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For Dean Scott, having a conversation at a party with someone would be like try-ing to tune into one radio show while 10 played at the same time.

But if you get the chance to talk with the Fruitvale resident one-on-one, you'd never know he has a brain injury and his animated storytelling will likely have you in fits of laughter.

Scott's life has dramatic-ally changed since a tobog-gan accident in 2006 landed him in the hospital where he suffered from oxygen dep-rivation and, as a result, an anoxic brain injury.

He no longer does well in crowds, gets distracted quite easily and loses his train of thought.

But he has learned to accept his new challenges and is the first to make light of it.

When the former rigger hung up his hard hat and tuned into his artistic side, he first discovered leather work, and now music.

His leather creations are on display at the West Kootenay Brain Injury Association's art gallery in Waneta Plaza, which is cur-rently open on Wednesdays and during special mall events but its hours may become more constant if there is volunteer interest that now comes with more support.

The West Kootenay Brain Injury Association has received nearly $9,500 to run its Connect Program from now until November.

The non-profit organiza-tion was one of 12 projects to receive funding from the Disability Without Poverty Network, which works to support the improvement of social inclusion outcomes.

Connect provides support

to people with disabilities who may need some help getting back out in the community and relearning skills.

“When you have a brain injury a lot of people lose confidence in their abilities because sometimes their abilities to communicate — read, write, speak — have been affected or they actually end up with some

paralysis and some physical disabilities,” explained asso-ciation executive director Kelly Johnson. “They lose a lot of self confidence so they tend to isolate themselves at home.”

The grant will allow the organization to connect these individuals with their community again by sup-porting them in a volunteer

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

Houses in Greater Trail are worth about the same as last year, according to the latest assessments mailed out last week.

It's a trend most of the prov-ince shares except northern B.C. communities where property values spiked as high as 26 per cent due to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.

In Trail, house prices dropped 1.7 per cent meaning a single fami-ly dwelling averages $171,000 com-pared to $174,000 in 2013.

The numbers reflect the region's housing market as a whole but the drop in price isn't a worry, accord-ing to the local deputy assessor.

“Trail is representative of the range for the West Kootenay,” said Dennis Hickson from Kootenay Regional BC Assessment (BCA), based in Nelson. “This year's decrease is not significant,” he explained. “I consider these types of changes are not market movements that are a cause for concern. Rather, I think they imply a healthy balance of supply and demand in the market place.”

Rossland real estate saw a slight decrease with housing falling from $243,000 to $238,000 which is a nominal change, said Hickson.

In the villages of Warfield and Fruitvale, home values remained

unchanged at $170,000 and $186,000 respectively, and Montrose real estate increased marginally with the average house selling for $222,000 compared to $219,000 in 2013.

In aggregate, areas A and B saw a minimal drop, however further east in Salmo, village real estate had a 2.8 per cent increase in market change.

“This is a similar change to other communities in the area and again implies a stable market place,” explained Hickson.

Although the assessment author-ity hasn't carried out door-to-door inspections since the late 1990s, new technology, which includes aerial views and street front photog-raphy, is being employed to verify property inventory.

Additionally, when homeowners take out building permits, their residences are inspected by a BCA appraiser, and properties that are sold are viewed to keep records current and to aid in the valuation process.

“It's kind of interesting that the last number of years the West Kootenay has show great resilience in the market place,” said Hickson. “Everybody is interested in what their greatest asset is worth, and the properties have retained their values very well.”

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Property values remain stable in region

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Dean Scott has found peace in art since a tobogganing acci-dent led to a brain injury that changed his life.

Fruitvale resident discovers artistic talent in aftermath of brain injury

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

A structure fire on Old Waneta Road last month will go down in history as one of the largest fought locally, but the cause of the inferno may forever remain unknown.

In the early hours of Dec. 11, an onsite storage unit behind JF Auto Centre went up in flames, along with 28 vehicles it was housing and an attached greenhouse where owner John Foglia grew fig and other Italian specialty trees.

“There is no cause determined,”confirmed Terry Martin, regional fire chief. “We've ruled out electrical and everything else so unfortunately it will go down as undetermined.”

The extensive damage to the

storage unit was a barrier to pin-pointing the origin of the fire, how-ever Martin explained the area of origin was inside the greenhouse on the river end of the building.

“But what happened inside that greenhouse, we will probably never know.”

Private investigators from ICBC and an insurance company were on site within two days of the fire, but according to Martin, they've all come to the same conclusion.

“We work together with those folks to find and share informa-tion,” he said.

“But in this case, we were not able to come up with a definitive cause.”

So far, no dollar loss amount has been released, added Martin.

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Still no cause found for Waneta fire

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For all one-level overcalls, hands that are less than opening should have a really good suit. If one is weaker than opening points, the opponents may get the contract, and partner will know what to lead.

The bidding: East, with 14 points, opens his better or longer minor, diamonds. South has a good one spade overcall. It serves to take the one-level away from the opponents and at the same time give partner lead direction.

Negative Double: West cannot bid a new suit at the two-level because he does not have ten points or five hearts. Instead, he doubles which shows the unbid suits and an inability to bid a new suit at the two level. His next bid will clarify.

If he doubles and then bids a new suit,

he is showing a weaker hand with a six-card or longer suit than if he had bid the suit at the two-level directly. Here he doubles with the intention of pass-ing whatever partner bids.

East has 15 points with hearts as trump and therefore can bid three hearts. South made an overcall with less than opening points so his next bid is a pass. North, looks at the vulnerability and his nine points, and pushes partner to three spades.

The Lead: West has a natural lead, a three-card sequence. He leads the queen of hearts.

The play: Declarer ruffs the third round of hearts and loses a dia-mond. He needs to ruff a diamond in dummy because diamonds will split three-three (diamond bid notwith-standing) only 36% of the time. The oppo-nents can see what declarer is trying to

do, so they win a dia-mond and lead trump. Declarer wins the trick and loses another diamond. A trump is returned.

Declarer thinks ahead. If he loses a third diamond, East will let him ruff a diamond and now declarer is trapped to play clubs from the dummy. Therefore declarer plays a club to the king which wins. He plays the jack of clubs which East wins with the queen.

East exits a club. Declarer ruffs and then ruffs a diamond with the queen of spades. He ruffs another club and wins six trump, zero hearts, zero dia-monds and one club for down two.

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Notes: Three spades should never be bid, in this case, because it could have pushed braver opponents to a makeable game.

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The Village of Fruitvale is excit-ed to see skaters and hockey play-ers using the outdoor rink at the Fruitvale Elementary School.

With some help from Mother Nature, and a lot of time shoveling and flooding by two local volunteers, Lawrence Brown and Rick Johnston, the outdoor rink has been widely used since the beginning of December. In fact, it was so busy over the holi-days that kids were waiting for their chance to get on the ice.

In 2010, the Village of Fruitvale received a School Community Connections Round 2 grant for $25,000 to refurbish the old tennis courts at the Fruitvale Elementary School.

A multi-purpose sport court was installed in 2011 and the village is very happy to see it being used again this winter.

The first winter for the rink, 2011/2012, also went quite well, with the weather on our side and the Fruitvale Volunteer Fire Department

helping out. Unfortunately last year, the vil-

lage had poor luck weather-wise and was unable to get volunteers to help. That’s what makes the success so far this year even more appreciated.

Thanks goes out to all the vol-unteers who helped install the new surface back in 2011, School District #20 for supporting the funding application,as well as several provin-cial bodies and the Beaver Valley Youth Council for its donation towards the outdoor rink earlier this year.

FROM PAGE 1Overall assessment rolls,

which include nine addi-tional tax bases ranging from light and major industry, businesses and managed for-est land, remained stable in the Silver City at $1.1 billion.

Rossland’s general net tax base saw a decrease from $588 million to $578 mil-lion this year, however per-centage-wise, the $10 million loss means only a 1.7 per cent drop, which is nominal, added Hickson.

The only region that saw a substantial increase in tax base was Electoral Area A, which increased from $786 million last year to $810 mil-lion in 2014, mainly due to the contribution of construc-tion during the Waneta Dam expansion.

Hickson speculated that the $24 million assessment

increase in the rural area can impact the cost sharing pro-grams between the regional district and municipalities.

BC Assessment is an inde-pendent crown corporation with a mandate to produce uniform property assess-ments annually for all prop-erty owners in B.C.

Essentially, it is a tool that is passed on to municipalities to determine property taxa-tion rates for the year.

“The assessments are based on a mass appraisal system that uses statistical data,” explained Hickson. “That value is used as a basis for calculating what the municipality needs to charge for taxes keeping in mind that there are different class-es of property and tax rates will vary.”

However, BCA property values are only one aspect

taken into account when property taxes are set each year.

First, council deals with budget approval which deter-mines how much property tax revenue is required to run the city, explained David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer, add-ing, then property tax or mill rates are set.

“The fact that assessments have not changed does not mean that property taxes will not increase,” he said. “Most likely there will be a need to increase property taxes in 2014,” he continued. “Especially with the loss of the Beaver Valley Recreation funding in the amount of $207,000. Unless council decides to cut services this year.”

Last year, the city’s tax rate was $3.6543 per $1,000

of assessment for residential properties which accounts for 45 per cent of the total property tax bill.

On every $1,000, home-owners paid $2.77 to the regional district; $2.88 to the provincial school fund; $0.34 to the regional hospital; and a fractional payment to BCA and the municipal finance authority, hiking the prop-erty tax bill to $9.7081 per $1,000 of the property assess-ment.

Meaning, a homeowner with a house worth the aver-aged $174,000 in 2013, paid a combined tax revenue of $1689.21.

The number is higher for Rossland taxpayers who at the end of the day, paid an all-inclusive tax rate of $11.98 per $1,000 of the average $243,000 home assessment value, or $2,911.14.

Dam helps increase regional tax base

FROM PAGE 1opportunity that they may not have attempted because they don’t know how.

A support worker would shadow and guide them through such everyday things like navi-gating the local bus to get to their volunteer position.

Scott’s brain injury hasn’t disrupted his ability to problem solve, really, but more how to express himself. He describes the new version of himself as highly exaggerated. His thoughts and feelings are more intense now and he works hard to keep his inner peace.

“You find ways to cope, it’s all about learn-ing and so is everyday living even without a brain injury,” he said. “Sometimes it just puts a little twist into life.”

His life certainly took a turn about seven years ago when he shattered his ver-tebrae and ended his construction career.

He previously worked half way across the coun-try on the top of a building either bolting up or dir-

ecting crane operators. His brain injury has left him homebound where he’s found his own adventures.

“I wake up now with a kiss and a squish from my kids,” he smiled. “They’re probably my biggest inspiration, that and the out-doors.”

In a way, Scott revisited his childhood when the accident left him sitting still in a back brace.

“When I was a kid I used to draw and paint and all that stuff and then I guess as I got into the workforce, all that stuff was pushed aside,” he said. “I guess I needed something to do and growing up leather always caught my eye like the old brief cases from Indiana Jones.”

A leather hide that hung in his basement for years gave him an idea and he began edge braiding, first a vest and then a purse. He now has a number of different items on display in the gallery but after mastering the craft of hand sewing and then working with an industrial-style sewing machine, he has shelved leather work and changed his medium to music.

In just over a year he has learned how to play the guitar (and sing), with help from his talented friends with over 120 years of com-bined experience.

Scott admits at first learning to cope with a brain injury was tough but assured it did get easier.

“I think we all have the ability to overcome difficulties, whether we have a brain injury or not,” he said. “Don’t ever let anybody tell you you can’t do something after a brain injury.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SKITIMAT, B.C. - The

District of Kitimat, a key hub for the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline, will hold a plebiscite to gauge support for the development that is sure to dramatically change the commun-ity.

Council’s deci-sion follows the Dec. 19 release of a Joint Review Panel decision

that approved the pipe-line and tanker project carrying bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands across B.C., for ship-ment to Asia.

The federal govern-ment has the final say on the pipeline, which came with 209 condi-tions, and must reveal its decision within the next six months.

Kitimat has remained neutral on the multibillion-dollar

project and issued a statement late last year saying council will take the neces-sary time to review the Joint Review Panel report.

The northwestern B.C. community would be the end of the line for the bitumen pipe-line and the port where hundreds of oil-loaded tankers would leave for Asia every year.

Recent real estate assessment values sug-gest Kitimat housing prices have risen dra-matically, some homes by as much as 26 per cent, over speculation of an oil and natural gas boom.

District council and staff will decide the plebiscite question for voters and the date for the non-binding, ref-erendum-style vote in the coming weeks.

The plebiscite ful-fills council’s reso-lution adopted in January 2012 to sur-vey Kitimat residents about their opinion of the Northern Gateway

project, once the review panel complet-ed its work.

Kitimat Coun. Rob Goffinet, who proposed the motion for the plebiscite, told a coun-cil meeting Monday night that polling resi-dents instead would not work.

“Because people do not want a pollster to phone them and do a check list (asking) how do you feel on a pro-ject,” he said.

“There’s only one way. I would give total responsibility to every adult citizen of Kitimat who has a point of view to express it in a yes or no ballot.”

Coun. Mario Feldhoff, who for the first time declared that he favours the Northern Gateway project, told council he supported use of a polling firm to con-duct a survey, which he believed could pro-duce a more statistic-ally significant result than a plebiscite.

However, Coun. Phil Germuth told the meeting he believed an unbiased question could be posed in the form of a referen-dum on the Northern

Gateway project.“I have full confi-

dence in our staff that they will be able, along with some assist-ance from council, to develop questions that are not going to appear biased. It should be very simple, yes means yes, no means no.”

The vote is non-binding on council, and it’s unclear how the vote will be used when the ballots have been counted.

Staff assured coun-cil that although the vote would have to be held under the pro-visions of the Local Government Act, which covers elections and referendums, use of a plebiscite would give council more flex-ibility in deciding how the balloting would take place. The act would still cover voter eligibility and the use of campaign signs.

Councillors also approved a motion calling on the District to meet with Enbridge, the company propos-ing the pipeline, to discuss an enhanced pipeline leak detec-tion system where a leak could “impact the Kitimat watershed.”

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B y R o g E R K N o xVernon Morning StarConservation offi-

cers are again calling for Coldstream resi-dents to keep an eye on their house pets and livestock following another cougar sight-

ing on the weekend.Officers destroyed

one female cou-gar after trapping it Thursday, and a male cougar was put down Saturday after the ani-mal killed two goats.

Officers have also received a report of a cougar attempting to kill a Jack Russell terrier at a home on Husband Drive.

On Sunday, offi-cials received four or five calls in regards to the sighting of a cou-gar not too far from Kidston Elementary School. The cat was also observed walking onto a porch.

“It’s normal cou-gar behaviour in an unnatural environ-ment,” said North Okanagan CO Ken Owens.

Traps were set for the animal and were being monitored, though Owens said there had been no more reported sight-ings of the cougar.

With its proximity to the Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve and Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park, Coldstream is a prime cougar habitat close to where people live and where prey such as deer also reside.

The cougar sight-ings, said Owens, are not too alarming.

“We just want people to do every-thing they can to pro-tect their pets and live-stock,” he said. “Those are similar shape and size to a cougar’s nat-ural prey. If they get the opportunity to kill domesticated animals, they will.

“Pets don’t have the instincts of wild ani-mals and they become and easy food source. We don’t want that learned behaviour to develop in a cougar. They are a highly intel-ligent animal.”

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SKAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Interior Health

authority says a woman from British Columbia’s Okanagan has died after she contracted the same strain of flu that has claimed the lives of 16 people in the Prairies.

Senior medical officer Dr. Rob Parker says lab reports con-firm the woman who was in her 50s had the H1N1 virus.

The virus that has claimed the lives of six people in Saskatchewan and 10 people in Alberta is also making its presence felt in southwestern B.C. Two separate health authorities in the Metro Vancouver have reported that more than 20 people have been hospitalized with the virus.

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The protesters, who have identified them-selves as Sean Devlin and Shireen Soofi, walked on stage during a Vancouver Board of Trade question-and-answer event at a down-town hotel on Monday. They were quickly removed from the stage and the event car-ried on, but the stunt raised questions about how two activists could so easily get that close to the prime minister.

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MORGAN, JANICE – March 28, 1953 – January 3, 2014.

It is with deepest regret that the Morgan family announ-ces the passing of Janice Helen Morgan.

Janice is sur-vived by her husband Glyn, sister Allyson, brother John, her girls, Siân (Marcus) and Shelley (Daniel), her four grand-children (Mason, Morgan, Dylan and Arden Elise), and nieces and nephews.

Janice was predeceased by her parents Edith and Ron, infant sister Jennifer, and infant grand-son Ethan. Janice was born and raised in Swansea, Wales, fol-lowed her true love to Canada in the 1970s, and eventually moved to the Trail area. Janice was proud of her family and loved them fiercely. She was a beauti-ful person, inside and out, and she loved adventure, travel and the odd glass of wine. Janice was known for her wicked sense of humour and knew how to laugh. She cherished her friends, many of whom became her ex-tended family. She was gentle and thoughtful, and she taught her daughters how to love. It is through this love that they will always carry her memory. Janice worked at Kootenay Savings Credit Union for many years and was very active in the Trail and Fruitvale curling clubs. Even though she moved away from the area to travel and be closer to family, she always considered the Kootenays to be her home and was so thankful to have raised her daughters in such a beauti-ful, welcoming place.

Cremation has taken place. A celebration of life will be held in the Kootenays at a later date. An expression of sympathy may be made to [email protected]. In lieu of flowers, donations to the ALS Society of BC would be ap-preciated.

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IN), MADELEINE EUGENIE – January 30, 1959 Montreal, Que-bec - January 5, 2014 Trail, BC.

Madeleine slipped away on January 5th at Kootenay Bound-ary Regional Hospital after a valiant decade-long struggle with cancer. With a shooting star in the clear Kootenay night sky, Madeleine went to heaven and is now free from the immense pain she was enduring as multiple myeloma treatment options ran

out. She left us all with precious

memories of her compassion towards others, strong trust in God, and commitment to living faithfully in the world. She was a trailblazer for women’s health, and was also drawn to the se-renity of animals and nature. She lived in Quebec, studying and teaching at Dal-housie Univer-sity, worked as a women’s health nurse in north-ern Pakistan, an outpost nurse in northern Quebec and BC, lived in Telegraph Creek in Tahltan Terri-tory, nursed in the Watson Lake Hospital, was a cancer preven-tion worker in the Kootenays, a dialysis nurse in Surrey… wher-ever she was, she wanted to serve people, and knew it as a means to live fully in the world.

She cared about the next gen-eration’s nieces and nephews, and created wondrous textile and quilted art pieces. Some were blessed to see these at quilting events in the Kootenays. In the past year, while debilitated by cancer’s effects, she continued to share her worldly privileges with others, including helping settle new refugees into the Kootenays, and always had an eye and heart for the less-off. She also col-laborated with husband Paul to move from their mountain oasis in Rossland and rebuilt a home in Trail—in which she sadly did not live in for long. She loved the environment and crosscountry ski trails in the area.

Madeleine’s life continues to inspire us and challenge us to reach out to those around us. You are loved and missed Mad-eleine, and we think of you as you begin to enjoy your heavenly home in God’s love and wonder.

A memorial service will be held Friday, January 10, 2014 at 2:00 pm at the Salvation Army Community Church, 2030 Second Ave, Trail, BC. Al Grywa-cheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with arrange-ments.

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TORONTO - A Hamilton woman who bought a lottery ticket more than a year ago and then lost it received a cheque for $50 million on Tuesday, becoming the winner of what offi-cials called the biggest unclaimed jackpot in Canadian history.

Kathryn Jones’s case was “unique” because it was the first time the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation identified and located a winner through its claims investigation process, OLG CEO Rod Phillips told reporters.

For the soft-spoken Jones, the entire experience had been an “interesting” one.

“It has been very weird, but on the other hand it is won-derful because the results are going to be life changing,” said the 55-year-old moth-er of two.

Jones bought a tick-et at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Cambridge, Ont., in 2012 during a stressful time at work, a purchase she said

wasn’t part of a regu-lar routine.

“I buy them spor-adically, once in a blue moon,” she said. “I was having a rough day.”

The $16 ticket turned out to have the winning jackpot num-bers from the Nov. 30, 2012 Lotto Max draw, but OLG said Jones didn’t come forward to claim her prize.

Instead, the gaming agency received more than 435 claims for that draw and in the process of reviewing them it found that Jones had the winning ticket.

That led investiga-tors to her door on a Saturday late last year.

“We thought maybe they were trying to sell something so we weren’t going to let them in the house,” Jones recalled with a laugh.

When Jones wasn’t able to find her tick-et, OLG carried out its “Lost Ticket Prize Claim” process to ensure she was the rightful winner. That investigation included interviews with Jones,

using the OLG trans-actions database to verify her purchase, checking surveillance video which showed her buying the ticket and referencing her credit card statements.

OLG said there have been about 5,500

cases over the past two years where people have tried to claim winnings without hav-ing their tickets.

After finally receiv-ing her winnings, Jones said she was still deciding what to do with the money.

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OPINION

Harper wandering in foreign policy wildernessThe Canadian

Government faces a number of serious questions regard-

ing its policy agenda. The 2013 Throne Speech last October was less than inspiring, with very few new ideas and what seems to be an overall lack of a guiding vision for Canada.

While the government might be playing it safe in anticipation of the approaching 2015 federal election, it needs to gain a series of policy victor-ies and a strong record from which to run, rather than having to defend a weak, and often visionless, agenda to date.

One area in particular need of improvement for the Canadian government is in foreign policy.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been criticized for many of his policies, but foreign policy seems to be especially prominent in the ranking of those areas experts feel need attention.

To date, Harper’s for-eign policy record is noth-ing to brag about. What began as a concentrated effort to focus more on national issues and Canada First became incredibly

convoluted in the wake of the global recession. Harper’s original plan to bolster Canada’s domestic interests required signifi-cant resources in order to be achieve. Once the reces-sion hit, it seems the polit-ical will disappeared with it and Canada has been left without a grand strategy to guide its foreign policy.

But now that 2014 has begun, the opportun-ity exists for the govern-ment to improve its for-eign policy record and set Canada on the right course internationally. To do so, however, there are a select few areas that require immediate attention.

The first is Canada’s engagement with multi-lateral institutions. Simply put, Canada does not have the capabilities necessary to pursue and protect its own interests without the help of inter-national organizations and allies. Since The Second World War, Canada’s for-eign policy strategy has been strongly based on multilateral engagement as a source of secur-ity and value-projection. Engagement does not necessarily mean buying

into every aspect of an institutional agenda, how-ever. The UN, for instance, tries to do too much and is dominated by thinking that has little policy appli-cation in the real world.

But the structure of the UN was never intended to solve every problem for every person in the world. Rather, its purpose was to enshrine the international balance of power, to keep countries talking, and to prevent the outbreak of a third world war. Canada would do well to realign itself with organizations that help in its protection rather than slighting them inconsistently.

A key justification for a grand foreign policy strat-egy is that it articulates a

vision and requires con-sistent action(s) to imple-ment it. Canada’s foreign policy under Harper has been plagued by inconsis-tency, which only furthers arguments about his disin-terest in foreign relations.

Canada’s recent rhetor-ic on human rights serves as a useful example of why consistency is essential. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has been right-fully vocal against rights abuses in Iran, but such a noble stand has not extended to other states equally as deserving of rebuke. If a government believes in universal human rights and their protection, they cannot ignore the abuses of their trading partners. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Russia and China are all deserving of a scolding for their human rights violations, but it would appear the Harper Government places trade above rights.

It should be noted, how-ever, that virtually every government in the world places economic interests over human rights, and so Canada is not doing any-thing remotely independ-ent in this regard. But if

this is the chosen path, it is better to say noth-ing about the Iran’s of the world if the China’s of the world are to go unmen-tioned.

Lastly, and most importantly, Canada’s for-eign policy must extend beyond economic inter-ests. There is no doubt that trade opportunities, market access and eco-nomic prosperity are core components of a success-ful foreign policy, but they are not the only parts of one.

Canada’s interests are diverse and therefore the country needs a foreign policy that reflects such diversity and complexity. Going it alone and alienat-ing long-time friends does little to serve Canada’s national interests. Let 2014 be the year of a coher-ent grand strategy and not another year of wandering in the international wil-derness.

Robert Murray is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta and a Senior Fellow of Security and Defence at AIMS.

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The good thing about volcanoes is that you know where they are. If you don’t want to get

hurt, just stay away from them. The bad thing about supervol-canoes is that you may know where they are, but there’s no getting away from them. They only blow up very rarely, but when they do, the whole world is affected. They can cover an entire continent with ash, and lower temperatures sharply worldwide for years.

“This is something that, as a species, we will eventually have to deal with. It will happen in future,” said Dr Wim Malfait of ETH Zurich (the Swiss Federal institute of Technology) , lead author of a recent paper in “Nature Geoscience” that says supervol-cano eruptions don’t even need an earthquake as a trigger. “You could compare it to an asteroid impact,” he says. “The risk at any given time is small, but when it happens the consequences will be catastrophic.”

I know you already have enough to worry about, what with climate change and aster-oid strikes and the like, but I’m afraid there’s more.

Volcanoes and supervol-canoes both involve magma (molten rock deep under-ground) that breaks through to the surface, but in practice they are quite different. Volcanoes gradually build themselves into mountains by repeated, rela-tively modest eruptions of lava. Supervolcanoes are a single massive explosion of magma rising to the surface over a huge area, and blasting at least a thousand cubic km. of ash into the atmosphere.

How massive? The lar-gest recent volcanic eruption was Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, which blew about ten cubic km. of ash and gas into the upper atmosphere in

1991. The result was a 0.4 C drop in average global tem-perature for a year or so. But the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano 640,000 years ago was a hundred times as big.

It covered the entire North American continent with ash – and just like an asteroid strike, it threw massive amounts of dust and ash into the strato-sphere, where it stayed for years, blocking out much of the sunlight. (It doesn’t rain in the stratosphere, so the debris stays there for a long time.) As a result the average global tem-perature fell by as much as 10 C for a number of years.

It was temporary, but while it lasted there was a steep fall in the amount of plant material growing on the planet, and a corresponding collapse in ani-mal populations as well. Not mass extinctions, so far as we can tell, and fairly soon the plant and animal spe-

cies repopulated their former habitats, but it certainly spoiled the party for the equivalent of several human generations.

Homo sapiens were not around 640,000 years ago, but people like us certainly were around when another super-volcano, Toba in northern Sumatra, blew about 73,000 years ago. The event has been tentatively linked with a “bottleneck” in human evo-lution at that time in which, according to some genetic stud-ies, the human population was squeezed down to only around 1,000 people.

This hypothesis has been challenged by a recent study of the sediments in Lake Malawi by an Oxford University-led team. They did not find any layer in the sediments with much reduced vegetation, which you would expect to see if there were a long-lasting cooling of the climate. This is puzzling, since Toba was the

biggest supervolcanic blast in 2.5 million years: it boosted two to three times as much dust and ash into the air as the Yellowstone eruption.

But only a couple of years of severely diminished sunlight would still cause catastrophic population losses in both the plant and the animal kingdoms. Even a relatively short “vol-canic winter” would be a huge catastrophe for human beings.

How many people would die if such a catastrophe happened now? It is unlikely that even half of the world’s 7 billion people would survive two or three years of severe hunger, and civilization itself would take a terrible beating. Nor is there anything useful you can do to prepare for such a catas-trophe, unless you are able to stockpile two or three years’ worth of food for the entire world.

At the moment, our global food reserve will feed the popu-lation for only three or four months, so that is not like-ly to happen. If it does not, then we just have to hope that the calamity doesn’t happen – knowing that we probably will not have much warning if it does.

What Dr Malfait’s team dis-covered is that the detonation of a supervolcano is entirely dependent on the temperature of the liquid rock in the under-ground chamber. As it gets hot-ter, it gets less dense than the solid rock around it. At this point, it will behave just like an air-filled balloon or football that is held underwater, trying to pop up to the surface.

Eventually, the magma forces its way to the surface over an area of hundreds of square kilometres, expands and explodes. On average, such an explosion only happens once every hundred thousand years, but in practice it could hap-pen at any time, with as little as a few weeks warning. Just thought you’d like to know. Sleep well.

Gwynne Dyer is an independ-ent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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B y S a m V a n S c h i eNelson Star

A backcountry skier-snow-boarder pair spent a cold night outdoors after becoming lost in the Evening Ridge area on Saturday.

Nelson Search and Rescue vol-unteers came up to look for the duo after dark, when the 28-year-old male and 22-year-old female were reported overdue. Their vehicle was still parked in the Hummingbird Pass parking lot off Whitewater Road.

Two SAR members skied out with lights and whistles in hope the lost party would come towards the sound, but due to the high avalanche risk they were advised to stay below the tree line.

“Unfortunately, the sound doesn’t travel very far among the trees,” Nelson Search and Rescue’s Murray Springman explained.

A rescue vehicle also drove up and down the road with lights and sirens all night.

At daybreak, more SAR vol-unteers were about to join the search when the skier and snow-boarder walked out on their own around 6:30 a.m.

“They were cold, but they were fine,” Springman said. “When they realized that they weren’t coming out where they wanted to, they turned around and followed their tracks out.”

Saturday night was -20 C. The pair had a shovel with them to dig pits in the snow, where they could escape the cold wind when they needed a rest.

“They’d hunker down for awhile [in a pit] and then come back out and ski awhile, until they were able to make their way out,” Springman said.

On the same night as the skier and snowboarder were missing, SAR was also called about an overdue snowmobiler. The indi-vidual also found their own way out of the backcountry on foot.

Springman said it’s been a relatively quiet winter for Nelson Search and Rescue because snow conditions haven’t been great. Still, for the people who do head into the backcountry, there’s good reason to be concerned if they don’t make it out on schedule.

“Even though there’s not much snow up there, there’s several lay-ers and it’s quite unstable,” he said.

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Fernie Free PressThe District of Elkford will

be harvesting up to 50 deer this month under a provincial licence to euthanize deer in town limits. The licence to kill 50 mule deer was issued in October. Three separate deer counts showed there are 78 to 140 deer in Elkford. The last count in September showed deer numbers in Elkford town limits had lowered so the District is expecting to harvest 30 animals. The meat will be prepared for local food banks.

B.C. regulations dictate that no dogs (as is allowed in Alberta), no guns and no arch-ery are allowed with the cull. A clover trap will be used to trap the deer and a captive bolt gun will euthanize each animal. The cull is expected to commence this month once the contractor is secured.

The deer harvest is motiv-ated by public safety. Reports of aggressive deer attacking people and injuring dogs are the first concern. As the herd becomes unnaturally large there is a greater chance of a tick borne disease. The Committee held a public open house on November 26 to explain the planned deer harvest in January but only six

to eight residents attended. “The deer seem to have an

issue with people with attach-ments,” said Bernie Van Tighem, District staff repre-sentative on the Urban Wildlife Management Council Advisory Committee. “Deer have gone after people with strollers and dogs on leashes.”

One deer went into a back yard killing a nine-month old puppy and there have been instances where vehicles have been driven between a human and a deer for safety’s sake.

Elkford Council approved the recommendation from the Urban Wildlife Management Advisory Committee to create a new bylaw to deal with broad wildlife issues. The current bylaw fines individuals $100 for feeding wildlife.

The new bylaw is intended to include all wildlife and match provincial fines. Residents could see a new bylaw in early 2014 that will continue to fine unintentional wildlife feeders $100 for putting their garbage out too early. New changes could involve individuals inten-tionally feeding wildlife, such as placing salt licks, or repeat-edly leaving garbage out in a non animal proof container, resulting in a $300 fine.

“It appears we have an indigenous deer herd with two or three generations that have never left the townsite,” said Van Teigm. “It’s an unnatural herd. I think they live here because they are successful. We have created a predacious-free zone so they stay.”

In 2012, 433 Elkford resi-dents participated in an online survey about the deer popu-lation in the townsite. Deer aggression towards humans, pets, threat of vehicle collision, damage to plants and trees and over population of the herd were the top concerns.

Over 55 per cent of those surveyed had been threatened or a member of their immediate family had been threatened by a deer in town limits. Of those cases, 78 per cent reported it was by a doe in summer or spring.

Residents have used fencing, netting and screening, repel-lant and scaring as deterrents for deer. Also 24 per cent said they knew of someone who fed deer. In dealing with the popu-lation, capture and relocation was the top option, followed by controlled public hunting and education. Only seven per cent selected the capture and euthanize option.

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The West Kootenay Fishing Report offers reports and tips on how to catch fish on local lakes and streams.

Kootenay Lake:December saw similar fishing to the

previous months, however, the last couple weeks produced some big fish and hope-fully the winter feeding will continue.

There were slow days with only a couple fish coming to the boat, however on a few of those slow days the couple fish caught just happened to be the biggest fish of the week.

There were also some great days with over 10 fish brought to the boat. It just seems like the fish put on their ‘feed bags’ every once in a while, so you just have to be out there on the water when it happens.

Rainbows up to 17 pounds and bull trout up to 12 pounds have been caught lately, with even a few bigger fish hooked, but end up coming loose or breaking the line.

Looking forward to January’s fishing, as this is usually the month of our biggest fish of the year.

Flies and Lures:The bite has been inconsistent, so we

have been going through the tackle box each day.

When the bite has been on, we have been catching on bucktail flies favorite colors are lucky numbers 201, 210, 214, 215, and 228.

Also, Lyman plugs have been working both on the surface and on the downrig-gers. Lucky Lymans have been #10, 16, 55, 69, and 100.

Bill Norman lures have also been dragged lately. Time to slow down your presentation with these lures, but some-times that’s what the fish want. This is important as the water temperature gets colder.

And lastly, the good old flasher/hooch-ie combo has been catching mostly bull trout, but still manage a few rainbows on these also. Favourite depths have been 75, 100, and 120 feet.

That pretty much covers the tackle box.Just have to put your time in.The Family Day weekend fishing derby

is also coming up Feb. 8 to 10, with $30,000 worth of great prizes this year. Should be a fun weekend. Reel Adventure Charters still has a boat available for that derby if anyone is interested.

The Kootenay Lake report is courtesy of Kerry Reed of Reel Adventure Charters. Go to reeladventuresfishing.com for more info.

Hard-water lakes: Ice fishing seems to be getting more and more popular these

days with ice huts, ice-fishing rods, and hard-water anglers popping up in greater numbers on local lakes.

Gear: The basic necessities for ice fish-ing are an ice auger, an ice-fishing rod with a number 6-10 bait-hook, split shot for weight, and your favourite bait. However, a hot drink and a hearty snack, a compact perch, and even a fire can make the experi-ence more pleasant especially when the trout are not cooperating. If you don’t have an ice auger, an axe or hatchet is effective for breaking through previously drilled holes.

Bait: The type of bait can be as amenable to the fishermen as to the fish. A prawn ring with some seafood sauce is as pleas-ing to the palate of either trout or man, while worms, not so much, are the popular standard. Many fishermen swear by mag-gots, pink or white, roe, plastics in various

shapes and sizes, and even krill. Although you’ll be hard pressed to find any of the seafaring crustaceans in local lakes, krill apparently contain certain types of amino acids that stimulate taste and smell send-ing predators into feeding-frenzy mode. However, their soft bodies often have prob-lems adhering to the hook, therefore mak-ing frequent bait checks necessary.

Locating trout: Most trout will feed in the shallows and near the bottom picking up insect larvae, leeches, and plucking various nymphs from the mud, so don’t waste time drilling holes in the middle of the lake, unless it’s near a shoal or island. Knowledge of the benthic habitat doesn’t hurt, an experience gained from fishing the waters in the summer, or acquiring a bathymetric map of the lake.

Technique: Ice fishing is about as easy as fishing gets. Once you drill your hole, bait your hook and let it sink to the bot-tom. When the line goes slack, reel it in so the baited hook is suspended about a foot or two off the bottom. You can then attach a bobber to the line, or a bell to the rod tip to alert the angler to a strike, or jig the rod up and down occasionally to lend it a livelier effect.

There are a variety of great ice-fishing lakes in the area that include Erie, Rosebud, Third Champion Lake, Cottonwood, Bear, and Nancy Greene Lakes. Ice fishing is a great winter activity that is simple enough to get started, but can be challenging locat-ing and landing those lunkers. Yet, best of all, it can be enjoyed by the whole family.

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Taylor O’neil and Derrick Jackman are all smiles after catching and releasing this large Gerrard rainbow on Kootenay Lake last month. Despite the cool weather, fishing should be heating up this month and reach its peak for the Family Day Fishing Derby in February.

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BY TIMES CONTRIBUTORTrail Men’s Retiree Curling wrapped

up it’s second session last week with a possible four-way tie for first place, how-ever, in the end, only one team would rise to the top.

With ice and rock maintenance taking place over the holiday break, the rocks ran fast and curled a ton, just like on T.V.

Going into the last game of the ses-sion there was a three-way tie for first place and a possibility of four teams deadlocked after the game.

Murray Walsh’s team was sitting one point back of the leaders going into the final game against the Coke Koyanagi foursome. Neither team could capitalize on opportunities, and that resulted in back and forth game that ended in a tie. The tie, worth one point, momentarily put Walsh in a tie for first place.

Harvey Handley’s team, tied for first, faced Jim Stewart’s foursome. The Handley side jumped out to a quick lead after two ends. It took that long for the Stewart side to get a read on the ice, and they stormed back to win the game 8–5.

Brett Rakuson’s foursome, also tied for first place, faced the Forest Drinnan’s team. The Rakuson side got behind early, as the Drinnan team caught on to ice conditions right out of the gate. The scene in the eighth end, Rakuson down by one, a Drinnan stone in the four foot, surrounded by three Rakuson rocks in the eight foot, and lots of Drinnan guards. The only shot at removing the Drinnan rock was a triple-raise takeout. A difficult shot on straight ice, and as it turned out, impossible on swingy ice. Drinnan takes the game.

In the end, it was Serge Pasquali’s team, the third team tied at the top of the standings, who faced Tom Hall’s foursome. Stealing one in the first and second ends, the Hall team jumped out to a quick lead. It stayed a close game until the sixth end when Hall missed an open hit and stick and gave up a steal of three. The Pasquali team took control at that point and finished strong, taking the game to earn top spot in the second section.

In a game that had no impact on the standings but was a wild ride, Dan Horan squared off against Clare Coleman. Coleman down 4-0 after two ends, scored a big six in the third end, then stole four in the fourth. Up 10-4 at the halfway mark, it should have been over but Horan came back with ten points in four ends to take the game 14–10.

The third section of Trail retirees sea-son begins today, and welcomes four new members for the next 10 games.

JIM BAILEY PHOTO

This nice rainbow trout was recently pulled out of a hole in the ice on a popular West Kootenay lake.

RETIREES CURLING

Pasquali takes second session

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - Team Canada

has announced its 25-man roster for the Sochi Olympics, and it’s built around key con-tributors from the team that won gold four years ago in Vancouver.

Sidney Crosby, who scored the game-winning goal over the United States in overtime, is back and likely will be named captain.

Roberto Luongo, who was in net for the completion of the 2010 tournament, could get another chance next month as he’s back on the roster fol-lowing some tumultuous times. Jonathan Toews, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Patrice Bergeron are also among the Vancouver medallists named to the team.

Forwards Rick Nash and Patrick Marleau, defencemen Shea Weber, Duncan Keith and Drew Doughty also return four years later to try to defend gold.

Goaltender Carey Price and forwards John Tavares and Steven Stamkos lead the group of newcomers, which is full of youth and speed. That’s not only a reflection of Canada’s young talent but the bigger international-sized ice surface.

Other newcomers chosen

by executive director Steve Yzerman and his management team include forwards Chris Kunitz and Matt Duchene and defencemen Jay Bouwmeester, Alex Pietrangelo and P.K. Subban, who was the subject of much debate leading up to Tuesday’s announcement.

“In the end we’ve put togeth-er the best group of players we possibly can. Now we have to become the best team we pos-sibly can,” head coach Mike Babcock said.

Team Canada is hoping to cash in on Kunitz’s natural chemistry with his Penguins teammate Crosby.

“Chris Kunitz has been an outstanding player through-out his career, a Stanley Cup champion,” Yzerman told a news conference Tuesday at the Toronto Maple Leafs’ practice facility. “He played for me at

the 2008 world championship in Quebec and Halifax and was a very good player on that team.”

“He’s a skilled player,” Yzerman added. “Yes he plays with Sidney Crosby and he’s been a great contributor not only to that line but to his team.”

Martin St. Louis, snubbed in 2010 by Yzerman, was cut again this time around. Joe Thornton, Eric Staal, Claude Giroux and Dan Boyle were also considered candidates who didn’t make the cut.

Yzerman said St. Louis, who plays in Tampa, was an espe-cially hard decision.

“He’s a tremendous hockey player who has played outstand-ing hockey for us in Tampa this year,” said Yzerman, who is the general manager of the Lightning.

Stamkos’ status for the tour-nament is unclear as he con-tinues to recover from a broken leg. Yzerman said his rehab is going well.

Canada beat the United States in overtime to win the gold medal in 2010 when Crosby beat Ryan Miller. It was Canada’s second gold medal since the NHL began sending its players at the 1998 Nagano Games.

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Team Canada RosterGoalies: Roberto Luongo; Carey Price; Mike SmithDefencemen: Jay Bouwmeester; Drew Doughty; Dan Hamhuis; Duncan Keith; Alex Pietrangelo; P.K. Subban; Marc-Edouard Vlasic; Shea WeberForwards: Jamie Benn; Patrice Bergeron; Jeff Carter; Sidney Crosby; Matt Duchene; Ryan Getzlaf; Chris Kunitz; Patrick Marleau; Rick Nash; Corey Perry; Patrick Sharp; Steven Stamkos; John Tavares; Jonathan Toews.


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AM Ford’s D.J. Ashman (far left) and Darrin Kissock (far right) present a cheque for $3,080 to Dallas Calvin and Scott Davidson who accept the donation on behalf of Trail Youth Baseball. The group raised the funds through AM Ford’s ride and drive program, that helps out local organizations by donating $20 for every person that test drives a vehicle during the day of the fundraiser.

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Men’s hockey team selected

T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S Less than two weeks after recon-

structive surgery on her right knee in February 2013, Lindsey Vonn already was sounding a positive note, saying she was “really looking forward to Sochi” and defending her Olympic downhill gold medal.

Along the way to the next Winter Games, though, Vonn began facing setbacks. As she’d move past one, another would surface. In the end, it was too much, even for Vonn, the most accomplished U.S. ski racer in history. Expected to be one of the biggest stars at these Olympics, Vonn announced Tuesday - exact-ly one month before the opening ceremony - she won’t be able to race in Russia.

In a Facebook posting, Vonn said she is “devastated” to miss the

Olympics, “but the reality has sunk in that my knee is just too unstable to compete at this level.”

Her personal publicist, Lewis Kay, said in a statement the 29-year-old from Vail, Colo., will have knee surgery again “shortly.”

Like many in her risk-filled sport, Vonn has dealt with injuries often, particularly at major events. She withdrew midway through the 2011 world championships because of a concussion. She raced with a severely bruised shin at the last Olympics. She skipped a race at the 2009 worlds after slicing her thumb open on a champagne bottle. She hurt her knee in training and missed a pair of races at the 2007 worlds. She took a scary fall during training at the 2006 Olympics, then left the hospital to compete.

Vonn forced to skip Games

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSTOCKHOLM -

Sweden will go to the Sochi Olympics with a roster almost entirely made up of NHL play-ers, including six Red Wings and three Canucks.

Goalie Jonas Gustavsson, defenders Niklas Kronwall and Jonathan Ericsson, and forwards Johan Franzen, Daniel

Alfredsson and Henrik Zetterberg lead the list.

Sweden coach Per Marts also picked brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin, and defenceman Alex Edler of the Vancouver Canucks, Niclas Backstrom of the Washington Capitals and Henrik Tallinder of the Buffalo Sabres.Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist of the New

York Rangers will be competing in his third Olympics.

Forward Jimmie Ericsson of Swedish Hockey League team Skelleftea was the only non-NHL player in the 25-man roster announced Tuesday.

Sweden won the gold medal at the 2006 Olympics but failed to medal in Vancouver in 2010.

Three Canucks join Team Sweden

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Dear Annie: I’m an identical twin and will be turning 56 in February, but my sis-ter behaves more like my daughter than my sister.

Annie, I’m sick of it! My twin sister turned her back on me in believing ridicu-lous lies told by my youngest brother. Several years later, she showed up out of the blue needing a place to live, knowing “Old Sis” would take her in. She lived with me for eight years until she got a job transfer. She still calls wanting money. I’ve learned how to make excuses, but I want it to stop.

I need help being upfront with this mooch of a sister, but I’ve never confronted anyone before in my entire life. Any advice? -- Sister of a Mooch

Dear Sister: You don’t need to be con-frontational. You need to be assertive. Your sister takes advantage of you because you

permit it. The easiest way to stop permit-ting it is to learn to say no. So when she asks for money, tell her, “I’m sorry, but not this time.” If she asks why not, reply, “I have loaned you enough.” Practice saying it in front of a mirror until it comes natur-ally. Write it down on a piece of paper and tape it next to your phone so it is on hand when she calls. You are under no obligation to give her excuses, evasions or explanations. Be polite, but just say no.

Dear Annie: I have been widowed for 19 years and belong to a support group of women who go out to

lunch once a month.Before I married my

late husband, I was an independent business-woman, cared for an elderly parent, paid my own bills, pumped my own gas, bought my own cars, etc. I was surprised to learn how few of the women in my group know how to do any of these things. They have no clue what their family finances are. One of them had to learn how to drive when her husband died.

Please, please, please tell wives (and hus-bands) to take respon-sibility for themselves while their spouses are still living and learn what their financial obligations are, when their bills are due, how to pump gas and all the other things you will need to know in order to be independent. It is hard enough to transi-tion from married life to widowhood without having to learn basic life skills at the same time. -- Been There,

Knew How To Do That in Kentucky

Dear Kentucky: Thank you for the knock on the head. Along with financial matters and pump-ing gas, both men and women should know how to cook a simple meal, sew on a but-ton, iron a shirt, load the dishwasher and do the laundry. These are skills that everyone needs, and it is short-sighted to assume that someone else will han-dle them for you for the rest of your life.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “ U n c o m f o r t a b l e , ” whose new mother-in-law wants her to call her “Mom.” I had a similar problem when my son married his wife. I love her dearly. One day, I wrote her an email and signed it, “Love, Your ‘Other’ Mom.” She responded to me in that same way. Now, after several years, she is able to call me “Mom.”

When my own

mother passed away, I found it difficult to think of another per-son as my mom. Now, I have friends whose mothers are still living, and I often refer to a few of them as “my other mother.” One of these special moms phones me every now and then

and refers to me as her “other daughter.” I can’t tell you how much this means to me. I hope this helps “Uncomfortable” refer to her mother-in-law in a less awkward way. -- Been There

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For Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’re in a resourceful frame of mind. You might see new ways of earning money today, or alterna-tively, you might see new ways to use something you already own. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Take a realistic look in the mirror today and ask yourself what you can do to improve your appear-ance. (You never get a sec-ond chance to make a first impression.) GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is an excellent day to do research. You have the powers of concentration plus the attention to detail necessary to do a bang-up job. You won’t stop until you find what you’re look-ing for. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Conversations with a female acquaintance will be

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Be prepared to go more than halfway when dealing with others today, because the Moon is opposite your sign. In two weeks, when the Moon is in your sign, people will cater to you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Introduce reforms or improvements where you work today. Similarly, you might see ways to improve your health. Think about this.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You’re full of creative ideas today, because you see a way to build a better mousetrap. Romantic rela-tionships will be powerful and creative as well. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Your focus at home will be related to laundry, plumb-ing, bathrooms or anything to do with garbage and recy-cling. Do some cleanup in

these areas. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You’re very convincing today! That’s why this is an especially strong day for those of you who sell, mar-ket, teach, write, act or con-vince others about anything. YOU BORN TODAY You are purposeful and focused on what you wish to achieve. You can bounce back from defeat because you also are resilient. And you are

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NEW LISTING

710 Redstone Drive, Rossland $425,000

If you’re looking for a move how about a brand new spacious home which means effi cient utility use along with obsolete repair costs for years to come by. Oh did I mention a few steps to walking and x-country trails

or an 18 hole golf course. This 4 bdrm 2-story home features a 2 car garage with ample storage area, 3 baths, comfortable rec room and a wide open kitchen with island and right next to spacious living area in

and outside for enjoying all seasons. Call your REALTOR® for more information.Call Richard (250) 368-7897

3378 Laurel Crescent, Trail $167,500

Affordable Glenmerry Townhome, carport and storage, covered private patio with

hot tub and direct access to green space. Air conditioned summer comfort adds to the enjoyment of low maintenance living. Enjoy a relaxing hot tub and then a BBQ

on your private patio.Call Bill (250) 231-2710

1360 - 2nd Avenue, Trail $199,000

Interior completely new since 2006. This charmer offers level access, 2

bdrms, 1 bath, unfi nished basement, fully fenced and landscaped yard with underground sprinklers, dog run, as

well as a carport. This little gem will go quickly! Don’t wait call now!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1880A Kootenay Avenue,Rossland

$416,950This is a unique fully furnished

turn-ofthe-century home, featuring 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. This home has been renovated and restored with style and taste adding to its original

character. Call Christine (250) 512-7653

2183 St. Paul Street, Rossland $215,000

Updated 3 bdrm home with bright open kitchen and living room. Brand new bath

and double garage/shop. Call today! Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1734 Noran Street, Trail $219,000

Spacious 4 bedroom, 2 bath, character home Over 2900 sq ft of space with

newer windows, upgraded plumbing and electrical panel. There is plenty of parking

accessed through the back alley. Relax and/or entertain outside under the large

covered patio. This is a very special home! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1501 - 2nd Avenue, Trail $199,000

High traffi c corner location. Currently has 3 long term tenants. There is also a second fl oor which has been used as

offi ces but was initially a 2 bedroom apartment that can be quite easily turned

back to an apartment.Call Richard (250) 368-7897

8327 Highway 3B, Trail $519,000

Stunning package! This home features Brazilian Cherry hardwood

fl oors, a great fl oor plan, and amazing mountain views. The home is well

maintained and fi lled with light. The yard is completely private and features an

inground swimming pool!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

82 Walnut Avenue, Fruitvale $234,500

3+ bdrm 2.5 bath in a family oriented Fruitvale neighbourhood. Fully fi nished basement, fenced, fl at yard, upgraded

kitchen, lots of room for the whole gang. Fantastic value here!

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

NEW LISTING

1120 Warren Street, Trail $109,000

Great rental package! Upstairs suite features laminate fl ooring, 2 bedrooms, bright and airy feel, and a great view! Downstairs suite is a compact 1 bdrm.

Also includes a vacant 120 x 100 lot with off-street parking! Both suites current

rent totals $1050.Call Terry 250-231-1101

340 Grandview Place, Genelle

$879,000Live the dream! This gorgeous custom-built home features stunning views and quality workmanship. Gourmet kitchen, 3 bdrms with master suite, gas fi replace

and an open fl oor-plan with oodles of windows. You have to see it to believe it!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

5255 Highway 6, Winlaw

$89,00010.13 lightly treed acres is mostly fl at and close to Winlaw. Good options for building sites; power, well and water

license in place.Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

SOLDThinking

of moving?

Call me for a

FREE market evaluation

today!Call Art

(250) 368-8818

OPEN HOUSESaturday, January 11 11am-1pm

FABULOUS FRUITVALE

3894 Carnation Drive, Trail

$239,0003 bdrm/2 bath home in Glenmerry- this home

offers a great open layout on the main fl oor, recent

new fl ooring/tile gives you the inspiration to remodel and update this very well built home to your taste - city green space next

door- very clean and quick possession available. Call your REALTOR® for your

viewing! Call Mark

(250) 231-5591

85 Forsythia Drive, Fruitvale

$310,000Wonderfully updated home with 4 beds,

2.5 baths, new roof and more.

1922 Meadowlark Drive, Fruitvale $279,000

5 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

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