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Contact the Times: Phone: 250-368-8551 Fax: 250-368-8550 Newsroom: 250-364-1242 Canada Post, Contract number 42068012 Trail-Warfield Citizen of the Year saluted Page 19 S I N C E 1 8 9 5 PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO Follow us online THURSDAY MAY 8, 2014 Vol. 119, Issue 71 $ 1 05 INCLUDING G.S.T. There is a Special Offer coming your way The Trail Times has hired circulation sales representatives Hans Straub, Chris Hopkyns and Quitcy Macaulay to undertake a subscription drive. They will be calling on you to offer subscription prices for the Trail area at substantial savings over regular subscription prices. Offer not available at the Times Office CHRIS HOPKYNS HANS STRAUB QUITCY MACAULAY SHERI REGNIER PHOTO Ilva Corazza (with help from sous-chef Rick Georgetti) has been stirring up batches of mouth water- ing spaghetti sauce in the Colombo Lodge kitchen for over 40 years. The 89-year-old Nonna was at the site Wednesday morning to begin making enough marinara to serve over 300 guests expected Friday night for the Lodge’s annual “Spaghettata”, a family dinner (spaghetti, chicken, jojos, salad and bun) with live Italian music. NONNA’S COOKIN’ BY ART HARRISON Times Staff After a 30-year presence in the City of Trail the local 7-Eleven store on Victoria Avenue will be closing its doors June 20 and those who have grown up with the signature frozen “Slurpee” and bucket-sized servings of soft drinks may have something of a mourning period ahead. However, concerns of losing the downtown core’s last remaining gas pumps and convenience store are unfounded in this case as the prop- erty owner, Chevron Canada, has no plans of leaving Trail any time soon. “We’re not closing down,” said Adrien Byrne, spokesperson for Chevron Canada. “We have every intention of keeping it running. There may be a few changes like upgrading the fuel tanks and renovations to the build- ing but we’re hoping to maintain the operation, especially during the peak summer driving season.” For it’s service stations in B.C., typically Chevron owns the site and, in most cases, an independent retailer will handle the convenience store aspect of the operation. In some instances, though, the stations are run on a “marketer model” basis, where a larger retailer leases the site and uses Chevron products. “We have preferred partners that we work with in many of our oper- ations, the store in Trail is the last we have in B.C. with 7-Eleven,” said Byrne. “We’re looking for another pre- ferred partner to take over the oper- ation in June.” For its part, 7-Eleven had not planned on closing its store in Trail but have no choice but to accept the decision of the property owner. “We have been informed that our lease will not be renewed at this site,” Laurie Smith, communi- cations manager with 7-Eleven Canada, said in an email. See FATE, Page 3 7-Eleven closing but Chevron staying Firemen do double duty for Saturday’s main events SILVER CITY DAYS BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff From the crack of dawn until the clock strikes midnight, Trail fire- fighters have their work cut out for them during Silver City Days. Traditionally, the Local 941 fire crew has rounded up a bevy of entertainment for the Saturday parade through town and done a bang up job closing the day with a fireworks show at dusk. Organizing the annual parade and lighting up the night sky is a huge undertaking, and through the years the art of planning May’s cele- brations have been handed down from one generation of Trail fire- fighters to the next. “It’s a big day for us,” said Lee DePellegrin, president of Trail Firefighters Local 941. “But we’ve been doing it for a number of years and every guy learned from the guy before him.” Parade entries are collected at the fire hall months before the event, and the firemen develop a lineup based on the type of participant. “Basically we try to keep certain groups like the youth together so they aren’t stepping in horse poop and we keep animals like the horses away from loud noises,” he said. “We’ve learned through trial and error but after so many years we know how to give the parade a kind of flow.” See SIX, Page 3 Convenience store closing in June but energy company has plans for site Planning parade and fireworks makes for a long day for firefighters
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Trail-WarfieldCitizen of the Year salutedPage 19
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substantial savings over regular subscription prices. Offer not available at the Times Offi ce CHRIS HOPKYNS HANS STRAUB QUITCY MACAULAY
SHERI REGNIER PHOTO
Ilva Corazza (with help from sous-chef Rick Georgetti) has been stirring up batches of mouth water-ing spaghetti sauce in the Colombo Lodge kitchen for over 40 years. The 89-year-old Nonna was at the site Wednesday morning to begin making enough marinara to serve over 300 guests expected Friday night for the Lodge’s annual “Spaghettata”, a family dinner (spaghetti, chicken, jojos, salad and bun) with live Italian music.
NONNA’S COOKIN’
B Y A R T H A R R I S O NTimes Staff
After a 30-year presence in the City of Trail the local 7-Eleven store on Victoria Avenue will be closing its doors June 20 and those who have grown up with the signature frozen “Slurpee” and bucket-sized servings of soft drinks may have something of a mourning period ahead.
However, concerns of losing the downtown core’s last remaining gas pumps and convenience store are unfounded in this case as the prop-erty owner, Chevron Canada, has no plans of leaving Trail any time soon.
“We’re not closing down,” said Adrien Byrne, spokesperson for Chevron Canada.
“We have every intention of keeping it running. There may be a few changes like upgrading the fuel tanks and renovations to the build-ing but we’re hoping to maintain
the operation, especially during the peak summer driving season.”
For it’s service stations in B.C., typically Chevron owns the site and, in most cases, an independent retailer will handle the convenience store aspect of the operation.
In some instances, though, the stations are run on a “marketer model” basis, where a larger retailer leases the site and uses Chevron products.
“We have preferred partners that we work with in many of our oper-ations, the store in Trail is the last we have in B.C. with 7-Eleven,” said Byrne.
“We’re looking for another pre-ferred partner to take over the oper-ation in June.”
For its part, 7-Eleven had not planned on closing its store in Trail but have no choice but to accept the decision of the property owner.
“We have been informed that our lease will not be renewed at this site,” Laurie Smith, communi-cations manager with 7-Eleven Canada, said in an email.
See FATE, Page 3
7-Eleven closing but Chevron staying
Firemen do double duty for Saturday’s main events
SILVER CITY DAYS
B Y S H E R I R E G N I E RTimes Staff
From the crack of dawn until the clock strikes midnight, Trail fire-fighters have their work cut out for them during Silver City Days.
Traditionally, the Local 941 fire crew has rounded up a bevy of entertainment for the Saturday parade through town and done a bang up job closing the day with a fireworks show at dusk.
Organizing the annual parade and lighting up the night sky is a huge undertaking, and through the years the art of planning May’s cele-brations have been handed down
from one generation of Trail fire-fighters to the next.
“It’s a big day for us,” said Lee DePellegrin, president of Trail Firefighters Local 941.
“But we’ve been doing it for a number of years and every guy learned from the guy before him.”
Parade entries are collected at the fire hall months before the event, and the firemen develop a lineup based on the type of participant.
“Basically we try to keep certain groups like the youth together so they aren’t stepping in horse poop and we keep animals like the horses away from loud noises,” he said. “We’ve learned through trial and error but after so many years we know how to give the parade a kind of flow.”
See SIX, Page 3
Convenience store closing in June but energy
company has plans for site
Planning parade and fireworks makes for a long
day for firefighters
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Alyssa Hunt, Miss Knights of Pythias, is sixteen years old and lives in Trail. Her parents are Michelle and Andrew Hunt, and she has two sisters, Megan and Sydney. Alyssa enjoys skating, reading, drinking tea, and watching Netflix. She would like to teach skating and enroll in an aesthetics course. After high school, she hopes to travel to London and New York.
Vivian Huang, Miss Royal Canadian Legion Branch 11, is six-teen years old and lives in Trail. She is the daughter of Juan and Joe and sister of Vincent and Juliana. In her spare time she enjoys playing ultimate frisbee. She is unsure on her career path, but knows that she would like to obtain post-secondary education and then travel.
Monica McPhee, Miss Kiwanis, is the 16-year-old daughter of John and Amelia McPhee and lives in East Trail. She has a sister Rowena and a brother Jordan. Her extracurricular activities include piano, karate, drama, jazz band, singing, and writing slam poetry. She aspires to a career in the med-ical field.
Ella Meyer, Miss Italo Canadese, is sixteen years old and lives in Montrose with her parents Jane Power and Paul Meyer. She has one older brother, Isaac. Ella enjoys karate, debating, skiing, and cross-training. Her passion is basketball and she’s a member of the J.L. Crowe Sr. girls’ teameam. Ella’s future plans include attending UBC for Chemistry & Sociology and then travelling.
Samantha Theobald, Miss Trail Firefighters I.A.F.F. Local 941, is sixteen years old and lives in Columbia Heights with her parents, Colin and Rhonda, and brother Tyler. She is an avid swim-mer and a proud member of the Trail Stingrays Swim Club. Her future plans include attending SAIT in Calgary to become an ultrasound or x-ray technician.
TrailAmbassador candidates
Here are the five candidates, along with brief biographies, in the Trail Ambassador Program for 2014.
The candidates will be wrapping up six months of preparation on Friday night when the Miss Trail Pageant is held at the Charles Bailey Theatre.
The chosen ambassadors will repre-sent the City of Trail at a variety of local and provincial functions.
The pageant begins at 7 p.m.
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FROM PAGE 1Friday night a delegated fire-
man heads out to Casino Road to begin staging for Saturday by measuring a section of the roadway, depending on the size of the group or float, before marking each designated spot.
The process is time con-suming and usually spills over into Saturday morning.
“Depending on the number of entries this means an early start,” said DePellegrin. “There is a lot of extra duties on the side with timing the parade and making sure everyone is lined up together,” he con-tinued. “But once the parade starts it’s all in the hands of the people who are in it.”
This year more than 40 entries are lined up to roll through downtown along with the newly crowned Miss Trail riding in style on the city’s new float.
After the parade, the fire crew heads back to the station to pack up a pallet of boxed fireworks shipped in from a Calgary-based company called Sunset Fireworks, along with PVC launching tubes, before heading down to the Gyro Park boat launch.
Then, the labour intensive work begins for a handful of firemen who, in rain or shine, wire each aerial shell (fire-work) to an electronic “match” before feeding each line into a single fuse.
“It’s not strenuous but we have to wire every shell individually so it becomes very intense,” explained DePellegrin. “It can take up to six hours but we still have retirees who come out to help.”
After last year’s 50th anni-versary Silver City Days blow out that included about 400 individual shells, the fireworks budget was decreased from $10,000 to $8,000 this year,.
The 15-minute show includes 145 aerial shells which provide large and colourful dis-plays, 15 exploding stars called Roman candles, and nine “cakes,” or firework combina-tions that create long-lasting effects from a single ignition.
Because each firework is set in a heavy PVC pipe and secured in place with sand-bags, the only factor that could delay the show is wind, said DePellegrin.
“If it’s raining we can still do it because we cover each tube
with cellophane,” he explained. “But the shells themselves are influenced by high winds so we would have to hold off if that’s the case.”
A safety net is set up to ensure no little fires erupt, and one person counts each shot to confirm that all fireworks have discharged.
Once the crowds dissipate following the show, the crew remains riverside to begin a cleanup.
“Once the firing is done there is a mess of wires to clean up, sandbags to empty and little plastic caps to pick up from the bottom of the PVC tubes,” said DePellegrin. “We usually don’t get back to the firehall until 11:30 p.m. or so by the time that’s all done,” he noted. “It’s a long day but it’s something we’ve always done and look forward to.”
Each year, the Saturday celebrations are organized by a rotating crew of firemen, depending on how their shift schedules.
If a firefighter is not on scene during the Saturday celebrations, they are on regu-lar duty at the fire hall.
FROM PAGE 1“7-Eleven has been
in the Trail community for 30 years and this was a popular store. We have experienced great support from the Trail community and hope to be back in the future to provide guests with our quality and convenience.”
As rumors began circulating late Tuesday afternoon regarding the closure of the 7-Eleven and faced with the pos-sibility of downtown Trail losing its only gas station and 24-hour convenience store, the phone started ringing at the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation (LCIC), the economic develop-ment arm of the Lower Columbia Community Development Team Society (LCCDTS).
“I had long talks with a lot of people
this morning,” Terry Van Horn, the coordin-ator for LCIC, said Wednesday.
“When we found out the lease was up
with 7-Eleven we were quite concerned.
“I talked to people at 7-Eleven Canada and Chevron Canada, we wanted to make
sure there were no barriers to them con-tinuing and offer any assistance we could to help make the transi-tion smooth.”
In addition to the concerns about what the loss of the oper-ation might mean to the economic health of the downtown core,
Van Horn also had questions about the employees of the cur-rent store whose jobs would now be in ques-tion.
“I made it clear that we hoped there wouldn’t be job loss with the transition, we were hoping for a transfer of employees,” Van Horn said.
“We didn’t get any-thing concrete but hopefully there’ll be an opportunity for some people to maintain their jobs.”
Chevron is just hoping to have the turnover of the oper-ation occur with as few bumps as possible and keep the operation going through the transition.
“We understand and appreciate the situa-tion our operations represent in the small-er towns and rural areas of B.C.,” said Byrne.
“We’re interested in collaborating with the LCIC to know how we can do this as smooth-ly as possible.”
Grapevine is a public service provided by the Trail Times and is not a guaranteed submission. For full list of events visit trailtimes.ca.
• Today, Trail Memorial Centre 4-8 p.m. for Silver City Days Seniors’ Dance featuring That Girl and Earl.
• Friday, Colombo Hall from 5-8 p.m., the Colombo Lodge presents its annual “Spaghettata”, a family dinner (spa-ghetti, chicken, jojos, salad and bun) with live Italian music. Adult $15, child (7-11yr) $10, 6yr and under free. Tickets available at the door. Everyone welcome.
• Friday, Charles Bailey Theatre at 7 p.m., for Miss Trail 2014. Tickets $15.
• Saturday, KP Hall in Trail from 8-11 p.m. enjoy an evening of ballroom dancing to the live music of the 18 piece big-band “The SwingSationS.” Tickets $15. Call 367.6115 for reservations. All are welcome.
• Saturday, downtown Trail at 11 p.m. for the Firefighter’s Parade. Starts on Riverside Avenue
and rolls through town over the bridge to East Trail.
• Sunday, Gyro Park at 1 p.m. for Family Day and Mother’s Day Celebration in the Park. Country Divas, Trail Maple Leaf Band, vendors and more.
Music• Friday, Rossland Miners Hall
7:30 p.m. Randy the Redneck is Tellin It Like It Iz. Featuring original music and observa-tional humour from Nelson based writer and performer Lucas Myers.
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exhibition of Joost Winckers, an art instructor at J.L. Crowe Secondary School. Hours are Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Thursdays until 6 p.m. By donation. Call 364.1181 or visit visacgallery.com
• Saturday, VISAC Gallery 9 a.m, until noon. for monthly watercolour pencil drawing work-shops. Joe Horvath and Visac offer workshops the last Saturday of each month. Cost $25.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVICTORIA -
Thousands of letters have forced the B.C. government to consid-er making changes to a proposed law affecting the management of the province’s farmland.
The Agriculture Land Commission Act, known as Bill 24, was introduced in the legislature by the Liberals in March and proposed dividing the province’s Agricultural Land Reserve into two
zones.The Agricultural
Land Commission, which manages the reserve, would pro-tect farmland from n o n - a g r i c u l t u r a l development in Zone 1 - Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan - where land is in the greatest demand.
But in Zone 2, which covers the rest of the province, farm-ers would have more flexibility in how they
develop their land, opening the door to so-called value-added industries like food processing or to poten-tial oil and gas develop-ment.
But Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick said Tuesday the gov-ernment received many complaints and concerns, some of which focused on food security, and he’s now proposing changes to the bill.
He said the govern-
ment received detailed letters from people in agriculture who sup-ported the bill but “then you had others who focused on food security as their big issue, as to making sure that we continue to support agriculture and the land itself for future generations.”
One of the changes spells out the criteria the Agricultural Land Commission must consider before mak-ing land-use decisions in Zone 2.
Another change allows the commis-sion’s chairman or a regional panel to refer land-use applications to the executive com-mittee if a decision would have a sub-stantial impact on the reserve.
NDP agriculture critic Nicholas Simons said the bill should never have been con-ceived, drafted, or tabled and it should not be passed.
“This is probably the worst piece of legisla-tion I’ve seen in this house and I’ve seen a lot of bad legislation,” said Simons.
Simons said the proposed law has no support in the prov-ince, and it’s becoming more important to pro-tect farmland because of climate change, which will result in a reduction in crops and an increase in prices.
“The impacts of cli-mate change on our province make it even more important now than ever to ensure that we keep our options open for how and where we produce our food,” he said.
“When we start clos-ing down those options we may not feel them in our own lifetime, we may not feel them in our children’s lifetime, but our grandchildren are going to feel them for sure.”
A news release issued previously by the government has said the province has about 20,000 farms but three-quarters of them generate less than $50,000 in sales annually, and just 10 per cent of the land within the Agricultural Land Reserve gener-ates about 85 per cent of total farm sales.
Flood of letters prompts B.C. to consider changes to farmland bill
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SVANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver didn’t
have to travel to an intergalactic outpost to find Darth Vader when they arrested the Star Wars villain near the tony neighbourhood of Shaughnessy.
Sgt. Randy Fincham says police quickly determined they weren’t dealing with Luke Skywalker’s heavy-breathing but powerful dad when they responded early Tuesday to a rob-bery involving a suspect wearing a Darth Vader mask.
He says the 23-year-old victim reported she was unhurt but that her attacker was a woman who’d pointed a gun at her and escaped with a small amount of cash.
In the absence of Tie fighter patrols, a 911 call helped lead police to a suspect, who was not far away and still wearing the mask.
A search revealed the 20-year-old didn’t have a light sabre but was armed with a replica firearm, and Fincham says police will be seeking charges related to robbery and weapons offences.
Fincham says unfortunately for this robber, she underestimated the power of the force.
B y T o m F l E T C H E RBlack Press
A brownfield pulp mill site at Squamish could end up the first of B.C.’s 13 proposed liquefied natural gas exporters.
Premier Christy Clark has signed her second letter of intent since arriving in Asia for an LNG sales trip. It’s for one of the smallest, at Woodfibre, where the last of a series of forest operations closed in 2006. The pulp mill’s main legacy is an industrial-sized FortisBC natural gas line, which a company owned by Indonesian bil-lionaire Sukanto Tanoto has proposed to use for an LNG export terminal.
Private ownership, a century of industrial history on the B.C. coast and the existing pipe-line make the Woodfibre site one of the simpler proposals to bring online.
The largest agreement was signed Monday with Malaysian giant Petronas for export facili-ties at Port Edward on the B.C. North Coast. Purchase agreements from petroleum corpora-tions in China, Japan, India and Brunei were unveiled at ceremonies in Kuala Lumpur.
Before the trip, Clark signed a similar letter of intent with a consortium headed by Shell Canada for a high-volume pipeline and LNG export facilities at Kitimat.
In an interview from Singapore, Clark said the Asian network offered by Petronas shows the world’s biggest players are responding to B.C.’s stable economy and its tax rates for gas exports. Clark said the China and India markets alone have steep growth ahead, with India Oil projecting a five-fold increase in gas use over the next decade.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SKELOWNA, B.C. - The father of a man con-
victed of first-degree murder has admitted in a B.C. court to helping his son in connection with the crime.
Sixty-year-old Stephen Foerster pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the murder of 18-year-old Taylor Van Diest on Halloween night 2011.
Matthew Foerster was sentenced last month to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for murdering the young woman, who was found near death along some train tracks in Armstrong.
The Crown has told B.C. Supreme Court in Kelowna that Stephen Foerster bought his son some identification and helped him escape the province. Court has heard that between November 2011 and January 2012, Foerster quit his job as a truck driver, collected his son’s belongings from a rental apartment and lied to police.
Father admits to helping son after murder
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SEDMONTON - Alberta Premier Dave
Hancock is urging teachers to relax and not jump to conclusions that a new government report is an attack on the profession.
The report concludes the Alberta Teachers’ Association is in a conflict of inter-est because it oversees teacher performance as a professional organization but also has to protect teacher interests as a union.
The ATA has called the proposal to have teachers independently evaluated and disci-plined an attack on the profession.
Under the new proposal, teachers would also have to renew their certificate every five years.
Hancock says the proposal is not adver-sarial, it’s about excellence in teaching.
He also says there’s still lots of room for discussion, and promises the province will work with the ATA collaboratively on the key issues facing the education system.
“Yes, there are minefields, because some of those recommendations say if it can’t be done this way then you ought to con-sider this other way, and it’s this other way, I think, that a cynic would look at and say that’s an attack on the ATA,” says Hancock.
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SWINNIPEG - A National Hockey League
fan favourite in Winnipeg who turned to municipal politics is facing charges of assaulting a woman in a restaurant.
Thomas Steen, who has been on Winnipeg city council since 2010, turned himself into police earlier this week and was released on a promise to appear pending a court appear-ance, fellow councillor Scott Fielding con-firmed Wednesday.
Steen did not respond to interview requests about the charges first reported by the Winnipeg Free Press. But he issued a one-line written statement that said he was taking a leave of absence.
Steen played his entire NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets as a forward.
Former NHLer/councillor charged with assault
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Opponents of Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway proposal say even if the federal cabinet approves controversial oil pipeline in the com-ing weeks, the project will languish while they tie it up in the courts.
As in previous years, a delegation of First Nations leaders, environmental activ-ists and B.C. com-munity representatives travelled to Calgary on Wednesday to speak out against the more than $6.5-billion pro-ject at Enbridge’s annual general meet-ing.
John Ridsdale, her-editary chief of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in northern B.C., says his community will never support the Alberta-to-B.C. oil pipeline project and investor money will “sit there and rot.”
“The answer is still no. So let’s move on,” he told The Canadian Press ahead of the meeting.
“Why would you want to invest into a failed project? There are better projects they can invest in. It’s cost-ing them money to find out it’s an absolute failure.”
Art Sterritt, execu-tive director of Coastal First Nations, said he decided to attend
Enbridge’s meeting for the first time to deliver a similar message to CEO Al Monaco.
“When you’re sit-ting in a board meet-ing, having an annual meeting, trying to decide where your future investments are going, you’d bet-ter think about that because it’s not going to happen. You’re wast-ing money,” he said.
A joint review panel said in December the project that will bring oil from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C. should be approved, subject to 209 conditions, and the federal cabinet is set to decide in a mat-ter of weeks.
But Monaco told shareholders that he knows there’s still a lot more work to be done.
“Regardless of the final government deci-sion here, whatever decision they do make, our focus is going to be on re-engaging and further building trust with some of the aboriginal groups that we haven’t been able to do this point, to listen, further build trust and address concerns,” he said, adding he’s met with many community leaders along the pipe-line route.
“As CEO, I’ve made this commitment to them, and I repeat it here today: that we’ll
continue to work hard to earn the trust of British Columbians and that will make Northern Gateway the best project possible with environment and safety as the first pri-ority.”
A litany of legal chal-lenges being mounted by project opponents mean the path forward for Northern Gateway is far from clear.
First Nations in most of British Columbia have not signed treaties with the Crown, meaning they maintain right and title.
There are a number of court cases in which B.C. First Nations have been successful in the past, Ridsdale said.
“We’ve had the longest winning streak in Canadian jurispru-dence, in the history of Canada. And yet here we go again,” he said.
“They still haven’t listened to us. We’ve constantly said the answer is still no and we give the reasoning behind it. So we go to court.”
Jim Prentice, a for-mer federal Tory cab-inet minister who is preparing to run for the Alberta Progressive Conservative leader-ship, was hired by the Northern Gateway proponents in March to engage with First
Nations along the route. Sterritt said his first meeting with Prentice and his staff didn’t go well.
“He brought some people along that thought that they could flash a bunch of economic development opportunities under our nose and somehow we would roll over on Northern Gateway,” he said.
Later, Sterritt said was able to deliver a tough message to Prentice one-on-one.
“I let him know in no uncertain terms, the longest, the fur-thest path to the Pacific is Northern Gateway. There is so much poi-son involved in that project, you just can’t rescue it. So unless this industry in Alberta gets rid of the idea of Northern Gateway, they’re not going to see the Pacific. It’s that simple,” he said.
Sterritt added he’d be happy to see someone with a deep understanding of First Nations issues - it was one of Prentice’s cab-inet posts in Ottawa - become the premier of Alberta.
“He understands the pathway to the Pacific is a hard road.”
Earlier Wednesday, Enbridge said it earned $390 million in its latest quarter, up from $250 million a year ago.
The pipeline com-pany says the profit amounted to 47 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31 compared with a profit of 31 cents per diluted share a year ago.
Revenue totalled $10.52 billion, up from $7.9 billion in the first three months of 2013.
Excluding one-time items, including unrealized derivative fair value gains and losses, Enbridge said it earned an adjusted profit of $492 million or 60 cents per share.
That compared with an adjusted profit of $488 million or 62 cents per share a year ago when the company had fewer shares out-standing.
Analysts on aver-age had expected an adjusted profit of 57 cents per share, accord-ing to data compiled by Thomson Reuters.
Northern Gateway opponent says investor money will ‘sit there and rot’
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OPINION
Citizen of the Year puts disputes into perspectiveI was all set to wade into
the quagmire that is the controversy sur-rounding a proposed
new bridge in Trail.I was all set to spout off
an opinion, weigh in on the facts and the fallacies.
I was all set to do that until I went up to St. Michael’s School last night to see Tom McEwan honoured as the Trail-Warfield Citizen of the Year.
If anything can derail an argument that pits one group against another it’s saluting someone who has done so much for others – a person who is construct-ive rather than destruc-tive.
There is certainly no argument that Mr. McEwan was deserving of the special award. His dedication, kindness, sin-cerity and joyful outlook craft the blueprint for what we wish all citizens could be, including our-selves.
And perhaps those qualities rubbed off a bit on those in attendance.
The first thing that struck was that Trail and Warfield finally shared a common goal after an acrimonious last couple of months. Having both Trail and Warfield’s names on the award was definitely symbolic if not ironic.
While both sides of the divide came together to salute one of its citizens, maybe it’s a lesson digni-taries from both com-munities can take back to their respective councils when it comes to address-ing the hurdles ahead.
As Brian Volpatti read off the long list of accomplishments, volun-teer work and countless hours helping others by Mr. McEwan, maybe the lesson in it all is the bot-tom line why we love this region so much - that sense of community and our desire to help sustain it.
It’s why Tom and Edie McEwan raised a family here. It’s why they opened their home and spread the feeling of family wher-ever they went. It’s why
so many people have been impacted by Mr. McEwan’s lifetime of devotion.
It’s that sense of family and community that keeps him going all these years and the same reason our distinctive commun-ities and citizens should be able to get on the same page.
It may sound all too “Shangri-La” for some. Others will say I need rose-coloured glasses to get that view. Some might even throw in the word “commodious” but I don’t think it fits this missive as well as it drew laughs on
Tuesday.But Tom McEwan
proves day-in-day-out that it’s not an out-of-reach goal. He proves that it is rewarding to think about others before yourself. And he proves that it can be done even here in Trail and Warfield.
As with any dedicated volunteer, Mr. McEwan struggled when it came time to accept kudos for his accomplishments. He preferred to thank the help of people in his life from his wife, to his kids to his multitude of friends.
That’s what true volun-teers do. It’s never about them; it’s always about someone else.
He probably would have been much more comfort-able giving a standing ova-tion rather than receiving one.
So it came as no sur-prise that when the mike was open for comments from the floor, most of them spoke of the Citizen of the Year in a loving, admiring way while mix-
ing in some good humoured jabs.
He never scored a pivotal goal, hoisted a trophy or made the pros but he represents many of the best qualities that the Home of Champions has to offer. Many of us wish our kids grow up to be the next star athlete from this cradle of sport-ing success but more of us should wish our kids grow up to be the type of person Mr. McEwan represents.
It may sound silly to say but I left the gather-ing wanting to be a better person.
I know I can never match the list of accom-plishments that follow Mr. McEwan, and that certain-ly isn’t my goal.
But if in some small way I can make a little bit of the world a better place then that’s a step in the right direction.
And that’s probably all the thanks Tom McEwan would want.
Guy Bertrand is the managing editor of the Trail Times
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Some companies spend a lot of money research-ing their competitors in order to copy their best
ideas. This practice is viewed as necessary in order to stay relevant and solvent.
Unfortunately, we don’t see enough of this when it comes to our governments. When one government comes up with a good idea, others should be rushing to copy it.
But recently we have seen this happen in Ottawa, where a backbench Member of Parliament is trying to get a popular piece of Nova Scotia legislation adopted nationally. Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan gov-ernment should be watching closely and looking to do the same thing.
If passed, Bill C-518, the Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians Act, would strip fed-eral politicians of their golden pensions if they are caught stealing or committing serious crimes while in office.
To be clear, the proposed bill won’t penalize MPs or senators if they’re caught for something trivial, such as public intoxica-tion or littering.
The bill is structured so that only serious crimes would result in politicians being stripped of their pensions – such things as fraud. And even then, the polit-ician would get back what he or she put into the pension plan,
with interest. What would be lost is the
portion of benefits paid by the government – in other words, by taxpayers.
Given some of the shenani-gans in the Senate, the bill just makes sense. It’ll send a strong signal to anyone running for federal office, or appointed to the Senate, that abusing the public’s trust – illegally – is just not acceptable and will result in serious penalties.
MP John Williamson, a former federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, tabled Bill C-518. He indicated that one of the inspirations for the bill was former Liberal Senator Raymond Lavigne. In 2011, Lavigne was convicted of expense account fraud and of using his government staff to do personal errands.
Many readers can think of a good reason why the bill would make sense in Saskatchewan. Those of a certain age will remember the scandal that involved members of the Grant Devine government.
For those who need a refresh-er, back in the 1990s an expense scandal rocked Saskatchewan and made headlines nation-wide – and for good reason. A dozen MLAs were arrested and charged with fraud for funnel-ing tax dollars into a fake com-pany that paid them kickbacks. Others were caught expensing ridiculous things such as horse
saddles with their names on them.
To be clear, there have been some pretty absurd expenses involving provincial polit-icians in the news lately in Saskatchewan. For a politician to drive around in a car service in London for four days straight and not think to ask how much it costs is hard to swallow.
However, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation isn’t aware of anything illegal involv-ing provincial politicians as of late. But why wait for some-thing illegal to happen again? Why not be proactive and send a clear message to all provincial politicians that such behaviour will not tolerated?
In fact, Saskatchewan wouldn’t be the first province to pass such a bill; Nova Scotia’s former NDP government has already passed similar legisla-tion. On that note, if the Wall government decides not to copy what Ottawa is doing and Nova Scotia has done, there’s noth-ing stopping Saskatchewan’s opposition NDP from tabling such a bill.
One thing is clear: nobody wants their politicians to steal . . . unless they’re stealing good ideas from other governments. That’s the kind of theft we can all get behind.
Troy Media columnist Colin Craig is Prairie Director (SK and MB) of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
IntegrityBC has reviewed 660 applications to the Agricultural Land Commission filed in the
Kootenay district, following comments from Bill Bennett, Minister Responsible for the Core Review, that the proposed changes to the A g r i c u l t u r a l Land Reserve are the result of listening to his constituents.
“Based on Bennett’s claims one would imagine that application after application was routinely com-ing back from the ALC stamped ‘rejected’,” said IntegrityBC executive director Dermod Travis. “And that’s far from the case.”
According to IntegrityBC’s review, 72.3 per cent of the applications to the ALC (from 2006 to 2012) in the Kootenays were approved (some with con-ditions) and 27.7 per cent were rejected outright. Numbers that point to the need for public consultations on Bill 24 – as Agriculture minister Norm
Letnick promised last week – and not shotgun passage of the bill as Bill Bennett threatened the next day.
“This is a debate that needs far more fact-based analysis and far less old wives’ tales,” said Travis.
In an inter-view with Bill Tieleman for 24 Hours, Bennett said he decided to change the ALR because he has been “listening to his constituents for 13 fucking years! And this is what they want me to do, so I get really upset when people say that
this is something other than what it is.”
“Bluster from Bennett doesn’t make the case for Bill 24 and neither do these statis-tics from the ALC,” said Travis noting that with an approval rate of nearly three out of every four ALC applications, it’s dif-ficult to believe that his con-stituents are so hot under the collar as to justify the long arm of Bill 24.
And if the 660 applications
received by the ALC in the Kootenay district are any indi-cation, the commission also has a pretty good handle on what good agricultural land is, despite Bennett’s contention that “there is a ton of land with-in the reserve that you can’t grow anything on.”
Some ALC approvals in the Kootenays were based – in the commission’s words – on the “limited agricultural potential” of the land in question.
IntegrityBC only considered ALC decisions and did not track the applicants to each application. Therefore, it’s pos-sible that the 27.7 per cent rejection rate is lower since some applicants could have been rejected more than once or were rejected on their first attempt and later approved on a revised application. Nor did the organization look at whether applicants, who were condition-ally approved, proceeded with their plans. Some of the appli-cants did not reside in B.C. at the time of their application.
The organization also criti-cized the B.C. government for using the ALR to try and drive a wedge between rural British Columbians and non-rural British Columbians.
Kootenay ALC stats cast doubt on Bennett’s claims
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NYLANDER (JANNI), ANTHONY DENNIS (TONY) – Tony passed away on January 13, 2014 after a short but courageous battle with cancer.
He was born in Ross-land on July 12, 1952. Tony spent some years working for Cominco before going back to school to become a certi� ed chartered accountant. Un-fortunately Tony’s MS made his eyes too weak to carry on at the job he loved. Tony enjoyed all of the outdoors, especially hunting and � shing with his family and friends. He espe-cially enjoyed his time on the ocean at Desolation Sound in his cabin cruiser.
Tony is survived by his wife Joanne Doyle, son Anthony Janni, daughter Darci Janni, grand-daughter Sara Janni, father Ron Janni (Shirley) mother Vera Michelsen, brothers Gary (Ber-nice), Ron (Susan), Leonard (Marijan), sisters Faye Tumber (Keith), Bev Mansell(Art), Con-nie Michelsen(Francis) and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his brother Allan.
Cremation has taken place in Nanaimo. A cele-bration of Tony’s life will be held at the Genelle Hall on Sunday, May 18 from 1 - 3 pm.
OBITUARIES
Elsie was born in Creston & grew up in Wynndel. She married Jim Killough of Castlegar
in 1941 & lived there until her recent death at Talarico Place.
Elsie was a wonderful baker to the delight of her grandchildren. She loved dancing & tending her
� owers. Elsie had a great appreciation for the beauty of nature especially birds & wildlife.
She is survived by her children Emily (Don), Jamie (Louise), Sue (Mike), 6 grandchildren, 8 great
grandchildren & her sister Hazel, as well as numerous nieces & nephews from both Davis & Killough
families.
Elsie was predeceased by her husband Jim, 9 siblings and 1 son-in-law.
A Memorial Service will be held July 5, 2014, @ 2 pm at St. David’s Anglican Church, Castlegar. Tea to
follow.
Donations may be made in Elsie’s memory to Parkinson Society BC, 600 - 890 W Pender St,
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Elsie Vera (Davis) KilloughAugust 30, 1920 -
April 29, 2014
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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STORONTO - Farley Mowat
was fondly remembered Wednesday for captivating generations of schoolchildren with books such as “Owls in the Family” and “Never Cry Wolf,” and for his legacy as a tireless defender of the environment who “spoke for whales and seabirds, for tad-poles and mosses.”
“He was possessed of a ferocious talent, able to write stories that provoked laugh-ter, tears and action,” Green Party leader Elizabeth May added in a statement after news broke of Mowat’s death at age 92. “We owe him more than I can say.”
Mowat died Tuesday night in his hometown of Port Hope, Ont., his assistant Mary Shaw-Rimmington told The Canadian Press.
The author was an “abso-lutely delightful person” who had “strong opinions that he would fight for to the death if he had to,” said friend Stephen Smith, who learned of the death from Mowat’s wife, Claire.
“A highly, highly prin-cipled man, extremely gen-erous with his time and his wealth. Just a gem, a diamond in the rough,” he added. “I think we all felt that it was a real, real privilege to have them as friends, and they were truly good friends.”
There was no word on a
cause of death, but Smith said a statement would be issued by the family.
“He hadn’t been very well, it had been a tough winter, but everybody had a tough winter in southern Ontario,” he said. “But it had been par-ticularly tough for him. He wasn’t very well. He was quite old. He had various issues, as people in their 90s usually do.”
From the time he was 13, Mowat was fiercely dedi-cated to writing about the natural world. As a young teen he started a magazine called Nature Lore and had a column in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
He went on to write some 40 books, many based on his own adventures and travels. He said he was lucky to be able to combine his two pas-sions: writing and nature, calling it “the only subject I really want to write about.”
“The literary legacy is enormous,” said Smith.
Throughout his life, Mowat was adamant that humans learn to live in har-
mony with the natural world.“It’s a matter of survival,”
he told The Canadian Press in a 2006 interview. “Either we learn to do this, or we cease to exist. We have no God-given right to survive forever. We have screwed up so badly in so many ways so obviously that only utterly stupid spe-cies would consider that we have much of a future, as things stand.”
“Never Cry Wolf,” is said to have changed the way people saw wolves; after the Russian version was published, the government there even banned the killings of one of Mowat’s favourite creatures.
But the book, which was based on Mowat’s own experi-ences studying wolves in the North - and became a film in 1983 - was not without con-troversy.
The May 1996 issue of now-defunct Saturday Night magazine featured an arti-cle by John Goddard titled “A Real Whopper,” accusing Mowat of exaggerating key facts in the book, such as how long he actually spent study-
ing wolves in the North and if he visited an Inuit camp.
Mowat later issued a retort, saying Goddard “consistently misses the truth behind these ‘facts.”’
Mowat was born in Belleville, Ont., on May 12, 1921. The son of a librarian, he grew up in Windsor, Ont., and Saskatoon. He studied at the University of Toronto. His novels and other non-fiction works have been translated into more than 20 languages.
For the past few decades, Mowat split his time between Cape Breton, N.S., and Port Hope, Ont., where a monu-ment stands in his honour on Smith’s property. The struc-ture is in the shape of a boat to represent Mowat’s 2000 book, “The Farfarers: Before the Norse.”
“It’s a local limestone,” said close friend John Shaw-Rimmington, the husband of Mowat’s assistant. “He wouldn’t have approved of shipping anything in that was non-green.”
A remarkable storyteller, Mowat said the pleasure he got from writing was para-mount.
“My motives have been selfish in a peculiar way,” he said, “not to attempt to gain recognition, fame, to become an icon, to become a Conrad Black or somebody like that, but simply to satisfy my own appetite for good stories.”
Author remembered for ‘enormous literary legacy’“My motives have been selfish in a peculiar
way. Not to attempt to gain recognition, fame, to become an icon, to become a Conrad
Black or somebody like that, but simply to satisfy my own appetite for good stories.”
FARLEY MOWAT
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not file? If you qualify for
dependant payments like the Universal Child Care Benefit, why not file?
If you qualify for reduced premiums like MSP, why not file?
If you are owed a refund, why not file?
Now if you owe tax and if you have not filed, your continued procrastination will continue costing you money. In fact, the day after April 30 - May 6 this year due to CRA’s e-services shut down in early April – the tax you owe may have a 5% penalty applied, and not to be alarmist,
but that penalty could be as high as 50% of taxes payable.
As each month passes, an additional 1% penalty is applied.
In addition to the possible pen-alty, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) char-ges 5% interest com-pounded daily on taxes and penalties owing.
To clarify tax return deadlines for propri-etors. It is true that
the due date is June 15 for the filing of the return, but if taxes are due, they were pay-able on April 30, like everybody else’s. If you haven’t filed, then it might be wise to esti-mate taxes due and pay that amount now.
Whether you are owed by or owing to CRA, clearly the rec-ommendation is to file 2013 as soon as pos-sible.
By the way, not fil-ing is sometimes in reaction to not being able to pay the taxes due. Why file if you can’t pay anyway?
If you can’t pay, fil-ing sooner than later
is still the best course of action. CRA looks much more kindly on those taxpayers who self-identify than those they have to chase.
The next step you should take after filing is to call CRA and state a payment date or offer installments.
There’s no guar-antee a plan will be accepted but at least your file will be tagged as cooperative.
Filing late is a sure way of attracting CRA’s attention, and I’m not aware of anyone who enjoys being contacted by CRA.
If you would prefer CRA to stay out of your
life, file your return. File on time, prefer-ably. And don’t let a CRA enquiry go unan-swered, even if your initial answer has to be, “I’m working on it”.
Ron Clarke has his MBA and is a business owner in Trail, provid-ing accounting and tax services. Email him at [email protected]. To read previous Tax Tips & Pits columns visit www.JBSbiz.net.
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T H e C a n a D I a n P R e S SVICTORIA - British Columbians will soon be
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After several recent spending controversies, an all-party committee voted on Tuesday to allow the public to view the receipt expenses of B.C.’s politicians.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong, a long-time advocate of more open bookkeeping for pol-iticians, says the tradition of keeping expense records private must change.
Public can view B.C. politicians’ expenses
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Many times a vehicle’s a v a i l a b l e safety fea-
tures can be part of your buying decision. All vehicles now come with airbags for both the driver and passen-ger. But then some vehicles have side air-bags (usually in the side of the driver’s and
passenger’s seat) and curtain airbags (up along the corners of the roof) as standard or optional equipment.
Anyone who has been in an accident when these airbags deploy can attest to the fact that airbags save lives and or reduce the severity of injuries.
If you haven’t actually witnessed their operation just check the statistics. They are impressive.
After purchasing a vehicle with this safety feature, keep-ing that feature oper-ational is fairly sim-ple.
As long as the air-bag symbol light goes
on with the key on (bulb check) and then turns off the system is functional. On the other hand if that light does not light at all or remains on all the time then that feature is very likely not functional.
These systems are robust and require little maintenance.
There are other safety features on vehicles that are a lot more demanding on your pocketbook yet as important or more important than airbags.
These are a safety feature that prevents you from getting into an accident in the first place.
One of these is tires.
Tires are your con-nection to the road and their perform-ance combined with your driving skill ultimately may deter-mine you getting into an accident or not getting into an acci-dent.
The tire store wants to sell you four new ones this spring but you think you can get another season out of them. Or, two of them have more tread than the other
two. “How about I just
buy two?” “If I put two new
ones on the front driving or steering wheels and do not rotate them they will wear faster than the worn ones in the rear and two years down the road they will be even again.”
It is very likely that your tire retailer will not do that for you. They will resist only selling two tires and if they do they will insist the two new tires go on the rear of your vehicle.
You are thinking that totally defeats your purpose of just
buying two tires. You have a front
wheel drive vehicle and the old more worn tires being on the front will wear out even more quick-ly and they will not provide any better traction, braking, or steering improve-ment for your front wheels.
Is this not a lose-lose situation?
From an overall safety standpoint the right thing to do is four new tires but given the purchase of only two tires, yes, they must go on the rear.
Why? Time for a physics lesson. There is time but not enough space and actions speak louder than words.
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Trail’s Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive technician and gradu-ate of mechanical engineering from UBC. E-mail: [email protected]
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B y T i m e s s T a f fSilver City Days will not be with-
out its focus on fitness as it gets set to host the Colombo Lodge 10th annual AM Ford Bocce Classic at the Trail Curling Club and the Silver City Days Fun Run.
Close to 30 teams will get ready to roll in the Bocce Classic that goes from 2 to 11 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
The Silver City Days Fun Run hits the pavement on Sunday with some added incentive for early registrants.
Those who register before 7 p.m. on Friday will be eligible for a spe-cial draw for a $200 gift certificate
to Gerick Sports. While race-day registration will go between 7:45 and 8:45 Sunday morning with the start scheduled for 9 a.m.
Last year’s run saw close to 270 participants take to the pavement in Sunningdale. The run starts in Gyro Park follows the river, circles Sunningdale and returns along the sidewalk. Entrants in the 5K will finish at Gyro, while the 10K com-petitors head towards East Trail, and eventually a loop of downtown Trail before heading back to the fin-ish at Gyro.
The event is open to everyone from elite runners to walkers.
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suBmiTTedTrail Regional Aquatic Excellence
(TRAX) swimmers made waves at the Pacific Coast Swimming Wavemaker Invitational Meet in Victoria last month.
TRAX swimmer Samuel Mathew raced to the podium in all his events in the 13-14-age category. The Nelson native dominated the breast-stroke events, capturing gold in the 50, 100 and 200-metre breast while setting new meet records during the 50 and 100-m preliminary swims at the Commonwealth Games Pool in Victoria.
“Mathew has worked really hard to improve his breast stroke tech-nique and training habits under the direction of Head Coach Bill Park and it has paid off,” said club director Eve Fournier in an email. “He is a Provincial Crown breaststroke quali-fied swimmer and has what it takes to make it to the Age Group National level in the sport of competitive swimming in Canada.”
Mathew also claimed gold in the 100-m free, and silver in the 400-m Individual Medley (IM) and 50-m and 200-m free events, and bronze in the 100-m back and 100-m fly.
TRAX swimmer Ian Markus of Trail also performed brilliantly. The 12-year-old won first place in the 1,500-free and 50-free events, which qualify him to swim at the Provincial Long Course Meter Championships in Victoria in July. Markus took home silver in the 100 free, 100 fly, and 200 fly, knocking five seconds off his 200-m fly final to qualify him for AAA LCM Provincial Championships. He came third in the 100 back and 400-m free.
TRAX distance swimmer Jackson Konkin, 13, finished first in the 1,500-m free achieving the AAA qualifying standard; second in the 50-m back final and third in the 100-m free and the 200-m back AAA QT swims; he just missed the podium in the 400-m free, 200-m IM and 100-m back events and fifth in the 400-m IM.
Riley Mager, 15, swam to sixth and eighth place finishes to help our boys team to a third place finish out of 17 clubs, and ninth overall.
Brianne Mager, 10, competed in her first event final 200-m back and placed seventh scoring import-ant team points while Tess Markus also placed seventh in the 50-m back event. B.C. Summer Games Prospects Cyan Ross-Van Mierlo, Kira Konkin, and Kayla Fraser also tried their first 1,500-m free event long course meters and competed in the 400-m IM event achieving the Provincial A time standard. Noelle Mager also swam in her first 1,500m swim and Makenzie Mager, 10, achieved top TRAX time in the 200-m breast and free events.
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B y J i m B a i l e yTimes Sports EditorTrail rep baseball
will have a uniform look to their uniforms this season as the his-toric Orange and Black has been adopted by American Legion sin-gle-A and double-A teams.
Like Trail’s AM Ford senior men’s Orioles and their Little League minor and major rep counter-parts, the former single-A Trail Phillies and AA Diamondbacks will now be known as the single-A and AA Orioles.
“They are all going to be called the Orioles now,” said Trail base-ball executive Scott Calvin. “It was sug-gested and it really made things more streamlined. We can get a lot better prices if we order more stuff.”
Not only does the Orioles reflect the same colours as the famed Trail Smoke Eaters, the orange and black is synonymous with Trail sports cul-ture.
“As kids hopefully continue to play and move up to the pro-gram, by the time they get to the senior men’s Orioles they already have socks and hats, and things like that, that just make it more simpler when they are out at practice.”
The single-A and double-A Orioles will continue to compete in the Spokane American Legion, while the AM Ford Orioles will again battle in the Pacific International League.
Tryouts for the American Legion teams were held the
last weekend in April, and while the teams are looking forward to donning their new colours, numbers were down from last season.
“It’s pretty slim again,” said Calvin. “I know their squeezing, they’re going to be in the, hopefully, 12-per-team at best. Players from other areas just aren’t playing.”
The Legion teams will be predominantly made up of Trail play-ers with a few from Beaver Valley, says Calvin.
Unfortunately, the former AAA Jays team will again not field a
team due to lack of numbers. Most eli-gible players will likely play for the Senior Orioles.
However, the American Legion teams still have another month before they get started so there is the possibility that more players will emerge as it gets closer to opening day.
The first home game for the single-A Orioles goes June 6 in a doubleheader at 5 and 7 p.m. against Chewelah.
The AA Orioles open their home sea-son with double-bills
against Cheney, June 7, and June 8 versus East Valley both at 2 and 4 p.m.
Meanwhile, the AM Ford Orioles kick off the season at Butler Park on May 24 and 25 with a pair of double-headers against the Kelowna Jays at 4 and 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The Orioles’ host a provincial double-bill this summer with the Little League Minor provincials going July 12-19 and the B.C. Senior Men’s Baseball provincials swinging away Aug. 1-4.
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American Legion single-A and double-A teams have adopted the orange and black for the upcoming season, so that all rep baseball teams from Trail will be known as the Orioles.
Birds of a feather flock togetherSingle-A and
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TRAX athletes make waves
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From left: Samuel Matthew, Ian Markus, Riley Mager and Jackson Konkin made a huge splash in the pool at the recent Wavemaker Invitational Swim Meet in Victoria.
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May 9-25 in Minsk, Belarus (all times Eastern):Friday’s games
Switzerland vs. Russia, 9:45 a.m.
France vs. Canada, 9:45 a.m.Belarus vs. U.S., 1:45 p.m.
Slovakia vs. Czech Republic, 1:45 p.m.
Saturday’s gamesKazakhstan vs. Germany,
5:45 a.m.Italy vs. Norway, 5:45 a.m.
Finland vs. Latvia, 9:45 a.m.Sweden vs. Denmark, 9:45
a.m.U.S. vs. Switzerland, 1:45 p.m.
Canada vs. Slovakia, 1:45 p.m.
Sunday’s gamesFrance vs. Italy, 5:45 a.m.
Germany vs. Latvia, 6:45 a.m.Norway vs. Denmark, 9:45
a.m.
Belarus vs. Kazakhstan, 10:30 a.m.
Sweden vs. Czech Republic, 1:45 p.m.
Finland vs. Russia, 2 p.m.Monday, May 12
Switzerland vs. Belarus, 9:45 a.m.
Slovakia vs. France, 9:45 a.m.Russia vs. U.S., 1:45 p.m.
Czech Republic vs. Canada, 1:45 p.m.
NHL PlayoffsTuesday Games
Montreal 4 Boston 2Montreal leads series 2-1
Minnesota 4 Chicago 0Chicago leads series 2-1Wednesday Games N/APittsburgh at NY Rangers,
7:30 p.m.Pittsburgh leads series 2-1
Thursday GamesAnaheim at Los Angeles,
10 p.m.Los Angeles leads series 2-0Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
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FROM PAGE 11 Prizes will be awarded to the top place finish-
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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SPHILADELPHIA - Ron Hextall
got his “dream job.”Hextall was promoted to general
manager by the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday to replace Paul Holmgren, who was elevated to president. Hextall is Philadelphia’s all-time winningest goalie and served as assistant GM last year.
“When I was done playing 15 years ago, my next goal was to become a general manager,” Hextall said. “I’ve been very fortunate to work under Bobby Clarke, Paul Holmgren, and Dean Lombardi out in Los Angeles - three very good people but also three very astute people who I took a lot of lessons from the last 15 years.
Holmgren replaced Clarke as GM during the 2006-07 season and led the Flyers to within two games of the Stanley Cup title in 2010. He played for the Flyers from 1975-84 and coached them from 1988-92.
“I’m excited about what’s ahead for me,” Holmgren said.
The Flyers were eliminated by the New York Rangers in seven games in the first round of the play-offs. They haven’t won a Cup since 1975, but have reached the Finals and lost six times.
Despite heavy criticism in Philadelphia for failing to win it all, the Flyers have long been con-sidered one of the top NHL fran-chises. They’ve earned a playoff berth in 39 of their 46 seasons.
“The culture of winning is noth-ing to be embarrassed about,” said Hextall, adding the Flyers are a “model” organization. “We should all be proud of this organization and what they’ve done. Short of
winning the Stanley Cup, this organization has done everything. There’s nothing anyone here won’t do to win a Stanley Cup.”
Hextall previously spent seven seasons as vice-president and assist-ant GM with the Los Angeles Kings. The 50-year-old Hextall played 13 seasons in the NHL and had two stints covering 11 years with the Flyers.
He burst on the scene in 1986, won the Vezina Trophy and helped the Flyers get within one win of the Stanley Cup before losing to Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers on the road in Game 7 in 1987. Hextall was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as MVP of the play-offs that year.
Hextall had 296 career wins in the regular season, including 240 for the Flyers. He retired in 1999 and joined the Flyers’ front office. He spent three years as a pro scout and four as director of pro player personnel before joining the Kings in 2006.
“Ron is one of the league’s bright young stars on the management side, and we’re very fortunate to have him,” Flyers chairman Ed Snider said. “He’s had success in Los Angeles and will now put that experience to work for us as gen-eral manager. We all remember the enthusiasm, work ethic and person-ality he had as a player, and we’re excited to watch him bring those qualities to building a team that will contend for the Stanley Cup.”
Hextall became the first NHL goalie to score a goal by shooting the puck into the opponent’s empty net. He also became the first goalie to score a goal in the playoffs.
THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON - The series just got serious.Edgars Kulda’s goal with 6:47 remaining in the
third period was the winner as the Edmonton Oil Kings rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to remain in the running in the Western Hockey League final, defeating the defending champion Portland Winterhawks 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Henrik Samuelsson and Montrose native Luke Bertolucci also scored for the Oil Kings, who are now 9-0 on home ice in the playoffs to cut Portland’s series lead to 2-1.
After Samuelsson got Edmonton on the board early in the second, the Oil Kings pulled even with nine minutes remaining in the second period as Bertolucci picked up a lost puck and went in on a breakaway, only to be pushed down from behind by Dumba. However, the former Trail Smoke Eater got right back on his feet and was able to make a nifty move to freeze Boes on the deke for his sixth of the post-season.
It was the third straight game Edmonton fell behind very early in the contest, however this time the Oil Kings were able to find a way out of the hole they had created for themselves.
“They got that quick start once again, but we had been through it before and I think we knew what to do this time,” Bertolucci said. “Our power play was clutch and our penalty kill was solid. We answered the bell when we had to.”
Edmonton head coach Derek Laxdal did not call a timeout after his team’s third straight tough start since it didn’t seem to make a great deal of a difference in the first two games.
“I hate to say it, but it was time to see if they would sink or swim. They swam, and we really
started to see a lot of leadership,” he said. “I just let the kids settle in and play. After that I felt we played a very solid game and had a gutsy effort from the guys from top to bottom. I thought we bent, but we didn’t break. I give our guys credit for the way they battled.”
Chase De Leo and Mathew Dumba responded for the Winterhawks, who suffered just their fourth loss in their last 46 games, a string of suc-cess running all the way back to Jan. 11.
“We expected this would be a hard fought game here,” said Portland head coach Mike Johnston. “We had another good start, but I think we allowed them to get some momentum in the second. We obviously still had our chances in the third and had a great opportunity to tie it at the end.
“I don’t think this game was about us taking a step back, it was them taking a step forward.”
Added De Leo: “We had a really hot start and then we slowed down a bit in the second. We still had a lot of chances in the third. We knew coming into this game that it is hard to play in Edmonton.”
Edmonton took their first lead of the entire series with just under seven minutes left in the third as Mitch Moroz sent a puck in front and Kulda was able to redirect it into the net to put the Oil Kings up 3-2.
Portland furiously tried to knot the game back up in the late stages and had a great chance in the dying seconds, but Dumba shot a puck over the net. Oil Kings goalie Tristan Jarry faced 15 shots in the third and 37 in the game.
Game 4 of the WHL Final took place on Wednesday, also in Edmonton, but the score was unavailable at press time.
Bertolucci ignites Oil Kings rally
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Flyers name Hextall GM
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Dear Annie: My hus-band and I have been married for 33 years. His parents disliked me from our first date. I have no idea why. I was only 16. We mar-ried two years later, and his parents didn’t come to the wedding and stopped speaking to my husband for the next 23 years. They missed knowing our oldest son. When our second child was born, I wanted him to have grandparents, so I called them the day we came home from the hospital. They stopped by for a visit, and things seemed to improve. Well, that truce lasted 10 years, and now my mother-in-law is not speaking to us again.
My in-laws spread terrible rumors about us. We live in a small town, and even the store clerks tell us the awful things my in-laws say. Annie, my son loves his grandparents and calls to talk to them, but they never pick up the phone. He leaves voicemail messages
telling them he loves and misses them. They never call back.
This is heartbreak-ing. What do I say to a 10-year-old to help him understand why his Grandma and Grandpa won’t speak to him? My hope is that they see this letter and realize they have a loving fam-ily who wants them in their lives. We are not likely to have another 23 years to fix this. -- Hurting Daughter-in-Law
Dear Hurting: We do not understand parents who deliberately stop contact with children and grandchildren who love them and want to be close. Even if your in-laws had some rea-
son for excluding you, it is reprehensible that they think nothing of hurting the grandchil-dren in the process. Could your husband speak to his parents about this? Would they agree to joint counsel-ing to work on whatev-er issues are bothering them?
If they refuse to address this and contin-ue the silent treatment, we suggest telling your son that Grandma and Grandpa have difficulty dealing with others and that sometimes such people need to be left alone. Reassure him that it has nothing to do with him, and that you hope someday his grandparents will be able to cope better.
Dear Annie: I recent-ly was invited to a bridal shower for my niece. A month ago, I was told that my husband and I would definitely NOT be invited to the wedding. They said they wish to keep the ceremony small and are includ-ing only close friends
and relatives (which I thought I was). The shower invitation spe-cifically states that it is being held for the guests who are not invited to the wedding.
I’ve never heard of such a thing. I thought inviting people to a shower and not the wedding was extremely inappropriate. These people are all quite wealthy, so having a small wedding has nothing to do with money. I may not make it to the bridal shower because it’s 300 miles away, but should I send a gift? Is it appropri-ate to ask why I’m not invited to the wedding? -- Left-Out Aunt
Dear Aunt: Yes, it is rude to invite people to a shower but not to the wedding (except when co-workers decide to give a shower). Under the pretense of includ-ing more people in their celebration, they simply are obligating folks to give presents. The size of their guest list is not your business. But
it would be extremely classy of you to send a shower gift.
Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Evil Stepmother,” whose husband’s daugh-ter doesn’t want him to walk her down the aisle. When my daugh-ter married, she asked
her stepfather to walk her halfway down, and her father met her there and walked her to her soon-to-be-husband. Everyone was happy. -- C.
Dear C.: Several readers wrote with some variation of that suggestion, which is a
lovely idea, and we hope the husband’s daughter will consider it.
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LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You are high-viz today, which means important peo-ple will notice you. Take note that this is a good day to dis-cuss earnings or how to get a raise. You also might get help to solidify something at home. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Today the Moon is in your sign, which means you have a bit of extra good luck. Make travel plans or develop a plan to get further education or training in the future. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You will fare best if you work alone or behind the scenes today. In fact, your efforts at research will be quite successful. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) A serious discussion with a female acquaintance -- prob-ably older, more successful or more experienced -- will help you today. This per-son might help you relate to
someone close to you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Personal details about your work performance or something that you are doing behind the scenes might be made public today. Just make sure you know how to respond. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Do something different today. Go someplace you’ve never been before. Be a tour-
ist in your own city. And if possible, travel! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a good day to tie up loose details about bills, payments and loans regard-ing your home or family. Someone in a position of authority might lend assis-tance or advise you. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Short trips will please you today, because you are eager
for a change of scenery. Conversations with siblings, relatives and neighbors will please you. YOU BORN TODAY You have strong views, especial-ly about politics and your surroundings. Invariably, you are a champion of the underdog. Your values, goals and causes are important to you. For you, justice and fair play count. Save your money early this year, because you will need it later. You have
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TRAIL: 1 bdrm suite close to downtown Shared washer and dryer $560 utilities inc.
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TRAIL, 2BDRM. Glenmerry. Newly reno’d, perfect for sen-ior, no stairs. N/P. Utilities in-cluded. 250-368-1312.TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312
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Apt/Condo for RentWARFIELD APARTMENTS. 2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888
Duplex / 4 PlexFRUITVALE 4PLEX, 2bd., quiet, N/S, F/S, heat included, $650. Avail. Jun.1st. Reserve appointment. 250-368-3384
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TRAIL, 1 Bdrm $395/month, near shopping & bus, quiet person. 2bths. 250-368-6075
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Recreational/Sale2005 24’ Okanogan Eclipse Travel trailer with slide. Sleeps 6. Fully loaded. $15,000. Call 250-364-0176
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Trail-Warfield Citizen of the Year Tom McEwan was sur-rounded by family and friends on Tuesday night for a ceremony in his honour at St. Michael’s School. Over 100 people, includ-ing dignitaries and past recipients, were on hand for a delight-ful evening hosted by the Knights of Columbus. From the top left and clockwise; The scroll presented to Tom McEwan was created by Knights of Columbus Faithful Navigator Bill Jankola, who doubled as emcee for the evening. Jankola adorned the scroll with many of the symbols from societies and organizations that Mr. McEwan was or remains involved with. More important-ly, the Citizen of the Year was surrounded by his family there to celebrate the evening that was spelled out in a big banner. Fourth Degree Knights Tony Veltri and Mel Lerose escorted Mr. McEwan into the gymnasium. A delicious cake hon-ouring the Citizen of the Year capped off a tasteful evening .
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NEW LISTING
2302 Happy Valley Rd, Rossland $999,000
Stunning home and property! Located on over 6 acres of prime land, this meticulously designed
and built home offers mature landscaping, open, sunny fl oor plan and views from every window.
Inground swimming pool, 6 stall barn, the list goes on. Call today!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW LISTING
NEW PRICE
QUICK POSSESSION!
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
239 Simonds Street, Warfi eld$110,000
Cute as a button with updated wiring, plumbing and new fl ooring. Covered carport, shed, sun deck and fenced
yard. Check it out, you will be pleasantly surprised!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
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2083 Valleyview Drive, Trail $157,900
Super family home - 4+ bedroom/1.5 bathrooms. This air conditioned home has been lovingly cared for by the same family for the past 62 years. Very clean and has had
some updates which would make this an excellent home for the family.
2099 Third Avenue, Rossland$259,000
This very well kept building has been used since 1986 as a house of worship.
Alternate uses include a day care, or contractor’s offi ce .There is ample
yard space for a contractor and room to construct a shop building or light
industrial yard.Call Richard (250) 368-7897
439 Rossland Avenue, Trail $69,900
Small and compact this home offers the perfect place for a single or couple at
a very affordable price. Many upgrades include a newer kitchen, upgraded
bathroom, some wiring and plumbing, air conditioning and more! Call now before
it’s gone!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665
3401 Highway Drive, Trail $199,000
Great value in this 3 bdrm/ 2 bath home! Gas fi replace, large windows, generous sized rooms and original hardwood are just a few of the features. Come take
a look!Call Terry 250-231-1101
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757 Waterloo Road, Castlegar $495,000
Spectacular WATERFRONT! Immaculate 2011 home on a landscaped .72 acre
lot on the river. Open fl oor plan, vaulted ceilings, oak fl ooring and large windows that offer stunning views of the river! The
list goes on. This one is a must see!Call Terry 250-231-1101
OPEN HOUSESaturday May 10 11am-1pm
613 Forrest Drive, Warfi eld$205,000
This 3 bdrm, 2 bath home features hardwood fl oors, updated kitchen, and
numerous upgrades, including windows, roof, furnace, hot water tank, and
electrical. All you have to do is move in and enjoy.
Call Jodi 250-231-2331
OPEN HOUSESaturday May 10 11am-1pm
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85 Forsythia Drive,Fruitvale
$299,900Wonderfully updated home with 4 beds, 2.5
baths, new roof and more.
Call Jodi (250) 231-2331
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
3211 Highway Drive, Trail $229,000
3 bdrm charmer with beautiful kitchen, concrete counter tops, cork fl oors, huge master with spa style bathroom and fully fi nished basement with family room, all
on a fully fenced yard backing onto green space!
Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
8327 Highway 3B, Trail $499,000
Move into this stunning home and be sit by the fabulous custom-designed
inground pool this summer! Fantastic package includes Brazilian Cherry
Hardwood fl oors, pleasing fl oor plan and lots of space. 3 bdrms, 3.5 baths and 2 gas fi replaces all on 1/3 of an acre.
Call for your personal viewing. Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
2000 Lookout Street, Trail $225,000
If you are looking for privacy, incredible views and a rural lifestyle, yet close to
town, this is it! 14 private acres overlooking Columbia River. Home offers 3-4 bdrms, open fl oor plan, chicken coop and nice
garden areas. Very low taxes - after grant sells pay $350/yr!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
640 Shelley Street, Warfi eld$226,000
Well maintained 3 bdrm family home with lots of upgrades! Bright sun room,
amazing views, new fl ooring, paint, trim, railing, electrical and windows.
Call your realtor today to view!Call Christine (250) 512-7653
NEW LISTING
NEW PRICE
NEW LISTING
Downtown Fruitvale wrappeD in a bow
Jim Bailey photo
Monday night’s showers produced a brilliant rainbow that provided a perfect archway over downtown Fruitvale.
