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Rusty Blade Jon A. MacDonald grabs a Top Shelfer from behind during one of the hockey games played last weekend during the Western Canadian Pond Hockey Championships held in Rossland. Andrew Bennett photo

Th e action was fast and furious at the third annual Western Re-gional Pond Hockey Championships over the weekend, with staggering wins, heart-breaking losses, and a whole lot of fun.

Despite the warm weather that forced the competition to be rescheduled - 12 of the original 27 teams con-sequently dropped out - organizer John Reed was happy with the event, raving about the great ice and “the best volunteer team ever, a rock star team.”

“Th at’s key,” he said, “identifying a core team of people who can work together. Th ey worked huge hours, didn’t want to relinquish their duties, and not one complaint.”

He also loved the ice, the best in all three years. “Ray Von [Raymond Von Diebeisch], the ice guy, he’s the crux move of the whole thing every year. Th ey call him the ice-savant and his degree of expertise and commitment is phenom-enal, so hats off to Ray,” Reed said.

“Th ere aren’t a lot of Rosslands out there on any level,” he added, “but especially in terms of having a concentrated array of recreational acess. It’s quite a special place.”

Most importantly, “the quality of hockey was great,” Reed said. “Th ere’s independent variables like nightly festivities that really slow people down! But it was some great hockey.”

Th e Kootenay Valley Railway Gilnockie Rut-tin Bucks (KVR) - a group of ex-pro and col-lege players from Nelson, Castlegar, and Trail sporting red pants and wigs - took the men’s championship division with a sound 27-16 win over hard-skating Top Shelf of Rossland, a “pulled together” beer-league entry with freshly minted green jerseys.

Before the game, KVR captain Aaron Shrieves was cautiously confi dent.

“We played each other a couple times yes-

terday. Th e second half of both games were realtight; this team works hard, they make somenice passes.”

Aft erwards, Top Shelf captain Eric Hill ofRossland wasn’t sore. “We tried. It was goodtimes. [Yesterday], fi rst game they completelyblew us away, second game we knew what toexpect. Maybe next year we’ll be a little closer.”

In the same division, Rossland’s Rusty Bladesfound themselves short-manned (and conse-quently over-oxidised) in a couple games. Th eygot their sticks together for the fi nal games, butit just wasn’t enough to pull through.

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NewsSustainablity group remains positive

Teams had a great weekend of hockeyand we grabbed Tom’s neigh-bour Steve and threw him in,” said Jon A. MacDonald. “Steve’s a great player, he even showed up with one of the best Christmas sweaters I’ve ever seen.”

Th ey got it together on Sun-day morning, and were “actu-ally winning at one point” against Top Shelf ’s “hotshots,” but it was an “early game with frozen skates,” MacDonald said while munching on a burger whose purchase supported the Castlegar Hospice Society. “It was a bad idea to leave them in the truck.”

Sunday’s snow was a fac-tor for the fi nal games as two teams of players from Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, and Rossland fought for the women’s division title, ultimately taken by the Organic Drycleaners with a 16-5 rout of the Kootenay Wild Th ings (KWT).

Megan Olson of the Dry-cleaners explained that the team came together playing for Chix with Stix. “We have some good players,” she noted: the captain, Jaclyn Haines, played for Ohio State, and three others played for the West Kootenay Wildcats.

Olson loved every minute of the tournament. “We have a blast,” she said.

Natalie Levasseur of KWT concurred. “It’s a total high-light. It’s fun, it’s outside, it’s a community draw.” She was happy with how her teammates played under captain Erica Bai-ley. “Th ey’ve played for years, since they were young chil-dren,” Levasseur said. “Th ey’ve got the heritage from Trail in their blood.”

In the most tightly contested match of the tournament, the beer leaguing Rossland dads of Lifeworks, last year’s cham-pions in the men’s recreational division, were taken down by the Outlaws in an overtime skirmish tied for points and decided by penalties.

Jarret Mason scored for the Outlaws in the fi nal second of the game, and the 22-22 tie sent the teams into overtime that ended 5-5. But the Outlaws won due to one less penalty.

Outlaw captain Mark Brooks said their Trail-Fruitvale-Mon-trose team “started playing together just this weekend” and were happy they took the title.

Lifeworks have played all three years, but were surprised

they’d earned 22 points in thefirst game, speculating thattheir score was due to penaltiesaccrued by the Outlaws, a quirkof pond hockey.

“Goal tending, probablyhooking, tripping,” guessedteam captain Trevor MaCaulay,but it was all in good fun forhim and the others in the “gen-tleman’s division.”

Th ere’s no doubt that pondhockey’s a different sort ofhockey, and no doubt amongthe teams we interviewed thatthey’d had a great time andwant to come back for more,but the big question remains:winter carnival weekend ornot?

Some preferred it last yearwhen it was “packed” withcrowds in a “party atmos-phere,” while others thought itwas better on it’s own to avoidjuggling events, especially withkids.

Whenever it’s scheduled,“next year the date will be fi rm,”Reed assured us. “We’ll lockdown the [arena] as a backup,then we’ll have a tournamentwe can actually guarantee. So ifwe’re driving in from Calgary,say, then we know we’re goingto play hockey and have a cou-ple beers and we’re good.”

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Th e sustainability commission held their fi rst meeting on Monday since learning of council’s decision to reduce their funding by $16,000, but the group remains very positive for the di-rection of the commission, the taskforces, and Rossland, with several projects in the works.

“[Th e cuts] are not fi nal until April,” said the commission’s manager, Lea Th uot, “but we’ll start working with that new number. It certainly isn’t a death blow. We’re still in the game and we want to do good things to move the community towards sustainability, just on a reduced budget.”

“For the most part,” she con-tinued, “the feeling of the com-mission is that it’s fine. We want to show council that we’re fi scally responsible and we want to demonstrate that the money we receive is good value for the city and the community.”

Th e commission has already been very active in its attempts to secure outside funding.

“We were already looking for outside funders to match with sustainability commission mon-ey,” Th uot said. “As we identify projects we want to undertake, we will look for external funding to supplement the budget from the city.”

In terms of programming, “it looks like there’s some movement coming out of the climate change adaptation project,” Th uot said, referring

specifi cally to the energy and water taskforces.“Both taskforces are looking at the project’srecommendations to determine how to moveforward with them.”

The taskforces will brainstorm possibleprojects and actions to recom-mend to council, beginning withan energy taskforce meeting thattook place on Wednesday aft erthe Rossland News had gone toprint.

The commission will alsocontinue to host Green Drinksand the Nitty Gritty talks. Th enext Nitty Gritty is at the end ofFebruary, although the place anddate have not yet fi rmed up.

The evening will focus onclimate adaptation and a briefpresentation by local climatechange expert Aaron Cosbeywho will present on the adaptingto climate change project and

give some of his thoughts. “We made a report and presented it to coun-

cil, but that’s not always accessible to people inthe community,” Th uot explained. “Th is [NittyGritty talk] is an opportunity to share with thecommunity the fi ndings of the project and someof the key recommendations that came out of itin a more relaxed atmosphere,” she explains.

“It’s a chance for dialogue around the project,to discuss the next steps, and by then we’ll havean idea of how we might implement [the recom-mendations].”

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Council votes to endorse budget

City grantsCouncil reconvened on Monday, complet-

ing their seven-hour review of Rossland’s 2011 budget with no further cuts beyond last week’s reduction to the Sustainability Commission grant.

Th e $124,000 grant to the public library took some heat, despite the institution’s universally acknowledged utility to the city; some felt its service could be combined with the schools.

Coun. Jill Spearn noted, “Th is is an expen-sive service. [It] could potentially amalgamate, [for example with RSS,] to serve our commu-nity in a robust way [without] three diff erent kinds of libraries.”

Coun. Kathy Moore suggested a need for “creative solutions” to encourage Gold Fever Follies, who receive $11,700 in waived city rental fees, to rent out their city-owned hall during quiet periods in the summer.

Th e Follies already make such attempts, , staff reported, with three weddings hosted in the space last summer.

Spearn, with reference to the Miners’ Hall, said “there’s a whole bunch of things here that don’t bring us much revenue,” but we subsidize them anyway because we “cherish” them.

Without fi rm data on the number of users, the pool and its society ($40,900), the tennis courts and their society ($8,400), and the curl-ing club ($11,300), all received their grants aft er a short discussion of the potential to raise user fees, and a further grant of $20,000 was approved for “recreation groups using Trail facilities.”

Ultimately, to paraphrase Coun. Stradling, there were bigger fi sh to fry in a budget that sees annual expenditures of roughly $9 mil-lion.

Council voted on Monday night to endorse both the the overall budget in the draft 2011-2015 fi nancial plan, and the preliminary capital and special projects plan, but the process was rife with misunderstandings.

The overarching concern was the purpose of the capital and special projects plan that details the potential year-by-year costs for possible city projects, from infrastructure planning and renovations to trail building, weirs, and equipment replacement.

Responding to Coun. Andy Stra-dling’s concerns over large amounts in the plan, such as borrowing $215,000 this year for renovations to the mu-seum adit - of $3.3 million in capital expenditures planned overall for 2011 - and complaints such as Coun. Lau-rie Charlton’s issue with $1.2 million in 2014 for a visitor center complex, Mayor Greg Granstrom called the plan “a wish list.”

It outlines all the city’s potential needs this year and for years to come, but does not force council’s hand on any particular spending decision. Coun. Jill Spearn clarifi ed, “it’s not written in stone, it’s not even written in sand.”

CAO Victor Kumar added, “we need the plan to proceed,” noting that if an item isn’t in the plan, it basically ceases to exist.

“We are not approving the funds, just the plan,” he said. “Money has to be in the plan so it can be called on later.”

Nevertheless, Stradling wanted more details to justify the large numbers, emphasizing that “the public deserves to know.”

While Kumar agreed in principle, he responded that plans for individual projects have already been issued in previous council packages, and details for longer term projects will not be known until the city acquires engineer-ing reports and drawings on a project-by-project basis. In the meantime, staff have provided educated estimates to allow council to forecast our town’s long term needs.

The problem is analogous to that faced for the proposed infrastructure upgrades to Washington and Columbia. Although the city is likely to off set the costs of these upgrades - deemed nec-essary by public works on the basis of data from failures in other municipali-ties - through grants and reserves, the detailed cost of the project will not be known until roughly $500,000 is spent on an engineering report.

Until recently, the city has not budgeted suffi cient money into a re-serve fund to compensate for massive depreciation in city equipment and in-frastructure. In addition to aging pipes, staff explained how many pieces of vital equipment are reaching the end of their useful life, making it fi scally prudent for the city to start putting funds aside now and to consider realistically the costs we may face up to 2015 and beyond.

All the plans discussed are available on the city’s website, www.rossland.ca.

CAO Victor Kumar

Life Cycles, the innovative mountain bike fi lm produced by local talent - and which made its Kootenay debut with such a big party in Trail last fall - cleaned up the awards at the 2011 X Dance Film Festival on Jan. 25 in Park City, Utah.

“X Dance is both the largest and most renowned action sports film festival in the world,” said Life Cycles co-creator Ryan Gibb. “There were so many talented fi lmmakers who participated and it is a great honor to be counted among them.”

Life Cycles won Best Director and Best Cinematography at the festival, and also became the fi rst mountain bike fi lm to win Best Film. In fact, it’s the fi rst fi lm in the festival’s history to win all three big awards.

“Taking home the three major awards from X dance was really a validation for us that we have created a fi lm that people are truly enjoying” said Derek Frankowski the fi lm’s other co-creator.

Life Cycles was the last fi lm to

play in the packed theatre and was followed by a standing ovation. Brain Wimmer, the Director and founder of X Dance, was perfectly clear. “Life Cycles brings action sports filmmaking to another level of cinematography and di-rection.”

The judges were unanimous: “Spectacular execution. A beautiful perspective,” said cinematographer Mark Williams. “I really think Life Cycles is in class of it’s own.”

Director Christ Woods said it was “the most incredible cy-cling cinematography ever, photo-graphed with a fresh and pioneer-ing eye for the genre.”

“I kept scratching my head, how did they get those shots?” said Scot Schmidt, a ski industry pioneer. “It was about the love of the sport and not about pro riders and their sponsors.”

However it is judged, the fi lm-makers hope Life Cycles will act as an ambassador for mountain bik-ing, helping to align it with other action sports. For more, visit www.lifecyclesfi lm.com.

Life Cycles wins at X Dance Film Festival in Utah

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Th e Rossland Light Opera Players (RLOP), believed to be the oldest ama-teur musical theatre company in British Columbia, are proud to present their great spectacle of the year, the Wizard of Oz, beginning with performances at the RSS auditorium on Feb. 18 and 19.

“Th is isn’t the movie version, this is actually based on the book by L. Frank Baum,” said the producer, Dawn Graham, describing how Baum’s story was adapted by Frank Gabrielson and put to the music and lyrics from the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. “When MGM cre-ated the movie they took several artistic licenses with it.”

She gives the “very original end-ing” as an example. “I won’t reveal it, but it’s not what you’d expect. I know we were shocked when we read it. But it’s fun.”

As another example, take the fl y-ing monkeys. “Because it’s a stage, we can’t deal with fl ying monkeys. We don’t have that technology in the Kootenays.”

Instead, she said, “we have the jitterbugs, evil forest creatures do-ing everything in their power to stop Dorothy from reaching the wizard of Oz.”

“Of course, we can’t discuss the Wizard of Oz without mentioning the fabulous munchkins,” Graham added. “We had 40 kids audition and we’ve narrowed it down to about 15.”

“We are a musical theatre company, so you have to be able to sing. Some kids were a bit too shy,” she explained, not-ing that others were unable to meet the demands of two or more rehearsals per week and late-night performances.

“Th e munchkins have been brilliant,” she said about the 8 to 13 year olds. “Th ey’re lots of fun to work with.”

With a live 15-piece orchestra and many choral parts, all directed by Lau-ren Culley of Rossland, audiences can expect a lot of the same songs as in the movie, but also some specifi c to the musical version.

“It’s so fantastic to have a live orches-tra and such a great thing for the RLOP to bring to their audiences,” Graham said. “It’s a familiar show with familar songs, but with lots of nice surprises.

It’s very fresh.”The cast of familiar characters is

directed by Trail’s Adam Sander, the IT expert for School District No. 20.

Dorothy is played by Karli Harrison, who RLOP regulars will remember as Liezl, the oldest von Trapp daughter in the Sound Of Music.

Graham herself plays the good witch,

the Sorceress of the North, while Ross-land’s Jamie Santano plays the infamous Wicked Witch of the West.

Keith Simmonds, a pastor in Trail, dons the skin of the cowardly Lion and is joined on the yellow brick road by Scarecrow Chris Sikes, owner of both the Trail and Castlegar Tim Hor-tons, and Trail’s Jos Sharpe as the Tin Woodsman.

Th e great wizard himself is played by Bob Bliss of Fruitvale, a draft sman who is building his house and also designed the set.

“Th e set is beautiful, it’s really neat,” Graham enthused. “Th e director’s vi-sion was that Kansas would have muted colours. He was going along the lines of how MGM colourized the show. Th ere are fantastic colours when Dorothy lands in OZ, very cartoon-like, bright

cheerful. Very Oz-like!”Graham is equally pleased with the

costumes. “Th ey’re fantastic,” she said. Th e principal characters’ costumes

were all done by Shirley Mclim of Rosedale.

“She’s been costuming for the RLOP, for the Follies, for Columbia Phoenix Players,” Graham said. “She has lots of

experience and brings lots of great stuff to the table.”

The chorus and Munchkins were costumed by Betty Seinen, helped by Nancy Harmon.

In the meantime, the cast has yet to practice in full costume on a completed set.

“Things are still falling into place,” Graham said, as they get the set to the school later this week. “We don’t get to work with the set until the week of the show.”

Tickets for all shows are $17 for adults and $12 for children under the age of 12.

Performances at RSS are on Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. and on Feb. 19 at 2:30 p.m., with tickets for sale at Rossland Pro Hardware and RossVegas.

The following weekend, the Charles Bailey Th eatre in Trail will feature performances on Feb. 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. and on Feb. 27 at 2:30 p.m. Call 1-866-368-9669 for tickets.

Th e fi nal performances will be at the Brilliant Cultural Centre

in Castlegar on Mar. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and on Mar. 5 at 2:30 p.m.. Tickets are available at Soap and Suds laundry and Castlegar Book Store across from the post offi ce.

The RLOP was first organized in 1951 with about 40 members from Rossland and Trail. Th e group started out in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, but quickly moved on to everything from Viennese operettas, Broadway musicals, and original works by local artists.

Th e group rehearses and constructs their sets in the old, 1897 Bodega Ho-tel building on 2054 Washington St. in Rossland that they bought in 1983 with the generous support of Charles Bailey.

For more information about the RLOP, visit rlop.ca.

Th e Joe Hill Coff eehouse is back again on Sunday Feb. 20 with a fun lineup of local talent.

A highlight will certainly be Craig & Melody, two talented bluegrass musicians from the Cariboo with “fast guitar pickin’ and great vocals,” said Joe Hill organizer Michael Giff ord.

Rossland fi ddle teacher Janis Anderson will showcase her junior fi ddlers, “No Frets,” with a set of old time tunes.

With four hands on one keyboard, two gift ed pianists from Castlegar, Lori McWilliam and Sarah Currie, will perform

several boleros.Kootenay DanceWorks, from the Rossland dance studio of

Renee Salsiccioli, will dance a couple pieces, and Bert Kniss, a harmonica player from Fruitvale, will show off his stuff .

Rossland’s Les Carter will pull out a guitar to perform some old pop and folk favourites and English John will be back with folk ballads. Trail guitar-builder Art Abrahams will also return to play some of his instruments.

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RLOP prepares for the Wizard of Oz

Painters prepare the set for the fi rst big shows the Rossland Light Opera Players puts on at RSS on Jan 18 and 19.

Joe Hill Coff eehouse is back Feb. 20

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Wind slab produces areas of increased snow hardness and cohesiveness that are much more prone to avalanche and are oft en triggered when confi dence is increasing and terrain becomes more aggressive, more open and more exposed. If you see signs of wind eff ect on the snow surface, expect wind slab conditions.

As beautiful six-sided snowfl akes fall to the ground they may get knocked around by wind. Turbulent winds break the arms off the fl akes and smash them into smaller pieces which allow them to pack tighter. Th ese pieces are then deposited into sheltered (lee) areas on mountainous terrain to form a harder, more cohesive, and more sensi-tive deposit of snow that has more weight and stresses weak layers.

Reading the wind is similar to reading current in a river, and noticing wind aff ect is an important skill to develop. Signs to watch for include changes in snow hardness, hard snow over soft snow, snow drift s or pil-lows, and scouring as the snow has loaded somewhere else.

Depending on the characteristics of the wind, snow crystals may get jammed together with such force that an isolated hard slab forms even though the majority of terrain has powder and is slab free. Classic wind loading zones are under cornices and ridgelines but, somewhat more mischievous, wind can get to the snow surface in open meadows and cut blocks in the trees.

Wind slabs come in all shapes and sizes, but in cross-section most look like a lens. For example, a 50 metre

round wind slab may have a 50 cm thick center which tapers to nothing at the edges and it literally jumps out of its location when triggered.

One aft ernoon during good snow stability, I witnessed a wind slab release. On a seemingly uniform slope, the left line was skied safely while another party skied the right side that later proved to be wind loaded.

It took the weight of four people skiing spaced 30 m apart to make the slab fail. Th is slab was 120 cm deep, about 150 m long and close to 60 m across.

Th e entire unit slid for about 40 or 50 m before it started to break into smaller pieces. One fellow fell over and then barrel-rolled until he fell off the edge, and the other three skiers simple skied off the moving slab to safety.

It was a close call and luckily all was well at the end of the day, but it demonstrates how a seemingly uni-form slope can be powder in one area and a wind slab in another. Probing would have shown 40 cm of surface snow on the left increased to 120 cm on the right, plus the increase in hardness.

Th is was one, large, isolated, hard wind slab that slowly built up from light winds drift ing snow through the pass and depositing it on the right side of the slope and not on the left . It was quite a large slab and it had tapered edges and literally jumped out of its place and started tobogganing down the slope as a single unit.

Another example of wind slab was a fi ne cold, clear morning in the southern Rockies, with 10 cm of new

snow overnight at -15 C, light to no wind overnight,and a snow stability forecast in the morning of good tovery good.

We got caught again, and in retrospect our only warn-ing was the observation that the 10 cm that had fallenwas mostly scoured off wind exposed areas. It had drift edinto isolated lee pockets and formed into slabs that wereup to 50 cm in depth with little surface area, but theywere scattered like landmines across the slopes and werevery reactive to skier weight.

It took less than a run to change the stability rating topoor and to move everyone to more sheltered, less steepterrain. Th e power of observation is critical and with theunderstanding of how wind moves snow and how it isdeposited is an important step in making safe decisionsaft er wind events.

It doesn’t take much imagination to forecast a scenariofor a warm snow storm of zero to -5 C with strong winds.Warmer snow will pack tighter and quicker then coldsnow and, with the wind’s energy, one can assume thatwind slabs would be prevalent in most wind aff ectedterrain and should be avoided.

Watch for blowing snow and take note of wind direc-tion as all this information can be used in making slopeuse decisions.

Th ere are many tests for checking wind slab and agood example is found on YouTube, “triggering a slidein upper teepee basin.” Also check out “windslab overweak layer 12 Dec 2010.”

Snowpack conditions ripe for large slidesAvalanche Awareness - Jim Markin

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A lot of hot myths have steamed the mirrors of late, especially as Coun. Laurie Charlton’s pen heats up in a campaign that can only be charac-terized as misinformative, perhaps deliberately so.

Yes, the century old water pipes down Wash-ington are in “good shape.” But, as Charlton knows, the lead joints all the way down are not: Five times in the last decade the city has spent thousands to repair popped joints.

Any vibration, impact, or digging within me-ters of the pipe can cause a rupture. A minor leak may only cost $3000, but a washout can sag the road and cost tens of thousands to repair. Wouldn’t that be nice under brand new black top?

In parallel, the 1960s era sewage line is made of three-foot sections of clay tile with unsealed joints that can allow water to seep in and sewage to seep out.

Th e storm lines are over-burdened, with mas-sive overfl ows three times in the last two decades. Peak fl ows are only going to increase due to cli-mate change, new catch basins, and old drains that will eventually be diverted out of the sewage system.

Along Columbia, the 8” water pipe is so thin that an end-plate couldn’t be welded on. Public works manager Darrin Albo said, “We’re on bor-rowed time.”

Finally, Charlton’s budget fear-mongering is baseless. Until a half million is spent on a thor-ough engineer’s report, nobody will know the details of either the problems or the cost of reno-vations.

Let Charlton sit on his thumbs and encourage others to do the same. We opt for proactive plan-ning, and Columbia and Washington are just the tip of the iceberg.

Whatever the costs, it is something we can plan for now or pay more for later.

Plan now or pay more later

Two very important meetingsNeighbourhoods of Learning - Shelley Ackerman

Last week we talked about the Plan-ning for the Future 1 and 2 documents, both of which put forward the idea of having a K-12 school in Rossland. Another SD20 document which needs revisiting is the Project Identifi cation Report —Rossland Secondary School, from May 2009. Th is report was pre-pared for the school district by Bob McDonell, of MQN architects — the same architect who designed the new J.L. Crowe building — to analyze the renovation or replacement of RSS, either as a K-9 or K-12 school.

From Project Identifi cation Report — Rossland Secondary School:

Site Evaluation: “The MacLean site on its own is too small to accom-modate the expected facilities for an elementary school of its size and no viable options for signifi cant expan-sion are available.”

Grade Confi guration Evaluation: “It is important to consider for a K to 9 school the cost to transport and accommodate the grade 10 to 12 students at J.L. Crowe. At least two portables will be required at Crowe, with Capital, moving, and operating costs as well as daily bus transportation for approximately 115 students.”

Recommendations: “Th e Grades 10 to 12 population cannot be accommo-dated in J.L. Crowe Secondary in Trail in the foreseeable future without addi-tions to that school or long term use of Portable Classrooms. Th e grade 10 to 12 students from Rossland should

be accommodated at a combined Rossland K to 12 School. A new K to 12 school for Rossland has the highest Capital Cost, but the second lowest Life Cycle Cost of the Options studied. A new Rossland K to 12 should be constructed to accommodate the full population of students from that com-munity. Further consideration should be given to Partnership opportunities with the City and Community of Ross-land and with SD #93 [Francophone school district].

Zone Facilities Plan: “It does not ap-pear feasible to contain the full grades K to 7 population of 268 students in 2012/13 within the existing MacLean Elem. [Note – Rossland currently has 270 K-7 students, we are adding full-day kindergarten next year which will need one more room, and Strong Start has been added to the school since this report was written. Th e current projec-tion for K-7 for 2012-13 is 297.]

“J.L. Crowe Secondary can not likely accommodate 200 additional students in the foreseeable future with-out the addition of up to six portable classrooms. Given the expectation of stabilizing enrollment levels beyond 2015, this would be a long term is-sue.”

“Given the present populations compared against the existing capacity of Rossland Secondary, it is feasible to convert the existing school to K to 9 or K to 12 confi gurations with minor renovations to adapt to the elementary

population.”Planning for the Future 1, Planning

for the Future 2 and this Project Identi-fi cation Report all need to be revisited by the school board staff and trustees. Th ey all have valid, pertinent informa-tion, which seems to have been pushed aside once the Planning for the Future Facilities Report was released.

—I M P O RTA N T U P C O M I N G

MEETINGS:Th e Neighbourhoods of Learning

community meeting will take place Tuesday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the RSS Gym. We plan to have representa-tives from other K-12 schools at the meeting to help us understand how their schools work and the opportuni-ties and benefi ts of a K-12 school.

The school board’s Planning for the Future Focus Group Meeting for Rossland takes place the next night, Wednesday, March 2, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the RSS gym.

With all the attention and mo-mentum that is now focused on our schools, it is imperative that we as a community stand together and en-sure our children’s education stays in Rossland for the long-term, and that we end the debate once and for all. Th e meetings are being held two nights in a row, which is a heavy schedule, but it is imperative that as many Rosslanders as possible attend both of these meetings. Please mark these important dates in your calendar!


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A year and a half of hard work and fundraising has one last act before the fi nal curtain - a bottle drive on Feb. 26 - as a group of 12 drama students from Grade 8 to 12 prepare to depart for a full seven days of heady immersion into the culture of London and its theatres.

“We fl y out of Spokane on March 20th and fl y back on the 28th,” said drama teacher and lead organizer Lisa Henderson. “It’s an amazing itinerary, we’re going to see at least four plays and we have one free night available [for a fi ft h].”

“We’re seeing Wicked, Les Mis, Mil-lion Dollar Quartet, and this piece from the Royal National Th eatre called War Horse.”

Wicked is a story based on the witches of the Wizard of Oz, Les Mis is the classic story of France in revolution, Million Dollar Quartet is based on a real-life jam session with four rock ‘n’ roll greats, and War Horse uses incred-ible set design to tell a story of horses and humans in World War One.

“It takes about three people to create this horse on stage,” Henderson said. “Beautiful movement, it’s just amaz-ing.”

Th e group will also have a couple drama workshops, one with the Royal National Th eatre, and another with a theatre school.

Th en, of course, “we’ll do the usual tourist things,” she continued. “We’ll have a tour of the white chapel, where Jack the Ripper did his nasty deeds. We’ll go to Big Ben, the changing of the guards, the Tower and tours of some museums.”

The group had wanted to see a Shakespearean play at the Globe Th ea-tre, but unfortunately, “for some reason this year” it will be closed when the students are there, opening again mere days later. But they’ll take a tour of the site nonetheless.

The group will be accompanied by Henderson, two mothers and one grandmother. One of the 12 students “went to our school last year, but his family moved to Nova Scotia. Super kid, he’s joining us in London,” Hend-erson said.

Th e drama group has shown incred-ible perseverance over a long period to raise the necessary funds to turn their dreams into reality.

“Th e students have been working re-ally, really hard,” Henderson said. “Stu-dents have done every single concession possible, with Joe Hill, Rossland Light Opera, all the shows we do here.”

“It’s hard times for everyone, fi-nancially. It’s been marvelous that our community has been so supportive,” she continued. “All this stuff makes a huge

diff erence for how much money [the kids] have to save up.”

One fun initiative that’s picking up support around town are the “Paris, London, New York, Rossland” bumper stickers designed, paid for, and printed by Franck Herlaud. His son is on the trip, but he hasn’t given the stickers to the dramatists for that reason.

“He wants all the profits to go towards students who cannot typi-cally aff ord to go on one of these trips,” Henderson said. “It’s so generous that he’s done this. I wish we’d had these when we were in New York.”

Referring to the upcoming bottle drive on Feb. 26, she noted, “Th is will be the third bottle drive we’ve done.”

Recalling kind gestures in bottle drives past, Henderson said, “People just went out of their way. For a com-munity to do something like that, I was just so amazed, I wanted to cry.”

“They’ve continued to show our drama students support by continuing to drink hard and put out their bottles for us!”

Drop off is at the parking lot opposite City Hall, beside the Garage restaurant, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m..

Alternatively, for a pick-up, call the school at 250-362-7388 or contact Henderson at [email protected].

Heart strings are sure to vibrate at the Valentine’s Day performance by La Cafamour String Quartet at the Rouge Gallery, accompanied by the Rouge Concert Series organizer herself, Nicola Everton, a clarinetist for two decades with the Vancouver Symphony Or-chestra and now a permanent resident of Rossland.

Th e swell of amorous spirit will build in a crescendo across the melodies of Carl Maria von Weber and Philip Glass, and the gallery hall will likely heat to a fever pitch when the musicians hold forth on Mozart’s clarinet quintet as heard in the famous love scene in Out of Africa. Robert Redford lands his bush plane in the middle of the Serengeti and spreads out a candlelit dinner for Meryl Streep under a dusty African sunset, pulling out an old record player to play the quintet.

“It’s really beautiful,” Everton said, “A very romantic, slow movement.”

Tears fl owing, hearts bursting, and steam rising, Everton said, “I think it’s going to be a fun evening.”

La Cafamour String Quartet formed in 2008 and is based in the West Koote-nay. Jeff Faragher of Nelson plays the cello, Alexis More of Crescent Valley plays the viola, and Rossland’s Carolyn Cameron plays the violin. Th e other violinist will be unable to make the per-formance, so it was made a family aff air when Cameron’s sister, Angela Snyder, fl ew out from Washington D.C. through the big storms last weekend to rehearse

and perform with the group.Everton started piano at age 5 and,

when she was 10, started to play the clarinet.

“My dad took me to hear Benny Goodman,” she said, referring to the great American jazz and swing clarinet-ist and band leader. “I really enjoyed that and was taken by the clarient.”

As a professional musician, she has toured Asia and North America with the orchestra, performing with a variety of international artists including Yo-Yo Ma, the Chieft ains, Diana Krall, and Leslie Feist, and for various dignitar-ies including the Dalai Lama and the Queen. She also teaches privately and as a member of the Vancouver Academy of Music faculty.

Five years ago she bought a home in Rossland, but only moved here last fall. She asserts that the move is now “permanent” after years of “slowly working at it.”

Returning to the event at hand, Everton says it’s about love, but it’s also about fundraising.

“We’re going to raffl e off wines from BC Wine Guys, chocolates from Moun-tain Nugget and cupcakes from Sweet Dreams Cakery,” Everton explained, “all to raise money to purchase some comfortable chairs for the concert series and the gallery.”

She paused. “It’s also to open the safe behind the stage area. Th ere’s an enor-mous safe that’s been locked for more than 10 years, since it was a bank. We

haven’t been able to fi nd anyone who knows the combination!”

It will cost a “fair amount” of money to open the safe, and the Rouge needs the space to store chairs and the port-able stage.

Everton laughed, “It sure would be great if we found a million dollars! You can always dream!”

La Cafamour and Nicola Everton perform on Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rouge Gallery. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. For more information, call 362-9606.

Valentine’s performance at Rouge

Nicola Everton, a clarinetist for 20 years with the Van-couver Symphony, now a Rosslander and the inde-fatigable organizer of the Rouge Concert Series, will play with La Cafamour Quartet on Valentine’s Day at the Rouge Gallery. Submitted photo

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• POND HOCKEY & F.I.S. SKI RACES• VALENTINE’S DAY, FEB 14• FLAG OF CANADA DAY, FEB 15, & HERITAGE DAY, FEB 17• NATIONAL THINKING DAY, FEB 22• FREEDOM TO READ WEEK, FEB 20-26

Coming EventsFOLK DANCING - ENGLISH & CONTRA Next: Friday, Feb 11, 7-9:30pm, Miners’ Hall, New-comers welcome! $5 drop-in. Contact Dave Cornelius, 362-3319.BALLGAG ‘N’ CHAIN GANG Feb 12, “Ho-tonk band” live at the Steamshovel.VALENTINE’S TEA Feb 12, 1:30-3:30, St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, 1347 Pine, Trail. LA CAFAMORE STRING QUARTET OF THE WEST KOOTENAYS Feb. 14, w/ Nicola Everton on clarinet, 7:30pm, Rouge Gallery. Tickets $12 ahead or $15 at the door. 362-9609.SD20 COMMUNITY EDUCATION CONVERSATION Feb 15, 6-9pm. Selkirk in Castlegar. INDOOR GARDENING TOURS Next: Feb 17, 6:30-8pm, with Sarah Flood. Seed catalogues and selection, seed starting, garden planning. $5. Contact Hanne Smith: 362-7767.THE WIZARD OF OZ RLOP production, Feb 18 at 7:30 p.m., Feb 19 at 2:30 p.m., RSS. Tick-ets $17, $12 for children 12 and under, available at Pro Hardware and RossVegas.SUSTAINABILITY CONVERSATION SERIES Next: Feb 19, 3:30pm, Café Books West. Free. Th is month with host Scotty Miller, garlic grower extraordinaire.SKI BUM: THE MUSICAL In Trail, Feb. 19, 7:30pm, Charles Bailey Th eatre. Tickets $17, $14 for seniors/students at box offi ce, 1-866-368-9669. www.ironmountaintheatre.ca.JOE HILL COFFEEHOUSE Next: Feb 20, 7-9:30pm, $3 for adults, free for students. To volun-teer or perform, contact Michael Giff ord at 362-7170 or giff [email protected] SKI RACES Feb 24 to 27. International Ski Federation ski races at Red Mtn Resort, hosted by Red Mtn Racers: [email protected] DRAMA BOTTLE DRIVE Feb 26, 10am-2pm, drop at the Garage Restaurant. Funds to-wards student trip to London. For pick-up, contact [email protected] JACK LOPPET 27th annual. Feb 27.BACKCOUNTRY FILM FEST Feb 27, 7pm, Miners’ Hall. Tickets $5 at Butch Boutry’s, un-der-12 free. Proceeds to FORR. Details of fi lms at www.rosslandrange.org.SCHOOL DISTRICT 20 PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE CONSULTATIONS 6:30-9:30 pm. March 1 in Castlegar, SHSS gym; March 2 in Rossland, RSS gym. March 3 in Trail, JLCSS gym.NATIVE BEES WORKSHOP Mar 3, 6:30-9pm, RSS library, then wood shop. $10/person or $15/household. Specialist Lynn Westcott presents on native pollinators, then partici-pants make their own nesting blocks to install at home. Visit www.rosslandfood.com.BCSA SNOWBOARD CROSS Mar 4 to 6 at Red Mtn Resort.RBC RIDERS Mar 6, 8am to 3pm at Red Mtn Resort, development program includes snowboard cross and slopestyle. By Canada~Snowboard.NORAM (FIS) SKI CROSS Mar 9 to 12 at Red Mtn Resort.KOKANEE SPRING FEST Mar 12 to 20. Diff erent events every day at Red Mtn Resort.THE GATHERING Mar 22 to 25. 3rd annual, at Red Mtn Resort. Collection of some of the best photographers from around the region and beyond.KOKANEE SLUSH CUP Mar 26, 8am to 3pm, at Red Mtn Resort. Ceremonial spring event: Water + Slush + Costumes = Crazy good times.

FLOW YOGA All about Hatha with Norma Mahri every Mon/Wed, 5:30-7pm, École desSepts Sommets (1st Ave. & Monte Cristo.) Call Rossland Recreation at 362-2327.YOGA WITH KERRY Après-ski Yoga (fl ow): Tues/Th urs. 6:30-8pm. Yoga for Peace (re-storative): Sun. 10-11:30am. At Better Life Fitness. Visit www.kerryyoga.com.MORE YOGA Intro class, Mon. 5:30-7pm at Better Life Fitness. Spin & Hatha class,Th urs. 9-10:30am below Subway. Contact Lydia: 362-5083, [email protected] HOP CLASSES For all ages. Contact Megs: 362-3381, [email protected] CLASSES Tues., Miner’s Hall, with Shauna: [email protected]! Mon/Wed 9:30-10:30am. Tues. 6-7pm, Miner’s Hall, dance with Amber: [email protected], 362-7447, www.zumbakootenay.com. $55 for 10, fi rst time free.INTERMEDIATE PILATES WITH JACKIE Mon 7:30-8:30pm, Fri 6:30-7:30am, at Better LifeFitness. www.betterlifefi tness.net. Drop-in $12 or 10 for $95.OUT OF BOUNDS FITNESS Indoor cycling, Drill Fit, Pilates, strength training, cardio,core, and more. 1995 Columbia, above the Subway. www.outofb oundsfi tness.com.SATURDAY MORNING GROUP TRAIL RUNS Meet 8am at Mountain Life (BMO building)and carpool to adventure. Free drop-in, all levels, year-round.BLACK JACK XC SKI PROGRAMS Contact Tracy Lancup, kids prgrms, 362-2247; Dave Wood,Junior Racers, 521-0223; Nellie Fisher, coaching, 362-5807. Visit www.skiblackjack.ca.WEDNESDAY GROUP SKATE SKI 6:30pm, with Gerald, meet at Black Jack trailhead. Free.KINDERCARE AT RED 8:30-4 daily, 18 mo. to 5 yrs, ski lessons for 3-5 yrs. Punch pass,$250/10 half days. Contact Jenny: 362-7384, ext. 237, [email protected] GOOSE Rhymes, songs, fi nger plays and stories, 10:30-11:30am, Th ursdays atMacLean StrongStart Center. Free, drop-in, for caregivers and young children.HARMONY CHOIR All levels, new members welcome! Sept. 8 to April, Wed. at 7:30pm,J.L. Crowe Music Room, Trail. Contact Tammy, 368-8399.KOOTENAY DANCE WORKS Ages 3 to adult. Ballet, African, modern and more. ContactRenée Salsiccioli at 368-8601 or [email protected] AT THE LIBRARY Fridays at the Rossland Library: Tots (ages 3-5) 10:15-10:45 am and Books for Babies (under 3) 11:00-11:30 am. Drop-in. A parent orguardian must remain in the program room for the duration.PUNK ROCK BINGO 9pm to last call, every Wednesday. Join Rosie and Katie at the Fly-ing Steamshovel. $3/one card, $5/three cards. Proceeds to local families in need. ROSSLAND RADIO CO-OP Join, volunteer, host a show. Meet the 2nd Wed each month,7pm at the radio headquarters, Rotary Health Building, 1807 Columbia Ave.ROSSLAND SKATEPARK COMMITTEE 6-8 pm, fi rst Tuesday each month at the RosslandLibrary. Come be part of the process. COLUMBIA DISTRICT GIRL GUIDES Columbia District Girl Guides has units from Ross-land to Salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted.SCOUTING For boys and girls, now at the Rossland Scout Hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7)Wed. 6-7pm. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) Th u. 4-5:30pm. Contact Shanna Tanabe: 362-0063.YCDC YOUTH NIGHTS Free drop-in, 1504 Cedar Ave, Trail. Call 364-3322 or [email protected]. Art Night: Tue. 7pm; Movie Night: Wed. 6-8pm.CURLING AT THE ARENA Rossland Retirees Mixed, Mon./Th u., 9:30am. Beginners wel-come. Call Bill, 362-9462, or Jim, 364-1051. Also Ladies Curling, Mon., 7pm. BINGO AND FILMS Bingo Th urs., fi lms Tues., both at 1:30pm, Rossland Seniors’ Hall.ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BR. # 14 ROSSLAND General Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. onthe third Wed. of every month. All members of Branch #14 are asked to attend.ROTARY CLUB OF ROSSLAND: Weekly meetings at the Rock Cut Pub, Mon., 6-8pm. Allwelcome! Contact John Sullivan, 362-5278.

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Attention backcountry travelers: Back-country Access (BCA) has just recalled a run of Tracker 2 avalanche beacons. Th e recall is for the older models of the Tracker 2, “but it is impossible to fi gure out which ones have been sold,” Jim Markin said.

Markin suggested that Tracker 2 owners should contact BCA at (303) 417-1345.

It takes approximately one week to have the beacon updated.

Calling all mountain and theatre enthusiasts, if you missed Ski Bum: Th e Musical on carnival weekend, or can’t help but go again, this is your chance. Ski Bum is coming to Trail on Feb. 19 at the Charles Bailey Th eatre at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $17, $14 for students and seniors, and can be purchased at the Charles Bailey Th eatre box offi ce on 1501 Cedar Ave., Trail, or by calling 1-866-368-9669.

For more about Ski Bum, visit www.iron-mountaintheatre.ca or check out recent coverage in the Rossland News, online at www.rossland-news.com.

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Championships

TOP LEFT: The Organic Drycleaners took the Kootenay Wild Things to the cleaners, winning the fi nal game and the wom-en’s championship 16-5. FAR LEFT: Trevor Macaulay, captain of Lifeworks takes a rest. INSIDE LEFT: Jon A. MacDonald of the Rusty Blades enjoys a burger to support the Castlegar Hospice. ABOVE: Top Shelf pose for a team portrait, they took second place behind KVR. RIGHT: Gregor Graham with Rusty Blades teammates after their Saturday morning game against Top Shelf. BELOW: Big Rigg (Brett Cook) of the Rusty Blades takes the puck. BOTTOM: Fans look on as the Rusty Blades battle Top Shelf. Photos by Andrew Bennett

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NewsNordic skiing results

More than 450 competitors converged on West Kelowna last weekend for three days of high-paced cross-country action in the Western Canadian Championships that inspired domi-nant performances by Black Jack skiers.

Julien Locke earned three gold medals in the Junior Boys division, beginning with the 1.3 km free technique sprint on Feb. 4, then the 3.5 km classic on Feb. 5, and he crowned his glory in the 10 km free pursuit on Feb. 6.

Rebecca Reid shone from day one in the Junior Women’s division, with a gold medal in the sprint, a bronze in the 2.7 km classic, and a silver in the pursuit.

Among the Junior Girls, Jill Reynolds stood out with a silver medal each day, in the sprint, the classic, and the 5 km pursuit. Susanne Fraser did Rossland proud, taking bronze in both the sprint and the pursuit.

Geoff rey Richards, in the Junior Men’s divi-

sion, also performed superbly, with silvers inboth the sprint and the 3.5 km classic, and a goldmedal on the last day in the 15 km pursuit.

Among the senior men, our hometownhero George Grey took gold in the 15 km massstart.

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ceive $

1,000C

DN tow

ards se

lect Fo

rd Cust

om tru

ck acce

ssories

, exclu

ding fa

ctory-

instal

led acc

essorie

s/opti

ons (“A

ccesso

ries”),

with t

he pur

chase o

r lease

of a n

ew 20

10/201

1 Ford F

-150 (

exclud

ing Ra

ptor),

2011 Ra

nger or

2011

uper Du

ty deliv

ered o

r facto

ry orde

red du

ring th

e Prog

ram Pe

riod (

the “O

ffer”)

. Offer

is subj

ect to

vehicle

and A

ccesso

ry avai

labilit

y. Offe

r is no

t redee

mable

for cas

h and

can on

ly be a

pplied

toward

s eligib

le Acce

ssories

. Any u

nused

portio

ns of t

he Off

er are f

orfeite

d. Tota

l Acces

sories

may ex

ceed $

1,000C

DN. On

ly one

(1) Off

er may

be app

lied tow

ard the

purch

ase or

lease o

f an eli

gible v

ehicle

. This O

ffer ca

n be u

sed in

conjun

ction w

ith mo

st reta

il cons

umer o

ffers m

ade av

ailable

by Fo

rd of Ca

nada a

t the ti

me of

factor

y orde

r or de

livery,

but no

t both.

This O

ffer is

not co

mbina

ble wi

th CPA,

GPC, D

ailyent

al Allow

ances,

the Co

mmerc

ial Con

nectio

n Prog

ram or

the Co

mmerc

ial Fle

et Ince

ntive

Progra

m (CFI

P). Lim

ited tim

e offe

r. Offe

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be can

celled

at any

time w

ithout

notice

. Some

condit

ions ap

ply. Of

fer av

ailable

to res

idents

of Can

ada on

ly. See

Deale

r for de

tails.

‡Rece

ive $1,

000/$1

,500/$

3,500/

$4,000

/$4,50

0/$5,5

00/$6,

000/$7

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8,000

in Manu

factur

er Reba

tes wi

th the

purcha

se or le

ase of

a new

2011 R

anger S

uper Ca

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anger R

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Cab, F

-350 –

F-550

Chassis

Cabs/

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cludin

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cludin

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XL), E

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150 Re

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ab (ex

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150 (ex

cludin

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)/F-25

0 – F-4

50 (ex

cludin

g Chas

sis Cab

s). All

GT500

, F-150

Rapto

r and M

edium

Truck m

odels a

re excl

uded. T

his off

er can

be use

d in con

junctio

n with

most r

etail c

onsum

er offe

rs made

availa

ble by

Ford o

f Canad

a at ei

ther th

e time

of fac

tory o

rder or

delive

ry, but

not bo

th. Ma

nufact

urer Re

bates a

re not c

ombin

able w

ith an

y fleet

consum

er ince

ntives

. #Offe

r valid

from F

eb. 1/1

1, to M

ar. 31/

11 (the

“Offe

r Perio

d”). Cu

stome

rs who

purcha

se fina

nce or

lease m

ost ne

w 2010

or 201

1 Ford F

-150

exclud

ing Ra

ptor an

d 2011

Regul

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XL 4x2

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an “El

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”) and

financ

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gh For

d Cred

it, Cana

da wil

l receiv

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0 (the

“Offe

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vehicle

must b

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nd/or f

actory

ordere

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your p

articip

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Ford d

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uring

the Off

er Perio

d. Only

one (1

) Offe

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be app

lied tow

ards th

e purc

hase o

r lease

of one

(1) Eli

gible V

ehicle

, up to

a maxi

mum o

f two (2

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junctio

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most r

etail co

nsume

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s made

availab

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rd of Ca

nada a

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either f

actory

order o

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not bo

th. Th

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r is no

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with C

PA, GP

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, FALS o

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Rental

Allow

ance in

centive

s. Cust

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the Off

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a dow

n paym

ent or

choose

to rec

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rebate

chequ

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Ford o

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a, but n

ot both

. Taxes

payab

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re Offe

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. *Cas

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new 2

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per Cab

XLT 4X

2 / 20

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/ 2011

F-250

Super C

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estern

Editio

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4,999

/ $30,

499 / $

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Taxes p

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on ful

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price a

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riod”).

To qua

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a Ford

Recyc

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Ride P

rogram

(“RYR”

) rebat

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ate(s)

”), cus

tomer m

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in eith

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“Retire

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m the

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act’s “

Car He

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rogram

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ualify

for the

“Retir

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gram”

, whic

h offe

rs $300

cash o

r rebat

e on th

e purc

hase o

f a 200

4 or ne

wer ve

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custom

er must

turn in

a 1995

model

year or

older v

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in run

ning co

nditio

n (abl

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rt and

move)

which

has b

een pro

perly r

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red an

d insur

ed for

the las

t 6 mo

nths to

an au

thorize

d recyc

ler. To

qualify

for the

“Car He

aven P

rogram

”, cust

omer m

ust tur

n in a 2

003 mo

del yea

r or old

er vehi

cle in

runnin

gond

ition w

hich h

as been

registe

red an

d insur

ed for

the las

t 6 mo

nths to

an au

thorize

d recyc

ler. If a

custo

mer qu

alifies

for Car

Heave

n or Re

tire Yo

ur Ride

, Ford o

f Canad

a (“Fo

rd”) w

ill prov

ide an

addit

ional R

ebate,

with th

e purc

hase o

r lease

of an

eligible

new 2

010 F-1

50/201

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r Linco

ln vehi

cle (ex

cludin

g all F

iesta, R

anger a

nd Me

dium T

ruck m

odels),

in the

amoun

t of $1,

000CDN

[Focus

(exclu

ding 2

011 S),

Fusio

n (exc

luding

2011 S

), Taur

us (ex

cludin

g 2011

SE), M

ustang

(exclu

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T500, B

oss 30

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EV), Es

cape (e

xcludi

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l),dge

(exclu

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(exclu

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)] or $2

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exclud

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model

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, F-150

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cle”).

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unt is d

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Rebate

s are a

vailab

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sident

s of Can

ada on

ly excl

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ritories

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ilons

umer o

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ade av

ailable

by Fo

rd at ei

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of fac

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ry, but

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th. Re

bates n

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lable o

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receiv

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, GPC, C

omme

rcial Co

nnectio

n, or Da

ily Ren

tal Re

bates a

nd Com

mercia

l Fleet

Incent

ive Pro

gram (

CFIP).

Limited

time o

ffer, s

ee deal

er for d

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or call

Ford C

ustom

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tionsh

ip Cent

re at 1-

800-56

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. © 201

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NewsSpring Rec Brochure out soon

Th e Spring Recreation Brochure starts pro-duction this week. Th e guide covers the months of April, May and June. If you would like to run a program, please contact the Recreation Department to discuss opportunities. Commu-nity organizations are welcome and encouraged to contact our offi ce with information about your upcoming events and registration dates. All information, including program details, must be in our offi ce by Feb. 15 in order to make the publication deadline.

Please note a cancellation for the Saturday, Co-Ed Rec Hockey, at 8:45 p.m. Th e Saturday, February 19 Co-Ed Rec Hockey ice time from 8:45-10:00 p.m. is cancelled due to the Smokettes Tournament.

Th ere are two important community meet-ings regarding RSS and the future of education in Rossland. Th e fi rst one is the Neighbourhoods of Learning, community meeting on Tuesday, March 1 to bring the community up to date and to discuss the proposed K-12 confi guration at RSS. Th e committee has arranged for parents, teachers and students, with experience in a K-12 environment, to discuss their experiences and to answer any questions. Th ere will be childcare available at the NOL Community Meeting for families with little ones. Th e second meeting is the following night, on Wednesday, March 2. Th is is the community meeting being held by the school board, to discuss the ‘Planning for the Future’ process and the new educational directives from the ministry. Both meetings will be held at RSS.

It’s still winter, but the Rossland Pool opens relatively soon and will need to hire qualifi ed lifeguards and instructors for the 2011 season. Staff need to have a minimum of their NLS, CPR C and WSI 1 & 2. Individuals who have previous experience and who also have their LSI are encouraged to apply. Working through the summer at an outdoor pool is a great way to spend a summer! Th e Rossland Pool is a terrifi c pool to learn the skills of lifeguarding and in-structing and a great place to work. Please drop off a resume at the Recreation Department, City

Hall if you’re interested in applying. Spring Break is coming up soon! Th e two week

break from school falls from Monday March 14 to Friday March 25. We have several gymnastics camps planned for Wednesday, March 16 and Th ursday, March 17. If your little one hasn’t had a chance to try the gymnastics classes through

the recreation depart-ment, this is a good opportunity to learn some gymnastics and have fun during Spring

Break! Kids will learn some gymnastics funda-mentals through instruction and games with a circuit format set up in the Annex gym. Classes for 3-4 year olds is from 10:00-10:45 a.m., the class for 5-6 year olds is from 11:00-11:45 a.m., the class for 7-9 year olds is from 12:30-2:30 p.m. and the class for 10-12 year olds is from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. Spaces are limited – don’t delay if you want to register!

Th e 2011 Backcountry Film Festival is on Sunday, February 27 in the Miners’ Hall. Th e fi lm festival is about celebrating the human powered experience and promises a night of fi lms featuring outdoor fun and reverie. Th ere’s a great line up of fi lms, including one called “Extreme Tobagganing”, fi lmed by and starring a cast of teenage girls whose enthusiasm will make you smile. Several local fi lmmakers are included in the line up as well - Stew Spooner, Michele Desjardins, Jim Firstbrook and Dave Health are all included in the list of outdoor adventure fi lms.

With Spring in the air, the local foodies are starting to think about gardens. Check out the rosslandfood.com site for information about upcoming lectures, movies, bee workshops and seed swaps.

Do you have a young person who wants to play soccer? Youth soccer in our area is huge, and is run by the Kootenay South Youth Soccer Association. Due to overwhelming popularity and sheer numbers, their registration is early this year. Registrations will not be accepted aft er February 25, 2011 and are done online. To register, please visit, www.kootenaysouthsoccer.com.

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Th ere were a few ruffl ed attitudes around the board of education table Monday in re-sponse to a letter from a Rossland resident about the board’s Planning For the Future process.

In the letter, Janis Anderson suggests initial assumptions in the facilities plan were seri-ously fl awed and because of that the process itself is “ built on a house of cards.”

She further urged the board to discuss “redundant and irrelevant” senior programs in light of the fl edgling provincial 21st century learning concept, slightly takes to task director of instruction Bill Ford for not having been inclusive enough in his analysis of the eff ect on programs and services, and claims the mission statement for the exercise contains “grey areas” that are “just asking for trouble.”

Trustee Toni Driutti wanted any response to Anderson to “set some things straight” and

objected to the tone and the references to Ford in the letter.

“We should explain PFTF is for the whole district, and has been open and inclusive all along.”

Driutti’s position got some support from Lorraine Manning, who said, “She’s defi nitely got some wrong information in that letter.”

Manning, however, was willing to allow the boardís response be low-keyed.

“We will be having meetings sometime soon, I hope.”

Mickey Kinakin disagreed. “We’re kind of stepping away from our

previous process by engaging” with the letter writer rather than just acknowledging receipt, he said. “I don’t want to see us get into that.”

Kinakin preferred responding with a ge-neric letter, not responding to specifi cs in the one under discussion.

Vince Morelli agreed with Kinakin, saying, “Why don’t we just send a form letter,” and a majority of the board agreed.

DAVE THOMPSON

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NewsNDCU delays system

SWITCH

Nelson & District Credit Union (NDCU) has delayed its banking system upgrade. The proposed SWITCH dates of February 11 to 14 will no longer take place.

Doug Stoddart, Nelson & Dis-trict Credit Union CEO states, “At NDCU, we respect the relationship we have with our 12,500 members. To ensure minimal disruption to members during our banking sys-tem upgrade process we have made

the decision to delay SWITCH.” Stoddart adds, “While we have the utmost confi dence and regard for our new banking system provider and credit union system partners, we feel it would be in the best in-terest of our members to postpone SWITCH to a later date, still to be determined, in 2011.”

NDCU members have seen an increase in the number of SWITCH related communications over the

past two months while the credit union prepared for the banking system upgrade. Regardless of this delay, member preparation and the upgrade process will remain exactly the same. Right now, members are as prepared as they should be.

Doug Stoddart adds, “We have pushed the date ahead to ensure the transition to the new banking system is as seamless as possible and to make sure there is little im-

pact to Credit Union members and operations. NDCU will continue to keep the SWITCH process top-of-mind for all its members as we want members to be as prepared as their credit union.”

Members are being asked to continue to read all SWITCH communications for the new date, visit www.nelsoncu.com/switch frequently, and inquire at their local community branch.

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K e g - s t a n d i n g Kootenay ski bums crammed the couches at Café Books West on Jan. 28 to swill beer and hear Lisa McGo-nigle read excerpts from her new book, Snowdrift , which fea-tures many of the der-elict debauchers who that very night fi lled the room with their praise, laughter, and music.

Snowdrift chroni-cles McGonigle’s four-year “slippery slide” from a straight-laced univers ity lass of North County Dublin, Ireland, to a wild-eyed Kootenay snow bum, fi rst in Fernie, then in Rossland, throwing Oxford PhD scholar-ships and other such whatnot to the wind along the way.

Newly graduat-ed with a degree in English from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters from the Uni-versity of Aberdeen, McGonigle came to Fernie in 2005 for a winter of snowboard-ing.

Describing herself as “okay” on a board and a “shocking” skier, “absolutely terrible” - something her friends dismiss as characteris-tic humility - McGo-nigle has nevertheless fallen hopelessly in love.

“This place is just fantastic!” she ex-claimed. “I just love it here. I think the people here have just the right attitude and outlook on life.”

“I was meant to leave Fernie,” she re-called. “I’d booked a flight to go to Mon-treal. I thought, I re-ally should see more of Canada. But I was so in love with Fernie, so in love with the Kootenays.”

At the last minute, she decided to stay for the summer, a pat-tern that would repeat itself.

She fi nally returned to Ireland where she was met with a schol-arship to Oxford. “Th ey were paying for

my fees, my living ex-penses, everything,” she said.

Three months in, she traveled back to Fernie for a “two week holiday.” Th e tempta-tion proved too great.

“As soon as I landed, I thought, You know what, this is where my heart is, this is the way of life that I want to live,” she said, decid-ing, “I’m staying, I’m not going back.”

“So I sent off a whole host of emails to all the offi cial people at Oxford,” she said, “Th ank you very much for the opportunity, but I won’t be return-ing aft er Christmas.”

She spent a second winter in Fernie, this time with “no work visa, no savings, noth-ing. I had literally the clothes I was wear-ing.”

“A friend of mine had a spare room in her house, she took me under her wing. I lived on a shoestring, duct tape over every-thing. This is what I believed in. Aft er that, I just wanted to be in Canada. I thought, this is the best place ever.”

She returned to Ire-land to “work for the man,” pay debts, build

her savings, and then came right back here again.

“When I was in Fernie, I heard a lot of people talking about Red Mountain, about Rossland. Th ey talked about the community, about the vibe, about the great snow.”

So she and two Fernie friends made the switch in Novem-ber 2008.

“Unfortunately it was not a stellar sea-son in Rossland,” she recalled, “And hon-estly, for the fi rst two months I was in Ross-land, I found it too small. It took me a while to slow down to West Kootenay time and really appreciate it.”

“By March, I was like, yes, this is where I want to be!” she said, citing the “long-stand-ing relationship” be-tween the community and the ski hill, and

the absence of condos owned by Calgarians “who only come in for the weekends and don’t have a vested interest in the com-munity, the schools, the infrastructure.”

She worked as a server and as a volun-teer at Red that winter, and managed to eke enough of a living over the summer to spend a second winter here in 2009 aft er her work visa expired.

“I would love noth-ing more in life than to be able to stay in Rossland to make a life for myself, but Cana-dian immigration feels otherwise,” she said glumly. “Th ey don’t re-ally want writers or au-thors or journalists or whatever you want to call us. It’s just not an option for me to stay in Canada anymore, so I had to leave.”

Now she’s pursuing a PhD at New Zea-

land’s University of Otago, but re-mains unequivo-cal that she would return to Ross-land “in a heart-beat. It’s visceral. It’s instinctive.”

There is , of course, one sure-fire way this at-tractive single lady could make it back, but she opted to spare us the “teeth-grittingly tedious stories” about her “latest emotional misadventures.”

Of her many other adventures during her four years in the Kootenays, she did not spare a pixel, writ-ing emails back to her Irish friends the whole time, trying to cap-ture the joys of the “impoverished and injury-ridden life of a ski-bum who’ll do almost anything for fresh lines.”

“I took a lot of care

writing these emails. I didn’t just shoot them out. I’d edit them like you might edit an arti-cle for a magazine.”

“Th at’s how I write,” she explained. “Keep It Simple, Stupid. Just pare it down to the minimum. Say what you mean, mean what you say. Th e ABC of writing is Accurate, Brief, and Clear; in Kootenay parlance, get ‘er done.”

At some point, she looked back over her years of emails. “Th ey totaled about 80,000

words. I’d written a helluva lot about ski culture in the Koote-nays without even re-alizing it!”

After attending a writers’ conference in Fernie, to which she had submitted an excerpt, she was ap-proached by a pub-lisher and gave him the full manuscript a week later.

“He published the book pretty much raw, as it was,” McGonigle said, still stunned. “I feel like the luckiest person in the world.”

Buzz Reed and Greg Hogg on either side of Lisa McGonigle as she reads from her new book, Snowdrift, which features both Reed and Hogg. Andrew Bennett photo

Feb. 10, 2011 Rossland News

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