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Trail Market on the Esplanade welcomes shoppers to enjoy the riverside atmosphere and forget about their plugged-in lifestyles for a few hours every other Friday during the sum-mer months.

And this week, a first time vendor will be talking to market-goers about the Apple, but not the kind with a core in the centre.

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) will be at the market this Friday to spread the word about a new program launch-ing this fall called Seniors with iPads.

Now that CBAL has its own space at 1160 Cedar Ave., the organization is ready to create one-on-one and group learning opportunities with scheduled times for older adults who might be struggling with their computer, iPads and cell phones.

“Ultimately, what we want is to make things more accessible for people in the community and we know that sometimes that is through technology,” said Sonia Tavares, the Trail organization’s community literacy coordin-ator.

“Especially our older adults because their kids are buying them something like an iPad because it’s easier to travel with,” she explained. “We can take away the fear of using it and hopefully we can facilitate a group that will support one another.”

Before the classes begin, CBAL is looking for tech- savvy volunteers, input about the best time to run the class and whether drop-in or set classes would garner the most interest.

A three-question survey will be handed out to adult passersby during the Trail market, said Tavares, because CBAL would also like to get

See DROP-IN, Page 2

SHERI REGNIER PHOTO

Officials from the Interior Health Authority (IHA) made rounds throughout the West Kootenay region this week, including a stop over in Trail Wednesday morning to met with the area’s mayors. (Back row, left to right) IHA Executive Medical Director, Acute Service for the East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary Dr. Malcolm Ogborn, Dr. Robert Halpenny (IHA’s CEO), Montrose Mayor Joe Danchuk, and Jane Cusden, Acute Health Services Director at KBRH. (Front row left to right) IHA Board Chair Norman Embree, Fruitvale Mayor Patricia Cecchini, Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs and Warfield Mayor Bert Crockett.

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

He, she or they are at it again.The local soup kitchen on

Rossland Avenue is the latest loca-tion that has been hit by a garden thief.

Sometime late Tuesday evening someone dug into one of the com-munity vegetable planters outside of Kate’s Kitchen, the Salvation

Army’s site that serves daily meals to those in need, and disappeared into the night along with a couple of tomato plants.

The Gulch locale, which also houses the organization’s food bank, was hit a few weeks ago when cucumber plants were stolen.

People are welcome to the tomato, said the Salvation Army’s acting supervisor, but please don’t

take the plant.When Mary Anne Leschiutta

arrived at Kate’s Kitchen early Wednesday morning with full expectation of chopping vegetables for the day’s soup pot, she didn’t foresee having to pick up broken tomato stakes and sweeping up piles of dirt that were scattered across the entire front of the build-ing.

“It was done after I left work,” she said.

“And we’re trying to keep the planters well watered and cared for in this hot weather so this really is too bad.”

Green peppers, green beans and green tomatoes are just begin-ning to mature in the site’s plant-ers, but use for the vegetables

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CBAL connects seniors with technology

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Interior Health officials are making rounds at local hospitals and health centres this week for a face-to-face with the people who keep the $1.2 billion operation up and running.

“We try to visit every site in Interior Health once a year,” Dr. Robert Halpenny told the Trail Times Wednesday mor-ning.

The Interior Health Authority (IHA) is often the largest employer in smaller communities, he said.

“It’s important for us to spend time and help people understand that I understand, we are a rural health authority,” continued Halpenny. “And one of the important things we do is a tour, because we’ve got so many facili-ties that when we look at capital issues it helps to see what we’re talking about.”

Halpenny was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the health authority in January 2010, and since that time the Kelowna-based doc-tor has noted challenges specific to rural health care facilities.

“The biggest one is human resour-ces or recruitment and retention of all medical staff, not just the doctors,” he explained.

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agree. What better time to do a review on your vehicle’s cooling systems. Yes, systems not system.

The antifreeze/water mixture that the water pump push-es through the engine and out to the radiator to get rid of waste heat energy and keep your engine from self destructing on a hot summer day is not the only cooling system on the vehicle.

There are a few other liquids in various vehicle systems that are also working to keep mechanical moving parts lubricated as well as cool.

Admittedly the engine’s cooling system handles the most heat as it is directly dealing with the waste heat of combustion. Roughly thirty percent of the energy in the $1.40 per litre gasoline you

put in the tank exits as waste heat through your engine’s cooling system.

Your engine’s lifeblood, namely the engine oil is also a coolant for your engine. It is part of the engine’s lubri-cation system. It is not only required to prevent metal to

metal wear. It is also tasked with removing heat from the engine by default. As the engine oil circu-lates it picks up waste heat from friction and com-bustion.

The system is designed with a sump or oil pan. The size and design of the oil pan is very much

a factor in determining how much engine oil is required. There must be enough oil to supply the engine at a certain pressure, flow, and temper-ature. The extra volume in the oil pan allows the oil to cool before being sucked back up into the pump and sent through the engine.

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level not only do you risk lubrication problems from lack of oil but also cooling problems. Most vehicles do not report oil temperature but you can be sure when you are running a litre or two low your engine oil is running hotter and once above a cer-tain temperature the engine oil’s lubrication properties are compromised.

Whether your vehicle has a manual or automatic trans-mission again the lubricant is tasked with keeping that component both cool and lubricated. Manuals usually only rely on the sump or pan and its inherent volume and design to keep the lubricant cool enough. Automatic transmissions will use a sump plus an external radiator type cooler as they generate a lot more heat.

There is another often for-gotten system that relies on the lubricant for cooling. It is especially stressed when you are pulling a trailer. This is the power steering system. These systems use very high fluid pressures to assist with changing the direction your wheels are pointed. This sys-

tem creates the most heat when your vehicle is at close to rest and you are backing your boat into the lake or your trailer into that tight camping spot. Sawing the wheel back and forth at close to a stop requires peak pres-sures.

That little power steering reservoir needs to remain full. In many cases power steering systems have exter-nal coolers open to the air for cooling.

So most of your vehicle’s lubricants are also acting as coolants.

As such the amounts must be kept at the correct level to ensure they not only lubri-cate properly but also remain below their design temper-ature.

When your mechanic is prepping your vehicle for the rigors of a hot summer he/she will be considering all the coolants not just the stuff under the radiator cap.

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FROM PAGE 1a feel from the public regarding the need for fur-ther learning programs that would benefit the Greater Trail community.

The organization offers a drop-in service every Wednesday throughout the summer from 9:30-11:30 a.m. from its down-town location with com-munity volunteers and staff on hand to assist adult learners with their technological devices.

“The drop-in is kind of like a community learning place,” said Tavares.

“What we have found is that people aren’t taking computer classes because they have a different com-puter at home that doesn’t look the same.”

Instead, portable devices such as iPads, laptops, tab-lets and cell phones are brought to CBAL’s location and people are learning how to use their own device with great success.

“We can bring in up to 10 laptops and teach Facebook, how to shop online, Skype and Twitter and those types of things,”she said.

“Then they can learn and practise on their own device with support or come back the next week for more sup-port. That’s been very suc-cessful.”

She said many of the area’s seniors are already accessing email and social media but may need help understanding their device’s features like the “finger swipe” on the Apple touch screen.

“An amazing thing in our community is our older adults aren’t afraid to try new things,” she said. “And it’s wonderful to know that learning is lifelong.”

CBAL is a non-profit literacy organization that formed in 2001 to promote literacy and lifelong learn-ing throughout 77 com-munities in the Columbia basin and Boundary region.

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Carolyn Amantea, CBAL’s adult program coordinator, guides Al Price through the steps to use a program on the laptop at the group’s Wednesday morning drop-in session in Trail.

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• Tuesday through Saturday, Rossland Miners’ Hall at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. for the Gold Fever Follies.

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• Friday, Birchbank Golf Course for the KBRH Health Foundation Golf Classic. Registration begins at 11 a.m. t-off at 1 p.m. Dinner and prizes to follow. All proceeds to the Critical Care Campaign. For info call Lisa Pasin 364.3424 or email lisa.pasin@interiorhealth.ca

• Saturday, Birchbank Picnic Grounds, 1 p.m. for the Trail Legion Branch #11’s family picnic. Hamburgers and hotdogs for the kids all day, games, meat draw, 50/50 and more. Barbeque steak dinner at 5:30 p.m. For tickets and info call 231.6562 or 364.1422.

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FROM PAGE 1is already planned for nutritional meals that are served to about 30 people each day.

“We were thinking we would incorporate the vegetables into our lunches when they are ready for picking,” said Leschiutta. “But on the other hand people are very welcome to pick the toma-toes when they are ready, but leave the plant.”

The Salvation Army’s planters were donated by volunteers from “explore our incrEDIBLE trail,” which is a community edible landscape

project that launched earlier this year.“We have a sign in the planter that says,’please

help yourself,’” she told the Trail Times. “But I don’t know what this is all about and it’s really too bad.”

Edible planters in downtown Trail were tar-geted last month, when between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. on June 9, an unknown person made his or her way through town and plucked numer-ous plants from about half a dozen storefront planters.

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Mary Anne Leschiutta, acting supervisor at the Salvation Army food bank located in the Gulch, had to spend time sweeping up Wednesday morning after someone stole tomato plants from the organiza-tion’s vegetable planters sometime after she locked up for the day Tuesday evening.

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FROM PAGE 1Historically, many doctors

worked around the clock 365 days a year, said the CEO, add-ing that “those days are gone.”

Now, instead of recruiting one physician, three or four may be needed to cover around-the clock shifts, and often those doctors prefer to stay together in groups in larger hospitals.

“So now we ask,’How do we provide those services to the rural sites especially servi-ces that are directly related to acute care?”

With fewer rural doctors

available, the issue becomes how to quickly transfer patients requiring specialized care to the larger centres for higher level treatment.

He said the theme he is hearing throughout the West Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary region is the need for an ability to move those patients “to the right place at the right time.”

“It’s a perception that we used to have an emergency room that could look after everything,” said Halpenny. “Well those days are gone as

well. We have highly skilled nurses and doctors in our high-ly specialized emergency rooms that you will never replicate in the smaller sites.”

Halpenny maintains that a dedicated regional helicopter and use of telehealth in rural areas is changing the face of rural health care.

“The thing we are getting better at is communication and moving information,” he said. “We are really working on that, including the high acuity response team in Trail, which is a real positive.”“

Telehealth, helicopters changing rural care

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Even though the West Kootenay is sizzling under the summer heat, it hasn’t been enough to prompt campfire bans in the Southeast Fire Centre.

While two-thirds of the prov-ince is under campfire restrictions, the local region hasn’t reached the point to issue a ban.

Jordan Turner, forest informa-tion officer in Castlegar, says while campfires are currently permitted, the situation is being monitored on a daily basis.

“If we pass a certain point of dryness here in the southeast, then we will put that ban in place,” he said, adding that weather stations are keeping a close eye on moisture levels. “Right now, we are monitor-ing it daily because of how hot it has been, and we are looking into [campfire bans] as an option.”

Along with weather conditions, Turner explains that the status of a fire bans depends on an unpredict-able factor, people.

“We look at issues with camp-fires getting out of hand or actually

starting wildfires but that is not an issue that we have had so far this year,” he said. “We have had human caused wildfires, but not specifically from campfires.”

In order to maintain the area’s green light for campfire burning, Turner says all campfires must stay within regulations and after the s’mores are made and campers leave a site, the fire must be com-pletely extinguished.

“For a campfire, it has to under a half metre by a half metre in size,” he said.

“To be within regulations you have to have either eight litres of water or a hand tool, such as a shovel, nearby to properly extin-guish the fire. A campfire can’t be left unattended for any period of time and you can’t leave the area until the ashes are cold to the touch, meaning the fire is fully extinguished.”

Turner encourages the public to call in any wildfires or unsafe burn-ing to 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on a cell phone.

To see current status updates on fire bans, visit www.bcwildfire.ca.

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B y W a n d a C h o WBurnaby News LeaderBurnaby RCMP

have arrested a prolific offender in connection with six bank robberies allegedly committed in the nine days after he was released from prison.

The 38-year-old man had been serving

a five-year sentence for a similar series of char-ges. He was arrested without incident on July 15 in Coquitlam and remains in cus-tody awaiting his first court appearance.

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say they believe the man entered a bank in the 7100-block of Kingsway in Burnaby on July 5. He approached the teller, saying he had a gun and demanded money.

Police allege this happened five more times at financial insti-tutions in Burnaby, Vancouver and North Vancouver over the nine days. Of the six robberies, four took place in Burnaby.

The investiga-tion was a high pri-ority, led by Burnaby RCMP’s Strike Force and including the help of Vancouver police, North Vancouver RCMP, integrated support services, and security staff from the banks involved, said Burnaby RCMP Insp. Bob Page.

Additional security measures were taken to help deter more such robberies.

“Understandably, the financial institu-tions were extremely concerned and they were very anxious that we catch him as soon as possible and we’re pleased he’s been taken off the streets,” Page said.

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T h E C a n a d I a n P R E S SVANCOUVER - An evacuation order has

been issued for the District of Hudson’s Hope in northeastern British Columbia as the Mount McAllister wildfire threatens the community.

About 1,150 residents have been told they must immediately leave the area and go to an emergency reception centre to register.

Police and emergency officials are going door-to-door to homes and businesses tell-ing people they need to leave.

Navi Saini of the Wildfire Management Branch said lightning caused the fire that was first reported Sunday and it has grown substantially.

“It’s doubled in size from yesterday,” she said. “So yesterday evening it was 10,000 hectares in size, and today it’s 20,000.”

She said officials are currently in the pro-cess of allocating resources to battle the fire, and a team of specialized personnel, known as a incident-management team, will help co-ordinate the effort.

The District of Hudson’s Hope reports in its evacuation order that an emergency centre has been set up in the North Peace Arena in Fort St. John, which is about 90 kilometres away.

Saini said there are currently 123 fires burning in the province, most of them in the Coastal, Kamloops and Prince George fire regions.

Fires prompt evacuation order

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Sawmills have improved their control of combust-ible dust, but non-compli-ant wood product manufac-tures are still being found by stepped-up inspections since two fatal explosions in north-ern B.C. in 2012.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond has promised to imple-ment all recommendations of a new report recommending continued inspections and penalties for mills, and a sep-arate investigative unit for WorkSafeBC that will seek prosecutions for unsafe con-ditions.

Bond released the report Tuesday, showing that saw-mill compliance with dust control standards has gone from 58 per cent to 84 per cent in the latest round of inspections.

Inspections of 15 pellet mills, pressboard and ori-ented strand board manufac-turers showed they are still lagging behind.

“Their 40% compliance rate was a disappointment, especially in the wake of all that’s been said and done to this point,” Bond said.

The B.C. industry has hired five independent advis-

ors to help mills comply with WorkSafeBC health and safe-ty rules, and the Council of Forest Industries has agreed to make membership in the outside audit program a con-dition of membership in the industry group.

Two workers died and 20 others were injured when an explosion and fire tore through the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake on Jan. 20, 2012. On April 23, a similar explo-sion killed two workers and

injured 22 more at Lakeland Mills in Prince George.

Babine Forest Products has appealed fines totalling more than $1 million imposed by WorkSafeBC. Crown pros-ecutors declined to charge companies and individuals in the two mill incidents, saying some evidence from the WorkSafeBC investiga-tion may not be admissible in court. Prosecutors also concluded that mill oper-ators would likely be acquit-ted using a “due diligence”

defence.Bond said WorkSafeBC

investigators will be reorgan-ized into two teams as a result of the sawmill findings.

“It means that the moment they sense that an investiga-tion may move from looking for the cause of an incident to the potential for prosecution, that the initial team would stop their work,” Bond said. “A completely separate unit would begin the work again with an eye to a successful prosecution.”

Lumber, pellet mills still have dust problems

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Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake Jan. 20, 2012, after dry wood dust exploded and caused a fire that killed two employees and injured 20 others. A similar fatal explosion and fire struck a Prince George mill in April 2012.

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average minimum wage has remained unchanged in real terms for almost four decades, but econo-mists say more recent increases are likely to continue in the com-ing years.

Statistics Canada said Wednesday the average minimum wage was $10.14 in 2013 and the 1975 wage, expressed in 2013 dollars, was $10.13.

Between 1975 and 2013, however, the minimum wage in 2013 dollars, varied, slipping to $7.53 in 1986 before rising to $8.81 in 1996 - and up to 2003, the real min-imum wage remained stable at around $8.50.

“If you’re looking at it in terms of have we made any progress, well, in real terms, no, there hasn’t been any growth in almost 40 years adjusted for inflation,” said Doug Porter, chief econo-mist with the Bank of Montreal.

“But the good news

story is that it has come back meaning-fully in recent years. That’s not necessarily good news to every-one - some employers could say that wage costs are making them a bit uncompetitive, although there I think the real issue is the currency, not wages.”

As a share of aver-age wages, Porter added, the minimum wage has been climb-ing fairly steadily since the low was reached back in the mid-80s.

“Based on what certain provinces are doing, I think it’s fair to assume that it will continue to climb in the years ahead, even adjusted for inflation,” he said.

Derek Burleton, deputy chief econo-mist at TD Bank, said the trend stems in

part from a catch-up effect after years of government inaction, adding that the cur-rent rates are helping young people and low-income individuals, given some of the big cost increases house-holds are facing, espe-cially when it comes to housing.

“Overall, when I look at the recent trend of minimum wages, I think that given the fact they’ve been held stable for so long, they’ve been increased over a grad-ual period of time, it doesn’t seem like it’s had any huge impact on employment.”

After a period of sig-nificant decline in the minimum wage in real terms, Burleton added, the rebound over the past five to 10 years has positioned com-

panies well to absorb the increases.

Erin Weir, an econo-mist with the United Steelworkers, pointed out that the figures show that Canada’s lowest-paid workers “gained only a penny an hour over the past four decades.

But, he said that as many provinces are now indexing their minimum wages to inflation, “this prob-lem should not repeat itself.”

“However, further increases above the inflation rate are need-ed to actually make low-paid workers bet-ter off than four dec-ades ago,” he said.

The Statistics Canada report also found there is now a bigger portion of Canadians earning the minimum wage, with 6.7 per cent of all paid employees earning those wages in 2013, up from five per cent in 1997.

“To some degree, the increase in the pro-portion of minimum-wage employees dur-ing those years was

the result of increases in the minimum-wage rate in many provinces,” Statistics Canada said.

“This is because a portion of those who were paid just above the former minimum rate became paid at the new, revised rate and joined the group of minimum-wage earn-ers.”

Burleton said the increase in minimum-wage workers isn’t surprising in the face of falling unionization rates an a shift toward service jobs.

“This is an inter-national trend where you’ve seen a shift toward industries that both pay toward the upper end of the income scale and the lower end, where the minimum wage shops fall,” he said.

The proportion of employees paid at min-imum wage also varied by province in 2013, with Prince Edward Island and Ontario leading the pack.

Alberta had the lowest rate at 1.8 per cent.

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worst appears to be over for people deal-ing with the threat of flooding along the Assiniboine River in southern Manitoba.

Provincial officials say the water head-ing into the province from Saskatchewan has crested near Portage la Prairie west of Winnipeg.

They say the water should start to recede slowly over the com-ing days.

Water levels will remain high on Lake Manitoba which is expected to peak in early August.

Flood water com-ing from the west recently prompted Manitoba to declare a state of emer-gency and call in the Canadian military to help people protect their homes.

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in northern Alberta’s oilsands region has withdrawn from a regulatory hearing into the proposed Grand Rapids crude pipeline, but the Athabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nation vowed to explore other ways to fight the $3-billion project.

The ACFN announced late Tuesday it would no longer be participating in the Alberta Energy Regulator’s process, which it criticized as too rushed and skewed in favour of the oil industry. Landowners along the proposed route raised similar concerns when hearings kicked off last month.

The group had been scheduled to appear before the panel on Wednesday to lay out its concerns about the pipeline, which would ship up to 900,000 barrels per day from near FortMcMurray, Alta., area to the Edmonton area.

“The AER put us in an impossible pos-ition. I am dumbfounded by this process,” said chief Allan Adam in a statement.

The Grand Rapids hearing is the first to be heard since the AER replaced the Energy Resources Conservation Board last year and took over duties from the province’s Environment Department.

Adam said the new process is “fundamen-tally flawed. It is supposed to be the test of the new regulatory regime for oil and gas and pipelines in Alberta. Yet it has seriously undermined our efforts to address any con-cerns about First Nations impacts.”

In his remarks to the panel, Adam made reference to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling two weeks ago that recognized a B.C. First Nation’s title over a tract of land.

“The rights of aboriginal people must be taken seriously,” he said. “Crown and indus-try can lo longer assume that First Nations must simply do whatever government and industry want.”

AER spokesman Darin Barter said the agency is “disappointed” in the ACFN’s deci-sion to pull out of the hearings.

He said the main point of contention was that the ACFN wanted an 18-month adjourn-ment to examine changes pipeline builder TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) had made to its environmental protection plan, which he said went above and beyond what was required.

“The bottom line is, an 18-month adjourn-ment on a pretty minor change to one docu-ment was just not feasible,” said Barter.

“We run a very fair process. All of the par-ties that have been participants in the hear-ing have been provided the same information at the same time.”

Barter said the AER has been flexible in accommodating schedules.

“So we’re disappointed, but the hearing process has to continue.”

The Grand Rapids pipeline is a 50-50 partnership between TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) and a unit of PetroChina.

The ACFN has called it the “mother of all pipelines” with a capacity nearly double what the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline would ship to the B.C. coast. The group has said more high-profile, long haul projects like Energy East and Keystone XL would not be able to go ahead without volumes from Grand Rapids.

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Tsilhqot’in decision economic poison for CanadaOn June 26, the

Supreme Court of Canada awarded title to a piece

of B.C.’s interior roughly the size of Prince Edward Island to the 3,000 mem-ber T’silhqot’in First Nation. Initial reaction from government and busi-ness commentators char-acterized the decision as merely a clarification of previous lower court judge-ments. That was before it became clear that the land claim entitlement criter-ia set out in the court’s 37 page decision, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, exceeded the worst case scenario of both governments and industry.

Under previous lower court judgements, the “basis of occupation” to be used in establishing Aboriginal title was limited to the immediate environs around settlements. The Supreme Court has vastly expanded the basis of occu-pation: “. . . Aboriginal title . . . extends to tracts of land that were regularly used for hunting, fishing or other-wise exploiting resources and over which the group exercised effective control at the time of assertion of European sovereignty” (the

mid-1800’s). The Court justifies this breathtaking-ly extreme interpretation by stating “. . . what is required is a culturally sensitive approach to suffi-ciency of occupation based on the dual perspectives of the Aboriginal group in question . . . and the common law notion of possession as a basis for title”. With these words, the Court has, in effect, established a separate legal structure for aboriginals and non-aboriginals that has implications far beyond land entitlements.

Having established the broadest possible criteria for transforming land claims into formal title, the Court goes on to define its nature and limitations: “. . . Aboriginal title means that governments and others seeking to use the land must obtain the consent of the Aboriginal title hold-ers.”

The lone exception is when, after consulting and attempting to accommo-date, proceeding without consent is backed by “a compelling and substantial objective”. In addressing the question of what might qualify as such an object-ive, the Court refers to the

1991 Delgamuukw deci-sion: “the development of forestry, mining and hydro-electric power; the general economic development of the interior of British Columbia, protection of the environment or endan-gered species, the building of infrastructure, and the settlement of foreign (non-Aboriginal?) populations in support of those aims . . .” Since natural gas and oil pipelines are transpor-tation infrastructure, this section may prove crucial to both the LNG projects and the Northern Gateway project.

Here in British Columbia, where much of the province is subject to claims by hundreds of aboriginal groups, conster-nation over the decision’s impact on vital resource

development projects was captured by Black Press columnist Tom Fletcher, whose column was head-lined, “Is this the end of B.C. as we know it?”

In his July 6 Saskatoon Star Phoenix column, Aboriginal writer Doug Cuthand urges gov-ernments to negotiate resource agreements with First Nations “while they still can.”

But even highly-motiv-ated government efforts to do so are likely to stop many First Nations from filing for court ordered Aboriginal titles. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court judgement actually encourages such precipitous legal actions.

As if all of this uncer-tainty isn’t enough to deter investment in B.C.’s resource dependent econ-omy, the Court decision also states, “If the Crown begins a project without consent prior to Aboriginal title being established, it may be required to cancel the project upon establish-ment of the title . . .”

The word “consent” appears many times in the judgement, but nowhere does it set out what consti-tutes consent. Is consent of the Chief or Band Council

sufficient? Or, since the judgement refers to “col-lective rights”, is the con-sent of other Band mem-bers required? And given the prospect of extracting enrichments from indus-try in return for consent, how many Aboriginals liv-ing off-reserve will return to become part of that col-lective? Where there is div-ided opinion among Band members, the answers to these questions will require lengthy court cases, there-by delaying or killing pro-jects offering opportunities for First Nation groups to lift themselves out of poverty.

When Canada’s Constitution was brought home from Britain in 1982, the sentence, “Existing treaty and aboriginal rights are hereby recognized and affirmed” was added. Three decades and myriad court cases later, interpretation of those 10 words has become a recipe for interminable investment-killing litiga-tion. A windfall for lawyers but economic poison for our country.

Gwyn Morgan is a retired Canadian business leader who has been a dir-ector of five global corpor-ations.

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On behalf of the City of Trail, I am writing to express our great disappointment in Guy Bertrand’s opinion article ‘City needs to step up sales pitch for new bridge’ published on Thursday, July 10 in the Trail Times.

As the City’s Communication Coordinator, I can attest the City has put great efforts and resour-ces into developing communi-cation and information pieces in order to educate the public about the proposed pedestrian bridge. In fact, it has been one of our main focuses since the City officially announced a ref-erendum would be held on this matter. With a bit of home-work and few phone calls to his fellow colleagues at the Trail Times, the editor would have known about the City’s ‘Bridge Referendum Communication & Advertising Plan’ that was compiled on May 15, 2014. The plan was a topic of discussion at the Governance and Operations Meeting, held on May 26, 2014, and was distributed to all local media, including the Trail Times reporters.

The plan, compiled to edu-cate and inform Trail’s citizens on the proposed project and the upcoming public referen-dum, includes the following points: the project background (why the City would like to work in conjunction with the RDKB on the project); facts to help understand the two

components of the project (the RDKB’s pipeline and the City’s pedestrian walkway and other utility lines); cost com-parisons of other researched options (including professional engineering information as to why the Old Bridge cannot be repaired); why Trail’s citizens chose not to incur the cost of a new vehicular bridge, and complete referendum details for Trail’s electors. Additionally, the following key messages were developed to promote the benefits and advantages of the proposed pedestrian bridge: increase walkability and cyc-ling routes; enhance the overall look of our City; attract visitors with a beautiful signature structure; be one of the long-est suspension bridges in North America; feature LED lighting; accommodate a 4-Track (Quad) Emergency Vehicle if neces-sary; result in no property tax increase for the City’s compon-ent of the project.

As indicated in the plan, The City of Trail’s voting public con-sists of various demographic groups who access informa-tion differently. Therefore, it is important to use several communication and media platforms to relay the details. Full-colour display ads in the Trail Times, on-air advertising with the local radio stations, information boards and take-away materials (at City Hall and at the Trail Market on the

Esplanade every second Friday), a social media and web cam-paign and, most importantly, a comprehensive four-page news-letter highlighting all of the aforementioned details have all been arranged to help promote the project and to provide refer-endum specifics.

Nearly 5,000 households and businesses should have received the informational newsletter the week of July 8 via Canada Post. Although full-colour and somewhat glossy, this news-letter should fit nicely on resi-dents’ refrigerator doors to act as a daily reminder to ‘Help shape Trail’s Future – Vote on August 23rd, 2014.’

For the web savvy folks, this newsletter is also avail-able online at trail.ca or on the City’s Facebook or Twitter page, which according to our statistics, get a daily post out-reach of nearly 3,000 views. The newsletter has already sparked conversation amongst our residents, prompted num-erous calls to City Hall and has provided staff and Council with marketing and advertising col-lateral to help reach their target markets.

Perhaps the Trail Times’ catch phrase should be “If you do your research, you will uncover the facts.”

Andrea JollyCommunications & Events

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SOTTAWA - The Canada

Revenue Agency has 80 new leads on taxpayers who may be hiding money offshore after getting hundreds of calls on its new snitch line.

The flush of information has even the agency’s harshest crit-ics acknowledging the initial success of the hotline, estab-lished Jan. 15 to help ferret out billions of dollars stashed overseas.

The so-called OTIP line - for Offshore Tax Informant Program - was promised in the March 2013 budget but took 10 months to set up.

As of May 31, more than 800 people rang the number, drawn by a cash reward system that gives the tipster up to 15 per cent of the amount in taxes that the agency eventually collects.

Only 251 of those calls were actual informants, and only 100 went to the next required step, filing a written submis-

sion identifying themselves and providing detailed information on the alleged overseas tax eva-sion.

The agency closed 20 of those written files as dead ends, but is pursuing the remainder.

Details of the program’s first few months were obtained under the Access to Information Act, supplemented by informa-tion provided directly by the Canada Revenue Agency.

The program is modelled on a U.S. counterpart that is much more generous, offering rewards as high as 30 per cent, for example.

The Internal Revenue Service paid out US$104 mil-lion to one snitch after col-lecting US$5 billion in back taxes from Swiss banks.

The Canadian program pays between five and 15 per cent only if the CRA successfully collects more than $100,000 in taxes owed, and the tipster must pay income tax on the reward.

Some classes of informants are excluded, including most pub-lic servants or criminals.

The snitch must also reveal his or her identity, unlike another snitch line at the CRA, which is focused on domestic tax fraud and pays no rewards.

Sen. Percy Downe, long a critic of the agency’s efforts to collect on money hidden off-shore, said he welcomes the initiative.

“I’m glad it’s finally up and running,” he said in an inter-view from Charlottetown.

But the reward level should match the American program, he said, and massive job cuts at the CRA raise doubts about whether it can properly pursue the leads.

“The department fails to put the resources into fight-ing overseas tax evasion and this is another example of it, rather than doing 30 per cent (rewards) they’re doing 15 per cent.”

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SMARGATE, N.J. - The basketball barnstormer

who owned the Washington Generals and other teams that lost thousands of games to the Harlem Globetrotters has died. Louis “Red” Klotz was 93.

The Press of Atlantic City (http://bit.ly/1kVKk8R) reports Klotz died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Margate.

Klotz formed a working relationship with the Globetrotters in 1952, putting together the opposing teams that almost always lost. In 1971, he hit the game-winner in a rare Globetrotter loss as a 50-year-old player/coach.

In a statement posted on the Globetrotters website, team CEO Kurt Schneider said Klotz helped bring basketball and smiles to fans world-wide. He says Klotz was “a legend and a global treasure.”

Klotz played on title-winning basketball teams in high school and an undefeated college team before playing one season with the champion-ship-winning Baltimore Bullets in 1948.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SBOSTON - James MacGregor Burns,

a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and political scientist who analyzed the nature of presidential leadership and wrote candid biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, died Tuesday at 95.

Burns died at his home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, his com-panion and fellow historian Susan Dunn said.

The longtime Williams College pro-fessor helped coin two adjectives now common in politics: “transformational” leaders, or those with a vision to change the world, and “transactional” leaders, those with the cunning to get things done.

The words were used constantly dur-ing the 2008 presidential race, with the “transactional” Hillary Rodham Clinton battling the “transformational” Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination.

Burns was a liberal Democrat who both wrote about and participated in the political process. He was a con-vention delegate, congressional aide and congressional candidate who in the late 1950s became friendly enough with then-Sen. John F. Kennedy to be granted access for a 1960 biography that angered the family by portraying him as a man of excessive calculation and questionable heart.

His two-volume biography of Roosevelt was praised by historians as

a model of accessible, objective scholar-ship. The second volume, “Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom,” was published in 1970 and won the Pulitzer and the National Book Award.

Burns’ other books included “Leadership,” a 1978 release that out-lined his theories of “transformational” and “transactional” and became stan-dard reading among students of busi-ness and politics; a biography of George Washington written with Dunn; and a trilogy on U.S. history, “The American Experiment.”

In his late 80s, he wrote a well-reviewed history of the Supreme Court, “Packing the Court,” and at age 95 he completed a book on the Enlightenment, “Fire and Light.”

Burns was born in 1918 in Melrose, Massachusetts, the son of a conservative businessman. He majored in political science at Williams and received a Ph.D. in government from Harvard in 1947, the same year he began teaching at Williams.

Burns’ first book, “Congress on Trial,” came out in 1949 and was praised by The New York Times as a timely assessment of how federal legislators were deadlocked by local concerns.

“Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox” was published in 1956, at a time when little serious work existed on FDR, who died in 1945.

“I was very interested in how Machiavellian he was,” Burns told The

Associated Press in 2007. “He was a manipulator, and at the same time he had to be a lion. To what extent did he use the tactics of a fox in order to advance the wishes of a lion? To what extent did he have to be a transactional leader to be able to become a trans-forming leader?”

Burns was the first major biographer to present the president without bias, as an idealist and dealmaker - a gifted, crafty, sometimes inscrutable politician who often kept even his allies guessing what he would do. Roosevelt was also the rare political leader McGregor cred-ited with being both transformational and transactional.

Burns had a more personal and com-plicated experience as the biographer of a living politician, Kennedy. Burns and Kennedy had gotten to know each other in 1958, when Kennedy was (success-fully) seeking re-election to the Senate, and Burns (unsuccessfully) seeking election to the House.

Kennedy worked to boost Catholic support for Burns, while Burns was happy to help Kennedy among Protestants. They got on so well that when Burns agreed to write a biography of Kennedy, who was planning to run for president in 1960. The family promised full co-operation.

Burns was critical of most presidents, finding Bill Clinton too willing to com-promise and George W. Bush too par-tisan.

T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SNEW YORK - It’s not easy to find models with

disabilities in ads for the fashion and beauty industry - unless you look in the Nordstrom catalogue.

The company has been using models with dis-abilities since 1997 and continues the tradition in its annual July catalogue, which kicks off the upscale retailer’s largest event of the year with preview discounts of new fashions for fall.

This summer’s Nordstrom Inc. catalogue includes among others a woman in a wheelchair modeling boots and a man with a prosthetic leg modeling Nike running shoes.

Hiring professional models with disabilities has become so much a part of the Seattle-based company’s DNA that its regular customers may not even realize how unusual it is.

“Identifying companies that utilize models or actresses with disabilities has been like finding a needle in a haystack,” said Meg O’Connell, a partner at the consulting firm Global Disability Inclusion.

Nordstrom, she added, “is a leader in this space and has been a long-standing supporter of disability inclusion not only in their advertising but also in employment and accessibility in their stores.”

The clothing that Nordstrom models wear is not adapted in any way. The model wearing Nikes has one on his foot and the other on his prosthetic device. The model in the wheelchair has short spiky hair as part of the punk look of her outfit, which includes a dark leather jacket along with the featured sale item, short boots with a buckled strap.

Nordstrom spokeswoman Tara Darrow said using the models is “really about reflecting the customers and communities we serve. We serve diverse customers and it’s an opportunity for them to see themselves when they’re looking through the book or online. ... We don’t promote it or go out and talk about it. We just think they look great.”

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As the summer wears on, more and more cyclists will be hitting the road for long Kootenay Grandfondo type events or for a simple ride through the country, and while cycling is a great out-door pursuit for fitness and fun, safety on the road is becoming a growing concern.

Local cyclists meet at Gericks Sports every Wednesday afternoon for a 40-kilometre ride through Trail, Waneta, to the Dam and back via Station Road.

The group is comprised of between 25 and 40 cyclists with at least a dozen or more taking to the roads on the weekly ride. Iaian Reid is the de-facto leader of the popu-lar peloton by virtue of his experience and many years spent riding with the group, that was first started by for-mer Gericks owner Gerald Klassen.

The Wednesday rides were first designed for beginner riders, but eventually also included a collection of inter-mediate to advanced cyclists.

“I think it’s really worth-while, teaching young riders how to ride, and we get lots of people out here who are into

riding in a group,” said Reid. However, the Rossland

physician only knows too well that in a collision between a vehicle and a cyclist, the cyclist is at a decided dis-advantage, so teaching vari-ous aspects of riding in a group is just as important for safe cycling.

“It’s mainly about the safety of the group, teach-ing people to ride in a safe way,” said Reid. “Riding in a group is not instinctive to a lot of people and there is a bit of technique involved in riding, so we like to teach them how to ride together, and just getting everyone to the point where they can be comfortable, and safe practi-ces, talking to each other, and signalling a lot.”

Most area motorists have encountered cyclists and understand their responsibil-ities on the road, but there are occasions when mutual respect for the rules of the road is lost.

“We are always concerned about the big trucks and the traffic,” said Reid. “And for the most part they are all very good, people are very courte-ous. We get the odd person who thinks we shouldn’t be out there and that can be a

bit of a problem . . . When you have two lanes, and some-one comes screaming by you within two feet, you wonder what they are thinking some-times.”

Although rare, the group has encountered motorists who have honked their horns, driven too close, or passed at unsafe speeds. On those occa-sions Reid says the cyclists mostly just smile, wave, and hope drivers will respect their right to use the road.

“As a cyclist, as with every other vehicle on the road, we are entitled to the entire lane and the minimum pass-ing distance for any vehicle is four feet, so I think it’s important that people have to bear that in mind, we do actually have a right to be on the road,” says Reid.

As Section 183 (1) of the B.C. Motor Vehicle Act stipu-lates: a person operating a cycle on a highway has the same rights and duties as a driver of a vehicle.

Slower vehicles and cyc-lists are required to stay near-er to the edges of the highway as is deemed comfortable, so motorists can safely pass, but even that can be dangerous with the shoulders of roads often rough and covered with

gravel, or, at times, non-existent. In that case, vehicles should slow down and pass when safe and with caution.

“We don’t obviously want to inconvenience people, unless its necessary, but there are a lot of hazards out there . . . and people legally are sup-pose to wait for us.”

Fellow cyclist Kathy Williams is in her second year riding with the Gericks group and has participated in num-erous high-level camps on safe cycling.

“I feel pretty safe out there, I think when people understand the rules,” said Williams “It’s just that some-times drivers don’t get that we’re allowed on the road too so it can be a little bit frus-trating, but my motto is just to kill them with kindness.”

As for advice to drivers, the next time they come upon a group of cyclists.

“Just keep their eyes open, and realize we’re doing as best we can to be safe, and to make sure they see us and we see them.”

The cycling group meets in front of Gericks every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. to join the group contact Gericks Sports. For more info on bike safety go to bikesense.bc.ca.

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The Gericks cycling group gets ready to ride every Wednesday evening outside Gericks Sports in Trail. The group is encour-aging motorists and pedalers alike to stay safe on the road and respect your fellow travellers.

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BY TIMES STAFFThe Trail Minor Orioles dropped a close match

to the Highland All Stars Tuesday night, that left them with a must-win game against Dunbar in the B.C. Little League Minor Baseball championship at Andy Bilesky Park Wednesday night.

The Orioles were up 5-2 in the fourth, but Highlands rallied, then took advantage of some untimely Oriole miscues to complete a 12-5 come-from-behind victory.

Trail jumped out to a 3-1 first inning lead on the strength of a Bryce Sookro double that scored Noah Quinn. Will Doerkson singled to put runners on first and third, then a series of walks would bring in two more runs to make it 3-1 Os after one.

Highlands would get one back in the third on back-to- back singles from Sam Aslanowicz and Jed Decooman and Decooman would score on a bases-loaded walk to Anthoney Setticasi to make it 3-2.

However, Trail extended the lead. Doerkson doubled off the top of the centre-field fence to start a two-out rally in the top of the fourth, and Darren Issel followed with another double up the middle and took third when the throw to home was late. Kelton Forte then stepped up and smacked a single into right to plate Issel and put the Orioles up 5-2.

But with two out in the bottom of four, the North Vancouver team would come back. Decooman doubled to get the two-out rally going. Mackenzie Lake singled and by the time the dust settled three runs would score to tie the game.

The Highlands defence played tight the rest of the way sitting the Orioles down in order in the top of five.

After Jack Cameron doubled to lead off the bot-tom of the fifth, the Orioles would get the next two batters out. Then the wheels fell off, as Highlands would score seven runs to put the game out of reach and clinch a playoff spot.

Decooman went 4-for-4 with three runs scored on a double and two RBIs for Highlands. He would also collect the win on the mound throwing two-and-one-third innings, striking out four, while surrendering no runs on three hits. Aslanowicz and Cameron were 3-for-4 on the night each with a double.

Doerkson was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored while Issel went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Forte was 1-for-2 with two ribbies.

In early action on Wednesday, the White Rock All Stars walloped Beacon Hill 20-1 in four innings. Tajin Rai went 3-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs, while Kai Cumiskey had four RBIs, and scored three times on two doubles and a walk.

In the afternoon matchup Hastings was tied 2-2 with Highlands after two innings but broke it open, scoring six runs in the third and another five in the fourth to cruise to a 13-2 victory.

Trail played Dunbar Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. but the score was unavailable at press time. The win-ner goes to the playoff where they will meet 5-0 Hastings on Friday at noon. White Rock will play Highlands in the 3:30 p.m. match.

The championship final goes Saturday at noon.

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T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S STom Renney is a hockey man,

not a businessman. He once ran a clothing store in Trail, B.C., along with his wife but since then his life has been immersed in coaching.

So when Hockey Canada was searching for a new president and CEO and Renney emerged as serious candidate, the 59-year-old didn’t put on a masquerade.

“(Business is) not where his pas-sion lies,” Team Canada coach Mike Babcock said. “And it’s not where his expertise lies. One thing about Tom: He knows what he is and he knows what he’s not.”

Renney above all else is a respected hockey man, and his dec-ades of experience at the amateur, international and professional lev-els ultimately made him Hockey Canada’s choice to replace Bob Nicholson.

What separated Renney from other candidates, board of directors chairman Jim Hornell said, was his values base, connections through-out the sport and passion to grow the game.

“He’s a people person, he con-nects well, he communicates well with people and certainly he’s rec-ognized not only in Canada but throughout the hockey world, and that’s important,” Hornell said on a conference call Tuesday. “It’s important that we have someone who is knowledgeable in hockey but who is also recognized in hockey and can bring a team together.”

Around the NHL, where Renney has worked in various coaching and player personnel jobs for the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers and

Detroit Red Wings, the Cranbook, B.C., native is lauded for his ability to bridge gaps and build a consen-sus.

“He’s as well-connected as any-body in hockey, for starters, which really helps,” Rangers general man-ager Glen Sather said in a phone interview. “I don’t think there’s any-one in the hockey business who would have a bad thing to say about Tom.”

Renney most recently worked as an associate coach on Babcock’s staff in Detroit. Red Wings GM Ken Holland said that hire was a “no-brainer” and felt the same about his hiring by Hockey Canada because of his wealth of experience.

Babcock, who has led Team Canada to back-to-back Olympic gold medals, said Hockey Canada “absolutely hit it out of the park” by hiring Renney.

“Tom Renney treats people right, a hundred per cent integrity. When he’s wrong, he owns his own gar-bage,” Babcock said in a phone interview. “I was happy for Canadian hockey, because to me they got themselves a real good man who’s been through all the steps, can speak to people and knows what’s important in the game. He’s going to help grow our game again, and I think that’s so important.”

The Hockey Canada that Renney inherits in 2014 is one that Hornell emphasized is “on a very solid foun-dation” thanks to work done since 1998 by Nicholson, who resigned in April. Among Renney’s new challen-ges is to make hockey a more afford-able sport for Canadian children and to maintain interest in it beyond the youth level.

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The Trail S m o k e Eaters’ Scott D a v i d s o n , J e r e m y L u c c h i n i , S h e l d o n H u b b a r d , Craig Martin, and Jake Lucchini were i n v a l u a b l e c o n t r i b u -tors as they shared a fun day with the kids at Camp Cowabunga in Gyro Park earlier this week.

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T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SManny Pacquiao

will return to China for his next fight, tak-ing on Chris Algieri in the gambling enclave of Macau.

The scheduled Nov. 22 fight for a piece of the welterweight title held by Pacquiao comes a year after the Filipino head-lined the first big fight card there with a win over Brandon Rios. Promoter Bob Arum said Pacquiao will like-ly fight at least once a year in Macau the rest of his career.

“It’s almost like fighting at home so

it’s a major advantage for Manny,” Arum said. “Plus if he fights in Macau he’s not subject to U.S. income taxes, which are 39.5 per cent.”

Arum said the fight won’t sell as well on pay-per-view in the U.S. as it would if it was in Las Vegas, but that will be off-set by lower taxes on Pacquiao’s purse and a bigger site fee from the Venetian hotel-casino.

He said plans are also in place to sell the fight on TV in China, where Pacquiao is becoming better known.

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Kodiaks future looks brightB y J I m B A I l E y

Times Sports EditorThe West Kootenay Kodiaks

put in a great performance at the Canadian Open Fastpitch Futures Select International championship at Softball City in Surrey on the weekend.

The Kodiaks girl’s U16 team had two wins and three losses at the tournament against some tough competition with 20 teams from the U.S.A. and western Canada compet-ing.

The team got stronger with every game. After dropping its opening match 13-3 to Langley Friday night, the Kodiaks were shut out by the Ridge Meadows Rage 7-0 Saturday morning but bounced back in style against a team from Seattle.

“When we played the Federal Way Knights from Seattle, Washington, they had us down 9-0 and we were one run away from being mercied and we came back and beat them 14-13,” said Kodiak coach Bob Johnson who said he was ecstatic about the way the Kodiaks played.

The West Kootenay team then faced the Vancouver Wildcats Select who were just coming off a close 6-5 game with Langley. Again the Kodiaks would mount a late-inning rally to defeat the Wildcats 12-10.

In their final match against Kelowna Heat, it was a sea-saw battle with Kodiaks jumping out to an early lead, but Kelowna came back to take the lead going into the seventh and final inning.

West Kootenay would get the tying run on second but that would be as close as they would come to tying the match, as the Heat tri-umphed 10-9.

“Both Federal Way and Kelowna Heat are A Teams,” said Johnson. “But as soon as we came in against the Knights, the girls all of a sudden decided to dig in. Our bats started singing and we worked well.”

Many of the Kodiaks will be play-ing in the B.C. Summer Games for the Zone 1 Kootenay team this weekend, then the team will reunite and are off to the provincial cham-pionship in Prince George the fol-lowing weekend.

“I think in view of what hap-pened at the Futures tournament we have a good chance at provincials,” Johnson added.

The young team also gained some exposure to university and college scouts that attended the tourna-ment, and Johnson says that the U16 Kodiaks couldn’t have competed without the help of all the parents and sponsors.

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Dear Annie: My beloved mother-in-law passed away two years ago. We had a church funeral and a celebra-tion of her life.

My father-in-law had the body cre-mated. He intends to have the ashes buried in the family plot in New York, 1,200 miles away, although he hasn’t done so yet. On more than one occa-sion, he has informed my husband that he wants him to go to New York for another memorial ceremony. I have never heard of having two ceremonies so far apart, and my husband is not look-ing forward to it. We said our goodbyes at her funeral. Planning another one feels like a dark hanging cloud.

My father-in-law recently met a lady and has decided he should have my mother-in-law’s ashes laid to rest within the next few months. He expects us to travel to the second ceremony. I feel that

it is my father-in-law’s responsibility to take care of this, and frank-ly, it should have been done a long time ago. Am I wrong? Do we really have to drag out the burial like this? -- My Heart Is Breaking

Dear Heart: Some families might find it touching to have another (small) memo-rial two years later, when you’ve all had the opportunity to recover from the initial sor-row and can celebrate your mother-in-law’s life with more joy. But since you don’t feel that way, you do not need to go to so much trouble. However, this is your husband’s mother, and he gets to

make that decision for himself. Please do not try to influence him. If he would rather go with his father, we hope you will be sup-portive.

Dear Annie: As a part-time event con-sultant, I have seen many RSVP cards that are returned with addi-tional guests included. I think the problem is exacerbated by the RSVP cards that are used. They say, “Number of persons attending,” followed by a blank line. That implies that the guest can choose the num-ber of people they will bring. Perhaps they don’t realize that the host is simply asking how many of the peo-ple listed on the invita-tion envelope will be attending. It’s usually one person or two.

I would advise not including this on RSVP cards in the future, as it seems good man-ners and the rules of etiquette (and even common sense) are

fast becoming things of the past. -- J.E., New Orleans, La.

Dear J.E.: We agree that these RSVP cards can be misleading. They are actually a fairly recent innova-tion and belong more appropriately with business invitations, not wedding invites. Back in the Gilded Age, guests were expected to respond using their own personalized sta-tionery, and pre-print-ed RSVP cards were later introduced as a convenience. We like your suggestion that people not include cards that give the impression that you can bring any number of guests you choose. Please, folks, only the names on the envelope are invited.

Dear Annie: Your comment to “Swimmers’ Parents” was good -- it isn’t fair to hold one twin back so the other can catch up.

My twin son and daughter had similar

issues. She read before he did. He ran faster. It upset them both not to be “as good” as the other. It is important to tell the children that we all have different abilities, even if we are the same age. Also, we made sure our children had separate opportu-

nities for achievement. When our daugh-

ter showed aptitude for playing the piano and our son wanted to play, too, we sug-gested another instru-ment he had shown interest in, and he was off and running. Sometimes we had

them play little duets, and we gave them both well-deserved praise. A plus of their individual activities was that each made separate friends. They are adults now and quite close, but they are very different people. -- Two Close for Comfort

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For Friday, July 18, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A feud with a family member could erupt into an argument today. Always remember that anger serves no purpose other than to make everyone miserable. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Think before you speak to others today, and be aware of what your motiva-tions are. If you shoot from the hip, you could start arguments with others. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Quarrels about money issues might arise today. You should know that somehow your ego is tied up in this. Is it really that important? CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Clashes with family mem-bers are likely today, in part because tension, tur-moil and chaos have been going on for a long time. Arguments will improve

nothing. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You might be doing a slow boil about something because you’re annoyed, but you can’t say anything. This is always tough. (When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.) VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Squabbles with someone might occur because of who is not contributing their share. Try to avoid these if possible. (Ya think?) LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Don’t get into confronta-tions with authority figures today, because it will be too intense. Why even do this? Keep your head down and your powder dry. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Arguments about poli-tics, religion, racial issues or possibly something related to the law, or medi-cine will be nasty today. Someone could be saying

something behind your back. Be cool. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Keep mum in meetings today, because arguments will likely break out about funding or how to spend a certain amount of money. Someone might even accuse another person of something. Ouch. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You feel caught between

a rock and a hard place today when dealing with bosses, parents and part-ners. Everyone is at odds with each other. Run away! Run away! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Do what you can to keep the peace at work today, because people are irritated about issues and perhaps their dealings with a for-eign country. It’s just one of those days.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Parents might be at odds about situations related to the cost of educating and caring for children. Or peo-ple might argue about the cost of a vacation or a social event. Don’t fuel this fire. YOU BORN TODAY You are courageous and will always fight for and defend your beliefs. You are involved with society and social change. As such, you

often represent others in small groups or the gov-ernment. This year a major change might take place, perhaps as significant as something that occurred around 2005. It’s an active, progressive time for you. Be prepared to try your wings! Birthdate of: Nelson Mandela, statesman/Nobel laureate; Elizabeth Gilbert, author; Hunter S. Thompson, author.

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1148 Bay Ave, Trail 250.368.5000All Pro Realty Ltd.

www.facebook.com/allprorealtyltdtrailbc www.allprorealty.ca

Contact Our RealtorsWayne DeWitt........... ext 25

cell: 250-368-1617Mario Berno ..............ext 27

cell: 250.368.1027Tom Gawryletz .........ext 26

cell: 250.368.1436Dawn Rosin ...............ext 24

cell: 250.231.1765Thea Stayanovich .....ext 28

cell: 250.231.1661

Fred Behrens ............ext 31cell: 250.368.1268

Keith DeWitt .............ext 30cell: 250.231.8187

Denise Marchi ..........ext 21cell: 250.368.1112

Joy DeMelo ...............ext 29cell: 250.368.1960

Montrose$199,000

MLS#2398328

AFFORDABLE

Montrose$298,500

MLS#2397530

REDUCED

Trail$175,000

MLS#2399293

JUST LISTED

Trail$159,000

MLS#2215964

Trail$160,000

MLS#2399060

NEW LISTING

Sunningdale$290,000

MLS#2398133

SUPER LOT

Trail$159,000

MLS#2399169

NEW LISTING

Glenmerry$349,000

MLS#2398405

MINT

Shavers Banch$119,500

MLS#2396466

GREAT VALUE

Glenmerry$189,900

MLS#2394633

GREAT VALUE

Montrose$249,500

MLS#2397734

NEW PRICE

Fruitvale$149,000

MLS#2393279

PRICE

SLASHED

Montrose$215,000

MLS#2396761

MUST SELL

Glenmerry$69,000

MLS#2398321

BEST BUY

Fruitvale$330,000

MLS#2397581

ACREAGE

WITH POOL

Trail$99,000

MLS#2399178

SUITE DEAL

East Trail$164,000

MLS#2399355

HAS A SHOP

Crawford Bay$150,000

MLS#2399183

1.14 ACRE

STRATA

DEVELOPMENT

Salmo$279,900

MLS#2397445

GREAT VALUE

East Trail$139,900

MLS#2399121

CUTE

Glenmerry$195,000

MLS#2394615

MOVE-IN

READY

Glenmerry$245,000

MLS#2398820

EXCELLENT

LOCATION

Fruitvale$209,000

MLS#2398238

HUGE LOT

Fruitvale$128,000

MLS#2396992

BEST BUY

Sat. July 19 11am - 1pm 7141 Wright Way, Waneta Village

$339,500

MLS#2394130

OPEN HOUSE

Sat. July 19 1:30 - 3:30pm 7741 Crema Dr, Waneta Village

$239,000

MLS#2397976

OPEN HOUSE

Trail$159,900

MLS#2393957

WALK TO

TOWN

Montrose$69,000

MLS#2392393

VIEW LOT

East Trail$128,000

MLS#2398323

BEST BUY

Trail$169,000

MLS#2395777

GOOD

LOCATION

Fruitvale$299,900

MLS#2214555

NEW PRICE

Building lots & acreages in all areas

ranging from$64,000 - $860,000

Call us for details!

BUILDING LOTS & ACREAGES

Warfi eld$319,000

MLS#2397360

REDUCED

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentTRAIL, 2bd. apt. Friendly, quiet secure bldg. Heat incl. N/P, N/S. 250-368-5287

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

WANETA MANOR

3 Bdrm.Avail Now

Please call250-368-8423

WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1&2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888

W.TRAIL, 1bdrm. bach. suite, $485/mo. Ref.req. 250-231-0783

W.TRAIL 2-bdrm. main fl oor. f/s,w/d,d/w, air conditioning. $700./mo. plus utilities. Avail. July 15th. 250-368-1015

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Homes for Rent3 bdrm or 2bdrm w/offi ce house in Fairview. Fully fenced yard, 1/2 blk from Safe-way. Hardwood fl oors, new kitchen. Sunroom/dining room. $1,650/mo + damage deposit and utilities. Ref. required. Pets negotiable. Aug. 1st. 250-551-1048.

Genelle 3 Bdrm House big yard, F/S, W/D, N/S

$1000/mth + utilities + damage deposit, Avail Aug 1st, Call 250-365-3918 or 608-1637

Transportation

Auto Financing

Cars - Domestic2003 Chev. Impala L.S. 3.8ltr one owner, excellent condi-tion. New brakes & tires. Well maintained. 128,000kms $6250.00. Call 250-367-7023

2004 BMW Z4 conv, auto with trip-tronic transmission. Excel-lent condition, extended war-ranty, 2 owners, 70,000kms. $17,500. 250-368-9804.

Houses For Sale

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Transportation

MotorcyclesCURRENT GAS GAS Enduro Mo-torcycles for sale. Contact (250)427-7690, meadowbrookmo-tors@hotmail.com or stop in at Meadowbrook Motors in Kimberley.

CURRENT SHERCO Enduro 2 & 4 Stroke Motorcycles for sale. Used demos also available.Contact (250)427-7690, meadowbrookmo-tors@hotmail.co, or stop in at Mea-dowbrook Motors in Kimberley.

Legal

Legal NoticesNOTICE OF DISPOSALName of the Tenant: Jerry Weston Davis, deceased.In the Matter of Part 6 of the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation B.C. Reg. 481/2003Description of the property to be disposed of: Manufactured Home # 034506, 1975 Bendix Model # LeaderAddress of the Manufactured Home Site: 102, 12th Avenue, Genelle, British Columbia V0G 1G0Name and Address of the Landlord: Crockett’s Alamo Mobile Home Park Ltd., 102, 12th Avenue, Genelle, British Columbia V0G 1G0

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Terry Alton250-231-1101terryalton@shaw.ca

Mark Wilson250-231-5591mark.wilson@century21.ca

Tonnie Stewart250-365-9665tonniestewart@shaw.ca

Jodi Beamish250-231-2331jodi.beamish@century21.ca

Mary Martin250-231-0264mary.martin@century21.ca

Richard Daoust250-368-7897richard.daoust@century21.ca

Mary Amantea250-521-0525mamantea@telus.net

Bill Craig250-231-2710bill.craig@century21.ca

Deanne Lockhart250-231-0153deannelockhart@shaw.ca

Art Forrest250-368-8818c21art@telus.net

Christine Albo250-512-7653christine.albo@century21.ca

Dave Thoss250-231-4522dave.thoss@century21.ca

Dan PowellChristina Lake250-442-6413powelldanielk@gmail.com

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818

www.kootenayhomes.com www.century21.caThe Local Experts™

WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY

HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

910 Tamarack Cres, Genelle $370,000

4 bdrm 3 bath, A/C, U/G sprinklers, gorgeous landscaping, double garage, shop, huge rec room, spacious master

with 4 pc ensuite, gas f/p. Roof in 2006, level entrance, main fl oor laundry. Wow.

This is a fabulous home!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

408 14th Avenue, Genelle$439,000

River views, hardwood fl oors, vaulted ceilings, new roof, new furnace, central air, and a 2 car garage. The list goes on.

Come check it out!Call Terry 250-231-1101

439 Rossland Avenue, Trail $69,900

Perfect for a single or couple, this home features newer kitchen, updated bath, air conditioning and more. The price is

right. Call now!Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

966 Upper China Creek Road, Genelle

$269,000This 4 bed/1 bath home offers privacy and 2 acres! Many upgrades! (wiring,

plumbing, heating, roof, fencing, landscaping). Call your REALTOR®

now to view.Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

1059 Tamarac Avenue, Trail$335,000

Opportunity knocks! 2 houses and 2 duplexes located downtown. With a few updates, these properties would make excellent rental properties. Call your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1834 4th Avenue, Rossland$119,900

This is a 3 bdrm home features wood fl oors, wood burning stove, bright open porch and a garden shed. This home needs some maintenance and TLC. If you are handy, this could be a great

opportunity.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW PRICE

109 Viola Crescent, Trail$269,900

4 bdrm home with hardwood fl oors, master suite with walk-in-closet and

deluxe ensuite. Main fl oor laundry, a/c and u/g sprinklers. Call today.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1901 Butte Street, Rossland$189,900

The most amazing views in all of Rossland! 3 bdrms, updated wiring,

plumbing, roof, siding and furnace. Close to schools and downtown Rossland.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

83 Alpine Road, Christina Lake$149,500

It’s not often one of these cabins come on the market, become a member of Christina Lake Alpine Resort. This 1 bedroom one original owner cabin is available

in a very well run association. Playgrounds, huge beach, safe swimming areaand large wharf. Call today! Call Mark (250) 231-5591

NEW LISTINGNEW LISTINGNEW LISTING

QUICK POSSESSION

Erie - Ross Spur Road, Fruitvale $117,000

6.5 acres. Good building sites. Southern exposure. Drilled Well. Treed. Great

price. Call today to view.Call Art (250) 368-8818

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

1553 Diamond Street, Trail$149,000

Panoramic views and privacy await with approx. 700 sq. ft. of decks overlooking the Columbia River. Many upgrades including wiring, plumbing, roof, heating and central air, two bathrooms, 3 bdrms, and family

room. Call now!!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

85 Forsythia Drive, Fruitvale$282,000

Wonderfully updated home with 4 beds, 2.5 baths, new roof and more.

Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

NEW PRICENEW PRICENEW PRICE

BRING US AN OFFER!

103 Ritchie Avenue, Tadanac

$339,0004 bdrm 3 bath home with lots of bright living space. Good

parking with double garage on an expansive fl at lot.

Call for your personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

Sheri regnier photo

The upbeat sound of fiddles per-meated through a sultry even-ing at Trail’s Gyro Park Tuesday evening. For nine years, fiddle instructors from across Canada have landed in the area for the Kootenay Fiddle Workshop. Kootenay Savings Music in the Park presented eight accom-plished fiddle instructors this year for a special performance that was attended by about 200 music lovers of all ages. When the workshop first began, 15 students took part in the week-long session, but over the years local interest has grown and this season almost 80 students signed up with fiddles in hand.

Fiddlers in the Park