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BY TIMES STAFFThree years of unpaid property taxes came

with a bidder end.The annual property tax sale, held in the form

of a public auction, took place in September across the Greater Trail region.

The annual sale allowed municipal govern-ments to collect outstanding property taxes by imposing a one-year period of grace for owners to “redeem” the property after the sale.

During the allotted time frame the previous owners can re-gain property titles by paying overdue payments (taxes) and interest rates. However, the one-year period is subject to fur-ther conditions imposed by city council.

In the past, Trail council had extended the period of tax sale to one year, giving home-owners another chance to clear their debt and their name. In keeping with that, earlier this month city council passed third reading on a bylaw to hold on title the deed to the 12 proper-ties that were in arrears on taxes and were up in the tax sale.

The nature of the sale confused Mayor Dieter Bogs and he asked Trail chief administrative offi-cer David Perehudoff if—during the tax sale—he bid the amount owing in back taxes, would he automatically purchase a house for the amount owing on the back taxes.

Perehudoff said no.“So why is it a tax sale if you can’t buy it, any-

how?” Bogs countered.See CITY, Page 3

BY GUY BERTRANDTimes Staff

A healthy lunch for a needy child or much-needed dental work for a struggling senior all begin with the work of one organization - the United Way.

The organization has a goal of helping everyone in a community from its young-est citizen to the oldest and everyone in between. But that generosity does not begin at its office, it begins with each and every resident willing to help.

The United Way of Trail and District is nearing the halfway mark of its 2012 campaign and is 40 per cent towards its goal of raising $85,000.

Naomi McKimmie, the

executive director for the Trail district branch, saluted all the volunteers, donors, busi-nesses and sponsors that have brought the campaign to this point.

“The campaign runs all year but the main portion is from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31,” she explained.

McKimmie credited the success of this summer’s Park With Us campaign and the United Way Day in the Park in helping boost its fundraising efforts heading into its crucial months.

This year’s total is the same as 2011, which helped 16 organizations by sharing over $55,000.

And those programs include some that help people simply make it through a day healthy and happy.

“One prime example is the

Healthy Schools meal pro-gram,” said McKimmie. “That is one of the largest things that we help fund yearly. Every ele-mentary school at the south-ern end of the school district benefits.

“Our money goes from Rossland to Genelle to Fruitvale. That’s where the money raised at our United Way office stays.”

Another example is the Dental Access Fund for emer-gency dental work for individ-uals of any age.

Those are two of a myr-iad of programs that benefit from the United Way’s efforts and the generosity of local cit-izens.

“It takes a village to raise a child,” said McKimmie, repeating an old adage. “But it also takes a village to create a village.”

She explained the United Way is moving from an umbrella organization, which helped a variety of at-large groups, to a more community-impact model.

“We are getting more involved in community groups,” she said. “But we’ll continue to fund the organiza-tions that we normally fund year-to-year.”

To bolster the coffers to help more groups, the organ-ization is hoping to create an endowment fund.

“We’re hoping within the next year, to solicit cor-porations and businesses to begin the endowment fund. The interest from that fund would be used for community groups.

“So if we can build the endowment fund, the more

See MONEY, Page 3

Property tax sale prompts most

owners to pay bills

BY TIMES STAFFGood things come to those who wait.And for those itching for the unveiling

Rossland’s renovated downtown, the wait will be a little bit longer.

Due to this week’s snowfall and slight delays in the final phases of construction, the Downtown Rossland Celebration will now be held on Nov. 3.

“Although it was a difficult decision to reschedule, we want to ensure a safe and completed downtown for all to enjoy,” says Rossland Mayor, Greg Granstrom. “There are only a few final touches to be added, but we feel it’s prudent to wait until November 3rd.”

Volunteers are still needed, so please con-tact Renee Clark at the Rossland Chamber of Commerce at 250-362-5666 to join the fun.

ROSSLAND

Celebration postponedDowntown opening set for Nov. 3

JIM BAILEY PHOTO

Students from Fruitvale Elementary were among youth from several schools that attended Thursday’s Canadian sledge hock-ey team practice session at the Cominco Arena. Students were given autographed hockey cards of the national team players. The week-long selection camp wraps up on Saturday and the team will be treated to a banquet at the Colombo Lodge.

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United Way campaign nears halfway markLocal chapter sets

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The Warfield Volunteer Fire Department celebrated its 77th year of operation. One hundred and five current and former members were in attendance for the traditional Fire Dept. #13 barbecue, which was held in conjunction with the Village of Warfield’s 60th anniversary. Among the guests at the reunion was Ivo Toffolo (right), the oldest member of the Warfield department in attend-ance and Ken Uzeloc Jr. (left), a for-mer member of the Warfield depart-ment and currently the Deputy Chief of the Calgary Fire Department.

TRAIL – Halloween can be an exciting time for children and with the distraction of candy and costumes, safety rules can easily be forgotten which can increase a child’s chan-

ces of being struck by a car. Check out these simple tips to help keep Halloween night a safe night for all:

- Children should be accompanied by an adult and wear cloth-

ing that can easily be seen at night. Retro-reflective materials are best. Wear masks that do not interfere with vision. Better yet, wear makeup instead.

- Children should trick or treat in one well-known area and not wander into unknown neighborhoods.

- All candy should be inspected by an adult to make sure that no one has tampered with it. If it looks suspi-cious the police should be contacted.

- Children should watch for moving vehicles when crossing streets and costumes should be short enough that the child will not trip.

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Joining a debate team is more about learning than it is about competing, but a Fruitvale teen can speak on both accounts.

Jesse Bartsoff, 16, recently placed 14 out of 56 students at the Sr. Canadian National Debate Seminar held in Toronto on Oct. 11-14.

Bartsoff joined the debate team at J. L. Crowe three years ago, and this fall he was one of 10 province-wide competitors to attend nationals.

“There were (stu-dents) from every prov-ince almost,” he said. “From B.C. there were 10 people and I was the only one outside of the lower mainland.”

But instead of hir-ing a private coach like many other competi-tors, Bartsoff relied solely on Crowe’s librarian Marilyn Lund and his independent studies.

Bartsoff joined the debate club in Grade 9 because he was inter-ested in public speak-ing and learning about current events. Three years later, he’s consid-ering getting into law or politics.

“I just kept going and I’ve (become) more interested,” Bartsoff said. “Most of (the club) went to provincials in March and from there I qualified to go to the National Seminar in Toronto.”

Bartsoff was an alternate until about three or four weeks ago when he was called to step up to the plate, according to Lund.

He was right in there,” she said. “He was so excited.

“Our kids don’t get private coaches like some of the other competitors, most of the time we’re hold-ing bake sales to try to

get to Kelowna for one event.”

She added that some students are “quite shy” when they start out and Bartsoff was actually one of those students.

“The first time he chaired in a tourna-ment, he knew he wanted to do it,” Lund said. “You could just see that he wanted to jump in and contrib-ute to the arguments and right after that he just grew in leaps and bounds.

“He got his feet wet in the first tournament then in each subse-quent one—it was nat-ural for him.”

Before nationals he studied with Lund and learned as much as he could about the theme, which was based around urbanization.

The national seminar in Toronto was impromp-tu, students got the topic and had a mere 15 minutes to prepare and then debate it.

But Bartsoff was confident about how to prepare for the presti-gious event.

“It comes down to getting your back-ground knowledge, reading Maclean’s (magazine) and know-ing all about the cur-rents events because an impromptu can be anything and you just have to be prepared for whatever,” Bartsoff said.

“In Toronto it was done in British Parliamentary style so it’s actually differ-ent from what we do around here.”

British Parliamen-

tary hosts four teams with a government side and an opposition side, and each of those have a closing and an open-ing. That means four teams of two people …have to bring up their sides that counteract each other but then also have teams within teams.

“But around here we do CNDF which is the Canadian National format or cross formats so it’s a lot more dir-ect,” he said. “There’s not a whole group of people.”

The Pumpkin Classic Debate will take place at Rossland Secondary School on Nov. 3. It begins at 9:30 a.m. and will have three rounds of inter-regional com-petitors between Grade 6 and 12.

High school debater cracks top-15 in Canada

BREANNE MASSEY PHOTO

J. L. Crowe librarian Marilyn Lund sat proudly beside student Jesse Bartsoff after attending a national debate seminar in Toronto.

FROM PAGE 1money we’ll have for helping those groups.”

She emphasized that all the money raised stays local and people can even designate certain programs.

“The United Way all across Canada is extremely big on if you want your money to go to a specific designation, that’s where it goes.”

There are some limitations and she suggests contacting the United Way office for more details.

But the bottom line is to help as many people as possible.

The 2012 campaign has already been through a success-ful September and October is designated as a month to focus on workplace donations. November will see the organization promote its annual raffle, which includes airfare for two to Vancouver with Pacific Coastal, and will culminate with the draw during the Rekindle the Christmas Spirit celebration in Rossland in December.

The entire goal of the campaign is to help the community and to that end Thursday was the dead-line for groups to submit funding applications.

“The organizations that apply for funds go through an interview

process and then it goes to the board for a final decision,” said McKimmie.

The money raised in this year’s campaign will be handed out in two portions in January and June of 2013.

For more information on the United Way campaign visit the organization’s Facebook page or contact the office at 364-0999.

Money donated stays in the community

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The United Way’s Park With Us cam-paign drew great response from local businesses.

FROM PAGE 1There are two issues with

respect to the upset price, said Perehudoff, which is the amount owing the city as registered on the title.

The city can act as the primary bidder and their policy is to bid up to 75 per cent of the assessed value of the home. To become the purchaser of a tax sale home, a bidder other than the city would have to bid 75 per cent plus one dollar to hold the title.

“But with respect to purchas-ing, you are not technically purchasing the property,” said Perehudoff. “You are just effect-ively registering notice on title … to have the right to own it if the person does not effectively pay the upset price (of their taxes owing).”

The mayor asked when a bid-der would get the house if they won the bid.

“You would have the house on title with your name registered there, and if the person did not

pay the upset price within the year, you would effectively have the property,” said Perehudoff.

If the property is not redeemed during the one-year period, the collector registers new owners at the Kamloops Land Title and Survey Authority.

There were originally 28 prop-erties advertised for sale in Trail but that number was reduced to 12 after 16 landowners cleared up their payments.

There were also two properties in each Warfield, Montrose and Fruitvale.

However, all property owners cleared up their taxes before the date of the sale.

“So that was a good thing,” said Fruitvale chief administrative officer Lila Cresswell. “Everybody has paid their taxes.”

All sales were held in their respective council chambers.

If a bidder fails to provide a certified cheque or cash payment in full, the collector again offers the property for sale.

City can bid on titles

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BY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press

BC Hydro is getting close to the end of its installation of 1.7 mil-lion wireless electricity meters, but the “smart grid” won’t be function-al until next spring.

Until then, meters

will still be read manu-ally or consumption estimated for billing purposes. And for one more winter storm sea-son, people will still have to call BC Hydro to report a power outage, before the grid begins automatic metering

and reporting of elec-trical failures.

Cindy Verschoor, BC Hydro’s communi-cations manager for the smart meter pro-gram, said about four per cent of the meter installations remain to be done, mainly on the

Gulf Islands. Some of the old meters remain in locations around the province, either because they are inaccessible or because owners have refused them.

While BC Hydro owns the meter, the base and connections are part of the owner’s electrical system and can be placed any-where. In some cases, garages or decks have been built over meters, and if they can’t be read, the bill is based on an estimate until a wire-less meter is installed.

Manual meter read-ings will be checked against automatic readings during the testing phase, to ver-ify accuracy. Verschoor said there have been six meters replaced due to inaccurate readings or other defects, but gen-erally the new meters are more accurate, and they eliminate human errors in reading or entering data required for mechanical meters.

“All of our meters have to be certified by Measurement Canada,

which is a consumer protection agency, just like the pump at the gas station and the scale at the grocery store,” she said.

Verschoor said only two customers out of more than one million have opted to have the meter located away from their home. Those who refuse for what-ever reason have their installation placed “on hold” while their con-cerns are addressed by BC Hydro.

After media reports of fires associated with the program, BC Hydro commissioned a study of residential fire reports by Surrey Fire Chief Len Garis and researcher Joseph Clare. It shows that electrical fires have declined since the installation of new meters began.

Damaged meter sockets are usually the owner’s responsibility, but BC Hydro inspects them at the time of install and offers to fix them at no charge if they are damaged. So far, 1,200 meter bases have been replaced.

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RCMP say the officer was writing a report in his car in Prince George, B.C., on Thursday when he saw two moose cross-ing an intersection.

The Mountie moved his car to try to stop another vehicle heading towards the animals when the bull moose rammed the front grill and bumper of the police cruiser before climbing over the hood and onto the roof.

The moose was stomping the roof when one of its hooves shattered the driver’s side window and hit the officer.

Police say the moose then walked down the trunk of the vehicle before making its getaway with the other moose.

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THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - Prime

Minister Stephen Harper is prepared to look at updating Canada’s election law after a divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Conservative MP legitimately won his seat in 2011 despite numerous procedural irregularities.

Harper said he’s “very happy” that the top court, by a slim 4-3 margin, affirmed Ted Opitz’s razor-thin, 26-vote victory in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke Centre over Liberal incumbent Borys Wrzesnewskyj.

Nevertheless, he did not dismiss out of hand Liberal calls for an overhaul of the Canada Elections Act to keep pace with technology-driven abuses and what they described as more brazen dirty tricksters.

“Obviously, we’ll always take a look at a law - as you know, we promised to look at some reforms to our election laws,” Harper

said on his way out of the House of Commons, accompanied by a smil-ing Opitz.

“But in this case, the important thing is that it was the voters who made the decision and that’s the way a dem-ocracy is supposed to work.”

Elections Canada had no immediate com-ment on the ruling, other than to say the watchdog agency would “take time to carefully review” the decision.

However, chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand has said in the past that he may rec-ommend changes in the law to better regulate the use of technology, such as automated call centres and the mas-sive voter identification data bases amassed by parties.

He’s also said the law needs to be changed to ensure exorbitant legal costs don’t prevent indi-viduals from challen-ging dubious election results.

W r z e s n e w s k y j reportedly spent as much as $300,000 in his legal battle to overturn the May 2011 results in Etobicoke Centre.

He won an Ontario Superior Court ruling that set aside Opitz’s victory because of pro-cedural irregularities with 79 ballots, most involving missing or improperly filled out forms for voters who were not on the voters’ list or had no identifica-tion. Opitz appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court.

The high court over-turned the lower court ruling because it said 59 of those rejected votes should have been allowed to stand. That means Opitz essentially won his seat by a mere half dozen votes.

An election official’s failure to follow a pro-cedural safeguard is not sufficient to invalidate a vote cast by an individ-ual who was otherwise qualified to vote, the

court ruled.That approach gives

effect to “the underlying Charter right to vote, not merely the procedures used to facilitate that right,” justices Michael Moldaver and Marshall Rothstein wrote for the majority.

“We reject the candi-date’s attempt to disen-franchise entitled vot-ers and so undermine public confidence in the electoral process,” they continued - a line that was repeated several times by Conservative MPs later in the day in the House of Commons.

The three-justice minority, meanwhile, led by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, argued that the pro-cedural requirements are “fundamental safe-guards for the integrity

of the electoral sys-tem.”

Procedural irregu-larities other than those that are “merely tech-nical or trivial” should be sufficient to invali-date a vote, they said.

In a statement, Opitz thanked the court.

“As the court deci-sion confirmed, a fair election took place, the result was clear, was then confirmed on a recount and the result has now been endorsed by the Supreme Court of Canada,” he said.

The court found that Elections Canada offi-cials may have made some administrative errors when they regis-tered new voters on election day, but con-cluded those errors did not ultimately have an impact on the final result.

Supreme Court upholds election resultsHarper hints at updating election law


OPINION

Will that be paper or porcelain, decaf or regular?On a Saturday

morning ear-lier this month, Rotary Club of

Trail members gathered for their annual clean of Highway 22 north of Tadanac.

Arriving for our pre-campaign breakfast, I was pleased to see our eldest member in attendance. Marc Marcolin, a former Trail mayor and Cominco executive, could easily just put his feet up and rest on his past accomplishments, or even his age.

But, at 93, Marcolin still wants to contribute to his community and share in the fellowship of the club.

He takes a keen inter-est in Rotary affairs and recently was part of a spe-cial committee looking into how to staunch the club’s decline.

As I stood in line behind him waiting to order, I was thinking about how we don’t produce enough Marc Marcolins anymore when I was diverted by another modern reality – an abundance of choice, which at times can be overwhelming.

Marc ordered one of the egg-and-other-stuff options and wanted some minor variation, which set off a flurry of ques-tions and button pushing from the server. Since, like some other aging Rotarians, myself includ-ed, he doesn’t hear as well as he once did, this proved problematic.

“Do you want to make that into a full breakfast?’

“Pardon, me?”“Do you want white,

brown or multigrain toast?”

“What was that?”“Do you want regular

or decaf?” “In a mug or paper cup?” “Do you want room for cream?”

Do you want your eggs on the side, on the floor or out the door? It went on like this for what seemed like five minutes until I practically shouted at the attending supervisor (I am never at my best when my blood sugar is low, and my best isn’t that great any-way.) “just give the guy his breakfast before we all die of hunger!”

Head into a modern supermarket or other large retail outlet and it

gets even more bizarre. One side of entire super-market isles are devoted to products such as potato chips and their variations or soda pop and juices, while tea and coffee can take most of an other isle.

And our local stores are small in comparison to their big city cousins. I once stumbled into the men’s sock department at Macy’s flagship store in Manhattan and was stunned to see an expanse of grey, black, and argyle the size of a hockey rink.

While choice is the basis of a free market and soci-ety, and most people pre-fer options to no choice, sometimes it can all be

exhausting. Research cited in the

Economist found that when supermarket shop-pers were offered half a dozen tasting samples and a discount coupon they were 10 times as likely to buy one of the products as those offered two dozen tasting choices and the same coupon.

Interestingly more people stopped at the big-ger sampling displays but were far less motivated to buy, which may explain the hordes or glassy-eyed consumers wandering big-city malls on the week-ends, few of whom seem to be packing much in the way of parcels.

This volume of choice often leads to me dread-ing the thought of buying another product or ser-vice.

The variations are end-less and chances are the brand or style you pur-chased last time, which seemed just right or at least was perfectly accept-able, is no longer avail-able.

According to the Economist, the impli-cations of all of this are

addressed in a book called “The Paradox of Choice.”

But with the volume of books published these days, the periodicals pil-ing up on the mail table, not to mention the endless array of television chan-nels and new movies not worth watching, getting it is a doubtful proposition.

*****NOTES FROM ROUTE 22

After finally getting our morning nourishment, we headed out for our fall clean-up of the highway.

There were a lot fewer paper cups and other dis-posable beverage contain-ers this time out. Tins for “energy drinks” are displa-cing them.

The tiny cans that come at big prices for God knows what must not work very well.

Apparently, after drink-ing one, their youthful enthusiasts don’t even have the zest required to return the container for a refund, or at least put in the trash rather than toss-ing it out their car win-dows.

Raymond Masleck is a retired Trail Times repor-ter.

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Six years in jail and an average fine of over a million dollars: that was the punishment given

to six Italian scientists on 22 October for getting their earth-quake advice wrong. So what will the expert geologists and vulcanologists in Italy say the next time they are asked about the likelihood of an earthquake? They will refuse to say anything, of course.

More than 5,000 scientists have signed a letter supporting their colleagues who found them-selves standing trial for man-slaughter in the medieval city of L’Aquila, where 309 people died in an earthquake in 2009. But the case is a bit more complex than it first appears.

There were hundreds of small shocks around L’Aquila in the weeks before the big one struck, and the six scientists were sent to the city to assess the level of danger. They judged the risk as minor, and one, foolishly, said there was “no danger”.

On the basis of this scientific advice, it is claimed, thousands of citizens decided to sleep in their houses rather than out-side – and 309 of them were crushed in their houses a week later when the magnitude 6.3 quake brought them down. So the scientists’ crime was not a failure to predict the quake, but a failure to state clearly that it COULD happen.

It’s still a stupid charge. Half of the really big earthquakes are preceded by a flurry of smaller

shocks, true – but such clusters of small shocks are quite com-mon, and only 5 percent of them are followed by a major quake. So the scientists were caught on the horns of a familiar dilemma.

Fail to issue a warning before a big quake, and you will be discredited (and maybe, if you are Italian, charged with man-slaughter). But issue warnings every time there is a five per cent

risk, and you will cause 19 need-less mass evacu-ations for every necessary one. You will be “cry-ing wolf”, which is usually coun-ter-productive.

The biggest incalculable risk of a purely natu-ral order that we know about is the mega-tsuna-

mi that will be unleashed when the western flank of Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canaries slides into the Atlantic Ocean. In an eruption in 1949, a chunk of rock about 500 cubic km. (120 cubic miles) in size, with a mass of 150 billion tonnes, became detached from the main ridge and slid two metres (7 ft.) down towards the sea.

This is bad news for peo-ple living around the Atlantic Ocean. In some future volcanic eruption (there have been six in the past 500 years), that whole mass may slide all the way into the ocean and generate a tsuna-mi that would initially be about 600 metres (2,000 ft.) high.

It would travel outwards in an expanding circle at some 1,000 km. per hour (600 mph), destroying everything

on the western coast of Africa in one hour. It would inundate England’s south coast in three, and reach the east coast of the United States, Canada iand Cuba in six. Brazilians would have to wait a little longer. The waves would reach up to 20 km. (13 mi.) inland in low-lying areas. Many tens of millions would die.

So let’s imagine that there’s another eruption on Cumbre Vieja, and a committee of global experts is convened to watch the western flank for signs of movement. Should they advise evacuation along all the vul-nerable coasts? That’s several hundred million people. Who will give those people food and shelter? How long must they stay inland? And the economic damage would be huge.

The experts can’t wait until the last minute to give their advice: you can’t evacuate the entire US east coast in six hours. If they advise evacuation, and nothing bad happens, they will be the most unpopular people on the planet. If they don’t, and the worst does happen, they will be seen as guilty of mass man-slaughter, just like the Italian scientists at L’Aquila.

Since it will always be much likelier that no catastrophe is going to happen this time, the experts will almost certainly issue reassuring statements intended to keep people in their homes. Just like the Italian scientists. And yet some day, next week or a thousand years from now, that mass of rock on Cumbre Vieja will really fall into the sea. Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

Gwynne Dyer is an indepen-dent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Surprise, surprise Canadians are doing much worse these days as far as their well-being is concerned. That information was included in the Canadian Well-being Index released this week by researchers at the University of Waterloo.

The numbers show the qual-ity of our lives in this country declined 24 per cent between 2008 and 2010.

Most of us who crawl out of bed in the morning to go off to our jobs likely don’t know much about pouring over statis-tics and creating indexes but we know - or feel we know - most of us are worse off now than not so long ago.

If our well-being is based on the money we have left over

from our paycheques, most ordi-nary folks feel the decline in our quality of life every day.

We see it when we fill up our vehicles with gasoline, we see it when our municipal tax bills show up, we see it when we pick up our groceries and when we get a rare night out to relax.

The price of almost every-thing we need and want is going up and our salaries barely budge.

Just recently, for instance, there was an application to the Public Utilities Board by Newfoundland Power looking for a nearly seven per cent rate hike. This is a profitable com-pany and it still wants more.

Compare that seven per cent hike - which hasn’t been approved yet - to the raise most workers in this province got this

year.The rise in the price of elec-

tricity takes more money out of the pocket of nearly every per-son in this province - money that can’t be spent on other things.

It’s clear that we are much better off than many people around the world. All we have to do is follow the news to see that. But that doesn’t mean we should sit by and accept that our comfortable and safe way of life should be allowed to be whittled away a cut at a time.

We work hard for what we have, but our hands are tied when it comes to making dra-matic changes that impact our well-being.

Those who can alter the steady slide - but don’t - should read this report and hang their heads in shame.

A shameful slide for well-being

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SPECIAL TO THE TIMESFor some, a dream job would

be a vacation planner – for them-selves! Vacationing in B.C. can take so many forms that it would indeed be a full-time job.

The tourism and hospitality industry is an extremely diverse industry with over 400 different occupations – including occupa-tions that lead to longer-term careers, as well as those that fit well for those seeking part-time work, like students or older work-ers who are not ready to retire.

British Columbia’s tourism industry will be a leader in prov-incial job growth as businesses look to fill 101,000 new job open-ings by 2020, according to a study of labour demand and supply by go2, the BC tourism industry’s human resource association.

The “Tourism Labour Market Strategy,” released in the spring of 2012 by go2, sets out the plan to recruit, retain and train the work-ers needed to keep pace with the growth projected for the industry. Nearly half of the 101,000 open-ings will be new jobs created by the tourism industry across the province, adding 44,220 more jobs to the provincial workforce by 2020. The other approximate-ly 57,000 openings are due to replacements (i.e. retirements).

“The labour strategy co-

ordinated by go2 is a key pillar of industry growth in the prov-ince. Without it, we simply wouldn’t have the skilled work-ers in place to deliver the visitor experience throughout BC,” says Lana Denoni, Chair of TIABC, the Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia.

British Columbia’s location, bordered by the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west, makes it unique within Canada. Its mountain and coastal scenery, opportunities for

summer sailing, winter skiing, and other activities such as fish-ing or sightseeing in coastal or inland waters or experiencing our vibrant cities all make us a world-class destination.

Tourism helps to diversify our economy and also brings new community services to permanent residents. BC’s tourism and hos-pitality industry is now the single largest “primary resource indus-try” in the province, generating an annual real GDP ($2002) of more than $6.4 billion in 2010, ahead

of forestry, mining, oil and gas extraction, and agriculture.

Tourism and hospitality gener-ated $13.4 billion in annual rev-enue in 2010. Overall, between 2004 and 2010, industry revenues grew by a total of 25.5 per cent, representing an average annual growth rate of 4.2 per cent.

The provincial government’s “Gaining the Edge: A Five-year Strategy for Tourism in British Columbia,” targets revenue growth of five per cent a year that will top $18 billion in tourism spending by 2016.

The fastest growing sectors for tourism job growth over the next decade are expected to be recrea-tion and entertainment and travel services. There are an estimated 17,943 tourism-related business-es across the province, employing about 260,000 workers, or 10.8 per cent of B.C.’s total labour force of 2.4 million people.

More than 80 per cent of tourism’s new job openings are projected to come in Food and Beverage Services (43,410 openings), Recreation and Entertainment (20,530 openings) and the Accommodation sector (18,920 openings).

“After several years of slow labour growth, the tourism industry is poised to expand,” said Arlene Keis, Chief Executive

Officer of go2. “Labour shortages are already being felt in places like Northern B.C., the Thompson Okanagan and in the Rockies regions. By 2016, the crunch will be more acute throughout the province.”

“The tourism industry often provides people with their import-ant first job and sets them on their career path,” said Keis. “Tourism is also the largest employer of youth, with one in four British Columbians under the age of 24 working in the industry.”

“This anticipated growth in tourism reinforces the need to plan carefully and ensure that there are enough workers with the right skills in the right communities to meet the tourism industry’s future labour needs,” said Keis.

Boomer Gaye Dolezal of Sidney says “Working part-time in Tourism Information was a fun way for me to use my great know-ledge of Canadian cities. I often astounded visitors with the con-nections I could make to their hometowns.” She adds “People like to feel like welcome guests, not just tourists.”

Career section of go2hr.ca: http://www.go2hr.ca/careers-tourism

Tourism Labour Market Strategy: http://www.go2hr.ca/strategy

Opportunities abound in B.C.’s tourism and hospitality industryTop 5 sectors for Job Growth

Recreation & Entertainment

Travel Services

Food & Beverage Services

Accommodation Services

Transportation 1.2%

1.5%

1.6%

1.8%

2.1%

Annual Employment Growth Rate

Recreation & Entertainment

Travel Services

Food & Beverage Services

Accommodation Services

Transportation 4,440

14,130

18,920

20,530

43,410

Labour demand by 2020

Source: Tourism market study 2012

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but I’m still standing, and I’m not giving up yet. There will be a time when it’s appropriate to give up and let go. There is a time for living, and a time for dying, but until then, keep on living, and acquiring those scars.

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As a child, I really loved Halloween. I looked forward to it for weeks. Once I had decided on a costume, my mother began sewing. She was inventive and

always fashioned a costume worthy of my child-hood imagination. As my costume took shape, my anticipation grew. When the big night finally arrived, my excitement bubbled over.

Trick or treating was great fun. We would we traipse around the neighborhood, often trudg-

ing through the first snowfall of the sea-son, using pillowcases for candy sacks. For weeks afterwards, we consumed the haul of goodies that simul-taneously satisfied and intensified our craving for treats.

The goodies, deli-cious as they were, were secondary to my love of Halloween.

The thing I most enjoyed was masquerading. When I put on that costume, I assumed a new persona. When I put on that costume, my dreams became reality. It was a grand feeling!

The next morning I was always a little sad. While I would have liked to continue pretending, my loving but organized mother laundered and put my splendid costume away. It was time to ‘get real’.

Halloween served a useful purpose in my child-hood, other than the obvious benefit of free candy. It fired my imagination. It helped me discover my self, reshape my dreams and accept the realities of life. Pretending helped me become real.

It is easy to become distracted from being real. There are numerous influences that tempt us away from discovering and accepting ourselves. Consumerism and the beauty industry are two cultural influences that entice us into participat-ing in a masquerade and encourage us to court falsehoods about ourselves.

Consumerism convinces us that our wants are needs and pressures us to purchase items we can ill afford. It goads us into spending on ourselves, when we should be reaching out to others or facing up to our financial realities. Meanwhile, the culture of beauty sings its anti-aging siren song, deluding us into a superficial denial of our own mortality. We confuse the content of our personhood with the quality of our possessions and our physical attractiveness.

While there is nothing innately wrong with possessions and looking our best, focusing on these externals can make us self-centered and unhappy. A preoccupation with the self saps our resources and our energy. We have little left to give others because we are consumed with our cravings. The externals are like sugar laden Halloween treats: just when we think we have eaten our fill, we find ourselves craving more.

When this happens, we are no longer real. We need a loving mother to make us take off our splendid costume, and nudge us towards showing the world our resplendent self. We long for loving mother figures to reassure us that we are loved and loveable, even without the grandiose mas-querade. Love gives us the courage to strip away the externals. Love empowers us for self-discov-ery, helps us accept our realities and encourages us to dream in life giving ways.

We “get real” when we put aside our pretense and focus on the content of our life. It truly is a grand feeling!

Trail resident Louise McEwan has a background in education and catechesis, and degrees in English and Theology. She writes every other week. She blogs at www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot.com. Contact her at [email protected].

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BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports Editor

While NHL owners and players may be taking time off while the lockout drags on, for NHL scouts like Montrose’s Glen Sanders, it’s busi-ness as usual.

The Nashville Predator scout takes in about 130 junior hockey games per year, traveling thousands of kilometres to watch and analyse up-and-coming prospects, and this season has been no different as he recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland.

“The lockout doesn’t affect the scouting staff at least not on our hock-ey team,” said Sanders. “Some teams will cut back a bit but not on our team.”

Like most scouts on the front line, Sanders visits every rink from The Pas to Portland, to source out diamonds in the rough, potential grinders, and sure things.

He covers all of western Canada and the United States and will make at least one trip to eastern Canada to see the top end guys and then pass on recommendations to Nashville’s chief amateur scout Jeff Kealty.

“It’s a massive job,” says Sanders. “I mean you have to be fairly organ-ized. In this business you get a lot of contacts, who I can call, or will call me and say, ‘Hey you better have a look at this kid.’

“We see a lot of guys and a lot of teams and have to get our reports in within two or three days.”

While Sanders’ immediate focus is on the WHL, he also covers the BCHL and Alberta Junior Hockey League recognizing that each league’s func-tion varies.

“It (the BCHL) is a little differ-ent . . . you’re looking at it more as long term, more so than the Western League kid, because if we draft a Western League kid we have to sign him within two years, the BCHL guy can have another two years of junior before he even goes to college.”

Sanders has been an amateur scout for the Predators for a decade and his contribution to the team has been significant.

In the June NHL draft, the Predators had traded away their potential first-round pick for Paul Gaustad so didn’t get a shot at the

podium until the second day. The team ended up selecting the talent they had projected in their scouting meetings, including two of the top four selections coming from the WHL.

The Preds chose highly touted Pontus Aberg, 37th overall from the Swedish Elite League, and two

prospects on Sanders laundry list in Kelowna Rockets forward Colton Sissons, at number 50, described as a strong, good two-way player akin to Mike Fisher, and Brendan Leipsic, 89th overall, a tenacious yet skilled forward with the Portland Winterhawks.

In 2011-12, a franchise-record 22 of 34 players drafted and developed by the Predators appeared in at least one game.

Nashville was also the only Western Conference club to advance to the second round of the playoffs in back-to-back years in 2012 and 15 players on the roster that year were drafted and developed by Assistant General Manager Paul Fenton’s hockey operations and scouting staff. If not for a hot goalie in Mike Smith of the Phoenix Coyotes, the Preds may have gone all the way.

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BY JIM BAILEYTimes Sports Editor

Trail swimmers took their talents to the next level, as the recently formed Greater Trail Swim Club (GTSC) swam to impressive results at the Iron Triple Pentathlon Swim Meet in Penticton earlier this month.

The newly formed winter club will complement the ven-erable Trail Stingrays summer swim club that has excelled in the area for years, but with a more national flavour.

“It adds another level of com-petitive swimming to the already successful Home of Champions,” says club spokesman Sharman Thomas. “The GTSC will be the next step for those swimmers that wish to compete regularly at provincial and national com-petitions.”

The club, led by coach Cody Flegel, competed in the three day Pentathlon Swim Meet which sees swimmers swim up to 15 races in five disciplines, includ-ing freestyle, breaststroke, back-stroke, butterfly, and individual

medley, ranging from 25-metre to 400-metre swims.

The 11 Greater Traill swim-mers shocked other competitors winning medals and setting per-sonal bests against top teams from across the province.

“These kids have been swim-ming 12 to 13 hours a week in training and I’m very proud of every one of them for stepping up and racing as hard as they did at their first winter meet,” said coach Flegel. “We have such a great group of swimmers as well as parents which is very import-ant at this level of competition.”

Every swimmer from the GTSC swam personal best times in Penticton with some truly stunning results coming from Dylan and Eden Kormendy, and James Pilla to name a few.

Dylan’s times in the 200 IM and 400 IM ranked him num-ber one in Canada, while his sister Eden Kormendy placed first overall for the girls 12 and under category, and Pilla won three events earning him the sil-ver trophy overall in the 15 and

over boys – all in their very first meet.

The winter club competi-tion is a new level of competi-tive swimming, and opens the door to opportunities like uni-versity scholarships, Swimming Canada affiliation, and training with Canada’s elite swimmers.

Eric Gonzales said “It feels great to be back in the water. In Penticton I was anxious about competing in longer, more dif-ficult events but the training that we have received made it feel as if it were second nature. With this new “league” I was able to experience an elevated level of competition.”

Coach Flegel had a distin-guished swimming career at the University of Victoria and swam with the national swim team from 2007-11, so knows what it takes to compete at the high-est level.

The team trains six days a week at the Trail Aquatic Centre, to prepare them for the next great challenge which goes in Vernon next month.

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The Greater Trail Swim Club’s great success at its first winter swim meet is due to swimmers (back row from left): James Pilla, Martin Gonzalez, Eric Gonzalez. (Middle row from left) Tess Markus, Madison Green, Ian Markus, Jennifer Chung, Sharman Thomas, (front from left) Eden Kormendy, Dylan Kormendy and Aby Elwood.

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FROM PAGE 10 “We’ve been on the cusp, really close . . .

but we’ve built from within, we’re almost all drafted players and we (the scouts) work really hard and that’s one of the reasons why our owners understand that the draft is so import-ant,” added Sanders. “We’re one of the few teams that don’t get cut back because they know we have to (draft) to be successful. Some teams can just go for free agents but we can’t.”

There’s a long list of prospects for 2013, and Sanders, like most NHL scouts are drooling over defenceman Seth Jones of the Portland Winterhawks, who is the six-foot-three son of former NBA player Popeye Jones.

Curtis Lazar from the Edmonton Oil Kings, is another top 10 prospect from the west, but where the scouts really make a difference is in drafting a third round player who turns into a Mark Messier rather than a top pick who turns into an Alexander Daigle.

When asked if there will be an NHL season, Sanders was not overly optimistic.

“My hope would be November 2 . . . well, hopefully sometime in November.”

If the full NHL season is scuttled, like the 2005 Sydney Crosby sweepstakes, all teams will go into a lottery giving each team a shot at the number one pick for the 2013 draft.

Nashville has been in need of a high-end scorer and a top-five pick could net them one.

In the ball lottery, every team starts off with three balls.

Teams will have a ball taken away through two methods:

1. To have held a first overall pick in any of the last four NHL seasons prior to the draft.

2. To have made the playoffs in one of the previous three seasons prior to the draft.

No team can have less than one ball or more than three, and the two methods of losing a ball stack with each other; a team that has made the playoffs two times in the past three seasons will only have one ball, and a team that has had mul-tiple first overall picks will have only one ball.

So Nashville could win first pick, but so could the Edmonton Oilers who have had three of the last four first-overall picks. However, they would only receive one ball.

Preds depend on draft

If you wanted to know the severity of the impact of the NHL lockout, con-

sider this, Don Cherry has nothing better to do with is idle and oft-vacant brain than cre-ate (and then send) tweets critical of a base-ball announcer.

Cherry, known for outrageous attitudes, not to mention ouffits, apparently stooped to watching the baseball playoffs last week-end, and he was, well, outraged, that Tim McCarver, a very good ball player and excel-lent colour commeta-tor, mentioned, out loud, that Giants pitch-er Ryan Vogleson was working on a no-hitter

heading into the late innings of an import-ant game against the Cardinals.

Cherry tweeted that McCarver, whose life is baseball, “has lost his soul,” for jinx-ing Vogelsong, who indeed surrendered a couple of hits and a run in the next inning, or had, “lis-tened to an egg head tv guy,” in deciding to

mention the stat line for the pitcher.

The chances that McCarver, a consumate baseball professional on and off the field for four decades plus, had any impact on the game activity by commenting on the first five innings of play, despite the long-held tradition that teammates don’t talk about no-nos, are zip.

If only to get Cherry out of the baseball mix I wish fervently that the lockout ends sooner rather than later.

Probably jinxed it, right?

• Speaking of the lockout, don’t be surp-ised if Gary Bettman is even less likeable over the next few months

or years. His dream job (particularly con-sidering his stature) of becoming NBA com-missioner is probably irrevocably tied up for as long as he would ever have been a candi-date to take it over.

Bettman was NBA boss David Stern’s right hand man until he took the NHL gig.

Now Stern has announced he will retire in two years and

the NBA has appointed the guy who took Bettman’s place at Stern’s side to replace Stern in the top job.

Now Bettman, who knows little and cares even less about hockey and its fans will be in a snit that will last a long time - likely meaning that so will the lockout.

• I have no know-ledge of the current abilities of the Smoke Eaters other than news

reports and team stats, because circumstances have mitigated against my attending any of their games to date.

I hope to rectify that situation tonight and have a better handle going forward on their prospects.

They had, not long ago, seemed on the verge of good things, record-wise, and I am still hopeful that wasn’t a mirage.

Cherry tweaks McCarver on Twitter

DAVE THOMPSON

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Trail Rec and the Kiwanis Club is host-ing a free Halloween Skate Saturday from 1– 2:30pm in the Kids Rink. Wear a cos-tume and enjoy some pizza by the slice.

Boomer Fit Class with Lynn Kenneway starts a new session Oct. 29 to Dec. 12. These classes run Monday and Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Trail Memorial Centre Fitness Studio.

The next Seniors Get Fit is on Nov. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the aquatic centre. A personal trainer will introduce you to the fitness centre, learn-ing about physical fitness, safe lifting techniques, avoiding injury and goal set-ting.

Our 30-Minute Circuit classes are now available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:30 to 9 a.m. at the Trail Memorial Centre Fitness Studio. Instructor Diana Howard will conduct a circuit style class that offers safe and effective exercises for all levels.

This class is geared more for adult to seniors. Train with free weights, stabil-ity balls, resistance bands, and weighted balls, as well as some floor resistance exercises on the mat and endurance train-ing with cardio.

Modifications will be explained for specific needs. Classes are ongoing until December 14.

Core Strengthening classes run from Oct. 30 to Dec. 11, Tuesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. Strengthen your back and core and increase overall fitness, with instructor Diana Howard.

Boot Camp classes go Nov. 1 to Dec. 13, Thursdays from 5 to 6 p.m. You will perform body weight exercises, interval training and strength training. The best thing about Boot Camp is that you don’t just burn calories during the class; you also strengthen and add muscle tone, which will increase your metabolism and therefore burn fat long after the class is over. Drop in tickets are also available for these classes.

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LEISURE

Dear Annie: Eleven years ago, we moved halfway across the country in order to live close to my husband’s family. For years, we heard about all the things they would do with our kids if only we lived nearer. My parents were still busy raising my four young-er siblings and weren’t really interested in being grandparents, so all these promises sounded wonderful.

It didn’t take long after we moved to dis-cover that my in-laws were all talk. When we announced that we were pregnant with our fourth child, my mother-in-law said, “Well, don’t expect me to babysit four kids.” I had to bite my tongue to keep from retorting, “Why would I? You never babysit the three we already have.” My mother-in-law always sounds like I’m hold-ing a gun to her head when I ask whether she might have some time to see the kids.

My children are growing up. They are completely self-suffi-cient and well behaved. They clean up after themselves and take care of one another. I’ve always tried to cast my in-laws in the best possible light, even though they spend less time with my children than my parents who live 1,500 miles away. But the kids are catch-ing on.

Should I continue making excuses for my in-laws? Is it OK to tell my kids honestly why they never get invited to their house? Is there any way to express myself to my in-laws so it will open their eyes about what they are

missing? So far, calling my mother-in-law on her behavior has only resulted in a guilt trip and crocodile tears.

It breaks my heart that my children have no relationship with these grandparents. But more than that, I’m having a hard time not resenting them for all the broken promises. -- Fran in Frisco

Dear Fran: We don’t know why your in-laws switched gears. Perhaps being with all those children was more effort than they expected. But don’t badmouth them to your kids even if they deserve it. When your children ask why they don’t see their grand-parents, simply say, “It’s just the way they are.” And please stop asking your in-laws to spend time with the kids. Instead, invite them to whatever occa-sions merit their pres-ence, and let them see for themselves what they are reaping.

Dear Annie: You’ve

mentioned that men with low sex drives should be tested for low testosterone. I’m curious how many men are willing to address the problem with medi-cation.

My guy was tested, and his testosterone was very low. He was given a prescription, but said it was too expensive. A call to the doctor produced a less expensive prescription, but he didn’t fill that one, either, because it was a “hormone,” and he thinks all hormones are dangerous.

We have since split up. No sex drive is one thing, but the accom-panying negative per-sonality issues made me want to hide in my own house. -- Alone

Dear Alone: Low testosterone can also be responsible for depres-sion and other mood disorders. It’s too bad your guy was unwilling to try the prescription. It may have helped him enormously. A discus-sion with his doctor

about hormones would have been useful.

Dear Annie: I disagree with your answer to “Home Alone,” whose boy-friend travels on busi-ness for months at a time. When he’s home, he spends weekdays

with her but wants to spend weekends with his family or friends. You said, “You’ll have to revisit this issue if you marry and have children.”

I would hope the issue would be totally resolved before even

thinking of getting mar-ried. He doesn’t even make a good boyfriend. That relationship spells disaster. -- Texas

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LEISURE

For Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) With the Moon in your sign today, you might feel more emotional than usual. However, this also makes you luckier, so use it to your advantage. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your best option today is to work alone or behind the scenes to get the most done. Tackle research and do what-ever you can to get better organized. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Conversations with a female acquaintance or friend could be significant today. This per-son might help you to tweak your goals for the future. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be aware that some aspects of your private life will be public today, especially in the eyes of bosses, parents and VIPs. You might want to do a little damage control.

Hmmm? LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Do something different today because you need to broaden your horizons. You want stimulation and adven-ture. Travel anywhere if you can or talk to people from other cultures. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You feel passionate and intense today about practi-cally everything! This is a good day to wrap up loose details with taxes, debt and shared property. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Today you will have to go more than halfway when dealing with others because the Moon is opposite your sign. Be prepared to coop-erate and compromise. (No biggie.) SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) What can you do to get better organized today? Why not set aside 15 minutes to

tackle messy little areas that are mentally dragging you down? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is a playful day! Enjoy competitive sports events, social activities, playful times with children, movies and the arts. Also, a flirtation might turn your crank. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’ll enjoy private, quiet time at home if you can get

it. You need a little time to do some navel-gazing and ponder your situation in gen-eral. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Today is a busy day with short trips, errands and dis-cussions with neighbors and siblings. Don’t stay at home. Get out and hustle, because it’s a big world out there! PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Focus on ways to expand

your earnings or solidify your financial base in some way. You’re going to be feel-ing richer at home this year, which means you might be buying luxurious goodies for where you live. YOU BORN TODAY You’re a powerful individual with abundant energy, drive and ambition. You have strong feelings and are frequently impulsive. You have a public persona and a private one; but you do like the approv-

al of others and you enjoy your popularity. (You often delight in shocking people.) A lovely, social year ahead awaits you that will benefit all relationships. Enjoy! Birthdate of: Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president, Nobel Peace Prize winner; John Cleese, actor; Ruby Dee, actress. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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YOUR HOROSCOPEBy Francis Drake


For Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Today you really have the travel bug! Many of you will be making plans to escape somewhere, either now or in the future. Others will sign up for courses to learn some-thing new. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your sex drive is very strong today! However, your desire to defend your best interests in matters about insurance, taxes and shared wealth is equally strong. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Be careful not to arouse opposition against you today, because you could be over-whelmed by it. Go gently. People (including you) feel very competitive today. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re willing to work very hard to get a lot done today, especially if you can use the efforts of others. You’re ready to rally your troops and del-egate duties to everyone!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a playful, competitive day! Enjoy pranks, flirtations and fun times with others. Sports events and social occa-sions will be excessive and over the top. (Do not drink and drive.) VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Be patient and diplomatic with family members today, because you could overreact to something someone says. (Perhaps it’s because you’re so determined to introduce improvements to where you live.) LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Make sure you don’t prom-ise more than you can deliver when talking to others today. It’s very tempting to do this because you believe in your-self! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Guard against spending too much money today or think-ing that you have more than you actually have. This is a classic day to go overboard. Aagghh.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’re pumped with ener-gy today because you feel so enthusiastic about some-thing. You always get like this when foreign shores beckon or adventure is at hand. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might be hatching some secret plans today because you’re playing your cards very close to your chest. Keep an eye on what others are doing as well. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Group activities will be fun and exciting; however, don’t let competition make you lose your good judgment. Think about your long-term objec-tives. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Don’t bite off more than you can chew today to impress bosses, parents and authority figures. (Because you will be tempted to do this.) Remain realistic. (Do yourself this favor.) YOU BORN TODAY You always do your homework,

which is why those who work with you think you’re so professional. You’re also intrigued with how things work behind the scenes. You have excellent money savvy and demand high standards of those around you. Essentially, you’re a friendly but serious person. Set aside some time in the coming year to learn something valuable. (You’ll be glad you did.) Birthdate of: Julia Roberts, actress; Annie Potts, actress; Bill Gates, Microsoft billion-aire.

For Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The Full Moon today is a poor time for important financial decisions, especially about inheritances and shared property. Wait a few days for this intense energy to pass. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The only Full Moon in your sign all year is taking place today. This is why it’s chal-lenging dealing with partners and close friends. (Agree to nothing.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Avoid important decisions at work today or decisions regarding your health. Today and tomorrow are poor times for these considerations. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be extra patient with chil-dren and romantic partners

today because of the Full Moon’s energy. This could be an accident-prone day for your kids, especially with poison, gas or chemicals. (Forewarned is forearmed.) LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Do what you can to keep the peace at home, because today’s Full Moon will aggra-vate relations with parents, bosses and family members. Avoid quarrels about shared property. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is an accident-prone day for your sign, so slow down and take it easy. Give yourself extra time for wiggle room for your appointments and daily tasks. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) The Full Moon today cre-ates stress with spending money and earning it. This is not a good day for important purchases, because you can’t trust your judgment. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) The only Full Moon directly opposite your sign all year is taking place today. This is why relationships with part-ners and close friends are tense and dicey. (Patience is your only recourse.) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Be accommodating and tolerant with co-workers and customers today, because everyone might be losing it because of today’s Full Moon.

This intense energy will sub-side in 48 hours. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Don’t challenge friends or people in group situations today, because it will be pointless. Arguments will be just a lot of hot air because of the Full Moon energy today. Zip thy lip! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) It’s not easy dealing with authority figures today because of the Full Moon. Be extra polite with the police, bosses, parents and anyone in charge. (You’ll be glad you did.) PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a mildly accident-prone day for your sign, so pay attention to what you do. Distractions are the main cause of accidents. YOU BORN TODAY You like to stay fresh. You love new ideas and are often an expert in your field. You work well with others and can be persuasive when you want to be. You are charming and know how to make a great first impression. Good news! Your year ahead might be one of the most powerful years of your life. Dream big! Birthdate of: Joely Fisher, actress; Richard Dreyfus, actor; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel laureate. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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ReporterThe Trail Daily Times has an opening for a reporter/photographer. As a member of our news team, you will write news stories and take photos of Greater Trail events, cover city council and other public meetings and respond to breaking news stories. You must work well under pressure, meet daily deadlines and be a exible self-starter with a reliable digital camera and vehicle.This union position is for three days a week, with the potential for full-time work during holiday relief periods. This is a temporary position.Computer literacy is essential, experience with layout in InDesign an asset, newspaper experience or a diploma in journalism preferred. Some weekend and evening work is involved. The Times offers a competitive salary and bene ts. The successful candidate will be required to become a member of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Local 2000.Quali ed applicants should apply in writing no later than November 9, 2012 to:Guy Bertrand, managing editor Trail Daily Times 1163 Cedar Ave. Trail, BC V1R 4B8 [email protected] Fax: 250-368-8550Only quali ed candidates will be contacted; no phone calls please.

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EMCON SERVICES INC., Road and Bridge Maintenance Contractor in the Castlegar, Rossland, Trail and Fruitvale Areas are looking for professional drivers for part time employment for the upcoming winter season. Qualifi cations for these positions are:• BC driver’s license (minimum Class 3/Air)• Proven on highway trucking experience• Experience driving tandem axle vehicles and experience

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USW, Local 480 is looking for permanent part-time employee to fill the position of Janitor.Regular work schedule shall consist of 12 hours per week. Benefits and salary is commensuratewith CUPE, Local 2087 CBA.

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Wayne DeWitt ext 25Mario Berno ext 27Dawn Rosin ext 24

Tom Gawryletz ext 26Keith DeWitt ext 30

Thea Stayanovich ext 28Joy DeMelo ext 29

Denise Marchi ext 21

1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000

All Pro Realty Ltd.

www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc www.allprorealty.ca

Trail$159,000

MLS#215964

NEW PRICE

Waneta Village$120,000

MLS#K210844

2 LOTS

Emerald Ridge$128,500

MLS#K214139

VIEW LOT

Fruitvale$149,000

MLS#K211913

Salmo$129,000

MLS#K215097

Fruitvale$180,000

MLS#K214142

Salmo$230,000

MLS#K215555

Fruitvale$449,000

MLS#K215333

Rossland$79,900

MLS#K212681

ONLY 4 LEFT!

Trail$109,000

MLS#K214233

LESS THAN

RENT!

Rossland$219,000

MLS#K214274

CLOSE TO

SCHOOL

East Trail$259,000

MLS#K214149

LARGE YARD

Sunningdale$399,900

MLS#K213351

Waneta$429,500

MLS#K210016

Waneta$489,000

MLS#K214677

Sunningdale$229,500

MLS#K216068

Waneta$575,000

MLS#K215427

Fruitvale$489,000

MLS#K212427

Montrose$212,000

MLS#K210377

Sat. Oct. 27 • noon-2pm 1925 Mountain St, Fruitvale

$349,000

OPEN HOUSE

MLS#216293

Fruitvale$57,000

MLS#K215721

Glenmerry$154,900

MLS#K215723

QUICK

POSSESSION

Ross Spur$389,500

MLS#K213358

REDUCED

Saturday, Oct 27 • 11am-1pm2039 Caughlin Rd, Fruitvale

$497,000

OPEN HOUSE

MLS#K210739

Community Futures of Greater Trail is a dynamic volunteer, board-driven organization providing resources, commercial loans, and related services to the business community in the Greater Trail area. Community Futures of Greater Trail is looking to employ an experienced leader and strategic individual in order to fulfill its mission: to encourage and assist entrepreneurs to build successful enterprises that enhance economic prosperity, social well being and environmental integrity. In order to deliver on this mandate, the successful applicant will be relied on to:

The ideal individual will have a university degree in a business related discipline and/or an accounting degree, as well as 10+ years experience in management, commercial lending, community economic development, and property management. In addition, the successful applicant will have demonstrated the ability to perform with a high level of integrity in the workplace. The successful applicant will have community values consistent with those of the board, committees, and staff of the Community Futures of Greater Trail.

This exciting opportunity is a full-time salaried position, starting at $80,000+ (commensurate with experience), and a competitive benefits package.

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a resume with cover letter via email attention Chairperson, Larry Doell, at [email protected]. Closing date for this opportunity is November 23, 2012

For more information on Community Futures of Greater Trail and/or a complete job description, please visit www.communityfutures.com.

Please note: Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Position of

City of Trail - Job Pos ngCASHIER RECEPTIONIST (Casual)

The City of Trail Parks & Recrea on Department is seeking an energe c, enthusias c and people-oriented individual who is available for casual work as a Cashier at the Trail Aqua c & Leisure Centre.

Detailed informa on about this employment opportunity is available on the City’s website at www.trail.ca/employment.php or by request to Trisha Davison at (250) 364-0852.

Applica ons will be received un l Friday, November 2, 2012.

The City of Trail thanks all applicants for their interest and will only reply to those selected for an interview.

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Help WantedSUTCO Contracting Ltd. re-quires a qualifi ed Chip Hauler, based in Grand Forks. The po-sition requires min. 2 yrs exp. inclusive of mountain driving, clean abstract and ability to cross-shift working days and evenings. We offer extended benefi ts, e-logs, satellite dis-patch and steady work with di-rect deposit, pension plan after 1 yrs employment. Fax: 250-357-2009 Tel: 250-357-2612 Ext: 230 or apply online; www.sutco.ca

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ContractorsHANSON DECKINGWest Kootenay Agent forDuradek 250-352-1814

Household ServicesA-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning. Complete Fur-nace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-565-0355 (Free estimates)MR.PICKLES Home ServicesCleaning, companionship, odd jobs, personal care, pet care, transportation, yardcare. Call 250-368-7521

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THERAPEUTIC TOUCH. Pro-motes healing, pain reduction, relaxation. 30min - $25. Eileen Pedersen 250.364.2488

Misc ServicesDIRTBUSTERS Carpet clean-ing, area rugs, fl ood work, fur-nace & air duct cleaning, 250-364-1484, 250-364-0145MOVING / Junk Removal 250-231-8529PLUMBING REPAIRS, Sewer backups, Video Camera in-spection. 24hr Emergency Service. 250-231-8529

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Misc ServicesTry Our new BP Italian Pizza24/7 Ordering! BP Hot Foods Deli 250-512-9449 online me-nu: bpdinermineralsparesortat-traction.com

Pets & Livestock

Feed & HayAlfalfa, alfalfa mix or straight grass (small square bales) in Lister. Call Jay or Trish at 250-428-9755

Pet ServicesTHE Doghouse: The past 4 years have been an awesome experience and I have loved getting to know each one of my clients and their people too! I am sorry to say that I have decided to close down the shop permanently and I apologize for the obvious in-convenience. I want to thank you, so very much for all of your support! Give your dog a hug from me! Kirsten

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Queen’s Bay: Present level: 1742.76 ft. 7 day forecast: Holding. 2012 peak:1753.78 ft. 2011 peak:1751.71 ft.

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1st Trail Real Estate

Rossland $379,900Marie Claude 250-512-115

MLS# K216346

Warfield $227,000Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K204952

Trail $249,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K212989

Trail $189,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K216327

Trail $169,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K215394

Montrose $345,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K214955

Trail $129.900Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K214582


MLS# K205409

Trail $259,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K215314

Warfield $269,900Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

MLS# K215313

Fruitvale $269,900Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

MLS# K216202

Trail $225,000Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# 216074


MLS# K215958

Trail $54,000Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

MLS# K216339

Trail $145,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

MLS# K214663

Jack McConnachie250-368-5222

Fred Behrens250-368-1268

Rob Burrus250-231-4420

Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

Rhonda van Tent250-231-7575

Tamer Vockeroth250-368-7477

Marie Claude Germain250-512-1153

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Rossland $280,000Tamer Vockeroth 250-368-7477

MLS# K216387

Bright &

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MLS# K211841

Red Resort


MLS# K216545

New Listing

Salmo $144,000Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

MLS# K216341

Motivated


MLS# K210399

New Price

DENISE MARCHI

1925 Mountain St, FruitvaleSat. October 27th • noon-2pm

$349,000

OPEN HOUSE

MLS#216293

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Food Products

BUTCHER SHOPBC INSPECTED

GRADED AA OR BETTERLOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF

Hormone FreeGrass Fed/Grain Finished$100 Packages Available

Quarters/Halves$2.50/lb Hanging WeightExtra Lean Hamburger

$4.00/lbTARZWELL FARMS

250-428-4316 Creston

FurnitureGLASS din.table w/4 chairs $250. leather recln loveseat $300. student desk +chair $125. 20” fl at TV +stand $125. shelving unit $50. 368-7521

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Queen Size Bed Complete w/ornate metal headboard $300 250 777-1169

Garage SalesWARFIELD, 654 Schofi eld Hwy. Sat. Oct.27, 8am-4pm. Garage/ Basement Sale.

Heavy Duty Machinery

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleHALLOWEEN WIGS, make-up, decorations. Crafting sup-plies, Christmas lights. Gadgets & More, downtown Trail. 250-364-0404

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

Nonagenarian disposing a multi-tude of cherished items, antique and modern. China Cabinet $80, barley corn folding table $175, trunk $50, record player, records, sewing machine, collection of razors, sharpening stuff, lighters, old came-ras, postcards, pliers, timekeepers, wartime, medical bandages, 2 speakers, home and shop tools, 306 rifl e with scope & case, deep-well pump, pop boxes, damaged motorcycle, big roll of single strand wire, fi reproof shingles, antique farm implements & 8N Tractors, stump puller, ploughs, discs, harrow mower, rake, heavy roller, cultiva-tor etc. etc. etc. acreage, house in Nelson 505-5200

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town

Musical InstrumentsNew Marshall Stack w/ 8x12” speakers $1000, Roland JC 90 amp $500, Fender Satellite amp $200, 1969 FenderF-hole Telecaster (woodgrain) re-issue $750, JumboWashburn Electric/acoustic guitar $900, John Lennonsignature Epiphone J-45 $700, Crafter electric/acoustic guitar $350 250 777-1169

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Real Estate

Acreage for Sale20 Acres In South Castlegar &

4 Acres in OotischeniaCall 250-365-5663

Houses For SaleExclusive Factory Direct Pricing on SRI 14s, 16s, dou-bles & modular homes. Take advantage of our 38 years ex-perience and then take advan-tage of our pricing only at Lake Country Modular conveniently located next to SRI’s factory. Huge grants, discounts and factory incentives. Call Don at 1-866-766-2214 or visit us at 515 Beaver Lake Rd, Kelowna www.LCMhomes.com

LotsLots for Sale

Two Building Lots in CastlegarFully Serviced,

Call 250-365-5663

Townhouses3 bdrm townhouse, 1.5 bath,

private, well maintained , fenced yard, garden. On bus

route, close to schools. Asking $187,500. Owner motivated

call 250 505-5460

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent2 bedroom condo for rent in Upper Warfi eld. Bright, reno-vated corner unit. $700. N/S. 1-587-215-5593Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822Ermalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922

Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentTRAIL, 2bd, f/s, w/d, close to town, park, new fl ooring, blinds. $600/mo.250-364-1129

Trail &Rossland: quality 2 &4bd. rentals avail.now.Please call 250-368-7435 to view.

TRAIL, spacious 2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312WANETA MANOR 2bd $610, NS,NP, Senior oriented, un-derground parking 250-368-8423

Commercial/Industrial

BEAVER FALLS/ Montrose on Hwy3B, 3 units average 850sq.ft., + outside storage. Rents from $650.-$750./mo. 250-505-9566TRAIL, BAY Avenue, 2500sq.ft., modern offi ce space, $1400 triple net. 250-231-0359

Misc for RentINSIDE WINTER Storage for vehicles. $50./ month. 250-368-9792INSULATED, Closed in Gar-age in Glenmerry. $100./month. 250-368-5908

Homes for Rent3 bdrm, 1 bath on private acrege @ 4 mile aval immed $1200/m + util 250 551-0647E.TRAIL, 1379 2nd Ave., small 1bdrm., w/garage, lots of parking. No smokers. $575./mo. +utilities with $400. damage dep.1-587-227-9858E.TRAIL, 3bd, 2bth,f/s/w/d/dw,lg.fenced yard,a/c,u-grd.sprinknear Safeway. 250-368-7377

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Rentals

Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 3bdrm., full base-ment, 2-car garage, f/s, n/s, n/p. $1,000/mo. 250-365-5003

RENT this property and own it in a year with no money down through our transfer ownership program! 3 Bedroom 1 bath home, Green Ave, Trail. Im-maculately appointed. Private back yard, great view of city. Detached 1 car garage. $850 month. Avail Immediately. 250-231-8499ROSSLAND 3bdrm, 2 1/2bth, close to schools. 250-362-9005SMALL 3BDRM. house, good location, level entry, parking, fenced yard. 250-368-1312

TownhousesGLENMERRY TOWNHOUSE 3Bd., new fl oor, windows, paint&roof.$875.250-368-6212

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Cars - Domestic1991 Chrysler New Yorker, burgundy in color, well main-tained, 116,000km, good win-ter tires, loaded $1,500 obo (250)551-1178 to view

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FrontCounter BC Cranbrook has accepted an applica on made byWaneta Expansion General Partner Ltd. of Castlegar, BC, on behalf of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Opera ons (MFLNRO), Kootenay Region, for a License of Occupa on for the purpose of roads and worksite K situated on Provincial Crown land near Waneta and containing 9.29 hectares more or less.

The MFLNRO File Number that has been established for this applica on is 4405279. Wri en comments concerning this applica on should be directed to FrontCounter BC, 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook B.C., V1C 7G1 or email to: [email protected] Comments will be received by FrontCounter BC un l December 5, 2012. FrontCounter BC may not be able to consider comments received a er this date.

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BAILIFF SALE2009 F-150 Ford Lariat Limited4 dr. Custom Crew cab V8 4 whl dr.at: pw: pb; ac; am/fm/cd full loads/n 1FTPW14V59KC21779As is-where is. Viewing by Appt.Off ers subjected to approvalCall Bob 250-365-6516

Cars - Sports & Imports

LOGGING Contract TenderFor Managed Forest 77, Man-aged Forest 243, Woodlot 0408. 45,000 m3 in the West Kootenay area. 3-year time frame, beginning January 2012. Detailed Tender docu-ments at: www.monticola.ca Viewings: November 2nd & 16th, 2012. Tender Submis-sion Deadline: December 15th, 2012

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Cars - Domestic2002 Alero Oldsmobile, Excel-lent Shape, new Winters & Summers on rims, V6 Good on Gas, 190,00kms, $4000. OBO 250-368-6061

2002 OLDSMOBILE Alero V6, loaded, 180,000kms, 4new Toyo winters on rims, no rust, very clean,$4,500.250-368-8569

2008 Buick Allure CX 34,000 kms, V-6 fully loaded, leather

seats, aluminum wheels, $13,000 Call 250-365-5164

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2005 CONVERTIBLE TurboDiesel Smart Car Fortwo, 56,000kms. Female highway summer driven only. Garage stored. $11,995.250-362-9170

Recreational/SaleFor Sale - 1998, 27’ Sports-master Travel Trailer. Sleeps up to 8 People. Twin Bunks, Pull-out Couch, Table Folds

Down, Queen Pillow-top Mat-tress in Front Bedroom. Air

Conditioner, 3 Burner Stove, Oven, Spacious Bathroom, 2 x

30lb Propane Tanks. Very Clean and in Excellent Condi-tion! $9,400 OBO. Located in

Nakusp. Please call 250-265-9990 or email: [email protected]

for more info.

Trucks & Vans2003 F-150 4X4, Quad Cab, 5.4L, Loaded, with extra set of winters on rims. 180,000kms., excellent condition, detailed and ready to go. $9,300. OBO. Can e-mail pics. 250-231-4034

Boats BOATING SEASON IS

STILL HERE!!WANNA HAVE SOME FUN

WITH YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS ON THIS GREAT BOAT ALL YEAR ROUND?

Great for fi shing. Your Cabin on the Lake

The Kootenay Queen

• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc

• Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet)

• Fold down table for a queen sized bed

• Fold up bunk beds• VHF radio• Hull is sound, galley is

dated.• Low draft• 200 hrs on new engine• A great boat that needs

some TLC$12,000.00 invested

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areas. Look for solutions to problems. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You’re extremely convinc-ing today! Unfortunately, this is a poor day for impor-tant decisions or commit-ments. Nevertheless, you can begin to pave the way. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Give some serious thought to new ways to earn money or get a differ-ent job, because it might be possible now. You want greater control in your life via your assets. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Take a realistic look in the mirror, and ask your-self what you can do to improve your appearance. You also might consider how you can improve your style of relating to others.

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WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME.

NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

Lot 2, Highway 3B, Ross Spur $250,000

Fantastic opportunity- 29 subdividable acres for your dream home, hobby farm or to hold as an investment. Treed with large level building sites and plenty of privacy.

Electricity and telephone available at property line. Call your REALTOR® today

to view this opportunity.Call Art (250) 368-8818

1665 Maida Road, Christina Lake $109,000

Fantastic corner lot - 85x100 ft - close to shopping, beach, playgrounds and tennis

courts. Enjoy year round outdoor activities, 2 golf courses nearby, this is a great place

to plan/build your recreational retreat. Call Mark (250) 231-5591

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2020 Oak Street, Trail $159,900

WOW! Exceptional renovation - amazing price! 3 bdrm/2 full baths, beautifully done

includes a new appliance package. Move in and enjoy!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

NEW LISTING

1325 Columbia Avenue, Trail $159,900

This East Trail charmer offers very large living room, bright spacious kitchen,

2 bdrms on main, updated bathroom with jetted tub. You will love the yard with great

covered patio, raised gardens, mature flower beds, underground sprinklers and

back alley access to garage. This home is special, call your REALTOR® to view.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

7741 Crema Drive, Trail $254,000

2 bdrm unit featuring an open floor plan, level entry, a cozy gas fireplace and main

floor laundry. Full unfinished basement with outside entry and a patio in back.

Move in and put away your snow shovel and lawn mower for good!

Call Terry 250-231-1101

NEW LISTING

3397 Laurel Crescent, Trail $159,000

3 bdrm, 1.5 bath Glenmerry townhome. Easy care living with small fenced yard

and small patio. Basement ready to finish how you would like.

Call your REALTOR® for a showing today.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

439 Rossland Avenue, Trail $74,900

Small and compact this home offers the perfect place for a single or couple at a very affordable price. Many upgrades

include a newer kitchen, upgraded bathroom, some wiring and plumbing, air conditioning and more! Call now before

it’s gone!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

2130 Thompson Avenue, Rossland

$243,000This great 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home has a nice open feel and features new siding and exterior trim, a large kitchen,

beautiful fir floors, a great backyard and a nicely renovated bathroom. Clean, dry full basement. Situated on a sunny 60 x 100

lot with off street parking.Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

565 Rossland Avenue, Trail $155,000

Charming “heritage-style” home. This 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath home features oak in-laid floors, wood-burning fireplace and tons of charm. Upgrades include numerous

windows, electrical and roofing. A terrific home at a great price.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

615 Shakespeare Street,Warfield

$219,0003 bed, 3 bath home with loads of

character, hardwood floors, updated kitchen, newly finished bathrooms.

Lots of upgrades. Call your REALTOR® today to view it!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1327 - 3rd Avenue, Trail $209,500

This home offers 3 bdrms, 2 baths with many upgrades including new roof, updated

electrical and some flooring. This home features cozy wood fireplace, oak floors and

open floor plan.

NEW LISTING

1913 Highway 3B, Fruitvale $238,000

Great location - close to town and walking distance to downtown Fruitvale home

offers 3 bdrms - 2 bthrms and hardwood floors. Beautiful views of Fruitvale valley

and mountains. This home also has rental potential.

NEW LISTING

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

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(Columbia Basin) – The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) is a group of involved youth from around

the Columbia Basin who provide advice to Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) and a youth per-spective on a variety

of issues facing today’s youth. Members—called YACers—commit to a one-year term and have an opportunity to meet, work and travel with a group of like-minded young people. “We work with youth and communities to increase youth oppor-tunities and engage-ment,” said Michelle d’Entremont, CBT Youth Liaison. “Being a member of YAC is a great way for youth to develop their leader-ship skills, engage with CBT and provide input on issues that are important to them.”

Welcome to new members: Curtis Bendig (Nelson), Darelyn Hutchinson (Cranbrook), Laura

Kanik (Revelstoke), Paniz Khosroshahy ( C r a n b r o o k ) , James Klemmensen (Rossland), Danika Reid (Cranbrook), Bailey Repp (Nelson), Wesley Routley (Golden) and Theresa Thoms (Castlegar).

The new members are excited about join-ing YAC and looking forward to making a difference in their com-munities.

“To me, being on YAC is so different from any other club or team,” said Repp.

“Being able to pro-vide and empower other youth with huge opportunities to drive change has to be one of the best feelings one can have.”

CBT supports youth and communities through a range of programs such as the Community Directed Youth Funds and Columbia Basin Youth Grants, as well as by providing a forum for Basin youth to share their art, ideas and experiences with each other through SCRATCH magazine. Visit www.cbt.org/youth for more details.

CBT supports efforts to deliver social, eco-nomic and environ-mental benefits to the residents of the Columbia Basin.

To learn more about CBT programs and initiatives, visit www.cbt.org or call 1.800.505.8998.

New voices added to CBT Youth Advisory Committee

Trail Daily Times, October 26, 2012

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