, but still, it’s quite an unusu-al arrangement, and we think it deserves to be addressed. If you don’t want to implicate his sister, ask Ken when the housekeeper is due to come, as you’d like to meet the woman who keeps his home so neat. When he tells you it’s his ex-wife, ask him to explain his reasoning.

Dear Annie: We have a number of grand-children, and we love them all equally. Do we appear to favor some over others? Probably.

If the parents really want to know why, per-haps they should look at their children’s behav-ior. Some grandchildren really enjoy their grand-parents, discuss their lives and show concern for them. Other grand-children grudgingly visit, refuse to interact and often sit and sulk while texting their friends. They never say thank you for anything. All efforts to be more involved in their lives

are rejected. So, before the chil-

dren’s parents complain to the grandparents about favoritism, they should examine how their children are inad-vertently damaging the relationship. -- Trying To Be Fair

Dear Trying: Of course some grandkids are easier to like than others, but that’s why it is so important not to show your favoritism, whether it exists or not, particularly when the children are young. Even unpleasant, remote chil-

dren need to believe their grandparents love them as much as their siblings and cousins.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn.

TODAY’S CROSSWORD

SOLUTION FOR YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU

Sudoku is a number-plac-ing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each col-umn and each 3x3 box contains the same num-ber only once. The diffi-culty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

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Tonnie Stewart ext 33Cell: [email protected]

Deanne Lockhart ext 41Cell: [email protected]

Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: [email protected]

Mary Amantea ext 26Cell: [email protected]

Mary Martin ext 28Cell: [email protected]

Richard Daoust ext 24Cell: [email protected] www.kootenayhomes.com

Ron Allibone ext 45Cell: [email protected]

Terry Alton ext 48Cell: [email protected]

Christine Albo ext 39Cell: [email protected]

Art Forrest ext [email protected]

Darlene Abenante ext 23Cell: [email protected]

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME.

NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

1345 Columbia Avenue, Trail $154,900

Convenient East Trail location with off-street parking and several upgrades.

Call Terry 250-231-1101

2055 Phoenix Avenue, Rossland$425,000

New construction with NO HST!! This 4 bedroom /3 bath home is situated on a sunny 60x100 lot and features an open floor plan with 3 bedrooms on the main floor and 1 down. Black walnut hardwood and heated tile floors, gas

fireplace, large rec room. Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

202 Kootenay Avenue, Tadanac $339,000

This family home has a terrific floor plan with large living and dining rooms,

sun-room, large kitchen, master bdrm with ensuite on main and 3 bdrms and den up.

The plumbing and electrical have been updated. Don’t miss viewing this terrific

propertyCall Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTING

531 Turner Street, Warfield $199,000

Built in 2009, this compact charmer is perfect for single, couple or empty

nesters that want modern open concept, low maintenance living. Home features vaulted ceilings, heated garage, private

yard and comes with New Home Warranty. Call now before its gone.

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

1973 2nd Avenue, Rossland $319,000

Perfect family home close to schools and downtown. 5bdrm, 3 bath, 60x100 lot, built in 1995, double garage, in ground

sprinklers, walk-in basement, large rec room, immaculate with fresh paint throughout, brand new roof, surfaced

deck and room for everyone!!Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1216 Columbia Avenue, Trail $167,000

Cute well maintained home. Features 2 bdrms, hardwood and

laminate floors, tasteful decorating and numerous updates. The property is

fenced, nicely landscaped and has a single car garage Trail’s riverwalk is just

across the back lane.Call Art (250) 368-8818

244 – 2nd Avenue, Rivervale $275,000

Large 3 bdrm, 2 bath home with updated flooring, paint, trim, gas fireplace, covered deck with hot tub, underground sprinklers - fenced level yard - double carport and more - Call your REALTOR® now for a

viewing.Call Mark (250) 231-5591

NEW LISTING

948 Glover Road, Trail $82,000

Landlord alert! Close to downtown, these 2 suites are fully tenanted. Investing in your own back yard just makes sense!

With today’s interest rates, this is a win-win opportunity!

Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

3D-1009 Mountain View Road, Rossland

$269,000 Now this is value! Over 1,500 sq. ft. of living space in this fully furnished

3 bdrm condo at Red Mountain. Call for your viewing today!

Call Richard (250) 368-7897

1292 – 3rd Avenue, Trail$239,500

3 bdrm renovated home with new kitchen, heated floors, new windows, doors and blinds on a large landscaped lot close to

all amenities!!

1250 McLeod Road, Fruitvale$545,000

Home on 9.93 acres with gourmet kitchen, new carpet & paint, and birch hardwood floors. 6 bdrms, 3 baths with amazing views. Call you REALTOR® for your

private viewing. Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162

OPEN HOUSESaturday March 3 12-2pm

SOLD

8119 Birchwood Drive, Trail $309,000

NO HST! NO STRATA FEES! This new 1/2 duplex offers bright living space on 2 finished floors. Main floor features deluxe kitchen, lots of cabinet space, open floor

plan, granite counters and hardwood floors. Air conditioning and underground

sprinkling. Call you REALTOR® for a showing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

LOCAL

TRAIL –You’re out camp-ing or hiking and your dog gets hurt – would you know what to do?

Trail St. John Ambulance (SJA) is proud to announce its inaugural Pet First Aid course, to ensure our four-legged family members are cared for in the event of an emergency.

Veteran Pet First Aid instructor Maureen Seig is travelling here from Vernon to assist Trail SJA’s own Therapy Dog Program Coordinator, Jeanne Shaw, in delivering the course.

“The first aid we teach covers a wide range of pos-sible situations, including how to administer CPR to an animal,” Seig says. “It’s

not intended to replace vet-erinary care, but rather to stabilize your pet until you can reach proper medical care – just like first aid for humans.”

She said there are differ-ences though, like how to manage CPR with a muzzle instead of a mouth (using a mask, of course), and wound care when you’re also coping with a furry pelt. Seig added the class is pri-marily geared toward dogs and cats, with only a small amount of information per-taining to pocket pets like gerbils and hamsters.

Branch Administrator Kyra Hoggan said she thinks the addition to local St. John Ambulance offer-

ings is a perfect fit in the Kootenays.

“People here just adore their pets, and take them everywhere – camping, boating, hiking, skiing. I know that I, for one, would have no idea what to do if my dog got hurt or had a heart attack,” she said. “I think lots of us would appre-ciate the peace of mind that comes with knowing how to handle those situations.

She also said the course is an ideal compliment to St John’s Therapy Dog Program, a volunteer-based program that has trained, certified dogs with certified handlers visiting hospitals and long-term care facili-ties, as well as helping kids

with reading difficulties. “I like the idea that these

animals are doing all this important work in our com-munity, and now we’re giv-

ing back to them by ensur-ing pet owners know how to keep their furry friends safe and healthy,” she said.

There are still spots

available in the class, which is slated for Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information or to register, call 250-364-2067.

Pet First Aid course vital for our four-legged friends

SUBMITTED PHOTO

Therapy Dog Program coordinator Jeanne Shaw bandages up Nai’a, a Border Collie who works as a volunteer, brightening the days of the sick, the injured and the house-bound.

Trail Daily Times, February 27, 2012

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