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B Y S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff

The city had a light bulb moment this week.

The Victoria Street Bridge lighting project, estimated to cost $350,000, was proposed to council at the governance meeting Monday.

The unique art project would have the Trail bridge outfitted with thousands of LED lights that would reflect off the Columbia River and create a nightly wave-like design.

Mike Martin, chair of the Downtown Opportunities and Action Committee (DOAC) said the bridge lighting project has reached a crucial point of inception but before the idea can proceed, an artistic rendering needs to be gen-erated.

“We have early indications of support,” explained Martin. “We are asking council to consider approv-ing funds up to $4,000 to pursue the rendering,” he said, adding, “this will allow for input into the concept by council and we believe could lead to endorsement and part of the 2014 capital plan (budget).”

Before Martin was allotted $4,000, council switched to ques-

tions about the timing of the pro-ject in terms of the downtown revitalization plan.

“The plan is to finish Victoria Street and then move into the downtown area for the next phase,” said Coun. Rick Georgetti. “Do you see this lighting project as a priority over that?” he questioned. “If you had to chose, would you pick light-ing or move into the downtown, because we won’t be able to do all of that next year.”

Coun. Kevin Jolly countered say-ing the idea has merit.

“I think this shows that if we get creative and think outside the box we are taking steps forward and doing something different than we’ve ever done before.”

Martin said that the DOAC has early indications that a substan-tial portion of the $350,000 project could come from private sources, but before anything could proceed, an artist’s drawing is needed.

“It’s kind of a chicken or the egg thing,” explained Martin. “Before we can go any further in the pro-posal and pursue funding we first need to show how it will look.”

See COUNCIL, Page 3

Bridge lighting idea presented to council

TRAIL

Citizens’ group charts nurse practitioners

B Y V A L E R I E R O S S ITimes Staff

A citizens committee explor-ing opportunities for nurse practitioners in the Kootenay Boundary has formed with a keen eye on coverage in rural parts.

Fruitvale Coun. Larry Gray is one member sounding a voice for nurse practitioners, registered nurses with advanced training.

He said the new group would like to see nurse practitioners covering for doctors in rural hospitals like Kaslo and Nakusp to help with patient care and ultimately to relieve some pres-

sure on doctors.“It would be nice to see the

ability for nurse practitioners to do some of the relief for doctors in hospitals, to take on maybe some home service work, to be able to supplement the programs in a way that’s a little bit more cost effective,” he added.

“A quick look at the doctor’s average salary of $350,000 and a nurse practitioner is not nearly as expensive and provides not the same quality of care, but can provide some care and do some things that doctors don’t have to do.”

See FOUR, Page 2

Union brethren show support for locked out Fortis employees

B Y A R T H A R R I S O NTimes Staff

Area union workers gathered in downtown Trail to show their support for locked out Fortis BC workers and their families on Wednesday afternoon.

The march and rally to the Fortis BC building, which attracted over 100 people, included mem-bers of Local 480 Steelworkers and other local unions for the members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213 who have been locked out since June.

However, the rally may be the last action necessary in the labour clash of management and employees.

After three months of lockout, numerous applications to the Labour Relations Board (LRB,) and one failed attempt at mediation, the company and union representatives are, once again, in Vancouver meeting with medi-ator Vince Ready in an attempt to resolve the dispute.

While the two sides seek common ground at the table in the Lower Mainland, support is grow-ing for the 230 employees who work in power generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in the West Kootenay and Okanagan region.

“We just want to show that we’re supportive of their cause to try to bargain a fair collective agreement,” said Armindo deMedeiros, president of Local 480.

See UNION, Page 3

Both sides meet with mediator but no face-to-face talks on tap

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The United Steelworkers held a support rally, barbecue, and march through downtown Trail Wednesday in support of IBEW employees locked out by Fortis BC since June.

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FROM PAGE 1A nurse practitioner can provide diagnosis,

entry level treatment of common and chronic illness, referrals and follow-up and can even write prescriptions.

They can order and interpret the results of relevant screening and diagnostic lab tests such as an ultrasound or mammography, initi-ate the care process, monitor health outcomes and work in collaboration with other health care professionals.

B.C. is now the second province in Canada, behind Ontario, to give nurse practitioners admitting and discharging privileges.

The ministry said the provincial govern-ment introduced nurse practitioners in 2005, as a way to improve primary health-care servi-ces, and this past May announced $22.5 million in funding to pay for 190 nurse practitioners over the next three years.

In Greater Trail/ Castlegar there are four nurse practitioners and a fifth in the midst of recruitment, according to Linda Sawchenko, regional practice leader for Interior Health (IH).

She supports a variety of projects, one being the introduction of nurse practitioners across the Health Authority.

“I think nurse practitioners provide one of the solutions to good access to primary care and as we know there's many of our popula-tion who have complex needs and one of the real benefits of a nurse practitioner is they are on a salary so they can spend a little bit more time with patients and really try to work with patients and their families around a compre-hensive care plan,” she said.

"In our experience in all of the clinics in the Greater Trail area and Castlegar, having a nurse practitioner added to the practice has resulted in many more patients being able to access primary care and has not had, from our experience, any negative impact on phys-icians.”

The round-table discussion at the commit-tee level sounds much different when looking at the entire region, indicated Gray.

He said in rural parts like Kaslo and Nakusp, doctors are reluctant to “sign off” for a nurse practitioner, when they actually cut into their patient list, or in other words pay.

The new committee will be connecting next month for their second meeting.

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• Sunday, Royal Theatre 4:30 p.m. for Sunday Cinema showing Before Midnight. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reunite for a Richard Linklater’s series about occasional lovers Jesse and Celine. $9 per show/$40.00 for the series. All shows at 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

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FROM PAGE 1Martin did get a nod and the funds to pursue

a drawing of the lighting design and plans to present it to council in November.

“Once supported by council by way of inclu-sion, the team can vigorously pursue its market-ing of the project to others,” concluded Martin.

The DOAC was formed in 2010 to serve as an advisory board to Trail council, with respect to projects and initiatives the city was working on.

The committee was reestablished earlier this month, and with its new membership, remains focused on revitalization activities.

Martin revealed a number of DOAC initiatives to council, including a Columbia River viewing station, a steam clock on the Esplanade, car sharing, design parameters for the main gate-ways into the city (phase two and three of the downtown plan), and hosting future downtown events.

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FROM PAGE 1“Fortis locked them out and walked away

from mediation the first time, they seem to be dragging their feet in this.

“The IBEW have been out for a long time and they want to settle this. We’re standing behind them.”

Speaking from Vancouver, Rod Russell, IBEW business manager, expressed limited optimism in returning to mediation but said he felt it was necessary if any progress was to be made in the lengthy lockout.

“We made a proposal to the company to go back to mediation,” he said. “To be fair to the members we had to try to get talking again.”

Russell said that there were numerous issues that needed discussion in order to resolve the differences between the two sides and that there was tremendous resolution in the mem-bership but understood the toll the lockout was having on the workers.

“They’ve been without a paycheque for three months and the guys are feeling it,” Russell said.

“It’s got to be affecting communities with members not out spending money. Nobody is going out for dinner or buying vehicles. We’ve suggested this mediation but we hope the com-pany isn’t getting the impression that we’re weakening. But we won’t get anywhere without talking.”

From Fortis BC’s standpoint, the return to mediation is a positive sign.

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In April, some trustees were literally in tears as they passed a budget that demanded $5.7 million in cuts.

Now they will have to cut approxi-mately $1 million more over the next two years, following the province’s nego-tiations with CUPE employees in the school district, and a wage increase of 3.5 per cent over two years.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees represents teachers aides, custodians, trades people and other workers in school districts across the province. CUPE employees are the second-largest employee group in the district, after teachers.

“Definitely, this is going to create a cost pressure for all boards, not just ours,” said secretary treasurer Flavia Coughlan.

The union has negotiated a frame-work agreement with the B.C. Public Schools Employers’ Association, which represents the province.

CUPE members will receive one per cent retroactive July 1, two per cent on Feb. 1, 2014 and 0.5 per cent on May 1, 2014. The agreement expires on June 30, 2014.

Under a provincial government policy known as the Cooperative Gains Mandate, schools boards were told they would have to come up with the addi-tional wages within existing budgets, and no new funds will be coming from the province.

Trustee Ken Clarkson, the local board’s representative on the B.C. School Trustees Association, noted that the opposition to the Cooperative Gains Mandate was virtually unanimous.

“Practically every board sent a rebut-tal,” he said. “It was the most unified I’ve ever seen the BCSTA.”

While exact numbers aren’t known yet, Clarkson said the local impact appears to be approximately $1 million.

“Obviously, it’s got to come from cuts,” he said, adding that there was no obvious area where the budget could be

trimmed. “We’ll have to see. The senior team will come up with a plan.

“We’ve got to do it again, and we’ve got to do it even deeper.”

He said the steady loss of students is already causing budget pressures in Maple Ridge, where it appears enrol-ment is down approximately 163 stu-dents this year.

“If you’re in a district with declining enrolment, it’s a double whammy,” said Clarkson.

The board previously faced a budget shortfall of $5.66 million. That was brought about by several factors, includ-ing a projected decline in student enroll-ment of 197.5 full-time equivalents. That caused a drop of $1.17 million in government per-pupil funding.

There were 35 staff positions lost, in various capacities, across the district in the $130 million budget for 2013-2014. Class sizes rose, the board spent $1.5 million it had in reserves and there were cuts to custodians, support services and helping teachers.

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Penticton Western NewsCrossing the street may finally get a bit

safer for students at Parkway Elementary School after the City of Penticton chose to go ahead with proposed traffic calming measures.

Kelly Jones, the principal at Parkway, is happy to hear that the measures, which include narrowing the road and raising the crosswalks into “speed humps” are going ahead. Parents and staff at the school have been fighting to bring awareness to the traf-fic problems there since a Grade 5 student was hit by a vehicle in the middle of the crosswalk and was seriously injured.

“Unfortunately, it does get used as a bypass. And just the fact that it is such a long straight stretch allows people to get going faster than they need to,” said Jones.

Traffic calming, in Parkway’s case, means a combination of methods. The street will be narrowed through the use of delinea-tors, raised crosswalks and temporary speed humps. Mitch Moroziuk, director of oper-ations for the city, explained the humps are larger versions of speed bumps, suited for the traffic and speed conditions.

The projected cost of the measures, $56,600, is higher than the $35,000 budget-ed, though Moroziuk said the difference can be drawn from the budget of a just- com-pleted project, which was completed for less than planned.

Coun. John Vassilaki is just happy to see speed bumps. He has long advocated their use in a variety of areas to control traffic.

“After five years, we are getting speed bumps,” said Vassilaki. “We should do all that prevention prior to anyone getting hurt anywhere, not just in front of schools, but all the streets that need traffic calming.”

While the effect of speed bumps is well-known, the effect of delineator posts, forcing traffic into a narrower area, is more psycho-logical.

“The principle is if you physically narrow down the road, you will not feel comfort-able driving as fast,” said city engineer Ian Chapman.

It’s a system Jones has already been using, putting out cones each day, along with the school’s own warning signs.

“I know just narrowing that road certainly does slow down the traffic,” said Jones. “To have it permanently out there will slow it down all of the time, which I think we cer-tainly need, especially with the playground and park right there.”

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CUPE deal forces district to cut $1 million

B y t o m F l e t C h e rBlack Press

VICTORIA – MLAs’ constituency assist-ants from across B.C. crowded into the idle B.C. legislative cham-ber Wednesday to get up to speed on new financial reporting requirements for their office expenses.

Provincial polit-icians have been work-ing to open up their expense reporting since a 2012 report by former Auditor General John Doyle exposed “pervasive deficiencies” in that and other areas of the legislature’s $70 mil-lion operating budget.

The first steps after that report were to begin disclosing MLA expense totals on a quarterly basis, and to begin hold-ing meetings of the long-secret Legislative Assembly Management Committee in public.

That committee met Tuesday and agreed to

extend the deadline to begin detailed expense disclosure from con-stituency offices from Jan. 1 to April 1. In addition to base pay of more than $101,000 a year and an expense account for travel and accommodation, MLAs receive a constituency allowance of $119,000 a year, mainly for staff and office space.

Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan told the committee he is “absolutely in favour” of disclosing detailed information, but more time is needed, espe-cially with 32 new MLAs elected in May. That means new con-stituency staff learning accounting procedures on the job, while also learning to handle

day-to-day concerns of constituents, many of whom are “in distress,” he said.

The committee supported Horgan’s motion to make the first detailed report public April 1, covering the period from Jan. 1 to the end of the prov-incial fiscal year.

MLAs are also preparing to begin

detailed disclosure of their personal travel and other expenses.

Expense payments to MLAs include a “capital city allow-ance,” for which most MLAs who live out-side Greater Victoria claim $1,000 a month without receipts. With receipts, out-of-town MLAs can claim up to $19,000 a year for rent, mortgage or hotel accommodation while in Victoria on legisla-ture business.

MLAs are also eli-gible for $61 a day for meals while in Victoria on legislature busi-ness.

During discussion of the legislature’s total budget, clerk Craig James told the com-mittee there would be substantial savings this year because the scheduled fall session was cancelled.

The cost for extra staff and services for one sitting day is about $30,000.

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REGINA - The University of Regina says it knew a year ago that two employees had been over paid nearly $380,000, but didn’t tell the Saskatchewan government or the provincial auditor until this month - when the story came out in the media.

University president Vianne Timmons says the faculty of education approved the overtime payments for two IT staff members.

They were only authorized to get overtime for one year, but kept claiming unearned overtime and getting it for 11 years until another employee tipped off administration.

Timmons says the school can’t get the money back, but it is reviewing policies to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SWINNIPEG - A Winnipeg judge has ruled

out a mandatory three-year prison term for a mentally disabled man convicted in a firearms case, saying it would be too harsh and out of line with his fundamental rights.

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Colleen Suche has, instead, sentenced Mario Adamo to time served and three years of supervised probation after finding him guilty of pos-sessing a prohibited gun.

The Crown had wanted five years for the 39-year-old, who was arrested in April 2009 when police discovered a loaded gun at his mother’s home, along with a list of gang members and a bulletproof vest.

Adamo was beaten by two Hells Angels gang members in 2000 and left severely cognitively impaired.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - It’s time for Canadians

and their leaders to talk about the taboo of assisted suicide as part of end-of-life care, Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews said Wednesday.

But in the end, it’s up to the federal government to decide whether it should be legal, she said.

“I think it’s about the community having the con-versation, I think it’s about people having the conversa-tion,” Matthews said.

A prominent doctor’s impassioned, videotaped appeal to legalize assisted suicide just a few days before his death has re-opened the emotionally charged debate.

Dr. Donald Low, who shepherded Toronto through the 2003 SARS crisis, asked that Canada allow people to die with dignity, eight days before he died from a brain tumour last week at age 68.

Low put a human face on the contro-versial subject, Matthews said.

“Donald Low’s video was very power-ful and many people have personally experienced it,” she said.

“There are strong opinions on this. I think it’s a conversation we need to have.”

Matthews said she’d be surprised if

the topic doesn’t come up when provin-cial, federal and territorial health minis-ters meet in Toronto on Sept. 27.

But she wouldn’t divulge her own view about assisted suicide.

“Of course, I have strong personal opinions. I think everybody does,” she said. “But I’m not speaking as a person, I’m speak-ing as health minister for Ontario.”

Right now, her prior-ity is improving end-of-life care in Ontario, including

palliative care to hospices, she added.Euthanasia and assisted suicide are

illegal in Canada, and the federal gov-ernment has repeatedly said it has no plans to change those laws.

In the video, Low said he is not in pain but his vision, hearing and strength are waning and he worries what will happen before the end.

It will be a long time before Canada matures to a level where it accepts dying with dignity, he said. But he pleaded with opponents of assisted suicide to reconsider.

If they lived in his body for 24 hours, they’d change their opinion, he said.

Some oppose legalizing assisted sui-cide on religious grounds, while others believe that it’s a slippery slope toward euthanasia without consent of people

with mental illness, physical handicaps or the elderly.

The Quebec government plans to hold public hearings in the fall on its right-to-die legislation, which was tabled earlier this year.

The bill, the first of its kind in Canada, essentially outlines the con-ditions necessary for someone to get medical assistance to die. The federal government says it will review Quebec’s legislation.

Talking about end-of-life options is a pressing issue as the baby boom genera-tion ages, said Ontario NDP health critic France Gelinas.

“Not that long ago, people went to hospital to die. This is where death hap-pened,” she said.

“Baby boomers are not satisfied with this. ... They realize that there are ways to support a dying person that is way better than dying in a hospital.”

People should talk about it so they can learn more about the options and make up their mind on what they think should be done, she said.

Progressive Conservative health crit-ic Christine Elliott said she’s “very torn on this issue.”

“It is a very substantive issue and one that I approach quite warily. But I think that we should have the discussion and understand what’s at stake and what other jurisdictions have done.”

Call for dialogue on assisted suicide

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this. i think it’s a conversation we

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SLANDIS, Sask. -

Hazardous material crews were cleaning up oil spilled from a Canadian National train car that derailed close to a small com-munity in western Saskatchewan early Wednesday.

RCMP said 17 rail cars - some carrying flammable petroleum, ethanol and chemicals - came off the tracks after 4 a.m. within 500

to 700 metres of the village of Landis, west of Saskatoon.

“The spill involved a petroleum product that is not considered highly explosive,” Sgt. Grant Rusk said.

“Because of the flammable nature of some of the other rail-car contents, and the proximity to Landis and the school, the decision was made to close the Landis School for the day

while the contents of the damaged cars were unloaded.”

No one was injured.Warren Chandler,

a spokesman for CN, said it was not clear how much oil spilled, but that the oil was concentrated along the right of way of its the transcontinental rail line. He added some of the cars were on their sides and CN crews were working to clean up the area.

“One of the derailed cars is leaking lube oil,” he said from Edmonton.

The Saskatchewan government said one of the other derailed cars contains ethanol and was on its side, but was not leaking.

Premier Brad Wall said most goods shipped by train move safely across Canada and railways are need-

ed.But he said the spill

is another chance to talk about the benefit of pipelines.

“There is a debate though now that’s pre-cipitated by Keystone and by (the proposed Northern) Gateway and maybe by the Energy East pipeline, about what is the safest way to move certain products,” Wall said.

Crews cleaning up after train derailment


OPINION

Governments need appropriate pace with social mediaAs someone on the

greying side of mid-life, I'll admit I often look at today's

social media boom with some reservation.

And as a newspaper man and a father of a child throughout the emergence of the social media revolu-tion, I have witnessed the good, bad and ugly that it offers.

Unfortunately many people in my age demo-graphic are somewhat reluctant to embrace the trend. However, the reality is “get on board or get left behind.” Social media has grown to the point where it is no longer a novelty but a necessity and inevitable part of our lives.

It has permeated our society to the point where it seems after every election, there are voices pondering the question, “Is it time to go to online voting?”

We even had a provin-cial candidate in our rid-ing that was advocating a system where people use their computer to weigh in on issues and help deter-mine our riding's collective voice.

On Friday, our provin-cial government is offer-ing a “Twitter Town Hall Meeting,” for small busi-nesses. I guess if you're the government, speaking to people in 140 characters or less is the best way to cut off any long-winded ques-

tions and provide quick, press release-type answers rather than any in-depth explanation.

Forgive me if I sound pessimistic about this idea but I don't believe a gas station owner in Fort St. James will have the same enthusiasm for a Twitter Town Hall Meeting as per-haps a restaurant owner in downtown Vancouver. The irony is B.C. Premier Christy Clark is heading out on a North American tour so she can have “face-to-face” talks with the business elite to pitch the benefits of B.C.'s Liquified Natural Gas programs. I guess that can't be summed up in 140 characters.

I should be applauding the government for trying to reach out to as many businesses as possible in a cost-effective, efficient way.

But is that the criteria that will rule everything now? And will some be left out because of that push?

The City of Trail announced this week that it will gauge public opinion on the issue of backyard chickens with an online survey. It's an admirable task considering the cost of sending out question-naires to each residence and rarely getting a 25 per cent reply rate.

Although the survey is not binding and simply to get a sense of the public's mood on backyard chick-

ens, it is a trend worth watching.

Will more online surveys start popping up? Would a council solely make a deci-sion based on an online survey? Sounds ridiculous now but remember that Twitter didn't exist a decade ago and now the provincial government is using it to engage its citizens.

If talk is already emerg-ing about deciding our country's leaders with online voting, how long would it be before every-thing is decided online?

To Trail's credit, the city plans on offering hard cop-ies of the backyard chick-en survey at a couple of locations in town for those without Internet access but want their opinions con-sidered.

The City of Trail decision makers have a responsibil-ity to be fiscally prudent so when it comes to survey-ing the public perhaps an

online poll is the best way to go. But the city has a responsibility to make sure no citizens are left behind simply because they don't embrace or have access to the latest technology.

B.C. Hydro and Fortis are dealing with those similar issues in a sense with its smart meter roll-out. Unfortunately, those companies want to force people to adapt or pay for not wanting to accept its technological changes.

Many local Shaw sub-scribers may also notice that you've lost some chan-nels unless you purchase or rent a digital box. There's no rebate for those lost channels but a surcharge to get them back. Go figure.

Working at a newspaper in a small community we get to see citizens from all walks of life. We come into contact with everyone from politicians and corporate executives to retirees and tireless volunteers. And the one thing that always reso-nates with me is that not everyone is “plugged in” as many would like to believe.

Being in the media it is vital that we embrace the digital age and expand our reach through social media. Getting the news out to more people is our goal. But our core product remains the newspaper.

We sometimes read com-plaints on our Facebook page that the stories online

should be free to anyone, whether they have a sub-scription or not. Those few complaints pale under the resounding dissatisfaction from subscribers when their paper is not at their doorstep on a regular basis. So there is still a big desire for a time-tested version of communication.

I smile at the recent Rogers commercial where the woman complains that with its competitor she has to go through auto-mated call-answering to get a solution. Meanwhile, Rogers boasts of “live” people at the other end of the phone to answer your questions.

Oddly enough about a decade ago companies en masse switched to auto-mated answering to save money and be more effi-cient. Now the reverse is actually a selling point and something that sets compa-nies above the competition.

Companies have the option of doing what they choose. At the end of the day they only have to answer to shareholders.

Governments, on the other hand, should remem-ber to take small steps in the social media world. At the end of the day they have to answer to everyone, whether they have a Twitter account or not.

Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times.

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It was already looking likely that President Bashar al-Assad’s regime would sur-vive – it has had the upper

hand militarily in the Syrian civil war for at least six months now – but the events of the past two weeks have made it virtu-ally certain.

Syria has already complied with the two initial demands of the Russian-American deal concluded over Assad’s head last week. It has signed the Chemical W e a p o n s Convention, and it has given a list of all Syria’s poison gas facili-ties and stor-age depots to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. That means that the United States cannot attack it for at least a year.

President Barack Obama’s ability to order such an attack was already in doubt because of opposition in Congress. Now he could not bomb without endangering UN inspectors, who will be all over the regime-controlled parts of Syria by November to take control of the estimated thousand tonnes of chemical weapons. Syria has a year to destroy them all, and until and unless it fails to meet that deadline, bombing is out of the question.

The civil war will probably continue during the coming year, and possibly for a good deal longer. Assad’s troops have been winning back territory in the centre of the country, but they have yet to make much progress in the north, the south or the east. They lack the numbers to finish the job now,

but the tide is running in their direction.

Close to a thousand separ-ate rebel units are now operat-ing in Syria, but there is no unified rebel army. The armed groups can be roughly divided into jihadists (many of them foreign) who want to create an Islamic caliphate in Syria, and more moderate groups who

originally took up arms hoping to create a democrat-ic Syria freed from the Baath Party’s tyranny.

Most of the less radical groups want an Islamic republic too, but they are repelled by the extremism of the jihadists. They hoped that

the West would destroy Assad’s forces and put them in power instead (while keeping the jihadists out), and they are now very angry at the United States for letting them down. But they are also deeply disappointed, for the realists among them can see no other way to win this fight.

Many of these fighters would now be open to a regime offer of a ceasefire, an amnesty, and a gradual transition to a less corrupt and repressive polit-ical system, and the Baathist regime is likely to make such an offer soon (whether it means it or not). It would not neu-tralise the jihadists and restore peace to the country, but it might seduce enough of the other rebels to shift the mil-itary balance sharply in Assad’s favour.

Much cruel fighting would remain to defeat the jihadists, but at least the country would emerge intact. Or the war may just go on and on, ending

eventually in partition. But at least we have been spared the spectacle of the United States and its sidekicks attacking yet another Muslim country, only to realise in the end (as in the case of the imaginary “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq) that its excuse for doing so was false.

The pretext this time was going to be Assad’s use of poi-son gas against his own people. But the timing was weird. (UN inspectors had just arrived in Damascus when nerve gas was fired at the rebel-held eastern suburbs). The target was point-less. (Why civilians, not rebel fighters?) And why would Assad use a weapon that might trig-ger Western bombing when he was already winning the war without it?

Now the Russians are saying (off the record, so far) that the serial numbers of the rockets that delivered the nerve gas reveal that they did not belong to the Syrian army. They were made in Russia in 1967 and sold to Yemen, Egypt and Libya’ s Colonel Gaddafy – who filled some of them with nerve gas. He had about a thousand tonnes of the stuff.

A lot of Gaddafi’s arsenal went missing after he was over-thrown two years ago, sold off by the victorious rebel militias. Some of the nerve gas-filled rockets could easily have ended up in Syria, in rebel hands, and the temptation to use them in order to trigger Western mil-itary intervention would have been hard to resist. If that is really the case, then President Obama should be even more grateful to Moscow for saving his bacon.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Old age can sneak up on driversAn editorial from the

Kamloops Daily NewsThe six-month driving ban

for an 86-year-old man who hit a teenage pedestrian and left her with brain damage raises the question of whether drivers should still be on the road when they reach a certain age.

Certainly these concerns are valid as it is to everyone’s benefit to keep the roads safe. But the debate should not be restricted to the question of age.

Regardless of how old we are, there are health condi-tions that can make driving more difficult. Poor eyesight, for example, can afflict all ages.

Still, as we grow older we become all too aware that abil-ities we took for granted in our younger years are not always there when we need them.

Many of us get around this simply by being more cautious. While some younger drivers might become frustrated if they

get stuck behind a slow-moving senior, it’s clear in that situa-tion who is more likely to cause an accident.

Defensive driving is always important, and making sure we have plenty of distance for stop-ping goes a long way toward avoiding accidents at any age.

But no matter how cautious we are, and no matter how stel-lar our driving record, there are warning signs to watch out for as they sneak up on us.

Pain or stiffness can make it more difficult to do simple things such as shoulder checks or even moving your foot to the brake. Turning the steering wheel can become more of a strain.

Reaction times can also be slower, making it trickier to respond to what other drivers or pedestrians are doing.

There have been calls for mandatory driver testing at a certain age, and there may be some merit to that, but in the

meantime it is in the best inter-est of older drivers to take the initiative in ensuring they are able to drive safely.

This can be done with regu-lar vision and hearing check-ups, plus reporting any health concerns to a doctor.

Perhaps the best thing we can do is listen to family and friends. If they think there is a problem, then it may be time to let someone else do the driving.

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PIPER (NEE DUCLOS), ROBERTA (BOBBI) PHYLLIS — 1915 to 2013

With sadness, we an-nounce the passing of Bobbi Piper, our wonderful moth-er, grandmother and great-grandmother on September 15, 2013.

Roberta was born June 12, 1915 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and grew up on the family farm about 30 miles from town. At age 21 she moved to Rossland, BC where her brother Allan was already living and met and married Francis (Bud) Piper on Octo-ber 1, 1938. Bobbi and Bud had four boys and lived in Rossland until 1952 when they moved to Salmo, BC. At that time Mom was one of few women to start her own business when she established Salmo (Piper’s) Corner Store. Bobbi joined the Pythian Sisters in Salmo and served this organization for many years includ-ing role of Grand Chief. She was predeceased by her husband, Bud, who died in January 1981. Bobbi sold the store in 1993 and moved to Parksville and then Nanaimo on Vancouver Island where she enjoyed her retirement play-ing golf and her “game of passion”, bridge.

Roberta is survived by her sister Helen Duclos, by her sons Vern (Alicia), Ken (Pa-tricia), Gordon (Lorrie) and Mervin (Arlene) Piper, grandchildren Leverna and Mark Piper, Dean (Kim) and Gavin (Alena) Piper, Derek and Noel Piper, Tracy (Maurice) Baldwin, Cory (So� a) Isaacs and great grandchildren Lily and Ava Piper, Peyton Baldwin, Alec and Tin-dra Isaacs, niece Elaine (Victor) Kumar and nephews Don (Gladys), Roger (Sheri) and Mur-ray (Diana) Duclos. Also predeceased by broth-er Allan Duclos and grandson Serge Piper.

As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to a charity of your choice in her honor.

A Memorial Service will be at St Andrew’s United Church, 2110 First Ave, Rossland, BC on Sept 30, 2013 at 11am followed by a light lunch.

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preneur is quickly becoming a Kickstarter celebrity with his pitch to build a $100 3D printer.

On Friday, Rylan Grayston, 28, of Yorkton, Sask., posted his plea for $50,000 to help manufacture his so-called Peachy Printer, which would be not only inexpensive but easy to use. It would also be designed to work as a 3D scanner.

Grayston said the money would help improve the printer’s proto-type, enhance its software, and would facilitate a bigger produc-tion run to get the price down to the $100 mark.

His pitch clearly connected with the crowdfunding community at Kickstarter.

He reached his $50,000 goal in a little over a day and has since signed on more than 2,700 back-ers who have pledged more than $365,000 in funding.

And he still has three and a half weeks to recruit more supporters.

Grayston said he was pushed to

build his own 3D printer because he couldn’t afford the $3,500 price tag for the model he wanted. He then set out to make it as cheap as possible.

“I had read in some forums somebody had said, ‘When the tech-nology gets cheaper one day it’ll be only $100,’ and a whole bunch of people then argued that would never happen,” he said.

“It took me an entire year of building printers and throwing them in the garbage when I real-ized there was a better way to do it. I’ve thrown away a lot of printers.”

Grayston admits his printer isn’t a finished product yet and needs some work before it’s ready to ship out to 3D printing enthusiasts. But he’s confident the Peachy Printer will get there and can even outper-form other 3D printers that sell for thousands of dollars.

“There’s still a bit of trial and error in getting this printer to work but I have 100 per cent confidence that it will work flawlessly, I know exactly what needs to be done,” he said. “I need the funding to pay engineers that know exactly what they’re doing and can get this thing down to a science.”

B Y A R N E P E T R Y S H E NCranbrook Townsman

The Rocky Mountain Naturalists invited natur-alists from all over B.C. to come to Cranbrook as they hosted the B.C. Nature fall general meeting. As well as the actual meeting, there was also three days worth of events going on, from birding at Elizabeth Lake to reintroducing Northern Leopard Frogs into their historic range at Bummer’s Flats.

Daryl Calder, a member of the local naturalists said there were 100 registrants for the events.

“A lot of people hadn’t been to the East Kootenay before,” he said. Each group has found unique ways to deal with things. “We approach some things differently than other groups, we have different issues.”

Calder noted that in the East Kootenay there are an abundance of stakeholders all vying for a spot in the area and a different goal.

“It lends itself to more discussion in depth to get to the heart of the issue,” he said.

The theme of the conference was Earth, Wind, Fire and Water, to signify the land, air, fires and the rivers and streams.

“The presenters and the field trips were abso-lutely fantastic,” said Greg Ross, member of the naturalists and B.C. Nature. Ross was especially impressed with the organization of the non-profit society and the quality of speaker presentations.

“”We did try to focus on a spiritual element here,” he said. “It’s not a religious doctrine, it’s the spirit of nature – everything’s connected. We wanted to show how everything is connected between earth, wind, fire and water.”

He said that each presenter complemented the presentations of the others in that sense.

Those presentations included ‘Air Quality Vital to Life’ with Ingrid Liepa, ‘Ktunaxa Creation Story’ with Joe Pierre, ‘Native Plants of the Cranbrook Community Forest’ with Mike Keefer, ‘Ecosystem Restoration in the Rocky Mountain Trench’ with Randy Harris, a keynote by nature photographer Brian Clarkson, and many more.

Ross noted that well-known local naturalist Art Gruenig had a presentation on 20 years of blue-bird monitoring. After touring the group around Gruenig took them down to Elizabeth Lake to show them a turtle nest with turtles in it.

Other big topics at the meeting were loss of habitat, pipeline and mining issues.

“We all realized that this oil has to be sold someplace and trying to figure out the best way to do it with the least amount of damage,” Ross noted on the proposed Enbridge pipeline.

“Every step of the way we’re going to be pro-testing, but it’s not because we don’t want it to happen. We realize it’s going to have to happen. But there has to be thought put into it and input by all the people to express their concerns and this has to be remedied.”

He said the naturalists hope to be made a stakeholder in issues like the pipeline.

“We can offer solutions for what is the best practice to go through grasslands and restore it after,” Calder said.

Another issue has been an expansion of pro-tected areas without funding to actually manage them.

“Compared to the ‘60s and ‘70s the budget has absolutely gone completely down,” Ross said. “At one time we used to have interpretive centres in every provincial park. Now it’s all done on a vol-unteer basis.”

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - Canadian poet Robert

Bringhurst is one of three writers who have been named as judges for the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize.

The B.C.-based poet and author of “The Elements of Typographic Style” will be joined on the judging panel by British writer Jo Shapcott and American C.D. Wright.

The London-born Shapcott is the author of 1992’s “Phrase Book” and 1998’s “My Life Asleep” and her most recent, 2010’s “Of Mutability,” won the Costa Book Award.

Wright, meanwhile, recently won the National Books Critics Circle Award and earned a National Book Award nomination for “One With Others.”

The Griffin, which annually awards one Canadian and one international poet, is the country’s most lucrative poetry prize.

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Prior to the con-struction of hydroelec-tric dams, and human encroachment before that, the Columbia River was one of the most abundant salmon rivers in the world.

An estimated 10 to 15 million (or more) coursed up the river each year, some jour-neying past Revelstoke, around the Big Bend, and all the way to the Columbia Headwaters near Invermere. Today, about 2.5 million sal-mon make the abbrevi-ated journey; many are hatchery fish.

The construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in the 1930s and 1940s ended the migration north of that point. Today, the Chief Joseph Dam, just downstream of the Grand Coulee in central Washington State, is the end of the line for salmon migrat-ing up the Columbia.

A new initiative unveiled publicly in Revelstoke last week plans to eventually return the migrating chinook, sockeye and steelhead back to the North Columbia.

Two “salmon ambassadors” pitched the idea to a Revelstoke class studying First Nations issues, plant-ing a seed with the generation who could see the idea through.

Salmo resident Gerry Nellestijn is a streamkeeper trained in cultural anthropol-ogy and environmental management. He’s deeply involved in sev-eral fish-related organ-izations, including the Salmo Watershed S t r e a m k e e p e r s ’ Society, the Columbia River Round Table, the Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative and more.

He was in Revelstoke as a ‘salmon ambassa-dor,’ here to introduce the initiative.

He was joined by Nevada Nicholas, also a salmon ambassador, and a lands and resour-ces stewardship assist-ant for the Ktunaxa Nation.

The goal is to create systems, programs and technological solu-tions that will allow salmon to bypass the dams. Fish ladders and other systems re in use around the world, but the massive dams of the Columbia, such as the Grand Coulee, Revelstoke and Mica, are a daunt-ing challenge.

Solutions could include ladders, mech-anical bucketing sys-tems, vacuum systems, trucking or new tech-nologies.

“I hear all about the things that we can’t do,” Nellestijn said. “This is not just about salmon; this is about healthy ecosystems.” He points to the cas-cading environmental impacts created by the loss of salmon in the

Upper Columbia River, which used to see mil-lions of 50-pounders die in the river and on its shores after mating. The epic migration fuelled the regional ecosystem. After they disappeared, “the whole system started to crash,” Nellestijn said.

He points me to the Deschutes Passage project in Oregon, which opened in 2009. The $135-million project by Portland General Electric saw the construction of an 83-metre underwater tower and ramp above the Round Butte Dam, allowing for the col-lection and transfer of fish downstream.

Nellestijn says

it’s an example of a technology-enabled solution (and in fact, the Deschutes Passage replaces a failed sal-mon bypass system originally installed in the dam when it was completed in 1964.)

It sounds expensive. Who’s going to pay for it? The idea is to link into the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) renewal process. The CRT is an agreement between the US and Canada that coordin-ates flood control and hydro-electric produc-tion on both sides of the border, and is up for possible renegotia-tion starting in 2024.

Nellestijn explains that First Nations, cooperating through

the Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission, are making the return of salmon a key CRT issue, and they’re roll-ing out their plans now. Nellestijn said businesses and organ-izations that “profit from their use of environmental resour-ces” could help pay.

“This is the single most important oppor-tunity to have an eco-logical difference in the Upper Columbia River Basin,” Nellestijn said.

The essential

ingredients of a suc-cessful reintroduction program, Nellestijn said, are integrated, collaborative, water-shed-based strategic planning that shares local, First Nations and technical know-ledge, all backed up by a 10-year, guaranteed implementation strat-egy.

At their Sept. 19 presentation, Nicholas and Nellestijn under-scored First Nations intentions to act on the idea, saying they are putting together experiments already

(he wouldn’t elabor-ate.) They said the salmon are the key to many things in the Upper Columbia, including ecological biodiversity and the restoration of trad-itional cultural and economic practices based on the salmon migration.

The plan will be further unveiled at the Columbia Basin Salmon Festival in Invermere on Saturday, entitled, ‘The River We Had, The River We Have and the River We Want.”

Campaign plans to reintroduce migrating salmon to Columbia River

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Salmon ambassador Gerry Nellestijn was one of two ambassadors that spoke to students at Glenmerry School last week.

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“When I got to Ottawa in 2011 it was one of my first projects, to see if we could divest of the coal blocks because they are of no value to the federal gov-ernment from the perspective of nat-ural extraction,” said Kootenay Columbia MP David Wilks. “The only way it is going to work is for compan-ies to be able to bid on them and hopefully obtain the coal that is in them.”

The Dominion Coal Blocks were acquired by the federal govern-ment in 1905 as part of an agreement between the Canadian govern-ment and the railway companies that estab-lished the Crowsnest Pass rail route.

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have potential value for natural resource extraction. With them owning it, they are not in the busi-ness of doing natural resource extraction,” said MP Wilks.

Lot 73 is a 2,000 hectare parcel located northeast of Fernie, next to Teck’s Coal Mountain operations.

“(Lot 73) does make sense for (Teck) because it’s between Coal Mountain and Martin Wheeler – it’s kind of plopped in between there, so they would probably have an interest in Lot 73,” explained Wilks.

Much larger, Lot 82 covers 18,000 hectares further south of Lot 73, between the Elk River and Flathead River watersheds.

Some of Lot 82 falls inside the conten-tious Flathead Valley. Environmental groups have long called for protection of the Flathead, saying it is important wilderness for water quality and wildlife populations.

In 2010, the B.C. government and Canadian govern-ment signed an agree-

ment with the state of Montana and the United States gov-ernment to protect the Flathead, which is adjacent to the W a t e r t o n - G l a c i e r International Peace Park, a designated World Heritage Site.

In November 2011, the B.C. gov-ernment passed the Flathead Watershed Conservation Act, which bans mining and oil and gas activ-ity in the Flathead.

According to MP Wilks, the portion of Lot 82 that lies in the Flathead will not be part of the sale of the Coal Blocks.

“Lot 82 has been subdivided so that the part of Lot 82 that drains into the Flathead is protected and cannot be mined,” said Wilks.

But environmental groups continue to work for a national park in the Flathead.

“While details around the planned sale are not yet clear, we are encouraged that the federal gov-ernment has con-firmed that portions of the coal blocks

overlapping with the Flathead River watershed will not be included in the sale, and that discussions with the province are under way to ensure the protection of the entire watershed from development,” said John Bergenske, Wildsight.

“The Dominion Coal Block lands in the Flathead are critical for the integ-rity of the watershed as a whole. Although this announcement is promising, we need these areas to be legally protected under the existing ban on mining and energy development,” said Peter Wood of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.

The government is engaged in consulta-tion with the Ktunaxa, the B.C. government and other key stake-holders. Then mining companies will have the opportunity to bid on pieces of the land.

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A convincing victory over Trinidad and Tobago has propelled the Canadian women’s national field hockey team into the semifinal of the Pan American Cup in Mendoza, Arg. today.

Canada will play the U.S.A in one semi-final while Chile face offs against Argentina in the other semi with the winners advancing to Saturday’s final.

Hannah Haughn netted the winner at the 27 minute mark of the first half and Rossland native Thea Culley scored once as Team Canada erupted for four goals in the second half to cruise to a 5-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago to complete round-robin play Tuesday.

The Canadian side at 2-1, finished in second place in Pool A behind the Argentinians who wal-loped Guyana 22-0, and finished with a perfect 3-0 record. The Americans meanwhile went 3-0 in Pool B with a 6-1 victory over Uruguay in its final game of the round robin.

Culley is the veteran leader of the team with 96 Caps, and while she she has played with the national team for almost seven years now, she says it’s a decidedly different Canadian team with new coach Ian Rutledge at the helm.

“Ian definitely brings a different perspective,” said Culley in an email. “I think we learned a lot of the tactical basics from our previous coaching staff and now Ian is bringing a slightly new way to look at the game and it is fitting in very nicely. We are all learning a lot and it’s really exciting.”

The 40-year-old Australian coached the New Zealand team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and has the Canadian team’s long-term goals firmly fixed on a berth in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as well as a good finish when they host the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.

“Every competition and practice or training session is to prepare us for qualifying for Rio,”

said Culley. “Our short term goals are to estab-lish a performance standard and then to exceed it every game. We are focused on progression while still staying in the moment.”

Culley leads the Canadian team with three goals in the tournament, and while the 23rd world-ranked Canadians may be in tough against the 10th ranked U.S. squad and the number-two ranked Argentinians, the 27-year-old RSS grad is savouring the experience.

“I think for me, I’m entering the final years of my career and its really important for me to enjoy every moment,” added Culley. “I’m really trying to enjoy the day-to-day environment while continuing to be a student of the game. When I have the pre-game jitters I remind myself that I’m lucky to still get excited to represent my country.”

Canada won bronze in the 2001 and 2004 Pan Am Cup, while missing a medal in 2009. Argentina has won gold and the U.S. Silver in the past three Cups.

Team Canada will try to break that streak when they play the U.S.A tonight in the semifinal at 6:30 p.m. at the Mendocino Hockey Stadium. The final goes Saturday with the winner auto-matically qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in the Hague, Netherlands.

B Y T I M E S S T A F FThe Trail Winter Swim Club

(TWSC) landed a big one in the swimming world, as it named Bill Park as the club’s new coach earlier this month.

Park is a veritable giant in Canadian competitive swimming, a certified International Senior Level coach and a Chartered Profession Coach of Canada who has been coaching for over 35 years. His swimmers have gone on to compete in every Olympic and Paralympic Games since 1984, most notably two-time Olympic gold medalist Alex Baumann.

“Over the last four decades I continue to coach swimmers from grassroots to the international podium on decks world wide,” said Park in a release.

Park, a London, Ont. native, coached the Sault St. Marie Aquatic Club for 23 years before taking on a new challenge in Windsor four years ago.

His extensive experience and success at the national and inter-national level will be a definite benefit to Greater Trail swimmers.

“Coaching is life, an everyday occurrence which enables me to continue learning and teaching the skills so our athletes have the knowledge and belief there is noth-

ing they cannot do in the pool,” said Park. “They become positive role models for other youth and productive community contribu-tors.”

The TWSC selection board chose Park because of his personality, coaching qualifications, and past success with swimmers and clubs, said TWSC president Sharman Thomas.

“Bill and his partner Ev with their high energy level have been phenomenal almost doubling the team since starting at the begin-ning of September,“ added Thomas.

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Intercollegiate Hockey League’s Selkirk College Saints aren’t used to losing, much less back-to-back games, but it hap-pened over the week-end on a pre-season trip to Edmonton to face teams in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference.

Things started well Friday with a 3-2 vic-tory over Concordia University at the NAIT arena, which extended Selkirk’s exhibition winning streak to three games follow-ing a pair of wins the previous weekend at home against Keyano

College, which also competes in the ACAC.

But on Saturday, the Saints dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the defending league champion Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Then on Sunday, they fell 6-4 to Grant MacEwan University.

The trip saw Selkirk’s returning players face off against a pair of ex-teammates, as 2012/13 captain Jordan Wood and two-year blueliner Justin Sotkowy now play for NAIT and McEwan respectively.

The Saints have two more pre-season matches left, includ-

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On Saturday the two teams will play a re-match in Castlegar.

Selkirk, which last season set several records en route to a 21-3-0 record and league champion-ship, opens its regu-lar season October 4 at home against Eastern Washington University.

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The Trail Smoke Eaters are quickly gain-ing a reputa-

tion around the BCHL as Road Warriors after another successful trip this past weekend.

In the space of 48 ½ hours, the team trav-eled 2,010 kilometres, played two games in difficult away venues, and took four-of-four points from the Merritt Centennials and Prince George Spruce Kings

and to me, it was effective time manage-ment that spurred the Orange and Black to success.

The typical BCHL road trip involves arriving at the arena two hours before the scheduled opening faceoff. On Friday night (due more to traffic congestion in the Kelowna area than a lack of planning), the Smokies arrived in Merritt at 5:55 p.m., or 95 minutes before the 7:30 puck drop. They promptly beat the Centennials 3-2 in a gritty come-from-behind effort.

A night later in Prince George, the team went for a group walk on the outskirts of town to kill time, and ensure a timely 5:15 p.m. arrival for a 7 p.m. start. Again,

Trail won, this time 4-2 thanks in part to an otherworldly effort from Dustin Nikkel in goal.

Mental prepared-ness is an important, if not often talked-about facet of any success-ful game plan. And by arriving late at the arena, the Smokies had no choice but to get in gear and focus on the task at hand. And on both nights, Trail came out of the gate skating, hitting, and, in Prince George, scoring.

The same goes for me too. Even though I enjoy getting to the arena well in advance of showtime (some-times three hours), I find being pressured by time forces me to get to work with pre-game prep and avoid lolly-gagging around the concourse, speak-ing to fans and rink staff, or sampling local arena delicacies (if we’re keeping score, the pizza in Chilliwack is to die for).

This weekend, the trick for the Smokies is to translate their early away success to Cominco Arena, a task that becomes even more important given seven of Trail’s next nine games are at home (beginning tomorrow against Cowichan Valley).

I’m sure the coach-ing staff has ideas up their sleeves (I’ve even heard one rumour of the team meeting out-side of town tomor-row and bussing to the arena together to rep-licate the away experi-ence), but one thing I know everyone in the Smokies dressing room is counting on some passion and sup-port from the stands.

I’m confident Trail has gotten past the bump in the road that was the three-game opening home-stand. It wasn’t pretty by any stretch, but the loss-es to Penticton and Merritt were proof that a lack of mental tough-ness can result in a lack of success on the scoreboard.

With mental pre-paredness comes the ability to battle for one another, and to recover from adversity; Trail has been outshot, and has given up the first goal of the game in five of seven outings this season but sit in third place in the Interior division going into the weekend.

As always, the onus is on the team to match the intensity we saw on the road, but having that experience fresh in the Smokies’ col-lective memory can’t hurt.

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“This profession is fun and challenging,” added Park. “It’s great to work with such talented youth in the world swimming community and in the Home of Champions.”

Park encourages young people to not only be their best but to enjoy the sport and stay active for life. His

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“Swimmers from Nelson and Castlegar saw the results from the TWSC and have now joined the club because of the swim-mers, team atmos-phere, and level of coaching provided,” said Thomas.

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possible to make his sister like me, but I can’t keep competing with the ex. It’s causing a strain between Zach and his sister. I don’t have issues with any-one else in his family. What can I do to get the ex out of the pic-ture permanently? -- The Current Woman in His Life

Dear Current: Zach’s sister is doing this for one of two reasons: Either she likes getting your goat, in which case, your response is very gratifying for her. Or, she doesn’t want you to dictate who her friends can be. Either way, your response should be the same: Ignore it. If her main

purpose is to annoy you, she will become bored with the tactic when she sees it has no effect. And if she is truly friends with this woman, the relation-ship is not your busi-ness. The added benefit of ignoring it is that Zach will be grateful. You already have his total support, and that is what counts.

Dear Annie: I recently bought my first smartphone and have yet to figure out the proper etiquette for using it in public. I was taught that it is rude to answer one’s phone when in the midst of a conversation. I believe this also goes for tex-ting or using apps. I try to avoid using my phone while at social events. If I have to make a call or respond to a message, I excuse myself to another room.

Lately, I have noticed people using their phones in all types of situations that I would consider inappropri-

ate. Are these people just oblivious to the standards of respect that should be shown to others, or have the standards changed?

Is there a good set of rules to follow when using my smartphone in public? Also, how can I politely let people know that their phone use is making me feel ignored? -- Confused College Kid

Dear College Kid: May we clone you? Basic phone etiquette says that you do not take a call when you are with someone else. Letting it disturb your conversation indicates that the call is more important than the person you are with. If it is an emergency, excuse yourself and call back. Try not to speak too loudly. Every per-son around shouldn’t be privy to your con-versation. (It is also a safety issue in case you are giving out per-sonal information.) If someone ignores you to answer a call or play

Angry Birds, ask them nicely to please put their phone away. If they still cannot focus their attention on you, say, “I can see that you are busy. I’ll talk to you later.”

Dear Annie: This is for “Torn Grandma,” who babysits for her

granddaughter who may be allergic to Grandma’s dog.

Perhaps Grandma could watch her grand-daughter in the child’s home or in a dog-free room that has an air fil-ter running daily. The child should be tested to be sure it’s the dog

that is truly the cause of her reaction. -- Your Local Veterinarian

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to [email protected].

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Olivia Weeks is very excited to announce the birth of her baby brother Louis Isaac Weeks born August 2, 2013 weighing 8lbs, 7oz.Proud parents are Barry Weeks and Kelly Thomas of Warfield, BC. A new grandson for Ada Warner of Genelle, Harold and Mary Ann Jangula of Ontario and Penny Lundmark of Courtenay, BC

A very special thank you to Dr. Trudy Toews, Dr. Knox and the nurses at the KBRH maternity ward

for all their wonderful care.

Brentt Balog and Jennifer Weeks are pleased to

announce the birth of their son

Liam Charles Balog He was born July 16th, 2013, weighing 7 lbs and 12 oz. We would also like to thank the doctors and

nurses at KBRH. Also thank you mom

and Gerianne Hanik for being there.

Come celebrateBea

Borsato’s 90th BirthdaySunday, Sept 29

at the Warfi eld Hall

from 2 till 4pmNo gifts please, best wishes only

Thanks to Dr. Behrens, Dr. McCoid, Diane Menalaws, Laura Delaforest, CVL - all nurses & staff and home care staff and

nursing, Dad enjoyed you all. You brightened his days.Thanks also to Shoppers Drug Mart staff, you went above and beyond. Sam, Linda and residents of Jubilee Manor,

Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services for your endless help. Father Neil Elliot for your touching service, friends and

family for support, phone calls, food & baking, condolences, gifts, the lighthouse - a symbol of Dad,

Nicole and Ben for your special gift to Grandpa.

All of this was a special tribute to Dad. We, the family of

Charlie Roberts sincerely thank you.

Brenda DanchukTannis and Danny Cuthbert

and families

Castelgar DivisionIMMEDIATE OPENING

TICKETED “B” Welders, Electricians, and Millwrights

International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is a leading global supplier, with one of the most diverse lines of lumber products in the world. The company has operations across North America and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com.

Interfor is looking for ticketed “B” Welder with Millwriting experience, Planer Tech 1, electricians, and millwrights to join our lumber manufacturing facility in Castlegar, BC.

The skilled individuals must be self motivated, able to work on their own, and in a team environment. Applicants must be fl exible with shift scheduling and trade lines.

Interfor off ers a competitive wage and benefi ts package as outlined in the USW Southern Interior Master Agreement.

Interested candidates are invited to submit resumes by Oct 8, 2013 to Interfor’sfront offi ce in Castlegar.

Candidates can also submit their resume by mail, fax, or email to:PO Box 3728, Castlegar BC, V1N 3W4Fax: (604) 422-3252 or email: [email protected]

We thank all applicants in advance, however, only thoseselected for an interview will be contacted.

Invest your future with oneof the world’s largest lumber companies

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Community CoronerOpportunity

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Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires Class 1 Drivers for the Castlegararea. Applicants should have LTL & P&D driving experi-ence and must be familiar w/the West Kootenay region.

We Offer AboveAverage Rates!

To join our team of professional drivers please drop off a resume and cur-rent drivers abstract to Ashley at our Castlegar ter-minal:

1360 Forest RoadCastlgar, BC V1N 3Y5

For more info, please call,250-365-2515

Van-Kam is committed to employment equity and environmental responsibility.We thank all applicants for your interest!

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Jack McConnachie250-368-5222

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Saturday, Sept 28 12-2pm1472 Kootenay Ave, Rossland $327,000A true gem in Lower Rossland. 3 bedroom 2 bath on triple

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948 Warren Lane, Trail $189,900

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Beaver Falls $299,500Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

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Warfi eld $138,500Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

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Montrose $495,000Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

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Trail $269,000Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Trail $221,000 Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Fruitvale $224,000Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Trail $50,000Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

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Rossland Marie Claude 250-512-1153

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Montrose $309,000 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

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GenelleRoute 302 8 papers 12th & 15th AveRoute 303 15 papers 12th Ave, 2nd St, GrandviewRoute 304 13 papers 12th & 14th AveRoute 307 21 papers 16th & 17th Ave, Smith Cres, Tamara Cres

SunningdaleRoute 211 27 papers Hazelwood Dr, Oliva Cres, Viola Cres Route 218 10 papers Glen Dr, Hermia CresRoute 219 15 papers Hazelwood Dr

West TrailRoute 142 22 papers Railway Lane, Rossland AveRoute 149 7 papers Binns St, McAnally St, Kitchener Ave

WarfieldRoute 195 12 papers Blake Crt, Whitman WayRoute 202 14 papers Forrest Dr, Laurier DrRoute 208 12 papers Calder Rd, Schofield Hwy

MontroseRoute 342 8 papers 3rd St & 7th Ave Route 348 19 papers 12th Ave, Christie RdRoute 343 25 papers 8th, 9th & 10th AveRoute 340 28 papers 7th, 8th, & 10th StRoute 346 27 papers 8th, 9th & 10th Ave

RivervaleRoute 300 35 papers 1st, 2nd, 3rd Ave

FruitvaleRoute 365 23 papers Laurier Ave, Main StRoute 366 18 papers Beaver St, Maple AveRoute 375 12 papers Green Rd & Lodden RdRoute 378 22 papers Martin St, Old Salmo RdRoute 379 18 papers Cole St, Nelson AveRoute 380 23 papers Galloway Rd, Mill RdRoute 381 7 papers Coughlin RdRoute 382 7 papers Debruin Rd & Staats RdRoute 384 19 papers Cedar Ave, Kootenay

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2007 Volvo XC70 for sale.Fully loaded, with DVDentertainment package

included. One owner. Black exterior & interior. 2.5 Lturbo charged. Excellent condition. High kms at 210,000, but most are

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2002 FORD F150 4X4 withcanopy, 257,000kms. totally serviced records available,newer tires, new battery. $3,400. obo. 250-368-8150

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We are working under the same hood you choose not to. Some

customers introduce them-selves to us in the following manner. “I used to work on my own car but now I just open the hood and I do not know where to start.”

Under the hood is def-initely a foreign place to many. In fact I think there are more people than ever that don’t even bother with lifting the hood. As vehicle service intervals have grown though this reluctance could become a serious problem.

There are very few gas stations that have service people that can perform the required underhood maintenance for you. Oil level, coolant level, power steering fluid level, auto-matic transmission fluid level, windshield washer fluid level, brake fluid level in many vehicles are still checks that are required. Some are required at each fuel stop while others are typically once a month.

The most important check; the oil level is more important than ever. I have harped on this before but

when your oil change interval has you driv-ing over 6 thou-sand kilometres to 8, 12, or even 16 thousand it is very unlikely that you will go that far without need-ing an oil top up. We are changing oil on a lot of vehicles that are down at least two litres of oil. This is very hard on your engine.

There are some fancy vehicles out there that have sensors for almost every fluid level. You may think this makes lifting the hood redundant but it never hurts if you know what you are looking at to lift the hood.

If you choose not to lift your hood on your own I would suggest dropping by your maintenance and repair professional to have your oil checked and any other routine maintenance performed.

When you do bring your vehicle to your mechanic for routine maintenance, regular service, repairs or diagnosis and repair be

sympathetic to his/her plight. That hood you do not lift is more challen-ging than ever to work under.

The first i m p r e s s i o n (there is not much space to get to things) is a good first i m p r e s s i o n . Many seem-ingly simple tasks are only simple if you

have the right tools, the right service information, nerves of steel (for releasing those plastic clips that may self destruct), and the time to do the job properly.

When it comes to diag-nosing problems and replacing parts both of these procedures require more talent than ever. The time to remove many parts is much longer than in the past. Accurate diagnosis is a must.

Yes, your mechanic is armed with computerized diagnostic equipment and a truckload of tools but none of these things are magic. He/she had to learn to use

all these tools and under-stand how the many sys-tems function.

These systems are changing constantly. A bat-tery that once was under the hood, moved to the trunk and now is under the driv-ers seat. When replaced it requires a registration pro-cess. The computer control system needs to know when a new battery is installed and what type of battery it is. That way the char-ging system will charge it properly. A radio anti theft code will need to be entered. Some electronic compon-ents will require initializa-tion like power windows, sunroofs, or convertible tops. The air bag system may need resetting. The list goes on.

These jobs are no long-er simple. They take more time. They take more skill to be performed prop-erly. Hey, didn’t even lift the hood. Removed the air conditioned driver’s seat though. Piece of cake! Not!

Trail’s Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive techni-cian and graduate of mech-anical engineering from UBC. E-mail: [email protected]

ron nutini

Mechanically speaking

Under the hood can be a mysterious place


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evaluation today!Call Art

(250) 368-8818

1430 - 5th Avenue, Trail $134,900

3 bdrm home in East Trail. Quick possession available, great open fl oor

plan, super price. Call for your viewing! Call Mark (250) 231-5591

NEW PRICE

30 Skands Rd, Christina Lake $339,000

Impeccably maintained inside and out. 3/4 acre lot near Kingsley Beach. Open

fl oor plan 3 bdrm with large covered deck. High quality appliances. Heat pump

is only 1 1/2 yrs. old. Attached garage plus 24’ x 32’ detached workshop.

Call Terry (250) 442-6777

NEW PRICE

Terry Mooney Cell: [email protected]

1887 Spokane Street, Rossland $199,000

This home has had many upgrades including new fl ooring, windows,

bathroom, paint and front porch. Newer gas furnace and roof. Lots of privacy

on this, .13 acre lot with plenty of trees surrounding it and a large wood deck.

Call your REALTOR® today.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1952 McLeod Avenue, Rossland $310,000

Immaculate 3 bdrm, 2 bath home with many upgrades including a bathroom

with a walk in tile shower, heated fl oors and sleek lines. Fully fi nished rec room, workshop, and private fenced yard. This home has used every square inch wisely to make the fl ow and space feel much

bigger than it is.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

16A Redstone Drive, Rossland $395,000includes GST

Currently under construction. This spacious contemporary style 3 bdrm home has lots to offer to the active

family. Featuring an open fl oor plan with spacious covered front deck and amazing

views!Call Richard (250) 368-7897

1824 Wilmes Lane, Trail

$174,000New older home that has been totally updated 3 yrs. ago - fantastic views of

the river - rental suite in basement - you need to see this home - great value here!

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

CASTLEGAR CORNER

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

2304 - 11th Avenue, Castlegar $225,000

3 bdrm Kinnaird home with mountain views. Featuring bright and functional

kitchen, covered sundeck, easy maintenance yard, and carport.

See it today!

1002 – 8th Street, Castlegar $229,000

Great family home in central location! 4 bdrms/3 baths, master bedroom with

ensuite, new laminate fl ooring. Huge wrap-around sundeck, yard with a

private patio area, several fruit trees and a garden. A double garage & room to

park an RV. See it today!

83 Walnut Avenue, Fruitvale $340,000

Ultimate family home with large yard and covered deck. Home has new roof, windows, doors, fl ooring and bathroom.

Call today for your personal viewing!Call Terry 250-231-1101

1922 Meadowlark Drive, Fruitvale

$279,0005 bdrms & 2.5 baths. This wonderful family home features many recent upgrades. The large back deck is great for entertaining right off the

newly updated kitchen. Family friendly neighborhood and just minutes to

downtown Fruitvale.Call Jodi 250-231-2331

840 Forrest Drive, Warfi eld $285,000

5 beds, 2.5 baths. This home is sure to please with its great Warfi eld location and beautiful fenced yard with a deck. Features a large two car car-port and

daylight basement with plenty of space for your family.

Call Jodi 250-231-2331

1739 First Street, Fruitvale $239,000

This spacious family home has excellent fl ow and a convenient location close to all amenities. Enjoy the large foyer,

master bed with full ensuite, 3 bdrms on the main, large windows, huge family room and covered parking for 2 cars. This is and excellent value! Call your

REALTOR® now for your private viewing! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

602 French Street, Warfi eld $242,000

Immaculate home on a very large landscaped lot in Warfi eld! This 3 bdrm, 2 bath home offers plenty of parking, space from your neighbors several

outdoor living spaces, and awesome hobby room or shop area. All of this is

close to all amenities including a Village park for this kids! Call now!!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

441 Whitman Way, Warfi eld $575,000

This Emerald Ridge home is beautifully planned and fi nished. The home offers a great fl oor plan, deluxe kitchen and fabulous hobby room. There is lots of custom woodwork and you will surely appreciate the high quality fi nishings.

You must see this home to appreciate all it has to offer! Call now.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

2266 - 6th Avenue, Trail $164,900

4 bdrm home on a quiet street! Home offers good sized kitchen, large shop (20 x 22), low maintenance exterior and fl at fenced lot. Quick possession possible.

Call today!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

2302 Happy Valley Rd, Rossland $999,000

Stunning home and property! Located on over 6 acres of prime land, this meticulously designed and built home offers mature landscaping, open, sunny fl oor plan and views from every window. Inground

swimming pool, 6 stall barn, the list goes on. Call today!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

Ron & Darlene Your Local Home Team

810 Kipling Street, Warfi eld $154,500

Great opportunity to own in Warfi eld. Really nice lot and solid house ready for

your personal upgrades. Come see!

1648 Columbia Avenue, Trail $154,000

Cute as a button, overlooking Columbia River. 2 bdrms updated mechanically, new bthrm, kitchen. Great starter pkg.

Ron 368-1162 Darlene 231-0527

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