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Timothy Schafer photoJamie Austin drills into a granite block on Columbia Avenue in front of the Rossland Library to make holes to secure a bench seat. Along with Rob MacDonald, the two were � nishing off seven benches on the main street, and broke two bits on the stubborn granite.

French program gains needed enrolment

Late French Immersion is a go for the city of Rossland.

A second push to garner enough students for the program—slated for the former Rossland Secondary School building—received more than enough response from the community to guarantee the city will begin hosting the program in fall.

SD20 director of instruction, Bill Ford, said the deadline for registra-tion extension revealed 16 more applicants—13 from Rossland, two from Trail and one from Fruitvale.

The program had been stalled at 17 applicants—with the bulk of reg-istrants coming from Rossland—for several weeks and needed only eight more students or the fledgling program was in danger of not being realized.

As a result, the deadline for reg-istration in the program—for cur-rent Grade 5 students—for next year had been extended to last Thursday. To sweeten the pot and entice in extra students, the district offered the program to current Grade 6 students in the region, cre-ating a combined program for the coming school year.

It did the trick, said Ford.“For people on the ground, the

good news is it’s a go,” he said. “Now the challenge will be, to be quite honest, is sustaining it. Next year we’ll be looking for a good cohort of kids moving into Grade 6

to take the program.”The school district held a lottery

last Friday with the 16 new regis-trants, and three students were placed on the waiting list. Class size is capped at 30. As the program is new to the south end of the district, the board indicated that a mini-mum of 25 students needed to be enrolled in the program for it to proceed.

Now there needs to be resources purchased for the new program, said Ford.

“But it doesn’t cost the district anything because we get Late Immersion Funding from the fed-eral government,” he said, with money getting funnelled through the province.

One staffing position will be cre-ated.

Registration for next year begins in spring.

Of the current Grade 5 students registered for the program, 16 are from Rossland, one is from Fruitvale but there are none from Trail, Warfield or Montrose.

Late French Immersion is avail-able for students who are presently enrolled in a School District 20 school and are in Grade 5, and now Grade 6 for the combined program in Rossland.

The Late French Immersion pro-gram provides students with an education equivalent to that which is available in the English language program.

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New cash for SD20 no reprieve for Rossland

Projected school district deficits for the next two years will be wiped out with an injection of new cash

from the province.But the new money—around $116

per student—from the Ministry of Education (MOE) won’t be enough to salvage the three senior grades being airlifted out of Rossland in

September, said the district’s board chair, Darrell Ganzert. He said the new money will stop the bleeding that has been going on, but won’t resurrect the lost grades of Rossland.

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Rossland’s reputation as a family-friendly com-munity was reinforced by the release of the “snap-shot” of crime statistics for 2012.

RCMP staff sergeant Rob Hawton of the Trail and District detachment—which also serves Rossland— presented the year that was in crime under several categories.

Anecdotally, Rossland is pretty nice, he said.

“I’ve been around the province, I’ve been doing this for over 30 years, and with numbers like these you are looking at a pretty good area,” he said.

Councillor Jill Spearn said one of the latest sur-veys done offered a top comment of Rossland being a safe community,

Crime stats paint city in family-friendly light

and that’s why it is a fami-ly-friendly community.

“Hopefully our statistics will remain low,” she said. “That is favourable to any community when people are looking to perhaps come and move here.”

There is no RCMP sta-tion in the city anymore. Police do patrol the com-munity, and answer calls for service.

Hawton felt the police presence in the city has

increased in the last year after the institution of 24/7 policing. He said police are able to come up to the city at night and patrol.

“And that’s when crime usually happens, at night,” Hawton said.

Through the Trail Crime Reduction Unit, police have identified some repeat perpetrators and, subsequently, have taken a more “proactive” approach, he said.

“Very few people com-mit a vast majority of the crimes,” Hawton said. “So we are trying to target them right off the bat beforehand.”

According to the snap-shot of the crime statistics there were no murders in 2011 or 2012, but there were two sexual assaults record-ed in both 2011 and 2012.

Assaults (excluding sex-ual assaults) were also the same in 2012 as it was in

2011 at eight.Break and enters

decreased by 50 per cent to four, while attempted break and enters’ increased from zero to one.

Theft of motor vehi-cles doubled, from one to two in 2012. Theft, mischief and posses-sion of stolen property decreased in 2012, from 43 to 36 incidenc-es.

Drug offences rose slightly from seven to eight cases.

The total reportable property damage acci-dents to vehicles in 2012 decreased to 11 from 18 in 2011. Motor Vehicle Act (immedi-ate roadside prohibi-tions) dropped in 2012 to three from five in [email protected]

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Rossland exceeds 2013 Heart Month fundraise goal

Heart disease and stroke takes the life of one Canadian every seven minutes.

But thanks to Mary Ann Davies and a record number of new volunteers in Rossland, the Heart and Stroke Foundation will continue to fund leading heart and stroke research that saves lives.

“For years Mary Ann Davies has been our number one volunteer in Rossland, she is always the one to make sure Rossland gets covered, but this year she finally had some help,” explained Nancy Liknes, the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Kootenay area coordinator.

“It was so wonderful to see so many other volunteers stepping up to help her.”

This year a total of $8,415.12 was raised locally by just 14 people. That is 119 per cent of the 2013 fundraising goal, said Liknes. “Thank you to the volunteers who braved the winter weather to canvass, and to the commu-nity who gave so generously at the door. Thank you to all those who gave online at heartandstroke.ca.”

Local establishments are being asked to take a bite out of the Taste of the Kootenays.

The Rossland Chamber of Commerce is looking for local restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, bakeries and retailers of food in the city to join in the centre piece of the local hospitality industry and showcase their culinary creations.

Held on Saturday, May 25 (5-9 p.m.) at the Prestige Mountain Resort, the Taste of the Kootenays is a virtual buf-fet of the best in locally made food and drink from the Golden City and across the region.

Staged in the Ross Thompson Ballroom and Kirkup Room at the Prestige, vendors set up tables and sell food (tapas, amuse-bouche, small bites) to guests who purchase tokens (for $2 each). Seventy per cent of each token is paid back to vendors following the event.

Vendors charge an amount equal-ling the piece of food they are sam-pling, but it’s up to them to decide what to bring, to sell and sample.

“The purpose of these small bites are to allow guest to move through the room and patio and sample as many foods and beverages as possible,” said Rossland chamber executive director Renee Clark. “There will be some lim-ited seating available, but we want

people to walk, mingle, sample and taste.”

The event will have some live music and there will be some door prizes, as well as some of the region’s favourite wines and beer. The goal for those attending will be to see what they may be missing from the culinary scene, while the goal for vendors is as a mar-keting tool, to showcase new menu items, feature winter menus, new prod-ucts or to showcase their chef’s talents.

Rossland businesses participating in the event must be members of The Rossland Chamber of Commerce. Memberships will be prorated until the end of the year.

Menus must be planned in advance and submitted to the chamber of com-merce by May 17 to ensure menus can be printed and there are no repetitive items at the event.

The $50 registration fee includes the table, power, water, some ice on site, limited refrigeration, unloading and set up volunteers, as well as on site volun-teers to help at the table through event.

Those interested in joining in can email ([email protected]), fax (250-362-5399) or call (250-362-5666) Renee Clark at the Rossland Chamber to register a table at by May 17.

A Tasters Choice award will be voted on by the public, with the winner receiving a gold chamber membership for 2012 ($195 value).

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Submitted photoMary Ann Davies, left, sharing a joke with a Heart and Stroke Foundation leader in Montrose.

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Council rejects Rossland-wide designPresentation of a

new brand for the City of Rossland couldn’t wrangle council into accepting it.

City council strayed from the herd in the Rossland-wide brand-ing project when it decided to not accept a new watermark for the corporate identity of the City of Rossland.

The other parties in the project—including Tourism Rossland, the Rossland Chamber of Commerce and the Rossland Public L i b r a r y — h a d approved the designs as presented.

But several council-ors had a problem with the appearance of the design, and the fact they were not given any other options to choose from. Council was only presented with the final design at their regular meeting April 22, and no drafts of any kind before this, said councilor Jill

Timothy Schafer photoAn entrance way sign on the outskirts of Rossland.


Spearn.“Shouldn’t we have

had some input to this? Absolutely,” she said. “Now we are caught between a rock and a hard place, mak-ing a decision that is not favourable tonight.”

Councilor Jody Blomme, who also sits on the chamber of commerce board, said

question of the week

Did School District 20 board of trustees make the right decision in choosing not to continue negotia-

tions with the City of Rossland over funding K-12 education in the city?

Over two weeks ago the board of School District 20 chose not to accept a grant-in-aid offer from the City of Rossland to help keep kindergarten to Grade 12 education in the city then closed further negotiations on the issue, citing a lack of understanding of the process.

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council needed to be presented with more than one choice.

“At the chamber of commerce we had sev-eral options,” she said, noting around four versions, in two differ-ent sets, as well as some colour tweaks, had come to the cham-ber board for input.

The style of the brand was made to match the new sign the city had placed at its entranceways.

That entranceway design was decided upon through a public process, said Blomme.

It did have a lot of involvement and was “sitting in the back-ground” before it came out. At its Feb. 12 meeting council had passed a motion to move forward with the City’s individual branding project using the grant money pro-vided by Tourism Rossland from Kootenay Rockies Tourism Community Opportunities Fund.

The board of Tourism Rossland felt that the continued consistency of look, feel and colours was to

“everyone’s advan-tage.”

The new wordmark was slated for all City of Rossland materials (website, letterhead, email signatures, busi-ness cards and truck stickers).

The motion to accept the design was defeated. In its stead, council approved a motion that it be pre-sented with alternative designs in the word-mark [email protected]

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Wind storm snuffs power to city

Strong winds blew through Rossland Monday morning and snuffed out power to over 1,200 customers with Fortis BC for around two hours.

Corporate communications advisor with the company, Neal Pobran, said a tree was toppled by the mid morning winds that picked up speed as a weather system came down from the mountain, and fell over into the waiting lines of power

coming into the city.What started as rain turned to

sleet and then into snow as the winds grew in strength Monday morning.

The snow continued throughout the day, as did the winds, but a Fortis crew—that first removed the offending plant—had the power restored by 11 a.m. to over 1,200 customers in Rossland.

“It’s unfortunate when you get some heavy weather and heavy winds that trees come into contact with power lines,” Pobran said.


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The provincial election has yet to inspire local voters, largely owing to the fact many of the “issues” being

bandied about so far are not relevant to people living in Rossland, but are instead concentric to the Lower Mainland.

The B.C. Election playoffs in no way differ from the rest of the regular season in politics, when the eye of Victoria weak-ens as it tries to look past the Lower Mainland to the rest of the province.

But with four candidates in the local riding descending on Rossland early next week, the election will be put on the front burner, and it will be a chance to see if those of the four who take the stage at the Miners’ Union Hall (7 p.m., Wednesday, May 8) have what it takes to strengthen the eyesight of Victoria.

It is almost a cliché to say this is your chance to test the mettle of your potential MLA with some pointed questions, but instead is more an opportunity to stand up and give whomever is chosen on May 14 for the area notice on what matters to Rosslanders and the geographically far flung entity of Kootenay West.

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French Immersion: Everything to gain, nothing to loseTo the Editor:Re: Deadline nears on French Immersion

program, April 23French Immersion is a highly success-

ful made-in-Canada educational pro-gram that allows non-Francophones the opportunity to learn and study in French.

The program began over 30 years ago at the demand of parents, and has con-tinued to garner support since: the 2012-2013 school year marked French Immersion’s 15th consecutive year of enrolment growth in B.C. Parents in Salmon Arm, Nanaimo, New Westminster, and Coquitlam, for exam-ple, have camped out in front of school district offices overnight just to get their children registered in the phenomenally popular French Immersion program.

We believe French immersion pro-grams are popular because they are widely recognized by parents as pro-viding young students with the tools and experiences that will enrich their lives and help them prepare for the future.

Studies have shown that it is easier and more natural for a child to learn a second language at an early age. This is only logical, given that this is also when they absorb and learn their first lan-guage.

In learning French, students develop a lifelong ability to communicate with a broader scope of people as well as a more global view of Canada and the world.

Research has shown that learning French as a second language helps chil-dren increase their cognitive abilities to understand complex concepts, strength-en problem solving skills, and develop listening skills, focus, and concentration.

Knowledge of a second language also provides a competitive advantage in the workforce by opening up a larger pool of information, additional job opportunities and a wider networking potential.

According to the 2011 Federal Census, Official-language bilinguals all across Canada, regardless of mother tongue, have an employment rate higher than the national average, and an unemploy-ment rate of four per cent, which is well under the national average of 7.7 per cent. Official-language bilinguals also earn, on average, 10 per cent more than their monolingual counterparts.

Learning both of Canada’s official lan-guages allows for not only communica-tion, but understanding in an ever-shrinking world community.

Families in the Greater Trail area cur-

rently have an opportunity to register in the Late French immersion at Rossland Secondary. This is an opportunity many families across British Columbia would envy.

I encourage all families in the Greater Trail area to give the Late French immer-

sion program a good hard look. It’s a program that has opened up a world of possibilities for youth, including my own.

Debra Pool, VernonPresident, Canadian Parents for

French – B.C. & Yukon Branch

election comment

To the Editor:Just under 300,000 acres of southern BC’s four fertile valleys were destroyed by

the Columbia River Treaty (1966-2024) which provides water storage for the U.S.—water to power their dams, their industry, and above all, their farms.

Remuneration from the U.S. to B.C. has averaged $40 million per year for the past 48 years. The U.S. announced this spring that this remuneration will be reduced by 90 per cent to just 10 per cent by 2024.

The losses to B.C. include a 92 per cent collapse of a sustainable inland fishery, the destruction of some of B.C.’s finest forest, recreation, small industry and agri-cultural areas (completely wiping out agriculture in the Arrow Valley which was formerly the third most productive valley in BC and further increasing our depen-dency for food from the US) while entire species of aquatic, avian and terrestrial wildlife have been extirpated or severely reduced in numbers.

Free-flowing rivers and lakes have been transformed into sterile industrial res-ervoirs, and former vibrant, lush ecosystems were rendered non-functional and broken. With none of the powerful legislation protecting riparian ecosystems that are in place in the U.S., the Columbia River Treaty has been the largest man-made environmental disaster in B.C.’s history.

Even more serious, the North American Free Trade Agreement (written by the U.S. for the U.S.) is poised to permanently confer sovereignty over B.C.’s water to the U.S. With the U.S. facing rapidly diminishing water supplies (both from reduced precipitation and the decommissioning of more than 450 of their own dams—eight per year—as restoring ecosystems becomes a priority) combined with an increas-ing population, the riding of Kootenay West is in an uniquely critical situation. How very much greater the U.S. need for water will be in 2024, the date when the first changes to the treaty in 60 years will be permitted.

It must be understood that there was no requirement for a treaty to provide BC with flood control of hydro generation. The treaty was devised by the US solely to permit immense water storage in B.C. for U.S. benefit—benefit amounting to bil-lions of dollars.

The BC dams will continue to generate hydro power for residents and export. The Columbia Basin Trust and its power arm, Columbia Power Corporation, will also be unaffected. Flood control will likewise continue. Termination of the treaty means that from September 2024 onwards, BC will for the first time in 60 years be able to manage the Canadian portion of the Columbia River for the benefit of B.C. and not the U.S.

There are certain rare times in history when only an independent MLA who is not bound by party dogma can do the impossible. Which is why Joseph Hughes has turned down requests by the mainstream parties to join them.

But Hughes is not a one-issue candidate. He will fight for employment oppor-tunities, the balancing of a vibrant economy with the needs of the environment, health, education, the rights and well-being of our seniors, for the “no fee opt out” provision on smart meters, the restoration of B.C.’s parks system and support for B.C. agriculture among many other issues.

He is an opponent of frakking and the Jumbo resort where, as with the Columbia River Treaty, democracy was completely taken away from the people most affected. But because the 10 year advance notice for the decision on the Treaty is imminent (September, 2014), Hughes is focusing on this. He is a passion-ate defender of true democracy.

Submitted by the committee supporting Joseph Hughes’ independent candidacy.

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The difference is the Late French Immersion Program provides opportunities for stu-dents to acquire a high level of proficiency in French.

In the first two years of the Late French Immersion pro-gram, French will be used to

deliver the instructional pro-gram for 80 per cent of the time, while English will be used for 20 per cent.

Students will remain as a group for four years in Rossland, being transferred to Castlegar’s Stanley Humphries

Secondary School for grades 10 to 12. Rossland had room to host the program now that the soon-to-be former Rossland Secondary School building will be a kindergarten to Grade 9 facility in the fall.

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“We made really tough decisions to balance our budget, and then balance it into the future,” he said. “No, it really wouldn’t make any difference at all (in those grades coming back).”

Ganzert said the district would still be $140,000 short of its budget if the three grades came back, the amount the City of Rossland offered up recently, but with conditions.

Those conditions were the hurdles the board of trustees for the district could not accept. Ganzert said he offered to meet with Rossland City council to explain what was wrong with their initial offer. As of yet the City has not taken him up on it, Ganzert noted.

“If they do, then we can explain what the issues are and then they might be able to see another way of offering money that would satisfy, somehow, but I can’t guarantee that,” he stated.

The new money removes the school district from funding protection, said Ganzert, and ensures it won’t have to

remove any more money from the bud-get, meaning no more deep cuts.

“This coming school year appears to be the last time we will have to make these major cuts,” he said. “It seems we have been looking behind at deficit after deficit. Now we can look forward and start planning.”

The Ministry of Education announced the new money in mid March.

The estimated MOE operating grant total for SD20 for the 13/14 year remains relatively the same $34,946,471, said SD20 secretary treasurer, Natalie Verigin, instead of dropping over the next two years as predicted.

The total amount has only changed slightly due to the continued supple-ment targeted grant called B.C. Education Plan.

The Ministry increased the unit funding per pupil and the resulting funding protection supplement has been decreased substantially. Although this does not impact the district in the

13/14 budget it does impact budgets for future years, said Verigin.

The increase in funding per pupil, full time equivalent is $116, making the total $6,900 per full time equivalent student.

Prior to this funding change the board was facing future funding short-falls—due to the ministry’s decision of phasing out the funding protection supplement—of around $500,000 for the 14/15 year and, again, another $500,000 in the 15/16 year.

This anticipated shortfall in funding, said Verigin, would have made the 14/15 and 15/16 budget processes dif-ficult.

Now, because the funding protec-tion supplement funding amount for 13/14 is $70,585, the 14/15 year budget is only affected by a potential loss of funding in the amount of $70,585 (rath-er than the estimated $500,000).

“This is the good news for the dis-trict,” she said.

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City of Rossland public works staff will be picking up organic material starting May 6.

Please refer to the schedule below for area and dates: Redstone: May 6-10 South of Columbia: May 6-10 Pinewood: May 13-17 North of Columbia: May 13-17 Blackbear Area: May 13-17

City staff will be driving by each residence once during those times. People are asked to ensure all items are on the boulevard by 7 a.m. starting the week of the pick up.

Any items placed on boulevard after City crews have passed by a residence will not be picked up.

Tree trimmings must be under 10 centimetres in diameter and three metres length. Piles can be no larger than 1.2 metres in diameter and limit to a maximum of three piles per home.

People are asked to bundle trimmings using rope that is strong enough to lift branches and place on an unmaintained boulevard so a loader will be able to easily access the pile.

For yard waste, leaves and grass clippings can be placed in a pile on an unmaintained bou-levard or be placed in clear plastic bags not weighing more than nine kilograms (20 pounds). Absolutely no tree trimmings, dirt, sod, rocks are to be placed into bags, and any overweight bags will be left on the boulevard.

For gravel and sand, people are asked to rake gravel and sand onto asphalt surface (do not make piles). Once pick-up in an area is com-pleted, the City will send the sweeper around to clean the street in the weeks following.

For more information, contact public works at 362-2328.

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The Kootenay Energy Diet (KED) will launch to residents in the Greater Trail area this June, including a stop in Rossland on June 12 at the Miners’ Union Hall.

The KED is a program

based on the 2012 success of the Rossland Energy Diet pilot project, and is meant to promote and encourage energy efficiency and con-servation to homeowners through out the region.

“The Kootenay Energy Diet is a concept on a region-al scale to help our custom-

ers reduce energy consump-tion, save money and be more comfortable in their homes,” said Patricia Dehnel, program manager, PowerSense Fortis BC.

Dehnel explained, that by signing up and having a $60 home energy-audit assess-ment, residents will have

access to up to $4,000 in rebates, once the recom-mended improvements have been completed.

KED kicks off in Trail on June 11 and in Rossland at the Miners Hall on June 12.

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Vote by Mail You can ask for a Vote by Mail package from your district electoral office or through the Elections BC website at elections.bc.ca

Vote at advance voting Voters can attend any advance voting location in the province from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (local time), Wednesday, May 8 through Saturday, May 11. All advance voting locations are wheelchair accessible.

Vote on General Voting Day Voters can attend any general voting location in the province from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Pacific time), Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

Identification Rules for VotingVoters must prove their identity and current residential address to get a ballot or register to vote at the time of voting. Any one of the following pieces of identification is acceptable:

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The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Kootenay West for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Kootenay West Electoral DistrictCandidate’s Name: Financial Agent: Official Agent:

Glen Curtis ByleIndependent

Glen Byle2047 Seventh Ave, Trail, BC, V1R 3C4

Katrine ConroyBC NDP

Vincent Salvo2420 12th Ave, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4A8

Joseph Peter HughesIndependent

Leah GillilandPO Box 158, Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0

Carlee Hughes467 Nakusp East Rd RR 1, Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R1

Jim PostnikoffBC Liberal Party

Jim Postnikoff1071 Lazeroff Rd, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4P3

General Voting Places: Advance Voting Places: District Electoral Offices:

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Bosun Hall710 Bellevue St, New Denver, BC

Burton Comm Hall125 Burton Main Rd, Burton, BC

Castlegar & District Comm Complex2101 6th Ave, Castlegar, BC

Crescent Valley Comm Hall1385 6 Hwy, Crescent Valley, BC

Fauquier Comm Hall115 Oak St, Fauquier, BC

Fruitvale Memorial Centre1968 Main St, Fruitvale, BC

Genelle Comm Hall1205 2nd St, Genelle, BC

Glenmerry Elem School3660 Carnation Dr, Trail, BC

Montrose Comm Hall490 9th Ave, Montrose, BC

Nakusp Sports Centre200 8th Ave NW, Nakusp, BC

Oasis Comm Hall47 Hanna Dr, Oasis, BC

Pass Creek Comm Hall1989 Pass Creek Rd, Pass Creek, BC

Robson Comm Hall3071 Waldie Ave, Robson, BC

Royal Canadian Legion 142081 Washington St, Rossland, BC

Royal Canadian Legion 170248 Columbia Ave, Castlegar, BC

Royal Canadian Legion 203234 Granby Dr, Edgewood, BC

Silverton Memorial Hall203 Lake Ave, Silverton, BC

Slocan Park Comm Hall3036 6 Hwy, Slocan Park, BC

Tarrys Comm Hall2103 3A Hwy, Tarrys, BC

Trail Memorial Centre1051 Victoria St, Trail, BC

Trail Middle School2001 Third Ave, Trail, BC

Trout Lake Comm Hall544 Westside Rd, Trout Lake, BC

W.E. Graham Comm School915 Harold St, Slocan, BC

Warfield Comm Hall900 3B/22 Hwy, Warfield, BC

Winlaw Comm Hall5897 6 Hwy, Winlaw, BC

Royal Canadian Legion - Nakusp98 4th Ave NW, Nakusp, BC

Royal Canadian Legion 170248 Columbia Ave, Castlegar, BC

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With the nomina-tion period for the May provincial elec-tion closing today at 1 p.m. another indepen-dent candidate for Kootenay West MLA has filed the necessary paperwork with Elections BC.

Glen Byle, a 26 year-old medical equipment repair tech-nician from Trail, announced his candi-dacy Wednesday after-noon.

Byle joins Joseph Hughes, of Nakusp, as one of two unaffiliated candidates running for the office against BC Liberal candidate, Jim Postnikoff and incum-bent MLA Katrine Conroy of the BC NDP.

“I looked into the other parties and just couldn’t find one I

ed that there were no Kootenay West candi-dates named for either

the BC Conservative Party or the BC Green Party.

Byles’ website can be found at (www.kowindependent.ca)

identified with,” said Byle. “I’ve got a web-site up and people can get an idea of what I’m about by checking it out.” The tech-savvy candidate is promot-ing what he calls Technology Enabled true Democracy or TED on his w e b s i t e , where con-s t i t u e n t s can pro-pose their own bills, W e s t Kootenay re s i d e n t s can vote on them, and Byles, as representa-tive, would present them to the legislature.

Voters can deter-mine more about the platforms of the vari-ous candidates at forums in Trail at the Cominco Gym, May 6, and in Castlegar May 7. Elections BC report-

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There’s nothing like putting a face to a name.And on Wednesday, May 8 Rosslanders can put a face to the name on the ballot sheet as the Kootenay West candidates for the seat in the legislative assembly of B.C. descend on Rossland.Four people will be thrust up on stage at the Miners’ Union Hall (7 p.m.) for the all candidates forum, with two of the four running as independent candidates: Joseph Hughes from Nakusp and Glen Byle from Trail.The two will be joined on stage by incumbent Katrine Conroy of the B.C. NDP, and Jim Postnikoff of the B.C. Liberal Party.The riding encompasses over 12,000 square kilometres and represents 39.713 people, but the issues to be dissected in the campaign will be revealed when the candidates convene at the hall.Hosted by the Rossland Chamber of Commerce, the event is strictly non-partisan and is not linked to any level of government, said chamber executive director Renee Clark.“This is your chance to be able to ask questions directly to the candidates and hear from them,” she said.Join in to learn from the Kootenay West candidates and their visions for the com-munity at the Miners’ Union Hall at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.If you would like a sneak peak at the candidates and don’t mind coasting downhill, there will also be an all-candidates forum at the Trail Memorial Centre gymnasium on Monday, May 6, 7-9 p.m.For more information on the forum, please contact the Rossland Chamber of Com-merce.

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The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Nelson-Creston for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Nelson-Creston Electoral DistrictCandidate’s Name: Financial Agent: Official Agent:

Sjeng DerkxGreen Party of BC

Marvin Work5254 Queen Victoria Rd RR 2, Beasley, BC, V0G 2G2

Greg GarbulaBC Liberal Party

Gregory Garbula507 Vernon St, Nelson, BC, V1L 4E9

Michelle MungallBC NDP

Sherry Nicholson218 View St, Nelson, BC, V1L 2V7

Eileen Compton7529 Ross Rd, Nelson, BC, V1L 6R5

General Voting Places: Advance Voting Places: District Electoral Offices:

Balfour Seniors Comm Hall534 Charles St, Balfour, BC

Beasley Fire Hall5095 3A And 6 Hwy, Beasley, BC

Blewett Elem School2665 Blewett Rd, Blewett, BC

Boswell Memorial Hall12374 Boswell Rd, Boswell, BC

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Central Elem School811 Stanley St, Nelson, BC

Crawford Bay Comm Hall16230 Wadds Rd, Crawford Bay, BC

Creston & District Comm Complex312 19th Ave N, Creston, BC

Ecole des Sentiers-Aplins2780 3A Hwy, Nelson, BC

Erickson Elem School4575 3 Hwy, Arrow Creek, BC

Harrop & District Comm Centre6066 McConnell Rd, Harrop, BC

Hume Elem School310 Nelson Ave, Nelson, BC

Kaslo Royal Canadian Legion 74403 5th St, Kaslo, BC

Lardeau Valley Comm Hall13429 31 Hwy, Marblehead, BC

Lower Kootenay Band Complex830 Simon Rd, Creston, BC

Redfish Elem School265 Bryan Rd, Balfour, BC

Riondel Comm Centre1511 Eastman Ave, Riondel, BC

Rosemont Elem School1605 Crease Ave, Nelson, BC

Salmo Valley Youth & Comm Centre206 7th St, Salmo, BC

West Creston Hall1350 West Creston Rd, Creston, BC

Wynndel Memorial Hall5127 Wynndel Rd, Wynndel, BC

Yahk Kingsgate Comm Centre8790 Railway Ave, Yahk, BC

Ymir Comm Hall7208 1st Ave, Ymir, BC

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Crawford Bay Comm Hall16230 Wadds Rd, Crawford Bay, BC

Holy Cross Hall128 16th Ave N, Creston, BC

Kaslo Royal Canadian Legion 74403 5th St, Kaslo, BC

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Rossland Secondary School (RSS) golfers came out on top in a combined tournament at Birchbank Golf Course in Trail.

Last Friday eight high school teams, which consisted of 40 players, assembled to play in the combined J.L. Crowe/Rossland high school tournament.

All of the players struggled in the tourna-ment, but the RSS team came out on top with a team total of 335. Braden McKay from RSS won the tournament with an 80 and Brenan Moroney and Tyler McKay both tied for second with 82’s.

This was Rossland’s third win of the spring.Crowe finished second with a total of 359 and

Nakusp placed third with a total of 364.The Crowe team had two players finish inside

the top 10. Ryan Fullerton finished fourth overall with an 84 and Alex Rugg finished eighth with an 88.

On Saturday in Balfour the local Junior Circuit kicked off. Twenty juniors attended and chal-lenged the difficult Balfour course.

“The kids played off the very back tees and had to deal with some wind and difficult greens,” said team spokesman Rob McKay.Scores1st overall Tyler McKay – Birchbank 75Division winners17 and 18 year old divisionFirst Brenan Moroney – Birchbank 82Second Riley Rollick – Salmo 9215 and 16 year old divisionFirst David Launier – Rock Creek 85 (Won on first hole)Second Trevor Browell – Champion Lake 85Third Isaac Janzen – Creston 8814 and under divisionFirst Nathan Griffioen – Creston 88Second Aiden Browell – Champion Lake 89

There’s plenty of mountain bike courses com-ing up, including a women’s only course, after school mountain biking and a better mountain biking course.

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Jan Micklethwaite photoThe Kootenay Robusters Dragon Boat team launched their 13th season last weekend after dusting off their dragon boat and paddling the calm waters of Christina Lake under the direc-tion of steers person and coach Trish Ostlund. The team, made up of breast cancer survivors and supporters from Rossland, Trail, Castlegar, Grand Forks and Christina Lake, is looking for new members and invites any interested women come for a paddle. Check out the website www.kootenayrobusters.com for more information.

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Sometimes what you get ain’t what you pay for.

So when the a regional district eco-nomic development review committee decreed the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation (LCIC) was too costly for what was delivered in return, the East End Services (EES) committee—that includes Rossland—agreed.

The EES recommended to the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary board to withdraw funding to the LCIC after its three-year contract ended in December, and the board agreed with the recommendation last Thursday.

The EES contributed $224,000 per year to the LCIC, with Rossland taxpay-ers shelling out over $40,000 per year, said Rossland director Kathy Wallace.

“In the end, the decision of the review committee was that, for the current ser-vice, the requisition was too high and considered to be an unsustainable amount,” she said.

From Rossland’s perspective there are a few bodies that are already work-ing on similar projects—the Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Rossland and the Sustainability Commission’s economic development task force—and it was deemed to be unnecessary overlap.

And with the current debate raging in Rossland City council chambers over

core services and the level of taxation in the city, the topic of funding something that was immeasurable to such an extent was superfluous, said Wallace.

“There is a big focus right now on what is a core service, what should we be taxing for and there is a hesitancy of burdening local taxpayers with a responsibility that might be someone else’s,” she said. “It was recognized that (the cost) was higher than it needed to be.”

The LCIC was set up as part of the Lower Columbia Community Development Team society (LCCDT) to focus economic development services within the Greater Trail region.

EES decided to go with a proposal out of the LCDDT a number of years ago to set up an arm’s length economic development service with a three-year contract that included a mandatory review. Although the service had been scrutinized repeatedly, it was tough to accurately measure what it had contrib-uted in its short life, said Wallace.

Economic development is a very dif-ficult thing for local government to provide,” she said. “It’s not a core ser-vice. Economic development is very difficult to measure what you are actu-ally doing.”

The dissolution of the service now allows the partnering communities to have a discussion to see if there is an appetite to continue with a regional eco-

nomic development service or not.“Rossland council will have to have a

discussion about whether they want to pursue anything, where they want to go, and that would mean re-establishing a service,” said Wallace.

Ali Grieve, chair of the EES, said the committee will meet in May to discuss the possibilities of other models of eco-nomic development and which munici-palities will continue to participate going forward.

“We have to ask ourselves and remind ourselves what are “core servic-es,” and then focus the tax dollars there,” she said.

The EES is made up of five munici-palities—Rossland, Trail, Warfield, Montrose and Fruitvale—and electoral areas A and B.

All LCIC initiatives for 2013 will con-tinue to go forward, said Mike Martin, chair of the LCCDT, but discussion will take place on how to move forward without regional district money.

The LCIC was looking to create a unified regional recruitment package to allow employers, educators, and health-care providers to attract and retain key employees.

In August of 2010, Sandy Santori took on the position as executive direc-tor of the LCIC.

[email protected]—With files from Sheri Regnier, Trail

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Trevor Linden will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming 2013 Recreation Facilities Association of BC (RFABC) Conference May 14-16 at the Castlegar Recreation Centre and will host approximately 100 attendees.

The conference will be focusing on various seminars such as heat recovery, green technology, energy efficiency and Human Resources for managers and operators in the parks and recreation industry. Linden’s keynote address, which will take place in the evening at 7:30 p.m. on May 16, will focus on the leadership skills required to drive environ-mental responsibility.

In order to engage the community with Trevor Linden’s ongoing dedication to community endeavours and charitable causes, the RFABC Conference Committee has decided to open up the keynote address to the public.

There will be 50 tickets available for $75 per person. The ticket cost also includes a banquet dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets for the banquet and keynote address can be purchased by calling Robert Baker at 250-364-0808.

IN BRIEFTrevor Linden to speak at Kootenay conference

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The food banks in Trail and Rossland are running out of supplies.

In particular, the Trail United Church has announced that unless things turn around, its once-a-week food bank will soon be dropped to a once-a-month operation.

Food bank coordinators have seen donations drop off and numbers of clients increase far beyond their ability to manage, said Keith Simmonds, minister at the church.

Simmonds said that those attending have steadily increased in number while the closure of some key local employers may be affecting donations. “If this continues, the church sees lit-tle option but to cut back on the distribution of food.”

The food bank operates three Tuesdays a month and feeds over 100 people a week. Those wishing to help with time or donations can con-tact the United Church at 368-3225.

Canon Neil Elliot, from St. Andrews Anglican Church, reports that its food bank, which is hosted once a month, is serving more people each year.

“About four years ago we were feeding up to 50 people. Today we are feeding over 100 people,” he said.

The Salvation Army food bank on Rossland Avenue is also struggling to keep its shelves stocked, said Linda Radtke, manager.

“Our Christmas food has started to run out and with the increased number of people com-ing to use the food bank, we are relying on the public for help,” she said.

Radtke explained that of the increasing num-ber of people needing help in Trail are mostly families. In March, between 30-60 meals were served out of its kitchen daily, and 360 families received hampers.

For more information, call the Trail Salvation Army Family Services at 364-0445.

Those wishing to help with time or dona-tions can contact the United Church at 368-3225.

The snow is gone and police presence on West Kootenay roads and highways will be increasing, and they will be on the lookout for defec-tive vehicles.

Since 1990, it has been mandatory for Canadian vehicles to have day-time running lights; these are the lights that automatically come on when the vehicle is in motion.

If a car is imported and is without this feature, it is compulsory to have these lights installed.

Daytime running lights are an added safety feature as they make acar more visible, especially when weather or lighting conditions are poor.

Another major concern for officers of the West Kootenay Traffic Services is loud mufflers, as this is a daily complaint made to the RCMP by the general public.

Regulations require that a vehicle be installed with a muffler that doesn’t emit excess noise, as defined by the Motor Vehicle Act: “Muffler and exhaust system must be the same or equivalent of which is was manufactured with.”

People should be aware that after market loud tubes or mufflers, or no mufflers, will be strictly enforced with a fine or inspection notice issued.

West Kootenay Traffic Services ramp up vigilance

Arm of economic development gets choppedTimoThy Schafer

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Food banks in crisisSheri regnier

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The difference is the Late French Immersion Program provides opportunities for stu-dents to acquire a high level of proficiency in French.

In the first two years of the Late French Immersion pro-gram, French will be used to

deliver the instructional pro-gram for 80 per cent of the time, while English will be used for 20 per cent.

Students will remain as a group for four years in Rossland, being transferred to Castlegar’s Stanley Humphries

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“We made really tough decisions to balance our budget, and then balance it into the future,” he said. “No, it really wouldn’t make any difference at all (in those grades coming back).”

Ganzert said the district would still be $140,000 short of its budget if the three grades came back, the amount the City of Rossland offered up recently, but with conditions.

Those conditions were the hurdles the board of trustees for the district could not accept. Ganzert said he offered to meet with Rossland City council to explain what was wrong with their initial offer. As of yet the City has not taken him up on it, Ganzert noted.

“If they do, then we can explain what the issues are and then they might be able to see another way of offering money that would satisfy, somehow, but I can’t guarantee that,” he stated.

The new money removes the school district from funding protection, said Ganzert, and ensures it won’t have to

remove any more money from the bud-get, meaning no more deep cuts.

“This coming school year appears to be the last time we will have to make these major cuts,” he said. “It seems we have been looking behind at deficit after deficit. Now we can look forward and start planning.”

The Ministry of Education announced the new money in mid March.

The estimated MOE operating grant total for SD20 for the 13/14 year remains relatively the same $34,946,471, said SD20 secretary treasurer, Natalie Verigin, instead of dropping over the next two years as predicted.

The total amount has only changed slightly due to the continued supple-ment targeted grant called B.C. Education Plan.

The Ministry increased the unit funding per pupil and the resulting funding protection supplement has been decreased substantially. Although this does not impact the district in the

13/14 budget it does impact budgets for future years, said Verigin.

The increase in funding per pupil, full time equivalent is $116, making the total $6,900 per full time equivalent student.

Prior to this funding change the board was facing future funding short-falls—due to the ministry’s decision of phasing out the funding protection supplement—of around $500,000 for the 14/15 year and, again, another $500,000 in the 15/16 year.

This anticipated shortfall in funding, said Verigin, would have made the 14/15 and 15/16 budget processes dif-ficult.

Now, because the funding protec-tion supplement funding amount for 13/14 is $70,585, the 14/15 year budget is only affected by a potential loss of funding in the amount of $70,585 (rath-er than the estimated $500,000).

“This is the good news for the dis-trict,” she said.

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City of Rossland public works staff will be picking up organic material starting May 6.

Please refer to the schedule below for area and dates: Redstone: May 6-10 South of Columbia: May 6-10 Pinewood: May 13-17 North of Columbia: May 13-17 Blackbear Area: May 13-17

City staff will be driving by each residence once during those times. People are asked to ensure all items are on the boulevard by 7 a.m. starting the week of the pick up.

Any items placed on boulevard after City crews have passed by a residence will not be picked up.

Tree trimmings must be under 10 centimetres in diameter and three metres length. Piles can be no larger than 1.2 metres in diameter and limit to a maximum of three piles per home.

People are asked to bundle trimmings using rope that is strong enough to lift branches and place on an unmaintained boulevard so a loader will be able to easily access the pile.

For yard waste, leaves and grass clippings can be placed in a pile on an unmaintained bou-levard or be placed in clear plastic bags not weighing more than nine kilograms (20 pounds). Absolutely no tree trimmings, dirt, sod, rocks are to be placed into bags, and any overweight bags will be left on the boulevard.

For gravel and sand, people are asked to rake gravel and sand onto asphalt surface (do not make piles). Once pick-up in an area is com-pleted, the City will send the sweeper around to clean the street in the weeks following.

For more information, contact public works at 362-2328.

IN BRIEFCleaning up after winter

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The Kootenay Energy Diet (KED) will launch to residents in the Greater Trail area this June, including a stop in Rossland on June 12 at the Miners’ Union Hall.

The KED is a program

based on the 2012 success of the Rossland Energy Diet pilot project, and is meant to promote and encourage energy efficiency and con-servation to homeowners through out the region.

“The Kootenay Energy Diet is a concept on a region-al scale to help our custom-

ers reduce energy consump-tion, save money and be more comfortable in their homes,” said Patricia Dehnel, program manager, PowerSense Fortis BC.

Dehnel explained, that by signing up and having a $60 home energy-audit assess-ment, residents will have

access to up to $4,000 in rebates, once the recom-mended improvements have been completed.

KED kicks off in Trail on June 11 and in Rossland at the Miners Hall on June 12.

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HEART dog rescue is celebrating its second year in existence with its Mutt Strut fundraiser on May 4 at Birchbank picnic grounds in Genelle.

Dogs of all shapes and sizes are welcome to come out and strut for the title of Kootenay’s Cutest. The ever-popular obedience and fetch-ing competitions are back this year as well.

HEART Rescue relies on donations and fos-ter homes to keep its operation afloat. In two years they have saved 86 dogs from neglectful or threatening situations and adopted them out.

Pulsar is sponsoring the event and giving away a half-year supply of grain-free food to two category winners. The Strut is a family-friendly event so please bring the whole crew. The entry donation for the show is $10, plus $5 for individual competitions. Registration forms can be found at Tails Pet Supply in Rossland, Registration at the event will begin at 10 a.m., the show will start at 11 a.m.

More info, visit www.heartdogrescue.com.

IN BRIEFStrut your mutt

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The cutting contin-ued at the school dis-trict as the new budget is tenderized for grill-ing later this month.

With the big cuts out of the way—clos-ing Rossland’s MacLean Elementary School and moving three senior secondary grades out of the city—School District 20 board of trustees turned its eye to other areas: facilities, equip-ment and staffing.

On April 22 at Trail Middle School (TMS) the board held an open public meeting to pres-ent a proposed budget, crafted under the aus-picies of a deficit of over $500,000, and subsequently tailored to be balanced for the 2013/14 school.

In efforts to reduce administration costs, SD 20 will be eliminat-ing another elementa-ry vice principal (VP) position. SD20 super-intendent Greg Luterbach explained that because Fruitvale

More cuts slated at SD20sheri regnier

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Elementary School (FES) has almost the same enrolment as Glenmerry and K i n n a i r d — w h e r e those positions were cut a few years ago—FES will lose its vice principal and make it “equal” across the board. The projected savings for the operat-ing budget from these cuts is $18,000 this year, and an additional $23,000 next year.

One of the biggest budget tweaks is a restructure in the information technolo-gy department, pro-jected to reduce costs

by almost $100,000. By reducing by half the number of iPads, lap tops and lab alloca-tions to secondary schools, Luterbach projects to net a sav-ings of $72,000.

“Students will still get school-based mobile devices, but this plan will stretch it out from four to six years,” he said.

Additionally, mov-ing a site specific tech-nician to a help-desk based structure is pro-jected to save $25,000.


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